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Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-01-15
Does This Strike You?

A minister wished to ascertain what
influence the hard times had upon his
congregation and said, at the close of
his sermon, ~ would ask every one
who still is able to pay his debts to rise
from his seat The whole congregation
arose, with the exception of one man.
The parson then asked that all those
who were unable to meet their bills
should rise. Thereupon the aforemen-
toned solitary individual got up, hun
cry looking, poorly clad man, whose
features revealed the terrible struggle Of
one fighting hopelessly against the vicis-
situdes of this world. The minister re-
garded him attentively, yet kindly.
"How is it, my friend" he said. "that
you are the only one among all these
people who cannot pay his debts?"
"Sir," answered the man hesitatingly,
"sir, publish newspaper, and these
my brothers who rose just now are all
subscribers, and"- But the minister
interrupted him hastily. ''Let US pray"
he Neutrality-suspicious. Botschafter,
Berlin.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-01-15

am thoroughly. heartily and honest
ly of the conviction that the traffic in
strong drink prevailing in our land. re-
sulting from custom supported by appe..
tite and intrenched in party. cannot be
oyerthrown until the Christian people
of the land are taught the duty of using
their political influence, as they have
been taught to use their moral influence,
for its overthrow. For 40 years We have
been educating the people in the moral
and religious aspects Of this question.
and today we can see that we have real
lied very great success. Our moral con-
victions upcn this subject are clear; our
convictions of civil duty concerning the
drink must be made equally clear. -
James Black.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-01-15
ROOKHAVEN, MISSISSIPPI TUESDAY, JANUARY 15 1895.

and hymns and declarations against sin;
the Presbyterian resoluters against any
party which does not antagonize; the
Disciples. Baptists and the rest of them
singing, Onward, Christian Soldiersl"
The day after election what?
Two hundred and seventy thousand
votes for Jesus.
God forgive us.
God whip us if necessary.
Election day is the cross examination
of tho prayer meeting.
A vote is a vow
David said, 81 will pay my VOW
that is. my vote.
A Christian citizen by SO much as
conniving denies his Lord.
So long as saloon stands licensed in
this nation you Christian voters are cry
ing, Jesus ought to be crucified.
For ''ye shall be witnesses unto Me,
and whosoever shall deny me anywhere,
him will deny before my Father"
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-01-15
WHAT A DIME WILL DO.
A National Organization For the Distri-
button of Prohibition Literature.
Ten cents a month will do it.

A National Organization For the Distri-
button of Prohibition Literature.
Ten cents a month will do it.
Do what?
Reach hundreds of men who are not
now Prohibition voters.
How can it be done?
By becoming member of the Prohi
bition National Literature club, which
is now being conducted with great sue
cess by the National Prohibition Press
bureau Of Scranton. Pa.
Please explain its plans.
Every person who agrees to pay 10
cents month for year receives every
month from 20 to 25 cents worth of the
most effective Prohibition literature,
consisting of the 80 G Leaflets, !"
copies of The Editor, full sheet posters,
voters pledge cards, etc.
Is the money to be paid in advance?
No, you pay after you have received
the literature, and if you are not per-
fectly satisfied with the amount you
have received, you need not pay cent
for it.
Will the literature be new for each
month?
Yes, unless you desire a second sup
ply Of the same.
When can join the club?
Now. Send postal card with your
name to Tallie Morgan, Scranton, Pa,
at once, and you will receive the litera-
ture.
Can I pay 10 cents month, and you
find person who will distribute the
literature?
Certainly. The bureau has calls every
day for literature to distribute, and there
are thousands of willing hands ready
and waiting to distribute our literature,
who have not the means of paying for it.
Will the names of the members of the
club be published?
Yes, every month in The Editor, Tai
lie Morgan's paper-that is, unless the
member desires his name omitted.
Can l send in the name of boy, girl
or lady as member of the club?
Any person, young or old, who will
agree to pay 10 cents month and dis
tribute the literature sent can become q
member. Let US begin the new year with
1000 new members Send in your name
today.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-01-15

The world IL q court, and the church
stands at the bar of public opinion pleading
for local, state and national prohibition.
But you cannot win a case by singing gos-
pei hymns to the jury or pronouncing q
benediction on the Judge. The case must be
made a matter Of proof and AN appeal to
the intelligence. The question is not SO
much how the minister breaches as how
he goes. The fidelity of the layman is
tested in that he votes ticket as clean as
his spraycres.-Woolley.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-01-15

The question is, What do you favor?
Ninety-eight per cent of the Christians of
the country vote silence regarding the Ii
censed saloon. The same letters that spell
license spell silence. That is simply anoth-
er way of putting it. You say you abhor
the saloon. The question isn't what you feel.
but what you prove. You may sympathizc
with temperance and morality, but the liq-
uor traffic is to be annihilated by votes.
How do you vote?-Woolley.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-01-15
JOHN BULLS CASH ACCOUNT.
A Page From EngIand's Ledger Showing
Where the Money Goes.

Where the Money Goes.
Mr.. Price Golfers article in The
Forum ON 'Englishmen; How They
Spend Their Money" represents, says
The st. James Gazette, new method
of studying character. mot what books
man laughs at, not what books q man
talks about, but the books a man buys
and keeps are the books he loves. What
q man spends himself for, gives himself
for-body, blood, brain and reputation
is, it must be supposed, what he loves
best. Money is the blood and the life Of
the body domestic and of the body po-
litic, and when one discovers how
household or nation spends money
one has something tangible to hang
guesses of character on. - Accordingly,
Mr.. Price Collier sets himself to draw
John Bull from what he spends his
money on, and he hopes that America
will know more about him from a con-
temptation Of this result. Mr. Collier
gives table which, he says, represents
John Bulls yearly expenditure accord
ing to rough, but not inaccurate, clas-
sifcation, made with considerable diff
Guilty and after much correspondence
with various authorities:
Annual expenditure for drink. . R140, 900, 900
Annual expenditure for milk, sug-
ar, tea, coffee and cocoa. 100000
Annual expenditure for bread. 100000
Annual expenditure for butter and
cheese. .......................... S,0O,oOo
Annual expenditure in rent paid for
farms .......................... 100000
Annual expenditure in rent paid
for houses. .....-.................. 100000
Annual expenditure for woolen,
cotton and linen goods .......... 100000
fares ..............................'. 100000
Number of depositors in Postal
Savings banks. s................... 5.452,sls
Amount deposited during the year
1892 sa2................................. e2.s5Osl
Total amount to the credit Of de-
pssitors including interest lend
Of lJo2) .............................. 75,s5a07s
John Btlll is taxed for relief Of the
poor. .......................... s,o54,s4s
John Bull is taxed and contributes
for elementary education $500 200
John Bull is taxed to preserve or
der and to administer Justice. 100000
The chancellor of the exchequer
proposes to raise this year. ....... q5,749,0 coo
John Bull is in debt at present mo-
ment ........................e GIL, ,O42, ,S42
John Bull contributes to the Estab-
lished church. ...................... 7,25O,oOo
John Bull contributes to private
charity in London alone .......... 100000
The Established church of Scotland
costs him. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Al, 800
The Free church of Scotland costs
him .......................... e., 200
United Presbyterian church. Scot
land and Ireland nd................ 1929
United Presbyterian church of
England. 237 $50
Methodists various bodies ...... 495, PAT
Jews ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 10000
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-01-15
Our Sister.

Our Sister.
Left there, nobody's daughter.
Child of disgrace and shame,
Nobody ever taught her
A mothers sweet saving name.
Nobody ever caring
Whether she stood or fell,
And men (are they menD insnering
With the arts and the gold of hell.
Nobody ever conceiving
The throb of that warm young life,
Nobody ever believing
The strain of that terrible strife!
Nobody kind words pouring
In that orphan hearts sad ear,
But all of US all ignoring
What lies at our door SO near.
o sister, down in the alley,
Pale with the downcast eye,
Dark and drear Is the valley,
But the stars shine forth on high.
Nobody here may love thee.
Or care IL thou stand or fall,
But the great, good God above thee
He watches and cares for all.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-01-15

In all the towns and countries have
seen l never saw city or village yet
whose miseries were not in proportion
to the number of it's public houses Ale
houses are ever an occasion of debauch-
cry and excess, and either in political
or religious light it would be our high
est inaerest to have them suppressed. -
Oliver Goldsmith.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-01-15

The saloon keepers have lighted hellfire
in 25O, 900 places in this country, but they
know our powder isn't dry-it has fixzled
in SO many elections. The voting church
has been going to do something, but it
doesn't start. It's side tracked. Iniquity Is
being inthroned in the statutes Of a Chris
tian land. God whip us until we do our
duty in this matter.-Woolley.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-01-15
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Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-01-15

Which Of your boys, the heaven Of
your heart and life, will you give in or
der that your city may be lighted with
gas or brilliant with electric light?
Which child can you spare to help your
city grade and pave its streets? How
long will you consent to tread ON side
walks that the blood of souls has enabled
your city to lay for your convenience
Mary ]. Aldrich.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-01-15

The government does not want the
money raised by whisky taxation for
any of its legitimate purposes, and 1t
has been proved fallacy to claim that
the taxation helps the suppression Of
the drink traffic. The whole thing is
unsavory, unwise and Improbable and
had better be cleaned out in the interest
of healthy civilization. Hon. Henry B.
Metcalf.s
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-01-15

Any man who has note duo 1T = certain
time and doesn't pay 1t ON that day, NO mat
ter what his excuse, Is simply insoivent.
The Christian man has a duty coming due
at the ballot box at every election. He may
claim that it will suit his party better "a
not meet the duty, but Ii he fails. thinking
he will make it all right at the next clsc-
tion. he il insolvent as . citizen.--Woolley.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-01-15

We are going to protect our families.
We are not going to lay them ON the
shrine Of our country's revenue any lon
cer.-Mrs. Letitia Youmanz
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-30
EusTls PRESENTS wALLeR's CASE.
Attentioo II the French Govcrument
Called to HIS Imprisonment.

Attention of the French Govcrument
Called to HIS imprisonment.
PARIS. April 30.-Un:ted States Am
tassador Eustis has received very pointed
and definite instructions from Washing.
ton regarding the case of John L. Waller.
now imprisoned in France under a TWEEN.
~ years sentence imposed by court
martial on the ground that be WAS in
communication with the Hovas. Eusti.
has verbally and IN writing communicate.
his instructions to the French minister OF
foreign affairs. n. Hanoiaux. but the
latter has not jet replied to these COM
munications
WAsHINGToN. april3o represent y
tions which Ambassador Eustis was In.
struc.ed to lay before the French govern
ment touching the arrest and contine-
Irent of ex-Cnised States Consul Waller
IN Madagascar and his subsequent de
portation to Franco were extremely
courteous in tone and were intended to
develop the French side of the case. /.
was stated that as Waller IL an Ameri.
can citizen the department {; state feels
bound to inquire into al! Of the circum
stances in his case-to be informed
specifically of the nature OF the charges
made against him and of the evidence
upon which ne was convicted.
The report of United States Consul
Wetuer, who succeeded Waller as United
States consul, while substantially con
firmiEg the newspaper reports of the case,
was not suff;ci Co satisfy the state de
partncnt. which desires an accurate state
Tneut of all the facts before determining
what its attitude shall be in this mates:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-30
The Miserable floors.

Tho lives lived by the Moors are,
without perhaps any exception, the
most precarious and miserable that can
To imagined. The poor man is thrown
irto prison for sums he never possessed
and can never pay, the rich to be
squeezed Of all lie possesses, whilo those
oaiy can hope to escape who are lem-
ba-5 CT families sufficiently powerful t.
a-ouse the fears Of the local governor
s..o2ld no attempt oxtortion and moi
sufficiently powerful to stir up the jeal.
ousy and avaricc of the sultan.
Even tire governors of the provinces
sCtier themselves as they make Others
suffer. for inst rs they squeeze the agri.
c,;ita-ist and the peasant so are they in
turn squeezed By tie sultan and hi:
viz;ers. aad should they fail by constan,
presents 70 maintain good opinion .,
the court they can expect only impris-
onment and often death. ood s
Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-30
SILVER SENTIMENT IN ILLINOIS.
All the Conventions So Far Heard Fror
Endorse Hinrichsen.


Endorse Hinrichsen.
LOUISVILLE, Ills, April 3o.-The Clay
county Democratic convention was com
posed of the best business men and far.
mers Of the party in this county and was
harmonious and enthusiastic. General
Lewis E. Parsons candidate on the ticket
Of 1850 for lieutenant governor, was
chosen chairman. Resolutions were
unanimously adopted denouncing the
characterization" of silver in 1878 as a
Crime" and demanding its immediate
restoration at the ratio of Ii to and
strongly endorsing the state committees
action in calling the state convention.
Five delegates were appointed and in
struc;ed to this effect.
JACKSONVILLE, Ills, April 81. - The
Morgan county Democratic convention
unanimously adopted a resolution pre-.
par,d by Chairman Hinrichsen, of the
state central committed, demanding the
tree and unlimited coinage of silver at Ii.
toll without waiting for the permission
or action of any foreign government.
Delegates were selected to the state con.
vention, and it is understood that copies
Of the resolution adopted have been sent
to the chairman of every county central
committee in the state, to be presented
to the various county conventions when
they meet.
ST. Louis, April IA special to The Re-
public state that the Democrats Of Hardin
county, Ills, have elected delegates 20 the
Springfield convention and declared for
free silver.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-30
pIOtestant Annual to Sat0lii.

NEW YORK, April 5o.-Rev. Father
Phelan. Roman Catholic. of Sc. Louis in
recent address severely denounced the
Christian Endeavor society and charged
that the San Francisco girl murders were
the direct outcome of such societies. In
the Westminster church, Ashbury park.
petition is being circulated for sigma.
lures addressed to Archbishop S.tolii. IG
called his attention 10 the recent ASSAULT
of Father Phelan upon tho Christian En-.
deavor society. II asks that ''the creature
be degraded. urfrockei and deposed from
the position which he disgraces.'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-30
ABBREVIATED TELEeRAMs.

Tho supreme court of Nebraska has
taken the unusual course OF having o.
jury empaneled to try . case now before
the court.
Maxine Gomez, the famous soldier who
took part in the last revolution in Cubs
on the side Of the Separatists, has landed
IN Cuba
Grant Wheeler, one of tho men who
robbed Southern Pacific train at Viii.
cox, A. T., some months ago, finding it
impossible to escape the officers shot and
killed himself near Mnncos.
Obituary: At Minneapolis, DR.. Frederic
Andres. 81. At Neponset. Ills, DIR. Ezra
Stetson. IS At Fall River, Mass, Will
lam q. Rountrcc, formerly of Chicago.
At Boston, Hamilton A. Hill. formerly
secretary of the National Board of Trade.
At Farmer City, Ills, Mrs. Burford, 81.
At bingham, Ills, Rev. James Lsavitt-
At Martinsvilie. Ind. c. ". C. Hill, Sr..
IS AT kewanee, Ills, Mrs. ]. A. Tai
cctt, 81.
Lady Arthur Hill has written two new
songs, bringing the number she has pub
lished up to thirty. The first she wrote Is
hest known of them all. 1t 10 I'm the
Cleaning"
Invention is one of the steady habits OF
Connecticut. Last year one patent was
taken out for every 9J3 inhabitants OF the
state.
Fire in the Hamline furniture factory
at Chicago destroyed the structure ano
caused loss of $4,000 partly insured.
It is thought tho fire started from sponta-
neous combustion. One hundred mon
arc thrown out OF employment.
When Vice President Stevenson was
presiding ut the oratorical contest be.
tween the Northwestern and Michigan
universities at Evanston, u.s., his over.
coat was stolen.
The Tricoupis ministry in Greece has
been beaten at the general election for
parliament.
Nacco. the rebel general in Cuba, has
bean badly whipped by the Spaniards,
"ho chased him and his army into the
mountains.
1t is now stated that the Bouzey dam
in France, which burst and caused such
great destruction of life and property,
was of poor construction and had long
been reported as dangerous.
A writ of habeas corpus applied for in
DIR Buchanan's case has been denied and
an appeal taken to the United States su.
preme court. The warden at Sing Sing
is going right on with the preparations
and expects to kill the alleged wife pois'
oner in the electrical chair tomorrow.
Proceedings in eviction have been be
gun at Pullman against ex-strikers
many of whom arc year in arrears fol
rent.
1t is denied that there will be a big
miners strike May l in the Massillor
district. The miners will suspend work
that day, rs they always do pending thu
adjustment of the SCALE
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-30
The Denver show of Mining.

WASHINGTON, April So.-Hon. Earl
r.. Coe, OF Denver, Colo, who has just
arrived here after visit to New York
and other eastern cities in the interest OF
the mining exposition which is &c be held
in Denver next year, reports that he
found considerable interest in the enter.
prise. Speaking of the exposition he said:
The people OF Colorado are in earnest
about holding mining exposition, and
they intend that it shall be the greatest
exposition OF the kind ever held in this or
any other country
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-30
Doings ct Illinois Legislators,

SPRINGFIELD. April BIN the house
Haileck introduced a resolution the eff.
feet OF which is that corvicts should be
used to work on the waterway channel
between Lockport and LaSalIe, Instead Of
in the manufacture OF various articles
which when placed on the market de.
moralized the prices OF free labor. Mum.
hers of bills We're advanced on the
calendar and the house adjourned.
In the senate about six members were
present and after the introduction of one
bill. and u resolution for the investiga.
ton of the school heck trust and
school furniture trust" the senate ad.
journed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-30
CYCLONE DROPS DOWN ON OMAHA
Wipes Out Four buildings and Injuries 8
Dozen Persons.

Dozen Persons.
OMAHA. April S1-A cyclone DROPPED
down en- this city, covering u space about
four blocks long. and wrecked four Get
tages. 1t was followed by torrent Il
rain. Some of the residents who saw II
from a vantage of three or four blocks
away say that as nearly as could be seen
in tine darkness it looked as though q
bunch of clouds came swirling through
the air from the northwest. and after
striking the cottages bounded into the air
like ball.
4 dozen persons we're moro or less in.
jured the most serious cases being the
following: w. A. Barnett, cut on the
face and mead; Mrs. Barnett. internally
injured; Z. V. Thompson. struck by 1y-
ing timber AMI seriously hur: in the head ;
three Barnet: chilircn. more or less cut
and bruised; Mrs. Max Sunderland, hu-.
by falling timbcrs. Several others Were
slightly hurt.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-30
Labor Riot at Chicago.

CHICAGO. April 3o.-A reduction from
u to cents ton for heaving coal pre-
cipisated lively riot between union and
non-union men at the docks Of the o. S.
Richardson Coal company. Three men
were injured, none Of them seriously.
however and it required the presence of
twenty policemen to quell che disturb
ance. More trouble is looked foa.