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Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-06-04
WORTH MANY MILLIONS.


Mrs. PARAn STEVENS left an estate
of 81, 500, ,00O She made no charitable
or public bequests.
IT is said that Mrs. Hetty Green's ono
and only ambition Is to make her SON
the wealthiest man in the world.
Miss HELEN GOULD receives SO many
begging letters that her postman has .
a notion Of going upon strike for more
pay.
CORNELIUS VANDERBILT has paid e76.-
600 for fireplace in his Newport resi-
dence. There seems to be no doubt
that he has got money to burn.
JOHN d. RoCKEFELLER snid not long
ago that his great ambition in life Is TO
accumulate $500, ,oo0, 900. He made .
good start toward it in the late oil
furry.
THE wealth of the Rothschilds at
present is estimated at E400, ,000, 900, and
is believed to have doubled within
the twenty years past. II is figured
that in seventy years more they will
possess Tl5, 200. 900 900. an amount that
can hardly be conceived.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-06-04
BRooKHAvEN MISSISSIPPI, TUESDAY, JUNE A. 1885,


niclkel-plated everywhere that nickel
would stick on it, and so light that
you could easily pick it up In one hand,
grasping it by the backbone. 1t
seemed almost too pretty for a rough
and tumble fight, even on the velvety
lawn, and had some thought of put
ting 1t back in its brown paper again
and hiring q secondhand machine to
learn on, but as it was guaranteed to
hang together under almost any cir.
cumstances / concluded to 60 ahead
with it. put my left foot on the step
that extends out from the hub of the
hind wheel, and hopping with my right
foot pushed it ahead of me. The ma.
chine behaved beautifully, but perhaps
that was because l hoped the whole
length of the lawn and had not the
courage to jump up into the saddle.
On the next round my natural bravery
returned to me, and / raised myself
above the machine and sat down some
what emphatically and not too COM
fortably. The wheel seemed to be
amazed at this, for with large space
of lawn to wander over, it promptly
dashed over the border to the left,
then, with wild swoop to the right,
fell and landed me in a rose bush.
Nothing seemed to be broken except
the bush, so l tackled it again and
again and again. The result of the
first mornings work was that l could
place myself in the saddle and trundle
along the lawn hanging on like grim
death to the handle bar, but without
daring to put my feet on the pedals.
/ discovered more different muscles
in my own body than had any idea
possessed Every bone and sinew
ached, not with the falls, for had
been singularly lucky in that respect,
but with the exertion of hopping along
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-06-04


tended and her feet limbs moving like
oiled machinery Is thing of beauty,
but l never look on such a scene,
never attend n race, not because ] don't
love thoroughbred horse, but because
l can't stand the dirty, scrubby little
devils that gamble on them. do not
believe that any Christian gentleman
should attend horse race or a modern
fair or go within mile of that stink
ing gang without disinfectant.
The whole business must be re-
modelled, and an entirely new set OF
men take hold of the thoroughbred
horse and his public exhibitions before
any Christian man or woman can have
anything to do with public races and
fairs. Gambling Is one of the most
demoralizing of all vices, destructive
alike to character, home and business.
The high mission of the Thoroughbred
horse is not, in my opinion, to lnsty TO
the amusement of the public simply or
as source of revenue for sports in the
race course; but to improve all OF the
equine race.
The greatest development of the use
full trotting horse can only be had
through the infusion of the thorough
bred into this animal. Every species
of the equine family is improved by q
dash of this blood. The driving horse,
the saddle horse, the child's pony, and
no animal is SO much improved by this
blood as the mule; imparting to the
mule the energy, life and endurance So
much needed by him.
It must be source of profound re-
gret to every gentleman who raises
thoroughbred horses to see how he is
made but the animal for the pastime OF
dudes, or an object on which the sport
may bet his money. OF course men bet
upon everything and will bet upon any
thing, and this evil will be perpetuate<l
until we have more thoroughbred men.
Whoever CANDLES Is a sinner; and the
most hopeless sinner, almost, in this
land is the gambler who follows tho
race course. The bookmaker finds II
profitable to himself, but the sucker,
as well as the sinner, generally loses
his character and his money both to-
gether on the race track.
There is no surer, faster road to ruin
for young man than the race track.
The horse may beat the record now
and then as runner, but he cannot
beat the time of the young man moving
downward and hellward In his life. l
am always sorry to see the young men
so many of them-frequenting the
race course. There can only evil come
to them. Many parents look upon that
fact in the life of their boys with sor-
row and regret, but seem powerless to
check or to stop their boy in his down.
ward course.
VIII it ever be otherwise thsn that
the thoroughbred horses shall be any
thing more or less than source OF sup
port to dudes and the highway to he'll
for the young men of our land9 The
average thoroughbred stays on the
track two or three years only. The
average sport may remain on earth
more than two or three years, but his
character cannot live through more
than two or three years in the race
course.
Woe to the city or community thai
has it's race track! The beginning Of
the end is inaugurated. Boys will bt
ruined and parents will be sorrowful.
SAM p. JONES.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-06-04
AN ORIGINAL ESSAY.
Wherein Arc Set Forth the Eeauties OF
Cleanliness.

Wherein Arc Set Forth the Eoauties OF
Cleanlinoss.
English schoolboys are probably as
carefully educated as our own, but
their studies in composition are evil
IDENTIFY not above par. A London maga-
zinc submits the following essay on
cleanliness" as the product OF
twelve-year-old boy in grammar
grade:
"Do not go and say that You arc
feared of making yourself clean, just
becose it is cold and it hurts to get the
dirt off, or because the suds gets In
your eye. For when you are clean peo-
pie do not edge away from you, never
mind about your clothes, but they say
unto you like our teacher that 1t IA
next to godlyness. Be thankful unto
him becose your mothers can afford
soap, and becose they make you use It.
Also when your mothers put her finger
down your coat-neck afore breakfast.
and peeps to see if there's any black
there, and then sends you back to the
sink again to wash yourself better, say
unto her, yes mother, also smiling.
"On Saturday nights say unto her,
mother, don't forget to get my bath
tub reddy for me, and new peace OF
soap, for love to wash myself course
of cleanliness for it is next to godly-
ness. Do not be same as them there
Blacks, and Amerikens, and Ingoos,
which just splashes their faces with
water and no soap, and never gets in
side of tub, only paddlin' about bits
of rivers When you say to dirty boy,
Dirty Dick wants the stick, only say It
about once, SO as he can't say you are
wickid.
"Say unto him, look at the thoteful
cat, which spits on its pores just to get
bit of lather for fair start. and then
wipes its nose, and into its eyes, also
behind it's ears, not counting over.
Then say unto him as IL will actshelly
lick itself when It can't get It's pores,
rather than be hitching anywheres
round. Tell him to look at the necks
of masters and superintendents and
preachers, and he viii never find .
ring, which is always sine as you
have not gone far down. - Golden
Days
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-06-04
SAYINGS or GREAT MEN.

THE true life Of man = II society.-
Simms.
THE deeper the sorrow the less tongue
II has Talmud.
JUSTICE Is the great interest Of man
on earth. -Danie1 Webeter.
SHUN the inq1isitive. for you Vim -
sure to find him lcaky. - Horace
WAR morality requires true atates-
manship should accepts Burke.
SrRrvn to do thy duty; then shalt
thou know what u II thee. Goethe
GREAT mistakes are often made Ike
great cables, from multitude q
strands. Hugo.
Coon intention viii no moro nAke >
truth than good mark viii make
good shot -Spurstowe-
THE men Of action are, sfter al, only
the unconscious instrunentsof the men
Of thought. Heine.
In tho works of nan. - p 49, g
nature, Il b the intention whice
ehie1y worth study ylng, ooe(hH
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-06-04

compelled to learn, or else there is SO
much cash thrown away"
This seemed very reasonable, SO 1
pondered upon it and then bought the
biggest book on cycling that is pub
lished, very expensive book, one of
the volumes of the Badmington Libra
~, edited by a real lord. and illustrated
by a prince-a prince OF the brush
named Joseph Pennell, who is cycler
himself, and he draws very alluring
pictures of the machine. / studied up
this volume and was amazed to see
how easy it was to ride bicycle. 1
then took the advice of the book as to
which particular machine to buy. IL
gives several pages In description OF
q particular safety, and ] learned that
that machine had none of the vices
which were SO prominent in those bi-
cycles with which had heretofore
been brought into contact. On this
one it was impossible to take a header.
The machine also would not slip side
ways in the mud. 1t has numerous
other advantages, for list OF which l
refer all inquirers to the cycling vol
ume Of the Bennington library.
So had . wheel made to measure
for they measure YOU for bicycle in
England just as if YOU were getting
pair of trousers made-and the other
day the machine was delivered in good
shape wrapped up in brown paper.
At the bacls part of my house there
Is : somewhat large lawn that costs
me ever 50 much year for having .
lazy man with > lawn mower go over
II two or three times a month. l
thonght would make things interest
ing for this man the next time he
came with his lawn mower by practic-
ing over the grass with my new 6i-
cycle.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-06-04

after the machine, and springing into
the saddle and straining every nerve to
keep the combination from going over.
Not to make too long a story of it, l
may say that for three days the ma
chine and l discussed this matter, and
every morning when led it out on to
the lawn l seemed at first to know less
about balancing myself than l had
done when quilted the business the
day before. Perhaps during the night
the machine had thought up some new
tricks.
At last 1 rose up very early one
morning, long before the season-ticket
man began to pass my house to go to
the railway station, for his London
train. l felt that the lawn was getting
too small for me. l could now work
the pedals reasonably well, and staggcr
about the place from one end to the
other of the grass plot, but could not
turn around, for when l attempted to
do so the machine would swoop like a
hawk into one of the flower beds or
into a convenient piece of shrubbery.
Our neighborhood is quiet one, and
the street, at most times, is not so
busy as the Strand. Iexpected to have
1t all to myself in the early morning
out, but in this reckoned without the
milkman. l had no idea before that
the multitudinal milkman was such a
fiend in human shape. He drives ve-
hicle modelled after the old Roman
chariots, and he drives at rate OF
speed that is something appalling. The
moment / got on my bicycle in tho
road some accursed milkman would
come tearing up, and taking 1t for
granted that knew all about bicycle
steering he never paid the slightest at"
tention to me. Con sequently l came
within an ace of being smashed up
into pieces on several occasions, and
after steering my machine up on the
sidewalk and into the fence to get out
of his way used language that knew
must have turned most of the milk in
that neighborhood sour.
One morning, thoroughly discour-
aged with the business, l got out on
the street little later than usual, 30
as to be rid OF the millSman. One PEI
culiarity of the bicycle seems to be
that although you are reasonably sue.
cessful on your last interview with it,
the next you seem to have to begin all
over again. This particular morning
was more than usually discouraged
and had practically made up my mind
to sell the machine. All at once
found myself in the saddle and rea-
lized that l had run along several
rods without any serious wobbling. On
and on we went with beautiful sense
of smoothness, ease and exhilaration.
/ turned in to the maiH coaching
road with my heart in gay mouth
but my feet still on the pedals, and ]
executed a turn without disaster.
There was now a straigkt stretch
ahead of me for miles on q smooth and
excellent road.
"Surely," said / to myself, "the time
is come when my neck is to be broken.
This docility on tho part OF the wheel
can lead to nothing but disaster" !"
Nevertheless on and on we went, and
after travelling for about &c mile and
coming to a wide part in the thorough
fare, I took sweep around with
amazing success and travsied back
again. 1t seemed to be az unbeliev-
able thing, but actually had succeed
ed in teaching that bicycle how to
carry q man rs a man shonld be car
ried.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-06-04
A Mammnth Turnln.

D. J. Robbins and J. II. Odom, promi-
nent farmers OF Simpson county,
brought to jackson last week the largest
turnip of this or any other season. IL
weighed seven pounds and measured
more than two feet in circl inference.
All kinds of crops in Simpson are good
except cotton. The cool weather gave
it back set and it looks sickly.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-06-04
Cotton Acreage reduced.

The cotton acreage in Yalobusha
county has been reduced at least one
quarter as compared with last year.
Several farms that produced from one to
five bales last year are not planting any
cotton at all this year.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-06-04
Caurh. Running a bind T,ser.

Ed Davis. who lives near Water
Valley. was arrested last week for sell
ing whisky, and after being tried by
jury of six men was found guilty and
sentenced to three months In Jail and
fined $780, Water Valley has been >
dry town for several years, but keen
eyes have observed closely for blind
tigers, and several of them have been
discovered recently and broken up BY
n
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-06-04
Death of Mrs. Llxelar.

Mrs. John Livelar, most estimable
lady, died at Canton last week. She
leaves husband and six children to
mourn her loss, one of the children
being baby three weeks.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-06-04
Tr.,n yyreckers Convicted.

Harry Lovo, Tom Anderson, John An
derson and George Anderson were con-
victed at Shelby last week for con-
spiracy to wreck a train at that place,
which occurred about month ago.
Each was proven guilty and fined SIS
and cost of court.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-06-04
Robbed the Mail.

The Star Route mail from Raleigh to
Forest was robbed last week seven
miles south OF Forest by a white man
masked. He took the mail sack and or
dered the mail rider to 20 ahead. No
clew as to the identity of the robber.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-06-04

successfully on the roads Of course de-
pends very largely on tho number. and
as this varies with every comfy oRen-
eral scheme Of this character could be
devised which would give satisfaction
everywhere. Taxation for the purposs
and letting the roads out by contract IL
another favorite suggestion.--T. M.
Henry, in Memphis Commercial Appeal.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-06-04
Make the Poll Tax CompuIsory.

The press of the State, or consider
able portion OF it, is again agitating the
question of making tho poll-tax COM
pulsory. Under the constitution this
tar is placed at $500, is made part OF
the general common school fund. and
the payment Of the same is entirely
optional, but no one can vote unless he
paws ii.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-06-04

Parke-Saw q remarkable thing at =
seance, recently. was on the COM
mittee, and we fastened the medium
securely in the cabinet-bound him
hand and foot-fhere was NO collusion
Of any kind
Clarke-How could you sell there
wasn't?
Parke-Because he oouldn't set out
Puck.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-06-04

There Ia no beautifier Of complex
ion, or form, or behavior, like the wish
to scatter joy and not pain around ua.
Anon.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-06-04

Most Of the distinguished womea.
Of Greece belonged TO what is uuv
eslled The eRtoost elase
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-06-04

Friend Docs your wife assist yon 10
your wo(k? | often see her Al your
desk.
Humorist--Y-e-s. she goss over, all
write. and burns UP II ny Jokes pkent
wive&--N. \, Weekly.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-06-04
Primary Election Ordered.


DIR. H. E. Mckay. of Madison county.
the strawberry King" Of Mississippi.
was in jackson last week. He said that
in another week the tomato crop will
begin to move to the North. He is
shipping cabbage, but the crop will be
exhausted in short time and will give
way to tomatoes, the money crop OF the
Mississippi trucker. The outlook for
all sorts OF fruits and vegetables was
never finer.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-06-04
HS15IkH
scMEATS. TRADE MARKS
~ COPYRlGHIS.k

g.0mpt answer and an honest Tnin oDinicn' vriss so
snUNN s.eaNN q CO., who have had nearly nfty years.
lions lions strictly CONFIDENTIAL. a HandScoE Of n
tain ib,aen 1baen concerning ,Pntents and how 20 OBJ
icsi ana nsm sent free Also catalogue Of mechan-
sce,lss slt1nSs taken through Mum q Co. recefvQ
tbus' tb'ss ~ noSies n the scienfinc A1erican. and
sss,,eo eost % the inventor This splendid paper.
isra weekly. elegantly illustrated has By far the
"Jra, Rn.,si - year. Sample copies senf free
eo.,as nx ~ EdIt1ons monthly. e2-d0 y1as single
S,us Senus psatos, IN c0iors. and photographs OF new
iS,ass. nitn plans. enabling builders to sbow the
Aeas Q 90. NsN yoaks a&1 Sn01pNAH
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-06-04
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
A Mooas,.lnc Raid.

Belen, May 80 --Something over
year ago a man came to Quitman county,
calling himself Jack Thomas. lilo
rented land and made exclusively corn
crop. The yield was abundant and soon
1t was learned that this corn was TO be
utilized in moonshine whisky. Having
brought his ''still" along with him, he
began operations some time last winter.
Soon reports were current that still,
one OF the largest in the country, was In
full blast near the county scat OF Qnit-
man, and so bold were the operators
that they peddled their goods on the
streets of the town. The citizens be-
came indignant and notified the revenue
officers, and Tom Garner Of Cofreeville,
and j. c. Jones, the efficient and wide
awake sheriff, and bis deputy. with
three or four more depu ties, raided this
terror to the morals of Quitman and
captured Thomas and the celebrated
still. After arresting Thomas the Off
GERS proceeded to the still, and, having
cut and broke it up, burned 1t, together
with all the sheds and fixtures. Thomas
was tried in Clarksdale before Commits
sioner Wildberger, and placed under a
S4O0 bond, in default of which he was
committed to Jail to await the decision
Of the Federal Court at Oxford June 1.
Thomas disclaims the ownership of the
still and claims it belongs to one Los
Alston, who is wanted to answer to
forty odd indictments in the Federal
Court at Oxford. Alston had left this
still the day before the raid.
Revenue Officer Garner says this is
the largest still he has ever captured.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-06-04

According to the report OF the comp
troller of the currency the ton national
banks Of Mississippi showed on May 4:
Resources. $3.50. 2os; loans and dis
counts. si.560. .7s2; individual deposits,
81. 9s6. .9o7; reserve. 40. 81 per cent. The
figures for the nrst quarter were: Re-
sources. s4.696.s2 loans and discounts,
3l.7s5. s2l; individual deposits, sa,-
s2s. $50.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-06-04
MOST POPULAR ROUTE BEwTE.N
NORTH AND SOUTH

Pullman Palace Buffet Sleeping Cars on all
trains through without change.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-05-02

logically, IL net an indoor NE,
whether 1t be- the closing up uf wives
l1J children 10 rooms through which
the air 10 moi permitted 10 circulate
freely, or the crowIluE Of workmen
into the iIi.ventilaleI factory or shop;
goo the contrary, this indoor life is COM
monty attended by sickness aud weak.
ness. The fouudett men are these
who pursue thelr business under tue
open sky, NJ hunters, ssilUn, soldiefs,
farmers and outioor lsu1ters gcu'
orally; the most heallhiul chill
drou are those vino geI plenty
OF pure DIR ami cle,r tu.-
sulue. A. DE- Gluhili says tg-
gariiug his t1ushenlns proposition,
"IalIy exercise Ia thu fresh, free alf
under changing conditions OF weather.
aud Bt all times OF ypar isA muaus ~
s,sistlng tue itnIuuco 1' tlo weather.
whoever battles v,l.auty against uu.
hrsItliul weather. can become bic own
msstgr, and eau even secure Tor himself
ytsl strength aui tue cnj5ymous Of
ntaIth.n
Here is suggestion which f. yalu'
able in controlling those cifcum.
slnucss that promote health and
longevity, and ward 90 the cortlin
ate ~ man to the 'srihcst point con.
iaicut with divIau economy. 90
affords one means o. avoid Catching
olld"-lhat condition mglt prolific u
n.l causes DO aIckuvas aud death.
Many other suggestions might DO made
i1 the same line, such a. tao admoni.
ZION rot 90 cover la the hot season,
with thick, leayy bguclothos, the
ll.llo children, who are thereby made
90 purpito freely, and then, kicking
Oh the clothes, arc iuiuroi W the cold
nlght air on the unprotected body; but
this oue h a good topic to dwell
il0ught'uliy upoa, AMI others may
come .n their turn t5 tue full o5mpfc-
hgnsi0n Of - duty OF men AMI women
10 preserve thcir health that their
minds ami bodies may subsctye the
highest use Of which they are capable.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-05-02
osrE worn mn srLNnER

In the friendly u1ntr.vHsy between
Professor J. %. Paul alI iHo NEWS
0n ,ho question OF spending money
the popularity has been already
pointed out ilst Che Argument turns DO
reality about "a point 1' wliol ,hefa is
no material difference .f opinion. The
professor maintains That any ttauH
action by which money BE- spont ON
uou.pr1Iuougo articles BE-, us h' as
sooloty is .0ncutneI, lnlrius rslly
WORTHLESS. That d 60 Say, u a mau hua
sLUIJ aud tEghaugoI iaa, fH-a watch,
shat exchange Of property d.
In ltseli % no use. Undoubtedly
all students OF econ hoy will agree
on this proposition. 10 has never
been disputed by THE uapcE
But that lie not a'l ihrfo DO % DC. The
position taken by the NEWS wac, ami
b., tuig TIA man has money but lacks
ability auI inclination 10 iuvcs, Ia
productive enterprise, Il Us better TOT
his ielIow.man that he spends 10 300
such way AZ his inclination may
direct than TO keep IL hosriei ~,
because ~ allowing 1t 60 uiJ-
cuIAlo be places other people in pool.
ton 10 invest 10 a manner beneficial TO
the community. Money 20 ,pon, IL
nota total wreck; Il is n0ta wreck at alli
it Is simply a vessel sent soross the ssa
ballaslcd, because It could not obtain
profitable employment ~ the port Of
cmbatkalIou. We DO not believe that
our correspondent will dispute Ihi',
Notwithstanding bis explanation olso.
where IN this lstur.