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The leader., 1897-11-24

THE great globe which is to be the
feature of the Paris exposition is now
nearly completed. Elevators and
stairways will run to nine tiers or
floors, from which a section of the
globe can be seen. 1t will thus be pos
sible to follow the equatorial line, the
temperate or the arctic and antarctic
circles and make thorough study of
the earth's surface. Every place of
any note will be given and all towns of
5000 inhabitants, while larger towns
will be marked according to scale.
Various colors will be employed to
distinguished them.
The leader., 1897-11-24

THE United States circuit court of
appeals in st. Louis recently handed
down an opinion that the boycott was
not a legal weapon. Judges SAM born
and Thayer said that men had no
right to form conspiracy to deprive
a company of its rights to manage its
own business, but Judge Caldwell dis
sented from his associates in a lengthy
opinion, in which he said: The only
weapon of defense the laborer can ap-
peal to is the strike or boycott or both.
These weapons they have an undoubt-
ed right to use SO long as they use
them in peaceable and orderly man
nor
The leader., 1897-11-24
Centenarian at the White House.

The visitor at the White House who
attracted most attention the other day
was Andrew Montgomery, aged 1903, OF
Montgomery, Ga. Gen. Longstreet pre-
sen ted the venerable man, and the pres
ident made a special appointment to
meet him. Uncle Andrew is known as
the Black Beccher of the south. His
sacred mission to the north, as he calls
it, is to solitic subscriptions for the
compile ton of home for old colored
people. The building has been begun,
and is known as the "Old Saints
Home 1t is to be the home of ex-
slaves who can no longer care for
themselves and have no ole to care for
them.
The leader., 1897-11-24
The States Cotton Crop.

Warden McLaurin has increased his
estimate of the number of bales of cot
ton he will make with convict labor to
1000 bales. A few weeks ago Mr..
McLaurin thought the State would get
about 5000 bales, but another visit to
the State farms in the delta has con-
WINGED him that his previous estimate
was several hundred bales too low. On
one plantation in Sharlxey county where
it was thought 700 bales might be
raised, the State is now confident of
1000 bales. This place was several feet
under water last May
The leader., 1897-11-24
Exports Almost Doubled This Year.

The Norfolk (Va.) chamber OF com
merce has issued comparative state
ment of the receipts of merchandise at
that port for the nine months ending
september 80 for the years 1896 and 1897
The exports for the nine months of this
year are almost double those of the same
period of last year, amounting to ST.
O4S. 676, against ST, 500, ISL for 1896. Sew
enteen million more feet of lumber and
1000, 900 more shingles were exported,
as well as 1860 more tons of coal and
There was slight falling off in corn
for these months, but an immense in
crease in wheat and pork in barrels,
and big increase in exports of pig iron
and coke
The leader., 1897-11-24

THE problem of how convlcts shall
be kept at work without competing
with free labor has seemingly been
solved by the law which went into eff
feet January last in New York This
provided that all state institutions
should purchase their supplies from
the prisons, if such could be manufac-
tured there. Since the law went into
operation acquisitions were received for
over $500 worth of goods, which
guarantees the continuous employment
of convicts. AS it costs but $780, 600
annually to maintain the prisoners
they are thus made self-sustaining.
The leader., 1897-11-24
What Good Farming Will Do.

As sample of elegant farming and
tremendous crop. Henry Haywood who
lives on Joe Il. Baird's place, on Mound
bayou, takes the cake. Haywood rents
twenty acres from Mr.. Baird and this
year has already gathered, ginned and
sold cotton enough to pay for his past
years furnishings, pay his rent of So
an acre, and has s45 in cash, with eight
bales of cotton yet to gin and about 100
bushels of corn in the crib. That is
the best farming we ever knew Of
Indianola Tocsin.
The leader., 1897-11-24
appointment Made Permanent.

BosToN, Nov. 20.-Judge Allen,
in the supreme court yesterday,
made permanent the appointment of
Henry S. Hyde and Henry c. Bliss,
temporary receivers of the Bay State
Beneficiary association, and perpetu-
ally enjoined the company and its
agents not to do further business. The
assets are about $780, of which
800, 900 is in the state treasury. The
liabilities are about $3.50. 600.
The leader., 1897-11-24
The Railroad Commission.

The railroad commission held two
days session at Jackson last week. The
clerk was authorized to summon all
freight agents of lines doing business
in Mississippi to appear before the COM
mission on Tuesday of the December
meeting for the purpose of arranging a
uniform rate on cotton seed. A tele-
graph Office was ordered opened at
Cruger, subject to being closed if not
profitable to the telegraph company.
The Kansas City, Memphis & Birming-
ham railroad filed schedule of tariff
rates ON corn, which it asked the COM
mission to approve.
The leader., 1897-11-24
Fever Made a Clean sweep at Edwards.

w. II. Watkins. chairman of he re-
lief committee of Jackson, last week
received the following letter from W.
Il. Ward, of Edwards:
For myself, the relief committee and
the suffering citizens of our little com,
munity, extend to you and your kind
and generous citizens and others that
contributed. our heartfelt thanks for
what has been done for us. for without
the aid that was SO kindly extended to
us. we do not know how we would have
Jared. The only men that escaped the
scourge were c. II. Ward, W. X. Ward,
j. J. Gold. j. II. Gold. l.. ID. Freese, ii.
l.. Keister and Il. w. Henry, and about
an eqaal number of the ladies escaped
also"
The leader., 1897-11-24

WASHINGTON, Nov. Secretary
Alger has received a telegram from a
Los Angeles newspaper offering to
publish the advertisements of the war
department calling for proposals for
the building of the breakwater at San
Predo, Cal, and take their chances of
obtaining money in payment from con-
gresS next session.
The leader., 1897-11-24

John Murphy, who plants in the Mon
roe county prairie, is not worrying over
the low price of cotton, says the Aber-
deem Examiner. Il have lots of corn,
hay potatoes, goubers, peas meat and
Louisiana cane molasses. all made on
my place, and plenty of home-raised
horses and mules, he said to us, last
week, ''and | reckon l can stand the
racket about as easily as the fellows
who spin the cotton and buy the goods. :"
fix in this county.
The leader., 1897-11-24

Burglars forced an entrance into the
dry goods establishment of w. NJ.
Wheeler at Pontotoc one night last
week, and after rifing the cash drawer
attempted to crack the safe. They
failed in this attempt, however. The
large display window of T. A. Robert
sons confectionery was also broken and
several dollars worth of fruits and con-
fections were stolen.
The leader., 1897-11-24

ACCORDING to dispatch from Osh-
kosh, Wis, the worknouse, as specific
for the tramp evil, has proved effica-
cious in Winnebago, in that state. 1t
has saved the country during the past
year $1,000 a month. During 1896
tramps cost the county SIS, 1906. The
cost of maintaining the workhouse
the past year was IS, 39s.0S. In 1896
there were q, 1899 tramps handled" in
the county. In 1897 the whole number
was s24, a decrease of 1915. The en-
tire cost of building the workhouse,
purchasing the site and equipping it,
was 81, 400, so that it has been saved
several times over the first year.
The leader., 1897-11-24
4 Negro Killed.

A. j. Watts, "A white farmer living
about five miles east of Pontotoc, last
week became involved in a difficulty
with negro named Charles Smith, who
was a tenant on Watts place. AS a re-
suit of the dispute, which was about a
settlement, Watts fired four shots into
the Negroes body, killing him instantly.
Watts was arrested and is now in jail.
The leader., 1897-11-24

A REPORT was recently made by
United States Labor Commissioner
Carroll d. Wright that the padrone
system of Italian slavery, with all its
attendant miseries, is being carried on
rs extensively and successfully in Chi
tago to-day as ever, Notwithstanding
III denials. An investigation has
proved that fully 80 per cent. of the
Italian laborers in that city are under
the absolute control of padrones.
These poor wretches are the white
slaves of the masters. He must vote
as directed, eat what is allowed him
and in every conceivable way do the
bidding of his owner.
The leader., 1897-11-24

PROF. f. STONE Virgins, of Ottawa,
Ont, believes that the aerolite which
fell near Binghamton a short time ago
and is alleged to have contained a
piece of iron with hieroglyphies was
a message from Mars. He said: "My
opinion is that stones have for many
thousands of years fallen from space
upon the earth which contained writ
ten characters. Many nations speak of
their sacred books as having fallen
from Heaven and as the earliest i'm
portant records were preserved in stone
it seems probable that the idea origi-
mated with aerolites, like that of Bing-
hamtOno
The leader., 1897-11-24
Shipping Cattle to the Northwest.

Lafayette county is fast coming to
the front as a cattle shipping point. A
train load of twenty cars of cattle left
Oxford one day last week for Sterling,
Col. This is only one of many ship
west, and all the cattle were raised on
the fine pasture lands of Lafayette
county, The cattle shipped from this
county are equal to the cattle from any
point. Cattle bring a good price and
the farmers are devoting considerable
attention to the industry.
The leader., 1897-11-24

AN electric road, it was said, will
soon be built from New York to Phil
adelphia that will enable passengers
to make the journey at the rate of 200
miles an hour. Tesla, the electrician,
says the scheme is feasible and that
the speed can without difficulty be at
tanned and without inconvenience to
the travelling public.
The leader., 1897-11-24

PREPARATIONS are being made for
holding a convention of cotton grow
ers of southern states in Atlanta, Ga,
on December IS, for the purpose of eff
fecting an organization to control the
production and sale of cotton in the
south and to fight trusts that seek to
lower the price of cotton.
The leader., 1897-11-24

THE greatest Y ray machine in the
world was exhibited the other night
in the Lawrence scientific school of
Harvard college at Cambridge, Mass.
1t has an electric motive force of ,20O,-
900 volts, which is about equal to the
voltage of 2,400 electric cars. 1t gives
spark As inches long-an achieve
ment hitherto unknown.
The leader., 1897-11-24

FRED r. KETcHAM was awarded a
verdict of s21,66e. 80 by the jury in
Judge Clifford's court at Chicago the
other day in his suit against the North
western railroad for blacklisting. He
was Northwestern conductor and
went out on the A. r. u. strike in 1898.
The leader., 1897-11-24
Will Locate In Alaba ma.

John NJ. Green, of the South Alabama
Land and Development Co., has per-
fected arrangement for the establish
ment of a farmers colony in Baldwin
county, Ala. The company has pur-
chased over 80, 600 acres of land in that
county, and proposes to settle it with
thrifty farmers from the northwest.
The leader., 1897-11-24
Cotton Gin DESTROYED.

The big Clubhouse on the Windemere
plantation, in Concordia parish, La. i,
belonging to the Natchez Cotton Co.,
was destroyed by fire, together with
$50 bales of cotton. The fire is sup
posed to have started from match or
nail in the seed cotton, as the gin
stands were in operation at the time.
The insurance was $500 on the gin.
one of the finest in north Louisiana,
and So, 600 on the cotton, but the loss
will greatly exceed this sum in both
instances.
The leader., 1897-11-24

. WILLIAM A. EDDY, the kite expert
menter of Bayonne, n. j., is satisfied
that by sending up kite to which is
attached collector of electric sparks
indications of an approaching thunder
storm can be secured, even when the
sky is without cloud.
The leader., 1897-11-24
HE CONQUERED IT
Awful struesic with n Monst.r
Finally Yielded "as

MI was silence Tor a moment
Then loud. shrill shrek rent ,bo...,
air. There was the sound of : startled
falling, crashing Of timbers. a ny oody
sinful spirits waiting in DESPAIR e as OF
creaked d'srceh'- and then partod I, nam
deaI. metallic snap. Stescsr;s. y. WIN
he fell against the washstand Tba Issd,
and pitcher fell in a confused mass af ~ opwl
crockery upon the floor, while The ' r.a.n
flooded the room. e water
Again he advanced to the attach and a..
black-browed monster bent Sigh ,lv fnrthe
and cast him full length upon Inc lizard ard
Blood gushed from his wounds bp, moor.
leaped again to the attack. With ioud me ne
he grappled with the demon. His Car ru,ses
were torn in a hundred places Ono er,',ls
black and bluel The other was bISSse was was
black But still he kept up the o'f fe, ana
combat. At length. when nearly eybau stodl
with his life blood slowly oozing froT
thousand wounds and his breath com;n,,
short, painful gasps, he wont The ',di TsoI "
monster lay wide open before him ''au
THERE he said. as he wiped the dron,
of perspiration from his brow There Itrs
cold day when | can't open folding bed,S
N. V World o W.
The leader., 1897-11-24
Meridian as a Cattle Market.

The Meridian Herald says that as
cattle market Meridian is taking the
lead over any city in the State. One
day last week Sebe Coleman shipped
fifteen carloads of fat beef cattle to st.
Louis from that city.
The leader., 1897-11-24
.Greater Greenwood"

Gov. McLaurin has issued his procla-
nation making Greenwood a city, enti-
tied to exercise all the rights and power
conferred by chapter s3 of the code of
1892. Greenwood has a population of
over 1000 people, and is still growing.
Her corporate limits will soon have to
be extended. and she will be known as
Greater Greenwood.
The leader., 1897-11-24

DIR. II. \. Cant, member of the State
board of health, who has battled with
the yellow fever epidemic at Biloxi for
the past two months, has returned tC
his home at Water Valley.
The leader., 1897-11-24
Heavy Attachment Suit Filed.

Boston, Nov. 20.-A $50, 200 attach
ment against Thomas w. Lawson, of
Lawson, Wiedenfold & Co., by James
and Isaac Seligman, OF New York, was
filed in the East Cambridge court yes.
terday.
The leader., 1897-11-24
A Rows Fatal Ride.

Near greensboro, KY, Madison Muir
ply, the 12-year-old son Of Columbus
M. Murphy, mounted horse without
saddle or bride and was thrown, strik-
ing on his head and dying in few
days.
The leader., 1897-11-24
CONTRACT LET.
Rich Gold, Silver and Coal Fields to be
Opened Up.

hich OOid, SILVER anu Coal Fields to be
Opened Up.
Ell PAso, Tex, Nov. 20.-Yesterday
the contract for the construction OF
the Ell Paso & Northeastern road was
awarded to George S. Good &-Co., OF
Lock Haven, Pa. This road opens up
to Ell Paso the rich gold, silver and
coal fields of the White Oaks country,
and one of the finest agricultural and
stock districts in the state. The vast
quantities of material for the new road
are arriving and the contractors will
begin throwing dirt Monday.
The leader., 1897-11-24

after passing through the experience Of
maternity, most women find their health
seriously damaged, IL not entirely impaired.
The painful and weary dragging and bear.
ing down sensation in the back almost every
woman has at times experienced. Some
times these are from uterine displacement,
but often they are simply from weakness.
Women who have to bear heavy burdens, to
undergo severe fatigue or to endure crush;
ing disappointment, are subject to this and
many other diseases. We cannot too strongly
rccommendthe use of DIR. simmons Squaw
Vine Vino, the great female tonic and
regulator.
The leader., 1897-11-24
Prisoners Escape.

Seven prisoners at the Marshall coun.
ty farm near Potts Camp, succeeded in
boring out of their prison house and
making their escape one night last week
The leader., 1897-11-24
CURRENT COMMENT.

THE National Baseball league has
decided to adopt the double umpire
system at its games next season.
The leader., 1897-11-24
Want to Bridge the Tennessee.

club of Decatur. Ala, have taken steps
to promote the erection of bridge
across the Tennessee river at a cost of
over $500, 600.
The leader., 1897-11-24
A. and NJ. College Opened.

The Mississippi Agricultural and Me.
chanical College opened last week with
223 students in attendance.
The leader., 1897-11-24

c. H. Shattuck, of West Virginia,
bought farm for $500 two years ago,
and recently sold it for $500, 1000. It Is
rich in OIL
The leader., 1897-11-24

Memorial exercises CONNIE lucrative
of the life and services of the late Sena.
tor Isham q. Harris, of Tennessee,
were held in Memphis.
The leader., 1897-11-24

William Moody, young husband Of
Atlanta, Ga, was deserted by his wife.
He became Respondent and blew his
brains out.
The leader., 1897-11-24

Will Clark, white, was sentenced to
the penitentiary for life by the circuit
court of Franklin county. Ala, the
other day, for criminal assault.
The leader., 1897-11-24

&. c BRIcE, chemist, inventor and
msfallurxist, of Chicago. declared that
be would commence on large scale
the manufacture of pure gold.
The process by which this will
~ accomplished Is the invention OF
Nr hrice. rho makes no secret OF hii
tormule
The leader., 1897-11-24

A new variety of chrysanthemum.
rich purple in hue. has been named aft.
er Lillian Russell.
The leader., 1897-11-24
ForcIbie Vaccination Upbe,a.

Judge w. b. Butt, Of the superior
court, Atlanta, Ca, rendered decision
which will permit municipality tc
force vaccination.
The leader., 1897-11-24

DIR. w. F. Hyer, one of the most prom.
inent members of the medical fraterni.
ty in Mississippi, was found dead in
bed at his residence in Meridian.
The leader., 1897-11-24

Maj. Alexander NJ. Wynn, aged "A,
ex-state senator from Limestone coun-
ty. Ala, and for two terms treasurer
OF Madison county, died recently.
The leader., 1897-11-24

We notice that girls with steadies never
have fascinating girls come to visit them
Atchison Globe.
The leader., 1897-11-24
It Made Him Faint.

AT Glasgow, KY, Walter Pendigo
was convicted of arson and sentenced
70 three years In the penitentiary, lie
tainted.
The leader., 1897-11-24
Oath Bound hoy Burglars

The police of Greenville, s. c., a few
days ago. unearthed an oath-bouuo
band of boy burglars, ranging in age
from 10 to 30 years.
The leader., 1897-11-24

PRoF. MILTON WHITNEY, who is in
charge of the division of soils of
the agricultural department, is en-
gagged at present in the investigation of
the climatic conditions of moisture
and temperature in their relation to
the local distribution of crops. The
work has a scope as broad as the coun-
try. IL will eventually embrace all
the soils and staple crops and in its re-
1ation TO the future of the country,
when crops must be specialized under
the intensified system of agriculture
which must come to American farmers
in few years, it promises to be of the
utmost economic and practical value.
The leader., 1897-11-24
QM&Ia>uMzR

Ball Ground, Ga, writes:
l have known DR.. M. A.
Simmons Liver Medi-
cine 20 years, and that 1t
cures La Grippe, Head
ache and other com
plants. / think it is
stronger than "Zeilin's
Regulator" and "Black
Draught," and that it
gives better satisfaction.
The leader., 1897-11-24

What the fox lacks in legs. he has to make
up in cunning. Rams Horn.
The leader., 1897-11-24
A Mean White Mnp.

Rev. Amindab Bledso, of the st Louis
Blue Light tabernacle, met Jim Webster :
few days ago near the Grand Union denot
and asked him how he was off for firewood
81 reckon has got erbout five cords laid
up for de winter"
dat oughter Jas yer er long while" said
Parson Bledso, who was figuring to borrow
some of Jim's fuel.
'Hit amt gwine ter las so VERY long"
replied Jim. "bekase de white man in whose
yard at wood is burns it up Jess as il Il
didn't cos him err cent. IN. Y. World.
The leader., 1897-11-24

A NUMBER of representative women
have taken hold of the project for es-
tablishing in Washington great ma
tional university on the lines suggested
by President Washington. They have
started out in practical manner by
seeking to raise the first $3.50, 600 nee
essary for the erection of an admins
tration building to form the nucleus
of the university and hope to be able
to lay the corner stone on February
%, 1899. Their purpose in the interim
is TO urge the matter continuously on
the attention of women all over the
country. They intend likewise to in
terest all school children in the work.
The leader., 1897-11-24
No Preferred Creditors.

Hamilton, Avis & Co., of Waterford
Miss, have made an assignment; nc
preferred creditors. Liabilities, SIS.
034; assets. $40, SS5.
The leader., 1897-11-24
An AnElOphobc

He.My friend is opposed to everything
English.
She-Yes, noticed that in his converse.
tion.-Yonkers Statesman.
The leader., 1897-11-24
Hoods Pills act easily, effectively. 25c
Nervous Depression Of Women.

Nervous Depression Of Women.
Awoman will often without knowing 10
commit slow suicide for her family. She
will think, toll and worry for her children.
tired nerves and weary body at last reach
stage when she Is almost powerless for any
hind Of mental or physical work, and she 10
depressed and worried over the conscious.
customcd duties. Her organs of digestion
are disordered and although there Is q con.
slant disposition to rest, wakefulness and
loss Of power to sleep are serious indica-
tons Of nervous depression. What she
Vine Wine to restore a healthy functional
activity and give tone and vitality to her
nervous system. At the same time the
stomach, liver and kidneys should be stim.
Madeleine
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-08-12
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proprietor Chas F. Wingheld man,
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stop stubborn leaks in defective
roofs; do neat and substantial gut.
tering and downpiping Mill Hoods,
etc, a specialty-also do roof paint
ing. Will keep on hand stove pipe,
both for wholesale and retail, and
will expect to keep a full line of
handmade tinware on hand, for
anything that is expected Of first
class shop, Give us a trial
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