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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-01

leys, of which glmpses were caught in
rearing it on the water; then making IA
roundabout way through the rocky
formations again, and reach another
steamboat station higher up, whence
to pass on for another spell. Hotels,
some luxurious, others rather primitive,
but all clean, wholesome and providing
good fare, are to be met with every
where, and pleasant travelling compan-
ions are sure to be encountered almost
a! any stage of the journey. The
whole trip, taking in every point of in
terest, far into the speaking
part of Bohemia, and lasting, say a
fortnight, reckoning from the time Of
leaving Berlin, with fare and hotel eX-
penses may be made for about $23; liv-
ing on the fat of the land, too, on that
sum.
Saxon Switzerland owes its peculiar
charm TO several circumstances. 1t is
a region of mountains, tall, perpendic-
ular rocks and powders (some rising
straight from the banks of the Elbe to
an altitude of l 900 feet and over, and
the SUBMITS of the mountains 1000 to
1900 feet even) through which the
lovely Elbe river winds its way. The
rock formations, with their odd shapes,
owe their origin to remote volcanic
past, and being all of sandstone, the
rock is piled on, so to speak, layer on
layer, with needlelike peaks jutting
forth in the most unexpected places,
often dotted with tall and magnificent
trees, often, too, bare and showing the
loveliest Kaleidoscope changes, as the
light, the sun, the clouds, the weather
act upon them.
A sunrise and sunset, for instance,
with the roseate or deeper tints of the
orb thrown on the two walls of steep
rocks hemming in both shores of the
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-01
HOG MARKET BOOMING.
The Advance Said to BE Due to an Il
creased Demand for Meats.

The Advance Said to BE Due to an In
creased Demand for Meats.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Aug. 2S.-There
is boom under way in the hog mar.
ket, somewhat similar to that which
carried wheat up to dollar AT the
stock yards yesterday prices went up lC
to Is cents per cwt., on top of SINH
lar advance yesterday. Prices have
advanced 40 cents since last Friday,
20 cents since August 1, and they are
now a dollar higher than in the middle
of July. To-day's prices are the high
est in nearly two years. The hogs OF
the country numbering about 50,00o,-
600, are worth now about 100000, 0OC
more than their value at market prices
six weeks ago.
The advance in prices is due to in
creased demand for meats rather than
to scarcity of hogs. The consump-
tion in this country and the export de-
mand are much larger than they were
a year ago. There is a deficiency in
the hog supplies of several European
countries, and Canada, also, has fewer
hogs than usual.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-01
WILL IMPORT MINERS.
Coal Operators In the East Determined to
start Up Their Plants.

Coal operators IN the East Dttefmtutu 10
start Up Their Plants.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Aug. 2e-Coal
operators of the Pittsburgh district
have not been asleep during the past
few days. The impression in certain
circles that there would be no attempt
made to start the mines seems To have
been established for a purpose, and
that purpose was to divert the atten-
ton of the miners officials. 1t has
been definitely decided to start sew
cral mines along the Wheeling di-
vision of the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
road. These preliminaries are
all completed and decisive
move can be expected almost
any tiE,c. 1t was given out that the
Cleveland operators had gone to their
homes for the ostensiblc purpose OF
awaiting the result of the st. Louis
convention. Some of them went, but
others did not Those remaining behind
were members of the newly appointed
subcommittee, whose duty it is to per-
feet the arrangements for starting some
of the mines and breaking the strike.
One of the first moves was to get in
touch with the railroad companies
The officials of the railroads at once
agreed to bring about, If possible, an
era of activity in the coal-producing
Industry of the Pittsburgh dis
trict. The expense of get
ting imported labor into the dis
trict was discussed, and the railroad
companies agreed to share their pro-
portion of the outlay. After this
agreement was made, the work of
hiring imported labor was taken charge
of by a special sub committee.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-01
SAXON SWITZERLAND.
One of tho Most Picturesque Dis
tricts In the World.
yisitors from America Pronounce /"
m yeritabIc Paradise, Superior In
Some Respects to the
Yosemite valley.
Especial Berlin letter ]

Among the picturesque districts I'M
til recently neglected by the American
tourists in Europe is that region known
generally as Saxon Switzerland. his
neglect. however, is now being made up
for. as the number Of Americans visit
ing that lovely region is steadily on the
increase. | noticed, among the passen-
gers on a river boat going up the Elbe'
several charming American bridal par
ties, and on the sun. init of one OF the
finest peaks ] stumb ed into group OF
Americans who hailed from every part
of the United States, but who were
here, focused together, as it were, IN
this tiny paradise.
For Saxon Switzerland is n veritabIe
paradise. 1t has not the grand air oil
the real Switzerland, and it lacks gia-
ciers and cloud-piercing monsters OF
mountains. But of its kind it is more
attractive. There is a mixture OF idyillc
peace and peculiar picturesqueness IN
the landscape that is extremely charm
ing. The people there are not yet so
greedy after the dollars of the tourists;
in fact, they are for the most part quite
naive and hospitable, and their brook
trout and fresh fruit and the products
of their mountain industries are as yet
all to be had at a very reasonable rate.
In fact, for holiday of fortnight or
so know Of no more propitious spot on
earth than this same Saxon Switzer-
land. and as such it is recognized by
the shrewd Germans, the Berliners es-
pecial,y, who undertake frequently and
at small expense brief trips there.
The best way to do this is to take the
fast train from Berlin to Dresden, stop
there over night, ard then take one OF
the pretty Elbe boats the next morn
ing and make the circuit through the
whole region by easy stages, going by
boat up the river few hours, then dis
embark again, and make dive down
one of the marvelously pretty side val
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-01
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL

ARCHBISHOP lRELA:D was mustered
into the G.. A. r. at Buffalo, n. Y, on
the 25th and became e comradc.
THE first convention of the Negro In
terstate Free Silver league was called
to order at Quincy, H., on the 25th.
Among those present were Prof. c. w.
Lear, principal of the GAINESVILLE, Mo-,
colored school, and Harry r. Graham,
of Kansas City, Mo-, president of the
Negro Free Silver league of Missouri
and editor OF the Kansas City Rising
Sun.
The president of Uruguay was shot
and killed just as he was leaving a
cathedral at Montevidco by youth
named Arredondo. The city was cele-
brating the anniversary of the indie
pcndence of Uruguay by fetc when
the assassination took place.
SENATOR JOHN NJ. THURsToN, of Nc
braska, has publicly announced that
he intends to retire from politics and
would not stand for re-election to the
United States senate.
THE first national convention of the
American party, q new political or
iHtb at ~. LOUIS Ou Tie
Goth in answer to a call issued by Col.
f. ii. Sellers, of Detroit Mich. The
platform favors the demonstration of
gold and silver and the substitution of
treasury notes, the Issue of low rate
intcrest-bearing savings certificates
for popular investment, the control of
all public convenicnces by the govern
ment, an income tax law, the election
of president and senators by direct
vote of the people, the initiative and
referendum and the adjustment of
trusts and monopolies.
GEN. AzcARRAeA, the Spanish pre-
mier, announced at recent cabinet
meeting, that the government would
follow the policy of tho late premier,
Canovas del Castillo, and it had the
greatest confidence in Gen. Wcyler's
management of affairs in Cuba.
TIE Woman's Relief corps at Buffalo,
Il. y, on the 27th elected Mrs. Sarah
J. Martin, of Missouri, president, and
Mrs. Robert i. Atkins, of Buffalo,
senior vice president. Mrs. Kate
Jones, of Vermont, was chosen junior
vice president. Mrs. Belle T. Baglcy
was reelected treasurer.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-01

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2s.-The United
States fish commission is beginning its
years work of fish distribution. Its
plans embrace work in Missouri, Kan
sas. Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Hi
nois and the west and southwest in
general. A car load of youngsters is
being prepared for shipment from the
Illinois fish station at Quincy to vari.
Gus points in Kansas. When this has
been attended to. other southwestern
states will be taken up, and within
month supply will be taken from the
station at Neosho and deposited in
various state and private waters in
Missouri. Each station will be drawn
upon for upwards of 10000 fishes, con-
sisting of rainbow trout, rock bass,
black bass and croppie.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-01

with elsewhere, are found in the numer-
Gus side valleys, and bird life is pien-
-tiful and very variegated.
Take it altogether, what with the pure
air and water, the stimulating effects
of open-air life, the beauties of nature.
and the wholesome and well7prepared
food had everywhere; perhaps, too, the
charming character of the native popu-
lation in this whole region, the Amer
lean tourist who has tired of the grand
er scenes of the Alps and the crowds
of sightseers in the large cities of Eu-
rope cannot do better than take trip
to this lovely country. His health and
temper, beyond doubt, will be improved
thereby; his pocket will not much sui
fer, and he will take away with him
remembrance as of something alto
gether unique.
WOLF Won SCHJERRRAND-
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-01
LAWYERS HONOR M'KlNLEY.
The President Attends the Annual Banquet
OF the American Bar Association.

The President Attends the Annual banquet
OF the American Bar Association.
CLEVELAND, o., Aug. 2S.-President
Mckinley was the guest of the Ameri-
can Bar association at its banquet last
night though the fact that he was to
be there was kept very quiet. The
president was accompanied by Secre-
tary Alger and Senator Hanna. After
the applause which greeted the presi-
dent had subsidized, the POSTMASTER an.
nounced that the executive committee
had reported the election to honorary
membership in the association OF
William Mckinley, of Ohio. The
announcement was greeted by
cheers. Mr.. Mckinley responded
briefly. At the morning session OF
the association the following otfi-
GERS were elected: President, William
Writ Howe, New Orleans; secretary,
John liinliley, Baltimore; treas
urcr, Francis Rawle, Philadelphia.
Executive committee, Alfred llemin-
way, Boston; Charles Claflin Allen, st.
Louis; Charles Mobile Gregory. Wis
consin. The list of vice presidents
elected includes: J. w. McLoud, In
dian territory; John ID. Mllliken,
Kansas: &. \. Filkenburg, Missouri,
and ). L. Hunt, Oklahoma.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-01
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
The STATE Encampment.

viclSsburg, Aug 81. The sham battle
which concluded the military exercises
at Camp Rem Humphreys took place nj
sunset this evening, and was witnessed
by fully 1900 people. All day long
immense trains had been plying TO the
grounds, going loaded and returning
empty, while from oil roads leading
there came wag ons lacked with visitors
from the country. 1t was difficult &c
keep back the crowd SO as to reserve
ground for the troops to maneuver, and
at nightfall, when the tide of humanity
set toward the city, two trains carried
away 5000 persons, whose absence from
the throng could scarcely be missed.
The sponsors ball, which concluded
the social pleasures Of the week, was
the scene of crush even exceeding the
governors ball of the night before.
The success of the cncampment has
been beyond all expectations.
In general orders issued today the
accomplished commander, Maj Gen.
Billups, expressed his qualification with
lilt ItSuitS dIDltNSti. anu SuiN bhhb IL
was the most successful encampment
ever held by the guard, and that its
lessons would remain part of the most
valuable experience of its members. a
volunteer force is not as easily CON
trolled as one of regulars, he added,
but he had been pleased to note steady
improvement in discipline from the be-
ginning to the close of the encampment.
lie predicted that the meeting would
tend TO create ard promote an interest
in the guard hitherto unfelt, and a
greater pride on the part of members
in their organization. incidentally, he
took OCCASION to express his apprecia-
ton of the city's hospitality in cordial
expressions, which are heartily re"
echoed here
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-01
Mississippi Securities in Demand.

1t seems that the Mobile, jackson &
Kansas City Railroad Company had no
trouble in negotiating loan in Europe
to build and equip its line through the
great pine belt of Mississippi. This
goes to prove that Mississippi securities
are considered first-class. Last year this
State built more miles of railroad than
any State in the Union except two. This
road will develop one of the finest sec
tions of the State, and which is now
without railroad connection. Aside
from the fine timber along its route, a
large portion is good farming land.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-01
Weather and Crops.

During the past week the tcmpera-
ture was below the normal for the sea-
son, and the rainfall was above the
average over a large portion of the
State, especially over the southern and
eastern sections. Cotton was injured
by the cool, wet weather, and reports
of shedding. rust, rot and worms, while
not general. arc becoming more numer-
Gus than heretofore. More favorable
reports come from the northern and
western portions of the state, where
good average crops anticipated. Corn,
peas and potatoes are growing fast.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-01
IN HARD LUCK.
Hundreds of KIondikers Ilockadcd at
Skaguay and Dyea-Outfits for "A Song.

Hundreds of Kiondikers Biockaded at
Sksguay and Dyea-Outfits for "A Song.
PoRT TOWNSEND, Wash, Aug, IS
Andrew WATSON, banker and eX-col-
lector of customs, who left with a
parry of seven for the Klondike, has
written his wife from Skaguay as fol-
lows:
There are here about 5000 men and l,50C
horses, making up the most forlorn lot
ever saw. About half of them have given
up and the other half either curse or cry.
Taking it altogether l never such
condition of affairs. At Dyea there arc near
ly as many as here. and / am told they are
in the same condition. God only knows what
will become of those headed this way. for none
but those who have horses will get through. ]
do not believe that one in hundred will get
through. Many have started out, but just as
many have retm ned. footSore and diSheartened.
Outfits can be bought here for song. The au-
thorities should stop the tide of immigration
that Is coming this way.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-01
Zig Strike Threatened.

SHREVEPORT, La, Aug. 2s.-Accord-
ing to a story in circulation here there
will be a general strike upon the Kan
sas City, Pittsburg & Gulf railway
within the next two or three days.
The employees of the road belonging to
the different orders of railway men
have been nursing grievance for
some time past on account of reduc-
tons in their scale of wages, and walk
ing delegates have been busy among
them urging them to resist the alleged
injustice. Should the strike occur, it
is said that the entire system from
Kansas City to Port Arthur will be
tied up for an indefinite length of time.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-01

CHICAGO street corners are to be
made objects of usefulness and beauty
by handsome town clocks, supplied
with the official barometer, thermom-
eter and forecast, if the plans of the
United States Time & Weather Service
Co and Postal Telegraph Co. are car
ried out. Promoters of the system are
ready to order the manufacture of 100
of the towers. with their complement,
and have them located at convenient
intervals The timep;eces will be syn
rhronized by the Postal Telegraph Co..
SO that one may be certain that he is
being supplied with United States OBJ
servatory time.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-01
The Queen Regent Guarded.

SAN SEBASTIAN, Aug. 2s.-Twcnty
who are well acquainted
with the anarchists of Barcelona and
other places, have arrived here for the
purpose of watching over and protect
ing the queen regent. It's stated that
their presence is due to the fact that
the government has learned that the
of London have resolved tc
assassinate her majesty to avenge Coli,
the murderer of Prime Minister Cano-
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-01

THE department of agriculture has
been working for several weeks to get
proof of shrewd scheme said to have
originated in the west. 1t is the pr.c-
tice said to be now in vogue among
western mllers of mixing ten per cent
OF corn meal with 80 per cent. of flour.
Conclusive proof has been secured that
the practice is widely prevalent now.
Flour mixed with ten per cent. of corn
meal cannot be detected in the cook
on the moral ground that honesty is
the only true policy, proposes to OK
pose the millers' neat scheme to make
profits
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-01
EDUCATORS ON THE RACK.
Missouri University Professors May Bt
Treated Like President Andrews, OF

Missouri University Professors May BE
Treated Like President Andrews OF
Brown.
COLUMBIA, Mo-, Aug. 2S.-The Herald
states that DIR. Frederick Charles
Hicks, since 1892 of Missouri univer-
sity's faculty, is to be tried by com
mittee of the curators on charges that
he is high protectionist, gold advo,
cate and believer in the government
al the oriesof Hamilton to the exclu'
sion of those of jefferson. The com
mittee consists of Judge Noah M.
Givan, of Harrisonville, Judge o. d..
Jones, of Edna and Campbell Wells,
of Platte City. Congressman Benton
is said to be the prime mover in the
investigation. DR.. William G. Brown,
professor of chemistry, is to be tried
for alleged excessive Partially to the
gold standard and on charge that he
is an Englishman, who has never taken
the trouble to be naturalized.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-01

"SHALI. Memorial day be RELOCATED
into obscurity, becoming itself only a
memory is n matter that has been
under consideration in various states
for some time past, the ground being
taken that the day set apart for honor
ing the memory Of dead heroes is made
more of time for jollification than for
paying tribute to those who fell in de-
Tense of freedom. 1t is suggested that
a Memorial day be observed on the last
Sunday in May, when services can be
held in the various churches and the
tributes from the living to the dead
placed on green mounds in the differ
ent cemeteries.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-01
A slump In Wheat.

CHICAGO, Aug. rs. - Wheat broke
over five cents bushel yesterday at
the opening, everybody wanting to I'M
load on the weak cables. Liverpool
showed a decline equal to over five
cents bushel. Everything on the
floor was demoralized by the selling in
wheat. After the furry trade in wheat
stagnated, the pit not being more than
half full. September wheat opened
all the way from 931s cents to 90 cents,
as compared with 9sX cents at the
close Thursday. A rally to 90 cents
followed on some buying by the bull
clique.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-01
Auied for Peace and War.

ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 2s.-"Our two
nations, friends and allies, equally re-
solved to contribute all their resources
to maintain the peace of the world in
right and equity" In these words the
czar of Russia toasted President Faure,
of France, last night, and announced
to the world that their respective coun-
tries had entered into an alliance, of
fensive and defensive.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-01
NAV RevoIu,ionize MarIne varfare.

CHICAGO, Aug. IS. a small brass pro-
jectile, measuring 4x1A inches, was
thrown in the lake of Van Buren,
street from the government pier, and
1t depth of five feet it exploded. A
volume of water shot up 25 feet in the
air and dead fish bobbed up to the sur
face and floated about, mute testimo-
aials to the destructiveness of the ex-
plosive. The name of this new explo-
sive, which is the discovery of two Chi
.ago men, is mirex. From recent ex-
periments its inventors claim it is not
wild statement to say that mirex will
revolutionize modern marine warfare.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-01

Is September 1000 Cherokees will
begin land march to the old battle.
field near Russellville, KY, where
Chief Watchna was said to have been
Shawpees. They will carry with
them all the carved legends and war
souvenirs of Watchna and will deposit
them on his grave. This deposit of
tribal relics is due to a belief recently
taught by an old medicine man that
the tribe is doomed to complete ex-
tinction in few years.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-01
PALMlSTRY MADE EASY.
Iarkin Read Her Hand and Then TOLD
a Friend the Trick.

I.arkin Read Her Hand and Then Told
Friend the Trick.
80, Mr.. Larkin, read my palm, won't
your"
Larkin, that arch impostor and bluff
err, took her hand confidently and
scowled. After moment of intense
scrutiny he asked if she was sure she'd
be willing to have him tell what he
saw. She defied him to do his worst
In the half hour since he had met
her he had formed some general notions
as to what sort of person she was
On these as basis he began, touching
vaguely but confidently on the charac-
teristics of her life, her fortune, her
tastes, and most of all, her heart. She
was inclined to treat the performance
as a joke.
perhaps I'd better STOP" Larkin
said, deepening his scowl.
us your vocabulary becoming eA-
hausted, Mr.. Larkin?'
mo; but there are things here that
you might prefer not to have mentioned
before company"
She laughed little neryously, and
told him to go on. After little pause
lie said slowly:
"You are leading a double life. 10
those about you you show only one s'oe
of your nature. Your innermost
thoughts and your true self are as dii'
fernt from those you reveal to your
friends as night is from day"
She started to draw her hand away'
then, either from curiosity or braVado'
checked herself.
Half of your life is made up OF
great regret that turks in your hear1
and will not be lived down. In tinle'
perhaps" -,
She blushed and sprang away.
didn't think you'd be SO mean' sue
said. ;,
Il warned you; do not blame me-
Larkin answered, with show OF Ia
tigue after the terrific concentration
lust endured. She made an excuse 10
leave the room. :.
That's such an easy thing that II
seems shame to do it" Larkin laugneu
after she was gone. THE average Sii'
is sentimental, ana the veteran -
ries of those complications respect,
fully referred to as love affairs. LEI,
her that she is leading double me-
and she regards herself as heroine,
speak of "a great regret and her minu
turns to her most recent affair. just
put your statements in romantic IAN
guage, and she'll believe you. uniess
she's too nearly level-headed. That KIM
don't care to have their palms re'u'
anyway"
How often do you find giri VINO
doesn't believe in palmistry, NJ Lar
kin?'' some one inquired. But LarA,n
had become suddenly busy in ext,a VA
ing carnation from bowl, and dio
not hear.-Chicago Times-Heraid'