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Evening star., 1897-05-06
The Proceeding. Yesterday.

The first session of the postal congress
continued yesterday after The Stars re-
port of the proceedings closed until late
hour in the afternoon. Director of Posts
Delessert of Switzerland paid feeling
tribute to the late Or. Won Stephan of Ger
many, whose vacant desk at the right of
the platform is heavily draped in mourn
ing and supports a wreath of oak leaves
and im,norteles tied with purple ribbon.
On the part of the congress NJ. DelesSert
proposed General G.. S. Batcheller as presi-
dent of the congress, and he was unani-
mously chosen.
General Batcheller addressed the gather
ing in French, dwelling upon its import
ance to the entire world.
Euosies on DR. Won Stephan were then
delivered by Director of Posts Fritsch Of
Germany and his colleague, Mr.. Neubauer
Administrator of Mails Assault of France
thanked the United States government for
its hospitality on behalf of the delegates.
Officers of the congress were then Sc
lected as follows: Secretary, Director Holm
of the Universal Postal Union; first secre-
tary, II. CALI; second secretary, Mr..
krains. On the part of the United States
Colonel Chaille-Long, Mr.. r. S. Hatcher
and Mr.. w. A. Brown were chosen first,
-y,I ~, ,iyI a-ia
Evening star., 1897-05-06
CITY AND DISTRICT.
AripuS Gazing tn River View

The Arion Singing Society. one of the
leading German musical societies of the
city. will have its annual singing festival
at River View on Sunday next. These
musical festivals are a feature of the Ger
man excursions to the View every year
and this year the society has taken es-
Iecial pains TO have the music better than
ever before. On Sunday the hooks and
deHs of River View will ring with the vocal
sClns. chcruses and instrumental music of
the German fatherland. In addition to the
music. the usual prize bowling contests
Will take place, and will be participated in
by the bowling league of the city Other
amusements will be provided for the ladies'
and children. and all are promised a good
time. In order to accommodate the large
crowd expected the steamer Saml. j. Pentz
VIII leave her wharf. foot of 1th street, at
II a-m, 2:iJ and 6 pm.
Evening star., 1897-05-06
Valuable Furninhings In Residence
No. 1875 Mnssachusetts Avenue ut

Monday next. at 10 am, Sloan 4. Co,
auctioneers, will sell by catalogue, at ITS
Massachusetts ave-. an unusually fine ar
ray of household appointments Most Of
the goods were secured abroad and are nv
the best European makers. Open for exhi-
bition tomorrow and Saturday from am.
until 6 p.m.-Advt.
Evening star., 1897-05-06

Th9 attention of readers is called to the
trustees sales of the three-story and base
ment brick dwelling No 1914 G street now
used as dispensary; of an unimproved lot
On champlain avenue. Meridian Hill and
OF the three-story brick dwelling No 1223
eth street northwest, which take place to-
morrow at 80. 5:15 and G O'clock nm
respectively Good properties for invest
ment or speculation. See advertisement in
another column.
Evening star., 1897-05-06
CARPETS ARE SAFE HERE.

CARPETS AXE SAFE HF1RE.
We insure them against any loss. We re-
turn your carpets or their value in cash.
And we clean carpets without slightest in
jury NJ. r. Thorp. 4SS Maine ave.
Evening star., 1897-05-06

Money to lend at and per cent on real
estate. Frank 7. Rawlings, 1906 Pa. ave.
Advertisement.
Evening star., 1897-05-06

If you want anything, try an ed. In The
Star If anybody has what you wish, you
VIII get an answer.
Evening star., 1897-05-06
I8A rn um u bailey Circus.

Every harness used by them is genuine
Concord hainess. d. c. agents, Lutz &
Bro, 43I Pa. ave.-Advt.
Evening star., 1897-05-06
Johnstons sugar sale, 41zc lb. Page >.

Sauls sale plants. Williams & Co.'S auc-
tion rooms. corner 10th and Penn ave-, to-
morrow. IL am. and pm.
Evening star., 1897-05-06
COMMITTEES AT WORK
The Universal Postal Congress Getting
Down to Business.
Subjects Under Confederation Are
Being Discussed by the Delegates
Preparatory to Final Action.

The delegates to the postal congress
gathered early at the old Corcoran Art
Gallery this morning, and there was
business appearance about them entirely
unlike the full dress decorative effect they
presented yesterday. Prince Alberts, cut
aways and even box coats were worn, and
there were nearly as many patterns of
trousers as there were wearers. The COM
mittees appointed yesterday lost no time in
getting in shape the matters claiming their
attention, and both committee rooms were
scenes of lively discussion and animated
interchange of views all the morning. The
congress room was deserted save by a few
delegates and secretaries, and will present
similar appearance until Gen. Batcheller
calls another session of the congress to
consider reports from one or the other of
the committees. Luncheon was served as
usual in the octagon room, and the COM
mittees returned to their deliberations at
it's conclusion.
In the published lists of delegates yes
terday F. H. Schlytorn was inadvertently
accredited to both Sweden and Norway
These countries have separate representa-
tives, Norway's delegate being Theobald
Hyerdahl, the postmaster general of Nor
way, and one of the most distinguished
experts postal affairs in the world.
Evening star., 1897-05-06
bargains In Palms md Plant.
Soldiers Home Veteran. Ce1.h-,t.

of all kinds. Handsome palms, SOC. to 81
small ones, 1oc., at ]. Louis Loose's, 18th & F.
Advertisement.
Evening star., 1897-05-06
Kings Daughters Entertainments

The "King's Daughters of the Holy City,
will produce scenes from Alice in Won
derland" and adher parlor novelties this
nard, 1906 Rhode Island avenue.
Evening star., 1897-05-06

For Spring Lamb. New York Roast Beef
and Delmonico Steaks go to John r. Kelly.
9th st. wing Center market. Corned Beef
a Speciality.
Evening star., 1897-05-06

DON'T WAIT UNTIL THE HOUSE
PESTS have stolen a march on you and are
ready to raid your premises by the thous-
aEds-use DEATH DUST, the housekeep
er's friend. 1t kills all such vermn bed
bugs, reaches. spiders. centipedes, etc. AT
all Drug Stores, 10 cents
Evening star., 1897-05-06

him
Children.
G-r-a-n1-O-p-fl=O-n-e-s

more on the subject
a (
Evening star., 1897-05-06

THE BIOGRAPH.-Since the announce
ment was made in The Star last week that
the present week would in all probability
Willard Hall Of the Biograph. a number of
other churches have solicited dates for
benefits. and the management has consent-
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31
-, To rosr-MAsTERs AND
OTHERS.

postmasters will confer a favor by
ss notifying us promptly when
away. rsfuse or fail, from any cause
PersO sOso The LEADER from the post
% s"s. 's though it would not be strain
0u'.o' ommon courtesy If persons who do
OO In inf Il would notify the publisher
nO' themselves. 1t is not our
dlls'' os or purpose to unwillingly force
v. s'.I naper upon anyone who does not
.ns !, We would be as far from
ass af..ndipp ourself, unlimited, into a
NV .,. home and insist upon enjoying
~ r hospitality without pay, as to
w mon him paper that was OF no
Wv .st or use to him and then insist
,.. ."oo his paying for it. AT the same
.ip,e ap where persons continue to take
' '. noner from the post-office and
.ssd "a It for months or year, without
is r.actinp the postmaster or publisher
a !. ston Il, they will be regarded as sub
.;hers ard expected to pay. We are
oot ~ running The LEADER this year ex-
cusively for our health.
Excepting old subscribers to The
,s,prR and citizen, we are not mail
- Tur LEADER to any but those who
haya ordered it, or to persons whose
mas ~ have been handed in by mutual
,Ionds as those who would be likely
= desire the paper and pay for 1t. If
,hore are any of either class who do
mt wish the paper continued, they
vill please notify us promptly.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31
NORFIELD NOTES.
BY LAFAYETTE.

Spring is here, the woods are cloth
ed in green, the birds are singing their
sweetest music about Norfield.
The frost of last week didn't seem to
hurt gardens. Beans and other sub
stantials will soon be ready for use.
Mr.. Dump Mercier has corn large
enough to work.
Mesdames V. Zachary and Nettie
Hart, of Thayer, were the welcome
guests of w. j. Price aud family last
Friday evening.
Mr.. w. j. Brumfeld made his an
nual visit to New Orleans last Friday
to lay in supplies for his farm. He an
initiates the middle man.
The Norwood and Butterfield Co.,
had a bad wreck on their line of road
last Wednesday evening. In making
an extra run from the mill to the
woods, about mile east of the mill
box car jumped the track near a
bridge and Mr.. Ralf. Buttterfield, Mr..
I ON McNair and the engineer jumped
off. The train ran on the bridge and
the box fell with one end on the
ground and the other leaning against
the track where it is about twenty feet
high. y negro by the name of Hugh
jackson wss killed.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31

went up on the next train. A gen.
tletnan who was in Greenville last
Friday says the streets of the town
were q feet below the level of the
surging waters, and he did not see
how the levees could hold OH this
side unless other breaks occurred
on the Arkansas side. The State
has hundreds of acres of growing
corn under water from the inland
floods, and a break in the levees
would ruin prospects for this year,
that is as to corn.
I MIR. j. +. Price of this city has
celebrated his 5Sth birthday.
Nothing strange in that till you
know Mr.. Price is u tr;plet-two
boys and "a girl born to the same
mother at once. They are natives
OF North Carolina, but all now i'm
this State, hale and hearty, and
fine specimens of manhood. The
brother, Henry, lives in Suufower
county, the sister in Choctaw,
think. There is no doubt these
are the oldest triplets in the
world. Senator Alex. Price, of
Rankin and Smith is a brother.
State Supt. of Ed. Kincannon is
grieving over the loss Of IL hand
some gold-headed cane, presented
to him by his former pupils at Me-
ridian, and which he priced very
highly. 1t was stolen from his Of
flee. a great deal of petty thiev-
cry goes on at the capitol, and II
day watchman is said 10y Secretary
of State Power to be badly needed.
The State journal, of Austin.
Texas, writes the Clarion-Ledger
that fortune of $4,000 awaits the
heirs of John Hamer;dge or Ar
thur Thyme. Hameridge was sto-
len in infancy and never knew any
thing about his family. Can't
some Mississippi editor serape up
a relationship? Five thousand
would help out lots on pay day.
The Auditor has completed the
task of mailing the 1000 pension
warrants to the several Chancery
Clerks, and pensioners should call
at their Court House and get them.
The amount to each is $3.50, a
small sum to each Individual, but
the total is $4,000.
L. Z. FRANTZ.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31
Only One Sort of Morality

y
The following from the New Or
leans Picayune is doctrine THE
LEADER has been trying to incul-
cate for a good many years, with
"tt'e assistance from the secular
press. We are glad to welcome to
our aid such an able and infiuen-
''al Journal as our big city contem-
pofary. The Picayune well says:
loo many men seem to held
.aat III politics and in official posi-
''Oh they may perform. with i'm
pohlty and with an easy con-
sclence, acts which in private life
"nd IN their personal capacity they
Orable.
Inc existence of a double stand
siu OF morals is not only II we'll
Anowh fact, but it has done more
'nah anything else to corrupt
arnerican politics and to cause "a
seieral dlStrust of every political
az. az. whlch is no: plainly transpar-
ent and honest.
;oa, reople cannot indulge in polit.
Oo. ,Usl and official trlckery without
Somlng sooner or later to be per
Tanally and individually dishonest.
an mere Is but one sort of morality,
~i UIe code of morals, and the man
ieu' uV can violate it to gain pOlit-
not s' paltiSan advantage will find il
~; ~. ulheult TO do the same sort OF
int"s is when "A personal and private
interest is at stake.n
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31

4 horse belonging to Dave
Smith dropped dead in the harness
Saturday evening, supposedly from
eating defective corn. This re-
minds us thar a large quantity OF
Western corn has been brought
here the present. season, and com
plant has been general that much
OF 1t was unfit for use and danger.
Gus to the lite of animals eating it.
Stcck,owncrs compelled to buy
should be extremely careful, other.
wise the nsS to the county by
death among horses and mules will
Oe great.-Hazlehurst Courier.
A reporter of THE LEADER no
ueed lot of damaged corn in a
brookhaven store a few days ago,
winch the merchant was offering
10 tlle farmer at a cut rate. AS in
''lhated by the Courier, a farmer
VINO is so imprOyident or unfortu
nate as to have to buy his corn,
VIII be apt to find this kind deal
horse'feed at any price.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31
Changing Conditions.

An examination of the records
in the Chancery Clerks office
shows that a much greater number
of deeds of trust have been given
this year than i'll any one season
for a long time. 1t shows further
that many of these deeds are given
for cash loans, and not for "fur-
nishmtnts,' as has been the Gus
tom heretofore.
The question has been raised
whether this increased evidence of
indebtedness is a good or an i'll
omen, and in deciding that ques-
ton the surrounding conditions
must be considered. The fact that
many tenants, both white and col
ored, are securing cash advances
on their prospects OF a crop is a
sure indication that they intend to
buy supplies for cash. thus saving
the difference between the cash
and credit prices, which i'll some
cases is % per cent. To be sure
they will pay 10 per cent interest
on the money, but III that case
there will be an average saving OF
from to 10 per cent, and ill some
cases more. In this day of cOmpe-
tition cash in hand will work Won
ders, no less in buying the neces.
sary articles to sustain life on the
farm thar in procuring the luXur
les for chose who indulge in them.
The farmer with money in his
pocket can be much more indie
pendent during the crop season,
even if that money is borrowed.
He can get better prices from the
merchants, and he has the one
great advantage of knowing just
how much he has to pay in the fall
something that is generally an
uncertain quantity where he buys
on credit. This is SO because every
one who buys OH credible he
rich or poor-buys more than when
he has to shell out the cash.
Then, again, the tenant sees a
greater profit ahead if he makes "A
good crop. He may have borrowed
$50, and he will use every effort to
keep his expenses within that limit
during that crop season. Ii he
does this, and by intelligent labor
makes more than an average crop,
he will be just so much ahead. He
has this fact in mind all summer,
and works to the end that the final
results may show something left
after paying his Indebtedness.
Another feature OF the changing
conditions is the fact that more
tenants have rented land and are
making crops than heretofore. The
tendency is for each man to farm
less land and farm 1T better. This
can but result i'll good, as intensive
or intelligent farming is bound to
pay better than slip-shod methods.
The direct results of this will be
more stuff produced on a less num-
Der of acres, and consequently with
less labor.
1t will be a great day for the
South when It's farmers can get ont
from under the yoke of the deed OF
trust-an instrument that works
night and day and piles up interest
and principal, too, some times,
faster than Il horse can tr0t. Pros,
periiy will come in its fullest sense
when the farmers-the back kOOne
and sinew of the laml-put them
selves on a cash basis and save
enough from one crop to make the
next. A great many farmers in
Rankin county are doing that very
thing now, and the number is in
ereasing every year. 1t is no
ticeable fact, too, that many of the
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31
Young Men. Take Notice,

The tren d of the times is toward
temperance, as is plainly shown by
the comments of the press all over
the State. No matter who he may
be or how exalted position he
may hold, a man cannot withstand
the scorn of the public when he is
pointed at as a drunkard or as
guilty of drunkenness. The time
is past when men can indulge in
such. 1t is not asked if a man be
drunk on whisky, beer or the many
other intOXicantS. Suffice it that
he is in that condition. Society
calls for moral, sober men to rep.
resent them, and will be satisfied
with nothing less. So let all as.
piring young meh and boys bear
this thought in mind.-Hazleburst
Courier.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31

deeds of trust recently filed are
payable to farmers, who have got
ten the upper hand of debt, and
instead of being borrowers OF
money are now judiciorsly loanng
their savings. Taken altogether,
the changing conditions are de
cidedly for the better.-Brandon
News.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31

The Colorado POpulists held The
liveliest convention at Denver IA
few days since that was ever expe-
rienced in this country, not even
excepting the average Republican
conyention in Mississippi. Wo.
men delegates were admitted to
the convention and it was the wO-
men who broke it up in disgrace
full row. One of them called del
egate of the opposite sex liar; he
replied "you're another" and then
the woman and her husband both
went at him. A Kilkenny cat
fight is said to have been nowhere
to what the convention experience
ed aud when the deck was finally
cleared it was found the "gentle-
man. who had insulted the "lady''
had few clothes, little hair and no
whiskers left.-Clarion.L Ledger.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31

The Mississippi YazoO delta
seems almost certainly doomed to
a destructive overflow. Two large
breaks have occurred in the leveeS
on the Mississippi side and the
flood waters are pouring in over
the alluyial lands.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31

Scott is such a good and law
abiding county that the term of
Circuit Court lasted only three
days, the grand jury found only
eight indictments, all for minor of
fenses, and this in the face of the
fact that no court has been held
there since March, 1S96.-Clarion
Ledger.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31
The Politicians i'm the Senate.


care the politicians mostly in
the Senate 1t would seem so
from the fact both the temporary
and permanent chairman of the
principal conventions of 1896 are
members of that body, aud the
permanent chairman of the Gold
Democratic convention as well.
Senator Fairbanks, of Indiana,
was the temporary chairman of
the Republican National Conven-
ton at st. Louis, and Senator
Thurston, of Nebraska, was per.
manent chairman of that body.
Senator Daniel, of Virginia, was
temporary chairman of the Demo.
cratic National Convention at Chi.
cago, ard Senator White, of Cali
fOrnla, was its permanent chair.
man. Senator Butler, of North
Carolina was the temporary chair
man Of the PO2ulist National Con
vention, at st. Louis, and Senator
Allen, Of Nebraska, was the per.
manent chairman. Senator CAT.
fiery, of Louisiana, was the perma-
nent chairman of the Gold Demo
cratic convention at indianapolis.
But that is not all. The chairman
of the three national committees
are in the Senate-Senator Hanna,
of the Republican; Senator Jones,
of the Democratic and Senator
Butler, of the PopuliSt.-Washing.
ton Post,
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31
Our Millinery Opening.

Last Saturday has been complimcned by everyone who
One lady, formerly from Chcgo, declared that for its size it
equaed anything she had the big Windy city The
compliment paid the number of orders given We
sold nearly all Pattern Hats the first day. and the good work
still going The pleasant feature of the day that the
ladies a. well pleased with the hats trimmed by
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31

Copiah county and wide circle
of friends elsewhere mourn the
death of Hon. Sam w. Miller, of
the law firm of Ailler Bros, who
succumbed last Saturday to a pro-
tracted attack of typhoid fever.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31
Homestead Notice.

LAND OFFICE At JACKSON, Miss, March g
lSg7.-NOtice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention to
make final proof in support of his claim. and
that said proof will he made before the Chan
cery Clerk Of Lincoln county, at Brookhaven,
Miss on April 10. 1897, viz:
WILLIAM X. FURR,
Of Malcum, Miss. Homestead Entry No "a .322 for
the n. swli and s.. nwl4 Section 36, Township s
north, Range 8, east.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation OF
said land viz J. G.. May, T.. l.. Sutton, T. r.
White and w. y. May, all of Macum p. o.,
Miss. ROBT. Il. WILSON,
Register
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31

A GENTS WANTED-For War In Cuba. by
"A Senor QueSada, Cuban representative at
Washington. Endorsed by Cuban patriots. In
tremendous demand. A bonanza for agents.
Only Sl.50 Big book, big commissions. Every
body wants the only endorsed, reliable book.
Outfits free. Credit given. Freight paid. Drop
all trash and make $500 4 month with War in
Cuba. Address to-day, THE NATIONAL BOOK
CONCERN, 352-SJ0 Dearborn Chicago. feb som
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31

In Our opinion, in the majority
of the lynchin9S, the desire to shed
blood without incurring danger,
and the desire to override the law,
is the actuating motive instead OF
desire to have the law properly
enforced.-Vicksburg Post.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31
ID l|GAY Y|yN|1
THE BEST
NIEwSP APIER
ON 71AIE S0Iy71IH n.
ITS TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE
COVERS THE WORLD.
ITS MARKET REPORTS ARE
UNEQUALED.

Its Bureau at Jackson, Miss, con-
Quoted by that experienced journalist,
Edgar 5. Wilson, who treats Impair
TALLY all questions relating TO Missis-
sippi and Mississippians every day IN
the year, has, in the language of the
Mississippi press, made the Pieayuns
Indispensable to Mississippians."
The Picayune reaches and crosses
Mississippi on all trunk lines the very
day of its publication.
Mississippi this year holds Its hrss
general election under the new con-
stitution. All State, County and Distscs
officers, including Legislature, which
will in January, 1896, choose United
States Senator, are to be elected. The
Campaign will be a memorable one.
The Picayune. in addition TO its Bureau
at the Capital, has an intelligent cor
respondent at every prominent point
In Mississippi. No item of news win
escape it.
Get the News, all the News; and set
1t fresh.
Read the Pieayune.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31
for Men.

had their day. They have bedeeked them
gay ribbons and bright flowers and fancy pumes The
question Shal her quiet unpretendng hepmate be left out
Shall he be forced to pan his hat alone. We
saw s.No 1t shall not be We will assist him. We know
shne Easter just well as his fair partner,
and that she would i'll if he church that
day wearing suit of clothes and crowned with
last years birds Therefore,
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31
Homestead Notice.

LAND OFFICE AT JACKSON, Miss, February
Goth, 1S97.-Nutice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing named settler has filed notice of her In
tentiOn to make final proof in support of her
claim, and that said proof will be made before
the Chancery Clerk, of Lincoln County, at
BrOokhaven, Miss, on April 5th, 1897, viz
MILIIE TYNES,
widow OF stephen Tynes deceased. Homestead
Entry No. 2, go for the NV 4 seA Section 20,
Township North, Range East.
She names the following witnesses to prove her
continuous residence upon and cultivation Of.
said land, viz NJ. l.. Ryals and j. y. Coon, OF
Wellman, Miss, Jordon MctiOwon, of Sauls-
bury, Miss, Daniel Compton of Ruth, Miss.
ROBERT Z. WILSON, Register.