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An Interesting Item.

BY reason of its mileage and location, the
Texas q Pacific Railway is the most I'M por
traverses the Lone Star State from East tn
West, through the most progressive towns
great forests of pine, and the broad prai,
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beautiful scenery ell along the line. No
other line affords such opportunities for tbs
home seeker or investor to see and enioy
Texas. Cheap lands for ALL Low rate Home
Seekers Excursion Tickets on sale To ali
points in Texas and Louisiana February
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May 4th and 18th.
For a handsomely illustrated book fully
describing the wonderful State Of Texas,
conceded to be the finest publication issued
in recent years, send eight cents postage TO
GAsToN MEsLIER, Genl Pass'r Il Tkt Agt,
Dallas, Texas.
The leader., 1897-02-10
Hesine Nav he Retained

New YORK, Feb. ct is stated in a
letter from Chicago,-written by per-
son conversant with the facts, that
Washington Hesing will be retained as
postmaster of Chicago by President Nc
Kinley. Mr.. Hesing is a gold standard
democrat and supported Mckinley dur
ing the campaign, stumping Illinois and
neighboring states in the interest Of
the republican candidate.
The leader., 1897-02-10

IT was announced in Paris, Tex, that
a prisoner, S. f. Knight, in the federal
Jail there, had invented an aluminium
airship, weighing 200 pounds, in the
manufacture of which a New York
company was said to have expressed a
willingness to back him.
The leader., 1897-02-10

OLEAN, Ia, claims the champion big
family of the country, the head of
which is w. A. Field. He is the father
of "a children, 81 of whom live at home.
The father is but 81 years old and the in
teresting brood consists of three sets of
quadruplets, five sets of triplets, three
sets of twins, while one by some
strange mishap came into the world
singly. Thirty-one of the children
are living, eight being boys.
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HE WROTE A LETTER.
For That Offense Robert Morton, NegT
Was Hanged by a Kentucky Mob.

Was Hanged by Kentucky Mob.
BowLING GREEN, KY, Feb. g.
Wednesday night near Rockfield, lit
tie station on the Louisville & Nash
vile, ten miles from this city, negro,
Robert Morton, was hanged. Wednes-
day Morton wrote an insulting note to
Miss Tommie johnson, popular young
white woman, and when it became
known posse went to arrest him. He
ran, and they gave chase, capturing
him after shooting him several times.
While the officers were guarding Nor
ton a mob overpowered them and took
the prisoner out of their custody and
carrying him three miles from town
hanged him. The body was found
yesterday morning
The leader., 1897-02-10
Chinamen shoot an Omcer.

While a number of Cinnamon were
celebrating their New Year in Green
Vile one night last week, Policeman
Shall Yerger walked in. The China.
men soon put out the lights and began
to shoot. Policeman Yerger was shot
in the side and hip, both being flesh
wounds. Tho policeman returned the
wounded, the ball piercing the arm and
entering the body. Ten Cinnamon
were arrested and Jailed.
The leader., 1897-02-10

INFORMATION has been received by
members of the chamber of commerce
of New York that President-elect Me-
Kinley will have department of trade
and commerce created early in his ad-
ministration and place a New Yorker
at the head of it. The work of the de-
partment, as outlined, will be chiefly
to look after foreign commerce and to
promote the American shipping indus
The leader., 1897-02-10

AT the recent convention of the Ma
tional Association of Insurance Men at
Des Moines, Ia, the secretary reported
that there were 747 mutual insurance
companies in the states, represented as
follows: Iowa, 1873: Illinois, 1S7; Wis
consin, 15s; Minnesota, SO; Nebraska,
Al; Michigan, SO; Ohio, 80; Missouri, 81;
Kansas O.
The leader., 1897-02-10

THE number of persons killed last
year by overhead wires was greater
than that of passengers killed on rail-
ways. A greater degree of caution in
handling the electric current is one OF
the needs of the day, the st. Louis
lobeDemocrat SAYS.
The leader., 1897-02-10
GOOD Place onered olney.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-Secretary
Olney has received from President
Eliot, of Harvard university, an invita-
tion to I'LL the chair of international
law at the institution after the expira-
ton of his term of Office in the state
department. The secretary has taken
the offer under consideration.
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SOME idea of the magnitude of the
great Siberian railway, now in course
of construction by the Russian govern
ment, may be gathered from the fact
that by changing the route, 1000 miles
were saved. It's expected that through
trains will be run over the road within
two wears.
The leader., 1897-02-10

INDIANAPoLIs, Ind, Feb. 6.-The adj
vent of an heir is daily expected at the
residence of former President Harrison,
and the event is regarded with great
deal of interest by the social circles in
which the former president and his
wife move.
The leader., 1897-02-10

THE secretary of war recently trans
mitted to the senate an abstract of the
militia force of the United States for
the year 1896, according to the latest
returns received. The grand total of
all arms of the service is LIS, 5,627, and
the number of men available for me l.
tary duty (unorganized), 10, ,149, 1874.
The leader., 1897-02-10

A sTATIsTICIAN has lie armed that the
annual aggregate of the circulation of
the papers of the world is estimated at
II, 600, 600, 900 copies. The papers would
cover no fewer than 10, $50 square miles
of surface; they are printed on 7s1 $50
tons of paper, and if the number rep
resented, instead of copies, seconds, it
would take over 1873 years for them to
elapse. Piled vertically upward they
would reach an altitude of nearly 500
miles. Calculating that the average
man spends five. minutes reading his
paper in the day, the people of the
world altogether annually occupy time
equal TO 100, 900 years reading them.
The leader., 1897-02-10
Tariff on Lumber.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-The republican
members of the ways and means com
mittee devoted their attention yester
day to the schedule of wood and manu-
factures of wood, and decided to re
store the Mckinley rates practically in
full, with the important exception Of
white pine
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wm,Increase tho Acreage.

There Will be greatly increased cot
ton acreage planted in Sunfiower county
this year. Preparations and supplies
for new plantations are everywhere
visible, large numbers of mules are
being purchased. and hands from every.
where they can be obtained are coming
in every day. The Yazoo & Delta Rail.
way has opened up vast country as
fertile as the Nile. Thousands of acres
that never before felt the ruthless hand
Of the planter will this year go to swell
the receipts OF the king of products.
There can be but one result, and that
low prices. Increased acreage will al
ways make low prices, whether the do.
mand for the raw material be small or
great Our planters should put in corn
enough for all purposes and then plant
the balance of their land in cotton.
This would be economic and money
making farming. Tocsin.
The leader., 1897-02-10

GLASGOW, Scotland, Feb. 6.-The ship
yards of the Fairfield Shipbuilding Co.
at Govan, near here, have been almost
completely destroyed by fire. The
damage done is estimated to amount
to $3.50, ,000 Four thousand persons
have been thrown out of employment.
The leader., 1897-02-10
Wants to Find w. II. Haypes

Col. w. ID. Holder Of Jackson is in re-
ceipt of a letter from Gen. Marcus j.
Wright, Washington, d. c., agent for
the collection OF Confederate war
records, making inquiry as to the
whereabouts Of w. II. Haynes, who was
the assistant commissioner of subsist-
ence to Gen. Charles Clarke in Missis.
sippi in 1862. He says that subse.
ouently he was tho major chief Of the
clothing bureau, Trans Mississippi De.
partment, under Gen. L. Kirby SMITH
and that he learns he came to Missis.
sippi at the close of the war. He wants
to know his address il living, and il
dead the address Of some one with
whom he could communicate relative to
Mr.. Haynes official papers.
The leader., 1897-02-10
Twins In Size, Shape and Activity.

This IL what those important little organs,
the kidneys are when healthy. In disorder
they may differ In all three particulars. Dis
ease usually destroys them successfully, not
simultaneously and one may be active while
the other is semi paralyzed. Give to both
healthful impulse, without exciting them,
with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which
forestalls such dreadful maladies as Brights
disease and diabetes. Use the Bitters. also,
for malarial, bilious, rheumatic, nervous,
bowel and kidney trouble.
The leader., 1897-02-10
Boilers Explode.

A most horrible accident occurred al
Bogue Chitto last week. The boilers Of
tho large sawmills of b. E. Brister &
Co. exploded with terrific force, from
the effects Of which the mangled re'
mains Of John Branning, S. Scott,
white, and Merrick Buchanan, colored
lie awaiting burial, and Thomas Nc.
Gehee, Jim McCafferty and Com odore
Smith. white, and Peter Goodwin and
Susie Buchanan, colored, are terribly
scalded. Fragments Of the debris were
scattered for half mile around.
The leader., 1897-02-10

A LATE estimate of the famine In
India is that it will involve as large a
population as that of the United States
before running its course. The s., ,0o0,-
900 raised in England will only make
beginning in the work of relief
The leader., 1897-02-10

A RECENT heavy fall of snow in New
York city was attacked at once by Col.
Waring at the head of an army of 5000
men and 4,10O carts and carried to
the dumps in the course of day and
ninbf
The leader., 1897-02-10
An Aged Couple Pass AWAY.

Enoch Wright, aged 100, and his
wife, aged 80, died within an hour of
each other in Claiborne county, Tenn.
1t was the birthday of each.
The leader., 1897-02-10
Wong Chin Foo In Limbo.

CHICAGO, Feb. 6.-Justice Richardson
held Wong Chin Foo, editor of the Chi
nese Daily News and president of the
League of Americanized Cinnamon, to
the criminal court on the charge of be-
ing the keeper of a gambling house.
The leader., 1897-02-10

RHODE ISLAND started out to erect a
sl.50o, 600 capitol, and was recently in
formed that s1,674. 4s9 more was needed
TO complete the building.
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Found Dead.

Jim Franks, the 14-year-old son OF
Will Franks, who lives three miles
south Of Wesson. was found dead in the
road half mile from town one evening
last week. He was with his wagon and
two negro boys only few minutes be-
fore he was found dead, and the suppo-
sition is that the negroes murdered
him, as his team was standing and he
several deps ahead, with no other injury
than o broken neck.
The leader., 1897-02-10

THE brewers of st. Louis recently
conveyed by letter TO the Provident as
sociation the munificent gift of $40, 900
for the benefit of the suffering poor of
that city
The leader., 1897-02-10
Thousands In Distress,

Twenty thousand persons are port
ed in dire distress in the drought
stricken parishes of northern Louis
lana. They need immediate aid.
The leader., 1897-02-10

A NARRow-eAUGE railroad has been
invented which can be moved from
farm TO farm when crops are to be
marketed. Five miles can be laid in a
day, and no grading is required.
The leader., 1897-02-10

DUBUQUE, Ia, Feb ct. J. Levan,
Of this city. has discovered a lcad-bear-
ing crcvasse in the cellar of his honse.
1t is a six-inch vein aud promises big
yield Of mineral
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why He Was s.run~ Tin.

Robert Morton, negro, was lynched
at Bowling Green, KY, because he was
suspected of having sent an insulting
note to a young white girl.
The leader., 1897-02-10
Cotton MIL for st. Lou,.

The establishment of cotton mill
in St. Louis is, according to James
Cox, secretary of the Business Mems
league, and j. l.. Prince, of the cotton
exchange, an assured fact.
The leader., 1897-02-10
CURRENT COMMENT.

TIE inventors of the roller boat
promise TO cross the ocean in three
The leader., 1897-02-10
Negro Girl Burned to Death.

A small girl, Mary Morgan, colored,
was burned to death at Vosburg last
weok. In company with another child,
she was in the field parching and eating
corn, when her clothing ignited from
the fire, which resulted as above.
The leader., 1897-02-10
Alabama UniversIty's Claim Allowed.

The general assembly of Ala bama ha.
acknowledged for the state an indebt-
edness to the university of Alabama of
So, 900, 900, and agreed that it should
remain as perpetual obligation
to bear three per cent. interest.
The amount accrued from funds aris.
ing from the sale of lands granted the
university by the general government
70 years ago, and which the state has
Systematically appropriated to it's own
use.
The leader., 1897-02-10

,THE fire losses in the United States
for the last month amounted TO nearly
sis, 900. 900, while the fire losses for JAN
vary, 1896, were only 81, SOC, 900.
The leader., 1897-02-10
A. q N. College Ian,

Gen. Stephen d. Lee, president of the
A. & M. College, was in jackson few
days ago locating the lands donated to
the college by the United States gov
ernment. Gen. Lee was asked what
disposition he supposed the college
would make of the lands. He said he
did not know, as that was matter
purely under the control of the trustees.
and would have to be determined in the
future.
The leader., 1897-02-10

John +. Cosby, . prominent and
wealthy tobacconist, known all over
the south and west, died at Danville.
Va, Of pneumonia.
The leader., 1897-02-10
Freight Rates Reduced.

The railroad commission has beon
figuring with the Illinois Central Rail-
road on a new freight schedule for sew
eral weeks. An understanding has
been reached and new schedule put
into effect. 1t is considerable reduc-
tion on former rates, especially of local
freipht
The leader., 1897-02-10
Alaba mas Coal Output,

From incomplete reports received
the state mine inspector of Alabama
approximates the total output of coal
in Alabame in 1895 at 5, 100, 900 tons.
The output in 1895 was 5,691.7l tons.
The decrease from last year, which
was the best in the history of mining
in Alabama, is not as great as was OK
pected. jefferson county held its own,
mining about $500, 900 tons, as against
practically the same quantity in 1895.
The leader., 1897-02-10
A New Capitol Needed.

The southern end of the State capitol
was flooded with water recently. The
accumulation of the sleet on the roof is
what caused it. When the slcet COM
menced to melt the water found its way
into the senate chamber, thence below
into the governors and secretary OF
States offices. The governors office
suffered the most, next to the senate
chamber The water caused large sec,
tions of the plastering to fall off. TEN
porary repairs have been made on that
end of the building.
The leader., 1897-02-10

In Georgia and the two Carolinas
some of the cotton mills are running
day and night aud selling every pound
they can produce.
The leader., 1897-02-10
Head Camp W. O. w. Adjourns.

vicksburg, Feb. a.-The head camp
Of Woodmen OF the World for the grand
jurisdiction OF Louisiana, Arkansas and
Mississippi concluded it's session at
noon today, and adjourned to meet in
Little Rock February 2. 1899. Only
routine business was transacted at this
meeting. Forty-eight camps. with q
membership Of s,soo. were represented.
The leader., 1897-02-10

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case Of Catarrh that can not be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
~. CHENEY & Co., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known +. J.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, To.
ledo, o.
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. Price 75c. per bot.
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free
HALLS Family pile a~e tho hast
The leader., 1897-02-10
&2,3OO Reward.

Rewards amounting to SO, 800 have
been offered for the arrest of the MUIR
derer of John Roberts at Artesia on
Oscember 30 last
The leader., 1897-02-10

THE story is revived that John Wilkes
Booth, the murderer of President Lin
coin. Is still in the land of the living.
The leader., 1897-02-10

.'LooK here, suh," said Washington
Whitewash. "what yo' mean by runnin' in.
ter me dat away" "Go way, black man. "
replied Jackson Chickcoop. "I's color-blind,
l is. s."-Philadelphia North American.
The leader., 1897-02-10
Head of q Remarkable Family

Thomas Perry, of Carter county,
east Tennessee, died recently, leaving
widow, aged 81, hale and hearty.
They had 4 sons and daughters, IS
grandchildren and 1877 great-grand-
children, nearly all of whom belong to
the Christian church and, it is said,
vote the republican ticket.
The leader., 1897-02-10

FRS stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DR.. Klines
Great Nerve Restorer. Free So trial bottle q
treatise, Dir. KLINE, 933 Arch ST., Phtla, Pa.
The leader., 1897-02-10

The greatest obligation of the parent to
the child is to give it asafe example
The leader., 1897-02-10
Every south Carolina Seat Contest.,

The seat of every member of con-
gress elect from South Carolina is to
be contested. The chief ground of
contest in all these ca ses is the upcon-
stitutionality of the new registration
and election laws of the state. II one
member is unseated all will be un-
seated
The leader., 1897-02-10

Rev. DIR. John A. Brooks died from
paralysis at the residence of his son-
in-iaw at Memphis, Tenn. DR.. Brooks
was 10 years old.
The leader., 1897-02-10
KIIled by . railing Tree.

II. S. Davis, farmer living near Lau-
derdale. was killed few days ago by a
tree falling on him. while cutting rails.
The deceased leaves a wife and several
children to mourn his untimely death.
The leader., 1897-02-10

WHEN bilious or costive, eat a Cascaret
candy cathartic, cure guaranteed, l0c, 2oc.
The leader., 1897-02-10

BREATHLEss HUNTER--"I say, boy, did
you see rabbit run by herep Boy-"Yes,
sir" Hunter-"Hew long agol" Boy-"f
think it'll be three years next Christmas
Tit Pits
The leader., 1897-02-10

I. ID. Hargis, of Marshal county.
KY, died recently. He had been a
magistrate for 90 years, was IS, and
had married 1900 couples.
The leader., 1897-02-10

SURE THING.--Hiply-''I do hope that
can smoke in the next world" Diply-'1ve
no doubt that you will be accommodates"
Detroit Free Press.
The leader., 1897-02-10

Florida has been learning to diver
SHY Industries Of late years, and to
stand good sti6 frost as well as her
sister states.
The leader., 1897-02-10
JUDGE M.kENNA ACCEPTS.

The Californian VIII he Interior Secretary
or Attorney-General
SAN Francisco, Feb. e.-Judge Jo-
seph McKenna, of the United States
circuit court, has authorized the state
ment that he had been invited to ac-
cept a position in the cabinet of
The leader., 1897-02-10

The Elkhart Carriage and Harness Mig
Co, Elkhart, Ind, have for "a years been
selling their goods direct to consumers at
factory prices. Horse owners should send
for large, free catalogue thatwill save them
money.
The leader., 1897-02-10
Halls Family Pills are the best

sIr is certainly wonderful how much
science can do for U.S." Eyes; Mrs. Front
row has learned to hypnotic her baby, and
she didn't miss club meeting tue whole
week ''-Cleyelaud Record
The leader., 1897-02-10

BY the burning of the hoisting works
Oh mine ~ at Jenny Lind. Ark, POO
miners are thrown cut Of elnploy.
mont
The leader., 1897-02-10
Cooper's Wells to BE Incorporated.

Cooper's Wells. which are now owned
by S. and II. Spengler, is to be incor-
porated, and it is the intention here
after to run the same with joint stock
company. 1t will be capitalized at $780,.
OOO The present proprietors agree te
take S35, 900 worth of the stock, and it is
understood that the balance can be
easily disposed Of. The wells will be
operated both summer and winter after
the new company takes charge.
The leader., 1897-02-10

AN ounce of earnestness is worth more
than pound of rhetoric.
The leader., 1897-02-10

THE government report of the wheat
teresting to western producers. The
total wheat crop for the United States
last year was 427. .6s4, 900 bushels. This
fell but little below the crops of 1894
and 1895, and was considerably larger
than that of 1898. In spite of this fact
the average farm price of wheat per
bushel was 72.6 cents for 1896. In 1895
the average farm price was 500 cents
per bushel, and in 1894 only 49.l cents,
the lowest figure since the rebellion.
Even in 1898. when the crop was the
smallest since 1885, the average farm
price was only 5S.s cents per bushel.
The leader., 1897-02-10

BORROWED trouble is always the most
burdensomc
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Long A bsent Husbands Return.

Twenty years ago James p Gooch,
farmer of Waynesburg, Lincoln, KY,
deserted his wife and family and went
to Texas. Nothing was heard of him,
and he was given up as dead. The
other day, however, Gooch, who is now
70 years old, and almost blind. re-
turned, begged his wife's forgiveness,
and was taken back into the bosom of
his now grown-up family. Gooch is
the father of Hon. Z. G. Gooch, and
the family is one of the best-known in
that section,
The leader., 1897-02-10

The bureau of animal industry in
spccted a5,9i7 ,a7s meat producing ami.
mails during the last fiscal year. The
number was made up of ,5a9, ,5ss cattle,
si<,sW calves, e,sis,ss4 sheep and 81.
753. $50 hogs. The figures given are O,
living animals, ready for slaughter,
but last year there were also inspec
tionk. o6icially known as '.post-mor
ten. numbering Is. $50. .275. The ANTE
nortc1nf Inspections for the year alone
showed that there had been condemned
- on<l< FOR food 22.35s cattle, z. 50:
er1z< 11,2zs sheep and 5o.Gsi hogs
~ - . Total ef 81. 500 animals. Thess
- With condemnation tag
The leader., 1897-02-10
Senator Harris Eye Operated Upon.

Senator Harris, of Tennessee. re-
Gently underwent an operation on his
eye to relieve the intense pain he had
been suffering, and which it was
feared might, if allowed to continue,
go to the brain. He bravely withstood
the operation without taking an an
aesthetic. For week Senator Harris
had been great sufferer from the
pain which the operation relieved. For
five hours he suffered in an excruciat-
ing manner, and the operation was
performed upon his earnest pleading.
The leader., 1897-02-10
Won the Money on Mckinley.

At Stoneham, in Grimes county, Tex,
Hal, the young son of j. o. Stoneham,
took down his gun to go hunting and
set it beside the door. His mother,
opening the door, dislodged the gun.
In falling it exploded. A load of buck.
shot struck Hal in tho leg, tearing
away the calf. Three shot took effect
in the head and breast of younger
child, and one buckshot struck an In.
FAINT of Mrs. &. 5. Crittenden in the
jaw, breaking it and lodging near the
spine in the back of the head. All the
wounds are serious.