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The leader., 1897-12-22
A Candid Tnle.

"Can see the lady of the house," asks,
the canvasser, with candor.
YES" she replied, candidly. you can Il
you are not political candidate. -
"How can your said he. No. madam
/ am selling a can opener which can't he
beat. 1t can open any can that can he
opened by any can opener, and any can can
be opened by this can opener that can he
opened by any can opener, and if YOU can
show me a can, can"
what can't" cried she 81 wish I had
a cannon, and I'll bet you'd canter."
Then she slammed the door in his face
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The leader., 1897-12-22

ONE of the most attractive parts of
the exhibits from Illinois at the Paris
exposition will be a magnificent picture
made entirely of corn and 4Ox6o feet in
dimensions. The central figure will be
two huge American flags overshadow-
ing large American eagle. Below, in
the left-hand corner. will be a repre-
sentation of a large cannon in the
midst of field of corn, belching forth
hundreds of ears of corn, which are
represented as falling gently on scene
in the right-hand corner, which is a
map of Europe. The idea is to secure
a larger market for American corn in
Europe.
The leader., 1897-12-22
Almost a Riot in a Court Room.

CHICAGO, Dec. 1S.-John j. Hanrahan
and Patrick Ferris, judges of elections
in the Seventeenth ward at the last
municipal election, were yesterday con-
victed of classifying the election re-
turns and sentenced to the peniten-
tiary Albert j. Purvis, an election
clerk, who was on trial with them, was
acquitted. Both Hanrahan and Ferris
bad many friends in the court room,
and when the verdict was announced
there was almost a riot.
The leader., 1897-12-22

Rev. b. II. E. IRWIN, an evangelist
from Lincoln, Neb., recently held re-
vival services in church at Chamber
burg, Pa. He created sensation by
his remarkable pulpit utterances. He
condemned the use of tobacco and the
wearing of whiskers, and predicted
dire punishment for those who Offend
ed in those two matters At his last
meeting he condemned the wearing Of
feathers, and SO worked upon the feel
ings of the women in his audience that
some of them tore the feathers from
their bonnets in sight of all in the
church
The leader., 1897-12-22

POLICE JUDGE WINERY, of Eva :
vile, Ind, has established tiogging
post in the city Jail with tough strap
for lash for young offenders. A bad
boys father is allowed his choice of
giving his son sound whipping be-
fore a municipal representative, pay
ing fine and costs or letting the lad
10 io,1
The leader., 1897-12-22
Death of Capt. John n. sloane.

Capt. John N. Sloane, a noted war
veteran and for nearly twenty years
clerk of the chancery court of Pontotoc
county, died last week. Capt Sloane
was SO severely wounded in the battle
of Chickamauga that being left for
dead and suffering the greatest agonies,
he lay for thirty-six hours ON the bat
tlefield. All the lower part of his face
was shot away, and since his recovery
he has been unable to take any nourish-
ment unless he took it in recumbent
posture. His death removes one of the
most picturesque figures in Pontotoc
county.
The leader., 1897-12-22

SPEAKING of the bill for national
divorce law drafted by the National
Bar association, the St. Louis Christian
Advocate says: THE divorce evil has
become SO general in this country that
some general legislation, looking to
the suppression of the worst features,
is urgently demanded. The general
history of legislation has been that no
law can be made to apply to all cases. SO,
unquestionably, defects in the proposed
measure will subsequently be found,
but that some remedial step should be
taken is imperative, and as a begin
ming the proposed measure is probably
as good as any,"
The leader., 1897-12-22

OTTAWA, Ont, Dec. is. The house of
Patrick Leahy was burned early this
morning and Leahy and five of his
children, Thomas, Marie, Katie, Mag
gle and Patrick, the oldest only nine
years of age, persisted. Mrs Leahy,
and boy named Frank, aged Eve
years, were saved. 1t is supposed that
Leahy dropped lighted lamp.
The leader., 1897-12-22

THE National Children's Home soci-
ETY. held its tenth annual meeting at
Chicago a short time ago and the re-
ports of the officers showed that over
s, 900 children had been placed in good
homes by the organization, which now
has auxiliary societies in % states.
The leader., 1897-12-22

A PREACHER in Cleveland county,
Ok, miscalculated time the other week
and when Sunday morning arrived his
congregation waited in vain for him to
appear. Later in the day he was found
hard at work husking corn, thinking
the day was Saturday.
The leader., 1897-12-22

GERMAN psychologists have recently
made and reported some valuable dis
coveries in Asia Minor, opposite the is
land of Samos. On the site of the
ancient city of Priene they are I'M
covering the most complete ancient
Greek city thus far known.
The leader., 1897-12-22
HomOcbittO River improvements

Congressman Henry and Love had Z
conference last week with Gen. Wilson
chief of engineers, relative to the pro
posed improvement of the Homochittt
river from its mouth to the Yazoo 6
Mississippi Valley Railroad, and the!
are encouraged to believe that tho
project will receive such support from
the engineer department as will insure
provision for the improvement beinG
incorporated in the river and harbot
hill
The leader., 1897-12-22
Two Important stations Filled.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S.-The president
sent the following nominations to the
senate: William w. Thomas, Jr., OF
Maine, to be minister to Norway and
Sweden; Hamilton King, of Michigan,
to be minister resident and consul gen.
eral of the United States to Siam.
The leader., 1897-12-22
College President Resigns.

DR. Robert Frazer. who has beer
president of the Industrial Institute
rendered his resignation, to take effect
January l, and has accepted the presi-
dency of the Farmville Female Insti
tute at Farmville, Va.
The leader., 1897-12-22
A Fourteen-Year-Old Bov Hung.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 1s.-A special from
Birmingham, Ala, says: Bud Beard,
colored, aged IA years, was hung at
Carrollton, Pickens county, at noon to-
day. Beard outraged the eight-year-
old daughter of Ben Croker, an Ala
bama farmer, in December.
The leader., 1897-12-22
Omaha Yards Reduce Feed Charges.

OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 16.-The managers
of the Union Stock Yards company an
nounce a reduction in feed charges.
Corn will hereafter be sold for 60 cents
per bushel and hay for so cents per 100
pounds. This is a reduction of 40 cents
per bushel on corn and 20 cents per 100
pounds on hay.
The leader., 1897-12-22
New Road for Columbus.

A meeting for the purpose of com
pleting the organization is to be held at
Columbus by the incorporators of the
Columbus, Fulton & Northern railroad.
1t is the intention to build the road
from that place to some Northern ter
minal, not yet decided upon.
The leader., 1897-12-22
Locked-Up Children Burned.

New YORK, Dec. 1S-Maggie and
Harry Carroll, brother aud sister, aged
respectively four and six years, were
burned to death in their home at New
ark, n. j. The children had been
locked in the house by their mother,
who was out washing.
The leader., 1897-12-22

LEWIS GEORGE CLARK, Sc years old,
the original George Harris of Harriet
Beecher Stoves famous novel, "Uncle
Toms Cabin" died at Lexington. Ky,
a few DAYS AFRO
The leader., 1897-12-22

WASHINGTON, Dee. 1S.-Frank d.
Hummer, of Perry, Ok, was appointed
a special agent of the general land
office with a salary of $4,000 year.
Hummer was private secretary to
Webster Davis when the latter was
mayor of Kansas CITY.
The leader., 1897-12-22
Two chIIdren Cremated.

TUSCALOOSA. Ia, Dee. is. Two chill
dren of Albert Kellner, of Muchaki-
mock. perished to-day in fire which
consumed the family 5 dwelling. One
of the victims was a girl four year d
and the other baby of nine snont..s.
The mother had left the children alone.
The leader., 1897-12-22

Gundrop-A decline in the price OF
rubber goods.
The leader., 1897-12-22
Addition to Government Building.

Congressman Henry has introduced a
bill to construct an annex to the gov
eminent building at jackson, the new
structure to cost $50, 900.
The leader., 1897-12-22
BRADSTREET'S REPORT.

Wheat Market Less Feverish-Corn and
Oats show Advances Business Failures.
New YORK, Dec. 1S.-Bradstreets re-
The leader., 1897-12-22
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Mark Twain's Debt of Honor.

New YORK. Dec ls-Mark Twain
has recently paid $4,000 to the cred
itors of the publishing firm of w. L.
Webster q Co., in which he was part
ner. He has now paid 10 per cent. OF
the debt, which he considers himself
in honor bound to make good.
The leader., 1897-12-22
A Big Fly-Wheel Bursts.

PITTsRyEGH, Pa, Dec. 17.-One man
was killed, one fatally injured and a
number of others slightly hurt by the
bursting of a fy-wheel at the South
Third street plant of the Oliver Iron &
Steel compan yesterday morning.
The leader., 1897-12-22
Monte Carlo win Continue.

New YORK, Dec. 1s.-A special from
Monte Carlo says: There is good
authority for stating that further
concession of 80 years has been granted
to the Casino company.
The leader., 1897-12-22

THE number of homicides in South
Carolina the past year was 200, or
double that of the previous year.
The leader., 1897-12-22

THE movement to have all Canadian
trade unions secede from the American
Federation of Labor and establish an
independent organization has failed of
accomplishment
The leader., 1897-12-22
CURRENT COMMENT.

THE total foreign. exports of the
United States for the Ii months of
1897 reached Sg14, 600, 900.
The leader., 1897-12-22

THE beet sugar factory near Rome,
n. V, which cost $3.50, 900 and began
work October with 100 men, will turn
out this year $4,000 barrels of granu-
lated sugar.
The leader., 1897-12-22

In Berlin 80 divorces are granted for
every 1000 marriages. After Berlin
comes Hamburg with 81, while Paris is
far behind with only 81.
The leader., 1897-12-22

THE ministers of Lincoln, Neb., are
up in arms against Sunday funerals
and have taken action looking to their
disbursement
The leader., 1897-12-22

IowA's standing as fruit-producing
state. now one Of the highest in the
west. is threatened. and great prop
erty loss within the next few years is
feared. according to reports made at q
reoent meeting of the State Horticul
urai kociety at Des Moines about the
San Joes scale
The leader., 1897-12-22

PENNSYLVANIA spent last year co.
600, 900 on her public schools, and over
1000, 600 pupils were enrolled.
The leader., 1897-12-22
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
The Auditors Report.


The most important report submitted
to the legislature is always that OF thS
auditor. 1t affords an accurate index
of the States finances and is invaluable
to a citizen DESTROYS of being conversane
with the financial status of the state
The following figures are from the
auditors totals for the fiscal year end
ing 1897:
Total valuation Of personally. s4tge4I 81 o.
State tax thereon, 6ls mills ......-. ZS-,4oo ~
Number of polls between q ana % ..,s.o m
years. -.'.-.-'. ..---'s .''.'''-''''' ' W
all this is collected. it will yield
school fund of s52s,69s.
Washington county leads the list
with the greatest number of polls,
s. 2O3; Kinds is next with 5000; then
Warren with 7,Gll, and Lauderdale
with 6,020.
Live stock exempt from taxation in
the State is as follows:
lows . .2l3, 902
Sheep-........ .'''' Is,
Goats. ..........-..-' .-'-'''-
Hogs ............-' SOU
Asses. $50
The realty valuation for 1897 is as fol-
lows:
Total acreage of the State........$ 30, 473051 90
Valuation OF the same. .........,.. ll3,2lo95i W
State tax, Gig mills 'Soo'i w
The assessment of railroads, telegraph
lines, express companies and palace car
companies, made by the railroad com
mission for 1897, is as follows:
Total for above concerns s2i,6s2 SIC 90
state tax thereon ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. l6o, AS 70
The total resources of the State ad
valorem taxes. including 264,S47 polls
at 50 each, amount to 81, IT'S, 1859. 50.
The extraordinary session of 1897 cost
in salaries of members and employees
$50, 24l 90 Other incidental expenses
make the total cost of the session about
$40 900 in round numbers.
The forty-six life insurance companies
doing business in the State paid privi-
lege taxes amounting to $50, $50; seven
accident companies, $1,000; five surety
companies, $500; building and loan,
telegraph and express companies, s4,-
iOSfo, JOJdl lOT lleSt privileges, Sof,-
20S45
The warrants paid on account of state
educational institutions amount to
sl42, $40. Sc; but these include payments
from the Morrill, and Agricultural Col
lege scrip funds about 100000, which
are really appropriations by the Fed
eral government.
The State board of health for the year
ending September 80, 1897, drew sl4,-
5000. The figures for the next fiscal
year will be larger.
The report of the State revenue agent,
Hon. Writ Adams, for 1S96-97 shows
total collections of s57, S56.27. Of this
amount S26,666.66 was collected from
the Gulf & Ship Island railroad. The
net amount paid into the State treas
ury was S32, 2S4. The balance went to
eighteen counties and three levee
boards. There are several large suits
and settlements pending. The revenue
agents commission is 20 per cent. on all
col lectionS
The leader., 1897-12-22

Interchangeable science of ascer,
tanning the number of trumps in your
opponents hand.
The leader., 1897-12-22
CARR PAYS THE PENALTY.
Self Confessed Murderer of His child Dies
on the Gallows.

on the Galiows.
LIBERTY, Mo, Dec. 1S-Belle Carr's
brutal murder has been avenged in so
far as her father, William Carr, was
concerned. lie expiated the crime on
the gallows at 1890 o'clock yesterday
morning. He walked from his cell to
the scaffoid will n firm step and un.
supported. There was not a trace OF
nervousness about him while the moose
The leader., 1897-12-22
Retail Lumbermen's Association.

The Retail Lumbermen's Association
of Mississippi met at jackson last week.
r. II. Bassitt of Greenwood presided in
the absence of President. Five new
members were admitted, and resolu-
ton was passed instructing the presi-
dent and Mr.. Bassitt to GO to Chicago
and confer with the National Lumber
mems Association with view to CO.
operation with them. They are TO re-
port the result of conference at the next
meeting of the association at jackson.
The leader., 1897-12-22

Jealousy-A key that opens more
wedlocks than all others combined.
The leader., 1897-12-22
The realty valuation for 1897 is a

The assessment of railroads, telegraph
lines, express companies and palace car
companies, made by the railroad COM
mission for 1897, is as follows:
Total for above concerns S2i,6S2sI6 90
state tax thereon ........... Ice, 43s 20
The leader., 1897-12-22
Hoods Pills cure constipatic
HnHBHWH'S BEAUTY
TALKS SENSE.
~. nm 10 ~

Jenifer, Ala. says: I
have used DR.. NJ. A.
Simmons Liver DIedi.
CT n o Is years, and
know it cures Sick
Headache and Consti-
pated Bowels. ! think
1t has more strength
and action than either
Black Draught" or
"Zcilin's Regulator"
The leader., 1897-12-22

First Klondike Miner (wallowng through
snowdrifts higher than his cabin. his ears,
nose. toes and fingers frozen, chatteringly)
MIMI Merry C-C-C-Christmm m mas!
Second Klondike Miner (ditto)-S-SSS-
w-w-what our f-f--fathers w-w-would d-d-dd.
ddelight in calling "a r-r-real old-fashioued
Christmas! "-Brooklyn Eagle
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-08
AGROWING ENTERPRIsE.
Extension of n Big Fulton Plaut-Other
News Notes.

The Richmond Cedar Works is adding
motner building 10 their already very
extensive plant. The new building. which
IS now being built is of brick and Is IN
tended 10 hold the necessary machinery
ana stock for the manufacture of wooden
trays. This branch of the company
business was formerly located in Man
.ncster ana its removal 90 fulton means
just that many more VIII iud employment
here. This addition, with that OF the
Millhiscr Manufacturing Company :,
which IS now being guilt at that com
amy plant, Dis seli-eFlQent tndt pros
perity Is in sight or else these improve
.ncnts would not be made.
The farmers and truckers Of Henrico
are delighted over the prospects Tor good
crops tins year. The rains have come at
just the right time and the corn, which
was suffering most, has been wonderfully
improved by the recent rains. The fruits
and vegetables coming 10 TINS market are
thoroughly matured, well developed and
totally Inherent from the INDIFFERENT prod
uct of recent years.
Happily the summer Is almost over and
as yet We have had but few days OF
the usual hot weather and this must
~ a large measure account for the eX-
cellence of the crops.
Last Tuesday "A mule attached TO a
single vehicle, driven by Mrs. WILDER, a
lady living Just below here. became fright
ened when one of the wheels OF the
wagon became lodged no a street-car track
an started TO run. The sudden wrench
from llt TRACK NiOke lIt MN'fi anu lNl
the vehicle down in the street Some
.,-stau0ers caught the mule and assisted
Mrs. WILDER TO alight without being
harmed, other than being badly fright
cned.
Mr.. G.. D. Smith. who has been visiting
i'm East Durham, y. c., has returned TO
the city
Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Page gave delight
full musicale at their home Thursday eve
ming In honor Of Mrs. Thomas Duke, OF
Huntington. W. Va, who is visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Page.
After several musical numbers had been
rendered supper was served TO the follow
ing guests: Mrs Thomas Duke. Misses
Rosa BrittOn. Mabel Charles, OF Hunting
ton. w. Va. Mrs Harvey Mays. Mrs.
". Tanner Misses Mamie Koch. Matilda
Nelson. Lily Nelson. Lawson, Mr.. and
Mrs Hill and Messrs. William Moran,
G. +. Mosby. Sr.. l.. -. Green. VIII Grit
fin. Nat Thompson. Guy Mosby, II. Reeks,
Ernest Britton, Arthur Nelson, and Lon
ME Crew
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-08
NJ, own v,rilo and spirited literary

~ his own virile and spirited literary
style >,
"sad as the gates OF Prison" "Triste
con,ne los portos dune prison. he quotes
AZ tho outset as "A proverb which must
have had an aching significance.
Through the vocal gloom OF the Concler-
gerie: into the wretched mysteries OF me
Dungeon OF Vincennes. the great ana niue
ChatcIct and tho Fort l. Eveque; the
Temple and ste Pelagie-he carries his
public-a public always entertained by
this sort Of thing. and finally interprets
tho walls OF the Bastilie with truth that
IS historic and IN which there Is no rnys-
terry. To each chapter there is fine Illus
tratiOn Of It's subject. The Illustrating,
indeed. is far above the average.
".
To tho Editor OF The Tines
Sir-Can Won inform me 20 whom re-
ference IS made I'm the following clipping
from the last issue OF Current Litera-
ture?"
IAN item Of literary news that viii pres
entity find welcome circulation Is the fact
that a writer worthy of the task has for
some time been gathering the material,
and is about 10 begin the actual produc-
ton. of a life Of one of the most pictur-
esoue among all the greater celebrities
Of our Civil War. the greatest Confederate
commander of cavalry after Stuart
Iieutenant-G General Nathan Bedford For
rest.
Such work well done ought to take
important rank. General Forrest belongs
TO "a phase of tho past as heroic as II was
turbulent, or. as some may still insist on
putting IT, as turbulent as II was heroic.
Either form applies as well TO him as to
the region and period in which lie was so
romantic a figure His career was as as
tonishing for the brillancy OF its achieve
mcnts as for its dark and tcmpestuous
quality. He was an electric storm, a Mis-
sissippi Valley hurricane embodied. lie
came into the war not only without mill
tary training. but laughably iliterate.
Telling how he used 4 girl to guide him
TO a ford he said Il Jest fetched her n
jerk and sot her up behind But his
talents were only cqualled by his head
long daring: he seemed 10 go by his
horses leaps from promotion 10 promo
ton. the rude splendor Of his fiery deeds
numining the daily history Of the losing
cause 20 which he was as uncraftily as
he was nercely devoted. Men like Forrest
make the moral mistakes Of their environ
ment: not all such mistakes, but the larg-
est and most fearless. II is time he were
known by acts and events that tell an
other tale than that Of Fort Pillow. This
modern Butcher" he is aptly called in
letter from his intended biographer, ask
ing the present editor for a certain small
matter of information which might as
well be given here also. If we may use the
first person. singular"
We cannot-the editors OF Current Lit
erature would be the proper persons to
address in this connection.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-08
FOR THE BABY,
A Valuable Hint to Every Father and
Mother.

Mother.
There are two kinds of babies in the
world the kind who have too little nour-
ishment and the kind who have too much.
The first kind of babies starve because
their stomachs are too weak to digest the
amount OF food necessary for their growth
and healthful development and the other
kind are overfed with the result that the
delicate stomach and intestincs are in
famed and as every mother knows. thou
sands OF infants die yearly when warm
weather begins. from stomach and bowel
disorders.
Opiates, sooting syrups and cathartics.
however mild. are not what Is demanded.
Go TO the root Of the trouble assist the
child's digestion. give the little stomach
the aid necessary to thoroughly and
promptly digest its food and the little
one will thrive and grow and gladden. the
mothers heart.
TO give perfect digestion 10 the child It
is only necessary to give in a pleasant
form the harmless digestivos contained I'm
the well known tablets sold in drug stores
under the name Of Stuarts Dyspepsia
Tablets. Stuart's Tablets contain no so
called drugs, but are composed Of pepsin.
pure ascptic. fruit acids, starch diges-
tives and are put In lozenge form, with
sugar of milk, very pleasant 10 the taste
and have been used for years as the safest
best remedy for any form Of Indigestion
and stomach troubles in adults. but re-
Gently many remarkable cures have been
made in the cases Of weakly babies who
failed to grow and thrive as they should
A Buffalo mother a short time ago who
despared OF the life of her babe was so
Ill
child these tablets that she went before
the notary public Of Erie. \. Y. and
made the following affidavit:
Gcntlemen:-Stuar Dyspepsia Tablets
were recommended TO me- for my two
months-old baby which was sick and puny
and the doctors said was suffering from
Indigestion. ! took the child TO the hospi-
tal. but there found no relief. friend
mentioned the Stuart Tablets and / pro
cured a box from my druggist and used
only the large sweet lozcnees in the box
and was delighted TO find they were just
the thing for my baby.
J feel justified in saying that Stuarrs
Dyspepsia Tablets saved my child's life.
MRS. w. II. DETHLOPF.
Subscribed ana sworn TO before me this
18th day OF april, 1897.
HENRY KARIS.
Notary Public IN and for Erie County,
y. Y.
For babies. no matter how young OF
delicate the tablets VIII accomplish Won
dors in increasing flesh. appetite and
growth. Use only the large sweet tab
let's in every box Full sized boxes are
sold by all druggises for 80 cents, and no
parent should neglect the use Of this safe
remedy for all stomach and bowel troubles
if the child is ailing in any way regard
I'm its food or assimilation.
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets has been
known for years as the best preparation
for all stomach troubles whether in adults
or infants.