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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-04
THE MONTH OF ROSES.

Md! IS called the month of flowers, because
unuer the increasing heat of the sun, vegetation
"'ossoillS rapidly and lends its hues to beautfy
the landscape.
nur'hg this month also there are usually dis
@"'ilces ,Ol IN the human body. Winter diet, the
,o.i ar ofcose rooms. insufficient exercise, have
,'' ~. tne system full of impurities, which, under
s"e ihiioence of warm weather manifest them
seNes IN billousness. tired feeling. sallowness,
S"sslSh Drain, nervousness, indigestion, loss of
Seep' These symptoms are only forerunners of
mOre serious diseases sure to follow, unless
treasures ,1o are taken to purify and strengthen
"o ,l'ai organs. At this season the cleansing.
ps,1,g psu'a'ing and strengthening properties of
.,a ASH Bttters are particularly appropri-
w. , II Is four medicines in one. A kidney
OnN' hVer reglator, stomach stimulant and
"oSe' purifier. A few doses taken when the
Osng straO bilious symptoms appear will
,ho ns'neh and tone up the system and enable
nna @ pody TO pass through the heat of summer
sa~ nec'ed by the diseases common to the sea-
'" Sold by c. L. Grafton.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-04

pied and sallow and sluggish never
fail to find a course of Pe.ru.na to
clear the skin, invigorate the sys.
tenn and enrich the blood. Chronic
catarrh in all phases and stages,
cases that have defied the best OF
treatment for many years, take a
few bottles of Pe-ru-na to their en-.
tire relief. Nervousness, debility,
weaknesses of both sexes, sleep.
lessness, irritability, dependency,
hypochondria, all these disappear
when Pe.ru-na is used according to
directions.
One Of the most instructive books
on chronic catarrh ever furnished
free is being sent by the Pe,ru-na
Drug Manufacturing Company, Co.
lumbus, Ohio. This book is very
instructively illustrated with ex.
pensive drawings, ard will be sent
tree to any address.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-04

The Committee appointed by the
New Orleans Times Democrat to de-
eide the contest for the fifty dollar
prize offered by that paper for the best
poem on the destruction of the battle
ship Maine in the Havana Harbor,
awarded the prize to Joseph Rogers
Taylor, whose poem of eighteen stanzas
entitled, "ln Liberty's Name," was pub
hshed in full in the Times-Democrat
OF Sunday. We read it carefully sew
eral times and fully agree with the
committee that at has high order of
poetic ability" Mr.. Taylor formerly
lived here, but is now the Mississippi
representative of the Memphis Com
merclal Appeal, with headquarters in
Jackson. Years ago, when a student
at the University of Mississippi, of
which he is graduate, he contributed
anumber of poems to the Gazette, and
we learned then that he possessed re-
markable talent in that line. But
writing poetry, even prize poetry, is
not his only fort. He writes prose
equally as we'll, and has "a fine nose
Tor news."-Magnolia Gazette.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-04
What is q PriVateer I?

1t is vessel owned and officered
by private persons, but carryiE 6
OH maritime war under a commits.
sion from belligerent State COM
monty called letters Of margue.
The owners of a Privateer are usu-
ally permitted to appropriate all
or large share of the prize prop
erty lawfully captured by their
vessel.
By declaration signed at Paris
in 1856 certain European powers
declared priyateering to be abol
ished. They invited other powers
to accede to the declaration.
Though the United States was
among those that declined, it offer
ed to accede to the declaration if
the signatories would agree to ex-
empt private property at sea from
seizure by public armed cruisers,
as we'll as by privateers.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-04
WAR NEWS.

The War news is very exhilera.
ting to Americans. Our arms have
drawn the first blood and won the
first victory.
The latest advices confirm the
report of the great victory won by
Commodore Dewey in the Philli-
pines, an account of which is given
on another page. Manila itself
has now surrendered to the Ameri.
can Commander.
Meanwhile active preparations
are going ahead for attacking the
Spaniards by land and sea down in
Cuba, and something decisive may
be expected down there within the
week to come.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-04
Wade Hampton Speaks.

At a meeting of old Confederate
soldiers a few days ago, Gen. Wade
Hampton, addressing them, said /:
"My old comrades, we know
what war is. | do not hesitate to
say that l regret the one upon
which we are now entering. Bnt
YOU are South CarOlinians; you are
sons of the men who have shed i'm
mortal glory on the palmetto flag
in the past, and l would rather die
than think that South Carolina
would not respond to the call made
upon her for volunteers. And, old
as l am, l can still ride on horse
back and WELD a sword, and if the
quota is not filed, if there is one
name lacking to make it full, l my
self, will volunteer. This is our
country. and it is our duty to make
it the champion of freedom for all
time to come"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-04
Mississippi's Constitution Will
Stand.

On the 25th ult., the Supreme
Court Of the United States render
ed a decision in the case of Henry
Williams VS.. the State of Missis.
sippi, appealed from our Supreme
Court, which is of peculiar impor-
tance, as the main question in.
volved was the constitutionality of
the suffrage provisions of the Mis-
sissippi Constitution. The judg.
ment of the lower court was affirm
ed, which means that the highest
tribunal in the land holds that the
Constitution and Statutes of Mis-.
sissippi do not, on their face, dis.
criminate against the colored race.
The facts in the case show that in
June, 1896, Henry Williams, color
ed, was indicted for murder by a
grand jury composed of white men,
and was tried and convicted by a
white petit jury, and sentenced to
be hung. The judgment was after
ward affirmed by the State Su-
preme Court. The constitutional
question set up in the case was
that the laws under which the
juries were organized are uncon-
stitutional and repugnant to the
fourteenth amendment, from the
fact that the State Constitution
prescribes the qualifications Of
electors, and to be Juror one must
be an electOr. 1t is further alleged
that the suffrage provisions dis
criminated against the colored
race; that it was not submitted to
the people for ratification, and that
the representation of the State in
Congress had not been reduced.
The opinion of the Court was de.
livered by Justice McKenna.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-04

Inc venerable editor of the
.erry Headlight soliloquizes as
follows:
.a Nature has SO arranged the
anairs OF man that when his sum-
NUNS comes to s'crOss over the
i,nef na he is usually resigned.
Death often comes when it is a
" ,n'eicomed relief from suffering aud
s,' ,"ose who escape to old age, learn
u, 'nen that there is nothing, after
an, a III a life on this mundane
spere.
MA. Wh,.t Is the use of Ii all, said?
rnny are we brought from fhs b,apL unlnorn .
Thar d.isaI ana dance through a little day
'ihts US under burial stone."
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-04

July 2nd, last year, denouncing
the Crystal Springs lynchiDg, and
which did honor to his head and
heart, we did not think he could
be so inconsistent as to condemn
the court as he has.
Lack of space forbids us quoting
from that article here, but certainly
nothing Judge Powell has said
about Crystal Springs and her
people is any more damaging to
their reputation or character than
Capt. Dabney's own words in the
article referred to, THE LEADER
thinks they both spoke words OF
soberness and truth which all our
people would do well to heed.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-04
MISSISSIPPI NEWS.
STATE Happenings Since The
r Leaders, Last Issue.

state Happenings Sh"ce o
Leaders Last Issue.
Sam Jones lectured in Winona.
asaid Pasha" was at Aberdeen
The Crystal Springs Meteor has cele-
hrated its 18th birthday.
The Nettleton Advance is new news
.onor Where is Nettleton
NJ r L. Dixon was married in
,ntson TO Miss Miriam N. Nixon.
rho Neteor asserts that volunteer en-
.hnsiam is lacking at Crystal Springs.
4, Greenwood a whole spelling
hoe went down on the word "aconycal. y
Editor Joe Dale, of the Lawrence
county Press, is the father of fine
boy.
lanes Long, an old farmer of Jones
county. aged so, was killed in his field
nv falling limb.
The first shipment of tomatoes was
made from Centreville April 3Oth, the
earliest ever known.
The United States Court convened
=, Jackson Monday. Robert Z. Wilson
was made foreman of the grand jury.
The Peoples Messenger is about to
occupy comfortable new office of its
own Bro. Burkitt deserves all the good
things that come his way.
petition is being circulated in Me-
ridian praying Gov. McLaurin to re-
SIGN the governorship and become a
candidate for the Walthall succession.
The Crystal Springs Meteor says re-
turns on English peas shipped to
market are distressingly low, and grow
ers are correspondingly deep in the
dumps.
The tenth annual shooting tourna-
ment of the Noxubee Gun Club will
take place at Macon, May 18th, 18th
and 10TH One prize of $500 is offered
and others for less sums.
A very large brigade of "Home
Guards is organizing at Scranton, for
the protection of women and children
while the able-bodied men go to war
with Spain, says the Democrat-Star.
Mississippians mourn with New Or
leans in the death of DIR. j. Winter
Watkins, brother of Rev. A. F. Wat
kins. He was born at Woodville, Feb.
3, 1850, and was a physician of promi-
nence and popularity.
Says the Pearl River News, Colum-
bia twas inexpressibly shocked and
saddened by the news that Elias
Owens, respected colored man" had
died. For twenty years he was the
self-appointed sexton Of the town, re-
fusing all compensation. He was 43
years of age.
H. NJ. Plummer and wife, of Scran-
ton committed suicide. Mr.. p. was
cashier of the bank and his accounts
were straight. They leave three little
daughters and domestic trouble is sup
posed to have been the cause of the
horrible tragedy, she having taken
morphine and he going by the ready
pistol route.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-04
A BACKWARD SPRING
Brings Blood Diseases, Nervous
Derangement and Chronic
Catarrh.

Never was there a greater de.
mand for spring medicines-..some.
thing to cleanse the blood, strength.
en- the nerves, or regulate the di.
gestion. Is there any medicine so
good for these purposes as Peru.
MAJ Thousands of doctors, drug.
glsts and tens of thousands
of people OF all classes and voca.
tions have long ago decided this
question.-.that Pe.ru-na has no
equal in these cases. Poor,
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-04
No April Fool Business.

1t is said four of the five wars in
which this country has engaged
began in April. In the RevOlu'
ton the first battle was fought on
the Concord and Lexington road
in April. The war with Mexico
was begun in April. The civil wal
is recognized to have opened with
the firing on Fort Sumpter, which
was in April and now the wal
with the Dons begins i'm April
Peoples Messenger.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-04

"Judge Powell, of Mississippi,
deserves the gratitude and COM
mendation of every law-abiding
citizen of the United States," is
what the Texas Baptist Standard
SAYS of the Honorable Circuit Judge
of this district, referring to his
faithful efforts to execute the law.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-04

1t is most depressing. as well as
distressing, that Mississippi should
have lost both of her Senators IN
less than one year. Both belonged
to the old Southern order OF public
men--not many of whom survive.
Yet little longer, and all OF their
class will have passed away
Vicksburg Herald.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-04

shrunken dys-
peptics b e
come strong,
vigorous, and
hearty after
a few bottles
of it. Peo-
pie who are
blotched, PIN.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-04

clos AmericanOs son cOchinillOs
sucios," is what the Spaniards call
the Americans, which, being inter-
preted, means, "The Americans
are dirty pigs"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-04

General Fitzhugh Lee came home
from Havana on the anniversary
of the day that he went home from
Appomatox.. the 9th day of April.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-04

The Yazoo Sentinel says "d0nt
get so excited over 'cleaning out
SPAIN that you'll forget to clean
ont your own back yard"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-04
Look A stitch in Time

Saves nine. Hughes Tonic new improved
taste pleasantly, taken In early Spring and Fal
prevents Chills, Dengue and Malaral Feyers
Acts on the liver. tones up the system. Better
than Quinine. Guaranteed, try it. At Drug
gists. soc. and 81 90 bottles.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-04
Perfect Health.

neep the system in perfect or
aer by the occasional use of
iutts Liver Pills. They reg
0late the bowels and produce
A Vigorous Body.
TOR sick headache, malaria, bill
lousness, constipation and kim
:rs ared diseases, an absolute cure
iUTT'S Liver PILLS
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-04

General Shafter has been selected to
direct the landing force in Cuba. he
is. the only General in the regular
army who has had yellow fever.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-04

The Copiah Signal has again
changed hands. This time Mr.. HIND
man Doxey is the purchaser.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-04
Skin Diseases.

For the speedy and permanent cure of
letter, salt rheum and eczema, Cham
berlain's Eye and Skin Ointment is
without an equal. 1t relieves the itch.
ing and smarting almost instantly and
its continued use effects a permanent
cure. 1t also cures itch, BARRIERS itch,
scald head, sore nipples, itching piles,
chapped hands. chronic sore eyes and
granulated lids.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-04

Governor McLaurin has rendered his
services to the War Department to
lead the Mississippi troops on to Cuba.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-04
Residence for Sale.

The well known residence Of Mrs NJ L. strfck-
vsaleu ~ ~ r.,,,s NJ
School Ii has SIX rooms and four Are p1nceu>
IN good repair. with large yard anGl eNo <xkE4
lots attached. IL Is offered for S11I @<4I~(4
the owner has made her home il Texas.
Also 80 acres oftlnimpyoxe<l Land with an ever
running creek half mile thrpNEh ~ llzlz zn.l
Is seven miles east IL illinois GfDtfal H11lfQ1a.
oppe<ife the foununf Boxtlc Chi<to.
J W. EESxErT, bro9kh@yen. Al<@-
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-04

DIR. Cady's Condition Powders for
horses are the best tonic, blood purifier
and vermifuge. Price. 25 cents. Sold by
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-05-04
THE LEADER.

oficiaI Journal CITY Of srsokhsvsn.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-21

Interesting is Attorney General
Knowlton's demonstration, that homi-
eide is not increasing in Massachusetts,
despite the wave of blood that has surg
ed through the state the past year, as it
has over other parts of the country.
Though there have been IA indictments
for murder the past year, as compared
with 8 in 1895 and in 1896, there have
been % andsmore in previous years. The
year 1875 holds the record of %, and
there were q in 1881, and 26 in 1887,
though there are 100000 more people in
the state now than then. Whatever
may be said of this demonstration, no
other commonwealth can consistently
cry shame on Massachusetts,. Another
important matter in his annual report
is the attorney generals plea for reform
in the employment Of expert testimony
in the trial Of court cases. The allega-
tions are in line with what President
Mendenhall said in his recent magazine
article concerning the seal controversy
with Great Britain. Consciously or un-
consciously, it matters little which way,
the experts deductions seem too often
influenced by visions Of retainer and
by ex-parte considerations, This brings
the whole system Of expert testimony
into ridicule and disrepute. The attor-
ney generals suggestion for the ap-
pointment by the court of impartial ex-
perts, who shall be free from the sus-
picion of partisan bias and the influence
of personal motive, is none the less
worthy of consideration because it is
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-21
Denholm & Mckay CO.
IHlRNS TO SIT upon.

Many people gather thorns by failing to
heed the warning sent out by diseased kid
neys-coated tongue, parehed skin, fever
ing of weariness-iS sure evidence of kid
ney and bladder trouble Take Utah Kid
ney Beans at once-they will cure you
they have cured thousands Of others. The
Turner's of Philadelphia make Utah Kid
ney Beans.
i. B. Samuels, county clerk of Hick-
man county, Clinton, Kentucky. testifies
that he suffered for years with horrible
pains in the back, kidneys and bladder
was treated by many physicians-they
could hardly stand alone Utah Kidney
Beans, he says, completely cured him. He
gladly recommends them to all sufferers.
macy, Bush & Co, W. s. Flint, ]. r.
Guerin, F. M. Harris & Co.. II. H.
O'Rourke & Co.
Turner's Little Liver Turners-A very
small pill-turns your liver; a true laxa-
tive; an after-diIner pill
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-21

Now it is said that if the ratio of in
crease in wool importations for Decem-
Der should be maintained for the re-
mainder of the fiscal year, even Secre-
tary Cages estimate of a revenue of
sS0.O0O,OOO from that source will be
realized. OF course these importations
are not pleasant statistics for Judge
Lawrence and the other sheep shearers,
but what do they show? Simply that
the native wool product is not sufficient
for the demand Of the country, and it
cannot be made to appear so, even I'M
der the high protection of the Dingley
bin. That is enough to upset Judge
Lawrence's first argument for increas-
ing the duty,
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-21

The Springfield, Holyoke and Connec-
ticut men who have been to Washington
to impress upon the river and harbor
committee the necessity of digging out
the Connecticut river, so that there may
be an unobstructed water way from the
Paper city to Long Island sound
seem to have procured assurances that
some of the congressman will come up
to attend a picnic on the Connecticut
river. The Paper city's paper steam
ship lines. it might be imagined, will
remain on paper for some years to
come One might suppose that these
100000 people, with $780, 600 of prop
erty' were shut in by high board
fence, with no railroad outlet. Perhaps
they seek a club to use on the railroads.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-21

Gen. Miles bears with serenity Congress-
man George B. McClellan's denuncia-
ton of the United States army, and
says the young man has told "a number
Of things that 'ain't So" There are
plans of campaign providing for all i'm
aginable conflicts, though very natural
ly these plans are not published, or in
deed known, outside of select circle of
military officers, so that Mr.. McClel-
lan's ignorance is more excussble than
his rashness and indiscretion. General
Miles averment, that the army is as
well prepared for war "as congress has
permitted it to be-" may be accepted as
literal truth.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-21

That stern South Dakota papa who,
after getting out an injunction to re-
strain an obnoxious young man from
eloping with his daughter, caught the
young man on his premises and had
him locked UP for contempt of court,
and them married the girl to the happy
man Of his choice, was fully alive to the
immense possibilities OF modern legal
warfare, 1t was the boy who was slow.
He ought to have got out an injunction
to stop the marriage.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-21
THE ovER-sUPPLY OF MILK.
(springfeld Republican.l


The limitations upon the power of
monopoly are we'll exhibited in the case
Of the New England Milk Producers
Union. which held an annual meeting at
Boston yesterday. This lis a combina-
tion of farmers engaged in supplying
the metropolitan district with milk. It's
aim was to maintain the price of the
product, and it has so far succeeded in
this. But meantime other farm pro-
ducts have tended downward in nrice.
and the result Of it all seems to have
been to drive every farmer within 20
miles Of Boston to increase his herds of
milch COWS. The supply of milk for the
union to dispose of in Boston has in
creased out Of all proportion to the de-
mand, and the quantities thrown back
on its hands unsogd are becoming larger
every year This unsold milk may be
turned into butter, but that does not
help the butter market. Thus the com
bination is able to maintain the prices
of milk only-as would appear-at the
expense Of the prices of butter. What
the dairymen, as a whole, gain in one
way, they must evidently lose in an
other. Their combination has worked
in about the way most other industrial
combinations do in the long rl1n--stimu-
lating through its artificially maintained
prices an over-investment and over
production in the favored line, which
finally lead to q smash and plunge the
industry into a more demoralized and
Improbable state than ever.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-21

Gov. RamsdeIl Of New Hampshire is
the latest to suffer from tine Jealous
partisans Of prohibition. The Law and
Order League has resolved that never
before in the history of our state
politics has any governor SO basely be-
trayed those who trusted him. It
would appear from this that prohibition
in the Granite State also is fully as
much of a failure as it has been cracked
I'M 4-r No
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-21
KoRcEsrER oANT sPARE THEA.

Even with its present complement of
carriers, the Worcester post Office is but
imperfectly equipped for giving the
community such service as tie business
men would consider adequate or salts
factory. Such is Postmaster Greene's
statement. If the people do not appre-
ciate the fact now, there Is little doubt
that they will appreciate it after ten
men have been discharged in accord
ance with the order Of the department.
1t is believed that the written protests
of leading business men might have
some influence in Washington to pre-
vent this misfortune, and now is the
time to make the protest effective. Sim
tlar efforts to prevent the demoraliza-
tion Of the service have been started in
that the voice of Worcester should be
heard. Senator Hoar's vehement pro-
test against the reduction of the car
r1er service was to the point, and the
statement that only the lack Of $3.50, 900
in the appropriation is needed for
complete maintenance of the present
service, is significant Senator VOL
colt, however, hit the nail ON the head
when he complained that the second
class mail frauds were at the bottom of
the postal embarassments The cost Of
that service amounts, he says, to 65 per
cent of the gross expense of the de-
partment and yields revenue of only
3 per cent 1t should be quite possible
to amend the law so as to prevent the
notorious impositions now practiced and
still give all needed and reasonable fa-
cilities to the publishers of bona fde
books and newspapers.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-21

More specific details would be appre-
ciated to elucidate Senator Morgan's
assertion that Mr.. Cleveland, when
president, would have approved of the
annexation of Hawaii, if it could have
been brought about in his own way;
that if he could have reinstated the
queen he would have opened negotia-
tions with her for annexation, and that
he would not have taken his stand
against the Dole administration but for
the Misrepresentation Of Paramount
Commissioner Blount. Senator Morgan
has never, been recognized as an author
lied spokesman of Mr.. Cleveland. The
Alabama senator indeed was one Of his
bitterest opponents. What authority
has he for this surprising Hawaiian
CT