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The leader., 1898-06-15
ONLY PORTUGOSLINGS.
And When They Grow Up They Wtli
De POrtuganders and Not
Portuguese.

There was a look of great disappointment
On the face of the boy who was coming out
of the front gate. His brother, slightly
younger, but with very aggressive and ten.
acious disposition, was conspicuously tat
tered. His garments bore the marks of con-
fict, but his face showed no signs of remorse.
Come on in the house" said the older
boy.
"What for? I'm waiting for that other
Spanish boy to come out"
well, it's no use We've made a mistake
and we've got to apologize.
"To those two Spaniards?"
"They're not Spaniards. They only look
like Spaniards;. =. They're Portuguese
"Portu-what?'
Portuguese"
mo, they're not. I'll take your word for
add iUI"1 re 'e "But they're too little
for Portuguese And, what's more, they
never will be Portuguese. They're nothing
put Portugoslings now, and when they
grow up they'll be Portuganders. Wash
ingtOn Star.
The leader., 1898-06-15
ARMY EN- ROUTE TO CUBA
Claimed That 1t is the Finest and Best
Equipped Body OF Troops Ever sent
Out by the United States.

WASHINGTON. June 12.-Maj. Gen.
Shafter, with his army, 20, 900 strong, is
at last en- route to Santiago de Cuba.
This is now officially admitted by the
authorities:
Twenty-Five transports, laden with
the best material of the United States
army, are tonight nearing Key West,
where they will meet additional con-
voys from Rear Admiral SIMPSONS
fleet.
Authorities all insist that there will
be no further delay in the Santiago eX-
pedition. They are no longer concern
ed about the quartette of Spanish gum
boats reported to be astray and wait
ing a favorable opportunity to pounce
down upon the army transports. With
the strong fleet of naval vessels con-
voying the transports, no fear is enter
tanned for the safety of the expedition.
Its arrival at Santiago is expected by
Thursday. Thus it seems reasonable
to predict that the present week viii
see the American flag flying over San
tiago de Cuba.
The army now on its way to Santiago
de Cuba comprises the best troops mo-
bilizcd in the South. 1t is equipped
and armed better than any body of
troops the United States ever sent to
the field. Our infantry is furnished
nearly exclusively with the Krag-J or
gensen rifle, which is considered by
ordnance experts as the most destrttct.
i've rifle now i'll use.
The insurgents who are expected to
form a junction with the American
troops at the place of landing have
been armed by the United States with
modern Springfield rifles. The army
has an abundance of ammunition to
carry it on long and difficult cam
paign.
The transports will be kept as closely
together as safe navigation will permit,
and the warships will be disposed
ahead, astern and on either flank of the
fleet Scouting vessels will be thrown
far out in advance of the transports,
and in order to insure against an at
tacks from the rear, some of these YES
sells will linger far astern, ready to
signal the heavily armored cruisers at
the sign of an approaching foe. The
battlcship Indiana Is expected to lead
the ShiDS
The leader., 1898-06-15
MANILA HAS SURRENDERED.
Report to That Eject Received
Ambassador Hay, without Detahs As
,o who Took Possession.

w.uuxeroS June 12.-Manila has
surrendered, but the officials here are
still without information as to whether
IL has surrendered to Admiral Dewey
or to the insurgent forces.
The news comes from Ambassador
Hay i'm London, who cablcd the state
departnent tonight that adviccs had
been received there from Hong Kong
saving that Manila had fallen.
As Ambassador Hay gave no details
of the surrender. it is supposed that
the dispatch received in London from
Hong Kong barely announced the fail
of the city, and did not say whether
the surrender was to Admiral Dewey
or to the insurgents.
The cablegram from Ambassador
Hay in London gave no particulars.
His dispatch read: "Advices from
Hong Kong state that Manila has sur
rendered"
In the absence of positive informa-
ton, the authorities cannot say whether
the surrender has been made to Ad-
miral Dewey or to- Gen. Aguinaldo, the
insurgent leader. 1t is known that the
insurgents, since Admired Dewey's vic
tory have been close to the city, and 1t
was only a question of time when Gen.
August would be forced to surrender.
1t is regarded as probable that the sur
render has been brought about by the
activity of the insurgents rather than
by the American fleet, as it has been
Admiral Dewey's policy to remain mac
tive while awaiting the troops which
have been started out to- reinforce him.
II is regarded as probable, however,
that the Spanish general surrendered
to Admiral Dewey rather than to the
insurgcnt chicftain, as it would be
preserved and Spanish life and property
protected under the American admiral
than under Gen. Aguinaldo:
The leader., 1898-06-15
Summer Resorts.

Many delightful summer resorts are SIC
uated on and reached via the Southern Rail
way. Whether one desires the seaside OF
the mountains, the fashionable hotels OF
country homes, they can be reached via this
magnificent highway of travel.
Asheville, n. g., Roam Mountain, Tenn,
and the mountain resorts of east Tennessee
and western North Carolina The Land Of
the Sky"-Tate Springs, Tenn, Lookout
Mountain, Tenn, Lthia Springs, Ga, and
various Virginia Springs, also the seashore
resorts, are reached by the Southern Rail.
way or convenient schedules and at very
low rates.
The Southern Railway has issued hand.
some folder, entitled Summer Homes and
Resorts, descriptive of nearly one thousand
summer resorts, hotels and boarding houses
including information regarding rates for
board at the different places and railroad
rates to reach them.
Write to c. \. Benscoter, Assistant Gen
eral Passenger Agent, Southern Railway
Chattanooga, Tenn, for copy of this folder
The leader., 1898-06-15
THE EAST.

The doors of the Delaware national
bank of Delhi, n. Y, closed with liabili-
ties of $275, 900. Excessive loans caused
the failure.
AT the age of II years benjamin Tyler
Henry, inventor of the famous Win
chester rifle, died at his home in New
Haven, Conn.
The degree of doctor of laws was con-
ferred on Admiral Dewey at the annual
Pa, of the Western university.
At Newark, n. j., Andreas Malinak
was hanged for the murder on July 81,
1897, of Mrs. Annie Kmetz.
For the murder of his wife Walter
E. Goodwin was hanged in the county
Jail at Welsboro, Pa.
The leader., 1898-06-15

me but to go under an operation.
In speaking with friend OF mine
about it, she recommended Lydia Il.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, say
ing she knew it would cure me. l then
sent for your medicine, and after tax
ing three bottles of it, the tumor DIS
appeared. Oh! you do not know how
much good your medicine has done
me. shall recommend it to all sufter.
ing women.-Mrs. Rosa GAUM, ISo
Wall St., Los Angeles, Cal.
The great and unyarying success Oh
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound in relieving every derangemen'
of the female organs, demonstrates
it to be the modern safeguard OF wo-
mans happiness and bodily strength.
More than million women have been
benefited by it.
Every woman who needs advice
about her health is invited to write v
Mrs. Pinkham. st Lynn, Mas
The leader., 1898-06-15
STRIP HER OF COLONIES.
Cruiser to Seize What Dewey Has Oy.
looked In ~

Cruiser to Seize What Dewey Has Over
looked in the Pacific.
WASHINGTON, June 12.--Rear Admiral
Miller, cOmmanderin-chief of the Pa
cific station, will hoist the American
flag over the Hawaiian islands as soon
as congress ratities the resolution of
annexation, which is now being dis
cussed in the house. As soon as the
cruiser Philadelphia is placed in COM
mission, on July /, she will become the
flagship of the Pacific station, and will
sail for Honolulu.
l understand that the administration
is determined to send a modern man-of-
war to Honolulu, and that the Philadel-
phia will be sent to the far cast to
cruise among the Spanish possessions,
which a,e not yet under the control of
Rear Admiral Dewey, and seize them in
the name of the United States.
The leader., 1898-06-15

The American consul at Curacao is
incidentally in the coal business, and
when the Spanish admiral dropped in
there with his fleet the consul could
have sold the coal pile containing 1900
tons of coal for $25 per ton. All the
coal Cervera could get at Curacao was
300 tons of slack, which the Dutch gov
eminent had condemned three years
before as useless, and the Spanish adj
miral's mouth fairly watered when he
saw the American consul's pile of coal.
You could not have a bushel of ii for
a bushel of gold," calmly remarked the
American
The leader., 1898-06-15
Holds Her Bonds High.

At a meeting of the mayor and coun-
ell of Summit last week the bids for
the bonds, SIS, 900, for the waterworks
system proposed to be put in operation
in Summit, were all rejected as not
being advantageous to the best in
terests of the town, and the sale of the
bonds will be readvertised for thirty
days, although some of the bids were
at par; still, the bids for the bonds,
which run twenty years and bear per
cent. were not, very properly, con-
sidered sufficient by the board, hence
the rejection of all bids.
The leader., 1898-06-15

One of the most remarkable exhibl-
tons the world has yet seen is in prog
ress at Omaha and will remain open
until fall. The Trans-Mississippi and
International exposition is an extraor-
binary evidence of American energy
the union. Five years have been spent
in preparing for it, and the sum of ST.
100000 expended to place it on the
level of great expositions. The
grounds cover 200 acres, and in addition
TO the ten immense structures are Is
state buildings, all filled with the treas
ures of industry and art.
The leader., 1898-06-15
The Second Philippines Exped,t,o,

SAN FRANCISCO, June 12.-Maior-
General Merritt has issued verbal in.
structions, through Major-General Otis.
to colonies commanding regiments and
battalions designed to sail in the see
ond Philippine expedition, to have
finished by Tuesday the placing aboard
ship all camp equipage, and to be ready
TO embark their troops by noon on
Wednesday. As result, in the camps
OF the regiments that are TO sail the
packing has begun.
The leader., 1898-06-15

Our forgotten Klondike boom breaks
in upon the war news in way that
gives melancholy forebodings. The col
lapse of another transport tub and the
drowning of nearly two score passen-
gers en- route to the promised Eldorado
is fresh illustration of the risks VOL
UNFAIRLY undertaken in the mad haste
for easy riches. 1t will be fortunate
If the Klondike craze is ended before
other and still more narrowing catas
tropics follow the trail of the modern
arpOpautS,
The leader., 1898-06-15
objects to the Uniform Duty ON Tea.

WASHINGTON, June Japan has
entered a strong protest against the
duty on tea provided for in the war
revenue bill The protest was sent to the
state department, and by it forward
ed to the conference committee The
protest is based on the ground that
uniform duty of ten cents pound on
all teas, cheap or dear, will have the
effect of running Japan's tea trade with
the United States. Japan, it says,
would not object to duty grading ac-
cording to value. The protest was sub
mitted as result of instructions sent
from the Japanese foreign office,
The leader., 1898-06-15

On BOARD THE WANDA, OFF SANTIAGO
DE CUBA, Thursday, June 8, 6 p. IN,
via Kingston, Jamaica, June lit is
believed the navy will follow the land
ing of troops by forcing the passage of
the narrow channel leading to the har-
Dor of Santiago de Cuba, fishing up the
sunken mines and compelling Admiral
Cervera to make a stand.
If the destruction of the Spanish
fleet is successfully carried out it will
end the last vestige of Spanish domin-
ion in Eastern Cuba. The harbor of
Guantanamo is completely under the
control of the American fleet.
The leader., 1898-06-15

Capt. Waters, of Los Angeles, Cal,
the owner of San Miguel island, has
made the discovery that this bit Of land
was never coded to Mexico by Spain.
By some oversight it was omitted from
the list of islands given up when Mex
lean independence was acknowledged.
AS soon as be learned this fact Capt
Waters fastened 10 his little island,
hoisted the American flag, and took for
NAL possession in the name OF the
United States
The leader., 1898-06-15

A bill was introduced in congress al
the request of number of estimable
ladies TO provide two matrons for each
regiment of volunteers, the duties of
the matrons to be to sew on buttons,
darn stockings, etc. This, of course, is
a good plan, but does it go far enough?
IL the United States army is going into
the matron business-that is, outside
OF the hospitals-why not hire women
cooks who can make pies and mullins
like mother used TO make?" And
what's the matter with having wait
re.ses, etc.p Let's give the girls a
chance while we are about II.
The leader., 1898-06-15

There was flag-raising at Anguilla
few days ago, attended by special
jollif alton. The speakers were Messrs.
McQuade II. L. Dinkins, w. S. Black
man and j. r. Mutt. Great enthusiasm
was manifested. The Stars and Stripes
now float in majestic grandeur over
Anguilla. G. r. Trafford was the
prime promoter of the patriotic move
ment, assisted by Paul Dinkins and
Henry l.. Dinkins.
The leader., 1898-06-15

Nobody but a Spaniard would at
tempt to discount the success of Dew
ey's engagement at Manila BY claiming
that Montejo's fleet was in no condition
for fighting. Montejo had ample time
for preparation, boosted that he was
looking for trouble, subsequently found
it, and was knocked out. 1t is too late
TO quarrel with the umpire or find fault
with his trainers.
The leader., 1898-06-15
County Treasures Wrought Up.

The county treasurers of the State
are greatly disturbed over the notice
sent out by State Revenue Agent Writ
Adams to the effect that they are not
legally entitled to the commissions
heretofore collected on the county
school fund. Two county treasurers
were in jackson last week and said the
treasurers would hold a convention
soon to take action on the matter. The
gentlemen holding this office in the
several counties throughout the State
Nv that without these commissions the
lice would be practically worthless,
The leader., 1898-06-15

The statisticians of the volunteer
army agree that the average age of
The soldiers is "a, lending emphasis to
the claim that this war will closely fol-
low the precedent in drawing its active
fighters from The nations youth. Old
age for counsel and young men for war
is the universal rule among nations,
and il is a coincidence of American his
tory that every generation of American
youth has had its own war as an outlet
for efferveseent patriotism. The vet
Grams Of the spauish-Americau war win
probably be toe staid couuselors Of the
fssl ese 4 AisioFg repeats ITSELF,
The leader., 1898-06-15

DR.. Nansen has unfolded the plan of
his next expedition, which will start
from Behring straits or point further
north. The expedition will last prob
ably five or six years. DR.. NaDsen said
it was not important to reach the north
pole. 1t was sufficient to continue sci
entific Investigations. The cost of the
expedition will be about 100000 rubes.
The leader., 1898-06-15

The mineral production of the United
States in 1897 broke the record. 1t
amounted to STAG, 23O, 0S2, which is twice
that of Great Britain and more than the
production of all Europe. In the list
are 2,SG4,576 ounces of gold, Sc, 457 ,292
ounces of silver, $40, 190,719 pounds Of
copper, 197,71S tons of lead, 100000
pounds of aluminium and $1O,OOO,OOO
worth of natural gas.
The leader., 1898-06-15

az have just wead, :" said Chollie, "that the
yweat Napoleon spent more than $4,000 a
yeah on dwess 1t tewwifes me-"
'What terrifies you, you idiot:' asked
his disguised father.
"To find that we aw so similar. Who
knows but / am one of those destiny fell
ows "-Indianapolis journal.
The leader., 1898-06-15

"Lurline, the water queen" who has
just died in London, was the sensation
of three continents ten years ago, at
which time she had $4,000, every cent
of which she made on the exhibition
stage. Lurlne was a Boston girl and
her real name was Salie Swift.
The leader., 1898-06-15

George Jacob Holyoake, of England,
claims that he was the first person 10
use the word lingo" and that his ar
ticle in the London Daily News on May
10, 1878, was the first article in which
the word appeared.
The leader., 1898-06-15
Board of Control Recommendations.

The board of control finally adjourned
last week. Convicts John Strain, sent
up from Vicksburg for grand larceny,
and James j. Bornett, of Lee, for man
slaughter, were recommended for
executive clemency.
The leader., 1898-06-15
FLood i'm the Des MoInes River.

Dies MONIES, Ia, June 1.-THE Des
Moines river has risen four feet in the
past "A hours, and is rising four inches
an hour. The water has reached a
stage but few feet below the guage
of the food year ago. The rain has
been general and the prospect is for a
continued rise in the river.
The leader., 1898-06-15
;,aiouiri City Bombarded.

HAVANA, June l1.-From a Spanish
correspondent it is learned that several
American war ships yesterday bonn
barded Baiquiri, some distance east of
Aguadores and near the railway line
to Santiago de Cuba.
Official advices from Santiago say
that the bombardment caused no
damage"
Baiquiri is in mining locality, and
some of the mines are under American
control.
At the palace it is denied that there
was any bombardment of the Santiago
Notifications yesterday.
The leader., 1898-06-15
The Funny Man.

Miss Mattinay-You won't mind my sit.
ting down in my bonnet, Mr.. Sparkle, will
you?
Sparkle (the weNknown comic writer,
quoting one of his latest witticisms) Not at
all: it will only fattea it out little.
80, come now, Mr.. Sparkle, / know that
is not your own. | saw it in print the other
dav p'-MoonS shine
The leader., 1898-06-15

An Alabama man who is said TO have
modest, retiring disposition" was re-
Gently tormented by several friends,
who characterized him as a coward"
Thereupon he shot four of them to
death. The main question, we believe,
is still open for discussion.
The leader., 1898-06-15

Mime. Melba writes from San Fran
cisco 10 a friend in London: Il am
obliged every night to sing The Star
Spangled Banner in my costume of
Spanish senorita! 1t produces an
amazing effect upon the audience, but
sets me thinking"
The leader., 1898-06-15
Popular Young Mans Death.

Charles Ledbetter, one of the most
exemplary young men of Water Valley
has ever known, died suddenly last
week. All business houses were closed
the largest in fifteen years. lie was n
member of the First Regiment band,
and one of the most popular young
men in that company.
The leader., 1898-06-15
First Cotton Bloom.

The first cotton bloom of the season
was received at the Memphis Cotton
Exchange last week from Enoch
Dangertield of Bolivar county. The
first bloom last year was received June
10th. The average date of the first
bloom is June 18th.
The leader., 1898-06-15

President Monroe's body servants are
beginning 10 die at the age of lo2. 1t
NAV be inferred that the last OF the
thousands who waited on the Father of
his Country is gone at last.
The leader., 1898-06-15

The Chinese are nothing il they are
not polite. The emperor has issued a
proclamation requesting certain gov
eminent officials to stop stealing pub
lie moneys" That seems to be legiti-
mate request, everything considered.
The leader., 1898-06-15
Failures for the Week.

NEW YORK, June I1.-Duns CONNER
cial review, issued to-day, says: The
failures for the week have been 2o3 in
the United States, against 26s last year,
and II in Canada, against 80 last year,
The leader., 1898-06-15

In 1892 Christopher Columbus, or
Cristobal Colon, as he is called in Span
ish, discovered the West Indies, and
Commodore Schley the other day dis
covered the Cristobal Colon at Santi-
The leader., 1898-06-15
AN OPERATION AVOIDED.
Mrs. Rosa Gaum Writes to Mrs.
Pinkham About it. She Says:

DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-I take pleas
ure in writing you few lines to in
form you of the good your Vegetable
Compound has done ne. cannot
thank you enough for what your medl-
cine has done for me; it has, indeed,
helped me wonderfully. III
The leader., 1898-06-15
Doubtful Meaning.

George-And will you miss me while am
away, Ethel?
Ethel-Indeed | will, George.
That's some consolation to me-"
"And to me also, dear"
"Why to you?"
at will be such consolation to have the
pleasure of missing you. "-Chicago Evening
News.
The leader., 1898-06-15

bled with an
ovarian tumor,
each year grow
ing worse, un-
til at last l
was compelled
to consult with
q physician.
He said
nothing could
be done for
The leader., 1898-06-15
The First Mississippi Regiment.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, June 10.-The
First Mississippi Regiment today re-
ceived their new uniforms, and they
will be distributed tomorrow. They
are still without guns, and it is not
known when they will get them. The
regiment is engaged daily in battalion
drill, and they will not take part in
other maneuvcrs until they get
thoroughly equipped.
The boys today received loaf bread,
for the first time since they have been
in camp, having up to this time had
only hard tack. Unlike many other
regiments in the same condition, they
took their rations with soldierly forti-
tude without complaint.
Sergeant Bostwick of Co.1pany q WIGS
todayappointed OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
vice Sergeant Jones, reduced. The
health of the regiment is good, there
being very few men in the hospital, and
those with only light complaints
The leader., 1898-06-15

Venezuela has selected ex-President
Harrison as it's chief counsel in the
boundary arbitration proceedings to
begin in Paris next year.
The leader., 1898-06-15
FROM WASHINGTON.

President Mckinley has signed the
bill for the removal of all political dis
abilities arising from the civil war and
II is now a law.
The leader., 1898-06-15

There Is one Protestant congrega-
ton on the island Of Puerto Rico. 1t is
OF the Scotch Presbyterian variety.
The leader., 1898-06-15

Delaware has abolished the Austria
liau ballot, being the first state TO drop
the law after once having tried it.
The leader., 1898-06-15

Time is money. That is, it takes consd'
srable money to have much of time. A.
w. Bulletin.
The leader., 1898-06-15

After physicians had given me up, was
saved by Piso's Cure.-Ralph Erieg, VIII
Transport, Pa, Nov. %, 1893.
The leader., 1898-06-15

The standard Of the Celestial Fmn;-.
very queer looking affair. II represent. ~.
most grotesque OF green dragons on a vsIla,s
ground. The latter is suggestive not onlr :,
the national complexion, but also Of ~, W,
a sufferer from bsliossness. To remove ~,
unbecoming tint from the complexion , M,
Hostetter's Stomach Bfsters, WHICH r;f
speedily regulate your liver, prevent r1sl.ria
and remedy dyspepsia, nervousness, rhsuma
tism and kidney omplaint. DA
Given by Her.
Singleton-Well, how do you take narr;sd
life? 'e"
Notwithstanding to directions.-Ny
World. -
The leader., 1898-06-15
Fever Near the Gulf.

DIR. J. +. Hunter, secretary of the
State board of health, gave out the fol-
lowing statement last week:
1t having been reported to me by Drs.
HARRISON and Folks, sanitary inspectors
of this board, that seven cases of yell
low fever exist at McHenry, | hereby
declare the town of McIIenry in quar-
antine under the charge of DIR. IIaral-
son, who will observe the quarantine
and sanitary rules and regulations
adopted by this board.
J. f HUNTER,
Secretary State board of Health.
McIenry is a village on the Gulf &
Ship Island road few miles from the
Gulf coast. 1t is a remote place, being
on branch road and far from any
great highway of commerce. The viii
lage has been thoroughly quarantined
and no danger of spread is feared.
The leader., 1898-06-15
The Outer Bay of Guantanamo In Posses
sion of AN American WarshIp.

WASHINGTON, June II The navy de-
partment has posted the following bull
letin
On June Admiral Sampson ordered
the Marblehead, Commander McCalla,
and the Yankee, Commander Brown.
son, to take possession of the outer
bay of Guantanamo. These vessels en-.
tered the harbor at daylight on the
18th, driving a Spanish gunboat into
the inner harbor, and took possession
OF the lower bay, which is now held
by the Marblehead. The bay is admir-
ably adopted for naval rendezvous.