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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-09-21

Russia, more than any other couh
try. has made the world at large
cynical. One need not be a Sherlock
Holmes to seek for a motive In the
cars peaceful manifesto. The hrst
adverse suggestion is: why did he
DELAY its PRONUNCIATION until after
Russian troops had invested and occu-
pied the only portion of the Chinese
emnire which Russia can assimilate
RAPIDLY and without trouble? The
second: "Why did he delay until after
England was ready to call his govern.
ment to account for its aggressive ana
selfish policy in the orient| There
may be satisfactory answers to ooth
of these questions, but they are not
easily called to mind.
Evidently England does NOV mean
to be caught mapping while Russia
talks peace. Quietly but systematicai-
ly her navy in Chinese waters is be-
ing strengthened. and Vice Admiral
seymour, commander in chief OF the
British feet there, has been instructed
to keep a watchful eye on Russian
ships and Russian emissaries.
Germany and France, too. are on
the alert, and while diplomats tax
peace and civilization, the engines OF
destruction are being prepared Tor
what may be, for all we know, Inc
greatest conflict Of the ages.
q w. wEIPPIERT.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-09-21

well known resolution that England
81 uld engage ir no European war
during her lifetime, and gave her
prime minister carte blanche to issue
as many "ultima;ums" as the exigen-
cies of the case might demand
But just when Tie British foreign Of
flee was about - prepare a veritable
"stinger" in the shape of an eloquent
demand for WIDE open" commercial
China, his majesty Nicholas H.. car
of all the Russias surprised the world
by issuing q manifesto proposing
conference OF al! nations to consider a
reduction Of ornaments. In it he de-
plores the fact that Hundreds of mill
lions are devoted 10 acquiring terrible
engines o. 6estrLt tion which are des-
tined Tomorrow to lose all value in
consequence of some fresh discovery
in the same fields and adds that ma
tional culture, economic progress and
the production of wealth are either
paraIyzed or checked in development"
Further on be says: Economic crises.
due in great part to the system of
ornaments routrance, and the con-
,inual danger which lies in this mass
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-09-21
Womnn's Care and Kindness Makes
Him Think of Cuba with
Longing.

"War is pretty bad of course" remarked
blue-coated man with bandage under his
coat, but | declare, in some ways, women
are az bad as Spaniards-only they kill you
with kindness instead of bullets. i came
home from Santiago with this little wound
in my hip. and, really, can't tell you how
I've suffered since, from the women of my
family 1t is all right, of course; this world
would be den of wild beasts without the
love and sympathy of woman--but the dear
ENTHUSIASTICALLY those nearest to us
generally overdo it. They didn't believe my
message that | was only slightly wounded,
so on my arrival was met by my wife, her
mother, two maiden aunts and a girl cousin,
all rallied from the four quarters of Mich.
gan and adjoining states to nurse me.
don't need any nursing worth mentioning,
but, believe me, if I've drawn long breath
in two weeks without those FIVE women
jumping up and rushing at me. | will eat
my army blanket; II l wink my, wife says;
what is it, dear?-if | move one leg, my girl
cousin springs at me with another pillow
in her hand; during the night my two aunts
wake me up to see If | want anything; and
my mother-in-law-well,t the dear soul hasn't
sat down or been to bed since came-to my
knowledge Ny wound is nearly healed, and
that's a blessing, for if don't get back to
Cuba pretty soon III be ruined man. /
rant stand such coddling-it will make a
bloated tyrant out of me, so it will A man
needs war once in awhile to get him away
from woman-dear, loving woman-she
would make a spneless infant out of him in
no ime"-Detroit Free Press.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-09-21
WITHIN THREE WEEKS
Spanish Flag Over Porto Rico viii Have
Vanished.

Spanish Flag Over Porto Rico Will Have
Vanished.
SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Sept. 1s.-The
prepare tions for the embarkat ton of the
Spanish troops are reported TO be COM
plete, although the American commits
sioners have not been officially advised
to that effect.
Two ships of the Compania Trans-At-
lantica are expected to arrive here on
the Goth inst. Five vessels will be re-
quired to transport all the troops, with
their luggage and the field artillery and
equipments.
The [ nitcd States commissioners have
agreed that such troops as desire to re-
main here may do so, and practically all
the volunteers and some of the regu.
lars, whose families and interests are
here, will remain. If the necessary
ships were here the island would be
evacuated and formally in our posses
sion within three days.
The American commissioners are
highly gratified with the spirit shown
by the Spaniards. The unexpected has
happened. Where it was expected that
opposition and delay would be encoun'
tered none has been found. In good
faith the Spanish commissioners hav1
met the Americans and arranged with
them the terms of evacuation.
Our commissioners expect to see the
American flag hoisted and the Spanish
flag hauled down forever within three
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-09-21
Guy Jack to BE Tried.

The kemper county court is now in
session and the most interesting case
on the docket is the State VS.. Guy Jack,
charged with poisoning. Jack is ac-
cused of conspiring with DIR. Lipscomb
to murder Charles Stewart, a tenant on
his place, for the insurance on his life,
which amounted to several thousand
dollars. 1t is possible that the court
may be adjourned for season on &C.
count of the fever scare, but in case it
proceeds, Jack will insist on a trial.
His confederate. DIR. Lipscomb, it will
be remembered, has been twice tried
and convicted of murder. The first
time he was sentenced to death, the
last time to imprisonment for life. The
testimony that will be produced against
Jack is practically that upon which
Lipscomb was convicted.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-09-21
MISS WINNIE DAVIS DEAD.
Bereayed Mother Bearing the Afliction
With Great Calmness.


NARRAGANsETT PIER, R. l., Sept. 49,
Miss Winnie Davis, daughter of Mrs.
jefferson Davis, died at noon today, at
the Rockingham Hotel. to which place
she came as guest in the early part of
the Piers social season.
She had been i'll for several weeks,
and a fortnight ago her ailment was
diagnosed as malarial gastritis. At
times her condition became very serious,
so that consultations of physicians were
deemed necessary, but frequent rallies
gave renewed hope that she would ulti-
mately recover. During the past week
especially was her condition considered
favorable. and 1t was thought that her
removal from the hotel would be posi-
BILE in a few days, as the hotel had
closed for the season, leaving the pa
tent and attendants practically alone
in the house. Last night, however, a
relapse in Miss Davis condition was
noticed and throughout the night she
lost strength perceptibly. This morn
ing the physicians said that the end
was not far off, and at noon death came
to end the suffering which at times had
been intense.
Mrs. Davis had watched unremit-
tingly at her daughters bedside, and
she is now bowed with sorrow. The
physicians of Mrs. Davis report she is
holding up with great calmness in her
affliction, and no fears are at present
entertained of her health yielding to
the strain
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-09-21
SPANISH EVACUATION
Or Cuba terms to Be o Long
way Of.
inherent In Porto Rico-There the Span.
sh Flag VIII Soon Dissppear-Bus-
mess just Begun at Havana.
Limit of Spanish Stay.

HAVANA, Sept. 1s.-An official meet
ing of the Spanish commissioners of
evacuation was held last night, to con-
sider the form of evacuation by the
spanish troops, and with the object of
acquainting the American commission
with the exact number and positions of
the Spanish soldiers and the best
method of emharking them.
This afternoon there were sent on
board the Resolute sealed documents,
supposed to contain a statement of the
results of last nights conference. 1t is
understood that it is proposed to start
the evacuation from east to west, en-
barking the troops at the ports of Gil
bara, Nuevitas, Cienfuegos and Havana.
The official statement of the number
OF Spanish soldiers in the island is said
to place the aggregate at one hundred
thousand. and it is understood that it is
proposed that the men shall carry with
them their arms, ammunition. material
and equipments.
1t is estimated that the end of Feb
ruary will have come before the evacu-
alton OF the island is completed, as the
soldiers must embark in Spanish YES
sells. 1t is suggested that this will be
an advantage to both countries, the
United States having an opportunity to
acclimatize its men during the winter
months, as it is proposed that the Amer
nj han 70
occupy each post simultaneously with
its evacuation, leaving no post un-
guarded at any time.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-09-21
WANTS PEACE.
At Least That Is What He Wishes
Us to Believe.
c,riou. Manifesto Issued Mt Grill
cal Moment by the AutOcrat
of Russia-CivilixatiOn
and Conquest.
$50 ecial Correspondence

Not since the close of the Russo
Turkish war in the seventies have
European politics presented as in
teresting a field for speculation
as lust now. While nowhere out
side of the press of London there is
talk of war, yet the careful observer
cannot fail to feel ins;inctively that Sc
rous trouble is brewing, that questions
are about TO come up for final settle
ment whose solution will tax the skill
Of the diplomats of every nation. and
that at least two of the worlds
great governments will seek to win by
force of arms possessions which do not
belong to them by any other right save
that of might.
We pirate much about Christian gov
ernments and Christian civilization,
and try TO persuade ourselves that we
are far better than were our blunt an
cestors. But our pride rests on
foundation of sand, officially speaking.
The men of to-day are just as greedy
as their ancestors, and whenever they
see an opportunity to despoil less
powerful nation of lands and chattels
they make the most of it. That was
considered fertilization" four centuries
age, and il is called by the same name
to-day. The mighty country always
considers itself "civilizing power"
and regards the subsection of weaker
peoples "a good work. Hypocrisy is
the mother of diplomacy, and the sword
is the weapon of diplomacy. Nations
are like individuals. When they are
about to perform an especially mean
act they persuade themselves that ii
is for the benefit of the poor fellows
who are to be robbed and that they
are the Instruments chosen by an in
scrutable Providence to carry out its
will
Look at poor Chiua-as harmless a
nation as ever existed. Like vultures,
the fleets of Great Britain, France, Ger
many and Russia are to-day lowering
about her coasts, grabbing port here
and fertile province therein the
name of civilization. and for the bene-
mt of horde of traders living thou
sands Of leagues away. Could these
BIRDS of prey but agree upon division
among themselves, the Chinese empire
would cease to exist tomorrow, but
each wants more than the other is will
Ing 10 grant, and therein lies the dan
ger to the peace of the world, and the
temporary salvation of the Mongolian
empire.
Russia is perhaps the least hypo-
critical Of the four powers which are
seeking to absorb China. She makes no
humanitarian pretenses, and Las not
made them. She grabbed Port Arthur
and the great Manchurian provinces
because, to use a slang phrase. she
needed them in her business" She
mad to have an outlet for her trans
siberian railroad, and a. Chinese port
Tor her Asatic fleet. Asking the con-
sent OF the European concert" to OBJ
IAN them would have been futile, as
well as childish. So she just took them,
and incidentally extended the sphere
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-09-21
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
More Counties Report.

Nearly all the counties in the State
have filed their personal assessment
rolls with the auditor. A few late ones
come in occasionally.
Green county reports s17,175 invested
in manufacturing enterprises, 7s5 polls,
a total personal valuation OF s176,-
1925 and State tax on same amount
ing TO 81, 144.s9.
Holmes county has 6,2o1 polls and a
total personal valuation of s1,193, 1853.
The board has not yet met in Holmes
to declare the tax, on account of quar-
antine restrictions.
Hancock county reports seven PEN
sions granted this year, as against
eight In 1898; Prentiss county has sew
enty-seven, against eighty-nine, and
Tunica three, as against four for last
wear.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-09-21
Soldiers Royalty Received.

Company c, composed of Greenville
boys, belonging to Second Mississippi
Regiment, under Lee at Jacksonville,
returned home last week on thirty
days furlough, after which they will
be mustered out of service at Lauder
dale Springs. The company did not
lose single man by death or desertion.
They were given an enthusiastic recep-
ton by the people of Greenville, being
met at the depot by hundreds of people
headed by SomIners cornet band The
buildings of the city were decorated
with bunting and hags-in truth the
city was in holiday attire and every
body ceased their labors to honor the
returning soldier bows.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-09-21
MANUAL TRAINING.
1t Creates Right Habits and Develop
the Character of the Young
Child.

Manual training sharpens the senses
and makes eyes that sec and ears that
hear and touch that is fine and true.
Il gives proper balance of values, not
only to the physical and intellectual
activities of the individual, but to the
intercourse of pupil with pupil, for
frequently the seeming dullard turns
out to be the skillfal worker, and vice
versa, and mutual respect and har'
mony result. So the varying yet equal
worth of men is taught without sign
or sound. Pupils, too, are encouraged
to mutually aid each other in construc-
ton and in handling and use of tools;
and the valuable quantity of social
helpfulness grows like the flower from
the swelling bud. 1t is a method OF
positive creative activity as against
passive receptivity or destructive rest
lessness; in short, it is education, not
instruction. 1t forms the mind in.
stead of furnishing it. II creates right
habits, and so molds character. II
makes careful. thinking, true men.
we make it our constant aim to let
lHt acquisition Ol lHt
rrehension of truth. grow out of the
experience of the children themselves,
says Prof. Bamberger. 1t is the con
structive method, as against that OF
examining with rules and definitions
the children do not understand, anC
facts they do not assimilate. First
comes actual acquaintance and re.
peated experiment, out of which the
definition, rule or truth naturally
grows, and thus becomes the lasting
possession of the child. There
is compete correlation and coordina.
tion in the intellectual and manual
work. Things thought out are
wrought out; thus the hand becomes
the outlet for the rising food of the
mind, and self-activity and self-expres.
sion are induced. The child finds him
self creator, for the avenues are
opened by which he discovers himself
and gains possession and use of his
faculties. He is the center of the uni.
verse, and, making longer and longer
excursions into the unknown, discov-
ers the world about him and his rela.
ton to it.-Sadie American. in Won.
ans Home Companion.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-09-21
A DANGEROUS PRACTICE.
Eating and Drinking In the Dark 10
often Attended with serf-
Gus Results.

There Is an old adage to the effect
that those who know nothing fear
nothing" Persons who have never
acquainted themselves with the dan
gers that Turk in bacilli, bacteria, mi
crobes infusoria. "et al" may posi-
bly, be excused IL they are given to
carelessness in eating and drinking,
taking little thought of their appetites
SO long rs their hunger is appeased.
How many lives are sacrificed, how
many days and nights or wearisome
illness and pain arc caused by sheer
carelessness and Indifference to the
most ordinary laws of common pru-
dence may only be conjectured.
Probably every one has heard the
story of the MN who came in late at
night and ather unsteady. In the dim
light he saw glass OF water standing
on the table. without special thought
he swallowed it and. being exceeding
~ thirsty, it went down almost at q
dash. Something caught in his teeth
and he pulled it out of his mouth, or
made an effort to do so, but found that
however fast he might pull, there was
more to follow. Puzzled and fright
ened, he yelled fo- his wife. The good
woman fastened to his relief to be
greeted with the exclamation: For
goodness sake, Samantha, come and
see what's the matter. I'm all unrav-
cling" His wife had been Keeling silk
from cocoons, and the small ball in the
bottom of the glass was swallowed
without the drinker being aware of its
presence.
Not as well dill small boy fare who
drank several small leeches in glass
of water put far up out of his way on
shelf.
Unquestienahly there have been
many deaths from the careless habit
of eating and drinking in TIE dark.
Medicines, drugs, chemicals and maui
seous compounds have been taken una
wares, and the health or life of the in
dividual have paid for such reckless in
difference to consequences. In these
days of disease germs and germ dis
eases too much care cannot be ex-
ercised as to the quality and condition
of the food we eat. Especially in h ~
weather, every form of food produc:
should be subjected to the most criti.
cal examination.
All fresh fruits should be carefully
washed, and vegetables that are eaten
uncooked must be thoroughly looked
over and cleansed from specks ard par.
ticles of foreign matter. II is no I'M
common thing to find the eggs of in
sects hidden in the crevices of leaves
of plants that are used for salads, and
the embryo of various parasites have
in more instances than one been trans
ferred to the human stomach by means
of uncooked fruit and vegetables.
When such articles are prepared for
the table they should be done under a
very strong light, and il they are to be
washed an abundance of watc- may be
used.
II never eat blue berries except at
your table," said faStidiouS and cpl.
curian gentleman to lady whom he
was visiting. land I would probably
not have eaten them here if had not
seen you prepare then" All of which
was very high compliment to the
lady's care in making them ready.-N.
Y. Ledger.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-09-21
in THE ANIMAL WORLD.

The organs of smell In a vulture and
carrion crow are so keen that they
can scent their food for q distance OF
30 miles.
In building nests birds usually avoid
the use Of bright-colored materials,
which would add to the chances of the
enemy in locating them.
A decapitated snail, II kept in a moist
place, will in a few days grow a new
head, and IL will be just as serviceable
as the original one was.
Elephants have only eight teeth-two
below and two above on each side. An
elephants "baby teeth" fall out when
the animal Is about II years old, and a
new set grows.
The wings of birds are not only to
aid locomotion in the air. but also on
the ground and water. One bird even
has claws In the "elbows" Of its wings
TO aid IN climbing.
Humming birds are dominated by
placing In their cages a number of pa
per flowers of tubular form, containing
a small quantity Of water. which must
be frequently renewed. OF this liquid
the birds partake and quickly become
apparently contented with their cap
tivity.
Spiders have regular spinning ma
chine-a set of tiny tubes at the far end
of the body. and the threads are moth
ing more nor less than a white, sticky
fluid, which hardens as soon as it comes
in contact with the dir. The spider does
not really and truly spin" but be-
gins a thread by pressing his spinner
ct" against some object, to which the
liquid sticks. He then moves away, and
by constantly ejecting the fluid and al
lowing it to harden forms his ropes or
wonderful geometrical nets.
hu;I1 coetIes on q mir al.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-09-21

trustees In recent interview he said:
Il had been a sufferer of rheumatism for
a number OF years and the pain at times was
very intense. l tried all the proprietary
medicines knew of out received no relief;
Il family placed my case with several
physicians and doctored with them for some
time, but they fai led to do me any good.
Finally, with my hopes of relief nearly ex-
hausted l read an article regarding DR.. Will
lams' Pink Pills for Pale People, which in
duced me to try them. i was anxious to get
rid of the terrible disease and bought two
boxes of the pills. began using them about
March, 1897 After had taken two boxes
was completely cured, and the pain has
never returned. think it is the best medi-
cine | have ever taken. and am willing at
any time to sign my name to any testimony
setting forth its good merits"
(Signed) ADAM NANGUND1:
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
9th day of September, A. d. 1897:
FRANKLIN c. FUNK, Notary Public;
Mr.. Vangundy's statement ought to be
regarded as criterion of the good merits OF
these pills, and what better proof could q
person want than the above facts.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-09-21

ing Of war material, are Transforming
the armed peace of our days into u
crushing burden which the people have
more and more difficulty in bearing.
To put an end t o the Sc incessant arma-
ments and to seek means of warding
off calamities tina: are threatening he
world is n supreme duty which to-day
is imposed on all states To bring this
state of affairs 10 an end his majesty
proposes an international conference,
laying: This c, inference would be,
by the help of God happy presage Of
the century which Is about to open.
1t would converge in one powerful
focus the efforts of all the states
which are sincerely seeking to make
the great conception of universal
peace triumph over the elements of
trouble and discord. 1t would at the
same time cemen: an agreement by a
corporate conservation of the princi-
pies of equity aud right, on which rest
the security of states and the welfare
of the people"
On top of such powerful peace ar
RuntHt an uitiiia uiu, ho iha''Si
how cleverly worded, would seem sac
religious almost; and no matter what
may have been the motives of the ear
in issuing his peace manifesto it has
placed England at disadvantages
That Nicholas is right in his argu-
ments cannot be disputed. Europe is
grooming under taxation for military
and naval purposes. Its best blood is
in the armies, and instead of produc'
ing wealth is impoverishing the work
ing classes and running itself. If Rus
STA means to be honest, however. in
it's peace policy it can make an ad-
vance move on its own responsibility,
as the following table of European
armies proves by it's own figures:
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-09-21
The Sultan Whipped.

GAMBIA, Crete, Sept. 1S.-The sultan
has ordered Djevad Pasha to accede to
the demand of the British admiral for
disarmament, thus complying with the
whole ultima tum of the admiral. A
British military detachment today oc-
cupied the entrance to the fort, and it
is rumored that the Ottoman troops
will be withdrawn and a British force
will occupy the town. Among the
prisoners already handed over to Ad-
miral Noel are two who are credited
with being ringleaders in the attack on
the British camp.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-09-21
Grenada College Opening.

President J. W Malone and Secretary
j. w. Griffs have announced that the
opening of the Grenada College has
been postponed until October 4th on
account of quarantine regulations max
ing it difficult or impossible for pupils
from distance to travel to Grenada.
1t is suggested, as the safest plan, that
pupils provide themselves with health
certificate leaving home, in order to
guard against inconvenience and delay.