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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-14

no was accustomed to receive on TREASURY
day. mot precisely rich, Tony, but not
paupers-yet.
The bitter accent in his voice was caused
BY vivid remembrance of some words
that the angry old father had once address.
Cd to him. "You need not darken INV
door again, sir. and when you and your
wife are paupers don't think that you will
get money out of mel" The word "pau.
pers" always recalled the bitterness of that
moment to his mind.
whats paupersf" said Tony. Then in
an distracted tone, 81 suppose Santa Claus
always came to the big house where YOU
liveds"
II suppose he did"
"And does he come still?"
IF there were any children there, dare
say he would"
"OhT said Tony, with q very solemn
face. Then he said no more, but sat mo-
tionless, looking thoughtfully at the op-
posite wall, while his father rose from the
bed and began to busy himself about yari.
Gus household matters which might have
seemed to an observer almost pathetic
when done by the clumsy fingers of a man.
Not that Guys fingers were clumsy; they
had all the delicacy Of the born musician
and the gentleness of a woman, and It
came quite naturally to him to build up
the fire, hang Tony's flannel nightgown
before 1t, warm some bread and milk for
the child and finally make and drink cup
Of strong tea before he went back to the
orchestra.
"Good night, Tonyl Go to bed soon,
there's good boyi Shall unfasten your
clothes?"
"No, thank you, daddy I'ze not q
baby" said Tony, with dignity. And
Guy went away laughing at this manifes-
tation of infantile pride. He had little
enough to laugh at, and it was good
thing for him that Tony's smiles and
frowns and baby wiles as well as the
ohild's innate genius for music kept his
heart from growing hard. Tho amused
light was still in his eyes when he reached
the theater, but it would soon have died
away had he known what Tony was doing
while he was gone.
cts a dreat pity" Tony soliloquized
as he ate his bread and milk when his IA
TIERS steps had died away-''it's a dreat
pity that Santa Claus does not como to
poor little boys as we'll as rich ones. /
s'pose he'll never think Of coming here
but II lived in the house where daddy
used to live he'd come, because daddy said
II there were any children thereof, I
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-14

She was rather small to be running
around BY herself, and when shc entered
the Office every one instinctively looked b
sec II some one was not with her How.
ever, she WINS totally obliyious 10 the sur
prise she was creating and marched
straight to the nearest desk in pretty,
businesslike way that made the whole Of.
fec friendly to her.
please, sir, do you own our buildinsSs
she asked.
What building is your building. littis
onei" he returned.
why, it's big fat building out In
Hyde Park" she answered, and after .
moments thought she gave him the street
and number.
swell, we don't own IT," explained the
man at the desk, "but we represent the
owner. Do you live theref"
Eyes, sir; I live there with my papa and
my mamma, and told my papa that II he
wouldn't come down and see you would.
I guess amt afraid of you"
"Of course not, said the man at the
desk, indignant at the thought that %
pretty child should be afraid of him. ~
wouldn't have you afraid of me for any
thing. But what Is it you wanta"
II want that sign taken down." she
said, with determination.
What signs" asked the man at the
desk, vainly endeavoring TO think what
the offending sign could be, and inwardly
determined that, whatever 1t was. II should
come down II he could possibly arrange It
"The sign that's right on the front
door," replied the child.
1T don't remember any sign on the
front door. What does 1t sayi"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-14
DR.. J. J. WATTS,
Dentist,
BROoKHAvEN
MISS.

BROOkHAvEN, MISS.
Is now located in his new office on
East Cherokee ST., opposite McGrath's
grocery department, and invites the
patronage of the public. He is pre-
pared to do all kinds of dental work,
including crown and bridge work.
Prices as low as consistent with first
class work. Satisfaction guaranteed.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-14

The Christmas which stands out most
wildly In my memory 10 one ut st. Marks,
In Venice, where Roman Catholics and
Professionals, English, Americans and Ital-
ians. the prince and the begear, high and
low, rich and poor, all mct on common
footing. Thousands and Thousands a peo-
pie that day knelt or stood on tho cold,
uneven floor Of the grand Old church,
where the high altarpieos ok solid eol1s
studded with precious gems, was uncovue-
ed and blazing In the lights Of ths hun
dreds Of candles burning around and nsnR
It. White robed priests and altar boye
crowded around thu chancel 0lints q
sunshine, struggling through the AigA,
marrow windows fol- b pa1ohss upen ~
rioh mosaics. bringing tksm ln1o opoa1ls
distinctneaA Sweet odors q inoonm -
fumed the air. An oEchegtxA a. heaw -
stringed instruments accompanied ~
choir, above which boys vcios toso elsae
and distinct and In perfest harmony Win
the other voices, which Il controlled ard
took with It. while the music Of IL oenan
nlled the church 70 the vsry domss, u1til
the - apostles upon the scEoan seomod ~
bued with life and listsning - IL y wn
. day never to BE- foRgottsn, end II eouoo
back to mo over and over again, - cfoon
a. I think Of that Christmas tina IN hoau-
tiful. faro6 Venice In lSsa-Nsw Xesk
Herald
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-14

THE GENERAL SAT IN HIS ARMCHAIR.
tunes every night in the orkistra, but he
has to do 1t, or else there wouldn't DO no
bread and milk for me nor no baccy for
daddy"
"Where is your mother?" said the gen.
eral.
The child's face grew grave. "God took
her away" he answered. And the gen.
eral suddenly felt that his old hatred Of
that singing woman who had beguiled his
son into making her his wife was small
minded and despicable. But another no.
ton made him frown.
$50 you came here to see what you could
getP You wanted Santa Claus presents'"
"Oh, no, didn't only thinked I'd
like to como, cause daddy says Santa
Claus always came here at Christmas
time, and it would be awful nice to see
him, but don't want anythink myself.
Just want to tell him that there are heaps
of little boys much poorer than me and
that If he would go to tho poor children 1t
would be much better than going to the
rich ones, don't you think so?"
"Well-sometimes, said the general.
II thought, If you'd let me, would
stop here till quite, quite late" said Tony
confldentially. "Id wait about till he
came, and then I'd speak to him about the
poor little boys Then I'd go home to
daddy. But may stop here, please, till
Santa Claus has been?"
To his surprise, the old gentleman with
the white mustache stopped down and
took him into his arms. "My dear little
boy" he said, you may stop till Santa
Claus comes, certainly, and you may stop
forever if you like"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-14

$50 you wanted TO see 10 for yoursslfr
"Yes, I wanted to see 10, but that
wasn't all Santa Claus comes TO this
house, don't hes"
Tony pressed eagerly up 10 the general,
who seemed not to know how 10 answer
him.
81 can't say. When the children were
small-pcrhaps"-
A vision camo to him OF himself and his
wife stealing from cot to cot TO I'LL small
stockings with toys and sweets In days
long passed away. He could not finish his
sentence.
81 knoww cried Tony. Santa Claus
always came here when daddy was little
boy, and when asked him why he never
came to me daddy said that he only came
to rich children and not to poor little boys
like me-"
"Are you poori" said the general hastily.
"We're not rich," replied Tony, quot
ing his father, "but we amt paupers yet.
Daddy says so. What is paupersf I want
cd daddy to tell me, but he had to 20 to
the theater''-
$50 he goes and amuses himself and
leaves you with nobody TO care for your
ut amt very amusiag," said Tony. "It
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-14

CROWD OF BELATED SHOPPERS HUSTLED
EACH OTHER ON THE PAYMENTS.
wish could go to daddy's old house and
see Santa Claus for my very own self
What pity that daddy does not live there
nowI"
He put away his empty bowl in little
wooden cupboard and came slowly back
to the fire. Then he yawned and thought
the room looked very lonely and wondered
what he could do to amuse himself. He
was self reliant little lad not often in
want Of occupation, but just now it SEEM
ed to him as though something had gone
wrong with the world. He was vaguely
dissatisfied and knew not why.
Then a sudden idea occurred to him
one that sent the blood to his cheeks and
the sparkle to his eyes. "Tony's ideas
wero sometimes a trouble to his father
They were always original, but apt to be
impracticable and even dangerous. The
idea that had come to him now was that
he should go to the house where his father
had lived and ask to be allowed to wait
for Santa Claus when he came down the
chimney that night.
1T would be lovely!' said Tony 20 MIN
self. II shouldn't be no trouble to no
body, and very likely should be home
again before daddy got back from the the
alter. 1 should run all the way, and /
should take my fiddle and play while
Shepherds Watched and sing the words,
and then the people of the house would
say, 'Oh, there's the waitsP And they
would open the front door wide and let
me in"
Tho idea took complete possession of his
little soul. AS it happened, he knew the
name of the house where his father had
once lived and had general idea of its
locality. 1t was two miles from the big
town, but there was an omnibus which
would take him almost all the way. And
Tony, although kept as closely as possible
to his fathers side, had good deal OF e1-
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-14

DADDY. DADDY ARE YoU BACK so QUICK"
put it down at once and held out his
hands with little crow of delight when
Guy came in.
Daddy, daddy! Are you back so quicki
Thought you wasn't coming till ever so
longl''
1t was a sweet little voice, a sweet little
face but the lads body was very frail and
weak, and the dark eyes looked pathetical-
ly large for the delicate little face 1t was
with sort of passionate yearning that
Guy Fairfax pressed his child to his breast
for moment and then looked at him
with mournful foreboding which rem
dered his voice less cheerful than he meant
II to be-
I've run home for half an hour, Tony,
to see that my boy is warm and comfort
able" said the young man, holding the
child close to him as he spoke.
"Oh, yes, I'm quite comfyl" said Tony
contentedly. II put ON your old cloak
and offended I was bear. Then was
little choir boy singing carols in the street
-Christmas carols, you know, daddy, be-
cause Christmas is tomorrow, and it was
1onight that the shepherds was watching
their focks, all seated on the ground
bis voice passed almost unconsciously
nom speech to song Indeed, although
1ony was only years old, singing was as
natural to him as speech. He came of
musical race His father was musician,
urS1 oy choice, then by necessity, and his
mother, who died when he was only Q
years Old, had been professional singer,
"iohging to family who had lived half
.neir lives upon the operatio stage. Tony
inherited her tastes, just as he inherited
asf golden hair, but he had his fathers
ofow and his fathers eyes.
lou like carols, Tonya'
AT christmas time, daddy. Will the
singers come down this street tonight, do
you think?'
Ferhaps 80. There used to be plenty
tnem when was a boy"
lou lived here when you was little
wy nke me, didn't you, daddy"
Not here in the town, Tony-a little
"ay outside-at the big house I've told
you about before"
Aony regarded his father with baby seri-
BUSINESS .a Won't you take me to see 1t
"nne were here, or is the comp'ny going
away tomorrow"
Fairfax rairiax belonged to travelling operatio
~, npany and could not afford to do other
h,. .s0 'nah the other members of the troupe,
sns n nc would have given a good deal to
~" a himself in any place rather than the
rs, uor'hern manufacturing town where,
l ro'r his family had been well
h.a u"n ior many generations. He had
wam ' =. with his relations long ago. but
,ha !" was trying to find himself SO near
.,,n , !" Old Grange where his father was
.a hving, two miles outside the town,
T.. Lsu not be able to 20 near him or even
v.,. nun Know that his son and grandson
were 50 near.
= take you to see it," he said in
ill.,. ~" voice to the little son. "There--
,o wouldn't be time"
h., ~ was ashamed of the subterfuge as he
Ts Aeu into Tony's innocent ewes. but
was only half attending after all.
NM anu santa Clauss" he said. "win he
th;. uown the chimney to give me
ta I. as no did you when you were lit
R,. neatly, Tony, we must look after your
he,.an 'n Chimney. indeed You know
"sser than thatp
:" IL docn !.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-14
Message of the Christ Child.
The Christ Child was born to the chill

All on a Christmas day.
His cot was a lowly manger,
His bed was a bed Of hay.
The message he brought from his Father
Is for children to love and obey
A gift from homeless stranger.
And given on Christmas day.
So each little one who knows him
Who IN this would have a part
A home may make for the Christ Child
In his own pure. loving heart.
Chicago Evening Post.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-14
PULLING SANTA CLAUS lro.


Santa Claus sat m his easy chair
By the nrenfde. bright and wafm.
Looking eontented and debonalr
As he harked TO the outside stern
He toasted his hands and his ustDs -
toes
BY the fIreIishrs cheerful sseam.
And his rosy cheeks and jolly. fat ness
GIowed like . poets dream
But seel His head mods to and fro.
His hands fall supine IN his lap.
And hsrki That sound was . snseo I
Sanity was taking . nap.
And that's where Toddie and Tst an1
Wee
Found him one winters night
And clapped their hands and danced
with giee
At the very unusual sight.
They kPew full well. for they'd often
From old granny's lore so deep
That Sanity was bound to keep his word
Given when caught asleep,
30 Toddie and Tot took shoulder each.
Close up to Santy's ear.
And Wee climbed up within easy reach.
Where he could both see and hear.
They wished for Christmas gifts galore,
So dear to the heart Of child,
TIL Santa Claus quite forgot to snore
And nodded his head and smiled.
Then home ran Toddfe and Tot and Wee
And snuggled up warm In bed
And dreamed Of fairy Christmas tree
In coiors OF gold and red.
Then Santa Claus woke. "Oho," quoth
he,
what aileth NV Ieft side lirnh,
It's longer by far than II ought to b.!
I'm victim of fim-Ham-nimi
Ho. slave! Quick! Harness my reindeer
team.
Fetch Snowflake. Frosty and Meg,
For while dozed on In a lazy dream
The babies have pulled my Iegr'
New York Sun.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-14
Residence for Sale.

The well known residence OF Mrs NJ E. Strick-
land, Brookhayen, located on Church street. be-
tween whitworth College and the Graded Public
School. IL has six rooms and four fire places,
IN good repair, with large yard and two extra
lots attached. II Is offered for sale because
the owner has made her home in Texas.
Also go acres Of unimproyed land with an ever
running creek half a mile through 1t. This land
Is seven miles east OF Illinois Central Railroad,
opposite the town Of Rogue Chitfo.
J. w. BENNETT, Brookhayen. Miss
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-14
G. s. Mcmillan,

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
AND
NOTARY PUBLIC
Office on Court Street.
Strict Attention. diven TO Bssiness.
OFFICE HOURS; Pres .. =. % .. =.
The sun., 1898-06-06
Five Transports to Sail.
sp cial Dispatch to THE srS.

sp cia Dispatch to THE SuN.
WASHINGTON, June 5.--Assisiant Sec
retary Meiklejohn expressed the hope
that all five transports now under charter
on the Pacific coast would leave with the
second expedition.
The Assistant Secretary says he ex-
Eects 800 men will be PIT on the China
and the remainder OF the 500 which
are to compose the second expcndit;On
will be divided between the Z.alandia,
Colon, Centennial and Ohio. No addi-
tional transports for the Philippine SER
vice were secured today bat negotia-
ii ms for soinn arr pending.
q neral Merritt was again in COM
municaton with the War Department.
last night, with a view to securing the
s rvices "f the Fifteenth Infantry, now
stati ned in the territories uf New Mexico
aud Arizona. The expectation is that
orders will soon be ,ent the commanding
o hcer of that regiment to proceed to the
olst, in accordance with General Mer-
ritt's wishes.
Considerable difficulty has been found
by the War Department in obtaining
suitable regiment OF volunteers to take
the place Of the Fifteenth, as they all
want to go to Cuba or the Philippines.
The War Department officials Il Q that
a well-seasOned regiment should bc sent
to the territories, as they are needed
to suppress any trouble which might break
ont among the Indians and to prevent
any demonstration by unruly bands of
ruffians along the international boundary
line.
The sun., 1898-06-06

tracted either from the inventor or the
capitalists. Wilmingtonians, however,
will be interested at this juncture in the
following paragraph which appeared in
he Call Boys Harry L. Knapp depart.
hent OF the Philadelphia Inquirer OF
eptember 9th last :
'Lubin, OF Cineograph fame, is an in
entor, some OF whose devices would
reate a sensation were they achieved
" Edison. The cineograph, now being
khibited at local theatre, is one OF the
nest of moving picture machines in the
Eorld. The representation of a rescue
Atlantic CNy is probably the most
Sensational living picture ever shown in
NMrOpe or America. Few Philhiel-
Aphians know that in this town are made
dhines and films that are, in addition
t09 jng shown in all parts Of America,
bited in England, France, Australia,
Gkf1a, South America and Hawaii.
IIxs(Sweek the pictures of a scene at the
JSlD| |kese Gardens, Atlantic City, was
IIlI(r6ed to Singapore, China. The recent
xnlS lSfxement of the Lllbin factory demOn-
21iktSs the value and popularity OF this
fhtf&delphia product.
;||ISy Any theatrical managers come from
|I( York, the theatrical centre of Amer
US inspect the Lubin plant in this
SInventions upon which Mr.. Lubn
Nv at work will, it is averred, create
Y ss;ensation in the scientific world. Re-
6ently a party Of New York capitalists
invited Mr.. Lubin to come to New York,
I26nring to furnish him. the finest plant
2 America, together with q financial
The sun., 1898-06-06
MerriMac Incident
Unites North and South,

| Special Dispatch to THE SUM-
WASHINGTON, June 5.-The Spanish
fleet is bottled and corked in the harbor
of Santiago Captain General Blanco is
isolated by the cutting of the cables OF
Santiago. Troops are sailing under sealed
orders from Mobile and Tampa. The
war is on, and the United States soldiers
and sailors are doing their duty. That
is the situation as it is known in the
national capital today.
The sinking of the Merrimac is re-
garded as the most gallant action of the
war, because Lieutenant Hobson and his
men went fearlessly into the jaws of
death, voluntarily giving their lives to
accomplish war measure of vast valile
to their country.
The names of the men who went on
that expedition are not yet known.
Lieutenant Hobson entered the navy
from Alabama, and was appointed as
sistant naval constructor in 1891. He is
IL lieutenant of the junior grade. Like
Admiral Dewey he was unknown to fame
until this opportunity came, and he was
equal to the emergency.
One Of the naval officers gloatingl.
said: "Our navy is full OF heroes. 1t
always was. Whenever an emergency
arises the men are there to meet it. That
collier must have passed through the
worst kind Of fire. She steamed past
all Of the batteries, and deliberately an
chored in proper position then her in
ternal torpedo was exploded and the
ship went down. Only two men are re-
ported wounded. Wondt rful work."
When Senator Morgan Of Alabama,
The sun., 1898-06-06
Captain Gridlev Dead.
,ecial Dis asch to THE SUN.

Special Dis a'ch to THE Sun.
WASHINGTON, June 5.-Captain Charles
Vernon Gridley, who commanded the
Olympia at the battle of Manila, is dead.
The information was received at the
Navy Department yesterday, but was
not made public until today. 1t came
from Paymaster Gait, under date OF
Kobe, Japan, and stated that Captain
Gridlev had died, and that. he would ac-
company the remains to San Francisco
per steamer Captic. No cause of death
is given.
While it was known that Captain
Gridley had been ordered home on ac-
count of illness, nothing of serious ma
ture was suspected, and his death was a
severe shock both to his wife and mother,
who live here, and to the officers at the
department.
Captain Gridley was born in Logans-
port, Indiana, in 1915, was graduated
from the Naval Academy in 1863, and
took part in the battle of Mobile Bay, in
1854. being at that time an ensign on the
Oneida.
The sun., 1898-06-06
LOCAL TRAlNMEN
Attend n National Meeting in PbiIa.
llelphia and G. +. Sweeney Re-
views the Orders History in
This City and State.

Three carloads of local locomotive en-.
gineers, con luctors and trainmen at
tended the national meeting of the COM
bined orders OF conductors, engineers
and trainmen in Philadelphia yesterday.
The party travelled by way Of the Bal
timorp and Ohio Railroad, leaving this
city OH a special at $50 a. III. and return-
ing at 6 % p. N.
Walnut Street Theatre, at which the
meeting was held, was we'll filled with
railroad men and the different subjects
under discussion by the orders were in
teresting.
G. F. Sweeney of this city spoke for
the Delaware trainmen and his remarks
were well received. He reviewed the
history OF the different railroad mems
orders in this State and stated that they
were in good condition and proving a
factor in the community. His talk was
punctuated with much applause.
The local delegates worked hard 10
have the association meet in Wilmington
next year ard though no decision was
made it is thought that the efforts OF the
WiImingtonans will prove successful.