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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-21
WAR NEW 8.

The Michigan, with the First and
Second battalionS of the Second Hi
nois infantry, and the Panama, with
Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee and his staff,
arrived at Havana.
1t is announced that Maj Gen. Brooke
has been designated to be the first mill
tary governor of Cuba.
Orders were issued for the warships
Brooklyn, Texas, Castine and Resolute
to proceed to Havana.
Gems. Wade and Butler and Admiral
Sampson, the Cuban evacuation COM
mission. recommend that an army of
10000 is requisite to maintain order in
Cuba.
The insurgent leader in the Philip
pines, Aguinaldo, demands of Spain a
ransom of $20,OO0.O0O for the 10000
Spanish prisoners in his possession.
Uncle Sam has sent 10000 pounds
of turkeys and 2,C9O pounds of cram
berries to the soldiers in Cuba and
Porto Rico for their Christmas dinner.
1t is said that o,O0O Spanish soldiers
from Cuba are literally dying from
hunger in the streets of Madrid.
In Paris the American and Spanish
peace commissioners were received by
President Faure a a farewell audience.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-21
500 Reward SlUO.

The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure In
all its stages, and that is Catarrh Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
of the disease. and giving the patient
strength by building up demonstration and
assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its cura-
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that 1t fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials.
Address f. j. CHENEY d Co, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 15c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-21
FROM WASHINGTON.

The president and wife and members
of the cabinet left Washington for 4
trip through the south, the primary OBJ
ject being to attend the peace jubilee
in Atlanta, Ga.
In his annual report Chief Examiner
Seryent of the civil service commissi on.
says applications for examinations of
all kinds during the year aggregated
4GSi3.
In session in Washington the ma
tionnl board of trade adopted resolu-
tons favoring national trademark.
construction by the United States gov
eminent of the Nicaragua canal, and
the gold standard.
In the II months ended November,
1898, the exports of the United States
amounted to S1,117,GS1 100, exceeding
the imports by $537, S37 .04G, an increase
over the same period in 1897 of S143,-
026. 115.
In November last the imports OF
gold amounted to IS, S25 POI and the ex-
ports 1913 67 The silver imports
amounted to $2,26S, 635 and the exports
$1,000
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-21
A WISE HERO.
He Wanted the Magazine Right, Ne.
fore He Did Any Charging
on the Enemy.

NO" declared the captain, 81 nos;,;r.,.
decline to lead my company up that hM
Sir" exclaimed the colonel. Cd ", u.
know that what you are saying is rank Nv
subordination" "A ln'
"Call it characterization or wb.,
will" the captain returned, but / reiu va
to co. u'e
The colonel was furious. The Commas.
that he had detached for the purnos" !.
storming the hill and capturing tbs fo ..
on top of it was the only one that co ,UL,
be spared, and unless his plans as az
ranged were executed the whole c,r,
paign would fail. Not only that, bu, IAN u,
little army would in all probability bs o m,.
off from the main body and wiped ont ~
existence.
1t was a critical moment. The can,,;,
could be court-martialed and shot for Ii.
refusal to obey orders, but what ri rs rs
Every man was needed. To court .mar,;.i
and shoot the obstinate captain would No,
be to take the hill and the fort. He w wa.
the only man who could do it with the force
at his command.
What was to be done? The colonel
gnawed his mustache and thought hard. A.
last he decided to appeal TO the captain in.
Think, man, think of the glory tina.
you will win if you do this thing" he urged
81 know all about that" the captain re-
piled.
"Well, for heavens sake, don't YOU wan,
to be a hero? Think of it! The entire ma.
ton will applaud you"
II realize that, and am anxious to be-
come hero; but l positively refuse to do
it until you drive all those correspondents
back and keep them off the field. pro.
pose, if l do this business, to retain the
sole magazine rights on it. I'm not going
to do heroic thing and then let somebody
So the hill was taken, and the farseeinu
captain is now living in luxury and win.
ming new laurels with his pen.-Cleveland
Leader
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-21
GAS TANK EXPLODES.
millions of Gallons of water sudden-
Iy Let Loose-Tbe Death List
Numbers six.

New York. Dec. 15.--Four more bod
les were found Wednesday in the
vreckage of the collapsed gas holder
at Twentieth street and Avenue A.
This brings the list Of dead up TO six,
as follows: Plus Balm, engineer in
Fuldncr's furniture factory; John
Gray, 10 years old. Waterman at the gas
works; August Wenicke, 16 years old,
son of the contractors foreman; An
drew Wendt, laborer; Peter Conlin, la
borer; George W Bremen, rs years old.
timekeeper for the Logan iron works.
No one is missing, so far as the police
and persons living near the gas works
can tell.
Twenty-frst street is barricaded by
twisted and bent iron Sanctions, grid
ers and uprights piled TO height of
25 feet. Twentieth street is also filed
with bricks. household goods and tim
hers piled high in one promiscuous
mass. Building department laborers
succeeded in clearing Avenue so that
the cars could pass.
The tank that collapsed was us .eet
in diameter, lG0 feet in height. and The
iron supports over which the immense
cables ran were over 200 feet in height
The lower tank into which the upper
one fitted was 25 feet in height and rest
cd on mason work of the pit. This pit
is $50 feet deep. The builders were
testing the strength of the tank with
water pressure. Immense pipes had
been pouring water into the lower tank
all day. The upper tank or cap had
risen about % feet. The workmen
were preparing to leave the place when
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was perched at the top OF the poie
and refused to bulge. In vain the soI-
ceress cast her spell. The 10Y zen
from her hands wreck; disaster oire
distress. beclouded her face. Not
shadow escaped Hillhouse. liz 1lny
he had seized his hat and was knocking
at her door.
az have observed from my window
7 am your neighbour he exclaimed, To-
eating his eerie den across the way
that you have met with an accident
I am not without some mechanlcai
skill, and | thought might be OF serV-
ice.'
"She opened the door wide for him
to enter. In the dignity OF her pres
ence the shabby gentility OF her sur
roundings vanished. an
".You are kind. sir she SAID. 10
morrow is Christmas
".Ah! so IL is said Hillhouse. i mao
forgotten
az promised to take Christmas din
ner Yesterday after long years OF sep
aration. There is n little boy in the
family, and thought the toy would
amuse him.
".And so it WILL laughed Hillhouse,
as it has you and me-
"Sbe colored like an old-fashioned
garden pink, and her limpid gray eyes
| dropped us he picked up the mutilated
monkey. In less time than 1t takes to
tell, this grotesque representative OF
the missing link was restored to its
pristine agility.
allow can | thank your
"'By telling me some day. said Hill
house, that your young friends en-.
ioyment of the toy has been greater
| than ours
"Some days elapsed before Hillhouse
had the courage to knock second time
at his neighbours door. In the inter
val he had learned little of her his
tory. 1t was not without purpose that
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but didn't used to be
Where the parson and his family all lot
Sunday meeting drest, hoys
or the PRESENTS hung upon 1t always nave
the most and bestl .,.
Where the little ragged urchin. with MS
face clad in regret, ~
Can look with wide-eyed wonder at '"e
things he'll never getl ,,r
There were no velvet cushions on OUT
nineteenth century chairs;
No fine and padded tapestry where we
knelt to say our prayers:
No costly paintings on the walls that some
how always stay,
In a sort of hooking elegance Which NV
guests have gone away.
No casIight throwing diamonds In your
eyes at every turn. -
Nor frappe from the punch bowl. tea from
costly silver urn; b..
No prancing steeds and butler, with furs
and furbelows, IT.
To shield the roSe-clad maluenS iIoHi 'H'
prying winter SHOWS!
But the old log house in Herman. that was
such a cozy home,
With its shihgle-covered arches that 10
us was heavens dome;
Its Eastwood floor of puncheon, the pegs
beside the door,
Just enough to hang the wardrobe OF the
family and no more.
The rifle and the powder flask, with Its
curious catch and spring;
The belt with sheath knife in 1t, bullet
molds and everything.
Hung upon the dry, cracked ratter out Oh
reach of careless hands. ,
But ready, opportunely, when suddeh can
demands.
Along IN first December, when the WOODS
and fields were white,
And the owls were holding concerts OF the
hooting kind at night,
There were hints of coming Christmas, ana
half unconscious awe
Settled on our youthful features in way
you never saw!
Six of us in that household. ! well may call
1t seven,
But that one, n little three-year-old. had
strayed away to Heaven:
Six make even numbers, If we count 1t two
by two,
But III put the other in 1t for complete
ness: wouldn't you?
We were told to hang our stockings and
then to quickly leave
This was early in the evening OF that IA
nous Christmas eve
And we scrambled up the ladder to the
chamber overhead,
To whisper speculations on the things
that had been said.
Outside the storm was dancing In fah'as-
tic flights amain,
Sowing crystal stars in showers against
the window pane;
Yet sheltered in that household we little
cared for this,
When no harm would dare to venture be-
tween US and mothers kiss!
Very early in the morning, while the stars
were shining bright
For the clouds had fed the scandal OF as
robing in the night
We sought our hanging stockings on the
backs of every chair
The ones we wore the day before, Tor we
had no more to spare!
Comp AIRED with what we have to-day II
would be counted small,
But the gifts were rich in kindness; for
each one gave his all;
The apples were like spheres OF gold, ana
all the little things
Were more TO us than diadems from
crowns of ancient kings!
The hands that filled our stockings on that
night so long ago,
The hearts that beat for those they loved.
are whittier now than snow
That scatters on this Christmas eve Its
crystal fleece of white.
Reminder of that household where in
dreams we live at night
Edward William butcher. in Banner OF
Gold.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-21
'DOINGS OF A WEEK
What Has Happened Throughout
the Civilized World.
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
A Complete Review Of the Happenings
of the Past Seven Days in This
and All Foreign Lands.
GIVEN IN TIE PRESS DISPATCHES
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.

A bill was passed in the United States
senate on the 18th increasing the pen
sion of Eleazir Smith, of New lamp
shire, who is over 100 years old and one
of the three survivors of the war .;
1912, to $50 a month. The Nicaragua
canal bill was discussed and bill au-
thorizing the purchase of n site for &
supreme court building was passed. In
the house the District of Columbia ap.
preparation bill and the bill for the re-
lief of sailors in the merchant marine
were passed and the bill TO create the
rank of admiral and-yice admiral in the
navy was favorably reported. A bill
was introduced extending the public
land laws to the island OF Hawaii, sub.
ject to such regulations as may be
made by the SECRETARY of the interior.
The Nicaraguan canal bill held it's
place as the principal subject before
the United States senate on the 18th.
Senator Hale reported the army de-
ficiency bill. In executive session
many appointments and promotions in
the army and navy were confirmed. In
the house the pension appropriation
bill (s145, 233, 500 was reported. An at
tempt to secure consideration of the
Lodge immigration bill was defeated.
Mr.. De Almond (Mo) made speech
on the decadence of the privilege of de-
bate in the house, and held Speaker
Reed responsible. The speaker replied
with a sarcastic speech.
The urgent deficiency bill was passed
in the United States senate on the 18th
and joint resolution was introduced to
present the thanks of congress to Clara
Barton, of Massachusetts, founder OF
the Red Cross society, for their services
in the late war. Adjourned to the 10Th
In the house the pension appropriation
bill was passed and bill to incorporate
the International American bank was
discussed.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-21
Frank }. Gould. the youngest OF th,

frank J. Could. The youngest OF the
six children of the late Jay Gould. of
New York. has reached his twenty-first
year and come into possession of slo.-
100 .oeo left by his father TO be turned
over TO the son when he reached his ma
ioriiy. Rather nice little birthday
present. Young Gould. by the way, is
d progressive young man. not afraid to
work. and has no bad habits. He is at
prekenf working In the Missouri Pa
eiisc shops as en- ordinary mechanic in
srd<r that he may learn the rudiments
of raiIrpading. He lives with bis sister
Helen, 10 whom he lsgreatly a.tsched.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-21

The average man, if asked what is the
most important crop of the world,
would unhesitatingly say: wheat"
This is true in the United States, but
far from the case in the world as q
whole. The first place mustb be given to
the potato. OF all the staple crops of
the world the potato takes the first
place, the annual crop being more than
1000, 100000 bushels, against 2,5O0,0o0,-
GOO bushels of wheat. and 2,600,000,00o
bushels of corn. OF the total potato
crop Europe produces fully seven
eighths, and one-half times as much as
her wheat.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-21
Would Care for All.

Washington, Dec, II. - Representa-
tive Rixey, of Virginia, Friday intro
duced bill for the admission of con-
federate as well as union soldiers to all
soldiers homes and government insti-
tutions maintained by the government
Although somewhat in line with the
presidents suggestion in his speech at
Atlanta this referred to government
care of confederate cemeteries where
as the Rixey bill refers to Giving ex-
confederates who are MANNED, Grip
pied or needy"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-21
An enterprising Greek merchant hi

An enterprising Greek merchant has
discovered that American -four can be
brought 10 CoEstantinople and sold for
less than the same quality of the Rus
sian production, and he has placed sew
eral large orders with western millers
There is no doubt that with the i'm
proved freight service, which is bound
10 come within few years, American
butter, cheese, hams, and many other
agricultural products, as well as manu-
featured articles of every description.
will find a ready market in Turkey.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-21

The great Armstrong shipbuilding
yards of England have turned out the
most remarkable vessel ahoat. 1t is
nothing more nor less than giant ice
crusher to be used in keeping open the
trade routes of the Baltic sea in winter.
Ice crushing boats are used in several Of
the harbors on the great lakes in this
country, but they are insignificant when
compared in size and power to this
giant. Even nature has TO step aside
nowadays and make way for the worlds
commerce
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-21

1t was not exactly in accordance with
the law, but very few will doubt that
The punishment melted out to wife
beaten In Wilkesbarre, Pa, one day re-
Gently by Alderman John F. Donahue
was pure justice. The circumstances
were such that the alderman had to
pass judgment on the man who pound
I'd his wife, and he did it. He ordered
the doors closed, took off his coat.
called upon the prisoner 10 stand up
aud defend himself and then gave him
what. Donob6e called "a good Irish
~hearingN When be finished the pris-
oner was hardly able 10 walk.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-21

The ability of the American people to
get together on anything that affects
the whole family is aptly shown in the
farewell review of Gen. Lees troops,
previous to their departure for Cuba.
The old jeff Davis legion formed Gen.
Lees escort, the Maine and Georgia
regiments marched side by side, and
Nellie Grant Sartoris had seat by the
Misses Lee on the reviewing stand.
The best of it is that these evidences
of complete reconciliation have been SO
common within the past year that they
no longer attract any special notice.
We are all yankees" now.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-21
Six Killed.

Jacksonville, Fla. Dec. ia pas
senger train on the Florida Central &
Peninsular railroad was wrecked
Thursday afternoon near Madison.
caused by collision with cattle on the
track. although the engineer made
every effort TO stop the train. Six per-
sons were killed.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-21
Opinions of N Pessimisf

After a man has proved that he knows
something it doesn't matter how he combs
his hair.
a woman who never weeps is of no more
account than a pump without handle.
1t is better to have consistent enemy
than a friend who doubts you.
a. He who hesitates is lost if he has written
any letters committing himself
Great expectations have made an idler
Men who build up their own fortunes often
forget to fit themselves for the positions
into which their money lifts them-Cleve.
land Leader
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-21

An interesting test has just been
made by Frenchwoman. With view
to finding out the sustaining powers
of chocolate, she lived on that alone for
GO days, and lost but Is pounds in the
iptarra1
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-21

A San Francisco man, who is an ell
thusiastic admirer of Dewey, gathered
and sent to the great naval hero large
number of newspaper clippings which
told of preparations for grand recep-
tion throughout the land when he re-
turns home. In due time he received a
letter in answer in which Dewey said:
"Perhaps | had better remain here!"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-21

y Berlin dispatch says that wave of
suicidal mania is sweeping over the
school children of Prussia, and so
alarming has been the increase in sui
cides among mere boys and girls that
the government contemplates a thor
ough investigation. An official report
Just issued shows that an average of 40
school children year are committing
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-21
Of for south Anerica

st, Louis, Dec. IA special to the
Republic from the City of Mexico says:
Grant G. Gillett, the absconding cattle
plunger of Woodbine, Kan, and his at
torney, c. Il. Troxel, left here Friday
for Vera Cruz. where they will take a
steamer for South America. Their ulti-
mate destination is the Argentine Re-
public, where Gilllett says he will 60
into the cattle business.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-21

Washington, Dee. l5.-The pension
appropriation bill reported to the house
Wednesday carries s145,233, $50, being
SfoCo,oO0 more than carried by the cur
rent act. due 10 the increase in pension
disbursements which rose from $780,
O4O,717 in 1897 to $144,651,S79 in 1898.
The total number of pensioners on the
rolls is 903,714.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-21

Havana, Dec. 1.-THE United States
transport Panama, one of the first
prizes captured in the late war. arrived
Tuesday evening with Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee and staff. The United States trans
port Michigan. which left Savannah on
Saturday last. day before the Pana ma.
has arrived with two battalions of the
Second Illinois regiment.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-21
Agricultural.

"Our town." exclaimed the man who had
accumulated most of the desirable lots,
"has fourished like great tree
"Yes," said the town cync. we have
done the roofing and you the grafting.'-
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-21

No less than 81 per cent. of the fisher
men of Gloucester, Mass, lose their lives
in their calling. After such schooling
the Yankee sailor must consider naval
battle a safe place.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-21

The Smiths of Michigan will be rep
resented in the next congress by Henry
c., of the Second district; William AL
den, of the Fifth, and Samuel W., OF the
Sixth. They are all three republicans,
all LAWYERS and all young men.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-21

In the cathedral of Santiago de Cuba,
before great congregation, Able Ber-
nardo gave public thanks to God and
the United States for the lend of 400
years of cruelty, extortion and misery
in Clba "
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-21

the mason WORK of the pit crumhled
away like clay. 1t was said that there
was 100000 gallons of water in the
tank at the time OF the break. The wa
ter was over Sc feet in depth. The steel
plate. of the tank were rent asunder
by the pressure like so much paper.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-21
warships Ordered to Havana.

Washington, Dec. lathe Brooklyn.
Texas. Castine and Resolute have been
ordered TO Havana. While there is not
the faintest desire to convey a threat
in the dispatch of these warships 10
Havana, il may be noted that when they
lie within the harbor they will hold the
town in perfect suhiectinn
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-21

French serum is being exploited as
an improved cure for snake bite. The
cure may be all right in France, but no
self-respecting American VIII have
himself snake-bitten if it necessitates a
resort to these foreign mixtures.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-21

Tommy-Papa, what is that diplomacy
the papers talk so much about?
Papa-Diplomacy is the art which en-
ables one man to inform another that he is
a scoundrel without giving him chance to
get mad about it.-Chicago Evening News.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-21
Tested and Found Wanting.

Mrs. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., do You think
Mr. Snowman is in earnest?
Miss Matchmlker-Pm afraid not, nam.
ma. | mentioned diamonds Vast evening,
and he only yawned Jewellers Weekly.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-21

An old lady says that sleigh riding for
sport is like sitting with your feet in a
pail of cold water and ringing bell. II
is perhaps useless to say that the old
lady writes Miss" before her lame.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-21

4 Newark (N.J. man has sued for d.
vorce because his wife insisted on hav
ing snakes as pets. He probably felt
that she was encroaching upon a mans
prerogatives.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-21
Death of Ex-Goy. ne.

Boston. Mass. Dec. le.-Henry A..
Rice. ex-governor of Massachusetts.
died at his home here Thursday. aged
So years. Mr.. Rice had been ia the
wool commission business the greater
part Of his life.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-21

Inlay City, Mich, Dec. l6.-A south
bound engine, light. on the Pontiac,
Oxford e. Northern railroad, Thursday
night struck sleigh containing five
people. throwing them out, seriously
injuring two and killing three out
right
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-12-21

The United States may now be de-
scribed as nation that is situated here
and there throughout the world.