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The leader., 1899-02-08

How many women are going to take
advantage of the low rates and attend the
Mardi Gras carnival at New Orleans!
What time for spring shopping. What
n chance to look around! Nearly all the
stores offer special attractions. The
great piano house of Philip Werlein. Ltd,
with their wonderful automatic piano
playing "Angelus" Science has at last
produced an instrument that can be at
tached to any piano which will play any
piece Of music you may wish for, though
you may have no knowledge of piano
music. Wonderful, you will say.
The leader., 1899-02-08
$4,000 REWARD

will be paid for one DEEP SORREL MARE
with white spot in forehead, which was stolen
from Hartman's back lot in Brookhayen. Dee.
8, 1898. and be ongS to VIRGIL j. STAMPS,
Hartman Miss.
The leader., 1899-02-08
ERRONEOUS TAXES.

1t is ordered, That taxes enormously
paid on land non-taxable as per certifi-
cate of State Auditor, amounting to
1888, be refunded to A. G. Seavey.
APPOINTMENT OF ovERsEERs.
1t is ordered, That E. l.. Purnell be
appointed overseer of road No. 110.
Said road commences at Copiah coun-
ty line east and ends at Copiah county
line west.
1t is ordered, That B. w. Templeton
be appointed overseer on road No. 103.
Said road commences at corporation
line and ends at mile board.
BRIDGE CONTRACT.
1t is ordered, That bids be received
at the next regular meeting of this
Board for the erection of bridge
across Topisaw creek ON Bogue Chitto
and Monticello road, at J. NJ. Williams
place; said bridge to be built according
to plans and specifications on file in
the Chancery Clerks office.
1t is ordered, That the Board do now
adjourn until Tuesday at 10 o'clock
a. m,
The leader., 1899-02-08
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
Onsciai Proceedings Of the Regular Fcb-
ruary Term, 1899.
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI ,

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
LINCOLN COUNTY.
Be it remembered, That at a regular
meeting Of the Board of Supervisors in
and for said county, begun and held at
the Court House in the Chancery
Clerks office in the city of Brookha-
ven, ON Monday,th 9th day of Feb'y,
1899, the following members and off,
GERS were present, towit: w. +. Par
sons, president: J. c. Bryant, Sam A.
Brister, c. T. Montgomery and Zetus
Linton, members; r. c. Applewhite,
sheriff, and Felix May, clerk.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-26
The First step to vocal Culture.


Proper breathing is so essential in voice
production that it must receive first atten-
ton, and the first requirement is to keep the
mouth shut. Of course, no tone can be Ell
ther strong or pure if the lungs are cramped
so that the air canno find room. In order
70 increase the size of the lung. cavity. raise
the chest and keep the BODY well and
strongly posed.
So much harm has been done to voices
by allowing the mouth to become the regu-
lar air passage that the need of care cannot
De too frequently emphasized. Besides the
INJURY done by the unwarmed air entering
me lungs, the mucous membrance is har-
oered by the saliva being dried up, and the
muscles of the tongue and throat grow stin
ana less responsive. 1t is comparatively easy
70 control ones breathing when awake. but
when. asleep the harm goes on. To remedy
this involves a slight discomfort, but one
can endure it patiently, looking to the end.
Cut court plaster into little strips about
one-fOurth of an inch in width. and paste
several across the lips. placing them up and
down. with the lips held naturally. If one
Is tempted TO give up rather than endure
me discomfort this method involves, a walk
through an ordinary day coach, or q night
made hideous by The presence of a snorer
n a near berth, Will cause a solemn vow to
De taken never TO do likewise
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-26
H COMING MAN.
An UnfIattering Forecast of What
Future Mankind VIII Be.
London Mail.

AOlNlbI MAIL.
Deep researches as to the structure OF the
human body have recently furnished some
startling facts regarding changes which man
Is at present undergoing physically.
Albrec has clearly proved that man was
formerly endowed with more teeth than he
possesses now. Abundant evidence exists
that ages and ages ago humans teeth were
used as weapons Of defense.
Internationally. traces of such use are
often revealed by a sneer. The teeth ara
sometimes barred, dog-like, ready, as II we're,
for action. The muscles thus brought into
play are aptly called "snarling muscles by
Sir G. Bell.
The practice of eating our food cooked and
the disuse of teeth as weapons is largely re-
sponsible for the degeneration that is un-
doubtedly going on.
The wisdom teeth, In fact, are disappear
Athic deposits, have wisdom teeth with
crowns as large as, If not larger than, the
remaining molars.
Changes are also taking place in the cage
like part of the skeleton known as the
thOraX. The vertebraI column, or backbone,
was furnished in the remote past with q
emit.
Alterations in the feet are very marked.
AS the foot became a support for the body,
instead or a Selling organ. its form changed
considerably, and the muscles of the leg
became larger. At the present time all the
toes, with the exception Of the great toe,
are retrograding; indeed, the little toe is
becoming doubie-jOinted like the thumb.
A comparison with the change that has
lAhCn pace III the morse Is OF great Interest
The horse at one time possessed five toes.
One of these gradually developed at tbs
expense OF the others, which in course OF
time disappeared.
This huge toe continued to develop, and
the nail or claw finally became exaggerated
into a hoof. documentary bones Of toes are
still found in the horse of to-day, while fos-
slls Of the existing horse are extant with
these toe bones much more highly devel-
oped; Lastly, to crown all, an ancestor OF
the horse has been discovered having four
complete toes and one rudimentary.
Man appears to be going through the same
change as the horse has undergone. In an
cient times a short-sighted soldier or hunter
was almost an impossibility; to-day a whole
nation is afflicted with defective vision.
1t is almost certain that man once pos
sessed a third eye, by means of which he
was enabled to see above his head.
The human eyes formerly regarded the
world from the two sides Of the head; they
are even now gradually shifting to a more
forward position.
In the dim past the ear flap was of great
service in ascertaining the direction OF
sounds. and operated largely in the play OF
the features. But the muscles of the ear
have fallen into disuse, for the fear of, sur
prise by enemies no longer exists.
Again, our sense of smell is markedly In
ferior to that of savages. That 1t is still
decreasing is evidenced by observations Of
the olfactory organ. But the nose itself in-
dicates a tendency to become more prom
inent.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-26
AN AGRICULTURAL GLUE.
Measures Likely to Bring France and
Germany to Terms.

Washington Special in Chicago Post.
The agricultural bill, as it passed the
House and as 1t will pass the Senate and
become law, contains a provision that will
place a club in the hands of Secretary Will
son, the vigorous using of which Will bring
m and France to their commercial
senses. The use of a club sometimes has
sLch effect, and this is one of the INES. 1t
is the knowledge of this fact that has Gre
ated the talk of early negotiations between
the French and German governments and
this government looking to reciprocity
treaties. Unless these negotiations should
he successful and remove all causes of just
complaint on the part of the exporters Of
American products to those countries Sec
rotary Wilson will not be slow to use the
power the agricultural act will give him. In
short, 1t must be either reciprocity or retail
iation. The new law will extend to him the
power to pay France and Germany in their
own coin for the onerous and unjust bur-
dens they have so long and persistently put
upon American importations into those
countries, especially upon our meat
products. Under this new law German
wines and German painted toys can be sub
jected to the most rigorous examination for
poisonous and deleterious substances. Ger
man cheese and German sausage, as well
as all those various German manufactures
that come under the term delicatessen, can
be compelled to pass the ordeal of a rigid
chemical analysis before being admitted to
sale in the United States.
French brandies may be examined as to
their commercial and m purity.
French champagnes can be tested TO dis
prove the suspicion that they are really not
New Jersey cider brands. French still
wines, conserves, canned goods, sweetmeats
and a hundred other products of the fair
land of France, of which millions of dollars
worth are annually imported, may not be
allowed to pass the custom houses until they
have first passed successfully the examina-
ton OF men who will be as e~Xacting as are
the French and German inspectors Of Amer
lean meats and dairy products and Ameri-
can fruits. The knowledge that this re-
taliatory legislation is to be enacted at this
session has had an awakening effort upon
the French and German diplomatic repre-
sentatives at Washington. They know
advantages are with us and that we can
hurt them a great deal more than they can
us, and that, anyway, we can stand injury
better than they can. So long as the ma
trial or trade war this country must forge
and use the weapons effective in such a
war or go to the wall. Americans have no
idea of going to the wall.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-26
LIFE's POETRY.
Cuisines for the Sake of Pleasures
Should BE the Motto.

Richard lie Gallienne, in Golfers Weekly.
Emotion, it must not be forgotten, is the
soul not only of the soft pleasant things OF
life, but of many of the hard strong things
also. 1t is not merely the mother or the
arts. but the mother of trade and the
mother of war. What, indeed, were war but
a butcherly hacking and hewing, an I'M
thinkable weller of blood and grGanS, were
it not for the emotions. fine or otherwise,
which cast a glory even across so hideous
a thing?
The emotions have had a hand in making
everything worth making, for mere head
cleverness has never yet in this world done
a really great or notable thing. The only
way to make even our businesses success
full is literally to put our hearts into them.
And, indeed, those very prosaic businesses
that grind the souls out of some OF us had
often quite romantic beginnings. There is
something of Aladdin'S palace about the
grimmest warehouse-though the weary men
who work the cranes and the clerk who
checks the weights in his little sitting
sentry-box are not very adVantageously
placed for observing it. There is but little
prose in life that was not poetry once.
Not indeed that the element OF poetry In
business is Unduly obtrusive, yet / think
that element would be found to animate
much dull and dreary taskwork If we would
remember oftener why we work so hard
and so long, remember that as men work
primarily that they may eat, eat that they
may live, and live that they may love, bus
mess is only carried on with due respect for
the right relations of things when 1t Is re-
garded as a means to ends higher than itself
that is, broadly speaking, in the service
of the emotions. The world will never lie
happy, life will continue, to be hard, till we
get this put right, get the balance Of ex-
istence more naturally adjusted, get the
horse in it's proper place before the cart
There was never a more pernicious, shall
loW-minded proverb than that which one
hears too otter, with a curious rattle Of
Rugged chains-"Business before pleasure"
The natural law is the precise opposite.
Business for the sake or pleasure" would
be the truer precept, and I use pleasure in
it's higher sense-inclusive of religion fo2
those who take their pleasure sadly.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-26
K Care of.
Detroit Free Press.

Detroit free RTesS.
What exclaimed the Senator who still
has a little patronage at his disposal, you
have another appointment you want me to
make? You must remember that there ara
a score Of applicants for every place and
that I've favored your requests in several
instances already. Give some of the other
fellows a chance"
That's all right" answered the political
~nock-gatherer. but here's a man tina we
must take care of. He has been promised,
and has nothing else TO look to-
WAS he with us in the big fight?'
Might and day. He's not a very practical
fellow. and thought we couldn't use him
at first, but he can talk like chained light
ming without really saying anything. So
/ stationed him at the other fellows head
quarters and he talked away all corners as
fast as they appeared. He was as effectiva
as a smallpox flag"
WHY not pay him for what he has done
and let him start a little usine Of his
OWN I'm simply swamped."
He doesn't know anything more about
business than a child. There's nothing prac-
tical in him. I tell you. He couldn't even
make change at a tollgate or keep track OF
what little money he spends. There's moth
ing to do but to take care Of him, and told
him that I woul do so"
Well, there doesn't seem 10 be any way
out OF It. I'll see hat he gets q place In the
State treasury"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-26
GILBERT THE DRAMATIsT.
He Has Made n Fortune and Retired
from Business.
The Book BUYER

The Book Buyer.
He has probably made more money by
his pen than any living writer. His share
of the profits from eight Of the Savoy
operas alone was stated in court to be
$50, OoO-270,0O0 for London productions and
EGO, 900 for the provinces and America Thus
he can afford to lead the life Of a country
gentleman, which he prefers to the fussy
notoriety Of a theatrical celebrity. He has
scarcely ever practiced at the bar, although
as a justice of the peace for the County
of Middlesex his legal knowledge must prova
useful. Thirty years ago he held a captains
cy in the Royal AberdeenShire militia, now
linked as third battalion TO the Gordon
Highlanders, the heroes OF the Dargai. In
London itself he resides at Princes Gardens,
hut he prefers his charming country houses
called Grim's Dyke, on Harrow Weald,
within easy reach Of the famous hill where
Byron spent his school days. The place
was so called because of the old Roman
vallum (ten feet high and fosse (slx feet
deep and twelve feet wide). which still sur
round it. Grim's Dyke was built in 1870 by
Mr.. Norman Shaw, the most distinguished
architect OF our time, for Mr.. Frederick
Goodall, r. A., the artist. Mr.. Gilbert, who
is a bit Of an architect himself. has since
made several additions to the place, which
is an ideal retreat from the theaterdom-
Indeed, Mr. Gilbert is not of the theater
at all. He has made his fortune out Of IT.
he is as ardent a rehearser and stage man
ager as anybody living, and you will even
find a beautiful model of III. NJ. s. Pima
FORE in his hall, but he rarely goes to q
first night, and hardly ever allows himself
to be interviewed. He takes a great interest
in his farm. and he looks the country gem
tleman all over. He is tall, white-haired
and ruddy. with the health of an outdoor life
lin marked distinction to his colleague, Sir
Arthur Sullivan. who is short, dark and
sallow. One has only to look at him to see
how much vitality is left him, and 1t is
with the hope of an expansion of his humor-
even though he has threatened lately never
to write another %play-that one takes Ieava
of the SaVoyard.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-26
NEWTON TODD.
7 ingalls, Block,
Stocks and Bonds
Member Chicago Stock Exchange.
Government Bonds, all issues, bought and sold.
Deal in all salahle Indiana Securities.
THE UNsPEAKABLE TURK.
The SuItan's New Minister a TerrO
to Society Women.

Ame SulNAh = Now MImlSNeE n AeEEOE
to Society Women.
Washington Letter in st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The new Turkish minister is a terror to
Washington society. He is one of those for
eigGers who come to America full of Curl
osity concerning this people and with no
hesitation about exercising it. Usually the
American ladies of Washington are willing
TO satisfy this curiosity and can hold their
own against the questioning. But this new
Turk is altogether u~nspeakable in a social
sense He attended an official function a
few evenings since and was introduced to a
lady in full reception dress, a little fuller
than usual, perhaps. The Turk exchanged
the ordinary commonplace, for he talks the
language OF the country to which he is ac-
rivited upon the lady's costume in such a
manner that she was embarrassed, and rails
ed her fan in front of her. AT length the
minister, in his earnest way. pointing to the
low cut of her bodice, asked:
Madame, does your husband permit this
without protest?"
The lady colOred furiously and replied
that her husband found no fault with her
taste. The minister shook his head in a
depreCating way, and began to tell how diff
ferent it was in his country. The lady made
her escape as quickly as possible. Not many
evenings afterwards the minister was at
another official reception. He was presented
10 a well known society woman, and began;
Are you married.
The lady answered in the affirmative with
q smile.
ried?"
The lady said hat she had entered the
state of matrimony some ten years ago.
How many children have yOu?" was the
next question.
The lady replied. with a slight manifesto
ton of embarrassment. that she had none.
The minister stopped to think for a full
half-minute, and with a puzzled look re-
sumed:
In my country
The lady fed, and what the minister was
going to say will never be known. But no
mem hDT nf on -Ean1nfNv ~ nnnr
risk an Introduction TO the terrible Turk if
she can help herself.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-26
New York Evening Sun.

w L0AAA 80 14A
Poor lad! AS they tore him ruthlessly
away from his dinner and home, there was
a PARKWAY look of despair IN his eyes.
which was all the more pathetic from being
so absolutely mute. AS they boarded the
one on either side OF him, the youth gazed
about madly in a vain hope OF seeing some
means of escape; but. although he wore no
handouts, he knew that flight for him was
out of the question. And so. with the heart
broken farewells of his family circle still
ringing in his ears. the youth gave vent to
something which might have been inter-
preted either as a long-drawn sigh or a
pent-up sob. 1t was still early. Cay, want
Broadway cable chariots rushed pasf them,
bound uptown. W to their gunwales
with loads of happy toilers laden with large
appetites. The Angelus had sounded but a
moment since, and 1t was the hour which
IN most respectable homes. Is held sacred TO
the children and the preliminary cocktail.
If the Broadway hotel clocks had ever con-
sented to do anything so indiscreet as to
tell the correct time, their hands would
have pointed to 6:45-
The car flew on. They had rounded the
curve. had passed Forty-fifth street. and
the lights Of the Broadway restaurants
dazzied his eyes and almost maddened him.
All hope of escape was over now, for the
car was packed to suffocation with a crowd
of serious-minded bespectacled women car
rying ominous-lookIng volumes in their
hands and talking simultaneously in seven
eighths time.
fFortleth street, shouted the conductor.
The contents OF the crowded car rose to It's
feet simultaneously as one woman. and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-26

missions now being completed. A detailed
analysis OF the statement shows that there
has been more or less shifting of funds in
cicent to special operations, but the loan
increase can be traced TO five or six Of the
larger banks. 1t is noteworthy that one in
sdtution, which reports six millions addi-
tional loans, shows a reduction OF four mill
lions in specie. Incidents like these tend to
make elucidation difficult, as SO many fac
most impossible to trace them. In a larger
sense, however. the exhibit makes for firm
ness in money, temporarily at least. 1t IS
quite likely that the statements Of the past
two weeks will be repeated in more or less
detail in the future. aud that until rates
harden percepti5ly the excess reserve will
not be increased. The extent of it's rednc-
tons depends to a certain extent on the
amount of money which will be withdrawn
from this center for interior needs and on a
continuance Of present stock exchange trans
actions"
Tn following table. prepared by L. w.
ran2a of n1lntatinns.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-26

CHICAGO. Feb. 25.-Not enough cattle were re-
ceived to-day TO make a market, and prices were
mostly nominal at recent quotations. Sellers call
prices 15Q25c lower than a week ago, while the
range is unusually wide, a few common beef
steers selling as low as Ss.75G3.s5 and a limited
number Of prime offerings were going for s.. 70Q
SIS.
There was an active demand for hogs and prices
were strong at a further advance of 6GiOc, sales
being larger 100 higher. Fair TO choice. SO. S2Ikd4:
packing lots, $3.e0q3.S0; mixed. $3.65Qs 90; butch
ers; $1,000 50: lights 500 921z; pigs, s3.SQ3.7o.
prices. Sheep were quotable at g. eOG4e0: YEAR
Iings, s4.250465, and lambs $2.50q4S5 for poor to
prime focks.
Heeeipts-cattle. 200; hogs. 1900; sheep and
lambs, 1.500.
NEW YORK, Feb. 5.-Beeves-Reoelpts 4gs:
no trading; exports, 5S7 cattle, 40 sheep and 4,64S
quarters Of beef.
C~alves-Receipts, 6; feeling steady; no trading.
Eogs-Receipts. 5$76; no sales; market nomi-
nally higher at s. .90Q4.15.
Sheep and La~mbs-Receipts. CTS. Sheep steady;
lambs 1Oc higher. Sheep. $4G4&; lambs, $3.50
$40.
CINCINNATI. Feb. 25.-Cattle steady at g. 50
a..
Hogs active at SS.90Q3.90.
Sheep and Lambs-Sheep steady at s.. %; lambs
steady at $4G5.25.