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The leader., 1899-09-27
BRAVE MEN HONORED.
amauGa Park Dedicated-Many
Veterans Present.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Sept. 21.-From
5000 to 5000 people. 5000 of whom
were veterans from Ohio. Indiana arc
Illinois, attended the dedication of the
Indiana monuments and markers al
Chickamauga park Wednesday, The
exercises began at ten O'Clock and were
all conducted from a platform erected
at the site of the Wilder brigade
monument. one of the most beautiful
portions of the military park. The day
was beautiful. bright and clear. BY
the ceremonies of the day the state OF
Indiana turned over to the federal gov
ernment 113 markers and monuments
costing in the neighborhood of $50. 900
Gov. Mount of Indiana made the presen
tation speech.
Gen. II. V. Boynton, president of the
Chickamauga -Chattanooga park com
mission, received the monuments anG
markers on behalf of the secretary OF
war. An address was also delivered by
Gen. James II. Carnahan, member OF
the Indiana park commission.
Immediately following the dedica.
ton of the Indiana monuments. the
Wilder brigade monument was dedi,
Gated. Addresses We're delivered by
Maj. James A. Connolly, of Springfield
H.; Gen. John T. Wilder, Gen. II. V
Boynton, Capt. William Rule, mayor OF
Knoxville, Tenn; Col. Tomlinson Fort
an eX-confederate officer; Gen. Smith ID
Atkins, of Illinois; Gov. Mount, of In.
diana, and Mr.. Benjamin, of Terre
Haute, Ind.
The Wilder brigade monument is
built of Chickamauga limestone. II
stands 105 feet tall from base to top OF
| flagstaff, the base is 10 feet square, and
the main cylindrical shaft 16 feet in
diameter. 1t is provided inside with a
spiral stairway, reaching the observa.
tory. Its cost was about $4,000. The
monument is medieval in character and
the most massive and imposing in the
national military park.
Widers brigade, commanded by Gen.
John 7. Wilder, was composed of the fol.
lowing regiments:
Seventeenth Indiana infantry Mai w
I. Jones commanding.
Seventy-second Indiana infantry, Col. A
o. Miller commanding.
Ninety-eghth Illinois infantry, Col John
J. Funkhauser commanding.
Ninety-second Illinois infantry, Col
Smith d. Atkins commanding.
One Hundred and Twenty third Illinois
infantry, Col. James Monroe commanding
Eighteenth Indiana battery, Capt. Eli
Lilly commanding.
The organization was numbered First
brigade, Fourth division, Fourth army
corps. 1t was mounted and armed with
spencer repeating rifles, and did as much
effective fighting perhaps as any other
organization at the battle of Chicka-
manga.
The leader., 1899-09-27
ABOUT PIGEONS

Pigeons can walk. but eanro.
Most other birds can hop. bu, mop.
walk. cannot
Pigeons are not exactly polvo,u,,
but the males have no partic,,,s alnis's
and they will feed the young ., mate
mother. VI any
Thepigeon is the only bird tbs,d,
by draught or suction, as we AZ m
other birds raise their heads ana an ,i
the water run down by gravity ana a., e'
dip the bill for another drop. '"en
There is a language called n;.
English. 1t is really pidpin se
fish. for pidgen is a Chinese ing nng
and means business, and pidg;r p Oiu
fish is mixture of Chinese and Fna1.
and of signs by which business il ,s. 'sh
acted in the ports between NATIVE. Jus,
Foreigners. auu
Pigeons do not feed their younc MIA,
worms or bugs, but the old birds al; ~..n
their food in their own craws inte '
curd and eject it into the mouth ~ -. a
young. 1t is because of this tha, va.
young pigeons or squads generaIlv a.,
when they are given away.
The leader., 1899-09-27
TO TREAT A BURN.

The white of egg is good for Sigh.
burns.
Never use -four or cotton batting .,
their tendency is to stick to the raw
surface.
For sunburn or blisters caused IN,
mustard an excellent application is HI.
carbonate of soda mixed with equal
bulk of vaseline.
Burns with alkalies like SOAP Iva
should be bathed in diluted vinegar
then sweet oil. Burns with acids should
be deluged with water, then treated
like other burns
Bicarbonate of soda is a safe and 81.
fectual remedy for burns and sealds
Make into paste and apply to the raw
surface, keeping in place by thin cot
ton or linen bands. Renew from time
to time until the skin is healed.
The leader., 1899-09-27

Omaha, Neb., Sept. 22.-The repub-
lican state convention was one of the
most harmonious gatherings ever held
by the party in this state. NJ. b. Reese
Of Lincoln, was nominated for supreme
Judge on the first ballot. Z. &. Me-
Clifton, of Omaha, and William b. Ely,
IF Ainsworth, were both nominated for
'egents of the state university on the
irst ballot. Judge Reese has served
six years on the supreme bench, re-
firing six years ago to resume the prac-
tice of his profession.
The leader., 1899-09-27
Fire at the stock Yards.

Chicago. Sept. 22.-The horse trading
From Fortieth to Fifty-third street
there is level mass of charred timbers
and twisted iron. Twelve acres of the
companys property Is nearly as fiat as
floor, and 100000 worth of buildings
and contents has been consumed. The
fire, which broke out in the Dexter Park
horse exchange pavilion at four o'clock
p. III. Thursday, did the damage. Dur
ing the fire 1900 valuable horses were
stampeded to safety. Eighteen animals
were burned TO death
The leader., 1899-09-27

According to the most reliable esti-
mates, the worlds wheat yield this year
is about 312,0O0,000 bushels less than
what it was in 1898. The United States
production is below that of last wear.
but it is not so far down as that Of
some of the other exporting countries.
The outlook is that this country is in
much better situation to meet the
foreign export demand than is any of
the other countries. There will be IA
good market abroad for the surplus
wheat of the American farmer.
The leader., 1899-09-27
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ARE NOT MERE BUTTERFLIES,

Mrs. Herman Oelrichs is practical
cook, and could run school of that
art.
Mrs. Van Rensselaer, Cruger, wife of
a millionaire, is Woodworking literary
woman.
Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, who is a
Vanderbilt, could easily give lessons in
fencing.
Mrs. Russell Sage can manipulate
stocks with skill approximating her
husbands.
They say Mrs. Clinch-Smith, of New
York, who was Bertha Barnes, of Chi
cago, can do coon songs better than
May Irwin.
Mrs. George Gould, if disaster came,
could go back on the stage, where she
was popular, and command a hand
some salary. She makes shrewd invest
ments, ii is said, with her liberal pocket
money.
Alta Rockefeller, by her fathers wish.
was taught the typewriter and short
hand. Besides this, she could turn to
49, hiiS II, and
II Is said she does teach several young
women of talent who cannot afford IA
pay for lessons.
Mrs. Willie X. Vanderbilt, Jr. (Vir-
glnia Fair), and Mrs. Clarence Mackav
(kittie Duer) design their own gowns,
sending the modiste a rough water
color sketch. If need be, they eou,d
make money by doing this for other
women.
Helen Gould is a first-class LAWYER
and were it not for the fact that SHE
has horror of masculine or PUSHING
women would have made a success in
some public career. She has a good
business head, and often advises her
brothers on some Wall street tanele.
Elsie Clews, daughter of the New
York millionaire, has just been an
pointed school inspector. To be sure
she gets no salary, but the appointment
proves her ability. Miss Clews' mother
wished her daughter to devote her time
to society, but the young girl insisted
on going TO college, and has ALWAYS been
interested in questions of the dav as
well as afternoon teas and balls.
The leader., 1899-09-27
A DeplOrable Suicide.

Mr.. Claiborne b. Whiting, stamping
clerk in the jackson postoffice, killed
himself at the family residence at 1
o'clock on the Goth inst. He excused
himself from the dinner table, and on
going to the back yard shot himself in
the head, the pistol ball passing from
the right to the left temple. In his left
hand was this note: 1T is on account
of poor health that 1 do this. Please
return gun to postoffice.-C w." Young
Whiting was very popular. He was a
sergeant in Capt. Birdsong's company,
First Regiment. His father. w. A..
Whiting, is leading dry goods mer-
chant.
The leader., 1899-09-27
VIII Pay Better Wages.

Springfield, H., Sept. 22.-Operators
T. S. White and Discho, of the two
mines at ColfaX, near Bloomington
held a conference with State President
Hunter and State Secretary-Treasur
Ryan, of the United Mine Workers of
America, the result being that the op-
orators agree to pay AZ cents per ton,
an advance of two cents, and to advance
the wages of the day laborers from Is
to rs cents and other laborers in pro-
portion. The operators further agree
10 pay the state scale as soon as their
output amounted to $50 tons daily.
The leader., 1899-09-27
Elected President Of League,

Syracuse, ~. u, Sept. 22.-Henry V,
johnson, mayor of Denver, was elected
president of the League of American
Municipalities by a vote of p cities to
is for Mayor Maybury of Detroit.
Charleston, S. C., was selected by the
vote of 10 cities as the place for hold
ing the next annual convention.
Syracuse, N. Y, Sept. 23.-The third
annual convention of the League of
American Municipalities finished its
work and adjourned Friday. The pro-
gramme of the convention was not fully
carried out, owing to the unusual length
of papers on the municipal ownership
question and other topics listed for dis
cussion.
The leader., 1899-09-27
Typhoop KIN. 1000 Persona

Victoria, b. c., Sept. Collaborating to
news received by the steamer Empress
Of India, the japanese coast has again
oeen visited by disaster. A typhoon
swept the coast with awful violence
during the closing days of August and
the beginning of September, causing a
loss of over 1900 lives. The destruction
to houses and property could not be es-
.imated when the Empress left on Sep
tember s. As far as could be learned
over 10000 structures were overthrow.
The leader., 1899-09-27
Chickens in Mississippi.

The Aberdeen Examiner is noted for
the interest it takes in all phases of in
dustrial development. Hence we are
not surprised to see it discuss the
subject of Chickens in Mississippi
1t states that there are thousand
dozen chickens shipped out of the
State to every dozen imported. 1t cites
Bonneville, in Prentiss county, and
Ellisville, in Jones county, as being
noted for their chicken and egg eX-
ports-poultry handling in both of
those towns constituting leading in
dustry. In the census of 1890 Missis-
sippi ranks 21st in the production of
chickens, and leads all the States in the
ratio of chickens to white population.
Very little attention was paid to OBJ
tanning reports of products of any kind
from the negroes on plantations, al
though they are all poultry raisers.
The census of 1890 gave Mississippi
5,631, 7S4 chickens, with white popula-
ton of 544, ISL, while it gave Ohio, II,
$50, $50, with a white populate of
1854, sos. Louisiana, with a white popu-
lation of 55S,S95, reported only 2,246,-
907 chickens.
The leader., 1899-09-27

Dom Paul Kruger, president of the
Transvaal Republic, is reputed to be
worth $25,000,000, and yet Mrs. Kru-
ger, with the thriftiness of her race,
does, or at least superintends, her own
cooking, makes her own beds and,
when there is company dons a large
white apron and personally attends
to the wants of her guests. Mrs. Kru-
ger AYERS that they have never lived
beyond their "coffee moneys 900
year, allowed by the state. How's
that for democratic simplicity?
The leader., 1899-09-27
A Unique Repentance.

The daily press has given wide pub
licity to the sensational episode of the
return of Charles o. Summers, the
noted detective and express robber,
who turned up in the governors office
at Jackson on Friday afternoon, the
18th, with the proposition togo back to
the prison walls and serve out his SEN
tence of five years, nine months of
which he had served before escaping,
August Z, 1898. He and confederate
had robbed the Southern Express
office at Meridian of $1,000. They
were arrested and 81, 100 of the money
secured. He was captured in San
Francisco in December, and brought
back to the prison. from which he
escaped again on April s, 1894. He
bribed one of the guards, who accom-
panied him. Gov. Stone offered big
reward for his apprehension. This was
widely published, in hand-bill form,
with picture and good description of
Summers. A copy found it's way to Ju-
neau, Alaska, where Summers was pass
ing under the name of Jim Wilson. One
of his friends called his attention to his
resemblance to the picture, which he
admitted, and at once left for the Klon-
dyke, where he says he made some
money. But he had reason to believe
that even there the Pinkertons had
him under surveillance. And so he re-
solved to return to Mississippi and
serve out his sentence. He sold out his
interest in Dawson City; reached New
York, via San Francisco, ON the 10th
inst. and wrote Gov. McLaurin to ad-
wise him of his purpose, expressed
great regret for his crime, and pleaded
for such clemency as the case might
permit. He came through Memphis,
The leader., 1899-09-27
odd Fellow. Parade.

Detroit, Mich. Sept. 21.-For more
than an hour Wednesday afternoon
$500 odd fellows and their sisters of the
Rebekah order were passing in review
before Grand Sire Pinkerton, Deputy
Grand Sire Cable and Maj. Gen. ]. P.
EIlacott, chief of the grand sire's staff.
II was the finest and largest procession
seen in Detroit since the great @. A. r.
parade in 1890. Fully a score Of bands
furnished the music.
The leader., 1899-09-27

The world is vastly indebted to that
superb Frenchman, NJ. Guerin. The
tragedy of the Dreyfus case needed
just such foil of comedy to keep the
worlds heart from breaking with
shame for humanity. NJ. Guerin splen.
didly assumed the comic role. He de.
serves to live in history as the fun
NEST Gaul that ever happened.
The leader., 1899-09-27

Lii Hung Chang is probably correc,
in his assertion that Japan would be
glad to take the Philippines off our
hands if we should get out of them
There are many other countries in ia
pans position on this point. In fact
there would be a great scramble for
the islands if the United States should
withdraw. 1t is not clear, however
how the Filipinos would be benefited
by this change of conditions.
The leader., 1899-09-27
"The Prudent Man Settefh
HIS House IN Order. :
Wanted HIS Record Corrected.

"You are charged with scorching, said
the magistrate in a stern voice. The po-
iiceman who overhauled you says you were
going at least Is miles an hour"
There must be some mistake about this,
your honor was" :,
ooh, yes; of course, of course; they all
claim that 80
But, your honor" continued the bicyclist,
81 am positive that / was going at least
20 miles an hour. Ohio State Journal.
The leader., 1899-09-27
The French people show

The French people show great SEN
sitiseness to criticism, and strongly
resent opinion on the Dreyfus case ex-
pressed In other countries. But the
display OF hystericai passion over the
adverse Judgment If the world as to
the issue of the trial makes matters
worse as long as nothing is done to
right great wrong. Conceding the
fact that certain element of the
army 10 mainly TO blame for the mon
umentai injustice it, is yet deplorable
70 find no step taken 10 open the
prison doors that have closed again
- an innocent victim.
The leader., 1899-09-27
Dropped Dead.

Omaha, Neb., Sept. 2O.-Rev. Henry
w. Kuhns, one of the pioneers of the
state and city, dropped dead while wit
Messing performance at the Deep Sea
diving booth on the midway at the ex-
position Tuesday. Death was due to
heart failure. Mr.. Kuhns was 20 years
old, native of Pennsylvania, receiving
his education at Gettysburg
The leader., 1899-09-27

The successful voyage "f the Ocean
lie, with her 2,044 passengers, offers the
promise that we have entered upon an
era of easy and delightr';l ocean voy-
aging. This mighty vessel Travelled
through the waves with minimum
of vibration. The bigges- roll to eth
er side experienced at any time was
but five degrees from the horizontal.
The leader., 1899-09-27

Though the German government has
taken pains to preserve it's equlibri
UNI, the result of the l'revfus trial has
tremendously shocked the German
people, irrespective of creed and poll
tics. The bitter insult implied by tn,
total disregard upon the part of tn,
Rennes court-martill of the officia
Reichzanzeiger's declaration of Drey
fus' innocence is deeply felt at Berlin
The leader., 1899-09-27
They Were Up-to-Date.

Totsie McFadden-Say, we is dsappoint-
ed. De las chapter of dis book says dat de
beautiful heroeen lived to be an old woman
and was highly respected. We don't want
nothink about no old woman. Wat we
us our nickel back and we'll buy chestnuts.
See Washington Post.
The leader., 1899-09-27

The president, very properly, refuses
to interfere in the case of two soldiers
under sentence of death, at Manila
martial were found guilty by a court.
martial of having violated native wom-
en-. 1t is necessary that an example
be made, and it can not be made any
too soon. lest the reputation of the
American army suffer.
The leader., 1899-09-27
An Item of Church History.

Among the ancient pamphlets now
being rescued from the rubbish on the
third floor of the capitol Is copy of
the proceedings of the twenty fourth
annual convention of the Protestant
Episcopal Church in the diocese of Mis-
sissippi, held in Jackson in May, 1850.
Ri. Rev. VIM. NJ. Green was then bishop
of the diocese. st. Andrews parish,
The leader., 1899-09-27

The Kennebec (Me) journal saws 8
thrifty citizen of that state catches
seals. cuts off their noses and collects
ON them the bounty offered by the
state in which he lives. Then he col.
lects the tails, goes tn Massachusetts,
and gets the bounty offered there for
the tail of every seal caught in Massa-
chusetts waters. His final trip is back
TO Maine, where he makes the skin of
the seals into gloves, hats and pocket
books.
The leader., 1899-09-27

The fickleness of military fashion ia
the British army is once more demon
strated by an order of the secretary
for war, just issued to commanding Of
ficers, impressing on them the desira-
bility that subalterns under their
command should not shave their upper
Inns
The leader., 1899-09-27

Alaska's mineral wealth is evidently
greater and more varied that has been
supposed. Recent discoveries insure a
full supply of coal. The arguments
against the purchase of Alaska arc
poor stuff to read in the light of lat
ter history,
The leader., 1899-09-27

The Pennsylvania Judge who got
down from the bench to whip law
yer whom he deemed guilty of con-
tempt of court, has established an I'M
pleasant precedent for lawyers who
happen to weigh less than the Judge.
The leader., 1899-09-27

Edison proposes - produce an au-
tomobile carriage for less than the
price of span of good horses. This
will fix the price at possibly s2OG,
which will put the vehicle within the
reach of any well-todo family. Sue
cess to Edison
The leader., 1899-09-27

That private soldier at Manila who
stated that he was sent to Jail for
communicating directly with Gen
Otis forgot to mention that the
names to the document he presented
were forged. 1t was for emulatine
the feats of Jim the Penman that the
soldier got into trouble. and if he suf-
fer in consequence he has no kick
coming
The leader., 1899-09-27
The Beloved Chaplain"

The address delivered by the editor
of this department at the unveiling OF
the monument to Rev. Thomas X
Markham. ID. d., in Metaire cemetery
New Orleans, in May last, has been
published in neat pamphlet form, and
will he mailed to any survivor of With
ers' Artillery regiment who may desire
it. A faithful likeness of the beloved
chaplain. and a picture of the monu-
ment are inserted. DIR. Markham was
chaplain of tina. regiment, and this
writer was adjutant, and hence had
opportunities of observing his work
and estimating his military career and
saldierly virtues.
The leader., 1899-09-27

jackson, was represented by the fob
lowing lay delegates: Charles Scott
Thomas Palmer. James Black; alter
mates, William Hardemap, Daniel W.
Adams, l.. V. Dixon. Rev. W. r. l.
johnson was rector. The pamphlet
was addressed to Governor Quitman.
The leader., 1899-09-27

The mosquito is doomed since the
agricultural department has concluded
that he propagates malaria, and has
instructed the people that few drops
of coal oil spread on every yard of wa
ter where he breeds will destroy his
larvae. This is going to be hard on
the mosquito and the people who pur-
chase his destruction, but think of the
good it will do the struggling Coal Oil
trust
The leader., 1899-09-27

Exports from the United States dur
ing August were the largest ever
known by over s20,OOO,OoO The most
notable feature of the exhibit is the
continued rapid increase of the foreign
demand for American manufactures.
The leader., 1899-09-27

It's all right to speak of the newly
arrived Oceanic as being the biggest
ship ever seen in New York harbor,
but Just wait till Admiral Dewey's
flagship Olympia steams into view.
The leader., 1899-09-27

The vacancy in the Office of city
clerk of jackson, created by the death
of Ma jor ID. =. Porter, was filed by the
city council electing Oliver Clifton to
the position. Mr.. Clifton was mayor in
1870. and in 1S75-1S16. He was also
clerk of the supreme court for many
years. and was member of the legis-
lature in 1876; so that he has all the
qualifications and experience for a
first-claSs city clerk.
The leader., 1899-09-27

Chicago has begun crusade against
street noises. She would be at much
healthier business If she would make
the effort of her life trying to sup
press the righteousness in the smell
of the Chicago river.
The leader., 1899-09-27
The error of the Grernr

The error of the Gregorlan calendar.
compared with the actual course Of the
sun, does not exceed one day b 1000
years. As it is quite probable that no
one viii ever verify this people win NOT
risk very much by believing the state.
ment.s
The leader., 1899-09-27

An esteemed correspondent suggests
the publication of the property valua-
ton, real and personal, of the several
counties. the total State tax, the levies
of State and counties for 1899, and the
number of polls as enumerated by
assessors. This data is being compiled
from the rolls as fast as received at the
auditors office, and will appear in
these columns as soon as completed.
Thisymportant information will thus
reach the public several months in adj
vance of the biennial report of the
auditor.
The leader., 1899-09-27

An elevated railroad is to be con.
structed between Chattanooga and
Lookout Mountain. The new line will
DE 1900 feet long.
The leader., 1899-09-27

We have heard of several. but never knew
a man who could enjoy joke on himself
Atchison Globe
The leader., 1899-09-27

Several papers have expressed sur
prise that Gov. McLaurin should have
commissioned Mr.. l.. NJ. Garrett as
mayor of Carthage. 1t is not to be sup
posed that he solicited him to accept
the honor. He simply respected the
wishes of Mr.. CARROTS fellow-citizens
who wanted him for mayor And he
will make good one.
The leader., 1899-09-27

John Thoroughbred is an ex-mayor
Of GAINESVILLE, Wis.
The leader., 1899-09-27

Crowded out to make room for more in
teresting matter" remarked the editor, as
he showed aside plate of beans and tackled
pie.-Ohio State journal.
The leader., 1899-09-27

The only people that know that love dies
only with the soul are those who can't mar
nv each other.-N. Y. Press.
The leader., 1899-09-27

A strong-minded woman never has an
extra pin about her person.
The leader., 1899-09-27
To Cure n Cold In One Day

Perhaps Lots wife was trying to trace her
genealogy when she looked backward Chi
eago Daily News.
The leader., 1899-09-27

On the morning of September IA the
grave of Richard G.. Lindsey, in the
jackson cemetery, was decorated with
a beautiful wreath contributed by his
surviving comrades of the New Orleans
White League of 1874. Lindsey and
many others were killed in the battle
of September Il, on Canal street. That
battle broke the chains of Radical mis-
rule in the Crescent City.
The leader., 1899-09-27

| have found Piso's Cure for Consumption
an unfailing medcine.-F. X. Lott, 1905