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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-06-07
THE AMERICAN PLAN.
Outline of scheme for Arbitration
Proposed by Our Delegates
Adopted by b-Committee.

The Hague. June both sections Of
the disarmament committee met
Wednesday and, as was anticipated,
failed to agree with regard to the ques-
tons of new inventions in ornaments.
The drafting committee of the arbitra-
ton committee made some advance.
The American delegates submitted
their scheme relating to an arbitration
tribunal. The plan differs from the
British proposal. In substance il is as
follows:
1t provides that each country shall APP
point q single arbitrator, to be selected by
the supreme courts of the signator pow
ers, The tribunal shall have a permanent
central seat, ard be composed of at least
three judges, who shall not be natives OF
residents of countries belonging to the
powers in disaccord. The general expenses
shall be shared proportionateiy. In the
event of new facts arising within three
m onths of decision, the same tribunal
shall have power to try again the ques-
tons in dispute Recourse to the tri-
bunal shall be optional for the signatory
powers The tribunal shall, not take cog
nizance of any dispute until assured that
the parties concerned will accept its de-
cision. The convention shall come into
force and the tribunal be established wher
nine powers, eight of whom shall be Eu-
ropean or American and four of whom shall
be signatories of the declaration OF Paris,
1856 shall have adhered to the convention.
Apart from the above project, the
Americans proposed special scheme
of mediation, providing that, in the
event of difference arising between
two powers, each shall choose another
power to act as its second. The powers
thus selected shall do all they can tc
reconcile the opponents. These sec
onding powers shall, even when wal
has broken out, continue their efforts
with view of ending hostilities as
soon as possible.
The Hague, June ,. - The first COM
mission, bv vote of IS to 3, has adopt
ed a resolution prohibiting the use OF
dumdum tor fiattened bullets. Italy
Austria and Great Britain formed the
minority.
The American mediation scheme was
unanimously adopted at Wednesdays
sitting of the subcommittee, which en-
bodied as Article VII. the scheme pre-
pared by the subcommittee, with few
alterations.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-06-07
EASY ROUTE TO DAWSON.
Trains Are Expected to Run TO BEN
nett by July 4-Is n Won
derfuI Trip.
r. =. Elliot, an extensive mine owner

r. =. Elliot, an extensive mine owner
Of Dawson City, Alaska, is stopping at
the Planters hotel. ST. Louis. Mr.. FL
hot has just returned to the United
States after an absence of nearly 1H
years, which he has spent in the gold
fields of the Klondike. He Is full of en-
thusiasm over the new country. He
left Dawson City in March and will re-
turn late in the year. He said:
1.-The Yukon & White Pass railway
is now completed from Skaguay to the
summit of the pass, distance of about
IS miles. and for a distance of about ~
miles farther the roadbed is ready for
the rails. The grading is being done
right up to within few miles of Ben
nett. and by July the management
expects to have trains running he
tween Skaguay and Bennett, where
passengers can take Il steamer TO
White Horse rapids, thence by the
tiamway around the rapids, about four
miles in length, to the other SIDE. where
they can take a steamer direct to Daw-
son. When these connections are made
the trip from Seattle to Dawson can be
made in from ten to twelve days. IT
will be wonderful trip"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-06-07

Capt. A. j. Brown, historian of New
ton county, has a copy of the Eastern
Clarion of July 81, 1853, of which inter
estirg mention is made in the Newton
County Citizen. The Clarion was es-
tablished at Paulding. The first num-
Der was printed on Saturday, Fcbru-
airy IS. 1897. (This writer has No. 2.
Need & Duncan, publishers. 1t was
ing Palladium" No. 6, of Vol. >, dated
April IS, 1888, has John J. McRae as
publisher. 1t was six-column folio.
McRae sold the paper to Simeon r.
Adams, who enlarged it to nine columns
to the page, each page being 24x34
inches. 1t was the largest newspaper
then in the United States, and was
printed on a steam Hoe power press. 1t
had an immense advertising patronage.
The issue in Capt. Browns possession
has the business cards of seventy-three
Mobile. firms, occupying nearly eight
columns; one and a half columns de.
voted to proposals of construction from
United States Navy Department.; nine
columns with miscellaneous advertise
ments from all parts of the county. 1t
has an advertisement of town lots in
the city of Ragsdale MERIDIAN, with
eloquent predictions as to the future,
which have been more than fulfilled.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-06-07
VETERAN OF SAN JUAN.
A Newfoundland Dog That Followed
His Spanish Master to
the Wars. ..

a Norwich (Gonn.) druggist has 4
large Newfoundland dog that has seen
more service than Gen. Miles. He was Il
roly-poly, rollcking pup when eight
years ago he left the shores of balmy
Spain the less, but that he loved the
He has been born and raised aSpaniard,
and Spaniard, as his wondering little
eyes watched the land of his birth re-
cede forever, he doubtless determined
to die. But puppies, like nations, may
change their minds when they reach
maturity. 1t was not that he loved
Sptin the less, but that he loved the
Yankees more. SO, after seven of the
hardest campaigns suffering soldiery
ever fought, he reposes in the sweet
cool breeze of New England shore,
and dozes and dreams, but thinks of
war no more.
Leon was brought from Barcelona
where during the first nine days of his
mortality he CROPPED around after the.
manner of pups in darkness. to Cuba
by Gen. Linares, commander of the
Spanish forces in the province of San
tiapo. He became a great pet with
the common soldiers. and during the
troublous days of the Cuban rebellion
followed his master, who was above
the ordinary run of Spanish officers,
from battlefield to battlefield. At last
came San Juan, where the friends of
his youth were routed. He whined
and wagged his great tail piteously As
his master was borne off on litter.
lie watched by his side with Jealous
eyes during his two months sickness
in the Santiago hospital, and when
the terrible Americans at last in full
control-it came to be time for Linares
to sail for Spain. he cried as though his
grown-up puppy heart would break.
But the returning ships had little room
for dogs. so he stayed behind as the
dog of kindly Iank, and tried to look
as cheerful as he might.
Linares gave Leon to Arturo Gomez,
nephew of the famous Cuban. Co
mez, being anxious to please Capt. Fag-
do, of the Second volunteers, gave the
Newfoundland to him, from whom,
through brother. he passed into
the hands of his present master. Time,
in his case, at least, seems to have
healed all wounds, and he rides the
Yankee tots on his broad old, back as
complacently as he did the tumbling
little naked Cuban reconcentrados.
The queerest thing about it is that al
though he had never seen snow, and
was fresh from a climate in which 104
in the shade was considered cool, he
took to the rough New England winter
like a native who had long Enguished
in exile. Snow, of which he had never
seen a particle, was his especial de-
light. In the words of his master:
you should have seen him when the
first snow fell. He did not know what
to make of it. lie squatted ON the
ground on his launches. drew the snow
up 10 him between his big paws and
rubbed il as if he would thoroughly
sample il and find out what this strange
substance was. Snow was deep mys-
terry to the dog that had passed all his
life in the tropics. And the serious,
puzzled expression in his intelligent
ewes while he investigated was some
thing more droll than | can describe"
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-06-07
SONG OF THE SHIRT WAIST.
1t Arises When the Airy, Fairy Fa-
vOrite of the Ladies Makes
Its Appearance.

Hark! the pipes of Pan are p!eading-like
a sweetheart interceding-in behalf OF lazy
fellows nowadays-for the proud and paint
ed tulip-and the meek and minted iuiep-
are a-bloom again along LIES arid ways.
Yes, it works a chaps unloadng-when he
knows that natures wooing-from the up
lands and the lowlands and the meres-
When the noontide CLOVIS in sp!endor-when
the nights are soft and tender-and the cap
tivating shirt waist reappesrs!
When the liverpad is writing-and the
liy-pad is fitting = on the breeze be-
dimpled bosom of the pool-When the ripe
red rose comes pleasing-and the ripe red
nose stops sneezing-and the little boys play
hockey from the school.
1t is lawful to be lazy-when each dear,
old-fashioned daisy-breathesa message from
the fragrant yester years-When the fields
are sweet with c!over-and tbe still my
heart) moreover-when the airy, fairy shirt
waist reappears.
When the violet blossoms happy-on the
coatlet of the cappie-When we hustle out
the old mosquito bar-When the tpsy holds
wassail--in his honeysuck,e castle-when
the troubadour is tuning his catarrl.
When that tired, transcendent feeling
into every heart comes stealng-sweetly
pensive, like sunny maiden's tears-When
the bird ehoirs lift their voices-when, i'll
short, all earth rejoices-and the mmemorial
shirt waist reappears!-N. 0. Times Demo
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-06-07
A FLAT JEWELLERS THEORY.
After Going Through an Irc-Making
Plant He Was Onto His
Steam Heater.

Mister" said the man who had been GO
ing through the plant where they make ar
tifcal ice, I'll never forget this visit. I'm
much obliged to you. You have given me a
hint that'Il probably be worth hundreds Of
dollars in doctors bills
You don't say So
eyes, sir. Now, let me understand it al
clearly. Those pipes carry the gas which
circulates all around the water and freezes
it up so tight that any bouquets and thing.
that happen to be floating around can't pos
sbly get away until they re thawed OUT
That's the scheme, simply stated"
well, I'm glad to know about it,
ITS very interesting process.
Its more than interesting. 1t shows the
way in which a man will go on thinking hard
of his fellow man, when mebbe it was all a
mistake. I'm glad to feel that have beer
doing some one an injustice, and that car
30 forth and candidy own up that ] was
bearing malice where it was not due
Are you interested in an ice plant" in
qured the attache, suspiciousy.
"No. But I've studied Temperature. Al
I've got to do now is TO call attenu5 N t.
the mistake and have it corrected. That
the kind of pipes the man got into our fla
under the impression that he was putin
in steam heater w Arlington Star.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-06-07
"Big Four Gift! '-NeeIy's spanish-A me ri
can " lr Panorama

Contains 100 superb half-tone engravings
made from photographs taken of our Army
in camp, on transports and in actual service
Spanish and American Gun-boats, Cuba, Ha
vana, Manila, Landscapes, Architecture
shows the manners and customs of the peo
pie of our new Islands; Pictures of our He
roes-Dewey, General Charles King (knowr
as Capt. Charles King, the author), Wheeler
Hobson, Roosevelt. Samps on, Miles, Schley
Shafter, Lee, Brooks, Carroll; Groups OF
Officers, Cavalry, Artillery, Infantry, Ships
Rife practice, Spanish Soldiers, Insurgents
Chickamauga, Jacksonville, Tampa, Las
Farewell Letters Home, Hospitals, Clara
Barton, Rough Riders, Santiago. San Juan
Manila, the Beautiful Women OF Cuba and
Manila.
The Album is 5IxS inches, weighs 1.
ounces, printed on finest coated paper.
Sent FREE to any address in the United
States, Canada or Mexico for II cents II
stamps or coin, to cover postage and pack
ing. Copy may be seen at any ticket ofhct
of the Big Four Route.
Order at once, as the edition is limited.
Address WARREN j. LYNCH. Genera
Passenger and Ticket Agent, big -Four
Route" Cincinnati, Ohio.
Mark envelope "War Album"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-06-07
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

"lIamlet" has MADE more money than
any other play in the language.
The censors have suppressed the cir.
culation of Bismarck's autobiography
in Russia.
Tom Hoods Song of the Shirt" was
composed in1S44, while he lay In bed
suffering from his last sickness.
Henry Clews, the New YORK million
nire, began life as a messenger boy in
an English wooden factory. He Is now
worth about 100000.
Nine. Seisho, the court poet of Japan,
is now % years old. For half a century
she has acted as censor of the poems
sent in for recitation at the poetical
competitions.
The late ex-Goy. Flower was once
asked by less successful iinabcier
bow TO succeed in Wall street. "By
working harder than Mt any other trade
or profession on EARTH" was the an
bwer.
Frank Il. Stockton, the author, says
that the best training for literary
man Is that of the newspaper office,
where he can learn a clear STYLE, tan
observe all phases of life and learn what
work really means.
The average newspaper picture of
Andrew Carnegie suggests the idea that
he is tail, heavy and athletic. Az a
matter of fact, the iron millionaire Is
about five feet four inches tall and doee
not weigh over 1870 pounds.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich. since Inherit
ing fortune, has been criticised for
writing less than Heretofore. This Is
unjust" he says, "for, though do not
have to produce SO much, give the
time to careful consideration of what
do write. work just as hard as ever"
Princess Eugenia Paleologus, who for
some years has been trying TO prove
her claim of being the direct descend.
ant of Constantine. the last emperor OF
Byzantium, has at last been successful,
the Russian synod acknowledging her
rights. and the Russian government
will pay her an annual pension. Her
husband is an English officer.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-06-07

When Commodore Dewey left Washing
ton IN November, 1897, to take command OF
the fleet in the Pacific Ocean, he did not ride
on a pass or half-rate ticket. Beng per.
sonaI friend of ;. g. Hege, General Agent Of
the Baltimore & Ohio passenger department
bought two first-cass tickets from Washing
ton to San Francisco via the Il. o., Chi.
cago 4 North-Western, Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific lines. Lieut.. Brumby ac.
cofnpanied the admiral and they departed
on November 9th.
Some time ago Manager Of Passenger
Traffic y, y. Martin, Of the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad. set out to collect the
coupons of the ticket and only recently
secured all Of them He has had the ticket,
containing Dewey's signature, lithogrs phed,
and is issuing fac Smiles souvenirs.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-06-07
Spanish Minister Arrives.

Washington, June 1.-The new Span
ish minister, Duke DArcos, and Ouch
ess D'Arcos arrived here at G:10 o'clock
Wednesday evening, and for the first
time since Minister Polo dema nded his
passports and retired, just before the
ment was directly represented in Wash
ington by one of its own countrymen,
Accompanying the duke were Secre-
taries Riano and Pastor. The duke and
duchess, accompanied by Mrs. Mackay-
Smith, drove TO the Arlington hotel.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-06-07
Zgmboauga Burned.

New York, May 3l.-A dispatch to the
journal and Advertiser from London
says: A special dispatch from Labuan
announces that severe fighting is re-
ported between Americans and Fill
pinos on the island of Mindanao. The
principal city on the island. Fam
boanga, has been bombarded and
burned and is in ruins. The same dis
patch reports trouble in Sulu. The
Americans have blockaded the port.
British steamer was denied admission
and was escorted seward by the Unit
ed States gunboat Castine.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-06-07
Evidence Against Him.

81 am proud TO say" said the man with tn,
loud voice, that | have never made a seri
Gus mistake in my life"
"But you are mistaken" said the mild
hammered man with the scholarly stoop
you have made one very serious mistake.
I'D like to know where you get your au
thority for saying so?"
Your declaration is evidence that 70,
have never tried TO see yourself as other
see you. Chicago Times-IIerald.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-06-07
y,e,or,a cs,nsx vours.

In view Of the fact Of the Queens sP-
preaching visit to the continent, English
men are especially interested in her msjes'
ty's health. Ii 10 announced that her hear
ing has grown acute and her eyesight keen.
er. Youthful faculties in old age depend
merely upon the health. The blood should
be kept pure and the stomach sweet with
Uostetter's Stomach Bitters. II cures in.
digestion, constipation, biliousness, nerv.
business, liver and kidney troubles, as well
as malaria and fever and ague. IL keeps
neople Young
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-06-07
Didn't Like Feathers.

AT one of the High street restf urants,
says the Ohio Journal one of tie wait
who often ordered boiled eggs. always
ate the yolk, and left the whites. Won
dering why the German did this, the
waiter said: Are your eggs cooke
to suit you: | see you only eat part OF
them" With a knowing wink .,e Ger
man replied; Me likes der shicken.
Der yellah ish der shicken, and der wife
'sh der fedders. Me likes no fedders."
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-06-07
Charm Against Shot and Shell.

Judge Frederic Speed, in his address
to the grand council of Royal and Select
Masters, at Vicksburg, in February
last, thus refers to the building in
which the Masonic grand bodies then
held their sessions:
around its walls shrieked the de-
moniacal missiles of war for forty-seven
days and nights of Understandable horror,
when countrymen, and even kinsmen,
were arraycd in deadly conflict against
each other, and were only preserved
from destruction by the emblem OF
peace and good will among men-the
square and compass-which designated
it as temple dedicated to Universal
Benevolence, for not one of the many
thousand shells directed against The
beleaguerd city struck 1t.
This building was, in turn, used by
both contestants as military hospital
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-06-07
Death of Albert Pack.

Detroit, Mich, June ALBERT Pack,
the well-known capitalist, and late re-
publican candidate for United States
senator in opposition to Senator Bur
rows, died Wednesday at his home in
this city from the effects of a surgical
operation performed for the removal OF
gall stones. Mr.. Pack was close friend
of Gov. Pingree and hacker of the DE
troit railway three cent street car
lines). He withdrew his candidacy for
senator before a vote was taken.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-06-07
Nicaragua Canal.

Washington, June 1.-The report OF
the Nicaraguan canal commission was
made public late Wednesday afternoon
1t estimates the cost of the canal al
sl1s,113, 790. Col. Haines concurs gen
orally in the report, but submits per
sopal estimate Of $f34,s1s, 30s.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-06-07
SEEN IN RETAIL STORES

Hats trimmed with wreaths of or
chids. -
Many short coats Of silk and LACE
combined.
Reversible golf cloth, plaid inside ant
plain out.
Summer rattan furniture in every
comfortable form.
Broad showings of silk poppies in
matching shades.
Many plaid ribbons in narrow and
sash widths.
Many narrow-tucked parasols in
most brilliant hues.
Much maIines, flowers and feathers
in summer millinery.
Many fancy chatelaines with crystal
bead ends and pendants.
A great deal of fancy hosiery, espe-
cially in the haIf-inch plaids.
deliberately embroidered pique skirts
in white. black and colors.
Broad displays ofssiIk gloves in all
staple colors, including whites.
Flat hats trimmed with American
beauty roses and velvet ribbon.
Entire window displays Of white and
light shirt waists and sailor hats.
Broad assortmcnts of belts ~, inches
wide with trace buckles.
Liberal displays of wedgewood blue
stationery, with crests and monographs.
Large plaids in all kinds of wooden
materials in light weight for separate
skirts.
Spanish turbans showing black jet
ted brim, profusion OF plated tulle
trimmings in light coiorings and
sweeps of paradise aigrette.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-06-07
tnsa.Sas;A3a.AiAS,a.s1.s,..1s
False Economy-PubIic Waste.

The following is from Current Com
ment in New Orleans Picayune The
facts stated, and the suggestions made,
are worthy the most thoughtful con.
sideration:
Ten thousand acres of splendid
woodland in the delta in body could
be purchased for a prison farm at IS an
acre, and when cleared by convict la Dor
would be worth $50 an acre. And yet,
according to speech of Railroad Com
missioner NJ. NJ. Evans, who is also
member of the prison board of control,
at Batesville, as reported in the PIANO.
liam, the State has paid as high as $40,
900 year rents, besides making many
improvements that had to be given
up when rents or leases expired. With
all the convicts on one large farm, Mr..
Evans said, many expenses would be
saved. In his message of 1896, Gov.
Stone urged upon the legislature the
purchase of such farm, the board of
control then and the present one have
urged the legislature to buy such a
raj Dub iOi Ut OlIltT III has
not been done, and the State is actually
throwing away thousands of dollars of
money annually for rents, which it
should save by owning adequate farms.
Nor is this all. There is about SIS 900
tied up in the four squares on which
stands the old pcnitentiary, right in
the residence heart of the peoples CAPT
tai, which is chiefly used for offices and
prison hospital. The taxpayers of
the State ought to make the buying of
adequate farms and the selling of the
ground on which the old prison stands
prominent issue in the canvass for
members of the legislature. Money
saved is money made"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-06-07

Askington-Yo did not finish the
"Reminiscences you were telling me yes
terday when you were interrupted by
the kitchen roof catching fire-about
YOUR fourth cousin Joel, who blew down
the muzzle of gun. Did he live to tell
the story?
Farmer Dunk-No; but he left good
story for other people to tell.-HarPer's
Doyar
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-06-07
p,t,on, az the Redcoat..

The British soldier is the best fed in
dividual of his class in Europe. He re-
ceives for his daily rations 10 ounces OF
bread, ~ ounces of meat, two ounces
of rice, eight ounces of dried vegetables,
10 ounces of potatoes, and once week
he receives two ounces of salt. four
ounces of coffee and nine ounces of
sugar.-Chicago Tribupe.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-06-07

London, June2.-The Daily Chronicle
announces that Mrs. Florence May
brick is likely to be liberated shortly, as
the result of the pressure brought to
bear by Mr.. Joseph II. Choate, United
States ambassador, in ia or of reopen
ing the case
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-06-07
Mushrooms and snake venom.

According to paper recently com
municated to the Academic DIES Sciences
of Paris, NJ. Phisalix has found that
tome kinds of mushrooms afford vac
zine against the venom of snakes. The
Juice of the mushroom renders a per
son immune against yipers for month
IT two.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-06-07
I'M your Feet Ache and burnt

Shake into -FOUR shoes, Aliens Foot-Easc
n powder for the feet. 1t makes tight or New
Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns. Bunions,
Swollen. Hot. Cailous, Sore, and Sweating
Feet. Ill Druggists and Shoe Stores scll
it, CSC. sample sent FIRE F.. Address,
Allen s. Olms,ed. lie Roy, n. Y.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-06-07
AMfuI CompetItion.

Old LADY, suppose. poor man, that you
have Jared badly because Of hard times
Weary Walker-Yes. mum. So many peo-
! PIE bein' out o. work makes an awful com
| petition fer us fellers ter struggle agiu.-
| Philadelphia Record.