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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-04-19

The Railway Age says there is every
Indication that not less than 5000 miles
of new railway Will be built in the
United States in 1899, representing an
investment of about $150,0oO.0o0. At
the present time over 1000 miles are
either under contract or actually under
construction
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-04-19
Future Hardships,

What do you think of this wireless teleg.
raphy?"
Il think it's one of the worst things that
ever happened. It's an imposition, that's
what it is. Pretty soon it'll be so that the
man who goes into the woods 10 miles from
the nearest postotlice for the purpose OF
getting away from his business may re.
ceve a message at any moment calling
him home to attend to something that, in
case it had gone wrong in his absence, he
could have blamed somebody else for
Chicago Evening News.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-04-19
AK Your Dealer for Aliens Foot.Ease

AK Your Dealer for Aliens Foot-Ease'
A powder to shake into your shoes. il rests
the feet Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Sore,
Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating feet and In.
growing Nails. Aliens Foot-Ease makel
new or tight shoes easy Sold by all drugglssyIss
and shoe stores, a5c. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. \.
AIolly-'I wonder why those chickens
are called leghorns?" Dolly-"Don't you
see the little horns on their ankles Todd
en- Days.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-04-19
Chickasaw School Fund.

The auditor has made the regular
semi-annual distribution of the Chick
asaw school fund, as follows: Alcorn,
sI,O5270; Benton, 81, 100s1; Calhoun,
81, 345.43; Chickasaw, s1,354.So; Clay,
5000. so; DeSoto, Si,a99.07; Itawamba,
81, 450.61; Lafayette, sl,S2l.70; Lee, ST.
21s.6i; Marshall. 81 1881; Monroe, 81,
042. IL; Pamela, si,794.75; Pontotoc, ST.
5000: Prentiss, sl,1os.7l; Quitman,
s229'11; Tallahatchie, S3s. 40; Tate, ST.
l0j.99; Tippah, sl,asi.39; Tishomingo,
81, 1880; Tunica, 81, 176.44; Union, ST.
1880; Webster, sl40.14; Yalobusha,
ST3S3g
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-04-19
Swallowed his EalSe Teeth.

A man recently swallowed his false teeth
and it drove him mad. Stomachs will stand
great deal, but not everything. If yours is
weak try Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. 1t
cures Indigestion, constipation, kidney and
liver troubles, as we'll as malaria and fever
and ague. 1t is particularly effective in all
nervous affections, and is strongly recon-
mended at this season of the year when the
system is rundown and most susceptible to
disease. All druggists keep it.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-04-19

When the Twelfth New York was mus
tered out Col. Leonard said: "Uncle
Sam gave us more food than we could
eat, more clothing than we could wear
and as much money as we could spend
We did not lose a man in Cuba"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-04-19
VIII Harris Kills A. j. Lee.

A. j. Lee was shot and killed by VIII
Harris near New Albany last week.
Both men live about eight miles in the
country, and had been in town all day.
Bad feeling had existed between them,
and duel during the day was pre-
vented only by interference from
friends. Harris left for home, procured
his shot gun and met Lee near Wilheit's
bridge, five miles from town. Lee and
a negro man were in wagon, going
home. Upon seeing Harris, Lee got
out of the wagon, and the difficulty
was renewed. Harsh words passed be-
tween them and Harris emptied the
contents OF his shotgun into Lees left
breast, the load passing through and
SCATTERING gold watch. Lee died in
stantly.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-04-19
no.ten Theater burned.

Boston, April IA. = The Boston mu-
scum, on fremont street, the Oldest
play house in this city, was badly dam
aged by fire early Thursday. The blaze
started on the fremont street sioe and
is thought to have been caused by a
careless smoker. The loss to the mu-
scum is estimated at about $50, 0c0.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-04-19
Annie c. Peyton Scholarship.

There was mass meeting at the In
dustrial Institute and College last week
for the purpose of raising funds to put
in a memorial window and establish a
scholarship in honor of the memory OF
the late Mrs. Annie c. Peyton, who was
largely instrumental in the establish
ment of the college. Addresses were
delivered by all the ministers of the
city and by others who are interested
in the work. A collection was taken
up and quite handsome sum realized.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-04-19

New York's benevolent pawn shop
paid six per cent. last year, and loaned
$oOo,ooo on 4i.00o pledges, nearly all of
which were redeemed on time. The
managers consider the work complete
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-04-19
Fried Carrots

Peel young carrots, cut them in quar-
tiers ard let them cook until thorough
ly done in kettle of boiling lard as
you cook French fried potatoes
Housewife.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-04-19

II Is getting to be the fashion to adj
dress and stamp envelopes on the back.
With the directions written across the
folds the letter cannot be opened by an
unauthorized person without the fact
being noted,
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-04-19

Washington, April 15.--The Wade
court of inquiry has decided to ex-
anime no more witnesses after the close
of this week, unless in exceptional cases
where men expected were unasoidabiy
delayed. Gen. Miles will aot be heard,
il at all, until next week. but he will
not be called except upon his own re-
quest.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-04-19

darlington, one of Boston's suburbs,
celebrated its one hundredth anniver-
sary the other day. The population OF
the place has increased but 80 in the
past 96 years.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-04-19

NNE reason Mrs. Pinkhams treatment helps women so
J promptly is that they have confidence in her.
Through some of the many thousands of Mrs. Pink
hams friends ailng will be led write to Mrs.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-04-19

Don't scratch, when it can be avoided by
using Tetterine, the only sure cure known ior
all itching diseases. so cents at druggists, OF
by mail for cash or stamps j. L. Shuptrne,
manufacturer, Savannah. Ga.
It is always easier to recognize debtor
than a credltor-RaU' Horn.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-04-19

Mrs. Ella Knowles Haskell. of Helena,
Mont. who has just retired from the
officeof assistant Encouragement, was
the first and only woman who ever held
such position.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-04-19
Nod3 SassaboM

Oaz22 ;Ell2aanU
Hoods Pills cure liver ilsi the nonirrits,irg ana
only cathartic to take with Hoods sarsap.nn,
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-04-19
smith brothers Pardoned.

The governor has pardoned NJ. l..
and b. b. Smith, two brothers, who
were serving a term in the penitentiary
on charge of arson. They are white
men and owned store at Walker
Bridge, Pike county, before their con-
viction. The store was burned down
and the two men were accused of burn
ing it. They have been in the walls
about thirteen months.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-04-19
Sent to the Penitentlary For Life.

Hines Hood and +. NJ. Stamm. who
were indicted in Wayne county for the
murder of DIR. II. A. Altman, at State
Line, in March, 1897, and who secured
a change of venue to Lauderdale coun-
ty, were found guilty in the circuit
court at Meridian last week and SEN
fenced to life imprisonment in the peni-
Tertiary. The case was bitterly fought
and attracted a great deal of attention.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-04-19
Death OF. Joseph l.. Magauos.

Joseph l.. Maganos, aged 10, a veteran
of the Mexican and civil wars, died at
Vicksburg last week. He was mem
Der of the Knights of Pythias and
Knights of Honor, and for fifteen years
was the keeper of records and seal OF
the grand lodge Knights of Pythias in
this State, only resigning through i'll
health
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-04-19
To Washington, New York and the
East.

A handsome Pullman drawing room but
fet sleeping car is operated daily ny the
Southern Railway from Memphis to Wash
ington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New
phis 500 p. NJ. and runs via Chattanooga,
knoxville, Bristol and Lynehburg. For any
information address c. A. De Saussure, D.
=. A., Memphis, Tenn.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-04-19
Sam washlnEten hanged.

Sam Washington, the condemned ne.
gro murderer. was executed in the Jail
1T. Yazoo City last week. On October
20 Washington shot and killed John
Prairie plantation, and il was for this
that he was hanged,
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-04-19
ELIZA r. PARKER.

She-"Arthur, father has failed" He
"The old sinner! And only last night he
told me to take you and be happy. Town
Ionca
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-04-19

The French line Of transatlantic
steamers II to equip its ocean grey
hounds with carrier pigeons. When an
outward-bou liner has been "a hours
on its way from New York pigeon
win be released. and flying ashore will
bring the news from on board. and then
when the vessel il within "a hours of
Hayre another pigeon win be released
e ~ ahead and announce its coming.
IN this way the liners will never be
n,orp than i've days beyond communi-
cation with land during the voyage.
and IN case Of accidents near shore the
pigeons viii be Of grest service.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-04-19
They Were Loud Enough.

Wheeler-Beveigcar never has bell on
his bicycle.
Scorcher--He doesn't need it. Just look
at his stockngs.--N. Y. Journal.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-04-19

Bishop Charles b. Galloway, who has
Just returned from New York, where
he has been attending meeting of the
trustees of the Slater fund for colored
education. saws in the distribution made
by the trustees $1,000 of the fund was
given to the Tougaloo University.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-04-19

TIHKHaH at ner home IN Lynn, r----
Mass. ard will tell her symptoms. Nnn
The reply. made without charge of ~OAl
any kind, will bear such evidence nz-H
of knowledge of the trouble that "EA
belief in her advice at once inspires ~ssE
hope. ~Vn
This of itself is great help. L
Then tho knowledge that women only see Il
for advice and women only assist Mrs. Pink
makes it easy to be explicit about the little Il
the disease.
MRS. ELIZA THOMAS. of 634 Pine ST.. Eas
dear MRS. PINKHAM-I doctored with
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-04-19

doctors in the city for two
years and had no relief until !
began the use of your remedies.
My trouble was liberation OF
1 the womb. ! suffered
something terrible. could
not sleep nights and
thought sometimes that
death would be such a
relief. To-day lam well
wornans able to do my
own work. and have not
apain. / used four bottles
of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and
three packages of Sana-
tive Wash and cannot
thank You enough for the
good it did me.
MRS. NJ. SToDDARD,
Box z68. Springfield. Mimi.
writes:
n-.x EoR
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-04-19
ylcksburg Eiectric Railway.

The opening of the vicksburg Elec-
trio Street railway will take place on
April gath, and the ceremonies ON that
day will be quite elaborate.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-04-19
Ordered to Samoa

Sydney, n. S. W., April 13.-The Brit
ish cruiser Wallaroo and the British
gunboat Goldfinch have been ordered tc
proceed to Samoa.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-04-19

Notoriety is cheap to get, but dear to
keep.-Rams Horn.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-04-19

When a man builds large and costly
house, he should plan it with view e
its fitness for boarding house, for that u
to.-Atchison Globe,
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-08-25
Fight About Sabbath.

A peculiar fight as to which is the
proper day to be observed as the
Sabbath, is on at Lake Ariel between
the Seventh Day Adventists and
those whose opinions differ.
S. B. Fields is a prosperous farmer
of Ariel and a Seventh Day Adven-
tist. In keeping with his teaching
he regularly observes the seventh
day of the week as Sabbath. Last
week he was arrested charged, by
David Edwards, with having per-
formed manual labor on day COM
monty known as Sunday. The
charge states that on July 31st, Mr.
Fields was engaged in raking, bind
ing and hauling oats into his barn.
Mr.. Fields does not deny the charge
but claims that under the constitu
ton of the United States he is per-
mited to worship God as he pleases.
He also claims that he follows the
Mosaic law contained in the ten
commandments
Mr.. Fields was fined 81 and the
cost which he paid. He has now
appealed the case TO the county
courts which will be called upon to
decide which day is the proper one
to be observed as the Sabbath.
In different parts of Sullivan Co
where Seventh Day Adventist
preachers have accidentally swoop
ed down on the farmers, severa
families can be found who observe
Saturday as the Sabbath and seen
to enjoy the change. Why they
make the change in their day Of
worship is question for the Sew
enth Day believers to answer aftei
having observed and hullowed Sun
day as the Lords day since infancy
these poor, weak-minded, easily per
suaded victims now cut hay, ho'
potatoes and go about their farms
working at anything their hands
find to do.
1t probably makes little difference
what day of the week is observed a
the Sabbath so long as one is OBJ
served, but when the greater par
of a village looks forward to Sun
day as the proper day for worship
it is a mistaken idea for some few
to change the day thinking they ar
doing the right thing.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-08-25
Real Estate Transfers.

William L. Boyd to James E.
Boyd, dated August 18th, Lots 1886,
337, Broad Street, Milford Boro.
Consideration 81.
James E. Boyd to Jennie Boyd,
dated Aug. 1S. Same lots. Con-
sideration 81.
Solomon S. Speers and wife to
Edward L. Schlager, dated Aug.
18th. 2s acres, Lackawaxen. Con-
sideration $500.
Charles, Marvin and wife to Mil
ford, Matamoras and New York r.
r., dated May 21, 1898, right of
way. Consideration 5000.
Caroline Westbrook et al. to M.
M. & N. Y. r. R., dated May 23,
1898, right of way, Westfall town
ship. Confederation $500.
]. H. Van Etten, trustee to Jos.
P. Manly, dated June 6. fs3 acres,
Palmyra. Consideration $1070.
Edgar A. Wells and wife to Chas
G.. Cortright, dated August 19, one
tenth of 40 acres, Sbohola. Con-
sideration $12.
Rosencrance C. Bull to NJ. NJ. q
N. Y. R. r., dated June 1. 1898,
right of way, Milford township.
Consideration $3.50.
Mary A. Armstrong and husband
to M, NJ. & N. Y. R. r., dated June
IA, right of way
Charles Meyer and wife to M, M.
& N. Y. r. r., dated August 16.
Annie B. Wood and Oliver D.
Wood to Frank Lewis, dated Au-
gust 21.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-08-25
INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS.

A dance was given at the Home
sted Saturday evening which furn-
ished great enjoyment to the guests
and a number of invited young peo-
pie from the town.
The Rev. Charles NJ Perkins
Rural Dean of Burlington N. j. is
expected to preach at the Church of
the Good Shepard on next Sunday
morning-service at half past ten.
George Cole, of Montague, N. j.,
is about to begin the erection of a
stone house on the site of the one
recently destroyed by fire. The
building will be the same size as
the other and when completed will
be a substantial, roomy house, and
an ornament to any community.
The Depues of Lehman will do the
mason work which is a guarantee
that it will be a solid structure.
Thursday evening August II a
very lively and entertaining cake
walk was INDUCED in by Homestead
guests. Those especially prominent
were Miss. Taylor, who impersona-
ted Topsy in capital style, followed
first by Mr.. Jennings and Miss
Treadway second Mr.. Townsend ant
Miss Ferris, third Miss Smalley ant
Mrs. Vail, fourth Mr.. Ferris anC
Miss johnson, fifth Miss Moore anC
Miss Simpson, sixth Mr.. Fields anC
Miss Franklin and seventh Mis-
Drake and Miss Helen Treadway
And thus they whiled the happy
hours away.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-08-25
A Montague Lawsuit.

(From Our Montague Correspondent
Before his honor, Sanford Near
pass, Esq, an action was tried
Monday afternoon brought by
Christian E. Gebhardt against James
j. Black for work done.
Blacks counsel was Warren Vsn
Sickle, of Layton. Gebhardt was
in the hands of his father. Godfrey
Gebhardt, of Dingman township.
The jurors were, Messrs. Gabriel
Crone, Grant Cole, Burson Bell,
JOS Hornbeck Randle Sayee and
Martin Cole.
Black brought in a claim for
1896 which Gebhardt admitted.
while through an oversight Geb-
hardt failed to prove his own claim
of S13.15, so the jury brought in a
verdict of $50 much to the aston
ishment of the large number of
spectators. But the end is not yet.
F.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-08-25
COST OF STREET LIGHTING.


Correcting Last Week, Statement.
In the issue of this 4Ser of last
week we were led into certain inac
curacies of statement as to the cost
of street lighting and the compari-
son of the relative cost of the light
ing of the streets of this Borough
with the town of New Milford,
Connecticut, which we desire to
correct, as follows:
The statement, that ''if New Mil
ford) pays, assuming it takes the
same number of lights, 40, $720. for
an all night or ten hour light, we
pay $640. only $50. less and have
light only until midnight, or at the
rate of rs cents for 5 hours; they
pay $3.50. or $3.50. less that we pay
for about that service" is incorrect,
and the further statement, that
our down east namesake pays half
the rate we pay" is also incorrect,
for the reason that we are now in
formed that the streets of the town
of New Milford are not lighted at
all by acetylene gas, but with cleo
tricity, and the costs of lighting
said streets, the lepgth of same be-
ng about miles, is .Sl512.O0 from
18 arc light burners at $S4. each
per annum, and these lights are put
out at ~ o'clock midnight, and on
moonlight nights or so-called moon
light nights, are not lighted at all.
Not wishing to do any injustice
to the members of the Town Coun-
Gil of Milford, who made the con-
tract with the Gas Company of this
place for seven years lighting of
our streets, or any one, we cheer
fully make the above correction.
(The above corrections are
wholly based on information re-
ceived from a member of the Mil
ford Gas Company. EDITOR PREss)
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-08-25
1.-THE Press and the G. A. R.

Philadelphia has always been
Grand Army town and the APP
preaching annual meeting of the
Grand Army promises to outdo any
recent gathering in number, in en-
tbusiasm and in full, patient and
costly preparation fer the welcome,
the comfort and the convenience of
the city's guests.
Each step in pnblic preparation
and pageant will be chronicled in
1.-THE Press" Committee meetings
plans, programmes, reunions, form
al and informal gatherings, stated
meetings and special assemblages
will all have a space, attention, de.
tail and accuracy equaled by no
other paper. As always on these
special occasions, 1.-The Press" will
give all the views in the best way
and in the fullest manner.
But much remains. Personal re-
unions between man and man are
not less important than public. In
dividual meetings count for as much
as the great throngs which will
march in procession and gather in
the Academy. Many a man will
come to this great assemblage of
his comrades thirty-four years ago
anxious first and chiefly to meet
some one comrade unseen for a gen.
Grafton.
1.-THE Press" proposes according
ly to throw its columns open in aid
of every such man. From now un-
til the end of the Grand Army En-
campment "The Press" will print
free of charge all personal requests
and announcements by any COM
rade directly relating to any other
comrade, or lost equipment, army
service, etc. Beside printing all the
news of the Encampment 1.-THE
Press" desires, in order to make ii
successful, to open its columns freely
to all such announcements by Indi.
vidual comrades which will aid in
enabling them to meet each other,
to find each other, aud to enjoy tc
the utmost this great gathering, tc
so many comrades their last assem-.
bly, before taps are beaten. We take
a sincere pleasure, from now on, il
offering our columns to each indi
vidual Grand Army man for the OBJ
ject and purpose indicated.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-08-25
State Firemen's Convention.

Each fire department has received
or will receive a circular issued by
Secretary Tannler showing what
has been done in the way of ar
rangements for the State Firemens'
Convention which will meet at
Scranton, on October 2, 8, A. and
6. The parade will be held on
Thursday, the 5th.
The delegates will be received on
Monday the End. The convention
will open on the 3rd in the Court
House in that city. In the parade
prizes will be offered for-the larg-
est uniformed company, tine best
uniformed one, and for the best ap-
paratus. On the closing day the
tournament will be held.-Scranton
Truth.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-08-25
Many Merry Maidens.

All the world loves a beautiful girl.
The opportunity will be afforded du-
ring the National Export Exposition
for the public to feast it's eyes on
Congress of real American beauties.
a representive from each state and
Territory in the person of its lovliest
daughter, all to be assembled in a
great Beauty Show. The proposition
also extends TO representative from
Cuba, Porto Rico, the Islands of
Hawaii and each of the principal
Philippine group. The foreign rep
resentatives to have an established
reputation for beauty in their re-
speculative countries. This will af-
ford an excellent opportunity for
comparing our native beauties with
those of our new Possessions.
Though different countries may as
sumo different standards of beauty,
comeliness of person among women
is common to all countries and may
even be termed international since
so many beautiful American girls
have taken foreign husbands. Ger
tain it is that femme beauty is the
product of every land that will cause
men to work harder, risk more and
go farther than anything else unless
per chance it is to follow the dream
and glitter of gold and even then in
most instances it is for the sake of
the girl he left behind him.
There can be no doubt about the
attention the beauty show will at
tract.