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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-01-11
Strategy of n Duck.

There is something very remarkable
In the almost reasoning powers exhib-
tied by birds in eluding pursuit or in
turning attention from their nests and
young, and the duck tribe Is notable in
this respect. Mr.. King, an arctic ex-
plorer, shot duck; fired again and, as
he thought, disabled its mate. Leaving
the dead bird. he waded into the water
after the drake. which, far from being
1uttered or alarmed, remained mo-
tionless. Still, as he neared 1t, II
glided easily away through innumer-
able little hooks and windings. Sever
oil times he reached out his hand, and
having at last managed to coop 1t up
in corner, from which there appeared
to be no escape, was bending down to
take it, when, to his utter astonish-
ment, it cried 'quack," and then flew
away so strongly that he was convinced
he had never hit it at all. The birds
object clearly was to draw the gunner
away from it's companion.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-01-11
Sen Gulla Are GINNING.

An example of the cunning of gulls
was observed at Tacoma, when several
alighted on a bunch of logs that had
been in the water for long time, with
the submerged sides thick with bar
nacles. One was big gray fellow, who
seemed to be the captain. He walked
to particular log, stood on one side of
II, close to the water, and then uttered
peculiar cries. The other gulls came
and perched on the same side of the
log, which. under their combined
weight, rolled over q few inches. The
gulls. step by step, kept the log rolling
until the barnacles showed above the
water. The birds picked eagerly at this
food, and the log was not abandoned
until every barnacle had been picked.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-01-11
HABrTUAL BoARDERs.
The Kind old Bachelor Grows very
Hitter In Dfscussfns Their Al
legged Shortcomings.

A dear old bachelor friend who comes
TO see us frequently broke forth the
other day in q TRADE against boarding
house women. Not the Iandladies, but
the guests. "of all the useless. mex
cusabie cumberers Of the ground said
he, "they are the worst. The landlady
is 10 be respected. She has a home and
an occupation In this world, but her
boarders have none. ! don't speak OF
single women or business womeD-tbey
have some excuse for boarding. though
/ think the wisest among them combine
to keep house tcgether-but the mar
ried women. Their husbands duty in
life is to earn money for the support
of a home, and the men do IL. The
wives duty Is to make the home, but
they shirk 1t. They spend their en-
ergies In dressing with as much ele-
gance as they can command. They
wear pretty breakfast sacks and put
on silk gowns for dinner.
"They dress their hair deliberately;
sometimes they dye II. Al the table
their idea Of rational conversation Is
TO find fault with the food. They are
adopts at quickly and quietly Selling
on celery, olives or any little delicacy
which may not quite go round. After
dinner they sit In rocking chairs, where
they can command a view Of the front
steps, or of who goes out and comes In
the hall. In the daytime, when they are
not fussing over their wardrobes, they
are haunting the shops and the bargain
sales or visiting round in one another's
rooms and abusing the landlady.
They 60 to all the matinees they can
and worship actors. Some of them
study elocution or china painting or
Delsarte or any other useless thing to
| All up their time. They have TO time
or energy for charitable work; they
have no money to take pew In church.
Besides, they generally don't believe In
church. They like TO go out Christmas
or Easter TO hear the music and find
fault with the poor, fallible human be-
ings who support such institutions
| Their favorite literature Is the society
columns of the paper. They can tel
all that the fine folk are doing is well
as II they were intimate friends. They
have themselves no circle of friends
only chance OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES TO
day and gone tomorrow, wanderer
from one boarding house to another
like themselves. They have no duties
no responsibilities They'd be afrait
TO take $50 fat and wear print wrap
per and do their own work, and max
homes for their husbands and children
Is there anything more wretched thai
children brought up In a boarding
house? Those Idiot women would no
be capable of it. Besides, they woul
! think themselves coming down in tn
world. They actually believe the kin
of life they lead to be superior. II the.
started out with normal allowance o
heart and brain, ten years Of boa rding
house life bankrupts them."-Chicag
Post.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-01-11
THE INCUBATOR BABY.

thrive industriously. She is the child
of Mr.. and Mrs. J. Ogden Armour, Of
Michigan avenue. When little Miss
Lolita came into the world she weighed
barely three pounds, and her doting
grandfather was told that by the
merest chance she might be saved by
an incubator. The dearest wish of p.
d. Armour's heart was for grand
daughter. The two lively boys of his
son Philip filled up one gap in his af-
fections, but left room for at least one
tiny daughter. But granddaughter
was one luxury that money could not
pay for. AS soon. then, as the much
hoped-for little stranger arrived a mes
senger was rushed post-haste for the
finest incubator that could be bought.
All dainty baby frocks and frills were
put aside, and the million aires grand
daughter, rolled in a bit of linen and
cotton, was laid in the new-fangled
life-saving cradle. For days the plucky
baby kept up desperate fight in the
tin box. No one watched it with more
interest than the grandfather. Final
", when the scales showed that the
baby was set for winner, the grand
father, considerable of fighter him
self, showed his admiration by settling
an even half million on the little miss
Chicago Letter.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-01-11

ton it can be accomplished with just
little more than half as many
In the former case, four little over
skirts are made separately and put on
the same band. In the latter a founda-
ton skirt of silk or imitation silk Is
made and the miniature skirts sewed
upon it, each overlapping the other
enough to hide the heading SO that a
separate effect is maintained. The skirt
has an abbreviated train and slightly
sweeps the ground all around. There
are no gathers nor plaits at the back
and the opening is made upon the side
to preserve an unbroken beauty of out
line. Any bodice can be worn with the
four-pieced skirt, and 1t is particularly
dressy with the novel new silk waists
that are so much the vogue.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-01-11
JOHNS SACRIFICE.
he Proved Himself = Greater Hero
Than HIS selfish Brother, Who
Fought I'm Cuba.

When the first call for troops reached
the village last spring John Black
struck his spade into the ground and
turned toward the house. I'll goi"
he said to himself.
But as he neared the farmhouse he
stopped. There was his old mother and
poor. crippled Jenny. How could he
leave them?
He had given up marriage for these
two; he had drudgsd all his life. But
here was great work to be done-a
chance really to live: or to die nobly.
The thought sent the hot blood rush
ing to his heart. He would go. He
could send his pay home to his mother
and Jenny.
But up the road just then came his
brother. His face was red. He was
painting. Cuba libre!" he shouted.
"I'm going to enlist, john"
ITO enlist? And Nancy and the chill
dren?"
81 told her to pack up and come to
you. You'll have to look after them. II
will be hard scratching for seven, /
know, but I'll never again have such a
chance to see something of life"
You've no right to shirk your duty
to your wife and children" said John,
sternly.
But Will only laughed.
Nancy and the four children came
home. without a penny. and John
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-01-11
SONGBIRDS FOR FOOD.
Thousands of Robins Shot Livery Fall
for the Morsel of Meat on Their
Tiny Breasts.

In November the robins in flocks OF
hundreds make their way into the gar
dens of towns, as well as into the parks
and fields and orchards bout the bay
of San Francisco, where many of the
blessed wanderers are shot for sport
and the morsel of meat on their
breasts. says John Muir in the Atlantic.
as he may. Not even genuine piety ca n
make the robin-killer quite respect
able. Saturdays are the great slaugh-
ter days in the bay region. Then the
city pot-hunters. good and bad, with a
ragtag of boys, go forth to kill. kept
in countenance by sprinkling of regu-
lar sportsmen arrayed in self-conscious
majesty and leggings, leading dogs and
carrying hammerless, breech-lo loading
guns of famous makers. Over the fine
landscapes the killing goes forward
with shameful enthusiasm. After es-
Gaping countless dangers, thousands
fall, big bagfuls are gathered, many
are left wounded to die slowly, no Red
Cross society to help them. Next day
Sunday, the blood and leggings vanish
from the most devout of the bird butch.
ers, and they go to church, carrying
gold-headed canes instead of guns
After hymns, prayers and sermon they
go home to feast, to put Gods song.
birds to use, put them In their dinners
instead of in their hearts, eat them
suck the pitiful little drumsticks. Itis
only race living on race, to be sure, but
Christians singing Divine love need not
be driven to such straits, while whea,
and apples grow, and the shops are full
of dead cattle. Songbirds for food
Compared with this, to make kindline
of our pianos and violins would IN
pious economy.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-01-11
The Wooden Naae.

If you had in your holiday gifts any
thing in the shape of a wooden vase
which you wish to use for holding
flowers or as water receptacle, try the
glycerine treatment upon It. Paint /,
outside and in with glycerine and let II
stand over night. Next day 1t Is ready
for use. You will find that you can use
"a for water without danger of shrink
age. 1t will never dry out nor leak
so young lady who fills her table with
bric-a-brac declares-and points out 9
number of wooden flower vases tc
prove her statement.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-01-11
Nuts as q Popular Food.

Nuts have often been considered. to
be very indigestible, but doubtless
much of this prejudice against them
comes from the fact that they are very
rarely properly masticated. They are
rich in nutritive elements, and we know
of no reason why they should not be a
healthful article of food If properly
prepared. They should be masticated
very thoroughly, and oftentimes If
they were baked and ground into a
meal they would be used to much
greater advantage. We believe that
they would be useful article of diet
II prepared in this way and judiciously
used with other lines Of diet.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-01-11

for runway, so the rabbits may travel
from floor to floor at will. A portion
of one end of the coop is divided off
as shelter, and access may be had
to it through rounded holes sawed in
the partition. The front of the COM
partment is provided with two doors
swung on hinges and padlocked, and
all across the face of the coop galvan-
lied wire netting with small square
meshes is drawn tight and held to the
edges of the box with galvanized sta
pies. Hung on hinges at the front of
the box a flap or awning is arranged
so It can be raised or lowered to act
as a sunshade or weather board. Its
position can be regulated by the stick
at one side, which is provided with a
long pin at one end that will fit into
screw eyes arranged along the side of
the box, as shown. An inclined board
with short sticks nailed across 1t at
regular distances of two inches apart
will afford the means of reaching the
second floor from the first.
Varnish the inside of the coop and
paint the outside for good finish, and
as result a most complete coop will
be had.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-01-11
FORCE OF HABIT.
ne was Used 60 Standing In STREE
Cars and ne Grabbed for
the straps.

II was at the Himbish- Mimmikin we'd
ding reception.
The crush was terrible.
People with tender feet uttered helf-sup-
pressed groans here and there, and weak
women would have tainted IL there had been
any hope that fainting would have done the
least good
Ever and anon Burbank would make a
frantic grab for something above his head,
and then looked disappointed.
Lambert watched him reach up half a
dozen times, and then edged his way
through the crowd to where his friend
was being jostled about.
just as he got there somebody gave a
lurch somewhere, and the people began
to sway about as they do in crowds whers
there are nervous or mischievous persons
who insist on pushing.
Burbank was almost carried of his feet,
and he made frantic effort to grasp tbs
invisible something that he bad previously
endeavored to find above his head,
"See here, old man." exclaimed Lambert
what are you trying to find up thsrer
Burbank gave a start, as II he had just
been aroused from a trance, looked sheep
ishly at his friend, and then replied:
fts force Of habit. This crowd makes me-
think, every little while, that I'm in street
| car, and, Involuntary, reach for the strap
whenever the people begin to lurch. =
Cleveland Leader
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-01-11
To Line . Cane,

Do not hesitate to line your cape
should the lining be frayed. You can
easily do 1t. The best pattern is the
cart wheel. Cut out circle as large
around as your cape; make hole for
the neck the size of the neck of the
cape.
Tack your lining invisibly down the
front and around the edge of the cape
You will find that 1t will exactly fall in
with the folds of the cape and will at
your shoulders perfectly, provided al.
ways that you have observed the proper
length. The exact pattern Of your
cape need not be preserved. for an ex
act circle Of soft silk will At any out.
side cape.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-01-11

wrassIe around. They tore up good
deal of grass, but not blow was
struck. AFTER a bit they let go and
begun BLOWN again and ii was quar-
ter of an hour befo' thar was any mo-
wrasslin'."
There was no fight in them" OBJ
served.
"Not a bit, sah," answered Zeb.
They was Jest blowhards. and If I'd
been able to walk out on 'em they
would hev run at the fust yell. When
they had kept 1t up fur an hour, and
hadn't even pulled h'ar, began 10 git
tired of 1t. So did the old woman. They
was tearin' up all the grass and break
in down the sunflowers, but wasn't do
in any fightin'. Bimeby the old wom-
On knocks the ashes out o. her pipe
and says:
".Zeb White. them critters bev got
lots O. wind, but no grit. They'll keep
this fussin' up all night. If sunthin'
amt done
"'But what kin you do? says l."
"'Lick 'em off with the broom
stick
~ reckon you kim
"She waited ten minits mo-, and then
she got the hickory broom and softly
opened the doah. The critters had quit
wrasslin' and gone to BLOWN agin. One
was on the stump and one on that
rock, and they was tellin' how they had
tumbled down mountings and drunk up
the waters of the Cumberland river,
when the ole woman got nigh 'nuff to
use the broomstick. She fetched each
one Of 'em a whack as hard as she
could draw, and with yell both start
ed on a run. She didn't foller 'em fur,
but I'll bet neither one stopped fur q
milei"
"And that ended II 2" raid.
"Yes. that was the end. except that
both of 'em stopped when about Is
miles away to say as how they had left
me dead in front of my cabin. and to
ak folks to attend my funeral and take
warning by my fate. Cantankerous-
ness used to be mighty plenty around
we're, but it's scarce these days. When
critter begins to jump on his hat and
tell about bitin' off treetops somebody
splits terbacker juice on his hat and
leads him of by the ear"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-01-11
AN INCUBATOR BABY.
Little One Thss Reared In Chicago
Now u a Handsome, Fat ana
Healthy Child.

Miss Lolita Armour, just two years
old. and the granddaughter OF Philip
ID. Armour. Is the sturdiest incubator
baby In the world. She is as pretty.
weighs as much and is as full OF life to-
day as babies which the sforks usher
into the world more propitiously.
Ever since the sly little mink.
tucked away in her incubator cradle.
heard the grandfather say that IL she
lived he would give her a half million
for her grit, she has done nothing but
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-01-11
DESIGN FOR NEW SKIRT.
only soft Materials Are Employed In
Its Development, and the Ef-
feet II Marvellous.

There Is ushered into fashions do
main this winter a very pretty skirt
which is divided into four parts-in
fact II is called the four-pieced skirt.
Henrietta, cashmere and lightweight
ladies' cloth are the accepted materials
for its development, for the heavier
fabrics make up clumsily and without
grace.
About six yards of material, double
width Of course, are required to make
the four-pieced skirt, II full directions
are carried out: but with little decep-
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-01-11

way TO almost break my heart. He told
everybody around that was hidin'
from him. and that he wouldn't go
home till he had made me holler, and
the old woman had all she could 90 to
keep me quiet. Every day fur five
days that varmint come over yere
from the Co'ners, and standin' out thar
by that stump he would jump up and
down on his hat and flop his arms and
yell:
ar the cryin' baby from Moth
Caroleeny, and hev toddled my way
over 81 miles of hard roads to look upon
the critter they calls Zeb White. When
gifts here, tears in my eyes and my
Feet all blisters, 1t is to find him hidin'
in the bresh. and though calls and
calls he will NOT appear
That was his talk" said Zeb-"that
and heap mo-, and ! believe I'd hev
dragged myself out and fit with my
teeth but fur the old woman. She held
me back, and talked soft and sweet,
and arter five days sunthin' happened.
That is, another cantenkerous critter
come along. He WINS from varginny,
and tin peddler had bin tellin' him
about me. When he reached the cabin
lie was dreffelly polite. He takes off his
NAT and bows and smiles and says TO
The old woman,
l don't consider to reckon that I'm
mistook in thinkin' Feb White lives
yerer
This is the place. she says.
And I'm powerful glad of II. I've
walked 10 miles to tear him up by the
roots and show him that he's no fighter.
MN see him right away. ma'am? I'm
not wantin' to press matters to your
INJURY but when I'm goin to puIverize
varmiut l like TO have 1t over with
ana on my mind as soon as possible
hes gone to town. but If you'll call
so-night he'll cripple you fur life In
sbout ten minits!'
You see how II was" explained the
oid man with a smile. .Jest the mint
mat critter began talkin' the old wom-
an could see the hand of Providence,
snd she was so tickled over II that she
eouidnt walt fur night to come. He
vent away to come back In the even
n and then she sent word to the
O'ner feller at the Co'ners that II he
you'd show up at eight o'clock he'd
.na me ready. II come on to rain at
rundown, and was putty dark night,
ou' bime-by the Moth Caroleepy crit
ur could be heard afar of. He come
A0ng yellin' and crowin' and telliu' u
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-01-11
BAG FOR STOCKINGS.
An Easily Made Article That Will
Save the Heusekeeper Much
Worry and Trouble.

A stocking bag is a useful thing for
the housewife who has to darn the hose
of her family. 1t is as easily made os
il is convenient.
Take yard of pretty cretonne. with
a small figure; three yards of satin ri b.
bon an inch wide, to match the Gre
tonne in color, a small piece of white
flannel, some stiff pasteboard and a
spool of silk. Cut four circular pieces
of the pasteboard. each one seven
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-01-11
FOR HIS PETS.
How q Boy Can Make a Coop for His
Rabbits.

A rabbit coop, similar to the one
shown in the illustration. is an easy
affair to make, and will afford comfort
able quarters for quite number of
rabbits. From boards with matched
edges box is made five feet long 30
inches wide and So inches high, with
the roof pitched at an angle.
The box is divided by floor, at the
hack edge of which an opening is made
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-01-11
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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-01-11

"In my younger days. said the pos
sum hunter of Tennessee one evening
as we sat smoking our pipes on the
door steps, ~ was known fur and wide
as a purity good man in scrimmage.
Nobody around yere cared to tackle me,
and when they sent fur man from
Moth Caroleeny had him on the run
In ten minits. l wasn't pickin' no
fuses, you understand, but jest goin'
along and mindin' my bizness. If any
body come along and wanted to fuss
with me he got hurt; If he didn't want
to fuss l had nnthin' to say. ! was
feelin' as If l could tear up rocks when
I got in the way of a fallin' tree one
day and was badly hurt. / hadn't bin
abed TO- days when along comes Teller
who says to the old woman:
"'Howdy, ma am, and does a critter
named Zeb White live around these
parts?'
HE lives right yere,' says the old
woman.
land ar he man as kin out-yell,
ut-jump and Outright airy other crit
ter as stands on legs in Tennessee?
"'He kin take keer O. hisself in purity
good SHAPED
THAT'S what I've heard and I've
travelled 81 miles TO make him holler
like young coon. II he amt about the
house please tell me whar' to find him.
want TO pulvcrize him right away an
start back fur home
THE old woman had to tell him
was hurt and couldn't lift hand" said
Zeb to me. but that only made him
all the wnss. lie purtended to think
II was only an excuse, and he jumped
on his hat. crowed like a rooster, and
Dragged and blutfed and blowed in a
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-01-11
AndH Wa Different.

eff you were not an heiress," he said as
a wind.up to his imprisoned appeSl-if you
hadn't hundreds OF thousands OF dollars,
while am poor, the case would be different.
You would know then that | loved you for
yourself alone" -.
Haven't you seen the evening papers?'
she calmly asked.
mo, darling"
Better get one. Ny bank has busted
and haven't got dollar. However, as you
love me for myself alone
"As / was saying, Miss French" he in
terrupted as he rose up, II called to see your
father about that coalysrd, and will tres
pass no further on your valuable time;
Thanks for your kindness-sood EVENING"
-ph;ladalphia press
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-01-11
A Double Crop of Apples.

On Long Island farm 10 an apple tree
which bore two crops of fruit the past year,
and the farmers are taking unusual interest
in this popularity Of nature. just as much
interest has been shown in Hostetter Stom
ach Bitters, which has the popularity of cur
ing dyspepsia, Indigestion, constipation and
blood disorders that other remedies fail K
benefit. In chronic cases it rarely fails, anC
it cures whenever a cure is possible.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-01-11

If the engagement lasts long enough, the
girl grows careless and makes her appear
ance before her steady in her kitchen
clothes, and with her hair uncombed. Then
Love, in the mans heart. folds it's tired
hands on it's breast and breathes it's last
Atchison Globe,
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-01-11

Mrs Adsley-My husband is very good to
me. He always accompanies me to church
on Sundays.
Mrs Darling-That's nothing. Ny hus-
band looks under the bed at my request
every night.-Chicago Evening News.