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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-06-21
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URETHRAL
Structure

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Without sIIV, pain or Injury
Proof indisputaole'
,,JC Address those VINO
WE nave impaired them-
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ssnee. and solitary habits;
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business S,sH, study or mar
rage.
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70 YOUNG AND
MIDDLE AGED
MEN.
a SURE GU 2

~ awful effects OF early
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rs IT'S" dreadful u.s. perh'a-
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The leader., 1899-10-04
The Power to Pardon.


ITO forgive-to remit the penalty
are the brief but ample definitions of
pardon. 1t is one of the highest pre-
negatives of Jehovah, and the most
solemn and responsible function that
can be entrusted to and exercised by
any earthly ruler. Under all the con-
stitut:ons of Mississippi the governor
has been invested with the pardoning
power, and it is very seldom that com
plant has been made of its too full or
improper use. remember that when
Gov. Neville was sharply criticised
by the press for a certain pardon that
he granted, he referred to it in his mes
sage to the legislature. and he asked
Would You have me inScribe upon the
prison door, Mercy never enters here. "
This writer. during the last four
years, has witnessed some pathetic
scenes in connection with the exercise
of the pardoning power His desk is
across the hallway from the governors
Office, and in pleasant weather the two
| Offices are as one. lie sees the seekers
for executive clemency and hears their
pleadings. and observes the governor
as he listens while going through the
petition or examining the records.
On Saturday morning, September %.
plainly dressed woman entered the
governors office. She had some docu-
ments in her hand. After being seated
she presented them to the governor. 1t
was numerously signed petition for
the pardon of her husband, NJ. NJ. No
Ian, who had been sentenced from
MON county for five years for sending
an Internal machnefrom Holly Springs
to New Albany, which exploded in the
depot at New Albany, and by which
several persons were injured. While
the evidence against him was circum-
stantal, it was sufficient to connect
him very closely with the crime. An
appeal to the supreme court resulted in
atlirmance of sentence, and Nolan, by
permission of Judge Stephens, came
direct to the penitentiary without
guard or escort of any kind This is
perhaps the only instance in the his
lOIN Ol lHe prison. w mere Tue 0Ldlt HIS
been saved the expense of sending for
convict.
After several hours study of the case
Governor McLaurin was heard to say,
Madam, | will pardon your husband.
John, prepare "a pardon for Nolan. "
(And Mr.. Conan would rather issue
| document of that kind, under such cir
! cumstances, than carry every county in
his district in a primary election for
railroad commissioner Until this an
nouncement Mrs. Nolan kept quite
composed. Then sobs and tears ex-
pressed her joy. Here husband was at
Oakley farm. 1t was arranged to have
him sent to the prison walls, where he
was attired in citizens clothes, and he
met his wife free man.
The leader., 1899-10-04

most useless mutilation. which the pa
tient is sure to regret deeply because of
the injury to personal appearance and
the Interference with digestion, and
for which their professional adviser is
certain to be severely censured. This
mistake might be more common, but it
is common enough, as is evidenced by
the statement of "A prominent surgeon
that he has been consulted during the
past two years by no less than six pa
tients, who had had the teeth in both
jaws uselessly extracted for tic doulour-
euX. The medical treatment of this
suits. it is true; nevertheless, it should
be given thorough trial, and if perse-
vered in will sometimes give permanent
The leader., 1899-10-04

farmers, agriculturists and miners
There are no police, no soldiers and
(happy landD there are no taxes to pay.
In 1916 this little corner of Europe
was declared by the powers to be ''neu-
trail ground" and it has maintained it's
independence ever since. There is a
burgomaster and a council of elders of
the village community. They admin
lister such law as is found necessary, but
are not overworked in this respect, as
crime is practically unknown. The
country is picturesque, and for such a
snall domain, fairly varied in its seen
cry. The land is split up into little in
dividual allotments in the manner so
familiar to travellers on the continent.
The prosperity of the inhabitants de-
The leader., 1899-10-04
Mrs. Longino.

The Columbus Dispatch is credited
with the following very readable para
graph:
Mrs. LOngino was Miss Marion Buckley
one of the first young ladies to throw off
the chains of false public sentiment and
take her position as a breadwinner, when
her services were needed to assist in main
tanning widowed mother and young
brothers and sisters Miss Buckleys father
was State deputy auditor and when death
came to him, carrying in its wake financial
embarrassment to his family, she promptly
assumed a bookkeepers place in the office
and won the encomiums and plaudits of the
State by the modest and skillful manner in
which her duties were discharged Legis-
lative committees biennially examined her
work and praised it for six or eight years
Everybody admired and many loved the
noble young woman, but Judge Longino, a
self-made man of sterling qualities, then
State senator from southern district,
claimed her hand as he had long possessed
her heart. With ambition, manly worth
and such helpmate the successive honors
of United States attorneyship, the ermine
VI "a anu
ton, which in Mississippi is equivalent to
election, have come to Longino. His wife
will grace the mansion as only such a
woman could, and those other States who
read this story and admire true nobility of
character will join the people of Mississippi
in wishing that her high honors may bring
with them new joys and ever increasing
happiness.
The leader., 1899-10-04
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
NOTES OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS.
By J. L. POWER.
sAaA.AA.a a.a.A.eASAS&.Sa.&T
Casualties In Featherstone's Brigade.
BRonKLyN, n v, July |, 1870.

Casualties In Feat herstone's Brigade.
BRooKLyN, n. v, July l, 1879.
Col. J. l.. Power:
DEAR SIR understand that you
have been an industrious collector OF
data concerning the troops from Missis-
sippi in the war between the States,
and take the liberty of forwarding
the enclosed slip containing the losses
of Featherstoue's brigade in the battle
of Sharpsburg. have long had it in
my possession. with other data, relat-
ing to the troops from Louisiana, with
whom had the honor to serve in that
war. 1t was originally published in
the New Orleans Picavune. You may
already be in possession of the same
details. but nevertheless you are more
properly the custodian of them and |
transfer them with pleasure, and re-
main, Your old comradc in arms,
JONI J. RIVERA. MD.
Report of the Killed, wounded and missing In
Brig. Gen Featherstone's. the sixth Mississippi
Brigade, consisting Of the Second Mississippi
Battalion and the Twelfth, Sixteenth and Nine
teenth Mississippi Regiments:
Second Mississippi Battalion, Major w. S.
Wilson commanding-W Ounted-MdjOr Wilson,
seriously In the arm and breast.
Company Acknowledgement. Sutton, in the
eye.
Company Il. Captain McAfee commanding
Wounded-Caplaln McAfee, slightly IN the face
Private Parkinson, slightly in the face; missing,
Private Bell.
Company -wounded-Sergt Preston in the
priv In
Smithson, in the arm; Henry. jaw fractured; W
B. Williams, slightly in the leg Woodward, in
both thighs.
Company D-Kflled-Private Terry; wounded
Lieut. Davis, In arm and chest; Private Long,
in shoulder.
Company Wounded-Priyates ". Brown,
severely IN both hips, Rufinock.
Company -Wounded-COrpl. ROgiles in the
hand.
Company G-Capt. Manlove. in the forehead !,
Lieut. Floyd, seriously; Sergt. Flanagan, in
the face; Privates Eagin, in the face; Enderly,
shorny. Mclaughlin.
Company H-Corpl Gibson, head; Privates c.
Young foot; G.. Y. Clark. severely ami left On
the field.
Company -Wounded-Capt. Martin. severely
and left on the field; Privates McCune, face ;
McGushan, abdomen.
Mlsslng-Pryates StafIin. Fisher Hogan and
Finnegan.
Company K-kHled-Corporal Shirley, PrI-
Yates Parks, Tucker and Works.
Wounded-C Capt Fields in the arm Privates
Coker, i'll the hand; Franklin, Harper, j. Z.
Moore, Z. Wright, W. +. Wright.
Company Nv ounded-Lieut. Derquercon, in
the face; Lieut.. Bell, severely; SerIt hip,
severely Sergt. Starting; Priyates Belts, ROt-
Inns, Sykes, White and Perry.
MisSng-Priyate Randel.
The leader., 1899-10-04
EXTRACTION IN NEURALGIA
Removing the Teeth Affords No Re
lief and Is Sin. Says
This Authority.

The extraction of teeth for tri.
facial neuralgia is a sin for which both
dentist and physician are responsible
and in about the same degree-the
physician for sending the patient Il
the dentist. and the dentist for extract
ing the teeth in such conditions, says
the Philadelphia Medical journal
Members of both professions should
have sufficient common sense, if net
professional education. to recognize the
fact that the extraction of sound teeth
not only gives no relief, but that it is a
The leader., 1899-10-04
QUEER BIT OF EUROPE.
A Small Community Where There
Are No Rulers, soldiers
Nor Taxes.

About five miles southwest of Aix-la
Chapelle, that well-known junction
where so many summer tourists jump
IN and out of trains. there is a tiny lit
tie village community called Altenberg,
or Nielle Montague, says the London
Daily Mail.
This little strip of few hundred
acres owes allegiance to no king. kaiser
or president. 1t is an autonomous re-
public, smaller than Andorra or the
principality of Monaco. Its population
is nearly 1900, and they are mostly
The leader., 1899-10-04

An alert patrol of the coasts and an
intelligent blockade of Philippine
ports by Rear-AdmiraI Watson will
prove an important factor in bringing
the Filipinos to terms. Not only will
such a course force them to face our
army in the open, but it will also
greatly lessen the chances of receiv-
ing struggled arms and ammunition
with which to prolong their resistance
to American authority.
The leader., 1899-10-04

Every twenty-five or fifty miles, as
Liuet. Peary pushes northward towards
the pole, he will establish stations full
ly provisioned. AS the front line OF
march is advanced, supplies will be
carried forward. If Peary and his
band can endure the intense cold and
survive the exposure, they are likely
to reach their goal in the three more
years he has appointed to the ac-
complishment of the work.
The leader., 1899-10-04

CASUALTIES IN THE NINETEENTH MIssIs-
sIPPI REGIMENT.
Adiutaut Allen, wounded in the arm.
Capt Hardin, wounded in the groin slightly.
Company A-Kuled-Sergt. II. Andrew, J.
Thompson.
wounded-Lieut. J. +. Perry, in foot; CorpI.
jackson, hand; Private Hughes, thigh; VIM.
Heron, thigh; J. l.. Mutt. hand.
Company -Woundet-Sergt G.. W. Afford !;
Priyates 7. NJ. LAYERS, leg; A. NJ Arnold.
Company C-Wounded-rim Foley, thigh; Il.
Corner, arm.
Missing. Dempsey.
Company D-Wounded-Lieut Schwing, head
Priyates +. Ruble, chest; }. Shaw, thigh A. b.
Sims, leg; w. Robson, hip.
Company Wounde1-R. A. Bigger, chest
Sergt W. ;. Thrickled; Private WEIGH, leg
COrpl. Mullins, hand.
Company F-killed-T. Parker; w. A. Hill.
Wounded-Sergt. Waller shoulder; J. &. Cow
yer. leg
Company G-Wounied- +. Cooper; J. W.
Halcuui, head, mortally; J. q. Dickinson, chest.
Company -Wounded-Sergt. Ayres, arm;
Sergt. Watts, chest; Sergt. King face.
Company -WOunded-Priyates j. A. Nc
Cluskey, face ID. Duny, arm.
Company k-kiIled-Leyi Rogers A. NJ
Davis
Wounded Corpl. Harwel abdomen; Private
W. Agnie chest; f. l.. Little arm.
Missing. Saunders.
The leader., 1899-10-04

"The trusts exclaimed the excited in
dividudi, who. so to speak, was at the ora
toricaI bat, must be frozen OUT
The trust mIcrobe in the audience slapped
the typhoid fever mlcrobe OIL the back and
laughed derisively.
lie isn't up with the latest discoveries in
science, it said. He doesn't know that we
can stand e temperature OF 3l2 degrees be.
low zero. '-Chlcago Tribune.
The leader., 1899-10-04
Home Seekers Excursions Via big
Four Route"

To the North. West, Northwest, South
west, south and Southeast. Selling dates:
August 18th, September 9th and 18th; and
on October Sd and l7th, 1899, at one fare,
plus $500 to authorized points in the fol-
lowing states Alabama, Arizona, Arkan-
sas, British Columbia, Colorado, Florida,
Georgia, Iowa, Indian Territory. Idaho,
Kansas. Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan,
Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana,
Manitoba, New Mexico, Nebraska, North
Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Okla
homa, South Carolina. South Dakota, Texas,
Utah, Virginia Wisconsin, Wyoming,
Washington. For full information and par
ticuIars as to rates, routes, tickets, limits,
stop,over privileges, etc, call on Agents
Big -Four Route" or address the under
signed. W. p. DepPe. a. q. p. 4 I. Agt.,
Warren J. Lynch, Gen. Pass. & Tiki. Agt.,
ClncInnltl. ..
The leader., 1899-10-04
The Negro I'm the Delta.

Isaiah I. Montgomery, of Bolivar
county, was one of the principal speak
ers at the Afro-American Council in
Chicago recently. He was the only
colored member of the Mississippi Con-
stitutional Convention of 1890. Here is
an interesting extract from his address,:
When Mrs. b. K. Bruce was reading her
able paper on 1.-THE Industrial Activity of
the Race" day or two ago, my mind was
very forcibly directed to the vast possible
ties and opportunities open to our people in
various parts of the South, and especially
in the section where l reside. There they
own fully 10000 acres of land, fertile, in
exhaustable and naturally favored with a
| climate of a wide range of productions and
within a radius of fifteen or twenty miles
the race owns doubly the quantity men
toned. l think it would be a safe estimate
to fix their holdings in the single county of
Bolivar at $4,000 acres. This is probably
the favored county, but they are large
holders in each of the other seven counties
comprising the great Yazoo Delta of Missis-
sippi These lands have been cleared and
opened up within the last five or ten years,
and numbers of our people are continually
following the good example of those who
The leader., 1899-10-04

After all that has been said of Amer
lean fondness for pies, the new pie
trust, incorporated in New Jersey, is
capitalized at only 100000, though it
controls 10 out of 81 pie-baking estab-
ishments in New York. The city is
said to consume 100000 bakery pies a
day
The leader., 1899-10-04

In every walk of life work is a power
full antidote for low spirits. The busy
have no time to be sad. The saving
Labor is prayer" is never truer than
when applied to the grief-strieken: and
to those whose woes are more fanc;ad
than real, but none the less productive
of discomfort on that account, toll will
afford speedier and surer relief than
any other remedy ever devised by man.
Try hard work then, bodily or mental
or both, as the best cure for a fit of the
blues"
The leader., 1899-10-04

Cromwell, the psalm-singing general
of that remarkable English army
which shook the English throne to its
foundations-the lord protector of En-
gland at a very astonishing period in
English history, was largely such a
man as Dom Paul Kruger in conviction
and temperament. Stonewall Jackson,
Lees fighting right arm in the confed-
eracy, the BLUE Light Elder" who al
ways prayed before battle, was of .he
same strain. Such men are hard to
whip
The leader., 1899-10-04

Chicago has tried to substitute male
for female help for kitchen and house
cleaning service, but has given up in
despair, and the demand for female do
mestics has been renewed with una
bated vigor. In that city there are va
cancies for 5000 household servant
girls. An equal dearth is reported
from New York and other large CEN
tors 0f poDulat ion
The leader., 1899-10-04

Bishop Galloway had tough time in
getting to Atlanta from jackson. When
he reached the Alabama line he and
several persons from New Orleans were
not only detained by quarantine
guards, but were subjected to irritating
discourtesies and hardships. But the
Bishop reached Atlanta ON schedule
time, and at big meeting of all the
Metkodists in that city, he and Bishop
Gambler raised SIG, 900 for the Methodist
centennial education fund.
The leader., 1899-10-04

Newspaper writers who have been
making all sorts of assertions in re.
gard TO the position of Rear-Admiral
Howison and his flagship of the South
Atlantic squadron. in the naval parade
1t New York, and, incidentally. max.
ing numerous biunders, have simply
displayes their ignorance of naval
etiquette, which is memorable. and
never gives way to mere sentiment.
Admiral HoNison knew his place, and
occupied il in the naval parade just as
every naval officer-or jackie, for that
natter-knew he would, and all per-
tnrbarion of the Gotham scribes
oosldn't have made IL any different
The leader., 1899-10-04

Some of the Spanish records of a
century ago or earlier give some hint
that there are gold deposits in the
Philippines. The country's good for
tune in acquiring gold territory here
tofore without knowing it at the time
will undoubtedly cause rush of pros
pectors to Luzon and the other islands
after the rebellion ends.
The leader., 1899-10-04

The recent destruction of the little
gunboat Urdaneta will prove the neces-
sity of greater vigilance in land opera
tons by the navy. AS the army. how
ever, will do the land fighting when
the campaign begins such accidents
as have just happened are not likely
to occur apain
The leader., 1899-10-04

Gen. Shafter has been jolting over
the streets of San Francisco in an old
blackboard, and has intimated to the
war department that if anything is
coming to him he wants it in the shape
OF an easy-riding coach instead of a
yift sword
The leader., 1899-10-04

The new Kearsarge, in her speed
trial, gave evidence that she would be
a formidable rival of the famous Ore
gon. Her average speed for four con-
secutive hours was 16.S45 knots, and
that under economic conditions. She
will be valuable acquisition.
The leader., 1899-10-04

The American people rise as one
man, laying aside all party differences,
to do honor to Admiral Dewey, the
man of wonderful foresight, of capaci-
ty in execution, of absolute intrepidity
and, as was proved after the battle of
Manila bay, of rare diplomatic wis
dom. There is nothing superficial in
Dewey's hold upon his countrymen.
His popularity rests upon love of the
flag and on lasting admiration for one
who defends and advances it with the
highest ability and the noblest cour-
The leader., 1899-10-04

The better class of japanese do not
live in the treaty ports of Japan, which
are frequented by the casual traveller.
Life in these towns is so different from
the real life of Japan that it is impossi-
BILE to get an idea of the country from
them
The leader., 1899-10-04

Those who go to Alaska expecting
to be rescued late in the season by
government relief expeditions should
bear in mind that this is not an es-
tablished branch of public business,
and not likely to be kept up indef-
pitely
The leader., 1899-10-04

Holders of Cuban bonds may be
grieved over Spain's reputation of the
debt, but they have no reason to be
surprised. The national integrity of
spain has never made any provisions
for a paymaster.
The leader., 1899-10-04

The Vanderbilt who married against
his parents wishes has been cut off
with s1o,oOo,ooo. Perhaps the incident
might answer as a definition of po-
etic justice. However, he'll be able to
stave off the poornouse for year or
SO.
The leader., 1899-10-04
He Would Do.

Honest Dealer-'E's good 'oss. But
l must tell yer e as one fault-'e's a
little given ter runnin' away with yer.
Client-If that's all, he'll do splendid
ly. That last horse ! had of you was
given TO running away without me-
Punch.
The leader., 1899-10-04

81 would lay the world at your feet" he
exclaimed. But she looked at him icily and
returned:
Dolby. Unless the law of gravity has been
UNEXPECTEDLY repealed, the earth is there
already. Washington Star.