The leader., 1900-03-21
B. T. HOBBS, Editor and Proprietor.
J. A. SCARBOROUGH, Field Editor.
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Kruger says that the Beers will
fight to the last ditch.
Yellow fever is prevailing to an
alarming extent in Havana.
Nine inches of snow and sleet cover
ed the streets of New York on the 18th
inst
Eugene Debs will be the presiden-
tial candidate of the Social Demo
cratic party.
Bricklayers of San Antonio, who
have been receiving $500 for a days
work of eight hours, have struck for
$3.50.
Our tenderest sympathies go out to
our honored friend, Congressman
Frank McLain, in the loss of his esti-
mable wife.
c. l.. Finley, ex-Secretary of State
of Kentucky, is charged with being one
of the accessories to the murder of
Gov. Goebel
Some ribs, skeleton and red head
were found in an unfrequented part
of town-it was a red silk parasol from
last summer
DR.. P. S. Henson, the brilliant
preacher and eloquent platform ora
tor, lectured on fools" at Vicksburg
Monday night.
Many tribes of people from strange
lands have assembled at Paris. Work
on the grounds is not yet complete for
the Exposition.
New Orleans claims to have more
handsome men than any other city in
the country. Brookhaven claims the
handsome women.
Miss Andrews. of Enterprise, has an
orange tree, grown from a seed, that is
five years old and this year produced
go oranges. The tree is five feet tall
Rev. Chas. NJ. Sheldon defines "news"
as anything in the way of current
events that the public ought to know
for its moral and spiritual develop
ment."
Col. Songer, of the U. S. army, and his
wife were taken to the side of Queen
Victorias carriage and presented, dur
ing the recent inspection of the Gre
nader Guards.
The Prince and the Princess of Wales
dined at a poor mans restaurant, pay
ing ten cents each for the dinner serv-
ed. They afterward received an ova-
ton from the working people.
Rev. F. M. Anderson, State evange-
list of the Christian Church of Vir-
ginia, was knocked off a bridge and
killed by "a vestibule train near Bristol,
Tenn. He was 30 years of age.
Southland College, large school for
negroes, burned down at Helena, Ark.
Experience and philosophy will teach
the race that if they possess and OBJ
tain, they must lose and endure like
white folks"
Lewis Alderman, Goshen, Ind, says,
"DeWitts Little Early Risers always
bring certain relief, cure my headache
and never GRIPPE" They gently cleanse
and invigorate the bowels and liver.
c. e. Grafton.
A projected Chicago New York
lair line" will make the run in Is hours.
1t will be straight run from Gotham
to the Windy City and 300 miles shorter
than any other route between the At
lantic seaboard and Chicago.
Hon. Don M. Gallery, senior U. S. |
Senator from Louisiana, has joined
the Republican party. When a man
votes and acts as Senator Gallery has |
done on leading party issues, that is
the only decent thing left for him to
do.
Mrs. Florence Beasley, ex-postmis-
tress at Spire, l. T., has been sentenced
to ninety days in Jail for embezzle-
ment. Her father, j. w. Smith, was
convicted the same day of the same
crime while agent of the Kansas City,
Pittsburg& Gulf Railroad.
George Smith, native of Scotland, |
once the foremost banker of the entire |
Northwest of the United States, died
short time ago in London. The value
of his estate was placed at s25,0OO,OOO
by the English government last week
and tax placed upon it of s4,OOO,OOO.
The following lenten prayer may be
used for all seasons: May our souls
be lamps of Thine, kindled and illumi-
mated by Thee. May they shine and
burn with the truth, and never go out
in darkness and ashes. May the gloom
of sin be cleared away, aud the light of
perpetual faith abide within us"
The Clarksdale Challenge says that
"Yazoo City is to be congratulated
upon having as a resident woman
whose public spirit and liberality re-
Gently manifested itself in the gift of
$4,000 for the public library building,
the city to donate the lot. This woman
is Mrs. Fannie j. Kicks, widow of Gen
b. S. Kicks"
About 1900 New York cigar makers
are on strike for higher wages. The
spirit of unrest and disquiet among ar
tisans, of whatever name seems ex-
panding day by day. They, evidently,
do not heed the Biblical injunction,
BE content with such things as We
have" This might also be applied to
their employers.
The new fee bill of the secretary of
States Office is revenue producer.
Heretofore the uniform charter fee
has been g. The new law makes the
fees from so to $3.50 for recording