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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-23
WOMEN AND WAR.

By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
We women teach our little sons how wrong
And how ignobe blows are: school and church
Support our precepts. and inoculate
The growing minds with thoughts of love and
peace.
Let dogs delight to bark and bite we say;
But human beings with immortal souls
Must rise above the methods of a brute,
And walk with reason and with self-control.
And then-dear God you men. you wise, strong
men,
Our self announced sgperiors in brain,
Our peers in judgment, you 20 forth 10 war!
You leap at one another, mu,iidte
And Stare and XIII yoHr tellor mea, and ask
The u0rlds applause for such heroic dtcds.
You boast and strut and if no song is sung,
No laudatory epic writ in blood,
Telling how many widows you have made.
Why, then. perforce. you say our bards are dead
And inspiration sleeps to wake no more.
And we, the women, we whose lives you are
What can we do but sit in silent homes
And wait and suffer? Not for us the blare
OF trumpets and the bugle's call to arms
For us no waving banners, no supreme.
Triumphant hour of conquest. Ours the SLOW
Dead torture of uncertainty, each day
The bootless battle with the same despair,
And when at best your victories reach our ears,
There reaches with them to our plying hearts
The thought Of countless homes made desolate,
And other weepiHg for their dead.
men, wise men, superior beings, say,
Is there no substitute for war in this
Great age and era? If you answer No"
Then LEI us rear our children be W0lueS,
And teach them from their cradle ho1 to kill.
Why should we women waste our time and words
In talking peace rheR declare for uar]
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-23
HOT SHOT FOR THE DELIN-
oTrENT TAypAyERS

1t would be a curious thing, says
Hon. Edgar s. Wilson, of the Picayune
Bureau, If changing the distribution
of the school fund, as provided by the
Jones amendment to the constitution,
ratified at the polls last November, IL
the white counties of the State we're to
prove in the end losers by the change,
a result not improbable il the white
people of the white counties continue
to default for poll taxes. 1t is esti-
mated by those who ought to know
that in many of the white counties Of
the State there are as many white men
who have not paid as those who have
paid their poll taxes. The poll taxes
go to the public school fund. Hereto
fore men who have refused to pay
their poll taxes have come into the
primaries and voted solid under the
direction of the demagogue, being
marshaled and stimulated into action
by the blind tiger, and been able where
they we're not in the majority to hold
the balance of power and dictate the
nominations, which in Mississippi have
been tantamount to election. But the
taxpayers, patient and long suffering,
have become tired; they have sworn
that they will not longer tolerate the
naming of officials to make laws and
levy taxes by political vagabonds, as
they are pleased to call the poll tax
delinquents, and they propose, it is
said, to assert themselves in the future.
"The idea," said taxpayer,
"of allowing a man to vote in the pri-
mary. in defiance of law, who has not
paid his poll tax! He kills my vote,
and then must go to the polls and
validate there by my vote his illegal
nomination. / am tired of it, and nine
tenths of the taxpayers of the State
are also fatigued."
"The poll tax delinquent is at last up
against the grand jury. And grand
jurors are payers. In his charge to
the grand jury at this place Judge
Powell used the following language,
which must ring all over the State, and
every judge in it, now that the abuse
has become so fragrant, will doubtless
deliver similar charges:
1--WE have law for regulating pri-
mary elections, and | charge you that
ady man who is not a qualified voter,
who votes at such primary, is liable to
indictment. Under present political
conditions in Mississippi the primary
is practically the whole thing, and it is
shame that men who will not con
tribute dollar to the support of the
government should have, as they fire.
quently do, the naming of the officers
to administer the government"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-23
Cinnamon In Hawaii.

A Honolulu correspondent Of the Bos-
ton Transcript writes: John China
man Is an entirely different person in
Hawaii from what he is In California.
Those who know him only on the Pa
cific slope do not know him at all.
There he is a despised mental, outside
the pale of society, abused and toler-
ated because he can't be wholly got rid
of. In these favored isles he Is man
among men, the faithful and trusted
servant and often occupies important
places in public affairs. He is welcom-
ed to any society for which he has fit
ted himself. And so we'll has he i'm
proved the exceptional opportunities
that have come to him in Hawaii that
he is sometimes able to grace the most
select social functions. Last week at
tended reception at Oahu college, CIV
en- to the new president and his wife.
There, among the elite Of the city,
saw Chinese and japanese men and
women, some in their national cos
tunes"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-23
Escaped the GaIIOws,

A year ago Judge Montgomery Of
West Virginia sentenced Lud Madison,
colored, to be hanged Jan. IA In the
state penitentiary at Moundsville for
the murder of another negro. Two days
before the date of the execution Gov
ernor Atkinson issued respite for nine
days. The judge who sentenced him
died before the reprieve expired. Two
weeks ago Madison's case was forced
on the authorities by a report of 1t to
Governor Atkinson. The governor de-
cided that, the judge being dead and
the time for resentence having passed,
no one can now resentence Madison.
The date of legal death having passed,
Madison cannot be hanged on the origi-
nal sentence. AS he was never SEN
fenced to Imprisonment he cannot be
kept in the penitentiary, so Madison
will probably be released in few days.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-23

Hon. Frank A. NcLain has succeed
ed in procuring a recommendation
from the rivers and harbors commit
tee for appropriations for the sixth
Mississippi district, which he repre-
sents in Congress, as follows: For
Natchez harbor, $4,000; for Homo
chitto river, $1,000; for Pearl river from
Monticello to Holmes Bayou, $1,000; for
Leaf river, $1,000; for Pascagoula, $1,000;
for Chickasahay, $4,000. He also had a
bill passed to have the government
make the following surveys with the
view of seeing their needs and the
amount necessary for them: Pearl riv-
er from its mouth to Monticello;
Horn Island pass with the view of get
ting twenty-five feet of water; Homo
chitto river from mouth to Mississippi
Valley railroad bridge. These surveys
will be made by order of the Secretary
of War between now and the meeting
of the next Congress, when a report
will be submitted on each.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-23
Great Britain's Only Gold Mine.

Up in an obscure corner Of north
Wales the only gold mine in the United
Kingdom is being worked. 1t Is known
as st. David's. Here profitable plant
covering 100 acres Is In active opera.
ton. Eight or nine lodes outcrop on
the property, three Of which have been
tapped. One Of the reefs" averages
~ feet In width, another 21a feet and
the broadcast of the trio feet. The to-
tai results from all sources show a re-
covery Of 141a pennyweights gold per
ton Of ore, and the total cost of mining,
milling and concentration is placed at
the extremely low figure Of 8 shillings
ton. The use Of water power and the
hydraulic mining system combined
with low wage scale enable this abb
normally cheap cost of production, and
the 100000 Of the company's capital
stock is paying out dividends of
shillings share. The st. David's
mine is said to be still undiscovered as
far as Its ultimate possibilities are con-
cerned.-Chlcago Record.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-23

John Maynor was married ON the
18th to Miss Mary Belle Riley, OF
Byram.
Mr.. Joe Abrams, of st Louis, was a
welcome visitor last week.
DR.. E. A. Rowan, of Wesson, was a
last Thursday visitor
Mrs. M. d. McGrath was visitor to
New Orleans last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Schwartz of Utica
visited relatives in Brookhaven last
week.
The little daughters of Mrs. West
who died several months ago at this
place, have been placed in the Or
phan's Home at Water Valley.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-23

The Literary Digest has taken the
highest rank as a weekly review of
current news, literature, art, politics,
philosophy, etc. No publication of its
kind has received such support and
commentator. Its contents each week
cover field so diversified as to make
it indispensable to the busy m an and
woman who desire to keep up with the
thought of the times, but who lack the
leisure for such a task. 1t is truly
sall the periodicals in one"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-23
Siberian Railway Hard to Build.

The difficulties of construction of the
Transsiberian railway, especially in
central Siberia, were enormous. and
no contractor could be found ready to
accept the responsibility. SO that the
work has been done almost entirely by
80 degrees centigrade were not infre-
Quently observed in winter, and often
the ballast had to be Quarried at spots
% miles away from the route. Some
Of the most formidable obstacles en-
countered were the virgin forests Of
tall frs through which the route had
to be cut.-London Sphere.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-23

Mary, Emma and Francis Holthouse
disappeared from New Orleans Sun
day, as though the earth had opened
and swallowed them up. They are
aged Is and 16 years and months re-
spectively. They left their home for a
visit, but never reached their destina-
tion and there is no clew to their
where abouts. The Holthouse family
had lived in Natchez six years previ-
Gus to their removal to New Orleans
last October.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-23

We return thanks for an invitation
to attend the golden wedding of Col.
Walter Custom Kearney and Mrs. Su-
sannah Owens Kearney, at Flora, on
February 5. We note with pleasure
the suspicious event, and extend our
heartfelt congratulations to the ven
cradle pair and their household.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-23

"What the world needs today" says
the Yazoo Sentinel, sis not more senti,
ment, but more good sense. 1t needs
conscience, public and private, that
shall express itself in positive convic-
tons. 1t needs creeds and opinions
which shall express themselves in life
and action"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-23

Cornelius L. Alvord, Jr., the default
ing note teller of New York's First Ma
tional Bank, was sentenced to thirteen
years Imprisonment. The maximum
penalty for the offense to which Alvord
pleaded guilty is thirty years. His de-
falcation was 100000.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-23

The Southern Lumber Manufactur-
ers' Association, at their recent meet
ing in Memphis, advanced the price
on yellow pine lumber 81 per 1000
feet. The next meeting will be held
in July at a date and place to be
named.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-23
Bright's Disease Cured,

Isufered from kidney trouble, which
finally became so aggravating that
was obliged to give up my position
which was paying me 500 per month,
and 1 came to the city for treatment,
but after several months I was worse
instead of better / was advised of
Smiths Sure Kidney Cure andI bought
bottle, and am now so we'll that
shall return to take a better position
My cure Iregard as almcst miraculous
My wife was also suffering, and she
has been taking your medicine for a
short time, and is SO much improved
that she already regards cure for her
as certain. j. H. WRIGHT,
Clarks9ale, Miss.
Price 30 cents. For sale by G. E.
Grafton Drug Co.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-23

The Southern Yarn Spinners at their
associational meeting in Charlotte, N.
c., ordered curtailment of produc-
ton. This will not effect the spinning
of our local yarns, but means in
creased prices of the product men
toned from the 10000 spindles repre-
scented at the convention.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-23
OLDEST DElUSION YET.

Kingston, Ont, can boast of good
many things Of which II is proud. but
the latest 1t can make Is little bit &C.
centric. OF all the crazy men with
queer decisions there Is none to COM
pare with that OF an individual who Is
confined In the insane asylum In this
city. He thinks he Is a poached egg.
and for 20 years he has been looking
for a piece Of toast big enough to sit
down on. When visitors come and
meet him, he always approaches them
with the request for a moments con-
versatlon In private. As he Is perfect
ly harmless the keepers do not put any
restrictions upon him. IL you grant
his request, he whispers In your ear:
"Have you got a piece of toast about
your"
NO" you say. what is the matter
with your Are you hungryT
Hungry calculates the man. why
should I be hungry? l get plenty to
eat. I'm tired. I'm n poached egg,
and I'm looking for a piece Of toast to
sit on"
Naturally this request leads to laugh
ter, and the poached egg retires in high
dudgeon, but he comes back regularly
on the arrival of the next batch of Wis
itors to see IL he can't have better luck.
All sorts Of things which look like toast
have been supplied to the man, but he
wants the real thing, and as chairs
and couches are not made out of toast
ed bread he is obliged to go on making
his perpetual plea to visitors. In all
other respects the man seems normal.
and II this crazy idea could only be got
out Of his head he might obtain his
discharge. AS he persists In his delu-
sion he will probably spend the rest of
his days In the asylum.-New York
Sun.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-23

j. Provost Mason, third teller of the
Continental National Bank of New
York, worked for $500 year and stole
$4,000. He had been with the bank
twenty-seven years; is As years of age
and has wife and grown daughter
Bail was fixed at $4,000.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-23

The way to get things is to go after
them. Mahomet needn't wait for the
mountain TO come to him in these
times; there are others who viii ad-
vance and claim it while he supineIy
rests. Towns that offer inducements
vim get what they ask for. and those
that do not will be left out Of the race
Of progression.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-23

The projectors of the Vicksburg,
Canton a. Birmingham railroad have
made arrangements for money to
build it and the road is an assured
thing. 1t will run about four miles
north of Flora.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-23
B. T. HOBBS, Editor and Proprietor.
J. A. SCARBOROUGH. Field Editor.
A SPLENDID OFFER.
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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-23

Subscription price to The LEADER is
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but you can get both one year for
the price of The LEADER.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-23

Cashier Jacob Harpster wrecked by
speculation and imbezZlement the
Bank of Wathens, at st. Joseph. Mo-,
and blew out his brains. He stole
about $4,000.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-23

Jackson's sewerage cost the city
SS5 900. There are "a miles of piping.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-23

The Texas legislature has invited
Pres. Mckinley to visit Austin and adj
dress the legislature.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-23
DRS. BELTS & BELTS & DYAR
214 ST. Charles Street, New Orleans, La

NERVOUS DeRlty MATT f%s
sjonS. loss of vital powers sleeplessness. de-
spondency loss of memory. confusion OF ideas,
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sion to society easily discouraged, lack OF con-
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and nriuately cured.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-23

Peter Carver, aged so, died near
Bay St. Louis.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-23

Get thing started and no telling
where it will stop.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-23

His Brothers Keeper" is the Rev.
Chas. M. Sheldon's latest serial story.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-23

The people of Yazoo City are work
ing for the BelZoni extension.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-11-29
PROFIT FROM EErS.
Those That Lay the Uost EGGS Whcn
Prices Are High Are the poui-
trymam's Best Friends

1t is not an easy matter to know
which of your hens are the best 'ay-
ers. OF course. some or the hens win
lay more eggs than others. yet TO find
out which are the more profitable fhe
record cannot cease with few hens.
Nor is the greatest profit derived
from the hens that lay the largest
number of eggs, but from those that
lay the greater number when prices
are high. There is more profit in
two dozen eggs at 30 cents per dozen
than from three al 90 cents q dozen.
although the SUMO cents-is The
same for both lots, for the reason
that the cost. of two dozen is loss
than for three dozen. 4 hen may iav
well from April 10 July. ard appar-
emily be an extraordinary layer Dee
cause she lays an eoe every other
day, but after awhile She may do
very little, and another hen That does
not seem 10 he doing her duty. slowly
reaches the number and sfIi keeps
on aging. The record should boz.
therefore. kept for "a year. and au av-
erage for each month made. The best
hens for the year should then hc re-
tanned as breeders, from which to
hatch the next seasons pullcts. and
they should then be mated with "A
cockerel of a good laying family $50
as to secure better progeny than the
parents. The prices, number of cees
laid, number Of chicks Matched and
in value produced by each
hen. should be noted, so a. 10 assist |
in the selection with knowledge OF |
the characteristics of each, and merit /
will be the guide.-Barnum Midland /
Farmer.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-11-29
Homes and aonc Cnftcrs

Bone for poultry is usually pur-
chased from local butchers, The price
depending upon the locality; some
times it is given away. Bones may
be kept a long time By suDlec ing
them to sulphur fumes for half aD
hour in a suitable box having lid.
An old trunk serves well. l'at the
bones in, light a sulphur candle or "a
tablespoonful of sulphur, and close
the lid. \ bone cutter is almost m-
to success. as boncs
greatly assist in making hens lazy. II
Is not known which is the best eut-
ter. as each has claims m its favor:
but that bone cutter will soon re-
pay its cost Is conceded by an poul-
trymen who are enterprising Tarm
and Firesde.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-11-29
ADDITION To PouLrRY HorsE.

is easily and cheaply made, there be-
ing no glass in the top to add ex-
pense or get broken. The cover is
turned back against the house on
sunny days, when the fowls are prac-
tically out of doors. Built of
matched boards such an addition will
last for years. 1t can be used in
spring as a run for hens and chickens.
Orange Judd Farmer.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-11-29
TO GET OUTDOOR AIR.
Poultry House Addition which - "A
Good Place for "A Winter Airing
and "a summer Shed.

The device shown in the cui wss re-
Gently seen on the south side of %
poultry house, and was admirably
fulfilling its mission of a place for q
winter aisIng and q snmmer sLDd. II
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-03-28
THE G. A. R, ENCAMPMENT.
Judge MoFie Is Working to Have the Com
mander-in- Chief Here.

At a Joint meeting at the Office OF
Col. George W. Knaebel Tuesday even
ing, of the different committees of
Carleton Post, G. A. r., Judge McFie,
the department commander of New
Mexico, stated that he was in commu-
nication with Commander-in- chief Lee
Rassleur, and was daily expecting q
favorable reply to the invitation for the
chief and his staff to visit Santa Fe
at the coming encampment.
Post Commander j. P. Victory anc
Assistant Adjutant General f. P
Crichton were appointed special COM
mittee to consult with the Woman's
Relief Corps. Adolf Weller was addee
to the committee on entertainment. The
citizens of Santa F'e have responded
generously to aid this committee, anC
visitors will meet with royal recep-
ton. Santa Fe never does anything by
halves.
Chairman F. p. Crichton of the mu'
sic committee, announced that he hat
selected for the quartet at the bear
bake, to furnish vocal music, Messrs
McCord, Johnston and Roy Crichton.
jeremiah Quinn is in the city to-da,
from Tesuque, and will make his ar
rangements to return about April >
! This will insure regular army beans fo
| the bean bake
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-03-28
DEMING DOTS.
The CITY, of the Windmills Starts in as
County Seat With Much Enthusiasm.

County Seat With Much Enthusiasm.
Special Cor New Mexican.
Demng, March 27.
Since the creation of Luna county
there has been considerable rise in
the value of real estate in Deming.
From March 16 on, Mr.. and Mrs.
Deming are at home at the county seat,
having moved over from the county of
Grant on the above date.
The committee in charge is making
extensive preparations for giving Gov
ernor Otero and Hon. Solomon Luna
royal reception upon their arrival in
Deming tomorrow.
The Adelphi club now has as cozy
rooms in the new Mahoney block as
can be found anywhere in the territory.
The membership of the club has in
creased from thirty-three to eighty
one since the 1st of February.
Deming Is to have as neat a post
office as any of the larger cities of New
Mexico since Postmaster Clarke has
rented the corner of the Mahoney
block The postoffice will be moved in
to the new quarters the 1st of April.
Hon. j. A. Mahoney and Postmaster
Rodney G. Clarke are now classed by
the Demingites among the great men
of the territory. Well, they worked
hard and effectively to have the new
county created and honor should &c
where honor is due.