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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-04
MoURNED SON RETURNS HOME
Curious Little Romance of the South
African War just Enacted
in England.

A little romance, and certainly a
curious little war story, is told this
week by the London Pelican 1t be-
gan with excitement, became pathetic,
ended happily; indeed, became quite
a comedy, if not farce, at the finish.
Moreover, it possesses the merit of
being absolutely true.
A gentleman farmer of Leicester
shire had son who joined the yeo-
many and went to South Africa.
One day in an illustrated weekly pa
per they saw an enlarged photograph
depicting the assembling of the yeo-
many after minor engagement
near Pretoria. The photograph also
showed a number of dead and wound
ed lying on the ground. Among them
was the son. The agitated man cabled
to South Africa, and received a re-
ply telling of his sons death. The
family went into mourning, and a
table commemorative of the dead
man was put in the parish church.
Some weeks later there came a
ring of the bell at the parental man.
sion, and who should walk in but the
supposed dead man. 1t appeared that
there were two men in the same COM
pany of the same name, and what
was still more curious, although they
were complete strangers, they were
of very similar appearance. Both had
been wounded, but while one had re-
covered one had died.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-04
MUST NOT WASH HANDS.
New Order Mt EIgin watch Companys
Factory DispIeases Fastfdious
Women Employees.

"Employes must not wash their
hands during working hours is the
unprecedented factory order which is
agitating the 5000 employees of the
Elgin National Watch company, at Ell
gin, Ill. Some of the girl employees
assert that the order is inspired for
the mean purpose of putting an end
to the caramel-eating mania to which
many of them have become addict
ed. Others take the more logical po-
sition that the girls devoted too much
time to the manicuring of their
fingers and the primping of their Golf
fures that their efficiency as workers
was seriously impaired. Whichever
may be the reason, there is grumbling
and Indignation.
The lightness of the work, the skill
required, and the high wages paid
the women employees bring to the fac
tory a class of girls much superior
to those found in most factories. The
watch factory girl" moves in the
best society in the city, and essen
tial to this are ''lily-white" hands.
Handling of jewels and delicate
watch parts-oiled so they will not
rust-discolors, and, unless frequently
washed, permanently stains the
fingers. Also, oily fingers add fla
vor which discourages the eating of
candy.
The girls say that their employers
are attempting to impose upon them
and reduce them to grimy factory la
borers. Several have made individual
protests to their foremen without
avail, and the subject will be brought
up at the next meeting of the union,
in which the girls are strong, to see
if any concerted action can be taken.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-04
TO TEST HIS THEORY,
Horses Should Not Be Put on Track
Until They Reach Maturity,

Thomas H. Williams, Jr., president
of the new California Jockey club, is
about to try an experiment in prepar-
ing horses for the track. The we'll
known horseman is a believer in the
theory that horses should not be put
on the track until they have reached
their maturity. He believes that two
year-olds are neither strong nor wise
enough to do themselves justice.
Mr.. Williams intends buying a num-
Der of yearlings and colts and sending
them to Oregon. 1t is his intention to
allow the horses to browse on the rich
grass and gain strength roaming over
the country. He will not permit them
to grow wild nor will he have them
trained. He will simply have them
ridden from time to time for the pur-
pose of accustoming them to the work
they will have to do on the track.
where, he is confidant, they will DEM
onstrate the correctness of his theory.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-04
RETURNS TO INDIAN WAYS.
Daughter of Chief Parker Prefer,
Tepee and Blanket to White Hus.
band Who Smokes and Drinks.

A fondness for strong drink and ciga.
rettes caused Joseph Cox, of Wichita,
Kan, to lose his beautiful squaw. She
was the daughter of Quanah Parker
the celebrated Indian chieftain and
statesman. About two years ago she
married Cox, who is white settler.
She was educated, but wore Indian
garb. Her husband wanted her 10
wear the finery of civilization. She
said she would, if he would quit smok-
ing cigarettes. He agreed, but one day
she caught him whiting a cigarette
and when he returned home that night
he found her in her native costume
squatted on the front porch Indian
fashion. He pleaded forgiveness, and
finally she consented to sign new
treaty.
About two months ago Cox went
home intoxicated. His wife said this
was worse than cigarettes. He prom
Used to do better and she again forgave
him. Saturday he was both drunk and
smoking cigarettes, and to add to his
crime proceeded to thrash her in white
mans fashion. The wife made no COM
plant, but when her husband left
home she returned to her tepee and
to-day attended the mission church in
a many-colored blanket, carrying her
papoose on her back, and gave evil
dences of her intention to return to
the life she was taken from.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-04
CAT CAUSES MUCH TROUBLE.
Climbs Trolley Pole at LockpOrt, N.
Y, Puts Out Lights and stops
the Cars.

An innocent cat was the cause of
great deal of trouble to the Interna-
tional Traction company and the Nj
agara Falls Power company at Lock
port, N. Y, the other night. Puss
climbed trolley pole on the Buffalo
& Lockport railway at Hoffman, a
small hamlet west of that city, and
tried to walk on the feed wire. Her tail
touched the parallel wire that carried
the current back to Niagara Falls.
There was a flash that could be seen
for miles as the $4,000 volts of cleo
tricity passed through her body. Puss
was burned to crisp. Her lifeless
body fell across both wires and did not
drop to the ground. This short-cir-
cuited the current and caused fuse to
burn out at the Niagara Falls power
house, and the power was Immediately
cut off from all the lines running out
of the power house.
1t was two hours before the cause
of the trouble could be located and the
| charred remains of puss removed from
| the wires. In the meantime almost
all the electric railways and street
lighting points in western New York
were without power.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-04
BY A STREAK OF LICBrru,
Discovered by Harvard n,
That Hydrogen Is of a CON- ''
posite Nature

Prof. E. c. Pickering, direc,o,
Harvard observatory, has MAD. VI The
covery that he regards as ;mn.dl us
In statement just out he s,r rUant'
"The spectrum of a streat n.,
ming was photographed Las, Hg1''
From such a small beginning tr 'sy'
coveries have developed. Not o ,%Ouls.
the chemical elements, so-callsd are
pounds, but it is likely that bvs. .On'
itself, which chemical theoris,. S yen
thought to be the one element ~ r Lave
the others would sooner or late, ~ r..N
to be compounds, seems to be ~ r a.
posite nature" " 'O'n'
Other photographs made At 49,,
the same time show the curiors Nv.
that the spectrum of lightninc !. ia' s
always the same. Some of tbs n y lO'
graphs show doubling of the bri gU
lines. Prof. Pickering was al frs. s I.
clined to believe that this was so,, :,
composite photograph, but he wv
concludes that the doubling look NV =.
though hydrogen, the only elemsn.
studied in the lightning spectrum, and
hitherto believed to be least likelv eva Va.
to be proved compound BODY, msS.
up of at least three components
This conclusion he bases unor -.
fact that there were 80 lines in ~.
hydrogen spectrum of one photopranb
three in another, and one in the tb;ra
the different flashes having been pbo'
tographed under different circnm
stances.
Another remarkable circumstapc.
in connection with the study of N.
Pickering spectra of lightning flashes
is that they are similar to that of the
second new star in the constellation
Perseus, known as Nova Persei No. .
which were taken on March %, 1901
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-04
| NEW PACIFIC CABLE.
Contract Let to English Company
for Laying of First Section.
omciaI of Commercial Cable Conn
pany Explains Why Work Was Not
Given to an American Concern
Not Equipped for Service.

Mr.. George G. Ward, first vice presi-
dent of the Commercial Cable COM
pany, said in an interview when asked
why the contract for Pacific cable
had not been awarded to an American
company:
"The Commercial Pacific Cable COM
pany would have been very happy to
have given an American company It's
contracts, but there is no company IN
the United States that could, we felt,
perform the work. They have not the
machinery, and we could not afford to
have the work of laying the cable take
the form of All experiment. The Sill
vertown company has been esta blished
for over 40 years, and has laid most OF
the deep ocean cables throughout the
world, so that 1T understands perfectly
lust how the work should be accom-
plished.
"The company has assured us that
they will complete the cable and have
it here in seven months. just as soon
as this section, extending to the Sand
witch islands, is complete and out of
the way, we shall commence work on
another section that will connect the
islands with the Philippines.
Our station there will probably be on
the Island of Luzon and near or in Ma
Mia. We have not decided on that
point yet, nor have we fixed our sched-
ule of rates, but may say, in speaking
IF rates, that we shall reduce them to
a reasonable figure. We expect to have
The work completed in about two or
three years. The estimated cost of the
Undertaking is about SIS, 100000, but
we have capitalized our company at
only 100000, because we prefer to
increase our capitalization as we pro-
,eed rather than use such large fig
lre at the beginning"
Mr.. Ward said it was expected that
the new cable would allow of the trans
mission of messages in nearly four
hours less time than required at pres
emit.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-04
New X-Ray Apparatus.

E. w. Caldwell describes in the cur
rent Electrical Review a new ap-
paratus designed for stereoscopic
vision by x rays. 1t has been de-
veloped in the laboratory at the
Bellevue hospital medical college,
New York city. By using two sources
of X rays in the same tube each eve
views independently the shadow, with
the result that the picture stands
out distinctly, showing all the space
relations of the object viewed. 1t
is thought that this method will be
of the utmost value in surgery, per-
hitting immediate examination of
broken bones, etc., as if they were
viewed by the eye, with their posi-
tions accurately indicated instead of
in silhouette effect as formerly.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-04
Prepnred Luncheon for King.

The New York Herald says that
Bernhardt Steinhardt, the owner of a
small restaurant in that city, Al years
ago prepared and served a luncheon
for King Edward VII. when, as the
prince of Wales, he visited this coun-
try. This event in Mr.. Steinhardt's
life was recalled to him when King
Edward assembled the throne, and in
reply to letter of congratulation, in
which he mentioned the incident, Mr..
Steinhardt received a short but kind
ly note from the king, through one of
his secretaries. 1t was while the king
was at st. Louis that Mr.. Steinhardt
arranged the luncheon. He was chef
at the Planters hotel at the time.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-04
FIND MAN OF STONE AGE.
Gigantic Prehistoric Skeleton Dis
covered by Hunters Near
ShOhOla Glen, N. Y.

Hunters from Susquehanna, Pa,
while excavating for hunt near Sho-
hola's glen, N. Y, discovered a cave in
which they found the skeleton of a
man of gigantic size. 1t was swathed
in rawhide trappings that kept it in q
sitting posture, the knees drawn up to
the hand and clasped in a bony en-
brace with fieshless arms.
Near the skeleton were several bowls
of reddish clay, but almost as hard as
flint. A rude stone tablet was found
near the skeletons side covered with
rude pictures of birds and beasts,
among them one of monster half
beast, half reptile.
A number of implements were also
found in the cave, among them huge
AK made of stone and stone spear
heads of unusual size.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-04
Morgan,s Daughter a Banker.

j. Pierpont Morgan's daughter, Mrs.
Herbert Satterlee, is in the banking
business. The enterprise with which
che is connected is the penny provi-
dent fund. In her report, issued re-
Gently, Mrs. Satterlee says: "The
penny provident fund continues to
prosper. Quite a number of the girls
have used it as a means of saving
. sufficient sum to start deposit in
q savings bank, and I am encouraged
when 1 see how many of them are
learning the value of this practical
proof of the fact that if one takes
care of the pennies the dollars will
take care of themselves. The depos-
its from April 1, 1900, to April /, 1901,
amount to 1885,"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-04
NOTED BELLE IS A BEGGAR.
Daughter DisOwned by Wealthy Par
ents Because of Her Marriage
Is Arrested.

The daughter of one of the richest
residents of Montclaire, N. j., and
once a noted belle, was a prisoner the
other day in the First precinct court,
of Newark, N. j., charged with being
professional beggar. With her, also
under arrest and charged with the
same offense, was her husband, Jo-
seph L. Farnesham, who, although
carefully dressed with an obvious at
tempt at style, showed in his face
deep lines, which told of care and
privation.
Il did beg, your honor" said the
prisoner, meeting Judge Lambert's
gaze without finching. 81 did it for
this dear girls sake, to give her food
and shelter. Gladly would 1 have
worked, but / could find nothing to
do"
Meanwhile the parents of the young
wife had reached the court and mott
fed the judge of their willingness to
provide for her. So the charge against
Mrs. Farnesham was not pressed, while
the husband was sentenced to 30
days in Jail.
No sooner had the judge announced
this decision than the loyal wife
sprang forward, crying:
eff my husband is guilty, if begging
be crime, then 1 am guilty, too"
She insisted on going to Jail with
her husband, and was carried away
only when exhausted and fainting.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-04

A dispatch to the New York Trib-
une from London says: According
to the Berlin correspondent of the
London Chronicle the German rail-
way authorities are arranging to run
a train in connection with the arriv-
al of the North German Lloyd steam
ers, which will leave Hamburg and
Bremen twice weekly, and travel via
Berlin to Genoa, returning from
Genoa via Frankfurt. 1t is believed
that if this plan can be carried out
it will divert much of the American
passenger traffic which at present
passes through Liverpool and London
for southern Europe.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-04

According to the London repres.n,a
alive of the New York journal "As
Advertiser the Onlooker contains o.
account of a most remarkable cur
of cancer, which medical circles a.s
eagerly discussing. 1t says the ou :,
was discovered through the case
Lady Margaret Masham, sister % ~, ~
earl of Romney. Lady Margafe' D,r
came so i'll that her throat he" !.
closed, nourishment had TO oe on
ministered artificially, and her 49, -
was expected in about week, W. sh
a friend prescribed the use Oh - -
green violet leaves. The sugges..t.
was followed. Relief was imineuia ~
The large, hard external tumor "a
appeared and in a week all pam A IN
ceased and the concerous grow
the tonsil disappeared in a for'n'
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-04
Find old wa.hington Picture.

In the walls of an old house built
1870 years ago at Big Island, two
miles from Goshen, N. Y, James H.
Vail, of New Milford found, a few
days since, copper plate, Az by
seven inches, of &c. Washington" 1t
was published by /. Reid, New York,
1906" The imprint of the artist is
Rollison Schulpt. The plate was ap-
parently one of the finest of that
day, showing fine stipple and line
work. 1t had undoubtedly been hid
den for over 100 years, and had be-
come dented by being carelessly
handled. Clinton w. Wisner, of War
wick, purchased the plate. He will
have the bruises taken out of it and
some prints made.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-04
Tesla Takes Out More Patents.

Several patents taken out by Nikola
Tesla within the last few days are de-
scribed by the Electrical World and
Engineer and the Western Electrician.
They all represent methods and de-
vices to be employed in wireless tekeg-
raphy and relate exclusively to receiv-
ing apparatus. The most important
expedient resorted to by him is to
put into the receiving circuit con-
denser. This acts like a storage bat
terry and intensifies the action of the
incoming waves upon the sounder.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-04
Want War Chest Emptied.

Agitation has been started to in
duce the German imperial govern
ment to relieve the national financial
distress by emptying the famous i'm
perial war chest of zoe, ZOO, 900 marks
(s47, 600,000) now boarded in the
Julius tower of Spandau. This great
pile of gold is part of the 5000, OOO. 900
francs (s1,ooo,oO0,ooO indemnity paid
by France during the war of 1871. 1t
has just undergone it's annual count
ing, and the imperial official an
nouncement that the money is intact
has provoked discussion as to
whether it would not serve better
purpose in the midst of Germany's
present necessity by being put into
circulation than by standing idle in
boxes.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-04
Chicago to New York by Water

Probably for the first time in the
history of Brooklyn a cargo of mer-
chandise has come to that city di-
rect from Chicago by steamship. This
occurred, however, when the North
town arrived at the Commercial
wharf from Chicago, via Montreal. 1t
brought $500 barrels of glucose and
$500 bags of meal. The Northtown
was built with the idea of carrying
grain direct from the great lakes to
Europe, by way of the Canadian can
ais and the ST. Lawrence, but the
scheme failed, owing chiefly to the
fact that ships of sufficient tonnage
to pay could not pass through the
locks. The Northtown will remain at
Brooklyn, and is to trade between
that port, Savannah and Fernandina.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-04
Buffalo Paying I'm.

The people of Buffalo seem to be de-
termined to pay the bill rather than
have any further talk about it, says the
Chicago Inter Ocean, and it speaks vol
umes for the people of Buffalo that
they are able to pay it, although the
Pan-American failed to pan.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-04

Kansas is suffering from plague =. y
prairie dogs, but, comparatively sp' -.
ing, her sufferings are light sa!1 IN.
Chicago Inter Ocean. Moreover ~.
'sas realizes that if it were MOI ,s.
prairie dog t would be sometA1ps '
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-04
AN INSIDIOUS GROWTH.
How Mormonism IL Spreading fin an
Unbroken Chain Across the
United states.

"The danger of Mormonism is I'M
derrated, not overrated. When the
public realizes that there are two Nor
mon churches in Brooklyn, one in Man.
haitian, one in Philadelphia, a strong
and growing Mormon settlement on
the borders of Pennsylvania and New
Jersey, and that the strongest church
in a section so miles from Jersey City
is Mormon, it may be understood that
the situation is menacing."
This statement, which startled the
domestic missions of the Reformed
church at it's eighteenth anniversary
in New York city, was made by Miss
Elizabeth B. Vermilye, a member of
the committee, in an address upon Nor
monism in the east. Miss Vermilye
said further:
at was predicted that in 50years the
cutting the country in two from north
east to southwest. The prediction has
been verified in 20 years instead of so.
They own land from the Rocky noun
tains to the Sierras and are spreading
east, as I have told you. They control
four western states, and at their pres
ent rate of progression in number
of others will soon have supremacy
in them. eff the constitutional amend
ment making polygamy crime is not
passed now, it soon will be impossible |
to pass it, as they need to acquire con-
troll only in ~ states to prevent legisla-
ton against them. Two thousand |
missionaries are actively pur-
suing their propaganda work, 60 of
ben in tba sta+a Of Now Norl; alone"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-04
Fast Time ON French Road.

An American-made locomotive, No.
1850, on the Paris, Lyons & Mediter-
ranean line, drawing IA cars, total of
ISL tons, ran at the rate of so miles
per hour tie Other day, breaking all
seeordS
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-04
Getting Pretty swift.

APrussian electric train has attained
the speed of 931s miles an hour, which
is pretty fast travelling, says the Chi
cago Inter Ocean, for country that
likes to lecture us because we don't
take things easy.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-04
Could BeIIIgerent. Ten Either,

There are people who pass for intelli-
gent in this country doubtless who if
asked could not on the spur of the mo-
ment, says the Chicago Inter Ocean,
explain just what they are fighting
about in Panama.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-04
Syveet-POtnto Flour.

A company with capital of 81 ,ooo,-
900 has been organized in vineland,
N. j., for the making of -four from
sweet potatoes.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-04
TRADE AGREEMENTS.
History of Reciprocity Treaties of
United States.
First Agreement of This Character
Was Made with Canada I'm 1866
sixteen Others Have Been
Made Since Then.

The special interest in the reciprocity
history of the United States awakened
by the discussion which has been in
progress here during the week sug-
gested to the treasury bureau of sta
tistics a concise presentation of the
history of the reciprocity treaties and
agreements which the United States
has had in the past, those now in OPP
Grafton, and those awaiting action by
congress.
The following statement shows the
full list of the reciprocity agreements
which the United States has made and
put into operation since 1850, also
those pending and unratified:
RECIPROCITY TREATIES AND AGREE
MENTS OF THE UNITED STATES.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-04
NOVEL BOOK OF ALPHABETS.

Enlargement with Spanish govern