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Sbredding Corn stalks.

We also call attention % the neces,
sity Of looking ahead and getting ready
to save the cornstalk crop. This is tho
largest and most valuable hay crop we
grow. 1t costs nothing bot saving. We
grow the stalks IN order to get the
corn. But that does not prevent them
from being valuable
All new things find opponents. Some
few have not been pleased with slower
That does not prove that it is not a
valuable crop. The great majority have
found it a great help in wintering the
cattle and feeding the horses and
mules.
Because the shreddine is not some
times done as it should he, some stock
do not eat it all But nothing is lost
by that The small par. they do not
eat makes excellent bedding.
The cornstalk crop is much more
valuable than the cotton seed crop.
The average acre of cotton yields about
II bushels of seed, wortE about 81 to
81. The average acre e corn yields
from one and half to two tons of sto-
yer, worth about 500 to $50. Yet we
are very careful to save and market
the seed. and think we can afford to
neglect the stalks.
Every farmer should get ready to
shred his cornstalks 1t is the cheap
est and best way to gather the corn
crop. Corn stover is the cheapest and
most profitable hay crop grown on the
farm.
Save that which is already made
Enough is suffered to &c 10 waste on
many farms to pay the running ex-
penses and keep the owner out of debt
Dixie Farmer.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-26
TWO-FOOT DRAGON-FLY.
The Longest Insect known Is One
That Is Native of
fsOrnc0.

Which is the largest insect is not an
easy matter to decide. as the question OF
shape has 10 be taken into account, SAYS
Nature.
The longest known insect is undoubt-
odiy the stick insect of BOrneo. Speci-
mems Il inches in length have been cap
1ured It is an interesting example Of
mimeiic coloring. resembling in a re-
markabIe manner a piece of rough stick
On the bOugh of tree it is extremely
difficult to distinguish between the in
seer and the bark
BornCo is also the home of one of the
largest specimens of dragon-fly. A speci-
men Of the sub family Aeschna meas
Hre- six inches and a half from wing tc
wing, ard is endowed with a correspond
ingly strong body.
Another giant insect is the Hercules
hectic, found in the West Indies. which
rivals a sparrow in size. and might turn
the scale against one in weight.
Some tropical butterflies measure from
- 70 y inches across their wings, as
Co.'S The great owl moth of Brazil.
Tho largest insect of antiquity was a
species Of dragon-fy which measured
more than two feet across the expanded
wings It fiOurished during the carbon
ferrous period
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-26
EACH PRESERVED HIS DIGNITY
President Grant and Brigham
Noung-Bridgingth the ChaSm.

There was time when the two great
est presidents in the United States met
at lonely little town in the heart of the
Rocky mountains. One had founded an
empire within an empire. and the other
had prevented the division of the cir
Cumscribing empire. If the greater en-
pire had been divided. one empire within
it would have revolted and become indie
pendent, and the president Of The
smaller empire would have become a
king The first. relates the Detroit
Free Press. was Ulysses s. Grant. pTesf-
dent of the United States. and the Sec
ond was Brigham Young, president of
the church of Mormon. Great men of
deeds. these,
They met at Ogden. Utah, then a very
small place. President Young. with his
apostolic cabinet. had come to ogden in
a private car to pay his respects to the
chief OF the united nation. President
Grant also was in private car. Josiah
NJ. Ward. author of Come With Me
Into Babylon was present at the meet
ing and describes it thus:
THE two trains were in the railroad
yard. within easy call of each other.
President Grant sent an invitation to
President Young to come over and
meet him. 1t would not do for the
president of the United States to IN
bend before the Mormon leader and
thus encourage the rebellious Nor
mons to believe themselves more pow
erful than they were.
President Young politely acknowl-
edged the invitation and responded by
inviting President Grant to come over
and meet him. 1t would not do for the
president of the Mormon church to
unbend and cause the people to doubt
his power.
The situation became embarrassing
A great crowd had gathered from all
parts of Mormondom. President Grant
was naughty, President Young was
firm. Suddenly things began to move
Some one had conceived an idea
President Grants train had been seized
by a switch engine and was being
switched back and forth in a most
puzzling manner. Another yard engine
had seized President Yourg's train and
it, too. was gyrating back and forth
over the tracks in as mysterious man
ner
Presently. out of the chaos of
switchings. the spectators caught a
glimpse of the idea-the two trains
were being switched so that the two
rear cars would meet. A cheer burst
from the crowd. The dignity of the
head of the Mormon church was pre-.
served"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-26

Soak one-half box gelatine IN ono
cupful of cold water for an hour II
the powdered gelatine is used ID min
u;es is long enough TO soak it. Cook
some ripe peaches in water until soft
but not broken. Drain and add enough
boiling water TO the juice to make one
mint and turn this boiling hot on the
gelatine. add one-half cupful OF sugar,
a pinch of salt, the juice OF one lemon
and a few drops Of almond flayoring.
Strain and cool slightly. Turn some
of the Jelly into a mold and as it stiff
ems lay in the peaches in halves and
pour over more jelly. When all the
Jelly and peaches are in the mold set
if away to chill. Serve with boiled
custard. This can be made with
canned peaches. but if they are not
soft enough they must be cooked lit
tie before putting into the nold.-De-
troit Free Press.
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YANKEE INVENTIONS.
Chinese Newspaper In the Philip
pines Describes an Ingenious
American Continuance.

Admiral Dewey was prominent figure at
the Saratoga races. Uusually he occupied a
box. One afternoon a little party of farmers
came up to shake hands with him, and there
after, naturally, the talk turned to agricul-
ture SAYS the Boston Post.
when | was in the Philippines, said Ad-
miral Dewey, AN American resident brought
me, one day, Chinese paper. He said this
paper would interest me because 1t con-
tanned an account of an American invention.
Then, with a smile, he translated a para
graph that ran something like this:
The ingenuity OF the Yankee is typified
wei! in a hens nest that he has recently in
vented and patented. This nest increases
the laying capacity of the hens to an un-
limited degree In the bottom OF it there is
a trap door, governed by delicate spring.
The hen lays an egg, the weight of which
causes the trap door to open, whereupon he
egg drops down into a subterranean com
partment, and the door closes very swiftly
and silently again. The hen gets up, turns
to look at the egg, but sees none there. So
she decides that she must be mistaken in
thinking she had laid, and she sits down
again and deposits another egg, which, like
its predecessor, disappears. The process
continues indefinitely.
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A TERROR tanned.

Dick Deadeye was bandit bold, a
bandit fierce was he, who held up
stages, trains and things here in
the West countree.
He'd lie in waiting in a place where
chaparal grew thick, and when the
stage came on apace would turn
his little trick.
His name would cause a thrill of fear
to sweep the country DER. for ru-
NOR said he Quenched his thirst
on naught but gurgling gore.
The many men that rumor said he'd
downed in gun disputes would fill
graveyard to the brim with stiffs
yet in their boots.
The cash ard treasure he had got from
tourists-as loan-was heap
times more than was required to
ransom Ellen Stone.
Hands up" he yelled one day, the
man who drove chewed not the
rag; he knew Deadeye would give
him ten per centum of the swag
Climb down an git in line!" unto
the passengers he yelled. They
quick obeyed as tourists do when
they are upward held.
From out the stage a female came.
Dick Deadeye quaked with fear, as
near him drew the ancient dame
and seized him by the ear!
You goodfur-nothin' wretch" she
cried. you relic of the past, I've
sought you far, I've sought you
near. and here you be at last!
I'm all impotence now to hear what
story you can tell" And then she
pulled him by the ear into the
chapparali
Again the wheels began to hum, the
driver scratched his head. That
mus be Deadeye's wife. jes' come
var from the States" he said.
james Burton Adams, in Denver
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-26
ECHOES FROM STAGELAND.

Prince Ludwig Ferdinand. of Ba-
varia, nephew of the prince regent, is
playing first violin in the orchestra OF
the Munish opera house this summer
during the Wagner performance. He
is surgeon and attends to his clinic
before going to rehearsals. The prince
is A years of age and is general of
cavalry in the German army.
Hermann Zumpe, the musical con-
ductor, who has just died at Munich,
attained his chief fame as the conduc-
tor of the first Wagnerian festival at
Baireuth in 1870. Wagner chose him
from among all the musicians of Eu-
rope as the best qualified to interpret
bis music correctly, and at the close
of the festival presented MIN with a
handsome testimonial
At the Prague national theater a
cycle of IL Bohemian operas is being
given. Seven are by Smetana-'The
Sold Bride" THE Kiss 1.-TWO
Widows" "Dalibor," "The Secret,
1.-The Brandenburgers in Bohemia, f"
and "The DEVILS Wall" Besides these
the list comprises Dvorak's Rus
salka" and "St Ludmilla," Fibich's
''The Fall of Ancona." and operas by
Karl Kovarovio and Oskar Nedbal.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-26
MAP OF PANAMA.

tho world on the part of the Jesuits.
and there are within it to-day several
notable buildings erected by the
monks OF it's church buildings the
most notable is that of Santa Ana. the
rallying point for the revolutionists of
the past Much of the original city
was destroyed by the buccaneer Nor
gan on February "a, 1911. when after
three weeks of rapine and murder he
burned the warehouses and many OF
the public buildings. and with 175
mules laden with spoils and 600 pris-
oners he recrossed the isthmus to the
Caribbean. Two years later the Span
iSh NilaCorta began rebuilding the
city. and though it has suffered from
revolutions. earthquakes and other
friohtful affairs. there is much left to-
day that reminds one of the old Span
iSh reign.
To run a canal through this narrow
neck of land from Colon to Panama
has been the dream of mankind since
1927. when H. de la Scrna explored a
route There are to-day nearly a dozen
routes surveyed across the isthmus,
but only on the one undertaken by De
Icsseps has there been any noticeable
amount OF work done.
The entire state consists practically
Of 2 barren range of low mountains,
ana would be of small interest to the
world in general were it not for the
proposition to connect the two oceans
through it, and also for the existence
of the Panama railroad which has
been in operation since 1855, and was
The first railroad which connected the
two oceans. This railway is to-day,
short though il l.. one of the impor-
tant lines of transportation OF the
world, and pays to its stockholders
probably larger diviccrdS than any
other similar enterprise. II has made
both Panama and Colon ports of no
small importance, and on it and the
canal hinge the value of the state.
If the revolution occurs, and the
state is successful in its fight for indie
pondence. it will hold within its Dor
ders practically every practical route,
with the exception of the one through
Nicaragua, for an interoceanic canal.
MAX OWEN.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-26
CURE SICK HEADACHE.
CHURCH AND CLERGY.

Col. j. c. Baker, leading criminal
lawyer of Winchester, Va, is to for
sake the bar for the pulpit. He will
take the pastorate of an English Luth-
eran church at Winchester.
The Countess Sehlimmelmann re-
Gently arrived in Copenhagen after an
absence of eight years. She intends to
rest awhile at her villa near Helsinger
before rcsuming her missionary labors.
The bishop of ST. Andrews. England,
accompanied by Canon Scott Holland,
his chaplain, has gone TO South Africa
with view 10 establishing an Angli-
can mission there. Heretofore the
foothold among the Beers.
When correspondent recently WIS.,
tied the Venetian home of Cardinal
Sarto. now Pope Pius, he found the
only ornament to be g picture of the
gray-haired peasant woman in fustian
dress, the mother of the new head Of
the Roman Catholic church.
Rev. DR.. p s. Henson, formerly
leading clergyman in Chicago. settles
the rumor that he will accept the pas
torate OF fremont temple, Boston, by
saying: II was 20 years in Philadel-
phia. 20 years in Chicago ard | am
going to stay 20 years in Brooklyn"
Rev. Patrick J. Murphy. of New
York. has resigned from the Paulist
order Having been released from the
obligations of the New York archdio-
cese. by permission of Father Deshon,
superior of the Paulist order, and
Archbishop Farley. Father Murphy has
affiliated with the Davenport, Ia, do
cese, and Bishop CosSrove. OF that see,
has appointed him professor Of history
in his diocesan theological seminary.
One of the most picturesque charac-
tiers in Europe is the Countess Schim-
melmann, of Denmark. She deyotes
her life to missionary work. For eight
years she has travelled extensively in
heather lands. She sold nearly all her
property and with the proceeds bought
the Pigeon, vessel with which she
visited 81 cities in Is different coun-
tries. preaching the Gospel to sailors
and the poor She has founded relig-
ious journals in England and America.
A German publisher gave her 10000
marks foc her memoirs. She is not on
good terms with her relatives, who do
not share her views, but she has
adopted three children and given them
her name.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-26
HISTORY OF PANAMA
Little State Which Now Threatens
to Seceie from Colombia.
II Contains the oldest city on the
American Continents aud Is Inter
cstinE ia Many other uays-A
Port of Great Importance.

Should the Colombian congress fail
to ratify the canal treaty. as now
seems probable. and this ia lure re-
suit in revolution in Panama. as also
seems probable, there is liEely to be
established in Central America some
new international boundary lines of
more than passing interest.
Press dispatches tell Us that plans
for the revolution are going on apace,
and that seeMingly rearly every resi-
dent Of the state is in favor of break
ing away from the government al Bo-
gotta and declaring the independence
of Panama for the purpose of granting
a right of WY for the Cadal to the
Emitted States. 1t does not tai much
of prophet TO imagine the stars
stripes flying over the entire isthmus
in the near future. and Panama be-
coming the next addition to our terri
tory in our programme OF expansion.
So far have the plans for the revolu-
zion gone, and so sure of success are
the leaders. that even the boundary
lines to be demanded # Colombia have
been decided upon. They will give the
state total length of AS miles.
st Augustine is the oldest city in
the United States at the present time.
hut should we get this slic, of Colon
bia that city would have to take a
back seat in favor of Panama, which is
the oldest city founded by Europeans
in either { the Americas. The foun-
dalton of Panama was laid by Pedro
Arias Davila in 1918. There was then
but one other settlement of Europeans
on either continent. that Cf Santa
Maria el Antigua, near the Atrato,
which was afterwards abandoned. and
Of which no trace now remains.
Panama has always been an impor-
tant point in the history OF Central
and South America. Through it passed
the gold and silver of Chill and Peru
ON its way to Spain; it was the center
of religious activity for that section of
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-26

A Canadian writer on swine says:
Some of us seem 10 Think when we
see a pig stretcheing out and growing,
and not getting fat, that it is an eX-
pensive feeder. But this is not neces-
sarily the case 1t does not Necessarily
cost cent more to produce a pound OF
gain in a pig of the right bacon type
than it does in any other type. have
tried to prove it, but | could not dem
onstrate that the bacon type OF hog
is expensive to feed. I find it is an
economical producer of bacon. There
is no proof that it costs more to pro-
duce the bacon hog. If yCu get the
right type and have healthy, grow
ing, thrifty pig, that will stretch out
instead of getting fat and dumpy, You
will have hog that will feed econom-
ically. There may be some difference
in regard to their suitability for pen
feeding and grazing l think some of
the best grazers are the American
breeds, and possibly the Berkshires.
That is my experience so far as we
have gone, but we have not followed
it I'D very thoroughly vet"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-26

Fate, Tex, Sept. 2l.-Texas has seldom,
If ever, had such profound sensation as
that caused by the introduction recently of
new remedy for kidney diseases. This
remedy has already been tried in thousan ds
OF cases, and in almost every case the results
have been wonderful.
Henry Vaughan, OF Rural Route No. 3,
Fate, says of it:
Il suffered with Kidney Trouble for over
IS months. / was very bad and could get
remedy, Dodd's Kidney Pills. l began to
use these pills, and very soon found myself
improving. | kept on and now can say am
absolutely cured and free from any symptom
OF my old trouble.
81 am very glad heard OF this wonderful
remedy and | would strongly advise any
one suffering with Kidney trouble to try it,
for | know it will cure"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-26
HERE AND THERE.

Cotton seed meal is an excellent nj
trogenous feed for fowls. i. shoulc be
fed miexd with bran, corn meal or
chops, and well wetted.
Who profits by the use of machines
and improved implements, The I'M
thinking farmer can not use them.
Many such do not know that there are
good machines for their peculiar work.
The farmer who sells beef, pork,
mutton, milk or butter, made from his
own crop, judiciously ted to well-bred
animals, always makes more money
than he who grows crops and sells
them to others who do the feeding.
Fruit is not merely luxury. 1t is
one of the necessities Of life. There
as good, and meats may be dispensed
with without harmful results. But for
fruit there is nothing Just as good
no, nothing half as good,
Wells and windmills, which every
farm should have, will enable farmers
to irrigate a good garden plat, if moth
ing more, and then there need not be
a day in all the year when fresh vege-
tables from the garden can not be had
for dinner.
If it is too dry to plCw the fall
garden ground, it is not too dry to
haul onto it the manure, and thon when
the ground is ready Tor the pfow and
the harrow there will not be SO much
work to do that much that is needed
must be omitted.
"A very few surplus boosters will
eat up all the profits of the flock. They
should be marketed while young, or
eaten at home. 1t would be better to
give them away than TO keep them
through fall and winter. Surplus roos-
tiers are an expensive nuisance.
The best preventive of bad luck is
good management-on 4 farm or else
where. Haven't you known, during a
general failure of crops. some one
farmer who made good crops? Go and
talk with that man and learn how ne
did it. and do likewise.
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to severe attacks of backache, always
aggravated if | sat long at desk. 1t
struck me that if Doan's Kidney Pills
performed half what they promised
they might at least help. This induced
me to try the remedy. 1t absolutely
stopped the baclache. / have never
had pain or twingc since"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr.. Iario will
be mailed to any part of the United
States on application. Address Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, y. Y. For sale
by all druggists, price so cents per box.
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UNDULY CAUTIOUS.
Infinite PrecautiOn ms Exempiihed
by the Trained Newspaper
Reporter.

An American contemporary, having been
cast in heavy damages for incautious report
ing, declares that it will be more reserved in
its statements in future, relates London lit
following specimen:
IAN alleged mad dog, said to be the proper
ty of an alleged butcher in Atlantic avenue,
is SAID to have broken his chain Yesterday
afternoon and attacked the alleged daughter
Of Herman Jost, who claims TO be cigar
maker in that street. 1t will be remembered
by our readers that the alleged butcher,
whose name could not be learned was ar
rested some Is months ago for an alleged as
sault on his alleged wife with an alleged
brick, and he was sent TO the penitentiary Tor,
it is stated, the alleged term of two years,
but was pardoned at the expiration OF a
term of months by the alleged governor OF
81 At -
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Wife (producing letter from hus-
hands coat pocket)-There's that let
ter | gave you to mail a week ago
Husband-By jimini. So it is. /
wonder
Wife-When l asked you if it would
no too much trouble you said il would
he no trouble at all. | ough: to hare
been bright enough TO EnOf what yon
meant.-BostOn Transcript
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-26

While mining in Mexico. William
p. Dnuham, of Denver, visited what
is considered the highest waterfall in
the world. 1t bears the Indian name
of Bassaseaehic, and is located about
100 miles west of the city of Chihua-
hua. near the summit of the Sierra
Madre mountains. The elevation of
the mountain is $500 feet above sea
level. The cascade falls 97S feet.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-26

Little Mary's big sister was engaged to Mr.
Brown. who was away on an outing trip
with Mary's brother. Her father was writ;
ing to his son and prospective son-n-law and
asked the little girl ii she had message to
send to Mr.. Brown.
what shall LAY, pap" asked she.
Why said the father = believe 1t Is
the fashion to send your love.
Some minutes later her father inquired:
And what Shall say to brother Tom
well" replied he little mis-; with a
sigh. You may send my fashionable love to
Mr.. Brown and my real love to Brother
Tom. -Pnlladelp Press.
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Embryo Artist-"What DO you think Of
that for a painting? You wouldn believt
that is the first thing | ever completed
would you?" Careful Critic might think
so, but | wouldn't say SO for anything. =
Boston Transcript.
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nyrp.d cob. for HOGS.

Burned corncobs. if you have no
charcoal, mixed with aon:e wood ashes
end a very little salt kept where the
hogs can get it. is one of the best reg
ulators that hogs can be given to keep
Them in healthy condition. AS TO the
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-26

Brannigan-The doctor told me TO get
porous plaether for me stomach.
Druggist-Ycs, sir; what sort do you
want2
Br9nnigan-'Tis little care what sort
r. is 50 long as tbs aisily digested.-
Catholic Standard and Times.
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ZION, Denver, COl., says:
. You are at liberty to
repeat what / first stated
through our Denver pa
pers about Doan's Kidney
Pills in the summer of
1899, for | have had no
reason in the interim TO
change my opinion of the
remedy. | said when first
interviewed that if | had
a friend and acquaintance
suffering from backache
or kidney trouble | would
unhesitatingly advis c
them to take Doans Kid
ney Pills. | was subject
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profes.ionaI KpoUIedge.

Or Wise calls his new yacht Pare
Farir said the commodore.
Odd meme. Why" asked the cap
tain
Says il is so good in squalls, an
ETefed the COMMUNICATIVE