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The leader., 1903-12-05
Hohson,s RilI.

Washington, NOV. 29-Former Com
mander Richmond Pearson Hobson of
the navy has prepared bill which he
has requested Representative Wiley
of Alabama to introduce in the house
on the converting of the regular ses-
sion of congress for the purpose, as he
says. of making the United States the
first naval power of the world during
the next eighteen years. The bill
makes total appropriation of $2.750.-
100000. Fifty millions are made avail
able for the present fiscal year, sixty
millions for the next. and so on, in
creasing by ten million each year up
to 1Q15
The leader., 1903-12-05
Cecil Rhodes Scholarships.

The University of Mississippi has
issued pamphlet in regard to the
Cecil Rhodes scholarships for Oxford
University. Mississippi being enti-
tied to two. The first selection of
candidates for these scholarships
will be made in May, 1904. Those
who desire to stand an examination
should communicate with Chancel-
lor Fulton, of the University.
The leader., 1903-12-05
Bible in High School.

The board of trustees of the
Meridian public schools met last
week to consider objections to the
reading Of the Scriptures and prayer
at the opening of daily exercises of
the new high school, which have OBJ
tanned since the school was first
opened at the commencement of the
present school term, a minister of a
different denomination officiating
each week, all city pastors being in
vited to take turns. After hearing
discussion the board decided to make
no change.
The leader., 1903-12-05

Abstinence is cure for many evils.
1t will bring a reform more quickly
than any other means, whether the re-
form be personal, political. economic
or social One or two Thanksgiving
without turkey will teach the poulter-
ers that the people are not to be trod-
den upon recklessly. A week or two's
abstention from packing house prod
ucts might have good effect on the
grasping packers, who hang on to high
prices despite the fact that cattle and
hogs on the hoof were never much
lower,
The leader., 1903-12-05
cntton Is A1l pickaa

EVANSVILLE. Ala, Nov. 29.-About all
ok the eotton grown in the Tennessee
alley This season has been picked and
IS in the hands of the ginners. Labor
has been plentiful and the weather
has been favorable for the movement
of the crop. The yield of lint cotton
is Is per cent. lower per acre than
last year, but the crop is slightly
larger by an increased acreage. Very
few of the planters are holding their
cotton. All of them are showing a
disposition to sell around IL cents.
The farmers are more cheerful than
they have been in many years because
of the good price Of cotton.
The leader., 1903-12-05
Prohihltionists Active.

The Prohibition leaders of Mis-
sissippi announce that a determined
effort will be made in the next legis-
lature to secure the passage Of a
bill making the sale Of liquor in this
State penal. The question was agi-
tated during the campaign, and the
Prohibition executive committee
polled the legislature and claim to
have a majority in favor of statutory
prohibition. Miss Belle Kearny, one
Of the leading workers in the tenn
perance cause, will canvass the State
The leader., 1903-12-05

Elijah II. has issued a call for two
millions of American dollars. This is
my command to you as Gods messen-
ger and your leader" he says. Realize
by immediate sale the cash proceeds
OF all your property, invest in securi-
ties or Zion land, and come with all
your house to Zion City" This prophet
does not appear to be content with
what the ravens may provide.
The leader., 1903-12-05

The recent visit of the Italian king
and queen to England had no direct
political significance. Italy and Great
Britain can hardly be made any more
friendly than they are now. The Ital-
ians have reason to be grateful to
Great Britain for many friendly turns.
The young Italian king has always
been sympathetic with English institu-
lions and ways.
The leader., 1903-12-05

Kansas will be likely to resent the
declaration of a Missouri court that
her chosen flower is weed. She will
suspect luminosity on the part of Mis-
souri,. There is none. The sunfower
simply has no associations in Missouri
such as it has in Kansas. But asperse
or trample on the red geranium at
your peril when you tread Missouri
SOIL
The leader., 1903-12-05

Before Senator Newlands' bill for
the admission of Cuba to the Union as
a state goes any farther, let it be
amended that the admission take place
after Cuba has had adequate public
schools for fifteen years. This coun-
try has all the illiterate voters it can
stand,
The leader., 1903-12-05
one Of Them.

Il am sorry to hear your unfortunate
nephew has been closed out by the
sheriff. z said the friend OF the family.
Have you any idea what his liabili-
ties are?''
Eyes; I've an idea he's liable to call
on me fur. help about the fust thing
he does, re marked Uncle SiIas.
Chicago Tribune,
The leader., 1903-12-05
Rifies for Guards.

The acknowledgement received last
week 1000 magazine rifles for the
National Guard, which will be dis
tributed at once. Gen. Henry has
recommended to the legislature GER
tain amendments conforming the
National Guard to the requirements
of the Dick bill.
The leader., 1903-12-05
Issauuena cron Short.

The county of Issaquena appears to
have suffered more than any other
delta county by the short cotton crop
of this season According to the Roll
ing Fork Pilot, Issaquena made only
5000 bales, as against usual yield
of $4,000 bales. The Pilot says the
shortage in all the delta counties will
be very large, but not so much as this.
The leader., 1903-12-05

Over in Kentucky Jacob Finken-
binder has just died from eating too
freely of sauer kraut before it had suf-
ficiently ripened. There was a whole
barrel of it and Jacob could not re-
strain himself before so delicious a
temptation. The vegetarians will
doubtless refuse to be considered re-
sponsible for Jacobs recklessness.
The leader., 1903-12-05
Accidentally Killed.

D. w. Meek, a prosperous drug
gist'of Gunnison, was killed by City
Marshal E. NJ. Allen last week. Al
len struck a resisting prisoner with
his pistol and the weapon exploded,
the bullet penetrating Meek's right
lung, killing him instantly.
The leader., 1903-12-05

An American astronomer, who has
been making celestial observations
from Australia, reports the discovery
of ten new double stars. President
Francis should have them exhibited at
the Worlds fair. He might send
Aeronauts Gregg. Lebaudy and Santos
Dumont after them.
The leader., 1903-12-05

Re-establishment of the canteen at
army posts is urged by Lieut.-Gen. 8.
B. NJ. Young, chief of staff, United
States army, the ranking officer of the
army, whose conservative Judgment on
these matters seem to crown the gen.
eral approval of the canteen by the
service.
The leader., 1903-12-05

No foreign government will have a
finer showing at the Worlds fair, in
point of its national pavilion, than Bra
gil. That South American republic has
decided to show its progress and pros
perity to the world, and demonstrate
its nigh attainments in art and indus
try, by its participation in the expo
SitiOn,
The leader., 1903-12-05

Suppose an American railroad should
hire foreign agent to buy hundred
thc'lsaId tons of export rails" from
the Steel trust at 500 per ton, and
should then have them shipped from
the foreign port back to this country
for its own use, thus cheating the trust
out of the opportunity to charge it $2S
per ton, would it be liable to prosecu-
ton for obtaining valuables under false
pretenses?
The leader., 1903-12-05
openina New Mail Route.

The rural free delivery route from
jackson into Rankin county, which
was established some months ago, will
be opened December Is. Postmaster
r. o. Edwards has received authority
from the department at Washington
to begin sending the mail out over
that route the middle of December,
and has been notified that ]. R. Jones
has been selected as the rider.
The leader., 1903-12-05
Fine Hunting Season.

Reports from the delta state that
the hunting season in that section
was never better than at present.
More ducks and geese have appeared
on the rivers, lakes and IN the
swamps than for many years past,
and it is an easy matter for a sports
man Of ordinary ability to bag forty
or fifty fowls IN few hours shoot
ing. Fishing is also unusually fine,
and within the past several days.
bear and deer hunting parties have
been quite successful with big game.
The leader., 1903-12-05
HazIehurst Cotton Receipts.

Cotton receipts from the wagons
at Hazlehurst up to date show a gain
of 5000 bales over last year. Farm
ers have rushed it to town to take
advantage of the present prices, and
gins have been swept clean. The
week just closed shows falling off
of % per cent. over the week pre-
ceding, and the last week was clear
every day, while the. week before
had two rainy days, showing that
the heaviest movement has passed.
Half the farmers have finished pick
ing and very few have any cotton in
the fields.
The leader., 1903-12-05
Muster RolI Presented.

j. W. Pearsons. of Jackson. has CIV
en- to Director Rowland, of the depart
ment of archives and history, the mus
ter roll of the old Stanford battery,
which was organized at the beginning
of the civil war at Grenada. The his
torical document came into Mr. Pear
sons possession through his uncle,
who was captain of the battery, and
after whom it was named.
The leader., 1903-12-05

! The Ohio supreme court has declared
that believers in Christian Science can
not be proceeded against for refusing
to call physician to treat a minor.
The parents had been indicted for man
slaughter on the death of their child
This decision is the reverse of that re-
Gently handed down by the New York
court of appeals at Albany.
The leader., 1903-12-05
Peculiar Accident.

Ed. Farmer, Of franklin, Tenn,
met with death in a singular man
ner near Tunica last week. In at
tempting to drive through a gate his
head was caught between proiec-
ton and large steel range he was
delivering, and his neck was broken.
The leader., 1903-12-05
NEGRO COLLEGE Dedicated.

Jackson College, negro educa-
tional institution, which has been in
the course of erection at Jackson, for
several months, was dedicated last
week with appropriate ceremonies.
The leader., 1903-12-05

tics from the charter records Willis
banks are failing ii the West and
North, Mississippis financial institti-
tons seem to be on a rock bottom basis
and new banks are being organized
wherever the business needs demand
them
The leader., 1903-12-05

President Diaz of Mexico says that
Kratz of Missouri will be sent back
more as matter of Accommodation"
than of law. His return will certainly
be great accommodation, indicating
an accommodating disposition on the
part of the Mexican president. ---,---,--.
The leader., 1903-12-05

Visitors to the Worlds fair grounds
at ST. Louis of which there have been
many thousands in the course of the
last few weeks, are agreeably sur
prised at the advanced stage of prog
ress in construction and general ar
rangement of the grounds.
The leader., 1903-12-05
viii pauble Its canacitx.

The Yazoo City Ice and Coal
Company announces that it will
double the capacity of its ice plant
at once, making the capacity thirty
tons day.
The leader., 1903-12-05
Mississippi State News
4. and N. School d EnaIneerIna.

The school of englneeringone
of the three main divisions of the
Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege at Starkville--is an instrument
of increasing power in the State and
a great factor in developing the skill
and intelligence of our boys. 1t
gives to the young men that train
ing and preparation which fits them
to take their places in the great in
dustrial army, and to plan and do
work that is necessary to develop the
resources and increase the wealth
and prosperity of the country.
The school of engineering en-
braces the departments of mathe-
MATES, mechanical engineering,
physics and electrical engineering,
civil and rural engineering, geology
and mining engineering, and offers
in each of the four great divisions
of engineering-mechanical,el ectri-
cal, civil and mining-a thorough
course of instruction, theoretical and
practical, in the. scientific principles
and an introduction into the prac-
tice Of the profession. The work in
the different departments is being
most carefully studied and systemat-
ically planned by the engineering
faculty. The studies are SO ar
ranged that each student carries on
the work of two engineering depart
ments in the junior and senior years,
and all engineering students have
identically the same work in the
freshman and sophomore years. The
method of instruction is by sys-
tematic lectures and the study of
suitable textbooks. Closely asso-
ciated with the theoretical instruc-
ton is a regular amount of practi-
cal exercises in the drawing room,
the field, and the laboratories and
shops attached to the different de-
partments. All engineering stu
dents receive the same instruction in
English, mathematics, chemistry,
civies and history, biology, and Mil
itary science and tactics. The work
is so planned and arranged that ev-
cry student in the college is reached
by some phase of it. Besides the
regular four years course, there is
also two years. practical course in
mechanical engineering and electri-
cal engineering.
The organization and working
force is as follows: B. NJ. Walker,
director and professor of mathemat-
les; J. W. Fox, professor of civil
and rural engineering; Albert
Barnes, professor of mechanical en-
cheering; G.. E. Ard, professor of
physics and electrical engineering
W. N. Logan, professor Of geology
and mining engineering; Charles
Hancock, Instructor in mechanical
and engineering drawing; r. G.
Carpenter, instructor in forge and
foundry and superintendent of pow
er; T. NJ. Spinks, instructor in ma
chine shop; j. E. Nickel, instruct
or in wood shop; w. W. Freeman,
in drawing; H. E. Pig
ford, fellow in mechanical and cleo
trical engineering.
The leader., 1903-12-05

]. Pierpont Morgan's precaution of
providing that the interest on his sec
ond mortgage bonds might be default
ed for two years before foreclosure
proceedings could be brought will be
admired by every man who has mort
gage interest to meet.
The leader., 1903-12-05
sawmiIl DESTROYED.

The saw mill six miles southwest of
Belen, belonging to A. Fowler, was de-
stroyed by fire last week. The origin
of the fire is unknown. No insurance.
Loss about $4,000 The lumber stack
ed in the yard was saved.
The leader., 1903-12-05
Gin and sawmilI Burned.

The combination steam gin and saw
mill plant belonging to Mosby Bros,
near Lauderdale, was burned a few
days since with quantity of lumber
and forty bales of cotton. Loss esi1
mated at $4,000. No insurance.
The leader., 1903-12-05
.Winona's Guess.

The guess Of the Winona Cotton
Exchange on the cotton crop for
1903-1904 is 10,194,856 bales.
The leader., 1903-12-05
New Bank Organized.

The stockholders of the Riverside
Bank at Marks held meeting on the
25th and organized by electing officers.
The bank will open for business jan
llarV |
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-07-07
HUMANITY OUTRAGED

The U. S. dIspensatory says; "opi-
um lessons the peristalic motion of the
bowels. It's local effect (when applied
10 the lower boweD Is the same as Its
general operation. conium PARALYZ"
ES the motor nerves; aconite reduces
muscular strength; belladona produces
PARkLYTIC symptoms; hyoscyamus
and stramonium are same as bellado-
ma. THEY DO NOT EXERCISE ANY
CURATIVE INFLUENCES" Every
pile medicine prescribed or on the
market contains some Of the above pois
"a viz: For sale by CONN DRUG co
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-07-07
REDUCED SUMMER EXCURSION
RATES.

The Denver & Rio Grande popularly
known as the Scenic Line OF the
World" has announced greatly reduced
roundtrip rates from Pacific coast
points for the benefit Of teachers who
viii spend their vacation in the east,
and of delegates to all the prominent
conventions-N. T.. A., at Boston; A.
o. U. W., at st. Paul; B. p. 0. T., at
Bantlmore; woodmen Of America at In
dlanapolis; Eagles at New York; Myst-
ic Shrine at Saratoga Springs; K.
Of Z. at Louisville, and 7. p. A. at In
lIanapolls. Tickets at reduced rates
will be based upon one fare for the
round trip but will be sold only on the
certain days. These tickets will carry
stopover privileges on the going trip
giving passengers an opportunity TO Wis
it Salt Lake City, Glenwood Springs.
Colorado Springs and Denver; and VIII
be good to return any time within 30
days. Passengers going via the Denver
e. Rio Grande are given the privilege OF
returning via a different route. For
the rate TO the point you wish to CO.
and for dates of sale and other partt-
culars as well as for illustrated pamph-
let, write w. G. MCBRIDE, General
agent, 124 Third street Portland Ore.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-07-07

ons, EXCEPT E-RB-sA PILE CURE.
"E-RU-SA doubtless Is the only pile
medicine on the market which does not
contain narcotic poIsons or mercury
ECONOMICAL DRUG CO.. Chicago.
III. Per G. III. Mcconnell. president.
I'VE guarantee no mercury or oplates
In E-RU-SA pile cure. - Woodland
Clarke 8 Co., Portland, Or.
E-Ru-SA cures piles. or $50 paid.
Worst cases cured with one box, E-ru
sa contains no mercury. no opIates. All
reliable up-to-date druggists sell E-ru-
EAGLE pURG CO.. cHAs ROGERS.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-07-07

office of {, .. NJ. Vancouver Bar
racks, Wash, June II, 1908. Sealed pro.
posais. In triplicate. viii be received
here until IL \. NJ. July II. 1903. and
then opened, for repairs TO hospital a,
Fort Stevens. oregon, For full informa.
tlon apply TO this office or Quartermast-
err Fort Stevens, Oregon u $, re.
serves the right to reject or accept any
or all proposals or any part thereof
Envelopes containing proposals should
be marked; Proposals for repairs to
hospital at Fort stevens, Oregon and
addressed to undersigned,
r, II. HATHAWAY, G. Q. NJ.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-07-07
NORTH COAST LIMITED.

Is only run by the Northern Pacifs
between Portland and Minneapolis and
st. Paul. through Tacoma. Seattle.
Spokane. Mtssoula. Butte. Livingston,
Billings. Bismark and Fargo. Eight
of these trains are on the run daily
four east and four west. Each Ia 9
solid vestlbuled train, carrying stand
ard Pullman tourist sleepers. dining
car. day coaches. mall. express and
baggage car and the elegant observa-
tlon car. Each train II brilliantly
lighted with over 800 lights and the
beauty Of II all 10 you can travel just
ss cheapiy on this train as on any
other. All representatives will b
glad 10 give you additional informa-
ton. A. d. Charlton. Assistant Gen.
eral Passenger Agent, eSS Morrison Ss,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-07-07
AcADEMIcAL HoNoRs.

Harvard professor recently took oc
easion to express himself in most un-
complimentary manner regarding the
Phi. d. degree. According to his opin-
Ion. a degree of this kind is frequently
not worth the paper on which It Is
written. Many Of these doctors Of phil
osophy, we are told, are genuine ignor-
ami, and absolutely unfit to teach
others.
Something like this has been suspected
all along. The various degrees confer
red by colleges and universities are
held in preposterously high esteem.
They are respected and worshiped as
veritable fetishes. The assumption is
ytiIl too common that the person who
nas obtained degree must needs be
looked up to as an altogether superior
nersou. that mere learning is, by all
odds. better than experience, or indi-
yidual thought. There is larger mum
ber of scholars turned loose every
wear who are piteously ignorant OF rud-
unentary things and conditions.
A college degree or diploma is all
right, as far as it goes, but it alone does
not warrant claims Of superiority or
amount to guarantee Of success. 1t
must be supplemented by seifeducation
and that invaluable knowledge which
can be derived only from actualFcon-
tact with the world and our fellow men.
The college and university are prelim-
mary, OF training .ichools, and nothing
else. and degrees are merely evidences
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-07-07

LOW RATES TO SAN FRANCISCO.
On account of the National E,ncamp-
ment Grand Army of the Republic to be
held at San Francisco August II to 20,
the o. r. & N. Co. have named the low
rate of 5000 for the round trip by
steamship in both directions. or $500
for steamship in one direction and rail
return or vice versa. This rate will
only apply ON steamships leaving AS
toria August II and ls. or on trains
leaving Portland August Il. i3, H..
Tickets will be good for return within
final limit Of sixty days from date
of sale. Berth reservations should be
made early to avoid disappointment.
For further particulars apply to
C. W. LoUNSBERRY, Agt.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-07-07
SEWING MACHINES.
SUPERIOR QUALITIES AND LOW
ER PRICES AT FoARD
q STOKES co,

Why pay exhorbitant prices for q
sewing machine when you can get a
strictly high class machine that will do
the work OF any on the market, runs
easy. and a delight in every household.
for less than half what you pay for 9th
ers.
Three drawer machine at 1880,
Five drawer machine at 5000.
Seven drawer machine at sss.oo,
II win pay you to call and see this
machine, It's the best offer YOU VIII
find in the machine line. Nothing to
equal it anywhere. We will be pleas
ed to explain Its merits IL you win call
at the store and give US anopportunity
TO do so,
Foard & stokes Co,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-07-07

thar the possessors thereof have ac-
ouired that amount Of knowiedge
which the teachers are able or expected
TO instll
Mere accidental knowledge is worth
nothing, unless it can be usefully APP
piled, or made the steppmg-stone to far
,her and more valuable knowiedse to
he acquired by the Individual himself
A degree does not represent the sum
ma sunmarum of wisdom. As Its very
name implies. il is merely a degree
Education is thing highly to De
priced. but it must not be held 70 ne
more than il is. 1t must not be made
superior TO individual effort and talent
II Is the man that counts, not the mere
degree. or superficial scholarly attain
lnents. The best education Is that
which enables the young man to play
his part we'll in a world which vaiues
demonstrated fitness more than any
thing else.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-07-07
npIyrN 70 pnspnRArroN.

Living at an OUT ct the way place,
remote from civilization . family is
often driven 10 desperation In ease of
accident. resulting in burns wounds,
cuts. ulcers, etc. etc, Lay 10 a sup.
ply II Bueklins Arnica Salve, It's
the best on earth, sSo at chas, Rek-
ers' drug store,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-07-07
STARTLING EVIDENCE.

Fresh testimony in great quantity is
constantly coming in, declaring DR..
Kings New Discovery for consump-
ton, coughs, and colds to be unequaled.
A recent expression from I; J. McFar-
land, Bentorville, Va, serves as exam
pie. He writes: Il had bronchitis for
three years and doctored all the time
without being benefited. Then ] be-
gan taking DR.. Kings New Discovery,
and few bottles wholly cured me-"
Equally effective in curing all lung and
throat troubles Guaranteed BY chas.
Rogers, druggist. Trial bottles free,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-07-07

For forty years DIR. Fowler's Extract
OF wild Strawberry has been curing
summer complaint, dysentery, diar-
rhoea, bloody fiux, pain in the stomach
and it has never yet failed to do every
thing claimed for 1t.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-07-07

Il owe my whole life 20 Burdock
Blood Bitters. Scrofuous sores cover
ed my body. | seemed beyond cure,
b. b. b. has made me perfectly well
woman" Mrs. Charles Hutton, Ber-
willie. Mich.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-07-07

Years OF suffering relieved In a night,
Itching piles yield at once to the cur
ative properties Of Doan's Ointment,
Never fails. At any drug store. 80 cts.