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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-29
SIMPLE FERTILITY.
A Matter That Has Come to Mean
Much to the Farmer OF These
Progressive Days.

Fertility of the land has come to
mean much more to us plain farmers
than in the Ignorant times when we
were boys Then we thought only
that the lands richness must be main
tanned, without our having much ex-
tensiYe knowledge Of how it should be
done. We had stable manure and
clover to depend upon, AND while their
values were generally well known.
their good Offices were not fully enl-
ployed; for even in those days, as now,
farmers often knew better than they
did. In ordinary farming there is an
appalling amount Of the richness OF the
land deliberately wasted. There is
much wasted. also, through ignorance
and careless methods.
But now the days Of our primitive
knowledge concerning the land are
past, and while research and experi-
ment have taught us much concerning
the secrets Of the soil we till, It is
highly probable that our present boast
I'd knowledge has mastered but Little
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-29
VEST HAD SOME BOUTS.
Thought the Legislature Night NJ
peal All the Smart Young
HAN Knew.

Senator Ccckrell tells Of the case Of .
young man who once appeared before the
commission appointed in Missouri to exam
ine applicants for admission to the bar Of
that state. It appears, says the New York
Herald, that this youthful applicant, who
had failed rtiserablt III all that pettained
to jurisprudence, civil la#T case law,
eumptuaFy law and due process Of law, was
finally asked by Mr.. Vest, for d long time
senator from Missouri, whether there re-
meined any questions which the young man
would like to have put to him.
u regret to say" remarked Mr.. Vest,
"that you have failed to come up to the
mark In the branches of law upon which
We have examined you. But" added Mr..
Vest, in most kindly spirit, eve will ques.
ton yort further, If you 50 desire"
Wei, sir responded the applicant, II
would suggest, if You please, that be ques-
toned on the statutes"
At this Mr., Vest smiled sadly. my dear
young man" added he, II. do not doubt
that you're up on the statutes; but dc
doubt that you will succeed in the law
Suppose you should have the utmost fa
miliarity with the statutes, what's to pre-
vent the legislature from repeating all yor
kpoWW
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-29
pIrY THE pooR AeArHEN.
1Ex. spinks Was Anxious to Get n
Els Contribution on
Tins.

Rev. Mr.. Osborne, according to the New.
ark IN. j. News, tells this story on one Of
his pensioners:
Company came to spend Sunday with the
Spinks family. Nevertheless, and in spite
Of pouring rain, Mr.. Spinks prepared for
church.
surely, you're not going" said Mrs.
gpihks.
'Sufely, am" replied Mr.. spinks.
THE pastor is booked for his annual mis-.
si0nary sermon and / wouldn't miss being
there for anything"
But it's storming dreadfully."
let 1t Storm
aAnd your guests-what win they think
Il You rua away and leave them1
Let item think WHIST they please. I'm
going to church,
I've never seen you SO interested in mis-.
Bions before" said Mrs. Spinks.
just between you and me, " returned Mr.
Spinks, II don't care hang for missions.
But the annual collection for the heather
will be taken to-day, and if put FIVE,
dollar bill in the plate it'll be all right. But
If stay away, the pastor will drop into
my Office some day this week and pull my
leg for ten"
sGo, BY all means" said his wife.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-29

more of the much to learn than the
little we knew in the early days Of
manure and clover. We know more
Of the why's and wherefores, OF course,
which is q great satisfaction to the
student farmer, and enables him to
conduct his operations with under
standing and intelligence; but the ma
llure that brings the clover, that brings
the corn, works as well for the dullard
who does Aot know q single reason
why as for the wise institute lecturer
who will talk one to sleep preaching
the doctrine of clover''-and sometimes
better, for the talker often y nothing
more.
Tull said, "Tiliage is manure, " which
remains One of the fine figures OF
speech OF agricultural literature; and
to our manure and clover, by the use
of better implements for culture, we
have added maryelously to production.
Then came the chemicals, with their
high prices, wonderful claims, and in
many cases cheating authorizations.
Often too much was claimed for them,
hut their usefulness is fixed, and they
have taken their places with manure,
clover and tillage.
From some sources a sensational
note of alarm comes regarding the
acid some of the commercial fertilizers
carry to the soil, but IL there is any
cause for alarm under any circum-
stances it Is not feared by working
farmers that-their soils will become
calculated where the legumes are
grown, the rotation is of a sensible
character, animal manure used and
good tillage practiced. More extensive
than any alarm, because coming with
more authority, are the promises for
bacterial assistance The bacteria of
/ the soil, about which we read and hear
so much, are more of an effect than
cause, and are one of the wherefores
that are explaining to us why we get
the good from the manure, the clovers,
the chemicals and the tillage. We may
talk profoundly about them, their OPP
erations and functions If we wish; they
remain so far merely one of the under
standabIe features of simple fertility.
A simply sufficiently fertile soil
scarcely needs any incubation, and
one not so will probably not remain
inoculated.-W. F. McSparran, in Farm
and Fireside.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-29
scatch Broth.

Take two pounds Of the 'sscraggy part"
If a neck Of mutton, cut the meat from
the bones and carefully free it from fat,
then cut the meat into small pieces and
put them into the soup kettle. with one
large slice Of turnip, two Of carrot, one
onion and stalk of celery, all chopped
tine; add half crpful Of barley and
three pints Of water; simmer two hours;
ii the meantime add one pint OF water
to the bones; simmer two hours, and
strain the stock thus obtained into the
soup; cook 4 tablespoonful Of butter
and the same amount of -four until per-
fectly smooth: stir gradually into the
soup, and add teaspoonful Of chopped
parsley. Season wen with salt and pep
Der. Peoples Home Journal.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-29
BL GOD WILL TELL
A THEORY SUPPORTED By FRESH,
CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE

A R@cent Instance Proves Thata Womans
Happiness is Largely Dependent On the
State Of Her Blood.
When the blood is disordered every
organ of the body is affected unfavorably
and fails to discharge its functions
properly. In the case Of every woman
nature has made special provision for
periodical publication Of the blood and
so long as this occurs her health and
spirits unfailingly reveal the beneficial
results. So slight cause as cold or q
nervous shock may produce suppress
sion Of this vital function and until it is
restored she is doomed to misery. The
remedy that has proved most prompt
and effective in all disorders peculiar to
the female sex, is that which brought
such great relief to Miss Matte Griggs,
Of No. S07 Indiana street, Lawrence,
Kansas, concerning which she speaks a.
follows:
I'm the winter Of 1902. from some
unknown cause, there was q cessation
Of functions peculiar to my sex for Pc
riod Of four months. became very
weak and could not get up stairs with-
out help. had nausea and pain and q
constant headache. ] was under the
care of q physician for three months,
but he did not succeed in curing me.
Then q lady friend told me about the
merits Of DR.. Williams Pink Pills which
she had used in her family and she in
duced me to try them. It was in May
when I first began to use them and in
June I had fully recovered nay health,
and have since remained perfectly
well. =
In all cases Of delayed development Of
young girls; In anBmia or weakness due
Co impoverished blood and showing it.
self in pallor, lack Of ambition, despond-
ency and nervousness; also in the great
constitutional disturbances attending
the period known as the change Of life,
Or. Williams Pink Pills are Invaluable
for women, whose health is always
closely dependent ON the state of the
blood. They are sold by all drug
2ists. A booklet Of valuable informa-
zion, relating to the care Of woman
health at all important periods, and en-
titled Plain Talks To Women, viii b.
sent free in q sealed envelope 70 any one
who chooses to write Tor Il TO the DR..
Williams Medicine Company, HoheueC-
tady, N. z.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-29
A Political lmbeeile.

Representative Williams, of Missis
sippi, tells Of an old gentleman who
lived in his State who was called upon
ao prove the insanity of a young man
who was on trial for assault with in
tent to kill.
Mr.. Woods, for that was his name
Zachariah Woods-swore he had nc
doubt the prisoner was an insane man
What reason have you for this be-
lief" asked the prosecuting attorney
Mighty good reason, sir" an
severed Mr.. Woods.
you may think so, but please state
them to the court and the jury"
well, colonel, bless yer life, I've
knowed Jimmy alters, and he's alters
ben err Dimercrat, an when the Dim.
ercratic party put up their man last
fall Jimmy didn't vote for him. l al.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-29
HERE AND THERE.

In winter, when pruning time comes.
the grapevine shoots made the past
summer are to be cut hack to within
two eyes of their base, when they are
again ready for the coming seasons
work.
"A Rocky mountain editor hits the
nail on the head when he says that
it takes monkey million years to
become man, whereas a man can
make a monkey of himself in very
few minutes.
Remember that while the law Of
supply and demand is q regulator of
prices in the long run, yet 1t does not
always go into effect until after q crop
has left the farm and is in control Of
the middleman.
Both prairie and forest fires are
known to be exceedingly destructive
of hnmus. In burning over grass
lands the humus is rapidly destroyed,
instead Of being left as food for the
growth Of grain or grass.
The necessity OF high fertilization
in Japan is shown by the fact that
in portion Of the country Japan bar
ley. indigo. beans and rape are grown
successfully on one plot Of ground
within the space of one year.
The surest way to ruin q young or
chard plantation is to turn cattle into
1t. Even II the trees be too large to
be eaten OF, or broken Of, all branches
that are within reach will certainly be
pulled down, ali low growth win be
destroyed.
With proper care and feed one can
increase the number Of eggs to q great
extent. Hens can not lay or produce
eggs unless their food contains the ele-
ments 81 which the egg is composed
that is. large share Of albuminous o.
esq producing clemens
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-29
wealth of. Farmers,

You may call him a "rube," or q
"hayseed," or a "yap," but the farmer
is the biggest man in the country new
ertheless. He could buy all the ma
tional banks, pay the national debt,
purchase both the Steel combine and
the Standard oil trust and put Wall
street out of business, out of the
products of his own toll, and still have
billion dollars left for pocket money.
To sum up sentence, the farmer, by
whatever name he may be called, is
the most important class in the United
States, and he has right to grow
chesty at the showing he Makes
Franklin Favorite
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-29
business Announcements.

Among the oddities in the smoke room Of
Clyde Fitch'S country house at North Cos.
Q partnership between two colored BARRIERS.
The notice, three feet square, is written in
red ink on yellow paper. It occupies a cor.
ner between two crossed canoe paddles, and
Ii reads:
ode Dissolution of coparsnips heretofo
resisting Betwix Me and moze Jones in de
barber profession an heretofo Dissolved.
pussons Who 0 must pay to de subscriber
Dem what de firm Os must call on Jones,
As de firm Is insolved."-N. Y. Sun.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-29
Ro..h Got Il.

The late sculptor, Bartholdi, was best
known in this country by his statue of
Liberty, the CHEF feature of which is its
size. Its artistic merits were succinctly
summed up BY distinguished foreigner
when sailing into New York harbor. Point
ing to the gigantic figure, he asked:
us that Liberty%
eyes," eaid a bystApder.
Then give me death said the foreigner,
Boston Herald.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-29

Clyde Fitch tells a new story of Whistler.
The artist was in Pans at the time of the
coronation of King Edward, and at re-
ception one evening, a duchess said to him !:
Il believe you know King Edward, Mr..
tier. SWhy, that's a odd, she p murm mtS
81 met the king at a dinner party last year,
and he said that he knew you" "Oh," said
the painter, ''that was just his brag. IN. Y.
Herald. j.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-29

$50 you don't care for poetry" no."
said the eminent inventor "Only the other
day heard young woman singing: Had
| the Wings of Dove Now the wings of a
dove would be wholly insufficient in at.
mospheric resistance for any practical pur-
pose whatever. What she really wants is
tetrahedral kite. Washington Star.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-29

A Kansas editor solemnly relates how a
bolt of lightning narrowly missed a pros
and shocked all of the wheat he had just
cut.-Atlanta Constitution
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-29

OaCkb OF kl0nSy ulnO1S
ders which kept me in
the house for days ut .
time, unable to do any
thing. What ! suffered
can hardly be told.
Complications set in,
the particulars Of
which Iwill be pleased
to give III q personal
interview to any one
who requires informa.
tion. This l can con-
scientifically Doan'a
Kidney Pills caused q
general improvement
IN my health. They
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-29

Great men are too busy to tell the
multitude how to become great, and
nobody has time to listen to the little
man, no matter how persistently he
squeals the directions.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-29
Over the Wire.

Stubb-It is nice to propose to a
telephone girl. You can give her such
cheap ring.
Pennies, but she generally re-
turns it.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-29

'Now l know" sobbed the six-months'
bride to her husband, growing over her ex-
tEavagance, "why you used to call me a
flower. You thought was an orchid and
that could live on aim. O. Picayune
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-29
Big Supply.
LIGHTNING Work

Tourist-Can have couple of towels?
Landlady-Are you going to stay here all
summer ?-Lustige Batter.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-29
Not Strange.

Mrs. Harms-I don't see anything in this
paper about Brown killing his motherin-
law.
Harms-That's not strange. You never
read the sporting page.-Judge.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-29
BAD Risk.

"And can't get any life insurance.
"Not cents worth. We just learned in
time that you are trying to break span
Of threeyear-Old mules. Detroit Free
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-29

brought great relief by lessening the
pain and correcting the action Of the
kidney secretions." :.
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers. Price, 80 cents. Fcster-Mns
burn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-29

II ID asserted that civilization 40 IL sd
vances weakens mans sense Of smell, but
perhaps, on the whole, people who live il
congested districts ought to be thankful fol
this. Taken by and large nature generally
knows her business pretty vel. - ndianap
ais News.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-29

There are lots of ways to make
love, but not nearly enough to satisfy
the average girl.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-29

It is understood that the Kansas City
telephOne girl who has just fallen heir to
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-29

An egotist may be defined as a person
who is so wrapped up in himself that he pays
no attention to us.-Puck
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-29

In selecting business or profession for
taste with talent.-Chicago Tribune.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-29

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken Of
as q cough cure.-J. w. O'Brien, 322 Third
Ave. ~, Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. 9, 1900.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-29
4 VOICE FROM TIE PULPIT.

Rev. JACOB D. Van Doren, Of 81 sixth
street, Fond Du Lac. Via, Presby-
terrain clergyman, says: 81 had ct.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-29
The Fame of Nimrod.

Nimrod told how he made his reputation.
81 was the first man who thought of not
shooting guide for deer, he explained
N. Y. Sun.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-29

Occasionally men are candidates for Office
because they can't help it, but usually it's
because the people can't help it.-Chicago
Daily News.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-29

Did you ever listen to one of the Jokes"
told by the man who is eternally arguing
that woman has NO sense Of humor?-Chi'
cage Tribune.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-29

A R@cent Instance Proves That Woman's
Happiness is Largely Dependent On the
State Of Her Blood.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-09
WEDDING RITES OF sAvAGEs.
Very Simple Ceremonies Constitute
Marriage Among Them.

The marriage ceremonies of many
description. In some places, indeed
says the Leisure Hour, ceremony is
almost entirely dispensed with. There
are no wedding rites in Dahomey, EEK
cept where the king confers the wife,
the interference of royalty rendering
It necessary for the bride to present
her future lord with a glass of rum.
Brandy drinking is the principal feat
ure of the ceremony in some Brazil
ian tribes. Amongst the Navajos, it is
only required of the bride and bride
groom to eat maize-pudding from the
same platter. In the Hill tribes of
North Aracan, marriage is described
as "a simple contract unaccompanied
by ceremony" and it is an equally in
formal affair in many other tribes. At
4 Khasia wedding, 1.-The couple about
to be married merely sit together in
one seat, and receive their friends, to
whom they give a dinner or feast"
They have a rather mixed ceremony
amongst the Gonds and Korkus, con-
siSting of Neating together, tying the
garments together, dancing together
round a pole, being half-drowned to-
Sether by a douche of water, and the
interchange of rings" A negress of
bridegroom has eaten from two dishes
which she has cooked with her own
hand and carried to his hut.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-09
PROGRESS.

Long ages since, it once befel1,
When Time was young and earth was
new,
From out a protopla smic cell
a wonderful amoeba grew.
Within million years. two
A pterodactyl passed that way;
And this is why 1 say to you
The world grows better day by day.
Some ages later, meath the spell
OF vital sunshine. rain and dew
Appeared on earth an asphodel;
And later yet red rose blew.
linen Love was born The rose to WOO,
"A nightingale poured out his lay;
And this confirms the statement true:
The world grows better day by day.
New forms and species came to dwell
Upon an earth of brighter hue
God saw the work, that it was well,
And life to higher levels drew:
Until a man appeared to view
And over all assumed the sway.
The happy years more blithely flew
The world grows better day by day.
you who think all things askew,
Be not impatient to delay.
Gods purpose thrills the ages through.
The world grows better day by day.
New York Sun.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-09

"Most ready, mother?"
Caroline ran in, her eyes sparkling
with the thought of some anticipated
pleasure, but she stopped suddenly.
Her mother sat in a little rocking
chair, with her knitting in her hands.
You are not going?'
Mother ''knit two, seam two, all tho
way across the needle" before she
laid her work in her lap and answered
Caroline
'.No-I-thought-
1T isn't what you thought, at all, :"
Caroline burst out. Its father againi
He's found out that you were going to
have a little pleasure, and he said you
shouldn't go! He's just as selfish as
-as-I ami"
Hush the mother said, gently.
You must not speak so of your faith
er. 1t wouldn't be any pleasure for
him to go gallivantin' through the
woods after leaves, and he can't real
iZe how much l wanted to. l ought to
stay home and finish this sock anyway.
and probly I'd ketch cold and have
rheumatics if l went. The wind is go
ing to blow, too. Maybe there1l be a
shower
Mother. you know every word
you've said is what father told you.
Wind blowing! You can't see a leaf
blowingi You can't see leaf stirring;
and there isn't cloud in the sky. You
couldn't take cold if you tried. It's all
a burning shameI"
Mothers wistful eyes looked out on
the garden. Father thought it sim
full waste of time and ground to raise
flowers, so the garden was always cab
bages and the like, except where Caro-
L.
thing. Her heart yearned for the
beautiful, and the woods, brilliant in
scarlets and yellows-well, she must
1utely from the clump of flags and the
hollyhock. Her eyes frightened when
she looked at Caroline. 1t was no
wonder that Will Archer had taken
her away from them so early, and had
built little home for her where she
had flowers a-plenty. If Will had or
dered her to leave the ground for cab
bages instead of flowers, it would have
made no difference to Caroline. She
was firm like her father.
J Mother, it makes me mad to have
you COW down as you do! What COM
fort do you take? Father works hard
through the week, but on Saturday af-
ternoons he goes to town and enjoys
himself You work like a slave all
week, and at night when he is sleeping
you are sewing all the time. Sundays
you might have a little rest, but with
the chores and the baths and dinner
to get, you have but precious little
time. If you ever do think of some
thing to give you a little pleasure,
father knocks it all over. Sometimes
I think 1 hate him."
"Carolinei" Mothers voice was
shocked. Hes your father, child"
81 don't care if he's my great grand
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-09
AN EPIDEMIC OF MADNESS,
Hungarian Aristocracy Driven Into
Insanity by Dissipation.

A singular epidemic of madness
seems to be making it's way among
the higher Hungarian nobility and af-
fecting some families of European
notoriety.
Count George Festetics, the eldest
son of Count Tassilo Festetics and
Lady Mary Douglas-Hamilton, lately
committed suicide in lunatic asylum
by hanging himself. He was only &c
years old
Szabo, of Arad, the owner of nearly
500, 900 acres of land, has had to be
confined as a dangerous 1unatic. He
had lately incurred heavy losses al
play, and was laboring unoer the i'm.
preston that he could not pay his
debts, and that his creditors were pur
suing him night and day wSth red-hot
irons to brand him as a swindler.
A third noble, having large estates
in Pennsylvania, Count Estaaby, has
fallen victim to mania, after a wild
career of dissipation extending over
several years, during which he sold
every stick of furniture in his castle
and every tree on his extensive es
tates. Now he regards himself as ar
incorporation of various Old Tesla
ment sonages-sometimes Moses
sometimes Abraham, but more fire.
quently Solomon.