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BR'ER RABBIT HoNoRED

!" Come right on up to the fire. your
Majesty; it's powerful cool dis morning.
says old Br'er Rabbit, says he, with
out payin' no attention to what King
an make yourself at home. Me old
oman done gone to market, King Lion.
an If it amt too condescendin',' says
old Br'er Rabbit. says he. 4 hope your
majesty VIII stay to dinner
glad, an he wouldn't be surprised If he
90, an then he grin an lick his chops,
King Lion, you done confer a pow
erIul. great honeration on me. I dunno
10 AND behold! If amt done gone an
forget to ask King Lion after his
heaith.' says old Br'er Rabbit says be.
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Mr.. Lion Looking "Mighy
Biggity"

knows on what likes to have folks
praise ''em up. when they aint got moth
In to be proud on, an I've done took
philosophize, AN I've done took an
noticed dat de least>what a man has to
brag about de more samer does he do
1t.
An, se," continued Uncle Washing
ton, "an' so. old King Lion. he swell
up, he did. an he shake he name, an he
step down from he palunquin. an saw
dat he feelin' more dan scrumptious.
an dat he hope Br'er Rabbit feelin' de
same.
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Mr.. Wind and Madam Rain
BY P AUL DE MUSSET
Translated BY Emily Mpea Published and London

Il want great deal of money" said
John Peter
I'VE must have" said Claudine. "a
recompense for the blows which the
giant who was shut up in the little
golden cask gave us with his stick
And IT, said Peter must be Gre
ated knight or a baron
Miserable. imprudent man that
was murmured Mr.. Wind, ITO come
into this house! My friends, I will give
but it is only the king that can make
knights and barons. Let me depart
you shall not cried Claudine: "Pe
ter is right-you must give in to US,
fort to escape; but John Peter, CIaudine
and Peter. all three. began to blow upon
him, and he found himself so weak that
he could no longer offer them any re-
SiStance.
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Funny Examination Answers

The following questions are taken
from set given by teacher to her
class, to which three funny answers
were received.
1. What is a monarchy?
answer l. "A monarchy is a country
In which they take their place in birth .
Answer 2. "A monarchy Is where the
King holds his position until his birth %
What is woman suffrage?
Answer. Woman suffrage is an act
passed by Congress giving woman a
right to suffer the same as man."
l. May
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Misuse Of Words

The story of an idle boy-An idle boy one
day sat before the CRATE drinking beer and
new shoes to wear on his feet. IT think
my mean pa might buy me some" he said
All the time his father was right there and
how 1t did wiring his heart to hear his
wasteful boy talk so. I'll give him a
smack that'n make him PALE" said he. and
did not wait long to do so. 1t made his SON
baWl
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Make Seven Pieces in Two Cuts

sharp knife or scissors. cut it out Lay
ing 1t on the table, ask who can, in two
cuts. divide it into seven pieces. That
seems difficult thing to do, doesn't it?
But it Is quite easy. The picture shows
how you may do it. First, cut across
from to 2. which will divide it into
three pieces. Then place the pieces side
by side, and one cut where you see the
dotted line viii give you seven pieces.
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A Coat to Spare

Three-year-old Maurice wasn't feeling
we'll. Papa said, Let me see your
tongue, Maurice. Your head seems SO
very hot After looking at it, his
papa said, Your tongue has a little
coat on it" Maurice looked surprised.
Is it the little coat that keeps my
head SO hot, papa ?''-Little Chronicle.
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A Complete Letter Writer

Marie. aged 5, was writing to her papa,
who was away from home. She began
her letter, Dear Papa and Baby.
why. dear said her mother. ssyou
should not put and baby in your let
ter Well said Marie. Papa writes
Dear Mamma and Baby when he
writes to us.''-Little Chronicle.
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THE WIND CRIES
How and Why Stories
HOW KING LION MEETS HIS MATCH

7 hope. King Lion, you're feelin' spruce
dis mornin'.'
King Lion respond dat he feelin' first
rate. I've got mighty fine appetite,
Br'er Rabbit; how might you be?'
amt as spry as might be, your
Majesty. What's de news to-day? I've
been keepin' nightly close lately
L m powerful sorry to say 1t, Br'er
Rabbit. but I've got some heart-break-
in news for you.'
What de matter. King Lion? Any
my folks done dead?
:. Not yet. Br'er Rabbit. but I hear
tell dat there is goin' to be funeral
In your family. and with dat King Lion
grin an lick his chops, while all de
court critters laugh an grin at his Ma
jeSty's joke.
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NE time" said old
Uncle Washing

Ne time, SdiU OlQ
Uncle Washing
ton, in response to
my plea for att
other story. "One
time o l d K / n S
Lion done issue a
decree that each
day he was goin'
to take and eat
one of the critters
in dey turn. One
day he eat Mr..
Bull, de next he
eat Mr.. Wolf. and
de next he eat Mr..
Deer, and he keep
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Beheading.

Take word of seven letters and use 1t to
make sense in the following blanks by
his he would be no --- than =
villain.
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A Conundrun.

What is the answer to this?
My first means company.
My second shuns company.
My third calls company,
And my whole entertains company"
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Decapitations.
On the Scales.
Picture Puzzle.

The six syllables are s'in,' q s'con1,' spre. .
coinprshensibls."
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y. PUZZLES AND PROBLEF1S *
A Diamond.

:. Can you work out the following diamond.
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CHAPTER TX.

CONTINUED FROM LAST SUNDAY,
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Church Clock.

Each word contains
three letters and ter
inmates In e. Substi-
tute the initials for the
Roman numerals on the
dial. Commencing with
the correct letter and
reading in the direction
the clock hands go, the
initials will spell d
yearly church celebra-
1iOn
The leader., 1905-08-12
GRADED SCHOOL NOTICE.

Patrons of Brookhaven Graded
School are hereby notified that the
next session of this school will
open on Monday, September 4th,
this being the usual date for open
ing. The school board does not
anticipate any cause for postpone-
ment or suspension of school, but
if cause should arise, either from
the spread ofthe present epidemic
of fever IN New Orleans, or from
other contagious disease develop
ing in this locality, prompt action
will be taken and patrons notified.
1t is very important that all pu-
pills who are to be in this school
The coming session should be on
hand promptly at the beginning.
Pupils from the country who
desire to secure board, should
write the principal at once, as sew
eral parties have notified him that
they are willing to take pupils at
very reasonable rates.
Pupils living in Lincoln coun-
ty, bnt outside of this school dis
trict, will not be required to pay
tuition except for one month of
the session.
Text Books. The list of books
is almost entirely new; but they
are much cheaper than ever be-
fore, and the exchange rate is so
liberal chat it will be no great
hardship on patrons to get these
new books. The book used in
school last year may be exchang
ed at the Official Depository for
the corresponding newly adopted
book by paying exactly one-half
the retail price Of the new book.
This price is required by law to
be printed on the back Of the new
book, and it is important that this
be noted in buying books, as the
law does not permit the use IN
public schools of books not COM
plying with the requirements of
the law, in every detail.
The local official depository for
Brookhaven is Rev. R. J. Boone's
Book Store. Lists Of the adopted
books, by grades, may be obtain
ed at this store after August 15.
Very respectfully,
T. p. SCOTT,
Principal.
The leader., 1905-08-12
CAPT. WALTER BARKER KILLED IN
JAPAN.

News has been received at
Washington from Nagasaki, Ja-
pan, Of the death Of Capt. Walter
B. Barker, Of the regular United
States army. He was killed ii a
railroad accident at Nagasaki,
While on official business.
Walter Barker was a native
Mississippian, where be was ex-
tenslvely known and highly es-
teemed. He served Id the Con-
federate army during the war
between the States, and was one
Of the bravest soldiers that ever
shouldered q musket. After the
war be engaged ii mercantile pur-
suits, farming and stock raising.
He was appointed a post trader TO
one Of the Indian Agencies ia the
West BY Mr.. Cleveland, and af-
terwards to 4 Consulship ID Cuba,
remaining Oh The Island during
the war with Spain and enlisting
III the regular army, being assign
ed to the quarterlnasters depart
ment with The rank of captain.
He has held commission as cap
tain il the regular army since
Feb. 9Th, 1901, and since chat
time has been assigned TO duty in
japan He had many friends in
Mississippi who will cherish bis
memory
The leader., 1905-08-12
Special Rates via the Queen 3 Crescent
Route.

10 points IN Louisiana, Arkan-
sas. Texas and the Territories on
the following days: August lst
and 18th; Sept. 18th and 18th;
Ocober 3rd and 18th; Nov. 7th
and 21st, and Dec. 9Th and 10th,
with limit to return 81 days from
date Of sale. Stop-oYers in both
directions.
Special summer excursion fares
to Hot Springs, Ark, Eureka
Springs, Ark, and Eldorado
Springs, Mo-, at one fare plus
$500 for the round trip. Dates
of sale June lst to Sept. S0th.
Special summer excursion rates
to Hot Springs, Ark, at rate Of
one fare plus 50. 90 for The round
trip. Sold daily June LIST to Sept.
30th.
For further information, adj
JNO. W. WOOD,
Tray. Pass. Agent,
Meridian, Miss.
The leader., 1905-08-12

Fortunately for jackson, the
quarantine against New Orleans
and the cloud no bigger than
mans hand, of pestilence., finds
Ramsey Wharton again on post,
as mayor, for all remember his
splendid performance, his brav-
cry, patriotism, fidelity and self
abnegation when the yellow
perilo last found foothold at the
State capitol, and how he remain
ed on duty. steadfast and firm,
ready for any emergency at time
when other brave men sought
safety. It's a source of gratifca-
ton to the senior editor of the
Examiner to remember that he
was the first to discern the latent
ability of this worthy gentleman,
and call him to official position Of
honor, responsibility and trust.
Aberdeen Examiner.
The leader., 1905-08-12

Mr.. Walter Beasley went to
Hazlehurst last night TO be with
his brother, Mr.. Wm. Beasley,
who was dangerously hurt by foot
pads Monday night. Mr.. Beas-
ley lives about a mile from Halle
hurst and bad been in-town Mon
day to draw 5000 from the bank.
He gave the money TO bis wife
who left on the train for the
North, and it is supposed that it
was for this money that he was
waylaid on his own premises that
night. He had started to his feed
house when be was knocked in the
head by unknown parties and his
condition is said to be very criti-
|caI.
The leader., 1905-08-12
SIMILO NEWS.
It is dry and dusty at present.
gFs5 -. = ~

Il is dry and dusty at present.
There is a great deal Of sickness
at present.
Everybody is talking yellow
fever, but we sain't scared yit.
A number Of our young people
attended the camp meeting Sun
day last.
Mr.. Frank Dunn has accepted a
position with the Faust q Forest
Lumber Company, at Gloster,
Miss, whore be has gone.
At the protracted meeting at
Pleasant Grove Friday last. there
were seven accessions to the
church. Rev g. S. Jenkins, pas
tor, was assisted by Rev. Price.
The protracted meeting will be-
gin at Gum Grove on the second
Sunday. Every body cordially
invited to attend. Dinner on
ground for ali Come, every
body. Your presence will Be APP
The leader., 1905-08-12

Miss Belle Kearney, one of the
most brilliant women in Missis-
sippi, and who has been for the
past year on a tour around the
world, arrived in jackson yester-
day afternoon en- route to her
home in Madison county. Miss
Kearney was direct from Vancou-
yer having sailed from Japan in
the latter part of July. During
her trip abroad she has gathered
much useful information and has.
closely studied the natives and
methods Of the various countries.
Many magnificent letters have
been published Of her travels and
it is understood that a little later
it is her intention to compile an
other interesting book. Clarion
Ledger.
The leader., 1905-08-12
Bishop EIarerOye Dead.

-r.ceASEl $50 y - = ---sss
Nashville, Tenn, Aug, 8. Bis
lh0p r. K. HargroVe, of the Meth
lodist Episcopal Church, South,
Edied at his home here shortly af-
ter midnight this (Thursday)
morning. He had been in feeble
health for a year past, and Sc
lriously i'll since Friday. The
| funeral arrangements have not
been announced. Bishop Har-
grove was 76 years old.
Bishop Robert Kennon Har-
grove had occupied many high
positions in the Southern Metho-
Idist Episcopal Church. He it
was who inaugurated the Wom-
JAMS Parsonage and Home Mis-
| sion Society of the Southern
Church. He had been Bishop
since 1882, and in 1889 was elect
led President of The Vanderbilt
University Board of Trust. He
held this Office continuously up to
1.-TWO months ago, when, on account
of infrmities Of old age, he ten
ldered his resignation, being sue
lceeded by Bishop Charles B. Gal
Iloway, Of Mississippi. In 1857
he entered the Alabama Confer
fence, and during the Civil War
was a chaplain in the Confederate
Army. Later he was president
lof Centenary Institute, at Sum-
merville, Tenn, going thence to
the Kentucky Conference, and re-
turning from there to accept the
presidency of the Female College
at Franklin.
Bishop Hargrove had been in
trusted with several important
commissions by the Southern
Church. sIn 1876 he represented
the church in the Cape May Com
mission, and in 1898 was in the
Committee on Federation. He
had been Secretary of the College
of Bishops since 1884. He was
chairman of the committee on ap-
plications forthe foreign mission
field, and for translation Of theol-
ogy for the same body. From
1894 to 1904 he was president Of
the Board of Management of the
Epworth League, M. 3. Church,
South.
| Bishop Hargrove was born in
Pickens county, Ala, Sept. II,
| 1929. He graduated from the
! University Of Alabama in 1852,
receiving the degree Of a. Nj.
Shortly afterwards he received
the degree of D. d. from Emory
1 College, Georgia. He was mar
ried twice first to Harriet C.
Scott, Nov. 10, 1852, and III 1898
ito Ruth q. Scarritt. Bishop Har-
grove was Professor of Mathemat,
les at the University of Alabama
from 1858 to 1857, and afterw ards
Engaged in active pastoral work.
Probably the most notable work
Iof the Bishop was performed in
Nashville, where, as the head Of
Vanderbilt for sixteen years, and
lin charge Of missionaries to for
eign fields, be was intimately
known to almost every minister il
Southern Methodism.
The leader., 1905-08-12

The Clarion Ledger is informed
that some of the officers Of Jack
son do not relish the editorial
it recently printed on blind tis
GERS. It was not supposed they
would Men who fail to do their
duty do not like to be told Of il.
Clarion ledger.
The leader., 1905-08-12
UNLCE JA1 OK

The Pass Christian Searchlight
has gone out. It was edited and
printed ID New Orleans.
The leader., 1905-08-12

Many q Woman's Iuxuriant
tresses have resolved themselves
into just something to comb. Z
The leader., 1905-08-12

A beauty doctor may be
very homeIy woman one who
feels the need Of rounded check
and arched eyebrows.
The leader., 1905-08-12

Jesse Riddle, Jr., a prosperous
farmer living near Winona, com
mitted suicide By shooting.
The leader., 1905-08-12

lf Is the style now to have your
nose turned up just j little,
The leader., 1905-08-12

rs OUR DRUG STORE Our Electric Fans make delightfully."- COM
portable splendid Of Cold Drinks and Ices daniy
correctly that they bound please the most fastous
taste.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-01-04
THE LAND OF EARTHQUAKES
About Fourteen Hundred Shocks
Shake Up Japan Each Year
The Record.

According to a treatise by Baron
Dairoku Kikuchi, which has recently
been published for private circulation,
Japan has annually about 1,40O earth
quake shocks, which leave a record in
is employed Of these perhaps not more
than so are generally noticed. Indeed,
still smaller number are attended with
serious harm. Since 1S75-nearly 80
years ago-only Is have occurred which
caused loss of life or did much dam
age to property.
In October, 1891, took place the great
Nuno-Owari earthquake, in which 1000
people were killed, over 1900 injured
and nearly 10000 buildings destroyed
In 1875 the imperial government COM
menced the systematic observation of
earthquakes. Of the 223 large shocks
recorded since the earliest times. AZ
had their origin in the Pacific, II in the
Japan sea, 2 in the Inland sea, ia inland
and 43 are obscure.
Baron Kikuchi believes that "the dis
tribution of the earthquake origins in
Japan seems to have close connection
with the curvilinear form of the coun-
try. They are arranged approximately
in two systems, which are respectively
parallel and normal to the arc formed
by the Japanese islands" Almost all
recent earthquakes in Japan, extending
over a large area, seem to be "tec.onic"
i e.. due to mountain forming agencies
while in earthquakes accompanying
volcanic eruptions the shaking is con-
fined to comparatively small area.
The imperial earthquake commission.
which was founded in 1892, has been
watching with special care magnetic
disturbances in connection with earth
quakes, and has found that such dis
turbances usually attend or precede
earthquakes. Continuous magnetic OBJ
servations are now being made in five
different places distributed over japan
| as evenly as circumstances will allow.
AS Baron Kikuchi remarks. "this in
vestigatiOn is one of the few means at
| present available for diagnosing the
state of underground stress. and it is o
| promising one"
Other Investigations have been under
taken to determine the relation Of earth
quakes to latitude variation. Determine
ations of gravity are also being made
at properly chosen spots with view of
obtaining more knowledge of the in
ternal structure of the land.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-01-04
A JUDGE OF MEN.
But the Discerning Girl Missed
It in Two Gases at
Least.

They were spending a short time in
the country, and men were few The
little, stout, middle-aged man seemed
| to be the life of the hotel He was
everywhere, attending to everything He
had smile and JOKE for everybody,
and had been particularly devoted to the
young girl from London.
Il hate gloomy men, she said. Il
like to see men bright and jolly and
cheerful, like you. 1 think a mans
business creeps into his manner to a
certain extent, don't you?"
Um-well, don't know he said.
1t may, but you can't always tell"
1 can," she said, cheerfully. AT least,
| can generally come pretty close to it.
Now, you take that funeral, solemn
! looking man that we see on the veranda
every night. He looks and acts as if
/ he had lost his last friend and never
| expected to have another He is SOM
Der in his dressing, too. His manner
shows how seriously he looks at life,
and if an observing person can't tell
exactly what his business is, she ought
to be able to get near it, anyway"
What should you think he was?"
An undertaken, or tombstone man.
ufacturer, or lawyer. or possibly a
heavy tragedian."
We'll, he isn't any one of them
DO you know him? What is hep
she asked, eagerly.
He is a professional humorist."
| Dear me, how surprising! Now, l
should have thought that might have
been your business, but certainly not his.
What is your business?"
"Oh, am an undertaken"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-01-04
THE BALANCE COMPLETE.

take more than one pair of hands to do
fiat least, at first.
So far you have accomplished a strik-
ing and "ticklish" balancing feat and
that is all, says the Chicago Inter
Ocean. Now attach q bullet, coin or any
small heavy object to thread and care
fully lower it into the water in the lit
tie glass. AS soon rs the coin touches
the water the glass begins to go down,
the knives turning like seesaws on the
corks, and lower goes the glass, so that
if the coin is large you will have a
smash before it is half under water. But
you can pull it up at any instant. Asyou
do so the glass follows as if it were
glued to the coin, and SO you can keep
it seesawing up and down.
Perhaps the reason of this is not clear
to you. The coin is held up by the
thread and Goes not touch the glass, so
how can it affect it? Well. the coin is
TT held up by the thread alone. The
part that is under water is held partly
by the thread and partly by the water,
which buoys it up with force equal to
the weight of an equal bulk of water.
The coin there presses the water, and
consequently the glass, downward with
an equal force.
Now when you pull out the coin this
extra weight is taken off, so the glass
rises to its original position.
You might maze the glass bob up
and down by pressing. it with your
finger, but it would be ticklish expert
ment, while with the suspended coin
you can move the glass so very delicate
ly and safely that you can even make
it canoe in time to a waltz or polka
played rather slowly on the piano. So
it makes very pretty little trick, es-
pecially if you substitute for the coin
tiny human figure or doll.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-01-04
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TESTING EGGS IN MEXICO.
Novel Method Which Is in Vogue
Among the Natives Of That
Country.

1t is common sight in the plaza to
behold a stall woman, who is selling
two reals worth of eggs, pick them up
one by one, put one end and then the
other to her lips, and hand them over
to the customer, who repeats the same
identical operation
To the inexperienced onlooker 1t
seems as if they were tasting the ex-
tremities of the egg, says the Mexican
Herald. AS matter of fact, they never
touch the egg to the tongue.
The idea of the performance is that
when the egg is fresh one end is dis
tlnctly colder than the other. The end
which has the air chamber is the warm
er of the two. The human lips are eX-
ceedlngly sensitive to heat and cold.
and even the novice at this form of egg
testing promptly becomes a capable
judge. If both ends of the egg reveal the
same temperature, that egg may be
counted as bad, as it is fairly good
sign that the air chamber is broken
and the contents spread equally within
the shell.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-01-04
SELF-PROPELLED SLED.
Device of Two New Yorkers Which
Anybody Would Be Able to Adapt
to the Ordinary Sled.

We give herewith the description of
an invention applicable to the winter
months, when the snow reaches us. 1t
is the invention of two New Workers.,
which they term a self-propelled sled
Anybody could build one, or, for that
matter, construct one out of an ordi-
nary sled, using the top and runners.
with cross-bar or footrest connecting
the runners at the front, the latter be-
ing on a plane slightly below the seat
Two actuating levers are pivoted upon a
bracket or support upon the front posts.
Propelling rods are connected to the
levers and the rear posts, the extreme
forward end being threaded and bent
inwar6ly at right angles, so as to pro-
vide pivot pin which enters one of a
series of openings in the lever and is re-
tanned in position by nut A bracket,
provided with vertical slot, is at
tached to the rear post, in which loosely