davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The leader., 1905-01-28

Going through the hospitals in our
large cities one is surprised to find such
a large proportion of the patients lying
on those snow-white beds women
and girls. who are either awaiting
or recovering from serious opera
fions.
Why should this be the case? Sim
ply because they have neglected them
selves. Ovarian and womb troubles
are certainly on the increase among
The women of this country they creep
upon them unawares, but every one of
those patients in the hospital beds had
plenty of warning in that bearing
down feeling, pain at left or right of
the womb, nervous exhaustion, pain in
the small of the back, leucorrhoea, diz-
ziness. Aatulency, displacements of the
womb or irregularities. All of these
symptoms are indications of an un-
healthy condition of the ovaries or
womb, and if not needed the penalty
hast be paid by a dangerous operation.
When these symptoms manifest them
selves, do not drag along until you are
obliged to go to the hospital and sub
NIT to an operation - but remember
that Lydia e. Pinlxhams Vegetable
Compound has saved thousands of
women from surgical operations
When women are troubled with ir-
regular, suppressed or painful menstru-
alton, weakness, leucorrhoea, displace-
ment or liberation of the womb, that
bearing down feeling, Inflammation of
the ovaries, bacIxache. bloating Tor fat
ulency), general debility, Indigestion,
and nervous prostration. or are beset
with such symptoms as dizziness, lassi-
tude, excitability, irritability, nervous
lydia 6. Pinkham,s YeNefahIe Con
The leader., 1905-01-28
sRAcIAL CUSTOMS.


III Spain q bride has no girl attend-
ants to stand at the altar with Eer, but
instead d "madrina, or grandmother.
Neither does she have wedding cake
or any festive departure after the eere-
mony. The welded pair go quietly to
their new home, where they remain
until the following day, when they start
on their honeymoon Before leaving
they pay formal visit to their fespee-
tive relatives.
Eight days after d baby is born ii
Russia, its haif is shaved by priest.
This Is shipped on in four places on the
top Of the head, to form cross The
babys godfather collects the ncfsels of
down, pinchins it up with wax from the
tapefs. 1t is then thrown into the bap-
tismal font. II She little pellet sinks
there is great sadness in the baby's
home. for the Russians believe that the
child will die before year has passed.
When a Japanese servant is rebuked
or scolded," says a traveller, she must
smile like a Cheshire cat The eti-
quette in smiles is very misleading at
first often used to think that Taxi,
my riksha boy, meant to be imperti-
nent when he insisted on smiling when
was angry at him. But when he told
me Of the death OF his little child with
"a burst OF laughter ! knew that this
was only one Of the curious details Of
etiquette in this topsy-turvy land.
In some parts Of Siam girl who
reaches certain age without marrying
is labeled and placed in privileged
class under the special care of the king.
who binds himself to find husband
for them all. His method is delightful
ly simple. A prisoner in any one Of the
Siamese jails may gain his pardon and
release by marrying one Of the ineli-
gible class Whether he is already mar
ried or not is Of no great consequence,
for in Siam man is not restricted to
one wife.
The leader., 1905-01-28
The Home Fruit garden.

Every farmer should have his own
fruit garden. The consumption of
fruit has increased enormously in the
United States in the last decade or two,
but strange though it may be, this in
crease has been in the cities and
towns rather than in the rural dis
tricts. Too frequently the farmers
diet is restricted, and fruit does not
enter as largely into it as it should.
Every farmers table should be pro-
vided with bountiful supply of all
the kinds of fruit that con be grown
in his section.
Fruits are not valuable in the diet
because of the actual amount of nutri-
ment which they contain, but because
of the aid that they give to digestion.
They assist materially in healthy in
testinal action, and their use in great
er abundance will result in better
health for the family, and to con-
siderable extent reduce the cost of liy7
ing
Moreover, in these days we hear
much about various preservativeS
which are put into many of the canned
good sold on the market. If fruit is
canned and preserved at home this
danger will be obviated, and / leave
it to anyone who appreciates some
thing good to eat whether the marma-
ladies', jelIies and preserves made in the
farmers own kitchen. by his wife or
daughter, are not superior to anything
which can usually be purchased in the
stores.
The location of a fruit garden near
the house will assist materially in
making things more homelike a point
which every farmer should have in
mind. Too frequently the fences about
the home are broken down, and their
places taken by masses of weeds and
briers, while the last coat of paint on
the house was probably put there a
considerable time since by Messrs. Sun,
Wind and Weather. These things
should not be, and the presence of a
well-tilled block of fruit trees adjacent
to the house certainly assists in MAX
ing the surroundings homelike and
cheerful.-H. H. Hume, in Bulletin of
North Carolina State Board of Agri-
culture.
The leader., 1905-01-28
HOUSING THE COWS.



SO much depends Oh the proper
treatment Of the dairy COW that be-
Iieye # is we'll to talk about housing
them again. It is SO easy to overlook
this very important matter that most
everybody allows winter to come and
find their cattle out In the weather and
no way provided to shelter them. Most
OF this carelessness is the result Of
training, but good part Of 1t is due
to old-fashioned laziness. I-hope that
all your readers are making arrange
ments to take as good care of their
COWS as they are of their horses. #
| 1t is not possible to house both horses
and cows. and If one or the other
must take the weather, then let the
horses do it. They are much better
provided to resist the extremes Of rain
and cold than are dairy cows, and 1t
will be less cruel to make them run
out that it will the cows. But you
will not let the horses out. You have
Eeen trained to shelter them, and you
would not think of doing such thing.
Give the COW show. She is every bit
as worthy as the horse and quite as
valuable.
said a while ago that the neglect
of the COW was due largely to train
ing. It has been the custom for gem
erations to let the COW look out for
herself, and it has become almost inn
possible to arouse public interest in
the subject. But some of this condi-
tion has been brought about by the
writer's for the southern agricultural
papers. ! have often seen the state
ment in print and heard it from the
lips of speakers, that one Of the ad-
vantages of the south as a stock coun-
try was that no shelter was needed for
the cows. This idea has been taught
for so long a time that most of our
people believe it, and they are MAX
ing arrangements to have some pretty
/ hard questions to answer when Gabriel
blows his horn
Either take decent care of our cows
or sell them. If you are not able to
care for them, and if you are too lazy
to do it, you ought not to be allowed
to own them
A merciful man will be merciful to
his beast. Cor Southern Cuitivator.
The leader., 1905-01-28

ness, sleeplessness, melancholy, cali
gone and "want-to-be-left-alonc" fscl.
ings, they should remember there is one
tried and true remedy.
The following letters cannot fail to
bring hope to despairing women.
Mrs. Fred Seydel, 412 N. 54th Street,
West Philadelphia, Pa, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
:. was in q very serious condition when
wrote to you for advice. Ihad a serious womb
and ovarian trouble and could not carry
child to maturity, and was advised that an
operation was my only hope of recovery. /
could not bear to think of going to the hospi-
tai, so wrote you for advice. did as you in
strueted me and took Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound; and am not only q
well woman to-day, but have a beautiful baby
girl six months old. ] advise all sick and
suffering women to write you for advice, as
you have done so much for me-"
Miss Ruby Mushrush, Of East
Chicago, Ind, writes:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
81 have beena great sufferer with irregular
menstruation and ovarian trouble, and about
three months ago the doctor, after using the
X-Ray on me, said had an abcess on the
ovaries and would have to have an operation.
Ny mother wanted me to try Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound as last resort,
and it not only saved rae from an operation
but made me entirely we'll
Lydia e. P nkham's Vegetable Com
pound at once removes such troubles.
Refuse to buy any other medicine, for
you need the best
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women
to write her for advice Her advice and
medicine have restored thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
pOund Succeeds Where Othsrs Fail.
The leader., 1905-01-28
A NEW-sTYLE cAsKET.
An Innovation Which Does Away
with the Uncomfortable
Appearing Coffin.

1t is not so much what you pay for,
nor what you pay, but what you get
that needs your attention in the selec-
tlon of casket, for the genius of the
twentieth century has been just as busy
in the way of funeral furnishings as in
other lines, until to-day the styles OF
caskets are quite different from what
they were fifty years ago and changing
every day.
This is especially true in Metallic
Caskets, the old style heavy cast iron
goods having given away to the more
upto-date copper Innings which are
neatly fitted into the best grades Of
vanished or cloth covered work
One of the latest designs as recently
brought out by the National Casket Co,
ID what is designated as Couch
CasRet, which has the appearance Of
comfortable couch when open, yet re.
tains all the requisite outlines of the
best styles in regular casket work when
closed.
The leader., 1905-01-28
FOR PASTEUR TREATMENT.
Anythin Even @Dad, So Long a.
It We Them d Chance to
CO to Paris.

Charlemagne Tower, the American am-
bassador to Germany, spoke Of the Amer
leans love Of Paris at a dinner that he
gave in Philadelphia, says the Cincinnati
Enquirer.
"0ur love OF Paris is, no doubt, great, i"
he said, but am sure It is not SO great
as our European cousins would have lis
believe. We all, Of course, have heard the
European saying; When good American
dies he goes to Paris In Berlin, from
a bearded French diplomat, / heard last
year novel variant Of this theme.
sit was at a dinner party IN Berlin.
The French diplomat, regarding me with
q smile, said he was sure | would sympa-
thize with the profound and ingenious
emotion of the young American girl whom
he was going to speak about. She lived,
he said, in a bleak western city. There
were in those days no Institutes for the
treatment of rabies or threatened rabies
save in France. The young girls life was
ugly and monotonous, and one day she
burst into neighbor's house, almost be-
aide herself with joyous excitement.
Her dark eyes flashed Her cheeks had
q delicate rose fush> Painting little, she
cried in a tremulous voice.
Thank goodness, we are going to Paris
at last. Dad has been bitten by mad
dog"
The leader., 1905-01-28
PERSONAL PARTICULARS.

For short time-a few weeks only
Mark Twain served as soldier.
]. p Morgan's greatest charity Is
keeping young boys off the streets by
getting them work.
NJ Jean de Reszke is said to be the
only professional singer who has ever
sat at the czar of Russia's dinner table.
NJ. Jules Verne is something of a
local politician. For some years he
was a town councillor of Amiens, the
town in which he lives.
w. ]. Jones, a well-known citizen OF
Rome, Ca, intends to attempt to cross
Behring strait on the ice from East
Cape, Siberia, to Cape Prince of Wales.
No white man has ever accomplished
the feat
Elmer Dover, private secretary to
the late Senator Marcus A. Hanna, Is
collecting data to be used in the official
biography of the statesman. Mr..
Dover has undertaken the work at the
request of the Hanna family.
Eddie" Murphy, who had been a
bellboy in Boston hotels for 40 years,
is dead. For a long time he had been
employed in the Parker house, and
during his service there had come to
be known by great many prominent
men. He never outgrew his youthful
promptitude and ciyility.
Lady Higgins, who is far and away
the best ana most celebrated woman
astronomer in the world, interested
herself in the stars when she was q
tiny child Her favorite toy was a
cheap telescope. Then, as now, the
heavenly bodies possessed an irresist-
ible fascination for her. She lives with
her husband in South London, and
spends many hours Of the night in the
dne observatory in her garden.
The leader., 1905-01-28
Cooks Getting scarce.

From all over the State comes the
complaint that cooks are exceeding
y scarce, and that they are getting
scarcer each year This condition
prevails in nearly every community.
A good many people attribute it to
the fact that the negro men are
making more money than they have
ever made before, and that the me-
gro women do not find it necessary
to work This is probably a solu-
ton Of the trouble.
The leader., 1905-01-28
COLLECTION OF ORR KIDS.
A Bunch That Must Have Impressed
the Naturalist as Being Ex-
ceedingly Fine.

One of the stories John Burroughs, the
aged naturalist, loves to tell has to do with
friend of his named Orr, says the New
York Press. On one Of his trips Mr.. Bur.
roughs happened to be in the town where
Mr.. Orr lives. Meeting him in the street
Mr.. Burroughs insisted that his friend
should accompany HIM to the hotel for
luncheon. As they were eating MIR. Bur.
roughs inquired if his friend was not in.
terested in any speciality.
Il think" said the naturalist, every
man ought TO have collection of some
kind. II adds zest to life"
"Oh, yes, said his friend. Il have quite
q collection. am interested in flowers.
Come home with me and I'll show them
to you"
As they approached the Orr home six
fine, healthy children, playing on the lawn,
ran to meet their father.
These" said Mr.. Orr, with twinkle in
his eye, form my collection of orchids.
Amt they grand speeimens!"
The leader., 1905-01-28

The especial advantage Of the Couch
Casket is found in its relief from that
stiffness usually noted in all other de.
signs. and impressing the minds Of the
friends as well as that Of the family
with a feeling Of peace and restfulness
not known before.
# it is desired to retain all Of the
preservation qualities as found in the
copper Innings, the Couch Casket can
be enclosed in metal lined outside
box, which will then answer the double
purpose Of preserving both the caslet
as well as the remains.
All undertakers in The south should
be ii 4 position to furnish these latest
improved goods. as the National Caskel
Co.'s large plant At Nashville. Tenn,
has been especially htted up FOR fur
nishing them on Hlles notice and large
sal@ already proves that their EFFORTS
are being appreciated hF The Rest rlasi
Of people everywhere
The leader., 1905-01-28
HIS EXPERIENCE
TEACHES THEM.
That DOdd's kidney pills VIII Cure
Bright's Disease-Remarkab Case
of George j. Barber Quich
Recovery After Years of
Suffering.

Isstherville, Iowa, Jan. 23d.-- -(SpeciaD
The experience of E1r. George j Barber,
a well known citizen of this place, JUS
tiies his friends in making the announce
Inent to the world "Bright's Disease can
bic, and it developed into Brightss Dis
case. He treated it with Dodd's Kidney
Pills, and to-day he is well man. In an
interview he says:
Il can't say too much for Dodd's Kid
ney PILE. l had Kidney Disease for ff-
with the best doctors here and in Chi
cago, it developed into Bright's Disease
Then started to use Dodd's Kidney Pills,
and two boxes cured me completely. l
think Dodd's Kidney Pills are the best
in the world"
A remedy that will cure Bright's Dis
ease viii cure any other form of Kidney
Disease. Dodd's Kidney Pills never fail
to cure Bright's Disease.
The leader., 1905-01-28
Ackerman school BONDS soId.

The Board Of Mayor and Alder
men of Ackerman recently nego-
tiated the sale of $12,50O municipal
bonds to be used in the erection Of
modern school building. The
Bank of Alderman purchased all
the bonds, and work on the new
school house will commence in the
early snrino
The leader., 1905-01-28
QUALITY IS OUR MOTTO!
rART1Ers OF TALK.

Liquor may weaken the voice. though
it adds strength to the breath.
Love may be blind, but the girls lit
tie brother seldom has to be shown any
thing about it.
If woman is permitted to do the
talking she is not very particular who
does the thinking.
Some politicians roost on the fence
most of the time because there are vot-
ers on both sides of it.
You may kick, you may shatter a
boom if you will, but the hopes of its
owner will cling to it still.
Tight shoes cause the blood to mount
to the face, yet there are young men
who can't imagine why girls blush.
The leader., 1905-01-28
Exorbitant Demand
A GREAT SUFFERER
LAY HELPLESS AND sPEEOHLEss
FOR HOURS AT A TIME.
Sinking Spells, Headaches, Rheumatism,
All Caused by Poor Blood-Cured by
DR.. williams Pink Pills.


DR.. Williams Pink Pills.
When Mrs. Williams was asked for
some details of the fearful illness from
which she had so long suffered, she spoke
as follows:
Ever since had nervous prostration,
about thirteen years ago, have had
periodical spells of complete exhaustion.
Any excitement or unusual activity
would throw me into state of lifeless-
ness. At the beginning my strength
would come back i'll a moderate time,
but the period of weakness kept length
ening until at last would lie helpless
as many as three hours at stretch. .
You were under medical treatment,
Of course?
Yes, when became so bad that I
had to give up my housework, in May Of
1908, I was being treated for kidney
trouble, and later the doctor thought my
difficulties came from change of life. I
was not only weak, but I had dizzy
feelings, palpitation of the heart, misery
after eating, hot flashes, nervous head
aches, rheumatic pains in the back and
hips. The doctor did me so little good
that ] gave up his treatment, and really
feared that my case was incurable. .
What saved you from your state Of
hopelessness? =
In July Of 1908 I had very bad
spell, and my husband came in one day
with little book which told of remark
able cures effected by q remedy for the
blood and the nerves, DR.. Williams Pink
Pills. He bought box for me, and
that was the beginning of my return to
health. Myappetite grew keen, my food
no longer distressed me, my nerves were
quieted, and my strength began to re-
vive. =
"How long did you take this remedy?''
For two months only. At the end
Of that time had regained my health
and cheerfulness, aud my friends say
that am looking better than / have
donefor the past fifteen years. =
Mrs. Lizzie Williams is now living as
No. 418 Cedar street. Quincy, Illinois.
The pills which she praises SO highly,
cure all diseases that come from Inn
poverished blood II your system IS all
run down, DR.. Williams Pink Pills are
the very best remedy to take. Any drug
gist can supply thatn.
The leader., 1905-01-28
stuck on the system.

There are now on file with the
postohice department. petitions for a
large number Of rural mail routes
in this State, and it is expected that
the present year win see great in
crease in the number in Mississippi.
For some years the farmers Of Mis-
sissippi did not appreciate what the
rural routes meant to them, but
they are now warming up to full
realization Of the great Importance
Of these routes, and are freely petit
tioning for them.
The leader., 1905-01-28
a Successful Hoo Raiser.

G. W Berryhill, a prominent
farmer Of Amite county, has dem
onstrated that hog raising can be
made to pay. On the 4th instant
he killed a hog which weighed AS
pounds. She was five years old,
and before butchering her he had
sold her pigs, and these, together
with the pork, made her net to him
$50. Mr.. Berryhill is an exten-
siye raiser Of fine hogs.
The leader., 1905-01-28
Prosperous Ranklna Year.

The banking institutions over the
State have been holding their annu-
al meetings, and in almost every in
stance they reported a prosperous
year. Very few of the dividends
declared fall below 8 per cent, and
some of them will go as high as rs
per cent. Perhaps the average for
the entire State will be about 12 per
cent
The leader., 1905-01-28
Biloxi Wants a New Hotel.

The citizens Of Biloxi have start
ed a movement to erect a new. hotel
in that city. There is hardly city
in the State that is not striving for
better things, and the progress of
Mississippi towns has attracted a
great deal Of attention, not only at
home, but abroad. -
The leader., 1905-01-28
Fayette Merchant Falls.

B. Strauss, one of the largest fur
nishing merchants and cotton buy
ers doing business at Fayette, filed
a voluntary petition in bankruptcy
last week. His statement Of assets
is approximately $62, 800, with LA
bilities amounting to approximate
" So. .4S.
The leader., 1905-01-28
Branch Road NEARING compIetion,

The Gulf & Ship Island road has
done a great deal Of grading and
filling in, and will within a few
months complete its Mendenhall
branch to Columbia. The latter
place is to have new brick depot
uptown.
The leader., 1905-01-28
New Bank for eIoster.

The enterprising town of Gloster
is to have new bank, to be known
as the Citizens Bank Of Gloster,
which has behind it some of the
best known business men of that
city. The new bank is to have a
capital of $4,000, and viii do a
general banking business.
The leader., 1905-01-28
ReauIah CELEBRATING.

Beulah is celebrating the compile
ton Of her splendid new depot.
Several months ago the depot at
that point burned, but what seemed
a calamity at the time was really a
blessing in disguise. The town
now has the finest depot of any
place between Memphis, and Green
vile
The leader., 1905-01-28
AboIishine Country Postoffices.

The extension Of the rural free
delivery system in Mississippi is re-
sulting in the abolition of large
number Of country postoffices in all
parts of tile State. The farmers
find the rural delivery system better
than postoffices.
The leader., 1905-01-28
nc Natchez Mardi eras.

Natchez is preparing to give one
Of the biggest Mardi Gras celebra-
tions in March that it has ever Civ
en-. Plans for the celebration are
well under way, and it is stated that
more money is to be spent on the
celebration than ever before.
The leader., 1905-01-28
More Than Half SURVEYED.

Two hundred miles Of the route
Of the New Orleans & Mississippi
Midland have been surveyed. 1t
will practically parallel the Illinois
Central through Mississippi. The
road is to extend from New Orleans
to Memphis.
The leader., 1905-01-28
Road win Be Built.

The charter Of the Durant & Lex
ington Electric railroad is now be-
ing published. Charles Jones, of
Durant, recently moved to that city
from Indiana, is at the head of the
enterprise, and he says that the road
is certainly going to be built.
The leader., 1905-01-28
apeclal Lection Ordered.

The governor has called a special
election in Washington county on
January 81, to elect a member of
she lower house IN place Of Percy
Bell, recently appointed chancellor.
The leader., 1905-01-28

Andrew Carnegie offers Meridian
S15, 900 for a public library build
ing, provided the city will furnish
a site free and guarantee 81 500 per
annum for running expenses and.
renairs.
The leader., 1905-01-28
A Wonder.

Stranger-You advertise suburban lots
"a stones throw from the station"
Agent-Yes, sir. Have you seen the
lots?
Il have. | am the ma,sger of Darnem
& Gillie's side show, and I want to see
the man who threw that stone. lie can
have any salary he wants" Cleveland
Leader.
The leader., 1905-01-28
Thievea Infeat GreenvlIIe.

Greenville is infested by a clever
gang Of sneak thieves and burglars.
The police are on the alert, expect
ing an attempt to conduct opera
tons on a larger scale by the gang.
The leader., 1905-01-28
Nothing Doing in His line.

The Portrait Painter-I'm glad to hear
you admire my work, Mr.. Porkham. Have
you ever been done in oil?
N ot on your life! Whenever them
Standard guys float anything, your Uncle
Hiram dons cork vest and then keeps
hff. f.n-Pnck.
The leader., 1905-01-28
Thomnson stiII At LARGE.

Will Thompson, who killed Dave
Smith at Amory last week, is still
at large. Deputy sheriffs have been
hunting for him since the killing,
with no results.