The leader. [volume], March 16, 1898, Image 2

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Sandy
mile* o«lt M ihu It takes i.isw pounas
of good powder to fire that gun.
At n twill in New York each guest rep
resented a vegetable. It is presumed
that when Ihc onion and horse-radish
entered there was not a dry eye in the
Uou,,c
The shah of Persia is said to own $75,
000,000 worth of jewels and gold orna
ments. He doesn't he.?p, up much of a
navy, and buys dialflWids Instead of
Gatling guns and bombshells.
A gams of baseball heftafter . wiH
probably not be a scpMlng and thump
ing match between Hie two nines and
the battle-scarfed umpire. The public
have no more money to spend on base
ball riots.'_'_
A Kimebtnan who ran away from his
adversary in n duel is certified by his'
physician to Have been suffering from
t achy pod Ip. . Jt sounds lietter than
“(piickfoolf’ JgMt a* k+eptomaftiajs pre
ferred tPtMf¥4kna*onefwoffl.
M. Zola is to be provided with special
comforts during the period of his incar
ceration in Paris, and permitted to re
ceive daily visits from his family and
friends. For a Xuil year, therefore, he
will be “at home" without being at
home.
A Wisconsin paper says “there is a
veritable Klondike here if it was only
w orked,” by which it means raising cel
ery. After raising a large crop of chil
blains and spending all their money
some of the Klondike pilgrims will
thankfully return to work the cabbage
lead.
In a ease tried in the court of errors
in Trenton, N. J., the judge decided that
a mutilated dollar bill was not u legal
tender; that the federal statutes pro
viding for the redemption of inutiinttd
bills by the government did not make
tlie bill a legal tender as regards third
parties.
Not much has been heard of the Chi
nese question lately, but that little
shows that the German and Itussian
spoliation policy has been defeated.
Dismemberment will not take place,
and trade discriminations in the ter
ritory occupie4 by these two nations
will not be permitted.
iJ'e gg r -»y -IK •
Word comes by way of London that
the rc|>orted discovery of the tomb of
Osiris lias been confirmed. The same
discoverer is quite certain that he has
also come upon the tombs of two other
Egyptian gods, Seth and Homs. These
three “god kings,” ns they arc called,
are suppospd to have reigned about
10,000 years ago.
The work of the Christian Endeavor
societies extends almost all over the
world. According to official returns
this sixteenth year of the organization
lias been one Oi the l>est on record.
The movement includes besides the
United Stntes, the parent country.
Great Britain, Germany, India, Burmnh,
Ceylon, South Africa, Scandinavia,
Switzerland and several other . Euro
pean countries newly listed in the
work. The world's international con
vention will be. held at Pnrisin 1000?
Henry C. Corbin, thenew adjutant gen
eral of the United States army, gained
considerable prominence some years
ago as a member of President Garfield's
so-called "kitchen cabinet,” composed
of himself, Gen. Svvaim and Col. llock
vvcll, all army friends of the chief ex
ecutive. Gen. Corbin entered the army
in Garfield’s regiment of Ohio volun
teers in 1802, and "the regular army in
lfiCG as second lieutenant of the Seven
teenth infantry. Since then he has had
regular promotion and now reaches the
important post of ndjutunt general.
The details of the terrible heat which
lias prevailed in certain colonies of Aus
tralia show it to have been one of tbs
most fearful natural visitations of mod
ern times. The wnter in tlie wells anti
streams and rivers has dried up, mile:
and miles of farms have been burner
over and townships have been blotter
out by bush fires. Tlie fish in tlie river:
and the cattle and sheep on the plain:
have beeu destroyed and no one yet
knows how many human beings havr
been lost. The towns and cities ar<
filled with half-naked and terror
stricken |>eople.
1 he volume of 1898 of the North
western Gazetteer, embracing the statei
of Minnesota, North and South Dakota
and Montano, contains the names ol
.1,285 cities, villages, towns and post of
lines, as compared with 3,S9G in the 1S9£
edition; 3110 new towns have been es
tablished during the past two years
Here is an increase in 1he four state!
during eight .years of 1,416 villages aru
towns, which equals 37 per cent., and ur
increase of 099,488 to population, equal
ing 30 per cent. It Is expected that t
much greater growth will be Bhowr
ddring the next eight years.
The dfoi!&4 questi*4i has been defi
u'.-.ely settled at licit injure. A China
man wanted lo marry a negress, nn<
ii at oaee became of paramount inipwr
lance fo decide whether he was vnlfe
or colored. If white, the law against
miscegcfuaitoit applied to the twine; ij
colored, no objection could be raised,
The negroes decided positively that he
wax not one of them, mul the white
|*rop!e were equally certain that lie
should not be classed with t bepp Tbere
U|mn he was fuit down ns ' “yellow,"
and. of iftMmw. a : y«!W . qjao rw**
privileged fo irtdrry n4u>m he Chose.
‘.■J .BUJ-1- - '.
The agricultural department baa Is
sued a bulletin on live stock showing
l he OMaaber of livestock on farm* in the
I'ofted Slates <m January I to have
been I3JM0JMI horse*. 2.257/,63 mu.les.
D.SKkkSO milch cows. 29.264.197 oxen
and other sheep and
39.759,993 swine. These figures sliow a
decrease lit 403.756 la the number ol
horse*, too 441 in milch cows. 124* 211
What lifts Happened Throughout
the Civilized Worl(t\^,
A WEEK’S NEWS (JflNDfflWED
A Complete Review of the Happenings
of the fast Seven Days in TbU
and All Foreign Lands.
MPUP** as- — ——— - - • 1.
RTTT-nrrw cowowm.
PraVecdlnirs of First n«(iUrStsslos,
la the United States senate on the
8th the bili for the relief of the Vtfbo
dist Kpiscopnl church south of Tennes
see, appropriating $2S8.000, wasfuisscd.
A message was receive^ from^the lions*
conveying the bill appropriating $50,
000,000 for national defense and it was
referred to the appropriations commit
tee. The house, by unauimou» vote,
passed the bill appropriating $5fl,o0o,000
to be used at the discretion of thepresi
dent in national defenses.
Ilya unanimous vott thb United States
senate on the 9th pnss*il tin' $$0,6o0,
000 defense bill without dehate. Ha
waiian annexation was considered in
executive session. In the house a bill
was introduced appropriating $100,000
for the return of the bodies of the Maine
victims to the United States and their
burial at public expense at such places
ns the relatives of the deceased might
designate. The committee on rivers and
harbors voted not to report a rive* n*d
harbor appropriation bill at this ses
sion.
A bill to revive the grade of lieuten
ant general in the army was reported
favourably in the United States senate on
tfr« dOth from the commiUee on mili
tofj- affairs. The nomination of Wil
liam .1. Calhoun, of niiiiois, to be inter
state commerce commissioner was con
firmed. Adjourned to the 14th. In the
house the time was spent on the Indian
appropriation bill. The senate amend
ments were noneonourred in and the
bill sent to conference.
r nw iyi vynon 111vj i un.
The president has appointed William
J. Calhoun, of Illinois, interstate com
merce commissioner.
The president has signed the bill pro
viding for two additional regiments of
uetillgry. to man the coast defenses.
President McKinley lias been assured
l>3' Sir Julian i’auncefote of Victoria's
personal interest in the state of affairs
between tills country nnd Spain, nnd of
the most sincere friendliness toward
the United States.
President McKinley lias signed the
hill passed by congress appropriating
$00,000,not) for national defenses nnd it
is now a law.
President McKinley, it is rumored,
lias completed the draft of a special
message to congress in which lie recom
mends the recognition of Cuban inde
pendence, arid it is said it ishis intention
to send the message to congress within
two weeks.
The crop report of the agricultural
department shows wheat in * farmers’
hands, 121,000,000 bushels,equivalent to
22.9 per cent, of last year’s crop; com,
793,000,000 bushels, or 41.1 per cent, of
last year’s crop.
To the past eight months the increase
over the exports of domestic products
for the same period Inst year has been
$G3,R42,000.
A special dispatch from Washington
says that orders have been issued for
the immediate manning of hitherto uii
gnrri.soiled forts from Boston down the
Atlantic eoast nnd along the gulf to
Galveston.
THE EAST.
From New York Commander Brown
son, of the navy, sailed for Europe to
buy warships for the government.
Ellen Dnquette died at Gouverneur,
X. V., aged 103 years.
At Millersrllie, Pa., Boy' Gehrig shot
and fatally wounded Will B. Davis and
then killed himself. The boys were
pupils at a business college, nnd jeal
ousy over a girl was the cause.
At Wilkesbarre, Pa., the jury in the
ease of Sheriff Martin and his deputies,
charged with the killing of strikers at
I-attimer on September 10 lust, re
turned a verdict of not. guilty.
Luis Polo de Bernabe, Spanish minis
ter to the United States, who was sent
here to succeed Duptiy de Lome, has ar
rived.
In Allegheny, Pa.. Annie Litze was
shot and killed by Philip Smith, her
lover, who immediately afterward
killed himself. Jealousy was the cause.
* » j i n i» l/ ovju i n.
At Orrvilie, 0., Charles Cutten, night
agent of tlie Adams Kxpresa company,
and a package containing $10,000 are
missing.
Over 400 persons are affected by a
strike at the llecicman woolen mills in
Cleveland, O., for an increase of ten
per cent, in wages. The company had
agreed to grant the increase April 3.
A cal! has been issued by Gov. Pin
gree convening the Michigan legis
lature in special session on Tuesday.
March 22, to consider the taxation ques
tion.
Henry Leveson lifted two ten-pound
dumbbells above his head 4,500 times
h» Chicago in two hours and 49 minutes,
breaking the record, which was three
hoars.
The cruiser Montgomery sailed from
Key West for Havana to take the place
of the Maine. « >“ '
The Kansas republicans will hold
their state convention at Hutchinson on
Jane 8.
A call to the pastorate of the Metro
politan Methodist Kpisoopnl church in
Washington, I>. C„ has been accepted by*
Prank llristol,of Kvanslon, 111. 2 f
N'ear Walk ert on, In*., Alexander
Smith and a young man nnmpd Iioaten
were killed in a freight wreck.
< (; At Galena, Kan., a cave-in in a mine
killed I’.rnest Wright. William Walker
ntklhis soirand an unknown man.
In aid 1 ie trans-Mississippi expo
I eition ak!©uiaha tlic Union Pacific rail
1 u.v Ascribed $25,000.
Williat^Uomer’s three children were
fatally bUfncd at 1 heir home in St: I.ouis
during tj|e absengre of their )»rents.
In an iftferviesiGn Key iYesl A>1. M. M.
Parker, ot Washington. Hvho visited
Cuba with the senatorial party, said
that the famipe, suffering and awful
destitution among the reeoneentrados
wiiplndescribnble: that erejrj' American
in CuIki was vvatchcdeis fhotigh he were
s erimiaui; that the Spaniards hate y*
and do Bot^d^tsff Fa^f4 Smi th at
everyone*In Havana knows trinf the
Maine was intentionally blown up.
la St. bonis llarry Van Arsdale, a ma
chinist. killed Mary Harris and Ihen
killed himself. Jealousy was the cause.
t fn the Second Cpt grcis'pnal distriet
of Indiana the prUrpadV j&rtyT-ns nonri
onfed llev. Wdliaui -V Trqyt (pr con
gress. . r| V/ { 1 Ajt J t i .
in Nashville. Tetin.. John b. Drisroi.
a teacher of sk&rthard. compelled hi*
wife *o take jjir.rphiyp and * hupp killed
’ It_ t» said that the naTal board of in
qiif^- ItltoTlieMaine explosion h»» com
pleted, Ita Investigation. Everything
now la la the nature of cumulative tes
timony, strengthening the evidence that
the jmtno we* Mown up by an aeMfnal
rxplbsion. ID
At Empire, ft., Roee Miller and her
daughter, Winnie Adlagton, were fatal
lyahot by David McCoy,a rejected suitor
offflrt. Milter.
In the bay of Ran Fmnelaeo a gale
wrecked many vessel* and caused a loss
of *200,000.
At the age of 59 years Jason It. Urown,
who was n member of the Fifty-first,
Fifty-second nnd Fifty-third congresses,
dted at his home In Seymour, Ind.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. »
At Manila, Philippine islands, fire
destroyed property valued at *5,000,
000.
Dispatches from Peking say Russia
has leased Port Arthur and Ta-Lien
Wan in China for 99 years.
In Havana the naval court of Inquiry
continued its examination of divers
and gave considerable time to close per
sonal innjwction of portions of the
wreck of the Maine.
Te replace the Maine the United
States cruiser Montgomery arrived nt
Havana and was received by aalutes of
welcome.
The legislature of Hawaii adopted a
joint resolution extending sympathy to
the United States in the great loss of
life sustained by the destruction of the
cruiser Maine.
Fire destroyed a hotel at Taiya,
Alaska, nnd five of the inmates were
cremated.
The court of Inquiry into the Maine
(Tisnster has, it is snid, closed Its ses
sions at Havana and will be ready to
| submit it* report very soon. The mem
bers of the court left Hnvnnn on the dis
pntch boat Fern, bound for Key West.
"France, (treat Hritnln, Oermany and
Russia have, it is said, advised Spain to
nccept the inevitable and abandon
Culm.
It is said that the Spanish government
bat changed its policy toward Culm and
proposes pushing the campaign against
the insurgents.
The Hritish Ambassador, Sir Julian
Pauneefote. has informed the Canadian
ministry officially that by an arrange
ment with the T'nited States the Alas
kan boundary dispute lias been settled.
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.
There were 248 failuresin the United
States the past week, against 256 for
the corresponding week of last year.
Ten millions of gold were ordered
from Europe for America the post week.
Gen. \V. S. Rosecrans died on the
11th at his home near Redondo, Cal.
The will of the late Amos R. Eno,
proprietor of the Fifth Avenue Hotel,
New York, was filed for probate at
Hartford, Conn., on the 11th. and dis
poses of an estate valued nt £20,000,030.
Isaiah Thomas, was hanged at Spar
ta, Ga., on the 11th.
Catt. Feral, president of the Span
ish court of inquiry as to the cause of
the disaster on the Maine, Insists that
that the explosion was from the inte
rior.
It required but twelve minutes for
the senate to pass, with emphatic unan
imity, the bill appropriating 650,000,003
for national defense.
Rioting has broken out in Ilombay,
India, as a result of the plague meas
ures.
AfVf.r more than two months' hard
fighting, the Globe shipyards strike at
Cleveland, (>.. was settled on the 9th.
At Fulton, Ky., on the 9th, Cecil'
Williams, aged 18, accidentally shot
Ileda Norman, aged 12. Williams had
an old pistol with a cartridge in it and
had been snapping it repeatedly.
The jury in the case of Sheriff Mar
tin and his deputies, charged with the
killing of the strikers at Latimer, Pa.,
on September 10 last, on the 9th. re
turned a verdict of not guilty.
The 8-year-old child of Rev. and Mrs.
T. F. Patterson of llarton, Ark., was
burned to death on the 8tli.
The returns of the number of live
stock on farms in the United States in
January show there to have been 18.-.
960,911 horses, 2,257,665 mules, 15,840,
886 milch cows, 29,264,197 oxen and
other cattle, 87,656,960 sheep 39,759,993
swine.
Henry Dawson, a farmer living near
Arkadelphia, Ark., was killed on the
8th by a runaway team. He was haul
ing rails and had started after a load
when his wagon came uncoupled, throw
ing him on the double-tree, and his
horses became frightened and com
menced bucking and running.
A severe wind and hail storm passed
over Jackson county, Texas, on the 7th.
Several houses were demolished and
much damage done by hail.
HOW TO LIVE LONG.
Make cleanliness your motto, »n<1
watch against filth in both house and
grounds.
Spend part of each day In muscular
work, part in study and part in good
deeds to men.
Fix deeply In mind the grand truth
that life power rules the body, and that
it alone can cure disease.
Deformity is not awkwardness only,
but danger. A high chest will give
freedom to breathing and digestion, and
help to enre many diseases.
Few starve for food, but many for
air. .Breathe deeply 100 times daily.
Wear no tight clothing. Above all,
ventilate your sleeping-room.
Beware of gluttony. If the appetite
Is dull, cat fruit only, or eat nothing.
Use no fiery condiments, but live chiefly
on natural grains, vegetables and fruits.
Jfever ask your stomach to chew your
food—employ your teeth. Adorn yqur
table not only with viands, but with
flowers and smiles and kindly words.—
N. Y: Ledger. ,
“Whath veal, Benny?” “Oh, it’s the
part of the cow we eat before she grows
up.”
ODD MARRIAGE CUSTOMS.
The weeing ring finger of the Ho
mans was thethurnb.
The wedding ring, worn on tlie left
band, is symbolical of obedience.
livery finger of the hand has, nt some
time or other, been used for the wed
ding ring.
When Mary Stuart was married to
Lord Damley, four rings were used in
the wedding cerergony.
At a certain part of the marriage cer
emony in Java the bride washes the
feet of the bridegroom.
^Spanish peasants believe that the
water in uhich a Wedding ring lias been
dipped will cure weak eyes.
The Roman bride, when being dressed
for the wedding, invariably had ner hair
parted with the point of a spear.
The largest woman bicycle rider in
fbe world, -Vflss Margaret Claire, of-Cin
linnati, is ill, probably beyond recovery.
Ip Pjort Scot*, and her physician at
tributes the cause of her affliction to
the riding of a wheel. Miss Claire
weighs 418 pounds, and for 18 seasons
lias traveled with the largest circuses
Ita the country, giving exhibitions of
trick riding.
MiSHiSHIPM MASTERS.
Lipscomb >(tt SUnd Trtul.
Meridian. March .Mi—Dr. W. 11. Lips
comb will. <>n Tuesday. »K*in atand
trial for the murder of CharleaT. Htew
art At the first tri»l he waa convicted
of poisoning bU put lent for life la
•urnnee, but the Supreme Court re
versed the decision of the lower court
on technicalities. The case was called
in the Kemper county court at DeKalb
yesterday, ami counsel for defenae
made a hard fight for continuance.
Dr. Lipscomb had to be helped up
stairs into the court-room, and showed
signs of great physical weakness. A
recent stroke of paralysis had seem
ingly destroyed his vocal organs, and
when placed on the stand answered
questions with great difficulty and
scarcely above a whisper. He swore
that he thought it would kill him to
stand trial now.
Then a dramatic incident occurred.
Dr. Lipscomb collapsed and a bed was
hastily sent for. Court was adjourned
for the day, hut .Judge Huddleston, not
being convinced of the prisoner’s sin
cerity, ordered Drs. Ptersdn, McKinley,
Kush, Stcnnis, Cole, Mohler and Kellis
to proceed to the jail and make an ex
amination of Lipscomb's physical con
dition. Five of them signed a state
ment that the prisoner was able to en
dure trial, only Mohler and Kellis con
tending that he was too ill. This was
a body blow to the defense, and so rat
tled them that they announced ready
for trial. A special venire of fifty men
was summoned and trial set for Tues
day. Previously the defense had an
nounced that, failing tqf**eure coptinu
ance, they would ask for change of
venue.
The murder of Stewart and other
poisoning cases and life insurance
frauds have so wrought up the people
of Kemper that it is doubtful if a jury
can be secured within a week. The
State hopes to bring Huy Jack, the sup
posed chief conspirator, to trial this
term, but it is doubtful if his case can
be reached.
Kzrltement In a roart lloom.
A serious difficulty was narrowly
BTerted in the court room at PeKalb
last week, the principals being lion. H.
H. Rogers, n prominent attorney of
Philadelphia. Miss., and Superintend
ent of Education Tom Tann. As Rogers
was coming over from Philadelphia he
passed Tuna's house, several miles out
from DeKalh. There is an old qnar
rel between Rogers and Tann over
some money Rogers got that Tann
alleges he was not entitled to, the
amount being about 815. When Rogers,
accompanied by Thad Harrier and Mr.
Nelson, of Philadelphia, passed Tann's
house Tann asked Rogers to come into
the house, as he wanted to show him a
a letter that would explain that he
(Tann) was right about the money.
Rogers started to go with Tann, but
stopped at tlie well. Tann went into
the house and returned with a shot
gun, and, it is alleged, abnsedr Rogers
very severely, and was only prevented
from shooting by the interference of
the other -parties. Tann entered the
court room the next day and invited
Rogers out to settle the matter, hut the
latter refused to accompany him,
whereupon Tann abused Rogers and
went on down the stairs. Rogers ex
plained to the court tlic situation, and
the court ordered the sheriff to-bring
Tann into court, when’he was placed
under bond of 8500 for twelve months
to keep the peace.
Mississippi Monuments at ('lilckamauga.
The camp of Confederate Veterans at
Jackson has inaugurated a movement
to place tablets on the field of Chicka
mauga commemorative of the valor of
the Mississippi troops on that field.
The members of the camp are enthu
siastic on the subject of erecting suita
ble monuments on Chickamauga, and
hope to raise without much trouble
850.000. It is a cause which should ap
peal to all the patriotic sons of Missis
sippi.
An Old Mnd Honored Citizen Head.
The oldest citizen of Oxford and one
of the oldest of Mississippi. Col. P. H.
Skipwith, died at Oxford last week in
the Odd year of his age. Col. Skipwith
was born in Georgia, Dec. 0, 1805. He
was a grandson of Gen. Nathaniel
Green, of revolutionary fame, and a
greatgrandson of Sir l’eyton Skipwith
of Virginia.
Admitted to Hall.
The preliminary trial of J. O. Clay,
charged with the killing of young Ar
thur Hurbert at Aldens recently, was
licit! at Hernando last week, and Clay
was admitted to bail in the sum of
fo.OOO. which amount was given many
times over by friends of Mr. Clay, who
asked to be allowed to sign the bond.
tVill llullti a Courthouse.
The board of supervisors of Sun
flower county rejected the petition
against the issuance of bonds to build a
courthouse, because the same did not
contain the names of 10 percent, of the
adult taxpayers of the county, and or
dered the clerk of the hoard to adver
tise for contractors to Hie bids at the
next meeting to build a courthouse.
The courthouse will he one of the hand
somest in the Suite and up to date.
ItlK Keal Kntatc Deal.
* A big real estate deal has just been
consummated by which $30,000 and the
title to 32.000 acres of land in Sunflower
county change hands. The land was
the property of the Sunflower Band
and Manufacturing Company of Mem
phis, and was sold to a party of Iowa
capitalists, who were represented in
the matter by E. E. Bushy, of Chicago,
and X. T. Averill, of Cedar Kapids, la.
M r. Busby is acting in the capacity of
agent for capitalists in the Northwest.
The Southern end of the deal was en
gineered by William A. Percy.
Sent to the County I-'ariu.
J. B. Shaw, who for the past six
months has run a blind tiger at Colum
bus, was last week convicted of retail
ing intoxicating liquors and sentenced
to thirty days’ hard labor at the county
farm and to pay a fine of $50.
Death of Deo. s. Brovi.
George S. Brown, one of the best
known and successful farmers of Bhn
totoe county, died at Tupelo last week.
He had been a suffer^* for a long time
with pulmonary trouble, and his death
was not unexpected to his family and
friends.
K. of H. Anniversary.
The twenty-first anniversary of the
Knights of Honor was celebrated at
Meridian last week. Supreme Dictator
S. B. Watts made the principal address,
showing the good that had been accom
plish, d by the order in this State and
section. Five hundred people were
present. _
State B. V. r. 17.
The State Baptist Young People's
Union met at West Point last week.
About seventy-five delegates were iu
attendance. A number of important
questions pertaining to the welfare and
advancement of the union were earn
catly and intelligently disciuaed.
SOUTHERN OCEAN (NO 9. 1
HnrftOi fruit Crap.
Col. John < Honing ham, the most ex
tensive fruit irroww and shipper in
Oeorgiu. says: “I believe that wr will
•hip not less than f.000 carloads of
pearhe* and 300 oars of grapes. As to
melons and other fruits it is esti
mated that B.ono cart of melons will
be shipped.’ Estimating the net sales
of the peaches at only (BOO per ear. the
crop should bring $1,000,000. Thegrapes
not less than $100,000. and the melons
at $100 per car, $000,000, a total for these
three main kinds of frnit «f $1,700,000
If the value of the pears, apples nnd
large q nan ties of strawberries and
small fruits could he ascertained and
added to the above, 1 believe that it
would make a grand total of not less
than $2,000,000.
rrehlstorte Relies la Tennessee.
Workmen engaged In making exca
vations for a water company on the
Tennessee river, near ( hsttnnoogn.
Tenn., dug into what appears to lie Bn
Indian mound. Explorations hare not
gone far enough to tell the exact value
jf the find, but already arrow heads,
pottery of a peculiar kind and in a
wonderful state of preservation, to
gether with implements of warfare,
skeletons, etc-, have been fonrid. flo
ral archaeologists are taking great in
terest in any excavation, and all that
is valuable they will keep for the
Smithsonian Institution. They say
thnt several of the pieces found are en
tirely different from anything ever
discovered before in the vicinity.
(ten. Dockery's funeral.
The remains of the late (ten. T. P.
Dockery, who died suddenly in New
York city recently, were interred in
the city cemetery at Natchez, Mias.,
several distinguished ex-confederate
soldiers acting os pall-bearers. The
deceased wns a confederate brigadier,
serving with distinction in Brown's
command at Vicksburg. Corinth and
elsewhere. During the political riots
in Arkansas in reconstruction days, ha
commanded the state military whep
Baxter was replaced in the guberna
torial chair.
Double Suicide.
Mrs. John L. Driscol was found dead
in her room at the Chamber of Com
merce building. Nashville,Tenn.,while
tier husband, in a dying condition, was
seated in a chair near her. The dis
covery was made by a physician who
received a note from Dristol ashing
him to call at his room, stating that his
wife was dead and he would be dead
when found. Morphine had been taken,
probably on account of ill-health, Dris
col was a shorthand teacher.
Tender* a Loan of 81.000.
Francis Emerson, president of the
First national bank of McKinney, Tex.,
83 years old, has forwarded to Presi
dent McKinley $1,000 for use at his
own discretion in behalf ot the na
tional defense. This money is to be a
loan on the same terms as those offered
by Francis C. Moore, of New York:
“Without interest, to be paid at the
government's convenience or not at
all." _
Voted to Seat Patterson.
House committee on. elections No. 3
has agreed by a ^strict party vote to
make a report in favor of seating ex
Kepresentative Josiah Patterson, who
contested the seat of Mr. Carmack,
from the Tenth Tennessee district.
Mr. Patterson, who represented the dis
trict in the last congress as a democrat,
ran against .Mr. Carmack, the demo
cratic candidate, as a gold candidate.
I.nrge Furnace to Resume.
The Tennessee Coal. Iron and Kail
road Co. is repairing No. 2 furnace at
South Pittsburg. Tenn., prepatory to
putting it in blast This furnace has
been idie for several years, an l is one
of the largest and best equipped owned
bv the company. It has a capacity of
250 tons a day. Several hundred men
will be employed.
Rev. David Morton.
Rev. David Mortcfn, D. D., secretary
of the board of church extension of the
Methodist Episcopal church south, died
at bis residence in Louisville, of blood
poisoning, at the age of 08. For the
past 10 years Dr. Morton had been one
of the most conspicuous figures in the
Methodist church. He leaves a widow
and four sons.
Judge Johu N. llendren.
Judge John N. Hendren. the last
treasurer of the confederacy, died at
at Staunton, Va., recently, aged 75. He
was a graduate of the University of
Virginia, and practiced law for some
years. He leaves a widow and one son.
living in Baltimore.
Nays Women Must Shovel Dirt.
Mayor W. P. Small of Owensboro,
Ky., has ordered that when women are
con lined in the workhouse and there
is no work for them to do, they must
take their places with the street hands
and shovel dirt with the chain-gang.
Steamer City of Savannah Burned.
The steuinerC’ity of Savannah, owned
by the Memphis * Vicksburg Packet
Co., burned to the water's edge at Mem
phis, Tenn. The loss will uggregate
$30,000; insurance, $14,500.
Old Stage Driver’s Death.
Islium R. Merryiuan, who drove a
line of stagecoaches between Versailles
and Lexington, Ky., may years Indore
Versailles had a railroad, died re
cently, _
Charge,! With Train-Wrecking.
Josh Taylor, John, Jesse, Eli and
Nolan Cotton. Sharkey Logan and Lee
Hardin, all colored, are charged at
Greenville,Miss., with train-wrecking.
From Mobil* to Japan.
The British steamship Oak Branch
cleared from Mobile, Ala., recently, for
Japan with a large amount of struc
tural iron a lid 700 bales of cotton.
A Prosperous Merchant Gone.
bol Kohn. for many years a pros
perous merchant of Selma, Ala., died
after a long illness. Ho was for 18
years treasurer of the oity.
Death ot Prof. Ashley D- Hurst.
Prof. Ashby D. Ilurat, of Tulane uni
versity, New ,Orleans, was stricken
with apopledy, fell down 1M* feet of
stairway, and was killed.
Georgia at Omaha Exposition.
The citizens of Atlanta, Ga., have de
cided to have an exhibit at the Omaha
exposition consisting of a display of
the resources of Georgia.
MIU* Withdraws.
United States Senator Mills of Texas
has withdrawn from the rate for re-elec
tion, leaving the Jiald to Gov. Charles
A. Culberson.
Curfew Law at Padacah.
The curfew law has gone into effect
at Paduoah. Ky. The whistle of a big
manufacturing1 plant i* used to sound
the warning... ... 1m . .. .
Must Lest* Taueaaee.
Got. Taylor pardoned Judge W. J.
Leonard from the penitentiary on con
dition that he leayeJTennieasee. ^
Slgaed By the Pred ict.
Preaideo*
MU giving*!
of the 3*. fi.,
. -2-+'"S T^tu.
Two members of the Kentucky house
fought on the floor.
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WIT AH* WI*OOMr -
—Re—“What an ugly man! 1 never
mw anybody so ugly!” Sh«—"Hnah,
deart You forget youraelfl"—Tit
ta^l ""
—Ilia IMimoning.—tfcasber—"Why
should we not be proud af wealth nnd
power?" Johnnie —^•Beetuiae we
haven't got *ny."—Rost* Traveler.
^“Tftfth, remarked the obaerrer of
men and things, "would not be stranger
than Action if the newspapers would
print as much of It.”—Detroit Journal
— Father—"Remember, my aon. one
never loe.’s anything in this world by
being polite." Son—"You’re wrong,
father; I lost my seat In a street car
this morning from that very cause."—
T rut h.
—Domestic Signs.—"1 can always tell
when a man is the head of his family. ’
"JIow do you telir "When the man ia
boss the ilrst boy is put in trousers be
fore he is a year and a half old."—
Puck.
—A Resemblance.—“Now, in Eng
land," aaid the naturalized citizen, “I
wns always taken to- the polls in a car
riage.” “Well,” replied the native; “the
party hack Is not unkhown even in
America."—Pittsburgh Telegraph.
—"Gritnshaw culled me n fool, again,
lawst night?" Askins—“What did you
do about it ?’’ Sapsmith—"Raw Jaw ve!
I took him down, don’t yon know, by
nwsking him why he didn't say some
thing original!"—Puck.
—Confession.—“I can say for myself
that I never had been mean enough to
get auotber woman’s cook away from
her.” “Neither have I; but I must con
fess that once or twice I hnvo tried to
work our took off on some of iny neigh
bors.”—Boston Traveler.
—Family Man—“You will portion me
for mentioning it, but It appenra to me
you put lather too much salt in yonr
butter." Dealer—"Oh. you are en
tirely excusable; you don’t understand
the butler business. Salt is cheap, and
it weighs."—Roston Transcript.
FOOD HABITS OF CITY POOR.
Ilesulta of Dlrtnrx Startles In f'on
Kcsted Districts of New York.
The result of investigations into the
food habits of a number of families ia
the congested districts of New York
in 18% and 18% have been made pub
lic by the agricultural department in
a report entitled: “Dietary Studies in
New York city.” The report was pre
pared by Profs. \Y. S. Atwater and C.
| 1). Woods, under whose immediate di
rection the investigations were con
ducted with the cooperation of the New
Y'ork Association for the Improvement
of the Condition, of the Poor. The
generul plau of the inquiry consisted
i in visiting a number of typicul fam
ilies in the worst congested portions of
the city, observing the kinds and
amounts of food which they bought
aud prices which they paid, noting
whether they obtained good weight
and measure, and subjecting specimens
of the food materials to analysis for
the purpose of learning their nutritive
values.
The work iu New York was done
mostly by Dr. Isabelle Delaney. The
investigation consisted mainly of the
studies of dietaries of families ol the
pooler classes. In some instances
they were slovenly and shiftless, and
took little interest In the appearance
of their homes and tables. Other fam
ilies, though ignorant, were willing
and anxious to learn how they might
improve their habits of living. The
main results of each study are given,
with a brief discussion of the chief
features. Following this are some val
uable suggestions regarding tlie im
provement of the food habits ofj city
poor. It is impossible, the report says,
to lay down any hard and fast rules
which shall govern the purchase of
iood by a family, as these must, to a
great extent, be determined by the dif
ferent local conditions.
In many of the families there was no
attempt made to spread an attractive
table. One of the most common ob
servations among those who ure fa
miliar with the habits of the poorer
classes of wage-workers, the report con
tinues, is to the effect that u not in
considerable amount of the pretulence
of intemperance can be traced to poor
food and unattractive home tables.
Throughout all these dietaries there
was shown little comprehension of the
actual nutritive \alue of the food pur
chased, the selection apparently being
made according to some w him or tuste,
the presence of certain food materials
in the market, or because the house
keeper hud become accustomed to pur
chasing certain kinds of food. The
larger number of families spent more
than they reully could afford for food,
uiul yet frequently received insullicient
nourishment. The question: How
these people could have obtained more
nutriment tor the money expenditure,
is answered only in the most general
terms. It is suggested that one of the
best and surest ways to improve tile
condition of the poor is to ghe them
practical instructions and object les
sons in the preparation in attractive yet
simple and cheap foods.
Tlie subjects upon which the women
should be instructed includes lessons
upon the best and most nutritious food
materials and those best adapted in
point of cost and ease of preparation
to the cost and circumstances of the
family, and instruction such us shall
enable the housekeeper to prepare sim
ple, wholesome and pulatublc dishes
from such food.—St. Louis Ulobe-Demo
crat.
A r oriiine Thrown Anar. »
Maj. Gen. Sir Herbert Kitchener, of
the British army, is probably the only
man living who has ordered $100,000
to be thrown away. In fairness, how
ever, it must be admitted that it was
done under a misapprehension. After
the fall of Khartoum, in 1885, owing
to lack of transportation facilities, an
enormous quantity of military storer
were destroyed, and the easiest method
was to pitch them into the Nile. Among
the supplies were 1,000,000 rounds of
ammunition, packed in the regulation
boxes, and only after the boxes weie
ill throw n in, did Gen. Kitchener dis
cover that two of them contained, not
ammunition, but 10.000 sovereigns
apiece. The worst of It was, that there
was no time to haul out the boxes and
select the precious twro, so they were
left in the mud of the Nile, and there
they are to this day, buried beyond all
hope of recovery.—Golden Days.
Effect* of Color*.
The thermometer seems to fall six
degrees when you walk into a blue
room. Yellow is an advancing color;
therefore, a room fitted up in yellow
ttill appear smaller than it is. On the
ather hand, blue of a certain shade in
troduced generously into a room will
zive,&n idea of space, lied makes no
pfTmrepce in regard to size. Green
naktte very little —Chicago Inter Ocean
Hauled.
l’r^fessor—Name the bones of the
*<IruA
Student—Why, er—I've got 'cm all in
Jay lead, but I can’t just think of the
names, sir.—Up-to-Date.
, , * * Good for Him.
Gogtie—My papa is a lawyer; what
does your papa do?
Lu*y—Whatever mamma says.—N. Y.
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HE BROUOHTTT FRPM THE
WORLD’S FAIR.
And kept It two years.
How he lost it at last.
Th* rrrst Wirlfi Pair, at Chlcag*. £
a. while It raw plAsare ta nunr.fit*
itoiMi few •• an indirect result of
{heir visit to the white City. People
lured along the miles of wonderfulaa hr fa
lls by the new marvels that met ,h*.<*1*
at every step, sod did net realise tpetfi
eihaustloa until they dropped lm» a
chair in some breesy corner by the leke,
end “cooled off." fhsfs what began the
trouble, in many cases. Of one jack c***>
Mrs. L. W. Stevens, Port Felrfield, Me.,
writes:
My husband took a severe cold and
congh two years ego lialhOctober—time of
the World's Pair, which, we attended. This
cough lasted over two years, was accom
panted by spitting ol blood, end nothing
could be found to help him. although vari
ous remedies were tried. Several doctors
were consulted, but their prehcri|rions
afforded no relief. Finally. I sew an ad
vertisement of Dr. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
In my paper and prevailed upon my hus
band to get a bottle and try It The very
first close helped him and he was com
pletely cured la a short time- We feel
OUST MARRIED. .
How “Hobby” Orders His Supplies
Th roach the Telrpbose.
When a young man marries and opens up
a home one of his chief anxieties is to appear
master of the situation and as much like a
veteran as possible. Ulueton, who would be
widely known by his real name, is a new bed
edict and just settled. Here ia a sample se
lected from his almost continuous conversa
tion at the telephone:
“Send ms up a pound of carpet lacks.
Number? I don't know anythin about the
number of tacks in a pound. All you've got
to do is to fill my order. And, say, send me
half a peek of nails. Tenpennya? I'm hot
asking the price, am I? Yes, half a peck;
that’s what I said. Now I want a saw.
Don’t you know your business? This is a*
rrivate residence—Mr. Blueton's residence.
t’s no lumber mill. I don't want any buaz
saw or gang saw, just a regular house saw.
Throw in a hammer and a hatchet and a
stepladder. And say, I want a good strong
stove leg. Wp broke one in moving. None of
your business who made the stove. All you’ve
got to do is to send up the leg."
After swearing for a few minutes Blueton
was rattling away at the grocery:
“Three pounds of steak. Whht kind?
Beefsteak, of course. We’re not eating
liorscstcak or sheep steak at our house.
Three yards of sausage. Never mind, now,
J*gw other peop'c buy it. I always buy by
thb yardt A gallon of coffee, two tlogen
frying onions, half a bushel of oranges—yes,
bnlf a IffishH. Now, whose make of canned
goods do you handle? All right, send us a
couple of cases of selected, a ouarter of a
section of cheese, half a bale of lettttee, two
of those cigar-shaped loaves of bread, a
pail of butter and a sack of sugar. Yes, just
a regulation sack, you know. And, hold
on, put in a basket of eggs. Good-by. ’—De
troit free Press.
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Selfish.
Brown—You owe as much as that! I (
don't understand how vou can get so far be
hind. Now as for me, it is always a pleasure
to pay off a debt.
Black—Sort o' selfish in you to give way
to such indulgence, isn’t it? I ran tralv say
that I never feel that way.—Boston Trans
K’ript.
* A Palpable Hit.
Miss Elderly—Did you ever suspect me of
bleaching my nair?
Miss lV:rt—Oh. no; I supposed it was that I
color when you bought it.—N. Y. .Journal. j
Where the Dascer Lies, j
She—Don't you think it is dangerous to
eat mushrooms? _ I
He—Not a bit of danger in it. The danger j
is in eating toadstools.—Chicago Evening '
News.
very frmtcfol lor whit Dr. Ayer's Cherry
Pectnral has do#* for u*. sad shall keep It
coastaatly on hand la the house."—u„ ,
w. Stbveks, Fort PairBctd, lie. '
Two year* of doctoring for a aoagh.
ycBra of ■ remedies " that nee ao help Q,
prescriptions that piwdted only the me.
who wrote them, and then a trial ol i,r
Ayer's Charry Pectoral, which helped from
the eery fltat dose aad effected a cojnolrte
cure In a- short time. The difference
tween Dr. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and *71
other cough medicines conld not be belter
stated than In Ibis comparison of results
It has cntad the most stubborn sad obstL
uate cases of chronic bronchitis and asth
ma. It iasspeci&c for croup and whooping
cough. It cures all coughs sod colds and
alt affections of the throat and lungs
promptly and effectively. In response to
numerous demands Dr. Ayer’s Clierry Pec.
torsi Is put up in half sis* bottle*—sold at
half price —jo cents. More about cure*
effected by Pectoral In Dr. Ayer's Cure,
bool?. Sent free, on request, by the I c"
Ayer Co.. Lowell. Mas*. _
A GRAVEYARD OOLLOQUY.
Between Two Block Men on n Darn
Hlgkt.
At raw intervals the moon peeped
through the billow* of a sen of (leeey
clouds and cast sickly teams across the
l«th of j foigt wtyclTwae walking »l<m|y
and Meaffilf in a coutJTry graveyard. The
figure stole furtivt glanee* about him as
he crept to the grave of a man who had
died on the gaWOsm on Friday. Just the
elork was tolling the midnight hour the
form fell prostrate on the grave, uttering
hot a sound. Almost hi an instant th*
figure arose. Taking a knife from hii
pocket, lie made a single, rapid cut, and
turned to leave the tdece. A moonbeam
revealed a look pf ghoulish glee ou hit
countenance.
‘‘Haiti”
The figure etopjied.
“Who goe* there?’*
“.list a poah niggah.”
The figure* met and the lantern’s flash
discloses the identity of the men.
“Sam Johnsing!”
“Hiram Jackson!”
“Whatoher doin' heah, Hiram Jackson?
Lbokin 'fo' ghostes?”
‘‘Xaw. -What yo’ doin’ heah vn'se'f?”
“Pome after din rabbit’s lef* hin’ foot.
Kotrhed him at 12 o’clock on a dahk night,
on de grave ob a man bung on Friday.
O’way, niggah! Wouldn't take a thousand
dollahs fry it. Yo’ niggah* won’t lie in it
wid me at cake-walk* an’ shootin’ craps.”
—Louisville Courier-Journal.
A Sharp Answer.
Mose—Ef I alio'd escort anuddah lady toe
dc ball nex'week would yo’feel much cut up?
C’larina—Nopey; yo’would.—Judge.
Innocent Children Ssrerlllced.
The “ala ugh ter of the innocent*’’ contin
ues, until it is estimated that fully one-fourth
of the human race die before attaining their
fifth birthday, owing in great measure to
our rigorous and changeable climate. And
there are thousands of adult*, even in this
land of plenty, that stomach, liver and bow
el complaints are reducing to confirmed in
validism, whom Hostetter’s Stomach Hit
ters would promptly relieve and invigorate.
Malaria, rheumatism and kidney trouble
yield to the I litter*.
‘wUpn’t you Sleep? Does your Head Ache?
Somnifi t'affein cures instantly. All drug
gist*. 25 cl*. Dr. Paxton Medical Co., lilt) &
201 Itiver St., Ti’oy, N. Y.
A fellow doesn’t really enjoy a favor if
he is immediately asked to return it.—
Washington Democrat.
A boy never smells anything baking
without at once getting hungry.
WORKING WOMEN WHO SCJjJTJfitt.
. *
Should Got Mrs. Plnkham's Advice—The Whole Truth can be Told
to her Beoause she is a Woman.
The suffering and pain endured by some working women is almost past belief.
Here is a letter from one of the multitude of women who have been restored
to health and usefulness by Mrs. Plnkham’s advice and medicine:
DKAn Mbs. Piniuiam :—I feel as though your advice had lifted me from the
grave. I must have been very near It. I suf
fered terribly at time of menstruation, was H ^ — •
constantly troubled with
cold hands and feet, was
extremely nervous, could
not sleep well, was trou
bled with frightened
dreams, had heart trouble
and a feeling as though i
my breath was going to J
stop, also had leucor- -J
rheea. 1 tried to get I
help but all remedies I
failed, until I wroto to I
you. I cannot thank f
you enough for your jr,
kind advice, and I wish l(J
to tell every one the great \
good your remedies have “
dono me.—Tamma C.
Hoover, Wolfsville, Md.
i-iyUla la. riuttuaiu a v cgcv®****? wuipwuuu iui h n
of a century has been helping women to be stron g and well. pj
The following statement from Miss II. Pattkrson, of 2531 \
Lawrence St., Philadelphia, Pa., should interest all working
women who aro troubled with female complaints:
“ Dear Mbs. Pinkiiam:—1 must write and tell what your medicine has done
for me. I am a working girl and have to stay at my work all day. I suffered
greatly with bearing-down pains and backache. 1 was advised by a friend to
try your Vegetable Compound. I did so and can say positively I am cured. I
have recommended your medicine to all my lady friends, and would advise any
of my sex suffering from female weakness to give Lydia E. Pinkham's Com
pound atrial, for I know it will cure."
Mrs. Pinkham Invites all women troubled about their health to write to her
at Lynn, Mass., and secure her advice free of all charge. All such letters are
seen and answered by women only.
Ask Mrs. Piukham’s Advice-A Woman Best Understands a Woman’s Ills
“Take it back
-go to some grocer who will give you Pearl
ine.” That’s the only way to do
when they send you an imitation.
The popularity of Pearline be
gets the habit of calling anything
at’s washing-powder, "Pearl
ine.” Those who notice the difference
in name, think perhaps " it’s about the
same thing.” It isn’t Nothing else
equals Pearline, the original and
standard washing compound. #»
Vegetables
can be raised at a profit, and
the yield enlarged, if properly
fertilized. Most fertilizers do
do not contain enough
Potash.
Vegetables needplenty of pot
ash—at least 10% — besides
the phosphoric ackL and nitro
gen. . ^,^1/
JEtfXSSWE* ten - “
C1UUN KAU WORKS.
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