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The Leader_
PiMliM Every Wtliciiiy Evening.
BROOK H A VRN. • • MISSISSIPPI.
Canada la trying to play the "na
tional honor” dodge on Uncle Sam. un
mindful of the ternhle muddle Spain
made of that intangible commodity.
All the governor* pull together cor
dially when the subject under dincns
alon is the World's fair to celebrate the
Louisiana purchase. They're willing to
trust St. Ionia to pull it off, too.
American manufacturers are now
aupplying the Japanese with the little
buggy drawn by hand called the jin
ricksha. Our locomotives and bicycles
are also preferred in Japan, as else
where.
Cuba might do a great deal better
than set up a government for itself on
tbe ^enez^tpla, Nicaragua or San Do
mingo pattern. It has examples near
at hand of how to be peaceful and
prosperous.
IIoRlers of Cuban bonds may be
grieved over Spain's repudiation of the
debt, but they have no reason to be
surprised. The national integrity of
Spain has never made any provisions
for a paymaster.
Gen. Funston says, in a letter, that
military rule is the only kind possible
la the Philippines. What he writes
orer his own signature is quite differ
eat from the alleged interview sent
from Hong Kong.
Gen. .Toe Wheeler is doubtless a hap
py man. After traveling 10.000 miles
for the. purpose, he has managed to
hear again the familiar zip of bullats.
It is needless to say that the enemy
got out of the way.
The Vanderbilt who married against
his parents' wishes has been cut olf
with $ 10,000,000. Perhaps the incident
might answer as a definition of po
etic justice. However, he’ll be able to
stave off the poornouse for a year or
so.
Those who go to Alaska expecting
to be rescued late in the season by
government relief expeditions should
bear in mind that this is not an es
tablished branch of public business,
and not likely to be kept up indefi
nitely.
Gen. Shnfter has been jolting over
the streets of San Francisco in an old
buckboard, anil has intimated to the
war department that if anything is
coming to him he wants it in the shape
of an easy-riding co«cli instead of a
Tift sword.
The new Kearsarge, in her speed
trial, gave evidence that she would be
a formidable rival of the famous Ore
gon. Her uverage speed for four con
secutive hours was 16.845 knots, and
that under economic conditions. She
will be a valuable acquisition.
After all that has been said of Amer
ican fondness for pies, the new pie
trust, incorporated in New Jersey, is
capitalized at only $300,000, though it
controls 19 out of 21 pie-baking estab
lishments in New York. The city is
said to consume 200,000 bakery pies a
day.
The recent destruction of the little
gunboat L’rdaneta will prove the neces
sity of greater vigilance in land opera
tions by the navy. As the army, how
ever, will do the land fighting when
the campaign begins such accidents
as have just happened are not likely
to occur again.
Rome of the Spanish records of a
century ago or earlier give some hint
that there are gold deposits in the
Philippines. The country’s good for
tune in acquiring gold territory here
tofore without knowing it at the time
will undoubtedly cause a rush of pros
pectors to Luzon and the other islands
after the rebellion ends.
Chicago has tried to substitute male
for female help for kitchen and house
cleaning service, but lias given up in
despair, and the demand for female do
mestics has been renewed with una
bated vigor. In that city there are va
cancies for 5,000 household servant
girls. An equal dearth is reported
from New York and other large cen
ters of population.
An alert patrol of the coasts and an
intelligent blockade of Philippine
ports by Ilear-Admiraj Watson will
prove an important factor in bringing
the Filipinos to terms. Not only will
such a course force them to face our
army in the open, but it will also
greatly lessen the chances of receiv
ing smuggled arms and ammunition
with which to prolong their resistance
to American authority.
Every twenty-five or fifty miles, as
Liuet. Peary pushes northward towards
the pole, he will establish stations ful
ly provisioned. As the front line of
march is advanced, supplies will be
carried forward. If Peary and his
band can endure the intense cold and
survive the exposure, they are likely
to reach their goal in the three more
years he has appointed to the ac
complishment of the work.
Cromwell, the psalm-singing general
of that remarkable English army
which shook the English throne to its
foundations—the lord protector of En
gland at a very astonishing period iu
English history, was largely such a
man as Oom Paul Kruger in conviction
and temperament. Stonewall Jackson,
Lee's fighting right arm in the confed
eracy, the ‘‘lilue Light Elder” who al
ways prayed before a battle, was of the
same strain. Such men are hard to
whip.
The American people rise as one
man, laying aside all party differences,
to do honor to Admiral Dewey, the
man of wonderful foresight, of capaci
ty in execution, of absolute intrepidity
and, as was proved after the hattle of
Manila bay, of rare diplomatic wis
dom. There is nothing superficial in
Dewey’s hold upon his countrymen.
His popularity rests upon love of the
tmg and on lasting admiration for one
who defends and advances it with the
highest ability and the noblest cour
Newspaper writers who have been
making all sorts of aaaertious in re
gard to the position of Bear-Admiral
Howison and his flagship of the Boutb
Atlantic squadron, in the naval parade
at New York, and, incidentally, mak
ing numerous blunders, have simply
diaplayea their ignorance of naval
etiquette, which is inexorable, and
never gives way to mere sentiment.
Admiral Houiaon knew his place, and
Occupied it in the naval parade just a *
every naval officer—or jackie, fur that
fcatter—knew he would, and all per
tartoatiOB of the (lot ham scribe#
•ouldn't have nude it any different.
ONH GIVES RELIEF.
Don’t Spend a Dollar
for
Medicine
until you have tried
You can buy them in the paper 5-ccnt cartons
Ten Tabules for Five Cents.
Cklr lOrt to pel vp «h«aply to gratify tb# nu'rarml prwhonft daound for • tow prtofe
If you don't find this sort of
Ripans Tabules
At the Druggist’s
S*nd Fire Cents to The Ripan* Chemical Company, No. 10
Spruce St., Ne v York, and they will be s nt to you by mail; or
12 carrons will be mailed for 48 cents. The chances are ten to
one that Ripans Tabules are the very medicine you need.
QUEER BIT OF EUROPE.
A Sinn 11 Community W here There
Are No Haleru, Soldiers
Nor Taxes.
About five miles southwest of Aix-la
(hapelle, that well-known junction
where so many summer tourists jump
*n and out of trains, there is a tiny lit
tle village community t ailed Altenberg.
or Yielle Montague, says the London
Daily Mail.
This little strip of a few hundred
acres owes allegiance to no king, kaiser
or president. It is an autonomous re
public, smaller than Andorra or the
principality of Monaco. Its population
is nearly 3,000, and they art* mostly
EXTRACTION IN NEURALGIA
Iteniovlnft the Teeth \ffonh .\o Re
lief mill In ii Sin, SH)i
Thin Authority.
The extraction of teeth for tri
facial neuralgia is a sin for which both
dentist and physician are responsible,
and in about tin* same degree the
physician for sending Ihe patient to
1 he dentist, and the dentist for extract
ing tin* teeth in such conditions, says
the Philadelphia Medical Journal.
Members of both professions si mid
have sufficient common sense, if m t
professional education, to recognize the
fact that tin* extraction of sound teeth
not only gives no relief, but that it is a
GUGLIELMO MARCONI.
This young man, whose name will go down in history as the first to make a
practical success of wireless telegraphy, was born in Bologna. Italy. *♦> years ago.
His mother was an English woman, but bis fai:-.er was a native of Italy. Since 1SHS
th* young inventor has been a r ski* nt of England, and has apparently identified
himself permanently with that country. Marconi was the lion at the annual meet
ing of the British Association for the Adv tin - merit of Scb-ncr, held recently in
Dover. His personality is of especial interest to Americans just now, as he is
about to visit the United States.
farmers, agriculturists and miners.
There are no police, no soldiers and
(happy land!) there are no taxes to pay.
In IMG this little corner of Kurnpc
was declared by the powers to be "neu
tral ground," and it has maintain* <1 its
independence ever since. There is a
burgomaster and a council of elders of
the village community. They admin
ister such law as is found necessary, but
are not overworked in this respect, as
crime is practically unknown. The
country is picturesque, and for such a
s tall domain, fairly varied in its scen
ery. The land is split up into little in
dividual allotments in the manner so
familiar to travelers on the continent.
The prosperity of the inhabitants i!e
most useless mutilation, which the pa
tient i> sure to regret deepls because of
the injury to personal appearance and
the interference with digestion, and
for which their professional adviser is
certain to be severely censured. This
mistake might be more common, but it
is common enough, as is evidenced by
j the statement of a prominent surgeon
! that he has been consulted during the
past two years by no less than six pa
tients, who had had the teeth in both
j jaws uselessly extracted for ticdoulour
| eux. The medical treatment of this
condition is not encouraging in its re
sults. it is true; nevertheless, it should
be given a thorough trial, and if perse
vered in will sometimes give permanent
LITTLE DORRIT’S CHURCHYARD TO DISAPPEAR.
Another spot in Dickensland will soon he wiped out. "Little Dorrlt’s" burial
ground, otherwise the churchyard of S' George the Martyr at London, is to be
Improved away. There, everyone remembers, she slept one night in the vestry of
the church, her htad pillowed on the r* gisters. The new road from the Borough
to Bermondsey will sweep away most of the churchyard and the small part stand
ing of the old Marshalsea prison, where Mr. Micawber and his family "lived
more comfortably in prison than they have for some time out of it."
I
pends upon a certain valuable calamine
mine, but a small amount of farming is
also successfully carried on.
Both French and German are sjioken
and are often mixed up in a most curi
ous manner.
Altenberg’s chief claim to notoriety,
however, lies in the fact that the bor
der of this tiny domain actually touch
es those of the adjacent countries of
Belgium, Holland and Germany.
Of the thousands who pass through
Aix-J»-Chapelle on their summer holi
days to OMof the many German baths,
few are 3K>bably aware that they are
so close to this quaint little community.
Wkns'isriar Schools Are Scarce.
In all Spain there are only 3,230 chil
dren is the Sunday school*.
results. In any case extraction of teeth
can have no possible permanent value.
The Life of Japan.
The better class of Japanese do not
live in the treaty ports of Japan, which
are frequented by the casual traveler.
Life in these towns is so different from
the real life of Japan that it is impossi
ble to get an idea of the country from
them.
He tVoald Ho.
Honest Dealer—’E’s a good 'oss. But
I must tell yer ’e ’as one fault—'e's a
little given ter runnin’away with yer.
Client—If that's all, he’ll do splendid
ly. That last horse I had of you was
given to running away without me.—
Punch.
Mississippi Matters.
NOTES OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS.
By J. L. POWER.
C antiiftlitte* In Kctill»ir»»onf'« llrlijmlf.
Hr<mikltx, N. Y., July 1, 11W9.
CM. J. L. Power:
IlKAR Sir—I understand that you
have been an industrious collector oj
data concerning the troops from Missis
sippi in the war between the States,
and I take the liberty of forwarding
the enclosed slip containing the losses
of Kcathcrstor.e s brigade in the battle
of Sharpshurg. I have long had it iu
my possession, with other data, relat
ing to the troops from Louisiana, with
whom I had the honor to serve in that
war. It was originally published in
the New Orleans Picayune. You may
already be in possession of the same
details, hut nevertheless you are more
properly the custodian of them and I
transfer them with pleasure, and re
main, Your old comrade in arms,
John J. Kivf.ra. M I).
Report of the kill <1. wounded and missing In
Brig, lien Featherstone’s. the Sixth Mississippi
Brigade, consisting of the Second Mississippi
Battalion and the Twelfth, Sixteenth and Nine
teenth Mississippi Regiments
Second Mississippi Battalion. Major \V. S.
Wilson commanding—Woun led—Major Wllsou,
seriously In the arm and breast.
Company A—Wounded—Sergt. Sutton, in the
eye.
Company B, Captain Me\fee commanding—
Wounded—Captain McAfee, slightly in the face;
Piivatc Paklnson, slightly in the face; missing,
Private Bell.
C ompany C— Wounded—Sergt. Preston In the
hip; Privates Baston, In the arm slightly,
Smithson, in the arm; Henry, ja a fraetur d W.
B. Williams, slightly in the leg; Woodward, in
both thighs.
Company !>— Killed—Private Terry; wounded^
Lieut. Davis, in arm and chest; Private Long’
in shoulder.
Company E Wounded—Privates W. Brown,
severely in both hips. KufTnock.
C ompany K—Wounded—Corpl. Kogiles, in the
hand.
Company G—Capt. Manlovc, in the forehead;
Lieut. Floyd, seriously; Sergt. Fiannegan, iu
Hie face; Privates l.agin, in the face; Enderly,
shorny, McLaughlin.
company If—Corpl. Gibson, head; Privates c.
Young, foot; G. Y. Clark, severely an 1 left on
the Held.
Company I—Wounded—Capt. Martin, severely !
and left on the Held; Privates McCune, face; ;
MrGushan, abdomen.
Missing—Privates Staflin, Fisher, Hogan and
Finnegan.
Company K - Killed—Corporal Shirley, Pri
vates Parks, Tucker and Works.
Wounded—Capt. Fields, in the arm : Privates
Cok'*r, in tin* hand; Franklin, Harper, J. E.
Moore, P. Wright, W. T. Wright.
Company L—Wounded- Li ut. Der<|uercon, in
the face; Lieut. Belt, severely; s-rgt Kip,
severely; Sergt. Starling; Privates Betts, Ko»
lins. Sykes, White and Perry.
Missing -Private Ban lei.
Killed .. 5
Wounded. ••••ift
Musing.. ft
Total. .. .;'»5
< AS l ALT IKS IN TIIK TWKLFTII MISSISSIPPI
H MilMKNT.
Lieut.-Col. M. B. Harris, wounded In the
thigh.
Adjt. Capers, in the head, slightly.
Sergt.-Major MeCaleb, in the arm.
Company A—Killed—None.
Wounded—Lieut. Nixon, in head, Privates A.
Hall. W. Cox. W. B. Felts, iu leg.
Missing—Hawkins.
Company B— Killed—Corporal W. W. Wade.
Wounded—Lieut. Stamplev, Privates (i/.a, F.
King, A. McNeil, Wadded, H. Hardy.
Missing -None.
Company C -Wounded—Sergt. L. F. Daughtry,
in hip; Sergt. Whitworth, in breast; ,1. Douvall,
iu bieast.
Company D—Killed—VY. H. Laud, H. G. Tay
lor, L. T. Butler.
Wounded—Lieat. J. Tiiompson, in neck; J.
Jokeson, Privates H. B. Thompson, in arm; 1.
M. Howie, .1. Englehom.
Missing—VV. C. Meredith.
Company K—Wounded—Corporal J. W\ Baker,
E. .1. Shackelford, in leg; J. Keruey,c. Miller.
Company F—Missing—Sergt. J. A. Joues, Pri
vates G. \V. Butler, — Irby.
Company G — Wounded—-Sergt. Hill, In arm
and neck.
Missing—Corporal Griffin, G. W. Myers, .1.
Marsh.
Company 11- Killed—J. MeDougall, Private
11. S. Met allum, in head.
Missing—J. H. Pemberton.
Company I—Wounded—Sergt. W. G.Steigher,
in DipPrivate Burley, iu thigli; J. Tar, iu
thigh; J. H. Fri/.ell, in tiiigh; Grenthain, iu leg;
Martin Teague, Wilson Wood.
Company K—Killed—J. G. Griffin.
Wounded—R. F Owen, in hip; J. D. Duval, iu
chest;-Thompson, in th'gh.
ki.< \rrrt i.ation.
MUCH . *•
Wounded. .
Missing. 'J
Total.r»4
('ASl'A l.TIKS IN TIIK SIXTEENTH MISSISSIPPI
KK<HM ENT.
Company A—Wounded—Capt. Austin, since
dead; L eut. Gatlin, in face; Corpl. (ierald; Pri
vates E. Delaney, shoulder, .1. Muzentburg, leg;
W. C. Denuran, S. L. Lovvner, In neck ; George
Ernest, arm; P. Roterhausf. hand.
Company B—Killed— Lieut. .1. R. Drummonds;
Privates Parley, Bishop, Bridges, Dear, S. A.
Hennagon, Wait man, Yelvorton.
Wounded—Capt. 11. Smith, in leg; Privates
W. II. Turner, arm and head; K. F Yelverton, in
shoulder; S. New son, in leg; T. S. Riley, in arm;
W. G. Berry, liana and face; .1. (). Ward, iu
hand; Gibson, iu hand; Corpl. Chandler, in
hand.
Missing—J. K. Alexauder. J. Spurlock.
Company C—Killed—Lieut. .1. C. Rump. Sergt.
.J. W. Myers, Corpl K. S. Broom, Privates R.
Alford. \V. S. Bostick, R. W. Daniels, A. Slay,
B. F. Porter.
Wounded— W. S. Latchings, A. R. Brome, B.
D. Henniugton, chest and shoulder; James
Bowls, arm; 1). M. Kills, breast; D. W. McIn
tosh, knee; W. L. Ladder, thigh; J. W. Brooms,
leg aud shoulder; J. J. Morris, back; J. P.
Ford, leg; J. J. Kirkpatrick, shoulder; H. W.
Lewis, band; F. W. Lewis, in wrist; It. A. Sliir
ley, in back; 1). Y. Howell, in head; A. A.
Sawney, head, Win. Slay, arm; Bridges, in thigh.
Company D—Wounded—Capt. Council, in
face; Lieut. Ariga; Stiles, thumb; M. Mack, in
face; E. N. Winston, in arm.
Missing—Sergt. llermichal, Corpl. Weller,
Demau aud Techart.
Company K— Killed—G. W. Guy.
Wounded—Lieut. C. Wilson, In the leg ; Lieut.
Coney, in shoulder; Sergt. MeCiusky, iu the leg;
Sergt. Andrew, Sergt. F. M. Bar, in thigh;
Corpl. Tarbuttoii, iuleg; Privates Ard, left on
the Held; Rhodes, in shoulder; 1). Lemand, in
thigh; L. N. Couueriy, slightly; G. Smith,
slightly iu thigh.
Company F—Lieut. C. H. Wilson; Sergt.
Markaiu; Corpl, G. W. Selby; Privates VV. Kidd,
Seth Rogers, D. W. Jones and C. Grayson.
Wounded—Sergt. J. A. Taylor, in the arm;
Sergt. Bridge’*, in shoulder; Privates Gibson, in
arm; T. H. Green, in chest; R. A. Byrd, in band;
II. T. Cain, in hand ; W. Caldwell, B. F. ( aid
well, B. T. Everett, in bead; T. P. Fetberee, in
chest; J. W. Ferrux, E. Hudson, in slrouldcr
and hand , G. W. Prince, in arm; J. W Kamtiro,
in arm; J. P. Pcyuolds, iu shoulder; A. B. Smith,
in foot.
Missing—Cor pi. J. Ulmer, J. B. Clark, C. H.
Hiillman.
Company G—Killed—C. H. Allen.
Wounded—James Wiley.
Misting—Private Betbay.
Company H—Killed—M. P. Bowen.
Wounded—Lieut. T. J. Hardy; Corpl. C. H.
NobDin, in arm; II. W. Turnipseed, In arm; I>.
O. Sumner, in arm ; J. F. Whittington, in loot;
J. P. Vansant, In leg; J. F. Ainsworth, in head;
W. T. McCraw, in hip; T. M. Adams, tu hand;
J. T. Boykin, in shoulder; J. F. Williams, iu
leg; W. K. Bowling, In leg.
Missing— R. F. Griffin.
Company I—Wounded—Lieut. Hanlon, leg
amputated; Sergt James Mackie, hip; Privates
James Bates, John Battles, chest; II. Dillon,
chest; M. Eagle, leg; — Bates, head; H. Jones,
leg; J. Leonard, ear; D. Ward, chest; K. Wil
liams, chest.
Company K—Killed—Thomas Cary.
Wounded—Lieut. Feltus, Rergt. Coyle, leg; P.
Al*ire, G. Dunbar, arm ,G. Kauufoot, F. Lather
man, leg; K. Varnel, head; W. Phipps, leg; J.
H. Vork, chest; J. Bayite, chest; G. Barxley,
leg; J. Patterson, thigh; W. Wall, arm; C. B.
Haynes, ^rm; J. Higgins, leg.
Missing—George Pliant, George Coaler, J.
Phipps.
RECAPITULATION.
Killed. ft
Wounded... ion
Missing. 20
Total.*..147
CASUALTIES IN THE NINETEENTH MISSIS
HIPFI REOIWENT.
Adjutant Allen, wounded in the arm.
('apt. Hardin, wounded in the groin slightly.
Company A —Killed—Sergt. II. Andrew, J
Thompson.
Woim led-Lieut. J. T. Perry, lu foot; Corpl.
Jackson, hand; Private Hughes, lliigh; Win.
Herron, thigh J. L. Nutt. hand.
Company B— Wounded—Sergt. C». W. Alford,
Privates K M Lawers, leg; A. M. Arnold.
Company C—Wounded—Tim Foley, thigh , K.
Cornier, ami.
Missing—J. Dempsey.
( oim anv D - Wounded—IJeut.Schwins, head;
Privates K Ruble, chest; J. Shaw, thigh, A. B.
Sims, leg; W. ICobison. hip.
Company K—Wounded It A. Bigger, chest;
Sergt. \\. S. Thrkckled; Private Welch, leg;
Corpl. Mullins, hand.
Company F—Killed—T. Parker; W. A. Hill.
Wounded—Sergt. Waller, shoulder, J. C. Cow
yer. ieu.
Company <• —Wounded—T. F. Cooper; J. W.
II.ileum, head, mortally; J. O. Dickinson, chest.
Company II—Wounded—sergt. Avres, arm;
Sergt. Watts, chest; Sergt. King, face.
< oinpany I —Wounded—Privates J. A. Me
Cluskev, face; 1). Dully, arm.
Company K- Killed—Levl Rogers; A. M
Davis.
Wounded—Corpl. Harwell, abdomen; Private
W. Agttie, chest; F. L. Little, arm.
Mistiug—J. Saunders.
RECAPITULATION.
Killed. 7
Wounded . 30
Missing.2
Total .39
RECAPITULATION.
Killed.. . 45
Wounded . . ..214
Missing. 36
Total . 295
Carnot Posp.y, Col. Commanding Brigade.
Tin* Power to Pardon.
“To forgive—to remit the penalty”—
are the brief but ample definitions of
pardon. It is one of the highest pre
rogatives of .Jehovah, and the most
solemn and responsible function that
can be entrusted to and exercised by
any earthly ruler. I'nder all the con
stitution^ of Mississippi the governor
has been invested with the pardoning
power, and it is very seldom that com
plaint has been made of its too full or
improper use. We remember that when
<»ov. Me Willie was sharply criticised
by the prt ss for a certain pardon that
he granted, he referred to it in his mes
sage to the legislature, and he asked:
“Would you have me inscribe upon the
prison door. ‘.Mercy never enters here.’ ”
This writer, during the last four
years, has witnessed some pathetic
scenes in connection with the exercise
of the pardoning power. His desk is
across the hallway from the governor's ;
office, and in pleasant weather the two
«>dices are as one. He sees the seekers .
for executive clemency and hears their 1
pleadings, and observes the governor
as he listens while going through the
petition or examining the records.
On Saturday morning, September ‘23,
a plainly dressed woman entered the
governor’s oltice. She had some docu
ments in her hand. After being seated
slit* presented them to the governor. It
was a numerously signed petition for
the pardon of her husband, M. M. No
lan. who had been sentenced from
I nion county for five years for sending
an infernal inachintrfrom Holly Springs
to New Albany, which exploded in the
depot at New Albany, and by which
several persons were injured. While
the evidence against him was circum
stantial, it was sufficient to connect
him very closely with the crime. An
appeal to the supreme court resulted in
affirmance of sentence, and Nolan, bv
permission of Judge Stephens, came
direct to the penitentiary without
guard or escort of any kind. This is
perhaps the only instance in the his
tory of the prison where the State has
been saved the expense of sending for
a convict.
After several hours study of the case
(iovernor McLaurin was heard to say,
‘‘Madam, I will pardon your husband.
•John, prepare a pardon for Nolan.*1
• And Mr. ('oman would rather issue a
document of that kind, under such cir
cumstances. than carry every county in
his district in a primary election for
railroad commissioner.) I ’util this an
nouncement Mrs. Nolan kept quite
composed. Then sobs and tears ex
pressed her joy. Here husband was at
Oakley farm. It was arranged to have
him sent to the prison walls, where he
was attired in citizen's clothes, and he
met 11 is wife a free man.
Mrs. I.ongino.
The Columbus Dispatch is credited
with tlu* following very readable para
graph:
Mrs. Lougino was a Miss Marion Buckley,
one of the first young ladies to throw off
the chains of false public sentiment and
take her position as a breadwinner, when
her services were needed to assist iu main
taining a widowed mother and young
brothers and sisters. Miss Buckley's father
was State deputy auditor and when death
came to him, carrying iu its w ake financial
embarrassment to his family, she promptly
assumed a U>okkeeper's place in the office
and won the encomiums and plaudits of the
State by the modest and skillful manner in
which her duties were discharged. Legis
lative committees biennially examined her
work and praised it for six or eight years.
Everybody admired and many loved the
noble young woman, but Judge Lougino, a
self-made man of sterling qualities, then
State senator from a southern district,
claimed her haud as he had long possessed
her heart. With ambition, manly worth
aud such a helpmate the successive honors
of a United States attorneyship, the ermine
of a c hancellor and gubernatorial nomina
tion, which iu Mississippi is equivalent to
election, have come to Lougino. His wife
will grace the mansion as only such a
woman could, and those other States who
read this story and admire true nobility of
charac ter w ill join the people of Mississippi
iu w ishing that her high honors may bring
w ith them new joys and ever increasing
happiness.
The Negro In the Delta.
Isaiah T. Montgomery, of Holivar
county, was one of the principal speak
ers at the Afro-American Council in
Chicago recently. He was the only
colored member of the Mississippi Con
stitutional Convention of 1S90. Here is
an interesting extract from his address:
When Mrs. B. K. Bruce was reading her
able paper on "The Industrial Activity of
the Race." a day or two ago. my mind was
very forcibly directed to the vast possibli
ties and opportunities open to our people in
various parts of the ttouth, and especially
in the section where I reside. There they
own fully 10.000 acres of land, fertile, in
exhaustable and natnrallv favored with a
climate of a wide range of productions, and
within a radius of fifteen or twenty milee
the race owns doubly the quantity men
tioned. I think it would be a safe estimate
to dx their boldiugs in the single county of
Bolivar at 50,000 acres. This is probably
the favored county, but they are large
holders in each of the other seven counites
comprising the great Yazoo Delta of Missis
sippi. These lands have been cleared and
opened up within the last dve or ten yean,
and numbers of our people are continually
| following the good example of those who
bar* permanently settled an l commenced
the work of home-building. The-e people
enjoy the same credit aud all other facili
ties for conducting their basinets affair* as
any other dthtena; they are the very l*ack
Ume of our commerce. There is no preju
dice among the leading merchants, or at
the banks. _
Railroad Mileage In Mississippi.
The very capable secretary of the
Mississippi railroad commission, Capt.
John A. Webb, has complete 1 his valu
vtion and assessment statistics of rail
roads, telegraph an 1 express companies
'or I.H99. Following is a condensed
-ummary:
valued valuation of all railroads
in Mississippi .fit.o.Ti.ift'.oo
Vd valorem Srate tax on sane.
Assessed valua'ion of express, tele
graph and palace ear companh's 4o7,3ll."0
\d valorem lax on sain • *..r,i7.7l
total privilege tax paid by railroads 4*>.m>-'.<fii
Mileage of the railroads is 2/174.5, an
increase of lB.tr.i over last year. The
itillf A Ship Island is not included,
having been started since February.
Several private railroads, not being in
corporated, are not assessed for ad va
lorem taxes. They pay taxis in the
counties in which they are operated.
Sixty-live of the >e- enty-live counties
are touched by railroads. Washington
has the greatest mileage, 1*J<» miles;
valuation, $l,20t».*74.
A (iallnnt MiAilMl|)pl>in.
“Current Comment," in The Picayune,
gives an interesting sketch with por
trait of Lieut. Ira C. Welborn. distin
guished for gallantry at San Juan Hill
and other occasions, and has received
one of the four medals voted by con
gress for the Cuban campaign. It bears
the inscription: “The Congress to Sec
ond Lieutenant Ira C. Welborn, Ninth
Cnited States Infantry, for gallantry
in action at Santiago, Cuba, July ‘J.
ISPS" His captain made this reference
to him in his report:
*1 desire to especially commend for
bravery Second Lieut. Ira C. Welborn,
who. while bis company was occup .dug
a detached post, left the protection of
the entrenchments during a deadly tire,
went to the assistance of. and conduct
ed back to a place of safety a private of
bis company who was disabled by a
Spanish bullet."
Lieut. Welborn was a student at the
A. ami M. College in lVH. when be was
appointed to a cadetship in West Point,
lie is a native of Jones county.
The Fever In Jackson.
From September 10 to JO there have
been eight eases and three deaths from
yellow fever in Jackson. Major I>. I’.
Porter died on the ltith. Mrs. Kausler
on the J*th, and a, colored hack-driver.
George Peed, on the same day. At this
writing. Friday night. Sept. JO, Mrs. O.
J. Waite and McGehee Porter are ex
tremely ill; the two siek in the Tapley
family are improving. There was only
one case report »d on the JStli and JOth,
Charles Klliott, telegraph messenger.
A good many families who left last
year are still in Jackson, and will re
main, come what may. Hut others are
ready to leave should the disease be
come epidemic. Millsaps college is the
only school in operation. About sixty -
five students arrived on the day tin
fever was declared. They are cordoned
and quarantined, and going ahead
with their studies.
A recent mention in these columns of
a visit to the Hast Mississippi insane |
asylum gave some of the items of sub- j
sistence for a biennial supply. Two .
very serious mistakes have elicited
some criticism, uu l very justly, if the
figures as published were correct. For
instance, the flour consumed in two
years was 574 barrels—not 5.741 bar
rels as published. The amount of ice
consumed was 49,050 pounds, not that
many tons! Dr. Puchanan and his pa
tients don’t need 49,050 tons of ice in
two years to keep them cool.
The First National Hank of Meridian
has notified cotton planters in the ter
ritory adjacent to Meridian that there
will he no necessity for them to market
their cotton with undue huste for lack
of money to carry it. That hunk is am
ply provided with funds to care for the
wants of its customers who may desire
to carry all or a part of their purchases
at a reasonable rate of interest on cot
ton stored and insure I in the com
presses. The compresses make no
charge for storage, and the insurance
is five cents per bale per mouth.
Itishop Galloway hud a tough tin e in
getting to Atlanta from.laekson. W hen
he reache l the Alabama line he and
several p ,‘r.sons from New Orleans were
not only detained by quarantine
guards, hut were subjected to irritating
discourtesies and hardships. Hut tin
Itishop reached Atlanta on schedule
time, and at a trig meeting of all the
Methodists in that city, tic and Itishop
Candler raisid $16,000 for the Methodist
centennial education fund.
Hon. Monroe McClurg, our nominee
for attorney general, attended the
anti-trust convention in St. Louis and
took an active part in its deliberations,
in a letter to the editor of this, depart
ment he says: "We have had a great
conference, and one that will surely
result in good. I am posing as attor
ney general up here, and they call me
‘General McClurg,’ so I am in no hurry
to leave.” _
Hon. J. Hiram McGehee, of Franklih
county, and Democratic nominee for
senator from the Sixth district, is not
specially in love with the quarantine
business. On the 5th of September he
took his wife to New Orleans for med
ical treatment. While absent two of
their children were taken down with
typhoid fever, hut they cannot get to
them because of the quarantine.
Hon. Roderick Seal, the Nestor of the
sea coast bar, died at Biloxi September
19. He was upward of eighty years of
age. He served in both branches of
the legislature several sessions; was a
member of the house in 1850. His death
leaves only two survivors of that body.
He left quite a large estate, valued at
$75,090 to $190,000.
(Jen. S. S. Bullis, president of the
Gulf & Ship Island railroad, says he
expects to commence working on the
Jackson end of the line within the next
few weeks, and will work from Jack
son as far south as Strong river, and
from Hattiesburg to that point.
Capt. Geo. M. Buchanan, of Holly
Springs, has been appointed United
States marshal for the Northern I»is
trict of Mississippi.
Is every walk of life work is a power
ful antidote for low spirits. The busy
have no time to be sad. The saying,
“Labor is prayer,” is never truer'than
when applied to the grief-otricken; and
to those whose woes are more fancied
than real, but none the less productive
of discomfort on that account, toil will
afford a speedier and surer relief than
any other remedy ever devised by man.
Try hard work then, bodily or mental^
or both, as the beat cure for a fit of th«
“bltiefc”
GEN. JOEJNHEELER
PRAISES PERUNA,
The Great Catarrh Cure.
JOE WHEELER'S CHARGE AT SAN JUAN HILL.
Major General Joseph Wheeler, com
manding the cavalry forces in front of
Santiago and the author of “ The San
tiago Campaign.” in speaking of the
great c atarrh remedy, IV-ru-na, says :
“I join with Senators Sullivan, Roach
and MeKnery in their good opinion of
IV-ru-na. It is recommended to me by
those w ho have used it as an excellent
tonic and particularly effective as a
cure for catarrh.**
United States Senator McEnery.
Hon. 0. McEnery, I’nited States
Senator from Louisiana, says the fol
lowing in regard to IV-ru-na:
" IV ru-na is :m excellent tonic. I
have used it sufficiently to say that I
lu-licvc it to be all that you claim for it.
—S. 1). McEnery, New Orleans, Louisi
ana.”
United States Senator Sullivan.
“ I desire to say I have been taking
Pe-ru-na for some time for catarrh, and
have found it an excellent medicine
giving me more relief than anything I
have ever taken.—W. V. Sullivan, Ox
ford, Miss."
United States Senator Roach.
“ Persuaded by a friend I have used
Pe-ru-na as a tonic, and am glad to
testify that it has greatly helped me in
strength, vigor and appetite. I have
been advised by friends that it is re
markably efficacious as a cure for the
almost universal complaint of catarrh.
—\V'. N. Roach, Larimore, Nortlf I)a
kota.”
A free book on catarrh sent to any
address by The Pe-ru-na Drug M'fg
Co., Columbus, Ohio.
Some Other Finn XfCf«*nry.
“Tii- trusts,” exclaimed the excited in
dividual, who, so to speak, was at the ora
toiual hat, "iiiil-l he frozen out!”
The tru-t microbe in the audience slapped
the upheld lever microbe on the back and
laughed derisively.
• lie 1 -n't Up with tlie latent discoveries in
g( i nr*'. s,» d. "He doesn t know that we
can i a temperature of 312 degrees be
low zero! • Chicago Tribune.
Home Seekers’ K*eur*io»» \ ia “Big:
l our Houle.”
To the North. West. N >rthwest. South
west, >outh and Southeast. Sidling dates:
August loth, >epteml)ei At 11 and 19th; and
on October 3d and 17th. 1399, at die fare,
plus $2.00 to authorized points in the fol
lowing states: Alabama. Arizona, Arkan
sas, ilntish Columbia, Colorado, Florida,
(m_ .iv i, I -wa, Indian Territory, Idaho,
Kansas, K ntucky, Louisiana, Michigan,
Mini. - >ta, M;>sfO‘ippi, Missouri, Montana,
M il ii.jba, New Mi \ico, Nebraska, North
(arolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Okla
h* ina, >i.uth ( arolina. South Dakota, Texas,
Ctth, Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming,
W a>iiingt-*n. For full information and par
ticuiais as t• j rate-, routes, tickets, limits,
stopover privileges, etc., call on Agents
"Dig Lour Doutc,” or address the under
VV. I ’ 1 >- i [A. O. P. & 1 Agt.,
Warren d. Lynch, Den. Pass. 6l Tkt. Agt.,
Cincinnati, O.
A Superfluous Sun Kest I on.
“T would lay the world at your feet,” he
exclaimed, iiut she looked .it him icily and
ret in m d;
"I - t- no reason for troubling you, Mr.
Dodby. "Cnless the law of gravity has been
unexpectedly repealed, the earth is there
already.”—Washington Star.
The Best PrescriptIon for Chills
and Fever is a bottle of (.Shove's Tasteless
(’ii11 i. Tosn . It s simply ironand qniniuciu
a tasteless form. Xocurc no pay. Price, fiOe
Brilliant.
Cora—These electric lights are so hard on
tic comp:* xion.
Dora—Yes; one can see so well by them.—
Puck.
We think Pi-o’s Cure for Consumption is
the on A medicine for ( oughs. Jennie
Pinekaid, .Springfield, 111., Oct. 1, 1894.
No matter lmw timid a man may be he is
m-v* r backward ibo^t reminding you of a
pr. nii'c.—Chicago Daily News.
\Yoi t hie*-ness is one of the most costly
tilings in the world.- Dam’s Horn.
Shop pi ii it by Mail.
The John M. Smyth Co. of Chicago are de
voting a great deal of attention to developing
trade throughout the West and South by
mail. The concern is one of the largest in
the City of Chicago, and has been well and
favorably known throughout that city and
the North and West for many years. 'They
are now ready to mail to any readey of this
paper on receipt of 10c, to partly pay post
age or expressage and as evidence oi good
faith, their mammoth catalogue, which con
tains illustrated descriptions and prices of
every conceivable article and necessity need
ed in tiie home or on the farm. The ten cents
paid for the mailing of the catalogue is al
lowed on the first purchase amounting to
$1.00 or above. Everyone sending for the
catalogue will also receive their monthly
grocery price list free every month. People
living outside of large cities should send tor
the John M. Smyth Co. catalogue and com
pare prices quoted in this catalogue lor all
articles of home consumption, hardware,
dry goods, grocery, notions, clothing, etc.,
with prices which they are paying. Headers
who send to John M. Smyth Co., 150 to
166 \\ . Madison St., Chicago, for their cata
logue should not fail to mention this paper.
Our Own Volcano.
“When I was on the Pacific coast,” re
marked the new hoarder, “I noticed several
United States army boxes packed with sar
saparilla. Do you think they could have
large mercantile tstabiishment.”
“No,” responded the man in black sus
penders, “they were probably shipped to
Hawaii.”
“Hawaii?”
“Yes, von know there is a little eruption
there.”—Chicago Evening News.
“Tetterine cured me of a very annoying
case of itc hing piles in a few days.”- T. L.
Bedsole, Tallahatta Springs, Ala. 50c at
druggists, or by mail for cash or stamps. 1.
T. Shuptrine, manufacturer. Savannah, Ha.
When a ric h banker signs notes they may
seldom be protested, but it may be different
if he sings them.—Philadelphia Hecord.
Each package of PUTNAM FADELESS
DYES colors either Siik. Wool or Cotton
perfectly. Sold by all druggists.
It is said there is no fool like an old fool—*
but there are some young ones that run a
close second.—Chicago Daily News.
Don’t Neglect a Cough. Take Some Hale s
Honey of iTorehound and Tar instanter.
Pike’s Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The man who controls his temper governs
his worst enemy.—Chicago Daily News.
TIIE very word “ operation ” strikes terror to a woman's
soul.
Nearly always these operations become necessary
through neglect.
If the menses are very painful, or too frequent and excessive.
get the right advice at once and ,-—-—
stop taking chances. It will cost p-f475 ZfJT
you nothing for advice if you write Sr w
to Mrs. Pinkhauvat Lynn, Mass., jm
for it, and if you let the trouble #1 W Q&EEj
run along it will surely cost you a
great deal of pain and may mean B ■
an operation. ___—---*
Miss Sarah J. Graham, Sheridanville, Pa., writes: “Dear
ihk3. x liMk.mam .—i nau suixereu iui ^v
ieral years with female troubles and
doctored until I was discouraged. I felt
wretched and tired of living. I had dis
ease of kidneys, bladder trouble,
dropsy and bloating, had womb
trouble and a large tumor had
formed; in fact all my organs
were out of fix.
• • Seeinga woman's letter prais
ing your remedies, I wrote to
her and she begged of me to try
it, telling me all that it had done
for her. I bought six bottles of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound and now cannot ex
press my gratitude to you. The
tumor began to come away in
pieces and I got better all the
time. I believe now that I am
entirely cured.
“My doctors could not believe
it at first, as they all had told me
that my case was a hopeless one,
and no human power could do me
any good. They were astounded.
If I can say anything that can
help other women, I shall be
glad to."
It is not safe to wait until the
last moment. Head off trouble
by prompt attention to it. Don’t be satisfied without Mrs
Pinkham’s advice.
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