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THE LEADER
B. T. HOBBS, Editor.
BROOKHAVBN, i MISSlSSIPPlT
Only six people out of 32,000,000 trav
eling In Pullman cars have been killed
In the last three years. Now, you
know why you are asked to pay $3;
not for luxuary, but for safety.
The Outfit of an English judge coats
about $3,000. He has to have at least
Ove gowns of silk, besides a girdle, a
scarf, a casting hood, a black cap, a
three-cornered cap, a beaver hat, a
cocked hat, a silk hat, lace bands and
two full court suits, with swords.
The pope, having inaugurated re
form in the present style in church
music, intends to reform church art
His holiness intends to banish from the
churches not only all secular subjects,
but also all statues and paintings
not up to the best standards of art
The use and value of system in busi
ness is often misunderstood. The value
of system lies net so much in Itself
as in it consequences. System is an in
strument, not a production; a means,
not an end. Some artisans spend so
much time in polishing up the tool
that they forget its purpose.
Th* German display at St. Louis will
be very fine, as the reichstag appropri
ated 3,500,000 marks and yie Prussian
parliament 600,000 marks, making a to
tal of over $1,000,000 on government
account alone. This, in addition to the
display by private exhibitors, will be
very creditable to Germany.
It has been announced that some
time this spring a gift of twelve and
one-half grains of radium will be made
to Princeton university. This gift is
to be made as a recognition of the val
uable services rendered by Prof. Alex
ander H. Phillips, in being the first
person to extract radium from Ameri
can ore.
Russia is wrong from Japan’s view
point. Japan is wrong from Russia’s
viewpoint. Each is right in its own
contention, and no other power can in
telligently, or, perhaps, justly, inter
fere with either nation in the prosecu
tion of its Imperious necessities. It
does not-seem to be a case for arbitra
tion.
1 Althoug less than four per cent, of
the available area for irrigation has
thus far been reached by the canal sys
tem, the largest area served in a sin
gle state by irrigation is in Colorado,
where no less than 75 per cent, of the
lands in the state available for cultiva
tion depends upon the artificial water
supply. These farms aggregate 1,625,
000 acres.
The steamship Lucania recently
reached New York with one less pas
senger than was on her manifest. This
was a man who had ended his life by
leaping from the steamship’s deck in
to the ocean. He was an Englishman
who had formerly been a prosperous
cotton manufacturer in Nottingham.
The prevailing prices of cotton had
ruined him.
Consternation is rapidly spreading
among tlie wealthy women of Wash
ington because of a bill in congress
which will prevent them from dodging
taxes on costly jewels on the ground
that they are heirlooms. This bill was
prepared by the District of Columbia
commissioners and is intended to
amend the operation of the tax laws
of the district in general.
It would seem that with the question
of conscience congress has nothing to
do in the matter of Senator Smoot, of
Utah. The senate may ask only wheth
er Smoot is himself guilty of unlawful
practices. If he obeys the law it is of
no consequence to the senate what
Smith and the other elders do. Smoot
may think and believe what he likes.
That is between him and his con
science. But it must be shown that
he obeys the law. That is the only
question to be considered.
The St. Louis World’s fair bureau
of admissions has begun the sale of a
limited number of season tickets for
twenty-five dollars each. These tick
ets, of course, are not transferable, and
to prevent any attempt at violation of
the stipulation, each purchaser’s pho
tograph will adorn his or her ticket,
and the holder will have to undergo
scrutiny whenever it is used. The pur
chase of such a ticket will prove eco
nomical to thcMe who expect to be
constant attendants at the fair.
Among the few remaining famous
soldiers whose personality has risen
above the mere system of which they
were parts, was the German Field
Marshal Von Waldersea, whose demise
occurred a few days ago. Von Walder
see was the most distinguished soldier
of Germany since Von Moltke’s time.
He achieved distinction in the war of
1870 as an aid-de-camp on the staff of
old King William, afterward Emperor
William I., and much of the perfection
to which the German army has been
brought since that time as a fighting
machine has been due to Von Walder
sea
The southern half of Oklahoma and
Indian territory embrace some of the
richest cotton-producing lands in the
south. Oklahoma produced 218,390 bales
in 1902 and about the same in 1903. In
dian territory produced in excess, it is
estimated, of 300,000 bales in 1902 and
a somewhat less number during the
past year. The acreage for this year
will be largely increased, and with
favorable climatic conditjons, it is rea
sonable to expect a crop largely in ex
cess of any heretofore produced. Okla
homa and Indian territory are free
from the boll weevil, which has played
Euch havoc in the Texas fields.
Seymour Barrington, the English
adventurer who has been in the pub
lic eye ever since his marriage to Miss
Grace Wilhelmina Cochran, of Kan
sas City, with its sequel of chastise
ment by the young lady's brother, his
sentence to the work house by a St.
Louis judge and his subsequent par
don by Mayor Wells, has seemingly
reached about the end of his tether,
having-been convicted by a jury at
Clayton, Mo., of having foully mur
dered James P. McCann, a man who
had taken him into his home and be
friended him In various ways. The
ending of the trial was tame to what
had been expected, Barrington having
led everyone to believe he had a big
surprise up his sleeve to spring at the
trial. But nothing materialized ac
cept a chain of the most damning evi
dence against the accused man. Bar
rington, however, declares the verdict
an outrage, and charges that the law is
hounding him to the gallows. But then
they nearly all do that,
[MISSISSIPPI legislature)
FORTY-SIXTH DAY.
The house held but one session and
was engaged all the morning passing
bills on the calendar of the committee
on local and private legislation and a
large number of them were disposed
of. The senate finished up the priv
ilege tax bill and passed it. It will
now go to the house for action on
the senate amendment. The senate
in the afternoon devoted Its time to
passing local bills. The house com
mittee on local and private legislation
voted to indefinitely postpone the bill
passed by the senate to give the peo
ple of Coahoma county the opportunity
to vote to abolish the Second district
of that county. The bill will hardly
come up in the house In view of this
adverse report.
FORTY-8EVENTH DAY.
The surprise of the legislative ses
sion at this time was the action of
the senate in increasing the house
bill appropriating $250,000 per annum
for Confederate pensions to $500,000
per annum. After the amendment had
been adopted by a majority of three
votes the bill then failed to pass, ow
ing to the lack of tne constitutional
majority of two-thirds required to car
ry appropriation bills. Twelve mem
bers were absent and no anxiety is
felt over the defeat of the bill, as a
motion to reconsider was entered, and
it is believed that it can be carried
when all members are on the floor.
Some very eloquent and high-spirit,
•d speeches were made during the
morning when the bill was under con
sideration. A number viewed the mat
ter sijnply as a business proposition
and w6re not swayed beyond calm rea
soning by sentiment, and were strong
ly of the opinion that a quarter of a
million dollars per annum is all the
State can afford to give just at pres
ent, in view of the fact that a bond
issue is likely, but they were in the
minority and the amendment carried.
Its chief opponent was Chairman Far
ley of the finance committee.
The senate passed the bill making
the new formation of chancery and cir
cuit court districts without amend
ment, and the measure new goes to
the house, where it will go through in
the same manner.
The house passed practically with
out opposition the bill conferring on
illegitimates and the mothers of Ille
gitimates the same right to recover
in damage actiohs as persons of *.nowu
parentage.
A bill was passed fixing a tax on
cotton seed meat and cake in the same
; manner as now charged on fertilizers,
and providing for inspection of same.
Several other minor measures were
passed by the house.
FORTY-EIGHTH DAY.
The joint legislative conference
committee on the uniform book bill
last week recommended that the sen
ate do not concur in the several
amendments and it do concur in other
provisions attacned to the bill, by the
house. The chief non-concurrence
recommendation Is relative to the man
ner of selecting the commission, and
this has been the principal bone of
contention ever since the first uniform
book bill was introduced. A lengthy
wrangle ensued, the result of which
was the appointment of another con
ference committee oh the part of the
senate and the discharging of the old
committee. The present Indications
for the passage of the school book bill
before adjournment are decidedly
poor, and the book lobbyists have man
aged to accomplish just what they de
sired, by getting the two bodies at log
gerheads with each other.
The senate indefinitely postponed
the bill seeking to repeal the act In.
j corporatlng the Yazoo & Mississippi
Valley road, which gives it exemption
j from supervision by the railroad com
mission. The exemption was granted
in good faith, in the opinion of many
members, who thought it should be al
lowed to stand.
The house passed the appropriation
bill for the Alcorn A. & M. College
carrying $58,184.54, and i.he national
gu-ird appropriation bill carrying $7,
500 per year.
A few other appropriation bills and
measures of no general interest were
passed by the house.
FORTY-NINTH DAY.
Both houses of the legislature were
quite busy. The house ways and
means committee reported in favor of
making a $1,000,000 bond issue, and a
bill prescribing the form of issue was
introduced by Mr. Stennis, the chair
man of the ways and means commit
tee. The indications are that clis
matter will be left over until the very
last matter of importance transacted
before adjournment. Sentiment among
the members is very much divided
on the bond issue question, and there
is a disposition among those opposed
to the step to question the accuracy
of the figures prepared by those who
2 >-e urging the measure. A majority
of the latter are in favor of making
an issue of $1,000,000 in bonds at 4
per cent to run for twenty vears, with
the privilege of redeeming a portion of
the amount each year.
Both bodies are grinding away on
appropriation bills, and several of the
largest measures of this kind are still
pending.
It will require the vote of sixty
seven members in the house to carry
i the bond issue bill, the constitution
providing that such bill be passed by
the votes of a majority of all mem
bers elected to each house of the leg
islature. Only fifty-six members vot
ed for the resolution declaring a bond
issue necessary, and only twenty-two
members were absent. The advocates
must, therefore, get one-half of the ab
sentees and also maintain tlibir former
strength.
That there is no certainty of a bill
being enacted into law after It has
safely passed one body was illustrated
when the house committees slaught
ered quite a number of bills sent over
from the senate, among the number
being two measures relating to the
liquor traffic.
A favorable report was made on the
senate bill prohibiting the giving to
minors of intoxicating liquors.
The house bill appropriating $100,-_
000 for the purpose of erecting monu
ments to the Mississippi troops who
participated in the siege of Vicksburg
was unfavorably reported, and there
will be no legislation on this subject
during the session, similar action hav.
ing been taken in the senate on an
appropriation bill for this purpose.
An unfavorable report was also
made on the'house bill to establish a
State depository system, and this is
another subject on which the laws will
not be changed by this session.
The elective judiciary matter is In
a tangle, and unless the senate adopts
the house resolution on this subject
the amendment will not be submitted
to the people at the November elec
tion, as the house has refused to pass
the senate resolution.
The house spent a good portion of
the morning on the general appropria
tion measure for the various depart
ments of the government. The sen
ate passed the appropriation bills for
the Mississippi Agricultural and Me
chanical College and the Industrial
Institute and College. This leaves
only the appropriation for the Alcorn
Agricultural and Mechanical College
pending in the senate.
FIFTIETH DAY.
The lower house, by a vote of 53
to 51, has failed to pass the Stennis
bill providing for a $700,000 bond is
sue to meet the prospective deficit'
for the biennial term. There was a
hot debate on the bill, lasting the en
tire afternoon, and the result was
rather surprising to many members,
who regarded the action of the house
in declaring several days ago by a
majority of one in favor of a bond
issue in preference to increasing the
State tax levy as valid and binding.
The Stennis bill provided for a forty
year bond, optional for redemption in
ten years and bearing 6 per cent in
terest.
Since this measure has been voted
down it now seems that the only al
ternative is to Increase the tax levy
one mill, and on this subject it is
difficult to tell jugt how long the law
makers may be tied up.
The senate passed the bill allow
ing a $15,000 fee for the attorneys en
gaged to represent Mississippi before
the United States Supreme Court in
the boundary dispute between Missis
sippi and Louisiana, and also $2,000 to
defray the incidental expenses of the
defense. The State will be represent
ed by the Hon. Monroe McClurg, of
Greenwood; Hon. Hannis Taylor, of
Washington, and Dodds & Griffith, of
Biloxi.
The vote whereby the bill carrying
an additional appropriation of $10,
000 for the Mississippi exhibit at the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition was
defeated was reconsidered and the bill
passed by a vote of 29 to 8.
The bill providing that all profits
accruing from the State convict farm
ing system be set aside as a public
road fund was indefinitely postponed.
FIFTY-FIRST DAY.
In viqw of the very close vote by
which the $700,060 bond issue bill was
defeated in the lower house yesterday,
the action of that body in passing an
amended bill providing for a $500,000
issue this morning was somewhat sur
prising. The original bill, which was
under discussion during the entire ses
sion yesterday afternoon, obtained on
ly 61 votes to 63 against it, and the
vote this morning was 86 ayes. Only
flve more members were present when
the bill passed than were shown on
the roll call the evening before, and
this shows that at least twenty.flve
members changed their minds on the
subject.
Properly interpreted, however, the
passage of the bond bill was a com
promise measure. It was certain when
the motion to reconsider was entered
yesterday that the Stennis bill, provid
ing for the $700,000 issue of forty-year
bonds, could not pass, and it was
equally certain that a majority could
not be obtained on the proposition to
increase the State tax levy. There
fore, the members who believed that
the $700,000 issue was too large ac
cepted the compromise offered by the
advocates of the issue. It is signifi
cant, however, that tue author of the
original bill, Mr. Stennis, did not vote
l'or his measure in an amended form,
and it iB yet contended by many mem
bers that a half million dollars will
not be sufficient to meet the prospec
tive deficit, thus suggesting the prop
osition to increase the tax levy a half
mill.
The members who voted against the
bond issue were Messrs. Blackwell,
Carothers of Lee, Cavett, Clark, Cole
man of Carroll, Coleman of Leflore,
Denton of Lauderdale, East, Etnridge,
Heidelberg. Hollingsworth, Hoyle,
Mitchell, Murphree, McQuiston, Mc
Farland of Monroe, Robinson of Choc
taw, Robinson of Rankin, Sheffield,
Smith of Holmes, Spencer and Sten
nis.
Both houses of the legislation de
voted a good portion of the morning
to appropriation bills, and all of the
important measures of this character
have been disposed of.
The house passed the bill originat
ing in the senate allowing the na
tional guard $7,500 per year, and a
measure appropriating $2,000 to the
Mississippi oyster commission with
which to purchase a patrol boat.
The senate passed the bill for the
support of the State charity hospital at
Vicksburg.
Several local and private bills were
also disposed of by the senate.
Numerous committee reports were
made in both bodies, among others
being an amended form of the house
bill providing for a State normal and
training school for teachers, which was
favorably recommended.
The house judiciary committee re
ported favorably on the bill requir
ing counties to pay the expenses of
circuit judges and chancellors during
court terms.
The question of making land as
sessments this year is still in ar. un
settled shape, the senate having in
definitely postponed the house bill re.
quixing an assessment of realty this
year. The senate bill providing for
biennial assessments is pending in the
house.
The Work Accomplished.
A cursory review of the work that
has been accomplished by the legisla
ture shows that very little has been
done in the way of enacting new laws,
especially when the length of time the
body has been in session is considered.
The legislature met on the second of
January. The usual amount of time
has been frittered away, the customary
number of Junketing trips have been
made, and the traditional vacation for
the Mardi Gras festivities was in
dulged in. There have been adjourn
ments from Friday until Mon lay, brief
daily sessions of both bodies during
the first four or five weeks, ar.d ‘.he
always to be expected waste of time
spent in discussing bills that ought to
have been tossed in the waste basket
immediately after being introduced.
But the waste of time has been no
greater at this session than any of its
predecessors, and the legislature in
nearly every respect has been an aver
age one. Perhaps its most conspicu
ous defect has been the lack of lead
ership. In neither body are there any
members who can lay claim to tow
ering like giants above their asso
ciates, or who can command a strong
and always faithful following. This
is rather surprising in view of the
fact that the lower house is composed
chiefly of young men who are usually
ready to follow a leadership. The
senate contains several very able mem
bers, but it seems that none of them
haB aspired to assume command, and
both bodies have followed a drifting
policy which is the chief cause of the
small amount of work accomplished
If the two houses had been under vig
orous and energetic leadership it
would have greatly enabled the pre-.
siding officers to transact business
quickly and adjournment could have
been reached during the week just
passed.
Up to date nearly 1,000 bills have
been introduced in the two bodies. The
calendars show that 50 per cent of the
number are local and private meas
jures, of which 250 have already been
passed, and many others are pending.
Bills are being introduced at the fate
of fifteen or twenty a day, and meas
ures^ placed on the calendar from now
on will have but little prospect of
passage. A brief review of the gener
al legislation shows the following im
portant measures enacted:
Common school appropriation, $2,
500,000, an increase of $600,000.
Pension appropriation increased
$100,000 per year.
“Jim Crow” bill, providing for sepa
rate street car accommodation for tvo
races.
Stringent vagrancy bill enacted.
Amendment for constitutional pro
hibition defeated.
* Resolution instructing United States
senators to vote for Panama treaty,
William H. Hearst indorsed, Grover
Cleveland turned down and resolution
criticising Bryan repudiated.
Constitutional amendments pro vic
ing for an elective judiciary system
passed by botn sides, though at va
riance in terms.
Uniform text book bill passed and
now pending in conference commit
tee to agree upon amendments, with
no prospect of success.
Several school laws revised, salar
ies of county superintendents regu
lated, improvement Of rural school
houses encouraged, punishment provid
ed for selling of examination ques
tions, better method of extending
rural school terms provided.
Privilege tax bill passed, making
numerous increases.
Circuit and chancery court districts
redistricted by joint committees and
the measure reported back to both
bodies for adoption. No new districts
created.
Bill to make separate court districts
in Pike and to abolish Second dis
trict in Coahoma pending, with no
prospects of passage.
Primary election law revised and
amended so as to eliminate plurality
and electoral features and regulate as
sessments on State candidates.
Insurance laws amended. Proposi
tion to exempt insurance companies
from the anti-trust law repudiated.
Personal property* exempted from val
ued policy law.
Foreign corporations securing do
mestic charters authorized to form
mergers.
BUI requiring all foreign corpora
tions doing business in the State to
take out domestic charters defeated.
Two branch agricultural experiment
stations authorized, making a total of
four in the State.
Two levee boards authorized to is
sue bonds for improvement purposes
aggregating $1,500,000. Office of cot
ton tax collector of Mississippi levee
board abolished.
Appropriation of $21,000 made for
the suppression of the boll weevil.
Municipalities authorized to issue
bonds aggregating about $1,500,000.
Labor Day made legal holiday. Sim
ilar action will be taken regarding
the birthday of Jefferson Davis.
Circuit court civil cases made tri
able when personal notice served thir
ty days in advance of term.
Increase in number of notaries pub.
lie authorized.
Permanent capital commission cre
ated.
COMMENT AND CRITICISM.
Some Opinions on Legislation Past,
Present and Prospective.
Day of Adjournment.
The date of adjournment is now the
chief topic of discussion among mem
bers of the legislature. The senate
amendment to the house resolution,
changing the date for sine die adjourn
ment from March 17 to March 22 has
not yet been acted upon in the lower
body.
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The Pike County Fight.
As the fight for the new district,
in Pike county has been made by Mr.
Mixon, a member of the lower house!
from that county, there is some prob-[
ability that the senate will suspendl
ite rules and invite Mr. Mixon to ap-.
pear before that body and champion!
its measure. Pike has only one mem-'
ber in the senate, the Hon. Clem V.
Ratcliff, and he Is opposed to the1
measure.
The World’s Fair Bill. |
The passage by the senate of the
house bill making an additional ap-,
propriation of $10,000 for the Missis
sippi exhibit at the Louisiana Pur
chase Exposition carries with it the
guarantee that Mississippi will have
a splendid exhibit at the big show,
and it is expected that this State Win"'
surpass any other Southern State In
variety and arrangement of its pro
ducts.
Coal Oil Inspection.
The efforts of the oil trust to de
feat the coal oil inspection bill have
been very vigorous ever since the be
ginning of the session, but it now
looks very much like the bill will
go through the house, and there are
some prospects of its passage in the
senate, providing its consideration by
the committee is not delayed. The bill
was enacted by the house several days
ago, reconsidered, recommitted to the
judiciary committee, reported back by
that body in its original form with
out any changes whatever, and is now
again before the house for passage.
The provisions of the bill have already
been published.
Y. & M. V. Exemption.
If the McLaurln bill passed by the
senate repealing the exemption grant
ed the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley
road many years ago from supervision
by the railroad commission on maxi
mum and minimum freight rates
should pass the house and secure the
approval of the governor, which it is
not very likely to do, the courts will
be called upon to define the status of
this road in Mississippi. The Yazoo &
Mississippi Valley exemption from su
pervision is exactly identical in its
provisions to the Gulf & Ship Island
exemption, which has been sustained
by the Supreme Court, and there are
grave doubts as to whether it is sub
ject to repeal without a breach of con
tract being made. The railroad com
pany is manifesting no interest what
ever in the matter, and apparently
feels eonfident that the legislative act
| ia not worth the paper that it is writ
ten upon.
No Depository Law.
There will be no State depository
law enacted at this session of the
legislature, much to the disappoint
ment of Treasurer Miller, who is not
favorably impressed with the idea of
keeping large sums of cash on hand
in the vaults, notwithstanding the
fact that the structure is one of the
most secure in the country. Mr. Mil
ler recommended a State depository
law, as also did his predecessor, Mr.
Lampton, but the house judiciary com
mittee has made unfavorable reports
on all the State depository bills in
troduced since the session convened,
and similar action has been taken by
the senate judiciary committee.
No Use For Damaged Goods.
This is an incident which is said to
have takei place in the closing days of
last year at one of the great Parisian
shops. No doubt some archaeologist
has already found another version
written upon the walls of Pompeii;
but, after all, who cares? A good citi
zen of Paris and his wife were looking
out for a New Year’s present for some
intimate friends. They passed into
what is for some reason known as the
“file art” department. Here the as
sistant was very anxious that they
should buy a reproduction of the
Venus de Milo. Monsieur was obvious
ly wavering when Madame recalled
him to the duties of friendship by say
ing, “The Teloutels have always been
so generous to us that we can’t pos
sibly seem stingy. Show us some com
plete statutes, please.”—Manchester
Guardian._
The Light That Falls.
"But you are not always bothered
1 wr.h poor light, are you?” inquired the
complaint clerk at the gas office.
“Gh, no, not always,’’ replied the
quiet citizen.
“Ah! I thought so; it’s only at cet-i
tain times that you notice ft, eh?”
“Yes, only after dark.”—Phlladel
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SOUTHERNER FOR
THEJPRESIDENCY
WANTED BY CONQRE88MAN PAT*
TER80N, OP TENNE88EE.
THREE EMINENT DEMOCRATS NAMED
Weary of tha Stereotyped Iteration
and Reiteration That the "South la
For Any Man Whom the North May
8ee Fit to Nominate"—Hie Sugges*
tlon Received With Applause.
Washington, D. C., March 14.—Rep
resentative Malcolm R. Patterson, of
Memphis, today delivered a speech in
the house which aroused widespread
comment on the Democratic side. It
was a flat-footed declaration that the
time had come when the South should
cease to play second fiddle in the
Democratic party and that a South
ern candidate for president would
have have as good a chance in the
North as any one else. He was fre
quently interrupted by applause and
the speech was well received. He
named Williams, Bailey and Carlisle
as men who were available as candi
dates, and the Democrats enthusiasti
cally applauded all three suggestions.
He recited the prominence of the
South in national politics prior to the
civil war and its utter exclusion since
then.
He said the spirit of animosity to
the South had died away and illustrat
ed the change that has come over the
Northern opinion by citing Wendell
Phillips' “Amalgamation theory” and
Elthu Root's recent declaration that
suffrage was a failure.
"The change,” be said, “opens the
door of opportunity for a re-entrance
on the stage of national politics from
which the South has been so long ex
cluded. The day has come for the
South to assert her political independ
ence and resume her historical place
in tha Union.
"The hour is now for the South to
lift the mortgage on her electoral
votes which she has paid to the ut
termost farthing. The spectacle of a
proud people, who were willing to
forfeit all, though discctnraged and
dispirited, and in my opinion not al
ways necessary, I do not think that
to nominate a Southern man for the
presidency would change one electoral
vote against the Democracy. For one,
I am weary of nearing the constant
and subservient iteration that the
South is for any man for whom the
North may name for the president.
Southern Possibilities.
“Why should John G. Carlisle, the
distinguished ex-speaker of the house
and ex-secretary of the treasury, be
proscribed, because he comes from
Kentucky? Why should the leader
of the Democratic minority upon this
floor, who has exhibited such con
spicuous ability and grasp of public
questions, be barred from the presi
dency because he Jives in the South,
in the State of Mississippi? Why
should the eminent Texan, formerly
the leader of the Democratic minority,
whose intellect is of the first order,
and whose knowledge and exposition
of Democratic principles has given
him a high and deserved reputation,
not aspire to the chief office in the
gift of the people? The question
should no longer be from what State
or section a possible nominee of the
Democratic convention should hail,
but should solely be, ‘What are his
qualifications, his worth, measured by
the high office to which he aspires?’”
In reviewing the banishment of the
South from office since the war, Mr.
Patterson said: “The only oasis in
the desert of non-representation which
has been the unhappy lot of tne
Southern States since the termination
of the great rebellion will be found
in the two administrations of Grover
Cleveland.
URGES HIS RACE TO RISE.
Negro Preacher Invite® Extermina
tion of Hi® People by Advising Open
Resentment to the Whites.
New York, March 14.—Employment
of the torch and the bullet by the
negro to defend his rights and to stop
the lynching of blacks by white men
has been openly recommended In a.
sermon by Rev. F M. Jacobs In an
African M. E. church of Brooklyn.
He said the negroes of Springfield,
O., where a black man was dragged
from jail and strangled to death by
a mob should carry on a war of re
prisal and" “burn their enemies out
of business.” The sermon created a
marked sensatior.
"If wars are good for nations they
are good for races. Bishop Brown
of the Methodist Episcopal says that
a race war is inevitable in this coun
try and the negro will be exterminat
ed. This is not true, for the negro
is no eoward; he will fight, and in a
war between the races he will give
as good an account of himself as he
did at Fort Wagner and before Pet
ersbung. They tell us to pray, but
we have been praying and praying,
and now is the time for the negro
to assert his manhood.
“The day is coming, t.he hour is ap
proaching,* when this must be done,
for no race under the sun ever got
its liberty without fighting for It.
“There must be some sacrifice of
life, if need be, to obtain the liberties
of a people.
"Many of our lives are to be sacri
ficed If we are to attain to manhood
In this country. I love to tell you
to pray, but all prayers and no fight
ing will do no good.”
FRENCH AND ENGLISH CLASH.
Seriou® Trouble Imminent Between
Garrisons in China.
New York, March 14.—Trouble is
feared between the French and Eng
lish garrisons at Shan Hai Kwan,
according to an American dispatch
from Tien Tsin.
The soldiers of two nations sta
tioned in that fortified city are con
stantly on the verge of a serious con
flict. Insults continually are bandied
between' the men and personal as
saults are frequent, and serious trou
ble is daily looked for between the two
nation.
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
Nothing tickles a small man more than
to be told that he looks like an actor.
A school for theatrical critiC3 is to
be opened in Paris. The students are
to attend dress rehearsals and write
them up for practice. “A horrible
idea,” exclaims one of the Paris jour
nals, “to actually foster the existence
of theatrical critics!”
Madame Bernhardt no longer car
ries with her on her journeys the cof
fin which used to be her constant com
panion. When asked by a friend what
had become of the coflin, she answered,
“Oh! I never travel with it now. You
know I am a grandmother, and grand
mothers should think of living, not
dying.”
It is amusing to recall that M. Pad
erewski’s Introduction to music was
as a student of the trombone at War
saw conservatoire, an instrument
which he failed so dismally to master
that under the strong urging of the
principal he left the conservatoire to
discover some more promising career
that that of music.
28 Army Generals Send Letters of Endorsement To
The Inventor of the Great Catarrh Remedy, Pe-ru-na.
0
Brigadier-General King of Confederate
Army,
Writes: "I unhesitatingly state that I
am convinced Peruna is a medicine that
will effect all the cures that is claimed
for its use.”—J. Floyd King, Wash
ington, D. C,
General Smalls, Beaufort, S. C.,
Writes: “I have used Peruna for ca
tarrhal trouble and find it beneficial
and to be all that it promises, and freely
give it my unqualified recommenda
tion."—Robert Smalls.
General Abbott, of Washington, D. C.,
Writes: “I am fully convinced that
your remedy Peruna is an excellent
tonic. Many of my friends have used it
with the most beneficial results for
coughs, colds and catarrhal trouble.”—
Ira C. Abbott, 906 M St., N. W., Wash
ington, D. C.
Captain Yarned, of Washington, D. C.,
Writes: “Your medicine, Peruna, I be
lieve to be the best medicine for catarrh
on the market. I have taken only a
Email amount, and can see very benefi
cial results.”—W. G. Yarnell, 2322 Lin
coln street, N. E., Washington, D. C.
General McBride of U. S. A.,
Writes: “I have no hesitation in rec
ommending Peruna to all persons who
are afflicted with catarrhal troubles.”—
J. D. McBride, 450 Pennsylvania Ave.,
N. W.y Washington, D. C.
General Longstreetof the Confederate
Army,
Writes: “I can testify to the merits of
Peruna, both as a tonic and a catarrh
remedy. Peruna enjoys the greatest
reputation as a catarrh remedy of any
medicine yet devised.”—James Long
street, Gainesville, Ga.
General Noske of 0. V. II.,
Writes: “I commend Peruna to those
who are troubled with colds producing
catarrh as a most efficacious cure and as
a good general tonic.”—Chas. F. Noske,
213 B. St., N. W., Washington, D. C.
General Erwin’s Recommend.
“Many of my friends have used Pe
runa as a dyspepsia remedy with the
most beneficial results.”—John B.
Erwin, Washington, D. C.
Brig.-General Schell Benefited.
“Peruna is indeed a wonderful tonic,
and for coughs and colds I know of
nothing better.”—F. M. Schell, Wash
ington, D. C.
General Duffield of the Union Army,
Writes: “I have used Peruna in my
family and have foundi it a valuable
medicine, and take pleasure in recom
mending it to all who suffer from ca
tarrh of the stomach or who require a
tonic of efficiency.”—The Cairo, Wash
ington, D. C.
PEOPLE AND EVENTS.
It is said that Henry Payne Whitney
will keep the racing stable of his late
father intact.
Gov. Dockery, of Missouri, carries a
plain walking cane, in the handle of
which, inlaid in toroise shell, is his full
name. “It is a gift from a convict whom
I pardoned,” said Mr. Dockery in an
swer to a question. “The man had served
17 years and I thought that was long
enough. He promised to behave himself
and he Is keeping his word.”
The entire fortune of Moses B. Clem
ents, of Portland, Me., amounting to
about $100,000, has been left to trus
tees, who have been directed to dstribute
It “to benefit society, relieve distress,
charitable and benevolent associations,
objects and individuals.” The matter of
distribution is left entirely to the discre
tion of the executors, the only restric
tion being that they shall have disposed
of the entire estate in the manner in
dicated vithin ten years.
George J. Gould, physicially, is in
striking contrast to not a few of the di
rectors of the Gould companies who
were so actively identified with the late
Jay Gould. George Gould’s fondness
for sports and athlete games keeps him
in excellent physical condition. He al
most invariably arrives at his office in
the Western Union building at 195
Broadway a little before ten a. m. His
pace is swift and only a good walker can
keep up with him. Often in the coldest
weather he comes with his overcoat on
his arm, and nearly always works in his
shirt sleeves while in his office.
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
China has at present about 800 miles
of railways.
More than 545,000 persons are em
ployed in the railway service of the
German Empire.
Only 4.19 per cent, of the .passengers
on German railways travel first class.
The second class passengers const!
tute 21.74 per cent; the third class,
48.25; fourth class, 23.98; military,
1.84.
The Mexican government, having ac
quired a preponderance of stock in the
National, International and Interocean
ic railways, is now practically the
owner of these roads, and it is reported
that these three lines are to be con
solidated. __
LITERARY LITTER.
Mr. Rudyard Kipling speaks Hindu
stani as fluently as he does English.
According to some interesting statis
tics of the library of the British muse
um, the number of books which it con
tains is 1,750,000, not counting single
sheets or parts of works that are ac
cumulating. The shelving of the library
exceeds 69 miles in length.
Mark Twain does -not let his New York
friends forget him. He recently wrote
from "Florence to one of them: “My
house is the Villa Quarto. So I shall
get up my autobiography for a quarto
edition. Don’t say ‘anything to the fel
| lows who are writing their lives in oc
tavo.”
The duke of Roxburghe's surname of
Ker, which was such a puzzle to Ameri
cans, would seem to be hopelessly un
poetical. Even Sir Walter Scott, who
had a special talent for effectively intro
ducing proper names in his verse, ap
pears to have thought Ker fit only for
prose. On the few occasions on which
(as the “bard of the borders”) he neces
sarily used it in his verse, he nearly al
ways writes it Carr, as "While Cessfcrd
owns the sway of Carr.”
General Butler of South Carolina,
Writes: “I can recommend Peruna for
dyspepsia and stomach trouble. I have
been using your medicine for a short
period and I feel very much relieved.
It is indeed a wonderful medicine be
sides a good tonic.”—M. C. Butler.
Brigadier-General Kirby
Writes: “I can recommend Peruna to
all those who are afflicted with catarrh."
—General D. T. Kirny, Washington,
D. C.
Gen. Powell, Hecfcer Post No. 443,
Writes: “After using one bottle of Pe
runa I became convinced of its curative
qualities, and continued its use to date.
All symptoms of catarrh have disap
peared, yet I continue its moderate use
as a preventive, and an old man’s tonic.”
—W. H. Powell, Belleville, 111.
Gen. Sebring of the Confederate Army,
Writes: “I can cheerfully recommend
your valuable remedy Peruna as a very
excellent tonic, and also good for coughs,
colds, catarrh, and1 general debility.”—
W. H. Sebring, 133 W. 4th St., Jackson
ville, Fla,
General Lumax of Washington, D. C.,
Writes: “I can cheerfully recommend
your remedy as a permanent and effec
tive cure for catarrh, colds and to any
one who needs an invigorating tonic to
build up their system.”—L. L. Lumax,
1603 19th St., Washington, D. C.
Gen. Payne of Washington, D. C.,
Writes: “I join with my comrades in
recommending Peruna to my friends as
an invigorating tonic to build up the
system.”—Gen. Eugene B. Payne, 407
4th St., N. W., Washington, D. C.
General Talley of Pa., Vol. 1). S. A.,
Writes: “Your Peruna has been used
by me and my friends as a relief for ca
tarrhal troubles with the most beneficial
results. I am so convinced of the efficacy
of Peruna that I do not hesitate to give
It my recommendation.”—Wm. Cooper
Talley, 713 D St., N. E., Washington,
D. C.
He Didn’t Have to Prove It.
The other day a stranger stepped off
the train at Hopkins and -said to a man
on the depot platform: “Can you tell me
who is the btT, lawyer in this town” “I
am,” replied the man on the platform,
without hesitation. The stranger seemed
somewhat disconcerted by this display of
egotiam and gently said: “Excuse me, sir.
but I should like to have you prove it.”
“Don’t have to prove it, sir,” answered
the man on the platform. “I admit it. I
am the only lawyer in the town sir.” And
immediately the stranger got a lawyer
and the lawyer got a client.—Kansas City
Journal.
An Untimely Death.
An untimely death so often follows
neglect of slight cough or cold. If Tay
lor’s Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum
and Mullein is taken in time it will pre
vent any evil results. It cures coughs,
colds and consumption.
At druggists, 25c., 50c., and $1.00 a
bottle.
“Pa. Low much is Mr. RockefSfTer
worth?” “Oh, about a billion dollars, my
son.” "How much is that in doughnuts,
pa?”—Town Topics.
General Bigelow Cured.
Gen. J. G. Bigelow, 151 C St., N. W.,
Washington, D. C., writes:
“Peruna has made me well and it has
given me more than ordinary strength
and spirit for work.”
Gen. O’Beirne of Washington, D. C.,
Writes: ‘‘As many of my friends and
acquaintances have successfully used
your Peruna as a catarrh cure, I feel
that it is an effective remedy, and I rec
ommend it as such to those suffering
from that disease as a most hopeful
source of relief.”—James R. O’Beirne,
290 Broadway, Washington, D. C.
General Chase, Ass’t Ad]. General, G. A. R.,
Writes: "The excellence of Peruna as
a cure or relief for catarrhal disturb
ances is well established. Many of my
friends have been benefited by its use.”
—B. F. Chase, 28 Harrison St., Ana*
costia, D. C.
General S. S. Yoder of Ohio,
Writes: "I have found Peruna to be a
wonderful remedy. I only used it for a
short time and am thoroughly satisfied
as to its merits."— S. S. Yoder, Wash
ington, D. C.
General O’Connor of U. V. Legions,
Writes: “If you are suffering from ca
tarrh or physical debility, immediately
commence the use of Peruna. It has
been of the greatest benefit and service
to many of my friends.”—Dennis
O’Connor, 738 82nd St., N. W., Wash
ington, D. C.
Gen. Wright of the Confederate Army,
Writes: “L take pleasure in recom*
mending Peruna. It is a remarkable
medicine and should be used by persons
who are in need of a goed tonic and
by sufferers from catarrh.”—Marcus
Wright, 1724 Corcoran St., Washington,
D. C.
Gen. Hawley of Washington, D. C.t
Writes: “I have used Peruna and find
it very beneficial for kidney trouble and
especially good for coughs, colds and
catarrhal troubles.”—A. F. Hawley.
Gen. Urell of Spanish War Veterans,
Writes: ‘‘Many of my friends have
used Peruna with beneficial results as
an effective remedy for catarrh.”—M.
Emmet Urell, 813 12th St., N. V/., Wash
ington, D. C.
Other Army Generals who praise Pe
runa are:
Brigadier-General Cook of Wash
ington, D. C.
General Sypher of Washington, D. C.
General Middleton, flan cock Regi
ment, U. V. U., Washington, D. C.
If you do not derive prompt and satis
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad
vice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman. President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O.
Not Bigoted.
Brown—I thought you were a regetari
an, but I hear you eat mutton.
Robinson—I am not’ a bigoted vege<
tarian. I only eat the meat of nueh ani
mals as live on vegetable food.—Stray
Stories.
Piso’s Cure cannot be too highly spoken ol
a3 a cough cure.—J. W. O'Bnen, 322 Third
Ave., N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6, 1900.
Gilbert—“I went to the lunatic asylum
yesterday—” Noyes—“And they let you
come away ? Pertiaps the places were" ali
taken?”—Boston Transcript.
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Just as you are pleased at finding
fault3, you are displeased at finding per
fections.—Lavater.
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and washing.
A rpan may be perfectly square and
move in the best circles.—Philadelphia
Record.
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