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The Brookhaven leader., 1883-03-22
The Gila Monster.

What is commonly known as the Gila
lizard, found chiefly in Sonora and Ari-
zOna, has for some years been regarded
as CuriOsity by naturalists, owing to
the fact that it is the only one OF the
lizard family reputed TO have poison
GUS bite. 1t grows to length OF three
feet, and among the MeXicans is com
monty regarded as more poisonous than
any serpent. On the other hand, it is
of sluggish nature, and SO many in.
stances have occurred in which children
have made pts of small specimen
without coming to any harm that mich
incredulity has been expressed rs TO its
dangerous nature. A paper recently
presented before the Philadelphia Col
lege of PHYSICIANS stated in response to
in luiries two letters had been received
from Arizona, one of which described
the lizard as 'nore peaceful and harm
less than a young missionary while
the other declared it to be "worse than
a whole apothecary shop Re ent e Y
periments ade with ca tive specimens
of the Gila monster, however, seem to
demonstrate satisfactorily its poisonous
nature. Small animals and birds were
killed bv its ite. It has numerous
small teeth. and when it bites quantity
of saliva is discharged. This saliva or
fluid is found to be an active poison of
very peculiar nature. 1t causes no
local in ury. but seems to act di-
rectly upon the heart, arresting lis ac-
ton in diastole. Its effect is entirely diff
ferent from that of the venom OF serpents,
which causes local hemorrhage. AS is
true in the case of serpents. however.
the degree of danger resulting from a
bite would depend entirely upon the
amount OF the poison injected into the
blood. A bite from large lattlesnake
is more dangerous than from a small
one. and bite in which the two fangs
penetrate the skin is twice as serious rs
where only one fang is inserted, simply
because the amount of venom injected
is greater. The teeth of the lizard are
small, easily broken, and frequently
nearly all missing The experiments
made seem to indicate that while its
bite may be easily fatal to small ami
mails, it would but rarely happen that it
could kill man. Should a large Ii ard
with all its teeth bite upon the bare skin
and cling fast long enough to permit
considerable ABSORPTION of the saliva, it
would probably prove fatal. Should
any article of clothing intervene to be
bitten through, or should the reptile be
quickly shaken off, nothing more serious
than a very painful swelling would
probably result DR.. Shufe DIT was Bit
ten by one which had been sent to the
Smithsonian institution. 1t seized his
thumb, sinking the teeth to the bone,
but relaxed its hold Immediately. Great
pain was felt Immediately, though the
poison was sucked from the wound as
far rs possible. The pain extended up
the arm TO the shoulder and down the
side, continuing through the night in
sufficient force to prevent sleep, but
subsiding next day. The wound healed
readily in few days.-M Y. Star.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-03-22
[PPI, THURSDAY. MARCH p, 1883.

ctaguers who howl from society's pit
when their chief signals for the sup
posed good points upon the Stage.
They are but lily paid, and rarely reach
distinctions; yowling like derv she's
to i'm ress society with your piety;
compil ng other mems ideas to assert
\ our hoped-for position on the plane of
Journalism; baying like "yaller" dog
az the man in the moon, to show your
sympathes when modesty would sit
more becoming on the strongest of us;
all these are but the Outcroppings of
imbeciity that writes brass upon its
frontlets, and prints ape VI on its
phylacteries. To such grotesque char
acters we will say, the strongest card
you can play is the one nature provided
YOU with, that is, your own natural
force. II YOU fail with this hand, even
if YOU play it alone. you can retire with
dignity. but nine times in ten you will
succeed. whereas, the assumption of a
character as mimic or harlequin, will
result in amost miserable failure, max
ing you laughing stock for the world
to jeer at. ii YOU are born to be a
wood ,choppe", hew TO the line, let the
chips fall where they will, don't i'm
agine you can play Blackstone on the
one hand or Galen on the other. Don't
imagine if nature cut you out for u
newer of wood and drawer of water,
that had you the chance of other men
you would have ; cen an Astor or
Vanderbilt; not a bit of it. Nature has
kindly put you exactly where you be-
long, Gnd there is no use kicking in the
traces. II you take the studs you will
fl I'D society ready TO cudgel you into
line If you show your heels like the
artless mule the world will tie your legs
and mercilessly sit down upon you.
There is no use kicking against the
pricks," is biblical. old and trite. Con-
form to the places where you may find
yourself. in the workshop, at the bar,
or behind the counter. Play your hand
for all it is really worth. If you hold
trumps so much the better. but re-
member, that no wise card-player at
tempts TO catch the right bower with
the left. That is a good lesson for the
moralist. Let mankind profit by it and
we will be wiser if not richer. We can
not transform ourselves into the condi-
ton of others, and if we could we ques-
tion if we could play t o role of the
stranger as well as the one nature has
planne out FOR us: no logic or sophistry
can change the DEGREES of fate. A man
at thirty is ther fool or his own ply
scian. and the same rule will apply all
through the varied phases of life. Don't
imagine you will gain knowledge with
age. You are not wine, although many
of our rea !ers may be full of-just as
you please, the juice of the grape or the
idea. What a man doesn't know at
thirty he viii never learn. If at that
age you are shoemaker, stick to your
last. If an attorney, even should your
coat be out at the elbows, or if kind
providence had p aced you in one of its
highest inches, say mo nted you booted
and spurred on the editorial tripod ride
your nag until his tail drops off rather
than think you can dismount and scuf'e
in the gutter for place among the not so
blessed. Thoroughbred Stock Journal
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-03-22
Temperance Items.

FoRTIFYING THE STOMACH with hq-
uor is like pointing the guns inward and
emptying them upon the garrison
FIVE THOUSAND DEAD BODIES are sent
to the New York morgue each year,
and four thousand five hundred of them
are the victims of intemperance.
THERE ARE OVER TWENTY .'TEE-
TOTAL" MAYORS in England; while
Scotland. with a population one-seventh
that of England. has eighteen Provosts
(May ors) who are total abstaiuers.
One III INBRED THOUSAND
One hundred thousand men
Gay youth and silvered head
On every hil in every glen,
In pal zee, cot and loathsome den,
Each year. from rum. lie deadl
Oae hundred thousand sons of toll
Yearly fiud graves in freedoms soil;
From rum, good friends, from rum
DIR. MUNRoE made the following
statement at public meeting in Exeter
Hall: lit is great sorrow to me now
to think that tor twenty years l havo
recommended the drink. 1t makes my
heart ache, even now, to see the mis-
chief have made in years gone by
mischief never to be remedied by any
act OF mine.n
THE CRY COUNCIL OF DALTON, GA.,,
has unanimously re used to grant license
to sell intoxicating liquor in that city.
1t is not to be so d in drag-stores under
the name of bitters, nor from any olher
place. nor in any quantity. Out Of .
voting population of 400, SS5 signed
the petition asking the Council not 70
grant licenses,
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-03-22
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

1t is said that Sarah Bernhardt will
play Rosalind in English in the United
States next year.
Rev. Ira c. Tyson. OF London
derry, n. H., is wiring a history of
Pre5byterianism in New England, and
i; find ng ample material for a very in
terestng volume.
al will now ask my esteemed
friend, Mr. William +. Dodge, to pre-
de, said DIR. /achos. at the Cooper
Institute the other night. orgettIng
Mr.. Dodgc's recent decease. NJ J..
Sun.
eral and Senator sherman, IS said to be
very strong for each other, and IL is re-
marked that neither has thought that
is not connected with the other. dc
trOu POS'.
The first volume : of q complete edi-
zion o. Martin Luther works will be
brought n Germany next Novem-
ber in time to celebrate the 40)th ami
versary of the Reformer's birth. Three
volumes will be published every yer
therea ter until the edition is completed.
Late adv.ces from Nice mention ap-
provingly the fir appearance in con-
cert. under the stage name OF Giann nj
Savini, of young American singer.
pupil OF Sgnor Muzio. from whom much
is hoped She is Californian named
Sawyer. 1t is reported that Verdi is TO
super.ntend her debut in Aida next
month. and that he says the young la
dy's voce is of marvellous quality.
Mr.. B. p. Shillaber, better known
as "Mrs. Partington,' is called on to
mo rn the loss OF his wife. She was the
daughter of Maximilian John dc !:oche-
mont, one of a Huguenot family of that
name who sett'el several generations
ago near Portsmouth, n. II. Her father
taught several European languages in
New Hampshire before gong to Louis
lana to take charge Of newspaper. In
the political troubles incident to the
transfer of the ! ouisiana territory to
the United States, he was murdered on
account of his published opinions. ~
Y. Post.
Twenty Governors have occu-
pied the chair of State in New York in
the 106 years OF the States existence.
There are now eight survivors of this
number-Hamilton Fish. whose first
term began in 1919; Horatio Seymour,
whose first term began in 1858; Myron
H. Clark, %; Reuben Z. FeGton, 1867;
John L. Hoffman, 1869; Samuel j. Til
den. 1875; Lucius Robinson, 1877; and
Alonzo b. Cornell. 1880. Ten of the
twenty-five were elected for two terms.
and these were: The two Clintons,
John Jay. Tompkins, Marcy. Seward,
Morgan, Seymour Hoffman and Fenton
the last three still being in the land
of the living. -Syvacase Journal.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-03-22
a good schemep'' asked the boy of the

a good schemeP" asked the boy of the
grocerymsn. a.
A lady who suspected her servant of
drinking the cider when she sent him
into the cellar, commanded him to whis-
tic all the time he was absent.
Sailors whistle for fair wind. The
sportsman whistles TO his hounds.
He cast of his friends as huntsman his pack
them back.
It is not considered in good taste for
girls to whistle, and there are very few
who can do it even toerably well, per-
haps because they are under the spell
of that prediction in doggerel which
some secular st. Paul promulgated for
the sex:
whistling girls and growing hens
Always come to some bad end.
A girl is usually too volatile to
whistle; she Fuckers her rosy mouth.
shuts both eyes, screws up her face. and
Just as she gets ready to whistle goes
off into fit of laughter. and spoils it
all. Put once in while some demure
little maiden will whistle, and it is posi-
lively much more frequent phenomena
in nature than hen that crows.
AS blithe is sne as any bird;
And from her lips morn noon and eve,
The merriest of trills are heard.
From task to ask with lightsome step
She hastels whistl ng IA she goes:
And her deft hands charm wbat they touch
And order from disorder grows.
There is something pathetic in a
whistled tune; the busine ss-man sitting
up at night trying to make his ledgers
balance, hears some late pedestrian, boy
or man, whistle the Last Rose of sum-
mer'' or Bonnie Doom" and straight
way the pen drops from his tired hand
and the bewildering figures disappear.
and in their place he sees hcme and the
mother who lived there, and he catches
the song of the robins in the old orchard
and the scent of the sweet briar that
grew by the door. ,
"Away away, tormenting cares,
OF Garth and folly born"
He is at home again. and as the un-
known whistler passes on and the ten
der, wandering air dies away. the eyes
of the listener are dim with tears,
"And his heart is filled with longing pain
To be whistling boy again."
Detroit Post and Tribune.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-03-22
Fashion Items.

Jetted and lack-luster galoons are
much used for trimmings in light"
mourning dress.
Newmarket jackets and medium length
pelisses will be the leading wraps for
spring.
Pelerines and shoulder capes of varied
lengths and styles are to be in greater
favor than ever.
Redingotes and French polonaises in
a score OF different forms continue in
favor.
Braid work on paniers, tabliers, plas-
irons and panels is trimming seen
vi on imported dresses of cashmere, la
dies Goth, vigogne and flannel
Corsage flowers for the street. either
real or artificial. are but little seen, be-
ing replaced by knots of handsome rib
bon. eitherof Ottoman silk, plush, ribbed
velvet, or pladed surab, in brilliant
hues contrast ng with that OF the dress.
For dressy walking costumes. French
designers are sending to America the
very fashionable terra-cotta and copper
shades. The French terra-cotta is a
very delicate color. matching exactly
the veritable hue of terra Gotta ware,
and is quite unlike the deep strawberry
+, shade so long in vogue.
A certain professional beauty-a lady
also celebrated for her artistic taste in
dress-has been photographed in hum
dred different costumes and in as many
d .fferent attitudes. 1t has been said
of this fact that the only person who
can excel her for variety of attitude is a
bov commanded to sit still on a char.
Pine-green and doe colored plaids
and checks in fine wooden fabrics are
among spring novelties. Except for
children. these plaids will form the
skirt and tunic alone. the jacket being
of dark green velvet. with no trim
mings except medium-sized buttons of
green enamel and gold. Cream-color
and garnet are another popular co BIZ
nation in shepherd and other plaids.
A vagary OF fashion-a revival-is to
twist an immensely long scarf of silk
muslin or tulle high up and very close
round and round the throat, and to
fasten it with a large antique brooch or
with lace pin set with sparkling gems.
Thus muffled u, the wearer, while be-
ing in the height of style as to neck
dressing. will also delude ignorant peo-
pie into the belief that she is sufferer
from goitre.
In some of the newest models for
house jackets of cashmere or vigogne,
the edges are cut into squares and a
dainty bit of embroidery is worked in
ca block. In binding or lining these
squares little space is made between
each, which is filled in with fan plait-
ing Of white lace. A similar trimming
finishes the crenelated edges of the ell
bow sleeves and the neck, and is some
times carried down the front from the
throat to the hem of the jacket. ns
Ribbed plush in two or more shades
is being much used in the composition
of visiting and reception toilets. This
plush is used for the skirt, and the up,
per dress is of broeaded Ottoman silk
velvet or moire. For walking costumes
the ribbed plush skirt has the overdress
of,cachemire. ladies' cloth. or vigogne.
Brown and o.d-go,d plush. with red
ingote or tun;c and jacket of plain
brown cloth. peacock blue with ribs Of
electric blue. and overdress of plain
peacock blue cachemire. trimmed with
the plush. are among the stylish spring
dresses of this description.-M K-Eren-
ing Post.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-03-22
History Repeats Itself.

1t is true that the country has depart
ed somewhat from the primitive Sim
plicity of its earlier days; that we lead
in S me respects faster life; that our
officials are more beset with tempta-
tions; and that in our great centers of
population there is more poverty and
more vice than there was a hundred
wears ago. These results were insep-
arabic from our rapid growth and the
almost overwhelming tides of immigra-
ton that have owed into the land; but
the various evils, the friyolities and ex-
travagances Of our time are by no means
peculiar either to the country or to the
re in which we live. Turning to an
old file of the Pennsylvania Packet, we
find in its issue of February 1, 1856. an
editorial on "The Luxury of the Pres
ent Time" from which we make the
follow ng extract: elm the history
of France, wri ten in the life of
Henry the Third. are the follow
ing words: THE most universal
cause of all disorders was luxury; the
high ia eS of tn reign had engendered
this proud and delicate monster. The
many eople in civil offices. all those
through whose hands the public money
passed, wallowed in wealth. The
largest sums sometimes cost them no
more than the dash of a pen; it was but
falsifying an account. and they filed
their pockets; and as it came so easily
it made them la nch into all kinds of
super uites; but the worst of it was
the bad examples infected others etc.
When we consider Comments the
PacEeD the destruct on which luxury
has caused in all those nations where it
has been introduced, we should trelnb g
TO think 10 what a height it has risen
within few years in this Nation. We
are sens bic that for some years past our
commerce has been declining, our man.
ufactures g ing to decay. and great
numI ers of the industrious part OF the
people wanting employment. This is a
truth that every great trader has seen
and fe't, and yet this proud and deli
cate monster stalks about, and spreads
its conquests in proportion as the pub
lie property inc eases"
low ten is the substance of that
editorial repeated now! ut let us make
an extract from the Massachusetts, Cent?
mel of tie same year: ''lt is out of
character for the merchant to complain
tha. business is dead who
keeps chariot and stud. who gives an
entertainment once a week and card
party twice. 1t is out of char
acter for tradesman who once prided
himself on the appellation of aspeckled-
shirt man to complain that he can not,
money being so scarce, pay his rent or
his taxes, When he wears nothing but
the finest web of the loom, etc. 1t is
out of character for the farmer to COM
plain that he can not pay his rates. nor
debts, nor anything else. whose three
daughters are at town boarding
school, under the discipline of a
dancing-master, when they should be at
the spirning wheel-and who, while
they should be dressed in decent home
spun, as were their frugal grand
mothers. now carry half their fathers
crops on their backs. ~ o. Pica-
uIHe.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-03-22
Play Your Hand for All It's Worth.

There is no greater barrier to a man s
success in life than his willingness to
fall into line with the stu id fellows who
play Sc ond fiddle; the Jacque Stro S
to the Robert Macaires. They should
learn that the world laughs at clown
and they des ise the assumed gravity
of the serious imitator. Then again
this class should learn that the fools
whom you would deceive can be of no
service to you. and the wise men who
would serve an honest intention, or
candid presentation, can see through
your stupid efforts to wear gracefully
the solemn dignity of the owl, or the
gaudy trap1ings of the pea-fow'. and If
you put on the shaggy name of the
king of beasts, but open your mouth
and your bray soon dispels the delusion.
and the idiot OF false pretense stands
out in all his comical deformities; a
laughing stock to halt the world, a SUBJ
ject of pity to the rest.
Too many of the genus homo are but
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-03-22
To Preach, or Die.

Among the hills of Northern Con-
necticut are many quaint characters.
solemn in mien. sturdy and honest in
their dealings, but with vein of under
lying humor that crops out daily in
their conversation. Among them was
one j S., or Uncle James, as he
was familiary called. Fairly in life he
studie hard to fit himself for the min
istry, and when he thought himself per-
fected he called on old Father P, a
noted Baptist minister of that day in
s.. and told him he must either
preach the Gospel or die. and stated
his wish 10 be examined. After a rigid
examination Father P leaned his
head upon his hands and remained
silent for few minutes; then suddenly
looking up, he said: '.Mr. S., Pm
really afraid yoa'H haze 10 I'D
tors Dratoer, IN Harper's Magazine.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-03-22

of one of the iron works OF this city was
crossing the yard one day he espied a
little skip of boy, seemingly not over
eleven years old, seated on big fly
wheel and chewing the end of bitter re-
Election.
"Who are youP"
"I'm Jack"
"What are you doing herer'
Resting"
"What do you want?'
"A job"
Those were the inquiries and answers
The boy was pale-faced and ragged, but
in his steel blue eyes the foreman saw
game. And, too. the idea of a waif
like him setting out to battle the world
touched tender chord in the heart of
the man who had boys of his own, and
he set Jack at work in the yard.
No one thought the boy would stay a
week, and so no one cared to ask where
he came from or who he was But hs
suck. He was Woodworking and faith
full, and as the week went by he gained
friends One day he walked up to the
foreman and said:
81 want to learn the trade"
"You? Ha! ha, ha Why, Jack,
you are not big enoug h to handle cold
chsel."
II can whip any prentice boy in this
shopr' was the earnest declaration.
"Just hear him! Why, any of the
lot co Id turn you wrong side ont!
When you get big enough to whip the
smallest one you come to me for a Job. "
At noon that day Jack walked up to
the biggest apprentice boy in the shop
and said:
"Come out doors"
"What do you want?"
"Pm going to lick your
"What fcr?"
"Pec use | want chance to learn
the trade"
The two went out, and in sight of
twenty witnesses little Jack won a vic
torr. At one o'clock he touched his
cap to the foreman and said:
1--WE licked your biggest prentice
and want to 60 to workn'
Ten minutes later he had beco re a
machinist's s ap rentice, and if you go in
there to day you will find him with
greasy hands, oily ace and head full
OF business ideas. Jack carries the
KEYS to the drawers where the steam
gauges. sa'ety-valveS and other trim
mings are kept, and he knows the use
of every tool, the workings of every
piece of machinery. and there is con-
stant call for Jack here and Jack there.
Be 'ore he is twenty he will be fin
ished machinist, and efore he is twen-
ty-five he will be foreman OF some great
shop. He is qui t, earnest respect
ful and observing. What he does is
well done. What he is told he never
forgets.
And here in Detroit are hundreds of
boys who complain that there is no
chance for them, even when backed by
money and influence. They wait and
wait and whine and complain, and
leave it to waits like little Jack to call
up the game in their souls and walk
boldly into great manufacturing works
and sa
"rm here-I want a jobw Detroit
Free Press.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-03-22
TIE FARMEFS s WIFE.

There Is an hour that is to me
The sweetest of the day,
Although it comes when winds are chill
And skies are dull and gray;
IT'S when the day hard work Is done,
And bright the fire doth glow,
And my husband to his humile home
Comes trudging through the snow.
Why do hold this hour the best
OF all the twenty-fourl
Because he's all the world to me,
My good man at the door;
And whether rain or hail may fall,
Or winds OF winter blow,
Yet am sure my husband will
Come trudging through the snow.
The room Is tidy, fresh and clean,
The baby's face is bright;
What matter II outside there be
The dark and stormy ntghtf
The kettle SINNERS on the sioye,
And well my heart doth know
NV husband soon VIII to h home
Come trudging through the snow.
A good ten years ago he led
Me hither as his bride,
And ever since, through joy and woe,
We've struggled SIDE by size.
However hard the day may be,
To me things br ghter grow
When comes the hour tn { brings him home
N. Y. Ledger.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-03-22

"A post-mortem examination upon
the body of a Philadelphia woman who
had died suddenly and from unknown
causes. showed that she had been
choked to death by "plate" of false
teeth, which she had accidentally swall,
lowed,
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-03-22

Cattle should not be allowed to
prune the orchard. The farmer can do
it better.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-03-22

"A Philadelphia tenor took place
in church choir under his own name.
and in a negro minstrel company at the
same time under an assumed one. But
the double salary did not last long, for
persons from the church recognized
him through the burnt cork at the show.
and he was excluded from the choir
gallery, -PhiLaGielphia Press.