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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-03-15
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Tom Thumb enjoys the dis incion
of being the shortest Kn ght Templar
in the world.
MI. Spurgeon has received 81, 500
as royalty on the sale in America of
The Treasury of David"
M. e VicOmpte ID Haussonville
who has written COX on America.
says that even The third-rate papers in
the United States are better than the
leading journals of Paris.
The step-daughter of Attorney.
General Brewster received $1,000
worth of wedding presents, including
forty yards of 70, al purple satin. the
finest made in China. from the Chinese
Minister.
For the first time, it is said, in the
history OF the Cana iaI ParI ament,
ath r and :, are sitting as members
of the same House of Commons The
gentleH en- are Sir Charles Tuy per and
Mr. Char'es h. Upper.
The late Marshall Jewell directed
in his will that fresh flowers shall lie sent
every Saturday to his daughter
Florence MRS. Strong. OF Ectroit) as
long as she lives, and set aside a
sum of money therefor -HartJord
PSI
Ind a supplies Central Asia with
most OF its books, and every year the
demand increases. The books most in
favor arc those dealing with religion
and poetry; next in popularity come
wo Ks on modem history, warfare and
educational subjects.
-"Singers," sad Nine. Christine
Nilsson to St. Louis reporter, "reach
their maturity between the ages of
thirty-eight and fOrty-two. | think
Patti is Just perfect now. heard her
sing in Cincinnati the other night She
is grand; she can not improve; she will
grow weaker after this. Singers NAV
last until they are fifty without break
ing down. but they seldom continue
beyond that point.
The Denver JrbHne thinks Alban,
the singer, is destined to fail. There
has not been breath of andal about
her. This will do for joke, bat as a
matter of fact, the most successful and
best beloved singer that ever appeared
in this country was Parepa-Rosa, pure,
loving and gracious. Scandal is by no
means essential TO artist success, as
Jenny Lind. arepa, Nilsson, Miss
Cary, Miss Kellogg have demonstrated.
Detroit Post.
Miss Susan B. Anthony has had
numerous birthdays, and many pres
ents from her friends. In this country
there are alleged wits who find Miss
Anthony's age a subj for three-line
paragraph. Gentlemen, il is time to
stop. Miss Anthony is a good looking,
modest. sensible. learned. and, in So
ciety, somewhat timid lady, whose years
have brought honor to her. No more
jokes, gentlemen; and only this regret
that Miss Anthony, who is generous,
had not condescended to lie our mother
in-law. ~ Y Herald.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-03-15
The Bad Boys Picnic.

"What was it about your folks get.
ting up in the night to eat? The hired
girl was over here after some soap tn /,
other morning, an she said she was
going to leave your house." said the
grocer to the bad boy.
"Well, that was picnic Pa said
he wanted breakfast earlier than we had
been in the habit of having it, and he
said l might see to it that the house was
awake early enough. The other MIC bit
l awoke wi h the awfulest pain you
ever heard of. 1t was that night th t
you give me and my chum tn. bottle Of
picked oysters that had begun to work.
Well, | cou' dn't sleep. and l thought
would call the hired girls, and they cot
up and got breakfast to going, and then
l rappe Oh pa and mas door and told
them the breakfast was getting cold,
and they got up and came down. We
eat breakfast by gas-light. and pa
yawned and said it made a man feel
good to get up and get ready for rk
before d ylight, the way he used to on
the farm, and na she yawne and
agreed W tn pa cause she has to, or
have a row. After breakfast we sat
around for an hour, and pa said it was
long time getting daylight, and bime-
by pa looked at his watch. When he
began to pull out his watch l lit out
an hid in the store-room, and pretty
soon l heard pa and ma come up stairs
and go 10 bed, and then the hired girls
they went to be J, and when it was all
still, and the pain h I'd stoppe inside OF
my clothe Iwent to bed, and looSe ed
to see what tin e it was and it was two
o clock in the morning. We got dinner
at eight o'clock in the morning. and pa
said he guessei he would call up the
house after this, so l have lost another
job, and it was all ON account of that
bottle of picked oysters you gave me.
My chum says he hal collie too, but he
didn't call up his folks. 1t was all he
could do to get up hisself. ."-P PecEs
Sun.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-03-15
The Quail Eater.

The quail-eating contest in New York
two quails day for thirty consecu-
tive days created considerable interest
throughout the country. A week ago
to-day lean, sad-eyed man called at
the desk of a Vine-street restaurant, and
said to the honest German who was in
charge:
II can eat the hind sights right often
Walcott"
Watts dot you say?"
81 say can eat the hind sights right
often that fraud in New York, who is
tryin to eat two quails day for thirty
consecutive DAYS"
II bate you on dot" and the German
went down for his roll.
"How much VII you bet l can't do
it," said the sad eyed man.
81 bate you two, dree, six, several
tollars."
MAKE it ten and I'll go you"
The German wanted to put up the
money, but, the sad eyed man not hav-
ing the amount with him a compromise
was fixe up on the basis & hat the sad
eyed party was to eat four Guai' day
instead of two, each man being put on
his honor as to the stakes.
'Nen you commence" asked the
German. who was radiant over the i'm =
mense odds which he had obtained in
the compromise.
Amy time-rght now, if you say
So"
-Four broile gwail. right away,
quickr' called out the German to his
cook.
The quails were produced and the
sad eyed man quickly disposed of them,
together with two cups of coffee and a
dish of French pease.
He called the next day and ate four
more, with several extra s.de-dishes.
Next day the same.
Same the next dav.
People began to drop in to see the sad
eyed man ea'.
Yesterday the restaurant man hailed
an Enquirer reporter as he was passing
his place, and said:
81 want you to gife dot loaver plast
in der papers"
What loafer?'
"Dot son ov gun dot bate me zen
tollar he eat four gwail day for thirty
respectable days"
Did he win?'
"Vin nottings, He teen Won schwin
dler! Ober he cooms in mine house
again, l schlag him nit pung- starter >
Our German friend was too much eX-
asperated to proceed intelligently; but
his clerk explained that the sad-eyed
man called regularly for four days, eat
ing four quails each day, together with
ct ceteras. and on departing the fourth
day paused on the threshold. bowed
low to the proprietor, praised his excel
lent cooking, said he would take pleas
ure in recommending our place to his
friends, and promised to see us later,
''when quails are ripe next year." and
he was gone.
DOTS itr exclaimed the frenzied
and apoplectc proprietor; "dots t.
und want you to gife him plast in
DIR Cincinnati Enquirer"
The reporter promised that the En-
quirer would give him broadsde that
would lift him clear out of water. - Gin
cinnati Enquirer.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-03-15
HUMOROUS.

"Dwo vas schoost enough. budt
dree was too blendty," remarked Hans,
when his best girl asked him TO take
her mother along with him to the
dance.
The young man who practices OH
the trombone in the back yard is not a
"private tooter." At least, not as
private as his neighbors des re.-Nor-
1iS:OlCn Hcraid.
Joaquin Miller says that flowers are
queer. ANY man caught throwing a
bouquet to favorite actress sho Id be
Immediately arrested for showing the
queer. "-Cheek.
"A r'ch broker has been sued by his
washerwoman for services rendered.
Such is the fat-irony of fate. If he
doesn't settle he should be collared and
cuffed. N Y. Commercial.
First small girl 81 know what
Pm going to be when | grow upn'
be when you grow up?" First small
girl-"A widder. "-Amertcan queen.
An Englishman made the members
of the ST. Georges Club. at San An
tonic, believe that he had fallen her to
an estate, and he borrowed wealth from
them. The St. George is now spoken of
as ''stufied club
mo, lean write in cold blood" )" re-
marked Henderson; 81 have to be
thoroughly warmed up to do good
wo1k. Tie same is true of the goose
the tailor uses, murmured Fogg in a
stage whisper. er.-BoSton Transcript.
MARY Jane" said Dickey. isn't
this too cold for potatc es?' "Dickey,"
said Mary Jane, lit isn't cold that takes
Off t te potatoes; it's con ,umption.
"Oh," SAID Dickey, 81 never lived on a
farm. "-L0uisrtte C0arier-JOurna'.
An Austin colored preacher gave
out as his text What dost thOu?"
and announced that he would take up
collection, whereupon a respectable
portion OF the congregation got up and
busted. His question was answered. -
IeraS STttHgS.
An ignorant housemaid, who had to
call a gentleman to dinner. found him
ing?" said the lady of the house, when
the servant returned. "Yes ma am
d rectly; he's Just sharpening his teeth"
frank Celia, New York four
ye old, ran out of the house to avo' d
kissing some female relatives from the
country AMI got lost. The police picked
h m up nearly two miles from home
after wandering AL night. His first
words to b over ioyed father were:
lis they goneg-M. Y. Times
"A polite little girl was shown set Of
playthings and doll. and was asked
which she would have. She looked at
the doll, which was a fine one, and
then drawing her mothers head down
she whispered: II would rather have
the playthings, but please don't tell
the doll. The Continent.
John Leary. aged fourteen years.
and James Lewis, agel twelve, have
been committed for trial in Hobo en- on
the charge of stealing an ash kettle.
The prisoners admitted that they had
taken it, and they said they had sold it
for fifteen cents. .'What did you do
with the money!" asked Recorder Nc
Donough. "We divided it, SIR" said
Leary. II got seven cents and Lewis
the same" ''Well, what did you do
with the odd cent?n "We bought q
cigarette and broke it in two."-M r.
Herald.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-03-15
BY B. T. HOBBS.
ADVERTISER ENTs.
JACK.

Four little letters, torn, faded and stained,
All bearing my name upon the ba"k,
Each one beginning with, Minnie, My
Friend"
And each one ending, "Your True Friend,
Jack"
Now Jack was my lover some thirty years
back,
And honestly offered his hand and his heart;
But, OIL the pity! lddn't love Jack;
And so it was that we needs must part.
But jack declared when the parting came
And Jack had never a faithless tongue
He should a ways love me exactly the same,
An believed him: for was young.
But Jack was married in less than year;
And now his sons-l think he has four
Are writing such letters as these have here,
And, happily, Jack loves me no more.
But to-day as 1 rend hese letters from Jack,
My heart was rent with a mortal pain,
For like mountain mists the years rolled back,
And saw my long-lost youth again.
-Sprin0feld (hdss.l hepttbttcdn.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-03-15
William E. Dodge.

Soon after Mr.. Dodge's death. at .
special meeting of the Board of Man
ayers Of the National Temperance So
ciety and Publication House, held ia
New York City. L. A. Brouwer, 10
the chair. the following resolutions wers
unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased God to remove
from the activities of life our beloved brother
and honored President William E. Dodge:
therefore we, the Board of Managers of tho
National Temperance Society and Publication
House, desire to put on record-alike as a wit
ness TO the high regard in which we have just
ly held him and to the deep sense of the loss
we have sustained-this tribute to his mem
For more than fifty years a total abstainer,
one of the founders of our Society, its first
and only President the past eighteen wears of
united service have bound US very closely to
him and intensified to high degree our esti-
mate of his great worth.
We have found in him willing worker, q
wise leader, an efficient officer. As judicious
as he was energetic, aS courageous in his prin-
cipleS as he was generous with his time and
money, he was always and everywhere a con-
sistent exemplar OF the blessings of a total-ab-
stinent life
His weli-known activity. though beyond
threeRaore-and-ten. and the multitude and
variety OF his services to the cause of Christ,
attest the worth of the principles he so elo-
quently esp1used. Our sincere ri ret for his
loss is modified by the remembran0 that it is
his gain who rests henceforth from labors,
am that his works do follow him.
With a deep sense of the weight of sorrow
which has fallen so suddenly upon the stricken
household we tender to them, and especially
tC his honOred son, our associate, Norman W.
Dodge, the sincerest sympathes OF our
hearts.
That double portion of his spirit may de-
scend upon his sons and upon this Board is the
prayer of those who have been more heavily
bereaved than wor!s can tell.
ResOlred, That the Board attend in body the
funeral services.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-03-15

"A New York gentleman gave a
theater party and supper few ghts
since IN Philadelphia Amcng the tri. es
by way of table adornment were straw
berries at two dollars piece. And yet
somebody has remarked on the e trava-
CANT ways of the Roman Emperor who
indulget in nightingales' tongues at
a few sesterces Observation-Disclosures
Press.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-03-15

"A pine tree was lately cut on the
Abial Merrill lot at Topsham, Me-,
which surveyed 4.460 feet,
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-03-15
Buying a Valentine.

Late Yesterday evening a rather spite
full looking man, about forty years of
age, entered the establishment of an
Austin newSdealer, and began eXamin-
ing the fivc-cent gems of art that were
spread out on the counter in pictur-
esque profusion.
''What sort of valentine are you
looking or?' asked the proprietor.
Il would like to have something Sc
we're to send a feller who has been pes
tering me to pay for some groceries |
bought year or so ago. the low down
pernicious cuss. He is a saller COM
plected sort of fraud and looks as if
he had been caught trying to swindle
somebody. | want something that will
Just blister him all over"
The newSdealer locke over his val
entineS, and called the attention OF the
would-be purchaser to picture of a
man with a pumpkin shaped extres-
cence growing out of his face. The word
Cheek was under the picture.
That will hurt him. That hits him
in sore place where he is at home.
Only yesterday be had the sublime
cheek to tell me that | was just as well
come to those groceries l didn't pay
for as if | had stolen them. He hasn't
got bow legs like that picture, but I'll
make him a present of them, in the
picture. Now l want one right ugly
one that will make his wire's uncle
squirm. He has crooked nose and
smiles like an alligator"
.'Has he got red nose with pim-
pie on it?" asked the newsdealer, who
was anxious to please, holding up a
chrome of a bad looking man adorned
with those identical marks of personal
beauty. the pimple being about as large
as potato.
MY wife's uncle has not got that
kind of a nose, but I'll take that one all
the same. 1t just fits my sisters hus-
band, who refused to go on my bond
when was indicted for pounding him
with club. It's little too fiattering
for portrait of him, and I'll tell him
so when see him." added the man who
was anxious to conciiate his kinfolks.
If your wife's mother has got red
hair, wears specs and dips snuff. here
is something that will make her hopping
mad" observed the newsdealer, hold
ing up picture that would have justi-
fed Satan himself in bringing libel
suit
"None of that" said the man, turn
ing pale. as the beads of persp.ration
appeared on his forehead. ''If | was
living in Alaska, and she didn't know
where | was l could afford to take su-h
risks. would just as leave lean up
agin mules propeller to rest myself,
rs to send her picture like that. just
let that p cture stay where it is" and
gathering up his purchases he went out
on his mission of reconciliation.
SytinJS.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-03-15

"A gentlemen of moment. in fact the
Rev. Alfred H. Moment, has been
lecturing in New York on the power of
the press, which he considers unlimited
for good in the world, At present there
are 1000 papers in this country. which
indicate power that no individual can
calculate. But it must be admitted
there is strong influence for evil
wrought by obedience to the morbid
public craving for scandal and low-life
in idents, Indianapolis Journal
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-03-15

The GO5-ET-
Touch the Goblet no morei
IL will make the heart sore
To its very cor6s
Its perfume Is tic breath
OF the Angel of DEATH
And the light that within Il hes
Is the fash of his evil eyes.
Beware. o bewarcl
For sickness, sorrow and care
--LonGfeJoo.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-03-15

TaE SORROW which intemperance
causes was sadly Illustrated in New
York court the other day when drunk
en- mother was sentenced to the Island
for six months. One of her little girls
begged the father in piteous tones:
"Oh, papa. papa, don't send mamma
away" The husband, however, would
not relent, and the mother was taken
into the prison with baby in her arms
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-08-18
CRIMINAL VARIETIES.
CulIed Here ana There from the Big
DaiIies.
The Hangman.


william Henry Ostrander, convicted OF
the murder of his brother In Camden,
Oneida county, New York, in December
1880, was hanged at Utica on Friday OF
last week. The Ostrander family, consist.
ing of father, mother and three brothers
and three sisters, belonged to the lowest
class of Camdea's population, occupying
a howell IN the outskirts. George alone and
three sisters seemed to have some pride
about them, while William II. was OF a
mean, jealous disposition. The family had
Christmas reunion, and as George, who
had been working in Connecticut, came
well dressed and with some money, VIM.
H. became SO jealous of him that quar-
rel with his brother was finally provoked
and he shot him in the presence of the
whole family. He had two trials, each re-
sulting IN his conviction and sentence to
be hanged. His mean disposition was
shown to the end. On the gallows his
language to the crowd was so profanc and
obscene that the sheriff had to stop him.
His legs were strapped, The drop fell, and
in 10 minutes he was pronounced dead, the
execution having been in every respect de-
cent and orderly.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-08-18
Cowardly Assault.

Decatur Qll) special dated Aug. H.
to the Chicago Tribune, bring these items
At o'clock this morning, near the Tn.
ION depot, cowardly and probably sue
cessful attempt was made to murder Ed
ward Stultz, a young man we'll known in
this community. He was approached from
behind by Edward Rustick, who sunk a
knife. blade in his head over the right eye,
and then fled In the darkness. The
screams of Stultz drew officers to his side
and after he was borne to the light the
cleaning blade was drawn out Of the
CHASTITY cut. Stultz lies in dangerous
condition this evening. Rustick was ar
rested at his boarding house at O'Clock
this morning, and Is now In the county
Jail. The two men were paying attentions
to the same girl, and the assault was the
result Of the rivalry.
Last night at Ceylon, four miles from
here, in this county, Henry Charlesey was
so badly beaten by two fellows named En-.
slemaker and Nimms that his recovery
will be impossible. Charlesey is a Grip
pie, and offended N,mms IN trying to col
iect just bill against him. After the ar
rest OF Nimms and En,lcmaker mob OF
about 200 secured rope and were GONG
to hang them, but were persuaded by
Charlesey's mother to let the law take its
course. The excitement there is intense
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-08-18

nv The times. Even the London Timss,
and the Chicago Times, etc., DO not know
much about Il. 1t 10 controlled by the
Great Master OF time and eternity. us
sound tolls out upon the world when The
world least expects II. Yet human HANDS
and human hearts seem to cause the stroke,
and the mystery of mans free agency and
Gods all.pervading spirit and power re-
mains as ever, and as though Pope Bob
Inpersoll was but a grain of sand, or
MOSQUITO lowering around Dorsey d Co.,
and all that Dorsey ~ Co. represent on
earth or in hell; for if there was no he'll IN
all the universe, partisan and Tory innu-
ences would make one, and retain BOD as
its attorney at large or continuous Zee or
salary.
But possibly it is not right or wise TO
refer lust now to affairs at the capitol, Tor
we need and must have the concurrent &C
ton of men at the capitol to secure the
practical work that Is needed TO now open
the gates of the national waterway and
highway from Lake Michigan to the Gull
of Mexico ria the Illinois and Michigan
canal and the Illinois and Mississippi nv
ers, and also to open the doors OF the
limited States minis to our miners anu
people for the unrestricted coinage OF their
SILVER and gold. This we need and must
have, Tor our own country peculiarly,
though 1t will also benefit the world II
well and rightly used by our people; and
it is our duty, and for our interests and
our honor, to aid De Lesseps, France ana
the world in opening It's western gate AZ
Darien, which he has so nobly begun, ana
whic h every influence of error and EVIL
has and will try to defeat, This we have
seen. So with our work FROM lake 70
gulf. Decentralization is but part OF the
permanent conspiracy of ieudaism against
the people of our country and the world,
and especially against its two great re-
publics, France and America
In every way, and in all It's parts and
correlat,ves, 1t is an old and dangerous
lmposture, as can be fully shown, and its
extirpation would be fitting, admirable
and beneficent accompaniment to open
ing the gates OF the rivers" Thus the
common welfare, safety and happiness of
all would be promoted by better use OF
Gods own gifts. With this grand high
way and waterway from lakes to gulf, all
the great economies conducive to healthy
prosperity would be promoted, and new
and better day would dawn, while a whole
set of immense evils and dangers would
be driven away or greatly lessened:
w. r. s.
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work on the building Monday, but wert
not allowed TO take their fire-pots into the
building, which leads the contractors tc
think the fire was incendiary.
At Tombstone, Ar, on Sunday afternoon
fire destroyed the Peoples Ice Works
Loss, $500
On the same day the Wooden Goods
Manufactury at Manyunk, Pa, was de-
s.royed by fire to the extent of $4,000.
Sunday, a fire at Southport Ind, dc
stroyed livery stable and four horses
meat shop and dwelling house.
Same day Gresham's drug store a
Jonesboro, Tenn. was burned, involving
loss of $4,000.
On Saturday night the large tannery OF
r. & p. Costello, at Camden, near Utica
n. Y, was destroyed by fire with a large
amount of stock. Loss, $50 600
The Methodist church and Noble q
Gibson's hotel, at Medford, Ont, were
burned on Monday. Loss, $4,000.
A private insane asylum IN the town OF
Ealing, Mlddlesex county, England, was
burned on Tuesday, with five of the In
mates, and many others sew ercly hurt.
At Sunderland, England, on Sunday
evening Star Music Hall caught fire while
II performance was IN progress, ard 1t was
entirely destroyed. The audience, mum
bering 300 persons, were warned in time
and escaped without panic being created
They, however, were only four minutes IN
making their exit. No one was hurt
This fire, following so closely the recent
terrible panic at Victoria Hall, when
nearly 200 children were suttocated,
caused great excitement in the town