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The Brookhaven leader., 1883-08-23

the fierce multitude that crowded the
summit of the rock as the executioner's
gaunt black figure came gliding like
spirit of evil up to the spot where the
swinging forms lowered in mid-air,
with the glorious panorama below out
spread as if in mockery before the eyes
that were so soon to be closed forever.
Once more, and for the last time, mercy
was offered to each victim in turn on
condition of renouncing the Christian
faith. The firm refusal that answered
it was barely uttered when the dooms-
mans AK flashed and fell, and in the
tomb-like silence were heard the snig"
of the parted rope and the dull thud of
the mangled body on the cruel rocks
far below.
No churches have been founded, no
shrines decorated, to honor these name
less heroes; but many saint whose
name stands high on the muster-roll of
the noble army of martyrs, and whose
memory lives in costly silver and i'm
perishable marble, might fairly yield
his place to the witnesses" of Nam
paminarina. OF all that doomed band
one only escaped with life from that
Golgotha. This was young girl,
who walked quietly to the place of exc
cution, saying that there was no need
to bind or carry her, for she was quite
ready to GO Hopes were entertained
that she might be induced to recant,
and with this view orders were pri-
vately given to the native officers who
superintended the butchery to reserve
her to the last. She was set close to
the edge of the precipice and held there
by the eXecutioners while the slaughter
proceeded. One by one her fellow
martyrs were crushed into shapeless
hideOusness before her eyes till she
alone was left But the brave girl nev-
er flinched. To all offers of life she re-
piled simply: ii will not give up my
faith; let me 90 to my friends" Infu-
rated by her stcadfast calmness the
chief of the rufiians who directed the
massacre struck her savagely on the
face and bade her take the oath of alb
iurgation and do homage to the gods
of the country or die forthwith. But
her answer was still the same: 81 will
follow my friends "She is an idiot,
and knows not what she says" roared
the batfled savage; ''take her away
She was accordingly removed from the
spot and dragged away to a distant part
of the island, where she survived to re-
count, years later, all the details of
scene worthy to be cOmmemorated in
words of fire like those wherewith the
great st Englishman of the seventeenth
century branded the Piedmontese mas
sacre.-LORdOn Cor ". Y. Times.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-08-23
STANDING ADVERTISEMENTS.
b!nker. "In mine country all tSs no,

bi.nker. "In mine country all the rno'i
drink it!''
Does it make them all quarrelsomc.
and do they all beat their wives. Hansp"
said the doctor; and by the way Hans
looked at him he seemed in danger of
the wife's fate.
"Who cares for beer?'' said Martin
Murtagh. Its well enough for women
and children / liked it once, but
must have something stronger. Now
give me a glass of whisky, boy; that
warns a man
That said tho doctor, "is because
the alcohol in the beer has excited the
nerves of your stomach and brain till
they crave for more that can be found
in the beer, and call for whisky; fire
won't be strong enough to satisfy them
by and by"
Pshaw! beer never Eurt any one"
said Tim Titus, leaning upon his crutch
by the door.
MOP" said the doctor "How was
it, then, that when you fell and hurt
your leg the doctors decided that it must
be cut off because beer-drinking had so
inhamed your blood that what would
have been mere scratch TO a man in a
healthy condition became gangrened
sore in you?"
doctor. you're in the right" said
quiet, sad-loOking man in the back
ground. Beer wrought fearful evils
to mine and me- My wife and always
drank it at our meals and never thought
it hurt us. But one night my wife,
suppose, took too much, and while /
was off at work in the mill she fell
asleep with her head on the table, and
the candle fell over and set fire to the
things so that when came back in the
morning | had no home and there was
no one to receive me but a dead wife
and two little ones burned to a crisp.
Boys, take warning by me and let beer
alone"
Bill listened while he poured out the
ale, and before the conversation was
finished he had come to a most sensible
resolution, which was not only never to
drink another drop of beer himself, but
also to find some other respectable busi-
ness where he would not be called upon
to offer it to others.-N T. s. Tract.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-08-23
Beer.

"If you never drink anything stronger
than that, young man, you won't come
to much HARM" said the teamster, as
Bill, the bartender, poured out for him
a great glass of foaming ale. beers
the drink to grow strong upon. isn't it,
boys?" said he, looking round upon the
group of loungers. 'sBeer's the drink
for me-" said heavy, bloated Sam Saw
yer, who was so lat he could hardly
move about.
'Does it make you strong to work."
said DIR. Barker, who stood in the back
ground, distinguished from the group
of loungers by his good clothes and tall,
beaver hat, as wen as by his general
look of respectability.
A general laugh went round, for
Sans laziness and generally sleepy
condition were known to all present.
"Beer's the drink for me" said Hans
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-08-23
A Madagascar Reminiscence.

The prohibition of Christian preach
ing in 1885 was speedily followed by
the flaming out of persecution that
waXed ever tiercer and fiercer, till it
grew into seven-fold furnace of wrath.
Neither age nor sex was spared. Old
men, children, weak women, tender
girls, went fearlessly to death. lnsig-
nificance could not shield the peasant
who toiled in the rice-fields, high birth
and long service could not save the
noble who stood beside the throne. Il
must obey God rather than man in this
matter" said one gallant fellow. ''but
I will serve the Queen faithfully never
theless.'' The words were hardly
spoken when he was a corpse. And at
last there came day when eighteen
victims at once, among whom were sew
eral of the noblest names in Madagas-
car, were dragged before the judges
amid the wells of bloodthirsty multi
tude and all condemned to die-four-
teen to be hurled from the Rock of
Nampaminarina and the remaining four
to be burned alive.
Then,-the little band of heroes hav-
ing refused every offer of life came
the last scene of all, the description of
which, by native eyewitness, may
bear comparison with anything in
Foxes Book of Martyrs" or the annals
of the Scottish Covenanters: "And the
eighteen appointed to die, as they sat
upon the ground surrounded by the sol
diers, sang the hymn:
"'There is blessed land,
Making most GLAD;
There rest shall never end,
There none be sad.
"And when the sentences were all
pronounced and the officer had gone
back to the place of the chief authori-
ties they took those eighteen away to
put them to death. They tied them by
the hands and feet to long poles and
carried them on mems shoulders. And
those brethren prayed and spoke to the
people as they were being carried along.
And some who looked upon them said
that their faces were like the faces of
angels. And as they took the
four that were to be burned alive to the
place of execution, these Christians sang
the hymn, when our hearts are
troubled then remember u.s. And when
they came to Faravohitra there they
burned them. fixed between split spars.
And there was a rainbow in the heavens
at the time. They prayed as long as
they had any life, and they died softly
and gently. And all the people were
amazed who beheld the burning of them
there"
Equally cruel was the fate of the
heroic fourteen who were doomed to
the fatal rock. With a savage refine
ment of torture, their murderers pro-
longed the last agony by suspending
them with cords passed round their
bodies over the brink of the fearful
precipice, as if to make them taste the
full bitterness of that hideous death be-
fore it came. An awful hush fell upon
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-08-23
Webb's Death.


Y, who was one of the physicians hold
ing n post-mortem examination on the
body of Captain Webb, furnishes the
following account of it:
There was found marked rigor NOR
tbs. The body was in state of active
decomposition. All the tissues were
greatly distcnded by gases. There was
a scalp wound on top of the Uranium,
three and one-half inches in length, not
involving the bony structure. No bones
were found broken. There were sew
eral other local injuries of the body,
but unimportant as to the cause of
death. The scalp wound was evidently
produced after death.
The muscular texture was peculiar.
By cut longitudinally with sharp
scalpel shreds of dessicated muscle
would be carried along with and collect
on the edge of the scalpel. All the
blood presented distinctly red color
in some places remarkably red
showing that the blood was not deoxid-
lied by asphyXia in drowning, but that
death ensued prior to that condition.
None of the characteristic symptoms of
death from drowning were present,
neither was there any local injury suf-
ticient to necessarily produce death.
The muscles were pale and presented
the peculiar appearance for which we
could find no better name than ux-
desiccation, the filament being ragged
and broken and separating with remark
able facility. The examination on each
extremity and upon the various portions
of the trunk and neck presented uni
formly these conditions.
AS the result of our examination | am
led to the conclusion, and in this | am
seconded by my colleagues, that death
was caused not by asphyXia or drown
ing or by any local injury by the body
coming in contact with any hard sub
stance, but by the shock from the reac-
tiOnary force of the water in the whirl-
pool rapids coming in contact with the
submerged body with such force as to
instantly destroy the respiratory power,
and, in fact, all vital action by direct
pressure and force of contact-a shock
of sufficient intensity to paralyze the
nerve centers, partially desiccate the
muscular tissues, and forestall any
probable sequel of death by drowning.
The cause of death in passing through
these rapids being thus constant, and
in no way accidental, as might be
drowning or an injury received from
rocks, forces the conclusion that no liv-
ing body can, or ever will, pass through
the rapids alive; fact established of
no little importance, and an ominous
warning to all future adventurers.
The river bed at the whirlpool rapids
is much narrowed, and also suddenly
assumes greatly increased precipitancy.
The water strikes the unyielding rocky
banks with great violence, and by reac-
ton meets with such resistance as to
form in the center mountainous ridge
of encroaching waters from twenty to
thirty feet in height Into this Captain
Webb was submerged after passing the
first breaker, and instantly subjected to
the immense pressure indicated upon
his body as the cause of mis- death.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-08-23
ny b. T. HOBBS.
rar1,as, In Advances
ApvERTIsEM ENTs.
GOOD-BYE OR HOWDEDO.

Say goodbye or how1y-do-
What's the odds betwixt the twO2
Tnmin'-guin' every day
nest friends first to go away
Crasp of hands you druther hold
Tban their weight in solid god,
Sins their grip while grcetin' you.
SAY goodbye or howdy-do'
IToydy-do. and then goodbye
Vi,cs lest like laugh and cry;
Draths and births, and worst and best,
Tangled their cOntrartcst;
Ey'ry jinglin' weddin-bell
Skccarin' up some funeral knell.
Hers my song, and there's your sigh,
IIowdy-do. and then, goodbye.
Say goodbye or howdy-tlo-
lest the same to me and you;
"Taint worth while to make no fuss
cause the jobs put up on us!
some ones runnin' this concern
Thnt's got nothin' else to learn
II He's willin'. we'll pull through,
Saw goodbye or howdy-dOl
j. ". Rpey ia Indldndpe'is Journal.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-08-23
In Rich Apparel.

Little Rose Smith came running into
her fathers saloon one morning, calling
out eagerly: Now, papa, I'm ready to
90 shopping"
"Well, daughter" replied he, I'm
and fur-collar.' This was quickly
done, and they passed into the street.
The first person they met was old Sam
Hartley. shabby and ragged, while in
Mr.. Smiths pocket-book was a five
dollar bill Sam had paid him the day
previous for whisky, and when Rose
selected pair of dainty, beautiful
shoes, old Sam five dollars just paid
for them.
Then the father and daughter, warm
ly-dressed and cheerful-hearted, crossed
over to dry-goods store; pale, scared
looking Will Simmons was just passing.
bare-footed, as they entered the store;
there. a two-dollar bill, that Wilrs
father had given for rum, was ex-
changed by Miss Rose for a handsome
pair of scarlet and black hose. Next
they selected fine, scarlet merino
dress, while just opposite them Mrs.
Tom Brown was buying some t1imsS
calico for her little Julia. Mrs. Brown
paid for her goods. money she hail
earned by washing. Mr.. Smith paid fnr
his daughter dress with money TCm
Brown gave him in exchange for brandy.
Next, the lively Rose, all animation
and delight at the thoughts of the pret-
ty clothing she was buying, chose
warm mantle of snowy fur and a muff
to match. Some of the money for
which Julius Burger mortgaged his
house and lot was given for the furs.
The Burger children did not have
enough to eat every day. Little did
Rose think it was because their father
had paid for her wrappings.
After buying the furs Mr.. Smith and
his daughter went into the street again
and walked to the milliner shop. Mrs.
Feathers was smiling and chatty, and
fitted the young girl with handsoms
hat, trimmed with a scarlet wing; just
the shade of the new merino.
Mrs. Feathers did not know that the
bill she received for it was the identi-
cal one her Charlie had taken from the
drawer Yesterday to pay his wine and
Mary Brown as the suspected thief, be-
cause "She was that drunken Browns
daughter and must have stolen it"
Rose Smith looked charmingly when
she came a few days after to the Sun
day-school, but somehow, as she fitted
up the aisle, the scarlet merino seemed
just the hue of the blood in which Josie
Lakes golden curls were dabbled.
when she was found murdered by her
father, who went mad with delirium
tremens, because he was one of Smith S
best customers.
couldn't help thinking how much
her gay apparel cost-of the many
hearts that must ache and break, that
one man and his family might roll in
splendor. Morning and Day of Reform.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-08-23

A CAPTAIN OF VESSEL returning
from Australia found that she sprung
a leak soon after leaving Sydney, and
the course did not allow him to put in
at Cape of Good Hope. Nothing could
be done but to endeavor to keep the
ship ahoat all the way home. At first
he issued to the men their regular al
lowance of grog, but he soon found
that they were running down in
strength. Laboring at the pumps so
constantly fatigued them extremely.
At the end of the watch they would
drink and turn in. At the end of four
hours they would awake unrefreshed.
He saw that this must be changed. He
stopped the grog and ordered that at
the end of the watch each man should
be given a glass of cocoa and sugar
with his meat. This changed matters
very much. They took this food before
they turned in. and this sugared cocoa
renewed the material of their muscles
and put them into condition in which
they could sleep soundly and awake re-
freshed. He assured me that he
brought his men into harbor, after all
that severe work, in as high a condi-
ton as ever crew came home.-Dr.
Carpenter.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-08-23

WE OBSERVE that the usual summer
cry of mad dogs and hydrophobia has
started. Whisky -phobia kills hundred
thousand to every single one killed BY
rabid dogs, Chicago Inter Qesafl.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-08-23

There is now no living member OF
the group pictured by Carpenters cele-
brated painting of Signing the Procla-
nation" Montgomery Blair was the
eighth and last.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-08-23

"A rare case is that of Andrew Car
negle, of Pittsburgh, head of the largest
iron manufacturing concern in this
country. After accumulating a great
fortune, he has returned to his native
Scotland, and it is said will seek for
election to Parliament. .-Rttsburqh Post.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-08-23

Rulers sway the people, but the
school-master sways the rulers. Water
loo Observer.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-08-23

A castor-oil plant placed in a room
infested with flies viii Immediately ex-
terminate them.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-08-23

Indians are rapidly becoming civil
lied. One poor Lo recently boug ght an
opera-glass in st. Lake, Utah.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-08-23

vby the orthodox jews Get Better Meat
than the Average Christian-They Have
a q. Shochet." an Inspector Who Relig-
iously Attends to Business-No Animal
Permitted to BE Killed Until 1t Is in a
STATE of Perfect Health.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-06-27
WESYYIRGINIAF FREEMAN.
Temperance Birds.

A flock of birds found one day in the woods
a bottle of strong drink that some poor
drurkard had dropped, and while they We're
wondering about it, this is what one of the
wise ones said in bird language:
g 'Bob-o-hnlI, do not drink, said happy
little bird
swinging on the branches high;
sPee-wee- vice. let it be, It's not good for you
or me;
IF you touch it you will surely die.
:" sTweet tweet, little feet, go not it, re-
peat;
1t will fill your little heart with pain.
Run, run, run, shun il, shun it, it is worse
than any gun;
If you drink you viii never sing again.
'cPure cold water is the drink, we truly, tru-
ly think,
For all the living things that God has made
so birds and boys and men, we repeat again,
again,
To sing its praise must never be afraid.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-06-27

A Cincinnati dry goods man
won't advertise because so many
other dealers do. He hasn't made
dollar for the last ten years be-
cause so many other dealers have.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Mr.. A. Stevenson, Of Marietta
township, has three COWS from
which he sold sixty pounds of but
ter in the past two weeks, besides
supplying a family of six with
milk and butter.-May5ett1 Regis
ter.
The Santa Fe Tertio-Millennial
Celebration will be held at Santa
Fe, N. NJ, opening July I'd, closing
August 3, 1883. Gen. John A. Lo-
gan, of Illinois, will deliver the
opening address.
An editor had occasion to use the
expression, "Alpha aud Omega"
He was overwhelmed NTH deligh t
when he found that the compost
tor had made it "apples and or
anges." That evening the wretch
ed mangler fled from the city IN
wild haste.
The Chinese Legation at Wash
ington attended the performance Of
the circus when there, and declared
that they had enjoyed nothing SO
much since Congress adjourned.
THE Honor CONCENTRATIONS
al Alfred Beckley, of Raleigh, has
long been conceded the honor by
his many admirers in this State, of
being the oldest living graduate Of
West Point Military Academy.
But it seems that Gen. Joshua Bak-
er, of Louisiana, claims the same
honor. He graduated in 1916
when "a wears old, and is now
nearly 90 pears Of age. He is
still in fine health, and very active
and bids fair to reach five years.
Princeton Journal.
General Beckley entered school
at West Point in 1919, and gradu-
ated oout 1922.
Gen. Phil. Sheridans friends
have bought him a house at Wash
ington for $4,000, which he will
find open for him when he succeeds
Sherman at the head Of the army,
"When are you going to make
me that pair of new boots [ order
ed ?" asked Gus De Smith of his
shoemaker, "When you pay for
the last pair | made for you"
"Whew | can't wait so long as
thatr'
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-06-27

"'Say, Pat, whatever made you go
to work for old Uncle Dan? He's
the meanest man in the country"
"Mane is it?" said Pat, "Why,
shure an he's the foinest, aisyest-
going master iver | had, bedad,
He gives d man fifteen hours to do
a days work in"
A wit being asked, on the failure
Of a bank, "Were you not upset p
replied: "No; | only last my bal
ance."
Jeems says his clearinghouse
is too slow. He told the old lady
yesterday he'd like to dynamite
earlier.
If Massachusetts, did not haye a
Marblehead she could not survive
under the hard raps given her by
her governor.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-06-27
Fact and Fun.

UNPOPULAR soldiers = Private
Pique and Corporal Punishment.
Why are bores like trees? Be-
cause we love them best when they
leave.-OI city Derrick.
Things worth noing; invitations
to drink. boston Star
One of the doubtful States )" the
state of the weather.
High praise; the applause from
the gallery.
Il hate to think of you as dead
beat" observed a creditor the other
day after vainly dunning citizen
who owed him a small bill. "Oh,
as to that, don't hesitate a moment,
sirn' was the reply "If you only
knew what | thought of you, you
wouldn't have the least hesitation
in letting yourselfloose."
The tax on matches will be TAX
Ell off after July LIST. A cent a
hundred is now levied on them, or
$l40 gross.
The drive of cattle from Texas
so far this season exceeds expecta-
tionb. Over 100000 head of cattle
have passed over the trail that
leads through Abilene, and this
does not include more than one
half the number that will be driy-
en- from the State
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-06-27
Why Some Farmers are poor.


They do not keep up repairs.
They are welded to old meth
DDS.
They give no attention to de-
tails.
They think small matters unim-
portant.
They regard labor as a misfor-
tune.
They have no method or system,
They are wasteful and extrava-
CANT.
They let their gates sag and fall
down.
They arein town too often to 'see
a man."
They consequently enjoy poor
health.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-06-27
Blackboard Temperance Lesson.


We have just received this excel
lent pamphlet, by the National
Temperance Society, and will no
tice it more at length next week.
Every child in the land should
have it. Price only ten cents, 81
per hundred.
Address J. n. Stearns, Publishing
Agent, So Reade St. New York.
HIGH L1cENsE.-The city of Des
Moines, Iowa, according to the
Register, has declared for $1,000
license, as against $3.50 last year,
and yet eleven more saloons have
paid their money, and are at work
under the new regime, than were
operated in 1882. This does not
augur well for restriction by high
license.-Signal.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-05-31
DIR. FISHBLATT
MARRIAGE
a Cure Warranted

p ruined In health prsenders who keep them log mont
,.fnous and injurious compounds should apply Immediately
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-05-31
I. A. CHAPM AN
& CO.,
MILW AUKEI..-
CLOAK and ST. IT
DEPARTMENT.

Having purchased the stock Of a
New York Manufacturer. at a great
discount, we are enabled to offer,
amongst others, the following bar
gains
Ladies' Nantes at SO, former price s.
ladies' Cloth Jackets, at $3.50, for
mer price 81 so to $500.
Ladies' Cloth Jackets, at $500, for
mer price S6Ao IS.
Ladies' Cloth Jackets, at $500, for
mer price Sl9 to SIG.
ladies' Newmarkets, at $500, for
mer price 81 to $40.
ladies' Jersey Waists, in Blue,
Brown, Cardinal and Green, at s.,
former price $3.50 TO $3.50.
ladies' CoIored Silk Suits, ut Sl2,
former price $50 to SIS.
Ladies' Ottoman and Secillianne
Nantes, s25, former price $50 to
$40.
Misses Garments, ,, { and years,
$3.50, worth 50
Misses Garments, q, 10, II aud IA
years, S., worth ST.
They are all made of fine ma
terials, in a fashionable manner for
this seasons trade, and are offered
at prices lower than the cost of man.
ufacture.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-05-31
The Celebrated Trotting Horse,


FOR TIE SEASON or 1879, WILL STAND AT THE
BARN or BOHAN 4 SINS, IN MINERAL FONT.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-05-31
MONDAY, JULY 9th, 1888.

Soecal attention gya Of the Woat and Log, Catar,
hIne and Baer Feaae Diseases, H as Detortes, Spin"
al and Craoi Diseases