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The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-25
Taxing MuStaches and Eggs.

The following amusing dialogue,
which took place the other day between
an official and a number of revolution
ary peasants in the neighbOrhoOd OF
Agram, illustrates the nature of some OF
the causes which have brought about
some of the present troubles in Austria:
1--WE wish," said the peasants, 'to see
the papers in which the new taxes are
written down" "Ihave neither papers
nor new taxes" "Tell that to some
body else, sir; we know very well that
you have brought the papers. II as
sure YOU it is not SO. After a long
parlcy, which ended in a search for the
documents on the officials body, the
peasants at last believed him, and one
courageous spokesman asked: = So the
new taxes do not exist?' - assure you
that thev do not" "And we have to
pay no taxes according to the length OF
our mustache?" Most certainly not
Neither according to the number OF
children we have?" What are you
thinking OFF" "Neither according tC
the number of eggs in our houses?
"Whoever told you such a thing:?'
Thereupon with loud exclamations OF
Joy the peasants, who had gathered to-
gether from many different parishes,
dispersed to their homes. Similar
stories equally baseless have, however,
played prominent part in some of the
greatest revolutions recorded in history.
Pail Mall GazeHe.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-25
Temperance.
4 DRUNKARDS REMORSE.

On the lst Of August last, there died at sgd
ncy, Australia. in the forticth year of his age,
Henry Clarence Kendall, one of the finest
poets the Australian colonies ever produced.
But alas. the light of his genius was clOuded
by the vice OF intcmpcrancc According TO
n biographical sketch in the BeibOtTJic RCrtctr,
be was the unhappy AMI unfortunate victim
of hereditary alcoholism. In his latter years
he tried to depict the rcmOrsc that sat upon
his mind like curse. AT his wifc's request
we read. "ths was not published. but on his
death-bcl he made it the subject of special
cntrcaty that it should be printed unaltercd
a. public confession of the wrong he had
done 10 Il patient and loving woman. In this
poem, which tells the tale of his own sinful
life, we find these touching stanZas
No tear at all is asked for him
a druukard well deserves his life;
But voices will quivcr, eyes grow dim.
For her the paticut pure young wife;
The gentle girl Of O-tSrr days,
As timid mountain fawn.
Who used to choose untroddcn ways,
And place at night her rags in pawn.
" ] tell you, this is not tale
Conceived by me- but bitter truth:
Bohemia knows il. pinchcd and pale,
Beside the pyrc of burnt-out youth!
These eyes of mine have often seen
The sweet g.rl-wifc in winters rude
Steal out at nights through courts unccan,
To hunt about for chips of wood
Have no word at all for him
Who used down frtid lanes to stink,
Ana squat in taD-TOOm corners grim,
And drown his thoughts in drcgs of drink?
This much III sly. that when the flame
OF reason rcaSSumcd its force,
The hell the Christian fears to name
Was heaven 10 his fierce rcmOrsc.
I" Just think of him beneath the ban,
And StCCpcd in sorrow 10 the neck!
without tricnd-a feeble man
In failing hcalth-a human wrccki
With all his sons" and scholarship,
How could he face his iaiing wife?
The dcN II never littc1 whip
With stugS like those that scoIIrgcd his life"
-QuCcHSltiIi cont TCmpldr
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-25
PERSONAL kHD LITERARY.

Ex-senator Sharon confesses to
have an income of 100000 month.
Mr.. Spurgeon's publisher is said to
have sold $4,000 copies of "John
Ploughman's Talk"
MIR. MacVeagh is going to write up
his six months experience in the Gar
field Cabinet. FHiiadelphia Press.
From the fact that she calls it
"dear America" now, the Louisville
COurier-Journat infers that Mrs. Lang.
try is learning TO be a great actress.
Texas has a little girl lecturer,
Jennie Scott by name, who Is prodigy.
She is seven years old, and speaks most
lcarnedly on many subjects. She has
never been to school. .-C Chicago Heraid.
Mrs. Julia Gardner Tyler widow of
eX-Presidcnt Tyler, and Mrs. Sarah
Childrcss Polk, widow of ex-President
Polk, draw their pensions of 5000
each at the agency in Knoxville, Tenn.
Senator Bob Hart, the reformed
minstrel, hopes to make something out
of a forthcoming autobiography, as
people seem to think that a clergyman
can live on air and get fat by chewing
daylight. i Detroit Post.
Miss Leslie Aver, daughter of the
late James Aver, of patent medicine
celebrity, is the latest American target
for the aim of impccunious foreign
Counts. The young woman, with her
dot of s., 100000, receives much at
tention in the arstocratic circles of
Paris.-N y. Uerd'd.
There was happy family reunion
in Polk County, Ore, Il few days ago,
Mrs. Nancy Liggctt, of Missouri, hav-
ing gone thther to meet her three sis
tcrs, whom she had not seen for forty
five wears. She j. scvcnty-ive years
old, and her sisters are: Mrs. KinSey,
aged seventy; Mrs. Clark, aged sixty
nine, and Mrs. Price, aged siNty-seven.
-Chicago Jo"rnal.
A Brahma missionary to England
gives this description of John Bright:
John Bright eats his breakfast like n
lion. and digcsts it. too; but he doesn' t
drink. lie is broad, middlc-sizcd
man, with great soft hands and an
enormous appetite. | have seen him
finish off the plentiful morning meal
with half jug of milk and good lump
of sugar, which he puts into his mouth
somewhat surrepttiously."
The widow of Rev. Elkanah Walker
is probably the sole survivor of the
women who rode across the plains to
Oregon on horseback in the early d ays
She resides at Forest Grove, in that
State, and is still in good health. The
saddle on which she rode across the
plains forty-five years ago is still in her
possession. Her son, c. II. Walker, the
oldest white person born in Oregon, was
with her in Portland on the day Of the
recent railroad parade.-N Y. Post.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-25
The Mosquito at Close Quarters.

Viewed through the microscope the
mosquito presents picture of mechan-
ical ingenuity as marvellous in eXecu-
ton as it is devilish in design. In the
bill alone. which seems so fragile to
the unaided sight, there is a combina-
ton of five distinct surgical inStru-
ments. These are lance, two meat
saws and suction pump. The fifth
instrument | have forgotten, but labor
under the impression that it is a porta-
BILE Corliss engine to run the rest of the
factory with. / know that the hum of
the mosquitoes in the cottonwood thick
cts along the Lower Mississippi remind
ed me constantly of the hum of a man
ufacturing village, and several times l
walked back several miles looking for a
town before | could convince myself
that the buzzing | heard was made by
mosquitoes, with their engines running
to sharpen their saws. When the in
sects operate on man the lance is first
pushed into the flesh, then the two
saws, placed back to back, begin to
work up and down to enlarge the hole.
Then the pump is started and the VIC
TINS blood is syphoned up into the res
ervoir carried beh nd, and finally, TO
complete the cruelty of the perform
ance, the wretch drops a quantity of
poison into the wound to keepit irritat
ed.-FOreSt and Stream.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-25

he cut this last he took both ends In his
hands TO join them. The current, of
course. passed through his body"
"How often do you climb those poles
in night?" said the stranger, as the
Inspector halted at the base Of another
pole.
LAS many times as l can in ten
hours. and my mates are expected TO
do it once an hour" and, putting one
foot on the first peg, he began his as
cent. With his back against the pole,
the stranger yawncd like the dark gulf
of the Delaware behind him.
1t seemed that his chatty companion
had fallen in lcyc with some starry
divinity, so long did he stay in the
skies. Clump-a-clump, clump-a-clump
came the inspectors boots down the
pole at last. Pound a soft carbon
up there" he said, as he struck the
earth. Il had TO take it out and put i'll
another, it didn't burn straight.
ooh, that's what you carry those
gilt-cdged slate-pcncilS for" was
! asked.
eyes, they're extra carbons. Don't
have much use for them nowadays
lHOuSH. IHCN IHdhc Cli DCIlCl tiaH
they used to do
do you do this every night?'
NO" was the reply. Every other
week. "I'm trimmer and work by
| day"
"What do you do then?'
Il have to put tour new carbons in
each of twcnty-scvcn lamps, first taking
out the burned ones, and have to clean
the lamps
Il shouldn't think anybody'd know
whether you'd cleaned EN- or not.
They re so high up, said the stranger.
The inspector looked at the speaker
s)lcmnly and drew something that
looked like coil of scorched auburn
| hair out of his pocket.
''Do YOU see that2' he said. THAT
was part of a spool of wire in an clcc-
tric lamp that cost eight dollars the
spool did, see? Well, the rod that held
the carbon in that lamp wasn't cleaned.
SO instead of feeding propcrly--you
know it slips the under carbon down as
it burns-it stuck
"The lightning took short cut
through that spool and burned it like
thread. You see, the lamps are cleaned
for something beside show"
Don't those carbonS burn out too
quick for you somctimcs?' was asked.
If we catch 'cm at it we retire them,
but there an automatic cut-out in these
Maxim lamps that switches the light
from the burnt-out pair of carbons at
twelve o'clock each night on to the
other pair. The carbons retire one
another, YOU scc.'
Are you responsible for the wires as
well as the lamps?' inquired the stran-
ger, as he halted before turning up Chest
nut street.
"You can't expect everything for
two dollars and twenty-five cents day,
can you?' replied the Inspector. NO;
there's REGULAR set of telegraph line
men for that. They have to watch the
wires, especially at fires, when its the +
! duty to cut the connections into the
burning buildings and take out their
lamps. Such lamps as the ones in the
Arch Street Opcra-HouSe and the Dime
Museum are worth sixty dollars apiece,
and 4 lineman will take big risk to
save property of that value. Then they
| have to uncrOsS the wires when the fire
men lay their ladders over them. One
of our lincmen sat on top of telegraph
pole nearly all night at a late fire in
Richmond shaking out crosses. ."-PHit-
| U1o 1a,bjU Times
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-25
Untold Sufrerings Caused by Intempcr-
ancP.

PraiScworthv efforts have been made
from time to time to collect statistics
of the ravagcs caused by intemperance.
But how much of its deadly work can
never be measured by statistics Who
shall tell of the hearts that are broken,
the happy homes made dcsolate, tho
loving hopes forever wrecked by drinks
Satanic influence? No internal reve-
nue. report can give the list of these,
and their names and suffering can be
known only to the pltying Father of all.
Few persons appreciate the great num-
Der of these sufferers until some striking
incident in proof thereof is brought to
their notice. For instance, some time
ago young man in London commit
ted suicide. He was stranger in the
city. No one at his poor lodgings knew
his name, and when he was found dead
in his room, having shot himself, his
body was taken to the mOrgue for iden-
tiicat'on. \ letter was found in his
room, without address or signature, and
giving no clue to the circumstances of
his life, save the fact that he had left u
good home, and had been brought to
this state of degradation and misery by
the cursed habit of drink. This letter
was published in the London papers,
and within the two months following
and here is the point and pathos of the
incident--no less than three hu11dred
letters were received by the charitable
associations that buried the youth, from
heart broken mothers all over the United
Kingdom, giving descriptions of sons
who had left them, and begging to know
if some memento had not been left by
the dead lad, if they could see the let
ter he wrote, etc.
Not long ago our attention was called
to a similar instance which occurred in
a small town in this State. A sharp
fight had been in progress between tho
respectable element and the saloon, and
in this fight the local newspaper had
given some sturdy blows for the right.
In one issue it mentioned the fact,
which had been reported to the editor,
to whom, however, the names of par
ties concerned were not given, that a
mother and several little children in
the town were actually starving to
death, while nearly the entire weekly
wages of the husband and father went
into the till of one of the thriving sa-
loon-keepers of the town. This fact
was published without giving names. as
we said, and during the following week
the editor received five letters reproach
ing him for having made the painful
case public. So the editor was assured
that the mischief wrought by the sa-
loon-kccpers was five times greater
than he supposed, and like a worthy
champion of the truth, did not refrain,
but redoubled his blows.
Similar instances to the above might
occur anywhere, so much greater is tho
actual sum of the crime and consequent
suffering growing out of the liquor
business than any one person.iS likely
to suppose. Union Signal.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-25
Labor in Fiji.

The FIJI planters are experiencing
considerable difficulty in obtaining sui
ficient supplies of labor, the cost of
Polynesian labor having increased so
greatly within the last three years that
it has been found impossible to grow
produce at the enhanced rates. 1t
seems probable that Fiji will have to
seek its labor elsewhere. The expert
ment of bringing coolies from India has
not been satisfactory, while the cost is
as prohibitory as it is for the Polyne-
slams. An effort will be shortly made
to obtain Chinese labor, and there is no
doubt that the Mongolian will serve the
purpose, both in the matters of cost
and general behavior and climatic en-
durance. At all events, it seems pretty
certain that the Chinaman, who has OF
late been somewhat tabOoed both in
California and Honolulu, will gain 8
footing in the Fiji Islands.
Times.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-25

iist remembered poor old Mike, an !
loved him jist the same-the bloody,
murthcrin villain!
But, mum, it was | that timpted him
in the fust place-don't yc forgit that!
"Well. Father Riley hushed it up an
made it look right to the neighbors it :
little they knew, anyway-an now he $
helpin' us TO begin all over ag'in-God-
dlemighty forever bliss him!
1--WE try not to reminder how the
baby went-Mike an l do-but jiSt to
think as he's gone to Paradise. But
oh, NUM- can tell it to yerself how
these arms ache for him sometimes
how in the dark night when Mike )
asleep put ) out me hand to draw the
baby to me an he is gone from me! Oh,
can tell it to the likes o We! for it's
yersclf as is a mother an knows.
but whist, darlin', don't cry no
more; for Mikes sake we'll try to forgit
an lave the baby with God an the
Blissid Virgin.
'Yis, Mike is bit broken, mum, but
we'll holt on to him, an God willin' l
shall sec him smile g'in. "--C0nttne't.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-25
Temperance Items.

AT ACCRINGTON, ENG.,a popular vote
was taken recently, to decide whether
grocerS' licenses to sell alcoholic liquors
should be renewed. Four -fifths of the
houSeholders voted against the renewal.
Mr.. JOHN BRIGHT is responsible for
the statement that the drinking habits
of the people of SaXony have changed
so much for the better that, whereas it
used to be q common thing in Germany
to say of drunken man that he was
''as drunk as Saxon, now the proyerb
runs: '.AS sober as a Saxon"
On THE DAY after election in Ger.
tain city, liquor dealer asked pro-
vision merchant who had voted NO.
to license: "Why did you vote against
my business? Haven't l always paid
YOU for the meat | got?n YES" re-
piled the merchant, ''but some of the
men who drink your rum haven't"
WE HAVE BEFORE us some of the maps
and figures of whiskys rule in New
York City. There are in all 1000
places where liquor is sold. Shops for
the sale of food, including butchers,
bakers and grocers, number 1897.
That is, there are in the Empire City
over 1000 more drink-shops than pro-
vision stores.- Chicago Stdnddrd.
If ALL OUR PEOPLE in this State were
total abstainers or Good Templars or
| Church members or all three, no ono
can deny that our chances of good gov
ernment, good trade, good morals, good
conduct, good people would be the very
strongest possible. But suppose they
were all makers and sellers and drink
ers of beer or wine or whisky, no one
can deny that the State would be on,
the full galop to pauperism, barbarism,
universal depravity, physical deformity
and degradation-and extinction.-Sdl
Francisco Rescue.
The TEMPERANCE QUESTION is com.
ing to the front in England as a factor
in politics. English conservatism will
thrust it back among social questions il
possible, but the growth in political in-
telligence viii not permit it to remain
there. In recent speech that famous
hero of the people, John Bright, spoke
of the cause of Temperance as ''a great
cause more intimately connected with
the advantage of the people than al
most any other public question that can
possibly be discussed" The apprecia'
ton of the vital Importance of the ques-
ton is the most hopeful sign of che
times in England.-Ufaios Signal
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-25
BY b. T. HOBBS.
r,r,,as, i'm Advances
ADVERTISEMENTS.
BY THE SEA.

r,ov on the rocks and watched the sea,
Is II apFrking danced meath II sunny sky;
III, wnrrn, sweet wind just touched my
check
by.
7 ,royrl nj the sea. and sky, and shore,
TIl Il sudden sight made my pulses bound,
E,r 3. little way from my rocky nook
WIS an open parasOl, low on the ground.
IT WIS large. and white. AMI of India silk;
ms top tilted down was my Nis-a-Nis
uut Guessed its llning-such shaded rose
As paints the murmuring shells OF tho sea.
Rcucuth. On the earth, spread a soft gray rug;
Thr fringe of shawl could also note;
And trailing outside of the parasOl disc
Na- Il bit of II lacc-trimmed pctticoat.
NV heart beat high with cNpectant hope
Shall find my romance here by the sca2
While life CndureS will fancy repeat
The memories tender of white pOngcer
No longer lay on the rocky shore,
Watching the oceans fOamy creep;
Softly to wndward stole for II view
7 was somebody's baby sound asleep.
Life.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-25
Making a Start.

81 sul on my way East and have
about three hours in which to see De-
troit," said y stranger yesterday to q
policeman ON jefferson avenue.
want to begin right. Now, then, you,
of course, have the finest Fire Depart
ment in the country?'
"Yes, sir"
All! Exactly-exactly. And the best
police fOrce?"
Yes"
just as | expected-exactly. This
is, of course, one of the healthiest cities
in the world?'
alt is"
Ah-yes. You have a noble river
at your doors?"
1--WE have, SIR
" " Exactly presumed as much.
You have churches and schools for all,
of course?"
Yes, sir"
Exactly-of course. Taxes are
low, the local government efficient, and
law and order prevail in all direc-
tions?'
Yes
II suppose so-yes. The city is i'm
proving, and is certainly to become a
great metropolis"
That's what we think"
"Of course-of course. You have
pure air, good water and freedom from
epidemicsP''
" Yes, SIR"
Exactly exactly-just as I sup
posed. They said the same in Buffalo,
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago. Indian
apolis and Milwaukee. If you will now
have the kindness to direct me to a
fve-cent barber-shop l will enjoy a
shave and then see the city. With the
start you have given me | can not fail
to do you justice. "-Detro1 Free Press.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-25

Water witches are highly regarded
in the far West One man in particu-
lar has the reputation in Colorado of
being a trustworthy diviner, and he is
always in request. BY trade he is a
well-digger, but to this commonplace
occupation he has added the profession
of water-finder. And he is not exclu-
sively employed by silly people, but by
practical men of business. Thus he is
designating for a railroad company all
the wells along the new line which they
are constructing. The instrument of
divination is forked twig, by prefer
ence a mulberry-DeHcer Tribune.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-25
ADVERTISEMENTS.

Marriage and death notices, not exceeding
six lines published free. All over six lines
will be charged for at regular advertising
rates.
sS-All advertisements due when inserted,
unless otherwise agreed upon.-eH
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-25

The famous pianist, DIR. Hans Won
Bulow, has become the inmate of q
lunatic asylum.
The Portland daily press., 1883-04-06
PESTS OF DARrES.

The smaller pests are numerous and an
moving; some are dangerous to human life.
Earth and air TEEN with insects, and there
fore the isthmian forest is a very paradise
for an enthusiastic eutomologst. There is
the well-known chiego (comm only called Jig
ger), which insinuates itself under the toe
nail and propagates so rapidly that if it be
neglected the insect will in short time pre-
empt your foot entirely The chiego must
be detected and suppressed at once If you
want to avoid permanent trouble. The 30
hoco fly, too, attacks both man and beast
and forms subcutaneous nest, and there
lays an egg. he is so neat in his operations
that he has an egg under your skin before
you know it. The Naturalization of its pres
ence is slight swelling, which rapidly in
creases to the size of walnut. In this will
be found contained in sac, large, disgust
ing-looking worm, which must be squeezed
out when it reaches maturity, an operation
attended with good deal Of pain. Then
comes the scorpion that breeds in the rafters
of the lightly matched native huts, and
drops down on you in the night. He is fond
of the blankets. Or he will crawl into the
toe of your boot and wait for you till morns
ing. One has to be ION guard night and
day in Darien against these insects, and woe
be to you if you retire without first examin-
ing the bedclothes, or put on your boots in
the morning without previous vigorous
shaking. The centipede is a cousin-german
to the scorpion. Then follow the goosana,
the corradillo, garranetas, tarantula and
black ant with sting In his tail which, al
though not ''as long as a nai,'' makes 1t
warm for any one to whom he may pay at
tention. We had come near forgetting the
vampire bat, which vas supposed at one
time to be mere travellers fiction. BE is
not fiction, by any means, in the wilds of
Darien, but most unpleasant reality YAM
pres are numerous, large and very trouble
some. AS the tired traveller lies in the SUM
bers Of midnight these emissaries of evil
come silently to his couch, gently make an
incision in any exposed part of the body,
and then commence to gorge themselves
with blood. No pain is felt, and with their
large feathery wings they fan the sleeping
victim to a state Of delightful coolness; but
when the vampire has left his horrid feast
the subject Of this phlebotomy awakes with
start TO find himself in pool of gore from
the still bleeding wound, and so weak as
scarcely TO be able to rise.