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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-03-08
BRIDGE NOTICE.

Sealed proposals. for building a bridge across
Topisaw Greek, on the Bsookhayen and Foplsaw
road and at a, NJ. Summers place, ale invited TO
be filed with the ChancerY Clerk on or before tho
fourth Monday of pril next, wael the contract
for building the sail bridge willbe awarded to
tae lowest and beg, bidic.. IlAns an s2eciHca-
tons OF the bridge viii ne III td1 known on the
dav the bridge Is TT out.
BY url"r ~ / &c BJaHl II SnFatvi,br'.
f. II, MARTiI,
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-03-08

PRor. LEWIS SWIFT, Director of the
Warner Observatory, Rochester, N.
Y, has discovered brilliant comet
located in the constellation of Pegas-
us, near the star Beta. The new
comet is moving eastward and is
very bright. This is the first comet
discoverel during tho present year
and also the first discovery made by
means of the new telescope of the
Warner Observatory, which is the
largest private telescope in the world.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-03-08

HENRY WARD BEEeHER says Ben
Butler could carry louisiana for
President. Henry is wrong. Lonisi-
ana is not a silver spoon.--N. O.
PicaHune.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-03-08
COnsf0bie's Sale.
Z. ALcUs 4 COL

L. ALCCs 4 Col
No. 726l vs.. Justice Court
A. VI. C. DAVIS.
rs virtue of a writ of execution 20 me from the
Justice Court OF Lincoln County, Mississippi
will on Monday, the 9nl d OF April, A. ID. 1Ss3
at the Court House d0of, IN the town of Brookha-
ven, proceed 10 sell TO the highest bidder, for
Cash. ths following described properly, to-wit:
SWA Of NEk Of Section 10, Township (S) Range
~ sast levied on "a the property of defendant,
A. NJ. C. Davis, and will he soil to satisfy the
Judgment aud costs in the above stated case.
THIS Ith day OF March, A. ID. 1885.
u. il. 9 COX,
Mar s4s. Constable.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-03-08
k9ss5JsCassOls Notice.
LAND OFFICE AT JACKSON, Miss.,l

LAND OFFICE AT JACKSON, Mfss,,l
February 22l, 1855. j
Notice is hereby givel that the folio wing
named settler has 1ltl notice of his Intention TO
make final proof IN support OF his claim. and
that said proof will be made before r. NJ. Martin,
Chancery Clerk, al Bro0khaven, Miss on 26th
MarcI, 1883 viz. Joseph $. Earn. Homestead
No S55j for the si5 mel; see o., tt n, roe. lie
names the following witnesses To prove his con-
tIuuous residence upoa, AMI cultivation Of said
land, viz:
W. C. Summers. y. E. Sum-) AL Of Drookbaven.
mef, William Nations 7. o. Lincoln Co.,
II. IL. Summers. Mtts.
II. C. KERR,
Feb 22-jt. Register.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-03-08

A CHARITY fund has been created
by the Grand Lodge, by an annual
assessment OF ten cents on each Ma
son in the State. This will enable
it to assist other charitable institu-
tions as well as The Orphan Asylum
at Natchez, to which it lately made
its annual appropriation Of $500.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-03-08

BisneP THoMHsoS preached twice
at jackson last Sunday and confirm.
ell seven persons. He is reported to
be a magnificent preacher.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-03-08

All the friends and customers Of DIR. y.
NJ. Meek, who will find him ut the old
stand, representing Mrs. c. ID. Meek in the
mercantile line. He will be glad TO share
their patronage, promising goods at low
prices for cash oRly.
Respectfully,
Mch Cat J. NJ. MEEK, agt.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-03-08

c. p. HuErlNGroN, of Southern Pa,
eific Railroad fame, has purchased
the Morgan Louisiana Il Texas Rail-
way property, including seventeen
ships. The price paid is vsriously
stated at from 100000 to SIS, 900,
900.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-01-06
Carrots for Chickens.

81 feed between twenty and thirty
bushels of carrots and beets to my fowls
every winter. The best way to feed
them is to boil them until quite soft,
mash them in the water they were
boiled in, and for laying hens put in
enough shorts and wheat bran to make
a stiff mass for fattening fowls thicken
with corn and barley meal. Feed the
scraggiest old biddy that ever walked
on this mixture for two weeks and she
will be as plump as an alderman. And
where chickens intended for the early
spring market have not been well fed
from the start, ten or twelve days on
the carrot and barley mixture will help
them wonderfully. An occasional feed
on raw carrots is greatly relished by
fowls during cold weather. "-F. F.. in
Poultry Yard.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-01-06
The CurcuIio.

Many devices have been mentioned
for getting ahead of the pest which
destroys the crop of plums. A lady in
Illinois vouches for the following
method: She boiled corn-cobs in
sweetened water and tied them up
endwise around the body of the tree.
The insect lived on the sweetened mat
ter in the cob and deposited it's eggs
there; the result was full crop of
fruit. Last year she tried it again and
informed her neighbors of the success
of her experiment. They, too, tried it
and also succeeded. There is always
some weak point in all these plans.
In this one it is, why did not this lady
put little paris grean in the sweet
ened matter and so finish the little
pests at once and save them the trou-
BILE of laying eggs. The curculio is
not easily fooled in this way, but yet it
might be well to try it.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-01-06
Farm uud Garden Notes.

Spreading in cool, dry place will al
most invariably save well ripened
onions at this season of the year.
In caring for stock, good judgment
and skilful management will tell as
much if not more at this season than
any other.
Stock the farm to the fullest extent
with safety. Raise all the food posi-
BILE, straw, hay, grain, fodder, then feed
literally but carefully.
Sows may farrow at any time if the
quarters are warm and comfortable
but if the pigs are not properly cared
for they will be checked in growth if
the weather is cold.
Corn burnt on the cob, and the re-
fuse-which consists almost entirely
of the grains reduced to charcoal and
still retaining their perfect shape
placed before the fowls, is greedily
eaten by them, with marked i'm
provement in their health.
Copal varnish applied to the soles of
shoes, and repeated as it dries until the
pores are filled and the surface shines
like polished mahogany, will make the
soles waterproof, and last as long as
the uppers.
For working oxen, no breed can COM
pare with the Devon. They are quick,
large, docile and easily kept. The color
is uniformly red, and they can be easily
matched. On heavy roads the oxen Of
this breed are equal to horses in many
respects, and at times superior.
There is considerable advantage re-
allied in turning off animals as young
as possible after getting good growth,
as it requires less capital in conducting
the business of breeding and feeding,
and the risks of accidents, diseases and
ell other things are much lessened.
Harness is more rapidly injured in
summer than in winter. 1t is some
times soaked with rain, and again sub
iected to heat and drying, and the per-
SEPARATION of horses does it no good. If
kept we'll oiled, all these influences will
cause little injury. There are many
different applications used, and differ
ent modes are adopted for employing
them. A common way is first to wash
thoroughly with soap and warm water,
and then to apply neats-foot oil, as the
best oil for the purpose.
Rye meal would make an excellent
food for cows if fed in slop or upon
cut hay, 1t would be well to grind
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-01-06
Visited by a Grizzly Bear.

An old resident of Montana, while
camping out, was awakened by
growl and the pressure of aheavy foot,
that almost made him groan. He
grasped his rifle, and was about crawl
ing out of bed, when the pressure was
removed. Then came the ripping of
sacks, the stampede of his horses, and
general destruction among the pro-
visions. After making away with
sugar and breakfast bacon, the thing
settled down upon the bed, the weight
of the paws almost breaking the mans
legs. After cogitating upon the best
way of getting rid Of his visitor. the
distant cry of the mule attracted the
animals attention, and he betook him
self off. The bmter slowly raised the
cover from his head and peered around.
There, not thirty yards away, stood
the brute-a big, white-headed grizzly
with his left fore foot slightly raised,
his ear crooked over toward the other
end of the valley, in silent meditation.
Such fair shot; impossible to miss
him not considering that the old
moons faint light might deceive. He
determined to take shot at him and
take the chances. Gradually raising
his rifle to aim the question arose
where to shoot-through the heart,
lungs, or head. The extreme tension
of his nerves began to lax; he tremb-
led slightly from indecision. He must
shoot quick or not at all. He took a
steady pull on the side of his head and
fred. In another second he had put
two more shots at random into his
body. Such an unearthly yell he never
heard before. The huge beast roared,
stumbled, and rolled around on the
green sward, until it finally got into
the creek in the dark out of sight,
where it spiashed, floundered, and
mountaineering and crying like
huge giant. The first shot had scalped
him, without doing him serious injury;
one of the other shots cut his jugular
vein, and another went through his
body and he bled to death. He was
about seven feet long and four feet
high.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-01-06
Fattening Hogs

EuttCuiH& Aho&s
1t has taken two weeks of careful OBJ
servation to find out just how much to
feed fattening hogs and keep up their
appetites. 1t may be put down as an
established fact that when pig has
not keen appetite It's not in healthy
condition. Nine ears of corn day
were allowed to each old hog at the
start, and the number was gradually
increased up to thirty-six, or a basket
full for pen of eight. This is all that
hogs will eat of corn and keep up
vigorous appetite. They have had each
day an armful of sweet cornstalks,
which they ate greedily. A few raw
pumpkins have also been given, which
they relished very much. When the
cornstalks are all fed out sorghum
stalks will be given. consider these
cornstalks to be almost invaluable to
feed in this connection. Sulphur and
charcoal have been put in the pens.
Pigs will eat of these every day. Clear,
cold water is kept in the troughs all of
the time. These old hogs are now
fairly started for fattening. The corn
will make the fat and the green corn
stalks and the sorghum the necessary
coarse material to fill the bowls and, at
the same time tighten the stomach. By
this expression we mean keeping the
stomach from becoming packed with
solid food, like corn meal or clear corn
eaten by the pigs. For these reasons
it is better to grind cob and all, and
corn should always be fed in this way
to any animal; something must be taken
into the stomach more than what is
digestible, or all of the functions of the
animal beyond the digestive will be in
active. How long can they remain in
dormant condition and be healthy?
Not long. The gastric juices can better
penetrate food mixed with some coarse
material than when in dense or COM
pact from. Raw roots, pumpkins or
apples are the most beneficial to fatten
ing animals for the above reasons
They also help to cool the blood and
prevent the animal from becoming
feverish. York Herald.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-01-06
A Young Mans Peril.

They were in to see a lawyer yestcr-
day-Mary Ann and her mother.
Mary Ann was little embarrassed, but
the old woman was calm. When they
spoke about a breach-of-promise case
the lawyer asked:
"What evidence have you got?"
"Mary Ann, produce the letters"
commanded the mother, and the girl
took the cover off willow basket and
remarked that she thought 927 letters
would do to begin on. The other 651
would be produced as soon as the case
was fairly before the court"
"And outside OF these letters p
queried the lawyer.
MARY Ann, produce your diary"
said the mother. "Now turn to the
heading of Promises and tell how
many times this marriage business was
talked over"
Tho footing is 214 times" answered
the girl.
"Now turn to the heading Of Oar
ling and gives us the number of times
he has applied the term to YOU
"If have figured right, the total is
9,254 times.
81 guess you counted pretty straight,
for you are good in arithmetic. Now,
turn to the heading of 'Woodbine Cot
tage, and tell how many times he has
talked of such home for you after
marriage"
.'rhe footing is 1896 times"
Every well. This lawyer wants to be
sure that we've got case. How many
times has Charles Henry said he would
die for your"
"Three hundred and fifty" answered
the girl, as she turned over leaf.
"How many times has he called you
an angel?'
"Ovcr IL 900, manner"
"How about squeezing handsy'
cover $4,000 squeezes."
"And kisses ?"
NEARLY 417000,
"There's our case" said the mother,
as she deposited basket and diary on
the lawyers table. "Look over the
documents, and if you want anything
further i can br ng in dozen neigh
bors to swear to facts. We sue for
$4,000 damages, and we won't settle
for less than an eighty-acre farm, with
buildings in good repair. Wen call
again next week. Good day, sir, sir ]"
Detroit Free Press
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-01-06
ATERRIBLE PUNISHMENT.
How 1t Feels to Wear Coat of Tar and
Feathers.

How 1t Feels to Wear Coat of Tar and
fcafhcrs.
"Most people" said prominant Re
Note to a Virginia City (Nev.)
Chronicle reporter, "don't know what
a terrible punishment tarring and
feathering really is. They suppose
that it is nothing worse than badge
Of infamy, rather uncomfortable, per-
haps. but not painful unless the tar
gets into the eyes. This is great mis-
take. l helped to daub Jones. He
was disgrace to humanity, and he
deserved what he got. But had no
idea until saw that fellow plastered
what tough deal the process is. We
painted him all over pretty thick with
a broom, and some enthusiastic vigil
ante poured a few gallons of tar on
his head. Then the feathers, taken
from abig pillow, were busted on him,
and he stood out white and fluffy in
the starlight like some huge and
grotesque-looking bird. He had to
put his clothes on over the whole
mess, and then he was ridden on q rail
fifty yards or so, and we put hiM-eeHFi
board the west-bound train at midnight
with instructions not. to come back on
pain of being hanged
81 saw him on the train. He was
sitting with his head on his arms on
the back of the seat in front of him.
The tar was so thick on his head that
it covered the hair out of sight, and
his poll shone in the light of the car
lamps like a black rubber ball just
dipped in the water. The poor fellow
was groaning, and l couldn't help
feeling mean at having taken hand
in the job. You see the body is COW
cred with short hair, and when the tar
hardens little the slightest movement
causes acute pain, as if ones beard
were being pulled out with pincers.
hair by hair. Then there is the stop
page of all perspiration, which would
soon kill man if he didn't make
lively time in getting scrubbed. Be
sides, the smell of tar turns the stom-
ach, and about half an hour after
man has been coated he must feel
mighty sorry he wasn't hanged. Then
comes the scrubbing with oil. 1t took
two Cinnamon and a colored man three
days in Truckee to reduce Jones to
mild brown. The rubbing makes the
skin tender, and the body must be as
sore as a boil for weeks"
"Do you think they will tar any
tramps in Reno shortly?" asked the
reporter.
81 don't know" replied the Washoe
man, "but 1 hope not. No such pun
ishment should be inflicted on man
except for some crime for which death
would hardly be too severe penalty"
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-01-06
Cellars.


The New York Herald says: Does
your cellar in which you have stored
vegetables smell foul? Then look out
for fevers in the family in the early
spring. We are glad to believe that
very many farmers are building cellars
away from the house, and that the
system of modern storage is vast i'm
provement over the old one. Foul
cellars from reeking, rotting vegetables
make good-sized druggists bills. If
milk is kept in the same cellars, it alb
serbs the foulness. And yet we have
seen pans Of milk and bowls of butter
standing alongside filthy bins of
onions, potatoes and other vegetables
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-01-06
The Vaccination Doctrine

receives hard knock from DR.. Kim.
He has experimental with the material
supplied by Pasteur for the incubation
of animals for the purpose of saving
them from fatal anthrax, and the re-
suits enable him to say that animals
inoculated with this "vaccin" are not
made immune against fatal anthrax,
and that both the first and second vac
Gin as supplied by Pasteur may pro-
duce fatal anthrax. DR.. Foote's
Monthly.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-01-06
FOB THE FARM AND HOME.


Some kinds of stains may be removed
from silk by the application of essence
of lemon, one quart; spirits of turpen-
tine, five parts. Mix and apply to the
spot by means of linen rag,
To remove clinkers from stoves,
place few oyster shells in the CRATE
while the fire is burning, and the clink-
ers will at once become 1oosened and
may be readily removed without injur-
ing the lining.
To extract ink from cotton, silk or
wooden goods, dip the spots in spirits
of turpentine, and let it remain for
several hours; then rub thoroughly be-
tween the hands, and it will all disap-
pear without changing either the color
or texture of the fabric.
To wash white fannels without
shrinking them make good suds of
boiling water, and add tablespoonful
of aqua ammonia, and when scalding
hot pour over the flannel. Do not rub
on board, but if convenient use
FOUNDER. Rinse in hot water and wiring
as dry as possible and hang in the hot
sun to dry.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-01-06

with it small proportion of corn;
two bushels to ten of rye would make
good mixture. To use it in the best
manner it should be mixed with wa
ter into thin slop and left for twelve
hours to steep, and then poured over
the. clt-fodder and well stirred with
it. 1t is not so rich in oil as corn,
but by adding to it a little cotton
seed-meal this defect would be easily
made up.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-01-06
The Diving Drummer Boy.

Mrs. Judge Fisher, of York, Pa,
who went to Getty sburg Immediately
after the news of the battle had arrived,
for the purpose of succoring the
wounded, gives an interesting account
in the Philadelphia Times of some of
the narrowing scenes she witnessed on
the battlefield. Among others she re.
lates the following pathetic incident:
One beautiful evening, after long
days hard work, one of my boys camo
to me and said "There is little chap
out there who heard there was a woman
from his home and he wants to see
you" ~ found him at the farthest
extremity of the hospital, with half
dozen other hopeless cases. He was
lovely boy. scarcely more than child,
who had run away from his home in
Providence r. l., to join the "drum
corps" He was IA brave boy and
great pet among the soldiers, who
nursed him as tenderly as possible, but
could poorly supply mothers loving
care. How he longed for one more
look of her dear face and once again to
hear her sweet words of love! He was
50 frail and slight it was marvel how
he could have endured the fatigue and
privation so long He was not dis
figured by wounds, but constant
marches, insufficient food and often
Aeepless nights had exhausted his
strength and he had not the vitality to
resist the sharp attack OF fever. He was
perfectly conscious, but too weak to
say much. I asked the poor child
what could do for him. "Oh I want
my mother - sat down on the
ground, and taking him in my arms
tried TO comfort him. He turned his
face to me, saying, II am SO tircd,''
laid his head against me and appeared
to sleep. The last rays OF the sun
touched the lovely features Of the
dying boy. The long-drawn shadows
vanished i'll the gathering darkness
Silence, nnbroken saveby the plaintivc
moan Of some poor victim, succeeded
the hum Of the busy day. The plying
dews shed balm upon his brow.
Fainter and fainter grew the breath
and more feeble the clasp of the little
hand, when suddenly rousing he opened
his eyes. glazed i'll death, and looking
long and earnestly i'll my face, said
kiss me, lady, before l die!'' Cling
ing still closer to the stranger who
could family represent the fond
mothers tenderness he so eagerly
craved, he dropped his heavy lids and
slept away his brief life as peacefully as
a child goes to sleep in its mothers
arms. gently laid the lifeless form
down on the hard earth and left him to
soldiers burial and q namcless grave
Poor fellow, what an atom he seemed
to be in all that mass of wretched,
suffering, dying humanity Yet he
was all the world to the heart of that
mother, who wept and prayed for her
darling's safe return to the distant
home, that never again would echo his
boyish step or ringing laugh.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-01-06
ChicagO,s First Citizen.

The Chicago Tribune, in closing an
elaborate article on Hon. Carter II.
Harrison, Mayor of that city, gives the
following as Mr.. Harrison's opinion of
st. Jacobs Oil: when / first found
myself suffering from the rheumatism,
my leading thought naturally was to
call physician, but my neighbors all
advised me to try st. Jacobs Oil, the
Great German Remedy. I procured
some of it Immediately, and found it
excellent for that ailment."
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-01-06

Carefully prepared statistics of the
public sales of short horns in the years
1881 and 1882, show marked increase
in the price the last year, being about
$34 per head. The sales in 1881 averaged
$158 per head, and this year 1892 per
head. This is encouraging for breeders.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-01-06

Vegetarianism is rapidly making
progress in England, The temperance
people are aiding it, and vegetarian
dining-rooms are being opened in large
towns.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-01-06

One greasing lasts two weeks; all others
two or three days. Do not be imposed upon
by the humbug stuffs offered. Ask your
dealer for Frazer's, with label on. 1t saves
your horse labor, and you too. 1t received
first medal at the Centennial and Paris cx-
positions. Sold everywhere.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-01-06

More than $6,250,000 worth of os-
trich feathers are exported from South
Africa. The supply of feathers great
ly depends on the supply of food.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-01-06

More than $6,250,000 worth of-so
trich feathers are exported from South
Africa. The supply Of feathers great
ly depends on the supply Of food.