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The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-11
Italian Doctors.

Physicians have, like judges of the
criminal courts. no social position and
no knowledge of medicine, according to
our ideas. They are, as rule, far be-
hind the age. They still cling blindly
to bleeding-unless they have changed
during the last few years-and weaken
their patients by the old system OF
dieting. have seen cases conducted
with such ignorance of the commonest
laws of nature as would make any OF
our physicians faint with horror. Heat,
starvation and dirt are their general
remedies for almost everything. In
cases of scarlet fever-which are not
common, however - they order the
doors and windows to be carefully shut,
that no breath of air may get to the pa
ltient-absolutely drawing the bed-cur-
tains around them; forbid washing of
any description, even to the hands and
face, and no change of bed or body lin
en- during the entire illness.
There is one malady prevalent in
Italy which l sincerely believe. to be
produced, nine times out of ten, by
their doctors, and that is military fever.
Unless a patients symptoms in the be-
ginning of an illness indicate the disease
very clearly, the doctor, on the princi-
pie of "when in doubt play trumps," "
pronounces it miliare;' but there
being no eruption, which is an evidence
of that disease, they regard it as sup
pressed, and so, very dangerous. They
then proceed to produce rash by COW
ering the poor sufferer with as many
blankets as he can bear. excluding every
breath of air from the room canning him,
so to speak), and then forbidding any
nourishment saving the weakest of weak
broths Now, as this special fever is
usually brought on by overheating, and
consequently should be treated by a
cooling system, they succeed in pro-
ducing the disease in its full glory, rash
and all, and they then set about curing
it, which. of course, becomes doubtful
undertaking, so weak is the patient from
heat and fasting.
A friend of mine, spending a few
weeks in Florence, was taken i'll with
what proved afterward to be an internal
cancer. She sent for Doctor Z,
one of the most noted of the Florentine
doctors. 1t was August and very hot,
and his orders were not only to shut out
the air and cover herself with blankets,
but to remain entirely immovable-not
to stir hand or foot. She carried his
wishes out faithfully for twenty-four
hours-not even raising her hand to
brush fly away-and then, becoming
nearly crazy with nervousness and
weakness, she sent for an English ply
sician. If you had seen his look of hor-
ror when he came into the room!
"Open the window" he almost
shouted; take off those coverings; get
right up, and lie on the sofa. In a
week you will be able to go on to
Paris"
And in a week she did 60 on to
Paris.
The Italians love medicine, and have
the greatest faith in it. They take it
not only for every little ailment, but
after a fit of anger or grief.-Cent"ry.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-11
A Sermon on Temperance.

President Hagan, of the Catholic
Total Abstinence Association, lectured
last evening before fair-siZed audience
at St. Patrick's Church, corner Dcs-
PLANES and Adams streets, on the sub
ject of Temperance. The reverend
lecturer, after acknowledging the graft
tication it afforded him to meet
Catholic audience on such occasions,
spoke somewhat more briefly than was
expected, although very forcibly, on the
subject in hand. Rev. Hagan is most
convincing talker, and was listened to
throughout with the greatest attention.
He thought few Catholics of Chicago
were fully acquainted with the extent
of the liquor traffic in the city, and the
great harm it was working among all
classes. He had had considerable OPP
portunity to observe the effects of the
destroying element, and he had found
that wherever it entered it degraded
and debased all who came into contact
with it. Poverty and vice formed its
retinue, and all forms of misery were
its allies. 1t was worse than all the
plaques that had swept the earth, for it
transmitted its baleful germs beyond
the grave. Homes were devastated by
it, mothers hearts were broken, the joy
of the wedding morning was turned TO
misery and distress, and waits clothed
in rags were scattered by it all over the
world. There were many forms of
liquor devoured by drinkers, but the
material producing and feeding the
evil which came from them ali was al
cohol. 1t was generally conceded that
the sin consisted not in the use but in
the abuse of alcohol, but the line be-
tween these was very shadowy, and
where the one ceased and the other be-
gan was merely matter of speculation.
Drunkenness might result from the first
drink man took if it had the effect of
creating an appetite. No matter in
what form it was used, alcohol always
poured oil on the flame of passion, and
was liable to make the usually quiet
man an infuriated wild beast. Hands
that were open and charitable were
made by it to grasp weapons of de-
struction, and mouths which emitted no
impure word were made to vomit forth
the vilest of oaths Alcohol had been
justly described as the poison of pois-
ons.
The speaker then touched upon the
extent of the liquor traffic, and gave
figures showing that during the last
month more money had been expended
for strong drink than was invested in
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-11
BROOKHAvEN MISSISSIPPI, THURSDAY, OCTOBER If, 1885,

along in great glce until we reached the
other side of the woods, when he turned
aside. NY engineer became very much
attached to him, and always blew the
| whistle Just before entering the woods.
The old engine, too, seemed TO have an
affection for the animal, and would seem
to chuckle when the deer was at its
side.
Zone day we were delayed by an ac-
| cident to u freigbt-train, and did not
reach the woods until after nightfall.
The engineer blew his whistle. a light
| flashed in the woods, and, | hope never
to tell the truth again if that deer WASH t
there carrying lantern on his horns.
won't pretend to explain how he got
the lantern. | am giving you the facts,
and you can draw your own deductions.
When we passed he tossed the lantern
aside. One of the boys told me-and
mind you | don't vouch for its truth
that the lantern fell from freight
train, and that the deer took it up and
kept ii on stump until our train came
along"
"How do YOU suppose the deer light
ed the lantern?n asked one of the
company.
at may have been already lit, but if
it wasn't it's no lookout of mine, for
am only giving the facts as they oc
Cured, leaving all speculation to you.
Some time after this we were rushing
along, nearing the deer's woods, when
we saw the animal standing on the track
waving red flag. We stopped and
discovered that an immense tree had
blown across the track. Well, sir, when
we chopped the log out that deer put
his horns against it and helped us roll
it away"
"Where do you suppose he got the
red flag?' asked an incredulous list
cner.
Il won't attempt to explain anything.
| am giving you the fact, and, of
course, you can do your own figuring
for conclusions; but one of the boys
| said that he took up an old white rag
that he found on the ground and rubbed
it in bed of red clay"
"What became of this wonderful ami
mal?"
That's what I'm going to tell you.
One day, about six months ago, we ar
rived at the woods as usual. The deel
met us and leaped alongside of us. The
engine, feeling pretty gay that morn
ing anyhow, seemed TO prance along the
track. Just as we got about half way
through the woods an immigrant looked
out the window, and yelling, Look at
that ar deer, snatched up double-bar
relied gun and fired load of buckshot
into the poor thing. We stopped and
went over to where the deer lay on the
green sward in the last agonics of
death. He held out his tongue and
shook hands with all the trainmen, but
when he saw the immigrant, whom we
dragged to the spot, he frowned dark
ly, folded up his tongue and put it back
into his mouth. The immigrant was a
nervous fellow and was much excited.
He bent over the deer as though to get
forgiveness, when the animal, brave and
revengeful in death, raised up AMI
brought him crack across the head
with his stick-like foreleg and laid him.
low. The deer and immigrant are
buried near each other, and our engine,
which has never recovered from the de-
pressing effect of the tragedy, always
means when ii goes through the deer's
woods. Little Rock Gazette.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-11
What Is Put into Whisky.

Do you know what whisky is made OFF
There has been a stir as to the Govern
ment demand for returns of all the in
gradients of beer, and it seems that the
public is not, after all, to have full in
formation on the subject. But l can
tell you what / saw put into whisky. |
visited pawn-shop in Division street.
east of the Bowery, in a neighborhood
fashioned house. once occupied by some
well-to-do Knickerbocker family. A
high counter stood where a piano may
once have Ornamented the parior, and
behind it was big safe for holding
small valuable articles left as pledges.
Shelves filled three sides of the room
from floor to ceiling, and were packed
full of articles wrapped in cotton cloths.
Each bundle had ticket describing
the contents and giving the name of the
owner and the amount of the loan. My
companion in the visit was Health
Board Inspector, and we were, there
fore, enabled to see more than would
otherwise have been opened to us.
Going to the rear of the shop we found
an apartment completely filled, except
for passageway, with things that
could not easily be wrapped up. such
as banios, accordions, exercising ap-
paratus and all sorts of household uten-
sils. The whole house was devoted
to pawnbrokerage. One room up
stairs held solid masses of over
coats, which their owners may soon
be presumed to require another
was fully stocked with undercoats and
trousers, and considerable space was
occupied by women's apparel. In the
attic was an extraordinary collection of
odds and ends, from hats to prayer
books, on which money in sums as small
as ten cents had been loaned. | saw no
ticket in the house calling for more
than five dollars, and the average was
probably under one, even counting in
the watches and jewelry. The proprie-
tor told us that he had about seventy
five thousand articles in the building.
AS he charges thirty per cent. interest
on the loans, his yearly profit can not
be less than twenty thousand dollars,
and probably amounts to more through
the forfeiture and sale of far the greater
portion of the goods. But the reader
asks, what has this to do with the man
ufacture of whisky? The pawnbroker
was Dlunt Old cnap ana not ulSpOSeu
to conceal the wretchedness which af-
forded him prosperous business.
"What is all this money that you adj
vance to poor people spent for?" l in
quired.
Whisky" he answered, without hes
itation; /" nine-tenths of it for whisky"
So very large share of New York
whisky may be said to be made of old
clothes. watches, musical instruments
and other portable objects. These
things, distilled with an abundance of
misery and crime, produce the popular
beverage as consumed in the metropolis.
-Ne.0 York Cor. Atbany Journal.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-11

doctor had spoken to her and admin.
lstered something, stimulant | sup
pose, he came over TO me and said
in whisper: Hurry up; she's very
weak
Il had brought paper and pen and
ink with me. | found stand and a
candle, placed them at the head of the
bed, and after saying few words TO
her told her was ready to prepare the
will, If she would now go on and tell
me what she wanted to do. | wrote
the Introductory phrase rapidly, and
leaning over toward her said: Now,
60 on, Mrs. Norton Her voice was
quite faint, and she seemed to speak
with an effort. She said First of all,
] want to give the farm to my sons
Henry and James; just put that down
But said |, you cant do that, Mrs
Norton; the farm isn't yours to give
away
"'The farm isn't mine she said,
in voice decidedly stronger than be-
fore.
"'No, the farm isn't yours. You
have only life interest in it
"'This farm that I've run for goin
on forty-threc years next spring isn't
mine to do what l please with it!
Why not, Judge? I'd like to know what
you meanP
"Why, Mr.. Norton, your husband,
gave you life estate in all his prop
erty, and on your death the farm goes
to his son John, and your children get
the village houses"
"And when | die John Norton is to
have this house and farm whether J
will or no?"
"Just so. 1t will be his"
'Then I amt going to die" said the
old woman, in a clear and decidedly
ringing and healthy voice. And so
saying she threw her feet over the front
of the bed, sat up, gathered blanket
and coverlid about her, Strengthened up
her gaunt form, walked across the room
and sat down in great chair before
the fire. The doctor and came home.
That was fifteen years ago. The old
lady's alive to-day. And she accom-
plished her intent. She beat John
after all. He died four years ago, in
Boston, and don't know what will be
left. But whoever comes into the farm
house when she goes out it will not be
John. And since Johns death the
farm has been better kept, and every
thing about it is in vastly better con-
dition for strangers than it would have
been for John" - From " Lonesome
Lake Papers," in journal Of Commerce.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-11
Temperance Items.

If MAN becomes Incorporate at
twenty years of age he will only live
fifteen and a half years, instead of forty
four years. If a man becomes intem-
perate at thirty years of age he will only
live thirteen and half years, instead of
thirty B. w. Richardson.
TEMPERANCE puts coal on the fire,
meal in the barrel, flour in the tub,
money in the purse, credit in the coun-
try, contentment in the house, clothes
on the children. vigor in the body, in
telligence in the brain, and spirits
in the whole constitution. Benjamin
Franklin.
THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC can be sup
pressed, as has been abundantly proved
by the results of efforts in that di-
rection in many hundreds of localities
where it has been entirely swept away
by law or has been greatly diminished
in volume. These localities are to be
found in Canada, in almost every one of
our States, and in hundreds of localities
in the United Kingdom.
AMONG THOSE exposed to cholera in
the East, it was repeatedly observed
that those who had been accustomed to
the use OF liquor, even in a moderate
degree, were the first to be attacked,
and the surest to die. Of the many in
this country who have committed
suicide durin@ thic summer, surpris-
ingly large number have heen found to
be men and women of drinking habits.
EVERY HOME and every inmate of
every home is in danger from the
dram-shop. 1t is at war with every
man, woman and child of the COM
munity. Its purpose is to blister, blast
and blight every good thing in mar
kind-to fill the land with blasphemy.
plague, leprosy, vice and misery, and;
infinitely more cruel than the knife and
rhludgeon murderer, it both kills the
body and sends the soul to perdition.
San Francisco Rescue.
The CHIEF-JUsTICE of the Supreme
Court of Georgia, in his article in late
North american Revie,o, entitled
Shooting at Sight," says: 1.-THE day
of the grog-shop and of that which it
produces-the infiamed passion and the
deadly Weapons rapidly passing
away. The Local-Option Retail law
generally pervades the State of Georgia;
county after county prohibits the traffic,
reduces expenses and diminishes crime.
The prosecuting officers OF the State are
paid according to the number of crimi-
mails tried, and they inform the writer
that in those counties where this traffic
is prohibited the office of Solicitor-Gen-
eral is worthless. Soon, let US hope,
the generous Southern sun will shine
upon an entire population sober, pros
porous, peaceful and happy. May that
population be swollen into a vast multi
tude by tide of emigration which shall
enrich every valley and cover every hill-
| top with good, sober, industrious men,"
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-11
Some Peculiarities OF Tigers.

The quickness of hearing is in these
animals. admirably supplemented by the
complete silence of their own move
ments. A man when walking after
game has to stand still in order to listen
for other sounds, as his own passage
through the bushes and his football on
the ground make it impossible for him
to perceive whether fur or feather is
astir in his neighborhood. But the
tiger though walking over dead leaves
and twigs that rustic loudly if lizard
glides across them, and which crackle
under the light step of the jungle fowl
or the fox-is absolutely noiseless. 1t
comes into sight like an apparit;on, and
vanishes with the same ghostly still
ness. Sometimes, therefore, in an cX-
cess of audacity, either from hunger or
despair of other means of escape, the
great carnivora will double back upon
their pursuers, and trust to silence in
passing to carry its conspicuous hide
unharmed through the very midst of its
enemies. Thus, on one occasion, man
eater, which had killed an officers serv-
ant, was tracked up. and, the body be-
inc found, it was determined to punish
was prepared in convenient tree, but
while all were at work, the tiger came
back, and in spite of what was going on,
carried off the corpse!
The tiger in this wonderful quietness
of its approach shows itself true cat,
but in other respects, besides its objec-
tions to climbing, it differs from its fam
ily in its tastes. Thus l have seen a
tiger take to water of its own accord,
and paddle about in it with as much APP
parent pleasure as Newfoundland dog.
Indeed, the beast has been frequently
shot when swimming, and it is supposed
to be a curious fact that the body sinks
at once and never comes to the surface.
But as there are generally crocodiles in
the neighborhood, l do not think there
is room for much surprise at the nom
appearance of the carcass. Nor in the
hatred of the wild dog for the tiger is
there anything adverse to the usual
theory of the relations between the ca
nine and feline species. But it would
hardly be believed that the tiger, in the
combats that ensue with these Jungle
packs, sometimes gets killed. Several
sportsmen, however, have found corpses
of dead tigers with the corpses of wild
dogs killed in the battle scattered
around it. Nor do other animals hesi-
tate to meet the Raja of the Jungles in
fair notably the wild boar. A
case is in my recollection where party,
being out in the jungles after miscel-
laneous game, came upon a huge boar
living dead, and tracking up the blood
which led from the scene of the strug-
gle, found a fine full-grown tiger with
score of wounds, ripped up and life
less. 1t must have been a grand sight
to have watched that woodland duello.
Bears also will sometimes dispute the
path with the tiger, but they have no
chance, and the tiger generally ends by
eating up as much of the bear as it
wants.-London telegraph.
Francis Murphy, the temperance
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-11
A Great Deer Story.

speaking of strange attachments. y
said well-known Arkansas railroad
conductor, reminds me of the strang-
est freak of affection of which think
any record has been kept. On one of
the railroads centering at Little Rock
there is, a short distance from the city,
a stretch of wood pasture about a mile
and half long. The land is as level
as the floor and is surrounded by high
fence, with deep cattle-gaps where the
road runs through. One day while we
were rushing through the woods deer
jumped up and ran close to the train
until we reached the fence, when he
turned and was soon lost to view. Next
day, when the train came along again,
the deer met US at the fence and ran
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-11

Two years ago two Cincinnati po-
licemen found on their beat little
black dog with one of its legs broken
and unable to walk. They took the an
imal to the station and splintered up the
broken limb, and in a few days he was
all right again Ever since then the
dog has clung to the officers, running
with them on their rounds all night long
and taking lunch with them. During
the day he puts up at shoemaker's s
shop on the beat, but when darkness
comes on he starts out and soon finds
his friends, and never leaves them until
morning. Cincinnati Times.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-11
church pronortv NJ all kinds. Thcre

was one saloon In Chicago for every
one hundred aud thirty inhabitants, and
one for every twenty-five probable con-
sumers. and the traffic seemed to bo on
the increase.
He spoke eloquently of the degrading
influence of strong drink, and gave sew
eral instances that had come under his
notice of the results of drunkenness. In
conclusion he appealed to his country
men who were prone TO indulge in
strong drink at weddings, christenings,
funerals, etc, to forsake the error of
their way and do all in their power to
further the Temperance work.-Chicago
Iribune.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-11
ApvERTIsEMEN ENTs.
ROMANCE.

She didn't like me when VIC met
But turned away and pouted;
Twas very cool, 1 own, to get
At Hrst a snub SO final. yet
1 clung to hope, and doubted.
Strange rs II seems, few short weeks
Confirmed my sanguine Rucsses;
] came to understand her freaks,
And evr,n dared to kiss her cheeks
And stroke her golden tresses.
81 time went on, and as we grew
To know each other better,
She bravely learned to kiss me, too:
And when she strangely tried to WOO,
Somehow used to let her.
The privilege still yet is mine
with kiss her lips to smother;
Still round my neck she likes to twino
Her soft, white arms. I'll drop line,
guess, and ask her mother.
This rhyme produces envy-strife,
Within your reason, may he:
So let me take q leaf from life:
Her mother Is my darling wife,
And she my blessed baby.
II D. s., IN Life.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-11

The difference between the business
of circus advance agent and drug
gist seems to be this: the first spends
much of his time in the posting of his
bills; the latter in boas.ing his pills.
Pittsburgh Telegraph,
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-11
STANDING ADVERTISEMENTS.

Marriage and death notices not exceeding
six lines published free. All over six lines
will be charged for at regular advertising
rates.
aS-AH advertisements due when inserted,
unless otherwise agreed upon.-EH
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-11

Francis Murphy, the temperance
apostle, has returned from Europe,
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-11
Shs grookharsn gsadsr.
BY b. T. HOBBS.
Terms, i,a Advances

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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-17
Evidently las Them.

Some of the correspondents of the foreign
press have evidently been at work again, ior
an article is going the rounds in the eastern
papers to the effect that n sure enough
monkey that had escaped from an organ.
grinder, got into the station-house in this
city, and had frightened prisoner who
had been put in for drunkenness. Yester-
day City Marshal Arnold received the fol-
lowing from man who resides at Fred.
sericktown, Ohio;
iFIederich.own, Ohio Feb. 10, 1SsS,-To the
Chief OF Police, at Dallas:
Il DEAR SIR Please tell me who the man
was that got frightened to death by mon.
key, in his cell. read of it. The police.
man called him an old topper, and he was
drunk when he put him in or was an old
topper. What was his name, and how long
had he lived in Dallas, and what trade
did he work at? Did the monkey
kill him? How cd was the man
Was he married, and has he
q family, and please tell me all about him
and where he was buried. | send YOU some
stamps, and will send you more when |
hear from you. Please write me the truth,
and nothing but the truth, about it, and let
me hear from you Immediately, and oblige,
Yours, A. d. ANADoS.
q p. S.-Did they catch the monkey, and II
SO. what did they do with 1t? A. E.A.
The writer.is evidently verging on the
ttm,jams. No such thing ever occurred
here.