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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1884-09-17
VARIETIES.

My son, are you endeavoring to al
lure the tinny tribe from their native
element by presenting the concealed barb
in the deceptive bait?" Boy: 'No sir,
I'm fishing"
Little six-year-old Eddie on being
ask if he knew where he would go
should he tell ib, replied, ooh, yes
to place where angels don't come to
see youw
mo one has right to find fault with
another unless he credits him with his
good qualities, otherwise it would be
keeping a book of debt without credit"
said Deacon Solum to Dan Pelter, both
residence of a lively little town in Maine.
Wall, then, Deacon" answered Dan,
cpl give we credit of bein' good
smoker, and I'll then have er RICHTER
charge you with borrerin' too much
terbacker off from me-"
A physician sent a very sick man some
medicine, directing it Ito be taken i'll a
recumbent position" But his friends
had no such article as a ''recumbent
position" to give it in-didn't know even
what it was. The linen-draper also did
not have one, but through it might be in
the butchers line. No! the butcher
didn't keep it. But finally Il knowing
woman being appealed to, said: "Yes,
she had one, but she'd just lent it !"
Fishing at Geneva Wife-I
thought | heard you say to George that
you had plenty OF bait, and here we are
way out without any. | think it is too
bad
Husband-Well, / did have lots of it
but somehow | forgot to bring it. 1t
won't take us long to 90 back after it.
Just then George came up and said
confidentially tom, where's the
bait ?" and Tom said TN jug under
the front seat in the boat. Get what you
want quick, and I'll keep the old lady
in conversation up here"
There is man around New York with
new scheme. He proposes subter-
fuge by which men on limited salaries can
keep up appearances to some extent.
lie makes pool on a summer hat,
for instance. Four men put in fifty cents
each and buy a two dollar hat.
Each man is entitled to wear this hat
one night in four On this night he looms
up on the principal streets or at the
theatre. On the other three nights he
skulks down back alleys with the could
plug" or remains at home. The same
combination is proposed on other articles
OF apparel, and 1t seems to offer pleasing
inducements to a number.
1t is dark. He steals up to the garden
gate. ~
"My own sweet"
''My dearest own" Then the noise OF
kissing.
"Speak in whispers, dearest the old
man is not in bed yet"
1sAnd do you love me Pr
''Do | love you? l love you with a
strength that would knock Sullivan out
out in one round.'
''These stolen meeting are so lovely !
Don't YOU think SOP" More kissing.
Then voice from the house,
"Mary Mar-y!"
''I'm coming, ma am"
There is rapturous parting. Then
the young man as he steals off solilo-
quizes:-
"Maryp' / guess made mistake
That's the servant girls name!'
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-04-17
soaator Lamar Misquoted.

Senator Lamar's attention was
called by your correspondent to-day
to the following, which appears in n
New York paper printed from tile
Troy Times: ...-.... +. -.
A gentleman who has talked with
Senator Lamar since the return ot
the Hoar investigation committee
tells me that Lamar was frank
enough TO say that the Democrats in
Mississippi were determined to re-
sort to any means to prevent the negro
from taking any part in politics.
Our civilization is different from
yours" said Lamar, land, we have
problems to solve which the North
does not appreciate; We prop 'se
to settle the question in ohr own
way, and that is to leave the white
people the entire political power. If
neces sary We must have recourse to
methods of which no one abominates
more than ] do, but we must rule
to protect our civilization .-t.
The gentleman asked him why tho
Democrats did not try to break the
color line by winning part OF the me-
gro vote over to the Democracy by
fair means. Lamar assured him
that no such devotion was ever seen
as that with which the negro clings
TO the. Republican party. my own
household, servants" he declared,
who would die tor me, Insist ON going
to the polls and voting the Republ;-
can ticket. We cannot alienate
them, and even if we could we would
not. Our theory is that the colored
race has no part in politics whatever,
and we must be rOnsi stent."
Mr. Lamar said, concerning this,
that either the correspondent of tho
Troy Times greatly misunderstood
his informant or his informant great
ly misunderstood Mr.. Lamar. He
certainly, he says, ent' rtains, no such
opinions as are imputed to him IN
the article. Your correspondent ask
ed Mr.. Iamar:-"Have you express
ed any opinion in the Copiah mat
ter at all?" Senator Lamar replied:
mo, hai e>uot; and | dp not think it
proper to do 80 until tie testimony
before the investigating committee
is all printed and the rerort of the
committee submitted. If that report
proves to be calm, sober and impair,
tial one, it may do great deal OF
good. ."-NeW York Herald.
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-04-17
BROOKHAvEN, MISS, THURSDAY, APRIL II, 1854.

came dense and sultty the thermome-
ter standing at 50 degrees. Accord,
ing to the statement of various per.
sons residing beyond the storm track
there appeared in the southwest 8
heavy bank of dark clouds, apparent
~ with some great commotions trans
piring between them. From th.
dense mass hung q funnel-shaped
cloud of dark greenish hue, with q
white centre. This cloud appeared
violently agitated, and, as described
by some persons, like boiling caul
dron." The first premonition of the
storm was deep roar, quickly in
creasing in volume Of sound.
The most terrific flashes of light
ming were observed to issue from the
funnel cloud, leaving many to believe
that it was an electric storm. In
descriptions of the storm, as given tC
the writer, numerous instances are re.
lated Of the roofs of houses, large ar
ticles Of furniture, trees and animals
being carried with the upward cur.
rent of air to q considerable distance
all showing the terrible velocity and
power OF the whirlWind.
The statements Of various persons
residing in Wesson and Beauregard
are given below. Mr.. Robinson, Il
resident of Wesson, says: Living
Just beyond the track of the storm, |
was enabled to get full view of the
cloud as it approached. have been
through five cy clones and the sound
once heard, is never forgotten.
at once knew a tornado was at hand. !
had barely time to bar my doors and
windows, and place my family in
comparative safety, before the shock
came. From a mass of dark clouds,
hung one of cone or funnel shape,
Of greenish hue, white and boiling
i'll the center, The motion appeared
to be q circular one, twisting around
like a waterspout. The ground trem-
bled as if in an earthquake rising
and falling, and my house shook as
if in the grasp of monsters hand
In less than a minute and half all
was over, and then fell a fearful rain
snd hail storm. During the passage
of the tornado cloud, the lightning
issued in vivid sheets. The cloud
appeared to be about half a mile
above the ground, and atiimca would
descend with terrible dash to the
Garth.
1t descended very rapidly. The cy.
clone seemed to suck everything right
up, then dashing houses down in 8
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-04-17
April a Momentous Month.

Somebody has found that April
was momentous month for the Con
federacy. April 2, 1855, Richmond
was evacuated, and occupied by the
Federals April 5; April I, 1862, Is
land No. 10 was surrendered anil
the battle Of Pittsburg Landing
(Shiloh) took place; April 8, 1865,
General Lee surrendered; April II,
1861, Sumpter was first bombarded;
April, 13, 1865, the war was pracf-
caIly endel; Sherman occupied
Raleigh, and Lynchburs surrendered;
April IA, 1865, President Lincoln
was assassinated; April 16, 1862, all
North Carolina forts and arsenals
owned by the Confederates were
taken; President Davis, captured in
1865; April. 7, 1851 Virginia seced-
ed; April 10, 1861, Gosport navy
yard was evacuated and burned, anil
Harper's Ferry burned; April "a,
1862, the Mississippi river, was
opened; Ap.il 25, 1862, Fort Macon
was captured; April %, 1865 General
Joseph f. johnson surrendered;
April 2S, 1865. j. Wilkes Booth was
shot, and Admiral Faragut captured
New Orleans in 1862; April 80,
1862 the battle OF Sabine Frrk was
fought
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-04-17

The cut shows the relative position
Of Wesson aud Beauregard, and the
cyclone as it swept across from the
southwest. To the left of the storm
track and above Wesson stood a
grove of trees that is now laid low.
On the three squares destroyed by
the storm in Wesson stood the dwell.
ing houses of the mill operatives.
The blurred mass to the northeast
shows the present aspect Of Beaure-
gard. =, ,.,
= = On the afternoon of The
cyclone, before any distinctive tea
lures of the storm had appeared, a
perceptible change was noticed in the
atmospheric conditions; the air be-
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-04-17
Guiteau's Curse.

a Washington paper says: 1t
will he remern bcre,l that when the
verdict in the tIuiteau case was an
nouLced, the prisoner leaped from
his chair and shouted Col will
punish you for this and then pro
nounced a prophecy of vengeance
upon his prosecutors, their witnesses
and the Jury. Corkhill, the district
attorney, has lost his office and i.
looking for something to do. One
of his associate counsel took to drink
ing soon after the. trial, and is now Il
drpnkard. Two OF the jury are dead,
and two more have failed iii business,
and another is hopelessiya insane,
Three OF the medical experts whr
testified to his insanity are dead, a
fourth has become insane. And
now in yesterdays papers, it is ap-
nounced that J. ". Tilden, the
chemist who discovered the poison
in the bouduet Mrs. Scoville sent to
her brother the morning of his trial
has gone crazy, and been, committed
to the government asylum for treat
ment"
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-04-17
THE BLADE TO THE BREWER.

You are not the only brewer who
has written us in this strain. Every
brewer holds his business to be
legitimate, and they all base the
claim upon the assertion that man
may drink alcoholic stimulants or
let them alone, as he elects, and
that if any harm grows out of the
traffic the fault lies with the con
sumer and not with the producer.
There never was a statement so
utterly foundationless. You know
that, as the business is now conduct
ed, you are not uttering truth.
Twenty years ago, it would have
been partly true, but not now. Twen-
tv years ago the brewing of beer was
in its infancy and the beer-shop
existed only where there was a de
mand for beer. 1t was then a pass
i've nuisance, not an aggressive evil
The snake was then lying quietly
waiting for people to come to be
bitten. 1t was not skirmishing
around searching for people to bite
Don't try to escape the response
bility of this systematic drunkard-
making by claiming that it is the
work OF the beer seller and not the
beer-maker. That. won't do. You
own the fixtures in these saloons,
you selected the fellow who stands
behind the bar, and if he does not
sell 50 much beer each day, the place
is taken from him. You have scores
Of. such places in Milwaukee. You
have established them in the same
w all over the country, and you
are hooking for more. You not only
splotched your own City all over
with these hell-holes, but you went
out into the Towns and Villages of
'yoar own and other States to estab
.Iish them. Wherever a beer shop
was not you planted one, each one a
missionary of the devil. 1t is a part
Of the contract by which the poor
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-04-17
BY B. T. HOBBS.
CHANGED.

Written for the Brookhavep Leader
Life is not quite
The same it was before Hope fed,
And love was so completely dead,
The days not all so bright.
Twas but this morn,
Between the drippings of the showers,
| gathered all the fairest flowers,
My chamber to adorn.
placed them there,
But saw that only flowers like snow,
The whitest that my gardens grow,
Perfumed the silent air.
White flowers they bring
To scatter in the dedds still room.
Pale roses DER the sacred tomb,
When all is DER, we fling.
And so they bloom
For our dead love, those snow white
They keep the memory o: lost hours,
Within my silent room.
At noon to-day,
tried the old time songs to sing,
But from my voice the wonted ring,
Had gone, l found, away.
And ere thought,
My fingers wandering without care,
My soul gave vent to its despair,
A dirge my voice had wrought.
And then tonight,
While all the others laughed away,
The flying hours, too was gay,
My voice was wondrous light,
But when twas still,
| found could not speak again,
Within my heart arose such pain,
Such tears my eyes would fill.
will forget,
Perhaps in but little while,
And only sing again and smile,
But ah! 'tIOU not be yet.
Lulu RAGsDALE.
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-04-17

heap ofbroken timber. The track ap-
peared about 400 yards wide. The lar
ger trees were taken up bodily by
the roots, while smaller ones were
twisted around and broken off The
fact that the trees all lay in different
directions show the circular action
of vortex. Trees standing just be-
yond the track Of the storm remain
ed undisturbed."
\ y Mr.. J. G.. Lyell, of
Wesson, states: my house is situa-,
ted fully half mile from the centre
of the storm track. The first blast
upon the approach of the storm came
from the southwest. The cloud ap-
pcarcd to bo boiling aud twisting and
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-04-17

1t is positively affirmed by all in
tervicwcd on the subject, that the
course Of the current of air was cir
cular, while the funnel cloud rose and
fell like a huge body of elastic ma
terial. The circular twisting motion
was easily distinguished. In some
cases the bark was stripped round
and round from large trees. The pro
gressive velocity of the storm is
given at so miles per hour.
The storms centre could 0e easily
traced from the manner in which tie
debris and trees were lying. Most
of the trees were shattered and twist
ed into splinters. In one case q
piece of scantling 10 feet long and
4X4, was driven through an oak sap
ling s inches in diameter, as seen in
the diagram given below:
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-04-17
DIRE SIS GOODS.

Three quarter De Bege, Is cents.
Nuns Yelling all colors, 10 cents,
Lace Bunting. all colors, Is cents.
Lace stripe Bunting, in canary, pink and
blue, s cents.
Thirty-six inch Black and White Check
Sateen-fast colors-l0 cents.
Check Mohair, assorted colors, Is cents.
silk lustrc Mohair, % cents.
Wool AlbatrOss, all colors, 25 cents.
Colored Lace Bunting, figured, % cents.
Thirty-six inch Grey Cashmere, 25 cents.
Thirty-six inch Fine Grey Cashmere, 40
cents
Forty inch, nil wool, Black and White
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-04-17
than the saving men and boys FROM

than the saving men and boys FROM
You and those in your business.
When the public conscience IL
efficiently aroused, when the ghastly
list of those who have gone down To
death through you and your lieuten.
ants is a little longer, your business
will not be regulated and restrained.
but utterly destroyed. This will De
the first step the people will take TO
Pulrerize the Rum Porer.
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-04-17
The Brewer to the Blade and tho
Blade to the Brewer.
TIE BREWER TO THE BLADE.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Jan. 20, 1884,

20 the Editor Of the Toledo Balde:
protest against your indscriminate de-
nunciation of the trade in liquors, more
especially to those engaged in brewing
Brewing is as legitimate business as any
other, and is conducted upon precisely the
same principles. There is Il demand for
beer and we, the brewers, supply it. There
are. of course, good men in the business and
bad men. | have been III the business 20
years, and consider myself doing just as
legitimate work as though were selling
-four or boots and shoes. No one need
drink whisky or beer unless he wants to
any more than he is compelled tQeat bread,
against his will. This is a free country
but you and those like you would make MS
worse than slaves, by debating to the
people what they shall eat and drink. My
business is just as legitimate as yours.
A RRFWFp
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-04-17
TORNADO OF APRIL %, 1888.
A VIVID PEN-PICTURE OF THE
STORM AT WESSON AND
BEAUREGARD.
ItE Awful Appearance and Wonder
full Freaks Graphically
Portrayed.

STAFF correspondent In N, o. States, Aprl 80, 1888
The most graphic pen picture that
could be drawn of the destruction by
the cyclone in Wesson and Beaure-
gard would fail to convey q correct
impression of scene even beyond
exaggeration. The cyclone
struck the centre of Beauregard. A
diagram showing the track of the
cloud is given below:
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-04-17
Lawns and White Goods.

Tinted Lawns 4, 5, Z, 10 and l24 cents.
Sheer White Lawn 5 cents, worth u!
Corded Pique, cents.
Printed Pique, & cents
Checked Nainsook, 10 cents.
Plaid Nainsock, superior quality, Is cents.
India Linens, from l24 cents up.
Persian Lawns, from 25 cents up.
We have an exquisite assortment of
French, Nainsooks. Paris Lawns, Linen
Cambrics Dinity and othor fancy white
nAnta
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-04-17

Black Cashmeres, single width, Is and 25
cents.
BLACK Cashmeres, double width, 80 cents.
Black Cashmeres, double width, all wool,
As, 30, CO, IS, rs, IS, 80. 81, Sl.25, s1.35,
sl.50.
Henrietta Cloth, sl.25, $3.50, $l.75.
Black Lace Buntings, IL, 20, 25, 35, so.
Black Silks, so, 60, rs, 80, 81, $l.25, $3.50
sl75, so, $3.50, SO.
Black Crepe, from IS cents to SIS per yd.
A full assortment of Black Tamise, AL
iatross, Flannel Suiting, Basket Cloth,
Nun's Yelling DamasSe, etc.
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-04-17

THE Barnwell Is. c. People says:
This will be hard yeaE ,Rqt the
next will be worse to the cottontott.
The wise farmer will be sure To plant
corn euough. Cotton will be cheap
pext Fall, and unless made as sur
plus crop will cost more than il vii,
bring"
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-04-17
COTTON GOODS.

Cambria hnlsh shifting prints, cents.
Choice Dress prints, 5 anG cents.
Best Standard prints, ! cents.
Genuine Indigo Blue prints, cents.
Yard wide Percales, 10 cents.
Soft finish cottor, cents.
Yard wide soft finish cotton. cents.
A | ward wide soft finish cotton, cents.
Csmbric cotton, 8 cents.
Yard wide Brown cotton. cents.
Extra quality yard wide brown cotton, cents.
Brown Sheeting, Is ccnts.s
Ten quarter Brown Sheeting, 20 cents.
Bleach Sheeting, 90 cents.
Ten quarter Bleach Sheeting, 25 cents.
Euually good bargains in wider Sheetin9s,
Drills, Cotton Checks Plaids, Tlcklngs, Denms,
etc.
, Checked GinghamS. cents.
Fine plaid Glnghams, 10 l2H and Is cents.
keerslI skers-StripeS and pladS-l0 cents.
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-04-17
Owe RSUiTINcS.

Hamburg lIet, IS and so cents.
Hamburg Net, fine, sl.50
Antique V aenciennes Net 81. so. (Antique Val.
Lace to match, In all wdths).
Hamburg Embroidered Net, $9.I5 81.
Oriental Net, 1.-The rage" 50, $3.50.
All these goods are u inches wide, and are
nRed for YaiSLs. YOkcA and sleeves.
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-04-17

In passing over Wesson the funnel
cloud seemed to dip down to the
ground, and then rising, would pass
over certain houses only to fall
again. The side of one house was
ripped off entire, and picture taken
from the frame, which was left on Tic
wall.
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-04-17
hnuaeh old Goods.

" ~ S0sIOIO ~SSNSs
A Ana line OF White Mattings from Is cents up.
4 nne line of fancy Mattings from ~ cents up.
Strip carpet from rs cents up.
Door mats 50 cents. handsome assortment
Of Brussels, Velvet and Moquetie 'Rugs; also an
elegant lot Of moor and table Oilcloth,i
FOOtstOOls 60 cents
a full line OF Lace Curtains, Nottingham Lncs,
Lace Bed sets. Pillow Shams, Tidies, Emorolder-
ed Table and Piano Covers, Cretonnes, etc.
Honey Comb Bedspreads, IS cents.
Bobblnet Bars. from 81 80 up.
Muslin Bars s..
ana 81.
cotton towels, 2 cents.
Pure linen towels 10 cents.
Pure linen damask towels IS cents.
Large size ciepe towels 20 cents.
Extra large size ciepe towels rs cents.
Pure linen Damask 70 centss
Turkey Red Danask. 80 cents.
Beached ali Linen Damask 80 cents.
Bargains in Crashes, Damask turkey red
cloths. apkins, Terry cloth, etc.
1t is quite impossible, in an article with limit
ed space to enumerate all the prices Of goods
handled in an establishment like ours. We must
content ours elves with simply announcing a few
other goods for which we are headquarters
Lehman's Peerless Shirts.
known throughout the whole southern country as
the very est ever got together. are still having
a large sale. They come In every style, open
hack or open front, shield bosom, bands or cufs.
These are FOUR PLY REINFORCED LINEN
Feet IN FIT AND FINISH. Then we have the
open front,l plated bosoms, with or without col
lar, bands or cuffs. hese are positively the
best shirts for the money, ever on sale. we sell
each and every style. Peerless" ut the uniform
price of one dollar. These goods are only on
sale at our store, and are made solely for us.
We keep full assortment OF Gents Furnishing
Goods, Boys Clothing and Hats at the very low
est prices.
we also have a Millinery Department for ladies'
and children's Straw Hats, Feathers, Flowers.
POmpOns, etc.
We are manufacturers of Laaies' Underwear,
and carry an immense stock of Embrolderies s.
Laces Hosiery, Gloves, Fans. Par asols, Jewelry
Ruchings, Satchels, Lace and Linen Collars,
Neilings, Ribbons, Buttons, Handkerchlefs, ETC.
We carry the largest stock of COrsets in the
South. and ean offer special inducements in this
department.
All orders entrusted to our care will receive
our promDt attention..
M. lE HMAN,
April I-6nl,
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-04-17
ADVERTISER ENTs.
NEW ORLEANS ADVERTISEMENTS.
M. LEHMAN's
BLACK GOODS.

.;; aud 457 Drysdes Street, New Orleans
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-04-17

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