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The Brookhaven leader., 1884-03-27
Our Young Folks.
THE BOY WHO WOULD NOT 90
TO BED.

You may think him a Ounce,
But he begged that for once
lie might sit up all night, or as long as he
pleased.
The nurse was in tears.
With her murmurcd my Dcars!
But only the louder and faster he teased.
Overhearing the din,
His father came in.
wish to sit mp all night, John?'' he wrath
fully ciicd.
You shall have your request
TIL you've learned we know best
Nurse cnn go. ! will say at this naughty
boys side
When two hours had passed,
john grew sleepy at last
And SO tired that he feared he would fall from
his chair;
But attempting to go,
Heard his fathers stern mo!
Keep your seat at the table. Your place, sir,
is there"
Oh, how slow tickcd the clock,
With its dickOry dock
(For his father insists that the boy keep
awake.
Till quite humbly he said:
May please go to BET?
take"
His father said yes;
And now you can guess
If ever that boy did the same thing again.
No sermon could preach,
No punishment teach,
lesson more clearly than he learned 1t then.
Now. boys. when you're told
That it's bedtime, don't scold.
And say that you feel just like keeping awake.
Sitting up all the night
Isn't such delight.
Just try it for once, and you'll own your mis-
take.
Sophie Il. Eastman. IN ". Y. Independsnt.
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-03-27
The Science OF a Soap Bnbble.

How many of our boys and girls know
what is meant by the science of any
thing? The word "science' means
true knowledge; and to know truly,
perfectly, about an object, we must
know of what it is made, or what causes
it, and what properties it has, such as
form, color and weight.
How shall we make our soap-bubbles!
OF soap and water, you will say. Only
soap and watera One such bubble
will be gone before you can send anoth-
er to catch it. In my childhood days /
thought it real fun to see them burst
but more fun to make them last long
time.
Now the secret lies in getting just the
right mixture. Put into common
white bottle one and one-half ounces of
CASTLE soap, one pint of water. and
e-quarters of pint of pure glycer-
inc. This is Plateau's solution; and
from it he makes bubbles that are very,
very beautiful. though, being blind, he
can see them only with the eyes of his
mind.
A bubble consists of a portion of air
inclosed by a film-something very
thin-which is made of soap and water.
So we have the three forms of matter
the solid, liquid and gaseous.
When blown from the mouth, the sir
inside of the bubble is warmer aud
lighter than the outside air, and our
bubble will rise. When filled from bel
lows, the air is colder and heavier.
causing the bubble to fall. The rising
and falling is due to pressure of the air,
which some of the boys will tell us is
equal to fifteen pounds to every square
inch.
Different airs or gases have different
we ghts. This may be prettily shown
by putting into q vessel of any kind q
few pieces Of chalk. Pour over them q
little vinegar. A bubbling viii begin,
and gas win be set free, which we cal
carbonic acid gas. Its presence may
be shown by putting in q lighted match.
The Fou'staii-
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-03-27
PITH AND POINT.

-1dleness is the dead sea whicn swal-
lows all virtues the self-made sepul-
cher of a living man.-Ld ty's 10" MI.
The only thing that equals the
spontancousness with which this coun-
trv proposes a monument is the unani-
nous cOrdiality with which it isn't Luilt
-Rocklcnd Courier.
BE sOmet ody on your own ac-
count, my son, and don't try to get
along on The reputation of your ances-
tors" is the sensible advice Burdette
gives in his latest lecture.
The other day while Vermont wo
man was frying doughnuts, one of them
exploded. Her husband merely o.
served that he was glad, on the whole,
it happened before he had eaten the
thing. g.-Bos'On Post.
"A missionary says the tallest people
on the globe are to be found on the
northeastern sland of Terra del Fuego
A cole tor says tn, shortest people
OF the globe may be found right here
at home when bill is presented Nor
ristoWn EerGld.
An influential Canadian journal is
responsible Tor the statement that when
the Marquis of Lansdowne shakes
hands with friend he bows and smiles.
And here we have been thinking all
along that when he> shakes hands with
friend he bends himself backward and
howls. s.-Erchange.
A Texas postmaster boasts of being
o veteran of three wars, but his loasG-
inc is no evidence of his bravery. We
have a quiet little man up here who has
been married seven times. and he never
mentions it unless questioned on the
subject. This is genuine heroism. -
Bruns,o;ck Tribune.
While an Indiana editor was home
sick with typhoid fever and his wife and
little daughter were suffering at the
same time with diphtheria and scarliti-
ma, the office boy clipped and published
as header the following medical note:
"Typhoid fever, diphtheria and scarliti-
ma are the resuls of human ignorance,
stupidity, laziness and filth, rather than
vsitations of God. IN. Y. Comnae rciaI
Adrertier. ..
To keep up with the restless tide of
art agonies that is overcoming these
DAYS of refined civilizations is no ordi-
nary task. We have had the pond
lily on the shingle the cat-tail
on the plaque. the sunflower
on the Turkish towel, the daisy on the
tiny hollywood wheelbarrow, and now
it is decreed that the portraits of the
family must be painted on the family
china. The head of the household
graces the roast beef platter, the lady of
the house SIN les benignly from the
bread plate, while the children are dis
trii uted around on the t. acups and sau-
GERS. the loveliest of the girls decorating
the sugar bowl.-Boston Post.
No Money for Dresses: $50 you
wish to marry my daughter. Well. l
rather like you, persona ly, but the ques-
ton is, can you support her?" Il have
an income OF 1000 from an uncle's
estate" "Good; that will pay the rent
Of q house." 81 get f500 more from
bonds which own" .Good again;
that willspay the servants wages" u
haye fl,OO0 a year from q business
firm of which am partner" ]" "Yes,
that will feed you. What else?'''
That is all, sir. "All! And do you
expect my daughter to 60 without
clothes? DO you think we are Hoeten-
totsp She can never Re the wife Of a
poor man. "-Chic..qo TrisHne.
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-03-27
VOLUME H. BROOKHAVEN, MISSISSIPPI, THURSDAY MARCH

he wen and earth, aud went through all
the prostrations. Then the bridegroom
and the bride, led by her ladies, went
into an inner room
As soon as the Goor was shut, the
ladies lifted the veil. The bcide took a
horsewhip from among a number that
were lying there, and that was the sig
nal for each OF tha ladies' t. take a
whip; and they whipped the wretch
until he roared for mercy.
After that the, lived happily to a good
old age together.
"But," said /, al don't think it was
very nice for the wife to beat her hus-
band" ''Ch." said my teacher, bat
the Mandarin told her to, and she had
to; and the husband deserved it, too"
And | think so. too. Don't yOu?-MSs
Ada Haren. in NeW York Independent.
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-03-27

and YOU will receive it. JACK is real
living boy; he is learning trade now,
and hopes sometime to build himself
house, and he is such nice, gentleman
ly young carpenter that every one re-
spects him. Even his naughty Aunt
Jane feels proud of him, and thinks
no company given by her complete un-
less Jack is one Of the number. Louise
Moore, tn Christian at Work.
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-03-27

Abraham Hayward, in his younger
days and until very lately, held ars-
tocracy in awe. Apropos of this.
used to tell when over her,
how, on the occasion of their first d n.
ing with the Duke of Newca tie and go.
ing together from the Garrick in cab.
he transtixed Hayward with terror and
amazem snt by taking out. shilling al
the hall at Portman Square, amid ali
the ca7arisoned flunkies, and offering
to toss up for who should pay the fare.
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-03-27

Americans are becoming large own
ers of Canada timber. If there is any
main chance" over in Canada the
Northwest Yankees are bound TO get q
good slice Of it.-LNmber World,
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-03-27
BY b. T. HOBBS.
THE DLMPLE ON HER CHEEK.

within nest of ro. es.
Half hidden from the sight,
Unit a smile discloscs
Its love Inc Se Alright,
Behold the work of Cupid.
who wrought II in a freak.
The witchiny little dimplc-
The dimple on her cheekl
The Sirens lays and gla1ccs
TO lure tie sal or nigh;
Tho perilous rOmanCeS
Of fab'cd Lore ie,
And al the spells or Circe
Are rett of charm aud We ak,
Bcsi de the dainty dimple-
The dlmple on her choekl
Wore these the golden ages
Ot knights and trouhadours,
Who brighten olGcn pages
With tourneys aud arnours,
What lances woIld be broken
What silver luteS would speak
In honor of the dimple-
The dimplc on fer cheek.
Samuel Mint'un Peek, In Mdfu,attdn.
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-03-27

SWEDEN has q law that we comments
to legislators desirous of reaching the
drunkard but not the manufacturer and
seller of drink. BY this law a man
drunk thrice loses the right TO vote
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-03-27

WHISKY has made more widows and
orphans than all the wars OF history.
1t has dethroned the mightiest intellects
and blasted the fairest regulations Of
the world. 1t has invaded every rela-
tion of life, and debauched and .debased
every thing it came in contact with. 1t
is the evil Of evils, and the besetting and
brutalizing sin of mankind. and yet
mothers, sisters, wives, daughters. clergy
and laity, Christians all. pause and think
of it, the American Congress IS asked 10
be the protector and friend OF the arch
enemy of the whole human race. Shall
it be done?- Washington Gazette.
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-03-27

SCIENTIFIC temperance education is
meeting with favor in many localities,
another triumph having been scored in
New York State. Mrs. M. III. Hunt,
our National Superintendent of Scien-
tific Instruction. has been speaking
nearly every evening since October in
the State. She has carried her audi
ences by both eloquence and logic to
her conclusions. In every place where
she has spoken enthusiastic assemblies
have given rising vote in favor Of the
bill providing for compulsory temper
ance instruction, and on the 7th of Feb
ruary this bill passed the upper house
of the Legislature. Iowa is petitioning
very willing Legislature with very lit
tie fear of results. School superintend-
ents and college faculties are largely
represented on these petitions. Next
year Illinois will enter upon the same
work with good hope of success. Every
where the thought of prevention is gain
ing ground and holding all it gains.
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IL MEMORIAM.

Alta regular meeting Of the brotherhood OF
Locomotive Engineers, thc following pream'
bic and resolutions were adopted -.,-,,-
row aud regret We are cAllci upon % announce
the melancholy death 81 our worthy brother,
George n Penfey Who Lost bis life ~ side
collision on the \. n. =. II; X X, AZ Sn,,'e ~
ne faithful discharge Of his duties therefore
Resolved, That In the death OF Brother Pen.
lev, this Division has lost one of ~ most hon
Ofei membcrs and society a most worthy citi
resolved. That 20 the widow Of that once
bfixbt ami happy family circle, the principal
lig6f N which has - suddenly become extinct.
W offcr these united bat feeble expressions OF
the feelings 81 sympathy which pervahe our
hearts I'M her behalf that the los Of 30 Kind =
husband, genial companion and devoted faih.
~ IL irrepArable. that NE will ever, In The ~.
tufe, extend nom the heart the hand OF We
come 70 her and her faiherless Offspring, While
~. have always 80 cheerfuliy done In the past
10 hun nov gone, and seek every opportunity
wherein Ne Fuay contribute 10 their welfare.
Resolved. That although the once familiar
form Of our noble brother now lies nfeless In
he tomS' and he can never again associate
with us IN the body, YET ne will forever cher
lsh, a. sacred % his memory, his counsels In All
the Affairs OF the brotherhooa; measurins IN
bat unylelding Integrity aud strict devotion 20
duty-endowments which gave character 70
hls profession. An principle and practice. tn ~
exemplary and worthy The imitation OF all. To
an eve witness OF the people that gathered 70
attend the last solemn rites OF burial. he could
not but have thought that this person IN life
must have hat the love and esteem OF his TEL
Resolvei. That a. a tribute Of respect TO the
memory Of Brother Penley, we drape our char
ter in mourning for the space OF thirty DAYS,
and copy OF these resolutions b. published IN
the Engineers Journal. Albany sunday papers,
aud copy be presented TO the widow OF the
GTO. W. GlLnEKT,
srfI1fr~ HrfFEEMA~, Com.
JERKf HARRIS, in.
Albany. y. ". May -, lssi.
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FRIDAY evening. licnir.cks was nominated
for ylccrresiieut o. Wa on the ticket
Win rllcu iu i,-0. AMI st .ieui'y sches to
he " vini.caici
We should be pleased io publsh The
Democratic platform. aui 10 IL 30 lengthy
that d; wou.i osc1py more than tao coi-
umns of MS paper The tarif plank
which pfom.sci OBJ create so much d.s-
cord was fSci up by the Committee, be-
fore they weut into tho Convention. 10
demands practically. tar.r for revenue
oniy. boz .s so woriei a. to satisfy BE
predominant c.cmCnt of ne party.
Ofnthc Portland i'-.rfirr. a iree trade
paper. says
The tarlf plank of thc Democratic plat
form. which has hccn agrcci upon ~ tne
Committee on hcso,lt.ons ani will proha.
~ bel accepted oy ne Couvenuou with
olt essential change. IL moierate, cautious
and conclis tory. M starts oat With The
assertion hat custom house duties have
always been ani must always he ne chief
source Of government revenue. Thus. a.
the outset rcassur.ng thc moderate pro-
lection 10 element hY t.saYoW.ng free trade
principles. 10 goes on AZ .ength to lay out q
scheme % rcVeuue reform which shall not
De- lu .lrious to any Interest, and conclutc.
a. follows
We demand thsi An TAXATION shan b. sHcia.
sIrrIY o. tnr surrrrf uf tnr government aifn
I'M M ruFcnue staniafi. economically aimin
stsrc.I
Tais. rcluced O. b. lowest terms. ap-
pears % be- The platform 90 i,,0. "a tkr.f
f1r revenue only, for 10 an tAxAt.on i %
be excins| veiy Cor the support 90 the gov
eminent economically administered. then
lis flr revenue Only Blt that Il TIE
rlghi sort % tarif ant What the country
ought O. have. Free trade IL imprsCtlcs-
bic. f0r the present at east The issue i
between a tArlf Tor protection with Incl
ientai reveulo ani a tarir Cor rcFeuuc with
Incidental projection. a. Mr.. Wayne Mac
Vcagh defined it in recent letter.
The candidate Cor President. Grover
Cleveland. i utile known outside % New
YORK Ne has had 10 Congressional ex.
pericuce. and l. poorly fitted Tor The high
trust % President tlc was elected Mayor
Of Buraio, NY. and owing 10 Reputlicau
NlNNt Lr.M.rf Va NlNAAtl NfNNNNuNT OF ANAl
State By nearly 10000 msioriy. This
ms'ority was practically wiped out a. tas
last election. To bis election A. Governor
alone. be owes BIS popularity and thls
nomination. Daring bis tern A. Governor
H. has endorsed many reform bills Intro
duced into me state Legislature. but a.
some Of those proposed promised 20 offend
TIE Democratic managers % New NorA
City, he vetoed several Of them, last BE-
fore The Legislature adjourned, In order %
preserve bis popularity with that element
AMI thus aiicnAtei The reform element
which bad been his most earnest support
us veto % q BIN reducing the fare on
New York Elevated Railroads 10 Eve cents,
has created hard feeling against hin
among he poorer Glasses Of the city, who
declared they would bolt him Il nominated.
TIE warnings Of TAmmsny 10 TIA, eject,
we're unheeded BY the Convention.
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y u VIM = =
SUNDAY LETTERS AND TnE TARIFF.

flf TIE nhiufu itlN"tiaAf
SUNDAY LETTERS AND TnE TARIFF.
The .irgss l. grea, on lsmetts think
IL much better to allow that paper aud the
party Il represents TO continue 10 lament,
than 10 bring lamentAtion OF the whole
land BY adopting the whlms and csprices
OF the Argus and ~ Kind. A. the policy Of
the government
wis, your sunday letters cost, isa
subject upon which the Argu recently
gave lts readers an essay. II gave the
''du,y" on pens aud Pen-holders, paper and
envelopes. pencils, ,rasers, Ink and Ink
stands A. Do per cent, average and
claimed that u was huge, great iri'
bate paid By the sohoolboy writing 10 his
mother, the girl 10 her lover aud boy 10
bis schOolmaie.~ II asked IL readers TO
think OF this the next time they wrote.
Really the burden borne 10 this dlrco.
ton. hy the writers OF sunday letters i
huge The cost per letter fof pens, ink'
mucilage. the value OF rent Tor use OF pen.
cll. iuk.siand and eraser i 700 grea' a
problem Tor me-. hu, the eost 81 paper and
envelope l. easily reached. Any wsll-kepi
country store will sell go sheets 90 six
pound commercial note" paper, and 200
envelopes Of good quality for - a.. This
price makes The cost % paper and envelope
for one sheet lciier--.frs a,f'is. Ia tar
la % lO pcr cent gives a sheet OF note pa
per and an envelope an Increased cost OF
that pr cent and free trade" gives us =
reduction OF that amount the cost OF The
two would be- 3s.io mills the Sunday
writer would save 10 mills on each sun
tay letter. q saving % a1 mills year Bat,
ihe duty does not enhance the cost OF The
articles on which u IL placed. This l.
proved by al the experience % the past
Six Do. note paper eau be- bought for 81 20
Per rcam. Ink Tor soc. q dozen bottles, pen
els AMI Pen holder. Tor Ike low prices
l. q reasonable b suppose they could be-
parchasoi for lower prices With The duty
or have no means =; hani from which
- learn the duty o. former years, bat DO
know hat the prices ate lower now than
ever before. which fact satisfies me that
the duty does not enhance The price, and
that 10 has 80 little eject any way that The
articles could not be- purchased for les u
The duty Was reduced or the articles I'D.
mittci free O.
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srATE Oh MANI.

0rYORB. o. Eearf - Coasgg Cossalssioa~rs
nsg ssffioa. irt, teid ~ az 1srHufsf juiy 81
LED
tpoa tte going pctll1n satisfactory sFi.isnci
baFing trcu scflTst hattie petitioners rcspon
slbie al that inquiry into tae merits u their ~
piIcafion ls sxpodisnt.
ltis ordered that the County Commlsslonsr'
meet 40 the Store OF ,. %. iilsh, 10 hAruofi
on the iith day VI september a. u. ls-l, AZ Ten o.
NE clork A A., aul thence proceed O. FieN ~
route mentioned In saIt petition. immediate
b afsf which tiss hearins 81 The parties and at
nessss all D. hf AZ some couFen ent psof In the VI
entity ani such other messurts taken lathe pfrmisc
a. che commissioners shall ladge pf0gef And u d
further ordered, that notos u the time, Place an
p1ryose Of The Commissiousfs' meeting Aforesaid
l. gissn % al peFsous snt eorporation. Interest
"a " cansng attss'ed copies u said petition aud o
this order thereon o. BE- served upon TIE CLERK o
me TOsn % Hartford, AMI also posted up 10 ihfc'
public place. iu sti ipsu and Published TIRE.
weeks SUCCESSFULLY la Che oxford D,m
ocfat, ueespausr gfiutei az Paris
In tsc Coauiy Of Osiofd ihe lfsl
u said publications and each ~ the tthel
notices a. b. made, served and posted A. leas
thirty dlys before said time VI meeting 10 the cut
that au persons aud corporations NAY ihcf
and there aryear sui she~ cause, u any ihei
have, vhy he prayer u aid petiuoneis shoals
Attest, ALBsRrs AUSTIN. Clcfs
true copy of sail rcuiioh aud order 10 eouu
Aus.G ALBERT 5. AUsTiS. cerk.
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rIAnnAlslNn Ar nrcKrIELp.

The republican element Ia Buckheld VII
lAgc AMI vlcluliy, observed The evening Of
saturday. i2ih lost BY raising a campaign
Gag bearing ,he names OF the party caudi-
i,ir.. a. O'Clock. which Na' greeted ~
the multitude with rouslug cheer. and
much enthusiasm Following This. stif'
ring ant stirling speeches from 4 Mar
shai o. u Bisbcr. % n ticrscy. Esq, A.
r. Bonney b. aad others. were listened
q with close atteuiion, amer which The
assembly proceeded - organ'ica Blaine a
Logan clab. making choice ~ % II. Her.
scy. Chilfman. % ID B.sbec. Secretary
aulG NJ Atwood. Treasurer. 4 large
a.scmb.sgc % th- villagers. with thc farm
rr. auf mrchsn.c. ot che utighnoriug
communities. ani visitors fr1m distant
points. shows she growing tendency poiii-
ics'iy. ofth,t thr.slag section 20 oxford
county
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a cordial welcome 10 the South and de-
sire for harmony throughout the nation.
We returned 10 our hotel for tea, and
were entertained In the evening BY the
Nashville Press Club. We were all voted
In A. members OF this Club, and We re-
turned the compliment by electing them
members OF our organization. over a
lastly arranged and snmp,oously laden
board we passed pleasant hour In speech
making and social discourse Many ladies'
OF NASHVILLE were In the party. Our train
lef, At midnight. and the festivities were
hep, up until the - for our departure
Nashville l. the spo, OF spots To All our
patty. and II some Of IL members do not
return To locate "a will no, be because they
fall 10 love the people and that lovely city.
We start for Chattanooga en- our wsy
down n Atlanta