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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-31

TIE Vicksburg Herald allndes to
those who have condemned lynch
law in Mississippi as "howlers. "
They are not to be turned from their
du'y III the South and the State OF
Mississippi by having such titles
applied TO them. Mobile Register.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-31

DR.. John w. Grisler, of Kinds
county, died recently at his home
near Byramof pnt unOnfa.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-31
SeGislative Items.

An act to chance. the boundary
lines Of Marion, Pike and Lawrence
counties. Passed.
To reduce tue penalty df Asses
sUr's and ShcrifTs bonds in and for
the county of Lincoln, has pas scd
the House.
THE Senate passed a bill to allow
the widow of Hon. VIM. r. Spears,
deceased, late Senator. to draw his
salary for the wear 1881
An act for the relief Of the holders
Of certain school warrants drawn on
the comfy Treasurer Of Lawrence
county. Substitute passed.
TnE repeal of the Agricultural
Lien Law was defeated in the House
nv small majority. \ similar bill
has passed the Scnat', and will
probably pass the House when it
reaches j..
After a long aud warm discussion
last Monday which was continued
late into the night, the House passed
Railroad Supervision III proyid-
Ing for a Commission of three mem
b,rs to be paid $500 per annunp
each. The bill passed By a large
majority and it is generally belle c !
will pass the Senate with some IN
important amendments. Thee is a
s.roog di>p Dsitloa now TO quiet the
supervision cry by trying the policy
awhile.
The Ho rse spent all day Iester-
ia dis"u sing the special order
an amendment t" the Charter Of the
city Of jackson, providing for the
addition OF four members to tho
Board If Mayor and Aldermen. to be
appointed by he Governor, making
ten menb rs Of the Board altogcthcr
Tome strong speeches were made or
both sides, and the amendment was
at length indefinitely postponed by
decided majority.
The Lincoln county Prohibition
bill pass ed the House last Saturday
by o laD sc majority, amended so as
to close all saloons in thirty days
after passage and refund all liccnS,
money. Monday it went to the Sen
ate and was re erred to the Commit
tee on Public Health and Quaran-
| tine, which further amended tn.
bill by proposing that Broo khaver
be eXcep ed from its application
The Senate will take oction on til.
bill and amendment to-day or to
morrow The amendment is no
likely to be concurrcd in, but i
is likely one will be added allowing
each saloon man in the county t
continue business until the expira
OF his present license.
An exchange aptly remarks tina
while so many people are complain
ing of the miserable weather tia
has prevailed during almost the en-
tire month Of January, it is well 70
them to recall the old adagc, ETH
an i'll wind that blows nobody good.
The rainfalls of the month, succeed
ed as they have been by freezing
weather, have been among the bes
fertilizers that the soil could hav,
had, The long drought Of last faI
and the early winter had hardened
the surface of the earth and mad,
it comparatively sterile, and it il
fortunate that the land has beer
so'tened by the late rains and tn,
particles dlsinte2rated ly the heavy
frosts that followed The rains. 1t i,
only to be regr, tied that the Lane
which will be put in cultivation thu
present year had not leen plowed ~
SO as TO have received the full ben Fl
Of the extraordinary freezes whicl
! have occurred.
| | aSt weak We OaVa Tho tnStjmonK
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-31

Mr.. Shall Yerger, fifth son of the
late Judge William Yerger, died III
Bolivar county last week.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-31

Gfall the liars on earth, the anony-
nous liar, is the meanest AID most
coward y ickSJU1g HeroM.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-08-15

From paper read by Dr. Il. j. FsrquhGr-
son before tho Iowa state board Of health it
appears that leprosy was by no means un-
known in America before the coming Of the
Chluauuu. Il existed In Louisiana moro
than century ago, aud in 1875 a hospital for
lopers was erected IN the vicinity Of New Or
leans. 1t was common Gmoug the negroes
and was probably brought by them from AZ
rica. IN 1850 DR.. Joseph Jones saw a case
in native African living in Georgia. In
1880 the ramo physician observed sixteen
cason On Bayou In FOurche, aud all these, a.
well rs tho recorded cases treated in the
charity hospital Mt Now Orleans were whites
Loprosy was introduced vt Tracadio N. B.,
in 1920; II is not known how or whence.
There nra few lepers there now, end a lep-
or hospital IL maintained. Leprosy has al
ways existed n Norway, and Norwegian i'm
migrants imported 1t into the northwestern
states, whero Prof Boeck fouud 9 cases in
1870 thrco IN iowa, four in Minnesota, two
in Illinois and nino in Wisconsin. At pres-
eut thcro docs not seem to be n case either in
Northern Town or Southern Minnesota. In
Norway the disoago ia decreasing DIR. Far
quhar-Ou believes in the contagious nature
OF leprosy, but that tho disease is contagious
only by absolute incubation OF pus or blood
through open vessels or abraided surfaces of
skin, and also when the iuocuated person is
in "A cachoctic or disorganized state OF health.
lie cites the casos Of priest who attended
several persons afflicted with leprosy, and of
DR.. Robinson, superintendent Of the leper
house at the Seychelles Islands, both of whom
became lcperB. The disease appears to be
on the decrease generally, except in the
Sandwich Islands, but it Is probable there
are many concealed cases. Deaths have oc-
CURED from it without any one having sus-
pected the existence of the disease.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-08-15

CAPT. JOHN ERICssoE the distinguished
engineer-inycntor of the screw propeller and
builder Of the first fast railroad locomotive,
and whose fame has been established for a
full generation-completed his S1st year on
the last day of July. From the time when
his littio turreted ironclad the Monitor en-
gagged and destroyed the formidable confed-
crate ironolad, the Merrimao, Capt. Erics-
sons name has been almost a household
word, but comparatively few people have a
notion OF what no looks like or how he lives
Buried in his work, he spends his time in his
od-fashioned house at SO Beach street, oppo.
posite what was once st. Johns park. aud
seldom goes out or receives visitors The
house is plainly furnished, almost without
ornaments, but containing numerous work
ing models OF his many Inventions. Among
these are the oaloric engines, the steam fire
engine, astronomical instruments and iron-
clad war vessels. Captain Ericsson's voice is
louder than an ordinary fog horn, and his
earnest way Of talking makes him seem TO
be greatly excited ut almost all times Ho is
weather beaten, but vigorous His face ia
that of typical Od-time sea captain His
bushy whiskoIs are brushed forward, but his
face is shaved close to the margin all around.
According to a reporter, when tho day is
very hot Capt. Ericsson wears in his own
parlOr 0u oyeroout ani q black silk hat with
tremendously wide brim, His vest and old
fashioned oravat arc generally buG linen, and
the crayat hides his collar and shirt front
completely. On the coat arc brass buttons
lie seems to be and says no is in tho prime
of life. Ho works iucessantly, lives temper
ately ON vegetables and bread and practices
strictly regular habits. So far as indications
60, ho is likely to work for 80 or 40 years
longer. His latest perfected work is the De-
stroyeT, which he claims will demolish any
other ironclnd vessel RAoat.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-08-15

The manufacture Of buffalo horn furni-
ture is now thriving industry in Now York.
The "bufIalo horns" are the horns of cattle
killed in the slaughter houses, clean, dried,
scrapod and polished.
George Seymour of South Norwalk Ct.,
has picked 1870 bushels of rod raspborrioa lin
the last three weeks This is 1860 quartz, and
the berries were raised on one and two-ffths
acres and gave a net profit of $500 per Gcre.
The Grace Darling of Canada is Miss
Emily ONeil of Montreal, who saved two
boys from drowning last week. During the
last four years she has saved no less than ten
lives by her courage and ability to swim.
The ChienRo men who took 5000, 900
acres of Texas land to pay for building the
state a capitol have $50 men at work on the
edifce, and the walls are rapidly rising. It
measures 2SS by 5GG feet is to cost between
So 600, 600 and 81, OOO, 600, and will in gener-
nj appearance much resemble the capitol at
Washington.
OF tho III sessions of Congress twenty
seven have lasted over 200 days. the last one
included. The longest was the first session
of tho Thirty -iIst-3O2 days, from December
3, 1919, TO September 80, 1850. There have
been thirtoou special sessions, nearly all short.
The Fortiath Congress held five sessions, and
il the only ono that ever hold moro than
three
"A woman Mt Sheldon, Oak, was very
much disturbed by saloon keeper selling LID
uor TO her husband. She therefore inter
vowed the liquor heller with a seven shooter
in hand and ordered him to close his place,
remarking that she had killed ono saloon
keeper and would soon make him tit sub
ject for the undertaken if he didn't. lie
closed.
Mrs. Lavina Warren of Powhatan, o.,
got clear title to the family farm by killing
her husband and serving an incidental term
in the penitentiary, and when surveyors went
to lay a new road through tho land tho other
day she notified them that the property must
remain in one piece. The men refused to
listen to reason, and Mrs. Warren seized a
shotgun and fired into the party Several
were hit and all run; the woman seized the
instruments and peace descended.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-08-15

There is Bomething remarkable in the 81
most uniformity exasperating effect of the
Salvation Army upon the popular mind in all
parts Of the world. From Greenland icy
mountains to India's coral strand this fact is
noticeable. In peaceful and orderly Geneva
the homo of Protestant theology aud general
federation, tie populace have just been
moved to rioting through tho strange inilu-
euce Of the llallclujah men and women, and
havo deaod the police and wrecked the head
quarters Of the Salvation Army. In Eug
land, in Franco, in the United States, in Hin
dostan, IN fact wherever they have gone,
similar disturbances have arisen. Watcher
tho hostile sentiment of the masses is due to
misapprehonsion of the Army purposes, or
dislike Of its methods is not ia yet clear,
but there is some ground FOR suspectiug that
the common people regard the Army as a
sort Of burlesque upon religion, aud resent
what they think profano or malicious. For it
is difficult to bolieve that even the grotesque
ways Of the Sllyationists would provoke so
much and 30 general hostility il they were
given credit for the reverence and sincerity
which they certainly profess.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-08-15
Miscellany.
IsIuck nnd Hsrnrcr.

,.--,.,
Inote wan any any use o. irettlhRi
Ah ! t3lu Opauilh ~
iog ,, tl We eoulun ho,u on tnlhg3i
W. "a Jest w 70 ~ , eua B9;,
mere % @ wore l9ts OF OF I9lk I9lks tnat suutr
Aud II didn't seem TO be worth our while
To make such dreadful fuss.
,r..,..-.-. a. -,-,
~ ~ suIe, @ tn9 ulIn ,n Ma9 luoat empty
Auu Votu suu putatoo5 hca CO.
an 10y I9ucn oI anyt,hlng pIonIy uh cheap
p.i3 Dut it Mater[an ,appie-s9ss'
DV, l. tnonIas as @ tolu ODaulan-
For flesh an blood couldn't stan II and he
Was nothin but skin and bone.
ma, -, ,, ,,,-,,,
Du'i uWsl u YOU only neofd MN,
~ ~ hout ui tne hiBnti
A,pIaylu OUT III tnat closet there,
i,,I,li amgui' ,,a haNo Aot you Srazy qulte.
ttt,,i tttSneI .i.l ,no hutes ol tnOso lr1userS
a., " lth , cloth mat Was nOWays thln'
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-08-15
NO. 33.

"Oh oh !" Miss Bennett cried, springing
to her feet. 'Theres no use. couldn't II
my life depended on IT, for-Tm engaged 10
some one else. And 1 never knew, Mrs.
Alexander, until q few days ago, that Philip was
his nephew. You sec, she went on breath
lessly, "hs sister was with me at school, and
that was the way learned 10 know him. Aud
Mr.. Hale was very angry at his engaging him
self to 'down-East school ma'am,' as he
called mo. He had promised to help him be-
fore, but-but they quarreled over me, and
Phil went West, and l came here. And II
was only a fortnight ago that wrote him
because l hadn't much else to write-al
about my trespassing and what had come OF
It, And he lanswerod-I had his letter last
week That's my old dragon of an uncle,
and II you've won one concession from him,
perhaps you could do more. II he learned
to know you, no might think differently about
our engagement, and though don't need any
Of his help now, still he's my nearest relative
and should like to be on good terms with
him. And / had been hopinR-but now
you see how impossible it is. And II Phil
has his own way to make, and we may have
to wait long time, and perhaps always be
poor, | love him too much TO mind"
The soul Of young love and trust was in
her eyes as she looked up at Mrs. Alexander,
and the woman's heart in her was touched.
II was the philosophy OF the Babes in the
Wood, indeed she could have overturned II
with touch of worldly common-sense but
she only bont nearer her and then suddenly
Ruth felt kiss on her forehead, a kiss of
mothers comprehendiug love.
But when she had cooled a little from this
unexpected touch of enthusiasm, Mrs. Alex
andor had her plans She met Mr.. Hale her
self that evening; she confounded him with
the nows that the school-mn am despised for
his nephew was his own elect and she fol-
lowed up her advantage till he consented to
express his gratitude to Miss Bennett by the
gift Of home--of which he should not be
master. And since young Philip was doing
well at the West and needed no more of his
uncle's help, the new home was hardly ready
before he could claim its mistress. Only one
touch of romance Mr.. Hale allowed himself
tho wedding gown which replaced Ruth's
unlucky dress. .-Harper's Weekly
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-08-15
}, VT, FRIDAY, AUGUST Is. 1884.

canal routo and according 70 his detaiiod
statement, tho Panama canal under its pros
ont management is not likely to be complot-
cd, as tho expense will exceed the otimate ut
loast eight timae. Mr. Growney says that
aud fraudnlontly, aud wasted ia patronage, If
something appalling. Costly mistakes have
boon uale, routes bring changed as often as
obstacles wero found aud the ouly semblanco
no far to a cauHl is o ditch two miles long Mt
Colou. Eocoutly party OF German ougin-
GERS went over tho route Of tho proposed ca
nal. Their opinion was that tho canal would
never DO finished Roar Admiial Shufoldt
corroborntos tho account given by Grownoy.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-08-15

The English government ]. trying Q novel
experiment in life insurance, the working of
which will be watched with much interest On
this side Of the Atlantic Policies for sums
not over c2j are now granted at any post of.
fee savings bank without any medical exam
nation. II, however, the insured should die
before tho second annual premium becomes
psyable, the amount of TIL first premium,
aud no more, will be paid 20 his representa-.
tive should the insured die after the pay
men. Of tho second, but before the third pre-
mium becomes due, tho representatives, will
be paid only half the amount Of the policy.
In case of death from accident, however, the
full amount is paid. After the payment of
the third premium the policy is entitled to
full benefit
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-08-15
Vindicnting a Political Right.

tFrom the Philadelphia PresHl
An impetuous Political Impulse, floating
down an Abandoned Sewer one day, was hail.
cd by Vagrant Rat who said
81 thought you belonged up above. Why
are you drifting on these noisome wators2'
81 used to belong up there" replied the
Political Impulse, drawing himself out of the
miro for an instant, "but things got too cor
rupt for me, and l camo down here"
but surely" continues the Vsgrant Rat,
''you are not content with the change you
have made 7"
"On the contrary" returned the Political
Impulse, II am more than content. l float
here, while l was in danger of sinking up
there. Besides that, / have vindicated the
right We all have to kick ourselves into the
surface drainage"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-08-15

How SHAKEsPEARE's HOME WAS SAVED
Phineas L. Barnum did more for Shake
speare's home than any other man. This
sounds passing strange, but 1t is true. Had
it not been for Barnum, the birthplace of the
great bard would not be in state Of preser-
vation, as it is to-day. When BaTnum was In
England in 1S47 in search of ouriosities, he
learned that Shakespeare's birthplace was for
sale and it was proposed to tear it down and
put a store on the site. The great Snowman
thought he saw a chance TO secure a prize,
and at once offered what was equivalent 10
$l3, 900 for the house. His idea was to bring
the structure bodily to America and put it on
exhibition. The owner of the house wanted
$l5, 900 for il and stuck at that price, and be-
fore Barnum had chance TO raise his offer
several Englishmen, admirers of the immor-
tai William, concluded it would be a shame TO
have the house go out of Stratford, and ao-
cordngly purchased it at onoe.-COr. 1TeR-
ton Times
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-08-15

For riohnesa of biographical material ex-
Gov. st. John, the prohibition candidate,
leads all the rest He ran away from his
father in Indiana at tho age of II /; was
husband at 10 and widower at 20; became
one of the rough-and tumble pioneers of the
California gold diggings, and once ran bare
footed over ice aud frozen ground for two
days with an anxious party of Indians after
him started for South America and was
wrecked without clothes or coin among the
Sandwich islands turned up as a country
lawyer in Illinois served in the army through
tho war, and got the rank of colonel, and
finally 'struck it, in the rum politics OF
Kansas
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-08-15

The weather was rough one day, and the
ship was tossing wildly about. A parson,
who was on board approached the captain in
state of considerable trepidation and in
quired if there was any danger. He knew
that he was in the hollow of the Almighty
hand, but realized that the said hollow con-
tanned moisture enough to drown him. The
captain referred him to the crew. The
preacher worked his way TO the forecastle
and found the occupants swearing at the
weather with an emphasis that nearly parAl-
yzed him. lie returned to the captain and
reported that the danger must be great, AZ
the men were blaspheming horribly. The
captain hastened TO reassure him. He said
"If the crew are swearing it is all right, but
whom those follows begin to pray you can
put on your life-preseryer. The preacher
went of again, filled with new and serious
reflections. - 1rlLths6eker.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-08-15

A very suggertiye article on "National
Health and Work" will appear in the Septem-
Der number of the Popular Science Monthly.
The writer Sir James Paget, shows that the
total loss of working time due to preventable
sickness among the workers of nation is
enormous, and he says that besides the excel
lent sanitary work now being done there is
needed greater ambition for health. In the
same number of the Monthly "The Problem
of Population" will be discussed by Charles
Norris who secs in the lack of fecundty of
brain workers a check that will prevent pop
ulation from exceeding the food supply
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-08-15

DE LEssErss DITCH. Tho San Francisco
Chronicle prints an interview with Theodore
IL. Growney of that city, an engineer just
returned after a two years stay ON the 18TH
mus Of Panama, where he was employed in
excavating between Colon and Rio Grande.
Ho has been over every foot of the proposed
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-08-15

81 say, Jimmy, yer at very hard luok, an
/ feel sorry for YER" said a small boy to .
companion. whats de matter 1 hain't
got no hard luck" ''DO yer moan ter say yer
don't know wots goin' on up at yer house p
mo, amt heard nothin'. What is itr"
"Dere's a man unloading cord wood In de
lane. ."-Net0 York Sun.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-08-15

"a tour to Europe that cost me 5000, done me less
good than one bottle of Hop Biters they also cnred
my wife of fifteen years nervous weakness, sleep
lessness and dyspepsia L. H., Auburn, n. Y.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-08-15
Srbuuls,
BRADFORD ACADEMY. 53s!lYl5 ESs!1Gl

young women. Buildings unsurpassed for comfort
and health. Twenty-Five acres-l2 IN grove; lake for
rowing aud skating Classical and genggl course of
study; also preparatory and optional New gymna-
sum, music and art rooms astronomical observatory
aud chemical laboratory. Full corps Of competent
teachers. Year commences Sept, 2, 1881. For cir
cuars aud admission apply 10 MISS ANNIE r. JOHN
SON, Principal; for expenses tod. d. KINdSBURN,
Treasurer Bradford, Mass. 1884
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-08-15

It has cured me of several diseases, such as nerv-
ousness sickness at the stomach, monthly troubles,
etc have not a sick day in year, since
took Hop Bittcrs. An my ucishbors use them.
NTue FA,sn.rP qrFEg-
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-08-15
A Postal Gard story,

A Postal Gard story.
was affected with kidney and urinary
Trouble
"For twelve yCarsl"
After trying all the doctors and patent medicines
could hear Of used two bottles Of Hop
"Bittors;"
And am perfectly cured. / kocpit
Gan the time r. respectfully, b. j. Booth, sausbu-
~, Tenn.-May 4, 1888.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-08-15

WOman's Suffering and Relief.
Those languid, tircsomo sensations, causing you to
feel scarcely able to be your feet that constant
drain that is taking from your system all its former
elasticity; driving the bloom from your checks that
continual strain upon your vital forces, rendering
you irritable and frotful, be easily removed by
the of that marvellous remedy, Hop Dittors r.
regularitos and distractions of your system,
leyed at once while the special cause Of periodical
pain are permanently removed. None receive 80
much benefit and none arc 30 profoundly grateful,
tcrs as women.