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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-07-31

Vicksburg Commercial Herald,
The Jackson Mississippian hurlt
the following specimen brick into
the shanty of somebody. Who il
the lucky fellow now "upheld by
charitable subscriptions from politi
cal aspirants?''
at is a sad commentary upon
Mississippi journalism when a pa
per that has been running thirty
years has now to be upheld by
charitable subscriptions from politi
cal aspirants."
There must be a mistake about
this somewhere. There are only
three papers in the State that reach
the age of thirty-The Ra, mond
Gazette, Clarion and Pascagouls
Democrat Star-and from their
healthy and vigorous appearance,
one would not suspect that either Of
them is an object Of charity Of any
sort.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-07-31

Every act of the Prohibitionists
may not be wise. But they have a
greet and worthy object in view,
and are working with commendable
ZEAL Woodcille Republican.
The above is quite concession
for the Republican which a few
months ago, if we mistake not, could
see nothing good whatever in Prohi-
bition or its advocates.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-07-31

Brookhaven papers were requested to
publish these proceedings.
There being no further business nm
motion, the Convention adjourned.
w. r. SPENCER,
b. I. HOBBS, Chairman. pro r.,
SECRETARY
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-07-31

There is gap of AZ miles to COM
plete between vicksburg and Mem
phis on the Memphis and New Or
leans Railroad and the track from
Vicksburg to New Orleans will be
finished August l. The officials
say that the road viii be in running
order from Memphis to New Or
leans by October L. Vicks6urg
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-07-31

The Grenada Sentinel says the
nomination of Frazee by the Re-
publicans in the third district, for
Congress in an exceptionally weak
one. No Independents viii vote for
him and a great many Republicans
do not endorse bis nomination.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-07-31

"The friends of the Blair educa-
tional bill need not despair al
together of its becoming a law. 1t
has already passed the Senate and
an effort will be made at the next
meeting of Congress to bring it up
for consideration in the House. If
it reaches a vote it is almost sure TO
be passed. "-Birminghdm Age.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-07-31
The Electoral Vote of the States.

AS inaccurate tables of the cleo
toral votes of the States have been
published in several public journals,
we append the following as correct,
and advise political calculators to
preserve it for future reference:
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-07-31

Hon Fred Barry, Of Clay, seems
the favorite for Congress- in the 4th
Congressional District.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-07-31

Hooker and Percy specially dis
inguished themselves at Chicago
one by his eloquence; and the other
by his firmness and good sense in
voting against Morrison.-Er.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-07-31

Cleveland and Hendricks are
gaining ground every day. Keep
the ball moving.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-07-31

= The National Prohibition Conven-
ton met in Pittsburg last Wednes
day aud nominated Ex-Governor st.
John, of Kansas, for President, and
Hon. VIM. Daniel, of Maryland, for
Vice President. The Convention
was composed of sos delegates from
81 States and Territories, and in ad-
dition to nominating separate can
didates, adopted a very vigorous
platform, arraigning both the great
political parties for ignoring the
Prohibition cause, and condemning
the Republican nominees by name.
1t is expected that st. John will poll
100000 or 100000 votes, and make
serious inroads into the Republican
ranks in Kansas, Iowa, Indiana,
Ohio, Maine and Massachusetts,.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-07-31

On the 22nd inst, the Independ-
ent Republicans, headed by such
men as Geo. William Curtis, Carl
Schurz, Benz. II. Bristow, Charles R.
Goldman, Theodore Lyman and 9th
ers to the number of several hun
dred, representing sixteen States,
held a Convention in New York,
adopted platform of principles,
appointed an Executive Committee
and formally organized for the cam
paign. The following sre among
their most significant utterances,
and indicate the course they will
pursue in the presidential canvass:
"There is no great Issue clearly
defined between the two parties, SO
that we have to confine ourselves to
the question of the fitness of the
candidates.
"While the Republican nomina-
ton presents a candidate whom we
cannot support, the Democratic par
ty presents one whose name is the
synonym of political courage and
honesty and administrative reform"
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-07-31

A. q Candidate for re-elcctiop TO Congress
from this (7th) Congressional District.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-27
NO. Al.

fills the young mans earnest eyes as
they rest upon the sweet, downcast
face.
81 have something to tell you, little
one," he says, "that will surprise you.
81 went to Ireland expecting to find a
relative, old, poor and needy. l found
an uncle, titled, and the sole represen-
tative Of rich and powerful family.
His letter had been worded thus to try
me. He was in need, he said, of affec-
ton. found him waiting and longing
to extend to me the fathers love l had
never known, and 1 stand here to-day
as his heir, waiting to claim the wife
who loved me when poor and obscure,
and who, trust, will care for me just
as much in my changed circumstances.
"You are lucky little thing!" Ida
says, when the truth is made known to
her, "and l think your case proves that
after all it does pay to be constant and
true."
And much to her worldly mothers
chagrin year later, instead of waiting
for the often-talked-of coronet, Ida
gives her handsome self, Indifference
and listlessness left behind, to poor
young bank clerk whose only claim to
is an honest, loving heart.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-27

fenses of Germany to the east, that the
entrenched camp of Kustrin, upon the
Oder, was about to be taken in hand,
and that two of the new works are al
ready being carried out. The project
of strengthening the defenses of Kus-
trim, which was formed some years ago,
has been delayed by the necessity of
completing the entrenched camp at
Konigsberg, Thorn and Posen, which
form the three principal points of de-
fense upon the eastern frontier. Now
that these are terminated, attention is
being given to the second-class for
tresses in the interior, which it has de-
cided to preserve. Kustrin, which has
population of 16, 900, is one of these,
and it possesses no little strategic i'm
portance, being fifty miles in advance
of Berlin, which it covers to the east,
as Madgeburg does the west. Kustrin
derives its Importance from being sit
uated at the confluence of the Oder and
the Wartha, and the figurative express
sion of fortified town "barring''
river is literally true in this case, as
the valleys of the Oder and Warth are
so marshy that they are almost impass-
able. Even III its present state Kus-
trim is. regarded as being almost i'm
possible to invest. Kustrin, moreover,
is the point of intersection of many i'm
portant railways, the main line from
Berlin to Dantzic and Kongsberg inter-
secting that from Breslau to Stettin, by
way of Glogau, while there are two
branch lines, one to Frankfort-on-the-
Oder, and the other to Stargard, in
Pomerania. The present Notifications
of Stettin consist of an ancient citadel
in which Frederick II. while Crown
Prince was imprisoned, of ramparts
and of two tetes de pont, one in ad-
vance of the bridge over the Oder and
the other in advance of the bridges over
the Wartha. The new entrenched
camp, which will be capable of holding
10000 men, will be III the main consti-
tuted of six detached forts, situated at
an average distance of four miles from
the town and commanding very ex-
tensive view, as the surrounding coun-
try is fiat, except to the north. These
works will be of the same type as those |
constructed since the war with France |
1T Strasbourg, Metz, Mayence and Col
)gne.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-27
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.

According to John Ruskin the mod
ern tendency to city life is an "infec-
tious insanity" for Capitalization, which
collects all the vicious elements of any
country's life into one mephitic cancer
in its center.
A saloon keeper in Reading, Pa, gave
Christian Bowman pint of whisky,
telling him to drink it, and if it did not
kill him he would treat again. Bow
man drank it and was found dead the
next morning.
An antitrust rail will become a neces-
sity if electric railways ever come into
general use. 1t was demonstrated at
the recent forestry exhibition in Edin-
burg that the electric railway there
would not work on rusty rails.
German physicians are claimed by
many to be the most skillful in the
world. They study thirteen years, in
an ordinary college for five years, then
attend a medical school six years, and
end up with two years in hospital.
An old writer says female beauty is
a silent fraud. He must have been a
of cosmetics. OF all the
beautiful things of earth, handsome
tombstone is about the only one we
don't want no more of Merchant
Traveller.
A Louisville man has turned out some
sort of an electrical invention by which
a man can lie in bed and fish. There
is no demand for such a contraption,
for anybody knows that man who will
fish can lie anywhere.-[M Merchant Tray
eler.
Mile. Yeldo, a talented young French
has had her life-size work,
'The Temptation of st. Anthony" re-
ected by the Paris Salon on account of |
is alleged immortality. The young lady |
las decided to bring the work to this
country and exhibit 1t.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-27
BITTEN BY A MAD DOG.
Terrible Suffering of Georgian from
Hydrophobia-Deatha q Welcome
Relief.

McDonsugh, Ga, Special.
At the spring term of the Henry
supreme court, four months ago, Mr.. T.
D. Raven was sworn in as special bail
| if, and during the week of his service
was regarded as one of the most prompt
and capable officers in attendance on
court. Acting in this capacity on the
oath of April he was directed to 90 to
Griffin and serve subpoena upon an
important witness, which duty was
promptly performed. Not wishing to
wait for the train, he concluded to walk
as far as Sunnyside, spend the night
with a friend and proceed by rail to
Hampton next morning. He reached
Sunnyslde about O'Clock that night,
and when within short distance of his
friends residence he saw dog in the
road just ahead of him. He attempted
to pass without attracting the dogs at
tention, but had gone only few steps
when the brute sprang upon him, and
with such sudden force as to throw him
to the ground. A fierce struggle then
ensued, but, hastily regaining his feet,
Mr.. Raven procured heavy stick and
finally succeeded in laying his vicious
adversary out stark and stiff. He
emerged from the conflict with only
slight wound on the hand, which
he cauterized as soon as he could
find physician. The wound healed
rapidly, and in few days he had en-
tirely recovered. At any rate, he suf-
fered no pain or discomfort from it,
and was apparently as well as ever. In
general appearance he was robust and
healthy, and to all outward seeming
had as long lease on life as anybody.
Last Friday he complained of peculiar
sensation in the wounded hand. Sat-
urday it was no better, though he felt
well enough to 60 to the polls in the
afternoon and vote. By Sunday the
sensation had developed into contin-
uous thrill of pain, which permeated
the entire system. He was much
worse on Monday and exhibited unmis-
taxable signs of rabies. The next day
he became delirious, could not bear the
sight of water, and tossed and tumbled
in an agony of pain that was pitiful to
see. Once or twice he broke away
from his attendants and escaped to the
woods, and it was with difficulty that
he could be retaken. That night he
was seized with commissions, which fol-
lowed each other in violent and rapid
succession until morning, when death
came to his relief. He realized his
desperate condition and recognized his
to the last. During the
between the spasms he would
cry out: "Kill all the dogs, kill all the
logs" Those who witnessed his death
'ay his sufferings were horrible beyond
description and final dissolution was a
Welcome relief. Deceased leaves wife
md five small children"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-27
The Eyeslght and Tobacco.

1t has long been known that among
the evil results of the excessive use OF
tobacco is the tendency to what is
known as amblyopia, which is an i'm
pairment of the usual sight. 1t is
substantially an atrophy of the optic
nerve. Tobacco injuriously affects
every organ of the human body. 1t
may soothe by deadening the nerves,
and the stimulation it gives is pleasant
while the influence lasts, but with the
strongest men it damages the digestion,
irritates the nerves, impairs the eye
sight, as we'll as befouls the person who
uses it. Only three animated beings
use tobacco-a noisome and poisonous
worm that lives on the plant, the wild
goat which feeds on its leaves, and hu-
man beings with depraved tastes that
chew, snuff and smoke it.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-27
THE ELECTRIC GIRL.
What She Did Before an Invited Omaha
Audience.

Omaha Herald.
A private exhibition was given by
Miss Matte Lee Price, the Georgis
"Electric Girl" in the Millard parlor,
yesterday afternoon, for members oi
the Omaha press and their friends
When Miss Price was introduced, Pc
tite lady of PLEASANT features, and rath-
er robust development arose and bowed
courteously. The audience was much
larger than she supposed it would be,
but the electric girl was not at all en-
barrassed when Mr.. Hanson, the lee
turer, escorted her TO the middle of the
floor and called attention to her hair
which was then of an auburn hue.
Miss Price wears her hair, which is
quite long and heavy, hanging loosely
down her back and knotted on top with
a ribbon. To the uninitiated it looks
like an ordinary capillary growth of
healthy proportions, but Mr.. Hanson
assured those present that it often
changed color three and four times a
day, ranging from light brown to a
pronounced red.
The entertainment was opened bv
Messrs. Giles and O'Brien trying to
hold chair about breast high from the
floor. Miss Price laid the palm of one
hand on the outer edge and the other
on the back of the chair, and in mo-
ment it went to the ground despite all
efforts to prevent it. Messrs. Ramsey,
Giles and Jackman were next loaded on
the chair and instructed to throw their
full weight on it. Miss Price laid her
hands flat on the sides, and without
taking any grip, lifted the whole party
clear off the floor. A number of
other interesting tests were given, the
exhibition closing with Messrs. Giles,
O'Brien, Whittmore and Hammill, the
John Sullivans of the party, trying to
hold billiard cue. The little lady
laid the palm of her right hand at the
butt end, where she had no leverage,
then placing the other hand on the top
of the stick, forced it up and down at
her pleasure, against the combined
force of the four men.
A remarkable feature of the business
is that it is done without any apparent |
exertion on Miss Prices part. Her op-
ponents blow and puff after every en-
but she shows no signs of fa-
tigue. She says plainly that she does |
not know the secret of her power, but |
IS satisfied that it is not electricity, be-
cause she has no effect on metals, and
he ordinary insulators do not stop or
interfere with her. Neither is it mus
,ular exertion, because the performance
Toes not tire her, and she does the acts
IS we'll when her arms are held as when
hey are free, as was proven yesterday
lfternoon. If there is trick about the
natter it is so cleverly concealed as to
,e interesting and artistic.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-27
Chicago Sun.

In Hart's Husbandry, valuable old
English work published one hundred
and twenty years ago, we find the fol-
lowing relative to cattle on this conti-
nent at that time:
The horned cattle of the beef kind in
this country are full as large and strong
as ours though different from them in
the make of their bodies and their hair.
They abound so much in some parts of
Canada that hitherto it has been hardly
possible to reduce their numbers. The
hair, or rather the wool of both the
males and females is long and curly, so
that 1t may be manufactured into a
warm, durable sort of clothing. OF the
flesh of the bull in its wild state we
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-27
THE LIGHT OF HOME.
As shines the steady polar star

As shines the steady polar star
Across the dsrkened world we roam,
So brightly beams, so flashes far
The blessed light Of home.
In days Of glory or of shame,
Mid gentle gales or adverse blast,
1t watches o'er its vestal flame
And guards 1t to the last.
1t kindled first in Paradise,
Joy, Purity and Peace came down,
Attracted from their native skies,
Earth's happiness to crown;
And when within the humblest shrine,
Whose building loving hearts ordain,
That radiance begins to shine,
Those angels meet again.
1t CLEANS where dark, malignant powers
With siren voice bid pilgrims stay,
The tempter at its glory covers,
The darkness fees away.
1t flashed on the toiler's brow,
And saddening lines of care grow dim;
FL ON cots where poverty stoops low
Ascends earth IS sweetest hymn.
And when Times treasures vanish here,
And mother, wife, and child no more
Speed forth to life with words of cheer,
Or welcome at the door;
On Faiths upturned and steady eyes
That pierce beyond the star-lit dome,
Still falls that light through evening skies,
And guides the weary home.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-27

shall say nothing. The flesh Of tn,
COWS is succulent, we'll tasted anC
nourishing. Their udders or tests re-
semble those of mare or doe, nor are
they of savage disposition in their wild
state. There is little or no reason to
be doubtful concerning the good quail.
tiles concerning the good qualities OF
the milk of these kline. The male
calves will be made gentle and tract
able by castration, and, at three years
of age, will prove highly serviceable in
cultivating the fields. This is the main
point l contend for.
1t may be added farther, that the
flesh of these creatures will be i'm
proved both in quality and quantity,
when they are made tame by the hus-
bandman, supplied regularly with food
and litter, and then fattened ac-
cording to the rules of art.
Where there is grass sufficient,
as certainly there is in all fine parts
of Canada, it is almost self-evi-
dent that breed of horses and sheep
might be brought from Mexico. Then
the author states in a note that M. Du
Pratz bought Mexican COWS at New
Orleans for about so shillings apiece.
He bought also Barbary horses, Span
ish Jennets and sheep at reasonable
prices. The writer thought the impor-
tation of such stock might be encour-
aged especially when art is called on
to assist nature, and the culture of
grasses is greatly improved. Besides,
it may be worth remarking ESQ great is
the divine care and bounty in supply
ing variety of food for these useful
creatures) that the introduction of
horses and sheep into a country that
affords us naturally nothing but kline,
will occasion little or no deficiency of
pasturage in the proprietor's fields, for
these three species of grazing animals
eat not always the same plants, nor
plants of the same age, nor the same
parts of the same plants.
1t may be observed further, thai
neither horses nor kline bite so near the
ground as sheep can, and that from the
size of their mouths and teeth-nay,
what is still more remarkable, the
closer sheep bite, the finer lasted the
natural grass becomes; it also grows
thicker and shoots faster. The goat3is
'ound to thrive in Canada, and ought to
De encouraged. For, besides being as
useful as any other gramniv-
,rous animal, it robs none of themIin |
,oint of food. Despising rich pastur-
lges, and browsing on plants that have |
larsh, acrid and even poisonous quail
les.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-27
The Late Senator Anthony.

For many years Mr.. Anthony was a
conspicuous object IN the United States
senate. He entered that body in 1859,
and has served continuously since then.
Hannibal Hamlin and he were the only
members of the senate who witnessed
the departure and return of the senators
from the rebellious states. He was
born in Coventry, r. l., on April 1,
1915, and came from good old Qua
ker family. In 1888 he graduated at
Brown University, and some few years
later became editor of the Providence
Journal. He made his influence felt,
and marched rapidly to the front in
municipal and national politics. In
1S49 he was elected governor of Rhode
Island. He was reelected the follow
ing year, but declined to be q candi-
date for a third term. He took his
seat in the United States senate in 1859,
having been elected as a Union repub-
Gcan to succeed Philip Allen, demo.
crat. He was reelected in 1865, in
1871, in 1876 and in 1882. He served
at the head of the printing committee,
and was a member of the committee on
claims, naval affairs, and postoflices
and post roads. He was also men,
Der of the national committee appoint
ed to accompany the remains of Presi-
dent Lincoln to Illinois, and was one of
the senator's chosen by the senate to
attend the funeral of General Scott in
1866. The same year he was a dele
gate to the Philadelphia "Loyalists"
convention. Mr.. Anthony was presi-
dent pro tenn of the senate in 1869 and |
in 1871. He became wealthy as a
newspaper proprietor, and was popular
as citizen, governor and senator. 1t |
was in Washington society that the late
senator especially shone. He as great
diner-out as Sam Ward, and at max
ing felicitous after-dinner speeches,
was surpassed by few. AS q bachelor
and bon vivant he was in great demand;
in the senate he spoke but seldom, and
rarely discussed politics. On questions
of art and letters he was very we'll in
formed. Several years ago he was
afflicted with blood poisoning. This
brought on a severe illness, and the
evil effects fingered long in his system.
He was sick and down with severe
illness in April last, but after several
weeks of suffering rallied sufficiently to
his ordinary occupations.