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The Brookhaven leader., 1884-11-20
Aggregate. ..$62;
GEO. Y. JOHNSON,
Supt. Department Agriculture
Aggregate.
Thanksgiving Proclamation.

President Arthur has issued the
following Thanksgiving Day procla
nation:
"The season is nigh when it is
the yearly wont Of the people To
observe the day appointed for that
purpose by the President, as an es-
pecial occasion for thanksgiving
unto God.
Now. therefore, in recognition Of
this hallowed dcustom,I /. Chester A. Ar.
thur, President ot the United States.
do hereby designate as such day Of
general thanksgiving Thursday, the
9th day of this present Novem her
and do recommend that through
nut the land, the people cessing
from their accustomed occupations.
do then keep holiday at their sever
al homes and their several places Of
Worship, and with heart and voice
pay reverent acknowledgement to
the Giver of All Good for the count
less blessings wherewiTh he hath
visited this nation.
AN witness whereof have here
unto set nv hand and csuseI the
seal of the United States to be affix
ed.
"Done at the City of Washington
this 7th day of November. in the
year of our Lord 1884. and of th,
Independence Of the United States
the one hundredth and ninth."
| sCHFSTER 4 ARTHUR"
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-11-20
A Few Words to the Colored
People.

There seems to be an impression
prevailing amongst our colored
population that their political condi-
ton is to be seriously affected by
the success of the democratic csndi-
date for the presidency and vice
presidency, and that upon the ac-
cession of Cleveland and Hendricks
to power they will be remanded
back into slavery. Such an idea is,
Of course, absurd, yet We find many
colcred persons thoroughly imbued
with it and greatly distressed at it.
We can assure them, however. that
their fears are entirely groundless,
and that their political and legal
righ.s will not be infringed upon
more under n democratic than under
q republican administration. Even
were it contemplated to relegale
them to a condition of slavery, no
one would desire to do so either at
the North or at the South. But
such q thing would be impossible
under the constitution and the laws
of the country, and the colored peo-
pie of the country should know it.
So far as they are concerned, their
personal aud political rights will not
be in the least affected by the ac-
cession of the democratic party TO
power, and they will not know more
of the change than they would If it
was a change from one republican
president to another, only in this
particular, that they will find the
affaIrs of the national government
more honestly ana more economically
administered than it was under the
republican rulers.
The persons who will be most at
fected by the change of administra-
tion will be the office holders under
the national government, but the
colored officials will not be more
affected than those of the white race
1t is only natural hat the dominant
party should want its own sympa-
thizers in the offices, and very many
republicans will be turned out, hut
in making these changes the colored
man will not he Disseminated
against because he is cOlnred, but he
will he on an equal footing with the
white republican office holder, and "a
| colnrrd man is as liable to be retain
ed in office, where there is no rea
son TO make chang, as is white
mRn.
Those co.ored people, therefore,
who entertain fears that any of
their rights will be jeopardized on
account OF the transfe" of the
political power of the country from
one Of the great parties to the other,
can dismiss them as groundless.
The results Of the late war, one OF
which was tneir liberation from
slavery, are inevitably fixed, and
they will not only continue to be
free. but their rights will be just as
carefully ami zealousIy guarded by a
National democratic administration
as they are 10y the State administra-
tions in the South, under which 80
many of them prosper aud grow
rich. While feeling perfectly Sc
cure in the rights they now possess,
they should treat as enemies to
their race any one who tells them
anything to the contrary.-Natchez
| Democrat.
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-11-20
Written by q Lady as an Excuse
for Her Zeal In the Cause
of Temperance.

Go feel what have felt
Go, bear what have borne,
Sink meath the blow father dealt,
And the cold worlds proud scorn;
Thus struggle on from year to year,
Thy sole relief the scalding tear.
Go, weep as have wept,
Ger loved fathers fall.
See every cherished promise swept,
Youths sweetness turned TO gall;
Hopes faded flowers strewed all the way
That led me up to woman's dayl
Go, kneel as have knelt,
Implore, beseech and pray,
Strive the besott ted heart to melt,
The downward course to stay;
Be cast, with bitter curse, aside,
Thy prayers burlesqued, thy tears defed.
Go, stand where have stood,
And SET the strong man bow,
With gnashing teeth, lips bathed in
blood,
Aad cold aud livid brow;
Go catch his wandering glance, and see
There mirrOred his souls misery.
Go, hear what have beard,
The sobs of -ad despair.
As memory's feeling fount hath stirred,
And its revealiDgs there
Have told him what he might have been
Had he the drunkard's fate foreseen.
Go to thy mothers side,
Aud her crushed spirit cheer;
Thine own deep shame and anguish
hide,
Wipe from her cheek the tear;
Mark her dimmed eye, her fsrrowed
brow,
The gray that streaks her dark hair
now.
Go. hear, and feel, and know
All that my soul hath known;
Then look upon the winecup's glow;
Its brightness can't atone;
Think if it's flavor you would try,
If all proclaimed, otis drink and diel"
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-11-20
Exhibition of Cotton at New Or
leans.
From Aberdeen Examiner.

From Aberdeen Examiner.
All entries to be made before
Dec. 18th. A blank application can
be obtained from the Office Of the
Department of Installation Of the
Exposition. All entries to be made
from cotton raised in 1884, and all
bales except Sea Island cotton, to
weigh not less than 450 pounds, and
Sea Island cotton not less than the
usual average weight. Parties
making entries must furnish their
names and address with that OF the
growers, also the county in which
the otton was produced, the year in
which grown, the name and charac
ter of gin on which ginned, the
power used, whether steam, horse,
water or hand in ginning. Should
the judges have any doubt as to
where the cotton is raised, satisfac-
tory evidence must be furnished by
the owner.
A bale of cotton taking a premium
in one class cannot compete in any
other class
Cotton that has been subject to
process of machinery other than
ginning in the ordinary, way, is ex
cluded from competition.
The judges shall consist Of two
cotton manufacturers, (spinners or
wearers) two cotton planters, two
cotton merchants and one cotton
broker. Seven judges in all.
In awarding premiums all bale.
on exhibition will be represented by
numbers furnished by the Chief OF
1nsta llation to the Committee on
Awards.
Cotton may he sold Immediately
after the judges have awarded tht
premiums with the consent of the
Director General.
Every bale of cotton shall have
some distinctive mark by which to
trace ownership, if it should be
necessary.
The following premiums in money
are offered by the World. Industrial
aud Cotton Centennial Exposition,
and by the members Of New Orleans
Cotton Exchange:
The best bale of American cotton,
long stanle other than Sea Island,
first premium. ....................s1 $3.50
The best bale of American cotton,
long staple other than Sea Island,
second premium. m.................. 800
Best bale of American cotton, mp
land, not long staple, first prem
| ium. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1850
Best bale of American cotton, up
land, not long staple, second
| premium. oOO
Best bale of American cotton, ben
ders (meaning cotton grown on the
| alluvial land of the Mississippi or
| its tributaries) not from extra sta
pie seed, first premium. ....:.... 1886
Best bale of American cotton, ben
| ders (meaning cotton grown on the
| alluvial lands of the Mississippi or
its tributaries) not from extra sta
pie seed, second premium. ....... SOC
Best bale Sea Island cotton, firt
| premium. T5U
Best bale Sea Island cotton, second
| premium. 2oO
Aggregate. e............. $3.50
| GEO. Y. JOHNSON,
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-11-20

y =
been frequently attracted to sign
having the following ominous words
on it?
3 BAR"
Avoid the place; it is no misn"
mer. The experience OF thousands
has proved il to be
A Bar to Responsibility:
A Bar TO Honor:
A Bar to Happiness;
A Bar to Domestic Felicity;
A Bar to Heaven.
Every day proves it to be
The road to Degra tation;
The road to Vice:
The road to the Gamblers He'll /;
The road to the Brothcl;
The road to Poverty;
The road to Wretchedness;
The road TO Want;
The road to Road to Robbery;
The Road tn Murder;
The road to Prison;
The road To the GallOws;
The road to the Drunkard's =
Grave;
The road TO Hell.
Some, it is true. do not pass
through all # these stages; but in
temperance, persisted in, always
ends in the drunkard's grave, aud
we have too much reason tn tear,
hell.
The bar,room is truly
The curse of the drunkard's wife /;
The curse OF the drunkard's >
child;
The curse of the drunkard' s
home.
Those only who have known the
bitterness of being a drunkard' S
wife or child can know the misery
and the horror of = drunkards $
home.
Young man! before YOU enter the
bar-room, stopi Ponder the paths
of your feet, ere it be forever too
late!
Man of family flee the bar room,
as YOU would in honor fulfill the
pledge Of love made to her who is
the companion OF your joys aud of
your sorrows,
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-11-20
COTTON GOODS.

Camhric finish shlrting prints, cents.
Choice Dress prints, anC cents.
Seat Standard prints, cents.
Genuine Indigo Blue prints, cents.
Yard wide Percales, 10 cents.
Soft finish cotton, cents.
Yard wide soft finish cotton, cents.
Al yard wide soft finish cotton, cents.
Csmbric cotton, cents.
Yard Wide Brown cotton. I cents.
Extra quality yard wide brown cotton, 8 cents
Brown Sheeting, Is cents
Ten quarter Grown She2ting, 20 cents.
Bleach 81 eeiing, 90 cents.
Ten quarter Bleach Sheeting, 23 cents.
Equally good bargains In widsr Sheetlngs
Drills, Co ton Checks, Plaids Ticktngs, Denns,
etc.
checked Ginghams, 8 ceats.
Fine plaid Ginghams 10 l2}S aud IS cents.
Sesrsuckers-stripes and plalds-lO cents.
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-11-20
Household Goods.

Afue line of White Msttiugs f:om Is cents up
nnc line Of fancy Mattnss from 20 cents up
strip carpet from 25 cents up
Door mats 50 cents. handsome assortmen
ef Brussels. Velvet and Moquetie Rugs; also an
elegant lot of hOor and Ible Oilcloth,
FoatstOols co cents.
full line of Lace Curtains, Nottingham Lace
Lace Bed sets illow Sh Ims, Tides, Einbroder-
cd Table and Piano Covers, CretOnnes, etc.
Honey Comb Bedspreads. IS cents.
Bobbinet Bars, from Sl.5Oup.
Muslin Bars 81.
Cotton Bars-unmads. As cents, made 3d. 80, u
and$i.
Cotton towels, cents.
Pure linen towels 10 cents
Pure linen damask towels Is cents.
Large size crepe towels 20 cents.
Extra large size crepe towels rs cents.
Pare linen Damask 20 cents
Turkey Red Damask. 80 cents.
Bleached all Linen Damask so cents,
Bargains in Crashes Damask turkey red
cloths. napkins 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 our selves wi simply announcing few
other goods for which we are headquarters.
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-11-20
More About the Sullivan Verdict
MEADyILLE. Nov. II, 1884

DEAR LEADER In your issue of
h. Oh inst see "Auother Dot" has
entered the field and 10 Illuminating
tue minds Of the many readers OF
your valuable paper, on the Sullivan
verdict. As the Dot family are
somewhat numerous, | am at a loss
to know winch of the family it is,
but conclude that it is brother
that leaked out from the fOld and
wandered off from the straight road,
and has fallen into paths that are
devious His monde plume sug
grsts to my nina u song tr'lt used
~ hear when hoy land by the
wa" that has been some time ago. 9.
1t ran something like this:
"Old Mother Grimes she had two sons
And both of them were brothers,
One was named Tobias
And Ca-chnnky was another.
They both went to the wilderness
The old gray mare to find,
Tobias always rode before,
And Ca-chunky rode behind"
You are rldiug behind, my broth
er, and cannot see over my should
ers as distinctly as | can, with moth
ing in front to obstruct my view. Ii
YOU could have had an un"bstructed
view, you would have seen that
there were but two objects had in
view in the article you reply to
one was to condemn the practice OF
vilifying and abusing witness, who
is forced upon the stand TO testify,
whether he would or not, and the
other was to defend the character oi
Tom Erwin, whom have so long
and favorably known, and whose
chars cter was SO mercilessly assail-
ell by defendants counsel on the
trial. Now my dear brother Ca
chunky, you could not see this;
YOUR view was obstrucled. You
we're pleased in your reply to style
me 1.-The sanctimonioue Dot. Now,
nv dear Ca chunky, / never made
any great claim to sanctity, but l
| do claim that whether write or
speak, | write or speak nothing but
the truth-a virtue, my dear Ca
chunky, which l cannot too earnest
w commend to your favorable con
sideration.
You say you profess to know as
much about the public sentiment re-
gardlng that trial as saactimonious
Dot, aud unhesitatingly say tha'
it was approved by every intelligen,
aud attentive citizen who heard the
trial fir IN it's commencement to its
close" Riding behind again, my
dear Ca chunky, ana il you got any
glimpse of public sentiment over
my shoulder, you well know that
my statement is true. You admit
that "many good people believed
that the Suli,sns were guilty, yet
no intelligent listener was so con
vinced from the evidence" Now,
my dear Ga chunky, if they were
not convinced by the evidence, wha'
did convince them9 But you say
that Brown sullivan is innncent he
cause he told the jurs 20. This re-
minds me of an old ia,i, that befors
the war l:ve,l Ia Amite so'iniy. sh'
Ivwned negro msl who was iudics
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-11-20
Owe RSUiTlNC

Hamburg ct, 95 and 81 cents.
Hamburg Net, flne, Sl.50.
Antique alenciennes Net 81 so. (Antlque val
Lace to ma, ch, in all widths).
Hamburg Embroidered Net, S2.75, 50.
Oriental Net, 1.-THE rage" S3 1884,
All these goods are n inches wide, and are
ased for waists, yOkes and sleeves.
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-11-20
Lehman's Peerless Shirts.

known throughout the whole southern country as
the ver best ever got together, are still havin
a large sale. They come in every style, open
back or open front, sh eld bosom, bands or cuds.
These are FOUi PLY REINFORCED LINEN
BOSONS, WAMSUTTA COTTON, AND PER-
Feet IN FIT AND FINISH. Then we have the
open front, plated bosoms, with or without col
!ar. bands or cuffs. + hese are positively the
best shirts for the monsy, evef on sale. We sell
each and every style Peerless" at 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 chlldren's Straw Hats, Feathers, Flowers,
Pompons, etc.
We are manufacturers of Laaies' Underwear,
and carry an immense stock of Embrolderes,
Lsces, Hosiery. loves, Fans, ParasOls, Jewelry,
Ruchings, Satchels, Lace aud Linen Collars,
veilIngs, Ribbons, Buttons, handkerchief, etc.
We carry the largest stock of Corsets In the
South. and an offer special inducements in this
department.
All orders entrusted to our care will receive
| eur prompt attention.
M. lE HMAN,
tSS snd 4s7 Dryades Street New Orleans, La.
April lTsm.
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-11-20
DRE IS GOODS.

Three quarter De Bege, 10 cents.
Nuns Yelling, all colors, II cents.
Lace Bunting. all colors, Is cents.
Lace stripe Bunting, in canary, pink and
blue, cents.
Thirty-six inch Black and White Check
sateen-fast colors-l0 cents.
Check Mohair, assorted colors, % cents.
Silk lustre Mohair, 25 cents.
Wool Albatross, all colors, 25 cents.
Colored Lace Bunting, figured, 25 cents.
Thirty-six inch Grey Cashmere, 25 cents.
Thirty-six inch Fine Grey Cashmere, 40
cents.
Forty inch, all wool, Black and White
Check only Is cents
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-11-20
Lawns and White Goods

Printed Lawns A, 5, Z, 10 and ia cents.
Sheer White Lawn cents, worth l2t
Corded Pique, 5 cents.
Printed Pique, 8 cents
Checked Nainsook, 10 cents.
Plaid Nainsook superior quality, Is cents.
India Linens, from 12i cents uR
Persian Lawns, from % cents up.
We have an exquisite assortment o
French Nainsooks, Paris Lawns, Linen
Cambrics Dimity and other fancy white
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-11-20

The following Railroad Commits
sion cases were argued, on appeal
in the Supreme Court, of the State,
Tuesday and Wednesday; Matches .
Jackson and Columbus, Yazoo and
Mississippi Valley and the Canton
Aberdeen and Nashville. Judge j
". G. Watson opened for the State
in speech OF great force, occupying
two hours and ten minutes. He wa.
followed by. the following attorneys
for the railroads, who made speeche:
full of argument: Judge w. p
Harris, JAS. Fentress, Col. w. L
Nugent. Judge Watson closed IN.
argument. Elaborately printed
hriefs were submitted by each side
1t will be some weeks before tn,
Court renders its decision.-Stat'
Ledger, ISfh.
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-11-20
why you SHOULD BUY YOUR
Spectacles Of Us.

We have most complete assortment.
The quality of the glasses is the best the
world can produce.
We have the best optician in the South
ern country (Mr. ID. Bohne). He fills the
most difficult orders of our celebrated
oculists for Cataract Glasses, Compound
cylindrical Glasses, etc.
Ourprieesare no higher, but often much
cheaper than those of spectacle vendors
who are totally ignorant of the business.
We keep on hand the largest assortment
in the South of Artificial Human Eyes.
Send for Test Types and Price List.
A, B. GRISWOLD & co,
jewelers. and Opticians.
I1s ............ Canal Street 118
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-11-20

i viii stay he said, ''and sing my lay.
While slnmher seals your eyes;
Aud the deep stillnight win chase the day
AWAY from the star-lit skies.n
sT viii wake aud sing till the morning star
Shall glow in the eastern sky
Brit he didQ't; ihe dog woke mp Just then
Aud m5Jts lin hip and this
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-11-20
NEW ORLEANS.
BLACK GOODS.

Black Cashmeres, single width, 10 and
cents.
BLACK Cashmeres, double width, 30 cents
Black Cashmeres, double width, all wool,
46, so, 60, IS, rs, 85, 80, 81, s1.25, s1.35,
S1.50.
Black | ace Buntings, Is, 20, 25, 80, 80:
Black Silks, so, go, rs, 80, 81, s1.25, sl.5o
Si.75, 81, $3.50, So.
Black Crepe, from as cents to s5 per yd
A full assortment of Black Tamise, Al
batross, Flannel Suiting, Basket Cloth,
Nuns Yelling, Damasse, etc.
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-11-20

The newspaper msn OF genius is
the one who can write up street
fight to please the man who gets
licked, or a trial and please the man
convicted. - E1.
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-11-20

These two lines which lock so solemn
Were put in hers To tll this culunusN
The Brookhaven leader., 1884-11-20
Beware of the Bar-Room.

Young man! has not your eve
been frequently attracted to a sign
having the following ominous words
on it?
Omaha daily bee., 1884-04-07

to claim seats. The outcome may be
not only double.headers, but triple and
even quadruple headers. 1t strikes us
that the central committee must either
be recalled at once, or the chairman must
assume the authority to designate in a
published call where the primaries are
to be held. II this is not done until a
day or two before the primaries every
body will Justly regard it as a trick The
primaries at best are a mere farce, and
nowhere and at NO time are they an hon
est expression of party sentiment. But
there ought to be at least some outward
semblance at an attempt to give voters a
fair chance and let them know in reason
able time where they may cast their
votpa.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-04-07

They are not as dry down in Massa-
chusetts as some people think. Jokes
appropriate to April first were the order
of the day in the legislature of that state
ON last Tuesday, the senate making its
little joke at the expense of the commons
wealth by devoting the session almost
wholly to talk, while the house cracke ed
jokes at its own expense. When Bow
ker, of Boston, for instance, was tempo
rarily in the speakers chair, the follow
lowing was presented by o member and
read by the clerk: "Ordered, that the
committee on public health consider the
expediency of instructing our members
of congress to enact a law establishing a
tariff on birch beer at 800 per cent, and
that such o tariff be a tariff for the reve-
nue only of III. Il. Bowker. of Boston,"
Speaker Marden came in Just at that
moment and resumed the chair, without
giving the house an opportunity to adopt
the order. Mr.. Bowker is evidently an
an extensive manufacturers of that tenn
persnse beverage, known as birch beer,
which cheers but not inebriates.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-04-07

-
BUSINESS failures during the quarter,
ended April LIST, exceed any number for
a like period for many years. They mum.
bered $500, with total liabilities Of 49,.
1888, 4l4. The total failures during the
quarter ended January lst, were greater
than had been known in any like period
since 1878. In spite of the increasing
number of failures, and the certain en-
barassments which they bring on com
merce, congress still refuses to pass a
national bankruptcy law. There is no
doubt either of the pressing necessity for
such a law, or of the demand of the
business interests for Il. But congress
continues to neglect it.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-04-07

n
, ACCORDING to tho New York journal
the work of building the pedestal for
Bartholdi's great Statue of Liberty has
been pushed along SO rapidly during the
pleasant weather of the past few days
that the public does not seem able to keep
pace with it. The concrete foundation
is already up 50 of the 90 feet, and is go.
ing up a foot a day. AT this rate the
base of the pedestal will be completed in
less than thirty days, and then work will
be begun on the upper portion. The Pc
destal will probably be ready to receive
the statue by October LIST. 1t is esti-
mated that the pedestal will cost $3.50.
900. Funds are coming into the com
mittee at present much more rapidly from
the east than from the west. There are
a number of large promises, however, from
the western states, N the agents who
are collecting funds in the west are san
guine of a big harvest in a short time.
There is about $50, 600 on hand now, and
1000 a week is coming in.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-04-07

The republican central committee of
this county has called the primaries to
select delegates to the county convention,
which is to select delegates to the district
and state conventions. No regular call
has been published, however, and if the
proceedings are reported correctly, the
committee has omitted entirely to desig-
nate the places where the primaries are
to be held. Unless this is done nobody
will be able to tell who are or who ara
not l~egitimately elected as delegates.
Primaries may be held in a dozen differ
emit places in each ward or precinct and
a whole army of delegates may come in