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The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-04-25
winacoochee

Is the name of u furnishing vii
liage in Coffee county, Georgia, on
the line of the Brunswick and Al.
bany railroad.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-10
IN. Prseent ao,.rnmsn. Of Alsler.

The governor and bis council manage
the financial and other affairs Of the
country with little interference from the
French assembly, though their acts can
be reversed at any time by the home
government. The administration Of
these branches includes the regulation OF
agriculture and popular education, which
are managed with good degree OF
thoroughness. The territorial depart
ments are administered by projects, hav-
ing the same powers as in France, who
have under them sub-prefects and all
the necessary civil officers. the courts
and tribunals are organized as in France.
AL the details of public work are at
tended to by the civil authorities, but the
soldiers, conspicuous by their brilliant
red uniform, whom one sees constantly
not only in the streets of Algiers, but on
the railroads and in every country town,
show that under the velvet glove is ever
the band of steel. 1t is a fact that an
American, who can travel from one end
of his country to the other without even
catching glimpse of military uniform,
finds hard to appreciate. The soldiers
whom he meets everywhere, not alone in
Egypt or Algiers, but in every European
city, the officers in gay uniforms who fill
the public places, the parades and re-
views that are of such frequent occur
renee in the fields of maneuver, prove to
him that, in spite of all the protestations
of peace, all the great nations Of the
world are only keeping armed truce that
may be broken at any moment.
San Francisco Chronicle.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-10
Absinthe Drinking In Franco.

The appetite for absinthe is spreading
everywhere in France with dangerous
rapidity, but with greater force and
yirulence in the colonies and in the
army. The habit was deemed of such
importance by Gen. De Courcy, who
has lately assumed command in Anam
and Tonquin, that he has forbidden the
sale of it within the limits of his COM
mand. 1t appears to be the only stimu-
liant that satisfies the appetite. Cafes
rbouni in Algiers and in all the other
towns of the country, as in France, and
as the weather is warm indoors at this
season the sidewalks are covered with
tables and chairs. Thus the favorite
tipple of every enc is patent to the
public.
have passed these cafes many day,
and never saw them when glass of alb
sinthe was not sitting on table before
half of the patrons, and sometimes in
those frequent9d by sailors, soldiers and
he working classes, before nearly all.
1t is a concentrated stimulant. and, like
the crumpets described by character in
Dickens as being remarkably cheap and
extremely 'fillin'," the most satisfying
at the price. Tothe soldier poorly nour-
ished it satisfies the craving for food.
The poor man who drinks it dimes, as in
sleep he forgets the pangs of hunger.
1Cor San Francisco Chronicle.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-10
John Mccullough and His wifc.

A day or two ago John McCullough's
wife went over from Philadelphia to visit
him. They had not lived together for a
long time, but he always supported her
and his children, and there was no Bit
terness between them. Her kindness
was such that when the question of
putting him into Hiadholse was
broached she waited until the very last
before she would take any legal steps in
the matter. She he'd visited him several
times, but on this occasion, showing
clearly how terrible hold disease has at
last got upon his mind, he failed alto
gether to make her out. Some friends
who were with him told him
gently who she was. But an
instant afterwards, his thin hand
resting upon hers, he asked, with
O smile and manner that recalled, with
unspeakable pathos. the genial and gra-
cious address that in other days won
him hearts everywhere. MY dear
madame, sh--ah-I-I hope your hus-
band is we'll"
Husband" his wife echoed, her eyes
filing with tears. Husband! / never
had a husband but you, John"
u your-your huoband2" he cried.
"Yes, dear. Do you not know me
now2 am your wife"
"My-my wife2" he went on with a
low laugh. my wife1 Some mistake,
surely. I-I-never had-had-"
His strength gave way and he lay
back in his chair, faint and trembling
PhiladeiDnia Press.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-10
How Calcutta vs. Fou uudr cd.
ISan F ancisno Gail

Since the advent of the British into
power in ndia the fearful rite of suttee,
which condemned to be burnt along
with her husband his widows, has been
prevented; and though. even at this
day, a Hindostani burning is sight by
no means pleasant, it was much more
fearful when along with the burning
dead husband were burned one or more
of his late wives.
The trst time when that sacrifice was
clearly brought home to r.ngliShmen
was when sob CharnocS. half-pirate,
half -adventurer, saved the life of q
beautiful Iengaiee widow as she was
beng thrust upon the burning pyre Of
her husband. Job harnock lald the
foundation of the present capital of
India, Calcutta, and it was at its
present site where the gallant sailor per-
Formed this hazardous saving feat.
Charnock had penetrated up the Hoogly
in the quest OF adventures, and seeing
from his vessel preparation for the
burning of a hindOo he watched the
process with curious excitement; but
when it came to cremating living people,
and above all a young women, all the
generous impulses of the sailors heart
were stirred, End calling to his COM
rades he leaped ashore, and with the
aid of their knives he soon dispersed
the heathens. and afterward married
the woman and founded Calcutta.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-10
Veins Of Gold and silver.

Geologists are far from agreed as to
whether metallic veins are filled from
above, by slow deposition from solutions,
or from below, by volcanic action, which
forces metallic ores, either melted or dis
solved in water or gas, into the available
crevices and leaves them there to So
hdify. .a
The fact that the interior substance
of the earth is far heavier than the solid
crust and must apparently consist al
most entirely of melted metal, gives
some support to the latter theory, but
many other circumstances oppose it, and
as sea water is found to contain all the
metals in small quantities, the theory
that most metallic veins have originated
in some way from the separation Of the
metals from water is perhaps the most
popular. OF late, however, new theory
has been put forward, which seems to
combine the plausible features Of the
other two.-[ American Architect.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-10
Engraving on Glass.

The hard point for inscribing and en-
craving rare stones is doubtless older
than the lathe, and was certainly used
in engraving glass during classical and
medieval times The Flemish, Dutch,
and Germans, within the last three cen
turies, used it with great success, as tes-
tilted by examples of their work still re-
manning. Diamond or other hard stone
points-or steel points similar to those
used by some glass caryers of the present
may be employed in engraving glass
and handled in the same way as ordin-
ary gravers for metal or wood. The
glass should be coated with mixture
Of gum and milk, on which, when dry,
q pattern may be drawn or transferred
previous to engraving. Very fine line
and Matching and stipple effects can be
produced by this method.
Some Of the specimens in the Slade
collection of the British museum are OK
quisitely done. The great drawback to
such engraving, when delicately finished,
is that it cannot be we'll seen unless it is
held close to the eye and in good light.
-[Ar Journal
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-10
Houses in the National Capital.

1t is easy to obtain a home in Wash
ington, because most of the real estate
agents will take small cash payment
and arrange the remainder of the debt
at low rate of interest-in some cases
as low as 5per cent. Certain lot holders
have very great advantage. Scat
tered throughout Washington there is a
very large number of little plots of ground
which belong to the public reservations.
These bits of parking are given rent
free to the lot-owners, who build up
close to them. They have the practical
use of them for nothing. They can fence
them in, ornament them as they please,
and enjoy everything about them except
building on them. In many instances
these little public strips are the only
yards that certain house-owners have.
New York World.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-10
rneumania and Ozone.
TScieptifir A nerican.l

DIR. Draper, of the meteorological OBJ
servatory at Central park, New ork
city, has called attention to the fact
that during the past eight years there
has been an apparent connection be-
tween the death-rate from pneumonia
in New York and the presence of o one
in the atmosphere. The epidemic has
been particularly fatal during the pres
ent year, and it is stated on good au-
thority that the death-rate from this
cause has e ceeded that from cholera in
1854. 1t has not been determined
whether the connection between the
disease and the ozone in the air is sim
ply coincidence, or whether there are
scienti C reasons for their joint ap-
raaranaa
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-10
The Expensive Flour Barrel.

Flour barrels are source of great ex-
pense to the people of this country. Say
there are so, 900, 900 of barrels Of -four
consumed in this country each year, and
say that there are $4,000, 900 of people
who buy it by the barrel, there might be
saved to the people of this country $2,-
400, 900, saying that 90 cents per barrel
is saved BY purchasing -four in sacks.
Really it may be little more than this,
especially so in the muslin sacks, the
muslin being valuable for further use.
There is more flour than this sold in bar
rels, but in the larger cities the bakers
sell the barrels for 90 and 25 cents apeice,
which represents loss of from 10 to 20
cents barrel. .-[The Milestone.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-10

The following true story relating to
Prince Bismarck's first meeting with DR..
Schweninger Will appear in the German
chancellor autobiography. The doctor,
who is the only man living who can
keep the prince down." did not at first
prepossess his illustrious patient very
favorably. After he had been asked a
whole string of questions as to his symp-
toms, habits of life, diet, etc., the prince
lost his patience, and expressed himself
dissatisfied with DR.. Schweninger's per-
sistency, by saying, abruptly, Il think
you have asked me quite enough" The
doctor replied: Just as you please,
highness. If you wish to be cured with
out being asked questions, you had bet
ter consult veterinary surgeon. Bis
marck was at first speechless with indig-
nation at the brusqueness of his retort,
but recovered himself in moment, and,
after having replied to several more in
terrogatories, contented himself with
saying at the conclusion of the inter-
view: Il hope, sir, that will find your
skill equal to your impertinence. "-lSan
Francisco Argonaut.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-10
Doetoring a Sewing Machine.


A woman don't know any mora about
mechanical principles than a maa does
about taeiins a baby; but the manner ia
which she doc ors up a baiky sewing ma
chine and maAes it go, is one of tho wor III S
e. eat wolders that has not yet een put IN
the catalogue with tho oth,r maIvels she
never has tho slightest IDEA what tho trou-
bic is, but her III minner of taking Ehs dlfi-
Guilty by tie ear Is about the same in ali
cases She gets a hammer and pounds
every thing breakable for about five mia-
utesS witnout doing the slightest harm. Then
she takes a scre w-driver with thu corners so
broken off that it has point like a gimlet,
AMI pokes around until she gets it wed god
fast some where. she jerks and pulls, pounds,
tugs and prizes in four directions at once;
gets red in the face and white around the
mouth; losSs her temper aad The con-
Germs that hold up her back hair with
consi lerable simultaneousness; gets her
toes pinched under the treadie, ami her
spron wound tight aroun1 the main shaft,
but just before she gets mad enough to
swear ths screwdriver loses its grip and
comes out with sudienness that results in
two broken finger nai.s, AMI consi ierable
battered up skin in the neighborhood OF the
knuckles. AMI then sbs jumps backward d
Win a raSnnesS OF lmpeluoSloy 6hat upSetS
the baby's Glib and breaks the milk bottle,
as the poor discouraged woman squass with
unstudied grace in the middle OF the floor,
and lifts up her voice In the plaintivs
melody OF primord,ai man. But all things
have an end, and so has her song Of woa.
she jumps up and gives the machine a few
shakes that make the gearing rattle, pour.
a lot of oi. on the balance whee, an1 tn
bus.nsss is dons The thing resumes its
stitching, AMI goes right a.ong as smooth Al
prospeli.y, WITHOUT aIIy more kick. Aftel
coarse OF treatment like this, any sewing
machine can De guaran sci TO run equal .C
O s. watch for four molthS
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-10
srA<D,>o ADVERTISEMENTS.
Tricks Of ths Stage Costum-r's Trade.
.Nnrr Xc.rir Gnn

The reporter asked the customer II be
could ma a crooked leg straight, and
he replied that be often cured people of
low -feggedness, and made their legs
straight an operation beyond the skill
of the most accomplished surgeon
adding out tho hol!ows and ajudicious
proportion OF padding at other points il
all that is required. of course. there
are special ways OF padding for GER.
tain lines of character, and the oo5,
tuner can turn shapely man into a
hunchbacs or into fat man
A slim actor need not be afraid TO
play heroic character for he can be-
made stalwart--one-balf rs big again if
neceesar For him there are padded
shirts which give him splendid chest,
and also arm and shoulder pads.
There ar special arm pads for Poman
characters, and shoulder pads are often
used TO make the shoulders even, for
freduently one 6hou.1cr will be lower
than the other.
There are special cases in which the
deficiencies are so diI.cult to remedy
that a plaster cast is taken of the de-
ticicnt limb. and skil!ful workman set
W WI w btttNC - t1i pan Va tirhS4E
which will hide the deficiencies shown
in the plaster cast. This usually has
to lie done in case of bow-leggedness;
also IN case of large calves and small
thighs, in which case the tights have to
be nicely gradu ted. As an example OF
the difficulties he sometimes had to deal
with, the costa'Ger told of case in which
he had to proportion a pair of legs, the
calf of one teing twelve and one-half
inches, that of the other fourteen
inches. The deficiency he has most
frequently TO remedy ior women is the
dent made by the garters. Actors most
fire uent!y want calf and thigh tights.
The reporter was surprised to hear that
the wearing of padded tights is as COM
mon among actors as it is among
actresses. o.. inc out of ten actors pad.
If the women on the stage the ballet
dancers make the greatest demand for
tig Is, as the exercise of dancing hard
ems and thins the legs.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-10
How the Chinese Traia Fighting Turtles.
-. - i.

u onZ Chln Foo N Chicago News.
Turtle fighting is very common in the
east, and am surprised the sport has
not been introduced into this country.
It's uiet, nice, and very satisfactory.
Two kinds of the reptiles are god for
fighting - the mad.turtle AM tho snap
per. The latter is u:cker and moro
ferocious. Dung and old ones are no
good. The best run from seren to
twenty pounds in wight, and are from
years old upward. after being caught
they are regularly trained. We feel
them with raw meat, raw fish. and
strong drug whose name | don't know.
To make their avs strong and their
eyes quick, we tease them twice day
with wooden sticks md with rags tiel
up to look like another turtle head.
Then we fix up their avs AMI teeth.
! We file them and fix them until they
are sharp as the blade o. knife.
A few months training is all they
want The, II snap a pencil at a bite,
or crush and bite through a bamt'Oo in
a minute or two. A week before fight
they should bo teased every two or
three hours and given rel pepper on
their food. They get cray mad and
will attack their trainer at very chance.
When they are fighting We throw red
pepper on their wounds to make them
more savage. You want to lie very
careful, though, in training and fight
ing them, because they II snap at you
every time. If they get hold OF you n
piece comes out or a niger comes of,
and sometimes their bites are poisonous
and the trainer dies.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-10
BUT A STEP TO oPULeNcs,
which fIe wcuId HIVE Crossed Only that
His Chcc&s Were Red.
New YORK SUM

New YORK Sun.
Cal Osborne. a grizzly gamblar. who in
the good old days ''befJ the wah" won an ]
lost many dollar on tho big donble-deck-
ers on the lower Mississippi, sat on a Lale
of cotton az the wharf one day iass week
There were large rents in tire lGc., CT hiI
ru SCI coat, AMI his tr rousers were nfrrn
with age.
''Iimas are not what they we-e.' the oil!
sport mOanel as he tossed a p see OF a rel
faro check into the river AMI stroke1 his
chin with a veivetY hand. But saw
some pretty hard davs in thu COS though,
and my present condi ion sort o carries me
back to a particularly memorable day in
1868. 1t was of q Wednesday in June of
that year, if I remember Alright, that /
boarded steamer at Mamrhs had just
cnDu.h money 70 psy NV passage 10 Match
ez, but the fact dill not wo-ry ,ue Gny.
There we e plenty of suckers in th0s2 dGy7,
ard ai ] was pretty cute in nv lino Of bus:-
n s., tho idea os net b. ng able 20 rake in O
hundred or two on tr.p.le catered nv
heal. We had gone down the rver perhaps
FIVE miles when | spottei a young, smooth
looking fellow dealing faro Uus of han !.
There were FIVE In,tiau.al' in th' game, and
as l watch ii the be5s l included that the
layout was juSt too soft for anything. BHt
as I said before dlIn't thave a coppe-, and
wnat made it all tie more discouraging,
had pawned all my jewelry in 81. Loui
several weeks before -
Il saw that the payers were using ker
nels OF corn fer checks and I had clsO see1
while waiting for tha boat to start az Mem
| phis that sho carried a good-sized cargo o
corn in the ear. Now here was my oppor
| tun.ty. l moved away from the game
feeling as though there was but few shor
steps between myself and opulencn Sneak
ing down on the boiler deck l found a,
open hatchwav, and. thrusting this biz
right hand into the boats hold, fished up al
ear of corn. / jamme1 thu cob into m,
coaS pocket AMI crept up stairs like thief
shelling the corn as l went 1t was no
more than a minute more before | VIZ
locking over tine shoulders of thu PLAYERS
The game was getting interesting, and the
men were pillng up the corn ON the cards a
great rate.
| Now, here was my time.
81 scooped up handful of kernels in my
pocket, and SLAPPED the seeds on the queen.
The dealer looked at the keIne.s second,
and, without raising his head, 81 ID in a tone
Of vo.cs so frosty that it chilled me TO the
bone:
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-10


"Pape. how do nations get into war VIZ
each othe p ask Il Tommy Sea ionby.
"Somct.m,s ono way, somehme5 another,
said t9e fatien. Now, there are GERMANY
and S2ain-.hay camo neGr &c anz int
war bcca1so q Spanish mob took down th'
German fa-"
No, my dear" rut IN Mrs Ssoso1by
that waJ;s't th3 = qsoa.'
"But, my da-lia;," 5 ID Mr. s., don't
you auppos, know. You are Elista%e l.
Thot was tni Teagol."
mo, dear.e, you arc mis- aken. IL va
becau 'e ito G,Fman;-n
"Mrl. Seasonby, sav It was beccuse-'
"feleg, vcu know be.ter. You are only
trying to"
Madam, dent un1er5ta1i that Jour
opinion was astei il this matter, anyway.
Well, don't want nay boy instructel by
an Oil igno:amus'
''Sse here, you impatient"
Put down yClr cane. you o!d brute.
Dent you dare to bristle up to me. or I'll
send this rolling pin at your head, you
Old"
'N)ver mind" tn5e-rup:si Tommy, 81
guess know how wars begiL"
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-10
A Civilization Complete in Itself.

John Russell Young, lately United
States minister to China, says the Chi
nese government is not disturbed by
Americas anti-Chinese immigration ac-
ton. The government prefers that its
people should stay at home, and is only
concerned that the Chinese who are ad-
mitted to foreign lands shall be protected
in their rights equally with other people.
OF literature and the history of the
world outside of the Chinese empire the
best Chinese scholars are profoundly ig-
norant. They study Chinese history,
poetry, theories of government, and give
much attention to nemorizing the sayings
of great men.
"When," says Mr.. Young, II ex-
pressed some surprise at the neglect by
Chinese scholars of what we consider SO
important to proper knowledge of men
and things, member Of the ministry
replied, We'll, We can do nothing about
it; it is nothing to US. That is your civ
ilization and you learn it; We have ours,
and We learn ours. For centuries we
have gone on satisfied to know what we
know. Why should we care to know
what you knowT This learned man had
heard of Alexander on account of his in
vasion of India, but never of Homer OF
Virgil or Shakespeare. He had heard OF
Boneparte, but was without particulars
Hannibal and Peter the Great he knew
! nothing of. Gen. Grant was known by
his visit. = Detroit Free Press.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-10
Unstable Friendships.

Practically, we are all human, and
humanity is not philosophical. With by
far the vast majority of mankind just
and discriminate estimate of our fellow
men is wholly out of the question. With
the mass of people friendship to exist at
all, must be stimulated by more or less
idealizing of the friend. The day when
the average man realizes that his chosen
companion is not to ONE extent an ex-
ceptional being marks the beginning of
the decay of his affection.-l Boston
Courier
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-10
I slapped the seeds on the nnee1l

Stranger dOn't remember Of issuing
any red checks
Il took in the situation at a glance, and,
with a stage cough, skunk away to the bow
of the boat and cursed my luck. When
that boat reached Natchez 1 sat on the
wharf two whole DAYS watching thom ua-
load that corn, and l will eat this old hat
il there was another ear of rel corn in thai
whole cargo Talk about hard luck, friend,
that was little more agonizIng than tie
Kind lem playing in now
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-10
A Hint to the Bootblack.

A lady asks: why doesn't some en-
terprising little bootblack secure neat
and retired place near some principal
thoroughfare, where ladies can step in
and get their boots cleanedl Upon a
rainy day gentleman can get his shoes
cleaned at any corner, while lady,
however neat her dress may be, is
obliged to walk in dirty boots all day.
Such move would doubtless be appre-
ciated and patronized. "-lChicago Jour
mol
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-10
ADn reu,e IA D. caex.

''It is true o serves NJ. ORell, with
a smile OF superiorit that in England
You find soap in hotel Gedrooms. but
Lnglish people and their American
cousins win perhaps Q surprised when
We tell them that French gentleman
would feel perhaps as much repugnance
to using a well-worn cake of hotel soap
as an Inglishman would feel to putting
in his mouth toothbrush that he hap
pened to find on the dressing table of a
lodging hoase. We will even venture
to add that many French ladies carry
delicacy so far as TO take their own bed
linen with them on their .ourneys"
InmbO's heart weighed 1900 pounds.