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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-09-03
A ROMANTIC INCIDENT.
A Feeble Old Mother In search Of .
Daughter--At the Wedding.


Among the emigrants who arrived at
Castle Garden the Otacr day. was an old
woman. bent with sge ;hc had lived
her allotted three score years and ten and
her fceblcness made her an ob cct of uni
vcrsal pit Gn the steamer she occupe
sizing quarters in the steeruge but her
compsniOus were KIND 10 her aud the
Y, yage was made rs cndurabic as posi-.
bic. he said that her name was an
owski and That she came from [ rGCow.
Poland he told an interpreter that
she had a daughter somewhere III the
states. near I. e - lItlantic ocean. but where
Sic did not know. Tie government O.d.
Gals finally decided to send her back To
Po.and under the law which prob bits the
landing of en- grants who are key to be-
come public Lurde,s The old woman
protested, but il vain
The day for ai,iug arrived. and she
was tod that She must go on hoard Of the
vessel Age had made her childish. and
she sank upon the rude wooden seats and
cred as f her heart would break. an
ciai ga her d her bundie Of Goth
ing, when the shawl which was wrapped
arOu Il it became loose and the cot ling
fell out An enre!one. torn and soiled
fell ON the floor d The cial picked it
up II bore the ,ros mark of ewark. \.
j.. and was addressed to the Old woman
in tracow. Poland
~ here d you get this?" asked the
interpreter of the o woman
My daughter enuie sent that she
repl ell, sadly. q, he is my only child.
and OIL that have on earth
1t was decided to take Mrs Janowski
10 ewark and endeavor to find her
daughter A gent eman who had become
interested in the Old woman. volunteered
started Arrived at ewark inquiries
found who said that she knew Jennie
very well
I" ONE this way will show you. " she
said
The trio proceeded up Canal street until
they came to frame house in front of
which a crowd had a>semb ed
:" ennie is 10 be maIr,ed to- day, said
the guide The ceremony is .ust being
performed
The o woNan forced her way through
the crowd in the narrow entry IL the
neat b t poorly furnished room the wed
ding guests had ASSEM- ed. the brid', at
tired Ia a dress of spot ess avn. trimmed
wit fresh da sizes. stood b sid The groom
fine locking young cbrew, ava ting
the words which would make then ole.
\ comm ton was heard in the ha iwav
and as the gneS at the door Sc arat d
the bride uttered a or of "Moth-r an |
the old woman rushed int her arms. The
sceae between the mother and da ghter
was very affecting. and tears of Joy were
shed at tie nuptial feast
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-09-03
Speed Of Hallway Trains
New York word.I


E., many @tnglishmen" have written
to The World Criticising its statements
cDncerniug the speed of English railway
trains. and asserting that their lrishmen.
cotchmen aud Duichmen averaged fifty
miles an hour-some claiming mile O
minute-that the actual time rs given in
the on.cial railway timetables may be -
ninterest.ng to them as il Is interesting
to their American friends.
The average spec of the Flying
uichman is 5 m les per hour from the
start at addington station at :45 a. m
to the fn:sh at Penzance, 1885, miles.
r rom ! oDdon TO Exeter. .Ss miles Ia 4
hours. il averages 10 miles per hour. but
rom Exeter to / and Ind IL il only m
"a. commodation. The Flying Scots
man" leaves the ing Cross at 10 q. M.
and runs into Waverely station, Edin-
burgh, ,y6 miles. at p. m. an average
speed of 4 miles per hour. Its first dash
is from ondon 10 Grantham. lOJ miles.
Its second dash Is from Grantham TO
! ork. ~ miles The l59 miles are run
in q hours and IS minutes. an average OF
AZ niles an hour After this squirt iis
speed drops to o miles Ter hour. taking
hours and minutes for the remaining
201 miles from ork to dinburgh.
The wild irishman" averages only
40 miles per hour for the short run. a
train runs on the London :, Brighton %
miles in / hour and 10 minutes, or ~
miles an hour The 90 miles at "A OF
the Scotsman is not only inferior as
feat to the ,003 mi run at Al between
New York and hicago, but inferior to
the hiladelphia express, which leaves
ersey ity at 10 p. M and reaches the
uaker city at 5 D. p no miles iu
10 minutes. or Il miles per hour.
Short dashes at high rates of speed are
common on American roads. and stories
can le told by american locomotive en-.
gineer, when not under oath that would
make the hair of any one of their British
brethren stand on end.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-09-03
Versatility in Detroit.


A rough pine board attached to the
outermost walls of Michigan avenue
place of business contained tie following
unique an ouncement. q" angwidgeI
taug ght fortunes to d seed perta;ers. No
more convincing proof of the fabled go
aheaditveness of American citizens
could be found il the seeker went cut ON
a still hunt with the lantern of old
iogenes The man who is capable of
ring ng the changes en- the above unique
combination for livelihood stands first
rate lighting chance "f one day becoming
the parent Of his country. He probably
combs out the OWN 10 ks of the various
~langwidges in the forenoon hoes around
among an assorted lot of, fortunes until
it is the to knock Off for supper. then
fools With the loaded end of seed perta-
ters" in the e,ening. Truly. this Is a
great and glorious country.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-09-03
Iransm,ss.b iity of Consumption.

4 farm at Clarendon, in France, has
furnished somewhat startling evidence tt
the t. ausm issibility of tuberculosis frou.
man to domestic animals. me OF the
farm ser, ants who was phthisical aud TOO
weak to undertake fatigUing duties was
placed in harge of the pou try yard tie
crew steadily weaHer, and coughed in
ssantl..
In Il few weeks the fowls BEGAN to die
of. The owner of the farm sent one Of
The fow s to the veterinary school at Al
fort NJ Aocard found that the lIngs
and liver we're infe ted with tubcrclea
about the size of pea. and rav.sh
yellow color. In a microscopic prepira
lion there were mum bers of bacili. The
fow,s were killed and tAe poultry
yard disinfec ed. The danger at
tending tie consumption of diseased
poultry or mi from tube culous cows
i dcates that a Wig yrous sys EN- # in
spection ougnt to be organized for mar
ket, farm and poultry yards.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-09-03
BROOKHAvEN, MISS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3. 1855.
The Lick TetescopS.
Innrnnrnaf'a Mnnfhlr


On the summit of Mount Hamilton In
California will be found splendid obser-
vatOry. which is only awaiting great
telescope to he ready for use be OBJ
servatory was brought into existence by
the will Of all ecCeuir G aiifOrnia million
aire named Lick. This heaven observing
institution would now be in practical op.
Grafton were it no: for the unfortunate
faiIu of the glass makers 10 produce n
piece of crown glass of the size and per
lection required for the objective of the
telescope
4 is now reported that the new man
Sgement of the rim OF ell. Of aris. has
Already overcOms the di.iculties incident
10 the making of the great disc; and II no
ACCIDENT shall happen. 1t is to be expected
that the Clarks of ambr dgeport will
have egun their work of figuring II be.
fore tue end of the coming summer. The
len. tn of time VIII ch tn operation will
consume is uncertain but two years is
reasonable all ,wauce. The dOme mean
time, will be built seventy six feet in e<.
terror diameter, 81 e certainly large
enou2h b to cover the thirty-six inch tele
scope. The excavations for this structure
in the so ld rock of the mountain are al
ready under way, and the dlrector OF
works expects to complete its ma walls
during the coming summer, while the
seas IN of 18 Vi viii su nee for the addition
Of The superstruclure or dome proper
imulta ae .usiy with the opt clan work
upon the g,ass discs. t e equally I'M ort
ant problem of the most suitable mount
il for the telescope will be STACKED. and
all the Intricate mechanism required for
its covenient use will he constru ted and
put in place underneath the dome. so as
10 receive the great z ass and nuke its use
D, ssibIe as soon as The optician work is
comp eie II may confidently lie expected
that this important event in the history of
astronomy. making the mpletion of the
! first IN untain obser alory, will not be
delayed beyond he autumn Of 1881.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-09-03

West FONT Cor. Hartford Timesl
Probably nc school or college in the
county is so fair an example of demo-
cratic represo tation as the West ont
A.ilitary a, sdemy. Out of nearly sou
cadets the ma ority are the soGs of com
paratively poor parents; but whether rich
or poor, educated or uncultured. iupu
entail or obscure. their boys get precisely
the same impartial treatment when once
they have passed the necessary examina
tions and uon the cadet uniform his
antecedents are lost sight Of All share
the same privileges. the same hardships.
the same restrictions Pride and cnnceit
intensified b, the coddling of fond par
ents. are knocked out of lad in a
twinkl;ng. Prompt obedience is one of
the first things required Commands are
given in uick. sharp tones. which the
cadets soon grow accustomed to.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-09-03
Application fur Wounds.

A new method o: dressing wounds. by
which their healing is said to be hastened
and the pain made TO disappear at once,
has been brought into public notice by a
French surgeon. He applies compresses
wet with a decoction of thirty parts OF
valerian root in !, 200 parts of water. DE
states expressly that this treatment Is OF
no avail in the case of deep wounds.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-09-03
nespoiling the Gases
iDemort SITS Monthly.l


There are many customs among semi
civilized people that mitigate the hard
shi of war There are often tribal con
..icts be ween the fierce races which in
habit Arabia Sahara and the >oudan
ut immemorial custom has anctited The
water wells and tue palm trees that
.ourish only in the oasis. The Arab will
murder or rob. ut he would not cut
down palm tree or injure sprtng of
water in The desert 1t has now C me to
light tha, the ritish solder in the pper
gypt and the oudan pro ed TO be a
more contemplate savage than the fol
lowers of the false prophet The few
races of fertility in the deserts they
eassed over were DESTROYED. the palm
trees. which for generations had furnished
gratefu shade to the caravans. were cut
down the date trees were uprooted. aud
the wells and springs injured, some Of
Them be, ond repair.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-09-03
A Judge on "Respectable" Swindlers.
Chicago IourraI

Judge Beadle, of Philade' 'ph;a. in i'm
posing sentence upon an embeIz.er of
long established go d reputation. deIi,-
cred himself of SO ne senIime is that are
worthy of adoption 10y Judges general.
lie sa d here is what / regard as II
most unfortunate impression abroad that
because man has had good
reputation and has been snrro nded
b every ad antage that education
and association give, when he commits a
crime all these circumstances should Ue
taken in mitigation of pun shment j.
admit no such doctrine. W. Ell a poor
,gnorant man who la, never had these ad-
vanrages commits crime have great SYM
athy Tor him. | have great sympathy
for man who steals ham to supply the
wants of his family or S eais shoes to put
upon his children feet. Why sbou. G
sympathy be shown h III who trades upon
hjs good reputation to enable him to de
fraud the peopie?"
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-09-03
The A. II vt.

On first night at the Theatre Francais.
Eegnier. the comedian, now deceased.
displayed remarkable presence of mind
He was alone on the sta ye, an was sap
posed to he expecting nXiously the arri,a
OF a friend "He mesl" exclaimed
egnier, looking off on the left 10Y
had been awaiting him so impatiently.
At this cue his friend entered on the
right. ONE one had blundered bu'
whu2 There was no time for hesitation,
and the veteran layers ready wit came
10 his aid sly dog" he said. jocosely.
to the newly arrived; you thou ht 10
take me by surprise but | saw you in the
looking glass yonder. This brought
down the house. though the auiience hal
cen on the point of kissing the very pal
pable blunder.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-09-03
The Bee as u arOmster.

A German. who has studiously watched
every movement of the honey bee. as
serts that they are excellent storm.
warners He says that on the approach
( thunder-storms bees. Otherwise gentle
and harm ess. become very irritable. and
will at once attack any one even their
usual attendant approaching their hives.
A succession OF Instances are gi en- in
which the barometer and hygrometer
foretod storm. the bees remaining
,uiet and no Storm &c urred; or the in
strument1 gave no intimatlon of a storm.
but the fees for hours before were irrita
BILE and II came
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-09-03

j nnfiOn fN. NeW 1nTE 'l''"S y
The proTos ton that English do not
like Ameri ans" is true and it is not true.
rme nglishmen like some Americans.
and treaG them civi;ly in Lngla d. but
man nglishmen will accept home hos
pitalit eS and club fla ors in >ew l ork
which they do not intend to return IN
.ondon. The secret of it is simply
this the higher C ass in ng-
land whose society is worth en-
Toying regard US as a purely CONNER
cial people with the instincts of COM
merce. and no mater how much we may
a ect nglish sports. part our hair in the
m;dd e. in,one and m.nce our wor 8. as
our would he ew ork swell $ now do.
we are for the most part regarded by the
~ bility and gentry of n"iand as traders.
wi h peculiar manners and want If breed
ing. our general intelligence and
smartness they have no doubt, but the
test ircles in nglsnd demand tber quail
ties than these as Passport TO crossing
their thresholds
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-09-03
IPhiladelnhia Times.


Foor Odlum, the jumper; Bell. the
photographer of " Washington, AID Hugh
= o!e, his friend started uiteaa
museum. shortly after the execution
OF the crazy man and travelled with
it til, ough the small towns of en- sy
van a, ohio. Maryland. >irginia and
eaware The museum consisted of
pho ographic scenes of the tragedy and
al. of its con tions, ~larA Mills p. aster
bust of ,.uileau. The clothes of the assas
sin, the fac simlc of the bullet which
sergt Mason fired at Guiteau and which
ate. ed out against the PRISON wall into
an exact profile of the assassin head and
face, piece of the roie which hung Lin
and other CuriOsities. The lrm did pretty
we'll at first, but the show petered out at
last dlum. who was good talker,
WAS the lecturer and { oyle was the mana
ger lell was the silent partner After
the breaking up of the show Odlum re
turned to Washington
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-09-03
Honest, After AL
lCfirago ] ed -ar.i

"Do yNu consider him honest?"
why, bless your gogg es, Judge, he's
been railroad conductor twenty years or
more.
That's what I call volumes In a few
VT rds, sir thought he had roguis.
look on may step aside
Hold on. Judge was going to
say -"
What sir?"
THAT saw him getting patch put on
his boot last night
That alters the case comp etely. sir.
VIII didn't you say to begin with that
be was an extremist and let it 60 at
that?"
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-09-03

With the present organization of the
Unitet states geological survey acco,d
ing to Mr. j. W. owel its map of The
nitcd States wi he compete n about
twenty -four years aDout one tfth of the
cou try-eXc usive of Alaska - having
thus far been map ed.
Where tue top gra .Dhy and geologv are
mple, rs in the IRA RES and great aims
the sheets of this map are mad ON a
sea of .=5u.0 D. or u out four miles 10
the inch: farther west. where both struct-
ure and to oHography are more com pick.
eclal districts are made to tw.ce lh )
scae and important III ming distri, Is are
drawn much larger; wnile in the east the
more thinly set led sc .tiohs are given a
scale of IL -. 900. and the more den ely
populated portions one of l-52. %, or
about one mie to the Ch. pom tn $
D an the whole Of the nited Sta es and
Alaska will require not less than ;. .oo
sheets. besides several hundred special
mans
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-09-03
Had Nothing to Add.

A 10 yesr-Old boy ON the cars the other
day. became hungry about IL o'clock.
and began an attack upon the bountiful
lunch that had been prepared for him
moved to remark: ~My boy. if you eat
much now. you won't have any appetite
for your dinner To which the smart
lite fellow replied ~WeiI. guess If
haven't env appetite | shant want any
dinner. The gentleman had no more 10
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-09-03
A Departure In Electric Lights
IChicarI Hera Il

With the exception of the Iablochkoff
cand G. electric arc lights are all substan
'iaily the same in form and in method OF
working, but new departure has been
iaken 10y an Inventor named Earle;. His
Carb pns instead of be ng sticks. are feNi
bic, and are wound upon two bubbins,
from which they are unrolled as they are
nsumed This is an advantage since
the carbors can be made to last longer
and require less attention. Another aG
van age Is that the light given Out
amounts to only about 90 candle power,
VIII ch is alb ut right for street lighting.
Anything more more than this is prac-
tically wasted
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-09-03
GEN. eoRpoN's pEcULlARITIea.
A Friends Rscolleotions-The Prayer
List"-His Last Words

Lst"-His Last Words
fcor. New York SUN
One of Gordon's marked peculiarities
In conversation was his employment of
phrases which he had himself coined to
represent certain ideas. Thus he would
say of man: so and 50 is very good
fellow, but he would never break his
medal. b. which he meant that he was
ambitious Gordon himself when the
emperor of China gave him, in return for
his services. very va liable gold medal,
fearing that the sense of qualification he
derived from 1t might prove snare 10
him, broke it up and gave away the
pieces Hence the allusion.
Again. he would say. if asked If he
knew so and So Il only met him once
and then he rent me. rom which
understood that he had felt il his duty
on that occasion to give the individual
In question a word of good advice. and
that the only thanks was that the man re-
scntcd it. or in Scripture praseO.ogy.
turned again and rent him
One day observed him writing notes
OH al of aper He as ed me the
Chris ia names of two friends who were
staying with me | told him. and feel.
ing, suppose that my curiosity ought to
be gratifed, he said :" am writing them
down on my prayer list
Another day al er using some very
strong language In regard to II YER. high
parsonage who shall be Dameless. he
added quickly. "but pray fer him regu
larly. All this without vestige Of
cant If there was thing he detested. it
was hypocrisy. and trust | may not be
suspected of it when say that the
thought of Gordon at khartoum. and the
knowledge that | was on his prayer list
was calculated TO produce lumS in my
throat He was full of fun and mos.
CHEEKY companion with those he knew iU
timateIy. lie never forced a conversation n
in q religious channel.
lie brought with him from Jerusalem
ra sed model which he had made to
carry out his theory that the hill uron
which the greater part of the cit Was
built was in the form of woman TAX.
ing the mound commonly identified as
"the lace of the skull" as the head the
lines of Typographical configuration Ger
tainly bore out the resemblance in a very
remarkable manner lie was far more
full Of this than either of the SOudan or
the ongo. aud was taking it with him to
Brussels to show the king of the Bel
gians He left here on The tn or 18th
of ecember. s aud walked 10 Acre.
twelve miles. to meet the steamer that
was TO taIe him direct to Marseilles He
sent his luggage in a carriage
His last W rds as we arted were that
he felt sure we should never meet again.
! said he had been wrong once when he
told me that he shou d not see te again.
and hoped be was wrong now. He said
no, he felt that he had no NOR" work for
Goo to do on this earth and that he
should never return from he Congo
Within q month he was in upper Egypt
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-09-03
A Rose at AndersOnvilte.

At tAndersonville prison cemetery a rose
bush was planted years ago at the head of
a grave and all efforts to eAterminate II
pr We of no avail 1T has sprouted again
from the old roots and a single red rose
blooms on one of the sprouts Another
curious thing is cistern at the keeper s
lodge, that fills with water In some mys'
terinus way that all Investigations fail to
account for
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-09-03
Two ProLl ms 1 Ga .trOnomics.
Mlpcu, star Cou-ier

In q weaving mill near Manchester,
where the ventilation was bad, the pro
prietor caused fan 10 be mounted. The
operators. instead Of haaking their EN-
plo er, made formal complaint that the
ventilator had increased their appetite
and, therefore. emitted them to CORES
| onding increase in wages. by stoppn
the fan a part of the day the ventilation
aud >ora,ity of the establishment wei'
bought to a medium Standard S and I'll
complaints ceased The operatives wa+cs
would but .ust support them; any add
tiunal demaLd BY the stomachs coulc
only be answered iy drafts upon theis
backs. winch were by no means in q con
ditiOn tn answer them
In + luburg cluo WIS provided til
a dinner in q well-v, inflated q artmenl
the air b ing perfumed as it entered im'
tating i , succession the fragrance of the
lavender and the orange flower. URN
the dinner the members en- Dyed. them
selves us usual. but acre not little sur
prised at the announcement of the pro-
WIDER that they had drunk three times as
much wine as he had usually provided.
The perfume of the air was the cause 81
the inc eased appeii for wine 1t Is d
clever scheme of the hotel-keeper. by
which he is fast reaplng fortune
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-09-03
The Slaughter of the songsters.
IChicago Herald.1

The negroes of Louisiana are charged
not only with eating up the birds of that
state but with devouring the eggs of
partridges. robins, wrens and mOcking
birds whene er the" can find them and
they are expert hunters. Those colored
cop. are as bad as the ladies who en-
cour,ge the slaughter of our beautiful
and useful songs'ers by the barbarous
practice of wearing wings and plumage
ON their honnetS
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-09-03
widows In sitka-

When q chief dies in Sitka his wives
pass to his next heir. and unless these
relicts purchase their freedom with blan.
kets. they are united to their grandson or
nephew az a mat er OF course. High.
strung young Siwashes sometimes scorn
these legacies. and then there is war. all
the widows resenting such an outrage on
decency and established Ell ,uetta
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-09-03
A Clet'r idea.

4 new London h otel has room losets
with double doors one opening inlo the
8 eepiug compartments and the other into
the hall, through which guests as their
boots to Lave them acked instead oil set
ting them out al the door. where hev
look had and are IN danger OF being
stolen. The idea is clever enough to
have been suggested by American.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-09-03
every Man Has His Price"

}ENc9a1gAI
The expression. Every man has his
ated with Sir aobert W al ole. In oxe's
memoirs of Walpole we find the follow
ing lowery oratory he despised lie
ascribed to the interested views of them.
Sc yes or the relatives the declarations oil
pretended patriots. of whom he said. AN
these men have their price. Ha lett. in
his wit and Humor in speaking of the
political axiom, An mel have their
price. says @this is Walpole's phrase