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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-08-27
A Dissppointed Russisn.

'Nd uilE wa ~
A tall, well.dressed man. With for
eign a, cent ant. heavy mustsche, and
wearing q sorrowfnl look Of prpiexity
On his Countcnaf1 G. WAS met In the
state denartment recrntly by n reporter,
aud introduced as ivan icOlowitch. 4
Russan II raIUa TO this country
said he when was only an infant OF
years of age. aud am now 81 sht an
American citi en- live in Phindci
phia and having saved enough to KEEP
inc comfortably for awhile. thought
would like tn return aud sill my father
land. cstne TO Washington to Z { n
passp' 'rt ~ evidences Of my American
citizenship, and cant get one "
"Why not
well, you see, there is no extradition
treaty between the nlted tates and
Russia, and so even il got the passport
it would do me no good. kussia con.
siders the e,patriation of any of her
cit ems a crime against the holy dignity
of the car Autocratic Russia says
MY people shall not be expatriated,'
and so when Russian wishes TO come
to America, to be a citi en- of free
country. no has To steal across the
frontier while the police are not look
ing. That is how my parents and ]
had to get out of fuSsia. If ]
go back now shall be liable TO all the
penalties of citi enship thereto be
sent into the army. o., if they thought
] was not in condition to be q soldier,
to be sent to siberia as prisoner to
work in the mines on account OF nv
crime in wishing TO lie free The United
states would be powerless to help me,
though am her citizen. So suppose
will have to end my days without see
ing my native land again.
The statements made by the man
were found to be true. Russia will not
make an extradition treaty with any
nation. With Italy 1t is the same way,
but in less degree. Italy recognizes
the comfy of nations. Tut Russia abso
lutely refuses " do SO.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-08-27
An Authors whims I'm Paper.
fT<hn
lTha Argonaut

1t is told of Jules Claretie, a popular
French writer, that he must have paper
of various tints and sizes. according as
he works at one kind of literature or
another. If, for instance, he is writing
the gossip of the day for a newspaper,
he employs white, unruled slips, seven
inches by four; for fiction in narrative
form he requires larger sheets, oil a
green color; and the paper on which he
pens his dramatic conceptions must be
yellow, in sheets one foot square. Po try
he writes with equal fiuency on dwarf
ish paper that is either faint corn-color
or pink; and criticisms of the theater or
of books are committed to ordinary
brown wrapping paper, or to the backs
OF buff envelopes, or white envelopes
which have been carried in the pocket
for long time. In debating to stem
ographer or typewriter IL is imma-
terial to him what kind of paper is en-
ployed.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-08-27
Games at the EPSON Races.


On the walk there was much to see.
There were three-card monte pla ;ers,
one bending over so as to make table
of his back, whereon the pal played.
Or else they carried folding stool,
that they might jump up and run when
the police broke up their little game.
Here We're monkey lotteries. These
wer' invented about two years ago by
Jews, who as yet monopolize the game
The player distributes numbered cards,
selling them at a shilling each. crying
aloud: Here you are, gents, only one
bob tshillingJ each, and twenty bObs to
him who holds the lucky card" And
when he has sold all he can the monke
puts his paw into a box and draws a
number Suppose he draws twenty five
he who has card with twenty FIVE
takes the sweepstakes.
Anon there were artificial pigeons and
other fowl flying from string round
and round a pole, and he who could hit
them with RI % drew prize of par
ticularly vile cigars. But indeed of the
targets to be shot or thrown at with
guns, arrows, balls, sticks, and other
devices there was no end. One man
had an artificial palm tree. at the foot
of which was large artificial monkey,
and when the target was hit the ape ran
up the tcee. Some men had ten bottles,
hanging in a row, looking amazing like
ten small pirates in string. which |
was wont to see in picture in my
Youth
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-08-27
Cumulative Action of Alcohol.

The Journal of Inehriety thinks that
the cumulative action of alcohol on the
brain centers exists to a greater extent
than is generally supposed. Many men
who drink regularly through. the day
icated late at night, although they have
not used spirits during the evening. ''lt
appears, says the editor, that alcohol.
like bromide, may remain in the system
to some extent without producing any
marked action. and then suddenly, from
some unknown cause, burst into great
activity, producing profound infoxiea-
tion. The reasons for this do not seem
10 be definitely understood, though they
are thought to DO of a combined physio
logical and psychological nature, and
partly duo to climatic conditions.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-08-27
4 way 10 Ipdaos sleep


Until recently / have not been able 10
secure much sleep on the first night of q
railway journey, aud IL may be an ad-
vantage to many travellers TO know how
the inability was overcome. An excess
of blood in the brain prevents sleep.
low TO remove the surplus is the
problem for the unrortunateS who wish
To sleep but can not. A pump
Is needed for the purpose, and
it Tray easily be pro.ided as
follows: Having assumed the usual
POSITION of rel ose, inhale and exhale
slowly and steadil long breaths deyot.
ing the whole attention TO making the
inhalation and exhalation of exactly the
same length The length should be
much greater than that Of ord nary
treathing, although not sufficient 10
disturb the circulation by working the
lungs to their utmost capacity. Any
person who has force of will enough to
concentrate his whole attention on the
maintenance of this style of breathing,
can compel sleep in very unlavorable
circumstances, and victims of insomnia
should know il.
The value of the methol Is not solely
in its holding the mind to one OBJ ect of
thought, but the process Of breathira
here described is really Equivalent to
the insertion Of pump in the brain to
draw off its excess of blood. To cen
vince yourself that this is so. I'll your
lungs with all the ar they W II hold.
and then expel it, repeating the oNera-
tion three or four times as RAPIDLY a.
posi- lie. The result will e fecing
of faintness, unless you re other than
an ordinary mortal, and its cause will
be deficiency of Llood in the brain,
produced by the pumping process su n
violent breathing will not induce sleep,
however, as there is reactiou viii h
sends the life current rushing back to
the seat of the mind.
Scientists say that the reason why
fear, surT rise or any other sud Zen emo
tion often causes faintnass is because {
rapidly drives the blood from the brain
and the fact : significant for t! ose WHO
wish to understand how to indu esleep
whether on the railway train or 10 the.r
beds a; home, by pumping the excess of
blood from their trains by peculi..r
method of breathing.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-08-27
THE A -scnautl

The drift of fashionable cookery to-
day is toward the disuse of teeth. since
soups, stews, boned, braised, and hashed
meats, soft biscuits, rolls, puddings,
pastries, cakes, ETC., appear to be tax
ing the place OF the older and more re-
sisting forms of table dishes. This is
providing business for the dentists, some
of whom have conrageously warned
society of the danger they incur. To
have good teeth, We must supply the
materials of which teeth are made; but
unless these materials are prepared in
such forms as shall exercise well the
masticatory organs, our expectations of
smooth growth and durability will not
be realized. Whoever said that "a hard
crust is the best dentriiee' declared a
truth which should be published every
where.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-08-27
Tie Olive Oil Industry at Legion.

AS soon as the oil is received at the
warehouse, it is placed temporarily III
tanks and earthenware jars to settle
New oil from the country is aiwa,.
thick, and in winter time general, ron
gealed; after having been allowed to
main undisturbed for six or eight i
it is, if still congealel, slightly he
before being placed in the lters. y
large tin-lined pan, with do lie ="
tom or acket through which STERN
made to circulate Thus the oil
not come into contact with lire, Ia
generally warmed by steam unI.! =
quite uid. The oil filter is a r... ~
lar wooden tank, lined nsi,ie Wi
and it is divided into two compartLl,i.
an upper and lower one.
The oil is pumped into the upp.r'"-
partment, and is allowed to
through perfectly Gle n car Led otr
lrought here from -,-alta. and pi.
to any other on account of its Tu.
into the second or lower co.Ip f-
when it has again to pa
another layer Of cotton. ~
comes out into tank p dc
the filter, from which II
bright, it is pumped into r..
lined tanks, holding about ii
oil each. If the oil is not
bright it is passed through :haI
again and again until it be- "'f
AS rule, however. oil, p.r.LI 80
of the finest quality, recomes le
bright after one filter NJ n tie!
tanks the oil is allowed to re -.
disturbed until require for exporTat.,
whether for Great Britain or the nltrd
States of America.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-08-27
A Case Of "walkrn. Typhoid.
New York Graphic


A case of uncommon but not unheard
of malady came under the writer's no.
tice recently A young married man
sent a note to his wife that he was sum.
moned to neighboring town on busi
ness and would be away all night. As
this contingency frequently arose in his
occupation nothing WAS thought of the
announcement till the next day, when,
he not having returned, inquiries were
instituted, but no trace of his where
abouts could be found Five DAYS later
he was found in distant western city
over 1000 miles from home, about to
take train which would carry him still
farther towards the Pacific coast. He
was brought home ill, and suffered
course of typhoid fever, from which he
recovered as well as ever.
His physicians diagnosed his case as
walking typhoid. and the recital in de-
tail of his wanderinsS, which he was
able later to perfectly recall, was terri
bly, suggestive. He had passed one en-
tire night walking up and down the
suspension bridge at Niagara Falls, un-
der the impression that his wife was to
meet him there and would be frightened
~ uu IeTSell alONe III SUCH place.
Distressed at her failure to be on hand,
lie started in pursuit of her. He stopped
at various hotels and restaurants
boarded and left trains, always with
definite purpose. Frequently he came
to his senses, and knew that he was far
from home and travelling under a delu-
sion, but before he could fully recover
himself the hallucination was strong
upon him.
1t is possible that many mysterious
disappearances begin in Just such half
over, not the same fortunate ending.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-08-27
An Electric Bont.
New Oceans Tir,es-Democrst.i

The Russian admiralty have under
consideration a proposal to construct an
electric loat. Its length is to be about
100 feet and its width twenty feet. The
electrical power is to be stored in fifty
accumulators, which, it is calculated,
will sutce for four hours. Its mean
speed will be nine krots. In the fore
part a lighting apparatus of 5000 can
die power is to he placed. Its especially
intended for action against hostile tor
pedoes.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-08-27
Ears ,n Queer Places.

The hearing organ of animals is gen
orally double, but not always located in
the head. In the clam it exists at the
base of the foot; in some grasshoppers
it is in she foro legs, and it appears on
the wings of many Insects tho aud
itory sacs of Holsters and crabs are at
the base of the antenn :.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-08-27

Co. New York ,stl
This single coral animal (quite unlike
an insect, ana it is quite time 'or books
to omit that designation-corel insect
is like the sell anemones, Actillias, or
sea overs, some species of which we
see on the rocks OF our northern coast.
I is a siGall tube of flesh, with stom-
ach, and tentacles surroundingit, it, which
noye about in search of food and con-
iuct it to the mouth. The nervous SIS
tem and blood system are of the most
81 pie kind Uf course, in a creature
so low in the scale of life, there is no
head, nor are there special organs of
sense, such as for seeing and hearing.
they are popularly called animal fow-
ers.
his little creature soon develops a
bard covering or shell, secreting from
lis exterior a shell from the lime which
iS held in solution BY the sea water, Just
as the cam or any shell-tsh secretes the
lime cow rings are analogous to the
skeletons of higher animals. though in
ole case the lime skeleton is inside, in
the other outside. After q little the
soft young coral, having settled itself
uron a solid footing ON the bottom of
the sea. like myriads of others around
it, exhibits a white calcarious coating
OF. portions of it, and in o short time
has deposited from its soft exterior and
partitions of its interior a solid lime
Tube, with dividing walls This is coral
pure and simple" +"
A great block many feet in diameter
is no mole than simply a congregation
of many of these. When the little single
coral is perfect in its lime tube, it buds.
and lcreases itself thereby, adding con-
stantly either in this way or by the
emission of eggs.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-08-27
Penny Dinners

After repeated trials penny dinners
in London and Birmingham are tecom.
ing successful, though it is admitted
that, to a great extent. the children of
the very poorest classes are no. reached
half.penny dinners are nov neiu. ,..N1
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-08-27
Piuuabax0

Plumbago is the basis of stove polish,
and comes mainly from the rich mines
of Guaymas, Mexico. The plumbago
comes from the mines in sacks weigh
ing-i50 pounds each. 1t is then crushed
and separated by the use of huge pans,
the coarse quality being sent through
the crusher agan, and only the very
ine going into the bins TO be mixed
with oils and made into stove polish. A
factory with capacity of a ton of
placking per day has just been started
in San Francisco, the first and only one
Oh the Pacific coast.
- - -
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-08-27
pisohArsirg III, women.
h,cago Tim ISL

The German government has dis
charged all women who were employed
in its postal, telegraph, and railway
service as clerks and in other capacities.
as during the last twenty years they
nearly mouopoli cd such service In some
towns, much suffering has ensued
among the discharged. The motive al
legged is that women arc unfit for such
public seryioe.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-08-27
ADVERTISER ENTs.

Yor transient advertisements, ten cents a
line for fir=t insertion; nve cents a line tor
each Subsequent insertion.
Local Notices ten cents lihe for each inssr.
ton.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-08-27
All FIRST CLASS.

WY A~m more money than at anything else
" v by taking an agency for the best
selling hook out. BeF nners succeed Rrandly
Noae fail. Terws free. HALT DaoE %
P,.La59. la,n.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-08-27

The Nation: Nothing is more evanes-
>en, and unreliable than the mood in
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-08-27

Rald.hpaaed men have the heaviest
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-08-27
BY 3. T. HOBBS


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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-08-27

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West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-28
Rev. J. w. Carter at Weston.

On Monday of last week the Lew
is county Law and Order Society
met at the Court House in Weston,
appointed Committees and perfect
ed a permanent organization. -
Rev. J. W. Carter, of Parkers-
burg, was present by invitation to
address the people.
Of the meetings the World says:
"When the business Of the Socie-
ty had been transacted, Rev. DIR.
Carter, of Parkersburg, was intro
duced and delivered an able address
on the subject of Temperance, which
was listened to with close attention
by large audience. In the even
ing the Doctor addressed the Good
Templar Lodge in their hall in a
pointed and stirring exhortation to
the members to continue the good
work of retaining men from the
evils Of intemperance. The Doc
tor made a good impression among
the temperance people,"
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-28
Query and Answer.

EVANSVILLE, PRESTON Co., W. V,
ED. FREEMAN
AS one of your subscribers. I do.
sire some information on this vital
question of Prohibition, and shall
assume the responsibility of ASKING
YOU question, in reference to the
a, ,tion of our last Legislature.
Ny question is this: Did the
votte of the Legislature of
Wes.f Virginia favor Prohibition
or did it not?
Plea 7e publish this so that 7
NAV be understood.
H. B. B. Amos.
ANswEh',-We regret that the
above note, received in the editors
absence, has been overlooked till
now.
There can b. but one answer To
the question. As the "vote of
the Legislature" was, against al.
lowing the Prob. ibitionists of the
State any voice in the matter,
manifestly that vote did not favor
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-28
ARRANGING MATTERS.
The hey to Our Troubles.

PARKERsBuRe, Oct. ga. V.
Slack, druggist of St. Mary's,
Peasants county, has been COM
PEELED to skip out to Ohio, the re-
cent grand jury having found sew
enteen indictments against him for
selling liquor unlawfully. Gus
Campbell, Prosecuting Attorney,
was here yesterday for the purpose
of meeting SIack's attorney, with a
view of arranging matters in a way
that would vindicate the law and
allow the much indicted citizen to
return home.-Dispatch to the Regis
ter.
This Arranging matters" be-
tween our officers and these whisky
law-breakers is the key to all our
troubles in efforts to enforce the
laws.
If we are rightly advised, this is
the same Mr.. Slack that was driven
out of Tyler county by almost le-
gion Of indictments.
We would be glad to know what
sort of an arrangement could be
made to "vindicate the law" ex-
cept by a vigorous prosecution of
every "true bill" found by the
Grand Jury, and the full penalty
imposed in every case. e.
The pretense of prosecuting Ii
quor cases in most OF our counties,
by allowing the criminal to confess
a minimum fine in few cases,
and to 60 free in the many persis
tent violations of the statutes, has
grown to be nothing less than a
disgraceful, shameful farce. 1t
amounts simply to guilty conni-
vance of the law-officers with the
aw-breakers. And then, after
performing this farce, they cry out
with the law-breakers themselves,
and with the anti-prohibition
press, "why don't you Prohibition
lists enforce the laws you have"
"Prohibition don't prohibit" and
all that sort of self-stultifying and
cowardly cant! ..-
Let US have no more of this "ar-
ranging matters" and then might
our restrictive" laws become re-
strictive in fact, and ripen into the
wholesome fruits of Prohibition.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-28
Poor Job of Pilfering.

Brother Leonard, of Ohio, knows
a good deal more. He foolishly
menkeyed with the buzz-saw while
in motion.-Bra1ton Cent7a}.
The above bit of effervescence
was taken from the editorial col
umns of the State Journal, and we
reckon it as about the poorest job
of piltering the world has ever
known.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-28

Last weeks issue Of The Voice,
the National Prohibition paper,
numbered 275,000. Is this proof
that the Prohibition prrty is being
illuminated" from National and
State politics? This issue of this
une 4ualed advocate of political
truth, is especially full of facts and
figures, appeals and arguments.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-28
Prohibition Thanksgiving.

In view of the grand advance of
the Temperance lines at the late
election, the Ohio Prohibitionists
have appointed Thursday, Oct. %,
as a day of general Rejoicing,
Thanksgiving and Reorganization.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-28

If our friends think we give too
much valuable space to the Jour-
nal this week, they must remember
that this is desperate case. "Thls
kind goeth not out but by fasting
and prayer"
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-28

There are schools Of lies as there
are schools of mackerel. That
wasn't a school of mackerel in yes
terday's State Journal about the
Ohio Prohibitionists.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-28
2S,O34.

The latest we have foots up the
Ohio Prohibition vote, at %, O34.
This is more than two-and-ahalt
times the vote for St. John. Is this
another setback?
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-28

Sweet Home" will be caut ght up
again by Heavenly choirs ana
chanted through endless ages, utter
all partisan organ notes are hus. 1eo
and heard no more.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-28

-4LWA YS.-In aOritta,g as about subScrip-
lions, alOdys giUe p. O. t tO1,ieh you receiUe the
paper. This will sdse as much trouble.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-28

They are still wrestling with the
Cincinnati and Columbus frauds in
the Ohio election, to see who shall
control the Legislature.
These two foul nests of political
corruption should be broken up;
but there is little hope Of purifca-
ton SO long as the saloons continue
to control the party eaucusses and
conventions, and keep the ballot
boxes enveloped in clouds of beer
fog.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-28

The State Journal makes a mis-
take in trying to ape the CONNER
caal Gazette in its abuse of Temper
ance people. 1t has neither the
fertility of brain nor depravity of
heart to approach Halstead's viii
famous Billingsgate. ag.g g.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-28

No more October elections. Here
after politicians will all have the
luxury of cooling off at the same
time. a'
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-28
Brilliant Wedding.

The nuptials of DR.. W. N. Bur-
we'll and Miss Nellie Chancellor
were celebrated last Wednesday
afternoon, Oct. 81, at the Chancel.
lor mansion.
The guests numbered nearly one
hundred, and the wedding was
brilliant affair in all its accompa-
naments. The bride and groom
left on the evening train for
bridal tour, amid showers of con.
gratulations.