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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-10-22
Tho Graded System, in Schools.

Tho ,rsdod system, excellent when no;
wron~ly used, offers sturdy opposition
to tho teachers process and to tAe en-
rloymcnt of original talents. The graded
system is a constant temptation to
teachers and supervisors TO mako the
work Of tho school a beautifully moving
mechanism 4 teacher succeeds in tho
work Of reducing a school TO smoothly
running routine, and she is voted a suo-
cess by the principal and tho board. sho
is kopt year after year in work that
stiles ambition, erystalizos habit, check
mental progrI55, but which makes a
splendid show to the careless visitor. II
sho can keep down her percentage Of
tardincsi and keep up her percentage Of
attendance, though her pupils may be
irnorant of the commonest facts and
Destitute of tho ability TO think, sho is o
success. A. P. I-cnt in The Current.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-10-22

The shamrock, which is the emblem of
Ireland, is not known ~ its flower. but
ly its leaves; it is a AtIle tr foil, as is
clover. but is very rare in Lnc':;iid and
not common in Iceland. Eontham,
in Is ~pritish flora" says tHat
Oxal5 acetocella, or wood sorrel, is
the ori~inal shamrock; it hasa 2. '"T.nk,
almost white. flower which is -, 10 hc
very plentiful in woods in A'r-l. lie
also states that purrle Du,, i clover
(Srifoleum rcpens), wn4ch We all i,now
20 we'll, is now accepted as tae siam
rock The tradition runs that St.
Patrick, when preaching in En-, gath
cred shamrock and used il to i..Asl ,te
the doctrine of the Ecly Trinity. Iro!a
this circumstance tho trcfoil l.,> become
accepted as the national CmLlria Of the
Emerald i3lo. .-xclan2c.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-10-22
4 ctpr fIuSo's FhysioIaomr.

Victor Hugo's face is one that puzzles
me. II has two physiOgnOmiu6. Nhea
it Is srrious-almOSt gloomy; and MT
only like fane that has never laughed.
but one that can never do sO---aud his EYES
look at people with an expression u i'll
GIictuds. One feels Ike saving ~ him.
- hugo, do ING the favor to iook th,
other way They arc II" eyes # d tern
judge. or Of a duclist stronger than ycu,
who wishes to faSCinatC yDu Ly Ii, ~LIucc.
1T such moments pu' on In, ~
tlought. a white turban: he becomes an
old 1heik --rcNlace this with helmet: bI
ls an oil Sn"4icr-- place on his head q
crown, anI he is vindictive and mex
orablA king. He haS something Of tho
austcrity OF a priest, and the g'D,In Ot y
magician. He ha3 a lionll;c face.
When he opens bis mouth il seems rs If q
roar must be heard, and v'cn b. raises
his strong fit It serIas as If he coul not
1t ii down without crusilin- something.
vt such tines one can rel on his face
the history f all bis stru~~'es. suffer
inrs, the iron-likc tenaci' va LIS raturH,
the Gloomy svmpathies Of his fancy, his
conNcts, ca.-,ns, spnctcrs, r1gcs, auI
hatr"6s, al of the Omh-a, or l.. ycull
sav. tie L.''; silc Of his vols. Hut
suaden'r, a. happened to soc tA,.t eycu-
ing, WI > s,nc ono was ttl.n2 funny
anocdote Of one Of the cabmtn ef Paris
be burst or Into lar~,l So r0y i.ad free,
showing al lis supei3 vii'o tech. and
in that laugh L.j cvns and mouth as
sumcd such a youthful and ia~"nuous
expression that one could 70 lJnror r'c.
ornize the Or / inal man, and was c1ito
eS astoniahcd IS il nlas': hi f-.len
from his face and presented { his view
thc true Nic.ar H. fr the first time.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-10-22
Luminous Paint.

There seems to be no limit to tho usel
90 which this valuable invention may be
put. It's most recent application ba,
been made by an English railway com
pany in Ling the interior of passenger
coach with class the back Of which Is
paintSd with luminouI paint. Glasses
coated with it arc being used for interior
boiler inspection. 1t is applied to tho
fire buckets in manufacturing establish
mcnts to mako them easily distinguish
ablc in the dark.
Gen. Nolseloy used painted compass
IN the Nile expedition, and tapes coated
with the paint, for night uso in cnCinecr-
ing arc being experimental with by tho
war departments of various nations
- -ciCnLiiic Journal
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-10-22
CREMATION OF AN ALASKAN.
An IntSrssting. Though startlins Core
mony-A Cemetery,


We fUlrd the house Of mourning q
few doors further O1l, and heard tho
sound of the beating STATS Cf the mourn
crs as they keIt time to their mourn
full singing. Ne olcned the door and
entered. The room had been pIt in or
dor for +ho occasion. anl hung with
drlpcrics, the end opposit the door, whcro
Tho deal man was sct ! p, being hang
with tho American flag. About fny
Indians, men, women and CHI! lren, wcrc
seated around in the SPACE between tho
fire and tao counter OF platform that
runs all around the room, clad i'll their
best blankets and preserving n solemn
decorum. The covers lad been taken
from the four ravly painted pillars or
talent posts that stood at the coIners oi
the central square in the room.
The dead Indian SIT upon the floor as
II alive, was covered with a blanket, ex-
ctpt h., head. which wore a crown, aud
near Is stood his mask and som" othc-
fixtures His face was painted with rcd,
cnd there was nothing ghaStly or death
like in his look We remained for sOmo
time, and were kindly treated. ] WaS
told that the singing, shaking OF ratties,
and beating of sticks on the floor con-
tinues all night, AMI thab when the t.mo
comes for crematinc, the body is usual :
taken out through the opening in tho
rOof-ncvnr through the front door--an,
carried to the funeral pile.
Although we were in attendance no1,
day at 10 O'Clock, We were too late To
Ro tie initial Proceedings, for We met
the mournrrs wl,h their long sticks TO-
turning from the FIRE, and when va
reached it, beyond tie ranch on thu
beach, the body wa3 nearly consumed.
A lie Cf wood. large Still ks four or tro
f.et lor', had been laid Up. corn cob
l0use- NI.r, rnd a smaller l.lc put IN
sile. Il which the body, wrapped IN IT.
bl1L!.cr was lad. Legs were then
added above the body, cfo>ri"g othc"s 1t
I'll cornCr- tiA:s Irodnccd, aai tcw
lnua!s in attendance r-ed lou- poles to
keep ;Ac luYnja9 si;che IN place; some
wulnon t.r" sa..ted j.. t4a grass not far
away. Ttrre vas Ln oao", and {, mpiFto
1 .yorum ard 'icceu,, - iaT "a, bylLty.O-
VS. concern, d.
Sal, lrl.ero, soLlc of The mi-ei II
aries c"u,I&t the trem4t.I. cuet NJ,
which think worthy Of rcrpetuatlon.
After tie Lody il burnt, the ashes arr
}thcred an1 put il box or trunk. aut
q d3posltcd wa the personal possession.
il the tomb, which l., erected over spo
in their cemetery, and consists OF Smal
/ square wooden house, the four sides o.
! III. rncf running up 10 a peak; these tor
/ houses, siN t. eight feet Ligh, are r-''r!l
int Q ni,.if r
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-10-22

1t is . surprising thing. but it Is. quito
a safe thing to say, that possibly tho
greatest voluntary gathering Of mankind
is annually seen at horScrac". This
race is the English Derby. IT," town Of
Epson is fourteen miles southwest Of
London. and is famous in two ways---as
being tho place of the great trial OF run
ming spee.l named after the carl OF
Derby. whose county seat, the Oaks, is
near by. and as being the place where
EPSON salts " originated" The railway
carries PASSENGERS for shilling the round
trip. Lines OF vehicles fourteen miles
long occupy the highways. The atteul-
ance usually numbers 1000, 900 souls.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-10-22

Professional be- ,ary lon, wears al
made lis appearance here, AL some Ci
our streets ar" u'snIg'yly ctien'iv2 with
that class tf development. I:l"oua
haas salute the passer with hynocriti"al
wines bogus sailors Imp along the
highway. arrllasS soldiers who naver saw
a war turn the ha:l organ cf b',,garr,
kcen-witted scoundrcls suddenly GIS-
close hidcouS sores, one-lesged boys,
children wth distorted limbs, manned
and SCARED anl fri-htfuIly man2led
bodies, are conspicuoualy exposed here
and there, aud the police t;l@e no notice
whatever. Blind m2n stand at hun
drcd corners, and little children almost
without number dog the footsteps of the
well to de-, dcceiyinG, lying, prostitutiH;
thoir better natures in every possible
way, that they may snatch from the
gonorou, or The careless that which they
Micht much better earn in tho ch2nneE
~ honest Industry
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-10-22


Herr ohcrg, Swedish engineer, has
produce ed new explosive which he cal is
romite," ami with which experiments
have luSt leen made at the fortress OF
Waxholm. The manufacturer claims
that the explosive may be manufacture |
without any elaborate machinery; that
it cannot explode even when closely
confined. except when united, and that
il cannot free While its strength is
very great, is cost is small. The eX-
periments We're carried OF with 4
ireechloadcr Lischarging shells to dis
tance OF o o yards, all the shells ex-
ploding with great ect the blasting
operations were entirely success ul. A
number of engin ers and military o.
ficers witnessed the experiments, which
were declared highly satisfactory.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-10-22
A Paper PIANO.

hm0Dr the many recent hoIciieS IN
the man facture Of nusic2l Instruments
IS a plDcr Piano 1t Is Of french inven-
lien, a. il an object Of f"cat curiosity
10 tie conno:sseurs and musical savan;s
CT l"ris. The entire cazo i, made of
compressed paper, to v! ich are given y
hard surface and bril....rt polish. Tho
Is and sid are ornamcnt"I With
a.>.ocsques and E jral ornaments. Tho
color is cream white, and the entire ex
terror, and - much CT the interior as
can he seen when the Instrument il open,
are covered " h wreaths and medallons
painted in miniature Ly some OF tLJ
leading artists Of the ray capital.
The tone Of this instrument il said, by
those who Lave heard j, to be OF
excellent quality, though not loud. The
broken, alternating character of piano
music is said to be almost entirely re-
moved, and ri Il, full, continuous rel
Cf music, like that of u pipe organ. il
produced Only tHo Of tIc;e i2stru-
mcnts have tean Elada. Ono is still on
exhibition; the other has ben SOIL to
the duke Of Dayonahir2, Gni will be
placed among the thousand aud on
curiositics auI tai i'iAs wii"h adorn his
more than rex i mansion at Chat'wOrtb
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-10-22
Chsuco in CaIifornia's Industries.

The change in the loadinG industri )
of California is stri'-.A >; .ustrltcd in
tho Mechanics fir at S,.n francisco. =
few years ago the machinery hall ~
sounded wi i tho din Of quartz mills and
other machinery d3vctcd TO mining pur-
poses. Ihorc were amal-Smator' :, pumps,
and an in1lito variety Of contrivanccs
for the extraction Of tho pro- ious metals
Now there Is scarcely anything to re-
mini one that C.1.ornia Is a mining
country. cxccrt a few models Of mining
mlch..icry and a handsome di5piay
Ct mineral specimens. .hcro il ma
th.ncry enough n tic building. however,
tm it il almost wholly of an agricultural
character. Tbs industry L4s displaced
n....,ng as tho ohicf buaiIcs5 of the state.
i an TranC i5co Letter.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-10-22
M.nufncture Of stage Wig.

A great deal O. nonsense Is sometimes
tailed d. to tie source from winch pUr-
r1Iiuicr, obtain the material for their
w.. J. stories If cLI!urcD being way lall
in dark ai.ryS; II t.lr-haI.cd mOtncTS
sarriicirg tul,. bcautcUus trcSsCs Il Ill
the mou.l.s II their Il In"ry Oh priu-, Il
the dirk si...dov of the pcrTUT .4ars
cr.isa-y lending additional J. 'rtprs -
tho sca,.giI, q. # -. s,IrrectcI c"ri'F's
being l.:l Under tribute t. sa. : -
vi>-nakCr'S T., ndn4s, had all b.,,,r 10
received W!.l tao pr0NcThE.' i-Tain tS
salt TIE majority # The Lair used J
the trade CONES ttvIl Europe, ilc i-,,i'b
hair as mi { be expected. b'lng d-
tanned from the rcasantry Of the north
crn ll.itud, ~. VIE the south Of LIIoIc
supplies darker shades.
llaveleIs, | was once informed Dy
leading London pcrruquier, go rJund
the different Villages collecting tho
material. The lar once Gbtaiucd, it
las to undergo cleaning and other opcr-
ations Gro it IS airy 10 be made up
into wig. These finished, 1t Is twisted
into what is technically termed "weft;"
and then wig block having been Gov
cred with net or gauze foundation,
the weft is sewn on in rows running
from ear to ear. The wig Il then cut
and trimmed and taken oil the wig
block T, ldy for use.
Mllot;tchcS are manufact Ired much
the same way. A block is covered with
Gauze, the PATTERN of the mustache cut
out in paper and pasted on the gauze,
=, -.l IN, 1,nf
Girls, for the most part, are employ
at this branch Of the business, the worl.
being, in fact, Of such d"lieacy that only
the DIT fn~nrs of woman could ac-
complish IT. Frank Leslie's.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-10-22
Il Growsome ConccIt.

Tho most thoroughly uncomfortable
conceit which we have Known for long
;..ne, and which must have been in
vented ~ fancy as GrewsOme and
rIoul like as that which bcgot William
lakes weird dcsi.ns, Is recently in
vented funeral album. DESIGNED TO con-
tain tho photographs II departed friends.
1t is bound in black ,lvct and mounted,
li,lo co4in. in silver, Thilc at each cor
ner cf tho cover, i'll place of the usual
rests TO save the cover, are dclicately
carved skulls il ivory, beneath which
are the usual accompanying cross-bones.
We owo this Chocrt.l oontrivance to tho
refined and delicate taste Of our English
cousins. he Argonaut.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-10-22

VI, had the pleasure last Thursday q
attending SchoolhouSc raising. Ev-
erything went on a. usual 1t 81; h Occa-
sious until nearly - o'' loci, when sud
denly wagon, accompanied ~ a num-
hcr Of ladies, appeared on the grounds
The crowd of LANDS seemed to under
stand the situation in an instant, ami
s",n tahla Was prepared aud heavily
laden With good things, to which we all
turuol and did ample llstice--to the ed
iblcs, at lac.,. W. left he place that
evening thinking how utterly worthless a
country would he without women. May
the building Of schoolhousos ard the
eating cf good dinners continue in the
land
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-10-22
ouchtn't to Talk That Way.

Two men were quarrclng. One Of
them threatened TO shoe. tie other.
The trcatcnod man, in revival Of an old
piece Of sarcasm, asked: ..s-s
"Whcrc do you bury al your dead3'
Just thea, an excited man drew thc
satiriSt aside and said:
"Ny gracious! you ought net 10 .Gl
that way Asking the man where lie
EurieS his dead"
Why1" ...4s
Because he IS q physician.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-10-22
WAX ng on Asphalt Paysmsut.
French laborers who walk barefooteC

French laborers who walk barefooted
upon the asphalt pa> ements are subject
to swelling of the limits. This ailment
has teen attributed 10 the eiiett of the
vaporization by tho hsst of the fe,'t Of a
small quantity of the petroleum o. min
eral oil which is contained in tue as
phalt. The nerves OF the feet which
govern muscular action and the con-
traction of the blood vessels form an
tensve and very sensitive nervous
network under the arch OF the feet
where the skin is always very thin and
the nerves arc conse lueutly easily ae-
fected
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-10-22
BROTHER AND SISTER.

[ cannot choO>e but think upon the time
Nnen or Two lives grew like two buds thAs
k.s
At sli.;ht.st thrill from the bees swinging
CI4.uU,
Because the one 20 near the other h.
He was the elder and a little man
CEf,s.y LlcAes, hound TO SHOW no dread
ArdI ;4s .. ! that puppy like now IAN,
Nv La, scd belind my brothers. larger tread
Ihald him wise, and when he talked to me
Of snaA : anil mrds and watch God loved tho
b,s',
thnucht Els knOwlod'-c maTk,~t the boundary
Where men grew b....d, Lnour' angels knew
the rest. --lGeOrgo lliot.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-10-22

The Chinese Eave invaded another in
dustry at San Francisco. Thcro arc now
three printing oiIccs in that city which
aro owned by Chinese. Only white COM
;'ocitors arc at present cmlloycd, there
being no Cinnamon who understand the
trado, but that want win no doubt DO
soon supplied. In China native printers,
wholly irnorant of the English language,
frequently master tho art Of putting
manuscript into type, and do 1t almost as
rapidly as white compositors whc laow
the meaning of the word: before them
u In rrans Lsco Letter.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-10-22
"isaiIwaY Spine"

II some recent lectures upon hysteria
in ncn, an affection which appears to DO
far from rare, Professor Charcot states
that many of those troubles arising from
railway collisions, which are now referred
to as railway spine" arise from a
cerebral pred position and are in fact,
"hysteria, nothing but hysteria. '-~tChi-
caro Herald.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-10-22

II is asserted that crows have twenty
seven distinct cries. calls or utterances,
each readily distinguishable from the
Others, and each having an unmistakaOle
connection with a certain class OF
action. -
Russia's stamps are printed in water
colors the only ones in thu world.
Wet them and the colorS will easily ~.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-10-22
The Depth of Sleep.

A medical Journal asks: How dce1
is sleep9" That depends upon circum
stances. fla 14-year-old boy is callc'l
half an hour before breakfast to GO Ia
the store, his sleep il about milo anil a
half deep "If n fire-bell sounds an aarI
it's depth is not moce than seven-cighshs
of an inch.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-10-22
Need Toning Down.

The mental training which the study
Of Latin and Crock is supposed 10 givo
can be dispensed with, for in this day
the troubl5 is NOT so much as to how
mental activities arc TO he stimulated rs
i is to discover some means of tonlnS
'Nn dcr1. h.ea-n Tcra,i.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-10-22
A.Timc-I1onored >Iatstono.

\ r,aGstouo brought froGl Trcl-nd q
New Tor,; h1s been in the possession Oi
the Plies family, of Gullivan county. for
80 years. It is cray III coloc. is fUl CT
pores, and secriS 10 be "a light as SC
much paper. One thousand persons
have used il. .
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-10-22
NIutIlated for Music.

MANY pianists now have the eytenSrY
muscles If the ring finger cut for sn'
aerior freedom, II is said IOus Gvtr
icl--k slbm.,:ed Ia rls operation.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-10-22
Acres OF r:hododendrons.

y Lave stood on tho top Of Coan
mountain, Gays Professor S,-rgont,A tho
eminent authority on tncriean forest
sand have seen 10, 900 acres Of rhodo-
d,nGronS in bloom" When seen from
tho distant valleys th.5 mas Of bloom
intcrmxed with foli.;-n Is roam in color.
and honoc the name of tho rant OF tho
Allc-hcuics. Thicc-o I.erald.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-10-22
l.rgc:t oc

1rgc:t ocean steamer hura on all
;lyI.4. : of about $50 tons Of coal day
iTc- twelve 70 cftecn men are employed
= ktL,,yrs.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-10-22

The winters in iceland ara mild,r than
these in low. lis modification ID du"
10 the :,ul= s;9-3m.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-10-22

Na-riayc an,l g." ,'h rnti-t- mot eNc"ehina
,iS Iites p,'b'isiied frrr Az ~ lines
will be Guar Zoi I,r at regular Hd, r1Istas
rates.
ss- NJ rdvcrt'soni' MS du' Sh'n inserted,
uuirss uthel Nts. a.U..i upoh Es
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-10-22

t. Cherokee nation las no ~. {;
- =, !. ....r Il u-Dts.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-10-22

X: :hS.: orc thlvl of tho cartth and
d3bri, hat covered iempcI s. Ing re-
l.,,,..,T ~ ri;,ce. ./ ~~S.a--.. ,
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-10-22

Every jlild II 2ohcm!A must study
mu.ic, and in tk.5 lies tho secret of tho
n..tur. i t.l~ut for Ilu~ic In th-t ccur'''--
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-12-31

Senator Evarts shook his index finger at the
chair and illuminated the discussion over the
succession Ill as follows:
Then think it will be found generally i'm.
pressed on the constitutional would say i'm
bedded in the Consituton-that pcriodcity, an
accommodating and adjusted periodicity, In all
the action of the great departments of the gov
ment except the judicial, is not 10 be treated as
circumstaDtial or only of convenience or propri-
ETY., but that it enters into the very scheme by
which the election of President by the people is
effected without the aid and without the control,
and without the regulation BY Congress possible,
and that it carries with il that the Presidency is
TO come into the scheme of elections under this
arrangement of periodicity, with the concurrent
and attendant action of the people on the other
branches of government believe II is essen
tally in tho plan of tho trainers of the Consilu-
toni believe IL is impressed firmly in the pro-
visions of the Constitution-that duly elected
President, as he Is fixed upon a periodicity OF
four years, is to come into power and assume the
reins OF government with a concurrence of pc,
riodicty 10 the election Of the lower House oil
Congress, and that this synchronism of the &C.
ton of the electors for President and voters for
members of the House of Representatives was
not to be disturbed
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-12-31
UNCLAIMED ESTATES lN ENG.
-" LAND.
How AMERICANS are SwindIed by
UnscruPulers Agents In Search or

How Americpns are swindled by
UnscruPul~rs Agents In Search Of
Heirs. sc
WAsHrsaroN.Dec GA paper on the sub.
iect of unclaimed estates 10 England. prepared
under the diEecAioRpf Minister Lowell by Henry
White, one Of the Amaficap. Secretafies of Lees.
ton, tss beengensa the Preidsnt to Con.
70 be no aoab,.s White says, !. ths. s @spy
are led 10 beliesa themselves heirs TO vast e.
tates In Great BEftsin BY designing persons on
both sides Of the qpean, Who with view to per.
soDal gain, insert notices 10 local newspapers In
the United States that large property, left by q
person OF the same name with that of some we'll
known family Of the district, or of some exceed
ingly common meme likely to OCCUR anywhere,
such as Smith or Jones, or who distribute far
and wide lists Of unclaimed estates which do not
exist Large sums oil money are annually
thrown away by the dupes Of these advertise.
ments and fictitious lists, and Q handsome reve
nue. 10 made by the agents, as they call them.
selves for the discovery of lost heira and the re,
coyery OF unclaimed estatea
"The method Usually adopted by these agents
is 10 ask fret for remittance Of two or three
pounds TO cover the cost OF copying the win
upon which the claim purp0rts to be based then
larger sum for the expenaes Of ipstituting 10.
quiries, and NJ each successive stage moro
blackmail % levied, The correspondence being 90
cleverly conducfed that several years frequently
elapse before the fraud b discovered. None
should contribute b. dollar to unknown agents,
especially towards any expenses connected with
establishing caimaia estates iusthis country, nm
III inquiry has been made Of counsel here, Arst,
Is 10 The existence Of The estate. and then ~ TO
the chance Of ~ recovery. ] am told by reput.
able soliciton that MOI one claim 10 . thousand
al Oil those ref6rrpd 70 them BY the Legatioo
has had any validity Shatsver, and very Ssw,
during their long sxpefisnos Of claims Tor Amer.
lea. have been sncceastdlr !,