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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-03

Norfolk (va) Cor. Frank Lesiie'sl
The oysters, while yet dripping with
the ooze of the bay from which they
have been dragged, are dumped into
the cars of a little tramway running
down to the water edge. These cars,
three at time, are then run into a
long, low apartment of iron. which is
really a colossal steam oven. Iron
doors, raised above the track, descend
the instant the cars enter, shutting
them in tightly while the scalding vapoI
quickly does its WORK. The oysters are
thus cooked thousands at time; and
the cars, which have to undergo this
operation continually, are NO doubt
thoroughly well done"
At the other end of the oven, where
the cars emerge, an army of negro
'shuckers' fall upon the steamed oys-
ters, open them, and pack them away
in tin cans with a rapidity which leaves
no doubt of their ability to keep up
satisfactory adjustment of supply to
demand. The epicurean effect of this
summary treatment of the oyster is all
that could bo desired, as everybody
who has recourse to the timed" art
icie can testify.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-03

SHE fotch out de water, an ez turned
I'D de gourd see ole Lem Grubbs er settin
back in de house. 'Naber mine,' thinks l,
de ole ginnerman will git yer arter er
while. see eff he doan'.' Wall de naixt day
went hack arter some mo water. Dis
tims she axel me eff l wouldn come In.
No. says ], de ole mans sorter in er
hurry dis mawnin, an it takes er powerful
'flience ter hole him back, but-blame eff
doan' go in, lady went in Ole Grubbs
be want dar, but his ugly pictur wuz
hung up obsr de fireplace. l gunter talk
grammar an scriptur' ter de han SOM lady
an foun' dat she wuz powerful interestin'.
On, she charmed me, san. went back de
naixt day.
look hsah" says 1. de talk is dat yer
is 'gaysl ter Lem Grubbs How am dat
fack, nohowf
"Shs sorter hid her face. looked outen de
,ornder o. her eyes, Uttered, and said:
dat fack use tor be de- truf, but it am
or lie now
LOOK heah,' ST. ain yer lubin' some
pussonf
".Dat's fur yer to finc ou.' she saws
"'Sister Tidy, says l, yer knows how
much er straung man lubs hog an hominy,
doan' yerp
"'Yas.'
"'Knows how he lubs shoatP
"'Yes 1 does
"An' 'laSses wild -four breadF
I does
"wall, lub yer better dea ell dat
s'She flung her arms roun' me. l huggei
her an kissed de ole 'ceitful thing. Wall,
sab. ter chop off desc heah statements, /
married her, thlnkin' dat she was putty.
bat soon foun' dat size WIZ do ugles'
oman eber seed.
GLOW did you tinI that Outr the attorney
gen raj smil l.ngly asked
IVY, sab, i foun' dat she had 'ccibeI
me-"
Howl d.
IVY, ssh, de plantation didn' long ter
her. She wuz only takiu' keer o. it an she
had d un gin dat scoun'rci, Lem GrubLs, or
calf ter rope me In. l kan stan sich
chcatiu' ez dat, boss, an now wants tor
know whut mus do'
Go home and behave yourself'
IAN lib wild iaJ omanP
YES; she's your vile"
..Rut she aim do wife / married her fur
She aim homes She fooled M! Dat aim
no wGy ter pose on er mans lub Wall,
good day. sees DAT yer's dun touyht up
Seems dat de white folSs hab dun fell frum
graca I'm gwine home an whup dat oman.
Gwineter whup her, sho."
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-03
A DUsKY cHARMER
a Handsome Lady who Was Not Honest
and Her Victim.

IOp.e p @ 4 in Arkansaw Traveller
g an On FrGsi9r is an Industrious Old
negro, bat, uniort lnatalr r, fnJu Try Is oD.y
one o. the vrSuas. Grandson /, a trh :
too thrifty 10 be strlcaiy honorable, tiCugh
lie stants well wi II tVn planters. The othe.
day lie came to th, city AM with an air o'
acute di.tress he scu ,ht th5 attorney ger
er Il Of tho state.
"G.n1," ,all he, 81 knows dat yer ain
loo'iih out After bus ness an da5 yer 'ad
ke1r whu lor yer loses er fl dollar case ur
wins it, but il my erfairs Lab run on sich
er shcal dat am Iligsd ter cail 0 yer"
'Oi1 ma.A" replied the attor dey general,
Il am ulaDlo to taxa cases--
Meier mine bout dat boss. I wants
yer vice bout er small matter dat is bout
ter blow ou. my ligh5, sw'ar ter goodness
it am I'll jes tell yer de whole case an
den yer ken jedge fur vessel. Some time
ergo my wife. whut wuz er putty good sort
o ebery day oman, tucx er notion ter die,
an blame eff she didn't die jes' like it want
no trouble WALL erbout two fnunts arter
my wife took de fool notion ter die lrented
er piece er lam erbout twenty miles from
homs an put in er crap. Shortly arter-
wards go. erquaintel w,d er oman. Oar
WANT nuth.n' bout her, gin'l dat wouf
make er man smack his mouf. She wuz
one o desc heah little Guinea ngGers wild
er heel liza. de heel o er jaw
bird, an her un'er LIP hung down
like de latch string WANT In good
workin, order. Huh thinks /, 'whut
er monstrous ugly oman dat is. She puts
me in mine o er toad frauy' l didn think
no mo erbcut her fur scberal days. Den
Bruder Lem GrubIs he ermarkad ter me
dat she wuz one O. de riches laiies in de
curmunity. SHE owns er plan alton SAYS
70, an | doan' want yer ter say nOthin'
bout de fock, but [ is 'gagel ter her, an il
gwine ter marry her. l tole him dat
woul1n' say nothin' bout d. fack, but
'gmter to think er mighty heop. Like Ell
fool, thought l couP cut dat niger out
fur l tells yer whut's er fack, ;in'L or good
| p an ton makes er ugly niger oman pow
erful putty. Wall. ono day went ober an
tuck a LOOK at de piacn. 1t wuz fine L wen
Ter de house, sor ;er sa'nlerin' erlaung sorter
keerlc5s ike. stopped an exod de beaul'
ful adj ef sine wour gin er man or drink o
| WatOr.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-03
The Druggists "silver Pills.


The druggists who are responsible for
SO many good and bad things have
lately taken to selling what are called
silver pills in New York, which are
very peculia' with victims of the NOR
phinc habit. The pills are very small
and are compounded of morphine and
quinine. They are much better than
cocktails or opium for bracing up a
more or less weakened system, and they
are particularly popular among women,
who take them ,slyly and secretly.
About the latest thing of all, however,
Is the abuse of that admirable slayer of
pain, cocoaine. 1t is now discovered, I
am told by physicians, that cocoaine
may he taken instead of liquor, and that
it has the effect of curing all desire for
alcohol. This would be good thing if
it were not universally conceded that
the cocoaine habit is even worse than
the time honored plan of patronizing
the bar.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-03
A Curiosity In Engineering.
Van Nostrand 81

A little curiosity in engineering has
been constructed by an ingenious clock
maker, ID. A. Buck, This is in all
probability the smallest am-engne in
the world, for it is almost microscopic
in its dimensions. The whole machine
weighs only about a gram, or fifteen
grains, and is entirely covered by an
ordinary thimble. The stroke of tho
piston is little over two millimeters,
or one-twelfth inch, and its diameter is
something less than a rnilimeter and a
half Ne. .ertheless it is built up o. 10
distinct pieces, fastened together by
fifty-two screws, and three drops Of
water suffice to fill the boiler ami set
the toy mechanism in motion.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-03
THE PRISONER OF THE BAsTILe.
Secrecy the Oae Al-Important Matter
Passing the sentineis
TT g Gentleman's Ma ,azine.


TIE GentIeman's Ma azine.l
Under the ancient monarchy in France
secrecy was the one all-important mat
ter whenever prisoners of state were
concerned. 70 them the Bastile was as
silent as the grave so long as they were
inside its walls The orders for i'm
prisonment were tiven by lettres de
cachet, and these were scrutinized with
the greatest care 1he lettre de ca het
was, in fact, a letter signed with the
kings seal, and containing an order
from him, but the orders that have come
most frequently to our notice were
orders for imprisonment
Those that related to the Bastile had
to be signed first by the king, afterward
by minister. At the bottom of the
order the governor signed a
receipt And in nearly every
case, before the arrival of the
prisoner, the governor had already
received instructions to enter in the
register his name, the cause for his ar
rest, and by whose order tho arrest had
been made. Unless these preliminary
rules had been observed entrance into
the castle was forbidden.
cunning was the means usually en-
ployed, for it was above all things nee.
essary to avoid publicity. An Officer
touched the shoulder of the man whom
he was about to make prisoner with q
white wand, and ordered HIM in the
kings name to follow. Resistance was
not often shown, for all knew that il
would be Intellectual. A carriage was
kept in readiness, or when that was not
possible the first vehicle that could bt
found was seiled-again in the King
name-and into that the prisoner wa:
made to enter, two or three officers sit
ting beside him.
Before opening the gates of the Bas
tile the first sentinel cried, ''Qui vive"
The chief escort answered, "Grdre du
roi" A subaltern of the guard inside
the castle demanded to see the lcttre de
cachet. Then no allowed the gates t
be opened, and bell was tolled 10 war;
the officers inside The kings lienten
ant and the captain in command of the
gates recei, cd the prisoner in due form
as he alighted from his carriage.
De kenneville-who was q politica
prisoner in bastile during the latte
years of the reign of Louis AiN, ant
who has left US long though not al
ways trustworthy account of his I'm
prisonment and of his suilerings- says
'At last we reached the dreaded spot
On entering, as soon as the sentinel
saw us. they put their caps before thci
faces. have since learned that the
observe this strange custom because i
is forbidden them to look at the faces
the prisoners"
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-03
A PRODIGY IN ART.
eu.t ave Dore's Wonderful Capacity for
w,rk-His skIllfuI Draughtmanship.,

eu.. ave Dore,. Wonderful Capacity for
w.rk-His skIIlfuI Draushtmanship..
Boston Herald Reviewerl
on all the friends of Dore, none
seemed more conscientiously to try to
i've him wholesome advice, or to come
nearer to influencing him than Paul
Iacroix, the brilliant writer and his
torian. He gave Dore an edition of his
own works to illustrate against the ad-
vice of his publisher, who thought him
crazy to employ mere lad for such
task. M. Lacroix tells how the affair
terminated: After speaking to him of
them (the books, I had sent them to
him. He came to see me week or two
later. 'Now, / said, let us talk of my
story Have you read it, or even be-
gun it,
".Oh,' he said, Il mastered that in no
time, and the blocks are all ready
"'what blocksG' ] started, rising
hastily from my chair in astonishment.
Ready with whatr
"'Your wood cuts he answered
calmly. They make just 300. Here
are some of them and he commenced
extracting numberless pieces of wood
from pocket after pocket, and the rest
are in basket at the door,
"All the while he was carelessly piling
up pieces of wood on my table. ! was
SO amazed that ! could not, in fact,
dare not, show my feelings, for he was
in such tremendous earnest. think can
see him now as he stood before lie, fire
flashing from his beautiful eyes; his
color coming and going, while his face
shone with the light of genius and en-
thusiasm, his thin hands diving swiftly
into his pockets, each time bringing forth
a block of wood enriched by perfect
marvel of design and sklllful draughts-
manship. ! picked up one or two with
out commenting on their value. Take
them to to Du Taoq. the editor, | said,
brusquely, and let us see what he de-
cides.'
when he was gone took up the
blocks, and could not help 1.-THE
tears started to my eyes on looking at
them. He was SO gay and light ht-hearted
and did everything with so little effort,
though so young, taking his talent
genius, might say-as such matter
of course that there was little hope OF
inducing him to study seriously"
OF the drawings, Du Tacq said:
81 have no words to express myself
adequately in speaking of such mar
yels. They are all admirable, and some
are such beautiful specimens of work
that l have appropriate them and
taken them home. did not tell lore
this. l merely looked at them, and
made some commonplace remark, ask
ing if he could reproduce those particu-
lar drawings He readily complied,
thinking, no doubt, was not quite salts
fed with them, but Judge for yourself.
Those / have selected are so fine and ex-
quisite that they resemble the figures OF
q VelasqueA. / was not satisfied, be-
cause / was enchanted. / would never
have allowed an engrayer to touch
t. i. They are to-day framed and
covered with glass, and hang in the
place of honor in my salon as if they
were the rarest works of Raphael OIL
Michael Angelo. have had some ex'
perience with wood designers, but never
have l seen anything in any way tc
compare with the amazing talent AMI
prececity of this lad. He has great
future before him."
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-03


One sometimes sees drunken mar
pitched violently from a horse, and
when the bystanders rush to find hin
dead, they are astonished to discover
that he has been little injured. In his
''ocrambles Among the High Alps, ,
Leslie stephen tells the story of g
guide who, while drunk, fell over 8
precipice SO deep that fall over il
seemed almost certain death, and who
yet sustained little injury. Stephen ac
cordingly gives his readers the advice
either not to fall over a precipice. or tc
got thoroughly drunk before doing so.
The reason of this immunity is that
the nerve centers are so much paralyze6
in the drunken man as not 10 be af
fected by the shock of the fall, which
in a sober man, would have acted upon
them so violently as to stop the heart,
arrest the circulation. and cause instant
death
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-03
How the Dog Solves His Doub;A.


But quick as all his senses are, it is
that of smell, above all, that the dog
trusts. This is the final arbiter-the
test to which all di,Icult problems are
subjected, and by which all doubts are
solved. 1t is in a world of scents that
a dog lives and moves and has his
being. What curious scent this BRAN
BILE leaf has. and this spot in the road
and that last nettle he passed-how in
teresting! How unlike all other nettles
he ever met with! lie must return and
investigate. And, doing so, he becomes,
for q few moments, so engrossed that
even his masters command can scarcely
persuade him to leave it. And then, as
to u ging of character, let reader
who possesses q dog say whether he
knows of any test that can be for one
moment compared with the test sup
piled by the bundle Of nerves that
spread themselves out at the tip of a
dogs nose.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-03
Hurts Their Feelings.

There is nothing that distress English
people, when they are at home in Eng
land, more than American pronuncia.
ton OF American names. Chicago, in
stead Of Chick argo, as every English
man knows the name should be pro-
nounced, hurts their Feelings dread
fullp. A Boston lady, who recently
spent q little time with an English
family in ondon. where, on account Of
the residence of a friend in Michigan,
there was occasion for reference now
and then to that state, says that after
she had once mentioned the name of
Mi higaa, her hostess managed quietly
to get her ear and whispered:
"Couldn you, yoI know, while you
are here, Just to make it seem little
less strange to our friends, say Mikki-
ganfs
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-03
The Wcman cf Holland.
frorf1hill MaDazina

Very few of the Dutch women wore
their uaint native headdress, and these
few had surmounted it by horrible
Parisian bonnets. As for their dress, 10
was horrible. Their hips were extrava-
gantly bulged out with skirts, and their
appearance was painful to the eyes,
heedful of grace Of line. Once for all |
may say that. generally speaking, l
found the Dutch women uncomely, the
children unpleasing, and the men ugly,
coarse, and unsympathetio Dutch
cleanliness is proyerbial, know, but,
nevertheless, the Dutch are not we'll
washed nation. In all their towns
found but poor washing appliances and
q sad absence OF h-houses.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-03
How New Mexican. Make BIankeea


The curious blankets for which there
is such rage nowadays are made at
Aguas Calientes, at saltillo, and other
old Mexican cities. They are woven on
a hand loom, which is stretched from
one tree to another. These looms are
exceedingly primitive, although they
are run by foOt-treadle which is aG
improvement on the looms used by the
New Mexican Indians. The shuttle and
needle are both of wood, and the
threads are held together more firmly
by the insertion of small sticks Of
different lengths. Tho Indians show
great skill in the blending of colors in
these blanket. Many of them are ex-
ceedingly rich and handsome, and
there is little inharmony in the shades.
These blankets are very expensive, and
are the proper thing nowadays for
portieres to be I'd in halls libraries
and studios. The Nava o is the principal
blanket making New Mexican tribe.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-03

There has recently been brought

There has recently been brought for
ward simple and ingenious appliance
for indicating the depth o. shoals in ex-
ploring rivers or shallow lakes. 1t con-
sists of long sound .ng rod, ten
feet long or more, hanging YER
ticallJ over the boats side, and turn
ing freely on horizontal center. This
center is in the middle of dial marked
with feet and in hes. In passing over
q shoal the one end of the rod drAgs on
'ne bottom and the other points out on
the dial the depth in feet AMI inches.
Moreover, after little e perlcnce, by
noting the Jars of tho rosi fair idea
can be got of the character of the
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-03
Got His Dividends.
-.
tExchange.l

The only stockholder that ever got a
a dividend out of the old Pennington
Conn. canal has Just died. The presi-
dent told him that there was no divi-
dend, and no prospect of any dividend,
and jestingly advised him to go homo
and NOW the towpath for dividend
Mr.. Munson did so, taking 30 per
cent. dividend in hay from the eight
miles Of towpath, and went on doing
this with perfect complacency there
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-03
Hobby-Horse ON q Tricycle..
TChicago Times.

A new hobby horse has been devised
for bows. 1t consists of the model o: q
horse mounted on tricycle.. 1t is
driven by means of the forward wheel,
as in the case of an ordinary tricycle.,
the steering handle appearing above the
horses neck about which the bridlo
should be held Motion is given to the
horses legs by eranks connected with
the wheels.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-03
Shipment of Live 1 ob.,ers.
lChicago Tim-sl

An experiment of interest is now be-
ing made by the maritime province Of
Canada in the introduction Of live lob
sters to the English market. The
steamer Clifton, from Miramiehi to
England, recently took out tank con-
tanning 500 live Holsters, aud if they
reach England in good condition largo
husiness is expected.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-03
Communion Services la Olden Time.


Some curious details regarding tho
communion services in olden times have
just been developed. One noticeable
thing WAS the quantity of claret ami
Burgundy consumed. In 1890 there
were used at the first communion a
puncheon and nine gallons, and at the
second puncheon and six aud half
gallons. The total cost was $50. In
1856 the corporation of Glasgow paid
for the same purpose as much as $500.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-03

Il is said that there is now in London
q woman who earns livelihood by skill
fully filing up wormholes in old books,
each leaf being separately and patiently
dealt with, the material being chewed or
.'pulped' and pressed iltO the hole
The charge Is sixpence hole.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-03
win Free Circuia.ion.

Thoreau, the lover of nature and of
all natural objects, exclaimed: II would
rather sit on q pumpkin and have it all
to myself than be crowded on a velvet
cushion. Iwould rather ride on earth
in an OK cart, with free circulation,
than 60 to Heaven in the fancy car of
an excursion train and breathe ma
laria all the way"
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-03
Trusts Him for the Rest.

A Main street. girl told her young man
that she would never marry him until he
was worth $4,000. So he started out with
a brave heart TO make il
"How are you getting on, GeorgeP she
asked at the expiration Of couple of
months s4 tt
.Wen,' said George, hopefully. 81 have
saved SEA"
The girl dropped.her eyelashes AMI blush
ingly remarked: Il reckon that's nearly
enough, George. We are both OF age, ami
a licsns, viii only cost fifty centsp
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-03
To Preserve Frui. in Good Condition.

Fruit has been kept in perfect con
dition by simply covering the jars with
cotton batting. futrefactiOn is caused
by the invisible creatures in the air,
Cooking the fruit expels these, and, as
they can not pass through cotton bat
ting, the fruit thus protected will keep
an indefinite period. Tyndail has
proved that atmospheric germs can NOT
pass through layer of cotton.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-03
Very Long and Very Pious.

The address that Arabs place on let
ters is very long and very pious. Here
is one on letter sent to a writer in The
Berlin Tagblatt: In the name of the
merciful q God, the benefcent. This writ
ing is from one who serves his Lord,
from x, the son of X; and if God wills
it will get into the hands of our friend
Sidi Musa, the son of Hamdalla, the
Prussian, the Christian, in the city of
Tharabelos, Tripoli, the iilustrous, the
famous"
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-03
The Day After he Wedding.

Wife-Muffins all right, my darlingf
Husband-PCrlection, my pet.
Wife e-How-thesitates and tfembles)
how is the coffee!
Hustand-rXcellent
Wife greatly ag,tated)-Not so good
as your mother used to make, my dar-
ling'
Husband (calmly)-My mother never
knew how to make coffee at all, pree-
iOuS.
wife falls into deadly swoon. Tab
leau.)
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-03
Forest producas vs.. Gold aud silver.
lRoston Tr9nscript. |

The forest products of the United
States are worth to-day not less than
$500, 900, 900, which is good deal moro
than the value of the metal and mineral
output of all our mines of coal, gold,
silver, copper, iron and lead all put to-
gether.
The annual yield of our gold and sill
YER mines is worth less than one tenth
of this enormous total, and forest pro-
ducts, in a vast number of direct and
indirect ways, arc essential to every in
dustry in which civilized men engage.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-03
Pu.h On 70 one areat west.

IAiex. Del Mar in Fan NAH Gazettel
r The traveller who would obtain cor
rect impression of the United states,
should not stop in Nes York, which
is no more an American city than st.
Petersburg is Russian one. He should
push on at once to the great west. The
United States is essentially an agricul-
turaI country.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-03
at sun-st Ti,nr.

''The young lady is in evening dress"
said one of Dr, Holmes friends as
rather elaLorately dressed damsei
stepped out on the hotel piazza TO ad-
mire the sunset. 81
THE close OF the day, my dear sir"
remarked the witty profes or.
That is tfolmes-pun, was the reply.
al am worsted, concluded the poet.