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The Brookhaven leader., 1885-10-15
A Boys Trick in Nutting.

wo noticed, day after day, two boys
goi to tho woods, carrying bag and G
clo, ..os-Ene, and saw them return III q
sh,rt time with tho lag W Il Tiled. We
fCiiowed, to SEQ whetH3r Il, tir good luck
was due to accident, activity, OF their
wits. They used the Inc i'll t.-.S way
selecting tree in tho open. on which
tho nuts wcre 'e and tno shucks
opened tho frost; they shook tho treo
II climuihy into it, and shaking and
i.rring ti3 branches in tho usual way.
IL stamping AMI clubbing. Still tno
Glost nus seems to stick 10 >OutarmoSt
branches.
To get these was a stroke of genius,
and the clothes-Ln3 al little mother
wit" were brouE.t into ply. Tho boy
in tho tree threw tho lna over
a promising branch, 50 that both
ends reached tAa grounds. Tho boy c..
the ground ln1do ono end fast ID sap
Fling at suitablo GiJtance, ani then
drawing tl1 other el. as tat as posi-
| ,, made it also fast around tho trunk
tf small tree.
uo tuc~2d at the llno after fastening
i, and then took up the slack. Tho
Lou~h, Of course, was swayed down
Then ho tuCged AMI tu~~od, and took ~
the SLACK again, uni tie limo Was al
most as Tut as bow-string. Then he
beat tho Eno with a club, as
hard as he could strike, and with each
in down camo the nuts. Finally ho un
fastened ono end, and drew it CT with
some di.Icul-y, 10 bo sure, over tho ends
Cf tho branch, sweeping OF lot Of nuts
thIt still he'd on. 1..us tho principal
branches wore stripped. They were
lively boys and did very little loafng,
bat their energy was pretty well ropalG.
-(Americau A,Ticulturist.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-10-15
GEN. GRANT UNDER GUARD. :
A STAFF orloer Tells OF the Time wbea
the General wss Late for breakfast
fNeH YORK Irihunal


A retired army officer who was Oh
Gen. Grants personal stat during the
war, speaking the C,her day OF Gen.
Badeau artavie in Tne Century, said:
"Badeau has made one mistake. Hs
saws Gen. Grant was in danger of assas-
sination during tie last year of tie
wGr, while bis headquarters were ct City
Point, aud that his personal staff formed
a plan to protect him, one of them sitting
uD every night as special guard. Now,
there wasn't one of his STAFF who
wouldn't have guarded Gen. Grant at
the risk Of his own life if necessary.
Bat there was no danger at City
Point. Nobody thought of it there. Theirs
never was but one time and place when
We did think the presence of our troops
was not a sufficient protection, or that
he could add to lis safety by making
ourselves his personal guard. That was
at Culpepper, before going to the Wilder
ness. the rooms Of tie house we occupied
were so situated that Gen. Grants room
was somewhat isolated, and we thought
that in sr;-e Of the guard outside it was.
possible for an enemy TO get to Lis room
unobserved. We took in the situation
a. 'cided to place sentry before Gen.
ants & or at III. t, af'er he had re-
tirnd This was done Wi hout saying
a vthiug to the general, who himself
L.l DO fears, and had thought nothing
about it.
"But he fnt even with us for keeping
him out of tne secret. The first nIOrn-
il af-or /; Scr " had paced Lack and
+. h ell II. t before his door, the gen.
eral Id come dc@n to breakfast.
/, was unusual for lin to be late at
lreal ,ast, 6 ! after Some time / said to
Rawlings: W lat in tae mischief is
kaon;ag I've "ol1 man" in bed SO later
Ar wa 'ng some time longer we all
rather T. =, ,ty, and ] think it was
hArline's who l.lally said he'd go to the
general ) r. n All see what was the
matter Well, RGvl'~~s went up, and
| fnunl Cen. Grant al Guessed and sitting
| quie;'v in lis room.
"aLy. t>reral, breakfast has been
ready s2'ne tire said Rawlings.
" Well, replied Gen. Grant, with per-
| feet SERIOUSNESS, "a sentry has been
guarding nv door all ni@ht, and ] sup
posed was under arrest. Now, what
have done to be placed under arrest in
this wayi'
"Of course, Gen. Rawlings appre-
ciated the joke, ard when they came
down together they pretended to be as
serious as the general, who, with dry
humor sail: Gentlemen, am sorry to
have kept you waiting, but sentry has
been pacing before 4 Y door all night,
and as thought / v IS under arrest
couL.n't come down Til rcle, ,,sed.' Fol
an instant there was a queer, puzzled
look on every face, an1 then We all burst
out laughing lie didn't share ouI
fears, but let Us have our way. Livery
nicht while at Culpepper an armed
sonIry paced bcf0re G,n. Grants door,
guarding him whi.e be slept"
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-10-15
Polls Of ,he Presidents.

Here j. a curiosity. It's q case con
aiming the hair Of al the presidents,
from the hne gray lock OF George Wssf-
ington down to the seLnl-biondc 'nc u
Garfield. This casc shows that tho
color ~ a mans hair is no sin as TO ms
presidential success. JC!Iorson had red
Lair and VIC arc told th.t he was frecklcd.
John Adj .EIs wore a wig, and his son
John Quincy Adams had tho baldest
head which ever rested on the pillows u
tao White House. Martin Van Buren
WAS also sl! -ht!y bald, and his badness
came moro 10 the front Ct hIS head than
Clcvelanl's Van Drens hair was
beautifully wavy, and he combed il well
back from tne sido of lis face. While
he wsls president he woro il short, and
it had become quite gray. Some of JEFF
fersOn's portraits represent him wlth HIS
hair banged in front and coming down
over lis forehead III the stylo Of tao dudo
Of to-day.
Every ono Lnows how Jackson's hair
stood all over / 5 head as strairlt
and str as the qu of a porcupine, but
all arc not aware l. t no was as gray as
a bad ,rr during his presidential torm,
an | lat LIS hair WAS IS line rs tho ti.ln-
n st stran Is Of n silver. john Tyier
WIS also fine haired, aHd he was very
e.. luoL.ing man. v ,IIiam Henry Lar
ri5cn combed his h-ir well TO tLe front
cf La ears, ani Le v ) gray at TIE tlmo
hs was elected. Frank Pierce had thiek,
curry hair, which f.l down upon his
forehead, and james Buchanan pt LIS
c-ray head well trimmed, comb ng LIS
hair so as TO snow to TIE fuIl LIS hi I,
open brow. Polk pate ned afr ia <
{ in combing h.3 hair strai~' / back,
with hardly a p9rt, and botn ilimorc
and TlJ ior Parted = ir hair ON I. J It
81 10 Of tho head, W., Fr.n.-..n P.o'co
parted his bolL.; on the right.
President Artnlr had dark hair,
which was growing gray whcn he Lit
tho Whitc House. /, kel.t it combed
Lack from h., face, and wore it short.
Picsdcnt Lincoln d. / not ~ II h at
tcntion to lis hair, ani most Ct L.s pl:t'
ures represent il y rather r.. 1t w.@s
dlrk and strliriit. President Cleve-
| lands hair is brown an1 thin. L. wears
| it sh ut an combs it , frJm his fore
head as thon 4 l., shed to Increase
tho size of t part of his face. lis
| head is bali at tbs ere IN, AMI the ball
ness il d~ily increasing. -.Cor. CieTs-
e! laud Leader
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-10-15
The Great yiolini.,..

Paganini is described by caroline
Dauer in her memoirs aas a hazard
man, who seemed only to cons.Jt Of
olive-colored skin and rattling bones.
The black clothes he woro wcro literally
dangling about his skeleton lis rcit
was lanI-lid, as If tho whole bono fabric
must collapse tho next moment and
drop at least somo, of its joints. is
face looked like a mummy. head, GOV
cred with a brown sl.in; his choels wcro
hollow; from tho deep sockets of his
eyes shone forth dismal, black firc; lorr.
thin hair IN rin~lots enf-amcd li.-o
serpentsa this doath's-head. IChicaso
Trihnn2. - h.. -. 49, ..L.-t.s n y
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-10-15
As They Do In Romo.

In the Roman theatres, where tie eo-
diences are as brutal as the old gladiator
ial groups were in the Coliseum, Kissing
an unlulky dancer or singer, laughing
and condemning in a way which seems
heart-rendiDg 10 a good-natured Amer!-
can---who Will bear any amount Of bad
acting, villainous singing, or rrCtcscra
dancing rather than hurt the feelings cf
the actor tT hiss---here the young l2dy
is remorseisssly exposed to an amount q
staring which would drive an Americas
father quite mad. The old and yo1n;:
Italians stand up in the pit, direct IL Il.
lorgnettes at the boxes and. stare at D
young l2dy, an1 discuss her eyebrows,
COMPLEXION, and the length of her naso
audi 5ly, While her mother or chapegORs
sits by and hears it with pleasure.
II should be very sorry if my dntivh-
ter were net stared at; | should kun
she was not pretty" said Roman
princess to an American lady. %
thought this sort of publicity yc-y
, offensive; and yet the Roman L !
thought tho American lady rcprehenslD %
because she allowed her daughter to
walk from her hotel to a book shop
alone ...t..s -
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-10-15
CHOLERA AND DRINKING WATER.
Is the BfaIady Spread by Its Use:-An
Important Question.

Important Question.
For good health rure water is ss n"c-
essary a5 pure, GOOD food, cor Portable
Quarters, and 80 forth. ! n"seif s:n an
enthusiast in tho matter f &. lEing
water, but not from fear of cholera or
t'ph d fever, but s.u''y from a rlre
1--we for the E cd. r t..s watcr Is not
only a necessary article Of food, lut a
real pleasure, VII h Ir'Cfcr, and be-
hove to be more heel -.ul than coed
vino or good beer. When water fI'sS,
nan my s1rGr not on,y from cholera,
| It from all poss: Jla seascS. IN places
where cholera rrevai.j tie water may al
wavs be- indie Il, for the water sup! J
is always a rn-t OF the local''y, and t-e
d,ctrire WI frequently holl cod, Re
cause the part may be miStdk Il IT the
whole. Where the influence Of tlo water
is held NJ to the exclusion Of all other
local factors error is liable t. creep IN.
In Enc and. where the ,rinkinr water
theory is fu : believed in, two J. o i'll
filences in witch every otner local factor
was excluded, were observed in the
cholera epidemic of 1854. In one case,
in a street in London which was supplied
" two water companies, the lambeth
with pure water ana the Nau%hall with
irnnure water, it was found that the
ch lera was r~actic2ry limited to the
houses supphed ty t--e Nauxhail com
r"ny. l was SO much impressed with
tuis fact that endeavored to see
whether the epidemic of 1854 in Munich
cCgld not be explained on a similar by
pcthesis. But my researches led me to
negative result. Without doubling the
facts observed in London, ! am Of cpiR-
icn that the impure water OF the N&ux-
hall company q / not spread the germs
of cholera, for the propagation Of cholera
WIS not effected by tbs means in
Munich but that the water increased
either the personal predisposition to
cholera, or perhaps tho local prediSrosi-
Il n. since the wafer would be employed
il the houses and about the soil.
Later on, in 1866. Letheby doubted
the accuracy of the drinking-water
theory, and proved that there
had been considerable confusion;
so that house which was
ro-istered on the Lambeth compony
re- ly drew its water supply from the
main of the Vauxhall company, and
vice versa. The cholera epidemic of
1868 was essentially limited to East
London. The Last London Water CON-
rany supplied this district with water
filtered from the River Lea. Letheby
brought forward series Of facts to
prove that we mirht with equal justice
accuse the Last London Gas company,
ri9ce the first case of cholera broke cut
Ct the gas factory.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-10-15
4 Florida Yarn.

This is the kind of yarn that comes
~ from Florida: Some boys we're III tho
n..bit of bathing in a certain pool, but
were frequently driven out. BY an afliga-
tor, which came in to sample them.
Various methods of driving him away
having fail2d, the boys finally rigged up
dummy BOY and stuffed it with dsna-
mite. The ruse worked. Stealing quietly
in the alligator closed his jaws on the
dummy and the next instant found him
self blown tail first up the river three
miles. We are not informed as to
whether or not he was killed. Tho I'M
certainty which surrounds this Simple
story adds vastly to its artistic merit
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-10-15
A Crucial Question.

1t sometimes happens that q preacher
is outdol even in his own field; for in
London one adyertises that he woul1
preach next Sunday against tie divine
ness of Mary. At one point the evan
gelist waxed hot and said ~ defy airy
of you l-ishmen TO tel how tie motnor
of Christ was different at all from my
mother" In the pause that followed
this crucial question a gcod-hu-
mored Pat arose and said: - do not
know, indade, what the difference be-
tween your mother and Christ's motber
but sure an there's lig difference L.
tween the sons" The audience cou l
not recover and the sermon came " an
sbrupt end.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-10-15
Thn sns,,es of Oueensland.

In Queensland "thorc arc ivo deadly
lindS Of snakes" one eight CT Inc foct
lor'~; but "by f-.r the worst is the death
ad4.r. 1t has this peculi@,ity: it does
not attempt u move out Of a2ybody's
way, but lies quite still until it i
toul he'd, when it f4Stcns with spring
upon its victim. havo never Lnown
we'll authenticated instance Of recovery
from it, except in tho case of ono In
dcrwool, who used to let any snake bite
him, AMI by means Of an antidoto mover
suffered harm. The Victorian govern
mont foolishly refused to ~;vo him
10, 900 pounds sterling for his secret, aid
cs nc ono doy let sn-,;o bite him when
he was drunk and h.l for~0tten whore
ln had put his antedotc. this all-valI-
a ,le secret died with Linn. Ir. Finch
Iiltton
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-10-15
A Novel rloatipg hospital

, A Mr.. Laws, of Newcastle, England,
has submitted to the Tyne Port sanitary
authority scheme for floating infec-
tious diseases hospital Of novel eonstruc-
ton. He PROPOSES TO float the hospital
upon circular poptoons ten feet apart,
with platform Of IRON and timber four
feet above hich- water level. There ars
to be three large wards, with ten beds
each. The warts are to he OF wood,
with double skin, and the roof sis to be
Of zipp or wood
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-10-15

The chemist of tie agricultural de-
partment at Washin~'on has discovered
a means of Gistirgul,4Hg oleomargaTiue
from butter. VIXEN bo.4ad for few Sec
onds pure butter viii reveal, under a
microscope and in p, .arized light, a,well
defined cross on cacA globule, Nhc. eas
the globules of beef TT AMI lard are If
different form, ard CO not rotate with
the movement Of tie polarized li-ht as
those of real butter d6. Ills iLiolma-
ton is given to dweners in boarding
houses for what is worth, with the sug-
gestion that no butter eater is entirely
safe without microscope and polarized
light al his elbow.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-10-15
To suner.ede Kerosene.

There have recently been made in st.
Petersburg some experiments with ryro-
naphtha,i an illulninator which Beilstein,
the celebrated Russian chemist, thinks
will snpersede kerosene. 1t is said to be
y holly free from danger of fire and burn
ing Kerosene is easily extingui$hed by it.
Pyronaphtha itself can be readily put
out by water. 1t burns with bright
light and gives off no smoke or vapor,
while the fact that it is residual prod
uct of the Baku distillation of petroleum
makes its cost in Russia less than kero-
Sene
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-10-15

It Is claimed by writer that one AMI
one-fourth more money is expend an
nually on funerals in the United States
than is expended for public school pur-
poses, and more than the combined gon
and silver yield of the country in the
year 1880. This does not Include the
cost of cemetery lots and burial fees.
While it is quite naturalto reverence 35',s
dead, it is certainly unnecessary to mako
e1travagant expenditures in their behalf.
Many poor families cripple themselves
for months in order to make a Last shCR
O. respect for the departed.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-10-15
The Word Limited"

Tho word limited" used in con-
ncction with a corporation, indicates that
it is or-anizod under rpcoi.l law in
tended to Limit the li~oili'v of stock
holders in tho corporation to Tho amount
that each individual member his paid or
agreed to pay for his stooL. T-.S law
requires that tho word "limitcd" thall
always DO printed or written or painted
in connection with tho namo of The cor
poration, to warn tho public that
They must look to tho corporation only,
and not to tho stockholders, for tho pay
taent of CORPORATION debt. E5aF
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-10-15
POOR PAGE, MOI For Ihee.
,ick up the rose my lady let fall,

Why pick up the rose my lady let fsn,
o page with the Rartered knee,
That she dropped a. she passed thro' the grand
old hall!
Thou know st she Is not for thee.
page art thou, and a lady She
Ti.0u know 81, thou know st, she Is not for Thea
why thrust 1t all In thy BOSOM boy,
With its petals quiy ring and weei
WHY glance at her form with wistfu toyf
Thou know st she is not for theel
A mage art thou, and lady She
TLOu know st, thu know st, sine Is not for thee
NJ lady she list d to the earl last night,
The carl with his wclturued l..o,
With LIS fair, broad lands aud hls daring might
Nv lady IA meant for h.El.
Thu' wet Line eyas with tears, and dim.
H. lady my l4dJ is meant for In
But keep thou the rose I'll II fade and do,
O, rsye with the garteT-l knee.
IT, ncr breath thou feel - vi hen she passes By,
Thou kaowst she's not Tor thee
A page thou AT. eul i1lv she;
TAou know st, thou know e. she Is not for thea
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-10-15
Animal and Vegetable Food.

Sir Henry Thomson, the eminent phv-
sician, says concerning the miu.le
classes of people, that three fourths Of
the nutrient matters they eat are from
the animal kingdom, and that a reversal
of these proportions---i. e., one-fourth
only from this source and three,feurths
from vegetable sonrces---would "tend to
maintain cleaner palate, lighter and
more active brain and better state Of
health for most people not engaged on
the most laborious employments OF &C.
five life" " 49, e., 'H
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-10-15
Mom.n,s True Mission.

The Louisville Courier-Journal is close
70 the truth that the true mission of
woman Is to declare war on soggy pastry.
ANY ultimatum that lovely woman may
send with regard to the delimitation and
rectiflcation of the inferior frontier Of
custard pie win have the sympathy OF
the world. 4 better arrangement of the
heavy-dumpling incident would also
greatly ease matrimonial negotiations. .
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-10-15
Gla.s Tor snip sheathine;..

An italian ship has been sheathed with
glass plates, cast like iron plates, so as
to ct the hull, to. take the place Of cop
per sheathings. The joints of the plates
are made water-tight by the use OF
waterproof .mastic. The advantages
claimed for glass over copper are its IN
sensihility. to oxidation and its exemp-
ton from incrustafion. e
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-10-15
uuco's One Superstition.

u. Lcsclidc, who hes inst publi-hed a
volume of iropos do Tablo of the r-cat
French poet, was for many ycarstho Gli'Y
companion Of the author of sLcs Chati-
sncnts," and he tclB us among many
othor thia. = that Victor Eugo confessed
TO tho possession of only ono srpcrsti-
lion. Nothing could induce him 10
form one Of tn rtecn at table sN'honevcr
thirtccnth arrived at. the last nomcut
it was u LcscIides business TO Iick IN
his hat and depart -ILondon Nows. y
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-10-15

In ell the Japenese empire, having q
population of $1,000, 900, it is estimated
that there are less than 10000 paupers
The percentage in China is much larger,
and this is all the more remarkable
from the fact that Chinaman at, homo
can live on 8 cents day. A poor
man might safely live for month on
tho proceeds of the sale Of one dog
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-10-15
rh.t Die ,vo,,ia 1.ook I.Ikn.

"what do ycpi srpnose I'd loos1ike If
! Jumped d.wnl" sold slim young fell
low to his plrlasthey stood looking out
of the wind W Of the steepla Of Trinity
church. .-..4. t---.,
Gazing at the youth and then glahcing
down on Broadway, she repliGd; ls4
"Ithink you'd look just Ike a gum
drop in aidesert." " l9tS izaInzE1
He didn't Jump 80 an Ia
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-10-15
.cbnu,ee, of r.,xe,..l

The Sacramento river has undergone q
complete chanyc,1 owing TO the opera
lions of tho hydriniic I'm, acrs fn tho
mountains, whero it takes rs rso.e Ia
tho days CT the nionoer II was o deer,
olear stream with high bans, but now
1t Is a mass of yellow water. thiclcncG
oJ tisc detrirus from the mining rcrions
and Is with difficulty bent in naNc2ba,
couc.ition. California Lettos.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-10-15
Consumption In England.

a Deaths from consumption in England
and Males are on the decrease. The
number from 1860 TO 1870 averaged over
55, 900 annually, and from 1870 to 1880
between $1,000, and $4,000. Last year
the number was 4S, 7I5 in a population
of aS, 413,S6f ~ 81 bHbHi9Hf goa +'
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-10-15
Isobe. frem oslrIeh st.ins.

Tho s-ins of young ostrichcs mas
beautiful robes, which : arc very
highly prisad and di.ieut to obtain, Ii
only tho soft short feathers OF thu 5rc1-s
CT the younf' can be used, and c:lch robo
represents the Slaughter Of fron cf;oca
70 tws't+y y7.vwy biriS.-s->x.ha1Sa
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-10-15
Georgia. Big Grapevine.

The largest. grapevine in the United
States grows on. hepremises of Mr. Mad
den. in. Pike county, Georgia. tits eight
cen wears old. is thirty four inches in CIR
cumterence az its base, ia quarter OF
nile long. and Yields ave wagon ioacl
OF grapes.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-10-15
Fashion Notes.

Skirts grow palmer and fullsrs
Coiffures grow higher and higher.
Dress bodices are cut to produce square
shoulders. ''''"T
Absinthe is much admired French
shade of green. -
The popular craze in Washinton is
mandolin playing.
Stringless bonnets are worn by youth
full women only. .af sGe
The fine embroideries On fLs bon
nets are uuarvels of artistic work.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-10-15
Pressed Glassware.

A new process for making pressed
glassware has-eeen perfected which Is
destined. il is said. 10 yupersede the old
presses for AL purposes. From ten to
twenty pieces can be tnrned out Of II PEI
IhsIutu.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-10-15
Tho I.a.es. psrt. Nsvslty. =

The last PASS novelty is anew porto
ve;ne,, necklaces and, shFaeeletSs b repe
and moose, which bears the sinister pa:D,
of corie de pend1. A bit Of a 'real
hanxrnanss rope Is asfarorite fassfnc1
with French EamblcY and, doslbfles7,
the gold imitation will become favoSi'e'
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-10-15
9at. Bsasaaagg'u Etadsr.
srASo,N o ADsEsrrsEAnSrs,

Marriage. and death natlcus. not exccedleH
six lines punished free Mi o.er -ix lIeas
.rill bs asiaRr 4ed L-T ~ GoslAs1E- sTtisAnS
rates.
s2-An advertisements due when hascrted,
uiIess other wise asre0l upon. 20
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-10-15
strnnr sni,lers, Wehs.

Ceylon spiders weave web 50 strong
that walking-stick, when thrown into
il, Is entapgled among the meshes.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-10-15
r~e,ch yiueyar.is.

French vineyards are being repl1atea
wish American vine roots. In tho de-
partment Of the Herarlraloue e., 80
acres have been replanted with Ameri-
can vine roosS.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-10-15
renntinrIx plsplayed.

"Snails, twopence-halfpenny onart.
S the sign temptingly displayed in ii1s
window os q Lcay9on restarrrant-
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-10-15
ADVERTISEMENTS.

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