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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-11-19
a Doctor and His Aides


In q western city lives an undertaken by
the name OF B"own, a great wag, and al
ways ready to play joke; also doctor
WHO Is joker, and is always ready to tell
on himself; AMI monument maker" who
Is of the same kidney.
One day the doctor was driving at full
speed down business street, when Brown
spiei him. Brown was in his wagon, with
the sign Of his profession on the side.
Whipping up his horse. he came as close to
the doeror as possible. AMI glancing round,
he spiei the monument maker. Calling to
the monument maker to hurry up, Brown
called out: ''Go on, doctor, go on; we're
coming"
The doctor looked round, and dismay was
pictured on his countenanea He whipped
up his horse, but all to No purpose, tho un-
dertaker and the monument maker follow
ing closely. Al last the rid cuious part OF
the thing struck him, and lsaa4ng back in
his buggy he gave vent to his laughter, In
spite of the thought; 'What sign for q
prominent pdynoian this isi'
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-11-19

'Where is your bye, Jakey' Mr.. r yilly,
the blacksmith, inquired Of the German po-
Ecemau. Il haven't sane him In two or
three dav4"
NO" said the policeman. "He is gradu-
ally re covering from oxberience und viii
Go vOnce a-a;u OVID uf doors In a few daY7.
We al got to Lave oxberience-der droubie
Is somed mos We get doc much at once.
Dcts vot ais Chaky. He got more at Won
dime as his nervous system could shtand
He saw line looking young fe.ler init KIDS
und bangs und dight drowscrs-a recklar
dude-an1 he dought he could play some
monkey choSes on him so h3 gals owd:
Say, vellerS look at It'll 1t mGofes! 1t
| can va'k! Gu'ss vot it Is und you can haI
it. Dot vus good choke ehF'
at was a foine bit av humar," says the
blacksmith II would like fer to have sane
| th1 duien
well, dots so. !, too, would: like to seen
him. kut Chadey dakas a deeferent view
uf der j uatiol. He ton'd care uf he natfer
| such Weller sees again. Dot dude, he TOOK
oil his gluffS away Gnl he punched Chaky
p!aok uni p'up. He knocked owd uf him
| der sdui ng una nut real on him like a
steeble on a church. Nowadays you got to
! look ont md who YOU make chokeS. a
! hosbidaI is dor safes blac3 Der young
Veilers got p0xng gil!f' uni dumbellS und
rowboats un1 bicycles, und dem are raising
muscles like der pillows On bed. You
CHOKE nit dude uni find be can like a
vinimil strike owd. Dots Why Chon l..
Sullivan g.ts along So voll. He fights NIT
bugilsts only. Uf he shOull bck up some
1u les in Fifd Alien % ne might get der
brains knocked from his head ovid"
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-11-19
A Communicating Smile.

That is what we want-love toward
God and love toward man. 1t is said
the larks of Scotland are the sweetest
singing birds of earth. No piece of
mechanism that man has ever made has
the soft, sweet, glorious music in it that
the lark's throat has. When the farmers
of Scotland walk out early in the morn
ing they flush the larks from the grass,
and as they rise they sing, and as they
sing they circle, and higher and higher
they go, circling as they sing, until at
last the notes of their voices die out in
the sweetest strains that earth ever
listened to. Let us begin to circle up
and sing as we circle, and go higher and
higher, until we food the Throne of God
itself, and the strains of our voices melt
in sweetest sympathy with the music of
the skies.-lRey. Sam Jones.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-11-19

most fully agree with your CORE
spondent as to the abuse which picnic
parties at Stonehenge has now become.
l was there lately with a friend who was
seeing the stones for the first time, and
the space within the circle was crowded
with excurSonists and others, some eat
ing and drinking, others dancing roun!
the stones, and the whole place Uttered
with paper and bottles, the scene com
pletely doing away with the grand i'm
preston the wonderful and venerable
stones ought to give think it is quite
time that all picnicking within the stones
should be forbidden There is ample
ground for that on the surrounding
plain, and then others who really care
for such monuments would be able to
examine the stones with some pleasure,
which has now become impossible. i Let
ter in London Times.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-11-19
Marriage Negotiations ia Afshanistan.

In Afghanistan, when two families
are negotiating marriage an omen is
consulted in the following manner;
Several slips of paper are cut up, and
on half of them is wri ten ITO be, and
on the other half Not to be-" These
pieces of paper are placed under pray
ing carpet and the anxious father de-
voutly raises his hands in prayer to
God for guidance, and expresses his
submission to the all wise decree of the
Almighty III the matter of his sons or
daughter marriage. Then, putting his
hand under the carpet, he draws out Il
paper. If on it should be written ~io
be-" he thinks the marriage is ordained
of God; if ">ot to be, no overture or
negotiation will be listened to.
Sometimes, however, the interests of
state, or the value of the dowry, or tho
termination of long standing blood
feud will induce the 'pio IS chieftain to
put aside the omen as having been In
ruenced by the powers of darkness.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-11-19
a Clerical BoOtblack-
Chicago Tribune.l

|
! Whoa Matthew Arnold came TO this
country he was entertained in a western city
| by Clergyman with English ntecelen;s,
who felt That he must do !! is best for Mr..
! Arnold, and he laid himself out, as the boys
say, to do it. In so far as his c' ablishment
could contribute to the En- slishmans COM
fort AMI entertainment, MIR. Arnold had
! Every reason to be satisfied After dinner
and after a pleasant evening, Mr.. Arnold
was sh own to his room by tae clergyman
himself The host exDressei the hope that
Mr.. Arnold would be comfortabl9 and
woull feel at home, AMI pointed out
tO him that there We're connectel with
the room conveniences for bath
ing, ETC., and Mr.. Arnoll in his English
way, declared that he woul1 joy all the
comforts, including the bath privileges, and,
as his host was bowing himself out, said l.:
"Ah-ah, 1 suppose if put my shoes out
side the door the man win clean them and
polish them" The clergyman said, 'Of
course" and bowed himself out with good
night. But as h3 had no man aud rs he was
in the ha:1t OF cleaning and polishing his
own boots, he was in a quandary. After
studying over the matter carefully he put
on his slippers, went quietly up stairs took
MI Arnold's shoes to his own room and
polished them himself. lie felt confident in
his own heart that he hal done a good job,
ut as he wont sneaking up stairs and put
hem down at the door he came very near
betraying himself by an involuntary
chuckle over the luicrousness of the situa-
ton. Unless he should SEQ this, Mr. Mat
thew Arnold will never know that one Of
She courtly gentlemen who entertained him
so handsomely when he was in America
othciatad as boot5lack to the expounder Of
Sweetness and Light
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-11-19
GRANTS FIRST LITERARY WORK.
His Discrimination to Touch Fen and Ink
The Sketch and It's Elaboration.

Tho Sketch and Its Elaboration.
AS early as December, 1888, the edit
ors of The Century magazine had in
quired of me whether Gen. Grant could
not be induced to write about one or two
of his battles for their series of papers on
the war, mentioning Shiloh and the Will
derness. | laid the matter before him,
but he WAS disinclined to attempt the
unfamiliar task. The editors, however,
renewed their solicitations. After the
failure of Grant " Ward they addressed
me letter, saying: "The country looks
with so much regret and sympathy upon
Gen. Grants misfortune that it would
gladly welcome the announcement
and especially the publication of mate
rial relating to him, concerning a part
of his honored career in which every
one takes pride. Itwould be glad, they
said, ITO have its attention diverted
from his present trouble, and no doubt
such diversion of his own mind would be
welcome to him."
He was touched by the tone Of the
communication, but shrank at first
from presenting himself to the public at
this juncture, preferring absolute with
drawal and retirement. When / con-
veyed his reply spoke of the complete
financial ruin that had overtaken him.
The editors at once inquired whether
pecuniary inducement might not have
weight, and made an offer to him
for two articles on any of his bat
ties which he might select. His necessi-
ties decided him. The modern Belisa-
rius did not mean to beg.
In June he went to Long Branch for
the summer, and soon afterward sent for
me and showed me few pages he had
written, and called an article. The
fragment was terse and clear, of course,
like almost everything he wrote, but toe
laconic and compact, knew, to suit the
editorial purpose; it would not have
filed three pages of the magazine.
urged him to expand it. -
"But why write more2" he asked. y
have told the story. What more is there
to saya"
begged him to 60 into detail, to ex'
plain his purposes and movements, tC
describe the commanders, to give pictures
of the country; and he seized the idea,
and developed the sketch into more
protracted effort. 1t was copied by his
eldest son, who carried it to the editors,
one of whom came at once to see him,
and asked him to still further extend his
article by including topics covered by
him in the interview He consented
again, and the paper became the elabor'
ate one-elaborate for its author-whicf
appeared in The Century for February,
1885. This was Gen. Grants first at
tempt at anything like literary or his
torical composition.-IGen. Badeau IL
The Century.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-11-19
HOW COSTLY FABRICS ARE CLEANED
Treatment Of fine Lacos- Cleansing Vel
yet-.Renegfng Actresses' Costumes.

vet--Rene wing sctres@es' Costumes.
A careless waiter OF an accident at the
dinner table may cause the apparent
ruin of lacrs, silks, or yeIyets worth
large sums of money. If the lady tries
10 clean them herself she makes matters
worse and makes it impossible for tie
professional cleaners TO do anything with
them afterward. These cleaners have
peculiar methods in Tenovating these
delicate fabrics aud many Of them they
will not reveal, aS they are secrets Of
their trade.
"The treatment Of fine laces," said a
cleaner, Us an extensive and trouble
some process. A thick blanket of soft
rags is sewCd around bottle, and on
this the lace is pinned 1t is quite In
possible TO rub lace, as it would tear it
to pieces. The bottle is then placed in a
bath Of sOapy warm water. After soak
ing for twenty minutes it is boiled for
some time and then allowed TO cool. II
is dipped in several baths of clear water
until all the soap seems to be removed.
The lace il then removed from the bot
tie, and. after part of the water is driven
out by gentle pressure, it is hung up u
dry.
after a time it is laid on a soft cloth
to dry still more. When still
slightly damp it IS placed on q
hair cushion covered with flannel,
and is fastened there with lace pins.
This is work Of skill and patience. A
pin is passed through each loop and q
twist is given Before the pin is fastened.
Sometimes the loop is drawn straight
ard sometimes not, the operator seekil &
to follow the original design Of the lace &.
When quite dry the lace is spOnged
with weak solution of gum arabic, and
when dry again, it is almost US good as
new
The method Of cleansing velvet is a
secret; it can be greatly freshened hy
,tcaming il over boiling water, care be
ing taken to expose the wrong side OF
the velvet to the steam, but this is use
ful only whore the damage is net very
great. can tell you only that the pro
| cess is dry one, and chalk Is used III
! IL. Velvet that has been wet Is hard tC
| treat, but We have been able to Go won,
! derS with It,
III is a very common thing for ac
!
| costumes to be renewed, and we alS'
have many fine ball dresses. We do NO
take them apart, but cleanse them a,
they are. They are first dipped i'll ;
bath of naphtha, and this removes ink
champagne and many other stains. Thei
they 60 into a bath of pure benzine
which takes out all the grease The,
are softly rubbed in these baths, an,
any spots remaining are treated with OK
alic acid. Thoy are rinsed out in warn
water and dried over steam coils. 7,
iron them would harden the silk anC
make it shiny, so it is run over steam
rolls, or ironed between fiannels. W,
have ironcrs whose business it is to irol
dresses, and when they have finished {
dress it looks new. Mildew is removed
by oxalic acid. y New York Sun.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-11-19
The Palestine Canal.

The Italian consul at Jerusalem, in an
official report, calculates that the pro-
jected Palestine canal would provide a
passage to the east of four hours less du
ration than the Suez canal; would be
constructed at half the cost of the latter,
and he maintained at much less expense,
so that in consequence the tolls levied on
ships would be about half those of the
Suez canal. 1t would afford access to
new countries and provinces among the
most fertile in the world, and travellers
to the Holy Land would arrive there
with facility.
Importation and expectation by means
of sailing vessels between the east and
the Adriatic and Mediterranean would
be greatly increased, so that Italy es-
pecially would gain immensely by the
canal. 1t is safe to say that as soon as
it is completed the Palestine canal will
be able to reckon on a traffic of 5000,
600 tons, or $4,000, ,O0f.-[ Edinburgh
Scotsman
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-11-19
Science Can Do Wonders.

mo, sir" said Schoeppenstedt pos
itively, a don't take any stock in all
this talk about mind-reading. It is all
bosh, every bit Of it. I'll defy any man
living to read my mind. lis an absolute
impossibilty, sir; an absolute impos-
sibility."
"But, dear" gently interrupted Mrs.
Sehoeppenstedt, lyon ought not TO be SC
positive. Science has been making Won
derful strides, you know, il the last few
years. Why, / was reading only the
other day of a wonderful microscope
which would show over $4,000 lines
drawn in a space an inch wide. "-tSom-
erville Journal.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-11-19
FADING LEAF AND FALLEN LEAF.

Said Fading Leaf to Fallen Leaf:
II toss alone on a torsaken tree,
II rocks and cracks with every gust that racks
It's straining bulk. Say! how Is it With theer'
Said Fallen Leaf to Fading Leaf
"a heavy foot went by an hour ago;
Crushed with clay, stain the way;
The loud Wind calls me and can not 60"
Said Fading Leaf TO Fallen Leaf:
death lessons Life, ghost is ever wiseI
Teach me a way 10 live till May
Laughs fair with fragrant lips and loving
eyes"
Said Fallen Leaf to Fading Leaf:
Hast loved fair eyes and lips Of gentle BREATH
Fade then and fall. Thou hast had all
That Life give; ask somewhat now Of
Deathr Il Richard Garnett.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-11-19
Memories of Gael.

would you like to have US sing some.
thing, something sweet and lowa" said
the minister to the dying Scotchman.
Il wad like to hear some music" the
dying man feebly replied, "but / dinna
care for singin'. Ye misht send for
Donald and get him to play me tune
on the bagpipes. - Boston Courier.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-11-19
Size of Elephants Cver- Estimated.
EChicagp Herald

The sire of elephants is commonly
over estimated. Their stature is al
most always exaggerated in those coun-
tries where they are found wild. Even
European travellers of scientific training
have made notable mistakes in this re-
spect. African elephants which Maj.
Desham, one of the early explorers.
supposed to be sixteen feet high proved
to be less than ten feet when killed In
Ceylon the native elephant, which was
formerly thought to 10 larger than the
African animal, is rarely taller than
nine feet; and Sir Emerson Tenneut
says the largest specimens on that is
land do not average more than eight
feet. Cut Of 1,l00 elephants from
which the tallest were selected and
measured with care, on one occasion in
India, there was not one whose height
eaualed eleven feet.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-11-19
Sandwich Men,

The sandwich men" of New York
mess and bunk together in one dirty
cellar. The monopolist Of this class of
street advertising gives them their board,
So a month, and two drinks of whisky
with an allowance of tobacco every day.
Their beds are straw mattresses laid on
the floor; they have no bedelothes.
Their days labor ceases at II p. N.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-11-19
When the Piano Was New.

The earliest use of the word "piant, !,
forte" so far as is known, was in |
playbill dated May 10, 1891. The piece
announced was the IBeggar's Opera. I"
The bill read: Miss Buokler will sing
a song from Judith, accompanied by
Mr.. Dibdin upon a new instrument
called 'pianoforte. New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-11-19

To 100, 900 males in Montana there are
only 80, ,975 females, in Arizona but 3S,-
494, in Wyoming bat 46,a97, in New
Mexico S5,363, in ,akota 81, 1857, in
Washington territory 6S,39f, in Idaho
40, ,463, in Nevada AS. 1856.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-11-19
WeIsh-AIne
Il hlcapo Herald

The Welshmen have begun 10 realize
that they are not getting as much credit
for their patriotic services as they have
deserved. The remind US thSt of
fifty-fve signers of the Declaration of
Independencs seventeen were Welsh
men either by blrth or lineage. More
over, fourteen generals, one colonel,
six captains, and Que lieutenant IN ths'
revolutionary war we're WelshneF-.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-11-19
Sea water for se.board Cities.

A Boston scientist predicts that within
twenty years chemistry will show how
sea water can be made suitable for
drinking and for culinary purposes more
cheaply for seaboard cities than fresh
water can be brought for any eonsidera-
BILE distance. Il Exchange.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-11-19
Largest Mastin In the world.

A resident of Albany, N. Y, is said tc
own the largest mastiff in the world.
His name is Senator; his age is Is
months; weight, 100 pounds; height,
35 1-2 inches over the wethers; length,
from tip of nose to end of tail, Z feet 8
inches, and he is valued at 81, 500.
-lChicago Herald.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-11-19
Nearly a.nna Yards.

A 4O0-weight ~lead" sent down from
the Challenger in tho abyss of New
Guinea struck bottom at the tremendous
depth of 4450 fathoms, or 26, 1000 feet,
which is the deepest sea sounding yet
effected.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-11-19
Pr, .,y woman ON the So mmi..

"Why," said pretty young woman,
with wonder in her eyes and roses in
her chee s, as she reached the summit
of Mt. Moosilauke the other morning,
why, l declare to goodness, you can
see into Maine, New Hampshire, Yer
mont. Massachusetts and New York
five states. Whatl" she added, Into
@, NADIA, too! Wen, this is dear old
mountain"
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-11-19
TnnnaIinp Gibraltar.

A Madrid engineer is at work on a
project for tunneling from the mainland
under Gibraltar ami dynamiting tho
English garrison ont n Spain.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-11-19

Weak characters never show any do
cision except when they commit some
act of stupidity.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-11-19
The "Pate de Foie Gras" of strasburg.
Boston Budget]

The unhappy geese, or perhaps they
are happy, are stuffed from morning
until night, and for fortnight or so
before being killed are shut up in coops,
so that they can not exercise, and are
encouraged to eat until they are in a
fair way to burst with fatness. On the
last day they are given no water, and
when they are killed their livers are ex-
tracted from reeking masses of fat
The goose liver. after this special gas
tronomic training, is so distended as to
weigh about two pounds, fully half the
weight of the healthy human liver. 1t
is hept until it is little "high," or, in
plain nglish, until it has begun to rot,
before being worked into strasburg
pies. never could understand the ap-
petite for decaying meat, nor do see
why it is not as allowable to eat over
ripe eggs and unfragrant vegetables as
to eat meat that has begun to return to
its elements
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-11-19

Russian proverb; Trust in God but
mind your own business
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-11-19

Most Of the game killed by the Alaska
Indians is shot with iiint headed ATOMS.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-11-19
ADVERTISER ENTs.

For transient Advertisements, ten cents .
line for first insertion; fve cents line for
each subsequent insertion.
Local Notices ten cents q line for each inser'
tiOn.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-11-19
wall street Animals.

IDnrl ngtOn FTee f're>S
Were you bull or bearF asked an
acquaintance of a speculator.
''Ns.taer,n be replied, "k was an sssT
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-11-19

AZ least one ton of gold is buried in
the graves Of the dead every year.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-11-19

Russian proverb: A present is cheap,
but love is dear.
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Che 8ruOkhareu geadsr.
BY 3. T. HOBBS.

Terms. Ina Advance
ono year. ...s......s's......'.es "
Ok months..... ..."..............s...... 70
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-11-18
Panic In the Family.

No wonder that family is panic
struck when one Of its members is
seized with a violent cough. In this
country from Inflammation Of the
throat or lungs to consumption or
bronchitis, is but a short step. But
mark, the terrible eonsulnmation which
follows neglected or maltreated cough,
cannot by any possibility take place is
'Hale's Honey Of Horehound and Tar
is promptly administered. This grand
specific Immediately quiets the irrita-
ton and soon restores the inf1amad
membranes and tissues OF the throat
and lungs to perfect soRndness and
vigor. Sold by Druggists everywhere at
so cents and 81. Large size being much
the cheapest. Pixies Toothache Drops
cure in one minute.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-11-18

miscellaneous.
Deed-Bargain and Sale.
Warranty Deed.
Ouit-Claim Deed.
Trustees Deed.
Warranty Deed Against Grantor.
Mortgage.
Mortgage Long Form.
Chattel Mortgage.
Lease.
Official Bond.
Incorporation Bond.
Articles OF Incorporation,
Acknowledgements.
Protests.
Notices of Protest.
Tax Posters.
Collectors Certificate OF Sale Of Rea
Estate.
Sheriff7s Sale.
ADDlication for General License.
Application for Liquor License.
BOND for Liquor License.
Administrator Bond.
Petition for Letters Of Administrator
order Admitting VIII 70 Probate.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-11-18
Salt EakoC CITY.

Mayer-James Sharp.
Alderman First Wa1d-Adan Spiers
Alderman Second Ward-Isaae d.
Waddell.
Alderman Third Ward-Joseph H
Dean.
Alderman Fourth Ward-Robert Pat
rick.
Alderman Fifth George D.
Pyper.
CouncilOrs-Geo8ge Stniagfellow, o.
H. Petit, Thomas @. Weber, John
Clark, A. w. Davis, Joseph. A. Jennings,
A. n. McFarlanei HebeF J. Grant
Junius F. Wells.
Recorder and Auditos-Heber NJ.
Wells.
Treasurer-O. D. Whitney.
Assessor and C0llector-M. w. Taylor,
MarShal-Wiailam g. Phillips.
AttOrney-F, s. Richards.