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The Brookhaven leader., 1885-03-26
Ii'l Arp's Fad Tooth.

''uh the pity of it, lsgo, the pity o.
It," What has man got teeth for
would like to know. 1t is the brut,
that is in him, the dog OF the old Adam
that evoluted from the monkeys. There
is nothing Gol-likc about teeth. They
bite, that is all They are called Ca
mines " | saw a msn bite another man
nose off oLce-the teeth did it. The
eye is GoI-like, angelic. beautiful, harm
less. The ear is a good thing too, foI
it takes in the harmonieS Of nature anl
makes music sweet-music that is thC
only thing common to angels and men
he nose is gentle and ornamental,
but is not of much consequence
except TO blow off a bad cold
and tell the difference between cologne
and goldfish; but the teeth-well,
think that false ones are better than the
genuine for they never ache. ! don I
care for any now. | am tired. Thest
women can have eight or ten pulled al
one timo-Just TO get new set, How
in the world do they stand itf Pride.
reckon, womanly pride, wOmanly na
t4re. Her love Of the beautiful. But
We men can wear muStEache and hide
a whole set OF rotten snagS. If women
had boards tie dentists would perish.
There she goes again, and then boom.
Let me try some more paregoric ana
camphur. May be can go to sleel
after a while if will keep dosing.
wish hal just a small grain of dyna-
mite behind that tooth, Just at the end
of the root / would explode it if it
Killed me.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-03-26

The Vienna telephone people have a
practical way of putting up their wires,
using neither poles nor house tops and
yet not going underground. They atfix
to the walls of the houses small and
very neat iron frames, holding from
eight to sixteen insulators The wires
are then strung along the tops of the
buildings on these insulators, between
the second and third story windows.
1t is said that the whole presents very
neat appearance, the wires being incon-
spicpous on account of their smallness.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-03-26
One of the Grant Relies. /"

The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
says there are very few people who have
an adequate idea of the splendor and
beauty and historical interest of the
"1rant relies" that have been made
over to the government. These are
trophies from nearly all the considerable
cities that the general visited on his
way around the world. Take the little
town of Stratford-upon-Avon. The
freedom of the town was presented TO
Grant in scroll of parchment, inclosed
in a box of the Shakespeare mulberry
tree-wood far more precious than gold,
and exquisitively carved into leaves and
berries OF the tree
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-03-26
DEFYiIG THE IYNCHeRS.
''The Average Mao Don't Like Trouble
and Danger"-"Keal Lynching."
lstHucklaharrv Finn ~

and Danger"-"Real Lynching."
l"Huckleberry Finn
In minute everybody was saying it,
and the mob swarms up the street
toward Sherburn's house, snatching
down every clothesline they come to to
do the hanging with. Sherburn steps
out on the roof of his front porch with
q double -barrellel gun in his hand
Sherburn never SAID a word-just
stood there, looking down. The still
ness was awful creepy and unoomforta-
be Sherburn ran his eye slowly along
the crowd, and wherever it struck, the
people tried little to outgaZe him, but
they couldn't; they dropped their eyes
and looked sneaky. Then pretty soon
SherUurn sort OF laughed; not the pleas
ant kind, but the kind that makes you
feel like when you are eating bread
that's got sand in it.
Then he says, slow and scornful.
The idea of you lynching anybody.
It's amusing. The idea OF you thinking
you had pluck enough TO lynch man
BecauSe you're brave enough to tar and
feather poor friendless, cast out women
that come along here, did that make
you think you had grit enough to lay
YOUR hanis on a man Why, a man
safe in the hands Of 10, 900 of your kind
as long as it S daytime and you're not
Lthind hin.
''po know you? I know you clear
through Your mistake is, that you
didn't bring man with you; that's one
mistake, and the other is that you dldn {
come in the dark aad fetch your mass
You brought part of a man Buck
Harkness therc-and if you hadn't had
him to start you, you 4 q taken it out in
flowing.
''iou didn't want to come. The aver
age man don t like trouble and danger
\ on don't like trouble and danger. But
if only half a man-like Buck darkness,
there--Shouts lynch hin, lynch him.
you're afraid to back down afraid
You'll he found out to be what you are
cowards-and so you raise yell, ana
hang yourselves onto that half man
coat tail aid come raging up here,
swearing what big things you re going to
do. The pitifIlest thing out is mob
that's what an army iS-a mob.
they don't fight with courage that's
born in them, but with courage that 5
borrowed from their mass and from
their officers. But mob without an
man at the head OF it. is beneath pitt
tuiness. Now the thing for You to d.
is TO droop your tails and go home airi
,rawi in a hole If any real lyuchin@
going to be done, il wall be done in Ire
dark, southern fashion and when ti.=y
co re they'll bring their masks, ana
fetch man a,ong. Now leave nnd
take yoar haIf-a man with you, loss
ing his gun up across his left arm anu
cooking it, when he says this.
The crowd washed back sudden and
then bro ;e all apart and went tearing
every which way, and Buck HarkneSs he
hee!ed it after them, looking tolerablt
cheap. ] could stayed, if ia wanttd
TO, but didn't want 10.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-03-26
Monuments.

Nr. A. t. Benedict. of WoodvilIe, Miss,
is the only authorized agent for the Mon
umental Bronze Co., OF bridgeport. Con-
necticnt, for the counties of Lincoln,
franklin, Amite and Wilkinson. White
Bronze is the only material that will
Withstand the action of the atmosphere
for centuries and retain all of its beauty
unchanged. Fur specimen see the inonn-
inent erecled TO the memory of Mrs. j. Il.
Chrisman in Brookhaven cemetery.
Specimen cuts may also be seen ut TnE
LsADER office, win also contract tor
iron fencing. Address all eonImuniea-
tons 10 A. i, BENEDICT, Noodvilie, Mss.
Feb, - sla
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-03-26
"Overwora" on Harpsr's Weekly.



The unsuspected lunacy of DR. Shin,
suggests the case of Editor Coaant, of
Harpers y Cekly, whose disappearance
has teen SO widely motel. His employ
erS feel deefly grieyed by the assertion
that he was driven crazy by ovcrwork.
Ii there is on earth an establishment in
which hard tasks are unknown, Har-
per's publishing house is that one Tho
salaries are large and the services light
| am perfectly familiar with Conant's
duties. Ee was managing editor os
The Weekly. ,Eut he had nothing what
ever to 10 with the pictures, which
were controlled by arsons, the artist
lie did not touch the page of editorial
articles, for they were exclusively in the
hands of Geo-gC William Curtis.
Now, take iuto account the further
fact that nearly ill of the remaining
space in the pa, er is given up to serial
stories, bought in the form of advance
sheets from London publishers or au-
thorS, and requiring no attention after
once being contracted for, and yol will
believe lie when ] say that Conant
worked leisurely olly six hours dag
and even then at nothing so destructive
OF brain tissue as composition. If
twenty-five paragraph WIS to be writ
ten he sent it to somebody else 10 do IL.
| don t marvel that the 1arpers are hurt
by the charge that cna of their ed.
iJors was worked into in>anity.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-03-26
A PERSIAN SONG.



All, sal are they who know not love.
lint far from passions tears AMI smiles
Drift down a muonle s sea beyond
The silvery coast Of fairy Isles.
Aud sad Ter they who,e longing lips
Kiss empty air, aut never touch
The dear warm mouth of those they love;
Waiting wasting, suffering much.
But clear os amber fine rs musk.
Is lie 10 thuse who pilgrim wJso.
Move hand in hand from dawn to dusk
Each morning nearer paradise.
or not for them shall angels pray,
Ttoy tani in everlasting light;
They walk IN Aiiah's sm.lNs by day
Aud nostis in his neart by night
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-03-26

Sturgeon are brought alive from the
Dwina, by Archangel and st. Peters
burg, to Berlin, and are occasionally to
be seen in the fish market of that city.
They are not mu,h larger than a mod
crate size salmon, but sell at about $50
apiece, The )wina sturgeon is of much
incr quality than the Nolga fish.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-03-26
1he wooden Too,h-pick business,


All the wooden tooth-picks are made
in Maine, two trims controlling the bJsi
ness. The business is about -, 900 cases
a year, 1000 of them going TO Europe
and Mexico. Each case contains 25O,0Ut
picks. They are made of poplar and
birch. Some OF the swell New lori
clubs have imported orangewood pick.
and a favored pick from Japan.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-03-26
Attitude and Vegetation.
[Scientific Journal

lcfAShLhS Jpudd'-i
A French scientist has been studying
the effects of altitude upon vegetation,
and concludes for each augmentation oil
about 100 yards there will be, as gen
eral average, retardation of four days
that is, other circumstances being equal
a crop planted at the sea level will ap-
pear above ground four days before g
similar crop placed 800 feet above it.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-03-26
sTA>plSG ADvExTIsEMEsTs.


TX at. fouCc rzs r To-. L.t.ersl
don't know how long Miss Brsmsp
Will stay, bat you need rot wish to SO
Ler sho Is 10 me equally uBprepos-
sessIng to ,ye and ear. | never slw u
person of her years who appealed less to
my purely instructive veneration.
have 10 re .cct every time look at her
that she is really Frederick Bremen.
wish you could see Miss Bremer :
albums, full Of portraits, towers, and
landscapes, all done by herself A po:-
trait Of Emerson, maryelouSly like; ono
OF emmy Lind, etc. Last night we had
quite a charming sOiree-Sir David
Brewster and lis daughter; Mackay,
authOT of a work on popular education
you may remember to have seen ro-
viewed in The Leader; the Ellises. the
lladgsons, aud half do en- other nice
people. Miss Bremen was moro genial
than have seen her-played ON the
piano, and smiled benevolently. Al
together, am beginning To repent OF
my rera.panee.
mast tell you a story Miss Rrcmer
got from Emerson. Carlyle was very
angry with him for rot relieving in q
devil, anil to convert him TOOK hin
amongst all the horrors of London tho
gin shops. etc.--and finally TO the house
of commons, plying him at every turn
with the question, DO you believe in
devil no0.' There is a severe attack on
Csrlyle's Life OF Sterling" in yester-
days mes unfair as an account Of
the book, but with some trith in its
general remarks about Carlyle.
! have been reading Carlyles Life Of
Sterling with great pleasure-not for
its present ltion of Sterling, but of Car
lyle. There are racy bits of description
in his best manner, and exquisite
touches OF feeling. Little rapid charn,-
terizations of living men too-of Franci,
J Newman, for example-''a man of fn,
university and other attainments, of tho
sharpest cutting and most restlessly ad.
yancng intellect, and of the mildest
pious enthusiasm There is an inimit-
able description of Coleridge and his
eternal mono.o5ue-''To sit as a passive
bucket ana lie pumped into, whether
one like it or not, can, in the end, be
exhilarating to 10 creature"
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-03-26
Three ,Illlionaire Newspaper Men

Philadelphia has three millionaire
newspaper men-Childs, A. NJ, whose
obituary prOSes bring him an income of
$500, 000 year, Singerly, OF The
Record, worth $4,000, 900, and Frank
Mclaughlin, of The Times, with an in
come OF $SJ, ,0O1 per anuaIn.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-03-26
A ACon-i,l.rnte Renortcr

Are you going to take this speech
verbatim" said IA guest at recent ban
quet to a reporter, as the gentleman
rose to respond TO a toast. "No, was
the reply; I'm friend of the gentle-
man." All reporters are not so coa-
s:dcrate.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-03-26
About Equal.
!Norris;own Herald ]

A German scientist says the attract
i've power of the earth is 42, $40, 900. 900, :
coo, 600, 900 ions. This about equals the
attractive power of the roller skating
rinks in this country.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-03-26

a lee man says there is vast differ
ence between the scolding hum and til,
happy hum of a bee, and one who is
versed in bee language can tell whether
the bee means to sting or not.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-03-26

Joe Howard: Was there ever man
with "A dyed beard who really believed
that other people didn't know that he
wore lie Upon his face.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-03-26
E.t.ng ihe rlr,t rptato.

The Caterer says that 1.-The potato in
trodueed into England in 1880 WAS first
eaten as q swee;meat, stewed III sack
wine and sugar. !"
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-03-26

There are probably 10000 are lights
alight every night in the United States.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-03-26
A sad-Hearted Hamor,st.
Fxehaage.l /

IN Chicago" said James Whitcomb
Eiley, Il recently saw humorist with
sad heart, Ten Eyek White, the
author of Lakeside Musings, in The
Chicago Tribune He was sent once to
visit the Wisconsin poet, Miss Fannie
Driseoll, and secure ali of her contribu-
tions for Tie Tribune. He not only
bought up all the lady's writings, but
he Won her heart and married her. She
died in less than year and Mr. White
ever since her aeath has lived apart
from men SO far as possible. He IS re-
served, melancholy snaiy. and seldoa,
laughs or talEs ae tots and makes
others merry, but IS himself a stranger
to mirth I"
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-03-26
DxPo5ITIoN
IL % IL TX DE.rG no USE.
1879 Poydras ST., New Orleans.

The undersigned, of Jackson. Miss.
has opened Il iirst-rlass Boarding House ii
New Orleans, at l39 Poydras street, be
tween ST. Charles and Camp streets. One
of the most cunS cnicnt locations in III,
City. On the same block with the ST
Charles Theatre and the Academy Of Mu
sic. Street cars from the Raj lrnad depot
put you off within II few yards of til,
door at cost of five cents, and stree
cars pass the door to the Exposition
Board and Lodging. $50 per day
Nights Lodging, 80 cents. PaHrnage So
licited.
Mrs. x. D. CHANDLER.
mrl9-2m
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-03-26

Irregular eating at restau-snts is he-
coming fruitful source OF dyspepsia in
our eitlss. according 20 az eminens
writer on hygieae.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-03-26

ADVERTISER ENTs.

Que yea ..........'.s..'.."'sx ~
Sin "i"n'hs.'''' S.'..--..''.''''.'.'''' "
Wichita daily eagle., 1885-08-20
A Fight with the Coreana

Washington Cor. Chica-o News
l w.s taking VITA Commodore Schlcy
the other day IN relation 10 his fight with
the Corean, fifteen wears ago. when Rear
Admiral Rogers. in command of the ASistic
squadron. went {, Corea TO get an explana-
tion from Corean officials for the de>truc-
ton Of the American schooner Sherman in
I~t6 He aid: Two men of the navy an /
myself we're the first To get over the fortifi-
eaton, behind which the Coreans were
fighting. NJ sooner had we got within the
fortiacation than both the men. Who stood
on each side Of me. fell dead For the first
time in my life heard the music OF bulle:>
Music rules creation:
But when a bullet sinss through the AR,
So clo>e 10 mans head
That IL raises his hair,
To enjoy il requires n taste that Is rare,
AMI q certain amount Of cultivation,
l assure you heard the ugly tnud Of bul
lets as thew struck the bodies Of men ani
knocked them lifeiess stood alone before
those Coreans IL seemed 10 me the time
was an hour. but it was only . few seconds.
At first though. I would run tut con-
cIuisi todie, il had 70 die at al, By bang
sho, in front But our forces came rapidly.
When thew sav the predicauient in which I
was placed they surrounded NE % protest
me. TIE fight dii not last long Our forces
were so superior that they soo1 drove tho
enemy away. Scaredi have never been
50 scared in nv life II bad never after
ward seen the Corean who kiiled the man af
NV -i<h. / would save taken nv oath thss
be was eight feet tall | recognized tim
among the dead after the eight Was ever Re
was no. over FIVE feet SIX
We wondered during the hsht why ;ht
Coreans ofersi such opposition Ter &C
ton was explained by s documsni re founi
in the fortifcatico- TIE document -a'
from the emperor o. Cores 10 his subjects
| De told them that IL they failed 70 XII q
and ran Away be would xii :ssn altar the
GSh: was over
Wichita daily eagle., 1885-08-20
Keeping a Sharp Lookout.


Keep a sharp lookout while on the rum
echoed an engineer. SHOULD say We did.
The man that tries to run an engine with
out keeping his eyes peeled gets left sooner
or later I've heard about fellows out west
that would start out on run with a board
reaching across from the drivers scat to
the fireman's. and a deck Of cards, but I
never tried that. Just to show you how
necessary it is for man to keep his eye on
the rails ahead of him let me tell you lit
tie tory. / was running along one nj ,ht in
Ohio some years ago 1t was blowy,
rainy. nasty night. and in times like that .
man Is doubly watchful For hours never
took my eyes from the wet, glistenng rails
ahead OF me. except, Of course, when We
stoppei, stations.
"AIl at once / saw in front Of mellow
far ahead I couldn't tell-a glimmer OF
light 1t was just a spark. barely saw it
before it disappeared. Was it a lightning
bug' hadn't seen any that night What
was itl That couldn't answer. But my
instinct told me to stop the train, and stop I
did. 1t was mighty lucky I looked at il
that way, for that glimmer Of light was
caused in the oldest way you ever saw.
You couldn't guess it in a week.
"a farmer was walking along the track,
when he discovered a short bridge so badly
washed out by the freshet that to run upon
it with a train meant a wreck. He tried to
start fire with paper and his clothing but
couldn't do it He had one match left He
kept that until got close to him, his plan
being to strike that match, hold it in his
hat, and wave it across the track as he had
seen the brakemen do when they wanted to
signal stop. 1t was his hope that would
see the blaze before 1t was blown out He
no sooner struck the match than out went
the blaze. 1t was merely flash, but saw
it. and the farmer had saved the train
What il hadn't made it a rule to keep my
eyes peeled along the rails every minute
while runnngr
Wichita daily eagle., 1885-08-20
IMPURE WATER,
AND THE MANY DANGERS THAT
LURk THEREIN.
A Leading Agency for Il, Spread Of DIE
ease-The Home Of the Cholera
Boiled Water as . Plague
Preventive.
[C1ricego Tribune.l

tCldcago Tribunel
Among all the preventive, which have
teen uggeste1, the history Of the disease
shows that cleanliness is the mlst effective,
as it is the cheapest. but for dirty people the
hardest to apply. While cleanliness should
be practicei in every way. both personal
and in connection with dwelling-houses and
their neighborhoois cleanline $ in water is
u aque,t;onably the most effective form OF
applying thu remedy. because the cholera
microbes breed most rapidly in impure
water during hot weather. and are more
easily conveye ed by it from point to po.nt
than by tie air or by clothing.
Professor Baird Of the Smithsonian inSti-
tuition has called attention to this agency
for the ,pread of disease in a manner which
de erves attention. He says in letter TO
The Washington Star that during the Cen
tennial he was stationed near the buil1ing
tor six months, and, although cases OF
diarrhea were prevalent all about him, he
found that the use Of boiled water was an
absolute preventive, and that while they
had several cases of illness Of this class be-
fore they began to use it they had none
afterward< He says:
The fshy taste Of the Potomac water at
the present time. due to the solution in it Of
decomposed vegetation, or Of fresh water
sponges, can also be in a great measure re-
novel by the same process. l have usually
enough water boiled in the morning to last
through the day. This is placed in q large
water cooler without ice, and drawn from
when required to fill ice-pitchers, etc The
water should boil actively for half an hour
In order to kill the germs OF disease. or
course this is only effective in cases of or
ganic impurities, as mineral poisons would
not be destroyed thereby.
In the history Of cholera, as OF almost all
other contagious and epidemic diseases, it is
found that they are constantly present in
low, swampy districts where the water is
stagnant and gives out offensive exhala-
tions. The home of cholera in India and
other Asiatic countries is located in districts
Of this kidd. Wherever swamps and stag.
nant pools abound there is disease in variou:
forms The same rule holds true in every
country where the water is impure or has
been foulsd IN any manner.
Plymouth, Pa, which has suffered sc
terribly this year from typhoid fever, is in
a mountainous and naturally healthy coun-
try, and its ordinary sanitary conditions
were no worse than those of neighborins
towns where there has been no disease at
all The cause of the epidemic there was
specific one and was easily traced to impure
water. A little mountain stream became
poisoned by the dejscta of one or two
typhoid fever patient, and, rs it fOwe1
into the reservoir which supplies tho town,
spread the germs OF disease broadcast
In New York city recently the filthy
swamp of the Collect Pond" underlying
the Tombs prison, was partially uncovered
during soms repairs, resulting in the death
of one Of tho prison officials and in the an
y,ovapca of tho whola uaiDhhorhood Rv
Wichita daily eagle., 1885-08-20

lTLi-aie piaia frs--St
An amu,iug incident tells u how tae
author Of tha: speciic modern hit, Hush
Little BABY. D7n't You Cry hi; upon the
peculiar name for hi- work The auth r.
Mr. ~ II Ro~en:eli. while passing throuy"
the labyrinthian precincts Of southern
frui; market At Charleston, 5 c, scm
wears a-o was attracted 70 a buriy nszre
upon whose lap a negro infant Law scresui NJ
SEEING that the forts of the ulotaer to so1ths
her preciou, burden were in vain. the sushnr
paused a moment, carele-sly saying % the
ycunse-ter. Hush, little baby, you'!i be IN
angel byc-sni-hye.- From some issexplic-
abe causA. whether from surpra-e or rorn
added fri-h; M Rosenfeld l. a tall lsuk
iniiviaual with Towing locks a Wilisi, ?
whether from tie sound q s strange voice
the black pickaninBy inmeiiA.sly ceased t.
frantic career and stared ~onderIngiy Al
the passing writer. who FASTENED home, aud
with the enthusiasm Of inspiration. wrot~
tha; now fauloas composition TIE publish
ers have quantity re2rodncet the face o: sh-
baby on the frou,s paSs. and Lo;ta s sing
inS the song
Wichita daily eagle., 1885-08-20

Please bear in mind that represent the
only line running through trains to st.
Louis without change
The only line having two daily trains to
Kansas City-morning and evening.
The only line that runs trains to Kansas
City by which you can make direct con-
nectivn with eastern trains at that point.
The only line having rock ballast, steel
rails, iron bridges, safety switches, insuring
absolute safety, quick time. perfect freedom
from dust. Also perfect freedom from JOLT
ing or rocking motion go dissgreeable, es-
pecialy to ladies and invslids.
The only line which virtually makes no
charge for chair cars to ST. Louis or Chi
cago. other lines charge two dollars. Pas
sengers ticketed through and baggage
checked to destination.
No misrepresentation allowed in con-
nection with tickets issued.
II. B. kEELER,
Agent Santa Fe route and Frisco Line.
opposite rostofice. or al Union depot
1-4-ft
Wichita daily eagle., 1885-08-20
Ridiculing the BLACK Watch" /"

The uniform of the famouS BLACK Watch.
of Scotland, consists OF a white helmet and
veil, red plume, black chin strap. red tunic.
with blue collar and fscirys. tartan kilt.
white CATERS, sporran of whit, badger skin.
with black ornaments, brown cloak. with
white equipments. A French military jour
nal recently printed cut OF Black Watch
Highlander in this garb. and aided that hs
looked altogether like st iil-condi;ioned
ruffisu,- for which remark several Scotland
papers are now calling the average French
man hard names