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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-09-09
OLD SCHOOL BOOKS.

What Becomes of Them and How The,
Form TIE Basis for a Paying business.
"What becomes of all the second
hand school bo ,k,?n was asked of Dan
lei Van WinIe. the veteran dealer, by 3
reporter yesterday.
That's what people are all the. time
wondering" he replied THE general
public have the idea that they 90 where
pins, needles. ha'r-pins and such thing:
go to, that is, they disappear somehow
or other and no one knows where to.
You may be surprised to learn it. but
there is 4 large and increasing trade
done in secondhand school books alone
so much 50 that we have now q regular
school-bOok exchange. You see, board.
Of school trustees are all the time chan@
inc the books their pupils study, unle,:
not allowed to do so by law. which il
the case in some States, and in formel
me. when they made 2 change. They
either sold the discarded books for old
paper or burned them. But now they
are more economical They hunt up
the school-bank exchange and are al
lowed to trade their discarded books fol-
those they want, Of course paying some
thing for doing So, Why, through
agents. booksellers, school trustees and
others, we keep track of changes OF
tn 5 nature made in any impor-
tant school throughout the United
States. l have a book here. in
IL xx-hS rh hn in
which certain publishers geography
is used, to give you an illustration. AZ
soon as hear that a school is going TO
substitute another geography for that
one make a bargain for the discarded
ones, and at once writing to the towns
where it is still in favor. probably viii
have the lot sold before they reach here.
1t is the same way with dealers in a
town. When the public schools branch
off from certain book the dealer has
no further sale for them. and so he is
glad enough to get rid of his stock to
me. and / can dispose of them where
they are in use. have on file blanks
from all localities on which are gwen
the names of the school books in use in
the vicinity. OF course. take the books
at a discount"
How much do You get for second
hand school book"
LAS a rule, about half price. The
demand for the regular secondhand
ones is now particularly in the farming
districts and throughout the South.
Take a farmers boy who has been Ia
school only few months and has not
much spare money, and he will eagerly
buy a school book but little worn when
he can get it at half its original I~ice.
One of the popular ideas now in the
school-book line is for reading speller
that is, speller that has intelligent
and interesting reading matter in con-
nection with each spelling exercise. 1t
is based ON the principle that the child
gets the idea of the word from its con-
nection with an expressed thought, and
thus remembers it better. ~ y Mail
and Express.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-09-09
A Specimen Of French Fiction.
Paris Morning Journal.

A young woman in a country town in
France was hurry ing home during a thun-
derstorm. shielding hersaH with an UNI
brella, when she sud lcnlv experienced a
strange and alarming sensation. the shock
being simultaneous with a very vivid fash
of lightning. She felt "GGite upset." but
proceeded on her wav. On rea nhinr home
she removed her bonnet. whom Size i .scov-
cred that her hair had tsen literally cut
off, her head presenting. as the hair fell
the same appearance though il had been
shaved with n razor. Her narrow eseone
produced such an effect upon the girls
mind that she has been confined TO her bed
ever since.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-09-09
CHANGES IN FARMING.
Now a Complicated business Requiring
Tact, skill and Information.

Now Complicated Business Requirin &
Tact, skill and Information.
As great changes have taken place in
the management of farms during the
past fifty years as IN trade, manufacture
ING and transportation. Less than half
u century ago the average farmer was a
plodder. He pursued the beaten path
which his ancestors had so long trod
Scarcely book had been published in
the country on agriculture, horticulture
or the raising of animals. There was
no agricultural journal worthy of the
name. and no periodical devoted to hor-
ticuiture or dairying. The maxims in
Poor Richards Almanac constituted
most OF the agricultural literature with
which the farmers were acquainted.
Most Of the information obtained by
farmers was trad tiOnary. Crops We're
planted, cultivated and harvested in the
same manner year after year. There
was only one way to perform any oper-
alton on the farm. There were no ma
chimes for doing any kind of farm work:
only hand implements were employed
n the field and garden. and these were
Of a very primitive style. The black
smiths and carpenters in the nearest
.own made nearly all the farming tools.
Many farmers repaired their own tools.
and if they were ingenious made many
Of them. The wood-lot on the farm
furnished materials for making handles
% plows. frames for ilarrows. as well as
for rakes, OK yokes and bows.
Most of the improvements on the
farm were made from articles which il
supplied The first buildings were
made of logs cut in the forest. The
fields we're Enclosed by stone walls or
fences made of rails. Bars were used
instead of gates, chiefly for the reason
that they required no hinges or latches.
Tile-draining was unknown, and If a
piece of land was too wet to be planted
it remained a permanent meadow.
Scarcely any attempts were nTade to
change the natural condition of the soil.
The value of rotating crops was not APP
preciated or understood. Manure was
known to be useful, but no commercial
fertilizers were employed for enriching
the soil. No attention was given to the
cultivation of small fruits and if ber-
ries were used by the farmers family
they were gathered in the fields or
woods. Seeding apples were almost
the only kind of fruit produced on
farms. There was no market for milk
and cream except in the vicinity of
large towns. Creameriesa and cheese
factories were unknown. Butter and
cheese were made in nearly every farm
house in quantities sufficient to supply
the occupants. The first object of every
farmer was TO supply his family with
food produced on the land he occupied
He had but little TO sell. and according
" he could buy but little.
The modern farmer may get along
with doing less work with his hands
than the farmer of the generations that
preceded him, but he must do more
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-09-09


Misses Sallie, M..eF a1l Iizz.a Per
killed a horned SNAKE on Sunday .as: IN
the cellar of Mr.. James II. HooTe-'s house,
on the river a few niles south ~ IN. :
place. The young ladies were pG:-.ny
away the evenings milking when they
discovered the hileous reptile, AMI At once
attacked and killed it. l, measured four
feet in length and had horn on the tail
three-quarters of an inch lon-. These
enakes are said . he deadly poisonous,
and have a vicious an. aggressive nature.
Fortunately they era very scare. III:
more Of them have heen seen and kill 4
this season than for many years past.
Snakes of all kinIs are unusually plen'i-
full this year, tu- we have heard Of only
one or two lessons icing Lit.en, n-ue
proving fatal.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-09-09
REAL PETROLEUM,
Discovery OF an OH Well In the North
western Fart of the CITY of Chicago.
fchIOago Tribune.I

fChicago Trib1ne.l
The existence of petroleum vel in the
block bounded by Perry and Noble streets
and Ashland and Wellington avenues has
not excited the owners Of the property as
much as 10 has the neiEhbors, who have
been visiting the spot in droves for sew
eral days past. Some of them 90 supplied
with buckets and cans, and as no oppose
ton is offered they carry the thick, black
stuff of with them in Quantities to suit.
A reporter spent nearly an hour on the
ground the other afternoon, and duriny
that time the visitors came and went in a
stream. The inevitable small boy was
present in force, but the only use
be had for the oil was 70 sprinkle
it over dried leaves and then set il
on fire. Nearly one dozen bonires were
raging at the same time the fuel being
supplied from the petroleum wen which
. was running at the rate Of, perhaps, one
gallon per hour. not fast enough TO make
a hig fortune in a very short time, to be
sure, hut il was there, nevertheless.
The well, if such it can be called, is To-
Gated on the ten-acre tract between the
thoroughfares mentioned, sn1 at a point
a little west of Perry and little south of
Noble street. The ground at the inter-
section Of these two streets has been exc
cavatei to a depth of perhaps thirty feet,
the clay taken out having been male into
bricks, for the property is owned by a
firm of brickmakers. The first indication
of oil was seen six or eight weeks ago,
but no attention was paid to it, and it has
only peen-within the last two or three
DAYS that the flow has been strong
enough to raise the suspicion that pos.i-
bly there was a vein somewhere n
the vicinity. The how was stronger yes
terdav than the day before, ani i now
continuous. The oil comes to the surface
with that peculiar, building sound 50
common with petroleum wells, and then
floats off on the water to the pool ten or
fifteen feet away, where several hundre
gall rs have already accumulated. Tie
oil is somewhat lighter in weight than the
product Of the more celebrated Pennsvl-
vania wells, but its quality appears 20 be
good. There is comparatively little grit
in it. and just as it is could be utilized for
lubricatiny purposes. Il burns freely and
emits that peculiar odor 20 characteristic
Of petroleum. Il possesses, in fact, all the
features of that from a regular we'll sup
, piled by a strong vein, hut whether i.
really comes from a ve.n or at can only
lie told by pros. ect NJ tn ground, as IS
always done in the I'll regions.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-09-09

They were playing comedies at a
coumiry-hOu>e to Kill time.
The lady Of the house was receiving,
with the usual amount OF modest pro-
testations, the congratulations of her
guests.
Indeed" she said, you are too
complimentary. l am quite well
aware that to fill the part properly one
should be both very young and very
beautiful"
Not at all, madame. you have just
proved the contrary. was the too eager
response of the complimentary guest.
who. the moment afterWarl. would
have given all his old boots not to
have said it Tia Bits.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-09-09
The Happy Litigant.

Macbeth Simmons is never so happy
rs when he has got lawsuit on hand.
He is eyerlastingly suing somebody OF
being sued. Not long since he met his
lawyer, who said: -.
1--we got bad news. The Court OF
Appeals has decided against US We
have lost the case"
Never mind losing that case. I've
got two new ones since ! saw you last
-IeIas SUliHgS.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-09-09

n ' II -ITTIN T'TII7I VI'VII9 q VU-VTF
pronounced on deceased member of
the Texas Legislative: "While it is
true, cried the obituary orator, that
the deceased member Colonel -. of
-, could not satisfactorily explain
the disappearance of the funds of the
First National Bank Of, of which
he was president, yet his remarks
upon that memorable occasion showed
that his heart beat warmly for his ma
tive land.N
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-09-09

The victory over nearly all chronic fe-
male com. i2ints, which have heretofore
leen so difIlcuI5 - curs has been achieved
hv that ouaan Of female med cines, DR..
DromEoole's English Female BitierS
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-09-09
In the reign oil Dnstan. of Enelani

In the reign OF Dustan, of England,
a great deal was made of lucky and un-
lucky days. There were certain days
when it would be dangerous to bleed
people; others when it was bad to sow
seeds or to tame animals or to begin
any business, and o.hcr days when it
was fortunate 10 do any of these things.
ii may be fairly said that these super
stitiCns have net entirely died out in
our day.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-09-09

THOSE NUIsASCEs, Rheumatism and the
Gout, are relieved by GLENN's SULPHUR
Soar.
Huns HuR AND WmskEB DYE, Black or
Brown, soc.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-09-09

"WAs the man intoxicated who fell in
the circus tent last evening! " asked Mrs.
De GrOof of her husband. - No the man
was all right" was the reply. He was
walking tight-rope. "-LJs.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-09-09

HEALTH officials of Brooklyn, Philadel-
phia. Baltimore and other cities, indorse
RED STAR CoUGH CURE. Twenty-Five cents
a bottle.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-09-09

GRAY hair, however caused, is restored TO
its original color by Halls Hair Remover
Persons suffering from Ague of long
standing will find specific in Ayers Ague
Cure.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-09-09

BRONCHITIS is cured tv frequent small
doses OF Piso's Cure for Consumption
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-09-09

THE New YORK Jotraai heads an article:
" Biryclers give ear" A great many OF
ZEN have, TO say nothing 81 few teeth
and the skin OF their noseS-Bostoa FoSt
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-09-09

wowtx's greatest glory 10 in her hstr,
and she should be very economical OF 70
when she is cooking.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-09-09

l. afflicted with Sore Fvas use pr. Isaac
Thorupson's Eye Water. Drug sists sell II. &c.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-09-09

SIcys OF an early faII-Ths baby on the
feuce.-St. Lysis CFvJ5'-is
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-09-09

Krn-xsPrrSe - Baby asleep = Rochester
D,7aorrl'
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-09-09

CUcrxBrRs serve q double purpose.-X
o. Pic1yaHS.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-09-09

Talk is cheap-unless you employ
y stenographer. Somsrriss Journal
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-09-09

To those acquainted with our
to say that the Invaids' Hotel
branch establishment located at
England, have, Tor many years,
the most largely patroniZcd am
the world for the treatment a
arise from youthful indiscrCtiCn
We, many years ago, establs
treatment of these diseases, III
the most skillful physicians an
that all who apply to us might ]
Council of the most experience
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-09-09
EDUCATIONAL.

unur sTgDT. secure a Bushes Flu easi91 y
HUME nal from BUSINESS COLLEGE Buha-o,A'4'
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-09-09

made (Which can only be ascertained by car
micrOscopical examination OF the urlne)' for n
in others. We have never therefore, attempted
for general sale through druggists, recOmmen
diseases although possessing very superior RENE
well from an extensive experience that the Onl
full course is to carefully determine the disease
each case by chemical and micr osco pical e.
urine, and then adapt our medicines to the eXa
ease and condition of our patient.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-10-02
MORE DESTRUCTION
frophesied by a Crazy Negro at Chatta-
noOga,

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Sept ga prophet
oy tne name of Richmond Reeves has an.
peared In this city and created great SEN
'ation in predicting the destruction of the
city by nineteen earthquakes. He has
CHOSEN the Summit Of Cameron Hill as his
rostrum, and appears there each evening
at seven o'clock. The; hill rises two huns
tred feet above the city, built around its
base. On the summit Is an old fort, a
nagstaf and a. pine thicket. The hill
Is too high fbf residence sites, and
Is therefore lonely and uninhabited
Last Thursday evening voice was
heard up there in the darkness calling
loudly, as 1T in earnest prayer. 1t was
repeated the next night, and officers
went up to make an inspection. When
they approached the man disappeared
IN the thlcket. This happened each
succeeding night, and he seemed to have the
powers of disappearing like will-o' the.
wlsp, and puzzling his pursuers. Monday
night he aroused the whole neighborhood
for squares ardhnd by calling: "Flee for
handl" He was chased and
stoned, but escaped again in the
thicket. Stories of his prophesies were
spread abroad, and when darkness settled
ooWH over Inc NIL last night hundreds OF
people quietly wendell their way up the
slopes, The town clock struck the hour,
ana when the reverberations died away
behind the hills the voice of the mysterious
man was heard. The spectators ap-
preached gradually nearer, and soon
formed circle around the speaker. He did
not seem to be disconnected by their ap-
pearance, and continued preaching at the
top OF his voice. He predicted the de-
struction of the city, the overthrow of
Lookout Mountain, and the opening of the
earth from the Atlantic to the Pacific ~
am messenger of God" said he 'gThers
already come. Four stars will fall, one in
the South, one in the East, one in the
North, one in the West, and then the earth.
quakes will begin" Great excitement ex-
lists among. the negroes here, and many re.
vivals are being held,
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-10-02
BLAZING OIL.
several Tanks at Lima, o., Fired by Light
ning--Electric Storm the Most Terri
fiC on Record In that Sentinn ~

Several Tanks at Lima, o., Fired by Light
ning--Electric Storm the Most Terri
flo on Record In that Section.
LIMA, O., Sept, S.-This morning at {
o'clock our city was startled by a terrific
clap of thunder. In few moments black
clouds OF smoke were seen rolling up from
one of the oil-wells on the Brotherton
land. The fire at once communicated with
the tank, and in few minutes all was on
hre AT the same time the gas in the tank
SOO yards west ignited. The wells, all the
machinery, tanks, and about 2,4OO barrels
OF oil were consumed. At o'clock D. M,
the derrick at the gas-works
wa, was struck, consuming the en-.
tire struc ure, machinery and tanks, and
ll,a0U barrels OF OIL This well is adjoining
the gas-works, which at one time was in
great danger, but the gas-works and all
machinery connected Herewith are saved.
The railroad bridge was on fire several
times, caused by oil running down, but was
saved without much damage. About that
time high columns of black smoke were
seen southeast from the city, and five wells
stroyed: Hogle No. 2, Shackey, McLain,
Holmes and Bowman. Rain has been fall
ing in torrents The thunder and
lightning has exceeded any thing of
the kind known here. The loss
to the oil men thus far is estimated at S25,-
OO. Mrs Henderson, standing in the door
way Of her home, near the first we'll struck,
was hit by the same bolt and instantly
killed. Reports of damage by lightning at
several places in this vicinity have been
received. At Button the Eastern IL West
ern Narrow Gauge railroad depot was
struck by lightning and totally destroyed.
At Beaver Dam the Lake Erie Il Western
railroad depot was badly damaged. At
Spicerville Charles Hoover's barn was de-
stroyed and many barns and out-houses
are reported to have been destroyed in the
vicinity Of Lima. 4Hauffu Jgqw
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-10-02
HERE IT rs.
New Treaty Between the Unitad
States and Canada.
The Fisheries Dispute Between the Two
Countries Settled. ~ AZ a..,,,

CHICAGO, Sept. A-The Dutly Ne,os this
morning prints special dispatch from
Boston, giving what purports to be ,sy.
nopsis of the much-talked-of treaty, said
70 have been arranged between Canada
and the United States. The first aiause Of
the treaty gives American fishermen the
liberty to take every kind Of fish except
shell fish on the coast, as well as in the
bays, harbors and creeks of Canada and to
the adjacent islands, without restriction as
| TO distance. 1t also gives them the right to
lana lor the purpose of drying their nets
anu curing their fish, providing they ar
| range with the owners of the property
they may use and do not interfere with the
nrltlsh fishermen, The shad and salmon
fisheries and all rivers are reserved for
british iishettneh. Article gives British
hsherineh the same rights and privileges
on the western shores and coasts north of
the thirty-sixth parallel. Article admits
Tree OF duty into each country the follow
ing articles: Grain, -four and breadstuffs
ofall Kinds, fresh cured and smoked meats,
nsn OF an Kinds fresh or sailed, undried
fruits, cotton, wool, seeds and vegetables
Oil of all kinds, products of fish and poul-
Try, eggs, hides. tanned skins, furs, skins
or TAILS undressed, stone OF marble in crude
or finished state butter, cheese, tallow.
iard, horns, manure, salt, ore of metals Of
all KINDS, coal, pitch, turpentine, ashes tim
. and lumber Of every kind. manufac-
tured in whole or in part, boots and shoes.
agricultural implements or farming tools.
nrewoods, plants shrubs or trees, cotton or
wooden goods of all kinds when manufac-
tured in clothing, fish-oil, broom corn and
PARK, unmanufactured tobacco, rags, fax,
hemp and tow, manufactured, dye stuffs
Oh all Kinds, gypsum, ground or unground,
newn or unwrought burrs or grindstones,
wooden, china or earthefnyfare, books,
music, compositions, prints and sculpture,
rice amt raw cotton. Article gives United
States citizens the right to navigate and
use the river st. Lawrence and canals in
Canada the same as British subjects, and
allows British subjects the same right on
Lake Michigan. Article 6 extends the scope
OF the other articles to Newfoundland, SO
Tar as applicable to that colony, if the
PROVINCIAL Parliament and the United
STATES Government pass the necessary laws
20 carry it into effect The treaty is to
take effect as soon as the laws requiring it
Shall have been passed by the Imperial
Parliament of Great Britain, of the Pro-
yincial Parliament of Colonies and the
Congress of the United States. Such as
sent having been given, the treaty is to re-
main in force twenty years, after which it
may be terminated by giving one year's
notice by either party
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-10-02
Prehistoric Discovery In Wisconsin.

KAtKAUNA, WIS, Sept. N.-Workmen
engaged in excavating sewer came upon
the ruins of stone building at depth of
eight feet. The stone first found bore
traces of fine workmanship and polish.
Further digging developed a quantity
OF ashes, about twenty-five bushels of
which were removed, when another wall
was struck. The stones were finely
faced, some being blackened as if by fire
and smoke. Others must have been sub
subjected to great artificial heat, as they
had crumbled into lime. The work was
found but a foot or two above bed rock,
and shows evidences Of workmanship that
could have been performed only by
highly civilized race. It must have been
done centuries ago, as large elm tree had
grown over the ruins. The discovery has
led to the advancement of many theories.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-10-02
Natural Gas Did It.

PEKIN, ILL, Sept 23.-The explosion of a
gas stove in the summer kitchen of 7. Hahn
line, wealthy farmer living near Hope
dale, this county, Sunday evening, resulted
in the death of Mrs. Hainline and serious
injury to Miss Ling, a teacher stopping
with the family. Some time ago Mr. Hajne,
line discovered a natural gas we'll on his
farm and had connected it with the house
in order to utilize the gas When Mrs.
Haineline went to prepare supper she
touched match to the stove as usual,
when an explosion Immediately followed,
aemolishing the kitchen and burning her
SO severely that she died in great agony
last night 1t is feared that Miss Ling viii
not recover .ifFl