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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-06-24
STOCKWElL DOWNED.
The Famous Wall street Operator sells Out
His Seat to Get "A Fresh start.

The Famous Wall Street Operator sells Out
His Seat to Get Fresh start.
New YORK, June l8.-A. B. Stockwell,
who for many years has been one of the
notable men of Wall street, sold his seat
in the Stock Exchange yesterday for
twenty-seven thousand dollars. MIR.
Stockwell came to Wall street with lots
of money, and by lucky speculations in
creased his fortune until he was one of the
magnateS of the stock market, ruling the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company and
other big corporations. He had dash
and pluck. He took big risks.
But one day there was collapse;
cliques combined against him, and the
old Wall street story was told once more
"a man of consequence was pushed to
the wall Bad luck followed bad luck
No fortune, but i'll fortune came to him.
In the end he was penniless. He himself
tells with great glee the story how, when
he was at the height of his prosperity,
everybody bowed down and saluted
him as Commodore" Stockwell, a
title that they cut down to cap
tain when he first began to go with an
ebbing tide, while, when it became
known that he was close to bankruptcy,
the popular salutation was plain, un-
adorned "Hello, Stockwell," which, be-
fore long gave away to the more express
i've epithet of "that red-headed son of a
gun from Cleveland" With the $27, ZOO
derived from the sale of the Stock Ex-
change seat, it is said that Mr.. Stockwell
will wipe out personal debts and use
what remains at the basis for plans upon
which to try once more Il test of fortune
He is still the same CHEEKY, good-natured
man that he was in the days of his best
fortune.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-06-24
ESTIMATES.

Treasury Estimates of Receipts and Ex-
penditureS for the Next Fiscal Year-Re-
funds to he Paid Under the Oberteuffer
Decision.
WAsHINGTON, June l9.-Acting Secre-
tary Fairchild, in a letter to Representa-
tive Breckenridge, of Kentucky, in regard
to the estimated receipts and eXpendi-
lures for the next fiscal year, says that
the amounts of refunds to be paid under
the Oberteuffcr decision as to the duty
on cartons, etc, is estimated at between
81 ,OOO, 900 and $4,000, 600. He says fur
ther that the items of 1000, 900 specified
in the book of estimates is for the Ordl-
nary and usual repayment to importers
of excess of deposits Apon ascer-
tanned duties, or upon du-
ties and other moneys paid under
protest; consequently the estimated sum,
he says, should be increased to about
$4,000, 900 or $4,000, 900. He explains
that the item of $500, 900 for de-
bentures, ETC., can not be used for the
payment of claims under the Oberteuffer
decision or otherwise, except as draw
backs on imported material exported in
the form of manufactures. The receipts
for the next fiscal year, although given
as estimated at $3l5, 200, 900, will, prob
ably, amount to $3.50, 900, 900 according
to the ratio of increase during the present
fiscal year
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-06-24
A BOGUS COUNT.
How an Enterprising Swindler Lived oD
His Good Looks,

HOW an EnterprlslhS swimmer LiNeu oo
His Good Looks,
Noblemen are so plentiful in Paris
that the wonder is an adroit swindler
should find it worth his while to assume
a title to which he has no right Yet it
appears that calling ones self Marquis,
Count or Baron helps to obtain credit
under false pretenses from the highesl
class of tradesmen. A certain Jail bird
named Grand, who was formerly shop
assistant, has, thanks to an aristocratic
appearance, a good tailor, and his self
assumed title of Comte Maurice de Tai
houet, been making quite fortune as
swindler. The most curious fact in
connection with his case was that jewell
ers and silver-smiths allowed him to
carry objects of great value, to which,
while buying relatively cheap trifies, he
took fancy. They said, in giving ey-
idence to the police magistrate, that
had he asked for larger credits they
would probably have accorded them, he
had such an air of genuine wealth. He
went about in an elegant brougham, in
which he carried off the articles obtain
ed on the strength of his fine appearance
and visiting card. He was always max
ing wedding presents to fair young rela-
tives, none of which. of course. have
been paid for. The Comte Maurice de
Talhouet is now, as an old offender, IN
detention at Mazas, pending his trial
before the Assize Court. Paris Letter.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-06-24

SALTWATER, Mimi, June 1S.-An i'm.
mense log jam occurred in the st. Cr DIX,
at Taylor's Mills, thirty miles north of
here, last Sunday, which continues to
grow at the rate of 900 feet per hour.
-Four hundred men with piledrivers have
been working day and night trying to
break it, and it is feared 1t will last till
fall, and, perhaps, till spring. The jam
is now over two miles long, and the
largest that ever occurred in the North
west. 1t contains over POO, 900, 900 feet,
and varies from l5o to 200 feet in width
and is at places sig logs deep.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-06-24
The Ohio Liquor Laws.

CINCINNATI, June l9.-Fifty-seven in
functions were yesterday sworn out by
wholesale liquor dealers of Cincinnati
against County Treasurer Rattermann to
prevent him from collecting the $220
from them, on the ground that they are
n OF retail dealers, and therefore are ex-
empt from the tax. Rattermann has as
sessed fourteen of the firms $500 penalty
each for failing to answer all the ques-
tions on the printed list of questions
The case will be hurried through on de-
murrers to the Supreme Court for de-
cisiop.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-06-24

The New York Legislature passed
bill providing that no minor under the
age of eighteen and no woman under
tWenty-one shall be employed in any
manufacturing establishment more than
sixty hours per week. and that no child
under thirteen shall be employed in any
such establishment
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-06-24
The BrookhaVen Leader.
STANDING ADVERTISEMENTS.

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Rs- All advertisements due when inserted,
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Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-10-09
He Tackled q Goat.

You're a stranger here?" said Justice
Murray to a long, dark-skinned man with
black mustache and goatee, who was ar
raigned before him.
"Yessur," replied the laconic prisoner.
"What's your name"
bill Smith; what's yourn?"
The brow OF the Court became CORFU
gated.
What do you mean by getting down on
all tours and trying to pick row with a
goat on the rocks OF Shantytown?"
Wheat" asked Bill.
DO you think that's fun?" queried His
Honor.
The goat must a'been full, b'gosh,
said Bill.
How do you make that out?"
Because ef he wa'ant, he'd never risl
his life in that way" raid Bill, with a
chuckle.
You're fined S1O," said the Court.
Here's yer money, but, gosh; what
fool that goat made OF hisself, said Bill
as he Hoped out, and the spectators roared
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-10-09
A Dinner Table Ornament.

A pretty center piece is made by
fashioning n frame somewhat in the
shape of a sawhorse out of knotty twigs;
this should be firm enough to support
q canoe made of tin and covered with
birch bark. The canoe should be large
enough to hold two or three little cups
in which myrtle, partridge vine or
wandering Jew may be grown in earth
or water and on company occasions en-
livened by few long stemmed flowers
interspersed among the greenery.
Another table ornament is made by
cutting the top from a stiff straw sailor
hat and fitting into the crown round
dish or pan filed with daises, pansies
OF violets. The brim rests on the table
like a mat and blue or red band en-
circles the lower part Of the crown.
II flowers can not readily be procur-
ed the dish may be filled with compact
foliage and over the ribbon band arti-
fetal daisies may be placed, but they
must be of a very! natural appearance
aud should never be allowed to appear
if real flowers are in the dish. A more
ornate effect can be given by gliding
tho hat and trimming it with leather
band either silvered OF. bronzed.-Good
Cheer.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-10-09
About an Even Thing.

A Detroiter who was working across one
of the northern counties with a horse and
buggy this summer, met farmer on foot,
and asked him how fay it was to Green
VILE
(which one?" was the query, after hall a
minute spent in reflection.
why, | didn't know that there was but
one Greenville."
'Didn't you? There's onein South Caro-
lima, a second in Kansas, third in Ohio
and a fourth in Iowa. Which one do you
want to go to-"
1.-THE nearest one."
'Well, that's about seven miles off. Next
time you inquire for Greenville you'd better
name the State. Got any tobaccop"
(which tobacco do you want?"
"Why, didn't know as there was more'n
one tobacco"
"Oh, yes there is. There's plug tobacco,
fine cut, shorts and smoking. Which do
you want?"
wall, I'll take plug"
81 haven't got any. Next time you'd
better mention the kind"
The two looked each other over for a
minute and then separated for life. DE
troit Free Press.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-10-09
LEGAL TENDERS.

Mag-no-li-a-who said she was?
A toe that never kicks-moSqui-to.
Hazel eyes sometimes witch haZcls.
The young ladies' tree-the gun
tree.
A net warmer than a shawl--the
hornet.
If you SOW bird seed will you raiSC
birds?
The bravest Of birds IL the fly
It's bound to get there or die.
The sun shines-it cannot do any
else.
Should have been q girls name
Thee-a-dOrc.
The newspaper men are the nation
videttes.
It's the pill-sge of war that suits the
doctors best.
In George Washington's day the sa
loon was a groggery.
Honor is not bought. but earned
peace may be bought.
Men are very loyal to the source oil
their bread and butter.
Never deserted by hope-the politi
clan and the old maid.
What is more dismal than the store
that doesn't advertise?
If you are rich enough at thousand,
don't try for more.
The rain falls this way because it can.
not fall any other way.
When the halter threatens, how
lamblike are anarchists.
Women that paint are born TO blush
unseen'-if they blush.
The sailor pitches to float. The base
ballist pitches to bat.
II our work were in line OF pleas.
ure it would be better done.
Is John Bright, English orator, tht
inventor of Bright's disease?
Bridge-jumping is summer com
plant; they don't have it in winter.
When the rain doesn't come, needn'
blame the rain-it will come when i
can.
The eye is the organ of sight. excep
in the potato, where it's the organ o
sprout
The vidette who has forgotten tht
countersign may get it right from th'
first passer.
Little boy Gin a-swimming)-Say. mum
look not this way; here is a sea--yol
don't wantcr see.
Mrs. McLaue must be lover of thu
male race, as she has one hundre,
mail routes in daily practice.
There is something very suggcstiv,
about coffee beans. Something ails thu
coffee. Perhaps it knows beans.
Make hay when the sun shines.
The hay grows when the sun shines
If it were not for sunshine there woul,
not be much hay
All London is agog over Mrs VIM
X. Vanderbilt 500, 900 necklace. !
barrel of crackers would beat it in
time of famine Chicago Ledger.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-10-09
Absent. But Not Forgotten.

"Well, young man, you're here at last,
are your" was the greeting VIM. ID. Ander-
son received when mustered before Magis-
trate Cobb. We've been looking for you
for some time. Hope you've enjoyed your
trip"
"Oh, cheese It. You want to be smart,
don't you? What do you want OF me?"
"Mr. Fleckensteisn wants you to hear a
little story that he has to tell. Go on, Mr..
FleckensteiD."
"On the goth OF March last, this man
met me on the street and assaulted me
without any provocation. lie struck me
with his fist, and knocked me down and
beat and kicked me while | was on the
ground"
"Are you sure it was me?"
ooh, yes; / know you very well"
"All right, if you think SO, but you can't
prove it.
"We'll give him all the chance he want,
to prove it. II you can't give $500 bal
you can take the balance OF your vacation
down at Moya."
He had to go.--Philadelphia NORTH
American.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-10-09
A HumOrist's Dinner.

Twenty minutes for dinner"
shouted the brakeman, as we approach
ed MERGED.
Arrived there, | entered the dining
room and inquired Of the waiter:
"What do you have for dnner?"
Twenty minutes, was the hurried
reply.
| told him | would try half dozen
minutes raw on the halfshell, just to
see how they went Told him to make
a minute of it on his books. He
scratched his head, trying to compre-
bend the order, but gave it up and
waited on some one else.
approached man who stood near
tho door with lot of silver in his
hand: What do you have for dinner?"
"Half dollar says he.
L told him | would take half dollar
well done. l asked him if he couldn' Z
give ME, in addition, boiled pocket
book stuffed with greenbacks, and
some seven-thirties garnished with
some postage stamps and ten-cent
scrip; also, Confederate bond, done
brown, with lettuce alone. And
would Ike to wash my dinner down
with national bank notes on draft
lie said they were out of everything
but the bank notes. and that as soor
rs the train left he would order Tn,
waiter TO draw some. -.SGa Frql!-
cisco Wasp. ,Fs. .Et *
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-10-09
Guessing a Cows Weight.

How much do you suppose that cow'll
weight"
The cow-a fine, large Devon at the State
Far, from whose horns fluttered blue rib
bons Indicative OF the judges opinion OF
her pure blood and rare form-looked VI
proudly into the visitors face, evidently
expecting a creditable reply to her owner s
inquiry. She got it.
I'm q lawyer" said the man. land my
profession doesn't keep me in very good
practice at judging the weight OF cattle, 30
give me lots OF time"
He looked at the cow from every point OF
view He felt OF her sides, looked in her
mouth and lifted up her hoofs. Finally the
oracle spoke: $500 pounds"
You're too high" said the farmer, con-
solingly. 'She weighs just 1,SOO-not fat,
you see."
"Ah, that's it," said the lawyer, pokinG
her plnmp sides; IF these were full she d
weigh ton and a half"
Full OF dumb bells, she would, said the
farmer, as the lawyer moved out; "they
say these legal fellows know a little o
everything-blamed little ofcows he knows
Philadelphia Press.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-10-09
Xantad 10 Mash the Court.

me name 10 it?" replied toothless old
woman, whose bleared eyes, trembling figure.
tangled gray hair and ragged dress spoke
plainly OF life OF dissipation as she stood
before Magistrate Severn. Sure, it's a
guide, onest name, and we've heerd t be-
fore. It's Ann Malone l am.
How old are you Ann"
I'm swate sixteen, yer 'Oner. IIa! ha,
Amt | II bonny lass?"
You are nearer eighty, you old sinner.
Tell me truly how old you are
"Ain't we ashamed to axe a lady her age,
Joodge? It's in confidence, yer 'Oner-l'm
sivinty -foive."
Where is your home?"
Me home? Sure phat wud / want wild a
home in this big city. The whole wurld' 8
ME home"
Are you married."
"Ah, Judge, DEAR now you're jokin. il
We wasn't married man yersep I'd think
We wanted to perpose. Me hearts all me
own yit, but I'm Twin in hopes"
They tell me you were drunk last night?'
That Islander now. TUX but foive or
six drinks"
"Oh, WELL that's too many. You must
break off and the best way is to get where
there is no rum. We will try twenty-four
hours this time"
Thank We, sur. / wos Aired it wud bt
the C'reckshun," and she went back smiling
at her good fortune.-Philadelp North
American.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-10-09

He climbed three pairs of stairs to
get to an insurance Office on Griswold
street, and as he came face to face with
the occupant, he said:
81 believe you are Mr.. Blank?"
Eyes, sir"
you came down on a Michigan
avenue car about half past 8 o'clock
this morning."
Il did. sir"
$50 did ]. We were all talking
about the earthquake. l stated to the
occupants of the car, and you were
one, that the shock Jared all the glass
chandeliers in my residence, and threw
down bust of Patrick Henry which
stood on bracket"
Il remember your statement very
clearly"
"And / added that my ormolu clock
stopped dead still, and a 500 mirror
in my parlor was cracked across"
Eyes you did,"
"Well, sir, 1 have come up to tell
you that / live in rented house and
have none of the articles mentioned. Il
burn kerosene in two lamps in place
of glass chandeliers. If Patrick Henry
busts were selling for a dime apiece
couldn't buy one, and the only ormolu
clock i have came from the dollar
store. The 800 mirror was all in my
eye"
What on earth possessed you to
tell such a story?"
"Well, you were all Dragging about the
| earthquake and how your pianos
danced around and your silverware
ratified and your $500 vases fell down.
and l felt that must lie or be degrad-
ed in your estimation. deeply regret
my weakness, and have come to beg
Your forgiveness"
"Pll forgive you,"
Thanks! After this, if cyclone
occurs, or we have a flood or earth
] quake, be careful about the statements
you make in a crowd. You don't know
to what you may drive innocent men." "
He went away with his hat in his
hand, and the other fell into deep
reverie and failed to hear the knock OF
the man who wanted quarter to help
him reach Sandusky and his dying wife.
Detroit Free Press.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-10-09
Such Is Life.

A young man and a young woman lean
over the front gate. They are lovers. 1t is
moonlight. He is loath to leave, as the
parting is the last. Heis about to go away.
She is reluctant to see him depart. They
swing on the gate.
"I'll never forget you," he says, "and il
death should claim me my last thought
will be Of you"
IN never forget you," she sobs. "I'l
never see anybody else or love them al
long as / live"
They part.
Six years later he returns. His sweet
heart OF former years has married. They
meet at a party. Between the dances the
recognition takes place.
Let me see," she muses., with her fan
beating tattoo on her pretty hand, was
it you or your brother who was my old
sweetheart"
Really, l don't know, he says. Prob
ably my brother"
The conversation ends.-Hartford Times
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-10-09
Deeayed Teeth Cause Blindness.

DR.. Widmark, q Swedish surgeon,
having as a patient a young girl il.
whom he was unable TO detect the
slightest pathological changes in the
right eye, but who was completely
blind on that side, observing consider
able defects in the teeth, sent her to
NJ. Skogsborg. q dental surgeon. who
found that all the upper and lower
molars were completely decayed, and
that in many OF them the roots were
infamed. He extracted the remains OF
the molars on the right side. and in
four days time the sight OF the right
eye began to return. and on the eleventh
day after the extraction of the teeth it
become quite normal. The diseased had
fangs on the other side were subsequent
IL removed, lest they should cause a
return of the ophthalmic Affection
Scientific american.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-10-09
SNOB-SNUbBIN0.


Worth is said to have made this re-
mark to a lady who was doWdily
dressed: Madame, L cannot FISK my
reputation on you"
An anxious inquirer asks: "W here
would you advise me to go to learn now
IN NAV the cornet?" ITO the woods,
dear sir; to the deep. dark, damp, dan
gerous woods.
"Why are old maids so devoted to
their cats?" asked young coxeomb
of an elderly lady. Because, having
no husbands, they take TO the most
treacherous animals" was the reply.
81 declare" exclaimed Brown, 81
believe l have forgotten all L ever
knew" Sorry to hear it, remarked
Fogg. However, you can take an
hour some day and learn it all over
again"
"Yaas," said young Smythe, Il sup
pose everything created has some use:
but, pom me honah, it is deuced hard
to believe sometimes, don't cher
know?" Yes" she replied, looking
him over critically, lit is, indeed!
Friend: "What on earth are you
photographing the umbrella for, dear
boy?" Amateur photographer: You
said you wanted 10 borrow it to go
home with, and I'm getting something
to remember it by, that's all. "
An American millionaire, who was
looking at level tract of land which
he had just bought at an extravagant
price, said to the agent who had sold it
to him, II do admire a rich green fiat. J"
$50 do l." significantly replied the
agent.
He slipped quietly in at the door, but
catching sight of an inguing face over
the stair-rail, said: Sorry so late, my
dear; couldn't get a car before" So
the cars were full too" said the wife;
and further remarks were unnecessary.
At dinner she had doctor on either
hand, one of them remarked that they
were well served. since they had duck
between them. Yes" she broke in
her wit is of the sort that comes in
flashes-"and l am between two
quacks." Then silence fell.
Young wife: Il am determined to
learn at just what hour my husband
comes home at night, yet, do what l
will, / cannot keep awake, and he is
always careful not to make a particle
of noise. Is there any drug which pro-
duees wakefulness?" Old wife: mo
need to buy drugs. Sprinkle the floor
with tacks."
An old gentleman finding couple
of his neices fencing with broomsticks,
said: Come, come. my dears, that
kind of an accomplishment will not
help you in getting husbands" 81
know it, uncle" responded one of the
girls, as she gave alunge, but it will
help to keep our husbands in order
when we have got 'em."
She wanted to break her husband OF
the habit of drinking brandy, and be-
gan to cook his food in little of it,
having heard that it would prove effect
ual. He did not say anything on the
first day; he showed no sign of motto
ing the change on the second day. but
after supper ON the third day he said to
her, MARIA, you don't know how
you've improved in your cooking dur
ing the last three Chicago
| Ledqer.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-10-09
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