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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-25

The present Mississippi Legisla-
ture, with a few honorable excep.
tons, is a God-defying and irreverent
set. They do not hesitate to turn
the Sabbath into a day for pleasure
seeking and excursions, wine bib
bling, etc, and one member, Coast
saloon.keeper. has gone so far as to
introduce bill providing for the
opening of stores and saloons on the
Sabbath. Their conduct has thus
far been a reproach and insult to
Christian Mississippi, and it will be
a matter for profound congratula-
ton and thankfulncss to the people
of the State when they pack their
carpet bags and start for home.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-25
$4,000 BIBLE REWARD.

The publishers of Rutledge's Monthly
offer twelve valuable rewards in their
Monthly for March, among which is the
following:
We will give $4,000 to the person tell
ing us which is the middle verse IN the
New Testament Scriptures mot the revis-
ed edition), by March 10th, 1886. Should
two or more correct answers he received,
the REWARD will be divided. The money
will be forwarded to the winner March
18th, 1885. Persons trying for the reward
must send 30 cents in silver or postal
notes, (no postage stamps taken) with
their answer, for which they will receive
the Monthly for April, in which the name
and address of the winner of the reward
and the correct answer will be published,
and in which several more valuable re-
wards will be offered. Address RUTLEDGE
PUBLISHING COMPANY, Easton, Pa.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-25
NJ EDICAL MEN!
What Two Prominent Physicians
Say Of q Noted Remedy.

Crawfordvlle, Ca, Democrat.
b. b. r. is without doubt one Of the most VAL
liable and popular medicines known to the msdi-
cal science. and has relieved more suffering
hum anity than any other medicine since 1t came
into use. 1t has never failed in single instance
to produce the most favorable results where It
has been properly used. Physicians everywhere
recommend It as doing all 1t is claimed to do.
The foil owing certificates are from two prcml-
nent physicians, who have done large and sue
cessful practice for many years, and upon whose
judgment the public can safely rely:
>CRAwFoRDvILLE, GA. July Is, 1885.
Editor Democrat For the past ten years
have been suffering with rheumatism in the
muscles Of my right shoulder and neck. During
the time have tried vsrious remedies. both
patent medicines and those prescribed by ply
sIcisns. Last summer commenced using D. B.
B., and could see an improvement by the time
had taken one bottle. have been taking 1t al
Intervals since last summer, and can say 1t Is
the best medicine for rheumatism I have ever
tried. take pleasure in recommending it to
the public. J. W. RHODES, A. M, NJ. d.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-25
Meal Bag ona Bean Pole
ELTERToN. GA. June |, Il

ELTERTON. GA. June l, 1885.
My brother has son that was afflicted with
rheumatism In one of his legs until the knee was
30 badly contracted that he could not touch the
ground with his heel, and had scrofua. Ii e took
only two bottles of B. B. b., and scrofula and
rheumatism are both gone,
Mrs. NJ. A. Elrod came to my house the past
summer almost covered with carbuncles and
boils. l got two bottles Of B. B. B. and before
she had got through with the second bottle she
was entirely well, She was also troubled with
sr ollen feet and ankles, and had been for twenty
years. All gone-no trouble with swollen feet
now.
was troubled with bleeding pi es since 1885
I ed ole bottle, and have felt nothing Of the
kind since taking the medicine. The clothing
that vas wearing when left Atlanta fitted me
about the same as q meal sack would bean
pole. have on the same clothing now, and they
are tight fit.
You can do as you like with this: as for me and
my house hold, we think three BIS is fully ortho-
d OK, and will do to swear by.
Respectfully yours,
JIM FAIRFIELD.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-25

Business. have sent out a
large number of statements of &C
count TO our subscribers during the
last two weeks, and it is earnestly
hoped all will promptly settle and
renew for another year. Some OF
our subscribers we have INDUCED
for quite awhile, but we do not feel
justified in longer doing so, and
while The LEADER will cease its Wis
its to them reluctantly, they are
hereby notified that unless settle
ment is soon made, their names will
be dropped and another call made
upon them for amount due.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-25

.swhat's the matter SIP" you are not
looking we'll. /" o nothing only a slight
cold. In two days after the above con-
versation /" 81 /" was very sick with pneu-
monia. Had he at first taken dose OF
SMITHS BILE BEANS q bean) he
would have been surely cured without
harm. A cold Is congestion; BILE
BEANS win relieve q cold quicker
than any other remedy. as it relieves the
congested part at once. For sale by all
medicine dealers. Price, 25c. per bottle.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-25

The present assembly of law-mak-
ers will pass into history as the
great junketing Legislature. They
are always ready, on short notice, to
accept free rides on the railroads
and free entertainments, even il it
involves the neglect Of the public
business and the dissertation of the
holy Sabbath. Some members are
foremost in this SORT OF thing, too,
whom their innocent constituents
would never suspect Of anything not
in accord with the stricLest propriety.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-25
CRAwFoRDNLLE, Ca. July rs, 1895.

wear had what supposed tn he a caulinower
excrescence on right side Of neck. used local
applications, which affected no perceptible good.
commenced the use OF D. b. B. and took IL
regularly twelve bottles, and IN due time the
sore he aled over, and now consider 1t well.
chez rfulIy recommend Il as a fine tonic and al
terra tive medicine. 4. j. FARMER, M. ID.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-25

LAND OFFICE AT JACKSON, MISS,
Eahruarx, IL rlaG

LAND OFFICE AT JACKSON, Miss, I
February Ia, 1885.
Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing-named settler has filed notice of his
intention to make final proof in support
of his claim, and that said proof win be
made before the Judge, or in his absence
the Cbancery Clerk, of Lawrence county,
at Monticello, Miss, on March 26th,
1886, viz. Jesse o. Sutton, Homestead
No. lO242, for the el sw4 and WI set sec
ton %, township north, range 10 west.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon, and
cultivation of, said land, viz:
j. 4. Hartzog, w. j. Bass. G.. w. Hart
cog, A. Fairly, all of Silver Greek, p. o.,
Lawrence county, Miss.
JAS. d. STEWART,
6 Register.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-25

On Tuesday night negro, 10
James, was hung near Rockport by
unknown parties. He was an es-
capped convict, and he had previous
ly murdered Two negroes in the
aockport neighborhood. So it is
probable he met timely end YES
son Times.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-25

Senator Loves bill to give Dis
trict- Attorneys Of this State a salary
and deny them any perquisites, has
passed the Senate and will soon go
To the House. 1t should become a
law. The proposed change would
be a wise one.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-25
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
Illinois Central Railroad.
GOING NORTH DAILY.

GOING NORTH DAILY.
NO ENPRESSS-LeaVes N. u. ,9:lJ q. IN.
Arrives Brookhaven, $50 p. IN.
Arrives atJackson, $40 p. IN.
No. 4 ExPREss-Leaves N. o.. 500 D. M
Arrives Bruokhaven, 1850 p. m.
Arrives at jackson, I2:47 q. M.
GOING SOUTH (DAILy).
No. ExPR.-L'ves. jackson. .4:05 y. m.
Leaves Brookhaven, 6:05 p. M.
Arrives at N. o., ii p. IN.
No. 3 MAIL-Leaves jackson. .1:2s a. m.
Leaves Brookhaven, 3::,5 u. m.
Arrives New Orleans, S:20 n. M.
These Trains stop at all regular sta
tiOns.
rV7Trains both ways make close con-
nection with all of the /. G.. branch roads.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-25

Thousands of children are saved from
disease and death every year by the time
~ use of Shriner's Indian VermifuEe, the
popular remedy.-Only IS cents bottle.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-25

Every bottle of Shriner's Indian Vermi-
fige is guaranteed to give satisfaction If
used according to directions.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-25
FREIGHT TRAINS

FREIGHT TRAINS
No mixed going north leaves Brook
haven at 900 A. NJ.
No. mixed going south leaves Brook
haven at $50 p. NJ.
pMixed Freights do not run on Sun.
day and none goes south on Monday.
J.C. CLARKE, ten. Manager.
J. w. COLEMAN, A. G.. p. ASsat.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-25
hatcher, jackson & Columbus r. r.

WEST.
Mail leaves Jackson. 49,. 600 a. m.
Arrives ut Natchez ............11:45 a. III.
EAST.
Mail leaves NatcheZ. ...........3 :45 II. m.
Arrives at Jackson. .9:45 p. III.
Trains each way connect at Harriston
with the trains of the L., N. o. d L. X. X.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-13
Per CT. Of lDigestible

This table needs no comment fur
ther than to call careful attention to it
and urge a thorough study of the fig
ures, not only for themselves but on
account of the following considera-
tions: A comparison of the two sets
of columns will show that there is a
very large loss of the most valuable
portions of the straws because of the
indigestibility of these elementary sub
stances in the albuminoids and the fat,
while more than half of the albumin
oids of hay, and more than three
fourths of those of cornmeal are di-
gested; only one-fourth of the former
and but little more of the latter in
wheat and rye straw are digested; thus
practically all the nitrogen contained
in these straws is unavailable, and is
lost when they are fed alone. There is
also surprising loss of the fatty mat
ter in the whole list, excepting in corn
meal, and the same exception holds
good in regard to other concentrated
foods. The same, we venture, to sug-
gest, will also apply to the use of
straws as regards their albuminoid
matter, which seems to escape without
digestion, and thus lose a large portion
of their value. How can this loss be
averted? This is a serious problem at
this time, when every possible economy
is necessary in the conduct of the farm
work. Straw is valuable fodder if it
can be made more digestible. 1t is
well known by students of animal
physiology that the mixture of concen-
trated food with coarser subtances
greatly assists the digestion of the lat
ter. This fact is applied to the aliment
of persons who use butter with bread
and meat with potatoes and coarse
vegetables, and explains the reason
why, when potatoes and bread are the
sole food of poor persons, much
larger total quantity is consumed than
when these are mixed with the more
nutritious aliment. The reason is that
a larger quantity of the coarse food is
digested when it is mixed with that
which is more concentrated and more
highly nutritious. To make straw
more available as food, then, it should
be mixed with corn-meal or the oil
meals, and as thorough mastication
and salvation are greatly helpful of
digestion the straw should be cut as
finely as possible and mixed with the
meals and portion of salt to make it
still more palatable and excite a more
copious flow of the salivary fuid.-M.
Y. Times.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-13
BACK FROM AUSTRALIA.
The Experience of Weary Tramp on .
New York Farm.
Inf

The Experience of Weary Tramp on .
New York Farm.
Buffalo Express.l
Westchester farmer was standing at
his gate the other day when a weary look
halted and asked:
SIS your name Simmonsw
"Yes, SIR"
"And your wife, before marriage, was
a., "a"
"One of the Black girls, SIR"
"And her first name was Mary?"
"No, sir. Her name was and is Eliza
BETH"
"Ah! So it is. But fourteen years is a
long time. How is my sister Elizabeth"
"Are you her long lost brother?"
81 am"
.sThe one who went to Australian"
"The very same. Perhaps you have
heard her speak of me-"
eyes, have. She has often spoken Of
you"
"Ah, the dear girl. She will be so glad
to see me again. And you, my noble
brother in law, let US shake hands,"
They shook.
"I--I had thought of stopping with you
for-for the winter" observed the way
farer. with an anxious look.
"Y-e-s, / presume So" replied the
farmer.
"And my dear sister has spoken OF me:"
"She has. She was expecting you this
very day, and she asked me to stand at
tf gate and watch for you."
'It is so kind of YOU"
"And 1 am now about to give you the
all -fredest pounding an old liar of tramp
ever got That's what your dear sister
recommends"
I'll believe Pm mistaken!" gasped the
tramp. "It must be the next housew
"Oh, no; this is the house, and here goes
for you!"
When the tramp finally got away, leav-
ing the ground covered with shoe-pegs,
buttons, old hats, crusts of bread and
pieces of cold meat, he halted at safe dis
tance and shouted back:
SIS my game an old one in this localitys"
"Well, some one tries it on me every
day." replied the farmer.
"All right. III try the next house with
q receipt to make fre-proof paint of soft
soap and brick dust. Much obliged for
your posting me, and give my love to Lib
by dear"
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-13

an opportunity occurred was all that
Mr.. Howell required to devise a plan
for catching them. He cut several
small willow twigs and tied q string
around the top of them. This made
the twigs flare out at the bottom. He
then made string fast to the bundle,
and dropped it into the river. He
waited patiently to see if the eels
would enter it. He was disappointed
to see but two or three eels 60 into the
trench. After waiting for two hours
he concluded to lift the bundle OF
twigs. When he did so, hundreds Of
eels were seen to swim away.
Mr.. Howell then made several
small bundles, and got fine wire
grass scoop prepared for the pur-
pose of passing it under the punches
of twigs suspended in the river. The
others superintendents asked him how
he was getting along. When they were
told that he had not got q single eel
after being there three days, they con-
sidered the Ohio man rather slow SUI
perintendent, Mr.. Howell is an early
riser and was at his work early in the
morning. He placed his bundle of
twigs, and when the time for the first
lift came, he was rewarded by catch
ing thousands of the slippery little fell
lows. These he deposited in small
trays sunk in the river for the purpose
of receiving them. He kept at his early
morning work for three or four days.
By this time he had captured fifty thou
sand and was ready to ship his eels to
Toledo. He then exhibited his eels to
the other superintendent, who were ut
terly astonished to see so many of the
wigglers together. When he began to
put the eels into boxes with hole at
the top and center, with flannel bot
tom, he was told that such thing would
never do, as they would surely die.
'.Never mind, gentlemen" said be, 81
have been testing this question. For
the past four days l have had eels in a
less favorable position than these, and
they are as lively now as crickets. J"
''Pack them in moss; wet sawdust;
keep them in water" and such ad-
vice was given him, but he said the eels
would reach Toledo all right as he was
putting them up. And they did. Not
SluSIO Ouc ulCu, duu tucJ WCIC dlj
safely deposited.
When Mr. Howell left Troy he took
the Wisconsin superintendent aside and
told him how the eels were caught, at
the same time making him present of
the willow lunches. The Wisconsin
man afterward wrote to him saying
that it was simple wonderful how
easily the eels were caught by Mr..
Howell's simple device, and warmly
thanked him. He asked for the privi-
lege Of imparting the secret to other
superintendent, which was granted,
and all soon had as many young eels as
they needed
1t was quite sight to witness the per-
formance of eels when deposited in
tanks, partly filled with water, in To-
ledo. Fresh water was constantly
kept in the tanks, and the eels tried
their best to climb up the sides of the
tanks. Sometime they would get
nearly to the top, when they would
fall back in the water. A fresh white
fish was dropped into each tank, the
flesh from which was quickly stripped
from the bones.-ToledO Blade.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-13
Roots for Cows.

Store sheep and breeding cows should
have a few roots every day. Without
doubt these are more valuable when
fed raw than when cooked. Why this
is so has not been explained by any
chemist so far as we have known, but
any farmer who has had experience in
feeding roots in both ways will assert
this to be true, though there is differ
ence in opinion in regard to the merits
of cooking roots for fattening animals,
with perhaps a majority in favor of
cooking. It may be that the slower
process of digestion when the raw food
is given favors the formation of muscle
rather than fat.-N Y. Herald.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-13
STRAW AS FODDER.
The Composition Of Various Straws and
Other Food Substances.

The Composition of Various Straws and
Other Food Substances.
The feeding value of any substance
depends upon its digestibility and
wholesomeness. Any innoxious vege-
table matter may contain nutriment.
Even corn cobs and wood fiber contain
nutritious matter. The Laplanders and
Firms mix birch sawdust and bark
powder with their oat and barley meal,
and the fermentation and baking de-
velop considerable quantity Of food
substance in these seemingly useless
coarse matters. Beavers get exceed
ingly fat upon birch, maple and other
young wood, while rabbits, sheep and
even cows at times subsist comfortably
upon the twigs and small branches OF
trees. Some animals, too, are capable
of digesting foods which would be en-
tirely useless or injurious to others, so
that when the value of any substance
used for feeding animals is considered
several points are to be taken into con-
sideration.
The chemical composition of any
kind of fodder, is, to large extent,
guide to the feeding value Of it; for, if
it does not contain any element related
to those of the animal system, the sub
stance has clearly no value as food;
and if it does contain these elements
then the measure of value is clearly
equal to the quantity of these elements
and their digestibility. The table of
analysis then is valuable guide for
the farmer to study, and after this has
been considered, the digestibility, and
also the means of increasing this prop
erty are to be taken into account. The
following table gives the composition
of various straws and that of some other
substances given for the purpose OF
comparison:
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-13
CATCHING EELS.
The Ingenious Method Pursued by an Ohio
Official.

The Ingenious Method Pursued by an Ohio
Official.
Eels in the lake, bay and river are
becoming more plentiful each succeed.
ing year. One weighing nine pounds
was brought to one of the Toledo fish
houses last fall. Many others of
smaller size were caught, and were
readily purchased, people who come
from the East being especially fond of
them. The larger eels are supposed to
come from the st. Lawrence. The
smaller ones are of those deposited in
the river, bay and lake by Mr.. D. Y.
Howell in June and July, 1882, while
superintendent of the Ohio fish hatch
cries. This gentleman made a study
of the habits, growth, etc., of the eel,
and concluded that it would thrive we'll
in Western waters. He accordingly
started for Troy, N. Y, where millions
of young eels make their way up the
Hudson. When he reached Troy he
found superintendent from Wisconsin,
Illinois and several other States en-
deavoring to get supply of eels for
their respective localities. They found
the process of capturing eels quite
slow and tedious, and willingly paid
boys a cent apiece for each eel fur
nished them. Mr.. Howell saw that to
get eels in the way named would not
answer. He therefore went down along
the bank of the river and sat down un-
der shade tree. In the river near by
was large willow limb. He carefully
watched the small eels as they passed
along, and saw that they would stop
and cling to the limb to rest, and then
shoot away up the stream. The fact
That they rested on some object when
Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-13
MEXICAN INDIANS.
The Lake village of the Descendants of
the AztecS,


Clustered in around the body of the
lake are numerous Indian villages,
some of them half in the water and
half out. There are villages and clus-
ters of huts on the little islands far out
into the lake, and causeways lead here
and there from swamp to swamp, from
shore to shore and from village
to village. For miles, the country
in every direction seems to be half
water and half land. and it is difficult
to say just where the lake begins and
the land ends. The inhabitants of
these water towns are mostly fisher
men and duck-hunters. They seldom
60 out OF their swamps, and have re-
tanned more of the characteristics OF
the Aztec tribes, as the Spaniards found
them, than any other Indians of the
valley. They still retain their aborig-
inal tongue, and many of them have no
knowledge whatever of Spanish. They
are shy OF strangers. and look with
suspicion and dlstrust upon the trav-
eler who ventures into their haunts.
In habits and manner of living they
are as simple and rude as We're their
forefathers centuries ago, and their
bare, comfortless huts suggest beaver
haunts and blackbirds' nests among the
tules. Notwithstanding all this, they
are as healthy and as happy as any
people have seen. In order to live it
is not necess airy to work hard, and they
sing, drink pulque and skip about from
hut to hut in their little boats, as merry
as the mud-larks and as careless of the
Chicago Interior.