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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-22

"a frequently the exclamation OF one isuy
to another. The fact is not pleasant one
to have mentioned, but still the act may De
a kindly one. for it sets the one addressedto
thinking, spprises her OF the iacs te y. ss sne
a reason therefor. Pallor Is almost always
attendant upon the first stages of consump-
tion. The system is enfeebled, and the
blood is Impoverished. DIR. Pierce's Gold
en- Medical Discovery" will act as a tonic
upon the system, will enrich the impover-
ished blood, and restore roses TO the cneeA-
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-22
OLD pill boxes are spread over th

OLD pill boxes are spread over the land
by the thousands after having been emp
tied t II by suffering humanity. What a mass
of sickening, disgusting medicins the poor
stomach has to contend with. Too much
strong medicine. Prickly Ash BitteTs is
rapidly and surely taking the place of all
this class of drugs, andis curing all the liIs
arising from A dIsorder.d condition Of the
liver, kidneys. stomach and bowels
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-22

SPECIAL attention is called to the adveT-
tisement, elsewhere in this paper, of DR.; ID.
II. Green & Sons, of Atlanta, Ga They
make a specially Of treating Dropssy and
its complications. Their offer to furnish
ten days treatment free by mail, with tuli
directions and guaranteeing radical rellet
from the first dose Of their medicine, would
seem to indicate that they mean business
and fairness They are graduates OF one
of the oldest colleges in Georgia
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-22

Well, then, why don't you do something
TO bring back the roses to her cheeks and
the light to her eyesi Don't you see she Is
az female weakpessi A bottle of DR..
Pierce's "Favorite Prescription" will
brighten those pale cheeks and send new
life through that wasting form. II you
love her, take heed.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-22
How the River Flows.
boston Herald,f

IBOstOn Herald.
Lowell paper name suppressed by re.
quest) publishes poem entitled Crossing
the River" and here is the concluding, not
to say the conclusive, stanza:
"And our love is strong and constant
As the river in its course
Ever wider, ever deeper,
As it flows toward it's source"
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-22
An Editor Rich in Hogs.


An exchange says: The editor Of this
paper is the possessor of a hog" So are
we-several OF them, in fact. Their names
are on our subscription book and they
have taken the paper for the last three or
four years and have never paid cent.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-22
Pretty Girls as a Humaniphone,

Albany Cor. Philadelphia Call.
At strawberry and ice-cream festival
given in the North Avenue Methodist
Church, a novel and taking feature was
the "humaniphone," which was kept q
great secret from all who were not willing
to place in the doorkeeper's hand the
magic bit Of silver which opened the door
to the ante-room on the right Upon en-
tering the room the heads and shoulders
of nine young ladies were visible above q
screen extending the length of the room.
All the young ladies wore masks and from
their necks hung suspended a cord on
which was printed musical note. 1t did
not take the audience long to discover that
the "humaniphone" was simply human
piano. 1t was played by Miss Nellie
Schoyer. With wand she walked back
and forth and each young lady uttered Q
different note as she touched them with
wand. In this novel manner Miss Schoyer
played Home, Sweet Home" Yankee
Doodle" and number of pleasing mel
odies.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-22

BETTER results are derived from Halls
Hair Remover than from any similar prep
aration.
If you suffer with chills and fever, take
Ayers Ague Cure. 1t Will cure you
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-22

THERE Is MEANs of Eradicating local
disease of the skin that can be relied on,
viz: GLENN's SrLPHUR SOAP HILLS HAIR
AND WHISPER DYE, Black or Brown, soc.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-22

DR.. DRoMGooLE's English Female Bitters
is not a beverage, but a powerful uterine
tonic and regulator adapted to the com.
plants and troubles to which the ladies of
the South are so liable.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-22

A STATEN ISLAND school-teacher has just
launched a Yacht which he has christened
Rattan" 1t is sort of birchbark-
Br0okLHt Eaqke.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-22

To SUCCEED in his profession the phys
clan must have patients
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-22

THERE is an increased movement in boot:
and shoes, the trade says. Evidently every
body il going in for outdoor exercise.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-22

If you have catarrh, use the surest RENE
dy-Dr. Sage's.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-22

An energetic lad of Spartanburg, 4.
c., cultivated twenty-five acres of land
this year with horS" that he purchased
one year ago for eighty ceat<
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-22

P.R1oR M,Tp-Give me pound Of tea
Sbonman-BIack or greeenl Maid-Doesnt
matter which, misses Is blind!-H T. Tee
mum.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-22

Az attached couple that are always sepa
rating-a pair of shears.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-22

WHY is a good base-burner lamp like q
good husbands Because it never goes out
at night.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-22

RELIEF is immediate, and a cure sure.
Pfso's Remedy for Catarrh. so cents.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-22

YoUSa HoUsEKEEPER Ito butcher)-"Are
they succulent chops" Butcher-"No,
mum; they re mutton chops"
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-22
.11o,s Her BETTER than Life"

AN ode to a goat may be called nanny
verSary poem
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-22
nPIuM HABIT a

- or sslEdsniai Paywhen eursd asnpS SItIee pain
I've pRGJ, WRATERRS X, KsssssI cits' "a 9sok .
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-04-28
Questions Answered.

II. B. B., NoRTHFrELD.-A soldier is not
exempt from poll-tax unless, while in the
military service, he lost an arm, leg or his
eyesght, or contracted an equivalent dis
ability, which disability shall be determined
by the degree of disability for which such
person is pensioned.
NJ. A. H., BURLINGToN.-A statement of
the business done by the pension bureau
during the year ending March 31st shows
that S6,4S7 new pension certificates were
issued, an increase over any previous year
of SAL. The number of claims rejected in
the same length of time is not given, but we
were informed at the interior department,
recently, that about eight times as many
appeals had been taken to that department
during the year from the decisions of the
commissioner of pensions as in any previ.
GUS year.
j. D., BERIIN.-An honorably discharged
soldier of foreign birth has no legal right tc
vote in this country unless he is naturalized
A soldier has this advantage over any Other
foreigner: he can take out his last papers and
vote Immediately, provided he has lived il
the country one year; but any other foreigner
must live in THE country three years anC
then apply for his first papers, and then live
in the country two years mere Give in all
before he takes out his last papers and votes
You can apply to a court and be naturalzed
at once; but in your case it would seem un
necessary, for you say you have been allowed
to vote at every election since the war
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-04-28
The Outlook.

There is uniform testimony from
physicians, scientists, educators and
all observing men to the deleterious
effect of cigarette-smoking, so largely
practiced by boys and youth. Organ
lied efforts for its suppression are be-
ing widely made. The French govern
ment has absolutely prohibited the use
of tobacco in the schools. The New
Hampshire law, Furnishing the sale of a
cigarette to boy or girl under sixteen
years of age with fine of $50, has
gone into effect. In New Jersey a
vigorous movement is under way to re-
press the mischief. The business men
took it up, finding that cigarettes I'M
nerved their young employees and un-
fitted them for work. The public
school teachers have entered on the
crusade against them for higher mo-
tives, being convinced that the habit,
which has become general among the
school boys, is destructive to their
health. The superintendent of the
Newark public schools, who is the
leader of the movement, is enlisting in
it the services of all the teachers of the
state. They have failed to discourage
the habit, and now propose to proceed
against both smokers and sellers, sus-
pending or expelling the incorrigible
of the former from the schools, and
prosecuting the latter for selling " the
paper-covered lung-destroyer." These
efforts to preserve the health and vigol
of the coming generation should be
heartily seconded by all parents ant
guardians of the young.-Illustratec
| Christian JVeekW.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-04-28
Obeying Orders.

An English farmer was one day at
work in the fields, when he saw party
of huntsmen riding about his farm. He
had one field which he was especially
anxious they should not ride over, as
the horses hoofs would greatly injure
the crop. So he sent one of his boys,
and told him to shut the gate and keep
watch there, and on no account to let
any one go through it. The boy went
and had scarcely taken his post there
before the huntsmen came up and
ordered him TO open the gate. He de-
clined to do so, telling them what his
orders were, and that he meant to obey
them. They threatened him, but he
did not mind their threats. They offered
him money. but he refused to receive it.
At last one of them came to him and
said, in commanding tones: " Ny boy,
you do not know me; but am the Duke
of Wellington. l am not accustomed to
be dsobeyed; and now / command
you to open the gate, that l and my
friends may pass through" The boy
lifted his cap, and stood uncovered be-
fore the man whom all England de-
lighted to honor, and then answered
firmly: " am sure that the Duke of
Wellington would not wish me to DISC
hey orders, l must keep this gate
shut; no one can pass through it but
by my masters express permission"
The brave old warrior was greatly
pleased with this. Then he took off
his own hat, and said " honor the
man or the boy who can neither be
bribed nor frightened into disobeying
orders. With an army of such soldiers
could conquer not the French only,
but the world" Then, handing the
boy a sovereign, he put spurs to his
horse and galloped away. The boy went
back to his work, shouting out, as he
did so " Hurrah! hurrah I've done
what Napoleon couldn't do have
kept out the Duke of Wellington."-
Bible Models.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-04-28
On Guard.

Among the birds which live on the
Shetland Islands is large kind which
feeds on fish, called green cormorants.
The fishermen want the fish for them
selves, and do not like to have these birds
eat 50 many of them. They hunt the
cormorants, but find ii hard work. Every
flock of cormorants has with it gull,
which gives them warning every time
any one comes near. Then the sentinel
flies away to safe place; all the big
birds follow. AT night, however, they
post two of their own number to guard
them. The hunter knows he cannot
catch the flock while these two are
awake. He creeps softly along the
rocks, dips wooden glove into the sea-
water, and shakes it so that the drops
fly in the faces of the guards. The birds
do not like this, and tuck their heads
under their wings, not thinking there
is an enemy near. The hunter wrings
the necks of these two, and as many
more as he pleases, for the other birds
are asleep and easily taken.-Ow Little
Ones,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-04-28
England's Drink Bill.

According to DR.. Dawson Burns oul
drink bill was less last year than it has
been since 1872, with the exception OF
1880, when it stood at el22 ,279,275, as
against .el23, 26S, $50 in 1885. The
maximum was reached in 1876, when il
touched e147 ,2SS,759. The improve
ment is perceptible, the decline being
e3,000,D0 in the twelvemonth, but
there is still ample room for further
decrease. AT present, Dr. Burns cal
culates, we spend GA Is per head, OIL
goo per family, in alcoholic beverages
In other words, if we could confiscate
to socialist fund all the money spent
in drink we would endow every family
in the land with minimum income OF
SIS a week. The conclusion is so vast
that we suspect there must be an error
somewhere Pail Null Gazette.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-04-28
Prohibition and Morality.

1t is curious to note how large is the
number who reject prohibition on the
assumption that it is put forward as a
substitute for moral influence. We do
not know of prohibitionist who for a
moment, even in thought, tolerates so
preposterous notion. Are laws against
robbing advocated as if they could take
the place of moral instruction and ex-
ortation? Because we punish murder
by statute do we therefore say to the
preacher that there is no further occa-
sion to apply the command: "Thou
shalt not kill?" Do we cease to pump
because we have procured bucket?
We have just read DR.. Dio Lewis in
the North American. His shallow
paper suggests these reflections. He is
not alone in his attitude. We some
times meet with plausible reasoning
against prohibition, but we cannot
name the other theme which evokes so
much that is wholly away from the real
issue. Prohibition by law is meant to
be supplementary to moral influence
and preservative of it.-Selected.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-04-28
Two Brave Children.

The sky at night in the vicinity of
Apple Creek in Dakota, few weeks
ago, was red all around the horizon, and
people knew that prairie fires were
burning. Every evening as darkness
fell the farmers saw the glare becom-
ing more and more distinct, and during
the day the smoke increased until it
got to be almost suffocating. Not far
from Apple Creek is the little village of
Sterling, and near Sterling lived the
Stevens family. Mr.. Stevens was away
from home on the day that the fire APP
preached his house, and it so happened
that his wife was sick in bed. Their
children were girl of eight years and
a boy of eleven. The boy had heard
row across the path of the advancing
flames, and about noon of the day in
question he tried to protect the prop
erty in that manner. With the two
horse team and the pillow he cut a
trench around the house and the sheds,
and then another trench around the
stacks of unthreshed wheat. He was
not strong enough to pillow the trench
to a great depth; but the wide line of
damp earth thrown up would be hard
for the flames to leap across, especially
since the little sister followed him
around carrying away all trash that
would add to the fury of the flames.
That night the fire was so near that the
poor woman thought of getting out of
bed with the purpose of attempting to
escape, but she was too i'll to try such
thing. Moreover, she knew that if her
husband could reach the house he
would come, and she watched and
prayed as the light came into her room
from the crimson skies without. When
the flames, running before the wind,
came down upon the Stevens place
they licked up the fences in a jiffy,
swept away the shocks of grain and
stacks of hay in the fields, and then
rolled suddenly up to the burrows
plowed by the boy. The wheat stacks
fell prey, and numberless sparks were
scattered around the house; but the
brave boy and his sister ran all about,
trampling out the fire wherever it
caught. The little workers were des
perate, for they knew that should the
house burn, their poor mother surely
would perish in her bed. They fought
with broom, shovels and water Where
ever they could they dug up fresh earth,
and for quarter of an hour they did
not pause a single moment. Once the
house caught, and the wood began to
add its cracking to the rush and tear of
the vast prairie fire; but the children
dashed bucket after bucket of water
upon the burning spot, and so put it
out. They carried the day. The great
fire swept past, and in its wake came
the father, half frantic with joy, to find
that his little hero and heroine had
saved their mothers life. Western
PdDer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-04-28
Lees Forecast of the War.

Unlike the vast majority of his
southern countrymen, General Lee
had very clear idea of the tremen-
dous odds against which the South
would have to contend, and was not
sanguine as to the result. This is
shown by an anecdote never before in
print and entirely reliable. Just after
receiving his commission from the
Virginia convention, he called upon a
family in Richmond, whom he had
known for many years. Two of the
sons had already enlisted and the
third-a mere boy-wanted to do so.
The mother, naturally anxious, said:
General, how long do you think this
awful war will last?" The answer was
given, with solemn and significant en-
phasis, which the questioner never for
got: My little madam, 1 am afraid it
will last until we are driven into the
hills and the mountains. "-MiSSouri
Republican.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-04-28
Temperance.
The Way She Cured Him.

What brings you here, Maryl" said
Treusdell to his wife, as she entered
the liquor-shop. " 1t is very lonesome
at home, and your business seldom al
lows you to be there" replied the meek
but resolute wife. g TO me there is no
company. like yours, and as you cannot
come to me, l must come to you; l have
a right to share your pleasures as well
as your sorrows" I" But to come to
such a place as thisl" expostulated
Tom. " No place can be improper
where my husband Isl" said poor Mary.
Whom God hath joined together,
let no man put asunder.' She took
up the glass of spirits which the shop
keeper had just poured out for her hus-
band. =" Surely you are not going to
drink that?" said Tom, in huge aston
ishment. Why not? You say that
you drink to forget sorrow, and surely
1 have sorrows to forget" L" Woman,
woman, you are not going to give that
stuff to the childrenr" cried Tom, as
she was passing the glass of liquor to
them. Why not? Can the children
have better example than their
fathers? Is not what is good for him
good for them also? 1t will put them
to sleep, and they will forget that they
are cold and hungry. Drink, my chill
dren; this is fire and bed and food
and clothing. Drink; you see how
much good it does your father" With
seeming reluctance, Mary suffered her
husband to lead her home, and that
night he prayed long and fervently that
God would help him to break an evil
habit and keep a newly-formed but
firm resolution. His reformation was
thorough, and Mrs. Truesdell is now
one of the happiest of women, and re-
members with a melancholy pleasure
her first and last visit to the dram-shop.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-04-28
General Blacks Disability.

In answer to many inquiries as to the
disability of Pension Commissioner
Black, for which he receives the I'M
usual amount of 500 month, we
quote from the report of the pension
office surgeons at Washington who eX-
amined him prior to the granting of his
pension in October, 1877: eve find in
this case two gunshot wounds. Had a
complete resection of the right elbow
joint. The whole arm and forearm are
swollen, and extremely tender when
handled. There is at this time necrosis
of the heads of the resected bones, with
quite free discharge of pus. The
q. grasp is extremely feeble, and for the
purpose of manual labor is entirely
useless, and the condition of the arm
and hand is, and always will be, equal
to its loss. A ball entered the left arm
in front, about four inches above the
elbow, and in its passage shattered the
humerus. He says that upwards of two
inches of the shaft was resected. There
is now union at the point of fracture,
with shortening to the arm and angular
deformity. The principal lesion, how
ever, was injury to the muscular spinal
nerve, which has caused atrophy of the
whole arm and complete paralysis of
the extensors of the forearm. Can
grasp and lift small objects with the
hand, but the power of tlexion is very
limited. Can get his hand to his mouth
and to his head, but there is not force
enough in it to enable him to cut his
meat, to tie his cravat, or to button
many parts of his clothing. There can
be no doubt about the fact that this man
requires regular aid and attendance,
and that such aid is necessary to enable
him to get along with any degree of
comfort. The constant discharge from
the right elbow is drain upon his sys-
tenn which, from the length of time il
has existed, is very likely to be perma,
nent. The man requires regular aid
and attendance, and there can be nc
doubt about the permanency of the dis
ability We therefore believe that the
condition in which we find him war
rants us in rating him at $50 pei
MONTH" From August, 1865, until
1877 General Black was paid pension
of $50 month. In 1877 it was in
creased to $50 month, and in June
1873, it was increased, by a special ACT
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-04-28

of congress, to 500 month. 1t is the
only pension paid at that rate. The
report of the committee recommending
the passage of the act increasing Gen
eral Blacks pension states: "The COM
mittee is convinced that the claim is
well founded. He is now physical
wreck-maimed and diseased, incapa-
BILE of any effort, and much of the time
confined to his bed. A strong, healthy
man, possessing fine talents and great
abilities, who would have gathered
fame and wealth, has been stricken in
his country's service. He asks the
country he served so well to give bread
to himself and opportunity to educate
his children.D
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-04-28
Pensions Granted.

To Henry b. Tuliper, johnson, IS month
and $50 arrears; Hiram Hanson, Essex, So
a month and 81 800 arrears Betsey A. Os-
born, Tunbridge, $12 month and 81 loo
arrears; Clarissa Parker, Hartford, $40 a
month and over $1,000 arrears; Henry G.
West, West Windsor, $40 month and
about $500 arrears; j. F. Lyman, Hartland
restored at $4 "a month and $3.50 arrears
Frank Butterfly, Montpelier, an increase OF
pension from 80 to SO month; John f
Abbott, Post Mills, an increase from So tc
IS month; George M. Dearborn, Vershire
an increase from 81 to IS a month and 1874
arrears; Trial A. Clark, Brookfeld, an in.
crease from S4 to SO month; Andrew
Henly, Richmond, an increase from So tc
So month"; Roger Hovey, Worcester, al
increase from IS to $12 month
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-04-28
WILLIAM II. FARG1,s ESTATE; ou

The undersigned having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the District of Wash
ngton, commissioners to receive, examine and
adjust all claims and demands of all persons against
the estate of William H. Fargo, late of Duxbury, in
said District deceased and all claims exhibited in
Offset thereto, hereby give notice that will meet
for the purposes aforesaid NJ Richardson & Fuller
toms store. in Waterbury, on the 18th day of July
and 18th day Of October next. from o'clock p NJ.
until four o'clock each of said days, and that six
months from the 18th day of April. A. D. 1885, is the
time limited by said Court for said creditors to pre-
ance.
Dated at Waterbury, this 18th day of April, A.
ID. 1876.
ou LANES X FULLERroN' Commissioners.