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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-04-08
KIND NATURE.
stow She Adopts the Eolorati'n OF Ani'
mails to Their surroundings.

H"w She Adopts the Colorati"n of AMI
mails to Their surroundings.
Correspondence in color with the
general hue OF the surrounding medium
is especial common wherever Il single
tone prcdom mates largely in the wider
aspect of natu.... Arctic animals. aS
everybody knows. go always white.
Ptarmigan and North. n hareS put on 4
snowy coat among the ,ne"~ OF winter.
The uncommrrcial stoat l'aedlr--ly
transforms himself on the approach Of
cold weather into the expensive and
much prosecuted ermine. Imagine ID
a moment the chances OF lifc Possessed
by bright scarlet animal among III"
snowiields Of Greenland, and one can
see at once the absolute necessity for
this unvarying protective coloration,
Even Il royal Duke would scarcely ven
turc to approve Of tlarng red uniforms
under such conditions. All the onPicu
OTIS creatures get Immediately Wccdcd
out bv their carniyOrOua enemies. OW-
NC to their too great Obtrua.Vcnc-s
and loudncsS of dress: while those alone
survive which exactly conform to the
fashionable Witness of external nature.
SO, too, in the district every bird, lizard,
grasshopror. butterfly and cricket j.
uniformly dressed in light sand co!or
The intrusive red or blue butterfly from
ncighbOring tlowery fields gets prompt
" eaten up by the local bird, whose
plumagc he can not Distinguish from
the sand around it. The intrusive
scarlet or green bird from neighboring
forests .indS the bread taken out of his
mouth by the too severe competition of
his desert brethren, who can steal upon
the native grasshoppers unpcrccIyed,
while he himself acts upon them like Il
red danger signal, and is Is sadulouSly
avoided by the invisible insects as if he
meant intentionally to advertise in fam
inc posters his own hostile and destruc-
tive purpose. In short, sanl-haunting
creatures are and always must be nee
e3sarily sand-colored. A few tropical
flat fish, however. living as they do
among the brilliant corals, pink sea
anemoncs. gorgeous hOlOthurians and
banded shells of the Southern seas, are
beautifully and wildly spotted and
colored With the livelicst patterns. In
this case the necessity for protection
compe'ls the fish to adopt the exactly
opposite statistics. All those
younS beginners who happen to show
any tendency to plain brow coloring
ore sure to be recognized a fish, and get
promptly eaten up among their bright
sur' oundings; only those which look
moe like the neighboring in"dible and
tsileging nondcscripts stand any chance
If escaping with their precious lives.
A Quaker garb which would easily
pass unobserved in the murky English
Channel would become at once con-
sp;cuous by contrast among the brill
ia1t orangisms of Amboyna or Tahiti.
This beautifully proves the relatively
o! all things, as philosophers put it.
Ordinary people express the same idea
IT. simpler language by saying that
circumstances alter eases. - COrnbW
Magazine.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-04-08
HOME AND FARM.

To tell good eggs, put them in wa
ter; if the large end turns up they are
not fresh. This is an infallible rule to
distinguish a good egg from bad one.
The Household.
Where silcsia is used for dress lin
ing an authority states that by placing
the sclvage at the neck, instead of for
the front lap it will not stretch nearly so
much as when used in the old way
Boston GloJc.
To prevent blue calico from fading,
pour one ounce of sugar of lead into
pail of water. soak the material In the
solution for two hours. and let dry be-
fore being washed and ironcd. This is
good for NIL shades If blue.-BO>i0H
Globe.
Brown Bread: Two cups of gra-
ham flour. one cup of wheat flour. one
pinch of salt. two cups of sour or butter
milk. one and onc-half tcaspoonful of
soda or salcratus. Bake in a moderate
oven for half an hour. Swcetcn with
sugar or molaoScs. if liked. The Cdicrcr.
The COW. when Welding milk, needs
warmer stable than the OK. If we
draw from her twenty pounds OF milk
daily that is at the temperature of one
hundred DEGREES We must in some way
furnish her with the means of restoring
the caloric to the system troy Times.
Pie Crust: Two cups OF lard, ona
cup of water. pinch Of salt. Mix the
salt and lard in the Hour; then add Ill"
water. Do not get it too thick
with flour If that i, not rich enough
to suit YOU. mix thrJe-fourths of cup
of water with the same amount of lard.
--FcsterH R~,UI.
The secret in MASKING potatoes is to
have all the utensils used as hot aS pos
siblc and to beat the mass till light in.
stead of pressing down smooth and solid
adding cream, butter and salt at viii. y
desirable result is reached by rubbing
the mashed potato through bot colan-
der and leaving ii Just as it falls int
the dish. ChicdGO Trib,tHe.
-Graham mullins made in this way
are wholesome for breakfast: ON" quart
of graham flour. one tablespoonful o.
baking powder and half tea poonful o.
salt >ifted. To this add two crgs WEE
beaten, two ounces If melted 'utter and
enough milk to form Il thin batter. mix
inc thoroughly Bake in muffin rings
or pans half filled with the batter in
brisk oven.-Cierci0m LCa7rr.
Covered yards possess one adyan-
tage in regard to the smaller COnsump-
ton of food by animals that are covered
than by animals tina: are not The cold
wind. which causes los, of the heat OF
the body of an animal, nccr>~tatcl that
animal consuming more food to REGAIN
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-04-08
FIGHTING WILD Dos 5.
Fierce Encounter on the Head OF wind
River in Wyoming.
TaEdcr wv II Special


News has been received Of fierce flsht
at the head OF Wind river between cow-
boys and wild dogs. Two years a-o last
summer pack Of dogs took possession Of
Z rocky clif that overhangs the Wind
river, and have multiplied npnce. They
have grown TO he perfect pest. killing
calves on the ranges, and not hQs.taling 10
attack even man when pushed by tine
pangs of hunger and as they ara both
powerful and savage, their assault is dan.
gerous in the extreme. Last fali Il uuulhet
of them attacked tt team and It's driver on
an open prairie. The driver, not knowing
the ferocity OF his a5sailants. endeayored
20 drive them off with his black snake
whip. It Was torn from his hand in an in
slant and the hand itself badly lacerated.
AT the same time half dozen Of the fierce
CANNES asSailed the horses. The half
maddcned animals started. with the
fear Of death to urge them on, and
soon carried themselves and the
driver beyond danger. However. they
were badly bitten about the launches
and throat. This fail the stochmen gave
orders to their outfits to kill the wild
dogs on every possible occasion, and a
lc" udES ago an organizer attack was
made on the canine stronghold. Armed
with Winchester rifles and Colts re-
volver8, the cowboys penetrated into hhs
very dens of the dogs. The latter made
desperate fight, charging tiercely into
the very midst Of their enemies, many OF
them dying with their teeth fixed on
the barrels Of the weapons that dealt
them death. They seemed to act under
intelligent leadership, and charged and
retreated as if they were thoroughly or.
9anized. Finally the dogs mustered in one
place, and at the signal bark of their
leader, broke through the line of fire that
had been drawn about them, and made off
for the rough side of a lofty mountain
that lowered near by. A shower of balls
pursued them, but the remnant OF the
band was soon safe in new fastenesSes.
Thirteen dogs were counted dead on the
field, while the assailants, one and all,
were bleeding from more or less deep
gashes inflicted by the sharp fangs OF the
ferocious canine.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-04-08
OLD COTTON.
Two Bales Received Ia the Year 1899 Re.
Gently Put on the Nj. $.
(Rock Iiill Is c. Herald


Rock Iiill Is. c. Herald
On Tuesday last Mr. r. Z. Guthrie, nd.
mnisTator of the estate of the late J. Har.
vey Williamson, of Bethe sda township,
sold two bales of cotton on this market
which was raised by slave labor on Mr..
WilliamsOn's plantation in 1862, nearly Il
quarter of a century ago. On account of
the war there was no satisfactory market
for cotton, and of the crop raised that
year Mr.. Williamson stored several bales
under his house until the times might inn
prove. After the war had ended, Mr.
Williamson snapped three bales of the
cotton with the late d. Il. S. Blake for "A
mule. The remainder was retained At
terward Mr.. Williamson brought samples
to Rock Mill, and Mr.. D. C. Roddey, who
was then in business here, offered him 80
1-3 cents per pound in gold for it, but
the offer was rejected and the cot
ton still, retained. At that time
gold was at premium OF 80 per cent,
hence Mr.. Roddey's offer was equivalent
to 30 cents per pound in currency.
Strangely enough, Mr.. Williamson, in face
Of this extraordinary price, determined to
hold the cotton, and his death last fall
found it still unsold. Why he kept it so
Icing is mystery that lies buried in the
grave with him.
The cotton was packed before iron ties
came into use and in the days when there
was no roping to be had. Hickory w,tues
Were used instead, and the original bind.
ings still hold the bales firmly together,
and are in good state of preservation.
The lint is as good as when tko crop was
gathered in 1862, and classed middling.
The cotton was bought by Messrs w. l..
ROddey IL Co.. at eight and one fourth
cents per pound. A remarkable circum-
stance is that on the day that the cotton
was finally sold the price was lower than
it had been since it was grown.
Beyond IA doubt this Is the oldest cotton
IN the world. AT any rate, it is certainly
the only cotton in existence that was
raised by Southern slave labor and baled
In the rude manner peculiar 10 tue bard
times Ok the late war, >'i'.s' . -, 800"
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-04-08
A GREEDY HOG.
Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars Chewsd
Up by Porker.

ATLANTA tOnStltutlOnl
Mr. Lod Hill, pre- ident Of the Gate City
National Bank, has in his possession two
hundred and fifty dollars in greenbacks
which was eaten by a hog. The money
belonged to NJ. A. Goer, who lives near
Salt Springs. Early Saturday morning
Mr.. Goer went into his hog lot to feed his
hogs. He had two hundred and fifty doll
lars in his vest pocket and in the same
pocket he carried his pen-knife. After
feeding his hogs Mr.. Goer watched
them few minutes and while watch
ing them had occasion TO use his knife.
Without any thought OF the money he
put his hand in bis vest pocket and pulled
out the knife. The money came out with
it and dropped TO the ground. Shortly
after leaving the pen, Mr.. Goer put the
knife back into his pocket, and as he did
so discovered that the money was gone.
He instantly returned to the pen, and just
as he reached it he saw two-hundred-
pound porkcr chewing the bills. Mr. Goef
sprang at the hog, and the hog ran, carry
Ing the money in his mouth. The SAGE was
a spirited one. It was round and round
the pen. The EOg was too fat to hold out
long, and when he hogan to tire of the race
he commenced dropping the bills piece by
piece ana lump 10y lump. Nr. Goer con-
tiuued the chase, however, Until the hog
rad dropped all The money.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-04-08
INDIVIDUALITY.
TNe subtle Personal Quality That should
Pervade Your Work.

Every man swork is marked by quail.
it, of its own. A similar work. both in
HAD and degree, may perhaps be done
bv others more swiftly, more efficiently
more systematically, than by the one to
whom it is entrusted, yet that one per-
sHn's work will have a subtle personal
quality not to be exactly matched in the
work of the others. The question. then
is not whether another could do the
w'rk which you are doing more quickly
aIsl more thoroughly than you are doing
it, but whether any one can do your
work with just exactly the quality which
you personality gives to it. There is
room in the world for. all kinds If work,
done in all kinds of ways, by all kinds OF
people. You and your work may be
only single special note in the great
orchestra of earth and sky; take care
shnt that note be not lacking in the great
harmeRy,~a 8, 4Iues.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-04-08
4 street Dining Car.

I-lT1,VTIJ
Tie Troy and Lansingburg Street Rail-
road Company ere having constructed at
the Pullman car works dining-car to be
used tx iusively by the conductors and
drivers in their employ. The car will be
switched upon sile-tracl; and be used by
the employees Of the road between the hours
of 1880 and / - each day in which to eat
their meals
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-04-08

"Yr>: / shall break the engagement"
She said. folding her arms and looking de-
FAINT; " il is really TOO much trouble to con
verse with l,:u; he. as deaf as u post, and
talks like ho had mouthtul OF mush. Be-
sides, tho way ho hawks and spits is dis
gushing" Don't break the engagement
for that; toll him to take DR.. Sage's Ca
1ar?h Truedv. Ii will cure him complete
w." "Well, III tell him. / do hate to
break il oif, for in all other respects he's
quite too cuarmtuy." OF course, it cured
his cutalIl.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-04-08

II tho United States Senate, during re-
cent dohate, Senator Vest, Of Missouri, paid
u high tribute to tjomcrits of st. Jacobs Oil.
Boards Of Health endorse Red Star Cough
Cure as FREQ from poison. Prompt and
sure, and only twenty five cents bottle.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-04-08

II Won are pale, emaciated, have hack *
~ cough. with nightsweats, splitting OF
blood and shortness of breath, you have no
time time to lose. Do not hesitate too long
mi YOU are past cure for, taken N ~ ear ar
lv stages. consumption can be cured, ~ we
nse of DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical DlsGoN-
er,, !" as thousands can TESTIFY by urussi''''
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-04-08
THE law has many members. Who has
not heard Of la. limbs Of the Laws

FooD makes Blood and Blood makos
Bea,'y. Improper digestion of food neces-
sarily produces bad blood, resulting in a
feeling Of fuilne.s in the stomach, acidity,
heartburn, siei-headache, and other dys-
optic symptoms. 4 closely confined life
causes indigestion, constipation, biliousness
ana loss Of appetite. 70 remove these trou-
bles there is no remedy equal to Prickly
ASH Btters. Il has been tried and proven
to he a specific.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-04-08

CoLoR the wh's'.ors handsome brown or
hlacE with Blckingham's Dye for the
" hsl;ors.
Ii the liver is disordercd, the whole sys-
tenn suffers. Ayers Fills correct this trouble.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-04-08

WHY is winter storm like child wit with ,ts
bad cold It blows It , Tnows IL c hero
Remedy OF Sweet Gum and Mullen I'm
Walter A. Taylor, Proprietor, Atlanta VA
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-04-08

TEE lest cough medicine is Piso's Cure
for Consumption. Sold everywhere. 25c.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-04-08

A PETWFIED clock has been found in
Rome. AuJthor indication OF hard tines.
--IiHsdu,gh ChrOmic.c- IcIsgF.lh.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-04-08
Woman and Her Diseases"

Tnr clothes-wringer is the hand-organ Of
the lauudry.-Pack.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-04-08

Is gambling 50 long as man wins be
never finds fault with his betters.-I'acttc
Jester.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-04-08

IT is not considered necessary IN society
e. rntIrn bill-collector's call.-ChtcGJo
Tribune.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-04-08
100 Doses One Dollar
Justice.

For Go years I was
afflicted with catarrh.
For two months al a
time confined TO ms
room. l tried Ely!
Cream BALM, from the
first | found relief. Il
is the best remedy
ever trled.-W. C. Ma
TuEws. Justice Of The
Peace. Shenandoah, Ia
/ have improved
greatly sincs usin1
Ely's Cream Balm 10
cata+fb. ! feel Ike {
new man. l. lisa bless
ipgto humanity. -IOHN
ID. FARRELL, Hartford
Conn.
Aparticle Supplied |
usr. Price 20 cents by
circular. ELY BROI
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-04-08

PIKE $ TOoTnACHE DROPS cure in minute zoe
GlCHn'S sulphur SOdphealS and b'autlneS. -
GERMAN CoRN REMOVER kills Corus Bunions
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-04-08
.DoIavs Are Dangerous"

wurS IL A mans doom like letter.
Veben IL is sealed. LOtesl Courier.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-04-08
A yUtnter Storm.

IT Is. as a general thing, far easier 70
raise a row than TO raise mustache'-Cm-
ram Tsieurdu.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-04-08

SOMETHING that will stand a loan-s
heavy god watch.--N \ Journal.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-04-08

Is the title of an interesting ILLUSTRATED
treatise C6O pages) sent, postpaid, for III
cents in stamps Address Worlds Disspen-
sary Medical Association, Buffalo, n. u
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-04-08

"Itu"-and-cpE5- The bad actor and his
eccptIon.--Ramb'6r.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-04-08
Don't Get Caugh,

This Spring, IS you may have been before, with -
blood full Of Impurities your digcstionimra -,
lite poor kidneys and liver torpid, and whole ,rr.
liable to be Frustrated by disesss-but get yOo,',
into good condition, and ready for the ehsngiur =,
warmer weather, by taking Hoods sarsaparfn, N
stands unequaled for purifying the blood givs, y
appetite and for regulating and general spring ~.
cine. Be sore to get Hoods earsapariEa
my wife hsd very poor health for 3 long tim, IN.
ferlng from indigestion, pour sppetite aud cos,,,,
headache. She tried every thing we eouh hssr :
but found no relief till she tried Hoods sarsapsrS,
She is now taking the third bottle, and never felt ~
ter in her life We feel it our duty to rcc0mmenl
to every one We know" GEO. soMERvILLE, Nos
land, Cook Co., Ill
"Itook Hoods sarssparlla for general debility "A,
was wonderfully benefited by it," j. p. JoHSsT
Martins Ferry, o.
Hoods SarsapariIIa
Sold by all druggists sl SIX for -. Prepsr.d },
CT HOOD 4 co, Apothecaries, Lowell SSass
I'M n~@4a 0~o n0IIa.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-04-08

If afflicted with sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
TDompsou's Eye Water Druggists sell it. 25c.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-04-08

THE thermometer gains notoriety by de-
grcos, so to speak.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-04-08
RuckeYe Folding Binder.

s-Thc lghtcst running elevator binderinth the |9rla
Folds so as to pass through farm gates HGquTcsGSs
storage room, Never misses bundle. -HcH''o"" s
DdLeJ when you srnu for our Catalogue. 49,,
c, kuitn1an 81 Co., Canton Ohio'
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-29
TWO FORMS OF coRPuLEucv.
The characteristics of the Tlcthoric and
the Notwithstanding Affections.


The characteristics of the PIothoric and
the MISUNDERSTANDING Affections.
There are two forms OF corpulency, charac-
terized by distinctive conditions of nutrition;
they are called the plethoric and tho annnlic.
The former ours moro frequently in men
of middle and advance life, and they present
unmistakable evidences of a pIethoric habit.
The cases Of an GnRmic type are more COM
monty observed in women, and they are
characterized by distinct pallor of the skin
and other signs of impoverishment of tho
blood or anGmic Patients with plethoric
corpulence have, as rule, a better developed
muscular system, greater appetite and suffer
less from digestive disturbances On the
other hand, those affected with the opposite
type are less muscular, have but little craving
for meat or other blood forming articles of
diet, and in them digestion is proverbially
weak
Corpulent patients not only show q predis-
position to number of secondary affections,
but also, under exposure to other unusual in
fuences, exhibit a general less degree of toll
erance than healthy persons. Their tendency
to excessive perspiration is tho cause of fire.
quent Ncolds," and digestive disturbances
more often follow indiscretions in eating. 1t
is in the anemlc forms of corpulency of ad-
vanced life that apoplectic seizures arc fire.
quent. There are many other complications
and affections which appear in consequence of
corpulency, among the most important OF
which are diabetes and cancer.
1t is an acknowledged fact that not only
are the corpalent not exempt from any dis
ease to which the thin are subject, but also in
them all severe morbid processes, and espe-
cially all affections accompanied by intense
fever, run their course with unusual malig-
nifty. In typhoid fever, for instance, when
corpulent persons are attacked, they are more
endangered by the disease than the lean, or
even weak and i'll nourished subjects. Again,
corpulent convalescents are comparatively
slow IL recovering from severe illnesses, and
not infrequently in such instances restoration
to health is but incomplete Boston
Herald
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-29
why We Do Not Succeed.

Every mind trains itself generally uncon.
sciously to its peculiar character or quality
of thought Whatever that training IS. il
cannot be Immediately changed. We may
have trained our minds unconsciouslv to en-
terrain evil or troubled thought. We may
never have realized that brooding over dis
appointment, living in grief, dreading loss,
fretting for fear this or that might not sue
coed as we wish, was building up destruc-
tive force which has bled away our strength.
created disease, untitled US for business. and
caused Us loss Of money and possibly loss of
friends
10 learn TO forget is as necessary and useful
as 20 learn to remember We think of MANY
things every day which it would be more
profitable not to think of at all. To be able
to forget is to be able to drive away the I'M
seen force tthoughtl which is injuring us. and
change 1t for force Tor order OF thought to
benefit us.-Prentice Mnlford's white Gross
Library
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-29
A Temple of serpents.

The small town of Werda, in the kingdom
of Dahomey, is celebrated for its temple OF
serpents, long building in which the priests
keep upward of 1000 serpents of all sizes
which they feed with the birds and frogs
brought to them as offerings by the natives.
These serpents, many of them of enormous
size, may be seen hanging from the beams
across the ceiling, with their heads hanging
downward and in all sorts of strange contor-
tons. The priests make the small serpents
go through various evolutions by lightly
touching them with rod, but they do not
venture to touch the largest ones. some OF
which are big enough to enfold bullock in
their coils. 1t often happens that some Of these
serpents make their way out Of the temple
into the town, and the priests have the great
est difficulty in coaxing them back To kill
a serpent Intentionally is a crime punished
with death; and if a European were to kin
one the authority of the king himself would
scarcely suffice to save his life ANY one kill
ing a serpent Internationally must inform the
priest of what has occurred and go through
the course of publication, which takes place
once a year.-St. James Gazette