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The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-30
HE UMRR ELLA.


4 Serviceabie and Comfort Giving Article
which Has Eeen Long in Use.
Far back in the past, when the ancient
kingdoms of Egypt and Assyria were in
their prime, it was carried by their
Kings and mobiles to protect them, not
from the rain, which seldom falls in
those warm countries, but from the
burning rays Of the sun. The Chinese,
the Jar ancsc and Burmese had, long
ago. Their overlooking parasols, made
OF paper, and deliberately ornamcntcd
with feathers and pictures of birds and
beasts, In Burmah, we are told, a
man rank is known by the number of
umbrellas he is allowed to carry. The
King may indulge in twenty-four, and
he Is represented in pictures sitting in
state under twenty-foUr umbrellas all
attached to one handle.
1t is only little more than hundred
wears ago since they came into general
use among the English people. For a
lone time they were left to the exclusive
u-c of the women; for man to have
carried one would have dubbed him at
once womanish, and whatever else IL
brave Englishman might venture for his
comfort or profit. he would hesitate be-
fore would do any thing which would
be an imputation on his maninesS.
But at last the man appeared who could
bid defiance to custom and jeers, and a
grateful people have preserved his name
for the admiration of future genera
tons. Jonas lIanway, so SAYS our his
tory. was seen one day walking boldly
through the sire It's of London, pro-
tected from a driving rain by an UNI
brclla. Men laughed and boys tainted,
bat Jonas was undisturbed, and, being
very comfortable, kept his temper, and
as he did not seem to lose any of his
manlines., the result was that the peo-
pie not only soon forgot to laugh but
were ready to follow his example, until
their u-e has become so general, and
they are considered so indispensable a
part of a gentleman $ wardrobe, that it
has come to pass in our day you can
almost say that an Englishman is known
by the quality of his umbrella, instead
of the number of them, as in Burmah.
A writer, in an interesting article ir
the Lite CHRISTIAN, has made an est.
mate of the number of umbrellas madO
in the United States in one year. He
says that it exceeds seven millions, and
if they were placed in a row. allowing
three feet for each, they would make
procession three thousand miles long.
He also says that it takes just fifteen
to complete one. but, of course,
there are a great number of persons
in doing it There are the
steel workers. brass and nickel finishers,
carvers, cutters, ironers and host of
others. The most of the umbrellas
made in the United States are manufac-
turcd in Philadelphia. The beautiful
city of brotherly love seems to be dong
her part toward protecting us from the
showers Household.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-30
Quackery in Germany.

Notwithstanding the care with which
the German Government watches over
the interests of regularly graduated
physicians, quackery seems to flourish
brilliantly in the empire. DIR. A. Meyer,
of Breslau, remarks that, as long as
royal personages will patronize mere
''herb-doctor, and as long as other
members of the aristocracy remain so
superstit.ous as to advertise in the pa
pers for the eyes of ''fallen starlings"
as remedy for hydrophobia; there is
little hope for improvement in this mat
ter He mentions the case of an I'M
educated doctor who does such a
tlour.shing business that he has engaged
as assistants two regular physicians,
whose diplomas protect him from the
law. Another quack, named Becker,
was not long ago condemned to i'm
prisonment for having caused the death
of a patient by blood-poisoning, the re-
suit of using infected surge imple-
ments. He was pardoned, however, by
the medical inspector. but shortly was
again brought before the courts and set
free on Eal of 10000 marks. This bail
he has forfeited and fled to Amer ca.
Investigation showed that his regular
income was $25, 900. -MedicaI NeWy.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-30

They were taken down and sont Is 9
portion of the spokd opimd of the cap
tured city for sale. They were bought
bv London merchants and restored by
them to the church. whether rs gift or
by purchase we are not able to say.
John c. Calhoun is buried in the open
close about the church, under plain
flat slab During the war this belfry
and st. Philips was the frequent mark
of Federal gunners and Federal prison
ers were imprisoned near it ct the time
of the bombardment, and it was not
DESTROYED, as was the large Roman
Catholic Cathedral.
Next 10 st. Michael's. the generation
of Charleston is accorded to ST. Philips,
another Anglican church. This build
ing was of statelier cast and character
than st, Michaers, though until recent
period it was surmounted by belfry
instead of tower. In one of the great
fires by which this city has been so Of
ten devastated old st. Philips persisted.
1t was subsequently rebuilt upon nearly
the former plan, and the tower was
added upon an architectural design OF
Colonel White. This tower is about 200
feet in height, and its proportions are
very much admired by some, indeed,
preferred to those of st. Michael's. st.
Philips was founded in I'LL, though
not used until 1923. It's form Is that of
a cross, the foot of which, constituting
the nave. is "A feet long and 81 feet
VIDE. The arms form the vestibule,
tower and portico at each end, and
projecting twelve feet beyond the sides
and surmounted by a pedimcnt. The
interior decorations OF this church are
rich and impressive, much more 80
than St Michael,s. The church as a
place of worship seems to have been
lately preferred by the early and more
arstocratic settlers. Its monuments
are so many trophies of the past and of
many of the remarkable men by whom
the enterprising character of the Pal
metto CITY was first established
Hdyper'S Magazine.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-30
Madame Bonaparte's Repartee.

Madame Bonaparte. in her younger
days, once attended state dinner, and
was taken to the table by Lord Dundas.
He had already received some of hei
sarcastic speeches. and in not very
pleasant mood asked hr whether she had
read Mrs. Trollope's book on America,
She had. "Well, Madame" said the
Englishman, "what do you think of her
prOnouncing all Americans vulgari-
ans?" 81 am not surprised at that.
answered sprightly "Betsey Bonaparte.
"Were the Americans the descendants
of the Indians or the Esquimaux, j
should be astonished; but being the d-
rect descendants of the English. it would
be very strange if they were not vulgar
ians. There was no more heard from
Lord Dundas that evening. Notes ana
Queries.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-30

boston Journal


Some years ago a well.known Presbyte-
rian parson was spending his summer va
cation with his family In the Adirondacks.
One sunday he accepted an invitation to
preach. In the congregation was q man
who apparently was very deaf, for he
came TO the service armed and equipped
with an immense brass ear trumpet, and
as soon as the sermon began went forward
and took his seat well up on the pulpit
stairs. The clergyman's little daughter
was among the auditors. She had never
seen an ear trumpet, and the spectacle Of
the form on the pulpit stairs steadily hold
ing that instrument against his head filed
her with awe and wonder. On her way
home from church the first the first thin :
she said to her father when they were
alone was: "Papa was that an archangel
by you!"
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-30
CoIored Men Made to Ordo
boston Journal

One of the oddities Of a Partisan Journal
is this advertisement: "a factory in Belle.
vile produces within few days artificial
negroes. The metamorphosis, which is
entirely harmless, is caused by iodide; it
opens brilliant future to young men, as
black servants, circus negroes, etc., are
always in demand. Prices low and pay
ment easy. Curling irons for the manu-
facture Of woody hair ALWAYS kept on
handD
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-30
RUINED CHURCHES.

Two Historic CharlestOn Sanctuaries
Wrecked by the Recent Earthquake.
St. Michael's Church was first opened
for worship in 1901. Its tower is sup
posed to be one of the noblest of the
city. The proportions are good, the
effect is graceful and imposing. The
extreme elevation is 16S feet-no great
elevation, perhaps, except in the city so
little above the sea as Charleston. 1t is
here even now overtopped by others,
but it is not mere spire. 1t is a series
of ornamented chambers, gradually ris-
ing from each other, and involves di-
mansions of greater bulk and weight
than any other of the city towers, st.
Phillips excepted. The Church of st.
Michael seems to be deficient in relation
to the tower and the effect is not good.
1t is too squat for the steeple. The ex-
treme length of the body of the church
is 1870 feet, its width 60.
AS a whole the structure is in good
taste, simple and proper; while this
steeple. from its proportions and an air
of grace and lightnesS which lessons
greatly your idea Of bulk and weight, is
in the highest degree pleasing and inn
pressing. This tower constituted, until
a comparatively recent period, the great
landmark of the city from the sea. 1t
was the chief or only beacon in the pc
riod of the revolution, and was painted
black when the assailing British fleet
was anticipated in order to prevent
their use of it as a guide TO the harbor;
black against blue sky was less GER
tain landmark than white. 1t has a
very musical chime of eight bells, none
sweeter in the country In the humid
climate of Charleston, the bells acquire
a rare sweetness of tone, and those OF
St. Michael's are specially musical. OF
these bells there is curious history.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-30
An Ab'e-Bodied Wisconsin Yarn.

TTIHIItVIIIb WE. NIHts9'I
Henry and George Peacock, of New Dig
gins, were hauling hay, and as they started
down q somewhat steep hill in the field
they locked one of the weels of the loaded
wagon. As they drove down the hill the
friction of the wheel upon the ground ig-
nited the dry grass. and the FIRE spread SO
rapidly that it required the combined ef-
tBrts of eleven men to cx:inSuish it.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-30

LOOK SHARP! 1t IS time to begin when
your skin breaks out in pimples to use
GLENN's SULPHUR Soar.
HILLS HAIR AND WHISPER DYE, Black or
Brown, SOC.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-30

BUCKINGuAM's Dye for the Whiskers pro-
huces, in one application, permanent
col &c.
We have us ID Ayers Ague Cure, and have
found IL invaluable in malarial troubles.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-30

MONTHLY irregularity and lingering leuc-
orrhoea or whites, common among
ladies in the South. are Immediately cured
by the use OF Dr.. DromSoole's English Fe-
male RitterS
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-30

Mr.. T. s. MILLER, Surgeon Generals Of
Gee recommends Red Star Cough Cure.
D cents.
D.. r Butler NJ a., Cambridge Uni
versity, England, says st. Jacobs Oil acts
IKE magic
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-30

EvELIxA wants to know what 'chest-
nuts are. Other peoples jokes, Evie,
dear. Other peoples jokes. = SomerriAe
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-30

THE only persons in the world who do
not like to see redeeming qualities in the
human race are p4wnbrokers.- Boston POst.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-30

A COLLECTOR of curio'ities wants to get
the original brush with which the signs Of
the times were painte l.-N. L. Herald.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-30

Roy SIDNEY c. DAVIS Gnlien Michigan writes.
MARVELLOUS sh mjsF e S S.P Ee g Ead % 81
BENEFITS 9 Sas o' Sropres9y @edne When 5s6
in January last she could
- a. q few steps d and
thirty minutes at time Now
but walk around
uuIy md blocks and
injurious effects at all lcn we ~ ~t ~ r. mt; NI her
months. and would lose
BELFAST She %a n had a hf es ]
rnn E2,u-uo in meet, practitioners and advertised rene
run EIN rs. Bjies but bave found in Dr. Pcrces
Toyoritc Prescription and Pellets
properties needed and which we eAF'S VIII pus ABOUT
complete and final recovery"
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-30

WOMHs az 5Sd @ 7 ~ %fsf Sgt54
GRATITUDE Ps SSp Ss f no had not aR Ron d a T2
e-s the dOor-yard for months. After using
Prescription weeks
miles: nv neighbors all surprised and going
and do houSewOrk, doe JFihE
with thirteen of the best pin scians we could get
and | would be ape
to do my housework am thankful to my COG t
had suffered from Female weakness
/ had almost given up in despair"
E= Mrs F. f. WILCOX, Friendship, N T." writes;
1EppIQi 1" For five six years badly troubled
iADIH with female weakness and terrible pains across
Datu 1.-THE small of back and of the stomach.
RAIN Three bottles Of Dr. Percc's Fayorte PIoser3-
t=-3 ton acted like charm, and cured me COM
tel To nv
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-30

n-L will love to take LYONS
bany Ts.'f sSiS f q RI q d 2a4lass
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-30
THE MARKETS.

Best, easiest to use and cheapest. Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh. BY druggists. soc.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-02-19
Continued.
THE HISTORY OF RASSELAS,
PRINCE OF ABYSslNlA.
CHAPTER VII.

The Prince .fnlS Il man IF icdrniBg.
The prince was not much afflicted by
this disaster, having suffered himself to
hope for Il happier event. only because he
had no other means of escape in view.
He still persisted in his design to leave
the happy valley by the first opportu-
nifty.
His Imagination was now at stand;
He had no prospect of entering into the
world; and. notwithstanding all his en-
deavors to support himself, discomfort
by degrees preyed upon him, and he be-
gan again to lose his thoughts in sadness,
when the rainy season, which in these
countries is periodical, made it inconven-
lent to wander in the woods
The rain continued longer and with
more violence than had ever been known:
the clouds broke on the surrounding
mountains. and the torrents strcamcd in
To the plain on every side, till the cavern
was too narrow to discharge the water.
The lake overlooked its banks. and all
the level of the valley was covered with
the inundation. The cminencc on which
the palace was built, and some other
spots of rising ground, were all that the
eye could now discover. The herds and
tlocllS left the pastures. and both the wild
beasts and the tame retreated to the
mountains.
i In ion oil 1,n mil.
to domestic amusements, and the atten-
ton of Rassclas was particularly seized
by IA poem, which Imlac rehcarsed upon
the various conditions of humanity. He
commanded the poet to attend him in his
apartment. and rccite his verses sec
ond time: then, entering into familiar
talk, he thought himself happy in having
found Il man who knew the world so well
and could so skiltully paint the scenes of
life. lie asked Il thousand questions
about things, to which, though common
to all other mOrtals. his confinement
from childhood had kept him a stranger.
The poet pitied his ignorance and loved
his curiosity, and entertained him from
day to day with novelty and instruction,
so that the prince regretted the necessity
of sleep, and longed till the morning
should renew his pleasure.
As they were sitting together the
prince commanded lmlac to relate his
history, and to tell by what accident he
was forced, or by what motive induced
to close his life in the happy valley. A.
he was going to begin his narrative, Ras-
selas was called to Il concert, and obliged
to restrain his curiosity till the evening.
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CHAPTER VIII.

The close of the day is, in the regions
of the torrid zone, the only season of di-
version and entertainment, and it was
therefore midnight before the music ceas-
ed, and the princes retired. Rasselas
then called for his companion and requr-
ed him to begin the story of his life.
"Sir," said Imlac, "my history will not
be long: the life that is devoted to know
ledge passes silently away, and is very
little diversified by events. TO talk in
public, to think in solitude, to read and
to hear, to inquire and answer inquiries.
is the business of a scholar. He wanders
about the world without pomp or terror,
and is neither known nor valued but by
men like himself.
IL was born in the kingdom of Goiama,
at no great distance from the fountain of
the Nile. My father was Il wealthy mer-
chant, who traded between the inland
countries of Africa and the ports of the
Red Sea. He was honest, frugal, and
diligcnt, but of mean sentiments and mar
row comprehension; he desired only to
be rich. and to conceal his riches, lest he
should he spoiled by the governors If the
province"
"Surely." said the prince, "my father
must be negligent of his charge, if any
man in his dominons darrs take that
which belongs to another. Does he not
know that kings are accountable for III
Justice permitted as well as done? If
were emperor, not the meaneSt of my
subjects should be oppressed with impu-
nifty. My blood boils when | am told
that merchant burst not enjoy his hon
est gains for fear of losing them by the
rapacity of power. Name the governor
who robbed the people that ! may declare
his crimes To the emperor"
"Sir," said lmlac, ''your ardOr is the
natural effect of virtue animated by
youth the time will come when you vii
acquit your father, and perhaps hea
with less Impotence of the governor
Oppression is, in the Abyssinian domin
ions, neither frequent nor tolerated: bu
no form of government has yet been dis
covered, by which cruelty can be who'll.
prevented. Subordination supposes pow
err on the one part, and subsection on tn
other, and if power be in the hands O
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-02-19
POETRY.
THE MORAL WARFARE.

When Freedom, ON her natal day,
Within her war.rockcd cradle lay,
An iron race about her stood,
Baptized her infant brow with blood
And, through the storm which round heI
swept
Their constant ward and watching kept
Then, where our quiet herds repose,
The roar of balcful battle rose,
And brethren OF n common tongue
To mortal strife rs tigers sprung,
And every gift on Freedoms shrine
Was man tor beast, and blood tor wine
our fathers to their graves have gone;
Their strife i pa>t-thcir triumph won;
But Stcrncr trials wait the race
Which rises in their honored place;
\ moral warfare with the crime
And folly OF an evil time.
So let il he. In Gods own might
We grid us for the coming fight;
And, strong in Him whose cause i ours
In conflict with unholy powers
We grasp the weapons He hath given
The light and truth and love of heaven.
john GreeHieGf IThHtier.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-02-19
Siterarv Department.
MILLIONS SONNET
ON HIS OWN BLINDNESS.

When consider how my light is spent
Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide,
And that one talent which is death to hide,
Lodged with me useless, though my soul more
bent
To serve Herewith my Maker, and present
My true account, lest he returning chde:
"Doth God exact day labor, light dcncd?"
| fondly ask But Patience, to prevent
That murmur, soon replies Good doth not
need
Either mans work or his own gifts: who best
Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best; his
state
Is kingly, thousands ut his bidding speed,
And post DER land and ocean without rest;
They also serve who only stand and wait"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-02-19
LINES SUGGESTED BY THE FOURTEENTH
OF FEBRUARY.

Darkness succeeds 10 twilight:
Through lattice and through skylight
The stars no doubt,if one looked ont,
Might be observed To shine.
And, sitting by the embers,
| elevate my members
on Il stray chair, and then and there
Commence valentine.
Yea! by II. NalcntinuS,
Emma shall not be minus
What all young ladies, whatc'cr their grade is,
Expect to-day no doubt,
Emma the fair, the stately
Whom nchcld 81 lately,
smiling beneath the snow white wreath
Which told that she wa, "out."
Wherefore, NY to her, swallow,
And mention that ia follow"
And "pipc and tril," ri cettrd, till
died, had | hut wings;
Say the North is 'truc and tender"
The south an old offender;
And hint in fact, with your wcll-known tact,
All kinds of pretty things.
say grow hourly thinner,
simply ahhur my dinner
Though do try and absorb some Wand
Each day, for forms sake merely;
And ask her, when ais ended,
And am found extended
With vest hlood-spotted and cut carotid,
To think on hers sincerely.
g :. Calrerly.
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Continued.
RIP VAN WlNklE.
A PosTHUMous WRITING OF DlEDRlcH
kNlCKERBOCKER.


1t was with great difficulty that the
self-mpOrtant man in the cooked hat re-
stored order; and, having assumed ten
fold auSterity of brow, demanded again
of the unknown culprit what he came
there for, and whom he was seeking.
The poor man humhly assured him that
he meant no harm, but merely came there
in search of some of his neighborS. who
used to keep about the tavern.
"Well-who are they:-name them"
Rip bethought himself I moment, and
inquired, "Where's Nicholas Neddcr;'
There was silence for II little while,
when an old man replied, ina thin, piping
voice, nicholas Ncdder? why, he is
dead and gone these eighteen years
There was wooden tombstone in the
churchyard that used to tell all about
him, but that is rotten and gone too
where's Brom butcher"
sob. he went off to the army in the
beginning of the war; some say he wa,
killed in the storming of Stony Point
others say he was drowned in the squat
at the foot of Anthony's Nose. | don't
know-he never came back again"
where's Van Bummel, the school
master?"
SHE went of to the wars, too; was
great militia general, and is now in Con
gress."
Rips heart died away at hearing o
these sad changes in his home an,
friends, and finding himself thus alone il
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MAUD.

\ voice hv the crlar-tree,
In the meadow under the Hall,
She is singing nm air that is known To me,
\ passionate ballad gallant and gay,
\ martial song like II trumpet call,
singing alone in the morning of life,