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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-01-05
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.

Boy Preacher" Harrison is growing
gray in Boston pulpit.
4 German has invented and manufac;.
ured paper which resists both fire and
water.
Huxley's successor in the highest chair
of the Royal Society of London is Profes-
sor Stokes, a Christian.
The agents of the Bible society in
Toxic, Japan, can scarcely meet the de-
mand for the Bible in that city.
A Memphis clergyman says that he
would be opposed to the theatre even il
all actors and actresses were true Chris
tians and all plays were pure and uplift-
ing, because play rouses the emotion OF
pity, which is followed by no correspond
ing action.
1t is proposed to construct a canal from
Duluth to a point on the Red river of the
North, and TO extend steamboat naviga-
ton 1000 miles westward from Lake
Winnipeg, where it is possible to develop
wheat lands Of 10000 square miles.
Several years ago three Russian lady
doctors" started at Tashkend a consult
ing hospital for Mussulman women.
From the beginning the experiment
proved a success, and the popularity Of
the hospital has been increasing ever
since. During the last twelve months no
fewer than $4,000 consultations have
been given.
The recent tearing down Of a New
Hampshire mandatory by means of
dynamite demonstrates a new use for the
explosive. The conclusion completely
separated the bricks and did not seem to
injure them in the least The charges
were put IN holes dug in the foundation
under the brick wall. and the number of
cartridges were graded according TO the
number of bricks in the wall to be de-
molished.
OF the thirty eight widows of Eevolu-
tionary soldiers now on the pension list
Nancy A. Green, of Versailles, Ind, is
the youngest. She was born in 1918.
The Revolutionary war ended in 1888.
Assuming that her husband was 81 when
he was mustered out he would have been
So when his bride was born. If he had
married her when she was 18 he would
have been a venerable bridegroom of "a.
George Alfred Townsend gives the fol-
lowing sketch of Sir George NJ. Pullman:
He is rather portly man, square shoul-
dered, with something of the appearance
of French military officer, but of a
more suitable. civil expression; be wears
a gOatee which is now a little gray. like
his hair. 1t was twenty-eight years ago
when he first lay down in a sleeping car
and hrinc- badly ratIla1 aho1t and I'M
able to sleep, began to wonder if this
continent would not some day sustain a
comfortable system Of night cars"
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-01-05

A Journal published in Rome gives an
account of recent discovery which has
especial interest. III the course of ex-
cavations beneath the church of the
Apostles St. John and ST. Paul the work
men discovered two apartments of a
Roman house Of the Fourth century, one
of which, seven meters long by four
wide, was believed to be the tabiinum.
"Thc most curious feature was that in
the t2blinuul, in addition to pagan paint
inC5 in the taste of the time, such as
animals Lippocampi, festal scenes and
alleGogiCal decorations, there wcre other
paintings CT Christian character. Ono
represented Noses taking off his sandals
TO ascend the mountain and receive the
tablets Of stone, design similar to that
found al St..Calliste. The seconl is q
wocaan III the attitude of prayer, clothed
in : long robe, a veil on her head, n
col'cT of pearls around her neck. This
is the first time that there have been
found in Roman house, in its noble"
part, paintings in the Christian sen;i-
ment paintings which up to the present
time have been met with only in the
catacol9bs. Public Opinion.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-01-05

noticed % man posing il the lobby CT
the Nttronc,is>n Opera house t,c o;&e-
night, ho.IinS in his hand hat Of tie
shape of a sugar loaf. lie was a?p-y-
emily a dude ly profession, at laase t.lst'a
.7hat l gathered from his ''Cc. u" lis
cellar was ablorna.ly m-h, Is face We
pnchel, nii chee5s were tingoI with
rouge and his raven lOc.s scattered ovc-
lis marrow, recc-irG brow made p;c:-
urc which was certainly wocth studying.
| watched this little "lAi"%" FOR some
t---ac, oat Of curiosity, TO see what sort Of
al otloct Eis new tangled he; wou!i IN? "a
when | Ice, i upon las remarkable luoH:2 =;
head. / I'D not have 10 wait long, au>,
moro extraordinary hooking I.ctu!e
never presented itself ID ny eye The
dudes are responsible for u g1o1 deal, bet
hope iE the cause of suffering humeC-
Ity they VIII never be allowed to t..
long enough to introduce a faShica If
pointed silk hats. de,,Tcn knows, we
see eaouSh queer things k;lcosi1g aGoSt
the streets without having the night laaslc
Eidcous and daylight Objecl!on~~iy Ly
constant visions Of this new monstrosity.
New York Truth. .t.s4 ri
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-01-05
Al for InraIrdcd Children.

The humanity Of our times finds il
difficult TO express itself. and is constant.
IL devising new methods. One of IN"
latest is a London scheme for the special
visitation and aid of seriously invalided
children in their homes" Few outside
of the ranks of medical men and nurses
understand how many children leave hos.
pitfalls IN a condition requiring far more
intelligent and continuous care than they
can possibly have from their families.
There are severe cases of aEsccssts, and
lingering sores, and weaknesses from
lirnbs that have been broken, b, sides
many who suffer from other causes less
severe. but sufficient TO cut them Oh
from the pursuits and pleasures of ch.ii-
hood.
The object Of the association is to sup
plemcnt hospital work-sendinG nurses
to the houses of the sick POOR. Bat be-
vond that, or more specifically. it is 70
secure list Of wealthy and beneyol-n.
families that can be relied upon to pay
for, or furnish what is needed TO-, one or
more of the little iavalids 1t is the work
of the ASSOCIATION TO bring the two par
ties together and get the wealthy inocr-
ested in special wards. There Is a con-
tral Office and medical secretary, to
whom any one can send the address of a
sick child needing help. Then the visitor
secures for such child his friend. who is
to consider it. for the time being, as his
own child. This is one OF the best con-
sidered forms of benevolence that has
| been devised. 1t would bear transplant
ing into every city ard almost every vii
lagc Of not only England, but America.
The trouble with most charity is is lacG
of personality and its transient character
| Globe Democrat.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-01-05

The only collection of curios which P.
T Barnum cQnfesscs that he cnvic3 is
that Of Capt. Couch, of the steamer Old
Dominion, which runs from here to
Richmond. Bdrnuln sailed with Capt
Couch, and saw lis marvellous rocr
which is fitted up with cupboard5 al
around, and lined from floor to ceiha~
and on both with alligator hides, sharao
teeth, swords from swordGshe5. SEA
bears, doll babies manikins made b.
Eoudoo pri"sto5se5, charms from III"
Congo. hatchet3, cherry trees, lives G
George Washington, scrapbooks and
boxes of newspaper clippings. These
were given to the captain mostly by
prominent people who have Travelled on
his ship in the last forty years. lie
knows who gave him each object q the
collection, when and what was cid II
the presentation. Many of the do.'5 Gr2
presents from actresses, who droe-e,
them Capt C2dci'5 name is George
Washington. lie has had several Go--1
hatchets given him. and they Eaag in
every corner. y full grown dwarf cherry
tree ilourishes i = c .ner. On ic j. 4,
which IS never DISTURBED, are syi1nGl"lr
embroidered tIdies-one of them Q Git
Of Adelaide Ncilson-bcaring the letters
&c. w" worked in with the American
flag. The scrapbOo!is Of newspaper clip
pings number a score OF more. On 9
pillow sham is Col Dless Our Countrv'
in big blue calbro.dered letters. CAPT.
Couch is genial old gentleman. and one
Of the ablest seanen on the Coast.-1'ey'
York SnD
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-01-05

Many of the gardens Of Sacramento
are at present decorated with japanese
persinmCn trees loaded down with ripen-
ing fruit. The leaves of these trees are
now all or, leaving the branches and
fruit alone, and presenting q very pretty
sight. The japanese who recently visited
Sacramento spoke very laudatory of this
fruit, CHASING it as the finest in that
empire. and stated that it would come to
be greatly appreciated By the American
people when better known. The trees
produce very young, and some very
large specimens of the fruit are to be seen
in various parts of the city.-Chicago
Times.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-01-05
sucar for Minister'S.

1t is an accepted tradition that minis
ters and theological folk generally are
very fond of sweet things to eat. Deep
philosophers might trace some connection
between this tendency and their benig-
nifty and sweetness and light. Perhaps
it is in some sort an expression Of the re-
lation between knowledge and the love of
sugar. However that may be, the Athe-
nian distinctly remembers that in child
hood days, whenever thee were ministers
for company at dinner" the mother al
ways put three Jumps in the cup without
asking, and then slipped two extra ones
on the saucer. There was never a lump
left over when the cup was drained. Ex-
periences of this sort are never forgotten,
for they help to remove the painful awe
and uncomfortable esteem III which
most children hold these mighty cor
rectors of bad habits. y liking for sugar
makes ministers little less of gods and
brings them nearer to earth wherc chill
dren dwell. Chicago Times.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-01-05

Have you heard of the moquette beetle?
No! Ncll, | was introduced TO him the
o.hcr day in 4 local jywelry store ON Elm
place. IIc is Mexican animal and he
lives on dccayed wood He is of the size
and shape Of peanut shell. has the same
color except Tor a few minute black
speckS on the yellowish white ground.
He has two black horns AMI six black
legs. like those of our cricket. and he
chngs very tight to anything he gets hold
Of for he wears spikes i'll liis boots and
uses them with great freedom. For a
long time nobody in Mexico Enew pre-
cisely what the moluettc beetle was
created for, but the year before last some
genius discovered that he was made to
walk upon the neckS of society, bellies.
The women Of Paris took him In hand
at that time and had him hQrnessed with
very minute gold chains Of about six
inches il length. A belle gives the beetle
one end Of the chain and f1stens the
other by 4 ting hook to that Eart of her
dress which is cut decoilcte. Then she
lets him roam at VIII. no Brooklyn
woman has as yet been found to copy
this latest French craze, but the fact that
it is lreaCA OvCraweS all the ladies who
look u the beetle and contemplate it as
an ornament. They have noc been able
to brace Their courage up sufficiently to
permit Of their wearing the moquette
yet, but they have looked him over in
the jewelry store and pronounced him
perfectly lovely. brooklyn Eagle.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-01-05
The BARRIERS of Paris.

Il wish some Of our New York har-
bers would practice their art as 1 eXDlr.-
enced it in Paris, said an impatient Gus
toner as he jumped out Of the char Of a
Broadway BARRIERS shop in which lie h2'i
sat for twenty-five minutes while under
going the process of shaving, Tho
very day I got to Paris I went into .
barber's houdoir adjacent to the tio:,
Blank, in which three artists We're ou
duty. AS soon as l entered one of them
showed me TO a chair-nOt d monst.Ol,
thing such as the American BARRIERS use,
in which you are laid prone, but an o!e-
CANT ordinary chair After being mo-
ment under the luther brush. not E-.4S
lathere1 TO irritation i'll the New : OrG
fashion, the artist took his razor, for
which you did not have to wait until he
had honed. it, and by few gentle, sill
full, deft strokes, wholly unlike the scra,,-
ing TO which l had been accustomed, |
was shaved! He then handed nc &
small linen napkin and q dainty porCe-
lain bowl Of water, in which l moistl laod
q corner Of the napkin, passed it over - :
face and dried the same, without su.- =
ing by such scruboing as hal often lIc .l
mo eroan. The work was. d22o, G,:l. IL
stead Of half an hour Of ~ t.2lo l.. ing
wasted in the carber's shop, only ,is,.-
rlin1!tes had e,~cscl lc:wcen my cn-
trance and exit. And il was done il
style, too. '---SGw York Sun.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-01-05
Growth of the telegraph.

The Development of the telegraph sys-
TEN il this country is one Of the marvels
Of modern civilization. from a mere ex-
pertinent On q single wire between WASH
in;5tou and Baltimore il 1874. within the
memory Of many persons yet living. it
has grown to be one of the governing
forces il our philosophy of material and
social progress. The western Union
company alone now has 560.09o miles If
wires, and the messages which it handled
during thelyear ending June so, 1887,
reached q total of 47.Se4, $50. These
figures i99.eate at a glance the practical
v.slne Of tlic iasention. ard the close re-
lation which it iasals to the daily affairs
OF lilo ii every direction. Banken'
Monthly, ~ ,ft-..t..
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-01-05
Tho Swiss MOuntnineer.

Under his heavy, almost coarse, ex-
terror, the Swiss mountaineer has a
dreamy, half poetical instinct, engen-
dered by his constant enforced commu-
Mon with a nature at once austere and
elevatiug. Like the Germans he is mu-
sical he knows by heart simple songs
and touching ballads, and throws their
melancholy rhythm to the rocky echoes
across The assures Of ice and the lodges
of snow. At Steeg. near Brienz, is an
lnnkeepcr Of giant stature and equal
strength, with broad shoulders, massive
hands and feet, famous for his way of
blowing the Alpine horn, his potent
breath sending the sound far up the
mountain. When he speaks his voice is
low and musical. lie sings the lays of
the country side with apathetic grace, in
terrupting himself occasionally to utter a
stupid Jest or to give q token of his ath-
letic powers. That same giant rose one
night at 10 to ascend the Faulhorn, 8, 900
feet high, in order to see his little boy,
who had been i'll in the valley and had
been ordered to spend some time in a
chalet on the heights. When he arrived
in the morning he found the child still
asleep, and the rough man, kneeling be-
fore the cot, began to sing the ballad with
which it was his wont to awaken him in
his infancy. The pathos of this little act
with its poetical promptings, did not pre-
vent the nnkeeper from being unscru-
pulously eXtOrtionate when selling Alpine
horns at Slcy to too confding stranger.
M. de S. il New York Sun.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-01-05
Tho Concordance Man.

II has been said os Alexander Crcdea
Of Concordance fame, that if madness
was, in his cease, softened into. eccen-
tricity or directed to works of useful
ness. he was probably indebted for his
escape for that absorption of mind which
such an undertaking as the Concordance
must have involved. ''What viould
have been to others intolerable dnldgery
was sedatiye to his agitated mind (botl
crazed with care and crossed in hopeless
love; and the labor which would have
wasted the energies of q happier man
was the balm of his wounded spirit, -
Public Opinion
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-01-05
AN EXPERIMENTAL APPLICATION.
Electricity as a Motive Power on the
street RaIlways-A Trial Trip.

Electricity rs a Motive Power on the
street RaiIways-A Trial Trip.
\ street car moving smoothly and al.
most noiselcssly along Fourth and Madi-
son avenues without the ordinary motive
power Of horses has attracted no little at
tcntion at different times within the last
three months. There was no cable at
tachment to give it motion, and whatever
power caused its propulsion was con-
tained within itself. 1t was the expert
mental application of the Julien electric
storage battery system with a view to
substituting it entirely for the use Of
horses.
An officer of the railroad company said
today: Yes. we ere and have been for
some time making experiments with an
electric motor on our street cars, and We
are bound To adopt it if we can find it
practicable and economical. The car that
las b.eu seen along our lines lately IL
fitted up with the JUL motor end stor.
age battery. and is Only in experimental
use at present. So far. we are very much
pleased with It's working; there arc many
th.n-s 10 DC considered before the final
adoption Of a now system like that. We
mug, lam by actual use what the wear
and tear on the mechanism is likely to be,
as well as the strength and power Of the
battery under all circumstances that it Il
likely to meet.
We must also he sure of the approx
innate cost Of charging the battery. You
soc the the battery has to be charged
from a dynamo, which has to be run by
an engine. Up to this time we have
Charged it from our ordinary electric
l.gnt d nano, and have used an engine
tat Is in constant sor7-icc for many pur-
poses, 50 we have had no opportunity to
calculate the probable cost for charging
the battery. Bat we are establishing q
plant, consisting of an engine and
dynamo which we shall use in connec-
ton with the Julien battery and motor
durinS tho winter for the sole purpose Of
arriving at some definite idea of the cost
in case we should equip the road with
electric motor power. Then, too, we
must ascertain how everything will work
in winter When the conditions are so diff
ferent. II the experiment turns out sat-
isfactoriy during the winter there is lit
tie doubt but We shall use electricity on
cur road. Il IS calculated by the owners
Of the motor that VIC III be able 20 effect
a saving Of at least 50 per cent. in our
operating C:,1casas. New York Com
merctl advertiser.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-01-05
IetIdor. the Artist.

Eihu Nedder, whose work is some
times spoken Of as the best imaginative
art of nlo,lern times, has brow and
eyes like those Of Hawthorne, though the
artist is fair, while the romancer is dark.
The forehead is broad and thoughtful,
the. eyes are intelligent, frank and kindly,
but the mouth and chin are those of q
very matter of fact man. Boston Budget.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-01-05
'Tae rir,t Line of r,aitie.

Palcmedes ef Argos il scid 10 have
been The frs.t commander who ranged an
army in o rcc-ts!ar line of Lct;lc. placed
Cent.ncls ro'!f-d camp and c:.citcd the
so,die-s' vigilance by Givin:; him watch
word Boetoa Bndesvt
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-01-05

The annual consumption If water In
extingui3iiRg fires ia IoE.oa is about
1909, Geo If gallons. Tie cost Of the
metropolitan fire brigade i, rat,,cr over
gl0a. Gao a year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-02-01
En0ch Arden I'm Texas.

FINDING HIS WIFE LIVING HAPPILY WITH NEW
HUSBAND, He LEAVES FOREVER
About seven years ago, In the neghborhood OF
Lamar. miles from Bonham, Tex, a prominent
citzen by the name OF Dave Pierce, had occasion
TO go to the southern part OF the state and bidding
his family. which consisted OF q wife and i've
daughters, an aIectionate adieu, to be absent O
rev weeks took his Departure The weeks
iehgtnened into months, and finally year had gone
Oy without any tidlngs from Pierce, until one day.
a niue over nve years ago. word was received from
a friend OF the Pierce family that Dave had died
somewhere In the lower part OF the state. Mrs.
Pierce mourned the death OF her husband,
ouS AFTER a year OF mourning she was per-
suaded 10 abandon her widow weeds and
weo another husband, the man she married
being a worthy gentleman. Happiness once
more reigned In the Pierce family until diy
OF Two ago. The man mourned as dead appeared
In the neighborhood TO seek his family, not having
heard OK his wife's second marriage. on being in-
FORMED Of that fact Pierce first became bindy en-
ragged, and threatened vengeance, but finally
Gained down and called on his wife. She at sight
or him swOoned. but finally rallied and listened to
MS explanation Pierce, II appeared, upon going
south suddenly became insane and was placed in
the iunatic asylum at Austin. The friend that
sent The word TO Mrs. Pierce thought he was doing
humane act, and that she wouid rather know
that be was dead than 10 think him insane After
having been cured OF his malay Pierce returned
home with the result as stated Finding his wife
married 10 another man, with two or three small
Ing the wreck OF happiness he would cause II he
remained and claimed his wife, he silently and
tearIuily turned his back on all That was dear 70
him and bid last farewell 10 his home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-02-01
Three Day. Of awful agony.
ANOTHER NARROWING TALE OF SUFFERING AND De ArH
IN IRE BILLIARD


IN IRE BLIzZAKD.
dispatch nom Dubuque, Iowa. says: One OF
the gastiy Incidents Of the recent furious blizzard
Ia Dakota has Just been made public. Mrs Pat
rex a widow who resides IN the little town OF
Peosta about IA miles east Of Dubuque, last night
received the shocking Intelligence that her son
boeiy was now on the way to PeOsta. George Pat
rex. the VICTIM was school teacher In Isolated
district about 40 niles north Of Mandan, ID. l.
HIS school consisted OF ye pupils. on the day the
h c0ncluird 10 remain over night In the school
house, expecting that the storm would cease
before morning. But tn following day II ragged
neTcer than ever and the little school hOus.
staining ALI Unprotected upon the tide praiFI,.
was wrapped IL the Icy folds OF the arctic hurri-
cane and shaken 10 It's very foundations The
horrors en4Irei 6y that doomed man and his
ltJIe comp iniOns, the walls and sobs OF the hun
KY ami hOlFiTled children must De lett 70 the I'm
aginAtIOn o; the reader. None OF them were left
u tell the story. Three days later they were all
found stretched upon the oor Of the school, house
frozen SIM their features distorted by the pains
OF cold ant hunger, and their forms huddled To-
gether II Ia desperate effort 10 prolong life "a
long possible. The heroism and self-sacrilce OF
the dead sclOOl-teacher Will be an endearing mon
Cment 10 his inemofy- He had stripped himself OF
his outer garments and wrapped them about the
child en- lie had broken the desks TO pieces and
torn up the Hour OF the sChool-house 10 provide
fuel. and waen everything comoustiole that could
D. spared " A. gone, tortured by hunger and cold
he mad lain down with his pupils and with them
died The scene presented when the grief nc Ken
parents and friends entered the scnool-house was
one they viii never forget. Thi, IS the most
ghastly anC painful record yet given OF the rayages
az that awful storm by which so many lost their
lives The remains OF Mr.. Patrick are expected 10
county, and was young man OF nne promise and
generally esteemed