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The Colfax chronicle., 1888-12-01
A CONFESSION.

Do you remember, little wife,
How years ago we two together
Saw naught'but love illumine life
In sunny days or winter weather.
Do you recall In younger years
To part day was bitter paint
Loves light was hid In clouds OF tears
Till meeting cleared the sky again.
Do yop remember how we two
Would stare into each Others eyes,
TIL all the earth grew heavenly blue
And speech was lost In happy sighsi
DO you another thing recall,
That used to happen often thens
How. simply passing In the hall,
Wed stop to smile and kiss again?
Do you remember how sat
And, reading. held your hand in mino,
Oaressing II with gentle pat
Ono pat for every blessed linef
Do you recall while ct the play
Through hours Of agony We tarriedf
The lovers griefs brought us dismay;
Q. We re1oiced when they were married.
Ana then walked homsward arm in arm.
Beneath the crescent moonlet new,
Xoas smiled on NJ with silent charm;
30 glad that we were married too.
Al me- twas years and years ego
When al this happened that sing.
Ana many time the winter snow
Has slipped nom olive slopes Of spring.
And now-oh, nonsense! lot us tell:
ng for laugh OF maids or menl
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-12-01

Where arsenic in quantities in wall
paper is suspected, we suggest the fol-
lowing test. No apparatus is needed
beyond an ordinary gas jet, which is
turned down to quite pin point until
the flame is wholly blue; when this
has been done, a strip Of paper sus-
pected to contain arsenic is cut, one
sixteenth OF an inch wide and an
inch or two long; as soon as the edge
OF this paper is brought in contact
with the outer edge Of the gas flame a
gray coloration, due to arsenic, will be
seen in the same. The paper is burned
a little, and the fumes that are given
on will be found to have strange.
garlic-like odor, due to the vapor of
arsenic acid. Take the paper away
from the flame and look at the charred
end. The carbon will be colored a
bronze-red; this Is copper reduced by
the carbon; being now away from the
flame in fine state OF division, the
copper is slightly oxidized by the air,
and on placing the charred end a sec
Ond time not too far into the fame. tho
flame will now be colored green by the
copper. BY this simple means It is
possible to form an opinion without
apparatus, and without leaving the
room, as to whether any wall paper
contains arsenic, for copper arsenic Is
commonly used in coloring wall papers.
Home.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-12-01

Which view OF Trusts do the people
share = Mr.. Blaine's or President
Cleveland's?-M Y. World.
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-12-01

Magistrate Ito prisoner) Its some
time since saw you here. Uncle Rastus.
Uncle Rastus (virtuously) Yes, sab.
Zee been quiet an law-abidin' since do
laast time was up befo' yo'. an dat
vgr morn six months ago. yo' honu,sh.
Magistrate All, yes; remember. I
gave you six months for stealin~ ham.
It's . year ills time, UncI< Time,
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-12-01

give the members of the Trust the one
condition essential to their success
namely, control of the home market.
Here is list OF some of the tariff-fos-
tered Trusts. with the rate of protec-
ton they enjoy, and also the labor cost
in each 500 of product:
The Colfax chronicle., 1888-12-01

These figures tell the story SO plain
ly that it is scarcely necessary to COM
ment upon them. The reader win
search them in vain for any evidence
OF Mr.. Blaine's revolution" or for
any evidence of his other assertion
that many Democrats turned against
the Mills bill" If there were such
conversions, there must have been a
large Republican detection to Offset
them. Instead of being 'sstampeded''
by the free-trade cry, the Democrats
have more than held their own. They
have increased their total vote of four
years ago by more than per cent,
while the Republicans have increased
theirs less than l per cent Whatever
This may be evidence of, it is not a
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-12-13
WONDERFUL FLYERS.
Toads, Snakes and Fish That Sal
Through the Air Like Birds.

Some years ago naturalist was
wandering in the forests of Sumatra,
when he observed curious object
dashing away through the air. 1t was
soon followed by another and another,
all seeming to swoop down from the
trees, and rising, to alight again.
Anxious to discover what these curl
Gus animals were he concealed him
self i'll bush and awaited their APP
pea rance. Soon one came dashing
along, and as it reached him he fired
with small bird shot, and succeeded in
bringing the flyer down. To his aston
ishment it was toad; not an animal
like toad. but a regular toad; not so
different from our ordinary tree toads,
but provided by nature with remark
able webs between his toes, which
formed parachutes of sufficient spread
to bear up the little creature in its
flights from tree to tree.
The most wonderful flyers in the
worlds history are found among the
reptiles, especially among the strange
FOSSIL lOTIIlo VI GhC prehistoric "OIIu'
Imagine bat with wings twenty-five
feet across from tip to tip, and some
idea may be gained of these remarka-
BILE creatures that flew through the air,
spreading terror everywhere. Imag-
inc this bat, with a beak like a bird.
armed with ferocious teeth. and we
have q veritable dragon in all that the
term implies. Their wings seemed like
huge pieces of parchment stretched
from long, attenuated fingers. These
creatures were known as pteranOdores,
and in America were found ranging
from pigeons in size to the gigantic
creatures described.
In trip out from the Golden Gate
in almost any direction one may see
some of the most interesting of all
flyers, the flying fishes The writer
has watched these little creatures in
all waters where they are found, and
those OF our waters between San Fran
cisco and San Diego are by far the
most interesting. making the most re-
markable flights. During recent
trip in the vicinity of Santa Catalina
these fishes were constantly leaving
the water in front of the vessel and
soaring away with their wonderful
wiBg-life pectorals and ventrals spread
10 tho breeze, -SSa francisco Chr0ni-
e!e,
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-12-13
ABUSING The BRAIN.
Peculiar Affections Caused by Overwork-
ing the Mental Faculties.

ing the Mental Faculties.
A recent medical journal gives the re-
port Of a case of singular loss OF memory
in a young girl residing in New York. Sit
ting in her own room one day she took up a
package Of letters which size intended to
answer, and was amazed TO find that she
could not remember the names or appear
auce Of any of the writer's, all OF whom
We're her own personal friends. She was
calm and sane, except upon this one point;
her memory Of persons seemed to be sud
denly and wholly obliterat d. She hastily
descended to the room where the family
was gathered for dinner, and found that
she could not remember single name or
face, except that of her mother. Her faith
err, sisters and brothers appeared to her as
strangers, nor was it possible to recall
them to her. The faculty of memory of
persons appeared to be paralyzed. 1t was
found by the physicians that this singular
effect was produced by the lodgmcnt of
clot of blood upon q certain part of tho
brain.
Another ell-known mental disorder,
which produces forgetfulness of words,
results from abnormal pressure, or soften
ing, in another part of the bran. The pa.
tient frequently takes one word, such as
Yes, or Water" and repeats it thou
sand tunes, imagining that ne is conVefS-
ing with tluency and case.
Our object in citing these painful case3
is to remind our Young readers of fact
which they are apt to forget; that the
! brain ia a physical organ as much as tho
eye or hand, and, like them, can be, if they
choose, overworked, damaged and wounded
TO the death. The lad at school would DO
regarded as "a fool or mailman if he should,
every day, cut tendon of his arm or in
lect poisonous fluid into his eye until
the strength of one and the sight of tho
other should be destroyed. Yet his daily
| cigarette and tipple of wine and whisky
are acting slowly and surely upon the
tissues of the brain, paralyzing and Grip.
| pling his mental strength.
| This warning may seem a needless plati-
tude to adult readers, but there are many
young people who forget, or who do net
| know, that the Vigor OF intellectual life de.
| ends upon physical as well as spiritual
condition The mind of each human beng
! is cSptive in his body; he can, if he WILL
by drinking, by overeat ng, or by debauch-
cry, blind and cripple it, as did the Philis-
tlne' their prisoner Samson. Or he can
train and use the functions of his body as
its slaves and tools. and So mako of it a
, royal guest, tit for immortal ruls. Touth't
Companion.
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CONCERNING SsCRESY.
Hopeful Suggestions Furnished bv the
Author of The Way of Fortune"

Hopeful Suggestions Furnished by the
Author of The Way of Fortune"
We are sometimes told that the only
way to keep secrets is to have no con-
fdants-a safe course, yet often an inn
possible one. And, generally speak
ing, the suggestion is contradicted by
experience. The greatest actors on
the worlds stage have VIGOROUSLY had
coufdants-men who were essentially
the alter ego of their masters; admitted
into their most secret plans, and, by
entering, become essential to the real
izing of them. Paradoxical as it may
appear, the greatest men have had no
secrets in the sense that is meant Ma
polcOn had his Bourricnnc, Bismarck
has his Busch, precisely as johnson
had his Boswell. And this fact
brings us back to a point on
which we have frequently dwelt in
these pages shat Tie secret of success
in life is the perception of talents and
characters, the knowing whom to
choose and whom to reject And, in
deed, the whole philosophy of the men
who have observed, and made special
record of their observation on this
point, may be summed up in this, that
great plans invariably imply complete
trust in immediate helpcrs-an express
illustration or the general good faith
by which society really exists, and
without which, as we have given many
instances to show. it passes into decay
and dissolution. TO this purport writes
Sir Arthur Helps in one OF his most
delicious essays:
with respect to the kind of persons
to lie trusted, it may be observed that
grave. proud men arc very good con-
fidants. Sccrcsy is very much Il mat
ter of habit aud it may be expected
that those who have ever had to con-
duct any business in which secrcsy was
essential will acquire u habit of reserve
for all occasions"
Sir Henry Tay lor-whose official eX'
pcrience is as extended us his pOwe"
of literary expression is fclicitOus-
has some very pregnant remarks about
secrets and secret keeping. We quote
paragraph:
"A secret may be sometimes best
kept by keeping the secret of its being
a secret. 1t is not many years since a
state secret of the greatest Importance
was printed without being divulged,
merely by rending it to the press like
any other matter, and trusting to the
mechanical habits of the persons en-
ploycd for their printing the document
without knowing what subject it relat-
ed to."-IFuY of Fortune.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-12-13
Ar Ia.t we are treated 70 a novelty in the

Ar last we are treated 70 a novelty IN tne
trgv NJ almanac-m making. DR.. :. =. aver e
Co, the LUrveH chemists, send Us tnesr
Almanac for 1859, in 'he shape OF eSvS
calculated for various sections ~ the
United States, the Dominion OF Cana4e,
fhdis, South Africa, and Australia; also,
editions hi fiha other languages. The vol
ume contains also, specimen pages OF pam
tlhEets ISSUED by the company IN eleven lan-
euapes hot represented by tho 9lmanacs -
fSgenty-one languages in all. From the
preface we learn that no fewer than four;
Ken millions of these almanacs are printed
yearly, shas placing the work as far ahead
Of any other OF the kind in circulation and
value as Ayers Sarsaparila IS ahead OF al
Sfhers in merit and popularity. Re sure 10
s,,,}l.rh n copy of this favorite almansa NJ
YOUR druggist'c. 1t is species of yellow.
covered literature" Which no family should
be withOut,-GOOd fellowship.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-12-13

60. ox,.,s,or n, Lac t.A- for Ole
nayment of such Indebtedness, In at least S.5
rase where the corporation appears 10 pe aoio
III Sculplt with well guarded and exact terms
! TX si{ch {Strns&dn sud tho reinforcement OF
their opinion by EeitlkUlkn NJ undOuDteu susi-
ness Judgment and experience 1ptNllte1 ~
tr"teet tie interests o. Inc @or we'll lead 20
thu belief that sucn a. e-tensiop Wou1H pc ~
tho advantage Of the Government Fhe sun
iest should be treated as . business pr ts IN.
dcbtedness bv thE Government, rather than as
n question to be decided upon prejudice OF oy
way Of punishment for previous wrons-uoi't'
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
The renal. a. tls Commissioners OF the DIS
trirt of Columbia win its frrcmp2nying docu-
me nts, gives in detail the operation { VIC ~,
eral departments OF the District GoyernmtLI,
and furnishes evidence tnas tno in avrh
affairs of the District are at present IN such
satisfactory condition as 70 justify the com
missioners in submitting TO Congress es-
trildtcs sCf desirable AMI needed improve
nlents. fhe eonimiss drGts recommend GER
tain legislation witch; tp their op,nion, IS ncc'
qsSary To advance the interests OF tire DiSttlct,
invite yUur special Hitentjon to thelr TePues'
for such legislation as win enable the com
missioncrs without delay to collect digest ana
properly arrange the laws by winch me DIS,
irict is governed, and which arc now embracGu
in several collections. making them avallaol9
only with great difficulty ard labor Thc SuS-
Ccstions they make touching desirable amend
ment to the law ~relating 10 licenses
granted for carrying on the retail traf-
Ne IN spirituous liquors; to the observance OF
SliI.ias; 20 the proper assessment and collec.
hon a taxes; 20 The speedy punishment OF
miuor of ,nders, and to thc nanaaemCut ana
control of the rcfOrmltory and ch1rltatte IN
stitutions supported by Congressional apprd-
prIations are commended to careful considera-
ton.
The consciousness that have presented but
an imperfect statement OF the condition OF
our country and its wants occasions no lear
that any thing omitted is not known ana ap-
Oh
The responsibility OF intelligent legislation IN
behalf Of q great nation and u cOnhdi ing pco-
Pie As public servants we shall do our duty
we'll il We constantly guard the rectitude OF
our intentions, maintain tlusullied our love or
country and with uuscltish purpose strive Tor
the DuJlic good GROVER CLEVELAND.
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sin; one for ME, plucNea from the burn.

sin; one for ME, pluckeu from the burn.
ing. oh, the ivory palaces'. ...
To-day " eSCiGs 10 me as II the windows
OF those palaces were .illpmined for some
great victory, and look and see climbing
the stair ot ivory Cpd NtlNitL "a iiuuIs Va
'v''r.; and ROCKING from windows Of ivory,
some whom we knew and loved on earth.
Yes, know them. They are father and
mother, not eigbtv-''te anu 80, rnty-nine
rcrrr, Gs when they left us, but blithc and
young as when on their marriage day, and
there are brothers and sisters. iuerr!sT
than when We used - .3unp across the
fneH"'"s together. The cough gone. The
cancer cured. The erysipClas healed. The
hcartbrcak over. oh, how fair tlcy
are in the ivory palaces! And your
dear little children that went out from
yuu-=Christ did not lti one ~ trtIf, 1rNr
rs He liftcd trrl} liz did nUt wrench ono
ct thsm from you. No. They went as
from one they loved we'll to One whom
they loved better. If ] shatlf t,:6G yu.d
little child 1t..rt press its soft face against
my rough cheek, | might keep ii a little
while; hut when you. the mother, came
along it would struggle to go with You.
And so you stood holding your dying child
when Jesus passed ~ W. thH fhdut, aud
tbs little one spraug ont 10 C-ect Him.
That IS all. Your Christian dead lid r"t
g. down int .tEf frs' and tir gravel and
n'nh' !i.ougn II raincd all that funeral
day. ana the water came up to the wheels
hub As you drove out to the cemetery, il
made no difference to them, for they
stepped from the home here to the home
there, right intn the ivory palaces, All Il
we'll with them, All is vol.
" Is No. il dead weight THAT you lift when
yOa carry Christian out. Jesus makes
the bed up soft with velvet promises, 1rj
He says, .tut her dow u nero WY gently
PM u'At mead, which will never ache
again. on this pillow of hallcluiahs. Send
up word that the procession is coming.
Ring the bells. Ring! Open your gates.
We ivory palaceS"' And so vn1r lnv"a
oucs arr tt-F-'. lnty are lust a. certain
i, there. having died in Jesus, a. that you
are here. There ! oHly one thing m"rs
they want. Indeed, there is one thing IN
Heaven they have not got. They want it;
what is it? Your company. Bat, oh, 1ny
brother, Unless you change your track WOW
can not frach that haihur. ! ga mlght as
well taEe The Baltimore & Ohio railroad,
expecting in that direction u reach Tnron-
to, as to 90 on In the way some of y;tH are
going: md YET you expect to reach the
tt"ry paiaces. Your loved ones are
looking out of the windows Of Heaven
now, and yet you seem to turn your back
upon them. You o. not seem to know
the sound of their "ciCCS a. ~rii rs You
"sTI 90, or to be moved by the sight of
their dear faces. Call louder, y de-
parted ones. Call louder from t e ivory
palaces. When think of that place and
-
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-12-13

Among these are yellowness OF the skln
and cycballs, furred Tongues nausea, pains
in the right side, sick headache ard eonsl
patton. They Enthusiastically indicate l'Ver
disorder, for which Hostetter's Stomach
Bittcrs is superlatively zinc remedy. Use
1t promptly and at given intervals. Maiarlal
complaints, dyspepsia, rheumatism deolllty
and trou bic with the kidneys, are also rem
edled By it,
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-12-13

A CoUGH, CoLD, or SORE THROAT should
not be neglected BROWN BRONCHIAL
TRoCHEs are simple remedy, and give
prompt relief p cts. a box.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-12-13

A TRUE perception of the Gospel Is tho
entire forGettulness OF self, utter absence
OF any pretension, and the complete anu
entire refusal to accept the worlds praiss
or Iudgme2S GeaStE! Gsfd9n
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-12-13

oyer ara tprrsiuer another, n fOul.
mouthesh yelling mob the last. Was there
space on His back as wide as yttt Two
fingers where he was ~, whipped: Was
there space vi His brow an inch square
herr lie was not cut of the briars: When
The spike struck at the instcp. did y ndt
60 clear through to the helljw OF the foot:
Oh, long, deep. hitter pilgrimage. Aloes
Alocs,
lchn leaned his head on Christ. ~. .ssE;.o
did Christ lean on. rive thousand men
fed by the SAVIOUR; who FED Jesusg The
sympathy Of a Saviour's heart going ont
To the leper and the adultcress; but who
soothed Christ: Denied both cradle and
death-bed He had = mt place neither Ia &c
born "r 81 die. \ poor paBet / fdtt
lod' A poJS Young mani Na, So much as
tape - cheer His dying hours. Even
the cAad!e OF the sun snuffrd out. Uh, w@.ss
II not all aloes: Al ~" stuS, sorrows.
bcrcoyemcnts, h'Ss.S, aad all the agon!cs
or carer and hen picked n as in one clus-
Ter and squeezed into one cup. and that
pressed to His lips until the acrid. uauseats
ing. bitter draught was swall"vcd With
distorted cruritn4Att, and a shudlcr
from head - foot, and i currf'rg
sEaagulaiioH. Alocs' alocS' nntE.is out
alocs. All Ibis -" Himself? All this to
Get she f.nI,, in IN. ,v,rIJ nf h,i,r q,
r!artyrs All this in. sr;rit ~ st,,bLn..p-
hes. hncavsr H., ,lil r,+ ,iL.c C,r.,rg NJ
no, An This ber,y.a n, ,y,,,,rI "a rl,,,L
Won and mo from haII U,caus, IT,, s,,,t
ed 10 raise vnr ANA NO =. I;fay,5, H..
cause W. vcr. tnst aud it, U.,ntoa ~
fnupd. nad,G.a ". ,y.,a hind and u,
wanted il n seq. Rar,r.e W., 'v..r,, $50
and He wanted ms r,,rnn,i,,sJ, ~ !,
whose cur ~ lif. tht .s,cc,,rira b,', ,,ra.
dominated. oh. We who have had brigb+
and snarl,lioo hGvar,a,s nov In ,,n,, scnI
toward I'm v.hn in ,.nrr stoaI onI -
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dia and the o1ioiuip, ISLANDS y,1 dn,,n4
care TO ha,r. What tind of a aov,r u ba3
or yvh,t lir1 of - stn1t II g. o,,,,,,h fts
me 70 tell Won mat n Vas ',s.,1 b,t1iT,,,t.
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,ras MA =, orrst nav, ',e ,i,s.
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with rarn,nrt: Nh, .,r.iI nf cossio i 80
costs J.. Inc tho bna1inganI ,nr,ti,.o ,,o,,.o
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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-12-13

The revivalst says that men nave ~
faith. Wonder did he ever see man olIs
lbtn a store piel-Phlddclphid Call
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-12-13

THE girl who seeks to marry for the
sake of bank account is quite likely to
be check mated. Merchant Traveller.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-12-13

HALE's Honey of Horehound and Tar cures
Coughs and bronchitis and consumption.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-12-13

A SOCIAL proverb-man proposes, but
woman muSn't.-Judge.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-12-13
"Raker,s NorwegIan Cod Liver ow.

Bakers Norwegian Cod Livcr UW'
Has done more to relieve and cure Con
sumption, weak lungs and general weakness
than any known remedy. Jno. Z. Baker d
Co, Philadelphia
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-12-13

A wITuERED buttercup is butter little
faded flower.
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A MYSTERIOUS proceeding-going ahead
in fog.
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sinna One Fnn,t Mistake.

LEARNING and wisdom do not always go
together,
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Baby Portraits.

Portfolio of beautiful baby portraits printed
on fine plate paper by patent photo process, sent
free to Mother of any Baby born within year.
Every Mother wants these pictures; send at once.
Give Baby's name and age.
WELLS, RICHARDSON & CO., Props, Burlington, VI.