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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-06-28
The MEDAL OF HONOR.
A Decoration for the Living Soldiers Of tn
Late Civil war.

Decoration for the Living Soldiers OF the
Late civil war.
Nearly 10000, 600 people OF the United
States scarcely know that there Is ma
tional tribute paid TO its brave soldiers, sayS
the Chicago Journal This is the modal OF
honor given by Congress for distin guished
conduct in the presence Of the enemy only.
This media has been IN existence for moro
than twenty years, and has been conferred
upon several hundred heroes, but very few
besides the recipients know Of its exist
ence This ignorance is due to the fact
that mistaken simplicity marks the meth
cd Of its presentation in other countries,
particularly those we initiate in military
matters. tho decoration is often handed tc
the soldier by his sovereign in the presence
of the principal officers Of the State, o.
large bodies of troops and Of thousands OF
people. The name Of the happy recipient
il published in the official gazette and by
the press throughout the domfnions. In
our country this reward from the highest
power in the Government is sometimes
conveyed to the brave winner by the
hands Of the postman. Rarely, indeed, is
the presentation made an occasion of GER
emory. 1t is received, gazed upon rever-
emily By its possessor, for it is full OF sig
nificance 10 him, and then 1t is put care
fully away, and is only brought out occa-
sionally for inspection by a comrade, or
worn on parade if specially authorized.
This medal Of honor has been awarded to
about eight hundred officers and men Of
the volunteer service for individual acts OF
gallantry during the late war, and to
three hundred and twenty enlisted men in
the United States army since, but it
seems to have been conferred with mod.
esty so excessive that it amounted to Sc
crecy, and without any public recognition
OF the honor 1t was intended to confer.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-06-28
A BOYS EXPERIENCE
ne Eats . Bird That Had Been Poisoned
and Enjoys the Meal

and Enjoys the Meal
A good story is told by the Indianapolis
Sentinel at the expense of the assistants ia
United States District Attorney Daniel
Lockwood by former student of the Buff
falo Medical College. The presence Of the
Assistant Attorney in this city recently
called 1t 70 his mind.
Some years ago Prof Mason, Of New
Haven, Conn. was the lecturer on physi.
ology and toxicology at that college, and
it was his custom TO illustrate his lectures
with experiments upon the lower animals.
On one occasion, while telling tho stu
dents the effects Of various poisons, he re-
marked that tho Indians Of South America
were accustomed TO use poisoned arrows
20 kill their game with. The poison used
was known as woorara, and it could be
taken into the stomach, he said, with
out injury. But il a single drop Of
the stuff should be injected into
the blood fatal results would at vnco fol-
low. To prove his experiment he took q
small quantity of 1t and injected 1t into
the stomach of a dog, which seemed to
cause the animal no Inconvenience. Then
he injected drop more into tho veins Of
pigeon. The bird died instantly.
The following day one of the students
asked what would be the effect if one Of
them should eat the bird Mason replied
that he did not know. Tho boy who was
holpiug him, now the United States As
sitant District Attorney, volunteered the
Information that the person eating the
pigeon would have good meal, and that
that was the only result likely TO follow.
He said that he spoke from experience,
as he ha | eaten that identical bril-. The
professor was astouudcd; his hair fairly
stood on end. as he remarked: "Well, my
boy, you have more faith in my exper-
iments than have myself. l would not
have eaten that bird under any consider
atiOn ~
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-06-28
HOME AND FARM.

-Rhubarb and Raisin Pie: Two
cupfuls OF chopped rhubarb, one cup
full of chopped raisins, one cupful of
sugar and little cinnamon; bake be-
tween two crusts.
Ordinary buttcrmil!. Is valuable
food, not only for pigs, but for the fam
lily. 1t contains five per cent. OF milk
sugar as we'll as mineral salts, nitro
gcnous materials and portion of but
ter fat.
1t is scarcely possible to have land
free from weeds; seeds Of the common
weeds seem tO be everlasting, and arc
so numerous that the plants still con-
tinue to appear after many years OF
most persistent destruction.
When chicks are droopy or weak
caro- is needed to rccuperate them, a
little moro green food and onions
should be given them, or. if they are
too much purgcd, little powdered
chalk and bone flour in their soft food
ono tcaspoonful of each to II pint Of
food is sufficient.
Powdered borax mixed with a lit
tie powdered sugar and scattered
about in spots will prove certain death
to cockrOaches and to ants. and if that
is not handy. few drops of spirits of
turpentinc sprinklcd here and there
will be as effective in the ease of
moths.
Asparagus Omclct. - Boil two
pounds of tender, frcsh-cut asparagus
in a very little salt; better still. steam
the asparagus till tender. Chop it
very fine; mix it with the yclks of five
and whites of three wcll-bcatcn eggs;
add two tablespoonsful of sweet cream;
fry, and serve quite hot
-Cocoanut Corn-starch Pudding:
Put a quart of milk over the fire to
boil. Add four tablespoons of corn
starch moistened with little milk.
As soon as the milk bOils stir the corn
starch into the milk till it thiclcns.
Then add quickly the whites of four
eggs beaten to Il stiff frOth. six table
spoons of sugar and a cup of grated
cocOanut. Turn into mold after
adding salt to the taste. Serve with a
boiled custard made of the yelks of
four eggs and pint and a halfof milk.
The average weight of hens eggs
is said to be about ten to the pound,
but some weigh considerable more than
this, while others weigh less. \ Ger
man author, who seems to have paid
attention to determining the ratio be-
tween the size of the chick and the egg,
says that the chick at the moment il is
hatchcd weighs about twO-thirds az
much as the original egg. This would
seem to show that it is desirable to
select the heaviest eggs in order to
produce strong and large chicks.
1t is feared that too many farmers
and dairymcn lose good deal of
money by retaining On account of
what looks like an extra expense from
using concentrated foods. Our author
tiles in Canada say that we could
nearly double the present yield of milk
alone by careful and iudicious feeding;
and if this is true the Importance of
getting the best concentrated food be-
comes IL live question with every
farmer. Another important feature
seldom taken into account is the very
great addition to the richness and value
of the manure which follows the feed
ing of Oilcakc and other rich foods A
large percentage of what the farmer
pays out is returned to him in the
shape of manure OF highly fcrtilizing
qualities.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-06-28
A Small Wooden Silo.

II your underground stable is feet
high, and you can wall up one corner
by making IA double wood partition on
two sides, thus making IA silo 10 by 10
feet, you will be able to store about 80
tons of corn cnSilagc, allowing 80
pounds of cnsilagc to the cubic foot.
OF course this amount would not last
Il great while if fed to cows, but it
would be good appetizer, and if only
10 or ID pounds day of ensilage was
given in connection with other feeds,
to each COW, it would doubtless pay.
When the silo is full, cover with little
straw, and then with boards, and
weight with sacks of grain, loan that
you are going to use for absorbents,
rocks, or any thing handy. You can
have door in the side to take the en-
silage out. The fodder can either be
put in green or partly cured. By the
latter plan, you handle less water and
get ensilage of higher feeding quail
ty.-F'drnl and Home.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-06-28

Philadelphia milkman tells a quocr
story Of two dogs. Every morning." he
says, las pass the corner Of Twenty fifth
street and Ridge avenue, two dogs rush
out and accompany my wagon from that
point all over my route returning with
me until that corner is reached, and there
leaving me. have stopped aud watched
10 see if / could discover where they went,
but except that they tore down Twenty.
fifth street learned nothing. The thing
has been going on now for several weeks,
and 1T is the more odd because several
other milk wagons pass that corner every
day, and yet the dogs always wait for
mine. have never gwen them any en-
enlargement TO accompany me, and l
can't understand it, but every morning as
my team approaches the junction of the
streets named, there they are waiting on
the sidewalk and they never fail TO fall in
and follow me-"
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-06-28

WRITE to A. c. PARKER & Co., Memphis,
Tenn, for prices of ELEVATOR PURIFYING
PUMPS AND CHAIN Pumps. State depth OF
your cistern or well. Superior quality, low
prices, and satisfaction guaranteed.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-06-28

THAT dead men tell no tales" is not an
article of faith with Spiritualists.-MaTt
Vineyard Herald.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-06-28

WOMEN Admiration win who use Glenn's
Sulphur soap to improve the skin.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, SOC.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-06-28

German gentleman, contemplating
building in more remote part of the city,
bought frame building standing on q lot
on Fulton, near Green street The other
day, says the Chicago JonrnaI he hired
two men to tear it down, placing tho door,
sash, blinds, etc, in different piles, intend
ing TO haul it away next morning When
he arrived he found every thing gone; a
clean sweep had boon maio during the
night Now he walks about and says:
'Mein Got, mein Got, vat a gundreo for
tScfsl"
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-06-28

FISHING for compliments is doubtful
sport.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-06-28

"HAMLET" is q pl v for all time. Ii
will never give up the ghost.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-06-28
CuRES ell KuMORS

CUKES ELL RUWUES,\
from a common Blotch, or Eruption, to the
worst Scrofula Salt-rheum, "Feycr-sores,"
Scaly or Rough Skin, in short, all disease8
powerful, purifying, aud inviGorating mrdl-
cine. Great Eating Ulcers rapidly heal under
its benign influence. Especially has II mani-
Tested its potency in curing letter, Eczema,
Erysipclas, Bols, Carbunclcs, Sore Eyes, ScrCf-
ulous Sores and Swcllings, Hip-ioint Disease,
"White Swellings," Goltre, or Thick Neck.
and Enlarged Glands. Send ten cents 10
stamps for largo Treatise, with ColOred
plates, on Skin Diseases, or the same aulOunt
for u Treatise on ScrofulOus Affections
"FOR THE BLOOD is THE LIFE"
Thoroughly cleanse it by using Dr. Picrce's
Golden Medical Discovery, and good
digestion, fair skin, buoyant spirits, vital
strength and bodily health will be established
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-06-28

1T is not altogether strange that bee
trothal should lead to a honey moon.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-06-28
nAEHAT
Ais =
YOU?

Do you feel dull. languid, lov-spirited, life
les9 and indescribably miserable, both pbysi
cally and mentally; experience sense of
fulness or blOating after eating, or of gone
ness" or emptiness of stomach in the morn
ing, tongue coated, bitter or bad taste in
mouth, irregular appetite, dizziness, frequent
headaches blurred eyesight, " floating specks"
before the eyes, nervous prostration or ex.
haustion, irritability of temper. hIt nushes
alternating with chilly sensations, sharn
biting transient pains here and there. coH
feet, drowsinesS after meals, wakefulpesA or
disturbed and unrefreshing sleep, Constant
indescribable feeling of dread, or Of impena
ing calamity? =, ,,
of these symptoms, you are suffering from
that most common of american naadies-
Bilious Dyspepsia, or Torpid Liver, associated
with Dyspepsia, or lndigestI1u. The more
complicated your disease has SccOme the
greater the number and diversity Of symp-
TOMS No matter what stage it has reached
DIR. Plcrce's Golden Medical Discovery
will subdue il, If taken according to dirrc-
tons for II reasonable length of time. II not
cured, complications multiply and COnsump-
ton OF the Lungs Skin Diseases, Heart Disease
Rheumatism, Kidney Disease, or other grave
maladies are quite liable 10 set in and, sooner
or later, induce fatal termination
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis.
covery acts powerfully upon the Liver and
through that great blood purifying organ
cleanses the system Of all blood-taints and i'm
plirities, from whatever cause arising. II ia
equally effcacious in acting upon the Kid.
neys, and other excretory organs. cleansing,
strengthening, and healing their diseases. As
an appetziug, restorative tonic, it promotes
digestion and nutrition, thereby building up
both flesh and strength. In maarial districts,
this wonderful medicine has gained great
celebrity in curing Fever and Aguc Chls and
Fever, Dumb Ague, and kindred diseases.
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-06-28


treaty OF 1918, the reciprocal maritime leglsla-
ton of 1880, and the comfy Of nations and
which Canadian fishing vessels receive in the
ports Of the United States. We condemn the
policy of the present Administration and the
Democratic majority in Congress toward our
fisheries as unfrendly and conspicuously I'M
patriotic, and as tending to destroy valuable
National industry and an indispensable re-
source Of defense against foreign enemy.
The name of American applies alike to all
citizens Of the Republic and imposes upon all
alike the same obligation of obedience to the
laws. AT the same time that citizenship is,
and must be- the safeguard of him who wears
it, and protect him, whether high or low, rich
or poor, in ell his civil rights 1t should and
must AFFORD him protection at home and follow
and protect him abroad in whatever land he
may be on a lawful Grand
The men who abandoned the Republican par
ty in 1884 and continue to adhere to the Demo
cratic party have deserted not only the cause OF
honest government, Of sound finance, of free
dom and purity OF the ballot, but especially
have deserted the cause Of reform in the civil
service. We will not fail to keep our pledges
because they have broken theirs, or because
their candidate has broken his We, therefore,
repeat our declaration OF 1884, to-wit: '"The re-
form Of the civil service auspiciously begun
under the Republican Administration,
should be completed by the further
extension of the reform system already
established by law, to all the grades OF the
service to (which it is applicable. The spirit
and purpose OF the reform should be observed
in all executive appointments, and all laws in
variance with the existing reform legislation
should be repealed, to the end that the dangers
TO free institutions which Turk in the power of
Official patronage may be wisely and effectively
avoided"
The gratitude OF the Nation TO the defenders
Of the Union can not be measured by laws.
The legislation Of Congress should conform to
the pledges made by loyal people and be SO
enlarged and extended as 10 provide against
the possibility that any man who honorably
wore the Federal uniform shall become an in
nate Of al almshouse or dependent upon prl-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-12-10
THE SPRINGFIELD ROADSTER BICYCLE!
WE STILL HOLD OUR OWN.
Moderate Prices Good Quality Hill Climbing Safety Speed
are features of merit which sure to lead.
RECORDS FOR 1888.

L. A w Baltimore Nd, three victories Woodstock
Canada Maya Binghampon N W
mi mile Toronto Canada three mile road
Rochester, n W mie open to
handicap five mile, ALL last
half mile dash ALL LIS
competition half mile record; alo two mile, 645 class
j. r. WELD, of Medina, writes:
ride Springfield ROadser and still
more
REMEMBER CLIMBING RECORDS
without dmoun Stickney HILL Lynn, Mass,
time and return.
SHURMAN AT IT AGAIN.
btookat
H E. G. j. F. Allen J. f. DOwJ
hand
FRONTS Neck distance Of fourteen miles On the the
would hill
Portland wd ride dOSn Tbs Promptly 1sTd TO- sas sS men
and the
to
could do the Park Hill Portland Thns1 snd that has
the Inference.
defective
anhip absolutely against
and good all around road wheel CATALOGUE FREE
SPRINGFIELD BICYCLE MANUFACTURING CO. cOnh Boston, Mass
PACIFIC. HARDWARE CO. Id.
SOLE AGENTS FOR HAWAIIAN ISLANDS 124-1m
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REMEMBER OUR Hill. CLIMBING RECORDS.

Eagle Jersey without dismount Corey Hi
without dnount Stickney HILL Mass,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-07-05
THE FAST.

OK the 27th the sailing ship Farragut,
from Calcutta 10 New York was reported
lost She was commanded by Captain
Richard HardwiCk, of Boston, and had on
board his wife, daughter and a crew of
twenty-five men.
OK the 25th W. W GrOut representing
TIE Second Vermont district in Congress-
was renOminated
OK the 25th the New York Prohibition
lists held their Sta-e convention at syria
cusc and nominated a ticket. with W.
Martin Jones. of Rochester. for Governor,
selected electors for the National ticket.
and adopted platform indorsing the in
dianapOlIs platform.
The Vermont Republican convention in
session on the eth at Montpelier, nOmi-
mated a State ticket, with ". L. billing
ham ~ the head for Governor, and adopted
a platform. which indOrses that passed by
the Chicago convention.
TIE steam yacht Enid, containing a
pleasure party Of eight, was struck on the
27th by the steamer James W Baldwin
near Newburg. y Y, and Miss Anna Mil
Ter and Mrs. Benjamin b. Odell, Jr., prom
inent society people, were drowned
GEORGE WILSON was hanged in the AL
biOn u. " Jail on the 2ath for killing his
wife on the night of January IL, 1857.
On the 18th Yrs. Robinson, the cele-
brated pOisoner OF Somerville, Mass, was
sentenced 10 be hanged in the Cambridge
Jail November IL.
WHILE playing with a rife Willie
EicheIls. a ten year-Old boy of Rockville
Center, L. l., accidentally shot and killed
his baby sister on the 18th ult.
Mas DIR. WALkER and Mrs. J. J. Griffith
and her little girl. Of Jennertown, Pa,
were fatally injured on the 29th ult. by the
horse they were driving running away.
Il a four mile straight away boat-race
on the Goth ult at New London, Conn,
y ale defeated Harvard by twenty
boat lengths in 2O:10
TIE strike commenced at Pittsburgh,
Pa. on the Goth uIt, of members Of the
Amalgamatcd Association of I'on and
Steel Workers. the representatives. Of the
mill owners refusing to sign the scale.
Fully one hundred thousand men were az
fected.
4 YOUNG woman dressed in white com
mitted suicide on the 29th Ult. by jumping
into the whirlpool rapids and being car
ried over Niagara Falls
Ten Port Chester (N. Y..) young men
/ lost their lives in Long Island Sound on the
10Th ult during gale which wrecked their
boat.
DURISG June over fifty thousand immi-
I grants landed in New York.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-07-05
LATER.
THE Chicago Qll.) Daily Times has redu
ed its price 10 two cents per copy.

THE Chicago m) Daily Times has reduc-
ed its price TO two cents per copy
MoSDAY, July ?, was the big financial day
Of the year in New York city. Interest and
dividend payments on railroad and corpor-
alton securities amounted to S63, 100000, and
interest on government, state and munich
pal bonds amounted to Sl4,0O0,O00.
ADyIcEs July ? state that three English
steamers were ashore at Gibralter in a fog.
Mrs BROOKS, the mother of Maxwell, the
murderer of Preller arrived at st. Louis on
the I'd from England.
BURGLARS entered the office of the Ar
mour Packing Company at Birmingham,
Ala, recently, san liza ged tn cashier,
robbed the safe of money AMI valuabes to
the extent of SlOO,OO1 and set fire to the
books and papers il the safe. The flames
were discovered in time =, save the build
ing.
INFORMATION having been rec, lived at the
treasury department Of the existance of
contagious disease among neat cattle in the
nei hborhood q Tara, Ontario, Assistant
Secretary Maynard on the 2d instructed
the collectors of customs at Buffalo and
Suspension Bridge to refuse entry and inn
portation of cattle from that district
A PASSENGER train was derai'ed at Gold
Creek, Mont on the 2I aud three passen-
gers were fatally and fourteen serious
/ wounded.
FIsAXK GIBBoNs was drowned at Winona,
Mimi, the other day, viii battling.
II Senate commit on iudic airy on
the n Re, >. ted back the nomination Of
Melville W Fuller to be Chief Justice of
the United States without recomn endation.
THE Sen ate ON the ID passed the river and
harbor hill. The hi ] as originally reported
| from the committee ON commerce appropr.-
ated ST. ,J,i2,1S2. A. it finally passed the
Senate it appropriates S32,4ii,IS2.
TrE to al cost OF the Republican National
Convention at Chicago was $4,000.
THE public debt statement issued on the
| 81 shows a deere s. during June of sl4, 49,
5pS.
4 FIRE at F.ag staff. A. T., on the I'd de
stroyed property worth sl0o,0Oo
DISPATCHES from Pittshur'., Pa on the %
/ state that three more firms signed the scale
prssente 10y the Amilgam tel Associa
ton, among them the firm # Carnegie,
/ Phipps Il Co.
4 STAGE running between Madeira and
, Hildreth, Ca, was robbed 10y masked mer
/ on the 2d, Of ths express box. containing
$1,000 in silver built n The robbeu
| @sraf,ed
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-07-05
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE,

MINI COrea Government officials were re
Gently beheaded in the streets of Seoul by
the populace. The outbreak was attributed
to Chinese instigation.
EMPEROR WILLIAM declared in his speech
at the opening of the Prussian Landtag at
Berlin on the 27th that he would preserve
the prerogatives of the monarchy and care
fully guard the rights of his subjects
HEAVY gales on the 2Sth did great dam
age TO the lobster and salmon fisheries in
the neighborhood of Cape Breton, n. S.
HAVANA advices of the Goth ult. state
that murder and pillage were running riot
throughout Cuba.
II London thirty one open-air meetings
were held on the 30th ult to protest against
the rigid enforcement of the coercion laws.
QUEEN VICTORIA has given go, 900, the
balance of the women's jubilee offering, TO
St GATHERINGS training hospital for nurses
for the London poor
ADvICEs of the Both ult from Sweden
stated that the value of property destroyed
in the recent fires at Lundsvail and Unmea
was estimated at 100000 kroner, and
twelve thousand persons were rendered
homeless by the flames.
DURING the twelve months ended on the
30th uIt., the expense of coercion in Ireland
for the constabulary alone amounted TO
81, 10000
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-07-05
THURMAN ACCEPTS.

The "Old Roman" Formally Notified Of
His Nomination-His Reply to the Com
mittee-He Accepts the Honor More as
Duty Than the Qualification of an
Ambition.
COLUMBUS, o, June 29.-The Democratic
COMMITTEES appointed TO notify ex-senator
Allen G.. Thurman of his nomination TO the
office of Vice President arrived in this city
yesterday morning on special train, but
il was afternoon before any thing was
done. The committee was received
by committees Of local Democratic
clubs and was grandly entertained
All of the notification committee were
present except the representatives from
Connecticut Delaware, Florida. Kansas,
Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri,
Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, Ari-
EOna and New Mexico
At l o'clock the crInmlttee started for
Judge Thurman's home. The party wa.