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The Brookhaven leader., 1889-10-24
SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL.
Things to Ponder.

Judge John w. Brown, OF Epson
County, Ga, recently addressed the
Farmers Academy Alliance in which
he gave them the following advice:
There are things being done in our
midst that are wrong. and the men
who do this wrong are religiously aud
morally as good men as we have. They
certainly do not think they are doing
wrong. BY the force OF custom or
common consent they are drifting along
in their department, controlled by the
one idea of making money, without
stopping to consider whether they are
doing right or wrong so the GUS
tom of trade sanctions what they do.
A wagon that cost them sol, they
sell TO poor man for $75, take a
mortgage on the same and a mule to
secure the payment Twenty-four
dollars profit on an investment OF $51.
Extortion is said to be great wrong.
II this is not extortiOn would like to
see the word defined. And as If to
make the wrong worse, they will sell
the same wagon to man who is always
prompt in payment for $40 less, thus
making light the burdens of him who
is going easily along, and adding TO
the same of him who is already stag
gering under his load. II the first
come up and pay as the last, nothing
is given him back. want to beg the
merchants of our town who are so
clever and kind socially, to stop
and look at this from the stand
point of right and Justice. We take il
for granted that the wagon is no ex-
ception, but answers for a rule that
runs through the whole business. 1t
is wrong to sell to the landlord cheaper
than TO his tenant and it is wrong for
the landlord to be u party to such a
transaction.
How much sunshine would $40 bring
around many ToOr mans hearthstone
on a Christmas morning if one good
Christian hereabout even thought OF
the struggle that thousands OF poor
farmers make to meet their obf1ga-
tions due October and November next
Their children-girls, as we'll as boys
and oftentimes the wife and mother
herself, toiling in the dews of morning
and hot sun of evening, bringing on
disease and premature death by ex-
posture, doing all in their power to help
the father and husband pay the debt
he owes, stinted in food and clothing,
while the members of his (the mer-
chant's) household can indulge every
luxury and grow tired for want of
something 10 do.
Il hope the Alliance will soon be able
TO arrange so that they can buy at the
same price. expect great benefit on
this line from our exchange. 1t will
be a grand pricing department. by
which we will be able to know the
price of every article we want to pur-
chase where it is made. Then if our
merchants can sell to us at the same
prices We will buy from them. Other
wise we can buy through the ex-
change. And through that depart
ment we hope some time in the future
TO price some things we have to sell. "
Southern Cultivator.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-10-24

The loss from producing cotton "a
not so much from the low price In the
market as from the cost Of production.
The work necessary 10 be done has
heretofore been so much manual that
farmers havs been forced to employ a
large force OF help. that is to he MAIN
tanned during work and oftentimes car
ried over idle seasons in order to be on
hand when needed.
The demands in the construction OF
machines for chopping and picking
cotton should be studied and mechan-
ical contrivances continually applied
until suitable machines are perfected
to accomplish successfully the work.
Corn shelters are far better than a
rough-edged rock and corn huskers
are much more convenient than wear
ing out the fingers at the slow process
of pulling tho shucks in an all day
work that could be finished by a ma
chine in an hour.
Reapers and mowers and horse rakes
are always under the barn when called
for, and the teams stand ready in tho
stalls to draw them; the landlord is
convenient TO drive them. These
contrivances all give the farmer
an immense advantage in con-
trolling labor TO his own interests.
The larger part of his work he can do
himself and become independent OF
trifling idlcrs who abandon the fields
at the slightest censure or the mildest
rebuke.
The use OF machines is but the
practical embodiment of convenience.
The matter of convenience, involving
economy as it does is not necessarily
matter OF machines solely. The
women on farm wear themselves out
and accomplish but little that is profit
able, for the lack of convenience OF
arrangement During the course OF
the year the farmer loses months in an
unnecessary waste of time for lack OF
convenience in his business arrange
ments. Let us abandon so much hard
work by substituting machines and
convenient, systematic arrangement -
w. j. Northen, in Dixie Farmer.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-10-24
HERE AND THERE.

The carrot is the root crop pre-
ferred by horses. The mode OF feeding
carrots to horses is to chop them fine
and giveeach horse half peck three
times week.
Plant trees along the roadside
now, and do not delay it until spring.
Drains along the road shOu be kept
open, the roads levcled and put in the
best condition for winter.
Instead of using the inferior ap-
plies for making cider to be converted
into vinegar, only the sound, unblem-
ished fruit should be put in the press,
as the quality of the cider is affected
by the condition of the apples.
Try the experiment of packing a
few sweet potatoes in layers. with dry
dirt between the layers, and keep
them in some place whore the temper
ature will not get below the freezing
point.
Satisfy Called oyster planD is
very hardy and may remain in the
ground in the rows through the winter
without injury. 1t is not cultivated us
extensively as it should be, although it
is one of the best and hardest vegc
tables known.
Bulls are dangerous animals, and
a majority OF the injuries received &C.
cur from placing too much confidence
in gentle bulls, which suddenly and
unexpectedly attack the attendant. a
bull will usually prove obodient whom
young, but it is seldom that fully
matured bull is safe.
Plaster is an excellent material for
sprinkling over manure that is being
mixed with urine. in order to absorb
the liquids, and also serves admirably
for deodorizing the stalls 70 a certain
extent. 1t is not caustic, like lime,
and consequently does net cause sore
feet as is sometimes the case when
other deodorizers are used.
System in storage and place for
every thing is as necessary in the
barns and stables as in the dwelling
house. The loss of time in hunting
for an article is much more than the
time spared to put it in a proper place.
Every thing should be where it can be
found easily when wanted. and every
animal in the stables should have its
appropriate STALL
The Mirror and Farmer calls atten-
tion to the. fact that geese can do good
work on any location overrun with
weeds, when the weeds are young.
Many kinds of young weeds arc pro-
ferred to grass by geese. and especial-
y plantain and pdrslane. Geese &c
right down TO the roots for the plants.
and effectually keep them down if the
flock is a large one.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-10-24

make inquiries Of Secrets Blaine he
can give it some valuable information,
acquired by him when the attempt was
made while he was Speaker to rush
the Force bill through the House.
showing the necessity OF not only hav-
ing quorum in attendance but of hav-
ing a quorum on hand which can be de-
pended upon to vote. The Speaker on
that occasion, in response TO General
Buffers angry demand that he make
the members vote, declared his igno-
rance of any method by which it could
BE- done, the recorded vote not disclos-
ing the presence of quoruTa, although
the call OF the House showed that
there was more than a quorum in the
chamber. At that time the Republic
ans had two-thirds OF the membership
of the House and were led by able
men. The difficulties they then en-
countered show how utterly hopeless
will be an attempt Of the Republican
majority in the next House to run
things with q high hand. They will
go slow, not. perhaps. because they
would like to. but because they will
have to.-Dctroit Free Prcsa
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-10-24
The SOUTHERN BUTCHER.


to the Boys in Blue
The hypocrisy OF politics never had
a more striking illustration than the
nomination of Chalmers by the Mis-
sissippi Republicans. especially as it
came so soon after the nomination OF
Malone by the Virginia Republicans.
There are no two n l in all the coun-
try, either North or South, so purely
typical OF the bruiser element in poll
tics 1t has not been a great while
since the Republicans were holding
Chalmers up before the country as the
model of all that was corrupt and
despicable in Southern politics. They
ousted him out of a seat in Congress
because he had secured his credentials
through fraud and violence. And
now they have made a political Moses
of him, and commissioned him to lead
the black cohorts through fire and
blood, if necessary, in order to obtain
Republican success in Mississippi 1t
is pitiable condition of affairs when
great political party is forced to the
extremity of heaping its honors upon
bloodthirsty renegade who first
gained notoriety by his butchery of
negro troops during the war. Chalm-
ers' conduct at Fort Pillow was so
outrageous rs to incur ostracism in
his own section, as we'll as the con-
tempt of the Confederate veterans.
His nomination now by the Missis-
sippi Republicans is an insult to the
veterans of both armies, more particu-
larry to those of the Union side. St
Paul Globe.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-10-24

VINO is DR.. a. T. Shalonberger1 He is a
prominent physician of Rochester, Penna.,
who graduated at jefferson Medical Col
lege in 1916. In 1S47 he announced the the
Dry that all Malarial disease was caused by
living germs in the blood and demonstrated
its correctness by his Antidote for Malaria,
which cured when ALL else failed. The
microscope now reveals these germs, and
Physicians accept the fact. If you have
Malaria in your system, get the medicine
and be well.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-10-24

Irrssaid that the great oil fields OF New
York and Pennsylvania are rapldly oeSoul,
ing exhausted. The supply has iaIien rom "a
10000 to 5000 barrels per uay' S'"'0N -
MIN q made for new fields.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-10-24
LIsTES-a song of rejoicing.


Hearts that were heavy are glad.
Women, look up and be hopeful
There's help and there's health 10 be had.
Take courage, o weak ones Respondent,
And drive back the foe that YOU fear
With the weapon that never will fail you.
o. be of good cheer,
for when you suffer from any of the weak.
nesses, irregularities, and functional
arrangements" peculiar to your sex, by
the use of DR.. PIerces Favorite Prescrip-
ton you can put the enemy of ill-health and
happiness to rOut 1t is the only medicine
for women, sold by druggists, under pos
Tive guarantee of satisfaction in every case,
or money refunded. See bottle-wrapper.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-10-24

Mia eouable climate, certain and abundant
c,nns Best fruit, grain, grass, stock country
IN he world. Full Information free. Address
Oregon immigration Board, Portland,oreg
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-10-24

Why don't you try Carriers Little Liver
p;IIsi They are positive cure Tor SICK
headache. aid all the ills produced Oy as
nr5ered liver. Only one pill dose.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-10-24

No Opi,srr il. Piso's Cure for Consumption.
Cures where other remedies fail. 25c.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-10-24

GUN cHHwERs' paralysis Is the latest lor ii
Of professional neurosIs recorueu III nueui'
calliterature.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-10-24

For any case Of nervousness, sleepless-
ness. weak stomach, Indigestion, dyspepsia,
relief is sure in Carriers Little Liver Pills.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-10-24

Iris death to any person IN siam 70 men,
Mn .Snt , .n other tribes rigidly adhere to-
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-10-24

For all arrangements of the liver, stom-
ach and bowels take Dr. Pierce's Pellets
One dose.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-10-24

COLONEL JouN CocKERILL Is paid $4,000 a
wear by the New York World.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-10-24

How MY THROAT HURTS! why don't you
use Hale's Honey OF Horehoupu anu lar
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-10-24

A CHURCH wedding, where the groom was
eighty and the bride thirty-five years old,
astonished quiet Connecticut village re-
GENTLY
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-10-24

THE late f. p. Roe found no dlhculty IN
writing $50, 900 worth year
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-10-24

BE moderate in your pleasures, that your
relish for them may continue. Always to
indulge our appetites is to extinguish them.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-10-24

MANY initiate .'Tansills Punch &c Cigar.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-10-24

MAYO W. HAzELTINE receives $l'o "aoA
from the New York Sun.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-04-27
The Monroe Doctrine.

The collapse Of the company which
undertook to construct the Panama
Canal, and the possibility of a prosecu-
tion of the enterprise by the French
Government, have called attention once
more to "the Monroe Doctrine which
is generally supposed to be hostile to
the interference of any European Govern
ment with the scheme.
What is the Monroe Doctrine:
The best way of answering this ques-
tion is to quote the words of President
Monroe himself. in his annual message
of 1923, when it was feared that Spain
and Portugal. with the aid of the re-
stored BourbOns of France, were about
to send a powerful expedition to recon
quer Brazil and Columbia, and subject
them again to the powers from which
they had successfully reyoited. The
United States had acknowledged the
independence Of these countries, and this
threatened attack was regarded By Mr..
Monroe as aimed at Republican institu-
tons in general. He said in his mes
sage:
1--WE owe it, therefore, to candor, and
to the amicaLle relations existing be-
tween the nited States and those pow
erS. to declare that we should consider
any attempt on their part TO extend their
system to any portion of this hemisphere
as dangerous to our peace and >afety."
Again, in the same message, and
evidently still referring not 10 the pos
session of parts of America by European
Governments, but to the introduction OF
mOnarchical forms on American soil, he
said
at is impossible that the allied pow
ers should extend their political system
to any portion of either Continent North
or South America) without endangering
our peace and happiness. - YOUTHS
Io,on,,,.;,u
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-04-27
The Whale.

Tho main physical characteristic of
the whale are its distorted java with
inward directed nostrils, Its great bulk,
and rudimentary limbs. The huge bulk
of the creature is driven forward by the
flexible caudal fin, and while the body is
rigid in front, it exhibits great mobility
behind. The blow holes are placed on
the top of the head, and the animal can
only respire when these are above water.
The larger whales travel at the rate of
about four miles an hour, but when pur-
suing their prey, or goaded by pam,
they rush through the water at much
greater pace. They are aided IN this by
the broad and powerful tail which is
their chief organ Of locomotion. Instead
of being vertical, as IN the fishes, this is
horizontal. and the larger species can
command immense driving power. The
tail is also used as an offensive and de-
fensive weapon. The smooth, sklning
skin is Immediately underlaid by a thick
coating of blubber, the great object of
the whalers. This is at once dense and
elastic, and, while it preserves the ami
NAL heat, it also serves to reduce the
mighty bulk of the whale and to bring
it nearer 20 the specific gravity Of the
element in which it spends its existence.
An interesting trait in the economy of
the whale is the manner in which it
suckles its young. In doing this it
partly turns on its side. and the teats
being protruded, sucking and breathing
can proceed simultaneously. Natural
lists divide the cctacea into two divisions
represented by the "whalebUne' and
IL WI In 10 a
teeth are replaced by a series of great
plates of a horny nature, and these,
depending from the palate, constitute
the baleen-the whalebone of commerce.
The laminp which comprise this num-
Der, about 800, are ranged about two
thirds OF an inch apart, and have their
interior edges covered with frlnges OF
hair. Some of these attain to length OF
fifteen feet. The cavity of a whales
mouth has been likened to that
of an ordinary ships cabin, and
inside the surface conveys the idea
of being covered with thick fur.
The soft, spongy tongue is often mon
strous mass ten feet broad and eighteen
feet long. 1t light be thought that the
whale, with its vast hulk, would want
sea creatures of high organization to
nourish it; but this is not so. Its chief
food consists of minute mollusks-of
meduse and entOmostraca-and with
these its immense PASTURE grounds IN the
northern seas abound. In connection
with these will be seen the beauty OF the
mouth structure. "Opening its huge
mouth" says Professo. Huxley, and
allowing the sea water, with Its multi
tudnous tenants, to fill the oral cavity,
the whale shuts the lower Jaw upon the
balcen plates, and. straining out the
water through them, swallows the prey
stranded upon its vast tongue. "-Sat"r-
day Htcier.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-04-27

There is an act on the statute book of
Pennsylvania dating backto April, 1854,
which imposes fine of sixty-seven
cents upon every person over. sixteen
years OF age convicted of profanely ours
ing or swearing ''by the name of God,
Christ Jesus OF the Holy Ghost" or, in
default, Imprisonment in the house of
correction of the proper county not ex-
ceeding twenty-four hours for every such
ofrense. Recently in the town of an
caster a man was locked up for three
days for refusing to pay fine of sixty
seven cents apiece for three big oaths
under the old law, which has been lying
dead for years. \ writ of habeas corpus
was applied for, but the courts decided
that the commitment was legal.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-04-27
His Final Farewell.

lie had been wondering for some time
how he could escape from the tolls that
were gently creeping round him and
break the spell of soft converse and
witching eyes. An opportunity came at
last. As she ENDED spirited descrip-
ton of her journey through the Alps she
said impulsively "Oh, Mr.. Slowpace,
] think you ought to travel"
He looked az her rigidly, rose slowly
and grasped his hat NO woman shall
say that twice to me, - he remarked with
a iirm and desperate voice; Il knew it
was after eleven O'Clock: but | thought
that isl hoped-nO matter. Fare
well. Miss Phineweb-I will travel ="
And he did, with alacrity.-Bo''Oa Bud
Get.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-04-27
Beautiful Bed Clothes.

Apropos of quilts, it is much the
fashion nov to buy the white linen tea
cloths, worked with gold-colored SILK,
which are quite moderate in price, add
very wide border of gold-colored or
golden-brown plush, then fall of coarse
cream lace, and lay them on beds. The
night-dress case is often composed OF
smaller-sized cloth, edged with lace, ana
finished off with large bow of the vel,
vet. If the decoration is further carried
out, the splasher consists of long, mar
row cloth. and the toilet table cover OF
another, in the same style, and which are
sold for sideboard cloths.-H0uSetoye.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-04-27
Murder to Obtain Thieves Candles. -

A trial which has Just concluded in
the Government of Kursk, in Southern
Russia, with the conviction of four peas
ants for the murder of girl of eleven,
they being sentenced to penal servitude
for terms varying from eight to twenty
years each, reminds the reader, in GER
tain details, of the hideous and grotes-
que superstition about thieves can
dies" described by DIR. Bloch, a member
of the Austrian Parliament, in the Lon
don .StandOd. The four peasants be-
lieye in the strange superstition that
candles made from human fat render
them invisible.
In order to obtain this necessary ma
terial they first attempted to murder a
boy in a forest; next they tried to kill
an old peasant, and afterward Russian
clergyman whom they met in field.
In all these cases they were unsuccess-
full, being disturbed before they could
accomplish their fell purpose. On the
18th of October last, however, they came
across a young girl, Lukeria Cherkash-
hina, in lonely spot, and at once pro-
ceeded to strangle and mutilatc her.
Out of the fat from this child's body
they made candles, with the help of
whose supposed protecting rays they at
tempted a robbery. They were, how
ever, caught and put in prison, where
they confessed everything. 1t was
stated in court that the superstition OF
''thieves' candles" is widespread in Rus
STA, which confirms DR.. Bloch's state
ment that it still exists among the
thieves of nearly all nations.
During the year Florida sent $50, 00(
boxes Of oranges to New York city.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-04-27

The Manufacturers Record, of Balti-
more, is pleased to think that "every-
thing seems to indicate that the whole
South has entered upon what must be
called a boom in the absence of any
better name for it. Enterprises are
being organized, we might almost say.
by the hundreds, and no one need be
surprised at any amount of industrial
activity during the next few months
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-04-27

One would think that all the wolves
in France had been killed before this,
but during the past year 1ol of these
ravenous animals have been killed, for
which the Government paid $4,000 in
premiums. In 1857 100 wolves were
killed, and 500 the year before. Two
of the wolves killed last year had at
ia ked human beings and upon these
two premiums of $40 were paid upon
each
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-04-27
THE ALLKIND MOTHER.

10, whatever is at hand
Is full meet for the demand:
Nature ofttimes giveth best
" hen she seemeth chariest.
She hath shapcn shower and sun
To the need Of every one
Summer bland and winter drear,
Dimped pool and frozen mere.
All thou lackest she hath still,
Near thy finding and thy I'll.
Yields her fullest faith, and she
VIII endow thee royalty.
LovcleSs weed and lily fair
She attcnlcth, here ami there
Kindly to the weed ~ To
The lorn lily feared with dew
Each To her hath lsss "a dear
As the other. an thou clear
Thy cloyed senses thou may'st see
HAPPY all the mystery.
Thou shalt see the lily get
Its divineSt blossom; yet
Shall the weeds tip bloom no less
With the seng birds gleefulness.
Thou art poor, or thou art rich
Never lightest matter which:
All the glad gold of the noon,
All the silver of the moon,
She doth lavish on thee. while
Thou withholdest any smile
OF thy gratitude to her,
Baser used than usurer.
Shame be on thee an thou seek
Not her pardon, with hot cheek,
And bowed head, and trimming eyes,
And her merciful Arise"
-JdmcS ". EHeg, in the Century
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-04-27

1t is proposed to issue paper money in
England of a denomination as small as
half a sovereign. The annual loss to
traders by the depre iatiou of gold coin
of that denomination is something like
$3.50, 900, and it claimed that much of
this would be saved were paper used.
The half sovereign is an inconvenlent
and easily lost coin, which is another
argument in favor of paper.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-04-27

The agricultural returns OF 1855
show that while the total cultivated
area of the United Kingdom has in
creased since 1873 by about half 4
million acres aud the area under grass
by two million acres, yet there has been
no increase in the number of live stock.