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The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-12
\ Tunnel of Free Gold.

Denver, May 29.-Ex-Senator Tom Bowen has uncovered anoth- 1 CT bonanza in his Golconda mine in the southern part of the State, and if reports be true he will soon be ranked with the millionaires as of yore.
 The strike is of free gold and settles one thing beyond doubt. The Colorado Senatorial fight next winter will witness the highest play ever known in the game of politics. J. c. McClelland of Alamosa was in the city yesterday. In an inter- view he said that he had been in Del Norte the day before, and had there met one of the miners em- ployed in the Golconda.
 When I tell you that he showed me a specimen of ore through which solid streak of gold ap- peared, as thick as my finger" said MT, Mcclellan, ''and that the quartz about it was literally filled with free gold, you can imagine its value, This man told me that since the pocket had been opened at least $250,000 worth of ore had been ta- ken out, and only six men are at work. When 1 asked him about the width of the rich streak he de- clared that the top and sides and bottom of the drift were all in be- nanza."
 Old residents of Colorado re- member that Senator Bowen made a great strike in the San Juan Con- solidated several years ago, and the stock which went in barrooms at Del Norte at a share for a drink af- terward sold for $40. The Col conda property, in which the last strike is reported, is stocked, and a considerable number of shares are owned in this city. Ex-Senator H. A. ". Tabor has 10000 shares, but he says that they are not for sale.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-12

Edmund Yates tells thls curious story, now current in Berlin: "Em- peror William, some weeks ago, sent in an anonymous essay to the annual competition of the general staff, which Count Waldersee not only criticised, but ridiculed. The emperor, who was present, became so excited that General von Cap rivi, who was listening, began to suspect his majesty must be the author, and he at once proceeded to support the ideas of the writer, which he eulogized, describing the essay as in every way admirable, The emperor then disclosed the secret and begged Count Waldersee to tell him candidly whether Gener- al von Caprivi had convinced him that his majesty's view were correct, the result being that the count re- peated his former observations, but in milder terms. Then the empe- TOT could not conceal his anger, the result being that the count went to Italy for holiday, and probably it was General yon Caprivi's ap- preciation of hls majesty's essay which first recommended him for the position of chancellor.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-12

A minister had travelled some distance to preach, at the conclu- sion of the morning service, waited for some one to invite him to dine, but the congregation dispersed without noticing him. When the house was nearly empty, the minis ter stepped up to a gentleman and said Brother, will you go hometo dinner with me to-day ?'"'Where do you live?" About eighteen miles from here" "No; but you must dine with me" answered the gentle man, with a flushed face, which in- vitation the clergyman grayely ac- cepted.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-12

In one of the interior counties of Maine a case was called that had long been in litigation. The chief justice-who at that time was plain Judge Peters-thought it impratic- able to keep the suit longer in court, and advised the parties to refer the matter. After due deliberation they assented, agreeing to refer the case to three honest men. With a grave smile, in perfect keeping with judi cial dignity, Judge Peters said that the case involved certain legal points which would require one of the referees, at least, to have some knowledge of law; therefore he would suggest the propriety of their selecting one lawyer and two honest men!
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-12

When the Mckinley Tariff bill passed the House last week in the midst of a riot that recalled the scenes on the San Francisco Stock Board in bononza times, over 200 pending amendments were smoth- cred without an attempt at consid- eration. Such amendments as had been considered had been accorded an average time for discussion of not exceeding one minute each. Frequently Mr. Mckinley demand ed and obtained a vote without an- swering a single question as to the object of the paragraph before the House. In at least one case he said that he would give the expla- nation later, not having the facts at the time, and his servile majority cheerfully shut it's eyes and adop- ted the increase duty demanded, ta- king this promise as all the excuse needed. The lynchers who hang a man first and try him afterward would be at home in MT. McKin- ley's House. And this is called leg islation.-Examiner.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-12
Greatness and Service.

Those who achieve most are not
 always accounted greatest by the
 people whose collective judgment
 make up public opinion. Many a
 politician whose life is given up to trickeTv and whose days and nights are spentIn scheming receives more
 praise than the transformations in- dividual whose honest work and genius make possible for mankind achievements impossible before. But for all that the world is grad ually coming to a better apprecia- tion of what really constitutes a great man. In the old days of king ly rule, when "the divine right" passed unquestioned and the voice of the D. pie was but an indistinct murm 1T that rarely reached so high as to disturb throne, the popular hero, the great man, was the ruler, the master whose bidding was i'm perstive, whose right was tradition, andewhose authority was that given by night. But with the spread of republican ideas, with the growth of the belief that it is the people who are masters, the worlds ideal has been changing until it now more nearly approximates that of the Great Teacher who bade the great est be a servant and the chief a min ister. To-day the man who serves society most and best, not he who commands best or he who bleedS the public most, is more highly es- teemed than ever before in history. And with the growth of civilization 1t must continue to be so more and more. Men like James Nesmyth, the great Scotch mechanical engi- neer who died recently, judged by this true standard of greatness, his service to mankind, are high above such mere destroyers as Yelling tela-s Nesnayth gave to civilization the steam hammer, which since it's invention in 1859 has had a won derful influence in advancing the mechanic arts. Thanks to it, some of the impossible things in me- chanics sixty years ago are the com monplaces of to-day, and with those advances came a host of great advantages to society. It's inven- ton is the center from which ra- diates hundreds of mechanical i'm provements that have benefited man. Scarcely less important than this was his invention of a safety foundry lathe by which the most ponderous castings can be poured with entire security to the work men. A suction fan by which the perfect ventilation of mines was eff fected was another of his more no- table gifts to civilization and pro- gress.-Cleveland Leader.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-12
Cocktail Girls.

chanced to be strolling along the piazzas the other afternoon, watching the golden river sparkle in the sun, when the fashionable pageant arrived with a swoop and took possession of the neighbor- hood. The toot of the horns, the clanking of the silver harnesses, the sharp cracking of whips and the silvery laughter of pretty wo- men formed rare and exciting har- mony. The descent of such bevy of perfectly costumed women from their aerial perches was, besides, a splendid sight, the colors, grace and symmetry of the picture being all that the most hypercritical would demand. As they rustled and shim- mered about l noted that one pink, dreamy-eyed little girl, who clutch ed pretty china teapot in her arms, was a great favorite with the entire company. They clustered around her, embracing her and giggling in the fashion of very young women when they are endeavoring to pre- sent humorous picture of mock devotion.
 "Oh, I adore you, Sylvia" cried an ardent blonde, attempting to wind her arms about the neck of the little girl with the teapot.
 "But be careful, Marie" answered the other. Don't you see you are spilling the tea"
 At this there was burst of laugh ter, followed by more remarks of slight meaning, but much insinua- tion. Presently aa eager-eyed young lady came running up with a tray full of tiny teacups.
 "Here they are, girls" she cried, depositing the tray on a table.
 A young man started up and ask ed if they were not going to wait for the hot tea. He was told that every one was to take Q cold cup first. Then he went away, and the girls drank silently and happily, their eyes gleaming over the rims of their cups and their free hands seeming to twist with delight. The day was warm, and, in addition to the odor of violets that stole my way l detected the unmistakable fragrance of the invigorating rye when little sugar and the oil of lemon peel are added. These were cocktail girls.-Boston Herald.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-12

The New Jersey Legislature has passed ballot-reform law. Counting the Connecticut makeshift as a com pliance with the reform, there is now a solid group of five States, extending from Massachusetts to New Jersey, inclusive, in which fu- ture elections will be conducted un- der the new method. Indiana has adopted the Australian system, and therefore all the States hitherto called doubtful" are freed from the danger of corruption and intimida- ton. There will be more doubtful States in 1S92-Massachusetts and Iowa among them-and in these, too, the reform has gone into effect. If New York and Indiana had voted under the Australian system in 1888 Baby Mckee would not now be Tn the White House. With New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachu- setts, Rhode Island, Indiana, Mon- tana and Washington voting that way in 1892 the occupation of Quay and Dudley will be gone and Dem- ocratic President will succeed MT. Harrison.-EXaminer.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-12
Education and Timely Topics.

Itis the belief of Public Opinion,
 i'll which the News coincides, that a
 systematic study of the great ques-
 tions of the day by students of our
 American colleges and schools will
 elevate the standard of citizenship
 by difusing a wider general intelli-
 gence. The same subject similarly
 dealt with in our boarding and se-
 lect schools for young ladies would
 also prove advantageous. The edu-
 cational routine of our girls board
 ing-schools, as frequently arranged, tends not only to immure them
 from cooperation in the outside
 world of action, which is often restriction more or less desirable, but also to prevent their knowledge
 of, or participation in, the world of thought and opinion concerning current events. Upon this latter point there is a growing feeling that a wise intelligence is a desirable ad dition to a young lady's education. In some of the schools for young ladies special efforts, lectures, and conversazione are inaugurated for the express purpose of aflording them a safe opportunity of acquir- ing an intelligent conception of current events worthy of their con- sideration and conversation. This is certainly step in the right di- rection, if wisely taken. Such a course enriches the resources of which is one of wo- mans most attractive accomplish ments. Some think that we of the present day fail in giving as much as we should to a reason able mastery of sane and pleasing conversation Certain it is that the ability to talk correctly and grace fully on subjects of current interest is worthy of requirement by both sexes. The newspaper, occupying, as it has been picturesquely styled, that borderland between literature and common sense," devotes it's wonderful energies largely to secur- ing news which an intelligent pub lie cares to hear and talk about; and this should include the "intel- ligence of opinions and thoughts and the intellectual movements of modern life" In its columns pub lie opinion is reflected and conver- sation crystalized. No wonder, then, if the newspaper is regarded as one of the greatest possible pro- motors of conversation and the combined product of information, culture and refection-qualities which should animate speech as well ornament and characterize writing.-Duluth News.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-12

Speaking at Peterborough, Eng land, recently, the bishop of the diocese denounced the system of child insurance as one of the great est social evils of the day. He knew of medical men who absolutely re- fused to undertake the medical care of children who lives were insured. The murders were appalling.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-12
4 Naughty Girls Fun.

The prettiest grill in a whole nest
 of beauties that sat in box at a
 comic opera the other night was
 one of those irrepressible creatures
 that famine or death could not con-
 trol. She looked gentle and good,
 but her actions convinced the on-
 lockers that there were chances of
 her having partaken quite freely of
 the glass that inebriates during her
 last dinner, for, besides the roseate
 flush that beamed over her checks,
 there was a deviltry of manner
 about her that could not have been
 absolutely innate. It so chanced
 that the stout and bald gentleman
 playing upon the bass viol stood
 immediately beneath the box where
 in the pretty girl was sitting, so
 close to her, in fact, that the long handle of his viol extended upward
 almost to her perfect nose. For
 some moments after the opera be-
 gan the girl gazed interestedly at the instrument, without apparently
 listening to the music that pro
 gressed on the stage. Then, while
 no one but myself was watching, she leaned forward and, extending a gloved hand, twirled one of the keys out of place. There was, a
 moment later a severe discord that caused the leader of the orchestra to glance sharply round, and then the prima donna was thrown out of tune by the false notes that contin ued to come from the big fiddle. The fat player reached excitedly up to the keys of his instrument and placed it in tune again, but no sooner had he done so than the wicked girl in the box reached for ward and unscrewed several of the keys at once. It was an important time during a solo, while the viol was being utilized as the princip accompaniment, and the horri- ble discord5 that moaned forth were more than the audience bear. The prima donna stopped short in her song, the orchestra conductor banged his baton madly against the music-rack, and every player in the band lost his head, the result being chaos of the worst kind. And while this insanity reigned the cause of it all, the pretty girl in the box, sat calmly back in her chair, mak
 ing faces of sorrow at the misfOr tune that prevailed around her.
 When the player of the bass viol got his instrument back into condi- ton again and the opera was pro- gressing smoothly, the mischievous beauty booked fully as innocent as the best scholar in a convent school and no one but she and I were con- scious that she was little devilwith the face of a saint.-New York
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-12

There was a group of well-known pugilists in the Strangers Gallery of the House of Commons few nights ago to hear a debate upon bill affecting their calling, and they were so offended when one speaker intimated that it was unnecessary to pass a law to keep these men from hurting each other, because they always took care to arrange that between themselves before they began to fight, that they all got up and marched out in a body.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-12

Affectation in any part of our car riage is lighting up candle to our defects, and never fails to make us to be taken notice Of. either as want ing sense or wanting sincerity.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-12

It really seems that Emin Pasha is welded to Africa, as Livingstone was, and that, like Livingstone, he was not particularly anxious to be rescued. It is clear from Stanley's account that, but for the rebellion fomented by Egyptian officers, Emin would have refused to leave the equatorial province. =, :.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-12
.NN-U-'

The man who succeeds has a bur- den to bear, the same as other peo- pie; he is compelled to loan none, to people who fail.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-12

No man is a free man who has a voice for his master.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-12

Strong coffee without milk is the latest dyspepsia fad.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-12

Politeness is as natural to refined natures as perfume is to flowers.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-11-13
Boardwee Spreading Out.

The LEADER is greatly pleased to note
the recent expansion and improvements
of BOardwee's stove and tlnware estab-
lishment. Mr.. Boardwee has purchased
the Schaller machine shop, which former
ly adjoined his own store, removed the
partition and thrown the whole building
into one large store room, exactly doubl-
ing his former capacity. This store he
now has supplied with AN Immense new
stock of cooking and heating stoves OF
all sizes, styles and prices, and the person
would Ire hard to please that couldn't
find inst the thing desired in his we'll
assorted stock. He also has a fine assert
ment of all sorts of tinware, stove unten-
sis and kitchen ware, that could not
fail to catch the eye and please the fancy
of every practical housewife. Mr.. Board
wee manufactures his own tinware, in
Guiding that he sells with his stoves, ami
this is manufactured Of the best tin, cop
per hot toned and guaranteed to last twice
as long AS the stove tinware one usually
gets out of the general stores.
To all persons needing stoves, tin or
Kite hen ware, the LEADER wonld say, you
cannot afford to buy until you have seen
Boardwee's stock.
1t may be well to remark here, too, that
Mr.. Boatdwee's enterprise has not stop
ned with charging his stove and increas-
ing his general stock. He has also fitted
up his shop for doing sheet iron work. in
the best style, and saw mill men and 9th
ers needing anything in this line will find
his work gives satisfaction in quality and
prices.
In short, we are glad TO see such an es-
tablishment as BOardwec's has grown to
be in our town, and regard it as only an
other evidence of Brookhavcn's growing
Importance and PROSPERITY.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-11-13
TOPISAW NOTES.
Cotton picking is about wound up.

Cotton picking is about wound up.
The cold weather and frosts have about
put an end to the screw worms, and we
will not dread them so much again
as we have learned remedies.
The Fclder's School House Alliance will
have some kind of WhOOping I'D entertain
ments, with speaking by Br. Teunisson
of Lawrence county, at the regular meet
ing. More latter taking"
The Alliance gin has changed hands
by mutual consent-that is, it is now un-
der the management of w. NJ. Greer and
others. Mr.. Greer is a sturdy worker,
and will doubtless give satisfaction to the
company and patrons
John Greer, Frank Greer, VIM. Reeves
and Achilles Summers all have their mo-
lasses mills and evaporators under good
Roadway and are turning ont quaniiy ol
very fine syrup. The cane crop III this
section is over an average.
We were glad to meet with MIR. John
ID. Bailey and wife from Fair River, al
church last Sunday. Also Theo. Burns, {
young gent of great soberness and lnteg'
rity, with visible fancy for the girls,
and who never gets left much, of course
w. G. Summers had the pleasure of en-
tertaining about 4 dozen good looking
youngsters at his house last Sunday even
! ing (if indeed he did the entertaining
! We are sure that no one more than he tie
! lights to entertain civil youngsters ant
/ little children.
Revs. w. II. Bailey of Fair River an'
J. X. G. Reeves of Clear Creek, Pix,
county, filled the pulpit at TopiSav
church last Sunday. Bro. Bailey, though
past his four-score- land fen, is still SEMI
mental and instructive III his preaching
ard brother Reeves is 4 very rrOmiSin;
/ Young preacher.
SOUTH.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-11-13
shiloh's Consumption Cure.

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A few doses invariably cures the worst
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while its wonderful success in the cure
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the HISTORY of medicine. Since its first
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If Won have cough we earnestly ask you
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si.OO. If your lungs are sore, chest OF
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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-11-13
Eupcpsy

This is what you ought to have. in fact,
YOU must have it, to fully enjoy life.
Thousands are searching for it daily, and
mourning because they find 1t hot'
Thousands upon thousands of dollars are
spent annually by our people in the hope
that they may attain this boon. Aud yet II
may be had by all. We guarantee that
Electric Bitters, if used according TO I'll,
rections and the use persisted in, Will
bring you good digestion and Gust the
demon DYSPEPSIA and install instead En-
pepsy. We recommend Electric BitterS ioI
Dyspepsia and all diseases of Liver Ston'-
ach and Kidneys.
Try bottle. Only SO cents at l. 4
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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-11-13
The buccaneers of Old

Fiaunted the ssull and cross bones, their en-.
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pirate. not on the high seas, but upon the high
reputation of standard remedies, skulks under
various DISCUSSES. His hole and corner traffic
has never to any degree affected Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, although that standardin Vig-
GRANT and corrective has long been the shining
shark at which his shafts have been dlrectee'
Cheap local bitters, composed o. fiery unrectl.
possibly. of some tonic bark, are still some
Times recommended as Identical with. or Slnl-
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perish speedily, while the great subduer and
preventive Of disease pursues its successful
career, overcoming malaria, dyspepsia. ner,
rheumatic ailments, not only on this. but on
many continents.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-11-13
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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-11-13

On Monday, Nov. II, Sells Brothers
enormous shows, in coalition with 5. I'll.
Barrett's Worlds Fair, will be here. 1t is
verbally OsSa piled on Pclion. Two big
shows, either of which is the peer of amy
other travelling exhibition, :wo big pa
rades the same hOur and place, two big
hippodromes, two big menagcries, tw"
big circuses, two big railway trains in
one place on the same day, and both ex-
hibits within the same Enclosure ut one
admission fee, and that only the same us
any Of the minor shows charge, will with
ont doubt bring the biggest crowd OF peo-
pie ever seen here.