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The Brookhaven leader., 1891-09-24

Next Thursday, Oct. LIST, the con-
test for our prize of $1,000 in gold
closes. Two or three of the contest
ants are very close together and the
work of the next seven days will de-
eide which will be the winner.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-09-24

The National anti-Sub-T. conven
ton at st. Louis was somewhat ahead
of the Mississippi effort, though
nothing to boast of. They did man
age to secure the attendance of over
Il half dozen.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-09-24

The BROOKHAyEN LEADER pays a
deserved tribute to the memory of the
late Hon. Thomas A. Magee, of Frank
lin county, who, after life of useful
ness, passed to his long account on the
18th Clarion Ledger.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-09-24

Hon. w. G, Kearney, the nominee
of the Madison Democracy for State
Senator, ought to be staunch Prohi-
bitionist and splendid gentleman. He
is the father of Miss Belle Kearney,
the brave, lovely and talented young
leader of the Mississippi US.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-09-24

We never saddle up and start on a
journey with tricky, bucking mus
tang, when we have a good. reliable
old family horse standing in the sta
BILE.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-09-24
Down on Independents.

Editor BroOkhavCn Leader:
Please publish the following rcsolu-
ton:
Resolved, That Morgan'S Fork Al
lance denounce all Independent can
didatcs, and ask all other Alliances
to cooperate with lis.
Il. W. CUNNINGHAM,
President.
+. II. FREEMAN. Sec'y.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-09-24

The last cotton crop amounted to
1862, 597 bales.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-09-24

In Chickasaw county Hon. Frank
Burkitt and other Alliance Democrats
were nominated in the regular Demo
cratic primary by about 600 majority
over the George machine ticket, but
rather than submit to the will of the
majority, the latter have bolted and
even gone SO far as to try to get the
election commissioners manipulated
in their favor, And yet, while so
much is being said against the ALI
anee and the third party by the no
lier-than-thou George press, they
haven't syllable of condemnation
for the rule Or-ruin Chickasaw boilers.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-09-24

The ProhibitiOnists have put a full
State ticket in the field.-Pittsbor0
Banner.
Gee.whiz if he isn't already one,
what a magnificent anti Sub Treasury
editor the Banner man would make.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-09-24

The Stewart County, Ca, IIonror
gets off the following:
The price Of cotton'S in the lur,b
What fools are we CaucasSiaps
To make it when it isn't worth
Enough to pay our rations
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-09-24
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN SCHOOLS?

% of
i
some lngS
''S ~ ' ~ {. Treidcn
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-09-24

A third party convention has been
called to meet in Louisiana in OctO-
Der.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-09-24
a CARD.
TO al Persons 1T eefcd WIN
Chronic Disease.

hE. :. d. MUSE. Who has been in the urar.
~ tirr of medicine for TWENTY-FIVE wears
tenders his professional services to those afrlic
Ell with chronic disease, whether of "A loraI ar
general character.
In any ease where he agrees to CrEEAc\Sr
Of any description. he treats the ease condition
ally-No cure no pay.
u" VIII visit ease for purpose of cNamina
give an opinion As to the probable results of
practice in the ease, and make arrangements
accordingly.
BrookhaNcn, sept. -, S91.-tf
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-09-24

Read our Alliance directory on first
page.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-09-24
Citation Notice.

THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI;
TVNO ALL persons having or claiming any In
1 tcreSt either legal or equitable in or to the
nwil of ncll and SEA of ne4 of see. -, T6. Ii :
east, in Lincoln county, Mississippi. defendants
You are commanded to appear before the
Chancery Court of the county Of Lincoln, in Njld
State, on the
First Monday of December, 1891,
to defend the suit in said court of a. j. Martini
wherein you are defendant.
sept. s. lS9l-jW FELlN MAY.
ChauCcry Clerk.
r. II. THOMPSON, Solicitor.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-09-24

LEM LEWIS.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-09-24

lOKII.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-10-18

weak were the dogs the sledRe would have
to be lifted over. The third day the weather
was a little better and almost all day We
ran at a dog trot beside the sledge. In the
forenoon the dogs began giving out and by
than all my Eskimo young men showed
tion for such q walk for they had been do
ing only such hunting as was needed from
day to day. while l had just completed q
walk of over 5000 miles and as far az fatigue
was concerned, felt asif I could walk the rest
of my life. I could find no fault with them
for we had made some forty miles and they
had had nothing but walrus hide to eat.
That evening at six o'clock we were at the
cape on the mainland and Marble island
twenty-five miles straight out to sea and I
determined that night to reach the ship.
So, leaving the broken-down team and one
Eskimo at the cape, I started out to sea to
travel the twenty-five miles of ice hum
mocks that stretched between me and the
ship. Our only light was from a fitful
aurora and we went stumbling through the
great blocks of ice as if at any time We
might break our necks. My companion
would throw himself on the snow and beg
for rest, but T'urged him on AZ much as possi-
BILE. At three O'Clock in the morning the
great white bluffs of Marble island were
right in front of us and by five O'Clock We
were on the whaler. We sent relief back at
once but the very evening WI had started
on our walk out to sea the wind had died
down and Foolooah had killed two walrus.
FREDERICK ScHwATKA.
Copvripht.
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long sledge journey. As we were to return
to the same point we always spoke
Of 1t when away as shome," and when we
returned to it over . year later it would
have been SO in every comfort had it not
been for the unforeseen circumstances 1 am
about to relate. When the Eothen landed
us Mt our point of departure instead of wait
ing to unload all our provisions and trad
ingm material which we had brought with us
from the United States, it only left with Us
such stores as we would need, and the best
was left in the ships hold; for it would
have necessitated a waste of too much time
to unload all, just at the season of the year
when they stood the best chance of catching
whales. The master of the vessel
agreed to deposit all our provisions on
shore next fall and winter, for she re-
manned two summer on her cruise, and
they were to be left in charge of a trusty
Eskimo, Ahmon, who had been q faithful
servant of Capt. Hall and also for many
other whites. OF course / had to trust to
the honesty OF the captain of the Eothen to
fulfill his promises to leave the stnff, and
Ahmon's fidelity as to being able to keep it
carefully until we returned a year later.
ioA ocSup ~ bClOAo WC 16LuEuou
to our old camp our food had been exactly
the same as the natives with us. We had
lived almost entirely off the reindeer, and
as we approached our home one can par
TALLY imagine our emotions at the prospect
of tasting civilized food again. Every ap-
proach toward homo, as one recognized
spot after another was passed, gave forth
it's exhibitions of delight. First old signs
of cairn6 on the hilltops indicated the
ancient hunting grounds of the Eskimo.
Then we came to fresher ones. and lastly
to those that had evidently been used
within the last year or two.
One dav toward the last of February
Foolooah came across an Eskimo reindeer
hunter, but he had no news from Hudson's
bay, he having been absent from thete
about . year. We left all our heavy mater
ial in his charge, and started with lighter
sledRes, desirable change, for our poor dogs
had dwindled from forty five in number to
nineteen through famine and hard
ships. Shortly after leaving we came to
the great river emptying into the bay near
Depot island. A day down it. and enthus-
iRsm got 50 high that Ishooyeh, the Oldest
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-10-18

out light the little snow houses were gloomy
in the extreme. One day I heard a little
child crying in n treble igloo, and
being told it wanted more food I
told them to give me less and others
more. l would not speak for others, for J
did not consider tia case for party. but
only individual action. A death the tenth
day f~oreshadowed the dreadful possibilities.
Down the coast about no miles. at Marble
island, the natives said there was a whaler
frozen IN Winter liarbor, and it was sug-
gested that a small party attempt to reach
the ship in three days and return with
enough provisions to avert n calamity, for
the storm was as hard as ever. It was evil
dent that a white man should go, and the
white man who. could secure from the ship
the most fayors was the commander. So
the leading Eskimo thought. j asked for
Foolooah, my right hand sledgeman on my
journey, but Foolooah they said they could
not spare, for he seemed gifted with al
most superhuman powers as n hunter, and
should the wind change he would be- inval-
liable for immediate relief. Two fine young
fellowship had not been on my journey
ing we three started. Our first
with the northwest wind nearly
in our faces. 1t was expected and urged
we reach the ship in three days and send
relief back IN three more. Gu provisions
oAoaoee VI WV pSCCb Vi WhtFUS Ql06
about the size of the palm of the hand
One way Of eating it was TO cut it in small
strips and swallow it whole, for 1t WAS nm
cooked and could not be chowed. At times
the wine blew SO hard we had to turn our
faces from it, and the dense clouds of drift
ing snow made it the hardest kind of work
not to lose the little sledQe and famished
d,oge. And when night came We found we
had made only about twenty miles. How
ever, VIC had probably travelled twice that
distance weaving our way back and forth
along the edge of the ice park and back
to the rocky beach. We were hungry and
discouraged, for at this rate il would take
Us nearly a week to reach the ship. When
we left the camp the Thermometer was ~
degrees below zero. and it had grown no
warmer We slept in our clothes in q de-
serted igloo, and ate nothing that night.
The second day was only q repetition of
the first, only twenty miles more and sew
enty more to make. SO violent was the
gale during these two days that Mt times the
sledge would be blown around from It's
course at an angle Of thirty or forty degrees
and If any obstruction was encountered 80
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liked people would not hesitate to call
famine, though as yet no one had died.
This state of affairs had been caused b.;
incessant winds from the northwest, max
ing hunting almost impossible. The wal
rus is the main dependence at this season
of the year. and when the wind is inshore
or not blowing at all they are found on the
outer edge of the ice-foes or ice sparks, but
when the wind is offshore the ice-parks 90
sailing out to sea and the walrus with them.
just as we arrived II little cessationfhsp-
pened to what must have been a five or six
weeks gale, and ! am afraid the excitement
of our arrival prevented their taking full
advantage of it. A walrus and a few seals
had been secured that very day. however,
and all were happy, fori 1t was hard to imap-
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hunter Of the party. crawled to the top OF a
high hill near camp and announced that he
could see salt water, which declaration
from aloft was greeted with shouts from
all the Eskimo in camp. The Eskimo is a
creature of the sea, almost as much 80 as
az the seal and walrus. and our long over
land sledge journey-the longest land trip
ever known among the E~skimo-was not in
keeping with their ideas of fol-
lowing salt water ice. The next
hammocky ice at the mouth of the inlet,
and all OF US at once recognized the place
we had left, lacking a few days, a year
before. 1t seemed az if the cherries mass
of snow was moro like the welcoming en-
trance to a palace than the dreary blocks
caught the enthusiasm, and beat the dogs
q little harder to get more speed out of
them. Down the salt water inlet we
speeded. Object after object as familiar as
the streets of the city Of ones home kept
crowding ON each other, and then Depot
could be seen of any of the natives. The
white men chaffed each other as to what
they would have for dinner. reporting a bill
of fare that would take u tirst-class res
taurant to furnish. When we were
within about two miles of the island some
Eskimo we're seen at the eastern end, and
Foolooah, jumping on the highest sledRe,
waved a reinde skin from one side to the
other. afterward learned that this
was the signal Foolooah told them
he would use on his return-and in a few
minutes from behind and around the island
quite a number came and found us on the
ice, some of them actually with tears in
their eyes, SO glad were they to see US back.
We now learned that the master of the
Eothen had not left anything on his de-
parture from the bay; neither provisions,
trading material. nor supplies of any kind.
At first | WAS moro prOynke1 at the loaa of
the trading material than the provisions,
but | WAS soon to change my mind. My
first disappointment was for the natives
with me on my long journey and those who
had been faithful to me in the bay, for
those would DO deprived of the material
intended to leave with them as a reward
over and above my promise; but the second
disappointment was greater, for the absent
provisions would have saved these same
people and the men of my party from
threatened starvation. We found the
Eskimo at the island had been enduring a
long siege of very reduced living, what civil
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inc that the gale would be renewed. In an
other day it was down on us again, and for
fourteen days blew with unabated vigor.
They gladly shared everything with us,
always hoping the next day would be bot
ter. I shall always remember the first taste
of walrus meat I had on returning and
after / had not eaten any of it for a year.
Although it was raw and frozen, l think it
was the best morsel of food I ever de-
voured. The first day or two OF the storm
only made US reduce our r%ations, but every
day made matters worse. In a few days
and it was not long before they began
economizing on the oil for lights. and with
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-10-18
Thousands of Suffering Women.

Delicate women who complain of tired
feeling. pains in the back and loins, desire
to sleep, dizziness, painful or suppressed
menstruation, will find in Oregon Kidney
lea a faithful friend. 1t be relied upou
in every instance to give immediate relief
from kidney and urinary troubles Thou
from some disorder of the kidneys or liver,
who might be permanently cured by using
Oregon Kidney lea.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-10-18
STARVATION THREATENED.
The H%ardships of Lieut.. Schwatka
and Party in the Frozen
North.
Bitterly Disappointed Upon Re-
turning From a Tramp of
5000 Miles.
Failure of . Whaler to Leave Supplies as
Per MISUNDERSTANDING ON WAL
rus Hide.
Written for THE HELENA INDEPENDENTLY

He w d
vessel that carried
my party to the
Arctic was called
the Eothen. This
vessel was to land
us in the northern
part Of Hudson's
bay, on an island
called by the whites
Depot island, and
o this point I
uoo <1 u%or4
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-10-18

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS ON
~ Main street-Notice is hereby given to prop
date Of tho approval Of the contract for paving OF
Main street by the city Of Helena, October u. 1891,
all persons contemplating putting in curb along
the line OF said Main street, must first obtain
consent from the undersigned; and all curbing
must conform strictly to the specifications set
forth in tho contract o xisting between the city Of
Helena and the undersigned. and must be duly
approved. otherwise tho anne will be rejected
and thrown out during the progress OF the work.
II. b. PALMER,
Contractor for Main street pavement.
Helena, Mont, Oct ~. 1871.
The Lamar register., 1891-06-20

The Denver Neics and the Republican
started out the other morning for a
friendly discussion of the silver question,
and the usual program for controversies
between them is rapidly being brought
to a focus They have got down to where
they call each other fools and traitors;
next comes thieves, boodlers and perlur-
ers; about Monday morning the NeHs
will tell that old story about Hills s2S,-
600 seat in the Senate and those Union
Pacific rebates, then they will treat each
other to "A few weeks of silent contempt.
Such is editorial argument between Den
ver's great(?) dailies,
The Lamar register., 1891-06-20

The assertions that Republicans are
getting alarmed at the condition of the
Treasury" would be all right if the word
Democrats were substituted for Repub-
licans. Just about the time that the
Democratic howl of "Treasury insolven-
cy" was at its height, Secretary Foster
came out with the announcement that
all the 41s-per-cent bonds would be re-
deemed at their maturity, three months
hence. The Democrats have good cause
to be alarmed
The Lamar register., 1891-06-20

The Italian Government did not recall
Minister Fava from Washington, but
simply gave him indefinite leave of alb
sence. So this Government has made
things even by allowing Minister Porter
indefinite leave of absence. He will en-
Joy himself in European travels until
Fava goes back to Washington, or some
one has taken his place. This Govern
ment can survive awhile, at least,
without being in full diplomatic rela-
tions with Italy. Premier Rudini can
take his own time to consider what he
will do next.-Coiorado Sun.
The Lamar register., 1891-06-20

DIR. Arthur Greaves, of Boston, has
returned from years mission work
among the Indians, bringing back with
him some revised views upon the sub
ject of civilizing the red race. "The In
dian can only be an Indian, and the best
way to solve the Indian problem is not
to bother with it at ALL" he declares.
Furthermore, he says that the Eastern
philanthropists have no accurate knowl-
edge of the subject, and when they med
die with it they ''do more harm than
good" Dr. Greaves would make first
class Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Exchange.
The Lamar register., 1891-06-20

Secretary Blaine represents the very
decided sentiment of his people-that
all overtures for reciprocal favors must
come from Canada. In past years that
country-a colony of government
greatly differing from our own-has ex-
hibited towards the United States GER
tain bumptiousness which has become
slightly wearisome and which is far be-
low the dignified consideration that is
due the greatest of republics. Such
position on our part is all the more nee
essary because Canada's administration
has come to ask reciprocity not so much
because it's own leaders wish it, but be-
cause the internal politics of the domin-
ion have shown that the Canadian peo-
pie are clamoring for closer relations
with this country. In other words, Sir
Charles Tupper and his associates have
been forced to ask what they do not es-
pecially desire by the demands Of their
own constituents, who want to be more
intimately allied with the prosperity
that they see on this side of the ST. Law
renee river. OF course, it will be neces-
sary to show great caution IN dealing
with such men, but the nation is fortu-
nate in having such a man as Mr.. Blaine
in the State Department, and the inter-
ests of the country can be very safely
entrusted to his keeping. The United
States is big enough, great enough and
generous enough to be on the friendliest
of relations with all its neighbors, and
there are the best of reasons why we
should be on good terms with Canada;
but as Canada has presumed consider
ably in the past, it will be well to let her
come to a more humble and more nor
NAL appreciation of herself now. She
can do the proposing, and Secretary
Blaine viii give it his consideration.
Baltimore Ansertcaas D
The Lamar register., 1891-06-20

In another column under the head of
"Sub- Treasury and the Spectators will
be found an opinion of the workings of
that scheme by Mississippi planter,
who Joined the Alliance in the first rush
and after cooler deliberation decided it
was delusion and forsook it. His ar
gument is sound and logical, and is suf-
ticient to explain the interest million
aires like Stanford take in promoting
such ruinous financial policy.
The Lamar register., 1891-06-20

An Indiana cyclone is reported to have
struck railroad the other day, and
given chase to train. But the train
beat it just enough to save those most
interested in the result-the passengers
in the rear car. Indiana has always been
regarded as severely matter-of-fact
State-a State of practical politicians
rather than of poets and romancers. But
the imaginative qualities are evidently
beginning to develop within its borders.
The Lamar register., 1891-06-20
sub-Treasury and the specuIators.

Sub-Treasury and the Spectators.
Sub-Treasury is the sole issue in the
warmest campaign Mississippi has had
since the reconstruction period. Even
while Jackson was going wild over the
jeff Davis monument unyeiiing. men sat
al day on the broad gallery of the hotel
ar7 discussed the Treasury from
n us points of view. Senator George
: ailed it constitutionally Private
John Allen bombarded it with anec-
dotes. The planters analysed it on
purely practical grounds. One Missis-
sippian said:
ssIt looks as if it had been devised by
regular syndicate of spectators. 1t
gives to the wealthy, the capitalist, op-
portunities for crushing the poor pro-
ducer that no rings have ever before
dared to ask for. The Sub Treasury
will put cotton, wheat, corn and tobac-
CO in the hands of the spectators. The
mechanic, the laborer, the farmer who
does not produce these articles, would
be compelled to pay such prices as the
syndicate chose"
| Then the talker took piece of paper
and a pencil and proceeded to demon
strate a curious problem, showing .'the
power of money to oppress" under the
Sub Treasury idea. He supposed one
John Smith to have 100000 in cash and
to go in for speculation under the oper-
alton of the Sub-Treasury. Smith buys
| 21OO OOO North of cotton puts IL in fha
Sub Treasury, gets $4,000 on it from the
Government, invests again and SO on un-
| til he stands as follows:
The Lamar register., 1891-06-20

Roger Q. Mills is writing book on
the tariff. He will probably make for
tune out of it as the Republican Nation
al committee intends to see that it is ex-
tensively circulated all over the country
whatever the cost may be.