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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-09-13
A Good idea.

Mr. e. D. Boutwell,, late commands
in the United States Navy, suggests 6
remedy for strikes and strikers. Ht
thinks that tho plan adopted by the
British government, OF establishing frot
lines OF transportation for emigrants
unable to pay their own passage. and
otherwise encourage them, should be
adopted by US. In the great West and
South. he truly remarks, there orc
thousands of acres awaiting cultivation,
and innumerablo industries urdevel'
'opod. With O little assistance from
the government, private enterprise
could very soon relieve large cities,
mining and manufacturing districts,
from an oppressive weight hf unem-
ployed. unhappy, and worse than use'
less population.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-09-13

OUR people generally underrate the
vniuo of ashes for the land, and particu-
larly for the orchard. Hard wood ashes
forms one Of the best top-dressings
that can possibly be put above tho roots
of trees No matter whether leached or
not-in other case 1t will bela groat ben
eft. It is possible that unleached ashes
would show good results from smaller
quantity than tho other. Pine ashes il
worth something as fertilizer, but it
does not contain anything like 80 much
potash as doos the hard wood product.
and potash is the acting agent in tho
case. Ashes thrown upon the surface
OF the ground under seuppernong trel-
lises is decidedly paying improves
ment. f,.r.t 81
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@, Give rnc a gzermc Fra the tsouala

q, Give nlc "a gzelsc Era the ts9.s1la
BIZ WILL 8. HAYS ..-Hss5
o, give me home in the South!
Down BY the niurmenng stream,
Where the fragrant magnolias bloom,&
Lifc'a like a mid-summer's dream.
Beautiful stars of tho night
Peep thro' the cnrtains Of space,
Shedding their soft mellow light,
Loving to smile on my face.
0, give me home in the Southl
The loveliest spot on the earth;
care not how humble i; be,
The dear, sunny land of my birth.
0, give me home in the South!
Who're the moclins birds gather and
sing. aA
Their melodies cheerful and gay,
Welcoming beautiful Spring;
Where the river floats gayly along,
In its winding way ont to sea.
care not where othcre may dwell,
4 homo in the South givc INC,
0, give ne noIHsin tho SOUTH
a home 'Ioaih Southern sky,
Where I've lived all the summer OF life
Nhore the friends Of my youth live ane
de-
When Pm called by the Angel of Death
re. l.sixe all 1ieyooH sasge2rth,, y .1
May tho Angel then find me asleep
In the boautiful land Of my birth.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-09-13
A Moral Character.

2 Thero is snothing which adds so much
to the beauty and power Of man. as a
good moral character. II it bis wealth
his influence = i1fs fife. Hdegnifjes him
in neyery station, exalta HMM every CON
dition, and gloriies it every period OF
life. Such character is more TO be de.
sired than everything else on earth. u
makes q man free md independents. No
serviIe tooi-crooking sycophant-no
traacherous honor>seeker ever bore sucn
a character. The pure joys OF truth and
righteousness never spring IN sucn 9
person. If young men but knew now
much ) good character would dignity
and exalt them, how glorious Il would
make their prospects,. even IN THIS he
never should We fnd them yielding to
the groyolling and base-worn purposes
OF human nature.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-09-13
Household Receipts,

For sweet potato pie, make a,rich pie
crust, lay in slices of instead sweet po>
tato and thin slices or apple, spread
th;okiy with sugar, butter, and grated
nutmeg coyer with crust and bake.
For starching linen, use one tea
spoonful powdered borax to one quart
of boiling starch it will improve the
stiffness and gloss.
A good remedy for whooping cough,
is two-thirds castor oil, one-third syrup
of ipccao. Dose: Half teaspoonful
from two to six hours apart, according
TO tho severity of the cough. Shake
the mixture we'll before using. 1t is oil
most infallible.
To make orange ice. take the juice of
six oranges aud grated peel of three ;
the juice of two lemons squeeze out
every drop of juice, and let the gratet.
poel steep in juice one hou. strain well
through fine cotton cloth; mix In one
pint of sugar. then ono pint water;
froczo as you would ice>cream. -4&
It is not generally known that com,
mon white chalk pulerized and applied
to o corn, for week or ten days. will
remove the corn without pam.
Lemon juice is recommended as q
Icertain cure for acute rheumatism. 1t
is given in quantities of Tablespoonful
IN twice tho quantity OF cold water,
with sugar every hour. This is good
remedy and should be remembered by
all who ere afflicted with rheumatism.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-09-13

THE poultry house should be careful
" attended to at this season of the
year and everything in and around it
kept scrupulously clean. A good coat
of lime white>wash, in which little
crude carbolic acid has been iDcorporat-
ed, should be given the building, inside
and out. Every corner, crevice and
hole should DO reached by this parasite
destroyer and preventive. Many per-
sons are at loss to know why thor
hens do not lay OF this season of the
year. If they will carefully examine
the chicken house, perches. or even the
fowls themselves, they will discover the
real reason.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-09-13

AT q late printers festival the follow
inc toast was presented: "The master
of trades; he beats the farmer with the
Hoe, the carpenter with his rules and
the mason with setting up tall columns;
he snrpasses the dootor and tho
lawyer in attending to his cases and
he beats the parsou in the management
Of the devi..
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-09-13

SNAIL farms, well titled, make hap
py and properous people, for the small
farmer, if he possesses ordinary intelli>
gence and experience, is always in ensy
circumstances. He cuitivates every foot
of his land without exhaustiing, hissc>
cummulations. lie is constantly rescil>
ing out for more, and continues to make
the best of what he has,. 4Qt=sS'' - *
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EDUCATIONAL.
The Entire Expenses Need not
Exceed aI35 per Wear.

The Entire Expenses Need NOT
Exceed sl35 per Wear.
Board of excellent quality may be had at SIC
and Sl2 per month, by paying monthly, III al
vance The necessary expenses OF stuoehl,
omittIng books and clothing, need not, therefore,
exceed 1896 to $3.50 per session. The depart,
men.s OF Chemistry and Natural History, ana OF
Physics and Astronomy, are provided with q
good supply OF apparatus for experiment and
Illustration. The university, Law and Society
Libraries, contain several thousand volumes,
and will be Increased. The course or instrue.
tlon is thorough, and the Faculty is composed OF
able, experienced, christian men.
The University occupies beautiful sltc, near
the village of oxford, in the midst OF an eXcep
tons lly healthy section OF country; and Is, IN a
measure, free from those seductive influences by
which so Iaany young men are led astray III oul
cities and large oWns.
The Law Department has been re-organi2ed,
and will be open for the reception Of students al
the beginning of the next session.
For healthfulness aud beauty OF location, the
facilities 1t affords for the acquisition OF thor
ough education, the moral and christian fnnu'
eaces thrown around young men and for CHEAP.
NESS this institution ls not surpassed by any 0l
like grade In the United States.
ALEX. p. STEWART, Chancellor.
Il NJ SULLIVAN, Sec'y Trustees. a Z-8
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-09-13

GLASS slippers have been produced
by the coming arti6ccs Of Vienna. Tho
slippers are actually woven OF fiue hex-
ible threads'os glass.
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1iferary.
Ties and Charters.

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Hes iana starters. ySal
fsa@ j
~ BARRY GRAY ssssa
I bought a box Of ties one day s.,is
Silken ties OF vsrious hues- - i
And on my dressing case they las,
Convenient for daily use. - - - !
Around my neck narrow band;
1t gives me quite youthful air.
IL fastened by my lady's hand.
o,. ,:,o -
In search OF peculiar shade, IA
found, somewhat to my surprise, s
That two were stolen or misiaid.
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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-09-13
In Walkers Rheumatic Cure

w s'"'NVI '''0"'''"0
the pr0prietors have not attempted to
make a magic cure-all, hut have concen-
tfated their study upon this one ailment
and e'ii there is a truth to be found III
this world" the testimony Of numerous
cures made immediately around them at
that This cure will actually relieve 3a
Der cent. OF these who give it "A iair trial.
Phey are willing to guarantee every
case who will take the cure under their
ncreonul direct ion,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-09-13
LOUISVILLE.
F O r

4 DR. Hurlcy's Compound Syrup OF
Sarsapariila, with or without To-
dine Of Potash, is already recog-
nized by the most eminent physi-
clans in all parts Of the country,
to he the most surprising remedy
tor certain diseases ofwhich they =,
have any knowledge.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-04-05
Death Of q Remarkable Woman.

Mrs. MARY PATTON, who died on Thurs
day night last, at her residence in Bridge
street, of heart disease, was the widow of
Capt. Patton, of the old clipper ship Nep-
tunes Car, which was made no less
famous than the lady herself by the part
which she played aboard it in 1856. The
vessel sailed from New York for Califor-
mia in the summer of 1856, with a cargo
worth 81 900, 900, and Mrs. Patton accom-
panied her husband, who had command
When few weeks out the first mate was
put in irons for attempting to incite a
mutiny, and as the other two mates were
ill with fever, the entire responsibility
fell Immediately upon the Captain. Worn
out with his arduous duties, he too fell ill
with congestion of the brain, ana when
Cape Horn was reached, he was stark mad.
His wife, who was then but twenty -one
years old, had learned navigation, and
acquired quite knowledge of seaman
ship, on her wedding trip, made aboard
the Neptune's Car, three years before,
when Capt. Patton secured the permission
of the owners for his bride to accompany
him upon his year and q half's voyage
around the world. In this emergency her
skill was brought into full play. She took
command and sailed the ship safely into
San Francisco, on Nov. 10, 1856, having
tenderly nursed her husband rs we'll. The
New York Board of Underwriters pre-
sented her with a purse of $1,000, and
parties who were interested in the Nep
tunes cargo made further contribution
of 81 800. The death of Capt. Patton oc.
Cured shortly after, and she moved tc
Boston, returning subsequently to New
York. For the last five years she has
lived in this city. She was forty-o one years
of age when she died.-Brooklyn Union
and Ar0na.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-04-05
Business In Ancient POmpeii.

ONE of the most interesting discoveries
in recent years at Pompeii was made in
1875, when wooden chest was brought
to light. containing the business receipts
of one L. C9cilius Jucundus. The chest
crumbled to dust on exposure to the air,
but the tablets on which the receipts were
written have at length proved to be legible
in many instances, and the result of
careful study of these tablets by Mommsen
and others has been to clear up several
points in what was among the Romans q
matter OF great consequence, viz: The
position of the middleman in affairs of
business. There was not among the Ro-
mans the same extensive system of shops
as with us, supplying every possible arti-
Gle of necessity or luxury; and for this
reason there arose innumerable occasions
of private persons desiring to dispose of
this or that article, as for instance, a sur.
plus of agricultural produce, old carts,
plows or even old and invalid slaves, as
Cato recommends the landowner to do.
The tablets in question are dated, accord
ing to custom, by giving the names Of the
Consuls for the year. The greater part Of
the dates fall between A. ID. $3.50. A
few are rs early as u and 81. Since
there is no more recent date than 62, it be-
comes highly probable that the tablets of
Jucundus had been overwhelmed in the
earlier eruption of Vesuvius. The ma
jority of the tablets are triptychs, and are
written partly with letters on wax, spread
on The tablet, and partly in ink on the
bare wood. Among them there is only
one which gives the amount of commits
sion which he received. and that proves
to be two per cent, which is known from
other sources to have been the general
rate. Usually he merely says minus the
commission The person on whom this
expense fell was the buyer.-Lond9n
Ts,nos
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-04-05
An Earnest Life.

EARNEsTNEss does not always move
with q clatter. There are other things in
this world which are quite as pleasant
and edifying as the b-a-dub-dub of q
snare drum. In fact this kind of melody
is not generally the highest style Of music.
Have you never known a man bustling
and OfficiOus, and clamorous and loud,
but who did not weigh heavy, after ala
thing very we'll understood by everyone
except Just the man who might have
prOfited by that piece of information.
And have you never known a man quiet
and transformations and faithful, and who
was perpetual blessing, a golden man,
deep-souled and true, whose memory lin
gered long after he was gone, like light
upon the hill after a gorgeous sunset:
The shallow stream rattles along its
course, but when it is met and drowned
by the majestic tides rolling in from the
seas, there is silence on the hills. In the
great tide there is the power of more than
q hundred rivulets, yet its coming is al
most as quiet as the celestial forces that
bring it. The tide flows down and shall
low grows the stream, and again the empty
Gathering goes on. And this is what we
wish to say: that things most potent, al
though demonstrative, as indeed they
must be from their effects, are not neces-
sarily noisy. A strong and earnest life
need not make what people are in the
habit of calling " fuss" 1t is better to
be known by the lead that strikes than b
the bang of the gun that sends it.-Ex
change.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-04-05
Slide on.

IT lie always in order to begin a little
story of the affections with the remark
that the course of true love never did run
smooth: the maxim is trite and true, and
justified by centuries of usage. 1t ap-
plies to recent incident at little place
called Casey Station, in Tennessee. There
lived near the station family with a
blooming daughter, and, as matter of
course, there was young man around
who loved the blooming daughter and
whom the blooming daughter loved. 1t
is TO be regretted that testimony cannot be
bd me IS to the good taste of the blooming
daughter, but the facts must be told, and
II is necessary to state that the young man
in the case was addicted to the flowing
bowl to excess. The father in the case
was opposed to the marriage of the lovers,
and the girl finally yielded to her lovers
persuasions and elOped with him. The
two went to Union City to get married,
but couldn't, because they had no lice nse.
Meanwhile the irate parent arrived upon
the scene. There was a quarrel, and the
young man got drunk. The father was on
mule, and, taking his daughter up be-
hind him, started for home. The lover
was on hand, and not too much inebriated
to be senseless of his loss. He could not
follow on foot, but could yell, and did so !:
Martha, if you love me, slide off!''
Whereupon the girl slipped off as though
the mule was creased. Again she was
put up, and they were about to leave,
when he said again, "Now, Martha, you
are twenty three, and if you love me, slide
OFF, And again she slipped off. The
third time her father held her on, and
would not let her "slide off," his heels
were dug into the sides of the mule, and
solving view before him Of all that he
true love, anyhow.-St. Louis Republican.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-04-05
Recent Discoveries Of OIL.

The recent great rise in oil has led to
apprehensions that the supply would
cease entirely at no distant time, and it
will crafty consumers to hear of dis
covery of petroleum as far Lorth as Brad
ford, Mexican County, Pa, in opposition
to the stubbornly- maintained theory of
biologists and experts. Mexican County
borders on the Counties of Allegany
and Cattaraugus in New York State, and
lies northeast of the great original oil ter
ritOry. Within the past sixteen months
not less than SO, OOO. 600 have been in
vested within a circuit of twenty miles.
Land that two years ago would have been
dear at any price now sells at 81 GOO an
acre. Within q distance of three miles
three fourishing towns have sprung into
existence, and the town of Bradford, for
merry consisting of lumbermen's tav-
ern and few scattered farm-houses, now
has three thousand five hundred iDhab.
itants. Another peculiarly of the Brad.
ford wells is that none of them arc what
they call large producing, the average
being about ten barrels day. This fact,
instead of being detriment, as the peo-
pie in the lower regions affirm, is claimed
to be an advantage by the Bradford Oper-
ators. They argue that, the territory be-
ing large and the wells small, the danger
of exhaustion is much less than it is in
the lower territory, where the oil areas
are small and the wells large producers.
There are three pipe lines connecting the
wells with the Erie Railway at Olean,
thirteen miles distant. A line is also to
be constructed to sixty miles distant. A
branch of the Erie Railway runs the en-.
tire length of the oil district, from Car
rOlt0n, N. Y. The business on this branch
was, few months since, $500 month;
it is now $35 900. Capital is still pour.
ing into the valley, and every available
piece of ground is seized upon at once
Philadelphia Press.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-04-05
Later From Stanley, the African Elk.
plOrer.

WE are in receipt of three deeply in.
teresting letters from Henry NJ. Stanley,
the joint commissioner of the Herald and
London Daily Telegraph, now exploring
the equatorial regions of Central Africa,
and determining the location and charac.
ter of the several sources of the Nile.
Two maps accompany the letters, and IL
lustrate the various routes and expl0ra-
tons made by Stanley since the date of
the dispatches which we're received from
him in October, 1876.
The letters are dated from Ujiii, OF the
the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika,
and on the It'll. 10th and 18th of August,
1876, respectively. After exploring the
hitherto unknown region between Lakes
Victoria and Albert N'yanza, and djscov.
ering the great River Kageera, which
flows into the Victoria N'yanza from the
southwest, Stanley took southerly route
toward Ujiji, the place where he first met
Livingstone. In the course Of his journey
he discovered Lake Windermere, an en-
largcment Of the Kagecra. and also body
of water which he named Kageera Lake.
But by the ferocious hostility of the ma
tives of the region called the Warundi,
and being brought to the verge of starva-
ton, Stanley was forced to retire into q
more hospitable country and abandon for
the time being the further exploration of
the Kageera and its wonderful valley, and
his efforts to reach the southern end of
Lake Albert N'yanza.
Pursuing his course toward Ujiii, STAN
ley crossed into the country of Unyam-
west, and, after traversing its ridge
broken expanse, reached his destination
In safety. The details of this perilous
journey are given in his letter.
After fitting together and launching the
exploring boat Lady Alice, which ren-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-04-05

OF. turned out by refiners in early days.
Its offensive odor msde even the presence
Ut a lamp an Objectionable feature
in any room, while the fumes arising from
burning lamp were almost unbearable.
Crusted wicks and smoky chim1eys at
tested the imperfcctions of the refiner's
art, annoyed the thrifty housewife and
contrasted strongly with the pure water
white color of the premium safety oil, its
freedom from odor and its superior burn
Ing qualities. Again, the volatility of the
liquid made its confinement difficult, even
IN the most skilfully- prepared barrels.
Oftentimcs a lot Of oil would shrink
twenty, and sometimes even fifty, per
cent. while being transported TO the re-
taller. A days exposure on platform
car or at freight depot, in hot sun or a
searching wind, would make sad havoc
with the dealers profits; or it might be
carefully placed by the side of a hogs
head of sugar, only to escape from its bar
rel and quietly take up quarters in the
hogshead with its Boston
TrnnaLrfDf
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-04-05
Marvellous Mechanism.

BuT the straDgcst thing we ever heard
Of in the way of timepiece was clock
described by Hindu Rajah as belonging
to native Prince, and jealousy guarded
as one Of the rarest treasures of his luxu.
rious palace. In front of the clocks
disk was gong swung upon poles, and
near it was pile of artificial human
limbs. The pile was made up of the full
number of parts necessary to constitute
twelve perfect bodies; but all lay heaped
together in apparent confusion. When
the hands of the clock indicated the hour
of one, out from the pile crawled just the
number of parts needed to form the frame
of one man, part coming to part, with
quick, mechanic click; and, when COM
pleted, the figure sprang up, seized .
maliet, and, walking up to the gong,
struck one blow that sent the sound peal
ing through every corridor and room in
that stately palace. This done, he re-
turned to the pile and fell to pieces again.
When two o'clock came, two men arose
and did likewise; and at the hours Of
noon and midnight the entire heap sprang
up, and, marching to the gong. struck one
after the other his blow, making twelve
in all, and then, returning, fell to pieces
as bcfore.-Troy IN. ~ Times.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-04-05
FACTS AND FIGURES.

Troy makes zoo, 900 iron boot jacks per
year.
PROF. II. r. PALMER AND WIFE sail
for Europe, April IL, in the steamer
e" Russia"
THE man who takes the most interest in
his business-the money lender. Boston
Commercial Bulletin.
SOME one has estimated that each per.
son on the globe would receive two dol.
lars If all the gold was parceled out
GHOSTS and dreams influenced Texas
man to steal, and the Sheriff and Jury
influenced him into confinement for a
year.
The amount of gold coined in the San
Francisco mint since it was established
in 1854 is $422, 449. 200, and silver &c.,.
ST., 400.
The Banker and Trntles1san gives it as
its opinion that it will be impossible 10
resume specie payments by Jan. 1, 1879.
Calling the present stock of gold in the
country $50, coo, 600. it thinks there will
be required further accumulation of
$3.50, OOO, 900, $4OO, OOO, 900 in all, before
specie payments can be resumed.
The" Report of tho Commissioner Of
Education for 1873" contains statistics OF
100 schools Of medicine, dentistry and