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Gospel Leaver.

Gospel leaven does not begin on sur-
faces. That is not the leayen's way.
The woman hid the leaven in the meas
ures Of meal. Here is power that asks
no advertising Of efficacy 1t is hid
den force. 1t never begins with man s
dress, or money, or position. it never
works from inside ont. 1t begins at
the centre. Its first work is in the mo
tives, in the viii in the soul, and from
Chat vital vantage ground it reaches the
habits, thh behavior, and the converse,
ton, which are outward. Christianity
does not reconDoiter around the circum.
ference of society aud strike through
the thinnest part of the shell to reach
the core. The shell is the last thing il
touches, but it does touch it, and il
such wuy as prove an inner life of love
aud beauty. The kingdom of heaven
is FIRST set up within. 1t dethrones Sa.
tan at the beginning. It blesses the
inmost thoughts of the soul. cleanses
the heart, and blossoms out into radi-
ant life.
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Providence.

Gods dominion takes all things with
in its great circumference. All That
ever was, all that eyer shall be, lies
within the divine jurisdiction. In the
beginning was the word. In the con,
summation the Word shall abide. For
the Word is God. Little things and
mighty things; the whispering of
thought, and the dissolution of king
dom; the fall of leaf aud the crash Of
world, the animalcule of q gain. drop
and the solar systems of the universe,
all these things coma under the rim OF
the wheel which Isaiah saw in his Wis
iona wheel 30 vast and high that il
was dreadful. Noscorner of creationIis
left to chance. What we call accidents
are providences indeed. There may bo
local disturbances; but the general or
der sure. There are backward move
ments in certain parts Of the engine;
but the combined power is a unit in
pressing the vessel forward agsins.
wind and tide. The pilot takes besr-
ings from the sun which is ever on>
ward and not from the piston which
iplics't to and fro. High as the tides o.
sin may flow, awful and dark as the
storm may sweep, chance cannot eend a
single breath of its snray across the
boundaries which Providence appoints.
All things in nature and Revelation are
at inmost harmony.
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his fellownen upon the high seas, and
the name, Bloody Tim," would, by its
bare mention, strike terror into the
heart Of the captain Of any vessel from
a mill pond skiff to an English man of
war.
For forty long years, We repeat, did
he thus amuse himself, and now grown
old aud gray. wild longing took pos
session of his breast to return to his
native land.
He longed to once more gaze upon
the red head and large feet of his be-
loved Mary Jane.
He longed to see his children, now
probably grown into men and women.
He longed to caress the bob-tail cat
|of his early manhood, and to once
more kick IN the ribs of the ancient
family dog.
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Sounld Advice.

We advise all young people to ac>
quire early in life the habit of using
good language, both in speaking and
writing, and abandon the use Of slang
words and phrases. The longer they
live, the moro difficult the acquisition
Of good language will be; and if the
golden age of youth, the proper time
for the acquisition in language, be pass
ed in abuse. the unfortunate victim oi
neglected education is very probably
doomed to talk slang for life. Money
is not necessary to procure this educa-
ton. Every man has it in his power.
He has to use the language which he
reads, instead of the slang which he
hears; to form taste from the best
speakers and poets of the country; tc
treasure up choice phrases in his mem
ory, and habituate himself to their use
avoiding, at the same time that pedan-
tic precision and bambast which show
rather the weakness of vain ambition
than the polish Of an educated mind.
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Shakespeare's Tree,

In 1853 New Place, the former home
Of Shakespeare, near Stratford-on-
Avon, became the property OF Rev.
Francis Gastrell, who in 1756, ordered
the mulberry tree planted by Shaks-
;eare cut down. Most of it was
bought by Matchmaker named Sharp.
who; in 1903. in consequence OF hints
of his selling articles purporting to
come from it, made an affidavit before a
magistrate that Mr.. Gastrell in l756
cent down the said mulberry tree and
cleft it as fire wood; when the greatest
part Of it was purchased by me, the
said Thomas Sharp. who, out OF sincere
veneration for the memory of its ceie-
brated planter, employed one John
Luohman to convey it to my own prem
;ses. where have worked it into many
tovs and useful articles. And do
hereby declare and take my solemn
oath upon the four Evaugelists, in the
presence Of my God, that l never had
worked. sold, or substitute any other
wood than what came from and was
part of the said tree.
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How to Tell q Gentleman.

You should never Judge by appear
ances. The other day, little, weazen.
faced man, wearing $3.50 suit OF
clothes, went to one Of the big hotels
and registered himself from Texas, ask
ed for a room, and il breakfast was or
the table,
OlYmnian clerk g.zed at him scorn
faiis tpns mAmeu ara iangnidIy re-
mark:
"Any baggage?'
mo, replied the guest.
"Ln that case, said the clerk the
rules of the house COMPEL me to insist
on payment in advance"
VERY we'll, said the::guest. hesitst.
ing or appearing offended; "take two
days board ont of this" and from a
wod of greenbacks as big as his arm he
Produced a one hundred dollar note.
II beg your pardon" stammered the
k.ashed clerk; 'but We are 80 often
taken In. and your face Lot being fam
iliar to me, L"
B "No offense,," cheerily responded the
guest; "business is business, and rules
are rules. 1t does look little odd to
be without baggage; but as cattle deal>
er's amt much on style, and"
That's all right, Colonel" said
the clerk. "Put up your money; we
know q gentleman when we see him.
Jim. show the gentleman up to one
hundred and fifty>six. Call for the
best in the house, General"
The old man slowed away gu ample
breakfast, got the clerk to give him
small bills for q fifty, asked where Billy
Coolbaugh, the banker, had his Office.
in suired when they had dinner. desired
the clerk to tell Mr.. Farwell if he called
that he would be back at two o'clooh
then went, and hasn't been seen since
The clerk subsequently discovered
that the $50 bill was bad, and the sac
event has cast shadow over the hote
office
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playing Doctor,

The children had exhausted all OF
their stock of amusements when Willie
proposed that they play doctor. No
sooner said than done. Jennie got her
dolly (that is to be the sick girl. and
Allie acts as the good kind nurse.
Listen! there is knock at the door,
and Allie runs to open it. There is the
doctor, snre enon9h. in the shape Of
Willie, who has on his head his fathers
hat, and in his hand his fathers cane.
y dear! don't he look funny tooa and
he can hardly keep from laughing.
Look at those eyes of hist Don't he
look wise. though, as he marches
straight up to Jennie and asks. "How's
the little girl now?" Well, now he is
feeling of Dolly's pulse. while Jennie
tells him what bad night she's had.
Little Allie. the nurse, stands back with
bowel Of water and a spoon, waiting
to give the "poor little dear some nasty
medicine. o happy childhoodl may
Gods beat blessings ever follow you'll
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gle 4ueside.
Mans Age.

Few men die of age. Almost all die
of disappointment; passion, mental OF
accident. The passions kill men some
times. even suddenly. The common ex
preston, choked with passion. has little
exaggeration in it for even though not
suddenly fatal, strong passions shorten
life. Strong bodied men often die
young; weak men live longer than the
strong, for the strong use their strength
and the weak have none to use. The
latter take care of themselves, the for.
mer do not. As it is with the body, sc
it is With the mind and temper. The
strong are apt to break, or, like the
candle, to run out; the weak. to burr
out. The inferior animals, which live
general regular end temperate lives
have generally their prescribed term OF
years. The horse lives twenty-five year;
the OK fifteen or twenty; the lion about
twenty; the dog ten or twelve; the
rabit eight; the Guinea pig six or seven
years. These numbers all bear singn
lar proportion to the time the animal
takes to grow TO its full size. But man, OF
the animals, is oneithat seldom comes up
to this average. He ought to live a
hundred years. according to this phys
sio!oglcsl law, for five times twenty are
one hundred; but instead of that. he
scarcely reaches, on an average. four
times his growing period; the cat six
times; and the RABBIT even eight times
the standard Of measurement. The
reason is obvious-man is not only the
most irregular and the most intemper.
ate, but the most laborious and hard
worked of all animals. He is also the
most irritable of all animals; and there
is reason to believe, though we cannot
tell what on animal secretly feels, that
more than any other animal man cher
ishes wrath to keep warm, and consum-
es himself with the fire of his own sc.
cret reflections.
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Stick TO Your Business

There is nothing which should DO
more frequently impressed upon the
minds of young men than the impor-
tance OF steadily pursuing some one
business. The frequent changing from
one employment to another ID ono
of the most common errors commit
ted, and to it may be traced more than
half the failures of men in business.
and much of the discomfort and disap
pointment which renders life uncomfur-
table. 1t is a very common thing for
man TO be dissatisfied with his business
and to desire to change it for some oth~
er, which, it seems to him, will prove q
more lucrative employment; but in nine
cases ont of ten it is a mistake. Look
around you, and you will find among
your acquaintances abundant verihcs-
ton of our assertion. There is on hon
est farm paid for, but does not grow
rich very rapidly, as much from lack OF
contentment mingled with industry as
anything. though he is not aware of it.
He hears the wonderful stories of Cali
fornia, aid how fortunes may be had
for the trouble Of picking them up;
mortgages his farm to raise money; goes
away to the land of gold, and after
many months of hard toll comes homes
to commence again at the bottom of the
bill for more weary and less sucessful
climbing up again. Mark the men in
every community who are notorious for
ability and equally notorious for never
getting ahead, and you will find them
to be those who never stick to one busi.
ness long, but are always forsaking
their occupation jnst when i. begins to
be profitable.
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Misffuany.
: Saving Seed Cane.

Daul bennett writes from Brookhasen
to, the New Orleans Picayune; They
have a peculiar way OF saving seed
cane here, which We have not seen
elsewhere. It may be common. how
ever, in other portions Of the piue re-
gions Of Mississippi ard Louisiana
I,sey claim they save seed successfully
every year, aud seldom losc aa@ This
is better than Louisiana sugar planters
do. Their mode Of saving seed would
be too laborious and expensive for
largs plantations. They cut their
standing cane up by the roots iu Octo-
Der. yhey commence their seed saving
operations by digging pit abont ten
feet in width, and a spade deep, putting
the roots of the cane in the pit, the
tops inclined upwards at an angle OF
fifteen or twenty degrees. After put
ting in one OF two hundred stalks they
commence extending the pit in front,
throwing the dirt on the roots of the
cane, aud some Of the tops. They
then put IN moro cane to fill up the
new cavity. and then dig more in front
to dirt the cane last put in. They con-
tinue this, alternately :: digging ana
placing the seed cane until they have
ridge one or two hundred feet in length
sas body Of the mat standing two OF
three feet above the level of the ground
Stubble cane they do not consider o.
much value, even where they cut the
cane for the mill. They sell seed caut
by the hundred stalks IN the field from
81 90 to 81 25 hundred. It is difficult
to find it for sale in the planting sea-
son. An acre or two of sugar cane i,
here considered pretty good patch
The increase in the cultivation OF syrul
and sugar producing plants speaks vel
for the country, and shows that there
are at least some farmers here who ar,
willing to work for the luxuries Of life
as we'll as to make corn aud cotton
When farmers here produce the home
luxuries which they can easily do. the,
will need bat few store luxuries, ant
they will be sure to have plenty of thu
solid necessaries Of life made on thei
own farms, when they are willing Z
toll for better living and more OF th'
comforts OF life.
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The Birth of q Great Journal.

1t was in dark and dinsy room in q
pot house on Thames street, New York,
some forty-four years ago, that the
New York Herald wae brought into ex>
istence. The house was kept by an
old Englishman, Tom Reynolds, and
was noted for superior ale and the
style in which Welsh rarebit was serv-
ed. 1t WAS miscellaneous company
that assembled one evening
of Americans, English and Scotchmen
and probably the most impecunious
in the crowd was James Gordon Ben
nett. He had formerly been employed
on the Courier and Enquire as Wash
ington correspondent; but tho manag-
ing editor and himself had q difficulty,
and he had been for some time out of a
situation, and was, to ell intents and
purposes, in hard>up condition.
MI. Num-, the then celebrated piano.
forte manufacturer, was constant yis-
itor to the house, and, moreover, he
was friend to Bennett. who, upon the
night in question, appeared to be more
than usually depressed in spirits.
Take another toby of ale, old fell
low, and cheer up" said Mum, cts
long lane with no turning, and vino
knows but you may be at the turning
part of your luck7"
II don't see any show for better
times, 80 far as 1 am concerned" re-
Piled Bennett, gloomily.
1t was then the era for penny papers,
two of which, the Sun and Transcript,
had been started in New York, end
we're getting along awimmingly.
"How much money will it take to
I art paper the size of the SUM" in>
quired Num-.
III l had five hundred dollars in
cash, could do it," replied Bennett.
"Gentlemen," said Num-, addressing
the assembled company. "let us set
Bennett up. "I'll head the su bscrip>
tion with hundred dollars"
There was a cheerful response. Old
Tom Reynolds subscribed fifty. and
then there the money was made up and
an nrtic4e drawn, wherein Bennett
pledged himself to conduct the New
York Herald, the name settled upon
for the paper, as a purely independent
sheet; and this was the origin of one
of the most lucrative newspaper estab
lishments in the world.
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CHAPTER. III.

The afternoon on which Timothy
Barkins walked through the streets OF
his native city up to his residence, Was
beautiful one.
There stood the house just as it had
stood forty long years ago!
A tear OF sadness and fond recollec
ton left his eye, rolled down his face
and entered his mouth, as he gazed
upon the same old shirt stated in the
same old broken window pane as in the
days that we're!
Several more tears trickled down his
face.
HIS feelings overcame him, and
brushing a fly from his nose. he sat
down upon the green grass to mediate.
But a crushed hornet soon made him
alive to the stern realities Of his life,
and raising up, he concluded not to
mediate any more.
He arose and walked into the parlor |
There lay the pictures just as he had
left them forty long years ago!
One by one he took them up, looked
at them carefully and tearfully, and
then proceeded to hang them upon the
walls.
While he was engaged in this inter
estiug occupation, Mrs. Barkins, who
was now wrinkled, gray and bent al
most double with age, entered the room.
She gazed at him.
He gazed at her.
"Mary janet gasped be.
"You blasted fool, havn't you learned
how to do anything yetT' said she. as
she gave the cat a kick which sent it
growing across the room. "Look at
that landscape over there which you've
hung upside down.!
Timothy spoke not word, but utter
ing wild unearthly shrieR, threw up
his arms, fell to the floor, shnddered
convulsively, and e1piredl
$ sss. Bsrkfps nobbied o7cr to the
corpse, knelt down beside it. drew from
it's pockets the money they contained,
counted it, smiled, weeped few weeps,
and then remarked: h'I never saw
man vet that could hang picture, lay
carpet, set up stove, or dress a
baby"
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A BBrrIsH tourist has made uproar
in Rheims. One night about 8 O'Clock
the town was alarmed by the sound OF
the tocsin, or big bell OF the Cathedral.
The inhabitants rushed out of their
houses expecting to find revolution or
. ire. but they were agreeably disap-
pointed. The dreadful knell was mere
IL the work Of an English traveller.
who having bean looked up in the
Cathedral, thought the best way to get
out would be 70 set the big bell going:
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II not unfrequently happens. in this
world of mistakes and thoughtlessness,
that man, even the best OF men, may
once or twice during long or other
wise faultless lite. kiss his hired girl by
mistake for his wife. But no man, OF
ages past or of to-day, was ever known
to kiss his wife under the erroneous
impression that she was the hired girl.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-11-28

IT is by prayer on earth that the
soul is tuned for eternal praise in heav>
en-; and the more we shall have carse
for praise, even here below. The
praise of higher sphere will be. as il
we're, the echoes and antiphops of oul
prayers in bis.
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LET no man presume that he can
see prospectively into the ways Of Prov
idence. His part is to contemplate
them in the past and trust in them fol
the future; but so trusting, to act al
ways upon motives OF human prudence
directed by religious principles.
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Cheerfulness.

They who tread life's pathway, ever
bearing on their faces an expression OF
cheeifulness, are radiant ministers of
good to mankind. They scatter sun
shine on all they meet, depression and
gloom fade away n they presence.
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Hulled Corn

Ir.is Is much nicer prepared with SAL
elratus than lye. Three heaping table
spoonfnls Of saleratus will hill as Hany
quarts of corn. and it will be mach
/ white and moro agreeable to the taste
than when Iye 10 used, ~
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-11-28

A MASSACHUSETTS orator recently
stood five hours beside the tomb OF
Sumner to get inspiration for lecture.
That's rather queer. too; it's generally
the audience that want's to 50 to the
graveyard.
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m. Abshagen,
II. L. ROaCeaa, Nr.

Justice OF the Peace, Notary Public and
u. &. Com missioner for the Southern Dis
,rict Of Mississippi.
Office in the Court house. Justice OF
The Peace court, the End and 4th Satur-
days in each month. Office hours from
ga. m. to 8p. m. unless officially absent.
Prompt attention given to business.
brocxhrags Nfis. maya.
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The 3rookharsu Ttaeer.
Advertising Rates.

Marriage notices aud deaths. pot *,
ceeding six lines, published free. ~
oveersix lines charged for at regular sc-
veitising rares.
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NEW RESTAURANT,
By
VIM. J. SMITH,
Saloon Bu11d1n8
BRooKHAvRN, Miss.
MEALS DAY OR NIGHT,
TABLES SUPPLIED WITH THE
BEST THE MARKET AFFORDS

respectfully call the attention Of the
public to my restaurant, and will use my
best efforts to please all who favor me with
the patronage. Prices to sui: the time
w. -. SMITH.
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First. Glass Fare
70 Fitzner,a.

e. j SCHILLER,
Manufacturer Of
Steam Pipes, Smoke Stacks and
Breeching, iron doors and
Window Shutters.
Ako Well Augers, Pumps, Well Tools
and all kinds Of Sheet Iron Work.
Model making and any kind OF light ma.
chinery made and repaired
AT LOWEST CAsH PRICES.
BsooKHAyss. Miss, g. R. AVENUE
dec2 ly
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ENDORSEMENTS.

We select the following endorsements from
many on file in our ONCE:
BRooKHAvEN. MISS, May eth, 1873.
To Hhom il Moy Coneern:-
r. II. Henry & Bro, Advertising Agents OF
this place, enjoy the full confidence of this
community as gentlemen of integrity, and fuli
responsible to carry out all their engagements
and we do, without hesitancy, recommend them
to the public as worthy of trust in business
matters. Respectfully.
r. W. MILIsAPs.
DAUGHTRY 4 SMYLfR:
STORM 4 Son, X. PFErFHR.
II. z. JOHNSON, and others
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CHICAGO, ILL.,, May s4th, 1873.

To Lfrertisres-
We have done considerable advertisi rg
through r. II. Henry Bro..Advertsing Agents,
Brookhaven, Miss, and have been very much
pleased with their worf. II You wish to ahyer-
tise in .he South, we think You could DO well
with them. STEELE PRICE.
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BRooKHAvEN, MISS, June 2ist, 1878.
To WAom II May Coneern:-
r. H. Henry Bro, Advertising Agents,
Brookhaven, Miss, have done the advertising OF
Whitworth College for the past two years to my
entire satisfaction, and ! cheerfuily recommend
them to the public as business men worthy OF
all confidence. They are especially well prepar-
ed to DO advertising through the South.
H. F. JOHNSON.
President v hitworth College.
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THE RND.
National Republican., 1878-12-27
Baltimore General Market.

BALTIMORE Dee. %. ISIS
Cotton steady aud firm. MddIing s'.NfR.
Flour quiet md n.lniunlly steady. Howard. street
and Western supcrme, g. 75pa 81 do extra ,J5Odi:
do family, 81 2it'i =; Guy Mills suprrlnr s!1MI2;
do extra, u Ogi; do Ito brands q .jGf5 90 Iaiap,cu
family, tG2L
WhcHt-SOnthCrn firm. with small supply. Western
steady and firm. SOIlurrU Tr,l HsdSI Is: do amber
d Oe9 Os; No. Pennsylvania rcd ',C,I UG'; No
2WesteTn winter url, SPOT and Dpcrrr .Iuj1 a IN,
Jonunry, slGG W February, sIU7L@IO;,,
Corn-Sonihern hIrly active and lIrn. Western
DUH and lower. Southern white. AsGijc; do ycIIuv
EGirgci Wc'iCru mixed 81 ut aud Dreelbrr I.1 -,
January fJG9 ldici fchlIUry, tIgIi'sc; sican,cr
Oats dull and lower southern, 2sli.ss,, We,,rru
whir. IL du uiulNcd, ,ur Sic; I,uIisNlyaIu gl J..
Rye Quiet and numimui southern JiIsS'
nay Iull a. steady. MHryIund uIrI lruIIsy lyuulu
prime, tilGIl ' '"''
Provisions dun, with II JobbIns trade only. Nlcs,
pork 70 ~ Bulk meats -lUu,u sliuuldrr Lry " a
Be; clear.rb sides new, y, ,d3' 49, nrr car load
new &s9tar. lincon-Shouldsfs, old. &c; cirUf.r,
sides new ac Hams, SugnT-Cu eh new "a 40 inn
refined iurUS. GaC Butter ,rE /. rhui,,. IL =, ,mr
packed, iCt1 iNr; rolls Ei,tIlc
eltOlelim tull. Crude, ~. refined 80
C0Iee hruI. no C.IrgUrS, Ito lGr
sugar strong. \ son, S46lp.U.
WHISKY hlill ~ ~ 90. tys.
,ittshiH to Liverpool PER steam dun and nom, nal
Cotton 4ui Hour. ~ a'l grain, ID asked.
nStillr- iuur, ~ ibis wheat, 5J 100 hI; corn
hhlpnehls-Wheat, Ia.COJ bus corn D. sjO bu