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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-03-20
CHE GTesiM.
A Bows Leisure Hours

VIII t Il boy does With his le5inre Is
most Important; what tie gets III school
is mainly drill or exercise; it is gym
nasium to him, he must eat elsewhete
What he does with his spare hours de-
termines his destiny. Suppose be
reads history every day. or scientific
books, is the course OF few years be
becomes learned. Itmatters worry little
what be undertakes, Latin, Greek, He
brew, Sans crit, all disappear if lie uses
his spare time on them.
A boy was employed in lawyers
office, and had the daily paper to amuse
himself with. He commenced to study
French, and at that little desk, became
'afuent reader and writer of the French
language. He accomplished this by
laying aside the news paper aud taking
up something not SO amusing, but far
more profitable.
A coachmau was often obliged to wait
long hours while his mistress made
calls. He determined TO improve the
time; he found small volume contain
tanning the Eclogues of Virgil, but
could not read it, and so purchased II
Latin grammar. Day by day he stud
led this, and, finally, mastered all its
intricacies His mistress came behind
him one day as he stood by the horses
waiting for her, and asked him what he
WAS SO intently reading. "Only a bit
Virgil, my lady" What do you read
Latin?' a little, my lady She men
toned this to her hua band, who insisted
that David should have a teacher to in>
struct him. Ia few years he became
learned man, and was useful and low
ed minister il Scotlaod.
A boy was hired to open and shut the
gates to let the teams out of ap iron
niue. He sat on a log all day by the
side of the gate Sometimes an hour
would pass before the teams came, and
this he employed so we'll that there was
scarcely any fact in history that escaped
his attention. He began with little
book on English history that he found
in the road; having learned that thor
oughly. he borrowed, of minister
Goldsmith 8 History of Greece. This
good man became greatly Interested il
him and loaned him books, and wa.
often seen sitting by him on tie log
conversing with him about the people
! of ancient times.
All these show that, in this country
any one can learn that wants to. Ii he
is al work, he still has three hours he
can call Lis own. Let him use those
wisely, and he can ill his mind with
| stores of knowledge
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-03-20
Sinking.

The habit of skirking is great evil
in our land. Sad and bitter ale the ex-
perience of multitules who have lost
positions of emoumeut and trust by
skIrklng duties and responsibilities de-
voivlng upon them. They saw their
mistake after it was too late. 1t is
bad sign to see Young man contract,
ing the habit of shirking. You may
set it down at once that sooner or later
he will be q drone in the grost hive of
human industry, living without any
purpose in life and scorned without any
purpose in life and scornrd by all who
have wiling hands. and follow up what
whatever they can fud to do. Young
men. if you want to gain the confidence
and esteem of your employer. never
shrink from duty. If over tasked lay
in your Complaints. and yon will always
geta hearing. III you begin life
shirk, you may sit down as fixed fact
that the habit will follow you through
life, and instead of a Success you will
be an utter failure"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-03-20
Don't Lose Faith.

Above all things, let, us never lose
faith in God. 1t is the saddest oonse-
quence Of financial disaster that those
who snffer by them sometimes make
shipwreck of their faith. They exae..
gerate their troubles to that extent that
private loss or misfortune seems like
public calamity, and because they
suffer some petty personal inconven-
ience or privation. they think that all
the foundations of the earth are ont of
course. Because a few clouds gather
in the sky, the armament is dsrkened,.
and they think that the stars have
fallen from heaven.
Oh. foolishmanl Lift up your eyes
and behold the clouds flee away, and
the stars will soon be seen shining clear
ly and serenely in the hevens. These
passing clouds are but for a moment,
and they may be most blessed in our
experience, if they bring us nearer to
the only true source OF light---nesr to
God.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-03-20
The SENDS of Life.

To every man life is the beginning OF
endless, shoreess, fathoUless, incon~
ceivable happiness or misery. 70 the
wicked the end of life IS the end of all
sinful mirth and pleasure. 70 the
righteous the eud of their earthly exis-
tence is the end of all doubt and pain.
There is no middle course. 1.-The man
who lives in vain, lives worse than in
vain. He who lives to no purpose.
Time misspept is not lived, but lost"
In former days public executioners
carried an hour glass to the place of
death, and set it down before the un-
happy criminal, telling him that when
the sands were all rTn, he must close
his eyes on earth. Sometimes his spir-
tual advisers said to him, "Your sands
are aimost nun, and he ssw it WAS so.
But the sauds that measure our days
are hidden from our eyes. They have
been running for some time. They ara
running now. The may all be run i'll
another minute. But We may live some
days, or montns, ar years. This is our
solemn condition. Yet how lew are
impressed by it.
Some, indeed. are wIse. They live
very much each day as they would If
they knew it would be their last, They
are waiting aud watching Should they
a. any time hear the cry, Behold the
Bridegroom cometh, they would re
spond, even so, come. Lord Jesus.
coGe quickly These are wise. They
shall slime rs the armament They
shall he forever with the Lord.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-03-20
ziferarv.
The SOrceries of Science.

The SOrceries of Science.
Day by day, in this wonderful age,
Is announced some amazing invention,
Fit TO puzzle the brains of sage
And tor past my poor comprehension,
You can tell by the telephone wire,
Seas DER with electric celeritv;
To the phonograph they that aspire
May their voices transmit to posterity
In my youth twas once thought vain
dream
That the streets could be lighted with
gas;
To expect locomoton from steam
Was accounted the hope of an ass.
gnfiaw, az yesterday, rings
In NINE ears from the days long ago
When. at what seemed ridiculous things
Oar grandiaihers laughed. Ilo. ho! ho.
And Istill have some fear in my mind
That this sclence will end in confusion,
That it- marvels at last we shall lnd
To have been but Old Harry's illusion.
We shall suddenly wake some day,
In atonishment round us to''stare,
To find Visions have vanished away
And the good old times still as they were
Oh. for days on which memory dwells,
When the hedgerows were sweet With
musk roses!
What if cesspools were sunk close to wells,
And our pigsties right under our noses?
From your sewers what good have yos
got,
Beyond fever germs and bacteria?
Till they made W drain typhoid was rot
And we'd no such disease as diphtheria.
Now, If night. to be turned into day,
The electric light next will give rise,
Pve no doubt, with its dazzling display,
To some novel disease of the eyes.
'Gainst the newslight. stand. hy the old
Though their sheen by comparison
| suffersl
Oh, for your good old days, dip and mold
Wi,h your tinder,box, matches and
snufiers!
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-03-20
IA Little Bird Led Me.

Under the cool shade OF the oak trees,
Thomas. the wood cutter, and his
grandson, Joe. had been eating their
lunch. Carefully gathering the crumbs,
the old man threw them far out on the
grass, and then both waited, till first
one bird then another, hoped
down for their share of the feast.
at was little bird like that that
showed me the way to God, Joe. Ill
tell you about it.
81 was a grown man, with wife and
little children your mother was the
baby then-before | ever thought much
of God or my duty to him. it was
one night while | sat i'll the door way
resting, I heard your grandmother sing
ing, ms she rocked her baby to sleep,
Jesus. lover of my soul,
Let me to thy bosom ily,
While the waters near me roll,
While the tempest still ~ nigh"
1t set me thinking of my sin, of death
Of meeting God; and for days ms heart
was full of fear. I was coming through
the woods one night, when great
storm came on; the wind blew, the trees
crashed, the rain came in gusts, and it
was all I could do to keep my feet. At
every flash of lightning my heart trein-
bled for fear | might be called to meet
my God. Then | saw a bird flying
around with pitiful cry. On low
branch was nu empty nest, tom and
drenched; on the ground we're her crush
ed eggs There seemed no refuge for
her from the binding storm, till, by
flash of light, saw her dart under u
great rock which stood near, and
! | knew she was safe. Then the
words Of the song came back to me,
and I prayed aloud as hurried through
the storm and rain,
Jesus, lover Of my soul,
! Let me to thy bosom fy;
/ While the waters near me roll,
While the tempest still is nigh"
Aud He heard me, Joe, and through
Him who said, 4 am the way, am not
afraid to meet my God. SO you see it
was little bird that led me to the
Lord.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-03-20
Intemperence.

The Drink Bill of the United States is
annually 300. 900. 900, besides all the
smugg'ed liquors and crooked whisky.
This sum. with annual compound inter>
est at six per cent. will be more than
$25, 900, 600, 900. of the property of the
nation is. less than $50, 900. 900, 900. Or
to put it in another form, forty years
the country wastes more for intoxioa-
ting liquors than all the savings of all
its people sinee the settlement OF the
country.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-03-20
Eaten Themselves Out of Sight.

An Urbana co., special says: Early
last week Mr. McIlvain, farmer Iiv,
ing u few miles north west of here,
came to town looking for three head of
lost cattle, supposed to have been stol-
en- from his pasture. He visited the
tanneries on the the hunt for the hides;
he advertised, had men out securing
country, and offered rewards for the re-
turn or infor nation of the lost. Last
night your correspondent was reliably
Informed that day before yesterday Mr..
McIlvain and a hand went out to the
pasture to see if any more had been sto
len. On going to large straw rick
they saw the pose of Al animal. and on
clearing large hole, ont walked the
supposed stolen cattle. They had eaten
passage clear through the large rick.
The affair caused considerable fun and
sport among Mr.. McIlyain's. neighbor-
ing farmers. V
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-03-20

ALL TIE signers of the Declaration OF
Independence signed their name with a
quill pen except one--he signed his
Witherspoon. d ~
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-03-20

WHAT the country needs now among
women is not so much hand that can
bring ravishing strains from grand
piano, as one that can spank baby
con exprssione.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-03-20

THERE is one comfort in having the
ague in boarding-house. You shake
SO fast that the beb-bugs can get no
foothold on your body at all,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-03-20
THE BEST WAGON
ON WHEELS"

We give the following warranty wit
each wagon:
We Hereby Warrant the FISH
BROS. WAGON N0.--to e well
made in every particular and of good
material, and that the strength OF the
same is sufficient for all work with fair
usage. Should any breakage occur
Within one year from this date by reason
of defe2tiye material or workmanship.
repairs for the same will be furnished at
place of sale, free of charge, or the price
of said repairs, as per agents price list,
will be paid in leash by the purcha er
producing ii Sample of the broken or de-
fective parts as evidence.
TITUS q. FISH,
EDWIN b. FISH, FISH BROS. Il co.
JNo. &. II UGGINs,
Racine, Wis, Jan. 1st, 1878.
Knowing we can suit you, we solicit
/ atronage from every section of the
| nited States. Send FOR Prices and
! erms, and for a copy OF our Agricultu-
raj Paper to
FISH BROS. SS CO..
s. en-, Racine. Wis.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-03-20

GRANT rode on camel in Arabia, and
is said to regard it as his grandest try
hump.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-03-20
Literal Answers.

"Wlll you kindly put my fork into a
potato?" asked young lady of the
table heighbor.
with pleasure" he responded, and,
piercing the potato, coolly left the fork
extended from 1t:
Again. we hear OF very polite an
impressive gentleman, who said to a
youth in the streets:
boy, may I inquire where Robins
sons drug store is?"
Certainly, SIR replied boy, very
respectfully.
"Well," said the gentleman, after
waiting awhile, "Where is it?'
II have not the least idea,' said the
urchin.
There was another boy who was ac-
costed by an ascetic middle aged lady
with: boy, I want to go to D.
street
"Well. ma'am." said the boy, "why
don't you go there then?"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-03-20

Look well into thyse'f; there is
source which viii always spring up if
thou will search there.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-03-20
Best In The Word
BETTER THAN ANY sALERATUs.

One teaeronfu! of this Soda used with
sour milk ,quaIs four ttaspoonfuls of The
best bHking powder, saving twenty times
it4 cart. see package fer valuable inor-
aiation. II the teaspoonful il 100 large
and does NOT produce good results at first,
,sa less afterwards Feb. 6-it
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-03-20
An Old Gold Hunter from California
Weds his Step daughter.

IL WOuil ooSult llciii tiC
currences of remarkable incidents, that
there is certainly nothing of an imp o. i
able nature, judging from the follows
ing wonderfully strange and hardly
credible story. related by a gentleman
IN this city to Herald reporter:
In the spring of 1913. while the gollI
fever had not yet subsided, there lived
near Marietta, Ohio, gentleman OF
culture, by the name of Thomas Clark
sen. His parents were in moderate
circumstances, and it at this time he
left the comforts of home, friends, re-
latiyes, went to New Orleans, woed,
won and married Mrs. s. Il. Foster,
facinating widow with two children, a
girl of three years and son. Domes
tic felicity led to sprees, during one OF
which he took up his journey for the
gold field of California. beyond tn
Rocky Mountains, where the bright
and golden sun sinks down to rest amid
the blue waves of the grand Pacific.
After years of toll, drudgery and re
verse of fortune in the mines, he went
to San Francisco with the small for
tune he had amassed, and engaged in
business.
possessor of a handsome competence,
In the meantime news reached him OF
the death of his wife, who had died
during the cholera epidemic of 1852 or
1853, as did her children. This sad
news was subsequently confirmed by cor
respondence with acquaintances III the
Crescent City.
During the war Clarksoti served in
Union army in Maryland, where he be-
came acquainted with the Page family.
Meeting with reverses in business dur
ing his absence, he loacted in st. Louis.
Miss Page, nee Foster, married and re-
moved to St. Louis from Maryland
some years ago, where she was widowed
bv the death of her husband. 1t was
chance that the widower met her, and to
meet was to love. They became engage
ed, and a qniet country wedding follow
ed.
After marriage they came to Dallas
county on visit to his wife's aunt by
adoption. Here they began to learn
more and more of each others past his
tory, and few days since the denoun
cement came-they were stepfather and
daughter, man and wife. His step
daughter was not dead, as he had sup
posed, but after her mothers death had
been taken and raised by IL Mrs. Page
near Frelrick City Maryland.
Passionate love changed into paternal
devotion They left last evening for
FredlicG City, Maryland.
Not Generally Known.
Frogs live from twelvo to fifteen
years (if not eaten.)
Ducks can fly ut the rate OF ninety
miles an hour.
The crow can fly at the rate of twen
ty~ five miles al hour.
The sparrow can hy at the rate of
ninety two mics an hour.
The falon can fly at the rate of seven-
ty>five miles an hour.
Hawks can fly at the rate of one huns
dred and fifty miles an hour.
The Australian dog and the shep-
herd dog Of Egypt never bark.
In Spain there are ten million fine
wooled merino sheep, tended by fifty
thousand shepherds and guarded by
thirty thousand dogs.
The old Alexandrian library contains
ed seven hundred thousand volumes,
the largest ever brought together be-
fore the invention of printing.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-03-20

This conclusion, however, may be
problematic, but weshall anxiously await
it's determination. trusting that il may
be in our favor.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-03-20

A CITIZEN went into a Nofwich hard
ware store the other day and inquired
How much do you ask for bath tSfb
fora child?'"Three dollars and seventy
five cents, was the reply. ..W.h. .esw!'.
whistled the customer, 'tguess we'll
have to keep on washing the baby in
the coal>rcuttle till prices come down. -
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-03-20
The a,raokhareu gedger.
Advertising xascs. -

Marriage notices and deaths, pot eN-
ceednlg six lines, publishsdfree. AZ.
oyecrsix lines charged for at regular ali
vetiseiBg rates.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-03-20
Cipher This.

II our readers are inclined toward de-
ciphering the mysterious, we offer them
the annexed puzzle and recommend the
original riddle to the careful consider
alton OF our readers who think it
m.aus them. ftf GE
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-03-20

'WHAT shall wear to my sisters
wedding?" anxiously asks little rust G
maiden of our fashion editor The fash
ion editor having stepped out to pay
a bill. we suggest that you wear dress,
a rair of shoes and stockings, and per-
haps clean collar. But it will be
positively necessary that you wear the
first named articles if you intend to
create favorable impression.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-03-20
By a careful and contin.

Fly ued application for a time
QUO itAspay be solved, and we
VETO can but think, when solv-
YOUR cd, not very great length
PAPE of time will elapse before
RPA the benefit of this solution
YU will be felt in a form that
p wa can really apnreaciate
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-03-20

And all other articles kept by Druggists
generally. Physician-' Prescriptions care
,,Ilv coInpoupded. Feb. l3-llv.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-06-05

The man arrested in Winnemucca on Sat-
urday proved to be case of mistaken iden-
tity, and not the Tom Lawton wanted. The
following is a description of Thomas Lawton,
the missing murderer of Tulis, obtained from
the State Prison authorities at Auburn, New
York, where he served term of two and
half years; 'Lawton is so years of age, of
light complexion and feet 81 inches in
hight; fine black hair; full blue eyes; high
projecting forehead; straight sharp pointed
nose; small chin; small scar ON temple; Oh
right forearm, outlines ofa dog in India INK,
head outward with collar, and spot on shout
der and rump. Initial letters in red about
the dog.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-06-05
OVER THE CATARACT.

The excursion party that went from Mag
ara to Buffalo on Sunday last witnessed the
awful spectacle of a man going over the falls.
Pi Walker was one of the most daring of the
guides, when sober, and when drunk was fool
hardy. On this day he was drunk at Port
Day, several miles above the falls, and under
took to row in a small boat to Goat Island
This feat is always dangerous, because if a
landing is not skillfully made the boat may
be carried into the rapids, but Walker had
frequently accomplished it. On this occasion,
however, he was incapacitated by intoxication.
Five hundred of the excursionists, standing
on the Goat Island bridge and the shore close
by, saw him coming down stream on the
American side. He had lost control of the
boat, one of the oars was displaced, and he
was covering helplessly on the seat. The
boat struck hardly submerged rock, and
it seemed for moment that escape was
possible, but the man was too dazed to act
quickly. Instantly he was hurried into the
rapids. The craft was shattered against a
second rock, and he was thrown into the
water to DE flung over the cataract and disap-
pear.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-06-05

New York, June At is conclusively
shown by recent advices from Russia that
the reports of reign of Nihilist terrorism are
greatly exaggerated. The latest confirmation
is supplied by Minister Stoughton, who ar
rived here yesterday. He stated emphatic
ically that not only are the reports of these
troubles greatly exaggerated, but that nearly
every material statement made about them is
absolutely false. He said that when he left
st. Petersburg the city was as tranquil as
New York, and it was not then different from
what it usually was
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-06-05

SUIcIDE,-Of man with whose former
career many Carsonites are familiar, to their
sorrow, the telegraph informs US as follows:
Colusa, Cal, June An. L. Squires, who
was found guilty of murder in the first degree
last Friday, committed suicide at half past 9
o'clock last night. He cut both arms and his
throat with razor. One of the prisoners in
the jail gave the alarm, and when the Sheriff
gotto Squires he was yet alive, but died in
short time. How he got the razor is a mystry
His wife visited him yesterday, and it is sup
posed that she must have carried it to him.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-06-05

San Francisco, June 4.-The Grand Grove
of the California U. A. 0. D., began its if
teenth annual session at San Jose yesterday
The report of the Grand Secretary showed
that during the year FIVE new Groves have
been installed, and that one Grove had sur
rendered its charter There are now % Groves
in the jurisdiction, with membershipof $50
showing net loss of six during the year The
total revenue of the subordinate Groves during
the year was $31, III, aud their total assets
are 1913, 905. Fifteen thousand and twenty
seven dollars was paid out in relief during
the same time.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-06-05

Seventeen Cinnamon afflicted with leprosy
have been sent to Hongkong from San Fran,
cisco, per steamship China. The arrange
ments were made secretly, owing to the OPP
position of the Chinese merchants and sea-
men. Each Chinaman was furnished with
blanket, food for two days and $40 by the
Chinese Consul, and their fare of S33 each
was paid by the city.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-06-05

An undivided one-half or whole of the
Tuscarora Times Reejec, newspaper and job
printing establishment, is offered for sale
The i'll health of one of the proprietors and
outside business which occupies the time of
the other, are the reasons for selling.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-06-05

The Elko Independent of Monday says that
on the freight train going east yesterday morn
ing was large section of the Calaveras Big
Trees. 1t was cut into sections for convenience
inshipping and when put together will measure
81 feet in diameter
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-06-05

A DEED of the ground of the North Con-
solidated Virginia Mining Company to the
Sierra Nevada, Mexican and Union Consoli-
dated Mining Companies has been recorded.
The price paid for the North Consolidated
Virginia was 81, 1OO,0 900.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-06-05

THE friends of Dobbler have withdrawn
their protest against the result of the recent
75-hour walking match, in Chicago, and the
belt and first prize will be awarded to Parry,
the Englis Imam.