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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-02
Thomas A. s5ott.

Col. Scott has been one of the re-
markable men of our time. Self re"
lance and con8cioas power has carried
him oyer. many gulf where weaker
ia;r. would hare been wrecked. His
great executive aoilitv was fully de-
monstrated in the war department,
where, as assistant Secretary during
the. oayly part of the war, he was the
frst to introduce system. discipline
and efficiency. D; course, it has been
as q railroad manager that he has
earned his greatest fame. He was
probably the most practical and
thorough Of the railroad magnates of
the. country. lie was master of all
The "Details of his business. He conld
reconstruct tariff more quickly than
his best freight agent; he could out
talk his liveliest passenger agent on
the laSter's own ground, he could
straighten cut confusion of trains by
telegraph with greater promptness and
skill than. his most experienced train
dispatt tler; he could dictate the terms
of pool by the rapidlty Of his calcu-
lations, and the comprehensive inform-
alton always at his command. He was.
the manager, a: the longest railroad in
the .world--having 4,7O0 miles of road
under his immediate personal super>
vision. 1t was untler his direction that
the tenus1 yania trunk line grew into a
great tree, With roots and branches that
reach ot5 in every direction. In his
case more was exacted from his mans
agement than from that of Vanderbilt,
for Vanderbilt virtually owns his road,
and can quickly silence dissatisfied
stockholder by buying up his interest.
Scott, however, never had the aid Of
great wealth, but managed the vast in
terest under his direction with such
thoroughness and 80 much personal
magnetism that he was always able TO
vanquish the cliques, and override the
embarrassments ts that were constantly
threatening him. 1t is said that during
the great strike and riots of 1S77, which
were to the Pennsylvania company
what a war is to a nation, went to the
depot in Philadelphia, never stepped
outside for two weeks. and assumed
the chief command, with telegraph
instrument at his aside. He has al
ways been the man for an emergency
composed. intrepid and alert under all
circumstances. We hope that COM
plete isolation for few months will re.
store him, for he is too young man
to be we'll spared.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-02
The True Hero.

''Three four five How funny y
cried the girls. "Hurrah - shouted
the boys. What were they counting {?
Yes; the patches on poor little Con
st.,ees dress. She heard ever word, and
the boys, loud laugh. Poor little
heart | At first she looked down, then
the tears came with h great rush and
she tried to run home.
Cry baby + said the boys. -.
"Dou't want her to sit next to ma ;"
SAID Ella Gray.
"What right has she to come to our
school p whispered proud Lily Gross.
"There! don't mind a word they say?'
exclaimed Douglas Stewart, leaving
the group of rude boys and trying to
comfort Constance. "Let me carry
your books" he continued. "Cheer up!
1t is only little way to your home,
isn't it?'
Constance looked up through her
tears to see the bravest boy in school at
her side.
"I live in the little house under the
hill," said Constance. "[t isn't like
you grand house."
'No matter for that. 1t has pretty
vines and climbing roses aud it's a very
nice house to lire ln,'' said Douglas,
smiling. II dare say you are happy
there?"
"y es but l don't want to come to
this school again, want said Constance,
softly. ;s.et.
80 things will be alrightin day OF
two," said the boy kindly. "Nevel
mind them just now"
They had been talking OF heroes a
little while before; they had been wish
ing to be like Alexander, sand Caesar,
an ID Napolian. There was not hero
among them except this same Douglas
Stewart, who dared to stand ont before
all his schoolmates, and befriend thl:
poor, 'fo'orI, little girl. Was not he 6
hero? Would not he have been COW.
ard to have done otherwise?
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-02

Only a Printers Dream.

A printer sat in lis easy chair, his
boots were patched and his coat thread
bare, and his face looked weary and
worn with care. While sadly thinking
of business debt, cid Morpheus slowly
around him crept, and before he knew
it he soundly slept; ard sleeping he
deamed he was dead, from trouble and
toll his spirit had fed, and that not
even a COW bell tolled fourth the peace>
full rest of the COW hide sole. As he
wandered among the shades, that
smoke and scorch in lower Hades, he
shortly observed an iron door that
Greakingly hung on hinges aiar, but
this entrance was closed with a red
hot bar. and Satan himself stood
peepifg out; waiting for travellers
thereabouts, and tEus to the passen-
ger printer spoke:j
Come in, my dear; it shall cost you
nothing and never fear. This is the
place where I cook the ones who never
pay tlieif subscription sums; for
though in life they may escape. they'll
fnd when they are dead it is toe late,
1 will show you the place where l melt
them thin; with red hot chains, and
scraps of tin, ard also where 1 comb
their heads with broken glass aud
melted lead, and if of .refreshments
they only think, there's boiling water
for them to drink; there's the red hot
grindstone to grind his. nose, and the
red hot rings to wear on his tees, and
if they mention they don't like fire I'll
sew up their mouths with red hot wire;
and then, dear sir, you should see them
sGuirm, while l -oll them over cool tc
turn"
With these last words the printer
awoke, and thought it a practical Joke;
but still at times 60 zeal did it seem,
that he cannot believe it was dream;
and after he thinks with a chuckle and
grin, of the fate of those who save their
tin and nevet pay the printer.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-02
A CHRISTMAS STORY.

It wee d lovely, bright December
morning. The shops were overfowing
with pretty and elegant things srsges-
tive of Christmas presents, and the
uahal gay crowde thronged the New
York streets and stores. Master James
Desmond, familiarly known as "Jim,
found himself walking. he could hardly
have told why, up Broad way and to"
wards Fifth Avenue.
Why he was sauntering in this dl-
rection, when atl his little interest lay
in another. will always remain a mys-
terry. Perhaps the luxuries.. like the
famous grapes, attracted him to take a
nearer inspection of their beauty. He
was certainly ont of place in the neigh
borhood, and when be fattened his
poor, little, starved features against a
pane of plate glaas, and viewed the
temptations beyond, there was some
thing pitifnl in the contrast thus un>
consciously shown. For Jim was rag"
+ged, bare footed and dirty, a Jacket
several times too large for him gave a
curious dwarf. like effect to his figure.
and his mated, unkept hair hung wild
over his hungry brown eyes. He kept
his cold, dirty hands. in the pockets. OF
his rusty trousers, but there was moth
ing to feel in them-nothing. He had
no money to. invest in papers; behind
him rete tfe bacE stfeets. there squalid
population, and the garret where his
mother was lying sick and penniless
Before him lay the bsauties Of wealth
and tasts; SO Jim kept on,
Near Thlrtietn street dis attention
became fixed on the handsome equip
ages dsshing down the avenue. Ever
hunger gave way to admiration, and OF
the comet he stood still in amazed dc
light. !,
AT this minute faint cry OF terro
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-02
T
Who are the z ch2

The man with good firm health is
rich.
Sc is the man with good clear con-
science.
SO is the parent Of vigorus, happy
children;
So is the clergyman whose coat the
little children of his parish pluck, as
he passes them IN their play.
So is that wife who has the whole
heart of good husband.
So is the maiden whose. horizon is
not bounded by the "coming man."
but who has purpose in life whether
she ever met him or not.
So is the young man who, laying his
hand and on hia heart. can say, /" hava
treated every woman ever saw as I
should wish my sister treated by other
men,"
So is the. little child who goes to sleep
with a Kiss on it's lips. and for whose
waking blessing waits.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-02
BROOKHAVEN, MISS, THURSDAl
Wisfenany.
A Romance of the War.

A gentleman we'll acquainted with
Colonel Realf, and an ardent admirer
ef his poetry, relates story told by him
while the two spent night iii conver-
sation, critisism and recollections, SO
dear to tnen of his kind. over a cosy fire
and warm decoctions. He spoke of the
night before the battle at which Gen.
W. s, Iytle fell. The two tRealf and
Lytle) lay together. in the Generals
tent. They we're both given to writing
poetry at such times, and each had an
unfinished poem on land, and they
read and criticised each others poems
humorously for SOME time, when said
Lytle:
''Realf, l shall never lite to finish
that POEM
Nonsense" said +, ''youi will live
to write volumes of siich stuff. "
"a feeling has suddenly come over
me-" continued the General, solemnly,
(Which is more startling than proph :.
ecy, that I shall be killed in to-morrow's
fight. As l spoke to you 1 saw the
green hills of Ohio as if / stood among
them. They began to recede from me
in weird sort of way, and as they dis
appeared, the conviction flashed through
me like the lightniDg's shock that |
would meyer see them again.
| rallied him ON his superstition, but
the belief had become strangely i'm
pressed upon his mind, and he succeed
ed in so far thrilling me with his own
Unnatural fear, that I begged HIM to
finish his poem before he slept, that
such fine works might not be lost to
the world.
In the small hours the General awak-
ened ne from a slunber into which
had fallen. to read to me that beautiful
poem. which must live as long as our
literature survives, beginning:
81 am dying, Egypt, dying!
Ebbs the crimson life blood fast"
Ny eyes filled with tears as he read.
He said not word as he concluded,
but placed the manuscript in his pock
ct and lay down to sleep.
Before dawn came the call to arms.
When 1 next saw poor Lytle he was
cold in death among the heaps of slain.
l thought of the poem; and, searching
the pocket where I had seen him pat it,
drew it forth, and it vas forwarded,
among other things, to his friends.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-02
A Funny Duel.

The only Frenchmap I ever heard of
who did funny thing at a duel, says:
'.Atlas'. of the London World. was
Saint Beuve, who, having to fight on q
very rainy morning, persisted in bold
ing an umbrella over his head with his
left hand. In vain did The seconds re
monstrate with him and tell him that
such conduct was out of order. II
don't mind being shot" said the critic,
"but l never came here to get wet, "
and he stood his adversary's fire with
his umbrella waving proudly over his
head.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-02
How TO Be a Gentleman.

Do not betray the confidence of any
one.
Never laugh at the misfortunes of
others.
Never give a promise that you do
not intend to fulfill.
Never give present. hoping for one
in return.
! Never fail to be punctual at the time
appointed.
Never make yourself the hero of
your own story.
= Never pick the teeth or clean the
nails in company.
Never fail to give polite answer to
a civil question.
Never question a servant or child
about family matters.
Never present gift, saying that it is
of no use to yourself. -..-. ....
Never read letters which you may
find addressed to others.
Never call attention to the features or
form of any one present. OF,
Never refer to Il gift you have made
or favor you lave rendered.
Never associate with bad company.
Have good company, or none.
Never appear to notice scar, de-
formity or defect of any one present.
Never look over the shoulder of an
other who is reading or writing.
Never call new acquaintance by the
first name, unless requested to do so.
Never answer question in general
company, that have been put to others.
Never pass between two persons who
are talking together, without an apology
+ Never lend an article you have bor-
rowed, unless you have permission to
do So
Never enter the room noisily; never
fail to close the door after you, and
never slam it.
Never fail to tell the truth. If
truthful, you get your Reward Yon
punishmnt II you deceive.
Never enter room filled with people
without slight bow to the general COM
pany when first entering.
Never fail to answer an invitation
either personlly or oy lsSter, within
week after the invitation is received
Never accept of favors or hospitalities
without rendering an exchange of civlli>
ties when opportunity offers. -,
Never borrow money and neglect to
pay. If you DO you will soon be known
as person OF no buiness integrity.
Never cross the leg or put one foot
over the other in the street car or places
where it will tronbe others when
passing by.
Never refuse to receive an apology.
You may not receive friendahip, but
courtesy will require, when an apology
is offered, that you accept it.
N.ver examine the cards in the card
basket. While they may be exposed in
the drawing room, You are not expeot>
ed to turn them oyer unless invited to
do so.
Never, when walking arm in arm with
a yong lady, be continually changing
and going round to the other, sside. sbe-,
cause of change of cornners. 1t shows
too much attention to form.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-02

ONE HUNDRED and two societies,
twenty eight newspapers and eighty
eight books and pamphlets have. been
prohibited in Germany since the pro-
mitigation of the Socialist law. In
Northern Germany there is but one
journal of Socialist proclivities left.
In Central and Souther Germany there
still remain eleven. Ali these have
changed their names since the, new
law, and try to conceal their bias.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-02
!Ghe gTeside.
Woras Of Wisdom.

If laughter is tie daylight OF the
soul, Smile lie its twilight:
By bestowing blessings upon others,
we entail them on ourselves.
Danger should be, fea-ed when dis
tant, and brayed when present..
To give pain is the tyranny of beau
ty, to make happy is her trne empire
Patience is virtue Which SOME peo-
pie think everyone needs but them
selves.
The froth of the head not nnfre-
quently becomes venom when it reach>
es the heart
The miser lives that he may die rich,
and is the gaoler of his house, aud the
turnkey of his wealth. t.-..
The mind that bnsies itself much
with the future, has need to be an un-
commonly cheerful one! tf
The light in the world comes prlnci-
pally from two sources-the sun aud
the,student's lamp.
Riches do not half so much exhilarate
us with their possession, as they tor
ment us with their loss.
The worst hearted of enemies is often
to be less dreaded than the II. )st kind
hearted of friends
You may speak out m ore plainly to
your associates, but not less courteous,
" than to strangers. ...,
When you hear suspicious persons
boast of being the friends of their
kind, ask them what sjrt of kind that
IS. ~. ,r :.- ..t
The dssth-smle is the grandest thing
in the world. 1t makes the dark Past
aI arch Of triumph into radiant Flu
ture.
.You can't get anything without mon
ey, some say; but this is not true, for
without money you get iii debt.
1t is but step from cunning into
knavery: lying makes the whole differ
ence-add that to cunning and it is
Enavery.
Stay awake in church. II is a shame
for the church to be made a cemetery
where the living sleep above ground as
the dead do beneath
When we find ourselves more inclin-
ed to persecute than persuade, we may
be certain that our zeal has more of
pride in it than CHARITY.
Useful knowledge has no enemies but
the ignorant; it cherishes, youth, de-
lights the aged, is an ornan ent IN pross
perity, and yields comfort in adversely.
Seem not 1sham I'll of vour business
if it Is an honest one. Better sm mell of
the shop than cover yourself with odors
and essences. which, half Disgusting,
render it disgusting.
Those who would render their chari-
ties useful should julioiously difTuse
them. He who would have a 9oood
crop must SOW with. his hand, ami not
pour out of the sack into one heap
We are part of the place We are in,
and our spirits are sustained or elevaN
ted to the tone of our surroundings.
One is wiser in his library than in the
street, and in fields than in either.
A wise M need rot be invested with
power in order to be conylncei that
power is garment hedize zened with
gold, which dazzles the beholder by
its splendor, but Expresses the wearer
by Its weight.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-02
Debt of Chicago Churches.

The combined debts of the churches
of various denominations in Chicag o
are estimated to be as follows: Pres
byterian, $275.0O0; Congregationalist.
$222, 900. Methodist, S21o. 900; Bap-
t,st. 100000; Episcopal, $4,000;
Lutheran. $4,000; Unitarian, $780,
900, Universalists. $50. 900; Miscellane-
Gus, 100000; total, 81 $780, 600. A
correspondent Of the Golden Rnle says
..The bulk OF this debt may be fairly
set down as the product OF an almost
objectionable pride of worship within
higher walls and beneath finer frescoes
than ones neighbors.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-02
p Iiterafy.
..Ike aud She"

..Ike ;lHd She"
"bhe ia deadw They said to him: "Come
away.
Kiss her and leave her-thy love is clayG
They smoothed her tresses of dark brown
hair; d
On her forehead of stone they laid it fair
Over her eyes that gazed too much,
They drew the lids with gentle touch;
With tendet topoh they clpsed up well
The sweet thin Ii ps that had secrets to tell
About her brown and beautiful face
They tied her vail and her marriage lace
And drew ON her white feet her white sill
Shoes
witch were the whilest, no eye coult
x. chooass .,
And over her bosom they crossed he
hands 80
"Ccns awayw they said-"God under
stands"
And there was silence, and nothing there
But silence, and scents of eglantere.
And jasmine, and roses. and rosemary;
And they said: Is a lady should lie, lies
She"
And they held their breath as they left
the room, .-.
With shudder, to glance at ite stiffness
and gloom.
But he who loved her too well to dread
The sweet, the stately, the beautiful dead
He lit his laihp. and tool the key
And turned it-alone again-he and she.
He and she; but she would not speak,
Tho he kissed, in the old place, the quiet
cheek,
He and she; yet she would not cmils, .,
Tho ne called her the name she loved
erewtile.
He and she; still she did not move
To any one passionate whisper Of love.
Thea he said "Cold lips and breast with
out breath,
Is there no voice, no language of death,
Dumb to the ear and still to the sense,
But to heart and to soul distinct, intense7
"See now, / will listen with soul, net ear;
What was the secret of dying, DEAR
WAS it the ir fnite worder of all
That you ever could lei lies flower fall7
"Or was it greater marvel to feel
The perfect calm DER tho agony steal?
i'Was the miracle greater to find how deep
Beyond all dreams sank downward that
sleep?
Did life roll back Its records, dear,
And snow, az they say it does, pas: th;ngs
CIeaf.
''And was it the inermost heart Of the bliss
TO find out SO, what wisdom love i>'
so perfect dead Q dead most dedr,
| hold the trea.h of my soul to hear!
50 listen as deep is to horrible he'll,
As high as to heaven, and YOU do ECt tell
There must be pleasure IN dying. sweet,
70 make you so PLACID from head to feet
"I wonld tell you. darling, If ! were dead,
And 'twere your Eot tcass upon my brow
shed
- woG'd say, though the Ahgel of teath
had laid
His sword on my lips to keer it u:,ssld,
"Yoa should not ask 7ainIy, with stream
ing eyes,
Which of all deaths was the chiefest sur
THE very strangest and suddenest thing
or all the surprises that dying must bring"
s.
All, foolish world; oh, most kind dead.
Though he told me, who will believe it
was said?
Who will believe that he heard her say
With the sweet, soft voice, in the dead OLD
Tay:
The Utmost wonder is this hsa-
And see you, and love you, and kris you,
dear;
"And am your angel, who was your bride,
And know that, though dead, haye
never died"
S~-------,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-02

AT a recent marriage iii a suburban
town, the bridegroom, when asked the
important question if he w6nld take
the lady for better or far w9rse, replied
in hesitating manner, "Well, / think
| will" Upon being told that he must
be more positive ip his declaration. he
answered, "Well, don't care if l do.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-02
B0rnatnl'S Hotel,

2nd aud Walnut 8ts., ST. Louis, Mo
l., A. PRATT, Proprietor,i
Having bought my partners interest
it this hotel, and taken anotben]ease
for five wears. | shall make many i'm
movements that will add to the COM
fort OF the guests of this house, -tY
LA. PRATr.
Formerly proprietor of the. Spencer
House, Cincinnati, o., and the old Gait
House, Louisville, Ky.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-02
CHE a}rookAaren ged9rr.
Advertising Rates.

Marriage notices and deaths, pot ok
ceeding six lines, published free. All
oveersix lines charged for at regular ad-
vel itiaing rares.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-02

COLLECTIONS for the New York Bible
Society last year among the churches
realizeda total of S5,607 II, of which
sum the Presbyterians gave four. fifths,
or 81, 446 II.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-02

A CHINESE Sunday school has been
organized in st. Louis, IN connection
with the American Sunday. Sehoe
Union.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-02
e. 4. BOaCe1l. ST.,

! Justice OF the Peace, Notary Public and
Z. 5. Commissioner for the Southern Dis
trict of Mississippi.
Office in the Court house. Justice of
the Peace court, the 2nd and 4th Satur-
days in each month. Office hours from
. a. m. to 6p. m. unless officially abseht.
Prompt attention given to business.
Brookhave Miss may23.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-02
FIRST-CI.ASS II - kDlNG
AT
THE NELSON HOUSE,

Mississippi,

jackson, Mississippi,
The table is at all time supplied viii
the best Tue market affords. fern )
aresonable.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-02

High and beautiful is the.lot of
great poet. His Tyre is the world. and
the strings on which he plays are. the
souls of men. When he wills it, these
tones are called forth, and melt Sogeth-
er in undivided harmony.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-02

The present rage for book making
seems to point to a period when every
man will have quite enough to do toread
his own productions. Then, however,
every writer will be sure to have an ap.
preciative reader.