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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-08-26
d If the number of Representatives

If the number of Representatives
is limited to three hundred accord,
ing to their respective population,
the twenty States that gave Tilden
two hundred and three votes, will
have two hundred and thirteen, and
the eighteen States that gave Hayes
one hundred and sixtyisix votes, will
have one hundred and ~sixty-three,
in the next Electoral College after
1883. Nc wonder Republicans think
the country is going to the dogs.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-08-26

A SINGULAR accident occurred al
Lancaster, Pa, on Tuesday. Miss
Lille Natter, aged eighteen years
was walking with a gentleman, when
a spark from his cigar set fire to her
dress she became alarmed and start.
ed to run. A gentleman wrapped a
blanket around her, but she was SC
badly burned, she died the next
80 .t104I 5UI - stpi3-H ".tN
DAY. ...4 ,., -i
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-08-26
HAMILTON FEMALE COLLEGE.

Well selected course of study; Special departments
for all the ornamental branches. Faculty large,
able and experienced. Extensive Ground orrecres-
lion. Excellent bui dings. lSOxSS feet, four sior IS,
containing l25 apartments. CommodiOus chapel.
Nice Recitation, Ornamental, Play an Bath Room =.
Warmed by steam and lighted with gas. Only two
young ladies' occupy n room. Charges lower than any
school offering equal adva tageS in the Uni ed States.
Session begins september 18th, 1880. For t-rms, cat
alogues and further partiou. ars, address
] r PATTERSON. Pre- idcnt. Lexington, XIV.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-08-26

3REPoRrs to the department Of
state from all quarters of the world
show that American food products
are growing ia demand every day,
especially in Europe. 1alea
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-08-26

The total vote of Texas at tn
last enlernatoriaI J election was
Democratic Isl, 49,. Greenback So,
O6s, Republican 2s,529: total 236,
500. aaioi, B .1a II salbeslq q
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-08-26

GEN. HANCOCK has a very pleasant
suburban home. thirty minAted by
railroad from st. Lohis, The, house
is spacious and is surrounded by
ample grounds which command a
view of the Mississippi. ~
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-08-26
JEFFERSON COLLEGE,
Six Miles from Natchez, Miss.
High school for Boys and Young
Nen.

Wen.
j. S. Raymond. Principal, assisted bv able
instructors Session Of lS80-8l opens
l6tE Sept. Past session one of great pros
perity. Nearly fifty boarders. Course Of
study thorough and extensive, embracing
primary and higher EnglisI branches, in
Guiding mathematics, natural sciences and
the classics. Location healthy; grounds
extensive; buildings large and commodl-
Gus; fine scenery reading room: minera,
logical aud geological cabinet. Pupils
board with the Principal and are under
his constant supervision. Entire expense
only sixteen dollars per month. For cir
culars and catalogue address
Us RAYMOND.
aug5 Pm Washington, Adams Co. Miss
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-08-26

MissIssIPrf has eighteen presiden
,tial post-ofices; that is, offices tn,
receipts Of which are sufficient tt
allow the postmaster 4 salary q
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-08-26

IT is estimated that it will require
three years to complete the eompila-
ton Of the census afel 4f.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-08-26

There Is aigreat deal of slumber-
ing eloquence in THIS county that we
hope the moment0us issues Of the
present campaign win call out. II,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-08-26
MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE,
ST. LOUIS SEMINARY.

A seiect school for higher education of
young women. Location in view OF st.
Louis, hall mile from G ty limits: beauti-
ful, healthy, retired; thirty minutes ride
On the cars to the heart of the city, which
offers its museums, art gallaries, lectures.
concerts and other objects of interest and
improvement, which the young ladies may
attend in company with the Principal
Course of study very thorough, embraclse
whatever Is needful for a practical and
thorough education. Numbers hAited,
rendering il a pleasant home rather than a
boarding school. Dicipline that of a we'll
regulated Christian family. Guardians NAV
here secure a permanent home for their
wards during the period of their education,
Young ladies from the South may remain
the summer vacation and snioy the
Of a healthy la,ilnde, and be
cared for. The best Of references given.
For catalogue address the Principal.
B. T. BLEWETT, L. &. b..
july22 I'm JrnnInsS Mo
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-08-26
KY, MILITARY INSTITUTE,

armdaIe P. o. franklin Co., Ky.
The school for boys and young men, Six
miles south Of Frankfort. The 3lst annual
session begins 9th of Sept. next. Address
as above for catalogue. July 29~2m
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-08-26
GEORGETOWN COLLEGE,

Situated On Cin''i s. X. r., at Georgetown,
XIV. Session begins Sep. 9th, 1880. Full
facu!lv Course of Study borough and
VAR d.. Location perfectly heaiihful.
Egrly fl r l. made TO advance students
IN sound iearnius ana 10 develop both
their G nernl culture and true manhood.
sGg~Total expenses for session of five
months, 800 Send Tor catalogue to REV.
r. Nj. DUDLEY, D. D.. Georgetown, KY
i~uly-29-im
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-08-26
WANTED to sell the LIFE
CEN. HANCOCK.

BY his life long friend Hon. John W: Forney; an
editor and author OF national reputation. and an
ardent admirer of the superb soldier. TINS WORK
is complete, authentic, low priced. Fully lliuss
trated. Positively the ablest and truly omclal
work. Best terms. Oufht scots. partlculaIs iiSe'
Act ouick. Address Hubbard Bros, Atlanta, Ga.
jnly % 4w
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-08-26

@. NJ. R0BFRrs has been renomI-
mated for Governor Of Texas, and
L. J. storey for LeGtepant Cover
nor s3fa ARR gtia.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-08-26

Agents and Canvns~ers
Make from sa5 to $50 per week selling goods for
e. G. RIDE UT Il CO.. 10 Barclay street, New
York. Send for catal0Sue ami lternls. angis ~
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-08-26
W!.v,,tAFsn.I1 College,
N, MISS,

WILL REOPEN SEPTEMBER 20, 1880.
Patronage of Brookhaven and vicinity
earnestly solicited. Miss Paul will contin-
ne in charge of Primary Department.
Rates of tuition given in Catalogue Great
enlal cement of buildings contemplated,
Which your patronage will aid
iulv22 2m H. F JOHNSON.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-08-26
c0IIfGIATF anARDING SCHOOL

Near the University of Virginia. and preparatory
thereto. 500 per half session. send for circular
containing particulars.
july22 lin Rev. EDGAR WOODS,
Charlottesville, Va
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-08-26

MAJ. ii. b. MCCLELLAN, OF Lex
ingtOn, has been elected orator for
the next annual reunion of the Army
Of Northern Virginia. He was on
the staff of Gen, j. r. b. Stuart at
one time, but later on that Of Gen.
Wade Hampton. The orators sub.
.ject is Services and character OF
"a. Stuar t."
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-08-26

tTHE Republican papers declare
that the recent conference in New
York was a remarkable gathering
1t was. indeed. Never before in the
history of any party did candidates
and leaders come together thus
early in a campaign to ask of each
other the question What shall we
do 10 be sayed5l .us.@ n }s
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-05-26

Tho staples of diet are milk, bread, meat,
vegetables and fruit and that tea, coffee,
and pastry of all kinds are 10 be used
only as the greatest Of Injuries, and
therefore in small quantities and at long
intervals. The community can only be-
come healthy as individuals become
healthy, and all the reforms necessary
TO make Memphis and Grenada places
in whi h yellow fever never comes may
be adopted; but if the control cannot be
obtained ofthe bodies of, and the msdes
of living ofthe individuals in those and
all other places, evils not so suddenly
fatal, but none the less in the end dam
gerous, and all the time injurious to
their well being, will certainly exist
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-05-26
Evils of NegIccting Cold in the Head.

In paper read by DR.. d. B. St.
John Roosa, of New York city, at the
recent meeting of the Medical Society of
the State of New York, he stated that
the most frequent origin o. chronic dis
ca es of the lachrymal passages, of the
conjunctiva, and of the middle car, is in
a neglected cold in the head,n 1t is
generally conceded that no person in
perfect health, except under extraordin-
airy circumstance, takes cold, and vet
the majority of mankind have, at some
time, suffered from cold in the head
The popular idea that a cold in the
head is an Insignificant affair is foundt d
on the fact that most people recover to
such an extent that they are able to 90
about afterwaId and engage in their or
diLary aVocations without special no.
tice, at the time, of the consequences of
the disease, which may even then be set
tied upon them. He believed that very
many of the maladies which prevented
men and women from reaching the
allotted period ,of threescore and ten
have their origin in these colds; and that
many serious affections which act as an
impeachment to the success of their vic
tim are dated from a cold in the head.
He described the suffering incident tO
an acute attack of cold in the head, and
of the impossibility of having repeated
attacks without producing serious local
changes-not only change, but perma-
nent impairment of nutrition. To cor
rect all this, special attention must be
paid to individual hygiene, and if the
evil consequences Of neglected cold in
the head were to be abolished. the abo-
lition must come through public SEN
timent properly educated upon this as
upon all other sanitary questions. The
family physician must warn the people
everywhere, as opportunity offers, ol
the danger in this direction, and ofthC
means by which it is to be avoided. The
first great precautiOn to be taken by
each individual is to keep himself in {
good general condition, and TO do tha
he must studiously avoid all that tends
to disorder the skin and the function O
all the organs of the body. Children
must be clothed in flannel all the yea
round, and must be made to know tina
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-05-26
The Eresirht in Adults.

In adult age the eyesight may be
and often is, injured by causes which
can be avoided by the exeruise of a
moderate amount of thought and care,
Common among these causes are deiec-
tive or excessive illumination, exces-
sive application, unclea or impure air,
exposure to cod. and want of misuse
of spectacles. OF course, tie best light
is the natural or white light, which
comes from the sun, and which is rs
congenial and necessary to the eve as
food to the digestive organs. But by
thoughtlessneFs and carelessness the
light of day may become the means of
destroying or seriously impairing the
eyesight. Thus, the power of vision is
often enfeebled and sometimes ruined
by sudden exposure of the eyes to n
much stronger light than that to which
they have been accustomed. A person
may suffer irreparable injury. even TO
blindness, by going abruptly from dark
ness to light, by looking at tue sun or
other dazzling light, by reflection of the
solar rays into the eye from mirror or
other polished or white surface. Harm
may come from opening the eyes in a
bright sunlight on awakening in the
morning, and hence, as DIR. Carter, an
English physician who has made the
eyes n study, points out, it is not well to
sleep in bed facing the morning sun,
when the windows of the room are in.
sufficiently covered by curtains, or
when the strong light is suddenly ad-
mitted by a servant in the morning
The habit of sleeping with a night
light burning in the room is objection
able, since darkness is conducive to
sound and refreshing sleep. But il per-
sons will do it, the light should be so
screened as to prevent the rays from
falling direc " on the eyes. In dwell
ings, as in schoolrooms, architecture
and furniture have an important in
fluence on the proper use and preserva-
tion of the eyesight. Not only the
amount of light in the room, but the di-
rection from which it is admitted, are
matters of importance. The eyes arc
naturally much protected against light
coming from above, but they are COM
paratively defer seless against that
which comes from below. "On this
account" says DIR. Carter, Every low
windows are rather to be avoided, or, il
used, they should be fitted with blinds
made to draw up rather than down
and the floors should not be covered
with very bright-eolored materials, ol
with any which possess rejecting sur
faces. The blinds, too, by which the
admitted light is tempered, should bC
of suitable color, neither white mol
white striped with red, but of blue OIL
gray tint, and of sufficient thickness tC
be really effectual for the purpose fol
which they are designed"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-05-26
An Old Dutch Funeral.

Until within few weeks past, one
man, John Van Vechten, of Catskill
was living, who remembered the funeral
OF Domino Schuneman. The ceremony
was in accordance with the customs
which the Dutch, hundred and sew
enty years before, had brought with
them from the mother country. A man.
especially deputed for the purpose. met
each male-comer at the door, and offered
him a glass of rum from q flask. A
woman waited in like manner upon
each female-comer. The relatives OF
the dead sat together around the corpse !;
the friends and acquaintance took
their seats in another part of the room,
or in an adjoining chamber. When the
services were oVer--these were in
Dutch-they who chose went up to the
collin to take their last look at the de-
ceased. The coffin was then closed. put
upon o bier, and taken from the house
to the grave, the relatives following
and after them all comers. When the
coffin had been laid in the ground, the
procession returned to the house, but
in inverse order-the relatig yes and the
empty bier and its bearers coming last
One room in the house was assigned to
the bearers, another to TIE assem- bled
people. In each room table had been
set with hotties ofrum, a jar of tobacco,
and long clay pipes. All the men drank
and smoked, talking in the meanwhile
of the character and virtues of their
dead pastor, of their horses, of the
spring planting, and of the weather.
One or wo of the lower sort got tipsy,
and amused themselves by singing fu-
neral ditties Out-of-doois HarpeTS
Magazine.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-05-26
They Wanted RepaIrs.

OF M. d'Ennery, the author of the
1.-TWO Orphans" an amusing story is
told. One day two visitors were an
nounced, and on being introduced proved
to be two strangers dressed in black.
Sir" said one Of them, after having
bowed low, 81 have come accompanied
by my brother-in-law-" (here d'Fnnery
returned their salute with a superb dig
nifty that would have done credit to any
one of his melodIamatic heroes); Il
have come," continued the stranger.
ITO demand of you-a reparation r'
"a reparationm echoed d'Ennery.
Have you weighed all the Importance
of that word gentlemenP" "We have. "
"I have never in my life done anything
to warrant such request. / can accord
no repaTatiOn." but in this case it is
necessary" urged one visitor. "Abso.
lutely indispensable, murmured the
other. Enough" exclaimed the great
dramatist; never will you obtain rep.
aration at my handsl" and he stalkeC
out of the room with the majestic bear,
ing OF a Berryer. The error was sooI
explained. D'Ennery, wholly absorbed
in the blood-and-thunder intrigue o
some new drama he was writing, haC
quite forgotten that he was the prOprie
tor of house that he had let to one o
his visitors. and the Teparation de
manded was not duel but merely some
local repairs.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-05-26
A Poper Iyouse.

In the Sydney (Australia) OK
hibition tiere is a house built and
furnished throughout from paper. The
structure is one-story high, ina its
skeleton is made of wood. The eN.
terror is nodded in carton-pierre, whilst
the interior is covered with the same
material, being plain on the floor, form
ing splendid arabesQues on the walls,
and nodded in imitation of plaster on
the ceilings. The doors, cupboards and
shelves are of the same material, Will I
the entire furniture, including chan
deliers and a stove, in which II llle can
be lighted, is made of paper -mache.
The carpets ana curtains are ( paper,
and there is bedroom in which there
is not only large bed made of paper
mache, but there are also blankets,
sheets, quilts and female underclothing,
dresses and bonuets in the latest styles,
composed solely of carton pate. 1t is
proposed to give n series of banquets in
this building, in which the plates,
dishes, knives, forks aud glasses will all
be of paper Paper Makers Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-05-26
nesolation Of Palestine.

The Rev. w. j. Starcey writes to the
London Times of. the deplorable condi-
tion of the Holy Land which he has re-
Gently visited. He says:
Nothing can well exceed the DESC
lateness of much of it. Treeless it is for
twenty or thirty miles together, forests
which did exist thirty years ago &c. g.,
on Mount Carmel and Mount Tabor) fast
disappearing, rich plains of the finest
garden soil asking to be cultivated, at
best but scratched up few inches deep
in patches, with no hedges, or bounda-
ries, mountain terraces natural, or arti-
ficially formed, ready to be p 'anted with
vines, as the German colony are doing
at the foot of Mount Carmel; the vii
lagos nothing but mud huts, dust, dirt
and squalor; the inhabitants with scarce
clothing enough for decency. their
housGs-ovens large tracts without a
horse, or COW, sheep or dog: no pretense
at roads, except from Jaffa to Jeru-
salem, and this like cart road over a
plowed field, the rest, at best, like sheep
walks on the Downs of Sussex, but for
far the most part like the dry bed of the
most rocky river, where, amid blocks
of stone, each makes his way at foot
pace as best he can, or on smooth, slop
ing rocks or over loose stones thrown
Gown from the old walls on either side,
which no one offers a finger to remove !;
nothing upon wheels, not so much as a
barrow, 10 be met with in ride of over
800 miles. Everything is taxed; every
irnit tree, so none now are planted ;
every COW or horse, etc. every vege-
table sold out of a private garden.
Every eighth egg is not taxed but taken
by the government. Nothing like a
small farmhouse is to be found far or
near. Ifthere were, the owner is liable
to have soldiers or revenue offices quar-
tered upon him, to be boarded and lodged
at his expense. The towns are filthy in
the extreme. None more so than Jeru-
salem itself. where, however, taxes are
levied from every house for lighting and
cleaning the streets. while a sprained
ankle or a splash into a hole of blacklist
dirt is sure to be the result of a moment
ary carelessness. Nothing is done for
the good of improvement of the land by
the government. Not only so, but every
offer, and l heard of several made by
private individuals, or by companies, is
at once refused, or refused unless bribe
be first given to the authorities.
This is picture, believe, in no way
over-drawn, of that land which was
once Glowing with milk and honey" "
What might it not become again, with
fair usage and good government But
there is no hope for Palestine while it
remains in the hands of its present
rulers. Palestine is worthless to the
Turkish government. The whole reve-
nue. is stated to amount only to $500, 900
or 81 OOO, 600 per annum. Capitalize
this at five per cent, and it comes TO but
four millions of money. If it were six,
or even ten mil ions. what would that
be for Europe to raise for the purchase
of Palet tine? A sum sure to be repaid
thousand-fold in a few years time.
And what would not $50, 600, 600 in hard
cash be to the Turkish government al
this m0mentP
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-05-26
No Good Preaching,

No man can do good job OF work,
preach q good sermon, try lawsuit
well, doctor patient, or write a good
article when he feels miserable and dull,
with sluggish brain and unsteady nerve,
and none should make the attempt in
such a condition, when it can be so
easily and cheaply removed by little
Hop Bitters. See other column.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-05-26

Miss Mary Flynn was studying medi.
cine and being 'courted at the same
time. Mr. William Budd was attend
ing to the latter part of the business.
One evening while they were sitting to-
gether in the front Darlor, Mr.. Budd
was thinking how he should manage to
propose. Miss Flynn was explaining
certain physiological facts to him.
"Do YOU know, she said, that thous-
ands of persons are actually ignorant
that they smell with their olfactory
peduncleP"
Millions of 'em, +" replied Mr.. Budd.
"And Aunt Mary wouldn't believe
me when l told her she couldn't wink
without a sphincter musclel"
How unreasonable
"Why, person cannot kiss without
sphiucter!
"Indeed"
Il know it is sol''
"May try ii l canP"
"Oh, Mr.. Budd, it is too bad for you
TO make light of such subject"
Mr.. Budd seized her hand and kissed
it. She permitted it to remain in his
grasp.
F." didn't notice." he said, whether
a--a-what do you call itp--e sphincter
helped me then or not. Let me try
again"
Then he tried again, and while he held
her hand she explained to him about
the muscles of that portion of the hu-
man body.
"It is remarkable how much you
know about such things" said Mr..
Budd-" really wonderful. Now, for
example, what is the bone at the back
of the head calledP"
Al s
"And what are the names of the mus
cles of the armP"
"The spiralis and the infra-s piralis,
among others"
"Well. now let me show you what l
mean. When l put my inira-spiralis
around your waist, so, is it your occipi-
tai bone that rests upon my shoulder
blade, in this wayP"
my back hair primarily, but the oc-
cipital bone of course, afJerward. But
ON, MIR. Budd, suppose pa should come
in and see usp"
"Let him come! Who caresp" saiu
Mr.. Budd, boldly. " think I'll exer-
else sphincter again and take kiss
"Mr. Budd. how can youP" said
Miss Flynn, after he had performed the
feat.
Don't call me Mr.. Budd; call me
Willie" he said drawing her closer.
You accept me, don't youp 1 know you
do, darling"
Willie," whispered Miss Flynn,
family.
What, darlingP"
can hear your heart beat"
1t beats only for you, my angel"
And it sounds to me out of order.
Tho ventricular contraction is not uni
FORM"
Small wonder for that when it's
bursting for JOY"
You must put yourself under
treatment for it. l win give you some
medicine"
It's your own property. darling; do
what you please with il. But somehow
the sphincter operation is the one that
strikes me most favorably. Let us see
how it works againP"
But why proceedP The old, old story
was told again, and the old, old per-
formance of the muscles of Mr.. Budd' s
mouth enacted again. And, about eight
years later, MIR. Budd was wishing that
Mary would catch some fatsl disease
among her patients. and Mary was
thinking that the best possijle use
Willie could be put to would be as a
subject tor the dissecting table.-NdT
AdeLer.