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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-22
! Any Body Can Try It.

A Hartford young man boarded
a horse car the other day with a
bunch of three roses. One was
white, one green, and one of a deli
cate flesh colored tint. These flow
ers attracted the attention OF the
passengers, both ladies and gentle
men. One lady remarked she had
seen the buds of the green rose, an
other that she had seen the rose it
self. hut had never seen any so love-
IL and so perfect as this one. The
fiesh colored one was also commen-
ted upon and praised. Finally the
Young man volunteered the informa
ton that all were white in the morn
ing, and that this color was done by
putting the stem Of one into greer
ink and the other in red ink. Al
slough the leaves were beautifully
|colorea, they would not rub of. Il
only required Ten minutes to chang'
the color.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-22
Salvation From Sin.

Numbers of persons pray for mer-
cy, but they continue in their sins.
Such men cannot be saved, because
salvation is from sin, not in sin. How
can we be saved from sin if we are
it's slaves? If you come to God and
cry, Lord, deliver me, and have
mercy upon me-" and yet you prac-
tice private drinking, and tipple
Yourselves into semi-drunkenness,
how can you be saved? If you keep
on cheating in business, or telling
lies. or indulgence of a malicious or
angry temper in the family, or are
proud and unkind, selfish or miserly,
how can you be saved? warn you,
sirs, that faith itself cannot save
YOU while these things are so; for If
your faith were saving faith, it
would rescue you from these evils.
This. indeed, is salvation-namely,
deliverance from the power an d hab-
it of sin. Many prayers are SEMI
hypocritical; there is kind of sim
cerity about them, but there is ne
whole hearted desire after holiness
and therefore they will never gain
comfortable answer from God. o
seeker! art thou willing to give NJ
every sin? Come, drunkard, tho,
pravest to be forgiven, but art thou
willing to abjure the intoxicating
cup once for all? Thou, my broth
er, askest to be pardoned; it is well
but art thou at the same time desir
Gus to cease from your transgress
: ions? Yes or MOI Art thou anxiou:
to search out every false way ant
abandon it as soon as it is discover
ed? Dost thou wish to have a holy
truthful, godly tongue? Dost tho'
long to be saved from every lust anf
secret vileness? If so, believing IL
the Lord Jesus Christ, thou art al
ready saved; thy sigh to be deliver
ed from evil is the commencement
of the work of sanctification. But l
thou dost say, ''I would be saved
from every wrong way except m,
one indulgence, my own secret In
iquity," then thou art in the gall o
bitterness and in the bonds of in
iquity; thy prayers will come back
unto thy bosom unanswered. and
thy pretended faith IN Christ will
condemn thee. Fa Hf a4
Either you must cast sin out Q
your heart or it will keep you out Q
heaven.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-22
Providenfial DeIiverance.

The Rev. Canon Fleming, Vicar Of
st, Miak@l's, Chester square, in con-
tributiol to the day of days, tells the
following striking anecdote. which was
told to him by an old man, who show
ed to HIM the lock of hair referred to.
II was little child Of four years old,
with long curly locks, which in sun or
rain or wind hung down my cheeks.
One day my father went into the woods
to cut up log, and went with him.
/ was standing little way behind him,
or rather at his side, Watching the
strokes of the heavy axe as it went up
and came down upon the wood, sending
splinters off with every stroke in every
direction. A large splinter fell at my
feet. and l eagerly stopped to pick it up
In doing so | stumbled forward, and IN
moment my curly head lay upon the log
1 had fallen forward just at the moment
the axe was descending with all it's
force. 1t was too late to stay the blow.
Down it came. l screamed, and my
father fell to The Gronpd 10 terror. In
the blindness which tie sudden horror
caused, he thought he had killed his
only SOD. We soon recoYered-I from
my fright and he from his terror. He
caught me in his arms-he then looked
at me from head to foot, 20 fiud out the
deadly wound which he was sure he
must have inflicted Not drop Of
bIood-not a scar to be seen. He fell
On his knees on the grass and gave
thanks to God Having done this, he
took up his axe and found fow hairs
on its glittering edge. He turned to the
log, and there was a single curl OF his
boys hair, cut clean through, and ly-
ing upon the wood. What an escape!
1t was as if an angel of mercy had turn
ed aside the edge at the moment it was
descending on my head. With renew.
ed thanks to God he took up the curl
and carried me home in his arms. That
lock of hair he kept all his remaining
life as a memorial of Gods care and
love. That lock he left to me on his
death bed 1t always rebukes unbelief
and dispels alarm. 1t bids me trust
Him forever. l have had many tokens
of Father love in my life, but somehow
this speaks most to my heart. 1t used
to speak to my fathers; it still speaks to
,ainei''
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-22

A father dying leaves to his child a
nsckape. sealed and inscribed, mot to
be opened till you come of age.' The
child often looks wonderingly on the
sealed package; but he respects the
father dying will, suffers the seal to
keep the secret. and wonders what sur
prise is in store for him in the tuture'
The heavenly Father gives to each one
of his children such package, Labelled
The Eternal Glory: Not to be opened
till you come of age" Many curious
eve has gazed on the sealed package;
many curious Imagination has ventur-
ed a guess at its secret contents, but
they still remain unknown. A surprise
is in store for us when school IS oyer,
and we graduate and enter into the true
life of our eternal home.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-22
Worth Trying.

An English lady an acquaintance OF
NJ. Ingres, the we'll known French pains
ter, had most awkward gait. The
gentleman recommended her daily to
take a long walk, balancing meanwhile
on her head pitcher of water, Ihls
he said,,Mould give the true poise to
the figure and necessitate the carriage
of the head and firm, smooth step.
An eminent French actor who prepares
Young girls for the stage has taken M.
Ingres' hint, and his pupils every day
at certain time have to walk ABOUT
with vessels of water on their heads.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-22
Iiferary.
Welded Love-"
Bx Miss MAGGIE A. DOWNING.


make up the bed easy. Mr.. B." sais
'ld u'"le Abe TO the undertaken, who wa
prepar ng the coffin for his aged wife
Make the bed soft and easy, for her ole
benes are tender and soft, and q hard be,
will hurt them. He had brayely breasted th
storm Of life with her by lis eide for sixty
our years, but now that she was gone. h
iould not live, and IN few days they lai.
,im by her side " o. Picayune.
Yes, make the bed yielding and easy fo,
Ter,
lust plane it quite sm0othe il you please
For the poor old bones are tender and
soft,
Do lay them away in ease.
Now brush from the pillow each wrinkle
away,
And line it AZ nice az can be,
For my poor old darling, so thoughtful
and kind,
Would have done Just the same here fol
me.
These dear old hands, all shriveled and
worn,
| So cold and lifeless to-day.
Have led me unerring through long dreary
years,
And taught me the way how to pray,
They have lifted me up and pointed afar
70 beacon of mercy above,
And bade me remember the promise to all
| or those who .rustingly love,
The cold paid lips are withered and
drawn,
And vet what sweetness | see,
Enhanced by smile of wonderful light,
| Each word to the lowest would be,
| Oh! that sIlvery voice breathed balm II
the ear,
OF even the lost III despair,
And lightened the bdrdens of those in dis
tresss.
With the gentlest touches of care.
These old browa eyes, 80 faded and dim
Ah! how can look on thee now.
So rigidly set in the gloom OF to-day,
| Meath the seal of death on her brow,
My heart is 30 sick, Pm weary and faint
We've travelled together for years,
And our lives have been sunshine, shad-
ows and night,
| Alternately blended with tears.
But who'll care now for the good old man
Whose race so nearly is run,
Whose strength has departed and ligh
has gone out,
And vet his whole work is not done.
Who'll smoothe his gray hairs and kis
his old brow,
Who'll bid him cheer up for the day.
Who kneelipg beside the low cot ever,
night,
For him will whispering pray.
All! Mary. know you've just gone be
fore,
To open the gate there above,
And make the road easy and palmer TO
me,
With woman's all qualifying love.
So call me my darling. | can't lnger long
Impatiently here will watt
Till l hear that sweet voice say gently T.
| me,
Come, quickly, I've opened the gate
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-22

WHO ever did real kindness for ans
other without feeling warm glow OF
satisfaction creep into some shady cor
ner of the heart. and fill it with sweets
ness ana peace? 1t Is like the tying OF
knot of vioets and mignonette into
the button hole. just where their per-
fume may rise dehclously to our sense
all day. Aud what pleasure 1t Will
be, when tue present trouble IS over, 10
remember that, even in thedarkest days
we found time aad inclination to give
other persons some portion of that tens
derness, or practical helpfuiness, which
was the overflow of that generous spir,'
it, which finally bore us through 1t all
to happy and peaceful ending. "Re>
ioice with them that rejoice, and weep
with them that weep"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-22
BROOKHAVEN, MISS. JULY e. 1880 -5-I

had loved so we'll, and that had spo-
ken such 4 wicked thing, Nell deci-
ded to get away from the place
from the man whom nothing could
induce to marry Miss Wilton,"
And she packed her trunk and Ia
belled it, and dressed herself in hei
travelling suit, and took her little
handbag and started--to meet Duke
Hartcourt, face to face, half way be-
tween the house and the boundary
of the park--to meet him and Sc,
the surprise and glad smile of well
come Oh his face that always greet.
ed her,, and that, until now, had
thrilled her with such delight, and
that now she knew was so cruelly
treacherous.
Which way, Nell? Why, child,
what is the matter with you|'.
For she had looked up with her
indignant, wrathful, resolute eyes,
and shown him the cold, still an
guish on her face.
Nothing whatever is the matter
that you can remedy, Mr.. Hartcourt.
Please allow me to pass--I wish to
catch the train" He looked puzzled
at her.
"The train, Nell?" And his voice
took that commanding imperious-
ness of tone that made the girl feel
in every fibre of her being how COM
pletely masterful he was.
Nell, there is some mystery here.
which | do not understand. You
are going away from here, and
wish you to tell me why"
She looked resolutely at his shin,
ing eyes.
II will not tell you"
"Then, by heaven, you shall not
go! The woman love shall not
leave me thus lightly, Nell, l was
in search of you, to tell you how
love you, and ! find you as | never
found you before" )"
Then her face glowed with a glo
riously indignant light, and she
crested her head haughtily,an flung
back her defiant words
"Your love-your love! l do not
want! I will not listen to such a
cowardly insult! Go back to your
aunt, and tell her that she was right
Rich young men have no business
making love to obscure young girls,
especially when nothing could in
duce them to marry them"
She was fairly scintillant with
honest fury. and he listened calmly
astonishedly.
Don't pretend you do not know
what mean" she went on hotly
II heard what you said to Mrs
Grantham, and"
Then smile broke over his hand
some face, and be reached out his
arm and caught her before she knew
what he meant.
"My darling, SO you were jealous
Listen one minute, Nell. Aunt Gran
than has insisted on my marrying
your beautiful sister Oracle, but
will not, because l am in love with
and determined to marry you
There, there, darling, don't cry, bu'
forgive me, and tell me it isn't tru,
what you said-you don't want my
love! You do, don't you, sweet
And me tooY 81
And Nell lost tsiaG--I,n by abou
a week, when she and her bethroth-
ed husband took a flying trip t.
town to arrange certain little detail
for an interesting ceremony a weel
later.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-22

LIMA, the capital of Peru, is the
Greenbacker's paradise. Gen. Weav
er and his co-laborers for fiat money
ought to emigrate there. They will
find paper money in unlimited quan
titles, but no gold or silver. They
can buy eggs there for forty cents
apiece, cabbages for a dollar and a
half, and onions for five dollars s
dozen. An ordinary suit of clothes
costs two hundred dollars, and If a
man is economical and has a very
small family, he can manage to
keep from starving on twenty thous'
and dollars year. The advantages
of paper money are brought out
very prominently in Lima.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-22
Tur Sultan ire recently, took ali tn,


The Sultan recently took all the
faithful by surprise For many
months he has only wriggled out Of
the palace back door into the little
"Medijdick" mosque just outside,
there to say his Friday prayer. A
few Fridays since, however, some
few. minutes before the hour of pray
er. the troops which were drawn up
as usual around the mosque were
ordered with allrspeeds across the
horn to Sophia, and at noon the Sui
tan drove forth in open carriage,
passed all through Galata, crossed
the bridge, said his prayers in the
great mosque, took some refresh
ments in that historic fame, and then
went all the way to Eyoub, where
.he visited his fathers tomb, and
thence proceeded to the imperial
pavalion of thT sweet waters, where
hedined, and returned to Yidig XII
Iosaue after sunset. The action has
excited wonder and discussion.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-22
A Change All Round.

There is story told of a lady and
gentleman travelling together on an
English railroad. They were stran'
gers to each other. Suddenly the
gentleman said:
MADAM, | will trouble you to
look out of the window for a few
minutes; 1 am going to make some
changes in my wearing apparel."
Certainly she replied, with
great politeness. rising and turning
her back upon him. In short
time he said:
Snow, madam, my change is COM
pleted and you may resume your
seat" ....
When the lady turned she beheld
her male companion transformed in
to dashing lady with heavy veil
over her face.
Now sir, or madam, which evel
YOU like" said the lady, 81 must
trouble YOU to look out of the win
dow, for l also have some changes tt
make to my apparel .
Certainly, madam" and the gen
tleman in lady's attire Immediately
complied. f..
"Now, sir, you may resume you
seat" .,. ..s
To his great surprise on resum-
ing his seat the gentleman in femal'
attire found his lady companion
transformed into a man. He laugh,
ed and said: s.
at appears that we are both anx
ious to avoid recognition. Wha
have you done? | have robbed =
bank" -t|
Sand l." said the whilom lady
as he dexterously fettered his com
panion's wrists with pair of hand
, cuffs, sam Detective j, of Scot
' land Yard, and in female appart
have shadowed you for two days
now,'' drawing revolver. "kee
STILL" -. .sa .f.-. (.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-22

Louis XIV. said one day to Massi)lon
after hearing him preach at Versailles
Father, I have heard many great ora
tors in this chapel; l have been highly
pleased with them: but for you, when
ever hear you, go away displeased
with myself, for 1 see more of my own
character" This has been considered
the finest encomium ever besto wed up
on q preacher.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-22

The Insignificant intruder is at
all times one of the most imperti.
nent companions in the world. You
may try every art and contrivance
in your power to get free from his
troublesome conversation; the crea-
ture will press upon your retirement
and force himself upon you in spite
of your teeth. l st s. saaf
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-22

There will be work with faith. as
there is thunder with lightning, but
lust as it is not the thunder, but the
lighting, not the lightning without the
thunder, that strikes the tree. so it is
not the works which justify. Put in
one sentence: faith alone justifies, but
not the faith which is alone. Lightn-
ing alone strikes, but not the lightning
which Is alone without thunder, for
that is only summer lightning, and
harmless.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-22

You remember the story of the
guest who was eating more butter
than biscuit while the landlady
looked ON and fidgeted and limited
until she fairly went into nervous
fit. Finally she said, "Do you know
butter is up to sixty-cents pound?'
The hungry guest reached out and
took what there wassleft. "Well,'
he drawled, approyingly, and reas-
suringly, sgood butter is wuth it."
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-22

IT is easy enough to destroy; and
there are always destreyers enough.
1t requires skill aud labor TO erect o
building; any able tramp can burn il
down. God alone can form aud paint
flower; any foolish child can pull it all
to pieces.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-22
NEW ORLEANS. LA.
To my Country Customers:

l have the pleasure to inform you
that l have effected such arrange
ments with the best manufacturers,
that will be enable to sell goods in
New Orleans at the regular Boston
and New York prices, / am now
ready to fill country orders to any
amount at figures that will convince
all, that they can buy in New Or
leans as cheaply as at the North, ol
East. Purchasing goods at close
figures, and in large quantities,
can sell at a small advance and thu
give my customers better chance
to make profit.
My establishment is heavily
stocked, and a greater variety ol
shoes of all grades can not be fouhd
in any Southern City.
Hoping to be henored with youl
visit, or your orders by mail.
l remain, yours truly,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-22

Words are nice things, but they strike
hard. We WELD them so easily that we
are apt to forget their hidden power.
Fifty spoken, they fail like the sun
shine, the dew. and the summer rain
but when unfitly. like the frost, the hail
and the desolating tempest.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-22

He who never changed any of his
opinions never corrected any OF his mis-
takes; and he who was never wise
enough to find ont any mistake in HIM
self, will not be charitable enough to
excuse wnat he recons mistakes in 9TH
ers
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-22
A Tar Story.

A west end man. says the Balti,
more Sun, had the fiat roof of the L
of his house tarred, and when six or
seven cats got on it the following
night they could yell and arch their
backs and try to get a pull on all
four feet at once, but their singing
was frightful, and people in the
neighborhood began to chuck things
at them, and the owner of the house
forgot about the tar and went bare
footed and in his robe de mutt upon
the roof to chase them off, and pref
ty soon he found he couldn't stir
and he began to whoop and swear,
and a policeman got ladder and
climbed upon the roof, and when he
came up over the edge, on his hands
and knees, he had to remain in that
posture. Meanwhile the bootjacks
were falling in shower about and
upon them, and the mans mother.
in-law, in looking out of an upper
window that overlooked the L roof
to ask them if they were not asham-
ed to be out on a roofplaying cat at
that time of night, unfortunately
knocked her wig off, and it fell in
the tar; and then she rushed down
a fight and went out on the roof to
get it, and couldn't pull the wig up
but got her hand stuck to it so she
couldn't let go, and of course heI
position and her bald head made q
dead give away, as it was quite ligh,
when some one finally came with
boards to put down on the roof fol
them to be got on to when they were
cut loose from the tar. The old la
DIV didn't feel bit worse than the
policeman, who had to walk through
the streets with the knees of hi:
trousers cut out and left stuck OF
the roof and great -hunck of Ia
stuck to each hand; and got a rep
Irimand when he reached the station
And the house owner himself blister
ed his feet trying to melt the tar OF
by holding them up to "a hot stove
and when the cats were cut 'loos,
from the roof and put on the grount
they tried to gnaw the tar from
their claws and got their claw
stuck in their mouths and rolle'
about and Vailed and carried on s.
i that folks thought that they wer
4 mad and killed them. ! fas ura I
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-22
sMisceHany.
Gen. Hancock Officially Notified OF
His Nomination.

New YORK, July IA.
The president and secretary OF
the Cincinnati Convention have for
warded the following letters to Gen .
Hancock: 49,. -g' .sg2I .aFe
July, l3 1880.
To Gen. Hancock,
SIR-The National Convention OF
the Democratic party, which assem-
, bled at Cincinnati on the twenty
second of last month, unanimously
nominated you as their candidate
for President of the United States.
We have been directed to inform
you of your nomination to this ex-
alted trust and request your accep-
tance.
In accordance with the uniform
custom of the Democratic party, the
Convention has ~annOinced Nheir
views upon the important issues
which are before the country, in a
series of resolutions, to which we in
vte> your attention. These resolu-
tions embody the general principles
upon which the Democratic party
demand that the government shall
be conducted, and they also emphat-
ically condemned maladministration
by the party in power. it's crime
against the constitution, and espec-
ally against the right of the people
TO choose and install their President
which have wrought so much injury
and dishonor to our country. That
which inspired your nomination was
the feeling that yon conspicuously
recognized and exemplitied the year
ming of the American people for rec
oneiliatiou and brotherhood under
the shield of the constitution, with
all it's Jealous love and guarantees
for the rights of persons and States.
Your nomination was not made
alone because in the midst of our
arms YOU illustrated the highest
Qualities ofq soldier, but because
when the war ended, and when in
recognition of your courage and fl
deity you were placed in command
of the part of the union undergoing
the process of restoration, and while
YOU were thus clothed with absolute
power, vou used it not to subvert,
but to sustain civil laws and rights
they were established to protect.
Your fidelity to those principles
manifested in important trusts here
tofore contided to your care,
gives proof that they will control
your administration of the national
government and assures the country
that an indissoluable union of in
destructable states, the constitution
with It's wise distribution of power
and regard for boundaries of States
and federal authority will not suffer
| in your hands, that you will main
tain subordination of military to
civil power, will accomplish purifica-
ton of public service and especially
that government which we have will
be free from reproach OF stain of sec
tional agitation or malice, in any
shape or form. Rejoicing in COM
mon with the masses of the Ameri-
can people upon this bright rrosg n
for the future of our country,s ae
wish also to express to you person
sonally the assurance of general es-
TEEN and confidence which have
summoned you to this high duty
and will aid in its performance
Your fellow citizens.
(Siened) JOHN W. STEVENSON,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-22

If you have friend that loves you.
who has studied your interest aud hap
piness defended you when prosecuted
aud troubled. be sure to sustain him in
his adversely. ,se
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-22

Many people are busy in the
world gathering together handful
of thorns to sit upon.