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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-07
one Eve That Was Always Drunk

An Allegheny physician, who, in
his way. is great wag, tells story
Of a North Side gentleman who for
years has suffered from periodical
attacks Of what in medical parlance
is known as superorbital neuralgia.
Quinine proved of no effect, and the
sufferer was almost crazed with pain.
A kind hearted old lady living in
the neighborhood of the patient in
formed him that if he would cut the
affected nerve with pair Of scissors
or knife it would give him no fur
.ther trouble. 1t so happens that
the superorbital nerve is one which
controls the action of the eyelid, ano
it further happens that when man
Is in LIQUOR this nerve becomes para
lived, and it is this that gives a
drunken person such comical ex-
preston about the eyes. The neu-
ralgia patient no sooner heard what
he supposed the welcome news from
the old lady than he repaired to his
closet and with q jacksknife pared in
twain the offending nerve, and he
now greets his friends with his
right eye as sober as Quaker in .
quarterly meeting, and the left in
highly intoxicated condition. n
now only costs half as much as il
formerly did to go on bender.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-07
How to Dress a Goat or Deer SKIN.

Some of the Indians our coun-
try have process of for dressing
skins, which, so far as we know
they have managed to keep conceal
ed from the public. This much we
do know, that they use eggs and
the brains of animals, and also that
many of them are experts at the
business. An exchange suggests
the following plan, which we think
will succeed: To remove the hall
use lime or ashes, spread as paste
on the flesh side and kept damp fol
few days, when the hair may b'
easily washed off. The alkali mus
now be washed out, and equal quan
Titles OF powdered alum and sal
mist oe spread upon the mois'
lesh side, doubling each one or put
ting the flesh sides of two together
and allowing them to remain To-
several days. The skins must the.
oe stetched, scrapped and rubbe'
with chalk or pumice stone unit
smooth. They should be pulled ant
stretched while drying to make
them soft.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-07
s. s. Prentiss.

There was time when the good
people of Maine and the good peo
pie of Mississippi stood heart to
heart and hand to hand; when a
poor Maine lad, who went South to
seek his fortunes, became the first
of Mississippians. Thank God, the
good people of Maine are not ali
dead, and the good people of Mis-
sissippi still alive. Thank God, the
decree has gone forth that, still liv-
ing, they shall renew the old bonds
of brotherly love; putting their feet
on every form of despotism, intoler
anee and cant; securing to every
man, black and white, rich anc
poor, his right to have and hold, tC
live and to be in the presence OF the
law and his couutrymen q peel
and not vassal."
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-07
sMisffHany.
The Agony Of Getting Up.

ssThe greatest trial in the life Of q
Southern farmer boy is getting up
summer mornings" remarked gen
tleman as he sat with party OF
friends. "When l was a boy the
voice of my father calling me morn
ings, struck terror in the core of my
heart. just about daylight, in that
hazy time of day when you can cape
into listless bliss and stretch into
paradise, the old gentleman would
step to the foot of the stairs and
call:
John, oh john
"Yes, sir.
s'Get up. Broad daylight. Get
up and feed the horses while your
mothers getting bite to eat. We
must finish that corn before it rains.
Are you comingT'
No answer.
"John."
ayes, SIR
''Are you comingt"
"Yes, sir"
Who Guild get up at such a timer
Who could break spell born in
heaven? Another stretch. The re-
freshing air comes through the win
dow. How delightful. A winking
struggle between consciousness
and a delightful oblivion. A gen
tie doze. | dream that L am up.
| go out to the stable an begin put
ting the gear upon my horse. In
tying the hamestring lift the horse
from the ground. He goes up in
the air, and catching hold of the
hamestring L float with the animal
out of the door and around the lot.
''Giu out of this bed, slr," and my
father grabs me.
'I-I thought l was up. I'll get
up"
"Get right up here" and he hands
me my pants; l take hold of them.
My eyes are so heavy that can't
see. feel strange. | seem to be
coming from the spring with a
bucket of water.
"Put on them breeches, l tell you.
Well If he hasn't gone to sleep try
ing to put on his clothesn
Finally, put on the pants and
reach for my jacket, Hurry upF
says the old gentleman, turning
from the door to see how well the
work is progressing. | sit on the
side of the bed and begin putting
On my socks. The old gentleman
las gone down. Iput on one sock
and lean my head against the bed
post. I lose all presence of mind.
Again doze.
"Whack, whack, whack."
"I'm up. Oh, dog gone it, I'm VI
[ won't do it any more. Oh, cough.
Come on, this minute sir"
Everything is clear. | am wide
awake. / hear the steaming tea
kettle as l pass the kitchen door,
and even whistle as / cut oats for
the forses. Isuppose l that nearly
every Southern boy whose parents
were not wealthy has gone thro' a
similar experience.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-07
Om efireside.
Happy Thoughts.

Thought is the poetry Of those
only who can entertain it.
Accompany your own nag
throughout the world under your
own cannon.
Money in your purse will credit
you-wisdom in your head will adorn
you, but both in your necessity Will
serve you.
If you don't wish to get angry,
don't argue with a blockhead. Re
member, the duller the razor the
more you cut yourself.
A boy was asked what meekness
was. He thought q moment and
said: "Meekness gives smooth an
swers to rough questions.
Mankind has been learning for six
Thousand years, and yet how few
have learned that their fellow beings
are as good as themselves.
Have the courage to speak your,
mind when it is necessary that yon
should do so, and hold your tongue
witch III lS Dcbtcl 1iioS ~" 'N
so.
Many of us are apt to attribute a
bad motive to Il good action, but
few of us, when one had been guilty
of a bad action, ever think OF attrlb-
uting a good motive to it. =
The envious man is tormentedno
only by all the good that happens to
another. He is made gloomy, not
only by his own cloud, but by an
other mans sunshine.
Lord Bacon beautifully says; "if
a man be gracious to strangers, 1t
shows that he is citizen OF the
world and that his heart is no island
cut off from the other lands, but. a
continent that joins them. -
Life is shortene by indulgence
in anger, ill-will, anxiety, envy grief,
sorrow and excessive care. The
vital powers are vested by excessive
bodily exercise in some cases and
want of due portion in others.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-07
,1iferasy.
The U.ed-to-Rc.

me Used-fO- ESc.
BY J. W. RILEY.
Beyond 3hespurple, hazy trees
OF sumrSer's utmost boundaries;
Beyond he sands beyond the seas
Beyond the range of eyes like these.
And saly in the reach of the
Enraptured gaze of Memory,
There lles land, long lost to me-
The land Of Used-tosbe.
A land e,sehanted-such "a swung
In golden seas wheE syrens chung
Along Their dripping Drinks, and sung
To Jason in that mystic tongue
That dazed men With its melody
o, scch = land. with such sea
Kissing its shores eternalIv,
lathe fair Usedsto.be.
A land whe ever girds
The air y,tf s<of singing birds,
And sovs all souhds With such sweet
vcrds,
That even ia the low OF herds
A meaning lives 80 sweet to me,
Lost laughter ripples llmpidly
From lips brimmed Ger with all the
glee
OF rue old Used-to- be.
Lost laughter, aud the whistled tunes
OF boyhood's mouth of crescent runes
That rounded, through long afternoons,
To serenading renilunes-
When starlight fell 80 mistily
That, peerinq up from bended knee
/ dreamed twas bridal drapery
Showed over Usedsto-be.
O. laid of love and dreamy thought,
And shining fields and shady spots
Of coolest, greenest, grassy plots.
Embossed with wild forget-mesnots-
And all ye blooms that cunningly
Lift your faces up to me
Out of the past, kiss in thee
The lips of Used to'be.
And love ye all, and with wet eyes
rnrned glimmering on the skies
Ny blessings like your perfumes rise,
Til Ger my soul silence lies
Sweeter than any song to me-
Sweeter than it's sweet melody
Or its sweet echo, yea, all three
My dream of Used .torbe.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-07
Hosc Watches are Made.

HOaC Watches are MGde.
1t will be apparent to any one. who wl
examine SOLID GOLD WATCH, that asid.
from the necessary thickness for engray-
ing and polishing, large proportion Oh
the precious metal used, is needed only Il
stiffen and hold the engi ved portions ii
place, and supply the lecessary solidits
and strength. The surplus gold is actual,
needless SO far az utility ani beauty are
concerned. In James Boss Patent Colo
Watch Cases, this waste OF precious meta
is overcome, and the same solidity ant
strength produced at from one-third t
one half of the usual cost of solid cases
This process is of the most simple nature
as follows: plate of nickle composition
metal, specially adapted to the purpose,
has two plates of solid gold soldefed one
on each side The three are then passe,.
between polished steel rollers, and the re-
suit is strip of heavily plated compost
tion, from which the cases, backs, centres.
bezels, etc., are cut and shaped by suitabt
dies and formers. The gold inthese cases
is sufficiently thick to admit of all kind
OF chasing, engraving and enamelling; ths
engraved cases have been earned unit
worn perfectly smooth by time and U.S.
without removing the gold. They are foi
sale by all jewelers. and each case is war
ranted by Special Certificate.
For sale in Brookhaven BY A. Staffier,
and all Jewelers., ask for illustrated catalo
que. and to see warrant feb-lZ>Iyr.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-07

Rev. Bob Iugesoll preached at
Nc yicker's theatre, Chicago, from
the text: "What shall we do to be
sayed?" His sermon will be found
entire elsewhere in this issue OF the
Times. Every person in the con-
eregation was presented at the door
with a card, issued by the Young
Mems Christian Association, on
which was printed Believe in the
Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be
saved"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-07

Shetland women are noted for
their ability in managing a boat,
and Admiral Thomas, who was in
Berwick recently, offered to act as
coxswain to three strapping Shet-
land damsels in contest between
them and crew Of men from the
revenue cutter Eagle. The match
was keenly contested, but was easily
won by the Shetland women, who
used two oars each, and pulled
gracefully.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-07

He who has too good an opinion
1f himself is apt to waste great
zeal of valuable time in wondering
why the world does not appreciate
aim. Not every one is great who
thinks himself. DIR. Luther's shoes
will not tit every village priest, say
the Germans, and you will find it
safer to depend on hard work than
genius for living.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-07

If you have any real greatness.
you won't go far before the world
will find it out. Small men insist
that they are great, while great men
can afford to keep still. The Tai
mud says that "All kinds of wood
burns silently except thorns, which
crackle and call out, we too are
wood?n
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-07

In philosophy, as in nature,every
thing changes: everything changes
it's form, and one thing exists by
the destruction of another.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-07

TEE terrible power of early edu-
cation to shape mans life is illus
trated by this proverb, taken from
the Spanish; -"What is sucked in
with Che mothers milk stays until it
runs out in the shroud.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-07

A beautiful answer was given by
a little Scotch girl. When her class
was examined she replied, ''What is
patience?"-"Wait a wee, and dinna
weary
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-07

The goodness of God is manifes-
ted as much in with holding what
we ask for, as in granting some
things we need.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-07

Three men were knocked down,
and horse owned by Ehhu Wells
was killed instantly by lighting at
Rushyille, Ind.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-07

II ii said that Frederick A. Conk-
ling, brother of the Senator with
the Hyperion locks, is going to take
The stump for Hancock and Eng
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-07

Truth cannot be concealed.-She
will burst the doors Of her imprison-
ment and flash her spleudors OF
world,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-07
re my Country Customers:

l have the pleasure to inform you
that / 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, l 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, or
East. Purchasing goods at close
fl CURES, and in large quantities,
can sell at a small advance and thu
give my customers better chance
to make profit.
NV establishment is heavily
stocked, and a greater variety OF
shoes of all grades can not be found
in any Southern City.
Hoping to be honored with your
visit, or your orders by mail.
] remain, yours truly,
, 1880-01-26
The Right Grape at Last.

In late issue of The Examiner a
correspondent recommends certain va
rieties of grapes to amateurs. For the
benefit of your readers living north of
AZ degrees, l will briefly give my ex-
perience. The latitude of this place is
about 42X degrees. set an Isabella
grapevine on my homestead forty years
ago in a fine exposure, we'll protected
from north and northwest winds; culti-
waited and trimmed faithfully. Not a
ripe grape did [ ever get from it, al
though many years there we're no frosts
until the ooh of October. Ten years
later l commenced on Cataw bas, with
no better result. About that time
Horace Greeley offered prize of 800
for the best grape, all things consld-
cred, that would fully mature in this
latitude by the 1st of October. The
American Institute named three men as
judges. The prize was given to the
Concords, after hard fight by DIR.
Grant for the Ionas and Isabellas. l
put out a Concord at once, and some
years have taken good fruit from it,
aud other years frost came too early.
Ten years ago put out Salem, and
five years ago set out one vine each of
Rodgers Nos. 8. 10 and 80, and have
been eating delicious ripe grapes from
the four last named since the 18th of
September. Either of the last named
are as early as the Hartford Prolific,
and far better in every respect. My
Concords must yet remain on the vines
ten days to bs fit to eat from the hand,
aud then will not compare with those l
am using.
1t is folly to attempt to ripen any va
riety of grapes out of their natural
latitude.
l tried the process recommended a
few weeks ago of removing the bark
between the fruit and the root of the
vine The fruit hangs there limp and
unripe, as q monument OF my folly.
There is as much good sense in stop
ping the circulation of blood in a
child, and expecting it to grow.-W.
P. STONE, in N. Y. Examiner and
Chronicle.
, 1880-01-26
Ring On.
Ring on, sweet Sa bbath bells,

Ring on, sweet Sabbath bells,
Sweet;city bells, sw set country bells,
Sweet morning Tells, sweet evening bells,
Ring on
Send forth thy wild notes.
Out on the pure, still air,
To call the poor, the rich alike
Unto the house Of prayer.
Ring on!
1t may be that some erring one,
Who long has trod the paths of sin,
Whose soul is nearly wrecked and lost;
Will heed thy call to prayer again.
Ring onl
Oh, sweet Sabbath bells, ring on,
Sweet city bells, sweet country bells,
Sweet morning bells, sweet evening bells,
Ring on!
-Hdtckeye.
, 1880-01-26
Lord Nelson.
pdnion.

In my boyhood days it was my
privilege to listen to the thrilling
stories of ocean life from the lips of a
British tar who had served under Lord
Nelson. My hero will be remembered
by those who were acquainted with the
interior workings of Nathaniel Tufts
old tin-shop in Maiden, fve-and-fortJ
years ago. He was perfect
specimen of the ideal man o'-wars-
man; his voice was like the MUIR
muring of a conch-shell; his gait like
the waddle of duck; his trousers
having a need to be boisted over his
hips every time he spoke, and his ap-
petite for grog and tobacco of the keen
est and most appreciative. He was on
board Nelson's flagship at Trafalgar,
and in the course of that battle the
terrific tn under of the marine artillery
almost entirely destroyed his hearing
He might be called as deaf as post.
He said that Admiral Lord Nelson had
heart as tender as a woman's. To see
brave man foggcd gave him as much
pain az was given to the culprit him
self. When all hands were called to
witness punishment, Nelson would
crawl up on the outside of the gathered
squad officers. and there stand, with
his chapeau pulled down over his eyes,
until the scene was over. Once upon
time an old forecastle-man, and
helmsman, was upon the black list for
drunkenness. He stood at the gang
way waiting his turn to be lashed to
the grating. At length his name was
called" John Marcv y He was a
man of honorable record, of many
years, and of long service. Z" Is there
not one to speak word for poor Jack ?"
he cried, as the boatswain started to
remove his frock. Gentlemen !" ex-
claimed Nelson, looking around upon
his officers, "Wiu not one of you
speak? Then I will speak: Avast
there Belay where you are Officer
of the deck, call all hands below J"
Then to the quivering sailor he said,
at the same time extending his hand:
"Jack, when the battle comes, think of
me II A month later an old sailor ap
peared at court, bearing dispatches and
captured battle-fags, and letter of
commendatiou from dying hero. 1t
was Jack Marcy, brave, true, and
loyal, and he went back to his duty
with q quartermaster's warrant.-New
York Ledger.
, 1880-01-26
The Women of To-Day.

The Crockery and Glass Journal says
that the principal fault in decorative
work done by American ladies, is an
unconscious inclination to the milli-
merry business.
Miss Rachel Vent, who recently died
in Baltimore. learned her fathers trade
of blacksmith and succeeded to his
business, working herself at the forge
and anvil. Her acts were louder than
her words.
The Archduchess is taking lessons in
The Spanish language of Senor Palacios.
He was formerly on the Spanish EN-
bassy at Berlin, and while there gave
similar lessons to the Crown Princess of
Germany.
The Paraguayan Government has i'm
posed tax of five dollars year upon
all single men between the ages of
twenty five and fifty. Women are not
taxed, on the assumption that they are
not to blame for remaining single.
The lady artists of Cincinnati have
contributed fine ceramic display to
the Industrial Exposition. The native
artists have produced what is known as
Cincinnati faience, rivaling that of Linn
oges, and there are large exhibits Of
underglSze decoration Of stone, china,
etc.
All female lecturers are not happy.
Mrs. Weldon, an Eng lish lecturer, told
her audience that she was over forty,
and was a middle aged, sober, well nigh
hearts sick woman. An American wOm-
an woald have. more pluck and kept her
disappointment to herself.
The keramic kraze still continues,
though in less degree than year ago.
At recent sale in London pair of
china jars, enameIed with birds and
flowers, brought 81. 221. But this ma
MA has given way to hand painting and
this will in turn give way to other, and
thus runs the world away
Miss Alice s. Hooper, of Boston, left
SlOO. GOO worth of property by will to
trends and public institutions. She
gave 81 600 each to the Boston Training
School for Nurses and the Bethesda
Society of Boston. The rest of her
valuable property she bequeathed to
personal friends and relatives.
Mrs. Matte Potts, who IN May last
left Baltimore for New Orleans, has re-
turned, having made the whole distance
on foot. She averaged twenty -one
miles day, wore out five suits of
clothes, didn't spend cent, WAS en-
tertained free at all hotels and eating
houses, received innumerable presents
and sent her trunk ahead OF her by ex-
press all the way without charge" "
Ii IA man did this he would be styled a
" dead-head," but gallantry will not
permit the title to be applied to a
woman.
The poor authorities of Dover and
Canterbury, England, are greatly puz-
zled ever a supposed japanese girl who
was recently found wandering about
the streets of the latter city. No one
there or in Dover being able to con-
verse with her. she was sent to London
The japanese Consul of that city says
that there is no similarity between her
language and that of Japan. The
girl and her stories remain mysteries.
AS no one will support the poor stran-
ger in strange land" the authorities
send her from one city to another.
, 1880-01-26

hey?" thought Dan. He ouldnt we'll
look worse;" and he eyed the haggard
ghastly face.
"What grating noise is that?" he
asked himself; and in the same instant
he sprang forward with cry of horror.
The passenger held an auger in his
hands, and saw lay beside him.
He had bored hole through the side
of the vessel, below the water-line, and
the water was already coming through.
The boy ciutched Farnall, and shook
him like wild beast. "You are sink
ing the ship. Help! help!"
The mailman turned on him quietly,
and nodded.
Yes, we'll all 60 down together.
Don't make that outcry. Nobody can
hear you."
He had caught the boys wrists, and
held him with the unnatural strength
of the insane. Nobody could hear him.
Dan remembered that, and became
suddenly silent. Horror and fear only
made thought more vivid.
Death was Just at hand. There was
nobody to drive it back but himself,
ami he was in this madman's hold.
He stared into the fierce CLASSY eyes
with an agony of hesitation. Farnall
laughed back at him.
"I thought of burning. but this is
quietest. I want to go calmly into the
great hereafter. We shall all go to-
gether 1n-a few minutes" glancing at
tle stream of water gushing out of the
opening.
80, mother, mother!" cried the
shivering boy.
"We'll all go together. Kings
among the ancients went across the
Styx attended by the slaves slain on
their burial. I will be followed by the
Yankee captain and his crew!
A sudden flash lightened Dams
eys.
"Not by the captain" he said.
His own voice startled him. it was SO
calm, and in tone so different from
any in which he had spoken before,
"The captain and Mr.. Briggs will es-
cape!" he cried.
"Why, what do you me,n?" cried
Farnall. "Escape! How can they
escape?"
DeCausc tucy are uot III Tue AoAu.
They will take to the boats
81 never thought of the boats!"
Dan felt chill run over him. He
tried to speak, but his voice failed. He
had but one chance, aud he must try it.
81 will go and bring the captain and
Mr.. Briggs down, if you like. Then
they can't get away"
Ha, ha! Pretty good joke! Well,
go bring them, and be quick!" loosen
ing his hold and pushing Dan away.
Dan walked slowly to the ladder.
then he made one wild spring up.
TO the hold! To the hold! A
leak!" he shrieked, and fell gasping to
the deck.
Within an hour the madman was in
irons, the leak had been stopped, and
the water pumped out of the hold.
The danger was past and ell snug and
taut.
The crew made hero of Dan. Even
Captuin Payson spoke out his hearty
praise:
1.-The lad saw what was to be done,
and did it. He had the courage, and
what is better, good sense. Who taught
You to use your wits, my boy?"
My mother, sir" said Dan.-Csm-
pdni0n.