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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-01
Terrible Scene In a Theater.

A terrible Scene took place in the
Theatre del Circo at Madrid few
days ago. During the performance
a mad man forced his way into the
house, armed with hatchet, and
contrived to climb from the auditori
| nm upon the stage. where brandish-
ing his weapon furiously, he an
nounced himself to the terrified au-
dience as 1.-The Avenger of Mankind" "
| Upon one of these attendants APP
preaching him with the object of
persuading him to withdraw from
the stage he smote the unfortunate
man to the earth with one deadly
blow; and he managed to keep the
police OFT, when they attempted to
arrest him, by whirling his hatchet
round his head with such force and
swiftness that none of the "agents
of authority" dared to rush in upon
him. Presently, however, a party
of soldiers made its appearance in
the theater, under the command OF
an officer, who summoned the raging
maniac to give up his weapon and
surrender himself, but in vain;
whereupon the detachment received
orders to fire at him with blank
cartridge, in the hope of frightning
him into submission. All this while
he was yelling at the top of his
voice, flourishing his hatchet, and
threatening to kill any body who
should approach him. Recognizing
the impossibility of overpowering
him without risking the soldiers
lives, the officer in command gave
the order to load with ball and fire
upon him. A minute later the
wretched man lay corpse upon the
stage, three bullets having passed
through his head; and, this highly
sensational dramatic episode having
been thus brought to close, the au-
dience returned to their places. from
which they had fed in terror when
the madman made his first and last
appearance upon the stage, and the
evenings performances were resum-
ed at the point at which they had
been interrupted by "Mankind's
Avenger."
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-01
Gls s1iresidf.
The Had Clock. j J.


1 have clock on my parlor man.
tle-piece. A very pretty little clock
it is, with gilt frame and a glass
case to cover it. Almost every one
who sees it says. "What a pretty
clock" but it has one great defect.
it will not run, and therefore as q
clock it is perfectly uselesss
Though it is very pretty, it is bad
clock, because it never tells what
time tits. Now, my bad clock is
like great many persons In the
world. just as my clock does not
answer the purpose for which it was
made-that is, to keep time-s0
many persons do not answer the pur-
pose for which they were made.
What did God make us for? "Why"
you will. say, she made us that we
might love and serve him." Well.
then, if we do not love God and
serve him, we do not answer the pur-
pose for which he made us. We
may be, like the clock, very pretty,
and be very kind and obliging; but
if we do not answer the purpose for
which God made us, we are just like
the clock-bad.
Those of my readers who live in
the country, and have seen an apple
tree in full bloom, know what a
beautiful sight it is. But suppose
it only bore blossoms and did not
produce fruit, you would say it was
bad apple tree. And so it is.
Everything is bad, and every person
is bad, and every boy and girl is bad,
if they do not answer the purpose
| foF which God made them God
did not make us only to play and
amuse ourselves, but also that we
lmipht do his will.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-01
I Will not be Afraid.

A little girl was recently walked
in the night by severe thunder
storm. The vivid lightning and the
crashing thunder at first frighten-
ed her, and she called her mother in
alarm. Then as her mother came
to her bedside, the child said, "But.
mamma, my Sunday school teacher
told me that Jesus could take care
of me now in a thunder storm just
as easily as he did of the disciples
in the boat; so / will not be afraid"
And she quieted down to her sleep
again. That child's teacher had
made right use of a Bible lesson,
applying it practically to every day
matters. And the result showed
how much OF good may come from a
wisely spoken word by a loving
teacher, even to u child out of a
Christian home, where the same
truth has been often spoken before.
The freshness of teachers word
may give new power to familiar
truth which the parents have by no
means IGNORED.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-01
I, Alexander.

This was what the present Empe-
ror of Russia wrote in answer to the
question, ''Who is to pay all theseY
One of his majestys aides-de camp,
who owed a great dead more than he
eonld pay. had drawn up list of
his debts, and having in despair
dashed off the above question at
the foot of the paper, had fallen
asleep in his chair. The Emperor,
happening to pass through the room,
and seeing the document, generous
ly took up the pen and wrote, 81,
Alexandef," and left the room with
out disturbing the sleeper. When
the latter awoke he found himself
all at once freely released from his
obligations.
Unconyerted reader, this Is the
way God freely releases you. There
is no condemnation to those who ac-
cept pardon in the name of Jesus
Christ,,who by his death on the cross
paid the debt we owed to justice, SO
that now we are released debtors.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-01
Southern News.

A dozen iron furnaces will soon bt
in blast in Wythe county, Va.
Thirty thousand saw-logs are be
ing RATED down Pearl river, Missis
sippi.
Railroad ties are being shipped
from Norfolk, Va, to South Amer
lea.
The ice factory at Chattanooga
Tenn, after years's inactivity, is
again in operation.
A company has been for,ned a
Rockport, Texas, for the purpose o
doing large business in canning
fish,
Four mills at Richmond, Va.
manufactured, during the tel
months just closed, 2S7,276 barrels
of -four.
William II. Harris has been ap
pointed State Commissioner of I'm
migration of Louisiana by Governor
Wiltz.
The receipts Of cotton at Houston
Texas, this season are $50, ,446 bales
against 97,346 for the same time
last year.
Lynchburg, Va. is doing a heavy
business in the guano trade, large
large quantities being shipped in all
directions daily.
There have filed in the Eufaula
branch of the probate office of Bar
bour County, Ala, since the 1st Of
January, 1,042 mortgages.
The Bersha zinc work of Wythe
county, Va, will furnish the United
States Government with zinc, for
alloy with silver in coinage.
The Mississippi State Board OF
Health has ordered quarantine 20
be established at the port of Pasca-
goula against vessels from infected
ports.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-01
FERMENTATION for Death

A man who forgets that he NAV
die at any moment is very foolish.
A mans business ought to be kept
so closely in hand that he will be
able to leave it at any moment in
such condition that it can be settled
up. His will ought to be made aud
his property safe. He should know
whose shall those things bc which
he has provided.
Much more is that man most
foolish who does not live with his
soul prepared to meet God. 1t Is
wealth toward God that will avail
when a man comes to die. The
most certain of all future events is
that we must die. The must uncer-
tain of all, is the time when we shall
| die. When it comes whata change!
| We work hard to make our lives
here comfortable. Do we work
equally hard to make our eternity
|happyi"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-01
Praying and Working !.

One day Bessie and Susie, as they
passed through the hall, saw that
the big stove was red hot. They
were afraid it would set the house
on fire, unless some one opened the
door soon to let it cool off. They
did not like to leave it long enough
to call for help. What should they
do? At last Bessie said, "Susie, you
must pray, and | will open the
door" So dear little Susie prayed;
and Bessie looking very pale, l sus-
pect, for she was very little girl
too, pulled the door open. Right
away the stove began to get less
red, and all danger was over. Now,
my dear children, when you are
afraid to do something that you
know that you ought to do, pray to
God to give you strength and to keep
you from harm-and then do the
thing, feeling sure that you will be
helped, for Jesus says, task, and We
shall receivpD -
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-01

In Montague county, Texas, a
gentle work OK went mad and at
tackled a man on horseback, goring
the horse to death, while the rider
escaped BY climbing tree.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-01

The cashier of an Eastern bank
ran away with all the funds and the
directors placarded the door, mo
Cashier"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-01
To my Country CustoIners;

have the pleasure to inform you
that have effected such arrange
ments with the best manufacturers,
that I 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
figures, and in large quantities, 1
can sell at small advance and thu
give my customers better chance
to make profit.
My establishment is heavily
stocked, and a greater variety OF
shoes of all grades can not be found
in any Southern City.
Hoping to be henored with your
visit, or your orders by mail.
remain, yours truly,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-01
.sShe and wisdom are both designed
To make the senses more refined,

There are many who prefer se-
clusion and retirement. do not
consider this moment as oppor-
time to question the right or wrong
of such actions, but it cannot be
denired that there are justifyable
National Republican., 1880-12-20
PERSONALITIES,


KESwARD PnILp is going to lecture.
All right. Forge ohead
WINsLow, the Boston forger, is still
editing newspaper in Buenos Ayres.
THE report that Jay Gould has pur-
chased the Mississippi River lacks confirmation
JAMES ANTHONY FRouDE is regularly
ordained deacon in the Established Church of
England.
MIR. JOHN |. DAvENPoRT says that he is
not candidate for the Office of United States Dis
trict Attorney.
COLONEL GETTY sees nothing ridiculous
In an assignment by brcvet rank He thus gets a
majorgcneral's pay.
AFTER all, there is touch of true states
mNnship in John Kelly. lie trusts no man who
parts his hair in the middle.
Mr.. JUSTICE HuNT, of the United States
Supreme Court has learned TO write with his LEFT
hand, since his right hand became paralyzed.
THOMAS CARLYLE, who has just passed
his cishty.iifth birthday, is feeble, yet in much
better health than recent reports would indicate,
Ex-GovERNoR MARSHALL JEWELL, of
Connecticut is said to be a candidate for Minister
to France lie does not want place in the Cabl-
net.
SECRETARY THOMPSON, our "Monarch of
the Seas" quits hogovcrnmcnt ofthe raging ocean
to run canal. Oh, what a fall !-Cncirndti En-.
quircr.
EX-GovERNoR WARMoTH and other
leading Louisiana sugar planters have connected
their plantations on the Gulf coast with New
Orleans by telephone.
COLONEL INGERsoLL has evidently
started an organ In Paris. The first issue of a
Partisan paper is just out the namo Of which is
Neither God nor Master"
The visit of Governor Cornell, of New
York, and Hon. Richard Crowley of the Niagara
district, to Mentor last Tuesday escaped the sharp.
eyed tclcgraphcrs until they had concluded q visit
| of two days to General Garfield.
ADA GILMAN has been very i'll lately
with n severe attack of bronchial pneumonia
yet, spite of 1t, she managed to play every night
never missing single performance of her part in
the Hundred Wives Combination.
GAMBETrA, rs he rises to speak in the
, tribune, Is described as clumsy, dullyisaged
man, dressed in ill.htting and shabby clothes But
after a few moments speaking he seems another
being, his face lights up, his gestures are telling
and his voice has the resonant tones of man OF
|
National Republican., 1880-12-20
The Count of tho EIectornI Vote.

To Mc Editor Of NE National Republican.
Article XII Of the Costitution provides: "Tho
President of the Scliate shall, in tho presence OF
the Senate and House of Representatives, open oil
the certificates aud the vote shall then be counted"
1twould appear from the above that the duties of
the President of the Senate have ended when he
finishes opening the certificates. The afterclause
does not empower any particular officer to assume
or perform the duty of counting tho vote. IL now
rests with Congress. in joint assembly, to proceed
to count In such manner, or 10 the election of such
an officer to count the aforesaid votes, MS may be
determined by majority vote OF both Houses In
convention assembled In the interests of orderly
proceeding and for the safety Of the Government
no doubt should be entertained but that Congress
should designate the President of the Senate 10
perform that duty He Is the highest officer Of
Congress, and the people Of this country re-
pose great confidence In that officer when the
holder 0fthc same Is empowered bu the Constitution
10 open the electoral votes. That Congress Is re-
sponsiblo for failpg to so cgisne under the clause
and the votes shall then be counted" ~ to pro.
vide the officer whose dny II shall be TO count tho
votes ana announce the result is evident. Tint II
has the power to do so cannot be doubted Article
!. section 8, clause 49, page ~ of tho Constitution
(R ~ empowers Congress to =" make az lawswhich
cuon al, powcrs vested by this Constitution In the
Government of the United States, or in any Depart
mcnt or officer thereof"
The President of the Senate Is authorized 10 open
the votes Now what plausible objection can be
raised to empowering him 70 count the votes and
such IN officer should be extended TO the country
ut large, and not confined to tho flrtherenco of
partisan ends Do the Democrats want the people
of this country to infer that tho Nicc.Presidcnt of
level of n common liar and thief? Thank good
ness the people have fifth in the honesty Of that
officer, If Democratic statesmen C9 have not.
PRO DoNo PUBIIco.
National Republican., 1880-12-20
ABOUT CoNGRESSMEN.


Senator Lamar has gone to Southern
Texas for his health.
The only man in Georgia worth
SlOOO,OOO is Senator Brown.
Senator Bayard has gone to meet Wade
Hampton and Beltzhooyer
Representative Newberry, of Michigan,
is said to be the richest man in either House or
Senate
Senator Matt. Carpenter is said to have
cast the only vote against the continuation of Cen
eral Ila2cn.
Senator lloar entertained the NIassa-
chusctts delegation at dinner at Wormlcy's satur
day evening,
Senator Plumb, of Kansas, says he pre-
iers some other Western man than himself for
place In Garlields Cabinet.
1t is reported that United States Sem
ator Davis, of West Virginia, will soon resign his
seat in order to attend TO his great interests In rail-
roads and lands, of which he owns some forty
thousand acres
Senator Booth has received telegram
nom the Board of Trade ofsan Francisco request
ing him to use all honorable means to secure the
adoption by Congress Of the bill incorporating the
NiCaragunn Caual.
DaNld DaNlsi VINO mas long held the
belt as the latest man In the Senate Is no longer
destined to enjoy his 0leoagerine honors in peace
Colonel Fair, the prospective Senator from Nevada
weighs a27 pounds.
OnSaturday eyeningSenator Blaine gave
adinner party toa few ofhsmore intimate personal
and political friends, at which the guests fingered
late under the genial influences which tho senator
is famous for cyokng on such occasions.
Al n
lets it he known that il General Garfield is real
good to the South he will rally large support IN
that section. lfBen and his class expect to be fed
on any more sugarplums in order to persuade
them to do right they will find themselves mis-,
taken, that is all." Right you are, sir,
General Chalmers, of Mississippi, says
he is in favor Of using every means short of vic.
lence TO preserve to the intelligent white people
of his State supreme control of its political affairs.
Every means" of course includes ballotbox stuff.
ing throwing ont honestly casts ballots on teohni
calities, and all the other species Of trckery that
have been resored TO there to cheat tho negroes
We scarcely know what can be said of public
MANA member Of CongresS--who proclaims him
National Republican., 1880-12-20
The Negro in the South---III.

We have called the attention of our
readers 10 the present condition of the
negro in the South, and have asked how
his position in that section could be i'm
proved. The central idea of the South in
keeping the negro in his present unfortu-
nate political condition has been that by
suppressing his vote the South would be
made solid for the Democratic party
With "solid South" it was believed
enough Northern States would be secured
TO place the Democratic party-that is the
South-in full control of the Government
The recent election has given terrible
blow to that hope. Still the idea is
held to with great tenacity by many
Southern politicians, who choose
to attribute the defeat of their
policy to the treachery and quarrels of
Democratic leaders, or the indiscreet
words of some of their orators, rather
than TO the true cause. Whenever the
South shall be fully convinced that their
solidity cannot win national battle, the
political fabric they have reared in blood
and crime will begin to crumble, With
Republican success this year has come to
some extent an awakening in the South
to tho idea that their policy must be
changed; that men, without regard to
race, or color, orpolitics, must borespected
When the South secs that there is no hope
National Republican., 1880-12-20

for their succcssup the plan of q solid
section, thodny Of dclivcranre to die negio
will begin 10 dawn. The whites, will
divide upon questions of revenue, tauiff
internal improvements, &c With tlieir
division will come division of the ne
groes upcn the same questions, Parties
in the South, as in the North, will be run,
regardless of creed or color; one man's
vote wiltbeiUst as good ~ anotl,ep's and
as eagerly sought after by rival political
parties. This means health and strength
to- the entire country. The North, by
maintaining its present attihiJe, ,ean, CONF
pei q division of the Southern whites, and
thus compel the erecognition Of the negro
as Legitimate fhctor in politics, entitled
to equal considerations altd protection
with his white brother, North and South
alike.
National Republican., 1880-12-20
Mr.. Forbes, ms m Lecturer.

AT Lincoln Hall tonight our people
will have an opportunity of hearing the
famous London war correspondent, Archi-
bald Forbes esq, whose graphic and stir
ring pictures from the battlefield have
won for him golden opinions wherever
the English language is read. His lecture
will be upon Adventures in the Life of a
War Correspondent"
Ramsdell's Republic says most hand
somcly of the lecturer:
ME Archibald Forbes Is no common man. His
powers Of endurance uro only cquuled by.his fac.
ulty of description. The great Duke of Wellington
used to say that II was impossible TO describe
battle, and Sir Callaghan O'Brallaghan, In an old
farce declares that there is so much doing every.
where that no one knows what is doing anywhere
But Mr.. Forbes has proved the converse of the
proposition He wrote of battles from tho battle
fields. Ho spoke of danger while exposed to Its
imminence, and in so rich and graphic style as
to excite the wonderment of all Europe,
National Republican., 1880-12-20

GENERAL SHERMAN guessed right when
he said he did not believe General Grant
had anything to do with the proposition
to make himself Captain-Gencral. Gen
eral Sherman could add that General
Grant never asked any promotion he had
in the army, from the time he rendered
hisscrvices to Governor Yates, of Illinois.
There is no room for any friction between
these illustrious men, as any will discover
who seek TO promote it,
National Republican., 1880-12-20
scra,,,lr Rur,I.


Scnaiislr HueII. ~
MC..B thus lccturashis nadlrs. in tho 0tpdai
yesterday;
Tho aroniost and most obvious political fact
OF Orr time s nothing more nor less than that
Wemorcl OF events. has reaobolia a, point ~ which
the orgaiiiz0tOn md general toDQsthnt the Demo.
craiic pnrly inherited from It's ancestors come in
collision with tho vital forces and active ageR0ies'
OF modern civilization.
Onelhcur that the CONSTITUTION iF IN drtigcr aJld
with II tho fbnutios of tho pOople nre hnporiled
init That docs not cover the ground The C0nstitii.
tOn Is not in danger The Trouble IL not that any
thah TIM yopcrablD document itsclf and the ipstil
tutons which II prcscribcs, arc inadequate TO tho
needs Of the new sctof socinl and political condi'
tions thni hundred ycars of constant and revolu-
tionary progress have forced upen jlA
IL IL the rnilroad TINT r,ibs oiii, state lipes-not
Senator Etlmunds III the stage coach cru the tray
olcrtOok ei his hat when he Cae TO Stnte bound
my. but he crossed county linewithout emotion.
Why2 Because he was accustomed to cross county
lines while his passage TO State was stnire-
quOnt and thereby became an event in his
career so, when the. stage- -eoagl, tuavclor
took of his hat ut a State line ho, made obcis-.
ance simply to the event in his own career,
atencountcriug n new sovereignty. But in tho
railroad era the passage of State lines has become
frequent, has thereby ceased to BY an event In
ones. career, and with II ceases the impulse. to
take off ones hat In word, the railroad has re-
dnced tho state line to the physical tiipportniico
which in stngocoach times was peculiar to the
county boundary
Tho object Of these lscursivo. comments has
been To intimate that the Democratic party must
adhpt It's policy to the progress of evonis. IL Is
impossible to adapt the progress of oycntS to the
policy of tho Democratic party.
State rights as understood In the tiincs whose.
traditions Senator Wallace invokes, have given
way. They have succiimbcd, not to laws OF Con-
grcss, not to constitutional amendments, not even
10 martial force oxcrted In ciyil war but simply 10
tho circumstances that have attended the growth
OF inc American people In numbers, wealth. ana
National Republican., 1880-12-20
A a,I,Ine.a Iaxar

AChinaman IN Oakland, Cal, fell In love with
tender missiye:
miss MALy: My name belong All Lee. Ny be-
long thnt hanson piece young man look sec you
every time you m1kee buy curio thing. Mytoo
mnchcc lub you. Ny likes see you, Suppose you
talkec Sing Foo. What time can do. My come
Oakland your house talkee your father, makee
you my wifcc. Sing say you lub me, my iub you.
An LEE"
The contents of shotgun in the hands of
"Maly's" Christian NIclicnnman father left Ah
Lee sorcr and wiser lub".b
National Republican., 1880-12-20
He Had Her.

An amusing incident occurred on the strcet-car
the other day. woman of fifty, made up TO look
ing to find every seat occupied. She stood for a
moment and then selecting poorly dressed man
about forty-ive years of age, she observed:
"Are there no gentlemen on this carr"
"lndecd, dunno" he replied, as he looked up
and down. "If there haint, and you are going
clear through, I'll hunt up one for you at the end
of the line"
There was an embarrassing silence for moment
and then light broke In ON him all of a sudden
aud he arose and said
You can have this seat, madam. l am allus
perfectly willing to stand up and give my seat TO
any body older than myself"
That decided her. She gave him look which
he will not forget to his dying day, and grabbing
the strap she refused to sit down. even when five
seats had BECOME vacant.-NeW York World.