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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-01-08
The Bottle of Oil.

There lived, once upon time, an
old gentleman in large house. He
had servants and everything he wanted,
yet he was not happy. and when things
did not go as he wished, he was cross.
AT last his servants left him. Quite
out of temper, he went to a neighbor
with the story of his distresses.
sit seems to me-" said the nighbor,
at would be we'll for you to oil your
self little" ''To oil myselfl'' "Yes,
and I will explain. Some time ago,
one of the doors in my house creaked.
Nobody. therefore, liked to go in or
out by it. One day I oiled its hinges,
and it has been constantly used by
everybody SINCE ''Then you think [
am like your creaking door," cried the
old gentleman. "How do you want
me to oil myself" ''That's an easy
matter" said the neighbor. $50 home
and engage a servant, and when he
does right. praise him. If. on the con-
trary, be does something amiss, do not
be cross; oil your voice and words with
the oil of love-" The old gentleman
went home, and no harsh or ugly words
we're found in his house afterward.
Every family should have bottle OF
this precious oil. for every family is
liable to creaking hinge in the shape
of fretful disposition, q cross temper,
a hash tone, or fault-finding spirit.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-01-08
ANSON GREY.

Anson Grey was still, stern man at
thirty, shut up within himself and by
himself, in his great stone mansion on
the hill. and people knew no more about
him than they knew about the dead.
His early years had been passed abroad.
where, or how, nobody knew aud most
had ceased to care, for that matter; the
last two had been passed in Burlingame.
A brilliant light at night. shining
from the great east windows, and oc-
casioual gallops through the town, by
day, were the only tokens of his press
ence. However change was coming
and that without warning. Anson
Grey fell sick, suddenly and danger
ously so. The village doctor was sum-
moned, who in turn telegraphed for
another from the neighboring city in
hot haste, and together, they said in
whispers, that their patient would prob
ably die. There was no woman in the
great house to act as nurse, and the
head servant obeying doubtless his
masters orders, refused to allow one
there as yet.
How it came about was mystery,
bnt one morning, when the master had
laid week half senseless, an unusal
cloud of dust was observed whirling up
the hill, aud emerging therefrom was a
carriage, splashed and weather stained.
headed by two, straining, painting
horses, who came up to the entrance as
if driven by the evil one A lady, tall
and fair as sunlight, pushed open the
carriage door impaticntly and sprang
out. With hasty glance around she
hurried up the steps, entered the draw
ing room and stood before the two as
tonished gentlemen who were seated
there 43a - .s.va. "a.
SIS Auson Grey alive?'ss i'ae
Eyes, but he grows worse"
Before they OWNED her intention,
she had passed them, and .gas in the
next room bending over the sick man.
"The devil will be to pay if she ex-
cites him now.'' the elder one said. ''if
some good nurse had come, 1t might
have been of some use; but this dainty
thing-bah!'
She came out in a moment, her face
white but determined. .---a-.e
.'WilI you be kind enough to send
for minister and remain until he
comes?" she asked, as she began to re>
move her things. ~
There was something in her manner
that forbade questioning, and they
obeyed her like 80 many dumb men, as
they said afterward. fesi 800
4 The minister did come; William
Skinner, the head servan. was called.
and after the three held a private con-
ference, which seemed to be satisfac>
tory they come out and. to the amaze>
ment of all, the lady stood beside
Anson Grey and the marriage vows
were taken. lIs esss, =.
The wise doctors were mistaken in
their estimate Of their unknown. She
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-01-08
what a Woman Can Do.

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,Asa wife aud dImother, woman makes
the fortune and happiness of ber hns-
band and children; and. il she did
nothing else, surely this would be suffi-
cient destiny. BY her thrift, prudence
and tact she can secure to her partner
and herself competence inIold age, no
matter how small their beginning or
howIadverse fate may be theirs. BY
her cheerfulness she can restore her
husbands spirit, shaken by the anxiety
of business. BY her tender care she
can often restore him to health, II his
disease has overtasked his powers. BY
her counsel and love she can win him
from bad company, If temptations in
an evil hour has led him astray. BY
her examples, her precepts, and her
sex's insight into character, she can
mold her children, however adverse
neutrality-suspicious., into noble men and
women. Aud, by lending in all things
A true and beautifullife she oa q ieloe'
elevate. and spiritualize all who comes
within reach; so that, with others OF
her sex emulating and assisting her,
she can do more to regenerate the
world than all the Statesmen or re-
formers that ever legislated. She can
do much, alasi perhaps more to degrade
man if she chooses to do it. Who can
estimate the evils that woman has the
power to do? As a wife she can RUN
herself by extravagance, folly, or want
of affection. She can make demon
or an outcast of a man who might
otherwise become a good member OF
society. She can bring chickering's,
strife and discord into what has been
happy home. She can change the in d.
nocent babes into vile men and women.
She can lower the moral tone of socie-
ty itself and thus poute legislation at
the spring head She can, in fine. be.
come an instrument of evil instead OF
an angel Of good. Instead of making
dowers of truth, purity. beauty and
spirituality spring up IN her footsteps.
till the earth smiles with lovliness that
is almost celestial, she can transform 1T
to black and arid desert. covered
with scorn of all evil passion and swept
by the blast of everlasting death. This
is what woman can do for the wrong rs
we'll as for the right. Is her mission a
little one? Has sue no worthy work as
has become the cry Of late? Man may
have a harder task to perform. a tougher
road to travel but he has none loftler
or more influential than woman's.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-01-08
Gambetta's Broken Engagement.

Gambetta is bachelor; but he has not
lived so long without having at least con>
templated marriage. The story of his en-,
gagement to an heiress in western France,
and its sndden breaking off, gives us a
fresh glimpse of his character. From the
time of his leaving his humble home at
Cahors, till his rise to the highest rank of
public personages, Gambetta lived with a
faithful. loving, devoted aunt, who had
followed him to Paris, and who made,
everywhere he went, pleasant home for
him. She was at once his maid-of-allework
and his congenial companion; and he was
as deeply attached to Eer as she to him.
His engagement to handsome and ac-
complished girl, with dot of seven
millions, was shock to the good aunt.
but she ieIded gracefully to the inevita-
BILE. When the arrangements for the mar
riage were being discussed, however, the
Young lady took it into her head to make
it condition of their union that the aunt
should be excluded from the new estabs
lishment, She was scarcely elegant enough
TO adorn gilded salons. Gambetta ex-
planned how much his aunt had been to
him; the rich beauty was only the more
obdurate.. GaTbetta took up his hat, and
with profound bow. "L.dieu," said he;
'"we were not made to understand each
other" And the marriage was put off
forever
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-01-08
Anecdote of Patrick Henry.

When the celebrated Patrick Henry.
of Virginia, was near the close of life,
and in feeble health, he laid his hand
on the Bible. and addressed an old
friend who was with him. Here is a
book" said he, "worth more than all
ever printed; yet it is my misfortune
never to have read it with proper ats
tention and feeling till lately" About
the same time he, wrote to his daugh-
ter: "I hear it said that the Deists
have claimed me. The thought gives
me more pain than the appellasion of
Tory--for consider religion of irfin
itely higher Importance than politics,
aud I find much cause to reproach my
self that have lived 40 long and given
no decided and public proof of my be-
ing a Christian" ass...s..l, ~.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-01-08
A Bible With Pins in it.

1t was an old Bible, family Bible, a
we'll worn Bible--the Bible of an old lady
who had read it, and walked by it, and
fed on it, and prayed ovcrit for a long
life time. aI s5a Il Il ..1rds
As she grew older and older her sights
began to fail, and she found il hard to
find her favorite verses. But she could
not live without them, so what did she do?
She stuck pin in them, one by one, and
after her death they counted one hundred
and sixty -eIght. -e-t F3-f
When people went to see her. she would
open her Bible, and, feeling.. ..over pages
after her pin, would say, "read there" or
"read here;n4 and she knew pretty we'll
what verse was stuck by that pin, and
what by this pin. She could indeed say Of
her precious Bible, al love thy command
ments above gold; yea, above fine gold;
they are sweeter to me than honey and the
honeycoHb."
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-01-08
A Tennessee Story.

Five miles Southwest OF Kenton,
Term. on the Mobile and Ohio Il. r.,
is the greatest monstrosity OF Tho age
"a human being who resembles frog
He is the son of r. Newell. ls twenty
ak inches high, weighs forty-eight
nounds. and was born in Obion county,
Tenn. March 18th. 1878. HIS body
and arms are regularly formed and well
developed, his fingers are short, and
the manner in. which they set on his
hands give them the appearance OF
frogs feet; his legs are. small and are
set al right angles with the regular lines
Of walk: his feet are small and badly
deforned: his face Is eight Or nine
inches long, and makes an angle OF
sixtv-two degrees with the base OF
sknlI facial angle;) his head is almost
conicai; his eyes are small and witnout
expression; his upper jaw projects far
over the lower one; his lower Jaw Is
small and has superbundance OF
fiesh attached, which renders him qnite
frocry. He can't talk. II Won throw
a nickle on the floor he will light on it
like "a chicken on . June bng. He
can't walk, bnt what is wanting in walk
ing is made up in jumping / saw him
lump eight feet after dime. If tub
of water is placed near him he will
;ump into il like duck. In rainy
weather he goes to the door and leaps
ont. and remains ont doors until the
rain. isg over. Obion county has given
birth, to the, following: The female
dwarfs, tho mud negro, the sleeping
beauty, and the frog child. She il
Justly entitled to The appellation.
:sMother of Monstrosities.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-01-08
Sunday Habits for Children.

Innocency on Sunday street-car may
tc some be source of peace and good
will, but not to all, for the Lord has
spoken, "Train ND child in the way it
should CO." and Remember the Sab
bath day to keep it holy'-resting on
that day, even from such worldly EN-
ployments and recreations as are law
full on other days. and IN spending the
whole. time ir, the public and private
exercises of Gods Worship, except so
much as is to be taken mp in works OF
necessity and mercy. Let innocency
be trained to enjoy such travelling, and
when he has reached years of maturity,
unless restrained by Gods grace. he
will not find pleasure in the service of
the house of God, or. be found IN the
work of advancing Gods Kingdom by
the support of the Gospel. As the
twig is bent the tree is inclined.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-01-08
Tho Price Paid.

The Chinese are exceedingly merce
nary. They have no notion of any man
taking q course which does not tend to
profit. Many of them think we pay
people to become Christians; that We
hire men and women to receive baptism
and profess faith in the doctrine OF
Jesus. Zone of our new converts. "
says missionary. recently held the
following dialogue with neighbor who
attempted to catechise him on the
subject:
Glow much did these foreigners give
Won to join their Church? twenty
dollars?"
more than that
"a hundred dollars?"
"More than that"
"a thousand dollars?'
"More than that.
"How much. pray?'
"More than the value of the weight
of this mountain in silver aud gold"
$50 the name OF Boodha! what?'
cried The astonished interrogator.
"This precious book" said the
Christian, holding up his Bible, (which
tells me of God and Christ and Cal
vary. salvation, and everlasting life in
heaven"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-01-08
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sorrow ON the Sea.

- sfH# sftri NsftHl1. n o.
There is SORROW ON the seat cannot b
quiet, 40 30.
L stood on the shore of the beautiful sea
AS the billows were roaming wild and free
Onward they come with unfailing force,
Then backward turned in their careless
El coIree; iE s yfs1,., -E
Ever and ever sounded their roar,
Foaminp and dashing against the shore;
Ever and ever they rose and fell,
With heaving and signing and mightyswell:
And deep seemed calling aloud to deep,
Lest the murmuring waves should drop to
sleep. .'-' f'fH1
In summer and winter, by night and by day
Through cloud and sunshine holding their
- way;
Oil when sSaIl the oceans troubled breast
Calmly and quietly sink into rest?
Oh! when shall the waves Wild murmur.
ing cease
And the lnis shty waters be hushed to peace?
It cannot be quiet--it cannot rest;
There must be heaving on oceans breast;
The tide must ebb. and the tide musl flow,
Whilst the changing seasons come and go.
Still from the depths OF that hidden store
There are treasures tosse up along the
shore
Tossed by the billows-then seized again
Carried away by the rushing main.
Oh, strangely glorious and beautiful sea!
Sounding forever mysteriously,
Why are thy billows still rolling on,
With their wild and sad musical tone?
Why ia there never repose for thee?
Why slumberest tLou not, oh mighty sea?
Then the oceans voice l seemed to hear,
Mournfully, solemnly-sounding near,
Like wall sent up from the caves below,
Fraught with dark memories of ofhuman woe,
Telling of loved ones buried there.
Of the diving shrek and the dying prayer.
Telling Of hearts stll watching IN vain
For those who shall never come again,
OF the widows eroan, the orphans cry;
And the mothers speechless agony.
Oh, no, the ocean can never rest
With snch secrets hidden within its breast
There is sorrow written upon the sea,
And dark and stormy its waves must be;
1t cannot be quiet, it cannot sleep,
That dark, relentless, and stormy deep.
But day will come. BILE ssed day,
When earthly sorrow shall pass away,
When the hour Of anguish shall turn to
peace,
And even the roar Of the waves shall cease; !;
Then out fron its deepest and darkest bed
Old ocean shall render up her dead,
And, freed from the weight of human woes,
Shall quietly sink into her last repose.
No sorrow shall ever be written then
On the depths of the sea or the hearts of
men,
But heaven and earth renewed shall shine,
Still clothed in glory and light divine.
Then where shall the billows of ocean be?
Gone! for in heaven shall be mo more sea!'
'Tis bright and beautiful thing of earth,
That cannot share in the souls "new birth, }
'Tis a life of murmur and tossing and spray.
And at resting-time it must pass away.
But oh! thou glorious and beautiful sea.
There ia health and joy and blessing in thee;
Solemnly, sweetly, hear thy voice,
Bidding me weep and yet rejoice
Weep for The loved ones buried beneath,
Rejoice in Him who has conquered death;
Weep for the sorrowing and tempest
tossed,
Rejoice in Him who has saved the lost;
Weep for the sin, the sorrow, and strife,
And rejoice in the hope of eternal life.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-01-08
Indiana Farmers in Mississippi.

Several Kansas farmers raised corn
and cotton crop near Columbus, Missis
sippi. the past season.
Something Of sensation was created
in the neighborhood from the fact that
the sKansaius cultivated their crops III
the Northern fashion, or what is known
as the ''fat" culture.
When the cotton was fairly out OF the
ground it was narrowed.
One old planter SAID the cotton was
ruined.
But the sequel proved the narrowing
was beneficial, as it made the earth
very mellow for the tender roots
Walking cultiyators aud riding plows
followed the harrow as the season adj
vanced.
The people in che vicinity have care
fully watched the progress of this new
style of cultivation, and 1t IS believed
that the Southern country is on the eve
of a revolution in cotton culture.
The Kansas farmers are pleased with
Mississippi.
One of .hem said the climate aud
soil was the best he had ever seen.
It is a fine stock and grass growing
country.
A better corn country than any other,
and the corn is of better quality.
Mississippi is the best State for oats
except New York. -,
OF the climate of Mississippi the
Kansas men say it is not SO hot as in
more Northern States. ..a --..
And thus they graphically sum mp. :,
mo insect pests except the Doll
worm.
No horse>fiies compared to the North:
No heas.
No flies to trouble the stock.
No nets needed for horses.
Never have seen a fly on COW when
milking her. ~.
Can make more off ten acres in Mis-
sissippi than one hundred elsewhere.
No chiHs.
Had chills in Kausas.
In short; these men practically dem
onstrate that the country .is healthy.
the soil fertile. and that there ls almost
entire exemption from insect pests. =,
Wien the trne character OF the soil
and climate of this section becomes
known in the North there will inquest
tiouablv follow very large immigra'
ton into Mississippi and West Tens
nessee of the best class OF farmers. r6
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-01-08
DIR. y. B. W:4TTS,
Den al = urge co N .
Brookhaven, Miss.

Having practiced Dentisty in this town
and vicinity for The last thirteen years, feel
safe in referring to all those that ever
worked for. III have any work not Civ
ing satisfaction, will cheertully render
il satisfactory free of cha ge. by calling at
my office. I guarantee my work, | use
nothing but first class material. ! don't use
cheap teeth and inferior gold; don't pu'
off any bogus" work on any body, and my
charges are az reasonable as any hr9t>ciass
Dentist can afford to work for. 1 Will
visit the country promptly and attend all
calls. Will take stock in payment fof
work. Office at +, NJ. Martu d Cos
Drug Store. ~, rc
may 1-tf. V. s. WALLS
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-01-08
THE CLEMENT ATTACHMENT. "A,
The Cheapest and Most Profitable
/ ..syqs,lfe Cotton Mill.

In several towns in Arkansas, Ten
nessee and Mississippi, as in South
Carolina, the simple process OF making
cotton yarns has been most successfully
introduced by means OF the invention
known as the Clement attachment.
Cotton, by this process, as it comes
from the field uDginned and unpacked,
is converted into thread and sold as
such at twice the current price Of cot
ton, and it is better thread than can
be made of cotton, which has been
compressed. Cloth made of this thread
will last twice as long as that produced
from cotton which goes through all the
processes incident to its conversion
into thread in Lowell. A building for
this machinery costs 500, and mill
dam and fixtures $500. machinery $25,-
600. Such was the cost of mill at
Westminster, South sCarolina. ] 1t is
claimed for this device which has been
in use for five years, and is rapidly go
ing into use everywhere in the South,
it may interest enterprising gentlemen
like Chambers Bros who know that the
Clement attachment:
1. Will do away with the gin house,
cotton press, bagging and ties, and
much handling.
2, That it will dispense with many
clippers of the middle man, such as
speculators, weighing and marking,
storage, insurance, etc.
8. The great margin between the raw
material and the fabrics, which has en-
riched the North, will bei saved and
spent at home.
4. That it will employ large NUNS
Der of women and children.
s. That it will increase largely the
population of the country, rs well as
the amount of money in circulation in
our midst, and afford better school and
church facilities. Pei .
6. That it will enhance the value of
real estate, and increase the demand
for the products of the country.
Z. That 1t will draw capital and ma
chinery from the North to this section.
8. That the new process can be run
profitahly on a small scale, and still
more so if the business is enlarged.
9. That it will build up stations and
small towns along railways, as we'll as
at various points throughout the conn
try where water power can be fohnd, or
where fuel is cheap for making steam.
These places will spin the yarn from
the cotton in the seed aud ship it to the
market cities, where more costly ma
chimes will be erected for manufactur'
ing the more complicated fabrics.
10. The cotton States will no longer
be hewers of timber and drawers OF
water for others. but will use the means
which God has blessed them with and
enter into new era of prosperity un-
eouaIled in this or any other country.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-01-08
ASKING for a Benefit.

lady who prays each Sabbath morning
that she may that day have something
suited to her either IN the way o. encour~
never disappointed. A word in the psalm,
or prayer, or sermon, is sent her, and she
goes home not only feeling that her prayer
has been benefited by the services. How
many Christians do tist this way? How
many families, inetheir Sabbath mornings
devotions, and how many Christians in
their secret prayers, make it a special
petition that the pastor may be blessed in
his preaching, and that they may have
spiritual profit from the exercises? 1t
there were more Of this, there would be
greater edfcation. eAss A
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-01-08

PIoK, the celebrated Berlin detective,
who performed wondrons feats in the
way of fretting out Ingenious Grimm ais
has 1ust died. He commenced his pub
lie career as Burgomaster of Feddichow
a small town on the Order. which ofiice
he exchanged for Commissary OF Crim@
inal Police, some SIX and twenty years
ago. It was he who broke up the band
of malefactors who were the terror OF
Pomerania in 1850. He joined the
hand himself, aided them in committing
several overt acts Of treason, and en-
abled himself to identify them when
they were netted by force Of gem
darmerio. gE esscks sa rcsN
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-01-08

..prisoner at the bar. 2 said the judge,
..is there anything yoti wish to say he.
fore sentence is passed upon your
The prisoner looked wistfnlly toward
the door and remarked that he would
like to say ''good evening" if It wonid
he agreeable to the company. But
they wouldn't let him. 'e
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-01-08

FIaARo relates thai when the son q 9
insurer was sought in marriage ny sne
parents Of a, woman he had never seen,
his father told him to ask $12. OOo II sne
was young and pretty. SIG, ,0O0 II sne
WAS old and ugly, and II there was auys
thing queer about her Or her fanny so
demand 800, 900. A few days aiser
came telegram: "The girl has aassssis
mated her father. How much am 4
10 ask?" 1a.,s7 SO rs 2 Z -
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-01-08

SHoRr skirts of pale blue. rose-pink,
scarlet, olive green and cream white
flannel of the finest texture, embroidered
with white or colored silk. are the fancy
this winter for nnderskilts while the
walking skirt is, Of scarlet. dark blue, or
black satin or nohair quilted. ssbess3
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-01-08

IS Dainty little hanging flower baskets.
"a hold cut flowers, are Of ground glass
"a the shape Of "a open umbrella, sus-
pended by the handle. alg s,.'s 8
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-01-08

ALL bnas1ed wisdom ont OF Christ IS
folly; all imaginary righteousness out
-of Christ is gnilt; all a"-rmed ssanctt
fication out of Christ ~; all TANGLED
redemption out OF CHI slavery.