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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-05-26
Petty Worries.

What a blessed thing it, is that
we can forget! To-day's troubles
look large, but week hence they
will be forgotten and buried out OF
sight. Says one writer: If you
keep book and diaryiput down the
things that worry you, and see
what becomes of them, it would be
a benefit to you. You allow a thing
to annoy you just as you allow fly
to settle on you and plague
you; and you lose your tenn
per (or rather get it, for when men
are surcharged with temper they
are said to haye lost it; and you
justify yourselves for being thrown
off your balance by causes which
you do not trace out. But IL you
would see what it was that threw
you off your balance before break
fast, and put it down in a little
book, and follow it out, aud ascer-
tain what becomes Of it, you would
see what fool you were in the
matter. The art of forgetting is 3
blessed art, but the art of overlook
ing is quite as important. And II
we should take time to write down
the original progress and outcome
of few of our troubles, it would
make us so ashamed of the fuss we
make over them, that we should be
glad to drop such things, and bury
them at once in eternal forgetful-
ness. Life is too short to be worn
out in petty worries, frettings, hatred
and vexation.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-05-26
VOL. 1O.--NO. ~.
For the Ladies.

Dark greens are evidently very
popular.
Dresses and suits continue to be
tight fitting.
A gay little novelty in round hats
is the Olivette.
Pink and blue are favorite com
binations in ginghams.
The peplum drapery is revived
by our dress makers.
Twilled silks take the lead for
both dresses and millinery.
The new ginghams are colored
and plaided with rare taste.
Many dark-colored cashmere
spring dresses have the long, tight
fitting coats made to match, an En-
glish fashion which is very popular
here.
Velvet redingotes that extend al
most to the bottom of the dress, and
are made without any trimming,
ara to be worn until the heated
term arrives.
Shirring is the capital feature of
oil dresses at present. Dressma-
| kers seem to have shlrring on the
rain. The plat is humsn, but to
ltirr is divine.
w White dresses will be universal
|ly worn again and are seen in Swiss
muslin, null, crepe, French bunt-
ing, fine camePs halr, betiste, and
in fact all kinds of goods.
Some of the narrow pokes projec-
ting very far above the face, worn
by little girls, give demure children
an old fashioned look which is both
comical and winning.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-05-26

Five Cents.

"Well, my boy" said Johns en-
.ployer, holding out his hand for the
change, "did you get what sent
you forY'
Eyes sir" said John; sand here is
the change, but l don't understand
it. The lemons cost twenty eight
cents, and there ought to be twenty
two cents change, and there are
only seventeen"
"Perhaps l made a mistake in
giving you the money!
"No, sir; counted it over In the
hall to be sure it was all right"
"Then perhaps the clerk made a
mistake in giving you the changer"
But John shook his head. "No,
sir, / counted that too. Father said
we must always count our change
before we leave q store"
'Then how in the world do you
account for the missing five centsf
How do you expect me to believe
such queer story as that~
Johns cheeks were red, but his
yoice vas firm: 81 dsa't account,
for it, sir; l can't. All that know
is that it is so.'
swell, it is worth a good deal in
this world to be sure of that. How
do you account for that five cent
piece that is hiding inside your
coat-sleeveY
John looked down quickly, and
caught the cleaning bit with q lit
tie cry of pleasure. Here you arer'
he SAID. "Now it is all. / could not
imagine what had becomej of that
five-cent piece. / knew / had it
when / started from the store"
There are two or three little
things that l know now." Mr..
Brown SAID with satisfied air. II
know you have been taught to count
your money in coming and going,
and to tell the exact truth, whether
it sounds well or not-three i'm
portant things in an errsnd boy, 1
think I'll try you, young man,
without looking farther"
AT this Johns cheeks grew red
der than ever. He looked down and
up, and finally said, in low voice:
81 think l ought to tell you that /
wanted the place so badly 1 almost
made up my mind to say nothing
about the change if you didn't ask
me-"
Exactly" said Mr.. Brown; "and
if you had done it, you would have
lost the situation; that's all. 1
need a boy about me who can be
honest over five cents, whether he
is asked questions or not"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-05-26

1iferary.
wait TIL Trouble Com les.

wait TIL Trouble Comes.
We sit down, way-worn and weary,
And think Of the days to be;
And forget there's a silver lining
10 all the clouds we see..
We fret over care and trouble,
Before it is begun,
And think of stormy weather,
We forget the warm, bright sun.
It were better TO wait my brother,
Till trouble and care are here;
Why should we cloud the sunshine
When the day is bright and clear,
By dreading what may await us?
Better to laugh and sing.
And bid the bird OF forboding
From these hearts OF ours take wing.
What was the sunshine made for,
II not to make us glad?
We are doing wrong to waste it
In repining idle and sad.
We are doing wrong to squander
The sunshine of to-day,
In forboding that tomorrow
The sky may be cold and gray.
Then / pray be wise. my brother,
As you climb the hill OF life;
Enjoy the time to the utmost,
That is free from care and strife.
Thinking only OF blight and failure,
We SOW no seed time grain;
Make useof to-day's glad sunshine,
And for to-morrow's rain.
To-day is ours, but tomorrow,
Perhaps, we may never see,
Then why should we borrow trouble,
For time that it may not be?
Leave for the future, brother,
The trouble it may bring;
In the sunshine that God gives us.
Be glad of heart, and sing.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-05-26
Answer Him Softly.

Answer him softly. You cannot know,
In the depths below
How sharp was the struggle, the fight he
made
Ere the price he paid,
And yielded his soul to the tempter's power
In a hasty hour.
Answer him softly; for it may be-
Like the sturdy tree,
Which tested in many storm, its strength
To be rent at length
He struggled full oft, and resisted well,
Though at last he fell.
Answer him softly least you be tried
On your weaker side,
And fall, as before you, so many have done
Who in thought, had won;
Fall, too, ere temptation had spent its force
In its subtitle course.
Answer him softly; for none can tel,
When the storm clouds swell,
Whose barque shall weather the tempest OF
whose
Its venture shall lose.
Speak gently; the weakest may stand the
gale,
The stoutest NAV fail.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-05-26
The Seven Bibles of the World.

The seven Bibles Of the world
are the Koran Of the Mohamme-
dams, the Tri Pitikes Of the Budd-
hists, the Five Kings Of the Chinese,
the three Vedas OF the Hindoos,
the Zendavesta, and the Scriptures
OF the Christians. The Koral is
the most recent OF these, dating
about the seventh century after
Christ. It is a compound OF quota
tiOns from the Old and New Testa-
ment the Talmud and the gospel OF
ST. Barnabas. The Eddas OF the
Scandinayians were first published
in the fourteenth century. The
Pitikes Of the Buddhist contain
sublime morals, and pure aspira-
tions, and their author lived and
died in the sixth century before
Christ. There is nothing Of excel
lence in these sacred books not
found in the Bible. The sacred
writings of the Chinese are called
the Five Kings, the word "Kings"
meaning web Of cloth. They con-
tain the best sayings of the best
sages on the duties of life. These
sayings cannot be traced farther
back than eleven hundred years
before Christ. The three Vedas
are the most ancient books of the
Hindoos; and they are believed to
date not beyond eleven hundred
years before Christ. The Zenda-
vesta of the Persians is the greatest
of the sacred books next to our
Bible. Zorcaster, whose sayings it
contains, was born in the twelfth
century before Christ. Moses lived
and wrote the Pentateuch fifteen
hundred years before Christ; there.
fore that portion of our Bible is at
least three hundred years older
than the most ancient of other sa-
cred writings.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-05-26
GRACE'S LIFE LESSON.

1t was Grace Egerton's wedding
day, and she stood fully dressed be-
fore her mirror, taking one last
look, with little pardonable vanity,
at the pretty figure reflected there
In another h our she should be
Mrs. Ernest Redgrave. How hard
it was to realize.
She was a vain and rather frivo-
lous girl; but deep down in the
depths of the little worldly heart
was a well of true love for Ernest.
If she had to give up all this outside
show, she would have been quite
content to have gone off all alone
with him and proved how true a
wife she could be, but there was no
occasion for this, and perhaps even
Grace herself knew not how wholly
she loved him. She was a spoiled,
petted child, and that any solemn
duties were entailed in the estate
upon which she was just entering,
she did not pause to think.
For four weeks she and Ernest
travelled; then they came home-to
their beautiful home-her fathers
wedding gift to her. Here a round
of festivities awaited them, so that
the young couple for three months
had no single evening to them
selves.
81 am tired, Grace. Let us stay
at home tonight, darling" said
Ernest one evening after dinner, as
Grace was about to leave to make
her toilet for some party.
"Absurd, Ernest? You are. not
growing old already, surely! Be-
sides, / promised Mrs. Blessington
we would come, and | cannot dis
appoint her.
II do not like Mrs. Blessington.
1 wish you were not SO intimate
with her; and really my head aches
tonight. Stay at home like good
little girl"
For q moment Grace wavered.
She looked within the library, which
seemed so warm and inviting. She
could fancy Ernest stretched on
the sofa, while she sat beside him,
bathing his forehead with some
fragrant cologne, and thought what
a sweet, cozy evening they might
have. Then she remembered some
thing Mrs. Blessington had said
about spelling men, and how easy
| it was to begin, and how selfish they
grew.
It was well enough for Ernest tc
spoil her. That was to be expected
but as to spelling him-no. indeed
So she ran up stairs, calling back
over her shoulders as she went.
| "Come, Ernest, we have not go1
i no time to lose. And as to thai
horrid prejudice of yours, do try
and get over it"
There came temptation to thu
mana temptation to carry out hi
own manly will; but a sober, tender
Ier feeling swept over him as a men
ltal vision of the pretty laughing
face passed before him; and half Al
lhour later he stood in full dresl
waiting the advent Of the beautlfn
.|girl, who, all unconsciously to then
both, was steering her frail vesse
on the quicksands Of married mis-
Ierly.
A year passed and Mr.. and Mrs
Redgrave were still in the gay vor
ltex Of fashionable life; but to th'
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-05-26

When the songs gone out of your life,
That was thought would last to the end;
That first sweet song OF the heart,
That no after days can lend
The song of the wind to the trees
The song OF the wind to the flowers
The song that the heart sings low to itself
When it wakes in life's morning hours.
You can start no other song;
Not even a trembling note
Will falter fonrth on the empty air
1t dies in your aching throat,
1t is all in vain that you try,
For the spirit OF song has fled.
The nightingale sings no more to the rose
When the beautiful flower is dead.
So let silence softly fall
On the bruised hearts quivering strings;
Perhaps from the loss of all you may leari
The song that the seraph sings
A grand and glorious psalm
That will tremble and rise and thrill,
And fill your breast with its grateful rest
And its lonely yearnings still.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-05-26

q Several months ago we published
,ah article on the navigability of Big
Ia1k river, written by Mr.. Walter
Davis, surveyor, at the request of
on Charles Z. Hooker, who was
sibout to ask Congress to include
the preliminary survey of that river
and Harbor appropriation bill. On
Tuesday Mr.. Davis showed us a
letter from Mr.. Hooker, saying he
had succeeded, and a copy of the
bill ordering not only a survey OF
the Big Black, but the outlet of the
hsrbor of Ship Island, the harbor at
Biloxi, Miss, and the harbor at
Pascagoula, Miss, all of which
were introduced by Mr.. Hooker.
The bill embraces appropriations
for the improvement of Tchula
Lake, Yazoo river, and in fact all the
rivers of any note in the State
Yazoo Sentinel.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-05-26

1t is a great mistake to set up
our own standard of right and
wrong and judge people according
ly. 1t is great mistake to meas
ure Others enjoyment by our own; to
expect uniformity of opinion in this
world; to look for judgment and ex-
perience in youth; to endeavor to
mould all dispositions alike; not
yield to immaterial trifes; to look
for perfection In our own actions;
to worry ourselves and others with
what cannot be remedied; not to al
leviate all that needs alienation, as
far as lies in our power. The great
est Of all mistakes is to live only
for time, when any moment may
launch us into eternity.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-05-26

IT is claimed by Mrs. Washing
ton, Of Westmoreland county, Vir-
ginia, decendent Of George Wash
ington, that the spot selected by ex-
Secretary Evarts for the monument
to mark Washington's birthplace is
not the proper locality; that she
knows the exact spot where the old
house in which Washington was
born stood, and it is some distance
from the point selected for the mon
ument.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-05-26
BROOKHAVEN, MISS. THURSDAY. MAY 26, 1881.

love which / so freely gave you.
Do not think me harsh in leaving
you without a goodbye, but l
thought it would be less painful to
us both"
With tear-blinded eyes she
glanced up at the clock. 1t was just
eight. She had one hour in which
to act. 1t was but the work of ten
minutes to order the carriage, make
a hasty toilet, swallow cup of cof-
fee, then issue her commands to the
coachman to drive at any speed, but
reach the terminus before the clock
struck nine. One hour to undo what
might be life's fatal work!
But time waits for no man. 1t
was ten minutes past the hour when
the terminous was reached, and al
ready the train was speeding on its
way.
With a low cry of agony Grace
realized the whole; then the strain
relaxed, and the fair young head
fell back upon it's silken cushions
in dead faint.
"a lady tainted" was the cry
which reached a gentleman giving
some directions about the luggage
which he had countermanded being
put in the mail train.
He turned quickly. There stood
his own horses, his own carriage,
and within it the lovely face of his
unconscious wife.
1t was the work of an instant to
spring beside her and lift it on his
breast, trying to revive her with his
passionate kisses. At last the beau
tiful eyes opened with a wild, in
credulous recognition.
"Oh, / am dreaming" she mur-
mvred. "Ernest, don't leave me-"
mo, darling-no! At the last
moment my heart relented. l
thought perhaps 1 had misjudged
you, or that 1 had been too severe,
and / ordered my luggage to be
TAKEN OuG VI Vic Iidtu, aiiu iCo ~
start without me. My wife, l
thought you did not love me-that
you had chosen the world; because
my darling, no true woman finds it
hard to yield to the man whom she
can respect and love; and surely,
Grace, you do not find me a tyrant.'
But she can only sob out her plea
for forgiveness plea all too easy
to grant; and even tears are sweet
when kissed away by loves lips.
But Grace never forgets her les
son. Each year home grows sweet
er, more precious, and some of the
jostling outside world is shut away;
but Grace misses nothing. She has
found her world within her hus-
bands heart, and knows that he is
we'll content that she should nestle
there.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-05-26
The Grave of Columbus.

IL is generally supposed Iha1 1ne
bones of Christopher Columbus, the
great explorer, are at Havana, in
the island of Cuba. But recent in
vestigations have brought to light
the fact that it was Columbus son
who was removed there. Let US 60
back to the first resting place of
Columbus, for death did not end his
voyages.
He died in 1906 in Valladolid,
north central part Of Spain, where
he was buried. Then he was re
moved further South to Seville, and
a handsome monument erected by
Ferdinand and Isabella; on it were
engraved these words:
"To Castle and Leon
Colon gave a new world"
Columbus had made a requ est in
his will that he should be buried in
his beloved Hispaniola: and now
this idea was brought forward and
his remains deposited in the cathe-
dral of Santo Domingo, Hayti.
Here also his son Diego and grand
son Louis were inferred.
At the close of the war between
France and Spain, in 1895, it was
stipulate that Spain should cede to
the French "all the Spanish part of
the island of Santo Domingo" or
Hayti. Accordingly, Columbus was
once more-as then thought-ex-
humed and conveyed to Havana
with great pomp and ceremony.
And slab which marks the place
has engraved in Spanish.
"Oh, rest thee, image OF the great Colon.
Thousand centuries remain guarded in the
urn,
And in the remembrance of our nation"
In 1877, while men were working
in the cathedral of San Domingo,
they found a metallic casket which
held human remains; on the cover
under the dust and dirt of three
hundred years, were found the
words, "Discoverer of america,
First Admiral, most illustrious and
renown parsonage, Don Cristoval
Colon" Everyone who was pres
ent accepted this proof that the
body of the great discoverer had
not been taken away to Havana, but
was before their eyes, and Diego's
had been removed by a mistake.
So, now, the matter rests in this
way Learned scholars are think
ing of erecting monument which
should belong to the world, and not
limited to the qualification of local
or national pride. But such things
move slowly, and perhaps it will
never be accomplished.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-05-26

Ar Windsor Castle portrait of
Lord Beaconsfield hangs in Her
Majesty's private writing-room, op'
posite one of the late Prince Consort.
Once, on being asked how he man
aged to be such a favorite with Her
Majesty, he replied sententiously:
sWell, you see, l meyer contradict
and sometimes forget "
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-05-26

The British government has de-
clared the New York Irish World
a reasonable publication, and cop
les of the paper sent to Ireland are
seized and destroyed by the police.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-05-26

The prohibitionists have CARR.
everything before them in Kansas.
Unfermented wine is the only thing
in the way Of a beverage that can be
had there now.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-05-26

TUESDAY, August 3rd, has been
selected by the state Democratic
Executive Committee as the day
upon which the State nominating
convention will meet, jackson is the
place.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-05-26

BY flowers, understand. faith, by
fruit, good works; as the flower or
blossom is before the fruit, so is
faith before good works; so neither
is the fruit without the flower, nor
good works without faith.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-05-26

EADs' ship railway contract with
the Mexican government has been
unanimously approved by the cham
her Of Deputies Of that country.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-05-26

Marriage notices and deaths. not ex
ceeding six lines, published free. AL
over six lines charged for at regular ad
vertising rates.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-05-26
NEW ORLEANS.

Office Hours from 10 a. M. to 8 p. m.
DsH"A fine selection of Artificial Eyes.
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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-10-01
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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-10-01

On molten OF Trustee Dauehy Il was
ordered that al moneys. books and pa.
pers belonging to the town OF Gold Hill
be handed over to the County Commits.
sioners as soon as the Treasurer can az
his books and oil warrants allowed at
this meeting are paid. Also, 1t was or.
dered that the Town Marshal. Clerk and
Attorney turn over all books and papers
In their possession belonging to the
town to the County Commissioners.
Trustee Mercer and Clerk Hyde were
instructed to transfer oil the town prop
erty Gas per inventory to the County
Commissioners.
There being NO other business. Trus-
tee Dsuchy in q few appropriate remarks
moved that q vote Of thanks DO rendered
to President Fog and President (pro
tenn Mercer for the able nj In
which they have presided on al occa-
sions.
Trustee Mercer replied by saying that
the unity OF feeling which has existed ct
all times among the members Of the
Board made the duties Of presiding
officer light and pleasant. he thanked
the members for this mark Of courtesy
shown to President Fox and himself,
and hoped the good feeling now existing
would continue to bind them together a.
insepafabls friends.
The Board then adjourned sine de.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-10-01
GROWN POINT COLD AND sII.

GROWN POINT GOLD AND ME-.
~ YER MINING C0MPASY.-Ldcation OF
principal place Of business, Ban Francisco.
California.
Location OF works. Gold Hill, Storey county,
Nevada.
Notice 10 hereby given. that ct . meeting Of
the Board OF Directors, held on the 7th day Of
september. 1881. an assessment mo. CO., OF
Seyenty I've Cents per share was levied upon
the capital stock OF the corporation. payable
Immediately, In United Statcs gold coin, 10 the
Secretary, 1t the ONCE OF the Company, No.
32I Pine street, Room 8, San Francisco. Call.
lorna.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
roman unpaid on the twelfth Caih) day OF
OCTOBER, 1881. will be delinquent. n
advertised for sa.e st public suction, and
unless payment Is made before will be sold
on WEDNESDAY, the sECuND (2dl day OF
NOVEMBER, 1881, TO pay the delinquent o..
ressment, together with costs OF advertising
and expenree Of sale.
BY order Of the Board OF Directors.
JAMES NEwLANDS. Secretary.
Ofice-Room 3, Fan Francisco Stock Ex.
change Buildlng. :a7 Pine street. San Francis.
70. Cal eeS