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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-16
Circumstantial Evidence.

Rev. Mr.. Christopher once called
upon an aged class-leader, and after
having prayed with the family, said !:
Brother, how is it you have been
a church member so long, and yet
are not converted manp
"Are you my judgeY
81 know you by your fruits. You
have no family worship"
''Do you know that l have no
family worship"
"Yes, 1 know it it."
"Well, it is true, but / would
like to know who told you"
''No one told me, but l know
that you had been in the habit of
having family worship, that cat
would not have jumped out of the
window, frightened, as it did, when
we knelt to pray"
The test was true in that case.
The brother confessed that he had
omitted family worship because he
did not wish to hinder his work
men. He was touched with the re-
proof and Immediately set up an
alter and years afterward testified
that he had found it profitable,
even financially, to acknowledge
God IN tf65rkmen had beome more
industriouu-nd faithful.
So we come back to the truth
of the old statement, "Prayer and
provender hinder no mans Journey"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-16
Fashion SPRAYS.

Steel appears on the straps Of
the low shoes.
Painted French null is a novelty
for dresses.
Capes made entirely of jetted
tulle are stylish.
Little golden sets are suspended
from the bracelet.
Velvet is sparingly used on the
summer costumes.
Overskirts are not worn, the
drapery being fastened to the skirt.
Spanish lace is used for trimming
parasols instead of fringe.
Folded stocks of illusions are
worn with high-necked white gowns.
Bonnet strings should be tied in
enormous bows under the chin.
Bonnets are shown, covered with
currants, grapes, and other small
fruits.
Young ladies still wear the plain
round skirt and waist, with sash at
the side.
Some Of the little bonnets have
exactly the curves Of horseshoe
over the forehead.
Children wear coachman's drab
frock's and they soil almost as
easily as if they were white.
The coral pink roses, lately intro
duced, damage any complexion but
one exceptionally fine.
"a bonnet of wild oats, lined with
scarlet satin" is the description in Q
New York paper.
Buckles will be very fashionable
worn with sashes, and they match
THE buttons worn on the dress.
"Mountain bunting is used fol
travelling costumes. 1t is stiff and
wiry and comes in gray and brown.
Riding skirts are cut quite short
with knee cores, adapted to the po-
sition of the rider when she is in
the saddle.
Beetles in colored glass are used
to fasten French neckties. Hope
it will stay in France; it's an ugly
fashion.
i Duchess. Dot, Dimple, Charmer
Filtration, Carey, Gerster ane
Bernhandt are the names Of some
: lof the new bonnets.
Spiders with bodies made Q
lhuinming-bird feathers and gil
u I. - szsH : - 4. rknv. <hn otpS00
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-16
Cotton.

Florida reports slight increase in
acreage, though planted late. The
fine weather has planted crops in
good condition.
Arkansas reports increase of SIX
per cent; prospects good.
Louisiana reports same acreage
as last year. Outlook for crop good
Georgia advices indicate same
acreage, large increase in use o.
fertilizers. Crop promising.
South Carolina reports an in
crease of eight per cent. Large in
crease in fertilizers and prospects
fully up to last year.
Mississippi reports about SAM
acreage on uplands and large in
crease in fertilizers. Planting iron
eight TO twenty days later than las
year, but part of the delay ha
been recovered and the crop pros
pect is good
Tennessee reports about sam
acreage as last year with fair pros
pect.
Alabama advices state that
slight decrease is noted in acreage
Planting fifteen days late, but ow
ling to favorable weather crop pros
pect is good.
Texas reports increase of five pc
cent. Good prospect.
These reports, which are base
on the observation and experienc
lof cotton growers, cotton factor
and others throughout the State
lin which the great staple is raised
point, therefore. to a largely aug
Imented use of fertilizers, an in
creased acreage of cotton, with tn
crop thus far in good condition
The drawback occas;oned by the de
|layed spring has in part at least
been offset by an unusual favorable
season since planting.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-16
How to Select q Husband.

1t has been profoundly remarked
that the true way of telling a toad
stool from mushroom is to eat it.
If you die, it was a toadstool; il
you live, it was a mushroom. A
similar method is employed in the
selection of husbands; marry him il
he kills you he was bad husband
if he makes you happy he is good
one. There is really no other critic
rion. Some young men that seem
unexeeptionable, indeed very de-
sirable, when they are single, are
perfectly horrid as soon as they are
married. All the latent brute there
is in the heart come out as soon as
a sensitive and delicate being seeks
her happiness in his companion
ship. The honeymoon lasts a very
short time, the receptions and the
rounds Of parties are soon over, and
then the two set down to make
5ocrs-yyy- .rsssn, nc al oooa. -ooSin'0o
get bored; he will yawn and go to
sleep on the sofa. Then he will
take his hat and go down to the
club, and see the boys-perhaps not
come home until morning. Ii she
has married man engrossed In
business he will be tagged out when
he comes home. He may be a sick
ly man that she must nurse, a mo-
rose man that she must seek to
cheer, a drunken man that she must
sit up for, violent man that she
fears, fool whom she soon learns
to despise, a vulgar man for whom
she must apologize-in short there
are thousands of ways of being bad
husbands and very few ways of be-
ing good ones. And the worst of it
is, tha. the poor silly women are
apt to admire in single men the
very traits that make bad husbands,
and look with contempt or ridicule
upon those quiet virtues which
make home happy-and sometimes
quite the reverse. The number OF
ways of being a bad husband IS al
most as great as the number of ways
of being ugly. No one can tell from
the demeanor ola single man what
sort of husband he will be. How
ever, she must marry somebody.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-16

A Persian Legend.

1t is related of a Persian mother,
on giving her son forty pieces of
silver as his portion, that she made
him swear never to tell lie, and
said, "Go, my son; 1 consign thee
to God, and we shall not meet again
until the day of judgment"
The youth went away, and the
party he Travelled with were assault
ed by robbers. One fellow asked
the boy what he had, and he an
swered, with candor that sur
prised his questioner:
"Forty dinars are sewed up in
my garments"
The robber laughed, thinking the
boy jested. Another asked him the
same question, and received the
same answer. At last the chief
called him, and asked what he had.
The boy replied:
81 have told two of your peo-
pie already that l have forty dinars
sewed up in clothes"
The chief ordered his clothes to
be ripped open, and the money was
found.
"And how came you to tell this?"
Because" replied the boy, 81
would not be false to my mother,
whom / solemnly promised never to
tell lie."
"Child," said the chief, "art thou
so mindful of thy duty to thy
mother, while / am insensible. at
my age, of the duty owe to God?
Give me thy hand, that l may swear
repentance on it." He did so, and
his followers were struck with the
scene.
''You have been our leader in
guilt" they said to the chief, abe
the same in the paths of virtue"
And taking the boys hand, they
took the oath of repentance on it.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-16
How the. Railroads are Affected by
the River Route.


Chicago Times: The river COM
petition is proving dangerous to the
interests Of the railroads, and if
they mean to do a profitable bust
ness hereafter they must make a
substantial reduction in the rates to
meet that competition. Heretofore
the trunk lines could afford to keep
up the rates, for, although they got
but little during the summer, they
had the fields to themselves during
the winter. But since the estab-
lishment Of the ST Louis barge lines
they will have to meet the lake COM
petition from st. Louis during the
winter. This makes it impossible
for the eastern trunk lines to stick
to their decision of keeping the
summer rate on grain at the basis
of thirty cents per hundred pounds
from Chicago to New York, and the
winter rate at forty cents. The
lines east from St. Louis and those
east from Chicago will be the prin-
cipal sufferers from the competition.
1t does not affect the roads west of
st. Louis and Chicago at all, be-
cause they will have to bring the
business that goes via the barge
lines to Chicago. The trunk lines
east from Buffalo and other lake
ports will also be able to stand it,
as they get good deal of business
from the lines at those ports, and the
higher the all.rail rates the larger
will be their proportion on the bus
mess they receive from the lakes.
But where will the lines east from
St. Louis and Chicago get their bus
mess from with rail rates so much
higher than lake or river rates? If
the present policy of keeping up
high rail rates prevails, the Michi-
gan Central, Lake Shore. Fort
Wayne, Baltimore and Ohio, Van
dalia, Indianapolis and St. Louis,
Ohio and Mississippi, and other
lines will die of starvation, and
their securities will not be worth
the paper they are written upon. 1t
is about time that these roads
awake to the emergency and take
steps that will save them from utter
ruin.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-16
A School boy on Corns.

Corns are of two kinds-vegeta-
BILE aud animal. Vegetable corn
grows in rows and animal corn
grows on toes. There are several
kinds of corns; there is the unicorn
capricorn, corn-dodgers, field corn
and the corn you feel most. 1t is
said, believe, that gophers like
corn, but persons having corns
don't like to go fur if they can help
lit. Corus have kernels, and some
Colonels have corns. Vegetable
corn grows on ears, but animal corn
grows on the other end of the body.
Another kind of corn is the acorn,
these grow on oaks; but there is nc
hoax about the corn. The acorn is
a corn, with no indefinite article in
deed. Try it and see. Many a
man who has corn wishes it was
an acorn. Folks that have corns
| sometimes send for doctor, and il
/ the doctor himself is corned he
probably won't do as well as if he
,lisn't. The doctor says corns are
produced by tight boots and shoes
which is probably the reason why
when a man is tight they say he i
|corned. If a farmer manages wei
he can get good deal ofcorn to the
Iacre, but know farmer that has
one corn that makes the biggest
acher ON his farm. The bigger thu
crop of vegetable corn man raises
the better he likes 1t, but the bigger
crop of animal corn man raises th'
lbetter he does not like it. Anoth
er kind Of corn is the corn dodger
The way it is made is very simple
land is as follows-that is, If yot
want to know: You go along thu
street and meet a man you know
has a corn and a rough character
then you step on the toe that has
the corn on it. and see if you dom
|haye occasion to dodge. In tina
you will find what corn dcdger is
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-16
How Happiness May be Obtained.

There is one way of attaining
what we term, if not utter, at least
mortal happiness. 1t is this-a
sincere and unrelaxing activity for
the happiness of others. In that
one maxim is concentrated whatever
| is noble in morality, sublime in re-
lliaion or unanswerablei in truth. In
that pursuit we have all scope for
whatever is excellent in our hearts,
aud none for the petty passions to
which our nature is heir. Thus en-
gagged, whatever be our errors. there
viii be nobility, not weakness, IN
our remorse; whatever our failures,
virtue, not selfishuess, in our re,
grets; and in success vanity ltseil
will become holy and triumph eter-
inal,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-16

"The day is thine, the night also is thin
-Ps. lxxiv. l6. "The darkness and tn
night are both alike to thee. "--Ps. cxxxix
II. "rhey cast four anchors out of tn
stern. and wished for the day."-Act
xvii. 80.
The night is dark, but God, my God,
Is here and in command;
And sure am ], when morning breaks,
/ shall be sat the land"
And since know the darkness is
To him a sunniest day,
I'll cast the anchor "Patience" out,
And wish---but wait----for day.
Fierce drives the storm, but winds ant
waves
Within his hand are held.
And, trusting in Omnipotence;
NY fears are sweetly quelled.
Ii wrecked, Pm in his faithful grasp:
If trust Him, though He slay,
So, letting go the anchor "Fath,"
Ill wish----but wait----for day.
Still seem the moments dreary long,
Irest upon the Lord;
I muse on His "eternal years.
And feast upon His word;
His promise, to rich and great.
Are my support and stay;
I'll drop the anchor Hope" ahead,
And wish----but wait----for day.
0 wisdom infinite! Ol'ght
And love supreme, divine!
How can / feel one iluttering doubt,
In hands so dear thine?
I'll lean on thee, my best beloved,
My heart on thy heart lay;
And casting out the anchor 'Love,"
I'll wish---and wait---for day.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-16

To those who have wondered why
artificial currants were made both
Of Jet and silk, the information is
given that the former are to ripe
and the latter unripe fruit; so states
| o Partisan authority.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-16

The Yazoo Herald puts forth the
following truthful sentence: "En
ergy, vim and liberality in trade
and tree use in printers ink vii
build up any mercantile establish
ment, and make towns and cite!
prosperous. Close-fstedness won
do in this day and time. Old fog
les and skinflints must take bacl
seats.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-16

REMEDY for worms in q horse
half a cup Of pure hardwood ashe'
finely sifted and mixed with the ar,
mash. II one dose should not DC
sufficient, repeat it after a day o
1.-TWO.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-16

For killing lice on cattle or hors,
es take sassafras roots, boil them 70
q strong tea; take some old ciotn
and wash the animal so as to wei
the hair and hide thoroughly, and
that will destroy the lice.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-16

So long as we do not harbor evil
thoughts, they are not sins; but II
we keep them in our minds, ana
make them our own, they viii GER
tainly become SINS.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-16

Every person has two educations
one which he receives from others,
and one, more important, which he
gives himself.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-16

If thou wouldst find much favor
and peace with God and man, be
yery low in thine own eyes. For
Give thyself little and others much.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-16

Every man has three characters
that which he exhibits, that which
he has, and that which he thinks he
has.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-16

One great cause of our insensi-
bility to the goodness of our Creator
is the very extensivess of his bounty,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-16

It is not death that makes the
martyr, but the cause.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-16

To be vain Of ones rank or place
lis to disclose that one ia below it,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-16

Be as jealous for the honor of
Christ as for yonrown.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-16

There is no victory SO cheap and
so complete as forgiveness.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-16
NEW ORLEANS.
Diseases Of the Eye ana Ear.
DR.. G.. BEARD,
OCULIST AND RIST T.
142 Canal Street, New Orleans, La.

Ras~ A fine selection of Artificial Eyes
feb24-tf
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-16

Pink and ruby shades are COM
|bined in French toilettes,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-16
A Good Life.

He liveth long who liveth well;
All else is life but flung away;
He liveth longest who can tell
OF true things truly done each day
Then fill each hour with what will last
Buy up the moments as they go;
The life above, when this is passed,
Is the ripe fruit OF life below.
Sow love, and taste its fruitage pure
Sow peace, and read its harvest
bright;
Sow sunbeams on the rock and moor
And find harvest home of light.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-16
1iferary.
BY MRS. HELEN E. BROWN.

The Four Anchors.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-16

s2.OO PER YEAR; $1.Oo FOR SIX MONTHS.
THE LEDGER HAS ABSORBED TIE SOUTH
RRN JOURNAL AND WEEKLY CITIZEN
o
Job Work of Every Description Doho
in Best Stvle and Mt Lowest Prices-
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-16

Crops are good most everywhere,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-16

one will thinkShe's any relation Of
| nI1pu
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-16

Five years later Uncle lothian
died. and Martha inherited the
forty thoussnd dollars, greatly to
the disgust of the Grangers. Be-
fore that time Martha Jane had
married a young lawyer in the
village, and, both in wealth and
social position, eclipsed the fash
ionable relations who had once
looked down upon her.
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for academic honors. Let thcm DO taught to
carry out the great end which the Creator had
in view when tho first woman looked into the
eyes of the first man--t0 love, elevate, assist
each other adown LIES toilsome journey, coqn-
sehng, consoling' 80 that when the M nS os
the Valley Of Death dims the eye and stuls the
faltcring feet they may pass with consciousness
Of duty done across the st-howing river whose
waves forever break upon the shoTs q pIssseo
Mr.. Jones moved that the essay be entered on
tho minutes Of the session, and that the thanks
Of the Association De rendered TO Mrs. Bentley,
coupled with an expression of the sfncere regrets
occasioncd by her unavoidable absence. Adopted.
Mr.. Hyams submitted brief verbal report
upon the postal and telegraphic facilities OF his
section, stating that his inquiries relative to the
best methods Of securing the improvement OF
these facilities had met with little response or
encouragement from the people most interested.
Chairman Burke addressed the Association on
the same subject exhibiting a map which he had
prepared, showing the various postal routes and
telegraph lines now In operation throughout the
State, as well as those projected and in course Of
construction. he urged the members to give
this matter moro attention in their respective
localities, since 1t was of tho utmost importance
In it's bearing upon theix interests as newspaper
Publishers.
The Chairman submitted the application of
Mr.. William A. Bryan, of the Iberville South, for
membership with the Recommendation that it be
accepted.
Mcsns. Lambert and Jastremsh were ap-
pointed tcllers.
A ballot being taken, Mr.. Bryan was unani-
mously elected member Of the Association and
his name placed upon the roll
A communication from Mr.. 4. ]. Padron' OF
the St. Bernard Eagle. was read. The writer
explained that the demands Of business, super
sdded TO the effects of an attack of illness, pre-
vented his attendance at the pending session;
and submitted tho suggestions of the subjoined
article from his paper for the consideration of the
Association:
To TIE Members of the Louisiana Press Associa-
tios-The short time intervening before the third
seesion of the Louisiana Press Association lie
sufficient excuse for the following remarks,
which we recommend to the attention of the
members composing that organization. The
greater importance than any that has been trans
acted upon previous occasions. 1t viii be neces
cary TO resolve and formulate some concerted
plan of action for guidance and direction during
the approaching session Of the General Assem-
bly,. There arc several important measures
which should be passcd for the regulation OF
judicial and State printing, and to describe the
mode Of Payment for all publications OF that
claes. This matter should be urgently pressed
upon the consideration Of the Legislature. which
should enact laws 10 clearly define the disputed
points of responsibility. Again, amongst other
things We need q correct apprehension Of the
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Second Day.

September 6. 1881 s
The Association assembled pursuant TO ad.
journment, Major Burke In the chair.
Tho roll was called and twelve members an
swered to their namee.
The Secretary stated that he had turned over
to Mr. L. w. Conerly, an excditor and con-
tributor TO the press. the authority to represent
the 81. Bernard EagIe, which was placed at the
Sscrstsry's disposal by the proprietor Of that
pepper.
On motion, the action Of the Secretary was
approved and Mr.. Conerly's name enteredLon the
Gen. Jastrsmsld moved that the next meeting
of the Association DO held at Monroe. on the
third Monday of March, 1882. Seconded by Mr..
Jones.
Mr.. Hymns moved to substitute Alexandria
for Monroe. Seconded by Mr.. Bentley.
Aftsr debate, Gen. Jsstremsh moved that the
| the question BE- divided and that vote be taken
upon the place Of meeting. Adopted.
Tho vote being taken rira rocs resulted thus:
Alexandria, 6; Monroe 5; and Alexandris was
declared to have been chosen % the next place Of
meeting.
Tho date moved by Gen. Jastremski- third
Monday of March, iees-was then adopted with.
out dissent.
Mr.. Bentley moved that the next session be
designated tho second annual meeting of the As
sociation, and that officers BE- elected thereat.
Adopted.
| Mr.. Lambert moved that the Secretary be
authorised to correct tho typographical errors
appearing In tho table Of advertising rates
adopted at the last meeting. and to insert the
oorseted table In the proceedings Of this session.
Adopted.
Tho following resolution was presented by Mr..
Lambert:
RSsolved, That tho hearty thanks Of the Press
Association Of LouislAus arc dne and hereby ten
dared to the generous people Of Baton Rouge, fol
the open.handed hospitality extended by them 70
each and every msmber OF tho same.
Nssms. Burke and Bentley indorscd the rsso
luton warmly and It was unanimously adopted.
Thanks we're also voted to the Now Orleans
p,anc Railroad management and 70 the officers
Of the steamer Morning Star for courteaics ex
tended to members Of the Association.
i Tho ubjoined esssy from o. r. woodcock, Of
tho Morgan City Rsviec. was spread upon ths
TIE LOCAL KBwsrAFER.
Having been honored BY our worthy President
by having aeAgned 70 me for treatment the sub
iect of the Local Newspaper, i shall take thu
liberty Of considering Of what II should be mad'
up and how Il -ud On partl the business of tb,
Louisiana covn.I ny Journal should be Conducted
cannot hope to in:truct my brethren or presen
any new thoughts. bat ! may recall some thing
not always thought Of By many Of us and who'll,
torgotten BY soma.
II d, IKE Che Indian, could havc but thrc,
wiahes won1d ask that onehaf my columns b
! flled with advertisements, one-hAf with loca
news, and then some moro sdvcrtisemonts. But
generally speaking. there Is ample room TO
othsr thines. In what regard the order o
their value, (nrst, 70 tho publisher, and then :
the readerl I here pane table Of ccntents:
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TABLE OF ADvERTIsro RAus
Recommended by the Louisiana Press Associa-
ton for adoption by the publishers Of country
embellishments from advertising agents:
Transient advertising, one inch. one dime Il 50;
each subsequent time, Is cents.