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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-05-11
TRAVELLING by stage-coach in Nevada
,1;uonad franYentlv hv Incidents

TRAVELLING by stage-coach in Nevada
is enliyened frequently by incidents.
For example, Fried and Moody sat in
the same seat OF crowded coach on the
Bodie line. Moody surlily, said that
Fried was taking more than fair share
Of the space, and, when Fried replied
that he couldn't move any further, coolly
shot him. 81 never take any nonsense, /"
he remarked, as Fried fell dead from
his seat. The driver got down from the
box and told the murderer to get out.
4 defiant refusal and q flourish Of the
weapon we're the answer. The driver
jumped up on the wheel, seized Moody
by the collar, dragged him through Q
window, and threw him to the ground
SO forcibly that his arm was broken.
The passengers helped to tie him with q
rope, and he was slowed away with the
trunks behind along with the body Of
Fried, after which the journey was con
tinued.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-05-11
n GOOD REPORTER.

An exchange remarks ga good re-.
porter is always first cousin to pecro-
mancer, and can introduce himself TO
you in such genial way that, for the
time being, he seems like your long-lost
brother, who is anxious to show you the
strawberry-mark ON his left arm in
proof OF his identity. You talk with
him about the inner secrets of your life
in profuse sort Of way, give him your
opinion about the resumption of specie
payment, and, as the conversation flows,
freely unfold yourself on various other
matters. He sits silent and admirinR
listener, encouraging You by nod whep
you are hunting for the right word, OF
possibly supplying it himself, and gives
you the impression that he wouldn't dis
close what you have told him-no, not
for worlds on worlds. The next day You
take up the paper, and, while carelessly
looking over its columns see your ovr
name in capitals which seem to your as
tonished gaze as long as Bunker Hill
Monument. Every word you have said
is there. That man with the strawberry.
mark on his arm was the small end of
speaking trumpet through which you
unconsciously told the whole world all
about yourself. He had no pencil OF
paper, and didn't evince any desire to
write in shorthand. Oh, no; that is
the clumsy way in which beginners
work. His skill is not in his fnger-tips
but in his memory. He memorized
every word you said, and reproduced it
with perfect accuracy. The accom-
plished reporter is as nearly ubiquitous
as a merely human being ever becomes.
and is beginning to be regarded as a
moral restraint in many respects superior
to the Decalogue. A man in the olden
time might possibly break the Decalogue
and hide the pieces, but nowadays the
moment law is broken the quick ear
OF the reporter catches the sound, and
his persuasive lips compel you to tell
him all about it. He is an animated
Interrogation point a human corkscrew,
who gets deeper hold ON your secret
very time he turns round. His mission
S summed up in the short, but terrible,
sentence, If you do it, I'll tell"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-05-11
MEANvEss OERLEAPING ITSELF.
Meanness not infrequently resembles

the
vaulting ambition which o'erlesps Itself,
And fslls on the other.
An excellent illustration of this "o'er-
lcaping" is furnished by certain trans
action of John Jacob Astor with one Of
his Captains. The story is told by a
writer in the Boston Transcript:
"The Captain had sailed six voyages
to China without chronometer, de-
pending on dead reckoning and 'lu-
mars just starting on his seventh voy-
age he suggested to Mr.. Astor that it
would be safer to have chronometer.
well, get one, said the merchant.
"The Captain did SO. and entered its
cost in his account current When As
tors eye fell upon the item, he drew his
pencil through it. The Captain expos
tulated. Said Astor, I told you to get
one ! didn't say I'd pay for it.
. The Captain severed his connection
with Astor then and there, and went into
Wall street, engaged with other owners,
and bsfore night was in command of as
tine ship as ever noated III New York's
beautiful bay.
"In three days she was ready for sea,
and set sail. At the same time Astor's
ship, under the command of new Cap
tain, set sail also. They had race for
Hong Kong, but the Captain who, as he
used to put it, had discharged John Ja-
cob Astor, by keeping the men at the
braces, took advantage of every puff of
wind, and Won by three days.
"Then there was lively work. The
ship was louded i'll the shortest time pos
sible, and before Astor's vessel, which
had arrived meantime, was half loaded,
our Captain weighed anchor, and, with q
full cargo of tea, set sail for Sandy
Hook, arrived in good time, got his ship
alongside the wharf, and began hoisting
out his cargo, which was sod by auction
Oh the spot.
"This glutted the market. for the con
sumption was comparatively small in
those days, and when Astor's ship came
in prices had fallen.
"Two days later, as the Captain was
sauntering down Broadway, he met his
former employer.
"'How much did dat chronomete,
cost you? asked the latter.
"Six hundred dollars
"Vell, said Astor, dat vas sheap.
It cost me sixty tousand dollar
"The merchant and the Captain have
long since paid the long reckoning, but
that chronometer is still a good time.
keeper, and treasured relic as well."
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-05-11

rHE LUvATIC .iYD TIE sPORTsMAN.

fHE LUNATIC dND THE SPORTSMAN.
In an article on "The World of
Large THE purport Of which is to
show that men who are reputedly sane
often act very insanely--a writer in
Chambers Journal reproduces this good
old story i" A gentleman Of fortune
visited lunatic asylum, where the treat
ment consisted chiefly of forcing the pa
tients to stand in tubs Of cold water
those slightly affected up to their knees
others, whose cases were graver, up to
the middle; while persons very serious
ly i'll were immersed up to the neck.
The visitor entered into conversation
with one of the patients, who appeared
to have some curiosity to know how the
stranger passed his time out Of doors.
i have horses ard. greyhounds f or
coursing, said the latter in reply to the
others question. 'Ah, these are very
expensive Yes, they cost me . great
,,asfl " npneySin tli1 year iput thsxsssei
tfe best oiss.ess iis s:ss:s a l!!sF ~.
thing more p Yes have pack Of
hounds for hunting the fox And they
cost great deal, too?' "A very great
deal. And have birds for hawking.
l see birds for hunting birds. And
these swell up the expense, I dare say 2
You may say that, for they are not
common in this country. And then I
sometimes go out with my gun, accom-
panied only by setter and retriever
And these are expensive, too?' 'Of
course. After all, it is not the animals
Of themselves that run away with the
money there must be men, you know,
to feed and look after them, houses to
lodge them in-in short, the whole
sporting establishment Il see, see.
You have horses, hounds, settlers, re-
capture of foxes and birds. What an
enormous revenue they must cost you
Now, what want TO know is this, what
return do they pay what does your
years sporting produce why, we
kill fox now and then-only they are
getting rather scarce hereabouts-and
we seldom bag less than fifty brace of
birds each season.. 'Hark said the
lunatic, looking anxiously around him.
MY friond!' Tin an earnest whisper.)
there is he gate icliind You; take my
advice, and be off out of this place
while you are safe. Don't let the doctor
set his eyes upon you. He ducks us to
some purpose but, as sure as you are
living man, he will half drown you ;"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-05-11
AJUDGMENT OF NOLNR ON.

In some ancient monkish manuscripts
in France occurs tile following interest
ing story, which has no place in the
Bible itself, though it is in the original
prefxed to the Proverbs of Solomon
It appears to have been great favorit
in the middle ages and was often re-
lated from the pulpit. A King, in somt
domestic difference with his wife, has
been told by her that one only of hel
three sons was true offspring, bu;
which of them was SO she refused to dis
cover. This gave him much uneasiness !;
and, his death soon afterward approach
ing, he called his children t,getler; and
declared, in the presence Of witne ses,
that he left ring, which had very sin
grllar properties, to him tn 1t should be
found to be his lawful son, and that to
him, too, should belong his kingdom.
On his death a dispute arose about the
ring between the youths-and it was at
uHIttu 10 lGlCl Ato uCtiSlpu W TIC
King OF Jerusalem. He Immediately
ordered that the dead body of his father
should be taken up and tied to tree
that each of the sons should shoot an Az
row at it, and that he who penetrated
the deepest should have the ring. The
eldest shot first, and the arrow went fan
into the body thesccond shot, also, and
deeper than the :hcr. The youngest
son stood at distance and wept bitter.
ly; but the King said to him: " Young
man, take your arrow and shoot as youl
brothers have DONE" He answered
"Far be it from me to commit so great
| crime. would not for the whole
world disfgure the body of my owl
father" The King said: Without
doubt you are his son, and the Others
are changelings to you, therefore, lad
Judge the ring "
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-05-11
A New YoRK millionaire was ridinf

A New YoRK millionaire was riding
on Fifth avenue at rapid speed, when
IN important part Of the harness gave
way. His brains might have been dashed
upon the pavement had not q brave
newsboy grasped the horse BY the bit
before it became entirely unmanageable.
The millionaire sat in mis- $500 side-bar
wagon, and, pulling out his 81 goo watch,
told the newsboy he was "too blank
slow to deserve anything but. As he
drew up the reins over the ~, 900 horse,
threw him a 10-cent piece. The boy
-esumed his career Of wanton extrava-
gance, while the frugal millionaire drove
j. TO Central Park.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-05-11
Il STRAIGHT ANSWER WANTED.

One of the east-bound trains coming
into Detroit was heavily loaded, and q
passenger who got on at Ypsilantiwalke
through two cars and finally halted at a
seat occupied by small man and a grab
bag and inquired:
els this seat occupled?"
"Of course this seat is occupied, was
the reply.
care both halves OF this seat occu.
pied ?" WAS the next query.
"Of course both halves are occupied.
"Well, my frieni," said the new ar
rival, as he let go of his sachel, "l
want to bother you with one more query
Hal you rather I would toss that grab
bag out of the window and sit dowr
with you, or chuck you out and ride
into Detroit with the grab-bag?"
The grab-bag man got mad at tina
and wouldn't ride anywhere else excep
on the wuod-box. Free Press
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-05-11
CLINT POWDRR.

Cksfristry is at a loss to estimate the
power of nitro-glycerine, and yet this
new asent of death is 20 per cent.
stronger. In the manufacture of nitro
glycerine, two tubes, each about quar-
ter of an inch in diameter, and six inch
es in length, lead int single tube Of
double their capacity, but of the same
length. Nitric acid is introduced into
one and sulphuric acid into the other OF
these small tubes. The large tube con-
tains glycerine. The two acids are then
forced quite gradually into the glycerine,
and the chemical combination thus forms
m explosive and incalculable power.
So powerful and dangerous is this article
that not an ounce of it is allowed in the
mandatory while this tube, six inches
long and half an inch in diameter is
being filled, and this tube is kept con-
stantly swathed in ice during the pro-
cess. To make giant powder, nitro
glycerine is allowed to drip upon clay
(similar to meerschaum) imported from
Germany. This clay is the only perfect
absorbent of nitro-glycerine known. As
Hercules powder is darker, it is believed
that that explosive is manufactured by
the same process, charcoal, an imperfect
absorbent, being used instead of said
quality OF clay.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-05-11

CARRIE had been teaching her baby
brother the letter O, showing il TO him
among his blocks, on his plate and in
his picture book, then formed it with
her fingers and then her lips, and he
seemed to understand. Shortly after
shs heard him saying. 20 OF" and
looking around She saw him pointing en-.
ergetically to 4 rs,nnl hole IN bis sock.
-Gnci,snafi ,sutaftlay lNii.ah
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-05-11

TIE total number Of names in the
medical registry Of the county Of New
York is about Q, 400 More than hall,
Or about 1850, are without diplomas Or
affinity to any medical system.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-05-11
TINE POPULAR NUISANCE.
What makes my hands no


What makes my hands no
So horny and so strongs
Have I been ground by labor7--
Oh, mol you're wholly wrong.
oftsn 60 TO concerts,
Mostly tho Lecture Course,
And watch with glee the ingers
Scream till their throats
And when they're quite exhausted
make them sing some more
clasp these hardened digits,
And shout, '.l3rayvoo p ''Ongkore
care not for their bowling,
Imako them sing again;
III get my moneys value
By use Of hands and cane.
And that has made these hands tou
But much delight I've cleaned
From forcing double programmes,
For I'm the encore fiend.
The Score
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-05-11

z Man" said the old lawyer to The
younger one, is only . tenant Of Time,
q serf Of Destiny, and the sooner he feels
Ills yassalage the better for him. "
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-05-11

OuR striving against nature i Like
holding weathercock with one's hand ;
as soon as the force Il taken of It vecrs
again Will, the wind.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-05-11

SMALL miseries like small flebts hit us
in SO many places, and md US at 50
many turns and corners. thf what they
want in weight they makeup in NUM-
ber, and render il less hazardous 70
stand the fire ofone cannon hll than .
volley composed Of such, q lhoWer Of
bullets.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-05-11
THE aRoasrya TREE.

The story of the poaning tree is this:
About forty years ago, a cottager who
lived near the center Of the village of
Badesley, near Lymington, heard fire.
quently strange noise behind his
house, like that Of person in extreme
agony. Soon after it caught the atten-
,tion Of his wife, who was then confined
to her bed. She was a timorous woman,
and, being greatly alarmed, her husband
endeavored to persuade her that the
noise she h ard was only the believing
of the stays in the forest. By degrees,
however, the neighbors 'on all sides
heard it, and the thing began to be
much talked of. 1t was by this time
plainly discovered that the groaning
noise proceeded from ON elm which grew
at the end of the garden. 1t was q
young, vigorous tree, and to all appear
ance perfectly sonhd. In few weeks
fame of the sroaning tree was spread far
and wide, and people from all parts
focked to hear It. Among others, it at
tracted the curiosity of the late Prince
and Princess of Wales, who resided at
that time, for the advantage Of the sea
bath, at Pilewell, the seat of Sir James
Worsley, which stood within quarter
of mile of the groaning tree.
Though the country people assigned
many superstitious causes for this strange
phenomenon, the. naturalist could as
sign no physical one that was in any de-
gree satisfactory. Some thought it was
owing to the twisting and friction of the
roots. Others thought it proceeded
from water which had collected in the
body of the tree, Or perhaps from pent
air. But no cause that was alleged ap-
peared equal to the effect. In the mean
time the tree did not always groan,
sometimes disappointing its visitants
yet no cause could be assigned for its
temporary cessations, either from sea-
SONS or weather. If any difference was
observed, it was thought to groan least
when the weather was wet, and most
when it was clear and frosty; but the
sound at all times seemed to arise from
the roots. Thus the groaning tree con-
tinued an object Of astonishment during
the space of eighteen or twenty months
to all the country around, and, for the
information of distant parts, a pamphlet
was drawn up containing particular ac-
count of all the circumstances relating
to it. At length the owner of it, gen
tleman of the name of Forbes, making
too rash an experiment to discover its
cause, bored hole in its trunk. After
this it never groaned. 1t was then root
ed up with afurther view to make dis
covery, but still nothing appeared which
led to any investigation of the cause. 1t
was universally, however, believed that
there was no trick in the affair, but that
some natural cause really existed, though
never understood, Gilpin's
Forest Scenery.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-05-11

PERSONS dispirited by bad omens
sometimes prepare the way for evil for.
tune for confidence in success is 3
great means of insuring it.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-05-11

He w,,o refuses justice to the defen T.
less will make every concession to the
powerful.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-05-11

The friction Of . belt is claimed 70 be
double as much on wood as it is on iron.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-05-11

Over 10000 people are worktg on the
Northern Pacific Railroad IN II Territory
Of Montana.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-05-11

Marriage notices and deaths, pot ex
ceeding Six lines, published free. AL
over SIX lines charged for at regular ad
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-05-11

Dolly Warden styles are revived.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-10-24
TOO BIG TO BE SAFE.

The Chicago papers have nnearthed
something in the way OF American inter
prise in Mexico that is either q mares
nest or A gigantic swindlo. As the report
goes strong company, IN which Chi
cago capitalist. B. f. We ks, II the
ruling spirit, aud certain prominent
MeSicnrs are interested has been formed
aud chartered by the Mexican govern
ment with general powers {" do any.
tlmns whi Ia has any money III IT. The
concern In called the International Loan
aud Trust Company. 1t frs wanted
among It's other powers to have the night
to issue three dollarH of rrehcy for
every dollar Of capital, but this was re-
fused. 1t ia empowered, however, to
transact business OF loan and trust
character act as the iiHcal gent OF the
government and negotiate Hll X vern-
ment and state loans. The management
Of the bus mes and estates of all decess"d
pcrsnus an minors, and the control of
all the insurance business III MEXICO,
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-10-24

tLondon spectator, september Sou
Prot y. f, Thompson reports to the
Tines another application OF electricity
rs a motor. On Thursday the Electrical
Power Storage Company tried ON the
Thames u launch 20 feet in length. o
ieet in beam ami drawing two feet O,
water, with II 22rnch screw propeller
driven solely 10y cleo ricity, stored under
the flooring. The force was contained
IN 40 boxes, each ~ l0lnch cube which
1t was calculated, would last Tor four
hours, The vessel was driven easily and
silently against tide, Mt the rate of eight
miles an hour. The boat was IN ali re-.
spects complete success, and is the
first ever launched ON "a commercial
scale" lhough Mr., Trouve ran TOW
boat two years ago on the lake on IN a
Bois de Boulogne Nothing is sand
about expense, but boat which can
travel at this speed without coal and
with no funnel must Tor many purposes
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-10-24
Indian summer.


~ rom lNf' FlllE@
When the ~ grim Fathers felt the
first cold Of autumn they thought that
winter had come, ut the Indians said,
"No, there will be summer yet Hence
the origin ut the name "lndiau sum
mer," according to the Boston Evening
Transcript In the famous forest 4
Ard-uues, whore oaks ARE no ed for their
brilliant autumn hues, 1t IL called "l'rd
Lohf D." "A name which would be appropr
ate in America, whose gorgeous autumn
foliage IA uncqunlled. In Germany 1t ia
called "Old Mans summer and IN
France, "St Ma II Il Summer Else.
where 1t IN knowu ~ AFTER Heat II
is denied by some that the fine ha2y
weather Of October IN properly called
"Indian Summer" which they regard aH
peculiar to November, except that 1t
sometimes continues into December.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-10-24
DOING GOOD SERVICE.


A late copy OF the Manchester eng |
land Guardian contains the full report
uf u meeting held in Manchester which
waa addressed by Bishop Garrett well.
known in this state m Protestant Epis-
copal missionary bishop of northern
Te1as, with his resldeuce Rt Dallas
His subject was "nomos Tor the People"
and Of course the good bishop set forth
the advantages which Texas offers 10
Englishmen seeking homes in America
Col. Albert u. shaw, United States
consul nt Manchester, premdcd, and nc
cordiuy to the Guardian. wns mainly in.
strnmentnl IN arranging the meeting
and procuring bishop Garrett 10 nddrcas
=, IN ,..,,,s., fV.,,.s. ,,,...Is ,,,r. ,,,,,,,i,
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-10-24
Newest Marriage Aid As.ocIa.
iOn. just Oneued

An entlie new system Of doing busi.
ness where You will receive full benefit
at once a. soon rs your money is paid
down; II. Jacobs, agen', has received
nm elegant line Of gents furnishing
goods the finest quality, and sells them
as cheap as can be bought elsewhere and
at the rShme ME offers two priz..-one
consisting uf a suit Of clothing TO order.
worth 500, and the or her one rair oi
u"e,Sk pants to order, worth sl5. Each
ana every customer is ent tied /, n
ctauce To the above prizes by bu,iry
p worth u furnishing goods from me-
Each dollar spent tpr furnishing yonJs
VIII eutltle the customer to chance
, Respt., H.JAooBs, Agent
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-10-24
Tcnncssce's Richest Ciii>cu.


CIScISNArt, October l9.-Mai O'COn
nor, who wns killed this IN rning AT
Knoxville, became known here as "a
member Of the firm Of X. G.. Huston N
Co., contrac ora, who complet dt the Cm q
CHINA and Southern Railroad. The
firm wHr composed ~ Il. g. Huston,
Maj. O'Connor aud Mr.. Nicely. Maj
O'Counur made most favorlbl, impress
sion on all who met him. lie was "a
keen sightcd business man, having nc
cumulntcd 10 tune since the war c-ti.
ma ed at 3lO,OOO,OOn At the SAINT tlmt
he was lavish IN helpful deeds to dcsory-
ng pcreons and iusutuuous. lie hUD
no cmld On. He was noted Tor hs IN
trrest IN young mcu and fnr hl- liberal
nsslstnncc. HIS partner X q. Huston,
rcridcE here. Upon him, ns upon uu.
mcrous other friends, the new falls like
cruel blow
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-10-24

A ST, Louis gentleman has patented IL
Q mbir ed envelope, letter and stamp
The letter is OF ordinary size, with Il
stamp impression ON one corner aud
marrow gummed laps on two side.
These can be quickly used, are safe from
mSll-tamperers, aud may b. sold by the
government without loss at two cents
each, This combination is likely to be
adopted by the department.