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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-12-21
NRS. PARTXNGTON At TIE KS0LDIERS
DAZAAR.


II was at o distinguished party, called
by the ladies in aid Of the Soldiers Ba-
ssar, that Mrs. Darlington found her
cell, - well as she could for the crowd.
There was much said in support Of the
object, and warm enthusiasm pre-
vailed, amounting at times to loud man.
testations Of approval.
"Quite furore," the President Of the
meeting remarked to the dame, who sat
beside him. q
"A few roar" she replied, her spec.
tacles flashing with excitement. 81
should call it good many roar, and
everybody seems willing to cxhilarate
the movement. How much we owe the
soldiers who made sacrameuts of them
selves for us, and laid down their arms
and legs only when the Union was
saved'W.ns .s-sssss s@ats4' -r.t ..
every true, ;" responded the President,
" and l trust that all are willing to ad-
NIT their Indebtedness,
They may be, )" replied she; but I;
feared it was something like Mrs. Ifito's
borrowing my eggs and saying she
would be always indebted to me for
them; as she was, for she never paid
'em back"
The President looked little annoyed.
Boon there came another shout.
"Don't you think" she said, that
these few roars should have been per-
petrated when the war. was over. and not
lsft the women to do what was incum.
bered on the men?'
"Perhaps, " replied her interlocutor,
"but better late than never"
"1t came nigh being too late," said
she. "with the poor legless heroes run
ming to their long home through poor
house gate; but, thank Heaven, some
will have comfortable home to 90 to.
after this, whero they can smoke the
of peace, without even a tax.
collector to make 'em afraid"
She was wearying, but she meant we'll.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-12-21
nOPE.


Little word 90 full Of meaning,
How YOU brighten many way;
Help the toi.er In his cleaning,
Making sad hearts often gay.
Mistakes Of life which bring us sorrow
Are made ghter far to bear,
With hope Of 4 brighter morrow,
When the skies shnll DO all fair.
When rough trials crowd life's pathway,
Ard our days arc dark and drear,
Then this.one word casts its bright ray,
And to sad heart brings comfort dear.
Hope sh:nes forth to guide us onward:
Makes NJ BATH, hard with fate;
Gives us courage TO push forward;
Makes MS s.rang to watch and wait.
The blackest clouds hui hide the sunshine;
Loak bryond and zee thel!ght.
There's future plea ures in the Glad Sometime
live ON, and hope for days more bright.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-12-21
rxorxcr1os AeAsssr cosrAos.s.

PROTECTION AGAINST eONTAGyoN.
Precipita.ed lao sulphur is one Of the
most excellent as well gas simple and
safe preventiyas against contracting any
and al kinds Of contagious diseases.
Il is conveniently used by placing >
pinch Of it in each stocking as often as
they are changed. Under the direction
Of The noted Dr.. Herring. of Philadel-
phia, sulphur was used As above, with
the most remarkable success. ~ pre-
ventive Of cholera during its tarrible
prevalence in that city many years since,
as veil as Of nearly all other contagious
diseasea as s4
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-12-21
REMARKABLE FLOW FROM IN OLE
WE'LL.


Any one familiar with the heavy oil
developments knows that goodly part
of the drilling is done on the hill known
as the "Point," near Franklin. 1t rises
from the bank of the French creek in o
very abrupt manner. Philip Cheeseman's
brewery is situated at the foot of South
Park street, on the west side of the
creek. His beer vault is ON the other
side. 1t is an immense vault, blasted
out of solid rock, and penetrates into the
hillside nearly 100 feet. In this is
stored large quantities of lager beer.
The casks that hold the beer contain on
an average about ten barrels each. One
cask in the rear end of the vault is used
as supply cask. All the others are
connected with this one by pipes, and
the supply cask. being sunken, is al
ways kept full Of beer. The hill at this
place is so steep that it cannot be as-
cended.
Above this vault, on the hilltop, Rial
& Son own a lease. They drilled num-
ber Of wells on their lease, and they were
all profitable. Some time ago they
located No. 9 directly over this beer
vault. The rig was built and things ran
along in the usual manner for about a
week. When they had reached depth
of 400 feet, 200 feet less than where they
usually find the sand, the drill struck
crevice and dropped away several feet
The tools were withdrawn from the hole
and tie bailer run. 1t came up seem
ingly full of OIL Bail rs they would,
they could not exhaust the supply.
They decided to tube the we'll, and were
ordered to do SO by Mr.. Rial. The next
day the well was tubcd without being
shot. They commenced to pump it, and
t threw the fluid out at great rate.
Noticing something queer about the oil.
one Of the men tasted it. lie found it
70 good that he put his lips to the pipe
and took long gulps Of the delicious
stuff. First one and then another drank.
They became what is known as drunk.
The owners visited the well, drank, and
were overcome. Operators came 10 see
it, drank, and were overcome. The
people Of the town WHO had heard Of it
went up the hill, drank, and were over
come.
Little by little they came to realize
what they had been drinking. One man
was found in the crowd who had tasted
beer before. He affirmed that IL was
beer, but they laughed ut him. How
would this Rip Van Winkie elixir set
into the bowels of the earths At last
they decided to call in undoubted au-
thority on the beer question, and sent
for Philip Grossman. Grossman came.
He tasted it once, twice, and then he
tore his hair. is it beers' they asked.
"BeerP Yes; it's mein own make.
Mein Gott in Himmell, you are pump
ing mein beer vault dry" Such was
the fact, and the way that well was shut
down was q caution. They visited tho
vault and found it to be 90. Three Of
the large casks We're empty.--Oa CITY
Derrick.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-12-21
sLoW-BURNIxG CONSTRUCTION.

cAVU n DOAN4N0 CONCAAUO11VN.
So long as wood must be used fos
floors and roofs, there can be NO such
thing as fire- proof building. II is, there
fore. proposed by one Of the leading
fire-insurancc companies that all new
structures, and particularly factories and
shops where wood is TO be used, shall be
made fre-resist;ng or slow-burning. The
plan suggested il worthy Of attention,
because it often happens that, il the fire
can only be confined to the interior Of
the building for even few moments,
much property. and pcrhaps many lives,
can be saved. For the floors it Is pro-
posed to use heavy timbers, 80.5 centi-
meters by 80 centimeten az by Il
inches), ,.and on these to lay matched
p!anks 7.6 centimsters g inches) thick.
Over these planks u to be layer Of
roofng-fslt or mortar, and in this mortar
is 10 be betlded flooring. boards Of the
usud thickness. Such floor would
burn, but 90 slowly that fire would be .
long time in eating it's way through.
The aim is to gain time, for time is the
one element Of ss.fety at all fires. For
the roof. the supporting beams are to be
Of the same size, and the top Is 70 be Of
matched planls 7.G centimeters thick,
and covered on the ontside with any
form Of roofing that may be desired.
The ends of tho beams ore 70 pass
through the outer walls, and to he An
islled = brackets to support the plank
ing that Is carried to the ends Of the
beams.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-12-21
PRIVATE ABUSE OF A NEWSPAPER.

1NlFIIE 4BUSE OF n NEWSPAPER.
Some people think they are very
smart when they abuse newspaper or
editor. They forget that many papers
have largely protited by becoming the
objects of these attacks, and that some
editors have thriven on being as
saulted.
Aside from this consideration, it
should be remembered that an editor is
often obliged to carry very delicate po-
sition. His sense of right will sometimes
cause him to attack or defend man, O
business, a class or cause ct the risk Of
making enemies of others, only to find
those in whose interests he has labored
display ingratitude.
OF course no level-headed editor OK.
poets to find much gratitude or charity.
He must generally be content with the
approval of his own conscience, and
pursue the course lie believes 10 be
right, regardless Of either frowns or
smiles. supported by his conscious
rcctitude.
1t will come all right in the end. Il
is hard to be misunderstood, and to lind
those t. whose support you have earned
a right desert you to meet alone the a.
lacks of those you have incensed in
pursuing the course you were con.
vinced was right, but you will thereby
learn lesson of self reliance, and form
habit of judging entirely for yourself
that will be invaluable. ~You will be able
to tell the truth, however distasteful,
and refuse to utter falsehood, no matter
how much pleasauteri may promise 70
make things 90 .----
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-12-21

In an article on Newspaper Work
and Workers" it is trutifully remarked
that there is no other profession but en-
joys immunity from observation - to il
modes. The preacher writes in the
privacy Of his study, and can concoct
platitudes or pad out plagiarisms that
would be the ruin Of the editor and the
reporter. The lawyer oonsults his client
and organizes his campaign in private.
bringing into court only as much -
makes for his cause and against the cause
Of Lis adversary. The doctor plies his
potions and launches in his lancet in
secret. II the patient recovers, it may
be the medicine or it may be in spite OF
it; if he die, it may be the pills or Prov
idence, the physician is scathless. None
Of these come TO light that their deeds
may be reprove,l. ., s..
Moreover, the work of the press is
continuous, as well as constantly pub
lie. There il no rest for the weary.
graph than time by journalism. The
evening and the morning are not mdrely
the first Gay but all the seven. Night
is anniliilated as to all its quantities Of
repOsc.
Every minute of every hour of tho
twenty-four is occupied by some workers
doing some work that shows itself in the
newspapers of the day and afternoon.
Repetition is as impossible as rest.
Facts are ever new. Comments must
be as fresh as facts, and the edition Is
the remorseless giant that eats up all
the seconds. The making Of newspapers
is perpetual motion in a thousand fields.
In such work, demanding ceaseless
effort. permitting no pause, exacting
eternal and ever-varying exercise, it is
impossible for wheat to be unmixed
with chalf, for accuracy not to be i'm
pairee by mistakes, for injustice not
occasionally to he done.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-12-21
CUSTOMS AND PRINCIPLES OF TIN
UUNKkR9.

1
The Dunkers profess all the funda-
mental principles Of Christian faith.
They do not, however, believe IN the
eternal perdition Of souls. They have
no creed apart from the Bible. What
they aim at is to restore Christianity to
its primitive purity, srrupulously to fol-
low the prccepts and the example Of the
Savior, and TO make religious conviction
the solo arbiter Of conduct in life They
still bsptise tho neoplytes-as their
founders at Schwarzenau Ed-by i'm
mersing them three times, ,>in the name
OF the Father, the Son, and the Spirit.
Their holy communion is preceded by
the rite Of foot washing. A curious dis
cussion has Of late engaged their atten-
tion-upon the question whether the
single or the double mode has the better
claim for observance. When the same
brother both washes and dries the feet,
it is the single mode when each service
is performed by a separate person, they
call it foot-washing by the double mode.
1t is not to he understood, however, that
the whole congregation is thus served
by one or two Of their number. There
are enough of them going around with
tub and towel to finish the ceremony
within reasonable time. Foot-washing
and communion are always administered
in the evening during the afternoon o
love feast is held, in commemoration Of
the supper which Jesus took with his
disciples. There is no binding rule as TO
the choice Of food, though among the
vinnds lamb has the preference. Even
such luxuries rs coffee and butter, un-
known to ScripturA Palestine, are not
objected to. After the love-feast comes
the "holy kiss" The minister gives it
to the brother that sits next to him on
the right; he applies it, in turn, to his
neighbor, and thus it is passed along the
line, and by the last is carried to the
next table. The same order is observed
with the women, with the exception
that the first kiss is applied by tho min
lister to the first sisters hand.
Tho Dunkers live in peace with one
another, and seek no redress, for injury
done to them, by recourse to law. Dis
agreements among themselves are settled
by the elders, whose decision is final.
Only in exceptional cases, and after per-
mission is granted by the officers of the |
congregation, do they institute lawsuits |
against the people Of the world. Like
the Quakers and Mennonites, they re-
frain from taking or administering oaths,
from participating in warfare, or giving |
countenance to it in any manner what
ever. They are averse to accepting pub
lie Office. Their poor they support. |
Among their host of 200, 900 people,
there is not one who suffers from want.
Even those who fail in business are
aided to make new effort, and such as
sistance may be lent three times. After
the third failure, they take it to be the
will of God that the unfortunate brother
shall not succeed. Magazine.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-12-21

UELLINGTOH ON ADVERTISING.
Just before Blucher came to the assist
ance Of Wellington, an aide-de-camp rode
up and, saluting the Iron Duke, said:
"What is your Graces opinion of ada
vertising?"
I think," replied the conqueror Of
tho little Corsican, "that an advertise
mcnt is good thing, and its value is
enhanced by IN occasional notice in the
local columns. Let the battle go on"
TIE battle did 60 ON, and Napoleon
wa, dsfeated.-Vide Great Battlefield
Of The World. 4E. gi
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-12-21
PErxAMkS.

He" May l call you Revenge r 4
She" WhyY /.
He" Because Revenge is Sweet. -
She--' Certainly You may; provided.
though, you will let me call you Venge-
ance.
He" And why would you call me
Vengeance r = s's@s
6he" Because Vengeance Is mine. ~
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-12-21
IGNORANT.

An amusing story, illustrative Of the
disadvantage of not knowing some things
as well as others, is told Of a philoso-
pher. While crossing lake in Scot-
land, he asked the boatmnn if he had
ever studied L. athematics.
"No," answered the boatman.
"Then half your life is lost" replied
the philosopher.
A short time after a sudden gust from
the mountain upset the bout.
Scan you swim ?" shouted the boat
man, as they both houndered in the
water.
"No, I can't!" exclaimed the philos-
opher.
"Then the whole of your life is lost,
responded the man, Us he selishly struck
out for the shore, leaving the philoso.
pher to his fato.
The disadvantage Of not being &C
quainted with the practical is trasically
Illustrated by the fate of Condorcet, the
French philosopher. He died because
he did not know how many eggs should
be put into an omelet.
At the breaking out of the revolution
of '98, Condorcot, finding himself among
those condemned to the guillotinc, fed
from Paris. Impelled by hunger, he
entered village inn and asked for an
omelet. The philosopher was u man Of
almost universal information, but, un-
fortunately, he knew nothing of the
composition OF this simple dish.
GLOW many eggs would you like in
your omelei ?" asked the inn-keeper.
ga dozen," answered the ignorant
philosopher, not knowing that he was
ordering enough for three or four men.
The landlords suspicious were
aroused. A man asking for an omelet
Of dozen eggs must be an nristocrat.
The strangers passport was demanded.
He had none.
"Who are you?" demanded the host.
81 am carpenter. seeking work, "
said Condorcet.
"Your hands give the lie TO your
words" replied the inn-keeper, pointing
to his guests delicate, clean hands.
The authorities were called in, who
sent the philosopher to the Jail When,
the next morning. the jailer opened
the cell door, he found corpse. Con-
dorcet had escaped the guillotine by
dose Of poison Youth's Companion
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-12-21

IT Is now the style to paint your mar
hla mantals IN imitation a vsM.
, 1882-08-12

more than a thousand miles it is
to n more armed revolt. Tie
Ministry at War could not attempt
TO suppress such a movement without
fifty thousand fresh troops, and would
demand a very much larger force
than that, besides insisting on the
necessity Of watching SPUN and
Italy. Since the acquisition ofTunis,
North Africa has become an India
tor France, a permanent preoccupa-
ton tor her statesmen, with this
aggravation, = that whereas India
only thinks Of Russia as an external
enemy, the Governor General of
Algeria must think Of Turkey to the
east, jealous for Tripoh; >pain to
the west, jealous for Morocco and
Italy to the north, Jealous for her
rights" in Tunis, and her general
position in the Mediterranean. TIE
dread Of The Sultao's action IS openly
avowcd, ever by NJ. Gamhetta; md
so is the danger from the excited
state Of feeling in Tripoli, where the
mob demands The expulsion Of Tuni-
slams, as a deimce of France. 1t
is quite possible that the French
Government always more nervous
and susceptible than our own, expects
a Moorish rising as the outcome Of
the Egyptian troubles, and holds
itself in reserve with a feeling that
it may have a heavy task on It's
hands, in which no ally is OF any use,
and may find it necessary TO treat
Tripoli and Morocco as Tunis has
been treated. That would involve
compIica ions which would be grave,
even for France, and the Ministry
may reasonably consider that they
need not Increase them by helping
England to do work which ENGLAND
can do quite well alone, and will do
withoutpermanon y d~eprivins France
OF interest in Egypt. That NJ. de
treYcinet breads keeNly another
uprising in Tunis is certain, and is
the key to the new respect which the
French are showing to the Bey.
With gre"t provinces to protect in
North Africo, with The Chamber
hostile to any enterprise whatever,
and with Great Britain moving on
her way indifferent to any cons;dera-
tons but the success of her own
policy, the Government of france
may abstain from action without
intending any t~roachery, which, in
deed, is impossible, since it would
bring Oh her a coalition. We do not
expect the q%uiesceuce Of France to
endure for any length of time. His
tory cannot be extinguished by the
events of a year, o can the perma-
nent character OF a people be altered
by any emotion, however strong
but, for the present, France, more or
less irritable and suSpiciously, but
still determincdIy, awaits in retreat
the development of events.
, 1882-08-12
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Mr.. j. d. Christiansen (3), Mr.. David
Petersen, Miss Therdosia Doute, Miss Vir-
ginia Emanuel, Mrs. Jane Ruth Hodge,
Dir. James Joseph, Mrs. Louisa Jensen.
Revd. T.. Y. Lose, Miss Wilhelmena
Tinker, Miss Sarah Ludyic, Christian
Narander John Nude, Mrs. Isaac Thomas,
Styrmand A. ThOrSen.
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July 1882.
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, 1882-08-12
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, 1882-08-12

VAN ASU'Co W6i0 COllCcdIGu Will
lnv'ncible tenacity. Nearly twenty
thousand men are believed to have
been sent home sick with diseases
like d~ysentery and African fever, to
be dispersed through the villages,
and carry into every cabaret the
story of the inef1iciency and c%allous-
ness of those men in Paris" For
months on end every steamer that
arrived at Toulon debarked French
soldiers looking like corpses. TIE
peasantry feel that their children are
ruined for life by such attacks Of
disease, and unless the demand is
imperative, and France attacked,
they will have no more of expedi-
tons. This resolve is intensified by
an ignorance which we should des-
pair Of conveying fully to our read
ers. The long connection of the
British with India, the dependence
of thousands of households on Indian
news, the coming and going of the
great Indian garrison, have familiar
lied E~nglishmen to some extent with
Egypt; of which, again, they possess
the imperfect and confused, but still
useful, knowledge conveyed in
Sunday-schooIs about all edible
lands" The poorer French know
absolutely nothing Of Egypt, except
that Napoleon was defeated there.
Even well-to do Frenchmen display
an ignorance of the subject which
strikes English in%tcrlocutors as al
most comic, but the average electors
know nothing about it, less-it that
be concelvably possibIe,-than they
knew about Mexico. To lose their
children, and risk war, and pay taxes
tor Egypt.-it is to them as il we
were asked to bear an income tax for
the sake of c~onquering Greenland.
The Chamber knew that this was
the Will OF its masters, the electors
NJ. de Freycinet knew hat this was
the will OF his master, the Chamber.
and therefore when the time came
tor action, he Withdrew the French
Fleet. If he had not done SO, he
must have sanctioned " another
African expedition" Nevertheless,
ne is not willing to risk a revulsion
OF feeling in the country, or an uprising
OF the Chamber, stung into revolt
against the electors by M. Gambetta's
eloquence and therefore he presses
the French view in Conference, and
prepares soldiers and ships, so that
France, if once resolved, may either
assist Great Britain, or by thwarting
her, reassert her right to interfere at
will in Egyptian affairs. His course
u.s. OF course, facilitated by circum-
STANCES of detail, by the excessive
dislike of cultivated Frenchmen for
war with no conquest at the end of
it., by the feeling Of the financial
Klng-aIways so powerful in Paris
that England will not cheat creditors.
and by a perception that Prince
bismarck is, in this matter, on the
English side ; but the governing
motive is dislike to offend the
dominant feeling of the French
masses.
N. de Freycinet may also be
intuenced-and we believe is. though
we cannot justify the opinion so
closely by a very serious dread of
, 1882-08-12

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It will cure dyspepsia, indi-
gestion, heartburn, sleep
lessness, dizziness, nervous
debility, weakness, &C.
Use only Browns Iron Bitters made by
Brown Chemical Co., Baltimore. Crossed
red lines and trademark on wrapper.
, 1882-08-12

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have been a great sufferer from
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, 1882-08-12
The Secret

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, 1882-08-12
v EST END !.
Once More !!
The Last Time y!
Now OPEN!
EDWA FIR
PllIlgI2lliG Gallery.

cat Mr.. HILLS House, opposite
Mr.. FORD, Queens Street,
Will continue operation for 2
MONTHS from date.
West End, goth July 1882.