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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-06-29
MOSAICS.

ASPIRING beggary is wretchedness it.
self.
WHO bravely dares must sometimes
risk fall.
FAITH and hope themselves shall die,
While deathless charity remains.
THE bearing and training Of child is
woman's wisdom.
TINE and the sun will make vinegar
without any shouting to help them.
TIME flies on restless pinions-constant never.
Be constant-and thou chainest Time forever.
The most miserable pettifogging in
the world is that of man in the court
OF his own conscience.
ANoBLE deed is step toward God,
Lifting the soul from the common sod
To purer air and broader view.
He that wrestles with us strengthens
our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our
antagonist is our helper.
THE tear down childhoods cheek that nows
Is Ike the dewdrop on the rose;
When next the summer breeze comes by
Aud the bush, the flower is ssy. 4
BE thou like the bird perched upon
some frail thing; although he feels the
branch bending beneath him yet loudly
sings, knowing full we'll that he has
wings.
IT is astonishing how soon the whole
conscience begins to unravel if single
stitch drops; one single sin indulged
in makes hole you could put your head
through.
WHO blesses others In his daily deeds
VIII find the healing that his spirit needs,
For every flo wer In others, pathway thrown
Confers its fragrant beauty on our own.
WHERE God hath put exquisite tinge
upon the shell washed in the surf, and
planted paradise of bloom in child's
check let us leave it to the owl to hoot,
and tho frog to croak, and the fault
finder to complain.
TIE luster of diamonds is invigorated
by the interposition of darker bodies; the
lights Of o picture are created by the
shades. The highest pleasure which
nature has INDUCED to sensitive per-
ception is that of rest after fatigue.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-06-29

AT recent fashionable wedding, the
cl,ime-bell ringer was requested to play
something lively as the contracting
parties were entering the church Inn
agire their surprise when the bells sent
forth "The Torpedo and the Whale"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-06-29

The father OF family saw his plum
trees despoiled of their fruit. Suspect
ing his children, he called them all to-
gethcr, and said: "One of you has stolen
my plums, and know which is the
guilty one, for he has leaf ON the end
of his nose" And the guilty one had
the naiUetc, foreseen by .the father, to
denounce himself by rubbing the end Of
his nose.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-06-29

AN editor had occasion to use the ex-
preston, alpha and Omega" He was
overwhelmed with delight when he
found that the compositor had made II
"apples and oranges" That evening
the wretched mangler fed from the city
in wild haste.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-06-29
PROF. YOUNG, in discus sing the suns

PROF. YOUNG, in discussing the suns
heat, says that, if it were surrounded by
shell Of ice one mile in thickness, the
inner surface touching the philosophers,
it would melt its way out in two hours
and thirteen minutes This will be an
interesting experiment for our young
people to try during the long winter
evenings. 1t will cost nothing for the
ice, for Vennor says there are going to
be oceans of it.-NorristoUn Herald.
The news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1882-1891, 1882-10-10
TO ONE HE LOVED.

'Is this the Rev. Mr.. Mulkittle, p
said kind of out of-reason man, en-
tering the library ola well-known
Little Rock minister.
eyes, sir, have seat"
81 have called to transact q piece
of business which to the world may
seem ridiculous, sir, but which viewed
from spiritual eminence, is of i'm
portance."
"What is it? asked the minister,
regarding the visitor with peculiar
interest.
81 want you to love me-"
Glove your" gasped the good man,
regarding the petitioner and lnwardly
vowing that be had never before met
more repulsive human being.
eyes, sir, I want you to love me- y
and he sat down and closed his eyes
as though he intended to await the
announcement of the decision. nThe
command is to love one another.
confess that I love you," and opening
his red eyes he leered at the preacher.
"Wen, sir" said the minister
'your demand after all is simple. ]
suppose that you have heen lost for
many years, and have just tasted
grace, and that you especially want
the love of ministers. Yes, I love
you"
@Thank you. Now, when we love
any one we are willing to help him,
Gimme dollar, sir, gimme dollar
Out Of the love you bear me, gimme
the dollar"
The minister arose, took down .
box and handed the visitor dollar.
"Good bye, I hope you will always
love me-" and the lover was gone.
Chow did you make it," asked I
rough-looking man, when the love-
reached street corner not far away
"Fine. Never but one preacher
that got away with me, and he wal
an old Baptist that insisted upor
ducking me in the river before h.
could love me. Preachers like some
thing odd. The old style way o
striking 'em is repealed.
aLet me see the money"
"Here she is; new dollar. Let
go and take something"
81 guess not. The thing is eoun
terfeit." It was vile imitation O
the dollar Of the dads, and the tw
thieves looked at each other in silence
The minister poked his head over tn
fence and laughed like horse. TIL
dollar had come to him 10 a contri
button box.
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MOUNT HOLLY BURLINGTON co, J, TUESDAY OCTOBER Il

facts" said the religious editor, as the
managing editor looked up. "If there's
anything there that amt SO I'll buy
you new hat p
"That's all right p proclaimed the
managing editor, "but the style ! See
the style ! 1t sounds like the Bible p
"Then its the Bible you object to, "
retorted the religious editor. sit
isn't the game, it's the Bible"
"No, no." protested che despairing
manager. "Not that. l object to ap-
plying scriptural style in such matters.
Suppose a reporter should write up a
political meeting in that way"
"Our city was previously blessed
last evening by richly blessed and
fervent meeting of the Mclaughlin
Democrats. Brother Jim Dunno occu-
pied the chief seat and availed much
in bringing perishing souls to a more
perfect understanding Of the grace and
blessed privileges Of Democracy as
preached by Brother Mclaughlin
The harvest was plenteous, and though
the mammon of unrighteousness was
instrumental in exciting grievous
disturbance over the contesting dele
cations from the First ward, the Lord
was with his people, and the laborers
garnered bounteously and the rsapers
were richly rewarded"
"How would that sound, eh 2"
"That sounds all right" commented
the religious editor. "Don't see any
thing out of the way with that-if it's
true"
"But how many Democrats would
understand it 2"
"None, | suppose"
"And how many people who admire
base ball are going to understand your
account of that game yesterday ?" de-
nanded the managing editor, triumph
sntly.
"Of course, if you put it that way"
replied the religious editor, scratching
his ear. "But say, don't think |
can possibly write down to the under
standing Of that class"
Perhaps not, and SO I'll turn your
account over to the Office boy to re-
write. Now come to lunch, for I want
to talk over report floating around
that church wars are like railroad rate
battles, gotten up in the interest of
the various organizations and to ex-
tract money from the public. Brook
Ign Eagle.
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BEATEN At MS OWN GAME.

It is easy to break q man of being
nuisance if you 60 about it right,
There was case over on Sixth street
not long ago which shows that as soon
as you beat a man at his own game
that settles him. Fred Dahlman, an
excentric character, lived in the up
per story of small house, with his
family, and in the story below was q
man who was quite hunter. He
had a couple of pups that he was
breaking, and he would sit up half
the night swapping caps on his gun
and throwing boots across the room
for the dogs to retrieve. The noise
became annoying to the family up
stairs, as the dogs would run and bark
and make as great racket as posi-
BILE. Mr.. Dahlman tried to reason
with his neighbor, and induce him to
quit the dog breaking down stairs,
but he was ugly and said he paid rent
for the place and would do as he
pleased. Dahlman said that was all
right, and he went up stairs and got
four wsshtubs of water and fish-pole
and line, About TO o'clock at night,
when the dog kindergarten was run
ming at its height, Dahlman pushed
the tubs of water down stairs, and the
water ran all over the house. The
dog breaker came out into the hall
and waded through the water, and
looked up stairs and wanted to know
what in thunder was the matter.
Dahlman was sitting on the top stairs,
smoking his pipe, and holding the
fish.pole with the line down in the
hall, as calm and peaceful as though
he didn't care if he never had bite.
."Oh, nodiDg,' said Dahlman, as he
lit a match on the shoulder of his
pants. SNoding; only I fought while
you vos hunting I would yoost catch
few fish for breakfast"
That settled it. The hunter broke
his dogs after that with club in the
back yard, and Dahlman swore off
fishing.
The news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1882-1891, 1882-10-10
THE GREAT LAKES.


The following measurements Of the
great lakes win be found interesting,
and are absolutely correct, having
been taken by governments surveys.
The greatest length Of Lake Su-
perior is 1886 miles; the greatest
breadth is 16O miles; mean depth, 688
feet; elevation, 627 feet; area, $4,000
square miles.
The greatest length Of Lake Mich
igan is 300 miles; its greatest breadth,
l08 miles; mean depth, 900 feet;
elevation, 5O6 feet; area, $4,000
square miles.
The greatest length of Lake Huron
is 300 miles; its greatest breadth, so
miles mean depth, 800 feet; elevation,
274 feet; area, 10000 sqnare miles
The greatest length Of Lake Erie is
23O miles; its greatest breadth, 80
miles; its mean depth, "a feet; eleva-
ton, 261 feet; area, 5000 square mile.
The greatest length of Lake Ontario
is $50 miles; its greatest breadth, s.
miles; its mean depth, 500 feet; ele-
walton, 16l feet; area, 5000 square
miles. ''asif'e 7'ae Sea
The total Of all Eve is ,265 miles,
covering an area Of upward of135,OOO
square miles. &C.
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HOW THEY SUCKED THE PENCIL.
Newspaper men and stenographers
are familiar with the fact that wet
ting good lead pencil hardens the
lead and ruins the pencil. A clerk
in a city newspaper Office tired Of
having his best pencil spoiled by bor-
rowers, got some cheap pencils, sharp
ened them, and kept them to lend.
The first person who took up the
stock-pencil was drayman, whose
breath smelt of onions and whiskey.
He held the point in his mouth and
soaked it for several minutes, while
he was torturing himselfin the efforts
to write the advertisement for a miss
ing bulldog. Then a sweet-looking
young lady came into the Office, with
kid gloves that buttoned half the
length of her arm. She picked up
the pencil and pressed it to her dain-
ty lips, preparatory to writing an ad-
vertisement for lost bracelet. The
clerk would have stayed her hand,
even at the risk of box of the best
pencils Faber catered, but he was too
late. And thus that pencil passed
from mouth to mouth for a week. It
was sucked by people of all ranks and
stations, and all degrees Of cleanh-
ness and uncleanliness. But We fer
bear. Surely no one who reads this
will ever again wet lead pencil
The news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1882-1891, 1882-10-10
THE LITTLE BRIDGE.

They parted on the little bridge
Which spans the running water,
The bright-eyed youth with fluent tongue
And she-the yeoman's daughter.
A few fond words-a stolen kiss,
A little golden trinket,
Twas all-but that his heart could change
She did not dare to think it.
He journeyed to bright southern lands
Where tropic skies bent Ger him,
And wooed bright fortune till she cast
A shower of gold before him.
Then fame took up her trumpet, turned
To sound his praise in story,
For much that to his life belonged
Was what the world calls glory.
A ribbon marked his high degree,
His name had added letters,
And not on him was any sign
Of life's more CALLING letters.
The maids path lay toward the north;
She toiled for daily guerdon,
And meekly bore her low estate,
Nor felt her task burden.
Till "hope deferred" her spirit broke,
And thorns seemed springing round her,
And thoughts that once were purest Joy,
Had only power to wound her.
A poor old maid with fading cheek
Tolls on from early morning,
With scanty thanks, and little praise,
And ofttimes heartless scorning.
And yet sometimes she sees the bridge,
And hears the river flowing,
When memory lifts the shroud of years,
The dead past calmly showing.
And sometimes he, in idle mood.
Mid silence al unbroken,
Just wonders if the bridge still stands,
Where their last words were spoken.
The little bridge still lightly spans
The ripping running water;
But no bridge spans the gulf 'twixt him
And her-the yoeman's daughter.
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Women are curious creatures. A
wife who will insist that her husband
shall not 60 out Of the house without
two undsrshirts, liver pad and a
muller on-in addition, Of course, 90
his other clothes-will rush out Of q
hot kitchen on Monday morning,
bsreheaded and barearmed, and pad
die around half an hour hanging out
clothes, trying to get ahead Of the
woman next door.
The news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1882-1891, 1882-10-10


One thousand laths will cover 70
yards of surface, and II pounds Of
nails put them on. Eight bushels Of
good lime, Is bushels of sand, l
bushel of hair will make about enough
mortar to plaster 100 square yards.
A cord Of stone, 4 bushels Of lime
and a cubic yard of sand will lay 100
cubic feet of wall. One thousand
shingles laid four inches to the wealth
er, will cover 100 square feet of sur
face, and 8 pounds of nails fasten
them on. One-fifth more siding and
flooring is needed than the number
of square feet of surface, because Of
the lap in the siding and the match
ing Of the floor. Five courses of brick
will lay foot in height on a chin
ney, 6 bricks ina course will make q
flue A inches wide and II long, and
s bricks in q course makes a flue 8
inches wide and 16 long.
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CERTIFICATES.
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<AhA hSA tuC 1OSAudu > UduSHl6I.
HARD To CONVINCE HIM THAT 1T
WOULD NOT DO FOR BASEBALL.
A few days ago the local depart
ment of the Eagle was terribly rushed
and it was found necessary to assign
the religious editor to base ball
match. He watched the game through
patiently, and the next morning sub.
mitted the following report:
ga very refreshing season Of base.
ball was experienced in the Capitoline
Vineyard yesterday afternoon, afford
ing exceeding JUNCTION to a congrega-
ton of fully two thousand SOULS
Brother Murphy Of the Brooklyn Glass
first welded the rod, even as did Moses
at the rock Of waters, and shifting the
ball with prodigious smite was richly
blessed with two bases. It then be-
came the blessed privilege of Brother
Fitzgerald to stand forth, but despite
the most fervent efforts, Divine Prov
idence interfered with foul tip and
the brother harvested naught. Dur
ing the season Brother Murphy had
experienced change of bases, garner
ing unto himself the third thereof,
whereat there was great rejoicing, min
gled with lamentation AND rending Of
garments among the disciples of the
conflicting tribes. At this critical
point in the salvation Of the class
Brother Maloney came among them as
a physician of souls, but the sheaves
of great rejoicing were not for him.
Like Jacob he wrestled, and like
Nathan he fell, for his adversaries were
plenteous and their wisdom that of the
serpent, forasmuch when he smoth the
ball so that it scared they that were
as Philistines unto him did congre.
gate around about that the ball might
not escape them, and did hold forth
each man bis hand, until their fingers
in number were like the lilies Of the
valley, and they seized the ball and
bore it forth in triumph"
"Look here y howled the managing
editor when he had reached this point
"What's all this got to do with it?"
Anything the matter p inquired
the religious editor.
"That is no way to write up a ball
match," protested the managing edi,
tor.
"Why not ?" Indignantly demanded
the religions editor. "What's the mat
ter with it? That's the way they die
it and that's my way of doing it up
"But man alive p exclaimed hi
superior, "this reads like a sermon 2
every well, any objection to ser
mons 7" asked the religious, tartly
sIf you don't like my style Of business
| you'd better send some secular cuss t.
the next ball game"
'sListen to this, man - said th,
manager reading from the account.
"In the eleventh hour Brother Gil
hooly essayed through efectual smit
ing to turn back the hest that bese
his brethren, and save under Brothe,
Murphy The rich harvest Of his fire
quent exertions by welcoming him Il
the home plate. But his enemies pre-
| vailed against him, SO that when tn
ball had been driven from him by
mighty cast Of the bat they threw i
with marvellous directness unto one o
their number, yea, even unto him VIII
was upon the first of the bases, and h
smote Brother Gilhooly hip and thigh
SO that he fell, and the high prizes
cried aloud in great voice, saying
IAN out p"
"That's all CONSTANT with tn
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s1.OO A YEAR.
A KEEN REBUKE

he was commercial traveller on
his way from Bowling Green to bop
kinsville, Ky. There was wait Of
three hours at Guthrie, and party
OF young ladies with lively young
married persons acting as matrons,
made the station ring with merriment.
They we're going to visit the Nam
moth cave. The face of one of them
Is study perfect oval, yet with
that rich, warm brunette tint that
you see more often in the Latin races
than in the, Anglo-Saxon. Her eyes
looked out from under the broad
brim of Gainsborough hat, through
half closed lids, wonderfully tantaliz-
ing in their subdued mirth, coquetry,
and love Of life, lightly yelled with
the laziness of good breeding. The
brassy and draper little wretch Of a
drummer" had been watching the
girls as cat would a bevy of frolic-
some and unsophisticated mice. Hasti-
~ seizing and returning banker
chief accidently dropped by the
Gainesborough beauty, he seeks; with
the audacity of his class, to open con-
versation !:
"a very gay party you have.
miss"
eyes, /" says she, quietly, bowling
acknowledgment OF the handkerchief,
and letting her laughing eyes drift
slowly over him; "but then you see
we know each other" .
A very keen remark, keen-eyed as
a Damascus blade, but perfectly LADY,
like in its unrufied good temper.
The drummer" reiterated.
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Hereafter, every mother who will
send a notice to the Milford Gazette
on the day her child was born, will
receive that paper free for two months.
But it is not likely that this plan
will increase its circulation unless
the proprietor print che Gazette on
cloth and mako it somewhat different
in shape. al'oN sa.i
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COMFORTS.

Sooner or later, friends, the time
for folded hands will come to us all.
Whether or not we cease from hurry
and worry now, we shall one day
shut our eyes upon it, and lie still I'M
troubled by the stir and fret Of things
about us. Why not take comfort as
we go.
You, proud mother Of a beautiful,
active boy, Of what use will it be to
you to remember how exquisitely fine
was his raiment, how daintily spread
his bed, and how profuse his costly
toys? What the child needs is moth
ering broodiDg, tender resting on your
heart; and he needs it every step of
the way from babyhood to manhood.
The comfort of your opportunities.
Never mind though the dress be
coarse, and the food plain, and the
plythings few, but answer the ques-
tions, tell the stories, spare the half
hour at bed time, and be merry and
gay, confidential and sympathetic
with your boy. And you, whose
graceful young daughter is just
blusbing out into the bloom and fresh
ness of a wonderously fair womanli-
ness, do not be so occupied with yonr
ambition for her advancement in life
that you let her ways and yours fall
apart, Why are her friends, her In
terests and her engagements SO Who'll
ly distinct from yours3 Why does
she visit here and there and receive
visitors from this and that home, and
you scarcely know the people by
sight? You are losing precious
hours, and the comfort you ought TO
take is flying fast away on those wings
of time that are never overtaken.
The news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1882-1891, 1882-10-10

There amt anything that will
cure lazyness, but second wife has
been known to hurry it some,
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FOR HORSES.

No horseman should be without bottle
in his stable in case of accident, as it is
sure cure for the following diseases of the
horse;
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Philadelphia. No. ], 81 Crease St.

fHUHutIpIlIH. NO. I,oII CftaS6 81
To the Proprietor of the II. II. II. medicine: :
Having suffered nearly three weeks with
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relief. One ofmy neighbors told me of your
got one bottle. found SO much relief got
another which made perfect cure, and
most heartily recommend 1t to any one who
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The news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1882-1891, 1882-10-10

Will also cure the worst. case of collie in
ten minutes, and relieve bots, by giving one
to two spoonfuls IN a pint Of milk warm wa
ter. Be sure and get the genuine, put up by
the proprietor in Philadelphia.
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FOR EXTERNAL USE.

Use for strains, sprained joints, sore shout
ders and backs, thrush In feet, scratches
sweeney, fistula, poll evil, distemper, curb
splint, blood or bone spawn, ringbone, and
will remove all swellings and callous Jumps
left from kicks or other bruises, without
injury to the growth of the hair. Has proved
sure cure for epizoOty
The news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1882-1891, 1882-10-10

For epizootic and distemper use from one
to two tablespoonfuls in a bucket of cold
water, for their drink when watering, and
bathe the throat until it blisters then put a
cloth around the throat to keep it warm.
The news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1882-1891, 1882-10-10

in regard to the great merits of H. II. III.
medicine.