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The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-11-01
American Horses.


Mr.. Lorillard doesn't seem, to have
very good luck this year in England.
The reason is that Mr.. Lorillard is too
smart. He thinks he is going to teach
these chaps racing tricks on this side
of the water The truth is that they
knew an about his style of work when
he was in swaddling clothes. have
Just learned the inside of the Derby
case. If man enters two horses for
race in England he is expected to
declare his winner long enough before
hand so that those who are in the ring
NAV shape their bets. Now, Mr.. LoriE
lard had Gerald and Sachen in the Der
by. and helet everybody suppose he had
marked Gerald to win, when, In reality
that horse was merely to cut out the
running while Sachem was to be saved
for the final dash. Lorillard's agents
here let it remain with Gerald as winner
up to the last moment, and then de-
clared, Sachem. My! weren't the Others
mad? They swore high and mighty
oath that Sachem should not win-and
he didn't, though it was perfectly evi-
dent to those who saw the finish that he
was by all odds the best horse in the
field In addition to his being badly
ridden and not let go until too late, there
were two jockeys in the race who had
orders to cross him if he ercame up, even
if their own horses got ruled out for foul
ing. This was the way the English horse
owners took of teaching the American not
to be SO fresh. Ireckon he viii be more
careful another time, and not want to do
all the betting that is back of his horses
when they win. Gerald and Sachem
were entered for the Sandown Derby
yesterday, but Sachem was scratched,
and Gerald ran. He did nobly at first,
running dead heatwith the two others
in the race; but in the second heat he
weakened, and lost the race by a couple
of lengths. This seems to be good
year to back Lorillard for a place, but
not for winner. Only the horses he has
discarded and sold to Englishmen are
doing great things. Passaic, thrown out
of the Lorillard stable because he was
thought to be no good, caught one race
while back, and bids fair to do better
yet as the season goes on Old Walien-
stein, the sturdy racer, who won many
good contests in America, was sold out
of the Lorillard collestion last season be-
cause he was Judged to have outgrown
his period of usefulness Well, he has
won everything he has tackled up to the
present time, including the Manchester
cup. His present owner paid Lorillard
$3.50 for him, and has won thus far
nearly $4,000 on his performances
alone. This shows what Lorillard's
Judgment amounts to-or the Judgment
of his agents, which is just the same
thing. Luck has pulled him along a
good while on the turf, in spite of his
smartness, but it begins to look as
though he was about done on this side
of the water. No ts1rfman in the world
is so thoroughly detested IS Pierre Lorik
lard in England. Folks refuse to be-
lieve that be is square man--Loasden
Cor. Chicago Nesos.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-11-01
Five State Elections.

Thus far thirty-two members of the
Forty-eighth Congress have been elect-
ed. and they are in a political way even
ly balanced-sixteen Republicans and
sixteen DemC AS compared with
the elections in 1880 the results up TO
date are shown in the following table:
45ti Congress. 4s,I' Congress.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-11-01

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The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-11-01
w. & L. E. r. r.

Time card-september 10, 1882.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-12-21

Everybody has read the marvellous
stories of travelling magicians mystifying
people by exhibiting their skill in public
places. OF all the leading wizards such
stories are published, and in fact they
have the discernment to see that NO
better advertisement of their perform.
ances could possibly be obtained. One
day Baron Seeman was riding ON q San
Francisco street Car, and taking in his
fellow-passengers with tho usual blandly
unconscious eye Of the prestidigitateur.
when he suddenly turned and said
TO . rough-looking young man on
the same side: stffs. s.s q
"Pardon, my friend, but you will lose
your watch-the chain il. hanging"
"Haint got NO WATCH" growlel the
youth. te.s. @ vi .s.a
"Excuse me. but you are mistaken.
Look there r
The hoodlum, who unfortunately had
been at the theater the evening before
and who had just recognized the magi.
clans face, took hold of the cliaiu, puile.
the watch out Of his pocket, stared at i,
Q moment, and then said: a
Why, to be sure !; how - car.lcs,
Of me ! 'Bliged to yon. Baron." an.
stepping briskly from ti,e..ummy ran VI
neighboring alley. ieavi, & tl.c B..rol
staring after his stem win.ler with .
paralyzed expression.-.sdn Franc .sc.
Post.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-12-21
STUDY OF HUM.IN NATURE,


The teacher arose Immediately after he
allied the school to order. There was
look of pain on his gentle face, and he
>ecmed to be feeling for an apple in his
oat-tail pockets. but he was not. He
vas feeling for something, but it was not
II apple, aud it was not in his pocket.
IL glanced around the school, and every
ice was either oblivious or mischievous,
kept Walter Cranes. Walter Cranes
ace, bent over his Latin grammar, had
.uch profoundly studious expression,
was SO sublinely free from guile, it was
o angelically innocent, the teacher called
,im to the big desk, and, as Walters
wondering eyebrows arched themselves
nto silent but expressive interrogation
'oint', the teacher handled a long switch
md said: eyes, Walter, yes; it was
very neatly done and now if you will
Just stand out here for one minute will
show You just about where that pin
caught me" ''. ~
And he showed him not once, but
many times, to tile great disgust of stu
dions Walter Crane. and the infinite de-
light Of ali the rest Of the school, and
more especially big Sammy Johnson
Did Walter Crane really put the pin in
the teachers chair, children. All, no,
indeed and truly he didn't know any.
thing about it. 1t VII: big Sammy John
son, who grinned and rubbed his hands
every time Walter "hollercd," who did
it. Thus We see that sometimes in the
study of physiognomy the wisest teaohs,
will, as Herodotus observes, "bite oH
more than he can chew"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-12-21
PECULIAR P.I1EONY.MICS.

Bearup g. Oarraher are gasfitters in
Grand street, New York.
Christian Angel WINS arrested at De
troit for refusing to support his family,
and Christian Whuson Tor burglary.
Mr.. Kansas Nebraska Bill lives at
Saybrook, Ct. Mr.. Bill was born in the
time of the Kansas-Nebraska excite.
ment, about 1853 or 1854, when the
Kansas Nebraska bill was everywhere
discussed, and his father, James A. Bill,
named him Kansas Nebraska. He has u
brother, Lecompton Constitution Bill,
and another. Jefferson Davis Bill.
Michael Sir Shepherd lives rs nford,
England. When his mother was bid
den, "Name this child" she curtesied
and replied: "Michael, SIR" and Mi.
chael Sir it was. An oil Irish song re-
cords q parallel case, where dog, an
swering to the name dennis, 4" was
making himself too busy at the christen-
ing, and had to be checked by the
mother, with the result described:
" What's his name!" says the priest "Down, Den-
MIS-" says she:
30 Down Dennis Bulsruddery they chrIstened me.
Doctor Willard Bliss is the name OF
DR.. D. w. Bliss, who attended Presi.
dent Garfield. He was so christened
after DR.. Willard, who presided at his
birth at Auburn nearly fifty years ago.
The Rev. Ebenezer Bholanath Bhose
has been appointed curate of st. An.
drow's, Bethnalgreen, London.
The Rev. William Napoleon Barley
corn has been sent to Fernando Po as a
missionary by the English Primitive
Methodists.
Mr.. Arthur Wellington Waterloo is an
ex-army surgeon in England.
Mr.. Eldersley Clinton Dorlard de
Clements keeps q laundry at Detroit.
, Miss Pauline Castle Garden, aged q,
was picked up in the rotunda Of Castle
Garden on the night Of the Fourth Of
July, named by Supt. jackson. and
sent TO the refuge on Wards island.
Messrs. Nova Zembla and Adamant-
Inc johnson are residents Of St Louis,
Mo.
Miss Mazin Grace Brooks is . resident
Of Kansas City, Mo-. her pious mother
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-12-21
PApER MAKxNG IN CuINa

AZ 1As - a hA<su AN SAAN-ns
Paper isyery extensively manufactured
in the numerous little villages situated
in the valleys among the hills, about
eight miles tothe southeast of the city
Of Kinghlen, China. 1t is made from
the bark called Tun-shu.p'i, the paper
mulberry tree bark, and wheat straw,
which, after having been we'll washed
and boiled with certain proportion of
lime, is again washed, and then exposed
to dry for whole year ON the sides of
the hills, in spots where the grass and
brushwood have been previously
cleared away for this purpose. After
the years exposure, it is washed once
more, and then pounded on n stone with
large wooden hammer; it is supposed
to require l, 400 blows from this ham
mer to reduce it to the necessary con-
sistency, after which it is removed to
another building, and left to soak until
it becomes quite pulp, in a large
carthen vessel, containing liquid glue,
made from boiling the branch of tree
called the Yangkowt' eng, a species Of
hooked vine. This pulp is then PVT in
to cistern Of water, and we'll stirred up
with q stout stick; finely made bamboo
frame, or sort Of oblong sieve, is taken
by two men, one Mt either end, and
dipped twice into this liquid,
which is made to run equally
over the whole surface, some
what after the manner IN which the
photographer allows the developing So
luton to run over his plate. By this
means thin and tolerably even layer is
left, which soon partially dries and
forms the sheet of paper, and which is
removed by simply reversing the frame.
As soon rs sufficient number of sheets
has been made, they are taken to the
drying-room. This room contains a
large brick oven, coated on the outside
with lime, and built up within fow feet
of the roof. Upon the top Of this oven
the paper is placed in parcels of about
foot i'll thickness, until perfectly dry,
after which sheet by sheet is damped
once more, and while still moist is, by
means of soft brush, made to adhere
to the sides of the oven for short time,
to undergo its final process of drying.
1t is then taken away to the packing
room, and made up into bales weighing
from eighty to 100 c,,tties each, the catty |
being equivalent to one and half
pounds avoirdupois. The largest-sized
paper is about one chang eleven and |
three-fourths feeD long, and is worth 81 |
q sheet. This particular size of paper is
made entirely from the T'an-shu-p'i, but |
the smaller SIZES are composed of a
mixture OF the aforementioned bark,
or the bark of the paper-mulberry tree
and wheat straw. This paper is known
by the name of Suanc|lih, and is con.
sidered good quality Of paper in Chi.
nese markets.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-12-21
rHx sgDox Hao roxsoz.

Several years ago one Of the Justices
Of the Peace in one Of the new counties
in Michigan had q case before him
wherein the defendant was charged with
stealing sheep. ALI the evidence went
to support the charge. and when the
case was given to the jury everybody
knew what the verdict would be. After
"a few minutes dsliberation that body
announced 8 verdict Of guilty" and
his Honor was about to pass sentence.
when he suddenly threw aside his Dig
nifty and exclaimed:
"Great hokey but this is all irregu-
lar / didn't charge tho jury before
they went ont
"That's 90. your Honor replied the
defsniant's lawyer. ~ was going TO
appeal the cause On those very grounds
"Well, you don't get no appeal on
this court, Gentlemen Of the jury,
listen to the charge
After dclyefing his charge he sent the
jury o1t'sgain 70 aud . verdiot. and. rs
one oftkem aidn'tfeel quite sure wheth-
Or the priaoner stols the sheep or hired
his brother to d il. the defendant was
given he bene6t Of the |" doubt" and
the jury disagreed. Detroit Free Prsss
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-12-21
s BROOKHAVEN. MISS. THURSDAY. DECEMBER
kFFECT UPON EUROPE OF xUS
DXSCOYERY or AMERYCA.

49, ~s~A Ok'OS GUhOFE OE 1A0
DxScOvERY or AMERICA.
The voyage Of Columbus in 1892 was
IN many respects the greatest event
which had occurred in the world since
the birth Of Christ. Politically and So
cially it was the beginning Of an entirely
new chapter in human history, and it
wrought effects upon mems speculative
thinking which, though perhaps. less
conspicuous, were not less real or re-
markabie. In much more than the
mere geographical sense was this the dis.
covery OF new world. It was the first
IN a complicated series Of events which
four centuries have not yet fully round
ed into a period; the foundation of a
new Europe in America, in Africa, in
Australia and in the islands of the Pa
cific; the rise Of the English race to
political and commercial supremacy, and
the advance of the English language
toward what may become universal do
minion; the reorganization OF govern
ment upon higher plane than the
middle ages had even been able to fore
shadow; the renovation of society in
the old Europe through countless subtle
influences; the permanent triumph Of
the industrial over the predatory spirit
the successful assertion OF individual
freedom against the psralyzing absolut-
ism inherited from the Roman empire;
the overthrow of sacerdotalism, and the
Christianization Of the world. It would
probably be too much to assert that
some Of these desirable results might
not have been attained, so far as the old
Europe is concerned, even if the lands
beyond the sen had never been explored
and colonized. 1t is unquest;onable,
however, that the progress would have
been much slower and much more sub
ject to interruption. The part per-
formed by England, for example, in the
work of European civilization since the
age of Elizabeth has been SO immense
and so complicated that no elaborateness
OF analytic description can do it justice.
Yet England in Elizabeth's time was
hardly tirst-class power, and but for
the colonization of America in the seven
teenth century it Is difficult to see in
what way she would so surely or SO soon
have gained the commercial supremacy
which gave her in the eighteenth the
dominion of the ocean, and thus secured
her the foremost position in the world.
To those-and there are many such in
America-who are in the habit of re-
garding American history as a dry and
uninteresting study, it may be protita-
BILE matter Of reflection that since the
beginning Of the seventeenth century it
is impossible to follow intelligently the
affairs of the old Europe through sim
gle generation without constant refer
encc to the Now World.-JoIn Fiske, in
Haspcr's Magazine.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-12-21
cuxx ron rournEoL xxEIDxL,rr

CURE FOE YOUTHFUL INFLDELfTf
had one just fogging. When !
was about Is ! went to shoemaker
and begged him to take me as an ap
prentice. He, being an honest man.
Immediately brought me to Bowyer. who
got into great rage. knocked me
down, and even pushed Crispin ru,lely
ont Of the room. Bowyer asked me
Why / had made myself such afool. To
wIich I answered that I had q great de.
sire to be shoemaker, and that / hated
the thought Of being & clergyman.
]" Why so?" said be. Because, to
tell You the truth, sir" said ], ~ am
an infdel." For this, without more
ado, Bowyer logged ne, wisely. as ]
think soundly. as l know. Any whin-
ing 81 sermonizing would have gratifiel
my vanity, and confirmed mo in my
|sbsurdity a. il was, I was laughed at,
and got heartily ashamed Of my folly
sgamuel Coleridge.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-12-21
NATURES UNDxHiaKRR

How often do we hear the query,
"What becomes OF oil the dead birds =? +"
The secret Of their mysterious disap-
pearance was but just now half told by
the buzz Of those brown wings, and the
other half is welcome to any one who
will take the trouble to follow their
lead. This beetle is one Of mans IN
calculable benefactors. It is his mis-
sion to keep fresh and pure the cir We
breathe. He is the sexton that takes
beneath the mold not only the fallen
sparrow. but the mice. the squirrels and
even much larger creatures that die in
our woods and fields.
Beneath that clump Of yarrow I found
just what 1 had expectcd-a small dead
bird-and the grave-diggers were in the
midst OF their work. Already the RAM
part of fresh earth was raised around
the body, and the cavity was growing
deeper with every moment, as the busy
diggers excavated the turf beneath.
Now and then one would emerge on q
tour Of inspection. even rummaging
among the feathers OF that silent throat.
and climbing upon the plumy breast to
press down the little body into the deep
ening grave.
These nature-burials are by no means
rare, and where the listless eye fails to
discover them the nostril will often in
dicate the way, and to any one desirous
of witnessing the operation, without the
trouble of search, it is only necessary to
place in some convenient spot OF loose
earth the carcass of some small animal,
The most casual observer could not fail
soon to be attracted by the orange
spotted beetles. Entomologists assert
that these insects are attracted 10y the
odor of decay but, from my own hum
BILE investigations, I have never been
able to fully reconcile myself to this
theory.
If it were the question of odor alone
in this dead bird, for instance, it would
be difficult to explain the btc-line flight
of these humming be, ties, two of which
came swiftly toward me even from the
direction of the wind, and dropped
quickly upon these feathers hidden from
sight among the grass. Perhaps in
such an instance we might imagine that
they had been there before, and knew
the way; that they had noted this
clump of yarrow, maybe; but I have
observed the fact before when there was
every reason to believe that no such
previous visit had been made.
I am always glad of the opportunity
to watch the progress of these meadow
burials. And, had you accompanied
me on that morning walk, you would
have looked with interest ut those little
undertakers-seen that feathery body
toss and heave with strange mockery of
life as the busy sections worked beneath
1t, digging with their spiked thighs,
shoveling out the loose earth with their
broad heads, and pulling down the body
into the deepened cavity William.
Hamilton Gibson, In Har7aer's Maya.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-12-21
TABLE ETIOVETTE

1t is with view of elevating the pop
ular taste and etherealizing, so to speak,
the manners and customs of our readers.
that we give below a few hints upon
table etiquette:
Macaroni should be cut into short
pieces and eaten with an even, graceful
motion, not absorbed by the yard.
Oranges are held ON fork while being
peeled, and the facetious style of SQUIRT
ing the juice into the eye of your host
is au reUoir.
Stones in cherries and other fruit
should not be placed ON the table-cloth,
but slid quietly and unostentatiously
into the pocket of your neighbor, or
noiselessly tossed under the table.
If by mistake you drink out of your
fnger-bowl, laugh heartily and mako
some facetious remark, which will
change the course of conversation and
renew the friendly feeling among the
members of the party.
In drinking vine, when you get to the
bottom of your glass do not throw your
head back and draw your breath like the
exhaust of bath tub in order to get the
last drop, as it engenders feeling of
the most depressing melancholy among
the guests.
If you cannot accept an invitation to
supper, do not write your regrets on the
back Of apool check with blue lead
pencil. This is not regarded as "rico-
chet." A simple note to your host, in
forming him that your washerwoman re-
fuses to relent, is sufficient.
On seating yourself at the table, draw
off your gloves and put them in your lap
under your napkin. Do not put them
in the gravy, as it would spoil the gloves
and cast a gloom over the gravy. If you
have Just cleaned your gloves with ben
zine, you must leave them out in the
'front.' yard. rd.-CincinnaH Fair Journal,
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JONES' OFFER.

Mr.. B., who had store in the
country, and employed number Of
wood-choppers, who were his principal
customers, had one among them named
Jones, who was constantly behind in
his weekly settlements. One day Mr..
B informed Jones that it could be
tolerated no longer, and hereafter, II he
wished to obtain any thing from the store
it must be paid for, as i. would not be
charged as formerly. Jones demurred
at this, and refused to cut any moro
wood. MIR. B, who MAS kind
hearted man, met Jones a fortnight after
the occurrence, when the following con-
versation ensued: :" Well, Jones, are
you still out of work9 J" "Yes, sir" he
replied. 81 am very sorry. Would
you be willing to go to work again and
have it credited to your account if
should make it very easy for your" in
quirel Mr. B.. 81 don't know;
how will you fix it?" answered Jones.
"WeL, I'll tell you," said Mr.. B.
"You know I am paying my choppers
81 a day, but If you are disposed to
work out your old indebtedness will
allow you o. a day until the old account
is settled What do you says Jones,
after meditatiDg few moments, sud-
denly exclaimed: BY gollyl III do it
if you'll make it half cash."
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-12-21

The bindings of books in galleries
perish from heat, and the higher the
books are above the floor the more &C.
tive is this destructive agency. Leather
is an animal tissue, and will not, like
linen, cotton. paper and other vegetable
substances. sustain without injury .
higher temperature than We find sgreea-
BILE to live in. Books cannot live where
men cannot live. They are more nearly
allied to us as congeners than we are
wont to suppose. In excessive heat the
leather of bindings slowly consumes and
its life departs. The sulphurous re-
sidium of gas combustion is also said to
be injurious to bindings. Books should,
therefore, be shelved in the coolest par
of tho room, and where the air is never
likely to be overheated, which is near
the floor, where we ourselves live and
move. In the private libraries of ou1
residences n mistake is often made in
carrying the shelving of our book cases
SO high that they enter the upper and
overhcated stratum of air. If any one
be skeptical on this point, let him test,
by means Of a step-ladder, the condition
of the nir near the ceiling of his common
sitting room on winter evening, when
the gas is burning freely. The heat is
aimnlv insufferable.