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Custer.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-05
Three-Word Prayers.

One day. says lady, when /
was a little girl, l did something
particularly naughty, and my gov
erness sent me to back room, quite
alone, and gave me lesson to learn
headed: "A Child's Prayer, nearly
two pages long. When l had by
and by repeated my task she babe
me to remember to say it over every
morning, as l needed very much to
pray to be a good child. l am afraid
| never did it.
The Lord does not set any such
task as this before his children.
When he taught his disciples to
pray, the form was very brief, and
when persons came to him to pray,
the prayers which reached his ears
were very short and very definite.
The prayer of the woman of Canaan
was Lord help me- the prayer of
Simon Peter was Lord, save me;'
the prayer of the penitent malefac-
tor was Lord, remember me;' the
prayer of the broken hearted publi-
can was God be merciful to me-
Such are the prayers that the Lord
has been pleased to answer. Pray
ers that can be learned in mo-
ment, and which will never be for
gotten; prayers that do not need to
be learned at all, but which spring
spontaneously from the depths of
the soul; prayers which can be of
fered in an instant and which the
Lord makes haste to answer. Let
US learn to pray short prayers, and
let us use them often.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-05
Lady Washington.

In some Memoirs found in very
old library, we read that Mrs. Wash
ington was in her day a lady WELD
ing the same sort of a scepter as
the Empress Eugenie did in hers,
and that the Princess of Wales does
now. She was queen of fashion of
her time, and the cut of her silks,
the flow Of her laces, indicated the
proper method to all her coterie of
friends, and from thence it circled
to tue outer world. Even in the
early days of the republic, accor-
ding to this authority, women
dressed in rich fabrics, and expen-
.sive accessories to the toilet were
considered necessary. When Thonl-
as Jefferson was Minister to France,
he took enough interest in his wo-
men folks to send homo to them
from Paris white satin slippers, long
gloves, lace slips and other pretty
things. In one of his letters lie
gives parental caution against ex-
travagance, but urges his daughters
to always keep themselves dressed
as ladies.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-05
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Never Attach an Elanhant,

Cooper, the circus man, tells a
good one on q Madison county man.
After exhibiting at Vernon he start
ed tie paraphernalia of his show for
Clinton, remaining behind with his
elephant, and its keeper, the former
being in plank enclosure situated
next to the grounds. When on the
point of leaving gentleman whom
we will call Smith rode up and de-
manded :
Sir, l have come for damage done
my property by your show. I want
twenty-five dollars
'The land upon which I exhib-
tied, said Cooper, was rented from
Mr.. Jones and paid for, aud here is
the receipt. Your demand is not a
just one, and therefore I cannot
pay it,
But you SHALL said the lmper-
turbable Madisonian. I will run an
attachment upon your property and
force you to SETTLE
Sir replied the show man, call
proper debts try to pay, but yours
must remain unsettled. If you are
an object of charity, I can afford to
give you twenty five dollars, but be-
cause 1 am leaving you think l will
pay the amount rather than stop
for day. When it comes to mat
ter of principle. will call a halt
even for twenty-five cents. You
cannot beat me out Of the money
At this point a young man hasti-
ly strobe up, and announced that he
was a deputy sheriff ard would in
the name of the law take possession
of the elephant.
Tired of further parleying, Cooper
and the elephant-keeper got in their
buggy, the latter called to the ele-
phant, come on ADJ The young
deputy had in the meantime locked
the enclosure gate, but this did not
deter the giant of the forest. It
walked to the fence and with the ut
most deliberation pressed its shoul-
der against it. The planks fell as
reeds before the wind, and forth
walked 'Ad.'
Stop him! stop him. said the
deputy.
Run in front of him. called out
the keeper, and the deputy did SO.
The huge animal eyed the impudent
little man for an instant, then raised
his snout and gradually bringing it
to level with his pace, blew
through it with loud noise and
started toward the officer, who took
refuge in ignominious fight, scatter
ling attachments warrants etc,
as he ran.
He did not return to the fight,
prefering not to attach the elephant.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-05
Iiferary.


Standing Alone.
"The baby is standing all loneIyw
The children shout in their glee,
And father and mother and aunty
Must hurry and come to see.
See baby-the cute little darling!
Is put through the wonderful feat,
And fondeled, and kissed, and commended
For being so smart and SO sweet.
With the cunningest air of triumph
She stands in the midst of all,
While the outstretched arm of her mother
Is ready to save fall;
And whenever the little one tottles,
Around her hastily thrown.
IT'S very fine fun. thinks the baby,
This frolic of standing alone
All many time in the future
She'll long for the aid of that arm,
When the love and care of that mother
No longer can shield her from harm
For oft when our need is the sorest
There is no one to whom we can turn
And standing alone is lesson
That is hard for woman to learn.
And often and over, my baby.
Before liie's long journey is gone,
You will yearn in your hours of weakness
For something to lean upon;
When the props upon which you depend
Are taken away or o'erthrown,
You will find it wearisome, baby
So wearisome standing alone.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-05
How to Use the Bible:

First-Read copiously. Do not
indulge in scraps of fragments, or
regard mere chapter DIVISIONS,
which often break into the connec-
tion of truth. Take a grand sweep
of truth.
Second-Read consecutivelv, COM
pairing one part with another. An
hour of comparison will sometimes
almost clear my notebook of accu-
mula9ed difficulties of weeks and
months.
Third-Read with regularity.
Every day we should have regular
hours for gathering the heavenly
mama. Take an hour, or at least
half hour uniformly, besides what
odd moments may be had at other
times.
Fourth-Read by topics. Take
repentance, or love, or phrases like
The Grace of God,' Follow Me- or
Take Heed Learn methods from
the naturalist, who CLEANS facts,
classifies and generalizes.
Fifth-Remember the Bible is
new living book. It's facts are
pregnant truths for to-day.
Sixth-It is a book for you and
me personally. How precious are
thy thoughts concerning me, o
Godv
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-05
sMlisfeAai.v.
Changes Of q Century.


The nineteenth century has wit
uessed many and very great chang
es and discoveries.
In 1906 Fulton took out his frs
patent for the invention of q steam
boat.
The first steamships which made
regular trips across the Atlantic
ocean were the Sirius and Great
Western in 1880.
The irst public application to
practical use of gas for illumination
was made IN 1902.
In 1913 the streets Of London
were for the first time lighted with
gas.
In 1913 there was built in Wal
than, Mass, a mill, believed to
have been the first in the world,
which combined all the requirements
of making finished cloth from raw
cotton.
In 1890 there were only twenty
five postoffices in the whole country,
and up to 1887 the rate of postage
was twenty-five cents for letter sent
over four hundred miles.
In 1907 wooden clocks began to
be made by machinery. This ush-
cred in the era of cheap clocks.
About the year 1883 the first rail
road of any considerable length in
the United States was constructed.
In lS4O the first experiments in
photography were made by Daguere.
About 1910 the grst express busi-
ness was established.
The anthracite coal business may
he said to have begun in 1920.
In 1886 the patent for the inven-
tion of matches was granted.
Steel pens were introduced for
use in 1903.
The first successful trial of a reap
er took place in 1888.
In 1916 Elias Howe obtained a
patent for his first sewing machine.
The first successful method Of
vulcanized;India rubber was
patented in 1889.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-05
A Piute Beau Brummel,

There is tall young savage who
struts about Carson, whom 1 have
named Beau Brummel. 1t may be
hardly fair to do so, yet in his way,
he is as fastidious as his illustrious
predecessor.
These vagabonds carry all their
earthly possessions with them, ex-
cepting their huts, so that the Beau
carries about his person not only
his successes but his failures.
Here is description of his cos.
tune. A red blanket hung over a
rope and tied about his neck; above
this long scarf of pink calico, tied
in huge bow under his chin, some.
thing after the manner of Sara Bern
hardt; on his head a very much
battered plug hat, in the band OF
which is stuck two or three broken
ROSTERS feathers, aud a tattered
ostrich plume. At the side, PINNED
with large steel brooch, floats a
blue veil, about two yards in length
Around his dirty, bare ankles are
knotted some strips of red calico
but bis feet have no ornament but
mud.
The crowning glory of his attire
are his earrings. His ears have
slits in them an inch in length; an d
in one, tied with a buckskin string,
is the handle of a table castor and
two brass door keys, in the other an
ornamented top of a meershaum
pipe. a broken teaspoon and the tir
cover from a box of baking powder
His face is painted with stripes
of red mixed with some l-smellina
oil, which diffuses it's odor far as
well as near, being the rankest com
pound of villalnous smell that evel
offended nostrils.
The young squaws cast upon him
glances of respectful admiration a.
he saunters down the street with al
air that plainly says: "Look at me
girls, this is all to please you."
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-05
Pat Cleburne.

The revival of the history of
Hoods Tennessee campaign recalls
a circumstance of the bloodiest bat
tie, considering time and numbers
of the engagement, of the war. The
morning after the battle at Frank
lin came upon the body of Gen.
Pat Cleburne, among others that
had been removed to our temporary
hospitals. There was large red
silk handkerchief tied loosely about
the neck. and his feet bare to the
socks. Remarking on the shame of
the thing, that Confederate soldier
should have thus robbed the dead
body of glorious old Pat Cleburne,
an officer standing by, whom took
to be of the dead soldiers staff, re-
piled that the body had not been
molested. He related that on the
previous afternoon, a few minutes
before we were called into line of
battle, Gen. Cleburne had come up.
on one of his command, limping
along the line. his feet cut by the
sharp rocks. The brave General at
once dismoupted, and against the
protest of the toot-sore private and
hero, stripped the boots from his
feet and made the soldier put them
on his own. 1t was by such acts as
this that Gen. Cleburne endeared
himself to his command; and thus
it happened that he went into the
bloody charge at Franklin in his
sock feet-and, gallantly leading the
charge, fell in front of his columns.
AS he lay there, cold in death, with
this evidence of heroic self-abnega-
tion, / thonght I never looked upon
"a figure of more heroic mold, and
instinctiyely recalled the lines OF
Bulwer:
"Fhere was amanhood in his look
That murder couldnot kill"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-05
About Love.

Mr.. Redundancy has noticed
That the boy who is most afraid
of the girls IS the first to be carroll
ed into matrimony.
That little boys prefer boys to
girls.
That they soon change, never to
go back to their early love.
That the little girls love the girls
best.
That they don't get over their
preferences as soon as the boys do
some of them never.
That the women love the men be-
cause they love everything they
have to take care Of
That men love women because
they can't help it.
That the wife loves her husband
so well that she has no thoughts for
other men.
That the husband so loves his
wife that he loves all for her sake.
That the married man is apt to
think himself aaa-killing among the
fair sex, simply because he found
one woman fool enough to marry
him.
That homely husbands are the
best.
They never forget the compliment
paid them by the wives in accept
ing them.
That homely wives are the truest.
They know how to make the most
of what they have.
That the man who marries late in
life does well.
That the man who marries young
does better.
That the man who never marries
is to be pitied.
That the woman who marries does
we'll.
That the woman who does not
marry does better nine times out of
ten.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-05
BROOKHAVEN. MISS. THURSDAY. JANUARY s. 1889

charitable institution. I am beg
ger, Bertie'
Her soft dusky eyes grew wider
and more serious.
M'Oh, Vivian! A begger9 It sounds
awfulv
Yes, it does. But / wouldn't
care if it wasn't for you darling. 1t
means that l must give you up, for
am not coward enough to ask you
to share poverty with me on clerk
! ship of a thousand a year
She looked at him with a rich
crimson flush surging into her
cheeks, and the tears rushed into
her eyes as she released her hands
from his and flung her arms about
his neck.
VIVIAN she said, passionately,
do You think l will let you give me
up? 1 love you toa we'll for that.
A begger or a prince, you are the
same to me--my king, my lover
And he folded l;er to his heart
with a great, almost speechless ten
derness and joy.
My darling, ,ay precious he
whispered.
Three months later, on a golden
December afternoon with a blue sky
as in June, and in air balny and
salubrious-and in Delmonico's res
taurant, a couple of gentlemen en-
gagged in a conversation that was
carried on almost as if by purpose,
by the elder, handsomely dressed,
sharp-eyed old gentleman.
Married. eh? You know that to
be fact, do you"
i do, for witnessed the cere-
mony.'
i can hardly realize that Vivian
Severn is married. Who to?'
Peter Gray's daughter--I think
her name was Ethelbertha-a re-
markable beautiful girl, and just
the wife for Vivian. He was disin-
herited, you know, and old Gray cut
up rough when his daughter persis-
ted in keeping her engagement-cut
her off with shilling, they say
'Humph! Quite pretty romance.
What do the young folks do for a
livingY
Vivian is head book keeper in
McWalter and Van Tunis', and they
seem to get along as happy as can
be. You are acquainted with them
l judge
We'll, slightly. l should like to
know where they live
That can't say. But an inqui-
ry at Seyern's place of business
would be no trouble
And when the stranger went away,
after his conversation with his table
companion, lie had no idea that it
was what some folks might have
called ghost with which he had
been talking.
At eight o'clock that night, as
BERTHE Severn poured her husbands
tea in their snug, homely dining
room, Uncle Daniel walked in, large
as life, while Vivian sprang to his
feet, bewildered and little startled,
and Berthe rushed to his side
Don't be scared, it's ME. 1 was
not dead at all. I'd like a cup of
good hot tea, my dear, with plenty
of cream and sugar; and while Pm
warming up over it I'll just explain,
Vivian, that it has all been STRAIT
agem Of mine to discover if the lit
tie girl was genuine diamond or
sparkling paste. And my dear
you'll do. The charitable institu-
ton may 60 to the--devil. You
and Vivian are to have my money
and we'll 60 tomorrow and buy the
handsomest house on the avenue,
and everything to correspond. Kiss
me child! Vivian, don't act like
fool over men
and by that token Vivian was
convinced that it really was the ST.
pure Uncle Daniel; and a mer-
rier trio never sat down to dinner
table.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-05
Husbands and Wives.

A good husband makes a good
wife. Some men can neither do
without wives nor with them. They
are wretched alone In what is called
single blessedness, and they make
their homes miserable when they
get married. They are like Tomp-
kins' dog, which could not bear to
be loose, and howled when he was
tied up. Happy bachelors are like
ly to be happy husbands, and a
happy husband is the happiest of
men. A we'll matched couple carry
a joyful life between them, as the
two spies carry the cluster of Eshol.
They are a brace of birds of par
adise. They multiply their joys by
sharing them, and lessen their
troubles by dividing them. This is
fine arithmetic. The wagon of care
rolls lightly along as they pull to-
gether, and when it drags a little
heavily, or there's hitch anywhere
they love each other all the more,
and so Tighten the labor.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-05
The 1gireside
Gathered 1,houghts
Wrinkles are the tomb of love

wrinkles are the tomb of love.
The virtue of adyersity is forti-
tude.
We owe large part of our han
piness to our mistakes.
Ifyou play with fool at home,
he will play with you abroad.
1t is the enemy whom we do not
suspect who is the most dangerous.
The lust of the flesh, the lust of
the eye, and the pride of life, is the
trinity that many worship.
l have seldom known any one who
deserted truth in trihes that could
be trusted in matters of importance.
The Christian world, just now, is
like ship tacking; it has lost the
wind on one side, and not qnite got
i. on the other.
Life is a casket, not precious in
itself, but valuable in proportion to
what fortune, or industry, or virtue
has placed within it.
Many are much more anxious to
know their fortune than their duty;
more anxious to know what God in
tends than what he requires.
Nothing chills the heart like uni
versal distrust; nothing freezes the
genial current of the soul so much
as doubts of human nature.
The images with which the mind
holds converse may uplift or de-
grade as truly as companions in
bodily form. A thought may scar
the soul as a weapon leaves it's
mark on the flesh.
Meditation is the tongue OF the
soul and the language of our spirit;
and our wandering thoughts in
prayer are but the neglects Of medi-
tation and recessions from that du-
ty; and according as we neglect
meditation, so are our prayers i'm
perfect-meditation being the soul
Of prayer and the intention of our
spirit.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-05
The Man With q Racket.

lie was probably from Deadwood
or Custer City, or the Cunnison val
ley, or from some of the other pla-
ces where they wear one shirt for
three months and have no other
wish except to die with their boots
on, no matter how many square feet
OF cowhide there is in 'cnl. There
was only one other man in the sa-
loon when he entered and inquired
for five fingers of straight pizen.
This solitary man sat with a leg on
either side of chair, his chin rest
ing on the back of it. His eyes
were half closed. his tongue hang
ing out bit, and his mind was at
rest. The new arrival swallowed
his liquid, wiped off his chin with
his oat-tail, and suddenly came
down in front Of the sleeping man
with:
Pm from the head waters of
Grizzly river! I'm the only living
reptile as ever crossed Rettlesnake
perray or swum the length of Alli-
gator lake,
'Eh! was all the other said, as he
slowly opened one eye.
I've fit the hull Pawnee tribe of
Indians to oncet. I've gone out at
midnight to tnckle catamounts, and
got up airly in the morning to pull
cinnamon bars out of thar dens!
I've looked BUTLER bulls out of coun-
tenance, and I've made a grizzly
shake all over by one yellv
Yes drawled the man on the
chair as he drew in his tongue and
opened the other eye.
Don't tackle mer yelled Dead.
wood, as he leaped high in air and
clicked his teeth together. The
man who tackles Inc is pulp in just
two seconds! Don't sit thar and
look at me that way, for I'm an ava
lanche on wheels-a landslide with
a gait of ninety miles minit-a
tornado which plays ball with the
peaks of the Rockies! That's the
kind of a tomahawk | am-that's
the racket I've worked ever since l
was 10 days oldn
The man the chair yawned heavi-
ly, stretched his arms, and lifted
himself up with the motions of an
elephant.
'Whoop! waughr yelled the 9th
er. I've lost my notched stick, but
I'll make oath that I've wiped out
forty-seven white men and over one
hundred Injuns.'
The other slowly removed his old
hat and flung it on the floor. Then
he pushed up his sleeves and tight
ened his belt and gave himself a
shake.
'W-what's the matter, old man?'
earnestly inquired the man from
Deadwood.
The other poked his hair until it
stood up like wires, got clear of the
chair, and began to tumble under
his coat tails.
'W-what yer gwine to do, old
pard?'
'Gwine fur to spile yer racket! II
don't low nobody to jump and down
and holler and whoop and waugh
on me when I'm straddle of a cheerI
and sound asleep3
Yer don't! Then I'm dead sorry.
Fact is, I took yer for another man
for a wall-eyed, crook backed,
knock-kneed, sofy-pillow from Cali
co Flats, and l meant to make
wolf-meat of We In jist 'leven Shy
Ann seconds. Shake, old pard-|
put it thar! and if that ere kyote
behind the bar don't trot out his
choicest pizen and lots of it, I'll
slice off his internal ears and gin 'em
to We fur Sleeye-buttOnSr
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-05
Dark Shadows IN T,1fa.

Youthful hope and enthusiasm
never return to their possessor when
once lost. When man sets out on
a journey or enters upon career,
he feels a burst of hope and energy
which sooner or later subsidies. 1t
is of no use wishing and striving to
recall this feeling, or worrying why
it has passed away. He must press
forward, persevering, and bent on
doing what he feels to be right in
spite of disappointment and diff
culties. There is a good deal Of
dark shadow in most of our lives:
but the really earnest and sensible
learn to see and hope on in the
dark.