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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-04-13


In 1871 the European system Of post
age was adopted, in manner which, we
are assured, has won the admiration OF
ali foreigners. Prior to this there did
not exist any national system OF post
age, owing to the feuaal disposition OF
the country. If any one would wish to
realize the primitive condition OF post
Office service in 1853 they may turn to
picture in the "Capital of the Tycoon"
Of postman in native costume-thnt is,
with loin band only, to leave hislimbs
free, running along the high road at
speed, and small box slung by a pole
over his shoulders; and, in case OF his
falling lame or other accident, he is &C
companied by 8 double, to take on the
package in his place to the next stage.
The Government used to dispatch such
| messengers, and occasionally private
firms. The comparison with what now
exists carries us back many centuries,
though only the work of five years.
There are now mail routes OF more than
30, 900 miles in active operation, and 69l
lpostofices, beside 124 receiving agen-
cies, 1856 stamp agencies and 7O3 street
3Ietter-boxes. The number of letters
Idrwarded in 1876 was 80, 600, 600, being
an increase of "a per cent. over that o.
i1s74. according to Mr.. Mounsey's Re
sport ON the Finance Of Japan" The
postage of an ordinary letter in the
large towas is cent (ad.), and cents
/ Qd.) for the rest OF the empire. Post
cards are carried for one-half thes'
| charges. And ip 1875 money-orde
system was adopted, and within tw
years there were $40 postoffices wher
orders could be obtained and cashed
And this is the country where, ten year
before, the chief thought was how fol
leigners could best be expelled or extel
minated, and oil their pestilent mnovl
. tions sent after them l-C ContensporGr
RepieD.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-04-13

l46n aiA16oiids were 1nifos
ad1o1 b vas found that fc cut glass pre-
cdsely like diamond did not produce
the sparkle characteristic Of the dia-
mond; therefore, to secure this, the fat
surface on the top Of the diamond was
made pyramidal on the imitation, and,
Of course. ended in q point. By certain
laws Of Light this. pyramidal surmount-
ing OF the glass provided for the required
distribution Of ray surface to produce
the diamond sparkle, or something akin
to- It. 4 real diamond is never cut with
the pointed apex, and hence il was pos.
sible always to distinguish the real from
the spurious. But after time the buy
ing public learned this little circum-
stance about the cutting process, and
other means were resorted to. The glass
was cut precisely like the diamond. and
the sparkle was given to or provided for
IT by a coating Of white foil applied to
the lower side Of the glass. The setting
Of many diamonds is arranged in such q
wy tlss tho 'buycT nIay seB the under
side OF the gem. This was overcome by
arranging the setting SO as to prevent
inspection Of this kind, which could not
pc done unless the stone was dismount-
ed, II we may use that term.
With these facts known to the buyer
OF diamonds he need not be deceived.
except in the latter case, whore the set
ting hides the under surface, and II he
has any doubt about that he can let It
alone. But the object of imitation dia-
monds is not to deceive buyers nit was
they would not be offered for 81. No
one, however deficient in diamond crih-
oism, need be deceived in buying dia-
monds. No dealer Of any repute ever
attempts to sell imitation for real dis
monds. No reputable.man ever Thought
Of it. His reputation and occupation
would soon be gone. There are very
few persons who buy trinkets who do not
test their wares at other than the buying
place, particularly If the gem is costly
one, and it is certain no one was ever
presented with jewelry Of presumable
worth who did not set out at once to
learnit purity and value, and very dis
appointing it has doubtless been to find
in some cases that the gold or diamond
was only brass or. glass.-.Provsdence
Journal.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-04-13
GB4rEYARDs FUEL OF GOLD.

1t is now asserted that the drain OF
gold is not toward Europe or India, but
In the mouths OF American people,
under the persistent practice of dentis-
try. So literally is this true that few
of our people can smile without giving
surface indications Of gold. The
facetious mathematician of the New
York Times surmises that, at the present
rate of disappearance, our gold supply
will have been deposited in American
cemeteries in not less than 800 years.
What then? viii unfeeling spectators
be permitted to organize, for example, o
Greenwood Bonanza Company" and
to publish prospectus asserting that
surface inaieations Of gol&rbearinfs
territory; that IT has erected q ach
capable Of crushing twenty full-gron
a 1drty juvenile jaws daily. and thu
s6 far IS itssmining operations have
'een s-ssnducssd, the yield has averaged
evenly ouiiccssss Of gold to every ton Of
deceased citizen ssSyill decent people
'e willing to see prospec.stprs digging in
very graveyard in the countz y, and will
Mourning friends calmly submit L = see q
floa, corpse Il q recently dead citizesa
!" jumped" by pNme aro~-A ,niner2 ne
is scarcely probable that this Vie--4;on !:
Of cemeteries and this crushing ana =,
smelling Of gold-bearing citizens will be
permitted. Ii spectators attempt any
thing of the kind, there will be endless
disputes between mining companies
and the heirs of the occupants Of ceme-
teries. The authorities will have to
give their whole attention to preserving
the peace, and the advocates Of the re-
coyery of gold and its restoration to its
former place in the currency Of the
world will be called "ghouls" by the
silver men, which, on the whole, is
rather worse word than " Shylocks>"
The only way in which the disappear
ance of gold can be prevented is by find
ing substitute for it as a material for
filing teeth. If this is done in time,
gold may continue in circulation. If it
is not done, the triumph of the silver
mine owners is inevitable and only q
century distant.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-04-13
EHE E1EEOH MADAME'S NEW
IN # ROARDER.

Madame, what is there on the card
lorths dinnerI'' inquired the ne " boarder
q our boarding house, as he feated him
. table.
"of the soup, Of the bed, Of the e.
sheep of the calf and OF the poultry
rnlied she !" the which wish you :"
! piece q the hen roasted" said ne
4ani Of the apples of the ground.
Wlh you Of the apples OF the ground
cooked to thevater or to the furnacel
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-04-13
TIE KIND OF MEN WnO FASCLNATB
WOMEN,

TIE KIND OF MEN Wn0 F.zSOLNATB
W0MKN.
A curious study is tho consideration
OF the kind OF men who fascinate women.
| have known a man, fellow with the
head and hair Of tramp, and the dress
OF Q doctor with o lean practice, per-
son who wriggled like snake when he
walked and had clammy hand, yet
this person was perfect woman killer,
One girl was betrothed to him for three
years, and then he Tilted her coldly for
q new fia1ne. The new love affair ended
with tragedy, for when in turn he
shook tho new love Of, the restless,
grief-stricken girl ended her troubles for
ever IN aneighboring river. There were
other women who loved the iallow IL
most = desperately, although they CON
soled themselves more easily. What
they could ever go n The. .man to lall d
lore with paaseth nnderst standing.
There was another great Iady. .killer,
too, Who seemed tomelt wonen,s heaxt1
= ! hot roller melts butter. He prom.
ised to be one of The great msn q the
country. and women bowed down and
woxshipsd his supposed intAlectual
powers. There Nere ave romantic
school girls "a love with him Il once. Il
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-04-13
RROOKHAVEN, NH
isATxINU.
H.nh d.y vh.n nv wcra i ssdsd.

Each day whom my work u Sndsd
Isaw. q nearcd my homs,
A swcet litlc face at The window-psns,
That was watching for pspa TO come.
The blue eyes closed ono morning,
And Iknew that never again
Should see my baby Watching for ;ms,
With her face at the window-pane.
Yet fancied tonight that heard ~
Call, just rs she used to do,
When she heard my steps at the open gate:
"Come, papa I'm waiting for you."
And think that maybe she Ii waiting,
Az of old, in the soft twilight,
She watched, when the long days task wasdonA
To welcome me home at night
Some time, whom my work il ended,
shall see, a. near my home,
dear little face In paradise,
That IL Watching for papa to come
.-lndependent.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-04-13

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;ene.s - - aa.;a. C s.ss.',. WI a III, :,
other rosnao.. = /. s1,, ss,,. s y. Al =
trona, j., E,so.,o 81. ~ -
Even in tho ,nottsr I u ~. s' 9 s.''l :.
Doubt vhetber no ara fs ~ q 80
Euroneans M do.bt Il, .. 80. .:.
~ cunDrous Euro,san sys$| q & srseis- IS
tering luggage IS less hand thnn our
checking system; the weight, u luc-
gage is bore. In Europe = n;aua can
travel with hand-valise. hat+hox.
bundle Of wraps, gun-case, III 81 bundle
OF umbrellas, walkingeti6 6ks u Aahing-
rods, without any troubia batsyer,
He need han,lle none 81 ,tla6se articles
himself; all that he has til put his
own hand. to is his ticket ti,e omni-
present hotel and railw porter cares for
tine rest. But where Europax4 travel
outranks travel in this countr utterly
and totally, is in tho superior facilities
for eating and drinking Tk railway
restaurant in our muchs sl xed land Is i
thing of horror; d Sson,e den where
bad food is badly prspsxr and badly
served whore people eaf Hui 4 sensa
of duty, knowing they may Be hungry
if they do not. They manage better
abroad the average qualify of the food
the facilities for getting it. end It's appe-
tizing aspect, at French and German
ro;luoy o+o+;o.,, ~, r.,
THING Of tho sort II th,s oo,,,., =
many narts q, f,ormonr = seor IL
train s+o,. ~ : n,,n ....;s. = -
nor,auco ,in,s ,-,,,o., -. :, -
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-04-13

Kxrrrx's motor II now known =
u ~ tramp because i wont work
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-04-13

Marriage notices and deaths, pot ex
ceeding six lines, published free. Al
over six lines charged for at regular ad
yertising rates.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-08-13
TEACHERS OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS.

They are talking in San Francisco OF
reducing the salaries of the primary
school teachers. Why the primary
teachers? But, of course, the reason Is
apparent, and it is the most fallacious OF
reasons. 1t is ignorance of all logic
that induces people to believe that any
sort Of teaching is good enough to begin
with. We see indications OF this ao-
surd theory on every hand. A person
with the merest smattering acquaint-
ance with a subject is supposed to be
able to impart its principles, or rudi-
ments, as they are commonly termed.
But, on the contrary, this is only what
the most earnest and intelligent study
will enable person to do, as all thor
ough students will attest. What chill
dren need at the outset of their lives is
preparation by the strongest and
the best endowed, and then
they will waste no precious time. If
they have anything less than this, they
are placed at a disadvantage which they
will feel all their lives through. They
must either lose much time in unlearn-
ing, or they will always show inaccu-
racy, incompetence and superficiality.
1t is quite time that this foolish idea of
depreciating the value of primary teach
ing were everywhere combated by the
the ridicule and indignation it deserves.
To encourage it, we might as well con-
fess that mothers moral teaching is
of no Importance, compared with that
of the Sabbath school teacher or pastor,
or that the foundation should not be the
strongest and most solid part of a build
ing. And ifthe work Of these teachers
is constantly undervalued, how long
can we expect them to have high
standard, or the respect for their own
task which can alone stimulate them to
nut forth their best efforts.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-08-13
WONT APPLY To WHEELING SER
WANT GIRLS.

1t has always been a mystery to many
family men how their servant girls
could dress better than their wives, but
a Cincinnati man has accidently
stumbled upon the solution to the prob
EN-, and it is now an open secret. He
paid his cook $3.50 per week aud she
had as fine an assortment of jewelry and
dresses as his wife, and the pair had Sc
cretly wrestled with the puzzle it sug-
gested, until finally they engaged a new
cook. The new girl was honest! What
high wages that female ought to receive!
AS the husband tells the story to the
Commercial: "She had been sent out
to a certain grocery to do some market
ing, and, while gone, was accosted by
another grocer and offered by him a
silk dress if she would give him my
trade. Being honest she came straight
home and told of it. This set my wife
to thinking, and she asked the girl if
that was common practice. oh, yes
she replied, but never would beat my
mistress that way The inquiry devel-
oped the fact that the servant girls
especially the cooks, who do most ofthe
marketing. stand in with the grocers
and meat men, and carry their custom
where they can make the best COM
missions. When 1 lived in the city /
did my own marketing, but when l
moved out on the Hills arranged with
a grocer to supply me, and took a pass
book. Igave this to the cook, with
directions TO always buy the best of
everything at that place. The same
was done with the butcher. Soon the
tea and coffee became unfit to drink, the
butter was bad, and the meat from a
place where / always got the best, was
tough and almost unfit for use. My
wife complained, and the girl told her
that that grocer and that meat man
cheated her, or did not keep first-class
articles, but she knew where she could
get the best of everything. We accord
ingly withdrew our patronage from our
old places, and the change was immedi-
ately apparent, for everything appeared
ON the table in first-class condition.
How did 1 account for it? Why, SIM
ply this way: The girl had been hired
by the other butcher and grocer, by a
percentage Of what she purchased, to
spoil the tea and coffee from the old
grocer, and to get inferior meat of the
butcher as pretext of leaving them,
and she carried out the terms of the
contract. We came to notice that
whenever we changed cooks we like
wise changed grocers and butchers un-
I'll we employed the, honest one who
put v on toit'ris asSs - ~ =
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-08-13
THE Hurry FARCE.


One of the most eminent lawyers at
the Wheeling bar said to the writer
hereof, the other day, In answer to 8
question in regard to case just closed
in an Ohio court: eyes, the evil
dence was clear and direct, and two
thirds Of the jury were Internationally
in favor Of conviction, and the action Of
those who dissented can be accounted
for. For instance, one ofthe attorneys
on the other side had recently. been ap-
pointed to Federal Office, and, during
the Iial, he caused one of the jurymen
to know that be (the juryman) might
expect an appointment in his Office al
ter the close of the trial.
There is roaring farce, which never
fails to bring down the house when
properly intoned to burlesque music,
entitled the "Trial by jury" but the
farce as played daily in our court rooms
is anything but laughable matter to
the parties interested. Under that bril-
liant legal management IN which the
interests Of suitors are sacrificed to the
convenience Of lawyers, the custom Of
the trial by jury has survived all the
centuries and necessities which gave 1t
birth, and there seems to be perverse
pleasure taken by the officers Of the law
in making contrasts as grotesque and
absurd as possible.
The function Of a juryman is one
which, for obvious reasons is not court
ed by the wealthy and intellectual
classes, and accommodating substitutes
for them have been found in a race Of
people known as cast-iron jurymen,
who are willing to solve the knottiest
points of law, pleading, practice and
precedent, for the modestemolument Of
one dollar and half day. A busi-
ness man who is forced by the contra
dictions and uncertainties of the law to
carry into court a case which might be
settled before arbitrators without delay
o. expense, generally finds himself
confronted with a jury, some Of the
members of whom he would be unwil-
ling to trust in sight of his spoons. Nine
ty-nine times in a hundred, we get ju-
ries of which the majority are not fit to
be trusted with an errand across the
street, and the hundredth time we oc-
eupy the time of dozen business men,
whose time is valuable to them, with
questions thatare of no use to anybody.
A limitation of the jury law is urgently
called for, and if the bar is disposed to
take up practical question of law-re-
form, it cannot do better than to devise
a substitute for the antique superstition.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-08-13
MARKET REPORTS.

Business men and Others interested
will find in the SUNDAY REGISTER,
that which they have not heretofore
found in a Wheeling Sunday paper
complete reports of the condition ofthe
markets, together with quotations and
sales on the preceding day, in the lead.
ing trade eenters Of the country, a
valuable feature ,ofthe commercial col,
unin win be market ssBeeiaiu. fronS
Chicago, reviewing in brief the eondir
tion of trade during the preceding week
and forecasting, as far as practicable,
the tendencies during the week bllow-.
ing. ~
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-08-13
SUNDAY REGlsrER.

Hereafter the WHEEhfN9 REGISTER
viii be issued S65 days in the year. The
reading public have become so accus-
toned to taking their'newseach morn
ing with their Breakfast, as to be about
rs willing to do without the one as the
othea Iaissuing the REGISTER seven
days in the week we are but responding
. to the reasonable demand ofour patrons.
In addition to the current news Of the
day, local and general, the Sunday
edition Of the RESIs9ER will contain a
large amount of Choice Miscellany and
Family reading. 1t wiz further differ
from the issues Of the REGISTER made
on secular days, in this: 1t will contain
no partisan politics. Whatever news
of a political nature it may contain will
:: be simply the record of current political
events, and given to the reader without
bias or comment of partisan nature.
1t will talk in favor ola pure admins
tration of public affairs, and that will
apply alike to city, county, State and
national affairs, and without regard to
the name Of the party who is for the
timsshe responsible administrator.
fhe REGIsTEB is earnestly in favor OF
such sweeping reform in the civil ser
vice Of the Government as will strip the
President, and the Congressional
Ring" as well, of the power to pay
personal and Bipartisan debts " by
Appointments TO public trusts Of men
who have no other recommendation
than that of "henchmen," and this
doctrine may properly be enforced on
Sunday as well as on any other day;
but upon questions Of this character all
good men, without regard to party, can
heartily unite.
But as before remarked, the SUNDAY
REGISTER will be prominently a
FAMILY NEwsPAPER-nOn
and non-partisan.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-08-13
.xr,.uoxopoIx

There is no gainsaying the fact that
in New York State, the anti-monopoly
movement is to be q potent factor in
politics hereafter. Few people are aware
of the real strength Of the organization,
and yet to-day the Secretary Of the
League says that, to his personal knowl-
edge, there is an independent vste in
the Empire State operating outside Of
the two old parties, "liable to be cast for
candidates other than those of the DEM
ocratic and Republican parties" of
more than 10000. As matter osfact,
the leagues which have been organized
throughout all the counties have en-
rolled membership Of over 1O0, 900. And
all the work necessary to achieve this
result has been done in two
years. The natural query is:
"Who has accomplished this?" The
answer is, honest men of both the old
political parties who had f6rmany years
tried in vain to impress upon the minds
fthe ruling Republicans in national, as
well as State councils, that the people
were tired of being the slaves of men-
opolies and desired their burdens and
expressions removed. Finding their
voices unheeded, these men in the
winter of 1880 assembled and resolved
that they would form a league which,
unlike many other similar organiza-
tons, should have direct influence on
politics. The platform they adopted
was: "Anti-monopoly; the advocacy,
support and defense of the rights of the
many as against the privileges of the
few; corporations, the creation of the
State, and to be controlled by the State;
labor and capital allies, not enemies
Justice for both"
The Farmers Alliance, the Grange
and other similar bodies, while still
maintaining separate organization. be-
long to these leagues and have cordial
" co-operated with them. Besides be-
ing increased in numbers this way, the
league has issued and sent out thou
sands of documents which have educa-
ted the people up to a realization OF
how they were being oppressed, and for
whose benefit. For example, that
steam, electricity and machinery, con-
trolling factors in the industrial and
commercial world, were largely monop-
olzed, and that the public was unduly
taxed for their use, and that corporate
life had assumed a dangerous and
threatening importance which was
never contemplated when it was given
life."
We thus see in New York to-day a
powerful organization whose leaders
were sneered at two years ago, but the
very men who laughed at them
then will be found cringing before
them and asking favors at future cleo
tions. 1t is certainly gratifying to see
the people organizing TO protect them
selves against knavish Legislators as
they have done in New York. 1t is the
only way whereby they can secure the
passage of just laws. The influence that
this new political organization will
WELD at the coming election will be
watched and studied with interest.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-08-13
nouns.r Ssrrer

The SUNDAY REsIsrER win contain,
in each issue, 81 columns. Of reading
matter, each coumn full two feet
in length. Much Of this will be
set in small, clean-aeed Minion type,
which will enable us to give the public
about as much reading matter in D sim
gle issue as is contained in the combined
six daily issues of one of the daily pa
pers of this city. ....-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-08-13

A MARKED reform in the Civil Ser
vice of this country must come, whether
1t be agreeable to the hungry horde of
ofhce-seekers and office-holders or not.
The sovereign people who are only in
terested in good government purely
administered demand it, and they will
,tind means of enf,rcing their demaai.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-08-13

THE taxpayers of this county should
take a peep at their tax-bills before
making up their minds in favor Of re-
tanning any of the members Of the pre-
sent Board of Commissioners. There is
no politics i'm this.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-08-13

THERE is one article offood at least
that ought to be cheap this winter, to-
wit: the Irish potato. And a very i'm
portant item Of food it is, too, in most
households. The crop is thoughtto be
immense in size, and it Is improbable
there will be any export demand for 1t.