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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-05
CUP or GOOD COFFEE.

Lord Beaconsfield, with mis- wide ex-
perience, wrote in Endymion that a
cup Of good coffee is the rarest and most
delicious beverage in the world. Bad
coffee is certainly the rule, good coffee
the exception. There is no reason why
coffee should not be invariably good.
With o common tin coffee pot, pure
water and o fine quality of coffee, as
fragrant and delicious beverage as any
one need care to drink can be prepared
without any extraordinary effort or
trouble. This recipe viii always insure
excellent coffee Mix the ground coffee
with the white of an egg and little
cold water, stirring them well together !;
add ono. third OF the amount required Of
cold water, and set the pot on the stove
where it viii heat gradually. As soon
as it comes to boil, add another por-
ton Of the water, and in like manner
the third portion. After the whole
quantity OF water has been added, let it
boil at once, pour o little cold water into
tho pot. remove from the stove, and,
after standing few minutes to settle,
it will bs ready for use. THIS method,
which il stin simpler, is also good: Mix
the ground coffee with small quantity
Of cold wa'er to . paste. and let it steep
for an hour or longer. When needed,
add - much boiling water a desired,
and let Il stand for ten or fifteen minutes
where il will keep hot but not boil.
Gold wsssr makes . stronger infusion,
and extracts the aroma Of coffee bstte1
than hot vatsr-and allowing il TO reach
the boiling point destroys the taste ol
/ rawnsss incident to most coffees stepped
IN q filtered with boiling water.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-05
ar LAsE



Whsn on my dsy Of life tho night is falling,
And, II Ne winds from nnsannsd spacss bloxn,
hsar far voices out Of d4rknsss calling
Ny fsst 70 paths unknOwn.
Thou who hast made my hasns Of ne 50 pleasant
Leave not ~ tonant WHOM i,s wsils decay.
Love distns. o He;psr present
b Thou my strength and stay!
y near me whom oil elsa IL froai me drifting,
Earth, shy. homes pictursa, days Of shade and
sAins,
And kindly fases 70 my own apdfung -
The love xlslsh susxsrs mi,.e
Ihsve but Ths&, o Faihrr. LIT Thy sp.rit
Be with ms sAsn 10 c:smfa. I and upAosd
No ssts of pssx, No branch II p2u merit
Nor slrtst Of sAaaing s,ld.
eulaos II H-ny god aud III usrack,.nsd,
And both fo-asen throu.:', thy aSosss.iins yracs-
hnd myself by Aands fAn,i lar l~okcssd
Unto my fs.iAg plAca
oonas humble door smoig Thj many man q,
Boms shsltsring 'shsds. ~ks,s sin and striving
e0Aks.
And aov' FOREVER through Heavens green szp.a-
) siohs,
Ths rtssr Of Thy IAscai a&
TAars, from ne .aade r,uul Aboat me. t. sans,
! sain would learn the ns~ and Loy song, vs.
And and, At iast, beneath Thy t'ees Of hss.inS,
The life for which !onE.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-05
MORTALITY OF BRAKEMEN.

The brakemen on our railroads find 10
quite difficult to get their lives insured
1t is estimated that there are at least ten
bxakemen killed throughout the country
every day. The reader Of the daily
newspaper learns how this class OF men
are killed or manned while coupling cars
and making up trains, while others are
Knocked from the tops Of cars by bridges,
or slip or fall, or are injured and killed
In collisions. Then there must be at
least three times Us many brakemen ip-
jured as are killed, of whom the public
knows nothing about or gets no account
| At the lowest calculation, if ten brake
men are killed every day, that would be
equivalent TO $3.50 during the year,
which, added to the number injured In
saripas ways while on duty, would give
the sum total Of deaths and injuries
about Il, 600 q year. These are fright
fnl figures of fatality, q loss of LIE on
injury to the body, that Is attributable
either to accidents, carelessness or neg
hgence.
We therefore venture 10 assert that IL
is fact that the public has no idea of
the number Of accidents that occur on
the various railroads throughout the
country every day; end It is also true
that there is no vocation 90 franght with
danger to life and limbs as that of brake
men on our railroads, particularly on
freight trains; men on passenger trains
having a great many lives intrusted TO
their care, and, consequently, have
greater responsibility resting upon them
than that which rests with the freight
men
Indeed, the life OF freight brakeman
is precarious or. Some insurance
agents, i'll some parts Of the country, do
not take risks on employees on freight
trains; but conductors and brakemen on
passenger traius are insured by their
paytng IN extra Per cent. Railroad men
say that only about 25 per cent. of the
orakeT.en Of Height trains die natural
death; a..o, t'Ia: the average life OF the
brakeman, sf,er i.e goes on tAe road, is
'nort tea years d ,9t.a toamrrcia.
HaUttn
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-05
Abolition or RUSSIAN s.RrDox.

ABOLITION or RUSSIAN SfRFDON.
The late Czar, Alexander IL, decreed
the emancipation Of tho Serfs March 8,
1861, coming into final execution on
March 8, 1858. The owners Of the serts
we're compensated for their land on .
scale Of payment by Which the previous
labor Of the serf was estimated at . yess-
y rental Of 6 per cent, 50 that Tor every
6 rubles which the labor carncl annually
he had 70 pay 100 rublss TO LIS master
as his capital valuc to become : free
holder. OF this snm the seris had 10
give immediately ~ per cent, while the
remaining so per cent was disbnrsed IS
nm advance by the Government 70 the
owners. TO bc repaid 1t intervals extend
inR over Drty.nins yeass. BY the freed
peasants. According to IN ofioisl ~,
port tho whole ofsthese arrangements
were'complctcd at The end 81 July, 1885,
80 that from this date sesslom ceased 10
exist in Russia II
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-05
POPULAR COHPIRISON.

Many of the proverbial comparisons
In which the v2rnacular abounds are
useful to takers who wish to convey AN
instantaneous idea or conclusion to their
listeners. Some are pertinent and con-
gruous,; among them we may cite "as
poor as a church mouse, ;" !" as plain as
pike-statf," "as sure as gun" as
tight as wex," "as tender as chicken,
ETC.; in oil of which there is consider
able amount of appropriateness, as the
reader must perceive, though none ef
them, We need hardly say, are literally
correct seeing that a church mouse,
like other ecclesiastical hangers-on, may
grow fat and seek on the crumbs Of
office; that gun may miss fire or miss
its mark; wax may render up its trust
at the instigation of heat; a pike-statf
may be rough and chicken may be
Tough. Less eengruous than the above
are the following and their like: As
thick as thieves, as sound rs roach"
ras bold Is brass, t" as deaf as post"
"as Good as "a cuonr.ber," )" nf which MANY
more might be quoted. We feel that
they are somewhat vague, and not alto
gether to he relied upon. We do not
see why thieves should be more true to
each other than honest men; a roach
sound,r than u p rch or gudseon; brass
boiler than iron +; a post more deaf than
amy other inanimate object cucum-
Der cooler than melon; and 80 on.
Some few comparisons OF this class,
however, there ere, which commend
themselves by their neatness, and which
are, in a manner, perfect such as "as
right rs q trivet IA trivet, from its in
gtnious construction, beirg shut on.
from the po sibility Of assuming wrong
,rosition), "as clean Us a smelt " (the
smelt being assurediy the most deli
ca:ely pure and clean ef all fishes i'll the
sea-, "ns dead as a herring" the her
ring dying the instant it is taken ont Of
,!le water, and figuring as dead fish in
| is saited condition much longer than
| my 9th, y, "as dead rs door-nail" "a
nail driven into door being reasonably
assumed to be coHined once and forever.
1T, Oh the other hand, there are tllou.
.>auds of comparisons which puzzle ons
their utter iccongruity.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-05

COL. COYOTE T. 1iEK.

When I told the officers OF my church
In that newest city OF the South western
States that Mrs. Cisik had called upon
me With view Of joining our society,
those offcisl4 were struck with dislnay.
for the Co.onel had shot her former hus-
band.
II am glad 70 know her." insisted.
"And You would like to have her hus-
band, Coyote Clark, call, would you? ?"
Mr.. Jones asked it d"risivelv sbut re-
piled as promptly, II WI, he glad to
have hun do so ! He shall be welcome.
That is what I am here for. It is the
worst people who need me most"
"Do they? Well. am anxious to
see what will come Of it. Col. Coyote
Clark !" and Mr.. Brown evidently coin
cided in the sarcastic exclamation OF Mr..
Jones. As soon as they were gone I
planted the dreaded reprobate in imag-
ination before me.
1T is plain, said to myself, "that
he is large. red.iaced, bushy- -whisk-
cred, boisterous man, bully and a
black9uard. Doubtless the sobriquet of
Coyote, prairie fox, has come to and
clings to him as naturally rs the name
Of Bob, Tom, Bill to other men. am
not afraid Of the rufiian," and if my fists
did not instinctively clench themselves
my manner became in anticipation roz-
On and defant
A few weeks afterward, and when l
had forgotten the diureputable Colonel,
there called upon me one afternoon q
gentleman whom I krcw at glance TO
be book or insurance agent. He WAS
an undersized man, but well-formed and
remarkably well-dressed. closely -shaven,
and whose singu!arly youthful face was
made the more engaging by pair Of
frank and laughing eyes. There was
that in them which graspod mo as cor
daily as did his hand, which observed
was as small and white as that Of lady,
and which adhered to my own with .
curious magnetic warmth. His voice,
too, and whole bearing had such an in.
nocent aud childllke sincerity as won nae
at once. No one could be less intrusive
or more respectable, and during our
oolyersation upon general topics I OBJ
served that ho listened more attentively
10 me, and with more than his eyes
fastened upon mine. ~ will subscribe
for his book, whatever it is" mur-
INJURED to myself at last. "H he is an
Insurance agent how can Ircfuse to tako
out policy?" But he only remarked,
- after very pleasant visit he arose
to leave, ~ am pleased to know, sir,
that my wife desires to unite with the
church."
"Your wife" stammered
"Yes, air; Mrs. CLARK. My name is
Col. Clark. dare say" he added with
the laugh Of school-boy, that you
have heard Of me as Coyote Clark. That
is only their fun. For although am
not myself Christian, as I regret to
say, no man, sir, has deeper respect
for religion" and his face had taken on
the sincerest seriousness.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-05

A PERTLOUS GENIE.

1dging by the account read before
the Geographical Society in 1884, one ol
the most thrilling and perilous featss o.
mountain climbing ever performed was
the ascent Of the famous Peter Bottle
in the Mauritius. The peculiarity ol
this peak is that its summit consists oi
m almost-spherical mass Of rock, con-
nected with the mountain below by q
comparatively marrow neck, SO that the
aides Of it overhang the base by several
lest all round. When, therefore, the
climber has reached the neck, he has
not merely to make his way up q per.
pendicular rock some thirty five feet
high, but has actually to dsngle out
several feet over the swful void below
"A sheer descent Of 1900 feet.
The mountain is said 70 have derived
ito name from man who once managed
70 reach the top, bns fell, and was, Of
course, destroyed on his'retun journey.
This is generally considered an apocry-
phal story. however, and, until 1881,
tAs peak was conzidsred inaccessible,
several attempts made since the island
became British possession having sig
nally failed. The ascent was eventually
made by throwing Q line over the top
and drawing up o ladder. This was
very difficult to accomplish. An effort
was first made to shoot an iron arrow
with line appended to it.
To do this Capt. Lloyd tied rope
round his waist and was lowered over
the face of the precipice, his comrades
holding on to the line as they stood up
under the "neck." When he had been
lowered far enough, he pushed himself
out as far as he could from the rock,
and fred. This plan repeatedly failed,
and eventually the rope was got over by
swinging stone at the end of it diagon-
ally. This once accomplished, it was
comparatively simple matter to get
the Ladder up in such a position as
would enable those who could mustes
the nerve to venture out upon it.
OF course the Union Jack and bottle
ofwine went up i; and three cheers from
the summit, indicated by the waving Of
the flag, were answered by the frigate
in the adjacent harbor and by the bat
terry on the island. As though this was
not sufficient, the party wound up the
adventure by hauling up blankets and
sleeping en- the neck OF the mountain,
one OF the company requiring to be tied
to the leg of companion because he
was determined sleep walker.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-05

EXPLORING HUDSON H.4Y.

EXPLORING HUDSON H.fH.
Prof. Bell, who has spent five years Il
exploring the Hudson lay. gives, j
glowing terms, an account OF his VAN
derings in and about the gr at b,~iy O
water, which. in his enthusiasm, Ii
designases the Canadian Mediterranean
He states that Hudson bay is in effec
1000 miles long. more than 800 mile
vide and covers 900, 90 square miles
Instead OF being. rs is usually supposed
part Of the Arctic rcgi Is, the nearest
shore il more southcriy than London,
and its farthcst still remains within th.
Temperate zone. On the northeast
ooast there il little snow III wiuter aud
little rain in summer. The Tributaries
of the bay are the Nelson, which dis
charges the waters of Lake Winnipeg ;
the Winnipeg, about the size of the OF
tawa the Saskatchewan, 900 miles long,
pouring in from tho west. and the Red
river, coming over 500 miles from the
south.
All the central part of North America,
from Labrador to the Rocky mountains,
drains into Hudson bay. The largest
tributary is the Nelson, about four times
the size Of the Ottawa at the capital ;
then comes the Churchill, the Big rivel
and the Albany. On the west side Of
the bay the southerly winds are the cold.
est that blow in the winter, and there is
less snow aud less intense cold III the vi.
cinity of York Factory and Fort Church
i'll than in more southerly regions. Dur'
ing winter the temperature improves NJ
one goes from Minnesota northwarl
through Manitoba, and down the valleys
TO Hudson bay, aud bathing is fount
agreeable in July, August and Septem
ber. On the southern and western
shores unlimited supplies Of red ant
white pine, spruce, white birch, balsam
poplar, aspen and tamarac are found.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-05
TREES FOE ORNAMENT AND SH.4Ds.
Cottonwood, bal.n Of Gilead, all kinds
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TREES FOR ORNAMENT and H.410.
Cottonwood, bal.n Of Gilead, all kinds
Of Willows and poplars, should be dis.
carded in selecting trees to plant by the
side Of roads. They have nothing to
commend them but their quick growth.
They throw out sprouts from the roots,
while their branches nro exceedingly
liable to be taken of by the wind or by
accumulatiops Of sleet. Tho common
locust ia Objectionable on. account Of the
many sprouts- thrown out at the roots,
while the trunks are generally attacked
by the borers. Tho soft maple makes a
rapid growth, and sometimes becomes q
besutifuI tree, but it is generally infest-
ed with borerS, while it suckers badly,
and the limbs frequently break off by
the action Of winds and sleet. During
the past few years the presence Of worms
ON willow trees makes them exceedingly
undesirable, The characteristics desired
IN street trees are hardness, freedom
from sprouts and suckers, fine and
abundAat foliage, general cleanliness,
andsstrcngth- Of trunk. and limb. These
desirable qualities are found united in
the elm and sugar or rock maple. They
are only Objectionable on account OF
their slow growth. The. different varie-
ties Of the ash are ill excellent, while
there are few objections to the European
larch, the horse chestnut, the American
linden or basswood, wild cherry, and the
ash-leaved maple.
Elms and sugar naples grow 90
slowly that at least twenty years must
pass before they present the Gne appear.
ance of stately trees. They should be
planted at least thirty or fcrty feet
apart to allow their branches sufficient
room when the trees become e large
size. It is accordingly advisable to
plant trees between them th:: will serve
the purpose of ornamentation till the
elms and naples become of considerable
size. The larch, horse chestnut and
birch can be used for this purpose to
excellent advantage Clumps of dog
wood, sumac, elderbarry, lilac and
SNOWFALL will also make % very fine ap-
pearance. Very beautiful street orna-
ments can also be made of wild vines
attached to suitable supports. The
common American ivy, wild grape, bit
ter sweet, and wild honeysuckle are all
admirable for this purpose. They are
entirely hardy, can BE- obtained without
expense, and require very little care.
The supports should be made Of strong
and enduring material. A cedar post of
good size and length will last twenty
five years if the lower portion Of it is
treated with coal tar. This can form
the main support. Strong wire or iron
rods can be employed for holding up
the vines in the positions desired
Chicago Times.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-05
PHY6ICKING A PRINCE.
HAss Charles the Seoossd Thought 9r II.
It was once the fashion to administe

Rhss Charles the Seoossd Thought of II.
1t was once the fashion to administer
"cooling medicine" all round the house.
hold in spring and autumn as regularly
as Mrs. Squeers gave the boys at Greta
Bridge their birthstone and treacle. In
the time of Charles I. it was the plan to
dose boys and girls just as it was to beat
them numerically, with very little
cause, or NO cause at all. Erasmus saw
Colet, the master of st. Paul's school,
fSg new boy till he tainted, and then
i H. sarnea to Erasmgs and ssald ealhiy,
"Not that he hath done auEnt thAt is
wrong, but this is to make him humble.
81 our ancestors gave boys in good
health physic to make them well. There
happens to be an amusing record of the
dislike d Charles IL to this treatment.
His father put him under the tuition Of
the Earl of Newcastle, and little Charles
wouldn't take his medicine until he was
forced. His mother, Queen Henrietta,
threatening himwith punishment if he
did not swallow what his teacher offered
him, wrote: ~
CHARLES I am sorry must begin my first
letter with chiding you, because hear that you
will not take physic. hope it was only for this
day, and that tomorrow you will do it for, IL you
illnet, I must come to you and make you take
it, for it is for your hoalth. have given order
to my Lord Newcastle 10 send mo word tonight
whethor you will or not, therefore, I hope you
will not give mo the pains to Co. And 30 rest
your ahectonate HKNnIsrTA NAME n
Young Charles noticed that the Earl
took physic himself, and hit upon the
bright idea Of trying to f1ighten him out
Of the practice. The eyoung Prince writes !:
My LORD: would not have you take too
much physick, for it doth always mako me
worse, and think it will do the like with you.
ride every day, and am ready to follow any
other directions from you. Make haste to return
to him that loves you, CHARLuP P.
This was one word for Lord Newcastle
and two for himself, and notice the fiat
terry at the close. .e
There is yet another letter in which
the little Prince refers to physic with
dislike, saying, 81 pray make An end
with ye physick, that 1 may ye sooner
have your COMPANY"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-05

The late Chief Justice Ryan, of Wis
consin, in IN address b law students,
thus describes the " Shystsr J" He i
almost always . Ounce; fsllox a low
intellsct and vitality |; q mean md self-
ish instincts and tsstes; duh y head
and cold q heart; q little passion and
no impulse - cold md clammy thai
he might have been Hsh ! creatusu
whose lean btain ana thin blood en-
Hous egotiam nd selAsh greed would A
him, = ~ = they g, for store = benl
Or factory. conducted On purely ece-
nomic principles, bpt equn An - hon
est plaee n q la1yer's olaOs. Z
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-05

INa restsurant-A gentleman AMI
scrylb are seated ut the rame table. The
scrub is just fiaishiny his dinner, tl,s
gentleman is jus. beginnIng his. Scrub
lights o cigar and blows cloal OF smoke
over his coffee. The gentleman rises and
says in his politcst tone: " Excuse me,
sir, will il annoy sou ii cat xhlle YOU
are smoking
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-05
curn.r .nce said to Father Lear,

CURRAN snce said to Father Leary {:
"I wish, Reverend Father. that you
were St. Potter and had the keys of
heaven, because then you could let me
in" The shrewd and witty priest saw
the sarcasm, and turned its sharp edge
on the skeptic by replying "By my
honor and conscience, sir, it would be
better for you that had the keys of the
other place. for then I could let you
-
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-05

THE Spectator criticising "Endy-
mion, says: "On the whole, the book,
like most Of Mr.. Disraeli's works, is
poor and fashy one, with plenty of clev-
erness in it, though not nearly so much
as the three stories which preceded his
official career, sConingsby, Sybil. and
.Tancretl."
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-05

200 p ER YEAR; S1.00 FOR sIx MONTHS,
THE LEDGER HAS ABSORBED THE SOUTH.
ERN JOURNAL AND WEEKLY CITIZEN
%
Job Work of Every Description Done
in Best Style and at Lowest Prices.
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I Parties ordering will please remit one cent
extra, per o., for postage. feb14
The daily gazette., 1882-03-06
TIM GRRAr WALr1na i

The GREAT WALKING RACE
which terminated in New York on
Saturday night In favsr Of Haxael,
was most remarkable affair. 30 far
a. an exhibition of human endurance
was concerned 1t may be said to
Be unequallsd BY anything that We
find on record OF athletics in ancient
or modern times. 1t was supposed
that man who walked one hundred
miles in one day would perform an
astounding feat. But Hazsel not
only made one hundred and thirty-ive
miles on the nrst day, but actually
scored over six hundred miles in less
than six days. So far as the affair is
concerned beyond the mere exhibition
Of what may be done, and the amount
Of fatigue and endurance men may
suffer, the results are Of very little
consequence, sAd such races, like
prize fighting, should be discouraged,
as the evil effects attendant upon them
far excel the good.
The daily gazette., 1882-03-06
Congress Saturday.

The U. 8. Senate was not In session
on Saiu,day....In the House, . bill wss
passed Annexing the Indian Territory,
except that portion occupied by the
Cherokees, Greeks, ChoctAws, Chicka-
saws and SemiBoles, to the U, q. judi
cial Districts Of KaDsss and Northern
FsxPs. Mr.. Smith, Of Illinois, asked
unanimous consent to take from the CAL
andar and pass the bill to retire the
trade dsllar, but Mr.. kAndall objected
A conference report on the Immediate
Deficiency bill was agreed to. The con-
tested case of Smith VS.. Rsbipson, from
the Sixth District Of l. ouisiana, was dts
missed. Mr.. Horr, from the Commerce
Committee, reported bill which was
placed on the eAlerdar, to prevent the
importation of adutsrAted food aud
drugs. The Oonsulsr aud Diplom tic
Appropriated bill wss considered in
Committee Of the Whole, and the ques-
tIon OF Protoctlon TO nsluralizsd cit zepU
at :oad was debated st some laDgtb.-
The bill was reported 10 the House, aud
the previous question ordered, but NO
further action was taken. Adjourned.