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The Columbus journal., 1882-05-31
KENDALL'S SPAWN CURE:

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me best Imminent Siag
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s"Fy because
q. go'd f1 FEAST is good for HN Experience
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does not bttsfer or make Try IL
The Columbus journal., 1882-05-31

Fifty thousand slate pencils are
made daily at CastletOn. VT
The Columbus journal., 1882-05-31
JOB WORK

Of all Kinds neatly and quickly
done, at fair prices. This species
of printing i nearly always want
Ell in i hurry, and, knowing this
fact, We hav" :" provided for it
that We can furnish envelopes, let
ter heads, bill heads, circulars,
posters, etc, etc.. on very short
notice, and promptly on time as
We promise.
The Columbus journal., 1882-05-31
KENDALL'S SPAWN CUgE.

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The Columbus journal., 1882-05-31
KENDALL'S SPAWN CURE!

FOR Vi m IT'S NOW
Il Vow y TO EE ONE,
pr THE. BESr IF
NOT HE I.ESr
LINN ENr EVER
DlS,UN ERED.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-26
SANTA CLAUS.

The history Of Santa Claus--a curious
m: xture Of truth and fable-goes far
back into the ancient time. Centuries
ago a child was born in Asia Minor who
received the name OF Nicholas. His
parents were wealthy and Of high rank.
and, desiring to express their gratitude
to God for the birth Of their SON, they
resolved to educate him for the Chris
tian priesthood. The child was sober
and thoughtful, and, while yet young,
both his parents died, and he inherited
their great wealth. He considered this
riches sacred trust |; he fed the hun
cry, he clothed the destitute and par
formed ell kinds o9 good deeds = -
cretly = possible. A. priast be ~
greatly beloved; ~ Bishop he eontin-
ned his benevolsnce. After his dsath
the church canopised him, and he bscasns
one Of the greatest of patron saints, b
ing revered . the helper of the poos.
the protector a the weak, and 9 the
especial patron saint for little children,
who were taught 70 believe that their
good gifts cams from him. Saint Nicho-
las was the name given him by the
monks, and this Was Familiarity changed
to Santa Nic1aus, md finally clipped
down 10 Santa sClaus. who Is still repre.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-26

DON,r OYEkWOhK ruE BRiIN
There i something more dreadful in
Tie consequence Of working the mind to
szhaal&ion than in similar sbuss Of tho
boay.
n Parker. q Nsw York, delivered .
lecture il that city. in which he allowed
ths evils proceeding fr,m The transgres-
aion q ths limits of their powers BY lit
He said = No man can do head-work
iAithfully ior morO than tour or Ave or
III h6urs. II that time i exceeded Ill
tbs phosphorus i calriui on, and the
man becomes irritable. broken down and
has softening Of the hrin.
ST have seen this oveswork il law.
ysrs doctors. clergymsn and merchants
Who have worked tho brain for tan
hours.
They have dropped under the bur.
dan. You cannot violate the law of God
with impunity. sir Walter Ecots did !
largo amounted brain work IN his day.
bat be did not oserwork himself. In h,s
lattss days. however. lie became pecun-
iarily embarrassed. and resorted 70 his
Hterary pursuits to saso hinself but hs
WORKED TOO hard. and completely broke
himselk down
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-26
Z 0RK.

The layer develops itself under the
epidermis Of the cork-oak. This tree,
which belongs to the region Of the Med
is very abundant in Spain,
Italy, the South Of France and Algeria,
where it alone forms considerable for
ests.
Up to the age Of 10 years, the tres
produces hard. irregular, tough kind
Of cork, which can only be used for floats
or buoys but, after this is carefully re-
moved, new layer forms itself, which,
being no longer compressed by the epid-
ermis, isregulariy developed, and grows
the true cork for bottles.
In about ten years il gains the neces-
sary thickness, whom it is cut round the
trunk at the top and bottom, and, By
vertical incisions, stripped OF in planks,
which ne sent 70 market. The sau,s
operation Is repeated every ten years ;
90 that single rree gises in 160 years
twelve or fourteen harvests, producing .
revenue better than any land can afford
TO the owner.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-26
s1UDxxr LIRE Ar ArnErs.

~. Molsrn Athans isstrong IN students.
Not sn'y do many youth pass thfouglfr
the lower schools and gymnasiums up
to the university, but the university,
being the center Of learning, not for
Athens only, but for all the Greek race,
whether under Turkish rule or not, and
offering an education nearly free to all,
attracts to it ambitious young men from
Thessaly, Epirus, the Kyean islands
and Constantinople itself. Hither they
come, ponniless, but athirst after knowl-
edge, take menial situations - every
family has It's man-sersant, for it is not
the custom OF the poorest girl to go
about alone - and thus they earn beard,
lodging and clothing while they pursue
their stulies and attend the university
lectures. Education, indeed. is drug
in modern Athens; thers is plethora
of educated men. A story is told of
traveller who asked q member of the
Government, to whom he had brought
letter Of introduction, where he could
find trustworthy Greek attendant to
wait upon him, and act as guide and :
interpreter. To his astonishment the
Minister replied: "Why not employ my
brother? He is just what you need.
He is graduate of the university,
speaks several languages, is a civil and
obliging, fellow, and is anxious for
situation"
There are hosts Of graduates looking
out for Government appointments, and
ready meantime to turn penny by any
employment, however humble. The
high esteem in which education is held,
the largo proportion of public funds
devoted TO it. and the eagerness with
which it is sought and acquired, are
among the most striking features of New
Greece. The people manifest natural
and instructive love of learning for its
own sake and apart from its commercial
value. The learned professions are ac-
cessible to all, and they are overstocked.
Literary men abound. and find employ
ment ~ newspaper writer's and soi-
disant politicians.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-26
EXBRED BANK-NOTE PAPER.


The 6bred bank-note paper on which
American legal tenders, national bank
note currency and Government bonds
are printed, Is made at Dalton, Mass,
in an old mill. whose existence dates
back to Colonial times. If you should
stop at the old paper mill, with proper
credentials, you may, perhaps, be al
lowed to handle sheet of the crisp fibre
paper, or take peep at the pulp press,
where, asthe wet, grayish pulp is pressed
between heavy iron cylinders, bits Of
blue and red silk thread are scattered
over it's face and silken ribs laid on its
surface. You may go beyond into the
counting room, where each sheet as it
comes from the drying-room is carefully
examined and counted and then returned
to the paper cutter to be divided into
smaller sheets. II you trace this paper
still further You will find that from the
cutters hands it passes again to the
SSoA0AAA6- 6-AoA, 10 cOpuA"tCo AAVo AeSAO
packages containing 1000 sheets each,
the amount recorded in register, and
then packed into bundles and stored IN
fire aud burglar-proof vaults to await
shipment to the United States treasury.
From pulp room to vault the precious
paper is watched and guarded as care
fully as though each sheet we're an ounce
of gold. Its manufacture is one% Of the
greatest secrets connected with the Gov
ernmentIs money making.
From the vaults of the paper mill at
Dalton to the guarded storerocms Of the
treasury at Washington is but jour
ney Of two or three days. In the capa
'cious vaults of the treasury building,
among gold and silver and copper and
nickel coins, bullion, paper currency
and official records, you will find thou
sands of packages of the bank-note
paper that is manufactured at Dalton.
1t comes in little iron safes, such "a are
used by the Adams Express Company,
and each package ndevery sheets care
fully counted before the manufacturer and
the express company are relieved from
further responsibility. The paper that
arrives to day may lie in the treasury
storerooms for years, or it may be sent
to the Bureau Of Engraving and Print
ing tomorrow, TO return in the course
Of months time, legal tender or bank
note.-Neos York Sun.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-26
crAxr on LrxcoEx;

I had never met hiru until came
East In 1884 to take command Of all the
armies. / had heard very much Of him.
I had heard much Of his fund Of anec-
dote. was led I'd suppose that he was
q man who pa sed away his time in tell
ing little stories, and sometimes stories
that IL would not do to repeat except in
society entirely composed Of gentlemen.
He spent good deal Of time with me at
City Point. and ! saw him on intimate
terms. never. heard word from Mr..
Lincoln himself that could not be said
in the society OF q lady. He had fnnd
Of anecdotes, and it was always to lid II
trate point. scarcely ever heard hl2
talk in my life but that, after stating the
case very clearly, he did not add some
little anecdote 10 illustrate exactly what
he meant and to give point to it. Twill
give you one Of the stories that I heard
him tell, as an indication. After the
surrender Of Appomattox / started back
to Washington to stop enlistments and
the purchasing Of supplies. Gen. Meade
forwarded letter to me from Gev.
Smith. Of Virginia, in which he said he
has Temporarily taken The State Gov
ernment to Danyiile. He wished to
know whether he would be permitted to
carry on the functions of his Office un-
molested. If he was not permitted to do
SO he wished to know whether he and
his friends would be permitted to leave
the country without molestation. Ire
ferred the matter to Mr.. Lincoln few
moments afterward, and he said: "Well,
now, 1 am just like my friend McGrori-
arity, OF Springfield. He was very fond
Of drinking. His friends persuaded him
to join the temperance society, but he
was so much III the habit Of drinking
that he had to 60 through the motions Of
drink by taking soda water but one
day he held the glass behind his back
and said (: Doctor, could You not put in
a drop unbeknownst to meselfY" And
I knew then what l was to do, and what
I was to reply to Gov. Smiths letter, as
we'll as if Mr.. Lincoln had made q speech
as long as the speech Of Senator Nc
Donald.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-26
TORTURE OF HORSES.

Among the everyday torments to
which the horse is subjected we will emu
msrate the following: 1. Abraded
breast. 2. Inhamed back from defec-
tive saddle or harness pad. 8. Sore
mouth from too tight gag rein, severe
bit, or both. L A sore tail from too
tight or illy-made crupper. 5. An abra
sion under the body. caused by too
tight or badly-ftted belly band. 6. Ir-
ritation Of the eyes from binders being
strapped too close together, or,
ON the other hand, being allowed
to swing around, first striking
one eye and then the other.
Z. Ears chafed by the brow band being
placed too high, or by metallic rosettes
with sharp outer rim, the base of the
ear pressing across this at every motion.
8. The excessive fatigue Of all the struc-
ture Of the neck under the influence OF
the bearing rein. The bearing rein, if
made taut and kept 30 for any consider
able length Of time, is source of dis
comfort to all horses, and an insuffer-
able torment to many. A tant rein can
be used with entire propriety on horses
Of fine. cosy, up carriage, especially
while in motion, but. If the muscles and
bony structure Of the neck extend for
ward horizontally from an upright
shoulder rather than striking out from q
slanting shoulder. then the most intense
suffering win be inflicted by straining
the neck up to an angle entirely unnatu-
nj TO the animal, especially If this
strain be long kept up. To strain cul-
prit up BY the thumbs till only his toes
touch the ground Is certainly one Of the
severest admissible punishments that
can be inflicted upon mortal, and the
check rein il undoubtedly akin to it in
10 extrems application. -Nev York
Herald.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-26
HOW MILTON CANE TO WRITE"P4R-
ADlSD RE6AIHED.o

NOW MILTON CANE TO WRITE"PIR-
ADlS1 RECLAIMED"
1t was At the time OF the great plague
that the poet Of Paradise Lost" took
up his abode at Chalfont, and it was
through the instrunentality Of COM
mon friend Of his and William Penn's
That this retreat was selected. Thomas
Ellwood, the Quaker, had made Millions
acquaintance IN London some years be-
iors. when hunted out Of house and
homo By the Bucks Justices, and read
Latin 10 him in his lodging in Jewin
street When the plague grew fierce in
the city, the blind Ioet bethought him
Of his one time Secretary, and asked him
10 fnd him some retreat in his neigh
borhood. EIlvood took this "pretty
boz" for him; and it.was here that he
suggssted to him the idea Of Paradise
Rsgained." Milton had handed him the
maauscript Al "Paradise Lost to pass
his Judgment on. 81 pleasantly said to
him" Elwood relates IN his Life.
"s Thou hast said much here Of paradise
lost. but what hast thou to say Of para
dise foundf He made me no answer
but sAt scme time IN muse; then he
hsoks Of that isceurse and fell upon
an0ther subject After the sickness was
over and the city well cleansed, he
turned thither; and. when afterward I
vent to wait on him there, he showed
me his second poem. called Paradise
Regained.' and r : pleasant tone said
y = This i owing 70 - sor con
put Z Into ~ haad By the quessios you
pot b - q Qh1liont, which before I
"a daot fhoaG y a e
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-26

MORPHOMAl|


- HcW AAUtkSS kAss"@pcNfNsss$V
EcteHce.
fFrom The London Trath.1
When physicians discovered that pain
could be subdued by inserting under the
skin small pointed instrument pro-
vided with little tube containing NOR
phia, they little thought that they were
paving tho way for q new vice. Yet so
it was. There are, in our merry En-
gland. beings who are as wholly under
sthe d6hination OF morphia as ever were
Chineso under that Of opium. Women
Il h}ss yielded by degredzp 81 its fatal
fheination, until at last they prick the
sfin q dozenfimss a day with the tiny
syringe thatslkAs such terrible results.
The operetion is almost painless: the
immediate effects pleasant. A delicious
ianguor superyene.. Happy thoughts
and bright imaginations fill the mind.
Some see beautiful visions, others feel
only o pervading sensation Of. comfort
and well being. On few the effect of
morphia is to excite to somo intellectual
eMort, If effort that can be called, which
b pure de)ight, ag.orious feeling Of un-
trammeled power Or unerppled exercise
Of the highest faculties. 1t is as though
the mind had suddenly developed wings.
But at the very height of the enehant-
nent the influence of morphia begins TO
subside. The glory fades. The wings
trail, and the feet that are their sorry
substitutes become weighted as with
lead. As with the workers, SO with the
dreamers. The visions are obscured.
The sensation of comfort gives place to
one of discomfort, irritation, even pain.
The mental vision that had Just now
looked through rosy mist sees all
things as through Grape veil or No
vember fog. Can it be wondered at that
the dose is renewed, that the poison is
absorbed again and again. that the in
tervals become shorter and shorter be-
tween the reign of the potent drug?
And the end? The punishment is ter-
rible indeed. By degrees the mind be-
comes darkened. Hideous hallucina-
tions seize upon it, Self-control is lost.
Imbecility overtakes tho weak. Mad
ness threatens the strong.
These are the personal consequences.
There are others to be bequeathed to
sons and daughters, and later genera
tions. These can be guessed at Thu
new vice has not reigned sufficiently
long for the world to have seen them
exemplifed, but dark array of possibil-
tiles suggests itself only too readily.
The heritage Of insanity, Of inebriety,
of imbecility with its future to be traced
back to those tiny tubes which hold
q drop or two, and to which men looked
as to blessed means of relieving pain,
that blessings and curses go
hand In hand in a crooked world.
Dipsomania has now powerful rival,
speedier in it's results than its own re-
volting process, and, eventually, as de-
grading. The name of the latter born
sister fiend is Morphomania.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-26
1ns ssELzrox or i srosY.


A skeleton always forms IN excsllena
outline for : sensation. AMI 20 II proved
vhen one of Janesville's young yaliAnfs
vas fooling with pair Of embryonic
doctorA Ono Of them engaged tho at-
tsntion Of the young man, while, the
other stepped to . cupboard, and, TAX
ing IN axticulated skeleton by the nspe
Il The neck. or where the naps ought TO
Be, bsoaghs it out, and started, with it
n front of him, right toward that young
nan. Thare was yell like the war CRY
Il cat convention ON the woodshed,
and that young man rushed out Of that
olacs hke dog running race with an
oyster can. It was rush for life. He
struck the stairs and the stairs struck,
him. The bottom was reached before
he got half way down, and - he gath
srsd himself up he swors vengeance, and
deep rested mot upon his eyelids until
hs had planned his campaign of wrath
against that young doctor.
II was mot many nights after before
his plan was carried into execution.
Calling TO his aid in confdence the
young doctors chum, he secured pos
session 81 that skeleton, daubed ifssye-
sockets with phosphorus that they might
sand forth ghastly glances, and snngly
tucked 1t in the young doctors bed, COW
sriag it carefully with the quilts, and
hiding il from sight until the young
doctor should turn back the clothes to
get into bed. The plan worked we'll.
The young doctor came to his room,
and O. ives his wont, sat by the window
Sor time. enjoying smoke and med
itating in the dim light thrown into the
room by friendly lamp-post across the
street. His smoke ended, his medita-
tion over, he started for that bed. Tho
young man, with q group Of friends, was
waiting and listening in the adjoining
room for Developments. and as they
heard him step seross the room they
held their breath and stretched their
ears TO catch the first sound of fright
They had not long to wait A loud
shriek was heard" Holy Moses 10
asther with the sound Of . man falling.
A dead silence followed, and for min.
ute or two the listeners waited for some
sound of life, while the remembrance OF
cases where fright had caused death or
insanity flashed before their eyes. At
last one exclaimed, Hes tainted" an
other cried, He's Dead" and a grand
rush was made through the door. As
they entered they found the victim OF
the joke not swooned or dead, ,but sit
ting doubled up ON the door, holding
one foot in both hands, and thus trying
to give some consolation to the injured
feelings Of pet corn, which had in the
dark come suddenly in rude contact with
the leg Of . chair. He hadn't seen the
skeleton at all. He hadn't got that far.
The svenger and his friends had come
in little too soon, and were themselves
more frightened than the owner Of the
tender corn, and had TO explain their
proppt appearance on the scene by put
ting the skeleton q1ietly back in its
cupboard, and asking the young man to
stay up while longer, and smoke. -
| L1nesvHLe Recorder.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-26

AaLun ior ssady uss = nads by sdd-
ing to my quantity a eius common
whisky instsad q vatsr. Put both ~
sethsr IN ; bottls. cofk i tight and -
il for three q four days, when 4 viii b
II for ms without the appliOation q
l,sat dins thus prepared VIII keep fos
years. and : = n times At im uss, ~
sept in sery cold xsashex, when i should
l,e - IN YARN water bsfose usin& 10
obviaAs fhe difficulty a ths stopper g.
ting tight ~ the sine drying = The
mouth q the vessel, ne : Tin vsassl
with he cover fitting tight On IL cutp
sids TO prevent The esoape q the spiriI
by evaporisation. a sAroag solution -
isinsiass, matls in ths sasns mannsr, =
IA cxcsllcnt consent ~ lsatAer.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-26
AssMIrrKH .sENAr0R.

Mary Maddox, beauty, visited the
Senate Chamber Of the Kentucky Legis-
latore. Senator Stanton eyes fell upon
her for the first time. In less time
than il takes to copy them" says the
Louisville Cburier-J Journal correspend-
ent, he dashed OH the following lines"
with June-iiks lips and autumn hair,
with sunset chssk snd brow most fair,
with eyes nks stAss that haunt the skies
When In the west tho evening disss
4 woman with an angel face
The Senate Chamtcr came to grace;
moment thers aho hlled our sight,
Then passed without and-all was night
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-26
SNAKE AND FROG.


Many years ego, while in Ceylon, /
lived in house in "Slave Island" raised
on high platform. The steps up to
the door had become loosened, and be-
hind them q colony Of frogs had estab-
ished themselves. One morning I
watched q snake "a cobra) creep up, in
sert its head into . crack, and seize a
frog, which he then and there swallowed.
But the czack that admitted the thin fat
head and neck Of the ophidian would mot
permit Of the same being withdrawn
when the neck was swollen with the ad-
dition Of the frog inside it. The snake
tugged and struggled, but in vain, and
sitter series Of futile attempts disgorged
It's prey and withdrew it's head. But the
sight was too tantalizing. Again the
head was inserted in the crack and the
coveted morsel swallowed, and again the
vain struggles TO withdraw were re-
newed. I saw this repeated several
times, till, gaining wisdom by expert
ence, the snake seized the frog by one
leg, withdrew it from its coigne Of want
age, and swallowed it outside. de.-Nature.