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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-03-15

russell, the kalsomlner, IS al Work at
the Coolidge.
1t is pretty near time for the school
boys to begin to play "hooky."
The witnesses in the Altman whisky
case all came up missing Monday.
Superintendent Hammond has put in
seven water taps within a week.
T. A. Rogan, of the city schools, has
been appointed postmaster at Hartford.
N. Nation has lost within the last
month, 10 or 10 head o. cattle from fe-
yer.
C. II. Reinhart purchased to-day fine
Kentucky Messenger colt OF VIM. Raw
son.
Slater Roberts is the name of the new
superior of the Franciscan sisters OF this
city.
Russell Smith, first-class artist, has
taken a char at the Coolidge house bar
Der shop.
John Watson bought handsome lit
tie mare Monday morning, for which he
paid $3.50.
Tom Fleming is getting the material
on the ground for new buggy shed on
Market street.
f. NJ. Smith has removed his restaur-
ant to the room formerly occupied by
Weiland iS Weiland.
Max Fawcelt is putting in first-class
culvert and cross walk at First avenue
and Commercial street.
A fancy dress ball will be given
some time this month under the au-
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1883-02-08
SPEAKING WE'LL OF OTHERS.

If the disposition to speak we'll OF
others were universally prevalent, the
world would become a comparative para
disc. The opposite disposition is the Pan.
dora box which, when o. eaed, fills every
house and every neighborhood with pain
and sorrow. How many enmities and
heart burnings flow from this source |!
How much happiness is interrupted and
destroyed !! Envy, jealousy. and the ma
lignant spirit of evil, when they find
vent by the lips, go forth on their mis-.
sion like foul fiends to blast the repu.
tation and peace Of others. Every one
has his imperfections and in the con.
duct Of the best there will be occasional
faults which might seem to justify amin
adversion. It is good rule, however,
when there is occasion for fault find.
ing, to do it privately to the erring one.
This may prove salutary. 1t is proof
of interest in the individual, which will
generally be taken kindly, if the man.
her OF doing it is not offensive. The
common and unchristian rule, ON the
contrary, is to proclaim the failing Of
others to all but themselves. This is un.
christian, and shows despicable heart.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1883-02-08
nov EASY TT rs TO DIE.

If had strength to hold q pen, /
would write how easy and delightful it
is to die," were the last words of the
celebrated surgeon, VIM. Hunter; and
Louis XIV. is recorded as saying, with
his last breath, "I thought dying had
been more difficult"
That the painlessness of death is
owing to some benumbing influence act
ing on the .sensory nerves may be in
ferred from the fact that untoward ex.
ternal surroundings rarely trouble the
dying.
On the day that Lord Collingwood
breathed his last the Mediterranean was
tumultuous; those elements which had
been the scene of his past glories rose
and fell in swelling undulations and
seemed as il rocking him to sleep. Capt.
Thomas ventured to ask if he was dis
turbed by the tossing Of the ship. "No,
Thomas" he answered, IL am now in o
state that nothing can disturb me more
I am dying, and am sure it must be
consolatory to you and all that love me
to see how comfortably + am coming to
my end" In the Quarterly Review
there isrelated on instance of criminal
who escaped death from hanging by tho
breaking of the rope. Henry ~. of
France sent his physician to examine
him, who reported that after a moments
suffering the man saw an appearance like
fire, across which appeared most beau
tiful avenue of trees. When a pardon
was mentioned the prisoner coolly re-
piled that it was not worth asking for.
Those who have been near death from
drowning, and afterward restored to con-
sciousness, assert that that the dying
suffer but little pain.
Capt. Marryatt states that his sensa-
tions at one time when nearly drowned
were rather pleasant than otherwise.
"The first struggle for life once over,
the water closing around me assumed
the appearance Of waving green fields.
1t is not feeling Of pain,
but seems like sinking down, overpow-
cred by sleep, in the long, soft grass OF
the cool meadow"
Now, this is precisely the condition
presented in death from disease. In
sensibility comes on, the mind loses
consciousness Of external objects, and
death rapidly and placidly ensues from
asphyxia.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1883-02-08
TOILET RECIPES,

To REMOVE P1MP1Es.-Two ounces Of
bi-carbonate of soda, one drachm OF
glycerine, one ounce of spermaceti oint-
ment.
FACE WAsH.-Two grains of bi-chlo-
ride of mercury, two grains Of muriate of
ammonia, eight ounces of emulsion OF
almonds.
CARE OF THE NAus.-Brush them
carefully at least once a, day, according
to ones work, pushing back the flesh
from the nail, thus avoiding hang-nails.
Under no circumstances bite them, but
trim with either scissors orspenknife.
Do not cut the nails shorter than the
fingers, or both viii soon have stubby
appearance; and clean them with o
blunt. not sharp. point.
PURIFYING THE BREATH. breath
is usually caused by an unhealthy state
of the stomach or poor teeth. If caused
by the first, the physician should be
called upon ; if the latter, apply to the
dentist. II from neither, take chlorate
of lime, seven drachms gum arabic,
five drachms; to be mixed with warm
watefto stiff paste, rolled and cut into
lozenges. These will arrest decay in
the teeth and neutrahze acidity Of the
stomach, and will also remove all trace
of tobacco from the breath.
CARE OF THE TEErH.-They should be
brushed caref lily after each meal, and
particularly after supper just before 60
ing to bed, rs what particles as may be
left on the teeth after eating very soon
destroy tn M. Brushing the teeth once
day with pure white CASTLE soap will
keep til IN clean and white. If you cam
not remove the tartar that may accumu-
late by the use of q brush, take pow
dered punice stone, and, with q small
sticl. made into a fine brush at. the end,
rub the teet-l carefully with the pumice
stone. Once month will do for this,
because, il practiced too often, it is apt
to destroy the enamel.
RESTORING THE ConoR OF THE HAIR
When the hair loses color, it may be re-
stored by bathing the head in weak
solution of ammon a-an even teaspoon
full Of carbonate of ammonia to o quart
Of washir & the head with crash
,nitten and brus. ling the hair thoroughly
while wet. Bait ing the head in strong
solution OF ro;k salt is said to restore
s,ray hair ill some cases. Pour boiling
water on rock salt in the proportion OF
.wo heap.ng tablespoonful to quart
os water and let it stand before using.
Ammonia, if used too often, makes>the
hair lighter, and, if in a strong solution,
Lurns and splits the h.ir.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1883-02-08

A Detroit lawyer was sitting in his
Office when a stranger appeared at the
door and said
"Beg pardon, bat can you tell me
where Smiths Office is?"
"Yes, sir-next door,"
The stranger uttered his thanks and
passed to the next door, which was
locked. Returning to the lawyer he
observed:
"Smith seems to be out?
"Of course he is. II you had asked
that question in the first place should
have answered it by telling you so.''
The visitor had troubled look on his
face as he passed out of the building,
but that look was gone when he re-
turned next day and inquired Of the
lawyer:
Chow much will you charge me for o
verbal opinion in little matter"
Oh, about S."
The case was stated and the opinion
given, and the stranger was moving
away when the lawyer said:
"My fee, please"
"I haven't cent to pay your
You haven't 2"
"Of course not II you had asked me
thas question in the first place ! should
have answered by telling you DO. Good
morning, sir r
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1883-02-08

AVW 4 AG " AdboEAS AEEfS WdA-Ws
Over in the Big meadows, any day, o
fine illustration Of chilly comfort may
be seen in the plan adopted by the In.
dians to catch fish and keep warm ut the
same time. Follow the river, and occa.
sionally You come ACROSS . noble red
man, muffled up in all the old coats and
blankets he possesses. sitting in his CO.
noe, which is loaded with firewood.
Three or four feet OF the center Of the
canoe Is covered with sand to the depth
of two or three inches, aud on this he
keeps bright FIRE blazing, and, with
his back TO the fame. pursues his duties
Of taking in the speckled beauties. The
smoke might prove troublesome to a
white man, but the Digger is in no dan.
ger Of having his complexion injured,
and, as he paddles along from oac good
rifle to another, he looks as independ-
ent as lord, and throws glance Of
pity at the poor devil OF white man,
who takes his chances from the snowy
bank, and has to knock under in the fish
ing race at the rate OF about five to one.
-Plunaos (CaL) National.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1883-02-08
MAKING MONEY.

Some people can hardly make liy-
ing, and some lay5up money. Why is
it? Into village OF few hundred in.
habitants young man came and was
employed as clerk in the store he lived
there fifty years and laid up $lOO, 900.
Other men worked as hard, but did not
lay up money.
Near that village was a large and
beautiful farm. The owner of it had it
from his father. He did not drink nor
gamble, and yet he could not make a
living, and SO borrowed money, and to
secure it gave mortgage on the farm.
In few years the farm was sold and he
was obliged to move away. A Scotch
man, with but little money, and with
large family, passed by and saw the
house was vacant and struck a bargain
with the owner. He began to work, to
save and to pay, and in ten or twelve
years he was the entire owner. Then
he went on and laid up money, and is
now a rich man.
The art of making money is one that
should be carefully studied. If you
take dollar and lend it out at 6 per
cent. interest, it will double itself in
sixteen years. If you take dollar and
buy something with it, and then sell
that at profit, and so keep doing, you
increase your capital. These three ways
are the foundation ways OF money-mak-
ing. All business is in one of these
three forms. Those who succeed the
lest are those who know the most about
what they do.-SchooI JossImal
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1883-02-08
THE FRENCH MIDAMk'S NEW
HOARDER,


Madame, what is there on the card
forthe dinner!" inquired the new boarder
at our boarding-house, Us he seated him
to table.
"Of the soup, of the beef, of the
sheep, of the calf and of the poultry" I"
replied she; "the which wish you?"
"a piece OF the hen roasted" said he |;
"and of the apples Of the ground"
"Wish you of the apples OF the ground
cooked to the water or to the furnace2"
demanded she.
"I prefer them cooked to the master
OF hotel, said he.
"We have not of cook French" said
madame, sharply, "when the to board
is of such good market it must that we
sweat blood and water to make come to-
gether both ends" and madame wiped
one tear from her eye.
"Oh, bring me what you have" said
the new boarder, tend red to the instant,
"but dispatch yourself, as I wish ac-
company Of the friends to celebrate the
funerals Of a mister ut two hours. Bring
me in, same time, ma. lame, if you please,
OF the pie to the eggs, and q cup Of cof-
fee, black for the dessert"
And madame in person, who hears
her trade, brought his dinner, with q
smile to ravish, and the bomder, suscep-
tibie, forgot the toughness of the len
wing in the tenderness of his gracious
landlady.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1883-02-08
Il SAFE rEI.

5eallins was travelling ii Missouri just
before the last Presidential election, and
IN the car, right across from him, two
men were arguing as to the probable re-
suit os the election. Says one:
"Hancock's the man."
mo, sir. Garfeldll get it, was the
reply. ~
Suddenly an Adventist, sitting behind
them, spoke up and said
"My friends, do you know who is to
be our next President? It is the Lord,
who is coming at once, with his angels,
to reign"
Quick as thought, Jenkins, who inn
agined that some third-party candidate
had been mentioned, sprung up, slapped
the Millerite on the shoulder, and cried
out:
"Bet you $25 he don't carry Mis
souri. ."-Des Moines Mail.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1883-02-08
UOW MILTON CINE 70 WRITE
PdRiUIyE REGYINkD."


It was at the time OF the great plague
that the poet OF Pursdise Lost" took
up his abode at Chalfunt, and it was
through the fundamentally of a com.
mon friend OF his and William Penn's
that this retreat was selected. Thomas
Ellwood, the Quaker, had made Milton's
acquaintance in London some years be-
fore. when hunted out Of house and
home by the Bucks Justices, and read
Latin to him in his lodgings in Jewin
street. When the plague grew fierce in
the city the blind poet bethought linn
Of his one-time secretary, and asked him
to find him some retreat in his neigh
borhood. Ellwood took this "pretty
boz" for him and it was here that he
suggested to him the idea OF Paradise
Regained. Milton had handed him
the manuscript of Paradise Lost, to
pass his judgment on. 4 pleasantly
said to him" Ellwood relates in his
6 = .l p F 4 + Is
Life" s' Thou hast said much here Of
paradise lost, hut what hast thou to say
Of paradise found2' He made me no
answer, but ant some time in muse /;
. then broke off that discourse and fell
upon another subject. After the sick
ness was over, aud thocity well cleansed,
ne returned thither; and when after
ward I went to wait on him there he
showed me his second poem, called
Paradise Rcgained, and IN . pleasant
tone said 10 me. This is owing to you,
fcr you put Il int<, my hcad by Tie
question you put to me at Chalfont,
Ehich bcfors I hsa n.t thought 81.
A!f,ed z. Sto'z, II IIarper's Nagaxisss.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1883-02-08
WOHIYLY MODESTT.

.aIan loves the mysterious. A cloud
,ess sky and the f,,ll-blown rose leave
him unmoved; but the violet which
l,ides its blushing beauties behind the
bush. and the moon when emerging from
behind Il cloud, are to him sources of in
spiratin and of pleasure. Modesty is
to merit what shade is to q figure in
painting-it gives boldness and promi-
nence. Nothing adds more to female
beauty than modesty. 1t sheds around
the countenance halo of light that is
borrowed from virtue. Botanists have
given the rosy hue which tinges the cup
of the white rose the name of maiden
blush" This pure and delicate hue is
the only paint Christian virtue should
use. 1t is the richest ornament. A
woman without modesty is like faded
flower diffusing an unwholesome odor,
which the prudent gardener will throw
from him. Her destiny is melancholy,
for it terminates in shame and repent
ance. Beauty passes like the flowers,
which bloom and die in few
hours but modesty gives the female
charms which supply the place of tran
STORY freshness Of youth.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1883-02-08

There is vast amount of humbug in
the system OF common.school education,
and it is not strange that many parents
are adopting the plan OF having their
children instructed at home, where they
can carefully watch the child's training
and see that what time is devoted to in.
struction IS turned to good account. A
disgusted father writes to q Philadelphia
journal saying that the other day he
heard his little girl sobbing over rule
which she was trying to commit to men,
ory, in the following words, to-wit:
"Rule for short division. rule dash
one write the divisor ut the left of the
dividend, semi-colon, begin Mt the left
hand, comma, and write the quotient
beneath, period. Paragraph. 2. If
there is remainder after any division,
comma, regard it as prefxed to the next
figure, comma, and divide as before,
period. If any partial dividend is less
than the divisor, prefix it to the next
figure, comma, and write q cipher in the
quotient. period. Paragraph proof pc
riod dash multiply the quotient by the
dvisor, comma, and add the remainder,
comma, if any, comma, to the product,
period"
After reading these painfully idiotic
paragraphs the amazed parent made in
quiry and found that the pupils-chil-
dren under 1O-were required to study
rules in this way in order that they
might be able to write them out and
"point" them, not correctly, but ac-
cording to the book.
81 also found" he adds, "that if a
comma was left out, though the sense
remained unchanged, the pupil suffered
as much in loss of marks as though she
had committed q vital blundcr. Thanks
to homo instruction, my little girl un.
derstands the rules of arithmetic, but
she. cannot learn them by rote in this
parrot fashioN aud suffers accordingly.
Can we have nothing done in this mat
ter to relieve our children from utterly
useless memorizing, that leaves them at
the end of few years with weakened
minds and no taste for study7 I got o
letter the other day from a man who
had graduated from university. He
could neither write nor spell correctly
(spelling goes 'gose), and yet at school
q few years ngo, he could glibly recite
all the rules of grammar, and was by no
means an indifferent pupil"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1883-02-08
4 SEyT WiY TO Il Use yETTER DOGS.

Il NEU HI1 u Ia : lSE SE1xEH DOGSs
A citizen OF our community has fine
litter OF setter dogs. Ho has been TAX
ing special pains to give them good
start in the world, and to this end it was
his custom to ri-c from his bed ut short
intervals to feed them. It became rath-
er tedious business Tor him to "crawl
out during the cold winter nights to at
tend to their wants, so he tried a new
plan. Sitting pun of milk i'll u warm
corner behind TIE s;oye, he went TO bed,
and, in the small hours, the young Co.
mines called for food. Thinking to make
u good job Of It, he arose in the dark
and carried the pan carefully to the wood
house, when, scizins each pup by the
nape oi tie neck, he thrust its nose into
tho pan, and, when all had "got to their
work" returned to his bed. The next
morning he was aroused by his wife,
who wanted to know what in the world
he had done with her bread-pan. In
vestigation followed his wife wet up o
batch of bread and set lit behind the
stove to rise; this pan our "shot had
carried to the pups, and they, after
gorging themselves with the dough,
waddled back to their warm nest. The
yeast was good and the puppies rose,
looking like SO many muffs with tho
head of the animal led for trimming,
while their legs and tails resembled
warts on an early-rose potato. -Hender,
SON (hv,) Tobacconist.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1883-02-08
EP1GRAMs rRox !" ENDYAxoN.


The following scraps Of epigram are
culled from Lord Beaconsfeld's novel,
I" Endymion":
"A little knowledge Of the world Is y
very dangerous thing, especially in liter
ature."
The only use Of being IN opposition
Is that We may enjoy ourselves"
When nation is thoroughly per.
picked and dispirited they soon cease to
make distinctions between political par.
ties. The country is ont Of sorts, and
the Government is held answerable for
the disorder"
Sensible men are oil OF the same re-
igion. And what is that? Senaible
men never tell. /"
Great men should think of opportu-
nifty and not of time. Time is the ex.
cuse Of feeble and puzzled spirits. .
Every political party changes ita
principles on an average once in ten
years.
Dynasties are unpopular, especially
new ones. The present age is monarch,
cial, but not dynastic.
"That hecatomb they call wedding
breakfast, which celebrates the tri.
umph, Of rival.
Everything in this world depends
upon will" 81 think everything in this
world depends upon woman" i" 1t is the
same thing"
"One should never think Of death
think of life-that is real piety."
'Turtle makes oil men equal"
"a public man is responsible, and a
responsible man is slave. 1t is private
life that governs the world. The world
talks much of powerful sovereigns and
great ministers, and if being talked about
made one powerful they would be ire
sistible. But the fact is, the more you
are talked about, the less powerful you
are."
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1883-02-08
GARFIELD'S RELIGIOUy YrEWy.

By the natural bent Of his mind, the
late President had liking for philo-
sophie and religious studies. which was
strengthened and gratifed during his
two terms at Williams College, where
good deal Of attention is given to meta
physics, and his subsequent four years
of teaching at Hiram but in his later
career the practical questions of life ab-
sorbed him 80 much that he found little
time to devote to tie domain OF specula-
ton and theoretical thought. He read
Mill, Cointe and Spencer, however, and
was deeply interested i'll such books as
James Freeman Clarke's "Ten Great Re-
ligions," and in tho current discussions
in the English reviews and magazines
on new phases of religious belief and
criticism. There was nothing of the
bigot about him. He welcomed all hon
est discussion. and was always willing to
throw Off old opinions il convinced they
were erroneous. In his religious views
he might have been called rationalis-
tic Christian. doubt If he could have
passed successful catechising on the
doctrinal points of any orthodox creed,
but on such essential matters as be-
lief in the divine guidance of the universe
and the Immortality of the human soul,
his faith was unshaken. Modern mate
railism made no impression upon him.
The argument that the mind is only
phenomenon of matter he thought
stupid reversal of the truth. The soul
or lue-principle was the real thing, he
maintained, and the phases of matter
Only its transient and varying expression.
The chur:h to which he belonged from
boyhood has no written creed and does
not question its members :ls to their
theological conceptions; therefore he
was not hampered 10y formal statements
Of faith in his intellectual growth, and
was able without HYPOCRISY to retain as
,ociations which became very dear to
him in early life. !. Smaiiey.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1883-02-08

A SHEAF OF FOREIGN PROTERBd.
People love truth, but invite the lie
to dinner.-Russidn.
One hill cannot keep two tigers
Chinese. Equivalent of our "Two Of Q
trade"
The sea will settle when it marries.-
Gaelic.
When the house is builded, death
enters in..-Turkish.
Heaven sends almonds to the tooth.
less.-Nubian.
There was never good or Ill but woman
had to do with it.-Gaclic.
What woman doesn't know she'll
hide.-Gaelic.
Steel likes to be called gray silver
Russian.
The meat is on the chopping-board.-
Chinese. Equivalent to !" the victim is
powerless against his oppressor.
1t isn't ruse alone, but the tooth, too,
that helps out the. .fox.-Russian.
Wed no woman in whom you can find
no haw.-Gaelic.
Speak low, friend even dead Cars
ears can hear. r.--Russian.
Harsh is the praise that cannot be
listened to; dark are the DANES that
cannot be dallied with. Gaelic.
Though snake be fed with milk. it
viii stir yield poison. - 1dmul. Put Q
crow in y cage, viii he talk like par
rot?- Urad. The MIN tree will not be
sweetened, though you water it with
mill. k.-Sdlscrik.
Twang on golden harp and ther j..
pie will admire your playing. Rus in.
The jackal howls--wiIl my old buffalo
die ?-Badaga viii the barking of the
dog reach the skies r Cingalese. 4
the dog bark at the mountain viii The
mountain be injured OF the dog =.
Ian,uL Equivalents Of our own PROV,
erb. /" Curses come home to roost .
The birds live, though not al hawks
Gaelic.
ia dog has money he is called " You
lordship the dog. Rsoatntir. 4ss
Many b man wears blue ribbon o.
his breast that had better wear = rope
around his neck. Russidn.