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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-02-22
We present no pretended miracle. -
"Truth is mighty and must prevail"
No sophistry can Withstand the power
of its honest utterance.
Editor Of Evening Press =

EdIJOT OF EVeHUg lTeSS' -
DEAR Feeling deeply grateful for the
great benefits which have received from the use
of very valuable article which has its origin and
homo in our beautiful city, and hoping that others
who are afflicted as have been may find ike re-
lief from its use, l beg the indulgence OF few
lines in your valuable paper for the privilege Of
communicating to you brief statement of facts,
for the benefit of the multitude of sufferers to be
met with on every side. Many of my friends well
know that have been very severely afflicted
with heart disease for number of years, and
have suffered from it as only those can suffer
who have that disease; it reduced my strength so
low that could scarcely walk across my room,
and the least exertion rendered me so short
breathed that dared scarcely move, and life
seemed very burdensome. was treated for my
malady BY the best physicians, and derived no ben
eft from their treatment or prescriptions until
I was advised by my family physician 20 use
Hunts Remedy, as my trouble was caused by in
action of my kidneys, which affected very seri-
ously the action of my heart. commenced tax
ing it (havng little faith in it or any other med-
cine). and it has helped me wonderfully, and
am now a great deal better, and have been ever
since began its use. In fact have taken no
medicine that has benefited me so greatly. My
breathing is easy. and have gained in strength
so much that am able to do my housework.
cheerfully recommend Hunts Remedy to all VINO
may be afflicted as have been, or who are suffer
ing from general debility and nervous prostra-
lion. Respectfully,
MRS. A. o. ROCKWELL,
Pearl Street, Providence, Il. 1.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-02-22

To cure earaeke. take a pinch Of
black pepper. put il on q piece Of eot-
ton battinr dipped ia sweet oil, ana
place in the car, aiil to a hanel;l G
around the head. and It viii givs a.
most Instant relief. -. Lonis Glebs,
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-02-22
MORAL.

Ladies and gentlemen" remarked
the Rhino"eros, rs he hove in sight,
let this convirce you that we all have
cur a1lts and that we are expected to
bear with each others. While the ASS
may bray. the Parrot chatter, the Wolf
towl and the Alligator rake in the pot,
they allow the rest OF Us TO go chr ways
and do rs we Ike. Iicwho begins tn
finl fault with the Ass viii not stop
until he has discovered that the whole
world is wrong. Let Us now shut up
and look for breakfast - D5ir2I Free
Il...ss
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-02-22


There had been heavy thunder
@orm the night previous, and the
ca"ol-.cachcr asked little Johnny:
Wee You not frightened Johnny,
u the thunder and lightning, last
aighi?'
80, sir. mt bit"
That's right. Johnny. You are a
cod I;tile sunday school boy. You
now who causes the storm, don't you,
uhrny?"
'Ye., sr, nv grandfather.
2oul grand aiher! Why. Johnny, l
N shocked at yo'. God makes the
.tu;'er and Ugh ming and the storm"
';,ny lie SO, but the day before the
arni came up, my old grand ather
4 be ielt it in his bones. "-TtrGs
,tJ12s.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-02-22

Inc Detroit Free Press feels sure
. 3 copn ~ which can pan ont 5jo,-
G0l bush is OF wheat in such s a
= ti.is cannot be sat Gown on By
= Lower en- earth.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-02-22

HENRY II. SHELDON.
10. go Westminster ST., Providence, Il. l..
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-06-09
Governor Lowry and q Special Session.
.[ROge,lale Leader. |

'[Rosedale Leader.
While the subject oflevees along
the riparian counties of the river
above here for the protection of
the rich and fertile lands subject
to overflow from them during ev.
cry high water is one of vast i'm
portance and demands speedy ac-
ton, it is questioned whether or
not Governor Lowry will call q
special session of the Legislature.
A special session could provide
efficient measures for safety, and
thus aid a large body of .industri-
ous citizens who are daily tOiling
and contending against misfor-
tunes that have befallen them in
the way of overhows for the past
two years. To await a regular ses-
sion for action is to subject them
to the probability of as great a
calamity, destruction and destitu'
ton of circumstances, as they
have hitherto undergone. Will he
stand back for the expense that
will be incurred, when it is a ques-
ton of whether or not these coun-
ties are to be either protected by
levees from the floods or be de-
serted and go back to an unwhole-
some swamp!
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-06-09

upon the question. Must the Go.
vernon call an extra session! If
he does, it viii necessarily cost the
State quite sum of money; but
on the other hand, should he let
the levee 90, will it not decrease
the valuation of the lands in the
bottom more than the cost of an
extra session. In other words,
wouldn't the building of the levee
increase the value of the lands,
thereby increasing the taxes there
on more than enough to pay the
cost of an extra session. We think
if the Governor sees that the peo.
pie in the bottom really need and
want the leyee, he should do all in
his power to assist them in getting
il.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-06-09
POSTAL DIRECTIONS.


All postage must be paid by
stamp.
Letters in the United States per
half ounce, 3 cents.
Drop letters, half ounce, | cent.
Registered letters, 10 cents and
proper postage.
Pamphlets, newspapers, maga-
zines, books, posters. etc, each 2
ounce or fraction, 1 cent.
Printed cards, blanks, seeds,
merchandise, 1 cent per ounce.
All matter not at letter rates
must be prepaid in full, wrapped
so that 1t can be examined without
destroying the wrapper.
Liquids, poison, explosives and
other dangerous matter excluded.
Unpaid letters are. sent to the
Dead Letter Office.
Letters part paid forwarded; bal
ance collected of the receiver.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-06-09

Wien Dean Richmond was Pre-.
sident of the New York Central
Railroad, his son Henry, recently
appointed q member of the New
York Civil Service Commission,
was a conductor on the road. The
elder Richmond was on his sons
train, and making no move to
show a ticket or pass, was asked
by the boy for a ticket. "Go
away, / haven't got any," said he.
"But,' said the conductor, "my
orders are strictly to let nobody
ride without a ticket or a pass.r
"Well, no matter,n said Dean, 81
am President of this road, and
don't need either.r aCan't help
it, father; you see how I'm fixed
shall have to put you off If you
don't do one or the 0ther.r The
old man looked at him square in
the eyes, but as the son didn't
quail, and looked look that meant
mischief, the president deemed il
best to come down with the cash,
and did, amid the merriment Of
those around.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-06-09
Riddleberger Disgusted.

detroit Free Press.l

Special to Times-Demoerat.
Washington, May Ex-senator
Riddlcberger arrived in the city
to-day, all ont Of sorts. He stated
to friend that he was disgusted
with the manner in which he had
been treated by the administra-
ton that he could not secure
even .erumb of the patronage.
Riddleberger this evening address
sed a letter to the several heads
of the departments, demanding an
explanation for his treatment. lie
is exceedingly anxious to get a
few of his intimate friends in pla.
ces, and says that if he is disap.
pointed he will have his revenge.
This is only the beginning of a
serious quarrel between Riddle
berger and Boss Malone.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-06-09
NO. 4e
The Panther'S Leap.
Forest and Stream.T

A gentleman of truth said this to
me: a" | was in Canada some years
since. The family had just finish
ed the usual slaughter of hogs and
a beef, aud had hung the beef
against a pile of lumber to cool off
or freeze. 4 catamount (the Indi-
an name in New England crept
out in the night to get a piece. In
pulling down the quarter of beef
ho upset the pile of lumber, which
came down with a frightful noise,
and he made three tremendous
leaps from the spot. | saw the
tracks in the snow; there was not
a mark between them; | did not
measure the distance myself, but a
man did, and | believe correctly.
The first jump was up hill, 30 feet;
the second, horizontal, to a large
rock, - feet the third, down hill,
~ feet.n
A leap of 30 feet perpendicular
to the branch of u tree, or 40
foot plunge after a fatal shot and
falling dead almost at the hunters
feet, have been repeated until the
veracity is not questioned, and
after making all allowance, we
must acknowledge there is not a
creature living whose leap cont
parcs with it.
The question then comes up,
how is this superiority over other
animals attainedl The key ave
shall find in the coilcd wire spring.
This spring, pressed down on u
base and liberated, leaps ahead
further than any other form. The
reason il very simple. Every
movement of substance must start
from n base unless moved by mn
outside force. The coiled wire
sprinp. when pressed down. be.
comes n solid its entire lcngtb.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-06-09
Gratifying.
[Vicksburg Herald.l


Recently the lying, sensational
correspondent, Gath, said that the
Erlanger syndicate was not giving
satisfaction, and that it was likely
to go to pieces. On the contrary,
the roads of this syndicate are do.
ing so well, aud are so rapidly in.
creasing their business, that the
foreign stockholders design inyes-
ting ~, 100000 more to make need
ed improvements. The earnings
of the road have steadily increas.
ed. and the London Railway News
asserts that Manager Scott's sug-
gestions as to the Alabama Great
Southern will be carried out in
time to meet the increased busi-
ness that will be derived from the
New Orleans and Northeastern,
which will be completed by Fall.
Manager Scott suggests that the
Alabama Great Southern be relaid
with sixty pound steel rails and
put in first-class order in every re-
spect, or it will be impossible 9th
erwise for it to do the traffic.
These evidences of railroad
prosperity in Alabama and Missis-
sippi are as gratifying to the pub
lie as they are creditable to Mr..
Scott.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-06-09
4 Victim Of Strange Coin cidcnees,
New York IIcrald.l


A merchant of this city, who
has taken part in the Presidential
elections of the last forty years,
has had the singular misfortune to
vote for the four Presidents who
have died in oflicc-IIarrison, Tay-
lor, Lincoln aud GaHiield-and for
no other successful candidate for
that office. Hearing of this strange
experience a reporter went to him
for its c0rroboration. lie said:
"l have always been n Wing
aud Republican, and | voted for
Henry Clay, who was beaten. In
1910 voted for Harrison, who
died in office. In IS4S / voted for
Taylor, who also died in office.
That was the first coincidence, but
never thought much about 1t. In
1860 voted the fusion ticket as
against Lincoln. believed ut
that time that slavery in the South
was q domestic institution with
which the North had no right to
interfere. | changed my mind
when | saw what the Southerners
were doing, and in 1864 | voted
for Lincoln, who was assassinated.
This happening to the third sue
ccssful candidate had voted for
rather staggered me. In 1868 |
declined to vote at all-not be.
cause / was superstitions, but be-
cause | did not want to support
Grant, and | would not vote for a
Democrat. In 1872 | had moved
my residence to New Jersey, and
was not entitled to vote that
year. In 1876 lost my vote, too,
and in 1880 | told my friends that
/ did not want to vote for Garfield,
for if | did he would either be de-
feated or would lose his life while
in Office. They insisted upon my
doing so, however, and it looked
like such close thing that | was
finally persuaded and voted for
Garfield. Now he is dead, and ]
never will vote for another Prcsi-
dent if / live to be a thousand
years old"
"YOu are not supcrstitious ~
mo, sir" the merchant replied
with some asperity; "but 1T is
very strange series of coincidcn-
ces, and / don't want to prolong
it. Now | want you to promise
me that you will not publish my
IIame.V
an do 1t il you will promise
never to vote for me for Presi-
dent,r replied the reporter, and
the compact was scaled.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-06-09
Mississippi River Improvement Committee
imes.Democrat.l

Our Mississippi River Improve.
ment Committee is not idle, but
has already become one Of the
most jealous and eager of work.
ers. Ifthe other twenty-odd com.
mittees organized at other points
in the Valley are as energetic as
it, the demand that will be presen.
ted to the next Congress, asking
for an appropriation for the Mis-.
sissippi, will be such as to com.
mand immediate and prompt atten.
tion from it.
This committee has held fre.
quent meetings, all of which have
been well attended, and at which
great zeal and interest have been
shown in the work before It. AT
the last meeting the executive
committee was asked to prepare q
platform or set of resolutions to
govern its policy and guide its fn,
ture work. When this is done il
can advance much more rapidly
but it does not intend to wait for
this, and is already engaged in
marshaling the friends of the river
for the coming campaign before
Congress. To this end, q sub.
committee has been appointed to
communicate with all the railroads
of the Southwest in order to dis.
cover which are friendly and well
disposed toward the Improvement
of the Mississippi. 1t has gener'
ally been supposed that the. rail
roads were all hostile to river IN.
terests, but this is a great error
There are a number of important
roads tributary to tho river, and
nearly all the leading lines in this
portion of tho countryare friendly
toward it, since it gives them a
rood deal of business, The course
of the committee in this respect
will prove of inestimable benefit
in finding new friends for the Mis-
sissippi river and in strengthening
its cause.
The committee is of opinion that
enough branches have been form
cd at the various riverinc towns
to justify permanent organization
now, and the consolidation of the
movement already inaugurated
1t has thrown out this suggestion
to tho central committee of the
st. Louis Merchants Exchange
and requests that an early meeting
be called to prepare a general
platform. Such q meeting would
undoubtedly be wise and benefi
cial. This movement, as we have
already shown, is stropg and rap
idly spreading. The adoption Of
q platform and a demonstration OF
its strength would help 1t along
nightly. 1t would show the coun-
try that the Mississippi Valley ID
determined not to be ignored in
the future legislation of this coun
try, and it would incite the smaller
river towns to organize and join
in this movement.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-06-09
hr. Clay'S american Policy.
New Mississippian.I


There were three leading ideas
embraced in Mr.. Claws American
policy that are now clearly fixed
as principles in the American Co
vernment-and which the ante
bellum free-trader cannot eOmpre-
hend. The first is, that it is pro-
per, wise, and the established prin.
ciple of this government to collect
its revenue by the tariff system
that is by duty imposed on im.
ported articles-in contradistinc-
ton to raising the revenue by di.
rect taxation.
Second. That this tariff ought
not to be imposed solely or only
for revenue, but that it should be
so adjusted as to encourage home
productive industry and labor.
Third. That il is the duty of
the general government to bear
the cost of all Improvement of
rivers and harbors, and to under
take works for the specific pur-
pose of developing the resources
! of the country.
These three principles of the
old Wing party were It's element
of strength, so universally perva-
ding both the Republican party
and the Democratic party of to-day
that if there is opposition to them
it must come from some new inde-
pendent organization.
Of course the Democratic party
once opposed these economic prin.
ciples, or rather at one time they
did not properly assimilate them
as principles of the party. The
original formation of the Demo
cratic party was that Of party
especially to protect mans indi.
viduality and his rights as a citi.
zen of the common government.
And while the general government
under the constitution recognized
the white man solely as a citizen,
and slaves as property in tho Sou.
thern States, it was natural for the
Southern element as long as it had
control in the limits of the party,
| to shape it's features so as especi.
ally to protect slavery. Secession
was upheld as q peaceful manner
of dissolving tho government
when the abolition of slavery was
threatened. Free trade was up.
held because IL removed the ma.
tional workshops to England, and
removed a dangerous class of
white competitive free labor from
contact with slavery. And Mr..
Mr.. Clay's American policy was
objected to because it gave too
much strength TO the general gov.
ernment, thus antagonizing seces.
sion.
The Northern wing of the De.
mocracy never were opposed to
the tariff system of government.
They did not favor secession, and
viewed with favor the American
policy Of Mr.. Clay. And upon
these principles they will ever be
found where Stephen A. Douglass
led them-in an alliance with the
Republicans in preference to that
of a party composed of antagonis-
tic influences.
II was impossible to make the
Southern people aware that the
Democratic party before the war
was not q secession party. They
did not understand that the Nor.
thern members Of the organization
understood Democracy to mean
something very different from sc.
cession. And it seems almost i'm.
possible to make a certain class of
Southern politicians understand
to-day that they-Northern Demo.
crats-do not believe Democracy
now to be n free-trade, anti.tariff,
anti.internal Improvement party.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-06-09
The HarbOrs Of New Orleans and
New York.
es.Democrat.l

During the past few months the
river has so successfully secured
out whatever bars, low places and
Instructions existed in 1t that Mr..
Eads il able to proclaim to the
world that there is now q 30.foot
channel from the Gulf to New
Orleans, not only through the Jet
ties-where it has long existed
but through the passes and up to
our very wharyes.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-06-09

eRns. 4TH DISTRICT.
IRcUIT COURT.

RCUIT COUNT
.ountv-Begins on the lst
March and October, and may
,dieial days.
ronnty-Begins on the 2nd
March and October, and may
judicial days.
ounty-iiegins on the lth
March and October, and may
judicial days.
eounty-Begins on the md
q the lth Monday OF March
and may continue q ju-
|eounty-Begins on the srd
Y, tine lth Monday Of March
4. and may continue q judicial
. eounty-Begins on the ith
H. the ith Monday Of Nareh
and may continued judicial
han eounty-Begins on the
after the +th Monday of
|Oetober. and may continue 30
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-06-09
VOL. IS.
The Extra SeSSi6R Natter,
fYazOo CITY HeraldI

Gov. Lowry should not hesitate,
says a public spirited eOntempora.
~, to call an extra session of the
Legislature, and at once. While
he hesitates, because only a por.
ton Of the State requests immedi-
ate legislative action, he should
remember that the prosperity of
the whole State depends upon the
prosperity of all its parts, and that
the hill counties are indirectly in
terested in the welfare of the river
counties.
The people believe that their
existence depends upon the con-
struction OF levees, and they have
united for that purpose, but they
cannot build them without legis.
lative action. This seems to be a
plain case, wherein the Governor
is bound to act. Now if Gov. Low.
ry will only cast the same favoring
eyes upon them that we do, and
call an extra session of the Legis.
lature as soon as practicable, he
may rest assured that the earnest
body of men who recently met in
convention at Jackson in the inter.
est Of the finest cotton country
that bird ever winged its fight
across, will ever be disposed to
sound his praise, and their feelings
in this regard will find sympatmz.
ers among the fair minded in every
part of the State, especially if they
have jnst conception of the ex-
igcncy that prompted him to act
so patriotically as a means of
averting in The future such fearful
overhows as happened in 1882 and
1888, and which worked SO disas-
trously against the interest of the
landowners in the river counties
Of the State.
The Governor seems to fear that
if a special session of the Legisla.
ture is convened, it will enter into
general legislation and do some.
thing that would not rebound to
the general welfare. The pre-.
sumption, to use the words of an.
other, that tho Legislature of Mis-
sissippi, called together in extra
session for the purpose of allowing
one part of the State to save itself,
or at least to make q more deter.
mined effort to do so, from ruin,
bankruptcy and depopulation, will
fritter away any considerable time
in doing nothing seems to MS un.
reasonable. Gov. Lowry should
cast to the winds his fears upon
tho subject, and do his duty In the
premises by calling an extra ses-
sion of the Legislature at an early
day, that the counties represented
in the levee convention lately held
in Jackson may be legally author.
lied to constitute themselves INTO
q levee district.
AS to the drivcl concerning the
cost of an extra session, 1t is al.
most too contemplate to notice.
What is a few thousand dollars
and q session of tho Legislature
not lasting over ten days would
probably not cost more than s1O,.
OOO-but a mere peppercorn in
point of magnitude when compar-
ed with the des0lation sustained
by any of the counties inundated
by the overflow of 1882 or 1888"
Such peppereorn craftsmanship as
we have seen manifested in yari-
ous quarters since the calling of
an extra session of the Legislature
has become prominent topic of
discussion, is we'll calculated to
disgust sensible, patriotic men,
causing them to turn away from it
with the invincible repugnance of
hydrophobia.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-06-09

ISardis News

We have noticed recently that
quite an interest is felt in tho bot
tom concerning the building of the
Mississippi leyee; also consider
able said about convening the lie.
pislature of this State in special
session for the purpose Of acting
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-06-09
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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-06-09

First ice man" Any mean peo-
pie on your route ~ Second icc
mail-"I should say SO meanest
set Fever run across. Why, three
ont of five families keep scales,n y
Philadelphia News.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-06-09
Presbyterian Church

Preaching At u a, NJ. and ! D. m. every sunday
Communion 1T Sunday In February. Mry, Au-
gust aud November. fmyer-meeiing every
Wednesday night. Archer Pastor. sunday
school at9',, sam. Brown sup.