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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-11
"AT THE GOLDEN GATE"
BETRAYED.


Before the golden gate she stands,
With dropping head, with idle hands,
Loose-clasped md bent beneath the weight
OF unseen woe To late, too later
Those carved and fretted,
Starred, rosetted
Panels shall not open ever
To her, shut out by cruel Fate.
Ooly the fearless Ell ter there:
only the soul that, like prayer
No bolt can stay, no ief can mar,
No door of cedar,
Alas? shall lead her
Unto the stream that shows forever
Love,s face like some reflected star
They saw that golden barrier hides
4 realm where deathless spring abldes;
Where flowers shall fade not, and there
floats
Tbro, moon-rays mild or sun-lit notes
Mid dewy alleys
That grid the palace,
And fountained sprays unceasing culver
A dulcet rain of song bird notes.
The sultan lord knew not her name;
But TO the door that fair shape came,
The hour had struck, the way was right,
Traced 10y her lamps pale, Pickering light,
But ali, whose error
Has brought this terror?
Whose fault has foiled her fond endeayOr:
The gate swings TO her hope takes fight.
The harp, the song, the nlghtingales
She hears beyond. The night wind walls
Without, to- sound of feast within,
While here she stands, shut out by sin,
And be that revel,
OF angel or devil,
She longs to sit beside the giver,
That she at last her prize may win.
The lamp has fallen her eyes are wet
Frozen she stands, there lingering yet;
But through the gardens gladness steals
A whisper that each heart congeals-
A moan of grieying
Beyond relieving,
Which makes the proudest of them shiver,
And suddenly the sultan kneels.
The lamp was quenched; he found her dead
When dawn had turned the threshold red:
Her face was calm and sad as fate
His sin, not hers, made her too late.
Some think, unbldden
She brought him. hidden,
A truer bliss that came back never
To him. unblest, who closed the gate.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-11
THE SANHEDRIM
OF THE SoLONS;
The Mississippi Babel.
HOUSE-1Sth day.
OR

An act to repeal law defining the
jurisdiction, powers, dignities and
rights of justice. of the peace in Chick
asaw county was taken up, and the
bill was laid on the table, subject to
call.
An act to amend the law, so as to
secure school teachers who were able
to read and write, and were only par
TALLY ignorant, was taken up, and an
amendment offered, requiring that
| two or more of the school trustees of
each school should read and write.
This was considered by some men,
bers, as an extreme measure, but the
bill and amendment were referred to
the committee on Education.
The Senate amendments to the bill
to ratify and confirm the corporation
of the Memphis, Birmingham and At
lantic railroad were concurred in.
An Act tOamend Section 500 of re-
vised Code, in relation to duties of SUI
pervisor of the poor, referred to Judic-
larry committee.
Act to amend Section 1906 of the
code, in relation to mortgaged proper
ty was passed.
Act to require justices of the peace to
bring their dockets before grand juries,
passed.
The bill allowing Judge Trimble to
retire, was passed after considerable
discussion.
An act to amend an act to secure the
faithful collection of personal taxes
was passed. This is supposed to give
the terrible tax-collecting fiend renew
ed diligence, and we stand upon the
threshold of the new year and contem-
plate this prospect with the fullness of
horror.
An act was introduced to amend the
law in relation to the disposing of ex-
empt property.
To reduce the cost of regulating rail-
roads.
To allow justices of the peace fees in
criminal cases. Without being a
prophet, or any relation to prophet,
we predict that this law will never be
passed, and the noble band of brother
justices of the peace will never get a
price for convicting man.
Niles, of Attala, offered a resolution
proposing an amendment to the con-
stitution, providing for the election OF
Judges of the Supreme Court. Refer
red TO committee ON constitutional
convention.
This august body then adjourned.
| sENATE-1sth. day.
A bill to amend section ALL of the
coed, in relation to the maintenance o.
minors who have parents and have the
same put in the journals, was adopted
The House bill to require the Board
OF Supervisors of Scott county, to su
perintend all public work let out b,
them, was tabled.
The bill to amend section 46S in rela
ton to the public venue was passed.
! A bill to repeal an act constitutiHi
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-11

At colored wedding in Thiboda uN
La, last week, the lights were sudden
ly extinguished, and James Baptiste'
the groome, was fatally knitted by
Jealous girl, and the gaiety of the occa-
sion considerably dampened.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-11

A monument is proposed to be erect
ed to Stonewall Jackson in the grounds
of the Virginia Military Institute at
Lexington Virginia, and twenty-five
thousand dollars is asked for the
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-11

Recently in the Kentucky Legisla-
ture a Senator made an earnest two
hou speech in favor allowing boys to
play baseball on Sunday, He said
that law preventing this, was an in
fringment upon personal liberty, and
relic of the blue laws of Puritanism.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-11

Ex-Vice President Hannibal Ham
bin has walked up to say that, 1.-THE
grand highway ofpolitical life is strewn
with the bones of men who have writ
ten political letters"
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-11

Judge Tourgee, the author of "A
fools errand-;~ by one of the FOOLS has
written lecture entitled, "a story
teller's story" This work might bet
ter be termed "a liar-teller's lie"
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-11

kilograms from Marietta, Georgia.
give an account of horrible
murder, by one Joe Haywood, who
nistaklng a friend for an enemy, of
whom he was jealous, crushed his head
with hammer from behind, and was
Mortified to fina he had killed his best
friend
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-11

Sam Jones says: ~ would rather he
fifty old maids than one drunkards
wife, The idea of wanting to be fifty
old maids is rather peculiar.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-11

Frank James, the retired bandit, has
left Missouri, and is trying to lead a
o,,;at life near Milan, Tenn.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-11
HOUSE-24th Day.
Monday, Feb, LIST, 1885.

Mr.. Burkitt introduced a resolution
amending the rules of the House, re-
quiring general appropriation to be
made at an early day in the session,
and five hundred copies to be printed,
and allowing no charge after they are
printed.
A bill to increase the poll tax to two
dollars, and make the failure to pay
misdemeanor, was introduced and
referred.
Mr.. Scarborough introduced reso-
luton appointing committee of five
to visit the girls school at Columbus,
and that the House do not adjourn and
visit it as body.
Williamson, of Carol, Rowan and
Weaver spoke in favor of the resolu-
ton. Judge Harrison earnestly APP
pealed to them to make the visit, and
the resolution was lost.
SENATE-TWENTY-FOURTH DAY.
MONDAY, FEB. list, 1886.
Senator Walker introduced a bill au-
thorizing the Board of Supervisors OF
any county to require railroads to fence
their tracks.
Senator Dillard:---To prevent the
payment of money out Of the State
Treasury contrary to law.
A few local bills were introduced,
and the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE-25th Day.
Williamson, of Carroll-To provide
for greater punishment of train wreck
ers in the State.
Mr.. Southworth-To prevent the
establishment of two schools of the
same color in towns of less than 1000
inhabitants.
Mr.. Burkitt's resolution to investigate
the management of the Gulf and Ship
Island railway, created lively
discussion. Mr.. Morrell spoke against
it as interfering with a private matter
which was no business of the Legisls-
IuTc. lie lllOOIOI 1uaAAy PASN~
A motion to adjourn until Saturday
was carried.
SENATE-25th Day.
Senator billiard introduced bill
to abolish the office of Swamp Land
Commissioners.
Senator Dodds introduced a bill to
submit the question of prohibition to
the voters of Copiah county.
The following nominations made b.
the Governor were confirmed:
CITY. Breland, Of Greene county /
Marcus Ashew. Carroll county; J.W.
Grundy, Scott county: Fl. I. McWil-
liams, Montgomery county. The fol-
lowing were rejected: A. II. Foster,
| Winston county, J. II. Pahlam,
Holmes county.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-11
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. DAY.
SATURDAY, Jan. 80, 1856.

Senate met pursuant to ADJOURNMENT
Lieutenant Governor Stands IN the chair'
Reading of the journals OF yesterday was
dispensed with,
The privileges of the Senate wtrs ex-
tended to Hon. H, J. Pearson, OF falio'
busha county.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-11

and also from Capt. Eads' proposed ship
railway across the Isthmus of Tehaun-
tepec.
And the House adjourned.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-11

BY Hamilton, of Hinds-to satisfy
the cry of Washington county for
more Justices Of the peace, by giving
them one of these gorgeous creatures in
District number four at Burdette.
The bill to encourage the loaning Of
foreign money was indefinitely post
poned. If this encouragement would
have been effectual, and helped the
foieign loans to flow pretty freely, we
should have been uncompromisingly
in favor of its passage. Adjourned.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-11

Consideration of the repeal of the ag-
ricultural lien law was resumed, and
occupied nearly the entire morning.
The bill which finally passed the House
by a vote of 50 to so, is in substance as
follows; r.
Section l. Be it enacted by the
Legislature of the State of. Mississippi,
that Section 1859 of the revised code of
1880 be, and the same is hereby re-
pealed.
Section 2. Be it further enacted,
that this act shall be in force and effect
from and after the first day of July,
1886, and the crop grown in 'the
year 1886, shall no:tbe affected there
by
MIR, Norrell introduced a resolution
granting the use of the Hall tina
night to Capt. w. II, Hardy. president
of the Gulf and Ship Island railroad
and Col. w. C. Falkner, to address the
members and Others an the benefits to
be derived from building this road
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-05-15
HOW TO KEEP A cIsTERN CLEAN.

Complaints are frequent of the
impure warter of cisterns. 1t is in.
evitable under the careless manage.
ment of these useful additions to the
water supply, aud is fruitful source
of what are called "malarial diseas-
es." A roof gathers a large quaint
ty of impure matter, dead insects,
droppings of birds, dust. dead leaves,
pollen from trees, ETC., etc, all of
which is washed into the cistern, I'm.
less some means are provided to pre-
vent it Even then the water should
be filtured before it is used for culina
~ purposes. One way of preventing
foul matter from entering the cistern,
is to have the leader movable, and
swing from waste pipe to the els
tern pipe. In dry weather the pipe
is turned over the waste, and after
the rain has fallen for a sufficient
time to wash off the roofs and gut
tiers, it is turned into the cistern pipe.
The clstern is provided with q soft
brick wall laid in cement, through
which the water filters, coming out
by the pump perfectly pure, and free
from unpleasant odors.-American
Agriculturist.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-05-15
HOW TO REPAIR A GRINDsroNE.

Usually a grindstone is worn out
of level, and very irregularly. This
is scarcely to be avoided when such
large variety OF tools, such as
scythes, mower sections, axes, hoes,
and many other tools are ground.
After ordinary use by those who are
not careful to preserve the stone
true, with smooth, and slightly round
ed face, it becomes beyond the pow
er of the owner TO repair the dam.
age, unless he is an expert mechanic,
when he takes piece Of old stove
plate, and grinds the stone down to
a slightly rounded or beveled face.
The best way to repair a grindstone
is, take spade or shovel, and
turning it back upwards, to grind it
sharp, against the turning of the
stone. This will bring the stone into
the right shape, and in sharpening
the spade, do a useful job at the
same time.-American Agrieultmist.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-05-15
SAFETY INSTICNTS OF FISH.

In the labors of fish culturist IN
restocking depleted waters, he has
many things to contend against
which can be avoided in dealing
with stock on our farms, in that we
cannot keep the fish separated. We
oftentimes find that certain waters
are adapted to some of the most
choice varieties, and in the same To-
calities will be found some of their
most deadly enemies.
1t is astonishing to see how quick.
ly young fish learn to distinguish
their enemies. They show a great
deal of shrewdness and cunning in
escaping from them. In fact it seems
to be born in them, and it is undoubt-
edlythat instinct for self preservation
with which every organism that pos
sesses animal life seem to be en-.
lowed.
The home of nearly all kinds of
young fish is near the shore, and if
by chance, in search of food or 9th.
erwise, they should happen to get
too far out and an unforeseen enemy
should suddenly make his appear.
ance, they set their little propelers
in rapid motion to reach the shallow
water where the large cannot go;
and when little fellow reaches the
goal, if he is not too frightened, |
have no doubt but that he chuckles
to himself to think how he has fooled
his pursuer, or as i have seen them
when they were so far out that they
could not gain the shore before they
would be overtaken and devonred,
they will with a quick turn of the
body suddenly dive into the mud on
the bottom. On one occasion which
came under my observation, club
was making for a little trout, doubt
less smacking his lips in anticipation
OF the tempting morsel, when sud
denly he disappeared, leaving his
chubship standing in mute astonish-
ment as to what had become OF his
prey.-American Agricultural.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-05-15

KEYsER, w. VA, May S.-Jus
tice of the Peace r.. w. Swift, OF
this place, was drowned while cross
ing New Creek on horseback. Mr.
Swift was an old resident and a
highly respected citizen. He leaves
a wife and four children.
General Master Workman Pow
derby, of the Knights of Labor. in a
circular to the order, denounces the
boycott practice, and cautions the
knights to beware of demagogues
and the too free use of liquor.
Six hundred garment cutters in
the wholesale clothing establish
ments of Philadelphia struck work,
and threw out OF employment sever,
al thousand other workers.
A tornado swept over Wayne
county, Ind, blowing down houses
and killing one woman and two
men, Monday.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-05-15
HoMELY TRUE WOMEN.

There is often more charm in the
vitality, energy, usefulness, and gay
city Of an ugly little woman than in
half a dozen tall, queenly beauties,
who have to be on the watch all the
time to pose well and make their
points effective. There have been
men in the world who thought 1T a
fine thing to say that "an ugly wo.
man has no place in the economy of
nature.n But if the records of the
world were intelligibly written, it
would be found that ugly little wo.
men have been the heroines, the
help-meets of the heroes. 1t is the
function of beauty to get men into
trouble. Helen of Trey, Cleopatra,
Mary Queen of Scots, and hundreds
of others, wherever they came,
brought calamity. Beauty an an
guish have walked hand in hand
the downward slope to death, and
whenever the poet dreams of fair
women he is sure to dream some
thing doeful. If he were to have d
dream of ugly little women it would
be full of brightness, loyalty, deyo-
ton, sincerity, fortitude, aud all
those other lovable female qualities
that make home happy. Tall Beau
ty is epic; Little Ugly is lyric, home
like. just think of what a deep
seated compliment is involved in
calling irregularty of feature home
illness. 1t means that she is not for
the ballroom, but for the home, for
the friendships that cluster around
the hearth, for the merry little So
sociable, the picnic or off hand game,
or for the darkened sick-room, where
she brings rest and comfort. "Pret-
ty is as pretty does" is an old max
i'm, whose truth is only half appre-
ciated. For in the plainness of feature
andinsignificance ofperson of home.
ly women there is often found an
earnestness, a whole-souled sweet
ness and sympathy that win true
love far quicker than mere beauty.
The world could far more easily af-
ford to lose its supplies of beauty,
than to give up its precious stores
of ugly little women. The beauties
wait to be loved; the others delight
in loving. chronological Journal.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-05-15
WHERE THE NEWSPAPER GOES.

You enter one of the simple cOun.
try houses of New England, at some
distance, it may be, from any rail
road station or busy manufacturing
center. 1t Is lonely looking place,
for the children of the house have
grown up and gone away, and the
farmer and bis wife are growing old.
The routine of their lives is narrow,
and they go through it day by day,
as if nothing in the world were quite
so important as that. You fancy
that this elderly couple will be found
sojourniDg still in the Middle Ages.
But look about you, my friend, ana
you will see, that once or twice a
week it brings to these persons u
diDgs from the ends OF the earth
You will find, that they have more
time to read, and to keep the run OF
affairs than you in your busy cry
life, and when you sit down to tax
with them, you will learn that they
are not fossil, but well informed, ana
perhaps cultivated people. They
know something not only about az
riculture, but about manulactures
science and art, about social life ID
other places and countries. And 50,
while they linger beneath the Ola
moss-covered roof, they are not shu'
In by the line fences of their FARM
or by the bounds OF their town; thelI,
view embraces the great wide woriu
of humanity. And the WINDOW
through which they look, or rather
the mirror In which they see II an
reflected, is the newspaper.-Ame''
can AgricultWisf.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-05-15
PRESENTIME EN- rs.

A preSentiment is an impression
on the mind that something is 60
ing to take place, and usually such
is the case; perpaps we may say
without exaggeration, that some
thing always does occur, after a pre-
sentiment is formed; if such were
not the fact, we cannot conjecture
what would become of everybody.
just imagine for moment that
something did not take place in such
a large world as this
We are told of a young lady at
Undertook who was visited by an APP
partition two years ago, at dead hour
of night, which announced to her
in solemn accents that in two years
she would be the inhabitant of an-
other and better world; this Cir
cumstance had such depressing in
fluence on her mind that she pinned
away by degrees and did die at the
close of the term named and was
buried few days after.
An eminent clergyman, on part
ing from another in st. Louis, said !:
d" have strong presentiment that
we shall never meet again. and
within few hours he persisted at
the Gasconade on the Pacific Rail
way.
An almost infallible cure for pre-.
sentiment, however violent, is a good
emetic, grubbing hoe, with few
days bread.and-water diet. For
ourselves, we would omit the emetic,
as we do not patronize phvsic, ex-
cept by proxy. The reason we give
medicine at all is that people are al.
ways in hurry, not exactly to get
well, but to get able to eat; if they
can only eat, nine out of ten think
they are getting along famously.
An emetic will dissipate a presen.
timent in five minutes, while the
vigorous use of the grubbing hoe in
the open air would work off the ex
ira thick blood.
Who ever heard of healthy, out
door laborer, having a PRESENT.
mentn in the pursuit of his occupa.
tion9 The fact is, they have not
time to be moping about such tom
fooleries; the only presentiment
that ever troubles them is a veritable
fact, tangible reality. "Root pig,
or die" is their ever living ghost.
Idleness and gluttony are the
great originators of this unfortunate
conditions of mind, and its almost
certain removal follows temperate
eating, combined with physical ac-
tivity. If unattended to, and friend
ly death does not step in to save
from a greater calamity, insanity
winds up the history.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-05-15
Advertising Pays

In The MARTNsBURG HERALD of it's large circulation
the town and county, from which home business draw
patronage The rates of advertising lower than any other
for the that little foreign advertising of patent med
icne taken the benefit of the space being home pat
rons Many papers filed with patent medicine advertising
very low rates and the home trade charged double prices be-
be made especially transient matter such legal
notices sale advertising &c We have uniform prices every
thing and the very lowest possible
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-05-15
AND BALTIMORE r. r..

II
Change of schedule Oct. llth, 1885.
Trains from Pittsburg, New York, Phladel.
phia, make connection at Hillen Station Bal.
timore, at So a m, and p m, through cars
for Hanover and Gettysburg and points on
Hanover Junction road, Frederick Division
Penn. Il. r., East Berlin Branch, and Gettys-
burg and Harrisburg road.
Trains for Baltimore, Washington, Pittsburg,
Philadelphia, New York, and points on ali
branches, leave Gettysburg at 10 m and Is
p m, connecting at Hanover for points on
Frederick Division Penn. r. II, and branch OF
Northern Central II II, and at Emory Grove
for points on w. NJ. II II.
Passengers TO and from Washington will
change cars at Union Depot. Baltimore.
Ii. ID. SCOTT, Agent, JOSEPH LEIB, Agent
Gettysburg, Pa. Hanover, Pa.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-05-15
Railroads.
VALLEY RAILROAD.

CUMBERLAND VALLEY RAILROAD.
On and after Monday, March /, 1886, trains
will run as follows: STANDARD Time)
EASTWARD.
Fast Mail leaves Martinsburg at GO m
Bedington 20, Falling Waters 30, williams
port Station AZ, Hagerstown 10, Chambers
burg OF, Carlisle 10 20, arrive at Harrisg II l5
Phila. 3 10 p.m.
Day Express leaves Martinsburg at IL noon,
Bedington II H. Falling Waters u % VIII
Transport Station u 80, Hagerstown 90, Car
Isle 4S, arrives at harrisburg 3 80, Phila 50.
Mail Express Train leaves MartinsbuIg at
00pm. Bedington 31i, Failing Waters 320 Will
Transport Station -, Hagerstown 80 Cham
bersburg 90, Carlisle IL arrive at Harrisburg
at Z 10, Phila: % pm
WESTWARD.
Accommodation leaves Harrisburg Mt 45 q
m, Carlisle 40, Chambersburg 9 10, arrives at
Hagerstown at 10 So, Williamsport station H.
10, Falling Waters IL 80, Bedington ii 49, Mar
tinsburg II So.
Mail leaves Harrisburg at 90 m, Carlisle
50, Chambersburg 8 II, arrive at HagerstOwn
at 10, Williamsport Station 10, Falling Wa
tiers 90, Bedington 10, Martinsburg 5 IS.
Day express leaves Harrisburg at 3 40, Car
Isle 25, Chambersburg 80, Hagerstown 6 25,
Williamsport Station A. Falling Waters 6 IS,
Bedington o., arrives at Martinsburg7 Is p. m.
w. A. GARD, Agt. J. f. BOYD, Supt.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-05-15
MUSIC.

Mr.. Fred. Luscomb, Instructor NJ. c.
Band. gives lessons in Thorough Base
and Harmony, and on the Clarionet, Cor.
net and Violin at his residence, Nc.
East Burke Street, on Wednesdays and
Saturdays of each week. Terms, fifty
cents per lesson, or ten dollars per quar-
ter