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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-01-17
is KNOWLEDGE POWER3
An Attack on tho Old Motto OF Educa
tiona1 Enth usiasts.

tlOnal EnthuSiaSts.
The aphorism that knowledge is pow
er" is so constantly used by educational
enthusiasts that it may almost be regarded
as the motto of the party. But the first
essential of a motto is that it be true, and
it Is Certainly not TRUE that knowledge
Is essentially the same as power. seeing
that it is only an aid to power. The
power of surgeon to amputate limb
no more lies in his knowledge than
in his knife. In fact, the knife has
the better claim TO potency Of the
two, for a man may hack Of limb with
his knife alone, but not with his knowl-
edge alone. knowledge is not even an aid
to power in all cases, seeing that useless
knowledge, which is no uncommon article
in our popular schools. has no relation to
power. The true source Of power is the
originative action of the mind which we see
exhibited in the daily incidents of life, as
well as in matters Of the greatest impor-
tance. The man who Is said to have extri-
Gated little dog from the jaws of q big one
by dexterously placing pinch OF snuff on
the nose of the larger animal exercised an
act Of power by his mental resource, aided
only by his courage and dexterity. Had he
been q mere receptacle Of knowledge he
would have been powerless to act; but
when he exclaimed to the admiring specta.
tors: "You see that knowledge is power, 80"
he said what was neither true nor appro-
pirate. And here / am brought back to
the keynote of q former article, which
was that "a mans success in life depends
incomparably more upon his capacities
for useful action than upon his acquire
ments in knowledge, and the education Of
ne young should therefore be directed to
the development of faculties and valuable
qualities rather than to the acquisition OF
knowledge" None Of my critics have
touched upon this cardinal point, and
suspect they fear to do so, being aware,
rs every body is, that men of capacity and
possessing qualities for useful action, are
ut a premium ali over the world, while
men Of mere education are at o deplorable
discount 1t is melancholy to know, as ]
do from experience, how eagerly educa-
tional attainments are put forward by APP
plicants for employment, and how littlo
weight such claims carry in the selection.
l can affirm with confidence that, had ]
acted upon the principle of choosing men
for their knowledge rather than their abil.
ity, l should have been surrounded by an
incomparably less efficient staff than that
which now governs the Elswick works.
Lard Armstrong, IN Nineteenth Century.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-01-17
anznsfhins NsH.

A new and very effective thing which 10
taxing hold on the market IL valuable dis
coyery made known through The Charles A:
unreler Co, Baltimore, Nd, prcprietors OF
-. ,,s.,..o,..--ad st. Jacobs Oil, and known as
p Dis sT vera-C--a Tor DysPep,i., pcs cal
tive cure for indigestion ~'s no. found IN
troubles arising therefrom. 4, 70: viii he
the stock Of druggist or dealer,
n. OO In stamps. Sample sent on receipt OF
two-cent stamp. II has been found on trial
Ia Be 4 specific for sour stomach, heartburn,
nausea, sIadifsss, constipation, nervous.
ness and low spirits, and u is spoken OF and
fecom mendcd By hundreds VINO have used
il and have found lasting benefits.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-01-17

Are the joints by rt1cumat.m. Extrpate
this atrocious disease, as well as govt and
neuralgia. AZ the outset with Hostetter
stomach Bittcrs, and avoid possible hfe-
long agony. IT is tempting OF Providence
20 DELAY when rheumatism assasls you, as u
is fiCt only obstinate, but dangerous. Chiils
and fever, Kidney complaints, nervousness,
debility, constipation and dyspepsm are
also routed by the Bittcrs. Use regulariy'
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-01-17

~ HAVE been occasionally troubled with
Coughs, and in each case have used BRowN's
BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs, which have never
failed, and l must say they are second tc
none in the world. "-FeliI A. Nay, Cdshter,
st. Paul. Mum,
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-01-17

ONE of Co.'s ways of training US for His
service Is by setting US at distasteful
tasks for others. We may ourselves be
gamers by honest effort in behalf OF those
who themselves receive no benefit from
our endosvors. In considering the ques-
tlon whether our more toflsome work at
the present time is a profitable work, we
must know that its chiefest gain may be
TO US in its doing, rather than TO those in
behalf OF whom it is done.-S s. TIiass
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-01-17

WHEN corn pops it gets CHASTITY white.
1t is much the same with bashful young
men. -Harper's Bazaar.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-01-17

You hardly realize that IL Is medicine,
when taking Carriers Little Liver Pills: they
are very small; no bad effects; all troubles
from torpid liver are relieved by their use.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-01-17

. Cuaz ycsr 9ugh with Hale's Honey Of
Horehound and Tar. - l.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-01-17

SOLID success must be based on solid
qualities and the honest culture Of theD
~ Russell Lop.H
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-01-17

TALK is cheap, but not the affectionate
talk of pretty girl; that Is dear.-Bos-
ton Courier.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-01-17

AMI one can take Cartst's Little Liver
Pills. they are SO very small. No trouble TO
swallow. No pain or Syiping after taking.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-01-17

BsElcHEs OF promise must be the ones
tailors let 20 on crediL-Texas Siftings.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-01-17

IN good and regular standing-the man
IN the strest-car full Of women.-Life.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-01-17

Al sisv4ted road-the milky way.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-01-17

AN unsatisfactory 1sesi "a domestic
broil
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-01-17
gsrsbsefy Contorted

.'Tnr sAmE' Is sai4 70 be the most popu-
lar drink In the market
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-01-17

&c: 6. { H rs. :: BUY NORTHERN GROWN [!
md anese Vegetables In the MARKET Yes Wen,
sALzER's sEEDe produce them every time.Arss
he earliest Of Life enA viger. Thousands 81
testify that ~ .oTinS or sseds they ans
Peas Etc. Market Gardeners, Nhelesaie friee
Lat TREE. 900 Roses and Plants
psssp "a 90. 2hess are al diasrsns saniciehs
sEND' &. Tor Paekaes epay Cabbage and su- !
perbly Illustrated Catalox- containing bewilder-f
Ing Cslisesiss sfnsast!fslF lsysys ssriy Sese,
Lncssns Clover. ne. Wasshouss arsa svsf sacfss.
john 4. SAlzER, q crosse, Wis.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-11-09

FER. ~ earnestly Into tAs vacant sss whence h.1 uss sr.6 A umbrella wsh hammered silver hsad lsoksa un1e tn seaf and then hs lccksa nto ths sske a ~ dant lock up eat feit his clear through s nn sAssd hxsdy out ef the window and tried n fknk nx
 hs rm Of prayer to bs uss for expects e spsd
 he rest cf ths winter in ths hospital Before eoud rsa
 oer the athletic iookng stranger sad kindly vaxv nrmiy; ilefs an umbrella in ths min utas aen~ For one moment She ghasest silence you ever hsar ~t
 on anA
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-11-09

HE ARKANSAw TRAY
 light through space miles second accept understood it. together with the panion from the fixed requires while the ations telescope started their ethereal
 flight years before reaching the
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-11-09

ARKANSAw TRAVEL
 brought abous ts reaction shas was necessary Co nfe For largest ever was paid. aevsr afforded earfaii of people
 snt as dd for nothing by that little wIh the exception of the lady unch haskst wa
 and myssf everybody car waa paeassa AnA
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-11-09

ELER.
 and night of Is of earthly daya That s tive houd New Years morning this furious speed miles hourand furious train nfty mes hour will question: and continue without nsant sackening h would end of ts trip lOth of May That may help
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-11-09

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The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-11-09
( were . light thing e die when vou h,

ticket in pocket that wastsd srsd ss ~1 stranger teat the young who sitting m ths ems took vita him but thought done enough and foiy Tor one trip owned and oid trut s w1 nAgnanimous man. and he spared nc. But 10 was moment or sgony and to-day there white on sAs back Of my head that before and never rasa through Merton station without shaddsr And nsver again Will onr to extend the slightest hepful coursesx te
 Anser No; the train should jump bridge four thou sand ee hgh ntoa cataract hereer than thoussnd N aas wouldn't oner to hold ene womans baby and ~ss h out of the rack for she pat On her nd huned for her lost check should want her eaggAge when got to the Brcokfba xaof<
 From "The Poet of the Sisrras"
 uiwersa woman, what would do; and nos dor
 NOW let us look into this thng the man sald when h 'e mo the we and 70 back to beginning rn ths ~ snnng God created the heavens the earth- he. n read m the good book that He on the seventh
 .ne Lord made man "of the dust ground- Ana 'aen He rested again And then Lord God plsnssd
 garden eAstward In Eden. put the man who y aAd formed And then tho Lord rested again And
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-11-09

THE MESSAGE OF THE MORN.
 EDWARD RUTLEDGE QUARLRs. know the hush of the misty morning woods, The dim green aisles. the night damp on the grass All dew i'm pearlec the spiders vicious lure Set to entoil where summer idlers pass. Across the path are writ shadow
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-11-09
ecretS told bv erTsrt. TossIp winds,

The whispered wisdom brought across the seas
 nsssms the time half way 1wl1s m Ts.s and sleep
 And oeT tSc wool G broets Set inc drows of dreams
 As memry clings to love that's passed away
 Not yet s woke and pain
 oforphaned nestiinss and nests bereft,
 And tiny tragedies of insect life.
 Ahl would, my heart, that thou couidst heed
 The messags to told d in nth this deep @ silent peace:
 From vain regret. might yield thee. then. surcease
 DO YOU COMPREHEND?
 In the East Tennessee mountains lives man in middle who not long ago away from home It was time his life he had taken long journey he wondered if the word big the other way 1t that way
 To all of laughabIe yet little things constantly would them which ought to take our concet great IL would not be the educated mind of intell gence training from school and college feeble of the real bgness of things We think figures after beyond very few units in distance in time, in money, in weight and Co on For Tn stance length time Suppose the person of hour that he on value of part of 1t, stretches his mind and cOmprehends IT, In moogical of the word comprehend" We will Agre. mind enough and tenacious asked extend his comprehension to ten hours Let perfecty candid the experiment, and II will strange admit that he lees able stretch hts full value with every other will likely find that thinks ten hours a automatically times hour but will stretch of covering units than that of his first comprehension.
 & week compared with day. It may fairly be whether there general comprehension of as seven longer day. mind stretches p.rceves the relative length of the mind rests the mathematical knowledge that SCI times When nd which only reeved by the fixing dates and relying figures multipes of unit
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-11-09

- " -. "OuAH- Ahd search the bible in for any after that woman was madei
 nr@sson and big leaf As the say sThers has oeen no marked chAnge And leaves Of othsr do you suppose she tried before found the a es ns herr Fancy the late Mir Adam coming home iron so. town ID tne crowded sreetear and rushisg m upon Nh
 tn fu of leaves and she making him Tet mn s
 swing hs heavy frame to greasy strap while she nur. her hg leaves and nrted right with the clerksi what would do if wers would qut foois.e ~th ng leaves would dress up modessly tastilv with great regard for health comfort and oomene.s s. men would rise up and try and do else bsfr. he day of Judgment For this ngeaf business haa ass long enough The very nrst thing within tAs a. of the bo after the chronicle creation this fuss ana roHoe about wonens dress For very next paxs ~ nnd Eve s unfatisaed about the quality Of her
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-11-09

THE PLANT or THE ROSE. nr JOHN n. TARB
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-11-09

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The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-11-09
mm1 1neehm tnwnma HwhAl

Ho. ioss dotS ny lofd delay
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-11-09

sI uuFAslsHcd hbout Inc cut and duality her ns leaf des' and read that also and to hs wfe did the Lord God .Ai.a
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-01-10
MR.. PIATT'S JEREMIAD.

Pittsburgh Dispatch, Independent.
1t will not add to the fame of Don
Piatt to figure as the author of such a
sweeping and unreasonable charge as
the following, which we quote from an
article from his pen in BeLord's Mago-
zine:
There is not a man. woman or child in our cOun-
try possessed of any brain but knows that Benja-
min Harrison was elected President by open and
wholesale bribery.
Mr.. Piatt.either knowingly says that
which is untrue, or without thought SIAN
ders his native land. If he possesses the
qualifications he defines for "man, wo-
man or child in our country" he would
in his deliverance upon this mOmentous
question have seen the necessity of mar
shaling facts in support of such tre-
mendous Indictment. But while high
sounding words and vague generaliZa-
tions are plentiful in Mr.. Piatt's article,
facts are very few and not at all new
Mr.. Fosters silly campaign circular, Sen
ator ingalls, advice to a Kansas delegate
to the Chicago Convention to nominate
"some such fellow as Phelps, who can
tap Wall street." and the alleged Dudley
circular directing the handling of float
ers in Indiana "in blocks of five or more"
constitute the entire basis for Mr.. Piatt's
charge that a President of the United
States has been elected by wholesale
bribery.
The Dispatch is with MI: Piatt, or any
other man, in an honest attempt to dis
close political debauchery if it exists, to
prevent the bribery of voters, or to guard
the purity of the ballot But the Dispatch
does not believe that Mr.. Foster, or Mr..
Dudley, or even Senator ingalls,, repre-
sents the Republican party, or majority
of it, and consequently the proof afford
ed of the personal corruption of these
three men cannot convict, in our judg-
ment of the party.
The election occurred two months ago
and the most serious allegation of cor
rupt practices, founded on the alleged
Dudley circular, has not been properly
proved yet, although the Democrats OF
Indiana possess the means and the ma
chinery, as well as the natural desire to
discredit a political foe. 1t is not to be
denied that the raising of enormous cam
paign funds is dangerous and abomina-
able The Dispatch has never been back
ward in denouncing large expenditures
of money in politics, even though squan-
dered in ways that are not absolutely il
legal. Doubtless too much money was
spent on both sides during the late cam
paign; doubtless there were men wicked
enough to bribe and be bribed, but that
the great political fabric has passed into
the hands of corrupt dealers and has be-
come "a mere sham, to shame us before
the world,' as Mr.. Piatt says, we do not
believe.
Neither do we believe that Mr.. Piatt,
deprived of his envelope of anger and
disappointment at defeat, would still in
sist on bewailing the downfall of our Re
publican institutions.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-01-10
HE WAS ONLY a DOG.

New York Herald
He was brindle cur, and had nothing
about him to excite admiration. But as
he stood shiYering under the L station at
Fiftv-ninth street and Third avenue his
loneliness and entire misery drew SYM
Epathetic glance now and then from a
passerzbg he did not appear to be
CITY ddg ne seemed too shy and ignor-
ant of city was for that, and he looked
anxiously in the face of each newcomer
as if seeking friend. But none came.
He tried to get on surface car, but the
conductor yelled and passenger kicked
at him; so he sneaked into the lee of one
of the iron posts, and shivered more mis-
erably than before. Two little girls came
along, and stopped moment to speak to
the "poor doggie," who attempted lit
tie wag of the tail in response. Then
they patted him and spoke kindly to him,
and so cheered the poor waif that he
whisked about them and whined for JOY.
A heavy, cumbersome brewery wagon
bore down on them. With the rattle over
head and the babel of noise about them
the two little tots did not heed the rap
idly nearing danger, nor hear the shout
that went out to them from the sidewalk
But the homeless dog did. Springing
between the children and the advancing
horses he barked, his shrill treble rising
high above the clamOr of the street. 1t
was all done in moment. The wagon
rolled on; the children, spell-bound with
fear, stood still; the dog;in last desper-
ate effort to repay the kindness shown
him, hurled himself at the advancing hor-
ses. One child is brushed aside and the
other clutched by friendly hand as the
horses swerve at the dogs attack. The
brewery wagon went on its way, rocking
and swaying, and two teardimmed little
faces peered out from the sidewalk at a
little heap on the stones of the street.
Their defender had given his life in CRATE
full remembrance of their kindness. He
was only a dog; he knew no better.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-01-10
THE BEST WAY.

Arkansaw Traveller.
"Nervy," called an old negro address
ing his wife, "get yo' black Grape an tie
it on de do latch. Quick, now, fo' it's
too late"
A white man who happened to be
near asked if any one were dead.
"No, sah."
"Then why do you tie Grape to your
door latch?"
Because" the old negro replied,
wander comes man dat l owe. When
he comes up an sees dis Grape he'll think
somebody's dead an won't bodder me.
After he goes erway I'll take it off. Oh,
tell you dat dar amt but one way ter
git erlong in dis wOrl'."
"And what way is that?"
"W'y, sab, dat way is ter git erlong
de bes' way you kin, an de bes' way fur
me at de present is ter put Grape on my
do"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-01-10
A RELMONT COUNTY MAN.

Santa Rosa (Cal) republican, Dec. %.
On the oath inst. Mr.. E. t. Shepherd
sold to Hon. Geo. Hearst, L. S. Senator,
the entire property known as Madrone
vineyards, in SonOma township. The
sale, we understand, includes the entire
stock of fine wines and brandy on hand,
amounting to about $4,000 gallons, $780,
600 gallons of wine cooperage, all agri-
cultural and viticultural implements Of
the place. The steam distillery No. POS
and ali live stock on the ranch, together
with the furniture in Mr.. Shepherds res
idence, were included in the deal. 1t is
an important transaction, and, while we
do not like to lose Mr.. Shepherd, who
now goes to San Francisco to live, we
are glad to have Senator Hearst become
interested in this county.
Mr.. Shepherd is Kirkwood township
boy, who accompanied Hon. John A.
Bingham to Japan. Returning home
about 1880, he soon afterward located in
California, and it gratifes us to know
has greatly prospered.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-01-10
SUNSHINE LAND.

They came in sight of lovely shore,
Yellow as gold in the morning light;
The suns own color at noon it wore,
And had faded not at the fall of night;
Clear weather or clOudy-'twaS all as one,
The happy hills seemed bathed with the sun.
Its secret the sailors could not understand,
But they called this country Sunshine Land.
What was the secret-a simple thing,
(It makes you smile when once you know;
Touched by the tender finger of spring,
A million blossoms were all aglOw;
SO many, 50 many, 50 small and bright,
They covered the hills with a mantle of light;
And the wild bee hummed, and the glad breeze
famed,
Through the honeyed fields of Sunshine Land.
If over the sea we two were bound,
What port, dear child, would we choose for ours?
We would sail, and sail, till at last We found
This fairy gold of million flowers.
Yet, darling, we'd find, if at home we stayed,
OF many small joys our pleasures are made,
More near than we thmk-very close at hand,
Lie the golden fields of Sunshine Land.
Edith NJ Thomas.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-01-10
FRED DOUGLASS ON THE NEGRO.

"My solution of what is called the
negro problem would be this" said
Frederick Douglass, at the meeting Of
the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting
the Abolition of Slavery, at Association
Hall. in Philadelphia
"Give the negro fair play and let him
alone. You are always wanting to do
something with the negro. 1t is this
doing something that has played the
devil with the negro. Give him fair
play and let him alone-and be sure
that you give him fair play. Don't
form your trades unions against him
and stuff the ballot boxes. That's not
giving him fair play.
"If you see him on his way to Congress
let him alone. If the negro can stand Con-
gress, Congress ought TO stand the negro.
If you see him going into the work
shop or school, let him alone. If he
falls let him fall, if he survives, let him
survive
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-01-10
TWO SENSIBLE WOMEN.

Washington Cor. Philadelphia Telegraph
was at the theater the other night to
see Jefferson. Many fashionable people
were present, and there were not many
vacant seats. Just as the curtain rolled
up to the first act handsomely dressed
and portly lady hurried down the middle
aisle, accompanied by young miss in
her teens. Each wore glaring red felt
hat with brim as broad as that of Mex
lean sombrero. They were met with
looks of apprehension all along the line
of seats, and as they passed still farther
on toward the front a sigh of relief es-
capped those who were relieved of the fear
of having them just in front. They took
chairs half dozen rows removed from
the stage, just in front of man and his
wife. The afflicted couple were so over
come at the sight OF the hats that vio-
lent expression of disgust escaped from
the lips of the man before he thought.
He looked at the hats, then at his wife,
and made motion to leave the theater.
But just at that instant the two ladies
quietly removed their hats, rolled them
up in the shape of big cigars, and stuffed
them away in convenient pockets of their.
wraps. A burst of laughter from the
audience was interrupted by the appear
ance of Mrs. John Drew, for whom it was
turned off to applause.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-01-10
EX-PRESIDENT HAYES.

Pittsburgh Times
Ex-President Hayes spends much of
his time in his library. He is great
reader, and no book finds permanent
Judgement on the shelves before it has
been read by him. He absorbs the book;
if it is good one it absorbs him. The
library is methOdically arranged, is elab-
orately catalOgued by subject, author
and digest of its contents. Much of
this work has been done by the ex-
President himself in leisure time. His
books have cost Gen. Hayes over $lO,-
900, and to his mind his library is most
ragged and unfinished structure. He
adds to it continually, and is always on
the watch for books that interest him.
The ex-President has the means where
with to crafty his tastes, and no one
encourages them more than he.