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Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-09-19


very bsat in the country. n. sTRAKOSCH.
Mr.. 9Eo. A. BAELOE:-These noble Instrument
goasess Immense resources q power and expression
rch and Gympathetc; while the high a. tos Ers bril-
uanti clear aEd pure - silver bells.
The scale Is even without single nav; the arsfor
q smooth anu nars ousiy easy and the pedal eeet1
In word, knabe's PiEnos are worthy Of the great
eatArtists, and capable Of rendering ths dogs,
compositions known IN this realm fAEt
ELIZA SHEPHERD, @
Mr. G. A. BARLOW, Dear Sir 1T gives me pisssrrt
70 state that consider tho Hnabs Piano e1ua 70 any
and superior 70 most instruments made in this coun
~ especially IN Richness and 1Olamo of tone.
eaeh day, for two years. feel confident IN recon
nendng them to al who Enacquainted With thslr
Ereat QuAtt1a8." an reeDect ully, your,
q. Q. 2. P.LEREED,
Ie8oher Of u uaic Cleveland fsmAl heminar
9. A. BARIoW, Dear Sir alt giVos me much pleas
1re to Be abs to ssy, that oongider Knabss Piauo
1e huest both II volume and sWeetness which haYs
yer played upon, either In America or Gurcps
'iherini truments; and IN iact, ndbe'a mctto MAJ
valy be, "ExcslBior." Mrs. o. 3. DOUGLAS,
Teacher Of MrHio. UlsVeland
Prot q. J. HoIHEAeLs, Teschsr Of Music IA ths
niO STATE Blind Asylum WI tea.A fter examining
large number o. Nm. kDabe 4 Cos Piano FOrteE
! 1nhegitatingiy pronOuncU them aupeTior 20 a1y
ave aeea- Their tone = grand aud noble; they hsF,
lsGt capscity for suBtaiDinc the sound and thEiT
ul1me Of tone or power have ueFr- kaaFd eIoellc1
ore, purity and durstitit5. - -.-
,'fhei ths knsbe Pisne is srperiot e al oIhsEs
1ade In thi8 country, fOf bFiilancy sweetness ana
lolume o. tqls, leeds oulF . s heard b Convince y
The laot, ~ stqte Journal, Oslumbus, Ohio,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-11-07
The Election In this County.

Below we give the result Of the election
for County Treasurer in this county as far
as the returns have been received. The
official canvass will not be made until this
aIternoon-too late for to days Issue.
These figures show that Mr.. stebbins is
reelected by about 1000 majority. On
School Commissioner the Republican ma
jority may be 100 less.
1t is needless to speculate on the causes
of this defeat One fact, however is pal
pable-.he democrats did not turn out,
and the Republicans did. In La Sale, for
instance. where the Republicans admit
that by careful count, they have but l54
votes, and the democrats over Co., the Re-
pubiicans cast about I42 votes and the 6e
mocrats $50. The same apathy among the
democrats was noted in Peru, Earl, and
indeed in most Of the towns Of the county,
excep, perhaps Ottawa, Rutland and Day
ton, and in these we maintain our usual
majorities. Wherever the vote is full, the
democrats have sustained no loss: and
rice vsrsa What was the cause of this ap.
parent apathy among democrats, while the
republicans appear to have been so wide
awake, Is another question. The true Sc
luton we imagine is this: That the demo
Gratis, attaching no special Importance to a
mere county election, turned out about as
usual on such occasions; while the Re-
Al.
machinery got GU: their whole vote.
Following are the majorities as reported
from the various towns:
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-11-07

Gambling in Old Virginia has received
\ heavy blow. There were thirty odd faro
banks in Richmond, which swallowed up
immense sums of Government plumber
every night, and the Enquirer charges them
with keeping uc to an enormous height
the prices OF ali articles Of consumption by
sending over 81 900 each, per day % the
market. Getting money so easily. they
spent it with more lavish hand The
Legislature has ordered thirty nine iashes,
to be we'll laid on at the public whipping
post, for gambling, and the result is that
they left Richmond, and will probably be
compelled 10 leave the State, or live in q
more honest way.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-11-07
"Prosperous Times"

There has been good deal of trash cir
culating in the papers recently respecting
the prosperity Of the north, notwithstand-
ing the heavy burdens of the war. 1t is
true that money is easy; that the opera and
theatres are crowded nightly, and that
high priced goods secure ready sale; but
there is another and less pleasing side OF
the picture which it would be also we'll to
bear III mind. The prices OF the necessa-
ries Of life have advanced enormously. and
persons Of small fixed incomes and salaries
were never 50 straitened Tor means as now.
Contractors, storekeepers, money changers,
stock operators, all who had goods to sell,
have done exceedingly we'll for the last
two years; but not So clerks, small prop
erty holders, mechanics, all in fact whose
incomes are fifteen hundred dollars or less
"a classification by the way which in
ciudes five sixths of our whole population
The poorer classes have not as yet experi-
enced actual suffering. as there is an outlet
for able-b bodied men in the army; but the
struggle for life, or rather food and fuel
was never SO hard as it has been for tho
past year. Coal, for instance, which was
abundant a year since at FIVE dollars and
fifty cents per ton, is nov nine dollars and
fifty cents meat that CO Id be bought for
ten to- twelve cents per pound, is nov
twenty to twenty-five cents; flour that
was sold at five dollars is now eight doi>
lars per barrel; and the same proportions
ate increase holds good for every article OF
clothing, food and fuel purchased and
consumed 10 talk prosperity and good
times when starvation prices like tn 50 are
the rule is Hat nonsense The truth is. the
evil days are upon us financially as well as
politically, and they are getting no better
/ fast. Secretary Chase seems to hint the
time may come when breakfast will cost
thousand dollars, land we think it very
likely If We 60 much longer at the present
rate But let US hear no more about pros
porous times -W World 40 -. t.4
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-11-07
IMPROVED 1859,

TiM Ns,e and Ertr1 Large Fs'Ns amt by the aadi-
ton Of IN ttieb,uied Pot-nt DoWIis
-s.t. Sheet Bottom fIas. ..''
TTENTIoN is invited the following points of
- periorty -
1st sting, with pro care, at least
81 years. Stoves nov in that were Set up in
1885. fr. s..... fr
I'd. MASuFAc-rnr-Every portion OF the Stove Is
thoroughly constructed. Each stove is submitted 10
critical test and none leave our works unless com
pstsy and perfectly finished. .a.,- ..
81. C,PAcIT.-Baking, broing, boiling, roasting,
and al other culinary operations, performed at tie
sumo TINA barrel Of aour baked into bread wit.
single Gre. ... ..t.... ...t o..
4lh, Ecos osr.--savng the ofthe stove in or
years in the item OF :Isl
5t,.. ylSI!LATIoy OF ovES.-In the Stewart Stove
alone the iron; doors open directly toto the Cro-
;ec;ed By letters ralenL) securing a airect draft
through the f9l 81 the oesa. b. Of psr,era;ed
holes In the doors and Jass dues l. vi he borne in
r,int that tie heated air always rises. this method
o! ventilation is the only q: Va u= whatever
9th. ENTIRE C.'srKcL 81 iIs.y.-Th= heat generated
by IL. stove may BE- 6ti therein and wed t.roua
INTO Ge room at I,~asur-.
Eth rBE D,rpIs sHsrT BoTros FLvr-By whi4h a
onpressns aud ;y-rtng ron 0; hes.; Is ooisi4ei,
and the oven evcaly AMI n :sE,y heAld than
ty ar! other kaoxn av-a.lJn.
sji. E=~.LIss-- .eriIriHeI tts tap and without a-
Possibility Of su.ole suiering tar rs0s.-
gan Her "aTEa EasEEYoIE .SD WAEA.Nc C:o.-r-
Bob useful aud 80 .venieat ~ led - tie
aud witAou; extra fu.l.
10th W.1sa BAcx.-An arrsaseza=E. ior supply rs
no; pa:er :or tie bath room tqi4l 20 any range.
sod - dealers, trial o. months S.'f
a written guaranty for that psr.c-l 4 Ask=G.
So Beware OF the numerous worthless isaIta:ioEs
aow IN market. see Lat Tie Eames a p. P Stewart:
and Of the actUrers each s.ove. No ether
i genuine,
ss- Des :rirtire pamphlets free By mall to anya
dress. Agencies ali tie prime pal ci; IS and 'ssE'
IN the GATED states. address,
FULLER wArRES 1 CO. Troy. v. Y,
zoe Manufacturers and PrOpr!-,ots of the CliateR
Stove WORKS.
For sac in Ottawa only b7 JOHN NASLEY.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-11-07

The UNION MOVEMENT IL MISSISSIPPI AND
LorisAsa.-The Memphis Bulletin hss the
following:
There is q strong disposition On the part
OF the Union men, both in Louisiana and
Mississippi, 10 concert means for the re
establishment of civil Government in tho.e
States Secret conferences have been had
secret meetings held, no, only in districts
under the control of Union arms. bat
among secess!oni-ts. A secret meeting OF
this character was recently held at Nicks
burg which was attended by many from
Louisiana, for tie purpose OF considering
the best and quickest method OF restoring
, the civil government in the latter State.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-11-07
Unsuccessful Cavalry Expedition.

The following account CT an unsuccess-
fui attempt of the LIST Alabama Csde.aD
res; Of cavalry to destroy certain rebel
railroad communications south of Corinth,
is the more interesting in this region be-
cause quite q number OF La Sale county
boys were officers i'll that regiment:
The expedition, under Col. Spencer lief.
Coriuth Oct oath, and penetrated 20 Jas
per, $50 miles from Corinth. The whole
rebel cavalry of the Tuscun oia Valley was
concentrating to cut Col. ) OF, while en-
deavoring to press his command, which
was about 500 strong, between them. On
the afternoon of the 10th. he encountered
a force of from 1000 20 o,UJJ rebels, under
| Gen Ferguson, III the sou!heas; corner oi
! TishamiEgo county, Mss, and WAS quite
! roushig banded Col. Spencer formed
successfully three lines OF battle, as one
position after another was outaanked, and
! his left becoming much disordered and
! almost surrounaed, he led IL OFT into the
woods Here the rebels w re held IN
check until uishtiall. when they brokeup
in to small sauads-the men, being all in
timately acquainted with the country, COM
Ing out the best way they could
! Capts Chandler OF Polo, and Ste;nburs,
| OF Joliet, lii, were Killed; also, Lieut.
! Perry, Of L, lst Alabama cavalry. Lieut.
| Swift, of Ottawa, was mortally wounded
About 10 privates were Killed as ar as
! heard from. Some 20 OF our wounded.
! who were unable to keep the saddle were
left upon the field. Double ihat many,
whose wounds were slight, were brought
along, and anumber bI sht some distance
and left with friends.
The rebel loss was more severe than our
own, as they rushed IN large numbers up
on our men, who were under cover, in view
of the largely superior force of the enemy
and tie position OF their line, which was
nearly horseshoe
Col Spencer was fortunate in saving his
entire command from capture regi-
ment of Northern men, unacquainted with
the country. would have been captured
| entire.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-11-07

In the battle of Gettysburg, among the
reported killed on our side, was a young
man from Birmingham. Pa. His parents
songht. and, as they supposed, found, hi.
body. and taking it home had it decentiy
buried Judge OF. their surprise when a
few days sincet'ieir SON returned aiivesuA
we'll They ba.i buried rebel bearing {.
striking resemblance 10 thei: oWn sen
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-11-07

FAIRBANKS Sc.LEs-Weiehea in the
balance of a just criticism, all are obliged
20 admit that Fairbanks Scales sre, with
out exception, the best ever invented. We
know whereof we affirm, because we have
tested their value, and are fully satisfied
Of their superior merits The introduction
Of these scales has wrought revolution
in the transactions of various business, and
their accuracy Is such that uniformity in
weights has been established all over the
country, thus making them a National
Agaaised standard Nor are they confined
70 the United States; they have found
their way to almost every part of the cIvi-
hzed world, and are adapted to the stand
ards Of all countries, SO that it may be said
all nations, if not weighed IN these ball
ances, at least weigh by them-Hunts
Merchants !Haya-ine
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-11-07
.Ada.i,,istrator's I;otic.. -,

~ 3 Estate OF snAsG. BREEsE, DEcEAskD s9L
TuyHE undersigned having been appointed Adninfs
tratrix Of the Estate Of sss g. Breese late Of he
County Of La Sale. and state Of Illinois, deceased
hereby Civ es notice that shs will appear before the
County Court Of La Sai!o County, the Court Hcuse
IN Ottawa at the January Term, the third Monday
in January next. at which time all persons having
claims against said Estsfe are notified and requested
to attend for the purpose Of having II
All persons indebted to said Estate requested to
make immediste paymenttc the undersigned saln
Dated this sI,ird day OF November A. b. 1863
y I7Fo HENR4ETTA B. BRtKSR Ad0sisistr,striz
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-11-07

The following table shows the number
OF generals la both the Union and rebel
armies who have been killed in battle CT
died of wounds received, died CT disease,
resigned and been dismissed since the
commencement of ,Le war;
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-11-07
- - ="
Civ Tax List.

ISr Of lands tom lots ana parts Of tevn lots lying
IL within the limits OF the corporation Of the city OF
Ottawa, La Sale county state Of Illinois, upon which
City and Schools Taxes were levied for the year sigh
teen hundred and sixty three, and which remain duo
and unpaid: 3 @ y
q 4 Or;oinnI To,ca of Otsdga
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-11-07
CARD.

DERsONs wishing to see me business. other
III wise will find the office Of the Illinois Starch
Co., or at David Walkers Drug store.
Soy7-Swf ANDREW LYNCH.
. II IST of Tosn Lots AMI parts of Town Lots jag
lIwthn the limits OF the corporation Of the CITY Of
Ottawa. La Sale county and State of Illinois. upon
which special assessments for building sidewalks in
front 0 said lots of lots have been duly lew
led by the City Council of said City, ard upon which
the several amounts remain due and unpaid.
In ,chose name dssess.d. .Subd. Lot. EEx.- AMT
to Ottawa 81 SIS 90
do do 10 s 50
Charles Ma'aise ..- do IS 8! 900
J. C. Champlia Ottawa north l6 SSl4
STATE OF ILLINOIS,
I o. La Sale County, So.
City o! Ottawa. rei-H.r az "a
I, Arthur Lockwood, City Collector for the City of
Ottawa, Ceuaty and State Aforesaid do hereby give
notice TO all persons interested, that shall appyso
the County Court Of La Sale County, the State of
Inos, on the first day of the December term thereof
A D. 1865, to be commenced and held at the Court
Housr in said City OF OTTAWA Monday the Sc efhA
day Of December A. d. 1858, for judgment against III
several lots and parts Of lots above described for the
several amounts with interest and costs due for sNd
special assessment thereon according law in such
csses1ads and provided. = .L.., ..
ARTHUR LOCKWOOD
CHy G hector, of the Ciku OF OstlscU.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-11-07
GAO REWARD

$50 REWARD.
CsTRAYED or stolen from Ottawa and yIcinity, SIX
Scos. four year old light brown mare. sn star
in forehead One large bay mare cs;ning three
ola : one dark bro mare, BOTH hind feet white,
stripe In face -fppea; one black mare com
Jog three I'll with white hairs; bay mare, nil''
ding size comm, one b:y mare coming three
white spot lett hind foo AUGUST ECkEkI-4
H,rn Rtpcy Nov a 1853 4vf
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-11-07

lands IA .ysction No. 10, Toloa So, e }.
Michael McGettries n cor ms. neA l.55a 50 SIS
John T. Anthony II acrsss 10 = acres
Ia. ny SEX Spe oov
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-11-07
j. F.. MARIN *,

I
Oi;a.ra, IHi,Uis.
nARTICTLAR attention paid 10 Cleaning, Filling
and Preserving the natura; teeth. Artificial teeth
Inserted in all the s'y les of the art and var
raat-l 20 c!ye entire satisfaction. CfAroiC.m admin
i.;.res for ;he extraction Of teeth. oa:s Hcissn
street, Woods Block, directly over ID. NJ. haiotrts
NOV
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-11-07

The Great Ladies Northwestern Fair at
Chicago appears to have succeeded leyond
tie highest anticipation. The receipts
already reach some $4,000 and it is sup
posed will go up to $4,000 of winch two
thirds, it is estimated, will be clear profit.
1t is a shame, however, that So noble q
charity should be perverted, as this iair is
being, into a contemplate abolition soires.
No democrat can attend it an hour wIth-
out being insulted. $500 Of its funds were
paid a stIolling female to deliver a violent
abolition harranGe to the collected patriots
of the Northwest When it is all over,
with all the fuss. it will have realized for
the soldiers about half rs much as was
made up for tEem in one day. without
parade or noise, by the democrats at SPRING
field in June last.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-11-07
ARTHCR LOCKWOOD,
CITY c Hector, Of the City Of CstdaDd.

EsTRAY NOTICEs.-SoRREL HORSE
II COLT.-Taktn up by T. C. Wckxer. in the Town
OF Earl, Sorrel Horse Colt, three years old, fifteen
hands high, three white feet blaze in forehead and
branded on right shoulder. Valued at SIS. f.
Nov. z, 1868. s. W. RAYMOND, Clerk.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-11-07

BAY MARE Taken up by Thos Garland, in to up Of
Earl Bay Mare, abou: n years old, one white h ind
foot, star forehead black name and TAIL Valued
at $S5. enc are IS
Nov.7, 1868. s. w. RAYMOND, Clerk.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-11-07
new g. W. RAYMOND, Clerk.

BROWN MARE MCLE.-Taktu up BY Jas. H. Sayles,
in the town Of Earl, Brown Mare Mule, bran ed
left shoulder, three years old last spring vadsa
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-11-07

A st. Joseph (Mlssouri) paper publishes
a correspondence between Gen. Butler and
the rebel Gen. jeff Thompson. Gen But
Ter writes from Lowell, under date Of the
9Th ult /:
Il se,aln a lively sense of the courtesy
and urlahity with which you conducted
oseratioss when in command opposed to
me in Louisiana, and desire again, as before.
70 thank you ior your kindness to Captain
Thornton iu sending him home wounded,
by which Iiindn.ss J. have no doubt his
Lille was saved. 3 ,.f-,.x. ~ D.
." Although. an OUTLAW by the proclan,a.
ton of those whom. you serve, for acts
which no one knows more surely than
yourself were untruly reported and unjust.
~ construed. ] viii endeavor to have your
imprisonment lighieneda or communicable
possible. .-;4 .--.-. -.
Part of the correspondence is a letter
from Coed. Prentice Of Louisville Journal,
addressed to Gen. Scho.ield, asking per-
mission g send denjohn of " hisky 70
Gen. Thompson, Gen. eSchofsld grs,nte d
the request ~
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-11-07

With Ns,c and Extra Large F2aeS, ami By the aadi-
ton Of Itt t'cIebyuied PIT mt Double
.--s.s' Sheet Bottom flas .''
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-11-07

Gen. Butler has at length been given a
command Hereturns to Fortress Monroe,
where he takes the place of Gen Foster.
Gen. B. but week or two ago announced
himself o convert to the State annihiiatisn
doctrine of the Whiting letter, and as
North Carolina, over which be is now.placed
ia command, has manifested symptoms of
desire to return to the Union, the ap>
pointment of a, man like Butler. to this
position at such time has deep signifi>
canoe. aFf rrF vi
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-11-07
Air Tight Cooking Stove.

iio Ina a1oli sJOBs WORK IY
osNi SsAas asss on shsrs nSacssg 4ss4h .
.sr4ss E-raT S~e~w leANxYYt DOW
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-02-11
A New Policy.

The YORK Herald says, the abolition dis
unionsts have made new programme, they
now propose to fight and lberate all the
niggers they can, between this and the first
of May, and then invite foreign mediation,
and recognize the Southern Confederacy.
This policy is forshadowed by the Tribune
and other abolition journals. They have
steadily shown opposition to every effort
calculated to bring about reunion with the
South they have declared in congress and
elsewhere; that the Union as it was should
not be restored, and have by con6scation and
emancipation schemes labored to make it
impossible. Their cry of"war for the Union
has been a monstrous cheat and lie, They
fear that if the Union was rest lord, the South
would vote against them and that the Union
sentiment of the two sections would over
whelm them. They are in short what they
started out to be from the very first, sec
tionalists and disunionists, and they never
mean that the Northern and Sothern States
shall live and vote again together If things
could remain as they are now, until dem
ocrat administration could come into power,
with democrat Congress, the Union could
easily restored, but Heaven only knows what
this mlsrabIe dlsunion administration may do,
ere we can get an opportunity for a change.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-02-11
ga Cas- I'm Short Hand"

The Tribune" in pthily showing the
causes of the war, and the greater cause to be
Slavery" thus sums up:
l. The Rebellion has broken out only in
the Slave States.
ca mistake it first broke out in Massachu-
setts,-which nullified the Constitution Of
the United States and the Laws of Congress,
in so called Personal Liberty Bills.)
1t commenced in South Carolina, the most
intensely Pro-Slavery of them all and mas
tered State after State in exact proportion to
their interests in devotion to Slavery.
(Another mistake 1t began in Boston, in
rescues from U. S. Marshals-in Syracuse, in
the Jerry rescue case-in Milwaukee, Wis
consin in the Booth case.)
The real fact is, that for ten years, Massa-
chusetts has not been fairly in, or under,
the Consultation of the United States,-aye,
ever since the organization of the Govern
mert,-srom the days of the Shay's Rebellion
on to the Hartford Convention, Massachu-
setts has been more or less, in opposition to
the Cons ttution, and the Laws of the United
States. We have had three Rebellions in
MASSACHUSETTS, since 17S0,--lst. The Shay's
Rebellion. I'd. The Embargo Rebellion. Sd
The Personal Liberty Rebellion.-Neap York
Express.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-02-11
MAKING A NEEDLE
CUNT. T..

Needles are made of steel wire. The wire is
first cut by shears, from coils, into the length
of the nedles to be made. After batch of
such bits of wire have been cut off, they are
placed N hot furnace, and then taken out
and rolled backward and forward on a table
till they are straight. They are now to be
ground. The needle-pointer then takes up
two dozen or so of the wires, and rolls them
between his thumb and fingers, with their
ends OF The grindstone, first one end and then
the other. Next is a machine which fattens
and cutters the heads of ten tn ousand nee
dies in an hour. Next comes the punching of
the eyes, by boy, SO fast that the eye can
hardly keep pace with him. The splitting
follows, which is running fine wire through
dozen, perhaps, of these twin needles A
woman with little anvil before her, files be-
tween the heads and separates them.
They are now complete needles, but they
are rough and rusty aud easily bent. The.
hardening comes next. They are heated in
patches in furnace, and when red hot are
thrown into pan of cold water. Next thev
must be tempered, and this is done by rolling
them backward and forward on a hot metal
plate The polishing remains yet to be done.
On very coarse cloth needles are spread to
the number of forty or fifty thousand. Emo
ry dust is strewed over them, oil is sprlnkled
and soft soap is daubed over them the cloth
Is rolled hard up, and, with several others of
the same kind, thrown into a sort of washpot,
to roll to and fro twelve hours or more
They come ont dirty enough, but after rim
sing in clean hot water, and tossing in saw
dust they have become bright, and ready to
be sorted and put up for sale.