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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17
HOME AND FARM.

Farmers should not confine their
hogs to corn as the only fattening food.
Other grain should be given for yarie-
.y's sake.-Erctange.
MIR. J. w. Clarke is credited with
the remark that apples from stiff soil
generally keep better than those grown
on sandy soil.-M y. Tribune.
All our domesticated fowls origi-
mated from species that seldom, If ever
in their natural state. laid over dozen
eggs in a season. Cincinnati Times.
The Druggists Circular gives the
following recipe for the ''dry shampoo"
used by BARRIERS, generally known as
''sea-foam:" Alcohol, eight ounces;
water, sixteen ounces; ammonia, one
ounce; cologne, one ounce. 1t is rub
bed on the head until the liquid evapo-
rates. No subsequent rinsing is neccs-
sary.
Mullins without soda, if baked in q
hot oven, will be light and excellent.
Take one cupful of sweet milk, one
onpful of flour, one egg well beaten,
about third of teaspoonful of salt.
Have your gem pans very hot, fill about
half full and bake. These are nico
with butter alone, or with maple-sugar
strip dded.-Hou'ehOd.
DO not be in too much hun ry to
dry off the milch cows. If well fed and
in comfortable quarters they may be
kept in milk to within two months of
caiving. 1t does them less injury than
trying to stop the flow of milk when it
is abundant Before drying off cease
the supply of gram and roots or other
succulent food, and give good hay only.
Prairie Farmer.
A Weste n bee keeper says that in
the very coolest weather pure white
sugar is better for bees than their own
honey, for the reason that it produces
more heat. Glucose sugars arc very
bad for bees, and should never be used.
The sugar has also the advantage of
honey in not being mixed with pollen,
which, it is believed, causes the dysen-
terry that is often so fatal in winter.
A pleasant variation on the jelly
and cream filling used for double cakes
may be made of apples. Beat one egg
light in bowl, and into it a cup of
sugar. Add to this the strained juice
and grated rind of lemon. Peel and
CRATE three firm pippins or other ripe
tart apples directly into this mixture,
stirring each we'll in before aiding an
other. When all are in, put into IA
rna kettle and stir over the fire until
the apple-custard is boiling hot and
quite thick. Cool and spread between
the cakes Boston Post.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17
Professional Opinions OF Professional
Gentlemen.

1--WE bill-posters, said paste be-
smeared gentleman of this occupation
to a reporter Saturday, "are birds o.
night. When second class theatrical
company strikes a country town we
turn the whole force loose that evening
and the next morning the public fin 5
the entire town posted. 1t takes 'em
BIZ surprise and 50 the thing is twice as
effective as though the bills were posted
on the boards before Their eyes. Sharp
business men have their posting done
at night. In this connection | remem-
Der little trick. | was one evening
sent out to post town with small bills
for a clothing house. l stuck 'em
everywhere on fences, curbstOnes, tel
egraph poles and hitching-posts. What
was my surprise the next morning to
see every one of 'em with the name of a
rival clothing house upon it. Examl-
nation revealed the fact that an en-
ploye of the rival house had followed
me around and stuck poster after pos
ter over mine.
Eyes, SIR" said man who puts up
telegraph wires and fixes tie electric
lights, ''street car drivers get all the
sympathy this cold weather and they
are not half as exposed as we often are
70 be sure, telephone and telegraph
wires do not get out of order every day,
Lut when we're not fixing wires. we're
changing carbons, helping to put up
new poles and other general work.
tell you it's no fun to hang on at the tip
of the telephone poles have the coolest
kind OF wind whistling around your
ears. To be true. it doesn't last long
at time but it's sharp while it does and
beats running hoss-cars all hollow. We
resemble drivers in one thing-that is
in the similarity of the magnitude of our
salaries"
There's an attractive influence about
stage business" said a ''supe" to the
reporter, cor else 1 wouldn't be vast
ing my time shifting scenes. My posi-
ton may now be humble, but I'll climb
and am climbin', although amt very
far up yet. There lots of time, 1 am
ambitious and unlimited. The Shutters
are just as necessary as the stars. just
suppose we didn't shift the drawing.
room into forest and rattle thunder
when we should, what dead give
away it would be to the leadin' heavy
that's talkin' about tie conflict of the
elements. Who could yell revenge OF
death if it wasn't for supers. They
can't get along without us, and we have
our aspirations to rise as well as any
body. "-DetroH Post and Tribune.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17
A Startling Discovery.

But for the pains of vigilant night
watch man Chicago might have been the
scene of n disastrous contlagration last
night Tncendiary efforts of the most
startling character were directed
against the large four-story building at
No. A Madison street, and there can
be but little doubt that rat loss was
saved by the timely discovery OF the
dabolical outfit. The latter consists OF
n fuse and numerous combustibles now
in the hands of Superintendent Bull
Wrinkle of the Fire Patrol, through
whom the investigation is being made
to discover the perpetrators of the
crime. The building which had this
narrow escape is occupied by four sep
arate firms-the first floor by w. II.
Hapedon & Co., Wholesale milliners;
the second by Mason & Hanson, dealers
in woolens; tie third by Trocky & Levi,
and the fourth bv BadUrf Il Co., dealers
in cloaks and suits. 1t was about half
past six o'clock when the Waterman of
the block, Joseph o Brien, of the Pinker-
ton force, discovered, on making his
first round, that the door leading into
the hallway of the building was I'M
locked On going up to investigate he
detected Il peculiar odor, as of some
thing burning. All the stores were
closed except that of Mason q Hanson
on the SECOND floor, where some
of the clerks still fingered. Their
attent on WAS called to the smell,
and in company with the officer they
walked up to the next floor, where they
discovered large dry-goods box COW
cred over with combustibles, from
the midst of which the smell emanated.
The box lay upon its side in the hall
with its face again.t the wa | next to
the store of Trocky & Levi. lns de
there was long fuse, carefully ar
ranged in n coil, and burning surely
and steadily toward box of matches,
10 which one end was fastened. The
fuse consisted of cotton tape resem-
bling lamp-wick which had been steep
ed in some combustlble substance.
here were ten pieces, each measuring
about five and one-half feet, fastened at
the ends, and on untying one of the
pieces the officer discovered that it was
consumed in exactly forty minutes.
When the bundle was first discovered
the ashes of two of these sections could
he traced out in the box. so that it APP
peared that the fuse had Leen lighted
about twenty minutes to five, and that
it had been set to k;ndle a mysterious
fire about 2:20 a. m.-ChicagO IrtLunc.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17
$4,000 Gonel

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.-Tbe Chronicle
publishes in substance the following mar
vel. Captain w. F. Swasey, tn, oldest
pioneer of the coast, makes statement Of
the intense suffering of his friend Col. d.
]. Williamson, an Army officer of distinc-
ton and an Ex-U. S. Consul, WHO was at.
tackled in the winter of 1872 with violent
rheumatism. So great was his agony in
after years, he became helpless cripple,
and after trying numberless remedies, the
baths of other countries and spending a
fortune of 10000, the disease seemed to as
sumo a more virulent type. Finally, he
was persuaded to try st. Jacobs Oil, the
great conqueror of pain. 1t worked mir
acle of cure. In a letter to the Chronicle
he confirms Capt. Swasey's statement and
adds: 81 cheerfully give my unqualified
attestation to the truthfulness of the state
ment, because feel perfectly certain that
a knowledge OF my cure by st. Jacobs Oil
will prove the means of relieving hundreds
IF sufferers"
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17
The Irrepressible Boy.

1t is easy to point out that parents
are to blame when boys are wrong. In
measure, perhaps, they are. But there
is that about some boys, children of
splendid and careful parents, which
seems to make them wholly intractable.
There is period when a boy of fine
traits will break loose, and all the care
of all his family only serves to make
him worse. Then there is a period,
further on, when he is the most intoler-
able little devil it is possible to conceive.
He knows it all. Father and mother
are slow and ignorant. and the young
man finds it impossible to conceal his
contempt for their lack of $50" This
is the period of breeziness, when a
father feels sorely tempted to club she
young rascal into his proper place. 1t
requires wonderful fnesse sometimes to
carry boy safely through these critical
periOds-an immense amount of for
bearance, an affection of sympathy, and
even an appearance of belief, some
times, in the boys assumption of great
ness. The remarkable thing is that so
few boys are wrecked during these
periods of savage lawlessness and bud
ding manhood. MitOaukee Sentinel.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

George Menifee (colored) died a
horrible death on Shouklin' S farm at
Shepherdsville, Ky, recently. He pur-
chased a wooden shirt dyed red and
green, and worked in it. His body soon
began to itch. His wife bathed him
with mackerel brine, but he continued
to grow worse; the flesh sloughed off
from his back and arms. and life at
length passed away. He is supposed to
have been poisoned by the dye. Louis
Ville Courier.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17
twenty-five Per Cent. Stronger than any
Other Butter Color.
BURLINGTON. Vt, May Q, 1889.

BURLINGTON. VT, May 3, lSS2
hereby certify that have examined
ardson a. Co., and that the same IS Tree
from alkaIi or any other substance injuri-
Gus to health that have compared It with
some of the best of the other Butter Colors IN
the market and find it to be more than TWEEN
ty.five per cent. stronger in color than tue
best Of the others.
/ am satisfied that 1t is not liable to be-
come rancid, or in any way to inJure the
butter. | have examined it alter two
months free exposure to the air in place
liable to large changes of temperature,
and found no trace of rancidi5y, while 9TH
er kinds similarly exposed became rancid
A. II. SABIN,
Prof. Chemistry, University of Vermont
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17
BunkOing the Mayor.

as the Mayor in?" The inquiry came
from short and squarely-built young
man, with a generally hard-up appear
an G, a very red face, and a distillery
breath that would k Il cockroach ten
feet away
"This is the Mayor" replied Clerk
Robinson, indicat ne his Honor.
Mayor Thompson-"Do you wish to
speak to ne, sir?"
Stranger-'I am q nephew of Mr..
Beatty, OF Toronto, OF whom you have
undoubtedly heard. l ain over here
spending the holidays, and want some
u oney TO take me home"
Mayor I hompson-"Well, sir, if you
are a nephew of Mr.. Beatty, which l
very mu, h doubt, YOU can telegraph to
him for money, but I'll assure you you
can't get any OF me-"
Stranger-"You'rc nice Mayor, you
aren
Mayor 1hompson-"Now look here.
young fellow, if you come around here
again, I'll have you run in! And I've Il
good mind to have you run in now. It's
cold day when anybody bunkos me-"
But the youth was far away from room
No. before the Mayor finished his adj
dress, and the distance was rapidly in
creasing .-DetrOt Free IreSS.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

Iegions of people have had their lives
made miserable by Piles. This painful
difficulty is often induced and always ag-
gravated by Constipation. Kidney-W Wort
Is the great remedy for all affections OF
this kind. 1t acts as a gentle cathartic,
promotes a healthy action of the bowels,
and sooths and heals the inflamed surfaces.
1t has cured hundreds of cases whore all
other remedies and applications have
failed. Sold by all druggists.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17
A Messenger OF Health.

Sent free to sufferers from nervous,
chr onic and blood diseases, brain and heart
affections, nervous debility, exhaustion,
ETC., who have failed to find relief. IL tells
of wonderful cures effected by DIR. Scotts
Coca, Beef and Iron, with Phosphorus.
Sold by druggists; 81. DR.. Scott, Kansas
City, Mo. Ask your druggist for pamphlet.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

There are six double teams in New
York that can beat 2:40. These are
Edward and Dick Swiveller, Aldne and
Early Rose, Cleora and Independence,
Maxy Cobb and Helene, and London
and Cornelia. The first three belong
respectively to Frank Worg, w. IL.
Vanderbilt and Shepherd Knapp
N. Y. Herald.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

"A young lady in Ulster County.
N. T., called at a lawyers ONCE in
Kingston the other day, and asked to
have suit begun against former lover
for brea h of promise. HE promised
20 marry me fouc times" she said,
'.but he hasn't kept his word. and my
affect ons are all blighted." .'How
much damage do you wish to claim?"
said the polite lawyer. "We:l, / was
hlighted four times, and / tn nix 500 a
blight is none too much" so suit was
entered at S400 damages for four
blights. -Atb0ny journal.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

The BLOOD WOULD RUN.-For five years
] was great sufferer from Catarrh. My
nostrils were so sensitive 1 could not bear
the least bit of dust; at times so bad that
the blood would run, and at night | could
hardly breathe. After trying many things
without much benefit / used Ely's Cream
Balm. am living witness of its efficacy.
PETER BRUCE, Farmer lib sca. N. Y.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

AFTER long Mercury and Potash treat
ment, found myself a cripple from Mer-
curial Rheumatism. Tried Hot Springs
two years without relief, and was finally
cured sound and we'll by the use of Swift's
Specific Is. s. 81 CHAs. BERG,
Hot Springs, Ark.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

A MEDICAL journal devotes an entire col.
umn to telling how to fall asleep, while we
can do it in three short words: go to
church," This shows the great advantage
OF the American paragraph system over
the old-fashioned lengthy editoriaL-Chi-
cdQ0 Times.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

SwIFr's Specific Is. S. 81 has relieved
me of an obstinate case of Dry letter, which
had troubled me for twenty-five years, and
had baffled all sorts of treatment.
REV. l. r. BRANHAM, Macon, Ga.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

THE only remedy sold in tho United
States to-day that actually cures rheuma-
tsm is Durang's. 1t never has and never
can fail to cure the worst case. Write for
free pamphlet. +. X. Helphenstine, drug
gist, Washington, ID. g.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

"A deserted damsel rushed into a
ball room at Alviso. Col, the other night
and threw a pan Of molasses upon the
shirt front Of her faithless lover.--Dess-
yer Iribalse.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

Hammered brass is new ragei
Those who have not seen the novelty
can nevertheless recall people who de-
serve to have their brass hammered
NJ Y. Graphic.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

AN advertiser says that "parlor matches
are the only true match for the household
We don't know about that. We think
some very satisfactory matches have been
made at the front gate, or out on the
piazza.-BurlingtoR Free Press.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

REFitted out for the season. Dresses,
cloaks, coats, stockings and all garments
can be colorcd successfully with the Dia-
mond DYES. Fashionable colors. Only
lnc at druggists. Wells, Richardson q Co.,
Burlington, VT.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

AS Seneca Lake remains open when
all the other lakes in Central New York
are frozen over, wild ducks are to be
found upon it in great abundance
throughout the winter.-Bufalo Er-
press.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

Squire Meighs, OF West Alexander,
Pa. has married 2,S04 couples. His
father. also Justice OF the Peace, joined
i.660 souls.-Ritssbargh Post.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

A VOTER, praising a candidate at a re-
cent election, said: "He is as fine fell
low as ever lifted hat to a lady or a boot
to a scoundrel. "-ChicdQO Herald.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

AN Iowa editor asserts that no true
Christian can edit a newspaper. We don't
know about that. We are doing pretty
well for only three months.-Philddelphid
Call.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

HAND-PAINTED suspenders are now worn;
but lots of men will continue TO hold us
their "pants" with leather belt fastened
icle-Herdld.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

WHEN Clara was asked what she would
do if nice young gentleman should ask
her hand in marriage, she naively replied
81 don't think I'd no. "-BoStOn TRANSCRIPT.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

SOCIETY is very queer. The people most
sought after are those who do not pay their
journal.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

A MAN must be very much elevated when
he talks down his bootleg for half an hour
mistaking it for telephone.-N. T. Her
add
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

NEVER make love, young man. The
manufactured article is not satisfactory
substitute for the natural production
Boston transcript.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

WHEN the daughters are infants mothers
are anxious to keep matches out of their
reach. It's different when they grow up.
-PhIadelpkia Press.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

DAR's some little truth chen in de big
ges' lie, chen eff it is no more den de TACK
dat it is lie.-ArkdnSa,c Trdreller.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

GLOVE" says an amorous writer, us
an internal transport" A contemporary
remarks: "The same might be said OF
canal-boat.".TrOy Times.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

A sHABBILY dressed woman called upon
one OF our citizens for aid, claiming that
she was in starving condition. The c;ti-
zen looked upon her plethoric form, esti-
fat, and answered.: You don't look like
q starving woman" at know it," she
whiningIy answered, "pm bloated with
grief."-Haruord Times.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

No SAFER REMEDY can be had FOR
Coughs and Colds, than "Brotoas Dron-
chiql Troches." Sold only in boxes. % cts.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

GooD partners at cards-a chimney
sweep and bugler. One can follow SCOT,
and the other can trumpet.-Chicdgo 1T16-
une.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

I" Samaritan Nerrine cured my daughter
of fits" said Jno. Murphy, of Albany, y.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

SOME people are so modest that even
their wounds are mortified when the sur
econ looks at them.-Boston Globe.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Make timely use of it for coughs. Fixes
toothache drops cure in one minute.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

IF afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. zoo.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

CONSUMPTION in any stage may be cured
by Piso's Cure. . cents bottle.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

WONDER treads on heels of wonder. Sdmdrt
tan Neruine is guaranteed to cure nervous uiS
orders.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

THE butcher is always happy to meat
friends.-N. o. Picdyune.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

Charles Harris. of Belleville, Tex,
has invented machine for washing
dishes. Chicago Herald.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

THE elder Cameron Is eighty-six years
old, and yet when Simon says " thumbs
up' or |" wiggle-waggle," things ara lively.
Lowell Courier.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

IT is said that the Chinese giant speaks
eight languages. He's not tall Ignorant.
.-IouIerS StdteSmGn.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

Ben Blarze shot himself and wife
in nightmare at San Francisco. In
vestigat:o on showed it was clearly SOM
nambullsm
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

A SWEET perfumes gold dollar; it h as
q hundred good cents.-DetrOit Post.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-01-30
A Cruel Joke.

A road-shouldered man was walking
Catham street. He looked as if he was
in great pain.
"What's the matter ?" asked friend
"Oh, Pm in terrible agony! Got a
boil as big as watermelon On my calf
can hardly walk So-long !" and the
proprietor of Jobs comforter moved
off, As he did so, another gentleman
came along and shook hands with his
friend
"I've got the biggest joke of the sea.
son on -. There he goes up street.
He was telling me how he was fright
ened by dog this morning. Let's
have some fun !"
The new arrival was Gin for It."
"You walk up behind him, grab him
by the leg and bark like q dog. His
nerves are all unstrung, and we'll have
a big joke on him to see him jump
"I'll do it," said the other, land you
walk on the other side and see me scare
him to death"
The two parted to carry out their
pTOKTdIulic. uC plO-
ceeGed after their mutual friend. Just
as he got close up behind him he grab
bed him by the boil and playfully bark
ed: "Bow, WOW, wow" just as natur-
ally as dog show.
The broad-shouldered man went up
in the air, while his face looked as if
be had swallowed tree full Of persim-
mons. When he came down he recited
the alphabet backwards, and then point
ed his toe thirteen distinct times at his
playful friend, slammed him up against
a telegraph pole, mashed bis hat over
his eyes, and then walked away looking
as if he'd like to put the leg with the
watermelon boil on over his shoulder
and carry it home.
After the "dog" had pulled himself
out of his hat he hunted up and down
Chatham street for the man who had
put the job up on him, but be could not
find him, for he was looking over the
cornice of neighboring house and was
bursting with grins.