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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07
How Iron is Timed.

The great sheets are cut into squares
and trimmed, and then sent to the
p;ckling-tub to be cleansed from the
black oxide which covers them. This
tub is large cistern lined with lead
and filled with dilute sulphuric acid,
over which an immense copper cage is
suspended. After the cage is packe l
with the plates it is dipped down into
the acid liquid, makes a few revolu-
tons, then rises, and with half-turn of
the beam which carries it, is brought
over another vat through which stream
of water is passing. The dip and spin
are here repeated until all the acid is
washed away, and the plates are taken
out PERFECTLY clean, but with abraded
surfaces. To get rid of this defect they
are passed for the last time, and with
out relocating, between a pair of highly
polished rollers, and emerge perfectly
smooth and resembling in color Damas-
Gus steel.
They are now ready for timing; and
on our way to the next department we
pass a stack of dusty bars of that metal.
"Cost a thousand pounds" says the
master of the rolls, with a rap of his
knuckles on the top one. The tin is
first melted and "polled" is,
stirred up with stick of green wood,
which sends a current of steam through
it and sweeps some impurities TO the
surface; it is then transferred to square
iron cisterns, where it is kept melted,
with layer of palm-oil on the surface,
to prevent oxidation.
Beneath the black, seething pool the
iron plates are plunged; and when they
are taken out they seem to have been
transmitted, as in the dream of the
Chinese alchemist, from iron TO silver,
50 brilliant is the coating. They are
now rubbed with sa~dust, to get rid of
the oil, then away 10 be packed. But
they are first subjected to a curious test.
1t is important that plates of the same
thickness and equally coated through
out should be sorted together. But it
would be difficult to gauge them; SO a
man with good ear is seated in COM
paratively quiet part of the works, and,
taking each sheet by the corner, gives
it deXterous shake, eliciting a Mrub-
hing sound-if l may coin a word
which differs. of course. in pitch with the
slightest change in thickness; and thus
he sorts them.
At the end of the works is a saw-mill,
where the oak boxes are made in which
the tin is packed; and whence it travels
all over the world as "Best charcoal
tim" 1t is acceptable among almost
all nations-from Russia, where it is
used for roofing houses and covering the
bizarre domes of the emerald-green
topped churches, to the upper waters of
the Amazon. where it glitters moro
brightly still as the nose-plate of the
festive savage, dancing, impecunious
but happy. amidst the living emeralds
of his forest home. Chambers Jour
nal.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07
A Yolnhle Book Agent Squelched.

A book agent found his way to the
third story of cigar-box factory on
the corner of Woodbridge street and
Woodward avenue last Saturday after
noon and seating himself on the edge
of the freight elevator he proceeded To
descant upon the merits of his look to
the pretty and industrious girls engaged
in the manufacture of the boxes. He
was scarcely seated, however, before
one of the girls said hurriedly:
"Don't sit there.
The book agent, who was absorbed in
his business, disregarded the warning
and moment afterward the elevator
suddenly descended.
The elevator box measures twenty
four by twenty-six inches, and the last
seen of the book agent on the third
floor was a flash Of pants and boots in
perpendicular position.
The box fetched up with a thud on
the first floor, and the agent was shot
from the aperture distance of fourteen
feet and under table, from which he
hurredlv extricated himself and bolted
for the door, cxclaiming, Il didn't do
itr'
The girls request that he return for
his wares.-DGtrOH Post.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07
HOME AND FARM.

Tho Massachusetts PoIcmdr gays
that IL has been proven that mich
COWS keep in better health where they
have plenty of light, and alsogive more
milk.
Let the horses litter be dry and
clean underneath as well as on top.
Standing on hot, fermcnted ma
nure makes the hoofs soft and brings on
lameness.-N y. Herald.
A delicious lemon cake is made q
two cups of sugar, the juice and rnd of
one lemon, three eggs, not beaten.
added one at a time, three cups of flour,
one-half teaspoonful of soda, and a
piece of butter the size of an egg
Western RioWmdR.
The Germantown Telegraph says:
Clear rye bran should never be fed to
fowls, on account of its swelling and
caking in masses in the crop, and prov
ING fatal to chicken life not infrequentlv.
1t will thus sodden and increase in bulk
very rapidly before digesting, causing
rupture of the crop, if any great guam
tity has been eaten.
A simple but good pudding is made
of one cup o. sweet milk, one-half tea
spoonful of soda dissolved in little hot
water, three well-Ieaten eggs, two table
spoonfuls OF flour rubbed smooth in cold
milk, half teacupful of chopped citron.
Pour this into pudding dish, tie cloth
over the top and put it in q kettle of
boiling water and let it boil for one hour
and n half. This is best when served
with fruit sauce.-N. y Post.
A restless disposition in horse is
often very annoying and generally hard
to overcome. One thing noticeable
about it is that such a disposition gen
orally belongs to horse which is def
cient of real good horse sense; hence
the lack of good foundation on which
to begin reform. Kind treatment and
quiet handling are about the best treat
ment that can be prescribed in such
cases. One thing is positive, that the
rougher they are handled the more liza
BILE the, are to become nervous and ex-
citajle.- Western Agriculturist.
A delicious pie may be made of
canned pineapple. If the pineapple
is in slices, it should be chopped fine;
to one large cup of pineapple allow
one cup of sugar, half a cup of butter,
one cup of sweet cream, four eggs; re-
serve the whites for the top of the pie,
as it should have an under crust only.
Do not throw away the juice left in the
can; it makes a nice tlavoring or pud-
ding sauce, or with the addition of a
little gclatine and sugar YOU NAV make
asmall bowl of delicious Chicago
Journal
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07
Military Reprisals.

The abolition of slavery, which in
Western Europe has been the greatest
achievement of modern civilization, did
not unfortunately tend to greater mild
ness in the customs of war. For in an
cient times the sac of prisoners as
slaves operated to restrain that indis
Grim nate and obiectless slaughter
which has been, even to cases within
this century, the marked feature of the
attle-iield, and more especially where
cites or places have been taken by
storm. Ayarice ceased to operate, as it
once DID, in favor of humanity. In one
day the population of Madgeburg, taken
by storm, was reduced from $4,000 TO
2,700; and an English eyewitness of
that event thus desert edit: ''0f $1,000,
some said 10000, people here was not
a soul TO lie seen alive, till the flames
drove those that were hid in vaults and
secret places TO seek death in the streets
rather than perish in the fire; of the
miserable creatures some were killed,
too, by the furious soldiers. but at last
they saved the lives of such as came out
of the.r cellars and holes, and so about
1900 poor, desperate creatures We're
left" ''There was little shooting; t e
execution was al cutting of Threats and
mere house murders. We
could see the poor people in crowds
driven down the streets, flying from the
fury of the soldiers, who followed,
butchering them as fast as they could,
and refused mercy to anybody; till,
driving them down to the rivers edge,
the desperate wretches would throw
themselves into the river, where thous-
ands of them persisted, especially
women and children" 1t is difficult to
read tn S graphic description of storm
ed city without the suspicion arising in
the mind that a sheer thirst for blood
and love of murder is a much more po-
tent sustainer of war than it is usual or
agreeable to believe. The narratives of
most victories and of taking cities sup
port this theory. AT Brescia, for in
stance, taken by the French from the
Yenetians in 15l2, it is said that 10000
of the latter fell to only fifty of t e
former. When Rome was sacked in
1927 by the Imperialist forces we are
told that ''the soldiery threw themselves
upon the unhappy multitude, and, with
out distinction of age or sex, massacred
all who came in their way. Strangers
were spared as little as Romans, for
the murderers fired indlscriminately at
every one, from mere thirst of blood.
-. d. Farmer, in Ge'stIemen'S Maya.
zine.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07
Oil Meal for Cattle.

At this season of the year, when moth.
ing green or succulent is 10 be had, cat
tie are liable to suffer from impactions
and oth9r disorders of the stomach in
consequence of partaking of too large
quantities of coarse and dry food and
thus get more or less off their feed, and
suffer in condition and general health.
This is serious enough in the case of
store cattle but in the case of those be-
ing fed for approaching sales 1t is much
worse, as ground is lost which it takes
time as well as expensive feed to re-
gain. This condition of affairs could
largely be avoided and the cattle main
tanned in better thrift if a small portion
of oil-meal were included in the daily
ration. We believe it can be fed with
profit, as a stock food in composition
with other foods; but without entering
upon discussion OF this question now,
or attempting to convince gentlemen to
adopt new practice when the old is
so convenient to follow-reserving this
for future consideration or allowing it
to rest upon what has heretofore been
said-we desire to urge the use of
enough oil-meal to keep the animals in
thriving, healthy condition. Avery lit
tie, given regularly, will answer the
purpose, and it will be found admirable
in preventing constipation and impart-
ing to the stomach and digestive organs
fine, healthy tone. 1t assists greatly
in the digestion and assimilation of 9TH
er foods, and the use will be be found
in every way satisfactory. 1t can also
be fed to other descriptions of live stock
in smaller quantities, and we have found
its use particularly advantageous with
horses subject to collie or intestinal dis
orders. -Breedcrs' Gazette.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07

Ny father had an eating cancer for sew
eral years, which had eaten away bis under
lip and the inside of his cheek, down to the
bottom of his gums. We got some of Swift's
Specific and gave him, and the effect has
been Observation-Disclosures miraculous. The
sores are all healed, and he is perfectly
well. Every one here said it was only a
question of time about his death, and his
cure has created the greatest excitement in
this part of the country. WIN. B. LATHRoP.
South Easton. Mass. Jan. 7, 1884.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07

One Glass of cheap reading matter,
and the best class of all, will always be
popular. viz, the newspaper. The
newspapers of the present day contain
such wonderful variety of matter.
ranging "fron grave to gay. from lively
to severe" that any taste can be suited.
The man who clamorS for cheap read
ing matter must indeed be hard to
please if the great newspapers of the
country fail to satisfy his every want in
this regard.-AtidR'd Constitution.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07

There has never been medicine for
rheumatism introduced in the United States
that has given such universal satisfaction
as Durang's Rheumatic Remedy. 1t stands
out alone as the one great remedy that act
ually cures this dread disease. 1t is taken
internally, and never has and never can
fail to cure the worst case in the shortest
time. 1t is sold by every druggis5 at 81.
Write for free forty-page pamphlet to r. K.
HELPHENsTINE, Druggist, Washington, d. G.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07

"A girl residing near Calicoon IN.
" depot is so constituted that the
sound of music performed on any in
strument, even 10 jewsharp or mouth
organ, is sufficient to cause her to burst
into fit of uncomfortable weeping.
The same effect is produced by the
meaningless jingle of words sung by
her playmates in their various sports, or
by the softest melodious singing of her
elders. A flash of lighting is believed
to have caused the trouble by iniuring
her nerves in some manner.--Ut Her
aid.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07
GIVEN UP BY THE DOCTORS.

"Is it possible that Mr.. Godfrey is up and
at work, and cured by so simple reme.ly?,
1" assure you it is true that he is entirely
cured, and with nothing but Hop Bitters,
and only ten days ago his doctors gave him
up and said he must die, from Kidney and
Liver trOuble!'
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07
When Doctors Disagree

it will be time enough to doubt the relia-
bility of KidneyW ort. Doctors all agree
that it is most valuable medicine in all
disorders of the Liver, Kidneys and
Bowels, and frequently prescribe it. DR..
P. c. Bailou, of Monkton, says: " The past
year have used it more than ever, and
with the best results. 1t is the most sue
cessful remedy | have ever used" Such a
recommendation speaks for itself. Sold
by all druggists. See advt.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07

al UNDERSTAND they are getting up an
other Art !mposition," said Mrs. Blank
the other day. "But they needn't ex-
pect me to loan 'em anything. Last year
the clumsy things broke an arm off my
Venus de Medicine and then had the
cheek to tell me it was that way at first.
just as though l was foolish enough to pay
$4,000 for a second hand stattoo-the
idea r'-B0St0n Herald.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07
The Best for Butter.

There is but one best color for butter, and
that that is Wells, Richardson & Co.'s I'm
proved Butter Color, no candid investi-
gator doubts. 1t is the best butter color in
the world; is free from sediment or inn
purity, always ready for instant use, and
it imparts to butter that rich dandelion
yellow, without tinge of red, which is the
acme of desirability in any butter color.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07

FROM B. F. LIEPsNER, A. NJ, Red Bank,
N. j.: l have been troubled with Catarrh
so badly for several years that it seriously
affected my voice. tried DIR. is rem
edy without the slightest relief. One bot
tie of Ely's Cream Balm did the work. My
voice is fully restored and my head feels
better than for years. B. F. LIEPsNER.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07

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. 1t tells
of wonderful cures effected by DR.. Scott's
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, 1884-02-07
FEES DE DOCTnEs.

The fee of doctors is an item that very
many persons are interested in. We be.
lieve the schedule for visits is $500. Which
would tax man confined to his bed for a
year, and in need of daily visit, over
$1,000 a year for medical attendance alonel
And one single bottle of Hop Bitters taken
in time would save the 81, 900 and all the
years sickness.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07

IT speaks well for Michigan that lect-
urer was allowed to attain the age of one
hundred and eight in that State.-T0peka
Lance.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07

AN ornithologist has discovered that to
have an appetite proportional to that of a
robin man would have to devour daily a
string of sausages sixty-seven feet long
and nine inches in diameter. Make "boh
o. link" of himself, in fact.-Boston COnr-
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07

TWell Dressed People don't wear
dingy or faded things when the 10c. and
guaranteed Diamond Dye will make them
good as new. They are perfect. Get at
druggists and be economical. Wells, Rich
ardson & Co., Burlington, VT.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07

Mr. PETER MALLEN, 2l2 W. Twenty
fourth ST., n. Y, says that he suffered six
years with rheumatism and found no relief
until St. Jacobs Oil, the sovereign remedy,
was applied, which cured him completely.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07

A VERY centsible necklace comes in with
the new year. Iii made of new nickels. A
necklace of this kind would have been a
good present for st. Nickel-us to give, but
it's too late to think of that now.-Detroit
Free Press
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07

THE COMBINATION OF INGREDIENTS used
In making Browns BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs
is such as to give the best possible effect
with safety. They are the best remedy in
use for Coughs, and Throat Diseases.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07
A LADY's WISH.

"Oh, how do wish my skin was Ms clear ana
soft as yours" said IL lady to her friend You
can easily make it So" answered the friend
How" inquired the first lady. BY using
Hop Bitters that makes pure, rich blood ana
blooming health. 1t did it for me, as you Oh
serve"
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07

A MAN in New York has brought suit
against the Manhattan Railroad Company
for the loss of an eye. He asks for So, 900.
The eve dear !-BOstOn Post
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07

DIR. WILLIAMS Indian Pile Ointment.
Warranted to cure any case OF blind bleed
ing or itching piles. At druggists.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07

The will of the late Almina Ross,
of Onondaga, n. Y, gives twenty-five
dollars a year to the person who shall
care for two pei cats.-SyrdcHS3 Jour
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07

IT is said that the peculiar sunsets are
caused by the sun trying to set blythe new
standard time.-NiddlebOrO NelcS.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07

Several wooden telephones have
been put up in Montgomery, Ala
something new and durable. The tick
ing of a watch is distinctly heard
through them; even the breathing of
those talking is transmitted. Chicago
Times.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07

MRS. BRowN-"And so your husband
lost his leg. Isn't it awfulf" Wife-"You
may well say it. And it was only last
a pair, Mrs. Brown. "-BOstOn Transcript.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07

CAUTION.
Svift's Specific is entirely vegetable preparation,
and should not be COMPOUNDED with the various SUBJ
stitutes, limitations. non-secret humbugs, succus
AltCrans" etc, etc which are now being manuiact'
ured by various p r'ons. None Of these contain
single article which enters into the composition Of S.
s. & There Is only one SSift's Specific and there is
nothing the world like It. To prevent d aster and
disappointment be sure TO get the genuine.
Swift's Specific ia q complete antidote 10 Blood
Taint, Blood Poison. Malarial Poison AMI 5 in
Humor j. DICKSON SMITH, NJ. D, Atlanta, Ga.
Ihlvc had remarkable success with Swift's Specific
in the treatment OF Blood and Skin Diseases, and In
Female Diseases. l took 1t myself for CarouncIes
with happy effect. - go, -,
used Swift's Specific on my little daughter, who
was afflicted with some Blood Poison which had re.
sisted all sorts of treatment. The Specific relieved her
permanently. and shall use II In my practice.
W. E. BRoNTE. NJ. D., Cypress Ridge, AK
Our treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free
SWIFT SPECIFIC CO, Drawer 8, Atlanta. Ga
New York ONCE, l59 West I'D Street.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07

This new year." once said a
quaint old lady to her children on jan
uary l, has many good things in store
for you if you behave yourself and de-
serve them" Doesn't that hit most
everybody Case Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07

WHEN young woman is in love she
turns to the poets corner first on picking
up the local paper. After she is married
she turns first to the advertisements of the
dry-goods store.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07

another Swans Worm Syrup" for few
erishness, worms. constipation. tasteless. 25c
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07

ELEVEN bit factories are at work in one
Connecticut town. This augers well for
Observation-Disclosures COuFier-JourndL.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07

1T is very bad taste for wife to growl
at her husband for tracking mud into the
house, for what is home without its mud
der?--DetrOI Post.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07

A GREAT many Americans swagger about
In an aroma of exceedingly brittle vanity.
EDITORS Easy Chair, Harpe's.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07

because the first Sunday in 1884
was pleasant, an observant gentleman
predicts good weather for nearly all the
other Sundays in the year,-C Chicago
Journal
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07

A PATENT has been granted in Washing
ton for "hen's nest" The only wonder
is that somebody has not got a patent on
the hen.-Phlddelphi CAL.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07

A CHARITY BAwL-" Gimme ton cents ter
buy er loaf er bread with"
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07

THE drum we beet ourselves duzznt sownd
s-'loud as the drum our nabur beets.-
LlLI
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07

WHEN girl proposes and is refused she
can always explain to her friends that
she was just having little leap-year fun
CleUeldnd Herald.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07

"OH, yes" said Smythekins' wife, who
Is regular theatergoer, "Mr. McJones
knows all about paintings. He is quite
Connie Soogah. IN. Y Graphic.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07

Skinny Men. "wells' Health Remover" re-
stores health and vigor, cures Dyspepsia,Sl.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07

REDDING'S Russia Salve is the most wonder
full healing medium in the world. Try it.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07

"Rough on Corns." 15c. Ask for it. Com
plete cure hard or soft corns, warts, buniOns.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07

DoN'T think, young man, that Just be-
cause it is leap-year you are going to be
snapped up right away. The girls want
q chance to look before they leap.-Los0eU
Courier.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07

"WHEN we say that Samaritan NCrvile cures
rheumatism, we mean it. Frisco Journal.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07

A WOMAN who has plenty of her owr
hair doesn't have to become q switch
tender.-Detreit Post.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07

Hale's Honey Of Horehound and Tar
Wards off the grip of pneumonia. flke's
.oothache drops cure in one minute.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-02-07
A LOSING Joke

A prominent physician Of Pittsburgh ioL,nv,v ,.,,
10 lady patient who was complaining OF ISg 5 saIl
unued III health, aud OF his inability TO cure h.,
used the Blttcrs, from which she obtained permsnSB
health She now laughs at the dOct for his Joke b1