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The Brookhaven leader., 1885-05-07
Getting Mt the Exact Truth.

AS n matter of fact, mob dy ever
makes larger allowances for other peo-
pie, in the estimate OF their veracity.
than the scientific inquirer. knowing
himself, by painful experience, how eX-
tremely difficult matter it is to make
pc fectly sure you have observed any.
thing on earth quite correctly, and have
eliminated all possible chances of error,
he acquires the fixed habit of doubling
about one-half of what his fellow-creat-
ures tell him in ordinary conversation.
without for a single moment venturiny
to suspect them of deliberate untruth-
fulness. Children and servants, if they
find anything they have been told is
erroneous. Immediately Jump at the con-
clusiOn that the person who told them
meant deliberately to deceive them in
their own simple and categorical fash
ion they answer plumpty: That's II
lie" But the man of science is only
too we'll acquainted in his own person
with the eNcee ling difficulty of ever
getting at the cXact truth. He has
spent hours of toll, himself, in watch
ing and observing the behavior Of some
plant, or animal, or gas, or metal; and
after repeated experiments, carefully
designed to exclude all possibility OF
mistake. so far rs he can .foresee it.
he at lat believes he has really settled
some moot point, and tr.umphantly
publishes his final conclusions in a sci
entiic Journal. Ten to one, the very
next number of that same journal con-
tains a dozen superciliouS letters from
n dozen learned and hiUh- sllaried pro-
fessors, each pointing out dozen DIS
tinct AMI separate precautions which
the painstaking observer neglected to
take. and any Une of which would be
ou te sufficient to vitiate the whole
body of his observations. There might
have been germs in the tube in which
he boiled the water germs are very
fashionable Just at presently, or some
of the germs might have survived and
rather enjoyed the boiling; or they
might have ad cred to the under sur
face o. the cork; or the mixture might
have been tampcred with during the
cXper menter's temporary absence by
his son, aged ten years (scien iic OBJ
servers have no right, apparently, to
have sons of ten years old, except per-
haps for purposes of psychologist re-
search); and SO forth, ad infin tum.
And the worst of it all is that the un-
happy eXperimenter is bound himself to
admit that every one of the objections
is perfectly valid, and that he very like
ly never really saw what with perfect
confidence he thou-ht and said he had
secn.-Corn ill Magaztac.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-05-07
How HeadIess BOOSTERS Are MADE.
A short. stout man, with a red fs,

A short, stout man, with q red face,
stood before Bowery museum thrash
ing himself with both arms violently.
A cold wind whistled over the pave
ment, and the brass band in the win
dows above dolefully wheezed Sweet
Violets."
''Have you any of those 'hcadless
rOosters' IN the museum yeto" asked a
reporter, pausing before the Dime
Museum man.
"Hoighr said he, Stacking the vio-
lence of his arms. but still keeping one
hand going, the fingers of which looked
numbed and blue.
HAS the museum got on exhibition
any of those 'headlGss rOosters' the pa
pers have been talking about!' repeat
ed the reporter.
''See here. young fcller, don't yer be
so funny" said the museum man, and
he put the cold fn.ers in his mouth,
blew on them hard, and looked savage
ly at the interroga or. "Mebbe you
don't know what them roostcrs is?'
he continued, relaxing somewhat.
They're frauds, they are. regular
snides, and we amt a-playing such
''What do you mean BY saying they're
fraudsP" asked the reporter, interested.
Il mean Jest wot | say. They amt
no such thing as a 'headleSs rooster no
more than headless horse or a head
less man, and don't yer forget it. They
are all fixed up. I'll tell you how
they're fixed A feller takes sharp
knile and its off the ROSTERS bill.
Then he loosens the skin around the
top of the head and stretches it down
Ike hood. Mebbe | e cuts away some
of the flesh with the bill. but he's
mighty careful how much he takes. Wot
say you may take iur gospel. That's
the way them hcadlpss roosters is
made. I've seen it done. They tie the
skin tight over the top of the head. and
it gets we'll in two weeks, and grows up
SIS to look as if the head had been cut
o. When you stick Il kernel of corn
dsvn his windpipc he swallows it and
pokes his head up for more. After he
gets well the owners trot him out and
say the head was cut right off when he
was KILN some chickens for dinner,
but this one didn't die. Right this
way, gentlemen to passing sight
seers. "Step right in and see the fat
woman AMI the double headed boyo
The red 'aced man began to swing
his arms once more and the band start
ed up fresh strain. N. \. Tribune.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-05-07
How the "0ldeSt Inhabltant" Stands
Up for the Flood OF 1882.

One picture rises up continually be-
fore M eyes through all the mist which
clouds the debris of flooded ia tories,
dank dwellings and mir street. see
the oldest inhabitant, sitting whiting.
weather-beatcn and gray, in his gray
and weather beaten old house on the
river. surrounded by factories that all
but crowd him into the stream.
"Oh. grandpa, come and look at The
food. It's away up the wharf v
go way, child. What do you know
about floods? Twas here in '32. Then
there was food"
And he keeps on whiting.
"The ice-gorges have broken tho
bridge from Hers Island is sw spt
away the river ank has shifted across
Ouqucsne way he reads in the morn
ing papers.
The whole point was un ,er water
in '32," comments the old man, proudly.
There is over two 'eet of water in
our cellar" his daughter reports.
The old man glances out of the win
dow and acknowledges that it looks like
ran. BY and b. he steps out of the
front door Just tn see h.w much lower
the water is than it was tiftv-two years
ago, and steps into the T.ver up to his
shoe tops. A little most under foot, he
admits but, bless you, no flood to speak
of compared with what he has seen.
Why would you Leleve ME; but
they woul int believe him. They have
taken re'u .e in the second story, like
selfish and sensible people. Slowly,
snakily the brown wafer creeps into the
room. 1t is after the man who has
dare to sneer at it. 1t is around his
old knees now. He has six or seven
diff rent kinds o. rhcumat sm, ana they
are all playing hop-scDtch up and down
his lack, but he sts still an perversely
wond, rs if there will be r Sc enough
to let the coal ont. Which re-
IN n Is him that they don't have
the rises the used TO have in the
broad horn days. Tie water laps the
upper pewter button on his oil sat n
vest now. lie rises and throws one arm
fondly around the record of ~, which
he has maintained as the chief god in
his hJuseEo,d for many day. He
smiles. 1t will hardly 90 back on him
ut t lis late day. The water chuckled
him under the chin. What that? His
gray beard floats out upon it. TIE rec
ord begins to totter. The water srrings
up and twigs him by the nose in pililess
jubilation. He tiings out tie other drip
ping hand to clasp his dearly beloved
record around the neck. The record
isn't there any more.
Il don't (glug) cnre, 1t amt (glug-
glerty) s'nigh'---
Gurglertv, glug, swash, swash. The
oldest inhabitant is done for. He has
gone down with the record. But the
few little bubbles that mark his last
feeble breath, as they burst, spit impot-
emily ont upon the triumphant flood =
"32. ''--PtttS6argh Dispatct.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-05-07
Too Much Cash.

In an alley off Griswold street,
shortly after noon yesterday, several
people saw middle aged man and
woman sitting flat on the snow, while
the lap of the latter was fairly covered
with greenbacks which the pair were
counting. The presence of spectators
did not stop the count nor seem to an
noy the counters, but after the pile had
been handled over bill by bill, the man
called out:
Darn my buttons, but we've missed
it again"
"What are you doing?" asked one
of the spectators.
"Why. I've drawcd $500 from the
bank, and we are counting it er to
see if it's al right.
"And ism it?''
"NO. ! counted fust and made S610.
Then the old woman counted and made
$500. Then | counted and made 1920,
and now she's handled the pile and
there's 1855"
"And I'm right" said the woman.
a. don't belle it, he repl ed.
You never went TO skule day in
your life, and what do you know about
counting"
And when did you 90 to skule?'
she hotly demanded. If thar's 5000
in that pile I'll eat every dollar of it,
"Tll count it for you,' said one of
the specta ors, and in about five min
utes he announced that the sum total
was an even 5000.
A second was asked to count it, and
no N, ode the total the same
That's all right said the old man
as be stuffed the ''wad' into his over
coat pocket and rose up.
II don't know about that" added
the wife. "S'posen we git home and
find we are $50 short?'
"You come alongr' he commanded.
" Don't you see that we have both of
us made a show of our ignorance? I'm
a thinkin' of runnin' iur the Legisla-
tur', and you are boss of two sewin'
societies, and here we've went and let
on that we don't know huff to count
up drove O. hogs and make tails tally
with the heads! !'-De, rOI Free Press.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-05-07
Dresses for Young Ladies.

Simple and very pretty is n dress for
at the lower edge with a knife plating
of cream silk. Above this plating is
very deep Iuff of cream cashmere
headed by FIVE tiny ruhies of silk. then
comes another deep puff of the cash
mere, over whicl falls the full, grace
fully lsoped drapery from the waist line.
The pointed corsage is OF cashmere cut
V shape in the neck and is trimmed on
the short sleeves and the end Of tt e
throat opening, which is edged with
lace, with loops of ribbon, pink rose
buds and green leaves. Clusters of the
roses and leaves are also used rs orna,
mentation where the over drarery OF
the skirt is secured.
Another useful and becoming dress
for young lad y or miss is of ivory
crepe, the short skirt trimmed with two
deep box plaits of the m terial. each
edged with lace. Scarf tunic over the
front and hips form drapery in the back.
The waist has plastron front Of lace, put
in full, between shirrings o the crepe
on either side. Lace finished elbow
sleeves, lace frlll at the thru and sash
OF satin ribbon ted about the waist and
brought down i'll large loop ends at the
side.
For a miss of ten or twelve years a
new wrap is in Ielisse shape. full effect
in the skirt given by shirrings dow the
waist front, with the W dth left in the
skirt of the stylish little garment. which
is allowed 10 fall open far enough tu
show the plaitings in front of dress
skirt, worn beneath. The back is made
in the same manner, only it is closed
in the center and at the waist line; on
either side of the front put is sash
belt of plated satin, which forms deep
loop bows in this center of the back.
This garment is in navy blue satin, with
felt hat in the same shade, trimmed with
satin and feathers.
A suit to be worn in the early spring
by young g ri the same are is in one
of the mode tones. The skirt is of
cloth. made plain in front. side plated
over the sides and full in the hack, the
lower edge being trimmed with vide
bands of blue velvet. The apron over
drapery is also bordered with the vel-
vet, while the fullness in the back is not
trimmed. The Ettel corsage has s
plated front, crossed by bands of vel
vet with cluster of loops in the middle.
cloth serving as basque skirt To the bod
ice. The hat is covered with the mode
cloth, and is bound and trimmed With
velvet, and two birds.-thHGdelphia
Times.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-05-07
Turkish Funerals.

II is problem where many of the
European cities bury their dead. Not
but that each c,ty has its graveyards and
many OF them very large ones at that.
But nowhere does the re ltent seem pro-
portiopate to the death-rate Florence
begs the question by adopting the tene-
mont plan, making the graves deep and
ourying three people, one above anoth-
er. in each grave. At Venice the sea
kindly wipes out the score occasionally
on the Lido ground, and other cities
have various expedients by which. while
new graves are added in one direction.
the old grounds are correspondingly abb
sorbed for other purposes, so that
balance of size is 1ntinually struck.
and there is no sign o increase. There
Is no such fault, however, about Con-
stantinople. The most extravagant
grumbler could not take issue with the
amount of grave room there. There are
graveyards in the city and grayeya;ds
beyond the walls. The stones make
saw-teeth everywhere upoa the hill
.ops and crop up in sprawling planta-
tions in the valleys. The city has grown
over the more ancient cemeteries and
very often one stumbles on the stumps
of the old monuments cropping up
through the cohbles in public streets.
These old graveyards are of no par
ticular use now, but yet in way they
have a commercial value. When a man
buys one of them all the graves and
bono3 and monuments pass with the
other fixtures, and it is considered q
poor speculation if the purchaser does
not get stone enough to corner his lot
and pave his walks with. There are
cases on record where the yield suficed
TO build II front wall al across the lot
but -
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-05-07
The ClOiStcr.

The c;OlSter was really the living.
place OF the monks. Here they pui .
sued :! cir daily avocatiOns, here tLey
taught their schools, they transacted
Their bu as, taey speut their me and
ol rsded Their stu / eS, always in society,
co opera ng AMI consulting. aud. as Il
rule, knowing 20 privacy. But am nix
always we'd in cell" / think you
Will be in lined TO object The sooner
you get rid OF that delu ion the better.
Until Henry II founded the Carthusan
Able, of Nitham, II ll7S, there was no
su "a thing Known in England rs a
monk cell, as we understand the term.
Ii wa a peciiliarity Of the CaTthuSan
or e.. and w, On ii was first intrOdu ed
it was regarded rs startling no ely
fo.' any privacy o. anyth NJ approach
ing solitude TO be tolerated in d non
astery. The tart.!usian system never
found much favor in England. The
CarthusianS he er hal more than nine
houses all told the discipline was too
rigid, the rule too severe, the loneliness
too dreadful TOR our ia, teS AMI for our
climate. In tn thirteenth century, if
mistak MT, there were onl, two mon
as cries in England in which monks or
nuns roul | boast O: hav ng any p iYacy,
any t L. corner of the own to turn
into, any place where he could en- Oy
the luxury OF ret remeut, any private
stul, su as C er bo nowadays, in a
scNool o an pre- enson, eNne IS to
ave prov ded for h mSel and without
VIII ch we assume that nobol could
r,ad and WI te tor an hOir. AiHeteeN:h
4,
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-05-07
HUMOROUS.

A smooth sidewalk is thing to be
desired and is sgenerally approved, but
Deople are apt to get down on slippery
pavement.
-Paradoxical as it may appear, the
asylums when it is admitted that they
are insane.
The greatest Oleomargarine fraud
yet perpetrated is the label ne the buck
cts with ferocious- looking billy-goat
to indicate genuine butter.-AttantG
Constitution.
A freshman wrote home to his faith
er: Dear papa; l want little
change The paternal parent replied:
Dear Charlie: Just wait for it. lime
brings change to everybody.-Co'lege
journal.
LET us play we are married. said
little Edith, Ind will bring my dolly
and say: See baby. papa" "Yes,
bother me now; wal't to look through
the paper. '"-Punci.
II say, jenkins. can you tell
young, tender chicken from an old,
tough one?" ''Of. course l can
We'll. how?" By the teeth. Chick
ems don't have teeth" "No, but L
have. ."-HdrJord Times
"A writer on electricity lucidly OBJ
serves that "a current of one amperc
results when one volt passes through a
conductor offering res stance of one.
ohm" We don't see how it could do
otherwise. se.-NOrriS OUn Herald.
The father gazed at the trip,ets, the
first born, snugly reposng in the era
die. and remarked to the nurse: ''Are
they boys or girls?' ''All girls, the
little dearS. What treasures they areT'
"Yes, little fortunes, as it were; little
Miss-fortunes. ."-D,tryit Free Press.
A young man who had been going
with Vermont girl for some time, and
had made her several presents, asked
her one day if she would accept q
puppy. He was awful mad when sho
replied that her mother had told her. if
he proposed to her, to say no.-Buritng-
ton Free Press.
Little Nell Mamma. what is
color -blind?" Mamma Inability to
tell one co'or from another, dear"
Little Nell-''Then dess the man that
made my geography is color blind.
Mamma and, why, pet." Little
Nell-''Tause he got Greenland painted
yellow. - Chicago Times
"A Cool COnundrum
"Canst thou not te the difference
Said east the other night
"Twi4t clear ana run2ing water
And when its fro. en- tie htt"
"Ican," his wife made answer.
:" Ill tell you in a trioe-
The ones Gov of water.
The o her a foe of ice"
-YOnkers Stdtesmdh.
-"Did you hear the news about
Blimmer?" inquired Le Smythe OF
O'Jenks this morning. mo. What's
happened to him, old boy?" Commit
ted involuntary suicide before break
fast" "You don't tell me! How?"
He swallowed four gallons and half
of fog, and died in the blessed hope OF
sunshine beyond" Good morning"
Hartford Fost.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-05-07
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Carrie Wilcox, of Bradford. Pa. re-
nounced her religion TO marry her He
brew lover.
Andrew G. Boyd, of Hagerstown.
Md, whipped al editor for calling him
penny-a-liBer.
A novel is being written in Englan |
by nine different persons. the oh ect
eing TO give individuality TO each char
acter
Mrs. Susan Feu' more Cooper.
daughter of the novelist, is educating
one hundred orphans at her home, in
Cooperstown, n. Y.
b. p. Shillaber, better known as
"Mrs. Partington, is now over seventy
years of age, and lives quietly in Chel-
sea, Mass, occasionally writing for the
press.
Mrs. Joseph Cook, of Boston-wife
c: the reverend Joseph has entered the
lecture field, taking for her theme,
1.-The Temples and Tomhs of Hin
dostan," and illustrating her remarks
with stereopticon 'views.-Boston Post.
Henry Ward Beecher in his new
lecture, 1.-THE Circuit of the Continent,
boasts little. 1t is descr' ptve OF his
trip last summer across the Northern
boundary. down the Pacific coast, anil
back by the Gulf and Southern Atlantic
states. He Travelled 1860 miles, re-
turned upon the ye~y day set. had
seventy-fve appointments, and filled
every one o. them.-Brookiyn Eag!".
Miss Marion Langdon Is now
known as the most beautiful girl il
New York. She is tall. her figure iS
!.xguisitely nodded. and her eyes art
scperb. She is quite dark and extremr
" graceful. Whenever Miss Langdon
consents to dance with tie leader OF
Ihe german the struggle for invitations
is breathless and prolonged. Ms"
Langdon has been engaged severn.
times. but in every instance the en-
stance The engagement has been broken
off quietly and no hing more heard of
tn. J. Grdfhic.
Bishop George F. Pierce. of the
Methodist Church South, celebrated his
golden wedding recently at Atlanta,
Ga. He was one of the first members
of the Georgia Conference, which was
organized in 1881. in speaking OF his
early labors. he said: My home seemed
to be constantly in the saddle. |
preached twenty-four sermons evers
twenty-eigl days, besides sermons on
extra occasions, such as weddings,
funerals and household services" In
1889 Bishop Fierce was appointed
President of the first female college in
the world. situated at Macon.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-05-07
BY B. T. HOBBS.
ADVERTISER ENTs.
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
Illinois Central Railroad.

GOING NORTH.
No 2 ExPREsss-Leaves n. O.. DIS a. m.
Arrives Brook haven, 2:58 y. III.
Arrives stJsckson, $40 p. IN
No. 4 ExPREss-Leaves N. 20, 700 D. m
Arrives BroOkhaven, ll:4O D. m.
Arrives at jackson, LAC a. m.
No. MAIL-Leaves N. o.. $50 n. m.
Arrives Brookhaven, 10:27 d. m.
Arrives at Jackson, 1890 a. IN.
GOING SOUTH.
No. ExrR.-L'ves. Jackson. .IO:25 n. IN.
Leaves BroOkhaven, 12:57 a. III.
Arrives at n. o., 200 a. Ill.
No. ). ExPR.-Leaves jackson. lib p. III.
Leaves BroOkhaven, 1927 D. m
Arrives at N. Orleans, ,5:45 D. III.
No. 3 MAIL-Leaves Jackson. .1-H a. m.
Leaves Brookhaven, 800 n. M.
Arrives New Orleans, 900 Il. M.
Nos 3 and make stops only at Canton,
jackson, Crystal Springs, Hazlehurst,
Brookhaven, NcComb City, Tangipahoa,
Amite aud Hammond.
No. 6 will not stop at flag stations.
Nos. 1, 2 and 5 do the local travel.
FREIGHT TRAINS.
No mixed going north leaves Brook
haven at 9:05 A. NJ.
No. mixed going south leaves Brook
haven at 2:55 p. NJ.
vMixed Freights do not run on Sun
day and none goes south on Monday.
j. C. CLARKE, Gen. Manager.
w. COLEMAN, A. G. p. Age.t.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-05-07
A NGr.OW Escape.

r. A thrilling story is told of the mar
row escape OF Peter Scanlon and Tim
Horn from being swept over the Amer
lean Falls at Niagara. They We're at
work on mill-race trying to raise an
ice blockade, when they were thrown
by the springing of some planks into
the water. In moment they were car
ried in the swift current above the Goat
Island Bridge toward the falls. Near
where the men were working and below
the bridge was large cake of ice,
toward which they were carried. In
their desperation they attempted 10
cstch hold of tire ice cake. and when
found half an hour later tiicy wtr.
banging on 10 it Tor dear life. Ropes
were procured and they were hauled
ashore. re.-Bt!6a!O Express.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-05-07

London Truth says: The lectures
which have been delivered by Mr.
Matthew Arnold during his stay in
America will be published directly upon
his return home, and / hear that in the
autumn we may look for volume in
which will be recorded his impressions
of the United States and their inhabit-
ants.''
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-05-07

"A small 10y in Maine listened de-
murely to the story of Samson's tying
the iire-braDds to the tails OF foxes and
then sending them through tho Philis-
tnes' corn. and at the conclusion of the
narrative asked innocently: "Auntie,
did it pop?"-M j. Iiadtpt tfslen!.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-05-07

There is strip of country in
Houston County. Tex. one mile wide
and ten miles long. where the wells or
dinarily furnish plenty of water, but a
north wind takes it all out. The wells
are from sixty to eighty feet deep
Chicago Hercld.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-05-07

An Oswego gentleman recently paid
the ninety-second annual subscription OF
his family TO the New York EreHtn9
Post. Tue subscription VAS originally
made by the grandfather OF the present
payer.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-05-07

They tel Of s woman who simply
looks at food and her hunger sappeased.
Make splendid wi c :or poor Eian.
In these days 0. h.gh prices.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-05-07

The first place of business crested
by the New Haven Comm colonies.
dating back to 1852. is still stan ins
and in active Hartford Post.