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The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-29
ENTERTAINING TRIPLES.

NEw YORK city annually consumes
about 500, 600 bushels of peanuts.
IT takes GOO. 900 pounds of ink every
year to print Uncle Sans paper money
and revenue stamps.
Or 500, 900, 900 passengers carried last
year on American waters and from
American ports only six'y-five lives
were lost.
THE ostrich is long stopper. When
feeding his step measures from 20
to 81 inches; when walking, but not
feeding, &c inches. and when terrified,
from TX to II feet, or at the rate OF
about % miles an hour.
A NEW type of drawbridPc is being
built in Chicago to span the Chicago riv'
err. By folding instead of swinging
process no central pier is needed, and
creatly-incrcased facilities for navigat'
ing the narrow river are obtained.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-29

hU Ouck
every cent you've paid for it, if !.
doesn't benefit or cure you. A med.
icine that promises this is one tina.
promises to help you.
But there's only one medicine Of
its kind that can and does promise il
It's DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis.
covery. It's the guaranteed remedy
for all Blood, Skin and Scalp Dis.
eases, from a common blotch or
eruption to the worst scrofula. T.
cleanses, purifes, and enriches the
blood, invigorates the system, and
cures Salt-rheum, letter, Eczema,
Erysipelas and all manner of blood.
taints from whatever cause. Great
Eating Ulcers rapidly heal under
its benign influence.
It's the best blood-purifcr, and it's
the chespest, no matter how manv
doses are offered for a dollar-for
you pay only for the good you get.
Nothing else is "just as good" as
the discovery" 1t may be better
for the dealer. But he wants
money and you want help.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-29
ART GLEANINGS.

THE purchaser of Sir Frederick Leigh
toms picture, The Garden of the lies
pcridcs." is said to be an Australian
millionaire.
THE last report of the director of the
National Gallery of ireland says that
n. 900 persons visited the collection dur
ing 1889.
SARA BERxHARDT laments lost oppor'
tunities for painting Indians. She con
sidcrs them picturesque in every respect
and says that they arc splendid subjects
By the death Of George Cruikshank's
widow, the British museum receives 9
valuable addition to its art treasures, IN
n collection of the artists drawings ant
sketches.
TIE French artists sometimes make
pencil drawing wherein the chief effort
il to give the form with great precision
and then the natural colors are suG
rcstcd by thin washes of watcr-coloi
paiut
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-29
Wide Awake for November.

1t is worth verybody's while to buy
the November Wide Awake, for three
notable features: "The Boyhood of
Hawthorne" by his relative, Mrs. Rich
ard Manning of Saltm, Mass, which is
full of family anecdote and gives a
photograph of the first portrait painted
of Hawthorne; the closing chapters of
Margaret Sidney's famous serial, Give
Little Peppers Grown Up" and
Nolan" ballad by Mrs. Laura E.
Richards, giving the tragic story of the
bearer of Raglans dispatch to Lord
Lucans Light Brigade" when they
made the famous charge" at Balak-
lava; sure to become favorite with
boys for Defamation Day. Margaret
Spencer has capital story, ''Gladys
McLean's Halloween Party" Mrs.
Nate Epson Clark has Thanksgiving
tale, mistress Esteem Elliott's Molas-
ses Cake" 'Old Adams, the Bear-Tam-
err" is bit of Western biography by
Charles Howard Shinn. William Zach
airy Gladwin has good story of a
plucky boy, called Johnny O'Dowd' S
Chance" Men and Things" is rich in
anecdote. and readable poems and
articles are contributed by Mrs. S. M.
B. Piatt, Amanda Il. Harris, IN. Z. B., -
Mrs. William Claflin, Clara Deity Bates,
Caroline Hunt Rimmer, L. j. Bridg-
man, and many others.
Wide Awake is So. a year; 20 cents
a number. A specimen (bacl< number)
will be sent on receipt of cents. D.
Lothrop Company, publishers, Boston.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-29

1t is an old-fashion notion
that medicine has to taste
bad to do any good.
SCOTS Emulsion is cod
liver oil with its hsh-fat taste
lost-nothing IS lost but the
taste.
This is more than a mat
ter of comfort. Agreeable
taste is always a help to di-
gestion. A sickening taste
is always a hindrance.
There is only harm in taking
cod-liver oil unless you digest
it. Avoid the taste.
New York.
Your druggist keeps SCOTS Emulsion of cod liver
on-ah druggists everywhere do. 81.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-29

Do YoU want to enjoy the exuberance OF
10 he rosy. and your whole system thrilled
with rich, pure blood coursing through its
veins. Then use DIR. John Bulls Sarsapa-
r,lla 1t will do what no other medicine
will do. 1t will mako you feel like another
DpFSon
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-29

A NEW and decidedly novel idea,
which will probably develope into
separate branch of the jewelers. indus
try, consists of signature in gold.
Handsome lacepins are made out of
thin sheet gold, the design of which is
the signature of the fair one by whom
the brooch is worn
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-29
finnish Freaks

Are those OF q disordered liver But when
That organ is thoroughly disciplined with
Hostetter's Stomach Bitiers, the bile Is AIDE.
ouately secreted, diverted from the blood
into its proper channel algesuon ,,s srT h,l
Tons tinqe. pain in the vicinity OF the liver
eeases. sIck headache and nausea depart
che Bitters is an incompatible preventive
OF malaria, rheumatism and kidney COM
plaiut
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-29
The Only One Ever Printed-Can You Find
the Word?

There is inch display advertisement
In this paper, this week, which has no two
true of each new one ap" caring each week,
from The DIR. Harter Medicine Co. This
house places a Crescent" on everything
they make and publish Look for it, send
them the name of the word and they will
return you book, beautiful Autographs or
samples free.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-29

ALWAYS avoid harsh purgatlve pills They
FIRST make you sick and then leave you con
situated. Carriers Little Liver Pills regulate
tho bowels and make you we'll Dose, onc pill.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-29

Is PRICKLY ASH BITTERs good for any
thiugl Read what Frank Griggsby, Of
Dodge City, Kas., SAYS: "For three years
suffered from disease that my physicians
pronounced incurable. Ny friends had
given me up to die, when was induced to
try your remedy. took it for three months
and have gained 50 pounds in weight. Am
a well man and Prickly Ash Bitters saved
ny life am under und Ell lifelong Obligations to
ommend it."
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-29

THE week ought to be short for the serv.
ant Girl, considering tho number OF days
she takes out.-Elmira Gazette
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-29

AN amateur sailor calls his yacht "Old
Cheese" there is always skipper" or
SO on board ngham;on Republican.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-29

TUE poet says: "Thc stars are pceping"
They are probably sizing up the audience
through a slit In the cur,oin. = Dinghamton
Leader
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-29

THE bass drummer in O parade may be
nerfeciIy honest, Notwithstanding the pop
riar Impression that he beats his way
Yonkers Statesman.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-29

GIVE your children DR.. Bulls Worm De
stroyers. These nice candies Will never DC
them harm and may do them much good
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-29
To DispeI Colds,

Headaches and Fevers, to cleanse the sys-
tenn effectually, yet gently, when costive or
bilious, or when the blood is impure or
sluggish, to permanently cure habitual con-
stipation, to awaken the kidneys and liver
to healthy activity, without irritating or
weakening them, use Syrup Of Figa
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-29

CHECK Colds and Bronchitis with Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-29
August
Flower

al have been afflict-
Blllousness, "ed with biliousness
." land constipation
Cohs1ipat'on'" for fifteen years
et,,,eoh "frst one and then
another prepare
Pains. ton was suggested
tome and tried but
"to no purpose. At last friend
recommended August Flower. I
"took it according to directions and
Its effects were wonderful, reliev.
ling me of those disagreeable
stomach pains which I had been
troubled with so long. Words
Cannot describe the admiration
Gin which 1 hold your August
Flower-it has given me new
"lease of life. which before was a
burden. Such a medicine is a ben
"efaction to humanity, and its good
"qu alities and
wonderful mer- Jesse Barker,
its hould be ,
made known to r'hle''
everyone suffer Humboldt,
ing with dyspep-
"sia or biliousness Kansas. @
G. G. GREEN, Sole Man IF, Woodbury,NJ.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-29

TuR real estate Spectator is rarely sat
is!icd with his lot.-Columbus Post
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-29

ANY one can take Carriers Little Liver
Pills, they are so very small. No trouble to
swallow No pain OF gripping after taking.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-29

WHEN tailor makes mistit it must be
shear carelessness.-L Courier.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-29

TIE Other Girl-Why, hello, Jen! The
Telephone Girl Ton her vacation) Number,
pleasei-lndianapolisJ journal.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-29

''MAMMA, why 60 they put the picture OF
on eagle on dolarsm ''To show that money
flies, my dear. "-Baltimore American.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-29
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
What the Brooklyn Preacher Saw
in Egypt and Greece
of the stories Contained
In the Scriptures-The Commence
ment of an Interesting Series
of Discourses.

Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage has begun a
series of discourses based upon his tour
In the East, of which the following is
the initial number. The text was:
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-29
THE MARKETS.

TnE aguc will always welcome you with
O hearty shake.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-29

In that day shall there be an altar to the
Lord IN the midst of the land of Egypt and a
pillar at the border thereof to tho Lord.
And II shall be for a sign and for q witness,
Isaiah 4, 10, 30
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-29
RHEUMATISM CURED,
WANTED ON SALARY

or commission, 70 handle the New Pstsnt Chemical
lnk krAsing fsEeIi. Agents making $50 per week
honrez Esssss NJ Co., La Crosse. Wis, p0x ssh.
swkAAx sgas sAsss sssq ass 40 SEas
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-03-05
LABOR FEDERATION.
Meeting of Railway Employees to
Take Action on the Question.

Meeting of Railway Employees to
Take Action on the Question.
Representatives Of all various organizations
of employees Of all the railroads centering in
Kansas City metin Kansas City, Mo-, Sunday
for the purpose of obtaining an opinion on
the question Of federation. Three hundred
and fifty delegates were present, representing
the Brotherhood Of Railway Conductors, the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, the
Brotherhood of Trainmen, the Brotherhood
Of Locomotive Firemen, the Switchmen's
Mutual Aid Association, and the brotherhood
Of Railway Telegraphers. B. B. Ray, chief
Of the Conductors Brotherhood, presided.
After several speeches a rising vote of
those In favor of federation was called for,
Every delegate arose to his feet amid much
enthusiasm, waving of handkerchiefs and
cheering. Resolutions were adopted con.
denniDg the attempt of various State legis
iatures to reduce railway passenger and
freight rates; favoring that party which
promises the most to the laborins mon, and
urging federation Of all railway employees.
This is q first Of series of meetings to b
held throughout the country for tho same
purpose. President Gompers, Of the Amer.
lean Federation of Labor, says it il the begin.
ming Of the greatest labor movement ever
lnaugurated.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-03-05
ALIVE AFTER 10 DAYS.
Phenomenal Rescue of Four Jeans.
Vile penny Miners.

After being nineteen days buried in the
Evansville mine, four Of the victims of the re-
cent disaster were found alive Their names
are John Tomaskusky, Joe Mastuskowich,
John Rerno and Bosco Frinko.
About o'clock P. NJ. the searchers who
had been working day and night to recover
the bodies of the miners, all Of whom were
supposed to be dead heard q tapping ON
wall in an unused portion of the mine. They
redoubled their efforts and were soon re-
warded by hearing voice which they at
once recognized as that of Hungarian
known as "Big joe"
Superintendent McFarlane and Caleb
Williams pushed ahead and found in a
breast OF the east gangway of the north
pitch the bodies of four men. They were
lying In various positions, all huddled to-
gether In their efforts to keep warm. Ex-
animation showed that all were alive. weak
ened Of course by the awful torture Of hun
ger and thirst, but still alive. They ware SO
not at once be moved. John Tomaskusky's
great physique had left him in better shape
than any of the rest, and he was moved to
the bottom of the slope Of the first lift into
the engine house.
Mastuskowich, in an interview, said: 81
never gave up hope but that We would all be
rescued alive, although my companions did
Ahcy AcNdiiou SiIliiidt utSttSOoTS III which men
persisted. said let us pray to God, He will
help us out. So He did.
For the first eight days we lived on the
contents of our dinner pals. We had them
pretty well filed with pork, bread and
cheese. The first day said, Now as there is
hope of being rescued we will ration our
food twas agreed and wo got together in
the corner of the breast
"The cold was intense. We had to keep
crowded and hug each other to keep warm
At first we could not drink the sulphur
water, but necessity compelled us, and in the
course of time we liked It, On the ninth day
our last food was gone. We were surrounded
by water and debris. thought would 90
on little exploring expedition.
II was mighty lucky. l found dinner
pail. There was not much in it. but what
there was we lived on for two days Then
was almost too weak to go on foraging ex-
petitions.
''As a last resort we had to kill the rats,
and they, like ourselves, were half starved
and desperate. They would attack US bold
ly. and we had to fight them Off killed
three or four day. We had no hesitancy
In eating their legs. 1t was good food. We
would certainly have starved had we not
had the rats to eat. We resolved to die to-
gether rather than eat each other
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-03-05
New Found Dwarfs.

Mr.. Crampel, the French explorer, has
sent home brief description Of the
dwarfs he has discovered in the central
regions of the French Congo moth Of
the Ogome River.
This region is considerably east Of tho
district where Paul Du Chailhl discovered
the Obongo dwarfs. The dwarfs Cram
pei has found are called the Bayayas.
They are not, howevcr,lso little as the
pigmies discovered by Schweinfurth and
Stanley near the northern head waters D,
the Congo. Their mean height, Judging
from the specimens Crampel was able 70
measure, is alb out / feet.
They are heavy and dumpy, and thus
differ from other African dwarfs, who
are usually rather slender. They are re-
markable for heavy eyebrows, which are
very thick and unite.
Their noses are long and rather Hebrai,
in shape. Their necks are short. ain ost
resting on the shoulders. They have oik
abdomens, large wrists, strong arms e'rd
handy legs They are vrrs IL 4
their habitnal expires ;ie's "
Of the explorer was IL. Ihuif
curiosity, however, is gtu,t. ;n.,l Cram
pei says that when he Yves in their pres-
ence they neuer took their eyes of hintl
I
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-03-05

GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.


The Industrial Development for tho |
Week Ending February 21st.
The Industrial activity in the South con-
Inues with unabated vigor, and while many
Of the industries organized will employ CON-
paratively small capital, they will still exert
a very marked influence on tho industrial
progress of this section. The capital Of many
Of the concerns reported this wock, however,
ranges from $500 to $500, 600. One Of the
most significant features Is the marked diver
city in the industries organized, showing that
the development Of the South is not confined
to any one line, but embraces all industries
necessary to the complete upbuilding Of this
most favorable section.
The Tradesman, Chattanooga, Tenn, in its
weekly review for the week ending February
81, 1891, reports 1903 new industries as against
ninety-two for the preceding week; seventeen
new buildings, eight railroads, one tramroad,
three belt railroads. two electric lines and two
street railways.
Among the leading new industries organ
lied during the week, as reported to The
Fradesman, are the following: Brewery,
with 500 900 capital, at Chattanooga, Tenn;
carriage factory at Salem, Va, with 81 ,000,-
700 capital; cotton mills at Arkloe, Ark. !;
Elmwood, North Carolina; Edgeheld South
Carolina, and Columbia, South Carolina.
Development companies have been organized
at Eufaula, Ala. ; Galveston, Tex. LaGrangs,
da.; Clinton, La; Atlanta, Ga, and Ksn-
needy, Tex. Electric light plants at Athens,
da, Del Rio, Tex, Troy, Ala, Richmond,
Va, the latter with 900 capital. Hard
ware factory will be erected at Roanoke, Va. /;
fee factory at Florence, Ala, Newport, News,
Va. Baton Rouge, La, Yoakum, Tex,
dublin, Tex, Beeville, Tex, and Asheville,
n. G; Kaolin works will be built at Column
bia, 8. c.. knitting mills at Arkansas Pass,
Tex, and mining companies have been organ
lied At Anthony, Ark, Elkhorn, w. Va,
and Cumberland Gap, KY. Phosphate COM
panies have been organized at Tampa, Fla,
Charleston, s. c., and Donnellson, Fla A
rolling mill will be erected at San Antonio.
Tex. shoe factories at Max Meadows, Va,
Jacksonville, Fla, Norfolk, Va; stove foun-
dries at Covington, KY, Glasgow, Va. sugar
refinery at New Orleans, La, tannery at
Pickens, 8. G., tool company at Atlanta, Ga
and Corpus Christi Tex; twenty four wood
working plants, including planning mills,
single mills, stave factories, sawmills sash,
door and blind factories will be erected at
different points in the South.
| Charters for railroads have been applied
for from Abingdon to Cummings Summit,
Va; from Alexandria to Spring Creek, Ala
from Henrietta to Archer, Tex; from Au-
gusta, Ark, a distance of $50 miles, to some
point yet to be designated; from Macon to
Elberton, Ga. from Paris to Hollow Rock,
Tenn. A tramroad will be constructed at
Wenona, Ga. belt lines at Macon, Ga, New
| Decatur, Ala, and Staunton, Va 4; electric
lines at Charlotte, N c., and Jacksonville,
Fla, and street railways at Arcadia, Fla,
and big Stone Gap. Va.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-03-05

The antiquated class divisions ON
European railroads are rapidly falling
into disuse, states the St. Louie Star
Sayings. In Germany last y II over
60 per cent. of the passengers travelled
third-class, and only 0.4 per cent. first
class. 1t is getting expensive hauling
empty first-class carriages, and the
companies are face to face with the
alternative of either abandoning them
or reducing first-class fares to some
thing very near third-class rates.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-03-05

The eagerness displayed by the pub
Lie at Paris, France. to subscribe to the
new Treasury loan affords a striking
demonstration. thinks the New York
Tribune, of the popular confidence in
the present French Government. Rich
and poor appear to have stl uggled
with one another for the privilege of
lending their money to the Admins
tration, vast crowds having even gone
90 far as to pass the entire night out in
the snow before the doors of the Min
istry Of Finance, SO as to be on hand in
good time to subscribe. The eager
ness thus shown by the people of
very class to intrust their savings to
~ government furnishes the strong
y evidences Of the public conviction Of
seoi'afys honesty and strength.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-03-05

! A. F. Woodward, of London, Eng
land, a compositor, sued strength
testing machine. company under the
following circumstances: Woodward
lssput his penny in the slot' at the rail-
way station at South End, near Shoe
buryness, Essex, last July and tested
his strength by a tremendous blow on
the head, but the spring behind it
being ont of order he broke his wrist.
The jury has awarded him $3.50
damages.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-03-05
THE WORLD OF TRADE.

r. G. Dun q Co. Say that Collections
Are Hard in the South.
r. g. Dun G. Co.'S. weekly revisw of trade
says:
The tone of reports from other cities ID
generally favorable, though there il some
complaint of collections at the South because
cotton is held back for higher prices.
Trade is dull at Memphis and Atlanta. and
only fair at New Orleans. The prospect il
bright at Savannah and trade is of good vol
ume in spite of bad weather at st. Louis
and fairly healthy at Kansas City.
At Cleveland and Pittsburg some improve.
ment in iron is noticed, the latter reporting
finished iron in good demand, blooms strong.
or, the coke strike having some influences.
Cotton is quarter lower with sales Of
677,0O0 Exports Of cotton continues above
last year as well as receipts, but wheat and
flour exports fall far behind and the move.
ment in provisions shows little increase.
For the present foreign trade is slackening,
though change in price might soon enlarge
1t. There is a stronger tone in the iron mar
ket here, at Philadelphia and tho West, but
it is not clear that it has any other basis
than apprehended reduction of the out
put In consequence of the great
coke strike. Moreover, at q very small
advance large blocks of Virginia and Ala
bama iron is offered at prices which paralyxes
the market, while steel rails are inactive.
Trade in bar iron is very unsatisfactory, and
orders for plate, sheet and structural iron il
mall only fair. The coal market is depressed
~ the enormous yield, the output thus far f.
Yearly so per cent. greater than last year.
Sales of wool continue large at Philadsl-
hia. exceeding last year by 60 per cent. and
New York little, while at Boston the in,
rease is still heavy.
Business failures for the past week number
'r the United states 2A0, and for Canada 40,
gaiust $50 and Al last year.