Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-11-01

Oh" Jach rhppib Standing perfect
~ still few feet from the road. To see
1T run he rode up closer, but the rabbit
never stirred, except to make a constant,
nervous, shuddering movement. The
rider looked closely, and saw under a
bush, about six feet away, big rattle
snake, with head erect, slowly crawling
toward the rabbit, which gazed at the
reptile as though fascinated. The gen
tleman pushed the rabbit away with q
stick, and then killed the snake, which
had ratified angrily at the interruption.
The rabbit seemed stupefed for two or
three minutes.
MINER McCaffery of the Yellow
Jacket mine, Virginia City, New. lighted
the fuse OF blast and started to go to o
sale place. As he turned tie charge ex-
ploded, and McCaffery's back, from his
IONS to the top of his head, was riddled
with particles of sand and gravel, rang
ing in size from mustard seed to goose
shot. Not square inch of whole skin
was left on his back. A doctor spent
three hours picking out the largest frag-
ments of rock. McCafferys injuries.
though extremely painful, were not dan
gerous, but he must wait until he grows
new skin before he can work.
THREE lads at Drummond, England,
aged 10, II, and II years, were caught
by the police seeing how near they could
come to killing each other with shot
gun without doing it, The boys took
turns standing against sand bank with
mark over their heads, and the others
fired at the mark The boys liked the
sensation OF hearing the shots whistle
near them. Before this they had laid
their hats and coats in heap and fired
into them until they were riddled with
shot holes. The queerest part of it was
that the youngest boy had an official
gun license.
FRANCIS NEWLY, coachman at the
Royal Hotel, Attleborough, England,
dreamed that he would meet his de 18th
near certain lodge gate. 1t impressed
him SO that he took every pains to avoid
the place, and even when once he had
to drive by there, got lady in the car
riage to hold the reins until the spot
was passed. The other day he had to
go past the spot with remarkably kind
and gentle horse. Just in front of the
gate something in the road upset the
cart he was driving, and he was thrown
out and killed.
A YANKEE las established a tdfrapin
farm about sixty miles from Mobile. An
iDclosure of three acres in extent CON
tains several bitches 100 feet in length
and 10 feet in width, and these are filled
with salt water by two canals. In these
bitches about thirty thousand turtles are
domesticated. In winter they lie imbed-
ded in the mud and are very convenient
creatures to keep, seeing at this season
they never eat any food. The turtles cost
about 81 per season to feed and sell i'll
New York for SIT per dozen.
A NOVEL lottery scheme has been pro-
posed in Russia. The chief conditions
are these: A young woman of excellent
moral character and noble birth is the
chief prize: her name is to remain "a Sc
cret until after the drawing; the total
receipts from the sale of tickets, amount
ing to 5000 roubles, are to form her
marriage portion; the holder of thelucky
ticket is to marry the young woman
and thus receive the dowry; but if she
won't marry him she must pay $500
rubles.
THERE is congressional Boot
black" and his name is Dan Appleton,
aged 10. He managed to make his way
from st. Paul to Washington, and going
up to the house asked for Congressman
Nelson. The Congressman came out,
and the boy said: 81 am Dan Appleton,
bootblack from Minnesota, and want
you to give me the privilege of backing
Congressman boots here in this build
ing" Nelson took the boy to Architect
Clark, who gave him the privilege, and
the lad is making money.
SINCE the receiving ship Wabash has
been lying off Boston there have been
several curious applications from men
who wanted to enlist. One man said
he'd enlist if he could do work to which
he was accustomed. He wasn't enlisted,
for he was q paper hanger. Another
wanted to enlist and take care of tho
Captains horse. A gardener would en-
list if he could find work, and another
candidate wanted to be the ships roofer.
JOSIAH ALDcRoFT, an English carter,
fell asleep on load of hay, tumbled
under the wheels and was killed. AT the
inquest it was developed that he had
been kept at work for week with an
average of only about three hours sleep
a night, and that this was usual thing
with men in his business. The Coroner,
at the request of, the jury promised to
call the attention of the authorities to
the matter.
LENoTcHKo, a Russian peasant, has,
after ten years of work, discovered u
treasure upon land that formed part
of the estate of Prince Ostersy, whose
ancestors We're pluudered aud driven
from their homes hy the tartars long
time ago. The discovery includes man
uscripts and other articles OF value be-
sides the gold. The peasant gets one
third and the Gar the rest of it.
A WOMAN was bathing in Cork harbor
when the tide carried her out beyond her
dept +. She was in great danger of
drowning when Miss Murphy, daughter
of Alderman Murphy. of Cork, sprang
III and succeeded in dragging her on
rock in the harbor. There the two
We're G mpelled to stay until some men
on the cliffs saw them, and swimming
out, brought them safely to shore.
THREE French soldiers of the Hath