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Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-09-20
A Fish Story With No Fish.

A few years ago Lem Shirk stocked
his large sawmill pond, near Oregon,
Pa, with black bass. 1t was believed
that the pond was chock full of the lar.
gest and finest fish in the country,
Everybody in the northern end of Ian.
caster county had that idea.
Two thousand persons covered the
shores and the breast of the dam
the other day when it was given
out that the pond was to be drained and
the fish caught. There were miles OF
teams along the roads. From the towns
and villages around omnibuses carried
men and women to the spot. Every one
who paid a quarter was to get an equal
share of the fish. Paul Reed, one Of
the best known fishermen on the Sus
quehanna River, was there to boss the
fishing, which was done with seine "A
yards long. They fished for five hours.
The biggest haul was a bushel basket
full. Several times only one and two
fish were taken. Not more than half a
dozen bass were taken, the others being
suckers and catties.
Hundreds of persons had contributed
to the pool, and when the time came to
divide the fish many farmers were seer
going to the buggies and taking out
three bushel bags to hold their share.
Each one got three fish.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-09-20
A Wonderful Rocking-Stone.

Imagine stone, in size containing
about 500 cubic feet, in shape nearly
as round as an orange, in weight not
less than $4,000 pounds, or forty tons,
and SO nicely balanced upon table of
rock that child ten yours of age, by
pushing either against the north or
south side, can rock it back or forth; yet
the strength of hundred men, without
levers or other appliances, would bs in
sufficient to dislodge it from its position.
Such is the celebrated rocking stone on
the farm of Mr.. j. McLaury, two miles
west of Monticello. This is one of the
greatest natural curiosities in our whole
country. What sculptor could chisel out a
piece of marble its size, and then poise
It 80 nicely that it would vibrate under
SO light touchl But its shape, size
and position are not the most wonderful
things about it. It's body is composed
of somewhat loose and soft sandstone
in which are imbsdded numberless round
and fiinty pebbles, of diamond like
hardness. In all the valley where it is
situated it's the solitary specimen OF its
class. Around and Under, the rocks are
of q totally different structure. The
table on which it rests is hard stone
nearly as firm and close grained as the
blue stone Of our quarries. From whence
came this wanderer and howl. Nonts-
cello IN. ~ Watcdman.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-09-20
The New Cast Iron Guns.

At the ordnance foundry of the South
Boston Iron Works a large force of
workmen is ut present engaged in com
pleting the third and last in the series
of the three IL in. cast iron rifed guns
with steel tube and steel hoops. The
work of putting in the steel tube, which
is inserted at the rear of the barrel, ex-
tending through from the breech, has
just been completed, after three trials,
to insure getting perfectly tight joint
at the shoulder or casing of the gun.
The gun was placed horizontally over a
longitudinal pit, and was then covered
in with boiler and sheet iron. A fire
was built under it, extending from the
breech of the gun to a point in front of
the trunnions. The body of the gun
was expanded by the heat, and the steel
tube was inserted from the rear. A stream
Of cold water was kept circulating
through the bore of the tube, to keep it
cool. during the whole operation, which
lasted about twenty-one hours. The
gun was then cooled down at the breech
to make it grip the tube, SO that in con-
tracing the front end of the tube was
brought to tight joint against the for
ward shoulders in the casing or body of
the gun. An ingenious arrangement of
bolts and screws, together with 100
ton jack, was used in inserting the tube
and holding it in place until the cooling
was completed. The gun will be trans
ferred to the lathe in few days to be
finished, bored and rifed, and will he
delivered to the government early in the
tall.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-09-20
FARM AND GARDEN.
Ants in the Garden

writer IN the country Gentlemrn
says for years my garden was the
stamping ground of an enormous army
OF black ants, and though fought them
IN all sorts of ways could not get rid of
'ae'h TIL l tried naphtha | made in
Saeh anu hili half dozen holes with an
IRON bar, pushed few pieces of straw or
hay to the bottom, poured in the holes
and on the ground about them two
quarts of naphtha, and set il on fire
when the fire begins to die down it is 4
good plan to throw two inches of earth
over the whole ant hill. l do not guess
THIS Will clean out ants; | know II.
lnere are many things that will drive
anus from their nests, only to turn up
near py IN rev days, but this prevent
I've cleans them out for good and ali
IL also makes your neighbours ants hate
you SO THAT they will not set foot on
your ground.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-09-20
The Care of Growing Crafts.

Even before gratis open their buds,
says IAN Old CRATER" in the New York
1rttune, there will be found other shoots
issuing from the stock below the graft.
The rising sap enters these channels
more readily than IN the somewhat
aired up cells of the graft, with the line
sof separation left by the knife to be
hrIdged over; and if the volunteer
q'hannels are not suppressed or reduced
"a time the graft may starve. Usually.
-sh1oWever, il in good sound condition and
well set, it gets some share of the SAP.
US buds open, and its amount of growth
depends largely on its being protected
IRON its greedy competitors. In order
TO secure its full growth ard the proper
f,penlng of its wood, the wild shoots
should be rubbed off as soon as thew first
SHOW themselves and before they are in
zeal. 10 let them grow to some length
ana then suddenly break them off is an
injurious violence-a shock to circula-
tlon and growth which is very ant to
prevent the full ripening of the new
wood IN time to safely endure the trials
OF the next winter.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-09-20
The Apple.Tree Borer.

The Country Gentleman gives this adj
vice to subscriber who asks for a recipe
Aor destroying the apple-tree borer !:
The apple tree borer may be prevented
from entering the trees to greater ex-
tent by the use of alkaline washes. Soft
soap reduced to the consistence of thick
pant by the addition of strong solu-
Ton OF washing soda, applied to the bark
OF the tree late in May or early in June.
and again in July, will dry in few hours
on warm day, aud will exclude the in.
.ect more or less from laying its eggs.
he same effect will be produced by
making mound of fresh manure around
! !, ne base Of the stem, eight or ten inches
nigh, or even of earth, bu. if done later
IN the season these preventive remedies
Will be Of little use after the eggs are
deposited in the bark. After the insects
nave obtained possession, and their pres
ence is shown by the sawdust-like cast
1ngs, cleartheir openings with the point
OF knife, aud punch them to death
with flexible wire or small slender
twlg. After some experience, an active
hand will go over hundreds in a day.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-09-20
A Cashier and His "Amie."

A Pari* sspatch to the London Daily
Telegraph says: A young man employed
as cashier in Paris bank has lust bolt
ed with 914,000, purloined from his
house of business, and with the wife Of
his most intimate friend into the bar
gain. The lady, who is of most remark
able beauty, had been his annie for some
time, but he painted such seductive
pictures of the life which they would
lead if only they were free that she CON
sented to elope with him. The project
was carried out with cool audacity. In
the morning he appropriated the money:
then at the luncheon hour he left the
bank, and driving to his friends abode.
he found the couple Just concluding
their meal. While keeping the husband
engaged in conversation he contrived to
let the wife know that cab was waiting
round the corner to bear them to the
railway station. and in 10 minutes they
were off. The husband and the bankers
were not an courant of this queer situa-
ton for some hours, and when the police
were started on the hunt it was too late
The cashier and his mistress had al
ready placed many leagues between
them and the metropolis. 1t has been
stated that the missing pair have been
arrested at Folkestone, and will soon
start on their return journey to Paris
In very different spirits from those with
which they set out.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-09-20

AILcocK's Porous PLAsrERs never fail to
give speedy proof of their efficacy as the best
external remedy for Weak Back. Rheuma-
tism, Lumbago, Scatica, Colds, Coughs. Sore
Throat Pulmonary and Kidney Difficulties,
Malaria, Dyspepsia, Heart, Spleen, Liver and
Stomach Affections, Stains, and all Local
Pains.
They have been in use for over thirty years,
and their value has been attested by the high
estmedical authorities as well as by voluntary
and unimpeachable testimonials from thou
sands who have used them.
Ask s-ALLCoCK and let no explanation or
solicitation induce you to accept a substitute
For KIckets, Mnrasmms aad Wasting Dis
orders of Children.
Scott's Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil with
Hypophosphites is unequalled. The rapidity
with which children gain flesh and strength
upon it is very wonderful. Read the follow
ing: II have used Scott's Emulsion in cases
OF ricketts, and Marasmus of long standing,
and have been more than pleased with the
results, as in every case the improvement
was marked. n-J. M. MAIN, M D., New
York.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-09-20
which are cut off at the stem and wholly

which are cut off at the stem and wholly
destroyed.
A safe way to avoid several of these
pests Is to make small cylinders of straw
board two or three inches in diameter.
ana two inches long, and dip these in
common tar or crude petroleum, setting
them around the young plants as soon
as the first leaves appear. These are a
great protection, and where no more
man score or two of plants are grown
ihese are practicable security. In the
held the best device is the Kerosene
emulsion, ma lie as follows: A pound of
common brown soap /, dissolved in a
gallon OF hot water. pint of kerosene
IS added, and thoroughly beaten up. or
shaken, to make fine emulsion. This
IS poured around the roots, table
spoonful being sufficient for a small
plant, or quarter of a pint for a large
one, and being applied so as to saturate
the soil and cover The stem and roots
with a film of it. This is an effective
remedy against these troublesome pests.
winch Will destroy a large number of
unprotected plants in a night without
any previous warning. The leaves are
found whiting and hanging down on the
stalks as the first indication of the mis-.
chief.
The kerosene emulsion is the best
remedy for the plant lice, which iniest
not only melons, but cabbages and many
other garden crops, as well as plum and
other fruit trees. 1t is easily applied by
means of large syringe with a fine
spraying nozzle. We have found it to
destroy the shellbark lice upon apple
trees and to be the most easily an.
Piled, as the small twigs can be covered
with it very quickly. All these lice
multiply with wonderful rapidity, hence
they should be attended to as soon as the
first of them are seen. A few days de-
lay will result in their spread from one
melon plant over dozen or more, and
after this the spread is still more rapid,
every infested plant being centre from
which they spread to the adjoining ones.
There are SO many of these insect pests
and the damage they may do is so seri-
GUS that every farmer and fruit grower
should be on the alert to discover their
first appearance and to open war upon
them without delay and pursue them
without rest until they are utterly de-
stroyed.-New York Times.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-09-20

Said Mrs. Smith to her sister, Mrs Davis. as
garden from neighbours house. What kind
OF woman have you for neighbor? Does she
abuse her children?" No indeed" replied
mothers in existence. But you see she believes
In the old-fashioned styles of doctoring. When
child needs physic. she fills a spoon with
some nauseous dose, lays the little victim fiat
on her lap, holds his nose till he is forced TO
open his mouth for breath. when down goes
the dreadful mess. Then come the yells." No
wonder" said Mrs. Smith, "Why doesn't she
use DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets?
They are effective without being harsh, aud
are as easy to take sugar plums. | always
said Mrs. Davis.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-09-20

A little seed lay in the carriers path:
A little shoot bowed in The strong winds
wrath;
A little shrub grew, by its roots held FAST
Then stout tree braved all the winters blast.
little cough started twas only light;
little chill shivered the hours of night;
a little pain came and began to grow,
Then consumption laid all his brave strength
low.
Be wise in time. Check the little cough, cnre
the little chill. dispel the little pain. ere the
little allment becomes the strong unconq,ier-
able giant of disease. DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, taken i'll time, is a remedy
for these ills.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-09-20

N whereas, The Monon Route IL. N. A. a. G.
NY COB desires to make it known to the world
~ large Ihat 1t forms the double connecting
winter cities of Florida and the summer re-
sorts OF the Northwest; and
surpas sed, its elegant Pullman Buifet Sleener
and Chair car service between Chicago and
Louisville, Indianapolis and Cincinnati I'M
equalled; and W.
=, Whereas, Its rates are as low as the lowest
then be it N o"ee"
Resolved, That in the event of starting ON a
Trip IL IS good policy to consult with r. o. Nc
Gormick, Gent Pass. Agent Monon Route. lSs
dearborn St., Chicago, for full particulars In
any event send for Tourist Guide. enclese 4c.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-09-20

Now that the rush of the summer work is
somewhat over, we desire to call attention to
some matters looking forward to profitable
work for the fall months, and the winter.
Write to B. +. johnson & Co., 1909 Main ST.,
Richmond, Va, and they will show you how
to do grand work, which can be made a
permanent thing
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-09-20

The cleansing, antiseptic and healing quail
ties OF DR.. Sage S Catarrh Remedy are I'M
equaled.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-09-20

If afflicted with sore eyes, use Dr. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell at
25c per bottle
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-09-20
Tickling the Palate.

The only trouble with Hamburg Figs is that
they are so pleasant to the palate that children
are apt to eat them when not absolutely neces-
sary,if they can get hold of them surrept LIS
ly. They will injure no one, but me ne
should not be taken unless needed. De- ~kne
Fig. Mack Drug Co., N. Y.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-09-20
Conventional !" Monan ), R..oln,,o..

We respect our rich uncles for their great
will,power.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-09-20

Competition is the life of trade; opposition
is the life of the business man.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-09-20

Life has such hard conditions that
every dear and precious gift, every rare
virtue, every pleasant faculty. every
genial endowment, love, hope. 10Y, wit,
sprightliness, bene violence, must some
times be put into the crucib,e to distil
the one patience
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-09-20

NorHINe is so uncertain as the minds
OF the multitude.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-09-20

The Emperor of China is said to play bill
lizards with his best queue
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-09-20

ssDan" Rice, the old Snowman, owns
$50, 900 acres of land in Texas aud New
Mexico.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-09-20

Best, easiest to use and cheapest. Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh. By druggists. soc.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-09-20
PAINE'S
CELERY COMPOUND

For i've years suffered with malaria and
nervousness. tried Pzine's Celery Com
pound, and can tr1thfully say that i've bot
ties completely cured me. 1cheerfully recon-
mend it. for know It to be good medicine"
CHAs. i. STEARNs.
Letter Carrier, Station B. Brooklyn, ny.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-08-02
Free-Trade Mathematics.

The Providence Journal argues that
the proposition of the Republicans to
reduce the sugar duty one-half would
have no effect on the sugar trust, be-
cause "a manufacturer, the selling price
of whose goods and the cost of whose
raw material are each reduced one-half,
has, of course, the same margin Of profit
as before" This is true free-trade
mathematics. For instance, if the cost
is 10 cents and the selling price is Is cents
the margin is five cents. Now reduce
the cost % 8 cents and the selling price
to y cents and the margin is p cents.
This is the same percentage of the cost
as before, but it is an actual loss of so
per cent of profit on the same quantity
of goods. The application is misleading
in another direction. The reduction of
duty one-half would increase importa-
tions and SO affect the quaktity of goods
disposed of by the manufacturer ana
ful her reduce his profits. Again, to
make its point, the Journal ignores the
factor of wages. If a manufacturer
raw material costs 10 cents, and he pays
10 cents more for wages and sells his
product for % cents, he has margin of
5 cents. or % per cent profit over the
cost. Reduce the cost of the material
to . cents, and the selling price to 124
cents, wages remaining at 10 cents, and
the margin of profit is wiped out and re-
placed by loss of p cents. He would
have to reduce wages one-half also to
maintain the same percentage of profit,
while he would receive actually only
one-half the amount on the same quantity
of goods, and the quantity itself would
be reduced by competition.
This sort Of figuring is of the same
school of mathematics as that which
proves the farmer to be better off in
competition with foreigners who can
produced wool for about two-thirds what
it costs him to raise it, and sell it at less
than the cost to him, than he is when he
can sell his wool at a profit over the
cost. 1t is the same free trade argu-
ment that proves that the workingman
can save more money when he has wages
enough to barely pay for bread and but
ter than he can with wages greater than
comfortable living expenses. II is a
sort of arithmetic that makes the sum of
8 and 2 less than the sum Of and and
adds nothing to nothing and gets more
than from / and 1.
Fortunately most Of the American
voters have been to school.-SprtngtfeLd
(NaSs) Union.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-08-02
union of all the States.

union Of all the States
Of course the ''OId Roman is not singu.
lar IN this respect, except as he was the
author of the declaration that the wal
was failure, which his party accepted
but 1t Is not a strong electioneering docu
ment for soldiers. The Cleveland Lead
e. has also unearthed the following for
chile statement made BY the "Old Ro
man IN an interview at Put-in-Bav
Aug. Is, 1915. when a division of tbs
school fund was one of the issues of the
Hayes-Allen campaign:
Yes. we shall lose the State: the ID
priests have OYerdOae the thing by stick
ing their noses into our politics, and they
deserve to be beaten TO teach them theiI
place. The democracy only have them.
selves to blame in submitting to the de
mandS of the priests in the way they did
1t was unfortunate, indeed, that the Catho
lie question was lugged into the campaign
The democracy was the only party that
ever did anything for the Catholics, and IL
would seem that the more that is done fol
them the more they will demand. Theil
arrogance is inSufferable, and as we shall
be defeated anyway l hope it will here
after teach these meddlesome priests a les
son that they will underStand-that is, Je
IeU politics alone. l for one don't propose
to stand any further nonsense from these
fellows.
The Leader states that the interview
was reported and published at the time,
and that Thurman and Cook (the gentle
man to whom he made the statement) at
tempted denial but that after the cleo
ton Cook admitted that he used the
above language in substance.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-08-02

solid for Cleveland if ne was a protection
lstf Let US see. In December, 1885. Henry
MatterSon sent special dispatch from
Washington TO his paper in Louisville, the
Courier Journal, in which the following
statements were attributed to ''an earnest
but excited free trader:' Il tell YOU, sir,
we are sold out. The failure of the Presi.
dent TO speak out like a man about the
tariff means that the whole power of the
administration will be secretly thrown
against any congressional action. 1 tell
you, sir, we are sold out, and YOU will live
to see it." The excited gentleman was
Congressman W. r Morrison. 1t didn't
look like free trade" 10 Watterson and
Morrison, then, but the President has
since concluded ito speak out like a man
about the tariff" and beholdi Watterson
Morrison and all Great Britain are dane
ing for JOY. docs That LOOK ike Iree
trader"
Every free trader in the wide world is
dancing 10 the music of Grover CIeyeland's
message. Every protoctiOnist is in sack
cloth and ashes. Does that look like free
trade? Grover Cleveland has betrayed
the proteciOnists in the Democratic party
The men who, in 1884 contributed liberal
~ to elect him, and gave their personal
assurances TO others that no injury would
result thereby to the industries, are made
liars by the message, and would be made
beggarS by the Mills bill. Let the PreSi
dent continue writing to these men, ex
pressing his surprise that they. or the
country generally, can see any free trade
In the message, but they will 90 on ours
ing him all the same, and, when election
day comes they will help to vote him out.
The address of Premier Mills reminds
US Of the story of the cracked kettle whose
borrower swOre that he never borrowed
the kettle, that it was cracked when he
borrowed it, and sound when he returned
1t. Mr.. Mills has repeatedly placed him.
self on record as a free trader. In the
House of Representatives April Is, 1884,
he delivered a eulOgy upon the British
system of political economy. and urging
the adoption of the system by this country
said: Then wealth, prosperity,
and power will bless the land that is dedi-
Gated to free men, free labor and free
trade. See volume Is, part g. page 1891
of the Congressional Record. And but re-
Gently Mr.. Mills said to a delegation of
Philadelphia wool merchants: 81 desire
free trade and will not help to perfect
any law that stands in the way of free
trade"
He then went directly to New York, de-
clared that mo democrat in this country
desires free trade;' held up his tariff bill
and impudently asked the question: docs
that look like free trade?" and next we
shall hear him swearing solemnly that
there never was a Mills tariff bill, that the
bill was free trade when he made it, and
decidedly protective after he heard from
Oregon. E. A. HARTSHORN.