Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-11-22
Ar the Union Station in Omaha a

the coming train. Becoming tired OF
walking and carrying the precious bit Of
humanity, she laid it down upon the
seat, where the little one quietly amused
itself. Soon the train reached the sta.
ton, and the mother, with head so full
OF train that her heart forgot the baby,
moved along with the other passengers
and entered car. The train was about
to start, when the station policeman
rushed into the car saying that some
woman has left her baby in the station.
There was scream, spring, run,
gathering of the precious bundle in
woman's arms, and a hasty return to the
car, where the preoccupied mother sank
into her seat nearly overcome by the re.
Election that she had actually forgotten
her baby and narrowly escaped leaving
it motherless in the station.
The last scholar to attempt precise
analysis of the Iliad is Prof. Meyer O,
Berlin. The foundation of this epic ID
the Achilles proper. This consists o.
three cantos, which ends with Boob
XIV, and it was written by Homer.
Under the inspiration of this work an
Homerio bard composed rival work
in one canto, Diomedeia, which was
worked into the Iliad by third person,
inserting it between the first and second
cantos of the Achilles, interpolating pas
sages of his own in addition. About the
same time the Patrocleia was incorpor.
ated also, and then three other episodes,
the fight at the ships, the beguilina
Zeus, and the battle at the wall. A fifth
addition was the Hectoreis, dating about
700 B. q. This was intended to be an
Had from the Trojan point of view, but
its merit was sufficient to cause its alb
sorption into the greater work preceding
it.
NEWS has been received that O great
sensation prevails at Whiteville, N. c.,
over the discovery OF an underground
river. What is claimed to be the roar.
ing and rushing OF water can be plainly
heard and hundreds of people are visit,
ing the spot. When in the vicinity oil
the supposed stream it can be plainly
heard, but when person lies flat upon
the ground the phenomenon becomes
really alarming. The sound indicates
that the water is not any great distance
down and that it is not small stream,
but q majestic river that is coursing un.
seen in the bowels of the earth on it's
way to the sea. Vehicles passing the
ground where the phenomenon exists
create hollow echo from below and the
earth in the vicinity seems to be carver
Gus, Judging from the sounds that follow
sharp blows.
THERE are thousands of small dog
and goat farms dotted over Manchuria
and the eastern borders of Mongolia,
where from score to some hundreds OF
dogs are annually reared on each farm,
and where they constitute q regular
source of wealth. A bride, for instance,
will receive as dowry number of dogs
proportionate to the means of her father.
1t is probable that in no other part OF
the world are there to be found such
splendid dogskins for size, length OF
hair, and quality, the extreme cold OF
these latitudes, where the thermometer
registers 30 degrees Fahrenheit below
zero, developing magnificent coat.
The increase of mystic orders which
are or which pretend to be engaged in
the study of occultism, is one of the
characteristics of the time in England.
The country is full of "esoteric" circles,
of which the latest form rejoices in the
name of the "Esoteric Trial of the Red
Wafer Brotherhood" This order claims
an Egyptian origin, and its members
allege that it was founded in the reign
of Thotmes II. The objects of the
brotherhood are ''the investigation OF
occult mysteries, the study of esoterio
truth and the ultimate determination OF
humanity"
Mr.. EDWIN F. Lewis, who resides on
Margin street, Westerly, r. T., met
stranger ON the bank of the river oppo.
site his home, who furiously threatened
him. 1t was live and. Tipping alliga.
tor, which was subsequently found to
measure four feet three inches in length.
Mr.. Lewis managed to get between the
little fellow and the brink, and by work.
ing to advantage captured the prize and
now has him in limbo. The saurian was
probably brought to the place from
Florida while young, and afterward
escaped to the river.
STREET cars worked by compressed
air on the Mekarski system are now run
ming in London. They are like ordi-
nary cars without horses, and they take
their turn with the horse cars. The air
is contained in reservoirs under the cars,
and is warmed by pressing through hot
water contained in a receiver before il
goes to the engines, which are also I'm.
der the car. This heating prevents the
formation of hoar frost in the cylinders,
owing to the cooling due to the expan
sion Of the compressed air which actu-
ates the engines.
The new Central Railway station al
Frankfort on Main has just been opened
to traffic for the first time. According
to local paper this station is the larges
in Europe, and probably in the world
and it covers superficial area of 81, 24s
square metres, thereby exceeding the
area occupied by the st. Pancras Rail-
way station in London by 10, 800 square
metres, and that covered by the Central
Railway station at Munich and the
Schleisischer Bahnhof in Berlin by
10, 200 and 10, 100 square metres respect
lively.
CREMATION is illegal in France, and
bodies have to be taken to Italy to be
burned. M. NORM, dying recently in
Paris, left instructions that his body
sbould he sent to Milan to be burned.