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Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-06-07
He WAS WILLING TO WORK.
The Fact Unexpectedly Proved and
aJob Given to Him.

That all beggars are not undeserving
tramps was evinced the other day in
n rather amusing manner. A number of
the old habitues of the Grand Pacific
Hotel were seated in Col. Wright's liv-
cry Office in the hotel corridor, chatting
pleasantly together and relating remi-
niscences of the early days in Chicago,
when their conversation was interrupted
by the appearance of a sad and woe-be-
gone looking stranger. He was man
about 35 years of age, but with look of
intelligence in his face very different
from the ordinary aims soliciting tramp.
His clothes were ragged, and he at
tempted to hide his soiled shirt front by
buttoning his dilapidated coat to the
chin. He wanted money enough to get
bed, and he was willing to work for it,
he said.
Julian Case, the wealthy miner of
Marquette, was in the party, and, after
cycling the stranger critically, he said:
"You say you are willing to work, if
you can get it,"
"Yes, sir, / am"
swell, sir, said Mr.. Chase, "here is
35 cents. Go and get broom. l want
the sidewalk in front of this door kept
clean, and will pay you IS cents an hour
for doing it.
The man took the money, all present
thinking they had seen the last of him,
when in about twenty minutes he re-
turned armed with brand new broom
and commenced his labor of keeping
about twelve feet square of the Grand
Pacific sidewalk clean. The man worked
steadily at his contract, and the matter
began to grow serious for the would-be
jokers. At last, about o'clock, Mr..
Case called the man in, and giving him
MI lning. A'-' " p'' Ns'ln IL 'n'
i1lre enough, at 7 o'clock the next
md hing the man was on hand, and
pl,dpptly commenced his task of keep
inaJthe sidewalk clean. The colored
he'll about the house began to be alarm
ed. S2They imagined that John B. Drake
with, afir services, and had engaged an
otheh IAsdo their work. They tried to
drive sweeper away, but he showed
dghtl, . chased his assailants off the
sidewn rvAbout 10 o'clock Mr.. Chase
was dualSs \unded to see his man indus
triously at,tNork on his little strip of
little joke va eacting upon himself.
Calling the mao hide he gave him S.,
and, after inquiea d into his circumstan-
ces, discovered th..I he had wife and
three children dependent upon him.
Further interest was manifested in the
case of the man who was willing to work
if only at sweeping sidewalks, and to-
day he is filling position in wholesale
house in the packing department.,
and his family is now comfortably
housed and indulging in three meals q
day. This beggar was willing to work
and received his reward.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-06-07
Didn't Know Adam.

AS Artemus Ward was travelling in
the cars, dreading to be bored and feel
ing miserable, man approached him,
sat down, and said:-
odd you hear the last thing on Ho-
race Greeley"
"Greeleyl Greeley?" said Artemus.
Horace Greeley? Who is he?"
The man was quiet about five minutes.
Pretty soon he said:-
George Francis Train is kicking up
a good deal of row over in England.
Do you think they will put him in a
bastile2"
"Train9 Train9 George Francis
Traina" said Artemus solemnly. 81
never heard of him?"
This ignorance kept the man quiet for
fifteen minutes; then he said
"What do you think of General
Grants chances for the Presidency
Do you think they will run him?"
"Grant9 Grant! Hang it, man" said
Artemus, 'you appear to know more
strangers than any man ever saw"
The man was furious. He walked up
the car, but at last came back and
said:-
"You COMPOUNDED ignoramus, did you
ever hear of Adam2"
Artemus looked up and said:-"What
was his other name2"
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-06-07
BelIadOnna Eyes.

ibid you notice that girls eyes 2"
asked doctor in large gathering in
this city. The reporter addressed had
not, but a few minutes later, when he
met her, he noticed their unusual lustre.
cts belladonna," said the M. d., ''and
you can have no idea of the extent of its
use. 1t is used chiefly by young ladies
who have light eyes, and it distends the
pupils until the eyes look as dark and
deep as those of any Spanish beauty.
One popularity of its effect is that il
causes partial blindness, and / have
often seen society lady at reception,
where the light was very bright, run
against some one or something that she
was apparently looking directly at. The
continued use of it not only affects the
eyes, but the nerves of the face. and
often produces a muscular contraction
that causes the skin to wrinkle in the
region of the eyes and sometimes full
ness under Them" A druggist who stood
near by said; II sell quarts of it every
year, and when see some young girl or
aged spinster with lustreless eyes, I i'm
mediately make up my mind that have
devotee of the insidious drug
Albany Journal.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-06-07
Deem PIouohipr'

, | iOukhIn
Deep ploughing brings to the surface
LOT Iertllizatlon, by the action of the
elements, soil that has been living DOR
mant Tor ages. Earth which is brought to
she surface, from depth of several
ieet is soon converted into pro-
ductlve soil by the action of the eIe-
ments; deep poughing, therefore, makes
the SOIL rich as deep as ploughed. A thin
SOL may be made deep by deep plough
ing and sub-soling; bv loosepinp tho
soil by the use of sub-soil plough. the
surface soil is washed down by rains and
becomes incorporated with the sub
SOIL, making rich deep soil, more
valuable for all purposes than a thin sell.
rant food exists in the earth to great
depths. The roots of many plants go
down to the depth of many feet. Lucerne,
u is SAID, will send its roots to the depth
OF ten to twenty feet. The various ele-
ments OF plant food found in the earth
are attracted to the surface in the great
est quantities by keeping the soil mellow
TO good depth, and this is done by
deep .plowing and sub-soillng. Beside
the plant food contained in the earth
there is also stored in the air large
amounts of plant food, the use of which
by plants is greatly facilitated by keep
ing the soil loose and moist. Deep plow-
ing therefore favors the appropriation of
plant food under all possible conditions
of soil and air.
By keeping the soil loose to a good
depth, the loss of crops in extremes of
seasons will be avoided. In seasons of
drought, moisture is maintained by an
open and mellow soil, and when excess
sive rains prevail the water passes away
readily from the roots of the growing
crop. Deep blowing therefore is great
advantage under all circumstances, and
at all times. While shallow blowing not
only fails to produce good crops in a
general way, but, if practiced any length
of time, will result in rendering the soil
unproductive, and this condition will be
increased from year to year until paving
yields can no longer be realized. In shall
low blowing the soil is simply turned
over, and will soon become as compact
as before plowed.
By repeated tramping by the team the
sub-soil becomes hard and is impenetra-
BILE by rains leaving an excess of mois-
ture to injure the plants by remaining in
contact with their roots and so prevent
ing growth. The action of the air on
the soil produces no desirable effect and
moisture and plant food can not be at
tracted to the surface from depths be-
low. All crops require moisture and
must be supplied with the needed amount
of plant food, and mellowness of the soil
ensures both. Racine Agriculturist.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-06-07
TO Secure Early Tomatoes.

1t is very desirable to secure this i'm.
portant and valued product of the gar
den as early as may be, and its growth
may be advanced by starting by artificial
means II hot-bed is not one of the
farm conveniences, as it ought to be.
young plants may be started in the house
IN boxes, although a better way is to
make use of empty tin fruit cans from
which both ends have been removed.
Place the cans in shallow box and fill
them with sufficient quantity of earth
OF only average fertility. If too rich the
tendency of the plants is to grow too
rapidly and spindling. Plant two or
three seeds in each can, or enough to
SECURE one good, healthy plant. See that
thes soil is kept sufficiently moist. and
when the plants get we'll started pinch
off the terminal bud SO as to cause them
to grow more stocky and to prevent a
too tender condition. When the season
is sufficiently advanced to admit of its
being done with safety, slip the tins from
the contained earth and set the plants in
asoil OF average fertility with supply
OF fertilizing material in the hill. In
this way considerable advance may be
secured over planting after the soil is in
suitable condition for average planting.
-Neso York Observer.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-06-07
Dies on the Stage.

A singular and dramatic death 90
CURED few evenings since in the little
town of Arandas, Mexico, during the
presentation of drama entitled "Des-
pues de Ia Muerte," or "After Death. :"
During the second act, and few minutes
before one of the actors was to feign
death, Aracieto Contreras fell to the
floor Of the stage, exclaiming: II diel
Isliel"-the exact words he was to use
later on. The balance Of the company,
believing he had anticipated his part,
called to him to keep quiet, as it
was not yet time to feign death. As he
made no reply, they lifted him up and
made the startling discovery that he was
dead. When this fact was announced
intense excitement prevailed in the
audience, and people rushed from the
place pell-mell, 'trampling over each
other in their efforts to reach the street.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-06-07
Care For the PIGS.

Pip are rather apt to scour till the,
attain three tofour months age. Whef
they begin 70 feed off the sow, saws .
farmer " ii New York Tribune. an
even teaspolful of oil meal per day for
m pggivcn in warm milk, NAV
so attack of scours, which are
cc to take place even when sucking.
nut one Of the best things l have found
20 stop scours is to give oats Rail or
eiat Ap space in the pen sufficiently
arge 70 accommodate the pigs, and leave
noIe ior them to enter easily. Make
fne railing so high and strong that the
cannot break in, and then nut low
Ugh there and fill it partially full of
8. Allow the pigs to eat as much as
az will and often as they please, and it
q stop the scours in day or two.
piess they have been on for some days
nd become excessive. Then other
cans must be resorted to for curing
lGem.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-06-07
FARM AND GARDEN.
Rcnovating Lawns.

men grass has partially died out. or
become thin and spindling, loosen
ING surface with a rake and spread on
ayer % good new soil, but not enough
smotner the grass that is left Scatter
eds evenly over all the thin
md draw over it the back of the
set the seed, then roll, or, if the
small, pat down with the back
pade. If the lack of grass is
BY shade, this method will how
40 no good. The best way for
tpots is to sod them; this will
IVY keep them green one season.
tf~Ix3 Farmer.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-06-07
A Place for Everything.

The importance of having place for
every tool and article about the farm,
and never failing to have that place
filled, is only realized by that man who
has observed that habit closely for suf-
ficient time 10 calculate upon the saving
thus occassioned. To drep tool where
it is last used is habit sure to result in
serious injury, 1t is told of a certain
man, as fact, that coming home late
one evening he took the harness off of
the horse in the yard and threw it on
the ground. He put the horse in the
barn, left the carriage out-of-doors as
usual and went to sleep, perfectly sober
but very tired. During the night a
storm came and the snow blew into great
heaps. When it was necessary to ride
out, the sleigh was found in another
corner of the yard Uhe only carriage
house on the FARM, the uncombed horse
brought from the barn, but wide search
revealed no harness, and it could not
be remembered when it was last used
or wherJ left. An old harness was
brought into use, and it was not until
spring suns had melted the snow
that the harness was discovered, where
{ II had rested during the winter. The
& Oars are down on this farm and every
where one stumbles over something that
remains near the place where it was last
used The farm is an eye-sorc, and il
4 Put on the market to. day, though in ar
excelIent location, would find it difficult
Z Y get purchaser.
Another farmer is recalled, by way Of
~ EQ0traSt who sta-. ed with nOOrer prOS
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-06-07
THE PRISON YARD AT r1UMEN.

THE PRISON YARD AT TIUMEN.
From an Erite's Sketch in the June Century.
built to accommodate 500, where, at the time
OF Mr.. Kennan'4visit, 174l men and women
were imprisoned. In rooms built to accom-
modate forty men, 100 were sleeping. Il
breathed as little as l could while I was
there" says Mr.. Kennan, "but every respir-
became faint from nausea and lack Of oxv-
gen. 1t was like trying to breathe in an
underground hospital-drain"
Mr.. Remnants articles are torn out of the
copies OF The Century which enter Russia:
they, as we'll as Mr.. KEENAN, himself, being
now on the Russian black list. But other
countries are reading what Mr. KEENAN,
writes. The articles are being translated into
Polish, and they are appearing also in the
organ of the Russian liberals at Geneva.
Even a Dutch newspaper published on the
Island of Java is reprinting them in four
page supplements.
Custom does reason often override .Ro
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-06-07

saved "a time, and to-day if the farm,
.nough but ordinarily situated, was an
nounced as for sale it would bring a high
price: "Order is heavens first law"
ana the sooner the farmer or any other
person Pc puts himself in harmony with it
the better. Il loughman.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-06-07

Dear Ben. I'll write you a short letter
To say I'm wonderfully better;
How much that means you ought to know,
" no saw me just one month ago
Thin, nervous, fretful, white as chalk,
Almost too weak to breathe or talk;
Head throbbing, as If fit for breaking,
A weary, ever-present aching.
But now life seems different thing:
/ feel as glad as bird on wing!
say, and fear no contradict n,
That Pierce,s Favorite Prescription
Is grand Why, I'd have died without It'll
Ma thinks there's no mistake about it.
It's driven all my ills away:
Just come and see. Yours ever. MAY.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-06-07

Mothers, Overworked Men,and for all diseases
where the tissues are wasting away from the
inability to digest ordinary food, or from over
work of the brain or body, all such should ak Q
SCOTT's EMU SION of Pure Cod LII, err Oil with
Hypophosphites. II used the Emulsion on a
lay VINO was aeicate, ana threatened with
flesh, that must cay it is the best Emulsion /
ever used."-h P. WADDELL, MD, Hugh's
Mills, S. q.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-06-07

Mullen Better Than Cod Liver Oil.
Dr. Quillan, the leading authority of Great
Britain on lung troubles, gives his opinion
in consumption than Cod Liver Oil. Taylor's
Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Null
lein will cure coughs, colds and consumption.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-06-07

Suffered with fever. hot head and foul breath,
With stomach disordered- sick unto
death.
bore it week-surely was a Ounce
Then took few "Pellets"-they cured me at
once.
What Ounce, indeed to neglect such REM
edy and suffer a week, when quick relief could
have been found in DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pur-
gative Pellets.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-06-07
MuIIein Better Than cod Diver d

But light cares speak when mighty cares
are dumb-Daniel
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-06-07

Sin may be clasped so close we cannot see
its face-French
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-06-07
Curing Grass.

once laid up NOW of timothy and
redtop, with a small percentage of
clover, writes correspondent of the
Neao Engtand Farmer. One part of the
hay was cut as soon as the herdergrass
was in bloom; the rest in the same field
was allowed to ripen. The early cut hay
produced milk and growth without meal.
When it was half gone we changed to
the late cut hay and fed the whole NOV.
The stock survived the change, but when
the early cut hay was resorted to again,
began to show signs of life, and the
growth and milk produced was all in
favor of the early cut hay. l have often
regretted that the figures were not pre-
served, but have the experience and
shall not soon forget it, and shall never
doubt the value of hay cut in the first
part of July nor the almost worthlessness
of September grass. An important mat
ter to consider is the condition of the field
after the hay is removed. That portion
OF the moving VIII CHI cut early started
heavy aftermath and held out to
several good crops of hay in subsequent
years, while the latter cut portion failed
much sooner. Hay may be cut too soon,
but had only one piece of grass to cut,
that would be cured as soon as the stalks
had attained the natural growth and be-
gun. to show by poisoning that the
further efforts of nature would not be
IN the making of hay, but in the repro
ducton of plant life, by perfecting seed.
Hay seed is good feed, but costs too
much by the bushel. All grasses native
to our soil and all weeds aud other
coarse matter in the hay is Of far greater
value cured before the deposit OF bitter
matter in the fodder.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-06-07

living the experiences OF practical Poultry Kaiser
cents during period q 3 years Il tesches ycs
which Fowls 70 save tor breeding PUP,
knew on this subject. Sent postpaid for 21c.
BOOK PUB. H0USEs
134 LeoMard Street N. u. Otty.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-06-07

They who forgive most, shall be most for:
given.-Bailey.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-06-07

Tetarles TO the resident, are now receiving
Soo,O00; these, and many others. But Of all
It's enterprises and serials none will surpass
In interest and in far-reaching results the
papers on Siberia and the Exile System"
the publication of which has just begun
Mr. KEENAN,, who writes the articles, had
spent number Of years in Siberia before
me Century people started him Off to ex-
Plore the country in their interest, and what
he expected to do was to prove that the exile
system was not as terrible as it had been
described. Knowing that he held views
favorable to them, the Russian Government
gave him every facility for thorough ex-
animation Of all the prisons and mines Of
Siberia. The Minister OF the Interior fur
nIshed him with circular letter which adj
mtted him everywhere, allowing him to
travel with exile parties and to make the
acquaintance of hundreds of liberals"
AS Mr.. KEENAN, relates in his preface in
the May Century, the result of all this in
spection was to make him change his views
completely, and he has returned to America
fully convinced that Stepniak and Prince
Krapotkin and other nihiist writers nave
not drawn with too strong colors their pict-
ures of the horrors of the life of Russian
exile. In these papers, beginning with the
May Century. Mr.. KEENAN, will describe his
journey. IN the May number he crosses the
Russian frontier. In June he visits the very
interesting forwarding prison at Tiumen,
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-06-07
Hoods sarsaparilla

shave taken not quite bottle Of Hoods Sara
parila and must say 1t is OF the best medicines
for giving an appetite. purifying the blood. and
regulating the digestive organs that heard Of
1t did me great deal of good."-MRs. N. A. sr,x.
LEY, CanAstota. N. Y,
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-06-07
CATARRH.
A New Home Treatment for the Cure Of
Cafarrh. Catarrhal Deafness
Hay Fever.


uns Hay Fever.
The microscope has proved that these dis
eases are contagious, and they are due to the
presence OF living parasites in the lining men,
brane OF the upper air passages and eustachian
tubes. The eminent scientists, Iyndall, Hux-
ley and Beale, endorse this and these authori-
ties cannot be disputed. The regular method
OF treating these diseases has been to apply an
irritant remedy weekly, and even daily, thus
keeping the delicate membrane in a constant
state Of irrita ion, allowing il no chance to
heal, and as natural consequence of such
treatment not one permanent cure has ever
been recorded. IL is an absolute fact that
these diseases annot be cured by any applica.
tlon ms.de oftener than once in two weeks, for
the membrane must get chance to h al
before an application Is repeatei IL is now
seven years since Mr.. Dixon discovered the
parasite in catarrh and formulated his new
treatment, and since then his remedy has be-
come household word in every country
where the English language is spoken. Cures
there having bee no return OF the disease.
so highly are these remedies valued that ig-
norant imtators have started up everywhere
pretending to destroy parasite, of which they
application of which they are equally ignor-
ant. Mr.. ilixons remedy is applied only once
in two weeks, and from one to three applica-
tions effect permanent cure in the most ag-
gravated cases.
Mr.. Dixon sends pamphlet describing his
new treatment on the receipt CT stamp to pay
postage. The address is A H. Dixon q Son,
304 King street west, Toronto, Canada.-Scien-
tific American.
Live well-how long or how short permit
to heaven. Milton
If you have catarrh, use the surest remedy
DR.. Sage's.
though all mans life may seem tragedy
spencer.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-06-07

The trust that's given to guard, and your
self be iust-Dana.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-06-07

Thou pendulum betwixt smile and tear
BysOn
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-06-07

Custom does reason often override .Ro
chester
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-06-07

Live well-how long or how short permit
to heaven.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-06-07

though all mans life may seem a tragedy
Spencer.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-06-07

If you have catarrh, use the surest remedy
DR. Sape,s
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-06-07
THE LAND OF EXILE.
George pkennan's Trip TO SiberIa-His
Stort1c Appear In The Century.
HE Crxrupy MAaAzTrv

has inspired a number of
important enterprises-tbe
Great South papers; the ar
ticles on South America the
result OF an expedition sent
out by the magazinej; the
War Papers, which in
creased its circulation by
100, 900; the Life of Lincoln,
for the serial publication OF
which Messrs. Nicolay and
Hay. formerly private sec.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-06-03
Reformed Presbxtsrians.

PIrrsBURG, June AT to-day's SEES
sion of the Reformed Presbyterian
Church of the United States resolutions
were adopted refraining from identii-
cation with the nation SO long as it re-
fuses to acknowledge Christ as its king,
enioiniDg the session nnder the care of
the Synod to see that members of
their congregations do not identify
themselves with the nation by any act
that applies allegiance, and refusing
ecclesiastical fellowship with other
churches which allow their members to
identify themselves with the nation in
its neutrality claims of Christ as king of
the nation; also denouDcing secret so
cieties, endorsing prohibition, and char
acterizing tobacco as filthy and injuri-
Gus.
The Synod adjourned until Monday.