Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-09-13

vi IN had noticed as they
rode along, the bleak
country, with its uninviting fields
and sandy strips of land, and finally
said TO his companion: 81 don't see how
you live in this forlorn- looking country.
What do you rinse down here, anyway
Wall, was the drawing answer, I'VE
plant schoolhouses and raise men.
IT is told that when Frederick III. OF
Mackenzie introduced to him cele-
brat,d American physician, who exam
ined his throat carefully. II suppose, :
said the Emperor. s'an imperial throat
10 very much like that of other throats2"
"Well, 4 answered the American quickly
tive will try and make it so, at any rate. !"
Fred. rick appreciated the answer, and
shifting his mighty chest, said: 'sBut
this is al right, is it not3" The doctor
looked him over gravcly and replied:
YES. As for the lest, you would
make good American The Emperor
enjoyed It all, but the German doctors
were simply dumfounded at the levity
Of the Yankee.
A FAMOUS man eating tiger has just
been captured alive in India. A pit wns
tug for : trap and baited with bullock.
After two days the beast came around,
and promptly jumped into it. To cap
ture him second pit was dug near the
FIRST and OF the same depth. From this
q tunnel was run to the first pit, thin
wall Of tarth being left between the end
Of the tunnel and tho pit. A strong
bamboo cage WINS pushed into this tunnel
from second pit. A goat was placed
in the cage, ind tie wall of earth was
broken down. The tiger sprang upon
the goat, the entrance to the cage was
quickly closed, and the beast was fast,
and stayed SO until he was safe in Cal
cutta.
PoRT HuRoN, Mich, has a gas we'll
that is six years old. The finders did
not know what it was when they struck
II. It was put down for oil, and. as the
Times says, the objects for which the
work was undertaken not having been
reached, II was abandoned, and by some
strange phase in this wide awake com
muuity II is being forgotten. The site
OF the hole was originally hollow basin.
It is now mound. The action of the
gas through those years has forced over
zoo tons Of matter out Of the bowels Of
the earth, and il still ut wcrAssA power
that might have been utilized in light
ing and heating our city is thus running
70 waste in building miniature hill.
A Maine fishing schooner recently
eanght On the George Banks, on hall
but trawl, qnesr fish. It weighed
seventy fire pounds, and 8 describe /
AS being ''nbout as large as the top OF a
hogshead and almost ms broad as long"
When first taken from the water
1t was Of bright red color and
marked with silver spots, varying
IN size from that OF three-cent
piece TO that of silver dol
lar. After the fish had boon on, Of the
water while the rcd became purple. ex-
cept on the fins, which ret ined their
vivid hue. The fins, three in number,
were small in proportion to tho body,
and the tail was short and broad.
The story Of how Gen. Andrew Jack
son got the name of old Hickory is again
going the rounds, and will be new I'd
some young readers During the Creek
war he had a bad cold, and his soldiers
made for him shelter of hickory bark.
The next morning q tipsy soldier, not
knowing, who was under the bark
kicked 1t over. As the general, speech
less with rage, struggled out OF the ruins
the soldier yelled, Hello, Old Hickory!
Come out Of your bark and take
drink When the soldiers saw jackson
shaking tho bark from his uniform they