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Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-05-17

against the Christian religion, which he all
his life gloriously preached. Andrew jackson
Davis, the greatest of all the Spiritualists,
comes to the front and declares that the New
Testament is but "the dismal echo OF a bar
barrie age" and the Bible only lone Of the
pen and ink relics OF Christianity They
attempt to submit the writings Of Andrew
Jackson Davis and other religious balder-
dash in the place OF this old Bible have
in my house q book which was used in this
very city in the public service oflSpiritualists
It is we'll worn with much service. open
that book, and it says:
Nv hat is our baptism? Answer: Frequent
ablutions of water. What is our inspirationa
Plenty Of fresh air and sunlight What is
our prayer. Abundant physical exercise.
What is our love feasti A clear conscience
and sound sleep And find from the same
book that the chief item in their public wor-
ships gymnastic exercise and that Is when
ever they want to rouse up their souls to
very high pitch of devotion they sing,
page 65: ''The night has gathered up her
moonlit fringes;" or page l6: Come to
the woods. heighom You say You are not
keep on IN the track you have started.
But says some one, swouldn't it be Of
advantage to hear from the future world!p
Don't You think it would strengthen Chris
tians? There are great many Materialists
who do not believe there are souls, but IL
splrltS Ifom the luture world ShQuu KNOCK
and talk over TO us they would be persuaded
To that answer, in the ringing words Of the
Son of God: IF they believe not Moses and
the prophets, neither will they be persuaded
though one rose from the dead. y
Now believe. under God. that this sermon
will save many from disease, insanity and
pcrdition. believe these are the days of
which the apostle spate when he said: ain
the latter times some shall depart from the
faith. giving heed to se5ucing spirits.n
think my audience, as well as other audiences
in this day, need to have reiterated in their
hearing the passages quoted some minutes
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UNREST.

The farther you journey and wander
From the sweet simple faith Of your youth,
The more you peer into the yonder
And search for the root Of all truth,
No matter what secrets uncover
Their veiled mystic brows in your quest,
Or close. on your astral sight hover,
Still, still you walk with unrest.
Ifyou seek for strange things you shall find then
But the ind shall bring you 70 grief;
The dead lock the portals behind them,
And he who breaks through is thief
The soul with such ill-gotten plunder,
With lis premature knowledge oppressed,
Shall grope in unsatisfied wonder
Alwav by the shores OF unrest.
Though bold hands lift up the thin curtain
That hides the unknown from our sight;
Though shadowy faith becomes certain
OF the new life that follows deaths night;
Though miricles past eOmprehending
Shall Startle the heart in your breast,
Still, still will your thirst be amending,
And your soul will be sad with unrest.
There are truths too Sublina and too holy
To grasp with u mortal minds touch,
We are happier far 10 be lowly;
Content means not knowing too much.
Peace dwells not with hearts that are yearnlng
To fathom all labyTinths unguess:d,
And the soul that is bent on vast learning
Shall find with its knowledge unrest.
-EUd Wheeler WHcor.
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NINE SENSIRLE SAYINGS.

Curses are like professions; they re-
turn to the place whence they came.
The brave man is an Inspiration to
the weak, and compels following.
What we believe is right is more often
so because it grinds our axe than other-
wise.
Never did any soul do good but it
came reader to do the same again with
more enjoyment.
There is nothing like settling with
ourselves, as there is 4 deal we must do
without in this life
To smile ut the jest which plan5s a
thorn in another's breast is to become a
principal in The mischief.
Nothing is SO contagious as example;
we are never either much good or much
evil without imitators
Wickedness may prosper for while;
but, in the long run, he who sets all
knaves at work will pay item.
The nerve that never relaXes, the eve
that never blanches, tha thought that
never wanders, are the harbingcrs Of
victory.
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REV ARDED BY PERSEVERANCE

REWARDED BY PERSEVERANCE.
Boston Courier.
YES" said the young man, as he
threw himself at the feet of the pretty
school teacher, L love YOU, and would go
to the worlds end for YOU"
You could not go to the end of the
world for me, James. The world-or
the earth as it is called-is round like a
ball, slightly fiattened at the poles One
Of the first lessons in the elementary
geography is devoted to the shape of the
globe. You must have studied it when
YOU were a boy"
"Of course l did, but"
And it is no longer a theory. Cir
cumnavigatorsh have established the fact
Il know; but what | meant was that
l would do anything to please you.
All! Minerva, if You knew the aching
void"
There is no such thing as void. James.
Nature abhors a vacuum: but admitting
that there could be such thing, how
could the void you speak of be void if
/ there was an ache IN It:
Il mean to say that my life will be
lonely without YOU: that you are my
daily thought and my nightly dream. |
would go anywhere to be with you II
you were in Australia or at the North
pole | would fly to YOU. /"
Fly! 1t will be another century be-
fore men can fly. Even when the laws
of gravitatiOn are successfully overcome
there will still remain, says a late scien-
tiic authority, the difficulty of main
tanning a balance"
well at all events" exclaimed the
youth, "I've got a pretty fair balance in
the savings bank. and want you to be
my wife. Therew
"Well, James, since you put it in that
light, I"
Let the curtain fall
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43rIntnitt Chronicle.
THURSDAY, MARCH p, 1888.
THE KING OF SLAMS AMAZONs

THE KING OF SIAM'S AMAZONS.
A correspondent derives the following
curious facts from the Prince of Siam,
brother of the King, who has been on
visit TO Europe:
He gave us some curious information
about the kings Amazons. the Royal
Guard being composed entirely of wo-
men. This battalion consists of four
hundred women, chosen among the
handsOmest and most robust girls IN the
country. They receive excellent pay
and their discipline is perfect. They are
admitted to serve at the age of thirteen,
and are placed in the army of the re-
serve at twenty-five. And from that
period they no longer serve about the
Kings person, but are employed to guard
the roval palaces and crown lands.
On entering the army the Amazons
make vow of chastity, from which
there is no exemption, unless any OF
them should attract the Kings attention
and be admitted among his wives. The
Kings choice seldom falls on the most
skilled in military exercise. The cos
tune these women wear is very rich.
Their full dress is composed of white
wooden robe, embroidered with gold.
The cloth is extremely fine, and descends
as far as the knee. 1t is covered with a
light coat of mail and a gilt cuirass.
The arms are free, and the head is cover
ed with gilt easque. When wearing this
dress on state occasions, their only weap-
on is a lance, which they handle with
wonderful dexterity. With their undress
thev are armed with muSketS.
The battalion is composed of four
companies, and each company of one
hundred women, commanded by cap
tain of their own sex. Should the cap
tain die, the company is drilled during
three DAYS by the King,whO appoints the
most competent to succeed in command.
The King of Siam never undertakes
any expedition without being accompa-
MED by his female guard, nor does he
ever hunt, or even ride without an
escort of the same guard. Every lndl-
vidual of the battalion has five negreSS-
es attached to her service, and having
thus no domestic occupation, she can
devote herself exclusively to the duties
of her profession.
There is a parade ground near the
city, where one company is stationed
for two days every week to exercise
themselves in the use of the lance, the
pistol, and the rifle. The king attends
once a month at these exercises, accom-
panied by his brother, who shares in
some degree the sovereign power, and
distributes prizes to those most deserv-
ing.
In duels, on the death of one of the
parties, the deceased receives a magniti-
cent funeral and the high priest pro-
nounces a panegyric, declaring that the
deceased, by her valor, has merited eter-
nal rest in the abode of the blest. The
survivor receives the congratulations of
her companions: but, as measure of
discipline, she is sentenced to pass two
months away from her companions in
fasting and prayer.
The military organization of this bat
talon is so perfect that the entire army
endeavors to initiate it.
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uAHEHA :
Ess!aEasES e EEzsEEsEsezs
S Ais
YOU ?
E9ysEFlEEs,,zszzss5ssE sES5SEEEs,sssEzl a

Do you feel dull. languid, low-sprited, life
less, and indeScribably miserable both physi-
cally and mentally; experience a sense of
fullneSS or boating after eating, or of gone
ness, or emptiness of stomach in the morn
ing, tongue coated, bitter or bad taste in
mouth, irregular appetite, dizziness, frequent
headaches blurred eyesight, floating specks -
before the eyes, nervous prostrdtiOn or eX-
heustion, irritability of temper, hot flushes,
alternating with chilly sensations, sharp,
feet, drowsness after meals, wakefulness, or
disturbed and unrcfreshing sleep, constant,
indescrbable feeling OF dread, or of impend-
ing calamity?
If you have ALL or any considerable number
of these symptoms, you are suffering from
Bilious Dyspepsia, or Torpid Liver, associated
with Dyspepsia, or Indigestion. The more
complicated your disease has become, the
greater the number and diversity of symp-
TOMS. No matter what stage it has reached
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
will subdue it, if taken according to direc-
tiOns for a reasonable length of time. If not
cured, complications multiply and Consump-
ton of the Lungs. Skin Diseases, Heart Disease,
rheumatism, Kidney Disease, or other grave
or later, induce a fatal termination.
DIR. Pierce'S Golden Medical Dis
cOvery acts powerfully upon the Liver, and
through that great blood purifying organ,
cleanses the system of all blOOd-taints and i'm
purltles, from whatever cause arising. 1t is
equally eficacious in acting upon the Kid
neys and other eXcretOry organs, cleansing,
strengthening, and healing their diseases. AS
an appetiZing, restorative tonic it promotes
digestion and nutrition, thereby building mn
both flesh and strength. In malarial districts,
this wonderful medicine has gained great
celebrity in curing Fever and Ague, Chills and
Fever, Dumb Ague, and kindred diseases.
DR.. Fieree's Golden Medical Dis.
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HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.

HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.
TIE Wisconsin Democratic State Con
vention will be held May l.
]. PATTERSON, aged sixty, fell into
Wills Creek, at Cambridge, o., and was
drowned.
FROM all points in Dakota offers of
aid are being made to sufferers from the
blizzard in the East.
GEO. DARRELL and Henry MetZgar,
two prisoners at Ripley, o., broke Jail
and made their escape.
THE Buckeye Buggy Company, of Co
lumbus, o., was burned out. Loss $780,
600; insurance 100000.
sreported that James G. Blaine will
not return to America until after the Re
publican National Convention.
SIX persons were poisoned by eating
head cheese at Bloomington. ILL.,, four of
whom are lying at the point Of death.
DALLAS YARNELL was killed instant
ly by an engine of a freight train while
attempting to cross the track at Cam
bridge, O.
A YOUNG lady named Gurley was
fatally burned at Newark, o., by her
clothing catching fire while at work near
fireplace.
JOHN SKINNER, a colored murderer,
was taken from the Jail at Hopkinsville,
KY, by a mob, and hanged to tree about
a mile from town.
DANIEI. BOWMAN. a prominent farm
er living near Beaver Dam, o., was
found dead in his cornfeld. Marks on
his head point to foul play.
TIE colored people Of Georgia have
petitioned the Railroad Commission to
settle the question of discrimination
against them on railroad cars.
A WINNIPEG dispatch says the out
look for peaceable settlement of tn;
difficulties between Manitoba and the
Dominion is not as bright as it was.
TIE damage suit of Allen o. Myers
against the Prosecutor Of Franklin coun-
ty has been dismissed on account of the
plaintiffs failure to deposit security for
costs.
P. H READ, editor Of the Standard,
at New Philadelphia. O., was arrested
at the instance of Wm. Gould, of the
Tstsca5a5rS Democrat, on Il charge of
criminal libel.
EDWARD s. POWELL. recently mar
ried into one of the best families at Dan
vile, Ky, was arrested and lodged in
jail on a requisition from Texas for
horse stealing.
The employees of the Lake Erie, Ali
ance and Southern Railroad have been
notified of the restoration of the old
scale of wages. This is practically an
increase of ten per cent.
THERE is a rapid recovery from the
effects of the great Eastern storm. Com
munication by Wire and rail is being re-
established and business resumed. The
reported loss of life is heavy.
CYRUS p. BENEDICT, an employ6 of
the Adams Express Company for twen-
ty years at Washington, ID. C., pleaded
guilty of embezzlement and was SEN
fenced TO three and a half years in the
Albany Penitentiary.
TIE great storm on the Atlantic
coast, swept the country from Florida
to Maine. Unprecedented mischief has
been wrought, and there is great devas-
tation throughout New England. The
damages sustained in New Y York are eS-
timated at $20,000,Q00,
INTELLIGENCE has been received of
the drowning in the Skirna River, Alas
ka, of Rev. Mr.. Sheldon, Mrs. r. Gun
ningham and two Indians. 1t is thought
that the Rev. Mr. Sheldon is Rev. Shell
don Jackson, the noted Indian mission
ary, who is in charge of the Indian
schools of Alaska under the direction of
10 ~
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REPRIEvE FOR THE CONDEMNED.

Wretched men and women long con-
demed to suffer the tOrtures of dyspepsia,
are filed with new hope after few doses
of HOstetter's Stomach Bitters. This
budding hope blossoms into the fruitiOn
of certainty, if the Bitters is persisted in
1t brings reprieve to all dyspeptics who
seek its aid. Flatulence, heartburn. sink
ing at the pit of the stomach between
meals, the nervous tremOrs and insomnia
of which chronic indigestion is the parent,
disappear with their hateful prOgenitOr.
Most beneficient of stomachicsl who can
wonder that in so many instances it
awakens grateful elOquence in those who
benefited by it, speak voluntarily in its
behalf. 1t requires graphic pen to de-
scribe the tOrments of dyspepsia. but in
many of the testimonials received by the
proprietors of the Bitters, these are por-
trayed with vivid truthfumeSs. ConSti-
patton, biliOusneSS, muscular debility,
malarial fevers and rheumatism are re
lieved by it. M
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MERIT ALWAYS WINS.

The increasing demand for safe and
certain remedy for worms in children is
shown i'll the sales of Pattcrson'S Worm
SyrlP.' All persons using this valuable
remedy unite nits praise. Safe, sure and
pleasant. Children cry for it" sold by
all dealers; 25ctS. l06,S7-tf
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Is CONSUMPTION INCURABLE?

II NV-NNI MI IIV-N nv Z M DIE
Read the following: c. II. Norris. New
ark, says, WAS down with abSceSS of
lungs, and friends and physicians pro
nOunced me an incurable cOnsumptive;
began taking Dr. Kings New DiscOverd
for Consumption; am now on my thiry
bottle, and able to oversee the work on
my farm. 1t is the finest medicine ever
made" Jesse Middlewart, Decatur, Ohio,
says: Had it not been for DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption would have
died of lung trouble; was given up by
doctors; am now in best OF health" Try
it. Sample bottle free at Patterson &
Sons drug store. D
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A POPULAR PREACHER.

The Rev. DR.. C. H. Parkhurst, of the
Madican Avenue Presbyterian Church,
New York, is, perhaps, the most popu-
lar preacher in that city. His church is
always packed. He owes his popularity
very greatly to his pithy sayings, which
f1ow from his pen as easily as from his
tongue. In an article in the March
Forum, on What the Public Schools
Should Teach" occur the following epi-
grammatic sayings
People have to pay for being stupid.
Money cannot make brains, but brains
can make money.
Whether in a mill-pond or in the swim
of life. it is mans head that must be
kept above water if his whole body will
be saved from drowning.
Industrial ignorance is the mother of
idleness, the grandmother of destitutiOn
and the great grandmother of socialism
and nihiliStic discomfort.
4 good deal of what we are pleased
to call our goodness is only another
name for methods of behaving that we
have had drilled into us till they have
become habits.
We want to avail ourselves of the
pressure of theistic motives, not for the
sake of keeping the children ont of hell
by and by, but for the sake of keeping
hell out of the children now.
Furthermore, honesty and its assOci-
ate virtues are no more hereditary than
arithmetic and spelling, but have to be
acquired by something the same tuition
al process, which must begin with the
boys beginning, and grow with his
growth, if it is to be in him an integral
element.
1t is to be wished that there were a
a law prohibiting the use of spelling
books and grammars. l studied gram
mar in the ordinary way about three
weeks, just long enough to find out what
a genius some people can show in put
ting asunder what God hath joined to-
gether. 1t is splendid device for using
mp poor boys time, and sOuring his
disposition; but it will not keep him out
of the grave, nor help him to pay his
rent and butchers bills.
QUITE number Of persons who have
caoCa ON Soma onbiao+c fI,;,l- tbo ,oo,,lo
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QUITE number of persons who have
sense on some subjects think the people
of the United States are weary of every
form of asserting the rights of the peo-
pie and the truths of history as against
the frauds and shams of the Democratic
partv.
7 iere is no serious question that the
election of Cleveland to the Presidency
would not have been possible if it had
not 5een for the organized fraud that
disfranchiSed race in the States that
were of the Southern Confederacv
Cleveland is President OF the United
States under the forms and b. the null
LITIGATION of the Constitution.
The Democratic majority in the Ho Ise
is Gne result of this same fraud. |: is
J-.stitied by the Democratic party. The
justification is that the majority of the
Republicans in the South are colOred
men, and that it is craftsmanship and
patriotism to cheat them, and take the
Government from those who were its
friends in times of trial by battle and
place it in the possession of the men
VINO Iought TO destroy the nation and
still hold to the correctness of their prin-
ciples.
Even as mild form as stating the
fact as that by General Sheridan, who
said that 1.-The men who saved the cOun-
try should run it," is regarded as shak-
ing the bloody shirt; and it has become
the commOneSt form and assertion of
conservatism to acquiesce in the most gi-
gantic political fraud in history, and one
based upon reign of terror that fol
lowed the most horrible massacre of in
nOcent men on account of their opinions
that have been known in the modern
centuries.
If the people of the United States
consent to the rule of this fraud, and it
becomes unpopular to speak of it and
protest against it, they deserve to lose
their liberties. es.-Cjn. Com. Gazette.
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Mr.. ElmOre had a great deal to tell
his son, but his favOrite theme was al
ways DnTa-her sweetness to him when
he was overwhelmed with sorrow, and
her steadfast faith in Dicks goodness
and truth, which had been one of his
greatest comforts.
''She has been like a daughter to me
for these many, many long years." he
said
"If l only had the courage l would
ask her to be your daughter in reality
put in Dick, in a low tone.
"My boy, it would make me happy if
you would, and l do not think you need
fear that she will say No"
a little later Dick went to the draw
ing-rOOm. Dora was sitting there, near
the fire, busy sewing, while Fairy was
playing with the dog, laughing in her
pretty, merry fashion at his antics.
"tio to grandfather, darling: he is all
by himself" said Dick SO the child ran
off, the dog barking and jumping after
her.
''She is quite at home here now," said
Dora. smiling.
Yes, and do not wonder at it-yOu
are so kind to her; but Then you are kind
and good to every one" he returned.
His eyes were fixed on her: the fire
light shone brightly upon The fair head
that was now So thickly streaked with
gray; and with feeling of pain he no.
ticed how the years of patient resigna-
tion and suffering had changed the
bright, pretty girl into Il careworn wo-
man. and vet, in spite of her altered looks,
he knew that there was not and never
would be face so beautiful to him rs
hers. He stood leaning against the
mantelpiece without speaking, and she
looked up with a smile.
"Yeu are very silent, Dick" she said.
II was thinking of the past, Dora.
Do you remember how happy we We're
once? 1t was in this very room that |
told you how much | loved you. / was
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CURES ALL HEEzg0TS.

from common Dlotch. or Eruption, to the
worst Scrofula. Salt-rheum, Fever-sores,"
Scaly or Rough Skin, in short, all diseases
caused by bad blood are conquered by this
powerful, purifying, and invgoratng medi-
cine. Great Eating Ulcers rapidly heal under
fscd ts edin 3 nntnnn in s5 ESPoGsg as Imam y nan
Erysipelas, Boils. Carbuncles, Sore Eyes, Scrof-
ulous Sores and Sweliings, Hip-joint Disease,
White SwellinSS," Goitre, or Thick Neck,
and Enlarged Glands. Send ten cents in
stamps for large Treatise, with cOlored
plates, on Skin Diseases, or the same amount
for Treatise on ScrofulOus Affections.
"FGR TsIE ELCoD IS THE EgrE."
Thoroughly cleanse it by using Dr. fierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, and good
digestion, O fair skin, buoyant spirits. vital
STRENGTH and bodily heath will be est,ahlshed-