Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-10-25

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Inner, had fallen violently in love with
young lady Of the neighborhood, who
returned his passion. She was Of re-
markable beauty, and as soon as her
family heard of the affair every attempt
was made toput stop to tue meetings
OF the couple. day or two ago they
contrived to elude tho vigilance of the
girls relatives, and travelled together to
Bienne. where they passed the night.
The next morning they hired boat, and
when they had got about two hundred
yards from the shore the man was seen
to attach the anchor rope to his compan-
ions body, after which, producing q
knife, he attempted to open the veins in
her arm. Meanwhile the spectators of
this decidedly unpleasant scene had
sprung into the boats which were lying
near, and were pulling with the utmost
energy towards that in which the watch
maker and the girl were seated. Per-
ceiving that they would not long be left
to carry out their work of self-destruc-
ton unmolested, the man threw down
tho knife, and Selling revolver fired
twice ut his companion, but without
wounding her. He then turned the
weapon against his own breast, and
seizing the girl round the waist he
sprang with her into the lake. Their
would be preservers arrived too late on
the spot, aud it was some time ere the
bodies could be recovered. The girl and
her paistmour--who was married man
with four children tightly locked
in each others arms.
DIR. PRICE of Oconee county, Georgia,
suffered for years the pangs Of rheuma-
item, yalnly trying all remedies. Six
years ago one of his sons i'll Texas heard
that hairless Mexican dog, ii allowed
to sleep at the feet of sufferer from
rheumatism, was q sure cure. He
bought dog aud took it home to his
father. The old gentleman laughed at
the idea of such cure, but to please
his son tried the dog. The account
says that as soon as the doctor lay down
in bed the dog s'sprang in and coiled it.
self around his feet. In less than an
hour the dog gave him evident relief,
and i'll q short time effected cure.
Wherever the pain struck him he made
the dog lie against the place.
and the heat from the animals
body drew it out like mustard plaster
Every night for six years the doctor has
slept with his hairless bedfellow, who
now begins to show the effects of age,
and DR.. Price says that after its death,
if the rheumatic pains return, he will at
once send off for another Mexican
dog"
A SAN Francisco newspaper publishes
an interview with Capt. Henry White,
who has just returned from Tio Juana,
three miles north of San Diego. He
said: "We have just got concessions
from the Mexican Government by which
We have charter to establish o regular
Baden Baden at Tia Juana. If you
don't quite catch on, let me add that the
charter of the Louisiana Lottery Com
pany expires in three years, and the
company has offered to pay the entire
debt of Louisiana for renewal of 20
years, but the State refuses. Well,
there will have to be something to take
its place, and we--that is, large COM
pany OF Californians, from all over the
State--are going to have everything you
can think of running there on the dead
square. We are pushing the work,
can tell you. We will have fine hotels,
bath houses, and everything you can
think of. The location is delightful
plain, only thirty minutes run from
the Hotel Coronado at San Diego, and
We control $40 acres of fine land.
.T1IE average discharge from the Mis-
souri, into the Mississippi is estimated
at no cubic feet per second. This would
be 500,O cubic yards per day, and $50,
100000 yards per year. At flood stage
the sediment has reached the enormous
amount of 100000 cubic yards in one
day. This would make a bank % miles
long and one hundred yards across, and
1000 miles Of such levy in year.
When the united rivers pour into the
gulf, the output of soil annually is twice
the above amount. The meaning OF suci
figures it is impossible to measure. One
hundred and fifty cubic miles of the
continent tumbled annually into the sea
by one waterband The wear and waste
OF cultivahie soil is enormous. But the
great problem for man is how to con
troll the mud-laden waters, so that they
shall not destroy ruthlessly on the way
to their discharge.
ABOUT q year ago an agent for the SO
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty tt
Animals visited an old farmer Mt Norti
Belchertown, Mass, and told him tha
the horse that he was using had outlivec
its usefulness, and should notw rk more
The farmer at once killed his horse, alo
apparently vowed that he would not buy
another one, for, though he is quitt