Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-07-25
SOMEWHAT STRANGE
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS or
EVERYDAY LIFE.

EVERYDAY LIFE.
Funny Episodes and Thrilling Al
ventures Which Show That Truth
10 Stranger Than Fiction.
The singular fact is mentioned tina
while in Great Britain building opera
lions are suspended on the slightest an
proaoh Of FROST bricklaying IS carried
on In Norway during almost the coldes
weather that prevails for any time
FMS, IN Christiana building during tn,
winter months it is stated, has now bee,
prhctised for at least twelve years. bu
mote frequently during the last Eve, al
the Buildings this erected having stoot
remarkably Well. Experience has no
shown that walls built in winter exhibi
subsequently more dampness thai ta,os.
erected in summer. The reverse ma
be the case, since the difference between
the temperature Of the air and the mortar
cools the latter by evaporation and takel
away great part Of the moisture. Ac
cording TO the opinion Of the principa
builders in Christiana, bricklayers' work
executed with due care in winter. isrealI1
superior to similar work done in sum
mer-the whole art Of such work il
frosty weather consisting simply in the
use Of unslacked lime, the mortar pre-
pared with which is to be made in small
quantities Immediately before use. the
portion Of lime being increased as the
thermometer falls; the only care re-.
quired is to utilize tho unslacked lime
% handily and quickly as to enable the
mortar to bind with the bricks before il
cools. Another very important condi-
ticn is that the bricks be always kept
covered on the building site.
A GEohaiAN who 1atsiy returned to
Macon; Ga; from Hamilton; Marion
County Ala, related the following to a
reporter Of the Telegraph: Owen Hatch
keeps small grocery store in that
neighborhood. Mr.. Hatch sells LIQUOR
o we'll as family groceries. Keeping
only small stock Of liquor on hand. he
keeps most Of it in Jugs. One day two
gallon Jug Of corn liquor was left stand
ing on the floor behind the counter.
Mr.: Hatch stepped behind the counter
and was surprised to see black snake
coiled around the Jug with its head in
side. He watched for a moment, and
soon discovered that the snake was
drinking liquor. It was not disturbed,
and after several minutes it slowly un-
cooled itself and attempted to crawl
sway, but was too drunk, and stretched
itself out on the floor, apparently asleep,
until next day. Mr.. Hatch examined
the Jug and found that the snake had
drank more than quart Of liquor. Two
d1ys later the same snake returned, and
when it crdwled under the counter Mr..
Hatch watched it. By coiling itself
around the. Jug and giving its neck o
twist around the stopper it was able to
remove the cork; and again thrust its
head inside and began to drink liquor.
II wns allowed to drink its fill again,
after which it was killed.
4 MOST remarkable case has been
brought to light by the coroner at Chi
cago during an inquest on the body of
an eightsen- year old girl, who died in a
one-ro0m shanty, which served as o
home for widow and her six children.
Josephine Grabski, the dead girl, who
was the eldest Of the family, had never
walked step in her life. She had
never seen the light Of day, never heard
The sound Of voices, never uttered an
intelligible syllable since the day of her
birth, and was never known to smile. She
ates1hat was given her, rejecting moth
ing, and never made sign that she de-
aired more. The only feeling that this