Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-12-12
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remove part OF the thigh bone by the aid
of chisel and hammer, but such an
operation was successfully accomplished
the other day at st. Mary's Hospital,
Milwaukee, by DIR. d. J. HAYES
Stephen McGurty, of Franklin Town.
ship, Manltowee County, had his right
leg injured two years ago. Indamma.
ton set in, and finally the disease de
veloped into necrosis of the bone. Then
a new growth of bone tissue an inch in
( thickness, soon incased the diseased
structure and prevented the young man
from waking. The contiguous Tissues
became perforated with fistulae. fro,a
winch flowed dlsagreeable pus he
surgeon operated on the new bone W II,
o chlsel and hammer, and after Two
hours labor removed every vestiqe OF
the structure. The young man has
rapidly improved, and will shortly be
able to walk.
A CERTAIN Lewiston (Me.) woman is
IN luck. Recently she sat counting
some bills to the amount of $50. VIII .cb
sie had just taken out of her pocket
DOCK. Near at hand was fower-stand.
and noticing some dead leaves on her
plants she took them of, and mecbani-
cally crumpling, them and the bills in
| her hand thrust the whole into the stove.
LAID IN kindlings, turned on Kerosene
llghted the whole and went into another
room. Suddenly searching for her bills
TO replace them i'll her wallet. she
thought OF what she had done, and seiz-
ing upper OF cold water turned it upon
the ire IN about as quick time as ever
she did anything. Truly sstime was
money with her just then. And she
actually rescued the whole amount IN.
damaged except one bill, the edges of
which were slightly scorched.
BEFoRE the employees of the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing at Washington
leave this great workshop in the eve.
nlng, all the moneys, unfinished and
otherwise, and stamps, etc., that have
not been sent to the Treasury are put
IN the money vault, and all the pieces
OF engraved steel used in printing notes.
bonds, and stamps are placed in the
plate vault. These vaults are BURGLAR.
proof and fire proof, and the doors have
combination and time locks, the, secrets
OF which are never known by one man.
The engravers, and even the counters.
are supervised by special officers. With
all these safeguards it is no wonder that
there IS nothing but CONSERVATION when
a successful robbery is perpetrated on
the money branch of the Government
nor that such robberies are as rare as
angels visits.
OrTo, the mad king Of Bavaria, is TINS
described by one who has seen him al
Furstenried "Tall and almost as
gigantic in stature as his brother tt,e
late King Ludwig, his appearance ;s
sufficient to startle any one wi n sees !,
him for the FIRST time. His hp =, IL l 800
and unkempt, and his b,,ebv hro,,,so,
beard reaches down bel, wv he wa;st
There is kind of will, weird look i,
the eyes, the gaze Of which remains
steadfastly fixed straight 'o ahead dn; ;nto
empty space; T. ne only person who can
s Success - " .1nglng g cam of intelli-
ST NJ NJ $ face is the sixty year-old
y ' III ~" Ae, who was his nurse when
q cmliu' She is the only person who is
perm .Aad to speak to him.
a soHooLBoY in England hit upon
lovel method Of obtaining the answer
to an arithmetical problem. He dropped
into grocer's shop on his way to school,
and said he wanted certain commodities
at certain prices. After exhausting his
list, he said "Now, if / give you half
q sovereign, what change shall I get
back" The grocer told him, where
upon he thanked the shopman and turn
ed to go. ''Wait for the things" called
the grocer; and his disgust can be
imagined when the ingenious urchin
told him he was too late for school and
as he hadn't learned his arithmetic
lesson, he had adopted that me hod Of
getting the sum worked for him.
On Christmas Day in the northern
extremity Of Vancouver Island, near
fort Rupert, Capt. Jim, an aged Indian
chief, will give his Tooth "potlach,"
which is expected to surpass all his pre-.
vious efforts. The British Government
has tried very hard to break up these
"give-away feasts, and have declared
them heathenish and unlawful. Among
the articles which will be lent are 6, 900
blankets, 800 pairs of silver bracelets,
and muck-a-muck galore, valued in all
at $40, 600. In about two years Capt.
Jim will receive in exchange for these
at least $4,000. This cd chief is 65
years old and speaks English tluently.
WHEN Mrs. Hawlett, Of Washington
Avenue, Brooklyn, went to one of her
rooms on the third floor Of her residence
one day recently, she found sneak
thief in her room. He had gathered up
good many yaluables ready to take
away, and she asked him what he was
doing He raised his hand to strike
bo,. lint cba q odd mr., hafnpe him opI