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NoLT0N's REMEDY WILL CURE CHIL
~ RLAlNS. Try it. 25c per bottle. For sale by
ian1O JOHN D. ii. LUNT
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D UBlFoAM for sale By
II J.D.H. LUNT
dec19 King and Washington streets
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CONCENTRATE COCOANUT, in buik. for
" sale in any quantities.
ap4 GEO. McRURNEY 4 son
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DUFFY'S MALT and q. o. TAYLORS wis
~ KIES, in cases, Just received.
oct9 GEO. McBURNEY y son.
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DOTOMAC FLOUR-Another invoice of th'
i celebrated Flour just received by
isn23 J. c. MILBUBE.
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WARRINGTON GILLiNGHAM,
ap11 cots Trustee.
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The bodies of seven men drowned in the
vicinity of Norfolk during he recent siorma
have been recovered.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-05-02
Style Of Pulpit Oratory.

The style of pulpit oratory has chang
ed very much in the last twenty five
years. The conversational tone, simple,
direct, often homely, sometimes even
colloquial, is the vogue now. The old
style of preaching, with its elaboration of
detail, with its formal exordium, its nu-
merous heads, and its rhetorical perora-
ton, would nothold the people nowadays
What is looked for and appreciated in
the pulpit is crisp and epigrammatic
style, with an element of newsiness and
freshness about it, Such style at its
best demands quite as much ability and
culture as the old style. Indeed, itreally
demands more, for it presupposes the
power to condense great deal of
thought into few words, which is only
possible to high order of intellect DR..
Parkhurst and Dr. Paxton, of this city,
are noteworthy instances of this style Of
preaching. They both, in an eminent
degree, have the power to put a great
thought before their hearers in a few cpl
grammatic sentences, tinged with the
homely vernacular of the people. They
might indeed be called pulpit etchers.
The young preacher who wants to learn
the secret of public success could not do
better than study carefully the methods
of these two great preachers. --New York
T1ibnSe
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-05-02
Homes in Honduras.

The total abse 1e Of glass in windows
in Truiillo impreA home as singular at
first, but after severafSa lays of the coast
heat he acknowledges the good sense
which endeavors to open the house as
much as possible to any breeze that may
be stirring. Iron bars cover all the win
dows of dwellings, of any size; many
"patios," and the corridors surrounding
them, are tiled with o blue and white
variety OF marble, quarried near Pota,
a few miles back from the coast. The
rafters in many houses are exposed, the
space between them being covered with
o native straw-colored mating, which is
also often used on the walls instead of
plaster; the mating, with the tiled
floors Of the room, affords the traveller a
refreshing sense of GOODNESS, after hot
ride under burning sun.
The furniture of the wealthy is made
OF the finest grained mahogany, and
some of the massive bedsteads will never
be moved from the town to the interior
unless railway is built, for no mule
can carry such immense affairs. Closets
or cupt.oalus are never seen, and in a
hotel one is fortunate if he finds q
clothespress. The most well-to-do have
no idea of home decoration, and even if
homes were made pretty, the wretched,
stupid servants would be unable to keep
them in order. In the middle classes
no house servants are employed, the
mistress of the house being cook,
chambermaid, and waitress, and when
one of these poor souls passes away her
history may be summed up in few words
,,She nursed, made 'tortillas, and died. ;"
N, Y. Times.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-05-02
Facts Concerning the centipede.

The centipedes that live in the United
States, certainly the northern States. are.
for the most part harmless. But the
same cannot be said of the nultitudes
OF the race residing in the West Indies
and other warm climates. In these
places the bite of the centipede is not
only very painful but sometimes danger
Gus. Like some other animals, the ap-
pealance of the centipede is against
him.
Centipedes are quite ready to stand on
the defensive when they are attacked,
and when they consider themselves in
d%nger. Their disposition to bite rem
ders them rather troublesome bed-fel-
lows. When they get into bed, the
least movement of the sleeper over whom
they may be crawling, and who can
hardly fail to be disturbed by their sharp.
pointed feet and claws acting on his
skin, is almost sure oprovoke venemous
bite, which will be Frequently repeated
if the midnight visitor is not removed
from the bed.
The bite OF the centipede is exceed
lngly painful for the moment, and is
followed, unless the wound is taken care
OF in season, by great inflammation and
high fever Ii the insect is large one,
and the bite is severe, life is not infre-
quently lost, especially if the patient is
of delicate constitution.
Bishop Heber speaks of centipedes as
being very large and poisonous in differ
emit parts of India. These insects have
occasionally been brought to this colln-
try in cargoes Of hides from countries
where they are abundant, and where
their bite is poisonous. Some years
since, a mau who was employed in UNI
loading vessel in Boston, lost his life
In consequence Of bite received from
a centipede brought to the country in
this way.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-05-02
THE OLD FASHIONED MILL.

there's an old-fashioned mill in valley near
homo,
Whose wheel long is idle and stil as in
death;
While overits threshold the rabbit may roam.
Unstartled by murmur or even breath.
But once on n timein my youth was blessed
While there in the cleaning we stood, she
and l,
And laughed as we asked what the mill wheel
expressed.
For sometimes 'twould sing and again it
would sigh,
Till at last then said, at is telling to Won
The story which long have hungered to
tell
One quick, startled glance from those dear
eyes of blue
AS they dropped and she murmured. IT'S
well, dear, tits we'll"
Then still stood the mill Wheel what more
need it say
To us, as we stood in the twiIigbt's last
CLEAN?
calm benetiction, the close Of the day,
And sound as Of prayer from the muir.
muring stream.
Northeastern Miller
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-05-02
A WHITE cAsTAwAY.
his Terrible Experience in the Wilds
of Africa.

Africa contains over eight million
miles in area, and has over twenty mil
lion inhabitants. In such vast and
almost unknown country thrilling all
ventures are of everyday occurrence,
and the traveller, hunter and explorer is
subject to perils peculiar to Africa
alone. OF such was the experience of
Mr.. Deane, one of the agents of the
Congo Free State. He was in command
of Stanley Falls Station when it was at
tackled by the Arabs. Deane, with his
comrade Dubois and four Haussa sol
diers, fled from the station, and it was
not long before Dubois fell into the
river and was drowned. Deane and his
soldiers pushed on all night in drench-
ing rain, and only stopped at daylight
for short rest. While Deane's clothes
were hanging on the bushes to dry, d
shout in the rear told them that they
We're discovered and that the Arabs
We're in hot pursuit. Deane had just
time to throw his clothes over his arm
and start ut full speed through the
bush, followed by his attendants. 1t
was nearly noon before they succeeded
in distancing their pursuers, and by that
time it was n most e-begone band of
fugltiyes. In the race for life every Haus-
So had lost his gun, and not weapon
OF any sort was left in the party. One
by one Deane had dropped his garments,
and he had nothing left except small
military cape, which he threw over his
shoulders. In the midst of an African
jungle he had not the slightest protee-
fi0p for bic blaaIinc, foot o,,J ox,o,, - l.,
had saved his boots he would not have
dared to put them on, for the tracks
would have revealed to any prowling
Arab or hostile native that white man
was in the neighborhood. A cannibal
tribe, with whom Deane himself had had
serious fight, lined the river below
and he dared not appeal to them for
succor. He was about three hundred
miles from the nearest white station of
Bangala. All that could be done was to
struggle down the river, through the
dense brush and forests, several miles
inland, avoiding all the tribes except
one or two that were known to be friend
ly, and living ON whatever they could
pick up that would afford nutriment.
For four weeks this white castaway
wandered through the country, living
on wild grapes, fried ants and caterpil-
lars, and sleeping at night on the bare
earth, with no covering but dried leaves.
At last they came to the Bakuma tribe,
and shortly afterward were rescued by
Crptain Coquihart, who had been sent
in search of Deane. 1t was an expert
ence that not one white man in a
thousand could have lived to relate.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-05-02
How Massacre Canyon Got Its Name.

Those of our readers who have not as
yet paid visit to the lime kilns of the
San Jacinto Lime and Timber Company,
which are situated in the famous MAS
sacre" canyon about five miles from
town have indeed missed sight.
In Company with Max w. Winkler,
the genial manager of the lime company,
we visited the kilns of the company and
explored the famous canyon of which we
had heard so much. AS some of our
readers may not have heard why this
canon was SO named, we will give q
short sketch of the history of this canyon.
away back in the dim recesses of the
past, some OF the bold, bad, San Jacinto
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-05-02
Poison Fangs.

If drop of the oil from foul pipe
be placed in the mouth Of snake the
action is almost instantaneous. The
muscles become set in knotted Jumps
and the creature becomes rigid If much
amount only is placed in the mouth the
snake may be restored This, as Mr..
Oakley has suggested, may explain the
stories of Indian snake charmers being
able to turn a snake into stick. ThiE
feat is performed by splitting into the
snakes mouth nd then placing the
hand ON its head until the reptile b[
comes stiffened The effect may be pro-
duced by opium or some other narcotic
introduced with the saliva. They then
rub the snake between their hands, re-
storing it again to its usual animation
The sting of snakes is neither in the tail
nor the tongue. The death dealing
organs are the great poison fangs. The
fatal wound is a bite and not sting.
And among all the spe 'ial notifications
OF snake structure none is more remark
able than the development of the
poison fang. In the harmless snakes
there is longish bone on each side of
the upper jaw, which may be armed with
dozen teeth or more But in the vipers
this bone is shortened to wedge, which
bears only one great fang, though be-
hind 1t there may be two or three re-
serve fangs, one of which will rapidly
become attached to the bone should the
poison tooth i'll use be broken. In all
snakes the iawbones are but loosely at
taehed to the brain case But in the
ylpers this fang-beaTing bone is SO
hinged to its neighbors that, when the
creature is not reused, the poison tooth
can be laid back in the mouth and pro-
tacted by % fold of skin. Should the
creature, however, be enraged, and the
mouth be opened widely, it's poison
fangs may be separately or simultane-
ously erected so us TO stand out at right
angles to the jaw. In the less developed
venomous snakes the curved fang is
grooved along its anterior margin; but
IN the eobras the groove has sunk SO
deep into the fang that it only opens
by a narrow slit, while in the vipers and
the ring-hals even this slit has closed,
and there is a complete canal running
from the base Of the tooth to slit-like
orifice near, but not quite at the point.
Into this canal at its lower ends opens
the duct of the poison gland, deadly
modification OF harmless salivary gland.
In fairsized puff adder I dissected
this was about as large as beam About
half dram of clear gummy poison may
be collected from fresh and vigorous
cobra.-Narrdy's Magasine.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-05-02
Hereditary Influence of Age.

The influence of the ages of parents
upon the vitality of children has been
investigated by M. Joseph Korosi, of
the Buda-Pesth Statistical Bureau.
From about 30, 900 data he draws these
conclusions: Mothers less than twenty
years old and fathers less than twenty
four years old have children more weak
~ and more liable to pulmonary disease
than parents Of ripper age. The
healthiest children are those whose
fathers are from twenty-five to forty, and
whose mothers are from twenty to thirty.
liz the best marriages the husband is
older than the wife, but woman Of
thirty TO thirty-fiye will have stronger
children If her husband be little--pot
as much as five ears--the younger.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-05-02

She saw enough at her first glance TO
warrant all the precaution she had
taken. Naked, hideously bedaubed in
paint and evil-eyed, such villainous
looking lot of savages she had never be-
| fore seen. There We're seventeen Of
them drawn up in squad few yards
distant, and they were surveying alter
nately the cabin and the growing dog.
The Indians We're armed with bows
and arrows and lances, with but two
guns in the crowd. Mrs. Gleason saw
ut once that they were Sioux. Standing
far enough back in the darkened cabin
to prevent them from seeing her, she
looked through her portfolio directly
into the eyes OF these dangerous visitors.
For u few moments they sat their
ponies silently, giving no hostile sign.
Presently one OF them with a gutteial
word of command, turned his animals
head and with vicious cut of his quirt
set off at gallop, and the whole troop
followed him.
Sallie Gleason breatled more freely
as she watched the galloping squad
cross the creek and ride out of sight be-
You'd point of bluff some half-mile be-
low. She thought of her husband, but
felt certain he was not in the direction
they had taken. She opened the door
and windows and resumed her house
hold occupations, but kept a sharp
watch in all directions.
Several hours passed with no Incl
dent to arouse her fears afresh. At noon
she made preparations for dinner ex-
pecting Bill soon to return. Then she
took pail and started for the spring for
water
She reached the top of the gulley
through which the little creek ran, and
was about to descend to the spring
when she saw something near the mouth
of the gulch that gave her instant
alarm. 1t was single feather, dyed
red, projecting above She ridge of clay
bank that marked turn of the creek s
channel.
She had seen that feather three hours
before and remembered it. 1T slowly
She turned about and
hurried back to the cabin, expecting
every moment to hear the Indian yell
and feel an arrow pierce her body. But
nothing further occurred to alarm her
then and she reached the cabin in safety.
Once more she barred all entrances
Ind prepared to defend herself to the
asst. She understood now, she thought,
Why the treachcrons fellows had ridden
sway SO unconcernedly. They had in /
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-05-02
Artificial Lungs for the Drowning.

Professor Poe, of Bridgeport, Conn.,,
has invented an artificial pair of lungs
which he uses in restoring life in cases
of drowning and asphyxiation. He is
experimenting on pet rabbit, and has
already drowned it and restored it to
life eleven times. The rabbit has also
been suffocated by the fumes of burning
charcoal until all signs of life We're ex-
tinct The Professor then attached his
patent bellows to the animals mouth
and forced oxygen into the lungs. The
returning suction drew out the deadly
gases, and the artificial respiration pro
duced muscular contraction and ex-
pansion of the lungs until life vas re-
stored. Professor Poe claims that his
invention will save human beings as
well as rabbits. Atlanta Constitution.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-05-02

According to reports received at
Washing ton, a herd of native American
buffalo have escaped the advancing
march of civilization and are roaming
The wilds of Wyoming. 1t has been gen
orally beloved that the buffalo in their
free state had practically become extinct,
except in the Yellowstone Park, where
The national Government has taken steps
for their preservation, but Delegate
Carey received letter few days ago
from Mr.. Frank E. Coffin, of Wyoming,
saying that herd Of twenty six buffalo
have been found browsing in the Red
l'esert, Wyoming, and that the Indians
were preparing to slaughter them. At
Mr.. Carey's request the Indian Bureau
issued orders which, it is hoped, will
save the animals. The game laws OF
Wyoming are adequate to protect the
ANIMALS from the whites, but the Terri.
torial laws do not extend over the In.
dians Mr.. Carey says that it is possible
there may be few other herds of buffalo
roaming over the Western country. away
f'om all human habitations. Each
spring the cowboys kill a few bulls who
come out Of the brush but 1t is very
unusual 10 hear Of so many of the ar
mails being Discovered in one place.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-05-02
had given the lesser and nearer tribes a

had given the lesser and nearer tribes n
wholesome fear of the soldiers, stationed
at various posts throughout the region.
no Indian was trusted, unless thorough
ly known to be the white mans friend.
and of the three men living ut the Little
I'lnmcon, one always remained near the
cabin. When the trappers were away
Gleason staid close at home, busying
himself with the building of stables,
yard and fence, or with improvements
upon the cabin. 70 the latter he added
III time bedroom for himself and wife,
and general storage room for pro
vender of all sorts.
Flour, coffee, sugar and other neees-
sar1es were got at Prairie du Chen by
Briggs and Ellery, who made the trip in
their 6dteau.
Early in the autumn Struggling bands
| OF Indian hunters sometimes stopped nc
the 'Pinnieon" cabin to beg for ''tobac''
and ''sug, which, us the supplies were
limited, had to be denied them.
Winter came aud passed without Incl
dent to the settlers, save such as their
| hunts afforde>l These were often stir
ring or amusing, and their recital served
to make the evening pass pleasantly be-
tore the cracking back-logs of the fire.
place.
| Thus time passed until planting
time came and went, and still the little
band remained unmolested About the
first Of June Briggs and Ellery, with the
bateaa well loaded with the s'spring
catch, set out for Prairie du Chen.
| They had been gone twelve days, and
their rnt11rr,
what anxiously looked for by the Glea-
sons, who were out of flour and some
other necessities. 1t was on the morn
ing of this twelfth day that Bill, as his
wife and the others called Gleason, came
hurrying to the cabin.
"Sallie. said he, with much excite
ment, ''there's big band of elk bout u
mile up creek, an I'm goin' after 'em
Won't be gone long"
$50 ahead, Bill, said his wife. II can
take care o myself few hours He
snatched down his rifle from its pegs,
and hurried out.
He had gone not much more than an
hour when young dog chained near
the door began to bark. Mrs Gleason
looked out and saw coming down the
river, half mile away, string of horse
men, whom she knew at once to be In
dams.
She watched them moment Wheth-
er it was the manner in which they
rode, or the fact that she was alone that
alarmed her, she did not know, but. ac-
customed though she was to the lonely
life OF the frontier, she was frightened.
She Immediately shut and bolted the
door, and with table and stools hastily
barricaded the two small openings
which served us windows, leaving cor
ner OF the one at the front open to serve
as a portfolio. Then she looked to her
gun, and freshened the printing.
BY this time the sound of horses
hoofs had drawn near the cabin and
halted. Salie Gleasons face was very
pale at this moment, and her hands
trembled, yet she did not hesitate, gun
in hand, to take her place at the open
ing in the window.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-05-02

The microbe is now the craze of the
scientific world, remarks the San Fran
cisco Chronicle. Pasteur has traced most
complaints to the work Of this parasite
and now we hear that some of his assist
ants claim to have discovered the gener-
ativc microbc Of diphtheria. Ii they
discover any sure cure for this ailment
That is so frequently fatal they will
prove bencfactors Of their age, for diph-
iberia carries off more children in the
cities than lcorc of other complaints.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-05-02

A writer in the CongregationalisS says
that the word deacon has fallen into
disreputc, because SO many reputable
writers have made deacons the butts of
ridicule and satire. The result of this
is seen in the reluctance of so many good
men to accept this Office in the New
England churches.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-05-02

In proportion to population Holland
has the greatest commerce in the world.
Last year it averaged 1904, 40 for each
person in the kingdom.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-05-02
All the railroads in the United States

All the railroads in the United States
and Canada, without exception, now use
the standard time Of one of the four Sec
tons eastern, central, mountain, or
Pacific. Cities and towns have very
generally conformed to railroad time of
their respective sections. Out Of 25s
cites of over 10000 inhabitants, less
Than twenty-five still retain local time.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-05-02

1t will, no doubt, surprise many of
our readers to learn that large per-
centage of the counterfeiters who ply
sheir nefarious occupation in the United
States are Italians.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-05-02
Youth Inyenls a Cement Pavemena

Master Rufus c. Bush, aged seventeen
years, and one of the most diligent and
promising students of the Tulane
University, has invented cement pave
ment which, SO it is asserted by ex-
perienced men who have examined it,
ran be laid cheaper than any cement
pavement yet invented The young man,
who has devoted considerable time to
the study of chemistry, some time since
concluded to experiment in making
. pavements and made many mixtures,
none of which appeared to satisfy him
until few weeks ago, when he found
one which hardened quite rapidly and
became exceedingly strong and solid
and without doubt durable. The
formula is of course kept secret and
patent has been applied for. TIE pave
ment, it is said, can be used for street as
well as sidewalk paving.
The youthful inventor Is the SON OF
Mr. Charles Bush, of this city, and is
bright and intelligent young
man. -Neso Orleans PcuguAo
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-05-02

We sometimes imagine, states the New
York Independent, that the British rail-
ways are SO well managed that they kill
nobody. During the last nine months,
according to the London Times, 696 peo-
pie were killed and 60s6 injured ON the
British railways, a slaughter as great as
in considerable battle.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-05-02

J. T. FIEToHER, Of Jenkins Bridge.
w, was III his grave and men were
blicking 1t III, when they heard 4 gr0on.
They opened the coffin and found
hletcher's heart beating. He was taken
i ne, but died two days Afferwnfd
withoot rcgaining consciousness.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-05-02
The following recently appeared in

The following recently appeared in the
Detroit Free Press: 'sSouth Carolina
always hangs amurderer in public, and
she defes any one to find spectator of
any hanging who has subsequently taken
human life. She claims that every ex
ecution makes profound impression Of
the vengeance of the law"