Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-10-10

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como down. He managed to get out
and made his way to the engine room.
| There he found that muscular tomcat
had got into one of the pulley wheels
and started the elevator. But, like Sam
sons destruction of the temple, in per-
forming the wonderful feat the cat sacri-
feed its own life. From cat of ordin-
airy length it was stretched until it was
nearly yard long and the last one of its
nine lives pulled out by the roots.
ALFRED McCARTY, of Burdick, small
place west of La Porte, Ind, is the own
er of a crazy horse. The animal is not
vicious or ugly, but is simply insane
When given hay it will grab mouthful
and hold it in its mouth for half an
hour, and in the meantime swing around
were dancing, and cut up all sorts of silly
capers. When let out Of the barn it
will walk off short distance and then
gallop back at terrific rate Of speed.
If the door is open he will go in, but if
shut the animal will dash against it
without knowing that an obstruction is
in its way. If hitched up it will start to
run straight ahead and can neither be
turned nor stopped until it becomes
completely exhausted.
The wife of James s. Stokes, of Mo-
Ghee's Landing, Tenn, was seated with
her husband ON the veranda, when her
youngest child, asleep in the adjoining
room, screamed. The mother rushed
through window which she mistook
for a door, fell headlong to the ground
below, sustaining injuries from which
she died in twenty minutes. Mrs.
Stokes was formerly Blanche McGhee,
noted Southern belle, who was courted
both in this country and Europe by
many persons of note for her beauty,
accomplishments and wealth. Her
father, Miles McGhee, was of Huguenot
descent and was the largest slave-own
in Mississippi, if not in the entire
South, holding at one time over thirty
five hundred slaves.
ONE of the LATEST men in the country
is John Curtis, who is serving three
years sentence in the State prison at
Salem, Oregon. Curtis worked in the
foundry, and about three months ago
took off his boots, on the plea that they
hurt him, and then burned his foot SO
severely that he was laid up. When
the burn was healing he put vinegar on
it, and aggravated it to prevent it's get
ting we'll. The prison physician threat
ened him, and managed to cure the
wound. Curtis was set at work again.
He worked four days, and then with a
Ratchet cut off his left hand. 1t took
two blows. One cut through the feshy
part of the hand; the other clean
through the wrist joint. He confessed
that he did it to avoid work.
A MERCHANT named Leon Santelli, re-
siding at Carupano, Venezuela, has in
his possession giant tortoise. It is
called the ''morrocoy" by the natives
there. The phenomenon weighs sixty
| five pounds and is over 100 years old.
Ordinarily this species do not weigh
more than seven to eight pounds. Its
shell is dense mass of laminated plates
and the little children of the owner ride
about on it. When it eats anything il
shows preference for bananas or leaves
of any sort, but it is not particular, and
can beat George Francis Train fasting
and give him three months start.
proposal was made to Mr.. Santelli to
send this 'sancient" to the Paris expo
sition, but this was declined.
ABOUT month ago young man
named Joe Harpster, of st. Louis, was
struck on the back of the head with q
pair Of brass knuckles by footpad,
knocking him senseless, and for some
weeks he lay unconscious. A few days
ago he suddenly recovered his senses,
but when he did SO he could converse
intelligently only in the German lam
guage. He was born of American par
ents, who spoke German, and that was
the language he first learned. He gave
that up, however, and learned English,
using it at all times, entirely forgetting
his German. Now he can remember
nothing of English. Scientists are
wrestling with the problem.
AN Indiana Justice of the Peace has
just shown that the processes of the
courts are no hindrance to business. A
saloon keeper was brought before him
for violating the Excise laws. Seeing
that there was great public curiosity
about the case, the Justice charged 10
cents admission to his office, where the
evidence was to be heard. Even the
lawyer of the accused had to pay an i'd
mission fee. He complained to the
courts, and, upon the ground that this
payment had been exscted, the accused
saloon keeper was released from prison.
HANNAH PETERsEN's lover came from
Sweden two years ago to win home for
her and settle at Tacoma, Wash. A
couple OF months ago he sent for Han