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Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-08-29
who leaned upon the rail, and regarded us

who leaned upon the rail, and regarded us
sardonically through the fast-hying flakes.
He was gaunt, travel stained sailor
looking tramp, with dirty, unshaven fea-
lures; in other words, he was the fitful
phantom of our burning quest, the will-'o-
the-wisp of our fortnights chase-the man
we We're afterl
Bear up!" said l, turning warningly to
my companion, who was fairly cutting up
antics in the extremity of his dsappoint-
ment and rage. Better luck next time.
Here is another boat"
We crossed the river in the next boat in
a decidedly low state of spirits. But fate
befriended us again, and quite unexpect-
eddy.
Upon reaching the foot of Twenty thir d
street, / was fortunate enough to run
across wide-awake detective of my ac-
quaintance, to whom | hastily explained
our dilemma, more with an instructive
longing for little sympathy than with the
expectation of receiving assistance, when
his answer fairly raised me off my feet.
Seen the man you described" he ex-
claimed. "Of course l have-not three
minutes ago, He was so mean looking
that he had to haggle with coupe driver
| for some time before he could Induce him
to accept his fare. ook"-pointing down
the street-"there goes the coupe he's IN!
| heard him call out Harlem to the
| driver"
"Hurrah, Doc" / shouted to my COM
panion, who had also absorbed this in
formation with wild delight you take
one hack and l another Be sure and
| don't lose sight of that coupel"
Disengaged hacks were fortunately ut
our service. Doc sprang into one, into
| another, the drivers seemed to understand
our instructions with unusual intelligence,
andaway we dashed through the crowded
streets and driving snow, in hot haste after
that coupe. whose driver luckily wore a
| yellow oilskin covering over his tall hat
which enabled our drivers to keep him
well in sight.
But he was also driving furiously, and
keeping fully block ahead of u.s.
On and on we went, in such race as
has seldom been seen in the streets of
New York! l was so sure that either Doc or
would overtake the coupe-which l never
lost sight of for an instant-that never
thought of stopping at a telegraph station
and wiring the different precincts, for the
purpose of heading off the game
But the coupe driver must have had
golden bait before him. at any rate he held
his own bravely.
Through Yorkville we followed him,
through Harlem as well, and then, to our
mingled surprise and delight, he led us
westward from the bridge and straight
nlong the road leading to The Aspens
itself
ITO BE CONTINUED
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-08-29
Odd Things on the Head.

In Norway a high hat shaped some
thing like flower pot is worn, and the
Cossack wears hat like stove-pipe,
without brim.
To-day among the Swiss hat is worn
1t, however, is often ornamented with
gay-colored ribbons abc.'t it.
The marabout or black priest of Mo
manned, who wanders among the Afri-
can tribes, wears upon his sable head q
white cap and fez, such as he expects to
wear in Paradise.
In Mohammedan countries the turban
is found. Some of these are scarfs
wrapped and twisted about the head.
Others are combinations OF scarf and
fez, with button and tassel. !;
When stove-pipe hats were first intro
duced among Indians they usually
punched the top out OF them the first
thing for the sake of ventilation, as they
did not care to have their heads hot.
An African hats in the form of he'll
met, woven of rushes or straw, having q
peak on top and mask or wiser extend
ing down over the face. There are two
holes or goggles for the eyes.
The Chinese mandarins and men OF
consequence wear little round silk skull
caps most of the time. These are orna-
mented on the top with buttons whose
colors denote the order or rank Of the
wearer.
A singular Corean hat is great
round mat of str4w worn by mourner.
This goes with o costume of coarse
cloth. The hat is bound down at the
sides so as almost to conceal the head
and face of the wearer. He carries in
his hand screen or fan, and when in
the road any one approaches him he
holds the screen in front of him SO that
it, together with the hat, completely
conceals him.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-08-29
An Elephant Gone Mad.

When an elephant goes mad he makes
things lively. A company of English
men were out on tiger shooting expe-
dition, and all at once were startled by
q shout from one of their servants:
"Run, run, sahibs The tuska has gone
mad. He has broken loose" Most of
the company got out of the beasts way,
but one fellow was still in the tent.
Over the river we could see the brute
in frenzy of rage, kneeling on the
shapeless heap of cloth, furniture, poles,
and ropes, and digging his tusks with o
savage fury into the hangings and can
vas.
We had little doubt that poor Mac lay
crushed to death, smothered beneath
the weight of the ponderous animal, or
mangled out of all likeness to human
ity by the terrible tusks that we could
see flashing in the moonlight. 1t seemed
an age, this agony of suspense.
Everything showed as clear as if it
had been day We saw the elephant
tossing the strong canvas canopy about
as dog would worry door-mat.
Thrust after thrust was made by the
tusks into thefolds of the cloth. Rails
Ing Ills uuBo tIttih Ullo DTut6 WOULD
scream in frenzy of his wrath; and at
last, after what seemed an age, but in
reality was only few minutes, he stag
gcred to his feet and rushed into the
jungle.
just then smothered groan struck
like peal of Joy bells on our ears, and
the muffled voice was heard from be-
meath the folds of the shamlaha: "Look
alive, you fellows, and get me out of
this, Or shall be smothered."
In trying to elude the first rush of the
elephant his foot had caught in one of
the tent ropes, and the whole falling
canopy had then come bodily upon him,
hurting the camp table and few chairs
over him. Under these he had lain,
able to breathe, but not daring to stir.
His escape seemed miraculous. The
cloth had several times been pressed SO
close over his face as nearly to stife
him. The brute, in one of its savage,
purposeless thrusts, had pierced the
ground between his arms and ribs, pin
ming his African choga or dressing.
gown deep into the earth; and he said
he felt himself sinking into uncon-
seriousness when the brute happily got
up and rushed off.
elbow did you feela" asked. s>1,
"Well, can hardly tell you"
cit must have grazed your ribs2''
eft did. After that seemed to turn
quite unconcerned. All sorts of funny
ideas came trooping across my brain. I
could not for the life of me help feeling
cautiously about for my pipe, which
had dropped somewhere near when I
tripped ON the ropes. seemed, too, to
have quick review of all the actions I
had ever done, and was just dropping
off into n dreamy unconsciousness, after
pulling desperate race against Oxford
with my old crew, when your voices
reused me to sensation once more
Youths COMPANION.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-08-29
Oil From Wood.

4 A new industry has sprung up in
Sweden, which, consists in the extraction
of oil from wood. It appears that this
industry is becoming every year more
important branch of Swedish trade The
portions Of timber and plants which used
to be considered valueless are now util-
lied. After being subjected to various
processes they yield not only oil, but tur-
pentine, creosote, acetic acid, charcoal
and pitch. It appears that the ligneous
oilproduced in Sweden cannot be burned
in ordinary lamps, owing to the quantity
of smoke it throws off, but has to be used
in specially constructed lamps, similar to
what are employed for photogen. It costs
about fifty-fve centimes per litre, is not
explosive, and burns much longer than
photogen. There are now thirty manu-
factories for turning out this substance
in Sweden---so rapidly has the industry
developed land the annual production
is about 10000 litres. Drug, OIL and
Paint ReportSr.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-08-29

The shipbuilders in Great Britain
have never been SO busy as they are at
present, and they are SO hard pressed
that many Of them are absolutely refus-
ing all orders for new vessels. The
Clyde shipbuilders have some $50 ves-
sells of an aggregate tonnage of 800, 600,
on hand, and yet the output of new
work during the past few weeks has
been considerably less than the contracts
secured. On the Mersey the same state
Of affairs exists, and from Stockton it is
reported that tho good old times when
: beggar on Tees-side was almost as
raro Is rainbow are rapidly returning.
On the banks Of the Tyne there are 80
vessels building, while at Sunderland
on-the- Wear some sixty or seventy are
in course Of construction. The most
significant fact about this remarkable re-
vival IN the shipbuilding industry is
the large number Of vessels building for
foreign countries. There are at the
present time on the stocks in Great
Britain ships rapres enting so, 900 tons
for Germany, II, 900 for Portugal, TO-
600 each for France, Norway and the
British colonies, 9, 900 for South Amer
ica and 2, 600 for Belgium.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-08-29

The Sioux reservation comprises 49,
Ol0,O4O acres, of which it is proposed
to open II, 600, 900 acres for settlement.
upon which there are $4,000 Indians.
OF this number 10, 749 are male, and of
these 5000 are adults. To carry out the
provisions of the Dawes bill, under
which the Commission acted in relation
to the disposal Of these lands, the con-
sent Of 1000 Of these Indians had to be
obtained.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-08-29

If there is any place in America where
an American feels that he is in q foreign
land, it is in Milwaukee. A drive
through the streets is like drive through
o German city. Most of the signs are
in German, and those in English an
nounce that some Teuton is engaged in
business, and desires the patronage of a
few Americans who reside there. In
fact, a person unacquainted with the
German tongue has some difficulty in
making his way about. He is confronted
with cab drivers and car conductors
who speak only few words of English,
and if he wishes to take drive in the
country, his way is barred by a toll gate,
the keeper of which cannot even inform
him of the amount Of his toll in what is
generally considered to be the language
of the United States.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-08-29
Died Because He had Silent,

Military discipline during times o.
peace must be much more severe in
Hungary than anything ever heard of
this side of the Atlantic. A young officer
was recently put in change of bat
talon of men for transportation to dis
tant point, which involved journey by
night. The officer fell asleep and did
not awake until after the point of desti.
nation had been passed. He was SO
overwhelmed with the heinous nature of
his offense and its possible consequences
that without further ado he wrote a
farewell letter explaining the matter and
deliberately blew out his own brains
San FTanctsco Chronicle.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-08-29
HER CHOICE OF CRAFT.

They were sitting on the piazza that
faced the sea, watching the white-sailcd
yachts as they crossed the moons track,
when suddenly he said:
III think it must be delightful sailing
on such lovely night"
ooh lovely, should think"
~ wish owned one for your sake.
would take you sailing every night"
''That would be just lovely2"
"What kind of yacht would you pre-
fer--aSsteam yacht or sailing one2"
81 think" she murmured, as she
glanced around, 81 think l would like a
little smack"
She got it.-Boston Courier.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-08-29

A MOST interesting report is that late
ly published in the press of the country
on the subject of crime. Is crime in
creasing or decreasing9 was the query
sent to the chiefs of police of nearly all
the large cities, and to the men most
eminent in the movement for suppress
sing. crime and establishing and sup
porting morality. Reports were re-
ceived from large number of these
towns, containing one-tenth the popula-
ton of the country and sufficient to
base generalization on. The reports
are of conflicting character, but the
general result is not favorable,
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-08-29

Can wife sue her husband for min
money, which subsequently to the mar
riage he contracted to pay herr This
very question came up in Iowa Court,
and was decided in the negative on the
ground that such contracts, requiring a
legal investigation Of family affairs,
would be productive Of great evils. 1t
seems to follow that in Iowa, if a wife
wants to make sure of pin money, she
must have it specified in an ante-nup-
tial contract.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-08-29
A MODEST wooER.

"Mabel, " said the young man bashful4
ly, edo you know think your mother is
wonderfully fine woman
81 am glad to know that she has won
your esteem"
"Do you think that have succeeded
in making a favorable impression on
herr"
81 don't know of any reason to believe
the contrary. Why doy you aska
81 was only wondering"
"Wondering what2'
"Whether she could ever think enough
ofme to accept me for ason-in-law."
And Mabel did her best to give him
confidence. Merchant Traveller. - -
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-08-29
The Pusey r. Jones' Comnanv

The Pusey & Jones Company, at
Wilmington, Del, has just completed
the steamer Chumbo for service at Quay
aquil, South America, and the steamer
is now being taken apart and shipped to
New York, where it will be reshipped
on the steamer Newport. The parts of
the Chumbo have been boxed and
numbered, and on each box is the per-
feet description of the contents and it's
location when in use, so that the bills of
lading will describe perfect steamer.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-08-29
Doors Of Paper.

Paper doors are said to be great i'm.
provements over wooden ones. They
are formed Of two thick paper boards,
stamped and nodded into panels, and
glazed together with glue and potash
and then rolled through heavy. rollers.
After being covered with watervproof
coating, and one that is fire -proo{, they
are painted, vanished and hung il the
usual way The Builder.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-08-29

Stanley is not yet out of the wilds OF
Africa. and his nearest approach to civ
ilized companionship is a comfortable
hob-nobbing with his old friend Tippoo
lib. But over in England stanley's
agent is going the rounds making APP
pointments for the explorer in next sea-
sons lecture field. This, observes the
Commercial Adcertiser, is what o New
York produce exchange man would call
specializing In futures.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-08-29
FINE SENTIMENTS,

ayes. gentlemen" he said eloquently,
and with patriotic thrill in his voice,
~ think that when an American citizen
is rendered nomination to Office by his
fellow men, it is his sacred duty to &C.
ceptit. Let him put aside all thoughts
of self. A man can serve his country in
times of peace as nobly as he can in times
of war. Gentlemen, friends, thank you
for the honor you have conferred upon
me, and even though the salary may be
small, will"
1T is not salaried Office, Colonel"
explained one of his admirers.
"Wha-a-at! no salarya Then I'm
dumbed if accept itp'-Ieras Sittirgs.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-08-29

In the merry days before the war the
trusting schoolboy believed with all his
heart in the maelstrom, the mountains
OF the moon, the great American Des-
ert and other pleasant tales of travellers,
and it is with intense grief that he has
grown up to learn that the maelstrom
never existed, that the mountains of
the moon have gone up, that the Amer
can Desert is only brief sandy waste,
and that even the Desert of Sahara is
by no means the desolate, treeless spot
it was cracked up to be.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-08-29

FIFTY millions of dollars is the esti-
mated value Of the ostrich farms of South
Africa. A single bird produces each
year ten per cent of its value in feathers
A pair of breeding birds commands the
price of $1,000, and they have been
known to be sold for $12, 900. The ex-
portation of ostrich plumes alone from
Cape Colony is annually millions OF
pounds sterling. Ostrich farming is a
lucrative and wonderful business. 1t
may yet be great business in the
United States.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-08-29

There are said to be more miles of
railway In the Australian Colonies in
proportion to the population than in. any
other country in the world, with the
single exception of the United States.
The total cost of construction of the
Australasian railways is estimated at
eS5, SOB, 210, the average cost per mile
for several years being about e1O, 1O2.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-08-29

SWISS engineers pride themselves on
the boldness of their enterprise, and
have resolved to eclipse the Eiffel tower
sensation. Under the auspices of q
syndicate of Zurich capitalists they are
now planning an aerial railway, by
which they propose to connect two of
the peaks of Mt. Pilatus with wire ropes
and send tourists from summit to sum
NIT in cars sliding along the wires.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-08-29

The United States among all the ma
tons stand alone asserts the New York
Commercial Advertiser, in making no
provision for pers onnel large enough
to man an efficient war feet, and in
neglecting to provide for the organiza-
ton and training of the coast defending
force absolutely necessary for the pro-
lection Of our commercial harbors.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-08-29

MILITARY preparations are making in
Servia on large scale. 1t has been de.
sided to arm 10000 men of the third
levy. Why these unusual precautions
should be taken to increase the military
forces is one of the mysteries of Eastern
diplomacy. Servia has become the COM
mon ground for Austria and Russian in
triguers. If a European war breaks
out, it is more than probable that a
campaign will be fought there.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-08-29

A COLONY of Russian Mennonites APP
peals to the Constitutional Convention
of South Dakota, asking that clause
be inserted in the organic law of the
new State exempting the members of
the colony from military service. The
petitioners allege that opposition to war
and love of peace led them to exile
themselves from fatherland and settle in
Dakota.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-08-29

LAST year 1913, 200 was paid in New
York for the racing colt King Thomas.
No such amount of money was ever be-
fore given for yearling in New York
or anywhere else in the world. And re-
Gently chestnut colt, a half brother of
King Thomas, was sold at public auc-
ton for 1922, 900. Surely, so far as dol
lars and cents are concerned, we do
things on magnificent scale in this
country.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-08-29

Brazil, as well as the United States
and the Argentine Republic, is now re-
ceiving very large accessions of immi-
grants from Europe. The inflow Of
European immigrants in the South
American Empire last year numbered
over one hundred and thirty thousand.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-08-29
A HINT FOR THE NEXT TUNNEL.

Mrs. Hunnemune Gas the train energies
from a long tunneD Dear me, John,
did you kiss me just now in the dark2
Mr.. Hunnemune (glancing around to
find the perpetrator Of the chestnutty
outrage) No, indeed I wonder who
dared to
Mrs. Hunnemune (simply) Nobody.
But you missed splendid chance, John.
Puck.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-08-29

Who would believe, exclaims the New
York Sun, that the once dreaded veloci-
pedc would within a few years give
birth to more than $4,000 bicycles, and
that the League Of American Wheelmen
counts alone IL, 900 members, 10, 900 of
whom live in New York and the sur
rounding suburbs.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-08-29

The total production of coal in the
world during the year 1888 is put by a
high authority at 430, 900 tons, of
which the United States produced $780,
100000. Of the home product Pennsyl-
vania is credited with 100000, or
more than one-half. Little coal is ex-
ported from the United States except to
Canada, which took from us last year
$3.50, 900 tons.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-08-29
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

MEXICO seems inclined to develop
into a cotton growing region, in order
to make her Independent of the United
States in the manufacture of the raw
material.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-08-29

Land spectators are giving it out
that during the next twelve months
there will be an unusual amount of rail
road construction.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-08-29

There are about 5000, 600 owners of
farms in the United States. About
1000, 900 Of the farms have been ac-
quired since 1880.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-08-29
MISSISSIPPI
Tho Royal Dynasty of saxony has
just celebrated its eight hundredth birth
day.

Tho steel rails that Canada will re-
quire this season will in all probability
be furnished by American manufac-
turers.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-08-29

40 4 Z way Of refreshing the mind and IN,
yieorattnK tho strength, but when enter
tainment q the principal thing sought. when
p the pursuit the mind Is enfeebled, and the
he4lth Injured u becomes perversion and
Naste Of being, degrsding.and ruiuoua
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-08-29
LINK BY LINK;
The Rended Veil.
BY NATHAN D. URNER.

Author of "Florence Falkland oTbo Mod
ern Crusoe," "SqufyreI- Cap" "Hoper
and Trader" "Thc SpecchIess
Spy" "Eeddnc," ETC., Etc.
, 1889-05-16
N

A. ID. Kelley is in Colorado.
Abe Kaufman returned to Denver yes.
terday.
Dan Arnold was in from his ranch yes
terday.
A. d. Howard, New York. is register
ed at the Inter Ocean.
Trainmaster Green and Conductor j..
r. Brophy returned from Denver yester-
day.
Alderman Altman and Attorney Gen
eral Councilman returned from the west
yesterday.
Col. Van 0rsdale arrived from Fort
Laramie last evening and is an Inter
Ocean guest.
W. E. Ostrander, travelling agent for
the Wabash with headquarters at Denver
passed west yesterday.
Mrs. DR.. w. W. Cook and daughter,
Miss Fannie. are home from the east,
where they spent the winter.
, 1889-05-16

carries lI8 pounds over track fully a
second slow and really makes a better
showing than the record
Spokane's sire, Hyder Ali, was crossed
to many mares better bred than Interpose,
yet he never produced a Derby winner I'M
til this year. 1t remained for the colt
foaled and raised in this section to carry
his stable colors to the front and defeat
the supposed cracks Of the year. To not
claim that the climate and the surround
ings amid which his colthood was spent
had much to do with the making of the
great Spokane would be rank Treason to
this section of the country and in claim
ing this it can be added that the woods
still hold other good Ones and hat those
needing future Derby winners should look
to this neck O the land for them.
, 1889-05-16
An Apology.

A reporter who did not even hear j..
Vincent Coombs' lecture by proxy, yester-
day morning gave the entertainment a
complimentary notice. Since hat time
it has Been learned that the effort was one
Of the most atrocious things of the sort
ever perpetrated on a Cheyenne audience.
His alleged erudition was surface learn
ing, his so-called polished oratory, the
rudest mechanical delivery with bad pro-
nunciatlon and a drawling twang. The
humur was a spurious article and his an
ecdotes. like church bells, had been told
before. The gentleman's most cultivated
story was an assertion to the effect that
the original naming of a hog had been
useless, that anyone would know that the
animal was a hog. In short, Coombs is
an imposter of no ability whatever as a
lecturer, and THE LEADER hastens to do
him Justice and place itself right before
the public.