Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-10-03


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A COMPANY is being formed in st.
LOUIS, Mo-, to introduce the writing
telegraph machines. 1t is proposed to
operate them on the telephone system,
having central office connecting with
al the private or public instruments.
ii business man wants to hold con-
versatlon with customer Or friend he
pulls little lever, which rings bell at
the central Office. He then writes down
on his plate the number desired, the
connection is made, and he proceeds to
write down his message, which is imme-
dlately reproduced in the same hand
writing at the other end.
ELlnu CoNDoN, prosperous Connect
Icut farmer, has been annoyed of late
by the loss of eggs and chickens. Nests
OF eggs have been broken, eggs stolen,
and the fowls have been acting strangely.
On a recent night he heard great com
motion in his hennery, and, hurryine
out, found large snake coiled up Just
inside the door. He dispatched the
reptile, which, by actual measurement,
is eleven feet long. He noticed swell
ings, and cut the snake open. Inside
were two china nest-eggs, which the
snake had swallowed.
Miss JENNIE SLACK, aged Is years,
residing in the blue grass region of
Iowa, near Villisca, has this season
planted and cultivated thirty-five acres
OF corn. besides milking six COWS night
and morning, and helping in other
work about the farm and household.
The corn is in splendid condition for
big crop, and the young lady who raised
1t is said to be tinelooking, intelligent
and none the worse for the hard work
she has done for her invalid father, who
was unable to pay q hired hand or do it
himself.
The Austrian man of war Saba, which
is now visiting our waters, is splendidly
equipped with electrical appliances, in
Guiding two powerful electric search
lights, together with electrical devices
which enable each individual gunner to
lire his gun by pressing a button, or d
whole broadside can be fired siinultan-
cously from the captains bridge by a
similar arrangement. The officers speak
highly of the efficiency Of these appli-
ances, and state that their entire navy
is being equipped with electrical do
vices.
COLONEL JOHN WALKER, who died
while on n salmon-fishing trip at Gaspe,
Quebec, had fulfilled in a remarkable
manner the wish lie uttered when his
friend, Sir John Rose, of London, Eng
land, dropped dead in the act of firing
at a stag in Scotland few years ago.
Colonel Walker then said at the Club
here: ''When my time comes l hope |
may be catching 2S- pound salmon. A
letter received from Gaspe, with details
of his illness, says he was stricken with
paralysis Just after hooking 24-pound
fish.
A SUMMER charity in New York is the
ice water cart. 1t consists of large
barrel fastened to running gear in
something the same fashion as the watt r
ing carts are arranged, only, of course,
much smaller in size, and being pro-
vided with, instead of sprinkler, a
faucet and tin cup, which any one who
wishes is at liberty to drink. The poor
childlen are great patrons of the cart,
being special sufferers from heat and
thirst in tho hot weather because of THEN
restlessness and activity.
THERE is not much nicely in the per.
fume business. The flower petals are
spread over glasses which have previ-
| ously been covered with quarter inch
layer of fat. The glasses are then shut
tightly into wooden frames, and before
long the fat absorbs all the perfume.
The next process is to cut up the frag-
rant fat into small pieces and put these
in alcohol. The perfume at once deserts
its oily protector and unites with the
alcohol. 1t is then fit for the market.
A SwEpE employed in the construc.
tion Of the draw on the Thames River
bridge, Conn, fell from the traveller, q
distance of about ninety-five feet, but
fortunately escaped injury, as he fell
into the water between two scows. How
far down into the water he went is not
known, MS he was too much surprised to
find himself alive to take accurate meas
nrements, but he came mp all right and
struck ont for the shore while two men
were setting out to look for him.
WHILE the fishing schooner Hattie d.
was on the Banks one of her men caught
large halibut. The fish was of such
large proportions that it took several Of
the crew to haul it aboard. Upon open
ing the halibut portion of a woman s
hand, with the thumb and first and
second fingers, was found in it. On the
second finger was plain gold band
ring, on which We're engraved the letters
"G. w. g." The ring is now in the
captains possession.
WILLIAM CHANDLER, of Waynesboro,
Ga, says that he saw party OF twelve
men, living at and around Ringgold, &c
fishing, each one carrying with him fish
ing tackle in the shape of q sledge-ha
mer. They would strike the lodges OF
rock covered in the water, and the strong
conclusion from the heavy blows would
stun the fish and enable the fishermen
! to gather them in.
PRESUMABLY the largest OK in the
world was lately on exhibition at the
Bourbon stock yards in Louisville. He
stands eighteen hands high, is eleven
feet in the girth, five feet from brisket
to top withers, three and half feet
across the rump, and weighs 1000
pounds. He has been exhibited at all
the vicinity fairs.