Iuka reporter., 1889-08-15

NATIVE paper at Sie-fu, village
aoout thirty Ii from Nan-ch' 'ang. the
capital OF kiangsi, China, publishes the
iouowing "a white dragon was seen
~ april IL. Dragons like water, and
u mas ralned since about the m ddle OF
march straight on, ending ON that day
IN most tremendous hail-storm. which
smashed In the roofs of good MANY Of
me country peoples huts about thei,
ears. Suddenly powerful fishv smell
became perceptible, and people coming
In from the fields reported the presence
~ huge creature, extending about two
NOW (about third of an acre., disport-
ing Itself by wriggling and squirming in
pool OF water. The next day a few
people ventured out to see it. 1t was
9ui.e wnlte, with scales two feet in size.
WIN horned head, claws and long tail,
Just as represented in pictures. On the
ioth OF March fine weather returned and
the dragon was gone. Foreigners do
not talk about dragons, but we Chinese
uo. rev, indeed, have seen them, but
thls instance seems too well authenti-
Gated to allow us to doubt of the power
| ,oIe - al ocluS W mahe nlm-
'oii occasionally visible to man. ;"
AFTER lyino moro tho, ,,,,,.,
tically dead from ~ H. si'an a1 : iion1n pfac-
James r Hin s e.. i1au wafo'
tractor has fnollr ,oaaal ,,a ianolsco .,1i c9ll-
case has nnzz1ad pn'sua aT ~ away. MI ; :
was the most ron,a,l,a a. 1ae uoctors; ana
bale Of bav fal, ~ -, naoio 4; on fecoro' a
head down int IL aL..,s IL. snu olove MS
the second and 4b;ma ,o.a1ls' ~ crushing
tions Of the E iattor .nr.u III. serlepre. for,
driven into tl'a "1io ePiinIerea, ana
fractnred ~ .a,tol,.' III spiiiai core. Two OF the
four honrs aftar tbo meae aea;1 ielnoseo twenty
trarv to tba nv nroS;at; 5iu aoolueii., any, con
the mon ,sodreauS peui9'ions .. physicians,
was naraIvzed fro,,, uonsclousness' put
nits H;s ~ ,s;rd I'm III Jus1 peiow 5he arm
aged b;s hns;,aa u wac oie"r' ana ne man
strnct;ons u., anan sisins ms men IN
worL IT IL o1o.y h.S. uay peiore tney Went 10
Pnragm' as ne couldn't move his chest.
iie oeciarea ne 1elt as though he We're
lyihg INSIDE corpse. he lived just
'lifty-iour DAYS with broken neck.
IRWIN MAcKry vo,,no for,,or %
Wooster Townsbin OI;o 20 s,,t - -
ino sou;rrels wifi , ra,,t, "a. a ~ ~ NV :.
Turner In nass;pa tbrorxh 'a1ieu sn.'a ~, i.oe
ber. Mackey not;eod i ue,,,o SIN III, .rlli,
standing on q Hill above lin aa oaIIa5 LII
to the how INT reoe;vad ~ nnan,o,. .''Aas :
Ter calling severa t;nas a',d .o 1noMai M NJ
ner stand;ng not;onlass [ ~ IN 'eas -.
another d;rect;on .1 MaaIap. ~n" -. sNih ~
how. th;nk;ng son,atb;n, o won' ,D,e's w. .ilo u
when w;th;n obn,,+ t,raS 80 s. miUhS' 1S
ner Mackav d;scovorad ,aye,. ,ue1 " : u
snake coiled around ra,,nr - aaJs t,oa Di''Gn =,
front of Turner Maoi,or os,a y 70 ~ ~
barrels of Lie o,n - a, ara17o Iii I';ii
inc + ut tho tirsi d;scharo ,ao fa 81 ~ MI, MI
The boy stated that as soon as he saw
the snake looking at him, though he
heard Mackey calling him, he could not
move or answer the call. The snake was
seven feet eight inches in length and
four inches In diameter.
a WRITER III medlcal classics says: ut
may De consolng 10 llght-haired and
leu.headea people 70 read that out OF lG5
pa.ieilts at 5ne hlrKpridge Asylum only
uii1 ,:ls mas ieu nalr, ana only iouf have
l,gnt hair ana complexion; we venture
.le guess, however, that the red-headed
cnap MAKES matters as liveiy as all the
other Io4 put together. 1t used to be
supposed tnat pale complexion specially
marked tendency 10 mental excitement
ana Drain dlsordef' Inc statistics,
no. however snow this to be an error.
" na' y .rue q men IS aiso 1rue OF wo-