Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-07-11

ialriy good health. her figure is snare
pue erect, and her hair is silvery white.
one walks unaided, reads the newsna.
per and her Bible daily, and does plain
sewing and knitting. Mr.. GEORGE Nor
ris, OF Westbrook, Me-, was 1Oi Years
old early in this month. Heis narfiaIlr
pun piihd and deaf, and rarely goes out Of
Thetford, VT, lives until the Oft - o
next month she will be 103 years old
one Is described as having "a full head
Oh mar and able to read without glass
es. She is lame, but that is because
sne broke her hip forty years ago.
RoBErr RAINEY and wife, the former
aged "a years and the latter aged 20.
were buried recently at Franklin. Tenn ;
where they had lived for sixty years
Both died within an hour of each other.
twenty years ago Mr.. Rainey ordered d
Ioinh iof himself, and John Cunning
MAJ long since dead, made it. This
Mr. hainey kept in his house until he
aleo' ana his remains were placed there
IN. 1t was made of black locust without
handles. The timber was l Ia inches
NICK The pillow, made Of cotton, was
paced IN the box by Mr.. Rainey him
sell some years ago. He was laid at rest
IN TINS rude box, his only winding sheet
being an old Confederate blanket which
served him during his four years of SOL
dler life. Mrs. Rainey was buried in tbe
same grave. Her body was laid in n
very handsome walnut casket
PRoF. U. P. F1NLAY gives the width
the path of destruction in tornadoes. as
determined from the records of eighty
eight years, at from 10 to 10, $50 feet. the
| average being 1859 feet. The length
OF the tornado track varies from 800
yards to about 200 miles. the average
being 4.79 miles. The velocity of pro
| gresslon of the tornado cloud varies
from Z to 100 miles an hour, the average
being A. IL miles. These extremes NAV
often occur in different portions of the
track of single tornado. The shortest
time occupied by the tornado cloud in
passing given point varies from can
instant" to about twenty minutes, the
average beingabout seventy -four sec
onds.
NERvELEssNEss is mentioned by the
North China Herald as the distinguish
ing quality OF the yellow race. A Chi.
naman can go through the most tedious
and hionotoious work from hour to
hour and from day to day, without any
appreciable sense of WEAKNESS or irrita-
ton; and a school-boy can do the same
with his lessons without even longing
to be at pay. The Chinese Gun also
sleep under conditions which would
make European very uncomfortable
and restless. This quality is one of the
things that make the Chinese such I'M
welcome competitors in the labor mar
kets.
WHILE Ira Spanglar, young farmer,
was at work in q field hear Newton,
Kan, a vicious bull rushed upon him
from behind, and, knocking him down,
crushed several ribs and inflicted other
In uries. Spangler's father, hearing
his sons cries, rushed to the rescue and
was knocked down and fatally injured
by the bulls horns and hoofs. Abel
Genet, the hired man, attempted to
save the Spanglers and was knocked
unconscious and seriously hurt. SOld
Mrs. Spangler then seized heavy
club, and, after hot fight, drove the
bull away. Both the Spanglers are ia
tally injured.
THE prize recently offered by q Little
Rock, Ark, paper s'for the largest fam
lily" in the State has just been awarded
to W. D. Green and wife, of Murphrees-
borough, Pike county. They were mar
ried in 1885, and have had twenty three
children, eighteen of whom are living.
More than so families applied for the
prize. Green, who is blacksmith, has
livedin the one town for forty years, and
his statement is attested under seal of
the County Clerk.
A FINE eve sheep belonging to Ebert
Swans OF Preston, Conn, was drowned
in a brook that runs through the farm,
and the outlook was dark for her two
small lambs. But one of Mr.. Swans
COWS promptly adopted the waits, and
she suckles them daily in the distant
pasture where they are kept. The COW
takes the entire charge of the lambs, as
neither COW nor lambs are driven to the
homestead at night.
Four Mandara negroes are about to
appear at the German court as ambassa-
COIS lTOIu bilelr AlTlCHu Oultal, WHO are
said to be marvels of intelligence and
with moral standard extraordinarily
high. Though they will dress in their
own costume, the etiquette of the Ger
man court cannot be foregone, and SO
the regular dress coat will be worn over
their African costume.
SAMUEL MOORE, of Gloucester, has
remarkable appetite, or rather disease,
that compels him to eat every hour of
the twenty four. He has consulted
many physicians, but none has found a
cure II he does noteat often he suffers
great agony, but the vast quantities of
food that he consumes gives him but
momentary relief.
MOUNTAIN hunters of Pennsylvania
are said to use indigo instead of whiskey
to cure rattlesnake bites. An incision
is made in the wound and piece of in
digo the size of pen inserted. A gen.
erous dose of sweet oil is given as soon
after as possible. The result is said to
be entirely satisfactory.
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