Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-08-08

IL may not die at ALL l have known
, rat to die within six minutes after re-
sewing the fangs OF RATHER in his
neck, and have known one, again. to
live "a hours after being struck. /
never knew of but one thing to recover
after being bitten by ratt!esnake with
out being treated for the bite, and that
was bantam hen. 1 exposed her to
rattlesnake I had in box, and he
struck her at once. That seemed to
cnrage the pugnacious little hen, and
she pitched into the snake SO fiercely
that she drove him into corner, bleed
ing like stuck pig. The excited little
fowl would certainly have killed the
snake if had let her alone, but the
rattler was a valuable specimen, and ]
took the hen away. She scratched
around for an hour as il nothing had
occurred, when suddenly she keeled
over with a curious squawk. / sur-
posed, Of course, that she was done for,
the poison having got its work in al
last, but she lived three DAYS in q
stupor, and then gradually got WE'LL"
THERE is in the possession of Mr.. 8.
r. Shoemaker Of Wyoming, Tenn, a
curious relic of Western border life.
This is none other than huge Colts
revolver, once the property of the motor
ious highwayman and desperate, Jesse
James. The weapon has history.
During the fight Of Jesse and his gang
with squad of cowboys and Indians,
which took place about midway between
Veneita and where McAllister, Indian
Territory, now stands, one Bill Connors,
o half-breed Indian interpreter and gov
eminent detective, saw the revolver fall
out of Jesse's scabbard, and hastily
picked it up. The weapon was favor
lite with Jesse, he having carried it with
him all through the war, and as soon as
he discovered his loss he returned to
search for it, but war, of course, unsuc-
cessful, ns Connors had it well concealed.
1t remained in the latter's possession
until 1885, when it was given by him to
George West, the we'll known actor, Of
"Uncle Toms Cabin" fame, who in turn
presented it to Mr.. Shoemaker. The
revolver is villainous looking weapon,
with q barrel nine inches long, and on
the stock is roughly carved the letter
III. which stands for Jesses alias of
Howard" under which he was at that
time passing.
AT recent trial Of Chinese gamblers
in Phi'adelphia, the most solemn Of
Chinese oaths, cutting off the head of
live chicken, was administered by In
terpreter Chew to Yung Bung, witness
for the defence. Interpreter Chew
spread white tablecloth on the floor in
front of the witness stand and one of
the Cinnamon was sent for the chicken.
During his absence Chew lighted u score
of incense sticks, which, together with
two sacred Chinese candles, were placed
in spittoon on the bar. The chicken
was brought into court and placed Oh
the white cloth. A butcher knife was
placed in Yung Bung's hand and Inter
prefer Chew administered the oath,
which was written in blood on yellow
paper. The oath was to the effect that
the witness stomach should burst and
that his entire family should die if he
lied in his evidence. Yung Bung step
ped from the witness stand with the
knife tightly clutched in his hand. 1t
required about twenty blows of the knife
to sever the chickens head. The wit
hess tnen slgneo 'ie oa.n VIVA ene
oloou u sie c ~ anu Iiie paper "AS
cons"meu III 'ne s''oieu hro'
A CURIOUS old law, giving the Seigneur
o right OF expulsion, has been revived in
the island OF Snrk, which is yearly VS.
tied by large number OF English,
French and American tourists; a DER.
sey man who rents land there having, 1t
is stated, made himself very ofiicious as
regards the prosecution OF visitors Tor
tresPass while walking across his heids
IN the direction OF the well known Gouil-
lot Caves, was few days ago, at the
conclusion OF case which he brought
before the Sark Court against party OF
visitors for trespass, ordered ~ the
Seigneur to quit the island with hisfam-
lily and belongings within ferty-eight
hours. The term, however, has since
been extended to six weeks to enable him
to arrange his affairs before leaving.
This power OF expulsion is exercised un-
der statute OF Queen Anne, which en-
acts that the Seigneur may at any time
expel from the island any person who
shall render himself obnoxious to the
community and = nuisance to his neigh
bors. A similar power of expulsion
from Guernsey and jersey is vested in
the respective Lieutenant-Goverh of
those islapds.
TrcHrNIra nearly broke M house