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Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-09-18

most remarkable appearance. Her hear
ing on that side is, Of course, very defect
i've; but otherwise she suffers no incon-
venience from her peculiar mark, which
she attributes to witch's malice When
in health the oblong balls Of flesh which
represent the grapes are firm and plump,
but are shriveled by sickness.
A REGULARITY of Havana is the man.
ner of delivering milk to customers.
Those who have been out driving in the
suburbs have seen cows being driven by
one or two natives. The first COW bore
on her horns from two to three tin pint
and quart cups. The first idea is that
the people must be going to picnic, and
were taking the cows along as beasts of
burden, but later one is informed that
the cows are driven to the doors of the
customers and MIXED in their presence,
SO they were perfectly certain that the
milk was fresh.
The usher of the English Probate
Court, who has just died, left fortune
OF 500, 900, accumulated from a salary
OF $3.50 year for thirty three years, and
from the tips that flowed in upon him in
q stream
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-09-18
Gastr0n0nly.

In the matter of gastronomic econ
omy there are no families in the world
equal to the French.
The highest gastronomic authorities
aow preach for variety in food in the
interest of health.
They say the only men who habitu-
ally eat Irish stew in restaurants are
those who enter the lions den in the
circus.
Canned lobster continues to be of
great festival help all over the land in
assisting consumers to Shuttle off this
mortal COLL"
Goddard, in his excellent book on
Marketing" says: "In selecting fish,
choose only those which are firm and
stiff, with lively red gills, eyes full and
clear, and fnps firm"
A light breakfast, suspicion of
lunch, and substantial, wholesome
Inner, not later than o'clock, is
health rule for hot weather laid down
by physician who is also an epicure.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-09-18
BRAIDING MACHINES.
Some of the Marvellous Work Pro-
duced by Them.

1t is very curious to an outsider to
watch the operations of braiding ma
chine. In one factory there are some
ten different kinds of machines kept in
operation. The most curious of all is a
machine whose special domain is the So
called applique" work. 1t performs
three tasks at one and the same time,
says the Ladies' Wear Review. When
properly adjusted tiny knife cuts out,
according to the pretty design intended,
the figures from the upper layer of cloth,
while, simultaneously, the machine sews
these figures into the layer of cloth I'M
derneath, the upper layer being gener-
ally of medium thickness, while the lower
one is cloth of the thickest, warmest
and most expensive kind, such as is suit
able for lady's cloak.
The effect thus produced-artistic ara
besques, beautifully curving lines, form
ing an intricate, yet pleasing, pattern, ly-
ing on the cloth underneath--is very
pretty indeed. Generally two cloths of
shades differing so much as to form
fine contrast are chosen. The delicate
mechanism of this machine is especially
noticeable in the cutting out of the up
per layer of cloth For, while the whole
process of cutting it and sewing it on
tight at the same time is done SO quickly
under the hands of skillful operator
that yard Of this applique" work is
made within five minutes, the knife must
be so nicely adjusted that it will cut ex-
actly through the thickness of the upper
cloth, and not the hundredth part of an
inch deeper. Another machine, which
is likewise the product of very ingen-
ious brain, is the so-called 'three-spoop'
machine. Two threads of worsted and
one thread of silk cording are manipu-
| lated by this machine in such manner
as to lay down the worsted on the cloth
and to spin the silk right over and all
around it. The effect thus produced is
that of very thick silk braid, the whole
being more durable than silk through
out, yet much less expensive.
The beading machine, by means of
which those most elegant ornaments on
woman's dress-those glistening ara
besques of beading--are put on, is an.
other triumph of mechanical genius.
The same may be said of the feather
edge machine, which does the so-called
sunbeam" and 'rainbow" work, en-
broidering the shades, which are gradu.
ally toned down or the cornelly machine,
which does the cording; and still more
so of the soutache machine, which does
the simplest and yet one of the most
effective styles of embroidery.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-09-18
California Redwood Trees.

Redwood trees are not what are known
as the great trees of California, the
Sequoia gigantea, which have been found
only in small groves on the Sierra Ne
vada, at height of about 1850 feet
above the sea level. But the redwood
bears strong resemblance to the mann.
moth tree, and is sometimes mistaken for
it, as it frequently grows to height Of
800 feet and diameter of sixteen feet.
In telling these trees, saws are now
largely used instead of axes--the ordi.
nary cross-cut saw, usually from ten to
twelve feet in length, with the ak,
wedges, and sledge hammer. Logging
railways are largely used in Transporting
the logs to the mill, and in many cases to
carry the lumber from the mill to tide
water or the place of shipment. When
the railroad runs into the tract Of TIM
Der being cut, donkey engines are used
to load the logs on the trucks and for
other heavy work usually done byhorses
or oxen.
The redwood forests are generally in
billy country, so that in many cases it
has been matter of no great difficulty
to get the lumber to tidewater or to q
railroad leading to market. The timber
is light and close grained, much resem-
bling in appearance red cedar, but dark
err 1t is eminently durable and not at
tackled by insects, and the large growth
of the trade in it attests the number of
new uses to which it is constantly being
put. The tree is found from the boun-
Diary of Mexico northward, and never
very far from the coast, there being IN
some cases forests of this tree exclusive
ly on the Coast Range. - Scientific
American.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-09-18
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

A new deposit of zinc ore has Just
been found near Bloomsbury, Penn.
The strawberry contains 90.52 per
cent. water and 9.4S per cent. dry
matter.
A Philadelphia syndicate has just
struck a solid mass Of native copper in
Michigan.
The baryta deposits on McKellar's
Island, Canada, are now being worked.
Experts pronounce this to be the finest
deposit in America.
Along the shore of Hudson Bay there
has recently been discovered gold, sill
yer, copper, soapstone, mica, plumbago
and lead, besides iron ore.
Paint the tongues of your fever pa
tients with glycerine, says physician;
1t will remove the sensation of thirst and
discomfort felt when the organ is dry
and foul.
The object-glas of the Lick telescope
in California has an area of 101S square
inches. The next largest, that at Pull.
kosl in Russia, has an area of only 706
square inches.
To fill up cracks in boat, melt equal
parts Of pitch and gutta percha in an
iron pot; thoroughly mix by stirring.
Make up In sticks and melt into the
cracks with warm iron.
With the view of testing the rapidity
of electric welding, twenty pieces Of
one-inch common round iron bars, with
rough ends, were recently welded to-
gether by two men in thirteen minutes.
Blacksmiths can start a fire by pound
ing violently rod of soft iron, first
spreading on the anvil layer of pow
dered coal dust. This is good illus.
tration of the conversion of force into
heat.
Several of the larger machinery max
ing concerns of the North are 80 crowded
with work that they are now obliged to
refuse orders. There is very urgent
demand for electrical machinery, espec-
tally.
1t 10 claimed that wall paper can be
made In such a way that the passage Of
low tension electric currents will heat it
moderately warm to the touch, and diff
fuse throughout the room an agreeable
temperature.
The conclusions reached by modern
meteorologists are that cyclones Of great
intensity arc ascending spiral whirls OF
wind having rotary motion in direc.
ton In the northern hemisphere opposite
to the movement of the hands of o
watch.
Photography has apparently dis
proved the theories Of the old-schoo
meteorologists who maintained tina
lightning never turned back in its path
An examination of lightning photography
shows that a flash not only turns back
sometimes, but tangles itself into kind
of knot.
An excellent thing to soften leather i
castor oil. The leather should first b.
washed and softened with warm waite
and then wiped, and while still damp
well oiled and the oil rubbed in. "a lit
tie carbolic acid in the leather will deter
rats or mice from gnawing the leather
After the oil is soaked in finishing may
be given with any of the shoe polishes
now in common use.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-09-18
It was Ben Johnson. we be.

1t was Ben Johnson, we be-
lieye, who, when asked NAL
locks question, Is life worth
living J !" replied /" That de-
ponds on the h0ev." And Ben
Johnson doubtless saw the
double point to the pun.
The liver active quick
life rosy, everything bright.
mountains Of trouble melt like
mountains Of snow.
The liver sluggish life dull,
everything blue, molehills Of
worry rise into mountains Of
anxiety, and as a result sick
headache, dizziness, constipa-
ton.
Two ways are open. Cure
permanently, or relieve tenn
porarily. Take pill and suf-
fer, or take a pill and get we'll
Shock the system by an over
dose, or coax it by a mild.
pleasant way.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
are the mild means. They
work effectively, without pain,
and leave the system strong.
One, little, sugar coated pei.
let is enough, although ,
whole vial costs but rs cents
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-09-18
[aEs215 8 For
CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FANS.
Best Cough Syrup. Tastes good. Use
I in time. Sold By druegists.
OkOXyxS2HX6


We offer you ready made medicins
Tor Coughs, Bronchitis and other dis.
eases OF the Throat and Lungs. LIN
other so-called Patent Medicines, it i
well advertised, and having merit it has
attained to wide sale. Call it "Nos-
trum" If you will, but believe us when
we say that at first it was compounded
after prescription by regular physi-
clan, with no idea that it would ever 90
on the market as q proprietary medicine.
Why is it not just as good as though
costing fifty cents to dollar for a pre-
scription and an equal sum to have it put
up at drug store2
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-09-18
I'll. ia. Of oui,Iu.

There Is no questioning the fact that quinine
Is a valuable medicine as tonic, anti periodic
and anti-pyretic, and that its discovery has
greatly helped the cause of medicine. Still IN
satisfactory as 1T frequently dcranges tho sys-
tenn. producing headache, dizzy feelings, con
vulsions and sometimes even paralysis. 1t was
the endeayQr cf the eminent DR.. John Bull, Of
Louisville, Ky, to invent q substitute for quj.
nine, something that would have all the good
qualities OF .quinine, and yet DO entirely free
from its evil teDdenolcs How admirably be
succeeded Is evidenced by tho estimation in
which his remedy, Smiths Tonic. Syrup, Is
held by the people; where II Is best known
everybody uses It In place of quinine and II
never fails 10 give the very best Of satisfaction
In cases OF chills and fever it is absolutely a
safe and certain cure.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-09-18

The success that Messrs. LOOMS & Nyman
of Tiffin. o., have met with in the manufac-
ture Of Well Boring Machinery is due largely
to the fact that they have every facility for
manufacturing first-class machines, and are
thoroughly responsible in all dealings, and
have been engaged in the business for over 80
years Also by liberal patronage of the
Newspapers. Their advertisement Of Bore
Wells' is familiar to most readers All per-
sons interested in the subject should write for
catalogue.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-09-18

Tho favorable impression produced ON the
nrst appearance of the agreeable liquid fruit
remedy Syrup Of Figs fcw years ago has been
more than confirmed by the pleasant expert
once of all who have used it. and the success
of the proprietors and manufactures, the Cal.
Ifornia Fig Syrup Company.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-09-18

JAY Cooke, the Philadelphia broker, owns
several country places, but his favorite re-
sort is his farm at FELTON, Hills, few miles
out from Philadelphia Here he spends
nearly every afternoon, giving personal at.
tention to all the necessary details of prac-
teal farming.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-09-18

IT is reported in Berlin that General vor
Caprivi, Chancellor Of the Empire, Is De
throthed to Count Waldersee's niece.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-09-18

THEODORE Triton has been made master
of an English lodge Of Masons--the first time
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-09-18

MISS LILLIAN BLANCHE FEARING, the
only woman in this years graduating class
In the Union College law school, in Chicago,
ILL.,, is entirely blind
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-09-18

The indianapolis, und) Ram's Horn, a
wonderful paper, on trial to Jan. 1st for Is
cents.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-09-18

FITS stopped free by DR.. KILNEss GRKA4
NERVE REsToRER. 70 Fits after first days
use. Marvellous cures. Treatise and 81 trial
bottle free. DIR. Kline. ASl Arch St.. Phila.. Pa.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-09-18

Mrs. STANLEY, nee Miss Tenant, has pc
cular fad. Her hobby is parasols, of which
she has wonderful collection.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-09-18

Mild, gentle, soothing and
healing is DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy. Only SO cents.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-09-18

w. H. Griffin, Jackson, Mich. writes: .suf-
fered with Catarrh for fifteen years, hairs "a
tarrh Cure cured me-" Sold by Druggists. Toe
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-09-18

My wife had been so long afflicted with chills
agree with her, and concluded to give hel'
Smiths Tonic Syrup, and to my establishment
two bottles made her perfectly well.-P.C. Lee,
Bqbge VuLisU Miss
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-09-18

Neglecting child troubled with worms may
cause it to have epileptic fits. Horrible! Give
it DR. Bulls Worm Destroyers at once and save
c.l.ill
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-09-18

II afflicted with sore eyes, use DR.. Isaa,
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell
&c per bottle.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-21
A Protest from a summer visitor.

Tyrant custom is lin nothing more
tyrannical than in this matter Of the
summer visit, which DIS now constituted
can be matter of enjoyment only to
lovers and children, flor whose benefit it
would appear all customs laws are
framed. The rational \man, let us hope,
will always be truly hospitable. Hewill
delight to welcome und Ter his roof an in
innate friend for adoption into his own
family during an indef mite period. He
will even return this visit cheerfully,
forgetting his small di$comforts in the
many compensations of Sthe pleasant in
tercourse it confirms.
But until his whole nature changes
he will never honestly enjoy being bound
over to good behavior for days together,
among comparative strangers, in house
that is not his. Of "all forms, modes,
shows of grief that fashion has in
vented this is surely the most irksome.
o Informality, what deceits are prac-
ticed in thy name! One might as well
put on the trappings of a courtier and
accept feudal servitude at once as in a
land of freedom, under summer skies, to
be trammeled so.-Scribners.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-21
Cntcchism ON Hats.

What aat shall wear for dressy occa-
sions?
Beyond all question the silk hat. The
best subst itute is the derby.
What shall wear for business?
The derby is the American business
hat. 1t is meat, requires little care, is
fashionable hnd durable. The next sub
stitute is a s pft hat of the tourist shape.
This hat has y cut in crown, we'll rolled
brim and u rather wide band and bind
ing. 1t is ja)unty without the reckless
shapelessness bf the crusher.
There is no 8 ocial law against the silk
hat for BUSINESS hours All men are
right in DRESSING according to their sew
eral occupationsA and if these forbid any
thing more elabCi rate than soft SLOUGH
hat then that isl the proper hat to be
worn. The blacksmith who should wear
a white felt, the tmiller black, would
each be sadly i'll covered.
What is the prcsper thing for summer
wear?
The foregoing answers hold good, ex-
cept that straw halt is in good taste as
well as good sense fpr business hat in
hot weather.-Men'sSO utftter.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-21
Hard on the Map Publishers.

eff this thing keeps on, = said map
printer the other day, "we'l1 have to go
into bankruptcy. We hadn't got our
United States maps fixed up with North
and South Dakota before the Brazilian
revolution knocked South America end
wise, and now Wyoming and Idaho are
turned into states. Africa has to be
fixed over every six months, and the
latest and most serious change of all is
this German-English arrangement to
knock out Heligoland from the British
Empire. That isn't big change, but it
is plenty big enough to spoil all our
maps of Europe. 1t would almost pay
the mapmakers of the world to chip in
and buy the nasty little island, in order
to make present of it to England, and
save the expense of getting up new maps
of Euro-e New York Sun,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-21
100 Doses One Dollar

ding bringing lOS. The arrange
ments are completed for handling all
cotton brought there, and the courte-
GUS manager, Mr.. Cranberry, may be
relied on to protect the interests of
both buyers and sellers. He is in
daily communication with all the
great cotton markets, and the patrons
of the yard can post themselves as to
the latest changes in prices. This is
a great advantage to the cotton seller.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-21
A Scrap Metal Timepiece.

A clock of marvellous construction
was exhibited to the members OF the
Liverpool workhouse committee. One
of the inmates named Mercer, who was
suffering from bad eyesight, but who
had formerly been matchmaker, made
it out Of pins, buttons and all sorts OF
odds and ends. The task occupied him
three years. Mercer was sent for and
said he wished permission to exhibit it
ut the Polytechnic exhibition, A written
description, headed THE Timepiece,
set forth that the back and front OF the
clock were made from the ends of iron
bed laths, while the barrel was part OF
large brass ferrule, the ends being brass
buttons hammered out.
The barrel arbor had originally been
the blade of shoemaker's awl; the main
and several other wheels had originally
served as trousers buttons, the teeth
having been formed of knitting needles.
The teeth of the center wheels had once
been rivets in boot, and other portions
had also served in capacities differing
largely from that they now occupied.
The dial consisted of over hundred
pieces put together, the hours being in
dicated by the makers name, which was
alternated with small Roman numerals
IN, L; E, III; R, V; G, VII; E, TX;
R, XII" The ingenuity of the clever bit
of mechanism was admired by the men,
bers and permission given to the man
to exhibit it. Mercer said he thought
that by exhibiting it he might be able
to get some permanent work in a clock
making Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-21
YELL OWSTONE KIT.
A Surperb Show Witnessed by the Best
People.

A Surperb Show Witnessed by the Best
People.
Yellowstone Kits combination con-
tinues to attract vast numbers to his
large pavilion spread at the foot of
the Avenue. He gives superb, free
show each night. His Japanese
juggler is probably among the best to
be found in the wonderful land of
flowers and cherry blossoms and his
tricks with tops defy every law of
gravitation. Hi smuggling with a
lighted pipe and with eggs is mysti-
tying and more than one person who
witnesses the performance AYERS that
the magician is in league with the
spirit of the black art. The other
features of the show are all good and
the most refined can enjoy them. Kit
will remain here until the first of
next month.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-21

DISCUSSION of the commission plank
is going the rounds of the press, and
while it is receiving few prods it is
the recipient of vastly more praise.
The wording of that plank, and the
history Of its insertion in the platform
proves it is not intended as test OF
Democracy, assertions of its enemies
to the contrary Notwithstanding. 1t
is a plain out business proposition
that commends itself to the people,
and will win at the polls.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-21
WHEN such an uncompromising re-

WHEN such an incorporating re-
publican paper as the Globe-Demo'
GRAFT publishes such an admission as
the following, then surely there is
hope for the country 1.-THE Quay
resolution perplexes the Senate Re.
publicans, yet in the coming caucus
they will probably agree to it. At any
rate the champions OF the Federal
elections bill should know by this
time not only that the measure can
not pass this session, but that persis.
tence in the attempt to pass it would
endanger the tariff bill"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-21
Why Dinner Was Very Late That Day.

why Dinner was very Laue AhaI lay
Here is one on Thad Spindle which,
though it happened some time ago, has
not been told: Thad went home one
evening not long ago and found that din
ner was not ready. The groceryman
had not sent his basket of marketing
which he had ordered on his way down
town that morning. The cook had ex-
pected it every minute, and this caused
the delay. In no happy frame of mind
he went to the grocery some blocks away
and wanted to know why his market
basket had not been sent out home. Re-
grets and apologies were ample. 1t
would go at once.
Now Thad doesn't mind carrying a
market basket when he is in good hui
NOR, but he left still in high dudgeon
and scorned to touch it, leaving it for
them to send. If there is one thing that
he likes better than his dinner it is hunt
ing, 80 on the way home he stopped to
talk gun to his friend the doctor. He
did not hurry, as he knew the dinner had
to be cooked before it could be served. Fl
,nally he noticed that there was an exceed
ingly diminutive darby with an exceed
ingly large market basket sitting on the
cS1rbstone just out of earshot from him
and the doctor. The darby looked very
like one he had seen in the grocery, and
the market basket looked very like his
own. what are you doing there?" he
inquired. "W'y," stammered the nod
ding little sleepy head in black, as he
started up, IVY, sab, Miss Dora, she
say foN me to follah the gem'man, and
Use llah'n yo', sab. louisville Times.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-21
A Lively Old Man.

Blake Keene, of Auburn, is rs years
old. The other day he hoed potatoes all
lay for Judson Garcelon up on the river
road. He hoed as many rows as any man
in the crew. and when the days work was
at an end Mr.. Garcelon said that Mr.
Keene had earned $3.50. and he paid him
the amount very cheerfully. Mr.. Keene
doesn't take back seat for many men
of his ags.-Auburn (Me.) Letter.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-21
ARM AMPUTATED.
Mr.. StGyely Much Worse and His Death is
Imminent

Imminent.
Mr.. Bryant, Stavely, who was shot
and wounded IN the arm by his son
in-law, John league, some days ago,
has been growing, worse for the past
forty-eight hours, and yesterday his
surgeon deemed it necessary to am
putate the arm, DR.. Mathews perform
ing the operation. Mr.. Stavely is very
bad off and the doctors have little hope
OF saving his life. league, who did
the shooting, is in Jail, and takes the
serious turn in affairs very philosophi-
cally. He claims Stavely was raising
his six-shooter to fire at him AND that
he was simply acting in self defense,