Iuka reporter., 1890-04-17

ing the servant and asking her for the
! money. He cautioned the women ia
| make no outcry, assuring them that ie
they remained quiet until he departed
he would hurt no one. When he was
ready to 60 he bade them good might.
| and went out the front door. He
entered the house by back window,
visited every room, turning on the electric
light and leaving it burning.
KNITTING carpets is home industry in
Germany, where it carried on BY uomep
and girls of all Glasses. 1t is more dur
able than woven rag carpet. Knitted
carpet schools have been established in
many towns, and itinerant carpet makers
travel from place to place teaching the art
OF carpet knitting for a small remunera-
ton. The carpet is knit of strips OF tex
tile goods, such as woven rag carpet 10
made of. The knitting is done with
wooden needles, and for convenience
the carpet is made only about twelve
| inches wide, the widths being Joined TO-
gether by sewing in the usual manner
Knitted in strips from six to eight inches
wide, it serves admirably as border for
remnants or short pieces Of Brussels or
N
carpets 10 also Canadian domestic in,
dustry.
A CURIOUS human being died at Sieyer
Island, n. B., few days ago, of whom
the outside world knew nothing, but was
wonderingly spoken Of in her own neiah.
borhood as "thc girl who sewcd with her
mouth This girl was fifty years old
when she died Her name wos Mary
Goodine, and she had no arms, hands.
legs or feet. She learned, when quite
young, to perform with her mouth the
offices usually filed 10y the hands In cut.
ting and sewing, and pieces of patch.
work done by her arc now held by
neighbors as memorials of her surprising
accomplishments. She lived with .
brother and sister, and once refused an
offer from Barnum because her brother
did not care to accompany her Her
body was of full size, and she was of
ordinary intelligence.
ANDREW LARSEN, the captain of the
schooner Mary Anderson, has arrived in
San Francisco with one finger less than
he sailed with. While fishing one day
on one OF the Southern islands he ran
across lot of abalOnes on some dry rocks.
In attempting to pick one off he put his
little finger under the shell, when the an
imal closed on it, making him a prisoner.
The tide began to rise and the gallant
aptain still found himself held fast. not
withstanding that he had broken all the
blades of his knife save one in trying to
open the shell. As the, tide had already
risen above his arm, he concluded that it
was better to lose a finger than be
drowned, and so with the remaining
blade of his knife he cut his little finger
off.
DR.. W. H. Caldwell, of Lexington,
Ky, has in his possession fnely-devel-
oped child with the exception of the
head, which is so badly deformed that
most scientific physician could not give
correct description of it, The child has
but one eye, and that is on the right side
OF the face. The top part of its head is.
rounding, slanting gradually TO its nose,
and it, together with the shape of the
mouth, forms an elephant head as near as
Can be formed on human being. The
child's parents are among the best people
IN Lexington, and by request their names
are withheld. The child, which was
born in January last, lived three days.
a VERY peculiar result arising from the
sting OF bee was noticed short time
since at Hillsboro, III. The Hon. G. W.
Bliss WAS conversing on the street when
bee stung him on the finger of his left
hand. The poison went 10 his heart, aud
IN few seconds was so serious az 10 ere
ate considerable alarm and require medi-
cal attendance. He was conveyed TO the
drug store of i. Douglas, where sting
antidote was administered. In an in,
credibiy short time the poison. after
leaving the heart, settled ip the left eye.
and swelling took place which nearly
destroyed that optic.
A LopeIsG-HoUsr keeper In London
named Foy, who was so poor that be had
been able TO get excused even from rate
paying, received from the hands of his
dying wife the gift Of hor stays. After
her death he cut them up and discovered
over 5000 secreted in them. He gave his
wife the most elegant wake ever seen in
the ncighborhood, and while he was
under its influence u man named FRYE,
stole the balance Of the money from him.
He had Fryer arrested, and in tho police
court the story OF the hidden treasure
came out.
In the recent snow blockade on the
Union Pacific an engineer was hurryine
several physicians to the scene OF IN acct
dent A trestle at one point appeared
shaky. He made his passengers get of
and walk around il. He backed his en-
gine half mile, opened his throttle. and
''let her drive" She went like light
ming over the spot Of danger, cleared it,
and brought the physicians to the bed
side of the dying and wounded in time
to render valuable service.
HAMILTON 8 BRANHAMAS, butchers Of
Springfield, Ohio, purchased steer of
Squire John Henry Blose, resident of
fremont. When the steer was killed
silver watch, in good condition, was
found in the stomach Two years ago
laborer on the farm hung his vest on a
rail fence. A silver watch was in the
pocket, and both vest and watch disap-.
peared. 1t is believed the steer ate the
garment and contents.
A DEER was captured alive in Monsou,
Me-, recently. Hewas first seen CROSSING
the narrows of Lake Hebron, within fifty