Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-07-10

FaA~o ~ aii tnc dttcnuantS. Inc child,
after severe attack of scarlet fever. was
| left totally blind and deaf, but her powers
OF speech remained, and, as is always the
case, her sound senses became far more
acute than they had been before she was
stricken by sickness. Her mind Is singu-
lArly bright and active, and she has made
such good use of her power Of speech
and feeling that she knows all the chill
dren in the ward by name, and can tell
who they are by the peculiar sound Of
their FOOTBALLS. Every newcomer is pre-
sentcd to her.. She lays her hand on the
strangers head, and repeats all the names
she knows, until at the right one the
child in front OF her mods her head.
After this the little blind prodigy never
forgcts the newcomer.
The novel spectacle was presented in
the corridor of the Fifth Avenue Hotel,
in New York, on recent Saturday night
OF q Belgian poodle of large size walking
about with small pipe in his mouth and
occasionally emitting cloud of smoke
from between his teeth. The dog was
handsome one of his breed, with silken.
light brown hair covering its round bar
relied body and intelligent face, while his
limbs were slender and hairless. The
animal is the property of Mr.. Max Somer-
vile, of Philadelphia, wealthy Amcri
can who spends most of his time In Paris,
where he picked up his four footed COM
panion some years ago. The poodle
thinks as much of his after dinner pipe as
human smokers do of their pipes or
cigars, and carries it around in his teeth
long after the few whiffs of smoke he is
permitted to indulge in have ended his
refreshment.
A RESIDENT of Martinsville, Ind.
named Jerry Givcns, has received letter
from rich uncle in California which in.
dictates that the young man is likely to be
adopted and made his heir A strange
family history is recalled by this incident.
There was an arrangement between the
man now in California and the father OF
young Jerry, who is long since dead.
Henry, the elder brother, drifted to the
far West, and discovered the whereabouts
OF his young heir only through publica
ton which narrated remarkable adven
ture in which the latter was engaged.
Some time ago, while hunting in the
White River bottoms, he encountered
great nest of snakes. This circumstance
gained wide reputation in the papers, and
finally caught the eye of the elder Civ.
ems.
A FEW days ago there was received at
the Treasury Department In Washington
a most peculiar bank note. It was of the
$40 or $40 denomination, according to
which side was examined, for, by some
remarkable mistake, one side was printed
with the general face of twenty dollar
bill, while the other had all the figures
and devices of a $40. The note was re-
turned to the Treasury by the cashier of
the First Washington National Bank of
Jersey City. An investigation was made
at Washington, and it was found that two
OF these notes had been issued, but no
one knew where the other was. 1t now
turns out that the second one is also in
Jersey. 1t is in the possession of Howard
Bailey of the Newark Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company.
A NEW genius in the begging line has
made his appearance in New York. He
is dressed like a respectable longshore-
man, is careful to keep himself neat and
clean, and always carries bunch of cot
ton, and two dimes about with him. He
stuffs the cotton in one cheek, assumes an
expression of intense misery, puts the
dimes in the hand that is not engaged
in rubbing his swollen check, and asks
the first benevolent looking man he meets
for nickle to complete the sum of twen-
ty-five cents necessary to have tooth
extracted.
A CABLEGRAM from Berlin announces
that Captain Kund has discovered tribe
of dwarfs, hiterto unknown, who live in
the dense forests forming part of the Ger
man colony of CAMERON in Africa. They
lead nomad lives, wandering about the
forests, through which they make their
way with surprising rapidity. They call
themselves the Bodjaeli and are hunters
of the elephant, which they kill with
lances. These little people live about
200 miles north OF the dwarfs whom Du
Chaillu discovered years ago.
MARGARET KINNEY of Alpena, Mich,
has been asleep for two years. She lies
motionless on the bed for two weeks at
time, taking neither food nor drink.
She has not spoken during the entire
time, and rarely opens her eyes. Her
general health seems to be good, but her
face has deathly white appearance
Formerly she was vivacious and very
bright. The cause of her long sleep is
puzzler for physicians. 1t was preceded
by very slight sickness.
Mrs. JOHN SuIMP, of Salem County,
N. j., cut pump kin to make pumpkin
pie. When she opened it she found sew
eral of the seeds had sprouted, and there
was vine several inches long and as
large around as a lead pencil. There
were numerous blossoms on it, and a
young pumpkin nearly as large as an
orange. 1t is supposed the warm weather
during the winter had something to do
with starting the sprouts.
On recent Sunday evening two pom
dcrous cylinders attached to the Ginning
and striking gear of the clock in St.
Peters Church, Colchester, England,
weighing half ton, dropped from the
tower, and fell in the porch Of the church,
through which the congregation had just
passed.
TIE bodies of forty-fve deer were
found piled up in heap near Weaver
vile, Cal, recently. They lay at the