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

The tench is an European fish, and the
United States Fish Commission are en-
deavoring to introduce it to American
waters.
WILL hair from horses name or tail
develop into snake if left in the water9
scientific men say not, but ]. H. Pierce
OF Mount Pleasant, Conn.,, says that scien-
tiiic men don't know every thing. Mr..
flerce claims that under certain condi-
lions, he can and has produced from
morse hairs perfectly formed snakes the
head being fully developed with eyes and
mouth, the reptile having life, motion
and growing in length and thickness.
he has at present three in process of evo-
luton, with which he expects to silence
al doubt as to the truth of his statements.
A lew days ago Mr.. Pierce obtained two
L LII s1aA1 60 as ne caiieo tnem, and ex-
Loa.cu !nem 70 several persons here,
wnose opinions appear TO be evenly dlvld-
81 as 70 wnetner thcy are species OF
ma.er snake OF really produced by horse
"n ~ requires ABOUT three months to
1osoioP INC SNAKES, hlr. Fierce says.
CHARLES E. HARRINGTON went fishing
In Barnegat Bay. He was using an
eight ounce split bamboo rod and line
rugged with two hooks. He had landed
number of fish, ranging from one to
one and half pounds in weight, and in
at least one instance two at the same
time. Suddenly his line went through
the water with startling swish, and in
trice the slender bamboo was buckled
into a loop. After good bit of master
full play, the catch was brought along
side and lifted into the boat. Then, to
the astonishment of everybody. it was
discovered that the catch was not one
fish but three-three fish on two hooks
one OF the hooks had passed through the
gil OF one flsh and been seized by sec
ono nsn. mus two were captured by
one NOOK. All three were weakfsh, and
plg IeiioWs at That.
A REMARKABLE specimen, writes the
London correspondent of the Manchester
Guardian, has recently been added to the
museum of the Royal College of Surgeons.
1t is that Of portion of mans skull
from the internal surface of which is pro-
jecting an inch of the blade of pocket
knife. There is some history of an injury
having been received year before the
mans death, but nothing more than this
is known to account for the presence of
the piece of metal. No symptoms were
manifested during life pointing to the
remarkable condition Of things which
was casually discovered after death, and
for upward of twelve months the man
was living with an inch of steel in his
skull s,t, ana In close contact with the brain.
me knlie piauc hao presumably peen
,orclpiy thrust through the bone ana nad
broken OH snort; Inc man alea OF
pntnisls quite independently OF Inc IN
jury ne nao received.
THE schooner Mary i. Anderson has
sailed from San Francisco for Crescent
City on treasure-hunting expedition to
secure so, 900, 600 that lies at tie bottom
of the Pacific in the wreck of the Inflated
Brother Jonathan, which was lost many
years age on the coast, somewhere in the
vicinity of Crescent City. The expedi-
ton has been got up by Peter Gee, we'll
known capitalist of San Francisco. Two
divers and complete diving apparatus
were engaged. The Brother Jonathan
piled between San Francisco and the
North until she was lost, about fourteen
years ago. She was bound for Victoria,
and her commander and large number
of passengers persisted with her. 1t was
known that she had considerable treasure
on board, and several expeditions similar
to that OF the Mary E. Anderson have
been made, but the position OF the wreck
was never located.
A DISPATCH to the Chicago Inter- Ocean
from Melbourne, Fla, SAYS s'Turtle
hunting is now in order. The immense
sea turtles come out during moonlight
nights to deposit their eggs in the sand.
While engaged in that duty they do not
allow themselves to be at all disconnected
by spectators. They may make as many
remarks as they choose, complimentary
or otherwise, one may climb onto her
broad back, but the turtle keeps right at
work until she has deposited from 100 to
$50 round, soft-shell eggs, then she COW
efs them up IN the warm sand, ana
Slowly ana iaoorlousiy wadaies PACK 70
me wafer. Two lauies ci!mped ONO tne
PACK OF one tne otner nlgnt, ana Iooe
oown 10 ING wstcrs eIge, wnen 'ney
yer, very uncere a ci'mDeu on ., anu
ie,s . .he s sur.lc 20 pursue nc' why a'one