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Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-11
An Extraordinary Beacon.

The most extraordinary of all light
houses is located on Arnish rock, Storno-
way Bay, rock which is separated from
the island of Lewis by channel over 500
feet wide. 1t is in the Hebrides, Scot
land. On this rock conical beacon is
erected, and on its summit lantern is
fixed, from which, night after night,
shines a light which is seen by the fish
ermen far and wide Yet there is no
burning lamp in the lantern and no at
tendant ever goes to it, for the simple
reason that there is no lamp to attend to,
no wick to trim, and no oil we'll to re-
plenish.
The way in which this peculiar light
house is illuminated is this: On the island
OF Lewis, 500 feet or so away, is light
house, and from window in the tower
stream of light is projected on mir
ror in the lantern on the summit of Ar
nish rock. These rays are reflected on
to an arrangement of prisms, and by their
action are converged to focus outside
the lantern, from which they diverge in
the necessary direction.
The consequence is that, to all intenss
and purposes, lighthouse exists which
has neither lamp nor lighthouse keeper,
and yet which gives as serviceable light
taking into account the requirements
of this locality--as if an elaborate and
costly lighthouse, with lamp, service
room, bedroom, living-room, storeroom,
oilroom and water tanks were erected on
the summit of the rock.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-11
About Walters,

Waiting is much harder work than
most people think 1t is" said popular
restaurateur. "Some men never be.
come proficient at it.: they never can
and hence the market is not overcrowd.
ed with good walters. Barring the
summer hotel season, walters of q GER.
tain stamp are always to be had, but
this supply is never such as to prevent
an able man from getting place. II
seems easy, suppose, to the public for
man to take an order and bring in
the victuals, but there are many diff.
culties and requirements incident to
waiting that are overlooked. There
are few places in which more crotchets
and foibles are exhibited than in an eat
ing room, and a waiter has to learn
much of human nature and to school
himself accordingly to give satisfaction.
The patron of q restaurant is the great
am. He is the one to please, and il
he kicks against anybody save the cook,
it is the waiter. A pleasant address, q
good memory, promptness and delft
ness, therefore, are prime requisites for
the waiter. Nobody wants an ill
natured waiter, yet large ratio of the
guests are more or less inconsiderate in
their demands. In case of dispute or
dissatisfaction we always have to de
eide with the guest, though we ~
know that the waiter was in no wise to
blame. On complaint of patrons of nv
establishment have actually had III
hines to change walters to other parts
Of the room, and even lay them off for
a few days walters, too, whom knew
to be the best in my employ. A little
clumsiness, forge.fulness or confusion
in distributing the food to the guests,
often brings slightly deserved rebukes,
and woe-betide the waiter who incurs
The. ill-will of the employees behind the
screen, for the promptness of his service
is sadly impaired and mischief is sure
to follow. Many Of the proprietors'
faults are saddled Oh their shoulders
and many malediction is hurled at the
cooks over their heads,
"The coveted place most walters as
pire to is situation iii club house.
There the average pay is about $40
month. The dress suits are either fur
nished free or paid for by the waiter by
small deductions from his monthly pay.
The people the waiter serves are not
miscellaneous public, but select com
pany. each member of which he soon
knows personally; and when individual
likes and dislikes are
known he runs less risk OF giving offense
d. dissatisfaction. He is sure, further.
Of good fare and good usage. The club
house is the waters goal.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-11
The Pickpocket's Art.

The chief object Of pickpocket, after
certainty, is speed. He cannot daily with
his victim by the hour. What he doee
is to be over in flash. Speaking OF pins
and studs, there has never been fasten-
ing so complex but the expert thieves
could defeat it in motion. They do in
their business as fine work as any Houdin.
and the thief himself could not analyze
or explain its detail. His powers of ex-
ecution have gone far beyond his power
of perception or relation
x pickpocket consults his own nervous
condition constantly No fine LADY, ever
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-11

Miss Beatrice Potter is at present
one Of the most famous and talked of
women in England. She is superbly
beautiful woman, is of aristocratic
connections, and owns large fortune
IN her own right. For several years
past she has been devoted pupil and
disciple OF Herbert Spencer. Having
read and heard all manner of grue-
some stories Of the horrors endured
by women in. sweaters shops, she
dressed herself in the odious rags worn
by that class, went down to London,
found work, and for two months lived
and labored side by side with those
miserable white slaves of the needle.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-11

IN view Of the high price of terrapin
the Philadelphia Record suggests the
substitution of the muskrat, which, di.
luted and seasoned as the terrapin is in
ifs steWed form, would be indistin-
gulshable from it. "And why not the
muskrat," asks the Washington Star,
8sswhen the English sparrow is eaten
~ alleged epicures in this town for
The succulent reed bird?'
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-11

says the San Francisco Chronicle:
Another discovery of coal is reported
Irsem Oregon. As the country north Of
W. gets to be known the idea that we
snail always remain dependent on the
foreigner for fuel is being dispelled.
y the near future we may look for
discoveries of sufficient coal in North
ern California to supply all our wants.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-11

He bowed his head, fearing to pro
nounce the word of doom. But there
was no cutlery, no wild scene Of an
xuish
Leave me with her, !" was all Ola
rissa said, and, as in awed silence the
two men left the chamber, she sank
upon her knees beside the bed, and only
the listening angels heard her prayer
of agony.
Accompanying the doctor out upon
the terrace to take his carriage, Mr.
Edgar inquired, eagerly;
"What is it. Doctor? In heavens
| name, what has killed her?"
Perhaps you can tell better thar
l." was the astute reply; she has suf-
fered some severe mental shock. She
Tell into comatose condition, syncope,
so-called, from which it is but q step to
eternal insensibility.
"Could she not have been aroused
| from it?"
Perhaps; but, my good sir, it is toe
late to torture yourself with that ques.
ton now"
And, unable to offer further conse
A"eiou VI usSlotuuSS, bue uoCtOT ufoNe
away.
| Left alone upon the terrace in the
pallid moonlight. for the first time the
| full force of the terrible situation came
over the lawyer. How he had labored,
hoped and prayed And for what p
ashes. With the fruition of his earnest
exertions, not only within his reach,
but actually secured, and then-st 8
breath all is lost
| He had known disappointment in hi.
life, was no stranger to misery, but this
time he felt like demanding whether
there was a Deity, wise, all-seeing
God in heaven.
So absorbed was he in his bitter re
Elections that he failed to note the dull
rattle of a numbering cart that came
toiling and creaking along the avenue
disturbing the death-like silence of the
night as it approached. In a dazeG
way he saw old Jean seated upon the
straw with a golden haired child fast
locked in his arms, while beside hin
lay the apparently inanimate figure o.
man.
II have found them!" cried the ole
man; II stole away to the inn, and
here they are Thank God, my chile
IS safe and sound, and the young mai
3 only wounded, not fatality"
All, hush! These gladstone tiding
out add greater poignancy to the grie
hat reigns in the very air-for she il
Head, and the very essence, the sweet
hess of life, has departed with her
Three days later they laid ittl,
Oracle in the tomb of the Cliffords, vi
On the hill side among the oaks. Robet
N spotless white, as became the i'm
maculate maid, they laid her upon
litter padded with fragrant roses an,
odorous herbs.
at will drive me mad to put her in
,offin, with the color in her cheeks an
ips," sobbed the anguished mothe.
let her lie so until the change comes
hen you may have your way, and ses
Ter forever from my sightw
And SO they placed her in the toni
md left her lying as in sweet repost
And as the sun set, the grief-stricke
title party descended the hill in silenc,
So the heavy day ended, and th
noon rose to gaze upon as strang
sights as ever were told in history {
able.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-11

whenever an electric light ineman
trims street light in this town nova
days, says The New York Sun, a
crowd of men and women stop and
watch him work, half expecting to see
him fall off his step-ladder shocked to
death. If he makes sudden move
while he is on the ladder the hearts of
The watchers jump to their throats, and
sometimes there are EXPLANATIONS of
horror. he linemen often amuse
themselves by playing on the feelings
Of the crowd. They will jump off
their ladders two or three steps to the
pavement, or will turn around quickly.
Almost always some nervous person
viii cry out.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-11

Among the imports of various kinds
arriving in France from the far east
here has been of late large quantity
|ef human hair. This capillary com
efce has caused a considerable deal
questioning on the part of people
we're curious to know the uses to
Al this hair, mostly cut from
~ Of Chinese and Annamite
was applied. 1t was 100
hemp-like to be employed
Ghionable or even ordinary
postiches, SO that it is to
aeed re crinieres, or flowing
erfs VkI3 Decorate the helmets !:
ee''s and commissioned officers
s ss I I s... r Z. 4heAly the Oldest
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-11

# is said that there are only two
words in the English language which
contain all the vowels in their order.
They are sabstemious' and ssfacetious. y
The following words each have them
IN irregular order: Authoritative.
disadvantageous, encouraging, efica-
cious, instantaneous, importunate, mem
dacious, nefarious, precarious, pertlna-
cions, sacrilegious. simultaneous, tena-
cious, unintentional, Objectionable,
pnequivocal, undiscoverable and vexa-
Eous.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-11
didn't Catch Anx.

Didn't Catch Any.
Hello. Jim," he said as they met in
front of the City Hall.
Hello, you?"
Been away this summer?"
YES"
Thought hadn't seen you. Where'd
you go?"
Il was in the hospital for two rnonths
with broken leg"
"Soa Then you--you?'
mo, didn't catch q burned fish
bot single one. Didn't even have
mite !" Detroit Free Press.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-11
ONLY A BOY.


only a boy. how common the phrase
only boy" with his troublesome ways
only boy" so chubby aud small
But he's somebody's darling" after all.
Only boy" will soon grow a man.
He's gaining, remember, fast as he can:
And when in the future your silence enioy.
You'll ind yourself missing "only boy
And then you will think ofhis sweet boyish ways
AMI you'll long all in vain, for the past happy
days.
~.in miss them, my friend better take my
advice
nd keep while you can your pearl Of great
price"
cal watch him, fond mother, it won't bs 70,
long;
Teach him the difference between right and
wrong
Show him you love him, your pride and your ioy
And do not speak hastily to only aboy.s
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-11

Miss Kate Field directs attention to
2 new field of reform, based upon the
assertion of the pharmacists in Chica-
60 that American women spend about
~, 900, 900 . year in cosmetics, most
Of which are made of zinc, oxide, calo-
mel and similar poisons.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-11

elf it be true that Hirsch Of Chicago
can turn out aluminium at much less
than u the pound" remarks the New
York Sun. ssthe results will rival those
Of Morse's telegraph. For one thing,
aerial navigation can scarcely be long
delayed.v
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-11

There are more women lawyers in
Chicago, AYERS the New York World.
than in any other city in the world.
Inc first to obtain a license to practice
was Mrs. Bradwell. and since her time
the list Of fair practitioners in the CITY
has been constantly increasing.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-11

The Commercial Advertiser notes
that the newspapers from California
are all full of accounts Of the large
sums Of money made by the fruit
growers this season.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-11
CHI 1nka Reporter.
PuuLlsHEp EvEny THURSDAY
MISSISSIPPI,

4 The Indianapolis Journal thinks the
American citizen is glad to learn Of
the approaching extinction Of the seal.
They have caused him years of domes-
tic warfare.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-11
When the wind is in the west
The fishing is at its very best.

The greater part Of these latter super
stitions have slight basis of truth and
reality New York World.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-11-26
KICKS.

The mule is the only thing that kicks in
stead of laughs when you tickle lt.-Pitts-
burg Dispatch.
The gum on Uncle Sans postage stamps
contains alcohol in the proportion of one to
eight. No true prohibitionist will lick his
stamps after learning this fact.-Indian-
apolis Journal.
Aunt Polly-Come heah, chile, an tole
yo' ole nanny de tex wat de preacher
TOXIN fo' his disclose dis mo'nin'.
Master George disremember exactly,
NANNY, but it ended, ''Many am cold, but
few am frozen. ."-Harper's Bazaar.
Friend to artist-She is pretty enough
girl, but there is no contrast in the picture.
You should put in some ludicrous accessory
SO as to bring her out. Artist to friend
Perhaps that's good idea. Stand just as
you are for moment and I'll sketch you
in.-Harper's Monthly for December.
Friend-If You are so bad off why DOM
you apply to your rich brother in Boston
for assistancea Poor mani did write tc
him to assist me, and what do you suppose
got? Friend-I have no idea. Poor mar
He wrote to me that my letter asking fol
assistance had not reached him.-Texa.
Siftings.
| Lady-You're very late this morning
Annie; did the alarm clock fail to awak'
youl Servant guess you didn't set i
last night, ma'am. 'Tm almost certain
did. How do you know that it didn't g
off without disturbing youa" "Why, rv'
been awake two hours listening for it,
Binghamton Leader.
He (desperately)-Tell me the truth. L
it not my poverty that stands between us
| She (sadly)-Y-e-s. He with ray of hope
II admit that am poor, and SO, unfor
| tunately, is my father; but have an aget
uncle who is very rich, and bachelor
| He is an invalid, and cannot long survive
She (delightedly)-How kind and thought
full you arel Will you introduce me t,
to hima-New York Weekly.
CHEEKY John Maclean made his first ap
pearance in London, at the Surrey, some
where about 1861, as Peter Purcell il
"The Idiot of the Mountain" Shepher,
and Creswick were the managers of tn
theatre then, and Maclean was standin
one day at the bar of Rooney's when
kind friend pointed out the newly en-
gagged actor to Shepherd. who, havin
been i'll, had not yet seen him. tYou'r
playing in my theatre, Mr.. Macleani
Shepherd bawled. 'Tm playing in 'Th
Idiot of the Mountain SIR" Maclean re
piled, half timidly. t'Glad to hear it, si1
glad to hear iti'' Shepherd exclaimed
"you,re not the idiot, surely?" s'No, sir,
Maclean answered, with q serious face
s'the manager who engaged me is tn
idiot"-Argonaut.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-11-26
COMMUNICATIONS.
A biblical Matter.


To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
In your paper find an article referring
to an alleged statement by Bishop Colenso
concerning Mounts Ebal and Gerizim, in
Palestine, to the effect that the human
voice would not reach from one mount to
the other, and that it had been disproved
by party of tourists.
Justice to the memory of the dead bish-
op requires it to be claimed that he made
no such statement. His criticism of
Deuteronomy, Ii, 1880, where the names
occur, was that the verses were a sign of
later date for the Pentateuch than the
life of Moses, and could not have been
written by him, inasmuch as they contain
the name of o ce-Gilgal-which, it is
expressly stated, was given to commemo-
rate an event which happened after the
death of Moses. (See Joshua, v, 81
The criticism on the sceDe described in
Joshua, viii, 30-35, where it is claimed that
half of Israel stood over against Mount
Gerizim Ito repeat the blessing), and half
over against Mount Ebal Ito repeat the
cursing), and that Joshua read to them
every word in the book of the law of Mo-
ses, is also wrongly understood. Colen-
SOS criticism on this was to the effect that
such vast congregation as the account
| implies about 5000, 900, according to BIZ
| BILE scholars), would have taken SO great q
| space, even if closely packed, that the
| voice could not have been distinguished.
| When we consider that if this mass OF
people, nearly twice the population Of
New York city, stood in solid body, each
person occupying space only two feet
square, it would have filed a space o.
| IL, ,0O0, 900 square feet, or two thirds of |
mile square, the justice of the criticism
becomes apparent. But in addition to thi
| it must be further considered they wer,
divided into two bodies, ono ON eacf
mountain, and, therefore, on broken, un
even ground, and that space was left fol
the altar and the performance of the sacri
fee by the Levites and, therefore, thes,
figures would fall far, far short of tn,
| truth. Yet the story requires that no
only was Joshua's voice to be heard BY
these two great bodies, but that they wer'
| to hear each other when the one body pro
nounced the blessings and the other bod,
the cursings.
If, therefore, the space between the tive
mounts is SO narrow that the human voic,
can be easily heard from one to another
| then there would not be room between fo
such vast bodies of folks. The accoun
of the tourists, if true, confirms
the claim of Colenso that the writer's o
the Pentateuch and Joshua were not con
temporary with and therefore did not wit
ness the scenes they describe, and that 8,
many things are described as plain, every
day matters of fact which are absolutel,
incredible that the truthfulness of tn
claim to divine inspiration is impeached
| As all the deductiOns of modern critica
scholarship point to a date as late as tn
time of King Josiah for the book of Deu
teronomy, and a still later date for tn
book of Joshua-since it refers to laws lai
down in Deuteronomy-these claims o
Colenso in regard to those passages re
ferred to are supported on other grounds
RICHARD ATwATER.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-11-26
PENSIONS PAYMENTS.

A great deal has been said about the
coming deficit in the national finances on
account Of pensions payments, but per-
haps it will not be such terrible affair
after ALL Commissioner Raum has taken
the trouble to reply to one of the fanciful
statements of the ti-pensions contingent,
which has put the limit of pensions pay
ments per year, under the new law, at no
less sum than $500, ,O00, 900 annually. Mt.
Raum shows that allowing the largest esti-
mate for the number of living veterans or
widows eligible to pensions, and suppos-
ing that the highest possible proportion of
that number should apply for and obtain
pensions, the total could never exceed
$3.50, ZOO, 900, while it is likely, in all human
probability, to be very much less than
that. Then again the number of deaths
among pensioners is annually increasing,
and the ratio grows larger very rapidly
as the years go on. 1t will not be long
before the deaths will more than equal the
additions to the pension list, and then the
maximum point will have been reached
and the decrease will begin. 1t will
be rapid, for larger proportion of deaths,
with reference to the number surviving,
| will occur continually after the turn of the
tide. Last year over $1,000 names were
| dropped through death from the pension
rolls.
The pensions payments will of course be
heavy enough, but it is not useful tc
make exaggerated and false statements con
cerning them
Morning journal and courier., 1890-11-26
HAVEN CONN., MORNING, NOVEMBER 26 1890.
however, are rare and do not conflict with
the foregoing statement"


the foregoing statement
Things in financial circles are not very
cheering, but nothing can squelch tho peo-
pie who own or are owned by wonderful
animals. Mr.. Hildebrand of Indianapolis
relates that his horse was missing from the
stable the other morning, and, after long
search, was found at the blacksmith shop
some distance away, whittier he had gone
of his own accord. The horse had walked
into the blacksmith shop, and, taking his
accustomed place, held up one foot. The
smith looked at the foot held up and found
that the shoe was off. The horse was shod
and returned to the stable. A telephone
message acquainted Mr. Hildebrand with
the facts, and when he took some friends
to the stable to show them the wonderful
horse, the animal held up the foot which
had been shod as guarantee of good faith.
In a lecture delivered the ether day-by
b. 81. Johnston, in England, on his recent
trip to Africa, he threw on the screen a
photograph of Mrs. Livingstone's grave,
embowered in mass of beautiful foliage
He made the picture during his recent trip
on the Zambesi. The remains of this fa-
nous woman, one of the few white ladies'
whose bodies now rest in savage Africa,
are in grave which is most conspicuous
from the Zambesi, because it is shaded by
a very large and stately tree. Some ma
tives who live near the place keep the
grave in good order, for which they are re-
warded now and then by white travellers
who come that way. Mrs. Livingstone
died while accompanying her great hus-
band on the expedition during which he
discovered Lake Nyassa.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-11-26
CONSVJMPTION.


DR.. ]. NJ. French of Massachusetts has
made long and careful study of the con-
ditions and developments of consumption
in Massachusetts, and the results of this
study are interesting everywhere where
the dreadful disease exists. His research
es cover a period of nearly half a century.
He has found that for the period of
forty six years and eight months, ending
December 81, 1888, consumption caused
209, ,056 deaths in the State, while only
rs, 1S9 resulted from pneumonia, 70,3s4
from old age, So, 394 from cholera infan-
tum, 46,793 from typhoid fever, 46,699
from violence and 46,201 from heart
disease. The figures disprove the COM
mon notion that the liability to death
from consumption is greatest between the
ages of 20 and 40. On the contrary the
percentage between 20 and 80 is
but trife greater than between
60 and 20, while between 80 and
40 it is considerably less. The
fact that the proportion of deaths is 119
females to 100 males shows that there is
| no organic predisposition to the disease in
the female constitution, and that, under
similar conditions, the mortality from con-
sumption would probably be about equal
between the sexes. 1t appears, also that
the mortality from the disease in Massa-
| chusetts is considerably greater in the low
| lying seaboard sections than in the in.
| terror uplands where the air is drier; IL
is also shown that the mortality from CON
sumption increases as the density. of pop,
ulation increases. The deaths ranged il
1885 from in 427 of population in places
of less than 1000 population, through in
3s5 in places of 1000 to 5000, in 1862 il
places of 5000 to 10000, and I in $50 il
places of 10, 900 to 100000, to in 24S il
Boston.
These ave startling figures. They sharp
ly emphasize the need of what DIR. Kocl
| &L;r1x. 10 haa J;s,oyara1
Morning journal and courier., 1890-11-26

One evening in Algeria, at the close of q
days hunt, violent storm surprised me
on the plains of the Calf some miles from
Orleansyille. Not the shadow of a village
or caravansary in sight. Nothing but
dwarf palms, thickets of mastic, and
great plowed fields stretching off to the
horizon. Moreover the Calf, swelled by
the showers, commenced TO roar in most
alarming manner, and ! saw the risk Of