Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-02-20

soon done. 1t occurred to him that cats
were particularly fond of fish, and he ar
ranged small net which enabled him to
procure large numbers of minnows from
the neighboring salt ponds. Placing
them in bucket with sufficient water to
keep them alive, he proceeded to feed
them at his leisure. This he continued
to do for some time, the old cat OCCASION
ally helping herself, when, to his surprise,
one morning he discovered the entire
family catching their own fish from one
of the ponds. This they have been doing
ever since, and they seem to care as little
for the water as a water spaniel. The
cats are all very intelligent, but we do
not wonder at this. as a fish diet is said to
be best for the brains, and well-fed
active brain conduccs to intelligence.
In the year 1864, on the 9Th day of
December, the English ship Menai was
crossing the straits and capsized in gale.
OF the 81 passengers on board but one
was saved, his name was Hugh Williams.
On the same day, in the year 1885, a
pleasure schooner was wrecked on the
Isle of Man. There were so persons on
the boat, among them one Hugh Williams
and his family. OF the thrcescorc none
but old Hugh Williams survived the
shock. On the 9th day Of August, 1920,
picnicking party on the Thames was
run down by coal barge There were
25 of thepicnickers, mostly children under
IL years of age. Little Hugh Williams,
visitor from Liverpool, only years old,
was the only one that returned to tell the
tale. Now comes the most singular part
of this singular story: On the 10Th of
August, in the year of our Lord 1889, a
Leeds coal barge, with nine men, foun-
dered; two of them, both Hugh Williams,
an uncle and nephew, were rescued by
some fishermen, and were the only men
Of the crew who lived to tell of the ca
lamity. These are facts which can be
substantiated.
GABRIEL MILLS came near meeting with
an untimely end few days ago while
mining on the Fraser River, in British
Columbia. He had been running drift
into the bank, and got in about fifteen
feet when the bank caved in, covering
rim with about five feet of earth Neil
Black, ex-superintendent of the Cariboo
wagon road, together with friend,
CHANGING to pass close by, had their at
tention called by the antics of Mills dog,
which was scratching and growing at the
mouth of the drift. On their coming up
the little dog disappeared into narrow
opening and they perceived that the mine
had caved in. While looking for the dog
they heard a muffled groan and immedi-
ately concluded that Mills was buried un-
derneath. Quickly procuring spades they
proceeded to dig the man out After
two hours hard work they brought him
to light. Beyond sustaining some severe
bruises Mills was none the worse for his
experience, and owes his life to his saga
cious dog.
TWINS do not happen more than 300
times a year in a population of 1000, 900,
and seldom hit the same family twice.
Triplcts are rare enough to be curiosities.
1t is estimated that not one woman in
100, 900 has given birth to three chill
dren at one time, although there is on
record in the old medical works the case
of German peasant woman who had
twelve children at four births-three
each time-and Michigan woman who
is given the credit of having produced
a dozen children at five births inside of
seven years quadruplets once, triplets
once, twins twice, and lone young
ster on the last occasion. Such instances
are rarer than new planets, and the lady
who has had four children at birth is
not to he found once in crowd OF
800, 200 married women. The woman
who has given birth to five children at
once is alone among 1900, 900 of her
kind.
A BosToN lawyer, returned from trip
in Maine, tells of curious phenmenon
existing at the Livcrmore Falls, in that
State. At the foot of one of the dams
the descending water seems to be driven
back with so much force that half way
up the column of water there is an ever
moving line of water like a crease in a
piece of CLOTH This has an effect upon
the surrounding atmosphere that is al
most incredibly great. The phenomenon
is not observable at all times, but when
the "wave" is visible on the falling wa
ter, objects suspended in the air at
some distance from the falls are observ-
ed to vibrate perceptibly in regular
movement. The vibration, while per
ccptible at the time when the ''wavc" can
be seen, seems to stop almost instantly
after the ''wave" disappears, and it seems
almost certain that the latter causes the
former.
| JOHN SPAuLDING, who has been "odd-
jobs" in Bellevue Hospital, New York
City, for many years, was accidentally
killed in singular manner in the laundry.
He had been formerly in charge of the
laundry. Not long ago great revolving
centrifugal wringing machine" the
largest in the city, was added to the
laundry. 1t is huge drum, which re-
wolves horizontally, and it makes $500
revolutions minute. Spaulding leaned
over the side of the drum and let his
hands drag in the clothing as it swept
around. A piece of clothing wrapped
itself around his wrist and dragged hin
halfway in. Before the machine could
be stopped his neck was broken, three
ribs were broken, and his right ankle
gashed. He died shortly afterwards.
| A REVIEW Of the ship building interest
in Maine shows that the total number Of
vessels of all kinds built in all the yards
during the year 1889 is 49,, and the tota
| TONNAGE is 10 b43 Tho improvanont 4,