Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-08-21

home. He died soon after reaching his
destination, so disfgured by the bites Of
insects as to be hardly recognizable.
A STRANGE legend comes to the Denver
(Col.) Republican from the Sioux. who
alone can tell the true history Of that
deadly ambuscade. They say that on the
hillock where Custer fell now grows a
plant never seen there before--a curious
plant with tall, slender leaves, curved in
the exact form of saber, with edges 50
sharp as to inflict keen wounds upon I'M
wary hands, and those who pluck it once
soon drop it, so strangely cold and
clammy are its leaves. 1t bears golden
hued, heart-shaped blossom, and in the
centre is one small spot of brilliant red,
like drop of blood The Indians regard
it with superstitious awe. They call it
Clusters heart" and cannot be induced
to touch it, claiming that the blossom,
crushed in the hand, leaves blood-red
stain impossible to remove.
For many years swarms of bees have
been noticed at Fox Bluff, near Franklin,
Ky. The bluff is ITO feet high. Bees
have been observed about q big assure
near the centre of the bluff, and the open
| ing could not be reached without great
danger of being stung to death. As the
bees had never been robbed it was be-
ileved large amount of honey is stored
In the cliff. A well-borer visited the
Cliff and, after some coaxing, persuaded
some farmers to undergo the expense,
and hole was bored from the top of the
bluff. At depth of eighty five feet the
drill struck the honey Barrels by the
score were filled and the syndicate has
sent for more receptacles.
WHILE workmen were employed in
excavating cut-railroad near Manistee,
Mich, they came upon thick bed of
snow. The mercury was away above 80
degrees. The snow was covered with
several feet of sand. Many persons from
Manistee visited the place to ascertain
the truth, and everyone returned with
large chunks of the beautiful" to prove
the fact of its existence. The presence
of the snow interfered with the grade to
some extent, and the engineer was not
at all pleased to witness the phenomenon.
The men, however, enjoyed drinking the
ice water converted from the snow Z,
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Missouri; he see, 1t the farm of Jones
| stanford, four miles north of Flora, Mo.
| It is a colt, not unlike other colts, except
a mark in its face. Beginning on line
with the lower part of the nostrils and
extending to point just below the eyes
is perfect outline of rattlesnake. Its
mouth and eyes are perfectly formed. On
its tail seven rattles and button may be
distinctly seen, and, stranger still, the
outline of the snake is raised, being about
as large as lead pencil and not hair
on it."
The tallest school girl in the world
lives at Riednaun near Sterling, Germany.
She IS in her eleventh year, and is about
six feet in height. She is taller than any
woman in that community. A Snowman
from Vienna has paid visit to her
parents, and offered them good round
sum to allow him to exhibit to the world
so much feminine beauty. But the
parents have no desire, they say, to part
with their Maderl" for any amount of
money, though they have no objection to
an occasional sat home"
THE sudden, unexpected death of
three persons has saved the life of one
man. Aero Policy, Wese Virginian,
was to be tried for an assault on Julia
Hester, the penalty of which, in that
State, is death. The only witnesses were
the girl herself, her sister and her
mother, and all three Of these were
killed few days ago in railroad disas-
ter on the Chesapeake & Ohio. The case
against Policy has therefore necessarily
been dismissed.
. A FARMER near st Louis has a nest of
owls in his barn, and they keep it free
from rats and mice. The birds lay up
! provisions at night for the next day.
mice he found by cutting off one foot
with pair of scissors. At night all the
marked mice would be gone, and the
next morning there would be fresh sup
ply.
A SACRED porridge is eaten solemnly
by the Chinese Emperor and court once
year, on the anniversary of the day
when Buddha perfected his doctrines.
Certain Llamas living at Pekin concoct
the porridge of beans, rice, fruits, etc.,
and receive present of 500 taels in re-
turn.
THE fat women of Harper, Kan, held
picnic one day recently, in a grove
three miles east of the CITY, Light
weights were barred, and no woman was
admitted who didn't weigh 200 pounds.
The party was purely of the female
persuasion.
A DIVER, who was working at the
foundation of railroad bridge near Boise
City, Idaho, gave a signal to be hoisted
quickly. When he got TO the surface
he held fast sixty-five- pound salmon
that he had caught by the gills.
A PET doe at the Missouri penitentiary
gave birth several days ago to twins.
raj history to be very rare occurrence.
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