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Iuka reporter., 1890-09-04
Where ALI Are Dishonest.

A correspondent writing from Siberia
says: Living is absurdly dear in this
country. Everything is five or six times
dearer than in Russia. The people are
wicked and depraved, given to gossip
ing, slandering, spying and secret de-
nunciations. Everything which is good
and honest is mercilessly prosecuted,
and baseness is triumphant. In order
to live in the way in which I have been
accustomed in Russia I should require
1000 per annum, but my salary is only
$500.
" A wretched apartment costs 5000 to
$3.50. The servants are all bad characters
and thieves. They are lodged in
building detached from the house oo-
cupied by the master, otherwise one
would risk being plundered or murdered.
g We go to bed at O'clock in the
evening, and after 10 nobody dares to 90
out without a revolver. The Govern.
ment offices are in the same dishearten.
ing condition. Every official, whatever
his powers may be, ill-treats his SUBJ
ordinates, interferes with their private
affairs and inf1icts every humiliation on
them. The small officials who receive
daily wages are recruited from criminals
awaiting judgment or already con-
demned. They are all thieves and
The high cost of living
and the inadequate salaries make it al
most impossible to find an honest man
here ;,
Iuka reporter., 1890-09-04

A European cannot spend an evening
n an American drawing room without
oerceiving that the attitude of men to-
ward women is not that with which he is
amiliar at home, writes Professor Byrce
The american Commonwealth.
The average European man has usually
slight sense of condescension when he
,alks to woman on serious subjects.
Even if she is his superior in intellect,
N character, in social rank, he thinks
hat as man he is her superior, and
consciously or unconsciously talks down
TO her. She is too much accustomed to
this to resent it, unless it becomes taste.
lessly palpable.
Such a notion does not cross an
American's mind. He talks to woman
Just as he would to man, of course
with more Difference of manner, and
with a proper regard to the topics likely
% interest her, but giving her his intel
ectual best, addressing her as a person
whose opinion is understood by both to
be worth as much as his own. SINH
larly, an American lady does not expect
to have conversation made to her. 1t
Is just as much her duty or her pleasure
10 lead it as the mans is, and more often
han not she takes the burden from
him, darting along with gay vivacity
which puts to shame his slower wits.
The respect for women which every
American man either feels or is obliged
by public sentiment to profess has a
wholesome effect on his conduct and
character, and serves to check the cyni-
cism which other peculiarities of the
country foster. The nation as a whole
owes to the active benevolence of its
women, and their zeal in promoting So.
cial reform benefits which the GUS
toms of Continental Europe would
scarcely have permitted women to con-
Ter. Europeans have of late years be-
gun to render the weIl-deserved admi-
ration to the brightness and vivacity of
American ladies. Those who know the
work they have done and are doing in
many noble cause will admire still
more their energy, their courage, their
'elf-devotion. No country seems to owe
more to its women than America does,
nor to owe them SO much of what is
best in social institutions and in the be.
llets that govern conduct.
Iuka reporter., 1890-09-04
Street-Car Politeness.

1t is not an unususl comment of visit
ing foreigners that we Americans are
lacking in politeness-not in our homes
or society, but out of doors. Americans
lostle each other on the street, stare
strangers out of countenance, are quick
and peremptory in transacting business,
and in hundred other ways lack that
courteous air which distinguishes ordi-
nary life abroad.
No gentleman in Continental Europe
ever enters or leaves shop without
raising his hat and bowling, and it is an
invariable custom to salute fellow-guests
at the table d'hote, although everyone
may be personally unknown.
Bakers and butchers boys in Paris,
ignorant and ragged though they may
be, salute as they pass, and each is ea-
ger to yield the right Of way. In the
great apartment houses every lodger
bows and passes the time of day on
meeting any other lodger, and even
gendarme says "sir" when asking you to
move on"
This courtesy is q trait of the Latin
races. We of Anglo-Saxon lineage may
be Drawer or more honest, but we are
certainly not polite to strangers.
Perhaps there is nothing in which
we are more ill-bred than in our street.
car manners. There, it is every one for
themselves. In Mexico, we might
learn something on this score.
"The manners of the people of Qua
dalajara," says recent traveller, "are
in keeping with the cheerfulness and
friendliness of the city. Imagine your.
self entering street-car in any city OF
the United States, taking your seat,
bowling, hat in hand, to your fellow
passengers, none of whom you have
ever before seen. Then suppose your.
self arrived at your destination. You
rise, smile friendly farewell to the car
in general, shake hands with the con.
ductor. and with polite inclination OF
the head, take leave of the driver. The
number of times have witnessed such
exhibitions of politeness convince me
that it is one of the customs of the
country"
Iuka reporter., 1890-09-04

stored, the remaining hours of the day
fed by upon glancing wing, and all too
soon the shades of evening closed in
dark and drearily about the little house
in Harlem.
By eight o'clock both mother and
son had departed upon their respective
errands, and with the curtains drawn
close little Oracle sat alone beside
the shaded lamp in the studio. In
her lap her sewing lay neglected, and
with her great violet eyes fixed upon
vacancy she seemed lost in thought.
Suddenly sharp ring at the door.
bell aroused her with painful start
from her reverie, and she rose, laying
her work in the chair.
"The parcel of paints for Rupert,
she said, by way of giving herself cour.
age; and going out into the hall she
turned up the gas.
Another peal of the bell rang through
the silent house. With an evident
effort she advanced, raised the latch,
and threw open the door. The dark
figure of man forced its way into the
hall, and closed the door with bang.
Recoiling before the bold intruder,
Oracle raised her ewes to his face and
uttered piercing shrek as she stag
gered against the wall in horror.
| The man who confronted her was
Max Boyden!
Iuka reporter., 1890-09-04
Princesses in the Matrimonial
Market.


There are not so many princesses in the
matrimonial market as you might sup
pose. They are easily enumerated. The
of the Romish church are
three Bavarian and three Belgiisn
princesses, one Bavarian duchess, five
Bourbon princesses, four Austrian arch
duchesses, Saxon princess, and
Wurtemberg princess. The protestant
girls are: Two princesses of England,
two of Prussia, three of Holstein, one of,
Hesse, one of Anhalt, one of Sake
Weimar, one of Mecklenburg, and
number representing petty German princi-
palities. In the Greek church they are
a Grecian princess and two princesses of
Montenegro. Most of these royal
creatures are pretty we'll along in years
none is regarded eligible so far as Prince
Albert Victor of England is concerned.
Indeed, the finding of wife for that I'm
interesting person is said to be worrying
the grandma queen good deal. tits
believed that Princess Victoria of Teck
will finally be decided upon; she is too
pretty and too clever to be yoked to so
doughy fellow as the heir-apparent No.
2. AS for Prince George, it is arranged
they say, that in due time he shall marry
Princess Mary, heir to the throne of Hol-
land. At present she is only fifteen years
of age, but her neighbors all give her
the character of being as likely young
girl as ever put her two feet into wooden
shoes. The czar has but one daughter,
and she is about fourteen years old. Rus
sian girls are not quoted high, for the
reason that as their mature they invariably
discover a fondness and talent for
politics. = Chicago News.
Iuka reporter., 1890-09-04

Revised editions of the statistical
atlas prove, according to DIR. Felix L.
Oswald, that the discovery of Christie
phcr Columbus constitutes, after all,
the chief hope of the over-crowded
East. With all its alkali deserts. lava
fields and staked plains, the American
continent contains only twenty-eighi
per cent. of absolutely unreclalmablo
territory, to thirty-five in Africa and
forty in Australia, where the immense
plateau from Exmouth Bay to the
headwaters of McDonners River
forms an almost continuous series OF
and hills.
Iuka reporter., 1890-09-04

The Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser
says:--''The Eleventh Congressional
District of Texas, now represented by
Samuel w. 7. Lanham, is composed of
ninety-seyen counties and territory
about the size of the entire New-Eng-
land States. There is no building in
tho district large enough to hold more
than half the delegates to convention,
SD they just take possession of cattle
ranch when the convention meets. The
Chairman has to climb tree that the
main body of delegates may be visible
when he calls them to order"
Iuka reporter., 1890-09-04
Imperfect Reformation.

Josiah, said Mrs. Chugwater to tn,
head of the family, Il believe ou,
Johnny is turning over new leaf and
is going to be better boy. He asked
me little while ago if he could taxi
the family Bible up to his room for an
hour or two."
About the same time boy of John.
ny's size was seen to enter cigar store
IN the vicinity, open big book and lay
it on the counter.
do you see this entry?" he de.
manded, addressing the proprietor in
thunder tones. you said 1 wasn't
sixteen. Look at this: John, born
May B, 1874. Gimme five boxes oi
cigarettes, and be quick abRutit. Blame
Iuka reporter., 1890-09-04

The British Queen rules over 800
millions of people Increased over 60
millions in Is years) and over an area
of 10 million square miles. The trade
carried on by these people amounts to
$1,000, 100000. Her flag floats over
three-ifths of all the shipping on the
seas, while her capital, London, has
with its suburbs population of about
5000, 900.
Iuka reporter., 1890-09-04

The barrister's wig is giving much
trouble in the warm colonies of Eng
land. He is bold judge as well as
sensible one, observes the Chicago
Herald, who takes off his own wig and
suggests to other members of the bar
that they do the same. Special wigs
are now made for warm climates,
which are extremely light, being
mere horse hair net.
Iuka reporter., 1890-09-04

A movement is well on foot to i'm
port Egyptian cotton into Massachu-
setts, and an agent is already making
the necessary arrangements. The idea
Of the promoters of the scheme, states
the Commercial Advertiser, is that the
cost of transportation from the South
ern States is SO great that money can
be saved by making this change.
Iuka reporter., 1890-09-04

Eugene Field is shocked at the bad
taste in dress displayed in England.
Recently he saw at London theatre a
scrofulous red woman, clad in a fiery
red gown, the c6rsage of which was
literally covered with diamonds. Mr..
Field has noticed in London that the
redder the woman, as rule, the red
der is the gown.
Iuka reporter., 1890-09-04
Newfoundland bas d;scoveraa a.,

Newfoundland has discovered that
the onlymeans by which its cod and
lobster fisheries can be sustained is ar
tificial propagation. The government
has established breeding station on
Dido island for this purpose which is
meeting with an unexpected amount
of SUCCESS.
Iuka reporter., 1890-09-04

Ten years ago there were 63,482
natives OF Germany in the City of
New York. This year there are 2oO,-
OOO-more Germans in New York
than in Bremen, Frankfort, Cologne,
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf, Lubbock, Gre.
field, Nuremberg, Stettin, OF Leipsig.
Iuka reporter., 1890-09-04

Boston clergymen know beauty when
they see it, exclaims the Chicago
Herald. One of them the other day,
in the course of a sermon, declared
that there were never more beautiful
women than now, when Helens and
Cleopatras are produced by the thou
sands
Iuka reporter., 1890-09-04

Commander Annesley, of the Eng
Iish navy, who was court martialled
for offences almost exactly like those
OF Commander McCalla, was found
guilty of an error of Judgment and
was sentenced to be reprimanded.
Iuka reporter., 1890-09-04

The Inventive Age asserts that
American inventions have cheapened
and facilitated canal construction,
both as to excavation and locks, to
such an extent that the Nicaragua
canal will be completed in half the
time and at half the cost that the same
work would have demanded so years
Iuka reporter., 1890-09-04
MISSISSIPPI

A citizen of New York, who lost
his boy by the caving in of an embank-
ment, says that nine different lawyers
called upon him before the burial to
engage the case-bring suit for DANA
res.
Iuka reporter., 1890-09-04

The Chicago Sun believes that rail-
road affairs are slowly shaping them
selves 50 that governmental control
win ultimately result,
Iuka reporter., 1890-09-04
American Women.

TO BE CONTINUED.
The Globe-republican., 1890-03-19
SISTERS SUICIDE.
Two Lonesome Maiden Ladies' Drown Them
selves In a Pond.

Two Lonesome Maiden Ladies' Drown Them.
selves In q Pond.
CONcORDIA, Kan, March 13.-News
has reached this city that Misses Adele
and Hannah Poore, sisters, who live
alone on their farm four miles north.
west of this city, had committed suicide
by drowning and the bodies lad been
found last night almost side by side in
Lake Sibley, small piece Of water ~
ing about two and a half miles north.
west of town and about mile from
their place of residence.
No cause is assigned for the suicides,
as they were comfortably fixed, and de-
spondency is the generally accepted ex-
cuse for the rash act They had few ac-
quaintances and few associates. They
had one brother, who lives near them,
to whom when he was visiting them
shortly before the suicides they
gave a locked trunk with instruc-
tions to keep until called for. He sus-
pected nothing and took the trunk home.
1t now transpires that the trunk con-
tanned all their jewelry, fine clothes.
etc.
Immediately after their hother's de-
parture the two women went to the lake
and deliberately jumped in. They were
aged thirty-three and thirty-five years
respectively.
The Globe-republican., 1890-03-19
NTs'cm Rss

sations, and "female weaknesses" follow
and sorely affiict the sufferer
As an invigorating, restorative tonic,
soothing cordial and bracing nervine, for
debilitated and feeble women generally,
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription has no
equal In fact, it is the only medicine for
the peculiar weaknesses and ailments Incl
dent to females, sold by druggists under a
positive guarantee from its manufactur-
ers, that it will, in every case, give satisfsc-
ton or its price ($l.O0) will BE- promptly
refunded It improves digestion, invigor-
ates the system, enriChes the blood, dispels
aches and pains, produces refreshing sleep,
dispels melancholy and nervousness. and
builds up both the flesh and strength Of
those reduced below a healthy standard
Contains no alcohol to inebriate /; no syrup
or sugar to-sOur or ferment in the stomach
and cause distress 1t is as peculiar in it's
composition as it is marvellous in its reme-
dial results. Therefore, don't be put Off
with some worthless compound easily, but
dishonesty, recommended to be Just a.
good" that the dealer M: V make moro
profit. "Favorite Prescription is incom-
parable. The manufacturers unprece-
dcnted offer to guarantee satisfaction in
every case, or money refunded, ought to
convince every invalid of this fact.
The Globe-republican., 1890-03-19
PROMINENT CITIZEN DEAD.
Hon. E. W. McComas Dies at Fort Scott
His Eventful Life.

Hon. E. W. McComas Dies at Fort Scott
His Eventful Life.
FORT SCOTT, Kan, March 13.-Hon. E.
w. McComas was found dead in his bed
from heart failure. As lawyer he fig
ured prominently in his native State,
Virginia. At the outbreak of the Mex.
lean war he was mustered into the ser
vice of the United States as Captain of
the Eleventh Virginia infantry, and
served all through the conflict In 1855
he was elected Lieutenant-Governoro on
the ticket with Henry A. Wise, and be-
cause of difference with Governor Wise
on the policy of executing John Brown,
resigned. He afterward settled in Chi
cago and followed his chosen profession
of the law. In 1859 he became editor OF
the Chicago Times, and continued on
the paper until it was sold to Wilbur F.
Storey at the close of the war. In 1868
he settled in Nebraska, and located the
town of Douglas. In 1870 he came to
this city. During his residence here he
was foremost in every movement that
had for its purpose the interest of Fort
Scott and the State at large. He was
sixty-nine years old.
The Globe-republican., 1890-03-19
A STYLISH HAT

Is unquestionably quite an essential factor
in the makeup OF q fashionably attired
lady. But how much more essential to
good looks, and especially to her enjoyment,
IS good health, without which she cannot
look well. feel well or enjoy life properly.
The trying ordeals which fashionable sOci-
ETY. imposes on its devotees are enough to
severely test the physical strength and en-
durance of the most robust. Irregular and
late hours, over-rich and indigestible food,
late suppers, the fatigue Of the ballroom,
the bad air Of the illy-ventilated, over
crowded theatre, are each, in themselves,
sufficient to upset the system and ruin the
health of the delicate and sensitive Com
bined, they can hardly fail, if persisted in,
to seriously impair the health Of the hardi-
est Ladies generally possess lis powers Of
endurance than their male ccnsorts, and so
the sooner succumb to these deleterious in
duences. They become pale, haggard and
debilitated, and constantly experience a
sense of lassitude-that "tired feeling" as
so many express is. The least exertion
fatigues them Various neuralgia and other
pains harrsss and distress the sufferer
Headache, backache, bearing down" SEN
The Globe-republican., 1890-03-19
HUMPHREY ON PENSIONS.

rhe Governor Of Kansas FavoFs . Service
Pensioa Bill
ToPEKA. Kan, March 12-1n response
to an inquiry from the editor OF the
Western Veteran, Governor Humphrey
has addressed a communication to that
paper declaring in favor of . service
pension. He says:
Il am and have always been in favor
of the most liberal pension legislation
possible in aid of the survivors of the
Union armies and of widows, orphans
and dependent relatives Of deceased
comrades The men who preserved this
Union have simple, trusting faith
that the country, now rich and
prosperous, will not fail to remem-
Der them kindly in time OF peace. 1t
would not be money thrown away but
put in circulation through worthy and
deserving hands. The Nation would be
no poorer, but rather the richer
for having thus remembered its
defenders The Republic would never
lack for brave men to die in
its name in the future. Millions would
come to Kansas, the home and ref
uRc u uOTC tu0u AVV,VVV VI tuC ACA WIN
followed the right flag. Everybody
would be helped. Best of all, the old
veteran would light his pipe with old
time zest forgetting his wounds and
misfortunes in the exuberance Of
his joy. 1t would give him new
heart to wrestle with the world. With
his old wife he would devote his remain
ing years to thanking God and blessing
his country. 1t would lend a new charm
to his life. His grizzled, wrinkled,
weather-beaten face would beam with
patriotic delight as he gathered his
children about to
Weep DER his wounds or talk Of duty done,
Or shouldored his crutcn TO show how fields
were won.
If Congress will give us the Ingalls,
bill, pass silver bill and do something
to destroy trusts and other odious COM
binations, it will bring great relief"
The Globe-republican., 1890-03-19
Shot By . Polcemaa..

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, March 1S.-''Fatty"
Mouten, q negro employed at the Hotel
Andrews, Fifteenth and Campbell, waa
shot in the RICH: side Of the neck by
Police Officer Charles Crowley about one
o'clock this morning. and the wound n
likely to cause his death. A second BE-
fore the shooting the negro. in resisting
arrest had fired at the officers, the ball
passing through the coat sleeve of Ohices
Carpenter. who was with Officer Grow.
ley, and grazing the skin. Officer Crow.
ley claims to have fired the shot in SELF
defense. The negro says his own ~
volver was accidentally discharged.
The Globe-republican., 1890-03-19
Opposed to Immigration.

EMrORIA. Kan, March 1S-Lyon
County Farmers Alliance has passed
resolutions condemning the action OF
the county commissioners appropriat
ing 500 for the use Of the immigration
bureau. The action of the alliance is
said to be based upon the argument that
they do not want an increase of popula.
ton; that times are hard enough FOX
those already here, and if more people
are induced to locate here it will be
just that much worse. The citizens
do not agree with the alliance and its
action has caused much comment
The Globe-republican., 1890-03-19
1hi.lr.r, WIN Heed Thi..

Not one physician In Thousand has ever
succeeded In relieving . person suffering
from weak and wasting or consumptive
kidneys, yet they continue to experiment,
fer their fee. The kidney is Q delicats
organ, and yet good health in q large meas
ure depends upon its proper action. Let
the kidneys become sore or Inactive, and
uric acid is eliminated from the effete mat
ter that passes too slowly out Of the sys-
tenn. From this cause arises many mystic
rious pains in the back, side, shoulder, joints
and limbs. A feeling Of ennui comes over
the victim. The world seems dark and
gloomy The nerves become shattered; sui
eide is contemplated, and ones condition is
most pitiable. DIR. Bulls Sarsaparilla con-
mand. 1t has relieved and cured many cases
that doctors gave upas hopeless. 1t checks
decay and aids the kidneys in q performance
of tlcir natural function
The Globe-republican., 1890-03-19
CrazeSl By Her Loss.

ArCHIsoN, Kan, March 1a-Last Sun
day the two-year-old child of John
Blunt farmer living near Stockton.
Rocks County, found bottle of lauda.
mum and drank aquantity of it. The
child died in a short time. The next
day the child's mother, who was
crazed by the loss of her children, drank
the rest of the bottle. She will likely
die. Blunt is Frustrated with his loss
and friends are watching him. lest he
might also attempt suicide.
The Globe-republican., 1890-03-19
Floods South Of Cairo.

CAIRO, H.. March ia heavy rain
fell yesterday. The Ohio river rose
three-tenths Of foot during the last
twenty-four hours, the gauge 1T present
reading AS feet The Mississippi river
is falling from here to St Louis and
navigation has been about suspended
between here and that point ON account
of the low water. The Iron Mountain
and Texas & St Louis railways are both
cut OF from entering the city, their
tracks being submerged The low lands
OF suffering or damage have reached
here As yet