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Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-01-08
A BROAD TOP STRIKE.

A telegram from Huntington, Penn. !,
says: The miners in the Broad Top
and East Broad Top bituminous coal
fields went out ON strike Friday.
This step was the direct result of the
advanced position assumed in the early
part of the week by the Clear Field
miners and affects about 5000 miners.
These dissatisfied miners are said to
be but poorly eqipped to endure the
extended strike at this time, as they
have been only working about half
Of the time for several months. The in
direct cause of the strike was the atti.
tude assumed by the leading firm operat
ing in that district in reducing the out
put and giving, it is alleged, warning
to the coal carrying companies to lay
in sufficient supply for the motives
proposed. The present attitude of
the miners is in demanding that they
be paid by the gross instead of the net
ton. Indications are for stubborn
and protracted fight.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-01-08
JOINT MINING CONFERENCE.

A joint conference of the coke oper-
ators and miners, representatives of
the Conncilsvile region, was held in
Scottdale, Pa, Saturday to consider
the demands of the miners for the en-
suing year. The latter asked an eight
hour day, weigh scales erected at all
hpples and total reputation of all
non-union men in the region. The
coke interests were largely interested
and refused fatty to even consider the
mems demands, pleading the late re-
duction in the price of coke and the
depressed state of trade as an excuse.
After session the meeting dissolved
without agreement. At alatter meet
ing the operators prepared an answer
to the miners and cokers' demand,
giving their reasons for refusing even
to consider the questions, and asking
the men to be more generous before
finally deciding to throw 10000 men
out of employment The employees
have till February 6 to decide wheth-
er or not they will accept the new
scale.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-01-08
Bats in Cold Weather.

At the beginning Of cold weather bats
begin to huddle together in regular
punches, in hollow trees, dark corners
in deserted houses, or in caves in tie
rocks. They gradually lose all sensibil-
ity and continue in drowsy state until
the return Of genuine warm weather.
The little hooks at the end Of the Joints
ofieach wing Of bat are what the bet
bangs itself up by when it goes to sleep.
When the bats are clustering for thar
winters sleep, one of the number hangs
itself in this way, head downward, and
the Others cling 70 it. 1t is said that
sixty bats have been found IL. one cluster.
the entire weight Of the lot being sus-
tained by the one bat with his hooks
clinging to whatever hc fastened them
to at the start. Bats that have obtained
The outside position In bunches of this
Kind have been found so badly frozen
chat their wings could be broken like
brittle candy, yet on putting them In Z.
warm place they soon 'thawed out" and
came to life as II nothing had happened
. tAsn.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-01-08
MOBILES COAL FAMINE.

In spite of the great strike which
began in December in the Alabama
coal mines and the consequent confis-
cation by all railroads of all the coal
shipped over their lines to private par
ties, Mobile has managed by special
favor to keep up her supply Of steam
coal until three days ago. At Christ
mas times the miners not on a strike
took holiday, and the sources upon
which Mobile had been depending
were exhausted, The result is that
the dredging machines and all the
harbor tugs are tied up, idle at the
wharves, and commerce is alta stand
still here and has been for three days.
Adyices are had telling of shipments.
and promises are made by the rail-.
roads that the coal will be put
through, but none has come, and The
whereabouts of the coal is unknown.
The famine is probably a temporary
affair, but no one can say what it will
sndd. There is no sign of break in
he ranks of the strikers.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-01-08
JAPANESE SERVANTS.
They Are Industrious and Ser
viceable-A Polite People All

They Are Industrious and Ser
viceable-A Polite People All
Around.
japanese servants are excellent, if you
choose them with discretion and treat
them with the established consideration
Of the country. There is universal
social compact in Japan to make life
pleasant by politeness. Everybody ia
more or less well-bred and hates the
man or woman who is yakan,ashu- noisy,
uncivil, or exigent. People who lose
their temper, are always In hurry,
bang doors, swear, and ''swagger find
themselves out of place in land where
the lowest coolie learns and practices an
ancient courtesy from the time when be
wobbles about as baby upon his
mothers back. Therefore, to be treat
ed well in Japan, as perhaps indeed
elsewhere, you must treat everybody, in.
Guiding your dpmestics, we'll; and then
you will enjoy the most pleasant and
willing service. Your cook will doubt.
less cheat you little; your jinrickisha-
man will now and then take too much
sake, the musmn and the boys wife will
gossip all over fireplace about everything
you do, and the gardener and the
coachman will fight cocks in the yard
when your back is turned; but if con-
scious of your own, you can forgive the
little sins of others. You can hardly
fail to become closely attached to the
quiet, soft-yoiccd, pleasant people, who,
as soon as they have learned your ways,
will take real pleasure in making life
agreeable to you. A present, now and
then, OF a kimono to the maids, of toys
and sweetmeats to the children; days
holiday now and then granted to the
theatre or the wrestling match, are
richly rewarded by such bright faces and
unmistakable warmth Of welcome on ar
irving, and of good speed on going, ~
repay you ten-fold. Respectful as Japa-
nese servants are--and they never speak
except on their knees and hands-they
like to be taken into the family CONVEX
sation. and to sit sometimes in friendly
abandon with the master and mistress.
admiring dresses, pictures, or Western
novelties, and listening sometimes t. the
,amisen and koto, as children Of the
household. Il Scribuer.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-01-08
ON TO OKLAHOMA.
IT MAY rEr BECOME THE CIR on
coLoREp INFLUENCED

- HAAA II ILSVNh. LIE tn{:.-fsh Vt
coLoRED NFLuENcE{
A special from Topeka, Kas} Says:
Rev. b. L. Foster, colored, whoNxas q
candidate for auditor Of this state on
the peoples party ticket, has come
from Kansas City with twenty families
of colored people from Kemper coun-
ty, Mississippi, en- route to Hennesy,
Oklahoma. These families number
about 100 people.
Foster says: ''This is but the be.
ginning of a tremendous exodus OF
colored people from the SOUTH, Thous-
ands will leave the southern states
| within the next sly days. We look
upon Oklahoma as our peaceful heaven
where political ostracism is unknown
and where every man can cast the bal
lot of his choice without fear from any
source"
Many of the colored people in Mis-
sissippi are refusing to enter into new
labor contracts, and those that have
! property are disposing of it.
! Foster said, further, that the open
ing of Cheyenne, Arapahoe and lows
Indian lands, which to occur in Febru
ary, is attracting many of his people
to the territory.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-01-08
MISS ABELL TAKES THE VEIL.

A telegram from Washington says;
An impressive religious ceremony
took place in the chapel of the George
town convent of the Visitation Satur.
day morning, the occasion being the
taking of the white veil by Miss Mary
Abel, daughter of the late A. S. Abel,
of Boston.
The chapel was deliberately decorat-
ed, the altar decorated with lilies, and
grating winch separated the sanctuary
from the cloister was draped in aspar-
agus and garlanded with roses of
white. The entire chapel was hung
with laurel garlands, giving most
pleasing effect TO the rich interior.
The ceremonies, which lasted about
two hours, were conducted by Cardin-
al Gibbons, assisted by Bishop Curtis,
of the Wilmington diocese, and Rev.
Albert Frank, the spiritual adviser of
Miss Abel.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-01-08

Says the New York Herald: sBis-
marck thinks it pretty rough in the
Emperor to demand the manuscript Of
his new book. He gets into rather a
savage mood over the insult and utters
string Of polysyllables which have
the explosive force Of dynamite. All,
res; but, IL our memory serves, Herr
Bismarck, when he was in power
made good many demands Of thai
selfsame sort, and the poor fellow who
refused felt as sore as the man who
toys with buzz saw. The hardes
thing in life is to take dose of you
swn medicine"
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-01-08

The Chicago Herald declares that
sMiriam Jones, the daughter of Chi :
cago parents, died on the operating
table Of Chicago hospital a few days
ago under circumstances that demand
fuller consideration than they have yet
received. Promising to possess un.
common beauty, her face was marred
by mole which her parents sought
surgery to remove. Chloroform was
administered to the child preparatory
to the use Of the knife. The mar upon
her comedy cheek was indeed removed
but the beauty that remained
was Of death. Chloroform
Dad killed the child. There
ought to be an investigation Of this
case. Either the use Of an@sthetics is
attended by degree of danger gener-
ally misunderstood by the people who
are at the mercy of specialists, or
proper precaution was not exercised
IN ascertaining whether the little VIC
tim OF vanity and science combined
was SO constituted that she could
safely be subjected to the risk. The
medical profession ought TO be as
ready to investigate it for it's own
credit and trustworthiness as the off,
GERS Of the law should be vigorous and
courageous in getting at the truth.
Miriam Jones had right to live. She
was deprived of that right; it is nee
essary to know upon whose respon-
sfbilitY.w
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-01-08
WHOLESALE DISMISSAL OF
CLERKS.

A sensation was caused in postoffice
circles in London, England, tie other
day by the wholesale suspension of
clerks. Over 200 clerks employed in
the postoffice savings bank were sus-
pended from duty because they dis
obeyed the order of the secretary Of
the bank to remain ON duty two hours
over time. In addition, the places of
the suspended clerks were promptly
filed by new men.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-01-08
JONES MADE DOLLARS
BUT THEY WERE NOT GOOD AND HE IS
IN JAIL.

BUT THEY WERE NOT GOOD AND HE Is
IN JAIL.
Ed Jones was arrested Thursdy at
Iron City, Tenn, and carried to Flor
ence and jailed by United States
Deputy Marshal l.. b. Schonelield for
passing counterfeit money. Jones was
arrested in August for '.shoving the
queer" in this city, but owing to the
defective Alabama laws which classes
counterfeiting as forgery, he was dis.
charged.
Jones and his gang operate in the
mountains near Iron City, and make
very base imitation of silver dollars
and other coin. Jones has recently
become very bold and has 'tworked"
q number of railroad employees and
others with his counterfeit money and
he is now under the jurisdiction of
the United States commissioner who
has strong case against him. The
whole gang will be run in.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-01-08
THE sOUTH,S INCREASES.

The Manufacturers Record pub.
fishes in this weeks issue its annual
review of the industrial progress Of
the south for 1890, showing great &C.
tivity and prosperity throughout that
section. The total assessed value Of
property for 1890 is nearly 81, $780,
100000, gain of $270, 200, 900 over
1889, and of $500, 900, 900 over 1880.
The number of national banks in the
south is $50, with an aggregate capital
of $50, ,905, an increase of 104
banks and $40, 1885, 900 in capital. Ten
years ago the south had 22O national
banks with total capital of $46, 408,-
S95
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-01-08
A BIG WAREHOUSE BURNED.

The old Yiengling brewery Oh
James river, inst below Richmond,
Va, was totally burned the other day
with it's contents. The building was
The property Of j. T. Bets of Phila-
ielphia, whose loss is SAC, 900, insured
in the north. The Richmond Cidei
Works, which used the building as a
storage warehouse, lost $4,000 in
goods. Fully insured in local COM
panies.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-01-08
DARMux An ACROBAT.
Some Facts about the Snowman
Told FOR the First Time.

~
Told Tor the First Time.
1t Il not generally known that Barnum
has all his life long been an athlete and
that in his younger days he was a. skill
full performer on the trapeze IS some Of
the professional acrobats in his employ.
When he first went into the circus
business Barnum satisfied himself that
in order to make success Of it
he would have to be familiar with
every department and all matters
pertaining to it. He accordingly
went into training, and within ! year
was able to turn handspring and walk
the tight rope with the best Of them. On
several occasions when his principal per
formers were taken Ill Barnum disguised
himself and did their "turns.n OF course
the audience was not aware Of this, for
Barnum always disliked to be known a.
= performer.
But when he had begun to grow pros
porous and it was no longer necessary for
him b ll, to act Barnum stopped performing
ing in private. When he built that won
derful Persian palace, Iranistan, in
Bridgeport, he had large room set
apart as gymnasium, where he exer-
cised one or two hours every day. 1t
was fitted up with all the appliances and
improvements of a gymnasium, and
there Barnum used to swing Indian
clubs, practice jumping, tumbling and
all the other acrobatic tricks of bone
and limb. In all these exercises he was
of course attired in tights.
His athletic costume consisted Of a
white shirt, blue silk trunks, yellow hose
and cream slippers, with black tips.
Sometimes he varied his appearance by
wearing green satin trunks or buff
colored shirt. He still has these gar
ments preserved in trunk, which is not
open to general inspection. When Iran
istan was destroyed by fire Barnum
built Waldemere, and there, too, he had
a private gymnasium fitted up like the
first, with all the improvements. There
he continued his acrobatic capers in pri-
vate and so builtup the splendid consti.
tuition which has just carried him through
almost fatal illness.
Waldemere gave place in time to his
present residence, Marina, which faces
viz SooAAiN, ohes, "ieAOuSA ASc LAS SCOlCD
upon him, Barnum when id health keeps
up his old habits of exercise, though, Of
course, in modified degree. He has .
gymnasium connected with hi, house,
and there he still swings clubs occasion
ally or works the dumb bells. He does
not turn handsprings any more, nor
walk the tight rope. He has as we'll dis.
carded his athletic costume, but he OK.
ercises sufficiently to retain his vigor
and cheerfulness There are no trees on
his grounds, so he is deprived Of Glad.
stones fa&6rite pursuit of wood chop
ping.
The acrobatic Size of Barnnm's nature
has never before been written up. This
is because his innate modesty made him
hesitate about telling of it to more than
a few friends, who were pledged to Sc
crecy, but like everything else it had to
come out and now is secret NO longer
Il New York Press.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-01-08

"A l1sszssu1

"H is reported says the School
journal, ssthat Edison is hard at work
upon : machine that will hear recita-
lions. II he succeeds, it will be a
boom 70 those schools that still stick to
machine methods, since the rent of a
machine for the entire year will not be
more than $400. A machine teacher
can be hired at e700; then there would
be : clear gain of $500 each year."
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-01-08
On Exhibition Hsrs.

The several signs at the door an
nounced a grand exhibition Of snakes,
tattooed woman, wax figures repre-
senting the Twelve Disciples and the
Last Supper, with rare animals, etc,
AS we entered the place the lecturer
was all ready to begin. He said: LA
dies and gentlemen, this woman was
taboed by the savages Of Borneo. Some
call it tattoed and some taboed. but il
all means the same thing. Next to hen
is a guerilla from Africa The guerilla
is noted for sucking the blood Of people
when asleep. I don't know whether
it's when the guerilla or the people il
asleep, and odds is the difference to you.
"This, good people," he continued,
passing to the next cage, "is the eel,
ebrated buoy constructor, from South
America. This reptile is able to crush
an OK in his folds. On the left of him
is the raccoon, SO called from its gait,
which is that of racking horse. Next
beyond is beaver, which secures ito
name from Beaver Falls, Wis. That
animal on the right is called porku.
pine, so named from it's love of pork,
and that on the left is an oppossum.
The last named creature gets its name
from the Grecian word op, the Latin
word pos, and the Hebrew word sum-
He then posed before the wax figures.
and went on:
"Thisdciss pie is John, that one Her.
cules, that one Mark, that one Cicero,
and SO on; all good men except Judas
'Scarrot. Each figure is an exact 10.
production of the celebrated paintina
by Nero, and virtue is its own reward"
An old gentleman with spectaclea
hung In our rear as we went out. and
said to the lecturer:
Aren't you mistaken about Her.
cules 2"
"No, SIR"
."Sure you ain't?"
Look a-here, old mani" exclaimed
the lecturer, as he squared off, eve
been in the show business for twenty
odd years, and if you think you know ths
ropes better than do you can take
Mo Ss-
@Oh, no. no, no! You are doubtless
highland Of course Won
know your business. Only
"Only what?"
"Oh, we'll. never mind. It strueh
me as little queer, but guess it's all
right all right. 1t was because am
'ather rusty on such matters, probably. |
Very entertaining, very, and shall |
all again. "--New York Sun.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-01-08

The judges Of the Court of Appeals
Second division, at Albany, N. Y,
have divided almost evenly. on the
question that wife may lawfully en-
gage in business as a partner of her
husband. In the case before the Cour,
limited partnership had been formed
BY man and his wife. The business
vas carried on under his name. She
was special partner and had put in
twenty-five thousand dollars. In an
action against the firm for debt the
question was raised whether she was
liable. Three Of the seven judges hold
% the opinion that while married
woman may engage in business
~ herself or form . partnership
with any one else but her hus-
band she cannot lawfully enter into
partnership with her husband, and al
though they agree to become partners
and e such transact business and i'm
pur liabilities she Is not liable to the
ureditors Of the firm. In support Of
Ehis, view numerous decisions Of our
5tate courts were cited. -Four Of the
Judges hold that : married woman il
= 4reo.to enter into partnership with
~ Husband = with any other person.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-01-08
POSTMAsTERS APPOINTED.

The following appointments were
made Saturday:
Alabama: S. B. McGhee, at Mildale,
Tuscaloosa county.
Arkansas: r. q. Nance, at Benton,
Saline county; A. Edwards, at Davis,
Johnson county; A. j. Cochran, at
Jones Mill, Lafayette county; w. l..
Cecil, at Lonelin, Franklin county.
Louisiana: G. w. Harper, at Mitch.
ell, Sabine parish.
Mississippi: J. G. Billingsley, at
Alpine, De Sofa county; Miss j. E..
Morehead, at Arimstead, Rankin coun-
ty; c. B. Holmes, at Bentonia, Yazoo
county,. y
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-01-08
CLEVELAND WILL LECTURE

UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE CHICAGO
PRESS CLUB.
In the course of lectures which were
inaugurated last year by Chauncey M.
Depew under the auspices of the Press
Club of Chicago, the next address will
probably be given by ex-President
Cleveland. Mr.. Cleveland told the
financial secretary that he would en-
Geavor to arrange his affairs SO as to
enable him to accept the clubs invita-
ton late in February or early in
March.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-01-08
SHIP BURNED AT SEA.

Further advices from China ~ to
the burning of the steamship Shanghai,
aear Woohoo, in the province of
Nyhan Holt, about fifty miles from
Marking, show that the disaster was
much more serious than at FIRST i'm
agined. Two hundred passengers
were lost, most of whom Jumped
overheard and were drowned.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-01-08
GREAT RAILROAD STRIKE
e SURELY BUT SLOWLY COMING TO Az
END IN SCOTLAND.

There are many signs that the great
railroad strike 10 nearing the end and
The strikers sooner or later will have "a
submit to the enevitable. Should this
be thecase 1t will not be because the
general public is not in sympathy will
the strikers. Passenger and frsigh
traffic on the main lines are slowly buI
surely improving, and the NORTH
British road is opening its local lines
In fact, it may be said that railroat
business is resuming its usual course
though the attitude of the strikers aud
railroad officials towsrds each othe,
seems unchanged.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-01-08
NEWSPAPER MAN DEAD.

Walter Abel, son of the late A.
Abel, one of the proprietors Of the
Sun, died unexpectedly Saturday at
ms residence in Baltimore, after
short illness of heart failure.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-01-08

TIE street-car drivers work is like
an organ--full Of stops.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-07-14

PARIS, July l3.-rhe French naval
maneuvefs In the gulf Of Lyons onded
today In the whole fleet attacking
Toulon. Ministers Rab0t aud Barley,
military attaches Of the American,
British and German legations aud
many senators and deputies witnessed
the attack. Torpedo vessels anl shore
batteries defended tho toRdstead
against sixty wafships headed by the
steel Barbette, which IA extremely
formidable. After n furious cannon
AIDE, the ships advanced In one long
line aud broke through the dctense-.
Among the features OF the mnneuyers
was tho use " balloons 10 tow tho
steamers. Tho official report on the
French mnneuvefs IN the Mcditer-
rnnean concludes. "The ironclads
during three days maintained, with.
out accident, high rate Of speed. II
IL incont,slAble that an irOnclad
squadron Of Inferior speed, u attended
by n sufficient number Of light crafts
can be kept Informed " tho move.
ments Of n faster squadron, and can
thus bo enabled 10 counteract the
enemy's designs. Hence II Is advis.
able TO provide large swift cruisers"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-07-14

SYRACUSE, n. ", July l3.--Consid-
cradle surprise has been occasioued In
this section by two failures. Saturday
afternoon Hard Broad Co, the Oneida
spring bed manufacturer, closed their
business, owing stark X Co.'s bank OF
the same place $4,000. They secured
the bank IN the sum u 100000 before
shutting down, leaving deficit OF
SIS, 900 unsecured.
This morning II, NJ. Bingham X Co.
OF Rome, manufacturers OF carriages,
sleighs, saddlery and trunks, closed
their doors. They say from the in-
ventory they owe the bank sTl 800.
The bank ut Oneida closed It's doors
this morning, but has made no assign
ment as yot. The liabilities VI Hard
Bros. a Co. will he about sl25, 900; OF
II. NJ. Bingham a 90. about f225, 900
(estimatedl. II. NJ. Bingham d Rome
with l., q. Stark OF Oneida. composed
the banking firm. II il stated that the
Bingham 4 Go. wagon firm will be-
able 10 pay fair dividend II not
pushed by creditors.