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Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-08-27
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
Gu ent Events of the Day
EpitOmized.
A Concise Review for the Week of
Doings from All Over the
World.

Opclika's cotton compress has been
leased to Montgomery firm.
The Selma Y. M. C. A. is endeavor.
ing to secure permanent secretary.
Mr.. T. j. Ray, of Tuscaloosa, has
bought out Mr. Loftin's hotel at Eutaw.
Messrs. T. W. Chaffin and G. d.
Tullis have formed a co-partnership IN
the cotton business at Ozark.
The money for a new opera house at
Eutaw and the building will soon com.
mence going up.
The Stoddard Carr Lime Company. OF
Fort Payne, is now shipping 1000 bar
rels of lime weekly to New Orleans.
Little Texas Camp Ground is crowded
with tents The camp meeting will be
conducted by Rev. John o. Keener and
Others
The passenger department of the new
depot at Eutaw is about complete and
does very WE'LL though it is not an ex-
travagant affair.
Messrs. Glover and J. P. Boykin have
moved their families from Verbena to
Evergreen, Ala, near which place they
will engage in the lumber business.
At Talladega new firm consisting of
Frank Mcconnell and Will Hammock has
begun business under the firm name of
Mcconnell s. Hammock, merchandise
brokers'.
J A special from Selma says: From
best information the cotton crop in this
section will be % per cent less than last
year, even if the caterpillar should not
damage the crop. g.
Rev. G.. W. Daily, of Winchester,
Tenn, has accepted the call to the pas
torship of the Baptist church in Union
Springs, and will arrive there with his
family on the goth of September.
Camden New Era: Master George
Fitzpatrick brought to our office last Fri
day the largest egg plant that we ever
saw. 1t measured around the stem
twenty mine inches and around the cen
ter twenty-five inches, and weighed nine
pounds
Harvesting is under way throughout
the Northwest. The yield is heavy.
The International Socialist Workmen's
Congress opened at Brussels Sunday.
Robert Cropley, Washington mer-
chant suicided by shooting. Financial
troubles caused it.
At Bedford, Md, DR.. w. Judah shot
and fatally wounded his wife and then
killed himself Sunday night.
1t is said that President Harrison will
take trip TO New England to find out
what Blaine's intentions are.
At Texas, ILL.,, in fight between
Mike Weitzel', Mary Ballentine and Otis
Johnson, Weitzell and Johnson were
killed.
A delegation from Columbus, Ga,
called on Assistant Crounse in Washing.
ton the other day in reference to the To-
cation of the Columbus public build
ing.
There was serious accident in Wales
Sunday night A passenger train crash
cd into volunteer special which was
stationary on the track at point between
Pont-y -Pridd and Cardiff. Fourteen
persons were injured and some of them
80 seriously that they will probably die.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-08-27
GOT BIG DAMAGES
Widow of a Dead Railroad Man
Awarded $50. 600.

a telegram from Little Rock, saws -
Ia tne circuit court of Desha county au;t
o. MRS Mary Sweet, widow OF John
S s VINO was killed in wreck of !
81 c.e'gnt tram last September, against ia
%: LOUIS, Iron Mountain & Southern
railroad was decided in favor Of ths
pia' nan The jury returned a verdict
a 10 Soo'ooo This is the largest amount
" uanages ever given Against railroad
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-08-27

According to the New Orleans New
Delta, constable at Pueblo, Col. had
q suit against railroad for 1880,
which the company, as railroads usu-
ally do, attempted TO put off payment
Of till it saw fit to do 80. Getting tired
Of being fooled with the constable
levied on an engine that was attached
to a train, and by the time settlement
could be made delay of over two
hours had been incurred. 1t is safe to
predict that the next time that con-
stable has an execution against that
railroad it will be settled promptly.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-08-27

Nearly all physicians and well-in-
formed people generally now agree,
states the Brooklyn Citizen, that
Americans are much more healthy
than they were forty years ago Part
Of the gain is due to the improvement
Of the country in the way of drainage,
more to improved sanitation in city
and village, but most of all to i'm
proved habits. Nearly all our pop
dlar amusements now are healthful.
Bodily weakness is almost disgrace
among men, and is questionable. at
the least, among women. In fact, the
athletic young woman begins to be
sought after
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-08-27
THE HOLY COAT.
Said to BE Thirteen Hundred Years
Old, Perhaps Older.

A special from Berlin says: A textile
manufacturer who was summoned to ex-
amino the garment known as the Holy
Coat-cow on exhibition at the Cathedral
at Treves, says that when the wrappers
were removed the vesture was found t.
be in such tattered condition that il
could not be placed on exhibition.
Bishop Korum then consulted some ex
perts, and finally the coat was given to
an aged and experienced man who gum
med the fragments of the garment to
gether, as the material was too much
worn to stand the strain of the needle
and thread. The holy coat is now par
TALLY overlaid with layers of material
with which it is wrapped up, and these
wrappers having become decayed, can
not be separated from the coat.
DR.. Brock of Aix-La- Chapelle, de.
clares that he has examined the reverse
side of the holy coat and found it was
mounted on byssus silk which YVES used
in the first century and which was never
manufactured after the sixth century,
and which was always extremely costly.
Catholic circles consider by this that
the holy coat is the genuine garment
worn by our Lord. 1t is explained that
"Byessusn is name given from the
ancient Greeks and Romans to the bundle
of silky tilaments by which many bivalve
shells attach themselves to rocks or other
fixed substances.
In the Mediterranean these filaments
are remarkably long, delicate and strong,
and have silky lustre and are capable Of
being woven into cloth upon which a
very high value was placed, but The AM
NAL which produces these valuable fila
ments is now 80 rare that it is almoss
exclusively an article Of curiosity
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-08-27

A New York paper figures out that
the net result of naturalization in the
last decade has been to add 105 900 to
its voting population, made up of
42,43S Germans and German Poles,
2b,2 66 Irish, 16. 494 Russians aud Aus
TRANS, 560S English and Scotch, 1925
Italians, the balance being credited to
other nations than those mentioned.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-08-27

The Societies for the Protection of
animals in Sweden, Norway, and
Denmark, have petitioned the Queen
OF Italy to exert her influence in pro-
tecting the northern birds which mi
CRATE to Italy in winter and are killed
there in vast numbers.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-08-27
A WOMAN TOLD 1T.
Two Men Arrested Charged With
Numbering a Marshal.

A telegram from Indianapolis, Ind,
Jays; Henry Dillon, Marshal of Hough-
vile, Ind, was murdered few months
ago, and no clue to the murderers could
be found. Sunday Mrs. Chas Rench
accused her husband and Chas. Hubbard
of the crime, and they have been arrest
ed. Saturday night, when the woman
threatened to expose her husband, he
nearly killed her with base ball bat.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-08-27

A young American girl from one
OF the Northern cities so captivated
His Royal Highness, the Duke of
Clarence. "Collars and Cuffs" that
his mamma, the Princess of Wales,
has issued orders that hereafter she
will not be invited to state functions.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-08-27

The United States is young vet, but
it leads the world in its libraries. The
public libraries of all Europe put to-
gether contain about 100000 vol
umes; those of this country contain
about $1,000, 900.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-08-27

The growth of socialism in the old
country is in the estimation of the
New Orleans Times Democrat one of
the events of modern times. The Social
lists of Germany number 1,400,0
and those of France 100000, They
have 104 newspapers with 6o0,o 900 SUBJ
ecrihers
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-08-27

1t is interesting TO learn that Uncle
Sam supplies pillows and mattresses
for the Indians to recline on. They
are furnished to the Indian office by
Chicago house.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-08-27
OF late years musical schools have
multiplied exceedingly.

Somebody of statistical turn of
mind has made count of the giant
trees in California, and reports that
there are exactly 1876 of them.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-08-27
Damage 10 Tobacco

: A telegram from Lancaster, Pa, saws:
neports from the sections visited bv
tuesday afternoons storm show WIDE
spread damage The greatest loss win
'all on tobacco farmers, many Of whoss
eI0P were entirely ruined BY heavy iii
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-08-27

England proposes to spend $40, 00o.-
600 year on her public schools.
"More public schools, less royalty"
sententiously observes the Washington
Star.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-08-27
Australian Bank Failure.

The suspension OF the British Bank Of
Australia is announced, The liabilities
are $500, 900, half Of which is OWING &
creditors in England . :
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-08-27

The New York Nal and Express al-
leges that CaIifornians have an. idea
they will ultimately supply the world
with winesand fruits.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-08-27

Arabs in a New YORK trisl called up
on Allah to destroy their risag eye ii
they were nor teliia1 che lrlt4,
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-08-27
George Jones Dead.

Editor George Jones, Of the New
York Times, died at o'clock Wednss-
day morning.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-08-27
ALABAMA STATE NEWS.
Culled from Every Nook and
Corner.
News of Our Commonwealth Point
eddy Photographed for Hasty
Readers

The holy coat is now on exhibition at
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-08-27

The Virginia Farmers Alliance hal
endorsed the sub-treasury scheme.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-02-07
aome-Returning Cinnamon.

Forward, between decks, are more
than hundred Chinese steerage pas.
sengers-mostly reposing in their rude
wooden hunks, since it is too cold and
rough upon deck for them. Some chat,
some sleep, many are smoking opium !;
few are gambling. At low table
covered with bamboo mat, the game
of fan-tan is being played by the light
of three candles. A silent ring Of
watchers and wagerers presses closely
about the table from surrounding
hunks, others look down; and the
yellow candle glare, coloring all these
impassive faces, makes their placid
race-smile seem as the smiling of gilded
idols in some mysterious pagoda.
Deep in the hold below, sixty square
boxes are-much resembling tea-chests
covered with Chinese lettering. Each
contains the bones of a dead man
bones being sent back to melt into that
Chinese soil from whence, by natures
vital chemistry, they were shapen.
And those whose labelled bones are
rolling to and fro in the dark below, as
the plunging steamer rocks and shud-
ders, once also passed this ocean on just
such a ship-and smoked or dreamed
their time away in just such berths, and
played the same strang play by such
yellow light in even just such an atmos-
phere heavy with vaporized opium.
Very silent the playing is. Scarcely
a word is uttered despite of losses or
gains. From the deck overhead, an
odd chant echoes loudly down--the
chant of the Chinese crew. First one
utters snarling sharp cry, like cats
cry of YolU-yee! Then all the
others shrill together Yo-aoO!-as they
pull at the ropes.
Joss paper" has been strewn about
doubtless to propitiate the gods of that
most eastern East to which we west
wardly sail. Perhaps those ancient
gods will hearken to the prayers Of
their patient worshippers. and make
smooth the menacing face of this turbu-
lent sea
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-02-07
: August.
Flower

Mrs. Sarah NJ. Black of Seneca,
No., during the past two years has
been affected with Neuralgia of the
Head, Stomach and Womb, and
writes: my food did not seem to
strengthen me at all and my appe-
lite was very variable. My face
was yellow, my head dull, and had
such pains in my left side. In the
morning when I got up I would
have a how of mucus in the mouth,
and bad, bitter taste. Sometimes
my breath became short, and I had
such queer, tumbling, palpitating
sensations around the heart. I ached
all day under the shoulder blades,
In the left side, and down the back
of my limbs. It seemed to be worse
in the wet, cold weather of Winter
and Spring; and whenever the spells
came on, my feet and hands would
turn cold, and 1 could get no sleep
at all. / tried everywhere, and got
no relief before using August Flower
Then the change came. 1t has done
me wonderful deal of good during
the time have taken it and is work
ing a complete cure" o
G. G. GREEN, Sole Man'fr, Woodbury., NJ.
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made one wonder from whence it came.
In personal appearance she was good to
look upon, with broad, low forehead,
clear gray eyes, a mouth full of beauti-
full white teeth. and very firm looking
chin. Her head was covered with a
profusion of short dark curls, which
gave her, perhaps, rather boyish look.
She was a member of the Hill
ton Presbyterian Church, and
q very devoted member, too,
it being necessary for her to make up
for the rest of the family.
Now the Hilton church had also a
pastor, young. handsome, eloquent
pastor, and he talked Rachel Lindsey's
heart right out of her body before she
knew that she had one.
The affection was mutual, but
Rachel was troubled by thoughts of her
fathers opposition to their plans. She
well knew that his dearest ambition in
regard to her was to marry her to some
city nabob, that she might reign a
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-02-07

queen of society. And he was more
over strongly preiudiced against minis
tiers of the gospel, considering them all
"a lazy, rantin' lot, that never did
noshin' but talk. and wuz not worth
lead to shoot 'em.
But Robert Harper. the young, man
In question, was strong In his faith in
the power of love, and declared that he
would claim his lady-love In spite of any
power on earth.
Robert" she would say, "you don't
know father; he'll be in terrible rage,
and when he gets mad he swears
awfully. Sometimes it frightens me. :
But Robert declared that in him there
was an absence of fear of %cussin" of
any description, and SO they managed
to get along very comfortably, till
Harper decided to settle the matter by
telling Lindsey the state of affairs.
One bright, sunshiny morning In
early spring, Rachel started for the VII
lage, between which and her home
there interviewed only a strip of woods.
The ar was soft and mild, the birds
singing. and the grass thickly dotted
here and there by wild flowers. She
had feeling of exhilaration as though
her spirit responded to tina new life
springing up around her. Suddenly
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her reyes frightened and her face flushed
deeper hue IS the athletic form o.
Robert Harper came In view.
She looked at him sharply. There
was vary resolute look in his eyes.
Robert Harper, where are you go
ing?"
Ray Lindsey. I am going to your
fathers house to tell him that am go
ing to marry his daughter. No, you
need not say word; it is time that the
matter was decided. The idea of two
sensible young people leaving q matter
of so much importance unsettled is not to
be longer thought of. And Ray. dear,
I do not think that you need be so APP
prehensive; your father maynot disap-
prove.
Well, he will; am sure of it. But
you are right, suppose"
So, after sundry other remarks, inter
esting to only themselves, she passed
on to the village and Harper continued
his journey. Arriving at the Lindsey
mansion, he was admitted to the pres
ence of its owner.
"Howdy, Mr.. Harper; fine day." rails
ing his eyes from his paper. "Set
down."
Harper accepted the profered chair,
and, thinking it best to proceed to bust
ness, said, without any preliminary re-
marks:
"Mr. Lindsey, have come this morn
ing to ask your permission to marry
your daughter. We think a great deal
of each other, and you know Rachel is
very cautious girl, not likely to fasten
her affections upon any one without
thinking seriously"
"The devil you do? Want to marry
my daughter. Ell? Well, I'll be ID
if you shall!"
And the oaths rolled from his lips in
such picturesque confusion that all the
wouldbe rough of Hilton would have
been trans6xed with admiration had
they but head him. He ended his elo-
quent discourse by ordering Harper out
of the house.
Robert readily obeyed, in order that
the smell of birthstone might blow off
his clothes. Q
When Rachel came home she was
ordered to stay away from church hence
forth, and to see no more of that id
pup, Harper"
She replied that if her father chose to
keep her from church, she of course
had nothing to do but obey, and
that although she might not see
Robert often, she certainly should not
forget him; that she would never
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-02-07
KANSAS RAILROADS.

The Chicago, Kansas & Western rail-
way is suing the commissioners of Chase
county to compel them to issue bonds
which they allege were voted to the
railway several years ago. Dispositions
in the case have been taken in Topeka.
Atchison Champion: The Grand
Island road will probably inaugurate a
fast freight system when its trains are
run into Atchison over the Missouri
Pacific tracks. At that time an order
will go into effect by which all carload
freight except lumber, grain, coal. and
other coarse material will be manifested.
That is, accompanying every such car
load of merchandise there will be q
manifest in addition to the regular way
bill. and conductors and all who have
the handling of cars at junction points,
will be expected to see that all such
manifested cars are pushed along before
anything else.
Atchison Champion: Since the burn
ing of the carpenter and paint shops at
the Central Branch shops, it has been
impossible to employ as many men as
formerly, the facilities for doing the
work being insufficient. For that rea-
son the transfer of number OF men
has been ordered from the car depart
ment of the shops here to the same
departments in Fort Scott and Osawat-
omie. A number of them left for their
destinations last night, and the others
will go in a few days. The change is
only temporary and the men will return
to Atchison when the shops are rebuilt.
A force of over fifty men Is still retained
to do the repair work at the shops in
this city.
The Capital has seen recent letter
from the officers OF the Topeka, West
moreland & Marysville railroad. in
which it is stated positively that az
engagements have been made to build
the road to Westmoreland, in Potta-
watomie county, the coming spring, if
the bonds to that place can be re-voted
and the right OF way secured; also that
the line of route through Marshall
county would probably be changed to
run on the survey made for the Topeka,
Frankfort & Lincoln railroad, where
continuous aid is assured via Frankfort
and Beattie, thus connecting the capt.
tails of Kansas and Nebraska-Topeka
to Lincoln-by short line and passing
through the finest agricultural region
of both states.
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Mans Best Friend.

First and foremost, woman is mans
best friend:
Because she is his mother.
Second. because she is his wife.
Because without her he would be
rude, rough, and ungodly.
Because she can with him endure
pain quietly and meet Joy gladly.
Because she is patient with him in ILL.
ness. endures his fretfulness and moth
ers" him.
Because she teaches him the value Of
gentle words, of kindly thought and Of
consideration.
Because on her breast he can shed
tears of repentance, and he is never rei
minded of them afterward.
Because she has made for US a beau.
tlful world, in which we should be
proud to live and contented to die.
Because she will stick to him through
good and evil report, and always believe
in him, if she loves him.
Because, when he is behaving like
fretful boy-and we all do, you know,
at times-with no reason in the world
for it, woman's soft word, touch OF
glance will make him ashamed of him.
self, as he ought to be.
Because without her as an incentive
he would grow lazy; there would be no
good work done, there would be no no
bic books written, there would be nc
beautiful pictures painted, there would
be no divine strains of melody.
Because-and this is the best reason
of all-when the world had reached an
unenviable state of wick edness the
blessed task of bringing it Savior fol
all mankind was given to a woman,
which was Gods way of setting his seal
of approval on her who is mother, wife,
daughter, and sweetheart, and. there
fore, mans best friend Household
Companion.
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marry any one else, adding that she
really thought in the end she would
marry Robert, as she had at first In
tended.
More swearing on the part of Lind
sey.
So matters stood on Tuesday.
On Wednesday it rained hard and
increasingly, and on Thursday it poured
all day and all night. Friday morning
things began to look uncomfortable.
The river which flowed through the
village, augmented by its tributary
creeks and brooks, was up to the top
of its banks, and everybody began to
look solemn, shake their heads, and to
envy John Lindsey in his home on the
hill, safe from the freshet.
Had they known where he really was
they would not have envied him SC
much.
The next morning after his interview
with Robert Harper, Lindsey had gone
down to one of his bayou farms, taking
Ray with him.
Thursday, the rains being so heavy,
with no signs of abatement, his men
had left him to provide for their fami-
lies in case of there being q flood, as
many of them lived in the river bot
toms.
He had steadfastly refused to be in
duced by Rachels entreaties to remove
to place of safety, stubbornly main
tanning that there was no danger.
RachePs heart was very heavy, Friday
night, as the shadows of evening fell
upon the earth and the splashiug of the
water had mournful sound, that made
her shudder with anxiety.
Her father was still stern and forbid
ding. but she could not leave him to
seek her own safety. She thought of
her mother, her lawless brothers, and
her lover. Even God seemed so far
of. A feeling of loneliness and utter
helplessness came over her, and she
threw herself upon the bed and sobbed
herself to sleep.
About 9 o'clock John Lindsey put
out the lights and went to bed, not in
the least uneasy, and was soon fast
asleep. About midnight he awoke
with a start. A splashing sound
seemed to fill the air. He sprung up
In terror, jumped from mis- bed and
landed in water. He bounded back
into the middle of his bed with the
agility of q monkey. His teeth chat
tered, his hair stood up like a porcu-
pines quilts.
Ray! Rayl" he shouted. where are
you? Oh, we'll be drowned; I know
We will. For Gods sake, Ray, why
don't you come or talk or do some
thing"
He was too frightened to swear, but
kept bobbing up and down, gesticulat-
ing wildly and talking like wild man.
At this moment, fortunately for the
bed springs, Ray came into the room.
She crossed over to her father, the
water splashing around her feet as she
walked. and administered q decided
shaking.
Father, for 6 'odnes,' sakes hushi II
It is Gods viii Tor rs to die now, ], for