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Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-02-18
A Tea DrunkassI.

The New York Commercial Adver-
tiser says the tea district in Water
street is haunted by a very odd sort of
a broken down old man. He was
once tea faster, one of those fellows
who can tell the growth, condition
and worth of a grade of tea by sip
ping a spoonful Of it. They never
swallow these samples, for in the
course of a day they mount up to q
quart or so of the strongest kind Of
tea, and are invariably expectorated.
The old man developed a fondness for
the liquid and took to swallowing his
samples. One day he had fit of the
nerves that scared everybody out OF
the office and lost him his position.
Since then he has been going upon
rackets with great regularity, and the
quantity that he can dispose of at a
sitting is astounding. His nervous
system is a complete wreck, and from
present appearances it isn't likely
that he will live upon the brokers'
charity much longer.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-02-18

IT takes all OF Christ to hide a
single sin.
MEN are always like the god they
believe in.
The dress of truth is always a seam
less robe.
SIN is never hated until we see what
it is in us.
THE only real leaders are those
whom God selects.
THERE is no fat sheep in any of the
devils pastures.
GODS love cannot be described. 1t
can only be shown.
To HAVE to look into the face Of
truth always kills a lie dead.
NONE can know what suffering
really is except those who love.
WE are born of God the instant we
find out the truth about God
THE first test of love is its willing
ness to suffer without complaint.
The DEVILS money cannot buy a
foot OF land outside of graveyard.
THERE are so many reformers who
never want to do any work at home.
DISTRESSING everybody is good
way to have the friendship of nobody,
The man who talks with the devil
always loses his eyesight to begin
with.
If God did not love everybody,
there are people who would not be
owed
THE devil has never been bothered
much about how to reach the masses.
IT never hurts The devil any for
church members to be seen at a horse
IT doesn't make meanness one whit
better to baptize it and call it re-
ligion
WHEN you undertake to pluck fruit
for Christ, don't try to do it with
mittens on.
PEOPLE who are well known in
Heaven are sometimes very obscure
on earth.
THE man who will steal a dollar
here, would steal mansion in Heaven
if he could.
GoD has never tried to explain Him.
self to man. All He wants is to re-
veal Himself.
GETTING the last word with wo-
man has been done at last. The
photograph does it.
The Lord finds it very hard to work
through people whose religion is all
in their heads.
If you want to lay up treasure in
Heaven, don't try to own too much
property on earth.
THERE are people who would be
great for God if they could only get
rid of their own indignity.
PAYING big price for a church
rev may look nice to men, but it
Cyrm't mean anything to God.
II there is anybody that God finds
it hard to do much with, 1T is
Christian with long face.
You can't steal into the kingdom
OF God with any of the DEVILS belong
ings hidden under your cloak.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-02-18

Hard to eaE6
the big, old-fashioned pill. It's
pretty hard to have to take it, too.
You wouldn't, if you realized fully
how it shocks and weakens the
system.
Luckily, you don't have to take
it. DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
are better. They're sensible. They
do, mildly and gently, more than the
ordinary pill, with all its disturb
ance. They regulate the liver,
stomach and bowels, as well az
thoroughly cleanse them. They're
the original Little Liver Pills, purely
vegetable, perfectly harmless, the
smallest and the easiest to take.
One little Pellet for gentle laxa-
tive three for a cathartic. Sick
Headache, Bilious Headache, Con-
stipation, Indigestion, Bilious At
tacks, and all arrangements of the
Liver, Stomach and Bowels are
promptly and permanently cured.
They're the cheapest, too, for
they're guaranteed to give satisfac4
ton, or your money is returned
You pay only for the good you get.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-02-18
a Great Re,,pious Ed,ao..

The Church of Sacre CHur, at
Montmartre, Paris, cost "a, 900, 900
francs (S5, 900, 000.) The crypt is the
most spacious in the world, having
the same dimensions as at the church.
In the middle is o long dark chapel,
where the service for the dead will be
celebrated. There is also a chapel
dedicated to st. Peter, with copy of
the celebrated statue of the Apostle
In Rome. There are vaults under
meath, one of which is to contain the
coffin of the late Archbishop of Paris,
Cardinal Guibert, who laid the foun-
dation stone of the church on June l,
1875. The upper edifice rests on four
pillars, forming a square or twenty
metres, 1t is surmounted by a dome,
which has the dimensions of the
choir. The stalls are as many as
there are dioceses in France, besides
sixteen attached to the Basilica. The
pillars are Of granite OF the Vosges
and it is remarkable that in the whole
construction there is no iron or wood.
The front facing Paris has grand
staircase leading up to the church and
terrace, ornamented by two equest-
rian statues. There will also be a
niche reserved for the statue of the
Sacred Heart, work in white marble,
by M. Thomas. The church will con-
tain 5000 persons, who will be able
to hear the preacher. Among the
/ offerings is sspillar of smoke" being
presented by former devotees of the
weed who have renowned their pet
failing, The Pope has presented the
cfboriufn. which was given to his
Holiness for his jubilee. Savoy has
cast an enormous bell OF $4,000 kils
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-02-18
Selling Opportunities.

A gentleman driving along over
took a stranger and invited him
to ride. AS he approached him
he said to himself: 81 wonder what
the man is thinking about, and what
subject of conversation he will intro
duce. Surely it will be one of three
things-the weather, the crops or the
coming election" 1t was neither.
His mind was on far greater theme.
His first words after the usual saluta-
tions were: CLOVIS salvation down
In your country?" The question star
tied the gentleman a little by its di-
rectness, but it showed where the
others heart and hopes were, and led
to a long and profitable conversation
of Heavenly things. How much might
be accomplished by each of us if our
hearts were warm and glowing with
love to Christ, and our minds on the
alert to improve every opportunity
that God sets before us. We are for
ever discussing the question of how to
reach the unconverted. We spend
large sums of money for preaching
and singing. We employ evangelists
and hold special meetings, and yet
greater than all these combined is the
power OF Christian conversation. A
dozen consistent men and women who
would go out into the community
and talk for Jesus Christ could do
more for it than the best evangelist
in the land. There is no community
that cannot be aroused to an interest
in any worthy subject by the persist
ent efforts of a few determined men.
Will you be one2-Golden Rule.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-02-18

to any one else, but to me it is a
priceless value; you could buy one
like it for few dollars at any book
store. 1t not an illustrated volume;
there is not a picture in it; as an an
tique it has no worth for it is not
nearly hundred years old doubt
II even half century has passed
since first it came out of the bindery.
A public library would not give it
shelf-roOm; but l love that book.
Some say that since it was first printed
the facts of which it treats have
changed, and that it is out of date,
but it teens as | pursue it, like a
modern work, as interesting as the
latest novel; with such rare analysis
OF character as to make me shrink
from it at times lest it should speak
TOO plainly to me of my own defects.
There is one biography contained in
that book which eclipses all the rest
the picture of a life so gentle that
little children were attracted by it,
and yet so strong that the thrones of
kings were shaken and overthrown by
It's power; so full Of mercy that the
outcasts of the cities were influenced
to new and holy deeds by it, and yet
so memorable in it's justice that the
best of men were unable to reach in
their practice the ideal which they
saw before them. But then / love
the book for another reason, and it is
this: 1t has been associated with all
that is best in my own life; | cannot
remember when l first saw it, nor
when it first began to exert that
peculiar charm which it has had upon
me during the long lapse of years
since then. When | first opened my
eyes to the light of this world, the
brightness of that book was reflected
from my mothers face. 1t is my
mothers Bible.-G. A. Warburton.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-02-18
grammes, which will require eigft
men to setin motion.
A Small roMp y wot,d- VIA. r.n,..

Small To~S n wosid-w Fame.
Bethlehem u 12He of the Oldest
towns of Palestine, and has now a
population Of about 1000, though in
the time Of Christ 1t was an incon-
siderable hamlet. 1t is about six
miles south of Jerusalem, and is built
on long ridge of pure limestone, with
deep valley at the north and another
at the south. Its houses have q sub
stantial appearance, and over the cave
where tradition locates the birth Of
Jesus is church and convent, in
whose vaults lamps are kept continu-
ally burning. Chat Christ was born
in a cave is likely enough, for at the
present day the limestone caves OF
Palestine are often used as stables.)
Here st. Jerome, who made the Vul-
gate translation of the Bible, lived
thirty-three years, from A. d. 1856 to
420, when he died. The adjacent
country is of great fertility, and cele-
brated for the variety and richness o.
its productions Here by the road
side is the tomb Of Rachel the great
ancestress Of Israel, and in the valley
below the town is the field of Boaz,
where Ruth CLEANED for grain and
harvested a husband. Lyman Alb
bolt.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-02-18

A Congo native who has been taught
to read and write, has just sent a let
ter, his first, to the Archbishop OF
Canterbury. 1t is as follows: "Great
and Good Chief of the tribe of Christ,
greeting: The humblest of your ser.
wants kisses the hem of your garment,
and begs you to send to his fellow
servants more Gospel and less rum.
In the bonds of Christ, Ugalla. :"
That letter hits the nail pretty effect
ually on the head, doesn't It?
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-02-18

we oner Ono Hundred Dollars reward 10,
~ case OF catarrh that cannot be cura5 nv
taxing Halls Catarrh Cura. ~ W
W. n; :. CHENEY e. Co., Props, Toledo. O.
re, me undersigned, have known h. j.
Sns5ney LOT the last 10 years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
IONS and financially able TO carry out any oh
ngations made by their firm.
o. ~ ussiSu'' ioledo.
WALpING, KINHAN & MARVIN. Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo o.
nau Catarrh Cure is taken internally. act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
t taces OF the system. Testimonials seat free.
rElce 'oc. per bottle Sold by all druggists,
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-02-18
Hoods SarsapariIla

Fhe loss Of flesh is a trif7e.
You think you need not
mind it.
But, if you go on losing
for some time or lose a good
deal in a short time, you are
running down. Is that a
erihe?
Get back to your healthy
weight and generally you get
back to health.
A book on CAREFUL Lrv-
ING will tell you what it is to
get there, and when SCOTS
Emulsion of cod-liver oil is
useful. Free.
New York. ''''e'
Your druggist keeps Scotts Emulsion Of cod liver
oii--all druggists everywhere do. 81.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-02-18

10 make it apparent to thousands, who
think themselves i'll, that they are not feet
ed with any disease, but that the syste m
simply needs cleansing, is to bring comfort
home to their hearts, as a costive condition Is
easily cured by using Syrup of Figs. Manu-
featured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-02-18
carbonio Acid Gas In Breweries.

1t has been proposed that the car
bonic acid gas that is liberated dur
ing the process Of fermentation in
breweries be utilized by condensing it
into liquid form that can be sold
for cents pound. III is estimated
that rs, 600, 600, 600 gallons of this gas
are produced annually in the breweries
of Great Britain.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-02-18
The OnIy One Ever Printed.

a, Ihese is inch display advertisement I'm
this paper, this week, which las no iygn yf,, IL
III except one word. The same Is true Of
f nr u new one Appearing each week, from The
crescent" on everything thew mac nd nj
,,,aa, LOOK forit, send them the name of The
w WORD ana they viii return YOU BOOK. DEAuTfs
'oL LiTHoGRApHs orsAMPLEs FREE
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-02-18
A Priceless Book.

TOOK 1T down TO-
day and looked at
it with reverence
that old book
NV j I b weather
marked edges and
W ell t h um b e d
pages. 1t is not
as beautiful as a
piece of book-mak-
ing; no bibliogra-
pher would care to
have it, and l
should not blame
him. 1t really is
not worth mich
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-02-18

PHILOSOPHERS have noticed that
when man makes up his mind that
he has to practice economy, he gen.
orally tries to begin with his wife's
expenses.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-02-18
BLESSED BLASTS.
Thesham's Horn Agsin Sounds IT'S Notes
of WafeiDg.

OTHING blu t
sin can kill.
ALL sinners
are scarlet sin
nerS.
A LAZY man
steals from him
self.
II Fl e r E is
nothing so brave
as love.
TALENT and
& e n Jus have
MANY QuaFrels.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-02-18

A farmer at Mission Bottom, Ore,
dug up turnip in his patch the
other day that weighed fifteen
pounds.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-02-18

,BEEcHAMs Pills cure bilious and nervous
illness. Beechams Pills sell well because
they cure. rs cents box
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-02-18

BRown's Iron Btters cures Dyspepsia, Mala-
ria Biliousness and General Debility Gives
Strength, aids Digestion, tones the nerves
creates appetite. The best tonic for Nursing
Mothers, weak women and children.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-02-18

No SAFER REMEDY can be had for Coughs
and Colds, or any trouble of the Throat, than
:" Broacn's Bronchial TrocheSn Price rs cts.
Sold only IN bores
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-02-18

lF,your Back Aches, or you are all worn ont,
good for nothing, it is general debilitv
Browns iron Bitters viii cure sou, make you
petite-tones the nerves.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-02-18

FITS stopped free by DR.. KLrNE's GREAT
NERVE REsToRER. No Fits after first DAVIS
use: Marvellous cures. Treatise and 81 trial
bottlc free. DIR. Kline. 93l Arch ST., Phila.. Pa.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-02-18

| in the world
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-02-18

Kerosene was first used for lighting pur-
poses in 1926.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-02-18

The worst cases of female weakness readily
fieia 10 Dr. Swans Pastiles Samples free.
DR.. Swan, Beaver Dam. Wis.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-02-18

The sun yields 100000 times the light of
the moon.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-02-18

If afnlcted with soro eyes use Dr.. Isaac Thomp-
sons Eye water Druggists sell at 26c per bottle
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-02-18
An Important Difference.

in 260 wears
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-02-18
Catarrh--Remove the Cause.

was afflicted from infancy with cah and for with
manen relief MY 5 BECAME BURDEN TO NE
dmeen and feel like
anew personalities JOSIE OWEN AiaulNay,
M was the victim Of the worst case of carh that heard Of entirely
aeaf all the
Swi and
nave been well
oe G. s. s.
ting which
SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, ATLANTA,
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-02-18

The first newspaper advertisement APP
peap1d in 1852
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-02-18
August
Flower

I had been troubled FIVE months
with Dyspepsia. l had fullness
after eating, and a heavy load in the
pit of my stomach. Sometimes a
deathly sickness would overtake
me- / was working for Thomas
McHenry, Druggist, Allegheny City,
Pa, in whose employ l had been for
seven years. fused August Flower
for two weeks. was relieved of all
trouble l can now eat things /
dared not touch before. l have
gained twenty pounds since my re-
covery. 7. D. Cox, Allegheny, Pa. O
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-02-18
SHORT SUNDAY SERMONS
PREACHED THROUGH THE VAR.
IOUS CLEVER PENS.

The Church of Sacre Coeur, at MoDtmar-
tre' Paris-Be thlehem, a Small Town of
world Wide Fame-Seizing opportunI-
ties-A Priceless Book.
The Dickinson press., 1892-03-12
How Sleigh Bells Are Made.

"The making OF sleigh bells is quite
an art" says an iron founder. "The
little iron ball is too big to be put in
through the holes in the bell, and yet
it is inside. How did it get there? The
little iron ball is called the jinglet.'
When you shake the sleigh bell it
iingles. In making the bell the jinglet
is put inside a little ball of mud, just
the shape of the inside of the bell.
Then a world is made just the shape
of the outside OF the bell. This mud
ball with the jingle inside is placed in
the mold of the outside, and the met
al is poured in, which fills up the space
between the ball and the mold. "When
the mold is taken off you see a sleigh
bell, but it will not ring, as it is full of
dirt. The hot metal the bell is made
of dries the dirt so it can be shaken
out. After the dirt is all shaken out
of the holes in the bell, the little iron
iinglet will still be in the bell and will
ring. 1t took good many years to
think out how to make a sleigh bell"
May YorL G.--
The Dickinson press., 1892-03-12
~BENEvoLENcE A Y
At Least 1t Does. If You Stand In
With the Recipient.

Acrowd was gathered in the hotel
smoking-room, and a stranger. some
what seedy, but OF gentlemanly man
ners, entered without causinsa par
ticular remark. Presently there came
from without the mechanical notes OF
a piano organ. The stranger arose,
went to the window, and looked out
for a moment, and then said in
sympathetic tones, "lIard lines fo1
poor fellow e 90 about the streets
playing lively tunes that must be ~
quisite sarcasm to one i'll his forlorn
condition. Come, gentlemen, let us
take upa collection. I'm not wealthy,
but I'll start it with a half dollar"
So said, he took off his nat and, after
dropping a half dollar into it, passed
it around. All responded more OF
less literally, and with Il brisk step
the stranger went out to make the
organist happy. 1t is probable that
he succeeded, says the Boston Tran
script, Cor a few moments later the
stranger and the musician were divid-
ing the benefaction equally between
themselves in a familiar way, which
would seem to Indicate that they
were partners in common enter.
prise, especially in view OF the fact
that the stranger pocketed a half dol
lar before the allotment began.
The Dickinson press., 1892-03-12

such crops seem to be a detriment to
a wheat crop if the fall should be a
dry one. The old Pennsylvania way
OF raising wheat was to plow down
clover, but when that ispracticed you
must remember that you take two
seasons to get one crop, Ihave seen
some crops OF clover plowed down and
noted results, and have plowed fields
with the clover taken off, and have
not yet concluded that blowing in
clover is any perceptible benefit. You
will always find where clover is raised
and fed out on the farm that such
farms are gaining in fertility. Clover
hay is relished by all stock; it will
fatten sheep, will make COWS give milk
as in summer, and is even relished by
poultry if chopped up fine and boiling
water poured over it.
The Dickinson press., 1892-03-12
STOUT-HEARTED WOMEN.
What They Have Done to Help In
Developing the West.

What They Have Done to Help In
Developing the West.
The life OF the West is one to in.
duce herolsm on the part OF both
men and one The latter are Of
ten left alone for days in the little sod
cabins or in the dug-outs that dot
the hillside along the water courses.
They learn to be self-reliant and
strong-natured. There are in every
settlement events recorded, any one
of which would in Massachusetts,
New York, or Ohio give the actor a
State wide reputation, but which in
the far West are not thought OF
seriously. With the difficulties of
outlaws, Indians, and the terrific
forces of nature to combat, it is re-
markable that more tragedies do not
occur.
But the women OF the plains re-
allied when they came from the old
homes i'll the East that they were
coming to face hardship and danger.
and the elements OF brewery in their
nature came out strongly, and when
ever the tears came there WAS the
hearty and hardy spirit to meet it.
Much as the men develop
the country, women have done more
and the wives and daughters deserve
all possible credit. Here ard there a
deed stands out in relief, but for the
most part the stories Of the heroines
are confined to their immediate
neighborhoods and v reach the
out side world.-St Louis Globe Dem.
ocrat.
The Dickinson press., 1892-03-12
Railway Tunnels over a Mile Long

Railway Tunnels Over a Mile Long.
On the extensive system of the Lon
don and Northwestern Railway
Company there are five tunnels each
OF which exceeds q mileinlength. The
longest tunnel owned by the company
is at Festiniog, North Wales. 1t
measures 3 miles 2O6 yards. The
other large tunnels are:-stanpage, 8
miles go yards; Morley, 1 mile 1880
yards; Kilsby, 1 mile 963 yards; and
Wrapping Liverpool, 1 mile 400
yards.
The Midland Railway Company also
possesses five tunnels which are OF
considerable length. The longest tun-
mel, known as the Blaemoor, is 1 mile
$40 yards long. The tunnel at Doves
Hole measures 1 mile 264 yards that
near Claycross Derbyshire l mile a
yards, whilethe Belsize tunnel is 1 mile
1872 yards in length.
The longest tunnel in England
is owned by the Great Western Rail
way Company. 1t is constructed
under the River Severn, and is 4 miles
624 yards long. On the same railway
system are two other long tunnels,
Box tunnel, l mile 1,452 yards, and
Sapperton. l mile So yards.
The Sevenoaks tunnel, on the South.
Eastern Railway, is l mile 1902
yards in length. The Polehill tunnel
on the same system, is 1 mile $50
yards long, and the Abbotts Cliff
tunnel 1 mile 173 yards.
The longest tunnel on the London,
Chatham and Dover Railway is at
Shepherds Well. 1t measures l mile
GIG yards. The sydenham tunnel is
l mile 43O yards long.
Three tunnels on the London
Brighton. and South Coast Railway
are severally over a mile in length
viz, Clayton, 1 mile 5O6 yards
Merstham, 1 mile 10 yards; anG
OXted, l mile SOC yards.
Th" London and South-W Western
Railway Company have only one tun
mel, which is over IL mile in length. II
is situated at Honiton and measures
| mile so yards.
The Littleborou4h and Sough tun
heels, on the Lancashire and Yorkshir.
Railway. exceed mile in length. The
former is l mile 1,126 yards long, anf
the latter, situated between Bolton
and Darwcn, l mile 255 yards long.
Other tunnels exceeding IL mile ii
length are: Mersey tunnel, Liverpool
3 miles 1924 yards; Woodhead tunnel
on the Manchester, Sheffield. and Lin
colnshire Railway, 3 miles II yards
Bramhope tunnel, on the North-Ea
ern Railway, 2 miles 233 yards
Queensbury tunnel. on the Great
Northern Railway, l mile TAP yards
Drewton tunnel, on the Hull ant
Barnsley Railway, 1 mile $50 yards
and the lIarecastle tunnel, on TIL,
North Stalfordshire Railway, whicl
exceeds IL mile by three yards.