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The St. Johns herald., 1893-02-02
A POWERFUL CURRENT.
The Greatest Voltage and the Longest
 Line in the World.

The Greatest Voltage and the Longest
 Line in the World.
 Mention was made some weeks ago of line intended to carry electricity at twenty-five thousand volts from Lauffen to Frankfort, a distance of over one hundred miles. The experiment has been watched with interest by cleo tricians on both sides of the ocean, says the Philadelphia Record, since there are not wanting those who claim that the thing cannot be done. The pre- Gminary experiments made over line of three miles in length were, it is said, entirely successful. A current of thirty-three thousand volts was devel- oped for the purpose of seeing how great the tendency would be for the current to leave the wire for the ground. To discover this the wire was cut and the pieces then slowly brought together, and it was not until the ends were within less than an inch of each other that spark was forced across the intervening space. An ordinary safety cut-out, consisting of ball of lead, was then placed in the circuit and a wire was dropped across the current to initiate the falling of tree or the crossing of another wire, when the lead ball instantly melted with flash and an explosion, cutting off the cur rent. From the results of the prelinl- mary experiments the projectors of the new line feel confident of it's success.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-02-02
\ Curious C;ueI,. !

A novel clock is now being exhibited by the Watchmakers' union in London. It is of wood, beautifully carved, and stands six feet in height. The case is a perfect fort in miniature. and instead of a bell and striking hammer the hours are announced by a bugler, who emerges from q door at one side of the fort and blows the call to assemble and march Almost instantly doors open on all sides and a regiment of auto matic soldiers, six abreast, march out, wheel to the left, stop a few seconds to mark time" and then march through another part of the fortress to the bar racks. These marches and counter marches occur each hour. If they come out to announce the hour of one o'clock one soldier fires his tiny gun, at two o'clock two soldiers fire their pieces, increasing with the hour until the twelve leaders fire their guns, the rear ranks lowing their heads and pointing with their bayonets toward the dial of the clock.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-02-02
Experience with Death.

Fernleigh L. Montague, the English artist who killed his wife and himself m Washington few days ago because he could not sell his pictures, had once before a serious experience with death. He ran away to America when a young man to escape the apprenticeship to barrister to which he had been bound by his father. A short time afterward a body was found floating in the Thames and was buried as his. He did not learn of this fact till twelve years later, when the legacies which should have come to him had been divided among other heirs. He was looked up- on by the laws of England as dead, and could not prove his identity in the courts. But it required a pistol shot to make him as dead in America as he had been for quarter of a century in England.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-02-02
TREES THAT STING,
The Beautiful Shrubs of Queensland Have
 Their Drawbacks.


 Their Drawbacks.
 Though the tropical shrubs of Queens land are very luxuriant and beautiful, they are not without their dangerous drawbacks, for there is one plant grow ing among them that is really deadly in it's efTects-that is to say, deadly in the same way that one would apply that term to fire, for if a certain proportion of ones body be burned by the stinging tree death will be the result.
 They are found, says the St. Louis Republic, of all sizes, from three inches up to fifteen and twenty feet. In the old ones the stem is whitish, and the red berries usually grow in a cluster at the top. It emits peculiar and disa- greeable smell, but it is best known by it's leaf, which is nearly round, with point on the top and jagged all around the edges like nettle. All the leaves arc large, even on small plants-some- times larger than a saucer.
 The effects of the sting are curious, it leaves no mark, but the pain is said to be maddening, and for months after jab from one of it's numerous ''sting- CTS" the part stung remains very tender; especially is this true in rainy weather, or when the parts stung have been ac- cidentally dampened, even if very slightly.
 Hunters who have found themselves surrounded by small forests of sting ing trees" in the dusk of evening have been known to lie down and pass the night as comfortably as possible, fear ing to make an effort to extricate them selves in the dim, uncertain light, lest they might get deeper and deeper into the besetting trouble.
 ''I have seen,' said Shuman, "a man, who would treat ordinary pain lightly, roll on the ground in agony for hours after being stung, and have known horse so completely mad, after getting into thicket of these trees, that he rushed open-mouthed at everyone that approached him, and had to be shot to relieve his agony"
 Dogs, when stung, will rush about, whining piteously, biting pieces of flesh from the affected parts
 The small ''stinging trees," only a few inches high, are even more dan gerous than the large ones, being so small they are likely to brush ones ankles before they are seen.
 One safeguard for the experienced hunter is the fact that they always grow in palm thickets, and no place else. The presence of palm trees is, therefore, sufficient to put an old settler on his guard.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-02-02
THE CRAZY BALL,
It VIII Drive Kitten Mad and Charm
 a Baby.

It VIII Drive a Kitten Mad and Charm
 Baby.
 Street peddlers have a new catch penny device on their trucks that is quite an amusing thing for old as well as young folks, says the New York Herald. They call it the "crazy ball, $ and it is well named. For ten cents you can buy one of these things, and see the laws of gravity defied. It looks like an ordinary wooden ball, about the size of a tennis ball, but you can't roll it in q straight line to save you. Of course, the secret of the things queer actions lies in the fact that it is loaded on one side. This makes every movement of the ball eccentric. It will roll up hill of it's own accord, and it will refuse to roll down hill. If you try to roll it from you it will perhaps start out all right and then turn around and roll back, and maybe it will go off sidewise and describe a wobbly circle around you, All it's movements are jerl1y and spasmodic. Give it to a kit ten to play with, and the chances are that the kitten will go mad, while the baby will cry with vexation over it's ec- centricities. A grown person who is not up in spherical geometry will as sure you that it is wonderful. IL Is not It is only some sharp fellows way of gathering in the dimes. Nevertheless. ere long the city will be flooded with these ''crazy balls"
The St. Johns herald., 1893-02-02
The Vatican.

The ancient palace of the popes of Rome is the most magnificent building of the kind in the world. It stands on the right bank of the Fiber on a hill called the Vaticanus, because the Latins formerly worshiped Vaticinium, an ancient oracular deity at that place. Exactly when the building was com menced no one knows. Charlemagne is known to have inhabited it over a thousand years ago. The present ex- tent of the building is enormous, the number of rooms at the lowest compu- tation being 4,422. Its treasures of marble statues, ancient gems, paint ings, books, manuscripts, etc.. are to be compared only with those in the British museum. The length of the statue museum alone is a fraction ove- a mile. Conservative writers say that the gold contained in the medals, yes sels, chains and other objects pre- served in the Vatican would make more gold coins than the whole present Euro pean circulation.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-02-02
THE OLDEST LAWSUIT.
Money That Has Been in litigation Al
 most Century.


 The oldest living lawsuit received a longer lease of life from the supreme court recently, says the Philadelphia Record. The suits official designation is ''March term, 1874, number eighty two," so that in two months it will be able to celebrate it seventy-eighth birthday, with every prospect of living to the ripe age of foursc0re. Two full sets of heirs, a trust company, four lawyers, and an auditor and Q deputy escheator are seeing that it wants nothing in care.
 The suit was brought by the assignees of one James Moore, against William Rawle, in which Mir. Rawle paid into court the amount of the judgment re- covered against him. About 1S20 some of this money was paid out on iudg- ment recovered by the executors of one of the assignccs against the other two. The balance. &2,327, was paid to James Read, then president of the Philadelphia bank, to be held by him subject to the further order of the court. MT. Read, and later the Girard Trust Company, handled the fund until it has grown to S1S,70 The auditor general took pro- ceedings to cscheat it to the coolmon- wealth.
 Two sets of claimants, one hailing from Chester county in this state and claiming to be grandchildren of James MOOre's brother, and the other from Maryland and claiming to be grand children of James Moore himself, Y. re stirred up. The auditor awardc the fund to George ". Pepper as counsel for the Pennsylvania heirs. Excep- tions to this decision have been filed on behalf of both the commonwealth and the Maryland heirs, and the supreme court ordered these exceptions to be placed upon the list for arguments dur ing the present term.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-02-02
South American Hotels.

The visitors first experience of the hotels in Buenos Ayres is his first disap- pointment. With the exception of the Grand hotel, which would rank with third and even fourth class houses in Europe, all the thirty or forty hotels of Buenos Ayres occupy inadequate build ings and they are badly furnished, bad ly managed and altogether wretched, dirty and comfortless. Nevertheless, the proprietors make good profits. They charge from S2.50 to S12 gold a day for each person and their houses are always full.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-02-02
He Got the Worst of It.

He was Bath (Me.) haclman, so the Enterprise says, and he had Canadian quarter, worth only twenty cents in Bath, that he wanted to dispose of. So one dark night when an innocent old lady handed him half dollar he gave her the Canadian quarter in change, and instead of feeling ashamed of him. self he chuckled over the transaction that is, he chuckled until he pulled out the coin the lady had given him, and by the light of lamp discovered that it was q Canadian half dollar.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-02-02
An Ancient Game.

Games of chance were prohibited by Mahomet, and in the Koran were placed as sins in the same category as wine drinking Herodotus tells us that the Egyptians were dicers. but whether they were gamblers is not stated. Their favOrite game was one played with draughtsmen, and there is good evidence to believe that this is, if not the most ancient game, at least one of the most ancient
The St. Johns herald., 1893-02-02
Progress in RniI,linr.

Seven of the worlds fair buildings are now so far advanced that they are fast assuming the appearance of fin ished structures. The rough carpentry work on them is practically done and the ornamental and finishing work is in progress. These buildings are the woman's horticulture, transportation, mines, administration. forestry and fisheries. Five more-the government, fine arts, agriculture, dairy and Illinois state-are erected to the roof lines. The electricity, manufactures and ma chinery buildings are being advanced rapidly
The St. Johns herald., 1893-02-02
Little Hut Noisy.

4 Missouri man contracted with ho- tel keeper to furnish a wagon load of frogs week. lie appeared on the ap- pointed day with three little frogs. Where are the rest Of them?'' inquired the landlord. That's all there were in the pond, the man meekly said. But they made So much noise that I thought there WAS million Of 'eTn."
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-09-14
The South's Needs.

What the South needs now in times
of financial depression, and needs Just
as much in times of plenty, is to raise
her own meat and bread. Twenty
years ago II farmer could not be found
who did not have smoke-house we'll
supplied with bacon, the rafters hang
ing thick with the country cured"
hams, very far superior to the Ar
mours article of to-day and these hams
strung to the ceiling by ..bear grass
strings that the farmer grew in his
garden. the walls hung with the
sweetest sausage neatly tied up in
shuck wrappers. barrels of pure leaf
lard stored away, a barrel of picked
pig feet here and two barrels of kraut
there, a pantry with flour ground from
home raised wheat, meal ground at
the neighboring water. mill, bushels
OF potatoes packed away in dust, bar
rels of apples in the cellar, bags of
dried fruit for winter use, and barn
full feed for stock. Now the meat
and lard are shipped from the West
ern packers. Wheat and corn, too,
come from the West; potatoes and
apples come from the Northern States
and to pay for all of this, money must
go back to the North and it must
come from the sale of our cotton, for
we grow nothing else. But it does
not bring enough to pay the debt, and
consequence is we are getting poorer
end poorer and deeper and deeper in
debt each day. Happily there seems
to be turn for the better and now
many farmers are growing their own
meat and bread The farmers have il
in their power to bring back the good
old days when plenty reigned.
God has given the South land that
will grow anything, and it is crime
and a neglect OF the talents when the
soil is not made to produce all for
which it was given. We must raise
all we need, and when we do this the
financial problem is solved as far as the
farmer is concerned. Memphis Com.
mercial.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-09-14

a
Buy Miller's' mule $50; horse. $50;
COW 81; calf a.; heifer IS; cart $40;
buggy Gao.
1t is so stated on the town record
that Iuka has board OF health and
q health officer. If it is fact we
should like to know what they are do
ing and what they Intend to do in the
future. What are these officers chosen
for? Were they chosen just for the
sake of holding Office, that their names
might adorn the page on the recordp
II they are given the power as guar
dams of the towns health, why do
they not enforce the law or wipe the
statute from the record! 1t is shame
disgrace to the people, public
nuisance an eye sore to all sanitarians
to look upon the filth and breath the
stenches from the back alleys and
bitches in and around the public
square. 1t does look little strange
that our health officers should shut
their eyes and. close their olfactory
i nerve to these filth-disease-b breeding
places in passing around the back
street and by-ways OF our little town.
Gentleman take warning in time.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-09-14
Hillside Notes.

We regret very much to announce
the death of our old friend and neigh
Dor, Mr.. L. B. Looney, one Of the
most substantial citizens o. the Fifth
Supervisors district, and one might
say Of the county. While we feel as
sured that our loss Is his eternal gain,
yet we cannot but drop tear OF SYM
pathy for his bereaved ones cleft be-
hind, but can only say to the children
and grandchildren. be like him, good
and true and you will get there too.
]. r. E.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-09-14
The Alabama legislature has sub


The Alabama legislature has sub
mitted to the voters of that State an
amendment to the constitution which
provides that the taxes levied for
school purposes upon whites and me-
groes shall be kept separate. so that
each race shall have the use of only
what it pays. This is a just act and
should pass. 1t is not right that the
whites should be compelled to furnish
money to educate the 'brats of lazy.
worthless negroes who work not. nor
pay taxes OF any character. Every
State in the Union should adopt such
a law, and perhaps the negroes would
then try to pay their share Of taxes to
build up schools, provided they care
for them. -Tupelo journal.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-09-14
Notice For Bids

For Convicts in Jail Of Tishomingo Count,
Mississippi. Sealed bids for the hiring o
the convicts Of Tishomingo county. wifi b,
received by the Board OF Supervisors for ;
term OF two years, beginning September ii
1913 Said bids to be filed with the CIerl
on or before September 4, 1898. on which
day said bids viii be opened and consider
ca by the Board. The person obtaining
said contract will be required ON that dan
to give bond for the faithful performance
OF his contract in the penalty of one thou
sand dollars. Done by order of the Board
luka, Miss, August Is, 1893.
T. W. PATTERSON. Clerk
Of Board Of Supervisors.
printers fee IS az 3t
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-09-14

Capt. Pat Donovan, the erratic. but
brilliant descriptive writer. sums up
the situation: "After cleaning out
the treasury. bankrupting the CONT
nent and appropriating everything in
sight for 20 years to come, the Rspub-
licans stepped ASIDE and let the Demo-
Gratis take hold just as the bottom fell
out of the whole governmental ma
chine. 1t was shabby trick"
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-09-14
Teachers Notice.

The two last Fridays and Saturdays
in September and October. are days
for examination. First and third are
for whites. Second and fourth for
blacks. All teachers are requested to
be present at first examination. 1t Is
necessary that superintendents and
teachers have q conference.
+. r. CARMAcK.
County Supt. of Education.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-09-14

In open court the other day al
Brandon. Judge Mayors made this
astonishing and unthoughts of state
ment: The fact that the Board oil
Supervisors in the various counties OF
the State were receiving proportion
ately more pay than the various
judges, district attorneys, and other
State officers, the former receiving
some $25. 900, while the latter some
$75. 1000, a fact not generally known
among the masses. -
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-09-14

A little boy OF Mrs. McDonald's liy-
ing near here, fell against red hot
stove and was fearfully burned. The
pain was terrible, and it was thought
the burn was so severe as to scar the
child for life. sold the lady bottle
of Pain Balm, which, after greasing
the sore she applied. 1t soon removed
all the fire and eased the pain, and in
ten days the boy was we'll. no trace of
the scar remaining. j. ID. McLaren,
Keysport, Clinton county, III. For
sale by j. III. Moore.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-09-14
Questions Answered.
Talladega, Ala, Sept. 5,

lalladega, Ala, Sept. 5, 1895.
Editor Montgomery Advertiser.
VIII you kindly explain through the
columns of your valued paper:
First What you understand is
meant by free and unlimited coinage
of silverp
Second-What is the existing law
regulating the coinage of goldp
Third-In what condition does the
repeal OF the purchasing clause of the
Sherman act leave silver as circulat-
ing medium and the coinage thereof
Fourth-What Is the intrinsic value
of coined gold, money estimated by the
commercial price OF gold bullion in the
market?
Fifth-Does the Government get any
pay tor or profit out Of the coinage OF
gold and silver money!
Your answer to the above would be
much appreciated by an
OLD SUBSCRIBER.
In answer to the first question the
Advertiser would say that the free
and unlimited coinage of silver means
tho opening Of the minis Of this
country to the owners of silver bullion
and the converting OF the same into
the silver coins recognized by law at
ratio fixed. and without any cost to
the holder. 1t also means that tho
coinage is unlimited and open to hold
ers of silver all over the world.
Second-The existing law as to
coinage OF gold bullion to have rs $40
grains of standard gold into dollar.
Third-The repeal of the purcasing
clause OF the Sherman law stops the
purchase and coinage of silver, and
pledges the Government to the parity
of silver already coined or represented
by certificates. with gold, making the
silver dollar worth as much CONNER
cially as any other dollar.
Fourth-Coined gold money is worth
no more than uncoined gold. there be-
ing no difference between the coinage
and commercial value OF the metal.
The coinage denotes the fineness and
the number Of grains contained in the
gold dollar,
Fifth--There is no profit to the
Government under a law providing for
the free and unlimited coinage OF
gold and silver.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-09-14
specimen Cases.

8. II. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis, was
troubled with neuralgia aud rheumatism /.
affected to ali alarming degr !. appetite fell
away, and he was terribly re uced In fle sh
and strength Three bottles Electric Bit
tiers cured him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisb rg, ILL.,, had
running sore on his leg of eight years
Bitters and seven boxes of Blu klen's Arnica
Salvee, and his leg is sound al. i well. John
Speaker. Columbus, O., had five large fever
sores ON his leg; doctors said he was in
durable. One bottle Electric Bitters and
one box Bucklcn's Arnica Salve cured him
entirely. Sold by J. H. Moore, Druggist.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-09-14
Are you going to the Worlds Fairp

Are yod going to the Worlds Fairp
Ii so make advance arrangements for
hotel Accommodations This can be
done with our general county agent.
). >. Chambers. who will furnish you
with membership certificate free of
charge to the visitor, which entities
the holder to the services of the Chi
cago Renting Angency. For further
information and World Fair Album,
call on or address j. j. Chambers.
Iuka, Miss.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-09-14
The Cosmopolitan
Magazine
AND THE
IUKA REPORTER
Both for 81 Is a Year

The Great Illustrated Monthlies
have in the past sold for a year 1t
was wonder to printers hcw the Cos
mopolitan, with its yearly 1886 pages
OF reading matter by the greatest
writer's of the world. and its 1900 illus
trations by clever artists, could be fur
nished for So a year. In January last
1t put in the most perfect magazine
printing plant in the world, and now
comes what is really a wonder:
We will cut the price Of the Mag
azine in half for You!
Think of it, 1913 pages of reading mat
ter. with over 120 illnstrations-a
volume that would sell in cloth bind
ing at 81.
We will send you the Cosmopolitan
Magazine. which has the strongest
staff of regular contributors OF any ex-
listing periodical. and the IUKA Re-
PORTER. both for only 50 25 year.