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Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-04-13
VALUE Of CARE IN FARMING.

Our German residents who are engaged
in the business of farming are proverbi-
ally thrifty and successful. We were led
to reflect upon the reason for this re.
Gently when going through a compare
lively new region that had been largely
settled up by them. The fields, to be
sure, were clean and well cultivated, but
not so strikingly different from others in
this respect as to cause special comment;
but every farm possessed a good barn.
The houses were small and cheap, as a
rule, and no more money had been ex.
pended on them than was required to
make them serve the stern necessities of
life; but the barns were large and sub
stantial, and what is more, they were
utilized. The crops were housed in
them and not left exposed in the fields.
There was room for all the stock so that
1t could be kept clean and comfortable.
We presume these barns had been built
only by the most stringent self-denial.
Perhaps money had been borrowed and
the farm mortgaged in order to do it. If
so, 1t was the part of wisdom for it is
just as true that good barn will earn
double the interest on its cost each year
as 1t Is true poor barn will make poor
farmer.
There are few farm crops which suffer
more quickly from neglect than the corn.
1t must have early and frequent cultiva-
ton in order to produce good results.
Just as soon as it can be seen, the Guilt
vator should be kept at work, and from
then until the crop is laid by the soil
should be kept clean and mellow. The
later workings should be shallow, the
main object being to keep loose mulch
OF fine earth, in order to conserve mois-
ture.
Ensilage will eventually come largely
into use as a summer food-for soiling-
as well as being main independence for
winter By using it the labor of feed
ing will be much less than if the green
food must be cut and hauled each day,
and those who have tried it say the re-
suits are equally good. When we come
to reckon the value of land more closely
and seek for ways and means by which
we may keep more stock upon given
acreage, the summer silo will have more
attention. 1t is one of the future de-.
velopments of our dairy practice which
will soon become of recognized import
ance. Wisconsin Agriculturist.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-04-13
CORN FEED FOR HOGS.

Elk Secretary Rusk, of the Depart
ment OF Agriculture, recently said that
farmers in all parts of the country are
inquiring as to the probable profit of
feeding corn to hogs at present prices.
He desires to state that the prospect of
large returns from judicious hog feeding
has seldom been as bright as now. In
average years it takes about nine pounds
of hog, live weight, to bring the price of a
bushel of corn. This year five pounds
of hog bring as much as a bushel of
corn. If ten pounds of pork are made
from bushel of corn, which may be
taken as fair return, then the present
prices of hogs would make corn bring
about eighty five cents a bushel, if fed
to these animals, which is about twice as
much as it is now quoted at on the Chi
cago market. Instead of sending pigs
and half fat hogs to market, as thousands
have done, only to find that such ami
mails were unfit for packing and would
bring but comparatively small price,
these animals should be kept on the
farm and fattened on the corn which is
now so cheap IN comparison with pres
ent prices of pork.
The high price of hogs is largely due
to the meat inspection carried on by
the Department of Agriculture, which
opened the markets OF Europe and en-
abled shippers to send the surplus hog
products out of the country. Following
this came shortage IN the hog crop.
The number of hogs packed this winter
is not only less than it has been previous
ly, but the hogs were lighter in weight,
so that there has been a much smaller
quantity of hog products prepared.
When advance in price came the farmers
sold their breeding stock, which cannot
be replaced for at least two years. Elk
Secretary Rusk therefore thinks it Is
perfectly safe to feed hogs under present
conditions until they are fully matured,
as the shortage of hog products and the
unrestricted foreign markets for in
,pected meats offer the best possible
guarantee for good prlce.-Chicagc
Herald.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-04-13
The Famous Bayeux Tapestry.

The Bayeux Tapestry is web of can.
vas or linen cloth, upon which is en-
broidered, in wooden threads of various
colors, representation of the invasion
and conquest of England by the Nor
mans. William the Conqueror's first ex-
petition to England was in 1866, and
his second, when he went to stay, so to
speak, in 1908. The canvas is 214 feet
long by twenty inches broad, and is pre-
served in the public library at Bayeux.
Tradition asserts that it is the work of
Matilda, wife of William the Conqueror.
1t is believed that if she did not actually
stitch the whole of it with her own hands
she at least took part in it and directed
the execution of it by her maids, and
afterwards presented it to the Cathedral
of Bayeux as token of her appreciation
of the assistance which its bishop, Odo,
rendered her husband at the battle of
Hastings. Some antlquarians contend
that it was not the work of Queen Ma.
tilda (the wife of the Conqueror), who
died in 1888, but of the Empress Ma
tilda (the daughter of Henry ~, who
uicu III iIof. 4 Hc lapcStiy CoHldiuS, pe-
sides the figures of sos quadrupeds,
birds, sphinxes, etc., the figures of 623
men, 202 horses, 55 dogs. 81 buildings,
Al ships and boats and 40 trees-in all,
1912 figures. 1t is divided into ~ dis
tinct compartments, each representing
one particular historical event and bear
ing an explanatory inscription in Latin.
A tree is usually chosen to divide the
principal events one from another. This
pictorial history-for so it may be called
gives an exact and minute portraiture
of the manners aud customs of the times !;
and it has been remarked that the arms
and clothes are identical with those OF
the Danes as they appear in the miniature
paintings of a manuscript of the time OF
King Cnut that is preserved in the Brit
ish Museum. st. Louis Republic.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-04-13
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
g Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-04-13
Locked in a Safe for Half an Hour

Locked in Safe for Half an Hour.
Paul Gore, of the Grand Pacific Hotel,
was locked in freproof vault in the
hotel Office for half an hour Wednes-
day afternoon. 1t all came about, as
Paul Gore himself explains, Through
trying to be too gay"
Late in the afternoon telegram was
received from Colonel Frank Barrett in
Helena, Montana, which requested that
his mail be forwarded and ending with
these words; Thermometer fifty degrees
below zero here to-day" Mr.. Videl
read aloud the end of the dispatch and
there was turning of coat collars and
audible shivers from the people who
heard it. Paul Gore was standing near.
"I'll just fix myself now for this cold
wave" he said, and Selling small gas
stove he carried it into the lireproof
vault and slammed the inside door be-
hind him. There was click as the door
swung shut, A minute later there was
pounding on the steel door. Mr.. vi
dial ran over to the vault and he heard
faintlys "For PHYS sake, get that door
open and let me OUT
Mr.. Vidal tried to open the door, but
it was locked securely. "Who has the
keys" he called through the door. 81
have one and Colonel Parker has the
other" came through the door. Colonel
Parker's desk in the private Office was
locked and a search through the hotel
failed to find him. Half dozen bell
boys were dispatched in as many differ
ent directions, but one by one they re-
turned with word that he could not be
found. Finally Colonel Parker came
strolling in, and he was surprised at the
warmth of his greeting. 1t was like
getting back from a transatlantic voy-
age. The situation was explained, he
got out his bunch OF keys, and Pau
Gore was restored to the arms of nj:
loving friends. Chicago Tribune.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-04-13
August
Flower

II am happy to state to you and
to suffering humanity, that my wife
has used your wonderful remedy,
August Flower, for sick headache
and palpitation of the heart, with
satisfactory results. For several years
she has been great sufferer, has
been under the treatment of eminent
physicians in this city and Boston,
and found little relief. She was in
duced to try August Flower, which
gave immediate relief. We cannot
say to much for it." L. c. Frost,
Springfield, Mass. %
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-04-13
Necessity of Self Control.

Doctor s. Weir Mitchell, lecturing to
a school of nurses lately upon the neces-
sity of self-controi in emergencies, told
the following incident: One of his
patients, while in low, nervous con-
dition, swallowed by mistake dose
from the wrong bottle. She shrieked out
that she was poisoned. One of the
nurses screamed .sAconite!" and began
to cry Historically. The other nurse,
seeing that the patient was going into
commissions from terror, when relief
would be impossible, said coolly: 'sDon't
be frightened. Look here, taking a
mouthful of the dose herself. She then
went outside to rid her mouth of it,
procured an emetic, and sent for doc
tor and stomach pump. Her calmness
saved the life of the patient. = Argonaut.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-04-13

for from four to fifty times as much as
mongrels.
The Palmer raspberry is variety OF
Doolittle type, resembling the Souhegan,
but not considered superior to that
valuable variety.
When the swarming season is near at
hand, have the hives and all implements
in readiness, as the tub turned bottom
up catches no water.
Remember to watch your honey plants
as well as your bees, and at the proper
time have the bees strong, and then they
will look after the honey.
At meeting of the Northern Iowa
Horticultural Society the Wealthy and
Duchess were regarded as the best ap-
Piles for commercial orchard.
Empty frames should not be allowed
to lie around the apiary in the sun, as
they will warp and not hang straight any
more; then it looks so bad to see them
scattered about to be stepped on or run
over by the wagon.
The Mrs. Cleveland strawberry is re-
ported as being a productive sort, the
plant bearing fruit of light color, soft
and of medium size. This variety is
recommended where there is a market
near at hand, and quantity rather than
quality is desired.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-04-13

A good story is going the rounds OF
Constantinople that the annual vac
cination Of the inmates of the harem
of the Sultan during the fast Of Ram
adam was omitted this year from mo-
tives of economy, as each victim was
usually paid 1000 or 1000 francs for
going through the ordeal The re-.
suit was row of such tremendous
proportions that the Sultan had to
surrender.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-04-13
TuRKEYs FOR BREEDING.

1t has always been mystery to us why
SO little care is taken by ordinary farm
ers to get the best grown, mature turkeys
for breeding purposes. The usual way
IS on many farms to select all the finest
specimens for market--possibly, because
the extra money they bring is needed for
the annual taxes. 1t is no wonder that
turkeys run out and become Improbable
under such management. Get the best
for breeding, and next fall clinch the
Improvement by keeping the best for an
other season.--Boston Cultivator.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-04-13
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Get the seeder in order before needed
Look out for the rats, they carry off
eggs.
Keep the moulting birds away from
cold draughts.
Are you sure the sheep are doing as
well as they oughta
The shot gun dog law still holds the
fort in some sections.
Lovet says Of the Centennial cherry
that it exces as keeper.
John Burroughs considers grape grid
ling as poor business.
The advantage Of keeping thorough,
bred birds is that they will always 4aell
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-04-13

The residents Of Gainesville, Mo-,
became somewhat alarmed and unns-
ually pious few days ago on discoy-
ering that the ore in a zinc mine
Whereabouts, at depth of eighty-five
feet, proved SO hot that it could not
be handled without thick gloves.
They thought that Satan had sud-
denly changed his abode and moved
his heating apparatus unpleasantly
near Gainesville.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-04-13
Great scheme.

A Roman has offered King Hum.
bert a novel instrument of warfare
This is projectile which, on being
snot from cannon and striking an
OBJECT, will produce a luminous disk
OF 100, 900 candle power, and thereby
expose to view the enemy's position
by night at distance Of from three
to Our miles.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-04-13

The popular idea that water III
purified by freezing has been again
disproved BY recent careful expert
ments, which show that the average
amount Of impurity retained by the
ice is 81. 3 per cent. OF organic mat
ter. AS organic matter is the moro
Objectionable Of the two, the case is
worse than was formerly supposed.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-04-13

1t would be impossible to find a
parallel to the progress Of the United
States in the last ten years. Every
day that the sun rises upon the
American people it sees an addition
OF ~, 500, 600 the daily accumulation
OF all mankind public, which is equal
to one-third of the daily accumula.
ton of all mankind outside Of the
United States.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-04-13

A Dresden workingman has been for
hidden to give his child the name
'Robespierre Dantou.p The Official in
charge OF such matters refused to register
it, and thereupon the father elected to
ave bis son no name at all. So he WAS
ummoucd for Noncompliance with the
sistration laws and fined.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-04-13

Browns Iron Bitters cures Dyspepsia, Mala-
ria, Biliousness and General Debility. Gives
strength, aids Digestion, tones the nerves.
creates appetite. The best tonic for Sursing
Mothers, weak women and children.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-04-13

Inc Angora goat supplies the hair which
auorns ordinary dolls. An English syndi-
cate controls this product, aud it is valued
at SAC, DOC, 900 year.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-04-13

Many persons are broken down from over
work or household cares. Browns Iron Bit
moves excess of bile, and cures malaria A
splendid tonic for women and children.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-04-13

A sfeam-derrick that easily lifts an eighty
ton gun, and swings it around as readily as
II it We're bale of hay, is on one of the
docks at Hamburg.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-04-13

The costliest pipe in the world is smoked,
on great occasions, by the Shah of Persia.
1t is set with diamonds, rubies, and emer-
aids, and is worth 100000.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-04-13

In the 227 years since don Quixote"
was published 1,324 editions have
been printed, Of which 528 were
Spanish, 304 English, 179 French, SO
Italian, 81 Portuguese, As German,
Is Swedish, 9 Polish, s Danish, 8
Russian, 5 Greek, 8 Roumanian, 4
Catalonian, Basque and Latin.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-04-13

beeeibams Pills are better than mineral wa.
eers. Beecham's-no others. rs cents boy
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-04-13

the dealer much more profit.
But you, madam, are charged the same price
for them as for the absolutely pure Royal, which
is perfectly combined from the most highly refned
and expensive materials. The lower cost Of the
others is caused by the cheap, impure materials
used in them, and the haphazard way in which
they are thrown together.
Do you wish to pay the price Of the Royal
for an inferior baking powder, made from I'M
pure goods, of II per cent less strength! Isl
you buy the other powders, insist upon having.
a corresponding reduction in price
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-04-13

n1 M ICduJ
made medicine for Coughs,
Bronchitis and other dis
eases of the Throat and
Lungs. Like other So
called Patent Medicines, it
is well advertised, and
having merit it has attain
ed a wide sale under the
name Of PisO's Cure for
Consumption.
It is now a "Nostrum, !, though at first II was
compounded after prescription by a regular
physician, win no idea that it would ever 90
onthe market as a proprietary medicine. But
after compromising that prescription over
thousand times in one yea, we named it ''Piso's
Cure for Consumption" and began advertising
it in small way. A medicine known all
over the world is the result
Why is it not just as good as though costing
fifty cents to dollar for prescription and an
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-04-13
The Argument Used

ny the makers of the second-class baking
Y powders to induce the dealer to push
them off on Royal consumers is that
they cost less than Royal and afford
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-04-13

E. B. WALTHALL g. CO., Druggists, Horse
Gave, Ky, say; Halls Catarrh Cure cures
every one that takes it,"
CONDUCTOR E. d LOOMS, Detroit, Mich,
says: THE effect of Halls Catarrh Cure is
wonderful" Write him about it.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-04-13

REV, H. P. CARSON, Scotland, Oak, oayot
" Two bottles of Halls Catarrh Cure Complies
ly cured my little girl s IN
J G. SIMPSON, MARQUES, W. Va, ea41.
Halls Catarrh Cure cured me OF very IN
case of catarrh' e sE
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-05-13
LADIES MUSLIN UNDERWEAR.
THE LAST OF THE CARLYLES.

Mrs. Robert Hanning, or Janet
Carlyle, the only living member of
the family in which Thomas Car
lyle was son, is living in Ontario,
Canada. She was born at Main
hill Farm, near Lockerby, in the
county of Dumfries, Southern
Scotland, on the nineteenth of July,
1872, writes Louise Markscheffel
in a striking article on The Last
of the Carlyles" in the May Ladies
Home Journal. The house, at the
time of its occupancy by the Car
lyle family, was a low, one-story,
whitewashed cottage, having few
poor outbuildings attached, and
standing a few hundred yards back
from the road which passed by it.
This cottage consisted of three
rooms-a kitchen, one small bed
room, and one larger one connect
ed to the honse by passage. The
door opened upon a square farm
ward, around which were the out
houses. No foliage, save the stunt
ed growth of thorn, could live in
this bleak, windy spot, and its
dreariness was only relieved by the
beautiful view from the house of
wooded hill and shining river.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-05-13

sketch. Through the long year
the father with his sons worked at
the cultivation Of the unfruitful
soil, while the mother and daught-
ers were occupied in household
labors and in caring for the COWS
and poultry, and, in harvest time,
in helping with the men in the
fields. Thomas, the eldest son,
was but seldom at home, as his edu-
cation, and later his career of tutor
and writer, took him to Edinburgh
and to other cities. His holidays,
however, were spent at Mainhill al
most invariably.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-05-13
A PHOTOGRAPHERS ELECTRIC PENCIL

An American firm recently intro
duced a pencil which is rapidly re-
volved by a small electromotor, SO
that the point of the pencil spins,
and is rubbed onto any spot by
simply moving the point gently
over it in any desired direction,
thus doing away with the necessity
for the tiresome, confined motion of
the operators hand. Another me-
thod, lately introduced from Ger
many, consists in fixing the mega
tive of photograph in the frame,
which is vibrated rapidly by an
electromagnetic apparatus. The
latest electric pencil for the use of
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-05-13

photographers is of English origin,
and in it the pencil point is very
rapidly vibrated through an exceed
ingly small stroke by a simple
electromagnetic contact breaker,
so that the pencil has only to be
guided by the operator while the
eleCtro-magnAt performs the neces-
sary rubbing at all exceedingly
rapid rate, about 1000 strokes per
minute. 1t is claimed that this
form is simpler and less liable to
arrangement than the rotating form.
For working purposes two large
LeClanche cells suffice. In retouch-
ing the defective lines or spots on a
negative, the stroke of the pencil
requires in many cases, in fact,
in almost every case, to be infinitely
small, and therefore to obtain the
desired effect is very tedious pro-
cess, the strokes having to be made
with great care. 1t is thus easy to
realize the advantage of an instrn-
ment that gives 1000 a minute over
the most rapid and skillful work,
possible by hand.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-05-13

with their large family of children;
and here, as has been said, was born
Janet, or Jennie, the youngest of
this family and the subject of this
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-05-13

Here lived for many years James
Carlyle (of whom Thomas wrote:
He was the remarkablest man l
ever knew" and his wife Margaret,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-05-13

I love the acquaintance of young
people because, in the first place, 1
don't like to think myself growing
old. In the next place, young
acquaintance must last longest, if
they do last; and then young men
have more virtue than old men;
they have more generous sentiments
i'll evey respect.-Johnson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-16
A NoN-PARrIsAN COMMISSION.
Secretary Chas. Fosters Suggestion Of 4
vestigation Into Department Methods.

Secretary Chas. Fosters Suggestion OF In
vestigation Into Department Methods.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has suggested
to the Senate committee on appropriations the
appointment of a non-partisan commission,
somewhat similar to the interstate commerce
commission, but OF limited existence, the sole
business OF the commission TO be the investiga-
ton Of department methods, with view to
securing improvements therein
According to his plan the commissioners shall
be appointed by the President for a term OF
three years and each shall be compensated at
the rate Of 5000 per year. The Secretary Of
the Treasury shall provide the necessary accom-
modations and supplies for the board, and upon
Its nomination may appoint a secretary at a
salary Of $4,000 a year. a stenographer az an
annual salary Of 1850, three clerks at an
annual salary Of OIL. 300 each and messenger at
salary Of 81, 200 year, and the temporary
assistance Of any officer or employe Of the gov
ernment may be placed at the service Of the
board.
The commission Is to make q thorough exam
inafion Of the different departments and to re-
port generally what changes in the methods Of
conducting business in the several departments,
bureaus or commissions shall tend TO greater
efficiency, economy and security, and the gen.
eral good of the public service. The Secretary
suggests the above plan as a substitute for the
plan having the same object in view now before
Congress.