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The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-12-06
MOVING in ROME.
A job That Is Hard on Those Who Take
.Active Part Iu 1t.


How easy it is to write it! and how
easy, all things considered, it was to do
it! At half-past four in the morning
five great burly men, dressed in blue
linen, arrived and took possession of
the premises. With skill that made
it pleasure to watch them they
packed all the glass, china, pictures
and breakables in huge straw baskets.
As a terrace is to me the first necessi-
ty of life in Rome, our apartment was
at the very top of the mighty old
Palazzo Santa Croce. never have
thought much about the stairs, as the
palace has the modern convenience Of
lift, tiny little car worked by
water, which only the family and the
visitors of the tenants may use. Serv-
ants, tradesmen, and my big blue
giants must climb painfully up and
down the interminablc staircase on
foot The chief ambition of Roman
cabinetmalsers is to construct all fur
niture SO as to bring the greatest pos
sible weight into any given compass.
The commonest pieces of household
furniture are SO heavy that it seemed
L
that the tables, chairs and chests of
drawers must have an internal lining
of pig iron. All day long they worked,
disappearing at noon to dine on bread,
salad and red wine, and returning an
hour later to finish the weary task.
The biggest giant was called Mico. He
was tall, broad-shouldered fellow,
with bright, blue, childish eyes, tan
gle of rough brown hair and voice as
deep and musical as church bell. /
shall not soon forget him nor his exam
pie of cheerful patience as he toiled
from morning until night, obeying the
orders of the shrill-voiced youth who
superintendent the removal of our
goods and chattels Once or twice
since as have gone to work rather re-
luctantly-it is hard even to hold pen
in midsummer remember Mico's
hot, tired face as he babe me farewell,
the gracious salutation he made as he
lifted the goblet of wine to his lips and
drank to my health and happiness in
this new abode, and because of the ex'
ample of that honest, cheerful laborer
my own work goes more easily.-Bos
ton Herald.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-12-06
A Parrots Remarkable Memory.

Parrots not only remember, but rec.
ollect; that is to say, they know when
there is a missing link in train OF
association, and purposely cnde vor to
pick it up. Thus, for instance, the late
Lady Napier tells of an interesting
series of observations on this point
which she made upon an intelligent
parrot of her own. Taking such a
phrase as "Old Dan Tucker" the bird
would remember the beginning and the
end, and try to recollect the middle.
For it would say, very slowly: odd
old-old-old," and then, very quickly;
"Lucy Tucker" Feeling that this was
not right it would try again, as before
-old-old--old-old Bessy Tuck
err" substituting one word after an
other in place of the sought-for word
"Dan." And that the process was one
Of truly seeking for the desired word
was proved by the fact that If, while
the bird was saying sold-old--old-
Old anyone threw in the word Dan,
he Immediately supplied the Tucker. :"
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-12-06
honest, industrious, toiling girls Of our

honest, industrious, toiling girls OF our
land Multitudcs of them as stenog-
raphers, telegraphers, bookkeepers,
clerks, are toiling for living, honest
noble efforts. sweet girls they are, and
yet at every step they face the fact that
the business world is unjust to them.
Their salaries don't measure up with
the mems salaries, though they do the
same work, and yet dare say that an
employer who will let sweet girl
labor for him for less salary than no
poys q man to do the same on the other
side of the house is as infamous in
character as he is unjust towards his
employees.
The sewing girls, how they suffer.
Some times every stitch is made with
pain. Oh, tho nervous headaches, the
hours of pain the sewing girl endures,
and all to maintain her character and
obtain an honest livelihood
am so glad that in the bright and
beautiful beyond these distinctions can
never be, but in world where mercy
and Justice and love obtain, where no
nervous disorders and anxious cares
and hopeless love shall ever be known,
then and there the wicked shall cease
their trouble and. the weary shall be at
rest.
Toll on, boys and girls; sacrifice mus
Gle and brain, but hold on to character,
to God and the right, and in world
where the mysteries of life shall be
made plain, where rewards shall be
given according to efforts and not ac-
cording to success, then and not until
then shall you realize that an allwise
Providence keeps vigilant eye upon
this world and will fulfill the promise
at last to reward those who maintain
virtue and integrity through their
struggles and trials in this probational
world. Yours truly, SAM P. JONES.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-12-06
GOOD SHEEP.
Their Selection Largely Matter of Pur-
pose and Locality.

Their Selection Largely Matter of Pur-
pose and Locality.
What is good sheep is very i'm
portant item, and yet very few breed
ers will be found that will agree as to
what is really necessary to constitute
a good sheep, and good reason for
this is that a sheep adapted to every
section and to all conditions can not
an animal of breed that would be one
mans ideal would be entirely insult
able to another mans condition.
The safest mode is to select and
breed that class of animals that is
best adapted to the peculiar circum-
stances and conditions under which
they must be kept, and the more fully
this is done the better the results
in every way. With large class a
general purpose sheep, a flock of
good thrifty ewes that will aver
age at least good lamb for every eve
in the flock. that will give good fleece
of wool averaging at least eight
pounds, and when matured and fat
tened will give good carcass of NUT
ton, are the ones not only the most de-
irable, but will prove the most profit
able.
To considerable extent one or the
other of these qualities has been more
or less neglected. One farmer looks
more for wool, quality and quantity
than anything else and in doing this,
mutton or lambs, one or both, are over
looked. Another. close to a good mar
ket, found that mutton paid better
profit, and good carcass of mutton
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-12-06

This is the real southern hoe cake
The receipt was given by a Tennessee
lady who makes it to perfection. The
meal of the north is said not TO be as
sweet as that of the south. but if you
will send sweet corn and field corn.
half-and- TO the mill and have it
ground. think you will not complain
of the meal Mix quantity of the
meal with water until it is too thin to
be called dough and too thick to be
called batter. Grease the griddle and
spread the hoe cake upon it rather
thicker than batter cake. Brown on
one side and then turn over. Eat hot
with bntter and break off the pieces:
don't cut tn \. World.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-12-06

PRISONER sentenced to ten days.
would We do if Oh said yc was an ould fule"
Judge-"You would get ten days more ioi
not say tom only think TN y. Herald.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-12-06

A FUNNY way to make money-write
iokes.-Texas Siftings.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-12-06

"HAvE YOU ever been to Europef" mo; /
have no relatives there. PUCK.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-12-06

mrs. AL1snow has just returned from
her trip abroad" Mrs Catchon-"Poor
dear, il must have been terribly dull for her,
living with the house closed all summer
Inter Ocean
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-12-06

W1pow-"Well, Mr.. Brief, have you read
the willin Brief--''Yes, but l can't make
anything out of it." Heirs-'Let us have 1t
patented. A will that lawyer can't make
anything out OF is a blessing, "-Milwauzee
Sentinel
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-12-06

Halls Cntarrh Cure
Is taken internally Price 75c.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-12-06

Not q financial one, but failure of phys.
ical energy, of vital stamina. How can this
be repaired BY persistent course of the
blood fertilizer and invigorant, Hostctter's
Stomach Bitters, which insures perfect di-
gestion and assimilation, and consequent
gain in strength and flesh. 1t also remedies
liver and malarial disorder, rheumatism,
nervousness and constipation.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-07
BOOK-MAKING.

THE first book to have its leaves
numbered was Esops Fables. printed
by CaXtOn in 1881.
CHINESE printing is certainly as
early as a. ID. 593, books of that date
being now in existence
STEREOTYPING in the main, accord
ing to the present method, was invent
ed in 1919 by TillOch.
THE first English paper mill was set
up in l41O, but no book was printed on
English paper until 1895.
THREE-FOURTHS of the inventions
used In book-binding are due to the in
genuity of American binders.
The earliest book in which copper
plate engravings were used as an
adOrnment was issued in 1i70.
IN B. c. 407 the price of wooden ac-
count books for merchants use was a
drachma each-about Is cents.
IN B. c. 400 two pieces of papyrus,
for copying an account, cost drachma
and obOli, or nearly rs cents.
THE first printed books had their
leaves printed on one side only, the
blank sides being pasted together.
DC-ni- VI VIC cal ~ pIIHGcO OOOhS, IN
order to initiate manuscripts. had the
initials and borders painted by hand.
IN 1873 two copies of Gutenberg's
Latin Bible were sold; one on vellum
brought q, 400; one on paper, e., $50.
The library of Gottingen has Bible
written on palm leaves. There are
1913 pages, each made of single leaf.
MANY of the early wood cuts en-
ployed in books were painted over by
hand, after the printing had been
done.
EARTHENwARE bricks or tiles, with
characters engraved or STAMP ped on
them, were undoubtedly the first
books.
THE first known example of book
binding in boards, in the modern
style, was Latin psalter, in the ninth
century.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-07
ROMAN AND GREEK BELIEFS.

FAMA was the goddess of gossip.
HERA PARTHENIA was worshiped bv
brides.
FABULINUs taught Roman children
to speak.
CUTTING the hair is sign of mourn
ing In Persia.
To ARTEMIS wives prayed in critical
periods of life.
HARPIES were demons of death who
carried off the soul.
The Lemnads watched over the
lakes and ponds Of Greece.
GREEK and Roman virgins prayed to
Fortuna for good husband.
THERE are said to be over 1900, 900
deities in the Hindoo mythology.
ROMAN wives whose husbands had
gone to war sacrificed to Victoria.
AT one time there were temples or
affairs to over 10000 deities in Athens.
THE Pierides gave Greek girls such
graces of mind and body as they pos
sessed.
A GREEK calf could not be raised
without the aid Of twenty-seven diff.
ferent gods.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-07
He Met His Match

He was all that's brave and manly.
he had emulated Stanley and had tray
ersed wilds where white man ne'er
mad set his foot before. He just gloried
in battle, Tor he loved to hear the
rattle of the bullets and the sounding
of the lannon's deadly roar.
He would fight hundred people.
He would climb the highest steeple,
though he knew by that rash act he
was counting certain death. He would
face raging tiger, he would swim the
turbid Niger, and he'd wa k up to a
lannon's mouth and never bate his
breath.
There was nothing that could scare
him. He ventured in the harems of
the widest, 6ercest pasha that e'er
lived on Turkeys coast. In a grave
yard he had wandered late at night,
and there had pondered if it would be
his fortune just to see real ghost
He was brave beyond all question.
There had ne'er been suggestion
that the stories of his holiness were
not made up of the truth; but, alas,
his courage failed him when a rotten
molar allied him, for he didn't have
the nerve to let dentist pull his
tooth.-New York World.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-07
There Are Others.

1t is pleasant world, and there are
40 end of good people in it. But the
seamy side is there, too, and the sto-
ries that come from that side now and
then are such as to make one ashamed
to be happy, almost. Il went to see
my washerwoman when l heard she
was ILL.," says q Boston lady, in the
Transcript, land found she had been
in bed for nearly week. Her hus-
band is in the habit of coming home
very drunk, and throws things at her
and beats her. This time it was worse
than usual. She had been very badly
pounded. l found that it had hap
pened many times, yet she supported
him and her two children by washing.
/ Indignantly told her that she ought
to leave him and live in peace with her
children. "Ah, am" she answered,
"they's worse than him"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-07
FIGHTING WITH a SHARK.
4 Man Out Swimming Is Attacked by a
Big Man-Eater.


Milton hane, of Pablo. was recently
swimming around outside the surf and
en- Dying himself in the water as only
an expert swimmer can, says the Flor
ida Times Mon. When he was about
SIX hundred yards from the beach,
tlOati g on his back he was attacked
by a shark.
Shane Immediately realized his dan
ger and eXerted every effort to fight
the fish off and at the same time reach
the shore. but the shark was fero-
l, us. and as often a. re ulsed would
return again to the attack. The Young
man. by clear headedness and bravery,
wds abe in some degree to evade the
monsters ttacks. but not altogether,
as at every dart of the fish part of the
unfortunate swimmers flesh was torn
away. But it was a struggle for very
life. and finally the young man reached
shallow water and then the beach. al
most exhausted from eXertion and loss
of blood
1t was found that his thigh bore no
less than twenty-six separate wounds
made by She sharks teeth. which. ow-
ing to their peculiar formation. tore
away the flesh at every incision. A
sea captain, who examined Shane s
hurts, said that Judging from he
marks the shark could not have been
less than ten feet long.
Shane's wounds, though MANY and
painful, are not considered dangerous.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-07
POPULAR SCIENCE.

A WOUND made by the tooth of the
cobra species of serpent is a mere
puncture and causes little swelling.
The person bitten is killed by paralysis
of the nerve centers. The danger of
the rattlesnake bite. on the other
hand. i, from modification of the in
jured part, which may proceed 30 far
that the flesh actually putrefes.
IN regard to the mammoth remains
of Canada and Alaska, DR.. c. NJ. Daw-
son notes that in the northwestern part
of the continent they are abundant in.
If not confined to, the limits of a great
unglaciated area there, comprising
nearly all Alaska and part of the ad-
jacent Yukon district OF Canada. No
mastodOn bones have been reported
from this region.
THE toad is higher animal than
the frog, because it gives birth to lit
tie air-breathing toads, whereas the
frog lays eggs that produce fish-like
tadpOles. But the frog is in certain re-
spectS the most wonderful creature in
the world. Think of a vegetable-eat-
ing fish with gills that turns into an
air breathing land animal, developing
teeth and becoming a carnlvorous
quadruped That is the life history of
the frog.
For every degree of temperature of
the air there is a maximum limit of
water vapor to the cubic inch which
the air is capable of bearing. So, too,
for any given quantity OF vapor per
cubic inch, there is a temporal ire at
which the air will hold exactly so
much. This is the sO-called point OF
saturation. Reduce the temperature
below that point, and the vapOr begins
to cOndense, and assume the form of
dew, fog, mist, vapor, or rain.
TESLA, he electrician, suggests that
since images are recognized in the
brain through the medium of the
retina and the optic nerve, it may be
possible for the brain to evolve an
image upon the retina by sort of re-
f1ex action when the mental picture is
formed in the mind. and that possibly
means may at some time be obtained by
which this image upon the retina NAV
be recognized so that the true mind
reading may be effected.
SNAKES have their usefulness in the
world. They are the scavengers of
swamps and moraSses where otner ami
mails of size are unable to penetrate or
exist. 1t is in the tropics, of course,
that serpentS chiefly abound. All
snakes are of tropical origin, but some
species have spread into cooler lati-
tudes. In very cool countries there are
no snakes. Contrary to the popular
belief, there are some snakes in Ire
land, but they are very rare.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-07
POINTERS.

The United States can turn out $780,
100000 pounds OF copper yearly.
THE Governor General of Canada re-
ceives salary of $4,000 year.
A PEACH orchard at Mesilla, n. NJ,
was sold the other day for $4,000.
THERE are more than 100000 miles
of telegraph lines in this country.
THE world wheat crop for this year
is estimated at 447, 900, OOO bushels.
A NEW YORK girl has the best doll
house in the world. 1t cost $40, 900.
RAISING peppermint is the leading
industry OF Wayne County, New York.
THE United States sent 27,436, coo
pounds of cotton to Switzerland in
1892
THE gripmen On the Broadway cable
road OF New York are paid 40 cents
trip.
A SWEDISH copper mine has been
worked without interruption for 500
years.
COUNTERFEIT whalebon is coming
into use as the genuine article becomes
scarce.
ABOUT 100000 feet of timber are
annually made up into matches in this
country.
FOR short English typewriter girls
are called typistes, while the boys are
simply typists.
BICYCLES are becoming so large a
property interest that some Eastern
cities tax them.
FRANCE has the largest public debt
OF any country in the world. 1t amounts
to Sc, l20, 100000.
II is proposed to erect a 81, 100000
plant for smelling and reducing ores
at Perth Amboy, n. j.
The United States manufactures
more iron, steel, copper and lead than
any other country ON the globe.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-07
GRAINS OF GOLD.

WE are never so strong as when we
are thankful
In proportion as people love they be-
come unselfish.
WHEN the heart speaks the whole
man will say amen.
GREAT dangers surround the man
whose life is aimless.
KEEP the heart right and the feet
Will not go far astray.
BELIEF is the rudder by which the
ship OF life is directed.
THE fact that we oppose the good is
proof that we are bad.
1T is possible to become bad under
the best circumstances.
THERE is nothing more cowardly
than being afraid of the truth.
MANY of the things we consider cal
antilles are blessing In disguise.
PEOPLE who can be spoiled by honest
praise are no account to begin with.
THREE precious things that many
throw away: Time, money and health.
WE grow to be what we like. II
we love the pure we are sure to grow
in purity.
How easy it is to blame some people
for doing things we scarcely notice in
others.
THERE is no blacker kind of selfish
ness than that which wears the cloak
of Hypocrisy.
THE devil never stays awake to
watch the man who is trying to be re-
ligiOus because he believes it will paw
him.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-07
He, Too, Had Grieyed.

There lived down in Cambridge, Ind.
a well-knOwn old gentleman by the
name of Josiah Nixon, who in early
bOyhood had acquired the habit of
gross exaggeration. The habit had
grown upon him so that he believed
everything he said was the truth, no
matter how great the exaggeration.
After he had reached the ripe old age
of three-scOre and ten some of the dea-
Sc rs in the church thought it was too
much like lying to pass unnoticed, and
it was decided, after a great deal Of
conside alton, that the old gentleman
must be churched.
one evening while he was seated in
front of his door, telling a small circle
of neighbors about the way the pion-
GERS had to live, the gate opened and
the delegation of deacons filed in.
YES" the old gentleman was saying,
we had hard times then. [ lived two
years on grass and hickory bark on
Sundays. We used to cal Sundays
bark days on that account, and that's
the only way we could tell when Sun
day come. Bears! 1 see 1900 great
big varmints onc't around our camp,
and l killed
Uncle Josiah, broke in one of the
deacons, ",.7e have come to see you
about this habit of yours. You have
the unpleasant habit of forgetting the
truth when talking, and we have come
to demonstrate with YOU"
81 know it, deacon" replied the old
man, as he looked around. L know it,
and want to tell you that l have
grieved over that failin' of mine $780,
900 times day for the past 200 years. q"
indianapolis Sentinel.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-07
THE WEATHER.

WHEN soda crackers are damp, az
though water-soaked, the indications
are favorable for rain.
The annual rainfall of ST. Louis is
said to be II inches; of London, %; of
New York, 43.
OVER one-half of the vapor in the
atmosphere is within 5000 feet of the
surface of the earth.
THE seven years of drought and
famine in Egypt recorded in Genesis
began in the year 3. c. 170S.
IN 1740 the Thames froze solid, and
fair was held on the ice. 1t was kept
open for nine weeks.
MOST of the storm-producing strata
of the air lie below the tops of the
highest mountain ranges.
IN the United States the rainfall of
the four seasons is about equal in
amount in each season.
IN the temperate mes, the maxi
mum of heat is attained about a month
after the longest days.
IN Norway the perpetual snow line
is at 2, 400 feet; in the Himalayas, To-
700; in the Andes, $4,000.
SUN spots, now believed to have an
effect on meteorological phenomena,
were first observed in 1911.
THE ancients entertained the idea
that the dew was d stilled upon the
earth by the moon and stars.
WHEN pigs are seen carrying straw
in their mouths, the omen is favorable
for change Of weather.
IN 764 the cold at Constantinople
was so severe that the BLACK Sea- vaS
frozen for fifty miles from shore.
A RAPIDLY rising barometer indi-
Gates an unsettled condition of the
weather; a gradual rise, the contrary.
A FALLING barometer while a north
wind Is blowing indicates snow in win
ter and rain or hail in summer.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-07
YOUNG, BUT A WISE OBSERVER.
What a Little French Girl Saw at a Ball to
Amuse Her.

The little French girl stood at my
elbow while | wrote. She was leaning
on the window sill, one little hand sup
porting her black head, says writer
in the New York Advertiser. Far
across the lawn she could hear the rise
and fall of music and the sound of
laughter and OF tripping feet. Red
and pink lanterns swung from the bal
comics in the night breeze. | was very
lonely. 1t wasn't complimentary to
the little French girl, but the little
French girl did not care for dancing
and l did. Suddenly she gave little
laugh.
Why are you giggling?" 1 asked
rather GROSSLY.
Because the world amuses me-" she
murTured.
A very good reason, to be sure. But
when the world amused me l never
laughed. Palmetto is more than clever
for 10 years, and more bizarre in her
notions than clever, so | asked:
Why does it amuse you?"
well, par example, is it not bette to
dance, to dance, always one way,
round and round, with no aim to get
nowhere, only to go rourd, to twirl?"
Yes, very stupid"
And is it not bette to stay up till II
when ones bed is ready at and ones
eyes sleepy? And is it not stupid to
wear decollete gown and long gloves
when one arms are prettier than ones
neck? The world m amuse." And she
laughed softly to herself, and l could
not help thinking what she said was
true; and no longer envied the merry
makers, but thought anyone would
envy me my solitude a deux and my
intellectual companion. Some moods
need only straw to balance them.