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The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-11-08
HERE AND THERE.


Sow grass and clover as soon as
the conditions of the soil will admit.
Better not spread ashes over the
chicken house floor; it may cause the
hens to have sore feet
Push the feeding of the fattening
stock. The next two months is the
best season for securing the best gains
at the lowest cost
Look well after the sheep. They
can still be made to pay. Sheep in a
good, thrifty condition late inothe fall
are half wintered
Every cold snap interferes with the
egg supply. At such times make the
house a little warmer and SUMMER. and
add to the food that which is a little
stimulating.
In nearly all cases it is poor econ
omy to attempt to winter more stock
than can be sheltered comfortably, or
than there is sufficient feed to keep in
good condition.
About the only cordition that will
admit of purchasing feed on the farm
is when there is plenty of roughness,
and bran middlings and oil meal are
needed to help feed it out
Every year the people are learn
ing more and more of the value of eggs
as an article Of diet, and are healthier
in consequence; but production is not
keeping pace with the consumption in
the egg business.
Suppose you try few acres of
barley for next season. Sow where
the poultry can get the benefit of the
pasturage, for barley is one of the best
green foods that you can grow for
fowls.
DR.. James A. Law, the distln-
guished veterinarian, thinks that no
one suffering with consumption should
be allowed to milk cows or work in a
dairy. In the matter of tuberculosis,
cows are often more sinned against
than SHINING.
There is not anything much better
than kerosene oil upon the fowl house
perches. Sprinkle it about freely with
n whiskbroom. 1t penetrates every
crevice, and the fumes viii enter the
feathers of the fowls at night and pro-
teet them, to great extent, from in
sect enemies
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-11-08
WIT AND WISDOM.

There is no legitimacy on earth but
in government which is the choice of
the on.---Joseph Bonaparte.
While opportunity awaits every
man ii does not pat in its leisure time
blowing a horn-Milwaukee journal.
The pleasures of the palate deal
with us like the Egyptian thieves, who
strangle those whom they embrace
Seneca.
Every fiction that has ever laid
strong hold on human belief is the
mistaken image of some great truth
Martineau.
A passion for flowers is. | think,
the only one which long sickness leaves
untouched with its chilling influence.
Mrs. lIemans,
Men of genius are often duh and
inert in society: as the blazing meteor,
when it descends to earth, is only a
stone. -Longfellow,
Miss Giddy-Talmag says there
are hardly any men in Heaven. Miss
Nypp-rhen how did il come to be
named lIeaven?-Judgc.
An inquisitive man is a creature
y
and. therefore. forced to apply to for
eign assistancc.-Steele
II can marry if | choose" declared
Miss Bloomfield Provided your
choice is willing" amended Miss Belle
field. pittsburgh Chroncle-Telegraph.
--Clara-We girls are getting up
secret society. George What's the
object? Clara don't know yet, but
I'll tell you after am ihitiated.-Tlt-
Bits.
Those Gossiping Maids,-"liow old
is your missis?' II can hardly say
but She only goes to parties where the
rooms are lighted with gas "--Zur Gut
en- Stunde ~
That young woman didn't e u
thank me for giving her my seat. i.
suppose she thought I wasn't worth
noticing" THAT is it exactly. She
is bride.-Cincinnat Tribune.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-11-08
ANCIENT ELECTRICIANS.
Some Interesting Theories Advanced by
Biblical Student.

Biblical Student.
Since the startling discovery that Jo-
seph, in Egypt, was the original single
taxer, excessive astonishment need not
greet the revelation that the ancient
prophet Moses was probably the father
of electricians. As King Solomon de.
clared there is nothing new under the
sun. The theory that electricity, which
this age prides itself upon as it's own
peculiar glory, is as old as the Ten Com
mandments, and was well known to the
Israelites, if not to the Phenicians, has
been advanced by II shrcwd biblical
student, c. b. Warrand. As PiaZzi
Smyth has sought to establish
of the old Egyptians by a thor
ough Investigation of the great pyra-
mid, so Mr. Warrand has brought
modern science to bear upon the ark of
the covenant and the temple of the
ancient Israelites. When Moses built
his box for the commandment tablets,
he rejected the common cedar and
other native woods and chose fir wood,
which had to be imported by the
ern part of Europe.
Now, fir happens to be the best
known non-conductor among all the
great number of various timbers. Fur
thermore. Moses had this fir box lined
inside and outside with beaten gold,
thus converting the art of the covenant
into very expensive, but very perfect,
Leyden jar, or storage battery for cleo
tricity. Edison or Tesla" declares
Mr.. Warrond, could not have improved
upon Moses fir and gold box" The
carbon in the fir of the ark of the COW
enant charged the strange battery.
Aaron improved upon this by the
building of poles fifty ellis lone hundred
and fifty feet high. These poles were
covered with beaten gold, and gold
chains were hung from the poles to the
arlS-a method by which the prophet
secured IA complete and powerful cleo
trical connection, His sons were killed,
without wounds or bruises, by fire
breaking out of the ark Investigator
Warrand has asserted that in order to
deal death from this apparatus Aaron
had only to remove the costly camel's
halr carpets, which were almost per-
feet non-conductors of electricity, and
make the culprit stand on terra firma.
That several members of revolving
tribes of Israelites were thus electro
cuted is also a matter of record in the
Bible. In building the temple Solo
mon found that copper would do as
well as gold. He had the temple COW
cred with copper, and copper water
pipes led into the cisterns inside the
temple. On the temple, or rather on
its roof, a number of gilt spears were
placed in vertical positions, from six
teen to twenty-four feet high. All these
curious facts may not be convincing,
but they certainly compel us to Won
der if, after all, some of the laurels of
Franklin may not yet be awarded to
Moses. Record.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-11-08

matured age, judged by chemical
analysis, but in actual practical feed
ing value may possess less worth than
a more immature crop, since the young
CT and more tender and less woody
plant is much more digestible and
more palatable. AS a rule the very
young grass is richer in nitrogen (al-
buminoid properties) than the fully
matured grass, and hence better feed
for most kinds of stock, notably mich
cows and young stock of all classes.
But, of course, when grass is moved
early it is not so heavy and the guam
tity of forage not SO great as in the
other case. But quality is better than
quantity in this case.
Rich, fertile pasture lands no doubt
produce grass of higher nutritive quail
ity than poor soils. And yet in the
extreme south it has been almost the
universal practice among stocl<men and
farmers to devote the poorest portions
of their farms to pasture and to Guilt
vate the richest. While they are of
course fully cognizant of the fact that
rich land will produce greater yield
OF forage, yet they have not, as rule,
been imbued with the knowledge that
the richer the soil the richer the feed
stuff.
1t is then not always best to pasture
only poor land and cultivate only the
richest portions. Would it not be bet
ter To devote some of the richer lands
to grass and cultivate some of the
poorer using green crops to turn un-
der to fertilize the latter in connec-
ton with stable manure and limited
use of commercial fertilizers. thus
bringing up year by year ITS produc-
tive capacity? BY proper management,
in very few years the poorer portions
of the farm can be made rich enough
to give good and nutritive grass. Ed
win Montgomery, in Farm and Fire
side.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-11-08

10 my Cord" she groaned. but at
sight of his face hushed herself, and
went away to do his bidding
The doctor stopped over the child,
and examined her closely. Then he
Strengthened himself, and for mo-
ment looked upward to where it
seemed to him his God should be.
my own eve lambm
The old woman came back and with
out looking at the child again he de-
scended the stairs.
A lantern wavered toward him out
of the wet and driving darkness, re-
vealing horse led by negro. This
devoted adherent gazed at the doctor in
silence as he swung his saddlebags
across the saddle and himself after
them. Much as he loved his master,
Jem dared not question him; but he
marveled greatly: Little Miss so
low. and the doctor gwine ober de
mount'n.'
"Is the mare tired, Jem?'
Nav, sir! She's mos too high and
notiony yet to suit me-"
He ran ahead 90 open the gate, and
the doctor splashed through it at a
steady dog-trot, and so ON until the
deep red mud and the ingulfing dark
ness sucked him in.
1t was the night of his despair.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-11-08
------------------------
Cheating Cotton Growers.

One of these things in which farmers
show their lack of thought is the man
ner in which they permit themselves
TO be swindled by dishonest persons,
who seem to choose them for their
easiest prey. Just now the cotton
growers are being cheated with lint
less cotton, as it is called; that is, va
riety that produces seed free from the
fibrous attachments to it of the So
called lint. This new variety, as it is
said. is far more profitable for the
bare seed than other kinds
are for the lint and seed,
too. But a little thought will
teach those concerned that the lint of
the cotton plant and the seed are es-
sential to each other, because the lint
is attached to the seeds by the very
nature of the plant, and that kind of
cotton without lint must be barren of
seed. as well as of its fibrous attach
ment. The cotton grower kills two
birds with one stone, as it were, when
he produces the ordinary cotton. get
ting the seed and the lint both, and, as
two are better than one, the lintless
cotton must be of less value than the
common kind, and even worthless, as
compared with it.-N. Y. Times.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-11-08

God IN HIS mercy spared her from
hcing on"
| Who was that at the white gate be-
meath the broad-leaved catalpa? How
came it that he had not observed be-
fore he by whom not the lightest of
natures inger-touches was won't to
pass unmarked--that the brown seed
pods were even now rending their way
through the delicate violet veil which
had erewhile shrouded the tree from
base to crown? The disfiguring change
was clear TO him now, and he began to
reckon up for how many years he had
watched the same.
"Marse George! oh, Marse George!
Bress de good Lor', his lamb sleeps
like an angelr'
The tears were running down the
broad black face. In her eagerness
the old nanny laid her hand on the
neck of the high-spirited mare, at
whose near approach it had been her
unfailing custom to shudder and flee.
ely, you good fur-nufiin Jem. Whar
is you, anyhow? Come and carry away
dis horse o. yours"
Then her expression changed sud-
denly to one of tenderest compassion
"Oh, for de Lor's sake!' she moaned.
Put your ham on your ole mammy's
shoulder, Marse George; lean jes'
bard's you kin-thar.-so!'
For the doctor had sat and gazed
upon her as one who sees nothing;
then he had swayed heavily forward.
TO the father, as he leaned above
her, the face of the child was indeed
as the face of an angel. Her pulse,
her skin, all told him that it was well
with her.
Way back bout light she done
open her eyes" whispered Nanny
needed repose. "She peeked aroun'
fur you; but guy her what you done
left and she went right ter sleep"
Hour after hour he sat there, while
the refreshing rain of unaccustomed
joy fell on the thirsty desert of his
soul. For is it not written that the
waste places shall blossom as the rose ?
Then the child awoke and opened
the eyes of love and faith--bercft of
which life is but futility or senseless
torture-upon. the fathers face.
my father"
He stopped and covered. with his
own strong one the feeble hand that
strove to seek its familiar shelter in
the old familiar way.
Spring was in his heart. There, in
his poor, little Office he once more
kneeled. and leaned his gray head
upon the bare table.
Cod in His mercy" he murmured,
and the tears we're on his checks.
Yet She was living on.--N. Y. hide,
pendent,
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-11-08
God forever bless you, doctor"


Bless him? God bless him?
The doctor rode down the mountain
side in the blue May morning, and his
eyes were as the eyes of one who leads
forlorn hope. Spring was every
where but in his heart. Once he drew
rein and bowed himself upon the
young mares neck. No sound escaped
him, and yet his very life seemed to
exhale itself in an exceeding bitter cry.
One minute, two minutes, passed;
still he did not move. The mare pulled
at the kalmia bushes by the wayside;
on baby maple, tipped with it's May
plumes of emerald and bronze, cat
bird was swinging, as an acrobat
swings to a bar. and with pointed beak
distended and bright eyes flashing. he
screamed into the ear of the motion.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-11-08

COMPLIMENTARY friend-"Very striking
woman, Mrs. Van Snort Mr.. Van Snort
Yes; she hit me for ten this very morn
ing. "-Judge.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-11-08

A MINISTER who had difficulty in keeping
his parishioners' eyes fixed upon him during
the sermon solved the difficulty by placing
clock directly behind him.-Kansas City
Stnr
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-11-08

Never mini me-" said Mrs Jones
before she was married. and that is
exactly what her husband did after
the honeymoon was over, -Tammapi
Tines.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-11-08

SIMKINs-"What are you raising beard
for in this weather." Tomkins--"Oh,. Just
to keep out of scrape"-N. Y Herald.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-11-08

HUNGRY HoRACE-"Say, gimme ten cents
for bed, will yer." Bergnoski-"Cer-
denly, my frendt. We're is der bedP-
Truth,
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-11-08

A MANS domestic relations do not trouble
him as much as the relations of his domes-
tic-Truth.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-11-08

less human q gure-so near, and yet so
harmless! Presently the man raised his
head.
1t was all in the long days work; but
ah. the long, hard day!
Then. still as one who leads for
lorn hope, he rode steadily on-down,
down, into the valley.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-11-08

EFT me touch the
child" sa i'd one,
for I am Love. II
1 QUO h him he
shall not X
through life alone.
Mesa free press., 1894-10-05
PHOENIX, ARIZONA.

lAMso~ ACADEMY AND BUSINESS COLLEGE
Mesa free press., 1894-10-05
Harry ID. -. Claire.

The genti, man whose nau'c heads
this article is q native of lndials,
ard has resided in Arizona ten
years, having achieved pronounced
succ. ., in every line of business u.
which he has been eng g'sed. A.
manager for the lneican.lle hou"e
OF Pratt Bros. it may be said that
the standing of that mercantile
house is due to his good Judgment
and careful business methods lie
was for some years engaged IN th'
stock business, and has hati much
to do with real estate, in all OF
which he has acquired practical
knowledge of values which would
be of inestimablc service to him IN
the Office If Assessor, to which he
aspires. Having been uniformly
successful in his own business and
now asks the people of this county
for the office OF Assessor. He has
for some time past been actively
managing his own ranch near
Phoenix and is identified with the
farming interests of the country.
The principle upon which he ,iia
making the canvass is equality OF
assessments, claiming that if elect
ed, that the rich shall bear their
full proportion of taxation. Since
his nomination he has been actively
interviewing all the ranchers. get
ting information, values and know.
ledge of values, believing it to be
essential and necessary to tho sue :
cessful and satisfactory conduct OF
the Office. He has canvasscd
throughout Mesa considerably az
ready and stands we'll with all, ir--
respective of political or denomin-
ational faith. He will poll a heavy
vote, for most of our people have
known him as an honorable. up
right business man for years
Mesa free press., 1894-10-05
Spe ciMem Gases.

S II Clifford, New Cassel, Wis, WAS
troubled with Neuralgia and Rheum
atism. his stomach was disordered, his
Liver was affected to an alarming de
gree, appetite fell away, and he was
terribly reduced in flesh and strength.
Three bottles OF Electric Bitters cured
him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, III,
had running sore on his leg of eight
years standing Used three bottles of
Electric Bitters and seven boxes ei
Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and his leg is
sound and we'll. John Speaker, Cat
awba, o. had five large Fever sores on
his leg, doctors said he was incurable
One bottle Electric Bitters and one
box Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him
entirely Sold by Jno Barnett's Drug
Store.
Mesa free press., 1894-10-05

PHOENIX, ARIZONA.
Students may enter at any time.
Board and room $3.50 per week. Eng
lish, Commercial, Academic, short.
hand and Typewriting courses
There is a queer sort of combina
tion down at Nogales. The town is
incorporated but the citizens refuse to
elect council who will levy u tax tor
town improvements.
Don't fail to call at the Golden
Rule for bargains on white queens
ware
The d ming room of the Alhambra
Hotel has been reopened. IF you
want a neat, comfortable and cozy
room and first-class meal ut mini.
mum price, call there.
Mesa free press., 1894-10-05
No Members No. Members
OF the Council OF the House.

And the various counties shall jointly elect
one member Of the Conncil, ani there shall be
elected in each County of the Territory, ons
Probate Judge, one District Attorney. one
Sheriff, one Treasurer, one Recorder, ona Sur
veyor, two members OF the Board Of Super
viscss. except in pima county, where three
members shall be elected, and in each Of the
counties where the Office has not been consoli-
dated with the Office OF Sheriff. one Assessor
shall be electe
Also In the several precincts Of each county
one Justice of tho Peace and one Consta hle shall
be elected, and in such precincts are entitled
to two Justices of the Peace and two Con t. bles
| that number shall be elected.
And do hereby offer reward OF fifty dollars
| for the arrest and conviction OF any and every
person violating any Of the provisions Of Title
Nv. Part l. Of the Penal Code
In witness whereof, have hereunto set my
| hand and caused the Great Seal OF the Territory
to be affixed this twenty seventh day OF Sep
tember, D 1895.
(sEAL LOUIS c. HUGHES,
By the Governor, Governor
| CHARLES M. BRucs.
Secretary OF Arizona.
Mesa free press., 1894-10-05
Lew Collins. one Of the affabl. iri

Lew Collins, one Of the affable dri
yers of Fishers stage doesn't appear
to be henpecked, but he smiles CROSS
eyed now. His wife has returned
from her Prescott visit.
A. l.. Fisher expects to put on
new stock and Stages a"out .he
10Th inst and eAtend his line to
Goldirld. ll- will run fsur horse
coaches.
Mr.. q. W. Grouse, candidate for
Probate Ju1 ge, is busy on his can
vass of the county. He is making
many friends and will undoubtedly
poll heavy vote.
Mesa free press., 1894-10-05
Ee0chess' A ssociation.

The meeting of the Territorial
Teachers Association to he held in
Phoenix during New Y a., IS week
promises to be by far the largest
and most interesting meeting of the
kind ever held in Arizona.
Superintendent Netherton, vino
is also President of the Association,
has been in correspondence with all
of the county superintendents OF
the various counties with view Of
having u joint County Institute OF
all of the counties, said county in
stitut- to lie held in Phoenix in
conjunction with the Territorial
Association meeting. Already the
Phoenix teachers have constituted
themselves a committee ON enter
tainment, and the Maricopa County
teachers will entertain the visiting
teachers during their stay in Phoe :
nix. They say that the welcome
they received at the hands Of the
Tucson teachers last year still oc-
cupies pleasant place in their
memories and they are anxious to
show their appreciation of the
generous hospitality extended to
them.
Correspondence will he kept up
by the Executive Committee and
those interested in the success of
the meeting, and every effort will
be made to make it success.
Supt. Netherton left last night
for Tucson to hold meeting Of
the Executive Committee and to
make arrangements for r.'du ced
transportation to visiting teachers.
Mesa free press., 1894-10-05
4 HOuseh old Treasure.

DIV Fuller, Of Canajoharie, N Y,
says that he always keeps DR. Kings
New Discovery in the house and his
family has always found the very best
results follow its use: that he would
not be without it, if procurable. G A
Dykeman, Druggist, Catskill, N Y,
says that DR. Kings New Discovery is
undoubtedly the best Cough remedy;
that he has used it in his family for
eight years, and it has never failed to
do all that is claimed for it Why
not try a remedy so long tried and
tested. Trial bottles free at John
Barnett's Drug Store. Regular size
SOC and 81.
Mesa free press., 1894-10-05
THE Navajo Indians are said

The Navajo Indians are said to
be in a semi-starving condition on
account of the insufficient rations
issued by the government. The
Navajos were once one Of the most
bloodthirsty tribes in America and
the Government ought not to neg
lect them. The Pimas, Maricopas,
Yumas, etc., who have always been
friendly to the whites, get no sup
port from the Government, and
they would be semi-starving, too
it they were not pretty good
rustlers.
Mesa free press., 1894-10-05
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Homestead Entry Se. 1852.

Land Office at Tucson, Arlzona, Sept. u. 1894.
Notice il hereby given that the following
named settler has fled notice Of his intention
to make final proof in support Of his claim, and
that said pro Il will b. made before the Clerk Of
the District Court at Phoenix, Arizona, ON No
vviaber 10Th, 1894 viz. Frank Thompson. Of
Mesa City, Arizona, for Lot and SE4 Of NW4
Sec. 3. TIP. ). r 5 Il. He names the following
witnesses to pr,ve his continuous reside
upon and cultivation Of said land, viz Ch ,rles
W Davisson, Harry d. Lowry. Hiram McComas
and John A. Watkins. all Of Mesa City, ,Ariz. na
EUGENE J. TRIPPEL,
First pub Oct ) Register.
Mesa free press., 1894-10-05
Election Proclamation! !!
UNITED STATES OF kAsRICA,
Territory OF trizonh.
To Whom 1t snay Comcer m

territory OF tr1Zo"h.
To Whom 1t may COmcer
Whereas, Under Al Act OF the Legislative
Assembly Of the Territory OF Arizona, entitled
Elections" approved March 9Th, 1887, 1t ls
provided that election shall be hell through
out the Territory uson the Tuesday after the
fir Monda ay in November. A D 1888 and every
two years thereafter AM that members Of the
Legislative Assembly and such other officers as
may he required by law shall be ch sen At sIch
election, and
Whereas, 1t ia further provided ia said Act
that at least thirty days before the general
election the Governor must issue an election
proclamation, designating the time Of the cleo
tion and the Offices to be filed
Now, Thereto ore, l. Louis c. Hughes, Governor
Of Arizona, in pursuance of the duty enjoined
upon me, do hereby order general election to
be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in
November. A D 1894, and the oAices to be filled
at such election are hereby designated as fol-
lows, to wit
one delegate 60 the Fifty Fourth Congress Of
the United Stat %.
Twelve members Of the Council OF the Legis-
lative Assembly Of Arizona.
Twenty-four members OF the House Of the
Legislative Assembly of Arizona, apportioned
agreeably to existing law. as follows:
Mesa free press., 1894-10-05
~. NORTON. A.P. sHEwMAN.
MORTON { SHEWMAN
Attorneys-at-Law.
MESA ARIZONA.

Will practice In ell che Courts OF the Territory
government land business . speciality. COL
setisns promptly made
Agency.