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Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-19

Harold Frederic, who is close OBJ
server in English politics, is of opin-
ion that the resignation of Mr.. Glad
stone is due not to the fact that his
eyesight is failing OF to the fact that
he is growing feeble, but to the fact
that he has been losing influence with
his own administration. The theory
is that his cabinet was out of sympathy
with him in many things and went its
own way regardless of his wishes.
Roseberv was becoming more of a
power than the Grand Old man, and
30 the latter dropped hint of retire
ment after the manner of Bismarck,
and, like Bismarck, was surprised to
find that there was no clamor against
his going. In other words, Gladstone
is represented as being edged off the
stage by his young men. The danger
in his retirement does not lie SO much
in the loss of his personality, powerful
US that is, as in the loss Of that pecu-
liar thing called leadership. Rosebery
or any one else can be made the official
head of the ministry and the leader OF
the liberal party; but no one can in.
herit the general confidence OF the
party and its sympathizers throughout
the world in Gladstone. This is a
great source of power which he cannot
transmit. The new leader will have
party discipline to support him, but
he will have to create party sentiment
and popular sentiment.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-19
Visual Telerraphy.

An inventor of this city is wrest.
ling with the problem Of visual tele-
graphy, Mr.. N. S. Amstutz, OF this
city is confident that with series OF
small mirrors. arranged with the
proper appliances, one cannot only
hear the person to whom be is talk
ing over the telephone wire, but. ca
receive a transmitted reflection of his
face. Mr.. Amstutz' work in making
an instrument which will transmit
drawing by telegraph leads his friends
to hope that he may be successful in
his new attempt. Mr.. Amstutz does
not claim that he will be able to
bring forth the invention, but he be.
leves he has found line of expert.
ment which will enable some one, at
at some time, to do SO. Cleveland
Leader
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-19
GENERAL sLOCUM.
Another DISTINGUISHED Veteran Falls Ont
ofthe Ranks.


General Henry w. Slocum died al
1906 o'clock, April 14th, at his home,
465 Clinton avenue, Brooklyn, of
pneumonia. General Slocum had been
ill only few days, but his death was
not unexpected.
Henry Warner Slocum was born in
Onandaga county, New York, Sep
TENDER "a. 1927. He was graduate
from West Point in 1852, appointed
second lieutenant of artillery and Or
dered at once TO Florida. In 1856 he
was made first lieutenant, but in 1856
he resigned to practice law in SYRIA
cuse. He entered the war
as colonel and after Bull Run
was commissioned brigadier general,
finally succeeding to the command of
the division formally led by General
w, b. Franklin. He took command
of the twentieth corps during Sher-
mans march to the sea; lie commanded
the left wing. Resigning from the
army in 1865, General Slocum re-
sumed his law practice in Syracuse.
He was democratic candidate for the
secretary of stale, and in 1868 was
elected to congress and reelected in
1870, lii 1854 he was again elected to
congress. His name was brought for
ward at the national democratic con
yentions of 1881 and 1892
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-19
srGSs OF THE TIMES
As Indicated by Il. g. Dan & Co.'S Trade
Review,

hcytcWs
Strikes have checked the improve
ment in building and some other
trades, and scarcity Of coke has caused
the closing of some of the iron works,
while strike of all bituminous coal
workers is ordered and may prove Sc
rious. The renewal of gold exports
occasions some disquiet, but the grad
ual exhaustion of goods in the hands
of dealers makes the consumption of
the people more distinctly felt and IS
apparently larger, and this demand
increases with the gain in the number
of hands at work. II cannot be said
that uncertainty us TO the future has
materially diminished, but there is an
evident growing impression that there
will be important legislation on the
currency and the tariff. The
impression, whether erroneous
or not, influenced the action of
many. On the whole, though
progress is still INSTRUCTED by uncer.
tainties, it has not been arrested. The
output of pig iron April ] was 1885,
732 tons weekly, against 1lo,l66
March /, which is the more encourage
ing because nnsold stocks decreased
10, S65 tons. The actual consumption
thus indicated, about 100, 400 tons, is
only third smaller than u year ago,
but some furnaces and works have
been stopped since April on account
of the strike of the Conuellsville coke
workers, which again bear fruit, and
bloodshed and destruction OF prop
ertv. Several large sales of Bessemer
iron are reported at SlO.35 ut Pitts
burg, and considerable sales of No. ]
foundry at Sll there, while much I'M
proyenent is seen in business at the
east. AT Chicago the trade has fallen oil
on account of the strike in building
trades.
The money market has changed
very little, but 81 900, 900 in gold goes
TO Paris today to purchase Spanish
coin TO be paid for Cuban sugar, and
exports of merchandise have fallen be-
low last year. Treasury receipts for
customs in April are 4S per cent less
than last year, with internal receipts
somewhat smaller. The treasury de-
iicit has been $4,000, 600 for the
month thus far, besides interest pay
menis, indicating a deficit of $40, Oo0,-
600 for the month. Bankers deny the
reports that further bond issues are
under discussion, but gold exports
NAV quickly change the situation. No
improvement is seen in commercial
loans, and the large increase reported
BIZ banks is mainly due 20 stock trans
actions.
The most cheering sign is the de-
erease in Importance of commercial
failures, for though ono mortgage
concern has failed with Liabilities Of
$500, 900, the liabilities of all COM
mercial failures for the first week in
April were only So, 1870, sol, of which
$500. 567 were of manufacturing and
81. 22S, 240 of trading concerns. The
failures this week have been 21S in
the United States, against IT'S last
year and "a in Canada, against rs last
year.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-19
MOTHERS TREE.


Beauty and Size.
While strolling through the beauti-
full lawn of Shadeland, Upper Darby,
few days since. viewing the sad
havoc made by the late storm upon
the grand old trees therein, my atten-
ton was attracted to a STRUCTURE
bearing a striking resemblance to one
OF the huts Of the South Sea Islander
of the late midway"
My genial host, Joseph Dunn, in.
formed me it was made to protect
"mothers tree" from frost, and ap-
preaching nearer we beheld mobile
lemon tree full of fruit, in all stages
of maturity, from the tiniest forma-
ton to lemons Of size seldom seen
In our market-about 200 in all. The
giant trunk measures IA inches in
circumference, and huge branches
extend eight or ten feet high. COW
cred with masses of dark, glossy
leaves, fecked with pink tinted buds
and snowy fragrant flowers. The
tree is miracle of beauty and fra
GRANGE, and shows 1T has been fondly
and carefully reared. A few ques-
lions drew forth its history.
A way back in the 20's the seed
from which this noble tree grew was
planted by the owners mother, who
then resided upon the Trvon Lewis
farm in Radnor. Several times it
has been frozen down to tthe large
trunks. At the age OF so lit figured
at the Centennial in 1876, as the
largest and most flourishing tree
there, bearing $50 ripe lemons and
| about 300 in all. 1t was badly
scorched by the fire at Lauber's res
! taurant, which was quite near the
Horticultural annex, and it required
several ars to recuperate. 1t is
! now perfectly healthy and wonder.
| fully luxuriant for its age, having
doubtless " equals outside the
tropics.
Nothing would induce the owner
to send it to the Worlds Fair for
fear of injury, but had it been there
it would have reigned queen, for no
tree in Horticultural Hall or else
where, in our estimation, could com
pare with it,
1t is so large that housing it has
become quite an undertaking, and
often robs it of Its wealth of beauty
and fragrance. Doubtless all feel
that it should be where it need not
be disturbed and have an even tenn
pcrature, etc, but the words
mother tree" tell the whole story. -
Wayne, Pa, Times.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-19
Some Costly Banquets.

There are some costly banquets re-
corded in the worlds history, and one
supper, given by Aelius Verus, footed
up nearly quarter of million dol
lars One dish at the table of the EN-
'peror Heliagabulus cost 5000, 900.
Cleopatra's banquet to Antony was a
sumptuous affair, and the queen took
: pearl ear-drop worth $50, 900, dis
solved il in strong acid, drinking the
health Of the triumvir, saying, my
dxapght TO Antony shall exceed in
value the whole banquet. When
Queen Elizabeth visited the exchange
II London, Sir Thomas Gresham
pledged her health in cup OF wine
containing precious stone crushed to
atoms, worth $4,000. In 1877 the
Empress Of Brazil presented to Queen
Victoria dress made from spiders
Wehx The web was made by the huge
yellow spiders OF Brazil, the fiber be
Ing large, Of q bright orange color,
~, and possessing an exquisite LUIS
~ IT. value or cost Of mannfactur,
y &6knoxn, but it ranks as one OF tn.
SnSjoe<fies Of the world st. Loui
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-19

W. B. Muller, of Omaha, says the
eight hour day would bring about in
creased consumption, a vaster display
OF productive activity, higher intel
lectual and moral development of the
toiler and wider demand for the
more artistic products of our factories
and workshops. 1t would stimulate
inventive genus, develop better and
grander civilization and bring about
an almost fabulous increase of national
property and wealth. The general
struggle for reduction of the hours
Of labor is a struggle for better
civilization, a struggle for work for
willing hands who should be en-
ployed.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-19
Chs 1uko Reporter.
published Every Thursday ~
IUKA. MISS.

The death Of Publisher Monro in
New York shows to the San Francisco
Chronicle that the vermiform appen-
dix is playing an important part in
the surgery Of the period. The dam
ger that results from the Judgment OF
seeds of fruits and berries in this use.
less part of the anatomy cannot be
too strongly impressed upon all, and
especially upon those who have the
care Of children. Grape seed, in par
ticular, should not be swallowed by
those who have any regard for their
health.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-19
The one Drafted CIery men.

The Rev. William J. Potter OF
New Bedford, whose death has re-
Gently been reported, was the only
clergyman drafted during the war.
He showed an earnest patriotism
from the beginning of the contest,
and expressed an intense desire that
he might be drafted. July 23 his
name was drawn. The following
Sunday he preached sermon on
"The Voice of the Draft" which at
tracted Secretary Stanton's atten.
tion, who wrote the young clergyman
70 come to Washington, though Mr.
Potter answered that he intended To
abide by the result OF the draft.
Leave Of absence was granted him BY.
his church, and he served ont his
term.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-19
Gen. J. h, ker,haw Dend.

Gen. j. b. Kershaw died at Cam,
den last Friday, after a lingering i'll
ness. He was one of the best beloved
citizens of South Carolina. He was
veteran of the Mexican and the seces.
sion wars. In the latter he rose TO
the rank of brigadier-general, AT the
time of his death he was postmaster
at Camden. Governor Tillman and
other state officers will attend the fun
eral.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-19
sHILoH'> BATTLEFIELD.
Permission Giyea for the Erection
Memorials Officers tIsrYrd


heReriais -onieers elected
The Shiloh Battlefield Association
has adopted a memorial which per
mlts survivors of that battle, and the
several states having troops in the
battle, north and south, to erect ON
the battlefield memorial tablets and
give to each equal rights sub .ect to
the regulations of the association.
One director is TO be elected from
each state having troops in the battle,
and all who served under General
Grant, General Buell., General Albert
Sidney Johnston and General Bezure-
gard in the battle, are entitled TO be-
come members of the association.
Major General John A. McClernard.
of Illinois, has been reelected presi.
dent. and Colonel E. L. Lee, of Mon.
ucello, secretary, with one assistant
secretary, from the south; Colonel
James Williams, of Savannah, treas
urer; DR.. j. w. Coleman, treasurer,
with twenty-eight vice presidents rep
resentlng senators, congressman and
prominent soldiers, north and south,
who took part in the battle,
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-19
ORDERED TO QUIT.
The Biggest strike Ever Known. 3OO,.
900 Coal Miners u 60 Out.

The Biggest strike Ever Known. 800.
900 Coal Miners 10 go Out.
The.national miners convention in
session at Cleveland, Ohio, has adopt
ed the following resolution:
eResolved, That on and after Il
o'clock noon Saturday, April 81, nc
coal shall be mined in any state or ter.
ritory, where the organization has
coutrol, until authority by the nation.
al officers of the executive board"
This will throw SOC, 900 men in
ideness, and will no doubt be the
most stupendous strike of coal miners
this country has ever seen.
Indiana delegates objected to the
early date, for the reason that they
are under contract TO work at the
present rates to May /, but they waiv-
ed their objection when it was an.
nolnced that the operators had already
broken the contract in the Linton.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-19

secret service agent OK Vie treasury
department says he is the head Of a
gang of sweaters, who have been
operating from Denver, 6olo.,. east.s
On the premises occupied by Wilcox
were found $500 worth of gold dust,
and lathes, ETC., used in "sweating"
or abrading $50 and $40 coins. He
kept accounts in two OF the banks His
plan was to draw several hundred
dollars at time, in gold, land then de-
post paper money. Ii is estimated
that there is in circulation in Balti-
more $4,000 of light gold coin in con-
SEQUENCES of bis onerations.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-19
Charged with Poisoning Her Husband

Mrs. Zettie Belts, the widow Of
George Belts, whose sudden and mys-
FERROUS death az Bessemer has been
noted in our news columns, is in Jail
at Birmingham, charged with taking
her husbands life by poison. Bets
had said in the hearing of those about
him, just before his death, that he was
poisoned. A detective, starting with
this clue, obtained circums:antial evil
dence upon which Mr.. William Belts
swore out warrant. An autopsy
had been made under the direction of
the coroner and the dead mans sto-
mach was sent to the state chemist for
analysis of its contents. The inquest
was deferred to await the chemists
report. Mrs. Belts is described as be-
ing good-looking, intelligent woman,
10 years of age, of medium height and
weight. Her married life of three or
four years has not been all sunshine.
About year ago there was brief
separation. She has a 2-year-old
daughter.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-19

The United Mine Workers of Ala
barna, through their committee ON res.
olutions, issued a manifesto, "To the
Miners Of Alabama" giving notice Of
strike 10 20 into fleet on Saturday
last. There are about 5000 miners IN
Ibis association.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-19

A dispatch from Uniontown, Pa,
300 Wheeler & Merrel strikers march
ed to the Hill Farm works to bring
the men out. When they reached the
entrance to the yards, they found fifty
determined guards with Winchesters
IN shooting position. They turned
and fed down the hill.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-19
Death ofDr. HiIlmnn.

DR. Walter Hillman, president of
Tie Mississippi Baptist College at
Clinton, is dead.
OF all the educators this state has
produced he was probably the most
widely known and best beloved.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-19

4b<ophilus Bland, Of Pitt County,
North csso1ins. has seven sons, each
~ whom weighs over 400 pounds
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-02-23

BoNNY EAGLE, Me. Gentlemen -
Your Sarsaparlla has been of untold
value to me. For twenty-six years have
suffered from acute rheumatism; have
had rheumatic fever eight or ten times,
and have hardly been free from rheumat-
ic pains for many years until about sew
en- months ago. For the last six or
eight years I have suffered terribly. I
have spent hundreds of dollars for doc
tors and medicine, but could get no ben
eft. tried all the remedies known, in
Guiding two kinds of sarsaparillas, but
continually grew worse, until was I'M
able to do even the lightest work. 1
could hardly move around. I was in
this condition, and had been so for over
a year, when | began taking Allen's
Sarsaparilla. have now taken six bot
ties, and have hardly felt a twinge of
for seven months, during
which time I have been doing mans
work every day. l can now do as much
hard work in day as the majority of
men, all of which is due to Aliens
ELLIS B. USHER.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-02-23
A Much Robbed s,areooaob.

There is today in Phoenix, A. T., a
stagecoach that has been held up and
robbed oftener than any other in exist
ence. 1t has seen its best days and now
stands dismantled and dilapidated in the
backyard of livery stable, but could it
talk many are the tales it could tell of
brigandage that would lay the exploits
of Claude Duval in their shadow.
1t began running in the seventies be-
tween Prescott and Tombstone and has
actually been robbed SO times. Eight
drivers and as many express messengers
have been killed from its box, and as
passengers in those days went armed to
defend themselves aud property, not a
few fatalities have occurred among them.
aud the brigands. 1t was originally
handsome Concord coach, pulled by eight
mules, and cost 81 800 at Tucson, but its
sides are now split by rife and pistol bull
let's, and in more than one place the leath-
or lining shows the wild stroke Of bowie
<nife.-Los Angeles Herald.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-02-23
ANOTHER LIFE SAVED,

ENoc S. SMALL, of Windham Centre,
Me-, writes For some time l have been
very sick with kidney disease and was
given up to die; in fact did not expect
to live much longer. / was all bloated
up to nearly twice my usual size, and
had continued pain in my kidneys and
liver. / tried doctors medicine in vain,
took two bottles Of very well-known
sarsaparilla, without receiving any ben
eft, and at last began taking Aliens
Sarsaparilla. The first few doses made
me feel worse, and I thought l should
have to give it up, but l continued its
use and had not taken half bottle before
began to feel very much better. con-
tinued to improve and now | consider
myself cured. have no pain, the sore
ness and weakness are all gone, and l
am gaining strength every day. l..
think Aliens Sarsaparilla saved my
life, and am glad of an opportunity to
speak in its praise and to recommend it
to others.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-02-23
The water-Platinum Pyrometer.

Experiments made with the water-plat-
mum pyrometer on the boilers of the
Pacific mills, Massachusetts, have exhib-
tied some important practical results.
1t was found that in the heart of an an
thracite coal fire the temperature marked
2,426 degrees, while at the bridge wall it
was 1,341 degrees, S95 at the entering
tubes and 1873 at the leaving tubes. In
this case 20 pounds of air were supplied
per pound of coal, usually, however, this
amount being greater and having the eff
feet of reducing the temperature. The
method of making the tests was to heat
platinum balls in a crucible placed at the
point where the temperature is desired,
these, when heated, being removed and
submerged in water. The weight of the
platinum being known and the weight
of the water, it is easy to figure from the
specific heats of the water and platinum,
and the increase in temperature the wa
ter shows by immersing the balls, just
how high the temperature of the balls
must have been.-New York Sun.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-02-23
ODos AND ENDS.

A good two foot rule--keep your feet
dry.
AS high as 100000 pilgrims have been
collected at Mecca at one time.
Simplicity of character is the natural
result of profound thought. -Hazlitt.
In the far west girl who works in a
railroad restaurant is known as "bis-
cult shooter"
The man who would have done so and
SO if he had been there never gets there.
Rams Horn.
Statistics show that about one-tenth
of the total number of papers in the
country expire every year.
'To take the cake" had its origin in
the cake walk in which colored couples
participate, the prize being a cake.
During the Mexican war the United
States put 80, 100 men in the field, of
whom 1880 died of woundsor disease.
A towel made from flax and claimed
to be half a centrSy old is in the posses
sion Of Mrs. John Worth of High Point,
N. G.
The highest court in Missouri has de-
cided that debts contracted in option
deals are gambling debts and not col
lectible at law.
Gutta percha was first introduced into
Europe from Malaga in 1852. The an
nual consumption now amounts to some
100000 pounds.
An employee of Washington hotel is
able, it is said, to wash and dry over
ZOO dishes an hour and put them in
their proper places.
More beer is drunk in Munich than in
any other town in the world. A quart
and half per day is the average per
head of the population.
With the exception of Belgium, whose
debt has been incurred for internal i'm
provements, every European national
debt is in great part war debt.
The cost of the worlds wars since the
Crimean war has been $13, 1865, 900, 900, or
enough to give $40 gold piece to every
man, woman and child on the globe.
The very earliest carvings now extant
are those found in the caves of LIE Nous
tier and La Madelaine, preserved at
Paris, bearing representations of animals
as seen by the prehistoric men.
Statisticians estimate that in Great
Britain there p 700 millionaire families,
6, $50 families cry rich," 148, $50 fami-
lies ''rich," 73O. 500 in moderate circum-
2,0OS,0OO struggling to keep
up" and 8,916,900 poor.