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Griggs courier., 1894-02-16
NATURES uPHEAyALs.
4AANiAo Meets Them with the Calm Cos
AdencO In the Future.

4aASiad Meets Them with the Calm Con.
ndenos In the Future.
Many are half-inclined 20 accuse
Providence for allowing great loss OF
human life, forgetting that we are al
under capital sentence. and that the
occurrence of deaths wholesale instead
Of in detail can not make much differ.
ence in the great scheme, and many
more doubt, If Providence does no,
leave tho world to go its own way and
provide for its own needs-a theory
which can not be strengthened by any
Individual occurrence. Our reflection
would be different one-the wonder.
full rarity and comparative smallness OF
the cataclysms which affect man. Out
side the effects of huge wars, like the
barbarian invasion of Rome, or the
Mohammedan conquests, audible his
tory does not record one, not even the
burning of Rome, which has much af-
feeted the course of events in the hap
piness of mankind.
Behind history, if Sir 81. Howorth is
right, such cataclysms may have oc-
Cured, but within history we know of
none. The very biggest was probably
the outbreak of the black death, which
in 1S4S-51 destroyed a third of our own
population, and certainly detected the
course of its social history. The vol
canic outbursts have usually occurred
in thinly-populated districts; among
capitals Lisbon only has been heavily
struck. and it revived, while, though
there have been numberless famines,
no famine has ever destroyed race.
Wild tribes have passed away, there
is reason to believe, under the attack
epidemic-the people of Fiji nearly
perished in our own time-and locali-
ties have been desolated, but no civil
lied people has died out through dis
ease. Yet there seems no absolute
reason why an epidemic should not
gather strength for months, as it
usually does for weeks, until its raw
ages destroyed nation; why
storm wave should not overwhelm a
country like Holland, or why city or
port, or for that matter a vast reach
Of inha bited territory in harvest time,
should not perish in fire.
Think what masses of infammable
material we gather together, and how
few are the great fires! How much
dynamite is there stored in London or
Liverpool, or, perhaps, unloading at
this very moment in Cardiff? There
is hardly limit to what fire or q
flood or the cholera might do. and yet
men live on, full of a reasonable Sc
curity born in all of long experience,
and strengthened in a few by con-
fidence, not quite so reasonable, that
Providence will snot suffer huge
calamity. Providence has probably
suffered the annihilation of worlds.
Every now and then the security is
broken by an event like the explosion
of Kralkatoa, which has never been suf-
6ciently described, and which might
have altered the face of the world
London Spectator.
Griggs courier., 1894-02-16
TIE KING or THE .RoAp.

VITA tAtteted blouse and nerves Of steel
$50 him pass my ofice door.
Th11 monarch OF the flying wheel
Who steals along the rivers shore;
10 whistlinG climbs into his place,
And leaning DER he tries the gauge.
He says: '-Old Time, to-day we'll race,"
And nevor dream he leads an age.
He glanccs back along the train
And hears tho signal bell that ringa
Ho pulls upon his bride rein.
And 10! the train has taken wings
With rush and roar and shrieks Of rage
It darts along the slender rail-
This giant horse Of Times old age
II like hound upon tho trail
The driver sees tho whirling wheel.
Turn BY tho FURNISHED arms that play
Above the slender arms Of steel.
The while he whirls across the day,
While dreaming DER some Old love page;
Once moro ho lets the giant out
She gives sudden shrek Of rage
And faster darts along the route.
Tho hands upon Times dial faco
Say to him now: "Your train Is late"
He says: ''Old girl, we'll win this race
And mako this run a. sure as fate."
Again his hand Is lightly laid
Upon tho throttle-open wide;
She darts away, as II afraid,
And swiftly rocks from side to side.
She plucks great neecy clouds Of steam
From out her pockets bound with brass
And turns them out beside the stream.
Like sheep. to pasture on tho grass.
A sable cloud across the sky
Her mantle drifts. begemmed with sparka.
Tho whlle tho mile posts passing by
He turns by her to minute marks
And now the twain have struck their gait,
The engine and the engineer;
The very shadows lie In wait
To greet them with a ghostly cheer,
Az rushing on with cries OF rage
She dances DER the slender rail,
This conqueror Of Times old age,
Who follows swift upon his trail.
Again upon the dial's face
The driver casts an eager look:
They stand together in their place,
The miles and minutes on his book.
He 'shuts her on" and cries: swell done,
Old girl: once moro we've euchred Time"
He sets his brakes to end the run
And leaves her standing on the line.
Heroes there may have been Of old
But none outrank my engineer
Who from his window, joyous, bold,
Looks out with ne'er thought Of fear,
And pulls the throttle open wide
To hurry swift across the day
King Of the road. whate'er betide
Till grim Death steals his crown away.
Chicago Dispatch
Griggs courier., 1894-02-16
AprOpos.

AprOpOS.
The Son of His Father-The World
owes me living:
The Self.made MAXWELL. why in
the thunder don't you go to work and
collect the bill?-Truth.
Griggs courier., 1894-02-16

Vice is the bane of q republic. and
saps the foundations of liberty. Ifour
economy, temperance, justice and pub
lie faith are once extinguished by the
opposite vices, our boosted copstitu.
tion' which is built on the pillars of
virtue, must necessarily fall.-Emmons
Griggs courier., 1894-02-16

-Consola tion.-She - ''Oh. George
that horrid Brooks girl saw you lsis:
me last night" IIe-'.That's all right
She won't say anything. / t:M IS, he's
too.'-Detroit Free Press.
Griggs courier., 1894-02-16
The Best Policy.

Mother-Here, Arthur, is the ten
cents l promised you for being vacci-
mated.
Arthur-Just give me nickel, man.
ma. 1t only hurt half as much As I
thought it would.-Judge.
Griggs courier., 1894-02-16

An agricultural laborcr in India is
supposed to receive five cents day.
but in general his wages are not 40
argo.
Griggs courier., 1894-02-16

The Rhode Island penitentiary has
ls4 convicts. and is run ut an annual
loss o. 2o,000.
Griggs courier., 1894-02-16

Cincinnati has $4,000 population
and 4sa police. In 1892 there were l5,.
545 arrests
Griggs courier., 1894-02-16

"A Cold Corner. ARTHUR is wrapped
up in that Eostcn girl" ''Is he?
hope he has his overcoat on."-LifA
Griggs courier., 1894-02-16

gun, bagging pheasants and rabbits.
Now and then we had caught sight
of fiercer game which we did not ven
ture to attack, for the jungles still af-
forded hiding places for tigers, and the
and deadly serpents.
Hundreds of monkeys were to be
seen for the mere looking, and we had
killed q few, though, ASA rules we did
not seek that sort of game.
The so-called state carriage was al
ways at our disposal, and at times we
would take ride through the immedi-
ate district, being accompanied by
members of the presidents household.
who were arrayed in half-livery,
which, to tho simple country folk,
made them look like people of distinc-
tion.
The carriage itself was an old affair
which had come out from the mother
country, and at one time had been
well gilded. Ned and tried our hand
on its restoration, and SO well did we
succeed that we made it nine days
wonder in the little town when it re-
appeared ON the streets.
Lets take the presidents chariot
out for an airing to-day" said Ned one
morning. 1--WE will astonish the ccun-
try folk and make them believe that
some distinguished people have just
come out from England"
Pleased with the idea, agreed, and
we concluded to take our guns with us
in hopes of running across some birds
or rabbits.
1t was no trick ut all to get the serv-
ants to accompany us, for they were
always eager to 20 out with the
''chariot," rs we termed the old car
riage, and when we had given orders to
have it brought around we prepared
for the trip ourselves.
When everything was ready, Ned
gave orders for the drivers to take us
down a certain road whica for some
distance led through forest which, us
we had seen, abourded in monkeys of
all kinds.
Some of the lively inhabitants of the
forest were large and fcrocious, and
these we had been warned by the ma
tives not to shoot, as they were re-
vcngeful and might attack us in turn.
The old carriage was supplied with
blinds which could be drawn, thus ef-
fectually shutting IN tho occupants
from the outside world, and it was our
custom when we did not care to be dis
turbed to ride with the blinds down.
But on this particular morning,
which was bright and clear, VIC had
the blinds up SO that VIC could sec the
country which lay stretched before us
in all its tropical beauty.
The great forest, as we called it. was
nearly five miles from the residency,
and when :yc reached it VIC could sec
scores of apes among tho trees.
We had been rolling along quite
brislsly since starting; one of the serv-
ants rode one OF the carriage horses.
while the other was seated outside be-
tween the hind wheels.
(, Ned now asked the man to drive
slowly 60 as to afford us good view OF
the rn'schie~n:s creat~-es which looked
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-21
Queen & Crescent Route.

Inqufies are invited in regard to
summer resorts on this line In the
mountains of Kentucky, Tennessee and
Alabama. The line passes near the
battle fields at Mill Springs, Mission
Ridge, Chickamauga and Lookout
Mountain, giving access to the I'M
merous charming summer resting
places in that region.
The Queen " Crescent has been des-
ignated as the official route from the
sonlh to the meeting of the Society of
Christian Endeavor, at Cleveland,
Ohio, July 18th, 1894, and the 4th an
nual convention of the Baptist Young
Peoples Union, at Toronto, Canada,
July 10th. Solid vestibule trains to
Cincinnati, over sho line from all
points, with unsurpassed convenience
and comfort. Tickets for both these
occasions will be sold by the @. u G.
at one fare for the round trip. Ask
agents for particulars, or write to W..
G. Rinearson, G. p. A., Cincinnati,
Ohio,
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-21

course OF the debate. An amendment
directing the secretary of the interior
to detail special agent to negotiate
with the Shoshone and Arrapahoe
Indians for the purchase of part OF
the Shoshone reservation in Washing
ton, was agreed to. That part of the
bill directing the transfer of the ln-
dian warehouse aud purchasing agency
from New York to Chicago was
stricken out. The final vote on tho
bill as amended was, ayes 10,
hays 33.
One Hundred and Eifty-Eighth Day
SENATE tariff bill was taken
up and the two paragraphs OF
tho silk schedule, laid over
Yesterday, were again put of
until tomorrow. Schedule NJ
pulp, paper, and books, and schedule
| N, Sundries, were disposed of and the
free list having been reached the sen.
ate, at 6:15, adjourned. The duty on
coal, which is in the Sundries schedule,
was put at 40 cents ton.
HOUSE, The senate bill to author.
izc railroad companies to issue 5000
mile mileage tickets, interchangeable,
and to carry an excess of baggage
thereon, was passsd. (This bill is in
the interest of commercial travellers
and passed by request of the Nationa
Commercial Travellers association. j.
Mr.. Hatca's anti-option bill was takel
up and discussed until 5:lO, when tn
house adjourned.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-21
Cotton Exports.

The chief of the bureau of statistics
reports that the values of the exports
OF domestic cotton from the United
States during the month of May. 1894,
and during tho nine months ending
May 81, 1894, as compared with SINH
lar exports during the corresponding
period of the preceding year were as
follows. May, 1894, $500, 456; 1898,
10,761,416; nine months ending
May 81. 1894, $196,355, 45l; 1898,
el74, 85S,556,
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-21

Olive, IllA1h on the Wabash rail-
road and ,e on the Mobile y Ohio,
were heldup, by alledged coal mino
strikers and number of cars load ed
with vegetables and provisions were
looted. Three detectives were in the
caboose of the Wabash train ENJOY
ing ssTired natures sweet restorcr,
balmy Sleep" while the hooters looted.
Later reports from Panama concern
ing the dire calamity which befell that
city last "Wednesday and Wednesday
night show it to have been one of the
most destructive fires of recent years.
IL began in, the afternoon and continued
a ne hours. Three hundred buildings
= dog, supposed TO be mad. Since
the occurrence the boy has been in APP
rsreatly good health, showing no In
dsessiea Of bad results from the bite.
Several days sgo some symptom of
aas@sss iaSi1ced his mother to admins.
her &sSalae, The dose was repeated
aeSs day, Next morning his actions
ycEe aeSSced to be somewhat queer,
sRsa Though be took his meals with
seeming relish, violent symptoms
appeared ut Intervals. At 10 p, m.
De Mss very sick, and physician was
called, but the boy died before his ar
rival. The physician was Informed
that, Just before expiring, the boy
yomited and barked like dog.
On Tuesday evening, about 1880,
in the Florence hotel bar, Birmingham,
L. q, Bowman shot and killed Eugene
LETTERS. Prior TO the tragedy Bowman
and ex-mayor Tom Jeffers, Eugene
father had an alteration in the hotel bar
room, and Jeffers received two
blows in the face. Bystanders inter-
fered and Jeifers went away to get his
bruises dressed. He afterwards re-
turned to the bar, accompanied ly his
son, who was young man of 10 years.
They were followed into the room by
T. &. Bowman and his brother, John
Bowman. One eye witness states that,
after some words between the four,
Eugene Jeffers drew pistol, that
John Bowman siezed him and took it
from him, and that during
the scuffle, Z. G.. Bowman
rushed up to Jeffers and shot him.
Another eye witness says that words
were passing between p. G. Bowman
and young Jetfers, when Bowmon
drew pistol and fired, and that he
saw no pistol In the hand of LETTERS.
The young man fell and died almost
instantly, the ball having cut the jugu-
| lar vein.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-21
The financial buoyancy of France

The financial buoyancy of France is
somewhat amazing, remarks the New
York News. The terrible drain upon
its resources caused by the war with
Germany, followed by the enormous
loss in the Panama Canal project, leaves
no perceptible mark on the thrifty ma
ton. The offerings for the recent
popular loan were nearly hundred
times greater than the sum required.
And furthermore, France has suffered
less from the general business prostra-
ton than any other country in Europe.
Americans have cause to feel proud OF
the great sister republic on the other
aide Of the Atlantic.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-21
Killed by a Coward.

Near ColIinsville, GraysOn county,
Texas, about Z O'Clock last night,
Creed Herdon shot and killed j. j..
Reason. prominent citizen of Cook
county. Reason was sitting on the
porch when Herdon came up, all the
while talking pleasantly, and Herdon
called Reasons attention to something
IN the yard. Reason turned his head,
when Herdon shot him behind the ear.
uerdon has not yet been captured.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-21

The postal card had birthday not
long ago. It's twenty-fifth anniversa-
~ was celebrated at Vienna. DR..
Emanuel Herman, an Austrian, first
invented the card. 1t was used first
Austria, Hungary. In 1879 it was
used in Germany, and in 1880 it was
adopted by the International Postal
Union. In regard to it's use here are
some interesting figures: In Austria
100000, 900 are in use every year: in
English postoffices $50, 900. 900, and in
the whole world about 1, 900, 900, 900,
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-21

The Duke of Edinburgh, now of
SAKE Coburg, said recently: Il have
never felt at home in England There
is no warmth of character in the Eng
lish race, and there is vein of dis
loyalty running through the length
and breadth of the land I am, there
fore, proud of my direct descent from
the house of Hanover. My love and
sympathies are all with the father
land"
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-21

There are about 1000 persons liv-
ing in foreign countries who receive
checks from Washington quarterly in
payment of pensions. There are 2, 00O
in Canada, who receive 1916, 900 a
year; 600 in Germany receiving $9s,
900 year, and $50 in Great Britain
whose checks aggregate 1926, 900 a
year. One man in the Fiji Islands
draws $24 every three months, ant
four times year checks are sent tc
men who are living in Africa.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-21

Secretary Langley of the Smithson-
ian Institution at Washington, is very
busy these days perfecting his appar-
atus for ''aerial navigation" as he
calls it, his flying machine, and will
soon be ready to make some practical
experiments as he did last summer.
He has the assistance of some very
able and skilful men, including Prof.
Bell, the telephone inventor, who
takes great interest in the subject and
has made many important suggestions.
Prof. Langley believes that the time
will come when people can get into
their flying machines and 90 from
place to place just as they now go in
their carriages, and the further he car
mes his experiments the more thor
onehly convinced he is of the correct
saeas Of his theory. During the last
lev months he has made some very
important and interesting discoveries
concerning the currents Of the air.
Which will have marked influence
epen hi serial navigation experi-
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-21

Military recruiting in Afghanisssn
is practised under somewhat peculiar
circumstances. The Ameer has Just
commanded one of his chiefs to enlist
100 foot and twenty-five horseEaen Is
. body-guard. If the full number srs
not forthcoming within month the
chiefs income will be cut down IN
proportion to the number of men de-
ficient.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-21
The'town of Rockport, Mass. has h

Thetown of Rockport, Mass. has had
only two town clerks in fifty-four
years. Colonel William Pool was
chosen when the town was incorpor-
ated in 1910, and served twenty mine
years. His son, Calvin W., was then
chosen, and has filled the Office TO,
twenty-five years, and March was re.
elected, at the last town meeting. The
style and correctness of the town.
books are probably not exceeded BY
any in the State declares the New
Orleans Picayune.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-21

HE POWDERED HIS FACE.
Arse mic in The Powder, The Young
Man a Corpes.

William Cameron, white, as ed 2S,
all employee on the Nashville, ChattR
nooga 4 st. Louis Railroad, met his
death in most peculiar manner at
Chattanooga. He dressed himself to
go out TO an entertainment and used
some powder Oh his face. In some
way the powder got up his nostriIs
and into his lungs. He began cough
ing and soon succumbed seemingly TO
some deadly drug. At 1915 this
morning he died. Coroner Gahagan
held an inquest this morning and the
jury rendered verdict in accordance
with the above facts. The powder
had some arsenic in ii and death was
caused from arsenical poisoning.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-21
Mut.erIngs OF Disoontent.

The Massillon district miners have
adopted resolutions denouncing Gov
crnor Mckinley for sending state
troops ''for the purpose of assisting
the coal and railroad operators to de-
feat the miners in au honest effort to
maintain living wages" The basis of
tho strike settlement has been received
by the miners with mutterings of dis
content
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-21
Dosed His wife with Morphine.

Andy Sharpe of Roseville county,
KY, has fled the country, charged
with poisoning his wife. They had
only been married fourth months, and
Sharpe gave the woman a dose of
morphine, from which she died imme-
diately after taking it. 1t is said
Sharpe will be lynched if he returns,
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-21

It is said that the Buddhists Of
Japan are awakening to the fact that
they must have statement of, the ele-
ments of the Buddhist faith to set over
against the definite and compact creed
of the Christian teachers, and are de-
batting what they will put into this
statement.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-21
STRIKE SITUATION.
Events, Results and Outlook Among the
Mining Districts Everywhere.

The feeling among the Ohio. miners
generally Is strong Against accepting the
Columbus compromise. A. A. Adams
president of the Ohio miners who,, Oh.
posed the settlement to the last and
refused to sign it, is addressing mh,ers
in the mining centers urging them not
to accept it. He il very radical Lead.
er and holds theories closely allied to
anarchy.
The Straitsville, Ohio, miners have
held no meeting to consider the CO.
lumbus compromise, but say they will
not 60 10 work.
Eight thousand miners in mass meet.
ing at Gloucester, Ohio, adopted reso.
lutions declaring the settlement pre-.
nature and declining to accept it.
A mass meeting of about 1000
miners was held at Mcdonald, Pa, to
decide whether they should abide by
the terms of the Columbus coInpro.
mise. 1t was decided to await the
official notice of the agreement from
president Mcbride. The feeling was
strong against accepting the SO cent
rate. 1t was reported that president
Mcbride had been hung in cffigy al
Hayes station. The foreign element
is becoming desperate, being on the
verge of starvation.
More than twenty mines in the
Cripple Creek region, Colorado, have
resumed opera ions.
The Coal Creek miners, in the Brice.
vile district, Tenn, including those
of the Block Diamond, have returned
to work at the old scale.
While the men of company K,
9th Ohio militia, were lying around
their camp near McLainsville, they
were suddenly attack by about thirty
strikers with clubs and rocks. Cap
tain Waybrecht, seeing that the assail.
ants had 10 fire arms, ordered hit
men to lay aside their own weapons
The result was as he expected. Thu
Poles. Hungarians and Italians, who
composed the attacking party, were
beaten and routed with no casualties
more serious than bruises and super
6cial cuts OH either side.
A mass meeting of miners at La
Sale, ILL.,, resolved to accept nothing
less than last years mining prices
denounced the Columbus agreemen
and demanded the resignation of Nc
BRIDE and others who were parties tc
the compromise. The meeting wa
composed of miners from Peru, lin
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-21
Alabama Iron In Pennsylvania.

The first consignment Of Southern
pig metal ever brought to New Castle
arrived last Saturday for Baldwin y
Graham's stove works 1t was pur-
chased in Alabama owing to the coal
strike which has paralyzed all indus
trial establishment in the Shenandoah
Xallay
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-21
Earthquake In Spain.

An earthquake shock occurred on
Monday in the towns of Granada and
Almeria. Many houses were destroy
ed and several persons were killed.
In Nacimento q few houses were
ruinad, but nobody was injured So
yerely,
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-21
Three Men Drowned.

News of the overturning Of boat
belonging to Patterson, at Tongas
Narrows, Alaska, and the drowning
of three men, has been received. The
accident was reported at Silka the day
on which the Topeka sailed south. The
names of the unfortunates were not
learned.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-21
Burglars At Hopkins vile.

Burglars blew open the safe of
Langley Bell at Hopkinsville, KY, on
Monday morning and are supposed
10 have secured between $4,000 and
So 900. Several people heard the ex.
plosion. The burglars escaped.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-21
PASSED bogus COIN.
Two Fly Men of Greenwood in the
Clutches Of the Law.

Clutches of the LAW.
Ed Hazelrig and his nephew by
marriage, Marvin Gibson, were ar
rested at Greenwood, Miss, upon q
charge of passing counterfeit MONEY.
Young Gibson, when searched. had
nine counterfeit silver dollars on him.
Upon trial today before Mayor Miller,
they were released on bond, but were
re-arrcsted upon telegram from the
United States marshal to answer TO
The federal authorities.