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The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-08-09
INTELLIGENT SAvAGES.
The Eskimos Are Clever, Artistic and
Inventive. i

The Eskimos Are Clever, .trtistic ana
Inventive.
What Prof. Otis r. Mason thinks of
the Eskimos. the largest population
of Alaska, and the most intelligent of
its natives. is well worth consideration.
Looking at these people from a purely
scientific point of view. Prof Mason
does them simple justice, no more no
less
The Eskimos people are know n
to be the most intelligent and artistic
savage people on the face of the globe.
They were c;srvers in ivory before any
white men ever went to that country.
Ever since the Russians went up
there, one hundred years ago
and took them the file and bet
ter tools. they have been doing ex-
cellent carving of all kinds. Their
progress in art for one hundred years
has proved that they are an intelligent
and progressive race and are not fall
ing behind They have stood compari-
son with that celebrated people discov.
cred in the French caves who left re-
mains in bone carving, and also the peo-
Pile of the Some valley.
'1'hey have invented one of the most
ingenious applications on the principle
of elasticity of which the world knows
In this invention they have made use of
driftwood. They take a small piece of
wood about twelve inches long resem-
bling pipe stem, which is quite brit
tie and will not bear bending. They
take sinew cord and run it TIL rough and
back, so that every five inches they
have a hitch. Thus it bears great
columnal strain. They can make bow
SO strong that it will send an arrow
into whale. The invention is not
known anywhere else in the world.
Another of their inventions deserves
mention. They have to ride in rickety
boats, and they can use but one hand.
The boatman has to hold the boat
steady in the water; not being able to
use his elbow in the boat, he has in
vented device which he attaches to
his arm. They have not borrowed that
idea from the white man. and the white
man never saw it.until he saw them use
it. The white man has been learning
navigation from these Eslzimos.s They
did not borrow their ideas from the
Russians. The lines of their boats are
on the plan of modern racing cutters in
anAexcept the center part, and if you
follow the design of the boats youhave
the modern racer This boat is adapted
to their conditions, and shows them to
be an ingenious and progressive people.
{ "Their maclSintosh garment is made
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-08-09
PRACTICAL EVIDENCE.


Why the Good Roads Movement Should
Be Popular In the South.
The southern road congress, (which
met lately in Atlanta, brought out the
fact of the value of good roads, and
the pecuniary advantage of them was
fully recognized. Among the cases
cited was the experiment made in
building good roads by the people of
Union and Essex counties, N; d.. The
pecuniary benefits resulting from this
work are summed up in report from
the board of freeholders of the former
county, which states that the tota'
outlay has been nearly $3.50, 900, and
there are now nearly forty miles of
telford and macadam road in the
country.
The beneficial effect of the roads is
seen in the fact that property in Union
county alone has appreciated in value
far more than the cost of the roads, as
the assessment shows The county is
sued $3.50, 900 worth of road bonds, the
interest on which must be met annual
ly, yet there has been no increase ia
the county tax rate, because the in
creased assessment easily produces
enough revenue to meet this charge.
Very few of these roads have been
built more than a year and most of
them only few months, but already
the people appreciate the advantages
flowing from them.
Such practical evidence as this will
certainly encourage roadbuilding in
IL IL. So, h..
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-08-09
Trees Pruned to Death.

In the last annual report of the park
commissioners of the city of Louisville,
KY, plate is given in which the dam
age done to the street trees by itinerant
tree-trimmers is strikingly set forth.
Some trees whose leading branches
had been carelessly Topped off are
shown, and their sickly, Scared and
generally dilapidated look is in strong
contrast with the picture of another
tree of the same species. which stands
one hundred feet away from the first
group and has been allowed to grow
naturally. The plate teaches the les
son that bad pruning is worse than
no pruning at ALL
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-08-09

are taken and sewed together with .
little thread of sinew. The work is
very extraordinary and is done by the
women. These women are so strong
that they would undertake to shoulder
sack of salt or even barrel of -four.
They can carry two hundred pounds in
weight. They get down on their knees
to work with these deerskins All the
work on the deer from the time it is
killed is the work of the women. The
men are enduring, and able TO stand
any amount fatigue.
The women are healthy and display
wonderful vigor of limb and back.
They do not know they have backs.
Their condition is quite in contrast
with what we find in our own homes
They are hearty and healthy in every
respect. My own studies have led me
to this conclusion, and I have been
able to compare them with other saw
ages, and find that they will hold
their own with any aboriginal race on
the face of earth. kate Fields Wash
inptOn
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-08-09
AN INDIAN BOYS FEAR.



gine scared Him.
was scarcely old enough to know
ANYTHING definite about the big
Knives as we called the white men.
when the terrible Minnesota massacre
occurred and was carried into British
Columbia. / have already told how
was adopted into the family of INV
fathers younger brother when my
father was betrayed and imprisoned.
We all supposed that he had shared the
fate of those who were executed al
Mankato. Mimi. Now, the savage
| philosophers looked upon vengeance
/ in the field of battle as
/ lofty virtue. To avenge the
friend was considered great deed
My uncle, accordingly, had spared no
pains to instil into my young mind the
obligation TO avenge the death of my
father and my brothers. Already
looked eagerly forward to the day
when ] should find an opportunity TO
carry out his teachings.
Meanwhile. be himself went upon
the warpath and returned with scalps
every summer. So it may be imagined
how | felt toward the Big Knives On
the other hand, had heard wonderful
things of this people A race whose
power bordered upon the supernatural,
they were almost walxan (mysterious).
learned that they had made a fire
boat" | could not understand how
they could convert fire into
boat, and thus unite two ele-
ments which can not exist
together. | thought the water would
put out the fire and the fire would con-
sumo the boat, if it had shadow of
chance, This was to me preposterous
thing. But when | was told that the
Big Knives had created 'Fire-Boat.
| Walks-on Mountains Ia train, it was
| too much to believe.
Why" said my informant, ''thosc
who saw this monster move said that
| mountain, when it seemed to be ex
cited. They also said that they be
lieved it carried thunder-bird for he
frequently gave his usual war-whoop
| as he was swiftly borne along"
| Several warriors had seen, at dis.
tance, one of the first trains on the
Northern Pacific, and had gained too
great an impression of the wonders OF
the pale-face. They had seen it go
over deep creek; hence they thought
it jumped from one banl. to the other
| confess that the story almost quenched
my ardor and bravery.
Two or three young men were talk
| ing together about this fearful inven-
ton. But said one, 81 understand
that this Fire oat-Walks-on-M Noun
tains can not move except on its
! tracks,"
Although boy is not expected to
| join in the conversation of his elders,
ventured to ask: Then it can not
chase us into any rough country?-
mo, it can not, " was the reply, which
i ! heard with great deal of relief
st. Nicholas.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-08-09

Experiments with glass building
bricks were begun in 1891 by NJ. Fal-
confer, an architect of Lyons These
bricks are hollow, being blown like
bottles, and are given forms-such as
cubes, hexagons, etc.-that permit of
ready laying. A bituminous cement,
with a base of asphalt, is used with
them. The bricks serve as double win
dows, giving protection against both
cold and heat; they are good insula-
tors of humidity and noise, and they
lend themselves readily to the decora-
ton of buildings, either by their form
or color. Many applications are fore
seen. The bricks are neater than
marble in meat markets, and especially
adapted for bath halls, lighthouses, hos
pitfalls, refrigerating establishments
and buildings in which absence Of
windows would be an advantage. A
dollhouse of glass bricks is of about or
binary cost, saves fuel and resists hail.
Detroit Free Press.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-08-09
NAPOLEONS AS NOvELISTS.


at tctipHs
Some curious revelations have recent
ly been made as to the moral and men
tai characteristics of the Bonapartes;
but none of these more or less anthem
tic disclosures of hidden motives and
masked habits strikes the world with
such surprise as the discovery that
both Napoleon l. and Napoleon III.
tried their hands at novel-writing.
The outline of lie petit caporal's ro-
nance was found not long ago among
bundle of papers confided to his
uncle, Cardinal Fesch, before sailing
for st. Helena. If its existence was
known to the family, the reasons for
it's suppression will be readily under
stood, when we say that it is con-
ceived in the bitterest spirit of Corsican
hatred against France and Frenchmen.
1t was roughed out just on the eve of
thedefense of Toulon, where the young
lieutenant of artillery laid the founda-
ton of his future fortune. The style is
said to bear some analogy to that of
Jules Verne.
The nephew's literary project was
more ambitious. He conceived the idea
of bolstering up the imperial regime by
the aid of fiction. So far as can be
Judged from the scenario draughted by
Badingets own hand, the result would
have been a work of portentous dull
ness. NJ. Benoit, worthy grocer of
Paris. is supposed to expatriate himself
in 1s47, when Louis Philippe was the idol
of the bourgeoisie. AS he roams through
the forests and over the prairies of
the New World, only vague echoes of
what is going on in France reaches his
ears. In 1868 he returns, expecting to
find his country grooming under
despotism and utterly demora,ized and
impoverished. Bit by bit his melan-
choly anticipations are dissipated. The
marvellous reforms in everv department
of political and social life are one after
another brought before his astonished
gaze, and at last he is compelled, like
Balaam, to take up his parable and
bless what he had started with the in
tehtion of cursing. Perhapsnthe fun
niest feature of the whole programme
is the detailed enumeration of each
item which was to be glorified by the
romancer's art The bald list reads
like manifesto of the London. county
council. rs,
But even more extraordinary thar
this emanation from the brain of
man whose own life surpassed in fan
tastic interest the widest product o
imagination is the undoubted fact tina
Napoleon III. seriously contemplated
dramatic authorship. He called to hi.
assistance that experienced playwright
| NJ Edmond Gondinet, and submitted Il
him the outlines of couple of pieces
one to be entitled Lies Alarmistes'
and the other LES Idees de Monsieur. {"
Each of them had a political aim, and
Mr.. Condinet, utterly rejecting the first,
politely offered to help in celebrating
the last on condition that the play
should be remodeled so as to support
the opposition rather than the govern
ment. After this rebuff the imperial
author seems to have dropped any as
pirations for the stage, contenting him
self with the laurels he had won by his
edition of Caesars Commentaries" y
st. James Gazette.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-08-09
biblical Origin of slang.

How many of the readers of this de
partment of the Republic know that
the original kicker" in the metaphor
ical sense is mentioned in the Old Tesla
ment, and that an expression used by
Jesus Himself is responsible for our
slang phrase: whats it to you9- In
the first book of Samuel, second chap
ter and Goth verse, "a man of God" says
to Eli: Wherefore kick We at my sac
rifice and at mine offering?r The pro-
totype of the second phrase alluded to
above is found in the answer which
Jesus gave Peter as recorded in the last
chapter of St. John, 22d verse: IF l
will that he tarry till come, what is
that to thee?"-St. Louis Republic.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-08-09
NEAT WIRE TRELLIS.
Two That Are Really Attractive and Very
Easily Made at Home

Easily Made ut Hons.
Attractive trellises add much TO the
pleasure of growing plants and vines
The ordinary wooden affairs that are
commonly seen are usually heavy in
appearance, and not particularly at
tractive in design. The illustrations
show couple made largely of wire,
that are neat in shape and easily con-
structed.
One has central support of wood
Ia inches square, with cross-pieces at
the top, and at the surface of the
ground if desired. From the extremi-
ties of these cross-pieces four wires
ere stretched from top TO hottom, and
around these wires is wound In spiral
form. strip of 6-inch wire netting,
such as is used for yarding poultry.
Small pieces of wire tie it firmly to the
upright wires. The central support of
wood should extend down into the
ground IS or 20 inches.
The only explanation needed in re-
gard to the other trellis is that the
central support of wood has small
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-08-09

They had wandered far from the
merry bathers, and in the shade of a
beetling crag, where the ripping waves
spoke in soft unison with their thoughts
they paused.
MY darling he whispered, Il trust
our engagement will be short"
She looked into his face with puz.
zled look in her great, gray eyes"
'.Of course 81"
Her every word burned into his soul.
- you don't imagine ! can afford
to pay ten dollars day at that hotel
and fool with long engagements, dc
you?N
Then it dawned upon him that the
heart of the fin de steele woman was
fearfully and wonderfully made, and
that the man who understood it was
Just about a dandy. Detroit Tribune.
Roman books were often composed
of number Of pages of wood strung
together with a cord passed through q
hole in the corner of each block.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-08-09
The Quality Of cheese.

The quality of cheese will vary ac-
cording to the quality of the milk
from which it is made, and proper
tionately to the amount of fat present
in that milk. The fat is the constitu-
ent which most affects the quality of
the cheese, hence it is not possible to
expect the same quality of cheese to be
made from large quantities of poor
milk MS from small quantities of rich
milk. But with due care, the larger
yield of cheese which can be obtained
from the poorer milk should balance
in value that of the higher quality
which can be made from the rich milk.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-08-09
THE FARMERS GARDEN.


1t Should Conslst of Mt Least One Acre of
the Best Soil.
The farmers garden should consist
of not less than one acre of the best
soil, eight by ten rods, and if it runs
over a knoll so as to get north and
south slope it will prolong the fruiting
season. Fence it in from the chickens
and have no shade trees in or about
the garden; everything needs sunlight
and culture. The ground should have
ten or twenty loads of the best manure
to the acre every year. All rows should
run the entire length and be cultivated
with the horse. If you don't want
nineteen rods of any one vegetable fill
it out with something else, and the
same with fruit. But you do want
whole row of grapes on the sunny
side. for you can buy two-year-old Con-
cord vines at one dollar per dozen, and
if you have more than you can eat they
are worth more to give away than to
sell, but your grocer will give you four
or five cents pound for them, and
after four years planted ought to bear
twenty to forty pounds. Eight feet
from the grapes set row of currants,
goossberry and pieplants, so you can
drive over this row to mulch, then
eight feet from this row of black
berries, then row of red raspberries,
next blackberries; now have two rows
of Strawberries the entire length of
the garden, one row, of pistillates, ona
row of perfect Powered varieties side
by side, the rows four feet apart and
the plants two to three feet.-G. J. Kel-
logg, in Homestead.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-08-09

William Hayes, of Boston, has in.
vented glass bottle that can not be
retilled. When the bottle is tipped
ball-valve in the neck is thrown against
the end of the tube, allowing the liquid
to allow; when placed in an upright
position the ball falls back into place.
always holding the liquid in the neck
of the bottle, SO that, as long as shere
is any in the body, the tube is so firmly
pressed into the neck of the bottle that
il Is impossible to remove it without
breaking,
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-08-09
POTS AND PANS IN PARIS.
Subjected to n Rigid Inspection by Gov
eminent Official,

eminent oficiai.
was particularly struck by the num-
Der of cooking utensils | saw heaped up
in one of the rooms at the laboratory.
CONVERSATIONS of the INSPECTOR, said
the chemist.
"Do Won survey kitchens. tbenp-
"Certainlv.- he responded ..Everv
dish used in public restaurant of
Paris. either in the kitchen or for the
table; every pst, pan and utensil in the
bakeries. and every hear faucet in the
wine shop in short. everything used
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-08-09

chness. which their white friends
could not understand, and, sad to state,
all of them died. Since then it has
been nearly impossible to get Mar
quesan to leave his beautiful island
home-N Y Advertiser
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-08-09
IN THE MARQUESAS.
One of the Most Interesting Groups Of
Islands In the Pacific.

mere are, perhaps, among inc man
groups Oh ISLANDS that stuu une eApahs
OF the broad racine IKE glorious enief
aids, clusters some That are more peau
tful than the Marquesas, put IL Is san
to say there are none that are more IN
terestlng. While engaged In whaIlng
as young man, visited the Mar
quesas islands a number OF times, ant
always with increasing interest. Ihl'
group was discovered about two hun
dred years ago Sy a Spanish navigator
named Mandana, and the islands are
sometimes named after him.
ne MarqVesas groupr5eing OF vol
o"nio orignh' IRE distinguished by lofty
,iioun,a "a petaNs 'nat look from dis-
lance 'ihe ,hek remains of titanic ruins.
peine si'"a'eo wear the equator 'ne
climate Is warm ana the vegetation Is
peculiarly .uAurian'. Inc natives OF
,hese isiaiios are Splenoio specimens Oh
humanity, tne men oeing reiharka PIE
ior 'heir hhe ioriiis' great stature ana
""i W. soo
e - $50 W. $50 ~, 'lN ~
e.sno .iioiie' - "e'sn', anu nc vac
proportioned as Greek statue. and
when we wondered at his size he
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most elaborate system of tattooing I
have ever seen. They tattoo every
part of the body, even to the palms of
their hands. the toes of the feet and
the shaven parts of their heads. This
tattooinp is of the most elaborate
design. The intricate patterns. how
ever, are seen only on men. the women
confininp themselves To a bracelet. tat
tooed on the arm, or a few blue rings
on the fingers. The men who do the
tattooing are artists IN their way. and
are supported in roval style at the OK
nense of the people into whose skins
thew nricl. their curious patterns
,vh;,o 4ha man .ro 60 t.r .nd hand.
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connarat;yeIv short Of stat,,r.s be;po
st,n,nv ord a,yl,,y.rd IN tba;,. to,,ros
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M.rouesas i.Iands ,re Slender. ,r,oaf,,l
and renarl,ahly nratty Fro,n child.
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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-08-03
RartSteip Island Produce.

E. H. Haskell, keeps a record of his
produce and sales each year, from two
acres of grond, rather poor and sandy,
but we'll cultivated. The amount of
produce sold III 1898 was as follows:
Green onions, IS; rhubarb SIS; goose
berries, $40; Strawberries. $685.:
blackberries, S4.45; Cabbage, $50; Po-
tatoes, $50; corn, $62; peas 1888;
cherries, S59.40; plums S4. 40; prunes,
S5.05; currents, so and hay $50. He
has on the same ground 100 prune
trees, Is plunbs. so cherries, 20 APP
pies, 20 peaches, Is gooseberries, so
currants, 1000 Strawberries, 800 black
berries and 800 raspberries; also
dwelling, chicken and wood houses
and cellar. All on the same acres of
ground. Nowhere, that I know of,
can so large crop of varied products
be raised on small parcels of ground
as on Puget Sound. E. H. HASKELL.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-08-03
MURPHY.
HARTsrEIN ISLAND Ju1v 30 10

HARTsTEIN ISLAND, July so, 1894.
Mrs. Miles Vineyard has been very
sick, and DR.. Newcomb was called
from Olympia to attend her. She is
improving.
Mr.. and. Mrs. Ed Jones had the
misfortune to lose their only child on
last Sunday, the 10Th. It was taken
sick suddenly i'll the morning, and the
frightened mother took the babe over
to Mrs. Morris, near neighbor. and
it soon expired. Mr.. Jones was at
work Is miles above Kami1che, and it
took day to send him word They
have the sympathy of the community
in the loss of their 7-weeks old babe.
A party of hunters with three
hounds were at McLane's bay Sunday
after deer. They were from Olympia.
Owners of hounds appear to think
they have license to hunt and kill
deer at any time H.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-08-03
Proposed Constitutional Amendment,

Notice is hereby given pursuant to the provi
slons OF an Act Of the Legislature of the State of
Washington, entitled San act TO provide for
voting on constitutional amendment at the
general election TO be held in November. 1891.
relative to the investment school fund.- an,
proved February 6, 1899, that the following
amendment to Section ), of Article XVI of the
Constitution of the state of Washington viii be
submitted to The the qualified electors of said
STATE Tor their approval at the next general
elections section s. None OF the permanent
81 ooI fund OF this State shall ever be loaned to
private persons or corporations, but it may be
invested in national state. county, municipal
orschool district bonds" That there shall be
printed on all the ballots supplied for said
election the words ''for proposed amendment TO
section D. Article XVI of Constitution relative to
investment OF permanent school fund Against
proposed amendment to section 3, Article XVI
at Constitution relative to investment of per
manentschool fund" At said election each
elector shall vote for or against said amendment
by crossing out part of the ballot in such
manner that the remaining part shall express
his vote on the question submitted. In witness
WHEREOF have hereuntO set my hand and affi xed
the sea- o1the State. this 9th day OF July 1891,
j. II. PRICE
Secretary Of Stot.