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Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-05-24

AT Vernon, Texas, whole block Of
buildings was burned, The loss is es-
timated at $4,000.
A dispatch from Unionto wn, Pa,
says; Many of the strikers and their
families are in starving condition,
Some are homeless by reason of evio-
ton from the company's houses,
Three car loads of negroes engaged
to work for the Rainey Coke company
have passed through Connclsville, Pa.
A committee of strikers attempted to
board the cars, but were driven away
by the officers in charge.
Four men were drowned In an at.
tempt to save the crew of schooner
which was drifting helpless.y of shore
eight miles north of Port Huron,
Mich. The life.saving crew, from
Sand Beach, subsequently, succeeded
in saving the schooner's men.
The striking miners OF Shady mines
Tenn, are in great distress, as indi-
Gated by the following appeal sent to
the slabor organizations of Chatta.
nooga. "We struck to restore the 90
per cent reduction. We were not
making enough to live on. Many of
us are now destitute and we ask for
meat and bread" Assistance was
sent them from Chattanooga.
Seven men We're killed in collision
between freight aud bridge train in
the Standing Rock tunnel on the New
port News n Mississippi Valley rail.
road last Saturday. j, Crisp, West
port, Ky. ; l.. l.. Power. Paducah; }.
Caudrey, MayiiclI; Boss Butler, West
Point; Nick Hill, conductor OF bridge
train; John b Dunca0, Dulany. Ky ;
and George Whitehead, Paducah.
Advices have been received at the
state department in Washington Civ
ing additional particulars of the earth
quake in Venezuela. 1t seems that
the greatest damage was done on the
line of the San Carlos and Merida rail
way in the Andes, on which several
stations were thrown down and q
number of valuable bridges destroyed,
In places black water having fetid
odor was expelled from cracks in the
earth. The village of Langunillos
disappeared, and lake now occupies
the sight. The Venezuelan minister
at Washington has been asked to re.
ceivc contributions for the relief of
the sufferers from the great catastro-
phe.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-05-24
Destructive Floods.

The region drained by the ives,
branch Of the Susquehanna has again
been visited by disastrous floods. A
lumber boom of Is, 000,0 900 feet of logs
at Lockehaven was broken and lost.
The Linden boom, OF 10,0000,000 feet
broke and went down, At Cone.
lnaugh the sudden rise of water drove
women and children half dressed to
the highlands. The reservoir from
which the city of Altoona, Pa, draws
its water supply, broke and sent a
mighty flood rushing down the valley,
AT Bell Fort the water rose higher by
two feet than in the great flood of Jan
uary 1889. At Ryde stations land slide
covered the south track of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad for nearly mile. Score
of bridges have been swept away. AT
Williamsport the water rose 20 feet
and the great boom with its millions
of feet of uncut lumber was swept of
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-05-24
FEEDING FLOUR TO BEES.

In early spring, when the plant
world has not yet commenced to furn-
ish pollen, flour can be given to the
bees as substitute. AS flour as well
us pollen promotes the rearing of
brood, the use of it is to be commend
ed to bee-keepers; and especially
should those bee-men use it who live
in regions where early spring is not
the rule. Last spring, says Karl r.
Mathey in Gleanings, | made new
trial of feeding flour in the open air,
and it worked we'll ] filled u comb
box half full of flour, laid over it a
sieve having meshes of the right size
to exclude drones. and placed the same
in the vicinity of hive, slightly raised
up. The bees took the -four through
the sieve with far more convenience,
and quicker, than out of the old comb.
No particles of flour were left remain
ing; whereas, by the methods used
before that time, the flour became
somewhat granulated, so that the bees
could not carry it out. Wheat flour
works the best.
Even several days after the pollen
began to come abundantly, the flour
was eagerly taken by the bees. The
sieve should fit in the box in such 8
manner that it can be pushed down as
fast as the flour diminishes in volume.
1t is best not to select too small box,
for the pressure of the bees is general
ly great.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-05-24
PLANTING OF TREES AND SHRUBS.

just now the planting Of trees and
shrubs is in full progress in this lati-
tude, and, no doubt, considerable
percentage of all that are set out will
be lost. When failures occur the
blame is usually attributed to the nur-
seryman, says Garden and Forest, and
no doubt, he is sometimes in fault !;
but, on. the other hand, it is true that
very few people who receive nursery
stock have the adequate experience !,
and knowledge for planting it prop
erly. Too many people, who think
they understand this matter com.
pletely, actually need the advice of
some one of experience to ensure
against failure. There is no more ex-
cuse for putting tree or shrub into
soil that is not properly prepared than
there would be for farmer to SOW
wheat on field that has not been
plowed. The stock to be planted has
come from nursery where it has been
tenderly cared for, developed in fine
rich soil which has been carefully Gull
tivated and kept absolutely free from
weeds. 1t is folly to expect that a
young tree with such history can be
taken from all these benefcent CON
ditions and then make any vigorous
growth after having its roots cut back
or doubled up to fit a post-hole into
which it is thrust, especially when the
hole is filed in with bits of sod. Too
much care cannot be taken of young
trees and shrubs after they are re-
ceived. They will certainly be injured
by exposure to sun and wind, and they
will be sure to disappoint the planter
# they are not set at proper depth
in well-prepared soil with their roots
in natural position and the earth
firmly tramped about them. Any tree
or shrub that il worth planting, is
worth planting we'll.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-05-24

England makes curious provisions
on its dangerous coast for shipwrecked
mariners. This is the dry official de-
scription given of supplies on St.
Paul Island: "They are in cave at
the foot of the west cliff of a rocky
chasm running north and south, and
It's position is indicated by a stone
cairn III feet in height and about
fourteen feet broad at the base,
erected on the summit of the west cliff
of the chasm. This cairn, visible
from Gazelle Basin. is painted black
and shows clearly against the sky"
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-05-24

go to show in the first place that the
spores Of the smut plant are sown with
the grain, and in the next that it is
possible. tc kill these spores without
injuring the terminating power or the
vitality of the grain to any marked ex-
tent.
The substances which have been
recommended for use as remedies are :
Sulphate of iron, brine, lime water,
sulphate Of copper or bluestone, agri
cultural bluestone, solution of pot
ash and the Jansen hot water system.
Thorough tests which have been
made at the different experimental
stations all show that the treatment
by means of sulphate of copper has
proved the MOTT successful method of
combating this pest, and also that it
is not necessary to soak the grain in
the solution, but merely to sprinkle
it, and then stir it 80 that it is thor Z
oughly moistened with the sulphate of
copper. The testimony of our most
practical farmers has also Endorsed
this method, as will be seen later on.
In Indiana the Jansen method of
treatment is extensively used. The
seed is immersed in water at tenn
perature of 1876 degrees for five min
utes. In this treatment it is well to
have two tubs of water, one at little
lower temperature than the other, SO
that the bags of grain will be warmed
through before being placed in the
hot water. This method, though very
successful, has never found favor in
the eyes of Canadian farmers.
At the Brandon Experimental Farm
the test for smut treatment was very
significant. Four plots, each one
ninth of an acre, we're treated the
land itself was clean, a great thing in
such experiments. One plot was sown
with smutty seed untouched in any
way; the seed on the next was treated
with one pound bluestone dissolved in
pail of hot water and mixed with ten
bushels of seed; the next was stepped
in salt brine strong enough to float an
egg for few minutes, and the last lot
of seed was treated by Jansen's
method, with water at 1876 degrees.
Handouts were taken here and there
all over the plots till about 800 ears
were got from each, and from these
200 of each sort were carefully ex-
amined. OF the untreated sort six
and half per cent. of the ears were
found smutty. Of the questioned and
sailed not one head was affected; by
the hot water treatment one per cent.
was lost. This is a very clear proof
of the value of preventive treatment.
The crop from the untreated seed
looked badly smutted, and was fully
ten cents bushel worse than the
other; besides this the risk of the land
it grew on tainting the next grain
crop should be considered. Farmers
Advocate.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-05-24

The discovery of very rich gold dig.
gipgs near the historic old camp of
Ballarat in Australia shows to the San
Francisco Chronicle that much of the
ground that has been gone over hast.
lily by early prospectors will pay more
careful working. If revival of placer
and drift mining could be started in
Australia by the governments of the
different colonies it would furnish
work for hundreds of the unemployed
and would pay. the projectors.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-05-24

The Russian Minister of Finance
he's decided that American life-insur
ance companies doing businessi in Rus
sio must declare annual dividends to
Russian policy-holders desiring that
mode of settlement. Prince Cantacu-
zene, the Russian minister at Wash
ingtan, said that Americans doing
business. in Russia must conform to
the laws of that country, aud if they
felt hampered must seek relief there,
as the matter would hardly result in
diplomatic correspondence.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-05-24

A novel system of branding horses,
cattle and sheep, isreported from Aus
tralia. The brand is kept at the re-
quired heat by the action of electric
ity from storage batteries. From these
flexible tube carries the electric en-
ergy to the brand, which is heated
from within. 1t is claimed that this
brand is perfectly safe, that it marks
without a blotch, and is kept at uni
form temperature.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-05-24
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
KILLING THE RuNTs.

There is usually in each litter Of
pigs one that is much smaller when
born than the others This is usually
called the runt. The fact Of its in
ferior size usually indicates some de-
feet in it's digestive apparatus that all
through its life will make it return
less for food consumed than would the
same food given to more thrifty ami
mails. The first loss of the runt is,
therefore, continued increasingly
through his life. Occasionally skilful
feeding will get some profit out Of q
runt pig, but generally the best way
is to kill it at once and give the re
mainder of the litter so much better
chance. Boston Cultivator.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-05-24

The shifting about of the admirals
OF the United States navy necessitated
by the approaching retirement of sew
eral now commanding in foreign
waters is thing of frequent occur
renee, because no rear admiral ever
long enjoys that rank on the active
List OF last years six rear admirals
only three remain on the active list.
Few of the rear admirals can remain
more than three or four years on the
active list Admirals Drum, Greer,
Wallser and Stanton, who are among
the latest promotions, have been in
the service from forty-four to forty.
seven years.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-05-24
PRESERVING THE GRAIN OF BUTTER.

There is no part of the process in
volved i'll making an extra quality of
butter that is of equal Importance
with properly working it. That the
buttermilk and water must be taken
out of it and the salt put into it, are
matters of necessity, and the man who
can invent some cheap method by
which this can be done without work
ing the butter will be the dairyman's
benefactor. To make fine butter we
must retain the grain in it, while all
working, much or little, tends to de-
stroy this grain. The modern plan of
working butter is to do away with
working it as much as possible, and
do that little as lightly as can be, and
at the same time expel all the milk and
water and introduce the salt. To do
this, stop the churn when the butter
granules are very fine, draw the but
termilk, and introduce water at tenn
perature near fifty-five degrees Faren-
heit, which hardens the butter, and
when the water runs clear introduce
the salt, mixing it we'll with the hard
granules of butter in the churn. Then
remove the butter to table and press
into shape for market. This will need
no second working to remove the mot
tied appearance. Do not expect to
succeed perfectly with the first trial.
but little experience will soon teach
how to overcome the difficulties. 1t is
well at first to wash the butter in the
churn with a strong brine, instead of
clean water, until more skill is at
tanned by practice. American Agri-
culturist.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-05-24
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

The elm makes nice tree in about
twenty years.
Plant lawn seel at once and get''u
benefit of early rains. rsllsL
Trees planted at this time VIII.
better than if put in later.
The box elder is probably the u
of the quick-growing trees. u.
Plant sweet peas ct once. Plant
them four inches deep and they will
stand the hot weather better.
Syringas make very desirable shrubs.
They are of quick growth and have
delightfully."- fragrant flowers.
Sweet alyssum is the most satisfac-
tory of all the hardy ANIMALS. 1t
flowers early and late and all the
time.
In France the veal calf must have
the white of the eye of white color
in order to bring the best prices. The
veal is delicate flesh color with white
fat.
Cows quickly show their apprecia-
ton of any extra care and attention
in the shape of an increased yield.
hence the value of individual atten.
ton.
This is the time to determine what
crop you will grow in order to help
out the short pasture next summer, so
that the COWS will not shrink in milk
yield.
Zinnias make great show for very
little money. though they are rather
coarse compared to more tender
plants. They are in bloom all sum-
mer if the faded blossoms are picked
off.
You cannot have good garden if
the sheep and chickens are allowed to
run over it, because, to quote little
four year-old girl, "the sheep will be
in the garden and the garden in the
sheep"
If horse radish is left for the second
year the roots will become tough,
stringy and Aavorless. If the crop
was not thoroughly harvested in the
fall, it should be gotten out as soon as
possible.
If you want quick growing trees OF
large size plant cottonwoods, lindens
or willows. Aside from their rapid
growth, however, these trees are not
so desirable as other varieties which
take longer to develop.
Nitrate of soda cannot be excelled
as special fertilizer for the tomato
~t+H
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-05-24

Edward 5. Bach of New York,
VIM. G. Trnesdell of Newark, N. j.,
John F. Brown and Franklin Whitail
of Philadelphia, all students Of Har-
ward College, hired cat boat for q
sail in the upper harbor of Boston,
Mass, last Sunday afternoon. They
did not return and two days after
wards the boat was found overturned
with the bodies of Brown and Bach
in 1t. The Others have not beer
fOund.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-05-24

4 New York publishing house is
about to bring out 'sThe Lives q
Twelve Bad Men. They are not the
jurymen who have acquitted assassins,
states the New Orleans Picayune.
They are only such notable heroes Of
romance as James Hepburn, earl Of
Boutwell,; Sir Edward Kelly. NEGRO
mapcer; Matthew Hopkins, witch
finder; George Jeffreys, unjust judge !;
Titus Oates, perjurer; Simon Frazer.
Lord Lovat; Colonel Francis Char
Teri, libertine; Jonathan Wild, thief
reker James Maclaine, gentleman
hfshwsyman George Robert Fitz-
zerAld. aghting Fitzgerald; Thomas
sinewright, poisoner; Ed
M Kellsys bushrsuger.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-05-24
dbs 1uka Rtportts.
~Puhli.hed Every Tbursa.y.s-
IUKA. MISS.

The people of Europe last year con-
sumed GA. 900, 900 pounds of Ameri.
can bacon, "a. 900, 900 pounds of Amer
lean hams and 81, 900, 900 pounds of
American pork.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-05-24

In the British House of Commons
there are ten newspaper men, six
printers, four tailors, three stationers,
two butchers, three botel-keepers, six
farmers, one coal merchant and one
cab driver.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-05-24

The value of New Orleans exports
last year was $S5, 400, 5000, making it,
with the exception of New York, the
leader of all American cities. 1t owes
this distinction to the immense cotton
and grain trade it enjoys
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-05-24
found
Nlcaraugsn wan Comply.

The State Department has received
q cablegram from Minister Baker an
nouncing that the Ncarauguu Gov
eminent had given satisfactory as-ur-
ance OF u prompt compliance with the
peremptory demands Of The e.. ted
STATES ~ rcla'i =, = He i,I.''l~l,n 1, Il .
the m,udrrer u Nissv.i, ll,u .Aaic. Lat,
killed at Rama in March.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-05-24
THE ANGRY ELEMENTS.
A Cyclone Leaves Denth aud DesOinti'
in Its Path.


In Its Path.
Late Thursday evening cyclone
swept over Williams county, Ohio, A
section about seven miles. in length
and fourth of mile wide, between
Kenikle and Montpelier was made a
scene Of devastation and death. Ten
persons were killed and ten others are
known to be fearfully injured. Houses
were wrecked and the sun that rose on
homes where happy families dwelt in
fancied security, went down on DESC
late places where not vestige of a
house is seen.
At Alliance, Ohio, the wind attained
velocity of sixty miles an hour.
Lightning destroyed the Central
Union Telephone Exchange aud burn
ed out every telephone in the city;
shade trees, chimneys, cornices and
telegraph poles went down before the
rushing wind.
At Cleveland, Ohio, there was de-
structiye haiIstorm, hailstones as large
as goose eggs falling in great guam
titles, smashing sky lights and destroy
ing shrnbbery. Reports from the
country say crops are woefully dam
aged,
AT OTHER PLACES,
Massillau, Ohio; Decatur, Napiers-
vile and Bloomington, Ill.,; Wabash,
Anderson. indianapolis and Patriot,
l'ri, md Kalamazoo, Mich, were all
visited by storms with considerable
damage to property,
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-05-24

The literary activity of modern
Greece is said to be simply phenome-
nal, all things considered. Specialists
alone are aware how actively the
Greeks of today take part in the
learned discussions or how much they
are in touch and tone with western
scholarship.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-05-24

Cats are being extensively used in
New Zealand for the destruction Of
rabbits. The owners of one estate are
80 pleased with the efficacy of the new
"cure" that they have just given an
order for 500 cats.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-05-24
REMEDIES FOR SMUT.

All the United States experimental
farms have given the smat question
special attention 81 late, whll oar
own experimental taln saltn J.rs
aays uesn sliliesnt ill the ..:s ,..xSss.
ton. Experiments IN these lines Ill
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-05-19
our rias, wave.

We have 30 idle people We
have no stagnation in business We
have no hard times in Morgantewn.
We think we have business boom
of larger dimensions than has been
seen before in our history.
Not single Coxeyite could be re
cruited from this town for two rea
sons: One is because nobody is idle
who wants work. And the other il
the fact that one of Coxey's princi-
pal hobbies is the improvement Of
the public roads, and nobody about
here would enlist in such an enter.
prise as that. Any kind Of road
is good enough for US. That thing
don't trouble us, thank you!
The influence of the extension Of
our railroad facilities is already ap.
parent. Our people are hopeful, and
there is an evident purpose ON their
part to get on the tidal wave wher
it comes up the beach.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-05-19
IN The FIELD AGAIN.
E. NJ. Hukill. The Pioneer Oil
Operator
OF HE MT. MORRIS FIELD.


Goes Into the Business Again-LiseIy
Work May Be Expected-The Senti-
Hent Of Our People Has Always been
With Mr.. Hukill-He Opened the Mt.
Morris Field and in so Doing Poured
out His Money Like Water-And Then
Pirates Could Come in and Profit by
His Enterprise-We Hope Every One
Of the Gentlemen Will Make a Million.
A Corporation under the laws of
West Virginia, the Mutual Oil and
Gas Company, with its general oG ee
in the city of Pittsburg, was char
tered, that has among its directors,
E. NJ. Hukill, j. NJ. Garard and E.
NJ. Hukill, Jr.. the former being its
President. OF this concern we are
likely to know much more in the
near future.
For some months past MIR. Hukill
and Mr. Garard seem to have been
quietly taking leases, until they have
acquired lands in Monongalia Coun
ty, w. Va, and Greene and Eayette
Counties, Pa, aggregating nearly 20
900 acres, without much explanation
other than that the lands were to be
worked. 1t now transpires that these
lands were designed for, and are the
property ofthis corporation and that
the line of policy is lively develop
ment. A considerable portion of the
land is looked upon as unquestiona
BILE gas territory, while the other
portions are expected to show up for
oil.
We are informed that much of this
land Mr.. HUkiIl had under lease
when he was operating in the Mount
Morris field years ago, but was sur
rendered to the owners after he left
the field.
We are impressed that j. NJ. Gar
ard is likely to become pretty famil
lar with the lands of this section.
Having grown up in Greene county,
he entered the service of E. M. Hulk
i'll nine years ago, since which he has
not worked day for any one else,
and has spent nearly the whole of
that time in the region referred to
above. For three years past, how
ever, he has made his headquarters
at Pittsburg, but coming back to his
old stamping ground frequently in
the interest of some unadjusted mat
tiers, and we feel safe in saying for
Mr.. Garard, that, as result, he has
many friends and as few enemies as
any man who has operated in the
field So let it be.
And the same can be said of Mr..
Hukill. He is a man Of iron nerve,
shrewd, aggressive and thoroughly
acquainted with the oil field.
The attempts to swindle him some
years ago by number of other op.
orators who appeared upon the scene
after he had opened the field will be
well remembered. 1t will hardly be
worth while to try that game again.
The New DOMINION will have more
to say about the operations of this
company in the future.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-05-19
South MorgantOwn.

South MoRGANTowN, May 15.-Ceme-
terry flower thieves are getting in their
usual summer work.
Mrs. Olive Shafer, of Pittsburg, is Wis
iting Mrs. w. A. Mestrezat
The debris from the old Carraeo build
ing is being burned ON the McLane lot.
We regret that ALI Stewart is still suf-
fering with rheumatism. Mr.. Stewart
is worthy citizen and we hope for his
speedy recovery.
Omer Evans and Mad Hess are taking
great interest in chicken raising.
Miss Gay Brown our leading pianist
will probably go to Europe soon to take
an advanced course in music.
The residents on Chancery Hill offer
to contribute $4,000 toward building a
bridge across Deckers creek from the
hill to High street Morgantown.
Prof. Walter Mestrezat, our cornetist,
has been offered an excellent position in
New York City. But at the urgent re-
quest OF the bands he has been teaching
he will remain here until Fall.