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The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-10-11
FERTILITY OF ALASKA.
Interesting Information Concerning Its
Soil, Climate and Natural Resources.

Interesting Information Concerning Its
Soil, Climate and Natural Resources.
A good deal of interesting informa-
ton concerning Alaska, it's climate,
lands, natural resources and industries
is contained in "a report lately sub
mitted to the house of representatives
from the committee on agriculture.
The climate of many of the regions
there is less severe than might be in
ferred from the latitude in which
they lie. In Europe, between the
same parallels of latitude, there is a
population of twenty millions. There
are vast stretches of Alaskan terri
tory in which the climatic con-
ditions are much more favora BILE
than would be supposed by those
who take account merely of their geo.
graphical situation There are extern
sive areas of land, both in the south
and in the north, that are suitable for
agriculture, and there is bill before
congress for the erection of agricul-
tural experiment stations within these
areas
In letter about Alaska, recently
written for the information of con-
gress by Maj Powell, late of the Unit
ed States geological survey, there are
some interesting statements in support
of others recently made in official re-
ports. Maj Powell gives the area of
tillable land in southeastern Alaska as
fifteen hundred square miles, tract
larger than the state of Rhode Island;
and he makes an estimate that along
the shores of Cook inlet, the peninsula
and adjacent islands, including the
Aleutian isles, there are five thousand
additional square miles capable of sue
cessful cultivation,
Apart from the statements made in
Maj. Powell's letter there is reason to
believe that upon large section of the
mainland south of the Yukon river the
harder grains and vegetables can be
raised to advantage. In the upper re-
gions of the country also there are
arabic tracts of land; and the author
ity of Prof. Dawson, of the Cana
dian geological survey, is given for the
statement that in the angle formed by
the eastern boundary of northern
Alaska and the northern boundary of
British Columbia a population OF one
million could be sustained by agricul-
ture alone. Boston Transcript
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-10-11

The democrats have come 10 stay
Adam was democrat, and the fires
of the last day will burn up demo-
Gratis. l think the populist party is
hybrid, it is a mule, and its most prip-
cipalest business, as the darby would
say, is to turn its heels and kick the
filling out of everything that APP
proaces.
That they are common, and many
of them in the populist party In
Georgia and elsewhere, nobody can
deny, but it is short lived institu-
ton. 1t originated in false views, Chi
merical dreams, and can only live
while people are restless and dissatis-
fled in time of financial straits an
depression in commercial and manu-
featuring interests.
They are to the political world hat
the labor agitator is to the laboring
world. They may show the people
their grounds for their discomfort, but
they propose to solve no problem and
they have no Moses to lead their VIC
tories out of the wilderness. My sym
pathy goes out towards the populists,
but my Judgment and common sense
teach me that they are not able to
grapple with the issues which they
raise nor settle the questions which
they 50 loudly discuss. My sympathy
may go one way, my Judgment another.
My sympathies are always with tho
bottom dog. may differ with man
in Judgment as to how to pull him out
from under the other dog
Like CoXey and Debs, the leaders Of
the populist party will leave their
crowd in camp and advise them, sooner
or later, to dispense.
The most despicable spirit that l dis
Germ to-day in American politics is the
spirit of the republican party, who
gloats and shouts over the depression,
disaster and financial wreck and in
dustrial ruin now pervading the coun-
try, with the hope that out of the de-
preston and wreck their party will
rise again into power. In other words,
let blood, bones and skulls be piled
mountain high if our party can only
perch upon the apex and claim victory
and official conquest
A spirit like that is as internal as
Herr Most ever possessed or continental
Europe ever shipped to America, but
times are getting better, whether poll
ties are or not.
Let us wear brighter faces and enjoy
more hopeful thoughts and we shall
yet rejoice in a prosperity that will
gladden. all hearts and bring comfort
and pleasure to all our homes.
Yours truly, SAM p. JONES.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-10-11
And He Believed Him.

The following affidavit was filed in
court of common pleas in Dublin in
1922: "And this deponent further saith,
that on arriving at the house of the
said defendant, situate in the county of
Galway aforesaid, for the purpose of per-
sonally serving him with the said writ,
he, the said deponent, knocked three
several times at the outer, common
ly called the hall door, but could not OBJ
tain admittance; whereupon the depon-
ent was proceeding to knock fourth
time, when a man, to this deponent I'M
known, holding in his hand musket
or blunderbus, loaded with balls or
slugs, as this deponent has since heard
and verify believes, appeared at one Of
the upper windows of the said house,
and presenting said musket or blunder.
bus at this deponent, threatened, that
if said deponent did not instantly re-
tire, he would send his (the deponent's)
soul to hell, which this deponent verify
believes he would have done, had not
this deponent precipitately escaped y
San Francisco Argonaut.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-10-11
ON THE BARGAIN COUNTER.

A FIRM in Augusta, Me-, sends to pot
teries abroad photographs of places of
note, and these views are artistically
reproduced on pieces of china.
AN English officer has discovered
working telephone between two tenn
Piles of Paul in India. The system is
said to have been in operation for over
two thousand years.
A SPECIAL mouthpiece for public tele-
phones has been introduced in Ger
many with the object of avoiding the
spread of diseases carried by the con-
densed moisture of the breath.
A BABY carriage, designed especially
for the use of those who live in fats,
which can be folded together, so that
one person can handily carry it up and
downstairs, is New York invention.
The mixture of cotton and wool in
the manufacture of cloth has been
learned so thoroughly that feeling will
not detect the presence of cotton. A
piece of the goods boiled In solution
of caustic potash will leave only the
cotton fiber intact.
WooD pulp has been put to many
uses, but the most extraordinary is in
adulterating wooden yarn. A way of
spinning the pulp has been discovered,
and the product can be combined with
wool in making yarn, in the proportion
of one part of wood to two parts of
wool. Much of this composite yarn is
said to have been made into hosiery,
and few complaints as to wear have
been received. ~
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-10-11
THE LAND OF lNFlDELs.
Observations of an English Explorer In the
Country of the Kafirs.

Observations of an English Explorer In tho
Country of the Kaiirs.
At a recent meeting of the Royal
Geographical society DR.. G. S. Robert
son read a paper on "Kafirfstan"-a
country which up to few years ago
was entirely unknown and unexplored,
and still remains one of these few in
habited regions of the world which are
only partially understood. The whole
district, he said, was known by the
name of Kafiristan, which literally
meant ''the land of the infidel,n just as
Hindoostan meant the land of the
Hindoo" and Afghanistan 1.-THE land of
the Afghan" Before his own visit to
Kafiristan, with one single exception,
no European had ever penetrated into
those remote valleys The exception
was Lockhart's mission, which in Sep
TENDER, 1885, crossed fl Ohitral into
the upper part of the bashgul valley,
remained tn ere a few days, and then
withdrew into Chitral by another road.
The actual amount of country DR..
Robertson was able to explore was not
of any great extent. Tribal jealousies
were SO great and his position was
oftentimes so difficult that it was fire.
quently a question, not of his being
able to get on, but of his being able to
maintain himself in the Kafir country
at all. Kafiristan consisted of an ir-
regular series of main valleys, for the
most part deep, narrow and tortuous,
into which varying number of still
more difficult, narrower, and deeper
valleys, ravines, and glens poured their
torrent water.
The physique of the Kafirs was mag
nifcent of its kind. They were light
built men, who almost always seemed
to be in hard training. The most strils-
ing mental peculiarities of Kafirs were
their extreme cupidity, their extraor-
binary jealousy of one another, and the
intensity of their intertribal hatred.
They were by no means simple in char
acter; they could intrigue, concoct
secret plots, and then carry them out
with the secrecy and subtlety of the
average oriental. The religion of the
Kafirs was idolatry, with traces also
of ancestor-worship There was moth.
ing in the shape of prayers; the SUBJ
stitutes were. religious dances, sacred
songs and sacrifices. The Kafirs were
a brave, Independent people, who had
maintained themselves for centuries
against hordes of enemies, not only
by reason of the extraordinary difficult
ties their country presented, but by
valor and magnificent fighting powers.
They were entitled to the respect
everyone must feel for real men, who
would fight to the death before they
accepted the yoke of the stranger
LONDON Times.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-10-11
Beer by the Pound.

What do you think of getting a
pound and quarter Of beer for a nick
el?" sail man recently. well, out
in the southern part of the city they
sell beer in this way altogether, espec-
tally at the little German groceries
with saloon annex.
when people come into the place
for n pitcher Of beer the vessel is set on
the scales and weighed. Then the Gus
tomer.isa kcl if he wants lager or
common beer.
"If he wants five cents worth of the
first he gets : pound and a quarter,
but if he wants common beer he gets a
pound and thr2e-quarters
The dealer saw did not know how
the custom Of weighing beer originated.
The stand has been handed down for
several generations, and beer WAS
never measured otherwise than by
weighing - louisville Courier Jour.
nal
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-10-11
FORGOT HIS BRIDE.


A NewIy-Married Man Makes an Awk-
ward Mistake.
A story is being told on a well-known
Louisville couple who went to Wash
ington on their bridal tour few days
ago which is causing no end of laugh
ter. The groom registered at a swell
Washington hotel like this: John
Smith and wife" He remained one
day, and when he stepped up and asked
the amount of his bill the clerk said
eight dollars.
Eight dollars!" Mr.. Smith exclaimed
"Why, your rates are rather high,
aren't they?'
mo, guess not; that's four dollars a
day"
But l have been here only one day."
81 know it, but it is eight dollars"
the clerk replied.
''How do you figure that?" the
newly-wedded man asked, as he leaned
over the counter with frown of per-
plexity on his otherwise blissful fea-
lures.
well, there's yourself, one day, four
dollars, and there's your wife, one day,
four dollars; four and four make eight"
Then the fellow slammed his fist
down on the register, while a crimson
flush of blood suffused his cheeks.
"Well, I'll swear" he cried, ''if didn't
forget all about her I'll eat my haiti
Here, take this ten dollars, keep the
change and say nothing about it,
please"
But the clerk didn't keep the change,
so didn't think there was any reason
why he shouldn't tell the story, which
he did, and thus it's told by Louis
vile man who returned from Washing
ton.-Louisville Post.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-10-11
SPORTS.

GEORGE GoULD's expenses this season
for the ATLANTA and Vigilant are esti-
mated at nearly four hundred thou
sand dollars.
PERHAPS the best lady shot at the
present day is Lady Eva Quin, wife OF
Capt. Wynham, heir presumptive to the
earl of Dunraven.
BICYcL1sT ZafsIERMAN's great success
is said to be due to his abnormally large
heart, which is declared by the doctors
to be two inches longer than the av-
erage. t
SIR AUGUSTUS HARRIS has got new
lease of the old Drury Lane theater in
London for seven years, and the his
torical playhouse is, therefore, Sure to
see the next century.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-10-11

The United States government
spends three hundred dollars year to
buy Ealu, ole coins and medals for the
collection of the Philadelphia mint
The mint is about to issue new index
of the collection. and these are some of
the rarities it viii disclose: Gold half
sovereign. England, struck during
reign of Henry VIII, very rare; gold
half sovereign, England, reign of Ed
ward VI, still rarer; John Brown
bronze medal. very rare. struck in fac,
smile OF gold medal made in Paris
commemorative Of his death and pre-
scented to his widow: medal OF Herman
Cortez
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-10-11
Nxachine-yYada Love.

Nora-Such dear letter from Bob.
Clara torn with envy)--Not the kind
would read.
Why not?
tSeornfully)-I prefer love-making at
first hand, not given to a typewriter to
make for me. Forget Me-Not.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-26

nLD NEWSPAPERS, 200 for 25 cents. At
~ Business once Morning News
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-26
a THOUGHTFUL BURGLAR.
he Returns Valuable Papers Which
Were Useless to Him.
From the Baltimore American.


bingham, Mass, Jan. "A letter was
received in bingham this morning by
Wilder & Kimball from the men who
broke into their office and blew open the
safe on Tuesday night, the 10th. The
letter is dated providence, Jan. q,
1894" and is signed "a Noble Crook ="
The writer expressed disappointment in
not securing more cash from the safe, and
at the same time desire to return a lot
of private, and as he expressed it, ''inne-
gotiable paper" He drew a careful and
accurate plan of the premises of Wilder ~
Kimball and the surroundings, and indi-
Gated precisely where jar might be
found which contained the missing
papers, and following the directions OF
the writer, everything was found pre-
cisely as indicated. Messrs Wilder &
Kimball were much surprised TO hear
from the lost property so quickly, but
nevertheless gratified to recover papers
which were of great value to themselves,
but TO no others. The letter spoke of the
trouble and expense the writer had been
under to get the property and then to re-
turn it, and hoped that some time in the
future he might be rewarded. The pen
work of the letter indicates that the work
was done by the same hand which wrote
a playcard found hanging on the safe the
first time it was operated upon upsuccess-
fully, which read: Never touched mel"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-26
DIVISION.

Connections at Savannah. Albany AmerI.
Gus and Montgomery with the various diverz.
ing lines and at Aobevllle with the Abbeville
and Waycross railroad.
Passengers will be allowed to ride on ell
freight trains Of s., A. s. M. railway.
CECIL GABBETT c. b, WILBURN,
Gen. Manager. Gen, Passenger Agent,
Americas, Ca
]. NJ. CAROLYN, Agent, Savannah. Ca
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-26

FLORIDA SPECIAL
Leave Savannah daily except Monday, p.
Arrive jacksonville $50 St. Augustine m,
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r. h. CABLE, General Manager
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-26

JOSEPH RICHARDSON,
General Passenger Agent
w. L. CRAWFORD.
General Superintendent.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-26
Charleston and Savannah ]
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT JAN. II, 1879 4.


4 city time. Time at Charleston
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-26
RAILROADS.
THE TROPICAL TRUNK LINE.

THE FLORIDA SOUTHERN RAILROAD Co
INDIAN RIVER STEAMBOAT COMPANY,J
JUPITER AND LAKE WORTH RAILWAY,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-26

Iendlng the completion Of the road through
to West Palm Beach o Lake Worth the
steamers Santa Lucia and j. w Sweeney are
appointed TO leave Eau Gallie alternat ely
daily, except Sunday, on arrival of train IS
for Jupiter and intermediate landings on h }
Indian river,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-26
The Age of Reform

Old fallacies are being refuted, old errors in
government policy corrected, old fogyisms
secuted, and above all, old complaints thor
oughly remedied by Hostetter's stomach Bit
ters. Chronic cases Of malarial and bilious
trouble, constipation and dyspepsia always
knock under 70 the Bitters 50 40 Pneumatic
klaney ana nervous ailments II is a great
refOrmer.-ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-26

Steamer "St.Augustlne" ia
appointed to leave Melbourne
daily, except Sunday, 2:lOp,
m; Rockledge 5 p. m; due
ITitusVille $3.50 p. m.
Steamer"St. Lucie" or st.
Sebastian is appointed to
leave Jupiter l p. m. daily
except Saturday: Rockledge
1880 a. m, except SUNDAY:
due Titusville 1880 a. n, con.
meeting with train No. 6e for
Jacksonville.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-26
FACIAL SOAP.
WO00BIRY'S FACIAL SOAP

For the Skin Scalp and Complexion.
The result Of 20 years experience treating
the Skin. A book on Dermatology with each
cake. All druggists. And Woodburys An
tiseptic Shaving Sticks also Bars, Hair tonic
and clean SKIN treatment
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-26

Steamer"St. Augustine is
appointed to leave Titusville
daily. except Sunday, 7 a.
m; due Ro kledge II q. m. I;
Melbourne 2 p. m.
Steamer st. Lucie" "St.
Sebastian" is appointed to
leave Titusvllle for Jupiter on
arrival Of train No. 23-3 40
P. m. daily. except Sunday;
due RockledRe $50 D. m.
Jupiter i2noon following day.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-26

The Man with an only sonl-VVhat kind M
scholars do you turn out at this institutions
frlnelpal-Ihose who won't study.-Texas
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GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
The News Of the Two States Told in
Paragraphs.

A Military Company to Be Organized
at Marietta-A Woman Working in a
Laundry at Augusta Loses Hand.
Annual Meeting of the Stockholders
in the King Manufactures Company
of Augusta.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-05-28

Agreat deal OF excitement was caused
on Market street Saturday evening.
Bob Newman had snatched a, pocket
book from Emma Sommers, of tho Is
land. and she md 4 friend followed him
and demanded tho return of her prop
erty. He struck her In the face and
ran, followed by q large crowd. lie ran
into tho Fifth ward, and ran into .
house on Water street aud hid in 4
room upstairs. Officer Moran found
him there and arrested him, and ycstcr-
dry Squire Gillespy sent him to iail to
await n hearing. In coming over tho
creek he deliberately threw his hat into
the river, and it was not recovered. 1t
is suspected that tho stolen money was
in tho hat.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-05-28

pooplo who nrc In no way accountable
for or related to tho troubles except As
consumers. Protect tho rights aud
liberties OF our citizens, which Ia the
foundation OF our republic. Protect the
livcs Of tho workmcn from slaughter
and mob. Protect tho nation from tho
crippling influences which aro being In
trohuccd through Castle Garden.
"Our nation IL being mNdo n
laughing stock OF other countries,
whose clements OF discomfort hNyo
been dumped into our mid,t
to brood and develop. We need
n hcroisIn OF broad Christian conscl-
encc.
an connection with tho storm and
high watorI wish to,raisou monument 10
tho herolsm OF four men at Port Huron,
Mich, who volunteered TO 90 tosaye tho
crow Of tho schooner civilian Shupc."
In tho midat OF pcrilous waters they
reached the ship, aud had thrown n
line back. whom suddenly their yawl
cupsizcd and tho four were washed out
and drowned, while those Oh board tho
schooner wero rescued. In true hero.
ism'thGre Is always the clement OF sac
rincc-liie for salvation Of llie-no TO-
mission without tho shedding OF blood.
Tho heroism OF patriotism is tho risk Of
life for couutry.h
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-05-28

Last evening memorial services In
honor OF tho dead soldiers Of the IScpub-
JIG voro held at the Zane street n. L.
church and ut Thomson church OH tho
leland, 10th woro largely attended by
the veterans and by tho associate organ
izations Sons Of Veterans and Woiucn's
Relief Corps. Col. ]. W. Holiday Post
No. u, G. A. r, attended tho services
mt the Zane street church in IL body
attended by Il drum corps, and accom-
panied by the Womcn's Rcliot Corps
and members Of tho Soma OF Veterans.
Rev. Mr., Engol preached an eloquent
sermon taking as his text, Joshua
ix:4-7. IIo took tho ground that It is
good for any people and God-exuecta
them to mGmoril1izo certain events.
Ho Illustrated his remarks by referring
to tho stones taken from the river, Jor.
dan, and OF which tho young children
were curious to learn the significance.
These Stones represented something;
tho same with the Memorial cxerciscs-
thoy complemorate certain event. in
the nations history. At Tho conclusion
OF the services all tho old soldiers pres.
ent woro presented with white button.
holo boquets by tho ladies' OF the CON
gregatiol.
At Thomson N. I. church on the
Island the memorial services were wit.
messed by the Union Victorian Legion,
fifty strong. The services were con-
ductcd by Rev. Dr.. I, y. 7. Buckley,
pastor OF tho church. In connection
with tho services Dr.. Buckley sung IL
song he had composed, entitled THE
Veterans Welcome" the congregation
joining in OIL the chorus.
TIL VETERANS WELCOME
composed by Dr.. I. D. T. Buckley, spc-
rcially Tor Veterans Memorial service
held in Thomson church Sunday even.
ing, May %, is qa idl!ows:
Cruae: Isrchips through GeQrgle)
Welcome 10 ,lIeHyerryaus brave. who fought two
years or mote,
For their country aud the right, whose arms
Como aGain With heart lGlow, as IN the days OF
yOrC
Wht!e yUwcrc battling for freedom.
CHORUS.
Then comet Brave boys! Awake the patriot
strain.
Wc'l join your song. mid honors sweet rcinlu,
And veil chant with hcurt nm soul OF heroes
tbpt were slatn,
While ye we:e battling for freedom.
They were men of noble strength. tho nations
csuse to bear.
Firm Of heart. and true to right, the cannon's
mouth to G1rc
Sacrifice and hardship iylt, along with scanty
fare.
While ye wcre battling 10, freedom.
Yes, AUD they wero heroes born to fight for
freedom true,
Epblcu at the dear old Ias ol,rcd and white
aud blue,
And they Shone rs stGrs oboyc. rs to tho fray
they dew,
While ye:were battling for freedom.
Fierce and ilons the, battle ragged, they always
did their best,
At de!syseuts' tho WILDERNESS, Bull Kun With nil
&ntictumi. Richmond. Perryvfle. IN all were
Soreiy DreSt.
Dying while battling for freedom.
Come then. friends, with veterans true, amid
sweet flowery May