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The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-03-22
FOREIGN.
In progress

Fir james Fitztames Stephen. the emil
nent iurist and judge OF the exchequer ci-
vision OF the high court OF justice. Is dead at
London He MAS born in London on March s.
1929. and has written many legal works. In
c!udins.Digest OF the Criminal Law and"A
History OF the Criminal Law OF England"
The death OF Sir James Stephen is "A seri-
Gus loss to the legal profession. in which
he ranked among the highest but he was
chiefly interesting from popular stand
point a. the judge who practically forced
the jury which tried Mrs Maybrick TO
bring In a verdict OF guilty and then SEN
fenced her to death: u sentence which was
aftcrward committed by the home secre-
tary to imprisonment for life. There IL
strong evidence that Sir James was men,
tally I'm balanced at the time OF the trial.
and this added to natural bias against
the defendant in all criminal cases which
were tried before him. has furnished one OF
the strongest grounds upol which Mrs.
May bricks friends and syMpathizers have
based their efforts 70 secure her release
The Brazilian war is practically over
and the cause of the insurgents IS lost.
there Is much re joicinS in Rio de Janeiro
at the culminat OK the struggle which
has continued so many months with no
object seemingly but to hamper business
and destroy property. The rebel forces
nave surrendered Internationally. almost
without firing Il shot The officers OF the
insuryent feet have taken refuge ON board
French and Portuguese war ships One
French vessel has put to sea with many OF
the rebel officers on board. 1t is said that
Admiral da CANA i. On board the British
war ship Sirius The insursent ship
Aquidiban is not in haroor Admiral dc
Mall Pal 10 nd IN
President Fonseca and President Peixoto
He now proves false to Admiral da Cana.
Where he and his vessel are now is not
known.
Ludwig August Frankl, the bohemian
poet. died in Vienna. where he had lived
for many years lie was 81 years old.
English troops have taken possession
OF Bluefields, Nicaragua. The native
troops have withdrawn Collisions have
occurred
President Peixoto OF Brazil has issued
a proclamation Offering amnesty to those
lately engaged in rebellion.
The American man Of war Marion. un-
der repair at Yokohama. was nearly
wrecked by Il typhoon in China Sea.
-Base- ball issboomin. in England The
Rritons enjoy a batting game. aud scores
of 80 to 20 are satisfactory.
One of the American war ships at Rio
has been ordered t. Hluefields to !nvesti-
gate British operations on the Mosquito
coast.
The British House of Commons with
drew amendment to the Queens address
demanding abolition OF the House of Lords
In an interview In 4 London paper w.
T. Stead violently attacked the corrupt
ness of Chicago aldermen and other Off
ciai,
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-03-22
THE FIRE RECORD.

-Cygnet, an OIL town in Ohio. was Wis
tied by flames. and a block OF business
houses was completely destroyed Officers
OF the Lansing Lumber Company place
$4,000.
During a fire at Warsaw. ky.. which
destroyed the Crown Touring mills and a
granary. Mrs F. A. Allen died from par
alysiS OF the heart
Mrs Pattie Miller Stocking. OF WASH
ington. d. c.. daughter OF the late Judge
Miller. OF the United States Supreme
Court. and widow OF Colonel Stocking. OF
Andersonville prison fame. was danger
ously burned by the overturniny of lamp
Seven men were in ured by jumping
from the windows Of a West Superior fac.
tory which had been fired by an explosion.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-03-22
FROM WASHINGTON.

After the adjournment Of cour. in the
Pollard- Breckenridge case. TWO OF the OPP
posing counsel INDUCED in fstic argument.
pr. George L. Miller. formerly editor
OF the Omaha Herald. has been appointed
surveyor OF Customs at Omahs.
An annoying error has been discovered
in the distribution OF the tariff speeches Of
ex-Spea;er Reed and Chairman Wilson. Of
the Ways and Means Committee. They
we're printed at the same Office. and the
usual care was exercised In their prepare i.
ton and circulation. Among the Com
gressmen who sent out Mr.. Reeds speech
was Mr.. Van voorhis. OF Ohia He re-
ceived from &C indignant constituent the
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-03-22
The RhubarbS.

The growing fashion of naming pri-
vate residences calls to mind the story
told by Kirk Munroe of witty woman
who lived in an old-fashioned, quiet
New England town. She wrote note
In response .r, to an an, invitation to tea,
name, newly given by newcomers to
the old homestead they had just &C.
Rhuharbs." For" as she said. it
would never do not to cali our place by
some distinctive name, and there's
more rhubarb than anything else in
our back yard. "-Independent.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-03-22

There is singular story told OF tho
years production of pictures by the
artists Of Paris. doubtless by way OF
satire o: the way in which certain
painters pull. the wool over the eyes OF
the public
One artist, it is said, has covered .
canvas with nothing whatever but .
thick cloud of black paint, in which
nothing whatever 10 distinguishatie,
and he proposes to exhibit the canvas
under this title:
Night attack Of negroes ca our black
troops in Dahouey
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-03-22

copy OF tbs speech sent TO him With q re-
quest for explanation The cover was al
right. .TariH speech delivered by the Hon.
Thomas T. Reed" while the body OF the
pamphlet was I" he Tariff Speech OF the
Hon ". l. Wilson" An investigation Is
In progress
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-04

home. She was in an exhausted condi-
ton, bruised and torn by the under
growth and faint from herlong exposure.
She was reclining on the damp earth
when found. Near her lay her rifle, and a
few feet away were the remains of a
deer and the body Of an enormous pan
ther.
According to her story, she hunted
until late in the afternoon of Monday
with poor success. Game was scarce
as well as very wild. AS she was about
to turn homeward fine buck came in
sight. She fred at the animal and gave
him death wound. He disappeared
through the underground, leaving trail
of blood behind
The huntress followed, satisfied that
the buck would shortly succumb to the
fatal bullet. The trail of the wounded
deer led the huntress through rough
and broken country. Emerging from
the underground, Mrs. Fisher descended
into dark canyon ringed with tail red
woods and full of giant ferns.
In a small opening she saw what
startled her and what was sufficient to
have shaken the nerves of the boldest
mountaineers. There, in the centre Of
the opening, lay the buck, and feasting
npon his remains was q panther. Re-
covering from the momentary fright the
huntress advanced boldly into the open
ing. When within a hundred feet of
the panther the lady levelled her rifle
and fired The aim was true and the
result fatal,
The raactian howovny was 1irastroua
Her nerves, having been strained to the
highest tension gave way, and from the
moment of shooting the panther until
she was rescued, the lady remained in 0
semi conscious condition.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-04
Teapot Collectors.

Tea was not known in England till the
time OF Charles III. but it is interesting
to trace the gradual increase in the size
of teapots, from the diminutive produc-
tions of the Elers, in the time of Queen
Anne and George l., when tea was sold
in apothecaries' shops, to the capacious
vessel which supplied DIR. johnson with
"the cup that cheers but not inebriates. !"
Mr.. Croker, in his edition of ',Boswelrs
Life" mentions teapot that belonged
to DR.. johnson which held two quarts;
but this sinks into insigniticance com.
pared with the superior magnitude of
that in the possession of Mrs. Marrayat,
of Wimbledon. who purchased it at the
sale of Mrs. Piozzi's effects a. Streat-
ham. This teapot, which was the one
originally used by DR.. johnson, holds
more thar three quarts. George ". had
large assemblage of teapots, piled in
pyramids in the Pavilion at Brighton.
Mrs. Elizabeth Carter was also a collec.
tor of teapots; also Mrs. Halves, who
bequeathed 300 specimens to her daugh.
ter, Mrs. Donkin. Among them are sew.
eral belonging to Queen Charlotte.
ISala's journal.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-04
HORSES FEAR BEARS,
BruiD Knows That Horse Can Tell
When He's Near.

There is nothing that horse is more
afraid of than a bear. A horse can smell
bear long way, and that alone will
make him nervous and balky. If the
scent of the bear is such that a horse
knows bruin is near he will refuse utter
ly to proceed and will do his best to turn
and go the other way. The bear knows
this, and nothing gives him more pleas
ure than to be able to brighten horse
and see the effect of the terror he In
spires, says the New York Herald.
10 enjoy this fun properly the bear
will bury himself, all but his eyes and
nose, in the swamp muck holes that are
frequent along the edges of backwoods
roads in many localities. This both de-
stroys his scent and hides him from view.
Lying thus concealed he will wait the
coming of team When the horses are
passing his hiding place the bear will
give one of the resounding snorts pecu-
liar to him when he is out for fun, and at
the same time rise from the muck hole
dripping with the black ooze There is
as certain to be an instantaneous runaway
as it is that the horses are there.
Farmers or transfers who have sue.
ceeded in getting control of their horses
in time and have cared to look back
have seen jocular bruin on occasions like
this dancing about in the road in such
intense enjoyment of the effect of his
humor that they have not had the heart
to go back and admonish him, even
though they might have had gun.
Once backwoods farmer on his way
home f,om trading at his market village
among the Pike county hills had his
team stampeded by an act of bear comedy
such as this. The horses ran away so
fast over the rough road that sack OF
flour was jolted from his wagon. The
farmer stopped his team after it had run
half mile or more. Missing the sack
OF Hour he took a new corn-cutter, which
happened to be among his purchases,
and started back to recover the flour.
''Pll git that -four he said, ''if | hef
to cut that bar into hash p
In rounding a sharp bend in the road
the farmer came suddenly upon sight
SO comical that he forgot all about his
loss and the threat he had made against
the bear, and he almost rolled on the
ground with laughter The bear had
overhauled the sack of flour, paved il
open and emptied its contents in the
road. He had evidently rolled himself
over and over in the flour, covered with
sticky mud as he was, and when the far
mer came in sight of him he was the
most grotesqne looking object in black
and white that human eyes had ever
gazed upon. He was on his hind feet,
his paws raised above his head, while he
pranced about in most ludicrous fashion,
to the intense enjoyment of two other
bears, one on each side of the road, for
whose dclectation he was plainly acting
clown. The farmer was SO tickled that
he went home more than satisfied, and
declared that he would have lost ten
sacks OF flour rather than have missed
the show.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-04
Twelve " smellers-O ut'' to Die.


News has been received here from
Zululand to the effect that twelve Zulus
have been sentenced to death for par
ticipation in a murder which was dis
covered by their peculiar practice of
smelling When the chief is all
ing or cattle are sick, or any unexplained
misfortune ovcrtakes the kraal, the in
habitants are made to seat themselves in
a great circle, and the sorcerers of the
tribe, after the performance of certain
hideous rites, discover the one who by
means of charms or the practice of black
magic has brought the evil upon them.
Him or her they touch with wand, and
the touch is equivalent to sentence Of
death. In this case the murderers
smelled out are alleged to have put their
victim to death by means of slow poison.
-[London Telegraph
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-04
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than Others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced In the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
O. Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
yists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed ON every
package, also the name, Syrup OF Figs
and being we'll informed, you will MOI
accent any srhStitptc if offered.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-04
Flows Far Above Sea Level.

The most elevated river in the world
is the Desaguadero, in Bolivia. 1t is of
considerable depth, and its whole length,
from the village Desaguadero, at the
south extremity OF Titicaca, to the north
end of the Lake Aullagas, is about 1870
miles. The average elevation of the
valley or tableland of Desaguadero above
the level of the sea is about IS, 900 feet.
The river whose source lies highest is the
Indus, which rises on the north of the
Kailas Parbat Mountain in Thibet, go, 600
feet above sea level. Brooklyn Eagle.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-04

Colo p is first in silver.

-
Colo 3 is first in silver.
Washington is eighth in gold.
Alasks ranks first in sealskins.
Utah 40 third in silver and tenth In
gold.
Montana is fourth in silver, fifth in
gold
Florida is third in sugar and sixth in
rice.
Idaho is sixth in gold and seventh in
silver.
Nebraska is eighth in corn and ninth
In rye.
Minnesota is fourth in wheat, eighth in
oats.
seventh in hops.
Rhode Island is second in cotton and
linen goods
Nevada is second in gold and fourth
in silver.
The two Dakotas lead all the States in
wheat.
South Carolina leads in rice, is fifth in
cotton.
Wyoming is twelfth in cattle and
fourteenth in gold.
New Mexico is eighth in silver and
seventh in gold.
Oregon is seventh in fisheries and ff-
teenth in wheat.
Delaware is the twenty-frst of the
States in apples
4Maine is fifth in buckwheat, eighth in
hops, ninth in potatoes
Louisiana is first in sugar, third in rice
and seventh in cotton.
West Virginia is fifth in coal, eighth in
buckwheat and iron.
New Hampshire is third in cotton
goods and fifteenth in potatoes.
Kansas is fifth in cattle and corn, ninth
ia hogs, horses and coal-[New York
Commercial Advertiser.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-04
known by the Dogs They Keep.

San animal, like a person, can he
Influenced by associations. remarked
an old well driller whose business
causes him to travel through the farm
districts great deal. II can almost
always judge the temperament of a
farmer by the dog he keeps If. in
&c, g-to farm. house, l am attacked
BY ferocious dog, expect the same
treatment when L meet the owner Of
the Least ana endeavor to get the
favor l want A cross man usually
keeps cross dog. That has been
the result or my observations In the
country. "-Pittsburgh Dispatch
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-04
The Australian Ballot.

The system of voting known by
that name was used first in south
Australia under acts passed in 1856
and 1858. The system was used at
local elections In Manchester and
Stafford, In England, in 1899; IL was
adopted in parliamentary elections in
Great Britain under the ballot act,
1872 In this country Massachusetts
adopted the system 10 1883, and since
then thirty-one other States have
followed her example. We have
never heard the uame OF the Aus.
tralian inventor.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-04
Checkmated,

People who resort to rounda bout
means to crafty their curiosity some
Zines meet with unexpected rebuffs.
Mrs. Simmons was possessed of an
overwhelming desire to know all
ibout her neighbors' affairs, but she
jeldom asked straightforward ques-
zion. 1t was her way to say, mis-
Spencer is jest eat up with wantin'
10 know" this or that, or Il heard
Mis- Hallet remarkin' that she should
admire to be told how you managed
10 do" so and so.
Usually her neighbors gave her the
Information she wanted, though they
we're often irritated into calling her
"meddlin', interferin' old piece"
When the new minister came to
Cyrusville, his young wife was FORE
warned by the ladies Of the parish to
be "a leetle close -mouthed with Mis-
Simmons, my dear, il you can com
pass it, fer her tongue is as long as
her ears"
Il shall try to-" said the little
woman, calmly. She succeeded, even
though the Simmons house was next
to the parsonage, which was certainly
trying circumstance.
For week or two Mrs. Simmons
contented herself with asking slightly
impertinent questions in compare
lively direct way, but one day she
unfortunately reverted to her time
worn habit. "Mis' Gregg said she'd
give a good deal to know what that
trimmin' cost on your Sunday dress,
she remarked, peering at the minister's
wife with her cold little eyes.
you didn't tell her, did you,
Mrs. Simmons?" inquired the lady,
pleasantly.
why mol" gasped old lady SIM
mons, quite taken off her guard by this
Unexpected rejoinder.
Thank you," said the little
minister's wife, sweetly. Il felt
confident you would know that I
shouldn't care to have everything of
that sort discussed in the parish"
And between this tribute to her
discretion and a confused feeling that
evidently the minister's wife credited
her with secret sources Of informa-
tlon, old lady Simmons mouth was
closed, and her mind employed in
speculation for the rest of that after
noon.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-04
Justified by She Bible.

According to the Mid Continent, cler-
ical applicants for free passes on GER
tain railroad received from headquarters
the following card;
Thou shalt not pass, " Numbers 2O:1S,
"Suffer not man to pass. ]" Judges 1928.
None shall ever pass" Isaiah "a 10.
"This generation shall not pass" Mark
IS 80. Though they roar, yet they
cannot pass" jeremiah :22. $50 he
paid the fare and went Jonah liz.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-04
PERIL OF A HUNTREss.
After Shooting Panther She Falls
Unconscious and Remains So
Two DAYS.


Mrs. Amelia Fisher. of Anderson Val
ley, suffered an experience during a
hunting trip which almost resulted seri-
ously. While out alone She encountered
a panther, and, though she succeeded in
killing it, the reaction from the nervous
strain was so great that Immediately
after firing the shot fatal to the brute
she fell partly unconscious and lay in
that condition through two nights and a
day says a writer in the San Francisco
Chronicle.
Mrs. Fisher is noted huntress. Her
success in the chase has been phenome-
nal She is remarkably adept in the use
OF the rifle, and the family larder is kept
constantly supplied with the fruits of her
skill. She takes frequent trips into the
forest, and is familiar with all the trails
in the vicinity of her home.
Last Monday she took her rifle and
struck out across the range. The day
passed, but as she failed to return at
nightfail the family became alarmed.
While they were accustomed to her ex-
cursions into the woods, it was the first
time that she had failed to return in
proper season. Her husband secured the
assistance of a neighbor and together
they proceeded in the direction the lady
had taken early in the day.
The party searched the woods for
miles around, firing eff guns and in
every manner endeavoring to attract the
attention of the lost wife. They returned
home the next morning after an exhaust.
ing and unsuccessful night in the forest.
The wife had not returned.
Wednesday the lady was found in a
low swale about seven miles from her
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-04

The wealth of New York City, as a
corporation, amounts to the enormous
Bum OF 1853, 900, 600 1t is thus distrib-
ated; Central Park, 5000, 600, 600; fiftv
other parks, $50,000,000; Croton aoue,
a uc 500, 900, 900; public markets. 500
S00, 40; city lots not in public use.
100000; docks and piers, $50. 600,
ooO; police stations and land, 5000
ooO; schools, $4,000 600; fire depart
ment, 81, 00o,0 900; courts, prisons. and
tslansis, S20, 000000; water lots, So, 0O0.-
DOG armories, S3,000,0O0.
Since 1871 the citys property has
more than doubled in valuation, being
then $277, 00O. COO s
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-04

~ When Jack Roper was called in the
United States Court this morning he
rose and pleaded guilty to working in
pm illicit distillery. -
Wssn q number OF others he was sent
Soene side to await sentence.
Working in an Illicit distillerv is
nothing bat a misdemeanor, While
operating distillery is equas to a
Roper knew this and entered his
plea TO working in the distillery, which
was accepted.
How long did you work?" asked the
Judge, when the man stood up for sem
Oh, bout week, reckon"
Whose distillery. was it,"
"My own"
The judge looked puzzled, but all
be could do was to give him two
months sentence for working in an
tihcit distillery.- Atlanta journal.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-04
Blooms Only When the Wind Blows.

A flower has been discovered in South
America which is only visible when the
wind blows. The shrub belongs to the
cactus family and is about three feet
high. The stem is covered with dead,
watery looking Jumps in calm weather.
These Jumps, however, need but slight
breeze to make them unfold large flowers
of creamy white, which close and APP
pear dead as soon as the wind subsidies.
New Orleans Picayune.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-04
Hoscn Of OIden Time.

In the very long ago hose were not
stockings as now worn, but made long.
and were often drawn up even to the
waist, and, oddly enough, had pock cts
in their sides. We read, moreover, that
N the time of the Tudors and Stuarts
they were Of great variety, both Of ma.
teria and color, and, for such as could
command the luxury, were richly trimmed
and costly. They were often called
"nether stocks. "-[Harper's Bazaar.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-04

THE latest caprice OF women is to
be lean. Surely this will prove Of
good to no one unless it be the
Turkish bath people. The artists
are setting their faces against dimples
and rounded figures, and depict
women lean, almost lank. Such is
the type affected by the intense
Parisienne.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-04
August
Flower

Miss c. G. McCLAvE, School
teacher, 7s3 Park Place, Elmira, N.
Y. This Spring while away from
home teaching my first term in
country school / was perfectly
wretched with that human agony
called dyspepsia. After dieting for
two weeks and getting no better, a
friend wrote me, suggesting that I
take August Flower. The very next
day I purchased a bottle. l am de-
lighted to say that August Flower
helped me SO that / have quite re-
covered from my indisposition." .
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-04

There 10 only one Dictionary of the
New Zealand Language. and that is
compiled by Bishop Williams, who has
been in the colony, one might almost
say, since the Middle Ages. The first
edition appeared in 1874; the third in
1859, and now fourth is issued. There
10 considerable body of Maori litera-
ture, which, thanks to the missionaries
and the old settlers, has been preserved
from oral tradition.