The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-09-13
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

| Soap is first mentioned in the ninth
century. IT was alluded to as in use
In Germany foracleansing clothing and
as an excellent medicine.
| An American elm will live under
| favorable circumstances 300 years; a
maple 500 years; the orange $50 years,
| the sequoia over 1000 years But a
| first-class scandal will live several
cons. Several that originated in early
Egypt are still living and in good
| health.
Joaquin Miller is growing on his
California ranch mile of roses. He
believes families live too close to-
gether; therefore, in place of building
one large house he has erected four
small ones-one for his mother, one
for his brothers, one for his own use,
and the fourth for his guests.
The title president occurs in the.
Bible: sit pleased Darius to set over
the kingdom 100 princes, which should
be over the whole kingdom; and over
these three presidents, of whom Daniel
was firsti that the princes might give
accounts unto them, and the king
should have no damage" Daniel vi,
l-2.
;. IN tne sierra Madre mountains it's
distressingly healthy. Lung diseases
are unknown, people live in defiance
of all hygienic laws and are rarely
oioh "hon choiera reacheu me
iiio uiioainS eo,ne years ago 'ne SICK
peopi1 'ooh oaUh-one mexican cure
M an "i'e"'o'"nu pronhP'iy go'
"
IL Is with butter as with eggs
tne uradesman mas subtle distinctions
lhat puzzle the uninstructed MIND. An
cast sue ou'cer oeaier makes these
seemingly INCONSISTENT announce
menus very peso put,er' tWenty-nVe
Genus 40 me- tweh'y-oWo Genus 40
gooo' twenty Genus COOKING outter'
seventeen Genus ~. L. gun.
AT recent meeting of Kyle Union
parochial board, Ayr, Scotland, it was
reported that the board of supervision
visiting officer was of the opinion that
the inmates of the poorhouse were too
comfortable and had suggested that
II the use OF tobacco was stopped and
tea-maklng prohplted the NUMBER OF
male inmates would soon decrease.
Inc members decided not to restrict
the privileges
"A young girl, tall, curly-headed and
bright-eyed, sat near the fruit stand of
which her father is the owner, in
Brooklyn. Charles +. Erwin tried to
kiss her and may have succeeded. She
screamed. He was arrested but pro-
testing to Justice Goetting that his ar
rest was an outrage, for the girl had
put her lips in kissing position, he
was discharged with a mild caution TO
be more careful.
"A French priest. who had USUALLY a
very small audience. was one day
preaching at the church in his village
when. the doors being open. a gander
and several geese came stalking up the
aisle. The preacher. availing himself
of the circumstance, observed that he
/ would no longer find fault with his
! district for non-attendance, because,
, though they did not come themselves,
they sent their representatives"
Mr.. ii. H. Dixon has been studying
the locomotion of insects and spiders
by means of instantaneous photo
graphs. He finds, says Nature, that
the limbs move together in diagonals
In insects the first and third legs OF
one side move with the second on the
other, the antenne moving with the
first leg on the same side. In the case
of spiders, which have eight legs, the
first and third on one side move with
the second and fourth on the other
Seasoned timber is but little liable
/, to decay under the influence of dry
atmosphere, and will resist decomposi-
ton for an indefinite period when kept
totally submerged in the water. The
piles of old London bridge, driven 500
years before, were found to be in good
condition when the new bridge was
erected in 1859, and those which served
as the foundation for Trojan's bridge
over the Danube. A. ID. l05, are said to
be still visible at low stages of water.
School and Home.
There is a good story told of the
duke of Northumberland who, in
spite of his asst wealth, is very unaf-
fected and simple in his life. When