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The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-04-18
ROADS OF ANTIQUITY.
Those Built by the Medieval Peruviaus
Were the Most Magnificent.


Perhaps the earliest road on record
is that mentioned by lIerodotus "a
having been constructed by Cheops,
the Egyptian king, in order that stones
might be dragged along it for his pyr-
amid. In the opinion of the Greek
traveller the work of making the road
was as great us that of building the
pyramid, for it took ten years to con-
struct, and it was made of polished
stones with figures carved on them
But, according to the London Standard,
this does not compare in magnitude
with the highways constructed by the
Peruvians, while medieval Europe was
still in state of semi barbarous disor-
ganization. The two principal roads
in Peru ran from Quito In the north to
Cuzco, the capital, the one along tho
sandy and level strip of coast, the other
along the plateau of the Andes, re-
Guilty. The length of the second has
been estimated at from 1,500 to 1000
miles. 1t crossed sierras buried in
snow, bridged ravines with walls of
solid masonry, mounted and descended
precipices by staircases hewn in the
solid rock and ran in intcrminable gal
leries along the sides of intractable
mountains. Where rivers had to be
crossed bridges were made with ropes
of stout, plant osier twisted to the
thickness of II mans body and stretched
over the stream sometimes for IL dis
lance of 200 feet. These cables swung
side 10y side, and fastened with planl1s
SO as to form n footway, were drawn
through holes in enormous buttresses
of stone specially constructed ON each
bank, and were secured firmly at each
end to heavy beams of timber. A rail
ing of similar osier material gave the
passenger confidence as he crossed the
oscillating bridge that sank danger
ously in the middle and mounted rap
idly at the sides The great highway
was twenty feet wide, and was built
with flags of freestone covered with
bituminous cement. 1t was measured
out by posts set up at every leagues
caravansaries and magazines were sta
toned at convenient distances for the
Peruvian soldiers on their military eX-
petitions; and regular postal service
had been organized by which highly
trained runners, relieved every five
miles, could convey messages dis
lance of 200 miles in the twenty-four
hours. The roads were kept in beauti-
full order, the inhabitants of district
being responsible for that portion of
the. highway which traversed their
land. At the same time it should be
remembered that there was no wheel
traffic to cut up the level surface of the
hard pavement. There is considerable
irony in the fact that it was not till
the Spaniards forcibly introduced their
so-called civilization into Peru that
the famous roads began to fall into dis
repair.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-04-18

Jim, amt through yet. int dis
gusted, are YEP"
mo"
"The only bright spotlin this rough
life o. mine has been the time | spent
with the kid. Now, amt got no part
nership in him throw it up I'm
never goin' ter see him ag'in-only Jest
once. The mint 1 teched lilSker, arter
swearin' off-that settled it. Good-by
to the kid. God bless him! / want him
to grow up right. without bein ham
jest want ter see him once more as he
sleeps, Jim. Can go imp
'Yes; but wait a minute. We un-
dertook too big contract whom we
started in to raise the youngster. Not
that our intentions weren't good
enough, Bill, but our morals were
lacking. Suppose he should grow up
to have my old reputation flung in his
face at every turn? Once u man es-
tablishes bad reputation nothing he
does afterward can live it down"
Bill made no reply. After short
silence Jim continued:
81 was thinking tonight, probably
us you looked through the window and
saw me, that the boy should be taken
away"
WHARF"
II have a sister-as honorable and
upright woman as the sun ever shone
on. She lives in"
Don't tell-on yer life! Never even
whisper her name, nor where she lives,
cause if it was n thousand miles off,
an l knew the place, the time 'u'd
come when I'd crawl on my knees all
the way, jest to see the kid. You take
him, Jim, an take him ter-morrer.
Will YEP"
Eyes"
"Will We come baclS?"
AT once"
"An' go to gamblin ag'in?"
81 suppose So"
Bill fumbled in his pocket.
Heres forty plunlsets-every cent
I've got in the world. l sold my pistol
belt to Ole Kanucl;. That moneys for
the kid. Let yer sister keep it fer him. -
"Will you see us in the morning
when we take the Blue mountain
stage?"
YES, I'll be on hand. Good night,
jim"
Good night, Bill"
A week had passed after the de-
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-04-18

son supporting the form of man
across the saddle in front of hir.
He was instantly surrounded by a
mob of curious citizens.
whats the matter, Ned?" asked Old
Kanuck.
stage tipped over on Blue mountain
an spilled me an the only passenger
had into Hazard gulch. Lift him down,
boys. / reckon he's mighty near done
up"
why" exclaimed the bystanders, as
the luckless passenger was taken out
of Palner's arms, Its Gentleman Jimr'
Gentleman Jim was carried into
Forty-Rod Freds, and made as COM
Portable as possible. Some liquor was
forced down his throat and he grad
ually revived.
His eyes turned slowly about the
room.
"Where's Oklahoma Bill?" he asked,
feebly; "get him, quick.
AT this juncture Bill came elbowing
his way through the crowd.
He paused beside Gentleman jim
1--WE heerd, all bout it, ole man." he
said in low tone; ''ye're playin' in
hard luck. Can't 1 go to Corkerville
for a doctor?n
mo good, " replied Jim, family; ''my
chips would be cashed in before you
got mile from town. It's all right,
Bill"
''Bout the KIDD"
YES. She took him. Said she'd
never tell him anything about me, or
-
''Me?"
"Yes. He'll be happy there-well
taken care of-sent to school when he's
old enough to go and brought up right.
I'd want to see him so bad that l
couldn't stand it, like you"
But can't go, cause | don't know
who she is nor where she lives"
"And l can't go, because"
He shivered and looked wildly into
Bills face as though the. wonderful
surprise of that mystery he was about
to solve had overpowered him.
because" he whispered again.
Bill bent low but he heard only
smothered sigh.
Gentleman Jim stiffened out on his
couch and lay still. He was dead -
Detroit Free Press.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-04-18
DAIRY BARN CARRIER,
An Excellent Device Which Does tho 'Iyorl
of One Man.

An Excellent Device Which Does tho 'vorA
of One Man.
The help problem among farmers is
to-day one of the most serious with
which they have to contend and any
device that tends to lessen or save la
Dor will or should be hailed with de-
light as boon of no little value.
The accompanying illustration is
presented in the hope that some one
may be assisted in tightening farm la
bors by the use of this ensilagc or man
ure carrier
One like it is now in practical opera
ton for carrying ensilage in the dairy
barn of Willard Frisbee in the town of
Delhi, Delaware county, New York,
and as a manure carrier in that of his
neighbor, George w. Grant.
e, G, G, is track of iron such as IL
used for barn doors and F. car for
carrying the manure or ensilage,
Fasten the track securely to the ceilin
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-04-18
Now Is the Time to Think.

At this season, when the roads are
made alternately hard and soft by
freezing and thawing, farmers are
nearly blockaded in some sections. 1t
lisa good4time to study the problem of
good roads and make resolutions re-
garding them another winter, but in
the summer the question of taxation
will take the preference. Now is the
time to estimate how much you are
losing from bad roads. The tax is
smell sum compared with tho edyan-
res gained by COED roads
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-04-18

the bar, and, strange to say, it was not
for drink. Old Kanuck was going to
deliver himself of speech; but it was
his theme, rather than the speech it.
self, which drew the profound atten-
ton of everyone in the saloon.
One of Kanuck's hands for the pur-
pose, probably, Of emphasizing his re-
marlSs) welded beer mallet. The
other hand rested upon the curly head
of bright-eyed youngster of four
years who sat on the bar and persisted
in grinning at Oklahoma Bill, cow
boy with a record of two right there
in Dickinson, four in the Bad Lands
and Heaven knows how many during
the Oklahoma rush"
"Go on, We leetle skeezicks," CHR
ruped Bill, lodging down behind the
bar and then looming up again, to the
youngsters vociferous delight.
"Thatll do, BILL said Kanucls.
This amt no side show. This is a
business meetin' this is, an we're here
for business purposes, an not any
peell-a-boo dodge. Sabe?'
Reckon thar amt men enough in
the territory ter keep me from funnin'
with the kid if so be | feel like it,"
muttered Bill, giving his pistol belt
hitch, and then handing the young
ster plug of tobacco-"Thar let him
play with that, an go on with the
fracas."
Kanucb cleared his throat impress
sively.
Ladies an gents" began Kanuck.
Ladies nothin'!' broke in One-Eyed
Billings; none here"
Il said ladies'" went on Kanuck
with dignity, ian say it agin. Any
one take EXCEPTIONS"
No one spoke, and Kanucl1 brought |
the beer mallet down on the bar with |
q force that made the youngster jump.
No exceptions being taken, Kanuck
proceeded:
II reckon you all know how this kid
came to Dickinson-father died ON the
Blue Mountain stage-nothin' to tell
who he was-no money in his clo'es-
kid not able to spin his own yarn
dumped onto this big
hearted community of Dickinson, an
specially 1njun Sam, the half-breed, h
Who took him in and was lowin' to
ring him up. That was year ago. {
Sow what's the condition o. things? '
AS night Sam crossed the divide,
lone up by no count Hank Andrews an :
! Colt, forty-four. Judge Lynch took
care o. Hank this mornin', but here's
the kid. Injun Sam owed the doctor
in CorlServille, count o. the kid, some
Thin life fifty plunlxers; he owed
Forty-Rod Fred bar bill of twenty |
more, an odds an ends round town to |
make up an even hundr'd. We don't |
think the kid'll bring SO high price,
but the highest bidder gets him an if
the hundr'd dollar mark amt reached |
each creditor of Sans realizes accord |
in. Now, then, who's the first bid
der? Start the ball, gents. Nice kid
never heard him cry in my life. Who
gets the first whack?"
Okla homa Bill, who wanted the
youngster about as badly as he did
white elephant, counted his money
and put in a bid of six dollars and
fifty cents.
Raise ye three an half" said One
Eyed Billings.
Oklahoma Bill promptly unbuclsled
his pistol-belt and laid it on the bar.
Cost me forty in IIeleny," he re-
marked, defiantly; 'sif it'll 90 here at
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-04-18

Nervousness has as many queer symp-
toms. But whatever these may be, they
Dne and all depart in consequence of the
soothing, invigorating influence of Hos
letters Stomach Bitters, which tones the
system through the medium of thorough di-
gestion and assimilation. Tromulous nerves
soon acquire steadiness by its use. 1t pro-
notes sleep and appetite, and fortifcs the
system against disease. Malaria, constipa-
ton, rheumatism and kidney troubles are
relieved by it,
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-04-18

either ahead or behind the cows, ac
cording as it is desired for use in feed
ing or in stable cleaning, runnikg IL the
whole length or clear around the stable
as is most convenient, the carrier being
SO constructed that the wheels will
turn on curve in the track. --
Four carrier wheels are bolted In
pairs to the blocks A, A, and hung to
the track, the blocks running close to
the track to prevent the wheels jump
ing off
These blocks are bolted to heavy
scantling b, b, under them, to connect
them single bolt only being used in
each block, thus allowing the wheels
to turn the curve in the track as re-
ferred to above.
d is cross bar above the car and to
which the car f is hung by rods II, ii,
the lower ends of the rods hooking
into staples near the bottom of the car
E is rod connecting from the cross
bar ID to the back end of the car to
steady 1t until ready to dump, which
can be done easily by simply unlock
ing this rod G is a heavy swivel con-
Meeting the timber between the two
pairs of wheels and the cross bar CD.
BY the handles at the forward end of
the car it can be easily moved in
either. direction upon the track even
when fully loaded, the car holding
about one-fcurth of wagon load.-E.
J. Brownell, in Farm, Field and Fire
side
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-04-18


ss3 LEETLE DUFFER?"
twenty, I'll see Billings an go him ten
,ssbetter.'
''Going at twenty" cried Kanucl,
fourishing his beer mallet; ARE you
all done? :, He's dirt cheap at that.
Why, wouldn't play it SO. low down
on an Injun kid as to sell it at that fig
ger!''
Fifty dollars!'
That bid was made by Gentleman
Jim, the gambler.
Everyone looked at him. SCI
''What the deuce do you want with a
kid of that caliber?'' asked Forty-Rod
Fred
Sim down on my luck and want
mascot
''Hold on minitl'' yelled Oklahoma
Bill; "I'll.borry money enough ter beat
that raise"
He dashed out of the saloon. In
few moments he came back and bid
sixty dollars.
'seyepty-age," said Gentleman jim,
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-04-18

To cleanse the sy stem in gentle and truly
comes, use the true and perfect remedy,
Syrup of Figs. One bottle will answer for
MI the family and costs only 50 cents; the
large size 81. Try it and be pleased. Manu-
featured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
only.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-04-18

Alabama, Arkansas and North Cay.
olina are nearly all the same size, he
ing between $4,000 Raa $4,000 square
mLlea.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-04-18
A FRONTIER MASCOT.

y unusual pro-
ceeding was go
my iorwaro IN
forty- red S
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-04-18

GLOW is your wife9" "Um, her head has
been troubling her good deal this year"
ENORMOUS hcadacheW "Not exactly. She
keeps on wanting new hat every four
weeks. n-Tit-Bits.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-04-18

A week had passed after the de-
parture of Gentleman Jim and his
protege, and Oklahoma Bill was anx-
iously watching for the Blue mountain
stage to bring back his friend, with
later tidings of the kid.
One morning the stage failed to pull
into Dickinson, and the citizens of the
town gathered in groups to discuss the
unusual occurrence.
"I'll bet dollar ag'in a dime that
thar's been n hold-up," said One-Eyed
Billings
This was the general opinion until,
late in the afternoon, Nat Palmer, the
driver of the stage, rode into Dickin-
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-04-18
Jim, are We thar?"

Jim, are we thar?"
Eyes"
''liid asleep?'
YES"
Come out and let me swap few
words with ye."
Gentleman Jim got up and went out
of the cabin.
What is it, Bill?" asked jim, as he
stepped out into the moonlight.
Did ye notice my breathe"
Yes, was the low reply. you've
been drinking, Bill"
You bet / have" returned Bill def
antly, IAN I'm goin' ter keep it up till
the Jim-jams get me an choke off nv
wind. Durn it, l ain fit ter live. /
amt got no moral right tee look the
kid in the face, arter this. Say Jim?"
"Well?"
"fe can't teach an old dog new
tricks. For the last ten days life's
been regular hell for mel wanted
drink an wanted it bad. Seemed
like the devil was grippin' at my in
sides. When l felt the worst,if I'd
come up here and go 10, funnin
with the kid I'd forget all
bout it-bless them dancin' blue
eyes O his! But the kids got to
sleeI'-he can't stay up all night Jest
ter fun with me an fight off the whis-
key habit.
Two hours ago | come here an
peeked in the 'yinder. He was asleep,
an you set by the table with yer head in
yer hands 1t was either fool with the
kid or go to bcozin' at Forty Rod Fred's,
an an'-well l didn't want to dis
turb the kid, so rushed lsack to Dick
inson an tossed off couple o. glasses
of iightnin' an wish ter Gawd was
dead"
Gentleman Jim said nothing ~ Il
Bill went on:
II amt no more fit ter cosne up here
fu'lnin' with that kid than the kid is
ter fool with rattler--not a bit.
Every time look inter his pretty little
eyes leave pizen; every time | tech
him with these hands he's branded
with Q mark he cant get cid Of soy,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-18
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.

The fall af huge meteor near Niles,
Mich, frightened the farmers.
An explosion wrecked the powder works
at Dollar Bay, Mich. and killed Fred
Shepperd
As the result Of quarrel George Floyd.
Cleveland detective, was fatally wound
ed by his wife.
Lynchers at Marion, KY, took John
Howerton, who assaulted Anna Pierce, out
of jail and hanged him.
Sylvia Thorne, the actress, Is suing at
New York for divorce from her husband,
Benjamin Tuthill. for alleged unfaithful-
ness.
John Homerton was hanged by a mob
Wednesday night at Marion, KY, for fe-
lonlously assaulting 16-year-old Anna
Pierce.
Ex-Mayor Ben Russell. Of Lexington.
Mo-, blew his brains out yesterday,
through dependency over financial
trouble.
A buffalo, escaping from the Wild West
show. at Schenectady. N. Y, was run
down. jumped In the Erie canal and was
drowned.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-18
ELECTION OF RANGERS,
Results OF Last Days Sessions of Ancicn
Order of EOrestcrs

RESULTS OF LAST Days sessions OF Ancient
Order Of Forestcrs.
Reading, Pa, May 1.-THE fourth
and last days session of Ancient Order
of Foresters was taken up with the
election of officers, which resulted as
follows:
Grand chief ranger, George A. May
berry, Philadelphia; grand sub-chief
ranger, Richard Lewis, Plymouth;
grand treasurer James Bretherick,
Philadelphia; grand secretary, NJ. M.
Cashmere, Philadelphia; grand record
ing secretary, Henry Baston, Scranton;
grand senior woodward, C. B. Erisman,
Middletown; grand Junior woodward,
John PARCEL, Pittsburg; grand senior
beadle, Thomas Rowland, HoutzdaIe:
grand Junior beadle, Arthur Lock, Car
bondale; grand trustee, Alexander
Humphreys, Philadelphia; Eben B.
Davis, Scranton, and John M. Kessel,
Pittsburg. Auditors. William ]. Burke,
John ]. Guerin and Julius Eichler, Phil
adelphia. Delegates to supreme court,
Thomas ]. Ford. Pittsburg; William
Kirk, Philadelphia; William Wainman,
Philadelphia; James Christie, Phila-
delphia; 7. w. Murray. Philadelphia;
George p. Scheehle. Philadelphia; Job
Harris, Scranton; Edward Jones, Pitts
burg; A. F.. Schrank, Philadelphia;
William Brockenshire, Scranton; P. c.
b. O'Donovan, Philadelphia; Robert
Erstine, Pittsburg.
The officers were installed this even
ing. The next meeting will be held at
McKeesport.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-18
PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY.
Sabbath Observance Committee Reports
Resolutions Deprecating Manner in
Which Sunday Is Observed.

Sabbath Observance Committee Reports
Resolutions Deprecating Manner in
Which Sunday Is Observed.
Pittsburg, Pa, May 14.-At the morn
ing session Of the Presbyterian general
assembly most Of the committees were
announced, the liberal representation
being so small that their influence will
not be felt. Governor Beaver will be
appointed vice moderator.
The Sabbath observance committee
reported series of resolutions which
were adopted deprecating the growing
tendency to make the Sabbath a season
Of worldly entertainment commencing
all Sunday legislation designed to pro-
tect the Christian Sabbath and warn
ing ministers and members of the insid-
ious influence Of the Sunday news
papers, and urging them by word and
action to do all they can to decrease
their unwholesome power.
This afternoon the venerable Joseph
T. Smith, chairman of the standing
committee on church unity and fedora
ton, asked to be retired from further
connection with the committee. Mr..
Smiths request is made on account Of
the unfriendly action of the late gen.
eral assembly in ordering the commit
tee to temporarily suspend its corre-
spondence with the Protestant Episco-
pal church, with view to the union of
the two churches. His report simply
asks for continuance of this commi-
ttee on the same line Of work. No ac-
ton was taken.
The report Of the committee on SEM
mary control reaffirming the action of
the assembly of 1894, and declaring that
in its judgment, the effort should be
continued to secure the adoption in
substance of the assemblys plan by all
the seminaries. was read and discussed
until the hour of adjournment.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-18
WEEKLY REVIEW OF TRADE.
Dun and Company Offer Much That Is
Consoling. Through tho Skies Are Not
Entirely Clear.

Dun and Company Offer Much That Is
Consoling, Through tho Skies Are Not
Entirely Clear.
New York, May 17.-R G. Dun &
Co.'S weekly review Of trade tomorrow
will say:
The severe cold snap, with extensive
frostS and in some states snow, has,
fortunately, done little damage to the
great crops. though much to fruit, but
has considerably retarded retail trade.
The news of the week Is the advance
of 10 per cent. in wages by the Carnegie
works. followed by the Jones-Laughlin
establishment and evidently implying
similar advance by many other con-
Germs. The Illinois Steel company Is
starting its furnaces without granting
the demands Of employees. No advance
has been found practicable In the
woolen mills, where conditions as to
prices and foreign competition are very
different and about 10000 workers are
still idle at Olneyville, where the work
should consume 100000 pounds per
week. In other departments Of labor
troubles are not serious, and the de-
mand for manufactured products in
creased.
With material and steady enlarge
ment in domestic trade there Is still
great want Of employment in the In
terror for money which comes hither,
So, ,50O, 900 during the past week, and
with the millions distributed by the
syndicate on bond accounts stimulates
speculation.
Advances in wages of iron workers
by Mr.. Frick, of the Carnegie company,
are as significant as were the advance
In wages of coke workers by the Frick
Coke company. Apparently 1t is a
strategic movement in the great battle
between iron producing interests. al
though It Is generally interpreted as
proof that the outlook for trade Is suf-
ficient to warrant a material advance
in wages and prices.
Foreign trade for the week shows a
heavy decrease, sc per cent. compared
with last year in exports. and the de-
crease in May thus far is about rs per
cent. On the other hand the imports
for May increase less than 2 per cent.
In consequence the government reve-
nue. has materially decreased, the ex-
cess Of expenditures over receipts for
the month thus far being $5,572, 677.
Failures during the past week have
been 211 in the United States against
219 last year, and 81 in Canada against
"a last year.