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distance below Aiuscatine, was a
great grainshipping point. Half a
dozen big warehouses stood there,
and there were dwellings, and there
was a mill- and possiDiy anotner in
dustry or so. The place had the
'promise of growth and increase. It
was the place where the wheat and
'.rye and oats and barley and pota
rtoes of thousands of acres of rich
Iowa and Mississippi river bot
tom lands found passage on
the packets ; and barges for
Vn tti a vrmln ' t9 Gt' Ttit XTatti.
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phis or ; New Orleansj To-day
there Is not a stick or stone, there to
remind the stranger that! men did
fTf'flTS A i&ctive and profitable business there
WttUliO Till i-HMn a
m mwn J J vwm a av - n
;f ew years the brick chimneys of the
imiu stood, near me river Danic, and
approaching nearer to it every year
as the soft earth cut and crumbled
Into the water .with the floods. At
last the very site has been absorbed
by the Mississippi, and has gone to
build up a bar somewhere for Mai
'McKenzie's engineers to work and
'worry over, i Forty miles or so down
the river, thirty years ago, stood
East Burlington. . The Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy did not cross
ithe river there tai 1869, and there
was a prosperous town opposite the
Iowa town . of; that name. It had
two hundred yards of levee better
than Davenport ever had, and it is
thereto-day. it-is buried under a
sandbar that chokes the channel in
front of Burlington for half its width,
the melancholy remains of two or
three tow-heads! and bars above
4-TiCaA In fnwirtfciv ' woqihi tOY mwiava
. v am ,avt u . j vs t? wis a viuy v a
by the change of currents resulting
from the construction of dams across
some of the chutes above.
Six miles below there, on the Eli
nois side, in a Choquoquon chute, in
former years stood another lot of
warehouses similar to those at .fort
Louisa. The farmers of Henderson
and Hancock counties, IU.. used to
haul their grain and other produce
to them, there to await the coming
of the boats in the spring. . It used
to be a race for the honor of being
the first to enter this chute and tap
those warehouses. The first boat
there after the ice went out was sure
of a load! to the guards,' and more
than that' she could not carry. Now
there is not a fragment of warehouse
or a suggestion that there, ever was
one there. pavenport (Ia.) Demo
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Catsup Caused an Expla.
. sloru
The head of a home In northeast
Baltimore was awakened by his wife
with the Information that burglars
were in the house. He ridiculed her
suspicions at first, but some ominous
noises from the region of the kitchen
tinauy convinced him that some
thing was wrong. He got up, and
not having a weapon, seized a bronze
ornament and boldly started on a
tour of investigation. Entering the
dining room he managed to overturn
several chairs as a preliminary warn
lug to the Invaders, as he did not
care to surprise them.
The ominous sounds continued,
however, and cold chills began
chafing each other in rapid transit
style up and down his spinal column.
Urged on by encouraging stage
whispers from his wife, he moved
toward the kitchen, clutching his
weapon until its outlines were im
printed on his hands. Then he
pushed . open the door. As it
swung back a . pistol-like report
echoed throughout the house, caus
ing the investigator to beat a hasty
retreat, firmly convinced that he
was shot i .
Under the gaslight he soonTounct
that he was unhurt, and again' ad
vanced on the kitchen.. This time
he entered and lit a match, but just
then the kitchen door shut with a
bang, puffing out the light and In
creasing the terror which had taken
possession of him. After another
retreat the kitchen was again en
tered, and this time the gas was
lighted. Then surprise took the
place of fear. The kitchen looked as
if a small-sized cyclone had struck
It. Broken china and glass encum
bered the floor and everything was
in confusioa. But no burglar could
be seen. - .
Searching further the cause was
soon discovered. The wile bad put
up a quantity of catsup in bottles
and placed them on a shelf. During
the night the catsup began to fer
ment. Several bottles exploded,
throwing surrounding objects to the
floor and creating havoc generally.
Baltimore bun.
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Delicate Point Settled by
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A PETRIFYING SPRING.
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The Peculiar Qualities Possessed
a ueorgia Fountain. .
The recent account of the wonder
ful properties of a certain creek in
the Black Hills country, which is
said to transform plants, nuts, leaves
and even flesh into solid stone, re
minds me that there is a spring in
Brooks county, Ga., which In a very
short time converts wood and sev
eral other substances into hard rock:
The peculiar qualities of this
Georgia fountain have been known
since early in the century, when an
old "b'ar hunter" accidentally lost
his knife in the basin, which has
been hollowed out of the granite
strata' by the ceaseless bubbling of
the water.
A month later the old hunter again
repaired to the spring and was
agreeably surprised to find his favor
ite knife. ,
The water had had no effect upon
the bright steel, not even to the ex
tent of leaving a speck of rust, but
with the wood of the knife's handle
it was far different.
The petrifying particles with
which the water is so highly impreg
nated had entered every pore and
sap-tube in the wood, and what was
only a few weeks before a hickory
handle of "home make" was ' now
two thin slabs of solid stone, wood-,
like in appearance, but as hard and
unyielding as a chip from a granite,
bowlder.
To this day the place is known as
"Old Moore's petrifying spring.
St. Louis Republic
How a Wcoul &lBcteo0 So Lot Ho
ao Bo Sam Oorto4 ta rror of .
rlalatlfl-la loterostta Case
of tMapatod PomomUo.
.Sir,- Uid . Adunah, as he ap
peared with his slater Fatima be
fore the judge, "perhaps you will re
member the brave Abbas, who died
thirty years ago. He was our fa
ther, and left both of ushis property
In equal portions, on which we have
hitherto subsisted in common. Fati
ma, it la truo, has been peevish and
quarrelsome during' the last few
years, but I always gave way, as I
am a lover! of peace. But I have re
cently chosen the beautiful Zoraida
for my bridd, and thought of giving
her this valuable string of pearls
the most precious keepsake of my
father in my possession, for he gave
it to me or) his 'return from a jour
ney when I was five years old, and
It has been mine ever since.
pearls are fcart. rjf our father's lega
cy, and claims half of them as her
share. She ; refuses to listen to my
arguments' and Insists upon her
claim, hot, - Indeed, for the sake of
the pearls; oh, not I see quite plain
ly she wants to spoil my pleasure
and that of ny bride elect, for my
sister does not like the Idea of
Zoraida entering the paternal house
as mistress. VNow, wise cadi, give
me judgment."
The cadi bowed his head and said:
'Tatima, Is the case a your
brother stated?"
.It is all quite correct excepting
the assertion that the string of
pearls belongs to him alone. How;
does he mean to prove that father
gave it him? j dispute the fact and
claim my share,' my reason lor so
doing is immaterial to the question
at issue. !
"Well,. Abdullah," said the cadi,
addressing the plaintiff, "have you
any living witnesses or any hand'
writing to? prove that your father
gave you the pearlsT"
"I have nothing of the kind," was
the reply, i
"That is a bad outlook," the cadi
continued, t 'I fear there Is no pros
pect of an amicablo settlcmeut by
persuading your sister to accept a
sum of money for her share."
"No," she broke in, "I want half
of the pearls. '
"Very well," said the cadi, beck
oning to his clerk; "I must have a
report of the case drawn up before
delivering judgment. Bay, defend
ant, .your name is Fatima. What
Is your age?"
' Here she blushed, hesitated, tried
more thanjonce to speak, but never
uttered a syllable.
"How old are you?" the cadi re
peated. Speakr -
At last J she replied, in faltering
tones: "I am twenty-eight."
"Really?" said the judge, with an
ironical smile. ' 1 hereby award the
whole string of pearls to Abdullah
alone. Take: them, plaintiff, and go
your way fir) peace 1 Fatima Is not
your sister, 'for Abbas died thirty
years ago; and she is only twenty-
eight." FUegende Blatter.
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Dilemma of a Negro Porter
on a Mexican Road. .
forty of Toortoto Waat
Tropic of Coooar m Tfeor Crooo
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It
A 4 traveler of experience '. says:
"Never worry because you cannot
speak the language of the country
you are in. Speak English, and the
people will get your meaning if
there's any money in it. ' Use signs
instead of words, and you will -be
surprised to see how, well you get
on." In this matter, however,' a lit
tle knowedge is not a dangerous but
a very valuable thing. In "Mexico,"
T. L. Rogers describes crossing a
line which, though imaginary, is one
that every schoolboy and schoolgirl
has heard about. ' ;
' At half-past five we reach Gutier
rez, and at half-past six are due at
EYesnillo. Between these stations
lies that mysterious line which, we
have read about but never seen, the
iTropic of, Cancer. When the major
Reminded the boys of this fact, they
said they must get up to see that
)ine. ' !
"We -don't cross a tropic every
'day, and we should be showing dis
respect to geography if we didn't
turn out to meet it," said the cap
tain. "1
"So be it," said the major; '"are'll
tnake sure of a calL 111 ask the
gentleman from Missouri' to wake us
up." I
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Woman Kills an Eagl.
Mrs. Mary.Gilman, wife of a well-
to-do farmer residing near Bird
mountain in Ira, had a fierce encoun
ter with an eagle. She saw the bird
about to swoop down upon her fowls
and endervored to frighten it away.
The eagle attacked her, and itwas
only after a vigorous fight that she
succeeded in killing It with a hatchet.
She had some fearful marks of the
struggle, and went to Rutland to
have a physician dress her bruises,
taking her trophy of victory with
her. The eagle measured five and
one-half feet from tip to tip, and is
I one of the largest and handsomest
ever seen in the vicinity. Boston:
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Contesting Wills.'
It seems to be a reflection on the
administration of the law that when
ever a rich man dies, it 1 Is assumed
that : somebody who is dissatisfied
will contest the will. ' The presump
tion of the law ought to be that
every testator is of sound and dis-
PQiJgjrMdiirowayn CHuen.
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, A Story of N a poison.
" Sir William Fraser, whose
oirs are just published, writes as
follows about Napoleon: When Na
poleon was at school at Brienne, the
son of an English peer, who himself
became Lord Wenlock, was bis
school fellow. One day the little
Cora lean came to young Lawleyand
said: Look at this.' He showed
him a letter written- In remarkably,
good English. It was addressed to
the British admiralty, and requested
permission to enter our navy. The
young Bonaparte said: The difficul
ty, I am afraid, will be my religion.'
Lawley said: 'You young rascal, I
don't believe that you have any re
ligion at all.' Napoleon replied:
'But my family have; my mother's
race, the Ramolini, are very rigid; I
should 'be disinherited If I showed
any signs "of becoming a heretic.'
These' facts' I had from one who had
very good means of knowing. He
told me that Bonaparte's latter was
sent, and that it still exists In the
archives of the admiralty."
The Grand Vixlar of Turkey
Armenian Question.
It is said that foreign ambassa
dors to Turkey recently complained
to the sublime porte that the prisons
of Constantinople were overcrowded
with political prisoners from Ar-:
men" a. The government decided to
remove the cause of the complaint
and shipped three hundred of the
prisoners on board a man-of-war for
transportation to Africa. The ves
sel was only gone a very short time,
however, and it was a mystery what
bad become of the prisoners until a
Russian merchant vessel in the har
bor of Constantinople, while raising
her anchor a few days since, brought
up with it fifteen hair-cloth sacks,'
such as ikret - used by -Turkish mer
chants for packing goods for ship
ment. At first the Russian thought
that he had found -traces of smug
glers, buf when he came to examine
the sacks he found that they were
filled wittk human bodies, eighteen
or twenty In a sack. The. bodies
were ascertained to be those of Ar
menians. It is said that the erand
vizier said ;not long ago that he
would settle the Armenian question
by annihilating the Armenians, and
he is said to be in a fair way to ful
fill his threat. ' The matter has been
reported to Russia, aslt is thought
that some of the murdered Armeni
ans were Russian subjects.
"Yes.sah." . f
"Please call us three about twenty
jininuues before we get to the Tropic
iofCttnccr; irtvaat tw Uo up wlicn
we get to the torrid rone."
"Torrid zonel No such station,
aahl" . i -
. "Whatl are you sure?" ;
; "Never heard of it, sah."
' The boys had to laugh at the look
on Pete's face. Evidently he thought
he knew the names of the stations,
but in order1 to justify himself he
drew out a time table and read:
;"Jimulco, Camachoj Fresnillo; no
Cancer there, sah I Here's Canitas;
may be that's what you mean,' sah."
"Ph, no, this train goes past Can
cer, or I have been misinformed,"
said the major, very positively, "and
if I have been, 111 make a row."
- "Maybe it's on the other road,
'sah, and you ought to have changed
cars at Torreon," said the porter a
"little disturbed. "Say it again, sah,
please; I don't get on to the Spanish
very welL"
"Tropico de Cancer," soberly said
the major. , f
. "Sorry, sah, . but you're on the
wrong train, suah. No such statien
on dis yer road; no Topico, no Torrid
Zone." I
"Well, porter, you are not to
blame if we are, but please wake us
at half-past five." I .
. Pete's voice was soon heard In the
smoking room. A 'dialogue was go
ing on between the conductor and
the porter. I
Porter Got a time table? 1 Less
see it. (Silence.) Jess like mine.
"What is it?"
"Why, that major with the two
boys wants to be called at Topico de
Cancer. I tole him no such station."
"Was he awake?"
"Certain."
"Did he say Topico?"
"That's what he said. He . said
this train go past that, or he's been
tole wrong." - . j ' '
"Well, you didn't understand him;
heAnows what ht's about, he's been
over this road before." j -.
'"Maybe he has, but he nebber
seen no Cancer, all the same; he's
plum crazy, or I'm out; but he gets
off at Zacatecas. I'll wake brra up
at five o'clock, and let him hunt for
it." Youth's Companion. 1 .
THE FULLNESS OF, 1 CS t OrtT. .
The Effort Put Forward by a South-
am Ohio Lawyer.
The shrewdness in working up
and presenting the remarkable case
against Lizzie Borden suggests tha
effort. of a southern Ohio lawyer
some years ago in "adducing tha
fullness of testimony." The casoj
was that or a young man on trial for
murder, anl the witness -under
cross-examination a young lady who
had, so it ws3 alleged, scon the
young man . running away from thq
bouse of his victim. Said the attor
ney: Now, ah. Miss .Jennings, where
were you on tho evening of Decem
ber 4?"
, "At home, sir, at my mother's
housct" .'';
"How far away ?" ' . '
"A short distance, sir.'"
- "How far?"- -
"I don't know exactly, sir."
. "Don't you know the distance, in
feet and Inches?"
. "N-no, sir."
"A -a-ah! . Now, Miss. Jennings,
did you see the defendant os that
night?"
"Yes, sir; ho ran past our door."
"How fast was be goin?"
"I don't know exactly, sir.
"A-a-ahf Write that down.
"Now, Miss Jennings, how old ore
you?" :
"Nineteen, sir.",. r
"How old are your parents?" J .
'Tatlfer ' is forty-four, mother
forty-three. '
"How do you know you are nine
teen?" "They told"
"Tct, tutl No hearsay testimony
goes ia this court. What was the
color of your grandmotbera cf es?"
"I I don't remember, slr.r.
"Ah-hat Now, how often did your
grandfather shaver
"Oh, I d-d-on't re" "
"Ah-har; Writes that down.
"Now, Miss Jennings, bow did
your grandfather die?"
VHa was kicked by a horse, sir."
"What color was the horse?"
"How can I tell you, sir?"
The court:, "Will the attorney
for defense please inform the court
what he. Is driving at?"
'"Why ahem! Your honor
ahem! an' may it please the court,
here is a woman who is willing to
swear away the life of a young man,
an I promise to show by'erown
testimony that 'er memory is .not to
be relied on. She didn't even know,
your honor, whether 'er grand
father was killed, by a Connecticut
pennyroyal er a Kainjucky thor
bred "
The roar that followed closed the ,
cross-examination long before- the
girl had been competed to give the
exact day of the month on which
Adam stole the apple and blamed It
onto his innocent wife. N. Y. Jour
nal. ' ....
, '. Hatpins; tho Barber.
"Some men think that if they
draw down their upper lips It helps
us in shaving the lip, but it doesn't,"
said a down-town tonsorial rtlst
the other day. "Oa the con
trary, it really makes matters
worse, as it is then almost Im
possible . to -"get at the cornersof
tho mouth properly. I always hate
to say anything about it, for some
people are easily offended, you know,
and then they are doing their best.
as they, think, to help us 'along!"
Philadelphia CalL '
Patience on Both Sides.
Miss Simkins What are you writ
ing mostly?
Young Author-Oh, telling my
creditors to wait a little longer. -j
Jcdg. , -
Care of the Hair.
Loyal to Excess.
. King Oscar of Sweden once passed
through a little town which was fes
tively decorated for the occasion.
Among the rest a huge transparency,
affixed to a gloomy-looking edifice,
attracted his attention. It bore the
inscription: "Welcome to Your Maj
esty!" in gigantic characters.
"What building is that!" the king
inquired.
. "That Is the county prison, your
majesty," replied one of the alder
men. The'king laughed, and was heard
to observe: "That is carrying mat
ters a little too far!" Chronik der
ZeiL
For the girl that has no maid to
brush her hair, and must depend on
her own exertions for the daily "hun
dred strokes'" which are said to give
it length and vigor, there is encour
agement to be found in the magnifi
cent hair six feet nine inches long
of a ' lady now living in London,
known as "the lady with the long
hair." She j wears it tied "queue"
fashion with black ribbon. The hair
is now grayj and the lady no longer
young; but; she still. retains her
wealth of wondrous hair, which was
the marvel and admiration of the va
rious courts and circles in the many
countries where she has resided as
the wife of a diplomat; and she
Bicycles at the Theater.!
On all hands one can see in Paris
the daily spread of the cycling mania,
for such in reality it has become.
One of the Parisian managers an
nounces that ladies or gentlemen ar
riving jat his bouse "en bicyclette"
can have their machines warehoused
free of charge , during the .per
formance in a room specially set
apart for the purpose.
The piece which is being played at
his house, the Gaite, is a "revue," or
burlesque,-called "Les Bicyclistes
en Voyage," wherein the principal
characters are on wheels. !
Comparative Compensations.
The college presidents of this coun
try receive on an average $3,947 a
year for their services. The lad
who rode the winner of the Futurity
was paid $5,000 for- the mount and
Corbett got a fortune for beating
John L. Sullivan. Every day is pro
ductive of evidences that bulging in
tellects and ability to corral the
mighty dollar do not always mani-
attributes her rare possession to feat themselves through the same
persevering energetic brushing. mediums of flesh and blood. Pitts
Philadelphia Press. i I burgh Dispatch.
The Old Friend
And the best. friend, that never
fails you, la Simmons Liver Eegn- '.
. later, (the Bed Z) that's what
you hear at the mention of thi3
excellent Liver medicine, and
people should not be persuaded
that anything else will do.
It is the King of Liver Medi
cines; is better than pills, and .
takes the place of Quinine 'and -Calomel.
It acts directly on the
Liver, Kidneys and Bowelvand
gives new life to tho whole sys
tem. This is the medicine you '
' want. Sold by all Druggists in
Liquid, or in Powder to be taken "
dry or made into a tea,.
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