the lake of sacrifice.
Louisiana Body of Water About
^ hich There la an Indian
Legend.
Lake Ca-ta-ou-la, tire sa< yd ,ik> of
the Indians, lies ensconced, a,,-, it were,
in the deep solitude of the forest
which skirts the At.takipas prairie on
the east side of the Tec ho at about
nine miles from the town of S'. Mar
tinville. The be.anty of its ; or. ry
and its picturesque landscapes have
probably no equal in the slat-' says
the New Orleans Sta’ \s Its ■ iters
have the transparent if cr.vs ai. ar t
its depth averages from 90 to loo
feet
The word Ca-ta-ou-ia means the lake
of sacrifice. The following legend, as
dramatic and tragical as the Biblical
narrative of the death of Jephthah s
daughter, gives us the origin of that
name.
The Tetimetchec Indians, being
threatened with dire calamity, the na
ture of which’ we know not, their
prayertuen consulted their oracles, arid
were informed that to propitiate the
great Mauitou and to avert tire calami
ty a fair maiden of the tribe was to
he sacrificed to the cruet god and her
soul drowned in the placid waters of
IgJke Ca-ta-ou-la.
The" beautiful At-ta-la, the fair
daughter of the chief, offered herself
as a willing victim to propitiate the
Great Spirit.
fr* nil t»-., .. J _ J -
turesqueness of apparel of an Indian
princess, she repaired to the lake in
whose waters she was to find a watery
wvave, followed by the weeping maid
ens and the stern warriors ol the
tribe.
She glided in her light canoe on the
waters of the lake until she had
reached the middle of the stream, and
■with her eyes upraised and hands ex
tended toward the heavenly mansion
n! the great Manitou. she offered him
her youth and her life blood as a
sacrifice to propitiate him and to
avert the calamity that threatened her
people
With radiant smile she then turned
toward the shore of the lake where
knelt, the weeping maidens. She waved
her hand gently to them, bidding them
an eternal adieu, and plunged into lta
waters, to be seen no more
Supers! titous persons assert that
even to this day in times of great
calamity and misfortune, when the
moon spans the sky and shines serene
in the high heavens, streaking with
silvery fringe the gentle ripples of
the lake, a shadowy form is seen glid
ing on its waters in a light canoe, with
hands extended heavenward, and they
say that, all at once, uttering a wild
and unearthly shriek, the shadowy
form plunges headlong into the waters
and disappears, while the terror-strick
en denizens of the forest answer the
shrieks with howls and lugubrious hoo'
ings.
From that time Lake Ca-ta-ou la be
came the sacred lake of the Indians,
and every year they repaired to this
spot to propitiate the great Manitou
with their offerings and sacrifices. Into
its crystalline waters they plunged
themselves to get cleansed of their
moral and physical impurities; into Us
sacred waters they dipped their amu
lets and arrows to avert approaching
calamities and to protect themselves
against the devices of the evil spirit
He who could not make this yearly
pilgrimage felt despondent and un
happy, and his inability to follow the
others in the saintly journey boded
him no good.
If while performing his immersion
iu the lake one should happeu to
drown, his memory was exec rated, and
his death was considered the judg
ment of the great Manitou as an atone
ment for the crimes committed by
;_
The lake is still called Ca-ta-ou-ta.
the lake of sacrifice, but the great
Manito!'. like his Indian worshipers,
is now a ‘hing of the past.
Frost Makes Fat Turkeys.
“Cold weather makes fat turkeys,” |
said the poulterer.
“Why?”
“Because in a warm fait the ground i
keeps soft, the vegetation lingers .11
and the fields are full * "•or--..- uni
bugs. What’s the result? The result j
is that he turkeys, from sunrisi till;
dark, tramp the tempting fields on long
forages, eating the worms and In; •$
which thin them, and walking ail .hen
soft and fine flesh into tough. >-.ringy •
muscle. *
“A cold fail, with earl frosts and
snows, freezes the ground and kills
the bug-. Then the turkeys a- not
tempted to wander. They lual in tho
farmyard, gorge an abundance of i
grain, and put on flesh like a middle
aged woman at a seashore hotel.
“But in a warm fall hunting the ir
resistible hug, the turkeys do their lb
or 20 miles regularly, and become ath
letes. For athletic turkeys there is no
public demand.”
The Lawyer.
Now, guess who it is that takes -»a
oath “whereby he invokes God’s help
that he may do no falsehood nor con
sent to the doing of any in court: that
he may not wittingly or willingly pro
mote or sue any false groundless or
unlawful suit, nor give aid or con
sent to the same; that he may delay
no man for lucre or malice, but that
he may conduct, himself with all good
fidelity.” Guess who takes that oath.
But you would never guess it in the
world, lc i- the lawyer. -Kansas City
Times.
Not in That Case.
He—Do you believe that if one per
son gives another a pair of scissors
it will cut their friendship? .
She--Not if it’s a nice littleVmalr of
silver scissors with oiy monogram ml
—Answer*. \
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TIGERS A PUBLIC MENACE.
_
People and Stock Are Killed by Sav
age Beasts in Mexican
Territory.
Tigers, driven from their mountain
lairs ill the territory of Teplc by the
scarcity of food, continue to ravage the
! haciendas of the valleys They are be- j
1 coming such a general danger, say* the |
I Mexican Herald, that the municipal au- j
1 thoritiee have offered a reward of $10
for every tiger's skin.
Her the past several months great
numbers of the animals have swarmed !
1 through the marshes of the lowlands
along 'he coast and in the valleys of
the territory of Topic, having been ;
! driven out of the states of Sinaloa and i
Sonora by the floods and the extremely
cold weather. The damage caused t.o
the haefendados and the danger in
ourred by the presence of the animals
was such that many of them offered
rewards for the skins of the animal*
some time ago.
The tigers, however, seem to like the
warm weather and the good food that
they are getting in Topic and Instead of
decreasing their numbers have greatly
1 Increased within the last few weeks.
Now the municipal authorities of the
territory have also offered a reward for
the skins of the animals.
The tigars have become so bold that
they will enter the houses on the plan
tations and help themselves to what
ever conies in their path. Several
deaths are reported in different parts
of the territory. In many sections of
tha state it is necessary to have armed
guards stationed at night, to insure
the safety of the other people in the
settlement.*.
Live stock la suffering more than
anything elae. With the alight pro
via inn Cl that orn noo/wi«n».> fr.« i- i. - ~ 1_1
ter of the stock, it leaves them in most,
cases without any protection at all
from the beasts. Even the presence
of numerous guards around a hunch of
cattle is oftentimes insufficient to keep
the tigers from getting away with an
animal or two from along the edges
of the herd.
Hunting for the animals has been
greatly stimulated hy the offers of the
government and scores of hunters are
scouring the country for them The
number of the skins that have been
turned in thus far is Ikrge and it is
hoped that it will not be long before i
the animals are driven back to the
seclusion of the mountains.
WAKING IN THE WILDERNESS
How to Get Out of Bed When the
Thermometer Registers Forty
Below Zero.
Ton are awakened in the bitter dark
ness of the early morning by the
sound of the camp dogs moving among ;
the frozen palls of refuse. You hear
their padding footsteps passing this '
way and that outside of the tents and '
the brushing of their bodies against
the canvas walls. Then you hear the
sound of chopping wood where some
one is at work in the starlight, says ‘
the Boston Globe. One of the men !
stirs and rises in the darkness. The J
tent is bitter cold, with everything j
frozen as hard as iron. You hear the ;
man fumbling around in the darkness j
for the matches, and presently h«
strikes one and lights a candle.
Presently he begtus chopping the
wood for the stove, and his big. rouud j
shadow moves uncouthly and gro
tesquely about the walls as the flame |
of the candle wavers in the draught
of cold air. He makes a fire, and in
a moment the flame is roaring up the
stovepipe, which gradually becomes h
dull red with the gushing heat. He
stands with his back to the stove and
presently the other man rises and
l A I 11 hi m
Then you yourself move reluctantly
In your warm swaddling of furs, and
with some effort, crawl out into the
bitter cold and Joint the others around
the stove None of you speak, but
each absorbs the scanty heat in
silence By and by. warmed to some
return of life you peep out of the
ent, the sky is like black crystal, the
stars shining with incredible efful- 1
genre From the stovepipe of the .
other ten's rockets of flame are gush
ing up into the air: showers of sparks j
rise up into the night high overhead
- hover, waver, and then sink dwind i
ling upon the tent and the surround
ing snow.
You look at the thermometer hang !
ing against a tree and see by the light ,
of a match that it is 40 degrees below i
.ero. By this time the smell of cook
ing is filling the silent fro-.eu spaces ,
of the darkness and you reenter the j
tent to hug again the warmth of the j
stove, with a huge appetite for the
rude brearkfadt of melted grease and
gtUettes
Explosions on Old Battle-Fields.
The forests in the mountains known
as Loudon Heights, opposite Harper s
Ferry, took Are recently and Durned !
with great intensity. After some time ,
a series of explosions were heard 1
which startled the inhabitants, and the
concussion was so great that it broke
windows in some houses in Harper's
Ferry, across the Shenandoah. The ex
plosions were caused hy the bursting
of shells which had been thrown on
the heights at the time when Gen.
Mills surrendered to Stonewall Jark
son in 1862. These had failed to ex
plode when they were fired, and had
remained there for more than 40 years
—N. Y. World
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Blunderalong—Why, Miss Antihe, this
is a pleasure! l haven’t aeen you for a
long time. You must pardon me, hut
you look 50—
Miss An tike—Mr Blunderalong!
Mr. Blunderalong-per cent better
>han you did the last time I met you.—
Chicago Journal.
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Hoyt’s “A Bunch of Keys.”
Our theatre goers are promis
ed one of the most delightful
shows of the season at the opera
louse on Tuesday, Nov. 21, when
Bus Bothner’s comedians will
appear in the musical comedy,
‘A Bunch of Keys.!’ We hear
and read none but complimentary
:hings of the show; the musical!
lumbers combined popularity
vith artistic excellence to a
greater degree than any other
:'arce comedy. It is more than
a roaring farce —it is a crack
ing, thundering one —it fab-h
akes the audience by storm and
vreathes in smiles faces that
lave grown sorely sober watch
ng theatrical performances that
lo not amuse. It is impossible
;o resist the fun. it is of such a
jolly wholesome sort that it j
-e'aches out and takes hold of
;he spectator and makes him
augh whether or no, so hail ‘‘A
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Men’s all-wool, double and twist worsteds
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BALTIMORE BARGAIN HtluSE.
Adjoining Planters House, Opposite Iron Mountain Passenger Depot. S
Trustee’s Sale of Land.
Whereas, Mary E. Coffin and her husband. J.
15. Coffin, by their deed of trust, executed on the
23d day of August, 1900, duly recorded in Book
No. 34, page 396, of the records of mortgages and
deeds of trust of Jackson county, Arkansas, con
veyed toG. A Hillhouse, as trustee, to secure the
payment of a certain note, executed by the said
Mary E. and J. B. Coffin to S. E. Dukes, as
guardian of Leroy See. the following described
land, situated in Jackson county, Arkansas, to
wit:
Beginning at comer of Walnut and East Sec
ond Front street, thence north 100 feet across
Jones’ lot, thence along Jones’ north line 200 feet,
east, thence north parallel with section line 275
feet to Hazel street, thence 90 feet west to cor
ner of Hazel and East Second Front street, thence
225 feet along East Second Front street to the
i beginning to Jones’ corner, all in the town of
i Swifton.
Default having been made in the payment of
; said note I will, as such trustee, on the
4TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1905,
; between the hours of 10 a. m. and 3 p. m., at the
front door of the court house- in the city of New
port, Jackson county, Arkansas, sell said land to
the highest bidder, for cash, for the purpose of
satisfying said indebtedness.
G. A. H iLLHOtrSE, Trustee,
i Newport, Ark.. November 11. 1905.
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