THE LAKE OF SACRIFICE.
Louisiana Body of Water About
Which There la an Indian
Legend,
Lake Ca-ta-ou-la, tire sacred lake ol
the Indians, lies enscon ed, as it were
in the deep solitude of the forest
which skirt* the Attakapas prairie on
the east aide of the Tecbe at about
nine cull** from the town of St. Mar
tinvllle. The beauty of Us scenery
and its picturesque landscapes havn
probably no equal in the state, sa.es
the New Orleans States. Its waters
nave the transparency of cry-ua:. and
its depth averages from 30 to 100
feet.
The word Ca-ta-ou-la means the lake
of sacrifice. Tire following legend, as
dramatic and tragical as the Biblical
narrative of the death of Jephthah *
daughter, gives us the origin of (hat
name.
The Tetlmetcheo Indians, being
threatened with dire calamity, the na
ture of which we know not, their
prayermen consulted their oracles, and
were informed that to propitiate the
great Manitou and to avert tire calami
ty a fair maiden of the tribe was to
be sacrificed to the cruel god and her
soul drowned in the placid water* of
Lake Ca-ta-ou-la.
me neauunu Aiia-ia, ice rair
daughter of the chief, offered herself
as a willing victim to propitiate the
Great Spirit.
Dressed in all the finery and plc
tureequeness of apparel of an Indian
princess, she repaired to the lake in
whose waters she was to 8nd a watery
jwave, followed by the weeping maid
ens and the stern warriors of the
trj|£.
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 bands ex
tended toward the heavenly mansion
of the great Mauitou, 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 maiden*. She waved
her hand gently to them, bidding them
an sternal adieu, and plunged Into it*
waters, to be seen no mor*.
Supersititous 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 wil'd
and unearthly shriek, < the shadowy
form plunges headlong into the waters
and disappears, while the terror-strick
en denlzeus of the forest answer the
shrieks with howls and lugubrious boot
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 it*
sacred waters they dipped their amu
let* 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 uu
•y happy, and his inability to follow the
Others in the saintly journey boded
Dim UU suuu.
If while performing his immersion
In the lake one should happen to
drown, his memory was execrated, and
bin death was considered the judg
ment of the great Manitou as an atone
ment for the crimes committed by
him.
The lake is still called Ca-ta-ou-la
the lake of sacrifice, but the great
Manitou, like his Indiau worshipers,
is now a thing of the past.
Frost Makes Fat Turkeys.
“Cold weather makes fat turkeys,”!
said the poulterer.
'•Why?' i
“Because in a warm fall the ground j
keeps soft, the vegetation linger; on j
and the fields are full of worms and j
bugs. What's the result. t hi* r» suit i
is that the turkeys, from sunrise till !
dark, tramp the tempting fields on long ,
fdrages, eating the worms and bugs ;
which thin them, and walking all (heir!
soft and fine flesh into tough stringy
muscle.
I; “A coltl fall, with early frosts and
snows, freezes the ground and kilis
the bugs. Then the turkeys ar*= not
tempted to wander. They loaf in the
farmyard, gorge an abundance of
grain, and put on flesh like a middle
aged woman at a seashore hotel.
"But in a warm fall, hunting the ir
resistible bug. the turkeys do their 15 j
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 Gods help
that he may do no falsehood uor ccn
■ 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
se. but that
he may conduct himself with all good
fidelity.” Guess who takes that oath.
But you would never guess it in the
world. It is the lawyer.—Kansas City
Times.
Not in That Case.
He—Do you believe that if one per
son gives another a pai'- of scissor*
it will cut their friendship?
"hA-yNot if it’s a nice little pair of
•^Scissors with my monogram ml
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TIGERS A PUBLIC MENACE.
People end Stock Are Titled by Seep
age Beasts Id Mexican
Territory.
Tigers, driven from their mountain
lair* in *be territory vt Topic by the
j scarcity of food continue to ravage the
hacienda* of the valley* Th*y are be
soming nuoh a general danger, eays th*
Mexican Herald, that the municipal au
thorise* have offered a reward of f!0
j for every tiger's skin.
For 'he peat several month* great
numbers of the anfmale have swarmed
through the marshes of the lowlands
along (he coast and in the valley* of
! the territory of Tepic, having been
driven out of the states of Sinaloa and
Sonora by th* floods and the extremely
cold weather. The damage caused to
i the haciendadoH and the danger in
ourred hy the presence of the animals
: was such that many of them offered
I rewards for th* skins of th* animals
some time ago.
The tigers, however, seem to ilk* the
warm weather and th* good food that
th*y are getting in Tep4« and Instead of
deoreaaing their numbers have greatly
Increased within the last few weeks.
Now the municipal authorities of the
territory have also offered a reward for
the akima of the animal*.
The tigers have become so bold that
msy win enter me nouses on me plan
tation* and help themselves to what
evsr comes in their path. Several
deaths are reported io different parts
of the territory. In many sections of
the state It Is necessary to have armed
guards stationed at night, to insure
the safety of the other people in the
settlements.
Live stock Is suffering more than
anything else. With the slight pro
visions that, are necessary for the shel
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 bunch of
cattle Is oftentimes insufficient to keep
the tigers from getting away with an
animal or two from along the edges
of ths herd.
Hunting for the animals has been
greatly stimulated by 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 large and it is
hoped that It will not he long before
the animals are driven back to the
seclusion of the mountains.
WAKING IN THE WILDERNESS
How te Get. Out of Bed When the
Thermomater Registers Forty
Below Zsto.
Ton are awakened In the bitter dark
ness of the early morning by the
sound of the camp dogs moving among
the frozen pails 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 she darkness. The
tent is bitter cold, with everything
frozen as hard as iron. You hear the
man fumbling around in the darkness
for the matches, and presently ha
■trikes one and lights a candle.
Presently he begins chopping th«
wood for the stove, and his big. round
shadow moves uncouthly and gro
tesQuely about the walls as the flams
of the caadl# wavers in the draught
of ooid air. He makes a firs, and in
a moment the flame is roaring up the
stovepipe, which gradually becomes «
dull red with the gushing heat. He
stands with his back to the stove and
prssently the other man rises and
JVF I UO UIUI.
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 Noue 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
tent; the sky la like black crystal, the
stars shining with incredible efful
gence. From the stovepipe of th*
other tents rockets of flame are gush
ing up into the air; showers of sparks
rise up into the night high overhead
—hover, vvaver. and then unk dwind
ling upon the tent and the surround
ing snow.
You look at the thermometer haug
ing against a tree and see by the light
of a match that it is 40 degrees below
zero By this time the sutell of cook
.ug Is Ailing the silent frozen spaces
of the darkness and you reenter the
tent to hug again the warmth of th#
stove, with a huge appetite for the
ntde bteiricfast of melted grease and
glllettes.
Explosions in Old Battle-Fields.
The forests in !he mountains known
as Loudon Heights, opposite Harper's
Ferry, took Are recently and burned
with great intensity. After some time
a series of explosions were heard
which startled 'he Inhabitants, and the
concussion was so great rhat it brok#
windows in some houses in Harper's
Ferry, across the Shenandoah The ex
plosions were caused by the bursting
of shells which had been thrown on
the heights at the time when Gen.
Mills surrendered to Stonewall .lark
son in 1852. 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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Miss Antike—Mr. Bluaderalong!
Mr. Blunderalong-par eeot better
.han you did the last time I met you.—
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Our theatre goers are promis
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shows of the season at the opera
house on Tuesday, Nov. 21, when
Gus Bothner’s comedians will
appear in the musical comedy,
‘‘A Bunch of Keys.” We hear
and read none but complimentary
things of the show; the musical
numbers combined popularity
with artistic excellence to a
greater degree than any other
farce comedy. It is more than
a roaring farce—it is a crack
ling, thundering one—it fairly
takes the audience by storm and
wreathes in smiles faces that
have grown sorely sober watch
ing theatrical performances that
do not amuse. It is impossible
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the spectator and makes him
laugh whether or no, so hail ‘‘A
Bunch of Keys,” and in the im
mortal words of Rip Van Winkle,
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Trustee’s Sale of Land.
Whereas, Mary E. Coffin and her husband, J.
B. Coffin, by their deed of trust, executed on the
23d day of August, 1900, dub' 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
beginning to Jones’ corner, all in the town of
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. HILLHOUSE, Trustee.
Newport, Ark., November 11, 1905.
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