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Show Texas rould but know wbut crimes are committed In ita name A bit of the Lone Star late, about thirty by forty feet, actual measurement, transplanted last week from the land of the groaaer to a point In Archeyroad I'hiraro Juet below where etreet. And eneaka away from State Ip nu 44444444-44444444-f44- 4 when he got into the saddle death traveled quickly over the pluitie. The v illtan, who was enemy to Buc-Honshawe and murderer of little Tom AUalone. waa Wilfred Castro, a former UisMuriun, despite his Spanish name. Castro was a desperado known as Wildfire, and he wore as many different disguises as the playwright could thluk of. He whs train robber and trail wolf, although when at Colonel Benton's cattle ranch he was the dandiest kind of a dresser, end a polished. if villainous pian. Castro had a coufedtrate, Mcarfacc Charley. These two bad men were at the head of the most terrible gang of bandits that ever infested the plains, and as they were concerned with the events of the first act It naturally followed that the shooting should begin soon after the curtain lifted. After the preliminary dusting of the furniture and a long speech by Judge reWhiffles, a poetical and constructed Mouther ner, Castro appeared and tried to sell Colonel Benton, the millionaire ranch owner, a suited mine. This deal almost went through when buslneaa called the Colonel away. He waa hardly off the stage before Fired water Jim. a Chickasaw, rushed on. Ugh! Paleface boy," he shouted excitedly to Castro, "he tell scout! He know you. Wildfire, heap bad man. Mount he come. Ugh! Get away lieap stlff-kue- ed thought a paragon. Olive spurned her cousiu with the evil eye. Without delay her father disowned her and then for a few minutes it was hard to tell whom every one was abusing. Laid the ladles Us, This torrent of abuse was at ita height when Firewater rushed again Into the room with Benny Bain at hla heels. The Indian hardly got his head In at the dour when Buck Henahawe'a flat caught him between the eyes and he dropped like a ton of rock. The Indian yelled at Castro, and this. Castro thought, let out the secret that he was Wildfire, the terror of the plalno. The Indian leaped to his feet and fired his revolver, while Castro fled through a side door. Tha redskin reeled and fell dead, for Buck's aixahooter sung a measure of alx notes in less than one second. Aa the renegade Castro fled Buck cried out: "Would you know Wildfire if you aaw him. again" The crowd did not answer, for Benny Bain had fainted and the rest were busy counting the bullet holes In Firewater Jim. half-bree- 4 4444444444444444444'4 soon." Cadre and Kearface Veil Dead. Us red (set re. Castro grabbed tie redskin ami threw him to tha floor, and If it hadn't there not lees than thirty bad men bit been for a boy In the gallery, who yellthe dust of Texaa every night and at ed for Castro to watch out, the Indian two inatlneea last week. Only one good would have stabbed' him In the back. tool wai eent to Ita final rest, but the Just as the redskin put away hla knife sorrow in that tragedy hae nut yet Tom Allalone came and the Indian died out of the hearta of the Alhambra raised hla knife to put an end to the crowd. orphan. But Castro, whom the gallery The good pereon who had to die at was begtnnlhg to aaapect was the vilevery performance waa Torn Allalone, lain, told the red man to choke the g waif of the plain. Tom had boy. He was doing this when the door drifted into Texas from Detroit, and flew open and Buck Uenahawe flew in. he waa not like any' other hoy the He had a aixahooter In each hand and world hqs ever Been. Ho talked like the redskin and Castro were at hla Darwine "Origin of Species," and hla mercy. soul fairly stuck out all over him. They stood with rained hands until But he wasnt bullet proof, even If he the man with the slapstick up the did hail from Detroit, and a hall from third flight of stairs got the crowd the villlan'a rifle laid him low. quiet, and then Benny Bain, a tenderto Tom Allalone; the beat per- foot from Philadelphia, came on and dt son in Texas, according to the gallery marched the Indian away toward the verdict, wee Buck Heuahawe. He waa reservation. Castro grabbed for his a government scout, and a charmed gun, but for hla pain Burk only made him lengthen hie arms out another one, who could live for hours in a perfect rain of bulleta from the guna of a Inch or two. The melodrama sandwich I composbaud of deaperadoe. He rould pump the trigger of a aixahooler faster than ed of alternate layers of love and blood a potent adder couldcount them, and letting, and after thla first thrill came from Texarkana to El Paan he hud the the first touch of the romance. Colonel reputation of never miming lire. It Benton waa trying to make hie daughwas Henshawe who waa revenged, and ter, Olive, marry Castro, whom he yjuurjCftyjtEjt ji.a E An r a Institution at Presnes with Electric Lights, Shower Bath and Lectures. 4004 T a cost of 12,0110, WO the French government has built a model prison, which la the largest of the cellular, or separate confinement, type lit the world. It Is at Freanea, about eight miles from Faria, and ita huge rectangular blocks, together with the exercise grounds, warden's quarters and gardens, cover a square mile. It ia the pride of the French lleartitient of Prisons, and many Americana who are Interested in rrimliialugy have been permitted to visit It during the two years It hay been open. when Olive drew a liead on Mcarfare hills. to get into a Castro had had came on aa a hig new disguise, and Indian. He walked i,i to the door and knocked. Hla purpnac waa to kidnap Tom Allalone, for lie knew the boy knew all about him. "Open door,' l:c grunted. "Oiien door. Me Indian hief. Heap hungry. Open door." nml Olive atepin'd The door open-out. Ovirr her shoulder lay the long barrel of a Winchester, and down its aighta gazed the rye ,,f mulling old Zachary. Big Injun walked away. The Baad of Caiihruata. e When the spurious redakin again returned he cams with Srurfaiv and a large band of CUtthroata. This time he was going to abduct tilite and hurry with her to Europe. li. hud Hie money for the night before xix men hud died in a stage coach they could raize their weapons. There was no sign nf life about the cabin and it waa looking bad for the household. Ail was still within and the audlegc thought that Zachary and the Judge had become frightened and crept under the bed. Then came the distant clatter of hoofs from the wings, and 4444444444 444444444444 444 every one knew that Burk waa riding home. A moment later he leaped from The Redakla and last re Were at hla foduuitik steed, and thr guns in hia Hla Merry. hands were coughing furiously before he hit the ground. l c routed the banand when he had dits slngle-hiindThe second art took place In the them on the iuii I hr tanrh hands and farm yard of the Model ranch, owned the peopl who air v.unicd on the proby Zachary Henshawe. the scout's gram walktd out cumly with an asfather. Although the scene was laid In sortment nf nillllety and began shootTexaa it looked like New England. ing Into the wings in the general diThere waa an old Bratllehoro well with rection taken by the gang of badinen. real water in It, and there were more They even kept shooting after the curtrees on the one acre than can be tain went down. ri. Lecturers are sent st frequent interprisoners aa desire may attend. The evil of drunkenness ia a favorite tuple, and the authorities believe that th lectures hare had some influence on the diminution of crime, which in France has lawn marked of shoulders, suggesting nothing ao much late.- Much a lecture with the audience aa a hangman's cap. peering out of sc(Hrate boxes through The moat interesting building within four inch openings tf Indeed a strange the Freanea Incloaure is 'the chapel-schoo- l, eight, with its 282 sittings, elaborate Home prisoners by choosing the separate confinement are able to reduee but the sevtheir sentence erity of the punishment hardly makes up for the shorter term. All English prison expert who has made an extensive otudy of Ihe French system has this to say about if: The perpetual wearing of the hood to prevent him front seeing the fare of his fellow man, end the opening of hie window to the heavens above that he may not even liatk upon the face of earth-a- ll this tends to 'destroy any residuum of social instincts, which few forma of institution life strive sufficiently to foster. The desire for the companionship ' of our kind is a craving as urgent, if not aa Immsdiate, aa a craving for food. While Juat aa bodily health suffers when the Individual la deprived of food, bo does the mental health Buffer when one is deprived of companionship." one-fourt-h, Eoralogs arc Lnrrallvr. Freanea has developed a most advanced system of working Its prisoners. The working day covers eleven hours, snd the occupations are divided between the prisoner and the Htate, according to the number of terms the prisoner has served. A first term man of his earnings, of gets four-tentcan be spent In the whlrh canteen. The remainder is held for him until hie term ends. The Mtate When tubes the remaining a prisoner comes back for a second term the Htatea shiyre ts seven-tenth- s. An additional tenth goes to the Mtste in each 'succeeding term, ami an old nf his earnoffender gets ings. At the rsnteen the prisoner can buy almost anything he desires, from articles of wardn.be to soap, at reasonable rates. Tobacco is about the only article barred. Wine limited to' a half pint a day can be purchased, as well ss marmalade, cheese of all kinds, butter and other luxuries. Whatever may lie the ultimate effect of this new prison and ils modern methods, with its library of 5.000 volumes. and officers employsd to read to prisoners who cannot read themselves, the Paris Jailbiid rejoices. To go to Freanea means an added dignity to the prisoner In criminal circles, and on his return tn the Paris slums he often boasts nf his experiences In ths Jail, of electric lights and shower hatha, to say nothing of free lectures on drunkhs two-tent- hs slx-tent- ha one-ten- th enness. faaae af lreplreaneaa. "Willie," said the young mans mother, "you were very restless tn church." "Yea." waa the penitent response. You never see papa behaving in that way. Why couldnt you be quiet like him?" "Well, mamma." he answered frankly, "you see, I wasn't a bit sleepy. 1 IA oati-aleoh- ol l THE THEMES PEfifTEfiTtAHT. teeters to tho eoovlet Jo tho rhayel eeheel, wklsh has fiofl separate revered eitUaas. Tho confinement is separate, almost solitary, and with the exception of the few employed in tho kitchen and laundry the prisoners never aee one another. They do not leave their cells for any purpose with face or head uncovered. When they go out for exercise or to receive visitors In the little cell-lik- e parlors, of which there are six on the ground floor of each hall .they wear a hood of hitej mesh. The hood Is pointed, and comes flown over. the and covered. From these boxes tho prisoners can aee tha priest or lecturer nd nothing more. Attendance on religious service ia not obligatory, and, though there la room In the chapel for of ths number of prisonly oners, the capacity has been found amone-six- th ple. Strooae Klght at Lertnrea. In the last year an Interesting periment hHS been conducted Faria Moviety for Lecturing In ex- by tha Prisons. Hla Idea af It. Caller So your Papa and Mamma are going to take you to Europe with them? Willie Yes'm. Caller Aren't you afraid to go on the ocean? WilHe N't. I ain't afraid o nothin'. I'm been vaccinated. MM A Misstep. Clara, aged 4. suddenly buret out crying at the dinner table. Why: Clara, shat is the matter?" asked her mother. Ml." sobbed the little niise, "my stepped mi niy tongue!" j startle the good people in (be play. The iiuli.iii suid Castro hud given it to him, and It inter came out why he hud done so. It seems that Olive had recognized the ring on his finger the day he Went to the ranch disguised as an Indium and in- - gave the warrior the nine to bolster up a lie he hail to make Olive believe (lniwl-iii- g Hear was the person she confronted st the dtairway. Then smiled to lie way to get rid of the Indian, so Buck gave him an a lu nil clock. The liiiiiaii held it to his eur and Jumped half-waacross the stage. "No good." he suul. "Heap lug noise. Him crazy. S.i tick, tick. What him menu?" Sad Death of l.ltlle Tom. Buck suid it was all right, and just then thr alarm went ofl. When t lie hell began Jingling the Indian did n war dance, and with a whoop made a streak for the reservation. Just aa the door rinsed behind him a shut rang out and little Tiun AllMlone, who comp Into the room, sunk dead at Buck's feet. A lot of people cried when this happened, uud the friends of jelled down from the gallery, nml told Buck to run around the house und kill the man who had fired ihe sliot. Tim inanu-fuciur- s 44444444444444444444444444 Kir af Dawn the Meats (Cased the (lid Xarhary. Bark Waa Aaala. In the next act Castro, dressed again as a dandy, came to sun Olive, and when she told him she would lint have hint he grabbed a bowie knife and mude ready tu commit murder. Just as the first groan of "Ohs!" arose from the audience Buck threw open the door beand rammed hla trusty tween Castros shoulder blade. Castro tried to draw hla guu in time to kill Burk, but the acout ordered "Hand up!" and up they went. Huek ordered ('astro out, end when the villain refused to go thr acout literally kicked him out into the Texaa air. , Thla chagrined Castro consider-abl- y and made (lilye hale him worse than ever, for she aaw that ('astro waa not a brave man, and men must be brave in Texas. Watson, a deputy and scout, brought 111 Growling Bear, a big redskin. On Growling Bear a finger waa CastroS ring. This didn't play a vary important part in the etory, but It seemed to er y a .nrjt itjlb. yjh xjl 40409404 Aa lobby. and turned hla inw toward the sand val. and such Frames Is a prison for short term convicts, and receives all males convicted and sentenced to short terms in the Deportment of the Melne. It succeeds three old fashioned establishments Musas, At. Pelagic and Le Grande Bouquet te. These prisons were Id fashioned, with poor sanitary systems and many dark and unhealthful cell. In the new prison one cell ia aa bright and healthful aa any other, because the alar shaped construction has been done away wtlh. The main prison at Freanea consist! of three large halls of atone, built parallel to one another and connected Celia are Large lid Well Egwlgpeg. by a bisecting gallery. Between the halls are the exercise yards, each containing sixty compartments, for even in exercise the prisoners are not permitted to see one another. Above each aet of compartments Is a bridge, from whlrh the warder or guard watches the prisoners and la himself watched by his superiors. The cells are larger and better equipped than one would expect In a prison. They are 12 by I feet I inches In. height. Fixed to the wall, against whlrh It folds when not in use, is an Iron bedstead. Besides, theip is table fixed to the floor and a chair attached to the wall by a chain. Each cell Is lighted by electricity and provided with rupnlng water. In each, there la a large window of glass, which admits plenty of light, but allows no view of the earth. It can b opened at the top permitting th prisoner to study the sky when he needs a change of view, and admitting all the air that Is necessary te hia comfort. Ths floors of the cell are of oak nd the walla are enamelled in white. Mt range as tt may seem, each cell la provided with an 'electric bell, by which the officer In charge may be summoned, nor ia tbla unusual luxury abused. 'parity .far ISM Prisoners. The prison has s' capacity for 1,5:4 prisoners in separate confinement, and for emergency four hundred can be imprisoned in association. There are. in another building. 1M cell for the temporary sojourn of long term prisoners who are about to be tranaferred or transported to colonial prisons. This gives a prison capacity for more than two thousand. Tho administration block ia a ono and completely equipped. Thelargo offices. kitchen, stores and machinery plants are on separate floors. There is a moot complete oyotem of electric frame, which carry food, atorea and even sick prisoners to any part of the prison. Two meals, cooked by prisoners who are under extremely short sentences, are served each day, at l a. tn. and 2:20 p. m. Breakfast consist (r soup and bread. The dinners are more elaborate and varied. The audience was on ita feet. When the curtain arose again for a moment a luy in the gallery who thought the heroic Texans were ruthlessly exposing themselves, yelled. "Get down behind the wuil, youse wid de cannon, dere!" A minute latter the smoke bad clear- cil away and the crowd swooped out to the soda fountain at the sole of the i 1 Gallery Uod found In a huc.i .j square miles in Texas. After lei: Henshawe had listened for awii.:- - to the wooing of Allikluiie Benny Bain, T-- :p gathered the crowd sroin.,1 him and told his had the He tunl locket tied story. around his nsek .rod it contained the his f.it,.ei. Of course, his picture of father was Caslio mi.i Captain Wildfire, demon desietdo. The Texans were so shocked to ieuni this that they fled Into th c ,!i easing room. Tees Allale is llaeavr. Mrarfare Char turned up in the inter amt drove neighborhood a Obadlah, a colored .ivant, away from the faym yard, lu when the bandit scenes for a mostepped behind ment the darky i.nd crawled T.m Allalone rushed into the well. in tune to run Into the from the house arms of Scarfac e .i moment later, and the child's throa: nx all but slashed SERVED 0 A t'naa Dayle Tsld af Hla I aathfnl Kmperlraer. Mir Arthur Conan Doyle told at the dinner recently given him in London of his experience aa a Juror in hia youth. "I once served on a jury out of curiosity," he said, "and what most immanpressed me was the ner of the There waa one though, a dentist, r roe --exam I nawhom no tion could disturb. The dentist was being questioned shout a certain woman. " Did you ever have any difference with the lady? the opposing lawyer high-hand- brow-beati- ed ng aaid. " 'No sir,' replied the dentist. " Now, attend. Didn't you make her a aet of teeth once? ' Yes sir. 'Didn't she return them? " 'No sir.' But j'ou admit, don't you, that later on she had another set made by another dentist? Oh, yes, I admit that.' said the witness 'Ah, you admit that. And the lady is wearing that other set now. Is she t not? 'Yes. she is wearing It " 'And she discarded your set? noise. me bock to days of yore And brings again departed Joy. MILITARY a I ax. Krhnnl Children Are Taught How ( Drill, The interest of the ('hi near in mutter military ia seen even in the school children, who take pnrt in company drill In 11 private schools as well aa lb the publln' schools, where it ia required. Even 'rhlldien of from I lo 7 years of age amuse themselves In good Weather h jr falling In buhlud a bearer of the flag, "of the rising sun, and marching Irt good military order for miles In the hot auri. Older boys are instructed in the manunl of arms, in Held duly and lu reconuoieaance, as well as in the uthur domains of the art of war. Lost March 70 boys from a prominent private school in Tnklo inarched to a villHge ' at mime distunes, and there had ' complete military in which a number of officer sine 1272. . 11 pn-ta- ga - I" nt d dc-d- a er off the India n. Buck I c.lil i 'astro to throw up h:s hands and Castro il rlured he mull not be taken withoiu a gun. Buek ordered him to drop his weapons and he did. The scout gnihlie.1 the baud-and for ten minutes they struggled liereely. It lockrd several Times .is if Hie bnndit would win. Knock him Mhnot him. Judge! down, Buck!" Fliont him!" came the ei iea from tha audience, but Burk steadily got the up- hand and finally locked ('astro's wrists together. Juat then the old Judge made a mistake. He turned aside for mi lnsiuuL 44444444440A4A44444444444 LAKE (ICOTT'H Eve England han recently entered Into an arrangement- - with Jainn, by whlrh British officers are to serve In the JapGo, little feet, across the floor! time, Turn back, and cross, and cross anese army for two year at the first year to lie devoted to learning again, Xnr yet your pleasant sport give oer; ths language, the second to service tu From out my heart you drive the the regiments. In the sum way, Japanese officers are to be detailed for pain. services In the British army. Go. little feet, eerns the floor! Cores and her forces are also of some Your notes I have with music classed interest Just now. The Coresn Army Your footsteps open inemorjr' door I And bring me hack a happy past. composed of about 10,000 militia, of small value in a milicomparatively Go. little feet, serosa the floor! sense. The officers receive nearly tary or And even tho I laugh weep their Instruction In Japan. The arYou have for me this much tn store m sweet to lulls sleep. tillery materially comprises C fortress Your tnusir field guns and mountain guns, more fpdd guns have been guns: but Served lllot Right. ordered from Japan, and 4 field guna Hrownovlch I hear that Greening' and x Maxima from England. The cavwife la leading him a merry pace. ISO men. The InHmithlnskl Mhc'a hla third wife, alry number about fantry is srined with French Gras Isn't she? fserman Mausers and with guns, Brow novltch Y es. Russian The navy 1a repreBerdan. symI Well. haven't any Hmithlnskl sented a hut single ship, an old by know a doesn't who man pathy for merchant vessel armed with 2 guna, when he's got enough. purchased from Japan last April. i A Gentle Realader. . As Compared. "Ye." remarked young DcBoi-emmen ' resemble if is undoubtedly true that etery dog "Home stamps." mused the Norwood philosohas hi day.' "Posallily," rejoined Mies Wearyun, pher. "Well, come on with hc explanaas she glanced at the clock and strangled a yawn, "hut be doesn't sit up ail tion." said the Mt. Auburn rttisen. They stick to one thing until they night waiting for it." The X.- p., "but gt there' toreplied lick them first." A Reasonable Regneat. you've got Now. here's s piece of goods. said The Way lie Weighs. the voluble drummer, that speaks for Itself. "My wny la dark and lonely. humAll right." Interrupted the weary med the grocer as h finished tying up buyer, "suppose you keep quiet for a package of a mysterious compound that he called sugar. live minute, snd give It a chance." "Perhaps your weigh inuy lie lonely.", remarked the customer, "hut it's cerTWAS EVER THIS. tainly light enough." Mabel wear fine silken hose. Purchased with her papa's rocks: ' .But the old mini always goes cullnii socks. Around ill ten-ce- half-bree- 111 participated. By an liiqierlal decree of April, 191. a number of medical Inspectors have been appointed, who are required to Inspect the children of all the echools In the empire, and to make periodic Inspections of the school children. The object of this is to prevent the abuse of the military training. For so poor a country as Japan the 'No 'What? Do you mean to tell ms social position of the recruits for the she Is wearing both seta st the same army is particularly high, most of them romlng front families who have a timer direct income of five or ten. Eighty 'Ye I da Pooh. Nonsense. How can that pos- per cent, are sons or brothers of farm-er- a They are very well educated, as sibly her " Why, one is a lower, and the a rule, nearly I per cent, being gradother is an upperset said the dentist." uates of the higher common schools, 2 per cent, of equivalent education LITTLE FEET ACHOSK THE FLOOR. (though not graduates), 27 iier cent, (lieilde the foregoing) ciui read and I hear the sound of little feet' do ordinary sums In arithmetic, while Above my head, upstalra, 1 per cent, cannot read or write. Which makes my evening hour sweet only This In u rountry of universal comAnd fills me with a strange delight. pulsory' servtre'ts quite 'remarkable, especially ss the School system ha Go, little feet, across the floor! ' Tho some might deem your sport as been established nn a proper basis only It takes te-h-ii curtain got down before Muck could get outside, and Ihe rindi to the soda fountain was on ugahi. The nudience kin-that Castro's time was at hand when Die curtain again lifted. He tas dressed as a Mpanliird. Playwrights generally pul the villain lu a 1 bin's garments when they want to snuff out Ilia life. It generally menus, in a Texas liielodrnmn, that thr villain has got lu the end nf ids niM and that his hope is flickering. So Wildfire came on as Iietro Thla tune lie wns going to steal old man Iteidou and hold him for a ransom of f3.ono.flu'). Castro made love to Cordelia, ail old maid of flip Boston variety, and she fell heela over head love wOi him. The old Judge had been tin wove enough to make love In her before and was now trying to get rid of her. He aalil he loved his toddy better than he did the old toady from Boatiiii, and aha waa so smitten with the Spaniard that she culled the Judge an old crowbail. Then the story switched so suddenly 44444444444444444444444444 that the rrowd didnt get the laughter Megs a Shooting lata (hewing out nf Its throat liqfnrs It had tear in They Ita eye. The old Judge delivered a pathetic panegyric over little Tom Aa he did so Hear face Charley shot and Allalime, and said he had the boy' killed Castro.. Castro bad .not hit tha locket, which would send Castro to the tag floor before the Judge' revolver gallows. spat lire and Srarface, too, fell dead. There wasn't time for much more tu Every one of the plnyera ran out ts huppen. It waa anting isle. The sUifte see what liad hapiiened, and Burk,, crowd cleared away, the llghla were pale Hnd smiling, modestly said: "It dimmed, and .the orchratra played is only the "ileveuge of a Mrout " Jl Ht. Kir Arthur cieepy music. Castro stepped from behind a hedge and signaled to hia men with burning man-lit-- . All tha while Buck was aliiiclijig just d him. KilmV-Scurfncc. tile -- st.l us a Italian, joined Cnetru, ai.d Buck uud the (lid Judge stepped b.iu the wings. The two baiiiliie sal duwn and talked of their bud while the two good men stood behind them and listened. Then, Just as the attack was ttf occur. Bin k covered Castro vvilh hia and the old Judge held .v A girl's wn!l can got nil the massage treatment she wants without her having to pay for it. pr-ll- HKVKX-- 1 EAR RISE. Indiana Pbraomenaua Reappears Sebedale Time. With neither outlet nur Inlet that at any time 1 Iike Cloott, a small body of water In Cam county, lint., bus now reached a height which It slliifns every seven yearn, ind hundreds of acres of fine corn land ars now covered by several feet of water. The rural mail route, which runs along the lake's banka, hue been abandoned by the carrier, for the water covers It lo a depth or three feet and stretches beyond for several hundred yards. lake l.hlcott has bean an Interesting phenomenon to the oojilc of northern visible, Indiana for many years, but ths secret of Its iris and fall has never been discovered. It la the only lake in Cubs county anil is about one mils wide ami about one mile long. The water is dear and cold and iwrfectly fresh. Ita moat mysterious characteristic ia the fact that It overflow a Its banka every seventh year. Tha farm-er- a who own the land upon Ita banka have become su used to this that they never attempt, to cultivate the land in the seventh year, but give it up without a protest, aa they know It la sure to be claimed by the water. The Pottawattomle Indiana who Inhabited what ia now Cans and adjoining counties were familiar with tha characteristic of tho lake. They he--, lieved that tta bottom waa Inhabited by a powerful spirit, which at intervals of aeven years caused the lake to overflow. They construed this actio aa approval of the tribe by the spirit, and watched anxiously fur the lima to come, fur they saw in the rising water a sure indication that they hnd done nothing to displease it. The early while pettier became acquainted with the legend and the oldest inhabitant ia nut able lo recall a tint that the overflow did not take place when expected. The water has now reached Its highest point, and will aonn begin te recede and cotit inue to do so till the old coniines are reached. Residents of the locality say thHt the weather conditions have no effect upon ths lake, for its rise In the seventh year takes place regardless of the fHct of rain or drought. Amo Jordan. veteran of the Civil War. who Uvea tip a bluff overlooking the luke, seya between the only apparent dillereni.-wet and dry seasons when the rise occurs is that the water appears tn be colder In time of drought. What ia true of the rise of the water la also true of their recesainn, fur they gradually disapiienr regardless of ths amount of rainfall tn the count)'. The phenomenon la explained on ths tbemy that there ia a subterranean outlet, which becomes closed In some way and is opened by the pressure of the water when the highest point is reached every seventh year, but this is mere guesswork und nothing has ever been discovered to justify such a The Pennsylvania Railroad theory. company, which owns u number of icehouse on the edge of the lake, made soundings hi different places httpr the rise began, and found the greatest depth to be ninety feet. Asked aad Answered. "Look here." said the bartender In g wet goods emporium to a liberal patron of the lunch department. "whn do you want for a nickel, anyway the earth?" "Not guilty, replioMhe hungry party; "It' two thirds water." A Test "May. pa." Kumpernickle. mt Strength. queried little Juhnny the "t Ssuisoii strongest men that ever lived?" "I dept' know, my son." replied the "I iieter heard of his trying to life u mortgage." old tnnii. |