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The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-08-27

On four several occasions, yesterday,
we were assured that Mr.. Michael Balm
had died at Vicksburg, and that his body
had been brought to Cairo for interment.
We saw q lady who was making prepare
tions to attend the funeral, and gentle.
man who expected to attend the wake.
In the face Of this evidence We are told
that, yesterday evening, Mr.. Balm in
formed friend that he was not dead.
But the poor fellow was then at deaths
door, and at midnight, passed It! He IL
now corpse.
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-08-27

Notice II hereby given to all parties
concerned that the assessment roll for
State and county taxes for the year 1859
10 now deposited In the County Clerks
ONCE, where the same may be examined,
and all persons having complaints to
make may lay them before the County
Court to be holden at the Court House
on the first Monday in September next.
w. A. REpMAS,
Assessor OF Alexander County.
Aug. 2, 1859. dtd. Times copy.)
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-08-27
Two Hundred Men wanted

The undersigned wishes to employ 200
men to work on the Ashley and Mt.
Vernon railroad, which he will pay 80 90
per day. Payments made once a month
In cash. Board per week, "a 90. Good
accommodations for boarding on the line
Of the work; also good springs Of water
and the most healthy part of the country,
Applications can be made at the engi-
neer's office, at Ashly, or at p. Clancy's,
Cairo, III. THos. BYRNEs, Gen. Con. q
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-08-27
A DEMONSTRATORS NOTICE
Estate OF William ROttier, deceased.

Estate OF William Rottier, deceased.
The undersigned having been appointed admins
county Of Alexander. and State Of Illinois, dec sased
hereby gives notice that he win appear before Inc
in Cairo, at the July term, the 81 Monday in JIs
next at which time all persons having claims against
the purpose Of having the same adjusted All psr.
sons indsbted 20 sad estate are roioslsd to make
Dated this 81 day OF june a. p ,snsa' 1
Z "" DANIEL AEAL, Administsaier.
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-08-27
Read "Barrett'so circular.


Wslsut Timber.
For Sale.-Eighty acres Of the finest
Walnut Timber Land In the country,
situated in Mississippi county, No.,
four ~ miles northeast Of Charles.
ton and within eight (sD miles Of Cairo,
Illinois. Said land II adjoining John
Swank's farm. Also ten acres Of School
Land situated three miles from Cairo,
Illinois, on the Cairo 4 81. Louis railroad
line.
For terms and particulars enquire o
b. T. Whitaker's Drug Store, No. l0s
Commercial avenue, Cairo Illinois. dtf
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-08-27
the e. &v. RAILROAD.
a asss osssIfyisg Cessammss,es.

Capt. ID. Hurd, one OF the directors u
the Cairo 4 vincennss railroad Company,
after an absence Of about five weeks,
returned from New York yesterday eve
ming. He brings the gratifying assu-
rance that the work on the road viii 60
forward uninteruptedly to an early com.
pletion, contract to that end having
been concluded with the Pennsylvania
Central. one Of the wealthiest and most
innsnttal railroad companies In the
UnitedStates. The terms have all been
settled upon. and the papers only await
the signature Of the president Of the
Penn. Central (whoss presence In New
York 10 looked for hourly,) to close the
arrangement finally.
The Pennsylvania Central will, thus
form her great southern connections
though Cairo-a consum nation our
citizens have most earnestly wished for.
II, now, we can secure here her round
houses and repair shops, founderies ETC.,
as by proper effort we may, intervals OF
business prostration like the present,
will be known no more among us.
Capt Halliday, Gen. Rsum and Col.
smith are still In New York, but will
start home the moment the terms agreed
upon are ratified by the signature OF the
president OF the Pennsylvania Central.
The self-sacrificing devotion with which
these gentlemen and Capt. Hurd have
bestowed themselves to the work of
placing the enterprise on its present
favorable footing is worthy Of all praise,
and deserving Of something more sub
stantial than the mere thanks ola grate-
full people. ...-
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-08-27

Demserssis Cssnsy Cessrsl Committee.
The Democratic County Central Com.
mittee arc requested 70 meet 1T the Office
OF +. Z. Albright, on Saturday next, 2sth
Inst, 1t 2 o'clock p. m, for the purpose
OF deciding what action shall be taken
in relation TO the coming November cleo
ton. +. Il. ALBRIGHT, o.
Chairman.
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-08-27
C,ovERs HOTEL.
GRAND TowER, ILLINOIS.
SAMUEL COVER, PROP,R.
~0PEN DAY AND NIGHT
aul3 dawim
NO. SO.

hDINANCE NJ. u.
An ordinance for enclosing and improving St. Msu's
Park in the city Of Cairo, and to provide ways
and means TO pay for the same.
Be- ordained BY the City Council Of tho City Of
Cairo - '''' WY ~
That an appropriation Of three thousand dollars be
and Is hereby made for the purpose Of encosne AZ
city, and knewn and described IN tho recorded plat
thereof ~ 80 Mays Park, the appropriation 20 DO
ne rate OF six per cent per annum and to Be- issusS
N the manner and form a. follows Wis: Ten bonds OF
the denomination Of one hundred dollars each. snS
payable hve years amer date twenty bonds Of the de-
nomination OF my dollars each, and payable three
years ater date; and forty bonds OF the denornns.
ton OF twenty.hye dollars each, and payable three
The interest shall be due and payable at tho once Of
the City Treasurer, annually and all bonds provided
Tor ~ this ordinance shall date from the first day Of
september, A. u. 1850 The bonds 80 issued shall be
Negotiable, and after maturity shall be- receivable BY
the city IN payment for taxes, licenses. improvement
assessments, and for any indebtedness due 10 the
city OF Cairo. Approved Aug. ~, 1880.
suGledio JNo. II. oBERLy. Mayor.
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-08-27
Mas Torn - Pieces ~ enc Cars-Duspl-
sien ~ Toal Play.

Maa T0Sn - Pieces ~ the Cars-Duspl-
slea ~ Houl Play.
While yesterday mornings outgoing
passenger train was passing the trussel
work, about four miles from the limits
Of the city, IL ran over . man who was,
II IL thought, lying asleep on the track.
Where the man was. lying the track was
fully fifteen feet from the ground, up
held bytimbers over which only the most
fearless would attempt to walk In the day
time, and upon which only crazy man
would lie down and 60 TO sleep. The
cow.catcher tumbled the body along
over the rough timbers for q distance Of
twenty or thirty feet, when II, most evil
IDENTIFY, passed under the wheels. The
right arm was ground of at the Shout
der and the top Of the head was cut of
nearly 70 the bose Of the forehead. In
this condition the body dropped through
an opening In the trussel work, and was
found lying ON the ground below. The
timbers and iron rails were stained and
smeared with blood, brains and ffag.
ments Of flesh for distance Of about
twenty feet. ,,, .r.....
Judge Corcoran, coroner, was duly up.
priced Of the accident, and, summoning
a jury, repaired 70 the spot, and held IN
inquest. From papers on the body 1t
was ascertained that the Nance u the
deceased was Herman Krauss, . Ger.
man. Letters from friends In Germany,
now in the hands Of the coroner, give In.
timations that the deceased camel Of y
respectable family. and had, at intervals,
received considerable sums Of money
ffsOm homo. The jury came 10 the con.
clusiou that the deceased had come to
his death BY being run over by the cars
Of the Illinois Central railroad, while he
was lying or sitting on the track. The
body was buried 1t the expense Of the
railroad company.
We are not satisfed, In our own mind,
that there has not, In this case, been .
murder committed This man Krauss
was seen In Cairo on the afternoon pre-
ceeding his death, and left town on foot,
following out the line Of the railroad.
The letters on his person spoke Of rsmIt.
tances Of money to him. There was not
q single dime found on his person. IL
there not room for the conjecture that
one or more Of the transient thieves and
burglars that infest Cairo, followed him
out Of town, way-laid him, Knocked him
on the head, rified his pockets, and then
placed the body on the trussel work
where the cars would wipe out all traces
Of their violence? That q man In his
sober senses, ~ this man was known to
be, would attempt to walk over, or lie
down or sit down, In the darkness Of
night, on the trussel work where the boz
dy was found, surpasses belief. Further.
more. II was not yet shutdown when the
stranger was seen within three miles Of
the point where his body was found.
How happens II that at half past 2 o'clock
the next morning he had made such slow
progress? II we will concede that he
was Knocked In the head, robbed and
the body placed on the trussel work, all
that II strange and mysterious in the
matter 10 at once made plain.
-s---
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-08-27

The letter Of IA Progressive Demo-
crat, and lengthy editorial article from
the Chicago Tribune on Giving pollti.
cal issues" nll to-day, the availabls
space Of our outside pages. T
We do not publish the letter and article
because we think there IL any national
movement Of the parties that puts the
questions therein discussed In prominent
issue, nor because We indorse the argu.
men0 or ideas therein elaborated: but
because we are ofths opinion that, com-
Ing ~ they do from the acknowledged
organs OF the democratic and radical
parties in the Northwest, they foreshad.
ow movement upon thepoliticai chess
board that IL already exciting much
thought and dIscussion, and for which the
public mind should 10 prepared. Asking
for both srticles careful perusal We
submit hem without further remark.
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-08-27
coed Hard Fire Wood

Mr.. j. w. Turner is receiving
q supply Of splendid hard fire wood
which he will deliver In any quantity
desired in any part of the city. Now is
the time to hand him your orders for
winter wood. He can and will deliver
il much cheaper than 1t can be bought
two or three mouths, hence when the
roads become rough and muddy, and as
TO the quality of the wood, it cannot be
surpassed. He solicits orders for any
quantity from a half cord up to five
hundred cords, promising TO sell at prices
that will defy successful competition.
Aug23dlw. .. OHM
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-08-27

II you want . good stove, or tinware
hollow-ware, copper or sheet-iron ware,
tin roof, gutter, or anything In that line,
call on A. Fraser, Commercial avenue
beteen Eleventh and Twelfth street,
where he has moved TO, AID fitted up the
larges' and most complete shop In
Soutnern Illinois. r
Particular attention given to steam.
boat and mill work, copper smithisg
and sheet iron work, such as chimneys,
breechsr escaping stesm-plpes, etc.
apr24d6m r....
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-08-27

Six HUNDRED DOZEN more Of the cell
brated "MAson" Fruit Jars, perfect and
simple sels.ssalers, fh< best IN America
prices, At the Queensware House.
Parsons, DAVIS 4 Co,
jy22A Nos. 8 and z Tenth st.
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-08-27

The trussei work which in yester days
paper We inadvsrtly placed ct IN alti.
tude Of nve hundred feet, must come
down considerably. We intended to
ixit, or . portion oft, at hight offs feet.
That IL about as high a. any body ought
to get while on the cars. - ..r.g,
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-08-27
IT'S PRESENT,
The HOST Successful Fire Insurance CO.
IN AAERlCA.
CASH ASSETS. ss,ssa,ssa -

Three-fourths OF the Insurance Companies char.
tered have hled, proving the mistakes and dificul-
ties OF a profession based on calamity and nn,for-
tune, with an important part OF It's development 10 the
sphere OF broad human benevoence. II Is rare ana
uncommon event for Que Of these institutions 10
make It's FIFTifTH animal report, and that : salts
inc,ory one.snother offe's p,aines, old lessons
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-08-27
"Barrett's" IL indispensable.

DR.. Austin, surgeon dentist, after an
absence Of few weeks, Is again In the
city, pursuing his profession. Parties
needing the services Of . strictly nrst
class and scientific dentist should call
upon Dr.. Austin, ut his ONCE over Messrs
'Hsythorn 4 Elliott's, Commercial aven.
ne, between Eighth and Ninth.
..... Augl7 lwd
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-08-27

Earthern fruit jars are the cheapest and
when thoroughly glazed, inside and out,
like thoss an sale st Parsou, Davis, d Go
they sre as reliable and durable ~ the
best.
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-08-27

Cincinnati Lager Beer, just received
ct Louis Herberts, Ohio Lsvee. augl0wl
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-08-27
IT'S FUTURE
Losses Paid at Cairo BY the Etns:

Usefulness and duty must be- shaped and measures
only by tho wealth and growth OF our country
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-08-27

OF Bridegroom to Bride, in the institution Of Marriage
"a guide to matrimonial fJlicity, and true happiness
sent by mail in sealed letter envelopes free Of charge
Address, HOWARD ASSOCIATION, box p, Phiiadel-
phia, Pa. mysldkvsu
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-08-27

CLANS and Lake Fish, ct Louis Herb.
er's, IS Ohio Lcvse. auglOwl
"Barrett's" in the household word.
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-08-27

A German girl 10 do housework In
small family. Apply at the corner Of 5th
and Walnut, or toe. p. Parsons at
queenswsre store on Tenth street. II
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-08-27

Letter Heads printed at the Bulletin
Office for 30 90 per thousand.
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-08-27

1.-THE Best in Use. "-Ender's Stomach
Bitten.
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-08-27
We THOUGHT so.


The following dispatch says Is much
about the international rowing match -
we have stomach" for reading:
"Cdtso B,dlstjN:-'Ws have met the
enemy and We ere theirs The Oxfords
beat the Harvards to-day by three
lengths or six seconds. K.u
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-08-27

Ender's stomach Bitters 1.-THE best
in USE"
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-08-27
C.rds at the low rates

Business Cards at the low rates OF
"A OOto So 90 per thousand printed at
the Bulletin job Office. Send for sam
pies. fat
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-08-27

Agents in all tho prncipal Cities and Towns,
Rates and terms as liberal as consistent with mod.
crate profit and sibsiantiai security.
Stafford, Morris & Candee,
iuy2T I'm AGENTl calro III
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-08-27

IT'S PAST.
by their fruits We know them.''
Losses Rufd In Fifty Years,
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-08-27

Te Csansy o0esss.
Notice il hereby given, that the pub
lie laws ofls69 are now In my ONCE for
Augl3 I'm County Clerk. y
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-08-27

Use Ender's Chill Cure.--"It never
fails" -.....
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-08-27

"Barrett's'' received the first prsrniu

bsfTetgs" received the hrst premium.
-..I ~ --------S---
% Cotillion Party It Mn. Gafhey's Ball
Alley, corner. of Poplar and Division SITS.
Tomorrow Friday svening 9th inst.
Kaufman band engaged. =
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-08-27

"Barrett's" elegant hair restorative.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-10-06
RAILROAD LINES

1850 FOB, NEW YoRK;zTHE CAMDEN
lCOOs and Amboy and Philadelphia and Trel-
New York and way Places. =
FROM WALNUT STREET WHARF.
Az 63O A. M, via Camden and Amboy Accom-. :, 1925
At A. M, via Cam. and Jersey City Ex. Mail. 800
At2P. NJ, via Camden and Amboy Express 800
AT y. M, for AmbOy and intermediate stations.
At630 and A. M. and 2. M, for Freehold.
Al. At 8 "A. M. and 2 p M, for Long Branch and
:, At and 10 A. M, iS NJ 2, $50, and 48O p NJ, for
Trenton.
At $50 g. and 10 a. M, 10 M, o. $780, 4sO, 6, T. ami
II IL 30 Z. M. Tor Bordentown, Florence, Burlington
;, At $50 and 10 A. y NJ, $3.50, 80, O. and 1880
and Fish House, and p M. for Rlverton.
Ihe II 30 7. M. line leaves Market Street Ferry,
FROM KENstNaToN DEPOT.
AT II A. M, via Kensington and Jersey City, New
York Express Line; Fare, 90:
Trenton and Bristol, and 1918 A. M. and p M. for
At 78o and Il A. NJ, 98O and P. M, for Norris
vile and 1ullytown.
At $50 and l915 A. NJ, and 23O, 5, and p M. for
Schencks and Eddlngton.
AT 7'8O and 1918 <. M, $50, d. 3, and P. NJ, for
Cornwells, Torresdale, Holmesburg Tacony, WIS
snOming, Brideshurg and Frankford, and at $50
7. M. for Homesburg and intermediate stations.
FROM WEST PHILADELPHIA DEPOT
Via Connecting Railway.
AT $3.50 A. NJ, 100 q, 64b, S, and 70 2. NJ. New
York Express Lines, via Jersey City. Fare 1925.
At u 80 ?. M, Emigrant Line Fare, g. =,
Trenton
Ats 30 A. NJ, 4, 645, and ~ +. NJ, for Bristol.
AT 12 p NJ. NighD for Morrisyille, Tullytown,
| Schencks, EddiugtOn, COrnwelIg TOrresdale,
Holmesburg, Tacony, Wissnomlng Bridesburg and
Frankford
The 0 80 A. NJ, and 70 p. NJ Lines will run daily.
| All others, Sundays excepted.
| For Lines leaving Kensington Depot take the
cars on bird or Fifth street, at Chestnut 80 minutes
| before departure, The Of Market Street Rail-
way run direct to West Philadelphia Depot. Chestnut
| and Walnut within one square. On Sundays the
Market Street cars will run to connect with the 930
| A. NJ, S and 10 p NJ. lines.
| BELVIDERE DELAWARE RAILROAD LINES.
FROM KENsINGToN DEPOT.
At 7'30 A. NJ. for Niagara Falls, Buffalo, Dunkrk,
Elmira, Ithaca, Owego, Rochester, BinghamtOn, Os-
wego, Syracuse Great Bend, Montrose Wllkes0arre,
| SChooey's Mountain, etc.
At 7'30 A. M. and $3.50 p. M. for Scranton, Strouds-
| burg, Water Gap, Bevidere, Easton, Lamoertvlle.
| Femington, etc The $50 p M. Line connects o. ect
with the train leaving Easton Tor MaurI Chunk
| Allentown, Bethlehem, etc.
At II A. NJ and P. NJ, for LaIabertville and in
| tennediate stations
CAMDEN AND BURLINGTON COUNTY AMI
PEMBERTON AND Hl9HTSTOWN RAIL
ROADS.
| EROM MARKET STREET FERRY UPPER sIDF).
At ! and 10 A. NJ, l. 2'15, $3.50, 5, and 6'3O F. NJ fol-
| Mercha3t1ie, MoorestOwn, Hartford, MasOnyille
| Tainesport Mount Holly, Smithve, Evansville,
| VincentoWn birmingham, and Pemberton
At A. NJ, for LewistoWn, WrghtstoWn, Cooks
town, New Egypt, aud Hornerstown
AT A. NJ, 1 anu $50 p. NJ, for Lewstown,
Wrightstown, COokstOwn, New Egypt, Uorners-
town, Cream Ridge, Imaystown, Sharon, and Nights
town. WILLIAM II. GATZMER Agent.
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A mderful Phenomenon.

From the EUdngetiSt
On the first day of September, 1852 two
astronomers, one at Oxford, the other at Lon
don, were at the same time watching the spots
on the disc of the sun; and both at the same
moment saw certain strange bright patches of
light break out in front of the cluster. So
brilliant were they that the observers at first
thought that the darkening screens attached
to their telescopes must have become frac-
tured. But this was found not to be the
case. The bright spots indicated process
that was going on upon the suns surface-a
process so rapid that in five minutes the spots
had travelled over space OF nearly $4,000
miles.
Nor is this all. There is a strange connec-
ton oftentimes between the action of these
magnetic forces and the phenomena of earth
quakes and volcanoes. Indeed, it has been
recently argued that the cause of the latter is
to be found not in the subterranean fires of
our globe expanding vapors and giving them
a destructive agency, but in the electricity
communicated to our globe by the sun. But
be this as it may it is startlingfact that there
is q force manifesting itself on the face of the
sun simply as brilliant light flashing over
its surface, that can through an interval of
ninety-fve millions of miles instantaneously
operate on our earth; blaze along our tele-
graphic wires, give electric shocks to the
signal-men stationed by them; flash Northern
lights through the heavens; thrill the very
globe from pole to pole with magnetic infu-
ences, disturb the repose of nature, and per-
haps rock the solid earth as if its surface, in
some places at least, were a mere scale on a
boiling sea of fire.
There is something almost overpowering in
a fact like this. Here is a force to which no
other of which we have any knowledge can
be compared We speak with amazement of
the speed of light, travelling thousands Of
miles in a single second. And yet there are
perhaps worlds, or, as the poet phrases it,
'Systems of whose birth
No tidings vet have reached this neither world"
from which that light that started from them
thousands of years ago, has not yet penetrated
to this earth, so that it might seem as if
the very vastness of the universe left its parts
disconnected-so disconnected that even a
message sent with the speed of light failed
to reach them till thousands of years had
transpired.
But here is an agent, mysterious force,
that annihilates distance, as light cannot do
it, as gravitation perhaps cannot do IT. orlgl-
mating, we know not how, but when showing
itself on the sun, travelling almost in an in
slant through the bounds of the solar system,
telepraphing as it were to the extremities Of
creation, without any instrumentality OF wires
or connections, the will of the great Maker,
reaching and affecting the fbres Of all living
things, breaking up the repose OF Nature, and
calling forth at once the most magnificent
displays of Northern light and volcanic force,
till the solid globe reels and rocks at Its
noiseless touch
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-10-06
The Origin OF Rattlesmalees.

The attachment of the Red Indian aborlgines
to this famous reptile is proVerbial among
nearly all the tribes even at this present day, it
is seldom disturbed, but is designated by the
endearing name of grandfather. 1t is recorded,
however, by the early historians, that when one
tribe desired to challenge another to combat,
they were in the habit of sending into the
midst of their enemy the skin of a rattlesnake,
whereby it would appear to have been employed
rs an emblem of revenge And as for the
origin of the rattlesnake, the old men among
the Cherokees relate legend to the following
effect-
A very beautiful young man, with a white
face, and wrapped in a white robe, once made his
appearance in their nation and commanded
them to abandon all their old customs and fes-
tiyals and to adopt new religion. He made
use of the softest language, and everything he
did proved him to be good man. 1t so hap
ened however, that he could make no friends
among them, and the medicine men of the ma
tion conspired to take his life. In many ways
did they try to do this-by lashing him with SER
pents, and by giving him poison, but were always
unsuccessful. But in process of time the dee d
was accomplished, and in the following manner:
1t was known that the good stranger was in
the habit of daily visiting certain spring for the
purpose of quenching his thirst and bathing his
body. In view OF this fact, the magicians made
q very beautiful war-chest inlaid with some
mud shells and decorated with rattles, and this
chest they offered to the Great Spirit with the
| prayer that ne would teach them how to destroy
the stranger. In answer TO the prayer a vene-
nous snake was created and carefully hidden
under a leaf by the side of the spring The
stranger as usual, came there to drink, was
bitten by the snake, and persisted. The Cherokee
nation then fell in love with the snake, and
having asked the Great Spirit to distinguish il
by some peculiar mark from all the other snakes
in the world, he complied by transferring to it;
body the rattes which had made the chest oi
sacrifice so musical to the ear and so beautiful
to the eye.