The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-04-06
NUMBER IL.

the bridge Of soil and trees and cane was
broken down 10y the earthquakes iesuund-
lug footsteps.
Where the railway from Nasl vile TO
Hickman, ny, on the Mississippi cfasses
that from Mobile To Cairo ano Ch cago
stands the toSn of Union City. 4 is ten
miles from this lake. II has bren stsg,d
that when heavy locomotives and heavily
ladened trains come rushing 10y, hotejs and
station houses quake. caudies. icls are
shakeu from mantlcs aud tables. arc hat
hulloHneSS III which tie forest oi>a,.t.csreG
which bridgcd Reelioo. Lake, exyvrus, IL
has been alleged, beneAth tiie tovH aui
railway. The aater ct thiS lake Is u... tE.tt
of the Mississippi. ID Is Of cINsgsi bright
ness aud ciearae~s, such - uist itc tlisites
the river In the depths of Mammoth cave,
while the great IiveI above giouud, JcGr-
ing aliuvium from uOItii Ner tern uOUirr aitls.
is iawny IN its AciluwnvsS and imlet,i. US
10 vision. When The eaIthquak, oi lSII-r9
was most violent anu the uighi WAS uI ex-
traoi dInary daikn,s~. The Missis~ipl I fipvyci
backward, aud iathuais la the Nlciu.tv of
Hickman drif!ed back wards forty mile. To-
wara Cairo. a mighty volume OF iieel-s
huod-ii ide IeCeded into mcasuI, less cave AS
beneath the county = surface, and hu,, aers
were the lvwlands submerged.
There is dead Sea- oT niarky water
hidden beneath yhs yarth's surface in The
vicinity II CaIo aud New Madrid and
broader and deeper thau the taihcu. less
Reelfoot Lake dug by jhe senii of ratlh
quakes. The visible lake of rur TIME may
be the receptacle tug the bright waters -iiaJ
flow through Mammoth Csve, AID if ILrii's
Pit with its emptiness were sounded Il
would be dihcoVeied thai lis depths - re
carved out 10y great river which Though
Countless ages has been eiu5lius it's pam
1 l.. .
find debuuchnent Iu Rreii.,ut Like
There are vague ard indefinite sureuia-
tious, and oniy deieH>ibie whea sc lesi CT
that the Mississippi river does uot an rely
l'ercolate the sril n the ;a~laudS but .,l,s.,-
| luiely ovei flows The countiy. ca fish :gs:n
the river have becu caught IA wells dog un
plantations i'm the swRnl,s. aud the Bater
IN these wells rises aud falls with the Il ..ds
tide of the IiNtr
1t may be- proper TO s.ute that the ate
Wapl'en"ckee (Longfput) w. ID. teIraslu
with whom Abraham Lincoln s,iouiued aS
wondchopper in the early seals Of il,e
current centui Y, ,often lecouuted The terriL le
! incidents of the earthquake tinat destroyed
! New Madrid, below Cairo. ia 1912. ai,d tie
~iiier ut this has often hpaid N. r. uasnn
aud the father of Charley Morris, II A.
lantic Place, on the Mis>issii III, relate many
/ facts here rectcd. N. J.. HorJd.
| A GOOD SuoT.-The oticr dav 1st-t,n
! nisn un uiie Of the Uui"m Pacific trains
| tAo,igbt he would take chew at ttl,sccn
| t. drive away the blues. - lie took d chew.
| lie uas not AN old aud eloquent clcwe "a. 80
! an about a minute aud half after De hsd
| set las teeth un The "a aCgant E,'iino.H fiie
| cut he wanted III spit some where. ILU
i"neer he put it "tf the more zee -.lIy4,rv
/ glands put IA ttuIr k. ai.d as Ee - i'd-
! ~ so1ghi for AN obscure spot Nll.ft is
could spit without being detected, EiR
| cheeks fanny - eilrd out.
Finally the agony b-camc unsupppi able
and he resolved 80 slit along the ATS uf
the car aud tlicu iruk out of tiie window &C
the passing landscape ~ avoid be.ue s.e-
tected. He got ab5nt Tire nigh; elevation
:" that lac cnuld make balls eve about
| ten feet down lie aisle aud i!ied.
A fat gen; leriau who sat facing our
young ficEd. at tliai aiiicuisr mnu.eut :
being engaged ia an animated conversation
| with lass seat male. Thought that a uestuls
| with the right hand WAS 4. t'Felv inai,teE-
sible, and sui;ing the ACTION to- the impnl>s
| threw his fat hand out With an open pa ia
just in time To Catch neails MI the an,icr
! eXpeCtoIatIun n least, he caught al! ilat
his hand would L..ld.
The young man. Who olzci uut tf fi.e
window inimediatels atiei tbe shot lena 4
! n mild ripple # merry Daughter from ise
quaIiette OF rfe.ty giilS un the opposite
| side nf the car, aud looking Brtsuru 10 -
venerable ma;, with very rti face la x
ing at his right hand n = sari AID regret
fui way. Then tie young grAn t,lnk lis
handkerchief. and vhile Tire Ilytu gl'ts
giegle,i aud tctheed. he desperately 'yol5-
ped otf the fai gp'IIlrulsus hand Ire
! young man hHs invested 3Ho ti.iiaf, ia A
tobacco antivi"te. ard duSen't read st Be-
Thing but Trask's anti-i"hacco tracts. ile
says he is awful glad he di,ln't XII i.itns,lf
as lie intended 10 at st.