The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-15

himself On Lake George the Captain Of the
Iieonderoga o., tho Mohican mounts a box
ssp SSso but 5Ssoe on e Che nS a RiSiRIssI SPt the %eG 6SptaiS
guide book. The American traveller is sup
q The Ohio and Mississippii. where M. .cleys.
iind discovered acivll service reform giant in
poiptin the West attic. outbreak Of heesstiiiitisets,
works then thrown up have served as the foun-
2ation 1i a ieyee oyer which the waters no
I pInse that hSw ar a. Y s resalse" r s@" III Il T STst i FStFIe eh az
Belmont and IL was to this he returned when
ne barely escaped CAPTURE. II he had been
I've, minutes later In reaching the tub that car
ried him. the history of the wa. would have had
some different features.
There Is always somebody - recall the fact
that New Madrid suffered more from an earth
quake; early IN the century. than any, other
s Ss In America. not executing Charleston.
no in a night. Since then many Of It's houses
war the Confederates strongly fortified Island
NO. 10. They had heavy guns mounted on
1000 troop snd Of in Wbom ~s Gem e0PP 6pe rS ooptur rei
ing against the descent. Of Union expeditions,
ran the batteries in the dark. But OF that ISL
AND. hen SO large and apparently so solid.
As the boat passes along near the. shore. one
can see an acre or more sink out OF sight with
a MUDDY EgrSle The Mississippi Is the crook,
out, of and many miles of travel saved by the
eating OF a channel across a neck of land. 1t
been shortened o great deal during the CEN
tury. and Mark Twain figured out that at the
t tase o only ipI a s asrtsin num M sne If ps ssars 81 f oGq It.
process is arbitrary and cannot. always be
the steamboat is less than half a mile from
where it will be three hours later, A little
but the current refused to 60 through It,
There f usually a stop OF q couple Of hours
at Memphis h which has most Of the ehnrHe-
which Gen. Frank P, Blair used e sit and feed
an illness, at the Gayoso House; There has
yyS SsFs s sl9re eu then a, q tame the k i%eH5Trsfs tR Re' tr ssIll
elier from the North may be iimping still from
a fall on the icy pavement Just before he start
ed, he has seen the buds and almost the young
leaves on the cottonwoods that line the banks
above the site OF Fort Pillow, before reaching
four hours behind the schedule time and most
Of the landings are still to be made. But no.
body frets about it except the overworked man
who Is away for a rest. He is the typical
Northern man. When he goes from hone on
a needed. vacation he catches the first train by
running for it and travels night as well as day
In order to cover as much territory as posi-
At vicksburg 1t is easy to talk with a full
grown man who was born under ground in a
bomb-proof cave when Grant bombarded the
place. Older persons tell of their experienceu
der -" Which. they lived free Of fear Wills the
thunder, Of siege guns and the bursting Of
much Of the furniture Of their homes It is at
Natchez that the Southern spring is encoun-
tered red A Here Is a quaint Ia6 city tIit rE Gtnr cd to the the
with flowers. There is fresh enough recol-
lection of the winter at home to make the great
their thef 'f eeud WI lowers e seem ike the Work OF
mSS GI THE Herr r;r1 to Q; Are s .0a6r w mills WITH claas White afe
make. really capable, workers.
An interesting sight Is an island covered by
IN fshing. They are not Shy. paying no at
tention to the hoarse whistles, OF boats that
pass each aSo,e other h T here; and Indifferent to the
At Bayou Sara a traveller tells Of an incident
of eighteen years ago. The boat stopped. as
ashore; He discovered ~ uueer-looking craft
not unlike a eapalboati H. was a circus owned
Governor Of Kansas. The. Circus had rfoated
the river. giving performances not only
at towns, but also at large ,plantations. The
stabbed one of the performers. and
he was then in a Dangerous =, STATE in his berth;
horses to eat up the gains,
Baton Rouge il more like a French than
se 4@sf tSe bus yillase part in what Many Is Of G lhe small RH
houses might have been, taken from the
French quarter of New Orleans. They have
The towers Of the State CAPITOL. rebuilt after
the walls had stood neglected for many years.
ftsrecT as sh at S Sye IHns e esiqye p sae e fGgR vail al yii 4 noS:
cred with flowers. Placauemine is another
quaint. foreiGn-looking. fower-covered town.
scent Of orange blossoms in the air. The
priest IS the chief man and his church
thes sriR oWe B toWasa ind eedE as Gs'f fare f n9rtha as
Helena, the beginnings OF oyertiows ana per-
haps destructive revasses have been noted.
sums have been spent on the double
line of levees and other works. but nearly
every year weak points are discovered and
sugar plantations are ruined by a great depth
The Steamboat has been anywhere from
EitS. but S8 ten to- t dSyfi n te lTIesGfi 66se fRe d the time
IN the study Of the different kinds Of way pas.
the wild Missourian to the lively Frenchman:
there has beer, pleasure in the growing signs
afe Sp and f H%Stsi az Of fhs SUMNER snG; GHe the heq bo ins rolls
melancholy quiet Of the uninhabited shores
Great White mansion in full sight. fifty mules
were unloaded. They. had, been crowded to-
The rains beat on them and where they could
aot lie down. AZ they were turned loose ashore i2oL
ct were rolling on the grass.
AT one point q negro, brass band came
In going up and down. II the hrazen
was not fine. at least the vocal perform
ances were funny The soloists ran t2 senti-
woman Marguerite" and Sweet Marie,
we're repeated until the bar was overworked
BY maddened men,.
On the whole. il Is a trip to be taken. either
iowp or up, The former Is to Be preferred.
oleasurablo than the reverse. and the land
ngs in the lower river are moro frequent and
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