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the wide set eyes and lived in the
village near the home of his father.
For many moons the tribe had been
at peace with all the world, and the
blue smoke from the village fire
sides foated TRANQUILITY in the even
ing air, and when the moon and
stars came out they looked upon
a scene serene. Little children
played about the wigwam door of
Tishomingo, or listened to stories
of war and the chase told by their
father in the evening hours.
Meantime Talequah was in his
new home. He had grown great
with his adopted people. He stood
high in popular esteem, for his
prowess in war and his skill in the
chase were wonderful, indeed. In
woodcraft he had not an equal in
any of the neighboring tribes, and
none was so accurate with the bow
or so swift of foot. The speed Of
the wild deer was his, and he had
the cunning of the fox and the
scent of the hound. About the
council fire, too, when the peace
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pipe was smoked, old men grown
gray in wisdom harkened to bis
words.
One night when a storm clond
was rising when the sun had set a
symbol of war was received by the
tribe of Tishcmingo. 1t came from
the tribe of Tahlequah, and the
messenger sped away on the wings
of the wind.
All was now in preparation for
war. The following day bnt one,
the war paint was brought forth
and made hideous the red faces of
the valiant braves.
The day arrived and the two con
tending forces stood each upon a
gentle rise of ground, nearing each
other with war like fronts.
just before the mad rush of bat
tie was made darkness fell upon
the earth not the darkness of
night, but the dull, leaden gloom
that comes Just before storm.
But not a cloud was visible. The
sun shone like disc of FURNISHED
brass, and the atmosphere was
heavy and oppressive and filled
with the odor of sulphur. Here
and there little cones Of sand rose
up from eight to ten feet in height,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-11

last all was quiet and once again
order came out of chaos, beauti-
full lake of broad expanse arose,
where the land had sunk, and they
called it "Reelfoot."
Such is the legend of this beauIi-
full lake of sunny Tennessee. 1t
must be true, for an old Indian
said that the Great Spirit spoke to
him in dream and revealed his
purpose of destruction, warning
him to flee for his life and not to
make known the secret to a single
soul on the penalty of instant
death and to be cut off from the
pleasures of the "happy hunting
ground" The old Indian obeyed
the Injunction and hence escaped
the awful catastrophe. BY tradi-
ton the story comes to us and
skeptical indeed must be the one
who doubts, for a single moment,
its authenticity. But there are
always "doubting Thomases" and
always will be until the end of
time.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-11

from which little Jets of lurid fame
belched forth, emitting fine parti
cles of sitting lava, so that the
warriors had to fall upon their
faces in order to breathe without
complete suffocation.
Not leaf stirred. All was still
as death. Even the birds in the
branches of the trees sat as though
chained to the spot. A buzzard
ceased its circling in the air and
stood poised as if dead in its aerial
flight. Motion and time and sound
seemed to stop and lose all power,
and a little branch near by ceased
its flowing and stood still in the
awful silence,
Then the earth began to tremble
and trees waved like thistles in a
breeze while a deep rumhling noise
that seemed to come from under
meath the earth's surface was heard,
and the poor red savages were
filled with terror that was pitia
BILE, for they thought it was the
voice of an outraged God, speak
ing in the darkness OF approach,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-11
the bond of affection that subsiste,

the bond of affection that subsisted
between them was beautiful in the
sight of the doting father and was
the talk of the whole tribe. But
suddenly, one day, when the two
brothers had reached the age of
20 years, a cloud arose between
them. A discord broke harsh and
rasping in the music of their lives
They both loved a maiden of an
other tribe. and both could not
take her to wife, even had they
so desired.
The maiden was very neat and
round and pretty. Her eyes were
soft and bright, the eyes of little
wild animal who is gentle and
trusting and not afraid. She looked
upon both the braves with favor,
but her simple, forest grown heart
was pure, like the notes of the lark
which danced in the sunlight near
her wigwam door. The arts of
coquetry and the wiles of her
tutored sisters of the paleface race
were unknown to her, and when
she spoke her soul was in her eyes
and deceit had no place in which
to abide.
But her heart was Tishomingo's,
and that made the heart of Table
quah heavy like the leaden bullet
that the white man shot from his
gun with the voice of the thunder.
Tahlequah's love for his brother
now turned to hate, and he could
no longer bear to dwell in the same
tribe, for the light had gone out
and the darkness had set in, thick
and cold and damp. 80 he went
away one night when the moon
was above the treetops. He crossed
the Mississippi at New Madrid, and
back several miles from that point
he found cordial welcome in an
other tribe.
The old chief was greatly grieved
at the departure of this much
loved son, in whom his hopes were
centered, but be bore his sorrow
with the stolid silence of his taci.
turn race. But the seal of melan.
,holy was on his wrinkled brow
and the lines about his mouth grew
ieeper and deeper and we're never
lighted by smile.
Tishomingo wed the maiden with
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wheeler's s Romance.

The death of Gen. Joe Wheeler,
the ex Confederate veteran, has re.
called to the minds of a number OF
New Orleans people the romantic
story Of his courtship. says the New
York Tribune.
1t was in the early years of the
war. Gen Wheeler had been har-
rying the Federal troops n ar Chat
tanooga and had managed to cut
off their supplies During part
of this campaign he made his home
on the Jones estate, in Northern
Alabama. There he met Mrs Ella
Sherrod, the daughter of Col Jones,
well-known steamboatman of an
tie. bellum days. Col. Jones was
away at the war. Mrs, Sherrod's s
husband lad died, and she was left
alone on the plantation with her
crippled son and an invalid mother.
Gen. Wheeler fell deeply in love
and often slipped away from his
command to spend a few hours
with Mrs. Sherrod. although the
trips were made at the risk of his
life.
Finally the Federal troops burned
every building on the plantation,
and Mrs. Sherrod carried her moth
er from the burning house at mid
night. Gen. Wheeler drove the
Federal troops completely out OF
the neighborhood. AT the close of
the war Mrs. Sherrod consented to
become Mrs. Wheeler.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-11
THE LEGEND OF
REELFo0T LAKE
nY WILL 7. cARpENTER.

Many, many years ago, before
the great grandfathers of many Of
MS were born, and when the late
Mississippi valley was vast will
derness of cane, cottonwood, oak
and cypress brakes, tapered up
/ from the marshy soil in graceful
kpfoportions, like dismal sentinels
Il the lonely solitude, and when
ae deer, the bear, the panther and
her animals Of semi tropic
Ame existed in abundance in the
id freedom of their forest homes,
Ere dwelt, near where Reelfoot
a44ke is situated, an Indian chief
Of the name of Montockaquah.
1t is said that he possessed great
wisdom, and dispensed a sort of
rude justice in the management of
his affairs that caused his people
TO reverence him in a way that
none of his predecessors had en-
joyed. He was always at the head
of all important councils, and as a
warrior be was invincible, no 9p-
posing foe ever having been able
to cope with his cunning in the
planning of battles or in his deep
laid schemes of attack. He had
two s-Tahlequah and Tisho
mingo. OF these twog sons the
chief was very proud, for in their
very childhood they gave great
promise Of their future prowess
as hunters Of game and warriors
bold.
At an early age they were taught
the use of the bow and arrow, and
in all the games and sports of In.
dian life none excelled them. The
old chief watched them grow to
abood with the greatest inter
and to him they were ever
Sjects of the deepest solicitnde,
II he realized that the time was
mot far removed until he must !
pass to the happy hunting grounds
whittier bis fathers before him had
gone, and that the mantle of his
authority must fall upon them, so
be taught them many useful things
and filled their heads with knowl
edge far beyond their years.
The youths were inseparabls and
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ing death.
When the earth began to sink
and rip open, and into the yawn
ing caverns, the trees went down
into the blackness of the bowels
of the earth, the universe seemed
to gasp like thing in pain. All
the forces of nature seemed to he
at war, latent as we'll as active.
The very silence of dormant forces
appeared TO evince the power of
omnipotence and the weakness Of
man in the hour of distress, des.
pite the arrogance of his conceit,
and the vainglory of his boasted
strength.
Streams reversed their courses,
and ran upstream, and the whole
landscape reeled and rocked like a
drunken man, or ship IN u storm.
For miles around the surface of
the earth sank down and down,
lower and lower, until everything
contained upon it disappeared from
sight, including the two contending
tribes of Indians. Tradition says
that the cause of this great con.
vulsion of nature was the anger of
the ''Great Spirit, who was moved
10 wrath at the deadly feud be-
tween the two brothers. When at
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-11
TENNESSEE STATE FAIR Asso-
CITATION


The benefits that flow from q
yearly exhibition of the best live
stock, farm, horticultural and me-
chanical products of State and
its natural resources, and from the
commingling of the farmers to
compare the results of their labors
and interchange views, are so gen.
orally recognized that there is no
need to dwell on an acknowledged
fact. Nor is il necessary that at
tention be called to the diffusion
of prosperity among all forms of
industry wherever agriculture
fourishes.
The State Fair manifests its val
ue, first upon live stock, then upon
the farm itself, in increased fertil-
ity and the employment of more
scientific and economical methods,
and finally upon all the varied
business interests to which agri-
culture contributes so largely.
Farming is progressively pros
porous, profit being made without
exhausting the capital the farm|
only where live stock growing is
made a prominent feature. Live
stock growing-as experience has
proven wherever it has been tried
cannot be successfully practiced
without a State Fair.
A State Fair is strictly eeuca-
tional. The work of the agricul-
tural colleges and experiment sta
tions is most valuable, but their
sphere of influence is naturally
limited to the students in attend
ance and the chance visitor, The
state Far IS the school OF the peo'
pie, where practical demonstration
is made of what is best among the
various classes of products; it
shows how to attain the best, and
proves conclusively that the best
is the most profitable.
That Tennessee is to have State
Fair complete in all departments
is generally known, and it is the
object of this article TO acquaint
the general public with the magni-
tnde and completeness Of the
undertaking.
After the failure of number of
different organizations to secure
for Tennessee a State Fair, the
Retail Merchants Association of
Nashville, live, up to.date body
Df business M en-, realizing the
great Importance of such an fnsti-
sution to the State and feeling that
Nashville, the industrial and geo.
center of the State, was
he proper location for a State
Fair, decided to secure, independ-
mt of any State aid, such an insti-
ution.
With this idea in view, they have
purchased a beautiful tract of land
,nown as Cumberland Park, splen-
idly situated and highly improved
With buildings, ETC., suitable for
he purpose desired.
Cumberland Park is situated be-
wcen three of the great railroad
ystems of Nashville, which have
pleading platforms a few yards
rom the grounds, is touched on
wo sides by the city electric lines,
nd is but a few minutes drive
rom the busines center of the city.
o the many improvements already
ontained in Cumberland Park will
Q added, as the means are ac-
fCOntinued on fifth nape.
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CONTINUED on fifth page.l
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-10-11
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Sai' LIS. i'oppln, haughtliE.
Have YOU an account hcre?"
" am a me,nbor bore" said Mrs
BoAhin. Grawing ol- he,. books md
confronting him win the,n frir4n-
yhantly.
500, now oc,o,,,,r -a;a .ho ,fo,,.
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am Mrs. Albert ~liolling~ay Bob
"'iF @"., MIS-. l'oapll' Ht'hNits h'r.
- -" you "lsh 10 'i,..tilF me.
clerk is there anything / can DO for
yoD. MIS-. Goblin? Wouil You like to
meet our cashier. Mir. Knoekem?"
"cortainly not. sir" said MIS-. Rob
bin. glandly. Il should like toto
draw n chocl1,"
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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-10-11
corky Assails American Vices.

go
mere = rust on the statute of Lib
erty. says Maxim Gorky-"green rust
on the dark bronza" fIa did moi mo-
Ice il ON no alo,io,,s a., of hi, ~
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~ " -Npp,eton MAGAZINE lur Au-
i"'neH az 0ile 2ouusSS WITH tle
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sS-tne SIN years war OF ~lncepend-
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ear i'.isl tiu SCUM when NE -Nil:eri-
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o. ne rhV,lloIS ii,SIeu the pI!illant names
sa., 20 'tIietSoh ~" "i ''r"IS. L
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| Inc Nho,i,ion nf sla ,ar,, l..
in An,erica TN W. w. ~ - u .n.s'
ton of the rnion.. But 7 did moi Know.
| th,t i'm mis- ch,nga Of ,,orfs ",a Ia
der a deem rnnnnin~ ,bat tho na ina
,ta ;1on Ip 80 nc ~ PASSION
hga niso rerona e .ny ."u, NJ "e.,,oe' a,.s
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brva ,ha noonIa a,,an,a, '.Ie
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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-10-11
A Ready Wife.

The late oliver Sumner Teall, during
the enthusiastic campaign that he con-
Quoted In New York in behalf of wom-
an suffrage. attended one night a din
ner given by \ wonan's club In his
honor.
Mr.. Teall praised at this dinner the
ready tact and the resourcefulness OF
women. Then he said
lie ire illustrate with an incident
the quality of which I speak.
"a clergyman. II distant relative Of
mine. lives In the country. His rich
est parishoner Is a certain Mrs. Dash
Blank. a very influential old lady, but
a great bore as well.
Mrs. Dash Blank called at the rec
tory one afternoon. My cousin, busy
In his study. kept u of her way. He
left to his good wife the task of her
entertainment.
"A couple of hours passed. Then INV
cousin ut work at his desk. heard foot
steps in the hall. the closing of his
front door. silence Glad to think that
his wife was relieved OF her visitor.
he walked out on the landing and called
upstairs:
$50 that old bore has gone at last.
has she?'
."rhe sweet. firm voice of his rc-
sourceful and tactful wife replied:
"'Oh. yes. dear. She has been gone
several hours. But dear Mrs. Dash
Blank Is here now. l know YOU viii
want TO come up and speak to her."
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-10-11
q Meter Cars Desert Run.
From the Los tprcins Ti,r.

y remarkable desert Journey was
made "a few days i'll . Jackson
automobile. driven by D.. w. Robbins
o. this city. accompanied by a mining
s.,'ppcd from Los Angeles TO ella Bend.
Erl1.. TO run rom ,ilat point to The
Rescue copper mines at Ajo. near Tho
international touaGary.
II VAS Il sixty nile run fron, water
and caroline 10 similar supplies, and
across TIE hottest part OF the great
Coiorsdo desert. y thermometer was
carried and the lowest temperature req
ls;cTci was iCJ degrees F'ahrenlait
ifnGe. the shadc OF tie car TOP t.e nv.
c-agc was 1.G Ccr,ees.
Eour t,5ps were made over Il little
l,soi route 0ctorc Robbins returned to
Los Angeles a-,c. turning tho car over
to Org Of :he ncn at the mines. wbo
~ continue driving it over This route.
M"icn is the ont.' connection the mines
haze with civilization and the rail
.oal.
~ Black Gap OF this route have
been q nulnfcr OF holdups in The past
t5e point heiag where two biacl, lava
hills Of considerable size Guard the
road like Scylla and C~harybGis OF old
Last year I steam car was tried for
this run. l'ut the heat was so intense
that il was impossible to supply wa
ter enough. and after n ten mile trim
N-'- "'H' AA sIllu Is
Siiii il storage.
Robbins says that on one of his trims
he tried TO use Il monkey wrench. and
though 1t WAS carried under the seat.
ont of the suns rays, it was TOO hot
to be hell in his bare hands. Evan
Grafton OF tho gasoline 10
over q gallon and = half n day. and on
removing the front seat cushion the
vapor from the gasoline tank could he
felt eighteen inches above the vent
hole.
The Dad is hut a trail. ard it was
necessary at times to cut Il trench in
the center for The chain ana rear
sprocket wheel. and many times ii was
easier to ziszaS among The sage brush
than to try to keep in the deem ruts
of the old trail. The car was also used
part of the time for prospecting far
from any o Il or trail.
AS the heat at midnight at Aio is
about so degrees. it behooves an auto
mobile user in that part OF the country
10 do as little roadside repairing as
possible.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-10-11

own money. OF urs you'll have to
draw Cheeks
"Eu l never could draw. AZ
oart; it was always my very worst les
son ut the convent-it w2s="
"lia. la, ha! You done understand:
to draw Il chec,, is TO write X oU.-to
I'LL i. up-see?"
And can go anywhere and spend Il
clleck?'
We'll. if you're known it will be all
right: otherwise you'l have to be iden-
titled
oh, how perfectly horrid. am sure
I never can 90 mat. Why, Mrs. Sniff
iington had 10 go To the pciice station
to identify her purse. That's where YOU
Eave to go to be identified. Albert"
"Nonscnse. my dear. 1t certainly is
thing about business affairs. Any one
h knows you can identify you any
where"
suppose 1 want to pay my fare on
the ear or pay a c%abrnan? VIII he be
able to identify me-
"Oh. o don't use checks for such
small amounts as that. You just ask
me about it any time you want TO draw
a check. and I'll let you have the bene-
lit of my advice"
We'll. just let me have $50 this
morning" said Mrs. Bobbin, for I've
got 10 go 10 tOWn ana get some thlnGS.
I don't want to spoil the book un.il I
have had it awhile. anyhow!"
So Goblin gave his wife the money
and she started for own Looking out
of the bus she saw the Rattlethem
bank. and she decided to go in and
see what it was like. 1t vas q beautiful!
white marble p..ce. with young men
clerks at work behind plate glass par
titions. Then there was an inviting
little carpeted enclosure, where she saw
several women sitting at small desks
writing or counting money.
Mrs. Bobbin walked in and said to
the young man at the nearest window:
"Will you be kind enough to let me
have some ls,tepaper and envelopes?
l have n few letters TO write"
He looked at her strangely. I'VE have
nothing but the official paper. madam"
he said. and It is against our rules to
use that even for our own correspond
ence."
y think that is very odd" said Mrs.
Bohbin: my husband told me that you
wore specially courteous to ladies here"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-10-11
Bacon Good Food

National P.ovisioner: Lean bacon wnic,.
contained fairly large proportions OF both
protein and fat formed 4 part of tho
ration in Il number of experiments made
by Professor Snyder at the Minnesota ex.
pertinent station. about nine ounces being
eaten per man per dag. 1t was cut in thin
slices and baked or broilcd in the oven
until crisp and brown. All the fat which
cooked out was saved and eaten with the
bread and other foods which made up the.
daily fare. On an average about 80 per
cent. of the protein and NJ per cent. of tho
fat of the ration containing bacon were
digested and about SIS per cent. of tho
energy was available. Calculated values
for bacon alone showed over 30 per cent.
protein and &c per cent digcstihlc fat. fig
ures which compare iavorably with those
which have been obtained for other animal.
foods.
Allowing i"c per cent. for waste. u
pound of bacon will contain from al TO
o.$ pound digestihle ,protein and from o.
to o.6 pound digestihle fat, which is abouc
two-thirds as much as is found in butter.
Lean bacon contains as much protein and
about twice as much 'diges,ible fat al
other MEATS says Professor Snyder.
making 1t at the same time and even at
il hlSher price per pound Il cheaper food
than other meats. Bacon fat is easily
digested and when combined with other
foods it appears to exert Il favorable
- upon uibtStiOI.
Many who are fond of bacon hesitate
to eat it Since they believe that being very
rich In fat 1t is Il frequent cause of in
digestion. AS has been pointed out by a
number of writers. it seems fair to saw
/ that in the majority Of cases such diges-
/ tive disturbances are. not due to the fatty
Z nature of the food. but 10 the fact that the
bacon was oyrrcooked. or rather cooked
at too high Z temperature. Ii is NOT sur
prising that this should he the case when
1t is r~onsembered that fat heated to a high
temperature is decomposed and orc of tho
products given off is acrolein, an unnleas-
ant smelling compound which attacks tho
eyes. makes tncm smart. and i~rri;ates ali
mucous surfaces.
This compound is plainly noticeable In
the acrid fumes of burning or scorchin.
fat. When bacon fat is heated to go do,
grees Fahrenheit, this chemical cha,ro 10
brought about to a greater or less extent.
Very otien bacon Is hurriedly cooked in a
very he. trying pan over-a bright fire. ana
more CT less seorched- fat is an alrncst in
cvi,able result. When broiied or cooked
in the oven. there IS less danger OF ..corc,,-
Ing. bu: under all circumstances great car,
should be taken TO avoid too hot a fire.