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The Fall of Cahaba, Once Chiei
City of Alabama.
Before the Days of Railroads It Was the
Center of Culture and Learning-—
Now 8. Cotton Pinn-
' . tation.
It was Father Ryan, the southern
poet, first who said: “A land without
ruins is a land without memories.” If
such be the truth, Alabama is not with-
out memOries. A visit to the planta-
tion of :Capt. Cliff Kirkpatrick, Situated
about twelve miles from Selma, in Dal-
las county, beside the. rippling waters
of the Alabama river, where the once
city of Cahaba, for many years the cap-
ital of the state, and the seat of culture
and learning, stood, will convince one
of this fact. What was once the streets
and boulevards of the gay cityare now
broad fields, where stately stalks of
corn and spreading plants of cotton
grow in luxuriance, nourished by the
fertile soil upon which famous men in
Alabama’s history half a. century ago
gathered to. solve grave problems of
state or to enjoy the unalloyed pleas-
ures of antebellum times.
Before the days of railroads, says the
Chattanooga. Times, Cahaba, then the
capital of Alabama, was in her glory.
Beautifully , situated, with steamboats
plying up and down the Alabama river
between Cahaba. and Mobile, carrying
down cargoes of cot ton and produce and
returning with merchandise, the ancient
capital became the inland metropolis
of her state. The bulk of the cotton
crop was shipped through it. The
wealthy planters and slave owners
made - their purchases there and its'
trade became large. It was likeWise
the hubof aristocracy and the - seat of
colleges and schools of a high order.
When the legislature was in session the
season of gayety set in. The palatial
homes of the wealthy and historic fam-
ilies, many of whom owned lordly man-
sions in and around Cahaba, were
thrown open and southern hospitality
held uninterrupted sway. These homes
were veritable palaces of luxuriance,
for their owners lived in the lap of
plenty.
The decline of Cahaba began before
the war, when railroads missed it and
were built to Selma and Montgomery.
The days of river transportation were
numbered, and Cahaba’s trade [began
to leave for the more favored cities, and
with it went the population gradually.
Then the capital was removed, and
next the Courthouse. The population
continued to diminish. Then came the
trials of war, the raid of Wilson’s cav-'
alry and the devastation that followed.
By the end of the war Gahaba‘s glory
had departed. It was a veritable .de-
serted village. The ' more substantial
of its buildings still stood, but its peo-
ple had sought other climes.
A visit to the ancient place—now a
cotton plantation—a few days ago dis— *
closed some curious sights. It demon-
strated what wonderful changes time
had'wrought. Nearly one hundred old
houses, relics of the past, still stand,
and around them the cotton plants are
just now disclosing their white blooms.
These old structures, built of brick,
will for years to come continue to mark
the spot where the prpud ’city' once
stood, for the owner of the plantation
does not contemplate pulling them
down. Some were stores, others were
churches and, schoolhouses, and others
still lordly ‘inansions. All are crum-
bling toruins, and whilea few are in-
habited by negro families who labor on
the farm, the majority are tenanted
only by bats and owls.
On a hill not far from the river stands
what was once the capitol building in
whose walls the eloquence of William
L. Yancy and other famous Alabamians
,of by~gone days resounded. The old
building, a substantial three-story stone
and brick structure, still stands, and is
utilized now asa gristmill and steam
ginnery. Across from it are two blocks
of brick stores, time having made sad
inroads into them.
The once fashionable church of the
town, which cost many thousands of
dollars, is now used by a colored con:
gregation. It was, when built. the
costliest and handsomest house of wor-
ship in the state. The old Dallas acad-
emy, where Senator John T. Morgan
attended school, is now only a. towering
mass of ruins. The place where the
historic Craig family resided is planted
in corn, and the broad expanse where
Gen. E. W. Pettus’ costly house stood
is now used as a pasture. The ruins of
the famous old Perrine mansion, which
cost sixty thousand dollars, were torn
away last year and the brick used for
other purposes. A solitary magnolia
tree marks the spot where it stood.
At one time Cahaba was a city of
many thousand people. Lots sold for
as high as fifteen thousand to twenty
thousand dollars. Now the entire site,
with land adjoming, embracing nine
hundred acres, is owned by one man,
Capt. Cliff Kirkpatrick, who came out
of the war penniless. but by pluck and
perseverance has built up his lost for-
tune until now he possesses one of the
finest plantations in the south. He re-
sides with his charming family in one
of the twenty-thousand-dollar antebel-
lum mansions, which has been refitted.
It is hospitality’s own abode. The
property which Capt. Kirkpatrick now
owns could not have been bought fifty
years ago for ten million dollars. Some
thirty artesian wells, which quenched
the thirst of our ancestors, still flow
freely, but only the wandering herds
and the thirsty farm laborer imbibe
their sparkling waters. If the story of
Cahaba’s rise andfall could have been
pictured by Father Ryan he would have
immortalized the dead'city.
, Bird of Brilliant Plumage.
There are few birds whose plumage
is so variable as the ptarmigan. Three
times in the year its plumage changes;
it ' has separate coats for spring, au-
tumn and winter. At the beginning of
November it puts.on the last costume
:of the season. Its spring brewnand
summer gray serve well to .hide it
among the scanty herbage of ' its
haunts from the keen eye of the soar-
ing falcon. .
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cover the sunken cargo.
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Romance of. the Wreck and Recovery of
the Twilight’s Cargo.
One foggy morning just about dawn in '
August, 1865, the side-wheel steamboat
Twilight was making her way cautious-
ly up the Missouri river. In the wheel-
house the pilot stood, dripping with
the heavy mist, calling to the wheel-
man: ' ‘
“Keep her jackstafi on the lone cotton-
wood on the starboard shore and swing
her stern around.” .
The Twilight was chug-chugging,
along slowly against the current. Right
ahead was a bend in the river. Sudden-
1y there was a jar. The hog chains
snapped with a report like a cannon and
the boat, heavily. “bogged” or bulged
up in the middle, began to sink. .She
had struck a huge submerged sycamore
tree of huge dimensions, having got out
of the channel in the fog.
The passengers were cared ' for by
the farmers in the vicinity and taken to
Kansas City, 20 miles distant, by a boat
that came up the river that night. _ The
cargd of the Twilight was very rich. It
was composedvof 300barrels of whisky.
hundreds of ca‘ises of wines, liquors and
canned goods and al‘arge stock of gen-
eral merchandise. . .
,For several years she lay on the log
— in the river, visible when the water was
low and again covered. She was a
thing of fascination‘to country boys,
who dreamed of all Sorts of exploits to
get the treasure out of her, There was
‘ an air of mystery about her that'thrilled
the farm lads like the. tales of Capt.
Kidd or the stories of the adventures of
wreckers. ‘
Four years after she was sunk an un-
successful attempt was made to get the
cargo. Several years after that farmers
in' the vicinity got two barrels of
.whisky out of her and when they went
for more she could not be found. The
treacherous river had shifted and she
was buried in a sand bank. Then the
river cut in along the south bank close
under the bluff and the great rise of
1887 made a sand bar on top of her.
buried her deep and left her far inland
under 39 feet of sand, 10:) yards frcz.
the bank of the river at high water and
half a mile from shore when the river
wasdovrn.’ '
Last year a number of Kansas City
gentlemen organized a company to re-
By a series of
ingenious mechanical devices they lo-
cated the wreck in 39 feet of water and
found the freight in comparatively
good condition. There have been many
interruptions of the w-Ork, but a. large
part of the merchandise has already
been recovered. -
The 300 barrels of whisky in the hold
are in a perfect state of preservation.
One of them was tapped and the whisky
was found to be beyond compare. A
glass of is, which was poured out before
a company of men in the Kansas City
club, filled the entire floor with its
aroma. It was thick and oily, almost
of the consistency of New Orleans mo-
lasses, and after'the glass was emptied
it clung to the sides as sirup would.
The whisky will not be takenout
until the government officials shall be-
come satisfied that it is tax free. The
taxes were paid at the distillery where
the stuff was made more than 30 years
ago.
There is a rumor that aba‘ft of where
the whisky was found is the purser’s
cabin, and in it is a safe containing a
large 'sum of money, which was being
carried from St. Louisto up-river mer-
chants and army posts. The money
question, however, is forgotten for the
present in the joy of the wreckers at
the finding of the whisky. Speculation
is rife as to what will be the profits of
the wreckers. Experienced dealers say
that the whisky will sell readily for at
least $400 a barrel.—St. Louis Globe-
Democrat. ’
THE FACE IN ILLNESS.
To the Trained Eye It Quickly Shows a
. Patient’s Condition.
The face 'is a good index to the state
of one’s physical being, and fro'm it
symptoms of disease can be detected
almost before the patient is aware
that anything serious is the matter
with him. For instance, incomplete
closure of the eyelids, rendering the
whites of the eyes visible during sleep,
is a. symptom in all acute and chronic
diseases of a severe type; it is also to
be observed when rest is unsound from
pain, wherever seatec.
Twitching of the eyelms, associated
with the oscillation of the eyeballs, or
squint-ing, herald the visit of convul-
sions.
Widening of the orfices of the nose,
with movements of the nostrils to and
fro, point to embarrassed breathing
from disease of the lungs or their
plural investment. #
Contraction of the brows indicates
pain in the head; sharpness of the nos‘
trils, pain in the chest, and a drawn
upper lip, pain in the abdomen.
To, make a general rule, it ‘may be
stated that the upper third of the face
is altered in expression in affections
of the brain, the middle third, in the
diseases of the organs contained in the
abdominal cavity—The Trained Nurse. -
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Pathos in Congress. -.
A very. conspicuous and absurdly sen-
timental member of the house from
New England, who loves to weep over-t.
the wickedness of the world, and was
pathetic over pensions, gave utterance
to this burst of eloquence when the pen- ‘
sion appropriation bill was under con-
sideration by! the house: “Why did he
wcep'?. Why did he weep? I say, Mr;
Speaker, why did he weep? I repeat,.
Mr. Speaker, why did he weep? His .
heart was broken. Yes, Mr. speaker,
I knew this man. He died of a broken
He died of abrOken heart. Ire-
pcat, Mr. Speaker, he died of a. broken
heart! He never smiled again. They re-
fused him the pitiful increase of 'two'
dollars a month on hispension. I say,
Mr. Speaker, he never smiled again. I
repeat, he never smiled again!” and
, there were tears in the member’s voice
as he closed this outburst of pathos.—
I’liiladelphiarTelegraph.
Your Boy Wont Live a Month. _
So Mr. Gilman Brown, of 34 Mill St.,
South Gardnrr, Mass, was told by ‘ the
doctors. . His son had Lung trenble, fol-
lovfing‘ Typhoid Malaria, and ‘ he spent
three hundred ‘and seventy-five dollars
with doctbrs, who finally gave him up,
saying: “Yonr boy wont live a month.”
He tried Dr. King’s New Discovery and
a few bottles restored him to health and
enabled him to go to work a perfectly
well man. He says he owes his present
good health to the use of Dr. King’s New
Discovery, and knows it to be the best
in the world for Lung trouble. Trial
bottles free at E. P. WEED’S drug store,
Norwalk, and MONnoE’s, New Canaan.
Wesley Fancher, a clerk at Finney
& Benedict's, is ill at his home on‘ Bel-
denavenue.
,. Free Fire.
(20., Chicago, and get a free sample hex
of Dr. King’s New Life Pills. A trial
will convince you of their merits. These
pills are easy in action and are particu-
larly efi'ective in the cure of Constipation
and Sick Headache. For Malaria and
Liver troubles they have been proved in-
valuable. They are guaranteed to be
substance and to be purely vegetoble.
by giving tone to stomach and bowels
greatly invigorate the system. Regular
size 25c. per box. Sold by E. P. WEED’S
drug store, Norwalk, and MONROE’S, New
Canaan. , -
Mrs. Eva Diren will close up her mil-
‘lineny in the Jackson building and is
having the goods removed.
Belief in Site Hours.
Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis-
eases relieved in siz hours by the “New
GREAT SOUTH AMERICAN KIDNEY
CURE.” This new remedy is a great sur-
prise on account of its exceeding prompt,
ness in relieving pain in the, bladder
kidneys, back and every part of the urin-
ary passages in male or female. It re-
lieves retention of water and pain in pass-
ing it almost immediately. If you want
quick relief and cure this is your remedy.
gold by E. P. Weed, Druggist. Norwalk,
onn. , .
Mr and Mrs. Stephen'i Collard, of
Banksville, are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Edel’oert Oste‘rbanks on Main street.
Morhcr’s Delight With; Hand’s Colic Cure
Havanmrr, Mass, 11-30-’95.—Hand
Medicine Co.—“I Wish to say that I pro-
cured a sample bottle of Dr. Hand’s Colic
Care and am delighted with it. My baby
15 now four months old. and has suffered
every day of her short life with col-
ic. ’I have tried almost everthing ever
heard of, but can truthfully say that any-
thing I have tried cannot compare with
Dr. Hand's Colic Cure. Yours respect-
fully, Mrs. G. G. Miller, 38 Arch St.”
Sold by all drnggists, 25c.
There is not a silver standard country
in'the world where the laborer re-
ceives a fair day’s pay for his day’s
work.
Try Allen’s Foot-Ease
A powder to be shaken into the shoes.
, At this season of the year your feet feel
swollen and hot, and get tired easily. If
you have aching feet, new 511025 or tight
shoes, try Allen’s Foot-Ease. It cools
the feet and makes walking easy. Cures
and prevents swollen and sweating feet,
blisters and callous spots. Relieves come
and bunions of all pain and gives rest and
comfort. Try it to-day. Sold by all
drnggists and shoe stores for 25¢. Sent
by mail for 25c in stamps. Address,
Allen S. Olmstead, Le Roy, N. Y.
Mrs. E. C. Wilcoxson of Seymour is
visiting her granddaughter Mrs. Giles
A. Gregory of this city. Mrs. Wilcox-
son will be 90 years of age on October
lst. '
- snake Into Iour Shoes
Allen’s Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet.
It cures painful swellings of the joints
and instantly takes the sting out of corns
and bunions. It’s the greatest comfort
discovery of the age. Allen’s Foot-Ease
makes tight-fitting or new shees feel
easy, It 15 a certain cure for sweating,
callous and hot, tired, aching feet. Try
it to-day. Sold by all drnggists and shoe
stores, 25c. Trial package free. Ad-
ress, Allen S. Olmstead Le Roy, N. Y.
Number 1132 won the $10 gate prize
at the Labor 'Day picnic, Monday. i.l'he
holder is requested to call for the same
before October 7th or be debarred a
recovery. ' '
Mother’s Find Nothing to Equal .01. Hand 8
. Colic Cure.
WATERBURY Conn., '42-’96—Hand
Medicine Coz—Dear Sirsz—‘fI am using
Dr. Hand’s Cough and Croup Medicine
and Colic, Cure for my children and find
nothing to equal them. They work
like magic. I would not be without
them in my house. The little ones love
Dr. Hand’s Colic Cure and cry for. it; it
relieves them almost instantly. Mrs.
Frank Smith, 22 Wood St. At all drug-
gists,~25.
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, It is on dit that George Allen is: soon
to remove from his present store to the
next store south of his present quarters.
Buckiln’e Arnlca Salve.
The Best Salvein the world for Outs
Bruises, Sores, loers. Salt Rheum
Fever Sores" Tetter, Chapped Hands
shinning.- cqm and .all Skin ‘Erup,
.tfion's,:and1pos1t‘ivelyoures Piles. or no
Payroqnired.-:It is guaranteed to give
perfectsatisfautionmr money refunded
.rite25 cents per box. For Sale by
E. P. Weed, Norwalk and Monroe, New
Canaan. .. '- ~
A» letter receivedfrom John Malone,
J r.,~- dated ~11; Parker, near Denver,
Co"‘orado,‘statfes tnht he is improving in
; health, the‘hi‘r agreeing with him in a
highly’befisfiéislldesree-
‘ ‘ plaints.
It gives ~me‘ pleasure to most heartily
recommend Chamberlain’s Medicines.
advertised them for along time before I had
occasion to use them in my‘own family.-. .At
the time referred to, the'patient; was sufi'er-
ing terribly from cramps, yomitmg - and
urgeing. was delighted with the prompt
Tara and DiarrhOea Remedy—A; M.» i-Evmt-
Globe, Mention,
Mich. For sale by E. P.,
l Weed, Druggrst. .. ‘_ .
Sena your address to H. E. Bncklen & ‘
relief afforded by'Chamberlain’sCOIic, Chol-_
LAND, Editor and Proprietor of the rWeeldy'
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perfectly free from every deleterious '
' They do not weaken by their action, but ,
[The Best Remedy for Bowel Corn- '
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