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prised while at dinner and they were routed
.with heavy loss.
Clarke was elected brigadier and then
major general by the legislature of Georgia
and toward the close of the second war
with Great Britain was appointed by Gov
ernor Early commander of forces tor tlie
defense of the sea coast. Governor Gilmer
gives an interesting sketch of General
Clarke in “Georgians,” but. like most of
Governor Gilmer's sketches, Jr is severe.
Governor Gilmer had a falling out with
General Clarke anti says that ever after
the latter never forgave him unless perhaps
in his last years. As Governor Gilmer
tells the story. General Clarke was passing
through Lexington, where Governor Gil
mer lived then. Gilmer says that ho was
a bachelor ami ho went to the hotel to call
on the general’s pretty daughter. The gen
eral met him and invited him in to a chat
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With himself. Pretty soon the general made
some reflection against one of the stat •
officials. Governor Gilmer thought that
be was probably right in the < barge. Then
the general, gratified at this, brought a
charge against William IL Crawford, who
was in the Cnited States senate and with
whom, at one time, he had fought a duel.
Gilmer promptly said that he thought the
retie-tion against. Crawford was unjust.
Then there was a silence for a few minutes
and. perceiving that ho bail ofiendod, Gil
mer retired. That was tile onlt lime they
ev. r had a personal talk and it did not last
long.
General Clarke was elected governor
twice, beating Troup.
in 1527 the < \-governor was appointed
keeper of the public forests of Elorida by
President \tulrew .Jackson. He removed
to b’lorida .and. on a comfortable salary,
passed iiis last years there. General Clarke
made friends with all his old opponents
in his last years except Crawford. Govern
or Gilmer says that when Clarke went to
Klorida be was hospitable and kind to ev
erybody who went into his neighborhood.
Tie was brave, firm ami patriotic. An oil
painting of General Clarke hangs in the
state library.
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HE IS INNOCENT,
Though he is Now Wearing Stripes in the
Albany. Ga., May 24. —(Special.)—In Cal
houn superior court Allen Yancey, colored,
was convicted of murdering a negro, by the
name of ('nil. and was sentenced to the pen
itentiary for life, along with another negro,
named Abe Mills, who, from the evidence
upon which they were convicted, was
leagued with oile r conspirators, who cotiid
not be ascertained. lor the destruction of
( utf.
It now appears that Yancey was not guilty
nf any connection with the crime and has
se. I st a I e for a i s on account of
bttoiig eireuinsianctNs and p< rjured witnesses,
wim swore his libel y away.
The rec /nt death of a white boy, who was
pi ■ on the occasion of the murder, has
cleared all this up. The boy. on his death
bed, declared that Yam-ey was not in any
way connected with the crim, and tins fact
hrs b.eu laid before the governor, who has
promised to pardon Yancey, provided he is
asked do so by the judge, solicitor and
jury who tried the case.
But here a very serious complication arises.
Last year > m.e time th- Calhoun eeumy
i-ou'ilmu-. . with ' early all the records, in
cluding the records in this ease, was de
stroyed by lie ami it will be a hard matter
to determine who the jury were that con
victed Yancey. In the imintime Colonel ,1.
L. Boynton, of L>iekey, Ga., is hard at w >rk
trying to S’-itre lite mimes of the jury ami
would be glad to hear from them if this]
statement falls iimler their attention. The j
signatures of the judge, solicitor and the
jury to a petition asking for his pardon only '
Elands between Yancey and his freedom.
THE hl.ATll ROLL.
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The Peatli of Miss Gordon.
Miss M iry her a Gordon died Mon
day afternoon a. .he residence of .Mr. Bur
ton Smith. 11l \l C-, Poach: rec street-
Miss Gordon was the dalighter of Mr.
'• of
Senator Gordon. Iler mother's maid m
name was Miss Carrie Wiihams. a Woman
beloved l>y all who eanic io know her well.
The mother died ten yea's ago, leaving lit
tle Bertie and a younger son, Hugh. At
the time Bertie was but live years old.
Since dial time she has grown into a sweet
little woman of a girl, and at. tbe time when
site was taken sick was in attendance upon ,
tin- Agin-s Scott institute, where she was |
one ul favoritest of the school. always i
hai ■ a 1 bris ■ aml aiw ays generous, ten
t . e ii> ishipe
with the young ladies at the school.
< Howard Peaci.
( donel Tom Howard, one of Georgia's
m ist widely known and jm pillar citizens. |
died Thur.Uay maruiug at his home near tiie I
citv. '
The colonel has b. on ill for several days
but no <l;> I'g' / was thought of by his friends
u -d a .my of two ago.
There was not a brave; soldier in the
confederate army than ('plowl Howard.
Such a thing as fear never occurred to
him, and throb-ghoul his entire career lie
has been a stranger to anything like it-
As an l ready speaker. (’ol-
omd Howard had few equals. In his
younger days he wa -a great power on
the hustings, ami was brought out in every
campaign to w;.g- battle for his party.
He -.nd Gt ■ orw-r Colquitt often traveled
together in the earlier warfares of the
state. ami they knew ami recognized each
other's ability.
As the private secretary of Governor
Colquitt, during his administration as
governor if (Loi-zia. ho came in contact
■with th ■ prominent num of th'- state, and
was regarded by them with the greatest
respect.
l‘:idu<-ali. Ky_. is almost surprised at itself,
Several w.eks have miw passed and the sa
loons continue closed on Sundays.
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The Queen
ol ihs Pool.
BY HENRY M. STANLEY,
Author of ‘‘How I Found Livingstone,” “In
Darkest Africa,” Etc.
Copyrighted by The Constitution.
Kassim was a sturdy lad from the I’asoko
country. As yet he had never related to
us a legend, though he loved to sit near the
fire and listen to the tales of the days of
old. This silence on his part was remarked,
and one night he was urged by all of us
to speak, because it was unfair that those
who frequented our open-air club should be
always ready to receive amusement, and
yet refuse to contribute his share to the
(entertainment. This kind of argument
pushed him, brought him at last to admit
that he owed the party a debt in kind, and
said:
“Well, friends, each man according to
his nature, though there are so many men
in the world they differ from one another
as much as stones, no two of which are
exactly alike. Here is Baruti here, who
never seems to tire of speech, while 1 find
more pleasure in watching his lips move
up and down, ami his tongue pop out and
in, than in using my own. I cannot remem
ber any legend that is the truth, but I
know of something that occurred in our
country relating to Izoka —a woman orig
inally of I mane, the big town above Ba
soko —which is pot fiction. Izoka, the
queen of the pool, as we call her, is alive
now, and should you ever pass by Umane
again you may ask any of the natives
if my words are true, ami you will lied
that they will certify to them.
“Izoka is the daughter of a chief of
l’mane whose name was Uyimba, and her
mother was Twekay. One of the young
warriors called Koku lifted his eyes to
wards her. anti as he had a house of his
own which was empty, he thought Izoka
ought to be the one to keep the hearth
warm, and keep him company while he
went fishing. The idea became fixed in
his mind ami lie applied to her father, and
the dowry was demanded; and, though it
was heavy, it was paid to ease his longing
after her.
“Now, Izoka was in every way fit to be
a chief's wife. She was tall, slender, come
ly of person, her skin like down to the
touch, her kindly eyes brimming over with
pleasantness, her teeth like white beads
and her ready laugh was such that all who
heard it compared it to the sweet sounds
of a flute which the perfect player loves to
make before he begins a tune, ami men's
moods became merry when she passed them
in the village. Mell, she became Koku s
wife, and she left her father's house to
live with her husband.
"At first it seemed that they were born
for one another.
“Though Koku was no mean fisherman,
his wife excelled him in every way. \\ here
one fish came into his net. ten entered info
that, of Izoka, and this great success
brought him aimmtanec. His canoe return
ed daily loaded with fish, ami on reaching
home they had as much work to clean and
cure the fish as they could manage. Their
daily catch would have supported quite a
village of people from starving. 1 hey,
therefore, disposed of their surplus stock
by bartering the fish for slaves, ami goats,
and fowls, and hoes, carved paddles and
swords, and Koku became the wealthiest
among the chiefs of l’mane, through the
good fortune that attended Izoka in what
ever she did.
"Most men would have considered them
selves hi'thlv favored in having such for
iunate wives, but it was not so with Koku.
He be. ame a changed matt. Prosperity
proved his bane. He went no more with
Izoka to fish; he seldom visited the market
in her company, nor the fields where the
slaves were at work, planting manioc, or
weeding the plantain rows, or clearing the
jnnde. He might always be seen with his
long pipe, boozing, with wretched idlers,
011 the plantain wine purchased with his
v.ife’. industry; ami when he .•tiiue home n
W IS to storm at his "ife m such a manm i
ib'-it she e mid otd\ bow to it tn silence
■•W’he.i Koku was most liih'd with malice
]ip had an irritating way oi disguism.U ms
--etel-ilness with a wicked smile, while ills
cies.’ He would take delight in saying that
her smooth skin was as rough as the loat
with which wo polish our spent sh.ilts
that she was dumpy ami dwarfish, that
her mouth reminded him of a chkoi t < s,
. lU)1 pec ears of an apes; her legs were
, r-H.l ei' ami her feet Were hoot-, ami sue
xxa- seo'rned for even her nails, wlm li were
worn - the quick with household toll: am
he he continued in this style to vex her. until
h( . became persuaded that it was Mie wlio
tormented him. Then he accused her o
witchcraft. He said that it was by Imi
wi.eh's medicines that She caught SO many
fish, and he knew that some day she "otml
poison him. Now. in pur country this is
a very serious accusation. However, she
never'erossed her husbands humor, but re
ceived the bitterness with closed lips. J lit
silent habit of hers imide matters worse.
The more patiemv sue shouc. tin* Imidei
his accusations became, ami the worse she
ippeared in bis eyes. Ami. ima < 1 . n t
m, wonder. If -you rn.ak ■ up your mi nd
that you will see naught m a wife but fault
you become blind to everything else.
"Iler cooking was vile—there was either
too much palm oil or too little m the herb
mess there was sand in the meat oi ine
tisn. the fowl.- were nothing but bones. She
was said to empty the chili pot into ill.-
stew.’the house was not clean, there were
snakes in his bed -and so on and so on.
Then she threatened, when her tough pa
tience quite broke down, that she would
tell her father if he did not desist, wldeh
so ( nraged him that he took a thick sin k
and be lt Iter so cruelly that she was nearly
dead This was too much t<> le-ar from one
so' ungrateful, ami she resolved to elope
into the woods and live apart from all
mankind. , .
"She had (raveled a good two imix's; jour
ney when she came in sight pd
n ' lengthv ami wide pool which
was f.d by many springs,
an 1 bordered by tail, bemling reeds: ami
the ven of this body of waler, btnked by
deep w<; nl- all around, appeared so pleasing
th It site ehose a level place near its edge
for her r- - tin- place. Then site unstrapp-d
her hamper and sat down to make her
plans. After awl ile she turned out the
tilings she had brought in order to see what
could be don by her. There was a wedge
like ax which could also ho used as an
adze, there were two hoes, a handy Ba
soko bill hook, a couple of small nets, a
ladle, half a dozen small gourds, a cooking
pot. sonic small fish knives, a bunch of
tiiider. a couple of tire slicks, a short slick
of sugar cane, two banana bidb.-i, a few
Leads, iron bangles and tiny copper balls.
As she looked over all these things she
smiled with satisfaction and thought she
would manage well through. She then
■went into the pool a little way and looked
searchingl.' in for a time, and she smiled
again, as if to say. ‘better and better.'
"Now, with her ax she cut a hoe handle,
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY. MAY3O. 1893.
and wherever a crack
appeared in the baked bottom she plastered
it up carefully -ami she also plastered the
sides all around smoothly -and again she
made a great fire ami let it burn all that
fkiy.
"\\ bile the fire was baking the well hard
she hid her.hamper among a clump of reeds
and explored her neighborhoml. During
her wanderings site found a path leading
northward, and she noted it. She also
discovered many nuts, sweet red berries,
some round, others oval, and the fruit
which is a delight to the elephants; and
loading herself with as'many of these ar
ticles as she could carry, she returned to
the side of her well, sat down and refresh
ed herself. The last work of the day was
to take out; the fire plaster' up the cracks
in the bottom ami sides, and remake the fire
as great as ever. Her bed she made not
far from it. with her ax by her side.
“The first thing next morning she de
termined to follow the mad she had found.
anil when the sun was well nigh tin mid .ie
of the sky. she eame in view of a ban ina
grove, whereupon she instantly retreated
a little ami hid herself. When darkness
had well set she rose and penetrating die
grove cut down a large luiiieh ol bananas,
with which she hurried back along the
road. When she came Io a stick she had
laid across the path she knew she was not
far I’roin the pool, and she remain d tin
until it was stillicieiitly light io find her
way to the well.
"By the time she arrived at Uer well it
was in a perfect slate, somm and well
baked as her cooking pot. Aller half till
ing it with waler, she roasted a le'v
ban.uias and made a contented meal with
them. Then taking her pot she boiled
some bananas and with these she made a
batter. She now emptied the pot, smeared
the bottom and sides of it thickly
with this sticky batter, and
then lying a vine round the pot she lei it
down into the pond. As soon as it touched
the ground, 10, the minnows tim k< I greedily
into the vessel to fet'd on the bate r. And
on Izoka suddenly drawing it up she brought
several score of minnows, the spa"’n of cat
fish. some of tlu' young of llm bearded tisii,
which grow to an immense size in our
waters. The minnows she look out ami
dried to serve as food, but. the young of the
cal ami bearded fish site dropped into her
well. She next dug a little unch from the
well to the pool, and after making a strong
and close netting of cane splinteis across
the mouth of the ditch, she made another
narrow ditch to let a thin rillet of spring
water supply the well with fresh water.
"Everv day she spent a little time in
building' a hut, in the cosy place surrounded
by bush, which had only one opening; then
site would go and work a little at a garden,
wherein she had planted the sugar earn*,
which had been cut into three parts, and the
two banana bulbs, and had sowed her itnl
let, ami her sesauium, and yellow corn, which
she had brought in the gourds, t 1 ev< ■ly
she earel'ully led Iter lish in the well. Bat.
there were three things which she missed
most, in her loneliness, and these were the
cries of an infant, the proud chick of the
hen after she lays an egg, and the bleating
of a kid at her threshold. This made her
think that she might replace tliem by some
thing else, and she meditated long upon
what it might be.
“Observing that there were a number of
ground squirrels about, she thought of smites
to catch them. Siie accordingly made loops
of slender, but strong vines near the roots
of the trees and across their narrow tracks
in the Woods. And she succeeded at ] ist. in
catching a pair. With other vines nibbed
over with bird 'time she caught some young
parrots and wagtails, whose wing feathers
she chopped oh with her bill hook. And one
day, while out gathering nuts and berries
f >r her birds, she eame across a nest of th,
pelican, wherein were some eggs; and these
she resolved to watch until they were
hatched, when she would take and rear
them. She had found full occupation for tier
mind, with no time at all for grief, in mak
ing cages for Iter squirrels ami birds, and
providing them with food.
"Izoka. however, being very partial to the
fish in her well, devoted most of her leisure
in feeding tliem, and she soon taught them
lo be so tame that they understood the coo
ing notes of iter strange song as though they
were human beings. Stic fed them (ileuiifuhy
with banaan batter so that in a few months
they had grown into a goodly size. By-and-by
they became 100 large for tiie well, and as
they were perfectly tame, she took them
out. and allowed them to go at large in tile
pool; but. punctually iu lite early morning,
and til noon and sunset she called tliem io
her and gave tliem their daily portion of
food, for by this time she had a goodly store
of batiaans ami grain from her plantation
and garden. Ono of the largest, lish she call
ed Munu, ami it was intelligent ami trust
ful in his mistress’s hands that, he disliked
going very far from the neighborhood, ami
if she laid her two hands in the water it
would rest, contentedly in the hollow thus
formed. She had also strung her stock of
shells and beads into necklaces, and had
fastened them round their tails.
‘‘Her other friends grew quite as tame as
the lish, for ail kinds of animals learn to
east off their fears of mankind in return
for true kindness, ami when no disturb
ing shocks alarm them. And in this lonely
place, so sheltered by protecting woods,
where the wind had scarce power to rustle
and in a short time it
was ready for use. She
then went to the pool
side and commenced to
make quite a large
round hole. She labor
oil at this until the hole
was as reep and wide
as her own height;
then she plastered the
bottom evenly with the
mud from the pool
bank, and after that
she made a great fire,
and throughout the
night that followed, af
ter a. few winks of
sleep, she would rise
and throw on more
fuel. When the next
day dawned,after break
ing her fast with a few
' grains baked in her
pot, she swept out all
the fire from the well.
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IZOKA. SITTING ON THUS GROUND f’.Y TIIE POOI.-STDIU.
the bending reed and hanging leaves, there
was no noise to inspire the most timid with
fright.
“If you try you can fancy this young
woman Izoka sitting on the ground by the
pool side, surrounded by her friends, like
a mother by her offspring. In her arms a
young pelican, on one shoulder a chatter
ing parrot, on the other a sharp-eyed squir
rel, sitting on his haunches, licking his
forefeet: in her lap another playing with
his bushy tail, and at her feet the wagtails,
wagging friskily their hind parts and kick
ing up little showers of dusty soil. Between
her and the pool a long-legged heron, who
has long ago been snared, and has submit
ted Io his mistress' kindness, and now
stands on one leg as though he were watch
ing for her safety. Not far behind her is
her woodland home, well stored with’ food,
and comforts, which are the products of her
skill and care. Swifts and sand-martins are
Hying about, chasing one another merrily
find making the place ring with their pip
ings; the water of the pool lies level and
mi wrinkled, save in front of her where the
fish sometimes flop about impatient for their
mistress’ visit.
"This is how she appeared one day to
the cruel eyes of Koku. her husband, who
bad seen the smoke of her fire as he was
going by the path which led to the north,
eing a woodman as well as a fisher, he had
the craft of such as hunt, and he stealthi
ly approached from tree to tree until he
was so near that lie could see the beady
eyes of the squirrel on her shoulder, who
startled her by his sudden movements. It
was strange how quickly the alarm was
communicated from one to another. His
brother squirrel peeped from one side with
his tail over his back like a crest, the parrot
turned one eye towards the tree behind
which Koku stood, and appeared trans
fixed. the heron dropped his other leg to the
ground, uttered his melancholy- cry. kwa-le.
and dropped bis tail as though he would
surge upward. The wast-tails stopped their
courtesying. the pelicans turned their long
bills and laid them lazily along their backs,
looking fixedly at the tree; and at last
Izoka, warm'd by all these signs of her
friends, she also turned her head in the
same direction, but she saw no one, and
as it was sunset she took her friends in
doors.
"Presently she came out again and went
to the poolside with lish food, and cooed
softly to her friends in the water, and tiie
fish rushed to her call, and crowded around
her. After giving them their food, she ad
dressed the largest lish and said: ‘I am go
ing out tonight to see if 1 cannot find a
discarded cooking vessel, for mine is broken.
Beware of making friends with any man
or woman who cannot repeat the sottg I
taught you,’ ami the fish replied by. sweep
ing its tail to right and left according to
its way.
"Izoka, who now knew the woods by
night as well as by day, proceeded on her’
journey, little knowing how Koku had
discovered her and her manner of life and
secrets. He waited a little time,
then crept to the poolside and
repeated the song which she had
sting, and immediately there was a great
rush <d’ fish towards him, at the immbor
and size () f which he was amazed. By this
he tc'i- -eived what chance of booty there
was here for him. and he sped away to the
path to the place where he had left his men
and he cried out to them: ‘Come, haste
with me to the wood-, by a great pool, where
1 have discovered loads of fish.’
"ilis men were only 100 glad to obey him,
and by midiiight they had all arrived at
the pool After stationing them near him
in a line with their spears poised to strike,
Koku sang the song of Izoka in a soft,
voice, and tiie great and small fish leapt,
joyfully from the depths where they were
sleeping, at.d they thronged towards the
shore Hinging themselves over each other,
and they stood for awhile gazing doubt
fully up at the line of mem But soon the
cruel spears Hew from their hands, and
Jlttnii. the pride of Izoka, was pierced by
several, and was killed ami drag’ged on
land by the shafts of lite weapons which
had slain him. Munu was soon cut up, he
and some others of his fellows, and the
men. loading themselves wTth the meat,
hastily departed.
"Near morning Izoka returned to her
home with a load of bananas and a cooking
vessel, and after a short rest and refresh
ment she ted her friends —the ground squir
rels. the young pelicans, the parrots and
herons, ami scattered a generous supply
for the wagtails, ami martins, ami swifts;
then hastened with her bounties to the
poolside. But. alas! near the w,'iter’s edge
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there was a sight which almost caused her
to faint—there were tracks of many
bruised reeds, blood, scales and’? 1 1 1 ” s, ‘. ”
fish. She cooed softly to her trieftds. they
heard her err. but approached slowly ami
doubtingly. Sim called out to Munu, 'Munn
nu-nu, oh, Munu, Munu, (Munu; but Munu
came not, and the others stood well away
from the shore, gazing at her reproach-
The Men Rose to Their Feet all Together
and Beat Their Spears ou Their Shields.
fully, and they' would not advance any
nearer. Perceiving that they distrusted her,
she threw herself ou the ground and wept
hot tears, and wailing ‘Oh! Munu, Munu,
Munu, why do you -doubt me?'
“When Izoka's grief had-somewhat sub
sided she followed the tracks through the
Woods until she came to the path, where
they' were much clearer, and there she dis
covered that those who ht.d violated her
peaceful home had traveled towards
Umane. A suspicion that her husband must
have been of the number served to anger
her still more, and she resolved to follow
the plunderers, and endeavor to obtain jus
tice. Swiftly she sped on the trail, and af
ter many' hours’ quick travel she reached
Umane after darkness had fallen. This
favored her purpose, and she was able to
steal unpereeived near to the open place
in front of her husband’s bouse, where
she saw Koku and his friends feasting on
fish, and heard him boast of his discovery
of the fine fish in a forest pool. la her fury
at his daring villainy she was nearly tempt
ed to rush upon him and cleave his head
with her bill-hook, but she controlled her
self and stif down to think. Then she made
the resolution that she would go to her fa
ther and claim his protection—a privilege
she might lo’ng ago have used had not
her pride been wounded bv the brutal treat
ment her person had received at the hands
of Koku.
“Her father’s village was but a little dis
tance away' from Umane, and in a short,
time all the people in it were startled by
hearing the voice of one who was believed
to be long ago dead., cry out shrilly in the
darkness the names of ITyimba and Twe
kay. On hearing the names of their chief
and his wife repeatedly called, the men
seized their spears and sallied out. and
discovered, to their astonishment, that the
long-lost Izoka was amongst them once
again, and that she was suffering from
great and overpowering grief. They led
Iter to her father's door, and called out to
Uyimba and his wife, Twekay, to come out.
and receive her, saying that it was a
shame that the pride of Umane should be
suffering like a slave in her father’s own
village. The old man and his wife hurried
out, torches were lit and Twekay soon re
ceived her weeping daughter in her arms.
"In our country we are not very patient
in presence of news, and as everybody
wished to know Izoka’s story she was made
to sit down on a shield and tell all her ail
vnturcs since she iiioi elopetl front Umane.
The people listened in wonder at all the
strange things that were toM, but when she
related the crueltv of Koku the men
rose tq their feet altogether and beat their
shields with their spears, and demanded the
punishment of Koku, and that: Uyimba
should lead them there and (hen to Umane.
They accordingly proceeded in a ’body to
the town to Koku’s house, and as ho came
out in answer to the call of one of them to
ascertain what the matter was, they fell
upon him and bound him ham! and foot,
and carrying him lo their superior chief’s
house they put him to his trial. Many wit
nesses came forward to testify against his
cruel treatment of Izoka. and of the rob
bery of the fish and of the manner of it;
and the great chief Roku's life in
the power of Uvimlia.. whose daughter he
had wronged, who at once ordered him to
be beheaded and his body to be thrown into
the river. The sentence was executed bv
the river side without loss of time. The
people of Umane and Uyimba’s village then
demanded that Izoka had shown herself
so clever and good as to make birds, ani
mals and fish obey her voice, that some
mark of popular favor should be given her.
Whereupon the principal chief of Umane.
in the name of the tribe, ceded to her all
their title in the forest pool, and the woods
and all things in it round about as far as
s'w could travel in half a day, and also
all the property of which Koku stood pos
sessed.
"Izoka, by the favor of her tribe, then
became owner of a large district and mis
tress of manv slaves, and Hocks, goats and
fowls, and all manner of useful things for
making a settlement by the pool. There is
now a large village there, and Izoka is well
known in many- lands near Umane and
Basoko as the queen of the iiool, and nt
last accounts was living still prosperous
and h.'tppv; but sin- has never been known to
try marriage again."
NOT MUCH INTEREST
Is Being Manifested in tiie Dubose Trial —lt
Is Nearly Finished
Nashville, Tenn., May 25.—-(Special.)—The
Dubose Impeachment trial is dragging to a
close. For three days there has been no sen
sational testimony and short sessions have
been held because all the witnesses on hand
hinl been examined.
The defense today annouticetl that r/ll their
evidence was in. and after the prosecution
offers a few witnesses in rebuttal the argu
ment will begin.
Shot Down by a Thief.
Nashville. T’enn., May 22.—(Special.)—John
C. Pinkerton was shot down by a thief at
Eagleville. Rutherford county, early yester
dav morning, and there is no clue to his mur
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