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There is between Cincinnati and Lou isvill., near the Kentucky shore, at!arge rock known as Kirby's Rock'-taking its name from an early steam ,oat navi> gator. The leg"nd, in regard 10 it's chrs. tening, runs this wise The aforesaid individual owned n small stca boat, which came up the river at about the rate of three miles per hour, when all things were in order. Approaching this rock, in the year 1920, Il lit,le after dark and while struiiing about on the hurri- cane deck, the captain espied it. snppo> 4 sing i, to he a fiat boai--bsing determined io vindlcate his superiority in every re> spect, and his strength in particular, he eyed it considerably. It was then, as now, the duty of all minor crafts-in dignity. VIC mean-io show a light a, night, on hearing the appronch of the steamer. else, in case of collision, they could not recover damages, if run into Having as he supposed the law nn his side, Kirby, the captain ofthc i,itle s,ea-

 mer, hailed the flat boat-s Hailo, the boat! N answer. Hill O, the bout 7 Still silence reignsd supreme on the fat, but the hills answered, taking the call to themselves, probably. This, however. did not satisfy Captain Kirby-he was determined to raise .he tired boaimnn from his slumbers, and obIige them Q fulfil the law. or he would run in,o ihcm. His dignity and majesty must b. sustnin- ed aMong tiese h.:s--h.'d bring them n ,ow--he3 would-unless they, complied with the navigation enaciments and com mon law m the river. Turning to ,h- steersrnan, (:here were but few ,niors in those days, he spoke, so'oo voc--- lay her up, aud give it to the fia,.boat right in he centre--l'Itteach 'em now to shuw tight when ha hed Obedienio the t.onirv, {, n.i the wheel went round, heading she i,itlc eamer directly forthe rck when within fifty yards. Imagination hHtd by this time confirmed me idea fhat 1t was1t Sat boat, and ori,2afft they went. More steam was let on. and the petite craft acoughe,i decidedly. IS a preliminary to d" s"ne. thing exira-and she was not, in fact, far wrong that time. Bang, hump, ,humP, she took inc rock-crack. smash, his. yells. and frightened people flew round right p-r,' and Cap'ain K,rbv drank to the dregs the po'sened chalice he ,intrn- d''d fOr the ssinnhering boaimen Ever since then, that rock has been caiic.i |' Kirby's Rock.'