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VOL. V. J. H. & W R SEALS,}
EDITORS AND
PROPRIETORS.
ATLANTA GA., ECEMBER 20, 1879.
HKC'KKL'K MOXKKOD.
BY AMELIA V. PCRDEY.
Oh, wondrous spot of pulsing albumen!
As all things must lie named—called Monerod—
Our first progenitor, that does away
With all necessity for Heaven and God!
Bow down, Old World! strew roses — what is
Morse,
Or Edison, Columbus, Newton, Watt,
Bacon or Sliakspeare To the Titan brain,
That finds man’s origin—where it is not.
Genesis is actually absurd.
An Eden and an Adam—he full grown :
How senseless and impossible, and Science laughs
And Moses has a cap and bells—for charms.
Men of superb brain-power—Leviathans,
Cannot accept such folly, laugh and sneer;
i"p waltzes Science with an oyster shell,
Under a stout old Monerod—and drops a tear,
fliat all men will not own their ancestor,
So sweetly restingin its bed of ooze;
-o plain to Science that it looks and sees,
Its future necktie and its calf-skin shoes.
V!i there is Wisdom—sense, the source of life,
By steady but slow process to evolve ;
'or misty cycles—then an ape to live,
Ami love and suffer—then to dust resolve.
mother cycle—Patriarch Monerod !
Thy tortoise journey ends and men is here;
i hange your mind—make something better i
-he needs it, that is clear.
still.
him evolve-
•kel forever! We adore sound sense,
ml Reason guides hisstepsand man has come:
m living slime—not Adam; ask him now
"ho made the slime alive? and he is dumb.
back, find something more remote, write life
ive us the cause of the effect—how came it
there?
■ makes life; we simple folks are dull,
ad we thy monarch mind, it would be ‘Clare.
n full upon us the Electric light.
1 brains magnificent, that we may see
v much superior
Monerod to M
cienee is to sense,
-a ( '
grayer lo>| 1,,,mortality.
m the “Rig Veda.”
From
t here the imperishable light is ,
•be world in which heaven is placed,
n that immortal and eternal world,
•lace me, O Soma!
,There life is free;
,n the third heaven of heavens
Lvt.i.n*.til places are full of spleiid. .
make me immortal !
DOLORIS!
OB,
x—- J
’he Queen of the Weird Charm.
Tto c Most intensely Thrilling Story
of the Nineteenth Century.
——2-^“— iVt Tictim :in „ seemed to crouch before the remote Apparition.
The Serpent sullenly . .. „ ol* choked I a criminal anil must die. Twenty steps
fuse lam- ] tlier In- saw another sig!
A mail was tied to a tr
can to feel the cold perspiration oozing out
upon their foreheads. Not one of them after
this, but would have preferred being shot in
his tracks to trying to escape through the
Pass of Serpents.
CHAPTER III.
Slowly, slowly dragged the long night hours
away to Otbal Tregance. In this windowless
den he had small opportunity to tell when
day approached, and it seemed weeks instead
of hours that he sat sleepless waiting for the
dawn and steeling himself to m<et his fate.
At bust the key grated in the lock anil the
door opened, light streamed in over the mot
ley group and breakfast was brtught in upon
rude trays. Some of the men sympathized
i with Tregance in a rough way; others con-
! gratulate.i him on the sfieedy termination of
| his miseries; the turnkey said wth a laugh
j that grated like his key;
I “Better eat plenty and die w-‘t a stomach
full,” as he saw th it Tregal)’' refused the
i food. rp
I The meal was soon over ai‘ i regance pi e-
I ceded by a couple of armed ‘©n and a native
lieat ing an enormous dri in 11 " 1 followed by
tfie miners who were to wpess his fate for
, the example's sake, was dteheil off to the
mouth of t he fatal pass.
i Gold Valley was ol,ioid n sh;l pe and near
ly three miles in extent AV lts eastern ex
I tcmiity, the point neariyV“© coast, " ils tlle
opening known as Bert 4 s ,lss -
lie re the rocky, volea? »«ture of the valley
I "aye wav to a .tarry, <jf vegetation,
. ^ nf tms ir shrubs 111-
terYeni‘d befiire th.*> ln ‘* of the dreadful
"of the ms#' 1 U ;*'*happy Trance
1 ouL V sn-e cords and left to his
’. w . ir t him a farewell and the
rn , .1 to the retreating fiKit-
, ''to 1 ,til 1,w”' 1 away and the silence
1 1’ , , ' -ally broken by the lieating
T t > ra » hour or more he
iu fhl 1 tb >*ter. The air was ires'
; heard nothmg tm , sfm sha ded him fr<
; the foliage « r tllathis jti()n wag *
; !?>ve felt no suffering. A hi
. ful, ht ''o ‘ j gtmewhere in the bong)
i or two tw it vas uunl in the top of a
and <t jllali, . species of nut whose ki\^
1 hu l ' « th Wiemr!v rich and d-" 0 a> x *
I neis have tly 'regaru-e
; ampnptife’squirrel,was ut t^.rt <
- IV
i and its k. singulafie
1 Trega'nce could m>t belpl>e*=
1 -‘^S'iXti ions; C5. ,
I ceased, the nut half eaten, ' _ s/'t/St’}
ii^::^ e x;did t$r%j
i running ..y and down tlu tl e j. / f j t Q
■ , ling little farther down at cued ‘y y.
I keeping tip tl little panic stricken -. / Qj /
i Meantime the snake never moved It A / J
lay in coil with Us head erect and its bngu / /
1 p.L fixed upon the charmed squirrel. Near y ,
i er anil nearer came tlie doomed creatine m
hist with
; more feeble giew os to ot u f .
and a sharp er> ot agony,
utilise enemy; tne
.'Onvolsive sprm;
;ht even more horrible, j i^ijsterdpg^el^ds'weti^i^mtl" u'VrT an
Tty Cnpf■
XC. M.
» •-
Slit
CHAPTER 1.
Woman and Serpent
and Serpent
what mysterious
Annum am. hot wee
)t leco.mect><m m there
•n these twi
one the fairest creation of t } "d, , lu ‘ ot, “'
Theie is none you'
Was there then no
* most horr
e you quite _sm<;- (ha ; th( . t) . m pt.r took on
icauce in h'te '•' ! in thte lured the woman
B serpent s foim ^ thing of that sig-
*"
e serpent? tliines in heaven and earth
S’r'u? if..n'S'iS
arselves out ot
,-en here on.
ho had the in-
\Ve cultivate
o JInLI ,„ . .u society. \ 1 1
sometimes see a faint tok
- r i-h. r i,.,|f repulsion, half at-
the link ot U .'‘l h tween the woman and
action that exists; , !o wn through the
.wtmL-p monu.rpr <*.
e snake at a menagene
ntunes. "!‘^., h she i drawn towards
» e the • i f v boas ami -nocoii-
:e cage where ‘ n '. ()jls ; Note tlieshuddcr-
t's lie in glut. « hi( . h s he ga?
g fascination" ] deiliw aecei
eatures, v tab ,, crafty power as
aionnd as the ui’P^ ‘bea'd'of ,his snake
would ..ccasioua!l\ ,*iuisultiu^ with it.
and put it to her face as lf , ,! ;' . , p, s subtle
or drawing ...vstenona P?«‘ ,r ^ ,,, t< 1 )1<l „f
nature. '•V" l " ' ,, u ! ^ , n . t€ u future events
tins woman s aium v u 1 n
•is well as to heal the sick.
as win.. niture l commum-
told of a Ken’ueky ,j. iv from her
it
it seemed tm ■> s M , feet looking at
neatli the rock and 1. % at i re .e„tly
her w itn bright stead fast V - ^ mo .
.i,yi,usJ»„,iUiv n"*'- “
At i.iit.'i'i
izes at these oftrutb. 1 * lt'w i»‘I»' ^^fi^^rld’o^te’rt^r
•pted as the i nw ngiblemlluenceso, this w ^ co(le of
aver as well t b ein to any known pmu.- I .
reasoning. once entered in
1 me I vlraeious white Papuaau eagle:
I do not sav that the following story is .u .p ^ s]j[ny einbra ,. ( ,s „f the immense w»a- j me-- iV, V tToo in the same way as
in its detaiWimaginatton^as snpplud n i X^rh-U^which ha«l; ^on the name of A ^ and his assailant
truth—truth that is so much sti anger t . | f New Guinea for three months. He
fiction—truth that ilives niore deepR mto ^ V(m sailo| . on the Amenean me -
! mvsterieus and soars htghet into .tl.e mmut ihip, Philadelphia, where he h.idap-
than imagination dares to do. Lrentieed himself in a ht of "tvish anger |
Uth his step-father and of youthful love of
i CHAPTER II. j dveuture. The vessel had 'uadea tnj. to
S otSerpents. Lustraliand on her return was u using
; T ,„. sudden twilight of the tropics descend- round t • t - h a ,l obtained leave
1 0 d ytj'ion the Valley of f iold-a rugged Vide, “ “ of tllP ship’s boats. Among
■ honev-eombed by mining operatio s. -U Jimu were two wild fellows who made rough
I ted'iii the island of N‘^ ,V tokniw ^ thet S Tertures to several young women, and in
W^suHenm.dM^ 1 ^Snm^ed! dS cried for helpaml j Imwaisinit-iThe could J hea'.K earn "swVh.ping down
tS'Ttnfrt’S: | K.CSSTin tTfil^e imnfilet j ^^
hkl ‘ ^! ssstta ‘
■' -•- ! Sdl^dSd Off ^ i he -1ilWd in getting ^ ! and
L * Three were killed and two captured and how wm.dd 1mam <>f ^ r< . ss or ( though Ht. v ^ sll|1 ,, ellt lv far gone
mt to the mines. One of these ivai lieg.ua t, . k>- bv the pass through i * ..fiuled with impunity Evidt nth
ither was a young sailor to wh,,m he was | upproiu;!^ One ^ was^y^ ^ ^ , to ^ )>f hls Sonierimig in
U’Snlng toefr 'work
I of the mine were
I labors
Ii'.n . no" ■». -- . ...
was a snake. The reptile was standing half
Sid man Sdhis b.md wildly from side i ir ‘ The sn|lke lav still for a moment or two
A ssrtJa?
fan ,r s descended upon Ins face. Ote ima.-.e of | aU( i its tropical rays lie.it. d tile atu •
these fearful sights was strongly printed on . ul(l the canopy «>t leaves
Tremmue's recollection, and the thought that |, :l red head of Lregance, addii
he must undergo such a death of m < ’ uu hjs ,, ositi ,,„. Inmnd hand m>d 6«t to
" r —s..... ~| ^
Two immense vulture^ lo'>kni„ eagie.,
mid
anv means of seTf-ilestnietiom Then a
id»‘.a of escape Hashed across his mmu. u ... Two immense > uw.‘>; *
instantly dismissed. Eve., if he conld get tint | ^ (|f with h ,ge U<-A,d
upon the
! tlinir bein^
^ly watel^U^overscers-awanny, s.ug- ,
SrtfVi';-A, r :i JS
teSSif^’SCSS.-Bf^S
abode, and there
I I-ook^nlr-iS^,^:^^^ 1 ^
ISSSaHlW*^r
and naked exe-pt for a str ,
knotted about their waists B t: Hi ^ < f ^
others of whiter jdttns a taller than
^st^w^^"tef.despffe^lemn,ess
^use.byd.-sp ; dram^arv = ,^js,,ln
d M,y if Huwl and ? owned by blond hair
r’6&SA.^- 5E « 5 jr.ifr
to come to ll m. Ill ■* . (>t he Lt of
tied niormnE wit.i t The niJt hud
I. =E==i j ! ?-r ■«t-2S
m his freedom, for, being unusually JtM • the channel of a torrent now dry or sunken
id agile, he would have be-n first to real h I the cn.mnt .... =..i.n«>
V b at had he not srayi'd to assist young
ibfM-ts who was (lelieatelv built ainl of lit
, muscular strength. Roberts «< »‘
oilieil to the black lever a month afte. om-
i- to th- mines. With him v seemed to 11.-
giee had died his own last hold upon I ft.
a hope, and e prayed to l >“ “
ul r the shallow soil ot the (mid \ aUi.y.
It now. that de l h stared him m the fae.,
lt now, tliat ue i usateo ........... > .
Hi id to brace ltisstroag nerv^ to n eetit. slip .
, n i wake tha’ night on li s miserable l»al
I.t linking of this igoommious (pienelimg
Iiais bovisdt hopes. He h;td seemed to have
d Ids f.-prospetfts before him. No hoy m school
,t brighter intel
toy ti
•In nil-fell-
1'eet or mon
H s
nr. liis dashing manners.
iiill ath
Icier, u
gre liiiti
ota
ic games, made him the school
. was pot e.1 too in soc-e-v. tetris
he name of Beauty and boasted
fiance «' th him. l’h
t m curls leonine anil his
And
1,4 lau
lav
accused dm f eoneeamij, • bel i. ( , ia
about Ins person a nil , up [ him
bis word, had laid h;s 1.1. • * } *» loW Lveen
R S .:?r'irv., i*'r toth • grounf Nu
lls eek tnat B
annul w)i*mi we ]>
nnd
mu
, v lie s lid with a harsh, mirt'o-
’-tlie ea-de will pick out these
gves.’ or the scaly laia will encircle
The only other egress through
ble mountains that shut in tei l • .
the well-known S-rpents Pass, oi ' ijUy
Serpents, as it is called by some trave ls
There was record of persons who had
attempted to pass through this va ley , but
they had n -ver been seen or heard pi alt
wards' audit was reasonable to Is-lieve tin y
had fallen victims to the immense serpents
niiasLcu i that hart from time immemorial mad* this
ealU-d Ids Jl^heirstronghidd•
•heavenly.” | their young in 'h s shi ltere ' - - •
looke l up
good hu-
his rhampionsliij
the
,arp,
sou.
human molestation and prateeted 1 ’;
mountain wallson either side from th. .
p or the scaly' Ini will encircle j salty *known to all
lle-sie wound her white aims Tl e terror h.t), Gold Valiev it was not
ve p rted. Great God 1 1 don’t , S' adu:lll >’
..mto bee u bed uL b a k wonn. or ! broadened as it advanced. The escort that
mu—oi". uu « ■ -
e ,alive like a sn-k antelope.
egane.
turned sn-k a- he thought of his
He had seen with his own
.ir•», u* «. *.w
1,rough under guard with a nnm
of other prisoners to t‘<e mines they
I, passed the ,..oath of the Serpent Valley ,
•pd hid seen a sight t<« make the blood run
coil Hearing aery for help, the prisoners
ikefi ut) and seen an unfortunate
hro;i(u‘iie(i .us *_• . .. ,,
h id broughr Tregance and Ins fellow i>i isoti
ers to Gold Valley had s emed to take special
pains that the ciptives should have a gl'nip;''
a. Serpent Pass. They can iously cut. i. d
the opening that they might not wake the
sen lent' 1 , which were then, at the hour of
jioon taking a siesta. The appearance of the
valley as seen from where the opening began
to wideo was most, beautiful. Palm trees with
their clear, tall stems and feathery tops
cocoas, plantains and bananas waved in the
breeze that here was always gentle, and c lus-
tered most greenly near the centre though
a stream took ite nse somewhere at the foot
of one of the rocky walls and ran through
Tregance knew that it was a ,
time only as to ids eves being torn from then
sockets and Ids 11-sh devoured while he y < t
lived bv these creatures, but the instinct >f
self preservation made him return their cru
el sl.nv with a lixe I look of threatening and
i hat awed them fora time But
length the larger one grown t red of ha'm^
hismenl deferred, made a swoop close to t*
Pound man, touching him with Hie tips of l
huge wings -ml bringing to bisnosti
rid smell of corruption. He »--'>ved i ; g
r inidlv and utton»fl a cry to
cri-ature: it ilew off to a little d,stance?,
—tt'od upon a rock. But before, ten '4fes
j i, a elapsed, it was aga n swooping I'Vth-
: around Tregance, and presently ma'Ml off
1 er dash ot liis face, to be again trig*? and
! out for a shorter time, by r.egan. ep i,ti
the motion of Ids bead. Tins was Wain*,
til the sun went down behind t n w here
Both huge birds circled a.mut tlnAdually
the vie, im was bound, anil gr</lld inn
holder anil less alarmed at the
tions of their expected prey. After
Ni fiit however, brought © rrt
perching for a few moments^® and flew
gance, they dapped their grf »mewhere
slowly off to^ ri^ttns only
among t lie l feebJpr an) , \
a respite and ,‘ h “Li"^lHons toalju-m
next m Tning s Hgnt, nv
less able to make any d^. ;is on@ ^ ^
them. , . a limlis, the cir- 3
By this tu.eh Vi.s eOj th „ blood fa hjg
tense pain. 1 n ‘Ms burning head
culation was ’““P^JJnsects that came
body seemed thror
The noise of the v