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Pfek asTikesw'E Ltdvts rtpti h. s J WAUIRR.AY GR^DON A Trrarhrrona Rival. .ir! Hamrach spread the atlas wide on his desk. "Here you ere." he They valley from which you shell ~, the first rich pickings. If all gos II iherto It has been regarded as ihlc. no human hand or foot i to tempt Its perils until lest month, Baron Ktrab. the Intrepid sporta- K ow him by repute." Interrupted Quin, who had Just returned i New Guinea. "And he—" M- was loklng for big game, and . J in the valley, and was there for „ . hours. He tells ifle that the place „ is with wonderful birds, panthers. I mailer animals and perhaps a lion , n> that have wandered down from lat Atlas." •ounds all right," said Quin. "What we want Is a concession, and I think I , an c<*t It f:om the present governor of >.i .r.ah. Gen. Changainlar." rtnlght later Qutn was beneath aun ry \ aerlan sktes. He stood one morn ir; ■>' 'he battlemented wall that sur r .ii Millanah. looking down Into a dlz c ;If. Behind him the little town, its wfc.t# walls contrasting vividly with ths z n girdena Below the steep battle* i itr.ts he saw the road winding up among A Cloak Was Thrown Over His Hoad From Behind and Tlxhtcntd About His Neck So That Ho Cos uld Make No Oulcry. i .it crags and foot hllla. To drink i r nlv- aloe and smoko tho sweet r. itlvt- i.iloeco, to chat with From h sol • • rird (egged Arabs—that was all Quin tidtodo at present. For ho waited tho of (;*n Changamler from Oran, and meanwhile he passed as a simple I ■ . >i t •iirlut, on pleasure and sight sctlng hent. An*'!! er person, who had come thra '■’re Qulr shared that part of the par* t; He stood about twenty yards a wav '• II w iry man with a rigged his -k I vri with yellow skin dr wn tightly e ■ r hlch cheek bones. He ru reidtng a Mtei whl h he p eently tore to frag rr• i and dropped into the gulf below him. 'Hi, rl ower of pmer fluttered dowm Ilka s w tinker spe,.(|ng wider end wr'der r' One hit. as chance would have !> was snitched by a puff of wind and • k and for many va'ds alone the face of • „ r e until Anally It landed on top I the parapet, tn front of Qutn'e very e-. He stared Incredulous’y t the ramped design—a purple giraffe— which the three-cornered fragment His face darkened with iddn anxiety and euapldotv He Sired at the hits of paper flootlnx be* low him end then glanced quickly round Mme to see the stranger disappear from the wall. "S'-lva’e flirure'" he muttered. "If he In realty ' ere I shall need to be cun i r ar.l vigilant.** he discovery threatened serious c"m --t t ~i. The purple giraffe the mark of a rlv->| Arm ■ t wild primal , its— Mo * A C aw'ey of Liverpool and mo Silva was their agent. He was a •ee an unscrupulous end trea-h --• - fel'ow snd more than once In tho ' hid matched craft for craft with who usually came off best, a> and had trcu'red the other's hitter hatred, day wore on. and Quin sought long u I v i.nlv for the man who had ilestroy ed the letter on :he pvripet. Night hed when he started back, and as he pi kin* hla way across the dark or mirkel place, to take the steep t"P to Ml lanah. a cloak wi* th-own * his head fr >m behind and tightened • i* his cock so that he could nuke no cm cry. struggles were useless. He was m ed a short distance to a tent of i ny hags, where his limbs were tied r j and a gig was thrust between •**tli. Then, the cloak having been ■t o\ and from his heed, he found htm the presence of four greaey. slnlt ' rf >d A rut* of the lowest class, who led to rob him of everything on * •m. Including Baron Klrsh’s chart hre> of the ruffians peeeeptly went leaving the fourth to keep guard ‘ r the prisoner. he was detained. now that his o'* had I men rifled, was more than i eould fatooni. And then, of a Wid ■ ' ihe startling truth burst upon him This Is Antonio Silvas work.” he told unelf "He Is lodging at St. Ms r •• file's ,nd he hired the Arabs to 1o .Ming—to f'.eal the chart and put " <.f the way Without doulu they * taking me Into the Interior, to sel; <* u slave to some cruel Moorish ■L Ueaven help ra* to escpi>e from e r clutches." n .' the chance of escape wph mflnltes- IfiUlly email. Hours pjed end the sun was high 1 hen the little party helled. The cep* ' * limbs were unbound, and he was 1 eved vt the painful gag. The hood •he burnoose was l.fted. and he saw ' he was in ■ wild piece of rocks end He was glad to get a handful '•l's end n draught of brackish watar 1 "t* goatskin. ii'-aunhu* the Are be. who also partook lof food, slightly relax*.! their vigilance I The mule, advancing by Inches as It crop ped the herbage, stepped on a concea.rd serpent or e cor pi on and was Instantly bitten It plunged away at a gallop, ui.d the Arabs followed with shrill shout - The hood fell over Quin's faga again, as he citing with boih han.l 10 the dened creature's neck. He was borr.c thus for a hundred yards or more, the clamour growing fainter and turner be hind him. and then n sudden swerve threw hint off. Ha landed on a grassv slope, rolled over stid over, .ua) dtopptd Into empty spare. h'ar. far iown he shot, befor* he crashed Into dente foliage ar.il brought up In the fork of two limbs. He clung there for p time, dizzy and bruised Convinced that he had nothing further to tear I r an ids abductors, and that they believed him to lx* lylug dea l and naang'.ed at the very bottom of the abyss. Qutn now cllmtie l to the nariow- lodge on which the tree grew. Except for a few* bruises iud e latchea. he was unhurt For sixty or seventy feet above him the cliff tower ed sheer and smooth, and a dense forest lay two or three hundrad feet below him. A moment's refleciloti. sr,i the sound of foaming water*, opine l Quin's eyes to the ; troth. "By Jove, here's a queer coincidence!" he exclaimed. "I've tumbled Into the Baron's valley, but what atn 1 going to ■lo? I can't scale the cliff, that's certain. I must get to the bottom somehow, and try to find the Inner mouth of that cave." He clung like a cat to the rocky wall, advancing inch by Inch, foot by foot, his body at times swaying out over the i dizzy chasm. It was an hour lie fore he drew near the end. Then the shelf widen ed. nisi as he pushed on rapidly, with .i light and craleful been, he came to a triangular black hole In (he cliff. A peep Inside chided his blood lor he met the gaz< of two fiery eyes, end heard Ihe muffled snarl of a wild beast As lie looked back a great t.iwny crea ture—a magnificent Algerian p other— wrlggbd out of Ihe hole. An angry, rasping scream broke the silence, and oie Ihe echo died away Quin hid tike to his heels. The forest was dense and dark, primeval. In fact, but he tore a ,i through the luxuriant under growth as If It were bracken The roar of the stream was audible, and he headed In that direction. Of a au Men. emerging on the little open glade, a fresh pci II confronted him. From For Feveral Minutes They Fought Ob stlnetely. the opposite thicket rose a gristly old wild lioar, with yellow tu-ks snd foam flecked Jaws. Quin dodged behind a tree on th. left, and the nest Instant the pur suing panther bounded Into the clearing. At once, obllvloue to the presence of the mar., the two savage creatures engaged In desperate comhat So thrilling was the spectacle that Quin could no tear himself away from the spot It was a brief comhet. The panther, pierced sn.l ripped In a dozen places, bleed ,ng profusely fr, m Its wounds, r l.ixed Its strug-'les It tried to eecspe. but a vicious thrust tote its throat end peck open, and Its life ebbed swiftly as It lay squlrm'ng on the crushed grssg, The hoar then -wung round alertly, snif fed Ihe air. and gased w.:h pricked-up tars, not at Quin, but In the dtre-tlon of the stream. It wi* about to charge when a rifle cracked sharply from the thicket A second shot followed the first, snd over went the boar, kicking tn Its death struggle*. A man stepped into view, holding his weapon In one hand.and the hidden watch er behind the tree recognised Antonio Sliva; Ihe Portuguese, It seemed, had lost no tiro- in proving the accuracy of his ill-gotten chart At sight of his treacher ous betrayer, whose guilt wma no longer Ip doubt, Quint wrath was uncontroll able. "You traitor"’ he cried. .With that be leapt across the glade. THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 0. 1000. z!i rwutr mark SMILES WaW 111 II U y Cr yes Away Frowns. Jos. A. Magnus Cincinnati, O. through the still drifting wreathes of powder-smoke and so suddenly was the attack that he easily wrested the rifle from the Portuguese. The laster evad ed a swinging blow, and thru, having no other weapons, he turned and fleet for his life, with Qutn In hot pursuit The chase led to the noddle of the val ley, where It <urn.d along the high, rag ged bank of the stream which was a swift torrent racing among submerged rocks. The end was sudden and unexpected Silva tripped and fell heavily, his arms dangling on the edge of the stream, and a* Quin came up with him bo:h were preelpnted Into the water by a part of the overhanging bank giving way. Cling ing to ea-h othr, they were-swept off by the furious current and tjorne toward the subterranean channel. Before they could realize their peril they were sucked Into the cavernous hole, and dragged on at dizzy speed through the fearful darkness A rounded bowkler Just beneain the surface for. ed them apart. A fo.ming nave submerged Quin, and as he rose he brers! a wild, despairing cry Then, h he strtiek out with arms and legs, he grasped a pinnacle of rock and dung lo ii for a short time whl.c he gained breath oral strength. When he could liold fas! no longer he trusted himself to the stream, and after severe! anxious minutes he float ed out from beneath the great mountain Into the fresh air and the sunshine. He swam nlear of the dingerous reefs, and a length. Illtle the worse for the strug gle. he was thrown ashore by a drill** eddy of smooth water. There was no sign of the Portuguese, and It was uncertain whether he !iad perished or es<-apd A half hour's search aide,! bv o it be could remember of the chart, revealed to Quin the mouth of the secret cave-tstssage. Then he set out for MUlanah. and late In the afternoon he entered ths town. Gen Chanrarnler readily granted to Quin the ex dustve privilege—for ths space of six months—of trapping wild animals in the now accessible valley, apd by the expiration of that lime a large number of valuable beasts, birds and reptiles had been shipped to England. BI.IMi HOY C\ R CENTERS. Written by Annn S. lasi-rgrrn of the Nr,-Mi Carolina Reboot for Ilea? nod Blind Children. Raleigh, N. C.. Dec. 7—The system that enables a blind boy to play with edge I tools without the slightest danger of his doing himself harm Is known by the name of "Sloyd," a word that hod Its birth In Sweden, where so many useful systems of the kindergarten variety orig inate. The word nan be Interpreted In many w-ys. but broadly It means 'To be skillful.'* Before explaining how the sys tem Is applied to tho blind boys of the institute at Raleigh, N. C.. In w.tl.’h l am Instructor, It Is well lo tell what It has done. Many of the blind boys In this tnlt tutlon can do as , lever work with car- Itenters' to Is as those w o can sec One of the pupil-, wonderful as It sounds, learned In six mouths to ue the w pi n e and hammer, to do three kinds cf . work, film w h , ompas.-es. wort uic g, .jmetrical problems, sharpen Ida toois, plane and c it aim null and Jon un til he lial tu ltd out anneal a plt.ee of carpentry,aJ any one with the normal number 61 senses cou.d accomplish Be for, he 1, ft tchonl h- hed completed s wardrolie In H h he kept hi- clothe*. Tins young man Is now earning hla living „ , pisua tuner, an I not only ran he tun* pianos, but he Is able to mend any broken O' defective pari of Ihe 'uf.ru meiit P ino'un'ng It shou.d t>? explain ed Is a favo..te occupation tot tne thud as their sen of hearing is isutlly so acute as to enable Hum to secu e the corroct nurd with little troub’e B.,me. however tail of compete eucce's not from Insblll*/ to tune wel', tvji from lack of the m- ban leal training needed o make the d.l’cate repairs and adjuet menis so free.uefilly required In .onnec tlon wl*h ihe tuning. To see some of the more accomplished pupils at work Is to make the spectator marvel ihai a eighties* person can handle with such skill snd rapidity tools thru rr.usi of neceseilly be sharpened to almost a razor edge. A boy who knows hla work Wi.l mark off ru design and then rapidly ,ow the wood tne right length, adjust It. rell It. plane It smooth, round off the cor ners and finish It with w much care and skill as though the ti.lnd eyes a - saw through the end* of the ner vous fingers. which In effect they actually do If the tool b- lacking an edge or is mi', of order the sight.ess hoy knows Just how to put It right without asking a ques tion. liut Ibis result is attained only after persistent effort, for the blind boy hi first shrinks from such unaccustomed tasks ■< the whittling of wood or the shaping of a plank with an. Let the reader ahut Ills eve* for a moment and Imagine how be would feel trying to plane a piece of wood or use hammer by the sense of touch alone Vat during the time 1 hove o. *n giving Ins. rue i lon to blind boys In • orpentfy work 1 have not- had one cut oim-elf seriously. The system Is explained almoat in a r-enwnce: From tin- known lo the un known. from the simple to the more diffi cult. from the simple (o ihe more eom pl rated. In a correct methodical succea idon. When some simple obji i has bc'n completed the pupil has learned Ihe prln iples which are involved In something more difficult, which requires more tools and other gripe of the hand In the be ginning H seems Impossible to the aspir ing pup!!, who really wants to lesm but dread* Ihe handling of the toois. to shape a spoon out of a piece of wood, a shut tle out of a section of deal or a shelf from i plank If the eki:i<d but sightless ar •Pan at the other enl of the table could see what was going on he would proba bly smile pityingly a the clumsy efforts of the new pupil, but he once went tht'iuxn the same course himself Th Mind hoy, wnh his hand carefully guided by he teacher, learns to faghton a rude spoon. He l* pleated. He haa ac.-ompllshed somethin* with hands that he thought mus' always be Idle. He turns the piece of work over and over, hla sensitive fingers noting each rough part and detecting even where the wood is dirty. Then he asks how he can mk* the rough places smooth. Interest thus awakened Use tcachsr takes hlta ui bam) again, explains tbs use of ttve plane or chisel. caiMlone ihe boy against handling it too wildly at first and then gindea the hand In the act of planing It may not b* a very pretty piece of work at flrst, be every move of the hand gives ths t'oy new confldenco and a I,ls fresh Inter est to his task. The delight of anew pupil over the discovery tha! he has made a wdovlsn spoon la something worth seeing. Remember I am talking about ihs teaching of boys. Whs* would he irebly hard with a grown man Is comparatively easy with an earnest hoy, wishing for nothin* more eagerly thin for a means of employing his lime In some useful oc cupation. Wh*n the hoy has fash onad the tlrst simple article o his satisfaction and that of the te.i.-her he Is taught to make something more complicated, to use a saw and p hammer and nails and Anally to design his own work, sharpen hi* own sools and go ahead at his bench without instruction just u an ordinary carpenter blessed with eye-baht would I have onlv on* problem yet to solve and that Is how to give Iho boys drawings on paper lo serve as models I am planning e<> have some kind of raised drawing made es pecially for the use of the blind c*nx*n ters. i —■ * ■ * i Till! CORSET tM11.19. The dtaly parallel Is one thing and the corael quite another; In fa *t. there Is no parallel whatever In the hor izontal line presented by women who wear the old and new style stay. High heeled shoes and wlmt Is ailed "the s at Dpi Angle of New Style Figure. straight front” have completely changed the feminine base. The sway back has become the sway forward, and It Is eneirely possible to pay your mon, y and take your choice, for all the shops sell the angle you like be and can even cal culate to an exact degree what pitch stays and shoes wilt Insure. It Is a ques tion of bause and effect, though It would Angle of Old 9iyle Figure. seem shat now the pendulum haa made such decided swings In opposite direc tions. 'tls about time women were regain ing ihelr equd.brlum. cancer s % the blood is (Killtitetl ami the system thoroughly con* '.animated by this deadly virtilent poison. Then a sore or ulcer appears on some part of the body; it may lie small and iiarmless looking at first, but as the can cerous cells form and are deposited by '.he blood near the sore, it increases in size and severity, with sharp shootinn pains. No matter how often the sore ts removed by the surgeon's knife or flesh destroying plasters, another comes and iz worse. The real disease is in the blood, and the treatment must begin there. The poisoned blood must be invigorated and purified, and when this is done cancerous cells can no longer form and the sore will hesl naturally and permanently. Mrs Sarah M. Keenllng. -lawySS-T^. ?i Win,!->• An can . wntra "lam 41 ie*r old, an! f r three M STS rears bad suffered with a lr*wiAk- . IW. severe for-1 of Cancer on f-Wjyojw. ■* -ny jaw whicti the drxtora U rly *ld was Ine.iraide and fmfff .vf. ■hat I could not lire more fc J ■ han viz months. Iscrept -4 their atvtemen natni- V A.>r\ md bad given up all hot c '1 ’w f ever I gw II j< , ft JaKSk. when my dr ig*it V now mgofnivconditiwn recotn. nendrdS.h. S After tak- r- * ng a few buUlea the sore •egan to heal, to the surprise of the physicians ud in a ahott lime made a complete cure I have gained in Scab, my appetite laeptendid, aleenla refreshing- in fact, am enjoying perfect health.'' overcomes structive poison snd removes e\-ery vestige it from the system, makes new, rich blood, strengthens the body snd builds up the {corral health. If you have a suspicious sore, or have in herited any blood taint, send for our free book 6n Cancer, tmd write to our medical department for any information or advice wanted ; we make no charge for thia act rice Your letter will receive prompt and careful attention, and will tie held is Strictest confidence. . THE IWifl SPECIFIC C 9-. ATLANTA. BA. UOoww. XXOC Hickory* Creak. Texas. April 7, 1000. I have been sick with bearing down paint, pains In the back, hips and legs 1 purchased a bottle of Wine af Cardui and have taken fust about two.thirds of IL I have no pains at all now I highly recommend Wins of Cardui to any suffering woman. I would not do without It. Mrs. SUDIE FINCH. Few women realize that it u potitble to escape the torturing tteknets they endure. They seem to think the grinding agomei ol (ailing ol the womb, leucorrhcta and disordered menstruation are a part of Nature's demand on them. They go on Ailfermg when Wine o( Cardui. the one thing Nature has provided to make them happy and healthy. Is so easily obtainable. Nine-tenths of the average woman's suffering is caused bv disordered menstruation, which quickly yields to the Y/INE CARDUI treatment. Disordered menstruation results in leucorrhcra. (ailing of the womb, and the other painful maladies which cause those terrible dragging and bearing down pains. A woman who takes Wme of Cardui secures freedom Irom those troubles. The menstrual disorders which burden the lives ol other women do not bother her. Is this not an easy way to secure relief ? Ask your druggist for a >I.OO bottle of Wine of Cardui to-day and you will never regret It — ~ Gum Sulphur Ky.. March 9. 1900. Your medicine Is a wonderful tonic (or women. I had bean halplata for sometime and was not ablt to da my housework when I was told ot this wonderful Wine of Cardui. Before I had used half a bottle I could get out amt do part of my work. Your medicine is wonderful and will do |att what you tay it will. Mr*. ALICE THOMAS. In ceaea requiring anoatal direction#, add rasa, firing symptoms. Tbs ladiaa’ Adr lanry r>ri>artman, T * Th Chattanooga Medtcina Company. Chattanooga* Tann. '-"NjgjWjfc. /'Sbr- u/Tal''** Dorothy and Reggy Flying Down Hill PICTURES OF PAINT-BOX TOWN Cut out the above picture and pis'e It wl'h flour parte on catdlKanl. After having painted tii# picture acroidlng to the rhymed directions given below, pre serve the finished work, do ng this n h week until you have a oomp.eie set of pictures, setting forth Ihe doings of D ro thy Brown. Finally hind iliem all to gether and >ou will have a pretty picture hook, and doubly all r e live because you have dons all the rolonug yourself THU FIRST COAST OF THE SEASON When the wary tox has sought 14- lair And your breath s like steam In the frorty sir. ; y :' i ... S? -rs' , -aA - 'W^l Hunting the Fog. PICTURES OF PAINT BOX TOWN Reggie Tries Fox Hunting. There * rascal fox with wt-kefl ey Who. Stealthily, when night m ntgn. Prowls through the yards of Paint Boa Town. By great good luck. >oui)g Rg*te Rrown Caught alght of him one moonlight right And planned o catch him If he might. With Ouigsr swift, ami Tony. who. • 4,nr. it it’ or **• Une of the Moat IlemaaUable natural Freaks lit a Montana run von. 'From the Washington Star, prohnbly few people aver heard of a Md! dam but such a freok of nature really eatats If ■" unfrequented pari of the great West. A. O. Wright of th* Indian service, who travel* extensively throughout that section of iho country west of the Missouri river, tn speaking of mange things i has encountered tn Pi-, iouiv, alluded lo this soilrt item. Ask *d whot he meant hv a soda dim. he said; "In Box canyon. J'tet above ihe not spring* of Ihe Jemez river. Arizona. I* a dom extending from one wall of the gjigo u tho other. This data is nothing And the sky has turned to a leaden hue. And the Urn snowflakes come flltc lug through Then after h4e sled with Joyful shout, Reggie runs and h inds It out And he sees that hltclilng rope’s ail right. And he rubs the runner smooth snd bright. Then on wllh hts muffler, mittens and l.at. And over to Dorothy's quicker n scat! To tell her, “the Ural snow I* cornin'— hurray!" Arid lie sure to be ready for oa-dlng next day! Did you ever hear tell of a kitten who cared To go coasting and wasn’t a tiny bit scared? Well. Kicw ball go. s rotating In Doro- terrier. Is terror to Tne why fox. young lleg doth *0 On holidays to seek the foe. And. bless you. *lis merry Jaunt. This seeking of the fox's haunt! On* day the three caught up wtlli him Alid chased him to • hollow limb, With quivering nostrils Oinger stood While Tony did what'er he could By yelping, digging with hts might To make Stir Reynard turn and light. And nicely fooled the trio were! more or less than a massive wall of pure •ista. rising to a bight of 100 feet, an.l probably *uo feet from end lo end Na ture’s force*, of course, started shear work of constructloei away back tn the dim and distant past, when deposit* of sorts con tained lit iba water thrown off by tlie springs wei# made at :tie base of what ha* alnce developed Into one of the nat ural wonder* of th* West Those depos it* must have been mat* with renjsrka tie rapidity. "Just ten year* ago the Jnex river rose to an unpreesfHlenied hlght. and under the abnormal pressure of th# torrent a lower section of the dam guve way. leav ing a breach In the watt of soda about twenty feet high. When the nnler sub aided the lake formed by the dam was of course destroyed, leaving the upper eighty feet of the dam high and dty. '1 w*aed through that section of Art thy's lap. While Tony runs after with his shrill Ut ile ’jap:" Now. Reggie la skillful at steering, you know, Rut If they’ra upset |n Ihe new fetiaw mow. Why. ii.itavly’s hurt and nobody < area. Though some folks look on with dubious (states. See’e sees To paint thle week's picture is eaay as pie; Juat have (he ground white, me gray for thi sky. The one tomb of red to work In lhl Week fthould sorely appear nn each Mind 4 cheek. I-ingles Doty. f No more they saw the reddish furl For he had sneaked away— tble fog To run to cover 'neath some rocks. Where even Tony could not go. And her* we leave toem friend and toe. If you remember all tha hints We've given you on autumn tint* In painting, I am sure that you Will find there's nothing hard to da Douglas Z. Doty. 1 runs this last summer and purposaly vis ited the soda dam I was moat aatonian •<l to see that th twenty-foot breach had ! !>een nearly Ailed in. Th# tods from the eprlngs hid nude freah deposit* snd grad ual.y patched up the hole made In IMfl. At tiie present rate the breach will lie entirely closed In another year and the lake will resume Its former proportions. ’’Previous to the break In the dam the lake above was fully W feet wide and extended up the canyon for at least throa quartsr* of a mile. Scientists who have examined the dam are of the opinion that !< will never attain a hlght much above 100 feet, for the deposits In the water seem to sink Ui Him: great depth he fee the brink m reached A* they fall how ever. they will leibl lo *1 lengthen tha base of the dam and will gradually de crease the depth of the lake at lU lower end," 21