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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA-, TUESDAY JANUARY 19 1886
IN STRANGE LANDS.
Delightful Korin—'The Marvel* of China-
Farm* In Nonray.
From the Cincinnati Commercial uazette.
Korea ia a peninsula northeast of China,
separated from Japan by the sea of Japan. Its
iuhal 'tanta are In puny respects centuries be
hind .lie most advanced peoples of Asia, but
in on<- particular they lead the civilisation of
Eure i*. They used movable blocks for print
ing mote than a thousand years ago and type
metal in 1420. A Korean book eras printed n
hundred years before the first 'European book
appeared.
This early knowledge of the art preserva
tive is strangely offset by their general back
wardness at a people. They have no roads,
wheeled vehicles or churches. There are no
Inns, and the best the traveler can do is to
carry Ida own provisions and sit on his heels in
n close palanquin. A few horses a re used for
siding, and bulls carry the burdens. Korea is
•hont as large as Minnesota, and though
notably a barren conntrysupports a population
of about twelve million, a fact suggesting the
great possibilities of one of our productive
American states. The central lattitude of
Korea is a little south of that of Cincinnati.
The winters are cold and thesnmmers hot, but
the springs are early, beautiful and not ca
pricious. Both tho Koreans and Japanese aro
of old Tartar stock, modified by contact with
China,
The king of Korea is a hereditary abso
lute monarch, tho incumbent beluga amiilng
young man.
Tho Korean language is devoid of gender,
person and number, and the peoplo have but a
limited consciousness of their individual Iden
tity. so far do the tribal prevail over personal
Tights. There Is no such thing ns a price In
Korea. Each man has his own price as he has
hi* shop. Prices vary arbitrarily from day to
day, and the seller Is unwilling to port with his
ware* except in small quantities. Uls love Is
hardly worth the name, but his filial affection
ia unbounded. The father is supremo in fam
ily lift, and his authority passes to his eldest
non. Three hundred year* ago the Japanese
from Korea, ana since
priests were btnished
then no religion has existed in the country.
In no city of Korea ran be found a religolns
Inillding,, Vet the inhabitantssro much given
lo prayer in the time of calamity, and believo
in the immortality of and communion with
ancestors. Every part oftho earth's tnrCsce,sc-
cording to Korean authors, has Its local spirits;
hut so long as a spot remains uninhabited its
spirit has nothing to do with man. The nation
has a spirit which the king worships. The
people pray to this spirit, but erect no altar to
him, for they believo that he is not moro in
one piece than another.
Tne position of woman In Korea is almost
that ofa nonenity. From hor birth to her
seventh year she enjoys freedom. At the ago
of coven begins her seclusion for life. At this
age Imya and girls are separated, never in a
general manner to mcctagaln. To the boy be
longs henceforward the world; to tho girl only
the narrow limits of the women’s apartments.
Before marriage only her father and brothers
may look upon hor, and after she has roached
hor husband's house only he and his fathor
may no hor face.
“On ly in the brief moments of tho marriage
ceremony, in which hor fathor arranges about
ihe husband, ia she ever seen, add even then
nhe play* the part of a puppet, and after that
she is nothing but tho mother of children.
Marriage is the making of the man, but the
concealment oftho wife, and while thero is
hnt ono true wife, a man mat have as many
concubines u he can support.”
A law forbids any man to go npon any house
top, even hi* own, without giving formal
notification to bis neighbor*, lest by chance ho
may ace a woman in the garden belonging to
her at the rear oftho house. Tha only excep
tion to this role of seclusion is a peculiar class
of “tinging girls,” who are distributed among
the men at basqncta and other entertainments.
They ate educated for this duty of imparting
gayety to tha feast* of men. The author de
scribes hi* first encounter with these profes
sions' beauties of Korea at a banquet: "I
turned my head Jnst In time to see. from be
tween tbe opening ranks of tho servants, a
vision of beauty come fluttering into tho room.
6he was a young woman, clad in the gayest of
colou, and exquisitely elean. In this combi
nation of nature and art she shone to great ad
vantage, for neatness la
characteristic of tbe race.
a pretty bash fatness, as much felt as assumed,
till all of a sudden ahe caught tight of mo.
Bhe started at if she htd seen s ghost Hercoy
modesty st once give piece to unfeigned slsrra
and she shrank back as if for protection into
the furthest corner of the room. Everybody
began to laugh, and banterinxly to call me
tiger—the Corean simile for the horrlblo; to
her alone the name was terribly real. She
would have ran from the room hail the
servants suflbred her to pass. As it was, sho
' g, not daring to take hoi
first quite deaf to all c^jol
erics from the rest of tho company. Perceiv
ing, however, that though a tiger I was to a
certain oxtent tame, she finally allowed her-
Belf tob* coaxed Into taklDg a seat at tho ta
ble, at far removed from my own as possible,
from whloh sho shot, from time to time, fur
tive glances In my direction, to assure herself
that 1 was still quiescent As tbe dinner wore
on, the recovered somewhat of her natural
vivacity; but it took her many dinners' worth
•f juxtaposition before sho became at all loci-
nblo with the horror-inspiring stranger.
‘Thou others followed. These charming
creatures ware richly draaaed in the gaudiest
colors—bright pinks, blues, purples, greens.
Tho material was principally silk, while their
outermost sacks and their hats were trimmed
with fur. In marked contrast to their clothes,
their hair waadone in beautifol simplicity. It
was taken straight back, and tied In a braid
gathered up behind, which was peirced by
• large thick pin of solid silver. Of this pin
of tho tint—stand out in dselling contrast
with the brilliant bine of the sky; the grouod
beneath ia white, like snow, with tho
fallen petals; And uuderneath this
splendid canopy I* the pass
ing to and fro of the pleaaure-aooking multi
tude. The cherry blossoms lost, tho wisteria
begins to open It grape-like bunches of flower*.
In Its turn it becomes tho event of the day.
Crowd* gather in the garden where it grows,
a* they did two weeks before at the cherry
trees, and pleasure parties are made up to go
and see it. After the wisteria comes tin '
peony; then the iris. It is one long chain of
flowers, and this is spring. From
>o tree
ig chain of
the eud of
January till tbe begluniug of Juno it is spring.
And it never goes of its own arronl; It is fairly
driven out by the rammer rains.”
The city or Soul with its population of a
quarter ofa million has no night life whatever.
When darkness folia the massive elty gates are
closed, and no one (except officials or hlindmen)
may then pass tbe limit of hli own threshold
on penslty of being arrested and Hogged. The
city at night ha* no street lamps, no dlstaut
murmur. If lie* “under the ailent starlight a
great walled city of the far east fallen asleep.
Of n sudden, across the death-like stillness,
come* the boom of tho great boil. It caunot
startle anything so doad; it only intensifies a
alienee it Is powerless to dispel. It marks, I
know, the middle of the night; and then it is
lost again in the univeraal hush. At intervals,
aa the hoots come round, I can hear fora
moment the tinkle of the watchman's bell aud
tho clank of his chains aa he paces his beat
within the courtyarda; aud then all ia onco
moro quiet, and the city sccm9 its own vast
tomb.''
The Marvels of Chinn.
Chins owes nothing to anybody; it is tho
creator of its own civilisation. Its laws wero
given thousands of yean ago, when Athens
and Komc were not in existence. Today tho
splendor of these cities has passed away;
npmuuui va iutov t ■ asvo nan I'anacu unity,
learned Egypt is buried in thedesrrt,andof nil
its glories remain only souvenirs of mourning.
China has 400.000,000 inhabitants, 120.000,000
more than all Europe* and from extremity to
extremity of the empire the villages touch
each other. Tho fertility of the soil is won
derful; sometimes there aro three harvests a
year. One acre of land yields 10,000 pounds
of lice, which gives tho laud a valuo of $2,WO
an acre. In many places rafts, covered with
gardens* float on the water, and rooks, mount
ains, etc., are always blossoming with flower*
and fruits.
There are no railroads in China, because tho
great rivers aro tho greatest in tho world. At
present fashion demands fast traveling and
this luxury will soon be necessary even in Chi
na. In Europe and America it is supposed the
Chinese peasant lives in poverty, never saves
anything and ia always miserable. In reality,
the peasant who has ten acres supports his
family and every year lays away at least $200.
Agriculture is one of the chief sources of
wealth. The empire is composed of eighty
millions of families and they aro
land-owners. The majority havo
ten acres each, aome fifty acres aud a
very small number two hundred and fifty
acres. One institution peculiar to China is tho
“patrimonial field.” A portion of the land be
gging to each family cannot be given away or
Id. It belongs not only to the living, but to
the dead, who are buried there. Thcro are the
family nrchlvcs, registers of births, marriages
and deaths, schools and temples.
The Chinese govern themselves. In the
family tho chief member has authority: in
the city certain number of dele
gates, elected by the families, aro under a
president. There aro as many parliaments
as cities. Confucius wrote: “The monarch
ia only the servant of the people.” There is
political liberty and liberty of religion and
worship. Government docs not interfere with
creeds aa long aa they are in nnison with civil
questions, and among tho functionaries are
Jews and Christiana, Buddhists and Mahome
tans. Commercial liberty is also complete:
there are no patents for inventions. The only
ambition possessed by the country thus far has
been agricultural success, but there aro im
mense riches locked in tho mountains, which
only wait for the miner’s as. • - >
Speculation has commenced its journey in
China and the fanners have gained some ideal
which In the ftitnre may injure the quality of
tea. In the province of Fokian, where the
black tea is cultivated, the harvest is sold
months In Advance. The best quality of tea is
not often sent from the oonntry. One of the
finest teas la pekoe, but as this is composed of
early spring Imds, which cannot He gath-
withont destroying the harvest, it be
comes too dear for exportation. Thene plus
ultra of tea is the hyson-pekoe, but its owners
never drink it.
JONES AND SMALL.
The Cincinnati Revival In Full Hlaftt—Im
mense Crowds.
Cincinnati, January 12.—[BpectaLl—Tho meet
ings inaugurated by Sam Jones at Trinity church
are attended twice a day, despite the worst weather
known here for 17 years, by crowds larger than the
church will hold. No larger crowds ran be accom
modated outride Music Hall, aud tiie weather for
bids its UM5 for the present. The press of the city
fever the movement, and urge Jones to strike aud
spare not. Very hill reports arc gi veu, aud general
Interest in the community Is wide-spread and deep.
The Chrbtlau co-opemtion will be hearty, and the
l>ir*pects we»c never better any where for sucres*.
It Is likely that double meeting* will be necessary
hereafter, Jones aud Small preaching rimuttauc
ouriv.
Cincinnati, January II.—[Special.]—A1
ready the meetings here under the leadership
of Bov. 8am Jones aro becoming tho leading
topic of the season and givo promise of produc
ing the most profound religious era ever known
In the history of this city. Tho newspapers ail
frankly admit that he won upon the confi
dence of the peoplo in his first utteranres and
that the happy impressions he then made aro
wideniug and deepening with every service.
His open, unstrained manner, his earnest
words of sympathy, love and solicitude, aud his
perfect faith have completely captured for him
the hearts of all who have heard him. Ho Ins
at once conquered all the popular prejudices
that garbled nowspnper accounts might huv
engendered.
Tho Enquirer said editorially, after giving
few “pointers,” that “iu his tussle with Satan
In Cinrinrati, wc arc decidedly on tho sido of
8am Jones.”
The Commercial said of the initial service
that “tho church was crowded to its capacity,
despite tbo weather, and tho famous preacher
reached tho hear ft of h!a hearers,” and also
reported “flattering indications for a great ro
rival.”
The Sun said:
Before he had talked five rairfutes
ad that large assemblage at ills merej
_ e was to frank. m> free, m> unaffected, the tvoi
came in such rich profusion, the thought* they
pressed were of such purity that every one '
looks and talks plafnly. You hear no gorgeous,
high liown perious from him. His speech i* pure
Knglirii; about seventy-live per cent of Ids words
_ ty-i— .. ..
are monosyllable*,ana words,too,thatjrsveonly ouc
meaning.
Bev. Dr. Joyce, tho popular pastor of Trill
;v church, say*:
(u se are not only the largest congregations that
Cincinnati, Jauuary Ifl.—[Special.]—In an
interview with Rev. Sam .Tones today ho was
naked:
'How does tho outlook for this meeting
compare with that in St. Louis iu Deccmbor at
tbo same lapse of time?”
“Wo arc now at tho close of tho third day
bore farther ahead than wo were in St.
Louis at the end of tho third week. Thcro
ha* be c u preparation hero. There has boon a
genuine desire bore for a revival of God’s
work. There is an earnest, working band of
Christians hero supporting tho mootings. Tho
work of clearing the docks aud making tho
crow right and ready for tho battlo is boiug
rapidly accomplished.”
“What do you think of the probablo rc*
suits?’
Tho results aro all in tho hands and wis
dom of God. Wo work by faith and I confi
dently expect to see Cincinnati wonderfully
blessed and thousands of souls brought to God
before wo close thcao meeting*.’’
ON THE (SALLOW*.
they were justly quite proud.
Inches long and a third of an inch in diameter
In tho shank, being still larger at the
end. It ahone very effectively against their
jet black hair. Their dreaa was compoaad of a
short cloee fitting Jacket above and long skirta
below. In one aspect, however, they differed
markedly from other specimens of their sex.
Their waist was for some occult reason as
sumed to be on a level with their armpits.
As can easily be imagined this played havoc
with their figures; still there was a quaint
Lcauty even about the rain.” The singing of
Ihese young ladies was far from grateful to
fijairicaa car*.
The mat capital of Korea i* Son), a dtp
of 250,000 Inhabitants, covering ten square
mile*. It la Inclosed In an amphitheater of
high peaks, and rtrongly watted. Tho land-
■cape, are chiefly naked granite rocks. Upon
the mountain top* signal fires are built ovary
night, to announce that peace reign* through
out Korea. The fires bam for fifteen minute*
and then vanish. Tbe peninsula it girdled by
lht*e watch fire., each signalling to a central
point in its own province, and all thro* center*
signalling to the top of Nam San. tbo south
mountain. An elaborate coda of rignal fires is
xeady to convey quickly any new* of import
ance t» tha kingdom. Tha city ia without
npirca or any attempt st architectural display.
In the moabnetlon of houses paper i* naod to
a surprising extent.
The Koreans, like the Jepeneen are fond of
land* pe gardening. The cbiaf feature of
their piideu la the “lotaa-pand,” whore that
Beautiful Uly ia cultivated. Each pond has a
little circular Island In tho center, and all the
Xurrour.dlnga are grouped with artistic oddity,
o tho early Korean spring the plum tree bioe-
goma at tho end of January, and Its pretty
pinkish white flower I* received with love end
admiration. Its branches decorate every room,
and porta and artist* taka it for a perennial
•uperti boot of bloom. Ami tne blossoming or
gh. cherry tree in Korea and Japan are a rare
night. “It carries you away. You feel as If
ihe earth had decorated heratlf foi her bridal.
There are several kind of sherry trees; some
have iingle Bowers, like oora; eemedenble
ones; hot all are covered thick with the white
Blossom*, tourhedover a* .faintly with)pink.
31* free*, laden with their maaes of light
and rc lor—the two -octn on* (hr the delicacy
It
•lx
Farm* In Norway.
Some of tho most valuable farms in Norway
would bo spumed aa a gift by American hua-
handmen, who are reldom content with placet
of sudden undulation, or, indeed, with any
thing but piece* of rich prairie or bottom land.
But tho Norwegian* am Industrious and thrifty
grangera, have comfortable barns and fine cat
tle, and generations of fitmllies aucccod each
other In poaieiaing and working their moun
tain farmsteads. Their house* ere rabstanti-
ally constructed of wood, and inside there ia
an air of comfort and cleanliness. Bat what
of the farm! “Look about you," says Cham
bers's Journal. “Mountains hem us in
on all aides; there ia no room for
for Hekla aa we know them at
home; but gram grows luxuriantly among tbo
rocks, with occasionally a patch aa large as an
ordinary villa garden. There the former cut*,
a portion ol his hay crop, on which hts horses
and cattle are mainly dependent during tho
eight winter months. But bis hay-field ia yet
wider spread. Glance upward aome fifteen
hundred foet there, where, an opening occur*
In the dwarf birch, and you will observe the
diminished form of a man busy atwetk. That
Is the former, a thorough mountaineer, cut
ting the grass which grows on yonder narrow
ledge of rock. He has been upslnee early morn,
and will probably not descend till even
ing not t tuft of greet will be left ungathered;
not a foot of level ground on that atoan and
ragged mountain aid* hnt will bo visited, and
its small crop carefully removed by tho Indus
trious bergsman. If ha has a wide stretch of
Hold (hill posture or moorland) in hi* bounda
ry, the former erects wooden thodajn which he
store* his hey till winter, when, by an Ingen
ious contrivance, ho has the whole rapidly
and easily conveyed to the valley. A familiar
object in a Norwegian glen is the strong ateol
wire which stretches from the foot to tho sum
mit of tho mountain. Down this
srlre tho bundles of hay aro expeditiously sent
without labor, and then carried in atedga* to
the steadings. Without such a method many
weary Journeya would be necessary ere tbe hay
required for a long winter conld he brought
dosm. It appear* the Norwegian former bor
rowed the idea of this hvtelMreph from hi*
brother hillamenof the Tyrol about eight years
ago. Thehaycropisthe product of nature,
grurt, no seed being sown nor any admixture
of clover being need.’’
A Cure or Father and Child.
Two yean ago I contracted blood poison, tnd
after nine months of treatment by physicians
with no benefit I have been cured by 8wlfl's
Specific. When I begin taking & 8. S. I bad
run dosm in flesh from 181 to 132 pounds.
There wero three large eloughiug nicer* a*
large as the palm of my hand on my log end
one on my heed. Now they are all cured up
and I have regained 15 pounds of my Inst
doth. I aq feeling thoroughly well end gala,
ing every day. Swift’s Specific hat alto eared
a child of mine of “king’s evil" or actofula
after two doctors said it mast di*. It had large
swellings in it* neck, sore eyes and a chronic
discharge ftom one ear. It was the cureof the
child which led me to take-it myself, and
for the good of others lam only too glad to
havo them referred to me that I may toll
what this wonderful medicine has don* for me
and mine. C. Van Hox»kx, M. E.,
151 West street.
New York, December 26,1885.
Swift's Specific ia entirely vegetable. Trea
tise on blood and akin diseases mailed free.
The Swirr Sparine Co„Drawers, Atlanta,
Ga^ or 15T W. 23d Street, New York.
Doe't miss nett Week’s Constitution, ft
will ho one of the best numbers over Usned-
brimming over with good things. Subscribe
IIeli.eviu.e, Mu., January 15.—Noah Mcr
riman, wife murderer, was banged today.
Previous to bit execution, ho admitted having
killed his wife, and confessed tho murder ofa
woman peddler in cast St Louis some six yoars
ago. The hamo of the woman ho would not
reveal. He walked with n firm step to the
gallows, and after praying for a short time his
aim* and legs were pinioned, and tho black
rap was placed over hit bead. This ordeal ho
stood with firmness, but whllo tho nooto was
being adjusted he fainted, and it required
three men to hold him on the trap. Tlio trap
was sprang, aud Merrlman died in twelvo
ujinutaT. He seemed to suffer most terrlblo
agonies.
-Lakh Pbovidehck, (a., January 15.—Wll
11am George, colored, was executed in tho
enclosure of tho parish jail here today, for tho
murder of Peggy Johnson, on August !0,1882.
The banging took place in tbe presence of le
gal witnesses. George acknowledged that ho
feigned insanity during the trial, and nt tho
last moment be cried out: “I did kill Peggy
Johnson.'' As tho rope was being adjusted ho
laughed aloud. Tho drop foil at 12:50, end In
Iff minutes the coroner pronounced him doad.
From some cause hi* throat was gashed anil
tbe blood spattered* all around, making a hor
rible sight.
Brausiont, Tex., January 15. — William
Madison, colored, agod twenty-four yean, was
hanged here at 11:30 a.m. today for the murder
of Albert Smith, also colored, in April, 1881.
After ascending the scaffold, Madison spoko for
about twenty minntee, hilt made no eonfeeskra
of bis crime. He sang several original hymn:
and declared he was ready to “pur on wings
and fly to heaven.” His neck’ was broken by
tho fall. Tho cause of tho crime seat jealousy.
Beaumont, Texas, January 15.—William
Madison, colored, wss hanged here today for
the murder of Albert Smith, also colored, last
summer. The cause of the crime was Jealousy.
Next Week'* Constitution will be tlio beet
ever issued—rlcli ami Interesting. Don't
miss it. Subscribe at once.
THE NANTICOKE VICTIMS.
Resellers Still at Work to Recover Ihe
Bodies,
WitKESRABKE, I 1 *., January IB.—Tho res
cuing party at work on the slope of ono of tbo
Nantlcoko mines of tho Susquehanna coal com
pany bad, Up to an early boor this morning,
worked their way through over 3,000 feet of
•and, culm and rocks, anil are now hourly ex
porting to reach the fatal chamber Iu the mioc
where they arc In hope* of finding twenty-six
men who wero imprisoned there Just five
weeks ago yesterday. Practical miners are do
ing much towards aiding the rescuers, and they
do not hesitate to say that, from present Indi
cations, the men aro buried beneath the sand.
Should this prove true, it may yat take several
days before any of them ran be recovered.
Phenomenal Fecundity.
Keplea Letter to Peris Register.
The most extraordinary case of fecundity
that I ever heard of came to my knowledge loot
week. About twenty-five miles ftom here, and by
rail two or three station* beyond Pompeii, Is Ihe
historical city of Nooera (the Nocera of the an
cients) In tbe rlone (or srardl of Llpoeta Urea
Maddakna Oiauata, aged forty-seven, who was
married at tbe age of twenty-eight to a peasantiiut
nineteen years ago. Haddalena Graoata his given
birth to, either dead or living, fifty-two
children, forty-nln* of whom wore males.
8be enjoys florid health. Is robust, and twenty-four
boms altar her last accouchement jji ready to go
oat to her accustomed labor In tlio lltld. Hhe lias
no hesitancy In conversing with any one about her
cxtraoitllnary piolllicnrss. Her physician. Dr.
Raphael dc flnetts, of Nocera, says that then (a not
tbe irast exaggeration in three statement-, i t,
any one ever hoard ofeueb phenomenal fecundity
In the whole history of maternlty-fifty-lwo chil
dren, olive or deed, In nil—
had triplets fifteen limes.
Spelling Msteh.
can yon spell'/ Wall, yes; almost anybody
ran spell. 'Ilien spell this, end make out what
it means. If you can’t, then pass It on to your
next neighbor:
B-B-E-E-l-I-N-ir-O-O-n-B-B-S-8-T-T-W.
Don’t say it out loud, but Just whisper in
your pretty neighbor's ear, that if she will
plan-these letters in proper position ahe wilt
have Ihe world’s groat tonic, which will enrich
her impoverished blood, pot roses on her pale
cheeks and make her strong and happy. Go
to the nearest drag store with a dollar in your
hand, and ask for Brown's Iron Bitters.
Banker: Now there's that bonffen -hc’i a prom
ising young man. Tailor: Yes, I’ve alwsyi found
hies that..
A STRANGE STORY.
A ClintInnoogn Man'# Murderous Design
1 (ton n Georgian.
From tbe Sparta, Ga., Iriimaelite.
I think- It was iu 1858, having completed tho
buildiug of a dwelling house iu north Georgia,
I went to Chnttauooga, the nearest market, to
buy ftirnitnre. * I arrived there in the evening
and put np nt the Crutchfield house, and being
• stranger, on my first visit to tho hiU
city, I made Inquiries for a fnrnituro store,
was directed to one on the opposite aide of the
street, aome two hundred yards from the hotel,
kept by • native Swim. I found the proprietor,
(wnoee name I havo forgotten) a rather thick
set man. in th$ prime of life, and apparently
about my own age.
When supper time came I had not finished
my purchase, and 1 told tho morchaut I would
return after supper and complete it, which -I
did to the nmount of nearly two hundred dol
lars, which was rather imprudent for o
stranger.
Tho night was very dark, so dark indcod
that no otycct however ucar waa visible with-
out the aid of a light. Tho front door# which
opened on the same street of the hotel wero
closed (I suppoeo nt tho usual hour.) When I
finished my purchase it was nearly midnight
and I told Ihe man that I would return In tho
morning and settle the bill aa it was thou so
late. This was more imprudent than tho oth
er for of course he thought that I had nt ieaifc
tho amount of the bill on my person, aud prob
ably more.
lie could havo let me out At the front door
by walking only h few feet, but instead when
1 rose to go ho picked up the light and told mo
to follow him. Suspecting no harm I thought
lessly obeyed. Wc passed through and out of
tho main building, and asconded a flight of
steps to a room iu another building erected on
more elevated ground,to a largo room which ap
peared to he u si d as a lutnlier room. As ho
led me through a narrow aisle formed by
boxes and other plunder on each side, to with
in a few feet of the back door, when, without
a word, ho suddenly blow out tho light Aud
stepping a little to one sido ho told mo to “go
ahead.” As quick ns thought an almost intui
tive conviction flashed upon mo that my lifo
was in danger, and I exclaimed in a loud and
angry tone, “go ahead yourself, sir,” at tho
satuo time drawing a large spring-back
knife, tbe only weapon I had, whioh with u
sudden sling, opened with a click like tho
cracking of a pistol. If ho had touchod mo,
oven accidentally, I think I should havo kill
ed him on tho spot. It was so dark that wo
conld not sec each other but tbo cowardly mis
creant had heard tho cracking of the knlfo
and as soon as he was aware that I anticipat
ed his hellish design and was prepared to de
fend my life, without a word of explanation or
apology he advanced to tho door and oponod
it
If I bud stepped before him according to bis
...dding, it is readily seen how easily bo conld
bar e murdered me in the dark. Hilently wo
emerged from tho hnihliug, not a word lieing
spoken by either, into a narrow alloy almost
jutted over by one of those high bluffs or hills
for which Chattanooga is famous.
In silence wo wended our way through this
dark pasMgo to the main street. Wo had
mndo a circuit of nt least ono hundred and
fifty yards to gain this street, which wo could
havo reached by going only a few feet, bad
our exit been by ono of tho front doors. Tills
man possibly may have bcon innoceut of tbo
very grave rhargo I prefer, but all tho circum
stances are aguiust him. Iu tho first placo his
leadiug mo * this roundabout conrso when
there could bave)>ecn no legitimate excuse or
reason for it, tho lateness and darkness of tho
night, the place with its surroundings, which
wero almost ns well fitted for dark
deods as tlio secluded gorges of hlmown native
after tho treacherous act, all conspire to weave
a strong and unbroken chain of evidence with
out one missing link, which lawyers say Is
sometimes stronger cvldcnco than positivo
testimony.
1 pah! the bill next morning, no allusion
being mauo by either of us to the previous,
night’s occurrence. Tho goods were duly
shipped and rcceivod at my deiiot In good or*
dor. I have never seen or heard from this
wicked 8witssr since.
Long years have since intervened and I dm
now an old man almost on the verge of thvtfc
score and ten years, and near aud around-thl*
eventful spot many stirring scenes of blood
have since been enacted, hut I have never
ceased to lie firmly conviucod that this would
bo assassin and robber lutended to take my
lifo on that night, which nothing but my
{ treat presence of mind and alacrity of action
or defense prevented, lknow not whether
he is still alive, If he lx, whether innocent or
guilty if his eyes should fkll ou tbo incident
detailed in this narrative he doubtlesa will
readily remember that dark eventful mid
night hour which marked a critical episode iu
the history of his life as well as of my own.
The incidents narrated abovo aro facts, to
which I am ready and willing to bo qualified
at any time if necessary. F. A. Thom as.
Sparta, Decimlier 18th ’85.
HEAVY EARTHQUAKES.
Panama, January 14.—At two o'clock on the
morning oftho 18tb ultimo, tbe inhabitants of
tbe quiet littlo Spanish city of Amatlltan, four
miles south by rail from Guatemala city, about
r<00 souls, in all, were awakened by slight but
ftrequent shocks of earthquake, which contin
ued all day until 5:22 p. m.. when a very
shock was felt, which so alarmed tho
that they began to think of leaving
houses. At G:.W p. in. the
“YOUR HEART’S BLOOD.”
THE FEARFUL FLOW OF HUMAN
GORE
Villainous Nostrum Dlapenser* and Their
Criminal Work—The Pitiful Cries or
(he Victim#—Startling Develop
ments Unearthed—The Hor
rible Detail# iu Full.
The enormity of tbe crime# commuted by vil
lainous nostrum dispenseri U simply appalling.
The evil consists la the persistent efforts of tho
proprietors of certain alleged blond potion reme
dies to entrap the unwary by fraudulent certifi
cates, causing the poor victim; of blood poison to
invest in their worthless compounds, who finally
awakes to the sad realisation that hi* money Is all
gone aud the ravages of Die dread disease consum
ing his lift. These same parties also expend thou
sands of dollars annually in their vaiu hope of
couviuclug people that Iodide of potash, and other
drugs such m enter Into tho physician's proscrip
tion are deadly poison, and st the same timo cry
ing aloud "Imitators!” when In fact, none are to be
found. B. B. B.—Botanic Blood BMm—contains,
among other valuable Ingredients, iodide of pot
ash, and to convince those who may have any
doubt on the subject, wo submit tho following
original certificate*—not bought—proving Us won
derful efiicacy. This company hold hundred)! of
testimonials from those who owe their oxlstcuco
toB. B. B.
Sparta, Ga., September 'A3.—To the Constitu
tion, Atlanta; Were I to practice deception in a
case like this, 1 would think that my heart had
become Reared beyond recognition.
To be guilty of bearing fal*c testimony, thereby
Imperiling tho lives of my fellow-men, would
place me beneath the dignity of a gentleman.
The facts which I disclose arc Indorsed and
vouched for by tho community in which I live,
and I trust they may exert the Influence Intended.
For twenty long years I havo suffered untold tor
tures from a terrible pain and weakness In tho
small of my back, which resided all modes aud
mnmier of treatment..
Fora long time tho horrifying pangs of an eating
cancer of my lower lip has added to my misery and
buffering. This encroaching, burning and palnfiil
tore on my lip was prouounced Epithelial Gancor
by the prominent physicians in tills section, which
stubbornly resisted the best medical talent. About
eighteen months ago a cutting, piercing pain loca-.
ted in the breast, which could not be allayed by
the use of ordinary inodes of treatment.
These sufferings of misery and pro*tration be
came so great that on the 18th of last July a lead
ing physician said flint I could not lire longor •
than four days, and I had about given tip in do-
spair. The burning and excruciating rarages of
the cancer, tho palufttl condition of my back and
breaM, and the rapid probation o! my whole sys
tem combined to make me a mero wreck of former
manhood.
While thus seemingly suspended on a thread bo-
tween life and death, I commenced tho use of B.
B. B.. the grandest blood mcdictno to me and my
household overused.
The effect was wonderful—It was magical. Tho
excruciating pains which had tormented me by
day amt by night for twenty years woro soou held
in abeyance, and pcaco and comfort were restored
to a suffering man, the cancer commenced heal
ing, strength was imparted to my feeble frame, and
when eight bottles had been used, I wasono of tho
happiest of men, and felt about as well as I ever
did.
All pains bad vanished, the cancer on my lip
healed, and I was pronounced cured. To thoso
who arc aflllcted aud need a blood remedy, I urge
the use of B. B. a, as. a wonderfully effective,
speedy aud cheap blood purifier.
ALU* Gsaxt.
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hcnvlcrt shock came, throwing down many
and house, already flsrared by tha ear*
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homes. Shock followed upon ahock. The
frightened people rushed to the lane plaza or
.quart: In front of the church or Ban Juan
amt dragged the Imago of their guardian
saint, “Ita Vlrgcc del Rosario,” outaldo the
lumbllngWallsor.tbcrhiirch end erected a
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before which nil prostrated themselves. No
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placr where houses had been thrown down
! I imlredgft thlrty.ono shocks were felt
f.• tda^Wloripallyftomeeatto west, 81
ot which O^gr. d between 4 and 5:30, p. m.
Tho srcomnRv was really as bad aa the first,
and tho shocks continued for *omo days rabio-
ifiicntl.v. Amatltlan baa been the aoene of me*
ny disasters. It wa* destroyed by earthquakes
n IKg), which lasted from
Aptll 21 to May 3. In 1848
it was overflowed by the riling of tbe lake, and
again In October, 1853, when tbe water gtuhed
j In the middle of the streets, and on the
_Jtli of the month when the water autnided,
dead fish were found everywhere, tbe watera
became unfit todrink, and many person* per*
tailed of fever. Then again It was destroyed
by earthquakes in 181)2. lake Amatltlan I*
supposed to he the crater of an extinct volcano.
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1C. Newton Palmer, McRean’a Depot, Ga.. Bays;
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•kill which Dr. W. 1. Tucker evinced In the caw
of my wllb aver on. year .gag.
Her phyzlcltn Mid ,h« could not lire but a .hort
lime, that It waa ImpoMlbte for hor lo recoror; but
remembering that Dr. Tucker had cured her fathe',
Mr. II. Atwell, of thta plact, mm* time before, of a
very •crlow dtanue (dropsy) undecided lo try him.
ThciwuUofhtatrcalnKratlnlwr ra*ew»«tilth.!
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btr former dlreew he* been present tnd ahe now
enjoy, excellent health,, think* tq l»r. Tucker’*
unrarpwwd tklll a* a physician.'
AngtBt 14,
ai
fltephen Peter*, Uuelialta, riorida, testifies to Ihe
foci or haring been cored by.Dr. TuckM idler .11
other mean, but foiled lo benefit him In the taut,
end he wu believed by htaphyrictaa* and Mend,
lo be Incurable. Mr. I’ctcri ta now In tho enjoy
men! of perfect heeltn.
on or ran jaw. or diath.
Hi*. John A. Mann, of Wat point, Ga, My*: "Po
fire month* I lay belplos in my bed, unabl. to
move without amtatance, ra Seeing from acompll-
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oral outer* foiled to miter* a* at all *nd I con
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and I believed myiolf, when I left my hed U
would be for tbe grave. Finally my hmhand
beard of Dr. W. J. Tucker and praraited on a* to
give him a trial. To make »loo* rtocy Wort: lb*
doctor got m. upln tea than two month.’ time;
and lam now able to attend to my houMbold dn-
tie*. I wish every affileted lady In the land could
know of Dr. Tusker and hta gras* .kill- in th*
traatmrnt of rtlwaaf ”
N. 0. chftdeis, IT llairi* rtreel, Atlanta, Ga.. wu
cured by Dr. Tucker of a *evcre care of fistula ol
ten year, Handing, alter having triad ertry ad v.r-
tired moedy and many phyiieteni.
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