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THE ROuSILRS UF VaDtHJ LO.
Dy Wallace P. Reed.
For The Constitution.
I
The Island of Vangho Lo la not down on any
map that I have seen in recent yean. If it is
on any map It must be a very old one. This,
however, is a matter of trifling importance. If
the geographers have missed Vangho Lo, then
it is so much the worse for thorn.
The wreck of the Imp rudely ended my first
and last pleasure voyage. Tho Imp was as
trim a yacht as ever dancod on the sparkling
billows of a summer sea. After cruising about
in the south Pacific for sevoral mouths in all
sorts of craft, I considered it a piece of extraor
dinary good luck, when Captain Dalton invited
me to sail with him as his guost and follow
traveller.
With the crew and all there were eight of us,
all Englishmen, with the exception of myself.
Dalton was a man of wealth whose chief pas
time was yachting. Bomo of the young fellows
with him were the spoiled darlings of fortune,
and the love of adventure had induced thorn to
try a six mouths' sail on the Imp.
It must have been about mid-night when tho
vessel struck. A tremendous hole was made in
her bottom, and she began filling rapidly. We
let down two boats in a hurry and jumping in
made for the beach which, was clearly visible
in the bright moonlight. Our littlo cockle shell
boats spun around in the surf like so in my
chips. Powerless and breathless wo were turn
ed over and over in tho foam crested waves.
A prent surge threw me high upon thotmeh,
and it was several minutes before I was able to
pick myself up.
“Are you all right, old fellow?"
The na nlrer wns Dalton. I rubbed my cyoa
and saw five dark forms moving about.
“Only two missing. Bradley ami Cribba," said
Dalton. “It might have been woreo, you kuow.
We’re in big luck."
I thought so. too, and asked the captain if he
had any knowledge of the locality.
“It must l<o ( Vanglio, Lo,” he said thought-
Ailly. ‘‘If it is not, then I cannot tell where
wc ure."
One of tlic men had a box of matches in hia
pocket, nnd lifter we hod built a good fire, and
were beginning to feel more comfortaVo, Dal
ton told us all he knew nbout our surrounding*.
The island of Vangho Lo had been discovered
centuries before, but no civilized government
bad ever claimed it. Although of considerable
size, cud racing hundreds of square miles, it
produced nothing of any commercial value,
atid was a veritable land of sun and fire, inhab
ited by ravages of a very uncertain disposition.
Ship* never touched there when they could
avoid it. About fifty years before a colony of
English sailors, who had mutinied and killed
their captain, attempted to livo there, but after
a desultory warfare of several years the natives
had killed them out.
They may kill us," remarked Dalton cheer
fully, “but then wo would havo been drownod
if wo hadn’t been thrown up hero. Bo-
sides, wo have a chance. Doubtless
the savages learned something of
our language from their old enemies, tho
mutineers. They may have bccoma a more
pcaccablo race. At the worst they will proba
bly hold us aa prisoners, and somo day signal a
passing ship and demand a ransom for us."
llow much longer the captain would havo
talked in this strain it is impossible to con na
ture, but at this point one of tho mon suddonly
leaped to his feet,
•Ouch!" ho exclaimed, as he oxocutod a war
dance on tho rand.
“What did you remark?" inquired Dalton
with a stern look at the offender.
“Ouch!” repeated th<ynan, as lio rubbed his
head.
“Bee hero, Barlow." aaid tho captain. “I hope
you are not crazy. We'll have to tie you if you
arc. What is the matter with you?"
“The rooster!" mambled Barlow.
We all looked pityingly at tho fellow. Un
doubtedly his shipwreck bad turned his brain.
“I was listening to tho captain," explained
Barlow, “when a sharp weapon like a spear was
thrust into my head, and when I jumped up
and turned around I saw a big rooster six foot
high hopping over that ledge of rock yonder.
If you don't believe me, where did this blood
come froipV"
We drew him up to tho (Ire. His head was
bloody and there was a deep wound iu it appa
rently made by a pointed instrument. But tho
wild story about the rooster?
Blinking our howls incredulously wo laid
Barlow down nnd advised him to remain as
quiet ns possible.
llnd a savage assailant slipped up and at
tacked our companion from the rear? Wo
could think of no othorcxnlanatlon.
aylight enabled us to obtain a better Idea of
our situation. Our wcundod man was severely
hurt, hut fortunately ho was not disabled.
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tflbK-A«ii^ii.ab tr.u. raimiati.a
cipitate and rocky slopes, thickly
places with trees and shrubs unlike any that
wc had ever seen. The Imp had gone to pieces
in the night, and tho shore was covered with
fragments of wreckage. The first thing to do
was to recover what we could, and wo wont to
work with a will. In tho course of acouploof
hours we picked up and fished
from tho water quite a lot
miscellaneous stores. When wo examtnod
our plunder we found sovoral barrels of sra
biscuit, boxes of canned goods and othor provi
sions, a cask of brandy, a tool chost. various ar
ticles of clothing, and somo ammunition. ThU
lost wo were very glad to see, aa threo of us hod
our pUtoU with us.
Iu tho rocky slope back of us there was a
small rave, well sheltered and qnjte dry. Into
thU nook wc rolled our stores to protect thorn
from tho weather. By this time two of tho
•men who hnd been out scouting returned with
their report.
to our scouts the Uland was a
There were mountains Innumer
able, fertile valleys, lakes, springs, and an
abundance of vegetation. Game of all kinds
wss to be seen, but no ravages. If the island
was Inhabited the men were confident that the
people lived on the other aide of a range of
mountains a few miles distant from our cave on
the beach.
What we heard made us very thoughtful.
No more scouts were sent out that day, and we
put in our time building a breastwork of larve
rocks in front of the cave. We aim filled a cask
with spring water and tolled it in t’> keep for
an emergency. Our defensive preparation* did
not amount to much, hut we wanted to make
something of a fight if an enemy came upon us
Each man made a resolution to sleep that
night with ono eye wide open,
and a sentinel was posted Just Inside
the breastwork, with instructions to fire off his
pistol If anything suspicious occurred. Jn*t
what happened to me was the experience of all,
A dull drowsiness settled over me. My head
seemed ready to burst, and yet I could not
move. Finally my senses were steeped in
complete oblivion.
When the morning snn streamed In upon us,
and 1 opened my eyes, I fount myself
bound hand and foot. My com
panion! were • all in the somo
fix. Our sentinel I could not aor, anl
therefore I could not t;JI whether he was a
prisoner or not. The cave an l tho spice in*
s de our little fortress scemci a moving mw
of ravages. They were hideous look in? wret
ches, almost as black as Africans. They were
aimed with spears and elnbs. Some of then
wore fragments of European garments, proba
bly picked up from the occudonal wrecks
r.n that dangerous roast. They were all
jabbering to each other, and too busy over-
1 aiding our stores to pay the slightest atten
tion to us.
•Tlowdid it happen?" I whispered to Dal
ton, who was stretched by my side.
“I cannot tell," he answered. “I feci
rtrangely. These devils must have stupefied
us in feme way. Otherwise they could not have
(raffed us all without waking ns.”
Our conversation attracted the notice of the
leader of onr raptors, and he came up to us.
•'Howdy, w hite man," be aaid to iJblton. and
then turning to me he repeated the salatation.
“Untie ns." I pleaded.
“No," replied the savage. He looked at us
very earnestly and then shook hU head.
TTie old rascal was short and fat. of a well-done
gingercake color, and his malicious block oyos
trapped restlessly as ho watched us. His at
tire consisted of a red silk rash and a pxir of
boots. HIs breast was elaborately tattooed, and
his face exhibited similar traces of artistic hand!-
woik.
Dalton and I, after a whispered consultation
agreed to be patient and choerftil, hoping
thereby to secure better terms. Tho savages
ransacked the cave. They pelted each other
with the biscuits, evidently not knowing
their edible qualities. Tboy sniffed at the
hrar.dycask and smacked their Hps. They
rummaged our pockets and took away our pis*
tola and knives.
At last the crowd withdrew and held a pow
wow on the beach. Their head man talked to
thru, and finally several stout men returned
to us and carried four of our party off.
“Bad sign." muttered Dalton, “that means
that we are to be killed, or that tho others will
be, I can’t tell which."
. Just then the head man came up to ns. Slap
ping his breast, he said:
“Me Kybela. Me king. Yon live wid me."
Seeing that he spoke English so well, wj
asked about our fellow prisoners.
His reply horrified us. As well as wo could
understand it, our companions had been taken
off to be sacrificed. A volcano in the centre of
the island had been rumbling and belching on
fire and Mnokeat interval* for ajmitini) .» j
•nd his majesty, King Kybela had decided to
make terms with the angry spirit in tho bowel*
of the earth by pitching a few white men into
the crater. He paid no heed to onr pro
tests, aud as we never saw tht
four men again, there is little doubt that
they met the terrible doom marked out for
them. His mgjcsty seemed to be surprised that
we took It so hard. He patted us ou our heads,
and raid:
“King Kybela no hurt you. You safe. You
live wid me."
This somewhat relieved us. If our lives were
to bo spared there was still hope.
IT
The next day his majrety sot us to work. We
found that our lives had been spared because
King Kybela wanted somebody to guard ani
take cuio of tho sacred roosters of Vangho Lo!
•Tlauged if this cun be real!" aaid Dalton to
me. "Am I a lunatic? Am I dreaming/ It is
nonsense to ray that such things can be!"
It was all painfully real to me. Wo had
keen carried over the mountains to tho quiet
valley where his nu\Josty Kyliola lived iu u
hnnihoo shanty, surrounded by
similar edifices. We hnd been freed from our
bonds, nml a dozen natives armed with spears
hnd introduced us to tho sacred roostera and
explained our duties.
There were seven roosters, and tho moment
we saw them we thought of poor Barlow, and
knew that he bad told us the truth. Theso
remarkable birds were six feet high. Tuey
wire built on the Shanghai order, and were
ferocious and repulsive iu appearanco. Thor
eyes resembled balls of yed Ure. Their bi: •
wore fully two feet long, and their spare were
about nine inches. Their feathers, althougn
oiled every day, were rough and shaggy, and
their wings were too closely clipped to look
well. The muscular legs. of these crea
tures, legs nearly as largo as a'
mans, showed that they were possessed of
enormous strength and endurance.
Our guards told us that tho sacred roosters
lived forever, when they were properly cared
for. When one died it was the custom of King
Kybela to order tho keepers to be killed, and
there had been of late such an unprecedented
mortality among both roosters and keepers,
that his majesty had been unable to find mem
bers of his tribe who would accept this impor
tant trust. Matters had spproachod an open
revolt w hen our capture occurred.
“We must do our duty by the sacred roosters
of Vangho Lo,” said Dalton. “Remember,
that whilo they livo wo are safe.”
Knowing how much depended upon It,we Im
mediately set to work to make ou reel to* solid
with tho roostors. We wore so pa rated
fiom them by a bamboo pickot fence,
and were In ' t • l > i. exeopt
onco n dav when wo went into tho indosuro
to oil their feathers. At such times one of us
would do the oiling with * long mop, while the
other stood off with a gong which he beat furi
ously when ono of tho birds showed a dispo
sition to make a charge.
In the'course of a few days we got things
reduced to a system. One of tho roosters en
tangled n spur in my ganuonts and dragged
mo around the yard ono morning, and another
snatched off Dalton’s cap and swallowed it,
but with the exception of theso trifling acci
dents everything moved along serenely.
Tho horeiblo novelty of our position soomod
to worry Dalton. Every night ho would talk
about it.
“It is aw Ail,” ho raid. “Those roosters are
Imd enough. Who would havo bolioved
tlujt such monsters existed? And
distorted srale. Tho clouds hero get tanglod
up iu a fellow's hair and whiskers. Tho sun
is always shining through a red haze. Some
of the trees are cannibalistic. If a man goes
to sleep under ouo the branches droop down
and close in on him and drain hia life blood.
Nearly all the vegetables grow without any
root*. They are pulpy bails rolling, ou the
ground, without any stem or stalk, or. any- k •«— •—7*
thing. Now, you may beablo to stand this me up a bottle of nltro-glyccrlne——”
utmost and ran like lightning. There were no
signs of pursuit, and tho cries of our enemios
had died nwav.
Still bounding onward, out of breath and
withjjleeding feet, wo literally flew,
When we threw ourselves, panting, on the
rand by the boat, which was Just about putting
out for the ship, we were too exhausted to
sneak. The excited sailors instantly divined
(hat we were pursued by foes, and
dragging us in they bent to their oars and did
not let up until they had helped us to the
deck of the vessel.
It was an American merchant ship carrving
one gun. When the captain heard a little of
our story he pointed the cannon at tho island
and fired a blank charge that waked the echoes
among tho mountains.
“Vangho Lo is no place for us," ho said, and
with that the craft weighed anchor and glided
out into tho broad blue ocean.
I hope the sacred roosters of Vangho Lo are
still alive aud flourishing. They saved my life,
and I am not likely to forget It
Do You Want MOOT (Jet one new subscriber to
Inn Constitution aud you will hart a chaooe to
get It Bee announcement on editorial page.
DOCTORS AND THE FFOPLE.
I met a friend the other day whom I had not
seen lor several months. He was looking com'
paiativcly well—better, Indeed, than I had ex*
peeled to see him, for be had bocn suffering a long
t me with indication and dyspepsia, and had de*
yiloied the despondency that invariably accom
panics those diseases. When I raw him the other
day, however, he was unusually choorAil and his
hi allh reemed to be very good. Thla fact led me
to questiou nlm a UUle closely, and ho was dually
induced to give me n brief history of himself.
‘‘You remember," he said, with a pensive aralle,
'•that 1 used to be mighty sickly. I ain’t well yet,
but I’m lots better off than I ever thought I'd b&“
' ‘YourtrouhJe," said I "was dyspepsia.”/
“Oh, no,’’ he replied, smlliug more broadly:
“my trouble was Doctors."
•Toctors!”
“Yes, plain aud simplo Doctors. I nover had
any trouble much until I begun to fool with Doc
tors, nnd since (hen I've had ovory disease that a
man can liavo except the coutngious ones. I’vo
vvislud a thousand times that I had my little old
dysrepsia back again. I'd tako It aud nurse It,
nnd feel as grateful as possible. 9 '
W hy, you’re looking well now,” said I,
'Oh, I’m w ell enough now—I'm as well as I ever
expect to be, but look what I’vo been through;
htnk of what I’ve su fibred.”
“Well, tell me about It," raid I.
My (Mend actually laughed.
“Why, 1 ain’t got time to tell you all about It," ha
Mid. “It would take me till midnight You know
how I started In—a sort of Indigestion like, and
falling away. My appetite was good—too good,
my wife said, but my stomach didn't seem to do the
woik cut out for It. After meals. I’d get sick and
fainty like, and after awhile I thought I'd sco our
Doctor about It. Ho was a mighty good man, too
ifldoMylt myself. Ho wns a Jolly man, red In
tho thee and toll In the girth, atul a mighty good
talker, now don't you forget It. I hunted him up
and told him my feelings, and after he had his
Joke he asked me to show him my tongue.
“ ’Well," raya.ho, “your liver’s out of order," and
then he fixed me up a prescription. I had It filled,
aud there was a good deal of comfort In It lor a
few days. Then 1 went back to tho doctor, and he
made another Joke aud fixed mo up another pro
scription. It was Just like tho other, ami It did me
about the rame amount of good. Then 1 got an
other, and this tlmo I asked the druggist's clerk
what It was. He smiled, sort of simple like, and
Mild It was nothing but blue mass and quinine.
“Well, after awhile thTblue mass and quinine
were no good, and then I went to another Doctor.
Ho felt of my chest and slapped mo on tho back,
end said my kidneys were out of order. This
scared me up,^snd It wasn't long before
was taking all tho kidney *jnediciue
rnd westing all the kidney
I could lay bunds on. It went on In this way until
I didn’t weigh more than ninety pounds. ;I Just gut
into the habit of taking mcdlcluo, and If I didn r
take two or three kinds during tho day J didn’t feel
ctmfotlable. Then I struck another Doctor, ani
he raid I had incipient rheumatism. Ue fixed
up a bottle of pokcroot, and I took that along
with the other medicine.
“I got better mighty Aut, and then somebody
sent me to another Doctor. I tell you he was a good
one. He said 1 ate too much, and he boiled up
whole lot of barks nnd rnota, aud fixed me up
bottle of mcdlcluo that lasted a month. Then
went to one of these high-up Doctors. All
the boys Mid ho was a sclontlst,
something of that kind, and h6 thumped mo
around and Mid I had lung trouble*. He pro
scribed a nickel-plated Inhaler and hot hoofs
blood. I thought 1 would die sure enough, until
went to another high-up Doctor, and he Umtnped
me around and raid I bad heart disoase. Ho fixed
sort of thing, but it is driving mo crazy.
I felt as badlv about it as anybody could, but
still 1 counseled patience.
iiT
• One day everything wm in commotion in his
nudesty’sshanty, and In the village of bamboo
huta around it. The king harangued his war
riors, and they beat their gongs and
brandished their spears. Every now and then
they ran out to the pen where we were guard-
lag tho sacred roosters. .
"Something Is up." suggested Dalton.
Finally King Kybela came to us and said
that we must at onco march with our birds un
der a strong escort to tho templo of Kama,
where we would be stationed in future.
It was useless to object, and In an hour we
were on our way. Wc had to march in single
file through a narrow path over tho mount tins
A guide led the proceMion. Then I headed the
roosters, and Dalton brought up tho rear fol
lowed by about a dozen able bodied native,
armed with clubs. This order was adopted be
cause the birds bad become accustomed to their
keepers, and were easily controlled by us. The
natives did not dare to go near them.
At one plarc a gap In the mountains gave ns
a glimpse of the sea. I looked down and my
heart gave a great jump. Scarcely three miles
below in a little cove I saw a vessel anchored
close to the shore!
What was to lie done? I signaled Dilton,
and he glanced through the gap and under
stood the situation. We were being transferrn1
to another point to prevent our discovery by
the strangers.
Daring the next half mile I exchanged a few
wotda with Dalton, meaningless words to tho
natives, but full of import to my friend. Ho
understood me.
Wc were in a narrow pathway on tho edge of
a precipice with a steep wall of granite tower
ing above ns on the other aide. Suddenly
Dalton turned tho hindmost rooster
about so as to (ace the powe
of savages. Then he darted forward to tho
bead of the procession by my side, and hurled
the guide down Into the abysi below. 1 beat
my usual signal on the gung and all of tho
sacred roosters turned to the right about.
When the savages saw these feathered mon
sters bearing down upon them they gavo utter
ance to shrieks of rage and terror.
Dalton and I paused a moment and looked
berk. The fon-moat rooster darted upon the
leader of tbo natives, and at one fell swoop
drove bis long sharp beak through one of the
man's eyes and into his brain.
“Ban for It P* cried Dalton.
We made a break forward and ran for our
lives. We knew that the roosters would never
turn In their tracks without our sign*!
ou the gong. They would dispute that narrow
rathway with our pursuers until extcrm : nation
befell onr or the other side. We knew, too,
that the natives held thr*e great birds in %we
and would fiy before them like frightened
sleep.
On and rn my friend and I aped down the
jagged pith. Would it never end ? Would we
never reach a defile h-suling to the sea?
Kurils! At last we raw it. On onr right
was a gsp showing a gentle slope stretching to
the water.
Three n.ilcs yet. Wc nerved ourselves to the
•D>nniu!te!" I exclaimed.
“Certainly," said my Mend meekly. “Pore dy
namite, and 1 took it until I was sfhUd to stand
ok-se to the fire for fear I’d explode. And If l had
exploded, people would have thought that a drug
store had been wrecked In tbs nelghborhooLLorJ
you don't know how many remedies the Doctor*
have got; and the beauty or It is they ore all good
ones. I expect they would have cured mo If I had
had the dhcaaes they treated me for."
“Well, didn’t you have any of those allmentsT
“Lord, no!" Ndd my friend with a chuckle.
“What wm the matter, then?"
“Nothing in the round world. I was as sound a
man as anybody, but I didn't know It. I Just let
my miud run Iu this way until 1 took a doso oI
every kind of medicine that can be concocted. If
1 hadn’t bed a mighty strong constitution I’d have
been dead long ago, but here 1 ora. 1 tako no more
medicine, and I’m well."
Why some Farmers ars mors Successful
Than Others.
The field crops are about gathered and the tlmo
test Land for balancing tht coat and profit on the
•■•m. the ptactlc-ht-lr rdanter who undcra'an I« h*
budnewsnd u. rka on the pr udpte that mone]
.t.!tu i> iiiiiuey lui.ut, sIwm>4 come* out
I ct cveiy fanner count the co4 of each Implement,
the coat of repair* end the time lost In going to and
limn Hie *ho|# tor re|«lm during the bmy season
and then consider the advantage*and count the In-
>lgnir.< »ut «wt of one of ueonda’s fhvo.lte Iraple-
I mints, ► will then *ee why mich a revolution has
leken place In the putt few years In the use of eer-
tetu t'lowk and why so many of the experienced
nnd most sucectslul nlsuteni will buy an l use *•-
other plows except those known ue the Johm
... grain they have no superior, end in
laborrav ng expense end ■uecewtol cultlve lino!
Ctrl sot Georgia, they havint an equa', yet they
»n simp e sml the cheapest plows for all use* erer
menufaciuted. HoMopallunnercaMryexpense.Call
>c ur cn merchants for these W ing* and gender*and
your f illerent else scooters or bull tongues boy no
other kind. If your merchant* are not up with the de-
n amU of the planters be can easily get them from
the Msnufsrturcrs K A. Johnson A CO.. Atlanta,
(it. No don't let him put off the old style plows on
you when you ran rave labor, save expente an I
do (be I cm work by buying and using there Wings
ai d Fenders with the common scooter on yojr
Minister Manning mys be took a stimu
lant for s cold. He evidently didn't correctly
gauge the size of the cold—a mlztakequlte common
among the people who visit high pneumonia latl
tudes for the first time.
Bsckscba la almost immediately relieved by
wearing one of Carter'* Hmsrt Weed and B*lU-
doors Backache Plaster*. Try one and be
free from pain. Prte» 85 cento.
A MFMBKS of the Dane county. Wls^lunrd of
qualizatfi o.frrm etown which reported nowateh-
i*. vrsaskrd during a K*don what the l ute was.
He drew a 9125 gold watch from his pocket.
What’s NOZODONT1 'Tta this yon ask lOk 9
To snzw er Is an easy task—
It la a liquid reft and sweet
Which Veep# teeth healthy, white and neat.
Which makes tbe rosy gum'* ondy^—
And reiiflcre breath, like roses, pore.
FOUL PLAY_IN_NEW YORK.
Women In RAgs Who Conduct Men To
Almost Certain Doath.
Frrm the N. Y. Mall Express.
<r What becomes of the people who are reported
aa mbsing?" an old detective was asked by a
Alai) and Express reporter yesterday at polloo
headquarters.
“Well, that is a hard question to answer. Some
leave the country to escape their families, and
otheta are killed In dives about the city."
“Do many return after several years?"
“Yea,I have known coses where people havo
been mlssingfortwentyyears,wherethoirwives
have married again, and they have returned to
mnprise, much more than delight, those who at
(hat mourned their loos. How somo pcoplo dis
appear was explained to me several years ago tn
a case which never became public. A young roan,
who was studying for the clergy, was standing
one night in (rent of Wallack'a theatre, waiting
for the time when the performance should begin,
when a young girl, shivering in a thin dress and
a shawl, which scarcely covered her shoulders,
touched him on the arm and begged him for
God's sake to give her some money, as her
mother was starving, and she had no means by
which to obtain food for her. The gentleman
told the girl that it waa against a rule he had
made, ever to give money on the street. Tho
S ri looked at him with a pitiful expression, and
ggrd him, if he did not belli ve her story, to
eon e to the house where sho 'Ived, which was
not (ar away, and see for himself if tho story
ehe hsd told him of the starvation and want of
her family was not truo. Touched by the girl's
B athetic look the young mau doubled to follow
or. She took him around the corner of Thir
teenth street, nearly to Avenue A, to a honae
with no blinds in the windows, with shutter*
tumbling from their fasteniugn, and with a bat-
ter* d front door. Blie took him up one flight of
stairs too room which was utterly bare of fur
niture, except one broken down bod, which
Mood in a corner. On n mantelpiece sputtered
a tallow candlo, which only gave light enough to
show the deep darkness of the corner*.
A STJiUlHILK FOB MFN.
“She told him she would go into the next room
and-tell her mother that a kind stranger had
come to see her. Whilo sho was going she asked
him to sit on the bed, which was tho only seat
she had to offer. The young man horrified at
such poverty, and never thinking of nay evil
results tohiniRcif seated himself on tho odgoof
tlic hid. Scarcely hud ho done so when two
aims reached out ftom under it anil oeixod him
l-.v tho leg*. Withall hi* force he could not koop
ldnuclf from being dragged under. Hu throw
himself back and attempted to grasp tho o Igo
of the bed. but in tbe position iu which ho was ho
could do notbiug. Slowly but surely hn felt
himself dragged downwards by tho powerful
aims. As hia hand slipped from ono hold in U10
hed to tho other they happened to touch tho
hravy walking stick which he carried. Asnlast
retort he seized the cane and with all his
stnnsth thrust It under the bed. The heavy
iron ferule with which the end of the cane wo*
loaded anno in contact with something soft. A
horrible curse filled tho room. With desperate
energy the young man again and agaiu thrust
tie tune into the dark new under the bed. Blqw-
ly tho vice-like grip of the hands which hold
•In legs relaxed. Ho mado ono final and des-
S enile effort and found himself free, lie ruslrod
own stair and from the house. When ho reach*
ed the corner he thought that, dishevelled as ho
was, It was impossible for him to go homo. Boo
ing a policeman ou the next block be went to
him and told him of the experience he hod had.
Tbe cifirer laughed at him and insinuated that
he bid better go home and take nothing more to
drink. But when he found the young man was
really in earnest, be called for help and at onoe
returned to tho houso which the young man
pointed out as the ono in which ho hod been as
saulted. When they knocked at the door it wm
oitened by a man wno had every appearance of
just having been awakened from a sound steep.
The young man insisted on going upstairs, and
follow* d by the police he rushed up and into tho
rctm which he had lately left. In it tlioro wa*
nothing that he could rccognlzo or identify, A
inipet covered the floor, pictures wore hanging
on the walls, n piano Mood in ono corner, nnd
everything looked aa If it bad been recently
iKriipUd hy a woman of reflnod ta*te«. The
young man wna astounded by tho chrogennl
tried to explain that be must havo gotten into
the wrong house. Tho police returned to their
original tlirory that the youug nun had b.-on
drinking and again advised him to go homo.
A SICQITKI. TO THE STORY.
‘There is no question In my mind that If tho
young man notbeen successful iu breakiugawny
from the grip of the man who held him from
tinder the bed, another unknown body with
nothing to identify It would havo been found
floating iu the river, and would have boon burled
in Potter's Field, unknown and nncarad for,
while another oue of the mysterious disappear-
ancca which so often thrill tho Now York pub
lic, would had its nine days' run of wonder and
then have been forgotten."
“Did you ever hear anything more of thla
case?"
“Yes. Only a few days ago tho same young
man who lutd told me or his experience of four
yean ego met me and I asked him if bo bad
ever, while wandering through the streets of
New York, seen anybody whom he coaid re
cognise ns the poor-clad girl who had led him
into tbe house. Ouee, be said, only a few weeks
airo, while walking up Broadway ho had a
girt beautifully dressed, and with every ap r
■pee of wealth about her, and he thought that
sn Imperceptible change rame over her face.
With her waaa man, handsome, well drossed.bat
with a horribly scarred forehead. Deep groove*
ran front tho edge of his hat down into one eye,
which was evidently a glass one. Tbe conple
d him. and with thempassed the last vestigo
3 Incident which m-afty cost the young tn tn
his life and the city one of Its ablest clergymen.
I could recall a dosen other instances," Mid tbe
detective, “of men who have not been so lucky
in escaping tbe traps that were laid for them. I
havo no doubt that tbe young Yale divinity
student, whose body wm found some throe
months ago floating In the river, mot his death
in moth the same way m tbe young man whose
►tory 1 have told you, and the rough clothes In
which he wax found wer^t put on him after his
death. I know of a dozen other cases of pxoplo
who have been raugbt In such traps in New
York. Come round again somo time and l'U
tell you about them."
The Fountain of Vitality.
The source of physical energy and mental
activity, Is the blood. Let this become vitiated
with bile, or thin sod watery in conscqnenco
of Indigestion snd non-assimilation of the food,
and an interruption of the functions of the
body, and a loss of stamina, flesh and appetite
ensues. Uostettcr's Stomach Bitters is a tonic
specially adapted to restore all three, boenuso
it assists dige stion and assimilation, and re
moves bile and other Impurities from the clrcu<
1. Protected and strengthened with this,
admirable defensive invlgorant, tbe system de
fies influences Inimical to health, to which, if
unregulated and feeble, it would undoubtedly
succumb. Constipation, often an obstinate and
chronic ailment, is entirely removed by It, the
liver, kidneys snd bladder roused from inac
tion, and a tendency to rheumatism effectually
counteracted. It also eradicates malarial
10,000 Watches to be Given Away
PuringDreemt er. A Welch snd Chain free for
ti n sut scribers at 91.00 • arh or five subscribers eft
9100 each, with 91.98 added, snd a chance for every
name rent In In our Christmas Box.
Mbs. Barah A. Kelly, of Ilonosdsle, well
km «n aa tbe “Bard of Hbanly HUI," snd prospec-
ve “Pstd of the Nation." has gone to Washington
. pofh her claim for tbe isurtateshlp. Mrs, Kelly
l-a wrlUmrome things which she comldcr* in-
• mn s*sMjr better than anything ever penned by
Tennyson.
II you suffer from looseness of t
ANGO8TVRA BITTERS will surely cure you
Beware of counterfeits snd ask your grocer for
druggist tor tbs genuine article, prepared by
Dr.J.O B. Bfegert k fbras#
Ask for “Maud llarri* Tobacco” every time-
BFNT FBEK-Bsmples^of wall paper ami book
lunr to apply UTmTM. M acck, Xl'auto, Os.
Day and Hight
During; ,n tents attack of Bronchitis, ■
crawlMS tickling; In tho throat, and aa
exksufllng;, dry, hacking cough, afflict,-
the .ulTcrer. Sleep Is bauUbi-d, amt great- -
pro.lnuloa totlovi, ThU dUuue It abo
attended with Uonr.cneaa, and aoutatline.
Dors of-Voice. It U liable to become,
chronic, lnvoho tho lung;., end icnuuiate
fatally. Acer’. Cherry I'ccloral affords
apeedy relief and cure Iu cues .of llron-
ehltli. V.. controls the deposition to
cough, and Induces refrcahlng ale;p.
I hart been a practicing phy.lclau for-
twenty-four year., and. for tho past
twelve, have iuilbrrd from annual attacks ''
of Ilronchllk. After exhausting ail the
usual remedies ■
Without Relief,
I tried Ayer*« Cherry Pectoral. It helped
me Immediately, and effected a ii-ccdy 1
cure.- O. S tovcall, JI. D., Carrollton, SSL
. Ayert Cherry Pectoral la decidedly the
beat remedy, tvllblu any knowledge, for -
ebronfo IfronchUKnnd all lung dl-esae*
—JI. A. Itu.t, 11. D„ South Parle, He.
I waa at tacked, but winter, with a .ever.
Cold, which, from expoeuro, grew wor>m
and Dually settled on my J.lingn. Dy
night aweata I waa reduced almost to a
•keleton. ily Cough win. lurewaiit, aud I
frequently aplt blood. My pliy.lcl.n told
mo lo (clvo up IiuMiicm, or I would nut
Ihaamonth. After taking various rauw.
diet without relief, I waa dually
Cured By Using-
two bottlf* of Ayer's Cherry Fct-ioral. I
am now In perfect lieulili, ami *b!e lo
rcstmio hiiHfm-M, after having been pro*
nounceil Incurable with CoiiMimjiUon.— .
8a I*s llcuclcrwn, SaiiUlmr^la, Tcun.
For years I wna In a Mins. I hsff
weak lungs, ami stiffrml from Hronchiito
•ml Csrsrrh. Ayer’s Cherry Fr-i fornl re
stored tne to health, am! i have been for a
long time comparatively vlgorou*. In
cano of a sudilen toM I nhvnvs ronrt to
tho Prrfoml, ami find spmly relief.—
Edward E. Curtis, Uutisml, Vt.
Two yeare airo I suffered from a severe
Bronchitis. Tho phvsk-lNU attending ins
became fearful that the dUcura would tore
ruinate In 1'iieuinonla. After trying vari
ous medicine*, without iHUiefit, ne finally
prescribed Aver**Cherry I’eetora). which •
relieved me ut once. I continued to tako
Ibi* medlelno a short time, nnd was cured.
—Kraost Colton, Logansport, Jnd*
Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral,
Prepared tw !>r. .f.C. A/»r * Co., tawall, Mm*.
HokUyallHruiKUts. six LoUU«. ’
Muttnf Umdlaauws which afflict nanhliul nre <.i lylw
ally cft-anwlby adlcwlewri oooditioo of th« LIVKR.
Yor all crtmr.NJnU ot thU kiarf. wch M Turridlty «!
fca Hirer. IMWiawinre. Kerecn* Drjrrcre. UdkiM-
doa. Incr»Urity of Um ltowets. OnSSrtlwt FUU-
Uaej. KmcUtlona and Doral&z of Uv* BtomaeR
(aoMM*times Cdllod UaaAli'irn). Mriarfct
bloody Flm. Chilli and Fever. Ureakbona Ferret
gjliturtion before or aft«r Kovori, Ohronli Dire*
rfaiaa. Lore of Appetite. lIoAduh*. Fout Brre*^
Irregul^HUre laaltonl to Yrautu Urailria-noam
MtovSfuaW^^iiro^Swa/tf^jdjSSl
but y^Rirys? nil disesocsoftu* U’/GR V
will VMRft STOMACH ami tOWKLO.
It chancre th* conipDiliit Iren s waxy, yrlitre
It«
tin#J, U a ruddy, baaBtrem ,
low. gloomy vj irit*. It Is oon of tho EffOT AL
TERATIVES and PURIF4ER8 OP TH*
BLOOD, and la A VALUABLE TONIO.
OTADICCR'8 AURANTII
ganil. hyall PisnMa rricll.OQ pwhvlllfc
' O.P.STADIOER, Proprlotor, 1 .
Mn — awiwiT rr aMMAkh. Pa(
FOB IAUI WROMHALD UT v.
ASA'C. CHANDLER,
ATLAATA, GA.
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Homaopathle Veterinary
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I DOCS, H0CS, POULTRY, i
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ATLANTA BRIDGE WORKS
GRANT WILKINH,
Civil Engineer and Contracting Agent,
Bridges, Poofs and Turn Tab'**,
or Work for Building Jails, Ete.
Pat* tract urea and Foundations a specialty.
Fporll Critlona, Plans snd Estimates FuruUhtvl am
application. Jan 13 daw
XMAS.
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boxSz4Inches. Gtt «aoplsBicUt ) qalck. |- l | Co i «
Loek Bnx 4A Augusta, Mai no.
Last id. this year. Naas this paper. noW*x4
HONCLAD NOTES, WAIVING ALL THE EX*
emotions. Including gsmDhment of wage*, etc.,
and eiiber with or wltnmit the mortgage ebrn-o, as
preferred, snd printed so as to be used in any state,
•cat postpaid to any address upon receipt of sixty
ernu for s book of 109 notes, or ihlrty-tlvo cents 'or
s book of fifty uotes. There forms of notes sro pro
nounced tbe ben In existence, snd ws havo letters
stating that they bring tbe money when other
forma nil. Pend money In two cent stamps or
po*tsl notes, end stele whethcrthemortgsTO clam*
Is wasted.' Address the Constitution, Atlanta, fig
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