The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-07-28
THE MESSENGER.
Published Every Thursday Morning.


eFFaHn.@ A lefA AANA HFtthArf as -"
tie a7lh of MAY. for Dallas. Texas,
81 which place arrived on the morn
inoci thc 2gth was commissioned
80 she Citizen 10 spare neither pains
nor money in investigating the story /
Of Wm. B. Amsdel, who has since /
1ee0 lived in the bowels of The earth /
among better civilized and more /
eniiehteaed people thsn The outside 4
jewellers. found considerable dllh /
Guilty IN obtaining an interview ow- |
inc ca the vast number 81 people 1
waiting to see him, whose curiosity /
and excitement had been aroused BY /
the marvellous accounts he gave o.
the inside jewellers Of the EARTH 1
was pretty well acquainted with the
general outline Of bis adventures be-
fore saw him, from the fact that
neonle who lived within o hundred
miles Of Dallas talked Of nothing
else,
found upon arriving that this
much talked Of man was at the Grand
Windsor, and / sent In my csrd ask
ing an interview, which was answer
ed by Mr.. Amsdell in person, who
came up smiling and in pleasant
tone said be would grant me few
moments conversation If ! would
step into bis room. Following him
into his room. prejudiced and having
that prejudice bucked up by all the
sciences of modern and ancient
times, was prepared to treat any OF
his vagaries, as / imagined them, as
scientific foolishness, but on closer
look at the man. something convinced
me that was 10 the presence, not
Of a lunatic, but & man more won
derful than any Of this earth.
After taking a seat, which be cor
daily assigned, ] could not help but
note the wonderful look of health
fullness In his face. Indeed, it was
as II he had grown old, and the pro-
cess by which age is manifested in a
human being had 10 bis case been re-
versed, and he was growing young
again. Stating my business, and as
surfing him that the Citizen was
ready to aid in proving him the most
wonderful Of oil the earth, or a mere
adventurer, was astonlshed ct what
was told me by this man. ln fact,
as he progressed with his narrative,
Il felt with q thrill, sweet and
strange, intense, awed, amazed, some
thing soar and ascend in my soul as
I gazed."
The scales OF prejudice gradually
fell from my eyes, and I saw in this
man, q revolution and complete
overthrow of oil the sciences and the
cries known to the denizens Of The
outer crust. / saw in him the ele-
ments OF something beyond the con-
ception of the marvellous. The i'm
agination of Verne and Bulwer and
Pollock and Bickersteth might be
put together and magniaed tenfold
/ aud nothing could be produced to
compare with the wonderful things
/ told by VIM. B Amsdell
After he aad finished a partial de
seription Of the under world he
turned to me with half sad look in
bis large gray eyes, and said
"When Columbus discovered Amer
ica, no one believed he had found
a new world aud new people, but
simply that he had sailed west and
touched on the coast of India, and ]
am 10th to tell of myself as in the
earth for twenty yeare, for the reason
that the same ineredulity with which
/ Columbus was received will be ae-
corded me Already the press Of the
country have suggested that / be
watched, or sent TO an insane asylum
All Of this is peculiarly Notifying to
me: but the time will come before
another frost when every word I've
told you will tie verified. lam going
out this afternoon to the cave which
delivered me back to this world, and
il YOU like, ven be glad to have you
60" OF course was only too glad
10 have the opportunity, and after a
pleasant ride of nearly four mics
IRON the city, Mr Amsdeli suddenly
turned the horses heads toward an
embankment on the prairie, ana said !:
"Yonder is a spot destined to be
more notorious than any on earth,
for there Is the hole leading to the
other World which has so strangely
been my home for twenty years
Arriving there ! found a hole about
two feet and a half in diameter, that
had a far away look 10 It, bu, nothing
70 distinguish It from any other cave
Mr. Amsdell here again commenced
his wonderful story, end told Of The
people, Of their ways of life, and
everything almost that is strange 10
us Of the outer crust, but perfectly
reasonable Heexplained the motive
power OF their railroads and ships,
which la pen petual motion This is
destined 70 beof The greeteat interest
TO ouiside dWellefs, owing to its sim
pie aud cheap construction The
principle is simply a large and small
wheel. with 81 lie weights OF different
sizes so arranged that at every half
revolution Of the Iargef wheel The
heaviest weights are thrown in q po-
siiion 10 keep The wheel turning. !
eoud 90 on and write volumes Of the
wonderful birds and serpents, which
are harmless, aud animals of different
kind from ans On this earth, which nv
wonderful friend tald.me He kindly
gave me some specimens of a nature
which cannot set relate. but which
are nov in the possession 81 the Git
izeu
In conclusion, lei me say to the pub
lie that ] have only intended This erti
Gle 10 tell Of the certainty Of Wm. B.
Amsdell and tie cave from whlch Ae
came. A company has been formed
and have bought one hundred and
aty acres OF land around Aqailelus
Cave. and they have ample means 10
start an exploring party, led By Mr
Amsdell In q few weeks They will
Law q telegraph wire as theF 60, and
Is the Citizen is concerned 10 tie en-
lefpelse, It's readers will get foil infor.
naffan auarv week. hV direct tpip-