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PART THREE. THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE PAGES 17 TO 20. TWENTIETH YEAH. OMAHA , SUNDAY MOENING APEIL 12 , 1891-TWENTY PAGES. NUMBBK 293 , DOCTOR CHAN GEE WO. Testimonials. DU. C. GEE WO Denr Sir ! For the past six years I have doctored without success for heart disease , pain in the chest and kidney trouble , and slnco-I have undergone a short course of medicine with you I cnn stiy I am almost/well of them all. ( Signed ) JOHN II. IIAMMETT. West A'lbrltrht , South Omaha. I hnvo suffered for some tlmo from Fotnnlorcnknc3S nnd Slek Ilendncho , nnd could not uet any relluf from nny source whatever. I was asked by homo friends to try Dr. 0 , Gee Wo , nnd now 1 nm Imppy to say I am qii'to ' well npnin. I have and will In future , recommend his treatment to all my friends , us his euro hnshoon norrnnncnt and very much to mv satisfaction. , , , YATKS gl5 Q s SouthOmulm. SOUTH OMAHA. TO DII C GKE "WO To Whom It May Concern : I have boon troubled with ' eevoro pain's in my breast nnd generally fool weak. I was unable to do any work. An old friend recommended mu to try vour treatment. I am glad to say that I nm perfectly cured. I ne\rr felt PO strong before. My friend's long standing case'hna ' ulo boon cured. For this renson I should like all my friends and ae- eiuulntanccs to trv Dr. C. Oce Wo , My children mid about half a dozen friends have already call'cd to tell mo about the good that was done them. I write this without rniy orclon ' oy fj'w. BUSnKIUIC , 32825th St. , South Omaha. To Whom it .May Concern : I have boon troubled for several years .with Rhomnatism nnd Neuralgia , and have tried everything that money could got for u cure , but fulled. As a last hope I thought I would put my case in the hands of the Chinese Doctor in Omnlm. I did not expect to bo cured within a good long but fcol perfectly cufcil in half the time I calculated six months. How- K ctly fateful and will bo guul -ommend Dr. C. Gee Wo. _ Tin P nFK WO Hear .Doctor : I write this to thank you very much . . , _ _ . * _ , . . . 1' i V > \S * * * * * * * I % - nn t n < 1 11 nl v * V. n 1 n * t i.tn A.I * It OMAHA , Nob. , Jan. 22nd , 1801. I Imvo boon a sufferer from RHEUMATISM and INDIGESTION fifteen years , and like other unfortunates , tried every roinony possible , and some of the best For the few weeks I have been doctor- iiiid L-ood. past - h t'BlHnns thov did mo no Fii * ith ? IIt. ) C. G&S ? WO ? and ' - " * J om fully ouredhftvin ' a sPlo did < M'l > ° tito , THOMAS COUGLTN , 41th and Harnoy Strools. " Oslhoff Block , 519 * J. Sixteenth St THEY ARE BORN , NOT MADE , Euch Aro'tbo Tonsoiial Artists "Whoso "Work Delights You. BUTCHERS WHO HAVE INVADED THE RANKS Some Fneti and ninny Superstitions Concerning the finrbcra and Ihoir IlushioHH Omaha's Ill li Class Artists. "Next. " It is a very simple little word In the super lative degree , yet it Is by no menus an unim portant part of a barber's stock in trade , nnd upon ttio amount of impressive suavity that ho cnu throw into thnt monosyllabic ejacula tion depends , to n greater or less degree , \ho success that will attend him In his chosen calling. At least , so sny certain members of the "profcsh , " but then there are superstitious crunUs among the bnrbcrs the same as in other trades nnd professions , nnd 111 fortune might as well bo charged up to an uufortu- tiato volco as to a disordered liver. Didltovor occur to you where tonsorlal nrtists nro manufactured ) Whether they are turned out of a barber factory by wholesale or spring up Indigenous to the soil , nnd llko Topsy , "Jos' growcdl" Thcro nro certain conditions under which the latter conclusion would bo by no means unwarranted or unreasonable , bin the Men has probably occurred to none but these who have sought in n harbor's chulr that whichto their intense suffering and disappointment , they found not. It wns this class thnt the proprietor of ono of the most popular shops in the city hud in mind last evening when , In answer to n ques tion as to the average number of barbers eun- jiloycd in the shops In Omaha , replied : "well , in tlio liis shops there nro probably 800 barbers. Homo shops hnvo one. ptliQra Imvo all the way from two to six , while there nro still others that haven't any. " It wns , perhaps u cruel thrust at some of the ambitious excuses who nro engaged in the business , but thcro Is In rcnllt.v so much foundation for it thnt there are undoubtedly very many , who have silently stitlcred , who would innko their solemn "duvy" to tbo cor rectness of tha statement. Bo that n.s It may , the harbors of Omaha nro ns a whole uninnK tha top-tiqtdiors in the tonsorial profession , in support of which statement , tbo tint class work that they turn out for un exceedingly critical class of cus tomers nnd tha high , standard at wujch wages nro maintained may bo offered as Indubitable proof. There is n vast dlftoronco between the east and the west in tlio matter of barbers' wngos , nnd there is likewise n difference in this respect - spect botwceu Oinnha nnd other western cltlos. This dlftoronco shows Itself In the percentage of 15-ccut shoiw in the city , as rates have hocn kept up lioro butter thun In nny city lu the west. Kansas City Is the only town that approaches it , and Omaha and tlio city by the ICuw nro far ahead of Denver , Mlnueapolls.Mlhvaukco . or St. Paul. "Hood work , peed wages , peed prices , " is the motto , nnd the result is nliko salisfactiry to inoprlotors and patrons. The knights of the razor are , to a very largo extant , graduates of the farm , who pravitntu to the towns anil cities , and tlilnlc they ; re In a barber's life Just the attractions for wlilth they huvo been longing. Tboy want to learn the trade , and nothing Is easier than to got started. After cneo entered upon it they seldom leave It , especially nftor they nro ublo to hold a chair , ns they nro thenceforth assured of at least a comforUblo jiving and there seems llttlo Inducement , nftcr spending from ono nnd n half to three years loaining a trade , to start out and begin jver again. There nro a great many individuals lather ing and scraplnc today who had no in tention of becoming barbers when they first wont to work in a shop. "When * soys they wore much in need of a Job or a llttlo ready , cnsh nnd took places in shops to do janitor work , "cleaning'up , " as it is culled , nnd gradually drifted along passing through the stages of lathering nnd hair combing until it might bo said that they were Imrbcrs , almost before they know it , pnd barbers thov have remained , to this day. These uro barbers merely by accident , but thcro Is another class , perhaps not n whit better artists , who started out with the ovowcd attention of learning the trade. They entered upon their sphere of usefulness , cither in smaller towns or suburban shops in the larger cities. Hit tlio connnqn duty of a learner to lather , comb bnir , shampoo , wash fncos , do Indies hair dressing and the numberless llt tlo nuts of care nnd attention that a barber Indulges In , outslda of sluvlng and hair cut ting.Tho The tyro Is likewise instructed in thonrt of sharpening a r.izor , nnd he is supposed to keep his oycs open and discover the secret of operating the keen-edged blade. Of course , ho Is careful nnd painstaking , and makes friends of the rcgtilnr customers of the shop. At length there comes a day when a customer who has taken n special liking to him insists on being shaved by him. ' "Dut what assurance has the customer that the green horn won't cut his thronti" was asked of a harbor who passed through the embryonic mill many yours ago. "Why , there isn't a bit of danger of being cut , " was the reply. "Tho now man will bo extremely careful , nnd ton to ono , ho will plvo his customer n batter shave than his bois would have done , und from that tlmo on ho will allow no ono else to shave him. ' In liolng so careful the now man consumes a great deal of time , nnd will fuss over his customer to the hitter's satisfaction. "Unless a man is really in a hurry ho likes to have his barber pay a good deal ot atten tion to him. Ilagots nn idea that ho has a hard face to shave , and thnt his barber is unusually attentive to him. Ho seams to begetting getting u little moro for his money than other men got , und ho is duly appreciative. ' The new man gives him this euro , and therefore ho likes him. It is no trouble , whatever , to got the first customer nftor a man Is really able to shnvo him. "A shave , however , is radically different from a hair cut. Thcro nro n great many good shavers who nro indifferent hnlr-cuttori , but they got through lifo all right , simply because loss than one man In n dozen knows a good haircut when he sees It. "A burbormny glvo a man a cut that would shod rain on his shoulders nnd throw n gen uine hair cutter Into the quick consumption , but tho. customer is satisfied and the * next time ho wants his bnir cut ho will climb into that same barber's chair. It is likewise true that many mon don't know when they nro well sLavcn , but not to such an extent as re- gams the cutting of their hnlr. "Ono thing of .vhich Omaha barbers are very generally Ignorant Is the art of trimming beards. They can clip off tbo stray ends nnd even up n man's raspotuz , but very few of them aw good , artistic beard trimmers. A gooJ hnlr cutter is so naturally , nnd it-would really bo Impossible for him to mnko u botch at a Job. A man must bo a good mechanic and ha\o some gentus about him erne no never makes a good hair cutter. This U wtiero white men have the best of colored barbcii. Tha latter can shave us well as un\ono , , but they uro not natural hair- cutters. I Imvo scon good hair-cutters among them , but they Invariably had white- blood in their volni. " fly far the greater part of the barbers drill west from the eastern states , cither In hcarch of adventure , a change of climate or better wngos. In the cast $13 aeolc is the minimum , but in Onmliiv it is tbo minimum wngos paid to Journoymou b.xrbors. U is customary in the east to pay so much a wcok and board , and the amount ranges from fJ or ft to $ $ , or possibly $ 'J ' a wcok. In case It is straight cosh a man may possibly UNPARALLELED SUCCESS ! ! ! UNHEARD-OF SKILL ! ! ! PERMANENT AND PROMPT CURES ! ! ! BY THE CHINESE PHY8IGIHN , DR , GHRNGEEWD , Hundreds of cases pronounced "incurable" by other doctors who have been unable to distinguish one form of disease from another. All such are invited to place themselves , under the treatment of Dr. C , Gee Wo. Hundreds of questions have lately arisen regarding the marvelous success of DR. C. GEE WO during his stay In Omaha. Hundreds of times have those questions been answered by the grateful patients who have been treated successfully as well as permanently cured. This Is the point. The reeiders will see that by the testimonials that are dally and weekly published. If good work was not accomplished , gentlemen would hardly affix their names to the evidences they know are to be read by thousands. They know the circulation of the Bee. They know how far It reaches. In affixing their names they literally tell their friends "Go and try the Chinese Doctor' . " Have their friends ever * had reason to regret the trial ? No. The doctor makes nb failure whatever , chronic or otherwise. Opin ions are expressed that the perfection of the medicinal art depends a good deal on the exercise of tiumnn faculties as well , and that there is no such thing as infallibility. In his opinion it is only those who are uneducated , unexperienced , an'd for that reason thoroughly unqualified for -practice , who will bend to such an assertion. Dr. C.Gee Wo has never known a case that has been so stubborn as to bo given up as an Incurable by himself. His triumphs in cure furnish him all the good grounds for the seemingly sweeping detractions he makes. Consult him in all cases of Catarrh , Rheumatism , Consumption , Heart Disease , Asthma. Neuralgia , Fevers. Cancers , General Debility , Ulcers. Kidney Troubles. Lost Manhood , Nervousness. Dysentery. Chronic or Other Diseases. Etc. . Etc. The method of the treatment of Dr. C. Gee Wo has above all to be taken In consideration. His medicines which consist of the simplest , yet most effective kind , can be taken with comparative ease. His sure and steady cures are too well known to dilate upon , In fact his whole system of placing his patients on the road to health. His medicines hold tlielr virtues for years if kept.- They cure not be cause they are over strong remedies , but because each have a special relation of cure for a disease. The secret does not only lie In experiment , but in the skill of one who has devoted his life to the pro motion , one who has removed all the embarrassment and intricacies hitherto existing , and one who has made such natural remedies and their administration a lifelong study. Here is one fact in particular- that Dr. C. Gee W6 wishes to mention. He has never had a case return to him which he has pronounced cured. That is saying a good deal in the full knowledge that during all his practice he has had under his treatment , for the most part , chronic cases of many years' standing. The advantage of cures effected by him a're therefore double. This fact he claims for tne ef ficacy of his remedies which act through the medium of the nerves and blood and not through the di gestive organs. You cannot cure in the sumo manned as he does by any other treatment. In diagnos ing one's case and preparing medicine he has never ! failed , So if you are sick make up your mind to get in good health again and visit Dr. C. Gee Wo. Htre&ts , x Congestion , Bronchitis , Indigestion , Inflamation of Bowels. Female Weakness , Sterility , Sore Ryes , Eczema , Carbuncles , Dropsy , also All Forms of Female Disease. * - - " " i ° " i No Difference How Far Advanced J oi , j3 ase J51S > No Matter of How Long Standing ! * - No Matter Who Have Failed ! Give the Chinese Doctor a trial. He can be gonsulted at all hours in his office at OSTHOEF BLOCK , 5 19 NORTH 16TH ST. eccivo $12 a weak nnd pa'his own expenses. Through the west the wages range 1'rOm $12 : o $15 n wock , and in Omaha the average is above the latter figure. Thcro uro some men in this city who work on a salary and a percentage on nil work ibovo a certain amount , \Vho make as high as ? 2 ( ) a week nnd sometimes oven moro than thnt , but this is the exception. The barbers of the country nro organized nnd they have a powerful organization , nl- though the branch in this city is a very weak-kneed nnd dyspeptic affair ; but cir cumstances , or rather DOSS barbers , com bined to make it so. The proprietors of three of tha loading shops declared azatnst It nnd agreed not to biro a union man. They also ncrced to discharge every man who should Join the union nnd neither would hire u man discharged by cither of the others. As they employ together twenty-odd men , this toro n r.iggod hole in the local union. Jealousy , however , was the rock on which the union went to pieces. There could bo but ono president , nnd Just as sure as a man was luclty enouchto bo elected to that oftlco.Just so sure was ho unlucky enough to incur the enmity of all the others. It was not strange that under this state of affairs the organisa tion should lapse Into desuetude. Certain it Is that there are men employed In the thrco shops above referred to who carry union card ? , but they are politic enough not to allow their employers to become cognizant of the fact. These bosses oppose the union for fear that it would result in obtaining for the Journey men certain privileges which they do not now have in the wayof regulating hours and simi lar matters. The colored barbers have a union , which meets with favor both from bosses and Jour neymen , and has resulted In furthering the Interests of Its mombors. Burners are fraternal and make It a point to assist Impecunious brothers. They have an excellent trade to travel on and they are generally as successful In striking a Job as a tramp printer or signwritor. "A barber always carries his union card on his travels , " remarked ono of them who has "been thoro" on moro than ono occasion , "but1 ho continual , "you can bet they don't use them until they are sura of the situation. "Whon a barber goes broke and strikes a town tha first thing ho does is to hunt up a barber shop. Then he finds out whether the boss Is n union man or not. If ho Is ho Hashes his card , but if ho Isn't he says nothing about It and shoves it down dnopcr in his pocket. II * it is u big shop the boys will always chip in enough to buy the hungry man a square meal , nnd if it is a llttlo place with only ono barber in town , the barber Is always sure to want n hair cut. That Is the way I Invariably found it , and I made it a point while operating un my man to make n clean breast of iny fin ances. I never wont away hungry. I didn't ' try toork him , for all I asked was what I would gladly have given if our places were reversed. You might call It u trick , but then there uro tricks in all trades , and of course wo must have ours. " Snrry Sin Mnrrlcil nn Imllin. Mrs.V. . H. Sampson , who Is married to a full-blooded Indian nnd lives In Allegheny City , 1'a. , recently celled on the nollco to nr- rest her husband. At the hearing it was brought out that tlio Indian got a quart of "firewater" ono night and drunk It to the last drop : Visions of the pralrlo came to him , nnd ho Imagined that no wns chasing tha buffalo. Taking n loaded gun from the wall , ho thrust It Into tha face of his wlfo and yelled so the nolso shook the windows and brought the neigh bors to the door. The gun was n muzzle loador. Ho pulled the trigger threo'timos , but It would not go off. Finally the neigh bors ouorpoworcd the Indian. Mrs. Samp son said thnt she married her husoand twenty years ago , when she was a teacher In ono of the Indian schools. Ho wns twonty- live years old when she became infatuated with him. Ho was lot off with a line of f 10 and costs , Jon nny I wish my father wasn't n preach er. Hobby-Why I Johnny So's folks wouldn't bo all tbo tlmo giving him slippers. AMERICAN TOWN GOVERNMENT , r How Now England Towns Thrived Under ' 'Town-Meeting. " fiulo. HAS THE SYSTEM BEEN IMPROVED UPON ? Edward Everett JIalo Compares a Primitive System With tlio Fuss-aiul-Feathers [ Metho.l of Today. nr nnwiiin EVBHUTT HALE. John Adams is the 'author ot the much cited statement that American government rests on four corner-stones the town moot- In p , trio church , the mllttla , and the school. The statement Is philosophical and sug gestive. It should always bo cited , particu larly bv writers In Earopo , with a distinct understanding of what wo mean by the words town , church , mllttla , and school. For a Now England town nnd It was of this that John Adams wrote , Is not a town in the English scnso. A Now England church is not an Kngllsh church. The Now England militia is not the English militia , and the New England school Is not the Eng lish scbool. The difference rests In this that In each of the four cases the Now England "corner stone" represents all the people , good , dad and indifferent , rich and poor , wlso and fool ish. In England , or on the continent of Europe , each represents ouo or moro classes , but not all. For instance , the British mllltin is not an assemblage of , nil the people In a given district nblo to boar arms. And , if wo speak of an English- * fn , wo moan , not all the people of a certain , dlstrlct , but all the people who llvo in housca contiguous to each other. * The younger American' ) writers of ojr own tlmo hnvo boon occupying themselves with the historical question , ) whether in Now England the government of the state made the towns , or whether the towns mndo the stato. I bollovo It is thought that Do Toc- quovillo overstated the airocracy of the town mooting , and that , historically , as each mod ern town has derived its power to bo from the state , it has had doled out by the state such power to net as it has used. I doubt , however , whether nny of the founders of towns In Massachusetts in the seventeenth century on in the eighteenth , would have taken much Interest in such a discussion. And they would have boon amused , but not much odlflcd , If they bud been told that the germ of thplr town meet ings was to bo found In German forests or In the Institutions of Alfred. Whoever roads tholr chronicles will fliid n great deal of what their successors call "horso sense1 Involving ability to deal with practical problem ! . But ho will find very llttlo analysis by them selves of the origin of their powers. " Certain things wore to bo done. They worq there to do thorn. Thplr united power represented the maximum of power for the doing of these things. Nqbody clso would help thorn no king , no parliament , no pen- oral court. If they did not build tbo bridge , make the road , or biro the schoolmaster or tbn clergyman , buy thb musket or the match , nobody else would do It Accordingly , whether the general court told them they might do these things or not , they did them , if they could ana wanted to. If they did not , they did not. And In general oral this has boon the rule till very rjcen times. For instance , the city of Boston wanted to open free baths , nnd it opened them without asking leave of anybody. If the boys need nn unmolested coast on the common , the city builds brinecs over the const , nnd asks no Icnve of anyone. And the courts , In ono or two very stiff declsioiibhnvo contlncd the rights of towns to do as much ns they chose , if what they did tervcd the gcu- oral welfare. In historical fact , the settlers of Mas/u chusotts wore already grouped moro or less distinctly when they arrived at tholr now homes. The groups ncted for their local purposes , while they recognized tbo author ity of the general court for general purposes. The nnmo that each group guva Its olllcors showed whence tholr authority camO. They were "selectmen , " men who hnd boon sot over them. There is in the records of the general court no trace of authority to cheese tliObU selectman. They were selected by just the same nuthorlty as would have se lected the men to catty tlmbars for n bridge , or to yoke the oxen when "tho town" wns building or mending its highways. Some body must do certain things , nnd the town selected the men who should do them. From this common sense way of managing affairs thcro grow up an admirable elastic but strong way of looil administration. If a town could have a school open nil the year , it hnd It. But if It could only open the school twenty weeks , it did th it ; if it could carry it thirty weeks , it did that. If It can build nn Iron bridge over n stream , it docs ; if it cnn only bnvo a log bridge , it has that ; if It must uo satisfied with n ford , why it must bo and is. Ouo has only to compare this with the dclnv and annoyance , with the "fuss and feathers" belonging to French ad ministration , whcro a central bureau must report about the stream , nnd. a plan for the bridge must bo sent down from 1'urls , to sco why tho'Now En lander bates centralization more than is really wise , in his consciousness that on the whole "there 'is no manure llko the foot of the owner , " and that in general , people should bo luft to munago their own nffulrs. As a school for government , the town- mooting has proved Itself invaluable. The states which never looked kindly on it have suffered moro than they know for the lack of such n school. There is no training for de- bnto or oratory equal to that where people who know each other nro to bo convinced , and whera words nro weighed by n stunduid balance which pays fit regard to thd real worth of him who utters them. The proud boy who Is permitted to drlvo his father down to the meeting , learns lessons of gov ernment there which no text book could teach him. Ho fastens the horse in the town shed. Ho goes into the raccting-houso and takes bis modest place on thoslito scan while the elders and other leaders confer in front. The moderator is chosen , the warrant Is road. The selectmen sny what they have done and why , and what they have loft un done and why. Every grumbler there has Ins rights , nnd may tnlk , They have their rights nUo , nnd they may defend their policy , their characters and their administration. In that crossfire , in the discussion of details , or In the consideration of principles , the boy learns , both of methods and of realities , les sons which ho cannot gain elsewhere. Kings cannot oxlst whcro the town moot ing holds its own. If the mayor of a city chooses to bo treasurer of an electric light company , ho may enrich himself nnd ruin his reputation by the contract which , as mayor , ho makes with himself as treasurer. Hut this could not bo If you hud town meeting. Tbo selectman has to appear in person and answer all questions. "I should llko to Know why the granite for tbo curbstone was taken from Wilto Hill , and not from the town ledgoi" The man who took the grnnlto must stand un and say why. Woo to him If ho cannot stnid ) that ordeal. I have been glad to know that ono , at least , of the thriving towns of tlio Western He- servo in Ohio hus considered seriously tlio question ot introducing the town mooting Draper Into Its methods of homo administra tion. tion.BOSTON BOSTON , Mass. Testimonials. I Imvo BUlTorod n , long tlmo with SI01C HEADACHE AND STOMACH TROUHLHS. 1 wns run down , \vcuk anil sickly nil the tlmo. I thought , perhntu. I must sutTor nil the tlino. Sonic of my friends ml vised mo to try 1)U. O. OB ID WO , nnd tod.iy I can gratefully sny Unit I niu perfectly cured after only two months treatment. I imvo lived here 11 ( ton yours and am well acquainted and I will bo Rlad to sou anyor.o I know of my friends who are sick. [ Signed ] MRS. AUGUSTH DUKHL-'OLD , 1230 N. 20th Street. For the last few yours I have been n victim of chronic sickness of several kinds My troubles bounn with RHEUMATISM , then HEMMOURACJH OF Til 13 LUNGS , and Dually HEART DISE ASK completely wrecked mo. I sold my prop erty and wont to Europe. I bpent most of my incmoy trying to not woll. At last I returned to Omaha and began to doctor with tlio CHINESE DOCTOR. Ho hh3 entirely cured me , and toilay I am grateful in attesting to his skill. I will advise anyone sulToringas 1 did to see DR. ( ' . UEEVO. . [ Signed ] MRS.V. . A. NICHOLSON,907 18th Street. IHVINOTON , Nob. I have suffered with RHEUMATISM and DROPSY for upwards of ten years , and entirely gave up the idea of over being cured. 1 hoard of DR. C. GEE WO and thought 1 would make a last effort. After four mouths' treatment 1 am walk ing and running as I did when a child. I will bo glad to see anyone who may liavo boon alllictcd like myself who may wish mo to authenticate this written statement I have given out of gratitude to the doctor. [ Signed ] PAUL THOMPSON , Irvington , Neb. This certifies that I hnvo boon undorttio treatment of DR. C. GEE WO for SICK HEADACHE and GENER AL DEHILITV. I could not do nnythlni : . I now feel , after two weeks'troatmunt , pjrfoctly cured. I had previously tried all Kinds of medicines and doctors. Always relieved only for a time. Anybody wishing to see mo , cart see my healthy appearance by eallint ; at 15(12 ( 6th street. [ Signed ] MRS. .11. LUGE , 1602 6th Street. Two years ago I was attacked with a severe cold which in my bolipf led on to CONSUMPTION. I began to take physicians' advice , who said I could not last six months. Several others agreed with him. 1 became so weak that I quit work. I had hoar'l about the Chinobo doctor and his wonderful cures. "Ho frankly told mp that it. was only a matter of time and I would got woll. I took his mc'diclno six months , and now \ am perfectly well and hearty. I am working every day , and feel perfectly cured. [ Signed ] B. II. YOUNG , 2715 N. 21tli Street. I have been troubled for a long time with SICK HEADACHE and HIL- LTOUSNESS and \\as completely run down. Not long ago I hoard some frionda talking about DR. C. GEE WO. I never said a word but thought to myself that I would try him. I did so , and I ff'ol happy to sny that I am perfectly cured. I write Uiis'so my friends may see it. [ Signed ] MRS. I. 13. FRY , ! K3 ! N. 21th Street. Osthoff Block , 5191- North Sixteenth Street , LT , CASEY FOUND THE TURKEY Eominiso3no23 of the Lannnted Officer's ' Life at West Point. SEARCH FOR HIDDEN CHRISTMAS BOXES. Clothes lines , Cnvnlry Hoots nnd Dress IlatH Killed wltli Contraband 1'iew , I'uddhiKS Fruits nnd Sweetmeats. At West Point some years ago , I was a ca det , while Lieutenant Cnsoy was ono of the tactical instructors. It was Christmas tlmo , nnd Lieutenant Casey as officer in charge , wns on the nlcrt for contraband articles of food thnt were nl- ways turning up in the holiday season. A box directed to ono of the boys hud been seized by him and placed lu the guard house for safe keeping. During his absence from the room a foray hnd neon mudo , tha box seized nnd homo away in triumph by the few cadets who wore in the conspiracy. Of course the loss wns soon discovered nnd n rigid search instituted. By a stroke of ill luck the box had been hidden in the fourth division where I happened to bo quartered. I say "ill luck , " for this reason. Thanightbc- fore I had received from my people a box of Christmas goodies which 1 had man aged to smuggle into my room. There was a fourteen pound turkey , a dozen mince pics , a whole plum pudding , fine , Juicy oranges , rosy checked apples and nuts nnd raisins by the wbolo'ialo. It was a gorgeous supply and I had Invited a few of my cronies to the prospective feast for thatovonlng. The turkey was stowed away in my soiled clothes bag thnt swung behind tlio cloiot door. The pies were piled ono above another and deftly hidden up the ehimnoy : the orungos , nuts nnd raisins were stuffed insldo my spare cavnlry boots , that stood up llko sentinels in ono corner of my apartment , while the plum pudding found a lodgment under my full dross hut. Having passed In spection without exciting n breath of susplc- plclon I was mentally congratulating myself upon the success of my schumo whan there cnmo three military taps ut my door. Hastily Jamming ray plpo In n slipper cnso behind mo I yolfod ' 'C'onio In ! " The door swung open , revealing Lieutenant Casey , the officer of the day nnd the in specting officer. I began to swallow hastily ns I sprung un and stood nt attention , nil the tlmo wondering what had caused this unusuul visit , Lieutenant Cusoy wns tha spokesman , "Air. "s ld ho " , very sweetly"havo you anything of a contraband nature In your quarters I" ' 'If you will excuse mo , sir , " I replied , "that question I must decline to answer. " Ho eorsnltoJlvlth tha other officers a mo ment and then said : "A box of goods hus been received and hidden In this division ; have you seen nnythlng of It ) " "That question I must also decline to answer , sir. " "Very well , then I nm under the painful neeobjlty of searching your quarter. ! , " I bowed politely but said nothing. Then Cnsoy began a systematic ferreting thnt sunt a cold sweat all over ma. Hn seized hold of my precious clothes bag thnt hung there HO Innocently , but concluding there was nothing suspicious about It let It full back against the wall. Anl it struck with n 'dull , dead thud' that caught his attention Instantly and In a moment the strings of the bag were loosened , lib hand Inserted und ho tinulod forth my precious fat turkey before the horrltlod gaze of the Inspecting oUlcer. I shuddered , but remained silent. I know the end wns not yet. My boots were mndo to disgorge their hold ings ; my hut wns lifted and disclosed tha oval dyspeptic mass of pudding beneath , and then tne lieutenant next thrust his sword up the chimney und when ho Jerked it down , lot there was n string of llnkcy , delicious mince pies ImpalcO on the blade. This wns too much for the risibilities of tha officers nnd they fnirly reared with Inughtor , but us for me , I gronnod In nnguUh of spirit nnd closed my eyes. I wus aroused by the lieutenant's voice. ' You will take tlicso articles , sir , " snid ho , striving to appear firm and Judicial , "tio them In a bundle nnd convey them to the punrd house , where you will remain until I arrive. " "Yes , sir , " I replied very meekly , nnd the trio went out. Lieutenant Cnsoy very naturally con cluded that ho hud stumbled on the stolen nrtlclcs , but the search was continued throughout the fourth division , nnd much to his surprise the real box Intact wns found In n closet on the second floor. It was brought to the guardhouse nnd when the lieutenant arrived nnd asked for an explanation \ frankly told him that my Christmas box hnd traveled 1,500 miles to reach mo nnd bogged thnt I bo allowed to retain the plunder. "No " said "I couldn't , Cusoy , roully per mit thnt , but If you wish you may carry it to the kltchon nnd have the cook serve it on your mesa tnblo. " This was bettor than nothing , so I thanked film , gathered up the bundle und took it into the kitchen. The turkey und pies , together with the pudding , nuts nnd fruit , duly mudo their appearance that evening on our table , but I did not relish the Idea of sharing my prize turkey with that hungry mob , so I got ono of the cadets , who was privileged to enter the messroom without the formality of falling In with the rest , to swlpo thnt turkey , hldo it under his capo nnd sneak off with It to my quarters. Tha plan worked to a charm ; n BOlcct few of us picked the bones clean thnt evening , but the hungry horde mtiuo huvoo of my mluco pics , plum pudding nnd other goodlos. I I'oorCusoy ! Ho was a delightful follow and I sincerely rcgrot his untimely death , ni docs every man who know him as u cadet and instructor nt West 1'olnt , nn officer in camper or Held nnd ns n gentlemanly , manly man nt all times. .1. B. d. Underground Telegraph , Miiiliaret Kvtitiue , "I'm going , " said Mnrch , nnd away ho flow. A -grumbling nnd n-scol'ling ' ; And the peail llko buds on the orchard trees Their leaves uagnn unfolding. And the elves who llvo In the dark brown ground Laughed loud to hear him going , As "to work brothers work , " they merrily cried , "We'll start the ( lowers growing. " To the tolCL'rnpb muda of roots they hied , And BOOH nroso n-hummlng Llko the sound of boon , as the good news spread ' The pleasant davs are coming , For April's ' hero , und thu minniost smllos And the gluddcst tonrs slio'n bringing. And slio twines the vine round the woodland trco And sou the birds "Wcnvo , violets sweet , your purple robes , And daisies , yours of whiteness , .Dlush , pretty May buds , and buttercups don Your crowns of golden brightness. " Thju the tlJings run through the dark brown ground With merriment and laughtrr , And the whole green earth with a Joy-thrill burst Into llowciM , a few days after. I'loiiH Rirl. fiew I'or.'t My lady love moro pious If Than other gills , for nha In Lent gava up her youthful heart And dainty hand to ma.