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
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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.
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Tin P nFK WO Hear .Doctor : I write this to thank you very much
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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.
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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 ,
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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.
