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W ; THJ < ] OMAHAfl DAILY BEE , SUNDAY EPTEMBER C , 1891-SIXTEEN PAGES. 15 Nnrratlvo of Llfo on the Gilbert Islands on Out of the Way Group of Iho South Pacific. fly llotxtt IMUSteveiunn. \ . Aug. 115. ( Special to TUB I At Honolulu wo Imd naitl forowoll to tbe Casco and to Captain OtU and our next ndventure was mndo In chtuiROd conditions. I'assnpo was taken for my sol f , my wife , Mr , Oabourno , Mr. J. D. Strong , Jr. , and my China boy , Ah Fee , on a piK'niy trading chooncr , The Equator , Captain DonnU J. Held , and on a certain bright Juno ( lav In 1889 , adorned In the Hawaiian fashion with tbo garlands of departure , wo drew out of port and bora with a fair wind for Micron- osti. osti.Tho The wbolr extent of the South Scan Is doiort of ships , moro ospocl.illy that part where wo were now to sail. No post runs In tticso Islands ; communication Is by acci dent. Where you may have designed to go is ere thing ; wboro you shall ba able to nr- rlvo Is another. It was my hope , however , to have reached tbo Curollnos and to return to the light of day by way of Manila and the Chlmi ports ; and it waa in Samoa that wo were destined to reappear and bo once moro refreshed with the sight of mountains. The suinut faded from the noaks of Onhu and for Ix months wo saw no .spot of earth so high as an ordinary cottage. Our path was still on the Hat sea , our dwellings upon uncrocted coral , our diet from the plcklo tub or out of tins. I learned to welcome shark's flesh for a variety ; and a mountain , an onion , an Irish potato or a boofstcak were long lost to 901130 and dear to aspiration. The two chief places of ourstny , Butontarl nna Apomama , Ho near the line ; the latter within thirty mllos. Both enjoy a superb ocean ellnmto , days of blinding sun and brac ing wind , nights of a heavenly brightness , iloth arosomowhat wldor than Faiturnva , measuring perhaps ( at the widest ) a quarter of a mlle from beach to beach. In both , a coarse kind of taro thrives ; Its culture Is a chief business of the natives , and the consequent quent mounds and ditches make miniature acdnory and amuse the oyo. In all else they show the customary features of an atoll ; the low horlron , the expanse of the lagoon , the todgollkc rim of palm tops , the sameness and mulluoss of I ho land , the hugely superior nlzo and Interest of sea and sky. Llfo on ouch islands Is In tnunj points lllco tlfo on chipboard. The alull , liku the ship , is soon taken for granted , and the Islanders , like the ship's crew , become soon the center of atten tion. The isles are populous , independent , seats of kinglets , recently civilized , little vis ited. In the last decade many changes bavo crept in. llio Women Wt-nr Clotlipn. , - Women no longer go unclothed till mar- rlago ; the widow no longer sloops at night and goes abroad by day with the skuU of her dead husband , and , llrcarms bolng intro duced , tho.spear anil the sunrk-tooth sword nro sola for curiosities. Ton years ago all these thint's and practices were to bo scon in use , yet ten years more and the old society will bavo entirely vanished. Wo came in a liappy moment to sea Its Institutions still erect and ( in Apomama ) scarce decayed. Populous and independent wnrrons of men ruled ever with some rustic pomp such WAS the Itrst and still the recurring impres sion of those tiny lauds. As wo stood across the lagoon for the town of ttutarltarl , a stretch of low shore was soon to bo crowded with the brown roofs of houses ; these or the palace and king's summer parlor ( which nro of corrugated iron ) glittered near one end conspicuously bright ; the royal colors How hard by on a tall flagstaff ; ln front , on an arti ficial islet , the Jail played tbo part of a mar- tello. Even upon Ibis ilrst and distant view the plauo had scarce the air of what it truly was , a village ; rather of that which it was also , a pretty metropolis , a city rustic yet royal. I'ho lagoon is a shoal. The tldo being out. wo waded for some quarter of a mlle in tepid shallows , and stopped asboro at last into a llagrant stagnancy of sun and heat. The lea tilde of a line island afternoon Is. indeed , a breathless place : on the ocean beach the trade will bo still blowing , boisterous and cool ; out In the lagoon it will bo blowing nlso , speeding the canoes ; l > ut the screen of bush completely Intercepts it from tbo shore , and sleep , and silence , and companies of mos quitoes brood upon the towns. They Sloop All Iny. Wo may thus bo said to have taken Bu- tarltari by surprise. A few inhabitants were Btlll abroad in the north oud , at which wo landed. As wo advanced , wo were soon done with encounter , and seemed to explore a city of tbo dead. Only , between the posts of open houses , TO could see tbo townsfolk etrvlchcii In tbo siesta somotlmps a family together veiled In a mosquito not , sometimes a single sleeper on u platform , Mice a corpse on a blor. The houses were of nil dimensions , from these of toys to those of churches. Some might hold a battalion ; some were so mln- ute they could ncarco receive n pair of lovers. Only in Iho playroom , when tbo toys are mingled , do womoet such Incongruities of cnle. Many were open sheds : loino took the form of a reefed stupe ; others were walled , and tbo walls pierced with llttlo windows. A few wore perched on piles in the lagoon ; the rest stood at random on a green , through which the roniluay made a ribbon of sand , or along the ombanumonts of a shoot of water like n shallow dock. Ono nnd all were the creatures of n slnglo tree ; palm tree wood and pn'm ' tioo loaf their nm- terials. No nail bad been driven , no hammer sounded , in their building , and tnoy were held in or.o uy lashings of palm tree slnnct. In the midst of the thoroughfare thochurch lands like an Island , u lofty and dim house with rows of windows ; a rich tracery of framing sustains the roof , and through tno door at either end of the street shows in a vista. The proportions of the place , In buch surroundings and built of Mich materials , ap peared august , and wo threaded tbo nnvo with a sentiment befitting visitors In u ca thedral. Douches run along either side. In the midst , on a cnuy dais , two chairs stand ready for the king and queen whnn they shall choose to worship ; over their beads a hoop , apparently from n hogshead , depends bv a trip of red cotton ; and the hoop ( which tiangs askew ) Is dressed wtu | streamers of the saino material , red and white. The lluyal I'nlnco. This was our first advertisement of the royal dignity ; and presently wo stood bo fort ) its seat Find center. The palace Is built of imported wood upon a Kuropoan plan ; thereof roof of corrugated Iron , the yard enclosed with walls , the gate surmounted by a sort of lych houso. It cannot b" called spacious , a laborer in the states Is sometimes moro com- inoillouRly lodged ; but when wo bud tbo chance to sea Itlthin , wo found It was enriched ( beyond all Island expectation ) with colored advertisements and cuts from Iho illustrated papers. Kven before tbo gate BOIIIO of tbo treasures of tbo crown stand public ; n boll o ( good uingnltudo , two pieces of cannon , and a single tholl. The bell cannot bo run ? nor the guns llrod ; they are curiosities , proofs of wealth , a part of the pnrado of royalty ; and stand to bo ad mired illto statutes In a nquuro. A straight gut ot wutor hko a diunl ruua almost to the palace door , the contain ? quay walls excel lently built of coral ; over against the mouth , by which sooius an effect ot landscape art , the tnartcilo-ltko Islet of the goal breaks the lagoon. Vuasal chiefs with tribute , neigh bor man irchs coma courting uiictit here sail in , view with surprise these oxtonslvo pub lic works , and bo uwoj by these mouths of silent cannon. It was Impoulblo to see the pluco and not to fancy it doalgnod for pagon- try. Hut tbo elaborate tlioatro then stood empty ; the royal house deserted , Its doors nnd windows gaping ; the whole quarter of the town Immersed In allouco. On the oppo site bantc of ibo canal , on a reefed stage , an iictont gontieman slept publicly , solo visible Inhabitant ; and boyoiul on the lagoon acauoo spread a striped lateen , the solo thing mov ing. The Klng'H I'awtiiro. Tbo cfinal is formed on the .south by a bier r cauioway with parapet. At the fur end tbi parapet Uotaralnej , aud tbe quay ex pands Into nn oblong peninsula In the lagoon , the breathing place and summer parlor of the king. The midst is occupied by nn opcu house or permanent marquee called here a tnonlapa , or as Iho word Is now pronounced , a moniap at the lowest estimation , forty feet by sixty. i'ho Iron , roof , lofty , but exceedingly low brewed , so that a woman must stoop to enter , is sup ported externally on pillars of coral within by a frame of wood. The floor is of broken coral , divided in nIMcs by the uprights of tbo frnmo ; the house far enough from shore 'a catch tbo brco/e , which enters freely nnd dls- porsos the mosquitoes ; and under tbo low caves the sun Is soon to glitter nnd the waves to dance on tno lagoon. It was now SOIIIP wbllo since wo bad met any but slumberers ; and when we had wan dered down the plorand stumbled at lastintu this bright shod wo u ere surprised to find It occupied by a .society of wakeful pcoplo , some twenty soiils In nil , the court and guardsmen of Hiitarlturl. The court ladles were busy maklnif mat * ; the guardsmen yawned and sprawled. Half a do/en rifles lay In a ruck , and a cutlass was loaned against u pillar ; the armory of thcso drowsy musketeers. At the far' end , a llttlo closed hoaso of wood dis played some tinsel decorations , anO proved upon examination to bo a privy on the Eu ropean model. Itohold , the King ! In front of this , upon some mats , lolled Toburelmoa , tbo King : behind him , on the panels of the house , two crossed rifles repre sented fasces. Ho were pyjamas , which sorrowfully rowfully misbecame his mdlt ; his nose was booked and cruel , bis body overcome with sodden corpulence , his eye timorous and dull ; bo scorned at once oppressed with drowsiness and held awake by apprehension : a pepper rajah , muddled with opium and listening for the march of a Dutch army , looks perhaps not otherwise. Wo were to grow bettor ac quainted , and first and last I had the same impression ; ho scorned always drowsy , yet always to barken and start ; and whether from remorse or fear , there Is no doubt ho seeks a rcfngo in tbo nbuso of drugs. The rajah displayed no sign of interest In our coming. Dut the queen , who sat bosldo htm In a purple .sacquo , was moro accessible. And there was present an interpreter so will ing that bis volubility became at last the cause of our departure. Ho had greeted us upon our entrance. "That Is the honorable King and I am his Interpreter , " ho had said , with moro statcllncss than truth. For ho held no appointment in the court , scorned ex tremely ill-acqualntod with the Island lan guage , nnd was present , like ourselves , upon a visit of civility. Mr. Williams was bis name : an American darky , runaway ship's cook , and barkeeper at The Land Wo Live In Tavern , Itutariturl. I never know a man who had moro words in his command or less truth tocommunlcato ; neither the gloom of the monarch nor my own efforts to bo distant could in the least abash him ; and wrton the scene closed the darky wns loft talking. The town still slumbered , or had but just begun to turn and stretch itself : it was still plunged In heat and silence. So much the moro vivid was the impression that wo car- nod away of the house upon the islet , the Mlcronoslan Saul wakeful amid bis guards , and his unmelodlous David , Mr. Williams , chattering through the drowsy hours. liut-irltnri : The Knur Ilrnthori. The kingdom of Toburelmoa lacludos two Islands. Great nnd Llttlo Maldn. Soinotwo thousand subjects pay him tiluuto and two semi-independent chieftains do him qualified homage. The importance of the ofllco is measured by the man ; ho may bo nobody , ho may bo absolute , and both "extremes have boon exemplified within the memory of resi dents. On tbo death ot King Totlmarora , Toburoi- moa's father , Nalcucia , the oldest son , suc ceeded. Ho was a fellow of hugo physical strength , masterful , violent , with a certain barbaric thrift , und sorao Intelligence of men and business. Alone in his islands , it was ho who dealt and profited ; ho was the planter and the merchant , and his subjects toiled for his behoof in servitudo. When they had wrought long and well their taskmaster de clared a holiday , and supplied and shared a general debauch. The scale of his providing was at times nugnlflcont ; WOO worth of gin and brandy was sot forth at once ; tbo nar row land resounded with thonolsoof revelry ; and It was a common thine thing to see the subjects ( staggering themselves ) parade their drunken sovereign on the forohatch of a wrecked vessel , king and commons bowling nnd singing as thity went. At a word from Nakaeia's mouth tbo revel ended ; ftlakln oe- came once moro on Isto of slaves und of tee totalers , hnd on tbo morrow nil the popula tion must bo on the roads or In tbo "toro patches tolling under his bloodshot oyo. The Kinir tilt ) KxcMHitloiior. The four of Nakacla llllod the land. No regularity of justice was affected ; there was no trial , tl ere were no officers of tbo law ; it seems thoru was but ono penalty , the capi tal ; and daylight assault nnd midnight mur der wore the forms of process. The king himself would play tbo executioner ; and his blows were dealt by stealth , and with tbe help and countenance of none but his own wives. Tnese were his oars women ; ono that caught a crab , ho slow with the tiller ; thus disciplined , they pulled him by night to the scene of his vengeance , which ho would then execute alone and return well pleased with his connubial crow. The Inmutos of the harem hold a station hard for us to conceive. Hoasts of draught and driven by the fear of death , they were yet implicitly trusted with tholr sovereign's life ; they were still wives and queens , and it was supposed that no man should behold tholr faces. They killed by the night like hasillsKs ; n change vlow of ono of these boutwomon was a crlmo to bo wiped out with blood. A Murom Scandal. In the dnjs of Nulineia the palnco wosbo- sot with some tail cocoa palms which com manded the enclosure. It chanced one eve ning , while Nakuoia sat below at supper with his wives , that tbo owner of tbo grove was in n trcctop drawing milm-tree wine ; it chanced that ho looked down , und the king ut the same moment looking up , tholr eves encountered. Instant , flight presorted the involuntary criminal. But during the remainder of that reign bo must lurk nnd bo hid by friends In remote parts of the isle ; Naxaola hunted him without remission , al though still in vain ; and th palms , access ories to that fact , were ruthlessly cut down. Suoh was the Ideal of wifely purity in an Isle where nubile virgins went naked as In Para dise. And yet scandal found its way into Nakaola's wall-guarded harem , tlovas at that tlmo the owner of a schooner , whlcn ho used for a plea-sure houso. lodging on board as she lay anchored ; end thither ono day ho summoned a now wife. She was ono that had been sealed to him ; that is to say ( I presume ) that ho wns married to bar sister , for the husband of an older slstor has the cull of the cadets. She would bo arrayed for the occasion ; she would come scouted , gar landed , docked \vlth line mats and family Jewels , for marriage , us her friends supposed for death , as she well know. "Toll mo tbo man's name and I will spare you , " said Nakaeln. But the girl was staunch ; she hold bor peace , suvod her lever , and the queens Htrnnjjloil Her Hiitweon the Masts. Naltaolu was feared ; it does not appear that ho was hated. Deeds that smell to us of murder were to his subjects tbo reverend face of justice ; his orgies made him popular ; natives to thU day recall with respect the fruitless of his government , and oven the whites , whom ho long opposed and kept at arm's length , glvo him the name ( In the canonical South Sou phnise ) of "a perfect gentleman when sober " When he canto to lie without IMUO on tha bed of death ho summoned liU next brother. Nnntellol , mndo him a discourse on royal policy , and warned him ho was too weak to rclgn. The warning was taken to Heart , and fortomo while tbo government moved on the model of Nuk.iolix's. Nanteltcl dispensed with guards , and walked abroad alone with a revolver In a leather mall bag , To conceal his weakness ho affected a rude silence ; you might talk to him all day ; advice , reproof , uppool.und menaoo alike remained unanswer ed. Tbo number of his wives was seventeen , many of them holnmes ; for the royal house Is poor , and marrlaga was In those days a chief innjins of buttressing tbo thro no. Na- kaolu kept his barem bu y for himself ; Naa. toltcl hired U out to ot tiers. In his day . ror Instance , Messrs. Wrlghttnan built a pier with a veranda at tbo north end of town , The masonry w < u lUa work ol tbo ovantecn qucouj.who tolled and waded there like flsncr lassos ; but the man who wai to do the roofIng - Ing durst not bogln till tboy had ilnlshod.lost by chance ho should look down and sea them. Knll of the Itnrnin. It was perhaps the lost appearance of the hnrMn gang. For some tlmo already Haw aiian missionaries bad been soiued at Butarl- tarl Maka and Kanoa , two ibrave , chlldllko men. Kakoola would none of their doctrino. Ho was , porbajis , jealous of tholr nrosonco ; but. being human , ho hnd some affection for tholr persons. In the house und before tbo eyes of Kanoa ho slew with hi * own band three sailors of Oabu , crouching on their backs to kntfo them , anil menacing the mis sionary If ho Interfered ; yet ho not only spared him at the moment but recalled him afterward ( when ho hnd lied ) with some ex pressions of rospoot. Nontoltol , tbo weaker man , fell moro completely In the spoil. Maica Iho light hearted , the lovable , yet In his own trade the very rigorous gained and improved nn intluonco on tbo king which soon grow para mount. Nantoltel , with the royal house , was publicly converted , and with a severity which liberal missionaries disavow , the harem was at once reduced. It wns a com pendious act. Tbotbronowns thus Impov erished , its influence shaken , the queen's ' relatives mortified , nnd sixteen chief women , some of great possessions , cast In a body on the market. I have boon shipmate with a Hawaiian sailor who was successively mar ried to two of these Impromptu widows , and successively divorced by both for misconduct. That two great nnd rich ladles ( for both of these were rich ) should have married "a man from another Island , " marks the dissolution of socloty. The laws besides were wholly remodelled , not always for the bettor. I love Maka as a man. As n legislator ho has two defects : weak In the punishment of crime , stern to repress Innocent pleasures. TO 111 CONTINUF.K. Ilrailfitnl Bra. It was only a few short year * ago , At a hotel by the sea , That a maiden I mot whom you may know By the name of Solly McUeo. I fell In love nnd she foil In lore. At thin hotel by Iho sea , And .vo bathed every day in the salt sea spray I and my Sally McGoo. That Sally was Just as sweet as a poach 'Most any blind man could sue ; And this was the reason that all and each Were gnzlncr ot Sally McOoo ; So that n dude from Boston came And took her away from mo. I was in love and she was in love , At this hotel by the sea ; Sally was struck on tbo Boston duck , And I on Sally McUoo. But my love was stronger by far than the love Of the dude from the Hub could bo ; And neither the angels in heaven above Nor the dandles down there by the sea Could ever dissever my soul from tbo soul Of my sweet llttlo Sally McGoo. So I hit him a spat with a base ball cat , Which made him afraid of me ; And ho never bothorcd mo after that At the hotel by the sea. MO\A11C11S OF T1IK UK.lHTll. Firat FJOHHOIIH In Koiji ! < > - Now York Tribune : Llttlo Florence , 2 years rid her mamma was trying to explain to her infant mind , in reply to her question , "Who js Oodi" listened very attentively to the explanation , and , with u sigh of satisfaction , said : "I love God , don't you , mammal He's a good old man. " And after listening to the story of Jesus , she said : "Wasn't ho nice when ho was a llttlo babyl Were you his mammal" Another tlmo , after being naughty , she was told she would have to bo punished. Shoran ran to a largo chair , climbed hastily into it , scaled herself firmly , grasped ouch arm of the chair , und with u look of mingled do'l- anco nnd mischief , said , ' -Now you can't , mamma. " In the infant class ono Sunday , the lesson was about disobedience and Its punishment. "Llttlo children have to mind , or they are not nice , " said the teacher. 'Older people bavo to obey laws or bo punished. Do any of you know how older pcoplo are punished I" She answered , "Oh , yes , I know I The hus bands scold the wives and the wives scold the husbands. " The Itaby. II. J. UunltHe * The llttlo tottering baby foot. With faltering staps and slow , With pattering echoes soft and sweet Into my heart they go : They also go , in grimv plays. In muddy pools and dusty ways , Than through the bouso in trackful maze They wander to and fro. The baby hands that clasp my neck With touches dear to mo Are tbo same bands that smash and wreck The Ink stand foul to see ; They pound the mirror with a cano , They rend the manuscript in twain. Widespread destruction they ordain , In wasteful jubilee. The dreamy , murmuring baby voic That coo. its llttlo tune. That makes my listening heart rojolce Like birds in leafy Juno , Can wako at midnight dark nnd still , And all the air with howling fill That splits the oar with echoes shrill , Like cornnts out of tuno. Faith in I'rayor. A llttlo Detroit girl of 4 years of ago , says tbe Free Press , has boon taught to pruv for all kinds of blessings and help. The ether day she was guilty of some act of disobedi ence for which her mother took bor up stairs to punish bor with considerable severity. The llttlo girl had boon there before and know what was coming. On the way up- stulrs with her mother she knelt down , put her little bunds together and lifted them In supplication. "O , Lord , " she said , "I'm going to catch It. If you ever do anything for llttlo girls , please"Lord , now's the tlmo. " Then she arose and followed bor mother , who , in order to Increase her llttlo daughter's faith in tb oftlcacy of prayer , lot bor oil that time. ICiiHy to GIIOHS. "And how old nro you , my llttlo maul" "Six years old , " bo promptly replied. "Any brothers or sisters 1" " sister. " "Yep , n "Howoldisshol" "Sbo's 0. " "Thou you must bo twins. " 'Cour- wo Is. Didn't think wo was triplets - lots , did yol" Trial Itolbi-o Taking. "Johnny , " said the humorous gor.tloman , "glvo mo your lltilo brother. You don't ' want him any longer , and I'll m&ko a man of him. " " ( Jan you do that , mlstorl" "indeed I can. " "Woll lot's make out of , see you ono mo , quick , before mil comes ; then I'll fool her fc 'he's gone after a stout switch , und'll bo bacu In a minute. " A Sllll I > UI18H. Baltimore American : A small boy In ono of our colored schools came to his lonelier to apologize for a continued fraternal absence. "Mv mudoor savs , Miss , won't yo' ple.no skuso my bruddor for stayin' homo ; my brudder can't to school kaso come , my brud- dor bo's dead. " Jiivonllo GihlutB. Llttlo Bosslo's father had Just engaged anew now gardner , and Bessie had been told his name was Augusto , The next morning the llttlo girl walked up to the now arrival and said very sweetly , "Good morning , April1" "Edulo , I wlsht I wuz as fat ns you , an' I'd bo happy. " "You only think so. Us fat folks has our aorrors , too , but they don't show , an' wo don't ' got no symfcrty I" An Indiana baoy has eleven living grand parents. This beats tbo proudest triumphs of ICuropoan genealogy. Cleorgo Washington Lincoln Grant Rich , ardson , a Jursoy City youtu , somnouibulates , as It were , and It Is thus proven whatever else may or may not bo lu a imnio , it is at useless as ballast. George Uohrbnoh , a Reading youngster of 7 years , weighs 1 0 poundsand li forty Incbe * around the chest ouch inch moro than bis father. Goorce , at birth , weighed sixteen pounds , and a yuar and a half tutor tipped the scales at sixty pounds. Jimmy What did yer got on yor birthday I Jakov Notbla' I Never got anything since the lint one , an' then I only got born. Tommy Want to shoot off my pistol , Mr Swl Mr. Sis I'd watbor not , Tommy. Tommy Mllllcout wai right ; she said was wuz afraid to pop. CLOSE AND . . . BBB - - - - - - f l BB nBBBI ECONOMICAL Clothing buyers casting about for the most de sirable place in which to supply their wants for Fall and Winter use , should keep itwell in mind that OUR HOUSE MANUFACTURES ALL THEIR OWN CLOTHING ; manufacture ' "em" expressly to supply the retail trade of our thirteen large stores. If you've never no ticed the special care we take in the sewing , in the finishing up of a garment , or the taste in selecting patterns , to say nothing of the perfec tion in the fit of every piece. It'll pay you big , just at this time , to spend an hour meandering through our new stoclc. If you don't buy now , you'll be posted where to go when you want clothing that's correct. As to prices , we don't make up any cheap goods , but we DO make stacks ot good goods cheap. Our $1O.OO Suit is worth $1O.OO , because its durable. Our $12.8O Suit you might pay $18.OO for elsewhere , and then not get as good value. You musn't forget that we take the same pains in making up our low-priced and medium grade clothing. WE FIND IT PAYS. In Boys' ' and Children's Blotting , * j * > } We're ready for you with all the latest styles , neat and natty , with prices ranging from $2.OO per suit up. To those who are not yet ready to buy , we insist that you acquaint your self with our handsome new stock now filling every 'department. You'll be treated courte ously and may be converted to our way of ' thinking. - S. W. Cor. 15th and DougIas.ReIiable Clothiers. FALL ITD WINTFR OATAI.QGTTES NOW READY. THE TONTINE POLICIES I we of the Equitable Life A ssurance not only PROTECT YOUR WIFE AND CHILDREN , ' if you. should be taken from them but also Yield a Handsome Return to Yourself If you live and keep your policy in force. IT IS EASY for any Life Company to Show Large Returns on Policies which Mature as DEATH Claims. But THE EQUITABLE shows Large Returns also to the LIVING Policy- holder. Its Twenty-Year Tontine Policies maturing in 1891 ( by the expiration of their Tontine Periods ) , have a Cash Surrender Value equal to a Return of all Premiums with Interest , at rates varying from 2j to 7 per cent per annum. The Ordinary , Life Policies , if continued in force , be come , } only Self Supporting but even Income Producing. The liiid'owment Policies yield in every case nearly or quite Seven Per Cent Per Annum , on thd .premiums . paid. Take , as\an illustration of this , Endowment Policy No. G < } , | 25 , issued by the Equitable in 1871 , at age 27. Amount , $5,000 ; premium , $239.90 , total premi- ' urns paid , $ ' 1,798 , RESULTS AT END OF TONTINE PERIOD IN 1891. Cash surrender value , - 8,449.48 ( Uqtml to $170.10 for onoh $100 . pulil in premiums which IB equivalent tea a roLurn of nit proiniuina paid , with Interest at 7 } par cent per annum ) : O1 ; m ficu of ( Jash. A paid-up life policy for $19,47OOO ( Kquul to $105.80 for ouch $100 paid in premiums ) ; erA A life annuity of - - $633.55 H. D. NEELY , Manager. BKE HUILDINO , OMAfIA , N13IJ. WILfJAM HKNIIV BROWN , Cushion Trustworthy , onorpotlo ugciiU wanted. ° w the scenes of my recollection , recalls ihem hung on Hje poles of greei ? tas knew ! Burftose days ofdoAp . quent anguish Have 1070 ; since departed , we pray and we IjopGj Ifje use of He ] shifPgdtuo _ wane andfo languish As soon as % olfered - - - - - us N.K.FAIRBANK&CO.I CHICAGO , \ \ \ > \j KatRhtlnhcil In H71 Thoin nn < l of Its grnttuntcs In luminous for tlioniflolvrn or In Kood pnjlnK imMtloni a * bookkeepers , brink tcllorA , cnhtern. cltTka , copylits , nnmtinonfloi , ntul MonuKrnphora All ut t Mtnulloni nnno fall Ono wcc-k'it trlnl fri'n Nn otnmlnntlon on enlorlim Imllrhliuil Inntrmtloi ) 'f ilnMrori No mention , comonhon you nro n-aily Vein can Minly ono hrnndinr nil ut tlicln You can tot honril nt II 00 per neck , or do work nlKliM mill mornlnm. Kvunlni ; xchool fur thine who ran t count iltirlni ; the ilnr nnni * tonchnr * nml < nine branches tnuulit Our prlit'i nro the lowest Furvliincrt run loirn IliulMi A ill coiui count of 10 per cent lo tlicno who ronifl In Ht'ptoiitmr nntl pny rnxh Should you IUM > I ! tin nt'tlvn ) oiin > r inn a or woninn to work nlnhti nml uiornlntii lot in know , or If you need n ilork or liiinkk ( > L pi < r or Menonrnphor llookii opened nnd cloiuiil , ntrlctlr conlMontlnl If you Imvo roonn ti > rent < cml your nililrrst. Should you come licronm ! Hml woilo not ulio nlitit wo proni ! > i , your money will 1)0 rofuniluil Hera In n school ID I ollcr.i toitlvonnllifiicUon or refund inoniiy.VlmtbotterolTorilo you wnnt tlmntlmt ? Voutnko no cluincoi , but liaro n sure thing. < llvo us ft trlni. For further Infoinmtlon cntt on or mldroas RATHBUN & CO. , Corn r lOth and Capitol Avenue , Omnhn , Nob. ANEW INVENTION Artificial tooth without plntni. nml removable brlclKo work. The only rellnmo method for holitliiK the treth In thu mouth without tholr dropplne while eatlu ? . spoiuliiK , slngliiK or when usloep. Ministers , publlu sponkuri. lawyers and actors nro requested to Investigate this sy.stom. sy.stom.OAUTION. . No ether onico III the city or county has the i nor tin they know littw to iniiko this patented work. I Inui'socnio I the solo rlKht from Dr ThrookinnrUm. .No. 444 Sixth Avonuo. Now Vork. who p.itontud It 1'ob. 11 /PATENT Persons desiring p irtlnl sot of tooth arc roiiuoslod COLD CLASPS , to call and oo snni'linons of thm kind of work und JIIUKO for thuinsulves. Pilee" for this kind of work 1110 within the rouch of ull. All this work fully warranted. Wo Imvo the WONDnUKUn I.OOAIj ANPSTIIH- TIO for the pilnli'ssoxtraotion f tooth nnd make NO IJXTKA ( J1IAUGK for using It Afull sot of U'oth on rubber for \ Gold and ether Ilium at lowest prices. Dr , ROLAND W. BAILEY , DENTIST OFFICES THIRD FLOOR PAXTON BLOCK. TELEPHONE , 1O88. - - 16TH and FARNAM STS. , OMAHA Drunkenness = Cured. DR. KEELEY [ or nwioiir , ihM lias Hstabllshod a Ilrnnoh of Ills 1'umoui KEELEY INSTITUTE AT BLAIR , NEB. Tor the Onro of Drunkenness. Opium anil Morphtna Habltc. Thousands ourod. Kor furthur Infonnii- tlon ad dross WC The Keeley Institute , - BLAIR , NEB ARE YOU BUILDING ? We Invite Oomparisoa of Quality and Prioea of a B Modern Hardware. a a Jas. Morton Son & Co 18n BB BBQ . , , Dodge Street. ' Having dci'idod to cloao out our Saddle r.ml Harness buainosj , wo olTor our entire stock of HARNESS , SADDLES , WHIPS , NETS , ROBES Saddlory , Hariiwiiro , etc. , at not cost. To thodo in ncod of goods in thin Him , an opportunity IB now ulToruod to secure ( Irst-clasB hand made goods ut lowest possi ble prices. WELTY & GUY , - 1316 FARNAM STREET. NO OUREX ! NO PAY. 1316 Douglas Street , Omaha , Neb. Mnnr jrcmV oiporloncn. A regular Kraduato In modlclna a * diploma ) ihon li illll treating lth tb urenlent BUCCQU nil Nerroin , chronloanj I'rlvnte Dlmniui A pormiiiont cum minrnntrait for CitUrrh Hperniatorrtaoon , Ixj l Minhuoil , Seminal WeikneM , Nlnht 1/111111 , Impolcnojr , Hjrihlll | , Bdtituro , nnJ l | dlian i of HID Iluo > l. Hklnnncl Urlni > rr Orvani N II. I gunrnntcol 0) ) for ururjr cam I uiirtarinu nn > l nil to euro , Consultation froo. nook ( Mj sterlet of I.lfo ) out frco. Oltloa tioun-Uu m toBji. m. Bundif ID a rn. to 11 m. Send atfttnp for reply. _ . 1. AMD centime Ttt onlr narr. Hurr , n1r.llaK. nilforn I.lliHr * , uk riruillll ( or CMcAohr'f * jll Mininl Jlrtuj lu ltl > n | ( , -gl.l nirUl bolMM > ilr l with blue ribbon Tt. ! O no olhrr Llnil. Jt/vtt .Yutimutitml anil Jmttttioni All Illi lo pMUbi > 4f4 Uin , | Ion wi | itnri , > it ilnnirroui counlcrrrll * . Al llrmilili or im4 i > < p.ln umni f.r tiifllculiH.ttilletuLltli , AM4 "lIDIer fur Ludlr1 li Utltr , hr rrturn AlulL 10.l > flOTril"x ! > ul > l. . Aim. Ifnr. CHICHIOTCFl CHCMICAL Co. , MN-M | | Hquiin. Hold br ll Local llruenl.U. 1'JIII.VnLLrillA. l-A. I CURE FITS ! When I iy euro I da not moan mornlf to top them for a tlmu mil then IUTO them return > ln. I mean mlleal cuiu. I | I TO made Ilia dlsoua of KITS , UI'I. LKP3Y or 1'ALLINO 8IOKNESFU lifelong tudI warrant my reuKxly to guru tha wont ca . Ilecauu cHher IUTof ltixl l no reason for not now recclilcif cure. Sand at onrn far a trratlM and a Kr o llottla of my infilhlilo remedy. Illva Kipru" and 1'twt Office , II. U. HOOT. M. < . IHa IVurl Hi. . N. V. from the ittocta cV youthful erro * OMAHA early decor. woatlnitwMkn * * * , l < * t mauhuKi , eto , I wfll anna Yiluaula tntatlxi ( < u alnli cuulalnlni SCHOOL OP full particular * for home cur , VliKB of charts A. pi adl < l medical work i akouM lx > rea4byarcri man whn ! nrnroui ml deMHUtml. Addrcrt TELEGRAPHY. Viof a. C. VUlTLIUl. Woodm , Coun .