12 THIS OMAHA DAILY 111513 fl AT fit DAT , AUGUST 28 ,
* ; THE PILGRIM SHIP ,
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Even before lie left 'jcddab. Captain Ket
tle wan quite aware that by shlpplnB pil
grim * on the Iron dcckn of the Saigon Tor
( rannlt across Me lied sen , ho was trans-
crctsltiR the laws of several nations , espe
cially those of Great Urltaln and her de
pendencies. Hut what else could the poor
man do ? Situated as ho was , with such A
tc-mritlnR opportunity ready to his hand , ho
iwould have been less than human l ( he had 1
r.eglccted to take the bargain which was
offered. And though the list of things that
JI.TB been said against Captain Owen Kettle
Is both black and long , I am not aware that
anyone had yet alleged that the little sailor
n\ftn anything more or less than human In
all his many frailties.
Cortolvln came to the chart house and put
this matter of Illegality to him In plain
fiords when the engines chose to break down
t-wo days out of Jeddah , nnd the Saigon
lolled helpless In the blazing lied sea heat.
Corlolvln up to that time had not made
Iiluuolf remarked. Ho had marched on board
from tliu new Ji-ddah tiiay | , where the rail
way Is , nnd posed as an Arab of the Sahara ,
who was cloryhiR In the newly acquired green
tut ban of n hailjl. He was nicked on the
mato'fl tally ii a "nigger , " along with some
340 oilier dark-skinned followers of the-
lirophct , end lie had spent those two days
titjon an 01 thodox cquaro of ragged inrpet
nprcnd on Hie ruMnd Iron plating of the
lower forodtck. When the pilgrims crp
mustered for victualing , lie had filed In with
tliu rust and held out ft bra-is lolah for his
jatlon of water and n tattered square * of can-
vus for hli dele of stoaniptl rice. You could
count his ilbfl twenty jards away , but he'd
the look of a healthy man , and when on
mornings he helped to throw overboard tlicse
of his fellow-pilgrim * who had died during
the nlwlit. it was plain to fee that he ? wus a
fe-llow of more than ordinary muscular
strength.
He came to-Captain Kettle , In the chart
house , to repott that the. pilgrims contem
plated isolzlng the Saigon so soon as ever the
engines were once more put In i tinning order.
"They've xleclnred a Jehad against you , It
vou 1'nuw what that la. " tald fortolvln.
"A holv war , or some such skittles , Isn't
11 ? " wild Kettle.
"That's about the size of It , " said the
hadjl. "You'll have to look out If you In
tend to remain master of this steamboat. "
"I don't require any teaching my business
from passengers , " eald Captain Kettle ,
Gtlllly.
"All right , " eald Cortolvln : "have It your
own way. Hut I think you might be decently
Braleful. I've risked my life by coming to
Klvo you news of what was In the wind.
And you can't pretend that the Information
Is not useful. You've a coolie crew , who
will absolutely useless If trouble comes.
These I ascars always are that way. You've
Just your two white ; engineers and two white
mates to back you up , and the live of you
wouldn't have n show. You've 310 fanatics
tp deal with , who are all lighting bred and
fighting lit. They're all well armed , and they
ivoudn't u bit object to die scrimmaging In
BUch a cause. You know It's part of their
creed thai If they dig out whllo fighting
Kalouts , they go slick t'o paradise by light
ning express. That wily old camel driver
of Mecca painted his heaven as Just the fort
of tlandy place to suit this kind of cattle ,
nnd , as most of them have a beast of it
tlmo on this earth , they're anxious to move
along upstairs whenever a decent opportunity
offers to get there. "
"They'll be an ugly crowd to tackle ; I
grant that. "
* "They are right , and don't you forget It.
I might point out , captain , thut personally
speaking , I'd been a lot safer If I'd stayed
clown on the lower fore deck yonder , and
held my tongue. They'd have got you to
nn absolute certainty If they ambushed you
oa was Intended , and I could have kept out
of the actual throat-cutting and preserved
a sound skin. They've oil got a profound re-
epect for me ; I'm a very holy man. "
"And as It Is ? "
Hadjl Cortolvln shrugged his shoulders.
"Oh , I chip In with you. "
"If you'll tell me why ? "
"Couslnshlp of the skin , I suppose. You're
whlto by birth , and I believe I should turn
out to be white also It I kept out of the
sun , for awhile and had several Turkish
baths. Of course , I've a snuff-colored hide
on mo now , and during the last two yeara
I've been living with men of color , and fol
lowing their ways , und thinking their
thoughts. Funny , Isn't It ? I come across
you ; I don't know you from Adam ; I can't
cay I particularly like what I've seen of
you ; and yet hero am I , rounding on my
former mates , and chipping In with you ,
on the clear knowledge that I shall prob
ably get killed during tha next few hours
for my pains. "
"May I ask your name ? " said Kettle. 'T
believe , sir , " ho added , with a bow , "that
you arc a gentleman. "
The hadjl laughed. "So far as I recollect ,
I wan that once , captain. Sorry I haven't
a card on me , but my name's \V. II. Cortol
vln , and I lived near Richmond , In York-
thlrp bjforo .1 was Idiot enough to go wan
dering off the Cook's tourist routes Into the
middle of Arabia. "
"I'm Welsh myself , " said Kettle , "but
I've known men from Yorkshire. Shako
lands , Mr , please. Will you have a whisky
pes ? "
iU-'ourull * out , captain. I haven't tasted
ft Christian drink for thirty weary months ,
-And.-roiVve got a chattlo hung up In tire
draft of , aport. . Cool water , ye gods. ! IJls-
rtlllah ! nut It Is to good to be nllvc eome-
tlmt-s. "
Captain Keltic looked with distaste at
the hadjl'sattire. . "Won't > ou filing lhat
filthy nightgown thing of yours overboard , "
he asked , "and have a wash ? I can rig you
out with come pyjamas from the Blopcbcst. "
"Tint Cortolvln would not change his dirt
and equator just then. Ho had worn It too
long to be affected by It. "and , " said he , "I
" don't want lo advertise the fact that I'm an
Englishman just at present. If my dear
friends down yonder on the lower deck knew
It they'd not wait for the engines to be re
paired , they'd lizzie up just like gunpow
der , there and then , and the whole lot of
us white men would bo pulled Into towels
before we'd time to think. "
"f don't know about that , " said Kettle.
"I'Vo faced eomo of the ugliest crowds that
have- floated on the seas before thU , and
they thought they were going lo have It all
their own way , and they found when Jt came
to shooting that I could keep my end up very
liandlly. "
* t
He waved h' guest to a deck chajr. placed
, a box of cheroots hospitably open on the
chart table , and then ho went outside the
chart house aid | leaned over the bridge deck-
rail , The awning above him threw a clean-
cut shade which swung to and fro as the
Balgon rolled over the faint , oily swell ; and
outside Its shelter the sun's rays fell llko
molten brass , and the metal work was hot
enough to raise a blister. The air wan mo-
tlonUtia und Btagnant and greasy with the
emcll of humanity. The whole fabric of the
eteamer shimmered In the dancing heat.
For the dense muss of rllgrlnm below the
situation approached the Intolerable. Left
to Itself , the rusted iron deck beneath their
barti ekli.a would have grown hot enough to
char ( hem. Nothing but a constant olulclng
with water made it in any way to bo en
dured. And no the water from alongside
came up to them asvnrm as tea , It did but
little to refresh. The African run with-
utand most temperatures which are thrown
from above onto the face of this planet ,
but even the African can at times dlo from
heat as glibly as his betters. Even as Kettle -
tlo watched , one. of the pilgrims , a grizzle-
lieadcd Ilauuu frtmi the western Soudan , wau
contorted with heat apoplexy ; breathed
ctcntorlously for a minute or so , and then
lay atlll , and Immediately became a prey tc
JllCB Innumerable. Two of his nearest t
comrades bestirred themselvea to look at t
lilm ; pronounced that life was extinct ; stood
up , and with an effort carried the body oul
of the- press , end heaved It over th hot
iron bulwark Into ( he oily sea beneath , II
Is not good that the dead should remain
with the quick even for minutes In clrcum-
etaucis uuch as those. And whilst the
bearers carried him away , an old white-
haired negro from a koto stood upon hit
feet , ewaylug to the roll of the
nti Ip , and faced the heat-blurreO
cant with bowed head. Aloud he
tort ) wltm-fli that God wan great ,
and that Matioimiift was the prophet of God ;
uuil that of inortaU , each maa' late * wai
writ upon hlA forehead , And then the rrst
of the pilgrims bent their foreheads to the
torturing deck platen , and made profession
of the faith , following his words.
Captain Keltic , from his stand against the
rail of the bridge deck , pitied the heathen ,
and thought with a complacent sigh of a
certain obscure chapel In South Shields , but
at the same time he could not avoid being
Impressed by the heathens' constancy. They
might die , but they forbore lo curse God In
doing It. and the omlsslun gave him an In-
night Into the workings of fatalism , which
made him think more of what Cortolvln
had said. Kvcry man among the pilgrims
had sword or srwar op mace , or ride within
grip of his fist , and as a fighting force
with fatalism to back them he began to
realize that they could make a very ugly
company to maneuver against. A regulation
of the pilgrim trade requires that all
weapons shall bo taken from this class of
passengers during the voyage , but Kettle
had omitted to disarm them through sheer
contempt for what they could do. If they
chose to fight among themselves , that was
their own concern ; It never even occurred
to him as they came off Jcddah quay noisy
and odorous , that they would dare to con-
lend against his Imperial will , but now he
sincerely wished that the means of serious
offense were not so handy to Ihelr fingers.
I do hot say that he was afraid , for , know-
"OH , YES , I'VE A WIFE. "
Ing him well , I honestly believe that the
llttlu rulllan has never yet feared man that
was born of woman , but the safety of the
Saigon \\ns a matter Just then very near
to his heart , and he had forebodings as to
what might happen to her.
He went back again Inside the chart
house , sat himself upon the sofa , and ran
a finger round Inside the collar of his white
drill coat.
"Lo ) you like cheroots , sir ? " he said lo his
tattered guest.
"N'lce cherootH , " said Cortolvln. "Wonder
how many I'll smoke. Those true believers
are a pretty tough crowd aren't they ?
There's one Soudanese fellow In a Darftir
suit of mall. Did you notice him ? He's
been a big war sheik In his day. He helped
to smash up Hicks Pasha's army , and com
manded a thousand men at the storming
of Khartoum ; but he got sick of Mahdllsm
about a year back , and set out to perform
the HadJ. When It comes to fighting you'll
aeo that man will shine. "
"Ho shall hae my first shot , " said iKettlc.
"It surprises mo , " sold Cortolvln , "that
you ever went In for this pilgrim-carrying
business at all. You must have been pretty
hard pushed , captain ? "
"Hard wasn't the word for It , " said the
shipmaster with a sigh. "I met misfor
tune , sir , In Chill. I disagreed with mjf em
ployer , who was a lady , and went off cruis
ing In a boat by myself. A tea steamer
picked me up ard put me In Colombo. I
l got from there to Hombay as second male
j of a tramp , but I couldn't stand the old
| man's longue , and went ashore without my
wages. I guess , sir , I'm no good except
In command ; I can't take an order civilly.
Well , In Bombay I'd a regular nipgut time
of It. I bummed round the agents' offices
till I almost blushed to look at their punkah
coolies ; but I'd no papers to show that
would do me any good ; and none of them
would give mo a ship the size of a rice mat.
At last when I was getting desperate , and
liretty near put to going to sea before the
mast , a Cardiff man I once knew , came to
the lodging house and gave me a tip. He'd
been master of a country steamer ; he'd
been sacked ( ho didn't deny It ) for drunken
ness ; he'd not drawn a eoDer breath for
months , and didn't see any prospects of
changing his habits ; and there was the berth
vacant , and I might have It for the asking.
The pay wasn't much ; only Us 100 a month
and percentage on profits ; and the owner
was a 1'art'oe. I'd never been low enough
down to sign on under a black man before ,
but I guess I was past being very nice In my
tastes just then. The owner was fat and
oldish nnd wore a thing on his head like a
top had turned upside down , and I will say
I did not give him much politeness , nut ho
knew his place ; he sahlb'd mo quite rcHpect-
fully ; and ho said he'd bo honored If I'd take
his steamer under my charge. 'She was all
ho'd got , ' ho said , 'he loved her llko his life
and ho'd not trust her to any one except a
pukka sahib. ' Of course ho lied a good deal ;
all natives do that ; and ho fixed up our
bargain so that I'd lltllo lo win nnd he'd
a good deal ; which Is those Parsecs' way.
But 1 will nay ho was always most rtspect-
ful. and In the matter of victualing he really
surprised me. Why , ho actually put Bass'
nlo on board at four annas the bottle !
"Wo cleared from Bombay In corn , end
cottons , and earthenware consigned to Jel-
dah. and the owner told me I'd have n <
trouble In getting a catgo of dates and coffee
to bring back. Hut the Jeddah merchants
seemed to think different. I cut dowi
freights to near vanishing point , but they
wouldn't look at them anyhow , I couldii' '
get a ton of cargo on beard for any spot. nn
the globe , no , not If I'd offered , to carry It
for nothing. The Saigon might have swung
thcro at moorings till the tiottom rotted out
of her ; and expenses were running up r.ll the
time. The climate wau sickly , too. I lost
my aerang before I'd been there a weieJc ,
and two mare of the coolies died In the next
ten daja. So when this cargo of pilgrims
offered , I tell you I just Jumped at it. 0
courae tills old wreck was not fitted for the
trade. Sho' * small ; she's Iron decks , olio's
only two liMts , and she's not near enougl
water tanks. Thc'u'd be a big penally 1
she was caught. But I shipped a second rice
steamer and signed the charter party , smll
Ing. It wasn't as If I'l got to go through the
Ditch to one of the ' .Morocco ports ; the pll
gtlms had only to bo taken across to Kosslcr
and squaring an Egyptian custom olllcer Is
only a rate of how much backshlsh. "
"You do know your trade , " said Cortolvln
The under side of It , " said Kettle with a
"A man with luck llko mine has to
Ho never gets on with the decent lines where
everything is square and above board. He
can only get the llttlo and corner owneni
who you've got to make dividends for some
how and no questions aakcd or else Jutt u [
and take the dirty sack. I'm a man , " he
added , with a frown , "that can do the job
well .and they know It. and keep me to It
But I despUe mjself all the time , It Ian'
In my nature. Mr. Cortolvln. Put mo ashore
j give 1110 a farm and let me bend yellow
gaiters and a largo pattern coat , and there
wouldn't bo a gtralgliter , eweeter-uatUfed
man between here and heaven , "
The hadjl swept the pmplratlon from his
forehead with the back of a grimy knuckle
There s no accounting for taste , captain
I m the owner of acres near Hlchniond , and
if 1 cheese I could ride about my park and
see to the farms , and live the life of a
country gentlemen Just In the way you
think you'd like , Hut J tired of It. "
"I'crhapa you have no wife , " auggested
the sailor.
His guest gave a short laugh. "O Lord
yea. " he said , "I've a wife. " He paused a
inlauU ana th a threw bU half-smoked
cheroot savagely out Into the ( tinihlne. "You I
can Uko It from mo that I hnVo ft wife , '
captain. Hut well , you tee 1'te alwujm
been an Arabic scholar , and I thought I'd
como out to the llcdjax to study dialects for
a year or o. It would bo n pleasant change
after the milk and honey of A country life.
I don't teem to have got killed , and I think
I've liked It on the whole , U' been excit
ing , and 1 know more about bastard Arabic
than any European living , now that poor
Palmer's dead , If that's any satisfaction , If
I chose to go homo now I could pose as no
end of A big hots. The only thing to , I
can't qulto make my mind up whether to
risk It. Hy Oed , yes , " he added with a stare
out Into the baking sunshine beyond the
doorway , " 0 yes , I've a wife. "
Caplaln Kettle did not qulto follow all
his , BO ho said politely and vaguely , "Well ,
of course you know your own affairs best ,
sir. " Then ho took a long and steady look
at his guest. "You'll excuse me , sir , but
your name seems familiar. I wonder It
ou'd got that beard and some of your hair
off whether I should recognize you. "
"I fancy not. "
"Corlolvln. " the llttlo man mused. "I'm
euro I've eccn that name before Bomcwhere. "
Tbo hadjl laughed. "I'm afratd that neither
nor any of my people have been celebrated
enough to have come Into public notice , Bklp-
> er. But wo had a namesake some years
> aek who wan famous. A horec namrd Cor-
olvln won the Orand National In ' 07. That's
what you'll have got on your mind , "
Captain Kettle stlfllned. "I beg your par
don , sir , " ho said with acid politeness , "but
don't see you've earned a right to Ineult
me. When I am at sea I am what clrcum-
etancca make me. When I am ashore In
England. I would have you know I am a very
lifferent person. I am a regular altrnder at
chapel , and a man who ( oulslilc business
natcrs ) tries to keep entirely straight. In
England , sir. I take an interest In neither
> ockct picking , horse racing , nor sacrilege ,
and I have It on the word of a minister I
ill tinder that there Is very llttlo to choose
Between the three. "
Cortolvln faced the situation with ready
act. That this truculent llttlo rulllan who
enId dirt with homicide without a second
: hought should so citrongly resent the Im
putation of being Interested In a horse race ,
lldn't surprise him much. He had met
others of the breed before. And he smoothed
down Capt Kettle's ruffled feelings with the
easy gllbness of a man of the world. But
: ho needs of the moment were ngaln recur
ring to him with violence , and he broke off
artistically to refer to them.
"Don't /you think , " ho said , "my follow
pilgrims will bear a little attention now ,
skipper ? "
"I will bo off and make up a bit of a prize
packet for them , " said Kettle. "Excuse me ,
for two minutes whilst I go and glvo In
structions to my chief. " And he swung on
its pith helmet and left the chart house.
II.
The sun climbed higher Into the fleckloss
sky , and lulled above the Saigon In Insolent
cruelty. The Hed sea heat grew , If anything
yet more dreadful. The men's veins stood
out In ropes upon their steaming bodies , and
It scorched them to draw In a breath.
Drink , too , was scarce. The Hcdaz Is a
region almost walcrless ; the desert at the
back drains up all the moisture , and the
Saigon had left Jcddah with her tanks only
half filled. She had to depend
upon her condenser , nnd this was
small. And In the tropics condenser water
must be dealt out In a sparing ra
tion or a dozen hours may see a whole
ship's company down with raging dysentery.
The Saigon carried , a spar deck amidships ,
and the pilgrims were souped In two bodies
fore and aft of this on the Iron plating of
the fore and main decks.
The spar deck was officially reached from
these lower levels by a couple of slender
Iron ladders , but It was not unscalable to a
falrlyvactlve climber. There was an alley
way passing beneath the spar deck , but this
couia easily bo closed by the Iron doors In
the two bulkheads , which fastened Insldo by
heavy clamping screws.
The chief engineer came Into the chart
house and hitched up his grimy pyjamas
and mopped his face with a wad of cotton
waste. He looked meaningly at the whisky
bottle , but Kettle Ignored his glance.
"Well. Mr. McTodd ? " he said.
"I'm a' ready for the pagans , elr , when
yo'rc willing to gi' the worrd. "
"What are your engines like now ? '
"A wee blttle less fit for the ecrapheap
than they were a dozen hours back , but nil
very much to boast of , " Mr. McTodd spat
out Into the sunshine. "They're the rotteo-
you let me lell them that tholf * cheme In
known hd vreparnl far' Will you let me
explain to them whftt they will have to face
If they start nn oultttvak ? "
Capt Kettle frownoU "You will under
stand that I am nol-frlRhtened of the bfasU , "
ho tnlil.
"I quite lenow that//iald Cortolvln , "and
I am sorry to cpoll acflRht. Hut It IB their .
live * 1 am boggingfdrV I
"Very well , " nald Kettle , "you can fire j
away. I don't f peak- , their bat , and It n '
an well they nhoulfl 'know from some one
what they have to look forward to. Here a
a life preserver which.you may nnd useful. |
It's the only weapon I have to offer you. My
pistol Is the only gun we have In the ship. '
The pair of them wont outside the chart-
holisc and walked tcrthe head of the forward
ladder. A Rteam pipe lay on the deck
plank ? , and the second engineer stood be-
oldo It with thumbs In his waist strap. On
the deck below the pilgrims no longer squat ,
ted together on their carpets , but stood In
knoto. and talked excitedly. Cortolvln
clapped his hands and the eea of savage faceo
turned toward him.
There were representatives In that mot )
from half the Mohammedan peoples of north
ern Africa. There were lean Arab camel
breeders of the desert , Jet black farmers
from the Great lakes and the upper Nile.
Hausas from the western Soudan , limp fellA-
hcen from lower Egypt , an Egba who had
eorvwl In the British police force at Lagcs.
merchants from the back of the Darbary
stales , workers In metal from Sokoto , and
weavers from TlmbukhtU. They were not
all the holders of the title of hadjl , for
though by the Mohammedan law every male
must make the mccca pilgrimage at least
once In a lifetime , unless debarred by pov
erty or lamcneM , It may be done by deputy.
And these deputies , fierce , truculent rulllans ,
who had lived their lives amongst Incessant
wars and travel , were perhaps the moat
dangerous of all the lot.
They listened to their late associate with
a momentary hush of surprise. Ho ppoko to
them In fluent Arabic , llo did not appeal
to Ihclr bctlor fecllnps ; he knew his audi
ence. Ho snld it was wrllten that If they
tried this thing , If they attempted to cap
ture the Btcomcr , they fihould surely fall ;
that all things were prepared to glvo them
battle , and that a horrible death awallcd
those who persisted in their design. And
then ho tried to point out the nature of the
Saigon's defenses , but there he failed. H Is
111 work to explain the properties of high-
pressure steam to savages. A murmur rose
among them which grew. They roared de
fiance. And Ihen the great black mass ot
them rushed for the Iron ladder.
Captain Kettle clapped a whistle to his
lips and blew It shrilly. "Now , then , Mr.
Cortolvln , " ho cried , "away with you aft
to help McTodd. These oattlo here want
something more than talk , and I'm going
to give It to them. "
In answer to his whistle , steam had bern
turned on from below. The second engineer
unhitched his thumbs from his walat belt ,
took a lump of waste In each grimy hand ,
and lifted the Iron pipe. It was well Jointed
and moved easily , and he turned the nozzle
of It to sweep the ladder. In that baking air
the flteam did not condense readily ; It trav
eled three yards from the nozzle oj the pipe
before it became even thinly visible , and It
Infringed upon the black , naked bodies and
burned horribly without being seen.
At first they did npt flinch. With a dread
ful valor they faced the torment and fought
with each other to be first upon the rungs ,
and then when these In front would have
held back the mob behind pressed them
Irresistibly onworda. In a moment or so the
first rank began to go down before that
withering blast , and then others trod on
them and fell alfo , 1111 the hill of writhing
black humanity grew to half the height
of the Iron ladder. And In the meantime
others of the pilgrims , were tryVig to storm
the bridge deck at other points , but on the
port side , the gray-headed old mate fighting
baresark with am ax , and to starboard Cap
tain Kettle with pistol and knuckle duster ,
battled like wild * cats to keep the eacred
planking Inviolate.
What waa going on at the after end of
the Saigon they could tnot tell. From behind
them came the roar of the fighting Hausa ,
and the savage war cries of the desert Just
as they roeo upj from before their faces.
But In its first flush the light was too close
for any man's thoughts to wander from his
own Immediate adversaries.
It seemed , However , that the battle was
over first In the after part of the steamer ,
and whether this was because the attack
there was less heartful or because Mr. Mc-
Todd's artillery was the more terrible can
not now be known. The question was de-
"VEIlY WELL , " SAID KITTY , " "YOU CAN FIUE AWAY. "
1st engines ever I fingered , " said he , "and
that's what I think of them. A man ought
to have double my pay to be near them.
Theyr'e just heart-breaking , "
"You knew aho wasn't the P. & 0. wheil
you blgnod on. "
"We're neither of us- here , Captain Kettle ,
because we were offered fatter berths. "
Kettle frowned. "I'll trouble you , Mr. Mc
Todd , to attend to the mutter In hand. You
have those eteam pipes ranged ? "
"Both forrard and aft. "
"Commanding both ladders ? "
"Just like thut. "
"And you've plenty of steam ? "
"Yo can hear It burring through the rs-
capo this minute If ye'll use your cars. It's
been vara exhausllng work tolling doun yon
der In that a'ful heat. "
"Well , Mr. Cortolvln hero assures me that
the niggers will begin to play up the minute
we get under weigh , so you Bee wo know
where we are , and must bo ready for them.
I shall want you and the second engineer
on deck " , of course. > o you must acreage , for
one "of your crew to run the engines till
wo'vo got the business settled , "
" 1'yo a greaser down yonder who can open
the throttle. " eaid McTodd gloomily , "but
ho's got no notion of nursing sick engines
jlko these , and as like as not he'll drive
( hem off their bedplates In a score of revo
lution.1. : You'd better let mo keep the engine
myscl' , captain. I'm a sick man , and I'm
no fit for fighting with my throat as dry as
It is now. "
Captain Kettle poured out a liberal two
lingers of whisky and handed It ucioas.
"Now Mtc , " said he , "wet your neck , and
lot'd have no more of this nonsense. You'll
have to fight for your llfo Inside of ten
minutes , and you'll do It better tx > ber. "
The engineer eyed the whisky und poured
It slowly down Its appointed path. "Mon , "
ho uald , "yo've an a'ful poor opinion o' my
capacity. I'll just bo off and give yon
coollo greaser Instructions , and got my side
arms , and be with you again In forty clock
ticks. "
"I pity the nigger that comes to hand
grips with McTodd , " said Kettle , when the
grimy man In the gray pajamas had left
the chart house. He's an ugly beggar to
handle when ho's sober as ho Is nuw. We'll
get ready now , sir , If you please. You go
to the after end of the bridge deck with
McTodd and the second mate , and I'll look
after the forrard end with the old mate and
the second engineer. When they try to rush
the ladder McTodd will give them the steam
and they will never be. able to face It , All
you and the second mate have to do Is to
eeo they don't climb up over the rail , "
"I wish It could bo avoided , " aald Cortolvin
tadly. "That hlgh-prcssuru uteain will acald
some of them horribly. "
"It will do more than that , " said Kettle.
"It will strip the meat clean off their bones. "
"I have lived amongst those men or their
sort for two solid years , and many of them
have ehown mo kludnessea. "
"You should have thought of that , sir , be
fore you came to mo here In the chart house , "
"I did think ot it ; but I couldn't be a rene-
cado to my colon and eo I came. But , cap
tain , will you Ut mo pcak. to them ? Will
bated much afterward without coming to a
decision. But. anyway , by the time Captain
Kettle's adversaries had ceased to rage
against him , Cortolvln was free to como and
stand by his side as Interpreter. The
wounded lay sp'awllng and writhing about
the Iron decks below them ; the survivors
and scarcely one of these ivas without his
scald huddled against the forecastle ; and
the grimy rccond engineer held the steam
plpo upward so that a gray pall hung be
tween the Sa'gon and the sun.
"Now. sir. " fcald Kettle , "kindly translaso
for me. Tell these animals to chuck all
their hardware over the side or I'll cook the
whole lot of them like so many sausages. "
Cortolvln lifted up MA voice In ono-ous
Arabic. "It wca written , " ho crld , "that the
galour ehould prevail. It Is written also
that those among you having wit shall cast
vour weapons Into the sea. It Is written ,
moreover , that these of you who do not on
this Instant disarm shall taste again of the
scorching breath of Elbls. "
A stream of weapons leaped up through
the air and fell Into the swells alongside
with tinkling enlaehcs.
"It would bo a weariness to guard you , "
Cortolvln went on ; "Swear by the beard of
the prophet to make no further attempt
against this ship or we shall gael you fast
In death. "
A forest of trembling black hands shot up
before him.
"Wo swear ! " they cried ,
"Then It Is written that you keep your
vow , " said Cortolvln. "dod is great ! See
now to your sick. " He turned to Kcttlo
and touched his , i.irai'd turlmn , after the
manner of an officer reporting , "The
mutiny Is ended , sir. " ho said.
Captain Kettlo.'swung himself lightly on to
the upper bridge and telegraphed "full
speed ahead" to ithe engine room , The
propeller splashed .In . the oily swells and the
Saigon gathered weigh. Sullen and
trembling the pilgrims began to tend their
hurts , and presently .McTodd , with a largo
copper kettle Imhlsihand , descended among
them and distributed oil and surgical advice.
"Thero were none actually killed at my
end , " said Cortolvln.
"I dropped four , " 'said ' Kettle. "I had to ,
It was either mo or them , And my old
mate axed half a dozen before they let him
be > . We'd a tight time hero whilst it
lasted. "
"It will require a good lump of bachshlsh
to explain It all satisfactorily at Kossclr. "
"O , I can't go near them now after this.
No cuatom house for me. sir. I shall just
run in t'lioro a dozen miles short of It , and
put the beggars on the beach In my boats ,
and let them get Into Kessler as best they
can. I suppose you'll como back with mo1
"I suppose 60. Anyway , I can't go with
them , "
"I can Imagine , " said Kettle drily , "they'd
glvo you a lively time , If they hr.d you to
themselves for five minutes. The sons of
the prophet don't admire having Europeans
messing altout the Kaabo. But I owe you
BOincthlng , eir , and I ebull bo happy to go
out of my way to serve you. I will drop
you at ISuaklm , or at Aden , or at Perlm ,
whcro 1 am gobg to co.il , whichever you
plCAflf. '
"Hut what about j-onreflf ? "
"O , I phnll bo alt right I Am nMdom
In need of A nursery maid , nlr. "
"Hut If this affair get * Into the news
papers. Inquiries will bo made. And you'll
very possibly find yourself In an ugly hole. "
"H won't get In the panem , " said Kettle ,
thoughtfully. "The pilgrim * can't tell , my
officers daron t for their own RAkev , and
you leave me to see my coolies don't. News
papers , " he repeated , dreamily , "queer the
hint should have come llko that. "
"What hint ? What are > ou talking
about ? "
"I remembered then whcro I'd wen your
name. sir. It was In the Tlnus ot India ,
general news column. "
"What was Mid ? '
"Well , sir , I suppose you'd better be told.
Uut you must hold up for a hardlsh knock.
Will you como Into the charthouso for a
mlruto and have a peg ? "
"No. get along , man ; get along. "
"I think It was about your wife , elr. Does
she hunt ? "
"All the season. "
"Then It will be her. I remember now
U said Richmond In Yorkshire , and the
name wan ( Mre. W. H. Corlblvln. She's
brokoiv her neck , nlr. '
Cortolvln clutched at the whlto rail of
the bridge. "My Oed , " ho cried , "Dead !
Julia dead ! Is that all , captain ? "
"U was only a two-line paragraph , \oull
plcaso undersland how sorry 1 am lo tarry
such sad news , Mr. Cortolvln. "
"Thanks , skipper , thanks. " Ho turned
away and walked lo the end of the bridge
and stayed there for a whllo , leaning against
an awning stanchion , a staring at the bak
ing levels of the lied sea , which were slip
ping past the Saigon's rusty flanks. And
Ihen ho came back again and stood at Ket
tle's side , looking down at the pilgrims
anointing their scalds below. "I have
learned lo bo Bomclhlng of a fatallsl. cap
tain , " ho said , "when 1 was amongst those
people. This Is how I sum the situation.
'H was written that my wife should dlo
whilst I was away , H was written also
that 1 should live. Oed ordered It all. God
Captain Keltic gripped his hand In sym
pathy. "I'm sorry fop you , sir ; believe me ,
I am truly sorry. It you think n bit of
poetry about the occasion would help you
at all. Just you say , and I'll do U. I'm In
the mood for poetry now. All things put
togclhcr , we've been through a pretty heavy
tlmo during these last few hours. "
"Thanks skipper , thanks , " eald Cortol
vln. "I know you mean well. And now , If
you don't mind , I'll leave you. I think I'd
llko to be alone fen a bit. "
"You do. sir. Go and llo down on my
bunk. I'll have you a beautiful cletjy
written by the time you're back on deck
again. It will comfort you. "
A TH.VHI-TI * 111111)13.
The I'nrt n CclNllnl Mu I'lnjV lilt
of Oliliin In Anu-rli-n.
A native daughter ot San Francisco Is the
central figure of a queer little drama Just
now being enacted In Chinatown , relates the
Sau Francisco Chronicle. The young woman
Is Chinese and the customs of her for -
mothers have claimed her as their own.
She Is the bride-elect , this little Miss Gen
Moy. Her father has been In the undertak
ing business hero for forty years , and the
family Is one of wealth and position. Olio of
the sons , Roon Gay , is secretary of the
Chinese parlor of Native Sons , nnd all the
brothers have been enlucated In English
schools. '
Not so llttlo Miss Oon Moy. That would
not do for a girl of good family. She has
lived a secluded llfo ever since she was a
wee little girl , and now that she sits weep
ing and walling that she Is to be a maid no
more , she may be wondering , too. whether
In those freer dajs of her childhood she ever
saw Chong Sun , the young man who Is go
ing to bo. who practically Is already , 'her
husband. She has never seen the bride
groom , this defrauded little bride , eo far as
she knows. '
She has seen many men In her day ,
though , perhaps peeping out at them , as
her bridesmaids are doing now , in violation
of Chinese etiquette. And who knows but
she may have seen this very particular
young man ? Might It not have been he
who smiled up at her so prettily that day
when she was herself an honored attendant
at the wedding of her friend , or that other
day when she first wore her hair after the
fashion of marriageable girls ?
Though she may ponder all these things In
her heart , the bride mustn't stop weeping
and walling.
Mourning for the dead Is cheerfulness
Itself by comparison with the part a Chinese
bride has to play , and this one must long
to enjoy the freedom and comfort of her
father's undertaking shop homo once more.
She was taken away from there about
two weeks ago , after her parents andtho _
parents of Chong Sun had arranged the
marriage , Including all the details ab'out
settlements and presents.
A good-sized store room at Jackson and
Stockton streets had been prepared for the
ceremonies. The brother of the bride con
ducted me to the place this morning and
entertained me after the fashion of the
cultured upper class Chinese people In ex
tending hospitality to whlto devils.
About the door a motley crowd of coolies ,
hoodlums , children and the curious generally
elbowed vigorously In the attempt to
get a peep beyond the often opened door.
A row of heads was strung along at the
too of the red draperies which concealed the
lower half of the high windows , and save
that the heads were evidently very much
allvo and had bright , bead-like eyes that
sparkled down at the crowd out on the
sidewalk one might have supposed them to
bo hanging from the celling by their queus ,
arranged by some modern Chinese 'Blue '
beard.
My guide Indicated by a graceful gesture
that the people were to glvo me "gang
way. " and the crowd of Celestials rolled
back with an uncanny quickness that re
minded mo of the waters of the lied sea
obeying Aaron's rod.
Two fine , largo American flags draped the
entrance and half partitioned the room.
In quiet contrast Japanese screens com
pleted the divisions , and the room was so
arranged that Its air of being one big room
and yet full of the unseen , the mysterious ,
the suggestive , sent the shivers up and down
my spine. '
The bride's father In master of ccremo-
nle-s up there , and my guide .ptesentcd mo
with courtly graclousness. A dozen com
fortable women , smiled at me over their
tea cups , and children In fresh , gay costumes
gave friendly greeting. <
I began to feel very much at homo , and
I quickly asked to see the bride. Instantly
the temperature fell several degrees. The
smiles were turned to frowns , my gracious
guide found urgent business , elsewhere his
brothers and his father suddenly became
absolutely unable to understand or speak a
word of English. P
The room was full of pretty things , and
I thought I would be patient a little and
look at the presents.
There were plenty of them , A row of PX-
press wagons stood outside loaded with
furniture , trunks full of silk , brlc-a-brac ,
all presents to the bride.
The mystery of the row of heads was ex
plained from within. Chinese maidens came
and went from among the rcreens , shed
tholr slippers dexterouely and Mopped upon
the matting of what was once a show win
dow. They peeped over the draperies and
down at the men In the street , and they
gnzed with an Intensity and an evident pleas-
ur.iblq excitement hard to explain lo the
ordinary Inhabitant of a world pretty well
filled up with ordinary men. The bride did
not appear. She walled softly , but not as
ono without hope.
She couldn't tee the presents , but she
know they were thcro. She hadn't seen the
bridegroom , cltlu > r , but she know that on
Wednesday ho will como for her , ami that
oho will bo driven about the streets In a car-
rlKgo , a brans band bcforo and all the ex-
jiritd wagon3 loaded with presents following
on behind ,
Hut nobody offered mo as much as a cup
of tea In all that hall of fecbtlng and rev
elry.U .
U was a little bit lor.esome , too , among
all these busy people In gala attire and un
able to Hpsak eave In thy guttcra ) language
of a land the odora of which stuck In my
throat and dulled my wits Into an Inability
to comprehend the suavely elusive people
who surrounded me.
Bcforo the spell of "them pjilcy eastern
smells ' had bound me quite , I escaped Into
San Francisco and the prevent.
And the sound of a Fourth of July celebra
tion In mlnlaturo followe.l cltew on the lieelu
of my departure.
The representatives of the oldest civiliza
tion under tha t-uu wcre > taking pains to
protect a natlvo daughter of San Francisco
from the contaminating Influence net In
motion by the too near approach of a whlto
elevll. i i .
LEC1UPIIINC "ON 'CHANG11 ' ! !
Wonderful System of Recording 3 ock
Quotations in K'any ( Jit'cs. ' .
APPARATUS CONTROLLED BY ELECTRICITY
Tclcurnpti Oirrti | < orn Onurilrri MUc
1'rlnon Iriiiintrn lid I'rrtcttt
llrll > oryK\not Science ot
Ncn * nixlrltiulliin.
The remarkable system by means of which
the New York exchanges deliver stock quo
tations simultaneously In various , parts ot the
country has been well Illustrated by reccnl
heavy wheat markets , The public probably
docs not know that there are mechanical
anangemcntB for transmuting stock news
from city to city , so that this news will
bo posted on dials In New York , Chicago and
other cities at the same moment ; that the
NPW York exchange employs several opera
tors Who arc M much sought by dishonest
brokers that a bodyguard Is placed over them
during the hours of "change ; " that these
men have been offered thousands u ( dollars
by arbitrage brokers to delay certain mes
sages for halt A minute , and that the \\holo
sjstera of quotation delivery has been reduced
to n science so exact as to make oven the
experienced brol.cr marvel over the dclalls of
Iho eytlem.
As .1 matter of fact , there Is probably no
kind ot tclegtaphlc communication that moves
with such llghtnlng-llko speed , that requires
such a nlco balance of mechanical perfec
tion and human skill , nnd that at the rami )
tlmo so carefully guards ngalu.st leakage en
route , < is the ono which transmits Information
from the great exchange * . In the New Yo-k
Stock exchange alone ( hero may bo 10.000
separate quotations sent , out In the course of
a iay ! and the record ot each of tluso tran'Mc-
tlons must p.iss through human hands and
brains , as well as through recording and
ttYirwmlttlMK Instiuments and miles of wire
and tape ; jet o rapid I ? the system that
each sale or offer Is reported In 2,000 New
York olllccs within an average of n quaiter
of a , minute from thp time It takes place on
Iho floor of tliu exchange. In the New York
Stock exchange' , which will serve e.s a type
of all. the line of communication begins win ,
the "reporter" on the floor. Thcrp are four
teen of these reporters and they are the em
ployes of the exchange Itself. To each one
Is assigned a certain number of stocks and he
Is supposed lo obtain a record of all Mien
In his paitlcular group. All the business on
the lloor of the exchange to done by veib.il
agreement , and Is ca-rlcd on amid a babel ot
noise , but It Is very seldom that a sale es
capes him. Ho Jots down each transaction
on a little allp which Is rushed across the
floor to one of Hie telegraphic booths and la
put on the wire within 10 seconds of the time
It is made.
SHORTEST LINE IN THE WORLD.
The wire over which the operations of
the exchange are sent Is probably the short
est Independent telegraph line In the world.
U extends only from the exchange floor to
the attic , where It splits and terminates In
two little box-like rooms , side by side.
Thcsp are the operating rooms of the New
York Stock Quotation company , which sends
reports to the olllces of members of the ex
change within the district known to tin-
outside world js "Wall stieet , " but here
simply as "tho street. " and to the tele
graph company's patrctis scattered through
out the city. The quiet of these two little
rooms , broken only by the steady click-click
of the Instruments , contrasts strangely with
the roar and clatter of the exchange lloor ,
nnd the dozen operators who arc the only
occupants of the place seem far removed
from the maelstrom of rising and fallln- ;
fortunes that Is raging below , though in
reality they are much nearer to It than the
persons who watch the tumult on the floor
from the ga'lerles. '
"Most of the men employed here , " fii-1
the superintendent , "have been for years
engaged in this kind of work. An ordinary
operator , who has been engaged la bending
word messages , no matter how rapid he
might be , would be of no use to us here
for the first few months , until he got Into the
ewlnK of the work. You see , nearly every
thing we send out here Is In the form of
quotations , which consist ot figures or spe
cial characters , which require a special
training to master ,
"The men ire all naturally fast operators ,
? ad are selected with special care from
among the best In the Western Union serv
ice. The skill which some of them acquire
at this work Is really remarkable. The
average record of the operators , as I have
figured It out. Is about twenty-five quota
tion per minute. Each quotation runs some
thing like this : 'W. U. 89 % , ' never shorter
than that , EO that this means about 200 Im
pressions per minute , or a total of 7,500
quotations for the time the exchange U In
operat'on ' from 10 In the morning to 3 In
the afternoon. "
When the business of the exchange Is run
ning an ordinary course , the transmitting
operator takes each quotation by ear as It
comes over the short Morse wire leading
from the floor of the exchange , and sends
it out as It comes , without waiting for It to
be recorded , eo that the printing of 'ho
quotation on the tape In every ticker In
the system is practically Instantaneous with
the touch of the transmitting operator on
the exchange floor. When there Is a rush
of business , however , there are two receiving
operators to each transmitter , one seated on
each side of him. They take down the
messages as they come , and the transmitter
sends them out alternately , being able to
\\ork twice as fast as the receivers.
GUARDED LIKE PRISONERS.
During their hours of duty the operators
arp , to all Intents and purposes , prisoners.
They are a flight above the highest floor to
which the elevators run , and are guarded by
a stalwart stock exchange Janitor , who will
not permit any person to go near them ,
The effectiveness with which this Individual
docs his work Is proved recently by the
superintendent of the telegraph company ,
who was turned back by the zealous guard ,
and was not allowed to enter the. operating
room of his own company until he hnd
brought the secretary of the exchange to
vouch for him. There are Instances In the
history of the Institution where the
operators wore offered sonic thousands of
dollars to delay ono message , merely to the
cxtcut of sending another ahead of It. So
far as Is known , however , there Is no In
stance In which such an offer was accepted.
The only way a man could affect the sending
of messages now would bo to glvo all Ills
telegrams to ono operator , and have a secret
understanding by which the operator wouljl
rush the'se messages ahead of all others.
Hut such an imposition would be quickly
found out , with consequences dlsahtrous to
both prrtlcs ,
The whole history of the rise and fall of
the arbitrage or scalping biielnes. * Is n story
of the perfection of telegraphic communica
tion , It was regularly and profitably oper-
aatcd between Now York and Boston and
Now York and Philadelphia. The arbitrage
broker required only a private wire between
New York and Boston , let us say , with ter
minals as near as possible to the exchanges
In the two cltlrs. The margin of his profit
was represented by the difference In lime
made over his private wlro and that of the
public service. An active stock , oucli as Chicago
cage Gas , perhaps opened In New York at
103. The opening bids lu Boston might be
the same. A bull movement mlnlit develop
In Chicago Gas In New York , and the next
Bale was 104 , The broker knowing that as
soon as Boston heard of this the Boston
prlco would rlso to 104 , ruuhrs a mcasago
over ] \li \ private wlro to his Boston agents
to "Buy Chicago Gaa" If this mrroaga
beat the olllclal announcement of the rise
In the stock , the broker's agent was able to
buy Chicago Gas at 103 % In Boston , whllo
tbo broker himself would be selling the
stock at 104 In New York , thereby "scalp-
Ing"'i \ and making a handsome profit at no
rtak.
It Is possible now to Rend an order from
the New York stock exchange , have It de
livered at tbo exchange In Bcvton or Chicago
and obtain ai > answer announcing that the
order has been filled , In the space of two
or three mlnutct * , and In some Instance It
has been done In less tlmo. The only arbl-
trago business now carried on In New York
Is between that city and London , and hero
it is simply a case of getting the rablo
flrot , M , F , Hardlner. the Western Union
superintendent , say , ) that It la not unusual
to eend a business meeuago to London and
to receive an anuwor Inside of five mluutetJ.
The record ( or aulck cabling was cetab.
IKhenl In thf > recent nhK tournament
twoen the house of reprMpntMlvra A
iRlMh House of Commons , when a
* * RC traveled from Washington lo Wwtmln-
ttr hall And back In thirteen and ono.fourth
pcconds.
TIIK TWO RESPONSIVE DIALS.
Much more rapid than this Is the official
exchange of prices bclwtcn the two ex-
changeo. Formerly the sllpi recording the
salei prices of wheat had to be carried from
thp wheat pit Across thp lloor of the ex
change to n telegraphic booth by a mpssnger.
as t done In the stock exchange , but tome
llmo ago the superintendent of the Western
Union suggested that the service could t > o
Improved by placing an operator directly In
the wheat pit. This saves a trip of perhaps
twenty feet , but In slicing the edges off tele ,
graphic records It Is nrcrstiary to cut ex
ceedingly fine , and even Inches may count.
At ono side ot HIP wheat pit In the New
York produce exchange there Is a high pul-
plt-llko desk In which two men sit side by
side. In front ot one Is a telegraphic In
strument , the wire from which terminate *
A few feet from the Chicago wheat pit Thet
tocond man operates a number of kcjs which
control Ihe dial on Iho big "New Yolk"
Indicator nt the head of the room. As each
transaction takes place the operators pirss
the keys of their Instruments. The Impres
sion from ono Is Indicated by the dial < \
hundred feet away , that from the other la 10-
eelved by a telegraph operator In Chlrago , a
thousand miles away , und recorded on the
"New York" Indicator in tinOhliago ex
change. Yet In spile of Ihe distance between
them the two Indli-.itora work almost to
gether , nnd the difference In time Is esti
mated nt not menu than half a second. A
similar apparatus In the Chlrago exchange )
operates the "Chicago ' Indicators In the two
exchanges , BO that every iransaetlon In the
two great wheat marts , n thousand miles
apart. Is recorded at tlip samp Instant In
both. Thus Is the complete annihilation ot
distance brought about by the omnipotent
demands ot mndein trade.
lllirl.U'ii'n A rn I en Milvc.
The best stilve in the \\oild for cult ,
bruises , sores , ulce'iH. salt rheum , fpvcr sores ,
letter , chapped hands , chUMnttis , corns , and
all skin eruptions , and posithrly cuies piles ,
or no p.\y required. It Is guaranteed to glvo
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23 cents per box. For sah1 bv Ktihn ft Co.
TWO WOMIJ.N IN A SWAMP.
Sunk In u Mntnnlri'hlli - Miil.lnur a
Sliorl Cut.
Katlo Van Duson. IS years old , Jersey
Clly Heights , and Martina Kostcr. 21 years
old , New York City , nearly lost their lives
In Hoboken , owing to a pprullar accident
Miss Koslcr Invited Miss Von Dusen to ac
company her to her home , relats HIP New
York Commercial. On Marshall street , be
tween First and Second streets , HIP ground
Is swampy. There was u path through this
ground which formed a short cut to the differ
ent st'eetH. This n tieiiui'iitly used by
Miss Kostcr. On account of the heavy rain
of Wednesday night the lowlands were cov-
eied with water. Miss Koiter and Miss Van
Dus.cn startexl through the upcn lots , but they
missed the path. They thought they were on
the right road , but they M > OII discovered that
the ground beneath them began to sink.
The further they went the hotter the eatth
he-came.
When the young women realized their dan-
CCT they were near thp tenter of the swamp.
They struggled to free t'lem elves , but their
txctloii8 : only cause.l them to sink deeper
In the mire , Miss Van Duse-n had bsen walk
ing In front , and she. therefore , was the first
lo get Into the mud. She struggled so hard
to free heiselt that choink nearly to her
neck. Miss Koster wa,3 burled to her waist
The cries of the women for assistance were
heard by Watchman Michael 'McCabe ' , tm-
nloycd In Nlvcn's coal ja'd. He secured tome
nlanks and lope. Out of tiic planltj he made
a footpath , i cached'the women , and with the
rope pulled both free of thp mud. They were
nearly exhausted. Miss Van Duscn would
have been drowned had not help reached them
when It did. aa thp mud and water were up
to her mouth when CMcCabe hauled her out.
The girls presented a eorry plight when
they were rescued. They we covered with
mud and were shivering frcm the cola. Police
Ofllcer Beatty. who arrived on the scene , of
fered to send for an ambulance to convey
the women to the hespltal , but they refused
to go to the institution , and were taken homo
In a cab. Tbo next morning they had almost
entirely recovered from the effects of their
accident.
for the laundry gives universal
satisfaction.
DR. E. C. WEST'S
NERVE AND BRAIN TREATMENT
THE ORIGINAL , ALL OTHERS IMITATIONS ,
U sold under positive Writtpu Guarantee ,
doiico.NorvouBnoas.Ijuisltudo.Hll Drains. Youth ,
ful Krrors , or lixcosalvo U > of Tobacco , Opium ,
or Liquor , which loads to Misery , Consumption ,
Insanity nnd Death. At store or by mail. $1 a
box ; eiz for $5 ; with ivrltCcn punrniitco to
euro or rofiinil money , finmple imcu-
nco , containing flro days' treatment , \plth full
luetructioni , 5 crnta. Ono pnmplo uuly Bold to
each porcon. At store or by mail.
Label Special
Extra Strength.
'For Impotenny , Ixma ot\
I'owor , Lost Mcnliood ,
Htorility or nitrrornuwa
> f I u buz ; six fur $5 ,
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3. AtcloroV
MJMTH Dillon 1)1-111 : Co. . H. I' , Ciirnci
Illlli anil Kuriiiiiu SIN. , Uiiiiilin , ! ti > li.
And Surgical Institute
HOb UwlKO Ht , Omaha , Neb.
rmi : : .
_ _ KpcrlullttH In treatment of
Chronic , Nervous and I'nvatc ' Dissasjs
anil nil WUAIv.Mi.SS tflCU
mill niMMtiiKiis or mCn
HYUHOeill.i : anil VAJtiejOt'l.'I.i ; permanently
und tuicennfully furej In e iry CUM- .
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lllooil I'oUon thoroughly cii'iinnd from the yt-
NCUVOUB Debility , HiaTinatorrheu , Hcmlnnl
Bffi ) , Nlit.it KiiilniflonH J.o > s of Vital J'owtrn
Hrmunenlly und tpceillly cured.
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( Vitality Weak ) , muilu KU ( > y too clone appli
cation to builm'fti or rtuily : i.neru mental Mruln
or Krlc-C ; .siXDAI : < IIXC'KBSKH In middleUfa
or from the vn > cU or youthful follhii. Call cr
wrllc them today. liox 277.
Omaha Mejical and Surgical I&stitule ,
FRENCH
TANSY
WAFERS
Tlit are the emuine FIIUNCJI TANHV
\VAKKltH , Impelled illnct from < -uili. I.oillei
can depend upon tuirlnK rtlltf from and
euro or pjlnfui and Irieculur peilodi , reKurtl-
Ut of cause. KMHIISON DHUO CO. ,
Importer ! and AeenU for the United HUtei.
Han Joe * . Cal.
for tale by the economical Drug Co. . I2i 9. HU
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