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TIIE OMAHA PA FLY REEt TuESDAY, MAY 31, 1904. ON THE WAT TO THE FROST How Xt Oorretpondenta Fared Wlao Tha Got iwa from Tokio. MKG YANG REACHED AFTER MUCH TOIL Puw KJasr Dovts Writes of His K perleaee with loMltri,. sallore Rsla Storm. (Copyright by New York Herald Co.. MM.) PINO YANG, Cores, April 14.-From a Btaff Correspondent of the New Tork Herald Special to The Bee.) I ssid In Chinnampo that I would go to Ping Yang, and bera I am, but saying nothing at all about going back. It wu a nna thing to go from Chinnampo to Ping Tang, because Ping Tang la on the war to Anju, and beyond Aiju omwhre la that elusive front that we have been after for ao long. When they told ua at headquartere in Chinnampo that we would go on to Ping Tang at one there waa aome gnaahlng of teeth because the canteen ateamer waa sot yet arrived and It had our horaea and baggage. One can go to the front with out food: that la eaay and hae often been done. But tt la not too feasible to go with out boraaa when the walking la bad and the front la 100 mllea ahead of you. There fore. It seemed wlao to wait for the ateamer with the beasts. It came In the evening, but the horaea were not landed until the next afternoon, becauaa there were no aampana large enough for the debarkation of horaea except tboae owned by the army, and they were buay discharging army atores. Then when they were at laat on land again the poor horaea were in great reed of reat for a day or two after their long inoarceration in the prison of a ahlp's hold. That made It clear that we could not atart before the afternoon of the next day. and then only for a ehort march of five or six mile. My English friend, who typtflee the force that haa made Britain great, having coughed tip a foundered pony In the wll 3 emeus of the Corean village back of the settlement, declared for an advance, and began it forthwith en hla own, with his In terpreter riding behind on a pony- hired for the special oocaalon and equipped with a aqua re Corean pack aaddle. Thereupon MacHugh and I determined to go on by boat aa far aa Ping Tang and once there to organize a pack train of our own and get along, leaving the canteen to get up aa soon aa tt could on Its pleasant task of overtaking the headquarter to which It and we were assigned. Being transporta tion by water, there would of course be no difficulty In taking all our baggage, and we e rolled inwardly at the thought of the Interest with which the forceful English man would learn In Ping Tang of our ar rival and departure In pursuit of the front. How It Rain la Cores. Then it began to rain. It is no news, but nevertheless a solemn fact that there la rain and rain. Soma rain rains and soma drlsslea. This rained. The many starred heaven that had hung over us became a hug impenetrable black pall that lowered threateningly Just overhead. Darkness that waa like the haven of no hop settled upon the streets of the aet ' tlement punctuated at long Intervals by the feeble gleam of a lantern animated by a single candle, whose fitfully sputtering rays , flickered across dreary deserted street and along blank, hopeless walls. Under foot there waa nothing but water and mud, a thin, slimy, treacherous mud, that lay on the surface of the clay made arid olay paved streets, waiting whom it might catch by the - unwary heel and ' sprawl at ' full length. overhead nothing but rain, driving, cold and needle aharp, the sort ef rain that, when you are not actuated by some great purpose or high resolve, penetrate your marrow aa it does your clothea aad makes your aoul shiver In It case. ; The word from the steamship agent was that w must be on board before 10 o'clock. . The ahlp was to sail at midnight It waa but a five hour run up the river to Ping Tang and w should be In easily for a T o'clock breakfast. There were let ter to writ 'and some baggage to' over haul and arrangements to be made with the canteen men for bringing over the horses, so that tt was after 8 when we were ready to begin sending the baggage down to the pier to go aboard the ahlp. We had sent out In good time for a lot of Coolies and they were already hanging i around the house. The Interpreter who had supervised their collection took stock of the baggage aad decided that It would take a few more men to handle it. So he sent out for more and Mae and i completed our work and were ready to go. Then we found that the coolies had already 'gone. One of the other Interpreters, who had not yet learned the Important fact In an interpreter's life or In anybody's that too much seal la oftentimes worse than too little, had undertaken to aav money for his employer by trying to beat down the coolies' charge for packing the baggage to the pier to t cent per man. There waa no recovering them. No promise of extra pay for the night work, with some thing added because of the rain, was suffi cient to lure them out again. Only two would go, and they war ridiculously In adequate. UBla to the Ptr. , It looked a hopeless proposition, but we bad said we would go to Ptng Tang by that boat, therefor It must be don. Th can teen had aome two-wheeled carta to be wsed la transporting Its supplies. Two of Pitchtlend costs eight dollars a ton. The Radium particles In it are worth , eight million dollars a pound. Why? Because pure Radium works wonders that nothing else will work. "FORCE" costs more than the run of break, fast foods because of the pains X take to make it pure. But if s worth the dif ference. wV the wer Impressed and then' torn of th canteen men to drag them. Mac went down with the first load to see that It was ssfeiy delivered at th pier, and I stayed behind to see that the next waa started. When It had gone I trailed along, leaving my Interpreter to see that th last of th duffl got on th first cart when It returned. Tou remember the old atory of the cat that climbed two feet out of th well every day and slipped back thre feet every night. Walking through the slimy street of the Chinnampo settlement waa some thing worse than being a cat in a weii. There was only one dlreotlon la which th cat could fall, but a man eliding over that mud could awing round the compaae and fall in any direction that pleased him moat The Japanese, or somebody else, have traded ud some of the streets In the cen ter,, and In that rain the slope at the aides were as easy of descent aa ever the Droaa way to the bottomleaa pit can be. If not as alluring. Splashing, sprawling, and now and then saying things, I slipped and slid down the long clay road to the pier, past the long lines of guns beside the road and the piles of war stores, covered with tar paullns and guarded by silent, statuesque sentries, who, I am sure, stood muffled in their great coats watching ma and saying over to themselves la gle as they viewed my performance: The rain raineth and th goos wlnketh, Little wotteth the. gosling what th goose thlni'.etn. On the pier was commotion. Mao was raging up and down, stamping hla feet and waving hla -arms, and occasionally lifting up" his vole In a roar that cleft the night and boomed back from the fay hills the cabaJlstlo word: ' "Sampan t" A Ibu at Last. It waa the call to arms, but there wer none to respond. Ranged along th rail ing of th pier there were several lanterns. which, upon Investigation, I found to be supported by Japanese of different alee, age and conditions of life. All, however, eeemed to be actuated by th earn mo tive, a fervent desire to get on board the 110-ton palatial river boat Keihb Mam. Now and then one of them tried his luck at calling a sampan. High and low, angry and gentle, rough and sharp, through all th range the calla went, and to each th answer was the same the boars gurgl of the river as it swept down under th Impulse of a six-knot tide. Sampana of all kinds lay within easy , rang of the calls and occasionally from one or another would come an encouraging word of re sponse. Then he who had uttered It would stick his head out from the comfortable and dry shelter of his 'little cabin, and taking note of the night and its disreputa-. ble character, dodge back again, leaving those who called to go on calling -a they willed. v . 1 came up to Mao aa he waa leaning over the rail and waving one hand energet ically back and forth, and I perceived that it held a 10-yen note. He waa no longer shouting "Sam pan 1" The nature of his call had changed. Instead of an Im perious demand there was entreaty and appeal in his voice, coupled with promise. He waved the money again and .shouted: "Ju yen I Ju yen!" Then when ther waa no response to that amaslng offer h raised his own bid two and roared nut: ."Jul yen I" Twelve yen for a aampan to a ahlpl It wa unheard of. Some of th Japanese waiting along th rail ahook their heads In a way that plainly Indicated their opinion that, this foreigner wa road. Bora of them came up and inquired politely if h would tell them his nationality, and two or thre soldiers walked down the pier and looked over him critically. But It worked. One boatman - heard who abut was .not ahov th consideration of a few paltry yrn. and hla aampan drifted down on the swif Hi and came in above th pier, in th line of aampana. that lay at anchor a few yards out. In th stream ther were evidences of more or less excited discus sion. Manifestly they cam to th oonclu slon that it was a Joke or a trap. No ean man would make such an Offer. It was useless to answer It. They ducked back into thelrv four-by-flva cablna and allenc again enveloped, them. But It did not matter now, on had heard and he waa all we needed. The only regret waa that they had not all struggled In to get the prise, so that ther could have been some satis faction in refusing some of them. Bora of the Japanese waiting for the sampans that did not come spoke to one of the interpre ters In mild protest at the offer of auch a price, saying that it prejudiced their chance of getting a boat. "Yes," said Mac. "but it got our. Efforts t Get Aboard. Because I have not mentioned for several lines th fact that it had continued all this time to rain steadily It must not be Inferred that there had been any letup In the downfall of water. That was going on at the same old rat aa if the real business of th summer had only Just been set under way. It was operating unhampered upon the baggage, by frontal atttack and on both wings at the same time. I came on In extended order. In echelon and In close column by division and charged steadily with all arms. Ther was no point of th line that did not feel Its full force, unless It was the left elbow of my overcoat and that felt the fullest effect. It I a cheerful thing on a hike to have your left elbow wet. That sensation of coolness ha suoh a tendency to check any rising warmth of feeling when things do not go Just as de sired. We began to awing the barrage down Into the sampan and th waiting Japan ese gathered about and Intimated politely that they were prepared to consider fa vorable any proposition looking to their going out also In that aampan. Bom of them seemed grieved to think that they wer not urged more Insistently. At last the baggage waa all In and Mao and I followed with the Interpreters, The sampan shoved oil and the two men at the sweep strained with all their might at the long sculls to keep the boat headed against th tide. Slowly the unwleldly craft moved up th stream, hugging the shore to avoid th greatest rush of th tidal current. The glow Of th paper lanterns on th pier faded and grew dim. The faint outlinne of th structure dlssappeared Into blackness. We were actually off Ping Tang. In the water there waa such phosphorescence aa on sometime sees in th tropical waters, when ever drop of rain that fell struck In a little ball of fire, and th crest of th little bow wave of the sampan was ridged with a atreak of flame, Several boat lengths ahead of the ateamer the aampan men took their clumsy craft before they turned out Into the stream to tnak th ship. Between us and our destination lay a big schooner, with two anchors .down and straining hard against Its chains.' W wer to go under Its bows to reach the steamer. With all their might th two boats men struggled. The heavy sweeps threshed th water In short, sharp atrokea, but strive aa they might they could hardly hold their own against the swift tide, Down on the bow of the schooner we wept and it seemed certain for a few mo ments that wa were not going to Ping Tang for some tlma. But by a last deeper at effort th heavy sampan waa foroed a little way against the tide and we cleared the nose of th schooner by a scant sis feat. In a minute th tide had swept th sampan over to th Kalho Maru and with another bard pull by th boetsman w were close enough alongside to grasp a friendly line and be hauled up to the gangway. It wa too risky to undertake passing the luggag op th gangway, and so th sam- IU1 THB B.EL1ABLB STOftB. The Sweetser Pembrook Stock On Sale Tuesday We Were in on the Ground Floor This was the largest pur chase of merchandise that ever' arrived in Omaha. Wash Goods, Linens, White Goods and Domestics 100,000 yards of the finest wash goods that was made to sell this summer at 25c, 89o and 49c, all will 1Ap go at one price.. .... 100,000 yards of the cream of all the American mills, that was made to sell at 15c, 19o and 25o, will go on tyi this sale at. 2 200,000 yards that was made to sell at 10c 12ic, 15o and 19o yard, will go' CIri . at, ay w issaasatiiaaasasi -" - 10o dress ginghams, i7,-i at -J0 6c dress prints, On at 50,000 yards of ehort lengths and mill ends, worth up to 25c yard, will go 03it at 1,000 Other Bargains In -Wash Goods. pan was hauled up to a cargo port and th duffle waa passed through. . It was worth th whole thing to see that head sampan man climb up the side and grab th a-yen not 4hat Mao gave him. He clung to the aid 6f the ship like 'a monkey while he spread out the note In th light of th lantern and examined It. It mattered nothing to blm that th rain waa soaking It Into pulp. His eyes gleamed as they feasted on the rare treasure. "Ten dollar t" he cried, In glee. Then he scrambled back to the tiny cabin of his boat and. opening th door, thrust th bill Into th handa of someone inside, with as much chattering aa flock of bander-log. Bat Mot to Ptmr Tsag. Wa wer on the way to Ping Tang. Mao and X aought our cabin. Wa were to be to gether In on "stateroom." It waa about four feet wide and a little over five feet long, with two bunks, for and aft. There waa Just room between th bunks and the outer wall to put my saddle pockets. There was not room In th bunk to lie out at full length. Th room had been freshly painted with the new Japanese paint that la sup posed to be Insect proof, and if there ia any sens of smell In th insect It certainly must- be proof against them. It aroma reached out Into th dark night a powerful manifestation of lta presence. Neverthe less, w turned In and actually slept, for we wer carrying out a high resolve, and obstacles were not to b considered. Ther was a boy In the ahlp who la prob ably on her list as cabin boy. Ha la about thre feet tall and hla face la about aa round aa the man's In the moon. . He came to us gravely and said many things. We responded quit politely, and neither knew a word that the other had said, yet both were satisfied. He brought us tea that was hot, and in the morning aerved up basins of piping hot water and watched the laving and shaving process with evident delight. Then he produced breakfast toast, more hot tea and a thing h thought waa a beef steak, which had been frying in rancid grease for the laat ten years. Now we learned that w wer not going In th steamer to Ping Tang, aa wa had supposed. Ther Is a place down th river from her, about six miles, which goea by the mellifluous nam of Man Kyeng Pal, although It I pronounced Man-an-day. Ther th steamer stopped, as If It had grown tired of threshing forward In th rain, and w wer Informed that th rest of th Jouurney waa to b mad In a sam pan. It was after B o'clock In the morn, lng when w ten Chinnampo, Instead of midnight, and th rewult waa that w reached this town of the sweet but dim cult spelled nam Juat at th finish of th flood tide. In fact, th current had already set down stream when wa anchored. There waa the same reluctance on th part of the aampan men of Man Kyeng Pal to work In the rain that there had been among those of Chinnampo. but on man finally cams along In a huge, lum bering boat that was as broad nearly as it was long, and after a few minute of dickering agreed to tike ua all with our baggag up to Ptng Tang. It looked a doubtful proposition, for he wa alone and ther was place in hla boat for only on aoull, but it was the only chance and wa took It When w war all loaded up ther waa an appeal from ona of th Japanese passenger for permission to go along In our boat, and by a rare stroke of genius on of th Interpreters told him he oould oom. Thus w entertained our angel unaware, for he It waa who got us through to Ping Tang. Jasaaee Puiesin I'sefal. hundred yards from th ship U be came apparent that w wer "overloaded, undermanned," if not "meant to founder." The heavy sampan aaly crawled along against the stream, and every minute w saw the current Increasing. At last the boatman ran It close Inshore and Jump4 out with his long tt rope In hi hand. With on end over his shoulder he trudged along the bank, and for a while the boat mad fairly good time, probably aa much a two miles an hour. But there came some brush along the bank and he bad to return to tb boat to work around From Sweetser-Pembrook Stock Another Immense shipment lust received and will go on sale Tuesday morning, May 31st, at almost unreasonably low prices. Fully three weeks previous to the auction sale and while this firm was striving.to unload, we secured from their representative many thousand yards Silks, Wash Goods, Linens, Domestics, Etc., at our own price. The first shipment has btnm here for some days past and a great part of it has been reduced to the remnant stage. The second shipment, larger and if anything better than the first, is now here and must be disposed of in short order. Watch Our Ads. Our Prices Will Move the Goods. New Shipment Silks from Sweetser-Pembrook Co. On Special Sale Tuesday for First Time. Cyclone of Silk Bargains. The Biggest and Best Lot of Silks We Ever Offered on Special Sale. 50 pieces Plain and Changeable Taffetas, extra heavy, worth $1100 pieces Fancy Silks, suit able for shirt waist suits, all the fashionable styles and colors, worth up T Cgm to $1.2510 pieces Elegant Pongee Silk, In natural colorall in one lot 3 W Tuesday at Superb collection of Silks in 100 and colore all from Sweetser, Co., and worth two and three times sale price.. Yard wide Black Wash Silk on sale for Yard wide Black Taffeta Silk, worth $1.75, on sale 27-inch wide Black Taffeta Silk, worth 85c, on sale Yard wide Colored Wash Silk for kimonas on sale. Fine Wash Fabrics From the Great Liquidation Sale 45-inch Silk Embroidered Dress Swiss wholesaled 1 Qp at 37$c yard in this sale yard. IvJ w 32-inch Fancy Embroidered Dress Swiss wholesale 1 1 C price 25c in this sale yard... Fancy White Silk Mull, satin striped wholesaled O Cjn at 52 Jc yard in this sale yard . t-JS Fancy Mercerized White Walstings wholesaled O trt up to 57c yardin this sale yard......... Greatest Bargains in Shirt Waist Suitings Ever Heard of. It. By this time the tide waa settings out strong, and it was " alow work getting around the brush." When he got to earth again the boys followed, and ther began the thtng that cantjjjnwir proving our un doing. In the same aid overaekloui apfrlt of which w already had aufflclent ex hibition they started off on their own hook, filled with the idea' of getting Into Ping Tang ahead of Mao and me and doing aomethlng or other Indefinite for which we ahould-be extremely grateful when we finally arrived. ' quite forgetful of the axiomatic fact that an interpreter two or three miles ahead of you la not of much account In carrying On a conversaUon In whloh you are Interested. By the time all the Interpretera had got so far ahead that there was no howling them back the boat came abreast of two large sampana anchored out in the stream. Mao and I succeeded finally in indicating to the Japanese who had come along aa a passenger that it would be desirable to get another man or two from these sampans to help out our poor chap. H grasped th Idea with enthusiasm, and after a vigorous use of Corean vernaoular persuaded our boatman to get back Into the sampan and scull out to those at anchor. Then h wnt aboard and there followed a demonstration of th masterfulness of his spirit. Tor out of the comfort of their dry cabin he rav ishsd two strong, husky coolies and got them into our boat. I know not what threats or promises he made, but th sound of th language be used was awful, and if dire necessity had not been urging me on I should oertalnly hav ent for th polio or the humanitarian agent. But he got the men, and for the time being that was the main thing. Back to the bank we went, and with two towing and on culling wa forged ahead again at the breath-taking rate of about a mile an hour. Our Japanese preserver walked along, scan ning the river and shaking, his head. At intervals he talked to us in the smiling, persuaalv manner of the man who knows perfectly that you do not understand a word of what he Is aaylng. His gestures toward the stream, however, supplied the meaning his words failed to convey. It was touch and go whether wa ahould get to Ping Tang without waiting for the next tide. Loa Wait for Interpreters. Still it rained, th same old driving, HOW TO FIND OUT Pill a bottle or common glass with your water and let it etand twenty-four hours) a sediment or settling Indicatea an un healthy condition of the kldneya; If It atalna the linen it la evidence of kidney trouble too frequent desire to pas It, or pain in th back, Is also convincing proof that th kidney and bladder are out of order. What to Do. There la comfort In the knowledge so often expressed that Pr. Kilmer's Swamp Root, th great kidney remedy, fulfill very wish In curing rheumatism, pain In the pack, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part of th urinary passage. It corrects Inability to bold water and scalding pain in passing It, or bad effects following use of liquor, wins or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant necessity of being compelled to go often during the day, and to get up many timea during the night The mild and th extraordinary effect of Swamp Root Is soon realised. It stands the high est for Its wonderful cures of the most dis tressing cases. If you need a medicine you ahould hav the best Bold by druggist In fifty-cent and one-dollar slses, Tou may have a sample bottle of Swamp. Root, th great kidney remedy, and a book that tella all about It, both aent absolutely free by mall. Address, Pr. Kilmer ft Co., Blnghamton, N. T. When writing be surs to mention that you read tbi generous offer In Tb Omaha Pally Be. Don't make any mistake, hut remember th nam, Swamp-Root. Pr. Kilmer' Swamp-Root, and th address, Blnghamton, N. T., oa every bottle. different kinds Tembrook & j Qp rT 3 w marrow searching cold rain. The boya ahead wer out of sight and we wer plugging along at leaa than a mile an hour. But wa wer getting on, which wa better than , coming to a standstill. Now th iniquity oi -th 'interpreter' developed In lu fulness. They had landed on an Island, and wa reached th spot whsr it waa necessary to cross th stream to th bank on which Ping Tang lies. But ther was no communicating With them. Our Japa nese philosopher ran on ahead and howled hla lunga nearly out trying to make them hear, but could not even come in alght of them. In a village a few hundred yards from ths bank he learned that they had been seen following the ahor line aom time before and were undoubtedly going clear around th Island. Ther waa nothing to do but alt down and wait for them, . and there we atoppd. For two hour we waited, and every minute saw the rising tld grow stronger and th water along th bank that hd been com paratively quiet . that by grekt effort wa could advance through it become swift and impassable for ua. It was all over. Th only hope of Ping Taag'ejsna on th next tide. ' At last the boys came in alght again far behind ns. We watched them follow along th bank, and supposed of course that they could tell from th footprint that we had com on. But when they cam to th place where they had turned off Inland before, to make what they thought would be a out off, they turned back on their own trail, and we said in our Juat rag that If w had th time we would let them walk again all around th biassed Island. But time pressed, for ws meant to make yet on effort, and ao our Japanese friend hurried down after thera and brought them back, very shamefaced and penitent Now wa crossed th stream to try to tow up on th other bank, and In cross ing loat an Invaluable S00 yards. Near th other bank the clumsy sampan grounded, and It was evident that ther was not suffi cient water to float It olose enough to th shore . to permit towing; th line was too short "Wall," said Mae, "you go on to tows and I will atay her and watch the boat Meet roe at th landing when th tld serves." A BelpfeJ American. Bo up th three mile that ar longer than any five I ever walked before X trudged through th mud and th rain, and through the streets, through which run th open sewers of th olty, to head quarters. Ther was a red roofed house on a hill whloh had been plainly visible all the walk, and there, as our Japanese guide, who walked up with ma, said, lived an American "Christmas." From head quarters I sought this "Cbristmaa" and found blm Indeed a helpful friend, for he knew th man who had been sent across oountry to meet me, with an. outfit of ponies and supplies, so that one Maa and th baggage were up w oould go on at once. At headquarter they had told ua that we could go aa soon aa wa liked and they would glv ua th road passes at once. I found the man with th pack train and down th river wa want It was just dusk when w eame to the place where I had left tb boat, and there It still waa, having been unable to get a foot ahead. Half an hour later the baggag waa aU packed nd w wer aettlng out for town again. Th pack coolie who had lived in Ping Tang all their Uvea vowed that they knew a abort cut, and ia our extrem ity we took tt forgetful of the truth of th old saw about th long way around being tha shortest way home. Through rlo Held and mud flag, serosa swamps and ditches, whsr ponies fell And soaked their loads, up hill and down dale, tnt th black, eternal night they led ua with no more Idea of where they war going than if they had been In an airship float lng to tha moon. Hour after hour w struggled ofi. Our American exhausted his fluent stook of Corean vernacular. He cracked tha long whip ha carried. H used language that would hav Justified a gov eraracDt ssul driver, and tb oaly re Bargain counters loaded with hundreds of pieces of fine Silk of every description from the Sweetser, Pembrook & Co. 2 on sale wtJw . . 40c 85c 55c 59c Flannel Dept. 12ic Drapery Cre- V P tonne at yard ... . "72"' 12Jc extra wide f Bhaker Flannel, yd. 2 $2.00 White Fringed Bed Spreads, Marseilles pat terns, beautiful designs, heavy knotted fringe and large size, 1 1Q each sult that appeared waa that oh of th ponies, Upon which only about 400 pounds had been ' packed, thought hla load too light and took to fighting with another, Anally throwing his pack and smashing some of th packages. . , . -But we got here. It was midnight, and th "American Chrletmaa" had long given aa p. Only the faithful cook had waited, and as we . eat down to a piping hot sup per we took stock of ourselves and laughed. W had kpt our high resolv. W were In Ping Tang. But no man can tempt us to undertake the trip back. Aa for Ping Tang Itself, if you tak the naUve cltlea of Canton, Shanghai and Tien Tain and mix them up In a bunch with aom of th most odoroue sections of Peking, you approach something of the smell of it Beyond smell there Is nothing but a flock of mud huts roofed with thatch and hundreds of grbsy Coreans. No won der the "American Chrietmas" Uvea on th highest hilt OSCAR KINO PAVIS. REGION A VAST SOLITUDE Labrador Said to Bo tb Host Desolate Soot oa Top of the Crust Th coast of Labrador la th edge of a vast solitude of rocky hills, split and blasted by th frosts and beaten by the waves of th Atlantlo for unknown ages. A grand headland, yellow, brown and black In lta nakedness, Is aver In sight, on to th north of you and on to th south. Here and there upon them ar strips and patches of pal green mosses, lean grasses and dwarf shrubbery. There ar no forests except In Hamilton inlet Occasionally miles of precipice front th sea in which fancy may roughly shape all the structures of human art. More frequent than beadlande and per. pendlcular aea fronts are the aea slope, often bald and tame, and then th perfec tion of all that la picturesque and rough. In the Interior the blue hill and atony rales that wind np from among them from th see, hav a eummerllko and pleasant air. One finds himself peopling these re gion and dotting their hills, valleys and wild shores with human habitations, but a second thought and a mournful one It Is, tells that no men toll in tha fields away there, no women keep the horn off ther, no children play by th brooks or shout -i - - Call r phon TODAY, for on bo til of Kllmlno and see how MUCH HET- I TUB. II snakee you fsel Twllvered free. For sale by I HCHAKKKH B CVT PKK'B DRUG TOak.li. K T. Tate. Proprietor I lsth and Chicago Bin.. Omaha, 'Phones til and 77. Wth and N Hts., South I Osnaba, 'Pbone No. 1. tk) Ave, end Main 8t., Council Bluffs, 'i'hone ISO. BfflrD TUB H KM A 111. R ITOBE, THE GRLAT SWEETSER PEMBROOK Linen and Domestic Stock on Sale. 62-in. Half Bleached Table Linen, guaranteed pure linen, regular 65c A Q p Value, at, yard "T -w Turkey red table dama9k, in all the latest colors and designs, regular 40c 1f value, at, yard.... w.W2w Bleached Napkins, $ size and pure linen, sold regular at $2, on sale Tuesday i Q only, at, dozen.... lat-J Bleached Muslin, 36 in. wide, soft finish, regular 9Jc value, on sale Tuesday 7 C only, at, yard M. Keady-to-use Pillow Cases, made from the New York Mills cot ton, 45x36 in. These are sold everywhere at 20c, 1 1 on sale, at, each. . . . XT2 12 Yards of English Long Cloth for $1.08 Don't fail to see our large stock of 'White Goods, con sisting of India Linon, Madras open work and lace stripes. around the country tchoolhouse, no beea come home to the hive, no crjoke curia from the farmhouse chimney, r.o orohard blooms, no bleating sheep flock the moun tain side with whiteness, and no heifer lows In the twilight - r? rr . There Is nobody there, there never was but a miserable and scattered few, and there never will be. It Is a graat and ter rible wlldness, thousands of miles in ex tent and lonesome to th very wild animals and birds. Left to the still visitation of tho light from the aun, moon and atara and the auroral fires, It Is only fit to look upon and then be given over to Its primeval solitari ness. But for the living things of its waters, the cod, salmon and seal, which brings thousands of fishermen to its waters and tradera to its bleak shores. Labrador would be aa desolate as Greenland. Th time la now coming when with good steam ship accommodations the Invalid and tour ist from the states will be found spending th brief but lovely spmmer here, notwith standing Its ruggedneis and desolation. Boston Transcript. Varleos Kind of MaMibtno Gems. Tho first machine gun of any note was . the Qatllng. . The original Gatllng had ten ' barrels placed In a circle, with a breech mechanism so arranged that by turning a crank these barrels wer successively fired, the cartridges being placed In a small hop- . per altuated on the top of the gun. The Hotchklss was a similar gun, having a similar arrangement of barrels, but a totally different form of mechanism. The Hotchklss system, however, was used for a larger type of ammunition than the Get ting. The French mitrailleuse had thirty barrels. They wer all loaded at the same time and all fired simultaneously. The re coil waa ao great that It had to be mounted In the same manner as a f.eld piece, on a' heavy carriage, requiring six horses. The apparatus waa clumsy, difficult to operate and had a comparatively slow rate of Are. Tha Nordenfeldt gun consists of a series of barrels arranged side by side, like organ pipes. The Nordenfeldt gun generally has five barrels, and th mechanism is worked by a lever, the cartridges falling down from a hopper on the top of the arm Into posi tion, where the 'mechanism th'. usts thera Into the barrel. Area them, and cxtracta the empty case. This gun is of great simplicity and for a time went Into extensive use. Harper's Weekly. 1 . JSSBS!SSWSsWSBBSWSW"r Woman's Powers, Charms Beauty E3ABIDE IN PURE, RED BLOOD es AS re dread reach skin, msear eon blotobes, stuselsk oimulatlon, oold hsi Ihi, aisntel dspreuion, general wesku maddr eomplaxloa. lands and lus.s and mitiwi, s assured tnai your hluod Is (till of erio a"ld poisons sad should fcs olesnsed br sJJHINO, tbs surprise and dellgtit of womankind. Danger In Delay I Yfommn'm Raloaaa From Pain, BUMINATUM dissolves the arsle poisons that esus naln and espsls tasas frost tae .fit. in. From pi rslisf assnrad ask your druggisl or writ for Jtooaiet too, li u tree. EIIoIbp Uedlclni Co., Des Moines, Iowa. sJt-r 1f Ir V J Uswu-srsll fcj awnaMnawfiaai Neglect to olser oil the poisons aad ther will bardsn and ssttis In ine Joint nod iitu, osu.iug in aittrsaslns pains of Rmsi'mati.u or Nsi'al ! aid bsinfil Miotirunilon. tang oontinued asleoisorBiMlsttois sad deforoiii will result. (0
