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'THE PITTSBURG-' "" DISPATCH, SATURDAY, 'JUNE ' ' '28, ' 1890.
'.'"pie fori alvraTS keep small change as
bakshish when I am in camp.
Ganga Dass clutched the coins and hid
them at once in his ragged loiu cloth, his
expression changing to something diabolical
as he looked round to assure himself that no
one had observed us.
"Now I will give you something to eat,"'
said he. ,
"What pleasure the possession of my money
could have afforded him I am unable to say;
hut inasmuch as it did give him evident de
light, I was not sorry that I parted with it
so readily, for I had no doubt that he would
have had me killed if I had refused. One
does not protest against the vagaries of a
den of wild beasts; and my companions
were lower than any beasts.
"While I devoured what Gunga Dass had
provided, a coarse chappatti and a cup of
the foul well water, the people showed not
the faintest sign ot curiosity the curiosity
which is so rampant, as a rule, in an Indian
Tillage.
TORTURE.
I could even fancy that they despised me.
At all events they treated me with the most
chilling indifference, and Gunga Dass was
nearly as bad. I plied him with questions
about the terrible village, and received ex
tremely unsatisfactory answers. So far as I
could gather, it had been in existence from
time immemorial whence I concluded that
it was at least a century old nd during
that time no one had ever been known to
escape from it. (I had to control myself
here with both bands, lest the blind terror
f should lay hold ot me a second time and
S drive me raving round the crater.) Gunga
? Dass took a malicious pleasure in emphasize
. ing tbis point and in watching me wince.
Nothing that I could do would induce him
to tell me who the mysterious "They" were.
"It is so ordered," he would reply, "and
I do not yet know any one who has dis
obeyed the orders."
Only wait till my servants find that I
am missing," I retorted, "and I promise
you that this place shall be cleared off the
face of the earth, and I'll jrive you a lesson
in civility, too, my friend."
"Your servants would be torn in pieces
. before tbey came near this place; and, be
sides you are dead, my dear friend. It is
not your fault, of course, but none the less
you are dead and buried."
At irregular intervals supplies of food, I
was told, were dropped down from the land
slide into the amphitheater and the inhab
itants fought for them like wild beasts.
"When a man felt his death coming on he
retreated to his lair and died there. The
body was sometimes dragged out of the hole
and thrown on the sand or allowed to rot
where it lay.
The phra'se "thrown on the sand" caught
.- my attention, and 1 asked Gunga Dass
t whether this sort of thing was not likely to
f breed 4 pestilence.
r "That," said he, with another of his
f wheezy chuckles, "yon may see for yourself
r subsequently. Yon will have much time to
make observations."
KO ESCAPE.
I "Whereat, to his great delight, I winced
once more and hastily continued the con
versation: "And how do vou live here
from day to day? "What do jou do?" The
question elicited exactly the same answer as
before coupled with the information that
"this place is like your European heaven;
there is neither marrying nor giving in mar
riage." Gunga Dass had been educated at a mis
sion school and, as he himself admitted,
had he only changed his religion "like a
wise manj" might have avoided the living
grave which was now his portion. But as
, long as I was with him I fancy he was
happy.
Here was a Sahib, a representative of the
dominant race, helpless as a child and com
pletely at the mercy of his native neigh
bors. In a deliberate, lrzy way he set him
self to torture me as a schoolboy would de
vote a rapturous half-hour to watching the
agonies ot an impaled beetle, or as a ferret
u uiiuu uutrow migni giue himself com
fortably to the neck of a rabbit.
The burden of his conversation was that
ihorc was no escape "ol no kind whatever,"
and that I should stay here till I died, and
was "thrown on the sand." If it were pos
sible to forejudge the conversation of the
damned on the advent of a new soul in
their abode, I should sj that thev would
speak as Gunga Dass did to me throughout
that long afternoon. I nas powerless to
protest or answer; all my energies being de
voted to a struggle against the inexplicable
terror that threatened to overwhelm me
again and again. I can compare the feel
ing to nothing except the struggles of a man
against the overpowering nausea of the
Channel passage onlp my agony was of
the spirit and infinitely more terrible.
As the day wore on the inhabitants be
gan to appear in lull strength to catch the
raysof the afternoon sun, which were now
sloping in at the mouth of the crater. They
assembled in little knots, and talked among
themselves without even throwing a glance
in my direction. About 4 o'clock, as far as
I could judge, Gunga Dass rose and dived
into his lair for a moment, emerging with a
live crow in his hands. The wretched bird
was in a most draggled and deplorable con
dition, but seemed to be in no way afraid ot
its master.
Advancing cautiousiy to the riverfront,
Gunga Dass stepped from tussock to tussock
until he had reacheda smooth natph nrconrl
directly in the line of the boat's fire. The
occupants of the boat took no notice. Here
he stopped, and with a couple of dexterous
turns of the wrist perged the bird on its
batk with outstretched wings.
As was only natural, the crow began to
shriek at once and beat the air with its
claw. In a few seconds the clamor had
attracted the attention of a bevy of wild
crows on a shoal a lew hundred yards away,
where they were discussing something that
looked like a corpse. Half a dozen crows
flew over at once to see what was going on,
and also, as it proved, to attack the pinioned
bird.
THE CHASE.
Gunga Dass, who had lain down on a
tnsspek, motioned me to be quiet, though I
fancy this was a needless precaution. In a
moment, and before I could see how it hap
pened, a wild crow, who had grappled with
the shrieking and helpless bird, was en
tangled in the latter's claws, swittlv disen
gaged by Gunga Dass, and pegged down
beside its companion in adversity.
Curiosity, it seemed, overpowered the rest
of the flock, and 'almost before
Gunga Pass and I had lime to withdraw to
the tussock, two more oaptives were strug
gling in the nptnrned claws of the decoys.
So the chase if I can give it so dignified a
name continued until Gunga Dass had
captured seven crows. Five of them he
throttled at once, reserving two for further
operations another day. I was a good deal
impressed by this, to me, novel method ot
securing food, and complimented Gunga
Dass on his skill.
,"It is nothing to do," said he. "To-morrow
you must do it for me. Tou are stronger
than I am."
This calm assumption of superiority upset
me not a little, and I answered peremp
torily: "Indeed, you old ruffi.iinl What
do ynn think I have given yon moi.ey for?"
'Very well," was the unmoved reply.
"Perhaps not to-morrow, nor the day a.te'r,
nor subsequently, but in the end, and for
many years, vou will catch crows and eat
crows, and you vill thank your European
God that you have crows to catch and eat."
I could cheerfully have strangled him
for this, but judged it best under the cir
cumstances to smother my resentment. An
hour later I was eating one of tbe crows,
and, as Gunga Dass bad said, thanking my
God that I bad crow to eat
Never as long as I live shall I forget that
evening meal. The whole population were
squatting on tbe hard sand platform oppo
site their dens, huddled over tiny fires of
refuse and dried rnshes. Death, having
once laid his hand upon these men and for
borne to strike, seemed to stand aloof from
them now; for most 01 our company were
uld men, bent and worn and twisted with
ye. rs, and women aged to all appearance as
the ates themselves. They sad together in
NKnots .uitl talked God only knows what
tbey found to discuss in low equable tones,
curiously in contrast to tbe strident babble
with which natives are accustomed to make
day hideous.
XV X TSEKZY.
Now and then an access of that sudden
fury which had possessed me in the morning
would lay hold ou a man or woman, and
with yells and imprecations the sufferer
would attack the steep slope until, bj filed
and bleeding, he fell back on the platform
incapable or moving a limb. The others
would never even raise their eyes when, this
hapuened, as men too well aware of the
futility of their fellows' attempts and wearied
with their useless repetition. I saw four
snch outbursts in the course of fhat evening.
Gunga Dass took an eminently business
like view ot my situation, and while we
were dining T can afford to laugh at the
recollection now, but it was painful enough
at the time propounded the terms on which
he would consent to "do" for me. My nine
rupees eight annas, he argued, at the rate of
three annas a day, would provide me with
food for 51 days, or about seven weeks
that is to say, he would be willing to care
for me for that length of time. At the end
of it I was to look after myself.
For a further consideration videlicet, my
boots he would be willing to allow me to
occupy the den next to his own, and would
supply me with as much dried grass for bed
ding as he could spare.
"Very well, Gunga Dass," I replied, "to
the first terms I cheerfully agree, but as
there is nothing on earth to prevent my
killing you as you sit here and taking
everything that you have (I thought of the
two invaluable crows at the time), I flatly
refuse to give you my boots, and shall take
whichever den I please."
The stroke was a bold one and I was glad
when I saw that it had succeeded. Gunga
Dass changed his tone immediately; and
disavowed all intention of asking for my
boots.
TERRORS OF THE SITUATION. -At
the time it did not strike me as at all
strange that I, a civil engineer, a man of 13
years' standing in the service, and I trnst an
average Englishman, should thus calmly
threaten murder and violence against the
uiaa wno iiau, iura cuusiucrauuu, it is true,
taken me under his wing. I had left the
world, it seemed, for centnries. I was as
certain then as I am now of my own exist
ence that in the accursed settlement there
was no law save that of the strongest; that
the living dead men had thrown behind
them every canon of the world which had
cast them out and that I had to depend for
my own life on my strength and vigilance
alone. The crew of the ill-fated Mignonette
are the ouly men who would understand my
frame of mind.
"At present," I agreed to myself, "I am
strong and a match lor six of these wretches.
It is imperatively necessary that I should,
for my own sate, keep both health and
strength until the hour of my release comes
if it ever does."
fortified with these resolutions I ate and
drank as much as I could, and made Gnnga
Gass understand that I intended to be his
master, and that the least sign of insubordi
nation on his part would be visited with the
only punishment I had in my power to in
flict sudden and violent death. Shortly
alter mis i. went to bed.
That is to say, Gunga Dass gave me a
double armful of dried bents, which I thrust
down the mouth of the lair to the right of
his and followed myself, feet foremost, the
hole running about nine feet into the sand
with a slight downward inclination, and be
ing neatly shored with timbers. From my
den, which faced the river front, I was able
to watch the waters of the Sutlej, flowing
past under the light of a young moon and
compose myself to sleep as best I might
The horrors of that night I snail never
forget." My den wag nearly as narrow as a
coffin, and the sides had been worn smooth
and greasy by the contact of innumerable
naked bodies, added to which it smelled
abominably. Sleep was altogether out of
the question to one in my excited frame of
mind. As the night wore on it seemed that
the entire amphitheater was filled with le
gions ot unclean devils that, trooping up
from the shoals below, mocked the unfortu
nate in their lairs.
THE QUICK8A2TD.
Personally I am not of an imaginative
temperament very lew engineers are but
on that occasion I was as completely pros
trated with nervous terror as any woman.
After half an hour or so, however, I was
able once more to calmly review my chances
or escape. Any exit by the steep sand walls
was, of course, impracticable. I had been
thoroughly convinced of this some time be
fore. It was possible, just possible, thatlmight,
in the uncertain moonlight, safely run tbe
gantlet of the .rifle shots. The place was so
lull of terror for me that I was prepared to
undergoany risk in leaving it. Imagine
my delight, then, when after creeping
stealthily to the river front, I found that the
internal boat was not there. My freedom
lay before me in the next lew steps!
By walking out to the first shallow pool
that lay at the foot of the projecting left
horn of the horseshoe, I could wade across,
turn the flank of the crater and make mv
way inland. 'Without a moment's hesita
tion I marched briskly past the tussocks
itbere bunga Dass had snared the crows and
out in the direction of the smooth white
sand beyond. My first step from the tufts
of dried grass showed me how utterly futile
was any hope of escape, tor, as I put my foot
down, I felt an indescribable drawing, suck
ing motion of the sand below. Another
moment and my leg was swallowed up near
ly to the knee. In the moonlight the whole
surface of the sand seemed to be shaken with
devilish delight at my disappointment. I
struggled clear, sweating with terror and
exertion, back to tbe tussocks behind me
and fell on my face.
My only means of escape from the semi
circle was protected with a quicksand!
How long I lay I have not the faintest
idea; but I was roused at last by the malevo
lent chuckle of Gunga Dass at my ear.
"I would advise you. Protector of the Poor"
(the ruffian was speaking English), "to re
turn to your house. It is unhealthy to lie
down here. Moreover, when the boat re
turns, you will most certainly be rifled at."
He stood over me in the dim light of the
dawn, chuckling and laughing to himself.
THERE IS A TVAT.
Suppressing my first impulse to catch the
mau by the neck and throw him onto the
quicksand, I rose sullenly and followed
him to the platform below the burrows.
Suddenly, and futilely as I thought while
I spoke, I asked: "Gunga Dass, what is
the good of the boat if I can't get out any
how?" I recollect that even in my deepest
trouble I had been speculating vaguely on
the waste of ammunition in guarding an
already well protected foreshore.
Gnnga Dass laughed again and made
answer: "They have the boat only in day
time. It is for the reason that there is 3
way. I hope we shall have the pleasure of
vour company for mnch longer time. It is
a pleasant soot when you have been here
some years and eaten roast crow long
enough."
I staggered, numbed and helpless, toward
the fetid burrow allotted to me and fell
asleep. An hour or so later I was awakened
by a piercing scream the shrill, high
pitched scream ot a horse in pain. Those
who have once heard that will never forget
the sound. I lound some little difficulty in
scrambling out of the burrow. When I was
in the open I saw Pornic, joy poor old Por
nic, lying dead on the sandy soil.
Sow they had killed him I cannot guess.
Gunga Dass explained that horse was better
than crow, and "greatest good of greatest
number is political maxim. We are now a
republic. Mister Jukes, and you are entitled
to a fair share of the beast. It you like we
will pass a vote of thanes, bhall I pro
pose?" Yes, we are a republic indeed! A republic
of wild beasts penued at the bottom of a pit,
to eat and hgbt and sleep till we died. I at
tempted no protest of any kind, but sat down
and stared at the hideous sight in front of
me. In less time almost than it takes me to
write tbis Pornic's body was divided, in
some unclean way or other; the men and
women had dragged the fragments on to the
platform and were preparing their morning
meaL Gunga Dass cooked mine.
THE OTHEB SAHIB.
The almost irresistible impulse to fly at
tbe sand walls until I was weary laid hold
of .me afresh, and I had to struggle against
it with all my might Gunga Dass was of
fensively jocular till I told him that if he
addressed another remark of an v kind what
ever to me I should strangle him 'where he
sat This silenced him until silence became
insupportable, and I bade him say some
thing. "You will live here till you die like the
other Feringhi," he said coolly, watching me
over the fragment of gristle that he was
gnawing.
"What other Sahib, you swine? Speak
at once and don't stop to tell me a lie."
"He is over there," answered Gunga Dass,
pointing to a burrow mouth about four doors
to the left ot my own. "You can see for
yourself. . He died in the burrow as you
will die and I .will die, and as all these men
and the one child will also die." ,
"For pity's sake, tell me all you know
about him. Who was he? When did he
come and when did he die?"
This appeal was a weak step on my part
Gunga Dass only leered and replied: "I
will not unless you give me something
nrst."
Then I recollected where I was and struck
the man between the eyes, partially stun
ning him. He stepped down from the plat
form at once, and cringing and fawning and
weeping and attempting to embrace toy
feet, led me round to the burrow which he
had indicated.
"I know nothing whatever about the gen
tleman. Your God be my witness that I do
not He was as anxious 10 escape as you
were and he was shot from the boat, though
we all did all things to prevent him. He
was shot here." Gunga Dass laid his hand
on his lean stomach and bowed to the earth.
"Well, and what then? Go on."
"And then and then, Your Honor, we
carried him into his house and gave him
water and put wet cloths on the wound, .and
he laid down in,his house and gave up the
ghost."
-''In how long? In how long?"
A TERRIBLE DEATH.
"About hall an hour after he received his
wound. I call Vishnu to witness," yelled
the wretched man, "that I did everything
for him. 'Everything which was possible,
that I did."
He threw himself down on the ground
and clasped my ankles. But I had my
doubts about Gunga Dass benevolence and
kicked him off as he lay protesting.
"I believe you robbed him of everything
he had. But 1 can find out in a minute or
two. How long was the Sahib here?"
"Nearly a year and a half. I think he
must have gone mad. But hear me swear.
Protector of the Poor! Won't your Honor
hear me swear that I never touched an ar
ticle that belonged to him? What is Your
Worship going to do?"
I had taken Gunga Dais by the waist and
had hauled him upon the platform opposite
the deserted burrow. As I did so I thought
of my wretched fellow prisoner's unspeak
able misery among all these horrors for 18
months and the final agony of dying like a
rat in a hole, with a bullet wound in tbe
stomach. Gunga Dass fancied I was going
to kill him, and -he howled pitifully. The
rest of the population, in the plethora that
follows a full flesh meal, watched us without
stirring,
"Go inside. Gunga Dass," said I. "and
fetch it out"
I was feeling sick and faint with horror
now. Gunga Dass nearly rolled off the
platform and howled alond.
"But I am Brahmin, Sahib a high caste
Brahmin. By your soul, by your father's
soul, do not make me do tbis thingl"
"Brahmin or no Brahmin, by my soul and
my father's soul, in you go!" I said, and
seizing him by tbe shoulders I crammed his
head into the mouth of the burrow, kicked
tbe rest of him in, and sitting, covered my
face with my hands.
At the end of a few minutes I heard a
rustle and a creak, and then Gudga Dass,
in a sobbing, choking Whisper speaking to
himself; then a soft thud audi uncovered
my eyes.
THE MUMMIFIED CORPSE.
The dry sand had turned the corpse in
trusted to its keeping into a yellow brown
mummy. I told GungaNDass to stand off
while I examined it The body clad in an
olive green hunting suit much stained and
worn, with leather pads on the shoulders
was that of a man between 30 and 40, above
middle height, with light, sandy hair, long
mustache and a rough, unkempt beard.
The left canine of the upper jaw was miss
ing, and a portion of the lobe of the right
car was gone.
On tbe second finger of the left hand was
a ring a shield shaped bloodstone set in
gold, with a monogram that might have
been either "B. K." or "B. D." On the
third finger of the right hand was a silver
ring in the shape of a coiled cobra, much
worn and tarnished. Gunga Dass deposited
a handful of trifles he had picked out of the
burrow at my feet, and, covering the face of
the body with my handkerchief. I turned to
examine these. I give the full list in the
hope that it may lead to tbe identification of
the unfortunate man:
First Bowl of a briarwood pipe, serrated
at the edge; much worn and blackened;
bound with string at the screir.
Second Two patent lever keys; wards of
both broken.
Third Tortoise shell-handled penknife.
silver or nickel name plate, marked with
monogram "B. K."
Fourth Envelope, postmark undecipher
able, bearing a Victoria stamp, addressed to
"Miss Mon " (rest illegible) "ham"
"nt"
Fifth Imitation crocodile skin notebook,
with pencil. First 45 pages blank; 4 illeg
ible; 15 others filled with private memoranda
relating chiefly to three persons a Mrs. D.
Singleton, abbreviated several times to "Dot
Single." "Mrs. S. May" and "Garmison,"
referred to in places as "Jerry" or "Jack."
Sixth "Handle of small-sized hunting
knife. Blade snapped short Buck's horn,
diamond cut, with swivel and ring ou the
bntt; fragment of cotton cord attached.
WHERE 'WAS THE GUN.
It must not be supposed that I inventoried
all these things on the spot as fully as I
have here written them down. The note
book first attracted my attention, and I put
it in my pocket with a view to studying it
later on. The rest of the articles I con
veyed to my burrow for safety's sake, and
there, being a methodical man, I inventor
ied them. I then returned to the corpse
and ordered Gunga Dass to help me carry it
out to the river front
While we were engaged in this the ex
ploded shell of an old brown cartridge
dropped out of one of the pockets and rolled
at my feet Gunga Dass had not seen it;
and I fell to thinking that a man does not
carry exploded cartridge cases, .especially
"browns," which will not bear loading
twice, about with him when shooting. In
other words, that cartridge case had been
fired inside the crater. Consequently there
must be a guu somewhere. I was on the
verge of asking Gunga Dass, but checked
myself, knowing that he would lie.
We laid the body down on the edge of the
quicksand by the tussocks. It was my in
tention to push it out and let it be swal
lowed up the only possible mode ch burial
that I could think of. I ordered Gunga
Dass to go away.
Then I gingerlv put the corpse out on the
quicksand. In doiug so it was lying face
downward I tore the frail and rotten khaki
shooting coat open, disclosing a hideous cav
ity in the back. I have already told you
that the dry sand had, as it were, mummi
fied thebody. A moment's glance showed
the gaping hole had been caused Dy a gun
shot wound; the gun must have been fired
with the muzzle almost touching the back.
The shooting coat, being intact, bad been
drawn over the body alter death, which must
have been instantaneous.
The secret ot the poor wretch's death was
plain to me in a flash. Some one of the
crater, presumably Gunga Dass, must have
shot him with his own gun the gun that
fitted tbe brown cartridges. He had never
attempted to escape in the face of the rifle fire
from the boat
THE MYSTERIOUS "PAPER.
I pushed the corpse out hastily and saw it
-sink from sight literally in a few seconds. I
shuddered as I watched. In a dazed, half
conscious way I turned to peruse the note
book. A stained and discolored slip ot
paper had been inserted between the binding
and tbe back, and dropped ont as I opened
the pages. This is what it contained:
"Four out from crow clump; three left;
nine ont; two right; three back; two left;
fourteen ont; two left; seven out; one left;
nine back; two right; six bsck; four right;
seven back.''
The pfipvr had been burned and charred
at the edges. W,hat it meant I could not
understand. I sat down on the dried bents
turning it over and over betwern my fingers,
until I was aware of Gunga Dass standing
immediately behind me with glowing eyes
and outstretched hands.
"Have you got it?" he panted. "Will
you not let me look at it also? I swear that
I will return it?"
"Got what? Beturn what?" I asked.
"That which you have in your hands. It
will help us both." He stretched out his
long, bird-like talons, trembling with eager
ness. "I could never find it," he continued.
"He bad secreted it about his person. There
fore I shot him, but nevertheless I was un
able to obtain it"
Gunga Dass had quite forgotten his little
fiction about the rifle bullet I received the
information perfectly calmly. Morality Is
blunted by consorting with the dead who are
alive.
"What on earth are you raving about?
"What is it you want me to give you?"
"The piece of paper in the notebook. It
will help us both. Oh, you fool! you fool!
Can yon not see what it will do for us? We
shall escape!"
His voice rose almost to a scream and he
danced with excitement before me. I own
I was moved at the chance ol getting away.
"Don't skip. Explain yourself. Do vou
mean to say that this slip of paper will h"elp
us? What does it mean?"
"Bead it aloud! Bead it aloud! I beg
and pray to you to lead it aloiral"
CANNY AND CONNING.
The Gipsy as He Appears to the
World and to His Own People.
A HOST STEADFAST, LOYAL FRIEND
Who Displays Only Amiable Traits in His
Secluded Borne Life.
EYENING PLEASURES IN THK CAMP
WHAT THE PAPER MEANT.
I did so. Gunga Dass listened delight
edly and drew an irregular line in tht sand
with his fingers.
"See now! It was the length of his gun
barrels without the stock. I have those bar
rels. Four gun barrels out irom the place
where I caught crows. Straight out; do you
lollow me? Then left Ah! how well I re
member when that man worked it out night
alter night. Then nine out, and so on. Ont
is always straight before you across the
quicksand. He told me so before I killed
him."
"But if you knew all this why didn't you
get out before?"
"I did not know it He told me that he
was working it out a year and -a half ago
and how he was wording it out night after
night when the boat bad gone away and he
could get out near the quicksand safely.
Then he said that we would get away to
gether. But I was afraid that he would
leave me behind one night when he had
worked it all out, and so I shot him. Be
sides it Is not advisable that tbe men who
once get in here should escape. Only I, and
1 nm a jsranmiii."
The prospect of escape had brought
Gunga Dass' caste back to him. He stood
up, walked about and gesticulated vio
lently. Eventually I managed.to make him talk
soberly, and he told me how this English
man had spent six months, night after night,
in exploring, inch by inch, the passage
across the quicksand; how he had declared
it to be simplicity itselt up to within about
20 yards of the river bank after turning the
llanK or tbe leu horn ot the horseshoe.
This much he had evidently not completed
when Gunga Dass shot him with his own
gnn.
In my frenzy of delight at the possibili
ties of escape I recollect shaking hands ef
fusively with Gunga Dass after we had de
cided that we were to make an attempt to
get away that viry night It was weary
work waiting throughout the afternoon.
THE ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE.
About 10 o'clock, as far as I could judge,
when the moon had just risen above the lips
of the crater, Gunga Dass made a move for
his burrow to bring out the gun barrels
whereby to measure our path. All the other
wretched inhabitants bad retired to their
lairs long ago. The guardian boat drifted
down stream some hours before, and we were
utterly alone by the crow-clump. Gunga
Dass, while carrying the gun barrels, let
slip the piece of paper which was to be our
guide.
I stooped down hastily to recover it, and
as I did so I was aware that the diabolical
Brahmin was aiming a violent blow at the
back of my head with the gun barrels. It
was too late to turn round. I must have re
ceived the blow somewhere on the nape of
my neck. A hundred thousand fiery stars
danced before my eyes and fell forward
senseless at the edge of the quicksand.
When I recovered consciousness the moon
was going down, and I was sensible of in
tolerable pain in the back of my head.
Gunga Dass had disappeared and my mouth
was lull of blood. I lay down again and
prayed that I might die without further
ado. Then the unreasoning fury which I
had before mentioned laid hold upon me,
and I staggered inland toward the walls of
the crater.
It seemed that some one was calling to me
in a whisper, "Sahib! Sahib! Sahib!" ex
actly as my bearer used to call me in the
mornings. I fancied that I was delirious
until a handful of sand fell at my feet.
Then I looked up and saw a head peering
down into the amphitheater the head of
Dunnoo, my dog boy, who attended to my
collies. As soon as he had attracted my
attention he held up his hand and showed
a rope. I motioned, staggering to and fro
the while, that he should throw it down.
SAFETY AT LAST.
It was a couple of leather punkah ropes
knotted together, with a loop at one end. I
slipped the loop over my head and under
my arms; heard Dunno urge something for
ward; was conscious that I was being
dragged face downward, up the steep sand
slope, and the next instant found myself
choked and half fainting on the sand hills
overlooking the crater. Dunnoo, with his
face ashy gray in the moonlight, implored
me not to stay but to get back to my tent at
once.
It seems that he had tracked Pornic's
footprints 14 miles across the sands to tbe
crater; had returned and told my servants,
who flatly refused to meddle with anyone,
white or blace, once fallen into the hideous
Village of the Dead; whereupon Dunnoo
had taken one of my ponies and a couple of
puniian ropes, returned to tbe crater and
hauled me out as I have described.
To cnt a long story short Dunnoo is now
my personal servant on a gold mohur a
month a sum which I still think far too
little for the services he has rendered.
Nothing on earth will induce me to go near
that devilish spot again or to .reveal its
whereabouts more clearly tban I have done.
Of Gunga Dass I have never found a trace,
nor do I wish to. My sole motive in giving
this to be published is the hope that some
one mav positively identify, from the de
tails and the inventory which I have given
above, the corpse of the man in the olive
green hunting snit '
Smlib, Vassnr, Welle.ler and Brjn fllawr.
These are the great colleges for women.
Harcourt Place, at Gambier, O., thoroughly
prepares young ladies for any one of them.
It also has a complete course and superior
musical advantages.
For tbe Itlnslo Trncbers Convention at
Ortroli.
The Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad
will sell round-trip tickets at greatly re
duced rates, Pittsburg to Detroit and re
turn, on June 29, and 30 and July 1, good
to return until July 6. Time may be ex
tended from Detroit until July 20.
Ilnmmoclts, Tennis, Etc.
The best hammock in the city for $1; also
all the finer grades in stock. Our line of
tennis sets, racquets, croquet, lawn swings,
footballs, baseballs, bats, etc, both large and
complete. Prices the lowest at James W.
Grove's, Filth ave, tvfs
Printed India silks We offer this week
a large assortment of our SI 25 and $1 0
qualities tor $1 per yard; also a few novelty
dress patterns at half price.
TTSSU HUOUS & HACKE.
Excursion to Atlantic City
On July 3, via the B. & O. E. E. Bate,
10 the round trip, tickets good for 10 days,
and good to stop at Washington, D. C, re
turning. , Tho Baseball Season.
Marvin's baseball cakes are a delight to
every boy who loves the national game.
Grocers all keep 'them. xxs
fCOBRESrONDBHCTt 07 THE SIEFATCB.1
Camp, near Dovee, N. J., June 26.
There is something truly remarkable about
the almost unchangeable reserve of the
Gipsy in the presence of any other tban his
own people, and of his singular shifts and
efforts to be as one d,umb. Catch him in a
city or trading in a village or come upon
him in any sort of mixed company, and his.
reticence is so marked that the ordinary ob
server would set him down as inordinately
stupid. This habit is universal among
these people and they break through it only
under great stress of badgering or necessity.
A wagon load of Gipsies once baited in front
of a wagon mater's in a small Pennsylvania
town, where I frequently make my home,
and while one of them tried to dicker for a
sulky for one-half its value, a really intelli
gent clergyman in the presence of admiring
townspeople pnt a set of stereotyped
questions to them about their mode of lite
and tbe state ot their souls, varying the
same with other proddings of like nature in
his line. But the lot of lost heathens were
so bad as to smile at him, so dumb as to not
answer him, and so downright wicked as to
give him no chance for an argument; where
upon the good man lost his temper entirely,
and consigned them to eternal perdition in
one compact and canonical sentence. Stand
ing next the team and thinking to have a
little fun at the parson's expense I sjid
wickedly in an undertone to a particularly
lively old dame in the wagon:
A shan gaugie a grye chor! Tell him
so and jaw the drom," or, in plain English:
The man is abadone himself a horse thief!
Tell him so and go away.
a Gipsy in anger.
The woman gave me a duick look of half
inquiry and recognition, which I returned
with all good assurance. Then she called
the Gipsy Irom the wagon shop by a word.
He came out nimbly, looked quickly at the
crowd, and sprang into the wagon. Just as
they started rapidly away, she turned full
on the clergyman, who was still forensic
ally disposing ot their souls in different
forms of future torture, and said, quietly:
"Hit's said ye're no better nor a horsethief
yersel. Howsumdever hus be, mebby ve
might be a-tendin' yer own soul wi' profit!"
Everybody was too astonished to laugh;
and the good man sorely felt that bis pow
der had been burned for nanght Ashamed
as I was at my own part in the retort, my
astomshment'was in tbe unheard-of depart
ure of the brave Gipsy rule to never betray
spirit or the brightness ofindignation under
the most exasperating circumstances. Full
retribution came in a learned disquisition
from the clergyman on Gipsies, the burden
of which was that Gipsy writers and stu
dents were in league to give the race place
as me most canny and cunning of men,
when everything proved them the most
brainless and stupia people on earth.
Nor was his idea an uncommon one.
That it generally prevails is not singular
when it is remembered that their whole life
motive seems to be to appear to all but them
selves just that sort of people. It is only
with the most ignorant country-side folk,
or among those, not of their race who are
thoroughly known and have been unquali
fiedly tested, that they relax from this sod
den manner and pretense of brainlessness.
Test this at any time and in any way and
you will find it to be true.
A CUNNING RUSE.
I had been generously entertained by sev
eral families of Gipsy friends in the spring
of 1878 near Chicago, in the little village ol
Lyons, on the Desplaines river, a sleepy,
old, and nest-like place which the Gipsies
much frequent Thinking to return their
goodness, J. proposed a trip to the theater.
They consented only after great urging;
and, looking forward to a rare treat in the
enjoyment of their enjoyment and wonder
ment, on returning to the city I bought
and mailed them 20 seats for a'Wednesday
evening's performance at the Havcrly Thea
ter, men occupying me sue ol the present
First National Bank. Full of delighted
expectancy I arrived at the theater, ouly to
find that tbe seats I had purchased for my
Gipsy friends entirely filled with ordinary
city lolk. After sitting-out a part of the
play, I left the place disappointed and dis
gusted, not, however, without catching a
glimpse of one of the Gipsies lurking near
the entrance, who, as soon as he was seem
ingly sure ot having seen me in mv discom
fiture, skulked away in the darkness.
Business called me away from the city for
a few days, but this desertion by my Gipsy
proteges worried me. Hoping for some clew
to their action, when 1 returned I applied to
the box office, where I learned, and with
some asperity from the management, that
my Gipsies, who bad kept the audience in
on uproar the entire evening of their visit,
oa receiving the tickets by mail at Lyons
had immediately sent one ot their number to
tne city ana secured an exchange of seats
from Wednesday evening's performance to
that for Friday evening. I could thus see
that their natural and unchangeable race
suspicion and caution of one not of their
people, though a tried friend, prompted the
cunning ruse to first defeat my entire plan
then to set a watch upon me to observe
whether my action was consistent with
genuinely disappointed friendly interest,
and then to deceive me as to the true motive
of such action.
A REMARKABLE EPISTLE.
The latter was attended to on their part in
the followingepistle taken from my Gipsy
relics, which is now before me as I make its
exact copy:
1.YONS, 11 6th May, 1678.
deerlfren
i tak the tim to adres you theas
fn lins and Thanks for tbe Ticits wclcomly
resefd wo cudn cum wensdy For the old Foks
dldn git Hoam, and tho rivirSlde rodes was Bad
we Cam fridy and was Loken al Oaer for you
And had a HI old Tim that Acten was wunful
where was you
v. .. j ot - ., ,. P,n this Flds Tu 'n God
helt i Cloas and best Regars from Al
your Fren
George W. Carpenter.
This George Carpenter is a wonderful fel
low in his way; a veritable American Gipsv
John Bunyan; and anthorof many goodly
mpsy ruyuica iu my possession. The letter
bore every evidence o serious effort, and I
wisely let it stand as a friendly regret rather
than an unpleasant deception. The entire
matter was simply a true expression ot a
universal Gipsy trait Had they met me at
tne tneater according to agreement in a
straightforward manner, that would have
been indubitable proof that they were not
Gipsies at all.
But in the home-life of tbe camp, safe and
secure in the seclusion of the sheltered spot
which holds all he owns fnd loves, then it is
that the Gipsy has a happy heart, a radiant
face, a laughing eye, a waggish tongue, and
many lightsome ways, merry, care-free,
and jubilant as the birds. Nor would I be
just to these strange people did I not bring
this truth about them into the strongest
light and best relief. To know Gipsies
tbey are so rapidly increasing in numbers
through wonderful fecundity, care of their
children, with constant vast additions from
Europe, that by the close of the present cen
tury tbey will comprise irom 2 to 3 per cent
ol the entire ponulation and they must ere
long be well and wisely known, we must be
large and generous enough to perceive and
appreciate their own hearthside, heartful
life. We must see that they love and
treasure and hope, not just inr o'ur way, but
in a way which, to their kind, is fnll nf tim
simple truthfulness, the patient and true
anection, anu
THE DEVOTED LOYALTY
which with u hare been set as types for
the. world to love by eloquent tongues and
inspired pens, since true sentiment thrilled
the heart of man. Hence, whatever Gipsies
are to you and the world at large, while
you may judge them never so harshly for
what you may call vagabondism, there is
behind what you conclude in your superior
intelligence to be wholly bad, a condition
you know nothing about which must enter
into any honest estimate of the race. This
condition is one which all Gipsy instinct
resents your participation in or your knowl
edge of. But it is a condition which.if fully
known and recognized, would immeasurably
icuccui vuc tauc irom contumely and re
proacb. And because the world.mine is
narrowed and fixed upon a determined
notion that Gipsies, are utterly worthless to
society at large, the task of conveying any
adequate and true revelation of the slightest
good in them is a woful one indeed.
Here is a likeness to that which I wish I
could convey fully: Take the average man
of the world, the business man, weighed
down by interminable duties and responsi
bilities, which none but themselves realize.
Of these how few are there who have not
gained a reputation, among the most who
lock horns in business affairs with them, for
cruelty, niggardliness, hard heartedness,
and, may be, downright meanness? And
yet these men's true natnres are not that at
all. Within the circle of their chosen
friends, and in their homes, these men's
true natures are iu the main of generosity,
fidelity, goodness. And it is in some way
like this the Gipsy should be made known.
Crafty, stupid, wary, hard, unworthy, vaga
bond though you deem him,'as he laces you
and mankind in his battle for life and those
he loves, he has another side, a cheerv.
good and manly one, too, which, without
one iota of the prompting all modern socie
ty possesses, glows with kindness, generosi
ty, helpfulness, good cheer and a spirit of
positive loveliness.
MANY EXCELLENT TBAITS.
An ugly word is never heard in a Gipsy
camp. A selfish act is never seen in a
Gipsy camp. The eternal goading of a
mean woman, the brutal obscenity ot a had
man, the hateful jealousies of neighbors, the
contemptible rivalries of pretended friends,
each and all are as unknown as poison in
the pure air of heaven they breathe. There
is a quality of tenderness and sincerity in
their doings with each other that is ever
simple, childlike and beautiful. Their
mirth, merriment and jollity are all consid
erate, xtauiery is tolerant; wit never a
murderous weapon. With them good cheer
is not license; merry-making leaves no
sting; liberty never knows lewdness. Ig
norant as they may be of your books; ob
stinately as they refuse the civilization of
which we boast; secretly proud as they are
of the ostracism which brands them as an
outlaw race; heathenish as you will con
tinue to call them because they hold vour
creeds in contempt, they are yet more than
the peers of any living people in everything
tenner and true and loyal growing into and
out of the domestic relation, and in all that
which yields, without law or force, and as if
unconsciously, the helpful goodness which
ever prompts and ever exceeds exact justice
to one s ienows.
Probably at nieals and in the long even
ings, bright with camp fires and melodious
with merriment, is the Gipsy man orjwoman
most truly this good naturedand enial ani
mal that never reveals meanness and ever
acts with genuine, unstudied goodness. The
breakfast, though always a meal of cheery
brightness, is taken with little jollity, for
the duties and doings of the day are ahead
of them all. The dinner is seldom a regu
lar meal, for there are but few in camp, and
the old men, old women, children and dogs
have everything their own way. But the
supper is overflowing with good tilings and
good spirits, and
AT SHADYSIM
Mi Charles Turner Makes an Inter
esting Statements
NEARTOWN NOTES.
"There is no man in this city who will
more gladly give his testimony than I, and
I am only too pleased to be able to do it; in
deed, I feel that it is my duty to do so."
Tbe speaker was Mr. Charles Tnrner, a
resident of Sbadyside, well known through
out the East End and Pittsburg proper.
"I had been losing health and strength un
der my trouble for four years." continued Mr.
Turner. "Not rapidly, for at times I would
seem a little better, bnt steadily and snrely.
It was a catarrhal trouble, I was told, and I
tried many physicians and remedies, but could
obtain no relief.
"It commenced with a series of colds. I
wonid eaten cold almost with a change of the
wind. My nostrils woold be ciocged up first on
one sloe and then on the other. Mucus would
drop back, into my throat I coughed and
raised constantly. 1 conld never get my throat
clear. There seemed to be Bometblng there
which 1 could neither get up nor down. I had
a dull, heavy pain in my forehead directly over
my eves. There were roaring and bnzzlng
noises in my ears. My eyes were weak and
watery.
WS&Bfll!SS
VSPW
THE ONLY SPECIALIST
In PIttshnrg or Allegheny for the treatment
and cure nfkidncy and urinary diseases IsDr
cnaier. of No. 430
Penn avenne, where
he has been perma
nently established for
over one yer. His
practice hag daily in
creased.andhnndreds have gladly testified
to cures received.
Tbe terrible snfTerinz
that Mr. James
Streets has expert
enced is not unlike
that of many others.
He had much pain
and soreness across
WKN& MSW tbe small of his back.
and it felt very weak.
The color of his nrin.
DE.SHAKB. would often change
from a light to a very dark color. The desire
to void It was frequent. He had a weak, tired
feeling. Had dark circles about bis eyes, and
lips were dry and parched. His appetite finally
failed him. and what little food he did eat he
woold often vomit up. He bad a constant pain
in his bead, was dizzy, had a pain in his right
side, and in fact there was hardly any portion
of his body free from pain. He had palpitation
of the heart, yellow skin, and be contlnned
getting worse nntil he lost much flesh. He sayst
"I had been sick for several months, tbe most
of the time being confined to my bed. Burin?
all this time I employed my family doctor, but
received no benefit whatever. 1 became dis
couraged and gave up all hope of ever beinj;
cured.
"At last I concluded that my trouble bad all
been brongnt on by kfdney disease, which my
family doctor had entirely overlooked. 1 called
on Dr. Sbafer. the kidney specialist, who. after
a thorough examination, pronounced my caso
cnrable. I took coarse of treatment from
mm. ana tne result is that not one symptom
remains. I never enjoyed better health than I
now do, and I consider myself entirely cared.
"JAMES STREETS,
'Thirty-ninth street, near Penn avenue."
Please remember that tbe doctor only treats
kidney, and all forms of urinary diseases, and
surgical diseases.
Office hours. 10 A. Jf. toi P.M.. and 8 to 8 P.
v. Sundays, 1 to 4 p. M. Consultation free
and strictly confidential. Patients at a distance
treated with success bv letter. Send two
2-cent stamps for a question blank. Tbe Polyp,
atbic Medical Institute, 420 Pennave Pitts
bnrg. Pa. jel2-TTS
3IEDICAL.
Mr. Charles Turner, Bhaayslde.
ALL SOBTS OF PRANKS
are allowable. The camp has suddenly filled
up with three-fourths of its members, who
have been away during the day on divers
expeditions, and the breeziness and
activity consequent upon the return
have brought the camp a won
derful liie and vigor The substantials
for the meal have been sizzling and simmer
ing from the kettle sticks for hours. These
are all accounted for; but there Is an ele
ment of pleasure and surprise in mnny little
garnishments which find their wav into
camp with the incoming troop of Gipsies.
The cloths usually rubber blankets with
linen spreads upon them are laid upon the
clean grass plats. Everybody helps at
bringing tbe dishes and food. Laughter
and badinage go hand in hand with prepa
ration; and the repast itself, be it sumptuous,
as it often is, or meager, as it is not o'ten, is
washed down bv more genuine mirth and
hearty merriment and, I must confess,
with something a thought stronger, some
times than falls to the lot of but few in
this worldf.however much good fortune en
ters into their condition.
If stragglers from town come and stare at
them with exasperating calmness, as if the
Gipsies were animals in some zoological
garden, a sudden hush falls upon the feast
until the intruders retire, or tbe merriment
goes on in their own tongue and under
laces of ridiculous solemnity. Prom the
return, however, until the long, slowly
taken meal is ended, there are snch rally
ings of friends, such greetings oK husbands
"I lost flesh steadily. Night sweats set in
and weakened me. Sliarp pains would shoot
through my chest, extending as far as tbo
shoulder blades. The spells of choking and
coughing were very paint nl. I could not sleep
at night, owing to these coughing spells, and
mo nervous. weaKenea condition 1 was In.
"My appetite failed me. The very sight of
food caused a nauseating feeling at my stom
ach. What little I did manage to force down
seemed to lay like a heavy load on my stomach,
causing me much distress. The slightest ex
ertion would tire me. Mybeart would beat
rapidly. The palpitation would be followed by
a slow, irregular beating and a feeling of faint
nes. would arise in tbe morning more tired
tban when I went to bed the night before.
"I grew weaker and weaker, and washardlv
able to stand on my feet. I was indeed a sick
man when I called on Dr. Copeland for treat
ment. "I felt the benefit of his treatment the first
week. Gradually each symptom disappeared.
My head and throat are no longer stopped up.
My eyes are clear and strong. I hive a good
appetltite. sleep well" and arise refreshed and
ready for a good day's work. To state it briefly.
I am now as well as I ever was, and shall be
glad to verify this statement at any time."
Mr. Tnrner lives, as stated, in Sbadyside, on
the Pennsylvania Railroad, a sbort distance
out of Pittsburg, and this interview can be
readily verified.
Tremed by Mnlf.
Mrs. Robert Ramsey, of Washington. Pa
speaking of her successful treatment with Org.
Copeland A Blair, says: Every fall for the past
five years 1 have been troubled with chronic
dyspepsia. Have tried countless remedies and
various physicians without any relief. I conld
not get ease from pain in any position I wonld
assume. Erery breath I drew was like a knife
catting me. 1 became weak and Dale, losmr-
greatly in weight
Since I have been with Drs. Copeland & Blair
all these symptoms have disappeared, and 1
now feel as well as I ever did.
Jacob Altmeyer, or Bislier, opposite McKees
port, Pa., states: "I commenced treatment for
my catarrhal trouble with Drs. Copeland A
Blair on Jane 29, 1889. I now feel liko a differ
ent man. and shall be pleased to state my caso
tnd recommend their treatment to anyone ad
dressing me."
Mr. William Barnes, of Hickman, Pa., was
afflicted with catarrh, and had lost all sense ot
taste and smell. He was undertho care of Drs.
Copeland & Blair, and now states: I am per
fectly well, and owe my recovery to their treat
ment." Mr. Harry Phillips, of Hulton, Pa., has this
to say of his successful treatment for catarrh
with Drs. Copeland & Blair: "I was in very bad
shape, but now feel like a different being, and
as well as I ever did in my life."
DOCTOR
WHITTIER
814 PENN AVENUE. PITTsRIIRR. PA.
As old residentsbnow and back flies of Pitts,
burg papers profe, 13 the oldest established
and most prominent physician in tbe city, de
voting special attention to all chronic diseases.
SbiemPrl?sponns-NOFEEUNTILCURED
MPRni IQ and mental diseases, physical
llCfl V UUO decay.nervous debility. lack ot
energy, ambition and hope, impaired memory,
disordered sight, serf distrust, bashfulness.
dizziness, sleeplessness, pimples, eruptions, im
poverished blood, failing powers, organic weak
ness, dyspepsia, constipation, consumption, on
fitting tbe person for business, society and mar
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blotches, falling hair, bones, pains, glandular,
swellings, ulcerations ot tongne, mouth, throat,
ulcers, old sores, are cured for life, and blood
poisons thoroughly eradicated from the system.
IIRIMARV kidney and bladder derange
U 1 1 1 1 1 r 1 1 I i menu, weak back, gravel, ca
tarrhal discbarges. Inflammation and other
pamf nl symptoms receive searching treatment,
prompt relief and real cures.
Dr. Whittier's life-long, extensive experience
Insures scientific and reliable treatment on
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Patients at a distance as carefully treated as it
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PENNYROYAL PILLS
RED CROSS DIAMOND BRAND.
Safe n3 tlwji reliable. IadIefsV
ui inualal ior liamana jrana.
tin red met&lUo boxes, staled with
Jhlafl ribbon. TuLe co other. &
pills la pasteboard Dozes wita pinxwnp
mrs are dangerous counterfeit. Send
4e ("tamps) for particulars, testimonials
ana "Keller ior xaaies" m teaer, oj
return man. Aamerapcr.
CtlctiwttrtlicJQ'lCoBadlionSqPtllaFa,
OC5-71-TT3
C. 11 i "SHI
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folk, such revelries with the babies, and
such proud, glad heart-word for everybody,
that no earnest eyes can look upon it all,
and not moisten; because all this is true of
an'outcast race, and so barren and meager
in the homes of our own people, where too
often insincerity, ambition and heartless
ness have taken "the place of those tender
things which are the salvation ot a land
through its homes.
PLEASUKES IS THE CAMP.
Then the eventime grows and glows again
with this good nature. There is not an
other care or thought-weight on the Gipsy's
mind. All give themselves up to unre
strained enjoyment. The great fires are
piled high, and seem to crackle and sing an
added accompaniment ol happiness. High
up alone the tree-trunks are hung cressets
tilled with flaring knots. The fires below
shnt out even the light of the blazing stars
above, and draw the night and the dark,
lovingly interlaced with century-old tree
arms, over the bright Dlace like a"protectinz
canopy. By tbis camp fire is a crowd
merrilv playing at cards, which the Gipsies
love. By another and another are groups
telling old tales or singing old songs.
In between and all about are happy chil
dren playing at hide-and-seek in the flash
and shadow of the camp. Over there is a
score of tawny forms daucing with the free
dom of lads and lassies to the music of some
tinkling violinist who sways and weaves
and stamps and shouts, enraptured by his
own vociferous melodies. Everywhere are
simple hearted peace and content; while in
the harder world of your cities and towns
countless hearts are breaking from their
loads of ambition, rivalry, greed, injustice,
mercilessness, envenomed malice, as tbe
stars and the God above them look down
upon these,-the uncivilized, and upon those
of the proudest civilization loving which
most? Edgab Tj. Wakemajt.
P. jr. (Sundays included).
Specialties CATARRH, and ALTi DIS
EASES of the EKE, EAR. THROAT and
LAJNQS.
Consultation. SI. Address all mall to
DRS. COPELAND & BT.ATR.
TSsu 66Bixthave..Pittsbur2.Pa.
WSAK MEN
Buffering from tho effects of youthful errors, early
rimtr wntiTii? -weakness, lost manhood, etc.. I will
end a valuable treatise (sealed! containing full
particulars for homo core. F REE of charge. A
splendid medical work : should bo read by every
man who 1 nervous and debilitated. Address,
Prof. F. C. FOTVXEa, HIoodus,Coniu
OCl6-4o-DSUW.
Baby Cariln tea and Bicycles.
This has been the best season's business
jn the history of our house on above named
articles. We still have a complete line
that must be closed out during the neit few
weeks if low prices will do it. Look the
line over at James W. Grove's before you
buy. We'll save you money. WFS
Drapeet, tosca and fish nets, all prices,
rrom ?1 to5 ner yard. Some very hand
some entire new designs shown for the first
this week. Huous & Hacke.
TTSSU
Hunbeeds of pieces of fine new French
satines in choice designs at 20, 25. 30 and 35
cents a yard. Also, a large lot of French
satines of same quality of goods, but less
desirable styles of poods, at 12 and 15c a
yar1- Campbeu, & Dice
GENTS thin underwear from 25o to 81 CO
each; best values at Eosenbaum & Co.'s
Wilis
At ?6 each, 300 combination patterns,
this season's newest styles, reduced from $15.
ttssu f Huotjs & Hacke.
CHOLERA MORBUS,
DIARRHEA AND CRAMPS.
At this time of
year the water
oragreaterpart
that is used in
the cities and
towns is not fit
for drinking
purposes. It
produces a
thousand ail
ments of the
stomach. The
principal aro
cholera morbus,
diarrhea and
cramps, anyone
of which makes
us sick and
often kills, spe
cially the little
lOlkS.
MANNER'S ESSENCE OK HEALTH.
This creat famllv mediclna h.-ii lon mnm
for the human body than all the doctors In the
country. Wo will cuaranteo a cure for any
stomach trouble. It will cure anv case of
cramps or diarrhea, and as a Blood Purifier it
has no equal." Price SI per bottle. It is for sale
by all druggists, or by tho
DANNER MEDICINE COMPANY,
212 Federal St. Allegheny City.
jel9LTu3
i
(WILCOX'S COMPOUKD),
Safe, Certain nd Effectual.
At DrnfrgMs" everywhere or by mall. Send4ct.f
Boot. "WOMAN'S SAFE-GUARD" sealed.
WILCOX SPECIFIC CO., Phlla, Pn.
m2--tx-TT3Wk:
WEAK WOMEN!
Save Yourselves. Nerve Beans,
the greit restorer, -will core weak back, take away that
loomr. tired feeling, that nervous eihaustion, put roses in
your cheeks, brighten, your eyes, give you new life, ambition,
appetite, make you tenfold more attractive. Ahsotutely Aam
Itss, absolutely surf, Ji a box, postpaid. Six boxes, S5.
Pamphlet (sealed; free- Address Nerve Bean Co., Buffalo
N.V. AX, Joseph Fleming & Son's, 412 Market St.
FEUflALE BEANS
Absolutely reliable, perfectly safe, most powerful female
recrnlator kno wn ; nerer fail jf 2 a box, postpaid : one box
snlflclent. Address LIO V DRCO CO , Enffio. N. T.
Sold by JOS. il.KMTNO A SON, US Market St.
apl7-40-TTS
GRATEFUL. COMFORTING.
EPPS'S COCOA.
BREAKFAST.
"By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws
winch govern the operation of digestion and
nutrition, and by a careful application of the
fine properties of well-elected Cocoa, Mr.Epps
has provided our breakfast tables with a deli
cately flavored beverage which may save us
many heavy doctors' bills. It is by tbe judicious
use of such articles or diet that a constitution
mav De gradually built up until strong enough
to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds
of subtle maladies aro floating around us ready
to attack wherever there is a weak point. We
may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping our
selves well fortified with pure blood and a prop
erlv nourished frame." Civil Service Gazette.
Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold
only in half-pound tins, by Grocers, labeled
thus: JAMES EPPS fc CO, Homoeopathic
Chemists. London, England. fe22-2-Tu3
DnE. 6. Wests
JDK. SAJTXEiV'S
ELECTRIC BELT
JJ7jCflf3"
WEAMES
InHENdebtlltated
thronrii disease or
otherwise. WE
ly this Sev I JirKUVEU
FUND MONEY. Made
4M
GUARANTEE to l.'OKEb;
T. I.TrrTRIf! KELT or K.
for this specific purpose. Cure o Physical Weak
ness, clvlnir Freely, Mild. Soothing. Continuous
Currents of Electricity throngh all weak parts
restoring them to HEALTH and VIGOROUS
bTKENUTH. Electric current felt Instantly, or
we forfeit f. 000 in cash. BELT Complete fa and
up. Worst cases Permanently Cored In three
months. Healed pamphlets free. Call on or ad
dress 8 ANDES ElUSUnUO CO.. 819 Broadway,
21 sw York. myZMMissa
NERVE. AND BRAIN TREATMENT.1
Spedflo for Hysteria, Dizzlness.Flta.Ifeuralffla.'W'At
Xulness, Mental Depression, Softening of the Brain, r
Bnitlngr In insanity and leading: to misery decarand
death. Prematura 0d Affe, Barrenness. Loss of Power
in either MX,lnTolant&ry bosses, and Spermatorrhoea
caused br orer-exertlon of ih brain, Beif-abnse or
oyer indnlgence. Each box contains ono month's treat
ment. 91 a box, or six for $5, tent by mail prepaid.
With. eacb. order for six boxes, will send purchaser
puarantee to refund noney if tho treatment fails to
cure. Uoamntees issued and ffenuine sold only by
EMILG.STUCKY, Druggist,
1701 and 2101 Penn ave . and Comer Wylle and
Fulton st, PIT1SBOKG.PA.
inyl&51.TTSSu.
FOR MEN ONLY!
A rUOl I IBS General andNEEVOUS DEBILITY?
(TITTT5 X'-'WeaineM of Body anil Kind; Effects
J U JLIiJlJ ofErrorsorExcesxesinOldorYotag.
lUbmt, Robl. BAtllOOD r.llr Htilm4 How to E.lsm ii
8lreigtl HUI, l"lDKTiaPKD ORGANS PimSBODT.
JbMluttlr ..hill. IIOXK TKUTaKVr-BeMlu la s day.
Bf.lf.llrr from 4 1 Sum awl For, If. CmriM. Intuntb
Ufm. But, (.It .ipU.atlM. ad prMb aaalkd (aM) trra.
Address ERIE MEDICAL CO., BUFFALO, N. Y.
my3-36-TTSSo,
ABOOKrORTHEMILLiriN mrPr,
QME TREATMENT
vriin MEDICAL ELECTRICITF"
Tor all CHR0KIC, OBOAmO and"
NERVnTIR TlTS-RAfrpa i v..h ...
Sl.MlRlllHII...H.4ltil. II... -
THE PERU CHEMICAL'CO., NILWABht, WIS
my22-41-TTSsu
WE A If MANHOOD
restored. Varlnnl.nn4. Parts enlarged rmrUlnd.
law ueTnaUM sent free and sealed. ISMsajtafels..,
JeS-56-ostrwk
T , A TiTTTQ' BIN-OXIDE PILLS are safs:
I J I.JLCjij superior to pennyroyal or