The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 23, 1899, Page 21

THE SAN FRANCISCO OALL, SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 1899. companion—a spoke 7 a small satin in a Chinese dlag- the F e hand twice n the pulse is 1 by the man drank the dew from who ap- a per- manipu- the doc- tfully t ed shoe, while xed solemnly on he brok ence. “Your dise pro- ib- e igneous exce yond all bour d to it sublime ou have I pre- e offended covered a and one legal cap wded it to Suey his desk size of et nd bowed low. r preseription, and ¢ Ingredients with a it out.” t glorious, ~ sublime organ- ou may 8o to the 1ced; y the illustrious, industrious an- Must some time go,” answered Suey. “Maybe now, maybe then. No waste money, cut it out.” Dr. Yi sighed and shook his head many times, but cut out the item Suey pointed out, Then she read it over and one other item was cut out by the reluctant doctor. He told her that his father and his broth- ers and his ancestors back for 500 years nad cured and healed. Did she think he could mistake? “You all light. money." The learned doctor told her even his mother and his grandmother had been 1 s and had prescribed for many and children in China. showed her hjs mother's g robes Suey would No spend so much relent All at once Suey put out her little brown hand, eaying, “Sing Sing,” and Dr. ¥i took it his with the most graceful bow, He likewige sald “Sing Sing.” ver come t the foot of merr P IO00000O0000 TINY Northwestern guards and 1da territory re big hem raction, and the red tunic whole of Europe. powerful men pt Iy, most of gturdy S 1 force of mor the brilliant which they wear is a minor rev the tion method by which the tiny British isles govern an empire. Although there are thousands of Indians, and half-breeds more dangerous than Indlans, and rough, reckless miners, and outlaws, in their do- main, they ride the plains and climb the mountains and keep the peace of the third of a continent. Iri 1573, 150 men were sent to Manitoba from Bastern Canada. That was the be- ginning of the Northwestern Mounted Po- lice. During Riel's rebellion they num bered 1,000. At present there are in the Northwest Territories 548; in the Yu- kon, 184. There are three divisions, each with headquarters near the United States line. Each division has outposts, with from two to ten men each. It has also a Superintendent and two Inspectors. Above them are the Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner. Two extra in- spectors act respectively as paymaster and quartermaster for the whole force. 18 not munificent. The Commis- sloner gets §2.600 a year, his assistant §1,600, superintendents $1,400, inspectors, surgeons and veterinary surgeons $1,000 each, petty officers from $2 to $5 cents a . and constables—the title of enlisted men—50 to 75 cents a day. Full dress uniform is a scarlet tunic with yellow facings, blye cloth breeches with yellow stripes, white ,‘\_ RECEIVING HIS PATIENTS that T Insulted he doctor most outr: 151y ¢ his r ess to s e would or an e kind wh er come again o0 O C Hirese Pavsician 56)) $ 50 L3 one of the hest in tow The d m: muct n o pror nee i and we had 1 business. He sald most it was a great sure for him ) speak with me, tha He kne before politely to be druggist sald it was ordered for Suey, d refuscd to have put fn. It is the in Daring Red Coats of the Northwest. Thrilling True Stories of a Tiny Force of 750 Big, Fearless Fellows Who Controil a Teiritory Nearly as Large as Europe. VOOVROLOCQ0OV00VVUVAODOOOOVOBO0AD000 boots er they and have ki unifc r* rough rviceable used work on in method. ps plcture th TWO MEN AINST A'HUNDRED IN- DIANS When Piapot, restle quarrelsome, drink-loving, and his rthy, hawk- faced following their circle of smoke-tanned te tion line of the ( beyvond Swift Curr ated the preliminary of a 1 , or whatever form ef entertainment the brain of Plapot might devise. Then the railway man remonstrance to the powers. The licuten- ant-governor issued an order; and two policemen rode forth carrying her Majes- Not a brigade, nor a troop; the officer bearing the written or- der was but a sergeant. With him was one constable; that was the force that was to move this turbulent tribe from good hunting ground to a secluded spot miles away. Piapot refused to move. The sergeant calmly gave him fifteen minutes in which to begin striking camp. Result, fifteen minutes of abuse. The Indians screamed defiance at the sergeant, and fired. their guns under the charger's nose as they circled about him in their pony spirit ar-dance. ‘When the fifteen minutes were up, the sergeant threw his picket line to the con- stable, dismounted, walked over to Chief v knocked the All the warriors rushed for their guns, and one of the biggest bluffs on record was played by the redskin. But the sergeant continued methodical- 1y knocking key-poles out, and Plapot gement sent a .mt—_ persuaded f=R=Fege r kill the sergeant—stick his knife in of the who! ritish nation— » and move away. e the latter course, for Piapot had brain TTIN the killing of Custer, #+ BULL OUTWITTED. s: Bull became a more or less orderly tenant of her ¥ the Queen. With 900 lodges he camped at Wood Mountain, just over the border from Montana. An arrow flight away was the Northwestern Mount- ed Police post. On& morning the police found six dead Saltaux Indians, scalped in approved Sioux fashion. A seventh Saltaux, still alive, had seen the killing. The police buried the dead Indians and took the living one to their post. With characteristic cheek, Sitting Bull came, accompanied by chiefs and war- riors, to demand the seventh Saltaux. W In od Mountain there were 20 policemen acking Sergeant McDonald. With the ief there were at least 500 warriors. Sitting Bull threw his squat figure from his pony and thrust the muzzle of his gun into.Sergeant McDonald’s stomach., Mc- Donald was typical of the force. He pushed the gun to one side and told the chiefs to step inside the gate, stack their arms and come {inside the shack for a DPOW-WOW. They demurred; the sergeant was firm. Outside, it was play day in Bedlam. The young bucks rode and whooped gnd fired their guns. “Send your men away,” sald the mer- geant to Sitting Bull. Sitting Bull de- murred. “Send them away!” repeated the ser- geant, ‘If you have authority.” Sitting Bull and his chiefs made toward the door, but there were interruptions— red-coated objections. And outside in the yard the chief's rifles were stacked, Bitting Bull, llke Plapot, had brains. The bucks were sent away. Then the English, and a true panacea for all ills, according to the dose and the manner of taking, ke The medicine consisted of tiny red pills with & strong odor of musk. They are made by ene family in China, who alone possess the seoret of their composition. Their manufacture has made the family famous and rich for hundreds of vears, but no blasphemous analytical chem! has ever attempted to solve the myster of thelr ingredients. It would be most affronting to the god who first gave the secret to Its possessor's ancestor. But the little red pills are expensive, and Suey, who says she has to die some time, anyhow, would not waste any precious gold on them, for they are one of a num- ber of medicines which must be pald for by an equal weight {n gold. The medicine 1s put in one scale and the pure gold must balance the weight of the pllls; so they are literally worth thelr weight in gold. The druggist laid the prescription on the counter and with a long wooden block ran over the items and laid a large square of paper on the counter in which to place the ingredients. Two other men were making prescriptions for customers, tak- ing the herbs from the drawers which lined the wall back of the counter. There were ninety drawers in one square, and over and below were thirty more, all un- 1abeled, but the mixers of medicine never hesitated a8 to which drawer they wanted. There were plenty of customers, and two men were busy cutting up the roots and what seemed like dried vegetables into thin, attractive wafers. Over the door to a small private office was a sign In black letters on red paper, “Step inside to look at the ginseng.” Be- side the sign was another, ““Cinnamon is kept here.”” I asked why the ginseng and olnnamon were kept in the other room, and was told it is bécause they are 8o valuable. Like the little red ‘‘supernat- ural treasures,” ginseng and the cinna- man bark which Chinese druggists use are worth their weight in gold. The druggist was putting up the pre- scription and Suey asked him to tell us what each thing was and what it was for. First he counted out ten dried bad- smelling bits of gristle, which he sald were the sinews of deer. Deer are very fleet of foot and never are tired, so for the “'tired feeling” the sinews were a remedy Then he put in a handful of reddish brosvn pressed leaves. They are the leaves of the Haw Show Woo tree and are to make one feel young again. The first Haw Show Woo tree was a gift of the gods thousands of years ago. Chinese herbs usually have some legend connected with them to illustrate their virtues, and this is the story connected with the “Haw’ herb: Haw Show Woo was a very good, very devout d very old man. One day he was ac stealing the affections of his brother's wife and was sent to prison for trial. He became very hungry and prayed to the gods as became a man of his great piety. During the night a bush sprang up through the floor of his dungeon, and in the morning the famished man ate the leaves. Days went by while he was wait- ing for his trial and he continued to piece out his scanty diet with the leaves of the bush. When he w n into court for trial the officers exc ed: “This is not the man who was arrested and cc ned in the cell. The culprit is an old man; this is a young man.” ) Sure enough Haw had become a young man to all appearances again. They investigated the case anyhow and discovered that Haw was innocent all the while. Before taking the shac oner ey asked him if he " he replied ‘ rhen tell about this wonderful change in your appearance.” So Haw told him the story of the little plant that had grown up in his cell and how he had eaten the leaves. The officials dug up the shrub and pre- sented it to t peror. His family for many vears was the only one that ha privilege of eating the sacred leaves. time passed slips were cut from it and senit through the k dom. and now he ymmonest coolie may eat of the wonder- s off the pris- was really Haw. us COQLOVOCVVOOVVVOLVVAVTUEICTTRAIVV U LOVVVO GO0 SUROVTRTO COVUBVOUVOV0O0B0G0N further—mainly by force of the red. arguments he had brought to be here, my brothers,” he sald, I send Constable Collins and two othe of my men to arrest the murderers. Saltaux are subjects of the Queen. cannot allow them to be killed for fun of the thing.” ADVENTURE OF BIG JACK COLLINS, Then big Jack Collins—wild Irishman and all the rest of it—went over to the Sio® camp and arrested three. The buc s jostled and shoved them, fired pis tols over their heads, but big Jack and his comrades hung on to their prisoners and worked their way to the post, with no sign of annoyance until a big buck spat in Collins’ face. A big mutton-leg fist shot out, and the Sioux lay like a crushed moccasin at Jack's feet. ‘Take that, ve black baste!” he hissed between clenched teeth; *‘an’ ye've made me disobey orders, ye foul flend!"” Then he marched his prisoners into the post and reported himself for misconduct in striking an Indian. Now a little as to the physique of the Northwestern mounted police. In height their average is 5 feet 9 inches, with a chest measurement of 38 iInches. Men and horses are eubjected to a most searching medical examination before be- ing taken on. The regulations of enlist- ment are framed, indeed, “to makg it a most difficult force to get into and an easy one to get out of.” body of contented men and few deser- tions. During the Riel rebellion the police wera always at the front. It was at the tak- ing of Batoche that Jack French, a big hard-fighting Irishman, inspector of po- lice, became {mmortal. After a hot scrim- mage a wounded policeman was left on the fleld. Jack French saw him and shouted in & brogue with the music of an he We the organ fo it: *What ara you doin’ there, Result, a fine A_CHINESE! PRESCRIP: o0, wITH THE DOCTOR'S, ORDER . ‘OONE-FOURTH | HATURALISEEY ‘o, CoFrrE NTS ©F THIS Tonuc': Lazp.Ro, FOoR _ AGILITY:, SinEws _oF ELK, FOR (STRErGTH. Roas, FoR.NUTRITION . RooT or THE "SLave LEaves >F THE “How - A -GIRL PLanT) Pom- LigHmiess PeanT! Grounp Bones oF ELEPHANT, TOR RHECATIS M R ATS, To_THICIKEN , THE Dnriep CaTs, For *~RE Dzer's Horn, FOR, AL ful Haw plant and renew his youth if he I ses enough money. Bestdes these Haw leaves the druggist put In some powdered bone of the elk. e elk has strong bones and the horn is, s it were cream of all his bones. 0 powdered elk’s horns will take away the he in one’s bones. Then there were two dried Mlzards, ich the ¢ t cut in half with a long threw them fn. Lizards d quick and active in their 50 they good to cure that disinclination to wake up and go to work livelier the lizard the more agility 1 acquire by drinking a broth of him Phen there were cucumber seeds and watermelon seeds, because .every one knows how, cooling are watermelons and cucumbers are to combat the “ig- neous element”’ and make it retire to its proper sphe A handful of big brown beetles was added to make Suey Increase in beauty or to take on more fat. The beetles are fat and soft themselves, so increase those attributes in her who eats them. A handful of spiders went in. Spiders are hur They eat and never have enough; so spide: help to create an ap- petite and make everything taste good, even In 2 boarding-house. He added the last ingredient, a handful fers which looked and smelled like p, but which he called wang tsing, or bright slave. While we had been talking a messenger brought in a stick of wood shaped like a knife. The handle part was red and on the blade were some black characters. He said it was a notice for him to attend a meeting of his company. He tied up the parcel, about six inches square, tucked the folded prescription into the grass string with which he tied up the bundle, leaving a loop to carry it by. Then Suey asked him for something else and he consulted his book of pre- scriptions. He made up another much maller prescription, but did not tell us what went into it. When we had saud “Sing Sing” and were on the street Suey told me she had asked him to give her something to make her hair stop falling out. I was sure that I had seen some HAIR . AR EYES.. ERTNESS., dried rats go into the prescription, ana Suey sald I was right but not to say anything about rats before a Chinaman because he does not like it. I as her if she did not think the dose would be hard to take. “Not so bad as sickness,” she an- swered. ‘“Bad devils not like bad devils go way.” Which meant she could d it, b the bad devils of sickness could not and would go away and let the melon and cucumber seeds do their work and bring harmony in her “sublime organiza- tion.” Suey was to pour four bowls of water over the medicines and boil them. When the four measures of water had been boiled down to one measure, about two cups , she was to drir it as hot and as quickly as she coujd e sure she would soon be eed with her when she d to me the proverb, “While the icine works the patient is under the care of the most high one.” She told me another proverb the Chi- nese have which says, “A doctor has the heart to cut flesh off his own thigh to give to his patient, but never the heart to deceive him.”. That would be quite as true in English as Chinese. Suey had been charged to bring home sundry articles for her nelghbors, and as the parcels of medicine were large I suggested to her to leave them In the first shop she entered, as she wanted to g0 Into several. She looked her horror at my ignorance and then explained that around the rest- ing-place of medicine all the devils of illness lurked, and any man would very much dislike her to leave such a com- pany in his shop to destroy him and his businest HELEN GREY. — “It was my good fortune that m cestors came over in the Mayflower,’ Miss South Church. “May_ flour,” replied Miss Hennepin, who did not quite understand. “Our folk ma their fortune in September wheat. —Detroft Free Press. The nests of the termites, or white ant, are, proportioned to the size and weight of the builders, the greatest structures in the world an- sald ok. ?"" came back a faint call. “It's mesil’ll carry you, thin!” and down he marched, whistling, though two bullets cut the skirts of his tunie. ““They're gettin’ pretty close now,” mut- tered Jack; but he was only a few feet from Cook. May it be remembered to the credit of the half-breed rebels that, when they re- alized what French's mission was they ceased fire. And when he swung his com- rade upon his broad shoulders and start- ed home with him a cheer ran along the whole rebel line. He brought Cook in safe and then went back to the fighting. His reward was nct the Victoria Cross, for in half an hour he was dead. Cook still lives. He Is in the Government employ. e o “I'm wounded,"”