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12 TH32 OoMAlIA BATLV JllSli ; : 'MUTES DAY , JANUARY 25 , 18J)8. ) PICTURE FRAME JfOVELTIES The Newest Designs for Photographs and Portrait ? . GREEK AND EGYPTIAN PATTERNS IArcliHepurnl KriimcH of Cnf eil Wooil mill ItriiMH llrntrn lo Itfitctulilu _ llutiic GlldeM ibnmls or pasro partout nro Invarl- Ably In good tisto for any picture setting , tout thin season a scries ot charming novel- tlcj In frames have been put forth , greatly 1o the Kaln In houao decoration. The matter of prlmo Interest In this regard Is the nrchl. tcctural frame that la not ( ho gothlc pat tern olwaya so largely nml discreetly used In picture upholstery , but the models of Grecian and Egyptian architecture. These frames arc beautifully carved In wood , lldcd or otnlncd any color desired , mid me chiefly need to Inclose engravings and pho- ttogtaphn of great paintings. j IJy very natural rejection the Greek t ifr&mcs take the first place , the picture beIng - Ing sot between two dcllcitc ( luted pilasters whcso Corinthian capitals support tho' ' frame's top , a ( straight cornice aiid frlczo prettily decorated with carved beading and nn egg and anchor pattern , while the bottom tom of the frame , on which the pilaster j > uu i i real , li a elrnplo wood molding. In l Mich graceful frames , stulncd black or. 'treated ' to rcsE-mblo light or dark cnk , pho tographs from the old misters and from the dcrorUlons In Hcw'.on's or Washington1. ? , famous 1 brnrles. are encased. The frame maker * , with ( Mual effort , use the Ionic. Djrlo ard Tuscan capitals on the pllnjtrs nt the rivli of the framcp , or more grace- ifully . till bring out the whole of 'the ' fluted Grc k columns In full , lo support a Hinnll jcllmeiit tov to the frame , and putting the columns' ibi..c.s on the ; woudcn step for 1he frame's bo'.tom. Thin the whole facade of r. Greek leniplo H cut. out ot wo > l , and Iho T > i < Huro It frnmtM Is set In n recess half an inch deep. This rcvult Is something won- tl'rfully unique and decora'Ivo , especially v/hcn tlio whole frame is glliltil or cast In ipla. tcr and polished with oil and ibuint urn- be. ' , to cxart'y ' represent In tint the color of these Greek temple * lefl standing. Almost as alluring nre the frames on the same order , but representing the facadcu of Egyptian tenipln- Hero the ends of Iho frames nre Egyptian columns , with lotus leaf top.\ and the column * , cornice they support ami the foot of the frame , nro all prettily carved with hlcrosLvphlrs. It Is when gathering several narrow pictures era a Irlp-tyck un ler one. frame that these architectural diulgns show to cbpeclil ad vantage. The. e groups of slcnJer pillars are eel at Interval ? w'hcro a division be tween the p'ctures ' Is newssary. Unlcw very elaborate the o architectural frames are not expensive , though the obllg- watcr iv.w It , Next day he Tins passing by with his Rlrl , and as they were going In to get tame coda water ho told her to read the sign. Ho spoke before ho looked , for , to bis dismay , the Inscription on the blackboard was : "Have you a baby ? If so , use steril ized milk. " A MVSTUHV OK TIIIJ LAKHS. of Shlpn rockoil .Snllnrx Snnl- Imicit l'i It ) ' ( InloUtiliulN , Many weeks have passed since the steamer Idaho sunk off Long Point. Lake Uric , with nineteen members of hw crew on boird , relates the Huffnlo Kxpress , and eiot one of the boJlcs of the drowned sallorn has been found. Some veisolrnon regtrd this OR strange , while others do not. When the Idaho sank nearly all the mem bers of her crew were on t'.ie upper deck of Iho vcfficl. Two or three null , It Ms been said , were In the chain hold. The rest of the craw were scattered about on the up per deck , according to the stories of Louis La Force and William Gill , the only mem bers of the crow who were saved. It will bo renipmbered that tticso men climbed the mast of the IiMho and clung to It until they we.ro takcti off by Captain Root and his wow ot the steamer Marlposa. Naturally , when the Idaho went beneath the waves , the men cm the deck , who were not In the cabins on tlmt deck , were left struggling In ihc water , although none of them was seen by Gill or Lrt Force. But thta M explained by t'.ie fuel that the boat went down early In the morning , before day began to dawn The theory IE that the men who were In the cabins on the roper deck of the Idaho went down ; but when the boat sank Iho entrance of water to the cublns tore them off and swept them away. This left the bodies of the men free from wreckage , to bo tossed about by the same angry naves w'.ilch filled the Idaho with water until she no longer could flcat. Many perccns Interested , thought the boolcs would be picked up b > passing vcu- iels or would be washed ashore. A day or two after the wreck i member of the cro > v of the steamer Thomas Cranage , whlcli passdo the Idaho on her way to tub port , claimed that. In the moonlight , on the morn ing his vessel arrived here , he had osen the tody of a man be'iig thrown about by the wavco near the wreck of the Idaho. A few mill's nearer to thlj port members of tne crew of the f.une vessel c'-ilm they sav anrther body floating with a life preserver aroum' It. However , many local vcbsclmcn were In clined to doubt the truth of the stories of the crew of the Cranage. Inasmuch so It was near midnight when the steamer pasaecl the wreck , and the light of the moon upon the water was decelvkig. Since then noth ing Ixs been learned that would verlfj o. strengthen the story of the crew of rti > Cram a go. A few dajs later It was reported a fisher man ot Dunkirk , while entering that p'ac ° In a small bcut , saw a body floating In the harbor. The fisherman tried to pick It up , If reports of the happening are true , but It slipped from hi' grasp , he claimed , and sank. Since then nothing has been seen or heard ot the body. It was thought to be the body of one of the Idaho's crew. Relatives ot Alexander Gillies , captain ot - | " ' | ' | ; | | 'IlipijIiiiijiiiilllllllllllllTrrrri rjwss wwn srswrr7 s steHsfcBC > KMM fE mfiffiffifflm XiL' & 23z e z-&KSi2Z.-fZ' fft ti wf& ? > ral ( 'ii iiJ'a , < " > Vy I/il / - trF"i / ARCHirUCTUUU OP FRAMING. Ing upholsterer of pictures siys there Is < i iM y for IM se who can only afford to decorate ate- their walls with unmounted photogrm. hs and pretty BCOIIOB cut from the magazines , to frarro their art selections both securely and economically. The way Is to buy for an unmounted photograph a plate of plain glasi cvictly Its blze , lay on this the picture nnr over the latter a piece of heavy brown liners of the srt used for window shades. On this ccn bo sewed two little brass rings , through 'which to run t'.io wire for hanging. At the trainers can then be bought a atrip of linen , In o.iry color dielred , and pasted on one silo with the strongest glue. Strips of this linen nro used to bind together the glass and cloth backing < wul where It overlaps the edges of the glass It gives the effect of a simple dark framo. At something like an outlay of 25 cents m.iloce the meat effective settings can bo given the slirplciU prints. Of Interest to pcraons who have costly portraits traits and valuable works of art to decor- to for hedging are the * novelties In V.um- inered brass frarncw. Out of thin sheets of brass , framiij of the Florentl < no pattern lire wrought and hammcied In exquisite de-sign. Mo&t beiutiful round and oval portralta of men and women are now onwsed lo wreaths of glided olive , or bay or laurel ribbons and nt the top with fluttering ribbons , and for a delicate water color cr pastel partralt of a woman the tpprcprlate frame , provided the eltter Is wealthy and a woiran of taste , la nn oval frame of brass , so cunningly wrought mill delicate ! } pierced end treated as to re semble a stiffened llutlng of golden laco. Yet mtvo costly and fjr very small portraits traits are framed of silver , but In this ex- traMiganco cf fashion In framing , beautiful though It may bo , t'.io work of the painter Is belittled and artists themsel > es frown on the fancy. Itrlullr. Ion. Cleveland Plain Dealer : "That Mrs. Slim- mers next door ls the meanest woman on the street. " "What has she done ? " "You know how she's nlwa > M running over hero to use our 'phono ? Well , I got tired of It and yesterday told Drldgut to say to licr that the line was busy. " "This morning I found our clothes line was broken In two places and I sent Hrldget over to the Sllmmera to borrow theirs. And what do you think that wretched woman Bald to her ? " "Lino's busy ha , ha , ha ! " "No. she didn't. She ald they had two nnd sho'd give me one. Did you ever hear of anything so contemptibly sarcastic ? " Children nnd adults tortured by burns , scalds , Injuries , eczema or skin disrates may bccure instant relief by using DeWUt'ii Witch Hazel Salve. It la the great Pile remedy. A Dritur SCoriInrlilrnl , The New Orleans Times-Democrat says I that just Inside of ope of the leading drug stores of the city there Is a blackboard j \\hlclr Is used very effectively for advertising , purposes , the "ads" thereon being gotten up , ' ' in a very catchy manner. For Instance , the * other day tbo following was written on It 1 to catcfe tbo e > o of young lady customers ; 1 "Have jou a sweetheart ? If so , buy him a bottle of our "pure " Florida -water. " A young nun The dropped In to get * glais ot soda V the Idaho , offered a reward of $50 for the reco\ery of the body , but It has not been found. 1hU is the principal reason , accorJlng tc some vcEsclmen , why the bodies will not jo foind : In 1SS4 , thirteen years ago , In ho early part of the cs&'on of navigation ho schooner Eddlo Fitzgerald was blown dhoreor went aground near to the place where the wreck of the Idaho now lies. Slowly the vessel , after It had besn on bottom tom for homo time , beganto dlsai pcar. It was on a stretch of sand some veaselmen call It quicksand and gradually It was sink ing Into thl.y said. After a time nothing of the vcfecl could bo neen It had been swallancd up by the quicksand , so called Vrsielnrcn wore reminded of thin peculiar 'ricl-Jcnt about a week after , when a captain , who l.ad just come down the lake , passing near to the wreck of the Idaho , reported that , while sailing In three fathoms of water , his boat struck something. He thought It was tlio upper worha of the echoroer Fitzgerald. And so. In view of this circumstance and the fact that vcssclmen are aware It Is not uncommon to find sand much like quicksand In spots along the shores of the lakes , many have corne to the conclusion that the crew of the Idaho has been swallowed up by this treacherous sand , of which there Is a large stretch along the Canadian shore above Long Point , clearly opposite the place where the Idaho lies. The iMJsslblllty of drowned men being eo\cred forever by this sand Is substan tiated here : On October 11. lbl ! ) , the tellooned Hartford foundered In Mexico bay , Uako Ontario. On board. It Is said , were seven persons the captain , his wife and child and four men who made up the crew. In the evening of the day cf the wreck the body of the baby was washed ashore. The body of thp captain's wife was found on October 20 , nine days later. The body of tha captain or any of the crew has not bciti found , and rnoro than three years liavo elapjod since the boat was lost. The theory Is the bOilltB of thp men were swallowed up by quicksand. The fact that so much tlmo has elapsed slnco Iho Idaho rank strengthens this theory. The stay of a body under water depends on the temperature of the water ; but , so far as casi be learned , there Is no Instance on record where bodies have remained on bottom tom , free from wreckage or anything else that might keep them from floating to the surface of the water , for a month or more. According to the stories of GUI and ha Force , the survivors , some of the crow had oa life preservers , These should have brought thelc bodies to the surface , and the fact that none has appeared gives oven more strength to the almost general opinion that they are covered by quicksand. U Is thought , however , that the bodies ot a few members of the crew still uro In the chain hold of the wreck. i'n A-u lea Sim-- . The bo t salve In the world for Cats , Ilruleeu , Sores , Hirers , Salt Rheuur. Fever Sores. Tettnr , Chapped Hands , Cbllblalus. Corns and all Sklrr Eruptions , and positively cures Piles tr no pay required. U Is guar anteed to glvo perfect satisfaction pr money refunded. Price 25 cento i > er box. For eala by Kuhn & Co , HAWAII AND SUGAR INDUSTRY Interest of Am r'can Fnrmtn and tb Hawaiian Planters. SUG\R 1RU3T OF Til ; \WAIIAH Prodi * from tinSnlc of SiiRnr li AnuTloim Miirkc-lK lr lrr tlml tin- Mil n 11 Condiim- mill I'nIrlolNin. There are 10,000,000 farmers In the Unltei Slates and 30,000.000 people directly depend cut upon the pursuits of agriculture , writes II. W. Snow , statistician of Orange Judt Farmer , In that paper. They represent 4 ( per cent of our population and a much large : proportion ot our national wealth-producltiB cri-aclty. They furnish $700.000,000 of out annual exports , or seven-tenths of our lota trade. In direst and Indirect taxation thej pay well toward one-half of our national fitato and local taxes. Upon their prosperity depends the prosperity of the nation. There are a few hundred sugar planters It Hawaii. They have grown Inordinately wealthy through their free access to our mar ket for their sugar. In twenty years , In ad dition to the legitimate profits of their busi ness , Hils country has given them $70,000,000 In the duties It lies remitted on their products through the operation of the Hawaiian rccliiroolty treaty of 1875. Our o\\n people have paid taxes to irako U3 this deficiency. This gift to Hawaiian planters ami burden unon American agriculture now amounts tc $8.000,000 a year and the stake for which the Hawaiian Sugar trust Is play ing Is a continuation of this In perpetuity. The question ot Hawaiian annexation IB an Is uc between the American farmer , the taxI - I aycr , and the Hawaiian planter , the tax- eater Other Issues arc Irrelevant , broutfil In to becloud the real Issue , and the annexa tion appeals to patriot Ic sentiment am frvntlo wavlngs of "Old Glory" are for no other purpose than to conceal the cloven foot ot this purse-swollen foreign sugar trust. TUB AMERICAN FARMERS. Facilities for production are now such thai except In years of crcri failures , either nt home or abroad , wo can produce the staple crops In greater volume than our markets at home and abroad demand. As a result prlcei of staples have declined to a point where their production Is unproIUable. "wheat , corn and cotton growers , whatever f.iture In creases In the world's peculation may have In store for them , for the present face a condition where their lnye ot remunerative labor depends upon crop failure or famine. Now markets or new products must be found. Of new markets there are none to which access can be readily found fee the old staples. There are opportunities for the ex ploitation of new products and the golden opportunity of all Is the cstabllsment of an American sugar Industry \\hhh shall mo nopolize the $100,000,000 a year market which wo now furnUh to the black and yellow sugar growers of the tropic" ! , and the enterprising btet growers of France and Germany This country has every requirement ot sol ! and climate for the production of the sugar beet It Is lacking only In experience ani knowledge. So ICCIR as the production of the staples wsa profitable , rural corservatli-m operated to postpone experiments In a new tit-Id of agriculture in which the require ment. ? were radically different from our Agriculture as already practiced. The iw t three years , with Its p'nch of unremunera- tlve labor , served to Induce thousands ol nun to make experiments with beets , and t.'icre are now cata ! for a positive statement that with the ord'aary encouragement which it lira been the wise policy of our govern ment to ghe new Industries , the American larmer can In a few years supply the Ameri can consumer with the 2,500,000 tons ot sugar which he- uses every year. The tests of 1S9C and 1807 demonstrated tlat our farmers are ready to do their part toward opening this new field to American labor , ind securing the d stributlon to our own producers and our own labor of the $100- JOO.OOO a year , $1,000.000,000 In ten yeua which now goes to competing agriculture In other countries. OUR SUGAR INDUSTRY. The benefits of an American sugar In dustry will not be confined to those farmeis alone who enter upca beet cultivation. It iffects the whole body alike by reTltffilng the acreage demoted to other cropj , leaving the fern grower and the wheat grower with fewer competitors , and furnishing him an ad dltlonal home market for bis crops through the employment of a ast body ot labor In a nco-competltive flelJ. W.hat stands In the way of this consum mation ? Hawaiian sugar only. The pres ent tariff operates satisfactorily so far as all other sugar Is concerned , but the very Icglslat.on Intended to benefit American farmers is nullified In a large measure by tlio fact that the Hawaiian planter Is so situate ! as to secure every advantage In- tciAled for cur own fanner. The reciprocity treaty of 1875 , admitting his sugar free , gives him , through this remission of the duty , an absolute bounty of nearly 2 < cnts a pound upon an Industry thoroughly established. With cheap yellow labor , the richest sugar land In the world and a busi ness already puylng us much as & 0 per cent per annum on the Investment , what chance Is there to establish our own sugar Industry If the protective duly of nearly 2 cents a pound stands In favor of his product as well as our own ? The futility of trying to Induce American farmers to enter the field with such competition- patent , and those Interested in their welfare Immediately asked congress to repeal the Hawaiian reciprocity treaty , so that our own farmers might secure the advantage of the protection given In the new tariff law. Right here the present campaign for annexation began. No sooner was the fact pointed out that the Dlngley law , with reciprocity still In force , meant a bounty for Hawa.lan sugar rather than any en couragement for homo production , than the annexation treaty was trotted out to head ' ft any effort to repeal the reciprocity treaty. This no.v brings us to the point whore wo can understand SUGAR TRUST WANTS. In 1870 there were twenty-six sugar planters In Hawaii , and their annual sugar production was aloul 20,000,000 pounds. In that year a reciprocity treaty was "Jammed" through congress , the affirmative vote In each branch being a minority of the whole rnombcrbhlp , In spite of the protest of such veteran statesmen as William I ) . ICelley In the IIOUEO and Senator Morrlll In the senate , and In the face of an able com mittee report against the scheme Hawaiian plantations doubled In value and the production of sugar went up by leaps and bounds until In 1S93 the Islands pro duced 330,000 000 pounds. During the twenty-one years since passed these planters have been paid a bounty on every pound of their bugar equal to the duty thus rem t- toJ. Their profits have been exorbitant. They scoured the world for cheap contract labor , filling the Island with tha very lowest classes of Japanese and Chlneso laborers. The United States has had no revenue from Hawaiian sugqr or rice. It bis In effect paid these planters a bounty at the expense of our own taxpayers , be cause the duty thus remitted created a vacuum In our revenues which our own bur dened taxpayers have been called upon to fill by paying additional taxe' tb make it To hfoow wliat our people , largely our farmers , have been OOIK elled to pay In the way of taxct In order to make goad this gift to the little circle cf i.ijenters , sea the following statement from a treasury report showing what has bccn'remltted IT di'tlcs for their benffit : Duties rcmlttcU on sugar and mohis.se.t . . . . .if Dutli'H remitted on rice . , . , making a tctal transferred from the packet of the American taxpayer , . to the coffers of the Hawaiian Sugar trust In twunty-one years of $ GJ.121.92S , This tribute grows yearly and now iinoufits to gome (8,000,000 each year , above : he legitimate prrfits of their business. Now : ornrs this annexation thene : , tlio whole aim jf wlrlch U to saddle thin \asl and growing trlbuto i non ua for all time. With such a stake to be played for , IB It any wonder that bl trust of taxeatlng mllllonalros maintains i permanent bureau ot lobbyists at Wath- UKton , floods the country with literature , lubsldlzcs the preui from New York to San , 'Vauclsco and conducts a campaign In which the lavish use cf money U beyond nil precedent. THIJ ISBUI ! JOINED. The Istue at stake la simple enough. On one tide the American farmer demands the p.lvllcf > of devclcplni ; the sugar resources of his own cojntry ; nn cpportunlty to cu- nge In a lucrative branch of production and \j ilvc up to the national resources , whlcli Oed hns given him. On the other side stands a small circle , srnalldr In number than the average farmers' club In this country , porfiMjIcig millions , and with Incomes fabu lous be-yond the wraith of orlnees , dcnundlnp that the tribute which they have been levyIng - Ing upon American toxpayers for twenty-one years shall be granted them In fee simple for all time. On each an Itaue can the result be doubt ful ? Sugar trust money wrung by unjust taxation from the overburdened farmers ol America may buy Individuals , may subsidize a largo section of Uie press , may maintain a literary bureau , may even attempt to defile the law-n.uklng power , but no fund Is large enough and no agents active enough to reach the great farming vote of this country. The American farmer holds In his hands the political destiny of three-fourths of the mem- bcrahlp of the national ccirgress. If ho but demands hn ! rights his voice will be heard above t'jo whltper ot the tempter. Congress dara not refuse to listen when the farmers ot America voice a united demand. ARGUMENTS AGAINST ANNEXATION. 1. It means failure of the effort to estab lish a beet-sugar Industry , 2. It means perpetual taxation of our over-burdened farmers to pay a bounty tc an Industry In which exorbitant profits are already made. 3. It means the addition of another glgan- tlo trust to the too many we already have , neul that , too , a trust which deals In yellow contract labor , and Is already an expert In manipulating legislation. I. It means that as only a very small minority of the Inhabitants of the Islands desire annexation , we will be In the posi tion of using force to Impose n government upon a people without the consent of the governed. 5. It means cither that the thousands ol Japanese and Chinese coolie laborers arc tc bo kept Iti a condition , of semi-slavery , or else admitted to the privileges of Ameri can citizenship. Either condition Is repug nant to our Institutions. G. It means two more United States sena tors from a rotten pocket 'borough ' , who will represent the Hawaiian Sugar trust. 7. It means that Hawaii will eventually bo made a state , and that our election ot a president may depend upon the returns from the Portuguese , Chinese and Kanaka wards of Honolulu. 8. It means that our national precedents ot an hundred years are to be broken , and wo to begin land-grabbing In competition with Great IJrltaln , Germany and Russia , with all the dangers that Involves. ! ) . It means the necessity of nn cvcr-ln- crcaclng navy to defend outlying possessions , and to hold our own with other robber na tions. 10. It means the betrayal ot our own tax payers to further enrich a few planters. II. In short , It Is the case ot the Ameri can farmer and taxpayer against the Hawaiian planter. .VATUHC'S COMI'VfcS MOXS. HIMV the Wiiniliiinii Is Alilt * ( o AI > MIJM 'I'i'll Dlrccdniis. Tlio many different methods to determine the cardinal points while on the mountains. In both heavy timber and small bush , or upon the featureless expanse of n great marsh , says Forest aad Stream , are exceed ingly numerous and reliable enough for all practical purposes during an cvcry-day life In the bush , unless a very long journey is to bo made , which would require u number ot days and would make It necessary to hold on a vary fine potat while making so long a distance. Wo will first take notes on the coniferous trees , pines , furs , spruce , cedars , hemlocks , etc. The bark of these U always lighter in color , harder and dryer on the south sldo of the tree ; ' while It Is In color much darker , Is also damper and often covered with mold and mess on the north side. The gum that , oozes out from the wounds , knot holes , etc. , Is usually hard and often of beautiful amber color on the south side , while on the northern sldo It remains sticky longer and gets covered with Insects and dirt , seldom drying out to more than a dirty gray In color. On largo trees tliat have rough bark , es pecially during the fall and winter months , the nests and webs of Insects , spiders , etc. , will always bo found In the crovlces on the south side. A preponderance of the large 'branches ' will also be feu ml on the warmest or bouthern side of the trees. Also the needles of all the above mentioned trees are shorter , dryer and of a yellowish green on the southern side , while they will be found longer , more blender and pliable , damper to the touch and darger green In color en the north side. The cedars and hemlocks , as If trying to outdo the others , always 'bend ' their slender tops of now growth toward a southern sky. The hardwood trees nre equally as com municative and have all the characteristics so far as regards their trunks as the con Iferous trees , except the absence of gums ; but thlb Is more than made up by the fun gus growth of mold and mosses that Is very noticeable on the north side ot these trees. The edges of rocks , which may be part of stupendous mounta'us ' , or merely an occa sional cropping- out here and there In the woods , or , perhaps , some great bowlder alone by Itbclf a silent wltncen of the glacial pcirloj , all alike testify to the effect of light tad sbide. The sunny oldo will usually DO bare , or at most boast of a thin growth of harsh , dry kinds of mosses , that will cnly grow when having the light ; whl o the northern sides will be found damp and moldy , and often covered with a luxuriant growth of soft , damp mosses that love the shado.hllo every crevice will bear alofl beautiful and gracefully waving fcrno. The forest floor on the srnny side of bills , ridges , clumps of trees , buahes , big rocks , etc. . Is more noisy under the footfall than on the northern side of such places , where the dead leavco and litter are soft and damp , holding more molature than In placea exposed to the light of the sun. In cci open country nearly void of tim ber , clumps of small bus he , ? during sum mer will furnish all the conditions found to exist among the leaves of the trees , beIng - Ing equally sensitive to light and shade DJ are the mor.archs of the woods. Tbo land scape green , with moving grasses tnd beautiful to the eye , which feasts on the countless number of wild flowers , reprc sontlng every form and hue known In Iho flowery kingdom , also furnlshca a rellablu guide for locating the cardinal points , an most wild ( lowers , especially the long- lernmed varieties , hide their faces from the north , > ind , like the -sunflower , turn toward a southern sky. Largo bowlders , clumps of small bushcn , rnoundB and small hummocks all testify , too , for the ground around inch places exposed to the sun wll ! be burned marly bare of vegetation , or pircheil up until of a dead gras.i color ; while on the shady eldo It will be found quite green , and often hero there are growing moE/ies and ferns of rare beauty , which thrive only where they have moisture and shade. It Smt'H ( lie Cllllllrfii , From the Industrial World. Lucas , la. : All of our family have wtak lungs and eldeat n'Ed sacrificed because of the prejudice of advisers against patent mejtclnt'S. Little Vlda has had sevenrl attacks of croup this winter which has kept her out of school part of the time , but In every oiso Chamber lain's Cough Remedy has rel cved her and prevented more nvrluus complications. We have at all times' recommended Chamber- la In'u medicines when opportunity offered ind have placed carnpio bottles with panics ivho were Ignorant of their merits. HllHlll'll Wlll-llH. Detroit Journal. "You shall cat your noi.lu ! " cried iMru Constance von Kaltkraut , Iho landlady , her eyea glittering ominously. 'N n n n ne\er ! " replied Vladimir do Montrnorcay , the hull bedroom , fully iroutcd. Tlio Infuriated woman hesitated. "Ho stutters , " she reflected , aside , "and f I Insist hewill go telling around that I nuclu him rat bash ! " With a enort of battled rage , and clutch- ng as much of the air as sac could -\\lth- mt removing her gloves , Mrs. von Halt- craut plunged nway. Brown's UronchUl Troches are excellent or the relief of Hcanoeness or Sere Throat , 'hey are exceedingly effective , Christian VorlJ , London , England. OLD IOWA HOTEL TORN DOWi Formerly the Rontltzvous of a Notor'ou Gang of Outlaw. ! . OLDEST BUILDING IN 111 : STAT Mtinti-rx CiimircU'il ulHi KM Illntory. of Knrlii ln > In Historic i--VIIIIIOUM Old Welt \i-nr ( Inllotfl. . Workmen have commenced the domolltto of n dilapidated and tlmcworn relic ot tti earliest periods of civilization In this scctlo ot the now gre'at state of Iowa say a correspondent .of the Chicago Chronlcl from Dellovue , la. This relic Is nn ol frame building , the first ono built In Jacl son county , and against Its wcathcr-bcate clapboards have ahono the summer's sun and raged the wintry blasts ot three scor years. The building , which originally sloe In Front street , was relegated to the allc In the rear some score of years ago , sine which time It has been used as a store house and for various other purposes. 1 was built by W. W. Drown , who cut n Inconsiderable figure In the early history < this section , and whose name Is still synonym for outlawry among the few n rnalnlng pioneer settlers who recollect th circumstances of his remarkable career. llrown and his party arrived In Ilcllevt In 1837 and promptly began the erection < several frame buildings , of which this wti the first. Previous to that year there ha been nothing more pretentious than In dwellings. The building Is constructed i massive hewn oak studding and butterrni wcathcrboardlng , flllcxl In between the stud ding and wcathcrboardlng with solid brlc masonry , after the fashion ot these days. As It stands today It still Impresses th observer as having been designed as fortess rather than as a dwelling for me of peace. It Is two stories in height an about 18x30 feet square , and although I has at different times received addition these have In turn been torn down agiilt leaving the building as It originally was I 1S37. 1S37.There 1s probably no structure In lower or In adjacent states about which cluster the weiid Interest that attaches Itself t this relic of bygone days. Drown designe the building for the use of a hotel and I was for many years known as Urown' hotel. It was the acknowledged hea'tiuar tcrs of Brown's select gang of banditti counterfeiters , murderers and horse thieve and within Its walls took place' that his torlcal and bloody carnage known as th "Bcllevue war , " when bravo and hones citizens laid down their lives In a succcbsfu pffrrt to rid this section of the open am shameless brigandage which prevailed a that time. The building Is now the property of Mrs Adam Schwab , It having conio Into he Tather's posresslon about the year 18 ! > 2. It ha not bceii used as a dwelling for nearly tblrt : i ears , the last person to occupy It havlni been Dr. Charles Kunz , father of Wllllan Kunz of tills city. Now It Is doomed ti l > ass Into oblivion , although there are man : who believed that. Incidental to Its dlsap [ icaraiice as a landmark of Jackson county1 ; early history , some of the mystery tha red clung about It for so many years wouli lie cleared up. up.I1ELLEVUE I1ELL-EVUE WAR. In this connection It will be necessary t review to some extent the Incidents of th "UcIIevue war" and the period Immcdlatcl : preceding that occurrence. Shortly after the arrival of Brown and In crow lu Bcllevuo there commenced and con tinned up to 1810 a scries of thefts , rob buries , murders and assassinations nm crimes of nil kinds. Many reputable citizen : who desired to locate here ga\e tip the ido. upon learning ot the existence of the organ Izcd band which dominated affairs. Ever ; honest man was afraid for his life and prop erty. Thus matters stood until 1810. whci i general revolt took place among the bcttei class and it was unanimously decided ti make a heroic effort to rid the country o the 'banditti. ' In pursuance of this plan 01 April 1 a posse of forty armed citizens un der the leadership of Captain Cox end b ; order of Captain William A. Warren , win was sheriff at the tlmo was mabfcd a Bellevue while the- outlaws were all con Kregatcd at Brown's hotel carousing. Thi latter bad summarily resisted arrest am flefied capture. They wore armed to tin teeth and were desperate men , as had beei liroved upon many previous occasions. The shooting began as socn ns the partj arrived In front of the house * and dunandet the outlaws' surrender. iBrown fiiod the firs shot and was the first man of the dcspora docs to be killed The following graphics account of the ? figh Is from Captain , Warren's own lips , ai narrated by him over twenty years ago Ho said : "Thoso of Brown's men downstairs tough' ' rt-lth perfect desperation. The fight vai now a hand-to-hand combat. The bousi IVBH entered 'by ' our men , compelling tin sncrny to retreat upstairs , where they defended fended themselves from any assault will pitchforks and by firing down the stairway- Finding It Impossible to ascend the steps ' save orders that tlio houfcc should be flrel The flro was kindled at the bouth end o the IIOUEO. While kindling the fire ou : party was attacked from a building jusl ? oulh of the main building , where a par lion ot "Brown's " men had been placed. See ing the house about to be fired they begar shooting these who were applying the torch , \s soon as It was ascertained where tin tmbiiEh was the house was entered and one > f the men captured. "Before the flro was fairly under way II ivas discovered that the enemy were jump lirg from a ehed at the rear of the hoiiso Pursuit was given and thirteen of the num ! > er oaptured. Negro llrown and six other nado their escape. The fight ended. The Ire was extinguished and the captured rncr lut under guard for the night. "Our IOSB was four killed Hudson Palmer \ndrew Farley , John Brink and J. Maxwell rt'ounded .William Vaughn , severely ; Col Miol James Collins , shot through the hand Tohn G. McDonald , shot in the hip ; Wll lam Vance , shot In the thigh , and a num jer of others received slight wounds. "Ot the enemy there were * klllcj W. W Brown. Aaron Day a > nd Old Man Burtls Buckskin Tom , ' allai ) Welch , was badly ivoundod and several c''hcrs wore slight ! ; injured. " The evidence of the bloc'ly ' battle there an still bo seen , the timbers of the weM ind of tha ( building , which are rM lied w'tli slot and bullet bo'e ; many bulleM Tinvo olsc jt'en found Irnbe.lded In the wood and brlcl .vork . , AT TIIIO OLD WELL. At the 'tlmo ' of Brown'ty occupancy of the ) K\ hotel there was a well on the prcmlnfa > it the rear of the building. A''tc.- ' truclear - ng out of the gang there began to gain ToJcnco certain uncar.ny etorlea to the cf- 'opt ithst the well had bci"'i used for other rnd rnoro sinister purposen than that o 'urnlfhlng water to the thirsty In fact , M requirements are perfectly met in Wool Soap. 'llieie may be "more expensive ' sonps , Lut non ? i better. It if at > . tnitl.rpnrt , For the bath it is pleasant , sootlv inn and delight ful. ful.There's There's only one soap that won't shrink woolens. You Wy Mama I Wish Mine inustnchn OSeJ'.f ' ; UBO.J HOU soap and n rocppUcle for dead mon'n bones , This , of course , rmturnlly brought the well Into disrepute , and It was ftllowcnl to 'become filled up .with rubbish of various klmJs , Another rumor In reganl to the oU well , which circulated quite as widely and was thnn and Is yrt believed by many , Is that nt the time of their fight and capture the outlaw * eonflnc'd to Its keeping thousands ot dollars In gold and other treasure. They were known to have thla treasure In their possession at the time and totill ! " day < no trace of It has ever been discovered. On account of the superstitious fee-ling regard ing Iho old well no attempt was made to solve the mystery of Its depths , nnd as the years pasced by It continued to accumulate rubbish ami on ovH reputation. Finally. In 1870. < hc matter was again re vived In a rather curious manner by the appearance at the Schwib ho.no of an old man , who claimed ) toibo a tramp , nnd asked for work. Strange to my , the only.vork ho really seemevl anxious to do wan to dig j out the old well. This he nskcd permission i 1o do , nnd upon toeing rofu.rod Irisli-tcd , and I finally ( became abusive , ns a result of which lie was driven off the prcmlats. He ne\cr I roturneil , but there Is little doubt In tire minds of these who are best Informed on tSa subject that the tramp wag a remnant of the old outlaw band , endeavoring after of th iMt many years lo regain rxvsscwlon treasure ) In the wtlt , The day following the tramp's tlliappNir- nnco Mrs. Schwab had the well filled ) to tlia 'brim ' nnd n sidewalk built over h. Thus It Is today , 'but ' not .for long. In connection with the work of tearing down the old build- lr > R the well will bo OUR out and Its secret * brought to light after nonrly three score years ot oblivion. That there rcpcwea upon Ho rocky 'bottom ' ( V hoard of blood-fltnlned poUl the re-stilts of years of crime , murder and outlawry la not doubled In the light ot many circumstances which all lead t < i that conclusion. It gives Immediate relief we me.ni Salva tion Oil , the great luln remedy. I'rlcc 2&e. n Knlilo. Detroit Journal : Oneo upon n timea ser pent wns respectfully nccotlcd by Its off spring ; n very fnlmloii.t thing , truly , ns olt- jtpi'lng go. "I'niKt , " prattled the offspring , "why have I n forked tongue ? " "Surely you didn't Imagine , " the serpent replied , evincing- much p.iln. "that your nncoMors , or forbears , nto with their flu- ners ? Why should not your tongue bo forked ? " The "orpcnt , you observe , wns Inclined to bo vcrv Kclrntlllc ; Its wisdom. Indeed , proverbial. 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