Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 6, 1892, Page 16

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: NDAY. MARCH 6, 1892-SIXTEEN PA( A SOBER MAN is the XOBLEST WORK of GOD. T0 CURE THE “VETS” Uncle Sam Contracts for the Kecley Remedies. A substantinl testimonial to the value of the Keeley cure for inebriety and kindred diseases comes from the Gov- ernment of the United States in the shape of a contract for use of the bichlo- ride of gold remedies in twenty-eight National and State Soldiers’ and Sailors Homes. The Keeley compuny has of- fered its remedies to the government at the price to agents, and has in addition agreed to give a course of instruction to the physicians who will have charge of administering the treatmentat these homes, This is in the nature of a char- ity and is similar to the arrapgement made with the Medical Aid Association of Chicago. Negotiations hayve been on foot for some time, and yestorday Dr. Keeley received the following letter from the Governor of Kansas, notifying him of tho acceptance of his offer by the au- thorities in charge of the National homes for disabled volunteers. GOVERNOR'S OFFI WESTERN BraNcH N, H. for D. V. Leaven- IMPOSTERS TREMBLE. Scheming Territory Sellers on the Run. Dr. Leslie E. Keeley’s Treatment the Only Cure For the Liquor, Opium, Morphine, Cocaine, Chloral and Tobacco Habits. Only Remedy Endorsed by the United States Government. FACTS FROM THE RECORDS. What Dr. B. F. Monroe says of The Keeley Treatment. KOUT FOR MPOSTERS N LOO N It having been circulated by institye tions claiming that they have Dr. Lege lie E. Keeloy’s remedivs for the treate ment of the Liquor, Morphine, Opium, Tobacco and other Habits, and thus im« posing upon the public, the management of the Keeley Institute of Blair, Neb., have obtained the following from the worth County, Kas., Feb, 19—Dr. Leslie E. Keoley—Dear Sir—I haye just laid down a iunor from Gen, William B. Franklin, president of the Board of Managers of the National home of Disa- bled Volunteer soldiers, rcturning the copy of the contract with the Leslie E. Keeley company for the establishment of a branch institute of your company in each of the seven national and twenty- one state homes in the United States. He speaks emphutically of the great good that the future has in store for the unfortunate victims of alcoholism, and desires me to present his personal thanks for your generous assistance in enabling the board to grant this great boon to the unfortunates under its charge. I have the honor to enclose a certified copy of the resolutions of the Board of Managers instructing Maj. 1. N. Mor- rill, the local manager for this branch of the home, to close a contract with you for the use of lf'our remedy in the seven national and twenty-one state homes; and also a copy of the vote of thanks of the Board of Managers to you sonally for your kinduness in the mat- Leslie E. Keeley Co., of Dwight, IlL: Don’t be deceived by these territory sellers, butif you or any of your friends, wish treatment, come direct to the Keeley - Institute of Blair, Nebraska, and there you will get nothing but the genuine treatment, which is sure and lycrl’c(-tly reliable. We again warn you. Jo not be deceived by worthless institus tions, and do not place your money in the hands of these territory sellors, Peruse the following very carefully and then reflect. Dwianr, ILL,, March 3, 1802, The Keeley Institute, Blair, Nebras. ka, W. J. Cook, manager, and I I. Compton, M. D., physician in charge, and the Keeley Institutes at Beatrice and O'Neill, Nebraska, represent our authorized agencies in the state of Ne- braska, for the exclusive sale and ad- ministration of Dr. Leslie E. Keeley’s Chlo.ide of Gold Remedies, to be ad- ministered in sanitaritm treatment within that state. All other persons, under whatever name or title, through any manner of misrepresentation claim- ing that they are the representatives of the Leslie E. Keeley Co., or Dr. Leslie E. Keeloy, of Dwight, Illinois, or hav- ing any connection whatever with us in tho empioyment of Dr, Leslie E. Keeley's Chloride of Gold Remedies for the Liquor and Opium Habits, Neuras- thenia or Tobacco, are misleading the public, and are entitled to no recognle tion whatever. THE LESLIE E. KEELEY CO. [SEAL.] Incorporated 1886. CURTIS J. JUDD, Secretary and Treasurer. Brair, Neb., Dec. 7, 1891.—Dr. =--, Ashland, Neb., Dear Doctor: Your letter of recent date before me. * * The Keeley Treatment is what we claim for it, the other is a and claiming they have the cure, and many a poor victim will T 1 ; fake. Youshould, by all means, be careful where your friends be laid away from such experiments, as did Dr. ——. Dr. 3 S s go for treatment. * ¥ Kindly Yours, B. F. MONROE. physicially and mentally was in no worse condition than Mr.—, Ll Braig, Neb., Dec. 24, 1891.--Mr. --, Weeping Water, neither was be in as bad shape as many another patient that Neb., Dear Sir: Your very good letter at hand. Am pleased has been at the Keeley Institute, and been radically cured. to hear from you and learn that you have been so much bene- You are aware doctor that we use nothing in our whiskey as an fitted by the treatment. * * The Keeley Treatment is the emetic. This is not the case with the so-called *‘sure cure,” or only recognized one in the world. The rest are only sideshows. fake institutions throughout the land, New York alone has 8o Théy will not be known year fromnow. t+ 4 % sure cures, The more the merrier, as none of them will ever Kindly Yours, B. F. MONROE, M. D. come to the front. There isn't a saloon keeper in the land but Brar, Neb., Jan, o. 1892,--Mr. --, Tekamah, Neb., My what can use a preperation to sober a man, but they may not Dear Sir: Yours of the 8th instant received. t+ 4 Intelli- have to resort to wmia of anprmony{?:lsulphate of zinc to do so, gent men like yourself are aware of the remarkable cures that Mr. -- ought not to have died. Had he reached the Keeley have been effected by the Keeley Care, for it stands as a monu- Institute, as’hc started_to dq he would have been all right to- ment to the good it has accomplished. And so far every pa- day. The Keeley Institute is safe, as yotl13 (i;m S8SULe, your tient that has graduated here is a walking advertisement, + | friends. - F. MONROE. Dr. Keeley and his remarkable cures are known the world over Brair, Neb., Nov. 27, '9r.—Hon. --, Culbertson, Neb., and they need no recommendation from us. + + You are Dear Sir: Your favor of Nov. 24th just at hand. I am always aware so-called institutes are springing up all over the coun- glad to hear from the boys. * ~* Right you are when you try, but as yet we have not heard of any instance where they say that the Keeley Institute is the biggest thing on earth "to- have accomplished good. Their existence, in my opinion, is of day R Very Kindly Yours, B. F. MONROE, M. D, very short duration. | 1 Yours, Truly B. F. MONROE. Braig, Neb., Feb, 5, 1892.—Mr. , Syracuse, Neb., Dear Sir: Your letter of Feb. 2nd just before me. Wl g T There are many physicians throughout the land experimenting tor. Those Who Compo:e the Board. The board is composed of the follow- ing named gentlemen: The President of the United States, the Chief Justice, the Secrctary War—ex-officios; Gen. Willinm B. Franklin, president of the board; Gen. William J. Sewell, flrst vice-president: Gen. John C. Black, second vice-president; Gen. Martin I\ McMahon, secretary; Col. John L. Mit- chell, Maj. Edmund Morrill, Gen. George Bonebrake, Gen. Alfred L. Peurson, Gen. James Barnett, Gen. Francis Fessenden, and Gen. George W. Steele. ANDREW J. SMITH. _ THE KEELEY INS teley Institute, BLAIR, NEB. If you have a father, brother, son or friend you wish to save from any of these habits send him for IMMEDIATE RELIEF AND ABSOLUTE CURE, to UTE, Blair, Neb. FOR HER GREAT LOVE'S SAKE Young Ponca Brave Buried His Burden of Grief in the Bazile, BY THE CRAG AT THE MOUTH OF THE CREEK Tragic Story of the Removal of the Poncas to the “Land of Fire'"—Searching for Her Husband-Lover & Young Squaw Found Death, CRreiGuroy, Neb.,, March 5. —[Written for Tue Bee.--Few people know that one of the most beautiful as well as romantic spots in Nebraska is 1o be found in Knox county. The journey to it lies down the picturesque and fertile valley of the Bazile creek and in the summer time, when the foliage softens, the rugged outlines of the bordering bluffs and the air is laden with the odor of bloom- ing shrubs and wild flowers,a more delightful drive, except for the precarious crossings of the stream, could not be imagined. The lower portion of the valley leads oue through tho old Sioux Indian reservation and tke fer- tile lands of the valley are taken by the mem- bers of the tribe in severalty. The road through this part is not built or “laid out” like other roads. The Indians have ideas of their own about thoroughfares. Instead of building upon the road as do his white brethern the noble red man builds his home where the locality suits him and then runs the road to it, 80 that the highway zig-zags down tue deep valley, running by every house wherever located, and in tbe distance of eight miles crosses the stream nearly a score of times. The government has built for these “wards” very comfortable two-room cot- tages, but they are only used for winter quarters, Jn the summer the Indian can no more be kept tndoors and RBI!! alive than can @ fish live witkout water, The white walls of the deserted dwellings reflect no idea of life within, If the tourist will take the trouble to look around ho will spy from some neighboriag clumpof trees the curling amoke ascending from & wigwam. If ono will then tako the trouble to look up this summer habitation he will filnd the tepee pitched in the most picturesquo of nooks, a clear rip- ghuz stream meandering by, or a cool spring ubbling from the hillside and wlancing over the many colored sands and pebbles on its way to the scarcely less rapid or restless Bazile, A couple of ponies and a cow or two will be found croppiog the lusclous grasses within easy reach, A hog can scarcely be looked for., They are too easily coaverted into tood, ana besides it requires consider- able bother to feed and care forswine and the Indlan does not take kindly to bother. The chilaren will be found rolling in the grass or chasing great yellow butter- flies, The women, Int‘rvury often the men, will be squatting within the teepee engaged in flonlp. ut the road leads on, and one finds bim- self soon at the mouth of the valiey, with the broad, glistening Missouri stretohing westward beyond the village of Running Water on the Dakota side and can seo the ho "mfl' of Niobrara nestling beneatn the rugged hills four or five miles away, East. ward the stream sweeps at the feet of frown- 1og bluffs on the Nebraska shore; the steep ban! being cut away by theincessant swish of the water, showing the varl-hued rocks aund olay which elicited such admira- tion from the pioneer boatmen of the upper Missouri, Immediately 1o the east tho rise 15 high, but gradu One cau see the white, shining wagon road winding dowu the hilisides for a distance of several miles It1s the old Yankton trail, and its constant use for more than & third of @ century has deep-guttered the light soils of the bluffs, At the point where Al road crosses the Bazle a tnile or so from where it joins the Missour, the government bas just rul in a substantial bridge, but the travel in good weather is mostly through the shallow s by the ford, in plain sight of the brid, The ease ‘which & team may be allowed to quench ite thirst without the trouble of pump or wind lass, or a loose wagon tire tightened, is tvo tempting. On the west the scenery is more rugged. The Bazile sweeps close under the foot of a high and precipitous bluft. Deep, thick foilage Lides the eminence until the top is reached; whero outcroppings of soap stone may be easily seen. The bluff rises in height until it reaches a point opposite the govern- ment bridge, where it suddenly ends in a beetling crag of jagged rocks as forboding in Appearance yet as picturesque as some ithine side feudal castle rock. The romance of ths cliff was told’to the writer by one of the old men of the tribe of the Poncas, which now occupies a reserve west of the Niobrara river, five or s1X miles beyond. Many years ago, before the white men had sought this land, except to trade for furs and robes with the Indian, the tribe occupied the lana for miles on either side of the swift flowing “Horsetaill” (Niobrara). Grass grew in plenty and game roamed the prairies at will, The Indiau and his pony were both fea in” abundance. The Great Father at Washington, who had for many years kept good watch ot his red children of the praries, forgot them, an in an ovil day sont *Scar- face” to be agent over them, ‘‘Scarface’ treated them badly, and wickedly deceived them into signing a treaty by which a great portion of their territory was surrendered to the white man, aud the tribe was to be re- moved to “the land of fire,” (indian Terri- tory), A young chief. who had been much with the whites and who had learned to speak their language and read it a little, and who was away on the hunting trail at the time the council wns held, upon returning discovered the trick and endeavored to ex- postulate with “Scarface.” It was ot no avail and when the soldiers came to escort the tribe to the far-off and dreaded ‘‘land of fire"” the d)‘uunfl chief adyvised them not, to move, and siipping away during the night, oot even taking a pony, in order to avoid sus- picion, ho was to mako his way the neurest fort and inform the commandant of the out- rage upon his people. Befora leaving ho had gono to his own tepee to take & farewell of his young squaw and infant papoose, aud to adjure her to ro- maio uatil his retura, Within two days the soldiers, by the direction of tho agent, seeing that the Indians did not proposé to move, com- menced to tear down their houses and load their simple effects into the wagons, The younger members of the tribe murmuredat tho action of the soidiers and would haye fought themw, but the couusel of theold chief who had great confidence in the fair- ness and justice of the Great Father and in the mission of his son at the distant fort, prevented an outbreak, Days passed on an: the preparations for departure were hurried to completion, yet vo sign of areturn of the young chief, At last the day came. With sadness the old chieftain, bis ‘contidence still unbroken, advised bis tribe o obey until suocor from the Great Father should come, and the long caravan wended its way over the hulls southward, whero the tribe were to rch with ferver for so many mouths be- ore they should see again the green hills, breathe the fresh pure air and quaff the clear, cool waters of their native region. Long after the winding wagon train and its escort had passed from view, and when the suades of night were fast setlling down over the the aeserted nills, a young squaw, with a papoose clinging to her breast, crawlea stealthily from the brush and gazed toward the south, It was the wife of the young chief, and she had obeyed his commaund to remain until he returned. But how could she! Not a rempant of the ouce populous village of her fi:ople remained, exocept the smoking debris of that which the soldiers could vot carry away, and which had been bulit in piles and burned. Nota mouthful of food except the sustenance of the wild grass, or roots. Not a covering except the shelter of the stars. Day foliowed night, and night followed day, and the youpg squaw knew that she was failing —failivg because of the lack of food for herself, and se had to sustain two lives, her own and the dearer one at her breast. Nearly two weeks passed and, mere skeleton, she stond upon the site of village, & small skeleton tuggiog, be- tween its bunger cries, at her breast, ber black hair streaming in the cbill winds of the bleak November asy, her eyes bollow, wild and bauuted with that look which can ouly be brought out by the incessant knaw- ihg of hunger, wailing for the return of him who had bade her wait. At the end of the second week, realizing that the evil was drawing near if the hus- band did not return, she wandered eastward in the direction be had gone, plucking and eating s she went tho grasses and the ten- der sprigs of the summer's growth upon the trees, and occasionally endeavoring to hush the crying of the babe by crooning over 1t an Indian lullaby. Toward night she reached the bank of the swift and foaming Horsetail. Beyond it was her brave, beyond it was hope. Shes)id down the low bank and feeling its chill waters on herlimbs drew back, but the cries of the famishing papoose nerved herto go on, and she braved the wild, rushing waters. How she gained the opposite bank one can only imagine, but she did gain it, and cold, chill and soaked she fell fainting upon the bank. Upon awaking the found her own clothing frozen to her and the babe dead in her arms, A driving storm was ridiog the swift wind across the drear hills. But she arose and clasping the dead child to her bosom stag- gered on, on through the snow, over hills, through deepravines until she reached the rocky crag at the mouth of the Bazile. When the young chief returned he found the tribe gone, the home of his childhood destroyea and every vestige of the village blotted out. Keen upon the trail, he set him- solf Lo ascertain what knowledge he might, and soon discovered that the squaw who nad kept his teepeo brignt had remained behind, Patiently, and with the precision which had gained bim early renown among the warriors of his tribe he traced them here and there in- their wandorings. The broken twigs told the tale of their hunger, Still he labored on. Tho trail was followed to the river, found again upon the other side, and followed slowly but surely step by step through the rugged bluffs which here border the Missouri. At last standing upon the ridge he spies upou tho outer edge of the crag his squaw, her pappoose in her arms, gazing down the broad valley of the great river in the direc- tion whither she knew he had gone. He hastened forward, a great joy thrilliug every fiber of his being, andg, laving his hand upon her arm and gazed into her face with & glad smile. The smile died when he looked into the wlassy eyes of his frozen bride, and saw the wan pinched face of his dead babo in her arms, Rising be gazed long, long upon the scene about him, once so dear to the young hun- ter, but now stripped of all that made life happy, and gazing upon the ragged rocks which lay piled in brokeu masses at the foot of ‘the cliff he began the death chant of his tribe, Low at first, it eradually arose 1o & pitch which made it echo from the hills across the valley, and while at its height the young clLief sud- denly arose and with a wild cry leaped to his death below. Years have passed siuce then, and while many people have visited this wild and romantic spot, aud have with great effort carved their names upon the rocis, few have heard the story of the early tragedy. Sern SMock, —— Dewitt's Sursaparilla cleanses the blood, e Miss Lenore Snyder, who 1s to create the leading part of the bew opera by Svdney Grundy and Sir Alvert Suilivan, is the oungest prima donna ou the London stage, Sho is a daughter of a well koown citizen of Indianapolis, where she sang as soloist in the choir of the First Presbyterian churcn, of "which President Harrison is & member. Her debut on the stage was made in an amateur benefit performance of the *'Pirates of Peu- zance" three years ago and her voice then attrated attentior As leading lady of the Duff company sho achieved much success as Michaela 1 “Carmen” and id Gilbert & Sulli- van operas. As prima donns at the Savoy theater, Loudon, she created and achieved a triumpn in the role of the Nauteh Girl, under Mauager . D'Oyle Carte. — ey A Suggestion, Wo wish to make a suggestion to persons troubled with rheumatism, Try & few lications of Chamoverlais Pain Balm, Yl hat does not bring relief, lmsen @ piece of flannel with the Pain Balm and biod it on 0 Lhe seat of pain. The first application is almost sure to rel the pain sod by its continued use many severe cases have been rmanently cured. 50 cent bottles for sale )y druggists, LIFE ON ALASKA ISLANDS Where the Whits Man Casts his Life Lines in Unpleasant Places, UNCLE SAM’S WESTERNMOST POSTMASTER How Life 1s Lived at Sand Point—Indomi- table Pluck that Endures and Pros- atives of Unga and the “Quass” they Quaft SiTkA, Ataska, Jan, 30,—[Correspondence of Tux: Bee.]—Sand Point is one of tne ear- liest posts of the Alaska Commercial com- pany and still a large anda valuable store is kept there, There are but @ dozen or SO white residents at the place, and most of these return to San Francisco in the fall where they remain uutil the following soring. The wile of the storekeeper here is the only white woman between Sand Point and Una- laska, 300 miles away to tho west, and there is but one other for over 500 miles to the east. She camo here three years ago a bride aad is now the mother of two beautilul chil- dren, born on Popoff island. It must not be supposed that she comes from a cluss of peo- plo who spead their lives in tho backwoods, for she was brought up in California’s great metropolis, and 18 & woman of refine- ment and culture. She is but one of a number of women who have fol lowed husbands and lovers 1nto this outpos- of civilization, and cheerfully bear their share of the privations which are always en- couutered in the first settlement of a coun- try. On the 20th of October the last vessel which will visit Sand Point until some time in March, weighed auchor and setsail for San Francisco, taking away all but one white man and this little family, who are loft to spend the dreary months of winter far from friends ana the comforts of civilization, Sand Point1s located about halfway be- tween this line, to which I referred m a former letter as diwiding southeast Alaska, and to the westward, and the western limit of the territory. Iti hasa splendid barbor, and is located in the heary of a coal bearing country, whose surface also indicates exten- sive mineral depesits, The island upou which it is located prescuts moro the ap- pearauce of gradaally undulating prairie than any portion of i laska that I have seen, and the whole sweface is covered with a thick growth of luswriant grass, under which is found soil of a dawk sandy loam, from three to five feet deep, Unclo Sain's Wesernmost Postmaster, Mr, James L. O'Brien, the agent of the company which has such extessive interests at_Sandy Point, enjoys the distinction of being the postmaster of the most western ofice in the United States, He came here five years ago, and for the first two years worked by the mongh for small pay. He is uow io rull charge®f this vast ousiness, and like many another young man who bias come to Alaska as the representative of a wealthy concern in the states, bas laid the foundation of which promises 0 be a competency in the near future, The second year efter coming to Sand #oint he attempled Lo arrest a desperado who had shot and killed a white mau living on the 1sland, when be bimself was shot, the bullet entering his mouth and ranging downward camo out under the chin. There was no hysician or surgeon within 1,000 miles, and " was desperately wounded. For several days be lay suffering the most \utense agoay, wiln no oue but & trusted, ignoraut white man to care for him, when a smail vessel bound east happesed 1o stop here and took nim aboard. He knew his only chance for life was to keep the wound from heal- ing until medical ald could be bad, aod & oumber of times during his long journey he pulied a silk haad- kerchief through the path taken by the bul- let. Ho is today physically as strong as ever, ‘but bis speech is that of one Wwho bas no pals ste. Toe wounderful uverve which pulled him through this teying ordeal stood by him in his pursuit of tho rufiian who attempted his life, and who today languishes in a Cali- fornia penitentiary. Tn relating the above incident I am re- minded of two other cases which illustrate the scarcity of physicians in Alaska, and what a man can do when he realizes that he must depend upon his own_vitality and cour- ago to tido him over dangers which can only be overcome by the oxorciso of 4 mighty will, Two Plucky Unfortunates. A party of four left Unalaska last summer in a smail boat to prosvect for gold at a point forty miles away. ing av thewr destina- tion two of the men left camp, and after traveling a distance of about twenty miles came suddenly upon a bear and wounded it. It at once attacked them, and before it could be killed succeeded in crushing the ieg of one of the men, leaving it a mangled and shat- tered stump. The man was unable to move, and his companion was obliged to leave him and return for the rest of the party. It was not until the third day afterwards that he was found, lying upon the beach, aud the rain which had been pouring down all the timo haa drenched him to the skin. During all these bours his nerve never forsook him, and in a few weeks the surgeon of a govern- ment vessel at Unalaska pronounced him fully recovered, but e will go through life minus a limb, Lastspring a sailor, who had run®away from a whaling vessel lying noar the shore in Bering sea, in attempting to reach a set- tlement was frozen so badly that when found Dy & native he was unconscious. He was taken to n hat near by and nursed with all the care his now found friends could give him, A few weeks afterwards ho was taken on hoard the United States revenue cutter Bear, whbich happened to call at the village, The flesh on one of his limbs nearly to the knee was so badly decomposed that it fell off while he wag being removed to the ship. He suffered a thousand dcaths, but bore up with heroic fortitude, and although he will go through lifo on one leg be is apparently none the worse off in other respects than if he had never had such a bitter experience. ‘Three miles from Sand Point, on the wesL side of Popoft strait, is theisland of Unga, another of the Shumagin group. 1t contains about 150 square miles. The general charac ter of tne country is similar to that of Popoff istand, but coutains a few mountains whose tops aro covered with snow during eight months of the year. Tho surface of tho lower lands is covered with the same luxuri any grass which is found ou Popoff [slaund, und in other respects it will cowmpare favora: bly with it, Unga and its People. On the southern side of the isiand, aud about eighteen miles from Saud Point, is the village of Unga. It is one of the oldest trad- ing posts of the Alaska Commercial company, which still has a store here® and carrics a stock of #4,000 or §,000. Their agent receives a salary of #1,000 a year, 15 furnished a cow- fortable house to hive in, and hus all his ex- penses paid, The company’s agent at Unga is @ good representative of the wen who are entrusted with the business of this great cor- poration throughout Alaska. In nearly every instance they are men of education, ~refine- ment and shrowd business qualifications. They havo drifted lnto this country from a natural desire to rough it, aud in some local tics they are as widely scparated from civili- zation us if they had hover known what it meant; their only communication with the outside world being through the company’s ships, which bring them goods and return with furs But once each yoar. Unga has & population of about 300 all told, of whom but u half dozen are white males, who live with native women. The natives are callea Aleutes from the fact that they live on the Aleutian islauds, or, more prop- erly speaking, the Aleutian archipelago. Many of the Aleutes are found, however, ou the main land aud islands further to the enst. Iu my intercourse with these people 1 falled 0 notice any material difference in their appearance of customs from those of the natives of southeast Alasks, aud like those people they follow bunting and fishing for & Livelibood.” Their long association with the Russians, who occupied tais country for 80 many years, does not seom to have worked any noticeable improvement lu the watter of civilization, The village of Unga, like most of the na- tivo settlements, oor large number of balfbroeds. They are s mixture of the na- tives of the country and Kussians, and are called creoles, Théy have the appearauce of being a distinct race, for, as a rule, they are very light-complexioned, and a child of au Aloute mother and Russian father looks like a full-blooded Caucasian, Many of the women are handsome, and some of them are refined and genteel. This latter class are the rare exception, ~ however, and are only found amol those who have spent some years m a convent in San Francisco. The close association of tho creoles with the natives of the country make them 1n reality the same people. .Their morals will compara favorably with the na- tives of southeast Alaska, and virtus among the women is the rare exception. Their nat- ural inclination to indulge in intoxicants is very strong, *'quas,” their favorite beverage, being madoe from a mixture of molasses or sugar aud hops, which is put through a pro- cess of fermentation, and which takes the place ot the *‘hoochinoo’” which gives the southeast Alaska native such a glorious drunk and a bid head. Mixer W. Bruce. —_— HONEY FOR THE LADIES. A rounda waist in some of its multitudinous forms is selected for heavy as well as lignt wowns for rich and simplo’ toilets. A gray gown has its sleeves and bod ic studded with steel cabochons, and has a yoke and falling {riil of soft white chiffon or of white lace, Tn Paris the long lace veils reaching almost to the knoes are worn by the majority of fashionable womon. Thoy are made of Chan- tilly or Brussels net. Pale green wtll bo much used this season in combination with light tan cloths, and darkoer green in pine, moss, Saga, otc., B1s0 pale yellow with gray and fawn gowus, A protty spring gown of figured crepon, a floral design upon a pale green ground, has a roll of green velvet as o finish &t the foot and is corded with green just below the waist line. It is pleasiag to note that Mrs, Miller has taken hold—to speak metaphori- cally—of men’s shicts, Itis hoped her us- sault will be vigorous enough to take tho starch out of the enemy. . Now and pretty bangle bracelots aro in the shape of fragile vines with loavos and berries madeof gems, Theso twist around tho arm after tho styio of the ugly Cleopatra bracelets ana serpent baugles. A simple and offactive dress s of pink silk gauze, over a bengaline skirt of the samo color. Body kept close to the figure by throo vands of pink velvet, A large bouquet of chrysanthemums at the shou!der. A pretty waist may be made with hitle trouble from the brocaded coat that you wore with so much satisfaction last season, but that now you huve folded away wondering Why you Were ever oxtravagant enough to buy it. The silk shoo string 15 laid upon the shelf; its reign is o'er. Silver and gilt_coras aro the fashion at present. Atthecnd of oach cord is & diminutive roseute. Twisted cord of black and silver or black and gilt is highly popular. Gold and silver appear as parts of decora- tivo effcets in both dress and millinery. Iteal gold tureads ave introduced into colored em. broideries designed for elegant costumes and handsome ovening wraps of white and gray cloth, velvet and satin do Lyon. Spring jackets have a severely military air, Thoy ure double-breasted and trimumed with large bone or pearl buttons. Pocket flaps bave developed in size siuce last spring and are usually finished with three rows of stitching up and down the front and around the collar, Many of the newly made Zouave, Russian, Bolero, and Eton jackets open over loose blouse vests of point da gene lace, or those of silk delfeately embroidered in a tiny vine pattern. The backs of all these jackots fit the form very snugly, asd in most s this coliar is @ high Medicl in velvet. ‘The girls ave busy just now making neck tios for their best young men. They first carefully study bis compiexicn and then buy the silk whict will be becoming to his pe culiar stylo of beauty. ‘I'e silk is crocheted into a “four-in-hand tie.” It 1akes time and patience, but the maid and mau are happy. A few jackets will be soen of the coarser woven cloths for moraing or traveliog wer, aud some very full-skirted coats flarii g (ut widely from the waist lire in the Louis uinze style, or plaited or gatherad to s i Jouness- majority of women will favor the round waist. . Dross skirts will be made on_the “bellt model, flaring even more sharply av the knee than those now worn, and sweeping out eracefully at the foot. Linings should ve cut the same way of tho cloth and exactly lika the outsido in every way, and fitted in with darts at the top which are caught to the darts of the outer skirt. A pretty and stylish fancy for traveling dresses for the coming warm season s to have the dress, long _enveloping pelisse, and toque or bonret match in material. This ides is remarkabiy neat and cffective carried ou:\ in polka-dotled surah 1n brown or other dark color, in gray pongee or summer cashmere, or in narrow stripes in sorge or soft summer silk. “Gypsy cloth” is the now material for oute ¢, according to the Kussian models, but tLe of-door newlige aud summer sports. It is making its first appearance in the shops and is not yet to bo geuerally found, but it proms ises to bs one of the successful novelties ot the season. It is a heavy-napped cotton cloth and makes up into most serviceable cos= tumes for tennis and boating, having the ad- vantage over the ‘outing cloth” which was so generally used last season in the fact'that it is said to retain its softness better in re- poated washings, Such a hue and cry as is raised about the extravagance of the women of our day, and yet at the court of St. James’, in a dress of velvet embroidered with gold, which is said to have cost no less than §1,500, Mario de Medicis had & gown sown with 32,000 pearls and 8,000 diamonds, and her oxample was followed by lesser personages, who cheen- fully expended more than their incomes or gowns 80 laden with precious stones that their wearers could scarcely wmove about in them. Mme. de Montespan, tho beauty who reigned at the court of Louis XIV., wore at one great court festival *‘a gown of gold on gold, and ovor that old frieze stitched itk a cortain gold which makes the most divine stuff that has ever heen imagined,” accord- ing to tho panegyrics written by the pen of Mme, de Sevigue. —_—— A Kunsas Man's Exper and Colds. Colds and coughs have been so prevalent during the past few months that the experi- ence of Albert Favorite of Arkansas City, IKan,, cavnot fail to interest some readers, Hereivis in his own words contracted a cold early Jast spring that set- tied on my lungs and bud hardly recovered from it when I caught auother that hung on all summer and left me with a hacking coug:/ co with Coughs which I thought I never would et rid of, 1 had used Chamberlain’s cough remedy sorm fourteen vears ago with much success and concludod to try itagain. Whnen I had got through with “one bottle mf‘ cough had left me and I have not suffered with a cough or cold since, I have recommended it to others and all speak well of it.”” 50 cent bottles for salo by drugaists. —_———— Two thousand plays were putinto compet!- tion for a prize offered by the N ork Herald, A piec entitied “Hearts” has r g ceived the prize. lts author is W, Echard Giolden, who is unknown to fame as a writer. Eight other plays wero recommended to merey, in other words, praised by the com- mittée, The wanuscripls were read by Daniel Frohman, A. M. Palmer, Charles E d, Augustus Thomas aud William mour, Kach committeeman has re- ed, and the genoral opinion seems to bo that the pieces were of & low order of morit, most of thew showing no famillarity with the stage, T. Henry French gave $1,100 for “Hearts," ralse Meaos Merit, Chamberlain’s cough rem- cling a speedy cure of la grippe, and whooping cough, has brousht it into great demaud. Messrs, Pon- tius & Son of Cameron, O., say that it has galned @ reputation secoud o noue in that James M. Queen of Johnston, W. ays it is the best he ever usea. B. F. drupgist, Winona, Miss., saysi ‘hamberlain’s cough remedy s perfecudy liwble. I have always warranted it and it never failed to give the most perfoot satiby faction.” 50 cent botules for sale by drug-t gists, - The coal mines developing in the vicldity of Wenatchee ylelds a coal of the quality of the Koslyn mines, which 1s the best thus far 11 the state of Washingtou, L e DeWitv's Sarsaparilis is rellable