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Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-14
A PETRIFiED WOMAN.
An Awful Cash on Her Forehead Indi-
 cates a Violent Death.

An Awful Cash on Her Forehead Indi-
 cates a Violent Death.
 Sixty years ago, so the story goes, there lived at Walkerville, Greene county, Ill.,, man and wife by the name of Lovess and near by family of Bridgewaters. They were intimate, as all new settlers were, says a corre- spondent of the St. Louis Republic About that time land seekers came to Walkerville and began surveying and locating lands. Mrs. Lovess was a beautiful woman and attracted the att tention of one of the land buyers, and he paid her great deal of attention, so much so that Lovess became jeal- ous and in fit of rage left his wife and country.
 About that time the Lovess log cabin was burned to ashes and there was no trace of the Lovess woman to be found. It was generally supposed that she was cremated in the burning cabin. The land buyer, too, was missing.
 A few weeks ago, near the spot of the old cabin, was found the body of petrifed woman The neighbors as sembled to take the body out of the limestone formation in the ravine, where it was discovered. Mrs Bridge water, as soon as the body was pre- sented to view, recognized it as the body of her old friend and neighbor, Mrs. Lovess. There was the trace of 8 ghastly wound on the forehead made by sharp instrument, cleaving the skull, and which must have produced death. It is supposed that the Lovess woman was murdered and buried in the ravine where found and the cabin burned to avoid detection or suspicion.
 Iii thought that the limestone water trichling down into the grave petrif1ed the body, and that the ravine washing out exposed the body to the view of the man who found it.
 The petrifed woman has been ex- hibited to large crowds of curious peo- plo.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-14
This book would sell for five hundred

This book would sell for five hundred dollars.
 ''I have also in my collection Capt. John Smiths The General Historic of Virginia 1924. This has all the maps, including that with Smiths portrait My copy was purchased in England Such acopy is worth prob ably two hundred.dollarss
 "A book is often made valuable either from it's having been in the pos session of some former owner or from containing something that makes it unique-some manuscript, or letter or notes.
 Here, for example, are Livy's works in five volumes They were printed by Aldus in 1520-bound by Trautz- z-Bauzonnet-and formerly be- longed to Grolier, the celebrated French book collector. The set con- tains his autograph, and the initial letters are illuminated, after the man. ner of his books generally. These books are valuable in themselves on account of the edition, but are further
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-14

to bind. Of course, the value of the book itself is much greater.
 .There Is great difference in the value of works issued from the Aldine press. It takes long years of experi- ence to learn the proper dates and proper books. ID
 '"Then I have books, printed by the Elzevirs. They were from Holland and issued books in Leyden. They did beautiful work, both in type and gen. eral style, but made no attempt to be correct as to the editorship. Some of the issues of that press are extremely rare and high-priced; but, as l have said in regard to the Aldine press, it takes long years of experience to learn the particular books and their values.
 "Then there are the Caxtons, valu- able to an English reader. A book printed by Caxton, in perfect condi- tion, would, at the present time, com mand thousands of dollars. 1 under stand that lady Mrs. Pope-now dead) of Brooklyn, paid twenty thou sand dollars for a Caxton here within few years, that is for one book, the title of which is The History of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table There are said to be only two or three perfect. copies of this book in existence. Eighty different books, think it Is, are known to have been issued from the Caxton press.
 ''This brings us down to 1908. After that date books began to get their value from the author.
 "Shakespeare's separate plays and Venus and Adonis' were published in 1899. I have the First, Second and Fourth Folio editions. The First Folio was printed in 1923. A fine copy of this, in perfect condition, Is worth five thousand dollars. The Second Folio was printed in 1ess, the Third Folio in 1868, and another Third Folio in 1864, one of these Folios having seven plays added. The Third Folio is almost as scarce as the First, the reason for which is, imagine, that the great fire in London occurred just after it was printed. The Fourth Folio followed in 1884. Shakespeare'sQ Quarto Plays, first editions, command fabulous prices, de- pending upon their condition and rar- lCy. Fs
 "Next come the early editions of the poets. First editions of early poets works are now in great demand With in the last ten years they have quad rupled in value. asewaa
 "In regard to America the books that are considered rare and bring eror- nous prices are, first those relating to America, the earliest of which was printed at Rome in l493-a letter of , Christopher Columbus in regard to his discoveries just one year after he is said to have discovered thecountry.
 Books printed in America prior to 1700, even if they are on theological subjects or sermons, are rare. Books of literary or historical interest printed during that period and in this country bring very large prices-fabu-
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-14
,strategy.

fHCr0Lo8Ys 1ffft 4F
 vi . Every town of any considerable age has it's legends, more or less, interest ing, and, it may be added, more or less qtfue. farmer named Harrison was annoyed by bears that invaded his planted fields. Meeting neighbor lone day, he appealed to him for ad- vice. 'I1l tell you what to do," said the neighbor. Hears are fond of sweets. Fill trough with molasses and rum, and put 1t where they come into your field. They will drink 1t for tlie ike of the molasses, the rum will make them drunk, and in the morning all you will have to do will be to go out with Gn ax and knock them In the head" It sounded like good scheme, and Mir. Harrison put it into execution at once; and the next morning he went out with an ;lx I le:, was no in. toxicatcd bear in his Held but only very mrch intoxicated ncirhbor. He. was tempted to knock him in the head, hat thought better o8 itx
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-14
give me more definite idea of it's

give me more definite idea of it's scope" i
 My collection is largely made up of what we call Elizabethan literature early English poetry-poetry of the time of Queen Elizabeth and subse- quently-plays up to the time of the restoration Books from the time of Queen Eli2abeth's reign up to the rev olution, or Cromwell's time, are called Eliza bethan. My books relate also to the history of the English and Ameri- can stage from that time down to the present. In the history of the stage are included biographies of actors as well as plays and histories written by actors or those connected with the stage have collected portraits of ac- tors, playwrights, poets and authors generally, which illustrate the books of those periods.
 ''I am also collector of American poetry, and have tried to conine my self to poets of some note; but it is pretty hard to draw the line on Ameri- can poets. My collection goes back to Franeau and Bradstreet, and have in my possession Anne Bradstreet's 'Po- ems in the original edition.
 'As to your query concerning old and rare books, would say that books have many elements to make them de- sirable, rare or valuable. As to old books, the first printed book was the Mazarine Bible, printed from metal type by Guttenberg at Mentz at 1455. The early printers started out to give v,nrfoofioa o1v s,, printing. Any book printed prior to 1b00 irrespective of its contents, is valuable from the fact that it was printed before that time. 1t is esti- mated that eighteen thousand works were printed before the year 15OO-but the editions must, of course, have been very small, as they were all printed by hand.
 My own collection contains The Imitation of Christi (Editio Prin- ceps), printed by Gunther Zainer at Reulingen in 1471. This is rare in it. self, irrespective of it's contents, be1 cause it Is a fifteenth century book. A peculiarity about it is, as you observe. that 1t has no title page. When books were first printed title pages were not used, nor did they come into use until 14SO, and then very rarely. At the be- ginning of a division of a chapter, you see, blank space was left for an in- itial letter to be done in hand paint ing, illumination, or something of that sort.
 Type was made and books were printed, by the way, in imitation of manuscripts.
 Faust and Schoeff ffer.- who succeeded Gutenberg, printed an edition of the Bible and sold 1t at very cheap price.
 "After these early printed books books printed before the year l500---
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-14

along the deadly line of Sixth avenue in New York, and as sit at window in Billy Parks, while the twilight creeps down Bosworth street, the sol- emn joy of perfect peace will no lon~er brood above my pewter mug as 1t was wont to do when Boston was Boston. Eheul Would that had lived before the scientists overlaid this earth with time- saving monstrosities.a lam ashamed of the city by the classic Charles.-Town Tof,ics =r~-i
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-14

enhanced in value from the fact of their having formerly been'in Grolier's ] possession. s4sss53
 ss'Here is Lutheran Catechism from the library of Charles XII. of Sweden
 twhose arms are stampedson the sides,) rlwritten In the, Swedish, and Indian V languages, 1t having been printed, evil T dently, for the use of Swedish mission
 aries in America" ARTHUR STEDMAN.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-14
Not to be Fooled.

Old Black Bass-Do you see that lit- tie frog hanging there by string?
 Young Black Bass-Yes, mother. it, child; that is merely rubber frog and very unpalatable. have observed them before. This one,s think, came from Boston fishing tackle store, and presumably there is Bostonian hold ing the split bamboo which you can easily distinguish by an upward glance. Here comes nice fat sinner for you, uneneumbered by any patent angling gewgaws. There now, swim off to play.--Boston Courier.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-14
Economy and Artsfico.

The duchess of Buckingham. in her "Glimpses of Four Continents" tells an amusing Maori story belonging to the period when these natives were at war with England. All sorts of tricks went on, such as are not only fair but commendable in war. When the Maoris were in want of bullets they used to .show dummy in the bush; of course, it was immediately fired at. A man in the background pulled it down by string. ''Oh!" thought the British sol diers, we've done for him" Up came the dummy again, cautiously; bangl bang! went the British rifles. Down fell dummy, and this went on tillssome worse marksman than usual cut the durnmy's rope. No Maori would go up- the tree to splice it, for that exposure meant certain death. The bullets were all taken out of little earth bank which the Maoris had made behind the tree where the dummy appeared, and were used over again. It was long time before this artifce was discovered
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-14
ScOtt'S Emulsion

of Cod-liver Oil, with Hypophos- phites, does more to cure Con- sumption than any other known remedy. It is for all Affections of Throat end Lungs, Coughs, Colds, Bron. th.tis sni Waiting. namahiefJre<.
 seettA eowas. \. '. AlIprussists. soc. and $t
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-14
Consumption.

The incessant wasting of consumptive can only be over come by a powerful concentrated nourishment like Scott's Emul- sion. If this wasting is checked and the system is supplied with strength to combat the disease there is hope of recovery.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-14
w edding Rings.

Gold Watches Diamonds and fine Jy Wedding Wedding Presents fancy Clocks sHi
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-02-21
Hawaiian
Electric
Company.
Notice to Consumers !

The new works of the Hawaiian
Electric Co. being non completed,
notice is hereby given that from
and after January 18TH the Com
pony is prepared TO supply incoa-
descent electric lighting to Gus
toners.
Ina Jsw days the Company win
also be prepared to furnish electric
motors for power, and Of which
due notice wiu be giren.
The Company further announce
that they are prepared 10 receire
orders for interior wiring and can
furnish fixtures and all fittings IN
connection Nth new serrice.
Printed rules, regulations and
Company's rates can be had on
application 10 The Superintendent.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-02-21

statesmen (7) in Hawaii who wanted
to be Governors, and Ministers, aud
warriors, aud naval officers, and who
wanted billets for "their uncles, their
cousins and their aunts." They could
easily overawe the savages, the Japs,
the Chinese, and be the heroes of
patriotic (O movement to gain Hawaii
for the Union. to Gust the blasted
Britisher and let Old Glory wave
DER the deep blue sea, and DER the
islands of the main. But true
statesman would ask: How can the
U. S. annex contract laborers9 II
cannot be done. If they did annex
the islands, what would th0 planters
do9 They would be ruined. just as
happened in the West Indies when
the English paid SlOO,OOO,OOO to free
the slaves; they ruined all the plan
ters. What would become of the
contract laborers! Ship them all
away? Where tos We have an alien
Exclusion Bill known as the Geary
Act; can we take in 22,OOO Japs at
one haul9 After making all Con-
gress swear to keep that law Can
we take i'm 10000 Chinese at one
haul, after forbidding any to come
into the Union7 For annexation
means to take all in as citizens.
There can be no slaves in America.
Inasmuch as the Jap, Chinese and
Hawaiian would each be citizen,
and outnumber the whites, are we
going to have them sitting in the
L. S. Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives to rule the Anglo-Saxons'
Then the Customs receipts now are
| in coin. but annexation would ring
in upon Hawaii over 1,OOO,OOO,OOO OF
bogus paper money, in which the L.
S. Customs are payable, and then
they would have banking panics, as
we do every now and then, caused
by the Republican bogus paper
Hawaii now has Home Rule Con.
stitution; then she would have a
Bureaucratic Constitution, like our
States. Hawaii would get corrupt
Railroad Commissioners, corrup,
Land Commissioners, corrupt Horti.
cultural Commissioners, just as we
have $50 the papers say. Hawaii
would have subsidized steamers, &c
charge all the traffic would bear
Congressman and Senators would &c
down there to see what offices Their,
were for those who have "politica
pull" upon them. The picture nigh,
be very much enlarged, but enough
is given here to show what ruin ant
misery il would cause to Hawaii i
she unluckily should be annexed &c
the /. 5.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-02-21
rsp,cja, Dcsm,ch 10 GioLe. Dcmoc,at.J

(Specin DcsJnich 10 GioLc. Dcmocrdt)
WnRip's FnR, juruNGo, It'll, oct. NJ. -
No award has ever been made 80 gratifying
to st. Louis people and 50 justly merited
~ the one given today by the Columbian
jury Of the Worlds Fair. consisting of con-
noisseurs and chemists vt the II ghest rank,
to the AnheuSer- Busch Brewing A~sucia-
ton. BY methods Of unriva'led business
enterprise. and 10y using the best material
produced in America and Europe, exclud-
ing corn and other adultcrants Or surr,-
gates. the different kinds II the AnheuSer-
Busch beer have become the favorites with
tn. American pru,lc, and have. now CON
uripred the highest award in every particu-
lar, which had to I've considered by the
Columbian jury. The high character Of
the award given to-day by the jurors will
be better understood when II j. known that
the different beers exhibited ny the An
heuSer- Busch Brewing Association had to
compete with hundreds Of the most excel
lent displays Of other brewers. The fact
that no other concern has received 70
many points fur the various essential quail.
tiles Of good beer cuniirms anew the films
reput itiun ~ the leader of all American
beers, and Mr.. Adnlplns Busch can feel
proud over this result 50 Justly merited.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-02-21

The experience Of Geo. A. Apgar,
Of German Valley, \. j., is we'll
worth remembering. He was trou.
bled with chronic diarrh1a and
doctored for five months and was
treated by four different doctors
without benefit. He then began
using Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhna Remedy, Of which one
small bottle effected a complete
cure. II is for sale by all dealers.
Benson, Smith n Co, Agents for the
Hawaiian Islands,
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-02-21
FOR SALE

r1NHE FURNITURE OF SIX ROOMS
i complete for housekeeping, including
u line Upright Chickering Plano aud
New Home" sewing Ma hine, Apply at
No, - B.retania street, near Punrhbowl.
yi2tt
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-02-21
"TAFFY FOR THE PEOPLE"
Pungent Comments on the PROPOSED
Spoliation of Hawaii.

From the Commercial Article Of the Cali
fornia Bankers Magazine.
HamnH. Whoever calls upon the
patriotism of the great American
people wakens a volcano, rolises a
cyclone, invites the deluge. For
those reasons Americans should bear
upon their hearts he golden maxim;
patriotism is the last refuge Of a
scoupdrel."
Whenever man has fallen to the
lowest depths Of immortality, and
has not a shred OF good character
left, you will find that he is a politi-
clan, prating in pretty periods and
phrases upon the pristine power aud
prosperity OF the people Of America,
lis the bait in the trap, the food in
the snare, the molasses for the fly,
and the tally for the people. He
who ilatters his neighbor, said the
jew, is spreading net for his feet,
So in this Hawaiian business. Look
at it as men OF business. Strip of
the American tinsel and see the
real skeleton underneath the gilded
cuirass.
Hawaii is a tropical land, far south
OF all the United States. Its CLINE
needs laborers who could not thrive
in America. 1t would he "a good
place to Danish all the negroes to,
and we ought to have done that al
the end Of the civil war. Instead Of
that there are 22,OOO japanese con.
tract labOrers and about 10000 Chi
nese there, besides thousands Of out
east whites, aud the original tropical
Polynesians, whose speech bewrayeth
them to be- Of the same blood ~ the
other tropical islanders. An omnium
Satherum bossed by "a few whites,
who run the sugar plantations by
contract labor
The Republican party, "to gain
popularity" called upon tho patriot,
ism Of the American people to annex
Hawaii as a State to ia" Union.
There were plenty Of ~ouiibr ~hitr
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-02-21
The Prize
Awarded !
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Co.
Wins the Prize at the
Worlds Fair with their
EAGLE" Brand Beer

ST. Lnuis. oct. -, iS'ri.
MEssRs. MaCrARLANE n Co., 10,
Honolulu, ". ].
Dear Srs We have mailed you copy
Of the GiOJr- DemDcrdt announcing the great
victory won 10y the ANuEusER-liusCH Assoc
CtArI6N with their "EAGLE' Brand Of
Beer.
Signed
ANHEusER.BuSCH BREWING Assoc
CITATION.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-02-21

From the Commercial Article of the Cali.
fornia Bankers Magazine.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-02-21
TO LET

TWO NICELY FUR. Am =,
i nishrd Rooms for cwS
Gentlemen ~ No. I Gar,lun &siisSa
Lane, s'2-u
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-07
MORTGAGE Fur CLOSURES.
TnEulated Statements Made by the
State Bureau OF Labor Which Tell
an Interesting story.

The bureau Of labor has just completed a
tabulation of mortgage foreclosures on
country and city land in % of the oldest
counties of the state not including Henne-
pin and Ramsey. The farm land of 23 coun-
ties, including Rice, which is completed
only in farm land returns, was worth in
1880 1924 fSS,66S and in 1890 $685. Sl3,67l, or an
increase of q per cent
The number of, farms increased in the
same time from 4G 6o7 to 4s,50i or per cent
Der Of mortgages on farms I'LL, amounting
to s.. 2e9.30S and for 1883 and 1889. mort
cages 5.4Si, amounting to 81, 1873 ST. or de-
crease in number of 20 per cent and in
amount of 10 per cent. The average for
1850 and 1881 gives number of mortgages
forecloSad on city lots i'll % counties 49,
amount $l25,547; lots sold 324, and for 1892
and 1898 mortgages f35, amount 500 659 lots
sold So, showing an increase of foreclosures
OF 81 per cent, amount 123 per cent; lots
sold $50 per cent. The years 1880 and 1881
give foreclosures on farm land 49, amount
$926,'G7 acres sold S5177, and in 1892 and
1893 1856 foreclosures, amount S253,03O; acres
sold S,53S. decrease of foreclosures of
- per cent, amount % per cent; acres sold
IS per cent.
Thus while lots sold by foreclosure in
creased 20 the acres sold in that manner
decreased to less than one fourth the orig
inal number, the farm land showing about
ten times as we'll as ths city lard Consid-
ering the foreclosures compared with farm
values, they are found to be only about
one-tenth as large relatively at the latter
period, for in 1880 and 1881 the value of
farms sold by foreclosure was 5.3 of the
total value in those years. while in 1892
and 1893 the rate was 8 per cent of farm
values Of 1890. The mortgage debt of these
counties in 10 years decreased 33 per cent
and the for closures 81 per cent, showing
that the average farmer in these counties
in 1893 who had incurred a mortgage debt
was six times as able to pay it as he was
II years before.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-07
her RoBBER KING.
A STORY OF MODERN GREECE MORE
ROMANTIC THAN FICTION.
A Blue-Eyed. Blonde RObber Who Be-
lied the Men-His Meeting With
Queen Olga-FOul,y Murdered by
the Gendarmes Who Captured Him.

ATHENS, Oct. 13-Nassor Papakyritsop-
ulos, the blue eyed blonde robber king, he
who was loved by all the women and fear
ed by all the men, is dead, foully murdered
by the soldiery.
The cafes and squares of the capital echo
the complaint, nay the accusation, which,
but for the illness of the car, would lead
to fulminant Interpolation in the cham
Der forthwith But it would be cruel to
worry the royal family, greatly beloved by
all, just now when the best friend and
cousin to her majesty, has been stricken
by a deathly disease.
AL the first news of Nassor's death many
fair Greeks crossed themselves and bought
an extra candle to decorate the shrine of
their saint husbands and brothers, in
stead, lit fresh weed, looked stern and
said: Served the rascal right" But now
they hear that Nassor was slaughtered aft
er being made captive and expressing a
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-07
FATHER or WATERS.
THE SOURCE OF THE MISSISSIPPI AT
LAST SETTLED BEYOND DISPUTE.

Dr. Elliott Cones Returns From an
Exploring Trip - The Wonderful
Itasc.t Eiasin-NicOllet and Brewer
We're Correct-Glnzier Says the Doc
tor Iade 81 Very G;nring Error.