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The Van Buren press., 1867-08-02
ErrOrS of Youth.

A Gentleman who suffered for years from NeH
GUS Debility, Premature Decay, and all the ehet
of youthful indiscretion, will, for the sake oig
fcrrng humanity, send free to all who need it, y
recipe and directions for making the simple rem
dy by which he was cured. Sufferers wishing,
profit by the advertisers experience, can do y
addressing, in perfect confidence, .....
JOHN B, OGDEN, 40 Cedar St., N l.
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Van Buren, FerYy,

TNIlE old, long established and wcll-known
L Ferry, at Van Buren,. Ark. Is now in the
exclusive charge and control of the under
signed who has had charge of it for many
years. He has recently put in service NEW
BOAT, built by him expressly for this Ferry,
and employed careful, experienced and COM
petent ferrymen. Travellers are assured that
at this Ferry they viii have safe crossing
over the Arkansas River, and will meet With
no detention.
WIN. f. ENGLAND.
The Van Buren press., 1867-08-02

TNIE Little Rock and Fort Smith Packet
i Company, having been formed into a
joint stock association. as per agreement on
record in the Office Of G. NJ. Barnes, Notary
Public, at Little Rock, have now provided
suitable boats for high and low water, and
propose to transport freight, passengers, live
stock, and all other property at as low rates as
any other responsible party or parties.
the " Packet Company" at Little Rock, will be
forwarded from that point free Of all charges
whatever
With this statement of the intentions of the
company, we solicit your patronage hoping
by doing your business on the square to merit
the same march lS-tf
The Van Buren press., 1867-08-02
A War Wanted,

NENlAN or any other; or an expedition
l. TO the plains, TO enable Us to close out
u consignment of
lGarmy six mule wagons complete
100 camp Kettles 100 mess pans
80 sctts harness 700 lbs hagless leather.
WIN ho closed outat low rates war or no
war; by E, G. SCOTIA co.
Van Buren,, june 23
The Van Buren press., 1867-08-02
Druos and Medicines.

TODFRY'S Cordial; Batemans Drops Lauda
" nun, Paregoric, McIane's and Fahnestocks'
Vurmifuge; Mclane's, Lees, Ayers and Shallcn-
burgers Pills; Pain Killer; Spaldngs Glue: Muci-
lagc; Browns Ess Ginger Sedlits Powders; Copal
varnish; Spfs Turpentne; Linseed Oil; Sp.
salts; Iampback Marking Brushes; Bottle Corks;
Indigo; Madler; Coppcras; Concentrated Lye;
Ext Logwood; Yeast Powders, DC, DC For sale
bv &c. SCOTT T. co.
The Van Buren press., 1867-08-02

Tho well informed woman may
generally be known, not so much by what
she tells you. as by what she does not tell
you for she is the last totake pleasure in
mere gossip, or to make vulgar a!lusion to
the appearance, dress, or personal habits
Of her friends and neiyhbois. .rrn-,
-" Voices of,hen - Mosquitoes,
frogs and wa,chmcn.
Which is the left side Of a plum
pudding The side not eaten.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-21
OUTRAGE BY INDIANS.
Train Thrown from the Track md Burn.
cd..-Train Men Slaughtered and Thrown
Into the Flames.

CHICAGO, August "A special
from Omaha to-day, s"ys a freight
train on the Union Pacific Railroad
was thrown from the track last night
at Plum Creek Station by Indians.
The engineer, fireman and brakeman
were killed. The merchandise was
burned. 1t is also reported that three
or four men at the Station were killed
This outrage is supposed to have been
committed by "Spottcd Tails" band,
who have been feeding at the public
expense for some time.
The steamer Silver Lake, arrived
from Fort Benton, was fired into by
Indians forty miles above Fort Rice,
and one of the crew wounded.
Another dispatch says the Indians
attacked the freight train near Plum
Creek, last night, and threw it from
the track by piling ties upon the road
killed and scalpcd seven train men, SET
fire to the train, destroying it entirely
and threw the slaughtered bodies into
the flames.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-21
A BOLD WOMAN.
Outrageous Attempt at Burglary by Four
Men---A Woman Shoots One and Splits
the Skull of Another.

The Stanford, (Canada,) Herald,
says "a stating rumor prevailed in
Stratford to the effect that three men
had been killed by a woman in the
township of Elma. On making in
quiries, we learned from Chief Con-
stable Harrison the following facts, as
given by Messrs. Moore and Dood
constables from Elma;'
"a woman named Gibson, living
near Towbridge, had lately received a
sum of money from her husband, who
resides in the States. This, of course,
became noised abroad amongthe neigh
bors. On Saturday evening last four
men entered the house in her absence
but not being able to find anything
In the evening the same parties came
again this time Mrs. Gibson was al
home. On their demanding admission
she refused, as the children had told
her of the previous occurrence.
They then attempted to force theil
way in. Mrs. Gibson warned them to
desist, at the same time threatening tc
shoot; but they still persisted, wher
she fired the gun and shot the foremost
in the face the Others withdrew for Q
while with their companion, but short
ly returned to the house, and burst tht
window open. The brave woman
seized an ak and buried it in the skull
of the man who was attempting t.
climb through the window. The othc
two Immediately decamped, taking
their wounded companions with them
The alarm was not given till morn
ing, when the neighbors turned out ant
followed the tracks, which were easil,
distinguished by the pools of blooC
which lay along the road but it wa
found tho parties had got intoa con
vcyance and drove of. Up to goins
to press we have not learned that an,
were captured, 1t is almost certain
that one of the ruflians was killed, an,
the one that was shot must have beel
severely wounded, as the woman sav
them carry him away before rcturnin!
to their second attack.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-21
Diseases Produced by Sleeping Together

During the night there is consider
able oxhalation from our bodies, and
at the same time we absorb large
quantity of the vapors of the surroun-
ding air. Two healthy young chill
dren sleeping together will give and
receive healthy cxhalations; but an
old, weak person near child will, in
exchange for health, only return weak
ness. a sick mother near her daugh-
ter communicates sickly cmanations
to her; if the mother has a cough Of
long duration, the daughter will at
some time also cough and suffer by it;
if the mother has pulmonary consump-
ton, it will be ultimately commune
Gated to her child. 1t is known that
the bed ola consumptive is power
full and sure source of contagion, as
well for men as for women, and the
more so for young persons. Parents
and friends ought to oppose as much as
is in their power the sleeping together
ofold and young persons, of the sick
and of the healthy. Another reason
ought to forbid every mother or nurse
keeping small children with them in
bed Notwithstanding the advice Of
prudence, no year passes that we do
not hear of a new involuntary infan-
ticide. A body full Of life, health and
vigor in the evening is found dead
the next morning, suffocated by itt
parents or nurse.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-21
The Wages of Women.

The custom from time immemorial
seems to have been to pay woman
less than a man for doing the same
work. Doubtless this relic of other
ages arose from the fact that work as
signed to women in other times was of
less siilliul character than that of
men, because mechanical pursuits were
not so varied, and, with some few ex-
ceptions, are unfit avocations, on ac-
count of want of strength, for the
weaker sex. Scdentary employments,
lighter and better suited to their pow
ers, are fewer and probably not so
profitable, and in consequence we have
had foisted upon our better civiliza-
ton, and more varied demands for
labor, system evidently unjust and
partial, because the standards of COM
pcnsation in labor should be skill and
industry; partial, because it makes a
distinction for which there is no toun-
dation but that of false custom. 1t is
time we were standing out Of our own
light in this matter, else the time may
come, even in prosperous America,
when subsistence, not competence, will
be the only object attainable by men or
women; because gradually women
will be employed at the low rate of
compensation, and men will be obliged
to starve or work for the same remun-
Grafton. Another light in which we
may look at this matter, and an i'm
portant one, is its bad tendencies.
Morality demands that we shall not,
by our abominable sticking for the
customs of the past, force women to
resort to lives Of degradation, as we
are doing now, in order to escape from
the clutches of starvation. Justice,
interest and morality demand that the
skilled labor of women should receive
the same reward as that of men.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-21
An Item which every Man shculd Read.

We have, probably all of lis, met
with instances in which word, heed
lcssly spoken against the reputation OF
Il female, has been magnitied by mali
cious minds until the cloud has been
dark enough to ovorshadow the whole
existence. Tothosc who are accustom-
ed, not necessarily from bal motives,
but from thoughtleasncss, to speak light
ly of ladies, we recommend these
''hints" as worthy of consideration:
Never use lady's name in an i'm
proper place, at an improper time, OF
in a mixed company. Never make
assertions about her that you think UNI
true, or illusions that you feel she
herself would blush to hear. When
YOU meet with men who do not scruple
to make use of woman's name in q
reckless and dunprincipled manner, shun
them, for they are the very worst mem
bcrs of the community-mcn lost tC
every sense of honor, every feeling Of
humanity.
Many a good and worthy woman's
character has been forever ruined and
her heart broken by a lie manufacture
ed by some william, and repeated where
it should not have been, and in the
presence of those whose little judgment
could not deter them from circulating
the foul and Dragging report. A Sian.
der issoon propagatcd, and the smallest
thing derogatory to woman's charac'
ter will fly on the wings of the wind
and magnify as it circulates, until it
monstrous weight crushes the poor un.
conscious victim. Respect the name
of woman, for your mother and sister
are women, and as you would hav'
their fair name untarnished, and theil
lives unembittered by the slandercr'
bitter tongue, heed the ill that you
own words may bring upon the moth
er, the sister, or the wife Of some fel
low-creature.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-21

And, still under the inhooence Nv
Bigler's eye, he answered "No"
"Kin you cipher ?"
"What in the thunder's the yoose
NV cipherin when the old man alluz
KEEP a nigger to do his figgerin"
''Set down, Issaker. We're done
with you. There's an error somewher
The nigger's capassity NV skull is less
by several cubic inches, but he seems
to hev used wat he hez lively. But
it's all rite, Parson. Issaker shell vote
and the nigger shant. Readin and
writin never wuz a qualification foi
votin down here, any way. Possibly
the seat NV the intelleck is in the hee
instead NV the brain, wich accounts fol
the nigger's hevin the most NV it,"
And Pollock and Bigler and the
niggers present left the meetin house
latin uproarously and THROWN all sort;
NV adoOs back to us.
| doubt whether the result NV tht
investigashen will help our friend.
North. The fact is, it wuz overdone
1t was carried to fur. There is a pin
at which facts ought to stop-Dime
kratic facts in partikelar. In this in
stance the investigashen shood nevel
hcv bin carried beyond the heel. HeC
it stopt there, we wood hev he'd EN-
But carryin it to the Radical pint Big
Ter and Pollock took it, the foundasheI
we built wuz upset and we are all a
sea again. Wood, oh! wood that W.
wuz red NV these jeerin fanatics.
PETROLEUM V. Nasty, p. NJ,
(Wich is Postmaster)
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-21

Posi- OFFS, CoNFEDRIT \ ROADS, !
(Wich is in the State of Ky, :
July 2S, 1867.
The speculashcn in wool, into wich
the Dimocrisy NV the South cmbarkt
some months ago, hcz, | regret to say,
resulted disastrously. The niggcr amt
fitted for co-operashcn with the Dim
ocrisy. Instid NV hangin on to lis like
the ivy onto the oak, he diskivcrcd
that, in the South at least, he was really
the oak and we the ivy; instid Nv
lookin up to us, he contracted disa-
grccablc habit NV lookin down onto
lis. There wuz other reasons why he
coodcnt be made available for our
uses, and therefore it was decided to
90 back onto the Afrikin, and to agin
attempt his rcduckshcn to as near his
normal specrez the abnormal condishn
NV the times wood admit. The dircc-
tiers NV the college met and changed
the name NV the Instistooshn back to
the "Southern Military and Classikle
Institoot," and the Corners wuz itself
agin.
Deekin Pogram lookt ez tho the ten
years he'd bin lifted off him. "How
pleasant it's" scd he, "to walk erect
ngin in front NV a niger, and to pass
EN- ez tho they WIZ niggers oh cf |
Good only wallop one wunst more me-
thinks l Good die happy"
We he'd a mcetin last mite to consider
this niggcr question, which wood hcv
resulted in great good and he'd pow
crful inAoocnce toward strengthening
the hands NV our brethren in the North,
who are fightin the heresy Nv nigger
suffrage, he'd it not bin for that irrita-
shcn, Pollock, and that pest, Joe Bigler
he'd made my regler speech on the
nigger and with much effect. l he'd
quoted from somebody's quotashcn
from Agassiz, wich demonstrated the
adicle difference there is atwcen the
Afrikin and the proud Caucashun ar.
guin from the length NV his heel and
arm, the thickness of his skull and SC
forth, that the niger wuz totally unfit
to exercise the rites NV free men.
yuz applauded vociferously and by
none more than Pollock and Joe Big,
1cr. Ez l took my seat and wuz 9
wipin the perspirashen from my class.
ikle brow, feelin that l he'd settled
that question, Pollock riz and desired
to say few words and make a suggcs-
tion. Scd he:
81 hev listened with interest to the
eiokent speaker and am happy to say
1hcv learned fax wich is new to me
Eft hev eyer doubted the inferiority
of the nigger them doubts are remov-
ed, pervidiR alluz, that if the statements
of the speeker is troo, NV wich / hey
no doubt, ez tho character Nv the speek-
er is suffishcnt guarantee for the
trooth Nv whichever he sez."
Ibowed stately like, with the air Nv
one to whom sich compliments wuz
every day affair, wich they ain'tby nc
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-21
Apples For Cows.

Ripe and mellow apples fed careful
ly to cows, will produce an extra Sc
cretion of milk. Sweet apples are
doubtless preferable for this purpose
to sour; yet the latter, when not too
acid, are valuable feed, and should
be given in small quantities as long as
they can be preserved sound and free
from rot. To apply the produce Of
the orchard in this way is much moro
economical than to make it into cider,
which, as a beverage to be drunk COM
monty, either at meals or other times,
often produces very unpleasant conse-
quences, but rarely, if ever, docs much
good.-Cin. Enquirer.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-21
means, on the contrary quite the re-

means, on the contrary quite the re-
verse.
"But / want it demonstrated to the
satisfackshen Nv the most obtoose-l
want rite here measurement NV the
average Afrikin and the average white
man, that all the world may know
the difference. | move that it be
did"
accoded. "Iet it be DONE" sed l,
"that the vexed question may be settled
for ever"
Several niggcrs were askt to submit
to the measurement, but all refused.
Finally Joe Bigler sed he saw Napo-
leon johnson, a niger wich wunst be-
longcd to Deekin Pogram, in the au-
dience. "Napoleon," sed he, will voc
contribitt yoorself to the great science
NV ethnology? Amt yoo willin to let
us voose VOC awhile to demonstrate the
CRATE and CROWN trooth that yool
grandfather wuz a monkey? Step up.
Napoleon"
Napoleon, nothin dasht, slept up,
and Pollock, Bascom, Bigler and
measured him with the followin re-
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-21

Many farmers are in the habit of
selling their hest animals, as they will
bring the highest price. A greater
mistake cannot be made. A difference
of ten, or even twenty per cent, in the
price of a single animal, is a small
affair compared with the difference of
a whole herd. By keeping the very
best to propagate from, the whole may
be made of equal excellence, and in
the course of a few years numerous
animals might bc produced, having the
excellent properties that now distin-
guish some few of the best.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-21

DANIEL WEBSTER was right when
he remarked of the press. "Small is
the sum required to patronize news
paper; amply rewarded its patron, I
care not how humble and unpretend-
ing the gazette he takes. It is next to
impossible to fll a printed sheet with
out putting into it something that il
worth the subscription price,
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-21

to knee ID
Capassity of skull 81 cubic inches.
Pollock wuz delitcd! "lIerc," scd
he, at is in nut shell. Issaker hcz
a shorter hand, more narrcr hand, a
shorter and narrercr foot, and his heel
projccks less than the niggcr's by q
inches! Good Lord, how | hcv bin
deserved! What errors | hcv bin
nussin! How kin a human bcin hey
intclcck whose heel proiccks four in
ches? How rejoict am | that | am at
last set rite on these important pints J"
| smiled bcninantly onto him.
Biglcr riz. 81 too" scd he, sam
satisfied that the niger is not what
we, who WIZ dispozed to consider him
fit to exercise rites, supposed him TO
be. | held firm when the measure
ment NV his hands and arms wuz be-
ing made, but the heel staggered me.
Its clear that no one kin hev intclleck
whose leg isn't set in his foot better
than that. | shall persoo this investi-
gashcn. Hcvin now startin pint
a heal, ez l may say, to stand on-l
shcl 90 on to prove the inferiority NV
the niggcr. With that heel for full
crllm, / shel, with the lever of trooth,
proceed to upset the fabric NV niger
"
ekality and carry confooshen into Bos-
ton. l shel assoom that Napoleon is a
average specimen nv the lower or un-
intellcctool African type. Is it SOP
at is! it isw yelled we all, delitcd
at the happy turn the thing wuz tax
in.
81 shel olso assoom that Issaker
Gavitt is a avrage Nv the higher or
intellectual Caucashen type. Is ii
so"
"Certinly! Certinly
"Very well. Now quake Massa-
choosctts. Napoleon, kin yoo rcad?'
l saw the trap into which we had
fallen, and risin hastily protestid that
the cxaminashen he'd bin carried ta1
enufi, and so did Deekin Pogram, but
Bigler swore he wuz agoin to kiveI
Massachusetts, with shame, and | sol
down paralyzcd.
"Kin 700 read, Napoleon
eyes sab p
"Read this, then," sed Bigler, hand
in him noospaper.
The nigger read it ez pcert ez a Noc
England skool marin, wich well he
mite, ez he learned it from one NV EN-
"Kin yoo write?'
"Ccrtinly," and takin pencil, h'
writ half NV the Declashen NV Inde.
pendencc.
"Set down, Napoleon. It's devil
ish pity yoor heels is so long; other
wise yood be credited with hevin in
telleck. Now IssalSer, my bold eau
cashen, kin yoo read ?"
81 protestw shreeked 1, in agony
"Issaker, don't answer the skoffer a
ethnology!"
But Issaker, ez white ez sheet, ant
tremblin under the eyeuv Bigler, wh'
knowd him from infancy, suffered out
"Now
"Kin you rite, my gay descendan
Nv the soopcrior race"
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-21
LATE KENTUCKY ELECTION.
who and what Triumphcd.

The Democratic papers throughout
the North are rejoicing at the result of
the recent Kentucky election. This
is perfectly proper and anything else
would be unnatural. The reader will
readily understand this when he has
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-21

LOUIS T. WIcfALL, late Of Texas,
intends to enter upon the practice of
law in England, in connection especi-
ally with American cases-other than
the Alabama claims.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-21

German Baptist churches are multi
plying. There are now in the United
States and Canada eighty of these
churches. Twenty years ago there
were only eight,
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-21
Srlcet 8mdins,
From the Toledo Bladc.j
y \ n Es y

The Negro being Found not Available,
Mr. Nasty md his Followers Decide 10
20 Rack ON Iin---A Meeting, the Effect
of which was Spoiled by Pollock. the
Illinois StOrc-k eepcr. nnd.Joseph Big
Ter, Late 4. n. 4.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-21

SHoDDY is accused of having made
his money through Imitation" He
affirms, on the contrary, that it was
through contraction.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-21

WHAT is the difference between a
barber and mother? =? One has razors
to shave, and the other has shayers to
raise.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-21

GEN. Breckenridge and lady con-
tinue to live in Paris, as guests of the
family of Mrs. Burbank, Of Kentucky.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-21

A coNscRIpr, being told that It was
sweet to die for his country, excused
himself on the ground that he never
liked sweet things.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-21

WHY is a newspaper like wife
Because every man ought to have one
of his own.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-21

GEN. Beaurcgard has been elected
Vice President of the New Orleans
Commercial and Industrial AssOcia-
ton.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-21

The slave pen at Richmond has
been converted into divinity school
room for colored preachers.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-21

The various manufacturers of hoop
skirts in this country use up about one
hundred tons Of steel weekly.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-21

Americans will spend ten millions
in Europe this year, on knick-nacs
and hotel bills--and worse.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-21

Blackberries in West Virginia sell
for ten cents gallon. West Virini-
ans will make money if they pn.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-21

Mo slave beneath that starry flag,
The emblem of the free!
No fettercd hand shall WELD the brand
That smites for Liberty.
No tramp of servile armies
Shall shame Columbla's shore,
For he who fights for Freedoms rights
Is free forevermore
III.
No slaves beneath those glorious folds
That o'cr our fathers flew,
When every breath was dark with death
But every heart was true
No serfs of earth's old empires
Knelt meath its shadow then; .
And they who now beneath it bow
Forevermore are men,
III.
Go tell the ashes Of the braves
Who at Port Hudson fell;
Go tell the dust whose holy trust
Stern Wagner guards so WE'LL
Go breathe it soflly-slowly-
Whenever the patriot slave
For right has bled, and tell the dead
He fills A FREEMAS's GRAVE.
".
Go tell Kentuckys bondsmen true,
That he who fights is free!
And let the tale fill every gale
That floats DER Tennessee!
Let all our mighty rivers
The story southwark pour,
And every wave tell every slave
To be n slave no more!
V.
Go tell the brave of every land,
Where eer that flag has flown
The tyrant's fear, the patriots cheer,
Through every cline and zone
That now no more forever
Its stripes are Slavery scars;
No tcar-drops stain its azuee plain,
Nor dim its golden stars,
vi.
No slave beneath that grand old flag!
Forever let it fly!
With lig ghtning rolled in every fold,
And flashing victory
Go IS blessing breathe around it;
And when all strife is done,
May Freedoms light, that knows ne nigh
Make every star sun!
". Y, Tribune. Gro LANSING TAYiO OR.