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Dental Notice..

After the 25th of July. | shall be absent
from my Office ia Van Buren for some time
ihose wishing work in my line should call
Immediately. RI. PEARSON, Dentist.
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The DebOis Cotton Gin,

o' 'he above celebrated Gin, in our paper. 1t
n,h'ghly recommended by all who have tried
" ~ 'all and see the Gin at ID. &. WILLIAMS
Store.
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M. e. Church, South.

|p,y.W. T. BOILING. Pastor. Divine SER
4 :. every Sabbath at II o'clock, A. NJ. and
E,lock p. NJ. Prayer Meeting every We'd
4 iay evening at o'clock.
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Ey- Gen. John C. Breckenridge is Wis
iting Richmond, Va, for the first tlme
since he rode away from the burning
city on the cveutful morning of the ID OF
Arril. 1865
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Irs- 1t is with pleasure that we welcome
II old friend Capt, II. p. BARRY, back to the
aitorial fraternity. He puts on the editorial
.rsss for the Dardanelle LaGOrer.
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EE "What consumptivcs want is air,
not physic--pure air, not medicatod air
and plenty Of bread and meat y SO
said the late Dr. Marshall Hall, of Eng
land.
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INllE well known and long cstablishsd
Ferry ut Van Buren, Arkansas, 10 now
under the charge of the subscriber. Thsp
plletors having recently put on a args New
Steamboat, and NTH careful ami experienced
Ferrymen, they feel confident that they can
give universal satisfaction to the travelling
public. Their aim will be to meet the In
crcasing demands of the large epnigrant trav-
c to Texas .a
The st. Louis, and sherman, Texas, Y. 8.
Mails are carried over this Ferry, which ID .
good guarantee that It Is the shortest as we'll
as tho best route for travel OF all kinds.
This Ferry has tho largest and best boat en-
the river, and can cross POO wagons and teams
pSr day, and no retention on either bank need
he expected Enclosures for stock and sheds
for travellers are being built on beth sides Of
the river. and no palms will be spared to as-
commodate the public. We shall strive to
continue to make this the popular route to
and from Missouri and Texas.
~ B-feitv accounts must b sttisd
Konthiy-Ns dsrfdtion hom this rule.
II. &. RO BARDS, Proprietor.
Van Buren,, Feb, T. 73. u
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~ Hon w. Il. Grey (col) has been APP
srointed Commissioner Of immigration for Ar
Kansas, and has gone to Europe.
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|f2r We regret to learn Of the death Of the
IN Capt. Il. 5. lERkEs. She died on the
Inning of the Goth ult- at Louisville, KY,
N her body was taken to Coyington for in
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.S- The proudest man in Van Bnren, is
yohN r. LYTLr. It's a BOY, weighed ten
and lttle one doing well.
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<s-U +. THOMSON house is crawling up
.the second story. f. ADAMS does the wood
i rL and NJ ArIEws & Son the brick.
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fx" Mrs FANNIE SCorr and daughter frem
,FT2k Mills. Mo, is making visit to her old
thnp i'm Van Buren,.
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E1- 1t seems to be pretty well settled
that the Ohio Democrats will stand by
their colors during the apr, aching cam
psign, and not Join in the Alsn County
movement or make any pol teal bargains
whatever
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,,al and Departure Mails from
Van Burcn.

IA ARRIVE FROM ST. LOUIS
e,eept Monday, So P. NJ.
PROM LITTLE ROCK
!. :, d,y except Monday, IA m
PROM THB SARRoWs
IL NJ.
DEPART FOR ST. LoGIs
|, =, day, except Sunday A. NJ
FOR LITTLE ROCK
.,r day except Saturday, p m
"" FOR THE SARRowS
l2'1 P. NJ
bnday' c,a,, frow stooAM.
W j. A. NOBLE, p. NJ.
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r1- An Indiana curiosity is girl
whose left foot Is ten times larger that
her right
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tE- The town Is overlooking with water
melons-somc very large ones.
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RIVER NEWS.

TUESDAY, July29
w nr h'et ha. declined to about - feet the bars.
weather warm ard dry.
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THE NEW DEPARTURE IN OHIO,
Proceedings Of the Convention at Colum-
bus-VieWs Of Prominent Poll
ticians-N
Made.
COLUMBUS, O, July 80.

COLUMBUS, q, July 80,
The Liberal Republican Convention
met this morning and adopted the reso-
utions reported by their caucus last
night, to dissolve their organization as
liberal republicans, and unite with the
Allen county new departurists to-day in
the formation of new party.
The peoples convention assembled at
l. o'clock this morning, at Arnbo's hall,
and was called to order by Hon, L. f..
Cunningham, leader of the Allen county
movement, who made short speech ex-
planatory of this movement In the
course of his remarks he said that both
prominent parties were in such a Condi
ten as to make new party an absolute
necessity for the protection of the pco-
pie. Neither OF the present parties can
accomplish the needed reformation. One
will not, and the other cannot, help the
people. The corruption was rampant in
all departments of the government, and
it was high time the people took the
management Of affairs into their own
hands. Hon Geo +. Pugh, of Cincin
natl, was chosen temporary chairman,
and SAID that although democrat of the
deepest dye, he was willing to join hands
with all honest men to stop stealing in
high and low places. and TO stop eXtrava-
gancc in Grants public domain, which,
by right was the property of the people.
We know of these great evils, and we
come here to devise remedy. Let US
do this work carefully and well. After
the appointment Of the usual committees,
Judge w. b. Caldwell of Cincinnati, was
called on, and made speech showing
the necessity Of anew party, as the means
Of restoring the government to its for
mer purity. Adjourned until 2 o'clock
The convention reassembled at
o'clock in the afternoon. Norton S.
Townsend, Of Loran, was made perma-
nent chairman The committee on nom
nations reported the following ticket,
which was adopted by the convention
For governor, Isaac C. Collins, of Ham
ilton, democrat; for lieutenant governor,
A. Saunders Pratt, Of Logan, liberal for
attorney general, Seraphim Meyers, OF
Stark, liberal for supreme judges. o. B.
Ewing, of Fairfield, democrat, and ID.
W. G.. Lander, Of Brown, liberal; for
board Of public works, James McI'cth, of
Allen. democrat, for State treasurer,
Jonathan Harshman, OF Montgomery,
democrat; for comptroller of the treasu-
ry, &. p l.. Butler, of Franklin, liberal
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PRINCE JEROME NAPOLEON.

PARIS, July 90.
Prince jerome Napoleon has semi. Of
fcially asked for restoration to his rank
in the army as general Of a division. No
reply has yet boen given him. Henri
Rochelorte is to be examined again by
the physicians, and if his condition war,
rants it, he will be sent off in the next
convict ship.
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TELEGRAPH NEWS.
Special Dispatch to the Republican
TIE NEW PARTY.
Letters from Mr.. Grces beck, of Ohio-Hs
Declines Nomination for Gov.
srnor of that State.
7he State and the Republic Prepared
for Nsw Party, ,DiM Prmci-
pie, in A Accordance ,cith
the Conaitu-
ton.
CINCINNATI, July &c.

CINCINNATI July 26.
The following are the letters Of Hon.
w. 5. Groesbeck, published this morn.
ing to the representatives Of the new de
parture and liberal movement, in which
he declines the candidacy for governor,
and gives his views Of the formation of q
NEW POLITICAL ORGANIZATION.
CINCINNATI ,July o5
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~ All job Work, cash on deIiv-
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Memphis & Little Rock Railroad.
1913. SUMNER SCHEDULE. 1913.
TWO DAILY TRAINS.
Only Direct All Rail Route TO
MEMPHIS, Louisville, Nashville,
Washington, New York, and
all points
EAST, NORTH, NoErH EAST SouTH EAST


EAST, NORTH, NoErH EAST SouTH EAST.
Trains leave Argenta toppo Little Rock as follows
MAIL TRAIN, tDnGy) v;b ?. NJ
fGsIoHr 4Np ,AccoANoOArIoS, daily cS- ,n
cept Sunday, DIVA NJ
Passengers coming TO Argcnta by Little Rock and
Fort Smith Railroad, are landed at Depot
of this Ro8d,
Connections made at Memphis with trains on
Memphis and Charleston, Louisville and Nash
ellie and Great Southern and Mss. e
Tennessee Rdiir0ddS,
SLEEPING CARS ON MAIL TRAIN
BAGGAGE CHECKED THROUGH.
Fare as Low as by any other Route.
Passsngers Cross The Mississippi az Mem
phs Without Change,
ny Through rates on Freight and.bils Of lsding
giyen at Memphis and all principal cities in tbs
A. S. LIvERMoRE, Gen. supt.
J. H. PERRY, Cen Ticket Agent,
mayu Memphis Tenn.
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DICKLBs, Pepper Sauce. etc, for sale by
inlv c. f. HARVEY.
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RECKLESS GLUTToNY PRODUCES ITS NATUR
AL RESULTS.

FAYETTE, Mo-, July 80.
There have been fourteen deaths from
cholera here since last Saturday, out Of a
population not exceeding 1900. The
disease originated in a picnic of negroes,
which took place last Saturday, and came
of over.sating unwholesome food and
drinking impure water from a stream
near by. Nine negroes have died, and a
humber are still sick. Three white rail
road laborers aud two well known citi-
zens have also died Large quantities OF
tar, rosin and gunpswder have been
burned by the authorities, and other
means taken to stop the progress of the
scourge. There was only one death yes
terday, and it is believed that the disease
has spent its force
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TIE KANSAS FARMERS STATE GRANGE.

Five hundred oranges are in session
here to-day TO reerganizc the State
grange. The meeting will last three
DAYS. The report Of State masters shows
that last January there were only ten
oranges in the State and now there are
over four hundred.
Reports from all parts Of the State in
dicate large crop Of wheat and oats.
Corn will be light.
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AIR GUNs.-Probably the most per-
feet air guns in the world are those
made in London for the use of British
poacbers. AS they make no smoke,
and consequently no smell, they are not
so easily detected as firearms when used
in game preserves. 1t is mistake,
however, to suppose that they make no
noise. When fully charged, the report
is sharp, quite as sharp as that produced
by gunpowder. When lightly charged,
the report is of course diminished, but
the force with which the bullet is pro-
jected is also proportionately lessened,
and so is the recoil. AS weapon for
secret assassination, therefore, the air
gun does not possess much advantage
over a good rife-cane. Few persons
are, however, aware of the slight charge
of powder or air that is necessary to
produce fatal wound at short distan-
ces. Experience teaches us that bull
let that will 60 through a half-inch
board will kill man if it strikes him
in vital and not too well protected
part. Now, bullet can be projected
from a rife with force sufficient to
pierce such board at twelve PAGES, by
means of charge of powder not greater
than that which lie on a three cent
piece; and provided the charge be ig-
nited quietly, as by pill lock, the noise
of the explosion will not attract the at
tention of persons who are sixty yards
distant. The small pistols in common
use make very little noise except when
discharged in confined places; and yet,
if the ball should strike a vital part,
death may be caused instantaneously
by a wound from them. The only adj
vantages possessed by the air gun are
its perfect cleanliness and the fact that
the parts are not liable to be corroded and
rusted. 1t never requires cleaning; but
the labor of charging the condenser may
be fairly Offset against the labor involv-
ed in cleaning ordinary firearms after
they have been used. - Industrial
MOnthLu
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MARRIAGE IN RUSSIA. When the

MARRIAGE IN RUSSIA. When the
Underground presented, the whole house
is in confusion; all the relations, friends
and neighbors on both sides are invited
to the house of the bride. When all the
expected company are assembled, the
matchmaker comes in, leading the BRIDE
groom by the hand, and going straight
to the head of the house, presents him.
The father first, then the mother, kisses
him. The brides father then leads the
young man to table covered with white
cloth; on the table is silver salver with
loaf of bread on it, and on the bread
salt-cellar with salt. Two rings, one
of gold, the other of silver, are placed
on small silver tray before golden I'M
age of the Virgin Mary holding the child
Jesus in her arms. With this image they
bless the future couple. All the COM
pany stand; the mother holds the bride,
completely dressed in white, by the
hand, surrounded by all her dearest
friends and companions. All bow be-
fore the image. The father takes the
image, the mother the bread and salt;
the young couple then kneel under the
image, and are first blessed by the faith
er; the latter then takes the bread and
salt from the hands of the mother and
gives her the image, and the same cere-
mony is repeated. After this the IA
ther and mother of the bridegr pom do
the like. Then comes the giving of the
rings: the brides father gives the gold
en- ring to the bridegroom, the silver
one to the bride. They are now aft
anced to each other, and give each other
the first kiss. When the ceremony is
over, the company enjoy themselves;
they chat, laugh, eat and drink, and sepa-
rate after having fixed the day for the
marriage. During the interval between
this ceremony and the marriage, the
bridegroom spends all his evenings with
his bride, often tete-a-tete. The marriage
ceremony follows. 1t is also called the
coronation, because during the ceremony
a crown is placed on the heads of the
affianced. Then the priest offers them
a cup of wine, of which they both drink,
as a sign of the union they have con-
tracted. A solemn procession is led by
the officiating priest, the bride and BRIDE
groom following him, round the desk
placed in the center of the church, up
on which is laid the Bible. This is meant
to represent the joys which await them
and the eternity of these ties. During
the public celebration of the marriage
the rings worn by the young people are
exchanged, the husband now wearing
the silver one, the bride the golden.
From the church all the company in
vited go to the house of the bridegroom's
father. A week after, they return to
church, when the priest lifts the crown
from their heads. This is the final con-
secration of marriage. Day.
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Items from the Danbury News"

A Danbury citizen sent over to a
neighbor one evening recently, to Dor
row the Danbury Neaos, and was told
that he would have to wait until ''our
Jane got back from the ball.
The Danbury Nems don't like the
Patent Office Reports. The characters
are all oyerdrawn, and there isn't enough
poisoning and shooting in the plot to
keep the reader interested.
An urchin having found cartridge
the other day, rubbed it on the stove to
see if it was good for anything. As his
mother knits left-handed mittens for
him now, it is generally supposed that
the cartridge was good one.
A novelty in gentlemen's dress is
promised in Boston. The bosom ofthe
shirt is to have few bars of music
printed upon it, in some cases with
words. Gentlemen wearing them will
stand behind pianos to be sung and
played for.
P. 7. Barnum's menagerie and circus
starts out April lst. No reflection in
tended.
A raw countryman, gazing at gar
den in vicinity of Boston, in which were
several marble statues, exclaimed ::
Just see what waste! Here's no
less than six scare-crows in this ten-fOot
patch, and any one of them would keep
the crows from a fve-acre LOTT
A Danbury man says he has read of
beggars dying with their stockings full
of silver, but the only beggars he ever
saw had real estate in theirs.
A Danbury man when he feels bad
goes to New York. He's sure of COM
pany.
There was fight between Danbury
and Norwalk ROSTERS in this place, Fri
day. The pain every good citizen must
feel over such brutal display is some
what modified by the fact that our
rooster licked.
Nervous old invalid" Well, Miss
Nipper, l think it's quite time these
passage walls were re-papered." Land
lady" Pardon me, sir; but l was a
waiting to see 'ow your 'ealth goes on.
Collins is sech things to knock the pa
per off comm down"
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LEGEND OF TUTocHANULA.-Tl

LEGEND OF TUTocHANULA.-There
were once two little boys living in the
valley, who went down to the river to
swim. After padding and splashing about
to their hearts content, they went on
shore, and crept up on huge bowlder
that stood beside the water, on which
they laid down in the warm sunshine to
dry themselves. They soon fell asleep,
and they slept so soundly that they never
wakened more. Through sleeps, moons,
and SHOWS, winter and summer, they
slumbered on. Meanwhile, the great
rock whereon they slept was treacherous-
ly rising, day and night, little by little,
until it soon bore them up beyond the
sight of their friends, who sought them
everywhere, weeping. Thus they were
borne up, at last, beyond all human help
or reach ofhuman voice-lifted up, inch
by inch, into the blue heavens up,
far up, until their faces scraped the moon;
and still they slumbered and slept, year
afteryear, year after year. Then at length,
upon time, all the animals assembled
together to bring down the little boys
from the top of the mighty rock. Every
animal made spring up the face of the
wall, as far as he could leap. The little
mouse could only jump up a hand
breath; the rat two hand breaths; the
raccoon, little higher /; and so on: the
grizzly bear making prodigious leap far
up the wall, but falling back, in vain,
like all the others. Last of all, the lion
tried, and he jumped up higher than
any other animal had; but he fell down
fiat on his back. Then came along an
insignificant measuring worm, which
even the mouse could have crushed by
treading on it, and began to creep up
the rock. Step by step, step by step
a little at a time he measured his way
up, until presently he was above the Ii
on's jump; then, pretty soon, out of
sight. So he crawled up, and up, and
up, through many long sleeps, for about
one whole snow, and at last he reached
the top. Then he took the little boys,
and came down the same way he went
up, and brought them safe down to the
ground. And so the rock was called
after the measureing-worm (tuhahana),
Tutochanula. {" The California
Indians, IN the Overland Monthly for
AprI.
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A SUBSTITUTE FOR VACCINATION.

A SUBSTITUTE FOR VACCINATION
The last new thing in medicine is a sub
stitute for vaccination, description of
which is contained in the last number
of the american Practitioner, but not
in terms sufficiently plain to make it
thoroughly understood. The propa-
gator of the new doctrine, an eminent
Western physician says, that for thirty
four years he has held to the plan of
pustulation by tartar-emetic as fully as
good preventive of smallpox as per-
feet vaccination. He adds that the fact
is familiar to physicians, that there is an
almost exact resemblance between tar
tar-emetic pustules and vaccina, not
only at their full development, but dur
ring the successive stages. He asks the
question: Why this artificial pustula-
ton may not be "just as good pre-
ventive as vaccination, since the same
process has been gone through with,
and the same molecular changes :" and
suggests that experiments be made in
hospitals to prove this theory.
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A CHEAP RIDE.-About the best
story told lately is of a wealthy New
York German and a Hartford livery
stable keeper who was 10th to let his
best rig to a stranger. The German
was bound to have his ride, and agreed
to buy the horse and sleigh, and when
he returned the stable-keeper might re-
fund the money. This was done, and
the team returned and money refunded,
when the German started to go. "Hold
on" said the man of horses, "you have
not paid your horse hire!" "Why,
my dear SIR" said the New Yorker
coolly, 81 have been driving my own
team this morning"
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A Partisan exquisite, whose notions
of honor were so fine that in vindicat-
ing them in duel he got into trouble,
was waiting for his trial one day in the
police court. Being kept waiting for
examination some three hours, he be-
came very impatient, and at last inter-
rogated the usher: "Usher, how long
will it be before my case comes on:"
sob, not long now, monsieur; there is
only another thief before you." Ex-
quisite collapsed.
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CHEESE FOR Govern
or Seymour of New York, president OF
the American Dairymen's Association,
has applied to Congress to make cheese
an army ration The Massachusetts,
Ptoughmdn says: "He is right, and we
see no reason why cheese should not be
largely consumed in the army. 1t is
nutritious, easily transported, palatable
and healthful."
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The patron of a cheap eating house,
who complained that they only gave one
potato with his meat, whereas they for
merly gave him two, was mortified by
the walters explanation that the last
lot of potatoes they purchased was SO
bad that no gentleman could eat more
than one of them.
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Do Coon. - Thousands of men
breathe, move, and live-pass off the
stage oflife and are heard of no more.
Why? They do not a particle of good
in the world, and none could point to
them as the instrument of their redemp-
ton: not word they spoke could be
recalled, and so they persisted; the
light went out in darkness, and they
were not remembered more than the
insect of yesterday. Will you thus
live and die, o man immortals Live for
something. Do good, and leave behind
you a monument of virtue that the storm
of time can never destroy. Thus, your
name, your deeds, will be as legible on
the hearts you leave behind as the stars
on the brow of the evening. Good
deeds will shine as the stars of heaven.
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At religious gathering in Chicago,
a few years since, one of the speakers
was the venerable Rev. DR.. Goodell
Broken in mind and body, but animated
by the occasion, the aged clergyman
said: Friends, l am far uponl my
journey toward the Celestial City; but
/ could not help stopping on my way.
to attend this meeting in Chicago
Here a voice from the multitude was
heard by all: "Chicago is not on that
road" The effect was electrical, espe-
cially upon the poor old gentleman,
who was so confused that he could say
no more, and was obliged to sit down.
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A subscriber of paper in Columbus,
Ohio, has withdrawn his patronage"
because the editor treated their little
earthquake with levity.
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Josh Billings says: elf 1 kin have
plenty of salt mackerel for breakfast
kin generally make the other two meals
of water"
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Statistics indicate that the great fires
in American cities, within year and a
half past, have cost the country $780,
OOO, 900.