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The Van Buren press., 1876-10-03
Tur Poor Ixr,xrs.-The folio,

THE Poor INFaNrs.-The following
report of the sanitary committee ~ thc
prevailing disease oil infants contal@ed
such seasonable advice that the i.oard OF
health of New York ordered 10000 cop
les published and distributed
Never neglect looseness of the bow
els in an infant. Consult the family or
dispensary physician at once. and he will
give you rules about what it should take
and how it should be nursed. Keep your
rooms as cool as possible, have them well
ventilated, and do not allow any bad
smells to come from sinks, garbage box
es, cutters, etc about the house where
you live See to your own part being
right, and complain to the board OF
health, il the neighbors' houses are of
tensive. When an infant is cross and
irritable in the hot weather, trip on the
water will do it great deal ofgood, and
may prevent cholera infantnm. Do not
allow your children to eat unripe or dri.
cd fruit An infant under year old,
should not have any fruit except by a
physicians order In very hot weather
dress your children in thin clothing, and
battle them with cold water one, two, or
more times day.
Children under ten months to year,
do not need anything but the breast or
good milk. Cows milk, when pure, is
made like mothers milk by adding one.
third water to two thirds milk, and warm
ing to blood-heat, and little over one
and quarter ounces Of white sugar to a
pint Of the mixture; but in the city a
good deal of the milk has plenty Of wa.
ter and too little cream. II you do not
nurse the child. see that the nursing bot
tie tube and mouthpiece are kept in clean
water when not used. The addition OF
a little soda will keep them from turning
sour II the baby does not thrive vol
on cows milk, consult physician.
The Van Buren press., 1876-10-03

DIs,STEcTIYG LiQuip Dissolve two
ounces of acctatate Of lead (sugar OF
lead) inn common glass bottle. such AS is
used for wine. and add to it two fluid
ounces Of strong nitric acid. Shake the
mixture. and it will he ready far use. A
very small quantity of it is sufficient to
remove all bad odors in utensils or water
closets. II room is not sweet dip
cloths in the liquid, first adding ten tea
spoonsful of water to one teaspoonful Of
it. Suspend these cloths in various parts
OF the room, and its odor will soon be
removed. the deleterous and offensive
gases being neutralized by chemical ac.
tion. This is much better method OF
cleansing apartments than fumigation, as
thai is usually hut the substitute Of one
odor Cor another But in using this dis
infec,ant, or any other, one must ALWAYS
remember tsat fresh air drawn directly
through an apartment, and plenty OF It.
too. Is far more effective method than
any other that can be desired. Country
Gent
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OUR SCHOOL.

1t is with no ordinary degree of pride
that we point to the success ofour free-school
If the School board didn't see fit to give us
the catalogue to print. Under the excellent
disciplinary management Of Miss Mcbride It
promises to be the best school IN this part OF
the State. The lady started right by adher-
Ing, undeviatingly, to the most minute mat
ters of discipline. With her mode of control
order Is the leading feature, and every stu.
dent is made to feel. at the start. that an actu-
al. implicit, and continual compliance with
ALL her mandates, written. or oral Is some
thing they MUST do. In most of the schools
which have been taught In our midst. since
the war. the discipline was of so lax nature
as to almost reverse the position of teacher
and taught, making the latter the governors
instead of the governed. In the school room
the teacher must be supreme controller. and
the scholar must be made to suhmissively
acknowledge the potency of the fact. This
Miss Mcbride ha- done, and, as natural con
sequence. she will ALWAYS control her school
Never since our knowledge of Van Buren,,
has there been school that Is better In the
present or promises more richly In the future
than the one under the auspices OF this accom-
plshed lady; and we congratulate our excel
lent School Board upon the securing the ser.
ivices of a lad for Principal. who Ia so admi.
rably suited and capacitated for the place Al
an early opportunity we intend visiting tn,
school, and shall then be enabled to give
description Of its inner working and man
agement. Suffice it then. II the first place to
say, let every child in the district. be sent to
SCHOOL, and, in the second place. let parents
by hearty corporation, encourage Miss Nc
Bride In her duties. and from the thresh.
old Of her schoolro eventually. will steE
young men and women. whose fund of useful
knowledge will prepare them to make theil
mark In the great race of fe.
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AS the cool season approaches. we sup
pose will dawn the amusements and pastimes
which so properly belong to youth. just ere 1t
merges to mature man and womanhood. and
is forced to mingle amid the cares and vcssi-
tudes incident to the battle with the world,
which never fail to come with the dawnIng
of midde-age. Nor Is 1t alone those who
dance upon the bank of the rippingly mnsi-
cal river of youth. who enjoy these innocent
reereations. but there are those of us who
stand, quiet and meditative. near the mouth
ofthe great stream oflife. where it empties its
now turbulent waters into the ocean of non
existence. and find indeserbabfe pleasure in
mi agling, at times in those pleasures which
gild the pathway of the young with the gold
en- shadows of delight and strew their youth
iourneyings with the flowers of delicious
revelry. the perfume Of winch shall Keep
them alive in their memories. There are
some who would stop, in the young, all de-
sire for amusemt. and would dry up that
fountain In their youthful breasts that Is kept
supplied by the rivulet of pleasure, that mur-
murs amid the wales of enjoyment and recre-
att0n. lHt IOHDJdin Httsl ceast us luscious
spray -sprinkling should the waters by which
it is fed be dried up Go it, boys and girls. say
we. Fill pleasure bumper to the brlm,
and drain it to the dregs," now while you are
young. for. ere long the winter of age will
freeze the current of existence. and care in
all its multtudinous forms, will knock from
your lips the golden chalee Of pleasure you
50 much longed to sip. So. say we, be merry
and enjoy yourselves. Play croquet. dance,
sing. have parties. ride walk. and, in fact. en-
| JOY yourselves in any and every way you can
now, while you are young for middle age,
with its numberless perplexities, will deprive
you not only of capacity, but OF desire for any
Kind of pleasure. Then. let "trouble' com
mence, at once. Let our young people imme
diately naugurate the season, and let fun
run mad and riot" and this fall and winter be
thereby constituted the merriest that Van
Buren, has ever seen. Hurrah for our young
people.
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A Good Move.

Mr.. Alvis Smith, Chairman of the
Cemetery Committee, gives notice to all
those having lots in the Van Buren,
Grave Yard, to meet him, next week on
Saturday, to take measures to have the
Yards, thoroughly cleaned. We are glad
move has been made in this direction,
and that every one interested will be on
hand with his "shovel and hoe, and il
there are any that cannot be present in
person, proxys, if able bodied, will be
received. Let US show that much re.
spect for our dead.
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OHIO.

1t is evident that the Republicans OF
Ohio are uneasy. That state has all
along been claimed for Hayes, and no one
thought of disputing the claim, But the
Republican organs in Cincinnati exhibit
a great deal of apprehension, for organs
that feel sure of carrying the state.
" Blue Jeans Williams the Democratic
candidate for governor of Indiana, ex
presses the belief that the Democrats will
carry the state He bases this on the
indications of popular feeling he meets
with along the Indiana border. The
matter depends largely on the vote of the
cties-and here the condition of Ger
man sentiment is very favorable. The
Germans OF the OHIO cities care little for
Hayes. and Mr. Schurz is manifestly not
satisfied with their indifference to his ap
peals in behalf of his friend 1t would
not be at all surprising If Gov Hayes
own state should go against him.-st
Louis Republican.
The Van Buren press., 1876-10-03

- Messrs Dobbs & Gates have got theiI
new Cotton Gin, about ready to turn loose
Both are No. men, and vii give satisfaction
to their customers.
A. M. Callahan & Co. will gin Mr.. John
Woolf's crop OF cotton. this season. the en-
gine connected with the gin he run last year
h aving been sold.
The Ella Hughes leaves Cincinnati, Sat
urday. tor this river.
DIR. l.. G. White and Johnnie arrived
home from their Centennial trip last night
Judge Stuart. Col. Cravens and Milt
Rice came up on the train, last night. The,
speak in Fort Smith, to-day, and here to-
morrow.
We were. last year, Dragging on castol
bean tree, 10 feet high Uncle Mooney ha'
one In his garden that beats that bad. 1t Il
l6 feet high,
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DR. Seals called in on US. last Friday
morning.
--Tommie Edmonson has got lot OF prize
candy. which comes in boxes, the value there
Of being dime There is toy pistol-a
dwarf Colts revolver--which the person who
gets the price-box will become the possessor
Of Quite number of our young men have
made investments. but at present, no one has
secured the much coveted weapon. 1t is re-
ally pretty piece of mechanism although its
effectiveness as a means of self-deence, Is a
question of considerable doubt; at least that
is what our friend, Alvis Smith thought about
the matter. One evening, Il couple of months
ago, he chanced to be walking from the depot
with young friend. who had, for the curl
osity of the thing purchased one OF these toy
pistols. and was boastiag Of the force with
which it could throw ball. Now Mr.. Smith
is one OF those incredulous geniuses who be-
lieve nothing that is not substantiated by
positive proof, and wien the little weapon
was shown to him. hooted at the idea. and
proposed to bet the coat he had on-and 1t " as
a bran-new broadcloth one, at that-and 5000
besides that the owner Of the weapon could
not shoot hole through his coat, at dis
tance of twenty feet His friend as jealous
of the reputation of his little pistol as he was
Of his own, accepted the bet. Mr.. s. pulled
off his coat, dear as the apple Of his eye"
and hung it on fence on the opposite side of
the street. Bang went the pistol, and never
a tremble " as discoverable in the coat. The
seven barrels were discharged with the same
result. The coat. apparently. had been un-
touched. ard the owner of the pretty little
toy was exceedingly troubled, but still AYERS
his belief in its capacity. regardless of the
result we have given above. Tommie. since
the trial says that the absence of danger in
the use of the pistol. will prevent the charge
of carrying concealed weapons.
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Scribner for 1861.

The Publishers of Scribners Monthly an.
nounce as among their attractions for the
coming year new serial story Of DR.. J G
Holland, to be entitled Nicholas Mnturn;' -
the conclusion of That Lass O. Lowrie's "
and of Phillip Nolan's Friends a new novel
by Miss Trafton. His Inheritance; Sketch
es of Foreign Travel. by Gen. Mcclellan; a
series of sporting articles. beginning with
Salmon Fishing in October and to in
clude Trout Fishing, Grouse, Duck Shooting
etc. etc; Twelve Hours with the MicrG-
scope by Mrs. Herrick illustrated with
drawings by the author. and describing The
Beginnings of Life" Single-Celled Plants"
Microscopic Corals.' and other wonders of
the organic world; the Cooperative move
ment in Great Britain. by Charles Barnard
(author of "One Hundred Thousand Homes')
being the record of an expedition made for
the benefit of the readers Of this mrgazine.
among the Cooperative shops and factories
of England and Scotland; more papers by
Mr.. Clarence Cook. on house furnishing !;
more description of American cities: and
many other papers of interest.
The Van Buren press., 1876-10-03

We have never been Oh jury in our life
and we hope we may never be-and cannot,
necessarily understand rhc wearisomeness of
such position; yet we believe we can. in
some measure, conceive or imagine Its ter
rors. Yet. with il. as with almost all other
things, there's glimmer of light amid the
gloom" The jury. in one of the cases be-
fore the present court, were listening to the
testimony of burly witness, in an assault
case. During the examination, he said that
one of the parties had laid his hands upon
the shoulders Of the other, and had shaken
him lie was requested by one of the law
yers To SHOW the Jury how 1t was done. Tur'
ming Immediately to TIE Jury the witness pro-
caeI.d TO demonstrates, by practical i'lnstra-
tion, the manner in which the shaking was
performed. His nearest neighbor, on t'eJn
ry, was our friend. John Brodic. Laying h''
hands on that gentleman's shoulders, he gave
him shake. exceeded only by the shock OF
iuvenile earthquake. Johns teeth came TO-
oetl,er with 4 crash, that sounded ike the eA
plosion of a toy-pistol, while the paiiof U
fright overspread his face. For moment
rho c,.urt WAS convused with laughter, ant
opr nrosecuting attorney has concluded 10 o'
more careful in his demand on witnesses io'
practical illustrations
Hard fros. Monday tnorning Cottor
showed the effects OF it, as veil as sweet po
ta,o vines and other plants
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CunlosirIEs OF LIFE Lay your finger
on your pulse and know that at every
stroke some immortal passes to his Ma
ker; some fellow being crosses the river
Of death; and we may well wonder that
it is so long before our turn comes. Half
of all who live die before the age Of sew.
enteen; only one person in ten thousand
lives to he one hundred years old, and
but one in hundred reaches sixty. The
single do not live as long as the married.
There is one soldier to every eight per
sons, and out OF every thousand born.
only ninety Ave weddings take place II
you take thousand persous who have
come TO the age of seventy years, there
are of clergymen, orators and public
speakers, forty three; soldiers, thirty
two; lawyers, twenty nine; professors,
twenty seven, and of the doctors twenty
fonr.
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United States Supervisors.

Under a law of the U. s. Court, judge
Caldwell has appointed the following
Supervisors for this County:
Bichland-W. T. Morgan, James NJ
Baxter.
Lees Creek-John S. Rainwater, Har
ison B. Hale.
Van Buren-F. r. McKibben, David
son Dickson.
Alma-John Clark, Peter S. Decherd
Mountain-Henry Remey, Jas. c
Wright.
Upper-F. NJ. Kimes, John Bradford
Shepherd-W. J. Orrick, Jno. Shep
herd.
Cedar-Martin Nelson, Thos. Echols
Vine Prairie-E. NJ. Fomby, Mark
Jackson.
Jasper-G. W. McAtee, John S. Dan
iel
The Van Buren press., 1876-10-03

Mr. VI. Lynch made the first considerable
shipment of cotton. last week. that has been
made from here this season. He shipped 80
bales by rail to New York.
MIR. Thos. NJ. McGee will take your orders
for the Spadra Coal. the best used. 1t will
be delivered at the Depot at rs per ton.
Our young friend Allen Heard. son of the
late Mr. James Heard, passed through town
for Cane Hill yesterday for school.
Citizens of the town Of Alma have figured
largely in the Circuit Court. the past week.
From the mountains and the hills. from
the plains and the valleys, cotton pickers are
focking to the land Of cotton.
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THIRD ANNUAL FAIR
OF THE
Crawford County Agricultural and Me-
chanicaI Association.
Tuesday, October 10th. 1876.

Glasses A, B, c, d, E, F, G, II, at Gran.
gers Hall, to commence at Van Buren
Tuesday, Oct. 10, and continue remain
der of the week.
Glasses | to s, and Baby Show, and
Tournament, ut the FAIR GROUNDS
Thursday and Friday, Oct. 18th, 18th.
Address at the opening of Exhibition
at the Fair Grounds, by Capt. WI. AL
EXANDER, of Van Buren.
Exhibition at the Hall, Van Buren
under the exclusive control of Sam Mar
tin, Jno. Neal and Miss. Hazcltine Mas
sey.
Col. NJ. F. LOCKE, Grand Marshal.
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Mrs. Capt T. A. Baldwin U. s. A.. leave

Mrs Capt. T. A. Baldwin U. s. A. leaves
tonight tor the East to he gone six weeks
The Little Rock papers OF Thursday an.
nounce the departure Of our young friend DR..
J. A. Dibr,ll Jr. from that city for Philadel
mia where, we learn, he is to be united to
one of the fairest daughters of the City OF
Roses. ." WHO'S temporarily In Philadelphia.
Mr.. William Whitfield arrived home from
the Eastern markets Friday night.
Dave Brodie and Fayette Locke. came up
with the excursionsts from Alma, Sunday
morning.
DIR. Perm IT and Miss Minnie, left
Monday morning for St Louis and tbs
Centennial
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across man with q tooth sche. There S
something 50 pleasant in advising him
to stuff cotton in it, to use camphor, ere
osote, peppermint and "felief," that |
always feel better after giving it.
have cen there--had an aching snag
and know just how it feels 1t used
to wake me up nights, and make me mad
at noon, and set Inc to swearing early in
the morning. didn't meet man or wo.
man but what they advised me, One
said that hot knitting needle pushed
down on the roots, was excellent; auoth
er said it must be dug out by the den
tist
They smiled when they said so--smil
ed like old friends. They didn't know
that the old snag seemed an inch too
high, and was as tender as my eye, and
that the bare thought of digging out" :"
made IL chill run up my spine Yes, they
did know it, too but it wasn't their snag
and they didn care
If l sat down to dinner, that old tooth
began to growl Ii Invent To bed, or got
up, or went to a party, or stayed at
home, {" she" growed just the same. 1t
wasn't always growl, sometimes it was
a jump that made my hair stand up, and
again "a sort of cutting pain that made
me make up faces at the baby, and slam
doors and break windows. ate cotton,
peppermint, camphor and opium, until |
got black in the face, and that old snag
kept right on. put bags of hot ashes
to my cheek, applied mustard, held my
head in the oven, took a sweat, and the
ache still ached. ....
After the third week the neighbors did
not pass the house; and didn't let their
boys, either, and tin peddlers and book
canvassers went around on the other
street l was becoming a menagerie, and
at last decided to have my tooth out.
decided to, and then decided not to.
changed nv mind four times in one fore
noon, and at last went
The dentist was glad to see me. He
said if he could not take that tooth oul
without hurting me, he would give me a
ed, and concluded not, to have tpuled
started down stairs, but jump caught
me, and l rushed back. He said that he
would look al it; pefhaps it would not
need pulling at all, but he could kill the
nerve,
BY dint of 6attery he got me into the
chair Then he softly inserted the knife
and cut away the gums. leaped up and
said would kill him; but he begged INT
not to; said that the cutting was all The
pain there was in IT, He finally got IN,
to lean back and open my mouth, and
then he slipped IN his forceps and closed
them around the tooth.
Observation-Disclosures y cried
but he didn't pay any attention to it. Ht
drew in a full breath, grasped the forceps
tightly, aud then he pulled.
Great spoons bat didn't it seem as il
my head was going 1 tried to shout
grappIe at him, kicked, aud then be held
up the old snag, and said +" There!
guess you won't feel any more aching? z
leapcd down and hugged him.
promised him ten million dollars. | told
him to make my house his home forev
er. Rugged him again. | shook hands
with everybody on the street, kissed my
wife. bought the baby dozen rattle
boxes in heap, and it seemed to me a,
| if the world WAS too small for me, l wa
80 happy
The Van Buren press., 1876-10-03

CIDER VINEGAR Make the cider as
early as possible. When the barrel is
filed, let it remain where the sun can
shine on it part of the day, Leave the
bung out. and insert the neck end of q
bottle This will let the air in, while il
will keep the flies out Put into each
barrel Que sheet of foolscs.p paper , min,
OF white beans, ara ] pint ~ good brew
ers yea-.--or other yeast that is as good
also, il YOU choosc put in a pint Of mo
lasses, Manage in this way, aud you will
have vinegar in six weeks, Remember
,hs, good cider will make geod vinegar,
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hay The following is a neat thing fr

bar The following is a neat thing from
the Petersburg, (Va.) Post; " 1t was at
the old market-house, yesterday morn.
ing. Uncle Cutie Perkinson, OF Prince
George, and Caesar Slote, of Denwiddle,
were discussing between slices of succu-
lent watermelon, the political issues of
the day. Said Uncle Cufiee, al amt
ewine to vote dat radical ticket any
more" "Why ?" said Caesar. Wlel,"
said the old man, :" dreamt was in
hell, last night" "Did you see any rad
ical office-holders theref" ayes, did"
said the old fellow hell wa iull of
'em. and every o6ice-holder had Il Niger
holdin' 'tsceen rim and de pre-
The Van Buren press., 1876-10-03

The Radicals claim much credit for
their Southern educational system. Ar
kansas affords fair specimen oft. They
appropriated $4,000 for school purpo-
ses and elected educational officers whose
salaries amounted to $4,000. No ac-
count is given of the remaining $4,000.
Perhaps it was spent for Apparatus
or, as Bill Harper would say, brooms,
buckets and things"
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Col. NJ. F. LOCKE, Grand Marshal.

COMMITTEE OF LApIEs-Mrs. Jesse Tur
ner Ellen Ward, j. 9. Foster, A. B. How
ell, Ben, Decherd, NJ. f. Locke, +. Mil
les, Susan Southmayd, B. J. Brown, r
II. Love, D. c. Williams, VIM. Whitfield
J. B. Ogden, s. A. Furic, Geo. Brunk
D. Dickson, NJ. w brewery, c. M
Thompson, Ak. Lacy, II. F. Thomson
M. c. Durham, Mrs. Vinsant, Il. A
Quesenbury, J. P. B. Bullock, Miss Ma
ry Hodges
The Van Buren press., 1876-10-03

According to the New York Herald,
Presidnnt Grant comedies Louisiana and
Florida to the Democrats, which conces
sion, the Herald says, " shows his sagac-
ity and the closeness with which he
watches political events
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TEA! TEA! TEA Ill!

A fine stock Of superior GREEN and
BLACK TEAS, not surpassed in town,
at GOSS Dc HARRIS Drug Store, op-
poste the Court House. Give them a
call.
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Little Rock and TT. Smith Railwa
Timetable.

Trains leave Van Buren, for Little Rock dali
Y, Sundays excepted at a. m.
Trains arrive at Van Buren, from Little
Rock at 7.30 p. m. daily, except Sundays.
Trains run by st Louis time. which Is 20
minutes faster than Van Buren time.
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A Lecture to Young Men.

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CULNERWELL, NJ D., Author oil the " Green
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