The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1877-08-14


How TO CLEAN OH CLoTiis III You
wish to have them look nice, wash them
with soft flannel aud luke warm water,
and wipe perfectly dry. II you want them
to look extra nice, after they are wiped
drop few spoonfuls of milk over them,
and rub them dry with cloth.
A woman is either worth good deal
or nothing, If GOOD for nothing she 10
not worth getting jealous for; II she Be
good woman, she will give no causesfor
jealousy. a man is brute to be jealous
Of good woman--a fool TO be jealous Of
a worthless one but is double lo0l-to
cut hts tirrost fvr either Of thess,, --r-r-,i-
A sad fact is related by so many that
it can hardly be questioned. During the
llght Turkish detachment threw down
their arms and asked for quarter. 1t
was granted, and Russian officer
went to the commader OF the Turkr to
demand his sword but he, frenzied by
feat, forgot himself. drew pistol. and
shot the Russian through the breast
With wild cry Of revenge the Russibn
soldiers spraug forward and bayoncted
all the Turks. a8a
Prompt and revercnt obedience is nm
excellent feature In child's character.
Some children spend more time grum-
bling and fretting when told to do . par
ticular work thanin doing it. The gruni
bling boy grows up to be disagreeahls
man The peevish girl is insufferable
| when she becomes woman.
A mother having occasion to reprove
her little daughter for playing with some
rude children, received the reply, "Well,
ma, some folks don't like bad company,
but | always did, 81
Mr. Sturgeon s;ys he would rather be
hanged than write out sermon He
once remarked to a visitor "lf had u
monte given me to prepare a.sermon,
would spend thirty days and twenty three
hours in something else, and in the last
hour would make the sermon. AT the
close of one of his most eloquent dis
courses he said to an interviewer: ,,The
text was given to me by one Of my dca
cons, who died yesterday. and requested
in his last moment that would preach
from it. At8 this morning sat down
70 think out the discourse spent an
hour on the text and could make nothing
out of it. l never could preach from
other peoples texts. ] said this In my
despair to my wife, who told me to try
again. l tried again with the same result.
WELL said Mrs. S., go into the pulpit
and the sermon will come 10 YOU !
followed The advice, and you know the
result
The safety board Of the town Of Ca
naan, Conn in 1910. sentenced Hannah
Capron to be publicly whipped, 70 lashes
on the naked body, to be branded on her
forehead, wear n rope around her neck
during life and to be whipped 70 lashes
every;timc she''was seen with, the rope OH,
because she had left her husband and ta-
ken no with Joseph Lincoln. The safety
board of town Of Canaan did nothing
whatever TO Joseph Lincoln.
Tie drug cuca, which comes from Peru,
and is worse in its effects than OPIUM 70
recommended as q cure for bashfnlness.
the shame faced, under ITS influences,
becoming bold as lions. II would be
well for few druMmrrs to try some Ot IL
A wad of it under the damask cheek OF .
commercial traveller meghs
do much toward stimulating trade.
A grocer being solicited to contribute
to the building OF church, promptly SUD-
n "A.