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


touching incident, last week, at the death
bed of Mrs Gaylord. Her husband is an
engineer on the Cincinnati road. and up
on reaching Richmond found dispatch
announcing the failing strength of his
wife The difficulty among the railroads
made it impossible for him to get off. A
second despatch arrived saving that she
was sinking fast 1t was then that he
decided to run locomotive to Dayton.
The diving wife, whose ears were fast elo-
sing to all earthly sounds, listened for
the familiar whistle which she knew he
always gave as the signal of approach
The hours flew she could not go without
saying farewell to him. AT nightfall,
when the sun had set over her last day
on earth. when the chill Of death was
creeping over her and the pulses were
failing, her car caught the sound of his
coming. She alone heard it and she said !:
"W i'll is coming that is his whistle. And
he reached the bedside III time to receive
her dying message farewell ,-Richmond
independent.
On Wednesday party Of Communists
called at the Office Of Robert Law, the big
coal man. "You must pay your men So a
day, or well shut you up said the
spokesman. "And who the devil are
you, sir - demanded Robert. ave rep
resent the labor strike, and must be obey
cd" imperionsly demanded the spokcs-
man. "Well, yon want me to pay my
men 50 day, do youY' Yes and you
mus, do it, too" I'm much obliged to
the labor strikers. I'm now paying my
men from SO to 81 so day, and reduc
ton to So will be good thing for me, but
90 and see the workmen about it, you id
fools p The mperious dictators looked
cheap, and vamoosed the ranche.- Chica-
go journal.
The Charlotte On g. Observer states
that General d H Hill has sold the
Southern Home to F. Brevard Mcdowell,
ESQ This sale of The Southern Home
grows out Of Gen. Hills acceptance of
the Presidency of the Industrial College
of the State of Arkansas, located at Fay
etteville in that State to which position he
was recently elected.
About 81 100000, worth OF cattle are
grazing in Clay county Texas.
DR.. Waters, of Boston, has turned his
attention to fire. He believes in the phrase
physician, heal myself" For several
wears past he has been in the habit of
burning himself in all sorts of ways, and
applying some remedy which he has dis
covered. He soon began to look like a
war map, or the seard and yellow leaf.
At last he discovered the true remedy,
and gives it freely to the world, while he
retires, like an old veteran, proud Of his
scars. The antdote for burns is wet
WOODEN cloth covered with bi carbonate
of soda. Care should be taken to apply
this externally.
Some of the Arkansas hot springs have
been running cold water, to the surprise
of doctors and old inhabitants.
"Suppose we pass law" said severe
father to his daughters, "that no girl
eighteen years old, who cant cook a
good meal shall get married until she
learns how to do it?" why. then, we'd
all get married at seventeen responded
the girls in sweet chorus.
They had strike up at Mr.. Middlerih's
lasi night. The baby struck for six
hours walking every night, instead OF
four which it has been getting. The
taln!y at first refused to accedc to this
prcposterous and unreasonable demand.
but the baby being a monopoly, there
being no others to supply the place OF
he strikers, it was able to enforce lis
demands, as all sleep was shut off until
A settlement was affected. The only
show of violence was the threat, on the
part of the baby to make it warm for the
household when it was about four years
older and green apple time came around,
It's hard work to keep your sons in
check when they're Young it's harder
still to keep them in checks when they
grow older.
The boy VINO does not know when q
gun is loaded has just sense enough to
points it at another boy, who finds cu
be fact for him