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The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21
Van Buren
STEAM FERRY
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BEST CROSSING ON THE
ARKANSAS RIVER, -
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TNHE well-known and long. est
L at Van Buren, Arkansas, is now under tbs
charge of the subscriber. The proprietors. have
ing recently put on large New Steamboat and
with careful and experienced Ferrymen. tbev feaa
confident that they give universal satisfosess :
to the travelling public. THAR aim will
meetthe increasing demands of the lar
grant travelto exas
The St. Louis and Sherman, Texas. II
Mails are carried over this Ferry, which is a rood
guarantee that it is the shortest as well as the
best route for travel of all Kinds.
This Ferry has the largest and beat bo.,ark
river, and can cross 200 wagons and teams ne,
day and no detention on either bank need bc .ys
Peeted. Enclosures for stock and sheds for tray
elers are being built on both sides of the river and
no,palhs Will be spared dteaeeommodatet the publi,
Weshal strive to continue to make this the non,
nlar ronts to and from Missouri and Texas.
n. B.-Ferry Accounts must be settled Month
ly. No deviation from this rule.
WILL EAklN, Superintendent.
Van Buren,, Feb. 4, '73. ~
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THE WEEkLYR YREpUBMeAN,

Unusual attentions given to tho Weekly Repnb
liean and II is the very hest Weekly in the
country. It is specially edited, and is not mere
compilation from the daily, very much of the mat
ter being wholly written News, commercial and
literary teatures all receive due care. and ateom
pete epitome of the daings Of eneh week is given in
a connected and lucid shape. The Weekly Republic
can is model family paper, since It gives ALL tho
important news Of the week in a sueeinet and read
able shape, besides a large amount of miseellane-
GUS reading matter. short stories aud choice literary
seeetions.
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

The railroad companies ere thinking
about furnishing hot bricks for their pas
sengers. And yet some men will insist
upon wearing them cold, and in their hats
ct that.
My tail is ended',' said tad. pole
when he turned iato frog, and with a
gasp tuaued over toad die
Among the most remarkable inven-
tions Of the day, in small way. is tha.
of paper teeth. We thought paper car
wheels capped the climax but paper teeth
90 little beyond them.
dying in poverty" says our cynic,
sis nothing, it is living in poverty that
comes hard Oh fellow"
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21
AIM A,

Is new and fast improving town, nine
miles east of Van Buren, on the line of
the l.. r. q F. $. Railway, and is the cen
ter of good neighborhood, and com
mahds a large trade. There is steam
FIGURING Mill and Cotton Gin in opera
ton; several stores, hotels, weekly
newspaper, and all the various kinds of
business usually transacted in country
towns, have their representatives in this
place.
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THE TR1.WEFKIy REPUBLICAN,

The Tri- Weekly Republican is published on Mon
days. v Wednesdays and Fridays, and IL especially
adapted to the wants of those subserihers who are
not so stunt to receive daily mail. II com
tains not only the cream of the Daily Republiean,
but practically, all the of the week published
in the issues of the daily is given in the three
u Ihn IrI- MnnklY.
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21

BELMONT in the eastern part of the
county. and MOUNTAINBU RG in the
north western part, have post offices,
stores aud mills.
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21
CEDARXIILE.

Ten miles north of Van Buren, on the
stage road to Fayetteville, is place of
considerable business, there being a
steam FIGURING Mill and wool-c -carding
machine in the vicinity.
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21
OLIVER'S STATION,

On the Fayetteville road, is Is miles
north of Van Buren, and has a steam
mill and cotton gin, and Is good bust
ness point.
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21
CRAWFORD COUNTY.

Asks the attention of all who are seeking
homes, to the attractions offered in the
way of fertile lands. to her facilities for
manufacturing, to her climate unsnrpass-
ed in healthtulness, and to the eheapness
of all the necessafies of life.
The Van Buren press., 1879-01-21
ARkLOE.

In the western part of the county, is the
location of steam FIGURING Mill and
Cotton Gin aud two stores.
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Daily and Tri' Weekly, and twenty per cent.
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s#. Papers not sent unless paid for in ad-
vance and invariably discontinued at the end
OF time paid for.
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In the city, seven times per Week,
per year, l3.o0
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by the week, %
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Josh Billings says he has no ohjeck
shnn to man parting hiz hair in the
middle, but l shall alwuz insist upon his
finishing up the job by wearing u short
gown and pettikoat. .zzz=z.==
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-05-17

There Is q prospect that the 6rma-
ment will be shaken, from the ridge pole
to the bottom of the cistern in the sub
cellar, by o conflict between the wives
and daughters Of Senators and the wives
and daughters Of members Of tho House.
1t is too hard on the Senatorial bonnet
to have it jammed against the wall by .
House bonnet, and that, too, in the
Senatorial galleries, where House bon
acts have NO business to intrude. Steps
have been taken ON the Senatorial side
to quarantine against the introduction
of any more House bonnets into the
private galleries of the Senate. The
House will respond by bombardment
of all Senatorial bonnets, no matter
how late the style or how quiet awfully
ravishing the appearance, that arc shown
in the House private galleries. This
will constitute war. Just what effect
the conflict will have upon the credi. Of
the Government or the market price Of
Fours is not known. But II many Of
the bonnets should be destroyed it viii
have . bankruptious effect upon those
who have hypothecated their salaries
for . year in advance to provide them
Ciscinnati Commercial.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-05-17

There is touch of romance about the
marriage Of the Emperor and Empress
of Austria The Empress is his cousin.
Her eldest sister, now Princess of
Thurn-Taxis, was destined for the I'M
perial throne; but the young monarch,
on going to Munich to visit his intended
bride. was SO struck with the beauty
and charms of her younger sister that,
after ball at the palace of her father,
Duke Max, he presented the simple
young Bavarian girl, then but 16, with
bouquet, telling her she was thence
forth Empress Of Austria and Queen of
Bohemia and Hungary.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-05-17

A TRICK of Indianapolis burglars is
to call at houses during the day, Offer
ing powder for cleaning silverware fer
sale. Under plea of testing the ware
they get sight of it, and then, if they
think it worth while, come back in the
night and carry it away.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-05-17
Farm AND GARDEN.

fAkA AND 0AkOkNs
Mr.. A. ID. WKBB, Bowling Green,
Ky, heads his strawberry list with
Monarch of the West, and places Charles
Downing next. And he has ssfruited
nearly al the varieties introduced dur
ing the last Is years."
CHICKEN cholera rarely appears
among q flock that is provided with
clean runs affording some shade in ex-
cessively warm weather and plenty OF
fresh, cool water and green food daily.
A regular supply Of fresh green food Is
q preventive Of diarrhGa in fowls. Il
is also essential that the place where
chickens roost should be dry and clean
and sprinkled with wood or coal ashes
occasionally.--New York World.
An enthusiastic breeder Of poultry
says: Farmers will feed bushel Of
corn to produce six pounds Of pork
while the same amount of corn will
keep q good laying hen one year, and
she will produce at least ~ dozen eggs,
Averaging at least IL cents per dozen,
which would equal S2-16; in addition
she would rear q brood of chickens
worth as much more, making total Of
nearly IS, against six pounds of pork
at 10 cents, equaling 60 cents; or in
other words, the hen will yield seven
times as much as the pig on the same
quantity of food"
A NEIGHBOR having 10 hens and get
ting an egg occasionally, was told thst
she did not feed the hens well. When
she began feeding little boiled rye in
addition to little more corn, they be-
gan almost Immediately to lay about six
eggs q day. 1 have never tried wheat;
that may be better, costlier at least. It
is folly to keep two hens Tor any thing
else) on what one would eat. Another
neighbor tells me he has about IS fowls,
and is not getting an egg. Is not this
the case with many who are afraid of
their corn-cribs? Farmers who think
poultry can shift for themselves make .
great mistake, for they need Just as
comfortable quarters, as liberal feeding,
drink and care as other stock; and not
till they have it will they pay as other
Stockton. New York Tribune.
THE Pennington, Conn, creamery
oChaS 10 DuttCt W Aubk n Ia ILL O0flo WIN
closely fitting covers; each can contains
20 pounds made up into pound rolls.
The rolls are placed on pans. and these
are set one above the other. five tiers in
all, and when put in just fill the can so
that each pan and each roll are held
snugly liz position. Two strong hasps
hold the cover on, and the bottoms Of
the pans fitting down on top of the rolls
keep them in position so that they do
not move, and it makes no difference
whether the can is upside down or not,
50 far as they are concerned. The rolls
are kept from rubbing or chatting by
being wrapped in thin muslin. The ex-
press on one of the cans from Farming
ington to New York and return is 81.
The butter sold readily at 50 cents
(wholesale), when ''good square but
ter" as the consignee said, was bring
ing but Is cents. The rolls are made
long enough to cut in two for the table.
and are plain, with no device stamped
on them. This is cheap and handy way
to prepare butter for market, and in .
form ready for use. The butter was
fresh and uniform-excellent qualities
for which GOOD creameries excel.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-05-17

WICKEDNEss may prosper for . while,
but in the long run he that sets all
knaves at work will pay them with the
stings of guilty conscience and the
vengeance of another world.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-05-17

BARON ROrHsCHILD holds q mort
gage on the whole of Palestine As Sc
curity for his loan of 2OO, 0O0, 600 francs
to the Turkish Government.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-05-17

Or the 100000 of inhabitants of
Italy, IA, 000,0 900 can neither read nor
write.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-06-17
at.the OF Sixty Miles an
Hour.

One of the fastest trains in the world is the
Pennsylvania pay-car of the New York d.
vision. its schedule time being sixty miles an
hour. 1t takes only twenty-four hours for
the distribution of a bundle of envelopes
containing $4,000. In all $500 railroad
men are paid OF this division. The employ
ees are notified by telegraph of the exact
hour when the train will arrive. On the
homeward trip, with a selected engine and a
roadway cleared of everything that could
cause either danger or delay, this tiny train
composed of only an engine and a car, often
tests the capacity OF steam power after a fash
ion that would make a Mississippi steamboat
captain uneasy. And yet its accidents have
been few. Once, when it was tearing
around a curve, it struck a hand-ear, and the
frightened train hands clambered down on
the pilot and saw what seemed to confirm
their worst fears. The front of the engine
was Uttered with clothing. But a careful
search revealed nothing more than clothing,
and information that came soon afterward
told of the escape of the laborers before their
frail vehicle was struck. Not long ago there
were picked up in one Of the Trenton tun-
nels the remains of a man who had been
struck by a train and so mangled that identi-
fication seemed impossible. The corner Of
all envelope bearing his name, which was
found in his clothing, showed that he had
been paid his salary only three hours before.
Just a month ago, when the car was on its
return trip, the news came that the "four"
had struck a man on the New Brunswick
bridge. The mar had been warned that it
was coming, but said that he was a good rum
ner, and no doubt could get over the bridge
ahead of it.. 1t is said to be an actual fact
that his body was thrown fifty feet into the
air. 1t fell into the river fifty feet below.
On the engine, at full speed, the motion is
much less perceptible than on the car. A
car swings sideways with more or less VIC
violence a locomotive strains forward and
seems to ''peund" downward on the forward
track. Express trains approaching with the
swiftness of The wind seem to be standing
still until they are alongside, when they
flash by with a roar that only lasts a second.
Far away the landscape moves in two dis
curve majestically toward the track III front,
while those nearer the railway start away
from before the train and describe a graceful
line that brings them toward the track again
in the rear. The panorama bewilders the
brain and tires the eye.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-06-17
New Unicycle.

A single wheel, wherein is arranged a seat
for the traveller who is to propel it, has been
inverted by Mr.. J. Heronemus of Emdrup,
near Copenhagen. The wheel has one GEN.
trail rim, and to this are liked the arms, which
are, say six or eight in number, half Of them
swelled, extended, or bellied out to one side,
and half of them similarly to the other side,
each set of arms being fixed to a nave or boss;
these arms are bent out SO far and the naves
are SO far apart that the traveller, when in the
sitting posture, finds room in the wheel be-
tween them. The arms are by preference
not arranged opposite one another on the two
sides, but intermediately. The naves carry
each a crank, and these cranks are by con-
Meeting rods jointed to two bell-crank levers
having one arm placed about upright in a po-
sition convenient for the traveller 10 take
hold of for working them backwards and
forwards alternately. Each bell-crank lever
has its fulcrum in the seat for the traveller,
which seat is hung from the naves or axles of
the wheel. The seat is by preference made
in scroll form, of light open worked steel
plate or wirework, or partly SO, and may
have a part extending overhead to carry an
awning to protect against dirt thrown up and
against rain. From each nave there may be
hung a leg serving to steady the velocipede
while entering the same, but which can he
thrown up out of the way when travelling.
The wheel, arms, and the rim may be fitted
with stiffe ners or diagonals to distribute the
weight Or strain over the rim as much as pos
sible.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-06-17
a Grsssfsl Oia AEs.

A modern philosopher goes SO far a. to say
that our memories in old age are always
grateful to Us. Our pleasures are remem
bered but our pains are forgotten; "if we try
to recall . physical PAIN she writes, (for it
Is female,) "we find It to be impossible"
From which 1 gather only this for certain,
that that woman never had the gout. The
folks who come my way, indeed, seem to re-
member their physical ailments very distinct
", TO judge by the way they talk about them;
and are exceedingly apprehensive oftheir re-
currence. Nay, it is curious to see how some
old men will resent the compliments Of their
juniors on their state Of health and appear
ance, "Stuff and nonsense T" cried old Sam
Rogers grimly; ~ tell you there Is no such
thing as a fine old man." In a humber walk
Of life, l remember to have heard a similar
but more touching reply. 1t was upon the
great centenarian question raised by Mr..
Thoms. An old woman in q ~workhoase,
said to be 100 years Of age, was sent for by
the Board Of Guardians, to decide the point
by her personal testimony. Que can imagine
o"S A~H NONeA HoAuJs AoSRS' AAc nSoASoS ohu
the contrast their appearance offered to that
Of the bent and withered crone. "Now,
Betty" said the Chairman, with unctous pat
ronage, I" you look hale and hearty enough,
though they tell me that you are 100 years
old is this really true?" "God Almighty
knows, Sir" was her reply, b 1 feel a
thousand" And there are so many people
nowadays who "feel a thousands" It is for
this reason that the gift of old age is not
wished for, and the prospect of future life
without encouragement. It is the modern
conviction that there will some kind of work
in it and even though what we shall be sci
to do may be " wrought with tumult and &C.
claim" we have had enough Of work. VIVA
follows, almost as a matter of course, is thai
the thought of possible extinction has lost it,
terrors. Heaven and its glories have still
their charms for those who are not weariet
out with toll in this life but the slave draw;
for himself a far other picture Of home. Hi!
is no passionate cry to be admitted into tbt
eternal city; he murmurs sullenly, " Let m.
rest."-James Pdyn, in Nineteenth Century
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-06-17
O..ss.
N. z. Nation, Rep.

N. Y. Nation, Rep.
There have been during the past fortnight
one or two pleasant and hopeful signs Of no
~turning-we do not like to say what, lest we
should give offence-on the part Of the Re
publican press. The New York Times on
the 10th acknowledged that the tone Of the
/" reputable and influential newspapers /" of
the South on political questions d /" temper
ate and conciliatorv," and that it is not fair or
honest to quote the " three or four trumpery
sheets" like the Okolona Southern States, As
fair expressions of Southern option. The
practice of quoting these |" trumpery Sheets"
both by members Of Congress and by the Re-
publican press, and representing them as fair
opponents of the Kind of feeling we have to
deal with at the South, for the purpose of
firing the Northern heart, has been much fol-
lowed of late, and the sheets in question have,
of course, profted by it a. an advertisement,
and made their " reasonable u~tterances y
hotter and stronger than ever. If this sort Of
thing were done by an editor in social OF
commercial life-that is, If he were to pro-
duce and commend to the confidence of his
friends, asa representative and trustworthy
mar whose word might be relied on, a ras-
cally adventurer, living by his wits and des.
pissed at the place of his residence-it would
be considered a disgraceful performance. Al
the world goes just now it is pleasant to see
such practices repudiated by a leading Stall.
wart paper. Conscience is, doubtless, assert.
ing Its sway even under the bloody shirt
Many an editor and orator is, perhaps, begin.
ming to beat his breast and cry in the watches
Of the night, " Who is the colored man that
should tell lies for him What is the party
that / should play scavenger to it -
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-06-17
Grant Cr.mmins,for = Book.

It is perfectly wonderful to think Of the
amount Of studying Grant is doing all this
time and with what zeal he is improving his
mind. 4 friend of mine, who was with him
frequently in Paris, said that while thege,
Notwithstanding the fact that he was the OBJ
ject of almost constant adulation, every meal
a banquet, with every night a reception by
som high dignitary in his honor, he yet
found time to make a long and deep study of
the communism of 1871 and the revolution
of 1850. Every day he would gather some Of
the learned French statesmen and historians
and talk for two Or three hours on a specific
part of this topic, and would then dismiss
them to read and make notes of his investiga-
lions on the subject. At times he would go
to the prisons and talk with some of the ia
nous communistic leaders still incarcerated,
or, again, he would have some of the officers
who captured the barricades come to him and
give him their testimony on communism with
a gun or petroleum can in his hand. In
Spain, England and everywhere, it was al
ways the same with Grant-he was quiet,
philosophical and contemplative, and modest
under all circumstances, and though nations
were waiting to do him honor, he always pre-
ferred the reserve and unostentatious society
of his family, travelling friends and a few
learned men of the country which he was
visiting, to the pomp and display of royal
honors. I predict that when General Grant
again rests on his native land, not only will
he be the greatest living military chieftain,
but he will be the greatest traveller and best
posted man on foreign affairs that has ever
lived. He will be a man of the great world
in the grandest sense of the term. The gem
tleman who told me about his Partisan habits
says Grant expects to write a journal of his
travels and memoir of his life when he re-
turns, and that he will PROBABLY remain in
private life to do it'd C0ngressman's &c
count Of Gram as a trdreter.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-06-17
Interpreting . Courtshfp.

In Iowa a few days ago a rather singular
marriage took place. The groom was IN
Englishman who could not understand a
word of German, and the bride was a Ger
maness who could not understand a word of
English. The conrtship of these antipodal
people was fully as remarkable as their union.
1t was carried on by a mutual friend, a young
German who was versed in the mysteries of
English, and who interpreted the gutterals of
the two dialects into the beautiful language
of love. It was necessarily a brief courtshlp.
The dificulty>Qf rendering the thoughts Of
the matter, and then the wear and tear on
the interpreter would preclude a very long
siege. To repeat to her the words of the
lover would be easy enough, and her tender
ness in return were not impossible tasks, but
the climaxes took his strength. To earn the
consent for a kiss, embrace or caress by the
tenderest~ eloquence, and then to step aside
and let another man take ito have his
nerves excited to the highest degree of
pleasurable anticipation, and then to be
obliged to sit suddenly down upon them
while another man sailed in and plucked the
JOY, could not fail to exhaust the stoutest ma.
ture in a very short time. 1t is a delicious
pastime to eat lucious fruit from a tree, bul
it is wearing on the step-ladder ; and SO We
are not surprised to learn that when the
bridal couple took their tour the interprcte,
took to his bed.