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"It sounds like charm"
''NO, it is a gentleman's name, Three
gentlemen, thought at first, but my
aunt says one. Then he goes on, Think
eth he dwelleth in the light of the moon.
Tt was very trying piece"
Clara Walker laughed again.
"You must not think of leaving your
aunt" she said. "Think how lonely she
would be without you"
"Well, yes, had thought Of that. But
you must remember that my aunt is to
all intents hardly middle aged and q
very eligible person. don't think that
her dislike to mankind extends to indi-
viduals. She might form new ties, and
then l should be third wheel in the
coach. 1t was all very well as long as [
was only boy, when her first husband
was alive"
"But, good gracious, you don't mean
that Mrs. Westmacott is going to marry
again." gasped Clara.
The young man glanced Down at her
with a question i'll his eyes. ooh, it is
only remote possibility, you know"
said he ''Still, of course, it might hap
pen, and | should like to know what
ought to turn my hand to-"
Il wish / could help you," said Clara.
But I really know very little about
such things. However, could talk to
my father, who knows q very great deal
of the world"
81 wish you would. should be SO glad
if you would"
''Then l certainly viii. And now
must say good night, Mr.. Westmacott,
for papa will be wondering where am"
Good night, Miss Walker" He pulled
off his flannel cap and stalked away
through the gathering darkness.
Clara had imagined that they had been
from tho steps which led up to the
French windows she saw two dark fig
ures moving across toward tho house.
AS they came nearer she could djstin-
gylish that they were Harold Denver and
her sister Ida Tho murnlur OF their
voices rose up to her ears, and then the
musical little childlike laugh which she
knew so well. II am so delighted" she
heard her sister say. $50 pleased and
proud. had no idea of it. Your words
were such q surprise ana o joy to me.
Oh, | am so gladl'
lis that you, Lda?'
ooh, there is Clara. mast so in, Mr..
Denver. Good night!'
There were a few whispered words,
laugh from Ida and Good night, Miss
Walker" out Of tho darkness. Clara
took her sisters hand, and they passed
together through the long, folding WIN
dow. The doctor had gone into his
study, and the dining room was empty.
A single small red lamp upon the side
board was reflected tenfold by tho plate
about it and the mahogany beneath 1t,
though its single wick cast but feeble
light into the large, dimly Swallowed
room. Ida danced off to the big central
lamp, but Clara put her hand upon her
arm. 'Irather like this quiet light" said
she. "Why should we not have chat?
She sat III the doctors large red plush
chair, and her sister cuddled down upon
the footstool at her feet, glancing up at
her elder with smile upon her lips and
a mischievous CLEAN in her eyes There
was shade Of anxiety in Clara7s face,
which cleared away as she gazed into her
sisters frank blue eyes.
"Have you anything to tell me. dear?"
she asked.
Ida gave little pOut and shrug to her
shoulders. THE solicitor general then
opened the case for the prosecution, said
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A SISTERS SECRET.

y
man of 26 who has had no education
worth speaking about and who is not
very quick by nature?" The speaker
was Charles Westmacott, and the time
this same summer evening in the tennis
ground, though the shadows had fallen
now and the game been abandoned.
The girl glanced up at him, amused
and surprised.
"DO you mean yOurself?"
"Precisely."
"But how could tell?
81 have no one to advise me- Ibelieve
that you could do it better than any one.
feel confidence in your opinion"
'FIt is very fattering." She glanced
up again at his earnest, questioning face,
with it's Saxon eyes and dropping faxen
mustache, in some doubt as to whether
he might be joking. On the contrary,
all his attention seemed to be concen-
trated upon her answer.
'It depends so much upon what you
can do, you know. I do not know you
sufficiently to be able to say what nat
ural gifts you have" They were walk
ing slowly across the lawn in the direc-
tion of the house.
II have nOne-that is to say, mono
worth mentioning. have no memory,
and am very slow"
"But you are very strong"
"Oh, if that goes for anything. I can
put up hundred pound bar till further
orders, but what sort of calling is that?"
Some little joke about being called to
the bar flickered up in Miss Walkers
mind, but her companion was in such
obvious earnest that she stifed down her
inclination to laugh.
II can do mile on the cinder track in
1850 and across country in $500, but how
is that to help me? might be cricket
professional, but it is not very dignifcd
position. Not that care straw about
dignity, you know, but I should not like
to hurt the old lady's feelings"
"YOur aunt's?'
Eyes, my aunt's. My parents were
killed in the mutiny, you know, when
was baby, and she has looked after me
ever since. She has been very good to
me. I'm sorry to leave her."
"But why should you leave herr"
They had reached the garden gate, and
the girl leaned her racket upon the top
of it, looking up with grave interest at
her big, white fanneled companion.
cts Browning" said he.
"Whatv
Don't tell my aunt that said 1.-THE
sank his voice to whisper-"I hate
Browning"
Clara Walker rippled off into such
merry peal of laughter that he forgot
the evil things which he had suffered
from the poet and burst out laughing
too.
II can't make him out" said he. Il
try, but he is one too many. No doubt
it is very stupid of me. I don't deny it.
But as long as I cannot there is no use
pretending that I can. And then Of
course she feels hurt, for she is very fond
of him and likes to read him aloud in
the evenings. She is reading q piece
now, 'Pippa Passes,' and assure you,
Miss Walker, that don't even know
what the title means. You must think
me dreadful fool"
But surely he is not SO Incompetent
sible as all that?" she said as an attempt
at encouragement.
"He is. very bad. There are some
things you know which are fine That
ride of the three Dutchmen, and 'Herve
RieP and others, they are all right But
there was q piece we read last week.
The first line stumped nv aunt. and it
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BEYOND THE CITY.
Oh
THE IDYL OF A SUBURB.
Or
BY A. CONAN DOYLE.

Copyright 1893, by Authors Alliance
All rights reserved.
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Commissioners Sale,

AYotice IL hereby given. That whereas, on the
II 10th day Of May 1895, in q suit pending in the
United States Circuit Court for the Western
District Of Arkansas, In Chancery, wherein To-
peka Investment 4 Loan Co and C. 6. Gleed
Trustee, were plaintiffs, and Dorastus Pavne and
Eliza Payne were defendants, Q decree was rem
dered giving judgement in favor of said Topeka
Investment & Loan Co. for the sum oft3 862 and
the costs Of suit with interest thereon from the
date of Judgment until paid, against said Doras-
tus Payne and Eliza Payne and ordering and
directing that unless said Dorastus Payne and
Eliza Payne, should on or before June 1st 1893
pay 70 the plaintiff Topeka Investment 4 Loan
Co the sum Of q, $50 with interest and costa the
equity Of redemption Of DorAstus Payne and
Eliza Payne and al right. title or claim Of Eliza
Payne to Dover and Homestead in and to the
following property situated In Crawford County,
The NEk and the Nwx and all that part Of
the SEX lying North and West Of Clear Creek,
Of Section a. Township 10 North, Range 81 West
Of Fifth Principal Meridian. containing 40 acres
more or less stand forever barred and foreclos-
ed and that said property be sold 70 satisfy said
judgment and Preston C. West having been ap-
pointed special commissioner TO sell the land
above described;
Now. therefore, under and by virtue of the
power vested in me by said Decree will ON
SATURDAY, AUGUST 5rH, 1893,
sell said land at public oQtcry. to satisfy said
Judgment Ut the Front Door OF the Circuit Court
House In the town Of Van Buren, Crawford
County, Arkansas, to the highest bidder for
cash In hand between the hours Of 10 l. m
and p. m.
sandels & Hnl. PRESTON C. wEsr,
l34t Attorneys Special Commissioner.
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sslksassries wsrtA Having.

The st. Louis Republic begs
leave to plant itself firmly on the
new subtreasury platform that
FAzmers' alliances through the
6oath and West are adopting.
Hare II 10:
Resolved, That we will try to
make our subtreasury ut home,
ard Try to store it With corn, hay,
oatn fodder. pork, potatoes, peas,
enbonge. turnips, onions, beets,
Eioe, parsnips, molasses, pinders,
and then II We have any time left
We viii put IN one or two bales OF
cotton, and Ne advise our breth.
roA to do the same. We believe
that this is the only way that we
will ever have . ssubtreasury that
VIII be Of any use to M farmers.
This 10 lots better than the Ocala
plAA- When q farmer has got his
oesn crib, his smokehouse, his
hars and his Gotten gin full, he
- . sabtrcasury on which his
efa44e vtll be promptly honoIed,
ana ne : PER cent nor 10 per cent
- pAy for the accommodation.
The Van Buren press., 1893-07-29

to which I agreed. Then We mount.
ed our horses and struck the road
to Van Buren,. When We got to
the Maxey place, NOW Rudy i
thought I had gone far enough,
80 We parted, the Col. going ahead
after hosting q white flag by tying
his handkerchief to . stick, he
rode in a sweeping gsllop down
the road towards Van Buren.
As Mrs. GOrman lived at that
time in the Maxey house I con-
cluded to call on them; SO I left
my horse at the front gate, which
l think must have been 100 to 100
Yards from the house. Mrs. Cor.
man met me at the door and said /:
"What in heavens sake are you
doing here, and where il your
hOrsei
replied that he. Was hitched at
the front gate.
.Save yourself" says she "by
fight, for it has not been but .
short time since Q squad of blue.
coats were here hunting for COL
Bowen.
faced about and got to my
horse on double quick time,
Mounting I took the road leading
up Frog Bayou, and by the time ]
had reached Capt. Winfreys place
I had fallen into q deep reverie
brooding over, as l considered It
in saving the life of Norwood and
comrades. Just as I got opposite
Winfry's house, I heard . noise
and on looking up, to my surprise
I saw % U. 8. soldiers formed IN
line across the road about IS yardi
from ME, coming very slow, doubt
less to steal q march on me. So
far as l could see there were blue
coats coming four deep. What
must l dot l could almost SCI
down the muxzles Of their guns
SO I risked it like Paddy did hii
soul, and halted them at the tor
Of my voice. They stopped and
inquired who / was. I replied
"a soldier" Then one of them
asked how many there were of us
/ said, "one."
CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.
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Nearly Half q Million Dollars to be Paid
the Deleware Indians.

Washington, d. G., July 24.-Ex.
Representative Peel of Arkansas
will leave Washington tomorrow
evening or the following morning
for the Indian Territory, in order
to pay the Deleware Indians the
trust money which is due them.
Mr.. Peel was some days ago ap-
pointed by the Interior Depart.
ment Commissioner for this pur.
pose. The amount which he will
distribute is &47O, 900 and will close
up the old trust fund between the
Government and the Delawares.
Mr.. Peel will be accompanied by
his son. He will pay the money
at Al.Lu.We in the Cherokee Ma
ton. He has employed Mr.. Nor
ris of Muskogee, who assisted Mr..
Bennett in making . similar dis.
tribution Of money Q couple OF
years ago, to aid him in the work
which he has in hand.
Mr.. Peel wishes it to be distinct.
ly underetOod that he will make
the payments to the Indians by
checks. He does not desire any
gentleman to hold him up on bis
AlLu-We under the impression
thsthe has q large sum of money
concealed about his person.
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Real Estate BARGAINS.

J. r. MULLEN. Offers for sale 50 acres OF land in
small or large lots situated northeast Of and ad.
jaccnt TO the city Of Van Buren. Ark.
Eight lots unimproved. and lots improved
with good houses on them.
All of the .lots situated In block Dreunen
Addition to the city ofvan Ruren.
Lots and 2 block 50, in the city Of Van Buren,.
both lots have tenant houses on them good
cistern. etc
Any person wishing to buy land for actual Set
tlement or for speculation Win do well to call on
me before purchasing elsewhere. All the above
property is offered for sale and ut such prices
Warranty titles will be given to any purchaser
OF the above described property. Examine the
property and If you want TO buy all or any part
Of II call on me or address me at Fort Smith, Ark
and will give such bargains, that no one want
ing 70 buy real estate will failto purchase.
Yours respectfully. J. =. MULLEN.
The Van Buren press., 1893-07-29
bea. Leyinsen, q Prominent Little Rock
Merchant Killed By Dave LASER.

The Little Rock Gazette Of Sunday
gives the particulars Of the assassina-
ton of Ben. Levinson, Ut his store on
Main street, LATHE Rock, by Dave
Laser, at 6:l5 p. M, Saturday. The
particulars in brief, are - follows:
A day or two before the tragedy Mrs.
Rosa Thalheim, . widowed sister Of
Dave and Jacob Laser, received the
following note:
Mrs. Rosa Thalheim
Please call at 1915, east side of Main
street. as have something to your In.
terest to tell you. Ifconvenientc come
In the morning. This Is private and
confidential, and say nothing about.
MRS. MARY RouNDTREE.
Ask for me.
Mrs. Thalheim handed the note to
her sister, Mrs. Greenwald, and the
two determined to find out its purport,
and the business Of the writer. By
appointment they met Mrs. Roundtree
who proved to be . colored woman
aud the keeper ofan assignation house.
She denied having written the note.
but produced one in . similar hand
writing. which she said was written
to her by Mr.. LAvinson, saying that
he had written the note above, which
should have been addressed to Mrs.
Rosa Tillman instead Of Mrs. Thai
helm. The ladies then told their
brother, Dave Laser. and showed him
the notes. He became furious, and
went down town aud informed his
brother Jake, after which he purchas-
ed . breech-loading sho, gun from .
pawnbroker. At Sis O'Clock he en-
tered the rear door of the Levinson-
Freidheim Co., and seeing Mr.. Levin
sou waiting on q customer, with an
oath he discharged the contents of
both barrels into his body 1t short
range, aud Mr.. Levinson fell to the
floor. mortally wounded.
Dave Laser WAS arrested and put In
Jail and soon after his brother, Jake,
Was arrested ~ an accessory.
AR. Levinson was one Of the best
known merchants Of the Capital City,
and bore an excellent character. His
friends deny the note story and assert
that he was not man that would Of
fer the slightss, indignity to . lady.
He leaves . wife ard several children,
to whom he was much devoted.
MI. Dave Laser, the Murderer, was
for eight years an employs of the Lew
inson-Freidheim Co., but at the time
OF the tragedy was . travelling salee-
man FOR |, Trsger 4 Co., Of Cincinna:i.
Public opinion in Little Rock is strong
~ against Laser, - it appears that he
killed mis- former employer aud bene-
factor upon the unsupported testi-
mony ofs disreputab:e woman. and
With 10t seeking an explanation.
The result Of the coruner's INQUEST
Tuesday, remanded Dave and Jake
Laser 70 Jail without bail.
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nAls h ssnsille.

Tho indications are that Ion.
W. 4 Tory viii have no opp0si.
6on tor reelection to congress
next yeaF. By his devotion to
dnty Col Terry has grown strong.
q, dAy By day, with hia constitu-
ente, and his election to q third
tern without opposition will be a
suitable reward for faithful and
emcient service performed.--Paris
Express.
The Van Buren press., 1893-07-29

Imitation ivory is made of con.
densed milk.
"Mamma," asked Mabel, ''do
mamma bees comb the baby bees
hair with honey combs P-Free
Press.
Little Henry was sick with the
measles. His mother asked him
one morning how he felt. "Oh,"
said he, ~ feel pale."
The Van Buren press., 1893-07-29

France has practically declared
war On Siam. Tho King of Siam
Aae rejected the French ultimatum
and diplomatic relations between
The two countries have been sew.
cred. This news was contained
n : special cable dispatch from
~ American Legst.on at Bangkok
- . friend In st. Louis. The
French Minister has withdrawn
ffom-the Siamese capital aud has
taken refuge ON board the gunboat
ForlAit Of the French feet, which
= lying in the Menam River with
~ guns trained on Bangkok, and
the blockade Of Siamese ports has
practically begun. Nothing but
the interference Of China or Eng.
lnnd ean saye Siam from nevitable
delbat u France forces the issue.
The Van Buren press., 1893-07-29

Prot. Junius Jordan, Of Pine
Had, and Judge Little, Of Fort
emlth, win be csndidstea for con.
0feon from the Second district
next yeav, II our prophecy 10 cor
xeot-Warren News.
The Van Buren press., 1893-07-29

Tho Paris Express IL grooming
Hon. J. II. Evins, Of Logan coun-
g, - : candidate for Circuit Judge
Of this District, at the next years
election.
The Van Buren press., 1893-07-29

The pension bureau has suspend.
q The pension Of . Michigan
jndge, Who 10, besides his pension,
drawing . salary Of $1,000 . year,
- Judge, and who had succeeded
alroady In pulling about 81 900 out
e the national treasury.
The Van Buren press., 1893-07-29

Ex.Unitsd Statss Attorney General
4. Il. Garland Of Arkansas, accom-
panied By his son, passed through St.
Louis Monday night on route from
Warrington, d. c.. to Little rock.
He Was seen In the Pullman car Of
~ Iron Mountain train by . report
e e the Republic. ~ am paying my
ennuAl Walt to my place at Hominy
Hlll. Il milss from Little Rock" he
oatd. land expect to remain there
aoout two months. It will be well
colne rest fOr the weather at WASH
1nGeon has been intensely hot for
eono weeks.-St. Louis Republic.
The Van Buren press., 1893-07-29

4 good many Of the hanks that
have succumed in the Wild West,
b It remembered, we're without
capital TO speak Of Whenever .
mah had . shirttxll full OF silver
d0llnrs and credit enough to buy
: safe and . few fixtures, he open
ed business and posed - q banker,
expecting to grow rich on the
noney Of conGding depositors.
Of c0uree - soon as these deposi-
ton demanded their money the
alleged banker had to quit. The
tAilure Of these little ice-cream In.
otttutions possesses no further
agnincancs than that the weather
Ia bit varm.-Appeal- Avalanche.
The Van Buren press., 1893-07-29
TAe Intruder1.

Our friends and neighbors over the
river, the Cher, KEGS. arc having >
great time getting ready for
their payment. Those whose f;ghts
are questionable in the least
are now having their claims
vigorously Investigated, ~ Of course
the fewer Cherokee citizens there are
the more money per head will be dis
tributed to the others. The amount
is now estimated at about $500 per
head.
Among those families whose claim =
are being investigated, and who are
we'll known to Fort SmithiAns. are the
Payne, Bell and Cobb families. Col.
Watts claim has also been made the
subject Of searching inquiry. Miss
Gunter and Miss Okla Payne are two
beautiful Cherokee m aidene, educated
and veil known in this city, and any
attacks upon their Cherokee rights
and money would naturally b Of In.
terest to their numerous friends over
here.
Frank Morgan has just returned
from Tahlequah and has given the
Times much Information on the sub
jsct.
Judge e. c. Duncan Of Georgia, un-
der instructions from Secretary Of the
Interior Hoks Smith, has ariiAed at
TAhlequAh, the capital Of the Chero.
kse Nation, to Investigate the contest
cd cases Of citizenship. contested cas-
- being those which had once been
passed on by the Cherokee govern
ment. admitted and afterwards re-
jected. The Payne, Bell aud Cobb
cases were the principal ones tried be-
fore the Judge and It ID moro than
probable that the rights Of these fAmi-
lies will b. declared good and beyond
all further questioning. There are
about q heads IN the three families
Is In tho Bell family, and six In the
Cobb family. In the Payne family
there ere i've, Gabe, Houston, Luells
Okla and GuntAr.
The Watts case was also interest.
ing because Of the prominence Of .the
able lawyers favoriag and opposing
his claim. The attorneys for the ma
ton were E. Z. Boudinot and Attor-
ney General Harding, Thos. Markum,
g. B. Jefferson and Col. Hubbard rep
resented Col. Watts. The trial took
place last Wednesday at Tahlequah.
The instructions of Judge Duncan
were to investigate these claims
passed ON and admitted. Under these
Col. Watts had his claim brought up,
although the opposing attorneys
claimed that Col. Watts claim did
not fall under any such category, -
he only had . certificate from Judge
John 8. Van In 1871 fAvorably referr-
ing his case to the nation council for
confederation. A. the Colonel is one
of the most progressive and broad
minded residents Of the Nation and
his host of friends in Fort Smith will
wish him good luck even though the
chances are reported to be somewhat
against him. Those who are not ad-
mitted will be classed ~ intruders
and there IL . commission Of three
sent cut to adjudicate the respective
claims Of the intrudefs and the Ma
ton in regard 10 the amount Of Inn
made by these sn-called
intruders on the land. But the value
of these improvements will be set of
by the rent of the land since their &C
cupancy and 1t is feared that little
will be LEFT to those who are classed
finally - intruders.-F0rt Smith
Times.
The Van Buren press., 1893-07-29

Governor Markham Of California
hns named George G. Perkins sue
ceo6or to the late United States
oenntor Leland Stanford.
The Van Buren press., 1893-07-29

The sohool directors Of Montgomery
eonnty have determined that they
Vim not pay school teachsrs moro
tkAn - per month. Educated mon
ot women cannot AFFORD to work fbr
oaoh beeRarly salaries, and the Mont
Gene.y county directors slmply dis-
pay their Incompetence for the POSI-
lions they MI by adopting such =
tulos-Rress-EAele
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a Telegram has been received
q the Warrington Interior De-
poxtment ffom Inspector Faison,
nnnouncing the execution Of the
nine condemned Choctaws has
oeon further postponed from An
gust I TO September 8 by order of
tAe Ohoctaw court
The Van Buren press., 1893-07-29

WHEN Baby was dck, we gave her CAstoeiA.
When she was Child, she cried for OAstoriA
When dhe became Miss she chung 10 Castosia.
When she bad Children, ahe gave them Castoria
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J. N. HARSHAW,
DEALER IN
'f''Ff'5ilI FPfE'55iilIs'pAs,
Confectionery,
ETC., Etc.

Keeps on hand ct all times
complete stock of Family Gro.
ceries, which are sold at the low.
est living prices.
TERMS CASH,
Goods delivered Free to any part Of
the City.
The Van Buren press., 1893-07-29

Arbuckle Bros.' coffee mills have
closed down because of depress-
Ion in trade. Over 500 persons
werc employed.
The Van Buren press., 1893-07-29


had happened-beating of drums,
rallying ofmen to arms-left in the
distance far behind.
After travelling this way for sew.
eral miles the Col. and myself left
the road, travelling slowly through
the woods over the mountains, up
and down steep places, crossed
Frog Bayou, until we finally reach.
ed our companions, who were anx-
iously waiting for us.
After the usual salute intro.
duced Col. Bowen to Capt. Wright,
and turned the Col. over to the
Captain. On looking around /
found that all the boys had reach.
ed camp safe with their horses,
pnsoners and boOty.-After we
had been in camp . short time Col.
Bowen came to me aud said Capt.
Wright had agreed to parole him,
and let him have his horse provid-
ing he would do all in his power
to have John Norwood and com.
paHions set at liberty. l went to
Capt. Wright and protested agains:
this, telling him that We had risked
our lives to save those boys, and
If he turned Bowen loose they
would be executed; but Capt.
Wright seemed to think not, so
after considerable parleying it was
left to vote and Capt. Wright
gained his point. Col. Bowen was
paroied and ali tine prisoners turn.
ed loose.
All matters being arranged Bow.
en- soon got ready TO return to
Van BureD, and invited me to 60
With him at least part of the way,
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-12-22
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