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The Van Buren press., 1894-09-01
WAS HER OWN MlLLlNER.

A Washington Woman Whose Taste for
Tulip Buds Got Her Into Trouble.
A comical experience of q friend OF
mine may be cited as warning tc
other women who mediate defying the
milliner by original methods of bonnet
trimming.
Looking from her window one Sun
day morning when tie tulip trees were
in bloom, it flashed upon her mind
that one of those yollow and green
striped buds would be just the touch OF
color needed at the back of her new
black lace bonnet, the present somber.
ness of which did not please her. Two
buds were finally secured, and nestled
down in the lace, where the effect was
eminently satisfactory.
Pleased with the result Of her ex
pedient, the bonnet was donned, and
my friend serenely made her way down
the aisle to her pew in blissful uncon-
sciousncss of the sensation she was tc
create ere she left the church. As the
service progressed all thought of the
tulip bud passed from her mind as com
pletely as though it had never existce
to tempt her errant fancy.
Gradually, however, she became con
scieus that a great amount of sur
pressed laughter was going on in hcl
immediate vicinity during the sermon
Annoyed that she should have her at
tention distracted, my friend turnet
upon the offenders with look of sterl
disapproval.
All to no purpose, however, for afte1
each such silent rebuke the evidences
of mirth seemed to increase. She re
turned home at the conclusion of thu
service, and, while descanting to he
family upon the irrevcrent behavior o
the people behind her in church, sh'
took off her bonnet.
As she did SO she gave gasp, for th,
mystery was explained. There on tn,
back of her lace-bonnet, where she ha.
pinned couple of sleek, closed tulip
buds, were two gorgeous flowers
which, in the warm atmosphere of tn
church, had gradually opened to per
feet bloom. Kate Fields Washington
The Van Buren press., 1894-09-01
HOW TO STUDY PROPERLY.
Books Should Be Well Chosen and Rcas
Carefully, Not Devoured.

Books Should Be Well Chosen and Read
Carefully, Not Devoured.
Study is like dinner. The viands
must be we'll chosen and eaten slowly,
not dcvoured; then well turned over in
the mental stomach for awhile until
with ease and comfort they are per-
fectly digested and furnish further
nutrimeht to the brain Most students
study without digesting. Others read
merely as fad and soon forget all
they may have learned.
The most satisfactory method OF
study is the digestive. 1t is the thor
ough one; the one that gives strength
to the brain. Take the subject you are
studying. Read few lines or few
pages, as the case may be, then put the
book down and think on what you
have read. Turn it about in your mind
from every standpoint. Do not accept
it Immediately. Argue for and against
it in your mind. In other words, mas
ticate it. You need not be at your
leisure to do this. Do it in your idle
moments, at any time. When you have
satisfied yourself on the subject go or
with little more in the same way. Ii
short time you will find yourself more
thorough student than if you hat
read all at sitting. The best edu
Gated man in the end is the man wht
learns slowly but surely.-N. Y. Adver
tiser.
The Van Buren press., 1894-09-01
BLASTING GELATINE.
1t Has Half Again the Explosive Force o
Dynamite.

1t Has Half Again the Explosive Force OF
Dynamite.
By far the most important as well as
the latest form of dynamites or solidi-
fed nitro-glycerine are those desig-
mated not too happily as blasting
gelatines." Many persons imagine,
quite naturally, that these consist Of
some form of gelatine, isinglass, or
glue, converted by chemical means
into powerful explosive. But "blast-
ing gelatine" contains no particle
whatever of gelatine, properly SO
called, the term being applied to a
mixture of nitro-glycerine and nitro
cellulose. 1t is prepared at Ardeer, in
AYRSHIRE, N. B., by heating nitro
glycefine in ''iacketed" pans to be-
tween 40 degrees and 60 degrees
and water at go degrees
centigradc GAO degrees Fahren-
heit) certain proportion of dry gun
cotton of the Soluble" kind. A
current of hot water at 60 degrees
centigrade GAO degrees Fahrenheit)
circulating between the outer and in
ner pans keeps the contents of the lat
ter at the required temperature, and
the mixing is effected by mechanical
stirrers.
Any rise of temperature above forty
five degrees centrigrade Q13 degrees
FahrenheiN is quickly checked by turn
ing into the outer Jacket" stream Of
cold water in place of the hot for a
time In the course of about an hour
the nitro-cotton is dissolved in the
nitro-glycerine, the two bodies uniting
to form more or less stiff, homogene-
Gus jelly; it may, indeed, be compared
to the Photographic collodion, thick
ened by evaporation, the gun cotton
having been dissolved, not in the usual
alcohol ether mixture, but in nitro
glycerine. When composed of ninety
three per cent. of the latter, with seven
per cent. cotton, we get most power
full explosive. Mr.. G. Macroberts, the
manager at Ardeer, observes upon this
point:
''Of all the enitro-glycerine explosives,
blasting gelatine is the strongest. II
the energy of dynamite be represented
by 100, that of blasting gelatinc will be
15O; nitro-gelatine itself shows less en-
ergy than blasting gelatine. ne."-Nine.
teenth Century.
The Van Buren press., 1894-09-01
RAILROADS III SPAIN.
they Grant the Traveller Abundance of
Time to View the Scenery.

Time to View the Scenery.
A Boston traveller in Spain writes;
"The Spanish people are the most am.
liable and obliging ieople in the world.
Their courtesy Is of genuine nature
and touches the heart in the way Gal
lie suavity never does. We have often
stayed at inns where no language but
Spanish is spoken, and, with very
limited vocabulary, have got Of ex-
tremely we'll, owing to the quickness
of sympathetic understanding and
pleasant tempers of the people. You
can not order about or bully even a
| Spanish servant. They all are
conscious of descent from the old
Christians who drove out the Moors,
| and that is, in their notion, a rather
more ancient and important lineage
than coming over in the Mayflower.
But call one of them you instead Of
thou in his native tongue, address
him as 'senor, give him cigar, If
you're than, or 'Gracias for thanks,
if you are woman, and the service is
faithful and devoted, almost too de-
voted at times for people not acchs-
toned to take off their boots to have
them cleansed after a walk at ten
o'clock in the forenoon. Travelling in
Spain is a matter of increasing IA
cility
'.The trains are slow according to
our rushing American ideas, but why
should one wish to hasten too rapid
II through beautiful or pictur-
esquc scenery? 1t is worth while
to take ten minutes to pass a love-
ly waterfall or mountain gorge. The
railroads, and their slowest trains arc,
at all events, vast improvement both
in speed and in comfort over the dill
gences of the days when there were no
railroads in Spain. For out-of-the-way
travelling they are still common
enough. In Granada we saw the dill
gence come rolling in from Lanjaron in
the Sierra Nevadas one day, and II
looked old and time-stained enough to
be the one that Granada knew in the
days of Washington Irving, Slxty years
and mere ago. The first-class carriages
are all good on the railways; the sec
ond-class vary, apparently according to
luck. from the quality of an English
fourth-class up to the upholstered
comfort of a German second-class
For night travel land the long
journey over Don Quixote's plains
of La Mancha, between Madrid
and Cordova, is usually made at night
in the express trains) there are nice
funny little sleeping-cars, or the pas
sengcr may have private belina-a
sort of half coach-for 10 per cent. o.
his fare extra, where two people, with
travcling-rugs, may sleep In elegant
and secluded comfort This Is over the
Madrid, Saragossa & Alicante road, or
rather, the Zaragoza road, as they spell
1T on the spot, and the initials of the
NJ, y. & A. constantly remind the
American who knows the west Of the
NJ, X. & T., though how perverse the
association which bitches the Missouri
Kansas & Texas, even in thought, t.
the line from the wonderful picture
gallery Of Madrid to the battle plain'
of Saragossa !'-Boston Transcript.
The Van Buren press., 1894-09-01
SHE WAS SAVED.
The Sorrowing Missionary's Prayer Was
Answered.

A little girl in India went to the mis-
sionary school; she was pretty, clever
little thing, and so attracted the
teacher that SHE ventured to visit her
In her home. She found the child
overshadowed by the horror OF her ap
preaching marriage. As baby, she
had been betrothed, but, according to
custom, she lived on in her fathers
house till she was twelve; then she was
given over to her husband, hideous
little man, deformed, his face scared
with disease, of bad character, and no.
toriously given to drink.
The child was terrified of him, and he
derived ghoul-like pleasure from her
terror, used to jump at her in the dark,
make faces at her, and told her that
once really married to him, and in his
home, he and his old mother would
make short work of her beauty with a
rcd-hot fork, so that it would soon be
difficult to choose between their two
faces.
At last the fatal day arrived. The
missionary's heart ached for the little
friend she was unable to help, and as
she went about her work she prayed
that God might save His hapless
creature.
At noon the child's mother burst
into the house. "Nahomi is deadv'
she cried, and the two women hurried
to her home. There was Nahomi,
lying stiff and cold on the floor,
looking very slim and childish in her
bridal dress and smooth, flower-crowned
head.
1t appeared she had spent the morn,
ing in restless agony of anticipation,
that Ito quiet herr her miserable
mother had beaten her, and that after
ward she had fallen into an apathy OF
despair.
She had washed her little person and
her hair, had braided 1t neatly, had
put on her bridal gown, had decorated
herself with flowers and jewelry, and
then had gone quietly into the yard
behind the house, where datura tree
hung it's great white trumpets against
the blue sky, dug up and ate little OF
its poisonous root, and then crept back
into the house, where she now lay,
cold, stark-free.- Bar.
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HE GOT THE PLUME.
Hut He Was Not as Happy Afterward ~ He
Had Been.

hut He Was Not as Happy Afterward NJ He
Had Been.
A ludicrous incident occurred in one
of the prominent churches in this city
on recent Sunday which is liable to
cool the churchgoing ardor of the young
man in the case and be feature in the
experience of the young lady that she
will not soon forget.
The young man, immaculate in q
long coat, light creased trousers and
spotless linen, was ushered to seat
directly in front of bewitching Ind
stylishly dressed young lady, on whose
curly head reposed an elaborate and
expensive model of millincr's art, the
principal feature of which was very
large and beautiful plume.
When the good dominic commenced
his long prayer the young mans
thoughts were evidently on his fair
neighbor, and consequently he neglect
| ed to assume an attitude of reverence.
Not so with the young lady. She
immediately bowed her head on the
back of the scat in front, and the plumc
of her hat brushed the back of tho
young mans neck.
Thinking it fly, he tried to scare it
away with his hand: but, like the cat,
it 'came back" with the persistence OF
a book agent, and after several vain at
tempts to keep it off his neck visions OF
centipedes, scorpions, tarantulas and
other poisonous monsters filed his
agonized mind.
With desperation born of despair, he
made one grand grab, secured the
troublesome object, gave quick,
strong jerk and landed the gorgeous
plume in his lap.
OF course the young lady was sur
prised and indignant, and the young
man was so embarrassed that he forgot
to apologize at the close of the service.
Rochester IN. W Democrat.
The Van Buren press., 1894-09-01
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

According to the Catholic Herald,
there are about 1872 900 colored Gatho-
lies in the United States.
"A new porch and towers are to be
added to Trinity church, Boston, an
object for which the late Bishop Brooks
left 81, ,OOO
George E. Hardy has been elected
professor of English language and lit
erature in the College of the City OF
New York.
The number Of educational institu-
tions of one kind or another in India Is
put down in Chambers Cyclopedia
(s92) at $4,000.
Gen. Booth Of the Salvation army,
and his captains of either sex have
been officially declared to be minister's
of religion within The meaning of the
law.
1t is claimed that college gradu-
ate's chances of obtaining fair degree
of eminence are as $50 to as compared
with the men who have not been at
college
1T requires sum of upward of e10,-
600 year. voluntarily provided, to
MAINTAIN and educate the 500 fatherless
children Of the Spurgeon orphans
homes, Stoekwell.
DIR. Buckley says he once attended
a service in Presbyterian church
where every man present, except him
self and the preacher, was asleep, and
every woman was awake.
"A striking proof of the growth of
the missionary spirit is seen in the
fact that Australasia has recently sent
missionaries to Ceylon, Africa. China
and Japan.-Ghicago Standard.
The recent parliamentary elections
in Japan have resulted favorably to
the friends of Christianity and the poll
CIV of encouraging foreigners The
fact of being Christian has not oper-
ated unfavorably in the case OF any
candidate.
"A sister of the late Mr.. Spurgeon
preached twice recently to crowded
congregations at the handsome church
in Hampstead road, in connection with
the service. Her manner is impressive,
and she bears personal resemblance
to her eminent brother.
The diplomas received by the re-
cent graduates of Radcliffe college will
some time possess great historic value.
They are the first to bear the signature
of the president of Havard, which they
do in addition to that of Mrs. Agassiz,
president of Radcliffe.
Rev. Sam Bettis, cowboy evan
Qelist, thus sums up the results of his
recent revival at Bay City, Mich: II
had over 5000 conversions, 1885 old to-
pers signed the pledge, 1862 was raised
for expenses, $500 clear for Sam, and
5000 people were fed free meals.
The business college idea in educa-
ton, which has taken SO firm hold of
the popular mind, is not a sudden
growth, but is natural development
of the industrial conditions and re-
quirements of our time. The fact that
our ordinary schools and colleges did
not prepare for practical business life
gradually became apparent, and thus
the business school grew up to supply
the deficiency.
Seven Chaldean priests from east
ern Turkey have come to this country
to beg money for rebuilding church
in their native land. Some showed n
letter of introduction, in very bad
French, said to be from the bishop OF
Mesopotamia. Others claimed to be
Presbyterians. One said that he came
from the city of Van, in Asia Minor.
At first there was some hesitancy about
allowing them to land, as they np-
peared to be very like paupers. They
were, however, at last released.
The Van Buren press., 1894-09-01
So,omon'a wisdom.

Little Grill don't see why folks
calls Solomon wise.
Aunt He was.
Little Girl--Guess you don't read
your Bible much. Once, when two
women claimed the same baby, he
wanted to cut it in two, so each could
have half. Why, my little brother
would have more sense than that
Good News
The Van Buren press., 1894-09-01
Pat Proverbs.

Wit cuts but cannot cure.
Wisdom teaches us what to borrow
Heedlessness measures the mules
foot.
There is far more danger Of hearing
too much than too little.
A wordy man Is but cheap dict'oh'
ary without definitions.
Some mems poor opinion OF humanity
Is more than reciprocated.
The lectures on eloquence as lost
art are full of affirmative proof.-Chi-
cago Herald.
The Van Buren press., 1894-09-01
The Very Thing.

First speculator-I don't know what
wall do with that tract of land back
Of Hog Mountain. It's too far from
the CITY to make suburban homes; ana
n is go full of malaria and mosquitoes
that it couldn't be farmed.
Second speculator-Well Lave to run
nm a hotel, then, and make summer
resort OF it-Pre''
The Van Buren press., 1894-09-01
THY WILL BE5ooNE.

"nen earth Ia arched with sunny bluo
AND life is but the carollna 0'N''
VI memories OF pleasant hue.
~ HOW easy then 1t Is to say, '''Ds'
On oended knee, day unto day;
THY will be done"
nu. wnen the mornings rosy tight
we see not through our tear dimmed sro,
ana teeoe has winged herself from sight.
;, Aho plrd-songs are but mookerles:
~. How hard q thing 1t is to say,
on bended knee. day unto day:
THY will be done"
i1rlce blessed they, or high or low.
MI Vt rich or poor, In youth or age.
"ho aos 'almis walk through veal or woe
. AZ, Ana con life's lessons page by page
anu with On honest heart can saw.
ana with child-like trust can prav.
THY will be DONE"
Katherine h. Terry, In Good Houseteer,,u
The Van Buren press., 1894-09-01
Opposed to Coercion.

The knight of rest slipped into. the
backyard as if he had been guilty OF
some offiense and putting an empty
tomato can out of sight under his tat
tered coat, he approached the portcul-
lis of the kitchen and tapped on it with
his halidom. In response, wiry-haired
girl, with towel tied around her head.
made her appearance.
"Wcll?' she said interrogatively, as
she took his measure with her eagle
eye.
II just thought I'd strike yon for
breakfast" he answered apologetically.
"We don't believe in strikes in this
neighborhood,H she said emphatically
and slammed the door with bang that
knocked the dust out of mis- toga Dc
troit Free Press.
The Van Buren press., 1894-09-01

$50 she Tilted you," said the sym.
pathetic friend. ''Yes." "Did she give
any reason?" "She did. She said IL
was because of her philanthropic ma
ture; that it was better to make great
many men happy by being engaged to
them than to make one miserable by
marrying him. Washington Star.
The Van Buren press., 1894-09-01
A Night Alarm.

Madame Salomon = Laws amussv
Isaac Isaac, don't you hear? There's
somebody snoring under the bed. IT
must be burglar.
Mr.. Salomon-Hush! Rebecca: nc
noise, let him sleep; we'll charge hii,
for his lodgings tomorrow morning
La Chronique.
The Van Buren press., 1894-09-01

-"Mr Bradford does not appear to
be very observing fellow" remarked
the umbrella mo" replied the para
sol; "but caught his eye the other
day when Mrs. Bradford put me up. -
Brooklyn Life.
The Van Buren press., 1894-09-01

George (aged fourl-"Mamma, give
me drink of water, please?" Mamma
why, George, you just had a glass
of milk for breakfast; and are you
thirsty still?' George = "Well, my
thirsty is all dry again" Harper's
Young People.
The Van Buren press., 1894-09-01
Had to he.

Aunt Surplice-How peacefully still
and solemn it always is on Sunday.
Little Nephew-Yes'm; that's because
so many childrens papas is at home.-
Good News.
The Van Buren press., 1894-09-01

why do you suppose everyone
stares at us SOP" NIadge-'I fancy
they're trying to read the cost mark
that you forgot to take off your hat. y
Inter-Ocean.
The Van Buren press., 1894-09-01

Miss Frances E. Willard has re-
ceived the degree Of LID. from tho
Ohio Wesleyan university.
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1894-09-26
Sobc siebe.

gu Oeinem Aubm, Ou fiiBes Rinb,
Bum 2pbe 0einer S9Dne,
Gntfteigen meiner 2eDsr, a9,
Die fonoerbarIten SDne.
60r' an: Sd motif Elm polIes sSabr
Mih Sag fir Sag eriteden,
Mid geelaebuben's GrOBmama
4ls G9piegerIobn peripreaen;
men ausgeitopften Nffenbaig
Weit lauren Rabm bsr5peiien,
ssSm @ASDimmfoitiim our Wintsrsseit
Sibirien bereiien;
MnddtIih einsn graufen Mlb
0on meinem Sedbrett brGnasn,
sym 8dren3ipinssr tpo9enlang
2fm Setoenfacen bangsn;
Des biirgerliden gbrsnrs9ts
3otal perluitig gsben,
Wenn iA Did burA Elm 5ernrobr nnr
JlOd eiHmal biirfts febsn.
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1894-09-26

Weibli9. Satin (na9
einsm 5treit): Sea ia, id9 sebe ia gu,
iM babe meme Syebler!1 - @dtte:
-@etpiB, meine 2iebs, bic baft DUP
gattiil: so, tpsl6e benn2" @atte:
.ga, id) iagts ia nur, Du bdtteft
iDeihe. Satin: so, alfo ih babe
neine ssebler, m0dteit Du iie mir nift
uennen21 @atte: vNa, bo lit in err
TER Meibe. ~" Satin (unterbres
dtub): uSdpeis, ih min ni9ts boz
rtn!1
SIN Gifsr. 5rdulein: rgs
aibt olTo pirtli9 nod Wenf9enfrtfs
ftr2A Rupitdin: sd mar felbit
fton Sugegcn, dls iie gsrdbe Wenfhens
fEtilh Dsr3ebrten!" JrdnIsin die
xben aus ber Ro91tunbe toulHt): I'D,
xrb ipie mar benn bds 5ubereitst2"
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1894-09-26
Nnshnft. 3tpst ssraue1l It'd

in GafegefelIIdaft unterbaltsnb):
vDesbalb fsBt fih Oenn Define Greltns
pin ni9t 81 uns, fonbern 10 qbTeits In
bic @deg" ss5a, tpeiBt Du, bas
1at isinen guten Drunb, fie lit ndr@
lid 10 bdBIih, baB fie iih in ben
Ghatten feben muB. lin i'm tsitsa
Gi6tt 5u iisen."
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1894-09-26

| 8rief bon mir gu erbalten, ba itb Elm
| abgeIagtsr Seinb aler unfa9li9en
Mittbeilungen bin.
Du fennft n1sin Mrion, bab es befs
fer INN Die Ndturtptiieni9aften itiinbe,
| tpenn ni9t bon Mlters. bsr Ielbft tpirf@
lid sefheute2eats iih gegenleitig bur9
ibren Stil bGtten irnpoHiren ipollen,
anitatt lebigli9 bdrauf bebadt 5u
fein, bic Sumnte Der ibnen BON ben
Mltporberen iiberfommenen poiitiben
Renntnifie, ibrerieits Inn Elm Bruhe
| theilden Dermebrt, Der Nadtpelt gu
binterlaifen.
Das bumme Mprt .le Gtpl e'eit
lbomme" battle ipell ihperlih iemals
Geltung erlanst, tpsnn es niht bon
| einem Naturforfder in bic Welt gefe5t
tporben tpdre.
llniereinem tpirb sbsnmes geglaubt,
neil bic sroBe Msnge benft, mir itellz
ten feline 8ebauptung auf bic mir
niAt borber auf ibre Nihttgfeit ges
praft bdtten. WGbrenb ih bies fhreibe,
fpmmt bic leibiqe Gtilmanie aud iibsr
mid, unb ih ertappe mid alien grns
ftss barauf, ipie ih@ eiren fhidliAen
| llsbergang bon bieien angemeiren Bee
tradtungen gu nlsinen beionberen 0ers
bdltniifen finbe.
SD babe mid ndmlih berlobt!
Das tpirb Did ipenig bsfremben;
benn Oh tsnnit meine gnitclten bon
Der Hihtigteit unb Nuhlihfsit Der
gbe. SD babe mid aber aud Dsrlisbt
bds ipirb DID fdOn eber In Wer<
numbering febctl psrliebt nidt IN
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-04-13
LEGAL.

EXECuTRIX's NoTICE.-Having quail
II flied as exccutrix Of WILLIAM s.
MOORE, deceased. all persons having
claims against the estate are hereby notified
TO present the same. duly authenticated, TO .ne,
and all porsoIs Indebted to said estate are re-
quircd 10 make immediate settlement.
ANNIE L. MOORE.
an1O I'm ENecutfix.
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