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TO CONSERVATIVES

The undersigned having been restored
10 heaith oy Simple means, after suffer-
ing for several venfs with "A severe
lung affection. and that dread disease
toNsUMPTloN. is anxious TO make
known 10 his fellow suffers the means
OF cure. To those who desire il. he will
c heerf " send free of charge) a
copy OF the prescription used, which
they viii find sure cure for CoxsuMp-
TloN, ASTHMA. CATARRH. BRONCHITIS
ana All throat and lung MALApIRs
lie hopes that all sufferers will try his
remedy. as ii is invaluable. Those de-
sirlng the prescription. which will cost,
them nothing. and may prove. a bless
ing will please address.
Rev EDWARD A. WILSON, BROOKLYN,
New York.
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THE FLORIDA SPECIAL.

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IN MEM0aIAx.

Died. nj her home. near Rowles-
burg. February 9Th. 1896. Mrs.
Rosa A. Brahim, in the ffty.third
year OF her age. Mrs. Braham was
good wife aud mother. kind
neishbor and true friend. ALWAYS
ready TO care for he sick and com
fort the sorrowing. She will he
missed in her circle Of friends as
well as in her own family. She
leaves n husband and seven children
to mourn her loss.
Her children who are married
aud gone from home are George o i,
of Terra Alta. Mrs. John 1'itch-
nell. OF Bayard. Mrs. Noah s. Bnck
nlew. OF Kingwood. and Miss Ella.
1T Keyser. They were all ut her
bedside when God called on her to
come. Mrs. Braham was i'll for
i've months before her death. They
had physicians from various places
and done all they could to save her
HE. and numerous friends and
neighbors did all they conld to
cheer and comfort her during her
protracted illness. She WIS good
christian and was not afraid to die.
The bereaved family have our
deepest sympathy in this their time
Of bereavement. May the Heavenly
Father comfort them. and grant
that we may all meet her where
parting will be no more.
a FRIEND.
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II all the gold Ga mint or bank.
$50 earthly things that men cali wealth
Were mine. With every titled rank.

Id give Thorn aii for precious health"
THUS in anguish wrote q lady teach
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WHAT. COULD SHE DOT
Harlem Life

Harlem Life.
If kissed you would you be in
Dignant with me-malke resistance 3?
Flush and blush and order me in
Tragic tones to keep my distance ?''
Break your pretty voice in two
Calling some one to assist you
Tell me, sweet, what would you do
II kissed you e?
If you kissed me L might scold you
Under certain circumstances
And at more than arms-length hold you
To discourage your advances.
But if none We're near but you
At this moment to assist me,
Tell me, please what could do
II you kissed me
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Deafness Cannot be Cured

By local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion Of the ear.
There is only one way to cure Deafness,
and that is By an infiamed condition OF
the mucous lining of the Eustachian
Tube. When this tube gets infiamed
you have rumbling sound or imper.
feet hearing, and when il is entirely
closed Deafness is the result, and unless
the inflammation can tie taken out and
this tube restored TO its normal con
dition. hearing will be destroyed for
ever; nine cases out of ten are caused
10y catarrh. which is nothing but an
infiamed condition of the mucous sur
faces,
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness (caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls
Cdtarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
i. j. CHENEY 81 CO, Toledo, 0.
% sold by Druggists, 75c.
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The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-12-26
Bimetallic Union.

The executive committee of the
American Bimetallic Union was in
session in Washington City last week.
The discussion of the future work of the
organization has been continued, these
discussions being over changes in the
constitution and by laws of the union
having for their object the enlargement
of the work and scope.
1t is officially given ont that the com
mittee has had full and frequent con
sultation with leading bimetallists in
congress, which have resulted in "a
determination to continue the fight for
silver more vigorously than ever
The enlarged plan of work proposes
not only the free distribution of
literature, but the holding of public
meetings and the management of
lectures.
The revised constitution, it is stated
is to meet existing conditions. The
object of the organization is explained
in the revised edition as follows:
1.-The object of this union is to re q.
establish in the United States the
bimetallie system of money as it existed
from the foundation of our government
down to 1873. instead of the present I'M
Just standard of gold alone, and to
preserve the regulation and control of
all currency in the hands of the general
government, in order by these means to
stop the continual rise in the value of
money and fall in the prices of
property, with consequent loss of
employment and decline in the earnings
of labor, conditions that must forever
attend our present system. and
necessarily prevent the return of
prosperity to our people.
The following is the revised provision
regarding membership:
ANY person who is in favor of this
object and of immediate action by the
United States, without waiting for
other countries, TO restore the I'M
restricted coinage of both silver and
gold at the ratio of 10 to 1. as it existed
prior 10 1873, and who holds this cause
to be paramount to all others. and will
labor earnestly for its accomplishment.
may become a member of this union
upon agreeing to this constitution and
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Re-arranging Federal Districts In
Arkansas.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 1S.@Two
bills looking to the re arrangement of
the Federal judicial districts of Arkan-
sas were today introduced by Congress
men Neill and McRae. The object
sought to be accomplished by both bills
is to equalize the volume of work and
scope of territory of the two districts
which has been produced by the with
drawal of the Indian Territory juris-
diction from the Federal court at Fort
Smith. General Neill's bill provides
tha5 the counties of Independence,
Cleburne, Marion, Stone. lizard,
Baxter, Searcy, Fulton, Randolph,
Sharp, Lawrence and Jackson be
transferred from the eastern to the
western district; that the western
district be divided into the eastern and
western divisions that the eastern
division be composed of the above
named counties; that the western
division be composed of the remaining
counties in the district. That the terms
of court for the eastern division to be
held at Batesville ON the first Mondays
in March and September; and for the
western division at Fort Smith at such
times as are now provided by law; that
no additional marshal be appointed !;
that one additional clerk for the district
and circuit be appointed who shall
reside and keep their offices at Fort
Smith.
The bill introduced by Mr.. McRae S
seeks to accomplish substantially the
same result, but by another method.
It provides in substance, that certain
counties be transferred from the
eastern to the western district; that the
western district include the Texarkana,
Camden and Fort Smith divisions and
that the eastern district include the
Helena, Batesville and Little Rock
divisions, and that courts be held at
these several points. 1t is quite certain
that these bills will result in some plan
for recasting the districts of the state
and the equalization of the work and
territory of both.
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the payment of an annual fee of 81,
which shall eutitle him to all the
publications of the union.

the payment of an annual fee of 81,
which shall eutitle him to all the
publications of the union.
AN APPEAL ISSUED.
The conclusion of the committee
work consists of the following appeal:
More than six millions of voters
already stand immovably for the fore
going object and purpose, They know
that self preservation calls them to
greater sacrifices and more strenuous
endeavors than any they have ever
hitherto made. They know that
avarice, whether at home or abroad,
must perpetually drive them down to
the utter enslavement of themselves
and their children, and that it will
never desist from its instructive work
until it meets and is held in check by a
power of resistance stronger than itself.
That power of resistance can be found
only in the aroused, compacted,
organized forces of American manhood.
The Bimetallic [ MON, relying con-
fidently upon the sincerity and
determination of the members of the
great army already enlisted for this
supreme service, calls upon them and
all others who may agree to associate
with them to consecrate themselves
anew to the work, in accordance with
the plans herewith submitted for their
consideration and adoption.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-12-26

Secretary ArmIstead's Report.
From the Little Rock Democrat.
c...o4,x - C+ata II n rmist

From the Little Rock Democrat
Secretary of State H. B. Armistead
has submitted his biennial report to the
governor. There is a marked falling
off in the fees of his Office as compared
with previous years, which he attrib.
utes to business depression. The diiap-
idated condition of the state house Is
mentioned. and the hope expressed that
the legislature will provide at least for
suitable repairs. These paragraphs IN
the report will recommend themselves
with unusual force to members of the
house and senate:
The house of representatives is sadly
in need of repairs The carpet has been
in use for ten or twelve years, and is
worn and soiled, and no longer hit for
use. The desks and chairs and other
furniture are all Worn and antiquated,
and should give place to new and more
comfortable articles.
There is but one small room for the
use of the committees of the general
assembly, and these committees are
often subjected to great Inconvenience
and the serious loss of time in search
of some place in which to hold their
meeting AT an outlay of sum not
exceeding So 600 the library building
could be extended north fifty feet. The
lower story of this extension would
afford all the room required for the
library for years to come, and the upper
story could be divided into three or four
convenient and comfortable committee
rooms. The labor required for this
improvement can be largely done by the
state convicts, SO that nearly all the
actual outlay would be for the material
required for the addition.
Secretary Armistead earnestly recon-
mends the purchase of state convict
farm. He says:
Never in the history of the state have
lands been at lower price than they
are now, and never will there be a
more propitious time for the purchase
of a farm. If one half of the convicts
were employed on a farm owned by the
state they could raise cattle and hogs
for meat, grain, beans, peas, molasses,
potatoes and other eatables sufficient
for all convicts and employees of the
and also for the inmates
and employees of the lunatic asylum, the
deaf mute institute and the blind school.
Tobacco used by the convicts, requiring
the expenditure of large sum of
money if purchased, can be raised on
the state farm. While not at work
making or gathering crop the convicts
could be employed cleaning up land,
getting out wagon timber, cutting fire
wood for market, building hospital,
stables, barns, and other
wise improving the property and
adding to the comfort of the men.
The report altogether is an exhaustive
one, and the recommendation it con-
tains will be of great benefit to the
Legislative and executive departments.
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Mortgage Sale!

NOTICE is hereby given that under and by
~ virtue of a Mortgage made and executed on
the 29th day of December, 1883. by James e.
Armstrong aud wife to and in favor of William
J. Neal to secure a certain promissory note OF
even date herewith, for the sum of One
Hundred and Twenty-four Dollars and sixty
Five Cents (e12465 due and payable on the 18th
day of December 1889. with interest at the rate
paid. which said mortgage is on record in
Mortgage Book r, Page AL. Crawford County
Records will offer for sale at public cutlery,
to the highest bidder for cash. at the Court
House door in the town of Van Buren,. in the
county of Crawford, and State of Arkansas, on
the 18th day Of January, 1897,
within the hours for judicial sales the following
property situate in said County and State
to-wit:
SW4 of the sW4, Section 10, Township 9,
North, Range 81 West, to pay said note and
accrued interest, with costs of this sale.
Given under my hand this 18th day OF
December, 1896. JAS. r. NEAf4
Assignee of William ] Neal
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Cuban Junta at Work In Arkansas.

From the Little Rock Democrat Dec %
The Cuban junta is at work in Arkan
sas, with headquarters in Little Rock.
Their operations are being conducted
with the utmost secrecy, and even
those who are at the head of the move
ment manage to keep their identity well
conceded The presence of mys-
terious individual resembling the
peculiar Cuban type has been remarked
for several days, and that he is work
ing in the interest of the struggling
patriots is almost certain. The negroes
especially are aroused, and all that is
necessary to give an open expression to
their willingness to enlist in the cause
of freedom is for congress to remove the
embargo against armed assistance to a
foreign power. 1t is stated by those
who have watched the situation closely
that an army of 800 negroes could be
modified within twenty four hours.
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Bryan's Enormous Vote.


1t is perfectly clear, in the light of
the returns, that practically all the
reserve vote which came out at the late
election went to Bryan.
In spite of the detection of the Bolto-
Gratis and the power of consolidated
wealth for the corruptian of election
officers, his vote was the largest ever
cast for any Democratic candidate. 1t
is 941 ,939 greater than that cast for
Cleveland in 1892 and Cleveland vote
in that year was 216 900 greater than
he polled in 1888 and $50, 900 greater
than he polled in 1884.
Bryan's vote this year is also greater
than was ever polled by any Republican
candidate, except Mckinley. 1t is
/, 100, 900 greater than that polled by
Harrison in his victorious campaign of
1888, and nearly twice as great as that
polled for Grant in the flood tide of
Republican party supremacy, being
s, 1873, S57, as compared with 1857, 07O.
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CHANGE OF LIFE PASSED WITH
SAFETY,

l write to state my experience with
G.. F. P. (Gerstle S Female Panacea).
The best physicians of our community
examined me and said would have to
let nature take its course. l was per-
suaded by one of your travelling men to
try six bottles of G.. F. P. for change
of life, and can cheerfully say that it
has relieved me entirely, and | am now
in perfect health, feeling better than in
number of years. This is, beyond a
doubt, the finest female preparation on
earth, and I can highly recommend it
to all suffering from the Affections
peculiar to women. | believe it to be a
God send to the suffering class of
humanity. l can safely say it will dc
all that is claimed for it and has nc
equal. MRS. W. A. CHARLES,
White Home, Tenn.
For sale by F. G. Kerr q:
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How MaceO Died.

NEW YORK, Dec. ia dispatch to
the World from Havana says: A letter
written by Jose Miro, chief of staff,
describing General Maceo death. has
been shown to me. Miro planned many
of Maceo's operations. The letter is
dated Managua. December 8, two days
after Maceo death. and confirms fully
the first reports by the correspondents
of the World and of the Associated
Press. Miro writes that Maceo was
encamped near a small house and was
expecting to be joined by the forces of
Castillo and Sanchez He saw the
advance guard Of Spanish irregular
cavalrv fguerrillas) belonging 10 Major
Cirujeds' : Spanish column, and rode
forward 10 meet them, believing them
to be friends. A vollsy was discharged
at him and his group. and he fell in the
road.
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Death of Col. J. E. Woolum

Col. j. f. Woolum did at his home at home at
Winslow Monday evening. This announcement
will be sorrowful news TO thousands of people
in Arkansas who have known Mr. Wooum for
the last quarter of a century. Twenty years ago
before the advent OF the railroad through this
section, he was famous as the man who ran a
line of stage coaches from here to Alma. Abont
1880 he retired from this business and has since
lived quietly at his home on the top of Boston
Mountain just above the town Of Winslow. He
possessed many noble traits of head and heart
Fayetteville Democrat
Mr.. Woolum is well known to many
of our citizens and has three sons living
in our city who have the sympathy of
the community in the sudden bereave-
ment.
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Within the last month several stores
at Dyer have been broken into and
robbed of various articles. 1t has
recently been discovered that the
robbers were band of eight or nine
boys from the best families in that
vicinity, When they were discovered
the boys skipped, and are now strangers
in strange land and fugitives from
justice This trouble originates from
the loose manners in which some
parents handle their boys. We deeply
sympathize will all concerned and hope
it may serve as warning to others.
Stay at home boys. Mulberry Leader.
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ACCORDING TO dispatch from Wash
ington there was joyous time when
Mark Hanna called at the White House
to pay his respects to President Cleve-
land last Saturday. Cleveland CON
graduated Hanna on the splendid
victory he had Won. Hanna said he
wanted to acknowledge the debt of
gratitude Major Mckinley and we all
owe for the magnificent work done bv
so many Democrats like yourself. =
There was good deal more Of the same
sort OF iubdub and compliments were
exchanged right and left. There is no
doubt that Nh. Bryan was defeated
largely through the efforts Of so many
Democrats like Cleveland. but the
question is whether they are Democrats
or not. They repudiated the platform
of the Democratic national convention
and refused TO support the nominee of
the Democratic party. They are con.
sequently Democrats no longer and as
they labored in the interest Of Repub
iican success they can be nothing but
Republicans. Mr.. Cleveland and his
followers have disappointed the
American people. but il il safe to saw
that they viii never be given an oppor-
family to do 80 again. Gazette.
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Proposes to Try a Missouri Methcd.

State Superintendent of Public In
struction Jordan will recommend to the
legislature that the system of county
examiners now in vogue in Arkansas be
abolished and county superintendent
submitted.
He has on hand report of the com
mittee on supervision on this subject,
prepared by Missouri teachers, which
shows the advantage of the county
superintendent over the district
system.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-12-26
:. ~e,, are The OILY pits 70 bftho
Hood s RlliS with Hood Sarsaparilla-
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.


Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention to
make final proof in support of his claim, and
Clerk of Crawford County at Van Buren, Ark
on Dee. IS 1896, viz: Richard Cowlings, II d
Entry No 1851, for the We of the NW4 and
NW4 of the SW4. Sec. 20. Tp H. North. Range
81 West
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon, and cultivation oil
said land, viz: A. l.. Sawyers, L. B. Ramey and
Jones Hale, of Lees Creek, Ark, and Price
Young, OF Vida, Ark.
WIN. p WooTEN. Register.
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F, & A. M.

Van Buren, Lodge No. 8, f. & A. NJ. j,
held its annual election of officers last
Saturday night. The following were
elected officers for the ensuing year;
II. C. johnson, w. NJ.
H. c. Pernot, S. w.
NJ. S. Dibrell, J W.
J. B. Ogden, s.
L. H. Southmayd, T.
Installation will take place tonight,
owing to the fact that st. John s Day
the regular installation night-falls on
Sunday.