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The Van Buren press., 1896-01-11
DAILY CRIME FOOD.
wIekedness Which Leads the Young -
Wickedness aud Prison.

The fact that publication dealing
with the careers of notorious western
outlaws was found in the pocket of
one of the youths arrested on
the charge of having wrecked, in a
most dastardly manner, New York
Central train, will doubtless evoke
considerable moralizing on the part of
the daily press upon the evil effects of
such literature. And yet many of the
sensational newspapers of to-day
might ask themselves whether their
own columns are not greatly to blame
for exciting in the minds of youth a
thirst for criminal adventure. Is not
too much space devoted to the records
of w-breaxing in most of our news
papers, as compared with the atten-
tion given to subjects which are moral,
elevating and instructive? Is there
not tendency to present the reports
of crime in language as entertaining
as possible, and to indicate the path to
prison and an ignominious death as
the highway to that notoriety which
many of the ignorant mistake for
fameP Nearly every one has heard
of the incendiary who set fire to ia
nous temple in order, as he confessed,
that his name might become immortal.
The motive of Guiteau the murderer
of President Garfield, was one of the
same character, and no doubt many
crimes are prompted by similarly
perverted appetite for notoriety, slim
ulated by the sensational stories re-
lated in the daily newspapers.
One of the youths who have acknowl-
edged themselves guilty of train
wrecking belongs to respectable FAM
lily in this city. Not one of them ap-
pears to have sprung from the class to
which such crimes are usually attrib-
uted All of them perhaps had the
benefit of a good early education. The
lesson OF their suddenly developed and
awful wickedness comes home, there
fore, to every parent, and suggests to
every father and mother the query
whether, in their selection of newspa-
pers and other publications for the
home, they are taking proper Care to
see that the minds of their children
are not perverted and their eonsciences
depraved. The people Will nave the
news, and it is the business of newspa.
pers to publish the news in such man.
ner and form as will strengthen in-
stead of weakening the moral sense of
their readers. Even the Sabbath is
not safe from the bulletin of crime,
and the Sunday-school lesson is dulled
and marred by narratives of horror,
garnished with stories of shame.
Many parents no doubt take themselves
and give to their children this sort OF
mental food without thought of the
possible consequences The tragedy
| on the New York Central is an illus
tration of what the consequences may
be when the receptive mind of youth
becomes impressed with the idea that
| crime is akin to heroism.-N. Y. Mail
and Express.
The Van Buren press., 1896-01-11
EXIT THE BLUEJACkET.
In Modern Steam Battleships Athletic
Sailors Play Minor Part

A proportion of the bluejackets OF
any full rugged ship were necessarily
athletes The upper yardmen" in a
line-of- battleship or frigate were ex.
ceptional men in this way, and much
more so, perhaps, just about the time
that sail-power was receiving its death
warrant than ever before. These
young men had to race aloft to nearly
the highest points, at top speed, eight
or ten times week when the ship
was in harbor, to keep their heads and
maintain their breath while "holdiug
on by their eyelids," as the phrase
went, aud manipulating with careful
and measured order of action the
various and intricate arrangements for
crossing" or sending down" the
royal and top-gallant yards. 1t was
all done at full speed, for it was uni
versally held that the upper yardmen
gave character to the whole ship;
and that one which was foremost in
this exercise was ever considered 1.-The
smartest ship in the fleet" The upper
yardmen were always the coming men.
They had most opportunities for dis
tinguishing themselves were the best
known, and were most under the eye
of the authorities They developed
great muscular power in chest, shoul-
ders and arms. Their lower extremi-
ties suffered, and one always knew the
men who had been upper yardmen by
their tad-pole like appearance when
they were bathing.
But in the modern steam line-of-
battle ship and frigate these extremely
athletic specimens formed very small
minority of the ships company" and
none of them could lose his turn at be-
ing upper yardman SO long as the
ships reputation depended on the
speed with which the upper yards
were crossed and sent down. In har-
Dor the rest of the blue jackets had
the handling of yards and sails for ex-
ercise once or twice a week, but at sea
the use of sails for propulsion grew
less and less important, and most OF
the work aloft was more Of an exercise
and less of a necessity. ty.-North Amer.
lean Review.
The Van Buren press., 1896-01-11
SUSPECTED THE TELLER.
Sudden Sight of the Bank Official Took
the Depositor's Breath Away.


the Depositor's Breath Away.
A paying teller of down town bank
tells an interesting story of a, Cuban
experience of his: Il shall never for
get" he said, ''how | nearly sent a
man into fits one day last winter all
because / met him unexpectedly. [
had been planning little jaunt down
to Cuba for some time. AS it was
doubtful when | should be able to get
away from the bank, | said nothing
about it to my friends or the bank 5
customers. l had been instrumental
in getting a good-sized account for the
bank-one of those 100000 ones that are
hard to pick up nowadays and worth
quite good deal of money to us. [
knew the head of this concern, and in
fact haa got the account through him.
He told us when he gave it to us that
he was in hurry to get it fixed satis-
factorily, because he was about to go
to Cuba. AS soon as | wss able to get
away | sailed for Havana. / stayed in
the island nearly a month, having a
most delightful time, and keeping one
eye open for my friend of our new ac-
count l was just about ready to start
for home when l met him, quite by
chance, in one of the Havana shops.
When he saw me he jumped back about
five feet as if he had been shot from
out of a gun.
"'God bless my soul, you here?' he
said. Why, wha-t?' He seemed
struck all in heap. You here? Good
heavensr / had to laugh, and laugh
hard at that, for | knew what was
troubling him. He was thinking of
that $780, 600 balance, and was worry
ing about it-a little. You see, as
was the paying teller of the bank the
thought naturally flashed through his
mind that l had skipped with the
banks funds and large slice of his
hundred thousand.
''Of course, as soon as he saw me
laugh and his excitement had cooled
down little he began to see the fun
of the thing, and that he and the bank
were safe after all. We found we were
going home on the same steamer, and
ten minutes later we walked over to the
American consul's office together and
got our passports vised And we had
jolly time of it back on the boat. ~
N. Y. World.
The Van Buren press., 1896-01-11
N THE ELECTRICAL WORLD.

~ concession to build carriage
road from Teheran to Bagdad and also
to build electric railroads in the sub
urbs of Teheran has just been granted
to German contractor
"A feature of the Tennessee eenten-
NAL exposition, which will open Sep
tember l., 1896, will be steel tower 100
feet high, with great revolving crown
of incandescent lights on top AS the
crown revolves the lights will spell in
tissolving shades the words; Ten
pessee Centennial, 1896"
An expert telegrapher says: Be
tween New York and Philadelphia,
over q copper wire weighing three
hundred pounds to the mile, three
thousand words per minute can be re-
corded. and, with copper wire of $50
pounds to the mile, one thousand
words per minute can be carried from
New York to Chicago"
An electrical engineer finds the
relative quantity of heat given off by
different forms of light to be: Arc
light, 4; incandescenee, 4; kerosene,
di x dllu Jul ICl, ooli SdSi dI anu puih-
er, $50; candle, 473; gas, butterfly burn
er, 51L In the matter of vitiating the
air electricity, of course, compares
even more favorably with other sources
of light.
Among the patents recently issued
by the patent office at Washington was
an interesting one that was granted
at 4 VI
ors, who have perfected an automatic
type justifying machine, in the opera
tion of which electricity is employed.
This patent is voluminous docu-
ment, and in it is described the con-
struction and operation of the ma
chine in the most minute detail. In
the patent just issued 172 claims are
a1lowad
The Van Buren press., 1896-01-11
GIRLS WOOLEN FRoCKS.
Pretty Trimmings and Materials for Win
ter Garments.

Velvet is the fabric chosen for com
the very few silk frocks that fashion
able mothers permit their little daugh-
ters to wear BY way of trimming,
narrow edges of fur are much seen
and lace is less used than formerly,
especially in gathered rutfies. Flat
guipure bands and the white embroid-
cries that initiate passementerie are
very popular Ribbed velvet ribbons
are on the gay little French gowns,
while others have many rows of black
velvet ribbon almost as narrow as
soutache braid. Narrow bands oi
black ostrich feathers are also effect
lively used as borders.
Among stylish contrasts of color arc
tan cloth dresses with deep collar OF
a vest of clear green velvet. A cloth
dress of the favorite green has printed
velvet accessories, green with rose de
signs on the revers and vest Darl
ruby velvet forms full gathered vest
on a waist of brown and red frise wool
A covert-suiting jacket-waist has ;
gathered plastron of rich nasturtium
velvet. Blue and green are together
in many ways, a deep collarette o
green velvet trimming a very ricf
dress of blue and black boucle, while ;
simple blue mohair of the heavy serg'
twill has stock and belt of emerald
green velvet Brown velvet edgeC
with mink bands forms large collal
of low guimpe waist of a bright rec
crepon. If a girl has a great deal o
color in her face she will wear whit
trimming, but satin is preferred t.
velvet, as a white satin band unde
guipure lace edged with fur down the
front of waist of brown or green ere
pom, and her stock will be of the SAITH
with a great bow in the back. Harp
er's Razar
The Van Buren press., 1896-01-11
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

If you want your cream to curdle
N your coffee you can generally OBJ
lain the wished-for result by putting
The cream and sugar into the cup
aud then pouring the hot coffee in.
The way to avoid having it curdle is to
pour the cream in FIRST, then the coffee
and the sugar last of all.
Liver Croquettes.-B a calf's
liver on piece of paper the day be-
| fore. When cold chop fine, season
with salt, pepper and the piece of an
onion. Add one well-beaten egg and
two heaping tablespoonsful of cracker
crumbs. Form into coquettes and fry
| In hot butter Farm, Field and Fire.
side.
Plum Pudding. Eight crackers
rolled fine, four eggs we'll beaten, one
quart milk, three-fourths cup sugar,
two tablespoons butter, one-fourth
teaspoon salt, one-fourth nutmeg
grated, one-half teaspoon cinnamon,
one pound raisins, seeded. Mix all but
eggs, then add them beaten very light;
bake in a moderate oven about one and
h half hours. Orange Judd Farmer.
Caramel Custard. Turn one-fourth
of cup of sugar into stewpan and
stir it over the fire until it becomes
liquid and brown. Scald a cup and
half of milk and add the Drowned
sugar. Beat two eggs thoroughly, add
to them one-half cupful of cold milk
and turn the mixture slowly stirring
constantly that no Jumps form, into
the scalding milk. Continue to stir
until the custard thickens. Set away
to cool and serve in glasses Good
Housekeeping.
Lemon Pudding. Make nice two
layer cake, any kind you wish, and for
a filing (which is the pudding) make
custard of two eggs whipped very
light, one cupful of white sugar, one
large lemon; CRATE the yellow rind and
press out all the juice and pulp, and
add to the eggs and sugar. Place this
In double boiler, stirring slowly un.
til it thiclxens; spread it between the
layers of cake. Have both cake and
custard hot. Serve warm with whip
ped cream sweetened and favored with
lemon. Ohio Farmer.
Almond Cream Cake.-Two cupfuls
of powdered sugar, one of sweet milk,
three of flour, one-fourth of q cup OF
butter, whites of four eggs, well beat.
en-, and two teaspoonfuls of baking
powder and half teaspoonful oi
vanilla. Bake in four tins and put to-
gether in layers, with cream made "a
follows: Whip one cupful of cream ia
a froth and stir gradually into it halt
a cupful of powdered sugar, few
drops of vanilla and one pound of al
monds, blanched and chopped. Spread
thick between the layers. Frost the
top and sides.-N. Y. Ledger.
Fine Beef jelly excellent
food for invalids anA convalescents.
Put pound of lean beef, cut fine, into
a porcelain-lined stewpan, with pint
of cold water. Let it stand half an
hour, and then put it on the stove,
where it will heat gradually. While
boiling hot skim carefully and put
it where it will simmer gently for hall
an hour. When this is cooking, put q
third of box of gelatipe in two table
spoonfuls of cold water. Salt the
broth to taste and strain, boiling hot
over the geIatine. Stir till dissolved
Strain into cups or moulds. Set away
to cool.-Mary Mason, in Boston
| Budget
The Van Buren press., 1896-01-11
WET.BLANkET PEOPLE.
Those Whose Very Presence Is a Menace t.
Happiness

The wet-blanket disposition is one
of the most unfortunate elements thai
can be introduced into social or home
life. 1t is demoralizing, depressing
and irritating in the extreme to sensi
tive organizations We all of us know
of places and people where there is
continual check upon everything thai
is proposed or suggested. If some one
has new idea, there is an objection tc
it; If new theory is advanced, a SEN
tence from these wet blankets is shot
through it, and it collapses like
punetured tire, taking the heart of the
speaker, metaphorically, into his OF
her boots. Somebody comes in, full oi
new project, in high spirits and with
all colors flying, and before the intro
ductory sentences are finished, slaE
goes the wet blanket.
There are few things that so quickly
and easily make life burden as a con
slant succession of rebuffs of this sort
Especially is course of this kind in
| furious to nervous and high-spirited
children. Many little life has beer
/ hChCNf AhhAiA hiAhO O0Ch wal PCht
and many heart broken by repeated
rebukes of this description. If one hal
treasure priced above all thingi
there is always something to be said
against it, or some one else has discov
cred that it really doesn't amount t<
much. If there are great ambitions in
certain direction and the child fan
cies that it can reach a desired point, II
is crushed by some brutal remark aud
driven back upon itself with chill
that it takes many an hour to recover
from.
There are people who pride them
selves on their ability to do this sori
of crushing. For some reason or Other
they seem to think it is a little BIZ
smart, and they parade it on all occa
sions, regardless of whom it hits OF
how much it hurts. A blow in the
face with the hand would be- consid
cred serious affront, but it is we'll
bred, merciful and commendable as
compared with this eternal wet blanke,
habit that many persons indulge in
and the worst of it is they do not
seem to realize that they are do
ing anything very dreadful Il
is a notable fact, however, thai
these same persons are exceedingly
touchy if similar responses are accord
ed to their ideas. There is likely K
be a good deal Of fuss and feathers
when somebody ridicules or protest.
against some of their pet theories L
would be a good plan if all children
and young people could take thor
ough course of training in considera
tion for the feelings of their associ
ates. A stroke that causes physiea
pain can find redress in some way, bu
there is neither law nor gospel that il
able to restrain the malicious or sar
castle tongue of the wet-blanket fend
N. Y. Ledger.
The Van Buren press., 1896-01-11
PURSES AND CARD.CAsEs.
Among the New Goods Are Attractive an:
Novel Designs.

Among the New Goods Are Attractive and
Novel Designs.
OF all womans belongings non j.
more necessary than her purse or poek-
etbook, and next to this her belt bag,
since the fiat has gone forth that the
fashionable dame is no longer to be al
lowed her good old-time pocket in her
gown.
This season is introducing something
quite new in the way of bags and
portemonnaies those made from Nifty
lene morocco, which are of a rough
finish; or those styled the empire
ecrasse, with smooth, shiny surface
The colors most in vogue for these
niodish articles are dark blue, green
and brown as the basis, these solid
lines being notified over with pale
blue, yellow or clouded white; for in
stance, a brown pocisetbook is speclsled
over with yellow hecks, dark green
one with dull white.
The largest size of pocketbook is de-
signed for holding bills, change and
visiting cards, and is long with square
corners. This is plain, merely orna'
corner, or elaborately trimmed with
colonial gold mountings. The gilt is
dull and rich and is patterned in ex'
quisite designs of scroll work or ara.
besque A second size is small but
similar in all other respects.
The purse is smaller still and differ
ent in form. 1t comes in two or three
sizes and is somewhat less expensive
than the pocket-book. Across the top
it is straight curving below. The
flap is also oval and is decorated in
colonial gold, favorite manner being
wide band headed by a narrow gold
beading.
The card case is a square ob1ong and
is mounted at its corners in dull gold
or has the narrow beading running en-
tirely around it.
The masculine members of society
are not forgotten, their pocketbooks
being extra large, their card holders
extra small The latter are tall and
thin and have long, slender flap or
namented in gold, which falls forward
and prevents the cards from escaping.
A unique little purse is of brown,
smooth leather, and is twisted into
shape like wheel It is fastened with
little silver clasp, and when the
owner has taken out her change the
dainty conceit whirls itself back into
shape and lies smooth and fat.
Morocco in all colors is greatly fa'
vored, the alligator and lizard skins
being somewhat relegated to the back
ground.
The belt-bags of Mitylene and en-
pire ecrasse are striking and hand
some, and will be chosen to wear with
modish gowns of cloth and richer
stuffs. They have colonial gold mount
ings, or are finished in silver or theil
own morocco.
Seal and lizard bags are still dis
PLAYED, but those of morocco or ele
plants hide are to be the rage, as thai
leather has reached the zenith this
fall and is shown on every hand, de
signed for every purpose.
A noticeable bag is of Mexican ALI
gator skin mounted in silver. 1t il
brown or a whitish tan in hue and il
ornamented with the rough portions
of the hide which have not been re
The Van Buren press., 1896-01-11
The Dear Little Cherub.

There are times when little boy be-
comes a nuisance. At hotel break
fast table a small boy said in a loud
voice to his parent:
PA, what makes you smell the eggs
before you eat them?"
ITO see il they are good"
"But, pa, you can't see with your
nose, can youP"
For heavens sake, boy, keep quiet
smelt the egg to find out if it was
good"
"But, pa, what do you want to smell
the egg for? Can't you tell by tastin
it if it amt good?"-Texas Siftings.
The Van Buren press., 1896-01-11
Epnlntinn in Millinery.

Evolution in millinery is quite an i'm
portant question. First comes the in
definite fall hat of sober straw, or felt
with its sober trimmings. Next, the
genuine winter hats, with feathers an6
plumes galore. Then, the intermedi
ate season, for fancy head-coverings
and so on, until spring is with us once
more and straw hats never seemed SC
beautiful The hat en- regle for pres
ent wear is the soft English walking
mostly seen in black, but also in thu
dull-colored felts, to match costumes
Those having broad band of velve
or ribbon and a bunch of quills at the
side are the most genuinely smart
The perfectly plain ones, having al
immoderately sporty air, which mos
women dislike and shrink from, Will,
being quite au fait for any outdoor
athletics, are quite another thing 70
street wear.-St Louis Republic
The Van Buren press., 1896-01-11
Sunshine. e


To shut the shining of the sun from
the living-room is a mistake often
made by the unthinking, who set a
higher value on their carpets and cush-
ions than on their own lives, and their
good temper and wholesome vigor and
ability to do the days work we'll.
Rooms glorified by the daily contact
of the sun can afford to fade-the fad
ing itself being so harmonious and SO
uniform that its result in mellowed
tones and artistic effect, is in the ma
ture of improvement Indeed, there
have been cases where colors, origin
ally crude and disposed to swear at
one another by reason of their loud
ness and the impossibility of their
graceful blending, have been cured by
the simple process of the daily sum
bath, so that the furnishing, which
tried ones taste at first, became in
time perfectly satisfactory for back
ground or for decoration. The sunny
day, by easy transition, leads to the
sunny mood, and the sunny mood is
that of the conqueror, triumphant over
all that may invade annoy or depress.
-Harper's Bazaar.
The Van Buren press., 1896-01-11
nnu Ar Cnn ne welrhed.

The weight of air has often been test
ed by compressing it in receptacles
by the air pump. That it really has
weight when so compressed is shown by
the fact that the weight of the vessels
is Increased slightly by filling them
with compressed air, and that such YES
sells become specifically Fighter as
soon as the air contained in them is
exhausted Many elaborate expert
ments on the weight Of air have proved
that one cubic foot weighs $50 grains
or something less than one and one
quarter ounces. The above experiment
on the weight of air is supposed TO be
made at the surface of the earth with
the temperature at 80 degrees Fahren'
heit, Heated air, OF air at high eleva'
tion, is much lighter.
The Van Buren press., 1896-01-11
a IInnnY EngIishmnn.

Spinks-Your English guest seem
to be enjoying his visit to this country
He looks very happy.
Binks-Yes He's found more thing
than he expected to grumble about -
n. Y. Weekly.
The Van Buren press., 1896-01-11

-Civility costs nothing, and has been
known to bud, blossom and bring forth
fruit years after the seed was sown- -
New Ideas
The Van Buren press., 1896-01-11
No Room to Paper Them.

Visitor-Yes, it's a very pleasant fiat
But aren't the rooms just a trihe
small?
Mr.. Flat Dweller-So you notice il
too, do you? Well, they were all right
till last week, but the walls were
painted last Monday.-Somerville Jour
nal
The Van Buren press., 1896-01-11
walking backward Cure for Headache


An apostle of physical culture says
that an excellent and never-failing
cure for nervous headache is the simple
act of walking backward. Ten min
utes is as long as is usually necessary
to promanade. 1t sometimes, how
ever, requires more than ten minutes
to walk at all, if one is very nervous. +"
But it is not understood that it is
necessary to walk a chalk line. Any
kind of walking will do, provided it is
backward. 1t is well to get in a long
narrow room, where the windows are
high, and walk very slowly, placing
first the ball of the foot on the floor,
and then the heel. Besides curing the
headache, this exercise promotes a
graceful carriage. half hours walk
backward every day will do wonders
toward producing graceful gait
Medical Record.
The tea plant, when growing wild,
grows from Is TO 20 feet in height. hnt
under cultivation is kept down 10
about feet for convenience in gather
ing the leaves.
The Van Buren press., 1896-01-11

Use none but silver spoon for
your sweetmeats.
The Forrest City times., 1896-07-17
Assignment Set Aside.

At Little Rock Chancellor Martin set
aside the assignment made by j. B.
Cheatham, the North Little Rock mer.
chant, whose failure occurred several
months ago. The effect of this decision
is that the funds derived from the sale
Of the assets assigned will be distrib-
uted pro rata among all the creditors
OF Cheatham. Thus creditors not pre-
ferred in the deed of assignment will
get share of the proceeds yielded by
the sale of the stock