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The Van Buren press., 1896-10-03

- fresh and clear a. If It had Only come
% psss On yesterday, bat Ben TINS
= vent On TO tel ne all about J.
You see Buck he was the ehiEest
a.sbr Of the siIiigan family, though at
sHst tfme he was a great lubbeEly boy
flentv big enough 10 put away the
5I5ags . a child and take Up the things
81 a nan. Late one eTeniu the cd man
had s4st Buck down TO the pasteE win
his hSTse. and ! was first dusk "heh
h got there ard turned the horse IN
I'D started home.
IN tEe main time, you understand
Eafe. ne and y0u or some OF the mig
zers had been telIin Buck some ou'-
Tsr7fsh and hzir-Faisin stories n re-
cards 70 snakes and if there was any.
thing il tbs round created world which
that boz 5est naturally eouldn't stand
5hz naked thoughts OF. was snakes.
. h turned the horse n the paster.
aang thu bride across his shoulder and
started Fl sWzngin trot for tie big
hose. wh5eh Il vas q mile, OF may be Z
little better. that he had 70 20.
Nov shen presently Buck he looked
back snd 5kouzhE he saW a thuHderin
Ex snake ruuaza after him and right
y hls heels L WAS now about night
-zhe uasz vas e1uin ont. and his irst
zksaEhs v@ that 4 coaehwhip O. one
e shssz * blaek Tunners was RICH.
e Eskzz5 bin Well mzn, ST. from
BAT Bzask kas szzee told IRE. : ever q
@-a Bog s1tces5 sand and burnt the
az-5 = foot raee with harmless
zszs..ss C .s.szV- lsaskz-- he rs that hoy.
BAT - Esa- BIB telI !. Buck eaal6n't
-1zH au1a FROM lie blame thing worth
3 gent Every the Re taraei Is head
aa1 threaett - svss Aass- there was
she snake sccrghzn TIE very earth III
Ter has aseHs- H run Ike / az1rrer
zsrsa SCREW 1sz further thar mile,
whzsh bx then - was J SIP ozs OF
breath 1u1 BAD - vfVe NJ the raee- II
TIE horrors OF skat o-faI moment he
fFawed rs pocket knife. Jumped uE
IN 4 stunD aad turned 20 make a
seht for lie VIXEN u 8a3 behold h
didn't see blame thing bat the. IL rem
u his bride. whfeh he had been drag
gin behind him and runHfH from It. as
He Thought. in a race for life and death
IF that had been ne Or you, Rufe
the raIe facts in the case never would
Of leaked out to the general public. But
in so fur as I know Buck Milligan never
did eat any soup with Solomon TO speak
Of, and eonsequentially he didn't have
no better sense than to let the cat out oil
the wallet, whilst the joke was too good
for us boys to keep"
The Van Buren press., 1896-10-03
Hair Embroidery.

In olden times IL was the custom for
ladies TO give their sweethearts hand
kerchiefs with their initials embroid-
cred with the fair donors hair, OF finger
rings or watch chains made from hair.
Such fashions have died out, says a
writer in the Cincinnati Enquirer. but
the fashion for embroidering handker-
chiefs with hair has been revived.
For embroidering purposes the hair
should be soaked in boiling water be
fore using TO make IL soft and pliable. so
that IT, can be threaded In a fine needle
and used like silk. One method is to
lap down several strands OF hair and
sew or couch IL with fine silk. Feather
stitching is often done with hair. and
with a little practice is very effective.
In figure embroidery hair is used for
the eyebrows and eyelashes, making the
figure much more natural-looking.-
Boston Herald.
The Van Buren press., 1896-10-03
a FRANK WITNESS.
Testimony Taken In Breach OF Promise
Suit.

Suit.
In Henry county, this state, some
years ago, a young woman who was
suing her former sweetheart for breach
of promise was put on the witness
stand, and the lawyers, as usual, began
making all sorts of inquisitive inter-
rogatories.
you say" remarked one, THAT the
defendant frequently sat very close 10
you?"
"Yessir," was the reply, with hectic
flush.
How close?"
"Close enough SOS one cheer was all
the sittin' room we needed"
"And you say he put his arm around
your waist?"
mo, didn't"
what did you say, then?"
81 said he put both arms aroun' me-
Then what?"
"he Rugged me-"
VERY hard?"
ep, he did. So hard that came
purity near hollerin' right out.
why didn't you holler?"
cause"
That's no excuse. Be explicit
please; because what?"
''Cause | was Altered he'd stop
Chicago Post.
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Medicine Up to Date.

Hello, Sinker. / hear you've been
sick"
ayes. l went out camping and made
an ass of myself sleeping in the open
air"
what was the matter?"
"The doctors didn't seem to agree.
DR.. Lancet said something about a cen
gested condition of the mucous MEM
brane, and DIR. Pellet said 1 had cold
in my head"
when did DR.. Lancet graduate?"
Last SPRING
And Or. Pellet?"
20, he's been practicing for 40 years"
That's all right, then. They prob
ably meant the same thing."-Chicago
Tribune
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He wouldn't BE a Goose.

"Now the way in which Buck Milligan
give the news away coneernin his ter
rible footrace with the tie rein of his
bride always did put me in mind Of
Dink Ashcraft and the story he use to
tell of how he got into tremendous
bad confusionment with Miss Rosebud
Bnekalew oncst upon a time And
Ben Chris had to stop and let his laughin
spell pass off before he could proceed
with the proceedins.
I'm them days Dink was in the awk-
ward and goslin stage of life, Rufe,
which I reckon you understand what l
mean by that. You can recollect no
doubts when you didn't know for GER
tain what to do with your feet and
hands, and couldn't think of anything
in particular to say to the girls. You
could think of plenty to say till you got
right in amongst the calico, and the
laces, and the ribbons, and the like of
that and then dadblame it your talkin
machinery would run slap down and
stop.
We'll from the way Dink use to tell
tAlE 0kbA IL fNOAAb 0TEAAA 4trHt &4t was
lCvin Miss Rosebud harder than a mule
could kick backwards down hill with
both feet and he had made his engage
meuts to 90 with her to night meetin
over at old Ebenezer church. Dink
lowed he had fixed up a whole long rig
amarole OF sweet and pleasant things
to tell his mainest girl that night but
soon as he got with her he forgot every
blame thing he had thought of in the
main time. And from all appearments
It looks like Miss Rosebud was also a
| timid young thing and couldn't do any
off-hand talkin to speak Of.
$50 they talked about the weather
and the crops. and got off a few short
stanZas in regard to the moon and stars
and then by gracious they struck a
knot and couldn't move peg. They
went on till by and by the general ST.
lence got plum heavy and painful and
oppressin. About that time they passed
drove of geese grain by moonlight
along the road, and it seems as if the
sight of them geese made Dink think
of something to say.
Miss Rosebud. says Dink, wouldn't
you hate to be goose|
"'Well, | don't know so much about
that, Mister Asheraft,' says Miss Rose
bud. The goose is both useful and
ornamental. When killed and cooked
it is good for food, and when picked it,
feathers make nice, soft beds and pill
lows. If | had to be fowl 1 would
as soon be a goose as anything else
"Well, / would hate to be a goose
Miss Rosebud I would mortally hat'
to be n goose says Dink.
"'Why would you hate to be a goos'
so mortal bad, MIR. Ashcraft" says Miss
| Rosebud.
"'Oh, my says Dink, Jest because
would have to lay such big egg
"And then from the way Dink wa
wont to tell it, two long and weary
hours passed away before him and Mis-
Rosebud could think of any other anC
| further remarks to make"
Thus and so Ben Chris went on t.
talk about them golden days of our boy
hood. and the boys and girls we use Il
TO run with, till bless gracious it wa
clost 10 midnight when we set the ra
traps and wound up the clock AM
blowed out the light and went to bed
RIFFS SANDERS.
The Van Buren press., 1896-10-03

to bear the ills of life. He can h. l,on
pv II he will or he cail make him.nIs
miserable by brooding over little iror.
bles. The world is bright and beauti.
full and full OF blessings 70 those WIZ
try TO see IT SO. So let Mrs. Minis stav
away If she wants to and let the ola
COW keep on hunting for calf and we
will still be calm and sarene.-Bill Arm
in Atlanta Constitution.
The Van Buren press., 1896-10-03

Mother" said the old farmer who
for years had saved up his cash, as ne
gazed sadly on the ashes before him.
when l said we'd have money to burn
| didn't mean for you to take it so durn
literally, l swo l didn't"
As usual, he had hidden his roll OF
bills in the stove and she had kindled
a fire therein the first cool day.-N' l.
World
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UnkInd.

mo, sir" said the physician, pomp-
ously, 81 never lost more than half
dozen patients in my life"
well; I'm surprised" replied the
cynical man.
Surprised at what?"
AT your ability TO make living on
so small a practice" - Washington
Times.
The Van Buren press., 1896-10-03

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The Van Buren press., 1896-10-03

81 suppose you are fond of Shake
speare," said one legitimate actor to an
other.
"Of course. I am"
"Then why in the name of humanity
40 you insist on acting his player
Washington Star.
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Properly Executed.

Judge-You are charged with shoot
ing a dog in the city limits. Are you
guilty or not guilty?
Prisoner-Not guilty, jedge; 1 didn't
shoot him in de city limits.
Judge-Where did you shoot him?
Prisoner-In de head, iedge.
(Six months. )-Up-to-Date.
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gU2ekwake
aEsz start and
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u21ru boys
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s1T hzIt
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A Race for Lie and Death.

"And don't you remember the time,
RUFF. when Buck Milligan thought the
tie rein Of his bride was a snake. and
for a little more would have ruL his
fool self to death2"
OF course / remembered that time
The Van Buren press., 1896-10-03

That was a bad runaway Jou had
the other night, Mrs. Dash"
Yes, but il was very stylish; NC h~d
four horses" Chicago Record.
The Van Buren press., 1896-10-03
THEN GOLDEN DAYS"
Tns Sage OF Rocky Creek Log
Ing Backwards
Be- Cars Weaver Cones Up freza the
Cd .efsGsmezs = Lag IE<Esr
zzz xks WIzzsr--Bzek Nil
u<xzas Race

How would : suit yoa, Ruts. for
= 70 nzke = eroa marx and SPIT n il
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ingly that they had blended all the col
ors Of his hair and face into n tone of
silvery gray. out Of which his blue eyes
glanced humorOusly as he shook the
young fellows hand. BETTY and !
ore having "a wedding march for the
twsaty-ninth time he said, "and Betty
IL guarding all her treasures in the
house. We're going TO have n we'd
ding supper when we get TO the beach.
and you must stay"
I'D forgotten that this was your we'd
ding day" the young man said.
"Why. whose else should Il be p asked
| Hildreth, laughing. "Yours?"
The young fellow looked at him mo-
ment. He knew that behind Robbie Hill
dreth's merry eyes there was one Of
the gentlest, truest souls. lie drew him
little further from the workmen. at
was TO have been my wedding day." he
said.
Many people who knew that the Hill
dreth house was moving went out OF
their way 10 see the place where IL
had stood. Among them was the young
minister who was taking his FIRST
charge IN the village. Robbie Hldreih
and he had met NJ the post Office. and
Hildreth had told him that the NOV
ing was n celebration, 20 he started
presently 70 call on Mrs. Hildreih, and
20 wish her constant Joy. and ~ many
returns Of the day in the future as
there had been in the past. THAT would
take them far beyond their golden we'd
ding" he thought. ard, with a sudden
realization Of the faithfulness Of love
which had lasted 70 long and would last
30 much longer II heaven spared them
he turned his steps to pass the garler
where they had lived together for gc
many years.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-11-06

a forlorn hope column and bore the brunt
of the combat ard carnage A soldier of
General Heth's division, j. H. Moore of
the Seventh Tennessee, was one of the first
to set history right and to claim for his
comrades the credit due them for valor
and sacrifices in that hour of destiny. He
shows that Heth's command, led that day
by General Pettigrew, was not acting as
support to Pickett, but formed the larger
part of the line of battle and carried more
men into action than did Pickett's. He
says: a
"Heth's division was ordered to report
to General Longstreet, and about 10 a. m.
we formed upon the left of Pickett's divi-
sion, with orders to rest in line of battle.
These two divisions were selected to make
the assault on Cemetery ridge. Pickett's
line was supported by two brigades Of An
derson s division. Heth' S was supported by
two bIigades of Pender's division. BY II
o'clock or perhaps little earlier those
who were destined to attempt the capture
Of Cemetery ridge were in line in full view
Of the Federal stronghold and ready to ad
vance. We could distinctly see the formida-
BILE line Of artillery, distant about 1000
yards. All realized the danger of the task
SGT before us. Every spot Of the interven-
officer In the hope that it might prove ad
vantageous when the impending storm of
battle should burst upon lis.
"After we had formed line Lee, Long
street and Pickett rode up and down our
front several times, observing our align
ment and with aeldglasses studying the
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-11-06
TEA JACKET AND TEA GOWN.

full combination. Old rose on a much
darker shade of the same forms another
imperial brocade.
There is MORE armure. Armure " Ill
know, Is the fine weave resembling chain
mail. Heretofore this silk has been con.
sidered quite rich enough without any ad-
ditional fancies, but now we find armure
produced as MORE also, and with the pc.
ouliar seeded armure effect, heightened by
an overthrow brocade in colors in floral
pattern, or in some instances with Persian
designs in stripes over the MORE armure
ground. The Persian designs all have gold
in them to brighten the soft and generally
indistinct tones. The plain MORE antique
is unusually rich and heavy, and the de-
sign is usually very bold and far larger
and more eccentric than I have ever seen
it, A few of these have small but exquisite
swivel floral figures in natural colors.
Others have tiny square dots in satin,
woven so as to take on half dozen gray
shades, while still being jet black in a di.
rect light
Velours Is another one of the rich fabrics
presented for this season. It Is very well
adapted for suits which will be trimmed
with fur and worn for mice" The velours
comes In black and all the seasons new
shades in solid colors, besides in two tones,
where the cord is one color and the filling
IL another. Some of them also have faint
but wide stripes. Some of the velours also
have the watered lines of MORE. They
are very effective over the heavy cords.
The two toned velours are shown in two
shades Of blue, one dark and one light. and
in blue and green.
It Is remarkable how quickly the fancy
for the blue and green combinations have
caught favor. The taffeta silks are, it
seems to me, more lustrous in green and
blue than in any other two colors. People
take 1t on trust, and have yet to find one
woman who will admit that she really
likes 1t, yet she feels that she must have q
gown, a hat, parasol or q plaid shawl
combining that vivid dark green and bril-
liant dark blue that combine into the
fashionable mixture. In velours we find
dark brown and lemon yellow woven TO-
gether with unusually pleasing effect.
Blue over red and blue and orange are all
flne and rich. Velours takes very little
trimming aside from silk passementerie
and plain velvet or silk for vests, ETC., and
with the present shape Of skirts, with
their full, weeping folds, they are superb,
and not go very expensive either.
Velvet ia another of the fabrics offend In
astounding quantities for Handsome
gowns, for home, street and all sorts of
evening wear. The young girls will be
allowed velvet in blue, green, brown and
ruby. The matrons will monopolize the
black, gray, purple and prune. Theater
and opera bodices will be made very often
q velvet with taffeta sleeves, and where Q
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-11-06

very dressy effect Is required they Will DO
ont square In the neck in pompadour form.
The princess shapes, which 1t Is expected
will be very popular in velvet and other
very rich goods, will not admit OF any 9TH
ar manner of treatment as an evening
dress. It would manifestly be inartistic to
cut it off at the shoulders, and pointed 1t
could not be, so Nine. Pompadour sets the
style. Other materials and other bodices,
however, may be fashioned to suit the
wearer, One ruby velvet princess for
Young lady In her second season had the
waist cut in pompadour shape There were
square revers laying on over the puned
sleeves. These Wore made Of cream WHITE
velours and they were bordered with a
narrow scroll pattern sewed In bne Jet
beads At the bottom Of the skirt In front
the velvet was slashed and faced with the
velours and at the bottom there was fan
plating of pink taffeta edged with friu
Of ruby chiffon.
The baby waist for young girls gains In
popularity, and from the present outlook
one may prophesy that more than half the
dancing frocks will have that always pretty
waist, The sleeves to these are short and
Invariably pulled, and ribbon sashes are
tied with long, floating ends or are arranged
in front In sword fashion. This last is
quite a new idea. In the new stuffs for
dancing frocks the prettiest by all means
ia the chambry gauze. This Is trans
parent and light, yet stiff and with Won
derful luster and sheen and true silk rus
tie. imagine it must be made OF the
new imitation silk, but whether it Is or no
It ia an ideal dancing dress for three rea-
sons-flrst, it is exquisite; second, 1t Is
strong, and third, it never "goes raggy,'
like all the other diaphanous dresses. This
aas a little wool in it's wool, which gives 1T
u soft, snowlike surface. Some Of it Is
striped in light shades like the celebrated
broussa gauze The stripes are always OF
satin.
In wooden goods the most marked novel
ty is the wool velours with MORE pattern.
It is rich enough to justify its being and
Is very lustrous. 1t Is always In solid color.
The dark prune, garnet, blue, green,
brown and black are very effective. There
are some light shades, but none OF them
pleases as do the dark ones saw dress
and cape made of velours of the darkest
shade Of prune. The gown was OF the
MORE or watered pattern and the cape OF
the plain velours in exactly the same
shade Trimmed, as both were, with very
rich collars, etc., of dark prune Lyons vel
vet, bound with narrow folds Of white
faille, it was superb
The canvas weaves continue to show
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-11-06
FOND FATHERS ERROR
A Stage Driver Held Up by His
~ ~, GIN Son.
TRAGEDY OF TIE SANTA TE TRAIL.

The Fatal Mistake of y,luff Old Tom Ad-
ANS Maynard son-Held Up the Wrong
stage-A Friend of Kit Carson and His
Pitiful End.
"Neyer Drawer man than Tom Adams
ever sat q saddle or pulled a trigger. "
That is what Kit Carson said at Pueblo.
Colo, a few days before he died in 1862
General Carson's remark was called out
by the news of the terrible calamity that
had bef;:llen his old friend and comrade a
short time before
Tom Adams had been a frontiersman
and trusted companion Of Bridger. Car
son, Williams and other splendid charac-
ters Of the same type. When Ben Halliday
established stages beyond the Great Divide,
Tom Adams became u driver and shared
with Hank Monk the reputation OF being
one of the bravest and most reliable men
that over held the lines above four flying
horses.
"No passenger was ever hurt while
was on the box, and no road agent ever
held me up though the best of EN- planned
again and again to do 1t. This was said
by Tom Adams him. elf to the writer Of
this sketch short time before the end Of
his driving came.
This man was in no sense boaster, for,
like all his class, he was modest and who'll
ly wanting in the self consciousness Of the
braggart
Tom Adams was at this time nearly 60,
for his long hair and beard were an iron
gray. but beyond the fact that no "was
born over in Pike county. Mo-, nigh on to
80 or 80 year ago. - he knew but little of
his own anteccIents
When he had reached middle age, Tom
met his fate in southern Colorado In the
form of an olive faced, dark eyed senorita.
Marie Maxwell Like all his class, Tom
Adams cared nothing for wealth He had,
however, about 81, 800, and after his mar
2riage he built him a house and invested
what was left In sheep. He might have
grown rich in this business, for the coun.
try is favorable Tor the enterprise. and In
those days the land had not been seized on
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-11-06

able gold dust from the placers in New
, Mexico, and the down coaches often car
ried paymasters with money for thel troops
at Fort Union and along the Rio Grande.
! Hold ups there had been in many parts OF
the west, but so far none had been at
/ tempted on this route. Immunity from
plumber did not give the drivers overcon-
fdence, for they were always we'll armed
and on the alert, though they had no spe-
cial guards.
Tom Adams was about to leave Fort
Union for Trinidad. 1t was early morn
Ing, and the men who heard the talk be-
! tween the driver and his son afterward re-
called every word.
Young Kit had been playing cards the
night before and. unknown to his father,
had not only lost all his money, but ran
into debt In his effort to win back.
lis Major Taggart coming back with
you, father" asked the young man.
This Major Taggart was Colonel David
Taggart of Pennsylvania, and at that time
paymaster for the department.
"No," replied the father, "he'll be down
tomorrow with Joe Hobart, and right
smart pile he'll have with him, for the boys
amt been paid of for three months on &C
count of the Injun trouble on the plains. "
Beyond the ordinary "Adios, padre milo, "
"Adios, muchacho," that Is all that was
overheard.
Tom Adams drove northward, and about
sunset he halted at tie station, where he
passed the south bound stage and the pas
sengers got supper and the horses were
changed.
Joe Hobart's family lived at Trinidad
He left his wife in a dying state and was
anxious to RETURN He stated his case to
Tom Adams and proposed that he (Adams)
should return to Fort Union, Colonel Tag
CART and his clerk being the only passen-
gers while he went back to his wife.
Tom Adams agreed to this at once-in.
deed, the company had already planned to
make just this change and to get another
driver for relief.
Colonel Taggart sat up on the box with
the driver till near midnight, for Tom,
when he liked his company, could be the
most interesting man in all the mountains,
and as all old army officers know, Colonel
Taggart's heart was as big us his body,
and that Is saying much.
Tom was not averse to speaking of him
self, but the beauty and tho brightness Of
Young Kit were subjects of which he nev-
or wearied. According TO himself, Kit
knew Spanish and English better than any
man in the world, and as q fiddler, singer
and dancer he was without q rival.
When the colonel said, with smile, that
the boy might one day be president, the