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The Van Buren press., 1896-03-14

We would suggest, that when he gets
his beer vault finished, D. J. Young
also import Fort Smithians to drink his
beer. Better make it a thoroughly
Fort Smith institution.
The colored people gave a supper at
the opera house Saturday night, the
proceeds of which were to be used in
assisting INDECENT members of the
colored community in paying their
taxes.
The Agricultural Experiment Station
at Fayetteville has just issued bulletin
on potato culture, which will be OF
interest to our planters. 1t can be had
free of charge on application to the
Station at Fayetteville.
A bill has been introduced in Congress
by Congressman Little to have the
government donate the balance of the
old reserve (the old fort) to the public
schools of Fort Smith, to be sold by
them for the purpose of improvements.
Like all new converts to a party
Hank Dill is the rankest of rank
Republicans now, but those arguments
at that League meeting in Jasper town
ship were to strong for him to answer
satisfactorily, so he crawled in his hole.
The eastbound local freight was
wrecked near Mulberry Saturday eve
ming late, by running over COW. The
train was in charge of Conductor j. M 8.
White, with Engineer Burrell and
Fireman Walker, both of whom were
injured.
Secretary Jobe, of the Arkansas Press
Association, has accepted, on behalf OF
the Association, the invitation of Mrs
P. D. and Miss Fannie Scott to enter
tain the members during their stay in
Van Buren, while going to the conven-
tion at Springdale.
We suppose if D. j. Young could
have done so he would have brought
over the lot on which to erect his beeI
vault. He brought over everything
else-workmen, material and all. We
cannot see of what earthly benefit an
enterprise of that kind is to a town.
Perhaps it was a good thing the city
council did not listen to his proposition
for electric lights.
THE PRESS this week adds to its
announcement column the name of S.
W. Sheriff., for the the office of Repre-
sentative from Crawford. Mr. Sheriff.
is resident of Whitley Township, one
of the strongest Democrats in that part
of the county and, withal, a gentleman
in every way qualified to fill the office
of Representative. We bespeak fo1
him a fair consideration of his claims.
1t was with deep sorrow that our
citizens heard on Sunday morning of
the death of Mrs. c.. G.. Montague
after an illness of seven weeks. 1t was
a sad blow to the husband and seven
children who We're left behind to mourn
her untimely death. Death, at what
ever time, is sad for those left behind,
but is doubly so when children are left
to mourn mother, whose place can
never be filled. There is but little con-
ISOLATION that can be given, and time
alone can heal the cruel wounds. The
sympathies Of the entire community are
with the bereaved husband and family.
The remains were taken TO their last
resting place Sunday afternoon
attended by a large eoncourse of friends.
The Van Buren press., 1896-03-14
Examination Notice,

The quarterly examination of teachers
for license, for this county, will be held
in Van Buren, March 10Th and goth.
WILL J. NEAL, County Examiner.
The Van Buren press., 1896-03-14
LOCAL and Personal.
Read the Democratic platform.

Read the Democratic platform.
C. c. Cook visited Fort Smith
Monday.
ROSES-A nice lot of healthy plants.
Call on l.. GRAFT.
Mr.. G. j. Murta is at Hot Springs
trying the baths,
Col. Boggy johnson was on our
streets last Tuesday.
Van Buren, was treated to regular
snow storm yesterday.
Mrs. S. D. Hamm, of Little Rock, is
in the city on business.
MAGNOLIAS. -- A full assortment of
nice plants. Call on L. GRAFT.
c. B. Fontaine is visiting at Paris,
Logan county, this week.
Mrs. G. R. Cordell is slowly recover
ing from severe illness.
Col. o. L. Miles made flying bust
ness trip to Greenwood Monday.
Mr.. w. Taylor, of Holly Grove, is
visiting DR.. and Mrs. II. Weems.
The BARRIERS war has been declared
Oft and former prices now prevail.
The opera house has been treated to a
thorough and much needed renovating.
j. E. Jarvis has received new wheel
and is now full fedged bicycle crank.
Miss Leah shibley returned Tuesday
from an extended visit at Little Rock.
A small quantity of snow fell We'd
nesday night, but did not remain long
M and Mrs. T. L. Wallace were
visiting Clarksville, their old home, this
week
r. E. Brown spent Sunday in
Fayetteville as guest of Prof. and Mrs.
Menke.
Mrs. Bert Hoffman was over from
Fort Smith this week visiting her
mother. q
1t is now positively given ont that the
execution of Cherokee Bill will not be
public.
Mart Weaver has been laid up for
several days this week with Job S
affection. GO
b. G. Covey came down from
Fayetteville to spend Sunday with his
family.
Mrs. Mcdowell, of Sallisaw, is visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. B. c. Covey,
this week.
The string of fence on the north side
OF the cemetery has been put in good
condition.
The county candidates started on
their rounds Monday, beginning at
Glenwood.
ben Jones was able to resume his
position in the postoffice Monday, after
week s illness.
Mr. S. P. Mitchell came down from
Auldrow and spent Saturday and Sun
day in Van Buren.
remember by voting the Republican
deAet you endanger the project for im-
proving Main street
ID. II. Miller has returned from st.
Lonis. whore he purchased large
STOCK for the Southmayd- Miller Dry
t-oods Go. Al a buyer ID II cannot
BE- hant
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ASSIST NATURE

a little now and til N
In removing offaid-
ing matter from the
stomach and bowels
and you thereby
avoid a multitude
OF distres ssiilg de.
rangements aud dis
eases, aud will have
less frequent need
of your doctors s
service.
= OF ali=kn own
agents for this puf.
pose, DIR. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets are
the b e st. Once
used, they are al.
ways I'm favor.
Their secondary ef.
feet is to keep the
bowels pen and
regular, rot to fur.
ther constipate, as
Ltlie with
The Van Buren press., 1896-03-14
IfYou Want..

to Buy, Sell, or Exchange Lands
or Town Property, give me mum =
bers. improvements and price, =
cash or time. If you want to
purchase let me know what you
want. will sell on reasonable
corn mission.
VIM. L. TAYLOR.
The Van Buren press., 1896-03-14

Epworth League meeting each Sun.
DAY evening at O'Clock at the
Methodist Church.
The Van Buren press., 1896-03-14
3. :. MURTA Il CO,
Excursion Rates to Eur eka Springs.

Account Peoples Party Mass Meeting to be
held at Eureka Springs the Frisco line will sci
round trip tickets to Seligman, on March 18th
and 18th, at 1896. good for returning unit
March u, 1886. G. E. GooDING, Agent.
The Van Buren press., 1896-03-14
EUREKA SPRINGS R'Y.
,osea,,oarI Mail and Fxnrpss

Soeeial Notices in The Local Columns Fire cents
Line for first insertion, and Jfre ceats pei
line for each subsequent insertion. AL locals
run aad charged for at dboee rates until or
dered discontinued.
The Van Buren press., 1896-03-14

Are Yon One of those unhappy people suffer-
ing with weak nerves7 Remember that the
nerves may be made strong by Hoods Sarsa-
parilla, which feeds them upon pure blood
Hoods Pills are the best after. dinner pill:
assist digestion, prevent constipation. 25c 30
The Van Buren press., 1896-03-14
THE VAN BUREN PRESS.
VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS.
pAIlROAD TIME TABLES.

Trains 28i, 49, 233, 23i, 2is and 2i4 will carry
passengers. GONG WEST.
No o8i. Arr. $50 pm. Arr. GofeyYile $50 pm
so 533 . 40 am. Ft. smith 30 a. m.
NJ ~ oiS 5iS 1925 am. (Stops at Van Buren,.
GOING EAST.
No go. Arr. 115 pm. Arr. Little Rock sos pm
No No al !" GAO am. loo pm
NO 81 81 Iv 10.55 am Coal Hill 3.05 D. m
II Trains 2sl, 232 233 234 run daily.
frrains 243 and 244 do not run on Sunday.
rhroneh trains make stop OF minutes.
GREENWOOD BRANCH.
No 4e6. Arr. 1l:25 m. Stops at Van Buren,.
M 909. Lv, 80 pm. Arr. Greenwood 5;25 P. m.
1sl Daily, except Sunday
- A HAYS, Agent.
The Van Buren press., 1896-03-14

Hank Dill ran onto snag during the
organizing of Republican league club
in Jasper township.
Middletown transcript., 1896-06-20
FOR CO. EDUCATION.

1t is not as important to graduate
well at % IS it is to be a healthy, splen-
did woman at 30." were the wise words
spoken by Alice Freeman Palmer at
Chautauqua, in discussing the question
of co-education. Another point well
taken in her address was that a basis
for marriage made in co-educational
institution is likely to result in bet
ter life than a basis made in a ball
room.
Since it is inevitable that young
men and women will be attached to
each other, it is desirable that they
should become acquainted on the
wholesome ground of common interests
in study rather than in the artificial life
of social gayeties. If the ideals are pure
and high in the homes from which
they come. the intercourse between
students of the opposite sex will par
take of the same characteristics.
But in Mrs. Palmer's Judgement the
home does not give girls as good prepa-
ration for college as boys and certainly
her opportunities for observation, as
both student and professor at Ann
Arber, and as president at Wellesley,
entitle her opinions to careful consid-
GRAFTON.
Middletown transcript., 1896-06-20
WANAMAKER CLOTHING

:"
The timely clothing is serge
$3.50 to $IS a suit, to meas
ure SIS, or $50 if you prefer
there's nothing else so easy,
comfortable and goodlooking
in summer.
We need to say three things
about it: 1--WE sell thousands
of serge suits every summer ;
(2) the $3.50 is a good sub
stantial durable suit = don't
Judge by the price without
seeing; (3) the $I8 is Clay,
the best in the world F.; the
cloth ranks highest, costs most;
the making is like the cloth.
The to-measure is Clay.
There are several grades
between the $3.50 and $IS
suits. The prices seem low !;
they are; but not below our
usual scale.
Bear in mind we sell
$3, 900, 900 of clothing a year !;
it is not done at extravagant
prices.
Trousers-5,ooo in sight;
another 5000 ready to take
their places.
Begin at $3.50; we don't
make 'em don't know much
about EN-. Good ones So to
$3.50; we make 'em and know
all about 'em.
This is at Oak Hall ; the
other stores have enough, not
SO many, not so much room.
Your money back if you
want it.
We mention the postof6ce
store because it's new super
fuous probably.
Golf and bike suits IS to
$40.
WANAMAKER & Brown.
Oak Hall, Market and Sixth
Chestnut and Ninth,
across from the Postoffice.
Double breasted serge coats
$3.50 = too much for the
money. Suits very little more.
WILLIAM H. WANAMAKER.
Market and Twelfth,
Philadelphia.
We pay railroad fare on
moderate purchases.
Middletown transcript., 1896-06-20

necessarily taianted woman, but she
converses with ease and intelligence on
the topics of the day. Her opinions
are defined, and to a certain extent de-
cided, but at the same time they are
open to correction, nor does she set
them up in opposition to the opinion
Of others.
The charming woman is not in the
habit of talking about herself and her
own peculiartroubles and grievances.
She has her "bad days" like every one
else, but she. takes care that others shall
not suffer on her account, ,and when she
has an attack of the dumps she isolates
herself in order that the infection may
spread no further. She is, above all, a
sympathetic woman, and knows how
to make people feel that she takes an
individual interest in them. She is
never too busy to lend assistance, and a
shake of her hand is as good as any
number of words from anyone else.
She is woman who adapts herself to
the varying circumstances of life and
who prefers to look on the bright side
of things. All disagreeable and un-
kind remarks she hears made about
others die with her, and she knows
how to say the right word atthe right
time. In conversation she studies the
sore points of her acqusintances and
studiously avoids them, and adroitly
introduces subjects on which they can
talk best. She is content to be in the
shadow If she can make another shine.
Such is the description of "the wo-
man who charm - These Characters
tics have not been acquired in flash,
but by careful study of herself and
others. She is by no means a paragon
of perfection, but, with all her short
comings, she is possessed of the valua-
BILE art of charming.
Middletown transcript., 1896-06-20

them; the garden is stheir favorite hunt
ing-ground, where they catch thou
sands Of bugs and worms, and really
do great deal of good. They do not
scratch for their food like chickens;
only when making their nests 90 they
hollow out little cup-sLaped receipt
acle in the seft earth, and these are
sometimes found running over with
small brown eggs, for they are prolific
layers. In fact, We keep them chiefly
for their eggs, and because they are
such pretty, harmless little things and
and serve to give variety to the place.
The eggs of the guinea are rich and
well favored, preferred by many house.
keepers for cake and ot1er nice cooking.
1t is common saying that when
broken their eggs are as largeas a hens
egg, owing to the fact. as 1 suppose,
the yelk is larger in proportion. The
shell is remarkablyithick, so hard to
break that, if the eggs were round, the
boys might take them 10 play marbles
with.
But few farmers get as many eggs in
proportion to their flock of guineas as
we do. They are allowed to run wild
over the place, and make their nests SO
far a-field that the crows get most of
the eggs. When one of the flock is
wanted for table use it is shot like wild
game, which of course makes the flock
wilder still. Very few young guineas
are raised under these circumstances.
They are so tender and delicate that if
the flock doubles itself in a season it
is considered as doing very well.-1he
Country Gentlemen.
Middletown transcript., 1896-06-20
FOR MOTHERS TO KNOW.


! That rapid eating is slow suicide.
That lump of sugar saturated i
vinegar is efficacious in most cases G
hiccough.
That in sleeping in cold room es
tablish habit of breathing throug
the nose, never with the mouth open
That severe paroxysm of coughin,
may often be arrested by tablespoon
full of glycerine in a wine glass of ho
milk.
That to compel a child to eat any
thing which its palate naturally rebel,
is cruelty at the moment and il
likely to produce evil effects later on,
That few drops of the tincture OF
benzion PIT into water in which the
face is bathed will prevent the shiny
appearance of the skin with which so
many people are affected especially in
warm weather.
A baby's hair seldom grows very
much during the first year of its lie.
It just gets long enough to be pretty;
but if it should get lanky and thin,
with long points or tails of hair in the
neck, the ends may just be clipped, and
the hair will be all the stronger.
Children love 10 max soap bubbles:
it is twice as much fun if the bubbles
are big ones strong enough not to break
when they are fioated to the floor. Bub-
bles twice as large as your head OF as
large as the largest kind of football,
car be easily blown by anyone who
knows how to mix up the soap bub-
BILE material. To make these large
bubbles take piece of CASTLE soap
about as big as walnut. Cut it up
in cup of water and then add a tea
spoonful of glycerine. Stir well and
blow from smallpipe. To make pink
bubbles add a few drops of strawberry
juice, and to make yellow ones put in
a little orange juice.
Babies often have their delicate skins
much irritated by the hard edges Of
starched frocks and pelisses,
and if there is one thing more calcu-
lated to make them fretful than another, |
tits the starched hem around the neck
and starched rough seam where the
sleeve is sewn to the armhols. All this
8 quite avoided by dressing them in
inc white serge, delaine or silk frocks,
hat are very easily washed when
'oiled, but are always innocent of
'tarch. They are not more costly than
muslin in the long run; but they
'hould always be washed at home in
warm. soft water, and ironed damp
With warm but not too hot, iron,
md well aired afterwards.
Middletown transcript., 1896-06-20
Deafness Cannot be S,ured

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 constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an infamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube is inhamed you have q
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed. Deafness is the
result, and unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its
normal condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever: nine cases out of ten are caused by
catarrh, which isnothing but ar infiamed
condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars; free.
~. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
"a Sold by Druggists, 75c
Middletown transcript., 1896-06-20
a m. a m. a m. d /

Daily. Daily except Sunday.
| "a" Stops to leave passengers from Whining.
| points south of Delmar.
| or on signal.
| "i'' Stops to leave passengers from Middle
town and points south.
IT, Stops to let off passengers from points
south of Harrington.
,,1., NEW CASTLE ACCOMMODATES TRAINs.-Leave
| Wilmington l2.10 a. m. and 9.5l M, daily:
e.l3. Ills, a. m, 2 SO, 43O6l5, 653, D. M. week
| days: Leave New Castle $50 a. M and 10 10 q
m, daily. s.3l, 945 ll.O2 a. M, lis, SO, 6 A,
7z2 p. M, weekdays.
Express trains leaving Harrington SOS a. M.
ana arriving at ga p. m, weekdays, run
through solid to and from Baltimore via Porter
and Newark.
BRANCH ROADS.
DELAWARE, MARYLAND & VIRGINIA R. R.
Leave Harrington for Franklin City and way
stations lO.S m. weekdays, 6.2S p m Tuesdays
thursdays and Saturdays only Returning
train leaves Franklin City 5.52 NJ. weekdays,
l45 p m Tuesdays, Thursdays and SATURDAYS
only.
Leave Franklin City for Chincoteague (via
steamer LAB p. m, week days Returning,
leave Chincoteague 4.42 a. m, weekdays.
Leave Harrington for Georgetown and Lewes
az lO3I a. m 6. .2S p. m weekdays Returning
leave Lewes6.45 a. M, 20 p. M, weekdays.
Leave Harrington for Berlin, 1887 a. M week.
days and 6.28 p. M, Tuesdays, Thursdays and
saturdays only. Returning, leave Berlin 659
G N anu N.fo y III IueSuayS, thursdays and
Saturday only.
QUEEN ANNE & KENT r. R.-Leave Townsend
for Centreville and way stations 9 20 a. M and
530 p. M. week days. Returning, leave Centre.
vile 7.Sl a. M. and 230 p. M, weekdays.
DELAWARE & CHESAPEAKE R. R.-Leaye CLAW.
ton for Oxford and way stations 33S a. m., and
o45 p. M, week days. Returning, leave Oxford
900 a. M, and 40 p. M, weekdays.
CAMBRIDGE SEAFoRD r. K.-Leaye Seaford
for Cambridge and intermediate stations rs a.
RK-nQ Qndc TrrooI oIoxra =
Saturdays 705 p. m. Returning, leave Cambridge
g.; 6;ZO a. M weekdays and 2.F p. m. Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays
CoNNEcTIoN.-At Porter, with Newark and
Delaware City Railroad. At Townsend with
Queen Anne's Kent Railroad. At CLAYTON
with Delaware Il Chesapeake Railroad and
Baltimore & Delaware Bay Railroad At Har-
rington, with Delaware. Maryland & Virginia
Railroad. At Seaford, with Cambridge 4 Seaford
Railroad. At Delmar, with New York PhiIa-
delphia & Norfolk. Wicomco & Pocomoke. and
Peninsula Railroads.
s. M. PROVOST, General Manager.
1,
Middletown transcript., 1896-06-20
PRODUCE.
GRAIN.
OF Interest
To Farmers
DAIRY NOTES,


An important item in the uniform
and thorough ripening of the cream is
stirring: 1t should be done in way
that will thoroughly mix the new cream
with the old and at The same time avoid
anything like churning.
There is one item in dairying that is
too often overlooked, and that is the
proper feeding of the cows in order to
make the most out of them. While
liberal feeding is quite an item, the
cost must always be an important fact
tor. To know how and what to feed
in order to produce the most and the
best milk is fully as important as lib.
eral feeding.
Lack of care in sailing often ruins
the grain in butter. Too coarse salt is
used, and then proper care is not taken
in mixing it through the mass of but
ter and. in consequence, the grain Of
the butter is all broken up. One de-
cided advantage in bring sailing is that
this is almost entirely avoided.
Middletown transcript., 1896-06-20
GUINEA FOWLS ON THE FARM

1t is strange that we see so few
guineas on the farm-they are such
interesting fowls, so peculia in
their habits, the noisiest, and yet the
quietest of domestic poultry. and ac-
cording TO my experience about the
most profitable when well cared for and
kept gentle.
Just now mine are as mute as mice,
slipping about among the chickens,
making their nests in the yard and
garden, and letting US know everytime
when small brown egg is deposited
by their low chatter, which, by the
way, is continued for such very few
moments that one has to listen at
tentively 70 get the direction from
which it comes, in order to place the
nest. Very sly indeed are they in hid
ing their nests under tuftsor high grass.
a bunch Of spreading dock leaves, or
out in the fields among tangled briers
and bushes. But ours have never
wandered so far-not fal ther than the
garden or orchard. NV neighbors say
it is because they are all hens; that the
roosters have wandering minds,n and
are not nearly so gentleand harmless.
| got the eggs and hatched them un-
der chicken en,and kept her and the
little guineas in close box until they
learned the cluck Of their foster mother
and became accustomed to the pres
ence of the person who fed them. A few
days -sufliced to make them gentle, after
which there was no more trouble. I
put them out in coop on the grass,
under big apple tree, fed them like
chickens and allowed them to run with |
the chickens. Guineas when first |
hatched are beautiful little things, their
soft down having about the color of |
that Of a young partridge, prettily |
striped with two shades Of brown, with |
beak and feet CT coral red. Their
first feathers, too, are of light and dark
brown; so that even when the size of
grown partr idge they are almost the
same color, after which. one ,blue-and-.
white feather after another appears un-
til the guinea assumtsits natural tint.
1t is the nature of the guinea never
to wean its young, and when raised
with chicken hen, as my own were,
The little things a-e greatly distressed
whentheir foster mother disowns them
They would run all over the yard look
ing for her, crying most piteously, and
when the search was fruitless, | used
to find them perched like birds on the
low limbs of peach tree, in the most
hopeless and disconsolate manner.
When they began t. lay next spring;
they made their nests with the chick
ems, but later on in the summer they
took TO the garden and orchard; SO we
get the most Of their eggs. They are
more gentle even than my chickens; +
catch one at anytime by throwing down.
few crumbs, and frequently have to
push them out of the way with my
hand when feeding young chicks. +
Guineas are rather tender fowls,
'eem TO suffer greatly with cold, and
ire glad to go into the pouliy.house in
winter to roost with the chickens;
'ut with milder weather in spfing,
hey return 70 their loosts in the big
'ppie tree. the same which sheltered
hem when they we're tiny chicks. As
hey can IIy HE birds, no feLce reetfaina j
Middletown transcript., 1896-06-20
Avoid Cosmetics.

Ladies, shun cosmetics! Most of the COM
mon preparations contain poisonous chem
icals which exert deleterious action on the
skin; and at the best no paint, powder or
wash can supply the natural beauty of a fine
complexion. They are palpable and a palpa-
BILE fraud is an abomination. Pure rain
water and good health are essentials to a
healthful skin. The former is PLENTIFUL; the
latter can be regained and kept by the use
of DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
which purifies the blood, removes pimples.
blackheads and roughness, strengthens inn
paired digestion and wards off pulmonary
diseases. Without pure blood you cannot
have a clear complexion.