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Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-04-16

It ts now about time for the outlying re-
gion of the English language known as
slang, TO recognize q newcomer within its
vagrant boundaries.
The recruit In the glorious and express
i've ranks of slang is the word fierce"
The word, In its extended field of useful
ness, is young, but 1t has gained firm
hold In New York and Brooklyn.
In order TO be up to the times, we must
no longer talk Of heavy rain, but Of a
fierce rain. A blizzard is fierce snow
storm. A keen wind is a fierce one, and
30 is boisterous. A desperate misfortune
Is fierce. A great stroke Of good luck is
fierce The enforcement Of the excise law
is force 1t Is fierce to be married, twins
In the family are fierce, and 1t is fierce to
die, whether naturally or by accident.
A presidents proclamation or message
is fierce. Anything that is exceedingly
mild is fierce. An extra liberal crop Of
cotton or of corn is fierce and so (such is
the elasticity of the word) is an extra poor
one. To have toothaohe Is fierce, and to
receive an unexpected legacy Is fierce.
Hard times are fierce. So are prosperous
times. We must no longer say of a mis-
fortune or of an unexpected announce
ment, 1T broke me all up" but =" 1t was
fierce"
That the ferocity of all human events
grave or gay, Lively or severe, should at
least be recognized Ia tribute to the
growing, OF should we say fierce, intelli-
gence Of the English speaking portion Of
the fierce population of this fierce world.
New York Press.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-04-16
SOUTHERN LUNCH COUNTER SLANG.
Phrases In q Louisiana Restaurant That
Are Greek to the Uninitiated.

Phrases In q Louisiana Restaurant That
Are Greek to the Uninitiated.
Lunch counter slang is Greek to the un.
initiated. Like most slang, however, it Is
very expressive and the titles of the lunch
room have plenty of truth to recommend
them and not little poetry. One of the
best railroad lunch counters in the south
is at Hammond, La This may be or 1t
may not be because the man who runs 1t
is northern man. According to his ao-
count, the lunch counter lexicon Of the
south Ia quite different from that Of the
north.
"When went to Hammond" be said,
II didn't know what the men were talk.
ing about half the time. Two or three
crews of railroad men would come in to-
gether and didn't know what they want
cd when they fired their orders at me.
There was one thing could understand,
though, and that was the please sir, with
which almost every southerner would fin
ish his request Tho northern man says,
Gimme a cup O. coffee The southern
man says, Gimme cupo' coffee, please,
SIR That is the way the ordinary traveller
would ask for coffee. With the trainmen
and the regulars, drummers and SO on, ii
is different
Then he gave extracts from his lexicon,
some of which are worth recording.
"Short and sweet means beans and
molasses.
"Gimme Trilby foot" means "Pass
me fried pigs foot" The same desire is
often expressed in request for "a grunt-
err Or "a squealer.
"Give the sand box kick down this
way" means "Pass the sugar"
"Drive the COW down this way" Is an
old and honored method Of asking for the
milk.
"Slop and sinkers" means coffee and
doughnuts. The doughnuts at this partic-
ular counter have been honored with the
new title of life preservers." Another Pc
culiarly apt expression for this article of
| diet is "fried holes"
"Pass the DOPE" is request for butter.
"Hammerine, means chopped ham.
Zone boxing glove with plenty of lin
ing," means sandwich with liberal al
lowance Of ham. zone boxing glove with
out shadow" is the sandwich moderately
provided with ham.
"Three slides down to west end" Ia an
expression peculiar to New Orleans and its
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-04-16
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TO EDUCATE ONESELF.
Lines Along which Young Men Are Ad-
vfa~d IN Pursua KnowledRe

vissd TO Pursue knowledge.
A yuung man in letter to the editor
Of The Ladies' Home Journal inquiries
the best systematic course of reading as
q substitute for an academic education,
with the view of equipping himself for
literary pursuits, and also which books
would be the most beneficial to read
with the idea of preparing himself to
enter the field Of fiction. To the query
regarding a substitute for a college edu-
cation Edward ". Box replies: "As a
substitute for college education, where
it is matter of choice, am not SO sure,
since 30 much depends upon the man.
To one man a good course of reading,
wisely chosen and followed, would be
infinitely more helpful than q college
education, while in the case of another
man Just the reverse would be true.
Some men absorb information more
readily and retain 1t better under self
training, while others need the compul-
sorry force Of teaching to impress things
upon the mind. But where a college
education is, for some reason, not acces-
sible, and a substitute must he found,
then course of reading is unquestiop-
ably good-none better, in fact.
With respect to the inquiry concerning
q preparation to enter the field of fc
tion. Mr.. Box considers it difficult to
answer, "since so much depends upon
the particular field of historical fiction
desired. However, the best reply, per-
haps, is that which suggests the reading
of number of the best novels dealing
with successive periods of English his
tory from Saxon times to the early part
of the present century. Igive list mot
reproduced in this extractl which in
cludes typical books by the various mas
ters of English historical fiction, but it
might be doubled in length several times
over without exhausting the available
books of value in this one field. A like
selection may be made from the novels
treating of different historical periods
severally of France, Germany, Spain,
Italy and other countries of Europe and
America. The field is almost limitless,
but have begun with the history of
Eng land, as containing the direct sources
| Of American history which need to bt
grasped before one can fairly understand
the beginnings and progress Of our OWL
| national life.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-04-16

In the poorer districts Of India and
Europe a fair kind Of bread is made
from sunfower seeds, and the natives
depend upon it for a steady article Of
diet. Their cattle are fed with the same
diet, only the seeds and heads are chop
ped up together, and even the leaves are
fed to the animals
The stalks, when stripped of their
leaves and heads, are dried and used for
fuel One acre of sunhowers will yield a
great many cords of good wood. The
stalks are large, tough, brittle and good
burners A few acres of such fuel will
last one all winter.
There are many other uses for sunhow-
ers that the ingenuity of man has de-
vised, but the instances cited are suf-
ficient to show the sunflower has out
lived its association with decadent
aesthetic philosophy and become of prac.
tical value if not of universal USE
New York Post.
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Baltimore & Ohio r. r.
TIME TABLE.
SSlN EFFECT MARCH 18th, 1896. ga
East-Bound.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-04-16
W. NJ. WARr,
W. M. WARD.

%Icln1py~ Lc1fun counters IN Jnese places
have one end for colored people only, and
request for Three slides down to west
end" is the way in which the waiter tells
the cook to set out coffee and doughnuts
on what he calls "the niger end" Of the
counter.
Sweet potato pie is great favorite in
the south, and the men come in asking,
| "Got any tate ponef' Another name for
sweet potato pie is poodle pie." Every
thing is custard, too, in the pie line. Or
dinary custard pie is called "egg custard;"
lemon pie is ''lemon custard," potato
pie is potato custard,' and SO on.
Cranberry pie is familiarly known as 'red
pie" while mince pie is variously called
mystery pie" and "jamboree pie" Pie
with two crusts Is known as 1.-TWO story
pie' and "double barreled pie" Pies
with one crust are called "open faced pie, ;"
"single barreled pie" and one story pie. !"
"Celluloid pie" Is another name for GUS
tard pie.
Ham and eggs are called for as "Kansas
City chicken and Adam and Eve. :"
adam and Eve'' seems to be a favorite
figure Of speech for representing an egg,
scrambled eggs being known as adam
and Eve shipwrecked," while eggs on
toast are called "Adam and Eve on raft. !"
Other names for scrambled eggs are "agi-
tated eggs" "storm tossed" and "eggs
around the curve Fried eggs unturned
are called "eggs with eyes open, sunny
side up, straight up and "two white
wings turned down" Soft boiled eggs
are described as "a light on the ocean
wave," while hard boiled egg is called
ga light under the waves" Fried eggs
turned over are called sin the dark, or
with black eye.''
"Short and white' means sausage and
beans.
lone sole without shoe" means q
beefsteak.
"Java in the dark means black coffee.
"Hongkong ON crutches'' is tea without
milk.
Cake is variously demanded as "white
cake and "black cake" while ice cream
is easily recognized in demand for 'cold
food. New York Sun.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-04-16
Uncle Eben's Philosophy.

"Yoh nebber yet," said Uncle Eben,
"could fin or man so stingy dat he aim
willin ter share his loafin time wifi some
body dats really busy "-Washington
Star.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-04-16

Rev. Parsons-I hope there was some
thing about my sermon which interested
your
Mr.. Knapp Yes, sir; 1t was long to be
remembered. d.--Yonkers Statesman.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-04-16
Questions Under the Boxwel Law.
ARITHMETIC.

ARITHMETIC
l. Define factors, figures and fractions
Twohirds of AS Il of Bs is years the older How
piece be done in Is days how much will be done
money invested in per stock 92 to re-
ceve $245 income
Find days. will realize $780, when dis
counted a bank per
The principal is $685. the S552; per Find
By selling carriage S7a carriage lost 10 per of
the cost What ought he to have sold for to gain 10 per cent?
capacity gallons of round 3 feet in diameter
O. Write up in in neat FORM a promissory note
TO- Write up form, receipt
W.M WARr.
Napoleon O.. April IL, 1896.
PHYSIOLOGY HYGIENE.
l. Define physiology.
O. Classify the bones of the head.
g. What are the functions of the heart and liver
M 10 g nnm and state od tbs " e'n name
Give hygenc rules which individual should observe
Trace the "Greater Circulation"
Explain the arrangement of the parts of the BRAIN
Napoleon, O., Apra:ll 1896.
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
l. Physical Geography seeks what oreradon,2
2. What constitutes the Solar System?
State the of the mathematical Give their widths de-
A. Give the composition of the air
5. In what forms does water exist?
Explain fauna, fora trophies solscs an equinoxes
7. How the rocks claasfed2
8. State briefly the Of the tides
Napoleon O., April H. 1896,
GRAMMAR.
difference between Ohography and Grammar?
What is the meaning diagram Illustrate by example
3. Write the plural of OK thief sheep
Write sentence with pariciple modifying the subject
s. What is Personifcation? Give example
g. What do by redundant verbs
T. Write sentence with trantive verb in the passive voice
Write with the word w used adveb the
other with 6ao~ used as proposition.
g. What is anticedent?
TO- Diagram Towards night school walked the
tage where the sick friend lay.
Napoleon, ohio April IL, 1896.
GEOGRAPHY.
l. What is the Metropolis of Mississippi Valley :?
. What Peninsula South of Turkey?
largest city city marble
A. What noted for the surrender of Bugoyns 77
Name the three departments of Government How the Nation
al Debt paid How is the of Government paid
g. Define lsothema Lines Zones Poles Orbit
T. Define Snow Line, Delta, Fauna, Flora.
s. What continent does South America resemble the of
its relief forms
o. are planets
by orbit?
10 Where Lake Tngspyke Nit Pop0c'tepet Ha" Islands
Stockholm Weland Canal :?
Napoleon, Ohio April II, 1856. Mrs. SUE WELsrED.
oRTHoGRAPHY.
l. What accent?
q Anal, the word vocal.
d. How many elementary the English language
5. What is mute?
Napoleon o, April IL, 1895.
UNITED STATES HISTORY
l. What was the first permanent America?
q What formo of government has China?
g. Who the "Finance of the Revolution p
a. What important American victory, JAM 3, l777?
s. Name of Mexico during the Mexican War.
When and how the Secession begun? When and how
it ended
Name an American officer executed by General Howe spy
What French companion of Lafayette killed at Camden
long did take Columbus the Atlantic? When did he
land? On what island.
of the Union forces in Virginia 81
and go.
Napoleon Ohio, April ii, 1896. MRS SUE w WELsTED'
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Successful advertisers use kem1ngton-s
County Seat Lists. They include the best
towns and best papers. We can recon-
mend them highly. Send to Remington
Brothers, New York. for copy.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-12-19
Ruttan, THE Painter & Paperhanger

Van Buren, Lodge f. & A. NJ. elects
officers tonight.
Improvements are going on steadily
at the ice factory.
Mr. Smell has had coal shed ecrected
at the Frisco siding.
T. B. Flippin is the name of the new
postmaster at Br1tton.
Our Holiday Goods are now ready for
your inspection.
JNo. o KANE DRUG STORE.
Col. o. l.. Miles is expected home
from st. Louis today.
Mrs. DR.. Hynes spent several days in
Van Buren, this week.
A nice stock of Ladies Lap Tablets
and Portfolios at the Horse Shoe Drug
Store.
Don t fail to attend the drawing at
the opera house tonight.
Col. B. j. Brown was up from Little
Rock first of the week.
The incest selection of Christmas
presents in town at
JOHNSON DRUG STORE.
Representative elect LETTERS was up
from Mulberry Saturday.
The family of Rev. j b. Stevenson
arrived Thursday afternoon.
Miss Mary Robinson made a short
visit to Van Buren, this week.
Manicure Sets, Dressing Cases,
Infant Sets a complete stock at Kerr S
Horse Shoe Drug Store.
Mr.. Jesse Turner returned from a
business trip East Saturday.
Miss Jennie Allen has gone to st.
Louis to have her eyes treated.
Mrs. l.. W. Black has been visiting
her parents at Alma the past week
The Mo. Pacific pay-c car arrived
Tuesday and made the boys happy.
Don't buy your Christmas presents
until you have priced the nice things
at JOHNSON S DRUG STORE.
E. E. Cooper spent few days In st.
Louis this week, returning Thursday.
Miss Myrtle McBee, of Wan, is the
guest of Miss Fannie Merrill this week.
Martin Havener, of Dardanelle. spent
Sunday in Van Buren, visiting relatives.
You will make no mistake if You buy
your Xmas presents of e. g. Montague
q Co. They are all right
We are glad that the Venture S
'towline' is not broken for it would
be a terrible calamity to our city.
There was a gOOdly attendance Of our
society people at the german at Fort
Smith Saturday night.
Mrs. NJ. L. Weaver has been quite i'll
for the past two weeks, but We are glad
to report that she is now improving.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-12-19

Col. J. S. Renfroe was up from Alma
Monday.
Hood 1897 Calendars Free at
JNo. O KANE S DRUG STORE.
Tonight" Fun in a Boarding
School.
A complete assortment of Artists
Material at the Horse Shoe Drug Store.
Take the children to the matinee this
afternoon.
Ed. Steward came up from Alma
Thursday.
See the nice things for Christmas at
JOHNSON S DRUG STORE.
A bird in hand beats any quantity in
the bush.
Matinee today at 2 P. M. Admission
10 and 20 cents.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-12-19

b. G. .drhebauer WiH sell you
during this month (Decem5er),
for cash, any of his best old
tct1aes : Port, Sherry, Claret or
Detateare-oHe gallon or more at
800 per gallon; jugs 10cts per
cation. riders may be sent
through the mail or left nth.
EdB1oHdSon q. Britt.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-12-19

THE REMINGTON STANDARD TYPE
WRITER is the Gar of all.
For sale by
Wallace Block. John MCRAvEN.
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Settlement Made With the Cho-
taWs.

FORT SMITH. Ark. Dec. 12.-The
Choctaw delegates have agreed with
the Dawes Commission for the allot
ment of lands and abolition of tribal
government in eight or ten years.
Townsites will be set apart and sold TO
citizens or non citizens and the balance
of the land equally divided among
citizens.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-12-19


hour of need The liver filters ont the
poisonous germs which enter the system.
Just SO surely as the liver regulates the
system, SO do DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
regulate the liver. Keep this In mind, and
you solve the problem of good health and
good living. The . Pleasant Pellets have
a tonic, strengthening effect upon the lin
ing membranes of the stomach and bowels,
Which effectually cures Biliousness, Sick
Headache, Gostiveness, or Constipation,
Indigestion, Loss of Appetite, Bad Taste
in Mouth, Sour Risings from Stomach,
and will often cure Dyspepsia. The " Pei
lets are tiny, because the vegetable ex-
tracts are refined and concentrated Easy
i'll action, no gripping as with old-fashioned
pills. As dinner pill" to promote di-
gestion, take one each day AFTER dinner.
To relieve the distress arising from over
eating, nothing equals one Of these little
Pellets
Mrs MELISSA ArwATER of .Steuben,
Washfngfon Co., Me, writes AS regards
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-12-19

State superintendent of Public In
struction Jordan has designated today
as Arbor Day and calls upon the
teachers and pupils of all schools
throughout the state to plant trees, etc.
Will our public schools follow the
suggestion.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-12-19

Writing Sets from the cheapest to the
best. No other place in town handles
them in such variety as the Van
Buren, Book Store.
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UntertakerS and Funeral Directors.

There might be much said in favor of
matchmaking Main street. After the
first purchase of the necessary machine
"a rock erusher, engine and roller
the expense would be very light and
they could then be used in improving
one street after another, instead of
spending all on Main street and running
line of boats over the others in rainy
wnntbar
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In a State of Bankruptcy

is the condition of
our system the
liver becomes mac.
tiv so th at Ii c
germ. and poisons
can aeeuiii II | a t {
within the body.
Keep the liver aud
bowels active and
we're in a condition
OF healthy pros
perity and have
sufficiently we'll in
vested capital to
draw upon in the
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-12-19

Mrs. L. G. Dunn returned to her
home at Fort Smith Sunday. after Il
short visit to her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
W. H. Fl. Shibley
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-12-19

the little Pei
lets, think
l could not do
without them.
1 do not like
to be without
them in the
house. ] have
spoken very
b ! & Ii ! I 0
frien d S and
neighbors of
/ h c III an d
many are tax.
i II & t h e N
through my
a d erti S i II g
them. will
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Highest of all in Leavening Power-Lates US Report
F&!J! q! RskiI;s
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Special Notiee.

During our absence this winter Mr..
Carl Sehuppe will have charge of the
PRESS Office and its business and is
authorized to make collections, receipt
bills and make contracts.
J. S. DUNHAM.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-12-19

The Way to Cure Catarrh is to purify the blood,
and the surest safest, best way to purify the
blood is by taking Hood S Sarsaparilla the One
True Blood Purifier
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LOCAL and Personal.

Ruttan, THE Painter & Paperhanger
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Nut Sets, Manicure Sets, Odor Sets,
Picture Frames, Mirrors and a thousand
other nice things for Christmas at
JOHNSON DRUG STORE.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-12-19

We are fixed with the good things to
eat If you are fixed with the money
come to our store and see for your
selves.
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Ruttan, THE Painter Paperhanger
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EDMoNDsoN e BRITT Gro. Co.

Mr.. Jesse Armstrong, fireman on
the Mo. Pacific system, had the
misfortune to lose his check for his
months wages shortly after receiving it
Tuesday. The check called for $f03
and payment has been stopped on it. at
this point and Fort Smith.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-12-19

Fidelity Chapter o. E. s. elected
officers last night, too late, however,
for us to get the names of the newly
elected officers.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-12-19

Mr.. Mons Comstock was down from
Uniontown Monday to replenish his
stock of groceries at the wholesale
house of SHIRLEY & Wood
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-12-19

say they are the best pill can take, es-
they have no equal.n
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Mr.. Jno. D. White left Tuesday for
Denton, Texas, where he will spend the
holidays and portion of the winter as
guest of Mr.. Chas. Donahower
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-12-19

Leave your orders with us for any of
the following kinds of Cake which we
will bake to order: Almond, Macaroon,
Cream Puffs, Fruit. or any other kind
made.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-12-19

Those of our bicyclists who like to
take extended spins on their wheels
should try the route from here to
Muldrow by way of Fort Smith. Some
of the best roads in this section can be
found between Fort Smith and Muldrow
and beyond up the K 81 A. V.
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EDMoNDsoN & BRITT Gro. Co.

Mr.. J. R. Britain has packed up his
household goods and moved his family
to Little Rock. Mr. Britain expects
to locate at Pine Bluff after the first of
the year. We hate to lose him and his
family, but hope he will find the move
advantageous.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-12-19

Those fancy baskets of Fine Candies
are the most suitable thing to give to
your best girl. Geo. Miller is the one
who keeps them for sale.