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The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-10-10
PlTH AND POINT.

--She--I wonder what is the old, OLD
storyT' He--"You are the first Cir
l ever loved. indianapolis journal.
He They say there are microbes il
woman's kiss She-'I hope not
"Why?" Il don't want to have to stoI
kissing o."-Fown Topics.
-Buobles-"My wife and l met by
accident. Thrown together by chance
as it were Wheelwoman eagerly
Ibid you break the bicycles ?a-Buffals
Times.
-Bill--"Have you seen Sans inven
tion--how to tell bad egg?% Charlie
mo; but a person who could not tel
a bad egg when he had one must be q
fool. baltimore Life,
There are three things yet to be
discovered-perpetual motion, flying
machine which will fly, and a woman
who does not face the rear when get.
ting off stree earn. \. Commercial
Advertiser.
Mrs. Weary (reading) -"The bodyoi
book agent was found on Blank street
this morning. He had evidently beer
murdered" Mr.. Weary (meditatively1
Enthusiastically, now, ! think thai
was going most too ar."7-N. Y Weekly
MY part in the amateur theatriealf
could not have been complete failure, ;
declared Alice. "They did not hiss me-
"Of course" declared her best giri
friend. people cannot yawn and hiss
at the same time" -Detrcit Free Press
u really shall have TO leave this ho.
tel" said the weary man to the propri.
etor. There is a baby in the next room
to mine, and he cries all night" 81
don't see why you should complaint
said the proprietor Ills father and
mother nave him in the same room with
them and they haven't said word."-
Harper's Bazaar.
Mans Faithful Friend. - Weary
Watkins-"I don't like dogs ginerally
but one of 'em did save my life once
Hungry Higgins-"Wot dog ever saved
your life?' Weary Watkns-"He was
che of these here little pugs. / seer
i'm trottin' along behind woman and
swiped i'm an traded i'm for drink
indianapolis Journal.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-10-10
FUNNY CLERGYMEN.
Some of the Queer Habits Many of Them
Get Into.

Get Into.
THE Lord is in His holy temple; will
the sexton please shut the doorg'
There is an Episcopal minister in
town who entertains his congregation
with such running comments on what
fasses before him while he reads the
service. AS he rarely changes his tone
his people are constantly pursuing him
with perplexed chances through the
prayer book. Occasionally the connec-
ton between things mundane and spir-
itual are so closely made that they occa-
sion embarrassment, as when in the
midst of a peroration about the scar
let woman he called to well-lnown
pewholder to move over and give the
lady seat.
When preaching, this minister keeps
enc hand or the other juggling coins
and keyr in his pocket, so rs to be plain
" heard throughout the church. These
apparently he provides for the purpose,
for one Sunday, by some mischance, one
pocket being empty, he stopped delib-
erately, emptied his pockets like boy,
and divided the contents between the
two, after which he proceeded smooth
ly and cheerfully through his sermon.
1t was another clergyman, who, feel
ing the moral necessity of having
money in his pockets, borrowed five
dollars of member of the congrega-
ton in the vestibule, which Immediate
ly after the service he paid back. An
empty purse, he confessed, took away
all his self-confidence
These idiosyncrasies endear clergy
men to their congregations, who relate
them as do parents the antics of spoiled
children.
There is another New York clergy
man who is always late at church. He
comes up the aisle swinging his hat;
then tossing it on the pulpit sofa, says:
LET us pray" before the hat has land
cd When he has pronounced the bene-
dction, by the time the amen has
reached the back seats he is off.
This same man breaches from little
scraps Of paper, which, as he uses them,
he drops on the floor. BY the time he
Is through his sermon he is standing
shoe deep in manuscript. While the
congregation is singing he is scurry-
ing around on the floor gathering up the
scraps. When he prays he keeps his
eyes open, tracing out the cornice of
the church.
Those familiar with DR.. Richard
storrs will recall how he always
preached to the top right hand corner of
his church, mourning over its sins and
urging il to repent. While his wonder
full descriptive powers would send his
congregation from the church as # I'M
der a spell, he would himself hasten
to get hold of some member by the
arm, and tell funny stories by the yard
" Y Ionrnal.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-10-10
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The English trade Journals dis
credit the quality of American hons fo,
brewing. but in snite of that fact thi,
important accessory to the beer manu-
faeture went from America to the brew.
cries Of Great Britain last year to thu
amount of II. 5e3. 3ss pounds. valued al
81 s7o bo7
Anothar Of Goatbe,s names has been
discovered. In his "Italian Journey
he speaks of giving a lesson in English
in 1857 to an amiable Milanege girl al
Castelgandolfo. An inquisitive Italian
has found out that her name was Mad
dalena Rieei and that she later married
Venetian named Volpato.
"A Russian steamship CAPTAIN under.
took ia test n collision buffer he had in.
vented recently nv running his steamer
full speed into an iron barge at anchor
one NIGHT as he was entering the harboi
of Kertch. lie sank the barge, and his
passengers and crew had Just time te
tumble out of bed and into boats before
the steamer sank, too.
-BaIloons France cost from $500 ia
5000 for those holding 500 cubic meters
If pas. and from 81 600 to 81 200 fol
those containing 1 500 cubic meters, the
LARGEST size usually made. They are
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-10-10

Bulletin No Al. Just issued by the Ar
kansas Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton. embodies a valuable treatise on
pork production on crops gathered by
hogs The object of the experiment
was to determine the adaptability of
different crops in a rotation for hogs,
the cost of rearing ten-month pigs on
food gathered by themselves and grown
on soil of known fertility, and to ascer-
tain a system of rearing pigs for pork
with minimum of corn.
The practical conclusion of the three
objects of the experiment is:
/. Red clover, sorghum and peanuts
were the best adapted foods in rotation.
They are easy and cheap to produce,
and their seasons of maturity are in
convenient order for the pigs to con-
sumo them. Roofing for the peanuts
was too slight toinjure the soil. There
is no necessity for root crops for feed
ing with these foods. Sweet potatoes
were unequal to the peanuts in palate
bilitv and fat and flesh forms. BY this
system of rearing and fattening pigs
the manure remains scattered over the
soil from which the foods were eaten
that produced it. This together with
the fact that clover ard peanuts are
soil improvers is a great advantage.
Alfalfa and crimson clover are discussed
under Green Crops Used in the Exper-
iment"
2. The cost to produce a pound Of
pork with a pig from birth to 10 months
of age on red clover, sorghum and pea
nuts. and six and three-fifths bushels
of corn and grown on soil that would
produce 25 bushels of corn per acre
was ~ cents.
8. The rotItion of red clover. sorghum
end peanuts is a system that required
elk and three ffths bushels Of corn to
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-10-10

Mexican ponies are proverbially a
tough lot, but one out in New Mexico
has established new record A hunt
ing party was making the ascent Of a
mountain, and the path was narrow
and dangerous. Finally it became nee
essary to dismount and lead the ami
mails. Presently they came TO a narrow
ledge, and the horses had to jump up on
it. The pony referred to, miscalculated
the distance, and went sheer over a
precipice. at least 200 feet deep. He
rolled over a dozen times and finally
disappeared in the bushes at the bot
tom. He had ON good saddle, and a
man was sent down for it. Presently
he yelled up: "He isn't dead He's
standing up drinking waterl" Sure
enough, the pony was alive, with nc
bones broken, although he was cut in
50 places He got well and is still liy.
ing.-Golden Days.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-10-10

In Lapland they have no salt, and the
bark of the fir tree is used as a substi.
tute. The Laps peel the bark from the
trunk of the tree, carefully remove the
epidermis and then divide the inner
bark into quite a number of very thin
layers.
During the brief but extremely hot
Lapland summer the layers are exposed
TO the sun until thoroughly dried; then
they are torn into narrow strips and
placed in boxes made of fresh bark
taken from other trees. Deep holes are
then dug in the sand and the bark boxes
are buried in them, where they are al
lowed to remain for about three days.
The second day fires are made over
places where the boxes are buried, and
kept burning briskly for several hours;
the heat penetrates deep into the sand,
turns the fir bark a deep red eelor, and
gives to it a pleasing taste and odor.
Finally. the boxes are unearthed, the
fir serips are pounded or ground into a
coarse powder, and the Laps use it just
as we do salt-only much more sparing-
ly, because il is so troublesome to pre-
pare-Philsdelphia Times.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-10-10
We Ought to Have Paper Mills.

Hundreds of tons of paper are an
nually consumed in Arkansas, every
pound of which could be manufactured
within the state. All the elements used
in the production of paper are found
here in lavish abundance, yet the sup
ply of that material is shipped in from
other states While attention is being
turned to diversified industries it is an
suspicious time to point out the re-
sources we have for the manufacture of
this useful commodity. A large pro-
portion OF paper is now made of wood.
Popular grades of newspaper are made
almost wholly of a species of pine,
which grows in profusion in the pine
clad regions of the state. A new pro-
cess has been discovered for reducing
wood to paper pulp by means of liquid
chemicals which transform spruce, pop
lar, Eastwood, hemlocl1 and tamaracll
as well as pine into pulp. Straw and
certain swamp grasses are also extern
sively used There is practically no
limit to the material in Arkansas which
can be utilized in the manufacture of
paper With a supply of material for
pulp the next requisite is water-pure
water. We have not only an abundance
of pure water to use in the manufacture
of paper but. also, water power to pro-
pei the machinery. Then there is one
other requisite, that is, capital. Favor
able conditions for the growth of man
ufactories do not suffice to establish
them. Capitalists are enterprising but
not venturesome. They have pushed
over the plains into the mountains of
the west and northwest where they
have built cities and founded manufac-
tories, taking risks in regions in which
the elements that promote manufacture
ing prosperity are meagre as compared
with the opportunities which lie spread
out to view in Arkansas They view
this field and see its advantages and re-
sources and they say no other state pos
sesses such wealth of raw material
waiting the hand of skilled industry to
transform it into articles for use, yet
they go elsewhere with their energy
and capital But there is hope yet.
New railroads are bringing immigrants
and canitalists. while commercial
leagues and immigration societies are
sending out volumes of advertising
matter. Best of all, sentiment friendly
to railroads and to new enterprises is
growing and spreading. Capitalists
who have entertained fears of legisla-
ton, unfriendly to capital and railroads
are learning by degrees that such fears
are groundless. The people of Arkan-
sas are alive to their own interests.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-10-10
THE BEReERS OF MOROCCO.


pie of the Mountains.
The character of the Berber is almost
as great q contrast TO that of the Arab
as his language. Like mountaineers all
the world over, his race has proved un-
conquemble, and it has defied for a
thousand years the nation which has
dominated the plains with ease. Pheni-
clans, Romans, Goths and Vandals had
already left their mark upon the ooun-
try before the Arabs appeared, but
none ever penetrated far inland. Had
their many tribes been united, the fol-
lowers of Islam would never have been
masters of the country; but section
after section was overcome, and adopt
ed the religion of their conquerors, till
il was protested from end TO end Of
the land, and Arabic became the lam
guage of both creed and court. Be-
yond this and the introduction of few
eastern customs. the masses of the peo-
pie remain as unchanged as ever, and
each successive sultan of the various
Fee and Morocco dynasties has in vain
cndeavored TO subdue them entirely.
Only small proportion really alnalga'
mate with the Moslem victors, and it
Is only to this mixed race which occu-
pies the cities that the name of Moor
Is strictly applicable. Even at the pres
ont time the sultan Of Morocco under
takes annual expeditions against these
Berber tribes. to maintain his nominal
authority right in the heart of his king
dom. and to collect his tributes by force.
As soon as his back is turned the gov
errors he has imposed are slain or
driven away, and the people do much
"a they like till another expedition
comes their way.-Harper's Magazine.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-10-10

produce hog weighing 2f3 pounds at
10 months old. Less corn cauld have
been fed in farm practice by keeping
the pigs two weeks longer ON peanuts
in December, and feeding corn only
while the ground was frozen. Two
weeks feeding on corn would have been
sufficient to harden the pigs for slaugh-
ter
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-10-10

Poor Mrs. Sobsl It's horrible the
life she leads with her husband"
Does he ill-treat her?"
"nl-treat herl The brute absolutely
refused to allow her 10 make the cen
tury run with usl"-Philadelphia North
American.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-10-10

The Office of the commissioner of
agriculture of Arkansas has the past
two years been crippled for lack of
funds. The commission is invested
with several important duties. He is
required by law to give attention to
agricultural, horticultural, mining and
manufacturing interests, and incident
ally, to look after immigration inter-
ests. In a spasm of economy the gem
eral assembly at last session cut the in
cidental appropriation for this bureau
to the nominal sum of $500 . year
Farmers and other persons throughout
the state should insist that their repre-.
sentativcs in the legislature give proper
attention to this matter and vote for
an appropriation which viii enable the
bureau to perform the work assigned
to it by law.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-10-10

A large force Of miners at Joplin and
other mining points in Missouri viii
enter Arkansas whenever It is certain
a railroad will be built through the zinc
and lead districts.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-10-10

The census Of 1890 shows that the
ratio of homicides in IL states and ter.
ritories is greater than in Arkansas.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-10-10

Statistics show a larger percentage
Of church goers il Arlzausss than any
OF the northern states
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-10-21
A Tough Wolf.

I was thinking the forest held no
wolves when an enormous one came
"louping" along in an open space
straight to my neigbbor, stationed 80
yards to my left When well within
shot, he fired both barrels. "Well, that
fellow is duffer," thought /, as the
brute, unharmed, merely changed his
course and came along parallel with me
at 80 yards distance. When he was
abreast of me, l fired, but, alas for my
conceit, he did not even swerve foot,
but continued on, yet / am sure nearly
every pellet of both barrels struck him.
He was finally killed, but not till he
had received the charges of dozen
guns
The amount Of shot which wolves
will carry away is wonderful. A tough
old wolf will sometimes receive the fire
Of the whole line of sportsmen and es-
cape, yet a single lucky shot may bring
one down at 60 yards. should explain
that wolves in these drives prefer to
trust to the chance Of bad shots and
their own thick skins rather than to the
hounds and beaters' sticks, for when
fired at they do not double back, but in
yariably make for the sides of the wood,
thus receiving tho fire Of tho line. When
the beaters came up to us, we had an
other long, cold wait, while they went
round and entered the wood at the net
ted end. This drive produced no result
in wolves. .-Blaokwood' Magazine.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-10-21

In 1912 the Virginia company ordered
an issue of coins, and these were struck
al Somer's islands, now called the Ber-
mudas. The earliest regular colonial
coinage was in Massachusetts,, in pur-
Guance of an order passed May p, 1862.
The denominations of tie coins were -
pence, 6 pence and 3 pence pieces,
which were put in immediate circula-
ton. There was also a Massachusetts
2-penny piece. One variety of this coin
age had what is known as pine tree,
another a willow, and n third an oak.
The first coin of that colony was the
now famous pine tree shilling of
1850. The and l penny pieces were
struck in 1862. In 1875 the congress of
the confederation adopted the plan pre-
sented by Thomas Jefferson for the ma
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-10-21
Domestic and Tropical Fruits,
Candies and Nuts.
Especial Notice is Called to the Large
Stock of
Dolls, Wagons, Harmonicas, Toys and Banks
NEWS DEPOT.
Domestic Arrangements 1zth Century.

Carpets were unknown luxuries, but
the fashion of strewing the apartments
with rushes was being gradually aban.
doned. Rushes were still used in the re-
tainers hall, but for the better rooms
sweet scented herbs and fragrant twigs
were usually employed.
In the fourteenth century windows
were apertures filled with glass so as to
admit light, but to exclude wind. The
walls also were frequently hung with
cloth or tapestry to protect the inmates
of the room from the many currents of
air that penetrated the strong but badly
built walls We learn from various an
cient documents that it was the duty of
the serving men and pages to sweep out
the principal apartments, but as the use
of water is rarely mentioned damp and
fragrant leaves and twigs must have
aided not only in collecting the dust.
but also toward refreshing the atmos-
phere in such constantly closed rooms,
fresh air being only admitted through
the doors opening on to the battlements
or balconies.
From old inventories at Thurleigh
and elsewhere we ascertain how scantily
furnished were these ancient mansions,
although they seem to have been abun-
dainty supplied with fagons and drink
ing cups in gold, silver and finely en-
graved pewter, besides an infinite num-
ber Of black jacks or cups made of
leather. Good Words.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-10-21

an arch of east iron weighing several
tons and combines n great deal OF
grace with its ponderous strength. All
the steel work about 1t CLEANS with n
high polish. In the interior of the arch
is nearly round piece of brass called
triangle. This Is fastened to a level
by two steel bands, called stlrrups
There is tremendously strong arm
connected with the end of the lever
above by joint somewhat like that
Of knee Under the triangle is steel
cap called a "die stake" In this is
fastened the reverse die. The die stake
Is arranged to rise one-eighth of au
inch, and when down rests firmly on
the solid foundation of the arch. Above
in another triangle is fastened the OBJ
verse die. When the knee is straight
ened the die fits into the collar and
presses down upon the reverse die.
What an instant before was but q
blank, meaningless piece of metal
comes out a resplendent double eagle
of shimmering gold.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-10-21

Gold, when refined from all impuri-
ties and alloys of inferior metals, is de-
nominated pure. This means gold of
twenty-four carats, and thisis the recog-
nized standard by the mint master and
dealers in gold. AS a matter of fact,
however, there is no gold so pure. Gold
of twenty-five carats is about as pure
as It can be got. 1t has two parts of
silver or one part of silver and one part
of copper. The copper darkens the
color of gold, while silver lightens 1t in
color. Twenty carat gold is oc-
casionally seen which means a half
carat of silver and of copper. Ordin-
arily eighteen-carat gold is the best
gold that can be had. Certainly it is
the best for jewelry, for pure gold, as
it is called, Is too soft and will wear
away much faster than the owners of
it desire.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-10-21
Facts About CoiI,nyc.

America is proud of its Philadelphia
mint which is without doubt The best
equipped establishment of its kind in
the world. An official of the royal mint
of London, in visiting the Philadelphia
mint some years ago, announced lhat
we Were fully one hundred Years
ahead of anything III this line. Here
you will find stores of bullion, immense
aecumulations Of wealth In the crude.
You see 1t stacked up here and there in
the shape of bricks. II you had per-
mission you could not carry way more
than 81 600 worth of the silver. "he
Quaker City mint at present holds
$107 100000 Of these ingots. coming
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-10-21

room in bars, where It is reweighed and
n small piece cut from each lot by the
assayer. From this the fineness of the
whole is ascertained, the value calcu-
lated and the depositor paid. The
metal in its rough state Is then trans
ferred to the melter and refiner. To
judge of the wonderful accuracy with
which the assayer must do his work 1t
can be stated that in his office is used
in the world. 1t Is the thirteenth-hun-
dredth part of a grain and can scarcely
be seen with the naked eye, unless on
white ground.
In the melting room all the metal
used in coming Is alloyed, melted and
poured into narrow molds. The cart
ings or ingots vary from one to two
and a half inches in breadth, according
to the coin they are intended for. They
are about twelve inches long and half
an inch thick. Those of gold are worth
from 5000 to 81 400 apiece and have one
end wedge-shaped. After passing the
melting room these bars reach the roll
ing room Here the gold is subjected
to a terrific rolling or drawing, and
the original ingot is reduced ten times
It's size. Great care Is taken to an
neal the metal at short intervals, as 1t
becomes quite brittle after passing
through the intense pressure. When
the rolling is completed the strip Is
about six feet long, or six times as long
as the original ingot. These strips are
then given the final dressing down to
exact size and placed in copper CAMS
ters for the final annealing. The strip
is, however, not quite ready yet. 1t is
put through its turn on the drawing
bench, where the slightest irregularl'
ties are corrected. This done, 1t is
carefully cleaned and sent to the cut
ting presses. There are a number OF
these very solidly built machines. Each
has a vertical steel punch which works
in round hole or matrix cut in solid
steel plate. The operator places one
end of strip of metal in the immense
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-10-21

There is cherry stone at the Salem,
mass. museum which contains one
dozen silver spoons. The stone itself Is
of the ordinary size, but the spoons are
SO small that their shape and finish can
only be well distinguished by the micro
scope. DR.. Oliver gives an account OF
cherry stone ON which were carved l24
heads so distinctly that the naked eye
could distinguish those belonging to
popes and kings and kings by theii
miters and crowns. 1t was bought IL
Prussia for $15, 900 and thence conveyed
to England, where it was considered an
object of so much value that Its posses
sion was disputed and it became the OBJ
ject Of suit in chancery.