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The Van Buren press., 1897-10-16
lIrT48 ssNJANfN.
sfsrtes al sl,t 1.atc s1sSser ot Bhife1
college

stories al sht 1satv sEasser ef Bsliiel
college.
THE mtne stories 5haf are aold ef
4 Rur ian3u aoweH1. the la9e MASTER Of
/ BalliaI college. Oxford. show strong
/ 8 maTslscd znaialauR ~, one calculated
Il make many friends. He WAS de-
cared. indeed. ta be the only man "
ing who eaa1d maintain close friend
Ship wiih 3 people al once, but in his
cary aayS. Al least, his manner to pupils
repelled rather than attracted. while
IL shy men he was positively alarming.
u remember one OCCASION an un-
dsrgraduate of that day relates, "on
which he invited me to take a walk
with him. The number of words eN-
changed between us was incredibly
small. and | believe that il was relief
to both when we regained the college
gate"
His long silenees were felt as an awll-
ward bar to conversation, and to in
terrupt this silence by starting fresh
topic was often to provoke a snnb. As
he never made an unmeaning remark
himself, he was impatient of empty
speech from others.
Once friend was accompanying him
on long walk. Arriving at Tewks-
bury, the quaint old world town seemed
asleep in the summer sunshine, and
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opopeR DRESS FOR THE NECK.
r,.. and stocks Are of Gorgeous hu's'
- EIor,l Boas for Early Autumn


The stylish ties for next season are
IN. butterfly bow, the aceoruion
nIa,ted bow and the Napoieoh
stock In color these ties are gorgeous
ploids. it is believed, will be most popa-
lar even more so than the Roman
stripes, which are somewhat newer.
The butterfly bow tie has most uh'
usual appearance when united, anu anu y. "
The uninitiated it appears less ike
tie that almost anything else one couio
imagine. In reality it is nothing more
or less than a wide string tie win
broad ends so notehed as to, when llea'
piyes the fluffy effect of narrow " iha-
sor. 1t possesses one very great au,
vantage TO feminine minds. 1t is 30
easily tied correctly. In fact 1t wouia
be next to impossible to tie 1t any
other way. The most stylish are Ill
dark plaids and Roman stripes IN any
and all colors. They should be selected
IN contrast. and not to match the waists
with which they are to be worn.
The accordion-plaited bow is MADE
lin tie. two full accordion-plalted ehas
fastened to plain band by puffy little
krot in the center. These come in all soilh
colored and figured silks and in black
satin. The newest, and perhaps the
most stylish. are of shaded silk, the out
pr edge of the bow being much brighter
than the center and the band ON which
Il is made. One pretty tie of this de-
scription has ends of rose eerise shaded
TO black, and fastened to its black band
with a soft cerise knot.
The Napoleon stocks will be much al
fected by women with long necks. Ihey
ar9 broad bands fitted closely to the
neck. with Windsor ends of bias SILK
fastened in the back. One of these ends
Is so arranged as to slip the other
through it; then they are both brought
forward and tied in a soft, fluffy bow
under the chin. These ties may be
worn with or without a collar, and on
dressy occasions may show fall OF
narrow lace around the throat. so far,
these ties are only shown in gay col
ors, either plaids or pronounced fg-
ures, but they may be had in either
silk or cotton. The latter are for BIZ
cyclists and should be worn only with
cotton or linen waists. The narrow
stock of last season, fastened in the
back, and with a stiff made bow, come
this season only in black satin, to be
worn with turnover collars.
Something entirely new and for even
ing wear is the floral boa. 1t is thick
garland of bright colored flowers, to
be worn close around the neck, with
ends of broad taffeta ribbon. These are
especially designed to take the place OF
the ostrich boa for evening wear in
the early fall before one feels the need
of furs. They are much cheaper than
ostrich boas, and, as they are generally
becoming. will doubtless be much worn
A striking one, and becoming TO bru'
nette. is of large, yellow chrysanthe'
NUNS; there were three rows of bios
SONS, and 70 in row, with four broad
streamers of yellow taffeta ribbon. On
the ends of each of these ribbons was
fastened chrysanthemum, giving the
effect of large fluffy tassels.-N. Y
Sun.
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| Thompson, "but you must be historian
and you must get plenty of snap into
your story. It'll be the best scoop in
year, if we have no more bad luck and
veu'll get off the extra list fast enough,
but it'll be to go on rs regular sure
In order to lure the burglars intO the
tran the basket was emptied of the sill
verware, filled with stones, and, with the
covering all in place was set out again
in the niche under the stairs. This was
done before night, of course, and a.
quietly as possible. \ little after dark
the vigil began. Every man who passed
through the little alley was watched as
suspects had never been watched be-
fore. but the guilty parties did not aP-
pear till near midnight, and when they
did they wore skirts. Twice the twa
women, as they seemed to be, sauntered
through the alley, apparently paying no
attention to the basket. The first time
no attention was paid TO them because
af their dress. Their return through
the alley made the watchers suspicious,
however, aud when they came back lie
I IHtEA tune NNNA NAAAAS fs*sE 80 N%t.sH
ness. Is they stopped TO lift The basket
the ambushed forces sprang forward
ard in a twinkling both men, fes the
skirts were only worn u disguise, were
thrown eff their feet. and, after = short,
sharp aud decisive struggle. the brace
les" were fastened on their wrists.
Patsy VAS OF ;he party, of course.
having begged 4 night off. and n me-
ment he wss on his nay - The Mefn-
iug Moon" oaiee with The trSt part 4
MartausS story held s5ga5 5n rs hs2sa.
After that & vs. all = matter = mere
detail TAs thieves W1sre sSksN ssso sas
hztle AaaSs aud held eas5s ia wss -
lsse tez ~fAe fss53N Snrss5 Eskae9 -
ss= aax cf ~ ssN< 4s3 tAse ~ rvsa-
- ~ ee sxgv ea0ea In ara sAe 3as>
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sa1G ~ u.asaaS es asassz
&g6 lrs-e sAe esNSesss Sa3Sae3
a ls frsz ~s28 sseapH5 a5 a4rS3sss
e p, tzs5" Aorzau 1zHsW II Rss ~
aaigga an saNes-' Ae5 q 1nii=ae5cea
's..ee.aIaf" m shs e.. szsE q "gke
Morning Naan
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But why write about these things Oh
sorro,va | know they are unwelcome
10 nv readers, but | have thought 1t
duty, and that maybe some one or more
MIGHT be influenced to stop and thlnk.
On Yesterday | received a long letter
from an old friend asking me TO plead
with the young people and beg them TO
stop this mad career that seems 10 De
increasing in our southern land-'nls
unhallawed thirst for getting money ey
short cuts and dishonest practices
this drinking and gambling that leads
Ia suicide or the jail-this 1nfdell'y 10
their marriage vows that destroys the
happiness of the family.
But this will do for this time. 1t Is
not good day for me no how. Its not
Friday. but it is one of those hard, uh-
lucky days that brings trouble IN va
rious forms. The old cow got out last
night and went foraging in the suburbs
and eat up Il whole cotton patch, and I'm
expeeting the darby every minute to
come for his damages. But that's noth-
ing. \ little negro girl was rolling our
little Caroline through the long hall
on tryciele. The child is only ga
wears old, and is my eomfort-a little
blue-eyed beauty that we borrow al
most every day from her mothel-and
| wouldn't take million dollars for her
love. But, somehow. the nurse cut the
wheels around too suddenly and threw
Caroline Violently forward on to the
iron shaft. and the bolt on the top OF IL
mashed out two upper teeth and one
lower one. and bent the others in and
cut her chin badly and bruised her lit
tie lips TO a jelly, and when took her
up and saw it all it made me heartsiek
| wanted 10 weep and cry aloud Tor
Grief. For an hour or two | was nearly
heart-broken. for l can't bear TO see
such helpless child suffer such agony.
uer little mouth was all broken up and
deformed. But the good Lord tempers
such things to little children, and now
the dear little girl is getting along nice
y and sings a lisping song to her dolly.
The Good Book tells about place where
there will be no more pain or sorrow.
Well. I want TO go TO that place as soon
as the Lord wills it; and | want all my
folks 10 go with me. and everybody
else's folks. too-Bill Arp, in Atlanta
Constitutions
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IN MEMORlAM.


The golden gates swung wide that summer
morning.
AS through the portals passed an angel
biest
Bearing a message from the highest Heav-
ems:
"come, faithful soul. come unto me and
rest"
You knew him not. although he stood be-
side her,
And. bending lowly, whispered in her ear;
You could not see him clasp his arm about
her.
You only knew-the world grew dark and
drear
And yet the angel kissed her brow SO weary.
And pressed the fevered hands with low
ing care.
And saw the dear face catch the radiant
brightness,
Nor guessed why 1t had grown so won
drous fair
But ahl the weary days and years that
The listening for the well-heloved voice,
The call of Mother aud the painful
silence,
The wondering that the world could stfl
rejoice.
But day "a, by day You understood more clear
The gift God sent her on that summer
day;
His angel cast nfe's garments from about
her,
And care and pain forever rolled away.
He gently took from out her tired fingers
The vari-eolored web and woof Of time.
lie touched her heart. with Gods dear
name engrayen.
And bowed his head before her faith sub
lime.
And then he raised her on his shining PIN
ions
While yet you knelt. bowed down viii
grief and fears,
Far, far ahove-she did not hsAr ysa wssz-
ing.
For GODS own muzse ha-ss sasa "a
ears.
GOd save her rest res ys1 sAs amess
waitink.
The sakiak M Ire ss,aesa ss.-aaas a. 84ss
While ss&rszSe sA2zss sAis esss amid z4's
He sn0wesA ssSs- lis Ptaes ~ saaev
strife.
He knswesh eess. ia waae aez sesa ~
stumbling
Along hse's rakxaa ra1a. sz.a Al aar saas
The loved eneS tasn8 ana aalssz On sht
Journey
or in the darkness xzak snta sAls aae
still through the vista ot 3 1arkenea -
tare.
Faith lights TIE pathway upward -
God's throne.
He knoweth ee<s-wsth Hszs = al Eis
glory
some day He VII unite Us 70 cur own.
Margaret Il Punch. in Boston Budget.
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all of souse put together. Maybe he'll
direct and special information that the
solid and influential citizen who owns
this sheet thinks there's more style IN
one of Morton's articles than in all the
rest of the paper, outside of the work
of myself in the department devoted to
the noble arts of sport and of my dis
tinguished colleague, the editor in chief
in the columns given over 10 politics.
And youse may all put it in your pipes
and smoke it. that no matter what hap
pens to Morton just nov, he'll be
a-writin' literatoor while yous.re still
reporting local news"
"Well. Patsy said his mother, as her
son gave pause TO begin ON the cold
snack. Its altogether toe bad, so it
is. and | wisht I could think of some
way We might help Mr.. Morton out, but
can't, I'm afraid. I know somethin'
about rubhin clothes on the board, but
mighty little about newspapers, for
sure. And by the same token | must
be gettin' away If | want TO begin me
work early"
As she spoke she opened the back
door of the little house TO GO out by the
alleyway From door a broad beam
of yellow lamplight streamed across the
narrow passage, brightly Illuminating
a sort of niche under the flight Of out
side stairs on the building opposite.
"Patsy," she called, come here a
minute. What's that, over there under
the stairs: hasket9 Let's have look
at II. anyhow"
Patsy ran out Of the house au6 across
the alley and kicked the object Il which
his mother had drawn atteation. As he
cid SO he heard a clicking sound. Is -
metal.
Lets take i into the hoaSs.~ -
whispered. esrsasA,eS< wssA Ss1asa
suspicion. III sse1s seayz ss aas -
sa5 L Ssaess
fSsssz2 shs Sszzs1,te Rg-fS 81 .s=Azs5 tlss
aAa ~ we = Is snSsss TSaat aazt
4slise and aRcs s#1'.8le2l5k Fl = ,oess~
~ a. ausatg. F1ftn ht N5ags heear
= Et8st ss,anlS and faauus htssss. tasiss
ard Satp @a8lss. hH 81 shining silver
asafr slis }as}sezas 6efsisS
'aeruh sofe6 G't5sg. IN his tVei3e-
me1s5 uslne Un 9ia5Hlrtian which he
eznd heen s1sslue 20 ieart Of eser sinep
slle beginning - hiS ses4ice on 6tt
Morning Mann. .'vha d've 'iHie Niaz-
he tais Is 4h6 VERY silver them har-
eaars STOLE a1 lesas .Juijce Rollins house
fhsy hrake into. and hefe 4 Is Here's
aAe Z or 7Ae spoons See zha1a Wei
ke'p Ell n. Merton ee9
srSaae. Patsy interrupted h7S moth
er. ~Spake lower, p2aze. and tel ues
How 5 our fndia' the silver 10 help cut
Mr. Mortoas And tel me how was II
that they hid il right here in the alley9
And what"
"Ye're as excited as me. every bit,
mother, dear" cried Patsy, "or yed
give me time to answer wan question
afore We fired another wan at me. Well
keep the silver here all day, and the
thief'll come to get it at night, and then
We'll have him arrested and will have
Mr.. Morton help detect the thief, and
he'll get a big scoop on the Daily
Spread Eagle, and then he won't lose his
place.
"How was it that the burglars left
the stuff here? Why, they was a-moyin'
the basket last night, and got scared of
a noise or something, and for fear of
bein' caught. and seein' it was dark
under them stairs, they hid it in a hur-
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THE INFLUENCE OF ART.
Good Pictures Help to Elevate the
Children.

We cannot fail to observe the differ
ence between the children of the culti-
waited, art-loying home and those of the
commonplace environment that con-
Germs itself alone with the material con-
siderations of shelter, food and raiment.
a life among good pictures and other
attributes of high cultivation is broad
ened and developed; the eye, thatmuch-
neglected organ, learns to perceive and
the mind to appreciate the beauties that
are to be found all about us. The taste
for the good and the beautiful finds joy
where all is weary, stale, fiat and un-
profitable to the dull eyes of those who
have never discovered the resources of
their own natures.
In all ages and among all peoples art
has found expression; it has been a part
of the daily life of all races. BY its
means the works of nature have been
interpreted for us. The loyeliness of
line, the glory of color, the majesty of
the armament, and the land, and the
sea, have been revealed to the eyes of
our souls. Acts of heroism have been
nobly perpetuated in the minds of gen.
erations, teaching their lesson of right
and might and of the reward of duty
well done. The loftiest of human sem
timents have thus found eternal voice in
the enduring frescoes and monuments
done by the hand of man.-Charles Ma
son Fairbanks, in Chautauquan.
The Van Buren press., 1897-10-16
THRICE BURIED
Disposition OF Calhoun's Rema
The Secret Intermaa.

The secret Intermeaf
A correspondent of the Charles,.
News and Courier says; IN tbe .ssOn ..r''
Year Book" for 1896 appears biston;1.
account of st. Philips church bv - ,eat
MeCrady, of st. Louis, in which III
makes mention of the removal of tbo nc
mains of Mr.. Calhoun from the toni,
the Western cemetery to a place in ~ ~
rear of the church. In this Connect ae
perhaps it will interest some of yosi H
many readers to know how and WI
said removal took place. The snndal
following the occupancy of Nors;.
island by the federal forces | was ~
preached in the churchyard of old ..
Philips by Messrs. II. and r. N. Com
din. The latter desired to know froa.
me whether | could keep secret NJ.
reply was that | could and would ~
promised to do so. He then INFORMED
me that the desire was to remova NJ
Calhoun's remains to place of secreo,
We then proceeded to select sucb :
place. Having done this, il was apreod
that at midnight we would meet to d.
| the work. Agreeable to the same ;
repaired to the Western cemetery q.
the hour agreed upon, and there ,na,
Messrs. Gourdin and Messrs. e. p. and
Adam Milliken, and my esteemed friend
Mr.. r. l.. Deas, then sexton of tbs
| French and Protestant church, and also
in the employ of Messrs. Gourdin. After
waiting awhile Mr.. White, the stone.
mason of Meeting street, arrived with
force of hands, all eolored, to remove
| the slab from the tomb. This beino
done, the hands were dismissed. Mr. !
Z. p. Alley, an undertaken of that dav
and time, furnished a new wooden casa
to put the casket in, which was of tbe
Fiske make and perfectly alright for
the tomb was full of water and the cas-.
ket floating. The remains were con.
geyed to the yestibule of the church
and put under the staircase to the south
of the yestibule. / threw a piece of car.
pet over it to prevent suspicion.
On Monday night about one O'Clock
| the folloWlng party met Tor the pur>
pose of burying the remains: Messrs.
II. and r. n. Gourdin, L. p. and A. Mi.
liken, K. L. Deas and the writer. The
remains were taken to a spot in the rear
of the church and Immediately at the
foot of the grave Of Mrs James Wels.
man, wife of the late Capt Welsman.
The grave was dug during the day and
left by the digger, who never knew for
whom the grave was made. No mound
was made, and everything was confded
to those present, all of whom are now
dead except the writer.
In 1870 | resigned the seXtonship Of
St. Philips, after serving that congre.
CATION from 1856 to 1870 in the humble
butrespeetable position of doorkeeper
Before leaving the church | was re.
quested to superintend the digging up
of Mr.. Calhoun's remains and the plae.
ing of them back in the tomb from
which they were taken. This was my
last official act as sexton of old ST.
Philips.
What have stated is true and should
be given as a part of the history of the
disposition of Mr.. Calhoun's remains
and is placed at your disposal-JohnM
Gregg, in st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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n. never 1reaZl1 2--s h-.-F see li
rhsrs- Ard sire u1bo5E wcE5 have
seen u # yga hz5z't cFenst t1t 5au-
5Jst riEht- % ri rbs lazF-EE sez-e
across Ire alley A.
bat. Patsy intercepted The ull-w,
again. 4 Go l3e thiakl1' wed 1s-1er rz.1
il over 10 the police right 1cs lzl E1i
Vzii for NJ. Ncr1u1- Suppose s9ze-
van 6nds we have the basket i1 or
possession isn't possession nine points
OF The laW2 AID vuu'i they t'e thinkiE'
maybe were the thlsres-
--Surs. mother cried Patsy vel
chance IL. won't we NCbo6y-II think
we have il here. and wen shove IL risti
back here IN the cupboard ard you-ll
80 10 work while start CUT 90 f1d III.
scrumpiious Mr.. Cooley Thompson and
ge; him 10 help me help Mor10a piuch
the thieves when they come
-An right. Patsy said the widow,
secretly pleased with her sons though; !
fulness for Mr Morton. but lis sang
TO say pinch since you've been on the
Mornin' Noon, arrest would be better
And you'se want TO look out FOR some
sleep before the day is over. sure.
And so the two parted, the widow Z
her tubs. and her son on his way 10 helT
the extra" who called him Patsy and
not Peles. This was not so easy q mat
Ter as Patsy had thought. lie hadn't
the slightest idea where -the scrunp-
tious Mr.. Colley Thompson" lived. and
ID was quite noon before he found ont
After that they both had 70 40 hunting
for Norton's lodgings. aud when he had
been found s. plan had 10 be devised by
which the arrest could be made and The
news preserved from the Daily Spreal-
Eagle. ID WAS ThcmQSous day Of. ard
be went straight 70 the polce eeiee.
where IS an old--iue police reporter be
was well known, and was sworn iu as a
special Then q large and ssriei as-
sorrmeut q handouts was secured. for
10 ole could tel low many vsaul cone
for the basket Hall dozen usn from
the Morning Moons prsss-oomz and
elsewhere were called iu as deputies.
50 that there should be help enough in
case the burslars were ruuarOus. he
forms were ordered left open late 4 the
thieves should b. dilaicry. ard M1rfou
WAS sst tl writing The stc-T-
I'll --u rlis eE-erFrlz1- ts51rsl
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A GREAT NAVAL STATION.
England Is Making the One at Ply
mouth a Monster,

The Importance of Deyonport as a
naval base has been repeatedly demon
strated. To-day the dockyard and the
keyham steam factory cover an area
of 145 acres, exclusive of the vietualing
yard. the naval barracks, the royal en-
gineering college and the many other
government buildings located on the
banks of the lamar and occupying 200
additional acres.
The present board of admiralty has
now commenced a scheme of extension
which, in eostliness if not in Importance,
will eclipse any work of the kind pre-
viously undertaken. and will convert
Deyonport-with the exception of Penn
broke, the youngest of the royal dock
yards-into the largest and most eff
GENTLY defended arsenal in the world.
The authorities in Whitehall have set
their hand to a scheme of naval eXpan-
sion at the western port which will en-
tail an expenditure of about 10000, 900
A million sterling has been spent in
dredging operations as a preliminary
to the extension of Devonport as naval
port, and the means of access to the
dockyard at all tides has been rendered
safe and easy.
The scheme includes the creation of a
tidal basin with an aree of 25h acres,
being Az times as large as the biggest
basin which Devonport now possesses.
It will be 1850 feet long and 900 feet
broad, with depth of 55 feet below the
coping stone. Leading from the basin,
which will be entered from the Hamoaze
by a tidal caisson, will be three craving
docks and an entrance lock sufficiently
large to permit the passage through of
vessels larger than any yet designed.
/ This lock will be an important addition
| to the accommodation, for il is to be so
constructed that it can be closed with
u caisson and utilized as dock. The
scheme thus aims at providing large
tidal basin which can be used at any
state of the tide and five docks so COM
modious as to reduce TO a minimum the
f. possibility of accident in the docking or
unlocking Of the largest vessels. Ply.
mouths geographical position renders
these additional facilities for the ac-
eommodation of the largest war vessels
of the greatest national Importance and
nine or ten years hence, when this
scheme has been completed, the Devon
pert group of docks will be without a
rival in the world.-London Globe.
The Van Buren press., 1897-10-16
Watermelon Rind PickI.

a crisp, tender rind nearly an inch
thick is best, though any can be used
rare on the green outside and cut into
neat slices say two by three inches
four over these slices boiling alum
water ian ounce of alum to gallon OF
water), and allow them TO stand ON
the back of the stove a couple of bours
Now make sirup of one quart of vim
egar' four pounds of sugar and a cum.
iul OF whole spiees-stiok cinnamon.
aHspiee' clover and cassia-buds. After
ten minutes boiling drop in the fruit
thoroughly drained, and cook slowly
until 1t is clear, and tender enough ~
oe easily pierced with fork. FIJI into
lars' straining the sirup. 49, Woman's
Home Companion.
The Van Buren press., 1897-10-16
inst an Hour Too Iate.

The other day Y, the Bohemian,
on receiving some money from a rich
uncle, took it into his head to clear of
some of his most pressing debts. He
first called at his tailor's, and heard
that the poor man had just died. His
widow. all in tears, desired to know the
visitors errand.
81 have come to pay my bill" he sim
ply replied.
"Ah," sobbed out the widow, "if nv
poor husband had only lived till this
morning the shock might have brough,
him round di"-Tit-Bits
The Van Buren press., 1897-10-16
In Self Defense.

Yes said the man who was relating
the experience, Il am usually peaceful
and law-abiding citizen, but on that oc-
easion l joined the infuriated mob and
threw stones at the militia"
You did?"
Yes knew that if the militia began
tc shoot the infuriated mob would
probably escape, while the innocent
spectators would get hurt" N. y.
Morll.