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The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-05-22
MONKEY HAS THE MEASLES.
AiIment Peculiar to Humanity At
tnclks n Simian at n Paris Museum.

So far as the members of the French
Academy of Medicine have been able tt
ascertain, Cynocephalus is the first
monkey that ever had the measles,
Zanzibar was his birthplace. He was
brought to Madagascar where he was
sold to a superior officer in the French
army. AS companion for him, the
officer bought another monkey, a vaga'
bond, who had no name, and whose
birthplace was unknown. The weather
being cold, the pets were placed in a
warm house. P, private in the
zouaves, who was serving the officer, at.
tended to their wants, and often frol.
licked with them. One day p went
to the doctor complaining Of an erup.
ton on his body. The doctor saw al
once that he had measles and hurried
him off to bed.
Y, another soldier, was put in
charge of the officers garden and mon.
keys. Four days later he noticed that
Cynocephalus kept to the corner Of his
cage and refused to eat The same doe.
tor who treated the zouave was called
in. An examination showed an erup.
ton on Cynocephalus' body and all the
other symptoms of measles. The same
treatment was given to him as to the
zouave.
The other monkey was in no wise az.
flicted. To begin with, it is reported,
he was not so intelligent or so human
as Cynocephalus, who seems to have
lived up to his fine name and his place in
the Zanzibar peerage, and then the two
were of different tribes. THAT one
contracted the disease, while the other
didn't" says the academicians, "is not a,
all remarkable, for of two persons ex-
posed in the same way it often happens
that one escapes and the other does
not. Paris Cor. n. Y. Press.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-05-22
THE MOUTH WHEN ILL.
should De Frequently Cleansed and
Refreshed.

When one is in good health the mouth
needs no special care beyond that of or
binary cleanliness. Indeed, the secre-
lions of the various glands located in
it act as disinfectants and keep il
sweet. But few, however are so healthy
but they need to pay some attention
t. this organ, and when one is i'll with
any serious disease this becomes more
and more necessary. One physician
has found it advantageous to have pa
tents suffering with fever chew occa-
sionally some aromatic gum to stimu-
late the secretions of the mouth and
wash out or destroy heterogeneous
or fermentation going on there. An
other has accomplished the same end
by having the patient chew some splin-
tiers of fresh pine wood. DR.. Rosenfield
gives quite full directions for cleansing
the mouth under such circumstances.
He says that sin children and very oil
persons, the less solid food taken. TIL,
greater should be the care with the
mouth. They should rinse it out sew
eral times day with lukewarm water
containing a little common salt, tine
ture of myrrh or eau de cologne addei
to stimulate secretion. When there is
tendency to bleeding of the gums, or
when the teeth are bad, a pinch of pow
dered boric acid may be twice daily
rubbed in between the lips and gums.
Patients with false teeth should re-
move them when they cannot take solid
food.
patients with fever should have
something to drink-cold water or
weak lemonade-at least every hour
One must not wait till the patient asks
for a drink. Besides preventing dry
ness, the fluid maintains the activity of
the glands, and the whole function OF
Tie mucous membrane. Many patients
are prevented from drinking by pain
full, dry and cracked condition of the
lips, and therefore all feverish patients
should, from the commencement of
their illness, have their lips rubbed sew
eral times day with vaselne. In pro-
tracted cases OF fever the mouth NAV
also be swabbed out with oil or greatly
diluted glycerin.' IN. Y. Ledger.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-05-22
HUNTING IN sTv, =.
A SILK Hat Worn by the Hunter w..
Rudely DispInced ~


w. II. GRAHAM, OF Maiden, Mass
companied by Mr.. and Mrs. C. p Stos
ems, of that city, who were maxine
sightseeing tour through Florida
Joined hunting party of II, bound ~
an alligator hunt down the India
river.
A prize of $50 having been offered h.
one of the party to the hunter VIII
should capture alive the largest alliga.
tor, made the hunt an interesting on.
Mr.. GRAHAM, who has had consider'
able experience In alligator huntine
mentally resolved to win the priqe
Firmly grasping his 15-foot handla
gaff, he started off through the swami
with an air of determination. Althopeb
the day was very warm one and bs
was clad, not in his traditional hunt.
er's suit, but in his best "Sunday-go.to.
meetin' Clothes" with a silk tile for
headgear, he seemed entirely uncon.
scious of the incongruity of his appear.
ance as the "gator" hunter, and pressed
on through the tall swamp grass, jump.
Ing over bitches anu holes.
Suddenly he became aware that some.
thing was very much alive near his
feet, while at the same time a hoarse
growl and then a sound as of escaping
steam and the braying of donkey
combined greeted his ear. The next
instant the air was filled with flying
mud and water and our valiant hunter
found himself taking steps backward.
with the water and mud to his waist
ond his glossy silk tile floating along
on the surface of the water directly in
front Of him.
After few seconds of deliberation as
to what had struck him, he esped his
hat and pushed forward TO reScueit.
About this time Mr.. Alligator, the
cause of all the commotion, who was ly.
| ing concealed in the water and grass,
also struck out for the hat, thinking,
10 doubt, that 1t was young, black
pig. This aroused the ardor OF the
sportsman, and blood was in Mr. Graf.
fam's eye as, firmly grasping his gaff,
he awaited the coming of the alligator.
| As the animals huge jaws opened TO
swallow his prey, away went the gaf
between them.
Then the fun began. Quickly jump.
Ing onto the hard ground, Mr.. GRAHAM
| tugged away at the alligator, which re-
sisted his captor by rolling over and
over, hauling backward, lashing the wa
ter with his tail and cutting up many
other antics not laid down in the man.
ual of alligator tactics.
After On exciting fight of 90 minutes
his 'gatorship was drawn out on the
bank by the determined hunter who
called assistance. and his prize was Sc.
eurely bound and conveyed to the
launch, where, upon arrival, he found
| that the other members of the party had
secured five other alligators, all alive.
As the party arrived back at the hotel
at 1:30 p. M, after an absence of fonr
and one-half hours, it was not a bad
mornings hunt.
Mr.. Graffam's alligator was the big
gest, measuring seven feet six inehe'
and weighing about $50 pounds.
1t is needless 10 add that the prize o.
500 was awarded to Mr.. GRAHAM. vino
upon landing at the dock, immediatel,
commenced a hunt for tailor shoI
and hat store, which are harder 4
find in that section than alligators.-
Boston Herald.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-05-22
Chili's Splendid Fleet,

From Plymouth there lately set sail
the most powerful naval squadron that
has ever crossed the Atlantic under any
South American flag It's destination
is Valparaiso, and it constitutes the
recent additions to the fleet of the
Gillian republic. The squadron is com
posed OF ten vessels, namely, the armed
cruiser Esmeralda, of 1000 tons; the
Ministro Zentono, of 1000 tons, and the
Almirante Simpson, of 900 tons; the
transport Anda1nos, of 5000 tons; four
torpedo destroyers, capable of making
30 knots an hour, and a couple of large
torpedo boats for ocean use. with a
speed of ~ knots. The Esmeralda il
declared by naval experts in England
to be one Of the most powerful ironcads
afoat. Besides these ships Chill has
still building in England an ironclaJ
of nearly 10000 tons, which is to bear
the name Of 0'Higgins, a schoolship,
and six torpedo boats. With the feet
that Chill has already afioat and the
vessels now in course of construction,
Chill bids fair to become in time a pow
erful rival of the United States for the
naval supremacy of the western hemis'
phere.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-05-22

The world, as we know it, the world
created by men and women, has but a
short history. \ few thousand years at
most, and we lose the record. But what
changes have taken place in those thou
sand years! What changes, indeed, have
been wrought by earnest men and wom-
en-, in the short space OF time since the
grandmothers among US were school
girls! Who will say that the world is
not more comfortable, better, a hap
pier place to-day than ever before? And
it is so because good men and women
have been endowed with the God-like
purpose of making it and themselves
better and happier. Ofall the countless
billions Of men and women who have
lived and died. only they who have had
some share in this evolution of the world
toward the impossible end Of perfection.
have truly lived. The others have been
spinning tops and rolling hoops, the
toys cf their own childish selves-De-
troit Free Press.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-05-22
METEOROLOGY IN INDIA.
why the Natives Destroyed the Sur.
vey Pillars.


Letters from Bushire, on the Persian
gulf, show that the Persians are not al
all disposed to lay all the blame of the
drought on Providence. Their want Of
fatalistic consideration has almost
created an international incident. The
agricultural population of the Bushir
district, annoyed at the want of rain
turned their wrath upon the European
telegraph department, and especially
upon some landmarks which had been
erected by Lieut.. Cunningham, X. f.,
about two years ago, on account of the
meteorological survey of India. To
these obnoxious landmarks the def.
cient rainfall was ascribed. The super.
intendent of telegraphs, besieged in his
office by a threatening mob, at once
wired to the resident that affairs were
critical and II. NJ. S. Sphinx and the
steamer Lawrence were ordered at once
to Bushire. Stimulated by this appari'
ton, the governor dispatched troops
with gun against the rioters; but too
late, alas, to save from destruction the
,asus belli, the survey pillars, the erec.
ton of which had so exasperated the
heavenly powers. Strange to say,
heavy rain fell in Bushire and the neigh
boring district on January 6, so that the
people are convinced of the correctness
of their suspicious and their action
The ring-lcaders are less certain; for
about 20 of them were soundly bastin-
ADDED by the governor to impress upon
them the fact that there is no advantage
in proptiating the heavenly authorities
unless the earthly powers have been
also effectively squared" - London
Standard.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-05-22
Spanish Cream.

One-half ounce of gelatine into a
quart OF new milk, six tablespoonfuls
of sugar, beaten with the yollls of foui
eggs. Put the milk on to heat; when
boiling hot stir in gclatine and eggs
and stir continually as soon as it comes
10 boil; take off and stir in The whites
well-beaten, pour into deep glass disl
and when firm and cold add whipped
cream, sweetened TO taste and favored
with sherry wine or vanilla. 1t ought
to stand eight or ten hours / always
make it the day before I want to use it
Philadelphia Press.
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some Curiosities OF spicIhe

The late Sir b. w. Richardson is
credited with the following curious in.
formation on suicides; The rate OF sui.
cdes is highest in the last four davs
Of June and lowest in February: more
common among Professionals than 10.
nan Catholics and rarest among the
Jews. II increases with education and
spreads "ith railways and telegraphs
More men than women are swayed BIS
It's influence and Che average of SUI.
rides is set down - 70 iu every 11o.goo
Chicago Times-HsTsld.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-05-22
MonnDu's WoV

"Nou women said he, in the pc
euliarly eXasperating way q man has
of saying those two words. "you WON.
en- buy bargain things because they are
cheap
We do not said she. we buy cheap
things because they are bargains"
The distinction was almost too subtle
Tor the laundering masculine intellect
but it was there Indianapolis Jour.
nal
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-05-22

John" said Somerville mother to
her three-year-old boy, how do you
ever manage TO wear such big holes IN
the knees Of your stockings"
81 don't know, mamma" John an
swered thoughtfully; maybe I do u
when l say my prayers. Somerrius
journal
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-05-22
Making Extracted Reef.

During the season 1900 head of cat.
tie are boiled down into extract of bee'
every week at Fray Dentos, SCUM
America.-Chicago Times Herald
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-05-22

Teacher-What did Christian do when
Ae got to Hill Difficulty
Chorus of Pupils-GO; of his bike
Boston transcript.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-29

ing, the baron has won for himself
great name in science. His family
had long been eminent in scientific
pursuits, and he began his studies
with his father, Nils Gustaf, who was
the chief of the Finland mining de-
partment. He entered the Univer-
sity of Helsingfors in 1S49, and spent
his vacation in the study Of mineral
ogy. OF that science he soon became
an eminent expositor. He was forced
from his native country of Finland by
the Russian Government, and chose
Sweden to live in. He travelled to
Spitzbergen, and on his return to
Stockholm was appointed director of
the neurological department. In
1868 he made his first great polar
voyage and attained O latitude of
eighty-one degrees and forty-two min
utes. In 1872 he decided TO make
another trip to northward, and it was
on this voyage that he made the first
attempt to penetrate the inland ice
in the interior. His researches on
this voyage were of vast Importance
to science. Nordenskiold now turned
his attention to Siberian exploration
and accomplished much in that direc-
ton. Backed by the Swedish King,
the doctor made an effort for the dis
covery of the northeast passage in
1878. His vessel was the Vega, and
she reached Japan one year after sail
ing. On his return he was made
baron and appointed a commander Of
the Order of the North Star. Baron
Nordenskiold has written volumin-
ously on scientific subjects.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-29

amond broker recently exhibited q
very large pearl which had been sent
to him from the Arkansas field, just
what part Of il he refused to say.
The stone is one Of the finest speci-
mems of the "sweetwater" variety ever
seen in New York. II is perfectly
formed, slightly oval in shape, of a
pure white, and weighs thirty.fve
grains II is valued at $500. Anoth-
or broker recently received consign-
ment of Arkansas pearls, which includ-
ed a pink pearl, weighing twenty-six
grains, 1t is worth not more than
800, however, on account Of slight
blemish on one side. Many smaller
pearls have come from this same region
during the past week, and there is
talk of New York company TO work
some of the Arkansas pearl lakes. 1t
is possible, however, that they will be
late in the field, as Memphis COM
pany has already leased one Of the
most promising lakes for term of five
years for $4,000, and individual specu.
lators have obtained control Of several
others.
The Klondike excitement is not TO be
compared with the enthusiasm in
Northern Arkansas over the recent
finds of pearls. At Helena and Little
Rock family parties are going out to
camp along the river and hunt for
pearls. Most of these parties have
found only small stones. hut one wom-
an picked up pink pearl worth $50,
and two small boys who were looking
for clans and not for pearls found two
stones which they sold for S25 apiece.
Most of the valuable finds, however,
have been made in the lakes and
ponds, which are controlled by private
individuals or 10y companies. In some
places the owners have had TO stand
guard with shotguns to keep off the
enthusiastic pearl seekers, who have
been accustomed to hunt clans wher-
ever they wished, and who think that
the mere fact that the shells may con-
tain gems worth 800 or 80 ought not
to make any difference in this right.
The Arkansas pearl fisheries are
recommended as good substitute for
Alaska for those who are in search Of
hardship and adventure. There is
not so much frost and snow, but there
is plenty OF malaria, which is apt to
carry off the unacclimated visitor, and
the swamps and forests which one has
to traverse in order to reach the lakes
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-29

year and are capable Of carrying an
other thousanl pounds. Unlike other
large cattle, H. air flesh is distributed
very evenly, which adds very much to
their looks, and they stand on their
limbs as straight as pair of calves.
"They are remarkably Intelligent
and well trained, as you can Judge
from the position which they take in
the photograph. They are very active
and can easily walk mile in thirty
minutes. They are colored, like all
pure Holsteins, black and white.
There coats are as fine and glossy as q
thoroughbred racers. They are still
worked moderately when at home.
Their yoke was made to order, and
probably is the largest yoke ever worn
by any team. 1t is seven feet in
length and weighs 300 pounds.
"Their browning glory is their mag
nidcent set Of highly polished horns.
For size, quality, mating, and beauty
combined their equal does not exist
in the world. II may be of interest to
know that their food consists of eight to
twelve quarts of corn and oats ground
together, two quarts of fax meal, and
from six to eight quarts of bran each
day, with an occasional change to
suit their appetites.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-29
Regarded IL ms Impossible.

A groan of horror escaped from
passing pedestrians as the scatfolding
gave way, and the form of the house
painter was seen to drop through the
mir. He bounced on the third-story
cornice, struck the balcony ledge in
front of the second.story window,
plunged into pile of bricks in the
roadway and rolled to the pavement
with thud.
Strong men turned away their faces.
A woman tainted. The engineer, who
was getting breath of air in the area
bounded up the stairs and stopped
over the PROSTATE form. As he did
so the PROSTATE form rose with q
spring and knocked him nearly oil his
feet.
"Aren't you hurt?" asked everybody
in breath.
Hurt" was the contemptuous re-
Spouse. "Why, I've ridden bicycle
every day for five years. Answers.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-29

some place, and he was going back
after them.
A man named Deale, in Bald Knob,
sent dozen pearls to New York, and
has received an offer o. 500. He
found them all in the course of week
j. p. Smith, of Four. Nile Lake, has
been gathering pearls for several
months, but has been keeping quiet
about II. He rays that he has sold
about $1,000 worth, and still has some
very good stones in his possession.
John German found 800 pearl at
the mouth of a creek that runs into
the Little River River.
Three brothers (coloredD named
Hopkins, claim to have taken 1920
worth OF stones from the river and the
ponds near it.
Many of the natives in White County
have in their possession pearls Of more
or less value taken from the ponds be.
fore the excitement set in. Many of
them decline to say anything about
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-29
the Bald Knob country southwest of

the Bald Knob country southwest Of
Memphis.
Several Memphis citizens have in
vested money in leases in White Coun-
ty, and the concern already referred
to will make an organized effort to
develop the industry in the lakes and
ponds which il controls. This COM
pany has ALREADY taken out several hun
dred dollars worth Of pearls, but so
far the work has all been done by col
ored diggers and divers, who are paid
81 per day for their services. On ac-
count Of the color Of the water they
have to feel for the clans, which are
buried in the mud, with their hands
or bare feet, and so can work effective
ly only in shallow places. As soon as
machinery can be put in, however,
the bottom of the lakes, including the
deeper parts, will be thoroughly
dredged, and it is expected that more
satisfactory results will be obtained.
1t is the theory of the Memphis men
who are backing the enterprise that
mussels occasionally shed their pearls,
and that others that have died still
contain the gems, and will be found
buried deep down in the mud at the
bottom OF the lakes.
II is possible, too, that the manu-
facture of mother of pearl will be
started to utilize the shells, as is done
in Lower California, from whence most
of the pearl used for buttons for our
waist coats and dresses now come from.
Mother of pearl, it may be explained,
is simply the smooth inside lining of
the shell, which is cut out and used
for buttons and ornaments.
Instances of rich finds are reported
every few days from Bald Knob or the
adjoining country A few days ago
colored man, who gave his name as
Harris, walked into Memphis iewelry
store and exhibited a small bag OF
pearls. Most Of the stones were small
and worth not more than 81 or IS each,
but there were few of larger size, in.
Guiding one or two pink pearls OF very
good quality. An offer of 800 was
made for the lot. The colored man
held out for more, and finally accepted
$50. He said that he had worked
for month and had opened thousands
of shells to get the stones. He ac-
knowledged that he was from down
White County way" but refused to
tell where he had found the gems, as
he said that there were more in the
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The pearl boom is the latest sue
cessor of Klondike and it's attendant
excitements. For several weeks the
people of Arkansas have have been
worked up over the discovery ofpearls
in some of the lakes and rivers Of that
State, and in some places half the
population have been industriously
digging mussels in the hope of sudden
wealth, while the rest of the country
has been agitating itself on the sub
ject of dollar wheat. A New York di-