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The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-07-10
Gave Her sintcr Away.

1t was long time since they haa
seen each other, and naturally enough
they had lots of real nice things TO say
to each other, but her little sister Grace
was very much in the way, so to speak,
run along to mamma, DEAR" she
said to the little one. "I'll give you
some candy if you will"
| mo, | don't want to-"
"Ah, now, please do, like a good lit
tie girl
But I'd rather stay here"
81 won't take you out driving with me
tomorrow if you don't"
Her pleadings were in vain, and so the
little one remained. Presently mamma
came in and the conversation Jagged a
trife. Suddenly thought struck lit
tie sister.
Say" she asked, "what did you want
me to go TO mamma for a little while
ago?"-N. Y. Tribune.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-07-10
PERSONAL AND IMPERSoNAL.

Speaker Reed is said TO have abah.
5oned the use Of h.s bicycle in Wash
ineton On account Of the attention he
attracts on the streets.
-Buluwayo is to set mp a great
brazen image Of Cecil Rhodes in one OF
its squares. The order has been sent te
a British sculptor named Tweed.
Queen Margherita OF Italy recent
stood godmother for grandson Of the
great Italian actress. Nine. Ristorl. The
boy is a son Of Marchese Gapraniea del
Grillo.
Charles Leeocq. the celebrated mu
stefan and author of the "Fille dc Ma
tame Angot," is trying to get divorce
after many years of matrimonial ex
perience.
An English periodical paper recent
IL printed biographical sketch Of
Chauneey d'Epew, Of New York, in
which it laid special stress on his we'll
known Gallo Wit.
-Ihe duchess of Fife-niclznamed
"Her Royal shyness''-never attend:
the queens drawing-rooms, and Prin
cess Louise of Lorne lives as far as she
can the life of quiet country gentle
woman.
The Natal sculptor who is busA
with a bust of President Kruger grum
bles very much about "0om Paufs'
back hair. which sticks out in such {
way that it is difficult to get an accu
rate mold.
DR.. Nansen while in London aston
ished all who heard him by the idiomat
ic purity of his English; and now it i
said that the quality of his Frencl
was an equal delight and surprise to hi
Gallie hosts.
Prince Bismarck was able the othe
day to go out of doors for the first Tim
since January 2 He drove for an hou
and a quarter and experienced littl
difficulty in entering and leaving hi
carriage. On his return he took a shor
walk in his garden before rcenterin.
the house.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-07-10

A LITTLE NONSENSE.

I'm School.-"Johnny?' "Yes,m IS
"Complete this adage for me: .Peonl,
who live in glass houses should ~
SHOULD pull down the blinds.s-ch
cago Record.
Suggestion from the Pulnit
Brethren" said a well-known bisbon
the other day, in the course of sol
mon, 81 beg you TO take hold of Won.
own heart and look it straight in tha
face" -Tit-Bits.
-"You will be sorry for the wav vo,.
have neglected me when l am siien,
in the tomb" said MrxDPecl. eThint
of that" my dear" said Mr.. Peek a.
innocently as he could, Il cannot i'm
agine such thing" = IndianapoIi.
Journal.
"A Vital Question.-"I don't know
why the papers should speak so harshlv
of poor Prince Constantine. The dis
patches say he was at the head of his
troops at the last battle" Eyes. Which
way were they goingT" = Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
@=tIe-"Tell me, Carrie; were Won
ever in love before?" She-"To be
frank with you, Harry, my heart never
went out from me but once, and that
vas to my bicycle; but, Harry, like
YOU as we'll as it is possible for me to
like a man."-Boston Transcript.
AT the Height of the Qnarrel.-"Its
abstird and it's unfair, Maria, to &C.
cuse me Of swearing. You never heard
me utter profane word in your life
you're swearing IN your mind right
now, John Billus, and you know it! I
can tell it by the blank look in your
faeel"-Chicago Tribune.
Extract from a Letter Written from
College.-"I am much rejoiced, dearest
uncle. that you are coming TO visit me
next Monday. / will be at the station
TO meet the train. As we haven't seen
each other for long time, that may
easily recognize you, hold ten-pouad
note III your right hand. s-TitlBits.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-07-10
New Uses for Glass.

Attention was recently called in this
column to the proposed use of glass
brick in building. 1t is now said that
the government of Switzerland has
approved the use of glass for making
weights to be employed with balance
scales. A peculiarly tough kind oil
glass is TO be selected for this purpose
From England comes the suggestion
that glass would be a better and more
lasting material than stone for making
monuments, which are exposed to the
wearing action of the weather.
Youths Communion,
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RELIGION IN BRAZIL.
Evidence That 1t Is mt Discounts
Fruitful Mission Field.

Fruitful Mission Field.
Rev. Lucien Lee Kinsolving, of Rio
Grande do Sui, Brazil, one of the first
Protestant Episcopal ministers sent to
that country. is touring the United
States in the interest of his work. Rev
Mr.. Kinselying was sent to Brazil seven
years ago. He spent two years learning
the Portuguese language, and in the
last five years has made over 500 CON
yerts to the Christian faith in Rio
Grande do Sui. When he went to thai
country he found population of 20,
600 people, 100 of which were commune
cants in the Roman Catholic church.
lie found no opposition from the Ro-
manists to his work, and they encour-
aged him. lie was welcomed by the
press and the educated people, who.
while they did not themselves believe in
Christianity, wanted the common poo.
pie to believe in it, for the moral GOOD
it did the community.
Il cannot begin to express the condi.
ton existing there at that time" said the
doctor. THE civil laws had nothing in
them to aid man to protect his family
honor. Nothing but cowardly revenge
would do. If man succeeded in Undue
ing another mans wife to leave him, he
had no recourse to law. He would eth
er have to grin and bear it or kill tht
paramour. The woman or man were
not punishable by law.
Marriage is a civil contract there
Church or religious marriages are moi
recognized, and the Roman church has
gotten into considerable trouble By
openly opposing this law.
II have been in this country since
September 81 lecturing on the work il
Brazil and the conditions existing there
| Missions may be needed in foreign coun
tries, but they can be needed no plac,
worse than they are in Brazil The pro
prietors of papers, editors and educated
| people are not Christians. Their fathers
may have been before them, and thu
! Roman Catholic church is the estab
| lished church of the country, but thes
| people believe in humanity. They cal
| themselves Conptists, and won't per
nit the word 'infidel' to be used. Sun
day schools were unknown througlfou
| Brazil. We now have a Sunday schoo
of 600 children.
"A heavy tax was required by tn
church to bury people. This becam
burdensome, and it is quite common
thing for deceased people to be haulet
past my door and inferred like beasts
Such a thing as a burial service for tn
poorer classes is unknown. The richie
| people sometimes avail themselves o
the privilege offered by the church. Il
| the entire district in which | live fe,
people are -eyen moral.
THE good work of the Episcopa
church has received the hearty recon
mendation of all classes, and we hav
little opposition from any source. Pee
| pie like to listen to good sermons, an
no less a parsonage than the gentlema
who held the portfolio of the treasur
in President Floriana PeiXoto's cal
met complimented me on the wor
there as | was sailing for the Unite
States. He asked Inc to come back an
keep up the work. The gentleman wa
not a Christian, but had heard m
preach on charity. Pittsburgh Con
| mercial-Gazette.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-07-10
BIKE DIVORCE NiPPED.
Matrimonial Tandem Maintainable IL
Couple Have Separate Wheels.

Couple Have Separate Wheels.
I'm a believer in the bicycle" de-
clared n lawyer of prominence the other
day. an fact, ride one myself and de-
rive great deal of benefit from it;
but | know of more than one instance
where it has led to family dissension.
81 was called upon professionally the
other day by fine-looking, intelligent,
nicely dressed woman of about 35.
Without any tears or other prelim-
inaries she stated that she desired my
services in procuring a divorce.
"Upon what grounds, madam
"'You can give them technical
name after have told you what they
are. No couple ever lived more happily
than did Fred and myself until he
brought a tandem home for our Joint
use. He thought it best that we should
do our wheeling together, and agreed
with him. His thoughtfulness and de-
"To be sure
"But all my anticipatious were
blasted He developed a stubbornness
that ] never before discovered in his
character. He never proposed going
where | wanted to go. If had my mind
set upon going to the island he went to
the boulevard, and if had preference
fer one street he selected another. 1t
often occurred, too, that when one of
us was anxious to go out the other was
not in the mood. | cannot endure an
other such season."
Did it ever occur to you, madam,
that it might be wiser to give up your
| tandem than your husband?'
Indeed, I'm not going to give I'D
the bicycle just because he chooses to be
tyrant. | want you to commence pro-
ceedings.'
Perhaps, without letting him
know what you have in mind could
persuade your husband to buy you a
wheel of your own
"'Oh, if you could! The very latest
and the very finest. I'm sure he would
Fred's so generous. was confident you
would help me out Detroit Free
Press.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-07-10
Turk and Armenian

1t must be admitted that the Ar
menians are not an easy people to get
on with. They are distinguished by an
energy, BUSINESS, and fondness for
acquisition that are almost super-occi-
dental. They are selfish, personally I'M
attractive, and strikingly lacking in
traits Of nobility and self-respect The
average Armenian is unquestionably of
sharp intelligence so far as small things
go. The saying is that it takes ten Jews
TO outwit one Greek and ten Greeks to
outwit one Armenian. He is unques-
tionably extremely irritating to the
quietistic, resigned, fatalistic Turk. The
two have little in common. The Ar
menian is clearly pestilent fellow, and
the Turk has decided to get rid of him.
The Armenian is persistent source of
unrest. He is a Kicker" What men
do with "kickers," in the occidental
scheme Of things, is to vote them down.
The Turks know no other way than to
club them down, cut their heads off. CT
sink them in the sea of Marmora. He is
applying the triune receipt with patient
zeal as occasion offers.-Atlantic.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-07-10
How the Cuban Drinks.

The manner in which they quench
thirst is Cuban art. Elevating the
clay bottle on his wrist until il is slight
Is above the top of his head, the native
turns the water loose at a distance of
ten 10 twelve inches from his mouth
The stream, about the size of a lead
pencil. falls by a pretty curve in full
view until il passes between the lips.
Thus the Cuban quenches his thirst
without spilling a drop. The accom-
rlishment has its utility. As the water
passes in its continuous pouring from
the bottle TO the mouth it is before
the eyes Of the drinker. and any foreign
matter is secn.-St Louis Globe-Demo-
craf
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-07-10
w hnf Is Power.

Teach mankind to lift itself out of
the mental conditions that create the
petty frictions of daily life. II is power
TO control nerve force, that the slam
ming of a door, the ripping of water,
the kissing of steam will not excite il.
1t is power To coh,rUl mind, power to
slip the dead latch against rubbish
thoughts and rubbish conversation:
it is power to hold the anchor of pur-
pose, and not drift into improbable
acts; il is power to hold self above ir-
ritation. selfshness, unlSindness; it is
power to bring happiness into the lives
around you. 1t is this we want.-De-
troit Free Press.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-07-10
rarrn,r snti- unnho.

Narrow satin ribbon, plated, gath
cred or shirred. is used at wrist and
throat instead of lace or lisse ruching.
by some ultra-fashionable women. II
two ribbons are used together, one of
them is sure to be black Chicago
Tribune.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-07-10
Something of an Admission

"Of course, all my aunts say that the
baby looks like me-" said the blushng
young man.
"What does your wife say TO thaty
asked the elder man.
well, she admits that perhaps ! may
resemble the baby little."-IndianaP
olis Journal.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-07-10

Miss Hunter-Don't you think. my
lord. man should always marry
girl Of entirely opposite characteristics
Lord d. Busted Naas. 1 certainly do.
That's why I'm looking for girl with
money! wrinkles.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-07-10
The ocean eontgins scYe

The ocean contains several fish
which clothe and adoTn themselves. the
most conspicuous Of them being the
antannarius, a small fish frequeuting
the Sargossa sea, which literally clothes
itself with seaweed, fastening the pieces
together with sticky. gelatinous strings,
and then. as it were. holding the gar
ment on with It's fore fms
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-07-10

DR.. Brierre, "A well-known continent
tai scientist, declares that he has often
heard mice sing. He says the music"
generally begins about sunset. One
evening he noiselessly opened cup
board, and observed for about half a
minute the movements of the throat Of
"a mouse, which, he says, emitted a sonR
like that of a wren, the snout being
elongated, and held up in the air as a
dog does when il bowls.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-07-10
Her Dongl,ty Nephew.

Your lawn is coming up beautifully
Mrs. Suddenrich."
Yes; I'm trying new kind of lawI
seed. 1t costs a dollar a pound. Mr.
nephew Tom buys il for me and he
says it's the real relerly article"
what is it called?"
Let me see-what did Tom call it?
O. yes; patty-dee-foy-grass Queer
maine, isn't it?" - Cleveland Plain
Don Ter
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-07-10

she-How are you getting on VII"
your bicycle, Capt. Vert?
He "a beginner)-Ol splendidi3
getting on about every two minutes
fun.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-07-10

When you see a girl reading book
on etiquette you may know she Is very
bashful and is trying to find q sue for
Washington Democrat
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where Practice Makes Imperfect
II was a street brawI.

II WIS nTTttI UIdWI.
\ muscular man picked up a club
md struck at his enemy's head Three
times he struck. and three times he
famed the air.
"lt's no use, he walled despairingly.
as lie threw the club into a vacant lot.
after three years on the league base
bali team. G. can't hit auything!''-
Philoaalnhia Press.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-07-15

C. D. Massey returned yester-
day afternoon from New York
city. Mrs. Massey accompanied
him as far as Barnesville, Ga,
where she will spend the summer
with her mother Mrs. Cook, and
sister, Miss Carrie, so favorably
known in Ocala. Mrs. Massey is
on the high road to complete re-
covery and Como again wears a
smiling face as of yore.'
Sanitary Inspector Williamson
is kept busy enforcing the law
and looking after and keeping
premises clean. During the hot
weather the health of the town
depends to a large degree upon
the strict observance of our ex-
cellent sanitary laws.
Will you give up all that health
means to you? If not, look out
for impure blood. Cure boils,
pimples, humors and all scrofu-
lous tendencies by taking Hood s
Sarsaparilla.
H. B. Masters carries pref
ty line of Thompson's glove fitting
corsets in seven or eight different
styles, also DR.. Warmers corsets
in seven different styles and a
complete line of ladies underware
well made, pretty and cheap.
A party stopped oil in the city
yesterday, who hailed from De-
catur Ga, young lady, Miss
Minnie Barco, by name, had Il
lovely little fawn in n crate, the
little fellow was not larger than
a jack rabbit and would weigh
about fifteen pounds.
Arthur Gray has gone to Su-
wanee, Tenn, to attend the uni
versity Of the south.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-07-15
All the People

Should keep themselves healthy
and especial care should be given
to this matter at this time.
Health depends upon pure, rich
blood, for when the blood is i'm
pure and impoverished diseases
Of various kinds are almost GER
tain to result. The one true
blood purifier is Hoods Sarsapar-
lila. By its power to purify and
vitalize the blood il has proved
itself to be the safeguard of health
and the record of remarkable
cures effected proves that it has
wonderful power over disease.
It actually and permanently
cures when all other preparations
fail to do any good whatever.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-07-15
A Good Fish Haul.

An enterprising fisherman ar
rived the other morning with
400 pounds of trout and sold
them quickly at 4 cents a pound.
He caught the fish in Lake Jul
niper, near the FFbig scrub" 21
miles from Ocala, packed them
in his wagon bed with deep lay
ers Of moss, which he kept sat
urated with water. He placed
the fish from q well in the water
into the wagon at sun down and
by an all night drive reached
Ocala by daylight with the fish
in excellent condition.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-07-15
Resolutions Adopted.

The following resolutions were
adopted by the Sunday School,
Epworth League and congrega-
tion of the Methodist church; the
Sunday school, B. Y. P. U. and
congregation of the Baptist
church; the Sunday school and
congregation of the Presbyterian
church and the Sunday school Of
the Christian church of Ocala
Florida.
Whereas, at recent meeting
Of the city council, the question
of Sabbath observance being un-
der consideration, three Of our
esteemed fellow citizen, viz. j:
Messrs. u. r. Waterman, 3. A.
Weathers and L. N. Green, did
by their vote, place themselves
on record as being unalterably in
favor of elevating the moral
standard Of our community and
Whereas, believing as we do
that the said Messrs. u. r. Wa
terman, B. A. Weathers and l..
n. Green did, by their vote, re-
feet the Christian sentiment of
this community; now therefore,
be it
Resolved, that we do assure the
said Messrs. Z. r. Waterman,
3. A. Weatllers and L. N. Green
of our Christian sympathy, cor
dial support and hearty commen-
dation and do thank them most
sincerely fol' their commendable
efforts to uphold the standard of
morality.
Resolved, that we forward to
the said Messrs u. r. Waterman,
B. A. Weathers and L. N. Green
an engrossed copy of these reso-
| lutionS and furnish each of our
city papers with o copy of the
same for publication.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-07-15
A TIMELY ORGANIZATION.
Just the Thing Needed to Aid our To.
baccO Growers.

Just the Thing Needed to Aid our To.
baccO Growers.
The following prominent and
level headed business men of the
city, Judge McConathy, Mayor
Bullock, George MacKay, D. E.
McIver, D. S. Woodrow and III.
Buerdorf are about to organize a
tobacco curing and storage COM
pany in Ocala, just the thing
needed at this stage of our indus
try to make it a success. The
object of this organization is to
aid the tobacco growers in assist
ing him to take care of his crop
when ready for the knife either in
barn curing it, or when so cured
to put it through the betuning
process and make the weed a
commercial commodity that will
bring for it j buyer. For this
purpose buildings scientifically
arranged for the business will be
constructed, those thoroughly
competent to take care of the to-
bacco will be employed, including
the bringing to Ocala of men en-
gagged in the tobacco business,
with means to purchase the ar
ticle. The lacking of these facili-
ties has put a damper on the ar
der of those who have been grow
ing tobacco, finding where
brought to stage when the
plant was ready for harvest, they
had no housing facilities, neither
were they acquainted with the
proper processes to barn cure it.
This company will do away
with these impediments and
induce many persons to make a
fall tobacco crop, assurances
coming from Reddick that if the
work indicated can be done and
buyers secured for their crop,
they are ready and will plant 100
acres, while from other sections
come equally encouraging assur-
ances, which will have business
and commercial meaning that
will do wonders in restoring our
trade and prosperity. Keep
your eye on these men and COM
mend them for their foresight
and keen business Judgment, and
be not laggard in substantial en-
coura cement to their efforts to
promote their success along this
line, in which is largely bound up
that of Ocala and Marion county.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-07-15
Still Making Improvements.

When the Plant System pas
scngcr trains met here at 1:3O
yesterday afternoon, Star re-
porter was shown Mr.. Plant S
last piece Of improvement, name
ly, separate coaches for the col
ored passengers, the coaches of
which each train, hereafter will
carry one. They were just out of
the shops and as nice and elegant
ly finished as any coaches on the
train. They have a smoker cut
off in one end and every and just
as good Accommodations as the
white passenger coaches. In fact,
il is the intention Of the road to
make the Accommodations for one
color, as good as those for the
other with the only distinction,
that they will be entirely separ-
ate. This Improvement is per-
lnancnt and our cOlOred people
can feel sure Of good accohoda-
tions in the future.