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The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-05-08
LAFAYETTE'S COURTESY.
HIS Act of Homage to m American
Woman.

Woman.
The visit of Lafayette to America, as
the nations guest, is graphically re-
called by Jean Fraley Hallowell, who
writes of "When Lafayette Rode into
Philadelphia" one of the notable series
of articles on Great Personal Events"
The welcome given Lafayette in Phila-
delphia is said to have exceeded in its
warmth and enthusiasm that extended
to the distinguished visitor in any other
city. In connection with his riding
into Philadelphia, the central figure of
Respondent pageant, an interesting
incident is thus recalled: "Lafagettes
barouche was passing, on Eleventh
street, the house where dwelt the wild
ow of Robert Morris, financier of the
revolution, q sister of Rev. Bishop
White. Mrs. Morris was at her win
dow, and, recognizing her after many
years, Lafayette rose up in his carriage
and bowed to her. The rare courtesy
was instantly discerned by the thou
sands copyrighted at this point, and it
seemed as if the people would go mad
with enthusiasm. The recognition of
Mrs. Norris seemed to set them afame
Even Lafayette seemed surprised that
the simple act should evoke such a wave
of frantic huzzas. Shout after shout
rent the air; women We'd with men in
their efforts to show to Lafayette that
his graceful act touched them. So
great was the furore that the hero had
to rise again and again in his carriage,
and it was several minutes before the
wonderful enthusiasm had abated. But
if the applause subsidized at the special
point where it had been waited into a
flame, it was rekindled again and again,
and carried along the entire route of
march. By a simple act he had aroused
the people, and the fruits of it remained
with him all through his visit in the
Quaker city."-Ladies' Home journal.
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Something Had to Happen.

Ifsyou had went to most any sort of q
big meetin anywheres in the surround
in country that summer you would of
met up with me and Miss Susy Ann and
a whole passle more of the young peo-
pie. But from the general way in which
the talk was carried on you never would
of thought there was any young people
on the grounds exceptin Bunk Weather
ford and Miss Rosebud Castleberry.
They flew so Internal high and skinned
SO blame light, and everybody had
somethin to say about how sweet
and pretty she was and how smart
and fine lookin he was. To be
certainly | knowed golnation well that
il was nothin but their extra frills and
fneries and fancy trimmins, but at
the same time the general circumfer-
cnce was powerful diggin and hurtin to
me. Bunk jest simply took the day
and swept everything before him,
whilst had to fall back and hang on
around the edges as best ] could.
This thing has now gone on jest a
leetle bit further than / can stand and
take it. and ! will be everlastinly dad
smashed if it amt got TO stop!" says
10 myself that night. Bunk Weather
ford thinks there amt nobody in this
country that can wear clothes eNceptin
him and his onlyest own, but by the liv-
in and the dead. | have never yet seen
n colt so fiery or so fine but what he got
brought to his milk and weaned by and
by. hate to do it, Bunk-honest to
God. do mortally hate to do it-but
somethin will have TO happen"
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next mornin went to work settin up
the traps.
Old man Eph Simpkins was then way
yonder the most richest man in the set
Element. He kept store over at the
Cross Roads-owned two or three good
plantations. and, aceordin to common
talk, he was plum lousy with money.
So in the next place | went over to see
Uncle Eph that day. laid all my plans
and schemes before him, and asked him
if he wouldn't stand by me till could
wean Bunk Weatherford, or either
make him sick on the milk.
you see that horse, bride and sad-
die, Uncle Eph?" says l. well, they
are mine and paid for. How much
money would you say have got buckled
up there together"
Il would put the figger at $780," says
he.
when are you goin down to New Or
leans to lay in your fall stock, Uncle
Eph?" says l.
81 lowed to start for the river landin
Tomorrow" says he.
"Well now, Uncle Eph," says I, com
in right down to business, when you
git to New Orleans want you to spend
$3.50 for me-spend it exactly like
tell you-and then take wayerly note
on that horse, bride and saddle to make
your money dead safe"
81 will let you have the money, Rufe, "
says Uncle Eph, Tor l will spend it for
you and spend it exactly like you say
providin you will give me all the pints
of your game as you go on with it
providin you will let me be there at the
milkin and the weanin."
"You are traded with on the spot, u
says |, land now, Uncle Eph, let me
tell you how to spend the money. In
the first outset l want you to git the
finest and prittiest dress that money
can buy for Miss Susy Ammo poker
dots, no muslin and no calico, Uncle
Eph, but the finest of silks and satins-
somcthin that will rustic and whistle
at every step she takes. And don't GO
and git no pale and sober and serious
lookin colors, Uncle Eph, but pink and
red and yaller buff-somethin gay and
gorgeous-like and flashy. Then buy her
the finest hat and the shinyest slippers
you can find, and fling in plenty Of rib
bins and laces for trimmins and good
measure.
'Then for my own higgins, want a
navy blue broadcloth suit Of clothes
calfskin, spike-toed boots and bell
crown silk hat, which the same like our
congressman wears when he amt out
huntin for votes. And | don't want
no sawed-off, high-water coat, neither
let it be a double-brasted calf-wiper,
Uncle Eph. Then l want a rufae-bosom
shirt, and if the pile amt clean gone
by that time you can fetch me heavy
gold watch chain. | wouldn't give a
durn for no watch, Uncle Eph, but
mought maybe need the chain in my
business"
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HIS ROMANCE.
1t illustrates the FicIxleness of Man
rs Well ms Woman.

"Of course there's romance in my
life," assented Fromer, when it was
intimated that there was nothing of
sentiment in his composition.
81 felt when l saw her, tits she or
none ON EARTH is what Schiller wrote in
his Bride of Messina.' That is exactly
what | felt when l met the woman of
my romance. Nobody can describe a
woman. You can rave about her clas-
sic features, her speaking eyes, her
neck like a pillar of marble touched
with life, the graceful Psyche knot that
she twists to a crown of beauty and all
that kind of rant, but after it is done
you can meet the woman and not know
her When | can picture a soul I'll go
into the business.
"Of course l was young when met
her. Otherwise | would have shown
some slight imitation of sense and sur
rendered by degrees. Love at first sight
is not uncommon, but it is restrained
by a sense of propriety, by pride or
by some other modifying influence.
Every force in my being was coopera-
tive. There was no check, and fell 10
the very depths.
"She refused me very prettily and
very properly. 1 asked her if 1 could
cherish no hope, intimating that to de-
prive me of hope would be Immediately
fatal. She gave me a very scant allow
ance. Then l went proudly away to
win a fortune that | might lay it at
her feet as an additional inducenent.
In four years returned. The woman
was there just as had left her, but
my ideal. While was trying for moral
strength enough to recall my vows
she was mastering courage suflicientto
tell me she was engaged to another
nan. She spoke first. Then | was so
mad at the other fellow. whom should
have blessed, that l insisted she had
broken my heart."-St Louis Republic.
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The "rerribIc COnfusionmcnt."

But then, when we marched hand in
hand through the crowd and up under
the big bresh arbor, we did raise the
dadblamdest AutteT and furry that had
ever come to pass in all that skirt OF
the woods The show was wide open
then and the gonebyest most terriblest
coufusionment you ever read about was
goin on around there presently. The
preacher had Jest got into a weavin way
with a powerful and stirrin sermont,
but he had to give it up and turn loose
20 catch his breath. On the first flush
some of the people thought I must he
Gen. George Washington, or King
JoeIns, or some other royal monarchy,
with a queen for a wife By his side.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-05-08

The mean temperature OF Greece IS
ca degrees Cahr
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-05-08

W hat 4 tremendous
big lot of devil
ment one mortal
man can do single
handed and alone
under the sun. The
meanness W h i C b
vain and heetin
man does is more
than probab BILE to
Ii e after him,
whilst the G o o d
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-05-08
Stnrve to Death .

'No man should marry until he is
able TO support a wife"
in that case lots Of men would starvs
to death. North American
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deeds done and the whisky he drinks
is sometimes buried with his bones.
Raley and truly, didn't mean to do it,
but oncst upon time--in my young
and magnolious days-when l was feel
in my feed and galln around right plen-
tiful and promiscus LIKE busted up a
whole campmeetin. And oncst upon
another time busted up the biggest sort
of a weddin match, when l wouldn't
of done it a-purpose for the finest young
mule in the settlement.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-05-08
spartan Perfumery.

Plutarch mentions a visit paid by a
Spartan lady to Bernice, the wife of
Derotarus. tetrarch Of Galatia. This
lady smelled so strongly of sweet oint-
ment and Bernice of butter that they
could not endure each others pres
cree Chicago Chronicle.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-05-08
"Fixiu the Triggers"

SO eopsequentially I fixed lie trig-
gers that night, and bright and carly
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-05-08

That was years and years ago, be-
fore me and mother ever took up no.
ton to walk together in the ten COM
mandments and work in double harness
for better or for worse. 1t was way
down in the old Panther Creek settle
people had made their clearins and built
their cabins in the first settlement of
the country.
Campmeetins was all the go in them
good old days, and indurn that partic-
lar summer everybody-Methodists,
Baptists and all went in kersnooks to-
gether and got up one of the biggest
eampmeetins you ever heard tell of.
They struck camp in big shady grove
over on Patsalagy ridge, and the people
they come for miles and miles around
come in wagons and on horseback and
afoot-till it did look to me like every
body was there.
Now in that day and generation most
everybody had to live at home and board
at the same place. They made their
meat and bread and raiments at home,
and even to the highrstocraey of the
land most in generally wore homespun
clothes in summer and winter and the
whole year round. And as for us boys,
il took our level blamedest to climb up
in a suit of store-bought clothes oncst
year.
But, as was goin on to say, right about
that time / was keepin clost company
with Miss Susy Ann Stringer and cut
tin the pigeon wing around her every
Sunday the Lord sent, and two or three
nights in the week for good measure.
At the same time my fellow servant.
Bunk Weatherford, he was payin his
most fervent regards to Miss Rosebud
Castleberry reglar and constant. Well,
il you have ever travelled along that
road you can see how it was. 1t did raley
seem to me like l was about the finest
lookin youngster in the settlement and
l felt certain that Miss Susy Ann was
way yonder the most loveliest girl in the
whole created human race. Naturally
of course Bunk Weatherford had took
about the same sort of fool notions in re-
CARDS to Miss Rosebud and himself.
So in the fullness of time - between
the two paiTs-we had worked up fu-
rious big rivalment as to who could and
who couldn't-who should and who
shouldn't. Now, to tell the gospel
truth, Bunk and Miss Rosebud they
had got the bulge on me and Miss Susy
Ann along in the spring of the year. By
some shift or turn Bunk had managed
so as to buy him bran-spankin new
suit of store-bought clothes, and Miss
Rosebud she had likewise broke out
in fresh place with two or three white
muslins and poker-dot calico frocks,
with hat and ribbins and plenty of
fancy fXments to match. They then
took in all the picnics and barbecues
and big meetins together, and cut such
a high and mighty swell everywhere
they went till they laid me and Miss
Susy Ann. and everything else for miles
around vxov bop in tho oh do
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-05-08
ON PATSALAGY RIDGE,
When Rufus Sanders and His Best
Girl Turned Out.
.Busted Big Campmectin with Fine
Clothes and Fancy Trimming"
but "Remained Over"
TIL Show Was Out.

Hit is the gonebyest most strangest
thing in this round created world to me
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1897-02-13
Highest Bridge in Europe.

The most noteworthy feature in
connection with the new Prussian
State line, which is now in course Of
construction between the industrial
centres Of Remscheid AMI Solingen,
will be the viaduet spanning the Wup-
pertbal at the little town Of Mungsten,
says Popular Science News, When
completed the structure will enjoy the
distinction of being the lc'ftiest Of its
kind on the European continent.
The total height ofshe .Douro bridge
in Portugal is 2O4 feet, whereas the
viaduct at Mungsten will n;tain an al
titude OF about 353 feet. The span Of.
the centre arch at Mungsten will be
ITO M, or about 557 feet. Upward
of !, 700 tons of ironwork will be re-
quired for the principal arch, and the
total quantity OF iroa employed on
the riaduct will amount to 4, 900 tons.
The cost Of the viaduct is estimated at
$625, 900.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1897-02-13
-
/ Friendly Mocking Bird.

4 mocking bird serves as night
Yatchuan at the residence Of R. f.
Bettes at Tampa, Fla. and notifies tie
family OF the coming Of dawn every
morning. by pecking on the window
pane. Often when the doors are left
ajar the mocking bird comes inside
and perches on the chairs and about
the room. It will allow the family 10
come very close and show marked at
tention to Mrs. Bettss and her daugh-
ter. When they start out for visit
it follows them some distance, and
then returns to the yard. When the
family returns it appears very glad
and will fly all about them, and give
evidence of it's JOY in other ways. The
children feed it about the house, ard
when the family meal is to be served.
if the window is not raised, it makes
its presence known by pecking On the
window. During the day it gets on
ncighboring brush or tree and sings
its roundelay Of song for hours at
time.-Savannah (Ga) News
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1897-02-13
A Doubtful Compliment.

American wheelmen travelling alone
in Europe have many queer expert
ences. A young man who was bicycling
in Southern France was pushing his
wheel up steep hill, when he over
took peasant with donkey cart, who
was rapidly becoming E!alleo, though
the little donkey VAS doing his best.
The benevolent wheelman, putting
his LETT hand against the back of the
cart, and guiding his wheel with the
other, pushed SO hard that the donkey,
taking fresh courage, pulled his load
up to the top successfully.
The summit reached, the peasant
burst into thanks to his benefactor.
''It WAS very good of you, mon
sieur," he said. II should never in
the world have got up the hill With
only one donkey !''-Youth's Com.
panion.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1897-02-13
Z Gisantic Revolving Tower.

France starte, he ball with the Elf
fel tower. England cndeavored to go
one better with the Wembley, which
is still in an embryo stage and appears
likely to remain so, while our Amer1-
can cousins struck bright ara novel
idea in the Ferris revolving wheel,
which was afterward introduced into.
England, and last season went n1eErlly
round, except when it occasionally
stopped and required more or
less coaxing ere it resumed
its "daily round" As fact, our
readers will remember it once had "a
night out' on its own account Now
French ingenuity is once again to the
;ore, and this time the idea IS to con-
struct lofty building that will spin
slowly, like majestic top. The tes-
tive Parisians are, it is stated, to have
this novelty in their midst, the site
chosen being near the sum nit of Mont
martre, the highest point within
the Notifications of the gay city.
The conception Of this big re-
volYing tower (about half the
height OF the E'AsD is credited to NJ
De7ic. The motive power for turning
the structure, q complete revolution
Of which would occupy about two
minutes, would be hydraulic force.
The upper part of the building would
bo occupied by public ballroom, in
which dancing would take place from
lin M. to a. NJ, while below this
it is intended to construct an artificial
ice skating rink.-London Invention.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1897-02-13

es few years ago these lands were
densely wrapped in primeyai solitude
and without commercial value, ezceps
for the trees which grew upon them,
they are today worth millions. Under
the Transforming touch of American
labor these gloomy forests have been
converted into rich and fertile dis
tricts, abounding in all the fruits o.
mother earth and supplyingthe nation
with food and prosperity.
To the industrious farmers belonge
the credit OF this wonderful transfor-
nation. With sublime faith and
courage he has braved the solitudes Of
frontier life and endured the extremes
of heat and cold; and while he has
realized but little in his own right, it
cannot be denied that his plowshare
has been a potent factor in the na-
tons progress.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1897-02-13
Development OF Department Stores.s

:. Department stores have advanced
fortunasglY both The quality OF tie:
saodat Oh the sales.
Tie Business Of several amounts an
nually to from $500, 900 to SIS, ,000,-
900, and this. roughly speaking, is as
much money as many a prosperous
railway one thousand miles long
handles in a twelvem onth; one great
store in the West carries 6 rent ac-
count Of almost, if Tot quite, $780,
900 year; the mail order business
of another amounts to $780,, 900 a
year; 8 number of houses send to the
homes OF their customers more than
20, 900 packages in single day, while
perhaps as many more are carried away
in the hands of the shoppers. In the
busiest days quite 100000 persons
have visited each Of the very largest
stores of New York, Philadelphia, Chi
cago and Brooklyn. One firm spends
more than 100000 a year for adver.
tising; aud single departments in sew
eral stores sell more than $4,000, 900
worth of goods annually. -Scribner's.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1897-02-13
Nutrition in Western Grasses.

Experience and careful experiments
have proved that the grasses OF South
Dakota are more nutritious than are
those OF any other state. This is due
doubtless in a great measure to the
many, bright, suushiny days, which
do much toward adding to the grasses
those properties which hare made the
erass-fed cattle Of South Dakota fam
Gus in the eastern markets. On the
stock ranges west Of the Missouri
river alka?i and buffalo grass
grow luxuriantly. Oh the alkali
grasses there are two varieties. The
first and best is upland, which grows
upon the prairies and hills; the other
variety grows on the bottom!and along
the vatercourses and in the bottom OF
dry lake beds. These varieties and
the wiry buffalo grass, which grows on
the prairie, make the best possible
feed for stock of all kinds. The up
land alxa!i grass does not attain SO
great growth as does the other va
rietv but it cures better. Both va
rieties, and buffalo grass also, cure
without being cut, and west of the
Missour; river for season after season
they have furnished the only food
supply for tens OF thousands OF cattle.
These grasses retain their nutritive
properties during the entire summer.
fall and winter and until the COM
nencemeat Of the spring rains when
they gradually give way to the new
growth of grasses Of the same 7arie-
ties. Cattle feeding solely upon these
grasses take on flesh st M astonishing
,ete and instances are numerous where
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1897-02-13
How Hog Back Changed Its Name.

Until q few years ago little Wis
consin hamlet was known simply as
Hog Back, from the peculiar shape
of O hill near there" said a Milwaukee
drummer. ''Finally the citizens held
an indignation meeting to wipe out
the plebeian name and choose better
one.
'sIt was decided to honor the place
by giving it the name OF the oldest
settler, q man named King. Some
Body suggested Kings Mills and
another .Kingsville' and SO on, but the
old man himself objected. Then it
was agreed to name the town for one
Of Mr.. Kings daughters. But he had
seven of them, and jealousies promptly
cropped out. At last some genius no.
ticed that all the girls were red-headed
and suggested 'Aubur1dale.' And Au-
burndale it is to this day, "-Chicago
Times-Berald.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1897-02-13


The Memphis Commercial Appeal
says: Tie on.looker ia literature may
wei! ask himself where the humor in
the New Hunor comes in. Certainly
the distortions in orthograpby have
long since ceased topossess the risible
element. There is nothing funny in
saving ':de" and "lat" for "the' and
'that," and the man on the alert for
a laugh has right to demand that
joke shall have a point to it, and that
there shall be something essentially
humorous in that which is labelled
humor !. :
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1897-02-13
Caring for the Birds.

The temporary organization OF the
Pennsylvania Audubon Society. the
object of which is to prevent the de-
etruction of native wild birds, has
been completed. The members OF
the society pledge themselves not to
use feathers OF wild birds for orna
nentation, and to encourage the pro-
lection of native birds. A circular
sent out by the society states that
several species of wild birds, includ-
ing the heron, egret and tern, have
already been exterminated by the de-
manaz Of iasLion.-Philadelphia Rec
ord,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1897-02-13
WlNNsBoRO.s. G. 1897.

cattle Which have grazed from year 70
ycar upon the ranges without being
fed pound Of grain have shown
greater weight and brought better
prices n the eastern markets than
have cattle which were fattened upon
grain.
Blue-io:nt also does we'll in South
Dakots, and yields from three to three
and one-half tons to the acre. The
yield of alkali grass is not so great,
but experienced stoekmen testify that
one ton of alkali grass for feeding
purposes is fully equal to two tons OF
blue-joint. Chicago Record.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1897-02-13
A DWARF s HcsE. !.

While Alboin and sSd0arf were
talking there came Q na9ssage from the
angry queen, who wassdetermined to:
be rcTeuged on: Bersaold = for his.
mocking and TOO presuapti pranks...
The unfortunate little peasant had: to
oontriTe many ar;ifoesto escape 5the e
effect Of her ill-will, tosS She too coaldS
invent schemes, and had courtiers. and
soldiers ready to obey hersco ommands4sii
The message was to sI1eMon thed WarfE.
to her presence, aneshe had, four
large, ferocious dogs laeeef IN the.
court through which: ne had 70 pass
They were fierce beast read to- at
tack any one, but Bs stbead dc, finding.
out whatwa il stosesior hinn, n an
aged to-procure e as live hares.s !:
These he.thre8ssszs ssesss an d:Rh De-
they pursued tho spray the dwarf es-.
capped, and to the queens surprise
appeared before her, With his usual
sarcastic smile. st. Nicholas.