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The Van Buren press., 1898-04-09
LIE WANTED WAX.
And Incidentally fehst"
Fiji the Bill.

"If there's goin' to be war; say IL.
il come. I'm ready and Wiling 10 pun
out my blood in defense oil my ho ileI.oa
The speaker wasn't man who looked
like n bloodthirsty villain, nor one VIM
seemed to be thinking of the gore tha'
no could reyel in. On the other hahu,
he vas a mild-mannered man, with the
air of a being who disliked 8orh' ss'
loved food. a., ..;a,s
"Yes sir" he went on, 1.-THE actions
of spain toward our native lahd SUI
I'M within me all the latent PATRIOTISM
that has been dormant since the ,line'
when a mere stripping, heard oil the
attack ON Fort Sumter. Then | couldn I
fpht nor show my love for the stars
and Stripes, but now am ready 10 go.
For 30 years / have regretted that was
too Young in the eos, and during al
those years l have been compelled 10
earn nv bread by the sweat Of my brow.
But things are coming my way, ana
I want this country to take steps TO
nunish the insolenee of Spain. want
her to take summary measures 10
avenge the insults heaped upon us.
"Would the war be a long oneY SAID
timid listener.
"of course not. II l thought 1t
would last more than 100 days l
wouldn't go, but am sure it Will not
That is long enough
"Then you are not overly anxious for
a long and arduous war, extending over
three or four years."
"Of course not; of course not. why
should | be? The length of time in the
service would have nothing to do with
the pension I am after"
"Pension ?" said the other.
ayes, pension. This prospective wal
is my only salvation, the only chance
will ever have to make my declining
years peaceful and full of plenty. Ger
tainly, l am not anxious to fight for &
long war, but few months wouldn't
hurt me, only in a nominal way, ane
that would enable me to get pension
sufficient to keep me during the de
clining years of my life. 1repeat 1t, lie
war come. I'm ready to do or die, tina
is to die or do the government, as TIT
case may be-"
Then the timid man said he might alst
enlist if the prospects for a short wa
were all that they should be.-Cincin
| natl Commercial Tribune.
The Van Buren press., 1898-04-09
WIT AND WISDOM.

John got so discouraged about
himself that he went to the doctor YES.
terdav to know the worst" Did he
oct the information he was seekineg.
yves: the doctor told him his bill was
SITS. Judge.
Mrs. Wilders-"Why is it, John.
that YOU are able to remain at home
NIGHTS when you have headache, but
always have business engagement
every other night?" Mr.. Wilders-"As
long as [ have to suffer anyway, I Just
think / may as well bunch my hts
Cleveland Leader.
"A Suggestion.-Brooks-"We hayl
a new game. Maybe you'd like to come
in ." Russell = whats the idea?n
Brooks = well, half dozen of us
nut in ten dollars each, and man who
puesses where the next South Amer-
can revolution will break out takes the
pot."-Life.
II don't object to being called a
peanut politician said Senator sorg-
hum. 1.-The peanut is at shines most
palatable and desirable product "Yes,n
said the candid retainer, with sigh,
sometimes. But it takes a great deal
of roasting to make it so.'-Washing-
ton Star.
-smith-"Brown is getting to be
uuite absent-minded of late, isn't hep
Jones-"Why, I haven't noticed itp
smith-"Well, he is. The other day he
happened to look into mirror at
home. and he asked his wife what she
was doing with that fellows picture
In the house" Chicago News.
Say. I've got a scheme" said the
inventive genius, that will make me
independently rich if l succeed in per-
fecting it, What is it?' asked his
friend. ut has been estimated" con.
tinued the I. G., that one ordinary fe-
male house-fy will lay 10000 eggs in a
season." "Yes," answered the friend
but what's the seheme?" II propose
replied the genius, ITO graft the house
fly on the hen" Chicago News.
The Van Buren press., 1898-04-09
Oyster HnnlIInn

A recipe for oyster boullion calls for
two dozen large oysters, drained and
chopped fine. These are put into a
double boiler and heated SLOWLY in
water, to draw out as much Juice as ms
sible. They are then put through a fine
sieve, and every bit of the liquor pressed
out. inns liquor, added to that already
FRAMED is put on the fire in a porce-
lam saucepan, and into it is beaten the
white OF an egg. Let it come to a boiI
Tor about minute, then remove from
The fire. and after 1t has stood for three
u four minutes strain through piece
OIL eheeseeloth doubled. Before serving
season aud add as much hot milk as Won
nave oyster juice. Dry toast cut in
squares or oblongs is handed around
with the bouillon.-Boston Herald
The Van Buren press., 1898-04-09
Compressed Flour.

Flour is an item in household use
that is looked upon as indispensable,
but where it must be transported for
any considerable distance it increases
rapidly in value, because of its bulk.
Experiments are being made in Great
Britain with compressed flour, which is
put up under such pressure that three
pounds can be put into the space or
dinarily occupied by one. In this prac-
teal age, economy of space is an i'm
portant item, and if these experiments
prove a success, 1t will be possible to
ship 10 distant points and out-of-the-
way localities, an amount of hreadstuff
not hitherto obtaInable in such regions.
N Y Ledger.
The Van Buren press., 1898-04-09

From March, 1870, to March, 1898, 122
transatlantic vessels steamships ply
ing between Europe and America only
were lost en- route, and as direct re-
suit of this $500 lives were lost. The es-
innate of lives lost from various other
causes is 600. The number of steam
ships never heard from after leaving
port was II. The number burned was
nine and the number foundered was 10.
The other wrecks were caused by col
lisions, being washed ashore, collisions
with icebergs, etc. From March, 1898,
to the beginning of the present year
the loss of life ON the Atlantic has been
very. much less, than in former years.
though one or two large steamers have
had serious mishaps and one was never
heard Washington Times.
The Van Buren press., 1898-04-09
New Millinery,

Among the new things in millinery
are the sweetest of tiny green, red and
blue lizards, charmingly enameled
frogs and turtles, and many more such
like ornamental reptiles. They are to
take the place, so hat trimmers say, of
the jeweled buckles and rosettes and
buttons and things that have been used
ad nauseam. Most of these charming
monsters are enameled, and yet are
flexible, and are meant for use amid the
knots of dusty leaves and deeply purple
Tuscany violets, gardenas and punches
of primroses already poisoning amid
the winter plumage. In addition to
these not at all expensive ornaments
foS such hats as have no business at the
theater, and, indeed, are not worn there.
women are giving hourly more and
more attention to the dressing of their
bare heads. Some gay girls catch all
the shiny masses of their back hair in
nets of variously colored silks, pinned
down with prongs of tortoise she'll
more or less richly jeweled-N. Y. Sun.
The Van Buren press., 1898-04-09

Eyes" declared Miss Lufkin, with
emphasis, 81 am in favor of a single
tax, and if the women ever get in power
we'll have il, too"
"Please explain said Mr.. Wakely,
why you advocate the single tax sys-
TEN. DO you think the millionaire whose
money is invested in fast horses should
go untaXed, while the laborer. vino
owns only the land on which his house
stands ought to be assessed ?"
"Pooh!" the lady replied. whats
all that got TO do with it? am in favor
of a single tax because it would de-
crease the number Of old bachelors. If
you must have the truthi'-Cleveland
Leader.
The Van Buren press., 1898-04-09
Pot Roast.

Have your kettle on the fire with one
slice of fat pork. Let it get brown.
Wash your meat and -four it well. Now,
put il in the kettle. Let it brown all
over. Then put in cupful of water and
move kettle back little. Let il cook
slowly for four hours, and keep adding
a little water BE careful to keep COW
sred very tight TO keep in all the steam.
If you like the flavor of onions it is
very nice. l cut one in half and put in.
Boston Globe.
The Van Buren press., 1898-04-09

IL IS some years since visite de esre.
monte has been regarded as essential
rom .loln an guests who would keep in the
hostess good graees. Next. the Ieavino,
81 cards by guests at a tea was omitf.5
ana now one Of the rules of correct So
nal conduct which is becoming 50 ,ysIi
80. s,''p''sneu mat men are reveling in the
rellet II brings does away with the
. ..eCeSsi'y OF sending cards in answer To
nsti Enquirer 49, >1i''''ii'
The Van Buren press., 1898-04-09
Possibly nm Engagement Ring

He-Dost thou see yon star near the
horizon? That is Saturn with his rings.
she-I see Saturn. but don't see any
rings.
"oh, we are too far off TO see any
rings"
Then we had better go up little
closer. I've been looking out for a ring
OF some kind for long time now
n. Y. World.
The Van Buren press., 1898-04-09

During the last so years the size Of
steamships has been multiplied 2O-fold,
.he horsepower employed TO drive them
mas been multiplied 40-fold. and tho
speed with which they traverse the sea
mas increased three-fole. - Chicago
Chronicle.
The Van Buren press., 1898-04-09

Mrs. Higbee-I feel so miserable
Higbee-What is the matter?
"Mrs Shaw told me secret and I've
forgotten what it was IT, Buffalo Com.
mercial.
The Van Buren press., 1898-04-09

The elephant beetle" of Venezuela
: the largest insect in the world A
full-erown one weighs ttoui 54t =
sound.
The Van Buren press., 1898-04-09
prnucd nm Alihi-

Timpkins-I understand that Miss
Anteek brought suit for damages
against young Softleigh for casting re-
Elections upon her
Simkins- So she did; but she lost her
case.
"She did, Ell? What was Softleigh's
defense?'
"Oh, he proved TO the satisfaction Of
the jury that he wasn't bright enough
TO cast a reflection. Chicago Evening
News.
Mrs. Gladstone-s Extreme Age.
Mrs. Gladstone has just celebrated.
her eighiy-siNth birthday.
The Coconino sun., 1898-01-29
JOHNSON CANYON TUNNEL.
Repairs Completed-Burned Out Again
 Will Be Reopened.

On Sunday morning, January l6, at o'clock, Johnson tunnel, on the Santa Fe Pacific, was discovered to be on fire, and all efforts to put it out were una vailing. The tunnel was timbered, and being in loose ground many caves occurred. The holes were filled with wood and hundreds of cords were used. This Is the first trouble experienced since the road was built.
 The tunnel was retimbered, the work being finished Thursday night. About SO'clock fire was discovered in the new timbers, and it was soon beyond con trol, and is now entirely burned out.
 It k said that over POO carloads of old ties were used us tagging in retimber- ing the tunnel. With this amount of timber burning, some idea of the fire can be obtained.
 Since January l9 eight men have been injured in the tunnel and two killed. Of the injured two have since died. The injured were c. II. Matthews, John Denair, William Grist, B. Archambeau, James VOteau, J. F. Hanson and Jesus Chavez and an Indian.
 The injured are in the hospital at Albuquerque, with the exception of John Denair, who is in the hospital at Prescott, and all are reported as improv- ing. William Grist had his skull broken and is in serious condition.
 As soon as the tunnel becomes cool enough the work of cleaning it out and retimbering will be begun, and it will probably be two weeks before through traffic can be resumed.
 During the tunnel fire Thursday night the Flagstaff fire company was telegraphed for by the railroad officials. The company responded and had their apparatus loaded on the ears waiting for orders to go, but at midnight word was sent that the fire was beyond all
The Coconino sun., 1898-01-29
Death of C. H. Matthews.

Charles II. Matthews, the bridge su- perintendent, who was injured at the first cave-in of the Johnson canyon tun- nel, died in the hospital In this city at 5:3O o'clock this morning. He was brought to the hospital January l9, and was then suffering with dislocation Of the left hip, besides number of burns on the body from the hot rock which fell upon him. It is also probable that he inhaled considerable smoke, which may have been the principal cause Of his death.
 For the first couple of days he seemed to be improving, and strong hopes were entertained for his recovery. During the past three days, however, his condi- ton has been critical and he continued to fail.
 His wife has been caring for him ever since he was taken to the hospital, and was by his side when he died.
 Mir. Matthews home was in Williams, Ariz. He had been in the employ of the Atlantic and Pacific and of the Santa Fe Pacific for many years in the capacity of superintendent of bridges. He leaves wife, but no children. Sev- eral of his brothers work on the rail- road out west. One of them, hearing of his serious condition, came in from the west last night. The mother of the deceased and other relatives reside in Chicago. o.-Albuqucrque Citizen, Jan uary 25.
The Coconino sun., 1898-01-29
THE COCONINO SUN.

control and their aid would not b needed.
The Coconino sun., 1898-01-29

J. W. Thurber has renewed his con- tract with the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad company for running the stage line be- tween Flagstaff and the Grand Canyon of the Colorado river. Mir. Thurber has also secured the lease of the hotel at the canyon. This means that the stage line will be run in first-class style during the summer, and tourists will have no cause to find fault with the trip or the hotel accommodations.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-06-23

many travelled members of our party,
but not II of them could say that he
mad ever seen anything like it. Here,
surely, we were gazing down upon one
OF natures battlefields, the d~isordered
scene of some tremendous CONFUSION,
IN which Titanic forces had lifted the
biggest powders the mind can con-
ceiVe and tossed them to and fro like
pebbles. AS far as the eye could ira
vel stretched an ocean of granite noun
tains, extending range beyond range to
the horizon. Few people realize the
immensely of the Matoppos or the
beauty of the h~illsides and valleys,
where euphorbia, mahogany and mo-
pana trees and all sorts of tropical
bushes flourish in glorious confusion.
and certainly no one can have anv
conception of the aw~e-inspiring gran
deur or the scenic splendor of this
wondrous natural panorama"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-06-23

Many readers will feel a very I'M
reasonable degree of sympathy with a
bicyclist whose ~misadventure is thus
described in the Washington Post, by
a writer who received the story from
the oculist mentioned: A man on a
bicycle was scorching cheerily along
the conduit road on his way to town,
when suddenly there doomed up out of
the darkness a heavy wagon headed
straight for him. There was no time
to turn out. The wheel crashed into
the wagon pole, ana the rider was
thrown completely oven the horses,
falling between them and the wagon.
The oculist ran to the rescue. expect
ing to see a mass of bleeding and I'M
conscious humanity. Instead, he saw
a kicking and angry person who was
apparently uninjured. The bicycle
was a Chinese puzzle of twisted wire.
Are you hurt?" asked the oculist.
The angry person picked himself up and
stopped swearing. He gazed at what
had once been a fair young bicycle.
"Hurt?" he said, in a tone of deepest
disgust. Hurt? Me? OF course
amt hurt. I've got an accident poll
rvn
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-06-23

He's a cool 'un," is the way he
soldiers in a certain English regiment
describe one of their officers. a young
man whose self-possession in a time of
danger saved his men from defeat, and
probably from death. The circum-
stance which gave this officer his repu-
tation is related by Rudyard Kipling
in the Westminster Magazine. He
writes: A very young officer, VINO
mad gone almost straight from school
to the army and thence to India. was
leading his company through a rocky
pass, on returning from a scouting ex-
petition. They were beset by the
enemy, who fired at them from behind
the rocks, and the men were growing
very unsteady. Those in the rear be-
gan to be impatient, and shouted to
the men in front, Hurry up. What
are you waiting for there?" The young
officer answered quite coolly: Hold
on a minute. I'm lighting my pipe,"
And he struck a match and lit it. There
was a roa of laughter, and a soldier
called out, We'll, since you're so
pressin', | think I'll have a pipe my
self" And he, too, struck a match and
began to smoke. This bit of fun stead
led the men, and they came through
in good order.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-06-23
RELICS AT FARNBoRouoH.
Sad Memories of the Once Beautiful
Empress Eugenic.

D"N
Empires Eugenic.
The interior of the mansion at Farm
borough, which serves as a home for
the Empress Eugene, is both sumptu-
Gus and comfortable, but it's distinctive
features are the constant presence OF
all that can recall those who have
gone. Just before the departure OF the
prince imperial for Zululand h en-
press had decided to arrange for him
an apartment at Chiselhurst into which
all the historical and personal ouyen
irs in her possession Of Napoleon l..
and III. should be gathered. The room
was barely finished when the news
ter. An exactly similar II has been
arranged at Marlborough, with the ad-
dition of one large piece of furniture,
the upper part of which has glass
doors. Behind these the mother has
herself placed everything belonging to
her son, from his earliest rattle to his
favorite books. In the lower inclosed
portion are locked up he accouter-
ments of the horse he rode n the
blood-stained uniform he wore on that
tragic day, mournful relics brought to
the empress by Col. Villiers and OH
which can be seen the lance thrusts
Of the Zulus. The old bedroom of the
prince has also been reinstated at
Marlborough, as it was at Chiselhurst
Near the narrow camp bedstead, which
is always strewn with fresh flowers,
stands the magnificent cradle, with its
gilt bronze figures, offered by the city
of Paris when France acclaimed the
heir to the empire-the cradle in which
he reposed while all the dignitaries Oh
the state passed before the imperial
infant
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-06-23
PRISONERS IN THE ICE.
WOMEN WITH THE FLEET AT
POINT BARROW.
four of Them Are Wives of Captains of
the Ships-TwO Little Children, One @
and One 3 Years Old, with Them
Much Suffering Prevails.

Away up in the frozen north, with
four ONE and two little children.
Or course We have read all about the
whaling fleet damned in the ice at
Point Barrow, and about the relief ex-
petition sent out by the government
in the revenue cutter Bear to carry food
to the imprisoned whalers. The Bear
has reached Unalaska, and overland
expedition has started to the relief of
the eight steam whaling vessels and
thelr crews jammed in that awful sea
or ice, says a recent issue of Chicago
The eight ice-bound vessels
are the Orca, the Jesse H. Freeman, the
~Belvedere, the Rosario, the Fearless,
the Wanderer, the Jeanne and the New
port, the crews of which number 265.
Inc fou women in the fleet are the
wives of Captain Green, Captain Por-
ter and Jesse H. Freeman. Captain
Sherman and Captain Weeks. The two
children who sailed away were Bert
Sherman, the 6-year-old son of Captain
and Mrs. Sherman, and Dorothy Por-
ter, the ~S-year-old daughter of Captain
and Mrs. Porter. 1t was arranged that
the sailors on board the Bear were to
know nothing of the presence of the
women and children until the fleet had
been out three days, as there is a SUI
perstltlon among sailors, especially
Whalers, that a woman on board brings
bad luck, and the newspaper reporters
who were in the secret had given their
promise not to mention the fact until
after the vessels had sailed.
These four women are the first. with
the exception of Mrs. Peary, to venture
so far north. It's like reading a ro-
nance to hear the letters that at Ions
intervals have come to the Oakland
and San Francisco friends of this par
ty. Il love it," Mrs. Green said the day
before she sailed on this perilous vow
age. II have been on one little trim
with my husband before, and it was
such fun"
Here are some of my trophies" she
said, displaying swordfsh teeth, long
and cruel, and gloating over the grim
souvenirs of her first voyage. "But
this time w expect to be gone longer,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-06-23
REINIKABOO, THE NEW WORD


Washington Is It's Birthplaee; News
paperdom Its Stronghold.
"Reinikaboo" is entitled to a place
in the next revision of the dictionaries.
1t has grown into the degree Of usage
which warrants formal recognition in
the language. Rcinikaboo is a noun,
says the st. Louis Globe-Democrat. The
derivation may be a matter of some
doubt. The definition is clear. A
%reinikaboo is a newspaper publication
of a certain character that can be best
illustrated by something that gained
currency recently. The statement was
sent out that Secretary Gage had ten
dered his resignation. 1t was not true,
and yet it could not be classed as a
fake pure and simple. The fake is a
publication of what p;rports to be
news, but which is wholly fiction. The
reinikaboo is not a fake. The secre-
tary of the treasury, when some of the
pronounced bimetallists of the Repub-
lican party were criticising his finan-
cial views as not being in accord with
the administration, said to the presi-
dent he hoped he would not let his po-
sition embarrass him. If the president
had been offended with the secretary's
course and had been looking for an op-
%portunity to tell him hat his r~esigna-
ton was desired, the ~secretary's re-
mark would have opened the way. But
he wasn't, and he promptly told the
secretary that he was not embarrassed
in the slightest degree.
On this trifling incident was built the
dispatch that the secretary had ten
-dered his resignation. 1t was a rein
ikaboo-a statement of news out of all
proportion and almost out of relation
to the facts, and yet having a certain
origin and shadowy foundation. No
other word than reinikaboo quite de-
scribes the publication. Just why
reinikaboo does SO would be difficult to
tell. AS a word reinikaboo exists. and
applies by common usage. In the clas-
siication of the Washington newspaper
man there are fakes, ~reinikaboos and
real news. The paper which INDUCES
too often becomes "a reinikaboo news,
paper.