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CASTORIA
Fer Infants AID Children.
~ tss- II
=. :; :;.ZMZz~ .. =
W. j. Martin

w. J. Martin
ia this iss1s ~ TEE Pgzss shies hin
castor in the ring with the announce
r1sTgs skz. be proposes 10 make the race
for township constable for Van BGren
township before the Democratic
primary. Je@ee Martin IL an indus-
igfous. upright and sober young man
and would, vs belisve. II entrusted
with the position. make a careful and
v2schfnl officer. COnsider his claims
carefully when you % 30 vote.
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''rHfEE Il ~ question ss - or duty
towards Cubs W sb0alS gfass
i,eliiFsfsnt rights tg ths csfsABs. and "
spain ~ aHg otbm nation challenges
our right IN Oh offensive taanBsf take
sseh aeti0n as Tbs silssti0s demands.
II Ia no part n our duty ~ defer %
aetlen ihat Is 10 ilssif right because n
possibly iscosysslsbi results Mr.
Terry. u Afkahsas
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Sale in Partition!

NOTICE Is hereby given that under and by
~ virtue of an order OF sale made and entered
OF record In the circuit court of Crawf county
Arkansas, on the 2lst day OF December. fse7. in
an action then pending In said court between
a Boiling, plaintiff, and VIM Boiling, Jabez
II Boiling. Sanders Boiling, Robert Bolllng.
George Boiling James Riley, Ella Hiner and
Jacob hiner defendants. the undersigned spe-
cial commissioner Will on
SATURDAY, JANUARY %. is9s
within the hours for judicial sales. at the from,
OF Main street entrance to the Court House Ia
the CIV OF Van Buren,. Ark, offer for sale. and
SCH, az pubic outcry. TO the highest bidder on
credit OF three MONTH the purchaser to give
mote with approved security and bearing inter.
est AZ 10 per cent per annum from date OF sale
until paid the lands described in said decree,
The Northeast quarter Of the Northeast QUAR-.
yer OF Section Eleven Qi) Township Nine f9l.
North. Range Thirty y-one (Si). West. In Crawford
said sale TO be made for the purpose dividing
,he proceeds of said sale amongst the parties 10
sain suit according 20 their interests as found
anu declared by the court in its Judgment OF
Partition rendered in said cause on the ist dsy
Of July, 1897. "@'
wP. sADLKR, Special Commissioner.
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viii msss ne fses I'M ss@fs eomBis
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II You WANT.

:. svys Set - EI>es-ss Lsnss
.. Ts,ssa Prosperity sfse nsse hsrn-
e.s-s. Seess-ests sre esSes--
czs.r 80 tsrs. II ycg wsns -
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err ssaSsr-
AN. l. TAYLOR.
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INDIANA Democrats have declared nm.
qualihedly for William }. Bryan tn
1909.
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-29
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The Van Buren press., 1898-01-29

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The Van Buren press., 1898-01-29

Tho value ~ such an apparatus la
surgery is piRinly obvious. II there is
a bullst. needle. fragment of iron or
oihsr metallic snbsinnee lodged Ia the
body lis presence is easily detected AMI
lis exact p,sltinn located Not only
that. but II bons h discased. decaycd.
has an unnatural growth or is dialocafed
~ broken.
unrE ~ 10 oucaa WORK
10 treating ~. Tor every defect Il yislbis
iisfafr nsipg the < Ray ropm is dark
enn. Iha. IAs static machine is
Minnesota stats tidning. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1895-1939, 1898-01-05
Dakota-nyheter.

Far staEEet for llornbosEop. Manga
kreatursuppfodare s. D.. ANNA ha-
danefter hangifya sig at ,pppfodandet
af far i stallet for hornboskap.
QvarIefvorna efter A. G. Howe och
hustru, som omkommos vid hotellet
Dacotahs brand Fargo. n. D., ha andt-
igen funnits efter Z dagars sokande.
Endast nagra ben funnos qvar.
Till konsuI G0tebofg. Senator
Hansburough har rekommendera Ro-
bert Bergh i Grand Forks, N. D.. till
konsul Goteborg, och Diet ar ,troligt
att han blir utnamd. Icke mindre an
SO sokande voro faltet.,
Till president for "The High School
Council N. D. under commando ar
blef r. S. Berg fran Larimore valid for
liden onsdag af de j Grand Forks for
liden vecka till gemensam ofverlagg-
ming forsamlade lararne.
En- teIefonlinie skall enlgt en- under
rattelse fran Alpena, 81 D.. utstrac-
kas fran Minneapolis till Alpena, Wes-
sington Springs och Wopnsocket savi-
da affarsmannen namda stader bidra-
ga med 81, 900 for hyarje stad.
Pa balans. j. A.sHanway, agent for
delegarne Nora Dakbtas National.
bank, har befunnits vara pa $40, 900 ba-
lans. Saken har vackt5 stort uppseen-
de alldenstund Hanway aIItid ansetts
som en- arlig och palitlig affarsman.
Han har blifvit stald under $1,000 bor-
gen for slit infnnande inf0r domsto-
len.
Hardt men rattyist. Domare Fisk i
Grand Forks, N. d, domde nyarsafto-
nen Frank Ohlquist till so dagar fan
gelset och 5000 b0ter for det han hallit
en- l6nkrog For samma forseelse DOM
des bland andra Peter Oh Ohlquist, Char
les T6rnbom och Henry Peterson till
A manader fangelset och samma bo-
tessumma.
Strid mot l0nkr6garne. FRAN Man
dan, N. d.. berattas, att ett antal per-
soner, som f0rbundit sig att CORA slit
basta for att lagarne mot rusdrycks-
forsalining ma efterlefvas, kommo NY
arsaftonen fran Fargo till. Mandan och
skaffade sig tydiiga besEissfor, att icke
mindre an IL personer derstades voro
sysselsatta med olaga rusdrycksfor-
saljning
N0dig harniOni saknades. Eft mote
hollis pa qvallen den 20 dec Fargo. N.
D., at ledande republ blikancr istaten.
men resultatet af n5Dtet blef ej det
man vantat. Vissa hrskIhakare hade
infunnit sig, hvilka 81 % astadkomma
splittring och oaaiehet Det ar att
hoppas, att det CODA eleniegtet bIir ra-
dande, pa det att staten ma lfa innehaf-
va hedersplatsen af rep9bli lilansk pro-
hibitionsstat.
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UndsattningsexpeditIdn tlIl Andree.

Undsattningsexpe editldgl till Andree.
Enligt svenska tidningar har var rege-
ring Washington med aelat konung
Oscar, att Walter WelIman erbjudit
sig att pa egen hand lltrnsta en- expe-
dition. hvars uppgfft skAli vara att So
ka efter Andree och hans foljeslagare.
Det finsISa lutIerska Iaro verl5et kom-
mer att forlaggas TIL Haneock, Mich,
enligt dagarne fattadt beslut af laro-
verksstyrelsen. Som bekant hade de
finska Iutheranerna beslutit att uppf0-
ra laroverket i West Superior, Wis,
mot I6fte af en- donation pa $4,000
fran staden. Loftet infriades dock eli
och delta var orsaken till att styrelsen
borjade Sc sig ON efter lampligare
plats och att den nu beslltit forlagga
anstalten till Hancock.
Svensk sI0jdIarariuna. Fr6ken Anna
liza Rabenius, bordig fran Karleby i
trakten af Falk0ping. ankom kert fore
Iju1 hit till Iandet for att egna sig at
slojdundervisning. Er6ken Rabenius
har tagit examen vid Huida Lundins
Sl6jdlararinneseminar RUIN Stockholm
SAINT genomgatt med hogsta betyg
Handarbetets vanners skola for arti-
stiskt broderi. Hon har ock genom-
gait tvenne kurser yid Mas Yerldsbe-
kanta Slojdlararesemin aEium SAINT der
efter bitradt sasom laraIinna derstades
och ar sarskildt rekommenderad af fo-
lrestandaren for namda seminarium, di-
rektor Otto Salomon. FE0ken Rabe-
MUS gastar ett par manader hos sin
broder, pastor K NJ Rabenius Pom
Etiac, r. L, imam hon upptager slojdun-
derVisningsarbetet.
Fyra svenskar, pa Wig till Klondyke
och forsedde med snoskcr, Voro andre
klass passagerare pa &ngaren Etruria,
som anlande till New York sondags
q d. fran Liverpool, ontalar 'lNord-
stjernan'. Dessa svensIe resenarer
aro e. A. Erikson, John Hemgren, G.
r. Karlstrom och A. w. Modee fran
Stockholm. De uppeholl 10 sig pa dack
nastan under hela resan och yoro un-
der en- skarp nordvest storm kladde i
skinnrockar, dem de tanTa att Ia pa
sig ute Kiondyke. men vile nu harda
sig for kolden der borta New York
amnade de STAMINA Ia dagar for att full
borda utrustningen och f6rfardiga sar-
skilda af ahr M uppfnnna apparater
for guldgrafningi forsarna DerifrAn
stalles farden pr jernvag till Victoria
vid Stilla hafVet. och der amman man
afyakta och medfolja en- st5tre expedi-
tion for att pa eeEl .ed farder i
forsbatar komma till Klsndyke, der
guldgrafvarne skola thpps en- claim
at sig. On ett ar eller So beraknar hr
M. att ater' yara hemIna Il Sverige.
Kostnaderna for resan anslar han till
10000 kr., men sd hoppas han ocksa att
"a skafa guild med talgknifvar.
Minnesota stats tidning. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1895-1939, 1898-01-05

kunde eli fortsatta resan. FL d. War
ner fran Bottineau N. D., begaf sig j
.onsdags pa resa till Boston, men kom
ej Angre an till Minneapolis, hvarest
han blef plundrad pa ett ur och en-
storre summa penningar. Han n0dga-
des derf0r att atervanda.
NedbriInnen jernvagsstafion. Eft fat
fotogen kastades den 81 dec. af vinden
fran perongen ned pa sparet vid jern-
Vagsstationen Belgrade. N. D., och
ett godstag 0fyerk6rde och krossade
detsamma med den pafolid, att oljan
fattade eld och stationsbyggnaden
nedbrann till grunden. Stationsfore-
standaren lyekades Ell radda mer af 81
ma f0rnodenheter an en- papegoja.
Minnesota stats tidning. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1895-1939, 1898-01-05
Morgonsang.

Du ljusets h6gre gifvare,
som med dit 0gas klara CLANS,
mar nattens morka timmar fytt,
kringstralar nyupprunnen dag!
Dn ljusets sanna morgonbud
ej det, som utur stjernors flock.
forkunnande den dag, som gryr,
med knappa stralar blanka ses. !.
men klarare an solen all.
allena sjelf ALT ljus, all dag,
vara hjertans skymda dup,
de innersta, inlysande!
Var med oss. tingens danare,
af Fadrens ljus ett atersken!
ON Ell f0runnas oss din mad,
de skola skalfva, yara brost.
Ma fulla af din Andes gl0d
de standigt fora med sig Gud,
att de Ell gifya 0ppen vag
at lede frestarns grymma svek!
Att under dagens Verksamhet,
hvadlifvet af oss krafva ma,
Vi, frie fran skuld och brott.
ma lefva enligt dina bud.
Ma kyskhet ofyer skamlig hog
och kottets lustar seger e 49,
och anden ega tryggadt bo
rem lekamens helgedom!
SO beder hoppet war sjal,
sa LYDIA vara loftens ord,
att denna morgons klara ljus
oss lyse, tills oss holjer matt.
J. III. Bjornstr6n,
Minnesota stats tidning. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1895-1939, 1898-01-05
IAlllllanna nyheter.

= y - - = :
TIL lifstidsfangelse d6mdes i fora
ckan en- AIonzo Robbins ] Keokuk,
I. for hustrumord.
/ -, o,,., ,,,;o+ v,Soa a,derr af 1O5 af.
nyligen mrs Barbara Allen Garde-
Bellefonte, Penn.
80 .;,,.t;o,,da ar .aad npl;oan an.
% p.;tta Marnoan narton Iowa
i.l.- s..s., So reaI,.a,,d DaIsrna
e =. 5
genom eiasYada oaelaues ! Corsuass
stan nela aHarsoelen I ". nlucnakanock'
hten gruIstad pelagen Iyra NH So
~
YOllLT0iler q. tne SurLsMcy 4 .'al4. galnes
caSess, 1raiferaooe y ~ Ds'-
fnlng lnom forenUa olaternas Z.
psdepartemesn09 ocn eiterCraaues !
ndags az Gnarles y. DaWes' hyiikeh
iamt mans sCane.
syenska Michigan Journalen ar nam
1 pa en- ny, ofvervagande kyrklig yec-
ldnlng, som oorlat utgltvas ! Grand
plds, Mich. Den nya sam1idan az
asldlg ocn slussai5ig. Den reolge-
az en- redakgsonskomite' oon som
lrsforestandare Iungerar y. oison.
lOtabeIt d6dsfall. sin dotters hem
pston, Mass, afied harom dagen den
sin It'd bade j Sverige och utlandet
ide artistsn s. g. Hallbeck, en- al
e s az haiiueeh ,eaa sai .Uuu 1o-
ls oon a,s 10 90 W, naS ~ -. i.anaeo' a14s
aues. aae !, .sa E, Ise" - oon - o.e'.
ho9o ein Des'oi'' uei non ssAan : a. =
aee.
ordra skadestand. William A. Dur
it och Isabella NJ. Durrant San
lncisco, CAL, den lifdomde morda-
Durrants foraldrar, ha stamt w.
Bth, en- &c jurymedle dlemmarne mord-
let, under yrkan pa, $4,000 skade-
Attning to- det Smyth skulle ha
"a
kldrig DrHsp gum. SJuttiofyraarige
pgmllllonaren :. e higgins iran
York sammanVlgdes ! torsdags
tlugoattaarlga Pearl Voornles I
Fsallles, NY. Giitermale6 var en- OF
rasknlng FOR TIL och med brudgum-
20 narmaste vanner, som 81 hade
On aiming ON, att den gamie afars'
hnen gait glftastanKar.
erIdsindusfrieus varde. Raoarin-
l,ar offentIiociort en- statistic A.
vareIet af olilsa lAnders industri-
dukter, hvarur follande meddeias:
fenta Staternas lndustriprodukter
deras TIL 3 92oo0,ooo; Storbritan-
ns, S5. .9o4 ,ooO,OO0; Tysklands, S2,S78,-
loOo; F'rankrlkes, 2,2lS,Ooo0Oo;Ryss-
ds' ", t9l, ,4Uo,Oo o;Osterrlke-U Ungerns.
E4o ,S0O, ,oOO; ltaiiens, so9S 4OO,oOu; Bel
rs, 1oo5' ACCOMPLISHMENTS, ,S4l9, ,ooo,ooo;
iweiz $lo1 ,94o,oo0
|rStf fAno,et. Iaft oanpet Dat Il, ~,
E;ll;oa ar sedan lyamreraren shan
H Observation-Disclosures i MaIma Nils
.lstram afvek Fran staden media
AZ an lal a f5reninoens vardanan.
Minnesota stats tidning. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1895-1939, 1898-01-05

Stor f0rsaIlning af byggnadsvirke.
Den % sistlidne dec saldes ej mindre
an 100000 fot byggnadsvirke Ashland
till olika firmor New York. Dess-
utom ha forut sandts sedan sjofarten
slutade $4,000 fot virke per jernvag
och order for 2,500, 900 fot vantas da-
garne. De storsta forsaljningar goras af
Weyerhauser & Rutledge SAINT ASH
land lumberbolagen.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-09-26

atmosphere, the system is useless. It
Is not known that the photographic
system has ever been in use on ship
board; and the sea-service has nothing
Tor daylight signalling that approaches
It's accomplishment in dry atmos-
phores. For night service at sea the
nash-light appears to be the best sys-
tenn of signalling in all weathers;
though, on rare occasions, the long
heam of the electric search-Iight
thrown up on the sky has proved eff
fective for communication when it was
possible by no other means. An in
stance of such use was reported, few
years ago, by two British ships, which,
while on opposite sides of high
promontory nine miles in width,
opened communication with each other
by means of dot and dash flashes on
the sky from their search-lights.-
L1ppincott's.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-09-26

crowded. much more desperately, per-
haps, than it will be in the lifetime
of anyone who reads this article.
No state besides these two ap-
proaches Porto Rico in density Of pop
ulation. New Jersey, largely manu-
featuring and suburban community,
supports 1874 persons to the square
mile; Connecticut, chiefly by manufac-
lures, supports 149 to the square mile;
New York supports 1872, vastly more
than half by commercial and manu-
featuring enterprises, and Pennsyl-
vania, with the third largest city in
the union, and her myriads of min
ers, lie.
These figures are enough to show
that the enterprising American, de-
sirous of winning wealth by agricul-
tural pursuits, would find far more
room for ambitions in some of the
most thickly populated states of the
union than in Porto Rico, to say moth
ing of California, with it's vast terri
tory, embracing 158,36O square miles.
whereon dwell about 100000 souls, Or
eight to the square mi,e; or Texas, ex-
tending over 265, 780, with 2,236,0OO in
habitants and about the same density.
There is, in fact, better chance for
agricultural expansion in Michigan or
Missouri, or Illinois or Indiana or any
other state in the country except those
which are too arid or too mountain
us to cultivate profitably.
It is little different with Cuba, and
yet the population of that fair island,
though not to be compared as to dem
sity with that of Rhode Island, Massa-
chusetts, New York, New Jersey or
Connecticut, is still greater than that
of the United States as a whole. Be
fore the beginning of the insured
ton, which was followed by the Span
ish-American war, Cuba had a popu-
lation of more than 100000 which
was supported on 1920 square miles,
all probable decrease, Cuba must still
contain 100000 souls.
This, however, is by no means dense
enough to preclude great degree Of
agricultural expansion, especially as
the soil of Cuba is wondrously proluc-
tive; there is no arid area and nearly
every square foot of territory can be
cultivated. Aside from climatic draw
backs, Cuba should, and, in spite of
them probably will, furnish a field
for the agricultural exploitation of
much American capital. 1t is with
in the knowledge of the writer that
the promoters of at least half a
dozen schemes of this sort are now
endeavoring to float stock and bonds
in New York to carry them on. Some
who invest will probably make money,
but there isn't the slightest doubt
that others particularly among those
who make primary investments, will
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While it is undoubtedly true that an
enormous amount Of development of
one sort and another is possible in
every one Of the island colonies which
yesterday were Spain's but to-day are
ours, if anybody's, it is also true that
there is much apprehension regard
ing them.
For instance, there has been a great
deal of talk about the undeveloped ag-
ricultural resources Of Porto Rico, and
more than one ordinarily level-headed
American has dreamed dreams of fort
unes to be made there by raising GER
tain crops. But these dreams are gen.
orally regarded as delusive by the we'll
Informed, for Porto Rico is already
over-cutivated, if anything. Certainly
her soil is far more assidiously tend
ed than that Of any state in this UNI
ion. There may be some sections in
q few of the older states that have
reached a grade of agricultural devel
opment approaching that of Porto
Rico, but they are few and small. And
there is no comparison whatever be-
tween the high state of cultiva len at
tanned there and the agricultural de-
velopment of the greater part of the
available farming land in this coun-
try.
This statement is made primarily on
the evidence of travellers in Porto
Rico who speak with wonder of the
thorough subjugatioa of the soil
hT1& ~ 4hnSs
evidence alone. It is fully borne out
by figures, which sometimes lie, but
are perfectly trustworthy in this in
stance. Porto Rico, with an area of
emily 1850 suqare miles, less than one
thirteenth the area of the state of New
York, has population of obout $780,
900, or 225 10 the square mile, and
most Of this population is agricultural
at that. The United States, with an
area of 3,609,990 square miles, has a
population of about 74,500,000, or only
81 to the square mile, a much larger
proportion living in cities and towns
than is the case in Porto Rico.
There are, in truth, only two states
in our union that support a larger
population to the square mile than
porto Rico. These are Massachusetts,
and Rhode Island Massachusetts,
with an area of 1915 square miles, has
a population of 2,238,943, or 269 to the
square mile. Little Rhode Island
with 1850 square miles, has 1896, Or
276 to the square mile. But neither of
these states is chiefly agricultural
in fact the bulk Of the population in
both is supported by the mills and
factories in the cities and towns. The
farms of neither Massachusetts, nor
Rhode Island are cultivated with any
thing like the care bestowed upon the
Porto Rican acres, nor will they be
dntil the United States is desperately