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The Van Buren press., 1898-10-15
A KING AS A SUITOR.
Louis Philippe Was Rejected by an
American Merchant, But Ac-
cepted by Monarch.

One day the duke of Orleans pre-
pared his attire with all the solicitude
of young man and lover. If his
white knee breeches were of cloth, his
stockings were certainly of silk. He
picked out from his travelling chest
the shirt most lavishly lace-beruffled
at bosom and at wrist. He donned his
silk waistcoat, artistically brocaded
on white ground. His coat of dark
green silk had tails that reached his
ankles; and in one of the pockets was
an elegant snuff box from Versailles,
while the other held an equally ele-
CANT kerchief With a bunch of seals
pendant from either fob. long, poll
ished cane in his hand and a beaver hat
of most graceful curve upon his long,
black hair, our royal suitor put his best
foot foremost and was off to propose
for his lady-love's hand--to her fo-
ther. He halted under the twin but
tonwood trees that shaded the front
Of the mansion of Mr.. Willing, who
might be his father-in-law Ard he
raped with the knocker at the door,
while his heart went pitapat at the
thought of Mistress Abigail, who might
be his wife. The wide, generous hall
admitted him to the parlor. the fold
ing doors little later admitted Mr..
Thomas Willing, arbiter of his fa tie,
and the proposal was made in form.
Mr.. Willing replied:
Sir, should you ever be restored TO
your hereditary position. you will be
too great a match for my daughter;
if not, she is too great a match for
you"
More than dozen years elapsed.
Louis Philippe, stin poor, still eXiled
from his country, was in Sicily French
armies had driven thither from his
throne Ferdinand ", king of Naples;
and in that kings daughter, Marie
Amelie, Louis Philippe found the living
image of his early love. The king Of
Naples was not good at antitheses. His
acquaintance with politics was better
than his command of rhetoric. He
graciously answered: Yes. William
Perrine, in Ladies' Home Journal.
Pew MiiiionaireS I'm France.
There are four millionaires in Eng
land to one in France.
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-15
WIT AND WISDOM.

If man would only keep his or,.
IONS to himself no one would dennp1a pla'
right to keep them.-Chicago 6oil Ia
News.
He says his soldier life renird.,
him constantly OF home and motLnNa
How was that?" "They woulan,t
him sleep late mornings s."-ebicos'
Evening Post.
No Trouble-"What seems to ba a..
trouble with Wilson, doctor?" "Nons
at all. None at sll. wish eyerv NJ
tient l have paid as promptly as WI
son."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Mr. Ticks-"Adam was certainlv j.
great luck" Miss Wicks-.How was
thar?" Mr.. Ticks-"Why, when h.
got wife he only had to give up rih,
and now it takes all the backbone
man has just to think of getting mar
riedt"-Roxburg Gazette.
The Alternative.-"Suppose Spain
doesn't agree to our peace termx9,
"Well, then, Dewey, schley and Mill.
will have to lead other peace com.
missioners against the Spanish ana
convince them."-Philade North
American.
"How many dollars week does thA
fat lady get?" inquired the tattoced
man. "H'm!" shifted the snake charm.
er; shes English, you know, and pets
paid by the pound" rs that SOP mt
in the living skeleton; thank good.
ness I'm not English! I'd stand slim
chance. ."-Philadelphia Evening BuL
letin<
The Widow - I'm awfully afraid
John wasn't dead, and we buried him
alive" Friend of the Family-"oh, Won
needn't worry, Mrs. Greene. II he
hadn't been dead, he'd a-laughed right
out at some of the nice things that
were said of him by the parson. .7-Bos.
ton Transcript.
Mr.. Borem-"I am opposed to intox.
icating liquors as beverage, yet be,
lieve that liquor rightly used is 4
benefit to humanity. | am fully con.
yinced that whisky was once the means
of saving my life" Miss Cutting
"Perhaps il did, but I fail TO see how
that proves a benefit to humanity."-
London Big Budget.
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-15

make both edges cut. Taking tn
fiscal year closed June 80 the figures
show that we sold to our customers
across the seas goods to the amount OF
Sis. 267, ,412 more than during the pre-
eeding l2 months, and we bought from
them SIS, 12O. $50 less of dutiable goods
Our total export trade amounted to 81.
a31, 81, ,s6s, which is double the amount
of our purchases abroad. That is to
say the balance of trade in our favor is
s6i5, ,259, OPS, which is considerably
more than double the figure that 1t has
reached in any previous year, and IS
nearly equal to that Of the last i've
wears combined. We are compounding
the enrichment of our people when we
sell more and buy less abroad-and
that is oar record in large degree the
past ar.-Breeders' Gazette.
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-15
breeding Geese for Feathers.

1t is not generally known that this
is an important business in West Vir-
pinia. but such is the fact. In that
state, especially in the western part,
the water courses are numerous but
not navigable, and railroads are unde-
veloped. Often SO or go miles must be
trayersed to reach q railroad station.
and in such localities breeding geese
for feathers is found to be very profit
able. Several pickings are made in a
season, and the crop of feathers is duly
baled and sent to market by wagon,
which is usually at some station, where
agents are ready to receive it. We al-
lude to the feather crop of West Vir.
ginia in order to state that geese may
be made to prove equally as profitable
in other localities as well, especially
at points possessing limited railroad
facilities, as feathers are not heavy
enough interfere with easy hauling,
even when there are full loads on the
wagons Geese are partially self.sup.
porting, and work on pasture or on a
pond. They come up regularly at
night, and protect their young vigor.
ously, and subsist where other fowls
would starve, having no competitors
except ducks, which they exceed in
size.
The carcass of goose is also sala-
BILE, the only objection to it being the
dark color of the flesh, but goose is
juicy and not dry like a turkey
Farmers's Home Journal.
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-15
BATH OF PACIFIC ISLANDERS
Nature Supplies Soap and Scrubbfn0
Brushes-The Use of Cocoa
nut OIL.

When American civilization takes
hold of the new task which conquest
has set before it in the Pacific it will
not have to bother about the virtue
which comes next to godliness. If the
Pacific islanders are not clean IL is
not for lack of bathing frequently.
This holds true all the way from Ha
wall westward to the Philippines. The
people make practice of bathing at
least once day, giving themselves a
scrubbing as efficient as the means at
hand allow, and often they have sew
eral baths daily.
In some of the smaller islets of the
they drink the brackish percoiatioD of
sea water in pits dug above high water
mark on the beaches; even where this
is the case the perc colated water is used
for bathing. Nowhere do the people
look upon dip in the ever-present sea
as bath, in fact, 1t is held to necessi-
tate an Immediate bath in fresh water
to wash off the salt. Among most OF
the Polyuesians it is a great insult to
say that man shows marks of the sea
water on his body.
Where the supply of water is sufIi-
cient, and there is no lack except on
the sand islets under the equator,
every island village is built with refer
cnce to convenient access to a river, or
at least large pool, whether natural
or made by damming some water
course. Here the community bathes in
common. Island soap grows conven-
lently on the trees which screen the
pool. This is large green orange,
too bitter 10 be used for food. When
rubbed over the wet skin the pulp pro-
duces thin and stringy lather, for the
juices of The fruit combine with the
cocoanut oil which IS abundant on
every island skin. to form true soap.
For scrubbirg brushes nature has been
equally thoughtful. A segment is
stripped from the husk Of cocoanut.
and the fibers thus exposed are an eff
fective substitute Cor bristles set in a
handle. With such soap and brush the
islander gives himself a thorough
scrubbilg, and then sits in current %
wind to dry. AS soon as the skin is rea-
sonably dry a coating of cocoanut oil
is rubbed briskly into the body, and
the bath IS finished by tying about the
waist the strip Of ma tive cloth or gaudy
foreign prints which are the common
wear.
This universal clubbing of oil may
not seem cleanly to foreign senses, but
the islanders praotice it everywhere
anG apparently with benefit to health.
One benefit II certainly does have: II
keeps off the mosquitoes. Island life.
accordingly, is based on the odor OF
cocoenut oil, an oior that is seldom
agreeable when the oil is fresh and
good, and may become nauseating
when the oil is rancid, as often hap
pens. 1t is due to this excessive use OF
oil that the islanders, despite all their
bathing. never really seem to be clean.
Chicago Tribune.
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-15
HERE AND THERE.
Weeds make work. Don't let them
go to seed.

Weeds make work. Don't let them
go to seed.
1t never pays to follow wheat with
wheat-consumes too much nitrogen.
To do so costs from two to Ave bushels
of the grain.
One reason why many farmers do
SO muck work that brings no profit is
that they give their bodies too much
work and their minds too much rest.
Pork raising should be part of the
routine of every well-conducted farm,
and consistently followed whether
prices be high or low.
The United States sends abroad
about 900 cattle per day. This is not
large number, but it represents a
valuable outlet for surplus ripe cattle.
The boil weevil and tho army
worm have both been busy in the cot
ton fields in south and southwest
Texas, and the latter, by reason of a
poison famine, have done serious dam
age in many localities.
"A recent bulletin Of the depart
ment of agriculture puts US on notice
that about all hog diseases are caused
by filth, and says: Whoever would
raise hogs without disease land this is
necessary to obtain the highest profit
must get rid of the notion that the hog
is naturally filthy animal
-Merinos are the easiest sheep kept,
bacause of their hardness, and adap-
tation to large flocks. Other breeds
are better for mutton, but for wool,
and profit and good mutton also, the
Merino growers ought to be satisfied.
Every well-ordered farm should
have flock of sheep, in number suited
to the capacity of the farm, and the
system of farming pursued. A few fat
lambs for the market, and few sacks
of wool for sale, are very handy things
about an average farm.
Sheep quickly foul their quarters
when kept in confinement. and their
bedding should, therefore, be changed
frequently. They must be kept clean
and dry If we would have them thrive.
That farmers mission is a success
who is shrewd enough to use his fod.
der as food, whether he cuts it up aA
wanted or puts it up in the form of en-
silage, His farm will support at least
one-half more stock.
The harrow is one Of the most inn
portant implements of the farm, but
one of its best uses is generally over
looked. When soil is to be turned over
the harrow should precede the plow.
1t is as important to have fnely-pul-
verized soil at the bottom as at the top.
1t has been wisely said that it is
better to grow into the poultry busi-
ness that 90 into it; that is, one should
begin in a small way and steadily in
crease his hoci, as he increases his ex.
perience and faciStieA
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-15
OUR FLAG.

World fashions change, It's often said,
The race by novelty is led,
But our old flag, white, blue and red,
Shall keep these tints forever.
Clustering stars. Ike FURNISHED gold,
Shine from each softly-duttering fold.
With pride We gaze. with love untold
Rally to guard II ever.
For thee we shed na TONS tears,
And memories rise OF long-past years
OF anguished struggle, bound with fears
To keep thee strong forever.
o fervent blue and brilliant red.
White blended with a starry spread,
For thy proud beauty brothers bled-
Hallowed art thou foreverl
One race. one mighty destinyi
One land stretching from sea to sea,
Thrilled by the same pure loyalty.
One flag for us forever!
Land of our eager. loyal iovet
With eagle brain, with heart of dove,
Aspiring. tender. true, ye prove
A world shelter ever.
Open thine arms unto the world
Tyrants from thrones may yet be hurried
Yet ne'er shall be thy pennants furled,
Our banner floats forever.
Lydia Wood Baldwin, in Good House
keeping.
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-15
What Have You to seliP

The man who has something to sell
and finds a market for it generally
gets along fairly well in this world.
The United States sold abroad last
month goods to the value of 81, qa4, ,4O1,
which was a little matter OF S2l ,NiO. 900
better than our trade during June of
last year This is making progress.
Especial Y is tLis the case when we
spent for goods abroad only s5l, ,267 ,59l
"a decrease in dutiable me chandise
Of SIS. zoo, O0O. There is no better way
TO make money than 10 save it. and in
increasing the balance Of trade in our
favol BY leSsened purchases abroad "
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-15
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

FG. Pbillius' new novel, Men, Wom-
en- and Things is said to be the best
book Mr.. Philips has written since ne
mildly shocked the public with As
in Looking Glass"
Mrs. Florence Craven, who is, neXt
to Miss Nightingale, the Oldest trained
nurse in England, cherishes among her
decorations the Iron Cross the order
of merit presented by William l. OIL
Germany.
II is interesting now to recall the
fact that Anthony Trollope was one OF
the first Englishmen to speak IN tavor
of the United States annexing Cuba.
The famous novelist spoke of 1t 80
years ago.
The duke of York is sitting regular
ly to the American painter, Johh >.
Sargent, now a member of the Royal
academy. that he may figure in the
great picture of the house OF lords
which Sargent is painting.
After long interval the house of
commons again has its blind member.
Sir Charles Hamond's eyesight, long
failing, is now in a condition which
renders it necessary that he should be
led to and fro in the lobby by friend
ly hand.
President Mckinley is very proud of
the fact that he is .he son of poor
schoolmaster, who built his school
house with his own hands. This was
in Scotland, though it may be added
that Mr.. McKinley's grandfather and
his ancestors lived in Ireland.
NJ. Edmond Rostand, the author of
the successful drama, "Cyrano de Ber-
gerac," is not yet 80. His young wife
is also a poet, having published while
she was still Mdlle. Rosemonde Gerard
a volume of verse. The pair lead re-
tired life in a quiet suburb of Paris
and steer clear of interviewers.
Ernst Won Wildenbruch, who recited
a poem of his own at the Bismarck
memorial service. is the favorite poet
of the emperor. He is the poet
laureate" as ii were, of Germany, and
his patriotic poems are much appre-
ciated He is dramatist, too, and a
novelist. All Of his productions have
a patriotic ring.
In the free library of Todmorden,
England, there is an almost. if not
quite, unique collection of works on o.
bacco. consisting of LA books and
pamphlets. The dates of these books
range from 1880 to the present day.
A German work oears the date of 1902.
Sixteen books were printed in the
seventeenth century, one of these being
King James "a Counter-Rlaste to To-
bacco."
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-15
Money in EgHs.

The little country of Belgium, crowd
ed as it is, sells $4,000 worth Of
eggs every year to feed the stomachs
of the British, and the latter nation
pays twice as much, in addition, to
France for her surplus. With our vast
area, and with farming community
which alleges to have a hard time Of
it, we do not raise enough eggs to feed
ourselves, but keep tens of thousands
of Canadian hens cackling for US. The
American farmer should get 1t out Of
his head that poultry is not worth his
notice. Home Journal.
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-15
They Agreed on One Point

You" exclaimed the excited man
haven't the first instinct of a gentle
man"
Il know it," replied the calm one
III | had l wouldn't have been Willing
to stop ana run the risk of being
caught talking 70 you" 49, Cleveland
Leader.
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-15

me amount Of powder required to
proper cannon projectiles is about half
10 loe weight Of the projectile. A proieo-
o,e ~ lour inches in diameter weighs
% pounds tve-ineh, so pounds; Six
,nCh, ,oo ioo' eight-ineh, ESQ; ten-incb.
'OOi lS-inch' 1,ieo: l6-inch. 2.s7o pounds
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-15

Ihe dragon fly can outstrip the swal.
,o"' II can fly backward and side
.ong, to right and left. as well 40 for
ward and can alter its course on the
instant without turning. 1t makes %
Dea's % per second with its wings. while
me bee makes 100 and the horseflv 400
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-15

W, S. Bond, "the Chicago cyclone,
successfully defended his title as holu-
er of the international tennis chani-
pionship at Niagara-on-the-Lake, oe
feating Leo Ware in the finals, 6-i'l-
6, O., 1O-s
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-15

"1es, 1t was a great chase | had, to
be sure" continued the detective. II
first located him at Pasadena by the
discovery of his trunk, and followed
his trail thence to Los Angeles. San
Diego and San Francisco. He spent
day at the Baldwin hotel. then all
trace of him disappeared. l was baf-
fled for weeks. One day, while stand
ing on Grant avenue, l noticed a
ragged urchin, carrying a parcel of
food, enter one of the old and almost
tenantless buildings in that quarter.
Why l stopped and questioned the lad
cannot say.
"'Oh, there's an old guy 1 carry
grub to upstairs he said. But I
mustn't say nothin' bout it
Its all right I answered, show
ing him my star, I'll go up with you.'
Il followed the lad up to a fourth
story garret and entered a room after
him.
"'Mein Gott in himmell The real
estate man has found me. Take dot
money. Don't gill me, don't gill mel
Oh, mein frau-mine little Gretchen.'
walled the inmate of the room. crouch
ing in corner. 1t was none other than
our friend Jacob Schmidt, very dirty
and disheyeled. l took my cue in an
instant. 4 don't want your money
l said: L have been sent here by your
frau to protect you against the real
estate man and take you home to her
and the little Gretchen And popr
jacob Schmidt wept tears of JOY upon
my neck. 1 am now filling the in
teresting role of protector and de-
fender against the fierce southern
California real estate agents"
Such is the history of the adven-
lures of Mr.. Jacob Schmidt, grocer,
in the far, far west, who is probably
the only man who ever returned to
his eastern home from the Los Angeles S
boom with exactly the same amount
of money, less expenses, that he
brought with him. Yet at what a
price was the snug sum from the sale
of the grocery store husbanded for
his frau and little Gretchen! Only
! their loving care succeeded in weaving
| that shattered intellect from the ter
rors of pursuing Nemesis-the Los
Angeles boom real estate man of 1887.
Franklin II. Austin, in San Francisco
Argonaut.
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-15

There will be no big football ganeln
New York this year, and the college
graduates living in Gotham will ha's
TO journey to Boston, New Haven anu
Princeton to see the real thing.
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-15

So penetrating is water at nls
pressure that only special qualities "a
cast iron will withstand it
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-15

"Then to San Francisco by steamer
tomorrow night
"Goot. Buy me a tigget. Can You
gif me a quiet room and haf all my
meals sent dare?'
Certainly"
81 am zick Don't tell no Won my
numper. l don't want to see no.
pody."
Upon being refused admittance to
Mr.. Schmidt's apartment that even
ing, Mr.. Thomas Bragg, the real es-
tate broker, felt morally certain that
some competitor had got hold of his
man and got him Jagged and in
wardly cursed himself for his weak
ness in not staying with him. He then
and there determined to see Mr..
Schmidt at all hazards. The next
morning he watched for the waiter
to take up the breakfast, and after he
had retired Bragg knocked loudly at
the door. Jake was so terrified that
he locked himself in the closet. Sud-
denly the knocking at the door ceased,
and, after cautiously surveying the
room, he yentured out and resumed
his meal. In a few moments he heard
a sound near the door, and, looking
up, he saw, with open-mouth amaze
ment. the head and shoulders of
Bragg, real estate broker, framed in
the transom window. The knife and
fork dropped from the helpless hands
of the German.
so, you will go out with one of nv
competitors and cut me out, will you ?'
go away, &c away" Jake piteously
implored.
Not much. l won't go away until
you have taken my propositions un-
der consideration with those of nv
competitors" And he whisked out a
map from an inside pocket.
At this critical juncture Jake's cum
ming asserted itself. Approaching the
door as if to take the proffered map,
he slyly turned the screw that held
the rod supporting the transom sash,
and bangi went the window upon
the head of Thomas Bragg. There was
a great crash as the real estate man
fell backward off the ladder, followed
by volley of oaths.
The Van Buren press., 1898-10-15
Few MiiIionaires I'm France.

There are four millionaires in Eng
land to one in France.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-01
THE PEACE COMMISSION.
Americans Formulating Plans spaniards
Deny Correctness Of Alleged instructions.


Paris, Sept. 30.-The United States peace
commission has taken possession Of its
working quarters, d suite of seven rooms
on the ground floor of the Hotel CONT
mental, formerly used by the ex-Empress
Eugenie. American flags drape the en-
trance of the peace commissions apart
ments.
The clerical force OF the commission has
been systema TIED and is now working
busily. The spirit Of the Paris press is
daily rendered into English for the in
formation of the commissioners, and the
same thing is done with the newspapers
CT Madrid.
The American commission held its usual
session. this morning. 1t is believed thar
the commissioners are crystallizing their
plans and arranging all the details of the
work which will be taken up when the
commissioners begin their joint sessions
The Spanish commissioners formally
deny the various interviews purporting
to cover the substance of their instruc-
items, which have appeared in the news
papers. The secretary of the Spanish
commission said to- the representatives
of the The Associated Press with the
American commission: mo member of
our commission has given any interview
and all which have appeared in print are
false. We are here 10 defend ourselves
and naturally we are not willing to give
any OF our weapons to our opponents