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The Meaning of Imperialism.

The Hon. Mr.. Story, speaking at
Boston the other day, uttered this elo-
quent protest against the Colonial
policy which the greedy Republicans
are advocating:
We not only abandon the boasted
Monroe doctrine upon which, with its
recent extensions, we were insisting a
few years ago, we not only disregard
that wise policy of our non intervention
in European troubles which Washing
ton preached, and which until now we
have followed-we become military
power, burdened with standing army
and an enormous navy, threatened with
complications thousands of miles away
and exposed to constant apprehension
We take up the burden which is crush
ing Europe.
Let me describe the situation in the
words of Lord Dufferin, than whom
there is no more distinguished or ex'
perienced Englishman:
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Terrible Arrangement.

The Philadelphia Record character
ICES the treatment of the sick soldiers
at Camp Thomas, Chickamauga. as "a
crime against humanity, and more
than corrOborates the severe structures
made by Arkansas authorities, who
made an inspection of the hospitals
this week. and whose statements ap-
pear elsewhere. Commenting editorial
ly upon the state of affairs existing
there, that journal says:
Capt Morris, of the Ninth New
York regiment. just back from Camp
Thomas, at Chickamauga, says that
his regiment has now only $50 men fit
for duty, the rest being in the hospital,
which they entered most unwillingly.
as they look upon it as 'house of
doom and no wonder to Judge from
the shameful instances of mismanage-
ment and neglect which fell within the
captain s experience He visited the
hospital to see comrade who was dy-
ing: and this was the condition in
which he found him:
The man 5 face was literally black
with flies His mouth, which was open
the poor fellow was 10 weak to close
twas filed with flies Col. Greene
denounced such state Of affairs. as
did |. The person in charge non
chalantly remarked that there were not
enough nurses to 20 round Then |
told him, as emphatically as the solem
nity of the place would permit, that
his duty was to let the men Of the com
pany know, and they would gladly
have acted as volunteer nurses. 90
II there We're not nurses enough TO
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''The whole of Europe is little better
than standing camp, numbering mil
lions of armed men, while double
row of frowning and opposing fortres-
ses bristle along ever frontier. The
globe itself has become mere bundle
of nerves, and the slightest disturbance
at any one point of the system sends a
portentous tremor through its morbidly
sensitive surface.
To-day it would suffice for any one
of half a dozen august personages to
speak above his breath, or unwittingly
to raise his little finger, and, like Il
heaven overcharged with electricity
the existing condition of unstable
equilibrium which sustains the Euro
pean political system would be upset,
and war, waged in circumstances OF
greater horror than has been hitherto
known to the experience of mankind
might eventually envelop, not Europe,
alone, but two, nay, all four continents
at once.
1t is for this we are asked to change
our peaceful independence. Our do
mestic difficulties will be neglected, fol
our attention will be divided. Oui
taxation must increase, our currency
become more disordered, and worse
than all, the corruption which threat
ems us cannot fail to spread.
When we undertake to govern sub
ject peoples separated from us by hall
the world, let us remember how we
despoiled the Indians at our doors anc
how impossible it has been to keep that
service pure. Let us not forget tht
carpet bag government of our owl
Southern brothers, whose complaints
fell on deaf ears, though they spoke oul
language and we heard them every
| day.
What think you shall we hear Of
wrong in Manila or the Ladrones, anC
how can we reform abuses theref Sucl
system means great increase OF wealth
and fresh fields for corruption.
1t means the growth of class little
accustomed to respect the rights o.
their interiors. 1t means the spoll'
system enormously extended. 1t mean'
not only imperialism abroad, but i'm
perialism at home When Rome begar
her career of conquest the Roman he
public began to decay. The spoils o
the provinces debauched the senate ant
the people and the government which
conquered Hannibal fell at the toucl
of Cesar.
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go round, why notf Was it not be-
cause of the dog in the manger attitude
of the medical department toward vol
unteer nurses, and especially the
nurses of the Red Cross Society,"
Capt Morris tells of another case in
which man who died in the division
hospital was found to be literally alive
with maggots under his armpits, and
his dying agonies were intensified by
the movements of these vermin; and
he adds: There are other shocking
cases of neglect which are too horrible
to be recOunted.
Not only was there an inadequate
force of nurses, but there was likewise
a fearful lack of the eommonest neces
saries of hospital equipment. The cap
tain continues:
when there were $50 men in the
hospital at one time | found that there
were but two Thermometers to take the
temperature, and remember nearly all
these patients were fever strickenl To
have used the instruments for the pur-
pose intended would have consumed
exactly eleven hours and forty min
utes? The want Of ice was criminal.
The moaning of the men for ice whe
they were burning up with fever is
something l shall never forget. -
1t is impossible to read such revela
tions without sense of horror and in
dignations at the official callousness
which had made them possible; and
these feelings will be intensified by the
reflection that the incidents detailed
above are by no means exceptional
that Camp Thomas is but repetition
of Siboney and of the scenes aboard the
transports, for which no one was re-
sponsible. In the light Of such facts
there is an added cause for rejoicing in
the fact that the war for humanity is
30 rapidly approaching an end.
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PROPOSED AMENDMENT No. K

The county courts of the State in their
respective counties together with majority of
the Justices Of the peace of such county in
addition 10 the amount OF county tax allowed to
be levied, shall have the power to levy not ex.
ceeding three mills on the dollar on ail taxable
property of their respective counties, which
shall be known as the County Road Tax" and
when collected shall be used in the rrsnactiya
counties for the purpose of making and repair.
ing public roads and bridges OF the respective
counties, and Tor no other purpose, and shall be
collected in United States CURRENCY or copnfv
warrants, legally drawn on such road tax fund
If majority of the qualified electors of sncb
county shall have voted public road tax M The
preceding such levy At each election Approved
March II, 1897. oN
Each elector may vote for or against above
amendments either separately or Jointly
Witness my official signature and seal ,b,
first day Of February 1895. "' 'niS
ALEX C. Hull,
isEALI Secretary OF State
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THE land department of the st. Louis
Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
some three years ago established an ex
perimental fruit farm near Hope.
About twenty acres of this small farm
were devoted to peaches, most of them
an early free stone variety. known as
the Elberta. Last year about half of
the trees yielded a small crop of beau
tiful and finely favored fruit. This
year the product has been about l 500
baskets of as fine fruit as was ever seen
on this market, A portion of it was
sent to st. Louis where it commanded
the best prices, and the remainder was
disposed of in Little Rock. Il. R.
Democrat.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20
FRISCO LINE EXCURSIONS.

NATIONAL ESCAaPMENT G. A. K Cincinn att
O.. Sept 5th to 10th-Frisco line will sell round
teInber 3. and 5, good to return not later than
September b. An extension of time. however,
can be arranged for till October Goth.
GRAND ESCAMPMEsT K. of P, Aug. % to
90 Supreme Lodge Session Aug. 30th to
September l0-For this occasion Frisco line
will sell round trip tickets to indianapolis aud
return for S1735. Good for return not later than
Aug. - An extension of time until Sept.
10th can be arranged at Indianapolis.
BEGINNING SATURDAY July The Frisco
Will sell round trip tickets from Van Buren, To
Eureka Springs for $50, good going on the
cannonbAll and returning Monday following
date of sale. This rate to continue for the
summer and up to September "a
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20

ALL good Democrats should have the
manhood and firmness to vote for the
will of majority of their party. With
but few exceptions this will be done.
In some instances poor fellow in order
TO spite some one for some petty i'm
aginary wrong, will talk too much and
scratch some one on the ticket In nine
cases ont Of ten the man who does il
lives to repent it, and is ashamed of il
afterwards. -Perryville News.
We commend the above to some OF
our Crawford county Democrats. Con-
slider well the results, Democrats, be-
fore scratching your ticket. Let us
have q thorough victory in September
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ARKANSAS is shipping Portland ce

ARKANSAS is shipping Portland ce-
ment to England. the home of that
article of building material. The White
Cliff Portland Cement and Chalk Co. 3,
operating works in Sewer county this
state. turns out the finest cement in the
world. and there is big demand for it
abroad. The local demand as well as
that of this continent is growing steadi
liz in suite of the fact that the price of it
IS higher than that OF any other cement
on the market.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20
Helm Ia to Helm the State.

The Frisco Line is making strong effort to
turn the attention of legitimate homeseekers in
this direction 1t is not being done. and will
not be done, by misrepresentation but by hon
est statements as to real advantages of this
region VIII you help us in this work by fur
nishng at once, lists of persons to whom il
might be well TO send suitable printed matter?
And would You like to receive q copy of the
Farmer and Fruitman" free? Address B. l..
Winchell, General Passenger Agent Frisco
Line ST. Louis, No.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20

SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INsTRUc-
tion Jordan has received two scholar
ships in the Cumberland Female College
at McMinnville, Tenn. for ten schol.
astic years in the literary department,
to be by him bestowed as he sees proper
II is his wish to give the scholarships to
worthy applicants.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20

THE nomination of W. s. Morgan for
governor was certified Monday to the
secretary of state by the proper officers
of the Populist state convention, and
his name is the only one of the third
party ticket that will appear on the
official ballots. The law fixes fee of
$37. so for each name on the ticket.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20

Col. ]. N. SMTTHEE in the Little Rock
Gazette of Wednesday publishes a low,
scurrilous attack on the state from
''The New Mexico Citizen without a
word of comment and calls it "A Roast
of Senator Jones. The publication of
no contemplate an article in an Arkan-
sas paper is more despisable than the
article itself.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20
WARNING ORDER.
In the Crawford Circuit Court
D,,uItn- aaA onn

In the Crawford Circuit Court.
Arkansas Building and Loan Asso
citation. Perpetual Plaintiff
VS.
H. P Brownrigg, Jacob Brown
rigg Frank Brownrigg and
Fannie Smoek children and
heirs at law of Mary A. Brownrigg
decd Lewis smock, Crawford
County Bank and S. A. Pernot ad-
ministrator of the estate of Mary
A. Brownrigg, deed. Defendants
The defendant, Frank Brownrigg. is warned
to appear in this court within thirty days and
answer the crosse complaint of co-defendant
Crawford County Bank.
W. P SADLER, Clerk.
July Is, 1898. BY Ben Deeherd d. c..
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20

JOSEPH POND died Aug. IA at the
Confederate home at the age of 50 years
He was born in Kentucky, served in
Hank 8 Battalion. Price army. He
was admitted to the hospital September
10. 1895, The funeral was held Monday
afternoon at the Confederate cemetery
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20
Over the Frisco.

Besides the fast Texas Limited train leaving
Van Buren daily at 1l;1O A. NJ. for Galveston via
Paris and &. C. & s. +. Ry., the Frisco Texas
direct connection at Paris with the Lone Star
Special for Houston and Galveston via Paris,
Texas Midland and II. Il T. G., Ry, arriving at
Houston at 6:45 p M. and Galveston at Gl5 P. NJ
Through sleepers on both these trains for
Houston and Galveston.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20

to Buy. Sell, or Exchange Lands
or Town Property, give me mum =
bers, Improvements and price,
cash or time. II you want to
purchase let me know what you
want. | will sell on reasonable
commission.
VIM. /. TAYLOR.
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PROPOSED AMENDMENTS II
THE STATE CONSTITUTION.

NOTICE is hereby given that the following
~ joint resolutions, proposing amendments
to the Constitution, were passed by the General
Assembly at its regular session of 1897 and the
same will be submitted to the electors OF the
State at the next general election to be held
September S, 1895. for adoption or rejection, vi.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20

ing to the watchfulness and careful
attention of the officers. The sickness
in th two regiments is not alarmingly
large.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20
PROPOSED AMENDMENT No, 4

The General Assembly shall pass laws to
correct abuses and prevent unjust discrimin-
alton and excessive charges by railroads canals
and turnpike companies for transporting freight
and passengers. and shall provide for enforcing
such laws by adequate penalties aud forfeitures
and shall provide Tor the creation of such Offices
and commissions, and vest in them such
authority as shall be necessary to carry into
effect the powers hereby conferred Approved
February rs, 1897.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20
Public Speaking.
HON. Wa. NJ. FISHBACK

HON. WM. NJ. FISHBACK
Will address the people Of Crawford
county
TODAY, a Pm.
AT THE COURT HOSUE.
At Mulberry, Aug. "a. at M.
Ex- Gov. Fishback is one of the most
interesting speakers in the state and
you should not fail to go and hear him.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20

Hon. MELvEN CORNISH has been re-
uuested by the chairman of the state
central committee to make some cam
paign speeches in the county of Scott
1 during the present political contest.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20
MISSOURI PACIFIC

Round trip tickets to Mt Nebo and return are
now on sale at the rate of S6 40 for the round
trip. Tickets on sale till Oct lst return limit
Oct. 81.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20

WAR was declared at 5:l5 PM. on
April %, and peace was agreed to at
4:23 P. NJ. on Aug. 10.
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HON. R. W. MCFARLAND.

HON. R. W. MCFARLAND.
of Greenwood, will address the citizens
of Crawford County. at
Mulberry, Aug. %. at $50 Pm.
Alma, Aug. 90, at $50 Pm.
The committee requests a good at
tendance at each place.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20

MAI. A. S. CABELL died at his home
at Charleston, Ark. last Tuesday after
a lingering illness of several months.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20

SAMPSON certainly made the "dust
fly at Santiago. The bombardment cost
81 900 900.
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HON. LEE NEAL

HON. LEE NEAL
Will address the citizens of Crawford
county at the following times and
places:
Black Oak. Aug 90
Rudy, Aug %
Oliver Springs, Aug. 23
Glenwood. Aug. "a
Uniontown, Aug. %
Lees Creek, Aug. 26
No. %. Sept. 1
Dyer, Sept.
Speaking at each of the above appoint
ments begins at SPIN The committee
requests good audiences.
HON. HUGH A. DINSMORE.
Will address the citizens of Crawford
county at
Cedarville, Aug. 22, at Pm.
Rudy, Ang. 23 at SP.M.
Mulberry, Aug. "a.
JUDGE JEP. H. EVANS
Will address the citizens of Crawford
county at
Alma, Aug. 27,
Rudy, Aug 80, at SPIN.
Mulberry, Aug. 30, at SPIN.
The committee hopes there will be
a good attendance.
P. D. SGoTT, Chairman.
II. l.. FITzHUGH, Sec y.
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Democratic Ticket.

For Congressman. Fifth District
HUGH A. DINsMORE
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Hood Sarsaparilla and Pills for sale
at JOHN O'KANE S DRUG STORE.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20

GEN. FITzHUdH LEE will be candi
date for the United States senate from
Virginia.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20

ELECTION. MONDAY. SEPT. S.
DAN ". JONES, of Pulaski.
For Secretary of State
ALEX g. HULL. OF Boone.
THOMAS T. LITTLE. of Sebastian.
CLAY SLOAN. of Lawrance.
For Attorney General
JEFF DAVIS. Of Pope.
For Commissioner Of State Lands
j. W. c0LQUITT. of Pulaski
For Superintendent of Public instruction
J. j. D0YSE, of Lonoke.
For Commissioner OF Agriculture. etc,
FRANK HILL. of Washington.
For Associate Justice
J. L. RfDDICK, of craighead.
For Circuit Judge
J II EVANS
For Prosecuting Attorney
GEO A MANSFIELD
For Representatives
BERKELEY NEAL
RoBr l. ROGERS
For Sheriff
r P ALLEN
For Circuit Clerk
w p sADLER
For County Clerk
ED ID COCHRANE
For County Judge
A II C0LGROVE
For Assessor
W II BURR0UGH
For Treasurer
THOs b sNEARINGEN
For Coroner
DR. l. DEMENT,
TOWNSHIP TfcKET.
For Justices Of the Peaee
GHAs HARVEY
A WRIGHT
J G FERGUSON
J II MILLER
KNIGHT
For Constable
w J MARTIN
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20

THE Americans captured Manila be.
fore the peace proclamation reached
there. The American loss was five
killed and about forty wounded.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20

THE state pension board has rejected
the pension of $l00 which has been
drawn by W. j. Davis, circuit clerk of
Polk county, on the ground that he is
not INDECENT.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20

According to the Fort Smith Times
the Van Buren edition Of .Headliob+
Flashes is just off the presses Of
Thrash & Lick of that place.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20
PUBLIC SPEAKING.

The candidates for county offices will
It is the understanding, meet the people
in joint canvass. at the following times
and places
Mulberry. Maxey TIP. Aug. %
Precinct Vine Prairie TIP. Aug. %
Hills School House. Lafayette TIP. Ang. q
Dyer Dyer Tp Aug. "a
Gum Grove. River TIP. Aug. 25
Prairie Grove. Riehland TIP. Aug. 26
Alma Alma TIP. Aug. q
Dora, Dora TIP. Aug. 20
No. ~ SCH House Van Buren, Tp. Aug. 20
Black Oak, Van Buren, TIP. Aug. 81
No. S. Van Buren, Tp Sept.
Haroldton, Van Buren Tp Sept
Van Buren, Van Buren, TIP. Sept.
A. SMITH. Ch'mn Rep. Cen. Com
?. d. SeoTT, CHI In Dem. Com.
ii l.. FITzBuGH, secy Dem. Com
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Women Sufferers
They Find Relief In the Great Blood
Enriching Power of Hoods Sar-
sapariIia Better and Stronger
Than for Five Years.

"since the birth of my little daughter
FIVE years ago, I have suffered intensely
with female weakness. When she Was
three months old5I began taking med
icines and continued for over year, but
was not cured. / had weak, nervous
spells, when my whole body would trem-
BILE. had no appetite and my system was
completely run down. My sister-in-law
persuaded me to try Hoods Sarsaparilla,
and after taking one bottle went back
and got five more. l am now on my sixth
bottle and can say that Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla has done me more good than any
other medicine. l am now better and
stronger than have been for five years"
MRS. WILLIAM HALL, Jenny Lind, Ark.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20

ELECTION. MONDAY. SEPT. S.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20
Hoods SarsapariIIa
H,, n.tI are the only pills to take
IlOOu , filiS with Hoods Sarsaparilla-

Is the best-in fact the One True Blood Purifier.
Sold by all druggist. 81; six for S5.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20

WAGHIYGToH. Ang. 13.-The presi
dent has issued the following proclaim
alton.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20
If Want....

July Is, 1893
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RAILROADS..
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NEW YORK CENTRAL
Railroads.

All through train, stop Albany Utica. Syracuse
Train. leave Grand Central station as follows:
SD" EMPIRE G' sTA ;SEs' EXPRESS LIMITED.
Fastest Train ia the World. Due b"U ooo NJ. De
troit. II:io =. N. Limited 10 It's seating cspse,y
$40 A. Mast MAIL. DaIly-For Buffalo Niagara
1910 A. M"DAY EMPRESS except Sunday. For
LOO p '" M%s cot r * LIMITED and CHI
natl Indianapolis ST. Louis and Chicago;
$50 y. M.-TROY AND SARATOGA tlh.. ~
cept sunday-For Albany. Troy and saratoaa
800 p MAKE SHORE LIMITED. Daily no us
7:l5 \. NJ. due Chicago 400 r. NJ s'erpns '' '
q .OO r M.mwBsTERx EXPRESS Daiy-For NJ
"' aRara Falls Toronto Cleveland Chcsso.
f25 T. M.-NORTHBRN EXPRESS Dally.for I'0''
Montreal and except SATURDAY Tor ou ,T xox
40 r M-ADTRONDACK MOUNTAINS AND MON
81, p M1BrTFALo AID SOUTHWESTERN
sPErM. DailyIFor Buffalo; I'd N "a Iau,s ais
g. 90 p M.-SPFsrIAL LIMITED NAIL psiVrs'sr
ing only for points on Fan brook n.y. VIA
Ions, and for Rochesier ara Bu1aI 1 r,- o0asr.
burg Niagara Falls Cleveland Chicago, ana. rN
copt Saturday FOR Cane Vincent and the Aupnrh rosu
1910 nsht-MIDNIGTrr EXPRESs FER cs snH,S
every night. except sunday nights su'"S
nights Chicago sleepers leaye az e:i'
HARLEM DIVISION 49,, ..
O:IJ \. NJ. and :,27 p M--Dsdlv except sunday 10
Pit,sfeId sundays only 0:2O \. ".
Wagner Palace Cars all through trains
Trains Illuminated with rintsch Light 1890, GALA,
Ticket and Wagner offices at Grand 'en,tn
90 Columbus Ave CT West l25'h St l21n - s,a,.n
and 3sh ST. station. New York 33s and '2o Fulton ~
and loG Broadway. r. r., Br2oklyn -. ,,r Now yo,,,
Central cab service baggage checked from hotrl OF
residence hv Westcoit Express COMPANY.
GEORGE II. DANIELS. General Passenger Agent
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ERIE RAILROAD.

Through trains NewYork. foot OF Chambers
f,UoTs and i've minutes earlier from Yves; I'D ST..
400 A. N.-VestibuleG Express daily FOR Bnghamton
Wsyerly E.mIra buffalo. Bradford Arrives Buffalo !
!, NJ I'lrlor - Buffalo.
mo r. VI. Vesthuad lmlied-Fast mall daily. Solo
,ain Tor chicago Arrives Cleveland 40 A. NJ. chicago.
- NJ sIecpcrs Chicago. Cleveland and Cincinnati.
- ming Car .,.-,, ,,..,,..,-, ,.
,a;v Arrives at Rufrao 705 NJ. Bradford 7;2O A.
NJ jamestown 100 A. NJ. Youngstown 1927 A. NJ
CATE Library 'ar. n.,. a..
Wav~riy and Chicago. Sieep~rs TO HOrnellsye Chcasc
and Gin ,inrati. Dining Car - ......
~, x Is.cS Local TIME CARDS AND PULLMAN Ac-
L rGMMODATIONS at III li3 2Gl i0l and 9a1 Broad
way 27 fowpry l5S Fast 25th-st and 2I3 West 10th.
chambers and West 23i-s, ferries. New York 39J
and so Futon at - Broadway Brooklyn i?2 HMy-r It..
token and Jersey CITY station. New York Transfer
Go caI,s checks baggage from hotels nn' real
eencss