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The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1898-05-28
IRON BUILDINGS ON FIRE.
A Practical Answer to Much-Dis-
puted Question Lately Given
In Chicago.

1t has long been matter of specula-
ton how steel and iron buildings would
withstand the effect of serious fire.
At the recent burning of the Sboene-
man building in Chicago, "A new steel
frame building, having iron wrought
pillars and steel girders and beams,
practical test of the question was af-
forded. The building was seven stories
in height and adioined the Old Colony
building, II stories high, on the north,
and the Manhattan building, of 16
stories, on the south. The wall be-
tween the Shoeneman and the Manhat-
tan buildings was party structure.
When the burned building collapsed
it pulled the party wall one inch and
half out of plumb where the greatest
strain was eXerted; but otherwise the
Manhattan building suffered no injury
from heat or fire, except that some win
dow castings were burned and 80 or 60
windows were broken. The effect in
the Old Colony building was even less,
according to the report. The Manhat-
tan building was erected in 1890 at an
expense of 100000. The Old Colony
building to the other side of the burned
structure was erected in 1891 at a cost
of 100000, and was the tallest building
put up in that year The same archi-
tect did not plan the two structures,
and there is no claim, therefore, that
the test made by the recent fire should
he construed as favorable to any class
of architecture or TO the plan of any in
dividual architect. The report of the
condition of the Old Colony building
limits the exterior damage TO two terra
Gotta Intel coverings, several window
stills, and plate glass. The supporting
steel columns in the south wall were
protected by heavy brick wall and by
hollow tiles. A like report is made OF
the Manhattan building.-N. Y. Sun.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1898-05-28
FEEDING INDIANS.
Tbe system Ii Productive of I'm
providence Among the Ma
tons Wards.

A missionary who has been liyinr
among our Indians for some time IN
South Dakota says that in the Interest
of the red man himself the government
ebould discontinue its present system
Of proyiding him with rations. The i'm.
nortant thing, she finds, is to induce
feeling of responsibility among these
generous, improvident people and per.
snode Them to work. So long as thev
Lpow thar rations are coming they can.
not no nad,o to understand why they
should work, There is the food, it II
MI they need; why, therefore, work for
M Provision for the future is thing
thew do not reckon N their economies,
and so long as they are certain OF their
homes and meals they Will not take
thought of the morrow. Sh> says that
the Indians are advancing rap dly be,
canse of their contact with good class
of white people, and that the men ia. .
moderately to cattle raising and the
women to sewing. Drunkenness and
other disturbing vices are growing less
The affection of parents for their ebi.
dren. she says, exceeds that shown nv
civilized people. In brief, she regards
the Indians as hopeful customers il
enly they can be made to understand
their responsibility to themselves, and
as the surest way to teach thrift and in
dustry the abolition of the government
ration is recommended.
This sounds like good reasoning, and
the latter history of the red men shows
that 1t is good So long as there was
game enough to supply the tribes with
food. there was no reason for issuing
rations; but game is fast disappearing
In the west, and even in the far Hudson
bay Countrywide slaughter of our birds
being but one phase of the ruthless and
universal destruction of all forms OF
life, not human, that is now going on.
Near the settlements especially, no
game is TO be seen, and the Indians de.
pend on white mems food. But why
should they not earn 1t, as white men
do? They cannot expect forever to be-
the charges of people that is slowly
absorbing them. It will not be many
years before it will be impossible TO set
apart reservations for them, save in
cases like that of Onondaga, where the
Indians are farmers and till the soil az
their neighbors do. Tramps are made
by tolerance, and our Indians are kept
in a barbaric state by well meant, but in
some cases unwise charity. On the
plains where they have room il is
proper to let them alone; but near the
communities they must be made TO see
that their prosperity consists in imitat-
ing the whites, especially in their oeca-
sional virtues. One day our Indians will
be voters and citizens. They are al
ready batter qualified to use the ballot
than some of the importations from
Europe that are dumped upon our
coasts. Money spent for books and
plows for these people is much better
spent than for flour and pork and rum.
BROOKLYN Eagle.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1898-05-28
A system of Profit Sharing.

1t seems to me that a manager should
receive pay in proportion to his abili-
ty to make the farm pay, and if he can
not make enough to pay expenses, in
Guiding himself, and enough to allow
a fair interest on the investment, he
should not expect anyone to furnish
money not earned ON the farm to pay
him large salary. If he can pay all ex-
penses, and interest on investment, he
should share in any profit there may
be beyond that; this is, of course, in
case the farm is to be run ON business
basis
Until about year ago, [ had hired
a superintendent to manage my farm,
and paid stated wages; but now am
working on following plan, viz; fur
nisa farm, best of tools, stock, money
when needed-in fact everything; then
from the income is set apart, first, fair
wages for the manager Gn the present
case the wages are more than he ever
received before, and include all he can
use in his family which is produced on
the farm, including, of course, house
rent; then six per cent. on the in
vestment for my share, from which
l pay taxes, insurance and re-
pairs on buildings, and whatever
is left is to be divided equally be-
tween us. OF course the general ex-
penses of the farm are paid for first out
of the income. The management is
intrusted to the manager, but the plans
are considered and agreed upon be-
tween us. This might in some eases
cause some friction, but has not caused
any trouble SO far. And l ask, why has
not man with this chance just as good
an opportunity as if he owned farm
himself? For in that case he is en-
titled to interest on his own invest
ment; and if there are men who can
make it pay, there are plenty of men
who will furnish farms for them. Cor.
Country Gentleman.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1898-05-28
The GARDEN GATE.

Long ago In childish terror
From a faneied gnome 1 fled.
Casting frightened glances backward,
Longing looks toward home ahead;
Through the lane and by the windows,
Swift and sure al feet of fate.
Never stayed l till behind me
Changed and ciasped the garden gate.
Blessed gate of happy childhood.
Barring harm and sorrow out
Where the shadow OF the homestead
Threw protection round about.
Blessed warders. Peace and Safety.
Holding watch for waRderer late,
Closing with their arms about me.
When l shut the garden gate.
AL things fearsome lay beyond 1t,
Srringing foe and lurking vile.
All things true and right within it
Clustered round my mothers smile;
But the years came creeping, creeping,
Years that would not bide and walt.
TIL despite my bitter weeping
Foes came through the garden gate.
All how I struggled with the stranger.
Pale and terrible and grim,
unclasped the hands that fain would hold
AS he came through the twilight dim.
"a little while! o, pallid Stranger.
A yeari-a dayi-a moment walt
We love him SOL Death gave no answer
Except to come within the gate.
And now / know that safe no longer
Falls the cottage latch for me,
Though l waiting watch beside 1t,
With whitened head and bending knee;
Yet with eyelids closed and weary,
Quite forgetting day or date.
! cream again how bright the heaven
Whose portal was the garden gate.
IN. Y Ledger.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1898-05-28

As soon as cotton-planting IS over,
corn should be given its first working.
If the soil has been compacted by rain,
this working should be deep and thor
ough. The old-fashioned coulter
something like a soubsoil plow-is a
very good implement for running
round, as it throws little dirt and yet
may be run quite deep. After the first
furrow is run, broad scooters or long,
narrow shoyels may be used to com
plete the work. On light soils, or those
not compacted by rain, the first working
may be given with heel-scrapes or eul-
tivators, and much labor saved. But
it will not pay to leave the land in
poor condition at this first working.
Put in good condition now, all subse-
quent workings will be easy. One
should study, however, to get good
work done with the smallest number
of burrows. Save work, save time at
every point" should be the motto of
every farmer. When land is in good
condition and the blowing properly
done, no hoe work should be needed
by corn crop. The only hard work
called for would be the thinning of the
corn, which should be done Immediate
ly after the first blowing, SO that any
corn covered up may be uncovered at
the same time.-Southern Cultivator.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1898-05-28
THE BEST FOOD.
II liz That which Hest s".'s
Taste and Appeases
the Appetite.

II is the fashion of some weli-mean-
inc neople to look suspieionsly upon all
food that is especially tempting TO tne
annette. They seem to regard .ne
taste as naturally depraved and llapie
to lead those who are guided by II lhto
all varieties of danger. Nothing could
be more absurd than such fancy. Inc
taste of a person who is not IN health
is often depraved; that OF person III
health, whether man or child, is the
hest Guide it can have in the selection
of food
The mother who ignores the taste OF
her children by compelling them to eat
that which she considers good for the9
is doing a cruel, as well as a danger
Gus. thing. She is attempting 10 sup
plant the Heaten-given guide which
man, as well as the poor brute OF the
fields. possesses to enable him TO dis
tinpuish between that which is good
and wholesome and that which is pol
sonous. A poison is not necessarily
thing which is fatal to life. Strictly de-
fined, it is anything which in itself or
in any of the products of its chemical
transformation in the body shall be IN
furious to the structure or action of any
organ.
Oatmeal porridge, in this sense, may
be poison, for every intelligent person
ought to know that this Simple grain
food" sometimes acts very inJuriously
on the digestive organs. The mother
who forces little child to eat oatmeal
when it is repugnant to its taste is
acting in tyrannous manner and prob
ably endangering its health. One OF the
inalienable rights of all human beings,
even of children, is that the food be en-
joyable and agreeable to the taste, as
God intended it should be.
The human organs of taste are very
complicated When food is taken into
the mouth it passes before three sets
of nerves before it can be swallowed.
Nearly all virulent poisons have so
acrid a quality that they are rejected
at once by the taste. This is especially
true of vegetable poisons, which, for
the protection of man and animals, are
made especially bitter and distasteful.
The sense of odor assists the taste. A
great many things which we call tastes
are perceived by the sense of odor.
This is true of pepper and most spices.
This combination of the nerves of
taste and smell, which is the only pro-
lection of the animal, should also be
the highest guide of man in his selec-
tion of food. The ideas of food theorists
change with each generation. The ia
yorite foods of one generation are con-
demned by the theorists of the next.
Meantime that God-given guide, the
taste, remains, and after all the ages
has changed but little. Essentially the
same kind of leayened bread and the
same meats and vegetables are eaten
to-day as were served on the ia
bles of the Pharaoh of the Exodus. The
best guide to the best food is given in
the. simple lines of one of England's
greatest poets: THAT which is not
good is not delicious to well-gov-
erned appetite. IN. Y. Tribune.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1898-05-28
YELLOWSTONE PARK.
A Place That Is Full of Exciting
wonders and the Beauties
of Nature.

OF the four national parks of the
west, the Yellowstone is far the largest.
1t is a big, wholesome wilderness on the
broad summit of the Rocky mountains,
favored with abundance of rain and
snow; place of fountains where the
greatest of the American rivers take
their rise. The central portion is
densely forested and comparatively
level volcanic plateau with an average
elevation of about 5000 feet above the
sea, surrounded by an imposing host of
mountains. Unnumbered lakes shine
in it, united by a famous band of
streams that rush out of hot lava beds,
or fall from the frosty peaks in chan
nels rocky and bare, messy and bosEy,
to the main rivers, singing cheerily on
Through every diflicultys cunningly di-
viding and finding their way east aud
west of the far-otf seas.
And besides the treasures common to
most mountain regions that are wild
and blessed with a kind climate, the
park is full of exciting wonders. The
widest gcysers in the world, in bright
triumphant bands, are dancing and
singing in it amid thousands of boiling
springs, beautiful and awful, their
basins arrayed in gorgeous colors like
gigantic flowers: and hot pantpots,
mud springs, mud volcanoes, mush and
broth caldrons of every color and con
sistency, FLASHING, LAYING, roaring, in
bewildering abundance. In the ada
cent mountains, beneath the living
trees the edges of petrified forests are
exposed to view like specimens on the
shelves of a museum, standing on
lodges tier above tier where they grew,
solemnls silent in rigid crystalline
beauty, after swaying in the winds
thousands of centuries ago, opening
marvellous views back into the years
and climates and life of the past. Here,
too' are hills of sparkling crystals, hills
OF sulphur, hills of glass, hills of Gin
ders and ashes, mountains of every
style of architecture icy or frosted,
mountains covered with honey-boom
sweet as Hymettus, mountains boiled
SOFT ike potatoes and colored like a sun
set sky-a that a that, and twice as
muekle's a that, Nature has on show in
the Yellowstone park. Therefore it is
called wonderland, and thousands of
tourists and travellers steam into it
every summer and wander about in it
enchanted.-John Muir, in Atlantic.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1898-05-28
PRACTICAL HOG EXPERIENCE.
A Breeder of Berkshires Tells of the Re-
suits of His Tests in Breeding
and Feeding Hogs.

l have been breeding Birkshires for
80 years, and during that time | have
tried several other breeds in compare
tive tests. The wide-awake farmer en-
deavors to send as little of the fertility
of his soil as possible to market. The
crops of his farm are disposed of as
finished product of the highest possible
type, so as to command the best mar
let price. For this purpose | found
breeds These hogs have been i'm
proved for a century along the line of
converting a mixed diet of slops, grass
and coarse vegetables into the very
finest quality of pork.
They are admirably adapted to fol-
lowing cattle, and gather up the scat
tering grain and vegetables on the
farm, thus making them the general
purpose hog. My method of feeding
is to take the SOW at least five weeks
before narrowing time, put her into
a large, roomy lot where she can have
plenty of exercise and pure water, give
a good warm, clean house to sleep in,
then commence to feed at first, wheat
bran mixed with shorts and water,
gradually adding little shorts. in
crease the shorts. Have the slop so
thick that it will run slowly when be-
ing poured. Feed twice a day until
within four days of narrowing, then drop
out the shorts and feed half as much
as before. A great flow of milk must
be avoided, as there is danger of milk
fever. Heavy feeding before farrow
ing is to nourish the unborn pigs and
have them strong and vigorous. do
not feed the SOW any the first day after
narrowing, and but very little the Sec
ond, then for a week feed her wheat
bran mixed with water.
The second week give some shorts in
the bran, and the third week half bran
and half shorts, continuing until the
pigs are old enough to wean. Give all
shorts and milk that she will eat up
clean, being careful not to overfeed. As
soon as the pigs are old enough to
eat, and that will be very soon if a
little patience is used, give them
milk from the COW, little at a time,
and gradually increase the quantity
until they have learned to eat well.
Then mix skim milk with shorts or
sieved ground oats or ground wheat.
Feed twice day all they will eat up
clean. but do not leave any in the
trough to sour. Always feed sweet.
Let the SOW run on a clover field or a
green rye field while sucking. Give
charred corn-cobs once a week, and
have wood ashes, tc which little salt
has been added, within easy reach of
the sow.
When the pigs are two months to
ten weeks old, slip the SOW away aud
continue To feed the pigs shorts and
as much milk as possible-the more
the better. When five or six
Eaonths old, put them on q clover
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1898-05-28
A Town Mysferx

MIS-, soapsuds-Is your sons wife
good housekeeper?
Mrs. Wetmopp-Alas, no. She doesn't
know beans about housekeeping, and
the worst of it is she's too indolent To
iearn' Her house doesn't get swept all
through once a month, and never saw
her with scrub brush, fioor-cloth. or
even dust-brush in her hand yet. She
doesn't bother her head about anything
except to run into the kitchen two or
.nree times a day and get up little
dishes he likes, and the rest of the time
she spends reading, or running around
arr galleries, and such places. or pp in
her room making herself look pretty.
Dear me, how does he stand such
wonan?'
Indeed, | don't know; but be Just
ootes on her.'-N. Y. Weekly.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1898-05-28
HERE AND THERE.

Sheep should be dipped as soon
as sheared, for it takes less of the
material and it has more perfect ac-
cess to the skin.
This is the time of the year when
the farmer should carefully think over
his sources of income, and study how
to reduce expenses, increase product
and add to income.
There are many people engaged in
farming all over this country who can
only make scant living. 1t is also
true that there are many persons en-
gagged in other branches of business
who can't make even that much.
There are many kinds of weeds
that would get good start on the
farm if it were not for the sheep. In
fact, nine cases out of ten, where you
lind farm that is dirty and overrun
with weeds, you will find that the
owner does not keep sheep.
The farmer who has not mares
suitable to breed to heavy draft stall
lions, had better breed to some good
jack and raise mules. The demand for
good mules is increasing. Not all
mares will raise good draft colts, but
the majority will raise good mules.
Willingness to work is rot the on.
ly qualification of a good farmland
The man who is to become a member
of the family, and companion for the
boys, should be required first of all tG
be a manly man clean in speech, and
upright in conduct.
1t is great mistake on the part of
any farmer to work until his body and
mind are tired out, so that both must
rest ratil task time begins again.
That would be hard treatment for a
pillow mule II farmers would rest
more. think more, and depend more on
mental work than usual they could
easily getalong without 80 much bodily
wear and tear.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1898-05-28

or green rye field and feed corn in the
ear. being careful to feed SO the manure
will be scattered over the farm. l do
not feed any drugs to cure cholera, but
keep the house and pens all disinfeeted
with chloro-naptholeum. | think the
germ of hog cholera can be destroyed
outside of the hog, but not after it has
entered the circulation. From six to
eight months is the best age Ito market,
or even younger, say from five to seven
months. They should weigh 200 to 300
pounds. Hams and bacon made from
Berkshires treated in this way will
command the highest price in any mar
ket in the world Farmers Guide.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1898-05-28

If a man is in the right he doesn't
have to get mad about it.
If woman lacks a graceful form
there are ways of making up for it.
If a man is sentenced to the guillotine
he is very apt to lose his head.
If everyone could have his own ,vav
this world wouldn't be worth LIVING in
If man has plenty of gold he oon
put a gilt edge on almost anything
If you have mans past record vo,,
can predict his future with reasonahla
accuracy.
If the patient has faith in the doctor
the doctor should reciproca;e by trnst,
ing the patient. - 10
If ghosts haunt churchyards II l.
probably for the purpose of fnding o,, -
from the epitaphs how good tbev 49, ors
during lifc.-Chicago Evening ~ "'' c
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1898-05-28
Not Xery EncournginR.

Mother-Well, professor, do you think
you will be able to make a musician of
my daughter2
PROFESSIONALISM madam, fear not.
'why do you say that. professor"
"Threescore and ten is mans allotted
number Of years and l am now IS years
old. The time is too short, madam
~hiea Evening NewA
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1898-05-28
4 Pleasant Coz,

The Hustler received call ves,o,.,
from Mr.. George Davis, of claim NJ
II, on Red Hot creek. Mr.. Davis 49, 10
to buy three or -four empty beer lTe',o
to hold the gold dust he had tal.or e ~.
in the last three months. but wa ,' ou'
ao.e 10 ind such thing in town He
informed us that he should leave tos
,ne states by the first boat-not thu
ne doesn t love the country. but bscsn ,,a'
ne mas longing for an oyster stew, ana ,,,S
t !. : We content. After gettinga stew
NC may retarn.- Klondike Hustler
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1898-05-28

Cia"iord-What makes you think
your wife isn't so much of a new wun,-
an as she used to be?
Craoshaw-Because since this war
care haven't heard her gay how sorry
she was that she wasR'sa nsp..-Judge,
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-01-14

- MA. FORTIER, MD, C.M. Graduate
~. of Victoria University, Montreal,
Canada Surgeon to St. Gabriel Hospital.
Office hours 3 TO 10 a.. m. and to 4 p. m.
Office over Wetzels drug store; residence.
corner of First street and First ave. N. E. IL
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-01-14

T, N. ROBERTS. physician and surgeon.
London, England. Speciality, nose, throat
and ear Office hours: to II a. m, to q
and to p. M. Telephone, Residence at
Hotel Buckman, Offices in Rhodes block.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-01-14

T. G. MILLsPAUGH, physician and sur
q. geon. lynn ock. Oftic hours: 20
4 p. m. and to p. m. Resi1enc, corner
Third ave. and Third ST S. F..
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-01-14
Monday, Jan. 10.


Prince Bismarck is reported as being
comparatively we'll again.
Count Delianeff, the Russian minis
ter of public instruction, is dead.
Judge Boynton, for rs years political
editor of the Detroit Free Press,is dead.
The Union Pacific reorganization
committee has made its final payment
to the government.
Miss Sadie Williams drove off two
robbers who were holding up con-
ductor on Chicago street Car. She
used her hat pin. ~
The New Bedford spinners' union
has unanimously voted to strike against
the reduction of wages, subject to the
approval of the National Spinners'
union.
j. Marcus McGeisey and Palmer
Simpson, Seminole Indians, were
burned at the stake near the Oklahoma
border by mob of whites. They were
charged with numbering a farmers
wife. -.