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The Springdale news., 1899-06-23
SPRING VALLEY.

A New Boy-HarvestIng 0yel
 With=0ther Items.
 J H Barr and family attend ed church at Spring Valley Sunday.
 Harvesting nearly over and We have had exceptionally fine weather all the time. : Hiss Maggie Milligan is wis iting home folks after a three m onths stay at Fayetteville.
 Y. L. Shelley returned to Galena, Kansas, Sunday, where he has a position with a mining company.
 Mrs Emma Mitchel and daughters, of Fayetteville, are spending the week with Mrs. Rush and family.
 We failed to report that new arrival at NJ. A. Youngman's $ last week. It Is a boy and Mr. and Mrs. Youngman's ninth son, all Of them living and eight of them at home with them.
 Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hamilton are entertaining a fishing par ty to day. We have our mag nifying spectacle properly ad- .justed so as to examine and re- port any of the tinny tribe they happen to catch.
 Considerable scutfling around among the school teachers. All trying to secure the best school for the coming term. The teacher for our school, suppose is employed but failed to obtain the name of the sue cessfal applicant. NoNrTIr
The Springdale news., 1899-06-23

future home. Prof. Anderson will teach near there
 Miss Mary Heydon returned Sunday from Huntsville where she has been attending the teachers institute.
 Jack Vaughan and Jim Walker, who have been attend ing the University at Fayette vile, returned home Friday.
 Ernie Harris, who has a pc sition in Stokes & Lanes Every barn at Springdale, was over last week shaking hands with old friends.
 Mrs. Mary Roberts died SuR- day night at Fayetteville. The remains Were brought to Huntsville and inferred in the Huntsville cemetery Monday at 1 o'clock. Mrs. Roberts vas a daughter of Mrs. Kitty Lol- lar, of this place, and leaves a host of relatives and friends to mourn her loss.
 Huntsville was startled last Friday evening about 6 o'clock by what was supposed to be an earthquake. We were very much surprised to find it was only l.. A. Jones who fell off the mill porch. No harm was done except sprained arm for Mr. Jones and tue rocks bruis ed up considerably.
 SWEET VIoLETs.
The Springdale news., 1899-06-23
Catching Turtles.

A curious mode of catching turtles IS practiced in the West Indies. It consists in attaching ring and line to the tail of a species of sucker fish, which is then thrown overheard, and immediately makes for the first turtle he may spy, to which he attaches him. self. The fisherman then hauls both turtle and sucker fish in.
The Springdale news., 1899-06-23
MACEDONIA.
A Sunday School Organized Min
 or Mention.
SWEET VoLErs

Wheat Is nearly all cut.
 Huekleberries are as scare, as hens teeth this year.
 The chinch bugs are now driving into the corn fields.
 MT. Harris, of near White. her, was visiting here Sunday
 Jim Conduit, of Goshen, spent Sunday with Green Hay field.
 Miss Earl Phillips was visit ing friends here Saturday and Sunday.
 A large crowd was at the necktie party at Tom Clark s Saturday night.
 Miss Fannie Langley, of Goshen, was visiting her sister Mrs Hammons Sunday.
 Rev. Alfred Drake preached to very large audience at the school house Sunday morning
 B. R. A Abney is hardly able to get about. He burned his foot last week and got it dew poisoned.
 Henry Morris says while he worked at Whitener one gentle man wanted to exchange fifty five pounds of corn for bran. meal, flour and shorts What about It Octaviusl
 MT. Denney, an .convict 
 of the Missouri penitentiary lectured here Sunday night on the subject of Prison Life. He has been imprisoned three times His first crime was forging a school order. Ht made good impression on the people here and they believe as he affirmed, that he is striv ing to reach the plain of re spectability again.
 There was singing at the school house Sunday evening after which a Sunday Schoo was organized II. W. Shaffel was elected superintendent Miss Ora Clayton, secretary and Jim Garrett treasurer The first chapter of St. Johr was selected for next Sunday, after which we will have litera, ture to mix with our Bible classes. Enough money was collected to buy the literature The teachers will be selected next sunday.
 REMus.
The Springdale news., 1899-06-23
ELM SPRINGS.
All the News of Elm Springs and
 Her People.
1. c. FUN.

H. c. Ritter is on the sick list at present.
 J. c. Wasson and family visited in town Sunday,
 Master Robert Bruner oi near this place is quite ill.
 Will Dingle has returned to his home at Carthage, Mo.
 " R. Ritter and wife were visiting in the country Sunday.
 Mrs. Brack Greenhouse. of Clear Creek, IS very ill at pres ent.
 H. c. Wasson and wife are visiting at Westville at pres ent.
 Fayette Sherman and wife were at Bentonville Wednes- day.
 pr. Smiley and J. c. Steele attended church in Italy Sun day.
 Rev. J. II. Sturdy and wife were visiting in the country Sunday.
 Dr. Horton, the popular young dentist will fix ye. pr. Fergus office.
 Stanford Beach, a popular business man of Osage, was in our city last week.
 Mrs. John Hughes, of near Grand View, is reported bet ter at this writing
 Dr. Christian. of Springdale, made a professional visit to this vicinity last week,
 Miss Dora Gogar who has been at Springdale the past week has returned.
 Fayette Sherman, the boy cattle king, has purchased s2.400 threshing machine.
 Mrs. Wager of Gentry, who had been visiting here for some time, returned home last week.
 Quite a number of our peo- pie intend going to the annual celebration at Siloam June 24.
 Uncle Robert Greenhouse is visiting at the home of Dr. Murphy near Johnson at pres ent
 Rev. l. NJ. Phillips. of near Springdale, preached at the Baptist Church Saturday and Sunday.
 Rasho McKinnon, constable of Elm Springs township, was at Fayetteville last week on business.
 Will Parish came over to town Sunday, said he was sor " he didn't get there in time for church.
 Miss Kettle Brown, who lives near Spring Creek Church. Is very sick at present. Her recovery is doubtful.
 James Fenable was at Fay ettevllle two days of last week attending the commencement exercises of the U. of A.
 Uncle Ed Flynn has a new barn erected and his little palace newly painted. Dingle, the painter. was behind the brush.
 Misses Maggie Glover and Minnie Deaver two of Elm
The Springdale news., 1899-06-23

from Oxford's Bend where they had been spending a
 short fishing excursion
 A force Of Italians are mala
 featuring eordwood on Welton x Miller's big farm. Mr. Dil. Ter says that he intends tt clear one hundred acres of wood land this season. The mall crane at this place
 has been out of fix fol about a
 month and is causing "consid- erable bad language" for the mail clerk has failed 10 get the mail a number ot times.
 Santiago is having troubles of her own this week. A part. 
 nership seine has caused mis- understandings and dis agree ments that will perhaps have to be settled by a board of ar bitration.
 Our democrat friends are to have a part in the census emu meration and applicants of that party in this county ought to apply for the jobs early and avoid the rush to the "pie counter. ;
 The hills south of the creek are generally objects of great interest at this time of the year on account of the huekle berries, but the forest fires de stroyed the bushes last spring and but few berries are to be found this season.
 The Fourth of July will not be celebrated by any picnics at this point, but our local patri- riots are planning to take advantage of Frisco excursion rates and will help celebrate at various points where cele- brations are :o be held
 A band of fox hunters had quite jolly chase last night after the red reynards | that inhabit the Clear Creek hills, The hounds made nus ie equal to the famous Gilmore band, and one red fox was brought in by the combined efforts of hunters and hounds.
 Dr. Wilson has several fish ponds on his land and an eight cen pound carp Was taken from one of them the other evening. If the Doctor so de- sired, a fine fishing resort could be made with but little expense and the revenue deriv ed there from would soon equal | the output of a government mint.
 Mully Is figuring on meeting some of TIE NEWS correspond | ents during the Chautauqua. What's the matter with the ed. i itor making a date for us and | having the whole bunch get to gether one of those July days. | We have been thinking of ar ranging such a meeting, aud hope to be able to do So, an. of which will be made later-ED.
 June 20. MULKEBPMo.
The Springdale news., 1899-06-23
s@yzzz!!e&R|IZ1
JOHNSON.
Prospects For Corn Good-Har-
 yesting Almost Over.

MrS. JOuu MdSleIsOn lS Nio iting near Ozark, Ark.
 c. S. Mayes is having a cyclone proof .torm house built.
 Mrs. Sarah Greenhouse is convalescing from an attack of typhoid fever.
 Several more of our boys are thinking of seeking their for tunes in the west.
 'Nm. Edmonds, who left here q few weeks ago, is locat. ed in Oklahoma again.
 Quite a number of Fayette vile and Springdale people rusticated here Sunday.
 Chill tonics and quinine knocked out the few cases of "agero reported last week.
 A crowd of young folks had merry music party at B. F. Johnson's Saturday night.
 Quite a number of our people expect to attend the Chautau- qua Assembly at Springdale.
 A gentleman hailing from California was in this neighbor hood last week seeking a To cation.
 Several parties here are at- tending the Commencement Exercises of the Springdale College.
 Painter Rader has been put ting a new coat of paint on Mayes < Vermillion's store building. ,
 The Stony Point grocery man," big John Luper, was in- { terviewing our local dealers a few days ago.
 Dr. w. D. Mayfield, of Fort Worth, Texas, came up last Friday to inspect his orchards near Stony Point.
 J. Q. Johnson arrived yester, day from Stone Bluff, I. T, where he has been sojourning for the past few months.
 George Phillips is on his home ward way from the Creek Nation where he has been at work for the past four mouths.
 Several parties here have been shipping black berries and report that the returns for same have been very satisfac. tory.
 Henry Chryst, one of our leading carpenters, has secured a contract at Greenland and goes down today to begin work.
 Mrs Burton, of Fayetteville. has organized a class in music here and will reside at ". l.. Stuckey's while instructing same.
 Prof. Mack Davis was out from Fayetteville this evening and had chat with our direc. tor relative to the school here this fall.
 These ideal June days are causing rush in harvesting as our local prophets say that thunder-storms and hot wealth CT are to arrive in a few days.
 Menendez, wake those Elm Springs folks up and have lem put in a phone. Our mer- chants say they couldn't keep house without their phone now.
 The mill-pond was seined last Friday evening and quite a lot of fine fish rewarded the efforts of the gallant fishers who braved the cold spring water.
 The prospects for a good corn crop here are very bright as most of the farmers are up with their blowing and the fes- tive chinch bug is hardly known.
 c. J. Chapman was down from Springdale to-day settling
The Springdale news., 1899-06-23
FAYETTEVILLE.

Death of Mrs. Roberts Other
 Mention.
 W. F. Dowell is sick with some very strange bowel
The Springdale news., 1899-06-23
Assessors Dates.

The assessor gives notice that he will visit the different portions of the county as follows for the purpose of assessing real and personal property:
 JUNE
 Brush Greek. Spring Valley
The Springdale news., 1899-06-23

-E C C SHULTS, or WIHVtrSoV'
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The Springdale news., 1899-06-23

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-13
Rnl Tnnn In Russia

Every time Il Russian minister leaves
town his colleagues are notified of the
journey, besides the council of the en-
pirc, the cabinet of the emperor, the
empires coutrolcur and secretary. the
sacred synod, the cmpcror'S military
secretary, The empress, the governors
of Moscow, Narsovie, Kicff, etc, al
minimum. To all appearance. When
he returns. the same minute notifica-
ton performance * gone through. So
each ministerial departure from AMI
return To ST. Petersburg involves an
issue of some POO notices. There are
IS ministers. and taking three journeys
as the average for each. we have At
the end of the year Il grand total of
some TO- 500 official papers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-13
otrms and the Man"

y man applied TO the college for a
coat of arms. says a writer i'll the Corn
hill Magazine, and was asked if any
of his ancestors had been renowned
for any singular achievements. The
man paused and considered, but could
recOllect nothing.
Your father" said the herald. aid
ing his memory. your grandfather,
your at-Grandfathcr:'
No." returned the applicant, Il new
er knew that had Il great grandfather
or n grandfather"
"Of yourself:" asked this creator Of
dignity.
Il know nothing remarkable of my
self" returned the man, only that be
ing once locked up in Ludgate prison
for debt l found means TO escape from
an upper window. and that, YOU know,
is no honor in mans Scutcheon.'
And how did you get DOWN. said
the herald
odd enough" retorted the man. Il
procured a cord. fixed it round the neck
of the statue of King Lud. on the out
side of the building, and thus let my
self down.
Il have it." said the herald. mo
honor, Lineally descended from King
Lud! And his coat of arms will do for
you.'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-13
Ancient Fashion Jargon.

The language Of the fashion plate
and the wOman's paper is sufficiently
appalling to the mere man even in
these days of cmancipated and, We
may presume. more grammatical wom-
anhood, but, according to an extract
from fashion journal of 1877. the jar
gOn of over a century ago was even
more astounding. This is how the pa
per described the dress of Il certain
Mile. D ut the opera:
she appeared in Il dress of "Stified
signs" Ornamented with "SuperfluOuS
regrets" the bodice cut in n perfect
candor'' point and trimmed with lin
discreet complaints Her hair was
dressed in sustained sentiments"
with Il hcaddress of Sustained con-
quest" ornamentcd with several fly
aways'' and "dOwncaSt eye" ribbons,
and her collar was "bcggar on horse
back" color.
No doubt all these marvellous terms
conveyed some meaning to the fash
iOnablc woman of the days when
French society danced on the edge of
the volcano of 1889. but to their de-
scendants of Il hundred years later
they have absolutely no meaning.-San
Francisco ArgOnaut.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-13
PerrH'a big Guns.

Commodore Perry had not vet cleo
trified n grateful nation with his i'm
mortal message, We have met the en-
envy. and they are ours" While the
battle was in progress the sound of
the guns was heard at Cleveland,
about 60 miles away in a direct line
over the water. The few settlers there
were expecting the battle and listened
with intense ieterest. Finally the
sounds ceased. They waited for a re-
newal. None came; the lull was pain
full. Then they knew the battle was
over; but the result, ali, that was the
point. One old fellow, who had been
lying fat with his ear to the ground,
soon settled that point. Springing up
be clapped his hands and shouted:
Thank God. They are whipped.
They are whipped"
How do you know?" the others
inquired.
Heard the big guns last"
Pcrry's guns We're the heaviest
Buckeye.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-13
French Comfort.

IN the best hotel in Paris one gets
luxury, comfort and even splendor, but
never ones cards or notes. according
10 HarDer'S Bazaar. There j. 4 fatal
gulf for these. one is a number, not
an individuality. The table is. how
ever, very luxurious. 1t is a clean and
well ordered caravansary. As for the
comfort of warmth in winter. they do
not know the meaning of the word.
We are justly accused OF eXaCCerating
the heat OF our rooms in America; the
furnace is denounced; but after freez-
ing TO death in Paris. one of the cold
est of cities, very far north. one re-
turns willingly TO the heated rooms Of
America.
We eXaggerate the excellence of the
French bed. There is no such thing in
France as that comfortable, broad, low
thing which we call a French bed. \
high. hard, narrow shelf is the apology
for il.
We exaggerate our comforts by hav-
ing gas in our sleeping rooms and hot
and cold water i'll our stationary wash
bowls and bathrooms. They never ex-
aggerate comfort in France. You have
rs many candles as you will pay for,
and no bath. unless you order it. when
men laboriously bring you tub filled
with hot or cold water and take it
away after you have bathed.
We eXaggeratc very much the sup
posed good living in France. To go to
n hotel in Paris to live we must expect
out of the season very little good food,
very little that is sustaining and nour-
ishing 1t is AL sauce" There are no
good joints of mutton, no good Ameri-
can desserts. This is an especial dis
comfort TO the sick, who never get
good toast, good custard, good tapioca
pudding, nor oysters that they like.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-13
a .Sure Thing" Ret.

Those who are unsportsmanllke
enough TO bet on a sure thing might
try this: 4 bets that b cannot endure
piece of ice on his arm for two min
utes. y TO select a place between the
fingers and the elbow. Il hareS his arm,
and \ puts a lump OF ice on the pulse
in the wrist. Ia Al seconds usually the
pain becomes So great that b gives it
up. This catch originated on the Lon
don Stock Exchange. II Is said that
Guy Kickalls, the oarsman, is the only
one who ever endured the pain two
minutes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-13
The Fifth Feminine Age.

Until few days ago l had always
supposed that there were but four
ages in n woman's life-the young, the
still young, the we'll preserved and
the elderly-but n man 1 know has
added to my knowledge a fifth age. 1t
comes in somewhere between the still
young and the well preserved, L i'm
agine. l said to him maliciously:
How old is Mrs. Blank? Is she a
young wOmanT
Not exactly" he made answer.
"She's-wen, she's at the age when a
woman always tells you, when she in
PRODUCES her eldest son to you, that
she was married ridiculously young"
Washington Post.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-13
WHEN FASTING is FATAL.
Loss of Weight Below n Certain
Point Brings Death.


During n long fast the daily loss of
weight becomes gradually less and
less. Death comes when the total loss
has reached 4 certain percentage,
which percentage varies with the orig
inal weight. Fat animals may lose
half their weight, thinner ones per-
haps two-fifths.
a man or woman of rather spare
habit weighing 143 pounds, could.
therefore, lose about 30 pounds before
Succumbing. Heart action, respiration
and blood pressure remain unaltered
during starvation. but the tempera-
ture of the body falls nearly a degree
in most cases. The secretion of gastric
juice ceases, but saliva and bile are
still formed. The duration of life de-
ponds upon the extent and activity of
the physiological processes.
Children die after n fast of from
three TO five days, during which they
have lost 4 quarter of their weight.
Healthy adults, however, have tasted
60 days when water has been taken.
DIR. Schaeffer, n German physician,
notes the case of 4 woman, aged Al,
who died after Il fast of 43 days, dur
ing which she drank water freely.
Her weight. which was 143 pounds
year before her death, was reduced
to 80 pounds. 1t was n case of sui
cidal melancholia, and the woman pa
tiently carried out her horrible under
taking SO quietly as to scarcely at
tract the notice OF her family and died
at last calmly and peacefully without
complaint or apparent evidence of suf-
fcring.-San Francisco Examiner.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-13
SEA DOG FEARS FOR HIS SON
The Promising Boy Had Imbibcd
some NeNfnngIed Words.

some NeN11nEied " orus-
Hes right" said the weather beaten
old man with Il fringe of whiskers IN
der his chin. The Teller as wrote that
is steerin straight an no mistake" he
added as he bit piece out of a plug
of tobacco.
What's the trouble:" asked the man
who had sat down near him on the
park bench.
"A fathers sorrer. This paper says
that boys amt eddycated right"
We'll, its pretty hard to keep them
at their books, and that's Il fact. I've
got boy whose sole ambition is TO run
away and go to sea-
Look out fur i'm. Watch his eddy
cation before it gifts too late. l sent my
boy TO school, but 1 didn't take pains
an keep an eye on him. 1 went to see
the lad the other day, an while 1 was
talkin about old times 1 started in 10
tell him a fOc'Sle yarn. He looked at
me kind o inquirin like an says, 'Ex-
cuse me, father, but don't you mean
forecaStle? You can ina gine n par
ent's feelings. But 1 led him on an
could feel myself turnin pale to hear
him talk about bulwarks when he
meant bullarks an referrin offhand to
the main topgallant sail. What he
meant was the mentogallansI But he
didn't know any better. l told him
better. but he jes' grinned. Now what's
that boys chance in life? S'posen he
takes n notion to make Il man o him
self an runs away to sea, fur 1
wouldn't have the nerve, KNOWN
what l do, to recommend him. What'n
the result be? He'll walk up to the
bO'sun an ask him if he amt the boat
swain, an then he'll jes' naturally
get dropped Oard.'-Washingto
Star.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-13
The Combination Crank.

What are you doinG:" asked the in
quisitive man.
I'm working on an interesting prob
lem" replied the man who has a pas
sion for figures. New York has %
coo BARRIERS. and l am endeavoring 10
find out whether the Sroans they bring
from their victims at n given time
would. if they could all be put into
one. produce Il roar as loud as that OF
Niagara or not."-ChicaGo Times Her
aid.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-13
q Denial.

$50" exclaimed Senator Sorghum
Indignantly, THAT man told you my
vote was for sale:'
He said so in so many words"
well you can go TO him and refute
the calumny. Its for rent once in
awhile. but never for sale. Washing
ton Star.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-13
His View of 1t.

4 little boy had been sent to the
dairy TO get some eggs, and on his
way back he dropped the basket con-
tanning them.
How many did you break?" asked
his mother.
''Oh. didn't break any" he replied.
but the shells came off some OF
them"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-13

one,
White-NIY daughter says she is only
rs, and she was born two years after
was married. and was married at 90
Figure il out for yourself.-Boston
Transcript.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-13
DR.. S. Ii. MILLER,
Veterinary Surgeon and Den,lss,

Alldiseases OF horses and cattle treated on
approved principles Surgical operations per-
formed in a scientific manner. Dogs treated.
All calls promptly attended to. Residence,
1925 Fifth avenue. Telephone 4iOI. ONCE
and infrmary, I6I5-16l7 Fourth avenue
(Maucker's sLable), opposite No. fire house.