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The Van Buren press., 1899-10-07
CA 9ToHIA,
Bears the ~ The Kind You Have Always Bough
Signature of I2zlzx

Talk about locating the stave factory
here and incidentally think about what
a great advantage it would be if the
canning factory was operated.
Harry Wood came in from st. Louis
Thursday to spend day or two at home
He reports st. Louis filled with visitors
attending the fall festivities.
DR.. NJ. A. Simmons Liver Medicine
has greatly benefited others and is
reasonably certain to do you good.
Try 1t! w. H. Ross.
Prospective candidates are beginning
to feel the public pulse and the work of
the slate maker is on. But states are
very subject to being broken.
Rapid, Safe and Comparatively
Painless Delivery result from con-
tinued use of Simmons Squaw Vine
Wine or Tablets. w. II. Ross.
Mrs. Chas Martin left last Friday on
an extended visit at Shreveport, La
where her husband has a position in the
Pee Gee railroad shops.
The water supply pipe for the sprink-
| ling wagon at the head of Main street is
beginning to be almost as much of a
nuisance as was the water trough.
The old Confederates should make
sure to secure tickets for the Confederate
camp dinner that will be served for
them by the ladies at the opera house.
Quick, Easy Labor and Rapid Re-
covery are guaranteed by use of
Simmons Squaw Vine Wine or Tab
lets. w. H. Ross.
Rev. J. B. Whaling this week moved
into the Episcopal rectory and is now
permanently located among us. We
hope he will find his new field a pleasant
one.
The train conductor auditing devise
which was on trial on this section of the
Mo Pacific for some months last winter
and spring has been patented by o. l..
Miles.
To strengthen the generative
organs, Prevent Miscarriage and bring
JOY to Childless Homes take Simmons
Squaw Vine Wine or Tablets.
w. II. Ross.
0Nl,o apJ of tba e xpaaly GhowaH q n
enrolment of 479 pupils in the public
white school. The first grade is greatly
overcrowded showing an enrolment of
1873 pupils.
J. M. Fluffy state organizer for the
Fraternal Union of America is in the
CITY interesting our citizens in the
benefits to be derived from membership
in that order.
To Stimulate Sluggish Liver,
Banlsh Blliousness, Disperse Dys-
pepsia, Prevent. Sick and Nervous
Headache, use DR.. NJ. A. Simmons
Liver Medicine. w. H. Ross.
It strikes one funny to see the number
of expert miners that you can find
in community. Every man who ever
dug a well or had one dug now poses as
IAN expert.
DR.. F. A. Howard and family arrived
here Saturday on visit to R. L. Bernard
and family. The Doctor Joined the
Illinois river camping party that left
Monday evening.
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Iron Mountain Excursion Rates.

ST. Louis Excursions, Sept 1lth to Oct. 14th.
Round trip tickets to St. Louis on sale Sept 10,
12. IA, 10. 81 26 Oct. g. s. TO- and II. Limited for
return passage to five days from date Of sale.
Rate SIG 40
st. Louis Fair, Oct % to 7th. Tickets on sale
Oct LIST to 9th inclusive to st. Louis. Mo-, for
1890 Limited for return till Oct, 9th.
A. HAYS, Agent
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The grocery store of w. o. Briscoe
in the East End was closed Thursday
by an attachment levied in favor of j.
Foster & Co. wholesale grocers, of Fort
Smith. Assets as well as liabilities both
small.
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THE COURTS.

OIRCUIT COURT meets at Van Buren, on tn.
Y third Monday in June and November. J. II
Evans, Judge; Ed II. Mathes, Prosecuting Atty
TOUNTY COURT meets in Van Buren on the
~ LIST Monday in January, April July and oc
tober.
DR0BATE COURT meets the third Monday
L in February, May, August and Novemb ber
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neautv Ia D;ood uaer

Clean blood means clean skin No
beauty without it. Casearets, Candy Cathar-
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all inn
purities from the body. Begin to-day to
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, l0c, 25c. soc.
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RAILROAD TIME TABLES

MISSOURI PACIFIC.
GOING wEsT.
No 2Sl. ATT, IL IL pm. Depart 425 pm.
No 24S. f 11.25 am. (Stops at Van Buren,,
GOING EAST.
No. 232 Arr. LOO pm. Depart 1:s5nm
No 234 | am - 1.gs n m
Coal Hill Local Arr. 1l:25 am. " I:50 n m
GREENWOOD BRANCH.
Greenwood Local ART las pm Depart. s.2o n m
No. 203@ Lv. $50 pm. Arr Greenwood 500 n m
~ Daily. except sunday.
Trains 231, 232, 233 234 run daily.
Trains 243 and 244 do not run on Sunday.
Trains 25i, 49, 233, 234 Dab and pa will carry
passengers.
A. HAYS. Agent
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QUORUM COURT.
Met Last Monday and Fixed the
Tax Levy for 1899, and Made
APPROPRIATION.

Crawford county quorum court met
in regular annual meeting last Monday
to fix the tax levy for 1899, make ap-
preparations and receive the annual re-
ports of the various county officers.
The county taxes will be 10i mills and
Van Buren property owners will pay
mills more corporation tax. The follow
ing is the tax levy as fixed.
The Van Buren press., 1899-10-07

AZ last Mondays meeting the Fort
Smith city council as body accepted
the invitation of the citizens of Van
Buren to attend the unveiling exercises
OF the Confederate monument. Indica
tions points to an unusually large at
tendance by our neighbors from across
the river
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Special Notices in the Locai Columns Fige cent,
Line for first insertion, and fre cents pen
line for each subsequent insertion. Al locals
run and charged for al aboue rates until or.
dered discontinued.
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we nave been reliably informed that
tne gambling house keepers were notified
hrst OF the week that they must shut up
shop.
Merchants report business picking up
some, especially the class that believes
In investigating few dollars in printers
ink.
Remember, when you want first-class
Job printing we are located one door
north of Southmayd Miller store-up-
stairs.
FOR the latest styles in ladies and
gentleman S calling cards call at this
once. We have the latest in stock and
type.
Cotton is coming in little more
rapidly, though not in such quantity as
is usually the case at this season of the
year.
John Kerwin came over from Fort
Smith a few hours Tuesday to see how
his numerous Van Buren, friends were
getting along
Quite number of Van Burenites took
advantage of the low rate of transport
alton this week to take in the festivities
at st. Louis.
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ATTENTION.

Don't Trust your Photos to Agents
Deal direct with the Artists.
We will make anyone sending us photo 8
Life-Size Gillette, Cray0n or Pastel Portrait
Free of charge to introduce our superior work
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$l.oo.

One Dollar buys a Gallon of PURE
FINE WINE at
E. Ct. ARKEBAUER' S,
VAN BUREN, ARK.
Half Gallon, 60c. Quart, 35c.
Jugs-per gallon, 10c; half gallon,
1Oc Bottle, SC. Money must accom-
pany all orders.
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Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away.

DUH IUDHtCU spit anu Smukt TOUT IIIe AWHl.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic, full of life, nerve and yigor, take No-To-
Bac. the wonder.worlter that makes weak men
strong. All druggists soc or 81. Cure guaran-
teed Booklet ana sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New York
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Via Mo. Pacific.

Reduced one way second class rates to Cali
fornia.points, Portland Oregon, Seattle Washing
ton and intermediate points. Call Mt Iron
Mountain R'y Ticket Office.
A. HAYS, Agt
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If You Want..

to Buy, Sell, or Exchange Lands
or Town Property, give me num-
hers, improvements and price,
cash or time. If yoh want to
purchase let me know what you
want. will sell on reasonable
commission.
VIM. L. TAYLOR.
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Trains 30 and 40 run daily except Sunday, bal
snce run daily.
Pullman sleepers and reclining chair cars on
all through trains. Through tickets on sale to
all points
For full information call upon or address
=. w. FURRY, Tkt Agt
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Rainfall.

The following is the rainfall for Sep
tember as recorded for The PRESS by
Mr.. L. Graf:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-07-13

house where they intended to stop, Mr..
Lowell and myself returned to Mr..
Clark's to find out what was going on.
When we got there an elderly man
came in; he said he had just come from
the tavern. that a man had come from
Boston, who said there were no Brit
ish troops coming.
Mr.. Lowell and myself went toward
the tavern, when We met man on a
full gallop, who told us the troops were
coming up the rocks. We afterward
met another who said they were close
by. Mr.. Lowell asked me to go to the
tavern with him, to get trunk OF pa
pers belonging to Mr.. Hancock. We
went up chamber, and while we were
getting the trunk we saw the British
very near, upon full march.
We hurried toward Mr.. Clark's house.
In our way we passed through the
militia. There were about fifty. When
we had got about one hundred yards
from the meeting house the British
troops appeared upon both sides of
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-07-13

there was a traitor in the provincial
congress. and that Gage was possessed
of all their secrets.
In the winter, toward spring, we
frequently took turns. by two and two,
to watch the soldiers patrolling the
streets all night.
The Saturday night preceding the
18th of April, about u o'clock at night,
the boats belonging to the transports
were all launched and carried under
the sterns OF the men-of-war. They
had previously been hauled up and re-
paired. We likewise found that all
the grenadiers and light infantry were
taken off duty.
From these movements we expected
something serious was to be transact
ed. On Tuesday evening, the 18th, it
was observed a number of soldiers
were marching toward the bottom OF
the common. About 10 O'Clock DR..
Warren sent in great haste for me and
begged that l would Immediately set
off for Lexington, where Messrs. Han
cock and Adams were. and acquaint
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-07-13

Dawes and the doctor stopped to alarm
the people of a house WIS about a
hundred rods ahead. when | saw two
men in nearly the same position as
those officers were near Charlestown.
J called for the doctor and Mr.. Dawes
to come up. In an instant was sur
rounded by four. They had placed
themselves in a straight road that in
clined each way; they had taken down
a pair OF bars on the north side of the
road. and two of them were under a
tree in the pasture. The doctor being
foremost, he came up, and we tried to
get past them; but they, being armed
with pistols and swords, forced us into
the pasture. The doctor jumped his
horse over low stone wall and got
TO Concord. | observed wood at a
small distance. and made for that.
When l got there out started six of
ficers on horseback and ordered me to
dismount. One of them, who appeared
to have the command. examined me.
asked where came from and what my
name was. told him. He asked me il
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-07-13
Fashion of the Day.

This very stylish little frock "a
made, according to the accompanying
illustration, Of white lawn trimmed
with embroidered insertion and edg-
ing. The waist lining is fitted by
under-arm and shoulder seams. and is
overlaid to yoke depth. To the lower
edge of the yoke facing the full front
and backs are attached by gathers.
being first gradually shaped at the
upper edges: these portions are con-
nected by under-arm and tiny shout
der seams, and are shirred at the waist
line. The scalloped bretelles are at
tached as indicated by the perforations
OF the pattern, and the two-seamed
sleeve, which is gathered into the arm
hole, is surmounted by scalloped epau-
lets and faced at the wrist. The neck
edge is completed by band collar,
and the closing is effected down the
center of the back. To the lower edge
of the bodice the three-piece skirt 10
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was going to ask me some questions,
and if | did not give him true an
swers he would blow my brains out.
He then asked me similar questions
to those above. He then ordered me
TO mount my horse, after searching me
for arms.
He then ordered them TO advance
and to lead me in front. When we got
TO the road they turned down toward
Lexington. When we had got about
one mile the Major rode up to the
officer that was leading me and told
him to give me to the sergeant. As
soon as he took me the Major ordered
him, if | attempted to run, or anybody
insulted them, to blow my brains out.
We rode till we got near Lexington
Westinghouse. when the militia fired
a volley OF guns which appeared to
alarm them very much. The Major
inquired of me how far it was to Cam
bridge, and il there were any other
road.
After some consultation the Major
rode up 10 the sergeant ami asked MN
if his horse was tired. He answered
him it was. Gle was sergeant Of
grenadiers. and had small horse.)
Then. he said, take that mans horse.
| dismounted and the sergeant mounted
my horse. when they ali rode toward
Lexington meeting house.
went across the burying ground
and some pasture. and came to the
Rev. Mr.. Clark's house. where l found
Messrs. Hancock and Adams.
told them of my treatment. and
they concluded to go from that house
toward Woburn. / went with them,
and Mr. lowell. who was a clerk to
Mr.. Hancock. When we got to the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-07-13
FOR WOMEN AND HOME
ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR MAIDS
AND NATIONS.
Some Current Fashions for Old and
YoungA Girls Costume--A Summer
Fancy Millinery for June. July and
August Household Affairs.
when Love Comes Home.

Lie still. o my love, lay your head upon
my breast,
Forget the shame and the sorrow of the
past.
! have waited, while you wandered
through the East and through the
West,
Tor ] knew that you would turn to me
at last.
/ was patient. and / waited, for I knew
that you would come.
Shamed and stricken, spent and weary.
when you heard me cali you home;
Heard me sing once more the song,
You've not heard so long, so long:
Hearken now, and dream that once again
we wander side by side,
Calling through the mountains TO the
sheep at eventide
From poem by Fannie 8. Leighton in
the illustrated American Magazine
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-07-13
THE STAR sPANGLED BANNER.

Of all the war songs our fathers sang
THE Star Spangled Banner" has prob
ably taken the deepest and strongest
hold on the national affection. The
older the nation grows the more popu-
lar this song becomes, so that today it
is undoubtedly in more favor ethan
either Yankee Doodle" or America"
Many competent experts on national
hymns and music have declared that
The Star Spangled Banner" is par
excellence, the American national
song. 1t is all American. There is
not line in it which is borrowed from
any other nation. 1t is as purely Am
erican as "The Marsellaise" is French,
or as Rule Britannia" is English.
Like "The Marsellaise" it was born in
the inspiration of battle hour. 1t
was pitched to the keynote of a scream
ing she'll written in the very heart of
fight. 1t may almost be said to have
written itself out of the circumstances
that surrounded the writer. 1t was a
literal photograph in verse of the
scene on which his eyes were looking
as he penned its Immortal lines.
The story of its production is as ro-
mantle as anything in the history of
war literature Francis Scott Kew. the
son of John Ross Key, a revolutionary
officer, had gone on board the British
admirafs flagship, THE Surprise" in
Chesapeake bay, under flag of truce,
in order to try and save a friend, Dr.
Beanes, on Sept Is. 1914 The British
fleet, under Admiral Cockburn. began
the bombardment of the Baltimore
forts on that day, and he declined to
allow Key to depart The lombard
ment went on far into the night and
when the morning came young Key
strained his eyes to see whether Fort
McHenry had been surrendered. Sud
denly rift appeared In the smoke and
mist enyeloping the fort, and through
it Key saw that the flag was still way
ing over it. Instantly the great song
was born. He sat right down on the
deck of the British admiraFs flagship
and began writing:
On, say, can you see, by the dawn's
early light,
What so proudly we hail'd at the twi-
lights last gleaming?"
The words were set to music soon
after, and the song Immediately became
popular and within a week was being
sung in all the American camps and at
the theaters as well.
Key wrote many other poems. and
they were published in a volume in
1856, thirteen years after his death.
He was "a years of age when he wrote
"The Star Spangled Banner" and,
though all is other verses are forgot
ten, this one will keep his memory
green as long as our republic lasts.
He was buried in the little cemetery
at Frederick, Md, and a star-spangl.d
banner is appropriately kept waving
over his grave all the year round as
fast as one flag fades it is replaced By
a new one.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-07-13
nrassv shirt Waists

The conventional style of the shin
waist as we have seen it year after
year is this season frequently changed
for more dressy forms, including in
serted fronts of all-over embroidery
fancy yokes of pink or brilliant red
dotted with white, ETC., with cuffs and
belt to match. However, there is a cer'
tain air OF trimness and severity lost
in the change and while the more ex'
pensiye models may find purchasers
among those who crave novelty, there
are yet many who will still prefer the
old styles made of new fabrics.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-07-13

was an express. answered him in
the affirmative. He demanded what
time | left Boston. / told him, and
added that their troops had catched
aground in passing the river, and that
there would be SEQ Americans there in
a short time for / had alarmed the
country all the way up
He Immediately rode toward those
who stopped us, when all five of them
came down upon full gallop One
of them, whom afterward found to
be Major Mitchell of the Fifth regi-
ment clapped his pistol to my head.
called me by name and told me he
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-07-13
FIREWORKS AT XMAS TIME.

For several weeks before Christmas
in New Orleans. that quaint city on
the Mississippi, the enthusiasm is great
and the small boy is in his glory-a
cumulative glory, beginning with a
tirecracker or two, and increasing the
number every day. For weeks before
the one important event of the year
the juvenile population is in danger of
immediate translation on account OF
its angelic qualities. for the small dip
lomats have been being good" with
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-07-13
Summer Millinery.

Straw Is shown in ar infinite variety
Of combinations in summer millinery,
according to the Mlliners Trade Re-
view, and much OF it may compare
for lightness, delicacy of coloring and
minutiae of detail with the most COM
plicated fiower-petal shapes and those
which are made completely Of tulle or
gauze. Many of the fancy shapes are
made of paillarson braids, edged on
one side with three or more tiny
frillings of straw. chosen in as many
shades. Brims have sometimes two
made Of three separate layers, and
when these are bent upward and waved
the little ruchings with which they
are bordered form a trimming in them
selves, and only need some flowers
exhibiting the same variety of shades
as the straw to complete them, these
being placed either against ,ne brim,
turned up against the crown, or on
the side of the crown itself. Plain
straWs are also made with several lay
ers ON the brim, the widest being fiat
and the other slightly full, so as to
undulate gracefully. A bergere hat
made in this way. Of plain, fine violet
straw, is trimmed with a voluminous
drapery of violet tulle, on which bands
of plain straw are sewn every two
inches. The straw bands give a GER
tain firmness to the tulle, so that when
arranged in big poufs it keeps it's
shape, care being taken to stitch it
down through the braids. A half
coronet of Bordeaux colored roses fin
ishes this hat charmingly. Paillarsons
woven in two colors promises to be a
good deal worn, especially in small
shapes and toques. These may be
trimmed with turban-like arrange
ments of tulle forming a big pouf in
front, tulle of the two colors being
used. Suppose the straw to be woven
Of dull red and fax blue or stem green
and lilac, the drapery would be formed
of four doubles of tulle, the colors
placed alternately. and then arranged
in torsade. When the straw is Of
one color the trimming may be chosen
an exact match.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-07-13
Latest Ineas in NiilIinerv

A small. golden-yellow satin straw
hat, something Of the cocked-hat
shape, with points over the ears, hay-
ing two white ostrich feathers placed
against the upturned brim in front
beneath cluster of tea-roses. one
curling round the right side, the other
to the left, is among the latest ideas
on millinery, according to the Mill
merry Trade Review. The white tulle
strings are fastened to the back. A
Bergere hat in rose-pink fancy straw,
trimmed with four punches Of hy-
drangea blossoms, shaded from pale
pink to blue, is tied under the chin
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-07-13

Youthfulness is by no means an idea
to be discarded in the designing OF
midsummer gowns; in fact, one might
almost say that it is the keynote Of
midsummer fashions.
1t Is fact not generally known that
gathers add more youth and grace to a
gown than any other mode OF treat
ment. A midsummer costume is shown
In this illustration made OF green mus
lin figured in pale purple violets. The
skirt is finished with Dewey" ruff1e
trimed with narrow ribbon, and two
smaller frills. The girdle consists Of
folds Of light purple satin ribbon ter
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-07-13

with extremely light blue tulle, a por-
ton OF which is pulled in among the
pink blooms on the left. The last
model on this list-a black Tuscan
turned up in front-has for chief deco
ration long scarf OF pale turquoise
blue surah, the whole width of the
silk, which, after forming loop to fix
the brim to the crown, is carried
round to the back and serves for
strings. To this is added a cluster OF
forget-me-not leaves placed on the
right of the pouf.
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tie most distinct hopes of reward.
Mothers who had been in the habit Of
carrying in wood and water at all
times and seasons have suddenly found
their every want anticipated and the
boys who were never certain in former
times to come back on the same day
when sent on an errand ave recently
developed the habit of returning so
soon as to be greeted with the aston
ished query, What back already?"
All this had reference to reward in one
particular direction-not to the Christ
mas stocking. by any means, for that
was a foregone conclusion. but to the
muniicence of the store of Christmas
fireworks
And in New Orleans nobody's Christ
mas amounts to anything without fire.
works. The larger and brighter the
fireworks the better the Christmas; for
want of anything better one may work
along with firecrackers.
IF anybody not got no firewo'k he
mighty po," say the Creoles gayly, for
Christmas and fireworks are almost
synonymous terms on the lower side
of Canal street. Indeed, it was there
that this peculiar mode of celebrating
Christmas originated. There are very
old men and women in the city who
remember when there was nothing Of
the kind, and perhaps the beginning
of the custom was too insidous to be
noticed. . - =
During the midsummer period. when
the boys of Northern and Eastern
states are diligently laying up store
of fireworks for the Fourth OF July,
the weather in New Orleans is too
warm for out-of-door sports and many
of the citizens are away on their sum-