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The Van Buren press., 1900-03-24

Engineer Gipson resumed his runs
this week after being laid off for some
time.
J. W. Mckinney came In from his
rounds Wednesday for few days stay
here.
When you have aches ard pains in
your back, try one bottle OF DR.. Nc
Gees Backache and Kidney Cure and
you will get we'll at once. Price 5Oc
and Sl.00.
Geo. r. Wood & Co.. are displaying
nobby line Of spring and summer
clothing.
JEFF Davis Is making canvass Of
Sebastian county. he spoke at Fort
Smith yesterday.
Rev. j. T. Jones, of Alma, Is an
nounced to preach at the Christian
church tomorrow evening.
EDMoNDsoN g. BRITT issue rebate
checks with each and every purchase.
These can be exchanged for variety Of
presents.
The revival meeting at the Baptist
churchis continuing and good deal Of
interest Is being manifested.
N.F. Cornelius has had his store front
greatly improved by the putting In OF
two elegant store windows.
Call at Edmondson & Britt's and
have them explain their rebate check
system to you.
Clark g. Martin are turning out work
in the Photographic line that cannot be
surpassed for finish anywhere.
Col. j. d. James, formerly Of Alma,
now resident of Bentonville, Is candi.
date for Railroad Commissioner.
"I used Kodol Dyspepsia Cure In
my family with wonderful results. II
gives immediate relief, is pleasant to
take and Is truly the dyspeptic's best
friend" says Il. Hartgerlnk, Overlsel,
Mich. Dlgests what you eat. Can
not fail to cure. II. &. JOHNSON.
Sam Hays, who has been quite III for
the past ten days from an attack Of
pneumonia, Is reported somewhat i'm.
proved.
Art Yerby has rented the yogal resi-
dence, and as 1t Is being fixed up for
house keeping, something Is likely to
happen.
Lewis Ackerman, Goshen, Ind,
says, DeWitt's Little Early Risers
always bring certain relief, cure my
headache and never grippe" They
gently cleanse and invigorate the
bowels and liver. II. G. JOHNSON.
W. r. Keller the we'll known repre-.
sentative Of the q. G.. Liebhardt Com
mission company, Of Denver, arrived In
the city Wednesday.
Miss Maggie Allen, recently chief
operator at the Southwestern Telephone
company central Office came up from
Little Rock Wednesday.
VIM. Orr, Newark, o., says, 1--WE
never feel safe without One Minute
Cough Cure In tho house. 1t saved
my little boys life when he had
pneumonia. We think IL Ia the best
medicine made" II cures coughs
and oil lung diseases. Pleasant 10
take, harmless and gives immediate
results. IL. y. JOHNSON.
Thos. Conner, president Of the Van
Buren, Water company arrived Wednes'
day from Joplin, Nc, and spent several
days here looking after the business Of
the water company.
Henry Steele came IN Wednesday from
month s stay In Florida In the interest
Of the refrigerator car company he
represents. He will return there to be
gone until about berry time.
II. L. Fitzhugh received q telephone
message Wednesday morning from Little
Rock announcing that later returns had
given Sam Chew majority In Hot
Springs county. This Is quite feather
In Col. Chews cap, as Hot Springs
county had been conceded to Col.
The Van Buren press., 1900-03-24
RAILROAD TIME TABLES.
MISSOURI PACIFIC.

MISSOURI PACIFIC
GOING WEST.
No. 2sl. Arr, S;27 pm. Depart 4:5 pm.
No. 2SS. +" 2:ac an. 235 am,
No. 243. ll;25 am. STOPS at Van BUREN,
GOING EAST.
No. 232. Arr. 1:2Op.m. Depart l:a5 pm.
No. 234. / am. E05 am.
Coal Hill Local Arr. 1l:25 am. 22Op.m.
GREENWOOD BRANCH.
Greenwood Local Arr. las pm. Depart, pm
No. 2OS" Lv. $50 pm. ART Greenwood 500 pm.
(t) Daily, except Sunday.
Trains 2S1, 232 233, 234 run daily.
Trains 23 and 244 do not run on Sunday.
Trains 23l, 232, 233, 234, 243 and 2H will carry
A. HAYS. Agent
The Van Buren press., 1900-03-24
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The Van Buren, PRESS and ARGUS y
OF last week erred IN giving the number
Of votes received by John sharp, cAndi'
date. Mr.. Sharp received 84e votes In
stead OF e48 as given by the Van Buren
papers. Mention Of the fact Ia made as
q matter Of information to the public,
and not as n criticism. Mulberry
Leader.
Our figures were taken from the
official tally shes(%
The Van Buren press., 1900-03-24
McGee's Backache and Xad-
ney Cure

Will cure you OF backeche, Kidney
disease, bladder affections, etc. u IL
the best treatment known TO- these
troubles. You will get ths worsh OF
your money.
The Van Buren press., 1900-03-24
Q. J. MURTA

The members Of Crawford County
Horticultural Society will hold an i'm.
portant meeting at the court house
today.
The Van Buren press., 1900-03-24
McGee's Backache and Kid.
ney Cure

VIII cure you when you have aches
and pains In your back and feel like
you can not get up when you are
down, II relieves irritation OF the
bladder, and is the best. You will
get your moneys worth. Price 800
and el 90
The Van Buren press., 1900-03-24

Trains 80 and 40 run daily except Sunday, bal
ance 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
r. W. FURRY. Tkt. Agt.
The Van Buren press., 1900-03-24

Engineer Gipson resumed his runs
this week after being laid off for some
time.
J. W. Mckinney came In from his
rounds Wednesday for few days stay
here.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-04-12
NOT A LOVER OF CLASSICS.

Who bought that music box?" and
the man of the house stood in the CEN
ter of the family circle as he glared
about him.
81" bravely said the eldest daughter
who is studying domestic economy by
practicing it. I'VE had no music in the
house, and knew you'd object to pay
ing Tor piano."
"Oh. you did! You knew did you =?
Well, I'll just serve personal notice on
you that I'd rather buy a brass band
or a church organ than squander
money on that thing. What's it play
ing now?"
That's a tarantelle.'
Just about as pleasant to have
around as tarantula. What other
fortunes does the thing grind out?"
There is Beethoven sonata. Isn't
it delicious? 1t Is all classical music,
Ch0Tin's impromptus, Moskowski's
waltzes-"
Il thought a good deal of it was in
Polish"
"Oh, papa, don't be absurd. All you
have to do is to get a disc perforated
with the tune you want put 1t in there
and start the box to going"
That's it, is it? Well, If you want to
keep the thing in the same house with
me you lay in Money Musk, We Kept
the Pig in the Parlor,' Old Dan Tuck
er, We Won't Go Home Till Morning,
and a few more gems among the old
familiars. | like the eight-hands-'roun
business and balance all There's just
as much sense to this foreign music
as there would be to hire a lot OF Hot
tentots, Greeks, Filipinos, and Spani-
ards to come in here and tell funny
stories in their native language"
Just write down what you want,
papa" and he was content.-Detroit
Free Press.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-04-12
CUBA IS OURS ALREADY.

While the Spanish war ended in the
acquisition of Cuba by the United
States, says Richard Olney in the At
lantic, that result was neither unnat-
ural nor surprising, but something
sure to occur. II not in the year 1898,
before many years, and If without war,
then by cession from Spain more or
less compulsory in character. 1t NAV
be thought at first blush that to speak
OF the acquisition of Cuba by the
United States" as fact accomplished
is inaccurate. But the objection ia
technical and the expression conveys
the substantial truth, notwithstanding
a resolution OF congress which, Had
vised and futile at the time of it's
passage, If now influential at all, Is
simply Drejudicing the interests of
Cuba aud the United States alike No
such resolution can refute the logic OF
the undisputed facts or should be al
lowed TO impede the natural march OF
events. This false positlon1
will end when congress ceases 10 liz.
more its functions and makes Cuba in
point Of law what she already is In
point Of fact, namely, United States
territory. Were there to be a plebistic
on the subject, such a contamination
would be favored by practically the en-
tire body Of the intelligence and wealth
OF the island. Until IL Is reached, cap
ital will hesitate to go there, emigra-
ton from this country will be insig-
nifcant, and Cuba wi fail to enter in
to that new era of.progress and devel-
opment, Industrial, political, and So
cial, which are relied upon to Justify
and ought to Justify the substitution
Of American for Spanish control
Richard olney In Atlantic.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-04-12
BUILDING ASSIoUT DAM.
Eleven Thousand Men Work Might
and Day

The works at Assiout are under a
talented engineer, Mr.. G. H. Stephens.
who is born ruler. He has had II 000
men working night and day at his
great dam and the huge wall and The
navigation canal which accompanies It.
rms may seem, when compared with
the Assouan, comparatively small
analr, FOR 1t has only to hold up' ten
or twelve feet of water to supply album
dainty the great Ibrahimieh canal.
which in its course supplies the ancient
Bahr Yusuf, and will thus greatly In
crease the cultivable land on the mar
gin of the Libyan desert. But in MANY
ways the Assiout weir Is even more re-
markable than a wall of granite found
ed on rock. 1t is built on the bed of
the Nile itself. Never once has rock
been touched for the foundations. Mr..
W1llcocks has shown In his saving of
the old Barrage that a permanent floor
could be laid down on the river bed
which, properly constructed would
carry any weight of masonry fit to re-
sist the pressure of any stream above
It. This system is practically the one
used in the Assiout Barrage.
The Assiout dam is half mile long.
and has navigation lock at the west
side The river has been Golfer damned
In sections. and masonry and concrete
moor (forty feet below level of high
Nile) laid down as foundation.
eighty-seven feet wide by ten feet
thick On this floor the superstructure
is built At both up and down stream
sides of this floor cast-iron sheet piles
are driven down to further depth OF
thirteen feet, the joints of which are
Theoretically sealed by cement grout.
so that no percolations can get below
the foundations. The Barrage has III
openings of about sixteen feet each.
which will be supplied with ordinary
sluices. The navigation canal lock will
De nfty feet wide. This last year (1S99)
one-fourth OF the whole work was
done, and the wages paid During June
and July, for instance) were e1, 500
per day.
me outlay at the Assouan dam
was even greater so that immense
sums are spent among the natives Of
the country which the works are in
tended to benefit permanently. All tho
work done at both reservoirs was left
safely above the highest water level
TIL next season, and at Assiout no
more Golfer dams will be needed. There
are 1850 men employed at Assiout
(and $500 at Assouan), when the work
had to be stopped for the rising of the
Nile The walls at both places are OF
stone and cement The blocks of stone
were frequently so warm, owing to the
fierce sunshine that the mems hands
were blistered In lifting them, and the
heat of the place in June was $50 de-
grees in the shade. But all has gone
on. with scarcely an accident. There
were a dozen cases Of sunstroke, but
only a very few deaths II was re-
marked that those who drank too
much liquid Of any kind were most
liable to t."-Ainslee's.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-04-12

made by God, appealing to that
passage of Scripture, What God hath
Joined together let no man put
asunder.'"
The mere reading of the marriage
service, Mrs. Stanton insists, does not
signify that God hath Joined the couple
together Only those marriages that are
harmonious, where the parties are
really companions for each other. are
In the highest sense made by God.
But what SHAH we say" she asks, "of
that large class of men and women who
marry for wealth, position, mere sem
sual qualification, without any real at
traction or religious sense of loyalty
toward one another? You might az
well talk of the same code of reguIa-
tons for honest, law-abiding citizens
and for criminals in our state prisons
as for these two classes. The former
are law to themselves, and need no
iron chains to hold them together. The
other class, having no respect for law.
VIII defy all constitutional provisions"
Mrs' Stanton's conclusion is that "the
pretehsions of the church and the
oiole should be eliminated from the
q"es.ioh' The Scriptures, she says,
sanction divorce and polygamy and
are lui OF contradictions, while the
canon law has been pliable in the
nands OF ecclesiastics, enforced or set
aside at the behests of kings and
hopies. me discussion, in her opinion,
snouid be confined wholly to the civil
law, and divorce be regarded as purely
a state question.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-04-12
MRS. STANTON ON DIVORCE LAWS

Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, in the
North American Review, discusses
frankly and even spicily the agitation
for an entire revision of the laws regu-
lating divorce. She points out that
while the state proposes a committee
of learned judges and the church
another committee of distinguished
bishops to frame a national law, there
is no suggestion that women be repre-
sented on the commission, although
their interest is surely as great as
that Of men. Mrs. Stanton is convinced
that the tendency of judges and bish-
ops, who are proverbially conserva-
tive, would be to make the laws in
the free states more restrictive than
they are now, and thus render 1t more
difficult for wives to escape from I'M
happy marriages." The states which
have liberal divorce laws. she says are
to women what Canada was to the
slaves before emancipation
The demand for an amendment to
the United States constitution that
shall make the laws Of marriage and
divorce the same in all the states en-
anates, in Mrs. Stanton's opinion. from
those who consider the present divorce
laws are too liberal We may infer.
says, that the proposed national law
is to place the whole question on the
narrowest basis. rendering null and
void the laws that have been passed in
q broader spirit AS we are still in the
experimental stage on this question, II
is Mrs. Stanton's conviction that we
are not qualified to make a law that
would work satisfactorily over 80 vast
an area as our boundaries now en-
brace. There Is no evidence" she as
serts, in what has been published OF
late on this question by statesmen,
ecclesiasts, lawyers and judges that
any Of them have thought sufficiently
on the subject to prepare a well-di-
gested code, or comprehensive
amendment to the national constitu-
ton. Some view marriage as a civil
contract, though not governed by the
laws Of other contracts; some view II
as a religious ordinance; some think
it relation to be regulated by the
state, others by the church, and still
others think 1t should be wholly left
to the individual. With this diver
gence Of opinion among our leading
minds It Is quite evident that we are
not prepared for a national law"
Mrs. Stanton Is surprised that wo-
men manifest so little interest in the
pending proposition. especially as It
IS not to their interest to have an
amendment to the constitution estab-
fishing a uniform law" In making
any contract, she declares, the parties
are supposed TO have an equal knowl-
edge OF the situation and an equal
voice in the agreement This" she
maintains, has never been the case
With the contract of marriage. Women
are, and always have been. totally ig-
norant Of the provisions Of the canon
and clvi! laws which men have made
and administered. and then, to impress
woman's religious nature with the
sacredness Of this one-sided contract.
they claim that all Of these hetero-
geneous relations called marriage are
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-04-12
THE SAILORS DIRGE.
Meath the wave he lieth low.

Meath the wave he lieth low.
None his sepulcher may know,
Cradeled sweet on oceans breast,
Whom he loved the fondest. best,
why for him the tears outpour?
weep for those that wait on shore.
Naught recks he Of wind or tide.
Shadowing fleets that oversize
Blackening bulls beneath the wave,
Foemen Wondering in the grave;
Naught to him the savage gun,
Wrack of death or victory won:
Coral wreaths that tropic tomb
Phospher candles light the gloom.
Boom of surf, the atoll's knell-
Thus the hero slumbreth we'll.
Caroline Wetherel
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-04-12
DIALECT FROM KENTUCKY

Here is a little dialogue that recently
occurred between two rural members
of the Kentucky militia which brings
out some curiosites Of dialect:
We've bin ordered to Frankfort"
Il cad, hain't goin'!"
u CAD you hev to gol"
i hain't, and there's lots more than
haln't goln', nuther."
! gad' youns swored you'd go, and,
! Cad, you've got to got"
i CAD, we don't got to go! We hain't
got no unicorn and we haint got no
guns and we hain't goin', nohow. We
most friz last time and didn't git
nuthin' to eat!"
Well, mebeb youns wont go, but If
youns don't you'll git found like hell;'
New York Tribune.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-04-12
SUNNY PORTO RICO
EVERIFTE K. BARNES WRITES
~ ENTERTAININGLY OF ISLAND
AN ENJOYABLE OUTING

interesting Sidelights on the Scenery.
Cities and Natives of Our New Pos
session-An Alumni Reunion at San
Juan-Dreadful Work of the Hurri-
cane Last Year.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-04-12

"Goodluck has had his salary raised:
was ii for extra work."
yes. He always listens when the
proprietor tells his baby's smart say
ings."
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THE STRUGGLE WITH THE COLLAR BUTTON.
are very good friends. 1t would please
me more than anything else in the
world il you could so across at the
same time and be somewhere near me
on the other side"
"On the contrary" said she. "the fact
is this: My husband is much absorbed
in business and is beginning to grow
old. He enjoys my society. He would
do anything in the world to please me,
but the life he likes to lead is rather
dull for me. Therefore l am tempted
to go abroad; to run about on the con-
tinent having good time and doubt
less enjoying great deal of your anna
BILE companionship. Viewed in one way,
the plan is entirely innocent; viewed
In another, it is selfish and wicked, for
it is desertion Of man who has given
me his name his wealth, his heart and
everything that a man can give wo-
man."
Then the young man with the gray
hair turned about in his chair until he
faced his companion. He put his elbow
on the chair back and shielded his face
with his hand so that no one behind
him could read the motion of his lips or
the expression of his countenance, and
he began to prove that black was white
and that darkness was daylight. There
was a fascination in his subtle e,o-
quence and in the intensity of his ear
nestness. AS he spoke the woman
seemed to see that selfishness was a
virtue and the ordinary self sacrifice
which makes life possible folly and
superstition. Why shouldn't she run
away and play like child? 1t was her
husband who was selfish If he wished
to deny her the pleasure.
Mr. Tinkham heard not word of all
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-03-24

second act, and sometimes she did so.
and again she watched Mr.. Tinkham.
with dim appreciation of the service
he had rendered her.
1t was impossible after that for the
young man to resume his argument in
favor of Il European tour without re-
minding the lady of the way Mr.. rink-
ham had struggled with his collar but.
ton, and who could be serious with
such n thought: Moreover, Mr.. Think
ham did not cease to be annoyed by
the collar that would not stay down.
At one time he tried to fastcn it with
a pin, and hloodshcd followed, to the
lady'S great amusement.
The play was nearly done before she
would consent to be serious. and then
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-03-24

she would merely shake her head and
say: 80. no! This is all folly. / shall
remain in New York. where I belong"
Presently tic ruvt9in fell for the las;
time. The audience crowded the aislca
and slowly moved ont. The Young man
was cllrsin@ his folly in not insisting
upon going 10 some other theater when
he had learned that all the boxes in
this one We're engaged. But the ladys
mind was occupied with Il desire to get
n good lool; at MI Tinkham's face
She paused a moment in the foyer for
that purpose. The gentleman from Rut
ledge, Vt, passed quite close to her
but did not notice her. He would have
been interested to observe that. despite
the difference in age and breeding and
above all. in dress. she looked little
like his eldest daughter This is uililn.
portant, however. as he did not OBJ
serve it.
He was occupied with the confusion
the unfamiliar noises from the street
the painful glare of lights.
II don't belong here" he was saying
TO himself. Thank heaven I'll be home
tomorrow
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-03-24

womanly way, as he ought to be, there
would be no danger and little pain.
The time of partnrition is made COM
Portable and safe by the use of DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It is
medicine designed by a skilled physician
"a specialist In The disorders and dis
eases of women--for the express and
only purpose of putting the whole won-
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1t works directly on the organs involved
in babys advent and makes them strong,
healthful and flexible. Taken during
the whole period of CESSATION it insures
the perfect health of both mother and
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Mrs Molle E. Grimes, of Flomaton, Fsca,nhia
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OF your little Pellets and oh, what an appetite
they did give me. My baby is now three months
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my babies and at the birth had an easier and
shorter time than ever had am stoutcr and
healthier than ever was. Inever will be with
out your medicine. May God bless you and
your good medicines"
For obstinate constipation DIR. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets are the most perfect
medicine ever devised. They give
prompt, comfortable, permanent relief.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-03-24
MattingS.

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HE'D MIR. ilHHIAM.
man, not without certain accent of
satisfaction.
Ills companion did not share this
view
Nothing that | have done, unless it
may be this" said she somewhat cold
~, has given cause for gossip.
You are very clever" he replied.
and that makes me wonder al the
more why you should hesitate
flush" she whispered. "That mau
iii front of US is lis;toninG."
It happened that Mr.. Tinhha'n sur
cered from an inequality in hi. aU,.ito
ry apparatus. His lett ear was as good
as any mans, but the right one was
bit dull. When the people On the stage
lowered their voices, Mr.. Tinkham nat
urally turned his good ear toward
them.
This movement was misinterpretcd
by the lady behind him, who was deep
~ interested in her own affairs and not
at all in those of John Storm and Clio
ry Quayle. She saw that Mr.. Tinkham
had shifted his position for the purpose
OF hearing better, and she supposed
that the ear turned toward herself was
the one that was doing the work. On
the contrary, the gentleman from Rut-
ledge had really placed himself in the
least favorable attitude for listening to
her.
"Ncver mind him." said the young
man with the gray hair. Gle doesn't
know who we are"
We'll" said she, what were you go
ing to say?"
only this" he replied: ut seems
proydential that your aunt is going TO
Europe just at this time"
"Proyidential is rather queer word
for it. Don't you think SOP said She.
ooh, you take this matter altogether
too seriously" he declared. The fact
is this: must go abroad. You and |
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poor eXpcctan
mother is
nervc-r acl;ca
and paiil-riddcn
fearing and
almost suffer
ing death.
1t isn't right.
Nature never
meant it 20 be
so. If the moth
er were strong
and well III a