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The Van Buren press., 1903-08-08
Cnt Has strange Family,

Mrs Lee Kaufman, who lives near
Lyndon, Kan, has n ca, that is rearing
u rather strange family, Some time ago,
while Mrs Kaufman was IN the yard
she heard II sQucalIng and commotlon
coming from large hole In the ground
which was close by, She was afraid to
put her hand In the hole and investigate
the cause of the sounds, and when the
men came from the fields at noon she
called their attention to the occurrence,
They procured spades and dug into the
hole, unearthlng n mother coon In her
nest with three tiny ones about day
old The old coon escaped and the little
ones after being admired for some time,
were given to the cat to deyOur. which
was licking It's chops near by, az II hum
cry for the little follows, The cat
smellcd them, and then began lIckng
their little bodies allorwNrd hunting A
bed for herself TO which she took the
little co0ns and adopted them. one OF
them died, but the other two are living
and viii soon be larger than their fosto,.
mother,
The Van Buren press., 1903-08-08
Fatal Street Car ACCIDENT.

An electric street car at Texarkana
going down grade at speed of thirty
miles an hour. became unmanageable
and left the track at a curve. The
car rolled over several times and as
il was crowded with passengers re-
turning to the city from game Of
ball no less than twenty persons
were injured. A. NJ. Harrison, a
well known travelling man, received
injuries from which he died without
regaining consciousness. Mrs. w. p.
Orr was also probably fatally injured,
and many others sustained broken
limbs and internal injuries. The
motorman says the accident was due
to a defective brake.
The Van Buren press., 1903-08-08
a FOOLISH LITTLE SONG.

| have read the woudroug poems Of the
masters Of the pen,
Tie sonnc's OF The Shukospoaros and the
odcs q other men,
Ard the cp.cs Of the Millions and the HON.
ers aud the rest,
And the mild d,ductc measures that the
critics call the bosG
But tcmt'.mCs the heart grows weary OF
The big things Of the earth,
And the great otcrHnl questions and the
laws OF doDth and birth
II turns from ull the NOES OF ne that make
the years so long
Ana responds IN Joyous fuilncs to fool.
ish l,tuc song
just foolish I,l'c song
How Il hep, the heart A.ongl
Al Me rWcrlor lorH meter that In lame, n
rhyme that's wrong
All the better fpf the icltCf Of simple
,ltue air,
All tho nearer nll the doarcr-what does
anybody carer
The words may not be- pregnant with a
world Of hidden truth,
Put they call 20 mind The long forgotten
summers VI your youth,
The tune may not be ylnHslc=li may be a
haCknuyCd thing
But u man can't thlnk OF wagner whom he
culy wants 10 sug'
And Just As men turn backward when the
shadows ncUrrr creep
To foolish, childish prayer Ike Now !
las me down 10 tlrtp"
30 thr tired spirit often WOOts the metn'
uflvs that tlrong
with th, fh,mng and the Ginning VI a
foolish little song
Just foolish littc song
How IL helps tho h8art along
AH tho sWColof for meter that " lame, q
rhyme thatt wrong
All the better for the fetlcf of a simple
little Alfi
Al the hhtr fof d llns Vt Two OF nonsense
here ma thete'
Edwin Mead Robinson, In chicago Even.
Ing Post
The Van Buren press., 1903-08-08
Indemnity Bond Filed.

An indemnifying bond to protect
the auditor and state treasurer in the
issuance and payment of warrants on
the deaf mute appropriation has been
filed, which insures the operation Of
the above institution The bond is to
protect the two above officials from
any liability should the act be declar-
ed illegally passed or the next general
assembly refuse to make the nCcessa
~ appropriation.
The Van Buren press., 1903-08-08
lmnortant Question Decided.

Judge John II. Rogers, Of Fort
Smith, of the United States district
court, has decided that Deputy Reve-
nue. Collector F. NJ. Lamberton, who
was fined s25 and sentenced to forty
eight hours Imprisonment by Judge E.
G. Mitchell for contempt Of the state
court at Harrison, need not testify in
state court as to knowedge gained
through his official capacity as a
United States officer. He had been
summoned to prove that persons
charged with the violation of the state
liquor laws possessed government Ii
cense
The Van Buren press., 1903-08-08

made OF cork. Next, take the skimme'
and plate in one hand and lay the eds'
Of the plate on the edge OF the decan'e
and then with the other hand connec
the ladle with the skinner and hoc
them until you nnd the exact position 10
which they will balance each other ln'
first time you try to do this trick II .
quite probable that you viii fall, ana u
that case your audience will be mn''
amused NJ seeing skinner, ladle aD'
plate come down with rush on the lp
noGent decanter After a few trlaI'
however, you viii become an adept "
the trick and It will then be your turn|
laugh at those who doubted your sV"r
ty to perform TN Y, Herald
The Van Buren press., 1903-08-08
Victims OF cowardIy Assasslns.

J, n Nelson, railroad contractor
and his family, occupying tent NJ
Watson, In Dosha county, were the
victims OF oowardly assassins, who
fred several loads from shotguns into
their tent At late hour In the night
Nelson was fatally wounded, HIS
wife and daughter were also badly
wounded and stray shots took effect
In negro helper and white board.
or, The shooting II said TO have been
done by Woodson Hodges and Albert
and sam Bailey, oolored,
The Van Buren press., 1903-08-08
THE MERRY-GO-ROUNO.

Across the way there's ry-So-round.
can see il where lie.
7 can see the hobby-horses glide across
the twilight sky.
And when the merry -go-rOund goes round
the music begins to play,
An1thauaop.e laugh, and the children sing,
and all are b.ithe and gay,
And the narry-g -go-round goes round ana
round,
And the horses never tire;
And the bright lights blaze,
And the music pays,
And the mir,h rolls higher and higher,
As the merry -go-round goes round ana
round,
And round and round goes the merry-so-
round
MARY NJ. Parks, In St. Nicholas.
The Van Buren press., 1903-08-08
GEOGRAPHICAL FRIENDSHIP
Those which Depend Altogether W
ON BelnH Locnted IN the snm'
NeiwhbOrho0d,

A true friend, of course, IS wv
whose bodily presence agrco',D
though II be, IL not essential 10 W.
continuance Of the relation, says v,
Weeks Progress. Such q one we NV, :,
after n ten years separation WIN
little awkwardness M II we hau pow
yesterday. We need not oven WV "a
to each other, except ~ we ucs''' a,
know the facts Of daily prosr's, IA
retrogressIon and satisfy our pr'ue .
the others achievements or esp'- .o.
our verbal sympathy over his u''as ''s
pointments, Such friendships alu ',a "a
one or two for every man or NV""I and
who In capable Of deep ieeIihb'
that IL usually all But thefe ns
larger minor grade Of fflehdShip' a,,s
are based upon propinqulty l"s M
We chum with because we 30 W N,
same college, or travel with Oh M
same train or boat, or stop WIN .,m,
same hotel, or ut near In w, N No
ONCE, or chat with at the same c'us s0m,
longs to this geographical class ,aSoaf s
ono OF him may become oVh sIh
friend, but as u rule our rcla"Vn ,aIp
him depends entirely upon .I ,I Of
common interests, business sv i M
intellectual, and does not eN'epv '',s %
yond the qualification or the ues" sa rII
talk to or merely be some one WV touu
not jar That desire, truly Is ,nv ,a 10
da,on OF all the common nuns ,Lv
tcrrolatlons, without II, soel"
tons would bo purely sporaa'V'
The Van Buren press., 1903-08-08
Damaging Windstorm.

Military Heights, a suburb Of North
Little Rock, was struck by severe
windstorm on the afternoon of July
80 and several small houses were de-
stroyed. Two colored women were
slightly injured. A number Of build
ings were blown from their founda
tions, and that only two persons were
injured seems miraculous, as all the
buildings were occupied.
The Van Buren press., 1903-08-08
Killed His Friend.

c. f. Foster was accidentally shot
and killed at Morrilton by Leonard
Carkhill Both men worked in gen
eral supply store and were examining
pistol when it was discharged, the
ball striking Foster Just above the
heart The deceased leaves a wife and
two children, and Carkhill, who was
his warm friend, is almost wild with
grief over the sad accident
The Van Buren press., 1903-08-08
Mississippi River improvements,

The Mississippi river commission
has appropriated the sum Of $4,000 to
be expended in improving the harbor
at Helena, Among other allotments
by the commission OF direct interest to
Arkansas are the following: Plum
Point Reach, 100000; Hopeheld Bend,
100000; care, repair, and renewals,
100000; levoes, $72S,500.
The Van Buren press., 1903-08-08
MOSQUITO IS DOOMED.
Parasite Fatal 10 Insect ca he CuItl-
waited In Hope Of killing on
the Pests.

II the plans Of the scientists DO not 20
astray millions Of mosquitoes are dos.
tined TO die Of terrible pains IN tktr
stomachs, caused by a fine hair-lEo
worm, or parasite, recently discovered
and cultivated by Dr Charles Stiles, ot
the public health and marine hospital
service at Washington, D. c.
This discovery Dr. Sulos has named
"0gamo mermIs culicis," otherwise tho
mosquito dcslroyor" II Is a parasite
which Kills millions Of mosquitoes each
year and which, Il Ia believed, under
artificial propagation will prove far su.
porIor TO any known way Of riGdag in
tested communities Of these pests Dr.,
Stiles not only has discovered the para
site but isolated &C. All that now re.
mains to be done by nr, stiles and his
associates ~ 70 discover q rapid and in.
expensive manner Of propgratiER para.
sites In NnciCnt number scr general
use In m0rehts, ponds and localities
infested by the insects, and the mos.
quito destroyer will do the rest
Certain forms Of intestinal parasites
previously wire found IN mosquito
larvae In India, Italy, and Spain, but
none was discovered In the American
mosquitoes uniil Prof John II, Smith,
Of Rutgers college, Forwarded 70 DR.,
stiles for examination two worms taken
from the abdominal cavity Of New Ier.
eey mosquitoes ono specimen was In
a hardy condition, Dr Stiles determined
that both specimens were laryal round
worms belonging 70 the family Of mor.
mIthIdae or mormls porAmorms, nr,
stiles chrlstenod the parasite "APamo
mermls Culicls,"
The Van Buren press., 1903-08-08
Supplies for State Guards.

Gen Haynes requests that officers
Of the various companies Of state mi
litia throughout the state send In
their acquisitions for supplies and
uniforms, which have been received
from Washington. Members of the
guard will receive the same pay as
regulars in the army while in attend
ance at the state encampment.
The Van Buren press., 1903-08-08
THE STORY OF DICK.
Faithful sengull which Kept Iryb'
for a Period of Twenty-Four
Consecutive Years.

Out in the ocean, about four miles OH
the shore Of Rhode Island and just south
of Narragansett bay, is anchored Bren-
tons Reef lightship. Some 32 years ago
the lonely watchers on the ship had their
attention attracted by seagull that so
far put aside mis- wild nature as to swim
close to the vessel in search offood. The
friendliness and trustfulness Of the bird
The Van Buren press., 1903-08-08
Turned Up by a Brother

Officers al Fort Smith arrested Chas,
Price, alias Neal on suspicion that he
IL wanted In Texas to serve life sen
tcnco for murder. II II claimed Price
was given away by his brother, who
induced him TO 90 to Fort Smith to
engage In the painting business, II
seems there is woman in the case
and that Jealousy prompted the pris.
onor's brother 20 give him away.
The Van Buren press., 1903-08-08
TRICK IN BALANCING.
After n Few Trials II Can he MASTERED
by Anyone whose Hand Is
Reasonably steady.

" you want TO amuse some youni
persons, get a decanter, a plate a lads
and a skinner, and then tell them thai.
you intend to balance the ladle and hs
skinner in the manner shown In tAt
accompanying picture, OF course thg
will be inCredulous, bu:, II your hand h
reasonably steady, you will be able 70
do the trick
First, hang the skinner by lis hand.
from the edge Of the plate and keep # b
position by means OF a small wedgi
The Van Buren press., 1903-08-08
Fireman Injured,

A light engine collidcd with a pas.
senger train on the White River
branch OF the Iron Mountain at Syca.
more. The engineer had made a run
to water tank and in backing did
not slow up when he reached the train
Fireman Davidson was slightly in,
jurcd
The Van Buren press., 1903-08-08
Cotton Greatly improved

Condition Of the cotton crop In the
lowlands continue to improve. Though
the plant is small, It Is filing out we'll
Early corn has been made, but the
yield Of the late crop depends largely
IN many sections on favorable weather
The next few days,
The Van Buren press., 1903-08-08
Old Citizen Dead.

Hon A, u, Israel, n prominent eth
zen of HoXIc, met with a fatal acct,
dent last week Mr.. Israel, who was
agent for the express company at
Hoylc, accidentally stumbled over the
tongue of a truck and sustained a
fracture Of the skull which proved
fatal He was 20 years Of age and an
XCopfoderatc veteran
The Van Buren press., 1903-08-08
Claim SelI-Defense,

NJ. C. Lamberson, live stock deal
er. was shot three times and seriously
wounded on the outskirts of North
Little Rock william and John Rich
were arrested charged with the shoot
ing, They claim Lamberson followed
them toward their home and that they
acted in self defense.
The Van Buren press., 1903-08-08
Transferred TO Federal Court.

The case Of W. +. Cleveland against
the Cotton Belt railway, in which the
plaintiff sues for $4,000, has been re-
moved from the state to the United
States circuit court Cleveland sues for
$4,000 damages for injuries received
December, 1902, in a wreck near Glen.
dale,
The Van Buren press., 1903-08-08
t,o,l,IILe Men,

Fashionable men Of tho cart are now
wearing coffee coats 20 SO with tho
womens tea gowns but some fashion.
able men, remarks the Chicago Record.
Herald simply cant help being lady.
like, don't YOU know,
The Van Buren press., 1903-08-08
Alleged Swindler Captured.

E. NJ. Daniels, alias James A. Mon
roe. charged with having passed
worthless checks at Ozark and other
points in this state, was arrested at
Alva. Okla. T. 1t is alleged Daniels
represented himself as a travelling
man, selecting hotel proprietors as his
uvpy
The Van Buren press., 1903-08-08
Three cornered Shooting serape.

In a throecorncrod shooting afrray
Ave miles west Of TeXarkana, Jen VII.
son, r. j. Blackstock and Cud Shlpp
being the principals, Blackstock was
shot In the side and in the head and
Ship was severely wounded.
The Van Buren press., 1903-08-08
An Omen Letter,

These fashions, dear girl, We are ylewlns
with dread
They can't be expected to please
when you Imp IN hlgh heels and you carry
your head
an angle ~ 10 degreea,
-Washhgtun !
The Van Buren press., 1903-08-08

The Monticello cotton mill recently
put In some new additional machinery,
this being necessary TO supply the de.
mand for the mills output
The Van Buren press., 1903-08-08
Arrested al Prison Gate.

W W, Anderson, colored, was ar
rested as he stepped from Fort Leayon.
worth prison, after serving three years
on conviction Of perjury In pen.
sion ease, Anderson was sent up from
the Eastern district OF this state and
the charge now pending against him IL
similar 10 the one OF which he was
convicted three years ago
The Van Buren press., 1903-08-08

A rare and beautiful piece Of fine lace
Tor trimming shows tinted design OF
ylolets done IN u faint tint Of purple
The Van Buren press., 1903-08-08

In shooting scrape on public
road four miles west Of Harrison Dave
Nichols was shot and painfully wound.
cd BY Smith Stalloup,
Mower County transcript., 1903-07-01

ISIs met him athere Hers fad nd
and fearless. sAs5 s.
May I 90 - e Gordon asked gently,
q The woman made no reply, and Cor,
don went on. The rooms were lighted
with candles. Several women were ini
the room. A man was standing BY a
table on which was q rough pine coffin, /
at which he was looking with disgust
or contempt 8} IN ...F
He looked up as Gordon came In.
who $' are your was the mans rough
greeting. II 81 ..fssa.5
sss''lai name lis John Gordon Of Hope
House!' N III NJ y. Ms 5j. n !. .
The man turned suddenly to one Of
the women who stood looking on sub:
missiyely. Take the thing OUT point
Ing to the coffin, and tell Abrams to.
send up something better or he'll hear
from me s#f fs.s |l..5a zs@ sGs II B & ss5$
And this was John Gordon's introduc-
ton to Tommy Randall, the political
boss Of Hope House district, Ward 49,
Mower County transcript., 1903-07-01
- * !. "a - =
Prudence.

Wisdom applied to practice is called
'prud dence. The man who is not
caught by the alluring prices for worth.
less goods is applying wisdom to prac-
tice. They depend on us for high,quali
and low prices that's practical prud-
ence. @. "a. EMMONs, .y
a tt 3 Austin Lumber and Fuel Co
Mower County transcript., 1903-07-01
TRAINS CARRYING P4ssFNaFRs,

only. Others daily. - :
Revised to March 8, 1903. ~ ,: h
~ - ::s<- C. W. sNERE, Agent.
Mower County transcript., 1903-07-01
; PRINCIPAL CITIES.
! LEAVE. | ARRIVE

.Daily, fDaily except Sunday.
S:4O p. m, train has Pullman buffet car and
gay d:!y coaches through to St. Louis and Kansas
to Kansas City. 600 p. m, train has sIsepe
and day coaches through to Peoria, III. 8 .O5
.; m.train has elegant day coach and chair car
through to Peoria: Meals served in dining car
Mower County transcript., 1903-07-01
Iowa Central Railway.

( Time of ARRIVAL and departure of traina oe
Iowa Central R'y., at Mason City, Ia. Ticket
office at depot. East Eighth street. Corrected
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-08
Ned MORE NORKN[N
Expected That 80, 900 Men Will
Be Employed Constructing
Pan-American Canal
SOURCES FOR THE SUPPLY
Many Laborers Will Doubtless Be
Drawn From the Southern States and
Islands of the West understandable
Importation of Chinese and Japan
ese-Mexico's Monetary Standards.

Washington, April S.-Admiral Walk
be employed on the Pan American can-
al when the United States formally
shall have entered upon the project, is
10000. For all practical purposes, this
government is now engaged in the con
struction of the canal. Under the agree
ment signed on March by Secretary
Hay and Mr.. Cromwell, the American
representative of the new Panama cam
al company, the work of construction
was to be continued by the canal COM
pany until the exchange Of notifications
of the canal treaty, with the under
standing that the United States should
pay for such construction work. The
men now engaged on the canal con-
struction work are principally Jamaica
negroes. AS they are Injured to the
Central America climate, they do not
suffer seriously from the diseases prev
alent on the isthmus. One of the pur-
poses of the visit to the isthmus soon to
be made by a ub-committee of the
present canal commission, is to study
the labor question, as 1t relates to the
of the waterway, with
view of ascertaining a source from
which an additional labor supply may
be obtained. The local labor supply is
to meet the demand. 1t is
therefore. that laborers will
be drawn by the thousands from the
southern states and the islands of the
West Indies. AS the labor supply is
controlled largely by companies or
ganized for the purpose, 1t is quite like
~ that many Chinese and Japanese
laborers will be imported for work on
the canal. They are excellent workmen
and are peculiarly fitted by nature for
work of that kind and in that eli
mate,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-08
unau 5narshalou 7rdmsdg april 1903

pany. also was in attendance. He had
been invited to act as one of the United
States delegates to the congress. but
declined because of his large interests
In silver, which might subject him to
a charge of bias.
The conference discussed at length
the projected scope of the congress, as
it is realized that exceeding care must
be exercised in defining the powers of
the delegates il formidable opposition
is to be avoided. The fact that
special committee of experts is now at
work in Mexico, endeavoring to arrange
Mexico's internal monetary standards,
was cited as a reason for delaying the
assembly of the international congress
until that work is completed. One of
the principal considerations which
caused President Roosevelt to join In
this congress was the need for a set
Element of the ratio between gold and
silver in the Philippines. Professor
jerks and Mr.. Conant. both having
visited the archipelago and studied the
question on the spot, they were able to
throw much light on the situation and
reveal the actual conditions there.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-08
INvENTs RAILWAY TIE.
Sioux City Man Patents Composite
Tie That Will be a Winner,

Sioux City, April 81. c. Currier,
who is the senior member of the bank
ing firm of j. c. Currier G. Son, of Sa-
Xix, and who has resided in Woodbury.
county about quarter of a century,
Is the inventor of a composite railway
tie, and it is out of this tie that he
hopes to make his great fortune. The
scheme involves the ultimate taking
over all railroads In the United States
by means of patent railroad tie, thru
the saving of which will ensue from it's
use. The inventor proposed to interest
j. Pierpont Morgan and j. j. Hill and
will take immediate steps with that OBJ
ject in view. He wants Mr.. Morgan to
be president of his company. The tie
consists of two blocks of stone, cement
or other material, two feet in length,
which will serve as foundations for the
rails, Connecting these will be a steel
bar bolted securely into the stone
blocks This will head them securely
together The rails will be bolted to
by means of clamps. 1t is
declared that this method of fastening
will effectually prevent the possible
spreading of the rails. Mr.. Currler Is
ever his invention, and be-
lieves that the railroad magnates can
be Interested. He does not consider 1t
a wild dream. but that as the result of
the introduction of the composite tie
the railroads of the United States will
be ultima tely merged under one man
a
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-08
Arrangements About Complet-
ed For Building the New
ton and Northwestern
INDEPENDENT OF ANY SYSTEM
President Brown Ayers That it Is an
Extension of the Gowrie- Boone Line,
Seeking an Outlet to the South
western and Peoria Markets, Thru
the Iowa Central.
Special to Times-Republican.

Newton, April s. - Mr. Hamilton
Brown, president of the Newton &
Northwestern, was in Newton yester-
day completing arrangements for the
building of the road to this place dur
ing the coming summer The right of
way has been secured AMI paid for thru
large part of the northwestern part
of this county and the road will strike
the Rock Island at Metz. six miles west.
entering Newton by running parallel
with the Rock Island tracks. Mr..
Brown insists that the line is no part
of any other system, but that it is an
independent line, being an extension of
the Gowrie- Boone line, seeking south
eastern outlet thru the Iowa Central to
the markets of the southwest and Peo-
ria. 1t is expected to have the line
completed by Sept. 1. as the contract
for construction is already let and ma
terial has been purchased. The road is
financed by eastern capitalists, mostly
of Boston. The road VIII traverse an
excellent section of lowe, crossing near
ly all the trunk lines.