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The Van Buren press., 1911-12-16

For stealing two gallons Of whiskey,
which he used for u "blow ont, Ed
Boot was given five years IN the state
bsntentiary by jury in the district
tourt OF Fort Smith,
Fred Wagner who has filled the po'
'uon Of deputy circuit clerk under A
Hays, has resigned and will move to
D,er, MIR Hays has appointed Crock
et Bledsoe TO succeed Mr.. Wagner,
The Rev, Mrs. Joseph Connell re.
turned home Thursday from Dallas,
Texas, where she recently underwent u
'urgical operation, and all are glad to
'now she returns much improved In
health,
The Van Buren press., 1911-12-16

ThermOs and Janus Vacuum
Bottles, keep liquids hot 3G hours
and cold Y hours, at John
O'Kane's Drug Store.
The Van Buren press., 1911-12-16
why Take CaI0mel,

when simmons Liver Purifier Is so
eosy and pleasant, yet acts just NJ thor
oughy M those harsh purgntives, In
yellow tin boxes only Price 9oG' TfleG
once, used always,
The Van Buren press., 1911-12-16
LEGAL and PERSONAL

=, r F. Wood and j. S. Williams,
,r.,ortovn, w. have a small unsettled
count at this office.
The Van Buren press., 1911-12-16

Large solid Gold Fountain Pens,
regular price 81, special price
christmas week, SS cents, at John
O'Kane's.
The Van Buren press., 1911-12-16
The Courts.

,,r COURT meets at Van .ns RSISn SoTemoeF Sa sHe
"fhlrd 4o9asyIJ s'9Gs ! D Grbuckle, Pros ANY
r0gyTY CoVnIi = IsnWsry, TiS April, July and DC
" no third Monday
,sOBAIE GVJaGr Nay, August and November
The Van Buren press., 1911-12-16

Post Card Albums, Photo Al.
Gums, Comb and Brush Sets, Hat
and Cloth Brushes at John
O'Kane's.
The Van Buren press., 1911-12-16

v,,,,s in the Local Columns ms Fire Fire, cent, nj,
F'% NOir'I mr srst =, insertion, and tre eeHS "a PEI
~ \ j~ c,S I charged tor at otors rates "'''" u
Ts,J G.continued
The Van Buren press., 1911-12-16

Holiday China Plates, Bowls,
IwcS, Cups aud Saucers, etc. al
ohn 0'Kane's'
The Van Buren press., 1911-12-16

E -. trains between Van Bpren
sl,,sl reign, carr arr passengers after Feo
'' ..., leaves from yard once aai'y
s local essIf N; carries passengers, > *
M local wen, sunday; carries passengers,
,Gy IN except Hu,,I" n5 "sccommodation, arrives
lssG Greeinw,sVnoT,n ! m daiiy except sunday.
!, guren lEio y "A accommodation, leaves
vs. sIsgnTds sFs N daily except sunday
The Van Buren press., 1911-12-16

1T is a pleasure to tell yon that
Chamberlain 3 Cough Remedy is the
best cough medicine have ever used,
writes Mrs. Hugh Campbell Of La
vOnia, Ga. II have used it with all
my children and the results have been
o'-t'r s,jsfoGtory. - For sale by John
tiyes, the hear#
tation 1ompar ------.
tended.
m, . ,.sa is looking forward
moro, mo HnI anniversary
resobdio,~ q and good wife will
mem of a com;nr' day, n,suy friends
immigration prob ana sfauachiIu'en
and report at a present. The editor
That ther tAls MS WaIthe'' 'o"
next perloo many return snniVers.
ity in this c..
roads utterly
greatly augm
pon the sa shaun and Gold
mounted Brlar Pipes at J0hn
O'Kane's Drug Store.
The Van Buren press., 1911-12-16

For coughs and colds uaa Ballard F.
fofeb0rud syrup 10 ucta gootbi1R'N
b ,ue IuAt.d lungs aud throat Prige
'5c, SOC aud 81 per bottle, Sold by +
! Kerr
The Van Buren press., 1911-12-16
II StayA men, fotun

wbor ,hs o,roui were iii tAe are frst
made for 6uckl working pt, ave, but
40 yea,s of worels of tha eartve prov
sd tbAn true oroeb h,rn is now
,no,,,n as the ,rth for
burns, boils ), cuts,
hrni,as sur any VINO usSehu eczema,
chapped hgIy ones who aye a piles.
Only 25c q
f-stricken, thew GRAY
ace and gave treale'
n hour rescue nrbe
zed and started inp tn
Ca,,hese rescue parties Iwererious
Almost as soon s tFb;,c
counded a column Of snoke
Dom the mouth of the caTerr'"g up
Seconds later it became didates
lack pillar, and the res robn r
lg and blinded, rush 4 :
VIZ. Rescuers have shceedcIis' Vi
iguishng the flanB Sut had tr".
hble to penetrate ,lNar!tt on ac
!, +bsr rs.sc,., pry,e
IS .sDris n%T n.',] !. an .H al D : = ea'y ny
visibility w. "a FL b ~. ,e.
..aa', 1a;', s,,'t, a'' Co.,, ., .p,gys;,ss e; e,
is now deputys ira. egcIerk, and
T. N. McAlester, of Alma, who
made the race for comfy treas
urer two years ago.
As previously stated there are
three avowed candidates for coun-
ty Judge, Messrs. j. w. Wilbanks,
Ben Hawkins aud u. Etheridge,
Neither County Treasurer Kagy,
Circuit Clerk Hays, Superintend'
ent of Public instruction Il. +.
Wasson or County Surveyor @.
y. Painter will have no opposl'
ton,
The Van Buren press., 1911-12-16

Fine Box Stationery, Collar and
Cnff Boxes, b. kAdkerchief and
NeCkuo Boxes * J0Dh O'hanv-5
Drug Store.
The Van Buren press., 1911-12-16

H.. NJ ]. Norman has returned
ana after An extended visit with reia.
=. and friends at Marshall, Texas
The Van Buren press., 1911-12-16

TO our Subscribers Note the combiha'ioh onel
- ,hn s. I,ouis Republic and The Press, both for
one year for $3.50.
The Van Buren press., 1911-12-16

Mr., E.C Wilmer and little daugh'
i the Farmers Uniofnn'H'n "'o'0,
! st he has been asked by Presiuenu
BRET and Secretary Davis Of the
(mers' Union to lend his support
the movement and that he has
|adIly consented to do so.
The governor asks that each coun-
nudge assist in calling a mass
ietng, to be he'd Ct each county
" 80. .'s ds,s, ct at the time he
)lds cCa,, there. In this way It Is
'ped TO secure the cooperation Of
'on growers in every county
'r-od with his let.
,fft
The Van Buren press., 1911-12-16

CHANCELLOR J. V. Bourland held a
|, AT session of court here MONDAY
IA .a;oprped to Jan. 80, 1912.
The Van Buren press., 1911-12-16

" Edmondson, of Fort smith
]. in the city Wednesday
The Van Buren press., 1911-12-16

BIZ attending to some business matters
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-01-06
Conjugal Felicity.

A New England farmer, noted for
his uncontrolled tsmpsr. attsndsd a
religious revival In the nstghbor-
hood and became converted.
A month latsr he was holding Torch
to a number, OF friends and rela-
tiyes gathered at the Thanksgiving
dinner table. ON the subject of his
religious principles. his entire chang,
of character. and his kind and for
bearing disposition. Finally. grow
ing enthusiasts in his description,
he called on his wdfe to uphold his
assertions.
Jane" he shouted, you haven't
had an unl1ind word or desd fhom me
since go. convsrtad-now. have you?
Thsne was a dead. silence; then
came In meek yea reminding tones.
from the other snd OF the tabls:
Jerome, Jerome. you'ws fogot the
time you bit ms''-January Lippin-
colts
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-01-06
Escaped With His Life.

"Twenty-one years ago | faced an
awful DEATH" writes, H. B. Martin,
ort HarrnlPson, S. C. Doctors said
| had consumption and thu dreadful
cough had looked hike it sure enough
l tried everything, could hear of,
for my cough and was under the treat
ment of the bsst doctor in George
town. S, c.. for a year, but could
CAT no relief. A friand advised ME
to try Dr. Kings New Discovery. |
did so, and was completely curad.
feel that | owe my life to this grsat
throat and lung cure" Its positive
ly guaranteed for coughs, colds, and
all bronchial affections. SOC & $10O.
Trial bottle free at aid Druggists m
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-01-06

aroused conflicting emotions In the
detachmenk, among which warlike
enthusiasm could not be Included.
The command could have encounter
I'd with flrmnsss an attack by the rcd
men In the open field, but a revoav-
ing mule, ssdd,sd with rapsd-fir'ng
gun. scattering dath and wounds
with every kick from his tsft hind
foot, was too much, even for wsll-
SEASONED American soldiers. Aftsr
the second rcwsluton a disorganizel
battalion of rank and file alike began
shouting fnom behind trees and rocks
and out of the fastnssss into which
they had all fled. Stop that mulel
Stop that mulel"
There Is another army mule whose
name is Lost to fame but whose un-
fortunate experience no doubt serves
as a warming TO refractory army
mules ito this day. This particular
mut3 WIS DOOllSu tliOu5h w Pi1 "tS
obsssnacy against the rssourcsfuness
of Quartsrmaster Grant-afterward
gsnsral-dursng the Mexican war.
He was backed up against a large
roc kand his head was held firmly
by several man. The harness was
then trown on him. Up came his
hssls and struck resoundingly
against the nook, while an expression
of doubt came over the Intelligent
animals face. A faw mora kicks and
he quit kicking. He sarved his coun-
try ussfully, If not heroloallly,
Throughout the whols camraignL
The automobile may some day
even supplant the army mule. But it
can newer equal or dim the exploits
Of the ssgacious animal which Con.
Wilson so ably presents and in
tsrprets.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-01-06
Gumption Of the + arm.

10 not try the pathace OF the
good wife by giving hs green wood
20 burn.
Many man wears himself out try
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-01-06
The Kentucky Mules are tine Best
Of All.

INV Id
1t has always been said chat Ken
lucky surpasses in the product of
whislley, fas. horses and tina beauty
of her women. Now comes th eiollow
ing from Washington that will add
another star to her CROWN
In South Africa the American mule
is considered far superior to tn ami
mails imported from Argentine, ar
cording to consular raportS. The
Missouri or Kenaucky mule is the
best suitsd for South Africa. One
hundred mules vera racently import
ed from the United Stats and they
have proved so satisfactory that u
contract for two hundred more has
just been CLOSED The mules must
b. fourteen and one half hands, deep
girth, good bone and short legged
and must be batwsan four and savsl
years old. The prtcepald fer Amer
loan mules in South Africa is slightly
lass than $3.50.
Shake of the grip of your old
enemy, Nasal Catarrh. by using Ely's
Cream Balm. Then will all the swell
ling and soreness be drlwsn out of
the tender inflamed membranes. The
fits pf snaezing will cease and he
discharge as offensive to others as
to yourself. will b. stopped when
the causes that produce it are remov-
cd. Cleanliness, comfort and renewed
health by the use of Cream Balm
Sold by all druggists fer SO cents,
or mailed by Ely Bros, Sc Warren
Street, New York.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-08
Smart Sayings

After all, things are pretty evenly APP
portioned In this world"
"Eh-yah! A strong minded woman gen
orally has 4 weak minded husband"
After a man has had a perfectly killing
time he is usually dead broke.
Love Is blind, but II has a wonderful
knack Of picking out all the rich girls.
Men often marry for fgures-and so do
women. But it's a different kind OF figure.
Even the fool Is important three times
In his life-when he is born, when he mar
ries and when ne dies.
Nothing makes a man rise quicker in the
world than sitting on the spur OF necessity.
II sometimes takes a man down when a
woman sizes him up.
Boarding House Keeper-There a big
duty on meat.
Boarder at Table-Tough, isn't It ma am
Husband-f a man steals-no matter
what II is-hs will live 20 regret H.
Wife-During our courtship you used 10
steal kisses from me.
Husband-Well, you heard what I said.
What would you do n you were alone
on an isle7"
. S.8.ells ysEss a shHEnh. AlHls au,1 ths
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-08
Stopping a Fight

There was a street scrap yesterday. The
fighters were boys old enough to know bet
ter.
The first interwist Of legs attracted four
other boys, a colored laundress, a white
woman and an oldish gentleman with a
cane.
The white woman constituted herself a
peace committee and tried to stop hos
ttlities, but the oldsh gentleman fIourIshed
has cane as IL he were a marshal Of France
and the fight was on.
The youngsters started in to drum each
other with fists TO an under accompaniment
Of kicks, but the marshal OF France made
a grab and shook the two apart:
Both you stand off and then cIinch ac-
oording to rules-now then, together"
'Lawd nhe'b'u! look at dat man sickin'
dem chiilen on, like dat,-Say. YOU white
man, Whsr you speck'n to go when de good
Lawd calls you-huh?"
The laundress didn't limit herself To
words. She put her basket down. walked
into the scrimmage and laid ponderous
brown hand on each boy.
Wei, / sho am 'stonshed at YOU bofe
ben slave an now Is free, but dis Is
de fus time / ever see a cuuul boy an
White boy rghtin' like cats. / seen EN-,
SO hshin an berryin' toguther down on de
farm before de war an 1 seen my son 20
as body servia' 70 ole marse an nair one
OF EN- amt never come back CIar ont
Ioie on you-an' say. you tarpot. Won
oomerlong an'tote my basket, an 'mebbe'
you IL get some bacon an greens got a
oii'n for dinner-an', as 10 you. you white
mp er satin you glong home to your
NANNY whar you blongs"
The war VAS over.-washington Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-08
History Of Transportation

and there put into the Schenectady
beats which were poe-propelled up the
Mohawk to Utica. From there the journey
to Lake Ontario was completed by canal
and river.
During the first decade following the ad-
vent Of Fulton's important achievement
steamers had been introduced upon the
waters of the larger western rivers These
boats were modelled closely after the early
Fulton steamboats,. The settlements then
existing along the Great Lakes and the
connecting rivers had not at this time suf-
ficient traffic for boats propelled by steam
70 be n commercial success; besides, the
craft we're OF a type designed and built
only for smooth waters, Upon waters CUB
ject to. wave and swell the steamboat was
still Rn untried experiment. In 1918 and
the following year two largo and staunch
vessels on Lake Ontario we're fitted out
with steam power. but defects IN service
developed through a lack OF knowledge
regarding the proper installation Of the
machinery, and not until 1918 was a conn
mercially successful vessel in. service on
the Great Lakes
Mississippi river transportation by steam
boat and barge lines from New Orleans
to ST. Louis and thence on to points along
the upper Ohio river, had made New Or
leans formidable competitor Of all east
ern markets, and this gave rise to the
agitation for a canal to extend from tide
water terminals through Pennsylvania 70
the Ohio river, So, in July. 1926, ground
was broken at Harrisburg for a canal TO
connect Pittsburg and Philadelphia.
Transportation facilities then as now,
measured the possibilities and determined
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-08

The writer Of this letter offers a good
suggestion, l should not have dared fill
space with a confession and inventory Of
myself without such encouragement. OF
course, l like to talk about myself Every
body does Only today l wanted to sit
at little table for two in a certain quiet
csfe-with him
do not need TO say I am a woman after
that, do /? And ! like being a woman,
especially when l am free to have lunch at
that quiet cafe. But there are drawbacks.
Here's an honest confession that may be
good for the soul, but Il Is hard on the
pride. I am myself the mirror through
which l see other women, And It is putting
| dents In my disposition to find that 1 am
not likely to run out of material supplied
At first hand ] did not know / had so
many hateful little fussy feminine faults
TN / began TO write about them.
And, as II / had not enough TO worry
me, you insinuste 1 am "a man. You
know what 1 said about the girl who in
sinuRtes! Would / know 30 much about
women II / were a man? Don't they all
say they cannot understand women Don't
they prove II every forty-five minutes Of
the sixty? Why a man to have seen what
nave Heeu III NoNlehr anu 10 nave Kept
up with their goings-On as / have, would
! need 10 be a composite OF the hundred-eye
dragon OF Japan and good lively Ameri-
can eentpede, lie would have 10 have A
disposition as imperyious as gutta percha
and a faith in feminity as elastic as a
hose supporter. A man could not know
all do about Women-and live, while
can carry my burden OF information and
get fat.
Does one Of your men friends ever marry
a girl you know but that you wonder
why he married her" and tremble for his
future4 You see, you know the girl be-
cause you are one OF her kind. And that
IL how 1 know you. BY the same token
you should know me-Witheut bird's-eye
viewing
However here l am In print ana In pic
ture. Photographic fidelity ought to show
me with all my imperfeotions on nv
head" Also a new spring hat which 1 am
possessed 70 wear though the snow flies
as 1 write. And ! wager you are fighting
-maybe, you are succumbing-to the same
temptation this minute. You are II the bat
Is in the house.
But pictures never reveal the inwardness
OF the poser. So ! confess that I am iust
what you or any other woman would be I'm
bird s-eye view. The same mass OF quesr
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-08
Continued from Yesterday
AhVenf Of atnm hnntn.


As to the first canals, there are no re-
liable records and fewer evidences.
The writer Is less venturesome than many
who seem convinced that Xerxes led off
in this work of narrow waterways; neither
Is there enough record behind the twelfth
century. or Chow dynasty, to establish the
claim Of the Chinese to first or even second
place,
The Hollsnders, undoubtedly. brought
canals into practical use in the twelfth
century and late in the seventeenth CEN
fury Worsley and Manchester, England,
were connected with a canal Thereafter
canals became prominent factors in the
worlds transportation
In the meantime steamboats, had come
into general use on. the lakes and rivers.
both In the north and in the south. The
first steamboat used commercially was de-
signed by John Fitch in 1857. It made reg
uiar trips between Arch street ferry, Phil
adelphia, and Trenton. N. j.. during the
summer months of 1880 why historians
have yielded so little credit TO the John
Fitch steamer and have said so much
about Robert Fultons "Clermont.". which
was not In service until seventeen years
later, is unexplainabe Fulton's "Cler-
mont" although generally accredited with
the distinction OF being the first steam
boat for commercial use did not make it's
J successful trial trip on the Hudson river
until August 7, 1907. The "Clermont" was
put into regular service between Albany
and New York a few months later. From
Albany passengers and freight were hauled
overland to the falls Of the Mohawk river
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-08

crookednesses, peculiarities, strange elon-
cations and Shortcomings, mixed and blended
with lines Of grace, all the irritating, be-
witching inspiring and disappointing, con-
fusing and delighting character-effects that
make up Gods last creation. ] do not say
His best. II seems wiser and more in the
spirit Of love that did the work to accept
the Makers way Of grouping all and call
ing IL good.
Just as you have done thousand times.
/ have cried because / craved. Justas you
have laughed 10 cover your trembling lips.
so have l. Just as you have set up stand
ards and found others resentiug your pre-
sumption. 80 have / On. there IL not a
human Joy or sorrow that we have not
shared, And, perhaps. We have each risen
10 the seif-same mountain top
d yeu imagine that think myself some
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-08

scious self-rmportance. to see and to feel
its propriety and wisdom; so that he
Gained down and yielded to do as he was
bid by Elisha, and as a result was healed
OF his malady.
Gods way in saving souls now like
that prescribed for the cure Of Nsamans
body. is so simple and plain that it is
usually repulsive to the pride and self
corceit Of human nature, and men as
rulo are ready to do anything to be saved
rather than to do what God tells them to
do. Some great things rather than one
simple thing they will do to be saved
They expect God to deal with them as
some great ones rather than poor sinners,
as Naaman expected Elisha to act in con-
foImity to his dignity as a synon captain
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-08

superior being, sitting In judgment on a
self-appointed throne? I do try to thrust
my pen into the ulcer OF Il fault / know
faults are diseased spots in womau's
character have them; and l suffer
with them.
Indeed, / am not a model Of perfection.
You knew 1 was not when you wrote. But
l am not freak. ] am just like other
women. Only-and this is a great, big.
salient only, tool have no use for the
kind Of loyalty that praises a thing Just
because woman does it even il 1t violates
every kindly consideration and every
dictate Of generosity. II you want that
sort Of loyalty, l am not to have the pleas
ure Of being your friend 1 should feel
myself yeritable Benedict Arnold sort OF
traitoress to my sex-a patriot outside
with lying heart beneath
or course, you know that / cannot re-
tlecL the facts OF men. / have no manly
fahings, / hope. Mine are feminine
must talk Of what 1 know. You half re-
scented my criticisms, as you wrote this
letter, because you assumed that thought
was 50 good that 1 had no frailties Men
would feel quite the same. Only they
would have better grounds. l have enough
OF the particular kind Of shortcomings
that women have to be authority on the
subject. OF course, / should be an abso-
Lutte ignoramous about men. simply
could not reflect them in myself.
l I'LL my share OF space, but II seems
rather an imposition 10 do It here. IL II
Is something Interesting however 1 am
not sorry TO have taken 50 much OF your
time, And l honestly hope / have been
beneficial and funny. l am not at all
sure Of the first; but II is funny for me
TO be trying 10 amuse the public that has
amused me 30 often. II is fair play,
though.
You know how you pour your heart out
when you stay all night with some girl
friend And you want 20 wiring your neck
for your condolences when the chill Of
day wakes you up 70 the real world.
have been confiding here pretty glibly. But
do want TO hedge a little There really
Is one fault about which / have written
that am positive do not possess have
never bored my friends by showing off
the talent OF my child
A flash OF insight came as wrote that
jesungly. / see myself sewing valenciennes
lace on tp-tilty little pettlcoat designed
10 show off pink knees while 1 show off
the genius Mercy II 1 were married and
had child. 1t might wear treussrsl
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-08

love a crook she added, profoundly
oh, nonsense" replied Her Husband,
lightly. Crooks are and always have
been preferred stock with the fair sex.
And why shouldn't they be? When it
comes to finance. womans moral sense
gives out Either they think all business
is crooked or that all crookedness is just
business"
How dare you say such things!' flashed
His wife, resentfuly. Women are the
soul of honor! Why, q woman's con
science will worry her for days and days
about some little bit of a thing to which
a man would never give a second thought!
Besides. you ought to feel more sympathy
for my poor friend She had $500 balance
when the bank failed. I'm going in to see
her tomorrow" she added, casually. Il
think I'll take your train so III have some
body to talk to on the way"
You'll need to buy a new fifty-trip
ticket won't you?" inquired Her Husband
An expression of rapturous triumph
Illuminated the countenance of the Anna
teur wife.
No, | WON'T" she gurgled 81 had two
rides left yesterday morning. and l ex.
pected that my ticket would be taken w
on the way back, but
She paused impressively-
But the conductor didn't ask for Il, nc
l have one perfectly good ride left"
The Post Graduate Husband stared al
her long and silently.
It's considered fair to cheat a railroadi
declared His wife. with rising color.
Yes" agreed Her Husband, ITS fail
for a woman to cheat a railroad and &c
smugge and to lie about her age-but nc
woman could love a crook" he quoted
ironically
Copyright. 1911. by the N. Y. Herald Co.