The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1882-10-07
General News.

which is felt all over.
An Iowa tramp recently swallow.
cd bottle OF earbolio acid thinking
1t was alcohol. lie will never
make that mistake again.
You can get out of Philadelphia
by rail l 40 times IN twenty four
hours, and If that isn't often enough
you can hire u special train.
New York has consumed 1000.
600 watermelons this season, aud in
now figuring on what II monument
the rInds would have made,
When tho wind blows over Mt.
Washington ut the rate OF l08 miles
an hour rs it did the other day,
those who are up IN the world wish
themselves down.
The Signal service ia now ready
10 announce the approach of oy.
clones over six hours in advance.
This will give most mon tlmo to
pay old debts and return borrowed
tools.
A Detroit orockery store put out
4 sign OF welly bowels and tum-
blers, anu II was a whole day be.
fore the proprietor could understand
that tho public didn't spell bowls
that way.
Ben Butler IS running for Gov.
ernon of Massachusetts. When the
race Is over it will look rs though
Ben had been walklng.-[Chieago
Tribune, Rep,
Americans who know what On
beautiful Circassian girl" looks like
say that not one OF them could hold
a candle for looks to the majority Of
girls TO be found eating gum-drops
at American county fairs.
The bourbons of Tennessee are
IN desperate straits to persuade the
honest voter that Bate, their candl.
date for Governor, 10 not n repuda-
tor on a Readjuster platiorm.-ESt.
Louis Globe.Democrat, Rep.
1t is not our impression that the
nomination OF Judge Folgor is one
that will be ratified ut the polls.
The influences that secured this
nomination will defeat the candi.
date.-[Cincinnati Commercial,
Rep.
A Chicago minister makes q note
Of the fact that he has never seen =
lady reading q newspaper in street
car. We'll 7 lie has never seen n
lady smoking on car platform, ell
Their, has he? 1t simply goes to
show that lady IS not q gentle
man.
Governor Foster says that it costs
Ohio 100000 year to support its
poor, and 80 100000 of that is d.
rcctIy chargablo to the liquor traffic.
The entire saloon interests in The
Ok, ifAepeP iHh Nfso rest Of the lax. pay ors
to foot the balance of the cost OF
free trade in intoxicants.
AS the figures demonstrate to
certainty that the Democrats will
gain 20 or 80 members OF Congress
in the Northern States, the only
hope OF the Republican party TO re-
tam its majority IN the Houae OF
Representatives 10 to make gains in
the South to Offset thor losses III
the North Memphis Appeal Dem,
ocrat.
The Republican party exhibits n
stronger desire to avoid expressing
any opinion on any economical
question. 1t asks the people to
trust it without pledge on all vital
contendlng questions. The vital
subjects of legislation are not even
alluded to in its Now York Plat
iorm.-[St. Louis Republican, Dem
ocrAt.
The New York Republican con-
ventIons tor the past four years
have preseLted quite kaleidoscope.
The mon who supported Cornell
this year are those who most bitter
ly opposed HIM four years ago, and
those who were most actively on.
gagged in his defea, this year were
his chief supporters then.-[Chicago
Intor Ocean, Rep.
The demand which the London
Times recently made for the execu-
ton of Arab Boy mt the hands Of
the English government Is, TO say
the least, an astonishing one, aud
manifests spirit Of revenge which
il is to be hoped does not reflect
the sentiments of the English poo
t|c.-G Chicago Tribune.
A tiresomo lawyer having re.
marked to the chief justice on the
bench whore one OF the judges was
sleeping soundly, that he would not
finish his argument until his Hon.
or's colleague should wake up, wns
told that the colleague probably did
not intend to wake up until he had
finished his argument.
There 10 danger that immigration
will contribute yrontly to the