The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1883-01-13


me and my soldier boy that is miss
ing il neglect to care for these
poor fellows A man hearing the
whisper, after she bad passed shove'
up the bandage from his eyes and
says Good bless her may she gel
back her soldier boy that is miss
ing" The great tall captain wound
ed in the foot whispers over to a
lieutenant wounded in the head and
says: "Ah no sham about that
she's tt lady" That vision of kind
ness fingers in the Western soldiers
dreams. and that very night he
thinks hpkhome beyond the pral
res ND - s4-shs,- cattle coming
down the lane, and hears the leaves
rustling in the wind and bidding
him a welcome. His children ap
pear at the door and his wife calls
to HIM to look at his boy strutting
the floor with his fathers kuapsacI1
on. A the household work stops
to hear of his adventures. All
they shall onl y meet again in Heav-
EN-
Now, compare such Christian
lady in the hospital with woman |
saw in a street car in Philadelphia.
. A poor ragged soldier came in and
sat near her, She got up with a
show of indignation and took seat
opposite and said: "What a dirty
fellow p and | said to myself there
was probably more nobility in the
meanest patch OF his clothes than in
that woman. Two rough boys were
riding down hilliand they couldn't
steer the sled as they wanted to, and
ran against lady and tore her
+. dress. They expected perfect vol
ley of abuse, but the lady said :
"Boys, boys, you have torn my
dress very much but | see you
didn't mean to. Go on with your
fun" One boy said to the other
aMy eyes, Bull, isn't she beauty"
She was lady, = y A
man of good manners always has the
faculty Of making you feel good ;
while on tho other hand, when YOU
/ are n, the company of pne of the ILL
nature kin%gou feel uncomfortable
and unhappy.
Great accomplishments and learn
ing may often be dignifed by gen.
tIcncss. Luther's drectness would
haye been nightly helped by Mel
anchton's suavity. Society will
bear anything sooner than a bore,
In former pastoral charge there
w9o a minis Ter thai had ore or two
offensive characters in his congrega
ton. One Of thom was a man who
was given to sneezing at some Of
the most awkward and embarrass.
ing moments. When the church
was particularly silent and solemn,
he would give one Of those awful
sneezes tina! sounded as if all the in.
side Of the earth was beng ripped
away. Now, man has certain IN.
a'enabo rights guaranteed to him
by the Constitution. Among them
are that of lie and liberty aud the
right to sneeze; but what | contend
for is that a man has no right to Sc.
lect time when bis explosions will
annoy his fellow. worshippers. NJ
man is well educated, no man i,
We behayed, who has no regard foi
mes and circumstances While
without any respect for one of those
obseques mortals that we call fop
or for namby- pambyism in any form
yet fully appreciate the value o
good manners and courtesy, lie
Two young men 20 out into the
world the,7ne with $40, 900 10 star
him and bad manners, and the 9th
or with no capital and ('p1 man
ners, aud the young .%& with ne
capital will beat the { AZ p the
race Of lite. '''"' L
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Sunday morning comes in llldse
hold Sunday mornIng-and h,
father steps from bis room to Che
room where the children are play
ing, and be says; "Hush, hush, chill
dren close that piano, and stol
that noise," and altogether they
haye very solemn and awful tim,
Of II.
Sunday morning comes in anoth
err household, and tho father goe
from his room to the room whore
the children are and be says "Nov
his is the last day Of all the week
let's be happy. Now, Jenny yol