The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1883-08-18

We are constantly being told al
the Irishman's penehant for figures
of speech, but which OF them can
beat this bit Of byperbole, coming
from u veritablo Yankee brother
at a country prayer meeting tho
other nightl 81 tool tho spirit 50
WORKING within mo that il seven
teen million folks stood before the,
and evey one OF them a Henry
Ward Beecher, | would still with
trumpet tongue shout loud my con
victions -
The attempt Of Arthur TO enp
tnro Southern yotes through the
medium of Gen, Malone has mol
boon crowned with any distressing
amount OF success, flo should have
employed larger man. Ii WINS
very foolish for the president Ia
emplay snch small boy. The re.
lalioh between the President aud
Malone reminds na of what occur.
red not long since. Mrs. SamuoI'
sent her 4ittlo boy, Billy, To the
store sitor somo spool cotton. Billy
spent the money on himself, in the
shape of tatfy, and on his return biz
return his mother said
F" What kept YOU SO long anf
whore ia the cotton 7"
" didn'l bring any cotton bal
that not my fault
"Whose lnnIt is it?"
/" It's Your fault. You should mol
haYe sent such little boy as me
to get cotton"
Mark Twain has invented mn
outdoor game for hia children by
which no touches them dates in En-
glish history without their know
ing it. This is taking u mcan adj
vantage of the children, but hls
method is ingenious At any rate
his telling OF it is; for We have only
his word for reilly dong il. /
give each Kings reign one foot Of
space to the year, and drive one
stake in the ground to mark the be.
ginning of each reign, and | make
tho children call the stake by the
Kings name. You can stand in the
door and take birds ego view of
English monarchy from the Con
queror to Edward " =; then you
can turn and follow the road up the
hill to the study and beyond, with
An opera glass, and birds eye view
the rest OF it TO 1883. | did fall
days work and third over, but
was full of my game after | went to
bed, trying TO fit it for indoors. SO
| didn't get to sleep till pretty late ;
but whom | did go of had contriv-
ed way to play my history game
with cards and a cubbago- board.
A Detroit physician who had
business on Woodbridge street yes.
terday had his attention called 10 q
boy about II years OF ago who had
picked up cracked watermelon
and was eating 1t in the alley.
"Boy, that mellon isn't ripe, "
warned the doctor.
81 didn't say it was" was the
blunt reply.
And it's sour"
+" Well l kin swoctcn her /
guess"
avon look out for tho cholera
morbus -
"l'ye had or, and tho small pox,
too"
" SEQ here, boy" said the doctor,
thinking to make u last appeal, off
you eat that melon you'll DO dead
inside of twenty four hours.
" And you look n here.l" replied
the boy, as he cut of another shcc
with a piece OF iron hoop, "you
may chin and talk and scare all you
want To, but Pm no kid. know
what yer want, but yer can't have
it ! You kin take this melon home
for fifteen cents in cash, but yer
cant scare me into letting it go for
nothing You had bottor buy your
melons in the reg lar way and save
y our chin for next years cam
paign."
ADVICE TO MOTHERS. Arc you dis
turbcd at night and broken of your
rest by II sick child suffering and