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The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1884-02-02

Ions of water TO .no ~.
Murphies put on the fire.
Smoking, chatting, reat
a little practice on the vi
up the morning, though q
elarod it was 'horrld slow,
ME wondered what on cart
did with themselves.
Half past two brought h
hungry men to dinner.
the cooks to "dlsh up" Il
iourncd to the parIor to c
selves. That it was rq
there was not noticed.
made the beds before shd
busting the parlors was SUI
and her early start had
her from doing it.
George ! Minnie's voicI
er doleful.
what /?
The fires out
Out 2
1 wonder if anything's
The asparagus is bul
the pam
80 is the meat
The potatoes ?
,stefs9 an oil TO pieces,
:. in the wa,vl.
, en- csc peas are all q
havelj.
enoe1 nctua''y is III" soul
u L.. from the paHg
~ GO set the Table, 'gtowi
,fAv was unique in it
~ that table, as the
-". GOWN to dinner. The
nred s., : enormous dii
oceaf ii white China S
its shrunken proportions
t"toos, In littlo Jumps,
were piled in n iruit.dlsh
mass which Minnie had
lie difficulty ished fire.
meat pot was served on ;
en- plate and the stalks
gus were in tho salad |
table cloth was awry, a
klns were omitted aItogC
Where's the gravy
first question.
There wasn't any
The meats burned
voice.
Its stone cold cried
whats this ? said a
ging into the pile of pea
'Faugh ? followed a
tempt to eat some aspar
Never mind said Jc
was not built in a day
some bread and butter
George
No, not pickles -; pres
Charley.
'Susy locked both up,
ry, laughing. She'd dc
man put them up, and
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1884-02-02

will agree to act upon it, shall fully
cure the women of the insane no
ton of their mdispensibiity en-!
that word nearly choked me-
The ungallant sentence should
have stranglsd you, said Susy.
Present company always except
cd, was the reply.
The idea +! let's have the idea !
Suppose we keep house here,
while Miss Susy travels
'llere ! cried Susy, aghast.
Yes; why not
tBub' said Susy, Im sure Jenny
would not stay
I'VE don I want her we want no
women
Visions of muddy boots on her
parIor sofas, cigars in tho flower
vases, pipes on the center-tables,
spittoons in the best bedroom, and
trying pans in the library, fitted
through the young lady's mind ;
but before she could demonstrate,
Harry said l.:
so be 1t hurra for bachelors
hnll Pack mn vour trnnk. Susv.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1884-02-02

, l0rs' ia d George, laugr g in Ell
CANT style rUi=.,-t---~no nall. and "
hope he may BIO patronizod in a d
loree commensnrato with the a,
RS the duty OF Pos>masters t,
notify us when subscribers move
away and their papers are not ia
Ken out OF the office; but instead oil
DONG this some postmasters, toe
mean to take the paper themselves
let II run on and appr0pt ate it t.
TfrSj;-;; AN IuCa Wnlch, il \ oal ,,e
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1884-02-02

couHtii
the meeting of the merry yo4ng1
bachelors.
Now then, said George, after the
first greetings were over, 4, as the
eldest host, will take the charge to-
day. As Sasy says, when are you
going down town 2
Il have nothing to do to-day, 80
III stay to assist you, said Minnie.
Thank YOU
whats for dinner ? SAID Joe, try.
ing to look like the head of re-
spectacle family, and failing most
depIorably in the attempt.
you'll see at three o'clock
rs that the hour ?
tYcs.'
Remember SAID George, 4 wait
for no one. ePGnctnollty Is the
soul of dinner as somebody once
said before | mentioned the fact.
Having seen the others off,
George and Minnie went into the
library for smoke to prepare them
for the herculean task before them.
See, SAID George, producing a
cook book I'VE are safe
"Mrs. Hale that Social Pan 7
cried Minnie anGsements our youn!
Naew. wing at present.
n ele- A. NJ. Sloan & Co, are busil,
d we gagged at their trade. They
a do. just finished VIM. Morris resid
49, eight miles south of town. 1t
Another drove of some 250AT
> W passed through town, going ~
love this week. From their appear
t ia. judge they were from tie Re-
4 of Mountains,
too W. Ii. Cochran has q ,
Ives, school at what is lsr '"''' al
il to Mountain Ridgep
49, lie is experienced
W. ing, and will Fnell the peas up
here. N II . Cooler here than in the
kitchen. l suppose there's a fire
there 2
'Of course
I'II go bring them up
'They are ia the basket on the tn.
Bile. Just leave the rest of tho
things down there.
Shellng peas was rapid work,
even for unaccustomed fingers ; but
it is matter of taste whether the
thorough smoking they had from
two actively.putfod cigars improved
their flavor.
Now what do you do with themY
SAID Minnie.
There amt many he added, as
he looked at the little green balls
rolling about at the bottom of the
huge market basket, and then eyed
the large pile of shells on the floor.
you boil them OF course was
Georges answer.
ooh Suppose VIC go down.
well, come along, said George
taking up the basket. The fire
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1884-02-02

you SOAP the things anu ~ ~. -,
a bourd.'
Can anybody iron 2
They all thought they could man
age that part. Tho kitchen was
opened for the first time in ten
days. One cry burst from FIVE lips.
Tables. chairs, dresser. sink, were
ono mass of roaehee, collected by
tho piles of greasy dishes. They
oyerran every place.
shut tho door. Now for IT,
cried George, and dashed at the III.
vaGers. Bedlam seemed to have
broken loose. In reaching after
ono of the Critters, Charley upset
the table. Crash went the crockery
Screams Of laughter, cries of dis.
gust, blows thick as hail, comments
on tho heat, jokes, warnings, flow
about for an hour, and then the
painting party ceased from their la.
bors, and viewed stornly the cold
eorpuses' Of their foes. A scream
from Minnie.
There's one down my back !
George cried Joe there's one
on your hair ?
Don't mention il. Look ut the
follow on your shirt sieevo.'
A general stampede for the bath.
room followed.
| Il La----.a------
No sooner said than done. III
soiled clothes were collected from
all the rooms, and the boards and
soap brought up from the kitchen.
Joe and Harry washed, blister
ing hands and streaming iorheads
testifying TO their efforts. Cold
water required great deal of rub.
bling, and somehow the things had
yellow tinge after al, as George
remarked as he wrung them out.
Minnie, objecting to going into the
yard, hung them oyer the chairs in
the dlning-room and tho banistors
in the entry as fast as George and
Charley wrung them out Dinner
time came, and found them still at
work. Dinner eaten, the dishes
carried off by the waiter from the
restaurant, they changed places and
the washers rung and hung up
while the others washed.
Six o'clock saw the last shirt
hanging damp and implies over tho
parlor chandlierj the handkorchiefs
waved from tho mantolTeoe, and
the stockings from tho bars of tho
Canterbury.
They always iron the noxt day,
80 they can dry in the night, said
Harry.
Alter another slaught or of roach.
es in the morning, the ire was
lighted, the irons put on, aud the
clothes collected. rAh drv for
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1884-02-02
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The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1884-02-02
How IadSs :, .aoholors Kept H0uEe'

1t waadies rm evening in early
June, ahment hespmlor OF II hand
some home>tG&street, in the city
Of Philadelphia, a merry party O
young folks we've holding warn
laughing discussion.
~" "ld the young hostess
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1884-02-02

A. NJ. Sloan & Co, are busily
gagged at their trade. They hi
just finished VIM. Morris rosden
eight miles south of town. 1t i
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1884-02-02

W. IL. Cochran has
school at what is kr '"''' "
" Mountain Ridge'
He is experience
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1884-02-02

Another drove of some 25eST,
passed through town, going no
this week. From their appeare
Judge they were from Tie Ro.
MOuptoir,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-10
To Europe in Four Days.

A French engineer, NJ. Sebillot, pro-
poses to shorten the time between this
continent and Europe to four days. His
idea IS to adapt to ocean navigation, on a
more acute and longer scale, the idea
which models the North river steamers
and the feTrybOats of the East river. 1t
is that of having virtually two bulls,
lower and an upper, the lower in the cen
tire to be deep, long, narrow, and at the
bows very sharp, reducing the angle for
ward by the line of the bows where they
cut the water with the line of the vessels
motion from one to fifteen degrees, as
now, to even three degrees. The lower
hull will thus preserve a width from stem
to stern of only third the width of the
upper hull, and the latter will either be
out OF water, or, when the vessel is deeply
laden, will barely rest upon the water.
He estimates that vessel of $4,000 tons
as compared with the newest fast steam
ers,. with 10, 600 horse power, 1920 feet i'm
merSed crOss-section, and running 20
knots per hour in calm water, would show
speed of 81 knots and probably 80 knots.
1t follows that such a vessel could cross
the ocean, in calm water, from New York
to Europe in about four days. This is by
no means an eXtravagant suppositiOn, as
the fineness of the lines is out of COMPARE
son with the usual lines in fast steamers,
and can be compared only with those of
some fine race boats renowned for their
speed, and built either shallow and wide
or narrow and deep, the new type par
taking of both those principles, and car
rying them to the utmost. 1t is possible
experience might show that the shape of
the PROV will cause such a vessel to be
much less influenced by rough weather
than the ordinary shape. The ocean trav-
cling public would gladly welcome the
day when NJ. Sebillot's new rapid-transit
idea shall become fact.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-10
THE SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY FEBRUARY TO-

the rules extracted from self-constituted
authorities are often more amusing than
practical or reliable. To many limited
but well-intentiOned women the imagined
necessity for ''doing as other people do,''
in this regard, is a source of extreme en-
barrassment and perplexity. Perhaps
they cannot afford the outlay. Perhaps
they have only recently, by dint of much
contrivance, replenished their ward
robes. Perhaps it was not near
relative. Perhaps the relative lived
at a distance. All the facts are
agitated pro and con to make case
against assuming this new burden, and
the only argument on the other side, the
strongest feeling is this, that if they do
not conform to common custom they will
be the subjects of common and impiOus
remark. This is naturally much stronger
in small neighborhOods and communities.
1t is therefore the duty of any woman of
position and influence in such communi-
ties to set an example in the right direc-
ton, and afford the moral support of this
influence to her poorer neighbors. In
cities women out Of a certain exclusive
class are fast emancipating themselves
from their traditions. JENNY JUNE.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-10
How Bears Fish.


Very few people know that bears take
to water naturally. They roam over the
mountains and through the forests, dig
open rotten logs for ants and worms, and
secure all the hornets nests they can, and
tear them to pieces, and eat the young
grubs, pick berries of all descriptions and
eat them, and would seem 20 belong to the
dry land animals.
The fact is different. They love the wa
ter, not, perhaps,a as well as the moose and
deer, but better than most dry land ami
mails.
They are very fond of fish, and are ex-
pert fishermen, and show more cunning
and instinct, if not reason, than many city
chaps / have seen about the lakes.
L came suddenly upon very large bear
in thick swamp, lying upon large hol-
low log across a brook fishing, and he was
so much interested in his sport that he
did not notice me until had approached
very near to him, so that l could see ex-
actlY how he baited his hook and PLAYED
his fish. He fished in this wise. There
was large hole through the log on which
he lay, and he thrust his forearm through
the hole and held his open paw in the wa
ter and waited for the fish to gather
around and into it. and when full he
clutched his fist and brought up a handful
of fish and sat and ate them with great
gustO; then down with the paw again,
and so on.
The brook was fairly alive with little
trout and red-sided suckers and some
black suckers, so the old fellow let himself
out on the fishes. He did not eat their
heads. There was quite pile of them on
the log. Isuppose the oil in his paw at
tracted the fish and baited them even bet
ter than fiy-hoOk, and his toe-nails were
his hook, and sharp ones too, and once
grabbed, the fish are sure to stay.
They also catch frogs in these forest
brooks, and drink of the pure water in hot
summer days, and love to lie and wallow
in the muddy swamps, as well as our pigs
in the mire.
They often cross narrow places in lakes
by swimming, and also rivers, and seem
to love to take a turn in the water. once
saw one swimming from the mainland to
the big island in MOOselmaguntic lake,
with just a streak of his back out of the
water, looking like a log moving along.
Sometimes you see only their heads out of
water; at other times half of their bodies
are to be seen. We account for this diff
ference by their condition. If fat, the
grease helps buoy them up; if lean, they
sink lower i'm the wafer
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-10
John Brown and the Queen

A Tory contemporary relieves its usual
sleepy dizziness by an Outburst Of wrath,
to which it has been excited by my ac-
count of the contents of the Queens new
book, which account by the way, will be
found to be strictly accurate when the
work appears, and it viii probably be in
the hands of the public at a much earlier
date than had originally been intended by
Her Majesty. My contemporary is par
ticularly enraged because l stated that
the book ''will be In reality a sort of trib-
ute to the memory of John Brown"
which is described as ''a covert sneer at
the Queen" and "a pandering to Republi-
canism." There is no trait that | admire
more in the Queens character than her
regard for the humble dependents about
her; if this be ''pandering to Republ-
canism," my Tory contemporary should
blame Her Majesty, not me. My contem-
pOrary would have done better, however,
to stop here, instead Of going on to print
such egregiOus balderdash as that j. b.
was specially recommended to the Queen
by the Prince COnsOrt on his dying bed"
etc. 1t is quite evident that the writer
knows nothing whatever about either John
Brown or the Prince COnsOrt. 'sThe
Highlander was simply an ordinary up
per servant when the Prince died, who
had risen from very mental post through
tact, honesty, and intelligence, all of
which Brown showed in a very marked
degree to the last day of his life, although,
of course, he had his failings, hkes every
body else. He was no more to the Prince
COnsOrt than fifty other persons in the
same position; and the assertion that his
Royal Highness recommended Brown on
his death-bed or even mentioned his
name is a preposterous invention. 1t is
no eXaggeratiOn, moreover, to assert that,
with all his good qualities, Prince Albert
was quite incapable of cOnceiving a real
regard for any servant whatever, with the
one solitary exception of Lohlein, his
valet, who had been with him since boy
hood, and who is still in the Queens ser
vice, and lives in an excellent house at
the pas to the last. Prince Albert, like
most other Germans of ''exalted rank
looked with ineffable disdain on those be-
meath him; and it is not easy for anyone
who had any knowledge of his Royal
Highness to conceive him as being happy
in any place where the rules of precedence
were not strictly observed. Heaven itself
would scarcely be acceptable to a German
Prince if he were doomed to inhabit the
same regions as his sometime dOmestics;
and | apprehend that such persOnages re-
gard the assurance Gin my Fathers house
are many mansions" as a sort of guaran-
tee that no such grievous budding to-
gether of patricians and plebians is to
be anticipated. The silly twaddlings of
my contemporary are not ''facts," but the
''fancies' of an Imagination dIstempered
by servility grated on intense igno-
rance
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-10

others do with water and gas, from a
factory In course of construction at Creil,
thirtv-three miles from Paris.
Fair-play Frenchmen even are pleased
at the nomination of Chinese Gordon for
the Soudan; better late than never. The
French would have no objection to join in
the work Of ''duaf' pacificatiOn. perhaps
they are less hot about Egypt, as they
conclude they have superior "bonanza"
in the future with the Celestial Empire.
While De BraZza, like the princes of the
earth. is going to and fro On the Congo,
the Madagascar question is likely to enter
upon new phase. Perigord is not only
the land of truffies and gascons, it is the
nursery ground also of kings. The An
thOn family claims to have given Deys to
Algiers; Talleyrand had a hair-breadth
escape from being elected King of Poland;
the attorney De Tauens died-in exile, Or
lie /. of Patagonia. At present another
native, one Bonnet, of Malagassy eXtrac-
ton, claimed the crown of Madagascar bv
right of descent.
Wax works do not pay in Paris, though
supported by the authorities, who send
models of all unidentified prisoners there
A panorama is now added of passing
events. The culture of China" is prom
ised; the Marquis Tseng had better look
sharp, or the Philistines will scale the
walls.
When cheap lodging accommodation
occupies so deeply the 50 summers" here
is a straight tip from Pekin. An en-
terprising native philanthropist has
opened a casual ward of his own; price
for the night, 1'half a farthing." The es-
adjustment consists of large hall. the
floor covered with two feet of ducks
feathers. Customers make their own
shake up" Rugs were at one time sup
piled, till the tenants took them away as
souvenirs, or converted them into jupons
on the spot.
Magistrate to prisoner slightly deaf:
"What brought you to the lockup?V ''Two
policemen" "NOw, was it not intoxica-
tionW Eyes, mon JUICE, they were both
drunk"
Worth adopting: the government ae-
cords New Years gifts, in money, to the
actors of the Francois, but pays
the amount to each in twelve monthly in
stallments.
A topper boasts that it is easier to get
into ROquette (the PRISON. than into the
French Academy.
Master, to his valet who has come home
tipsy, and was waiting to 90 to the opera.
Francois, you have been drinking
again y Yes, sir, met native of my
city, and we mad a glass" ''To what
city does he belOng?' Paris, SIR"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-10
Cause of Her Guinness.

s'Why do you look so glum this morn
ingS" inquired young Miss Yeast of her
friend, Miss Fussanfeather, as they met
in the hall of the hotel after breakfast yes
terday morning.
"Well, just think it is too awfully
mean for anything" pOutingly returned
Miss Fussanfeather, sticking her tooth
pick in her bang.
''Why, what's too mean?" asked her
friend little perplexed.
''Why, that / should be fool enough to
ask old Moneybags to marry me-" replied
she.
"He accepted the proposal, suppose ~
continued the PhilanthrOpists daughter,
in the act of congratulating her friend.
''No, he did not" frankly responded the
rejected suitOr; she declined it."
"Well, you might have known better
than to have proposed to a man in declin-
ing years." said the amiable Miss Yeast,
who inherited some Of the pecuharities of
her parent.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-10
A FUNNY PHILADELpHIAN,
Who Stirs Up Denver by Marrying, a
Some saw. Mr.. Tahnr,s Divnrcad WIFE.

Who Stirs Up Denver by Marrying, as
Some say, MIR. Tabor Divorced Wife.
The reported marriage of Mrs. Augusta
L. Tabor, the divorced wife of Millionaire
Tabor, to Mr.. Artman, says the Denver
Republican, was the talk OF the town Fri
day. There were many who believed it to
be true, but the majority secuted the idea.
1t was limited that Altman was a clever
adventurer. A gentleman who knows Mr..
Artman we'll was met last night.
Il know him very WE'LL" said he. lie
came here from Philadelphia to go into
the cattle business
''Mr. Artman is a WidOver, is he not?"
Yes; his wife died about ten years ago.
He has four children. One, an accom-
plished daughter, is studying music at the
Boston Conservatory. His two sons are
in business in Minnesota and are quite
wealthy"
do you know anything about his pur-
ported marriage to Mrs. TabOr?'
Il believe it is true. He led me to infer
that by what he told me. He said that he
was going to marry her and spoke about
his bridal tour through Florida and Cuba.
That was several weeks ago. When he
LETT he promised to telegraph me within
iOIlJ -cl9u III uOuIS duNl GA JCCI Il telegram
tomorrow"
"HOw long has he known Mrs. Tabor ?"
''Since infancy, l believe. a day or so
after he came to Denver he dropped into
my office and told me he had met an old
friend, Mrs. Tabor. He said they were
natives of the same city, Augusta, Maine,
and had gone to school together. His Wis
Its to her were frequent.
''He has had a wonderful career. He is
quite naturalist and was connected with
Professor AgassiZ. He made a voyage
up the river Niger and wrote a book about
it. He isan entertaining talker and loves
to prate about his adventures somewhat,
but they are all true. He is now anxious
to settle down and when he returns from
his bridal tour will settle in Denver and
90 into the cattle business"
You talk as if you were sure of his
marriage"
Il have no doubt about it. He is not
a fraud and there is no reason why he
shouldn't marry"
"Artman is fraud" said another in
| dividual to the reporter last night ''He
claims to have travelled through Europe
| and Africa and Yerif1es the explorations
of Stanley through that desert continent.
At distance of 5000 miles up the Niger
river Mr.. Artman saw a Christian temple
which measured 700 feet from the base to
the dome. He also saw the ruins of Pom
peii. AT another time he CLAIMS to have
been the proprietor of a large hotel in
Philadelphia"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-10
ADVICE to Mothers.

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the little cherub awakes as bright as
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soothes the child. sOftens the gums, al
lays all pain, relieves wind, regulates
the bowels, and is the best known remedy
TOR diarrhea, whether arising from teeth
in or other causes. % cents bottle.