The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-02-20
GENERAL NEWS.

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State Deaf Mute Institute. "a
An English staestician show
that since 1893 wars among thu
civilized have caused the death o
4,470, 900 men.
A Cincinnati negro who il nov
ON trial for bigamy, is found t.
have three wives living, all o
whom are white.
Danbury, Conn, produces one
quarter of all the hats made in thu
United States. The average pro
duction is l343 hats per hour.
The woman, and all of her se1
do it, who chances under the BET
at night before retiring evidently
has in mind the proyerb, "Look
before you sleep"
Uncollectable accounts in the
hands of merchants in Western
New York are hereafter to be solo
periodically at public auction to
the highest bidders. a''A
The Natiohal Woman's Rights
UonventioY will open at Washing
on this lfbnth and proceed to give
the entire universe the scolding
that it deser res.
: Colored servants are no longer
fashionable. In Washington they
have been replaced by Frenehmen
of such lordly air that they are
often mistaken for guests.
If the military force Of all Eu-
rope was drawn up in line the dis
lance from right to left would be
5000 miles, as the force would
consist of nine million soldiers.
Milk-drinking is having a. very
popultinr boom In New York and
Brooklyn, and it is sold by the
glass at sidewalk Glands, drinking
bars, restaurants and drug stores.
Judge David Dnvis got his great
fortune by being compelled to take
eighty acres of land near the vii
lage of Chicago, when a young
man, for debt The land Is now
in the heart Of the city.
The people of Arkansas have
reason to be proud of the action of
our U. s. senators, Berry and
Jones, in voting against the sa-
loon in the national capital. All
honor to them. = Risiag Wdpe.
BY his will, Signor Mortini, O
wealthy philanthropist of Genoa,
provides that all his tenants shall
be permitted to reside in the hous-
es occupied by them at his death
free OF rent as long as they live.
1t may be interesting to know
that at Lake Nyassi, Africa, a
strong young man can be bought
for forty yards of white cotton
cloth, young woman for fifty-six
yards, and young mother for
thirty-six yards.
ITO my boys Jesse and Charlie"
wrote James A. Beall, The New
York cotton broker, who killed
himself at Albany, Ga, the other I
day, 81 say emulate my virtues,
which are few, and shun my vices,
which are many" 4
A farmer living in Florida
claims that it is billousness that
makes a man get out of humor
and fret and swear. When he feels
himself getting angry he swallows
a comp ound cathartic pill. Last
week he was driving oxen and
swallowed ~ pills in one hour. \
A tailor in Boston has just COM
pleted an exceedingly expensive
overcoat for gentleman of that
city. The value of the coat is
said to be $4,000, though it is de-
clared that the garment could not
be duplicated for much larger
sum, 1t contains SO Russian sable
skins of the finest quality. y
A man who passes through life
without marrying is like q fair
mansion left by the builder unfn-
ished. TheIhalf that is completed
runs to decay from neglect, or be-
comes at best but sorry tene-
ment, wanting the addition of that
which makes the whole both use
full and comfortable and ornament
al.
Asweil-known clergyman, hav-
ing listened to an enumeration of
the qualifications required in the
pastor whom a Meriden, Conn,
congregation wanted, remarked to
the members of the committee that
waited on him that they had bet
ter 60 back and advise the con-
gregation to send an invitation to
the angel Gabriel"
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