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The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-03-27

A Providence paper hos great
faith in the efficacy ofpine branch
O. as an an,iioto for poison in the
respiratory organs. 1t says;
There are c,nsampLiges whose
lungs crave the salt mir of the
ocaau; Others to whom the dry at
mosphoro Of Colorado is infinitely
soothing; aud others asain who
me benefited by the climate Of
Florida or Southern California.
TO prescribe Florida for one per-
son might mean jegon, while If he
went AMONG tho northern paradiao
o. spruce, recovery might follow.
Very probably Tie day will come
when pine md sprGee pillows will
be- as frequent household Appw-
tonaaao in our bloa6 cjinnte ga
the Quininc bottle has been in tbe
Southern and Western sections"
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-03-27
Leisure Time.

That there should be any doubt
as 10 what il leisure, may at first
glance appear an absurd idea,
Nevertheless, there is leiaure and
leisure. There is n positive leis-
ure and an active leisure, reflect
i've leisure, and n leisure of per-
Torrance, founded upon the prin-
eiple chat "aheenee of occupation
is not rest" There is true leisure
and a leisure false y SO called.
The victims Of this last arc al
most as much to be pitIod as are
those to whom the blessing of
leisure is denied. They are the
beings whose lives appear to the
thoughtlass to be all leisure.
"rhey toll not, neither do they
spin" Thoy appear to lead an
enyiable existence; but only ap-
pear. All pleasure, even more
than all work, makes life dull
Pleasures are the sweets of exist
ence, and a diet Of all sweets soon
pals and nauseates.
Paradoxieal as it may seem, all
leisure is no leisure. 1t is the
mere ploasure-seekers and sheer
idlers who find most of the bitter
ness Of Dead Sea fruit in the taste
OF life and who are most inclined to
answer negatively the momentsus
question. Us life worth living?"
Leisure, to bo true, and enioya-
bic, must bethe reward of labor
must be earned. 1t may be used
Irestfully and lightly III taking our
fayorlte amusements, or cultiyat-
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occupation taken up for the mere
love Of it; and quite distinct from
often, indeed, curiously in contrast
to, the calling daily followed for
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Is sometmeS abused OF mlSusea;
out, SpeaulhS sehefallY' IL Is one
Oh tile IAoSI potent OF h0hahl2ihg
influences Happily, IL Is TO IA
certain extent, possible 10 make
leisure VI thls we nave proofs
IN All ranks OF LIE, from the num-
Die "rO'san TO the great statesmen
who have TO bear the Tolghtlest
OF monarehleS'
q olea@tone comes before the
world as the flrSt OF Homeric crit
les, and " beaoonsfield gives us
the novel OF season; while a
"hobert Dick, baker OF Inurso,
! Geologlat ond botanIst' whose
struggles and trials have been 50
makes leisure to get together,
siugle-handed, collections which
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The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-03-27
grammarian would !

--"Recentmost" ia the latest adj
dition 10 the English language. It
comes from Connecticut and means
about the some as hindmost.
"A health reformer says: PIE
under any circumstances 10 bad
thing to have about the house.
SO say We all of us. Down with
piel
"A little boy in Georgia, who
wrote to Santa Claus for a pony,
was wise enough to add: "Poscrit:
If he is a mule, Piles ty his behine
legs"
1t is stated that Limberger
cheese ID now adulratea. Let's
see. what is that quotation about
painting the lily and gliding re
fined gold?
Some one has discovered that
the steady chewing of garlic in
sures length of life. This may DO
true, but unless man loves soil
tude he would prefer death.
-Eyangelist "Sam" Jones has
let up on the spider-legged dude
and his cigarette. 1t transpires
that Sam" Small, his brother
evangelist, smokes cigarettes.
Look here Judge" said the
burglar, Il Amt SO bad as you
think am. Only give me time
and I'll reform"
And the Judge gave him fifteen
years.
Mrs. Secretary Whitney's
millionaire brother, Col. Payne,
has presented her with check for
100000, telling her it is mot to
keep, but to spend for the enter
tainment of her friends"
Talk about the fame Of st.tes-
men, poets or philosophers No
man ever knows what fame really
is until the newspapers print the
Testimonial" he wrote in an in
discreet moment for the manufac-
turers OF patent medicines.
A writer says: when a girl
is being courted, she sets a great
deal by q young man." True
enough; but the sentence 10 not
grammatical 1t should read "shs
sits great deal by young man"
Anyhow, the young man sits a
great deal by the girl
An English physician claims
that the greatest fall ever survived
by human being WAS that of
girl who jumped from bridge two
hundred and fifty feet high, and
was convalescent and from free pain
within twenty days thereafter. Pos
sibly he is right, but what about
the celebrated fall of Adam?
A bill now before the Iowa
Legislature provides that before a
man marries in that state he must
show his ability to support fam
lily. Such law Is calculated to
materially increase the number of
bachelors in this country. A great
many young men marry nowadays
who have never been able to sup
port themselves.
A correspondent of the New
York Com ADJ. says the first
strike in America occurred among
the factory girls at Dover n. H..
| in 1927. This doesn't agree with
the theory Of some persons thai
the Garden of Eden, where the
| first strike occurred, when Cain
| hit Abel with club, was located
in Berks county, Pa.
1t is a blessing for some nen
| that photography in colors has
never boon practicable Under
the present dispensation the man
with red beard and red nose looks
as handsome and stylish as the
ladies fsyorite tenor in the photo
graph Album. IT colored photo
| graphs ever become common, nose
touching is going to he fine art
A Philadelphia publisher is
opposed to on international copy
! right law, because" he says 1T
would be wrong to force tho peo-
pile to pay for what they can now
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-03-27
The Rise Of the Mail.

siH eiAo y etoiii VI pe"'et ihiti :"
nlcatlon were known te the an
clients, say both sacred ana pro
tame history
In sacred history We have the
letters of Jezebel written in Ahab's
name, and afterwards sealed with
the kings seal, TO the elders end
mobiles of the city in which Nahotl
dwolt.
We have also the letter of The
king Of Syria to the king of Israel,
recommending to bis good Offices
his servant Naaman and those OF
Ahasuerus sent by posts, into all
the kings provinces; and the
posts, we are told, vent out, being
fastened by the kings command
ment.
According to profane history,
the Persians-to whom we seem
to be indebted for the idea of
posts -had at one time no other
method of transmitting intelli-
gence than by persons stationed
at certain distances from each 9TH
er-hence the name posts, which
has been retained even to om day
These persons, 1t is SAID, passed
from one to another, in loud
voice, the communication with
which they were charged.
This system is obviously pri-
mitive, and no doubt rapidly gave
place to the message being con-
yeyed by swift runners, afterwards
known as couriers.
We know that these couriers
existed at very carly date, end it
WAS customary for them to dress
according to the nature Of the
message, one style of dress for
good things, and another for evil.
Among the Chinese, who had
both horses and foot couriers, the
footman's dIesa Was adorned With
girdle Of bells, which being
heard at a safe distance, gave
warning as the runner auproachxd
a village. and thus gave tho nort
runner who wss to take 5be mes.
ssge up, time to be in readiness.
so that the dispatch s1fr cred no
delay.
The first general post wss 4
riding post, established under Ed
ward ". Prior to that date ell
communications he'd to be lent bv
private messenger, unless those Of
state for the conveyance Of which
the government kent Il few paid
officials
These borea-posts lone both ir-
ragnlar and infreouapt graduated
into the once much thoueht Of
post bow with his twancipg horn
whom C9gper has described in the
ibneg BEGINNING;
lie comes, the herald Of noisy world.
The public functionary, upon
whose diligence and fidelity SO
much depended, and around whom
time has thrown q certain degree
of romance, appears in most in
stances but raw and thoughtless
lad, without the means, and proba-
bly, without the inclination, of of
fering resistance, if need be, in de-
fense of his charge.
We have said, if need be; but III
those DAYS there was no lack Of
need, for an attack upon the mail
was a thing Of no rare occurrence.
Indeed robberies became SO
frequent that most people began
to think of some more secure
means of conveyance for their
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-03-27
j. NJ. Hurah
hACAINIST 6 EILLWRlGHT,
Carpenter and Builder,

\ HARRISON, Arkansas.
y Building mills, overshot wheels. setting
up and repairing machinery a specially.
Persons desiring to order machinery, or to
have mills or houses of any kind built are
especially requested to call on or address
me before making orders or contracts. All
work done at low rates.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-03-27

Tho nuptial knot too often
proves TO be a slip nose.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-03-27

All local or business notice., srcept those
calling attention 10 nav Advertisements sill
be charged for at the rate of ten cents per
line, each insertion.
Professional Cards six dsllsrs per Anaam.
Harlage aud Obituary notices. soi 70
exceed SIX lines. free, all over that ELseaht
ten cents per line.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-03-27
Robert Dick
ElESlGNER AND BUILDER,

HARRISON, ARKANSAS,
L. prepared to do anything and every
thing i'm his line in work lnanllke manner,
and on the shortest notice. framing a
speciAlty. Plans and estimutes furnished
free.
New-York tribune., 1886-01-17
THE CLETtLAND WJTER FAMINE.
SNOW THE CAUSE OF IT-NARRow ESCAPE OF THE
CRIB KEEPER.

SNOW THE CAUSE OF IT-NARROw ESCAPE OF THE
CRIB KEEPER.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 16 (SpecidD The
cause OF tho water famine Of yesterday and the day pre-
vious was phenomenon. Engineer Whiteaw says that
IL was not ice but cogged tho shaft at the crib
which supplied the tunnel from which the engines pump
the water used by tho city The snowsorm Of January
occurred at time when the temperature OF the water
OF the lake was yera below the freezing point
Tho action OF tue waves prevented the formation Of ice
vet tho cold was that the falling was not
The waves tossed balls toward tue shore until In
some places tho OF sush extended oa depth OF ten
feet when ice did nualy Jumps OF sush wero
tossed upon ts surface until II covered with them
and the appearance OF field Ofcobble stones
Al tho crib those masses OF sush drawn into tho
shaft by the suction OF the pumps. The shaft was thus
enectuay closed and tho water supply cut on. Tho
daneerwas new one and had not been properly guarded
against,
Tonight three of the five engines are at work and eK-
cent I'm the extreme outlying districts the supply Of
water ia sufficient for all ordinary purposes. Crib
Keeper Walter Metcalf who is expert diver. had
thrilling perience his efforts to remove the obsruc
tons from the mouth OF the shaft. He descended into
the water with an axe and by perseverng efforts sue
ceeded in making small opening In the frozen mass.
The suction was so great that tho axe was drawn In
ouIck AZ fash and the rope supporting Metcaf parted
ike niece OF wbpeord. Metcars arm was also caught
I'm tho rush OF waters and almost wrenched from its
socket Ho narrowly escaped being drawn into the
shaft and drowned.
New-York tribune., 1886-01-17
EXPLOSION OF AMAss OF DYNAMITE.

Tons RIVER. \. j., Jan. los. W. Warren 3
dynamite packing house Is situated about three miles
from the town. Three thousand pounds Of dynamite are
kept stored the building Yesterday afternoon about
) o'clock the building caught fro by some unknown
means and the three thousand pounds
went of with roar. Asa rule. there are eleven mon
employed about the place, hut yesterday
three came 10 work. and they were
the only persons near when the explosion oc-
Cured whom they the fire they for their lives
Just ped After the explosion they returned to
the place where the building had beon but found moth
lug except few sptors aud nails. Great alarm was
iet among the 900 guests OF the Laurel House at Lake
wood ten miles distant the pastering shaken
from the ceilings aud windows Violently Jared II was
n first thought that earthquake had occurred but it
was what had happened and the excite
auh daU
New-York tribune., 1886-01-17
sERuoy BY rnE posllAsrlR.cEyERAL.

BALTIMORE, Jan. 16 lSDecid0. Bati-
more cerrymen and adyorates OF strict Sunday laws
have succeeded In preventing Postmaster Neazey from
establishing Sunday mail delivery Dozens OF petit
TO the Postmaster General, who day
wrote letter to Mr. voazey In which. after expressing
his appreciation OF the postnasers efforts 20 accom-.
m0dae the business community. he declares that the
proposed action would be innovation usages pre-
yailng ushout the country. The benecent uses
society and the blessed comfort to oil who labor with
hand brain following the Institution OF day in
period OF relaxation whether IL be spent In
divine service. in decent recreation In intercourse
with friends or IN whatever other proper manner dn
forent opinions may dictate, well assured by tho
experience OF men that although the fact strongly
indicates that It's ordination proceeded from
more than human wisdom It's continued observance s at
least obligatory in Just regard 10 fellow we'll
religious obedience. and the impOrtunate eager
meas OF our OF business continually presses
encroachmenis the day that IL seems the part OF
wisdom resist change which is In the direction Of
added establishment Ot labor Much Is due IN this
respect The opinions Of those certainly among the
very citizens Of the land. whose religious feeling II
shocked by any action OF the nature OF that pro-
posed."
New-York tribune., 1886-01-17
A VONDERFUL LEGISLATOR.

FAMOUS FOR HIS LONG MEMORY, HIS PENMAN-
SHIP AND HIS ABILITY TO MILK cows.
BOsToN, Jan. 16 (SpeciaD After the session
Yesterday O. F. Brown, Representative from Hamilton.
several members of the House with iustra
tons OF his wonderful memory and beautiful penmsn'
ship Judging from appearances Mr.. Brown is one Of
the last persons who won be selected from crowd az
possessn ng these particular abilities Tie 10 farmer.
and Yesterday he had MIXED twelve before he eft
his homo in Hamilton sit under the gllded dome 20
help make laws for the State Although the
House has been In session but few
davs and the members number nearly 200,
he knows every By and the city or town which
each represents He just familiar with the names
OF the men represent the smallest cape or hill towns
as he is with those from the cities.
His penmanship is fine and would do credit to pro-
essor OF art Tho most remarkable feature OF his ssi
IN m. u,e of ths pen fact that he can write with
eoual facility In the natural way, aud also by ~riting
the words upside down. Taking q given name he can
write IL beginning with the last letter OF tho name and
continuing TO tho rs and writing each letter upside
down. When writing this peculiar manner. he pro-
serves the graceful ourshes that lie uses when
writing I'm the ordinary way Hot axes some pardonabo
pride in showing book containing perfect list OF the
members OF the executive and legislative branches oitne
state Government written entirely from memory without
reference 20 any other list Not only are the names
written but every and city residence Is correctyre
corded Every word written backward from rshs
70 left and bottom side up and beginning always with
tho last letter OF each word The title page is beaut
ful speemen Of artistic penmanship In coors and was
wrtteu In the same manner the rest OF the book.
New-York tribune., 1886-01-17
HILL AND THE SENATE.
SHALL REPUBLICANS STAY IN OFFICEi
LITTLE SCHEME THAT HAS FAILED-DR SMITHS

A LITTLE SCHEME THAT HAS FAILED-DR SMITHS
PLACE.
The statement was telegraphed from Albany
yesterday that number Of the Republican
State would be in this city yesterday hold
conference with reference to possible nominations
which Governor Hill make when the Legislature re-
assemblies. There several offices which the Gov
and Senate may fill If they the nominees
Most Of these filled by Republicans who are holding
over OF them for three gears beyond the terms OF
office, because Republican Senate refuses to con-
firm the nominees OF Democratic Governor. Three
years ago Tammany Senators and the Republicans
"held the fort" and for tho last two years
the Republican majority in the Senate has contin-
ued the deadlock. These positions include Port
Wardens, Quarantine Commissioners, officials In
the interior OF the State and above ALL the Health
officer Of this port. DIR. smith, who has been retained
three years beyond his term Of Office by the aid Of Re-
publican Senator's latery fallen into dsfavor with
good many of his Republican brethren.
His place is worth in from $4,000 to
$75 900 year. 1t is charged that he has treated this
handsome income private affair. and when asked
disburse Of 1t the occasion Of the annual
State elections has either complied with an III grace or
not at ALL The question has naturally arisen why ho
should be continued In office by Republican Senate;
and this. It alleged the moving cause for the
presence OF many Republican Senators In town.
There were to be found yesterday at the uptown
Iadt and Fsssett. besides tue Brooklyn
T1sG q. %S so All 5 Whom
TRIBuSE reporter cOnverscd declare positively that
nothing the way OF conference had been held or was
expected be held this time. The matter OF the
able nominations by discussed by the
Senators and their friends ana acquantances during the
day evening whenever they CHANGED 10 meet IL was
admitted that there was feeling against DR.. Smith aud
one or two other prominent Republicans holding places,
because they had shown interest In the cam
paign last fall. but could say uJt what likely
TO he the outcome OF the matter.
Senators Nedder and COggesha thought Il poor policy
10 Republicans, even II they mad been ukewarm
which they did not admt-aEd replace them by
Democrats. BY putting Democrats In the places now
held by Republicans these positions would be made to
contribute largely toward the defeat Of the Republican
parry future elections.
There another phase Of the case IL Ia certain that
Governor Els emlssares actively at work trying
capture OF the Republican Senators by prom
ises of places. The Governor hopes to have ma
jOrty of the Senate by this means. BY giving away
some small places the Republicans wnOm ne might
induce enter into his scheme. he would capture the
large places. The scheme Is simple ard the pro-
ectors thought It could be carried through easily. but
thus il failed.
New-York tribune., 1886-01-17
MRS. SCOTS PLEA FOR 4 DIVORCE.
ALLEGING CRUELTY AND DISCRETION on THE PART
nr Her HUSRAND.

ALLEGING CRUELTY AND DesERrIoS on THE PART
OF HER HUSBAND.
PIrTsBURG, Jan. 16 tSpecidn.-On December
there WAS aed In Court of Common Pleas No 30 the
petion OF Olivia r. Scott for divorce from her husband
John scott The petition rs Is usual IN such cases.
holed but discovered by reporter to-day
said that only the intimate friends OF the par
ties TO the suit that It has been entered In
her petition Mrs that she was married TO
John Scott in 1850 and during long years past he mas
endangered her life through treatment and that ne
vithdre from his house aud family in February 1851
sinco which tine he has continued TO absent himself
from his homo and has failed to provide FOR her
she further charges that her husband has Tor several
wears bes an habltual drunkard that he has several
times knocked her down and beaten her with his nsts
has often at other times threatened to strike her ana
beat her has driven her from his table has compelled
her 10 leave his dwelling and find shelter and protection
at the houses neighbors that he has called her vie
names and used offensive brutal language toward her IN
the presence OF servants and members OF the family
Mrs Scott asks for alimony.
Mr. Scott was formerly president OF the Allegheny
yasy Railroad is present OF the two recev
ers He has been time at Cfdon Springs. New
York Mrs Scott to-day advertised her mansion Ill the
East End for rent. They have twelve children.
New-York tribune., 1886-01-17
Iy porpSrBy1y Static or GRANT.

CHICAGO, Jan. 16.-The trustees Of the
Grant day considered the numerous plans
submitted for the statue in Lincoln Park The follow
ing resolutions were adopted
Resolved First that after a careful aud faithful exam
nation and OF the many artistic plans sub
init ed for memorial arch 1t is the Judgment OF the
committee that the funds at It's command are insufficient
any appropriate and ondu ing structure OF that
nature which will DO worthy OF the subject or the park
where would be placed. second. that the efforts of
committee he directed to the selection OF designs Tor
an equestrian statue OF General Grant IA bronzo and
suitable pedestal therefor with without bronze work
and that contract for either statue or pedes-
be entered into until after the treasurer mas reported
The amount OF funds ayailahle for The pnrpOse.