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The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-10-30
Points On Good Manner.

Never point at others.
Never leave home with unkind
words.
Never laugh at the misfortunes
of others.
Never speak much of your
own performances.
Always answer questions prompt
ly and politely.
Always give seat to lady, inyal-
] i'll or elderly person.
Never pick your teeth, or clean
your nails in company.
1t is supremely disgusting to see
one pick his teeth at the table.
Always enter church in a
quiet, gantle way, making as little
noise as possible.
Do not volunteer too freely to
answer questions when they are
not put to you.
1t is wrong to whip childrden
for faults of which you are your
self guilty,
1t is verj wrong to brighten 9th
ers when there is no cause, more
especially little Children.
Never pry into family matters
of people by asking questions of
their children or servants.
Perhaps you would not like for
others to investigate your private
family matters.
If you promise to meet friond
or perform an act, at an appointed
time, do not fail to be punetual.
Never pass between to persons
who stand closely together talking
without apologizing for the act.
Never pretend to see or notice a
defect in the features of any one
persent if there be such one.
1t is very wrong to read letters
that are addressed to others this
is regarded as one Of the greatest
breaches of etiquet.
! Never call attention to the i'll
features or deformity Of one ii
! y pany. Such a wrong will
quite often make a lifelong
enemy of the person SO referred to
Never remind one Of the fact that
you have done him many favors.
Never by any means look ovel
the shoulders of one is writing OIL
reading.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-10-30
The Down Hill Side.

They were cutting their corn, father
and son,
In the quiet September days,
When the landscape was glowing soft
and dim.
With the smoky autumnal haze.
The hillsides were steep and the corn
was tall,
And heavy and rough outside;
But the hardest of all the heavy work
Was to carry the down-hill side.
Said the dutiful son, "You have borne
the weight,
Since the time when was child;
Your shoulder is lame and your back is
moi strong,
The weight of your years beside;
My turn has come at last, so You go above;
And I'll cut down the hillside"
You are kind to me always; twill ease
your grief
At the time you will lay me low;
For it's not our kindness that wo repent.
When the loved ones are called to go
Full gray am growing and feeble, too,
Yet shoulder to shoulder We'll bide;
am not SO old yet, boy, but can cut
My share of the down-hill sde.n
There is down-hill side in our duties
always,
And ii never will do to shirk;
For an honest life in this busy world,
Means steady and weary work.
Few mourners has he when the end is
come.
Whether evil or good betide,
Who shrinks from his duty, nor bears his
part
OF the wearisome down-hill side.
Western Rural.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-10-30
Rules for Highways.

|. Make the public roads neat
and smooth, pleasant and profitable
to travellers and in driving to mar
ket.
2. Never throw rubbish of any
kind into highways i'll order to get
rid of it, nor deposit cord-wood,
logs or timber at roadsides to
brighten passing horses.
3. All owners who build their
houses facing square to the public
roads should show at least the
same respect to these roads that
they do to their own fields by ex-
Guiding the weeds.
1. Remove oil stones from the
wheel track once month, and all
fixed stones which strike and break
wheels, jar the loads, rack the har-
ness and tire horses.
5. Where fixed stonos cannot
be removed, cover them with
gravel or other road material.
6. Remember that a fixed stone
may strike different VIII cells thou
sand times like sledge hammer,
and cause hundred dollars worth
of damage. To remove it might
cost FIVE cents.
7. Never make a highway of
muck, sods or soft material scraped
from the side bitches, which Is
worked into deep mud IN wet
weather, but draw them into the
barnyard for the compost heap.
s. Where the roadbed has not
a dry bottom, cut ditch in the
middle thRe feet deep, and length
wise with it, with side-escape
bitches at depressions, and fill 1t
with gravel or broken stone, coarse
below and finer near the top.
9. Plant shade trees three OF
four rods apart along the line, to
allow mir to circulate, sun to shine
and mud TO dry.
10. Keep the roadside smooth
NOV the grass for hay and thus Sc
cure a good track when the center
of the road is encountered with i'm.
passable snowdrifts in the winter
IL. In windy places make the
wiudward road fences of barbed
wire to prevent the accumulation
of drifts of snow.
~, Never make the public
highway a bargard, nor leave
wagons, plows and machines to en-
cumber the road.
13. Never endanger those who
travel by driving unmanageablC
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-10-30
Don't Turn Them into the Corn
Field.

1t Is the common practice among
many of our western readers to
feed down the corn fields with cat
tie and hogs. While the conditions
IF agriculture with them may make
a defence for this during the early
winter, we must warn our readers
that from this time feeding cattle
and pigs in corn fields can be only
a losing operation, Very little
nutrition. food can be found. In
fact, the animals are often allowed
to roam over them, simply because
the farmer has become accustomed
to turning them into the field i'll
the morning, not because he ex-
poets them to find any food.
While the ground is frozen solid,
1 pasturing is harmless at least.
But now thaws are frequent, and
tramplng of hogs, not less than
of cattle, will do the fields great
damage, which can be repaired
only by much labor on them in the
spring A hog or steer will make
five thousand good, hard clods
every day it tramps over a soft
corn field, and at the same time
tramp off considerable flesh, while
it gains nothing. Keep the stock
in the lots, and give them what
hay and straw they will eat. The
animals should not be allowed on
the pastures and meadows at this
season. American AgricaHurist
fer November.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-10-30
A Senator for Revenue Only.

The close of congress has
brought to the minds of many the
fact that Senator Jones, of Florida,
allowed the session to pass without
ever appearing in the Senate
chamber. Through he has not
participated in Legislation, he did
not fail to send Mt the end of each
month, through a Detroit bank, a
draft for his salary. These drafts
came to the Clerk of the Senate
with great regularity always arliv-
ing here on the fourth day of the
month. The Senator will never
return to the Senate again. He
will take up his residence in
Michigan. He has written Gov.
Perry, of Florida, saying he will
not be a candidate for reelection
before the next Legislature, and,
unless necessary in order to dis
pose of his property, will not re-
turn to Florida. He will open a
law office in Detroit. His friends
have asked him to resign from
the Senate, but this he declines to
do saying he was elected for six
years and he means to serve the
term out.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-10-30
Is The World Growing Worse.

This question would be answer
ed by many toil-worn and heart
burdened pilgrims in the aifirma-
tive. Old men oftener than young
ones takes a disparaging view of
the present, assoeiating, rs they do
more virtue and better things with
the golden days of their young
manhood, recalling pleasant
memories of the PAST, ,:hen, with
cheeks flushed and hearts beating
with high expectancy, they start
ell forward on life's journey, to
many of them, alas, unsuccessful
and stormy. However, there are
many old men, even while passing
under the rod and marching foot
sore along the vale of attliction,
with eyes ever open to catch visions
OF the beautiful, and ears ever
attuned to melitiuous harmonies;
that see existing merits, and
make just comparison between
the past and the present.
In reply to the question raised,
we say emphatically that the world
is not growing worse. That the
tendency of its march is backward
to that God from whom we were,
in our paternal head, unhappily
alienated in the Garden of Eden,
We see the present, with the teem-
ing population, flashed by electrici-
ty around the globe and concen-
tered and daguerreotyped in either
of our metropolitan dAilies. But
the world is not growing worse.
Let the verdict of history be
weighed. Let the blackening sins
of past generations be viewed. Re
call the despotisms aud their bar
barrie wars of the past. Then turn
to the amelioration of the present.
We have Just read an account of
instance where the husband shot
| his wife at Hartford, Conn. Some
times there is variation and the
wife kills the husband. 1t is said
that such occurrences transpire 30
frequently. Why is it? Defect
i've and evil early principles, and
marriage when hearts are not en-
gagged, and locked i'll union. What
is the remedy? 1t lays in careful
training by mothers. Training
that starts the young of either sex
out with pure, sound principles.
And let mothers never approve
marriages for the ends of wealth
or station, where the sutton is UNI
worthy. Motherhood in its scope
and sublime import, stretches up.
ward above every other earthly
state of responsibility. What is
the work of the artist, who fashions
and chisals marble until it seems
to breath with n hun nm soul, OF
now with pencil and brush seems
to make "the human face divine,
speak from canvass, in comparison
with that greater and more en-.
nobling work of the mother who
chisels and fashions a real, breath
ing, immortal soul. The virtues
the liberties and the joys of tn,
human race are in the keeping o.
the mothers of the race. Her in
fluence evsr the child, unless ex-
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-10-30

A fellow going around with a
basket of old smallpox scabs, and
peddling them around, Offering
them to your children. You say
to him: "Here, don't you do that
Don't bring those things into my
house, sir" He says: 30 but l
have a right to, l have paid Ii
Gems, l have a licens to sell these
things" Let me tell you l would
rather a man would sell smallpox
to my boy than to sell him whisky.
Smallpox kills the body only, but
whiskey kills both body and soul,
and puts the soul in hell forever
Sam Jones.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-10-30

The United States letter sheet
envelopes have made their appear
ance. They will prove very useful
to travellers or business men who
write many brief notes, as they
are arranged in extended sheets on
a pad. and after one is written
upon, it needs only to be folded
twice and gummed, (as ordinary
envelopes are gummed) when it
presents the appearance of an
envelope. On the outside is a
stamp bearing the portrait Of
General Grant mt its right, a ere
turn" notice, and the words "Uni.
ted Suites Letter Sheet Envelope, "
with the American shield. The
color of the printing is light green.
Perforated lines make opening
very easy. The price is about two
and one-third cents for each sheet,
including the two cent stamps.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-10-30

GENERAL Winfield Scott, when a
young man was stationed at TT.
Snelling-at that day perhaps the
remotest military outpost in the
country. When the Black Hawk
war was begun some Illinois mill
tia companies proffered their serv-
ices. Two lieutenant; were sent
by Scott to Dixon, Illinois to rus
ter the new ;oldiers. One of the
lieutenants was a very fascinating
young man, of easy manners, and
aifable disposition; the other was
equally pleasant but extremely
modest. On the morning when
the muster was to take place, a
tall, gawky, slab-sided, homely
young man, dressed in a suit of
blue jeans, presented himself TO
the lieutenants as the captain of
the recruits, and was duly sworn
in. The homely young man was
Abraham Lincoln. The bashful
lieutenant was he who afterward
fred the first gunfrom TT Sumpter.
Major Anderson. The other lieu
tenant, who administered the oath,
was in after years the President Of
the Confederate States, jefferson
A.,-tr
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-10-30
Does Prohibition Prohibit!

There has been so much OF ridi-
eule and misrepresentation with
regard to the actual working and
results of the prohibition move
ment, by those who fear its effects
upon the two great political par
ties, and especially in the west,
that it is worth while examining
an actual estimate of the situation
from one of its own advocates. Mr..
NJ. l.. NJ. Latham of Marion, Iowa,
furnishes such an estimate to the
New York Evening Post, which
journal, with characteristic fair
ness, gives it space i'll its columns,
although opposed to the move
ment. Mr.. Latham claims, that,
despite occasional defeats, the
movement is winning its way to
reasonable success; that the "open
saloon" as compared with three
years ago, is practically non-eXist-
emit, and boys, if no other class arc
better protected from its tempta-
tons than ever before. There is a
marked decrease in crime arising
from drinking, as shown by the
police reports of all the large cit
les and towns; while this is less
marked in the river towns, where
there is n large foreign element,
the popular estimation is that such
crime is only about one-tenth of
what it WAS in the days of the IL
censed saloon.
The order and sobrietv which
now characterize large gatherings,
as at fairs, circuses, etc, are so
marked as to excite comment, and
employers of railroad hands in
dorse the Iowa prohibitory law on
business grounds. A member OF
the firm Of Shepherd, Weston &
Co, heavy railroad contractors, is
quoted rs ssying;
We never had such a quiet, in
dustrious and reliable body of men
in our employ as those we put to
work on the Sibley extension, and
| attribute it to the fact that the
saloon men did not dare follow
us into Iowa. | want to say furth-
er that if prohibition comes up i'll
our State Minnesota I'm going
to vote for it on strictly business
principles.
To the argument that it is I'M
possible to legislate people into
virtue, sobriety, and other moral
qualities, the prohibltionists reply
that 90 law which Restraints men
from moral and physical degrade
ton, protects homes, and rescues
unnumbered children from pauper.
ism and crime is far better than
fragrant disobedience and unques-
toned indulgence Of personal lib.
erty,
In short, the question, Does
prohibition prohibit? is emphati-
cally answered in the affirmative
by this observer of its practical
operation.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-10-30
whats the price Of sau sage

whats the price Of sau sage?'
"Dwenty cents a pound"
"You asked twenty-five this
morning"
"Ya; dot vas ven l had some,
Now [ amt got none / sells him
for dwenty cends. Dot makes me
n reputation for selling cheap und
l don't lose holdings"
The Daily telegraph., 1886-07-02

A Jersey town has for some time
been disturbed over supposed ghost
that disturbed them considerably y
The following from an exchange ex-
plaius the cause. We once heard of a
fellow who took a white cow for a
ghost and the open road for race
course, but he never did admit that il
was anything but real ghost that
scared him:
s'Since the murder of Mr.. VAIN
right, at Toms River N. j., the resi-
dents have been annoyed and
some of them considerably
frightened, by peculiar wailings, ac-
companied by the clanking of chains
after night fall.
Many ascribed these noises TO
Wainwright's ghost, bat the mystery
was solved the other day by the cap.
ture of an immense horned owl, which
had trap and long piece of chain
attached to its legs. The owl had
been responsible for all the waiIings
that had been heard, and The chain at
tached 10 it explained the noises"
The Daily telegraph., 1886-07-02
WESTMONROE DOTS.

FROM OUR REGULAR REPORTER.l
West Monroe can already boast of
extra fine watermellons, which we're
raised on Capt. L. d. McLain's Cotton
Port plantation and were marketed
here yesterday.
The Pelican Warblers, Monroe AM
ateur Comedy Company will make
their first appearance before the pub.
lie next Thursday night, July 9Th.
They are all home boys and are de-
serving of liberal patronage and we
hope to SEQ their efforts meet with a
crowded house.
West Monroe should greet the
Warbiers with liberal patronage and
the community at large should use
every effort to assist and encourage.
the young and enterprising young
men. Success boys.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-07-02
THE GREAT AMERICAN GAME,

When 10000 persons pay 70 witness
game of base ball, when news
paper--not sporting one, but devoted
to the news of the day-gives ten col
ums to its accounts of games, and when
it is found profitable to give up pro-
fessional or literary career in order to
become a pitcher of base ball nine, ii
is quite evident that this sport has ac-
quired extraordinary popularity. The
United States is base ball mad this
Summer. Never before has it been so
excited on this subject, seldom as en-
The Daily telegraph., 1886-07-02

The parish and city school boards
should in some manner ascertain as
near as possible the number of educa.
bic children between the ages Of s and
1G years of age there are in the parish
and city, as the school fund apportion-
ment is based upon the number of
etucable youths and the greater the
number the larger the appropria-
ton is.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-07-02

thusiastic on any other. TO large
proportion of the population the result
Of base ball match to, day is as impor
tant news as The result of the general
election, and far ahead in Importance
to the proceedings in Congress.
The American public has become
enthused over base ball as it has never
been before, and as no other public has
been on sporting matters. Cricket in
England cannot compare With it, and
Continental Europe, we know, has
never appreciated "sport" to any ex-
tent. The Putney race, or the meeting
at EPSON, may, it is true, create more
excitement but these are mere spurts,
whereas the base ball fever lasts in this
country all the Summer and Fall
through, and even in the Winter the
players are popular heroes, storing up
strength for the coming season.
1t Was Just forty years ago last Sat
urday that the first game Of base ball
ever seen was played by tho New
York and Knickerbocker cluts al
Hoboken n. J. They had no idea
then that the game they were inaugu-
rating would become the pastime of
millions CT youths, the habitual sport
of America. A very different thing
was the base ball Of 1916 from the base
ball of 1886. 1t took all day TO play
four innings, and twenty runs to the
inning was an Indifferent score.
Not until 1868. eighteen years ago,
was the employment of paid player,
allowed; whereas to-day base ball
pays handsome salaries for four
months work and opens new field
of labor for aspiring young men. TIE
American youth has gone into this
sport with all the energy and enthu-
SidSH thut AtHefictB3 DOdSt. Inp
French have always laughed at the
Britons calling hard work sport and
amusement. What would they say 10
work and danger Of base ball match
i! told that its primary purpose was
enjoyment? Ia this field of sport we
have ou.stripped even our British
bretheren, TOR they can never arouse
the enthusiasm over thcir cricket that
base ball now aWakens through every
portion Of the great American Re-
public. Times DemO1m.
Boycotting the baiy-Puttirg him
The Daily telegraph., 1886-07-02

Johnny, the four year old son Of
Mr.. L. Stack, died early this morn>
ing and another child of this gem
tleman is quite low, and may not re-
cover, though there are hopes still en-
tertained which we trust will be real
ized.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-07-02

We suggest the formation of an as
sociation 10 take charge of and man
age the free library. Somebody
should be placed in charge TO see that
the books are all kept in their proper
place and. this suggestion has met With
the approval of several of our citizens
with whom we have converscd on the
subject.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-07-02

The Shreveport Times Of this morn-
ing says that Capt, CharIy CcIlos, of
til" Monroe Base Bali Club, has made
arrangements with the Shreveport
S'ats 10 play the Monroe club on the
20lh, DIST and % inst, and that the
O. X. y and Monroe clubs arc arrang-
ing dates for a contest some time this
month.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-07-02
SUMMER MILLINERY.

Mrs. NJ. j. Mckenna desires 10 in.
form the Ladies that they can now
purchase from her Summer Millinery
at greatly reduced prices. The Ladies
are requested TO bear this fact in mind.
Mrs. M. J. MCKENNA.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-07-02

The new mail schedule time between
Farmervil1e and Boane is now as fol-
lows : Mail leaves FarmcrvilIe at s
am; arrives at Roane AZ Pm; leave
Eoanc nj I am, arrives at Farmer
Vile mt 3 p. m.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-07-02

The following are the names Of the
base bali team which goes to the
Colony 70 morrow TO PLAY The Colony
club:
Graham Surghno", II. Kaliski, -
Rico, j. II. Trousdalc, John r.. Rich.
arfis0n, Frank Moore, John Gilbert,
III. T, Banoit, John Sheehan,
The Daily telegraph., 1886-07-02

a Washington special correspondent
Of the New Orleans States says: "King
will have Il walk over in the Fifth
District" We would be pleased to
know who that correspondent is. OF
one thing we can assure him, that he
knows. not the anti King feeling des
voioped in some of Kings former
ttr0nGhn!ds. s.--F'pDcTCiUo G0geite.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-07-02

The river has fallen inches in the
past tWcnty-fUur hours.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-07-02

a junior base ball club of this city
will cross bats tomorrow with the
Colony club on the latter's diamond.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-07-02

Fruit jars ! fruit jars-pints, quarts
ana hail galions-at,
TROUsDALE Bros.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-07-02

Read the article on the North and
South railroad:
The Daily telegraph., 1886-07-02
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

Parties not receiving their paper regular
~ VIII confer favor by filing their COM
plants with the business manager.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-07-02
CHEAP COLuMN-PAY LOCALS.
Tee /! ICE!!

ICE! icE!'
Ice houses have been established at the
cotton yard and at Jetor's Butcher Shop
in Five Points.
Ice delivered in lots Of 10 lbs. and up
wards 10 parties, who take that quantity
regularly every day. Parties wishing ice
delivered will notify Mr. johnson at the
Factory OF the Monroe Ice Company.
E'OR SAIE-Having secured large and
i fine lot of cypress timber I am enabeled
10 Hti all orders for cypress shaved shingles
on short notice. Address all orders to
III. 7. BENOIT
Monroe La
The Daily telegraph., 1886-07-02
BAGGAGE! BAGGAGE!!

L desire to Inform the public that l am
now running single dray for its con
venience. All orders for the prompt de-
livery of baggage to and from trains and
hotels will receive my personal attention.
V.F. VOGH.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-07-02

Boycotting the baty-puttirg him
to bed al night,