The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-11-20
GENERAL NEWS.

A candidate for a teachers po-
sition in Maeob county, Mich,
wrote at an examination that there
were two kinds of gender, "lady
and gentleman"
Two letters written by Benedict
Arnold, dated six months apart,
and proposing marriage to two
different women, are said to be
identical in terms.
The number of deadly sins has
been reduced TO five by preacher
of Liverpool, England, and this is
his new catalogue: Theatre-going,
card-playing, novel-reading, dane
ing, drinking.
In edition to printing call the
news" Chicago Weekly Ne1s fur
nishes each week about page of
most entertaining agricultural and
home department matter. This
page alone is worth all that the
paper costs subscribers who get it
with the TINES at $2.25.
At Pesth the other night thirty
poor persons deprived of shelter
we're discovered by the police
sleeping in hot and dirty gater
drain leading from the Pomona
Mill to the Danube. They were
entirely naked, and slept with
their bodies in the waters and
their heads ON heaps of stones.
Sugar in its coarse state, calle-
ed "goor," has been used in India
from time immen orial as an in
gredient in mortar. Masonry
cemented with this mortar has
been known to defy every effort
of pick and shovel, and to yield
only to blasting when it has been
found necessary to remove old
puckah buildings.
Various things were missing
from time to time in the poorhouse
in Omaha, and a search revealed
the following articles in the room
OF an insane girl: "Sixty-four
plates, thirty-fve saucers, twenty
four bowls, forty-four spoons, five
deep dishes, thirty-two knives,
twelve small dishes, one coffee pot,
four molasses pitchers, four milk
pans, one butter tub, one Ratchet,
one carving knife, twelve butter
plates, towels, napkins, etc. This
was kleptomania by the whole
sale.
A. K. Cutting, who recently fig
ured as prosecuted American
citizen in Mexico, is trying to Or
ganize filibustering expedition of
10, 900 men to invade and conquer
the states of Chihuahua, Sonora
and Durango, and turn them into
a "socialistic republic" The "se-
cret executive committe" which has
the project in charge has agents
in all the large American cities
working by Sentiments and get
ting volunteers. Great aidl, is ex-
tpccted froint the faqdi indians
and Mexican revolutionists. after
the movement is fairly started.
1t is claimed that capitalists of
New York and Chicago represent
ing 100000 are considering
the granting of loan to the fill
busters, taking as security bonds of
the new republic and liens upon
the mineral deposits therein. The
Mormon church is also claimed to
be ready with financial hid in con-
sideration of being granted a Sc
cure haven from American per-
secution. Mexican priests are also
represented as very friendly to the
scheme. The conspirators pro-
pose to abolish the peonage sys-
tenn, cut up the large haciendas in
to small farms, and give prosperi-
ty and happiness to the down-trod-
den people. The priests are said
to favor the movements because it
would be blow at Diaz, and
would help them re-establish the
church in Mexico.
Some time ago there emanated
from the Agricultural Department
a very lengthy official" essay on
the seventeen-year locust as an
edible insect (bird). 1t is cur
rently reported that an able pro-
lessor of this Department has in
course of preparation several 9th
err startling essays. Among 9TH
er things he will dwell on the
merits of the turkey-buzzard as a
barn-yard fowl and the hop toad
as a food fish. The future is as
full OF scientific wonders as the
menu of modern French cafe.
Would it not be more to the point
if the the learned professor would
invent some artificial feathers,
and SO take the wind out of the
sails Of the Ornithologists' Union,
and thus preserve to us oul song
birds? The discovery of petrol
cum has saved the whales exter-
mination. and the nannfactura ~