The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-22
TRAVELLING In ARKANSAS
A LADY DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE
THERE As NO SENSATION.
A Plan Famous for its Tons bness--E ursk q
springs-some Experiences OF
the Traveller.

HARRISON, ARK. July 2O.-Special--
Here have been in Arkansas a whole
month and not a thing Western has hap
pened yet! Not a cyclone. nor hold
up" nor anything interesting. feel
rather as IL l am being cheated.
The nearest approach to n sensation
was In Fayetteville the other day. The
banks there are connected by an electric
alarm. put in at the time of the famous
bank robheries OF last year. The buttons
are in the floors, for obvious reasons
II one is holding up his hands he cannot
press the button" with them. About
3 o'clock one afternoon recently, the
alarm rang suddenly and vioientiy. In
an instant all was ccrDmotion; the cash
iers threw the money pell-mell into the
safe and seized their rifles: men armed
with Winchesters hurried into the square.
wildeyed messengers ron from one 20
another of the three banks No enc could
tell where the attack had been made but
still the alarm continued. Az last some
body discovered a cuspidor sitting calm
ly upon one Of the buttons, pushed there
by some careless foot. That was all.
Last Monday We left Fayetteville for a
trip through the country, but as the
thermometer registered Jog degrees in the
shade on the north side OF the house.
we had TO put up during the worst OF
IL and spare our horses. And this In a
country where the people do nothing but
boast OF their climate all day long. But
the heat really seems less oppressive
than IL does in Virginia. | have felt II
hotter there with the mercury 10 de-
grees lower.
FAMOUS FOR ITS ToUGHsEss.
Tuesday we dined at a place famous
for Its "toughness." An amiabie "Inno-
away the flies and our appetifes Ne told
us after dinner. very sadly. that he had
neither mother nor sisters, but brighten
ing up, he added that he had two as
soon coats as any man In the country. 1
was glad to see that hts wardrobe CON
soled him for the loss of his relatives
Leaving our simple friend we took |
our S,n,,i may up to a remote place IN the
u ,',. .dlhs near by. II the Rockies are
any rocker than the Ozarks. | do not |
want 10 drive over them in a "sfde-bar' |
buggy II was only four miles. but they |
YER, OF mat variety that you think are
are often assured The old mount.lineer |
ana his wife We're very kind and nospi- |
table. They had only one bedroom |
-hough ana six Of US shared it IN com
Next day at dinner we stopped at a way
,lde inn-the only one la the place: |
ne door was shut and there was no sign |
u NE anywhere We drove on TO a store.
yhere the only men visible in the whole
lace were sitting, and asked the cause Of
ne silence ana QeSertlOp ~ hy the WuOIa |
own gone TO a FOurth-Of-July picnic" |
'as their exclamation. This meant star
alton for US. for We had had only a
cant breakfast at half-past five that
forming. ! must have looked very nungry-
| looked half as much so as | felt I
ould nave moved any heart to plty-for !
olack-eyed young fellow spoke up and
ild ne would see II he could get his wife !
cook us a bite In one hour from that
me a chicken had been killed and cooked
NJ dinner eaten. That was a noble man /
~ he had noble wife-to say nothing |
the chicken.
That day brought us 10 Eureka Springs
here we had two days OF solid comfort
Is a queer little place perched about on
e nils wherever il can find a foothOld
mere is no farm land or open country !
lywhere about Tit is Just one little ! g
SIS OF civilization in the midst of these q
cky hills. street-car performs as | J
nishing teats In climbing about the q
wn, handsome hotels and residences I
TX down from the top or cling 10 the
les OF the hills. Many OF the houses
We three stories In front and one i'm the
ar. owing to the sharp slope Of the
lndation. At the hotel where we stop
d one could step from the third story s.
OK window TO the ground. -
TBR SHRINE IHeRFFOP. "a
We are now in Harrison, whence this n
ter Is written. 1t is pleasant town. I