Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-09-08

ssIn fact, said Mrs. Kennan, T have never met with Mrs. Bells equal in these respects. Her administrative ability is remarkable and her discretion in an emergency really wonderful. Her brain works with the rapidity of light ming. and those who assist her are often put to their wits end to keep pace.n
 Just across from Baddeclx. at 'Beinn Bhreagh,s ATr. Bell has purchased an immense tract of pine-clad forests jut- ting out, peninsular-lilxe, intothe Bras dor lakes on the north and the Bay of Fundy on the south. Here he has opened up stock farms in the higher re- Qions, upon which he has already law ished a fortune in improvements. His sheen ranches are Mfr. Bells hobby. Hundreds of fne-bred sheep roam over the stubble fields and browse upon the herbage of the rocky summits, un- disturbed by fear of slaughter. Every year AIr. Bell adds to his herds. just as d Biblomaniac collects rare and treas ured volumes. It goes without saying that these ranches are run at q very considerable annual expense.
 Of those in his employ many were the original owners Of the soil, became Hand poor and were. forced to part with their patrirnony through dire ne- eessitv. Large sums of money are spent by Mr. Bell in the improvement of the country round about Beinn Bhreagh. connected with Baddeck by the little ferryboat that plies back and forth with the mails twice a day. until the once impossible forests that cover the hills for miles inland are to-day pierced in every direction with smooth roads, oyerhung bygrand old pines and hemloelSs.
 Some idea of the condition of the country five years ago may be obtained from the experience of a house party who set out by boat from BaddecA and landed at Beinn Bhreagh with the in tention of making their way across the point to the shores of Braddore lakes. Miss AiIeen Bell, daughter of Mr. Charles David Bell, of Georgetown, D. c. who wns guest of her cousin at that time. tells me that when the party left the landing they were forced to hew their way through the tangled un- dergrowth in many places, using hatch cts. with which each guest was pro- vided. to cat foothold in the rocky soil In the rapid march of improve ment driveway stretches across the peninsula and ramifes inland for many miles, towards the sheep farms far be- yond.
 Some twenty-five miles from Bad deck. in the heart of the country. there is beautiful little hunting lodge oc- eunied by Mr. Bell and MT. George Kennan during a portion of each season for the cariboo hunt.
 An extensive laboratory adjoins Mfr. Bells house at Baddeels. iu which most of his scientific experiments are con ducted. Tn this laboratory the pro- lessor spends large part of his time, and here arc perfected many of the inventions that have made his fame world wide.
 To increase yet further the attrae- tions of his chosen retreat, Mir. Bell has built a. houseboa9. which is kept anchored ia the little harbor at the foot of his grounds. Mabel, Beinn Bhreaghg is the name of this dainty craft, given in honor of h.s wife and his pet hobby. complete in all it's de- tails, are the arrangements of this wa ter palace. planu upon q scale of elaborate entertaining. Many weeks of each season are passed in idle wan derings in and out of the picturesque streams and islets of the neighborhood. The boat is patterned upon the plan of a Catamaran, and propelled by small tug, or ferryboat. engaged by Mir. Bell for the transportation of the mails be- tween Baddeclx and Beinn Bhreagh.
 The river Denny, one of the most beautiful little rivers which indent the coast, is favorite tract for these ex- cursions, studded, as it is, with count less tiny islands. When the passage becomes too narrow for the tug, the houseboat is propelled by two canoes, in the hands of sturdy paddlers. When their destination is reached the boat is secured in it's place by means of ropes SIESbcECd lEOIf lo1stlid g9 tstdAb= | AACl begins the poetry of existence. Among the towering pines and hemIoelzs, what more perfect dream life could be de- sired? At night hundreds of lanterns, like hrefies, dot the surface of the wa ter, gliding hither and thither, strung from the bows of rowboats, or birch canoes. Among the most enjoyable features of thls floating existence are the charmingly informal entertain ments given by Mr. and Mrs. Bell, who know how to enjoy as well as to work, and to give as well as to rceieve.
 ANNA r. THOMAS. !
 The 0ueensbury Bride.