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The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-08-25
Don't Sleep All Your Life.

The fault with our people is that
they do not think. They never
wake up to the situation until it is
too late to act, aud then the matter
is dropped to await another such a.
Weakening. In the meantime the
produce goes to waste. At the
present moment, for instance, the
trees are laden with fruit of all
kinds, and more of it will be wasted
than marketed, With the fruit in
sight, people rush in and want to
know ii they can establish a cannery
ON five minutes notice. When they
discover that this cannot be done,
they then fold their hands helplessly.
There ie money in canning fruit.
Notasingle can of fruit put mp last
year but has had a purchaser. The
same will be true of this year. In the
north and east eanneries are estab-
lished with a working season of less
than one month, when the raw ma
terial is exhausted. Then they have
to shut down for the year, and yet
they have made money. In the
south, on the contrary, the canning
season can last from May into De-
eember-eight months continual
work. There is not a week in which
there is not small berries, fruits and
vegetables which can be canned and
marketed. Therefore the success of
one month in the north could be ac-
complished eight times over in the
south.
But how to do this? That is the
trouble. In first place there is no
business in the world but requires
preliminary thought and study.
Take Boone county farmer. He
should go to some of his mercantile
friends and ask them. What kind of
fruits, which can be grown here, are
in demand? Where is the market?
How should the canning be done?
How many products are of charac-
ter which can be made marketable
by this method of preservation?
What is the price of a canning out
fit? Where can it be purchased?
Then going home he should call upon
his neighbors, and look at the fields
and the products of nature. 1t will
not be long until he will discover
that, be can, oct -prafuets, which the.
are Just as open to him as to any one
else. Then for next year he can set
the date of his business, content if
the experiment gives him knowledge
upon which to bloom out year lat
err. The man who would succeed
must prepare himself to do so.
Within FIVE years he will be doing a
good business while his neighbor
who went fishing and slept will be
as negligent and as penniless as of
yore.
That is the whole situation. How
NANCY of our thriving young men
in the country will set down and
think this matter over? There is an
is an invitation init for them. There
is support-a compentency, even
more than that if extra energy is APP
piled.
While it may be too late to estab-
fish canneries this year, it is not too
late to think oyer what might be
done next.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-08-25
Be Happ y as You Can.

/ do believe in neighbors getting
along together and getting all the en-
ioyment possible out of life. AT best,
it's only short journey and I'VE
shall not come this way again." so
why not be as happy and make 9th
ers as happy as possible.-Corres-
pondent Farm and Ranch.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-08-25

Coils P. Huntington, president OF
the Southern Pacific railroad, died
suddenly of heart disease Tuesday,
at his summer lodge in the noun
tains of New York, at the age Of 70.
He was the last of the Big -Four
pioneers in Pacific railroad building,
and was one of the most remarkable
men of the age.
Messrs. Chas. N. Bell of Pine Bluff
and S. L. Henderson of Imboden
have been appointed cadets at the
naval academy at Annapolis, and
Mr.. Ben, w. Field OF Jonssboro at
the military academy at West Point.
They won the appointments at COM
petitive examinations,
Randolpy county will vote for a
county clerk at the election with the
understanding that the man who
gets the largest vote will be appoint
cd by the governor, when it is deter
mined blythe census that the county
isentitled to another clerk.
Since January list, corporation
have been organized in the stat
with a total capitalization OF $213,
SPLITS. 1t is needless to say tn
stock has not all been paid up.
Texas will rank fifth among tn
States in population, with abou
100000 inhabitants.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-08-25

ground methods | have described.
There are no electric car lines, no
cable lines, and very few horseear-
lines, these being in those parts Of
the city where travel is lightest.
The reader will have noted, therefore,
that the horse is not a dead letter in
London town, by any manner of
means. In fact it is pretty near the
whole thing, SO far as transporta-
ton goes.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-08-25

Mcna has ourfew law, which
keeps all persons under 10 years Of
aye OIL the streets after 9 O'Clock at
night.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-08-25
The Infinite Goodness Of God


In a recently published criticism
of a sermon preached in Harrison
Prof. ]. Sam Jones takes issue with
the preacher after the following man
ner:
The fundamental doctrine oil the
Christian religion is, that God is
good, absolutely perfect in WISDOM
power, love and mercy. All Chris
tian people accept the major premise
in the Christian religion, thereto
we cannot accept an argument let
be made by whomsoever it may'l
when it is not in harmony with the
fundamental principle OF our re'g-
ion.
In his sermon the other
night one OF our preachers said the
providences of God were enshrouded
in mystery, and no one could tell or
realize the goodness of God, as he
took the innocent babe from the
arms of loving mother, or where lie
took the stalwart husband from the
loving wife and children. | raise my
voice in condemnation of any such
doctrine, and positively assert that
it is not in keeping with the funda-
mental principle of the Christian re-
ligion. A God of wisdom, love and
mercy cannot be guilty ofmurderun-
der such circumstances and the death
cf all can only be accounted for ac-
cording to knownlaw consequently
we are not justified in charging such
deaths to the providences of God
eff God had to resort to murder IN
order to change the lives OF men and
woman, He would be a weakling in
deed, and would not be.worthy the
alteration of good men and woman"
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-08-25

An electisn will be held in Cuba on
the third Saturday in September to
elect delegates to a constitutional
convention, to assemble in Hayana
on the first Monday in November
The demand for Mr.. Bryan's APP
pearance on the stump is SO great
he will be compelled to yield and
make some speeches in New York,
Maryland and the middle west.
VIC. P. Breckenridge of Kentucky.
has possible chance to go back to
Gda aFts1 sgsc2 rs l tMQ aas@efRSdf saRai
are running in his district.
Last week was the hottest week in
history of Chicago. There were
nearly 700 deaths In the city. The
weather was intensely hot through
out the entire West.
The first traces of a prehistoric
race in Alaska were found recently
near Mt. st. Elias, in copper mine
which had been worked ages ago.
The outflow of the oil wells at
Corsicana, Texas, is constantly in
creasing. Hon. Roger Q. Mills has
made his fortune out of them.
Financial difficulties, arising large
" from the Transvaal war, make New
York, instead of London the head OF
the worlds money market.
The federal statute went into effect
on the the LIST requiring all railroads
to use automatic couplers, instead
of the link and pin.
The building and property of the
bankrupt firm OF Harper Bros, the
New York publishers, vas sold Fri
day for 81, 100000.
Last year 92S, 1924 men were en-
ployed on the railroads of the United
States, being 54, 900 more than th'
year previous.
The Standard Oil Company has
paid $3S, 900, 900 in dividends with
in a year, which is 3S per cent on it
capital stock.
Judge Carroll n Wood of the Su
preme Court has lately been looking
after his mining interests in Mariol
county,
w. II. Brooks has been sent to til
penitentiary for life for helping t
lynch three men at Palestine, Texa.
in 1868.
Shipments of 100000 of gol
are on their way from Dawson Cit,
Alaska, to the assay Office, at Sea
tie,
Miss Agnes Smith of Clevelan
Ohio, has had the courts restrai
Junius w. Cobb from counting her.
Sugar planters from Hawaii a
working Texas for cane6eld negro
for their plantations.
: Miss Hattie Stone Of Danbur
= Conn, is in serious danger ofsne'
Y ing herself to death.
Receipts of grain at st. Louis a
S phenomenal, and more elevat
C room is required,
> Three convicts in New York Ste
&c prison hanged themselves to esca
the heat
lie It recently rained for 80 hours
IT Southern Texas, badly damage
cotton.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-08-25

A successful tent meeting is being
conducted at Yellville by Rev M, X,
Smell and Dr.. McWhirter.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-08-25

lhave seen the Bank of England,
covering eight acres, and been duly
impressed with the magnihcencc of
the beadle who presides, in gorgeous
raiment, over it's outer sanctuaries;
have visited the Stock Exchange
next door, where was compelled to
proceed lest step upon the pigeons
that infest its steps and befoul all
its purlieus; | have examined with
some curiosity, but no admiration,
the Mansion House, dedicated to the
useof the Lord Mayor; have cross
ed London Bridge, and visited the
White Chapel district, and seen
The Old Curiosity Shop, made famous
by Charles Dickens, and visited the
Tower and looked upon the Royal
Regalia, and seen Newgate prison,
and the Old Bailey, aid Lincoln
Inns Fields; l have gazed upon the
art treasures of the National Gallery
ransacked the innermost recesses of
the several museums, examined Buck
ingham Palace, and Marlborough
House, and Clarence House; | have
compared the magnificence of the
Parliament House with the solid
and Substantial edifice at Washing
ton where the aggregated wisdom
of the United States occasionally
makes fun for the world: | have
walked with revercntial steps and
uncovered head through Westmin
lister Abbey, and looked upon the
slabs that hide from view the bodies
of Browning, and Dickens, and Rart
Ben Johnson, and Thackeray, anC
Tennyson, and SmolIett, and al
that host of great ones who have Sc
enriched the literature of the world
| have seen in the Poets Corner
the white marble bust of our owl
immortal Longfellow. with n fresl
rose resting on its bosom, the lovinj
tribute of some one of the thousand
of Americans, who, like me, wer
visiting this royal sculpture OF tn
great nation from which we sprang
and whose virtues and achievement
are our common heritage | hay
seen all these things, and more, tina
| cannot now mention, and yet
have seen a very small part of thi
, vast city. | wish could stay her
few weeks that might gro,
somewhat accustomed TO its din
and the throbbings Of its might
commercial activities. But ! canno
| am of for gay Paris tonight.
w. M. NEAL.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-08-25

Garden, one of the largest, is com
modious, but its boxes are not hand
some, the seats are not modern. -
having no appliances for taking care
oil your hat and coat and it is not
well ventilated. The Lyceum, the
property of Sir Henery Irving, where
he is now playing, is small, stuffy,
i'll lighted, poorly ventilated, and
presents no architectural or artistic
excelleneies whatever. cannot now
recall a single playhouse in any city
Of America that is not superior to it
in every way. am told the Empire
and one or two other music hall
theatres, given up wholly to varieties
are much more snowy in their in
t1T7or decorations, but am also in
formed they do not begin to COM
pare with like institutions on our
side. The scale of prices is about the
same as in New York, and varies
with the reputation of the artists
who are playing. For instance, the
cheapest reserved seat that could be
had at the Covent Garden for the
opera OF Tannhauser, was 7 shilling
6 pence, while the night following
the same seats sold at 10 shillings,
the opera being Die Meistersinger.
On Friday evening, when Media sang
in Romeo and Juliet, the same seats
were 10 shillings. From these fig
ures seats went as high as thirty
shillings. 1t will be seen, therefore,
that going to the opera in London
is expensive. At the Covent Garden
theatre, known as the Royal Opera
House, many rich Americans take
boxes tor the season Among these
are ]. Pierrepont Morgan. one or
two of the Astors, and others. \
London newspaper says that Ameri-
can millionaries are as thick in
London rs blaekberries, which is
misleading since have nowhere
seen any blackberries in London.
Nor did the paper making the am
nouncement mention any millionaire
except Mr.. John D. Rockefeller,
whose appearance, the reporter said,
would not have established his
credit at the hotel for a nights lodg-
ing, if he had had no baggage, fact
which in my opinion is much to his
credit. | will venture the prediction
that Mr.. Rockefeller will not engage
.ax,orore - et--ea~-..'7 esrrr'i~t
theatre for the season, either, though
| believe it is generally admitted he
is able to pay the price
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-08-25

We beat London to death in the
matter Of theatres. fhc Convent
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-06-14

tst of no other empire hut ENGLAND to
replete Austria at this moment. and
see how complete her Vaccinations are
No nation trusts another, and, if Aus
tria had proof that England is at the
bottom of this robbery, she dare not
say anything because her war chest is
empty. Then, again, she dare not al
low either Germany or Russia to know
how ef1ectually she has been robbed,
for no one can tell what either of these
nations would do under the circum.
stances. The government dare not let
even its own people know what has
happened. 1t is stroke of vengeance
marvellous in its tinality. Austria is
crippled for years to come, unless she
can find the stolen gold ON her own ter
ritory"
The old lady had worked herself up
into such a state of excitement during
her recital that she did not notice that
most Of her companion visitors had
taken their leave, and when the princess
approached the two she arose with some
trepidation.
my dear princess, she said, lyon.
tea has been so good and the company
of your young compatriot has been So
charming that have done nothing hut
chatter chatter chatter away about
things which should only be spoken of
under ones breath. and now | must
hurry away May venture to hope
that you will honor me with your pres
ence at one of my receptions when
send you a card?'
Il shall be delighted to do so, " re.
piled the princess, with that gracious
condescension which became her so
we'll
The garrulous old lady was the last
to take her leave, and when the prin-
cess was left alone with her guest she
cried:
Jennie have found out absolutely
nothing, What have you discovered ''
"Everythng replied the girl walk
ing up and down the floor in excite
ment over the finding of such bonanza
OF news.
"You don It tell me so, Now, do sit
down and let me know the full partcu-
lars ut once.
When Jennie's exciting story wa;
finished, she said:
"You see, this robbery explains why
the premier did not follow up his war
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-06-14

advantage CT saving your paper a day
We will run down together into Italy
to Venice; then you can take down
your code and telegraph from there in
perfect safety When that is done, you
will return here to Vienna with me.
And another thing you may he sure
your editor will want you TO stay right
here on the spot, to let him know of any
outcome Of this sensational denoue-
ment "
THAT isn't bad idea, D." murmured
Jennie Glow long will it take US to
get TO Nenice?"
II don know, but am sure it will
save you hours compared with going to
London. | shall get the exact time for
you in a moment.
Jennie followed the suggestion Of the
princess, and together the two went to
the ever enhancing city Of Venice. BY
the time they reached there Jennie had
her account written and coded The
long message was handed in at the tee-
graph office as soon as the two arrived
in Venice. Jennie also sent the editor a
private dispatch giving her address in
for sending the telegram from Italy
rather than from Austria or Germany
IN the evening she received reply
from Mr. Hardwick "This is magnifi.
cent. the telegram said. ~ doubt il
anything like it has ever been done be.
fore. We will startle the world tomor-
row morning Please return to Vienna,
for as You have discovered this much,
! am perfectly certain that you will be
able to unearth the robbers. OF course
all the police and all the papers of Eu-
rope will be on the same scent, but |
am sure that You will prove a match
for the whole combination.
ooh, dear" cried Jennie, as she
handed the message to her friend
"What bothersome world this isl
There is no fnality about anything
One piece of work simply leads to an
other, Here | thought ! had earned al
least good months rest but, instead
OF that, further demand is made upon
me. I am like the genii in fairy tales;
no sooner is one apparently impossible
task accomplished than another is set, "
'Rut what a magnificent thing it
would be if you could discover the rob
Der OF robbers"
"Magnificent enough, yes but that
ism TO be done by inviting lot of old
women to tea, is it q
mo; but we shall have to set our
wits togshor in another direction
tell you, Jennie, | know have infu-
ence enough to have you made mem
Der of the special police Shall intro
duce you as from America and say that
you have made speciality of solving
mysteries? An appointment - the spe-
cial police would allow you to- have un-
restricted entrance to the secret portion
of the treasury building, You would
see the rooms damaged by the explo-
sion, and you would learn what others
have discovered. With that knowledge
we might then do something toward
solving the problem. -
Madame la Princesse cried Jennie
enthusiastically. you are inspired
The very thing Let MS get oack to
! Vienna. And accordingly the two
conspirators left Italy by the night
train for Austria
TO BE CONTINUED.
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LIE BURLINGTON FREE PRESS: THURSDAY. JUNE H. 1900

from him. fearing that he was iii, be-
gan to make inquiries Then she re-
ceved together the information and the
canton.
In the presence Of death all CONSIDERS
are futile, and Jennie realized this as
she endeavored as we'll as she could to
comfort the girl Her heart was so
much enlisted in this that perhaps her
| intellect was the less active, but hero
! she stood on the very threshold of the
secret she had come TO Vienna to dis
cover and yet had not the slightest sus-
| picion that the girls tragedy and her
own mission We're interviewer. Jennie
| had wondered at the stupidity of Cad
/ bury Taylor who failed to see what
seemed so plainly before him, yet here
was Jennie herself come 600 miles,
more or less, to obtain certain informa-
ton, and here sobbing girl was mar
rating the very item of news that she
had come so far TO learn, all of which
would seem to show that none of us are
so bright and clever as we imagine our
selves to be.
In the afternoon the princess entered
Jennie's sitting room carrying in her
hand bunch of letters.
"Therel" she cried "While you have
been resting ! have been working, and
we are not going to allow any time to
be lost | have written with my own
hand invitations to about two dozen
people to chr tea on Thursday, among
Others the wife of the premier, Countess
Stron ! expect you to devote yourself
to that lady and tell me the result of
the conversation after it is over Have
you been talking consolation to Gret-
Itch? | came up here half an hour ago
and it seemed to me heard the sound
of crying in this room.
ooh, yesl" said Jennie. "She has
been telling me all her trouble. 1t seems
she had lover in the army. and he has
been killed in some accident in the
treasury.
"What kind of an accident ?"
"Gretlich said there was an explo-
sion there
Dear me hadn't heard Of it, 1t
is curious thing that one must come
from Lon1cn to tell us our own news.
An explosion in the treasury, and so
serious that a soldier was killed That
arouses my curiosity, so | shall just sit
down and write another invitation to
the wife of the master of the treasury.
Il wish you would, because | should
like to know something further about
this myself. Gretlich seems to have had
bDt scant information regarding the
occurrence. and | would like to know
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-06-14

like speech. The police seem to think
that England has had hand in this
robbery but, of course, that is absurd.
81 am not so sure of that, replied
the princess, taking, as she spoke the
Chicago point Of view and forgetting
for the moment her position am0pg the
aristocracy of Europe. England takes
most things it can get its hands on,
and she is not too slow to pick up a
gold mine here and there. So why
should she hesitate when the gold Is
already minted for her
at is too absurd for argument,
continued Jennie calmly; $50 We won I
talk of that phase of the subject. !
must get away to England instantly
Let rs find out when the first train
leaves.
"Nonsense" protested the princess.
"What do You need to 90 to England
for You have seen nothing of Vienna, -
ooh can see Vienna another timeI
| must get to England with this ac-
count of the robbery. "
won't your paper pay for tele-
graphing such an important piece Of
news2'
ooh yesl There would he no diff
Guilty about that, but | dare not trust
either the post or the telegraph in a
case like this The police are on the
watch
But couldn't you send it through
by "A code2 My father used always to do
! his cabling by code, 1t saved lot of
money and also kept other people from
knowing what his business was. ="
Il have a code, but | hesitate about
trusting even to that. "
"Ill tell you what We'll do" said
the princess, Il want you to stay il
Vienna.
"Oh, | will return" said Jennie.
w've only just had taste of this de-
lightful city. II come right back.
81 cant trust you to do anything OF
the kind When You get to London, you
will stay there Now, here is what
propose, and it will have the additional
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ors. Although Mr.. HardwiCk was sharp
and decisive in business matters, he
proved an awkward man where his
affections were concerned, and he often
came and sat by the girls desk evil
IDENTIFY wishing to say something and
yet quite as evidently having nothing
to say. and thus the situation became
embarrassing. Jennie was practical
girl and had no desire to compicate the
situation by allowing her employer to
fall in love with her, yet it was impos-
sible to go to him and ask that his 1T
tentions might bc limited strictly to a
business basis The crisis, however,
was brought on by Mr.. Hardwick him
self. one day when they were alone
together he said abruptly:
THAT romance in high life which
you were investigating with Mr.. Cad
bury Taylor did not come to anything p
"No, Mr.. 1Iardwick. "
"Then don t Won think we might en-
act romance in high life in this very
room? 1t is high enough from the street
to entitle it to be called a romance in
high life" And the editor grinned I'M
easily, like an unready man who hopes
to relieve dilemma by poor joke.
Jennie, however, did not laugh and
did not look up Mt him, hut continued
to scribble shorthand notes on the paper
before her.
"Ah, Mr.. Hardwickl" she said, with
sigh 81 see you have discovered my
secret, although | hoped to conceal it
even from your alert eyes. | am in
deed, in the situation Of Ralph Rack
straw in 'Pinafore i love, and love,
alas, above my station and now that
you know kplf you may as well know
all 1t arose out of that unfortunate
ball given by the Duchess of Chisel-