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The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1912-12-07
FARMERS AND THEIR AUTOS
Not Bought for Pleasure, but Because
Machines Can Be Used to Much
Advantage In Farming.

Recently there has been consider
able pesslmism expressed by country
bankers over the alleged reckless ex-
travagance Of farmers In buying auto
mobiles, and some state bankers as
sociations have gone so far as to ex'
press In official resolutions their dis
approval OF farmers taking their
money out of the banks to buy ma
chimes and intimating that credit viii
be refused those who try to borrow
money for that purpose.
These pessimistic warnings by
the banks are so uniform in charac'
ter and are sent with such marked
regularity as to arouse the suspicion
that they emanate from a certain
source and are intended to conceal
sinister purpose, Perhaps this activ'
ity on the part Of certain powerful
financial interests may be explained
by the reports that great trust Is
being formed to take over all the prln-
cipal automobile factories in the
United States, and If the business can
be demoralzed by frightening people
and thus preventing them from buy
ing machines the central plants can
be bought for less money,
While It Is true that thousands OF
farmers have bought autos, 1t VIII
doubtless be found on proper investi'
cation that most Of them had the
money In the bank to pay for them,
and that very little borrowed money
has been used for this purpose. The
report sent out by Wall street
agency that farmers all over the west
were mortgaging their land for this
purpose and that one bank In Kansas
City held So farm mortgages which
had been placed to get money to buy
automobiles, have been proven to be
entirely untrue.
Farmers are buying automobiles
not as bankers do, for pleasure-but
because they have learned that they
can use them to a great advantage In
their farming operations. A trip to
town which usually takes three hours
with good team can be made In
forty minutes by an auto, a saving OF
nearly two and a half hours, and the
team can be kept at work In the field
meantime, This saving Of time and
the labor OF a team and man In the
field Is we'll worth while and highly
commendable
Thousands Of autos are used every
day by daIrymen, fruit growers and
truckers to deliver their produce to
market, and these machines, loaded
to the guards, may be seen daily on
the streets of market towns in every
state east, west, north and south.
Many farmers also use their autos
for power to run Beparators and 9TH
err light machinery on the farm, as
II is tho cheapest power that can be
supplied. And II In addition TO these
needs the farmer uses his auto to take
his family 10 town or to church or to
visit his friends with comfort and
celebrity while the work teams are
resting, he Is merely showing further
evidence Of his conservative business
Judgment and good common sense
which wo may safely continue to
trust
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1912-12-07

q changed man since that Warlng hop,
Really, auntle dear"
"You ought to be ashamed OF your.
self" said Aunt Jane, mo, | don't
want any more sugar In my tea,
You're taking advantage Of his youth
and inoxporl0neo to mako tho poor
boy unhappy"
81 mako him unhappy" exclaimed
Mrs, Morrlwld, "Why, sweetheart, he
mover know what happiness was bo-
foro he met me, It's tho dellrlum Of
eestaey=or the eeataoy Of dellrlum-I
forget which no gald-juat to BIO near
me. And the touch OF my hand-l
can't recall at this moment exactly
what tho touch Of my hand is, but
the effect IL something forco, Os We
used to say in the Office And when
you talk Of neXperieneo, well, that
n to Bnigger He knows women up
and down and all around, all the
same like book, He's wise TO u.s.,
auntle There aren't any of our little
tricks ana manners that he Isn't 30
to speak, hep to, It's positively UNI
eanny, his penetration whore women
bro concerned That's without any
reference to me, Of course, I'm not
an ordinary woman, I'm an enigma,
even to him, lIo admits that, DoNr
feddlel"
~ call II Wicked" observed Aunt
Jane, III you were serious, Il would
ba different II would be bad enough
thon, but 40 It Ia, lt'a wicked"
Mrs, Morlwld not down tho cup Of
tea she had been slipping and leaned
back In her chair and sighed, ~
wonder # I'm not aefloua2" she said,
"Why SHOULDN'T be7 Look at Il In
a reasonable light, auhtie, Would It
be any disadvantage to him to have a
wife who was old enough to have
eomo sengo7 Suppose no morrlog
some half,nedged bfoler, M he prob
ably viii In the course OF time II |
let him 80, Well, she'll make him
miserable by expecting too much OF
MIN, and she'll BIO miserable herself
because no lan't all her fancy painted,
and then he'll DO more miserable,
Now wouldn't expect anything un'
reasonably angelic, because I've seen
too many men, young and old, to EN-
terialn any Illusions, Most Of them
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1912-12-07
GET LEARNING FROM BOOKS
Modern Farmer Who Does Much
Reading No Longer subject Of
RIdIeule=Many study

Tho farmer who reads agricultural
papers, books, and bullotlna, and At
tends farmers lnetItuloa IN no longer
ridleued az n book farmer, except by
nm occasional elmpleton whose cen
sure amounts 70 real praise, People
arc studying agriculture 10 never BIO.
totO, once, and not very long ago,
either II was thought dorogatory TO
the high character Of the human IN,
teleet 10 engage Il IN the soFdid M.
fairs Of business Eventually brains
became involved IN business affairs
az we'll as IN philosophy rhetoric, and
poetry and later even philosophers
and poets became rcconollod to this
humiliation Of the "0odsllke" faculty
OF man, Later farmers began TO In
yoke the intellect 20 insure success
and began 10 arouse themselves from
the lalhafgy Of centuries, ana TO ask,
why no much pfogrean In other lines
and 40 little on the farms Farmers
ara now combining IN one enthusiasts
Gle chase IN hot pursuit OF knowl.
edge, Let every one OF us run the
race Of our lives,
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1912-12-07

wild, GLOW very eattyl II he were
hardly thirty, should bo barely forty,
but waving that, | think Il would bo
perfectly lovely don't expect to
find my faculties failing when I'm go.
Ing on for Atty, even, and | shall only
glyo up my maBseuBe and my few sim.
pie toilet preparations with tho
breath Of life, Teddlo's youth will be
an additional Incentive to mo TO keep
beautiful, Most women, when their
husbands begin to show signs of tho
eero and yellow, allow themselves to
get sloppy and dowdy, That's where
| shall have what Is vulgarly termed
the edge on them"
"Oh, we'll" sighed Aunt Jane, III
you've decided to mako u fool Of your
self, | suppose there's no use talking,
Whon "a the interesting event to take
place, II one may ask2"
Don't worry, deafle," said Mrs
Merflwld "i'm not going TO marry
poor Toddle, Hos u sweet boy and
hos the only ono ever told me that
my eyes were pools OF llmpld light,
but he's such on everlasting oallow IL
Ito idiot"
"Then why" began Aunt Jane In
bowlldormont,
"Woll, dtarle, ho'll bo wiser when !
got through with him." said Mrs, Mer
fiwld I'm doing him q real kind
ness"
Copyright 1919, by w, q, chapman,)
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1912-12-07
The Modoea,

The Modoo lndlana=there were
only few hundred Of them=were re-
moved from their old habitat IN the
oregon country by the government
Not liking the change they returned
to their old home, and under their
able leader, captain jack defeated
tho troops sont to expol them in 1873,
During the negotiations for n settle
meht they deeoyed the United States
commissioners into an ambush april
~ and mastered General Candy
aud some forty others, Fighting fol-
lowed, and the Indians fetreated "a
an almost lmpfegnabe position, They
were finally surrounded and after q
brave resistance surrendered Gap
tain Jack" was captured, tried IN
June, 1879, and executed October ..
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1912-12-07
MELISSA DOES NOT CARE FOR
CALLOW YOUTH.

"You needn't tell mel" said Mrs.
Merriwids maternal maiden aunt
Jane, Indignantly.
Mrs. Merriwid held back the loose
sleeve of her tea gown with one hand
while she poured with the other, a
movement which displayed the beau
ties Of her arm and hand, literally, 10
admiration. 1t was a pity that no one
but Aunt Jane was present. At the
same time, Mrs. Merrlwids eyes
sparkled mischievously and she gig
gled so that she spilled the tea,
Every well, dearie," she said, Il
won't tell you"
He needs spanking" declared Aunt
Jane, rubbing her nose, as she had a
habit Of doing when vexed, "and you
do too" she added. "Why, he's an in
fantl And you, you are"
Count on your fingers" suggested
Mrs Merriwid. "You won't have to
wrinkle up your forehead so much.
Or I'll tell you, to save trouble. I'm
twenty-eight If I'm a day"
you're thirty" snapped Aunt Jane,
land he isn't much over twenty"
But he's large for his age" said
Mrs. Morriwd, dimpling. six feet
and over And you must admit that
am remarkably well preserved, 50
that the disparity isn't really so great
as 1t might seem at the first blush,
Some of the happiest marriages."
'Fiddle!" Aunt Jane interrupted,
"You know better"
And he's seen a great deal Of the
world" Mrs Merrlwld continued, dis
regarding the interruption, "IIe says
80, himself He has been, in fact, a
bit Of a devil but, of course, that was
before he came under my ennobling and
refining influence He finds himself
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1912-12-07
Water In the Cow Pasture.

II Ia most important that the dairy
herd have plenty Of pure wetor II
wator IN not abundant ana pure the
profits will be cut IN two or cut ont
altogether, Keep the spring holes In
the pastures clean and make the ap.
broaehes safe. Water Ia a necessity In
aiding the digestion and assimilation
OF solid food.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1912-12-07
Watching Hog Results.

Keep all the hogs on the pncs
busy Let them do all the growing,
fatlehlng or producing young You
emit stay etlll IN the hog buslpoNa,
Every animal IL either losing monsy
or making II for you bee that every
individual hog ID on the right side
Of the ledger, and that YOU have
definite object IN keeping Il,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-04-14
CHAUFFEUR STRIKE
is AGITATING PARIS
Excitement on Boulevard Saint
Martin Over Assault on One
of the Breakers

Paris, April 2-Tremendous excite
ment prevailed on the Boulevard St
Martin when the driver OF a taxi. with
q municipal guard seated at his side to
protect him. was treated to a shower OF
bricks by a party OF drivers on strike
who had just emerged from the Labor
Exchange, where they had been holding
a meeting.
Bicycle policemen who had followed
them singled out one of the most agrees
siVe, and were about to arrest him when
he sped away. As he was on the point
OF being caught. he pulled revolver out
OF his pocket and fired on them. Tho
bullets whistled by their ears, but fortu-
nately no one was hit.
When the man. who had thrown his
revolver away, was finally captured the
crowd which gathered around thrashed
him soundly, and he was in sorry con-
dition when he was taken to the station.
He is now an inmate of the depot at
the prefecture of police on the double
charge OF attempted murder and the car
rying OF q forbidden weapon.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-04-14
GERMAN CANAL PROJECT
TAKING PRACTICAL SHAPE
Big Traffic Of the Rhine Desires an Outlet in the
North Sea

revealed that many theatrical establIsh@
ments are on the brink Of disaster In con-
sequence OF 'Kintopp' competition. Th0
craze for film shows Is not only dealing
box oflces deadly blow, but Is tempting
actors and actresses from the legitimate
stage The case was cited OF a Berlin
leading lady who has succumoed TO the
higher salaries offered BIZ Aim concerns,
and who did not hesitate recently to ning
herself Into a lake, to portray the prin-
eipal role In q ''Kintopp" naelodrama, en-
titled Tired Of Life"
The consensus Of opinion was that mo-
ton pictures should be confined by law
10 science and education. and should BE-
debarred from invading the sacred realm
Of the drama. II was decided that one,
Of the most potent means Of fighting thel
"KIntopp" would be TO place prohibltiye
import duty on foreign films and the int
periai government VIII be petitioned to
that end. Meantime, "Kintops' continued
TO, sweep all before them.
The Kaiser's impresarios themselves
eapitulated this week 10 seductive ofier
for the rental Of the obsolete Royal
operetta Thsater. which win now be
turned into q "Rintopp."
Big st. Peternburs Plot.
Princes. miIlionaires. priests. peasants,
and representatives, OF practically every
class OF society 10 tne NUMBER OF los, are
the accused in a gigantic trial which Is
being conducted behind closed doors in
ST. Petersburg.
It is one Of the most remarkable cases
that have come before the Russian
courts for years. and the charge is OF
participating in revolutionary work in
the Caucasus.
In order to establish the guilt Of the
accused the dispositions % witnesses and
other documents have been altered and
forged in the most shameless fashion:
In many cases the evidence taken at the
preliminary inquiry has been so manipu-
lated as to represent the very reverse OF
what was actually stated
The responsibility for this gross att
tempt at perverting justice rests with
the examining magistrate, one Lyjlun.
This individual has on a previous oc4
casion been proved guilty OF similar acts
promoted by the minister OF justice, and
Il Is said that when the I5s Armenians
have been duly condemned his handiwork
Will receive q still higher token Of ap-
probation.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-04-14
DE- FREpERIcK WERNER.

Berlin. April i3.-How to meet the
national defense bills without arousing
too much opposition against the imperial
government Is the most dificult problem
the chancellor has to face at present.
and the leading ministers Of all the Ger
man Federal States have. during the
last two weeks, had several important
conferences in this city for the purpose
Of discussing ways and means.
The change in the political situation.
and more particularly the conversations
with England. have had no influence on
the character OF the bills, Germania,
the leading organ Of the Center party
declares: but though German taxpayers
would undoubtedly be glad II. as a result
OF diplomatic negotiations. the German
empire could do without any new army
and navy bills, the paper points out
that It Is not England alone which must
be considered, but also Germany's rela-
tionship toward other powers. At q
recent meeting Herr Bassermann, leader
OF the National Liberal party, stated
in his speech that the bills would not
come before the Reichstag for some time
yet, because differences OF opinion have
arisn among the ministers. This may
possibly lead to the fall OF the cabinet
or radical changes in its present make
up.
The New Navy Bill.
Rear Admiral KsIau Won Hofe, retired,
writing in the Magdeburger zeitung.
says that according 10 the published m
formation, the following are the main
points OF the new navy bill: First, the
formation of a third battle-ship squadron
in the active feet; secondly. three new
battle ships and two small cruisers; third
ly, Improvement in the running OF the
whole feet. and, fourthly, some new sub
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-04-14

Berlin. April 1.-THE project for build
ing q canal which WIN give the trafic
Of the Rhine an outlet on the German
coast Of the North sea at Emden, Is
taking prscticai shape. A committee has
been formed In which the town council
of Emden, the Chambers Of Commerce Of
Cologne. Harburg. and Altoona. and one
Of Germany's prince-capitalists. Prince
salm, have Representatives The plans
for the canal. which viii lie wholly
within German territory, are being print
ed for submission TO the government and
ReIchstag. They viii also be sent 70
all corporations and persons Interested.
The canal. as az present projected, VIII
start from Wesel, on the Rhine. run to-
ward the Dutch frontier. and turning
away at Leer. come out eventually IN
the River Ems. The cost Of the canal
IL estimated at S57. 10000.
German shipping and the terminal
towns will not be the only gamers from
the building Of the canal. One Of its
most beneficial results Is expected to be
the drainage OF large tracts Of coun-
try, particularly the immense Bourtan-
ger Moor, and their subsequent cultiva-
ton and habitation.
None OF his unofacial titles is dearer
to the Kaiser's heart than that Of
"Germany's best business man." That
being so. the German Industrial world
has decided to commemorate his mai
esty's silver jubilee in 1913 by printing
q monumental work devoted to the
progress and development OF German
trade and commerce during his reign.
The book. which viii be a comprehensive
affair OF four volumes, on which nifty
eminent economists are already at work.
viii deal especially with the part the
Kaiser himself has played in the made
In Germany" cause. A gorgeous copy OF
the work. bound in gold and silver. will
be presented to the Emperor on his next
birthday, In January, 1913.
German managers. actors, and play
wrights have made ready for action
against the all conquering motion-picture
mania. At a meeting OF delegates OF ma
tional associations representing hlstrfonic
art In Berlin this week. II was decided
that heroic measures were necessary 10
preserve the theater from ruin at the
hands Of '.Kintopps." as motion picture
shows are called here.
Reports from Berlin and the provinces
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-04-14
HIRsUTE soUABBLE STILL ON.
Composer MaESenet and Chorus Mem
Fighting over Boards

Paris. April 1.-THE difference between
NJ Massenet and the chorus men Of the
Paris opera House IS not yet settled He
wants those who wear hair on their faces
to shave it on, SO as to look more like
the old Romans, and they retort that he
is wrong.
They have looked up the question and
find that unlike Orientais who favored
the beard and only shaved in token OF
mourning, the Romans after a certain
period. did the exact reverse. thus fol-
lowing the example set by Scipio Afri-
canus, as Is attested by Ivy but that
was not until 800 years after Rome had
been founded. Beard were still in honor
up till then, as Is proved by the Incl
dent during the invasion by the Gauls.
who found all the senators bearded, and
inSulted one by plucking his beard. Do
not historians show that boards never
entirely went out OF fashion. and do not
documents in the Louvre demonstrate
that even the great Augustus grew one
rs sign OF grief after the death OF
Julius Caesar?
The chorus men consider that they
have proved their case triumphantly. but
st the same time they are inclined to be
nonclliatory. They suggest that a few
lines might be introduced into the opera
Of Roma" by way Of explaining that
at that date the city was in mourning.
and that therefore lie male inhabitants
were wearing boards
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-04-14

A remarkable attraction has been pro-
vided by the vicar OF Rothwell Parish
Church, Northants, by the neat rear
rangement of the skulls and bones in
the famous twelfth century bone crypt"
The discovery Of the existence OF the
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-04-14
TO PROTECT OYSTERS.

London. April BIN view Of the an
nouncement that a precention OF cruelty
10 oysters campaign is to be inaugurated
by the president Of the Alabama Stats
oyster Commission, a professor Of ply
siology at a London medical school to-
day said:
The oyster has certain nervous strue-
lures and undoubtedly has a certain
amount OF nervous Sensibility. Its
nerves can be readily dlssected, and that
Il can respond to a touch Is shown by the
closing OF the shell II one taps on it when
Il Is partly open,
1T is impossible. however, to say
whether its nervous senEoliities are Of
sufficiently high development, to enable
Il 10 experience pain In any case Il
would be hard to find more sudden or
more merciful way of killing any oys-
ter than by eating him.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-04-14
ABSCONDER MAKES
NOVEL DISGUISE
Suez Canal Cashier Completely
Changes His Appearance, In
GLIDING Weight Reduction.

Paris. April IA drastic method OF
Disgusting himself from the police was
adopted by Lepreux, a cashier Of the
Suez Canal Company, who disappear
ed from Paris last october after hav-
ing embezzled $4,000 and who has been
arrested in a Turkish bath at Lille.
Lepreux. a stout, JovIsI looking man OF
forty-four. conceived the idea that a
drastic course of flesh reduction would
furnish him with a disguise calculated
to bafie the most astute detectives.
He accordingly went to Lille on No
vember ]. and taking a small room in
a poor suburb devoted himself to the
task Of reducing his fgure.
Accompanied by a magnificent collie
dog called Dick, Lepreux arrived daily
at the bath at 2 p. m, and after passing
through the various heat rooms was
given elaborate massage. Then he drank
a bottle Of claret and went to sleep in
the divan room until : o'clock. As a
result OF this vigorous treatment in three
and half months Lepreux reduced his
weight by forty-four pounds and effected
such a change in his appearance that
the detectives could not at first recog-
nize him.
Like his entertainments, Lepreux's ar
rest was due to his love for his only
daughter MarceIle. When he fed he left
a note saying he had stolen IN order to
provfde her with a dowry, and his re-
fuge at Lille was discovered through
letters sent to him by his family and
taken from the post-ofice by one OF
the bath attendants.
Scene mt Turkish Bath.
The detectives arrived at the Turkish
bath in the afternoon. and at once went
to the moist heat room, where the at
tendant pointed out TO them a man in
a hath wrap They were unable TO rec
ognize the comfortable, jolly cashier OF
the police photographs in this emaciateG-
looking individual with sunken cheeks.
His face was deeply furrOwed, his erst-
while rotundity had vanished, and a
ragged gray beard had taken the place
of his neat black moustache. He Wig
orousIy denied his identity. but after
seeing that the game was up he po-
IItely asked to be allowed to take his
cold plunge before dressing and going
to the police station. The detectives
afYably agreed, and while his clothes
were searched they watched the unfor-
tunate cashier take his last plunge. In
his pockets the police found thirty-tvo
Suez Canal share coupons, some gold
and $50 in bank notes. as well as some
white pills believed TO be poison.
He declared that he had lost all the
sums embezzled save $1,000 in unfortu-
nate specuIations. Lepreux. who had
been in the employ of the Suez Company
for thirty years, having entered its serv-
ice at the age Of fourteen, was head or
the securities department.