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The Harrison times., 1916-02-12
Part of the OBLIGATION,

Patient-Doc, owe you my life.
Doctor-Yes, and that isn't ALL
Minnesota Minnehaha.
The Harrison times., 1916-02-12

A land patent, a yellowed parchment
dated September 5, 1861, and bearing
the signature of Abraham Lincoln as
president Of the United States, was
filed in the Office of Circuit Clerk Led
better Of Conway The document con
veyed 40 acres of government land In
what was then Conway county, to
Edmon w. Sheriff., 1t was filed by
F. L. Kelley, present owner Of the
land.
The Harrison times., 1916-02-12

The most serious situation in the
most widespread food Arkansas has
ever known, appears to be at tho
state farm at Cummins, in Lincoln
county.
The Harrison times., 1916-02-12

The light and power plants at Eure.
ka Springs were damaged by heavy
storm and the Eureka Springs Times
Echo lmped out with only two pages
because there was no power to turn
the machinery in the Times Echo's
plant.
The Harrison times., 1916-02-12

The Rev. J. J. Menifee, pastor of
the Methodist church of the Lacey
circuit, suffered the loss Of three mem
bers of his family in nine days with
la grippe. His wife died January II,
his seven-year-old grandson died Jan
uary "a, and his daughter, Mrs. Berdie
Ruel mother Of the boy, died Jan
uary Is.
The Harrison times., 1916-02-12

Money furnishes a house, but II
takes love to furnish a home.
The Harrison times., 1916-02-12

Dallas, Tex, 1915 postal receipts
aggregated s1.132.210.77.
The Harrison times., 1916-02-12

The mines about Zinc shipped dur,
ing January II cars Of zinc, The
Coker Hollow mine has erected
l25-ton mill and, besides much tun,
neling, has sunk shaft more than
100 feet deep, A recent test run OF
60 tons Of ore brought three tons OF
carbonate and over two tons of jack.
The Harrison times., 1916-02-12
Use Muriue after Exposure In Cold,

Cutting Winds and Dust 1t Restores
Refreshes and Promotes Eye Health.
Good for all Eyes that Need Care.
Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago,
Sends Eye Book on request.
The Harrison times., 1916-02-12

Near Hope, Mrs. o. j. Phillips, who
was visiting her sister, Mrs. Lassiter,
stepped into a clothes closet and while
there her baby son slammed the door
Of the closet. A spring lock snapped
and Mrs. Phillips was prisoner Mes
Lassiter had gone to the home Of an
other sister, nearby, and there was
no one in the house to release the i'm
prisoned woman. A big fire was blaz-
ing in the fireplace and Mrs. Phillips,
from the closet, pleaded with her
young son to stay away from the
blaze. The little fellow tOddled into
the kitchen and a few minutes la.er
his mother, through a keyhole, saw
him return to the room dragging a
can containing coal oil It was then
that Mrs. Phillips performed a fine
feat of climbing. The walls Of the
closet do not reach to the ceiling and
and Mrs. Phillips came over the top
of the closet in time to save the baby
and probably the house from destruC-
ton.
The Harrison times., 1916-02-12

What force cannot do, ingenuity
may.
The Harrison times., 1916-02-12
Hittlnu the Nail.

Maude-Your hats a perfect fright
Mabel-Yes; right in the style, isn't
It?
The Harrison times., 1916-02-12

With enthusiasm at the highest
pitch and all present firmly convinced
that good roads are the salvation Of
the country, the luncheon held at the
Hotel Main will result in solid or
ganization of the Arkansas Jefferson
ian Highway Association, as an aux
iliary of the one already organized.
The Harrison times., 1916-02-12
Ideal Citizen.

Too many men who exceed the speed
limit in trying to get there do nothing
after they arrive.
The Harrison times., 1916-02-12

Residents Of the locality in the
southeastern corner OF Arkansas are
facing a serious situation. Two-thirds
OF Lincoln, Desha and Chicot counties
are covered with water, which is flow
ing southwark through a half-dozen
breaks in the Arkansas River levees.
Arkansas City, McGehee and Lake
Village anO dozens of smaller towns
are flooded and the high state of the
Mississippi River adds new danger.
At Arkansas City the level of the
Mississippi River is Is feet above the
town. SO far, all Mississippi River
levees are reported holding, but the
flood waters inside the levees are GER
tain to weaken them.
At Arkansas City the stage of uue
Mississippi River is 55.5 feet, the
highest ever known. Water from the
Arkansas River flood is six to eight
feet deep in the main streets Of the
town. II is eXpected~to go at least
four feet higher About 1000 resi-.
dents have left the city, which now
is cut off from communication from
tie outside world except by boat.
There are 500 homeless and hungry
persons in the town
A serious condition also exists at
Clarendon, on the White River where
the river rose four feet in one day.
Sheriff Frank Milwee telephoned from
Clarendon that water is but a few
inches from the top Of the levee, but he
said every man who remains in the
town is at work Oh the leyee and ne
was confident of winning the fight.
Five hundred people left the town.
A relief train in charge of Iron
Mountain Railroad officials and Muir
ray A. Auerbach of Little Rock, rep.
resentative of the American Red Cross
Society, left for the flooded district
along the lower course Of the Arkan.
sas. The train carried a great supply
of food and provisions and a big motor
launch with which to distribute the
food. 1t was planned to run the train
as far below Pine Bluff as the flood
would permit, after which the party
will proceed in the launch.
The Harrison times., 1916-02-12

The Pekin Cooperage Company,
which has just completed a new
plant at Glenwood, will employ about
rs men. The company plans a five
year continuous run. Farmers are
selling their timber to the concern at
an average Of S11 a cord.
The Harrison times., 1916-02-12

The Warren School Board has pur-
chased for S4,5OO the property of the
Warren Training School from s. b.
Meek, who recently bought the prop
erty at public auction. The property
consists of several acres Of campus
and a large two-story brick building,
which cost more than $4,000,
The Harrison times., 1916-02-12

The committee appointed by the
Business Mems League to secure the
guarantee fund from Hot Springs to
assure that all purses at the spring
race meeting will be paid, was conf
dent the total amount would be Sc
cured.
The Harrison times., 1916-02-12

Rich zinc and lead ore have been
discovered on the Ingram farm, four
miles east of Garfield. The ore out,
crops along a face of rock for 200
feet. The find has aroused great in.
terest and leases are being taken GOV.
ering all that locality.
The Harrison times., 1916-02-12

The paving Of the business streets
OF Blytheville is being discussed,
The Harrison times., 1916-02-12

Hundreds Of rabbits have been
killed in the vicinity of Mulberry re.
Gently. The rabbits were driven to
the high places by the high waters,
The Harrison times., 1916-02-12

Homesteads in sunny Arizona, cheap, irrigabls
lands Alfalfa hogs, poultry fruit cotton, darying
Nosnow. Write l., W, MoAdams, Casa Grande, Aria.
The Harrison times., 1916-02-12

For sale-6i in 1l6 IT, boiler lixlS Chandler,
Engine $3.50 20 In double suracer tl26 or will trade
for lumber, Chas, Wlegrere, East st Louis, Ill
The Harrison times., 1916-02-12

Ue injector, Dut tuUer D01A
The superiority OF Cutter products Ia due 10 over II
Vsas Of specialising In yAoelnes snd serums only.
Inslst on Cutters. II unobtaiDebls order direct,
The Gutter Laboratory. Berkeley, Qal. Or chlsals.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-07-14
q. sss..5z95s -.
HOW 70 1FoRe WASTE PAPER
Secret Of Safe Keeping Lies In Com.
paetino the Waste, Says
r an Authority.

How discarded paperS-which the
makers and consumers of new stock
are asking US all to save-may be
kept without undue risk of fire is q
question that concerns not only the
Industrial economist, but the ordinary
household. says the Boston Herald.
It should be understood that the IRE
hazards from papers properly stored
need be no greater than that from the
woodpile. TIE secret of safe storage
lies In corlpacting the waste as fast
as it accumulates. Papers smoothly
packed, as in closed books, or closely
beund, as in we'll tied bundle of
newspapers. are difficult to burn even
with intention.
The private housekeeper can use to
good advantage an ordinary meal ash
can, fitted with another can cover
small enough to fit inside, piston fash
ion, acting as both weight and plunger.
If waste basket papers, for instance.
are handled in this way, they may be
kept with no risk. AS newspapers and
magazines accumulate, they should be
piled evenly and tied. like ordinary
bundles, both sidewise and length
wise. If practicable. all papers and
rags should be stored in some out
buildings; II not, discretion can be
used in choosing the safest corner of
tie house cellar. away from heaters
and open lights.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-07-14
Salmon of Fast Color.

And in this connection comes q
story, which is fairly well authenti
Gated, Of how one of the salmon kings
started his fortune in the fish indus
try on the basis of the then despised
light-colored salmon. This man had
put UP his cannery at a location past
which the fish came in great numbers
on their way in to spawn. He was
right in his selection of a site and the
salmon were caught in vast Quanti-
ties. They were all, however, of the
light pink variety, and the fisherman
was in despair. At that time no light
colored salmon had been shipped and
the demand everywhere was for sal
mon of an almost red hue. The man
canned his catch and sold it by means
of label which implied that it was
the only sanitary fish on the market.
The label read: This salmon is war
ranted not to turn red in the can" The
most of the catch went to the southern
states, and the drummers selling it
did their business SO well that in
many of the cities of that locality you
can hardly sell red salmon. The peo-
pie think it is spoiled, and has, there
fore, turned red in the can.-Christian
Herald.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-07-14
a c.v.e Of Unrest.

Undoubtedly for everything there Is
an annie cavse. Far be 1t from the
I;kes of me to knock on natvre's laws
Byt why do modern architects ASSUME
that IT is V and carve in stone that
oaInabIe and bold absvrdity? The Ian
gvage vsed to be so poor, so terribly
=, debit that it coyld not afford
to grace the alphabet
Byt now that we possess the with
soft and graceful cvrve, of vnexceiled
docility and willingness to serve, why
do thev carve United States and pvblic
school and svch and make the English
language look as fvnny as the Dvtch,
with restaurant and Pullman car and
university and other marks OF edvca'
tional perversity?
That V impresses some OF VS. as
cbeap and gavdy blvff. which parvenvs
NAV pvll in place of more substantial
stvff. bvt people who are fashioned ovt
of vnpretentiovs dvst view all sych at
fection with an ynassvmed Disgust
Svch exhibitions always make NE
very glvm and blve. Now, honest In
ivn. don't they have the same effect on
yoy?-Printer's Ink.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-07-14
Getting Into q Scrape.

Many years ago the wild deer that
roamed through the forests Of England
used to dig holes in the earth with
their forefeet They paved it out
sometimes to the depth Of several
inches. sometimes a foot or more.
These holes were called ''scrapes," and
travellers at dusk or night or those who
were careless about their footing often
tumbled into them. They were laugh
ed at for their heedlessness when they
came home covered with mud, and as
this frequently occurred after they had
been imbibing a bit they were said to
have got into scrape." Some Cam
bridge students took up this express
sion, and thus it came to be applied &c
people who had got into difficulties of
various Sorts
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-07-14
NOT A MATTER OF CHOICE
Excellent Reason Why Married Man
Could Live on Less Money Than
When He ls Single.

Old Jenkins was keen on economy.
On the day before his sons wedding
he set out to give the young man
last lesson in this useful habit.
Economy, my lad" said the old
man, solemnly, "is the source of all
wealth, while extravaganza is the ruin
alton of nations"
The young man agreed with the pa
rental wisdom.
"Now," went on the father, pointing
the moral, "a woman can take a piece
of straw and yard of ribbon and turn
it into a hat worth five guineas. On
the woman's part that is"
Genius" finished the son promptly.
TT is" sighed the old man. And a
wealthy man can spend ten thousand
pounds q year, and yet live no more
comfortably than does another man on
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-07-14
HnsnitaIitx In Greece.

Hospitality as understood In the
west is not characteristic OF the
Greeks. who in their own country rare
ly invite friends to their tables. In
her Greece Of the Hellenes' Miss
Lucy Garnets relates how on one oc-
casion she and a friend were invited
into the suburbs Of Greece by a Gre
clan lady who was giving a birthday
tea to her young son and his play
mates. my share of the entertain
ment," says Miss Garnets. consisted
in watching the little lions feed, for
neither a cup of tea nor slice of the
birthday cake came my way or the
way of my companion. whose hospital
ity the hostess herself frequently en-
joyed." This apparent niggardliness
is, of course, entirely due to the Gus
tom Of the country. The writer adds
that the same hostess on coming to
England entertained like the average
Briton.-London Chronicle.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-07-14
QiYuIQed the Secret.

There is a prominent man Of az
fairs who is very absent-minded. He
was about to leave the Office of bank
president when the banker called to
him:
You're losing your petticoat, aren't
you, Henry?"
The prominent man, not understand
ing, gazed at the banker, who con-
tinued: whats that white thing
hanging below your trouser legs?"
The man looked down. His face
colored and he stepped back into the
directors room. When he came out
he walked briskly past the bank presi-
dent, who called: Here, why don't
you explain?"
Coming close, the other whispered:
Simply forgot to take off my pajamaa
when l got out of bed this morning"
Pittsburgh Chronicle-T Telegraph.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-07-14
BEAT YOUR WHEAT YIELDSI
FARMERS RAISING OVER 80 BUSH.
ELS PER ACRE PROFIT FROM
THEIR SEASONS WORK.

The indicated average yield Of
wheat for 1916 is reported by the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture to be only 14.1 bushels per acre
compared with 1863 bushels per acre
last year. Nine million less acres are
in wheat and decrease in total yield
of three hundred million bushels less
than last year is predicted. Wheat is
high priced crop and every bushel
counts.
Weather conditions during the re-
mainder of the current season will
have an effect upon the yields. The
early handling of the crop, including
the blowing, preparation of the seed
bed, the kind of seed used, the atten-
ton given to the fertility of the soil,
and to the supplying of plantfood to
give the crop good start and carry it
along to maturity, are among the fac
tors that determine whether next
years wheat field will make profit
over and above expenses.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-07-14
The First Bomb.

The bomb came into being during the
troublous times in France toward the
close of the eighteenth century. Its
inventor was a French fanatic named
Chevalier, who had conceived such an
intense hatred of Napoleon that he de
termined to kill him.
Being employed at a government
small arms factory, he had gained some
knowledge of explosives. and with this
knowledge he managed to construct
bomb out of a barrel. which he filed
with mixture of powder, bullets. bro
ken glass and white arsenic.
Chevalier's idea was for the bomb
TO explode under Napoleon's carriage as
1t passed through the streets Of Paris.
A miscalculation, however, caused 1t to
go off a few seconds too soon.
Had Chevalier succeeded in his OBJ
ject the whole history of Europe would
of course have been changed.-Pear-
sons Weekly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-07-14

In order to stimulate his trade, the
village blacksmith hung out q sign
that read, whatever 1t Is, Can Re-
pair It." On the morning of April
fools day, the town wag elbowed his
way through the usual crowd that was
collected round the door, and handed
the blacksmith the parts of q broken
lamp chimney.
I'D like you to put this together for
me as soon you can. JOHN he SAID
winking toward the crowd.
The smith took the ragged bits OF
glass, examined them carefully while
the idlers looked on with considerable
amusement. Then he went into the
room in the rear of the shop. Step
ping across the alley to the grocery
store, which was out of sight OF the
crowd, he bought ten-cent lamp Chin
ney exactly like the broken one. How
everyone laughed when he stepped out
of his little room a moment later and
put the whole chimney into the aston
ished wag's hands with the dry re-
mark:
'I'll have to charge half a dollar for
that job"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-07-14
F iced Vegetables Several Times

For years hundreds of successful
truck-growers have been making one,
two or even more applications of fer
tilizer on crops each year with profit
The method gains favor because it is
a money'maker. Sweet corn, beans.
cabbage, tomatoes and host of other
crops benefit greatly by this practice
Apply with cuitivator attachment
five-hole grain drill or fertilizer bugle
If crops are slow in starting use 4
fertilizer containing more than 1 to 2
per cent ammonia To hasten matur-
ity and to improve quality, use fer.
tilizer containing s to IL per cent
phosphoric acid. If soil is muck, or II
for root crop, apply fertilizer con-
tanning more than 2 per cent potash.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-07-14
What He Would Do.

There is an Irish priest in the prov
ince of Quebec who deserves to be
popular. He Is hail fellow well
met with everyone in the village. asks
for contributions, and gets liberal
ones, from Protestants and Catholics
alike. One day delegation OF Bap-
fists called on him-men who had fire.
quently contributed to Father VS.
church-told him they were going to
erect new Baptist church, as the Old
one was too small, and asked him to
subscribe to the fund. s
Well. boys" he said, after slight
hesitation, you know my religion for
bids my doing that, but will give you
fifty dollars to help tear the old church
down."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-07-14
Her Potato Glasses.

There's more than one way to ham
die the cooking problem, as one good
housewife has studied out to her own
satisfartion. Her eyesight is not a.
good as once it was, hence she is the
possessor of two pairs of glasses.
The other day she was engaged IN
cooking and she was using the specta-
cles that she customarily wears about
the house. Then as she turned to do
something else she was seen to take
Off her glasses, go into the other room
and get the other pair. with the re-
mark:
81 need this pair to work on these
potatoes "-Brockton Enterprise.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-07-14
The Sun In Winter.

In winter we are 100000 miles near.
er the sun than in summer. Some
may think that If this statement Is
true we ought to have warmer wealth.
er In winter than in summer, but it
must be remembered that the heat we
receive from the sun depends very
much upon the direction of its rays.
In summer the suns rays are more
vertical than in winter; hence the days
are warmer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-07-14
Traded Stones For PIantfood

BY selling so loads of stones at SO
cents per load and buying so loads OF
manure at so cents per load, W. A
Muschlitz, of Slatington, Lehigh
county, Pa, began the improvement OF
his farm nine years ago. The follow
ing year he began the use of fertilizers
in connection with manures to build
up his soils and to increase his crop
yields Now he is getting over 100
bushels of corn per acre and CORE
spending yields of other crops.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-07-14
As You eed--So Shall You Reap

IF l expect my horses to pull,
must feed them, and feed we'll If
expect to grow so bushels of wheat to
the acre, l must feed my wheat the
same way" declares Murel Boaz, OF
johnson county, Indiana. Last year
Mr.. Boaz raised 1900 bushels of wheat
that averaged 46 bushels to the acre.
This year he is going to get over so
bushels per acre, according to present
indications.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-07-14
Helping the Bluegrass Pastures

Bluegrass pastures are benefited by
a good disking every three or four
years. 1t prevents sod-binding and in
vigorates the growth Of the plants.
The use of disk drill to break up the
sod-binding and to seed n white
clover, sweet clover, alfalfa or more
bluegrass if desired win greatly bene-
fit Q pasture field. A liberal top-dress-
ing Of fertilizer should be applied tc
give the plants good start and to
thicken up the stand throughout the
season.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-07-14
Seeing Around Corners.

There are many insects which have
very much larger field of vision than
we have. This is due to the greater
concavity of their eyes. enabling them
to see around the corner. SO to speak.
behind and at the sides. This devel-
opment In man would have its objec-
uonable points, but also its good ones.
not the least of which might be the
detection Of piekpockets.--Ch
IOnrn oil
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-07-14


The first shock OF arres, ana tr,r-a.
'nment Is to the first offender the cr.a,
crisis OF Ms life. lie realizes suddenlv
ana wildly that the state is not moro
y poiitical abstraction out of \ lonp
ioisoeten school book. but a thing
awe. armed with jaw and claw. Ths
enect or this Is Overwhelming. Thor.
i'es 10 human animal more ncn,,o,,
ana plastic than the first Offender an
as nrst day In prison. On tha, dav >,
All Gays the state can mold him aas,,s
10 IT'S civic needs THRU him ove, !,
man who believes In the l.o,,op, no.,
IN hinl, teach him a trad. wher.,,, ~.
may 'ea:u to support himself b,,nss,.S
when released give him sha,. In hss
earnings. 50 that he may. even ,,,,n,r.,
N prison. support his iii,,urer, vita
and helpless children Of II H.. Is ann.
save bit OF capita. against tia, h.,. (.
es' Jay of iiherarlsan n ashe, wara.
give MIN wors and hope n. ,u.,
Things which all men need In ,r,i,., %
uVe-and you will have sci him IN ~.
road TO citizenship. Deprive niu. 4.
work ana hope and vou win as ~nr,.,
nave set nim on the ROAD 70 rr,,.,ra,.
l0-sron The Man In tho case..
Il
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-07-14
FREEZING Mater.

Water contracts until it is reduced to
70 degrees and then expands till it
freezes. The expansion of frozen wa
ter Is because the ice crystals fit less
closely than the particles of water did.
Nine cubic inches of water will be-
come, when frozen, ten cubic inches
Of ice.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-07-14

two nundre0 puunus- vn INC part Of
the wealthy man that is
Extravaganza" chimed In young
Jenkins.
Nov we come to the crucial point.
A married man can live on one-half
the money required by single man.
On the part Of the married man that
is
Compulsory" said the son and they
both sighed.--London Answers.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-07-14
Better Crops and Larger Yields

Better methods, better equipment
and more attention to increasing the
fertility of the soil will result in bet
ter crops and larger yields. Fertiliz-
ers have definite place in farming
and definite work in maintaining and
increasing crop production.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-07-14
Learning DriIIina.

bll-Where's your brother?
JIl-Oh, he's downtown learning TO
drill
An! Is he going to be soldier?-
mo, dentist."-Yonkers Statesmen
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-07-14

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