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The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-01-09
The Evil Of Competition.

We have heard so much about
competition being the life Of trade,
the promoter of cheapness and the
regulator of business, TINT we
have allowed it to become the SUI
prcme unwrittcn law of the times.
1t is healthful principle, certain
ly, when working with proper lin
its, but have we not made too
much of it? 1t is more pitiless
than the Hindoo juggernaut; it
brushes flesh, bones and blood
more remorselcssly than that in
satiate pagan idol. 1t is bloody,
destructive and inplacable. Com
petition really means not only the
survival of the fittest on strongest,
but the destruction of the weak.
1t is supposed to be Il product of
enlightened economy, but it is not,
In the extreme and implacable
form it is now assuming in the in
dustrial and business world, it is
the same ruthless principle that
animates hord of wild horses
laundering over tho South Ameri-
can pampas and trampling to death
the old and weak TINT fall in the
furious gallopade. There never
was time in the world when in
telligence, skill, cunning and sell
fishnoss, working through artif-
cial laws Of trade, and with the po-
tent agencies which chemistry and
physics reveal in wgter, air, light,
heat, electricity and the combina-
tons of matter, achieved such
wonderful triumphs and exerted
such enormous power Ms now. But
the number of those who WELD
these tremendous advantages
grows smaller and smaller every
day A hundred feeble rivals fall
and are crushed before one great
successful competition, and the
fnnIul warrior of Oldpu timpg who.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-01-09

place where Kansas City stands,
but commerce found the spot from
the conveyance of its highways
\ glance Mt the accompanying
map, which has been carefully
and accurately drawn mainly from
the plats and records of the L. s.
Land Office, will show that Harri-
son, though, of course, on a small
er scale, Is n point similarly favor
ed, when the description of the
country and the appended Stats
tics are considered.
he town as originally laid out
contained CT blocks of II lots or
about two acres each, but this has
been since nearly doubled by the
additions of j. 7, Hopper ON the
south and Il. O. Clifford ON the
southwest Itoccupies both banks
.of Crooked creek, a small clear
stream which rises in series Of
springs n few miles above. The
residence portion of the town is
situated mainly on q plateau many
feet above the level of the creek
bottom and n number of fine
springs supply pure water, so that
with proper sanitary care its
health must be excellent. The
population according to the census
of 1880 WAS $50, but careful
computation based ON the vote at
the last general election shows
that it has since more than doub-
led its population and to-day con-
tains at least 1900 inhabitants. 1t
will be seen that during the first
decade of it's existence the growth
of the town was slow, but this il
accounted for by the fact that it
was for several years antagonized
by a considerable portion of the
population Of the county who
wanted the county scat at Belle
fonte, a small town four miles
southeastof Harrison This ques-
ton having been settled in
the favor Of Harrison by a vote of
the people in 1875, new impetus
was given to its growth which was
in its turn checked III 1879, by the
excitement attending the discov-
cry of Eureka Springs which drew
off n considerable number of its
people.
IN CONTINUED on SECOND PAGE. =
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-01-09
THE SONS OF LABOR.

There's u grand majestic army
Sweeping onward eyermore,
From Atlantic's rugged borders
ToPaclic'S golden shore.
Not with crash ofmariial music
Roll of drums or lannon's roar.
Want nor woe nor devastation
Mark their march from shore to shore.
On from State to State Advancing
Laying mighty forests low,
Lighting up the mountain gorges,
With the locomotives glow.
Spanning many rushing torrent
With its mystic ribs of Steel,
Crushing natures desolation
With its mighty iron heel,
DO we bow to wealth and station,
And ignore the sons oftoil?
Are they not q nations builders,
They who labor, delye and toll?
Thread-bare coat and uueouth manners,
May he clothed wealth untold
As in natures rudest cayerns
Lies cnshrined the purest gold.
For the heritage of nature
Is the generous yielding soil,
And the soyereigns Of creation
are the swart brown sons of toll.
Princes guide the shining pillow share,
Fill the workshop, feed the kline.
Brawny hands and sturdy muscle
Are the birthright of the.line.
Master minds are ever delying
In Inventions boundIess mines,
Foiling hands with matchIess patience
Rears the editice sublime.
And down through countless ages
Far and wide the anthem rings,
Honor to the Sons Of Labor,
They are Princes, they are Kings.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-01-09

"A deacon in a western town re-
Gently died, says the New York
Commercial advertiser. His pas
tor soon paid a visit of coincidence
to the bereayed widow. She ask
ed the minister if he would like to
seo the funeral wreath. He as
scented. She led him to the much
priced memento and pointed out
its peculiaritios. In a broken
voice she said: "rho red flowers
were made of his red hannels; the
white ones of his white dannels.
The stamens were made of the cot
fin shayings and pistils Of his
beard The berries and buds
were made Of the pills that we're
left when he died, and the feath-
cry part was made Of the feathers
Of the last chicken dear James
killed before he WIS taken ILL.,"
All this she said without pause
for breath, and ended her ghAstly
description of the treasured
wreath by imploring tie bewilder-
ad clergyman 20 lead ia prayer
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-01-09
a FIELD FOR RAILROADS.
Leaves From the Forthcoming
Pamphlet Of the North Ar
kansas Industrial Club.

Northern Arkansas, OF that Por-
Ilon Oh II Oh when fiarf(5oh Is the
natural coinhlefeIaI focus lies be
tween Jhe "i'h and outh 22fatelIsoI
1'rth Io'lo'I19 anu the 3ztli afd
8a1h merchants Gil Longitude west
from Green"lch, ana occupies q
SeAl'-eiLFaO"". InCaf-AlonI&ho de-
pre- 57ioh between the Ozark ran g
On 'li0 nGi'n mu'' boston range on
'iI@ S""t" LINES region through
WHICH LOWS '"1 I"7IlIiS crystal
waters Oh "ilLJe river "lolIS south
e." 'Ll,,"'"Lle'' covers an are" OF
"o""' tuoo square nlIe' anu en-
p'''eS Vlle counties Oh boohe' New
'oH' -L''LI'll ana .oeafcy' ana Por-
.loi'S Oh I''IrolI Aa,''"oh, Baxter
L nI'on' IH"ro stone ana VAN bu-
rem,
ne S"llo'9 Oh the country IS
marked WIN mountains NILS 'al-
leyS' pr"lrleS ana parrens. The
mean eIeNaIloh IS ABOUT l2UO teet
ABOVE sen level "hlIe the maxi
mum attitude a'I"lhou by some Oh
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-01-09
Two Hundred Millions.

Mr.. Vanderbilt WAS worth 900.
100000. IL We say that he WIS
worth $500,000,0O0 or 100000
do we get a perceptibly different
impression about the bulk of his
fortune? Most people do not.
TO the average mind the concep~
ton of enormous wealth is much
the same whether it be reckoned
in hundreds OF millsons OF in Wig
millions. The human mind can
not grasp these great sums or
clearly appreciate the difference
between 100000, and S200,000,000.
Let us try and describe Mr.. Van
derbilt's great fortune in terms Of
linear, square and cubic measure
ment and of weight Everybody
understands these terms, and they
make a definite impression on
mems minds.
If this sum Of S200,000,0O0 were
in standard silver dollars it would
present such features as this:
Put lengthwise, dollar after dol
lar, it would stretch distance of
l672 miles, making n silver streak
from New York across the ocean
to Liverpool.
Piled up, dollar on dollar, il
would reach a height of 1886 miles.
Laid fiat on the ground, the dol
Jars would cover a space of nearly
fsixty acres.
The weight of this mass of sill.
yer would be 7,l60 tons.
To transport il would require
1853 cars, carrying twenty tons each
(this is the capacity of the strong
est freight Cars), and making a
train just about two and half
miles long.
On ordinary grades it would re-
quire twelve locomotives to haul
this train. On roads of steep
grades and sharp curves fifteen or
twenty locomotives would be need
ed.
In 81 bills this S200,0O0,000 for
tune would assume some such
shapes rs this;
The bills stretched lengthwise
would extend 1854 miles, or near.
ly the circumference of the earth
at the equator,
Piled up one on another, close
as leaves in new book, they
would reach the height of twelve
miles.
Spread out on the ground they
would cover TAG acres, or neatly
the whole surface of Central Park,
including ponds and reservoirs.
A safe deposit vault to contain
in these bills would require to be
20 feet long, % feet wide, and 20
feet high,
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-01-09

the II ullS OIL HIS Toll ill'lt hNllb-
factory and remumerative, when,
the one thing needful, the proper
means of transportation, Is placed
ut his command In a region SO
extensive, as matter OF course,
the degrees of produetiveness va
ry considerably in different local.
ties, but it can safely be said that
all the soil is rich snd in 10 locality
is the complaint of poor land ever
heard. Oneremarkabls psculiari-
ty of this soil is that its fertility il
not impaired by long cultivation
and frequent repetition of the same
crops, and land that has been
planted in corn for from twenty
to thirty successive seasons still
produces as many bushels per acre
us when first cultivated
UNDER TIE SURFACE.
The mineral wealth Of loun-
try, especially, where, as here, 1t
is wholly undeYeloped, is the east
est thing in the world to exagger-
ate, because there is orule known
to minerslogy that it will deter
mine or even approximate from
the surface indications the value
Of the ores beneath, and expert
biologists and mineralogists have
frequently staked their reputa-
tons upon the wealth Of mineral
deposits and induced the invest
ment of vast capital in worthless
mines, while they have passed over
with contempt the surface indica-
tionS which have afterwards led
some ignoramus to the discovery
of the richest mines III the world.
But, notwithstanding these facts,
the actual existence OF minerals
can he detected by the most igno-
rant and throughout the entire
country hero treated If, where for
The lest few wears considerable
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-01-09

middle Of March to the Goth Of
April; the last frost to do any
damage being seldom later than
the last mentioned date, SO that
grain, vegetables and other pro-
ducts which have been planted
early have nothing to fear from
climatic changes after that time.
Fever and ague and other ma
larial complaints prevail TO a very
limited extent, vhile the more
serious pulmonary diseases sell
dom if ever originate in this eli
mate. Bat information on this
subject of a more reliable and
satisfactory character will be found
in the statistical data collected
under the head of "health" which
has been carefully prepared by
our mont able and reliable physi-
clans.
TIMBER.
North Arkansas is essentially Il
timber country. Excepting the
prairies Of Boone county, and one
or two others the whole country
abounds in fine timber There
are thousands upon thousands of
acres covered with fine straight
white oaks and postonks, suitable
for railroad ties, and as many with
fine yellow pine, while walnut,
cherry black locust, chinca-
pin, cedar, hickory and ash are
very plentiful. Situated as it is
adjacent to the great timberless
region west and north of us, which
is rapidly becoming gridironed
with railroads, the timber interests
of this country alone must one day
attract railroads and become one
of its principal exports,
While the whole region rs out
lined Is directly tributary to
4 THE Town oF HARRISON
from 4 commercial point Of view,
aud might be treated and consid-
cred as whole by any railroad
enterprise pointing to this town, it
has been found necessary in order
to present the most reliable static
teal and other information show
ing the resources, condition and
possibilities Of the country and
people, i'll rs comprehensive R
form rs possible to take it by
counties, and this ha1 been done.
Harrison was surveyed and laid
out as e town by M. LaRue Har-
rison and II. w, Flick at period
no more remote than the year
1869. Old residents of the vicini-
ty who watched these determined
men quietly measuring and mark
ing out streets, parks, blocks and
lots where they were wont to cul-
tivate the fields, smiled derisively
at the idea Of building city here,
but these new comerR knew the
country much better than those
who had so long been in possess
ion of it. They were men of pro-
gressive ideas and we're actuated
by the same spirit which has
chcckered the western prairies with
prosperous cities and made the
deserts fruitful by applying the
wand Of enterprise. NJ. LaRue
Harrison, whose name the town
bears, was an engineer Of the first
order, and his knowledge Of that
ecience was supplemented by Il
thorough acquaintance with the
surrounding country, which he had
gained from his military opera
tons in this section during the
war Of the rebellion, as captain Of
the first company and Colonel of
the first regiment furnished the
Union cause by Arkansas, He
knew the lay Of the land pretty
vel, and saw what no casual OBJ
server could havo seen ut that
time, viz, that existing conditions
favored system of overland high
ways centering on this point that
would inevitably bring to it the
trade Of q vast scope Of country
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-01-09
Il. wv Johz2a0ms
and Builder
Northwest Corner Of Public Square.
HARRISON, ARK.

Having erected large two-story building
for shop use, aul now prepared to do all
kinds ri Carpen er work u, lowest rAsh prices.
Material furnished and buildings erected on
short notice. Doors and snsh Kept con.
stantIy on hand and made to ordrr-wilI nj
SO furnish plans and estimate for building at
lowest figures. Give me call.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-07
A MONSTER VESSEL.
Design Of = Steamship Which Is to Cross
the Atlantic In Eighty Hours.

Design Of = Steamship Which is to Cross
the Atlantic In Eighty Hours.
And now comes Prof r. H. Thurston
with paper suggesting that a ship
can be built that will cross the Atlantic
Ocean in little less than three and
half days. the average speed of the new
ship being forty-seven miles per hour.
The leviathan suggested by Prof.
Thurston as the ship to cross in eighty
hours, he makes 500 feet long. so feet
beam, of 25 feet draught and $4,000
tons burden. To make the speed OF
the Oregon, such a vessel, under rule
of naval architecture, would require
$1,000 horse power. as against 10000
i'm the smaller steamer. The law ie
that to double that speed, or raise it to
40 knots, eight times the power needed
for 20 knots would be required; but in
asmuch as the law of resistance becomes
much more favorable at these higher
rates of speed, Prof. Thurston fixes the
limit of the probable power required at
ESQ., 900 horse power.
The weight of the steam machinery
for the new ship he estimates at 1900
tons. or the total tonnage of the Oregon,
and the consumption of coal at LIS tons
an hour, 1920 tons day. or 10000
for the voyage. The weight Of fuel
and machinery would therefore be
$4,000 tons. Allow $4,000 tons. or,
according to the present construction,
about one-third of the total displace-
ment, for the weight of tho hull, and
5000 tons would be left for passengers,
crew and cargo.-Goodaps Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-07
IN COUNTY CORK.
The True Irishman the Most Approached
OF Human Beings.

The True Irishman the Most Approachable
of Human Beings.
The diet of the Irishman in this part
of the country il. of course, potatoes
and milk. As he himself puts it. he
has potatoes twenty-one times week.
In the event of a blight. such as the
historic one, the result in certain parts
of Ireland could scarcely be less disas-
trous than at any former period. Ii
one may Judge by the physique OF its
consumers, the diet requires no recon-
mendation of the medical faculty, for
a more stalwart race it would be diff
cult to find. In this corner of the
country so long preserved we
should expect to find the natural Irish
man. and we certainly found him. The
native Irish is almost universally
spoken. but at the same time the ma
iority of the younger generation speak
English with brogue of the most ex-
quisite flavor. Here, also. we have the
Irishman in the typical attire to which
caricaturists have accustomed us. To
the visitor from the other island. it is
ludicrous picture to see him in tall hat,
blue-tailed coat and knee-breeches at
work in his wretched plot, like phi
losopher out for little recreation. 1t
is not 30 much the style of his gar
ments, however, that makes his pictur-
esqueness: it is their positively miracu-
lous raggedness. We feel that
this raggedness has quite passed
the stage of disreputability. and has
actually become ornamentation. But
it il, above all, the hat that fixes the at
tention. We have often closely in
spected it and our wonder never
ceased how, in the course of single
life. any hat, however weather-beaten
and however brutally used, could at
tain that pre-Adamite look. 1t is the
great charm of travel in Ireland that
one can become acquainted with its
people in so short time and on such
easy terms. The Irishman is the most
approachable of human beings, and as
the very Irshman the stranger wishes
to know is in most cases his own lord
and master, intercourse is thus made
doubly easy. If in the course OF a
solitary walk you should desire the
solace of little conversation. you have
but to take your seat on one OF the
turf walls that form the fences in these
parts of the country. If you are a
smoker and produce your pipe. you
will present an additional inducement.
Before you are well seated you will be
saluted with: "a fine day, sir, God be
praisedr' and careless figure will be
seen approaching with spade or pick
axe over his shoulder. Sharing your
tobacco with him, it will remain with
yourself to conclude the interview.
Before ten minutes have passed you
will have had the outlines of his family
history and his views on things in
general, not even excepting his priest.
At the end of rs many hours conver-
sation as you please he will speed you
on your way with fervent "God pre-,
serve you long" and part with you a.
if you had been his lifelong friend
Chambers Journal
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-07
ENTIRELY TOO LATE.

A Detroit Micawber Who Waited Too
Long Before Turning Up Something.
There was an exultant smile on his
face rs he walked into the Office of .
welI-known capitalist, and there was
proud ring in his voice as he said:
"For twenty years l have lived from
hand to mouth, waiting for something
to turn up. 1t has finally came. have
made q discovery which, if you will
back it with few hundred dollars. will
give US both fortunes.
'.State your case"
..Well, sir, have discovered that
banana peelings can be utilized for all
kinds Of table jellies. A peck Of old
peelings can be made to bring forth
twelve tumblers of the finest currant
iell, and the profit is -"
..Hold on right there" interrupted
the capitalist; "you are just two years
too late. A chap in Chicago not only
discovered that, but he found q way to
work in apple rinds and cores and or
anpe peel, and We can't infringe on his
patent.
ats no use. I'd like to see you get
along, but you must drop that. Don't
be discouraged, however. Perhaps you
can discover 3 way to make pressed
corn beef out Of old boot legs. All you
want il . machine to run in the streaks
Of fat. ."-DetroH Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-07
WOULD-BE KINGS.
Pretsnders to the Thrones Of Sweden and
Norway and Denmark.


Sweden and Denmark are both Al
present besieged by pretenders to the
throne. One in the Swedish province
of East Gothland claims to be the un-
fortunate Prince Gustaf, elder brother
Of the reigning King who, in the be-
ginning of this century, while at field
maneuvre in Skone. suddenly fell
from his horse and died. 1t is to this
day believed by a large portion of the
peasants that Prince Gustaf did not
die. but was carried off to Norway be-
cause of his intention to marry girl
of humble birth. Having succeeded in
escaping. he let his beard grow and
went to Italy. where, under the name
of Garibaldi, he effected the liberation
of that country. He is. however, not
dead, but will come and be the King
of the Swedes! So much for the Swed-
ish pretender.
The Danish one has just turned up.
There has arrived in Copenhagen from
Stettin two men. father and son, tho
former sixty and the latter twenty-one
years old, with a trunk loaded with
papers and documents to prove that
they are the direct descendants of the
house of Oldenburg. and to show that
if at the death of Fredrick VII. they
had possessed these documents they
could have proved their exclusive right
to the throne. They both bear the orig
inal name of the house of Gluckburg,
Beck. and went the day after their ar
rival to the master of ceremonies to
seek an audience with the King. They
were directed to seek it through the
German Ambassador. being German
subjects. The Embassy. after some
parley, did not act, and the pretenders
tried themselves to obtain an audience
to suggest that their claims-which
are attested by the highest German
authorities be subjected to a
thorough scrutiny. To begin with,
they can claim an Inheritance of Z, ,5O0,-
600 marks with which to carry on the
case. They then applied to the Stettin
authorities for recommendation to the
German Council of the Legation
Neither of the two men looks Al an
adventurer. The older is tall and
slender, with an aristocratic bearing
and youthful and winning manners.
His features are in an amazing degree
like those Of the late Russian Gar, so
much so that any one who has seen the
Cars picture is struck with the re-
semblance. The older of the two
gentlemen has passed the greater part
of his time in researches among the
archives and collections in Copenhagen.
Whole nights he studied his family his
tory. but he always was stopped at a
vanished child. After fifteen years OF
labor he has to his full satisfaction
proved that he is grandson's grandson
| of this vanished child Besides. he has
in his possession armorial and other
precious things to strengthen his claims.
The young Beck bears a strong resemb'
lance to Prince Waldemar. and his ac-
quaintance with the affairs of the
House of Oldenburg is said to be the
most astonishing.-PaH Mall Gazette.