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The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-02-25
FORBES RAINBOW"

The year ies7 was Il rcd letter year in Louis yilles tobacco trade. every one of her factories haN tne ccipsed all preY4ous records in turning out tho great American national chew. Jhs largest gainer was Force Iobac co Co an estab- lishIneDt of which THE AnKAssAw TH,LELER publishe an illustrated descriptive article ssv- eral months ago. This factory not only made R greater gain than any other Louisville factory, but its percentage Of increase surpassed that of any in tho nion, be ing considerably more than loJ per eent--a record that was the direct result of the quality of their goods
 What is Force Raibbowrf It ia the best and nnest brand of chewing tobacco made in the world That is saying great deal. but 1t is simply the truth. Every tobacco chewer members that H year or two ago there arose | rage for cheap tobacco that for A time seemed irresistible. After turing to destruction more than manufacturer and lighting -IgIaI.y- T. reputation. 1t bred storm Of disgust with everything cheap ana nasty. followed by action Tn favor of goods genuine and pure, ForeseeinR this reaction the Forces get about to make piece of tobacco that would sell, not for month year. but long Kentucky blue grass land should produce the fragrant yellow weed. and from the very cream Of the crop FOres's Rain bow . Is made. containing only picked leaf grown on virgin soil, the kind into which the dew dis- tiis that dainty aroma which leaves upon the palate a sweet -farswell' after the chew is gone.
 It as but "a few months ago that the first boxes of this beau ideal brand began to adorn the show -ca-es Of the better class of tobacco nists nevertheless Il is to-day the most pDpu- lar nne piece of goods on the market Nowhere New England states as1 ne@i i,eFs is tIi- pskIls more exsct4rg. That kAinDo~ should bs as 1t is today, a prime fasorite in New England ls an unansverabls argument in its favor, and in connection with this ft is A noteworthy incl dent that A few days ago single jobber iD ths city of Springfield. Massachusetts. cent down telegraphic order to the Force Tobacco Co of Louisville. for seven thousand pounds of Rain bfsVE
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-02-25
Colonel Logan H, Roots, President of the First National Bank of
 Little Rock, Talks About
THIS LAND OF CHURCHES, GOOD SCHOOLS, LAW AND ORDER,
 PEACE AND PLENTY.
Best Place on the Globe Alike For a Family with Small Capital to Start Home in, or For the Millionaire
 to Invest for Large Returns.

Col Logan H. Roots, who filled to such uni versal satisfaction. *te important and difficult otilce of president of the Immigration Conven- tion, whose portrait forms one of the illustra- tions of this issue, is one of the most widely known men, not only i'll Arkansas but ill the Arkansas is about to shine to all the world 1t is but giving honor to whom honor is due to say that no other man has done more for the devel- opment of the resources of this. the most richly endowed by nature of the sisterhood of states than Logan H. Roots. He has always been first and foremost as promoter of worthy enterprises. and has unquestiouably given more money to advertise tho advantages of Arkansas than any five men in the state combined And fin saving this we have fear of giving offense to others, for with one accord his fellow citizens give him the need of praise for hberality in all
 matters calculated to develop Arkansas, aud it
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-02-25

dred dollars, and are now in the possession of comfortable homes furnishing good living with an annual income as great as the capital with which they started At the closo of the war there less than fifty milea of railroad in operation m the state. We now have about two thousand miles in operation and much more projected some of which ia under rapid constr uction. And though there nov or has been but very little capital brought into the state, sources are inducing an influx of means for investment that will cause the earliest in- vestors to Do those who will reap the largest reward.
 Colonel Roots was asked what class of peo- pie he would suggest could do best in looking toward Arkansas for their future homes.
 All classes that are industrious and want to follow avocetions that can be pursued advan- tageously in Il temperate climate. Whether they wish to devote themselves to agriculturs horticulture, numbering. mining. merchandise ing. manufacturing, running of furnaces any one of numerous other pursuits. they will expended in any of these enterprises arc far more sure of ample reward here than they can by any possibility be in any place already developed, with every avenue full uf competi. ton.
 -Cotton raising has been the chief avocation in this state, and fin more than twenty years observation and experience have never known of we'll managed Arkansas cotton plantation secure from overflow. that did not pay q profit upon the crop every year. And tho ciTcuIn- stances indicate that the comparatively untried other operations to which the resources of the state are particularly adaI tod wtII yield prof its with equal cert ,inty and Of even greater magnitude than have been found iu cotton rRiHngT
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told acres of it Her healing springs are won derful and if you don't like water we have vines producing wine like the wines of Spain. It IS the best watered state aud the best tim bered state in the Union put that in capitals.
 Il ate potatoes last October which were Of the second crop that year from the same land. Three crops of grass in one year is the rule not the exception. Our cereals. grapes and grains as fine as any Arkansas produces everything that grows in the temperate zone. Little Rock is just eighteen miles south of the famous thirty-hfth parallel. We never had epidemic of any sort We never had bliz- gard. 1 never saw the ground frozen over seven inches deep and then only f.r a very few days during the winter. l never the mercury below but twice in fourteen years of my residence, and l never it above l0o but once The climate is genial and salubrioas.-
 What is the population of Little Rock?'
 A little over 5O,OOJ, and We will treble that in less than ten years Why, Opie Read will be coming back to Little Rock, and will call Chicago n village.
 How are the schools here?-
 We have good schools Rs they have ir Mas. sachusetts, and they remarkably well attended, and you see We have as fine churches as anybody has.
 How ar northern men received here?7
 With the utmost cord iality. The old feeling encendered by the war has all passed away northern men are no longer called 'carpet bag- gers" l haven't heard that term for the last eight years Northern meu, northern capital. northern labor, northern pluck, energy and intelligence is welcome thrice welcome to Arkansas Those things are what We want, That s what this greaa convention is for. Poli- ties are re.esatod to the rear. There are six contestants for governor in this convention, but not one ot them says candidate. nor speaks Of politics once, We are all working for Arkan- sas In the past ten months Arkansas has ad- yanced as much in any ten previous years The whole state has awakened. Arkansas is aroused to an appreciation of her mutual re- sources and advantages. Home-seekers are coming here manufactures are coming he To and railroads and capital. and immigration are coming here. And these will develop our vast and unparalleled natural wealth, aad place Arkansas among the foremost of American states in the near future.
 Now mark you, l have not overstated any thing can prove everything l aver before any jury in the country, and get clear verdict tor Arkansas without leaving their seats"
 T. r. GRASTY.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-02-25
CAPTAIN JAMES R. MILLER.

One of the best known men in Arkansas is Captain James R. Miller. He has never sought notoriety, has never attempted to place him self in the line of the publlc's stare, but the publlc turned about, bowed and smiled upon him. At the close of the war he was money less boy, his only capital being the half for gotten rudiments Ot the printers trade. He did not go over to the shady side of the street where the boys sat upon goods boxes, telling war stories and splitting through their teeth, but went out into the sunshine of conflict. The printers trade was not progressive enough for him and he threw It aside.
 His quick eye and his unerring judgment soon enabled him to get foothold, and in a wonderfully short time he began to be men toned as rising man. The tlde of fortune flowed hls way; his perception grew keener and his judgment ripened the fruit of tireiess work was growing yellow on the tree of en- terprise. He was now what the world terms a rich man. but his work was only begun; he had made his own fortune and now he would assist in making the fortunes of others. He left Memphis, the scene of his early opera tions and went to Little Rock. He did not go to speculate as u non-prnducer, but to build the largest cot ton seed oil mills in the world.
 One day an old negro stopped citizen on
 "Look ycre, ,ii.in' you call dat w'ite man gwine long wonder Cap'n Miller:"
 'WaIl, is he de man dst's got all dc1e we're oil mills an street kyars am sich''
 Hes the man..
 de man dat gin me CT dollar one day zen I wuz haungry. 1 didn' know who he wuz, an 1 went up ter him, did, an says, Look yere boss. i'se haunGry. Ain you got CT loose dime erbout yo cloze;' He look at me- he did an thought sho he gwine hit me, but he rushed out CT dollar an says, Here. you daim rask kill. . l didn' stop ter argify wid him bout not bein CT raskil. tell you"
 Captain Miller is specially the friend of the young man who is trying 10 rise, and he has the satisfaction of knowing that he extended the first helping hand to many young men who are now becoming prominent in Arkan sas He is now at the head of the street rail of Little Rock. which under his mana cement has grown to be the most perfect system in the south. Captain Miller has an elegant home, a handsome and brilliant wife and one of the most beautiful little girls in the world. OiIE F. READ.
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from single acre, while the vineyard of Mir. Berkele, in sight of this same town, is equal 10 any In California, his wine being in high favor with the most fastIdious eonBoisssurs.
 Early last July MT. J. St K0slowsky, the general land and immigration agent of the st Louis, Arkansas & Texas railway, piioteI on trip through Grand Prairic party of news pa per men from Chicago and St. Louis, em braeing Mir. Murphy. Of he Chicago Lieratd, and MT. Paul, of the Illinois S1ants Zeifung MT. OErisR Moore, of the Missouri Kepubh- cdn and others V hose names 1 cannot nov call, and waA told by \ member of The party that he found the finest peaches he ever tasted. as biz as mans Bst, juicy, luscious and deiightfully nsvored. on farm near stuttgart, while the wine from Eerkele's win tage received the highest eBcomiums from the entire party. Every farmer on this prairie raises enough grapes for home eonsum ptiob. the varieties most in vogue teing Virginia seeiling. Ives new grape called Goethe" and the native Scuppsrnong. Another mem. ber of this journalistic exeursfoB told me he measured corn stslks in Grand Prairie six. teen feet high. most Of wbieh had two or three of the biggest ears he ever laki eyes upon.
 sweet potatoes average from two hundred than two hundred. and bring from hfty cents 10 seventy live cents at any town in the county ,-apd right here let me say that while practically tAe e-AAsas- -ss,sht -fs sasd of the counties of J0noks and Prairie, of both of which this prairie fOrms A portion. Indeed, the illustration in this article entitled Prairie Scene on Prairie I>oBgue, f<bnoks County, Arkanszs." is taken from . stock fafm in a part Of Grand Prairie. lying in the county of Lonoks, but l might print twenty other views identical with this taken at other points in this splendid stock raising region.
 HAY.NAKIEG AsD DAIRY PAKnIsG.
 Mir. A. Emon son, of Carlisle, a native of Norway who has been ten years in AYkansas, has built up an i'm meDss business, ha ytpg sss- ersl hsiing establishments. two of which turn out 2,0O tons of baied hay each per day. Thus hay is made Of native grasses. such AS grow from one end to the other of this superb prairie, the yield being from two to four tons of hay per acre. which is worth from t5 10 ss. tAied and delivered the ears. MF. EmDn. son, likewise. has demonstrated what can be done on Grand Prairie in the dairy line. the the Emon son Mercantile and MsnufactuYing company. of which he Is the head. having last year been considerably over 5.1o pounds day during the hottest weather last summer that good butter was not made, and not 6
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that never 70 into churches. the percentage ot church eoers in Arkansas to-day is larger than ;s any ssc.thera state, h is hardly possible for where they will not md Methodist and Baptist churches. The lTeSbyteriAas arc also in all more populous portions. The Cumberland Pres byteriaCs are numerous in soIne portions of the state especially the northwest The Christian Church, Disciples of Christ, ar what we usually call Campeellites, have number of oh rch edihces in the st te, and count 6 membership of moro thau 3u eoA Tho Lutherans are show ing their prosperity in this city by tho erection of an legant editce; and in passing l might say that this CapltAl city. with it's remarkable, magnificent church edlnces is entitled "a he called the City of Churches as much as the City ot lSoses- Persons coming to Arkansas attached to the forms of service sanction 'd by the usage ot centuries. will ind that both Eplscopal anu Catholic services are maintained at all the principal points in the state.
 FROM SMALL RR0INNlNGS
 move to-"
 -I ,.o :,c: .c.:evc,- s.:a he, everything taken iuiu ot'iIsrt atvti, that there s Siiy iisSs e; the globe where a persun with n family can get a better start on the road to prosperity on small capital than in Arkensas. Nou sec those three large books lying there. They are the reports of three several commercial agencies. Now, if you will just turn to Little Rock. for example, and look over tho rating of tho various business houses named. in every one Of the looks, venture to state that of the Little Rock list ninety per cent. of those who have rating of ten thousand dollars or more, have com menced business here since the war on capt- tai which was a very small per cent. of their present wealth. And what is thus true i'll spect to the merchants in this city is also true concerning the merchants throughout the state generally and the same underlying fact ap- plies to mon iii pursuit of almost every avoca- tion in the state Even with the larger plant CTS. while they nominally owned their planta- tions at the close of the war; they were general ly so deeply in debt that they had but little actual assets above liabilities.
 And the smaller farmers have generally started upon nothing, or with a very few hun
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On Grand Prairie.

We clip the following from @ folder published by the St. Louis. Arkansas and Texas Railway
 ~Our very short mild V nters, long summers of about nine months. numerous creeks of pure water, inexhaustible supply of nutritious transportation, our proximity to market, all mbine to make this the leading stock country of North America Thousands of cattle, horses. mules, and hogs live upon the range the year round Many of our best stock men, however. prepare prairie hay, millet oats, and field peas (which are all excellent and sure crop here to feed about two months of the year during the coldest weather of winter. With this little at tentiou our beef cattle are taken through our short wint r in fine condition, and with a month or six weeks grazing on the sweet wild grasses, they ale fat enough for any market. at very lit- tie cost to the owner
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close c. th" river Sbef" the cotton ptAntAt lons lie brings hoasior crops Of corn Aud cot on than any se ti1n m the soath so that tia Tor tlity of th" "jsIeh Woods has become ptoysJb. ial For my own part. should prefer s section or two Df this untouched tifnbsr |, sBy other rehltJ tn the tBi0n ptITehaAsabIs aL siU au acre |" lioid aa an investment to mako IHs sDiiis day rich
 AireAdy big money Is bsinR made by cutting thia timber fof pipe slaves. which are bDatSd c. New OrIsana, and thence stports1. For rnab.na all kiDds of casks inibH pipes h. clgdsd tho tiutfer of the -hicb Woods ls preferred bY all eoopera who have aAs4 to which tbssa wood. may pro6tAbiy bs pot. but once man becomes tbs owner m n sotns salnpie. cut C. b,,d out that he has fDr. tuns If hs SiII only b''id il few years.
 s1 THIEvfsG
 And in cDnnsetion ~ltb this fl Is q FsfDAYk- able f,v.t that timber tbisrihe s eomparatissIy Dnkn0Sn. and nsssF pTacttrsd in thts region. all such dSt1eiatisaus meeting with spn1tDAry punttige justice. IBdns.i. there is 6 respect Tor ths rights Of property Ia tbA region that challenges ttas MtHliFAtlOn Oi tbs stranger 1 attributs this [, the fact thai tbs lower part Of the county donn toward uswi't anf asoand SEQ by Ksntuek lans and vlrgiHlans who were drought np ln school that taught ths gospel M ipdtyLduAI r;TEt=, ssa4 brss;ed she s,.aa zho 4ossld take . sDeAsiBg. mean adyaotags. no matter h6w small, ss verse than a highway robbsr And %, t ,his dal. otis may bay tir1bsrsrsc '0"H sn0fe eHA HSV1t kD ba@f ih fsW fA&sf HIe time and yof ubsJn sEaInination ind that not \ sapiing has been cut uniAvfuiIy.
 ApTotNs Of tbs cdttGi- planters Of this county, they aluays cultivated eLsarihes lH tbs rich. woods. C. the exclusion of ths ad iAccnt prairie, thsr regard for cOttDn being great to cause all ottssr crops D bs ignored. Jhsy wanted Iotsng better than s bale H cotton to the acre. which was s light AseraGs in ths -rtch-N woods eicArtnEs. fo fact, it hes been only fyh fir siz years since ths yaIas of the prairie for sGrteoisoTs and hortleuifurs ras demonstrated. Sir. Tb0faas fl. IesIls, Of whva mention is toa<Js elsewhere, being tks pioneer developer of pgasTss fari1lrsg in Arkau ootIn- y. Coming from Illinois. hs was gulek to sss that tbs soil was similar to that which had made ths farmers of his native state the rici- est in the world. found segss N other set tiers from tho Sucker State farming Grand Prairie just they hs<t fArmsd in Illinois, and to man they were doing well. and they And their wives were happy and e0ntentsd.
 T. F. GRAsTY.
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STUTTGART.
A Thriving Town on the "cotton Beit'' Line, in the Heart of Grand Prairie,
 Arkansas County, Ark.

tta northern trAV eier on the Cotton nclt," the now trunk limo hotween St. toui& and Chi. ca SD, through Arkansas to Texas, should Awa akc At stuttgart and go out on the platfor as :as ear, he @ealA hAl n ,ltAlcalt to hrtux himself to she betirf that he had not hern tray, eltng north nr west tam St. Louis, instead ot south; tor the ariEAt, busy, Vya<reTcy; saaS. ing street on the left, aNd the rich rolling pra,rtc on tho right studded Mtih Hue tarm
 honHca and catpeted With luNuriant grass on which almost A thousand fat cattle may any day bc scon, arc scenes so distmcttVelY west
 ern as at arst blush to bew tJlef tho hchodcr. stuttgart tS now hut ta three year old. but tho sturdy Sc:ag=te. '- making -trIis@ ike young gtant, and Wlth such R mother az tho
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N bushels of corn and n bu shois of uatA were raised on that portion of Grand frAtrie where he lives, other farmers sad they had gath. cred iA bushels of corn from an acre, asked Mir. Soanland to give me c practical statement of how 4 farm of lt0 acres m Grand Prairie could bc handled to bcst advantage. He sad put ten acres tn corn, which eould ho counted on to bring SH bushels. lon acrea In .oats which would yield 30o bushels, Rnd two acres in peas, winch latter would Mttca twelve head nf hogs. two acres In sweet potatoes ttO0 bnshelsA, two acres iu Irish potatoes tOn huShcls) Then fence up twenty aeres for meadow, from ~iiieh foIi} tons oT euIet, la, can be moved This leaves of the quarter section ltt acres After taking four aeraa fur yard, vegetable garden, calf lots, barn yard etc, iiG aercs arc loft. This will pasture Gn heal of cattle, and with 10 tuna uf hay. will koep them in gooi condition all winter thcre being many seasons hen nu hay at all ia nee. cssNry Ia maintain thom Any farmer ran calculate what a good ltving therc Ia thus to be made from quarter section an Grand Prairie.
 Giant Trees.
 Grand Prairie ts datted with clumps ai tim Der. which they uall -ialanIa and VI hinli vary in stSo all the ~aN from one Hcru to several thousand, Nhtio tho unibor on theae etAIAnds compares faVurahly with tho bcut in iudnna ar illtnofs. it Ia in the rich wtda region lying south oi nrnnd Prairie that tho monumental tfurs of this continent arc fuund There tu not stand in tho whole world have boon tud by hritish ship bullder such atratglt tall hard wool treos as grnw m thia section ut AT
 
 several days hunting tn tho kich Woods and | was mofo impressed hy tho snlontu stately grandeur of thoae forest giants than was snno years ago when l stosli among tho CAlaNofaH red woods of far-oH California
 In other soctions, kentucky for instance, have seen tremendous trees and the biggest ones wGr" flow apd far betwcon, like tho great government buildings at Washington in comparison with which all tho uthaf houses at tho capital look s'luatty and lnaiRnncant but the oaks and aAhas. thu hcknrioa and aurns of tho forests oi Arkansas County Afk stand liko the huildings on tho ohiot stTeotA of Chlca 20, Hli big and imposing
 There Ia no estimating tho money value of thaRe forests. for tho wood is tDo good Lo bu made into common lumber, and aa the detuand for mo straight hard wood tH increasing And will inercase incredibly AA tho forests ui the tbickly settled stAtes are swept away, it iH pot t,o much to say that aero for aero the timber lands of Arkansas County arc worth AS much tho best cloarod land in the older states for, in addition to tho revenue that will come from tho saio Of the timber the iand itsoif is of nbfathornnble fertility. and much of that In the io~"r part of the county
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Johnson County, Arkansas.

Population, 20. .000. school fund, S3OO OO0 annu ally. ships annually S250 0O0 coal, $500 900 cot ton, Sa)0 000 lumber. Has lJO GO acres govern. ment land. JO.0O0 railroad land. 1000 state land and 225 900 private land Has 2so 000 acres coal land and 300,000 timber land. Coal to feet thick and excellent quality Has l25. 600 acres bottom land and O0O0O hill land. Arkansas river bounds the county south, and railroad crosses it parallel to river. Four large creeks cross the county into the river. Springs abound, water pure. health good, land cheap. Two hundred thousand dollars invested in mining at Coal Hull. Address,
 F. D. SRYGLEY, Coal Hill, Ark.
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Fort Smith, Ark.

Lyman Sherlock. of Fort Smith. Ark, sold. during the year 1887, exceeding a million dol lars worth of real estate in Fort Smith and vii cinity. They have made large investments for non residents in the shape of purchases, and 1t is remarkable fact that not one of their thou sands of customers has ever lost a dollar such investments They have 8 com plete set of abstracts of titles, and are considered authorities in such matters a Fort Smith These gentlemen come, res pectively, from Illinois and Ohio, and have been in Fort Smith over three years
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A Paiace on WheeIa.

A celebrated English tourist has remarke that to enjoy travelling in the United States. "one should be an unprotected female.~ Re gently the writer had the pleasure of trip over the "Wabash Route" in one of their pa la tial buffet ears. For smoothness of motion, elegance of finish and completeness of ap pointments, it is second to none. Not only Ia ibis the case in point of comfort, but the writer would pay special tribute to the polite and untiring attention of it's ofhcizls-
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Certain liberal citizens of Arkansas will do- nate twenty seven fertile farms to subscri- bers to THE ARKANsAw TRAyELER-see ad- vertisement.