The Russellville Democrat., 1892-02-25
Pulse of Little Rock.
.re,nondence of the pemocrat.

C0rfcspOuuchCe VI tHc DcufoCi@t.
 The Mining, Manufacturing and Agricultural Bureau, presided over by F. NJ. Locke, is one of the most important offices in the state. The register kept in the office will show that during the past twelve months over fifty thousand people have call ed, examined the exhibits and gathered all the information they could about the products and other resources of Arkansas This regis ter glves the name and postoffice address of every one who calls. They come from all parts Of the world. In the office is kept, Tn jars prepared for the purpose, specimens of fruit and grain 80 labeled that one can know at once from what county it came. The northwest and middle counties of the state are best repre- seeted. The mineral exhibits are from the following counties: Carroll, Madison, Newton, Boone, Marion, Searcy, Baxter, Fulton Izard, Stone, Independence, Sharp, White, Faulk- ner, Pulaski, Saline, Perry, Yell, Lo- gan, Franklin, Crawford, Sebastian, Montgomery, Garland, Hot Spring, Clark, Nevada. Pike, Howard Sevier.
 Coal and manganese are the most profitable now being mined. But in the collection of exhibits in the office are excellent specimens of antimony, nickel, galena, iron, zinc, copper, pigment, clays, such as ochre oxide, kaolin (from which the finest DOT celain can be made ), soapstone, gyp- sum, marl beds in inexhaustab!e quantities, silica sand for making glass, and the finest whetstone Tn world, One whetstone quarry, in Garland county, is being worked, from which stones are being shipped to all parts of the United States as we'll as to Europe. Large quantities of white chalk is found h Red river valley, wbich is as white and free from blemlsh as the very best English chalk; and we have large beds of stone from which as fine Q Portland cement can be made as IS found Tn any country. All these facts and manyothers are SO present. ed to the public by Mir. Locke that any one may know of the vastness of the resources of the state. He publishes biennial report and bulletin for free distribution.
 FREE TOBACCO SEED.
 Mir. Locke has on hand large quantity of Havana tobacco seed. Any farmer in the state who will ap- ply for it, will be sent package of the seed free. He has also bought two hundred bushels of long staple cotton seed for free distribution, and he IS sending out sugar beet seed free of charge. He tried to get the government to furnish him with free seed, but the officer in charge replied that he could not get enough to supply the congressman and sen tors with seeds for their constituents. The last legislature appropriated ten thousand dollars per year to meet the expenses of the office, and MT. Locke is applying this money where he thinks the most good can be accomplished,
 POLITICAL PROBABILITIES.
 The state conVen tion will be call ed to meet about the 18th of Jnne-- not later than the 18th, and perhaps as early as the '. The state central committee will hardly think it nee essarv to call two conventions. So that alter the 10th of March the can didates for state offices will go to work in earnest to secure the nomi- nation.
 The opposition to democracy will not show It's hand until after the state convention, and even then it Is believed that the main fight will be made on a still hunt.
 VoLNEY JAMESON.
 Little Rock, Ark, Feb. P, 1892.