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be carried so far as to defeat the good of our people, nor so far as to reverse the settled policy heretofore existing for the protection of the people, where no interest nor person in Arkansas is in any manner bene- fited by this change.
 3. That the act of the General As sembly of the State recently passed to prevent pools, trusts, etc., having been construed 70 debar all insurance companies from doing business in the State. who are members of any underwriter's board or rating bu- reau to fix rates upon other states, is not, in any respect. required or justified by the needs of our people or property. that it has tended to- ward a reversal-and it is reversing the policy of the state-a policy which has aimed to secure 10 our people the best and most reliable in surance companies, and the writing of insurance under such conditions, relating to bonds and service Of pro cess, as would secure to the assured a certain recovery, in the courts of his own county, of the loss sustain ed.
 1. That not only has this legisla- tion unnecessarily destroyed the val ue Of property painfully acquired by many of our worthy fellow-citizens, and has already reduced some to beggary (which we deeply deplore1, but it has materially lessened the credit power of the people, curtailed the capacity of our business men fD the handling of ourcotton and other products, in the extension of loans and the carrying on of a safe busi- ness. and has left the householders Of the State in q condition of such dependence upon irresponsible com panies, as to promise in the near fa- ture, so alarming a condition of af- fairs as will lead to the most wide. spread panic and depression that this State has ever witnessed.
 Resolved Further. That the tide of progress which we had hoped would reach Ark ansas in it's march from ocean to Oclan, is passing Us by, and that extrayagant steps to cure evils are endangering that development, which for many years has been our hope by day and our dream by night, and that we do not threaten nor command, but that we implore our general assembly to pass an endatory act enabling foreign fire insurance companies to do business in this State.
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A bit of political gossip is going the rounds in administration circles in Washington to the effect that a movement is on foot to have Ger. Horace Porter, Ambassador to France, and Secretary Alger ex- change places. The President un- derstands that Alger is a dead load to his administration and it is said he will propose the exchange to Gen. Alger upon the latter's return from Cnba. Gen. Porter is sad to be tired of his post and would glad ly make the exchange.
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Tbe Malvern Times Journal re- marks When the negro quits vot- ing the Republican ticket, billy goats will butt from the rear, and jay birds will bray like an ass, feathers will grow on hogs and Dutchmen will DO longer drink beer
 Yet, Brother Matthews, of the State Republican, proposes to ac- complish all this by busting the ne- gro from the Republican party.
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Miss Mary Jones, daughter of Senator J. K. Jones, was married at her home in Washington, D. C., Wednesday to Mr. Frank M. Plant, Of St. Paul, Minn. The many friends of Miss Mary in this city and State will extend their heartfelt good wishes.
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Admiral Dewey thinks that poli- tics is largely question of geogra- phy. It certainly keeps a good many politicians guessing where they're at.-Repuolic.
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President Mckinley Tuesday, af- ter the exchange ot notifications, formally declared peace with Spain and appointed Belamy Storer Unit e4 States Minister to Madrid,
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President ". H. Langford q Citizens Bank, left this morning Arkansas county, where he vii main for a few days on a hun trip.
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Semt> lIleekIg Grapbtc.

Fort Smith capitalists are organ izing local fire insurance company with 3 capital of $250, 000 which which will be increased t5 $500, GOO. This is the kind of a solution that solves.
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Prof. Becker T. Washington has written communication relative to the attitude Of the negro towards the white men of the South which attracted no little attention. He says:
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Miss Floy semple, one oi Southwestern Telephone anjl graph company's most efficient pIoyes, left this morning for Gr where she was called to the bal of her father. who is very i'll at place.
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Destroying values, crippling in- dustries, and driving away capital from the State and aeang the fcol in general Is what may corree sly be said Of the present general assem- Malvern Times-Journal.
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Miss Hertha Miller entertained her friends with a Kodak party at her home on West Fifth avenue, in honor or her guest, Miss Delsie Cans, of Little Rock, last evening.
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Mr. Geo. [. Reed and wife returned today from Philadelphia, whither they went on the sad mission 0 burying their daughter, Lillian, re gently deceased.
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We hope the new city administra- tion will give Us a clean sweep-at least as far as the streets are con cerned.
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The Filipinos have either been an- initiated or fed to tbe woods. Send me more troops and rations.-0tis.
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Is the Legislature or the people the sovereign power in th.s State?
The times., 1899-01-15

Wasn't none of Us denied it that We played a
lcadin' hand
Sendin' Mexican Rinaldo to the Greaser Prom
isei I.and
He had give US provercation fur a-doin' Of that
BY palmin' all the aces in an honest poker game.
FLYNN rumors Of the lynchin' i'll some unknown
manner got
To the county seat below us, and precipitatcly
brought
The Of coroner asailin' fur 10 take the needless
OF hoidin' of an inquest on the welther-cLiIlcd
said it was legal duty, an the inry's verdfck
might
Git the reckless perpetrators in a tanslc purity
Fur the sudden elevation of mortal to tree
Was crime, as per the statutes, OF quite Sc
rious degree.
We cndcalored 10 convince him that the statutes
In the sq:awyille Jurisdiction, but he wouldn't
An he asked Us all to Ticker in sieh gcntIemanly
way
That We nodestly informed him he could make
his legal play.
So he summoned up jury an it started on its
By clectin me the foreman, a po,ish couldn't
An We met in solemn order. every face a-wcarin'
quite bea,tin' an event of sich solcmnity, YOU
know.
Then the witnesses was questioned. an they all
expressed surprise
At the startln information Of the Mexicau's
demise.
An upon their oalhs asserted they was more than
satisfied
That he Just got tired Of liyin' and committed
suicide.
All the skill Of the official couldn't shake their
evidence,
An the coroner was puzzled at their is'nance so
intense.
Fur twas proved beyond a question that we'd
neither hccrd nor read
Fore the coroncrs arTivel, that the Mexican
was dead
He remarked in snappy manner that he thought
it mighty queer
That thing like that could happen in the camp
an no one hear
Nary cussed thing bout it, an to bolster up his
view
BY coincidence, we told him that Us itllers
thought 50, too-
After due deliberation in strictly legal way
An considerin' the evidence brought forward in
the play,
We returned proper verdck to the coroner,
which read:
Eve. the jury. here assembled, find the cold re-
mains is dead
When handed him the same tux occasion to
remark
That some queer things sometimes happen here
in Squawville after dark.
That the sun was just a-settin, an the way his
hoss feet
Hit the landscape down the mountain was a
pleasurable treat.
Denver Evening Post.
The times., 1899-01-15
Quotation Books.

wit and Wisdom from Many Minds IS
a two-volume collection of quotations from
great writers, both in verse and prose-
arranged according to subjects and thor
oughly indeXed. 1t cannot be called a
comprehensive collection, since many sub
jects, as well as many authors, are omit
ted; but the selections are, on the whole
well made There is an especially large
variety of verses on flowers, and anyone
in search of bit OF poetry to suit any par
ticular blossom will be almost sure to find
it in this book. In this part of the col
lection the poems of Elaine Goodale fig
ure conspicuously. Miss Goodale (now
Mrs Eastman has written more dainty
and exquisite things about our native wild
flowers than anyone else in the world
and though her work is not Of the sublime
order it is thoroughly artistic and well
deserves prominent place in topical COL
lection of verses. such as this. Her poem
on that weird, half-alive plant, Indian
Pipe is good example of her verse in
this line.
The poems of Dora Read Goodale are
also well represented. When It comes to
English blossoms. that sweetest of spring.
time carollers, Robert Herrick, appears
most frequently in these pages. In other
parts of the collection the Brownings are
well represented, as are Tennyson and the
other standard poets of English literature,
and there are many translated verses from
German, French and other languages. Pos
sibly this is mistake. Verse in transla-
The times., 1899-01-15

The beam says to the rafter, We are crazy and
old;
The hearth says to the chimney, We are black
ened and cold;
The door says to the window We shut not out
the rain;
And the whole place is accursed, it reeks of
wrong and pain.
Yet the burn flows on the mountain, still limpid
and feet;
And the wind sings in the fir tree, with song
still sweet
And the grouse crows on the hilltop, the first
to greet the day;
And the deer strays in the forest, with its young
one at play.
But where, now. is the tartan, with the clans
of old,
Who stalked once at Loehaver. with step free
and bold?
lie is lord now of prairie, he cannot count his
sheep;
But his heart is still at Lochaver's;. he returrs
there in sleep. -.s ...t-. ...
Then his foot brushes the heather, where it
puppies the moor,
With the light heart OF the hunter in the chase,
as OF yore;
With the proud step of his fathers, as he roams
o'er hill and glen
Oh fair mother OF heroes, who shall match thee
for men?
They have wrung wealth IN Iowa, with the steam
horse and plow,
They have crushed gold in Alaska, with the sweat
OF their brow;
But the true wealth of people is the home with
its loves and tears,
Where the dead lie, and tie heart lives, by the
tombs of a thousand years.
Then, roll, waters OF Yukon, your reefs rich
in gold!
Grow white: greencst Of prairies, with heeces
untold,
But his heart still is Loelavers, in the cot with
the but and benz"
They have deer still in Lochaver--but where are
the men?
They were torn up from the shieling, that Grad
led their birth;
They were chased forth into exile, as strangers
earth:
Oh, how shall they sing the old songs they
learnt when the heart was young;
When the minstrel spirit IS broken, and the harp
is all unstrung?
There snowpeaks in the far West, sierras
that cut the sky;
Like the white clouds of the summer that daz
zle the eagles eye
But. it's OH for the hi;ls of Scotland, for the
mist and glow and gloom,
And the far cry OF the curlew, and the heather
in bloom,
london Spectator
The times., 1899-01-15
An Exquisite GIFT hook.

Easily the first among the many attrac-
tive gift books of the holiday season is
the "Maude Adams" edition of The Little
Minister" The illustration of novel
which has been dramatized with success,
By pictures of the actors who have appear
ed therein, is rather q new idea, though
something like it has been done before
Editions of Shakespeare have been illus
trated with portraits of famous players
and there was a famous illustrated edition
of The Rivals" which contained pictures
of that famous trio. Jefferson. Florence and
Mrs. Drew. But the dramatized novel is
still comparatively new thing, and sncs
the time of Dickens few novels have at
tanned anything like the success in drama
tized form which has been the fortune of
The Little Minister
1t is needless to say that this success il
due almost entirely to Maude Adams
Without Lady Babbie, the play would be
no better and no worse than half dozen
other Scotch plays; and without Lady
Babbie there would be little of ab-orbing
interest in the book. 1t is fitting. there
fore, that the most beautiful ed tion of
Mr.. Barrie's fascinating novel should re-
ceiye the name of the woman who has
made Babbie a living reality to thousands
of lovers of the drama.
There are thirty-two full-page illustra-
tions in this book, presenting the princi-
pal scenes in the story as pictured by
Miss Adams and her company. The vol
ume Is bound in white vellum and gold,
and among the illustrations are pictures
OF the tea drinking in Nanny's cottage,
the warning, the interview tween Micah
and Babbie, and the consultation OF the
elders. No smallest detail which can ada
to the effectiveness of the hock has been
overlooked Even the bookmark is a bit
of tartan ribbon. Sometimes editions de
luxe are desirable, and some times despite
all the money spent on them, they are
not; but there is no question that the
Maude Adams edition of THE Little Min
ister' is delight. New York: r. II.
Russell G. Co. s250)
The times., 1899-01-15
CURRENT VERSE.
The Song of the snM.


The song is the shrek OF the strong that are
The monarchs that people the woodlands of
Maine;
lis the cry OF a mercilcss war.
And it echoes by river, by lake and by stream,
Wherever saws scream or the bright CLEAN.
'Tis keyed TO the sibilapt rush of the stream,
And the song is the song of the saw.
Come stand In the gloom Of this clamorous room,
Where giants groan past us adrip from the boom,
Borne here from the calm of the forest and hill,
Aghast at the thunderous roar OF the MIL,
At rumble Of pulley and grumble OF shaft,
And the tumut and din of the sawyer's rude
craft.
Stand here in the ebb of the riotous blast
As the saws mighty carriage goes laundering
One man at the lever and one at the dog.
The slaughter il bloodless and senseleSs the log,
Yet the anguish of death and the torment of
Are quiyering there in the long. awful yell
That shrilis above tumult OF gearing and wheel.
As the carriage roars down and the. timber meets
steel.
Scream, And hoard is laid bare for home.
Shrek. And timber for mansion and dome
For the walls of palace, or tolls homely u.s.
Is reft from the tanks OF the pros;rate King
And thus the clamor Of pulley and wheel
In the plant of the wood and the slash OF the
steel
Is wrought the undong of Maine's sturdy lords
The martyrs that Nature yields up to our swords.
The song is the kncll of these strong that are
slain.
The monarchs that people the woodlands Of
Maine,
And the fury tina: whirls by mechanical law,
With rioting teeth and Unsuitable NAV,
Is the saw;
And this is the song of the saw
Holman F. Day
The times., 1899-01-15

It's Sweet, good-by." when pennants fly,
And ships put out to sea;
It's loving kiss and 4 tear or two,
In an eye of brown or an eye of blue
And you'll remember me,
Sweetheart,
And you'll remember me.
It's Friend or :oe?' when signals blow
And ships sight ships at sea;
It's clear for action and man the guns
As the battle nears the battle runs
And you'll remember me,
Sweetheart,
And you'll remember me.
It's deck to deck and wrath and wreck
When ships meet ships at sea;
It's scream OF shot and shrek Of shell,
And hull and turret a roaring hell
And you'll remember me,
Sweetheart.
And you'll remember NC.
It's doom and death and pause breath
When ships 60 down at sea;
It's hate is over and love begins,
And war is cruel whoever wins
And you'll remember me,
Sweetheart.
And You'll remember me.
Madison Cawein, in Truth
The times., 1899-01-15
"Whaso Walks in Solitude

Whose walks in solitude,
And inhabitcth the wood,
Choosing light, waye-toCk and bird,
Before the money-loving herd,
Into the forester shall pass.
From these companions power and grace,
Clean shall he lac, without, within,
From the old adhering sin,
All i'll dissOlving in the light
OF his triumphant, piercing sight;
Nor vain, sour nor frivolous,
Not mad, athirst or garrulous;
Grave, chaste, contented, though retired,
And OF all other men desired.
On him the light of star and moon
Shall fall with purer radiance down;
All consultations of the sky
Shed their virtues through his eye.
Him nature giveth for defense
His formidable innocence;
The mounting sap, the Shells the sea.
All spheres, all stones, his helpers be;
He shah meet the speeding year
Without wailing, without fear;
He shall be happy in his love,
Like to like shall joyful prove;
He shall be happy whilst he woos.
Nuse-born. daughter OF the Muse;
But If with gold she bind her hair,
And deck her breast with diamond.
Take off thine eyes, thy heart forbear,
Though thou lie alone on the ground
~e-' 20 Ralph Waldo Emerson.
The times., 1899-01-15

clumsy attempt to keep close to the bor
der of realism. The author of The Phan-
tom Army" makes no such mistake. He
knows how to mingle realism and fiction
with cunning hand. hawthorne could
do that; Bellamy could do it, du Maurer
could do it, and so can Kipliug; but the
talent is rare one. To many people the
story Will seem much finer than "Kron-
stadt" though that was a tale well told.
(New York: d. Appleton & Co. s1.50)
The times., 1899-01-15

tions is usually Ineffective, and in a book
would seem that the space should be used
fer English authors. A more serious fault
is an occasional inaccuracy of quotation.
In Leigh Hunts exquisite sonnet ITO the
Grssshopper and Cricket" the first line is
made 10 read:
Green vaultcr in the sunny grass
instead of the usual reading Green little
vaulter." This not only injuries the pic
ture drawn by the poet, but causes the
metre to limp. Again, there seems no
reason fer retaining all the original
quaintness of spelling in quotations from
Chaucer and reforming it in an anony-
nous bit of spring poetry. The usual YER
sion of the latter is:
Summer is y-cumcn in,
Loud sing cucul
Crowcth seed. and bloweth mead,
And springeth the weed newe.
The version adopted in this book of quo
tations is:
Summer is a-coming in,
And spsingeth the wood now,
which makes considerable difference in
both sound and sense. The former version
is the one used in Bryant's collection of
miscellaneous poetry published some years
ago, and may be supposed to be correct.
The books are daintily printed and
bound. ard extremely attractive as gift
books. New York: G. p. Putnam's s
Sons. S2.00)
The times., 1899-01-15

Gloria Mundi'-it will have as many
critics for the next year or two as it
has readers. and that is sure sign OF
greatness-these things must be conceded:
1t is thoroughly original, it Is daring in its
independence. and 1t is written with phil
osophic insight and carefulness of observ-
aticn. tChicago: Herbert s. Stone & Co
Washington: Ballantyne- s1.50.l
The times., 1899-01-15

The work of Oliver Herford has steadily
grown in popularity during the last few
years. A pen drawing of himself. by this
clever Illustrator, is to be found in the
January Book Buyer.
The times., 1899-01-15

What has been the number of bales of cotton
raised each year for the past ten years in the
United Statesi Z. j. "
1889. 6.935. .Os2 bales; 1890. 1913. .72S; 1891.
s,655.51S: 1892. 9OSS. 7O7; 1898. eli, ,i42:
1894. 1881. .21f: 1895. 1892 766: 1896. -
1872 473: 1897. s.7I4.011: 1893, 11.lS0.9 800
These figures are computed on an average
net weight per bale OF 4s7 pounds.
The times., 1899-01-15
NOTES AND QUERIES.

Where is the battleship Massaehusetts'
+. E. IT.
In drydock at the Brooklyn navy yard,
being repaired.
The times., 1899-01-15

Harlan p. HaIsey, who died in Brooklyn
not long ago, is said to have been the au-
thor of several novels. He was ''Old
Sleuth," of dime novel fame, and he was
the pioneer in the line of American de-
tective stories. One of the newspaper ac-
counts of his life and work says that now
and then he would dash OFF a novel
day" The reader. especially if he has had
some experience in the art of writing. is
left wondering how on earth the thing was
done
The times., 1899-01-15

How did the spelling ''Xmas' originated S.
1t comes from The Chrismon, or mono
gram OF Christ. which combined the first
two letters OF the Greek word for Christ.
These corresponded to oar X and p. and
were thus put upon Christian tombs as
early as the beginning of the second cen
tury. AS now used. the "X'' alone re-
mains
The times., 1899-01-15

portrait of George Gissing, author OF
The Unclassed" Born in Exile etc,
appears in this months Critic. Mr.. Giss-
ing's work is not very well known in this
country. He has taken up the work which
Dickens left and is doing 1t in a different
way-the work of portrayng the life of
the lower class of London Dickens touch
ed that life sympathetically. idealizing its
wretchedness and sordid pettiness, or tore
away the veil from horrible abuses. or
turned it into amusing carcature. The
work of Gissing is realistic to the last de-
gree. His sympathy with the creatures
Of his books is more subtle and less I'M
passloued than that of Dickens. lie is
only a little past fcrty and his strong in
div,iuality and vivid Imagination may
give English literature something remark
able in the next ten years.
The times., 1899-01-15

Is there premium on the United States nickel
having ''E FiuribGs Unum' under tue ''V?''
Who're can such coinsbe disposed of to advant-
age2 IL. +. D.
No; professional dealers in rare coins
include these. with all Columbian half dol
lars, in the list OF coins they do not buy.
But replying to your second query as
though an affirmative answer had been
given to the first, the place TO dispose
of a rare coin is where you can get
the most for it, Values in such things are
not well settled. and most collectors and
dealers in rare coins are themselves rare
hands at bargaining.
The times., 1899-01-15

With January l. 1901. The explanation
is easy. Go back to the first century; 1t
did not end until the last day OF the year
100, so the second century commenced with
the first day of l0l. In like manner every
century begins
The times., 1899-01-15

On an average. about once in seven years
December 81 fell ON Saturday in 1881. 1885,
1880, and 1874
The times., 1899-01-15

What country produces the greater number OF
bushels of wheat to the acre, the United States
or Great Britain? ". L. T.
In 1896. according to the Statistical Alb
stract OF the United States, the average
production Of wheat per acre throughout
the United States was 12.4 bushels per
acre. In Great Britain in the same year
the average production was 1876 bushels
per acre. The English acreage was very
much smaller. of course; and the land in
some parts of the country is manured.
almost as if wheat were garden crop.
The acreage in 1895 was ,693, ,957.
The times., 1899-01-15

Please advise at what date the twentieth CEN
tury begins, and why? T. b.
The times., 1899-01-15

Bob, Son of Battle" is dog story
recently published by the Doubleday &
Mcclure Company, and said to be one of
the best stories OF animals yet written.
1t is by Alfred Olivant, and in England it
goes by the name of Ovid Bob. Again one
is tempted 10 inquire why so many pic
turesque titles are changed for common
place or misleading ones when the tooxs
Cross the Atlantic?