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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-16
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Mrs. Shields, EStntc.

EArr. Charles Z. Richards qualified as
executor of the estate of the late Mrs.
caroline %. Shields in the Chancerys
sCaurt yesterday afternoon. The estate!
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-16
ure Blood.

is the best defence against disease-and
.Hostetter's Stomach Bitters makes
healthy blood. 1f.you want to get well
and keep well. take 1t regularly. 1t will
keep the bowels active and cures all
such stomach disorders as dyspepsia. In
digestion, sluggish liver. weak kidneys,
malaria, fever and aSue. See that a Pri-
$vate Revenue Stamp covers the neck OF
3 hae hot tie.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-16

Hon. D. NJ. Key,
District Court Was Insured in the Fart
Life Insurance
Read the following letter.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Feb 27, 1900
Mr.. c. NJ. Fort, Manager Hartford Life ms. Co.:
Dear Sir,-I beg to acknowledge through you the
receipt of check from the above company for ten thous
and dollars i'll payment of policy for this amount held by
my late husband, Judge D. M Key The proof OF death
left Chattanooga the evening of the 21st and CHECK
received the morning of the 27t OF this MONTH
commend your company for promptness and fair dealing
[Signed] LIZZIE l. KEY
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-16

begging on the street, is by men who live
in the city. and there would be few links
in the chain-gang but for this class of
voters
The tramp ordinance is we'll enforced
in the Police Court, and the expense to
the city in feeding tramps is smaller than
it has ever been before.
The native vagabond is a greater evil
to-day in Richmond than the tramp.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-16

Letters from the Beneciares of the Late VIM H. Trego
Superintendent Of Adams Express, of Baltimore. hid.
BALTIMORE, MD, March s, 1900.
Col. R. B. Parrot Manager, Hartford Life Insurance
Co., Atlantic Bull ding, Washington, D. c.:
Dear Sir-Allow me to extend my sincere thanks
for the prompt manner which Policy No. 1906 upon
the life Of the late W1 H. Trego has been settled by
your company and cannot too highly commend the
Hartford Life to those desiring life insurance.
Respectfully yours.
reoned7 ANN I. TREGo.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-08-11

that she hadn't noticed it a-commi'a
down. Everybody begun to iaiasn
except Bro Simmons, who tried to
keep on singing. | reck'n she must
have thought sumfn was wrong tor
all of suddin' she elapped her han
on her fuzzy bald head glib one OF
the widest looks I cher saw, an run
out of the house. She didn't chen
stop to get her wig, iist left 1t on
Bro Simmons table. Ireck'n with
a contagious little giggle) for him to
remember her by, though she didn't
take time to leave the blue ribbon to
tie it wild.
after she went everything was
still for minute: Ireck n eberybody
was like me, 'shamed to laugh Bro
Simmons got up purity soon an
cleared his throat in hesitatin
wayan' said, bein' as it was a gitin
late, we better rails an be dismissed.
Didn't chen take time to sing the
doxology. We stood aroun' an
talked little after meetin', but Ann
Eliza WASH mentioned. | reckoa
that eberybody was waitin'
somebody else to speak 6sSt.'
"When l got outside the door the
was Bro Simmons. He says, II
so fond of studyin' the beautiful
heabens, an, said, Yes, it's real
amusin'!' | was about to pass on
when he says. Sister Tidy, it pears
like it has been a long time sence |
had the pleasure OBJ talkin' wild you,
an if you are willin' I'd like to walk
home wild you"
Il didn' know that he could talk
so humbl' like, but | COP IN help
from givin' him a little slap, SO |
spoke up. like it didn' matter to me
whether he come or not. | said,
Why, OBJ cose, Bro Simmons, come
if you want to, but don fergit your
lock of hair An he said. Sister
Cintilda, eff [ have strayed out on
che cold mountains OF fergetfulness
/ to the one | lub best of all, she mus
help me get back into the fold, an =
with toss of her woody head, Il
reck'n that from now on I'll hab to
be his shepherd. Minneapolis
Housekeeper.
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| am sure need say nothing of
the castles and old churches | have
seen. They are written of more full
ly than ! could possibly hope to do,
and then | am not sure would get
my facts just right, for a hurried ex-
animation is not at all satisfactory,
though | would not forego the
pleasure | have had thus FAR, for any
consideration. Very much Of Scot
fish history was made in the immc-
date vicinity Of Ediuburgh,-and
Stirling Castle, and Holyrood. and
Greplriars church, and St. Giles
church, and the battle fields Of Ban
nQettsaSN 4 Elodds =. lave n
iSNi Visited while Scott memorials
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-08-11
THOSE STURDY SCOTS.
Everywhere They Hold Their
Own, and They Have a
Fine Country.
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND.

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND.
The canny Scot has improved con-
siderably in his methods the past
three or four hundred years, but he
still retains many of his earlier
characteristics. The castles, the rocky
tastness, the caves, the inaccessible
islands, to which it was his wont to
retire in the good old days when his
chief occupation was to descend upon
the demenes of his neighbor and car
nv off his flocks and herds, are now
harmless and picturesque spots, to
see which people cross the seas, de-
prive themselves Of many comforts,
undergo some hardships, and leavein
their track a stream ofgold far more
valuable than all the fl ocks and herds
that might be gathered in any
midnight foray Instead of sub
jecting his immediate neighbors to
pillage, instead oflaying enemies I'M
der tribute, he now goes out after
the gold OF the world, and treats
friends sdfd i1 L, Y al alike. This Scot, this
h2E2>headed. stro- -esy i tena-
-Hous, indomitable, persever,n ( SCOT
has builded here in north ofScotl. ~
two of the hnest cities in the wo rid.
| have not yet seen on this side of the
Atlantic city that can compare
with Glasgow in all the elements of
commercial activity and manufac-
turing progress. 1t is said to be the
second city in Great Britain,-second
only to London, but | find it difh-
cult to believe that even London can
surpass it except in the matter of
population. Right here in Glasgow
are men, the descendants of the race
celebrated in the songs and stories of
that matchless writer, Sir Walter
Scott, who have developed such craft
in commercialism that the whole
world is under tribute to them. Why
the very shirt have on at this mo-
ment was manufactured in Glasgow,
and very likely from cotton pro-
duced in Arkansas. Think of that,
intelligent reader, and you will begin
to appreciate the tremendous energy
and keen-sighted intelligence of the
Scot With all our boosted progress,
has he not outstripped us? He buys
cotton IN Arkansas. brings it over
here, manufactures it into CLOTH
and there is nothing but cotton in
the shirt | wcar,-returns il to
America, where wholesaler sells it
to retailer and a retailer sells il to
me. A round about way, isn't it, to
get n shirt? And the Scot is grow
ing rich at this business. And here
in Edinburg, the very quaintest and
prettiest city | have ever seen with
out exception, with its old and new
institutions oflearning, installations
OF art treasures, its squares and
parks and terraces, wehave the very
flower Of Scotland growth and
achievement would like to stop
right here Tor a month, and the
20 back INTO that enchanting Loid
country through which wc unssc
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-08-11

tells mostly of kings and princes and
noble lords, and very little of the
people, who seem not to have had
any history worth recording until
heceut years. 1t is the present of
Scotland that is of interest to me.
and TO you, | hope, and the present
is fu4 of busy achievement and of
fitu1e promise. 1t is very forlorn,
up there in the mountain country.
the Highlands, with Aocks of grey
sheep and heards of shaggy cattle,
and little stnnted ponies, and brown
mountain sides, and flinty erags,
and skit moors. but when you get
furthd south you find splendid
County, The battlefield Of Bon
n4s iaufn, Tor instance, and all The
l5eadtiIuf plans That stretch away
on every side from Stirling Castle
are rich with the verdure of fine
crops of corn and beans and oats and
flax. The divisions are not as small
as oyer in Ireland, while the squalid
cottage his entirely disappeared, in
dicating higher degree of prosperi-
ty among the agricultural class. In
fact the Scott has developed a set
tied capacity for taking care of him
self in all fields and against all
corners. He has never asked any
odds of anybody, and | was not SUR
prised to see that his all prevailing
continuity of purpose had put him
ahead of his friend on the other side
of the Irish sea. Down here at Edin-
burg, and as far south as Melrose,
where | am now writing ,-these let
tiers being written on the wing as it
were, there are focks of sheep and
herds Of cattle everywhere 1t is a
rare thing that | look out of my
compartment window that do not
have within sight as many as a
half thousand sheep, while herds of
handsome cows, fat and lazy and
sleek, are everywhere. 1t is all very
pleasing,-but | have seen fairer
fields in my own land, though not
so many hocks. In Kentucky, if the
roads were as uniformly fine as they
are here, if the hedgerows were as
beautifully kept, if stone fences could
be seen along roadsides, and if con-
tinuous avenues ofoverhanging trees
could de found to shelter sightseer
as he bowled along, the scene would
be every bit as good as here. II
takes age,-a principle applied to
somt Kentucky products,-to bring
excellence in the matter of high ways
and other public improvements, and
Scotland is old. while Kentucky is
yet in the nursery stage. docs he
mean in the bottle stage?)
But, we are at Melrose, and Alb
bottsford is yet to be seen, and the
Tweed. and Eildon hills, and Mel
rose, and, perhaps, if the morrow be
fair, Dryburgh, which contains all
that is mortal of that immortal
bard whose memory is revered in all
parts of the world, and at whose
shrine all Scots worship to this day,
and to a man. Tomorrow we go to
Old Chester, and from there to Ok
ford and the Avon, so | may not, at
this time, have time to record furth-
er impressions of Scotland, the land
from which my own ancestors
sprang.
w. NJ. NEAL.
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Adverlll


One inch per year 500.
On Contract for Six Months,
cent ~ annual rate, and tor thFs.
months, 50 per cent. an -
On contracts of to incheA, ~ -
cent off OF annual rates. eoneless=
for Z TO IL inches so per e - on q -
nual rates. IS to Is inches % pof s1hs
off annual rates. ..,4
Special position 20 per cent adaitionssl.
Locals 10 oents per line first inseF-
ton, s cents second and ~ cents thefs=
after.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-08-11
A Matter of Policy.
While honesty is policy
And truth a jewel too,
ia hate to be the person

While honesty is policy
And truth jewel too,
I'd hate to be the person
Who told everything that's true,
Who instead of lying gllbly;
."What lovely child is that l''
Must in truth say to its mother
"What an ugly little bratp'
Just suppose at some reception,
Entertainment should be slow,
And we fret and fume and fidget
As we often do, you know.
Who would care to make his farewell
Truthfully to our host and say;
"pve been simply bored to death, Sir,
And Pm glad to get awayW
Who would care to meet lady
Whom he hadn't seen for years.
Greet her pleasantly and tell her
How much Older she appears2
How much nicer to lie glibly,
Lie sincerely, and to say;
"Why, it seems to me that you are
Growing younger every day 2"
Be he saint or be he sinner,
Would a mortal man, forsooth,
Ever dare go out to dinner
If he had to tell the TRUTH
Say the roast was tough and tasteless,
Say the soup was seasoned wrong,
Say twas strange how weak the coffee
When the butter was so strong
When the amateur canary
In the parlor MARBLES gay,
Like buzz-saW on tantrum
Who would care to rise and say:
Goodness me, but how you flatted,
My, how shril your high notes are,
have heard young calves that blatted
Better musie-better far %
If to truth you have leaning,
It's not always best to say
What you think on some occasions,
There's another, wiser way:
TWixt your policy and conscience
To affect a compromise,
Let what you think be truthful~
If what you tell be lies.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-08-11

Fourth Assistant Cen
eral Bristow's investigation of the
Cuban's postal frauds shows that
Neelv's defalaction amounted to
$131, 713. Rathbone, who is said
to have been guilty Of indefensible
negligence, at the best, has been ar
rested and is now in Jail at Havana.
All others implicated are to be rigid
ly prosecuted.
1t is officially announced that the
that the rebellion in the United
States of Colombia has been crushed.
Next week it is likely that the oflici-
al announcement will be exactly to
the contrary. So go Central Ameri-
can revolutions.
"Drift.iences" on the government
lands in New Mexico have been or
dered removed under the statute
which prohibits the enclosure Of pub
u. lands. Cattleuicn are excited and
annoyed over the order
~ ~ i'' " heis runniqe for Pre-
sieent without hnviug bet lieu
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White River Locks and Dams.


Far -pros,..s,;;sl Aaado- with
the government work on the lock
and dam, just below the city. More
trained laborers are wanted, and
Capt. Parkin is thinking OF adver-
Using for them in Memphis. The
payroll for July shows 100 names,
and yet the average number of men
at work during the month was new
er larger than 40, The force is COM
posed chiefly of farmers from the
surrounding country, and they usu-
ally do not remain long.
Capt. Parkin hopes TO have the
lock closed by Wednesday next,
when all the water will be pumped
out oft. Capt. MeGregor is expect
ed over from Little Rock at that
time, if the condition of his wife,
who is i'll with typhoid fever, will
permit him to leave her.
The lock is at present constructed
entirely of false work. When the pit
is pumped out, the solid masonry
will be put in; and when that is COM
pleted the present work, oflogs and
mud will be removed. 1t win hardly
be possible to lay the concrete before
September.
From this time on, material for
the work will be received in consid-
cradle quantities. There are now in
the warehouse 500 barrels of Port
land cement. Orders have been Civ
en- for 1000 barrels more, which will
soon begin to arrive at the rate of
100 barrels day.
A shipment of oak lumber is ex-
pected to arrive Monday from Sedg-
wick. A sub-contract has been Civ
en- Collie & Williamson of this coun-
ty tor $50, 900 feet Of pine lumber,
which they will buy chiefiy'6rom tl,v
mills up the river and raft down
here,
Mr.. R. S. landlord began Wednes-
day to haul rock, on his contract.
He wants all the teams he can get
for that purpose. The rock is taken
from land belonging to Mr.. l. n.
Reed, near the work.
The lock pit is now being dredged,
and on yesterday excavation for the
abutments on the south side OF the
river was begun. The water at this
point is fourteen feet deep, and lay
ing four 'iapis difficult work.
''as in charge
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"a back into that enchanting Loid
country through which we passc
two days ngoand spend auolhe
month
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The Last Dollar Paid.
w. M. NEAL

The last dollar due the government
on the settlement ratified by the
legislature OF 1897 has been paid.
The State of Arkansas is no longer
Nebtcd to the United States. She
~ NdQrmed all of the conditions
the time of the settle
I'd score is thus wip-
ed out. The State 4 :.
graduate herself on tn
position Of this matter
Democrat
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-22
ANNIE EHF.ART DILLON.

AZ The hands az half-hreed assassin by a
little dusky-skinned girl who crcpt up to
him in the night and warned him Of the
plot that had been made TO hill and rob
him. II was mot John Smith-poCahontas
ease exactly. but To was near IL.
Dillon was raised in Ireland and when
he came IA this country found employment
in Texas rs n cowboy and lahcrer. Ry care
ful management he h'cam" rich. In time
h" owned large ranch on the ri" Grande
and every year he shipped cattle To the
Indian Territory 20 fatten upon the grass
of the fine pasture lands during the spring
ana summer. He WAS well acquainted with
nearly all ~ the KiOwa chiefs. who liked
him because he had always dralt fairly
with their people. He was liberal and
kiUd-hCarted. hut he had great love for
liquor. lie enjoyed the company IF his
cowboys and Ca;rlemcn. and amer making
a successful deal liked nothing better than
10 gather iheE about him and make a
night of II win plenty OF nIe water ~
was al a little affair of this kind seven
) ears ago that he came near meeting mis-
death.
plov half-hreei cherokee. Ri!i Hawk.
This man saw his master receive a large
SUM OF money and determined to get pos
session Of il That same day Dillon went
To- a pasture {" overlook some cattle with
some NJ MS Tavori'e CowboyS. and Bill
Hawk asked to be allowed 70 90. The road
"a rho r4yt,Ir,, Law through small Indian
village wher, pillion had mlay acquaint-
anr,s When he reached this place several
Indians and haif-br.sdS gathered about his
hg.gN ami aSNei mn, 20 rfIlid-f ''Nfi t!.~Hl
You are Just IN time said his friend,
Black Wolf. We are going I" nave dance
TO night.
This news pleased the jovial Texan. who
a, once got out Of his buggy. knowing that
water would not be the chief drink at the
Festivities.
Alter tho canoe Dillon sought plac"
whgrc he could sleep quietly until morn
ing and wrapping himself in a blanket
which he took from his buggy, was soon
lost in irsamS Toward morning ne feit
a Juggling at his arm and awakened 10 ina
a little Irdi: girl beside him whispering
IN an excited manro- warning Tor nm
Ia leave quickly. there was Il plot L"
hill him.
Dillon rolled his blanket up and pu; his
hat ut on. end and his boots at the otner-
Th-n recpIug away To IA safe distance n"
vaitsi for the coming of mis- wou!i-he muir
d.Irr The drunken assassin was deceived
by the hat and boots and plunged knit"
dec, ir.l the roll Of blanket. There Was
flash and a sharp report ~ a pistol. and the
next moment Hawk spranG into the ar
with Il wild y6!l and fell dead. The bullet
from the Texans pistol had killed him
III. old nan never forgot the child who
saved Sis life. and was dCvotediy attached
To her lii. gained the chiefs consent to ed
rcat.- h.r and make her hts heir. She VAS IN
10. given him when she became ~ years
Old h.l, L.. died shot time ago and IN"
girl has lust reached that age
Th.. RighcI. al Monterey = her guardian
and will sUparintrn,i her education. she VII:
hear her bencfaCtors name. and the one OF
Trashart. which seems TO please hoth her
AMI her parents.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-22

Little Miss Kawanlura. b!ack-eyed and
lVorT-Sklnned. was a resilient or the Meth
o':ist Mission in tt heart Of Chinatown.
ara Lee often passed that way. One day
h. looked M ard the face AZ the window
looked down. This thing was repeated
many times. And then Lee decisied to
storm the castle and seek the hand Of his
fair Lady Tnis he did in very polite and
gcntlemaniy manner. armed with excellent
references. He laid his case before the
matron @: the mission So the matron
sent for the maid AT the window and pres
| entity her little feet came pattering down.
There is no love lost between the Chinese
and Japanese nations. each regarding the
ether with lefty and Unborn iisCiain. and IL
the truth were told. down In the bottom
If his hear no Doubt 20 believes that he,
has married beneath him, while his little
wife. possibly. entertains the same secret
concerning her superiority to her husband
the ennlity between the nations is an Old
one. and present events are tending TO in
California has law against mixed mar
riaCes. hut Chinese and japanese are all
classei as yellow The ia Danese do not
like this. and point to the fact that their
Emperor traces his descent hack $50 years.
while the Chinese can boast no such blue
blood as this. hut are a mongrei race az
several Asiatic breeds.
The ceremony was performed at the
Methodist Mission Home. \ supper fol-
lowed he ceremony. and then Lee Yuen
The bridegroom is 81 years old and the
bride % The little Jap girl SAYS she mar
ried Lee because he is good business man
and of good standing. and that when a
girl is ~ she should seriously consider a
good Offer Of marriage. Lee says he would
have married white woman. as Chinese
wives NAV nos he imported. but as this
was against the law. he chose to ask the
Japanese girl 10 share with him his lot in
life He confesSes that he likes the little
hlack-eyed girl very much She is a bright
girl. having come to this country two years
ago With her sister to acquire an English
education. She speaks English Intelligent
ly. writes poetry and paints catteils and
caryssnthemlms on silk in artistic confu-
sion.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-22

i lornis ana J.; yearly income from her gold
When Mrs. Wialn reached Dawson a
miner hired her 10 run boardingh ousa
and paid her $40 week. For one week SIZE
worked for this sum and the next week
This" she says. was the beginning Of
INV success Before October arrived l h8.i
gone In debt for a hotel. built of logs and
heavy sawed boards. where twenty people
could live and a dozen more could be ac-
conmodated on squeeze. The structure
cost me S2.eoo. II would have been. dear II
s2s'I anywhere in the Union. BY January /
paid for my hotel. and l hsd more than
twenty pounds of gold saved and hidden in
by March. when the days We're eight
hours long. had saved more than &.-J In
god In return for my kindness to a Sweie
NAMED Swanson, who died IN my house. up
my promise 10 help his mother III Sac
claim on Hunter Creek. which paid me d.
net profit of more thar $1,000 in one year.
- Every day L went into the hole In the
ave' ana saw for myself what the hired
Ing took place in June. 1887, and We ran all
'rhe accumulated gravel heap through the
gold in about six weeks. | sent it ali down
10 the San Francisco mint and had the
money deposited in bank for me.
Then started up ON another year y
work. We had taken out about $1,000 In
gold when was offered s5o,uo cash for my
claim. | felt that | would be better Oft
with cash than mining among men SO I
sold From that time until the summer Of
1855 I bought and sold real estate. built w .
houses AT Dawson and added 10 my fortune
every month. ought 20 add that had
more than twenty proposals of marriage in
one year. In one week / had offers OF
marriage from three men.
Yes. I have advice TO give to people who
yeasn to go 10 the KlcndiHe TO get ricn.
1t is 10 keep away from there Why. L
wouldn't live on q klondlke mining claim
five successive years if knew L could come
away with millions of dollars