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The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-12-29
4 Time of Universal Peace and Good
Will - Fine RESOLUTIONS and
PROMISES for the Future,

Somehow, though the sun may have
shone just as brightly on the previous
day, and indeed the whole year round.
yet ii all seems changed and different
on this, the first day of the year, This
is the time of universal peace and good
will; when the inhabitants of the lit
tie empire start life anew with fine res
olutions and promises for the future,
and all ill-feeling done away with.
The list OF January bears the sig
niiieant title OF Gansan (the Three Be
ginnings), meaning, beginning OF the
year, beginning of the month and be-
ginning of the day. And to this might
be added the beginning of a new and
better life. What Christmas is to the
Occidentals, New Years is to the Jap
anese, although greetings and eongrat-
ulations are not confined to the first
lay of the year, but at any time be-
tween the first and the fifteenth.
The japanese begin to prepare for
the New Year nearly a month be fore,
and, in fact, give their houses and pos
sessions thorough cleansing. lust as
the good American housewife does in
the springtime. Even the very poorest
people do this, laying mats of rice
straw, and cleaning every nook and
corner with fresh bamboo busters and
brooms, which are said to symbolic
prosperity and good fortune. And
after the house has been aired and
cleaned 1t is decorated with pine and
bamboo. for the japanese venerate
both of these, because they keep green
through the entire winter and Symbol
lie longevity. The japanese read in
the most insignificant natural objects
some striking significance. and there
is a meaning attached to almost every
decoration or ornament in the house.
The outsides and gardens of the houses
are also beautifully decorated, to say
nothing OF the streets, which present a
most interesting and animated spec
tacle at this time.
On New Years eve the streets and
stores, which at this time display their
most attractive goods, are thronRed
with people intent on buying the requi-
sites for the coming year. At night the
streets are beautifully illuminated with
lines of big lanterns, family crests,
flags. shop signs, etc, hung from every
store. On this eve many of the people
remain up all night and watch the old
year out and the new year in, though
few old-fashioned ones prefer the
custom OF rising very early in the morn
ing to worship the first rising sun of
the new year.-0noto Watanna, in
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-12-29
HAIL TO THE NEW YEAR,
An Anniversary of Great sisz In sanes
to the Observing Man or Woman
Good ReaoIuttonu.

Hail to the New Year! The glad
New Yearl for, of course, II l. 70 be
glad. All new things are supposed 20
be glad, as gladness and brightness
and freshness are naturally associated
with the new.
Time was when the first day of the
New Year led the merry procession Of
festivals, but it has gradually been
RELOCATED to the rear. and serves now
as an occasion for the very cordial
handshake only. and the accompany
ing Many Happy Returns!" NJ
Thus much for outward observan
but, next to ones birthday, 1t Is
most significant to the observing 4
or woman of all anniversaries:
in retrospect, there must come Z va
sense of a falling short In the aecoz
plishment of ones intentions, to even
the most self-satisfied OF mortals
while he who is really honest with
himself must feel that in his failure
to carry out his resolutions, the old
year has been a loss of opportunity az
well as lapse Of time.
But even SO, New Years has its
place as a moral factor, 1t Is surely
better to make good resolution, even
If it is soon forgotten. than never to
feel the need of making one at all
and if the resolve leads to the break
ing off OF the old habit or the over
coming of the besetting sin. there
must be an uplift.
Men may rise on stepping stones
or their dead selves to niger things.'
To rise to higher things, one should
not be given to introspectlon nor to
retrospection. Oh. If the dead past
were only allowed to bury its dead.
Oh, If the golden present were never
spent bewailing weakness OF disa-.
bilityl
What then2 Look outl Look upi
Lend handl Especially lend hand.
I'VE are much bound to those that do sue
coed.
But in a more pathetic sense are bound
To such as fall"
In reaching out to help "such 40
fall" or who, but for the helping
hand, may fail. do we learn our own
weakness. and, knowing II, put forth
fresh effort and grow In wisdom and
in grace.
Let US then make our good resolu-
tons, and, in trying to keep them. lst
us remember that not only January
1, but every day, is a new beginning
Minneapolis Housekeeper.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-12-29

What rs the cheer OF the newborn yees-
What word to the lives OF menf
The same old burdens for hearts TO osAf
over and over again.
The same old burdens In paths we've trod
But Love to tighten them ali-tkazk God
What Is the cheer OF the newborn yssTf
A little of 10Y; and then
The sigh. the sorrow the falling tssE.
over and over again.
The same old sorrow and tears each day.
But Love to tighten and kiss thea away.
Come with the joys. with the tears and
signs,
New Year to the lives Of men:
The light streams bright from tks fss.
starred skies
Over and over again.
And roses will bloom from the thoFAy sod.
And the dark will lead 10 the light Of God.
#. L. Stanton. In Chicago mss-Hsraid.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-12-29
THE OLD YEARS LEGACY


The bells were ringing out the hour
At midnight on the New Years eve.
Above the cradle of the New
The Old Year lowered. taking leave
"What shall | leave thee when ] go?'
He said. Pure babe. sent forth to meet
The soiling, grinding, weary world;
What shall | lay here at thy feet?
81 win not leave my mantle gray
Thou hast a new robe. fair and bright.
l will not leave the griets and cares
That turned my hair to silver white:
az will not leave the vows unkept.
The blasted hopes. the useless tears:
My wisdom. all too dearly bought,
Is far too bitter for thine ears.
but, blotting out the background dark,
The long, sad days of this, my span.
I'll leave thee all Its joys to I'LL
With mem ries sweet the heart of man,
''Thine be the happiness that's past
Thine be the gladness. not the care
Earth shall forget my griefs, whose sum.
With future joys shall not compare
"For now give men double weight
or glad and happy thoughts. through
thee.
Ny somber form fades fast away:
My brightest smiles alone they see"
So spoke the Old Year. and the New
Flung out across the winter dawn
Dear memories OF yesterday,
The joys filled full. the sorrows gone.
Margaret Doane Gardiner. in N. Y, Trib-
.uns.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-12-29

| said. gayly, you may be surs that
he will, for he will never return"
What do you meant"
II mean this he should have crossed
the street to the right to go to Bre-
bant's. and he went to the left and
at lively pace, too, which shows.
friend Dutailly, that your captain IL
an imposter, and that am most hap
Ply at having been able to demolish
the braggart's batteries by means OF
this engine"
Then, taking up a book. gave the
shell violent bow. 1t burst into a
thousand pieces = of chocolate - and
sent volley of sweetmeats, sugar al
monds and pistachios over the carpet.
Shouts OF laughter greeted this explo-
sion and, l may add, this denouement.
For three months later Anatole mar
ried Gertrude.
The captain wac never heard OF
again.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-12-29

Coed resolutions at The beginning OF
new year are VIGOROUSLY ill-kept.
although perhaps they are not so i'll
kept as notoriety declares. In any
case they are still worth the making.
Even II one stumbles a thousand
times, yet for the thousand and fret
time he should sndesvor to walk
aright.-Youth's Companion.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-12-29

AZ Coventry IL used TO be the custom
TO eat what were called Gods cakes
on New Years day. They were o. .
triangular shape, about half an inch
thick and filled with kind OF mincs-
meath. Y. Herald.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-12-29
Rat

One inch per year $500.
On Contract for Six months. % paf
of annual rate, and for } months I'd pr
On contracts for to d inches, 70 pr
of of annual rates. On contracts far
II inches 80 per cent of OF annual
- to 10 inches 90 per cont OF annual 7
Special position 20 per cent aadill9n..
Locals 10 cents per line first inseftla
cents second and 2h cents thereafter.
Marriage and Obituary notices. no
exceed six lines free. all over that amt
10 cents per line.
Professional cards So per annum.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-12-29

Some welcome II, a day OF fun,
And sing Of January /.
But give me January T.
when all the hideoua noise Il ,AlouHh
Wa Ellington Star,
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-12-29
A NEW YEAR TABLEAu.

A New Years Eve-a coy room
over one book two young heads bsnai
Gurls fair IS morning, locks as darH
As night tremendously blending.
In easy chair before the hTe.
Her knitting in her lap reposing.
Puss by her side. her charge forgot.
Tho dear old grandma calmly doslss
The page on which four syss are bent
CHS brown and frank. hers blue {
tendeFl.
Held by two hands that lightly touch.
zone strong and arm. one small and 81
derl,
A blank. save In one corner. where
Blooms painted rose and morning Eioi
And yet the youth and maiden read.
In the dim light. an old. old story.
''How sweet twould be could we begin
The Happy New Year dear. together
He reads I'D smooth life's paths for "
And shield you from Its stormy wealth
Shrined In my heart since first We mat.
No one can e'sr be set above you.
| love your And. with erimsonsd che
She reads the sentsnes Ger II love ror
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-12-29

ment WAS one OF the most beautiful
feats OF arms OF modern times.
For his gift, Anatole brought a
rabbit caught with a snare in the
devastated isle Of Saint Denis. Az for
the captain. he presented Nine. Du-
tally with a large bag OF sugersd
chestnuts in German helmet.
Madame" he said. smiling. ut only
depended upon myself to be able to
offer you the owner of this helmet"
what" exclaimed the worthy lady,
"did you kill him7"
an order to be able 70 offer you this
bonbon box. which. II do say IL. IL
not at the door OF everyone.
will spare the reader the nara
tion of the adventure. of which no de-
tail was omitted. Hidden in a eask,
he had waylaid the wearer OF the he'll
met, an isolated sentizel. and In a
saaaskelAHzzzeasisB alsa=zizla
Thim,F rot Wishing 70 afirdct INTENTION
by the use of a revolver. Oh. how
mean Anatols's poor little tame rab-
bit, strangled, too, looked beside this
glorious trophy
AS for me-" remarked, ~ would
not attempt to rival the captain, but
have my little surprise, too 1t has
not come yet, and II you are willing
we will dine without waiting for it,"
We took our places at the table, and
the repast was a gay one. A porker
had been bled for the occasion, and
the black pudding was great sue
cess. We were at the coffee and were
lighting our cigars when a domestic
informed Va that an artillery man had
just brought my gift into the salon
We went at once into the room, where
we found the object lying on the
table, wrapped up in glazed paper and
tied with blue ribbon.
what is it7" inquired NINE. Du-
tally, euriously.
Don't examine 1t teo closely, ma
dame; il il a she'll"
"A SHELF"
"Dutailly has several times ex-
pressed a wish to have q shell, a real
ohef ~ a. ny iNiuSott AllChu VI ullHS
has sent me this one. which was
picked up ON the field of Akron. wher,
it forgot to explode in failing" While
speaking, | united the blue ribbon
tore off the paper, and the shell lay
exposed, black and menacing.
81 am delighted" said Dutailly. "a
will have clock for my office made
of it,"
But" objected Nine. Dutailly
anXiously. what If 1t is loaded2"
REST easy on that point, | replied
at was agreed with my friend that II
should be sent empty. Here is his
letter" l opened a letter that had
been stuck on the side OF the object
and was about to read it aloud; but
at the first line, my face must have
expressed surprise, then anxiety, for
everyone exclaimed:
"What Is the matter?"
mon Dieu! | haye-but listen"
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-12-29
North Arkansas
Mining Review,

Harrison, Arkansas.
Published monthly on the 1st.
Zinc and Lead news a spec
ialty. Will cover the whole
field. Conservative, relia-
bic. Reliable reports solicit
ed. Write for advertising
rates. Remit S1.00 for one
years subscription. or 10c
for sample copy.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-12-29

A Kind Of New Years call that hiiin
u, "call, and settle w yosr bills"
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-12-29

Ha n yedT II DoTni hFfd auittJ btAAs#HH
Grandmother wakes and peers about:
The young folks read. the cat is purrins
All seems the same as twas before
She slept; but all tbs only seeming:
Warm lips have kissed. two souls have me
Two hearts of wedding bells are dream
ing.
Margaret Eytinge. In Detroit Free Pres
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-08
A FORTUNE IN BEETLES.
ONE THOUSAND OF A SPECIES WORTH s25 EACH
SECURED BY A KANSAS PROFESSOR.

ONE THOUSAND OF A SPECIES WORTH SIS Each
SECURED BY A KANSAS PROFESSOR
Lawrence CKan.) correspondence OF the Kansas
City Star.
When legislators Stingy, ana the cause VI
higher education is threatened by reason VI
financial depression, all Chancellor Snow oI
Kansas University has TO do is 70 swap peeIle9
for dollars He is the only living man VINO ever
ran a corner on a natural product ana Hlttue II
hold good for a decade. 1t was in the spring OIL
1878 that Professor Snow and two consplratorS
who were students at the time IN ms uepdrt
ment went in search of tiger beetles. known 10
entomologists as Amblychila cyllndrltorlnlS- Al
this particular time specimens of this species
of beetles had a ready sale in the open HdrAets
of the world at SD each. There was clamor-
ous demand from Berlin. Heidelberg, Edin-
burgh Paris London and New-York when no
one could supply. There suspicion IN the
scientific mind that this species of beetle ousHI
to he found in Western Kansas professor
snow made a confidant of two faVorlte students
nromised them one-thrd of all the beetles theS
could catch and the expedition set torth III the
summer of 1878 1t was in Wallace county thdI
the expedition finally landed. Here II rehdlheti
three months. SO many beetles or the rdre
species were captured that the young men soId
their third interests in the collection 10 fro-
fessor Snow for enough money 10 pay their way
through college for two years. And at that the
viIv Professor drove the best bargain or ms
life With more than thousand beetles OF d
| rare Species which entomOloslStS ali over Ihe
! world were cIamoring for. in his possession
| Professor Snow sold a sufficient number TO MAKE
good his payment to the students pay all tht
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-08

woman's hair falls down over her cheeks. Now.
most people believe that ideas| mean those
of the better class of white people OF the present
day-in regard to modesty innate in every
womanly breast Here is singular fact If this
presumption be correct The women and men OF
this tribe have known long that they
gard me as one of themselves. l have often seen
them battle together Gas is their WON'T without
any sense of shame even though their bodies
were almost entirely nude. and yet If 1 were to
take those long locks of hair and try to thrust
them back from the cheeks of a Havasupai
woman l should have mortally insulted her For
true modesty, according TO the ethics of this
tribe. consists not much in keeping the body
covered as in keeping the checks unexposed.
Here the wife and daughter of Palo-
Wach- Ii Wan once Governor OF the pueblo OF
Zuni in New Mexico. where Lieutenant Frank H
Gushing spent several years The mother in her
but hard work, exposure to the fierce storms OF
winter and the equally fierce and torrd heat OF
summer have made her features harsh and
wrnkled. But her daughter was just growing
my friend Ben Wttick made this photograph
and when | her two three years later
was a true beauty. Had she been dressed In
white woman's costume and trained In the ways
OF Eastern drawing room nothing but her
dark skin, and possibly little greater fulness
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-08
THE BRONX PARKS
EXTENSIVE SCHEMES FOR THEIR
ADORNMENT-AN ALPINE GAR
DEN PLANNED.
EXTENSIVE
DEN PLANNED.

Spring has opened a season Of more than
usual activity in the series of parks, small and
large, which go 10 make UP the extensive PARK
system of Bronx Borough Probably the least
known of the series is Cedar Park II consists
of some seventeen acres OF rocky land bounded
by One-hundred- and fifty third and One-hun-
dred-and-ffty- eighth SITS. Mott and Walton
aves Robert Demcker, Landscape gardener. in
charge of all the parks in the borough, has pre-
pared plans to intersect the park with gracefully
winding walks and broad pathway surround
ing the entire park The plans call for nearly
fifteen thousand trees and ornamental shrubs
and the work of carrying out the extensive in
provements will be begun at once. The source
of supply of plants. trees and shrubs for all the
parks of the district is the horticultural garden
about the Lorillard Mansion. in Bronx Park
There a. new dollhouse about two hundred feet in
length. which planned for last fall, but was
delayed until this year by the sudden rise in the
price of iron. which largely increased the cal
culated cost of construction. viii be bull;
as soon as the weather permits the removal q
hundreds of plants which fill long line q
hotbeds occupying the site of the proposed hot
house.
This year there will also be opened an Alpine
garden on the rocky slopes of the gorge thrOus.
which the Bronx River flows. near the Mansion
Orders have been placed for over twenty-five
hundred species OF plants typical OF the growth
of the higher attitudes of most Of the best
known mountain ranges of the world These
will be obtained without cost % the city by 8
system of exchange instituted by Mr. DemcEer
/ The cooling shades of the already we'll wooded
i rocky gorge afford especial facilities for the
/ culture Of the plants which viii have 10 be pro
| tected from the heat OF summer 20 preserve the
| characteristics of mountain growth. and equally
protected from the sharp fr0sts of winter IS
many Of them are natives OF chimes where they
are sure of a warm bIauketins Of snow fof
| nearly six months of the year.
| In addition to being supply place for all tls
other parks Mr.. Demcker has made the hora
| cultural gardens an object lesson in the ART q
| cultivating the most beautiful examples OF me
flora of the world. The grounds about the not
house and hCtbeds are filled with the earliest u
| flowers. only awaiting the first breath OF sprins
! to wake from their winters sleep. From us
time they burst into bloom until the first hii-ns
frost of fall the horticultural garden viii PIE
sent an ever changing profusion II bud anu o'OS
SON. and those who care TO learn about the cur
tivation Of flowers can there study new lessons
daily in the beautiful art.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-08

expenses of the expedition and complete
through an exchange a collection of eight thou
sand species OF beetles. the largest collection In
the world. The Chancellor OF the State Uni
versity still has beetles of this species left and
they are the only available ones for the col
lectOr in the world.
Never before nor since this famous trip has
the AmbIychila cylindriformis been found save
in the rarest cases. when one at time would
be captured. He is the head OF the tiger family
OF beetles, and until 1878 many of the finest
chronological collections could not secure a
specimen. The price had gone higher and
higher up to 1878. But the harvest reaped by
Professor Snow had such bearish effect on
the market that ambychila were quoted as low
silver bullion. But Professor Snow refused
to be stampeded- He withheld his product tenn
porarily from the market, and beetles of the
head tiger species jumped back to 81 each and
began to again. Others sought beetles in
Western Kansas. but had loss of time and
money only for their pains. Wallace County
had lost either her beetle population or Pro-
fesSor Snow had captured II entire.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-08

of the lips than our white girls show, would
have told that she was not Of our own race
Her voice was sweet, musical and well modu-
lated, her eyes bewitching, and she was 1ull Oh
a merry pleasant humor that attracted ana de-
lighted all who were privileged to penetrate the
reserve all we'll brought up Indian girls observe
toward white people"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-08
OF COURSE.

From The Chicago News
MTles| want to purchase o thoroug Inbred
cow but don't know how to look up the pedi-
gree,
0iles-Why DON'T goa look IN . cattle loE1
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-08
POLITICS..

From The Detroit Journal.
To the novice. politics seems rotten: but Il
the cultivated taste, merely gamey.
Arizona republican., 1900-10-19
THE WOOL BUSINESS Four Years Remarkable
 Developments
The Imports Falling Off in an Inverse Ratio to the Growth of Exports and the Increase in Price Under Republican Rule.

Washington, Oct. 1S.-(SpeciaD.-Im ports of wooden manufactures into the United States are less than one third in value what they were in 1895. while during the decade 1S90-190O exports of wooden manufactures have more than trebled. During the eight months end ing August 31. 1900, the imports of woolen manufactures amounted to SIP OS4.92S. against $40 667, ,O44 in eight months of 1895 and $20, ,544, ,094 in the cor responding eight months of 1896. The average annual importation of wooden manufactures during the decade from 1890 to 1900 has been $25, ,00O, O0O; the high water mark having been reached in the year 1895, when the total was $40,6 044. During that and the sue ceeding two years the importatiOns were very heavy. averaging for the period nearly $36. COG 900 for the eight months period of each year: but since that date the importations have con stantly decreased until the years 1898. 1899 and 1900, they reached their lowest level. averaging during the eight months of each year but about $11, ,O00, GOO. Thus it will be seen that the inn portations of woolen manufactures are now but one-half their annual average since 1890. On the other hand, the exports of woolen manufactures have slowly but steadily increased. advanc- ing from $263,O94 in 1890. $40. 725 in 1895, $614. 4.G7S in 1896, $l44.512 in 1897, and $717,- G89 in 1898 to $SS6OSO in the eight months of 1900
 The details as to the destination of our exports of wOolen manufactures for the present year are not yet available, but from an examination of the official report for the fiscal year 1899 it is seen that American carpets find their chief , foreign markets in the United King dom, Canada, Mexico, and the Orient; dress goods go chiefly to England and Mexico: our 1lannels and blankets to Hawaii, China and Hong Kong. Can ada and Chile; clothing to Canada and Hawaii: and our miscellaneous manu- factures Of wool to Canada, Miquelon. | England. Australia. the West Indies. ! Germany, France and Denmark. in the order of magnitude given.
 The following table shows the inn ports and exports of woolen manufac- lures in eight months ending August 31. and the New York price of Ohio XX | fleece wool during the months of Au- ! gust. from 1895 to 1900: