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The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-04-28
He Likes the Prospect.


j. Turner, .Jr., who has has been
making an investigation of the new
zinc fields of Northern Arkansas, is
in the city with some handsome
specimens Of zinc orc taken from the
surface, and an interesting budget Of
information regarding field which
from present indications promises to
become a rival of the Joplin district
of which it is the southern extension.
"The field is an entirely new one, :"
said he, land is in direct line with
the Missouri and Kansas belt, in the
heart of the Ozark mountains. 1t is
somewhat different from the older
districts in that the formation is
found on the surface, and can be fol-
lowed down. Another popularity is
that zinc and lead are frequently
found entirely outside of the belt.
Tests of the ground have been made
by borings and the formation has
been found to be Identical with that
in Missouri and Kansas. The zinc is
found in stratified deposits, and the
lead, which is of very fine quality,
in pockets. | have large block of
galena which | saw taken out of a
shallow hole only few feet from
the surface. There are frequently
found on the surface zinc carbonates
of high grade in quantities sufficient
to ship at a profit.
"The area covered by these deposits
is very large and do not think the
limits have as yet been defined, but
lnvestiga ton is being pushed and
the land is being rapidly bought by
investors. There is considerable
government land in the vicinity but
most OF it has been taken up and
from what could gather while there
| think that purchasers should buy
decided land, as there is a strong
probability of contests over the gov
eminent claims. The prices aske d
for land with good surface indica-
tons are reasonable at present, but
are going up quite fast. Denver
colorado Times.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-04-28
The Bus mess Of Mining.

In an article on Mining as a Bust
ness the Restern Miller and Finan-
cier, says:
Those who have watched the
course of events in the mining camps
cannot fail to have noticed that the
men of experience and business abili-
ty have invariably made large fort
unes out of mining. Some of them
have lost again in wild speculation,
but that has been no fault OF the
mining business. Very few have lost
them again in mining. Unfortunate-
ly, Just as soon as a man gets rich in
mining, he imagines that he is capa-
BILE OF managing some other business
with which he has never been con-
nected. At one time the fad with
mining men was to go into the cat
tie business and own large ranches,
and they invariably lost their money
aud sooner or later, were driven
back to the mountains again to
make n second fortune. Others have
put their money into buildings and
naturally met with severe loss there,
but those who have stuck to mining,
have invariably accumulated large
fortunes and are wealthy men to.
day
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-04-28
He Was Educated.

When was boy warn't alloy
n no freedom o. liberty the way ypu
Mys is" said Old Jack 81 WASN'T
aAve no time for wastin, an most
o4nfy young days was spent wrast-
lin lAitl beek-farnin'. got teaehed
s59 zxefythins There was logger
~ VI how did study logger
ply Couldn't stump me on nothin,
| knowed where the horrid zone
were, ! knowed which were the tenn
peranee zone, an when it come to
artic and an.artic regions, you
could of set the globe a-rolin' long
the floor an I'd pick out one from
tother seven times out of ten.
Il could bound Idyho. an Nv the
products o Wisconsin an San Fran
cisco there weren't no beatin me.
'Ritmetic, same way, Twicet two
wus allus four with me-though |
couldn't reckon good in long diver
sion or friction. Somehow I'd git
my remalnders mixed up with my
quotients, an what's two-6fth plus
ekal to stumped me.
But none O. they was my strong
pint Not one uv'em. | was smart
in EN-, but not great. As my teacher
says, says he, to my ma, No, ma am
ole Jack amt great on hggerin nor
likewise, SAYS he, in joggerphyin',
but in grammar, ma am, that son
O. yours amt short O. a Naypoleon
Boneyparte in short pantsl An
grammar, which | amt never shirk-
ed BOYS, has made me what are.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-04-28

Much of the month will be fair and
Ipyely. There will be much heavy
4Ain, but farmers and Others will
lave ample time and opportunity To
HHsh their work.
We believe that the general rainA
I'll in May will be nearly up to the
average, if it could be evenly distrib-
uted, but that some sections will
tpYe scarcity, while Others will
aaye an abnormal amount.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-04-28

1t would be pretty tough if Great
Britain had to raise another army
TO go to the relief OF Roberts.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-04-28
The States Finances.

The quarterly report of State
Treasurer Thos. E. Little for the first
quarter of 1900. Ending March 81,
shows the finances OF the State to be
in most excellent condition. 1t
was presented to Governor Jones
last week according to law and will
show the following:
curreac y hand Jan. l. 1900. ..,.... &2sssez So
Receipts for first quarter t9OO....... ass,saa97
Total ....-.....,.,.,........ ...,.,. $SII,27IS3
Expenditures for first quarter, 1900. aa4,446.s7
currency on hand April l. 1900 80. S7S6,77446
The receipts for this quarter were
nearly 100000 greater than in the
last quarter of 1899, the increase be-
ing due to the payment of taxes by
the collectors Of the different coun-
ties. The expenditures were $72, 900
less than during the preceding quar-
ter.
During the quarter just closed the
State redeemed ffty.6ve OF the 100
six per cent funding bonds for $1,000
each held by the United States gov
eminent and also redeemed the last
coupon on each Of the 100 bonds.
paying 1890 or $50 for each cou-
pom, There remains of these bonds
105, which are non-interest bearing,
their value being $1O5,O00. They
are all held by the United States
Gazette. a
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-04-28
GENERAL NEWS.

/ England now has 225, 900 troops
In South Africa.
Gen, Otis will return to the United
States in May,
A child was born in Oklahoma
with the smallpox,
The British lose 5000 horses every
month in South Africa.
England has lost 211 officers and
1850 men killed in South Africa.
Thirty Philippine soldiers have
been driven to suicide since Decem-
Der.
1t costs little more than $780,
600 a year to care for the capitol
building at Washington.
1t is estimated the sost,of the bat.
tie against the boubonic plague in
Honolulu will reach $4,000, 900.
The field work of census enumera-
tors begins June LIST and the work is
expected to be completed in fifteen
days.
Lors of men enjoy the reputation
of being able to drink more whisky
than other people, without getting
drunk.
Perhaps Dom Paul is right in say
ing that the warhas only begun, and
certainty it is fact that the British
tax payer has only begun to pay the
bills.
A soldier in the Philippines has
been saved by a plug of tobacco in
his pocket, which stopped a bullet
that would otherwise have gone
through him. While this is not an
argument against carrying Testa-
ments, neither does it prove that the
tobacco trust is mild and benevo-
lent institution.
How about the Outlander Amer
lean gold miners in British Colum-
biat Isn't it about time that the
United States should begin to agi-
tate in their behalf? The beers at
least allowed foreigners to work the
mines after paying a tax, but the
Canadians seem determined to pre-
vent even this.
+. nne ut the war correspondents
tells a striking and pathetic incident
of Spion Kop between the British
and Beers. In one entrenched party
there were IA men and their wives.
The British soldiers crept over the
earthworks, and killed all fourteen of
the men. In spite of this the thus
quickly widowed women fought
valiantly for half an hour and until
the last woman was dead. A great
many Boer woman have borne
arms in the pending struggle
THE Arkansas and Oklahoma rail-
road company is meeting with trou-
BILE in trying to secure the right of
way from Southwest CITY, Mo, to
Grove, I. T., says the Cassville
Democrat. The trouble comes in
the shape of damages to property
along the line. The Indians will
have to take allotments along the
line of railroad and will lose the
amount of land taken by the rail
way company, and for this reason
excessive damages are asked in every
case. 1t is probable that the rail-
road company, and for this reason
excessive damages are asked in
every case. 1t is probable that the
railroad company will withdaw
from the Indian territoy line and go
to Rogers, Ark, and build into the
mining district of Arkansas. Work
has ceased at Grove, |. T., and will
not be res lined until the damages
-. - ., 1901
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-04-28
Advertising Rates.

One Inch per year SOU, ,s a. ner esnt
ON Contract for SIX months, % = P o. ssas
of annual rate, and for NOUNS 81 59 M cent
of ~ ~ annnai rates. On contracts for : 70
II inches 80 per cent of Of annual rates.
n To- 1s inches So per cent of annual ra!es.
Special position 20 per cent addlIleIhai' i.
Locals 10 cents per line hrst lhselllOh'
cents second and az cents thereafter, ..
Marriage and Obituary notiees. no. ~
exceed six lines free. all over that amount
10 cents per line.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-04-28

Out OF all projects now before the
people, Little Rock is confident OF
securing one line OF railway to the
North through the coveted mineral
belt to Springfield, Mo. The Arkan-
sas Northern, for which Little Rock
exerted herself to the breaking point
last fall, raising bonus Of 100000
has been in a comatose condition for
several long months, and w. B.
Wortheu, the local promoter-in-chief
has not deigned to relieve the anx
ious public mind as to the intention
of the projectors, except to report
somewhat categorically that "the
road will be built"
Another project is the Ozark
Mountain Route, with an Arkansas
branch, incorporated as the Little
Rock Northern railroad. This roads
most ambitious system in its ult
mate extent, and if constructed ac-
cordiug to the designs Of the dream
er who conceived it, would almost,
if not quite, rival the Missouri Pa.
cihc in importance and extents
inter-eontinental line. AccordN
the project as announced, the
to be built from Pittsburg, Kan,
Aurora another line is to parallel the
east through ealenq aid Forsythe,
Mo, YellvilIe. Ark. 10 Little Rock.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-04-28

ROOSEVELT says he made Dewey,
and everybody knows that Hanna
made Mckinley. Now Roosevelt
and Hanna ought to match for
keeps.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-04-28
STATE NEWS.

+ A wagon factory has been removed
from Washington, Ind, to Jones'
boro, Ark.
\ The Journal says there are only
eighty-6ve cases of smallpox in
Jonesboro.
Clay county, which was thought
to have gone for Vandeventer, gave
Davis a majority of 33.
The business men of Batesville reA
port the best cash trade this spring
in the history of the town. 7
IT is astonishing how many
strangers there are who are ready
to tell you things you don't want to
know.
A 3-year-old child at Mountain
Home swallowed horseshoe nail
and has experienced no bad effects
from it.
The race between the two candi-
dates for secretary of state, Crockett
and Jett, is SO far, the closest of any
for state officers.
A MOVEMENT has been Inaugural
ted to induce Ex-Governor Jas. p.
Eagle to become a candidate for
mayor OF Little Rock.
Governor Jones has been invited
to attend the celebration of the sec
ond anniversary OF the battle of Ma
Mia in Chicago, April 80 and May /.
A party OF six professional miners
from Galena, Kansas, came down to
Black Rock Wednesday and went
out to Shelbvville, the new mines
just opened up south of Calamine.
An inexhaustible quarry of litho-
graphic limestone has been discoy-
cred near Bentonville. Practical
tests have been applied and the stone
pronounced superior to any found on
the western continent.
An idea of the wholesale circula-
ton of bad nickles may be gained
from the fact that out of twenty
nickles that were taken out of slot
machine on Central avenue to-day
seventeen were bad.-Hot Springs
News.
Fl. ]. LaCrox, of Marion, Ind, has
been investigating the mines near
Harrison and seems much impressed
with his observations. He left for
home Tuesday but expects to return
in the near future and invest in some
land. Eureka Times Echo.
John Troutman; living northwest
of town, received word that his
father had died in Pittsburg, Pa,
and left HIM legacy of $4,000, he
being one of the five heirs. John has
been hauling ties and stove-wood to
town for several years for living
BentonviIle Sun.
The Salem & Southern railroad
survey was completed to the il on
mine near West Plains last week,
and the surveyors have returned to
make, what is thought by those
posted, to be locating survey, so
that work may be commenced at an
early date. -Ba xter County Citizen.
THE st. Louis & San Francisco
road will be built to connect with
Denver as fast as men and money
can construct it. The bonds for
the new route have all been placed
and guaranteed by the big banking
house of Seligman & Co. of New
York, Paris, London and Berlin.
Tho Ctata'c EInanoac
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-04-28
POLITICAL
THE Republican campaign fund
already amounts to $6,000,000

THE Republican campaign fund
already amounts to Sc, 900. 900.
Up-to-date, a few more post
masters have endorsed the Porto
Rican tariff bill.
Dewey needn't be disappointed II
time proves that he can't run any
better than he did at Manila.
ROOSEVELT says he made Dewey,
aud everybody knows that Hanna
made Mckinley Now Roosevelt
and Hanna ought to match for
keeps.
EIGHT States have already in
structed their delegates to the Na-
tional Democratic Convention to
vote for " ], Bryan as the nominee
OF the party for President.
ThePofto Rican tariff Question
seems to be settled until next Com
gress, when the successors of those :
who voted for tariff will have the
pleasure of voting for free trade.
That new Carnegie-Frick $780,
100000 Company will receive pro-
lection as one of the infant indus
tries, and at the same time charge
the government $545 ton for ar
NOR plate.
II a member of congress wantsa
nice warm Klondike reception, let
him go to the State department and
ask Secretary Hay what be thinks
Great Britain will do if the Senate
amends the canal treaty.
Jeff Davis is sweeping things in Ar
kansas. Since the war, we have had
many a tough dose labeled DEM
oeracy, but, we confess, we couldn't
gulp Jeff down if election day in Sep
TENDER looked at all though fish
would bite.-Texarkana Courier.
There are 900 votes in the Demo-
cratic National Convention, To
nominate, 620 are necessary, but 81
can prevent a nomination and dead
lock the convention. The highest
possible calculation, allowing to
Dewey all possible states in the least
degree doubtful, gives him only
$50 votes. not even enough to delay
the action of the convention.
The Senate Committee OF conn.,
merce has decided to force the ship
subsidy steal through that body,
regardless of the fact that the recent
republican Senate caucus decided not
to take it up at this season. 1t
seems that the ship builders refuse
to contribute to the campaign fund
unless they are given at least this
much evidence Of the good faith of
the republican party.
A few days ago Senator Petit
grew asked unanimous consent Of
the senate to print as a document
certain quotations from the publish
ed utterances ofAmerican statesmen.
The republicans, discovering that he
had compilation from the speeches
of Lincoln, Jefferson and Washing
ton, all denunciatory of Mckinley
ism, became panic stricken and re-
fused "leave to print"
But even if we could destroy every
vestige of the laws which are the out
growth of the immortal document
penned by Jefferson; five. could cblit-
crate every written word that has
been inspired by the idea that this is
"a government of the people, by
the people, and for the people"
we could not tear from the heart Of
the human race the hope which the
American republic has planted there.
The impassioned appeal, Give me
liberty orgive me death" still echoes
around the world.-W J. Bryan.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-04-28

A wagon factory has been removed
from Washington, Ind, to Jones'
boro, Ark.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-01-06

Hedden, as he tugged at it, seeming
ly in vain. cit won't turn any fur
ther."
"Let him"
W-z-Z-Z-Z-z-z z-z-z-z went the line
again, out and out, as though it
would never stop.
What shall I do ?" cried Hedden,
getting more excited every moment.
LET it CO." yelled Christy, but
keep the line tight
"I-I--I-can't get him, " walled
Hedden. "Please take the rod for
me-"
"Reel up that line, now," yelled
Christy, as the fish again came to-
wards the boat.
Hedden turned the crank as fast as
he could for a little time, and then it
stopped, and the rod bent lower into
the water.
II think he's fast" he said.
keep your reel going easy now,"
counseled Christy, who saw that the
fish was beginning to tire little.
"B-b-ut it won't move" " answer
ed Hedden.
"Then let it out little"
W-Z-Z-Z-z-Z went the reel again, as
Hedden loosened his hold upon it,
but not 50 far as before, and after a
few terse words from Christy Hedden
began to reel it in again.
IL think you had better cut the
line" said Hedden, as the reel took
sudden stop. and Hedden was
shaking so violently that he was in
danger of falling out Of the boat. "I
don't think 1 can land him.
Keep your reel going easy now ;
he's coming, counseled Christy, tax
ing compassion on the trembling fig
ure before him.
Again the fish came up inch by
inch, sometimes making a dart first
in one direction and then another, but
gradually drawing nearer to the boat,
as Hedden tremblingly reeled in the
line.
"Pll get him in the landing net for
you," said Christy. lust keep him
coming a little more"
AS the old gentleman pushed the
landing net under the fish Hedden
collapsed altogether, and when he
came to again he found as neat a
little two-pound small-mouthed bass
laying at his feet as anybody ever
caught.
But Hedden swears that that was
not the fish he caught. That his
fish should weigh many times two
pounds, and maybe Hedden is right.
U51gkt Il. Patterson.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-01-06
OLD PEOPLE.

Iwant to say word to the old peo-
pie. I see you wherever go. l SEQ
you on the street cars. The conduc-
tor cr;r-o~ ~ av+.-o -->.I 49,
you get on or off, out of courtesy to
your slow steps. see you at church.
You nod sometimes but the sermon is
not complete without your smile of
approval. see yon in the warmest
corner of the hearth reading the pa
per.
You have one great temptation-it
is to think that your ways of useful
ness are over. You are only in the
way, so you feel, and you'd better be
out of the world.
It's a great mistake. If the Lord
thought that old people were useless
he would have devised some way sud
denly to get rid of them.
What makes person useful? Not
ability to work. A baby cannot earn
a penny, cannot do stroke of work,
yet it is often the most important fac
tor in the household. Baby's CON-
ing often makes father "straighten
up )" often unites the estranged hearts
of husband and wife often brings
sobriety and industry into the home
life.
An old man sitting in an arm chair,
feeble and helpless, may be the most
useful member of the household.
Let me say three things to you:
Old people are a blessing because
of their accumulated wisdom. You
have the rich experience-more val
liable than Klondike. The boy is a
right boy who forms the acquaintance
of some aged person.
Old people supply necessary force.
You make society more stable. You
bring reverence to us. The age that
is wise rises before the hoary head.
Old people link us to Heaven.
You remind us of the future life.
"My old motherknows how to pray" "
said merchant recently to me. You
bind us to the throne of God.
The earth would be positively poor
without you. I am not sure but
what you are the most useful MEM
bers of society.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-01-06
desperate fights of Horse Shoe Bend
and Talladega.

desperate fights of Horse Shoe Bend
and Talladega.
As a warrior they admired him.
There were many rowing bands of
Osages yet in the Cherokee country,
with whom they had frequent con-
flicts, and Houston was always fore
most in the fight. He seemed to
court the widest excitement and dan
ger in war, hunting and revelry, prob
ably as a distraction of his mind from
the sorrow he had fled from in Nash
vile, for he had devotedly loved Vir-
ginia Fraser until the cruel blow fell
that drove him from her side.
Houston was a frequent visitor to
Fort Gibson, Fort Smith, Fort Coffee
and Van Buren. He knew many of
the officers, was always welcome to
their hospitality and always wound
ton. He became acquainted with the
Rogers family, living near Fort Glib
son. Capt. John Rogers, the elder
brother, was vice-chief of the Old
Settlers then. The eldest sister,
Maria, was married to John Drew, an
eminent Cherokee who lived on Ba-
YOU Menard. near the Cherokee agen-
cy. Domestic disagreement led to a
separation. She married Ike Daniels,
lived for several years on the present
, Payne place, opposite Fort Smith,
and died near North Fork of Cana
dian river All of these Rogers girls
were handsome and sprightly women.
The ancestor of this family comman-
ded a company of royalists in our rev.
olution. He was Sted for his BRAY
cry, and caused the patriots under
Francis Marion much trouble. In a
fight with them he was separated from
his men and chased by Marion's men
to high bluff on the river. He was
riding high-spirited mare and could
not escape. AS they were advancing
with wild cheers to capture him, he
leaped his horse over the brink and
into the river far below, swan over
safely, turned and shouted defiance
and escaped to the Cherokee country.
Tallihina was the young unmarried
sister and Houston courted and mar
ried her. He built cabin near by,
went to housekeeping, had small
cornfeld and dealt in groceries.
When he was absent Tallihina attend
ed to the business. 1t is fact that
Houston's career was wild and dissi-
pated. He drank intemperately and
when he had whisky in his store was
liberal and extravagant with it, so
much so that the Indians in the vi
cinity were demoralized, which led to
brawls and bloodshed among them.
While he lived there Tallihina and
Houston were frequent guests of the
officers and their ladies of Fort Glib
son, where they were very popular
and always welcomed, and they final
ly removed frc.-- Nort Gibson and set
q ~ Ttla