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The Harrison times., 1902-08-23
Great Giebt Pobed GaDd.

Great light rObed land! All mountain crowned q - fq
With thy grand heights uplifted to the sun,
Where bird notes in melodiOus rivers run.
Land blossom-paved, whose softly pulsing air
Lies as 'twere anchored in delightful dream.
On of sunlight, golden the day,
While summer walks unclOUded. all the way
From dawn to starry dusk,
With smell of fragrant musk,
And orange within her shining hair
And violet OdOrs. smelling fresh and sweet.
As the anklets bound above her feet.
Land glorious in beauty! Thy broad fields
Are orchard bearing fields, while vineyards wide
browse in the daylight. with their purple tide,
Draining the sunlight. which forever yields
Its rpening splendor. till the warm soft
Drops down upon the land its starry eyes
Filling with tender light the far-of skies.
Even when the song of bird
Is tremUlOusy heard,
Falling within the starry silences
In the dusk gardens, where the blossoms sweet
Baptise with fragrance every wanderers feet.
The Harrison times., 1902-08-23

HIS SECTION of Northwest Arkansas is as
little known to many people of the Northern or
Eastern states as are the mountains of the moon,
and but very few have ever heard of the wonder
full natural resources here, outside of ow n
State, though why such dense ignorance should
exist in regard to this garden of the gods, - is
a source of astonishment to the hundreds of
happy and contented people, whose charming
and COSY homes dot our fair land.
And as strange those people of the North
The Harrison times., 1902-08-23

may think it. there ''schoO every hilltop and church
every valley, college every and the country full
of honest, God-fearing people.
Our climate produced by sun-kissed mixture of the
frosty winds OF the North and the perfume laden zephy of
the South. and counterpart that Caressin climate of
Sunny Italy, oppressive seldom unpleasant, always
mild and insing every living, breathing thing with the Joys
of a lusty, vigorous and heathful life. --~-f
- Here You may grow grapes rivalng in size and favor
the clusters brought back by those who spy the
frufuness of the promised land while here may had
The Harrison times., 1902-08-23

are inc Iippl" S'i III On : ii'iiiie
oreek, on 2O-15, they own $50 acres, ali
of which in the near future will prove
to be very valuable property.
This company now owns some very
valuable tracts, and are always ready
at any at time to add totheir holdings.
They are amply provided with the
means to carry on the work of devel-
ment in the various districts. in which
their land is situated.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-30
Climbing Animals.

Dogs often have to be trained to
climb stairs, instinctively dlstrusting
the upper stories. 1t has been conjec
tured that this Is because the dog $
foreIcgs break easily below the shoul-
der, and the beast seems to realize this.
The fox has no such fear and has been
known to climb a tree with plenty Of
small limbs to the height OF seventeen
feet. Swimming comes easier than
climbing to most animals as well as to
many races of men. Rats and guinen
pigs can swim well and do not climb at
all
Bears can climb we'll If little. but the
grizzly and other large species stay
mainly on the ground. A bear always
climbs down a tree backward, as does
the domestic cat until she has nearly
reached the ground, when she turns
and jumps. but most wild cats run
down trunk head first, even the heavy
leopard being more slillful climber
than the light house cat The tiger
and lion, however. do not climb. for no
dlscoverahe reason unless 1t be that
they fear falling on account of their
weight.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-30
che Sun
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While maintaining unlmpaired the
high standards of private life and pub
lie policy which 1t has upheld un-
faltering1y for more than sixty-four
years. The sun Is also In the front
rank of modern journalism In every
factor which enters into the produc-
tion OF a great Newspaper.
It's mechanical equipment is COM
plete and up-to-date In every respect,
and it's facilities and arrangements for
the prompt collection OF news unsur-
passed.
Its special correspondents through
out the United States. as well as In
Europe, China, South Africa, the
Philippines, Porto Rico. Cuba and In
every other part of the world supple
ment the efforts of the general
agencies by which 1t is also serv.-.
so that 1t Is enabled to print all the
news every day In the week.
It's Washington and New York bu-
reaus are among the best in the United
States, and give The SUMS readers the
earliest information upon all import
ant events In the legislative and
financial centers of the country.
The SUMS market reports and COM
mercial columns are complete and re-
liable, and put the farmer, the mer-
chant and the broker In touch VITA the
markets of Baltimore. Ne-fok.
Charleston. New York, Chicago. Phil
adeIphia and all other countries.
The Sun is t. best type Of q news
paper, morally and Intellectually. II
Is an educator VI the highest char
acter. constantly stimulating to noble
ideals In individual and national life,
and It gives all the news all the time.
The Sun Is published on Sunday. as
we'll az every ether day of the week.
| By mail The Daily Sun, So year;
! including The Sund-y Sun. 81. The
Sunday Sun alone $100 year. The
Weekly Sun. $l.00 a year.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-30
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT

as saying that the shipment of mules
to South Africa will continue ''as long
as the United States is ruled by the
Almighty Dollar" That seems to be
a very mulish sort of an observation,
and what makes 1t worse Is its sting
ing truth; certainly 1t will not sound
pleasant to our Republican friends
who are responsible for the "beneyo-
lent neutrality" which the United
States has maintained during the
South African war, to the great ad-
vantage of England. The best policy
the English could pursue would be to
preserve discreet silence, and not en-
barrass the well-disposed persons who
have kindly given them the use of our
ports. We may be fond of the Al
mighty Dollar" but we do not care to
have that fact rubbed into us by the
representatives of nation which has
never shown any aversion TO the coin
lefty scorn for filthy lucre, he has
managed for many centuries to con-
ceal his disdain. Indeed, there is
widespread conviction that If there
were no gold in South Africa Mr.. Bull
would never have pestered the Beers.
1t is stated at Washington that the
evidence obtained by Colonel Crowder,
who recently investigated the mule
camp near New Orleans, does not show
that there has been any violations OF
neutrality by the British agents IN
the United Sgs!es. Perhaps the aid
and comfort" which our horse and
mule breeders have given the enemies
of the Boer republics were permissible
under our laws. Perhaps this aid
and comfort" might have been alto
gether irregular If we had been an
swerable to one of the big powers OF
Europe. From whatever standpoint
we may view 1t, however, the transac-
ton was not creditable. Profitable II
has been beyond doubt, but there are
some profits which q rich nation like
the United States ought to be willing
to dispense with when the existence
of It's sister republics and the liberties
of brave men and the lives of women
and children are at stake.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-30

The mention of Senator Bailey of
Texas in connection with the next
Democratic Presidential nomination
is not su prisirg in view of the pro
found impression he has made upon
the country by his services in both
House and Senate. He has especially
distinguished himself since entering
the latter body There is nothing
against Senator Baileys availability
except the post-bellum tradition which
excludes southern man from the
Presidency. Notwithstanding this
unjust and unpatriotlc narrowness, it
may be, and probably Is, strong enough
10 prevent ms nomination. or the. "f
any other man from the south, in 1904.
But it is quite certain that there are
few men in either party who measure
up better to Presidential standards
than does Senator Bailey.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-30

more than it's present value, the total
valuation OF the redeemed land would
be $4,000 900 ,000-an addition to our
taxable property not to be scorned.
The reclamation of the west Is such
vast undertaking that 1t should be
entered upon with great care, but 1t
should be enterd upon at once. The
land grabbers and syndicates would
try to be the beneficiaries, but the re-
claimed region should be held strictly
for homes for the people. The in
crease of population by immigration
and the natural birth rate is enor-
nous, and homes are more and more
in demand. By the time satisfactory
system of irrigation could be planned
and put into effect in the arid districts
there would be imperative demand for
the land
There Is no question of policy now
before congress SO far-reaching in It's
| importance to the future welfare OF
the people of the United States as the
reclamation of he arid lands. 1t
would be much cheaper to reclaim the
arid lands than to bring the Philip
pines to a dividend-paying basis And
80. 900, 600 free, intelligent, patriotic
Americans can find homes on what is
now waste and unproductive.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-30
BEEF TRUST OPERATIONS.

With one accord the protectionist
organs are now explaining that the
beef trust has nothing to do with the
advance in the price OF meats. On
the contrary, the organs explain, the
trust has been laboring to keep prices
down. and has been frustrated by
natural causes the principal or
which is the decadence Of cattle grow
ing. 1t Is q somewhat remarkable
fact that nobody ever heard of the de-
crease of cattle until the price of meat
began going skyward.
The most singular thing about it Is
that the agricultural department, pre-
sided over by that very able Republi-
can partisan James Wilson of Iowa.
has been reporting comfortable M
crease of cattle from year to year,
showing the great prosperity Of the
farmers under the beneficent opera
tion of the Dingley tariff. And the
last census gave no lntimation OF the
decline. At last reports we had a
stock of Is. 292, 800 cows and 27,610,054
oxen and other meat cattle on farms
and ranches besides 2,426,540 cows
and other cattle not on farms or
ranches. Then we had little group
of 41,SS6. .065 sheep on farms and
ranches ana l56,4l0 elsewhere making
a good round AZ, 900. 900
What has become of them all at
once. There has been no visible in
crease in the usually good American
appetite that would account for their
disappearance Nobody has stopped
raising cattle On the contrary, at
the most inopportune moment the
Kansas City Drovers' Journal appears
with an account Of great development
of cattle raising, both in the north
west and the southwest. and the grow
ing frequency OF shipments to the
Kansas City and Chicago markets OF
western cattle direct from the ranges.
G0lcdSO mas IeCeiNtu IuOIt VI thlS tidoS
of live stock during the last three
mC nth, han in any similar period.
Under these circumstances we beg
10 assure the protectionist apologists
of the beef trust that they have an
other guess coming A dispatch from
Washington published in our news
columns shows that the Republican
majority in the House of Representa-
fives Is as solid as a stone wall in
support of the exactions Of the trust.
while the Democrats are doing every
thing in the power of minority to win
relief for the consumers. If there
ever was clear case of market manip-
ulation by a trust, this is one. And
everybody knows that the Roosevelt
administration bluff about stopping
it amounts to nothing A combine
that was strong enough to smooth
over the embalmcd beef scandal will
not be troubled by little matter OF
an advance in prices.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-30
IMPORTANCE OF IRRIGATION.

1t has been carefully estimated that
600, O00, 900 of acres of public land In
the west are as yet unsettled and un-
productive, except here and there for
grazing purposes. The population
is merely nominal, consisting of only
a few scattered stockmen and ranch
meu
If this vast empire were made fertile
by irrigation-as as it could be--it would
make 1900 600 farms Of eighty acres
each Averaging the farmers family
at four persons would make a total of
80 000. 900 of men. women ana children
provided with homes and the means
of making a livelihood and something
more
Any measure which will accomplish
this result is, OF course. to be enc0ur-
aged from every point Of view. Re
clamation of arid lands by irrigation
Is not a fad. not mere experiment
not a new idea. Already there are
5000. 100000 private capital invested IN
irrigation enterprises in the United
States. To fully reclaim the entire
arid district would require the invest
ment of hundreds of millions of dol
lars but the result would justify the
expenditure. At present the land Is
worth no more than a pittance, and Is
contributing nothing worth mention
ing to taxation, Properly irrigated
and cultivated, it would be worth as
much as land in Illinois or Missouri.
If worth only ten dollars an acre
The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-30
Seeing the Editor,

An Interesting story Is related by
Colonel Dennison In the volume Sol
diering In Canada" concerning the late
Sir Henry navelockAllan, who was
famous fighter. The colonel says: MY
wife and | were in Hyde park one day
when Sir Henry came over and asked
how she liked his horse. She said very
much, and | gave my opinion that 1t
was about the finest horse | had seen
on the row that day. He then told Is
an anecdote about the horse. He said
he had ridden into Darlington, which
was close to his country seat, and he
sent boy up TO the editor of the news
paper asking him to come down to the
street to speak to him for a few min
utes, as he could not leave his horse.
The editor was too busy to come down,
and Sir Henry went to him. He rode
up two flights of stairs into the editor
room, spoke TO him from the horse
back, rode round his table and back
again and then made his way out into
the street He said the horse tumbled
things about good bit. and the editor
danced out of his way. But added
Sir Henry, now the editor comes down
TO me If so to see him mounted.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-30

A dispatch from Lynn, Mass,
states that a specific case has been fur
nished to Senator Lodge or Filipino
having been killed by the use of the
water cure The victim was n
priest of the Catholic churcn and his
offense was the reputation OF knowing
where Filipino gold was buried.
Whether he did know it is now i'm
possible to ascertain. as the loyal
apostles of civilization who took him
in charge pumped water in him be-
yond his capacity. Then they buried
him in secret. Another soldier is re-
ported to have furnished affidavit OF
revolving outrage, A woman who had
just given birth to a child was dragged
from her wretched home and the place
burned. she being left on the ground.
A few cases of that kind may convince
even the scholar in politics tnat
compulsory civilization has its draw
backs.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-30

Take Laxative Bromo QuinlLe Tab
lets. All druggists refund the money
II 1t falls to cure. E. w. Groves sign
ature is ON each box. 25c.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-30
THE BRITISH MULE CAMP.

Although there seems to be an
ermistice or some kind of qualified
suspension of hostihties between the
Beers and British in South Africa at
present, the British have in no way
relaxed their efforts in the shipment
Of mules from New Orleans. The
supply camps in this country are still
maintained. and the Republican ad-
ministration at Washington continues
to make THIS country an ally of Great
Britain.
A British army officer of high rank
who 10 now in this country, is quoted
The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-30
Union Marke t
CT. SCHUMACHER
Proprietor

Best Quality of Meat in the city, aud at
the Lowest Prices. Can and Inspect
Our Refrigerator Room. You never
saw Choiccr Meat or Cleaner
Market than we have. Our meat
cutters are experts in theic line.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-30

Those who are cheerfully talking
about permanent peace IN South Afri-
ca under government by the British
seem to forget that the Beers are the
obstinate descendants Of the Dutch
who broke the dykes and locks of
their canals and LET the sea inundate
their farms and villages rather than
submit to a foreign rule. They are
of the blood of the same Dutch who
as a last effort of despair prepared to
abandon their country and take ship
to found new home in South Africa.
Macaulay says that people capable
of such resolves is rarely called upon
to execute them. In this case they
are, and they certainly have given
Great Britain cause TO regret forcing
them to the wall.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-30
THE GRFAT DISMAL SWAMP.

OF Virginia Is a breeding ground OF
\. germs. So Is low, wet or
mars " ground everywhere. These
germ cause weakness, chills and fever,
aches in the bones and muscles, and
may induce dangerous maladies. But
Electric Bitters never fail to destroy
them and re malarial troubles. They
will surely prevent typhoid. I'VE tried
many remedies for Malaria and Stom-
ach and Live. troubles" writes John
Charleston, of pyesvllle, o.. "but never
found any thing nc good as Electric
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-30
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The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-30
hen He prnys

the little girl
Wen, sometimes" replied the littl,
boy.
when" asked the lituc girl.
We'll" returned the little boy. "whcn
Bob an | get to playn' an maxim an
awful racket while were goin' to bed
an we hear pop comm up stairs
TWO steps at time we drop right down
on our knees an begin 10 pray. an
when he gets to our door he don't dare
disturb us."-ChicaGo Post.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-30

Now good digestion waits on ap
petite, and health on both" II l
doesn't, try Burdock Blood Bitters.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-09-23
PANIC IN NEGRO BAPTIST CONVENTION.
Wild Rush In Death Trap-A Fight Occurred
In Choir Loft, Causing a False Alarm of
Fire-Seventy-Eight KilIed-Mauy
More Injured.

In an awful crush OF humanity. caused
by stampede in the Shiloh Colored Ran
tlst Church, at birmingham, Ala Friday
night, seventy-ejght persons were killed
and as many more seriously injured. The
disaster occurred just as BookerT Wash
ington had concluded his address to the
national convention OF Baptists, and for
three hours the scenes around the church
were indescribable. Dead bodies were
sstrewn in every direction, and the ambu-
lance service of the city was utterly in
eapacitated TO move them until after |
O'Clock n. m. The injured were first at
tended to, and dozens of dead bodies
were arranged in rows on the ground
outside awaiting removal to the various
Undertaking establishments, while more
than score were laid out on the benches
inside.
The church is the largest for negroes in
birmingham, and there were 1000 per-
sons in the edifice when the impede be-
gan instructions had been issued to al
low no one else to enter after the building
had been filled, but the negroes forced
their way inside the church and were
standing in every aisle, the entrance be-
ing literally packed
Just as Booker Washington concluded
his address, Judge Billou. a negro LAWYER
from Baltimore, engaged in an aIterca.
ton with the choir leader concerning an
unoecupied seat. and blow was struck.
Some one in the choir cried, They're
hghting! Mistasing the word fighting
Tor 'tre, the congregation rose en- masse
and strrted for the door.
One of the ministers quickly mounted
the rostrum and adrnonished the people
to keep quiet. He repeated the word
quiet several times and motioned TO
his bearers to be seated Again the ex-
cited congregation mistook the word
quiee" Tor second alarm OF fire. and
rushed Tor tie door. Men and women
crawled over benches. fought their way
into the aisles, and those who had fallen
were trampled upon like cattle
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-09-23
REFUSED TO HAUL COAL.
Reading Traiumen in Sympathy with the
Coal Strikers.

Three train crews refused to handle
non union coal from the Philadelphia
and Reading CompaDy's North Mahanov
eoliiery Friday. Several hundred strikers
were assembled near the colliery when
the engines arrived to take away the
coal cars, and the strike leaders appeal
ed TO the railroad men to refuse to haul
the coal. The trainmen held a brief con-
sultation and decided to grant the re-
guest OF the strikers. The engines steam
ed away without the cars amid the
cheers OF the strikers
The crowd about the colliery soon in
creased to several thousand, and the
company officials appealed to Sheriff
Beddall Tor assistance. The sheriff ex-
planned the situation by telephone to
Gen- Gobin, in command of the State
troops and the general eordered the
Eighth Regiment to the scene at once.
By the time the soldiers reached the
s ;ene two other engines and crews had
arrived
One company of the regiment was or
dered to mount the cars, and with other
soldiers guarding the track for over a
mile. the train proceeded. The train con
sisted OF twenty-three cars loaded with
coal, and IL is the first coal to be Skinned
rom that district since the strike began
The members of the crews that refused 10
haul the coal do not belong to any labor
union.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-09-23
Representative Swanson's Views On Speaker
tienderson's Action.

'Gen. Henderson's action" said Rem
resentative Swanson shows that the
Republican party is divided into two
factions, one iudorsing high tariff and
the other favoring tariff reform 1t will
he impossible for these two factions TO
unite. They will grow wider and wider
apart, and the result viii be a sweeping
Democratic victory in 1904. The tariff
retormers will be forced TO come to the
Democrats for the relief which they will
vainly seek at the hands OF their own
party. They will continue to agitate
the question until il becomes the great
issue. The Democrats have only to re-
main steadfast in their opposition to
trusts and the tariff which breeds trusts
and they will win. The immediate re-
suit OF Gen. Henderson's letter is to put
the President in a very embarrassing sit
uation. He must either go with the
high tariff crowd or else he must align
himself with the tariff reformers. In
either case he can only take a faction OF
his party with him."
AS member of the Ways and Means
Committee, will you vote for any Re-
publican measure to lower the tariff that
may be proposed at the next session.
Il will vote for any proposition that
seeks to lower the tariff, wether it comes
from Republican or Democrat" was
the emphatic response.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-09-23
Virginia Oats In Palestine.

Virginia oats are to grow on the sacred
soil in Palestine. Messrs. L. w. Wood &
Sons, seedsmen OF Richmond, will send
by express one hundred bushels OF Vir-
ginia oats consigned to a private individ-
ual in the Holy Land. The seed will be
sent to New York and from there shipped
by steamer to the city of Jaffa, the old
Joppa, associated with the name and ad-
ventures of Jonah. The purchaser OF the
oats wishes to make an experiment. II
this attempt to raise Old Dominion grain
in the fields of Palestine be successful a
fine business may be secured for Virginia
from this faraway country.