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RIOT OYER KUBELIK.
Germans Refuse to Allow the Czech
N'iolinist to play at Linz.

lOllnlSC 10 play dL Llul
Vienna. Austria.-The ferocity of the
race hatred between the Germans and
Czechs was illustrated at Linz
An infuriated mob of Germans. who
were seeking to revenge the alleged ill
treatment of their c0mpatriots at
Prague. stormed hall in which Kube-
lik. the violinist, vas performing. They
attacked the carriage Of Count Wick
enburg, the District Governor, with
sticks and stones.
The crowd overcame the police and
entered the hall, where they destroyed
the splendid decorative mirrors and
threw missiles at Kubelik, causing in-
describable confusion.
The yiolinist pluckily continued to
play until his manager declared that
the continuation of the concert was
impossible.
The crowd then proceeded to Kube-
lik's hotel, fulfilling their threat not to
allow the Czech artist to give a con-
cert in the capital of Upper Austria.
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the tragedy of this people. But to the
Christian heart Jerusalem is, and al
ways will be, thought Of as the place
Of the Saviour's sacrifice.
It was here. when but child. that
He confounded the wise doctors and
here that He scourged the money
changers and drove them from the
Temple. 1t was here that He wept
over His people. and it was here that
Pontius PLATE took water and washed
his hands before the multitude. say
ing: II am innocent Of the blood OF
this just person: see ye to it,"
The Jerusalem Of today is mile
long by half a mile wide. and its pop
ulation is between $4,000 and 10000
souls. Of this number one-third are
Jews. one-third A.ohammedans. and
one-third Christians Of the Greek
Church. The City of David, or its
ashes and debris. lies buried from
twenty to forty feet under the accu-
mutations of score or more of cen
turies. 1t is for what they have been,
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Jesus was born in Bethlehem Oh
iJudea in the days of Herod' the
liking. behold, there came wise men
Afrom the east to jerusalem. soylng'
I,aWhere is He that is born King OF the
Jews? for we have seen His star In the
least. and are come 10 worship Him."
At Bethlehem may be seen the
Church of the Nativity, the oldest
fOhristian church in the world, which
marks the birthplace of the Saviour.
T, He was born into land that had
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AUSTRIAN PALACES STONED.
Students Enraged Because Revolution
of 1S4S Was Not Honored.

Vienna, Austria.-The palaces of EN-
peror Francis Joseph and the Arch
duchess Clothide in Budapest were
stoned by mob. resulting in the win
dows being broken. because the build
ings were not decorated in honor of the
anniversary of the Revolution Of 1913.
A great crowd of students and work
men. after a demonstration in front
of the statue Of the poet Petofy. pa
raded the streets. and noticing the pal
aces were not displaying flags like
most Of the other edifices. showered
them with stones until the police
charged and dispersed the rioters. Sew
eral persons were injured and many
arrests were made.
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Strange Case Of Money Lending.

In a money lending case heard in
London it was stated that clerk bor-
rowed S1OO from money lender in
1886, that he had paid $500 by way of
interest, and was now sued for $3.50,
said to be due to the lender The judge
said if these were the facts he could
not make higher order than the
payment at the rate Of one fa,thing a
month against the defendant. The
debt would then take 1000 years to
pay off.
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Prominel t People.

The Congressional Library has re-
ceived from Mrs. G. ". Fall, of Nash
vile, Tenn, large box containing the
papers and letters of President James
X. Polk.
Maurice Rollnat, the French poet,
who died recently in private asylum,
was at one time the rage in Paris, and
his weird and gloomy lyrics were often
set to music.
Representative D. r. Sperry. Of the
Second Connecticut District, is the
father of the House in point of years.
He was seyenty-six years old at his
last birthday.
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The Saxon EaS ter.

Our Saxon ancestors kept up the cell
ebration Of Easter for eight days. 1t
was kind of thanksgiving, the length
Of time devoted by the pagans to their
spring festival. After the long lenten
season they seemed to have become
tired of SO much goodness, feeling
which their descendants seem to ap-
preciete, tired of giving up pleasure
and worldly attraction; this, together
with the natural welcome TO the spring.
gladly prolonged the festivities.
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WINTERS. EMBEZZLEsIENTS rs.
Collector Stranahan Relieved of Al
Responsibility For Them.

Washington, D. C.-The Senate has
passed a bill. already passed by the
House. relieving Collector Stranahan
and former Collectors Bidwell and Kill
breth, of New York. from responsibility
for the embezzlements of Byram w.
Winters.
Winters. who was appointed by Col
lector MagOne, was placed in charge Of
the Customs Bureau at the New York
Postoffice by Collector Kilbreth. He
was in that place for seven years and
was embeZzlng all the time.
In 1902 Collector Stranahan made a
change in the system by which the
money passed through two mems hands
instead of one. This led to Winters
discovery. On March II. 1903. Win
tiers pleaded guilty and was sentenced
to three years in Sing Sing. Winters
defalcations amount to $SS21.34. for
which the Collectors would be reSpon-
sible but for the passage of the bill.
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Misery That Drink Brings.

Mr.. Justice Madden, addressing the
Grand Jury at the Ulster Assizes at Bel
fast. said that each year his experience az
a Judge added to the conviction that prob
ably eighty per cent. of the crime which
came before them in those courts was at.
tributable either directly to intoxication
or indirectly as result of the state OF mis-
e-y brought about by excessive indulgence
in drink.
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Rebels Regain SANTANA.

Minister Powell cables the State
Department at Washington. D. c.,
from San Domingo that SANTANA has
again fallen into the hands of the in
SlirgentS
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Nitro Blast Kills Two.

Two laborers were killed and one
crippled by an explosion of nitro-glycer-
inc in the California Giant Powder
Works, at Sobrant, Cal. The property
loss was $4,000.
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HERE in al
Christendom is
there a child
who has been
taught to say.
Now I lay me
down to sleep.
I pray Thee.
Lord, my soul
to keep" but
has heard this
Scripture:
"Now, when
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AN EGG OPENER.
Clearly Cuts the Shell Without Loss
of Contents.

Columbus thought that he was per-
forming a wonderful feat when he
taught his companions to stand an
egg on end without breaking its shell,
but the average housekeeper would
nave much more admired trick that
would have shown her how to cleanly
open an egg without spilling part OF
it's contents.
This may seem most insignificant
matter to those who have never had
the task Of making pies and puddings
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German Pig Iron Production,

The pig iron production of Germany
for January amounted to S31,G53
tons. against S4S,74S in December
and T92.O53 tons in January. 1908.
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AN EASTER DUEL.

The Brothers Egg were both in love,
And with the same young lady;
A duel they resolved to fight.
So chose a place quite shady.
Miss Leghorn Egg (that was her name)
Heard OF the coming duel,
And said at once she'd do her best
70 stop a fight 80 cruel.
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been ruled by great rulers. oppressed
by infamous tyrants, fought over and
piundered by merciess generals, and
so scanned and Scared by wars.
famines and peStilences, that every
stone in its ruined walls and on its
rock strewn plains was silent me-
mortal Of woe; every tree that ieafed.
and every flower that bloomed was
rooted in blood drenched soil.
|! In the little city of Nazareth. the
|Sayiour Of the world made His home
for thirty years, and here He worked
lin his boyhood days as the 'Son Of
the Carpenter" At the time Of Christ,
Nazareth was a despised city Of Cali
|lee. When it had been told round and
about that the Messiah. long looked
Nor by the Jews. had come in the per-
|Bon Of the Son Of Joseph, the question
WAS asked, Can any good thing come
|but of NAZARETH" Since the time of
Christ. the city has suffered the vic
|lssftudes of wars at the hands of
|Greeks, Arabs, Crusaders and Turks.
|ht times being almost eradicated. but
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E8s3&SeeMAAesSS ia !, >%ss sssssSsi ~ :sS3.9
fEY GRoa
t@XW Mark well yon slender
lM3M stalk of green
EIsE@ just springing forth tbs
k6A[# clods between
l2MHN While April airs are
SEM3 chilly;
EItEH With filmy leaflets closely
is:rEEsA curled,
Ef.-( 1t looks a tiny banner
SA:t3 furled.
;--@;S' But soon will be lily.
A sparrow's weight would bend it low,
A little flood would overflow.
A. little frost would kill it.;
And cen when grown it reaches up
And lifts to heaven heavenly cup,
A little dew would fill it.
Yet all the power that Newton saw
Bind in one vast and ~1ual law
Pebble and planet glowing,
Cannot, when spring is come, keep hid
The lily meath its coverlid,
Nor stay its buds from blowing.
1t knows no labor but to bloom
Gods darling need no cares assume,
No tribute pay bat beauty;
1t cannot but live in the light,
And still to keep its garments white
Is nature more than duty.
What if tomorrow it must die?
Is there no Easter in the Sky
To earth's dead blossoms given?
Yon world would forfeit half its bliss
If what is sweetest here in this
Brief springtime, had no heaven.
"Much more, 0 We Of lttle faith
CThis is the word the Master sath)
''Much more to you His will is"
Nay, but it were enough for me
Could 7, 0 Master! only be
To Thee as are Thy lilies.
w. H. Woods, in Youths Companion.
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is converted. AS for Jews, one coulG
not, if it would. obtain an entrance
Upon the walls Of the church are
many scripturaI happenings, ideas Of
the Crusaders and other works of th,
sculptors art.
The Harrison times., 1904-08-20
Confirmation Notice.

| Ben. F. MCMahau, Clerk of the
Boone ChanCery Court, hereby give
notice that Nicholas 2. Cook has filed
in said Boone Chancery Court his peti-
tion praying to have confirmed and
quieted his title to the following de
scribed tract of land situated in Boone
county, State of Arkansas, tO-wit:
The Northeast quarter of the South
east quarter of section Twenty-Oue;
and all of that part of the Southeast
quarter of the southeast quarter of
said section Twenty-one. which lies
north of 4 branch known as George
Hollow branch, and all that part of the
southwest quarter of the southwest
quarter of section twenty-five which
lies north of said branch, all of said
land being in Township nineteen,
north, Range twentY-One west, con
tanning eighty acres more or less, and
all persons who claim or own any in
terest in said land adverse to the title
of said l.I .PetittQner, are. hssrsby ,,s called
Boone Chancery court within SIX
weeks after the publication Of this
notice and show cause, if any they
have, why said title of said petitioner
to said land should not be confirmed
and quieted.
Witness my hand and seal as such
clerk, this is the 18th, day of July 1904.
BEN +. MCMAHAN. Clerk.
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THE MODERN FARMER is published
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The Harrison times., 1904-08-20

De WYcKHoFF, the Chicago law
yer, who has paid $1,000 for the
hulk of the battleship Maine, says
1t will cost several hundred thous-
and dollars to raise It He will
build AROUND It a gigantic tub OF
piles, then pump out all the water,
leaving the ship in this dry dock
The ship originally cost $1,000, 900,
and he expects to ind the machin-
cry, which cost S735, 900; the Har-
vevized steel armOr, $50 feet long
and twelve inches thick, with u value
of $500 a ton; steel bulkheads six
inches thick, steel turrets equipped
with ten-inch guns, and two other
batteries.
The Harrison times., 1904-08-20

DURING the week ending June 18th
one of the Trausvaal mining COM
panies paid dividend OF 1l2 Upper
cent, following a similar dividend IN
December Another company an
nounced dividend of 100 per cent,
as compared with a dividend of
eighty per cent. These are among
the companies which declare that
native labor Is too expensive. and
have begun, With the permission of
the government, the Importation of
Chinese coolies under conditions
which amount TO practical slavery.
The dividends of the mining COM
panies, which now amount TO 200
per cent a year, are expected 70
largely increase.
The Harrison times., 1904-08-20

done, my fellow citizens, without in
creasing the burden of taxation except
quarter of a mill for the ex-Confeder-
ate soldier, and half mill for the new
state house. But your general state
taxes have not been increased one tar
thing, yet we have this vast r+-ouut of
money on hand, and we have paid this
large amount on indebtedness and for
public Improvement.
Whether L shall be successful in my
political ambition or not, this is a rec
ord of which my children may feel
proud, and to which my friends that
have been so loyal and true to me. may
point with great satisfactioa<
INCREASED VALUATION OF PROPERTY.
1t has been said by my political ad-
versaries that if 1 were elected COVER
nor the state would be set back
twenty-five years, that property would
be of less value. that Immigration
would cease flowing in our direction.
and that the general chaotic Condition
would reign supreme ia this beloved
state of ours, if such man asl myself
should be elevated to this high place.
Let's see if that statement is true my
fellow-citizens. Let's look at the mat
ter of assessed valuation of property
IN the state of Arkansas. and see how
it has steady grown, and how.nt has :
jumped with leaps and bounds 1siuce I
have been your governor. =
IN 1899 the total assessed [huation
of property II. \ III Ariilnsas San sEyaSs a. eo9,-
600. so. In 1900 it was Slof ,s-s--slJt In
1901, the year that became yslr gov
ernor and the year that assessed rail-
roads and corporate propertYin this
state higher than they had ever been
assessed in the history of the State, it
increased more than S24 ,OkTo, the
exact total amount Of whichis S225,-
269, ,6S1. In 1908, the last yeir of my
administration, it jumped anther S24,-
900, 900, or the total assessme1t in this
state in that year was S249, rs. .652. In
other words, my fellow-citize1s, the to-
tai valuation of property in .his state
made by yourself, not by some feder-
al assessment board, as in tie days of
| Powell Clayton, but assessments made
| by the Individual citizens-S,ows an
increase in the valuation of property
| in this state of more than $50. .O9O. 900
since have been your goverYr. This,
L submit, is showing thati1I would do
| well for our enemies to Carefully con-
slider. AT that rate, how lone would II
take for the valuation of property to
double itself?
The population of Arkansas has in
creased 25 per cent by the federal sta
tistics since have been your governor.
More railroads have been built. more
mills and factories, more telephone and
telegraph lines, more foreign capital
has been invested in the three years of
my incunbency of this office. than in
any other period of the states history.
All the world is looking upon the ad-
Vancement of Arkansas industries
with a-uazenIent; the Eastern papers
are commenting upon it. But my enc
mics would nave you believe that my
administration and myseIfis hiss and
by-word, that it is disgrace to your
children, that have done nS.hiug but
run for governor. 1 submit this state
ment and leave you to i,,d.ez, Athe truth
The Harrison times., 1904-08-20

Col Jas Bohart, president of the
Washington County Banking Co,
at Fayetteville, was stricken with
appoplexy last Saturday while at
tending to business at the Bank and
died IN an hour, without regaining
consciousness He was well known
in Harrison having visited here fire.
quentIv as d member OF the hard
ware firm of Bohart X Morris His
daughter Mrs J. b Morris who once
lived here is now IN Denver, COlOra-
do.
The Harrison times., 1904-08-20

Do YOU know that when YOU speak
into the long distance telephone the
man with whom YOU talk. be he
fifty or 100 or / 900 miles away,
hears the sound of your voice before
your stenOgrapher who sits across
the room can hear 1t 1t Is perhaps
the nearest approach to the quick
ness of thought, this, for It takes the
sound of speech as It leaves your
lips and carries it on electrical i'm
pulses a thousand miles In less than
a hundredth part of a second
The Harrison times., 1904-08-20

ACCORDING to the fastest reports
from the war IN the east, the Japan
csc have utterly routed the Port
Arthur and VladivOstOk fleets of the
Russian Navy, and the final attack
on Port Arthur seems to be under
way The Japanese are shelling the
inner Notifications. The indications
are that by our next issue the fall of
Port Arthur Will be an accomplished
fact, and Russia be driven out of
Manchuria.
The Harrison times., 1904-08-20
Election Proclamation.

1, d. A. Eoff, Sheriff of Boone coun-
ty, Arkansas, do hereby proclaim that
there will be an election held in the
several townships in said county, on
the first Monday in September 1904, at
which Election the following State,
District, County and Township officers
are to be voted for, and Amendments
No. to the Constitution of the
State of Arkansas, to-wit:
STATE OFFICERS
One Governor, one Secretary of State,
one Treasurer, one Auditor, one Supt
Public instruction, one Commissioner
of State Lands, one Attorney General,
one Commissioner of Mines. Etc, one
Chief Justice Supreme Court, three
Railroad Commissioners.
DISTRICT OFFICERS.
One Prosecuting Attorney of the
14th Judicial Circuit.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
One Representative, one County and
Probate Judge, one Circuit Clerk, one
County Clerk, one Sheriff, one Treasur-
er, one Assessor, one Coroner, one
surveyor.
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.
Two Justices of the Peace and one
Constable for each township.
AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTION.
One vote for or against Amend
mentS of Section l, Article 10, and
Section IS Article of the Constitu-
ton of the State of Arkansas.
Also to vote for or against liquor
license, for or against sale of native
wine.
Also to vote for or against Road
Tax.
Said Election will be held at the
usual voting precincts in said county.
Witness my hand as such Sheriff
10Th day of July 1904.
d. A EOFF. Sheriff
The Harrison times., 1904-08-20

IHE State confederate pension
board, at its recent meeting granted
some 100 new pensions, including
the following from Boone county:
Angeline Watson $50; ~W.-M. Ralev
SlOo; Marth( Roy $50; G. W,
London s,F JOS A Jackson $40;
Eliza H9&omb $50; D. B. Eof S75;
MaTtLx Floyd $50. Milton Oliver
.O.
The Harrison times., 1904-08-20
COUNTY,

THE African Review says: In
the Transvaal and the Orange River
Colony if the present rate of inter
marriage between Briton and Boer
IS kept up, in twenty years the two
races will be so welded together as
to be ndistinguishable.
The Harrison times., 1904-08-20

IN all parts of the country re-
monstrance arises against the
prevalent system of education,
which makes the schools top-heavy,
rr5reii'ng1 1pretent'0us stud9es to the
neglect of the elementary. In every
city and in most of the country
towns there is a futile grabbing
after the higher branches" by
children who do not know how to
spell, read or write correctly
The Harrison times., 1904-08-20

We offer for sale a 5Q-ro'm Hotel
just repapered and painted AID partly
refurnished. The hotel is doing d
splendid business. Hotel is situated in
a live mining district, and in alive rail
road town. For further PARTICULARS,
address
OZARK 81 TEXAS LAM Co.,
Thos. Helm. Mgr.
The Harrison times., 1904-08-20
Democratic ticket.
NATIONAL
Election Ny rocE

Election Nov 5 I9o4
For President Alton B. Parker,
of New York
For Vice-Presideut,------ Henry G. Davis
OF West Virginia
The Harrison times., 1904-08-20
THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COM
PANY OF NEW YORK,

Address GEORGE T. DEXTER,
superintendent of Domestic Agencies,
% Nassau St, New York, n. Y.
The Harrison times., 1904-08-20
STATE

STATE
Election, Monday Sept
For GOveruOT..---- jefferson Davis
Secretary of o. c Ludwig.
Ircasurer----- M u IlplOn-
Supt- Public Instruction --------J- H. HiueIaon
Commissioner of State Lands F T. Conway
Attorney General .------- 800 RObt- L. Rogers
Commissioner Mines Etc-,------H T. Bradford
Chief Justice sup. Court JOS VI. Hill
Associate Justice ---- Z A MCCullOCh
Railroad Commissioned B. b Hudgius
J. w. Phillips and J. r Hampton.
The Harrison times., 1904-08-20
STATE FREE OF DEBT.

i.
When L went into the governor 5
chair in 1901 there was outstanding
against the state of Arkansas a bonded
debt of S6+,0O During my three wears
of office we have paid every dollar of
this Indebtedness save and except
S17, 800, which to-day represents the
only outstanding Indebtedness against
the state of Arkansas. Should we not
be a proud people? Should we not feel
that the Democratic administration in
Arkansas has been d success, when we
have nearly two million dollars in the
state treasury, and don't owe but S17.-
500, and that would be paid in the
twinkling Of an eye, if we could pro-
cure the surrender of these bonds, but
the holders prefer the interest to the
payment of the principal
During my administration we have
not only paid this Indebtedness but we
have paid 100000 on the rebuild
ing of the deaf mute institute. We have
paid about $50, 600 for the enlargement
of the state insane asylum, and we have
paid on the capitol building in this
state about 500, 900. All this has been
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-12-08

In the campaign of 1900 Senator Gull
lon was called on to face large audi
ence In his home city of Springfield
He saw i'll the audience fellow
townsman who had formerly been an
influential Republican, but who had
joined the opposing party and display
ed dangerous activity i'll its support.
This man arose from his seat and APP
parently was ready to begin Il series of
'catch questions Before this inten-
ton could be put into execution Sena-
tor Cullom paused in his speech and
in conversational tone called out:
John Simpson. you're too old man
to stand up in amy audience that
talk to. Just come right up here and
hold down this chair next to mine''
The invitation was accepted and at
the close of the mass meeting the man
announced that he was "back in the
fold" and had come to stay"