Sharp County Record

Mr. Bryan's Mantel.

Little Rock., July 21—Arkansas will be represented in the walls of the editorial rooms of W. J. Bryan's Commoner at Lincoln, Neb. The free silver advocate recently set about to secure a small piece of building stone from each of the states he carried in the Presidential election, the same to be set in the wall above the mantel in his newspaper room. He wrote to Secretary of state J. W. Crockett as follows: "I am anxious to secure a piece of stone from Arkansas and would like to have you name the most popular kind for building purposes. Granite or marble would be preferred if you have any in the state. I want only a small piece six to nine inches square and three inches thick, polished on one face if it will take a polish. I am getting one from each state I carried. I am going to set them in the wall above the mantel in my newspaper room." Mr. Crockett proceeded at once to Col. S. Braddock, and the two selected a handsome piece of Fouche Mountain granite, which was sent to Col. Bryan.