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The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1900-03-15

Life lntused lato the Old Dougherty Survey
to little Rock, Ark.

From the Springfield Lsader-Democrat.
1t was announced q few days ago
that j. H. Bouslog and others had
gone into northern Arkansas in con-
nectiou with new railroad scheme.
The matter has now come to q focus
and north Arkansas towns are being
asked for right Of way and bonuses.
The following statement Of the
scheme is made by S. H. Emanuel,
manager of the New York Lead and
Zinc company, operators of the Bear
Hill mines, three and q half miles
from Dodd City:
.E. 1. Rosenfeld Of New York City
having purchased the we'll remem-
bered Phil Dougherty survey, the
deal being consummated by j. H.
Bouslog of Springfield, one of the
chief promoters of that survey, has
arranged all preliminaries for build
ing a trunk line from q point in
southern Missouri-either Ash Grove
or Spriugfeld-to Little Rock Ark,
on tho most direct route obtainable.
The charter, bonds for right Of way
and all requisite documents for tho
building Of the Little Rock & North
ern railway are now in escrow in the
Mechanics and Traders bsuk in New
York city, and assurance is given
that construction work will be COM
monced by May Is, positively not
later than June 1, 1900, the road to
be completed to q point in northern
Arkansas mineral belt by June l.,
1901. At the time Mr.. Rosenfeld
purchased the road his plan was to at
once push the work, keeping the old
Dougherty survey from Springfield
straight through to Little Rock.
Since that time, however, l have per-
sonally and through other channels
presented for his consideration q
more profitable and feasible route, by
citing him to the great inducements
offered aud the many wonderful min
ersl resources Of Marion county, Ark.
l have successfully diverted his at
tention to that direction, and after
careful and due consideration of the
matter he has kindly decided to lay
the rails through Marion county, pro-
vided they furnish the bonus asked,
which is small compensation for run
ming the line an out-of-the-way course
for many miles. In fact, Mr.. Rosen.
field thanked me kindly for pointing
out to him our % yet undeveloped
mining gone, and the enormous
amount Of tonnage in sight through
out the. district. OF course, We have
developed some, but not nearly SO
much we will with railroad ia
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1900-03-15

"This 10 to be q trunk line; trunk
line, I say, and not cheap concern a.
. matter of speculation. Mr.. R0sen-
field is widely known 40 one of New
York's greatest railroad promoters,
having established several prominent
eastern lines. and is backed by men
Of means and influence.
"The New York Lead and Zinc
company own $50 acres of land in
Marion county, and we have gladly
decided to give 500 acres to this en-
terp-ise, as we realize aud appreciate
the fact that with it our remaining
460 acres will be Of an hundredfold
greater value.
"The course Of the road will bc
Lead Hill, Dodd City, Yellville and
on to Rush Greek. Just what point
the limo will touch on the north Of
Lead Hill 10 yet to be ascertained, a.
the original line ia west of that place.
This road will belong strictly to in.
dividuals, being separate from all
other roads, and in no wise connect
ed with any system.
"In conclusion, I wish to state that
l would not allow myself nor my
name to be coupled with misrepre-
senting railroad projects or mislead-
ing statements. and what have told
is absolutely true as well ~ absolutely
certain"
Yellville and Dodd City have both
raised . bonus.
The Dougherty survey runs di-
rectlv through Springfield, going
south through the Gates farm on the
James. The money Was once raised
for this road by Mr.. Hinaey, who
wanted to have controlling interest,
and the capitalists refused to put up
under the circumstances. Now the
scheme has taken new life. The pro-
moters were recently before the Com
mercial club, which agreed to furnish
with statistics of Springfeld's busi-
ness. The promoters stated at the
time, several months ago, that they
had no money aud. represented no
ono, but would not be putting in
their time unless they thought :hey
could interest capilists. This they
seem to have done, having taken an
option on Little Rocks Arkansas
Northern scheme. The promoters
have gone into all the details Of the
business aud have made arrange
ments for building . bridge over
White river, and Colonel Martin, for
six years general manager Of the
Iowa Central, 10 to become general
manager af the new road.
So many north Arkansss roads
have failed that it 10 the habit to look
with suspicion on all Of them, but
there can be little doubt that sub
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1900-03-15

Pthys Po1oted 0od rort3noot.
Mr.. Bryan ought certainly to have
reached the age Of discretion BY this
time. He will be 40 on tho 18th inst.
Spain has been buying some quick
firing guns, although It IL . little diR-
cult to understand what use she can
have for any kind Of guns.
The newest gold discovery in Alas
ks 10 on Jack Wade Greek, aud tho
claim is made that It will prove to bs
richer than either the ,Klondike or
Cape Nome.
Brigham Roberts might exchange
condolences with the bigamist, said
to have forty wives, who was som
tenced to prison in Chicago TIE other
day.
The election Of Senator CLARK, Of
Montana, Democrat, cost him, his
opponents and the people about .
quarter Of million dollars; the elec-
tion Of Senator Bard Of California, .
Republican didn't cost cont. Quite
q difference.
Senator TillmanS frankness In de-
clsring that South Carolina he'd sue
oeeded in sappressing the @Nigger"
vote was In marked contrast to tho
lodging of Senators from other
states which have done the same
thing.
Hello I What's up II Gsosgia1
There 10 said to be . possibility that
the Democratic State Executive Com.
mittee, which will meet this aenth to
arrange Cor the State Convention,
may declare for expansion. Still, Mr..
Bryan hugs the idea that anti-expan-
sion can win this year.
President McKinley's New Fork
speech took tho legs from the fool
prediction that hs was preparing to
take the back track on the expansion
question. His motto 10 that which has.
distinguished the Republican party
since its birth-Forward regardless
Of obstacles.
Excongressman Bourke Cochran
passed the bounds Of truth when he
said this country had not maintained
neutrality in the South African war.
He must have realized II himself. ~
he failed to point out one single act.
not in accord with neutrality.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1900-03-15
WashinQtoa Letter.
(From our own Correspondent }

From our own Coxrespondsnt.I
The disclosure of the almost unex.
ampled corruption in Montana a.
shown by tho Clark investigation 10
expected to result in giving to the
Republicans at tho next election 60.
pecially as the breach between tho re-
gular Republicans and the silver wing
has been healed. Former Senator
Lee Mantle, Of that state, who 10 in
Washington on = visit, says that this
state of affairs has been brought
about by expansion. "There is .
strong expansion feeling" he an
nounces, "among Republican,, Popu-
lists, and Democrats in my State.
We are already beginning to feel tho
quickening trade impulse resulting in
Increased Pacific business. In addi-
tion to that, there is lot OF real pa
triotism Of that old fashioned sort,
aud people do not believe in any
nonsense in maintaining the suprem-
acy OF the flag. I think tho Demo-
Gratis have more than even chances in
only one far western stste, and that
10 Nevada. Silver 10 . dead issue.
The natural tendency in our state 10
for tho two wings Of the Republicans
party to unite. We are still silver
men, but tho United States Senate 10
solid against silver for eight years TO
come. There is no need Of spending
the intervening time in fighting for
something which we cannot obtain. =
Mr.. Mantle's words are especially
significant In view Of the fact that he
was one of the original boilers who
walked out of tho st. Louis conven-
tion in 1896.
Despite the talk in Democratic cir
cles that the tariff il the mother Of
trusts and tho wild assertions made
by them ~ to tho United States be-
ing tho particular stamping ground
of those institutions, the fact re.
mains that there are quite % many
abroad % in the United States. This
has been made abundsntly Inanifest
by reports from the United States
Consuls received ct the State De-
ment Of late. The last Of these TO b
given out comes from Consul Mahin,
ct Reiohenberg, Anstris, who says,
in part: .sThe hat-makers have organ
lied to promote their interests. The
paper factoriss have formed nnion.
Makers Of sugar and Of sseeharins
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1900-03-15

products have . close orgaAisation
and recently met to consider an in.
crease Of prices. The shoe factories
have compact union, and have re
solved to raise the price Of footwear.
Maksrs OF knit goods have combiusd
to reduce certain expenses. A cor
poration formed at Budapest IN ac-
quirtng possession of the gas plants
IN Hungary. All these combinations
arc new, having been formed within
the past year. There are also various
older combinations. It 10 worthy of
note that Austria has no protective
tarid, except on very few articles
cigars and tobacco, for instance, tho
traffic in which 10 . government mo.
noply."
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-04-23

company's service If he wishes, re-
eeiving a pension for life. If member
retires from the service within five
years from the time of his first contri-
button to the fund, he gets nothing at
all unless 1t is a case of physical break
down, or involuntary retirement in
volving no discredit; then he gets back
one-half of his money. A retiring mem
Der of more than five years and less
than ten years standing gets back one
half of his money. A retiring member
who. has paid the dues for ten years
gets back all his money. If he has be-
come permanently incapacitated. the
managers 0he company's president ap-
provAng) grant him a yearly pension
at their discretion. When a member
dies, all the money he has paid in to
the fund is given to his family Off he
has one) or to the father, mother, sis
ter, etc., for whom he has been the
bread winner.
1t is encouraging to know that such
things can be successfully done in
Canada, and there doesn't seem to be
any good reason why they can't also be
successfully done in the United States.
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And now the story is that the people
Of the Danish West Indies are holding
meetings to protest against the sale Of
their islands to the nation that has
failed to do its 'plain duty" toward
Porto Rico. The talk is that they saw
their neighbors welcome American
troops with open arms and heard the
generous offers of American generals.
Two years have nearly passed and they
now see that instead of giving the Por-
to Ricans all the blessings and immuni-
ties of American citizens we place a
tariff on their commerce and send from
Washington a. majority of the body
that is to distribute all the valuable
franchises in the island.
Preposterous and humiliating! There
are people in this country who don't
care for any more islands, but when it
comes to islanders not wanting to be
Joined to us that is too much. How
,an people who live on an island near
,r far from us be so blind to their own
interest as not to want our civilization
and benevolent assimilation?
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must give me a bond tomorrow for
| Sc, 900. Puck.
why do you think painting stage
| scenery would be good occupation for
woman?' "Oh, because there are so
many of them who love to make a
scene. Philadelphia Bulletin.
Stubb--"The goes a man who used
to address thousands of people every
day." Penn-"What is he doing now?"
Stubb--Acdressing circulars at Sc per
week. philadelphia Record.
Another Victim.-Police Captain
Who ia that long-haired parsonage who
complained that he was sWindled by
confidence man? Lieutenant-He is
Professor Facielle, the lecturer on
Character and Physiognomy. New
York Weekly.
Unreliable. = Stranger lin Frozen
Dog)-"How is that young lawyer get
ting along who came here last year to
go into politics?" Broncho Bill-'Well.
he says he's perfectly happy; but then
you can't put much faith in what them
trance-mediums say"-Puck.
A Shrewd e-Tess-"How's your
club getting along?" Jess-"O! we're
getting a big membership now since we
reduced the initiation fee" TEST
told you IS was too much to expect any
woman to pay" Jess-"Yes. we realiz-
ed that, so we made 1t S49S. ''--Philadel-
phia Press.
Too Realistic.-"This story won't do
at ALL, said the publisher to the ambl- |
tious writer. THE detective chases q
man all over the world and never |
catches him." "Well, you see, it's |
realistic story explained the writer. |
But the explanation was unsatisfac |
tory-Detroit Free Press.
The young congressman ran his eye |
again over the pages Of the speech he
expected to deliver on the morrow. He |
made a trifling alteration or two,
passed his hand across his brow folded
his arms, and gazed hard at the type
written pages before him. And all
get for his kind work" he runinat-
ed, with a tinge of bitterness in his
tone, sis $4,000 year."-Chicago Tri-
bune.
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They are equipped with fixed ammuni-
| ton, fitted with time fuse (Krupp)
WHICH registers UP to $500 yards. But
| the gun itself has lower muzzle vel
| ocity and O. lighter and less effective
shell than ours and the extreme sight
ing of the gun is 600 yards less than
| the extreme sighting of our own Dur
ing our four mouths sojourn we are be-
ginning to understand something of the
! methods Of our enemy. Z. One fact we
have learned is that the Stats Artil-
lery gets ranges out Of their weapons
which our gunners have never contem-
plated. But that the effect Of this
forced fire Is satisfactory is open to
doubt. OF the IL 1-2-pounder Maxim
Nordenfelts / can speak with some con-
fdence, as | was more or less under
their fire for two hours, at all ranges,
on October 81. In the morning, when
they were discovered by the little r
Founders of the Natal Naval Volunteer
Artillery, the superior calibre naturally
prevented the screw-guns from remain
ing in action; but in the evening, when
the general assault OF Elandslaagte
was developing, they caused no serious
impeachment to the two field batteries
which came into action against them,
thoughthey had every opportunity of
turning their reputed length Of range
to account long before our batteries I'M
l1mbered Judging from the effect of
the shell fire which has been directed
against Ladysmith since the siege be-
gan, and the number Of projectiles
which have been hurled into the de-
fannGC (rnnpn p6 nf al
has been nothing to show that the ne
my's guns deliver a more destructive
fire with fuse up to 5000 yards than
would our own field guns if firing per-
cussion shrapnel at extreme range.
Since December IL we have constant
ly had our own 15-pounders in action
against us. The enemy, with their sub
lime Indifference to the consequences,
appear to get as great range out of
them as they do from their own field
guns. Doubtless they dig trench for !
the trail, and use the weapon as a how I
1tzer They have sent dozens of mis- |
siles, made at the Royal Laboratory and |
marked with the broad arrow, into the |
town from guns stationed over 5000 |
yards away. They have also used their !
own shell in the guns captured from |
us. Now that we have discovered that |
the Boer artillerist does not bind him
self during siege operations to the |
sighting OF his weapons, but trusts to I
getting an extreme range out of them /
by elevating the muzz!e and sinking the |
trail, a valuable sidelight is thrown
upon the original impression that the
enemy were possessed of weapons of
range With the aid of an
extra driving charge under Boer man
pulation, most guns would increase in
'ange above the expectations of the
who had intended the
Weapons to be. accurate and sighted
hem rdingly-Ladysmith Core
;pondence London Times.
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on this pictured hat, black velvet
rosette and white paradise plumes be-
ing the other trimming for it's rose-co-
ored fibre. Roses are more often massed
than are violets. Some very pretty hats
show the underside of the -flared
brim so built in with roses laid fiat that
the hat from the front appears to be all
roses. The view from the back dis
closes only demure folds Of black taffeta
with which the crown and the top of the
brim are covered.
There is much Of black and white In
combination. Some of 1t is Interestingly
odd. A sample of this was a quaint
hat with high, square crown and down.
turned saucer brim. The top was folds
of black chiffon, the concave under side
being folds of white taffeta. A great
bow of black velvet was set in front on
top of the brim. A hat of this kind has
the back brim cut off even with the
edge of the crown. Along this edge a
scarf is folded, the ends to hang down
behind the ears to the knees. All sorts
of odd round bows are made, and many
hats have three or more bands. A col
lar band as high or higher than the
crown Is feature of many. This band
is stitched in a contrasting color An
other band OF contrasting color and not
so wide is set around the first, and a
little narrow neck-te completes the set
The collar band is usually either white
taffeta, black stitched, or black. white
The next band is white or
black velvet the last either back satin.
or satin or silk of some brilliant color.
there is considerable
change of threea. FLORETTE.
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The proud man sees the sky
And feels the suns warm ray;
His heart is bentlng high,
Men stop beside the way,
And point him out as one
Whose worldly store Is great,
And praise what he has done
And smiling women wait
To win his little nod
As though he were god,
And as he strides along
His heart Is full Of glee,
And In his soul Il song
Is striving to be free!
All. God is good to me-"
In ecstacy he cries;
"For me the sun is bright,
The blue is In the skies!
For me the waves delight
To play upon the sand,
For me the hills are grand,
For me the flowers blow,
For me the day is fair,
For me the waters flow,
And joy Is in the air!
Q hear me, God above!
Receive my praise and love
For all thy watchful care,
For giving me the gifts
Wherewith l am endowed,
And for the strength that lifts
A man above the crowd!'
A donkey stands beside
A purling stream and drinks,
And sees the man of pride
And shifts the air and thinks:
How bright things are to-day!
The world is glad and fair,
There's goodness everywhere
And gloom has fed away
And this is all for mel
The buds upon the tree,
The brook that seeks the sea,
The flowers that sweetly blow,
The winds that come and go,
The blue up in the sky,
The green down here below
All just for me, and why?
Because I'm great! Because
My song is sweet and clearl
How gloomy this world was
Before / landed herer'
Thus unused the donkey, then
He cropped the grass again.
IS. e. Kiser in Chicago Times Herald.
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4 GOOD EXAMPLE IN CANADA,

The Superanuation and Provident As
ISOLATION of the Grand Trunk railroad
of Canada has now been in opera ton for
twenty-five years, and is therefore no
longer. an experiment. 1t Is described
as in most satisfactory condition
The association includes all the COM
pany's officers and employees under 81
years of age and getting $400 or more
year. They have no choice in the mat
ter; they are required to become men,
bers; it is one of the conditions of their
employment The associations bust
ness is conducted by fourteen mana
gers-seven of them high officers of the
company, three of them named by the
directors, four of them elected every
third year by the members. The dues
are 21a per cent. of the monthly wages
of the members, and every half year
the company itself contributes to the
fund sum equal to the total contribu-
lions of the members during the six
months Immediately preceding. The
money is invested in the name of three
appointed by the company's
directors. When member reaches the
age OF % years, he can retire from the
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Display advertisements. per inch. one 10.
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The new postage stamp book will
probably be popular The books con-
tain IL, "a, and 4S stamps, are encased
in cardboard covers, on which is print
ed valuable information regarding
postal laws, and the stamps are sep
arated by sheets. The books cost a
cent more than the same number of
stamps, which just covers the cost of
the covers.
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THE YYLY 7URK.

A dispatch from Constantinople says
that the Porte has replied to the
American demands stating that Tur.
key will compensate American mission
aries under the same conditions as in
the case of other foreign subjects. Just
what this means does not appear, but
on the face of it it is not very encour-
aging, for "other foreign subjects
have had much difficulty in getting
their just dues from the slow-pay
Porte. Europe is looking on the efforts
of this country to get some real money
out of the Sultan with amused interest
She hopes we will succeed, but is doubt
full. A big man In the British Foreign
Office is reported as saying this: Why
should the Sultan fear far-off America
more than the powerful States at his
ened him, only to recoil at the last mo-
ment from the logical sequel? Upon this
very question of Armenia Lord Sails
bury repeatedly and publicly warned the
Sultan of the consequences of his con-
tumacy. His warnings were UNDECIDED
almost contemptuously unheeded--
and what could we do? As Salisbury
subsequently admitted, also publicly,
England could not send her warships
to Armenia. Do you Americans think
you can do any better or gain any more.
than we have done and gained? / am
quite sure that Secretary Hay cherishes
no Illusion in this respect. He must be
patient, as we have to be.
Patience means no money. 1t also
means the complete circumvention of
This country by the willy and smooth
.ongued Turk. If we hadn't had enough
war lately, and if we were not still at
war in the Philippines, the disposition
% make the Turk pay up promptly
would be stronger than it is, and it is
pretty strong, at least outside of Wash
ngton.