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The Forrest City times., 1903-02-27

An important bill to Eastern
Arkansas was passed by the house
Tuesday afternoon, beng the Kil-
Tough levee bill, which had al
ready passed the senate. Although
it had been predicted by some that
there would be hard fight on the
bill IN the house, it was passed by
vote Of g to 9. 1t effects about
1900, 600 acres of land, being those
portions of the counties Of Missis-
sippi, Craighead, Poinsett, Crit
tenden, Cross, ST. francis, Lee
and Phillips that lie in the St.
Francis levee district. The bill
raises the tax on this land from
four to six cents per acre, which
it is estimated will increase the
funds derived from the levy tax
from so, 900 to $1,000 year.
The Forrest City times., 1903-02-27

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The Forrest City times., 1903-02-27
CURE FoR BAD ROADS.


Robertson comfy, Kentucky.
ebiis discussing ils question Of
road:
aPerbsps IT woal3 Interest you
70 ksow ih2. g 5 Per cert CT a.
ccsalFy roads N Missouri are mud.
~ jssi natural roads, thai 5, onIy
5ne-half Of per cert. Ct ogr roads
sre made OF rock or mae4dam," be
s-ld. The Increment that | am
signed to now under the super
.ision CT the State Board Of Agri-
culture, Is to tell Of plan, a sim-
lie but extraordinary successful
5ae to improve the roads without
making them rock or macadan.
Il Is by the use Of what is called
.ae split-Iog crag"
Six years ago Sir. King set out
to Try to improve the road that
RUS by hls farm in Holt county.
By chance be had hit upon a sim.
re Continuance. lie split log
about Ten or twelve feet in length,
q two, aud attached the two
pieces together with cross pieces.
The spit or sharp sides Of the log
were placed IN front He hitched
team 10 this splitlog contrivance
sud drove up and down the road
in front Of bis farm. Tie did this
right after q rain. lie stood on
the drag on The side away from
the center Of the road. Because
oil his weight On the outer side the
drag dug deeper there. The loose
coil was thrown TO the center OF
the road. Being high in the mid
die and low on the sides, the
u.iddle Of the read soon dried and
became as hard as clay can.
After doing this few times a
remarkable betterment in the con.
dition of the road was observed.
This simple split.log device had
accomplished far better results
than had ever been secured by
roads built by the big road scrap,
ers and makers.
Mr. Kings simple contrisance
accomplished the results that all
road makers had tried TO reach,
but in far better way than did
the big costly contrivances. To
day the road in front Of Mr.. King 4
!arm, no matter what the weather
. like race track. The time and
labor expended was remarkably
small. Many others began 10 use
the King spIitlog device, and Sc
excellent wero tho results at such
slight labor and cost, that the at.
tention OF the State Board Of Az.
siculture was called to Mr.. King 5
plan OF road making.
George B. Ellis, Secretary OF
the State Agricultural Board, saw
The working Of the split-log de.
vice, and after thorough inycsli.
cation became enthusiastic. A
year ago the board decided TO ask
Mr.. King to travel about the state
and tell Of tie plan.
Ar. klng talked modeslIy of his
work, though he is in enthusiast
IN the good road movement.
"Misaourians," he said, tabor n.
der the mistaken belief that be.
cause it lsa prairie state they
can't have good roads. The fact
is that all over the state rock can
be secured for rock roads, and the
Tock road is the best. Bot in the
mean time, and whcro 1t is not
readily possible to secure rock,
the drag system should be used.
"Any body can make the split.
log drag. It's cheap aud costs
practically nothing. and anybody
can run it. If e drag be run up
and down a'road few times each
summer, say half dozen times,
the improvement will be immedi.
The Forrest City times., 1903-02-27
Children>' Hons Society OF Ar
kansas.

E4HoF Timss:-We wish through
Jour columns. 10 say that re are pro
toaud.y grateful 10 the good citizens Of
your town and county for their geuer-
CO. contribution t. or institution
which 5 maintained By voluntary 60
nations. !. may not be cut CT place il
tbs connection u report or steward.
snip. Al the beginning Of asst year.
~ had four hundred children under
OK supervision; during the year sc
transferred one hundred children from
ysgFauey .nG cIiminaity int Chris
tan homes II culture and refinement.
These lite WAITS have been adopted
into a.. tie dignity and affections Of
family iIfe-making in all. al the close
q last year. i've hundred children uu-
DEF cur direction.
l. this great phlIanthrofic woIk
every citizsu q Arkansas who has cor
tributed 10 cur welfare, may justly
claim au abiding interest. We begin
he Lew year with vigor. encourage
meht and thanksgiving. Let every
christian IN thi. gOodly state pray for
our success. and hold themselves ia
readiness 20 ASSIST this Society IN
every way possible
Yours sincerely,
Rev L. /. Lqcado. Tn. Il. Supt.
Kew. Frank White. d. d, Pres.
zen u W GreSu ~eprs..~v
The Forrest City times., 1903-02-27

When completed the s.. Francis
Leyee viii be second longest levee
in the world, being 81 miles long,
the Longest being that Of the Upper
fazoo Valley q Mississippi, which
Is LIZ miles in length.
The Forrest City times., 1903-02-27

The f5gF wire fsrce - Tor S..
Fra1eis county j. uov awaiting
The signature CT the Governor, and
in thirty days from that tine the
law siii 20 into eject.
The Forrest City times., 1903-02-27

Tie antitrust LA a. asTeE be
Effective II Arkansas. Haeu lie
shoe p.aehss the people will kick.
The Forrest City times., 1903-02-27

Rev Il. I. Lgcado, III. Il. Supt.
Kew. Frank White. ID. d Pres.
Gen. y W Green. Secretary.
Office: "a w 10Th ST., Little Rock.
February Il, 1903
The Forrest City times., 1903-02-27

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The sun., 1903-05-15
The Big Ten.

Our esteemed Berlin contemporary, the
Tdoebldtt. has submitted to its readers
this thrilling question: Who Are the
Most Distinguished Ten Men Now Liv-
ing?' The result of the referendum is
as instructive as might be expected.
Here is the list Of the first ten:
"ToIsroY. 30, votes; MoxMsEN, lsc: MARcoNI,
AS; IRssN 42s: EDISON. sss; NASsEN, 27o; RoENr
orN. ~ MExzEL. 2ts KOCH. 2?s WILLIAM H.,
232"
Literature. science and art are thus
honored. STRAUSS, MAscAGNI, LEON
CAvALIO. SARAsATE and other musicians
we're among the unsuccessful candidates.
So were the mystic and wonderful NAE
TERLINcK of Client and d 'ANNuNzIo, the
precious and decadent.
MARK TWAIN got but one vote. Evil
IDENTIFY he is not modern enough for
the Tagebianfs readers. They can't be
deficient in a sense of humor or the Ger
man Emperor would not have had 232
votes and LEO XIII. less than So That
eminent head OF the Hobo School of
Tartar literature, MAX GoRKY," had
more than 100 votes. The young century
likes ginger hot i the mouth.
WILLIAM II. is the only soldier, sailor
and statesman in the list, but his ency-
clopedic accomplishments entitle him to
stand at the head. instead of the TAIL OF
it, He is painter, a sculptor, play
wright, man Of science, a theologian
and 80 on. BY mere course of promo
ton he will be near the head in time.
MoMMsEN and MENzEL are patriarchs,
ToLsToY and IBsEN are reverend seniors,
gray masters whose obituaries thousands
of devotees are prepared to write. Even
EDISON is no longer a boy. MARCoNI
is the only youth, except WILLIAM. in
the Worlds Greatest Ten. But ire
spective of age, the German Emperor.
who competes 80 strenuously in all
events, deserves to be considered the
Ten Greatest Men Now Living. The ref
erendum was superhuous and the vote
unsatisfactory. Am CESAR. &c. First
money or none.
The sun., 1903-05-15
Police Attack on the Bench.

Betwee the slcuth and the Judge there
is rrepress BILE conflict. In the sleuth's
hunt for the criminal belief that the
suspect is guilt YARNS into conviction
as the chase grows hotter, and it is the
very heat of the arrest that prompts the
Judge to look with codness on the evil
dence presented for its justification. The
New York Police Commissioner saw
age attack upon the City Magistrates at
the dinner of the Civil Service Reform
Association on Wednesday expresses the
detectives disappointment at the escape
of his prisoners after their guilt or lnno-
cence had become matter for judicial
examination,
Upon Commissioner GREENE's state
ment the Magistrates arbitrary reJec-
ton of evidence that he thinks satisfac-
tory practically allies the Magistrates
with the criminal classes, although it Is
as much Magistrates duty to get
man out Of prison as it is to put him IN.
Although no names we're given and de-
tails were kept hidden beneath generali-
ties, the indictment Of the Judges by the
head OF the police would be a cause Tor
serious alarm were not the Commission
ers fundamental unftness to criticise
the Judge as Judge revealed in one of
his sentences:
There Is also Justice Of the supreme Court
who contends that the sentencing OF some gamblers
Is a small matter when the theory that every mans
house is his castle Is In danger"
That unknown on the Supreme bench
is the right man in the right place at
time of very grave need. For if the
Police Department is to be vitiated
with the notion that the principle of
mans house is his castle is to be sacri-
feed to convict some gamblers the
Police Department has been led into a
state of mind not only deplorable but
dangerous, and it cannot too soon be
relieved of it,
Faults on the bench stand a poor
prospect of remedy and the Police De-
partment is certain to he brought to
discredit when the Police Commissioner
discloses a total lack Of understanding
of the first principles by which the bench
is inspired.
The sun., 1903-05-15
THE SUN, FRIDAY, MAY is. 1908.

egIons from, the dooess castles Of the dead ouned
In sort OF high passion and dull despair 80 ons ego
and here revived to wear with us the Joyous Thrai
of this excess OF beauty, and with Us abide Athirs'
and open eyed. the steady downpour OF this Nights
moon wrought splendor,"
Pilduzer, the Perfect Poet as he
proudly signs himself so ends the perfect
lay. Far off, on the velvet Of his purple
pasture, the Lyric Jackass starts from
his stirless and unstudied pose and utters
a cry so long and passionate and despair
ing that Walt Whitman falls into frenzy
and rushes madly around the bower.
The painting poet, released from his
anchors, is rubbed down with oil and
buttermik and put to sleep upon his bed
of dandelions, daisies, buttercups and
excelsior The Man in the Moon up-sobs
tremendously and for moment hides
his emotion in a handkerchief Of cloud.
Walt Whitman. wild with moon-wrought
splendor, is still revolving and rolling
rapidly
The sun., 1903-05-15
THE CONGRESS or DOCTORS
Several OF tho Constituent Bodies Remain
In Session In Washington.


WARRINGTON, May l4--The Congress Of
American Physicians and Surgeons ad.
journed to-day, but eleven Of the constitu
ent bodies remained In session and con-
tinued their discussion of matters Of inter.
est to the members The meeting OF the
congress has baen one Of the most sue
cessfu in it's history and has drawn 10
Washington some of the most noted medi-
cal men in the United States. Great bene.
At is expected to be derived from the dis.
cussion OF the methods OF treating various
diseases.
The twenty-ffth annual convention Of
the American LAryngological Association,
one of the affiliated bodies OF the congress.
ended it's sessions this afternoon, following
the installation Of newly elected officers
The American Pediatric Society held
session this morning, at which the principal
TOPIC Of discussion was the modification ~
milk In its preparation as food for infan,s
by lubratory and domestic methods, DR.
IaFetra of New York was elected member
Of the society.
The third days session Of the American
Association of Pathologsts and Bacterolo-
Qists was held to-day at Columbian tni-
versity, the morning being devoted 20 the
reading Of papers on subjects of particular
interest to the specialists IN that branch OF
the medical profession.
The Orthopedic Association Of America
met at the Arlington this morning, and The
subject of correcting curvatures Of the
spine was considered, with human models
for illustrating various forms Of apparatus
in use
The closing session Of the American Gyne-
cological Society was held here to-day
and Boston WAS selected as tie next place
Of meeting. At the morning session m
Andrew r. Currie and Hiram H Vineberg
Of New York, read papers OF peculiar in
terest to the specialists.
The sun., 1903-05-15

depress the whole market BY false
rumors circulated in the interest OF
those who have sold stocks short
and desire to buy them back under the
influence OF the panic which they have
themselves fraudulently created.
The Stock Exchange owes it to itself
not to permit episodes like the raid on
Metropolitan to pass without thorough
sitting. II those who conducted the
raid were acting in good faith, with the
desire that the truth should be known
to investors, then they will challenge
investigation. If the contrary was the
fact, and that fact shall be we'll estab-
lished, then the Stock Exchange should
get rid of any broker participating in
such fraud upon the public.
These questions reach to the founda-
tons of our financial system. 1t Is
the boast of our market that it is free
from the trammels which have put
the Berlin Boerse in shackles to the
Government and have made the French
Bourse little more than an official regis
try of stock transactions. There is
great advantage in freedom in such
matters, but IL freedom is to be grossly
abused. to tho injury OF innocent in
vestors, including widows, orphans and
trust estates, then the demand may
arise in this country, as it has arisen
in nearly every European country, for
Government regulation Of the market.
1t will be an unfortunate day for the
financial interests of New York when the
unfettered operation of natural economic
laws gives place to the suffocating rou-
tine of Government control; but large
element in the country is likely to de-
mand the change if the directors Of our
financial world do not insist upon abso-
lute honesty among all who are recog-
nized dealers in securities in order that
the Stock Exchange may be in fact, as
it is in theory, the true register of values
and Of the influence of normal economic
tendencies.
The sun., 1903-05-15
EDICATED ROOSTER IN COZ RT.
II CrOwed Too Much the Night Before and
Its Owner Was Fined $40.

WASHINGTON, May H.-"Red McGregor,'
a highly educated Spanish trick rooster,
by growing too much last night subjected
his owner to a fine OF $40 in the police court
here to-day. -McGregor' has been trained
to perform a number Of tricks and will
crow vocifcrously whenever a finger is
pointed at him, The rooster was pro-
duced in court to-day. and was put through
his stunts from a chair in the witness box
to the great amusement Of The spectators
The complaint against .'McGregor', was
that, contrary to the police regulations
he had crowed all last night, greatly, dis
turbing the sleep Of those in the ,neishbor-
hood. James Cole. the owner Of the bird,
did not want the rooster killed. and
.McGregor" was brought to court to show
After hearing the evidence Judge Kim
ball remarked that -McGregors IN. must i hays aye
night that some one was pointing finger
al him, and fined Mr.. Cole SO. But h"
did not order the destruction OF the hrd,
and the owner went away happy with
-Red McGregor- under his arm.
The sun., 1903-05-15

would appear to be In entire accord With that In
s,rument that newspapers should be held account.
able In damages for negligence"
1t was clearly the intention Of the
trainers Of the Constitution Of Pennsyl-
vana to give special freedom and i'm
munity to criticism Of the Legislature
or any branch of the State government,
and the provision that No ldT shall
ever be made 10 restrqin the right thereof
clearly forbids the passage Of any such
bill as this Pennypacker law of libel.
Under this new statute the truth is
immaterial: the publication Of the truth
if il be injurious, however debased or
corrupt the individual attacked may be-,
will be enough to justify heavy damages.
No more unconstitutional or outrageous
measure could have been devised, and il
it doesn't bring to general contempt the
Executive who sanctions it Pennsylvania
has los, her pride of birth.
The sun., 1903-05-15
MISSOURI MEMS MULE MEET.
Poster Announcement Of a Gathering In
the Second Loft OF the Waldorf.

the Second Loft OF the Waldorf.
The Missouri Society Of the City Of New
York is going to have some sort OF blow
out at the Waldorf-Astoria tomorrow
evening. What sort Of show it is to be
probably can be learned only by attending
it. 1t is understood that it is to be open
only to the members Of the society and
their guests.
The programme received by THE Sun
is a poster by feet, headed Missouri
Mule Meet. Waldorf Astoria stables, second
loft. May l6. 1903, and announces:
Barley Corn and fodder free TO all having
paid entrance fees. Any jackass entering
who needs fancy drinks will pay for. sa me
Any animal not putting his nose TO the trough
at least once between each event will be
scratched. The Committee on Iransporta-
ton. with great regret. reports the absence
Of the Bell Mule Of this orRanlzation. that
dignitary having departed for Europe to-day
Evidently the entertainment will consist
of speeches and songs followed by supper;
Among the events scheduled are several
such as this:
A small bunch Of badly broken cross breeds
will undertake u few lines Of fancy hrayinR
to the measures of Mr.. Dooley. The whole
drove will join In on the chorus.
William Hepburn Russell Joseph c.
Hendrix, George w. Daniels and William
c. Chase are down on the announcement
as stable Boys" who evidently have
something to do with the show, together
with the Head Hostler,' his assistants,
Trainers" and Judges
The sun., 1903-05-15
American Girl In Chinese Drama.
From the 81. Louis Globe Dem ocrd

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. May 5.-To pretty
Rosa Breliner attaches the distinction Of being
the only Caucasian who ever played Chinese
character in a Chinese drama in the Chinese
language before Chinese audience in Chi
nese theatre. More than that. she is the only
woman OF any nationality who ever appeared
on a Celestial stage. 1t was in Honolulu about
a wear ago that Ia Petite Rosa" as she was
billed made her debut in a Chinese theatre.
She went to the islands, accompanied by her
parepts, as the ingenue Of an American farce
comedy company that had been encounterinR
a season of hard luck At the close OF the
Honolulu engagement the organization dis
banded. and the Breliner family was left in
idleness with little or no money on hand and
no possible means Of walking to another
show town. Although her parents were in
state bordering on despair, sixteen-year-old
Rosa lost neither hope nor courage. Perhaps
she had not been long enough in the business
to learn to appreciate the hardships that con-
fronted her father and mother. At any rate
snc disco vered that there was profitable op-
portunity for a vocalist who couh sing Ha-
waiian songs and she studied the language and
the music until she had mastered both. Then
she experienced no difI1culty in getting all the
work she could attend to. She vas engaged to
appear IN every part of tho islands and her
singing OF the quaint native melodies made
her great favorite with the Hawaiians. As
long as the element OF novelty remained with
her pcrforma nee she made plenty OF money.
but az soon as it began to pail upon her she
began to look about for some other means
of attra citing attention in unique way.
Fate led her into Chinese theatre and her
own industry did the rest. She learned to sing
Chinese songs and accompaniments on the
dujcimer-like instrument called a Chinese
harp" and with these arts she applied to
the pis-tailed impresario for an engage
me ment and was accepted on the spot at a fat
salary. Though her part in the dramatic
performance was limited 70 playing de,
m,ire and lovesick Celestial maiden and
singing three or four songs, Rosa made
tremendous hit. Chinatown hocked to- see
hor and hear the "Mecan gel" who beat
the best Chinese imitation ingenues at their
own game, and Cnucasians too, went in
crowds to witness the performance OF the
plucky little Yankee actress who had taken
such an Unprecedented step. Rosa's ability
to pronounce the Chinese words correctly
and TO grasp the queer Chinese mnsic made
the natives OF the flowcry Kingdom look
upon her as something OF phenomenon,
and as a result Of her success the moon
eyed manager shire wdly induced her to sign
a contrnct TO appear in Chinese theatres ip
Hong Kong, SINGAPORE. Manila, Macao and
Pekin At all OF these places she repeated
the furore created by her first appearance
before a Chinese audience.
San Francisco and New York are among
the Chinese worlds she has yet TO conquer IN
the exclusive line Of work she has adopted.
The sun., 1903-05-15
A May Night in Pilduzer.

May is the old magical month Of poets.
Then the yeast rises in their brainpans
Then the sap drips from the song-trees.
The troubadours and minnesingers al
ways began to pipe and twitter in May.
Its tuneful traditions have not ceased
In May, DITHYRAMB DICK, Pilduzer's
matchless bard, flows and overfiows.
Poetry pours out of him. Growing
lighter and more ethereal every moment
he actually attains levitation and would
sweep to the empyrean were he not
moored to stone anchors and kept fast
by system Of ropes in the hands of his
friends.
So moored. 40 roped in, he still scars in
thought. The moon shines on his
creeper-covered bower in Pilduzer. With
eyes almost as large as the full moon and
distinctly yellower. Walt Whitman, the
good gray cat, himself troubadour.
covers at the masters feet and purrs
reverentially burden to "A May
Night:
Such a night In May az when the whole sky
seems 10 have an occupied air. like a room. and the
nutteng Of the electric disk afar and the fringe Of
low stars familiar like the accents OF q flower
voice and the touch OF unforCotten pictures; aoft
the Moon. full blown and quick with her teemlng
hight. places goldenly the AERIAL velvet OF her purple
pasture and near. fainting toward her, the longing
of single Amorous Star: the Earth had long since
drunk up the last dark Of the early dusk and the
trees are darkiy knee deep In the silver pool that
swms from valley rm TO rim: the air Ia swsthed
In breathess realms Of still and the leaves are
moored In impid shadows In strless and unstudlcd
pose
On the velvet Of the purple pasture
the Moon tosses uneasily. The electric
disks of Hagerstown futter and splut-
ter with emotion. The fringe of fiery
whisker on the sympathetic chin of the
park keeper dips and heaves. But all
Nature ia hushed. The strange silence
almost amounts to an illicit still. Naught
is heard but the voice Of the poet and the
sound of the anchors dragging at his
feet:
Not a sound. not . wisp Of motion. nothing
save kor Of fsncicd surge Of silver surf on elim
merlng sand and the iispine Of small waves on fair,
moon III cities safe anchored in dream .sllvered
seas. Such a night as rolls 10 perfecton'S edge
like splendid bubble, some l-is -orhed round Of
fra GLE glory. that at a breath irembics from eI
Nnction and that q cry, full bodied and asplash the
deeps, would rye. would burst ssunder thrilling In
the skies the distracted star and her broad Moon
and up sobblng from the torn Earth those wan