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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-02

~ r. CLARK ~ CO., Sooismou, Florists
VI. and NurBerymen; store liB Washington
avenue; green house. 1859 North Main avenue;
store telephone 7s2
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-10-20

to say with certainty what amount Of
money q state Office was worth in those
days, but it was generally believed that
the secretary of states Office paid the
incumbent $50, 900 to $40, 900 year.
The state auditor collected and
pocketed twenty-five cents for each
bond registered in his Office; the regis
ter Of lands, fees for every patent, plat,
certificate, etc. These 'sperquisites''
were authorized by law, and the legis-
latures that sssold" the railroads did
not care to cut of any of the source,
0f revenue of "Count" Rodman, whose
services in canvassing the vote on the
adoption of the Drake constitution had
given thcm control OF affairs.
When the democrats took charge Of
the state government all these things
we're changed. Fees are charged now,
as then, for services performed fol
individuals. but the persons requiring
the services must pay the fees into the
state treasury and deliver to the offic,
the treasurer's receipt before the ser
vices can be performed. The money.
SO collected are used to help pay th'
expenses Of the state government, an,
to that extent tighten the burden o
the taxpayers. Persons incorporatin,
joint stock companies must apply 4
the secretary Of state, and through hin
pay q tax into the state treasury
Since 1875 the following sums o
money have been collected on tina
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THE TAXATION SUBJECT.
An Authentic Tax Statement,
Showing the Rate Levied
by the State Each
Year Since go.
SOME INTERESTING INFORMATION
A Subject of the Utmost Importance
to All Who Pay Taxes-Read
and Reflect.

1t is unnecessary to say that from
the time Missouri was admitted 10 the
union up 10 the year 1860 the tax rates
levied for the support of the state and
municipal governments were generally
very low, and limited strictly 10 the
"necessities of government economic
ally administered"
RATE OF STATE TAxEs--1860 TO 1894
In 1860 the rate was 20c. on the
500 for state revenue, 10c. on the 800
state interest, LEO of per cent asylum
tax, and a poll tax of 81 Iac.
In 1868 and 1864 the revenue tax
was raised to see. A military tax Of
zoe. was added, with $50 military
exempt from military service, and d
tax Of 100 cents ON the 800 on theii
property, and 90 poll tax.
In 1865 the revenue tax was fixed
by the republicans at 40c. on the 500
military tax zoe. on the 500; revenue
poll tax 81; military poll tax q.
In 1866 the levy was 40c. for reve.
nue., Soc. for military, revenue poll 81,
military poll 81, making 9Oc. on the
800, and $3 poll tax.
In 1867 the levy was 25c. for reve
nue. and 40c. for state interest, together
making 66c on the 800, and SOC. rev
enue poll
In 1868 the levy was 25c. for reve
nue. and 25c. for interest, (50c. on thu
$lO0,) and Soc. revenue poll.
In 1869 and 1870 the levy was 25c
for revenue and 25c. for interest, a tota
of SOC. on the 500.
In 1871 the liberal republicans levie,
25c. for revenue and 25c. for interest
q total of Soc. on the 500.
In 1872 the levy was 2Oc. for rove
nue. and 25 cents for interest, tOgethe
making As cents on the 800.
In 1873, 1874 and 1875 the demo
Gratis levied zoe. for revenue and 25c
for interest, a total of 45c. on the 80
each year.
In 1876, 1877, 1873, 1879, 1880
1881, 1882, 1888, 1884, 1885, 1886
1887 and 1888 the levy was zoe. TO
revenue and zoe. for interest, making
total of 4Oc. on the 800 each year.
In 1889, 1890 and 1891 the levy wa
2Oc. for revenue and 10c. for interest
q total of SOC. on the 800 each year
1892, 1898 and 1894 the levy wa
I5c. for revenue and 10c. for interest
a total of 25c. on the 500.
These figures show that the rate q
state taxes for all purposes has steadil
decreased from time to time since tn
democratic party took control, in 1878
and is now exactly one-half the rat
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-10-20

1StaI. ............ vIu0,O4Z 81
No moneys from this source ever
reached the state treasury while the
republicans were "standing up for
Missouri"
In this connection il can be truth
fully asserted, without fear of contra
diction by any Intelligent man, that
the Taxpayers have never lost cent,
directly or indirectly, through the mis-
conduct Of democratic treasurer of
Missouri.
WHAT THE REPUBLICANS DID WHILE
IN POWER.
They "sOld" $35, ,0O0, 900 to 49,
900, 900 OF railroad property to fore
close the states first lien for $3l, 1885,
$40, and realized only $5,l3I, ,496 in
state bonds, worth GO cents on the
dollar.
They sold the bank stock belonging
to the school and seminary funds and
misapplied the proceeds to the reduc-
ton of the state debt, in order to con-
ceal, as far as possible, the enormity
of the frauds in ''selling" out the
| railroads. ...
They pretended to reimburse the
children for school moneys withheld
from 1861 to 1867, and discounted this
just clam $500, ,47S.33, paying 81, $780,.
900 for the 81 SOC, ,47s:33 due them on
that account.
They pretended in 1S6S-G9-T0-7l-7s
to obey the democratic law of 1858,
requiring One-fourth of the revenue
fund to be set aside for public schools,
and SHIELD out" 1851, ,5ls.42, thereby
depriving the children of that amount
They recklessly mismanaged the
penitentiary, permitting the prison
supplies of beef, flour, etc., to bs
looted by the state officers Of all grades,
who constructed handsome private
houses without costing anybody, except
the taxpayers, cent.
| (For full particulars see report o.
committee appointed by republican
house to investigate the penitentiary
page l3l, house Journal of adjourne.
session Of the twenty-fifth genera
assembly, 1S70)
j They bankrupted many of the faires
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-10-20

Anatomists, when they wish to sep
arate the bones of q skull, sometimes
resort to very peculiar procedure,
They Rll the skull with small beans
and place it in q vessel of water. The
beans swell and rend the skull apart.
The well-known German psychologist,
Grehaut, measured the force which the
beans are capable of exerting under
these conditions, and found that II in
dicated five atmospheres, equal to the
average pressure in the boiler OF
steam engine. Herald.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-10-20
HIS CITY EXPERIENCE.

Grles Overborck's Extreme Caution Got Him
Into Trouble.
An old man, with the appearance Of
q farmer, stood in the doorway of a
Clark street business house, holding an
ancient valise and gazing upon the
surging throng. The proprietor Of the
place approached him, laid hand on
his arm, and said, pleasantly:
MY dear sir. lettering in this door
way e."
"You needn't dear sir me-" inter
rupted the farmer; "I know that look
like . hayseed, and that my whiskers
grow the wrong way, and that my coat
u covered with egg stains, but no oily
tongued stranger can work me, BY
josh. do live in the country, and I'm
not sshamed of IL, but read the pa
pers, and I'm up to all the dodges you
fellows have. So If you are trying to
work on . gold brick or want me to
cash draft for, Eve thousand dollars
you are wasting your time"
~ am not that sort Of q man; am
the proprietor -"
''Of . gambling-house along here
somewhere? Well, you can't pilot me
to it. When I left home my wife told
me that I would be euchred before
got back, because my teeth are filed
with sandburrs and my clothes show
where the calves have rubbed against
me- and anybody would size me mp as
an old jay on . lsy-o6, but l read the
papers, and no green goods man can
work me for Q cent. l know your rack
ct, young man; you'll pump me for in
formation about my home and neigh
bors, and fnd out that l am Giles
Overborck, Of Coles county; and ther
you'll leave me; and when l have
walked q block along'n come youI
pardner, with smiles an inch thick or
him, and he'll grab my hand and say,
hello, Mr.. Overborck, how's things al
Charleston? And then I'll grab him
and pry up the street car tracks with
him. o. tell you, l read the papers
II the English spsrrows do build theil
nests in my hair. and no oily-tonguet
stranger can get the edge on me-"
Then the proprietor grabbed The
farmer and jammed him into the cor
ner Of the doorway, and cried:
I'm proprietor Of this place, and
do not allow loafing in the doorway
Do you hear that, you old lung tester
Now git!"
The farmer gathered up his valis1
and got.-Chicago Tribune.
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No moneys from this source ever
reached the state treasury during the
time Secretary Rodman sscounted" the
election returns in Missouri.
INTEREST ON DEPOSIT OF STATE MONEY.
The state treasurers in l865-66-67-
6S-69-70-71-72 enjoyed the richest
''peIquisites" of any Of the state
Officials-the interest on the state
moneys deposited in banks. No
expensive and troublesome collaterals
were required to be put up, and the
rate Of interest realized was three or
four times Is great as now. The con-
stitutiOn of 1875, framed by demo-
cratic convention and adopted by
democratic votes, requires the moneys
OF the state to be deposited in the
banks bidding the highest rate of
interest and securing the state against
the possibility Of loss. The state has
received the following sums for
Interest, viz:
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-10-20

Total twenty-five years. -. elOS, 80
These figures from the books show
that the republicans actually expended
25,121,12 more in eight years, for
this purpose, than the democrats did
In twenty-five.
The bills for printing cover only q
part of the expences of laws and jour
nails, but serve as sample OF repub-
lican extravagence in that line OF ex-
penditures.
TOTAL Gust OF LAWS AND JOURNALS
IN 1867-68 AND IN lS89-90.
During 1867-68, the last year of Gov.
Fletcher's administration, the republi-
cans expended the following sums out
of the state treasury for laws and
journals, VIZ:
Copying for printer, including
deficiency NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. fl6,4S II
In0exing .-.... .......... OSO ~
Printing. 80. ........... 80. 6l,OO5 IS
Distributing TO counties, in
Guiding deficiency y.......... 20.4l0 90
Total for lss7-ss. 800. ;s7, ,4Os "a
For 1884, the first two years Of
Governor Stones administration, the
democrats expended the following sums
for laws and jOurnals-the printing and
distributing for these two years having
been completed, viz:
Printing. ..................... t6,SS4 oI
Distributing TO counties 2,O46 2s
TOtal.... .................. fo,ooo %
| This shows That the republicans
expended nearly ten times as much in
lS67-6S as the democrats IN 1S93-94.
It will be noticed that there is no
charge in 1S9394 for "cOpying" and
"indexing," which is attributable to
the fact that the law, enacted by the
democrats, requires the secretary Of
state to perform that service with his
clerical force without extra cOmpen-
sation.
HOW REPUBLICANS "sTOOD UP FOR
| MISSOURI"
When republicans had control of
affairs, the secretary of state, the state
auditor, and register of lands enjoyed
handsome sperguisites" in the way of
fees for services performed-Over and
above their salaries, which were the
same then rs now. For example, the
secretary of state was then required to
have copies made Of the laws and
journals for use of the public printer,
and was allowed and paid fifteen cents
per 100 words and figures therefor by
the state. The books show that $44,
I2l 81 was paid out of the state
treasury on that account during the
time the republicans were "running'
the state government. The fee Of the
secretary of state was 81 for affixing
the states seal, and when the 3,SGs
"Consolidated bonds were issued in
1868, the secretary Of state, "Count'
Rodman, it Is said, made SO, sos IN one
day out of the state. 1t Is impossible
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-10-20

600, 200 on railroad property, worth
S35, 600, 900 to &45, ZOO, 900. for $6,-
131 1896. 1t was one of these lcgis-
latures-that of 1867-8-that the
committee Of stock holders of the
Pacific railroad found it necessary to
disburse $192, 900 to secure the pass
age of single bill.
The democratic party took charge
of the state government on January
1, 1873, and during the next twenty
two years the ''pay" and ''contingent
expences'' of the general assemblies
cost the tax-payers the following sum
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-10-20

hssrX Of t6s Cur,cunA ksnSDIss. and Alter using
two bottiss CUficURA REsoLvKHr. ! could SEQ =
change: and after had taken four bottles, was
almost cured and when had used sig bottle Of
one cake Of CuTIcuRA Soar, was cured Of Tho
dreadful disease from which had suffered for five
years. cannot express with pen what suffered
I fesl II my duty 10 recommend them. Ny hair V
restored a. good ever, and 90 10 my eyesight.
Mas. ROSA KELLY, Rockwell City, Iowa.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-10-20

hAIf Al teII out, until I Va
entirely bald beaded: Il then
broke out on my arms and
shoulders, until my arms were
Just one sore. II covered my
entire body, my face, head. .
and shoulders being the worst.
The white scabs fell constantly
from my bead, shoulder, and
arms; the skin would thicken
and bc red and very itchy,
and would crack and bleed
II scratched. After spending
many hundreds Of dollars, /!
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-10-20

These sums, aggregating nearly S2,-
600, 900, have been used to pay the
expenses of the state government, and
that extent, tighten the burden Of
taxation of real and personal property
JAMES NJ. SEIBERT,
Jefferson City. Mo.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-10-20
DREADFUL PSORIASIS


Ny dissass (psoriasis) Arss broks ont on Eiy lefs
cheek, spreading across my nose, and almost co.,
ertng my face. II ran Into my eyes, and the
physiciAn was afraid would lose my eyesight
sttogether. Il spread all over my head, and my
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-10-20
cuticura Resolyent

Tho new Blood Purifier, internally TO cleanse
the blood Of all impurities and poisonous eements),
Soar, an exquisite Skin Beautner, externally (to
clear the skin and scalp and restore ths hair have
cured Thousands Of cases where the ehsdding Of
scales measured . quart daily. the skin cracked,
endurance hair hfelsss all gone, suffering terri
BE. What other remedies have made such curssf
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-10-20

IL you want a boy or girl. come to the
INTELLIoENcER Office and let your wants
be known. 1t will cost nothing.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-10-20

Sold everywhere. Price. CurIcUnA. eoc.i Soar.
a5c.; RssoLvKNr, q. Prepared BY the Porrkn
DnUo AND CHEnICAL CORPORATION, Boston.
ASr Send for How 70 Cure Skin Diseases" 6<
pages, % illustrations, and 100 testimonials.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-10-20

Don't forget Sydnor's hog sale AT Hig-
ginsville, October sd. 9'l5-u
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Total for eight years
xl,5l4,O24.6l

These were very heavy bills for the
tax pay ers to foot for the service OF
the legislatures that enacted the in
famous registration laws and closed
out the states first lien for over $751;
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-10-20
.2,076,652.62

Total. al................ ,076, ,652.6 .62
The republicans expended $lS9, ,253.-
10 year, the democrats $94 1898. 30
just about one-half rs much.
If the republicans had retained
control and kept up their record (as
they promised to do,) they would
have expended for this purpose S4.-
1853, ,56s.20 during the last twenty-five
years, instead Of $2.076, ,652.62, and
the taxpayers be $2,OS6, 6,9l5.5S out
of pocket on this item alone.
PRINTING LAWS AND JOURNALS.
Covering the same period-from
1865 TO 1872 inclusive, while tho re-
publicans were "running" our state
government and giving away the
railroads to ssstatesmen" of their pO-
lltical faith-they expended the fel-
lowing sums for printing laws and
journals:
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-10-20

Fees earned by secretaries OF
state. 80. .......... -. 6s,sss. .4s
Fees earned by register of land 5,968. %
Fees earned by adjutant gen.
erals 80: -. go. -. 1,2so.5o
Fees earned for commissions
OF notories public ISSUED by
secretaries of state). -. 66,lt7.OO
oxo oo
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-10-20

During the following twenty-five
years, under the economical manage
ment of the democratio officials, the
following sums were paid for printing
laws and journals.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-10-20

During .he eight years of republican,
control they expended the following
sums for ''pay" and "cOntingent
expenses of the general assemblies
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zExs zE zESExEXRzESE
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-08-24
Mest Union.

Mr.. c. E. Peck, of Clarksburg.
was here this week in the inter-
est of the far to be.held at that
place in September. Mr.. Peck
informed us thathe drove a stage
through this place before the
railroad was built. When small
boy he~made several trips for
Clarksburg hotel men to this
place for venison hams that they
had bought of Ephriam Bee. He
usually came with two horses
and pack saddles and took back
enough venison to last through a
term of court, which in those
days was considered a great time
for Clarksburg.
Died-At the home of her
parents, on Buckeye, on the 9Th
instant, Ella F., daughter of An
drew j., and Atty j. Frum; aged
16 years.-HeraM.
Col. James Bumgardner, of
Salem, has announced himself a
candidate for the Republican
nomination for House of Dele
gates from Harrison county, and
if that county must be repre-
sented at Charleston by a Re
publican at all, though we sin.
cerely hope she will not vote TO
do SO, we would rather see Uucle
Jim go down there than any other
Republican we know in that
county.
Our Town Council had quite a
wordy encounter over the license
question last Thursday night. A
vote resulted in three for and
four against license, the Mayor
casting the deciding vote. This
will be the leading question at
the next election.
Physicians report three orfour
well defined cases of typhoid
fever in this community at this
time. We are threatened with a
scourgeof this dangerous disease.
Record.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-08-24
Pittsburgh AgaiaE
Grand Cheap Excursion to the
Smoky City.

Mr.. Hugh G Bowles. General
Superintendent of the Mononga-
hela River Road writes the editor
Of the TELEGRAM that on Sunday
the 18th there will be another
personally conducted excursion
to Pittsburgh from all points in
this section. The schedule of
this excursion will be about what
it was June 24th. There will
probably be two or three special
trains in this excursion affording
ample accommodations for all
desiring to take advantage of this
unusual opportunity. Tickets
will be sold for the special trains
for Pittsburg Sunday morning
August 26th. and will be good
returning either on the excursion
trains leaving Pittsburg Sunday
evening or if excursionists desire
they can remain over in Pitts
burgh and return on any regular
train on Monday. August the
9th. The rates are lower from
some points than ever before.
From Morgantown. Fairmont,
Monongah and intermediate sta
tons $500. From Warrington,
Grafton and all intermediate sta
tons excepting FairmoDt 1925 /;
from Clarksburg, Shinnston,
Worthington, Prichard and all
intermediate stations 1925. Low
rates will also be given from
Weston and points on the w. v.
& P. R. R. This excursion will
be under the the personal super
vision of Messrs. D, K. Reed, of
Clarksburg, j. F. Stanhagen
and Leroy Rock. of Monongh,
and these gentlemen will makeit
a point to see good order prevails
and nothing be left undone to
add to the general comfort and
pleasure of excursionists. Special
coaches will be provided for
ladies' and their escorts and
smokers, &C., will be restricted
to the use of the smoking car.
Trains leave as follows Clarks-
burg 5o'clock A. NJ; Grafton 6
o'clock, Fairmont Gas, Morgan.
town 1850, and other points ac-
cordingly. This is the last per-
sonally conducted excursion of
cursion of the season and it is
hoped that a large number OF
persons will take advantage of
the unusually low rates and the
special features of this excur-
sion.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-08-24
Weston.

Marriage licenses have been
granted Geo. w. Sherman and
Florence Linger; Jefferson Har-
ris and Margaret A. Rifle.
Two horses drawing a load of
hay and being driven by a young
man by the name of Ballard,
went over the embankment IN
front of the old Hill cemetery
Friday morning, and landed at
the bottom without injury, be-
yound breaking the tongue of
the wagon. The declevity is
probably sixty feet and nearly
perpendicular, and how the team
escaped injury is miraculous. The
team became frightened and
when young Ballard saw they
were going over the bank he
jumped and sayed himself
World.
The new court house at Clarks-
burg has just been painted and
one hundred per cent added 10
its appearance. How much more
attractive the Lewis county TEN.
pie of justice wonld appear by
the application of a similar
remedy.
Prof. Buckhannon White is
being doomed for State Senate
on the Democratic ticket. Demo.
crat.
There were a48 births recorded
in the county clerks Office for
1898. and ia deaths.
Mr.. Frank Ross left this morn.
ing for Atchison, Kan. He will
probable accept a position there
with a drug firm.
The Weston School of Com.
merce and Stenographic Institute
will be established here next
month by Prof. White.-Tlmes.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-08-24
Nh. EIIzabeth Tootbman. n

Mr. Elizabeth Toothman, tn
mother Of Mr.. j. E. II. Pitzer. Of
West Fairmont. died at the home
of her son last Friday. Of typhoid
fever. aged 81 years.
The following marriage III
censes have been issued BY
Clerk Marley since our last re.
port: Guy +. Leonard and Mar.
garet Morrison; William r. Vim.
cent Jennie Floyd; Charles II.
jackson and Sarah E. Wilson;
Albert T. Stephenson and Anna
N. Mathews; Jessie 4. Price and
Matte Michael; Charles W..
Evans and Lille S. Lougn.
Vest Tfr0iuidn.