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The evening times., 1895-11-18

A little investigation, suggested by As.
SCISSOR Trimble's statement that the assessed
valuation of property for this year will be
made about 60 per cent. of fair selling
price, gives some interesting and curious
results.
Thepresent assessments, as compared with
actual selling prices. show a variation in
percentage that would bring despair to the
shrewdest and most careful and accurate
assessor.
or course. the explanation is in part the
different conditions under which sales were
made. and i'll part the impossibility Of any
man fixing value on any realty that will
with certainty stand 4 close test of actual
sale.
A CASE IN POINT.
For example, lot S3. in Anderson's SUBJ,
square 1884, Thirteenth street and North
Carolina avenue northeast, at the corner
of Lincoln Park. was taxed this year at
So. .101. 1t sold few days ago for
So, 100; lot 81, Gibbs subdivision, square
$50, near Fourth and Q streets northwest,
was taxed at 81 400, and sold within a
week for $3,750; lot 10, block s, Long
neckers addition to Congress Heights, on
the Hamilton road, beyond Ana costa, would
be taxed. If it follows the valuation OF neigh
boring lots, not to exceed S75; 1t sold for
$500.
Two other lots in Congress Heights. where
nothing has been assessed higher than 2
cents u foot. giving an assessed valuation
not to exceed $40 a foot. were sold last
week for $3.50. Lot g, square 73S,
New Jersey avenue and First street south
east, stands on the books at $S19, and
sold for 81 900 even. Lots rs, n and 10,
in square $50. at Sixth and II northeast,
sold for 81 500, and was taxed for 81 ,791.
VARYING IN AMOUNTS.
These figures show percentage Of assess.
meDt, reckoned on actual selling price,
varying from % per cent. to 100. THIS
means that some of the property paid tax
es on every cent II sold for and other on
only one-fourth OF its selling price, max
ing the burden of taxation four times as
heavy upon one property.holder as upon
the other.
1t is this sort OF unfairness that the as
sessment now in progress is intended to
relieve.
The most striking Of recent sales, that
of the northwest corner of Twelfth and
streets northwest, next to the Equitable
Building, affords one good example OF
what the assessors are doing and how they
are doing it.
OBJECT OF TIE PURCHASER
The property sold for nearly $50 per
square foot-S47 so are believed to be
the exact figures-and the purchaser was
John r. Mclean, the weIl.sno wn capital
ist- When the assessors came to consider
what valua ton it should have for taxa
ton they agreed that for the ordinary real
estate holder the property was worth
about S25 per square foot and they fixed
the tax valuation at Sl1 per square foot.
1t was probably considered that Mr..
Mclean had some special use for the
property that would make il worth the
high figure to him; 1T could not be worth
SO much in general, as shown by sur
rounding values.
The evening times., 1895-11-18
Associated CHARITIES Meetinp

Associated Charities Meeting
The adjourned public meeting of the As
sociated Charities of the District of Column
bia will be held tomorrow evening at the
Central Office, No. S11 G street north
west, at p. m.
The evening times., 1895-11-18
SOME CASES N POINT
Difficulties in the Way Of Max.
Ing the Assessments.
AMOUNTS VARY GREATLY

Present Assessments, as Compared
With Actual Selling Prices, Show q
Great varlation-SOme Property
Taxed for Its Full Value, While An
other Piece Pays Only One-fourth.
Graham guardian., 1895-06-22
a Boy Held for Ransom.

The l2-year-old SON Of Marcus
McKain, rancher in Montana has
been kidnapped by Frank Turner,
a hunter, and several other mon
whose identity is unknown. A
note has been sent to McKain by
Turner stating that the boy would
be held for ransom. The boys
parents are almost distracted. a
posse Of ranchers and eattlemea
started after the robbers, and tra1-
cd them some distance into the
mountains, but lost the trail An
other posse was organized, and the
search is being continued.
Graham guardian., 1895-06-22
Turned the Tables.

Geo. Parker, citizen of Alva,
Oklahoma, was arraIgned a few
days ago before Judge Goodwin for
drunkenness and disorderIy con-
duct. Judge Goodwin impaneled a
jury of twelve men to try the case,
who returned verdict of guilty
against the court. The verdict
read; "We find the defendant
George Parker, not guilty as charg-
ed, but we find the judge of this
court guilty of the offense charged
against the defendant, and that the
costs in this case be assessed
against him."
Since the trial Parker has had
the Judge arrested for drunken
ness in office. The jury was COM
posed of the best men in town.
Graham guardian., 1895-06-22

Ten to "a pages-By mail, SO a
year; delivered by carriers at 50
cents month; single copies, FIVE
cents.
Graham guardian., 1895-06-22
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The Cattle Markes.--.

A letter from the Kansas City
Live Stock Commission to the
Stochnaan concludes as follows:
"The cattle market is running
along all right for the time ofyear.
Crop prospects for this season are
favorable. There will be a good
demand this coming fall for stock
ers and feeders. All cattle feeders
did well feeding cattle the past
winter and spring, and when they
make money they are liberal buy
ers. Some few grass cattle have
begun to come in from Texas. hEs
are not good beef yet. We believe
the cattle business is on moro
sure foundation than it has been
for many year. Business general
ly reviving, and prospects look
favorable for all trade conditions.D
Graham guardian., 1895-06-22
our CLUB LIST.

We are in receipt of numerous
letters from large weekly publica
tions throughout the United States
offering us club rates in connec.
ton with the GUARDIAN.
Among those received we have
selected those, which in our Judge.
ment, will prove most satisfactory
to the readers.
All subscriptions to the GUARD.
IAN, where another paper is re-
quired, must be accompanied with
the CASH, in order to secure its
prompt delivery.
We present the following list for
your inspection:
The GUARDLAN and Neso
York Sun, ooeekly, $2.75
The GUARDIAN and At
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The GUARDIAN and San
Francisco Eraminer, $40
The GUARDIANand Rocky
Mountain Ne,cS, 2.75
The GUARDIAN and Louis
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Iioice-a- Week Repupltc, 2.75
Should you desire the daily
edition of any Of the above papers
we will furnish the necessary in
formation upon application.
Graham guardian., 1895-06-22
THE FARM.

If your hands have been too full
to get grapes and small fruits started
in the spring by all means stop right
now and vow, by the great horn
spoon, that another year shall not
pass without the accomplishment
of this purpose, yes, and include
the starting Of an orchard. No
farm without an orchard and small
fruits is more than half what it
should and would be if these were
added. If by any chance yom
locality is inimical to an orchard
you can have all the small fruits
with cherries and plums, these will
do well anywhere.
But there is stime for the vege-
atble garden; don't let this go by.
You can't afford to miss the things
the garden gives, for you get the
benefit of them as you go along.
You don't have to wait year or
two.
Graham guardian., 1895-06-22

Subscribe With the Local. Agent,
Graham guardian., 1895-06-22
Backed by the 5. p.

A special to the Globe Democrat
from Santa Fe says that James
Addison Peraltareavis made admis-
sion before the court Of private
land claims that the Southern Pa
cifc company had been backing
him in his claim for the grant in
Arizona, and was to have half Of
the grant. He brought action nm
der direction of the counsel Of the
Southern Pacific. w. w. Stowe, a
lawyer of San Francisco. engineer
cd the scheme.
Graham guardian., 1895-06-22

Thumps is disease of an acute
nature, but may assume coronic
form through neglect of proper
care, and may permanently injure
the animal. The disease is caused
by over-exertion. If properly car
ed for at the beginning of disease,
the chances for recovery are very
good, but if allowed to become
chronic, complete recovery is very
doubtful. As soon as horse is
effected with thumps he should be
stopped and all harness quickly re-
moved and head and nostrils bathed
with cold water, and as soon as re-
covered sufficiently to admit of ad-
ministering, give sulphuric ether.
one ounce; sweet spirits of nitre.
one ounce; fluid extract canabis
indica, two drains. Mix and give
at one dose in pint of cold water
Repeat every two or three hours
until all spasmodic action ceases
Then complete rest and light feed
ing for atleast one week. Chroni,
cases need tonic treatment.
Graham guardian., 1895-06-22
A Tiny Republic.

Among the tiny republics of the
world, perhaps the tiniest of all, in
point of population, is the Repub-
lie of Tavalora, on the island OF
that name, about eight miles from
Saradina. 1t has population OF
55, and less than two miles in
length,
Sovereignty was accorded in 1886
by King Charles Albert to the
head of the Bartoleoni family, who
was given the title of King. For
nearly so years this monarch-Paul
|. was his name-ruled his micros
copic kingdom with skill and judg-
ment, and enjoyed peace with all
his neighbors.
He died May 30, 1882, after ex.
pressing the desire to his sorrowing
relatives that none of them should
succeed him. He strongly wished
his subjects to govern themselves.
No pretender arose, and for nearly
four years the simple inhabitants
got along comfortably without any
hand at the helm of their ship OF
state. But in 1866, after lengthy
discussions, in which the TavaIor
en- women took prominent part a
republic was proclaimed. The wo
men had a large say regarding the
constitution, and they secured the
right of sufferage. The President
was elected for six years. He anc
other officials serve without salary
The independence Of the tiny state
was recognized in 1887 by the II
allan Government. N Y jTorId.
Graham guardian., 1895-06-22
DON'T TAKE roo BIG a BITE.

See that man comm yonder, with
his head a hangin' down,
An his clothes all torn in tatters,
trudgin' in towards the town.
Now, he's bearen' of burden
he's a man that you once
knew.
What's the matter? / can tell yon,
bit off more than he could
chew.
He was prosperous-doin' business
was runnin' of a store,
Maxim money safe and reglar, bnt
he wanted to make more,
SO he went to speckilaten', "I'lt
git rich, that's what I'll do"
But the next thing he was busted
bit off more than he could
chew.
We git lots of information, when
we're wantin' to git rich,
But the Others git the money, then
they throw us in the ditch,
And they stand and watch us
scratchen'-you just pop your
whip and sue,
You're too poor to fight the law
suit-bit off more than you
could chew.
There's many man that's thrifty
and doin' very well,
But he vans to buy a carrig all
kase his daughters gettin'
swell,
And audressin' in fine linen and a
nhls cash
Graham guardian., 1895-06-22

The Times reaches Arizona points a hours
ahead of the San Francisco dailies, and from As
to 60 hours ahead of all papers>eoming from
the eastward
Graham guardian., 1895-06-22

AbNiO aiO iiOit q NiSotitu &,a4
bear, and a fghtin' or tA6 q
But the first you hear about 'ef$
you will hear they've lost their
pull,
They'll be willing then to settle
down to work for bread and
meat,
An be lucky if they get it--simply
get enough to eat.
| knowsmen liven here right now,
livin' in this very town,
That's ashamed to look you in the
eye, just for fear twill knock
'em down.
They're afraid you'd read their
secret-watch 'em, directly
they will fall,
And the Journalll git the story
and be sure to tell it all.
It's all right to let 'em print it, if
you've run an honest race,
But, if not, just cross the border
with your money an disgrace.
There's but one way, listen, neigh
Dor, for man to git along,
It's to give an take full measure,
then you do no man a wrong.
These United States is good enough
if a man jist wants to stay,
Wants to make an honest livin'
sawin' wood or mowin' hay,
An will stick right to his business
an will live a life that's right,
Always careful-very careful--not
-to take too big bite.
Henry v. Maxwell.
Graham guardian., 1895-06-22
That Peerless Roadster
INDEX. e. JUNIOR
Will stand at Christian Madson's
corral, Stafford.
George A. Olney's corral, SOLO
MONVILLE.
$40.
Season,
SNaSOne 10.
INDEX JUNIOR is the sire of all
the fine driving teams in the Salt
River Valley. :: :: ::
WEvv0s--~SegwY

PEpIGREE-INDEXJ JUNIOR was bred In
Phenix by George Hamlin and has never beer
out of the Territory. He was purchased by
Geo. A. 0lney and brought TO Solomonville in
December, 1898; is dark bay, weighs 116O lbs.
Record, 2:4O. Is by Index, dam, Black Bird
she by Rlack Bird at Chico, Gala. Index by
Keokuk, dam-ny Morrell; Keokuk by Vermont
Black Hawk, dam by Bisfi9p,s Hambletonian'
Morrell by the Jenson Horse son of of"1SSr1llrush
Morgan, dam by Heath Mare, by Harrington
Horse son of Vance Horse; second dam by an
Eastern Mare and fast PAGES
Graham guardian., 1895-06-22

|
1t is best to cofine the brood fol
week after Matching. Should tn,
mother hen then become restless
she may be let out during the
middle of the day. AS the turkey
retires early and dislikes being dis
turbed after setting down for the
night, be sure and coop them before
the sun sets. The young turkeys
will not eat much the first week
Feed separate from the mother,
for she will dcvour all the food
within reach. For downright
greediness an old turkey hen has
few equals. Dry bread soaked in
sweet mich is one of the best foods
for the young turkeys as curd from
fresh buttermilch. A whole flock
has been raised on warm curd. A
custard made of one egg to a pint
of milch, thickened with bread (no
sugar. is a good food. When about
two months old feed whole wheat
part of the time and mix corn meal
with their feed. This should not
be fed exclusively. Allow plenty
of liberty, as confinement viii kill
young turkeys. When the mother
hen begins tramping wildly from
one side of the coop to the other,
better let her out unless the
weather is unfavorable.
When about the size of part
ridges and old enough to follow
the mother in long rambles the
young willneed but little attention,
simply a little feed morning and
evening. They much prefer bugs,
grasshoppers, insects and seeds to
more civilized ration. Do not
neglect to bring them home at
night and put under shelter until
Teld enough to fly into trees and
care for themselves. Turkeys do
not always-sseelect wisely the best
resting place for"-aight, hence
virmin sometimes attack them:
Teach them to come at the sound
of your voice, it will save many a
weary tramp in searching woods
and fields.
Six weeks time is sufficient to
fatten for market. Feed twice
day all the whole corn they will
eat, but do not attempt confne-
ment as a turkey chafes under res
traint, and will lose flesh rather
than fatten. They will not take
more exercise than is necessary 10
keep them in good health.
Once / had the mania to ring
hogs.says writer in the live stock
Indicator. Expensive appliances
were provided, and every hog had
to wear its nasal jewelry. / kept
it up until every porker on the
farm was provided with ring. /
had pasture which was put to
clover because it was so foul with
morning-glory that it would not
grow crop of any kind. When
the hogs were turned in that past
ure, i observed that few of them
had lost their rings. and they were
constantly roofing up the morning
glory roots. / did not ring the
next crop of hogs, and have not
done so to this date. The field is
now free from morning glories.
Ringing is a practice that is fast
going out Of date There are men
who would not cut the horns off q
steer, but they take great pleasure
in putting rings in hogs noses.
When the horns are cut off, the
wound soon heals up and that is
the end of it, but the ring in the
hogs nose is a source of irritation
from the day it goes in till the day
of his hogship's death. Our senti-
mentalists, who have wasted so
much energy in condeming the evil
and suffering of dehorning cattle,
might touch up this business of
ringing hogs without overstepping
the bounds of propriety. We have
no use for rings in hogs snouts.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-06-13
INFESTED WITH ReNEoAoEs.
The "Bloody Peninsula" OF Texas Over.
run by Thieves asd Murderers.

The "BlOOdy Peninsula" OF Texas Over
run by Thieves and Murderers.
William Ferguson, United States GUS
toms inspector for the San Antonio dis
trict, has returned from trip through
the Big Bend country commonly known
as the "Bloody Peninsula" of Texas. In
his report of his visit he says: 1.-THE
custom officers at Boquillas, in the Big
Bend country, have the loneliest sta
tion in the southwest. There are no
Americans within fifty miles of them.
They are in a country where every man
sleeps with one eye open and his right
hand near his six-shooter. There Is
necessity for precaution. Both above
and below Boquillas are bands of rene
gades and cutthroats who only await q
chance to steal and murder without
provocation. They are barbarians A
year or two ago these outlaws attacked
man named Ayres and shot him dead.
His wife saw the deed. and her grief
was SO exasperating to the murderers
that they cut off her head, set her body
against wall. placed the severed head
in the lap and left the corpse in that
position. l talked with gentleman
from Alpine, who helped to bury the
husband and wife. This horrible incl
dent shows the spirit of the gangs that
infest that country. They live by steal
ing and robbery. Cattle men who for
merly had cattle in the lower part Of
the Big Bend were unable to raise
young stock. The thieves and rene
gades stole them. Nearly all the stock
has been moved out of that country,
and the owners are doing their best to
get the remainder out. | should like
to see the state rangers tackle those
renegades. l should also like to see
some of those legislators who cannot
see the use of rangers spend a short
time in that country. Their minds
would undergo a change. The rene
gades are from Mexico. They cannot
live in their own country and should
not be allowed in ours. 1t may seem
strange to most Texans that there is
such set of outlaws in their own state.
have drawn the case mild and colored
it not a bit. Plenty of testimony,
think. could be obtained in Alpine and
Marathon and vicinity to substantiate
my statements"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-06-13
LABRADOR ICEBERGS.

Seen by Moonlight and in the Flash OF
the Aurora Borealis.
The ''iron-bound" coast of Labrador
is guarded by groups of islands-bar-
ren, hopeless and forlorn-loolling rocks,
all the more desolate in appearance for
the miserable fishing huts or ''tilts"
that have been thrown together on
them. Entering through some narrow
passage between these islands, the
steamer anchors for the night in a
rock-bound basin; for it is too danger
Gus work to navigate the Labrador
waters after dark. The narrow pas
sages between the islands, both along
the Labrador and in the Newfoundland
bays, are called "tickles," and aptly so,
for it seems as if the sea had reached
out foamy fingers and tickled the
rocky ribs of the coast until it splits It's
sides with grim, stormy laughter.
One evening, writes Gustav Kobbe in
st. Nicholas, we found one Of these
tickles nearly blocked by huge ice-
berg which had drifted into 1t and
grounded. We passed near enough to
feel it's chilling breath, and to have
thrown biscuit on it, as the sailors
say. We had hardly anchored in the
harbor before we heard loud reports In
rapid succession, like the firing of field
artillery. Looking in the direction
from which they came, we saw above
the heights that surrounded the basin
the peak of the iceberg swaying slowly
and majestically to and fro, and finally
disappearing, peak of different shape
rising up from behind the height and
taking its place.
They say that an avalanche is some-
times SO delicately poised that the VI
brations from shout or a hand-clap
will start it on it's destructive course,
and possibly the wash from our steamer
had disturbed the eiceberg's equilibrium.
At night the moon rose and the north
ern lights throbbed in the sky; so that
the iceberg's peak was at times bathed
in silver, at times in a clear translucent
crimson. It isn't often you find COM
bination of iceberg, moonlight and
northern lights; and feeling that I
might never again behold such an ex-
quisite scene, remained for hours on
deck watching it.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-06-13
DEEP SOUNDINGS AT SEA.
Answer to an 0ft-Asked Question-Inky
Darkness and Freezing Cold.

Answer to an Oft-Asked Ouestion-Inky
Darkness and Freezing Cold.
How is the sea sounded? The Pop
ular Science Monthly answers that
question as follows: "a ship regularly
engaged in deep-sea sounding usually
has the sounding machine mounted at
the after-end, and when about to sound
is brought to standstill with the stern
to the sea. The stray line, with the
sounding-rod and sinlser attached, is
over the guide pulley and carefully
Lowered to the waters edge, the regis
ter is set to zero and the deep-sea ther-
mometer is clamped to the sounding
line, which controls the velocity with
which the wire is unreeled, another at
the brake and third on the grating
outside to handle the sinler and instru-
ments, and to guide the wire as it
passes overboard; a machinist is at the
hoisting engine, and the recorder takes
position for reading the register.
When the sinker is let go the vessel is
maneuvered so as to keep the wire ver-
tical and the friction line is adjusted SO
as to allow it to descend from seventy
to one hundred fathoms per minute.
The instant the sinker strikes bottom,
which is unmistakably indicated by the
sudden release of the wire from strain,
the reel is stopped by the friction line
and brake; the recorder notes the num-
ber Of turns Of the reel. In an hour
this messenger Of mans ingenuity
makes its excursion through five miles
of watery waste to the abysmal regions
Of perfect repose, and brings to the sur
face the soil with which the rain of
shells of minute infusorial organisms
from the upper waters has been for
ages mantling the oceans floor. Here
and there giant peak rising from these
sunless depths lifts his head to see the
sky, and the dredge and trawl tell us
that along his rugged sides, and on the
hills and plains below, and even in the
inky blackness and freezing cold Of the
deepest valleys, there is life"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-06-13
Origin of the Free Lunch.

Wine tasters the world over sandwich
between samples bit of bread and
cheese in order to have an unprecedented
palate. 1t is easy to see in this the
origin of the free lunch and of that
modern euphemism, the sample room.
Of course to every sample room was
furnished the proper concomitants of
the sampling process, and these grad
ually grew into the elaborate modern
free lunch. The earlier form of the
free lunch is found among the Germans,
and in the true sample room, where the
wholesaler has the best of bread and
butter and cheese for those that come
to taste wines before buying in guam
fitv
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-06-13
Astronomy in the United States.

In speaking Of progress in astronomy
Prof. ]. Norman Lockyer, of London,
said the other day: II am sorry to say
that in this work the center of gravity
Of the activity has left our country and
has gone out west. We have to look to
our American cousins for great deal
that we want to know in these matters,
for the reason that now they not only
have the biggest telescopes and most
skilled observers, but also they have
been wiser than we-they have occu-
pied high points on the earth's surface
and thus got rid Of the atmospheric
difficulties under which we suffer in
England and especially in London"