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industry and frugality." Nobody can
add or subtract anything from that
law. 1t is as old as the expulsion from
Eden. "Robbing will not bring pros
perity either to the individual or the
nation" Neither will any system of
finance american" or European or
Asiatic. save men from the conse-
.quences of their own acts or spare
ithemtsuffering after they have wasted
theiri years and their substance in
srfotous living, in idleness and in foolish
or criminal speculation. Nature is in
eSorzbie. In his conclusion Mr. Stick
ney '5akes ground that is altogether
admirable because altogether Demo-
CRATIC How" he asks, lean legisla-
ton benefit anybody beyond protecting
MIN IN his natural rights, except by
Wrongfully giving him some part of
unat%' which rightfully belongs to
another who has produced it? What
is this but robbery? Is robbery a ben
eht?h When the nation gets to this
oasis, peace and prosperity and right
eousness will abide in It, Away with
tariffs. Away with fiat money and
regal tender acts Away with every
thing that turns the eye of the citizen
TO the state, as great benevolent
despot, who can work miracles for him.
Equality of right before the law. and
OF opportunity as far as that is within
the scope OF law; and then, absolute
freedom. This is the gospel of De-
mocracy. 1t cannot lead us astray in
economics. 1t is the beginning and the
close OF Mr.. Stickney's vigorous little
treatise, which viii disappoint no man
who is seeking for truth fearlessly ex-
pressed
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-27
STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION
AROUSEs OPPOSITION ON THE
PART OF CITIES.
MINNEAPOLIS WORST HURT,
ALTHOUGH HER WOUNDS WE'RE
NOT AS Rad AS UNRELIABLE
PAPERS REPORTED.
TO ABOLISH PRESENT SYSTEM
And Substitute One Based ON Com
gressional Districts the Scheme
That Is Proposed


Minneapolis is sorely distraught over
the tax iegislation-althoug much of
'he Ieeilng Is due to Misrepresentation
as to the action Of the board. With
its usual accuracy the G lobe was the
only one OF the local papers to properly
narrate the action OF the board lust
before adjournment, and the sensa-
tional reports which were telegraphed
to Minneapolis on the authority OF
statements in other st. Paul papers
turned out to be picturesquely untrue.
Minneapolis taxpayers were astound-
ed, as they had a right to beat the
report that the board after raising their
assessments in several particulars from
time to time, such as banks, street
railways and elevators. had gone fur
Their and added a blanket increase of
20 per cent more to the assessment.
AS matter of fact the action which
resulted In such confusion in certain
1ll-starred newspaper Offices was mere
ly reconsideration on the part of the
board of its action in ordering a raise
OF 10 per cent in the valuation of goods
and merchandise as returned by the
Minneapolis city board of equalization.
On second thought the board decided
TO raise it rs per cent instead of Is
per cent, which still left it $500, 900 lower
than the valuation for last year on the
same item.
Before the mistake was discovered,
however, mass meeting was called to
protest against the injustice, and some
OF the hotheads talked of endeavoring
to prove the tax uncollectible on the
ground that it was not an equitable
tax and therefore could not be en-
forced.
The excitement, however, was adj
vantageous, III that it has given rise
to discussion of the helplessness of
the cities when their valuations are
before the state board for considera-
tlon. AT present the state board con-
slsts OF one member from each judicial
district in the state, which gives the
cities of st. Paul, Minneapolis and Du-
luth just three members out of fifteen.
A. H. Hall, who during his term as
special assistant county attorney Of
Hennepin county, had much to do with
personal tax cases, has a scheme to
do away with the inequality between
the rural and city districts, which Is
believed, especially in Minneapolis. to
have much to do with the raising OF
assessment in the cities. He would
have the board appointed on the basis
OF congressional districts, one from
each district being his preference. al
though to the objection to this that
the districts would be too large for one
man to intelligently care for all the
territory in his district, Mr.. Hall would
consent to the increasing of the board
to two or three from each district,
making it either fourteen or twenty
one. This would give the cities a more
equitable representation, end at the
same time not give them a majority
of the board
The following table has been pre-
pared showing the average value Of
lands in the state as finally fixed bv
the state board:
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WITH INTENT To AMUsE.

She is an awful f1irt.' How do YOU
kn0w? "She will not have tire on her
wheel that she can't puncture with a hat-pin .
Truth.
Mrs. Lease says Tom Watson is no gentle
man.
And what does Tom Watson say?-
He says Mrs. Lease is q mighty poor imi-
tation OF gentleman herself. Chicago
Record.
He-It takes three generations to make a
gentleman.
She-And six fgures.-Indianapolis Journal
Mabel see that the car of Russia has q
throne that is worth $40 900. Adelaide-Pooh,
What of that? 1t cost pa great deal more
than that for his seat in the senate-Puck.
This is a great year for idle theories on
the financial question said the oracuIar
boarder.
idle theories? echoed Ashbury Peppers.
Never. Every theory in existence is work
iiw overtime. Cincinnati Enquirer.
TOMMY think mamma is an awful Cos
sip
Ethel Oh, Tommy, how can you say such
Tommy-well, she is; everything. do she
Immediately goes and tells papa hate
gossIp.-Exchange.
Stout Man Tin HoIburn 'bus)-Why don't
you get up and give one OF the ladies' a seat
Boy-Why don't you get up and give them
both seat?-Tid-Bits
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version was necessary, but the expedi-
tion has gone steadily on up the Nile
until it now occupies Dongola and is
preparing to cross the peninsula formed
by the great bend of the river and re-
sumo the possession of Khartoum.
where Gordon lost his life eleven years
ago. The suspicion that the real in
tention was the recapture and perma-
nent occupation of the Soudan finds
confirmation In this continued move
ment after it's ostensible purpose had
become unnecessary by the peace con-
cluded by Italy with Menelik.
Another interesting phase is the con-
jectured and not improbable influence
of Russia in the conclusion of the war.
That Russia has felt a concern in the
fate of the old kingdom, in Africa has
been made manifest in many ways In
the marked similarity of their religions
there is a sentimental tie at least, and
the strength of it was shown by the
reception given the Abyssinian Abuna
and his party of priests at st. Peters
burg over year ago, the official prom
inence of which was taken as indi-
eating the cars sympathy with Meme
Xix in his resistance to Italian aggres-
sion. 1t will be recalled also that it
was Russian officers who commanded
portions of the Abyssinian army at
Adowa, where Baratieri was over
whelmed and Russian officers do not
go into foreign service without the
autocrat's permission. Russia had
never formally recognized Italy's posi-
ton in Abyssinia, although she had
made no formal protest against it. She
probably anticipated the consequences
that followed the attempt to penetrate
and occupy the interior and felt that
Menelik might be left to deal with the
italian advance. The rumor, there
fore, is not at all improbable that the
acceptance of terms that must chafe
Italian pride is largely due to Russian
influence. Italy gains nothing but q
dearly bought experience in this effort
to join in the division Of Africa 1t
overthrow the Crispi ministry, foment-
ed a dissatisfaction that threatened
revolution, brought about a monetary
panic and drove the national treasury
to the verge of bankruptcy 1t is a
costly lesson, and it is wise, if humili-
ating, to conclude a peace that has no
salve in it for national dignity
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-27
PEACE IN ABYSSINIA.

The wave of European occupation.
that has submerged nearly the whole
of the dark continent, breaks upon the
mountains of Abyssinia, the most an
cienti nation Of the world, and Is dashed
back, Italy concludes a treaty of
peace with Negus Menelik, the humili
alton of which is hardly concealed by
the sugar-coating given it. She valves
her claim of protectorate, pays a war
indemnity of 100000 francs and agrees
to de1imit her territory in Erythrea.
In the first she surrenders only an
empty claim, based on a treaty made
with Menelik when he was asserting
his claim to the throne, but which has
never had more than a nominal recog-
nition The indemnity is softened by
being termed compensation for the
board and care of italian prisoners
captured by the Abyssinian forces.
while the third is the admission that
Italy's attempt to share In the parti-
tionfng Of Africa is failure. England
years ago had the sagacity to see that
in the people of the old nation she
had met far different African from
those whom she had encountered on
the west and south coasts, and man
aged to retire without loss of prestige,
transferring her shadowy claim to
Italy, who, in turn, now retires shorn
of all prestige
There are some features of the stu
ationlth have an interest aside from
the closing of the Italian incident.
What now becomes of the pretext of
the English ministry that the expedi-
ton up the Nile was undertaken for
the purpose of creating a diversion in
favor of the Italians, preventing the
jHncture of the deryishes with the
forces of Menelik, in order that the
Italians might hold the outpost of Kas-
sala- Salisbury must have known of
the progress and probable terms of the
treaty while the English forces were
yet below Wady Halfa, and that no di-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-27

Of the. government, including the high
est judicial positions, should be the
Sewall, a little franker than his run
ming mate, tells the people in effect
that things will never go well until
property has been redistributed on the
basis of an equal division all around.
He goes back to communism in it's
most unqualified and Objectionable
form. The tail has wagged. 1t seems
to move in harmony with the bark
which comes from the other end Of
the same dog.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-27

One night recently as Everett Price Of
Winchester Va. was peacefully sleeping the
hours away he dreamed that the house was
on nre and the roof ready to fall in. His
as the only chance to saeve himself he leap
ed from the window into the garden. a dis
lance Of eighteen feet. One bone Of the arm
was broken. and he was badly bruised 4 ho,,f
his shoulders. He says the dream was So
vivid that he could hardly believe 1t was not
true, even after being 80 rudely awakened
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-27
ON THE MOTIVE POWER OF ANGEL,

ON THE MOTIVE POWER OF ANGELS
A painstaking German, investigating
IN his painstaking German way the
anatomy of celestial visitors, has made
a heartrending discovery. The genera
lions of artists who have portrayed
angels with snowy pinions starting
from their shoulder blades have all
been wrong. The center of gravity of
the human figure is not in the pectoral
region, but much further down. and
II wings are supposed TO be the out
ward and visible symbol of flight they
should be fastened not to the shoulders
but somewhere near the waist line.
Now writer in one of the church
papers comes forward with the sugges-
ton that angels should be portrayed
without any wings at all. Wings, he
says, are symbolic, just as the halo was
IN earlier times, and art should have
reached point where the angelic quail
tiles can be indicated in some less ar
pltrary manner. There are enough
hints in sacred and secular literature
about the faces of angels to enable
the artist to differentiate them from
human countenances in the same com
posltion, and-so runs the argument
art would be well served by this neces-
s1ty for the creation Of a purely spirit
ual type
To such innovations the artist and
the sentimentalist will present a united
and unfiinching opposition. The artist
likes wings because they conventional
lie and compose and lend themselves
TO the expression of a supernatural
kind of motion. How could the shining
leg1ons Of the immortal armies be
drawn without wings? Would a ma
donna enthroned among wingless cher
ubs suggest anything beyond a sub
Hmated kindergarten? How could the
temporary nature of angels visits be
suggested without sweeping pinions
that have obviously just ceased to
Hutter? When art delineates such Wis
1tatlons we are unprepared mentally.
morally and aesthetically to see a han
som cab through the crack of a door
in the background. Wings we must
have, even were their artistic crude
ness twice as capable Of proof. AS for
the German and his mathematical in
vestigations, who is he that he should
say where an angels center of gravity
is located? Let him turn his atten-
ton to the question of how many miles
in an hour Mercury can fly with his
winged feet, and leave angels alone.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-27
TODAY,s WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.-Forecast for Sun
day: Minnesota fair; warmer in northern
portion; west winds.
The Dakotas: Generally fair; warmer;
southwest winds.
Wisconsin: Generally fair; light to fresh
north winds shifting to west.
Montana: Generally fair: warmer south
west winds.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-27

Not only did the legislature ignore the
charge, but Gov. Flower had the hardf-
hood to appoint Maynard to the court
of appeals to fill vacancy caused by
the death of Judge Ruger. The audac-
ity of the governor was surpassed by
the state convention that defied all de-
cency by nominating Maynard for
judge Of the court of appeals. Then the
bar association appealed from the gov
ernor and the legislature to the voters.
Their response was emphatic. The
state that had given Cleveland a plu-
rality Of over $4,000 the previous year
gave to the Republican candidate for
secretary of state plurality of $4,000.
while 1t buried Maynard under a plu-
rality of 1O1 900 for his Republican OPP
ponent. What. in 1870, Tilden said the
bar could do the association then
formed has done. 1t has "a reformed
judiciary, an administration of justice
made pure and honorable" and a bar
made what 1t formerly was, an hon
orable and elevated calling
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TEMPERATURES.
DAILY MEANS.

Barometer 1925: thermometer 50; relative
humidity, So; wind, northwest; weather part
ly cloudy: minimum thermometer, 81 max
imum thermometer, 46; daily range, II;
amount of rainfall in last twenty-four hours,
.OS.
RIVER AT
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

Payable in Advance.
Daily and Sunday, per Month 90
Daily and Sunday, Six Months $2.75
Daily and Sunday, One Year $500
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Address all letters and kilograms to
THE GLOBE, st. Paul, MINI.
EASTERN ADVERTISING OFFICE, ROOM
4O1, TEMPLE COURT BUILDING, NEW
YORK.
WASHINGTON BUREAU, 1405 ST N. w.
Complete files Of the G o b e always kept
nm hand for reference
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Daily Only. per Month 40
Daily Only, six Months 1925
Daily Only, One Year $500
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-08-25
Standardization.

The Washington Star of Friday,
under the caption of Zone of the
prettlest of home weddings" says:
The marriage of Miss MayL, Cor
don and DIR. Chas. A, Schlaer ofNew
York was solemnized at the residence
of the bride, 1918 street, last night.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
DIR. Naylor, of McKendree NJ. Il.
Church. Promptly at 8 O'Clock the
happy bride entered the spacious
parlors upon the arm of her brother,
Mr.. G.. L. Gordon, who gave her in
marriage. The couple stood under
a bell of roses, banked on either side
by palms and ferns. During the cere-
mony. so Promise Me- was played
on the organ. The bride was hand
somely attired in white silk, the
waist being low-necked, and her or
paments were diamonds, the gift of
the groom. Immediately after the
ceremony the couple received the
congratulations of their friends, and
after partaking of a bountiful COLA
ton left at 10 O'Clock for Watkins
Glen, where the honeymoon will be
spent. DIR. and Mrs. Schlaer will
reside in New York, where the groom
is engaged in business. Among those
present were Mrs. Hood, Gordon,
Swan, Reeder, Scaggs, Howes, God
dard, Dalrymple, Torbert, Has sen,
Moulten, and Mcsdames Hood. Swan,
Scaggs, Howe, Gordon, Bradley,
Goddard and Naylor.
Mrs. Schlaer is a first cousin OF
Mrs. Geo. ". Haines, of this place.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-08-25

At the N. Y. Racket Store you can buy the
best table Oil Cloth 15c n yard. plain brown
or tan 12c: heavy twill black. for buggies, 12c;
rubber cloth valises 35c to soc. cloth covered
telescopes IS to Csc; men working shirts 10 to
soc; mems heavy drill drawers 16 to 25c; q big
large square bevel mirrors. very large frame
81 :35 and Sl.75. would be cheap at $500 and
$500; hair curriers' 4c; kid hair curriers' 3 and
&c doz; hair pins lc u bunch;-stecl pointed
25 for PC: ceiluIoid hair pins l and &c each;
tooth brushes 5, ., s, o, 10 and l2c; PUTS
pomade for cleaning any kind of metal DC n
box; sold everywhere for 15c satin silver polish
best made. Sc, u box: the best tooth power Zoe:
in nice hottie, vaseliuc SC Il bottle; French
vaselinc 10. Flobcrt cartridges lSc box. 600
in u oox) shears 4, s. 10. IS, 26, % and soc;
worth 10 to Coo. We have some nice indigo
prints. the hest brands sc u yard; light shifting
prints &c. a nice quality, nice dark prints, u
splendid quality, 419c; sold last season at &c.
nice apron bingham in remnants &c: same in
full pieces would be sold for 6 and &c.
j.. W. CoPFMAN.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-08-25
Gordon for Bryan.

Regarding the pending financial
issue Senator John B. Gordon recent
ly said to a Baltimore Sun reporter
that he favored the gold standard,
though, after ALL" he continued,
'sthe free coinage of silver may not
prove as disastrous as we gold bugs
now believe it will be. 1 believe in
having these great questions settled
once and forever, just as the great
slavery question was, and we might
as we'll get the silver matter out of
the way. If it he tried and does not
plunge the country into a panic. the
gold standard men will see that they
we're not altogether right in their
reasoning, and if it be tried and
proves a failure the silver men will
see the error of their ways.
81 know Bryan intimately, and l
consider him u well-balanced, honest,
upright man. In spite of his radical
currency views, 1 do not believe, if
elected, he would allow the ultra
s~ilverites in his party to control his
actions. He is n man who would
feel profoundly impressed by the
sense of his responsibility, and he
would, / think, be much more con-
sentative than he is widely con-
sidered."
General Gordon is surprised at
the acquisitions tothe ranks ofBryan's
followers since the Chicago conven-
ton, whether they result from con-
versions to the silver idea or not,
and he believes that THE Boy Ora
tor of the Platte will be elected.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-08-25
LIst OF peIegates
From jefferson oounfy % ne Delegate Distric
Convention at Charles 1oton, August
27m. 1896.


The following have been named as dele,
gates to represent me in the 9TH Delegate Dis
trict Convention to bc held in Charles Town,
Jefferson County. w. Va, on August %. 1896
at 1890 q. m. a. ". MCDONALD.
Kabietown.-wm. H.. T. Lewis, Charlie:
Kable.
Rippon.-L. NJ. Long, d. HeAebowcr.
Summit Point.-Wm. NJ. Clements, r. w
Middicway.-wm. G.. Bates, Geo. P. Shir.
lev. Thos. j. Homer. DIR. D.. p. Fry.
Leetown.-Moses Trussell, Josiah Watson.
Kearneysville ". Ct. Moore. B. Trostle.
Dnfields.- = s. Melvin. J. o.. Osbourn
Molers.-J. NJ. Hendricks, J Reinhart.
Oak Grove.-D. G. Hinklc. Il. 5. Molcr.
Halltown.-D. b. Lucas. F. P. Lynch.
Shepherdstown.-Dr. II. q. Grove, DR.. c;
T. VS. Butler, Crpt. NJ. j. Billmyer, DR.. J
8. Tauucr. j. S. B%ragonicr. Thos. Jones, VI.
E. Spohn, Jas. f. Maddox.
Harper's Ferry.-W. b. Cross, Thos. Bur
Boiivur.-Norval Wilson. VIM. H: Rider.
Shenandoah Junction.-E. II. Nc Donald
MechSnicstown.-GeOrgc NARROW, r. c
Rissler.
gle. Frank Weller, Fantaine Hooff, Franz
Beckwith, j. W. Russell, DR.. J. ID. Starry, S
Lee Phillips, Jno. T. Colston, Jas Carney, Jas
Eagan. q. c. Conklyn, II. b. Davenport, ID
r. Milny.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-08-25

At the BerkeleyDemocratic county
convention. last Saturday, the fol-
lowing ticket was nominated: For
sheriff, John w. Dodd; delegate to
the Legislature, Moses Albright !;
prosecuting attorney, George w.
j ohnson; clerk of the County Court,
George W. North; clerk of Circuit
Court, Capt. w. Il. Colston; county
commissioner, James H. Fulk as
SCISSOR first district, VIM. I. Nc
MILAN; assessor second district, T.
Ashby Potts: county surveyor, c.
p. c. Rinker.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-08-25

Considering the fact that his name
for auditor was proposed to the State
Convention at Wheeling at a late
hour-after many delegations had
pledged themselves to others-Col.
Forrest W. Brown received n hand
some vote. Referring to him the
Whee1ingRegister said: Mr.. Brown,
whose name only came to the front
yesterday, after the adoption of res
o%lutions by the Jefferson county del
egation, is 4 young nan of great
ability, rich promise, and the pres
ent Prosecuting Attorney of his
county,"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-08-25

Hon. Andrew Edmiston, of Yves
ton, has been chosen chairman OF
the Democratic State Executive Com
mittee. An advisory campaign COM
mittee named by Chairman Edmiston
is composed of Messrs. w. c. Hand
Ian, John j. Davis, Ex-Governor
Fleming, Henry Davis, Lawrence
Tierney, Col. j. w. st. Clair, Eek
Senator j. n. Camden, Gen. John
McCausland, Senator C. j. Faulkner
and Governor w. A. MacCorkle.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-08-25

TheD emocraticJudiciaI Convention
for this circuit was held at Berkeley
Springs Tuesday and Judge E. Boyd
Faulkner was renominated by accla-
nation. Col. Forrest w. Brown pre-
sided and Hon.W II. Travers, in q
complimentary speech, put Judge E.
Boyd Faulkner in nomination.
When notified of the action of the
convention Judge Faulkner appeared
and made a speech accepting the
nomination and put himself in line
with the gold-standard Democrats
who were going TO support Bryan
and Sewall. Judge Faulkner will
have no opposition from the Repub-
licans, as they will not nominate a
candidate for judge. Judge Faulk-
ner is one of the best judges this cir
cunt has ever had, and the people of
all classes and parties are DESTROYS
of retaining him in the position which
lie so ably fills.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-08-25

To all persons holding liens by judgment or
otherwise on the real estate or any part
thereof of Fayettc r. Souders:
In pursuance of a decree of the Circuit
Court of Jefferson County, made in Il cause
therein pending. to subject the real estate of
the said Fayette b.. Souders to the satisiac-
ton of the liens thereon, you are hereby re-
quired to present all claims held by yon and
each of you against the said fayeitc b.
Soudcrs. which are liens on his real estate. or
any part of it. for adjudication to me at
my office in Charles Town, West Ntr-
ginia, on or before the 9th day OF Sep
tcmber, 1896
Given under my hand this 22nd day
CLEON MOORE,
Aug. 25-4t. Commissioner