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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1897-03-31
REvERSES ITSELF.
Court Of Appeals Holds That Banks
Shall be Taxed Under The
Ad vaIorem System.
THE TEXT OF THE DECISION

FRANKFORT, Ky March "a The Court
of Appeals this morning d, cided the
bank tax cases, affirming some and re-
versing Others, deciding that they were
subject to county and municipal taxa
ton.
This overrules the decision of last
June.
With the whole court sitting, the fol-
lowing cases were taken up and decided
to dispose of the bank tax cases:
Deposit Bank OF greensboro VS. Da-
viess county, Farmers and Traders
Bank VS.. city Of Owensboro, Greensboro
Savings Bank vs. same, Citizens Savings
Bank We. same, Deposit Bank vs.. same,
from Davies affirmed in each case,
Judges Hsz. lrigg, Burman and DuRelle
dissenting.
Simpson County Bank vs.. city of Frank
lin; affirmed.
City Of Carlisle vs. Deposit Bank Of
Carlisle, same vs. Farmers Bank, of Car
Isle, Nicholas county VS. Deposit Bank
OF Carlisle, Nicholas reversed.
Citizens Bank of Shelbyville VS. city
of Shelbyville, Shelby; OSensboro Ma
tional Bank vs.. city of Greensboro, Da
viess; affirmed.
Commonwealth, ETC., VS.. D. post Bank
Of Flemingsburg, same VS.. Farmers Bank
of Fleming, Fleming; Bath county VS.
Farmers Bank reversed.
The decision OF the court affects every
bank in the State. 1t revers s the pre-
vious decision, which held that banks
should be taxed under the Hewitt law,
and subj ects all banks to the ad valorem
tax.
The facts in the case in brief are that
in 1885 the Legislature pas ID what is
known as the Hewitt bill, according to
which the banks we're to pay to the State
| rs cents on every 500, and were not tc
be subject to any other taxation.
This was accepted by the banks, and a
| CODtTdCI tIltTtu ihJO' Dub III ip'o VIZ
Legislature did away with the Hewitt
law, and passed bill taxing the banks
according to the ad valorem system with
out deducting debts. The banks con
tested this, and they were sustained in
their objection by the Court OF Appeals
which held that the Hewitt law should
hold.
But a number OF banks had been form
ed since 1886, when the Hewitt law was
passed, and these were subject to the ad
valorem tax. They sued, holding that
they should not be taxed on other con
ditions than the old banks. These are
the cases that were decided to-day.
The Court OF Appea S has been chang
ed since 1893, and the decision to-day not
only holds that the new banks shall be
taxed OH the ad valorem system, but also
reverses the previous decision, holding
that the Hewitt law is unconstitutional
and that all banks shall pay al ad valor'
| EN- tax.
Whether the banks can be made to pay
back taxes will have to be decided by fur
Their litigation. In all probability the
cases will be further contested and will
be taken to the United States Supreme
| Court.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1897-03-31

Don't allow the lungs to be impaired
by the continuation OF a cough. 1t Is
easier to prevent consumption than to
cure it. One Minute Dough Cure taken
early will ward off any fatal lung trou
ble.-Short & Haynes.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1897-03-31

1t is surprising what "wee bit OF a
thing" can accomplish. Sick headache,
constipation, dyspepsia, sour stomach,
diszness, are quickly banshed by De-
Wits Little Early Risers Small pill.
Safe pill. Best Pill.-Short & Haynes
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1897-03-31

Good Old Granny Metcalf now IS years
old Lying at 1905 S. Fourth street, Padu-
cab, KY, still says that DR.. Bells Pine
Tar Honey is the best grip cure, cough,
lung and bronchial remedy that has been
sold during her life.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1897-03-31

WELLINGTON, KY, Feb. %, 1871 was
afflicted with tired feeling and general
debility. l had no appetite and my
blood did not seem to circulate. | took
different kinds of medicine without ben
eft, and finally began taking Hoods Sar-
saparilla, which gave me a good appetite
and entirely cured that tired feeling
Maggie Washington, I6 Vertner st.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1897-03-31
$2,7oo,0o0
IL What It Cost To Make q New Pu-
gilistic Champion.
lFrom the New York SUM

(rroin tne view L orh SUM-
In round numbers the total expendi-
ture of money in the United States
brought about by the championship fight
between James Corbett and Robert Fitz
simmons. at Carson City, New last We'd
nesday, was 81, 100000, apportioned, &C.
cording to careful estimates, as follows:
Paid to telegraph companies for ticker
and special wire service newspaper
psn"ala e.ss. go a. .,,;.. ..a ''
minor expenditures incidental to travel, 100000
Admission to arena, average cost sac. 10000
Commission OF pool sellers $500 10000
cn', Is go. 1900
Extra cost to newspapers to furnish news,
aside from telegraph tolls. 100000
Expenditures at hotels, saloons billiard
.oom na - r r. C r; amusement gu .oo ooo
Profits of pawnbrokers in commissions and
unredeemed pledges ..... 10000
r, s.-ooooo
Tbesa estimates On far as the trave, inc
and incidental ex nepses 90. are based on
tho reoor,ad a,,andapce NJ K 600 stran.
IA
soie !" .no No'""" 0o"", o" wv "''0
Dlage oil people, Wnlcn mas Deen aptly
termed a national convention OF gam
blers Thu bulk of the remainder was
a.. a.,..., ,.,;,,o,,s ,,ho
'P"' ~ ~
stayed al home' NO account IL haoe Vi
the vast sums OF money bet and lost and
MANY other items which might rightly
ho ;n,,,dad 4, oxnard;,rros
w
All thinse consiueie", JIG eociina'oo
are low, but tue sum is large enough 10
furnish food for interesting and shamiDg
r.A,o,;on Think of II, % ION 600 snant
hv Tho Amor;con neonle 20 600 and hear
abo,, brutal f,bt 70 tho fn;sb betwaan
enc hrman ho;nas, 90 ZOO ooo so,or.
aarad u;,h NO lardohla nrrnos, in v;ew [,
m. a..ht ,.a,od ;,s. en- ,braa and q
h..f n,;n,,as ;nol,d;no oil ;ntero;ss;ons
mr., naon. ,ho, :, ocs, ,ho noonIo ~ ,ha
Irn;ted states s5o lG7 90 a minuta
Thoro orc on 600 ,nomnloveJ man r.,
Naw YorL AZ Tho nr, sont limo Who arc
r.;,,;no 40 worL
The money sDen, ON this 6gb, would give each
one Of them employment for month at 81 a day.
ltwould buy each one OF them three $40 suits of
Clones
of food a day for a month.
1t would keep goo 600 families, twice the entire
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1897-03-31

There u bat one straight course, aud
that 10 70 seek truth and pursue II stssdi-
".
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1897-03-31

HOOPS PILLS act tremendously with
Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1897-03-31

100 for 100 or $500 per 1000.
ADDISON 4 DICK. Addison, Ky
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-20
What TO Do With Wet Boots.

When a man arrives home with wet
boots he will usually either stand them
in the fireplace or simply throw them,
with their soles down, anywhere out
of the way. The former method does
harm to the boots, and the latter to
the wearer. Boots must not be placed
too near a fire. To dry them, they
should be set at a distance of about
two feet away, with soles toward the
fire; they will then dry gradually. If
trees are available, put them in when
the boots are about half dry; but it is
no use freeing boots that are sodden
If 1t is desired to wear them the next
day. When boots or shoes are thought
lessly thrown on the floor, the wet
cannot get away, ana the soles, being
the hardest parts, retain the damp,
which strikes through the middle to
the inner sole. When one has been
out in ever so small a shower 1t is a
good plan to lay the boots on their
sides, in order that air may get to the
wettest parts.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-20
Red Hairin All Ages.

Since the immemorial red hair has
been the object of ill-humored jokes
just why no one seems to know, unless
1t be that Judas Iscariot was thus en-
dowed. And yet, despite the popular
prejudice against auburn locks, there
are few things more beautiful than a
woman with such hair.
Red-headed women have played
prominent parts in the worlds history
and have caused many kingdom to
tremble and even to fall. Helen OF
Troy, was red-headed, and she GER
tainly caused trouble enough for one
woman. Catherine l., Of Russia; Joan
of Arc; Elizabeth, of England; Mary
Stuart, Anne, of Austria; ex-Empress
Eugene, Ninon de PEnclos, Lucretia
Borgia and Beatrice Cenci, all had red
hair, and all are famous.
The ancient Egyptians were violently
opposed to red hair, and once year
burned a maiden of this description in
the hope of DISCRIMINATING or lessening
what they considered a curse
In Spain red hair is abhorred on the
ground that it is Judas hair" Among
some savage races red hair Is held in
great esteem, especially among some
of the Alaskan tribes.
In New Zealand red-headed woman
is considered as on the right road to
paradise.-New York Journal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-20
For the MissIss,ppi Levees.

First, heavy barges are swung out
from the banks and securely fastened
and anchored. to provide safe moor
ings for the broad, weighted willow
and cable mats, which are designed to
regulate and defect current of water
running from two to four miles an
hour. To hold these boats and the
mattress as ii Is woven and sunk into
the water from the barges network Of
thick wire cables is needed. often ex-
tending some thousand feet from the
barges to the shore. The mattresses
are woven on specially designed weav-
ing barges, from willows and under
brush fastened together by means of
poles and wires, much after the man
ner of giant baskets. After the weav-
ing, the mattresses are stiffened by
crib work of willow poles, the top crib
bling serving as support for the heavy
layer of stones by mears Of which the
mattresses are sunk into their proper
place on the river bed, sometimes 80
feet below the surface. Many of these
mats are 300 feet in width and meas
ure more than 1900 feet in length, COW
ering areas of from to s acres. Adj
ditional strength is given by a num-
Der of wire cables, and by cross ca
bles holding the so-called mats to the
shore. After the mattresses have been
sunk, the river banks, which had to
be graded down to facilitate the work,
have to be rivetted with layers of
stone rip nearly a foot deep to prevent
them from washing away with the
next food. Naturally the construc-
ton of each of these mats costs thou
sands of dollars, for the work can only
be done during the low-water season.
Sometimes the next food destroys it
all. Sometimes, though left unframed
by the food, which passes over it, it
rots away in its stagnant water; some
times it actually defects the swift cur
rents of the water. In that case 1t
lasts some four years, when the strain
proves too much, and immediate re-
pairs have to be undertaken to save
what has already been accomplished
from sure destruction.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-20
The Ring of the Gar.

The Gear of Russia is said to be very
superstitious, and to have great conf
dence in relics. He wears ring in
which he believes Is imbedded a piece
of the true cross. II was originally
one of the treasures of the Vatican,
and was presented to an ancestor of
the Gar for diplomatic reasons. The
value which the Gar sets upon the
ring, with its imbedded relic, is shown
by the following fact. Some years ago
the Car was travelling from st. Pet
ersburg to Moscow. He suddenly dis
covered that he mad forgotten the ring.
The train was stopped Immediately
and a special messenger sent flying
back in an express engine for 1t. Nor
would the Gear allow the train to
move until, eight hours afterward, the
messenger returned with the ring
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-20
Animals and Music.

A violinist was playing various airs
before the cages of the animals. The
bow, which had been passing back
ward and forward half drowsily, took
up gait that would have distanced
one of the deer in the pen by the buff
faloes' yard. Then there was a trans
formation scene in the home Of the
lioness as rapidly and as complete as
that of the tune. The cubs went into
ecstacies. They rolled about, jumped,
fell over one another, raced over their
mothers recumbent body, and danced
unrebuked on her head. They ceased
their tantrums only with the ceasing
of the music.
Then they gathered at the front bars
Of the cage again and silently and
pathetically pleaded for more. Their
plea was successful, and in response
to the delicate 1attery conveyed by
their manner the player gave them the
lullaby once more. They simply sat
and listened to it as silently as they
had at first. The transition to the Jig
music was once more made speedily.
The first note of the lively air had
barely left the violin before its riotous
contagion had once more caught the
cubs. They rollicked and rolled about,
and stopped only when the professor,
fearing to tire their little limbs. took
his bow from his fiddle and told them
they had danced enough for debutantes
The hyena is an uncanny brute. His
very appearance goes great way to-
ward bearing out charges of grave
yard robbery brought against him. He
has no music in his soul nor room for
any. Sweet sounds are to him so an
tipodal to everything in his nature that
they inspire him with nothing but fear,
and the most abject fear at that. When
Professor Baker tried to interest the
two skulking hyenas in his perform
ance on the violin they began trembl-
ing visibly at the first notes utter
ance, and then as the music swelled
they sought the furthermost side OF
their prison, and tried their best to
squeeze their ungainly bodies through
the bars to escape the melody ..-Phila-
delphia Inquirer.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-20
The Teeth.

Upon the condition of the teeth de-
ponds largely the bodily health. The
care of the child's first teeth is very
important. The future of the second
set depends upon the care Of the first.
Nature uses the first set as a base to
supply nutriment to the second. No
child under eight should lose a tooth.
Decayed teeth in the mouth of a child
produce digestive troubles, and pro-
duce an acid which destroys the second
teeth.
LIQUID food should not be given a
child after the teeth are large enough
for use. Too often soaked biscuits,
crackers and the like are used instead
of food which requires chewing. In
order to preserve the teeth we must
use them. The use Of more coarse
breads would be beneficial. Beware
of charcoal and pumice stone. The
following formula, used by most dem
lists, Is harmless: One ounce orris
root, three ounces precipitate Of chalk,
one teaspoonful powdered CASTLE soap
and one tablespoonful bicarbonate Of
soda.
A pleasant mouth wash Is one-half
teaspoonful listerine in one-half a
glass of water.
A little bicarbonate OF soda placed
upon tender tooth will often bring
comfort, or for persistently tender
teeth a mouth wash of milk Of magne-
STA and water in equal quantities. -
New Orleans Picayune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-20
PODDER'S WAS STRAIGHT ON.

A young professor in an Illinois uni
versity was engaged to be married to
the daughter of a wealthy farmer living
in one of the Eastern counties of this
State. On the day of the wedding the
bridegroom was driving in a buggy
through country road in the direction
of his prospective father-in-law's house.
Not being familiar with the neighbor-
hood he stopped in front of dilapidated
log cabin and inquired of lank man
who was leaning against the rail fence:
"Is this the way to Mr.. Podder's?"
The lank man hitched up his trous-
ers and said
"Be you goin' to Podder's?"
Eyes"
"That's where the doin's is tonight.
His darter's goin' to be hitched"
"Yes."
"Who's she goin' to get?"
"A man named Thompkins," said the
blushing bridegroom.
"Is he any good?"
pretty poor stick, I've been told"
alas he got any style?"
"Not much"
"Well," said the man, with sigh of
relief, I'm glad he's such poor shoat,
for my gals has got an invite to the
weddin', an 1 heard nobody could go
that couldn't eat with their forks. My
gals can't eat with their forks, but 1
reckon I'll let 'em go. Podder's is two
mile straight ahead. y Chicago NeUs.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-20
Balloon | ifaboafs.

The big ocean greyhounds will soon,
1t is thought, be equipped with life
boats harnessed to balloons, so as to
be practically unsuitable. Cylinders
filled with compressed gas will be
placed in compartments Of the life
boats, and from these the balloons.
which will be harnessed with cords to
a hollow mast connected with the CYL
inders are inflated. The mast, which is
iron tubing. is adjustable, and, when
turned forward, the big balloon acts
as a sail, oars proving quite unneces-
sary. The combination boat will doubt
less prove of the greatest service in
saving people far out at sea. In a re-
cent test it was shown that, even with
the boat filled with water to the gun
wales, the lifting power prevented the
craft from either sinking or upset.
ting.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-20
An Observation-Disclosures Light.

The remarkable light which has been
brought forward in Germany and
known as the Durr light, is declared
to be equally capable of use for inte-
rior illumination. 1t Is originated by
automatic evaporation and overheating
of the vapors from ordinary lamp pc
troleum; the vapors being converted
into gas, when burned, yield light Of
from $500 to $4,000 candle power.
The apparatus consists of a tank
containing the supply of petroleum,
which is removed sufficiently from the
burner to avoid all danger of fire from
the flame. The oil is conducted by
drops into burner of special con-
struction, after the latter has been
heated for about five minutes by means
of oil which Is burned in small heat
ing pans furnished with the apparatus.
Behind the burner from which the
flame issues there Is second burner.
which, after the heating OF the pans
has been removed, continually pro-
duces the vapors and heats them to a
high temperature, at the same time
completely surrounding the first burn
er with strong flame. This arrange
ment Is said to make the extinction Of
the light an impossibility, even in the
strongest wind.
Fresh air is drawn In between the
burner and the external cylinder by
the force of the flame rushing out, and,
by using this air in the burner, a
smokeless flame results. The oil used
is ordinary 100-proof coal oil, the con-
sumption Of which is about one and
three-fourths pints per 100 candle
power.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-20
SPARROWs rs. BOYS.

The Fall River Globe relates that
crowd of boys attempted to amuse
themselves by throwing green apples at
the nests of some English sparrows, but
got into very lively fight with these
pugnacious little creatures. The trees
were filed with hundreds of birds,
which stood the fun until it became
monotonous, and then organized and
made dash upon their tormentors.
They flew straight for the face, and it
began to look serious for the urchins.
Some of the latter ran to a safe distance
and looked on, but the more adventur-
GUS waged the battle. Two boys were
pecked at until their faces and hands
were covered with blood, and they we're
obliged to defend themselves with clubs
in order to save their eyes. They tired
before the sparrows, however, and at
last were obliged to retreat.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-20

several times that Of q wooden car,
rendering its use impracticable. To-
day 1t IL possible to build complete
steel car for about the same cost, per
ton carrying capacity, as a wooden
car, and the advantages from the
transportation point of view are very
great. The saving In dead weight Is a
large factor In this direction, as also
is the saving In repairs, and incidental
ly the absence of risk from fire, while
the life Of the car would be, say, three
times as great.
For example, take a saving of 5000
pounds per car In dead weight as COM
pared with the wooden car of equal
capacity In an equipment of 1000 cars;
that means the saving In haulage of
5000. 900 pounds, or $500 net tons. 1t
has been computed that 1t costs in
round figures $40 per annum to haul
one ton of dead weight on the basis
Of the average mileage made per car
per annum. This would mean a saw
ing of $25 5000. 900 per annum on 1000
cars alone Saying nothing about the
saving In repairs), a sum equal to the
interest on their cost. Applying this
20 the 1,250,000 cars which constitute
the freight equipment of the United
States, the saving would amount to the
enormous sum of $31, 100000. OF
course, these cars cannot be so altered
as to effect this saving. 1t should,
however, serve as an object lesson.
and cause every railroad man, charged
with the responsibilities regarding the
possible economics in this direction, to
look well and carefully into every
thing which will tend to lessen the dead
weight and produce a permanent
structure, such as may be found in
completed steel freight car.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-20
Hollands Feminine Milkmsn.u

The sale of milk In the streets of
the Holland cities is conducted in
rather a peculiar way; the milk is in
copper cans. which are placed in a
tart drawn by one of the large mas
tins, which are made so serviceable
in that country. Two women in the
regulation out-of-door costume of SER
wants, usually accompany each cart.
The Cog looks well cared for, the cart
Is clean, and though the cans may be
battered and dented by years of usage
they are always shining bright and the
milk is sweet and pure.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-20
A NINE OF sLussEk.
The stranding OF 600 Whales In the
Straits Of Magellan.

STRAITS OF MaGeiians
Toward the end of last September
an enormous school of a species of
whale called the Gazing whale ran
ashore In Teal inlet. Teal inlet is q
small creek one and one-half miles
long. opening into Port Salvador,
which In turn opens into .--e South
Atlantic by a very narrow opening.
1t was my good fortune. writes George
Hewlett. surgeon of the royal navy,
to see some hundreds of these whales
on the beach at the time OF my visit.
One morning a whirlwind appeared to
be approaching over the water in the
bay of San Salvador, and soon this
was made out to be an enormous
school of whales, SO thick that they
seemed to be jostling each other, moth
ing but fins and tails, and the water
In foam all around. This was on
flowing tide, and they came In the inlet
itself, describing a sort of cycloidal
squadron took on kelp reef and then
sudden panic seemed to seize them
all, and the unfortunate animals came
up the inlet full speed, with the sea
boiling in front of them and great
wave coming after them, and they
piled up In hundreds on the beach.
Then, as there was a rising tide,
they got off again. but only to charge
the opposite beach, and so on till the
falling tide and loss Of strength left
them high and dry all around the
dreary bay.
Very few, old or young, lived more
than a quarter of an hour after their
stranding. BY evening. after that tide
had ebbed, there were only five whales
afioat out of more than 500 that had
been afioat that morning, and by the
next morning only three were to be
seen, and they swan around and
around for awhile, and then, as IL dis
daining to live when all their compan-
ions were dead, they made straight for
the beach, and in few moments they
also had passed forever out of exist
ence.
Circumstances made it impossible to
use the blubber. Some of the bodies
have been burned; they burn like a
great oil shed. The spring tides for
tunately aoated others up and down
and dispersed them. One cannot help
regretting that ship load of the saw
ages from Terra del Fuego, over the
way, could not have been let loose at
them. They. of course, would have
lived beside the bodies and eaten their
way steadily on till the banquet was
nished.-London Field.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-20
Not Transferable.

The theatres in Japan have novel
method of pass-out tickets, which are
positively not transferable. When a
person wishes to leave the theatre be-
fore the close of the performance, with
the intention of returning, he goes to
the doorkeeper and holds out his right
hand. The doorkeeper then, with a
rubber stamp. imprints on the palm
the mark OF the establishment.