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The news & observer., 1901-01-06
Here Is Resolution Worth the While

%. S. Mardcn, in Success" for Jan
uary.)
Resolve that YOU will stand well
with Yourself during the coming year,
whether ycu stand we'll with others
or not. Resolve never again to SET a
cheap estimate upon yourself or youl
chances i'll life.
The news & observer., 1901-01-06
VIRGINIA.

BY Board of Public Works and distrib-
uted to counties.
In addition to ad vaorem tax, a tax of
per cent is collected on net earnings.
WASHINGTON.
Assessed and valued as other property.
Very respectfully,
H. c. BROWN.
The news & observer., 1901-01-06

purposes of ............ 100000
Funded debt ............ IA, ,434 POI. 90
Capital stock ............. 20, 256 $4,000
Gross earnings ............ 1888, ,O25.00
Gross earnings per mile. 3,721.O0
Income from operation. 1924, ,473.00
value on basis 6 per cent
capitalization -. 49,. 27,O74, $50 90
Value on basis per cent
capitalization ...... 49,. 20,305 ,9120O
The valuation of the property by the
Commission OF the Seaboard Air Line
for the year 1900, is $S,6O5, 1921.
Valuation per mile. .........$ 13,SS000
This would equal tax for all
purposes of ...... ...... sc, 100000
Funded debt ............. $3.50, 10000
Capital .......... ......'.,... 0,zi1,59GOV
Gross earnings .......... 2,863 ,949.OO
Gross earnings per mile...... 4,619.OO
Income from operation ...... 1,031 10000
Value on basis per cent
capitalization ........ IL, ,lS5, ,l65OO
Value on basis 8 per cent
capitalization ........ IL, oSS, ,SbZOO
The gross earnings of all the roads in
the State amount to 1919 ,SS2; this in
cludes intrastate business and the pro-
portional part of the interstate business.
Three per cent on the amount of gross
receipts would amount to a tax of $447,-
57i.96; four per cent would amount TO
1896 1872. Or based upon the present tax
rate in the State it would require valu-
alton on the railroad property equal to
S4i. 600, 900 to yield the same revenue, as
upon a three per cent basis, and valu-
alton of $60000,000 to equal the same
revenue as upon a four per cent basis.
The income from operation amounts. TO
So, ,5S2, $50 This represents the difference
between the gross receipts and the op-
Grating expenses. And which amount
is available for payment of taxes,
interest on funded debt and div
idends; take from this amount the
tax according to valuation and we have
left SIS, ,162, $50 This amount being capi-
talized at per cent would equal 1885,,
049, ,166; at per cent it would equal $64
$50, ,S70 at 10 per cent it would equal
$5l 1862, $50.
The cost .of all the roads in North Car
olina is put at $92, ,837 49S. The funded
debt of all the roads in the State amounts
to $47.S12, $50. Capital stock, preferred
and common, 71472,0 ,08S ! believe it is
conceded that the bonded liabilities rep
resent the minimum value of the rail
roads, while the stock represents usually
the speculative element
The income referred to above would pay
interest on funded debt on an average of
per cent and leave a surplus of $2,772,
321, which is equal to a little more than
3% per cent on the capital stock, both
preferred and common. The last men
toned calculations treat the roads as a
whole; some of them are more prosperous
than others; these differences can be
ascertained by reference to the tables
below.
The news & observer., 1901-01-06

TO the authority of the Legislature to
tax the gross income of the railroads in
North Carolina.
Very truly,
C. Il. MEBANE,
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
The news & observer., 1901-01-06

Synopsis Of the method of taxation of
railroads in various States.
ALABAMA
Taxed on cash valuation and the valua
tion determined by State Board. This
board certifies to the various counties
the value or apportionment for each
county.
In addition to ad valorem tax there
is a tax on gross EARNINGS for support
of the Railroad Commission, etc.
ARKANSAS
By Board Of Railroad Commissioners ct
al on true value. Apportioned to coun-
tics on ratio of mileage.
CONNECTICUT,
Serves a license tax
1 per cent on market value of capital
stock.
per cent on funded debt in lieu of
all taxes.
Distributed to and collected by coun-
ties and towns on mileage basis.
CALIFORNIA.
BY State Board of Equalization. Value
the franchise, roadway, road bed, rails,
rolling stock, and apportion to counties
in proportion to mileage in each.
DELAWARE
A tax of 10 cents on each passenger car
ried.
10 per cent net earnings
e of one per cent on cash value of cap
tal stock.
FLORIDA.
BY State Board-vaIue based on prop
crty value.
GEORGIA.
This State taxes railroads on cash val
ratic&.
BY Comptroller General Railroad Com
mission. cts.
BY State Board on cash valuation.
INDIANA
BY State Board of Tax Commissioners.
Shall assess railroad property as other
property on cash value
IOWA
BY State Executive Council who fixes
the value and apportions to counties,
which value is subject to same levy as
other property. Iowa statute making it
The news & observer., 1901-01-06

mills on each dollar of appraised value
of capital stoc kand an additional fran
chise tax of $40 of l per cent on gross
earnings.
KENTUCKY.
BY Railroad Commission. Tax on prop
erty value. Also, on franchise, separate.
OHIO.
By State Board on cash valuation. In
addition an excise tax of Y of 1 per cent
on gross earnings This for expenses of
railroad commission, etc.
TENNESSEE.
BY Railroad Commission. In arriving
at the valuation of railroad property. shall
have in view. and look to the capital
stock, the corporate property. franchises
of each company, and the gross receipts,
and the market value of the shares OF
stock and bonded debt
No tax other than ad valorem.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
BY State Board of Railroad Assessors
and liked by them on cash valuation. In
addition tax is levied on gross receipts
to pay for expense of Railroad Commits
sion
VERMONT
BY Railroad Commission a. it's true and
just value. A railroad company is per-
mitted to pay in lien of the tax on prop
erty tax Of 21a per cent on gross earn
ings.
TEXAS.
BY local boards In addition TO ad
valorcm tax. a tax of ] per cent is paid
on gross receipts from passenger travel
within the State.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Smils upon the dollar of gross receipts,
mills upon the dollar of actual value
of capital stock.
mills on the dollar of bonded indebt-
cG@ess.
WEST VIRGINIA.
BY Board of Public Works at its valUt
and apportioned TO counties.
WISCONSIN.
On gross earnings.
WYOMING.
nv Board of Equalization at cash value.
RHODE ISLAND.
Assessed locally. In addition a tax on
gross receipts to pay expense of Com
mission.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-21

for many generations hove maCc this
spot their home. OF tho chiefs who had
held sway over this infamous colony
none had over made his namo sc terrible
on theesurrounding seas as Kwan Dab.
At the timc of this story hc I'D ruled
for thirty years, though tho Enperor
had offered reward of ten million teals
and an hereditary dukedom to him who
should capture the pirate chief, dead or
alive.
In order to procure wives for his sever
thousand subjects Kwan Dab was In the
habit of raiding the towns on the coast
OF China and Corea and stealing all the
young women that could be captured
Half hundred of these unfortunate
creatures were prisoners in Kwan DAB
harem, whence there was no escape ex'
cept to the grave.
Sho Mai learned these agreeable de-
tails of her future home during her
voyage in the pirate junk. The second
day after her capture she was allowed to
come on deck, and was not subjected to
any restraint, though those who had
been captured with her were still kept
closely imprisoned. She struck up
sort of comradeshjp with one N the
sailors, who told her such facts about the
island as have already been given. Sho
Maiquestioned him eagerly about Ii Xii,
but he could remember no such person
and tho girl began to feel sure that her
lover had esca ped.
"Why was my life spared'" she asked
no trCba nfb nro W
lected were strong men"
1.-THE others were picked out for their
strength replied the sailor. 'They
will be made slaves. You will be taken
into the presence OF Kwan Dab, and il
he sees fit you will become member OF
the colony. 1t is the custom to recruit
our forces from such youths among OUT
captives as give promise of exemplary
courage. But do not congratulate your
self yet. If Kwau Dab is not pleased
with you, why" and the sailor made
an expressive and horrible gesture as Of
one " no waves sword in the air.
Near the evening of the following
day the Junk anchored in the lee o.
some great rocks near the mysterious
island When the sail had been furled
Sho Mai was summoned to the presence
of the Chief. He spoke not word, bu
| pointed over the side of the vessel tx
where a small boat lay riding on the
swell. Four sailors with oars poised
in air were waiting to row the boa
to the island. The girl climbed dowI
the ladder, stepped into the boat ant
took seat In the stern. She was fol
lowed an instant later by the Chief, wh'
sat beside her.
''To the shore" he said, briefly; and
dipping their oars, the men gave wa,
with a will. A landing was made in
strangely-hidden inlet which looked a
if it had been cut by the labor of mel
in the solid rock. The Chief, Sho Ma
and two sailors followed narrow trai
until they came to a little clearing il
the forest. Here were number O.
small huts made of skins, and so clever
ly painted that they were hardly dis
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-21
CHAPTER v.
A CAPTIVE TO kwAN nan

IT.
The name Ut Kwan bah is like the
menace OF drawn sword Humid reds of
miles from the sea which he has so oft
en- Redeemed with innocent blood, the
numerous ferocity of this incarDate
tiend is as we'll known as in the fore
castles OF ships where sailors who fear
no other terror Of the ocean speak of
kwan Dah.'s deeds with trembling
voices.
Even Sho Mai needed no word except
his name to tell her for what fate she
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-21
Continued on sixth page.
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If So Remember,

That it costs no more to go via,
THE RIO GRANDE WESTERN RY.
In connection with the Denver and Rio
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finest SCENERY in America, with the
choice if five distinct routes from Denver
Colorado Springs or Pueblo.
Pullman Palace Sleepers, Observation
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SERVICE.
w. G. MCBRIDE. GEO. w. HEINTz,
Gen'l Agent, Gen'l Pass. Agt,
Butte, Salt Lake City.
Mont Utah.
Evening star., 1901-11-30
A Filipino Ceremony.

From Harpers Weekly.
The great seething kettle filled high now
with meat, sputtered and frothed over its
edges. as the parelegged men prodded the
meat with short sticks Or held some more
than usually tempting piece up to the gaze
Of the appreciative gathering. Most of the
shock-headed and dirty men sat content
edly near the warmth of the fire, now and
again lighting their tiny hand-carved
wooden pipes with live coal, and sucking
away with much energy upon the vilest to-
bacco imaginable. A suggestion Of coming
genialty was visible on their usually stolid
faces. and more than one would break into
a dronng gutteral song as the effects of
the tuba set his sluggish blood in motion.
Away from the common herd sat the
hereditary chiefs attending the gathering,
mostly in wicker chairs, the handsomest
and almost the sole articles of furniture in
Mateo's house. There is but one proper
way to sit in a chair comfortably, accord
ing to 1gorrote ideas, and that Is to pull
the heels up under one in the seat. It was
amusing to see line of these dignitaries
whom no poor man dares to recognize until
he is first spoken to, sitting on their heels
on hardwood bench, goSSfpping away for
| dear life, and becoming more confidential
| with each succeeding hour of tuba-drink-
! ing.
| AS the sun sank to the horizon, the priest
! ess. dressed in flowing sleeved short bodice,
| and short blanket skirt Of purple-striped
| native-woven fabric, her head encircled with
| a red turban, came to the door. at the head
| of the short house ladder, stood moment
| waving the loose end of small blanket
| thrown over the shoulder and holding a
| small china bowl in the other hand. She
| then descended as majestically as it is pos
| sible for a woman handicapped by skirts
| to come down the rungs of a ladder, and
| stalked out into the open. Mateo and his
| wife and his nine children moved to meet
her. With moving lips, but no sound es-
| Gaping, she began short incantation, to
| exorcfse the had spirits whom the IgOrrOte eS
fear, and then with a fierce step forward
| she grasped a piece of bloody heart from
| the little bowl and -daubed first one and
then the ether of MateO's cheeks. The op-
| Grafton was repeated until the tenderest
toddler of the family had blood-smeared
Evening star., 1901-11-30
FRENCH AND ITALIAN WINES.
One Reason Why the Former Excel in
Popular Favor.

Popular Favor.
From the New York Sun.
France and Italy produce about the same
quantity of wine, red or white, excluding
champagne, in a year. but while the value
of wines imported into the United States
from France last year was s5,147 600 the
value of those imported from Italy was
only $347 900, Germany and Austria stand
ing far ahead of Italy as wine-eXporting
countries This condition is not excep-
tional but is observable each year, ire
spective of the extent of the crop of France
and Italy, which varies enormously. This
year France is far ahead.
On the Pacific coast, where American wine
making has become a wel-eStablished in
dustry, majority of those employed on or
connected with the vineyards are Italians,
and they follow to very considerable ex-
tent the rules of wine making, which, while
they have added much to the productive
ness of the vineyards of Italy, have done
so at the expense Of the quality of the wine
produced. 1t Is an established principle
among wine makers that the quality of the
wine is in inverse ratio to the eXuberance
of the growth.
The chief defect In commercial way of
Italian viticulture is that the grapes when
gathered are not separated, and there is no
distinction observed in the planting Of the
vineyards. Quantity is sought irrespective
of quality in the same way that some Ital-
ian grape growers in southern California
have constructed marvelouSly large ma
sonry vat, into which the wine of grapes
of different varieties is poured, somewhat
after the fashion Of the Heidelberg ton.
The French method Of vine culture Is to
separate the vineyards according to topog-
raphy and exposure to sun and wind pre-
serving the individuality of the culture in
| each case, whereby certain vineyards gain
| distinction which. if preserved, gives
their product an unusual value. The French
| method of grape culture is constantly
gaining more support in California.
Evening star., 1901-11-30

To succeed in some kinds of vice requires
good looks and vtvacity. The success of
some Of these u4fortpnates in attracting
remunerative attention is quite remark
able and seems un3ustided.
Here, as in ConeDrd, The effort issto teach
and reclaim, rather than to punish. On en-
tering, the inmate is assigned to the second
grade, whence she WORKS her way upward
to grade four, and then leaves as soon as
may be. She occupies, 8 usual sort of pris-
on cell at first-a cell in corridor opposite
window, with d grated door and bare
walls of stone the only decoration being a
pasted on a cardboard, with explanatory
text on the back. .a4This picture LIS changed
every week and comes out Of what is call
ed the picture library. II bad behavior
grade one. the inmate, who has been stud
led to make sure thatashe Is not going to
develop disease or insanity, advances to
grade three. Here she enjoys an immedi-
larger. higher, lighter cell-really a bed
chamber with window comman andine soIue-
thing Of view from Its upper half; bet
ter picture on the wall and wooden doors,
locked, to be sure, from the outside put
pierced with Stats for ventilation. She also
has a white spread on her bed and three
times a week, at noon, she foregathers with
her classmates In recreation hall. where
some Of the officers read aloud
Less Talk, Better Conduct.
Formerly the inmates were allowed to con-
verse at noon, but 1t was found that they
never talked Of anything elevating and most
jects for conversation SO the talk was STOP
ately improved. Good conduct in the third
grade soon makes way for admission tc
the fourth, and in this the comforts are still
greater. The cells, SO called, are ample
y
Evening star., 1901-11-30
Use. for Abattoir Blood.
From the Scientific American.


A cheap and rapid method for concen-
trating the enormous quantities OF blood
collected in abattoirs is described by its in
ventor in the Technische Rundschau. The
blood is injected in a finely pulverized
state into an oven-shaped chamber, open
at the top, and brought into contact with a
current of hot air ascending from below
All the water is evaporated in this man
ner. and the blood powder Is carried to the
receiving chamber. According to the in
yentor, the powder thus obtained is taste
less and contains 74.8 per cent OF digestible
albumen.
Evening star., 1901-11-30
Soap, Soft Water and Washing.


1t is commonly supposed that the use Of
soft waterman water. for example-for
washing purposes economies soap. But
while 1t is perfectly true that the lime
salts in hard water nullify to some extent
the soap by forming insoluble lime soaps,
yet the expenditure Of soap. at least in toi-
let purposes, will be found TO be consid-
erably less than when rain water is used,
while the cleansing effect is just as good.
The explanation Of this is that soap is SO
very readily soluble in soft water that con-
siderably more soap is used than is neces-
sary. Everybody knows the slippery feel
ing of rain water in which the hands have
been washed with SOAP and no amount or
rinsing would appear to remove the soapi-
ness from the skin. In this case IL Is doubt
full when soap Is used whether, after all,
rain water or soft water is better for the
complexion or skin than hard tap water. 1t
is certainly not so refreshing. In manu-
featuring processes or In the washtub IL Is
true the use of soap in soft water is an
economy. 1t is in this way, OF course, that
the addition of soda, throwing out the lime
salt, saves soap. 1t has been estimated
that IL London were supplied with soft
tens of thousands of pounds per annum.
and Glasgow is estimated to save $4,000
annually in the matter of soap since using
Loeb Katrine water. That may be so. but
In the matter of personal washing there 10
a waste Of soap produced rather than an
economy by using soft water. The fact
that a tablet Of soap disappears much more
quickly when gain water is used instead OF
hard tap water is proof OF this assertion
Evening star., 1901-11-30

dark cells where punishments are sunereo
for infraction Of the rules. The old cells
measure 5 by 8 feet on the ground and are
III feet high; the new cells are feet by
II and s1s feet high, and no cell should be
smaller than this. Then a few cells are
still larger, inasmuch as they are devised
for the occupancy of nominally 1ncorrl-
gibie class, and these measure II by is
feet and are IL feet from floor to ceiling
ridge.
Where man is to have no exercise in
the air-at least, only an hour and half
a week-he needs a lager cell than COM
also that appliances for some industry may
be installed there Such is the Pennsyl-
vania system for corrtgibles and cranks
alike Incorrigibles are not generally rec
rooms have been built for them In several
institutions, and with gain to the general
morale, as 1t removes from the shops and
chapels a few troublesome and even dam
secretly foments discords, whispering mu-
| tiny, spreading discomfort maligning keep
| ers, is marked AZ an "agitator," and II he
wiz not reform he is consigned to soli-
| food will be passed to him through hole
| in the heavy wooden door that. in addi-
| tion to the grating, separates him from the
| world, and where he will put seats into
| chairs, or go on short diet till he does.
| Charlestown prison has 800 cells and $50
| men to put into them. Not all the extra In
| habitants are doubled up, however. Short
| term men sleep on cots in the corridors,
| which is an Improvement on the closer con-
| finement. The health rate Is good, and the
| deaths number but four or FIVE year. The
| hospital is not dornltorys for though there
| is large general room where convalescents
sit and read, they are locked at night In
aged and there are $500 books to draw
from In the library and for an hour a day
school sessions are held. ALI who neet
Evening star., 1901-11-30
Three Minutes for Refreshments.


From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Perhaps the happy couple didn't care q
puffball whether the man in the scat be-
hind was asleep or not. If they didn't
care they will cheerfully acknowledge the
accuracy of this report when they get back
to the city, which will be In day or two:
He-"Darlingr'
She-"Dearestr'
He-"Nobody would suspect it from cur
actions, would they?'
She-"No, indeed"'
Fatherly Conductor - Excuse me. young
lady and gentleman, but in five minutes
we'll enter a very black tunnel. IL Will
take three minutes to run through
| He (eight minutes later)-"Ah, darlingF'
She-"Isn't he just a duck-that dear.
| kind-hearted old conductor? I'd like TO give
| him one, too. Oh, you needn't look so
| gloomy, you stupid fellow L mean Just a
| daughterly one. Go and thank him.
| George!"
| He-'Say, conductor, you're white; that s
| what you are. My wife-that is to say, IL
| mean to say, we've want to thank YOU.
| Conductor That's all right, my boy;
| don't mention it. l don't give everybody
| that tip, but that nice young lady or yours
4 has a look of my Bess about her. IL was
| Just such another bright morning as this,
| / remember, that Bess and started out on
| the same old long trip. And we've never
| been sorry for it. Be good to her; be good
| to her my boyi
Evening star., 1901-11-30
The New Terror.

The New Terror.
From the Chicago Tribune
After listening to the reading of the afii-
davits and weighing the other evidence in
the case the judge granted a divorce to the
applicant, a spare, resolute-looking woman
Of middle age.
Then he hastily opened a door behind him
and disappeared.
What did you do that for. judgeT'' the
attorney for the applicant asked him after
ward.
II thought from her looks she was going
TO gin kissing" replied his honor.
Evening star., 1901-11-30
Faith and works.
from the San francisco Wave.

From the San Efahclsc0 WdVe.
One day last week Berkeley student in
ona Of Prof. L. Dupont Styles classes came
into the recitation room so late that the
English teacher made mild remonstrance
at the extreme hardness Of the young man.
Professor" replied the young fellow in
excusing himself. my watch was slow. ]
shall have no faith In It after this"
my dear fellow" said Slye. what you
need is not faith. but works."
Evening star., 1901-11-30
How He Loved Her.

From Short Stories.
A negro man went into Mr.. E-s ONCE
for the purpose Of instituting divorce
suit against his wife. Mr.. E. proceeded
to question him as to his grounds for COM
plaint. Noticing that the mans voice
failed him, Mr.. E. looked up from his
papers. and saw that big tears were run
ming down over the cheeks Of the applicant
for divorce.
"Why," said the lawyer you seem 10
care great deal for your wife? Did you
love herr
Love her. sir? I Jest analyzed herr
This was more than professional dignity
IN the negro. offended. carried his cese eise-
where. 81
Evening star., 1901-11-30
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

The following Is n list Of advertised letters re-
naming in the Washington Cd. c. Post-otice Sat
ur,Iay November 30, 1901.
To obtain any OF these letters the applicant
sbou1d call for Advertised Letters"
II not called for within two t2) weeks they VIII
be sent to the Dead Letter Office