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Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-10

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The matter of taxation has been so
lax in Perth Amboy of late years that
the new order of things, as presented
by the assessors, has created
what of a stir and some opposition.
It was hardly to be expected that the
result would have been otherwise ana
the officials doubtless prepared them-,
selves for much dissatisfaction and all
kinds of remarks rejecting upon the
e~xactness of their work.
Aswas told in the News Saturday,
tie property in the city has been
assessed at it's true value. In this the
assessors have done wisely. The law
' fixes this as the basis and as long as
the officials follow closely the pro-
visions of the law they have that as a
defense for all their doings. 1t should
also be remembered that true" value
does not necessarily mean the actua!
value the property is held in the
market today. The true value OF a
property may be one thing and the
fact, that some large plant may be
locating here causing a demand for
houses for a few months, may, for the
time being, greatly increase the market
price, but the true value remains prac-
ideally the same. In real estate the
conditions are somewhat similar to
the stock market and fluctuate at
times. This the assessors have doubt
less taken into consideration.
Those who made the assessments
were men who might be considered
experts for the work they had to do.
One is a well-known real estate man
who is familiar with the market value
of most of the property in the city
while the others are builders and con-
tractors who can judge the cost of
erecting the building under o%onsidera-
ton. All three worked together and
in that way they were able to as
certain the "true" value.
On the whole the people have little
room to complain. Every property in
Perth Amboy today ought to be worth
much more, than it was ten years ago.
ThisIis a city, and the expenses of a
municipality are greater than a
borough. We must have sewers, more
streets, paved throughfares and more
city employees. With the pavements
comes the requirements of keeping
them clean. More lights are needed
to illuminate the city and the ex-
penses increase every year. This has
got to be met by taxation. 1t is safe
to say few people will sell for less
than they are assessed, and, as the
lay provides assessment at true
value, there is nc fault to be found.
With those having real cause for com
plant; the Commissioners of Appeal
Gan be depended upon to s~traighten
things OUT
Regarding taxation in Camden,
where a commission is investigating
the work of the assessors, the Newark
Sunday News has the following to say
editorially:
IF all property were assessed at its
true value, none would be assessed
too high or too low, and there would
be no ground for such charges as have
been made in Camden. The tax
shirkers would not approve of the con-
stitutional system, but honest men
would find it most excellent, and n
that would afford them great measure
of relief
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-10
Why 1t Was.

Mrs. Greene-What do you have
alarm clock in your chamber for If yd
don't have the alarm wound up?
Mrs. G1ay-If you could have heal
the awfuh things my husband sal
when the alarm went off, you wouldI|
ask me.-B@ston Advertiser.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-10

"You look like a wreck to-day, Anna
Have you been sitting up all night ar
reading a novel?"
Eyes, madam. 1t was such a bea
full story, but they didn't get mar
till nearly five o'clock this morning!
Blaetter.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-10

"Well," said the wife, whose thoughts
were On her summer bonnet, "IIl for
give and forget your being out last
night. I Suppose I'll always have to
be ~forgivlng something"
- gheneVer you've for getting
som replied the brute, her hus-
.ha Stories.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-10
The Pot and the Kettle.

Blohard-Qld Monnibaggs is one
the most selfish persons I have "
known.
Askem-wAy so?
u sat for iii an hour in a strd
car yesterdal and watched him ke|
the seat he pld have given up td
lady that std beside us and held
strap."-Balt re merican.
Sillicus-TA are really the mos
voted lovers ever saw.
Cynicus-Y{ it seems a sham
they are going D get married an
it all.--Stray 8 |ries.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-10
The Politician,

Nobody truly understands
Just how his fame extends,
Some men succeed by shaking hands
And some by shaking friends.
washington Star,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-10

The officers of the Indian Office at
Washington regard the Indian terri
tory as the richest undeveloped tract
of. the earth's surface now known to
man. It has iron, Lead, zinc, otl, gas
and manganese. Some Of the coal 10
Of the coking variety.-Cleveland
Leader.
Duels I'm FranceeRnd Italy.
France has about AO0 duels Q
yeas, and Italy a.sQo Cd p average.
Sharp County record., 1903-10-02
For Saloat Shows Drug Store
E'asllinGt6n,s SchOol.

The Alabama legislature had a
warm discussion one day last
week over the negro problem
when a bill was up to appropriate
So, 500 for a negro college, Book
er Washington's methods were
severely condemned by several
members.
Mr.. Wood, who comes from
Tuskegee, where Washiugton's
school is located, was severe in
his denunciation of Washington
and his methods. He said, in
part:
"The Rev. Sam Jones has been
told by Washington and has
printed the statement that not
one Of his (Washingt0n's) stu
dents has been in the penitenti-
airy. A bigger lie than that has
never been told. The only two
legal hangings in. my county
were students Of Washington's s
school, and they were charged
with rape. Washington himself
has prosecuted some Of his stu
dents in the courts of my city.
"The records Of the courts will
show that some of Washington's s
pupils have been convicted Of
every crime known, and that
there is not a student of Wash
ingcon's school living in my
county now earning an honest
living. l am opposed to giving
money to educate the negro along
industrial lines"
Sharp County record., 1903-10-02
BateSyille Fire

Batesville, Ark, September q.
The store of L. G. Boggs, one
Of the leading grocers Of this city,
was partially destroyed by fire
this morning. At 3 o'clock the
alarm was turned in by the night
watchman and the fire depart
ment responded promptly and by
its heroic efforts a mighty conlla-
grafton sweeping the entire stock
was prevented. Tho entire con-
tents of the store are badly dam
aged, but are partially covered
by insurance. lncendidrism is
supposed to have been the cause,
as the fire originated in the base
ment Of the building.
Sharp County record., 1903-10-02
CarpctbasGerS.

Since the opening Of the CUB
hatorlal campaign Gov, Davis
ts persisted in calling Mr.. Van
rventer a carpetbagger because
sooth that gentleman is origi-
lily from Illinois. The other
y at Ozark Mr.. Vandeventer
We out some very interesting
ormation about "carpetbag-
rs' that are very near and dear
.5he governor. Mr.. Vandevon-
finds that C. d. James, the
,Sernor's appointee on the
''prity board and the man who
''ured the Johnson pardon is a
ankee carpetbagger" from
W Jersey. Mr., Barker and
Greenlee, two other members
the board, are "carpetbag-
Is" from Missouri, as is John
ge his purchasing agent of the
rd. Mr.. Applega,e, a mem
of the Worlds Fair board, is
carpetbagger" from New Jer-
while Chas. Jacobson, the
ernor's private secretary, al
comes from Missouri. Mr..
ldeyenter declared that a ma
ity of Gov. Davis appointees
'e "carpetbaggers," and he
e these only as samples.
Sharp County record., 1903-10-02

chronicIed, Advices have just
been recoeiyed by Manager r. W.
Milan Of the state worlds fair
commission that Powhatan,
Lawrence county, has come to
the front with a similar incident.
L. B. PoindeXter of that place is
the owner Of a Shorthorn req
istered COW that is the mother of
triplet calves. now four months
old and thriving. The same COW
previously was the mother Of
twin calves. In all probability
arrangements will be made to
have the cow and the triplets ex.
hibited at the worlds fair, in
which event blue ribbons and
premiums and any other honors
suitable in the promises will be
showered upon the Lawreuco
county COW.
While on a visit to Hot Springs
lately Manager iiilan secured a
photograph of the COW and triplet
calves on Mr.. Reynolds place.
He left last night for north Ark
ansas, and while in that part Of
the state he will visit Powbasan
and see Mr., Poindox,er's COW
Sharp County record., 1903-10-02
The Republic 8 Gro2t Offer.

Special arrangement has been made by The ST. Louis
Republic furnish old Or new subScr with the only
official and authot2cd life Of Pope Leo XII. This is one
great volume, bound in elegant cardinal CLOTH gilt and ink
stampng with Papal coat of containing nearly 500
pages Of text and Illustrations The work prepared
and written by Monsignor OReillp D. d. L. D., D. Lit,
of this book is s. 60 Any one remting 81 50 will be en-,
titled to eighteen months subscription to The Twice,a-
week RepnbIic and copy Of the book, postage prepaid
This offer is open to and old subscribers The book
is printed il English French and German and is now
st. Louis, Mo.
Sharp County record., 1903-10-02
and calves. Gazette.
An Important Question,

We heard the other day of a
young minister who was very
handsomely "takon down" by q
bright little girl, He had been
called upon quite Unexpectedly to
address a Sunday-school class
and to give himself time to col"
lect his thoughts, he asked a
question: "Children," said he'
"What shall speak about|' a
little girl on the front seat, VINO
had herself committed to mem
ory several decIamations, in a
shrili voice asked. "WhaL 40 you
know?"-EX.
Sharp County record., 1903-10-02
GENERAL NEWS.

NeuTSe ID. Mcclellan, son OF
The civil war general, aspires to
lbe mayor Of New York.
Lieut.. Hobson, of Merrimao
fame, is to become a candidate
j for congress in his district in
Alabama.
The populists OF Colorado as
! sembled in convention last week
and passed kresolutions denouuc-
! ing both the old parties.
4 A man died in New YORK a few
I days ago at the age Of 1Ol years.
/: and the physicians attributed his
death to the tobacco habit.
+ Folk democratic clubs are be-
Sing organized all over the state Of
h Missouri. One of the latest at
y Macon begins with 122 members,
4 A. S. Sherman, who WAS chos-
Zen mayor of Chicago in the eighth
Byear Of its corporate existence,
I, died recently in Michigan, aged
997 years.
Z Two masked men held up a
train near St, Joseph, Mo-, dyna-
mited the express safe, and cs-
capped with between five and ten
thousand dollars booty.
Rev. j. W. Roberts and wife Of
lAtlanta, Georgia, will separate as
ia result Of charges against Rev.
Roberts while president of the
Wesleyan Female College.
!, Frank Barber, a mountain
guide, mistook Fl. Jones, a
wealthy citizen of Baltimore for a
deer and instantly killed him near
,,5aranac Lake, New York,
4 After trial lasting eight days,
.he jury in the case of Curtis
ett, charged with the murder of
Town marshal Cockrill Of Jackson,
Ky, last yeas, returned a verdict
II guilty and fixed the punish
.,nent at death.
A suspicious character giving
lis name as Samuel Sweynon was
rrested by secret detectives last
eek. Sweynon was making all
Ilorts of efforts to see President
Roosevelt. He was decided to be
harmless crank,
W. P, Price, a farmer near
uthrie, Okla, last week shot and
lled a neighbor's boy named
arks, wounded mortally Parks
1 "other and wounded his own
on. Price claims the Parks boys
lrned his barn. He shot his
,vn son accidentally,
Prof. Max Wright. instructor
modern languages at Leland
.anford University, Grand Rap
), Michigan, died last week and
y rs buried in a coffin costing
so. There was no service at
+ 9 grave and the body was taken
a. its last resting place in plain
i agon. This simple burial was
,lered by Prof, Wright, who
= ough wealthy, disbelieved in
!, 5ish burials.
. /.
Sharp County record., 1903-10-02
Boys Wild EsIdc For Life.


With family around expecting hm
to die, and son riding for ifc, 10
miles, to get DR.. Kings New Dis
co'ery for Consumption, Coughs
and Colds. ". Il. Brown, of L"o.,
willie, Ind, endured draDh. agorrs
from asthma: but lms woud,rI"
medicine gayrgn>taul rrlIe, ami soon
cured him We writes: ! now sleep
sound}y every nigh" " Like mar
yclous cures of Consumption, Pnru-
monia, Bronchitis, coughs, Colds and
Grip prove i;s matchIcss merit for
all Throat and Lung troubles. Guar,
anleod bottles soc and aloo. Trial
bottles free at SHOWS drug store,
A rich dress and a poor mind
makes a bad combination.
Life is full of trials If it was
not, the lawyers would become
yagrants.
y2g KNOW WHAT y3g3g -4gN3
Wacu you take Groves ia,tcIess
Chill Tonic because the formula Is
plajnIy printed on every bottle show-
ing that it issrmply Iron and Qm,
nme in lasleIess form. No cure,
no pay 5oc.
Domestic infeIicity often grows
without care or cultivation.
Fearful Dda3a Against glism
Bedriddpn, alone and destitute.
Such in briri was the condition Of am
Old soldier 10y name OF J. j.Htvno
Versailles, O. For years he WAS
troubled with Kidney disease and
neither doctors nor N edIcme gave
him relief. At length he tried LIac-
TIC Buffers. 1t put HIM on his feet IN
short order aud now he tesuiies. Il
am on tn" road to complete recoy,
ery.' Best on earth for LAYER and
kIdney troabeS and all forms Of
stomach and Bowel Complaints
Guaranteed by Snow, the Druggi,D,
Come to the Record office for
all legal blanks.
The cheerful live long in years,
also in the estimation Of the peo-
Pile.
F0Eey'S Honey and Tar
SGr Chi!dreG,SGfessurt2, No CGi85eS
A mule never kicks twice in
the same place. 1t don't have to.
aBuCkaGM's ATnlca &aIyc
Has Worldwide fame for marvel
ous cures. 1t surpaSses any othc:
Salve, lotion, ointment or balm tor
Cuts, Corns, Burn>s BolIs, Sorcs,
Felons. Ulcers, Fever Sores, Salt
Rheum, Chapped Hands, Skin Erup,
lions, InfaIhble for Piles. Cure
guaranteed Only 25c at Shows
pro gs tore.
The picture Of despair is always
enclosed in bad frame of mind.
To Cure Cola One Day
Take Laxative Bromo.Quiuine
Tablets. All druggists refund the
money If it fails to ure, e. W.
Groves signature is Oh each box
25 cents,
Sometimes a mans crooked
ness is the result OF an attempt
to make both ends meet.
Sharp County record., 1903-10-02
TrIpIet Calves in Lawrence County.

A few weeks ago it was an
nounoed from Hot Springs that a
COW belonging to J, NJ, Reynolds
near that city was the mother of
triplet calves, and the item has
attracted widespread attention
because Of the rare occurrence
Sharp County record., 1903-10-02

The Record keeps on hand
a full supply of mortgages
deeds, title bonds, deeds of trust
and Justices blanks. When IN
need of these things bring or send
us your order.
Sharp County record., 1903-10-02
F0Eey's Kidney CSGrG
Gaakes kidneys end b!aGdce ei.z.ht.

Money may be the root of evil,
but it is the root of a great deal
of friendship.
If your blood is impure, thin DIS,
easeG, hot or full of humors, If von
have blood poison, cancer, carbuu-
cles, eating sores, scrojula, eczema,
itching, risjngo and Jumps, scabbN
pjmpIy skin, bone pans, catarrh, =,
rheumatism, or any blood or skin
disease, take Botanic Blood Balm
(B. b. BY according to directions,
Soon all sores heal, aches and pains
stop, the blood Is made pure and
rich, leaving the SKIN free from
every eruption, and glwng the rich
glow Of perfect health to the skin
At the same tune, Is B. b. improves
the digestion, cures dySpep Sla,
strengthens weak kidneys. Just the
medicine for old people, a. 1t gley>
them new, vigorous blood, Drug
glst, 81 per large bottle, with direc,
uonS for home cqYe. Sample free
and prepaid by writing Blood Balm
Co, Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble
and SPECIAL free medical adyjse also
sent IN sealed letter. Is. B. Is. is
especially advised for chrome, deep,
seated cases of impure blood and
skin disease, and cures after all else
fails
Sharp County record., 1903-10-02

drs. F, w. Plant, youngest
nghter Of former Senator and
ls. James X. Jones, died very
tdenly last week at Deer Riv,
minnesota, from heart yrou-
Sharp County record., 1903-10-02

CaIfoun's name recalls nul'iG
cation. When this heresy was a
its most rampants.age, the north
ern Senators depended larg .y
upon John Holmes, Of Maine, p
champion Of their side OF the
chamber, on account Of bis ready
wit. John Tyler red to Badge
him one day by asking VIVA. asr
become of that political firm once
mentioned by Randolph as
"James Madison, Felix Grlndy.
John Holmes and the devil"
"The partnership" answer.
Mr.. Holmes promptly, has been
legally dissolved. The senior
member is dead; The second has
gone into retirement; the third
now addresses you, and the last
has gone over to the nuihfiers,
and is elecUoueerirg among the
honorable Senator's GonsiJuf
ents."
Sharp County record., 1903-10-02
JeSlS Of Senator's.

John C. Calhoun. when Vice
President, did not believe that, as
the presiding officer Of the Sen
ate, he had any right to call Sem
ators to order for words spoken
in oebate. John Randolph, Of
Roanoke, abused this license 10y
a speech with the words:
Mr. Speaker mean, Mr.. Pres
idcnt of the Senate, and would-be
President Of the United States
which God, in his infinite mercy,
ayert!" and then launched into
one Of his characteristic TRADES.
Sharp County record., 1903-10-02

Clay and Webster were not
habituaI humorlsts, but both had
the gift Of entertaining as well as
of enthPalling their audiences,
Clay ran most to illustrative an
ecdote, While he was in the
House a prominent politician d.
serted the Whig par y In the hope
Of starting a general revolt, TO
his dismay, he found himself
quite alone, and then bent all his
energies to getting back into
good stapding The incident re-
minded Clay Of a story. Sal he:
GA stage coach took aboard a
passenger who insisted upon rid
ing with the driver and who dill
gently drew upon the contents of
q bottle carried in his 9reatcoat
pocket. When his potaions at
last overcome him he fell off. The
coach stopped long enough for
some charitable /travelers to alight
and pull the poor fellow out Of
the mud.
'Ha! he exclaimed as he
looked down at his tattered gar
ments, we had quite a (hic)
turnover, didn't we?'
oh, no. answered one of his
rescuers, there was no turnover,
You only fell Off
Il say he persisted, there
was a (hic) turnover, and | leave
it to the company
Everyone joined in assuring
him that the coach had not up
set.
" WELL he remarked ruefully,
as he tried to climb back to his
former perch, If I'd known that
(hic) l wouldn't have got off, -
On a certain afternoon the
Senate clock got a fit Of striking
in the midst of one Of Webstor'a
most effective speeches. After
it had struck fourteen or fifteen,
Webster held up one finger.
"Mr. President" said he, "the
clock is out Of order. l have the
floor"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-07
BILL WAS COUNTERFEIT
An Italian Passed Bad Note at Eagle
Grove Recently.
to Times

Special to TimeS-RepuDllCan.
Eagle Grove, Oct. Saturday af-
ternoon an Italian workingman stepped
into Johnson's grocery store and
asked to have five dollar greenback
changed into currency of smaller
denomination. The clerk to whom the
bill was presented did not notice that
it was counterfeit and gave the man
in return FIVE dollars in silver. Henry
Johnson. while making change at the
cash-drawer, happened to notice the
bill and thinking that 1t was not gen
uine, examined 1t more closely. Ascer-
tanning of the clerk what kind of a
looking man it was who presented the
bill and calling Marshal Keena, who
was on day duty, they went down to
the Great Western tracks and easily
found the man for whom they were
looking. Being accused OF passing the
bill he acknowledged the facts. The
marshal brought him back to the pump
house and searched him but did not
find any more money on him that was
not genuine. The man claimed he was
ignorant that it was not good and that
1t had been given to him by party
who lived near Williams. He said
that he worked OH the Illinois Central
railway with the grading gang.
Mr.. Johnson and the officers being
convinced that the man was telling
the truth and that he had been Inn
posed upon by some one who had taken
advantage OF his ignorance let him
go.
The bill Is an imitation of a U. S.
treasury note. series ID. and bears
the date of 1891 The bill is on exhi-
bition in the window of the Corner
drug store.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-07
GANG OF RAILWAY THIEVES.
.iiwaukee Railway Has Been Losing
Many Goods.

pecial to Times Republican.
Sheldon, Oct. Marshal John Spur
4 Sanborn. came here yesterday and
placed under arrest Henry Streeter on
J charge of having stolen property in
his possession, knowing the same had
been stolen.
On the morning OF Sept. "a, eight fur
)oats and one dozen blankets were
AIKEN from q car in the Milwaukee
ailroad yards at Canton. Five of
these coats were recovered In Sanborn.
where Streeter was trying to dispose
Vt them. He admitted having sold one
.oat at his trial in Sanborn, but as the
prosecution did not know OF the theft
1t Canton at that time Streeter was
discharged. Additional evidence has
now bean secured, and the prosecution
Is sure of an indictment.
The preliminary hearing was held at
Sanborn Tuesday a. m. before Mayor
Wilcox. County Attorney Morton will
prosecute for the state and Attorney G.
A. Babcock appeared for the defense.
The Milwaukee company has been
losing goods nearly every night all
along the Iowa and South Dakota di-
vision. and 1t is the intention of the
officials to break up the gang of
thieves.
Special Agent King, OF Chicago. one
OF the company's secret service men.
arrived at Sanborn today and COM
menced on a system of Investigation.
He has employed several assistants.
and 1t is expected that the thieves Will
soon be caught.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-07
MAKE CLEVER CAPTURE
Officers at Montezuma Catch
Man With Horse Stolen at
Upton Recently
THE CHASE WAS EXCITING ONE
Two Suspicious Looking Characters
Attempt to Dispose of Number of
Razors and When Attempt to Arrest
Them Is Made They Take to the
Woods.
pecial to Times Republican.

Montezunna, Oct Another horse
lhief suspect came to grief here sun
lay. Two men drove INTO town sun
lay morning IN one horse buggy, tied
1he horse at the hitching rack and
started out to dispose OF some razors
and some other property. One of them
approaching Constable Johnston and
tried to sell him a razor. After a little
conversation Mr.. Johnson began to
suspect something was wrong and
when they started to Grive away he
followed them, overlook them in the
west part of town and tried to continue
the converse tion but they We're in too
arrest them. They at once abandoned
he horse and buggy, which he took
md followed the oldes. one few
Nocks further west, where with the
telp OF c. n Van Alta and j. E. Harden
)e was captured and brought back and
bdged in jail, the horse safely stabl-
at Harden's barn. a large party on
horseback started after he other man:
nut SO far he Is still at large. Marshal
Nichols met them when they We're
bringing the captured man to Jail and
1T once recognized the horse as one
stolen at Upton last Thursday, notice
pf which he had received Saturday. Of
hcers at Upton We're notified by teie-
phone and arrived here Monday morn
Ing accompanied by the owner of the
zig, who identified his property to the
latisfaction of all concerned and start
ID home with 1t across the country.
Later the sheriff of Cedar county took
Ais man and started back by train. The
nan captured appeared to be about
twenty five years old. The one who
escaped seemed but boy about sew
lnteen or eighteen. Nothing could be
learned from the man as to his name or
residence. The officer who came after
YIN said he answered the description |
a man seen in Upton the day the
orse was taken and had not been seen
here since.