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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-08-13
Sheridan ana afra. nnnaa

John Kendrick Bangs, who Ii writ
ing the libretto for musical comedy
based on Sheridan's school for Scan.
dal." met friend the other day whom
he had not seen for some time.
What sort of thing Is this Lady
Teazle' you're writing?'' he inquired.
well" replied the author of "Cof-
fee and Repartee. sits a good deal
like the battle OF Winchester?"
His friend stared and asked: .Why
like the battle Of Winchester
Because, explained Mr.. Bangs.
sheridan is about twenty milesaway. .
-Harper's Weekly.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-08-13
popuLlsM BECOMING SOCIALISM.

What is left Of the populist party
has just assembled in Denver to revive
the platform. The silver issue Is dead
and there isn't much left OF the old
populist doctrine without 1t. In cast
ing about for new issues to fill the gap,
the populists turn naturally to the
platform OF the socialists, who are
coming to represent more and more the
permanent and temperamenta discon-
tent of the country. They go back 10
the Omaha platform of 1898, which be-
gan to represent the drift OF populism
towards socialism. The ideas they
think it worth while to reafirm are
government money, whether gold, sill
yer or paper; government ownership
of railroads, telegraph and the news
service; 'land for use rather than
speculation, and American ships for
American commerce without cent of
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-08-13

PROF. LANGLEY's airship took to
the water the first fiutter and devel-
oped great qualities as submarine
or sub. Potomac explorer. Who can
tell what wonders in the way of sky.
scrapers these submarine inventors
may have in store for usp
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-08-13

THE Sioux City .Ioarnal made us say
last week, speaking of the probable
desire of the old line insurance compa-
nies to return to this state for business
after while, ''They will want to re-
turn and will find it as easy as it Is to-
withdraw" Not on your tin type.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-08-13
Official Paper Of Union County

NOTWITHSTANDING the present out
break Of lynch law all over the country
the president does not seem to be infavor
Of it. Did you read his letter to Gov.
Durbin of Indiana?
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-08-13

"De worp am great big playhouse. :
said Charcoal Eph In one Of his runi-
native moods, s.an whilst de stahs am
doin' dey big stunts In de centah oh de
stage de rea' oh us am pnshin' scenery
an maxim thundahsto'ms wid de tin
sheet, Mistah jackson. z Baltimore
News
Morris tribune., 1903-02-21

every conceivable kind Of property
which we cannot class as real proper
ty and if had time to do SO, could
go on and show you that the laws OF
this state provide very fully for the
collection of taxes Levied op all pro-
perty within the state. Upon their
face, our tax laws are full and COM
plete. We find, however, that the
people are very much dissatisfied
with these laws. Numerous amend
ments have been proposed, and gen
orally there is a feeling that, to use
the common expression, something
ought to be done. Just what that
something" ought to be, is not very
clear in the common mind; but when
you find such dissatisfaction among
the people of the state, you may be
sure that our tax laws, for some rea-
son or other, are not working we'll. It
would seem that when the laws pro,
vide for the leyying and col Getting Of
taxes on real property and personal
property (and define personal proper
ty as broadly as do the laws of this
sta,e) that all property ought to be
reached. and everybody ought to be
satisfied. But the truth is that only
small per cent Of the personal pro-
perty in the state is really taxed. The
law is disregarded, and people, that
is a large number of them, do not pay
taxes on all the property they own.
Now this is hardship on the honest
man, he has to bear the burden of his
unscrupulous neighbor, and that IS
Just the reason why so many men are
dissatisfied with our tax laws.
Furthermore, we frequently f.d
cases where the payment OF taxes
would be real hardship on people.
Suppose man, a farmer if you
please, sells his real properly thus
converting it into money: He moves
to town. as so many do to spend the
rest Of their lives in ease and COM
fort, living on the income Of their
money which they have now loaned
out. In placing his money be has to
compete with other money lenders,
and among them some who DO not
pay taxes on their money, and hence
he cannot get more than 81 or 8
p~, & 4ntum per annum. He th1n lists
lis property, money or securities,
w ~ the assessor comes around, and
fluids to his CONSERVATION thlt the
taxes aloGe take more taan one half
of his income from his money. Certain !
Morris tribune., 1903-02-21

" no man will contend that in this
country the taxes ought to be high
And yet, if the laws of this state were
strictly enforced in the case | have
stated, the facts would be found just
as [ have stated them.
But tax on personal property is
unsatisfactory, not alone because
many people are dishonest, but be-
cause the value of personal property
fuctuates very much, and often a
man is really unable to say just what
his personal property is worth when
he comes to list it for taxation. Stocks
and bonds, shares in corporations,
and other securities fuctual in value.
| Or take the case of merchant selling
say 100000 worth of goods per
year. Upon how much should he
pay taxes? His stock of goods varies
at different seasons Of the year, and
may be especially light or heavy at
the time he is assessed. Then, too,
personal property, and especially
money, flows easily from one com
munity or from one state to another,
and if taxes are two high in one
county or state, the money can easily
be invested in another, hence we dare
not tax it too high, else we will drive
it away. This, Of course, must be
avoided.
But, laying aside all theories and
speculations, the facts are that we
have arrived at this state of affairs in
this state; men are devising all man
ner Of schemes to avoid taxation even
to perjuring themselves. I have often
been surprised to have men come to
me, men whom I would trust in any
business TRANSACTION, and ask me if
there is not some way in which they
can avoid paying taxes on their mon
ey or securities. And these men do |
actually scheme and plot to avoid
paying taxes, and thus cheat the
state. Their last resort is perjury,
that is, making false oath in the
listing of their property when they
list it for taxa ion. This fact alone
is, to me at least, sufficient reason for
making chang IS in our tax laws; we
don't want to make rascals Of our Cit
liens The state of Minnesota is rich
enough, and the public expenses low
enough so that if every property
holder paid his just proportion of the
taxes levied it would be no great
hardship on anyone.
concluded next week. !
Morris tribune., 1903-02-21

NJ MACHINERY
A Double Disc Drill

Is the only machine that will sow
grain equally well on old corn
ground, new breaking or old field,
as it kputs the seed in at even
depth and spreads it over wider
seed bed. It costs no more than
an inferior drill.
Morris tribune., 1903-02-21
THE oRnER oF rHE ACE"
do you SEEK RELIEF

From the burden of Business Correspondence? The
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-02-27
ra.DUTE 70 civ. PxlMx'S AoThER
EAs Inscription, Put On the Ho.1nsnt
Over Her Grave at Dayano {


The Inscription Pat On the No.1nsnt
Own Her Grave 1t Dayana
One OF the first duties of President
elect Palma when he landed in Cuba
was to find the body Of his mother.
who died during the war Of 1868 when
their home was broken up and the
family separated. The burial place on
the Guacmayo farm at Cauto was To-
Gated with the assistance Of Angela
Santana, who was with the mother Of
Senior Palma during her last hours and
marked the grave with stakes.
The body was exhumed and taken to
the cemetery at Bayamo. On the mar
BILE shaft erected over the new grave
was this inscription:
"Candelaria Palma, you fell here
tired and sick while following your
son who was fighting for the liberty
Of his country. Thirty years you have
slept under the solid layer Of earth
which covered you.
1.-THE people of Cauto come to awake
you and to say your son has come with
his head bound with laurels az . re-
ward of his virtues to take away your
precious remains. .,
"Arise, your country Is free and 10
in the hands of your son!"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-02-27
Woman Looked II . Vault.

"om0a Looked II Voo4ts
The combination lock of the large
vault of the adjutant generals once
10 eccentric and goes astray without
any provocation. Mrs. Ella Prior. .
former attache Of the ONCE, went into
the vault yesterday afternoon. with
her infant child in her arms, to use
the telephone, says . Trenton IN. ~
dispatch to the Philadelphia Press. j.,
She closed the door to shut of the
hearing of her conversation. When
she was through she discovered that
the combination and slipped q cog and
that she was locked in. The ONCE
employees had left, because it was
half holiday, and she tried vainly for
several hours to make herself heard.
She finally struck an idea, and
called up the janitor at the State
House and told him the predicament
she was in. and in a few minutes
workmen were using cold steel on the
cratic lock, and after five hours Of
hard work the former stenographer
and her crying baby were released. o.
This same lock went wrong at the
time Paterson was clamoring for help
because of the big fire, and cut OF
communication for several hours.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-02-27
OCEAN SPEED COSTS MONEY.

Greyhounds Of the Ocean Have Some
Disadvantages.
Much has been said of late regard.
ing the speed of the German Atlantic
greyhounds, says the London Tele.
graph, but not enough, perhaps, has
been said regarding the cost Of this
speed. The latest creation Of the
North German Lloyd, Kaiser Wilhelm
H., is designed to do twenty-four knots
an hour at an expenditure of 10000
indicated horse power. Our White
Star Line Cedric, the largest ship in
the world, will go seventeen knots
with $4,000 horse power. But, says
the Shipping World, the Kaiser vii.
helm will burn $50 tons of coal per
day, which is 100 per cent more than
the Cedric, and she will need 256 more
hands to work her. Curiously enough,
of her crew of 600, only AZ will be or.
binary sailors, the remainder being
mechanics of various orders. !.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-02-27

Having purchased the interest Of
the Worthington Milling Co. as
owned and operated by Mr.. A. H.
White in the past, ! am prepared to
pay the highest market price for
milling wheat and do an exchange
and retail flour business on a cash
basis.
Until further notice I will deliver
flour and feed to any part of the
city and will be prepared to do
custom grinding ON Wednesday and
Saturday Of each week.
The BEST" Patent and Pearl
White flour will be delivered for
$500, cash, per sack, Star at 9Oo.
Granulated wheat, Breakfast food
6 ID for zoe. and Corn meal IL ID
sacks Is, Graham, lab Csc.
Soliciting your patronage and
thanking you IN advance for any
business you may turn my way.
Respectfully,
81. V. MILLAR.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-02-27
THOUGHT HE NEEDED RI.
Country Girls UncaIled-for Sympathy
With Millionaire -

Country Girls Uncailed-for Sympathy
With Millionaire.
Frank Benson, the present owner OF
Montauk Point, tells the following
story of his father, who originally
bought the Montauk property at auc-
ton for }15O,000. The senior Ben.
son was so much in love with the
country that he spent most of his
days fishing there. One day maid
from The Inn wandered out toward
the lone fisherman, and, seeing his
goodly catch, said:
my! What a lot of fish. What are
you going to do with them?"
'Sell EN-, perhaps" was the re.
spouse.
"Well, perhaps you could sell them
up at The Inn. YoS ought to make
a good deal of money out of them,
and" she added, sympathetically,
goodness knows you look as though
you nee@ed it!"-New York Times.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-02-27
The Girl and the Boy.

An Atchison mother died recently,
leaving two children, a girl of eight
and boy Of nine. The kind neigh
bors assembled in the parlor, held the
girl on their laps and wiped away her
tears, and made her smile with prom.
Uses Of dolls and books and candy. At
the close Of the first long day the boy
was needed to go on an errand and
it was found that he had not been
seen since early morning. A search
was made, and, contrary to the ex.
pectation of many women present,
he was not out playing, but in the
loft, where he had spent the whole
day alone sobbing his heart out on
the hay,-Atchison Globe. -
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-02-27
Public Sales.

Following il a list of the Public
sales bills recently turned out by
The A dvan 9, together with
the names Of persons holding sales,
dates and location where said sales
will be held:
JOHN ERICKSON,
on March 4th, on southeast quarter
dissection 6, Worthington township
CHAS SCHINKEL,
on March 5th, on northeast quarter
of section II, Dewald township.
JACOB SELINE,
on March 9Th, on northeast quarter
of section %, Bigelow township.
These sales include varied
assortment of live stock, machinery
and household goods.
The Advance prints sale bills
almost every hour Of the day: For
good, prompt work bring 'em here.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-02-27

A Safe Hiding Place.

When Patrolman George Piepen.
bring Of the First District drew his
salary the other day he picked out .
new crisp ten-dollar bill, and, rolling
It into as small . wad as possible,
rnmmed it into the bottom of his re-
volver holster, says the Cincinnati
Enquirer. Other policemen who had
been watching aim were puzzled at
this act and asked for an explanation.
At first he evaded, but finally, under
pressure, replied that his wife had q
deadly fear of a pistol. This explana-
ton seemed to be satisfactory, but in
view Of the fact that he has not been
married many months his friends are
wondering how he managed to catch
On so quickly.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-02-27
Deaths OF Turkish Gultans,

Abdul Hamid, sultan of Turkey, has
Just celebrated his Goth birthday. Thir-
V-four Othmans have reigned in Tur-
Key and the longest reign was less
than fifty years, Solyman l. having sat
upon the throne from 1920 to 1865.
Only one sultan in the nineteenth con-
fury, only one In the eighteenth and
only one in the seventeenth ruled
longer than Abdul, and most OF his
predecessors have been slain or put in
chains before their friends weie able
to wish them many happy returns Of
their Goth birthday.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-02-27

ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS A BOX
is the value II. A. Tisdale, Summer
ton, s. c., places on DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve. He says: II had the
piles for 90 years. I tried many
doctors and medicines, but all failed
but DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve.
1t cured me-" 1t is a combination
of the healing properties of Witch
Hazel with antiseptics and emolli-
ents; relieves and permanently cures
blind, bleeding, itching and protrud-
ing piles, sores, cuts, bruises, eczema
salt rheum and all skin diseases.
Sold by all druggists.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-02-27
Graham Corn Meal,
Breakfast Food, r y.e
Meal, Rye Flour. at
wholesale prices, de1iv-
ed at your door. tr1f.
ington Milling Co., H. Y.
Mi1lar, Mgr.

T. J. Jackson made business trip
to Sibley Thursday afternoon.
G.. Patterson returned from trip
to points in Iowa, Thursday noon.
Andrew Langseth arrived from
southern iowa, Thursday to visit
relatives.
.. There will pe union prayer
meeting tonight at z 80 at the Con-
gregational church.
Wanted-A roomer, a lady per-
ferred. Steam heat and bath room.
Inquire at this Office. If.
In all the world no medicine like
Rocky Mountain Tea, the system
purifier and vitalizer; it builds your
health from the ground up. Try it.
IS cents. CITY Pharmacy.
Mrs. John Montgomery visited
relatives Brewster Wednesday and
Thursday.
Ihave used Chamberlain Cough
Remedy for number of years and
have no hesitancy in saying that it
is the best remedy for coughs, Gods
and Group I have ever used in my
family. have not words to express
my confidence in this remedy
Mrs. ]. A. Moore. North Star Mich.
For sale by all druggists.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-02-27
Washlnoton'e Numerous Pews,

It Is hardly conceivable that George
Washington could have remained the
richest man in America had he paia
rent for all the church pews accredit.
cd to him. Scarcely q village that
had q church in his day but points
with pride now to the Washington
family pew. It is true, however, that
he had much need Of the invocation
Of spiritual grace, for when he lost
control Of . temper, never very mild,
% he did at Trenton and other places,
he was quite capable Of swearing Z
volley of good, round oaths.-Peters.
burg Index-Appeal.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-02-27
When q Man 10 Drunk,

An English magistrate has added
another to the many judicial dicta on
the subject Of how to test whether q
man IL drunk or not. "Were you
drunk3" asked counsel Of q. witness In
. case 1T Norwich. well, I knew
what was doing" replied the witness.
"Ah," interrupted the recorder, when
q man is drunk and knows that he II
drunk, then he is not drunk; but when
he Is drunk and does not know that
he is drunk, then he 10 drunk, In
deed"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-02-27

Schools Of Mental Arithmetic.
In East Indian schools mental
arithmetic is a vastly more serious
matter than it is in the schools of
this country. Catch questions are nu.
merous. and pupils of 10 years are
taught to carry the multiplication
table up to forty times forty.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-02-27
Pure Rye F1our!! | am
putting up pure rye
flour in IL lib. sacks.
You do your own
adulterating. Per sack,
3Oc. delivered. --.WOrth.
inQt0n Milling Co., H. Y.
Mi1!ar, Manager.
LOCAL NEWS.

N. a. Austin. made business trip
to Window Wednesday.
C. Murdoch left for Murray county
Thursday noon on a business trip.
Quick Meal Ranges the most
durable and low priced. Dieckhoff
Bros.
E. L. Nance left for Sioux City
Thursday on a few days business
trip.
For heavy body maple wood
and tamarac wood, see the Col.
man Lumber Co.
Every pound of the Worthington
Milling Company's produce quaran-
tied or money refunded. n. V.
Millar Mgr.
The Young Peoples Travel circle
of the Congregational church will
meet next Saturday evening-Feb.
%. Fuller notice later.
Foley's Honey and Tar is best for
Group Ind whooping cough. contains
no opiates and cures quickly. Care
full mothers keep it in the house.
Five hundred bushels of Northrop
Kings northern grown kiln dried
yellow dent seed corn for sale at
all four points. Douglass elevator
Co. If.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. E. Fon berg re-
turned to Window Thursday after
spending a few days with friends
in this city.
The hest physic. "Once tried and
you will always use Chamberlain g
Stomach and Liver Tablets,' says
William A. Girard, Pease vt. These
Tablets are the most prompt, most
pleasant an most reliable cathartic
in use. For sale by all druggists.
Mr.. and Mrs. Broich of Wilmont
passed through town today on their
way to. Iowa to visit relatives.
One Minute Cough Cure strength
ems the lungs, wards off pneumonia
and is harmless and never filing
cure in all durable cases of Coughs,
Colds and Group. One Minute Cough
Cure is pleasant to take, harmless
and good alike four young and old.
All DRUGGISTS.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-02-27

The West Virginia legislature will
be asked this winter to appropriate
money for the erection of suitable
monument to James Rumsey. who,
many claim, has the right to the dis
tinction of having first used steam a.
q motive power in a boat.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-02-27
SITE Of Ancient Battlefield.

Site Of Ancient Battlefield.
During some excavations in Leices-
ter (Eng.) recently workmen unearth-
ed q number of skeletons in an excel
lent state Of preservation, as well as
a quantity Of Roman pottery and
broken sword. Local antiquarians be-
lieve that the spot represents the site
Of an ancient battlefield.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-02-27
COURT DOINGS.

The case of M. E. .Lawton vs.
c. H. Right which was on trial the
first of the week, answer was with
drawn and passed to the court
calendar to be heard by the judge.
In the case case Matthias Jenson
vs. John Cox, on trial Tuesday and
Wednesday verdict was rendered
for the plaintiff.
The case of D. B. Kumler VS. John
Harden was settled. The case of
G. F. Hilstrom VS. j. A. Atkinson
on trial now.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-02-27

Oil cake meal for sale at the
Worthington mill, H. V. Millar.
Mgr.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-07-15

find any simple cycles in atmospheric
phenomena or any simple relations be-
tween solar and atmospheric phenom-
ena.
"Since the days of Calico meteor
ologists must treat the solar radia-
ton as uniform and must study the
mechanics of an atmosphere on a
rough round surface under a uniform
solar radiation. 1t is only after we
have solved the mathematical diff
culties involved in this latter prob
lem that we shall be prepared to study
with success the influence of the
variations of the solar radiation"