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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-05
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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-05
Now What Will You Do?

Editor Oil Review:
Dear Sir:-It has been said
that 80 per cent of our citizens
is comprised of mechanics, mer-
chants, farmers, laborers and
small holders. These are the
men who have heretofore sup
piled the bulk of our revenue.
Being honorable they as class
have not shirked or lodged
when the tax collector came
around. Every man Of this class
of little interests would have hail
ed with joy any tax reform
which would have relieved them
Of even a part of the burden
which should have been borne
by the 10 per cent of big inter-
ests. Now, what are they-the
little interests-to think after re-
ioicing in the hope that the Daw>
son laws was to do them justice
and place the tax where it in JUS
tice belonged, on the property OF
the rich man? What were they
to think when they read the law
and found that while coal, oil and
gas were not taxed only as per-
sonal property, that is to say, if
any was on hand on April 1, it
could be appraised. That the tax
was not increased on railroads !;
that a leasehold bore no tax; in
fact, that almost the whole bur-
den of taxes had been placed on
them? If the old law was bur-
densome to them, the new law
was ruinously worse. That 1t
searches out every dollars. worth
they own and assess it at a value
much greater than they can IN
nine cases out Of ten sell 1t for.
That it makes no exemptions for
the mortgage on the laborer S
poor little home, thereby causing
him to pay taxes on something
he does not own, and also to pay
interest to the man who owns the
lien. That it causes him to pay
taxes on all of the improvements
he may make and on all of his eff
fects even down to the dipper
that hangs on his we'll. Then
what must the farmer think when
he is forced to pay taxes on his
nest egg in his hen house up to
the oil and gas which belongs by
leasehold to the party who holds
lease on his farm. If his land
is being operated and he is get
ting production does the lease
holder pay taxes on his seven
Fights The law don't say so. lie
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-05

Just pays on the amount that may
be in the tanks on the LIST day of
April. The law don't make any
exemptions for the farmer. All
you can see on top of the earth
all you can think of in the bow
els of the earth; what belongs to
him; what belongs to the lease
holder; everything is listed to the
farmer. If he lists correctly and
swears the truth he will be ruin
ed. If he tries to dodge, and
swears lie he will be ruined
some more. Now,'Mr. Editor, what
is the wretched creature to do?
He cant sell, for who would own
land if this law is fastened on us.
If he gives away his farm he will
have no home. In olden time the
fates decided to choose a beast of
burden to serve all peoples. From
it's endurance, strength and adap-
liability to endure hardships and
meager fare they concluded that
the ass was peculiarly fitted to
fill that position. And to this
day it has filled that humble
place. 1t seems that our tax re-
formers have placed the farmer in
that same position, and it but re-
mains to be seen whether they
can hold him there or not. His
load is packed. Will he bend his
back and let them fasten it on
him and his children forever?
w. C.. B.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-05

so all over the State, the big land
owner may suffer inconvenience
from this unjust law, but the
small landholder must 60 to the
wall. He cannot afford to pay
one dollar more than he has
been paying, and being forced to
pay on so much more personal
property than he has been pay
ing on heretofore, and being
taxed with what underlies his
farm, something he cannot realize
on, his ruin is sure. The big hold
ers can pay; we, the common far
mers. will first have to mortgage
or sell; if not, all then what IS
of the most value-our oil, gas
and coal. If at the end Of four
years if the majority Of our now
prosperous farmers own then
farm it will only be the surface.
The shell without the kernel. The
object of the Dawson law will
have been accomplished. The
valuable portion of West Virginia
lands, the minerals and oil and
gas will have passed from the
possession of the rightful owner
to be clutched by the greedy
fingers of the men who are to be
benefited by the spoilation of one
of our best classes of citizens
the farmers. When that shall
have happened the Infamous Daw-
son law will surely be repealed,
for then the object for which it
was created will have been ac-
complished. With the law so
plainly shown to be ruinous to
the farmer, what are we to think
of the bosses and their hirelings
persuading, coaxing and begging
them to vote for the very men
who framed the law and who are
pledged to perpetuate it. Must
we not question their intelligence
or their integrity? Many a time
7 have seen the owner with yoke
behind him and ear of corn held
temptingly out to view coax ms
credulous OK to him, and while
the poor brute was devouring the
corn he had the yoke firmly fas'
tened on his neck. The yoke the
Dawson law has been manufac-
tured for the farmer, laborer and
small holder, and it remains to be
seen how many of them are will
ing to have it fastened on their
servile necks. If Dawson and the
Republican legislators are elected
there will be no escape whether
Won have advocated and voted for
it or not. We all alike will feel
it's CALLING weight. But the man
who has intelligence, and II ne
has read the law will surely not
vote to destroy himself, his fam
ily and his neighbors simply be-
cause a clique of scoundrels at
the head of his party have requlr-
ed him to do so. q. Z. r.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-05
This Will Interest Many Men.

B. j. Longwell, the Wheeling
publisher, says that if anyone af-
hicted with varicocele or are
weak where perfect men are
strong, will send their address to
him at Wheeling, W. Va, (send
no money! he will direct them to
a perfect cure. He will tell you
how he was cured after years of
search for relief. Hundreds have
tested this with success. Write
today. 4.2l-d&w.h
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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-03-05
An Unusual Suicide.

That 1t is possible to commit suicide
by simply holding ones breath has
been clearly proved by a respondent
Norwegian. who killed himself in this
very unusual manner. When he deter
mined to die he closed his mouth and
nostrIls and by mere force of will
vented his lungs from doing their PROB
er work.
This case is the more remarkable as
there has long been a popular notion
that no human being could by mere
will, power stop the action OF the lungs
for more than one or two minutes. For
this reason it attracted much attention,
and a French writer commenting on it.
says;
ITO persons Of good taste who are
weary Of life this method of commit
ting suicide will certainly commend It.
self. one reason being because the body
is not disfigurcd thereby and another
because the act can be committed in
any place and at any time. 1t is true
that sensitive or nervous persons will
IevPr he able to kill themselves i'm this
manner. for. simple as it seems. the
act Of retaining ones breath until death
comes can only he performed by one
who is either unusually phlcgmatlc OF
endowed with very strong will"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-03-05
"uraI New England Gaining.

tatistics given of the north CEN
tral and New England states show that,
taken as n whole, the rural sections are
not being depopulated, but are increas-
ing in population at a gradually ac-
cclerated rate. Townships and villages
located near large cities as a rule,
show the greatest gain in population.
Better methods of transportation and
communication and improved social
conditions actually do tend to stop the
depOpulation of the rural districts The
reasons which may be given for this
increased rate of growth in the popula-
ton of the rural and suburban districts
are many. They may be conveniently
classified as follows: First, recent
changes and improvements in indus
trial methods and conditions; second
The Improvement I'm the home and so
.ial life of rural communities due to bet
ter methods of transportation and COM
nunication.-Popular Science Monthly.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-03-05
wiIes of the Medicine Man.

Here is n brief account Of the wiles
of the southwestern medicine man as
described in George Wharton James
story, "The Indians of the Painted
Desert Region"
The ways Of the Uavasupai medi-
cine men are similar to those of fakirs
in all lands and ages. l have seen
Rock Jones after examining a patient
jump up and excitedly eXclaim: 81 can
see into your head and all through your
brains, down your throat and into your
stomach, through your kidneys. blad-
der, intestines. and you are sick, very
sick, very heap sick. But l am good
medicine man. can cure you sure; l
can cure you quick. But you must
promise to give me So. Don't forget l
must have So"
In one case with which l was famil-
lar the medicine man declared that the
heart of one sick man had gone away
to the tOpmOst peak Of one of the can
yon walls. 1t would cost several dol
lars to charm it back, but he could do
it. Yielding to the pleadings of the
man without the heart, he began to eX
ercise his charms and incantatiOns, and
the next day he came in and declared
lie had seen it return during the early
morning hours and his patient would
recover. His prognostication was cor
rect. The man was soon well and
strong and paid his six dollar fee for
having his heart returned to him with
due gratitude and thankfulness.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-03-05
WORTHY OF EMULATION.
Women of n Maryland Town Doing
Good Work.

The Rockville WOman's club OF Rock
vile, Md, has taken steps looking to
the artistic Improvement of that town,
with special relation to the sidewalks
and streets. which are represented to
be sadly in need of repair. A commit
tee of members, under the name of the
village improvement committee, has
been appointed from the club to devise
ways and means. and it has already
been proposed to organ.z" Il fund by
the collection of 10 cents Il month from
citizens who are willing to give that
amount of aid. Other means will also
be devised to secure money necessary
for the proposed improvements. and 1t
Is practically certain that the move
mcnt will succeed and become Il valu-
able factor in the general community
welfare.
The movement is in line with that
inauguratcd by the women of Chester
town. Kent county, Il number of years
ago, says the Baltimore News. RcaliZ-
ing the Objectionable condition into
which the public square had fallen.
the women organized. raised funds and
rebuilt the square, with an attractive
fountain in the center. Each woman
"matle up her mind" and waived the
privilege of the sex of changing it, and
the project was n success.
Women have always been identified
with all good movements in a communi-
ty. either by influence or direct partic-
ipation. and the action of the Woman's $
club of Rockville is an example worth
emulation by the women of other towns
in the counties. where opportunities for
doing good are so numerous and the
need of concerted action of this sort so
often and painfully apparent. Here's
to the women of Rockville, and may
they make that town "a thing Of beau
ty and Il JOY forever
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-03-05
PROTECTION FROM FIRE.
Every Town Should Have Good
Fire Department.

Every community should be provided
with modern fire fighting apparatus, as
scarcely week passes but there is
chroniclCd the destruction of some town
or village by fire. No town should be
without at least one steam fire engine
and Il well equipped ladder truck.
With these and with water not too far
away fire may be confined to the build
ing in which it starts under ordinary
circumstances.
There are several plans by which an
efficient body of firemen may be ready
at the call. Some cities that are not
able to atrORd a paid department have
a half rate force, which, with sufficient
apparatus, renders the municipality
comparatively safe. Towns of less size
are fairly protected with volunteer
companies, and when these volunteer
organizations are actuated by the
proper spirit and receive the support
of the citizens at large they furnish
force that Is all that is required.
In an Illinois town the fire depart
mcnt is composed of volunteers, who
are relieved of poll tax and get 81
apiece for every fire they attend. The
first teams to hitch to the engine, hose
carts and hook and ladder wagons get
81 apiece, and the result is that this de-
partment is the peer of salaried depart
nents in many towns of greater size.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-03-05
HUSTLING FOR THE TOWN.
Reforms Accomplished by n Michi-
gan Improvement Association.

Reforms Accomplished by n Michi-
gan Improvement Association.
a town bcttermcnt society known as
the Band of IIustlers. which was or
panizcd in Michigan town about a
year ago, has accomplished Il great
many needed reforms. 1t is composed
exclusively of women, the wives and
daughters of prominent citizens, and
meets once month. The club has sew
eral committees, but the most impOr-
tant one is the municipal committee,
and this committee is busily employed
in making the town more desirable
place of rcSidenc" than it is.
1t Is Il sort of vigilance committee to
observe the brcahcrs of city laws. Its
members can cause the arrest of per-
sons violating street ordinances. The
small boy who throws banana skins
recklcSSly about, the man who tosses
newspapers into the gutter, the woman
who filings parcel wrappings recklessly
aDout-all have the keen eyed and stern
minded municipal committee to reckon
with.
Recently the committee purchased
street wastcbaskets for the town. 1t
has Informed itself concerning the pos
siblitics of levying taxes for street
sprinkling purposes. 1t concerns itself
with keeping SiEnboards In condition
and discusses the perishable nature of
wooden Signboards and the expense Of
iron ones with Il view to reaching some
conclusion which will not leave the
wayfarcr without guide posts. 1t stud
les the park system and delves into bot
any in order to be able to suggest suit
able trees for the city parks.
Altogether it Is valuable municipal
society
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-03-05

truly very pretty, mother. He Is i'm
pulsive too. | know for the time he
loves me with all his heart. Maybe
else-with all his heart. Maybe also
he will keep on doing it all his life.
And love him. mother. But he has
saved and spared me this much-he
has never given me the chance to tell
him so. Now | know why. Let us
both be grateful and show 1t by help
ing to make things easy for him. Peo-
pie will gossip wildly over this un-
beard of wife We must pretend to
have been in the secret"
Can you do it? Are you strong
enouSh:" Mrs. AStOn said. drawing
Marcia'S head within the hollow Of her
arm.
Marcia nestled closer and said clear
ly: 81 must be strong enough. mamsie.
You must be strong enough. We Will
begin by going to church tomorrow.
That will be the hardest thing. Oh,
how | dread facing all those curious
eyes
mo more than we do. Therefore
all of us must stay away" Ivor Nor
ris said. coming around the corner of
the piazza Madeira vines grew so
rank there they hid everything. Ivor's
eyes danced bit, but his mouth was
grave and even set. lie half led, half
dragged. n very pretty woman, whom
he seated unccremoniously beside Mrs.
Aston. I'VE walked across the woods,
Melainie and |, on purpose to ask your
good offices. Meainie is Mrs. Morris,
but not my wife That honor belongs
to my cousin Graham, who didn't know
he was a Morris until six weeks back.
1t seems his mother, when very young,
married privately my wild Uncle Roy
nj, disagreed with him and ran away
from him before Graham was born.
The day after she left Uncle Roy broke
his neck In the hunt, but it was months
before his widow knew 1t. When she
did know she married IN old lover,
who adopted her son and brought him
up as his own. | am, 1t seems, very
like my uncle When she saw me the
first time, Just after | came here she
broke down and told me the whole
story She did not know how much
of the Morris fortune was entailed or
that in proving Graham the eldest
heir male | was half beGgaring my
self All that has. however. settled IT.
self Graham is a trump. He Will
take over High Brook on account of
the twins Still I'm not so bad a match
don't dare ask Marcia to marry me.
I've been on the point of doing it fifty
times at least But who could be bru-
tai enough to ask princess to exist
on nothing Il year.?
Don't scold him. please. | have
done that already" Melainie entreated
prcttily. holding Marcia's hand. Mar
cia stood very straight and asked Sc
vcrely. trying to frown on lvor as she
spoke: "IIow long had you been behind
those vines? Did you dare eavesdrop?"
'CertHinly. | love to confOund prov
cribs" Ivor said audaciously. Listen
crs do sometimes hear good Of them
selves. But | know it was wrong.
III do any penance you may set me
after
after what?" Marcia asked as he
stopped tentatively. his eyes entreat-
ing.
After the wedding day. sweet
heart" he said. Then. needless of 9th
ers present. he took her in his arms.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-03-05
As to a Baby.


A baby is n wellspring of Joy.
If any one should call you up by phone
and ask you about 1t.
To have darling boy
Is a constant source Of pleasure Oh. DO
not ever doubt 1t!
When talking to your friends
You never say anything about walking
the floor with 1t at night
Or how it sends
Travelling up and down your spine such
spasms of delight.
You tell them how 1t smiles
And winks at you and knowingly says
"Coo, coo!"
Never mentioning the miles
And miles and miles you travel while II
makes pack horse of you.
Oh. baby is the greatest thing on
earth,
And merry life the father leads.
Although from the moment of its birth
1t keeps him broke trying to buy half the
things it needs.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-03-05
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

That ST. Paul man who can talk cat
language will probably do 1t for you
at so much pur.
Some people might think it would be
better to be dead lion or dead most
anything else than a live dog.
When man buys the lead pencils
that he uses it must be that he has
nothing else to do with his money.
When every day is Sunday, Of course
the preachers will have to get good,
stiff raise in salary.
If love is species Of intoxication.
that is perhaps the reason why a mar
riage license is required.
Some men are sad because they can
not get out of debt, and some men are
hopping mad because they cannot get
in.
Sometimes you find an honest green
grocer, though there are people who
think the terms are synonymous.
One place to find dumb bellies is at an
institution for the deaf.
While the Congressional Record does
not run to light literature, 1t contains
more fiction than the average reader
Night imagine.
When a foxy man is in love. instead
of asking some one to say good word
for him he gets three or four girls to
plug against him.
Strange to say. the farmer never calls
in corn doctor when his corn crop is
threatened.
When a man arrives at the age Of
fifty, he does not believe In love unless
he happens to fall n.
Love may be blind, but It has good
ears as a whisper will reach It
Doubtless men who cannot read and
write cipher these accomplishments.
Would the job of justice Of the
peace be classed as one of the fine artist
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-03-05
Humor ane Philosophy
opyright, 1908. by Sampson. Hodges Co.
MAGIC OF THE DOLLAR
BY DUNCAN N. SMITH

With dollar in your pocket
You may hold your head on high,
Just as though you owned the village
And the countryside hard by:
Like n man who has a coal mine,
Or who let's farm on rent,
But you take a mighty tumble
When you haven't got n cent
With n dollar in your pocket
You can look men in the eye.
Step around like great Lord PickaX
When 1t comes your turn to buy.
Only crook your little finger
And the waiter flies to you.
But things take a different aspect
When you haven't got n sou.
Though It is the root OF evil.
Cause of trouble. source OF woes.
Money comes In mighty handy
To have round your Sunday ciotheeL
II you have the bright spondulix
You're the cheese beyond a doubt,
But you're little Willie No-one
When your money has run out
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-03-05
About the Same Thing.

He called on n celebrated architect
to consult him on professional business.
what kind Of fence would look
best around the earth?' he asked.
"Do you own the EARTH" asked the
architect in alarm.
Not yet" replied the man, but am
in the automobile repairing business"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-03-05
Thinking Them Out.

"Are you writing much original stuff
now"
Just some anecdotes of Abraham
Lincoln. That Is about all"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-03-05
One Thing Sure.

Our lives are fixed by accident:
We scurry here and there:
Things that we do with good intent
May vanish in thin air.
But one things certain in advance
The rule don't give an inch
That though life Is a game Of chance
Yet marriage is a cinch.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-03-05
To Where He Had Fallen.

"What is Clarence doing nOwT
writing poetry for the magazines"
"That man will do anything for
money"