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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-03
REAL TAX REFORM.

H-GIEEENB4HaM#I HEM-l-s
Mr. yinson made it very clear il
his speech at the Opera House on Sat
urday that Marion county is now pay
ing more than its share Of the State
taxes and that by the new Law we
shall ave about $4,000 a year. This
IS q very plain proposition, and all
who heard the speech will appreciate
the following editorial in yesterdays
Wheeling News:
The first result of the new tax laws
VIII De felt in Ohio county next year.
This result will he a direct saving to
the taxpayers Of Ohio county of over
$25, GOO.
twenty-five thousands dollars is
rather 2 large sum Of money. The
News believes the citizens OF Wheel
ing would rather keep it al home than
give it 20 the STATE, which will be
cone if the az laws are repealed next
winter as certain politicians say they
viii try to DO If they are elected.
This saving of $4,000 to Ohio ccrn-
ty next year is direct u absolute. It
isn't wiped ont by Increased county
costs" or Increased Valuations" 1t
- "iH'lIr 'iH" SuDtlf icLlplI 81 lIdL
amount from the county tax bill.
The first operation CT the new tax
laws is the reduction Of the direct
State ia. from 35 TO 24 cents. This
reduction of II cents is effective next
year The bugaboo about the assess
ment OF real estate at its true and &C
tual EaIue has no effect on this prop
Dsition. That assessment law does
not go into effect until 1906, and that
year the State tax will be cut to 10
cents or less. Next year then the
first reduction of II cents becomes eff
fectiVe the assessment will be made
under present laws.
The count of Ohio pays into the |
State treasury $4,000 q year raised |
by the levy Of So cents upon real and
personal properly. The reduction of
this taH t. - cents viii rcduca this
sum to $4,000 next year. IN short,
average vi at least two dallars to
each voter VIII be saved TO the coun-
~. Is not this real tax reform?
More than this. there is a probable
Of greater savings oven than The
reduction Of the direct State tax.
~ 80! > i"pS co, Gel tam Is idE
succeeds night, if the law is not re-
Dealed. The new law requiring the
assessment Of railroads.. street rail
pipe lines. telephone lines, tel
aSraph lines. fast frcighIs and kin
corporations at their true and ac-
Ial value becomes effective next
This means a vastly increas-
ID revenue for Ohio county. 1t means
III income SO large that it will enable
he Oun commissioners 10 relieve
cal estate and personal of
considerable portion Of the county
by reducing the present county
evies. REMEMBER, ALL THIS
WILL TAKE PLACE NEXT WEAR
JMOER TIE PRESENT SYSTEM
81 Assessment. TIE ASSESS
OF PROPERTY AT ITS TRUE
MD ACTUAL VALUE DOES NOT
% INTO EFFECT UNTIL THE
TAX IS PRACTICALLY OF
LIBERATED, At WHICH TIME {
:ACH COUNTY WILL BE DOING
is OWN ASSESSING AND ITS :
WIN TAXING FOR LOCAL PUR-
ONLY-A CASE OF HOME
'ULE IN TAX MATTERS. !
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-03

h Democrats in Congress yer
pleased 10 term the pension roll as
our gigantic popularity and party
campaign pay roll affirming that it
was a canda and shouted "subsidised
patriotism is an insult TO American
love Of country thereby showing
their animus toward the entire sys-
tenn, and then have the daring 20 ask
for the support of the very men they
thIS malign.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-03

WANTED-By man n wife; two
furnished rooms for light housekeep
ing; centrally located. 121 Main ST
ished complete, to man and wife: pos
itively no children. 2OG Jefferson ST
FOR RENT-A fOur-rOom cottage
with water and gas. Apply SOP Locust
Ven
WANTED-Youns lady, neat appear
ance, good talher, to travel on new
proposition: experience not necessary.
w. J.. Schell, Kenyon Hotel.
WANTED-Six boarders. Apply 329
Water street.
FOR SALE-Fine penny picture cam
era; completes; tirst-class order; cheap.
Box 353, city.
WANTED-A lady to do plain sew
ing. Apply at 32G Monroe rec
FOR RENT-Basement room, front
inS on Parks avenue, under Citizens
Dollar Savings Bank.
WANTED-A girl to do general
homework for small family-no wash
lnS. Apply west S1TSlnldn ONCE.
FOR RENT-Two houses on Raymond
street; six rooms; city and well wa
ter and gas; terms, SIP per month.
w. Mason.
FOR SALE-One dresser, some lace
curtains, stand tables, hall carpet and
other furniture. VIII sell cheap at
once. Call at 423 Jackson street.
FOR RENT-Furnished rooCls. Al
ply 325 Walnut avenue.
RENT-A few choice OI7cI |
rooms in the new Peoples Bank build
ing. Apply at the Peoples Bank.
RENT-A number of fine office
rooms for rent in the Geo. III. Jacobs
building, Monroe street. Inquire OF
Geo. NJ Jacobs, County Clerks Office.
WANTED-Places for students to
room and board. Address Principal
Of the Normal, Fairmont, w. Va.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-03

With both Republican factions guar-
~anteeinS the electoral vote Of Wis
onSin to Roosevelt, another iridcs.
cent rainbow dream of the Democracy
goes Sllmmering into the realms of
perpetual night.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-03

The Times said Nj. Dawson evaGctl
every live issue, which shows that il
was unacGuainted with issues. o
knowing the difference between life
and death. Some II ought to stick
its dead old party with Il pin to see
if it has any feeling left. Our honest
opinion is thai Its eyes are SOt."
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-03

Edward NJ. Shepard in 1897 de
nOunced Tammany as "a foul blot on
civilization" and in 1904 Tammany
tore a hole in the Shepard boom so
ragged that the special favor of Judge
Parker and Chairman Sneehan could
not initiate it sufficiently to Justify a
nominating speech.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-03
Democratic nominee for governor
helped to do this.
What do the Democrats propose?
NOTHING,
--A-A-A-@-@-
IL 100000 70 WAGER. q

% AS there has been more or 9o
less talk in certain quarters
e. about the weakness of some %
of the Republican candidates,
O. q responsible party who has 10
confidence in their ability to
e. win, and faith in the cause a.
they represent, has placed
e with the West virginian the %
sum Of 100000 and author
II lied it to make the following %
g. 100000 d
That Harry Shaw will be elect
IL ed Prosecuting Attorney and O.
the whole Republican county
70 ticket with him. a.
100000
<s That c. w. Swisher will be O.
elected Secretary Of State and
.p the whole Republican State O.
ticket with him.
100000 10
That Roosevelt will carry
e. West Virginia and be elected g.
President.
e. 100000 g
That he viii win all three
G. bets. @
Any person desiring to in
e. vest his money in the man e.
ner indicated may take any
f. one or all OF the bets. o.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-03

1t should be remembered that I'M
der irrigation agriculture becomes al
most an exact science. Twelve inches
of water. in]telligently distributed at
the rop time. is sufficient to insure
on the arid lands an abundant yield
ituIe.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-03

Talk about political economy. The
Democrats of Massachusetts are con
sidering the ACCESSIBILITY of nominal
ing Douglas, the Brockton shoe man,
IN order to save money on campaign
Autographs, because he pictures of
Parker and Douglas are as like as
two wooden shoepegs.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-03

Thre words in the Democratic
platform are sufficient to defeat that
party. "PrOtectiOn is robbery" is a
phrase that is helping the Republicans
o than a hundred speeches by
campaign orators.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-03

Prosperous times are more truly re-
Elected in the increased number earn
ing wages than in any statistics of av-
erage wages, for the obvious reason
that The rankS of labor are recruited
from the bottom.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-03

The first, last and only claim made
for Judge Parker is tina he is safe.
SO is the a safe. 1t also resem-
bles Judge Parker in lacking enough
animation to run a campaign for con
stable.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-03

There must be a streak of stubborn
ness in Judge Parker. Even in his
letter Of acceptance, he refuses to adj
nit he was wrong eight and four years
ago when he voted for free silver.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-03

"The tariff is a robbery and a
fraud" according to the Democratic
platform, cut the party's candidate
promises not to proceed against the
robbery for at least four years.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-03

The advance sale of seats for AT
the Old Cross Roads, opens at Chris
ties drug store tomorrow morning
at nine o'clock.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-03

SIR. Dawson didn't abuse anybody
but he knocked the props from under
the Democratic misrepresentation in
a way to make the heart rejoice and
be glad.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-03

Why not let the Marion Claim
Agency collect that claim for you? y
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-03

We may naturally expect a few
Western Union Telegraph amend.
ments to the Parker letter Of accep
tance.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-03

The m went home from the
meeting on Saturday feeling good.
They were glad TO find out the bunco
game Of the Democrats before it was
eternally and everlastinsly too late.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-03

The Democrats got a tight squeeze
when they attacked the duty on cor
sets.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-03

WILLIAM NJ. o. DAWSON
of Kanawha county.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-03

He came, he saw, he conquered
Who did? Mr.. Dawson.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-03

CHARLES WARREN FAIRBANKS,
IF Indiana
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-03

No Democratic promise survives
the statute of limitations.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-03
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
For President,

For President,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT,
Of New York.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-03

ARNOLD c.. SCHERR,
of Mineral county.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-03
For Governor,

of Indiana.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-03

For Superintendent of Free Schools,
THOMAS G. MILLER,
Of Marion county.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-03
WANT
DO You Know What We Want?
Several Short ads" at
One Cent Per Word.

WANTED-By mar and wife; two
furnished rooms for light hOusekeep-
ing: centrally located. 121 Main St.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-03

For Secretary Of State,
CHARLES w. SWISHER,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-03


REPUBLICAN TICKET.
For President,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT,
OF New York.
For Vice President,
CHARLES WARREN FAIRBANKS,
Of Indiana.
For Governor,
WILLIAM NJ. o. DAWSON,
of Kanawha county.
For Secretary of State,
CHARLES w. SyVISHER,
Of Marion county.
For Auditor,
ARNOLD C. SCHERR,
of Mineral county.
For Treasurer,
J. NEWTON OGDIN.
OF Peasants county.
For Attorney General,
CLARK w. MAY,
of Lincoln county.
For Superintendent of Free Schools,
THOMAS G. MILLER,
OF Marion county.
Far Judges of Supreme Court,
FRANK COX,
Electromagnetic county.
JOSEPH NJ. SANDERS,
of Mercer county.
For Congress,
3. B. DOvENER,
OF Ohio county.
For State Senator,
JOSEPH H. McDERMOTT,
of Monongalia county.
For Judge of Circuit Court,
JOHN w. MASON.
FOR House of Delegates,
JAMES B. FOX,
THOS. w. FLEMING,
LAMAR G. POWELL.
For Sheriff,
HOWARD R. FURBEE.
For Prosecuting Attorney,
HARRY SHAW.
For County Commissioner,
c.. P. MOORE.
For County Surveyor,
L. H. WILCOX.
For Assessor-Eastern District,
GILBERT HOLMAN.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-03
For Auditor

Of Marion county.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-03

For Assessor-W estern District,
A. J. MCDANIEL.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-03
For Vice President.

OF New York.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-10-07
THEY MUST EAT ARSENIC.
Otherwise the Makers of the Poisc
Could Not Withstand Its Fumes.

Otherwise the Makers of the Poison
Could Not Withstand Its Fumes.
Chicago Tribune: Eating of arsenic is
common in Syria. The Styrians say
that arsenic makes one plump and
gives one strength for great exertions
such as running or mountain climbing
Syria, in Austria, gives the world
vast quantities of arsenic. The manu-
facture of this drug is indeed the main
Syrian industry. They who make ar
senic eat it as a rule, for they say that
only the arsenic eater can withstand
the arsenic fumes.
These makers and eaters of the drug
are come!y. They have a blooming and
clear color. They look much younger
than thcy are.
1.-THE foreman in q certain arsenic
factory told me that in his boyhood,
when he first come to that plant. he
was advised to begin to eat arsenic lest
his health suffer from the fumes" says
a toxicologist. He did begin and his
first two or three small doses gave him
a sharp pain, like a burn, in the stom-
ach, and this pain was followed by ire
mendous hunger and violent, dis
agreeable excitement. But as his doses
increased in frequency and size their
effect became pleasant. There was no
longer pain or excitement; on the con-
trary, there was a ravenous appetite
and mood of joyous activity, wherein
he could do three mems work.
This chap, by the time ne got to ne
80, was taking four grains Of arsenic q
day. He looked at 80, with his clear
pink and white color, no more than Is.
He was as robust as a blacksmith. But
he said he would die at As or SO. that
being the age at which all the Syrian
arsenic eaters die"
The drug is a preservative, and IN
Syria, when graves are opened bodies
are found to be as fresh six or seven
years after interment as on the day
they were lowered into the earth.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-10-07
DUTCH DRAUGHT DOGS.
Take the Place of Donkeys in Belgium
And Holland.

And Holland.
New York Tribune: In Holland and
Belgium the dog occupies the place
which the donkey does in several other
countries In the former the sight of
a couple of dogs dragging along a
pushcart loaded with vegetables, flow
ers or shining milk cans is a familiar
one. They trot along underneath the
cart, within easy reach of the blunt toe
of the sabot of the woman
who walks behind it to guide
it by the handles attached at
that point. In Belgium the dogs are
hitched in 'front.' as the Russians at
tach their horses to their droskes
three abreast, and are guided by a pair
of rope reins fastened to Il muz2le
about the nose Of the dog in the mid
die. Recently the National Dog Cart
association, organized to regenerate the
original race of Belgian mnstiffs, held
its first exhibition of cart dogs. The
Flemish breeders have found that in
crossing the Belgian mastiffs with the
Great Danes with the idea of increas-
ing the size of cart dogs and so Sc
curing additional strength, they made
mistake. The result proved to be
animals with weak hind quarters and
disproportionate limbs. Now they are
cndeavorinS to revive the original
stock.
The women and dogs of these two
little countries are another evidence
that human nature and canine nature
are the same the world over. When
one sees the white capped Belgian
milk-woman with her dogs standing
near a well, the woman having a bat
tered can slung on her forearm, one
instinctively becomes suspicious. The
suspicion is confirmed when one dis
covers policeman OBTAINING at the
roadside a pair Of sulky-faced milk
maids, with their dog team and cart
laden with slender-necked milk cans
while he jots their names In his little
book against charge Of watering
milk. When the cart comes to a stand
still the dogs are no longer draugh;
animals, but dogs. They sit or lie
complacently down and roll theil
tongues from their open mouths. APP
parently they have forgotten that they
are animals intended for human COM
partnership. but condemned to hard
labor for life.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-10-07
Strange Myths of the Tihetans

Booklovers Magazine: The Tibetans
have numberless strange myths, one,
the most curious, pertaining to the sun,
moon ana stars The sun is believed
to be an immense ball of yak meat
and fat, wherein the spirits of departed
ancestors are supposed to feast. the
light being caused by its heated condi :
ton. The stars are portions OF this
immense feast which, dropping to the
earth, give birth to animals for the sus-
tenance of suffering humanity The
moon is n lesser ball of similar texture
as the sun. in use while the larger one
Is being replenished for the morrow.
When sun or moon fails to appear in
cloudy days it means that the deities
are undergoing period of fasting and
religious abnegation. And the parched
and sterile condition of bleak regions
is ascribed to the fact that many thou
sand years ago the sun ball slipped
from the hands of its keepers des-
cended too near the earth. and, before
being recaptured, scorched those parts
with which it came in contact
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-10-07
Crusade Aaain-t Narcotics.

Chicago Record Herald: At the last
session of the Illinois general assembly
law was passed prohibiting the sale
of cocaine in any form, except on ply
sician's prescription. and the state
board of pharmacy is now engaged in
putting it into effect. At about the
same time Georgia, Pennsylvania and
Texas also passed anti-cocaine or anti
narcotic laws, and twelve or fifteen of
the states all told have now placed
such legislation on their statute books.
The campaign against heSe drugs has
been taken up with very great vigor
by the American Pharmaceutical as
ISOLATION and will be waged on ma
tional scale. A stringent law has been
drafted, which has already been intro
duced into congress as part of the gen.
eral poison bill by Representative Rob-
inson of Indiana. Substantially the
same law will be presented for the con-
slderation of every state legislature
that meets this winter. The campaign
is to be continued until by both and
national legislation the entire country
is protected as fully as legislation can
protect it against cocaine, morphine
and all their ilk.
The movement deserves hearty sup
port and thoroughgoing success. Drug
sists and physicians generally are in
favor of 1t. for they know better than
any other persons, except the victims
themselves, the ravages which these
drugs can cause. There are black
sheep druggists who are willing to
ruin the bodies and souls of all their
customers for a few pennies of profit.
They deserve no sympathy from any
one. and the more vigorously they are
prosecuted and the more severely they
are punished the better it will be for
the COmmunitV
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-10-07
FREQ TO Twentv.Five Ladies.

The Defiance Starch Co. will give
25 ladies round trip ticket to the
st. Louis Exposition, to five ladies'
in each of the following states: I'LL
nos. Iowa. Nebraska, Kansas and
Missouri who will send in the largest
number OF trademarks cut from a ten
cent. lG-ounce package of Defiance
cold water laundry starch. This.
means from your own nome. any
where in the above named states. These
trademarks must be mailed to and
received by the Defiance Slach Co.,
Omaha, Neb., before September LIST,
1904. October and November will be
the best months to visit the EXPOSE
tion. Remember that Defiance is the
only starch put UP In l6 or Ga full
pound) to the package. You get one
third more starch for the same money
than OF any other kind. and Defiance
never sticks to the iron. The tickets
10 the Exposition will be sent by reg 8
istered mail September 9Th. Starch
for sale by all dealers.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-10-07

New York Tribune: Senator Quay
OF pennsylvania was collector of In
dian relics, and took great interest
also in autographs, coins and stamps.
Often, though, he ridiculed, good ma
turedly collectors hobbies.
He was showing reporter his In
dian robes one day. The young man
TOOK up a curious antique dagger that
lay on buhl table.
This dagger must be very DID, he
said. Has it a history?"
1t has, indeed said Senator Quay.
1t is the dagger chat Macbeth thought
ne saw. A descendant of Macbeth gave
1t to me in Scotland several years
ago."
Senator Quay smiled "T'here is only
one dagger l would trade this for, and
that is dagger that used to hang or
the wall in Alphonse Karr's study" he
said.
Kari, in one of his stories. had
poked good deal of fun at a won-
an named Coiet. Nine. Colet, enraged
at being made a butt of, stabbed Karr.
He, on his recovery, hung the dagger.
she had stabbed with above his desk,
with this inscription beneath it:
Presented to Alphonse Karr-ty
Nine. Colet--jn the back
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-10-07
CAN DRINK TROUBLE
That's One Way to Get 1t.

Although they won't admit it many
people who suffer from sick headaches
and other ails get them straight from
proved if they're not afraid to leave it
to test as in the case Of lady in
Connellsville
Il had been q sufferer from sick
headaches for twenty-tiv years and
any one who has ever had bad sick
times three days in the week would
have to remain in bed, at other times
l couldn't lie down the pain would be
so great. My life was torture, and
if l went away from home for day
l always came back more dead than
alive.
Zone day l was telling woman my
troubles and she told me she knew that
it was probably coffee caused it. She
said she had been cured by stopping
coffee and using Postum Food Coffee
and urged me to try this food drink.
That's how l came to send out and
get some Postum and from that time
I've never been without it, for it suits
my taste and has entirely cured all Of
my old troubles All l did was to
leave off the coffee and tea and drink
well made Postum in its place. This
change has done me more good than
everything else put together.
Our house was like drug store,
for my husband bought everything he
heard of to help me without doing any
good, but when began on the Postum
my headaches ceased and the other
troubles quickly disappeared. ! have
friend who had an experience just
like mine and Postum cured her just
as 1t did me.
postum not only cured the head,
aches but my general health has been
Improved and am much stronger than
before. now enjoy delicious Postum
more than ever did Coffee Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek
Mich.
There's 4 reason" and it's worth
finding out
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-10-07

There is moro Catarrh In this section or rno
country than al! other diseases put together. and
until tho last few years was supposed to be In.
durable; For . great many years doctors pro,
nounced 1t a local disease. and prescribed local
remedies. and byconstantly failing to cure with
local treatment, pronounced 1t incurable. Science
mas proven catarrh TO be a constitutional dis.
ease, and therefore requires constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured by i.
d; Cheney & Co.. Toledo. Ohio, is the only con.
stltutlonal cure on the market It is taken in.
ternally tn doses from 10 drops to teaspoonful.
It acts directly on the blood and mucous sur.
faces OF the system. They offer one hundred
dollars for any case 1t fails to cure Send for
circulars and testimonials Address.
f.. j. CHENEY T. CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. 75c
Halls Family Pills are the best