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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-07-04
TWenty-second Article-The Cost Of
Government in Minnesota 3

Taxes are a compulsory cOntTlbu-
ton toward the expenses of govern
ment, and all citizens are supposed to
contribute according to their several
tax-paying abilities. In like manner
fees and fines are compulsory contri-
buttons, not indeed according to tax
paying Abilities nor from all citizens,
but from all of certain classes or in
certain circumstances. All Of these
receipts are. consequently classed as
general revenues, and the sum to-
tai Of general revenues taken from
the people in the long run measures
the true cost Of government
In contrast to general revenues,
commercial revenues are received by
the government in return for some
special service. In paying such sums
to the government, the citizen merely
pays for value received, much as he
does at grocery or a dry goods
store. It is on this account that the
name Commercial revenues" is en-
ployed for this class of receipts. For
example, when man pays a special
assessment for a ditch, or sewer, or
sidewalk, he is helping to pay for a
public Improvement which is suppos-
ed to increase the selling value of his
property by at least the amount of his
assessment. In case it does this, he
gets back, in another form, all that he
pays. Only in case he is assessed
more than the benefit to his property
is he taxed at all, while in all cases
where he is assessed less than the
benefit to his property, he actually
profits by the transaction. 1t is clear,
| therefore, that special assessments,
unless in excess of benefits to the pro
perty, are not a part of the cost of
| government. On this account it is
essential to separate special, assess
ments from taxes, special assessment
loans from general loans, and interest
| payable on special assessment loans
from interest on general loans
The same line Of reasoning applies
even more clearly to publicly operat
ed public service enterprises, such as
waterworks, electric, gas, heating and
power plants, telephones, scales, mar
kets, auditoriums, skating Kinks, Gem
eteries, warehouses, ferries, and other
enterprises which furnish to the pub
lie a specific commodity or service in
return for a specific price. In all
these cases, the public enterprise is
merely a substitute for some private
enterprise which would otherwise be
patronized. What the individual pays
for it's service is therefore as little a
part of the cost of government as
what he would pay to similar private
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-07-04
Copyright. 1911. by W. g. Chapman

"Wot?" II.
Don't you want to play a good joke
on Jim Hicks?''
CAV! He's your feller.''
"Well, anyhow, Henry, I'll tell you
how to play good joke on him, and
I'll help you to do it. You come uL
by our house this evening, and Jim
will be there. I'll get him to stand
at the gate and talk to me, and you
slip up and set off your big f1recracker
right behind him. That'll scare him
half to death, and will be just lots of
fun for you"
cav! Wot dye want to scare him
fer?"
well, you know how big and strong
he is, and how brave he acts. Let's
see if we can't get good one on him,
Henry"
CAV! was goin' to shoot this off
behind the school teacher
But at last Luella managed to con-
vince Henry that he could have more
fun with the cannon cracker by ex-
ploding it behind Jim than If he set
it off anywhere else.
Jim never has understood why Luz
ella was waiting at the gate for him
that evening, nor why she kept him
standing there, talking Of the weather
and the crowd down town and this,
that, and everything. It had always
been her custom to greet him at the
front door, and to express surprise at
seeing him. This is one Of the enjoy
able fctions of courtship.
IT think it is so lovely when the
stars come out as they are coming out
tonight, don't you?" Luella was asking
Jim.
Bang!!
Luella shrieked and tainted dead
away, apparently, but she tainted
toward Jim in such manner that the
gate swung open and she reposed
Imply against his manly bosom
Under the circumstances, there was
but one thing Jim could do, and that
was to keep her from falling to the
ground. This is best accomplished in
the case of a fainting lady by placing
your arms about her and allowing her
head to rest on your shoulder. This
comes natural to most men. What
else Jim did, and what he said to
Luella to calm her fears and to re-
vive her to consciousness may only be
conjectured.
Henry Nelson. however, kept up a
derisive series Of yells apd bowls Of
laughter, and Luella at last opened
her eyes and asked dreamily:
Where am II"
Henry shouted: Jaw! He was q
huggin' you, an he kissed you'll"
| Then Henry turned and fed Jim
shaking fist after him. y. a
'Luella," Jim said, Il ashamed
but Henry told the truth. When you
tainted in my arms / just couldn't
help kissin' you" " 5@.
why, JIM"
can now he'll tell It all over town,
an 4 don't want to have people talkin'
about you without good reason, SO
90 hadn't we better have 'em say
we're engaged % 5#
And then it looked as though Lu.
j ella had tainted all over agsin.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-11-13

Defining the Kaiser.
The glass in geography was
nearly worn out with the long
lesson when the teacher said:
Now we come to Germany, that
important country ruled by the
kaiser. John, what is a kaiser?"
Please, ma am" yawned John,
"a stream of hot water springing
up and disturbing the earth"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-11-13

That's it, though, and both
times the description fits.
It's Arthur Mackley, one of the
directors of the Essanay Western
Stock Company.
He doesn't need any introduce
ton. Every one who goes to the
nickle show knows the sheriff"
He's-the big, hurley, level
headed protector of the peace;
the hurry-up, Observation-Disclosures
who is almost captured by the
enemy; the man who can
quell the villain and bring order
out of chaos.
He has played the part of a
western sheriff SO. much that he
has. practically lost his own iden-
tity in, the character. One of the
pictures in which he will easily
be remembered is "The Little
Sheriff
Ille Shotgun Ranchman,
"The Ranchn1an's Anniversary"
and Con the. Moonlight Trail" are
all pictures in which he has made
thousands of friends.
Tomorrow's Movie Story will
be about Baby Lillian Wade.
Have you ever seen her flashed
on the screen? Watch for tomor-
rnrrrir narr PnnIr rrr,r,11I -ncnrr
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-11-13

1,oOo-foot picture called the ''full
reel"
Alkali Ike.
Every see a photograph of our
old friend, "Alkali KEEP
Here he is and his real name
is Augustus Carney.
It's a great big handle for a
very small picture. But he's full
up to the brim with humor and
sense.
Carney is one of the few NOV
ing picture players who has sue
ceeded in attaching character
name so inseparably to himself
that his own name is forgotten.
Alkali Ike" is a comedian of
the Western Essanay Stock Com
pany at Niles, Cal. This winter
he is being featured in a series of
pictures with the eastern COM
pany in Chicago. Out of the pic.
lures he is sturdy, little Scotch
man trimming over with canny
sayings and droll wit.
When he travels people single
him out, and after the second look
some one always exclaims:
why, surely, that's 'Alkali
Ikey"
And surely it is.
He is the chief character in
the pictures called "Alkali Ike
Plays the Devil and "Alkali Ike
Stung" Two of his new pictures
are "Alkali Ike's Close Shave"
and "Alkali Ike's Motorcycle.
The Old Sheriff,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-04
KEEPING BABIES IN HEALTH
Success of Tent Scheme Last Sum-
mer So Pronounced That 1t
Will Be Repeated.

Mothers of little babies that suffered
much from the intense heat in the
early part of July last summer will be
interested in the success Of the baby
tent" scheme adopted in some of the
big cities.
The tents are placed on fiat roofs of
tall buildings and in open lots, with
eight little cradles or cots in each
tent When all was ready mothers
of babies under two years were invited
to leave them at the nearest available
tent over night, so that the young
sters, in addition to enjoying the privi-
lege of sleeping out of doors, could
also receive the attention of trained
nurses and doctors free.
Some of the tents have perforated
iron pipe extending along the ridge
pole and connected with the city water
supply On very hot nights the water
was turned on and allowed to stream
down over the canvas. By evapora-
ton it greatly reduced the tempera-
ture inside the tents. Some Of the
tents were also kept cool by the use
Of large blocks of ice in tubs before
the entrance. Electric fans blew the
cold air from the ice into the tents
sufficiently to keep the babies comfort
ably cool
This is the way some Of the poor
babies are being cared for, but the
ideas could be utilized by any one who
had the welfare of the baby at heart.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-04
ACETYLENE FOG-H0RN SIGNAL
Automatically Controlled Buoy or
Beacon Used for Year Without
Being Given Attention.

An automatic acetylene fog-horn is
being worked out by Gustav Dalen.
the Swedish inventor of the automatic
ally lighted buoy or beacon The
light-contTolling device is a sun valve,
By which the light of day shuts of the
acetylene from the burner and the ap-
pearance of darkness turns it on and
reHghts II. A buoy equipped with this
valve has been regularly lighted for
more than a year without attention
or renewal Of its supply Of calcium
carbide An acetylene fog-horn al
ready patented by the inventor in
Canada consists Of q rotating disk,
carrying on its periphery small
POCKETS containing gas, and a horn in
front Of which an electric spark ex-
plodes the gas. Each pocket passes
an acetylene jet before reaching the
spark, the acetylene thus taken up
forming an explosive mixture with the
air. BY changing the rate of the disks
rotation. the rapidity of the explosions
can be varied to any number up 70
800 or more per second, and the tone
produced by the horn as a result Of
the explosions can be adjusted as de-
sired by suitable regulation Of the
speed. To cause the horn to operate
when needed, and only then, has been
the serious problem. One plan is to
have it set in action by a tuning fork
responding to the vibrations Of a
steamers whistle, and with this ar
rangement an approaching steamer in
fog would, on sounding its whistle,
get the fog-horn signal indicating the
locality.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-04
Science of Olden lines.

There is a distinct tradition of fly
ing machines at a very remote date in
China, according to the author of THE
Civilization of China and rough wood
cuts of such cars have been handed
down for many centuries. There are
even hints Of the X-ray, there being a
record of a physician of the fifth cen
fury B. c., who was able to see into
the viscera of his patients, while an
other physician, who lived about 1900
years ago, was accustomed to use an
anesthetic and operated upon the
bowels and offered to cure the head
aches of a military commander Of
his day by opening his head Hypnot-
ism has been used for hundreds of
years, but is forbidden by law. The
ranks of the Boxers were largely re
cruited from the society of the vege-
tarians, who neither. eat meat, smoke
nor drink
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-04
That Was Different.

A stern father who had repeatedly
told young man who was paying his
addresses to his daughter not to visit
the house again without his permits
sion, which he never intended to give,
was surprised when he answered a
ring at the doorben late one evening
to see the young man waiting on the
step.
Sir" said he in anger, didn't l tell
you not to call again, eh, sir?"
Yes, said the young man. Il
know, but | didn't call to see your
daughter I came on behalf of our
firm about that little bill"
"Oh-er-er-" stammered the
stern father, call again, will you?"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-04
BURNING ITCH WAS CURED

81 deem it my duty to tell about
cure that the Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment have made on myself. My trou-
BILE began in splotches breaking out
right in the edge of my hair on the
forehead, and spread over the front
part of the top Of my head from ear to
ear, and over my ears which caused
most fearful burning itch, or eczema.
For three years had this terrible
breaking out on my forehead and
scalp. I tried our family doctor and
he failed to cure it. Then I tried the
Cuticura Soap and Ointment and used
them for two months with the result
Of a complete cure. Cuticura Soap
and Ointment should have the credit
due, and / have advised a lot Of peo-
pie to use them" (Signed) G. D.
Harrington, Greek, N. c., Jan. 26, 1911.
itching ScaIp-Hair Fell Out.
81 will say that l have been suffer
ing with an itching on my scalp for
the past few years. My hair fell out
in spots all over my head. My scalp
started to trouble me with sores, then
the sores healed up, and crusts
formed on the top. Then the hair fell
out and left me three bald spots the
shape Of a half dollar. I went to more
than one doctor, but could not get any
relief, so I started to use the Cuticura
Remedies. I tried one bar Of Cuticura
Soap and some Cuticura Ointment,
and felt relieved right away. Now the
bald spots have disappeared, and my
hair has grown, thanks to the Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment. ] highly
recommend the Cuticura Remedies to
all that are suffering with scalp trou-
BILE" (Signed) Samuel Stern, 236
Floyd St, Brooklyn, N. Y, Feb. Z,
1911 Although Cuticura Soap and
Ointment are sold by druggists and
dealers everywhere, a sample Of each.
with 32-page book, will be mailed
free on application to "Cuticura,"
Dept. L, Boston.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-04
The Sixth Sense,

At a recent meeting of the Paris
Academy of Sciences, Monsieur Kunz
discussed the phenomenon of feeling
at a distance" to which the power Of
blind people to avoid nearby OBJ
stacles is ascribed. Monsieur Kunz
believes that such power exists, and
that it is not peculiar to the blind. It
seems to be shared by others who
possess a peculiar constitution. The
faculty appears to reside in the skin,
for experiments show that it is not
connected with the sense of hearing
AS to its nature, little knowledge has
been obtained. There is a tendency
to ascribe obscure phenomena of this
kind to electrical action, but the mode
of operation remains unknown.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-04
- NOTES OF .
A SCIENCE MI
NIL AND %S4
g1NVENT1ON
London is the healthiest capital of

London is the healthiest capital Of
Europe.
Street gas lamps we're first used in
London in 1907.
Licorice grows in abundance in the
Ural territory of Russia.
There are more muscles in a rats
tail than in a mans hand.
The Scotchmen are the heaviest on
the average Of all British subjects
The state of West Virginia produces
IS times more coal than it did 30
years ago.
Ribs radiate from a center disk Of
metal in kite frame patented by a
Wisconsin man.
The worlds demand for moving pic
lures now calls for the use Of nearly
So, 900 miles of films a year.
New Jersey maintains its high
standard of public schools at cost
Of about 20 cents a day pupil.
A French chemist claims to have de-
vised a simple but accurate method Of
measuring the surface Of human be-
ing.
The average weight Of mans brain
is three pounds and eight ounces while
that of a woman is two pounds eleven
ounces.
A Berlin scientist claims to have
found a way to build up diamonds
from chips with ordinary Illuminating
gas and a mercury amalgam.
Oxygen constitutes one-third Of the
solid earth, nine-tenths Of water, and
one-ffth of the atmosphere, and is the
most abundant of all substances.
An attachment for monographs by
which a violin can be connected with
record and made to produce music
has been invented by a Wisconsin
man.
Frederick c. Hewitt last year left
$4,000 to the POSTGRADUATE Medical
School and Hospital and $4,000. 600 to
the Little Day nursery, both New
York institutions.
An automobile wind shield patented
by a Vermont woman has a small win
/ dow in one side, which can be adjust
ed to admit as much air as may be
desired. but which viii keep out rain.
Submarines, airships and the Ike
can be steered along the path Of a
previously laid cable by use Of sound
coils. Vessels can thus be steered
TO avoid submarine mines and other
hidden dangers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-04
WENT BACK ON THE SHELVES
Growing Insult to His Beloved Cooks
Was More Than the Professor
Could Stand.

Perhaps the bitterest moment in the
life of lover Of books is when he
finds that his treasures are valued by
no one but himself The late Prof
Churton Collins once tried To weed
out his books, after he had become
convinced that either the surplus or
their owner would have to move out
of the library.
The wedding was a painful process,
but at last the secondhand book-deal-
er was invited to name his price for
the uprooted weeds" They're no
good to me-" was the disconcerting re
ply.
What, none of them"
No, not one"
Some one suggested that as the
books had to go, the dealer had bet
ter have them for nothing. 1t was q
bitter moment for MI Collins, but
finally he assented. The man then re-
marked:
"Thatl be half a dollar"
What do you mean? What for?'
exclaimed the victim in a restrained
tone of voice
ITO take them away" said the man
That was too much for Mr.. Collins.
The dealer was driven forth with OBJ
jurgations, after which, with a sigh Of
relief, the owner replaced the books
upon his shelves.-Youth's Companion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-04
The First Consideration.

At. st. Andrews some years ago an
old farmer and his plowman were
carting sand from the seashore. They
were behind the target on the rife
range, but hidden by a bank of sand
from party of volunteers, who were
then on foot, at practice. A stray bull
let struck the plowman on the leg,
and he Immediately dropped, exclaim-
ing: I'm shot!"
Without more ado the farmer
scrambled up the bank and, waving
his hand to the volunteers, shouted:
Hey, lads, stop that, will ye?
You've shot man, and it MIGHT haze
been the rse!"-London Tit-Bits.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-04
Eardruns Prntected-

To protect the eardrums of men on
deck from the shock produced by the
discharge of naval artillery, protectors
made of celluIoid are inserted in the
ears, with a ball at one end which fits
in the ear opening. The device is
formed with bore which turns at an
angle at the bali, and it is through
this bore that the sound waves are
permitted to travel to the ear. The
ordinary vibrations produced by
speech are so small that they pass
through the bore, but the large sound
waves produced by the firing Of thf
big guns are impeded.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-04
Oil on Troubled Waters.

a handwheel on the spindle rod is
used to raise the piston when the
cylinder is being filed with oil from
the reservoir.
The apparatus is mounted in the
bow as shown in the illustration, says
the Popular Mechanics. Two small de-
livery pipes protrude through the bow,
one on each side Of the stem. The dis
charge of each pipe is about half a
gallon Per hour, but this may be
varied according to requirements, den
sity of oil, etc.
Oil has been utilized for many years
and in many instances has saved yes
sells from disaster.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-04

A colporteur in South Carolina,
walking many miles through mud, &C
costed a passerby and suggested the
purchase Of the Bible He was re
fused. The next day, says the Record
Of Christian Work, after a nights rest
and cleanup, he set up his stand in
town and had the pleasure of selling
a Bible to the very man who had re-
fused to purchase the day before. Il
met q muddy man yesterday with
Bibles" said he, who looked like a
Methodist tramp. When I buys a BIZ
Bile I buys it from a Baptist gentle
man"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-04
The Shorter Route.

Lady Duf-Gordon, at a luncheon at
Sherry's in New York, told an anec-
dote apropos of the divorce evil.
Two girls she said. were chat
ting over a cocktail and a cigarette.
Marriages are made in heaven,
said the first girl, and she blew a
cloud of smoke into the air and re-
garded it with, dreamy eyes.
The second girl with light laugh
replied:
Yes, that is true; but, thank
goodness. to unmake them we have
to 20 only as far as Reno
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-04


bic Compound has done more for me than
all the doctors. / feel it my duty to tell
you these facts. My heart is full Of
gratitude to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound for my health. Mrs.
HARRIET E. WAMPLER, ga S. Ransom
Street, Ottumws, Iowa.
Consider Well This Advice.
No woman suffering from any form
of female troubles should lose hope IN
til she has given Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound fair trial.
This famous remedy, the medicinal in
gradients of which are derived from
native roots and herbs, has for nearly
forty years proved to be q most yalua-
bic tonic and invigorator of the fe-
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bear willing testimony to the wonderful
virtue Of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound.
If yOu want special advice write to
Lydia e. Pinkham Medicine Co. tcOnfl-
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter VIII
be opened, read and answered By q
woman and held il strict confidence
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-04
Neeoed NO More Help.

An American gentleman got &C.
Quainted with a FTenchman who was
very anxious to acquire the English
language. The American in order to
help him said that if he would send
his exercises TO him he would willing
" correct them.
Nothing was heard from the French
man for some time, but finally letter
came couched in the following choice
English.
In small time I can learn so many
English from his textbook and her
dictionary as I think 1 viii to come at
the America and to go on the scafold
to lecture"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-04
MEANS OF SUBDUING WAVES
tured for Discharging Oil on Sea
During Stormy Weather.

A special automatic apparatus for
discharging oil on the sea in stormy
weather as a means of subduing the
waves is being manufa ctured by a
British concern. The apparatus con
sists Of a cast-iTon oil reservoir above
vertical cylinder. a heavy piston,
working in the cylinder, attached to a
tubular rod and provided with a
spring. elects the oil onto the water
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-04

handle and hold it in a horizontal
position over the cup, with the bristle
and where the drippings can drop into
that receptacle, and not stain the win
dOw-siIl or any woodwork where the
implements may be stood. A spring
clip running down the back engages
the edge Of the mug and holds the de-
vice in firmly. The main piece Of the
holder extends midway down into the
angles at the bottom. and with two
little spikes arising from it. The
soap is pressed on to these spikes
and remains fixed when the brush
is rubbed over it.