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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-04
COUNCIL WILL ACT ON
MERCHANTS TAX TONIGHT
Levy to BE Made on Purchases in
Lieu of Assessment ON Capital
Declared Illegal.
CITY LOSES MUCH RENENUn
Refund Must BE Made To Merchants
of Tax Collected for 1918 at 81 10
Rate in Excess of Legal Rate o
30 Cents, Says Court.


When the Common Council meets ut
o'clock to-nigh. IN monthly session
uroinbIy The mos, f,n,or,.,, ..,,
J., ~ w
''''''" VIII u" 'ha' "'Sltn""
|" p'tc" 4 license tax upon merchants
purchases in lieu OF cnn.t,l .rbo ,rdi.
nance r.co,un,.ndc,, Ia, "a, ,,..,,
- ~ ~ '''
ga r''''''c'' mas :IreadN been adopted
by tn" Board Of Aldermen. which hold
a special meeting last week for the
purpose II was Slightly amended by
The Board. and now comes before tho
lower branch for concurrence.
As tHc paper now reads. II imposes a
taN 81 - OH each $1,000 OF rh. first
>-."p" OF purchases. 20 cents ON each
STU" from 5000 TO S2Go,0Hn, ana 10
cents Oh each Sioo ia excess Of $2O0.-
"'u
IN" ordinance. II approved 10y tho
'hlih"h council becomes effective.
~ ON It's passage. which means that II
WI! ID" put INTO effect for the current
3"'t' IN reality Ii is - piece OF .urcr-
L'HtE itSiSH'ti"h. II was recommended
ny IN" rli:thcc committee after IN"
Suhf'hl' Court of Appeals held Ia"
'''s IAN rht" or Sl.io on each $loo
81 merchants capital 10 b. excessive.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-04
CHOIR-ROO ROBBED
Tw" O,rrcnnts stolen at Union station
Methodist Church During
Evening service.

while singing in the choir of the
Union Station Methodist Church last
might. J. -. Richardson. Of 24o7 JEFF
f"rson Avenue, and l.. T.. Minnon, Of
sol north Twenty scventh Street. lost
their nvcrcoats. They complained TO
b"t"C'iyc Sergeant 9. ". Atkinson last
night thai they had been robbed. The
coats yer" left in the nearby choir
room. ana after the services were con-
"lud"d Tia: coats were missing. 80
other member OF the choir reported
having lost anything
The Gleam., 1916-11-05

Remember that SULZER thinks he can hold two offices at the same time, Should he be elected, the Territorial Legislature upon its assembly will in. stitute proceedings to oust him dis, gracefully as an upstart and q goose who does not possess enough know ledge of the constitution of the United States to know what and when to run for office.
 Vote for the man upon whose ehg- ibility there can be no question, who has served faithfully and well, whom you know and whom you have trusted, James Wckersham will be returned with a big plurality from the Territory and from the First Division he will best Sulzer by 300 votes.
The Gleam., 1916-11-05
OUR CITIZEN

Citizens of Juneau, remember that l. H. Cobb, who is running for Attor ney General has lived in Juneau for l9 years and that nearly all or most of his law work has been in other div isions yet he has spent all of his mon ey in this town For nearly quarter of a century Cobb has worked in ]u~ neau, had his family here and no one was ever too poor to demand his ser vices
 There has been no widow with an encountered estate or no orphans who needed representatio ton in court that has ever been refused by John H. Cobb Cobb has tried more cases without pay than any other attorney in Alaska,
 There are many women in the town of Juneau who have been the recipient of his kindness and to have the service of such a suprenely legal mind is no small gift The Clean appeals to those whom he has served to rise now and vote for him next Tuesday.
The Gleam., 1916-11-05
VULCARITY DOUBLE DOMINATING BARRELED
 NOTE CANDIDATE

Even the Juneau pirates could have found among them a GENTLEMAN to preside at their meeting who could have, at least, refrained from "cuss. ing but then what can one expect from knavish object but that his vocabulary should be brought from the levy rather than from the dignifed language of the LAW.
The Gleam., 1916-11-05

With ali the activity of the VOTE DRY crowd things are picking up bit The campaign for the weekend is full of vim and pep.
The Gleam., 1916-11-05
INDIAN VOTERS

We presume that the Hydaberg h. dians will not be voted at Sulzer this year as the people who are out for honest government and straight cleo. tions are on the alert Don't try it Sulzer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-12-23

Ii chaos. For the order and unity Of
the regulated lives, instead of being
the result of growth in self-control
and self-direction, were but the tenn
porary impress of outward necessity.
We have too often treated the ex-
banding force of growing children as
we treat the expanding force of a ket-
tie of steam The latter may be made
to work properly only as it is confined
to fixed channelS-and when the lid
comes Of. all escapes. The child, on
the contrary, is an organism quite as
capable of becoming a self-directing
and purposeful personality as is the
parent or policeman who undertakes
to discipline" it. And this 1T becomes
not through restraint and suppress
sion. but through guidance and spon-
taneity
The child must have an abundance
Of spontaneous action, because only
thus can he try out his various pos
sibilities in relation to things and peo-
pie. Only thus can he get the oppor-
tunity to select and evaluate the activ-
tiles that are worth while, to reject
what is not worth while, what is fn-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-12-23
Wanted Tombstone for Wife.

''Win you sell that marble slab with
out the washstand?" queried man
whose sleeves were frayed of the wom-
an behind the counter, the Columbus
(O.) Dispatch says.
The little scene was transacted at
the rummage sale which the women of
the Eastwood Congregational church
held recently
After surveying the stand without
it's top and the man from the corner
of her eye. the saleswoman said:
II think it can be done, all right.
But what on earth do you want with
it?"
The threadbare shoulders shrugged
perceptibly.
1T isn't exactly an earthly matter,
so to speak, ma'am. I'm goin' to en-
grave it for my wife's tombstone"
It'll be just the thing" the sales
woman agreed.
After the door shut behind him the
saleswoman sat down among the shah
by clothing and had a quiet little cry
at the expense of her powder box.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-12-23
TO PREVENT OLD AGE
COMING TOO SOON (!

Toxic poisons in the blood are
thrown out by the kidneys. The kid
neys act as filters for such poisons.
II we wish to prevent old age coming
too soon and increase our chances for
q long life, we should drink plenty of
pure water and take a little Anuric."
says the famous DR.. Pierce of Buffalo,
n. z.
When suffering from backache, fire.
Quent or scanty urine, rheumatic pains
here or there, or that constant tired,
WORKOUT feeling, the simple way to
overcome these disorders is merely to
obtain a little Anuric from your near
est druggist and you will quickly no
dee the grand results. You will find
It thirty-seven times more potent than
nthia, and that it dissolves uric acid
as hot water does sugar.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-12-23
Nicaragua Getting Up-to-Date.

Work has been commenced on an au-
tomobile road to connect Bluefields
with the rest of the Republic of Mica
ragua, at an estimated cost of $4,000
gold, according to "Centro-America."
A new line of tramways is proposed
for the capital.
An ice factory has been established
at Leon, another is being constructed
at Matagalpa, and a soap factory is
being installed in Boaco.
Four new elementary schools have
been established in the capital, school
of arts and trades in Granada and a
private school for young women in
Matagalpa.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-12-23
A KANSAS WOMAN

Flush. Kans.-"I surely advise any
woman who is sick to try DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription was sick for
six months, had three different doctors.
even went under an operation and
then was not any better, only worse
In some respects. felt as If / would
go crazy, had so much pain in my
head and back, up my spinal column.
could not sleep without sleeping pow
ders, and could not eat but what ]
would bloat up and be in pain. I be-
gan taking the Prescription and in
just few days could see quite an inn
pTovement. Then 1 got the Golden
Medical Discovery and took them both
as directed on the bottles and now !
am feeling like myself again. I am
f1eshier than ever was, weigh $50 lbs.
while I only weighed 90 lbs. last
spring. I feel sure If had only taken
DIR. Pierce's medicines last spring when
/ first took sick / would never have
needed the operation" - MRS.
CHARLIE BARR.-Adv.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-12-23
Shakespeare as a Poacher.

Shakespeare had chased this hare in
the country, and knew all about dogs,
hawking and hunting the deer. The
story goes that he was a poacher. This
is not certain, but 1 was reminded of
it the other day because L received
from Russia a photograph of a picture
painted in Poland over 100 years ago.
The artist was unknown, but the SUBJ
ject was clear. 1t was a picture of
Shakespeare being examined by a JUS
tice of the peace, with his stolen game
at his feet, and an odd little boy by
his side-a perky little boy, who was
like the one called Moth in Shake
speare's first play. Two cherubs were
standing on nothing, as the way of
cherubs is, high up in the picture, and
pleading, perhaps, for the gayety of
youth; and underneath Justice was
weighing the scales, a foreseeing and
farseeing Justice, who knew that
Shakespeare's little finger was worth
more than all the veniSon in War
MISUNDERSTANDING
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-12-23

DRY recently, by a friend whose sister
had to deave her children for a few
days. My friend telephoned to her
sisters house to find out how the chill
dren were getting on, and was assured
by the maid that they were very well.
And with much emphasis the maid
added the further item that the chill
dren were also very good. 1t was
the stress that the maid laid upon
this fact that the children were very
good, although the parents were away,
which made such an impression.
1t appears that there are many peo-
pie who expect, as a matter of course,
that children will be naughty when
the restraining influence of the parents
is removed. No doubt the proverb,
when the cats away the mice are at
play" had its origin in the fact that
the presence of parents or of other
adults was a severe restraint upon
the activities of the children. And no
doubt this fact is to many a sufficient
argument for the constant exercise of
some restraint in the form of 'disci-
pline." Yet it should not be difficult
to see that, for practical purposes,
just the opposite point of view is like
ly to lead to more effective results.
The problem is by no means con-
fined to the home. 1t has its counter
part in the school, in industry and in
government Many a teacher who
prides herself on her discipline" can
show visitors any day perfect order
on the part of her pupils The work
proceeds with mechanical regularity,
every child seems to know his place
and keeps it. There are no unneces-
sary movements or sounds. But the
same children, out of sight of the
teacher, are declared by other teachers
in the school to be the most unruly
and the most unreliable. What, then
avails all this discipline if it can be
made to function" only in the pres
ence of police force7
And SO it is, working with more
mature people, under somewhat differ
emit conditions of temptation and mo-
tive, the manager whose shops or Of
fees produce high records of ~effici-
ency" so long as he keeps his hands
firmly on the machinery of admins
tration. For the time being, the moth
er, the teacher, the manager, may be
satisfied with the results. Sooner or
later, however, the overrestrained and
the overmanaged may be expected to
be separated from the machinery Of
| discipline Then the inevitable result
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-12-23
NEW CONSTITUTION NEEDED
Conference at Topeka Decides This
the Most Necessary Thing for
State at Present

Topeka.-A new constitution was
picked as the thing most needed to
give Kansas a free and simplified gov
eminent by 100 business men and stu
dents of civil government at meet
ing here recently. But these business
men, knowing the s1owness with
which constitutional conventions are
authorized and finally assembled and
the trials that recent constitutions
have had in other states, determined
upon three definite propositions to
give Kansas more efficient govern
ment to be brought about while the
state is waiting for a change in the
constitution. These are:
City managers for cities that desire
the new system.
Complete revision of the county gov
ernments.
Consolidation of boards and institu-
tons, as far as possible, in the interest
of economy and efficiency.
There probably never has been
more representative meeting held in
Kansas in the interest of better gov
eminent than this one. Bankers, mill
ers, merchants. farmers, county Off
GERS, judges, newspaper men, lawyers,
professors and doctors attended, every
one widely known, not only in his own
community, but over the state. And
they spoke their minds freely upon
the waste and inefficiency of the pres
emit system of government in kansas.
The cumbersome, wasteful, inefficient
and inactive legislative system down
to the township governments came in
for a grilling, and some suggestions
for a change for the better.
Out of the meeting grew an organi-
ze ton that is going to make an active
fight for the needed changes in the
governmental system of the state. It
is the Kansas Better Government
League. Governor Capper, who pre-
sided at the preliminary meeting to-
day, was directed to name committees
on organization and on legislation and
a general meeting will be held in To-
peka Inauguration Day, January 8.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-12-23
SAVING Sense of Humor.

At its best estate the human mind is
delicately poised In this respect it
does not differ from any other highly
complex machine. And for this reason
a comparatively light shock may disar-
range it and reduce its effectiveness.
Any human trait, therefore, that serves
to guard the mind from jolt and jar
is a saving trait. OF such traits is the
saving sense of humor.
This trait may be racial or national,
for we see it more highly developed in
America and Great Britain than in
Prussia and Turkey. But it appears
to be nourished by good physical con-
dition, says a writer in the Minneapo-
lis Journal. A people stricken with
world-weariness like that of India can
not perceive the hidden smile in
things, as can a hopeful people such
as We But even in a wel1-nourished
land like America the man with the
saving sense Of humor is none too COM
mon.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-12-23
Ruling Them With a High Hand
Has Bad Results.
REVOLT is SURE TO FOLLOW
aWhen the Cats Away the Mice Will
Play" Is True Only II Vigil
Over Their Action Has Been
Too Stern.
BY sIDoNIE M. eRuENHERe.

A S WE look about among our &C
"A quaintances, we may see that in
some households the absence of the
mother, even for a day, is sure to re-
suit in great deal of irregularity in
the conduct of the children-to say
the least. In other homes, on the con-
trary, almost any adult in charge
would find the children going on about
their games and other activities as
though nothing unusual had occurred.
The difference between these two
types of homes does not show so much
difference between children as one be-
tween the viewpoints or habits of par
ents- In some cases parents rule with
q high hand, and the children have
constantly in their presence a feeling
of restraint. To the child, what may
be done and what may not be done
are altogether arbitrary matters, de-
termined by the authority of parent or
teacher. That is to say, right and
wrong" are somehow vaguely Syno-
nymous with permitted and for
bidden." Whenever, therefore, a pro-
hibition is removed, there will be the
impulse to try the forbidden expert
ence; and where the absence of par
ents withdraws the restraints, children
will take advantage of their absence
to indulge what they are usually for
hidden. Whoever is left in authority
when the parents are away, whether
1t be a friend, or a relative or a hired
servant, is sure to find a strong ten
dency to break out.
Many years ago the school reader
contained a story entitled, mice at
Play" which described the naughty
antics of a houseful of children dur
ing the temporary absence of their
parents. All sorts of forbidden deeds
were INDUCED in, mysterious cup
boards were explored and the pantry
was raided- This nearly forgotten
tale was brought forcibly to my mem
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-12-23
Like A Boy at SO Budding OOer
With Vitaiity-7aking Iron Did IL
Doctor Nuxaed Iron of all strength builders
Often increases the strength and endurance of delicate
folks 200 per in uo rDeeks lime.

day after meals for two weeks. Then
test your strength again and see for
yourself how much you have gained. I
have seen dozens of nervous, rundown
people who were ailing all the while,
double their strength and endurance
and entirely get rid of all symptoms of
dyspepsia, liver and other troubles in
from ten to fourteen days time simply
by taking iron in the proper form. And
this after they had In some cases been
doctoring for months without obtaining
any benefit. But don't take the old
forms of reduced iron, iron acetate or
dncture of iron simply to save a few
cents. You must take iron in a form
that can be easily absorbed and as
simulated like nuxated iron If you want
1t to do you any good, otherwise it may
prove worse than useless. Many an
athlete or prize-f1ghter has won the day
simply because he knew the secret Of
great strength and endurance and filed
his blood with iron before he went In
to the ARRAY, while many another has
gone down to inglorious defeat simply
for lack of iron.-E. Sauer, M. ..
NOTE. - Nuxated Iron, recommended
above by DIR. Sauer Is not patent medi-
well known to druggists and whose iron
constituents are widely prescribed by emil
older Inorganic iron products. 1t Is easily
assimilated, does not injure the teeth.
make them black. nor upset the stomach.
on the contrary II Is q most potent rem
edy in nearly all forms OF Indigestion, as
well for nervous, rundown conditions
The manufacturers have such great con-
fidence in Nuxated Iron that they offer to
forfeit $4,000 to any charitable institution
il they cannot take any man woman
under 60 who lacks iron and increase
their strength 800 per cent or over In four
weeks time. provided they have no serf-
Gus organic trouble: They also offer to
refund your money II II does not at least
ten days time 1t is dispensed by most
druggists II your druggist or general
get II for you--Adv.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-12-23

NEW YORK, N. Y.-Not long ago a
man came to me who was nearly half
N century old and asked me to give
him a preliminary examination for
life insurance. ! was astoniShed to
find him with the blood pressure of a
boy of 20 and as full of vigor, vim and
vitality as a young man; in fact a
young man he really was notwithstand-
ing his age. The secret he said was
taking iron-nuxated iron had filed
him with renewed life. At 80 he was
In bad health; at 46 careworn and
nearly all in. Now at so a miracle of
vitality and his face beaming with the
buoyancy OF youth. AS have said a
hundred times over, iron Is the great
est of all strength builders. If people
would only throw away patent medi-
cfnes and nauseous connections and
take simple nuxated iron, I am con-
WINGED that the lives of thousands of
persons might be saved, who now die
every year from pneumonia, grippe,
consumption. kidney, liver and heart
trouble, etc. The real and true cause
which started their diseases was moth
Ing more nor less than a weakened
condition brought on by lack of iron in
the blood. Iron is absolutely neces-
sary to enable your blood to change
food into living tissue. Without 1t, no
matter how much or what you eat,
your food merely passes through you
without doing you any good. You don't
get the strength out of 1T and as con-
sequence you become weak pale and
s1ckly looking just like ], plant trying
20 grow In soil deficient in iron. If
you are not strong or well you owe it
20 yourself to make the following test !:
See how long you can work or how far
you can walk without becoming tired.
Next take two five-grain tablets of or
binary nuxated iron three times per
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-12-23

furious, what leads to pain and sorrow.
And it is through such selection and
rejection that he comes at last to be
the master of his thoughts and con-
duct.
1t is true, on the other hand, that
the child needs guidance, for if left
quite to himself his random and spon-
taneous actions would soon lead to his
undoing. But guidance must be some
thing more than the mothers habit
of saying, Don't do thati'' The de-
pendence of the child upon the mother
should be for leadership and counsel,
and not for constant admonition of
the terrors of the law.
The removal of the usual head of a
group should not result in an outbreak
of suppressed feelings. On the con-
trary, there should be an increased
sense of responsibility, a keen desire
| on the part of each to do his part fit.
tingly under the novel conditions
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-12-23
IconocIasm.

Charley, DEAR" said young Mrs.
Torkins. you can say anything you
like nowadays about George Washing
ton, can't your
Eyes. The lid seems to be off"
swell, never liked to mention it be-
fore, but have my doubts about his
being incapable of an effort to deceive.
His picture looks to me as If the old
gentleman wore a wig."-Washing
Star.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-12-23
Call Not Needed.

slow long is that orchestra going
to play in the grillroom" asked the
nervous stranger in large city.
For several more hours" replied
calf"
"a whatr'
ga call Do you want us to wake
you up?"
"Great ScottI MOI Give me some
thing to put me to Sleep"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-12-23
They Were Am in nd.

The teacher was giving her pupils a
lesson in honesty and told them that
1t was wrong to play marbles for
keeps" or to make bets.
My father bet 5000 on the lection"
called out a cheerful voice.
my father bet hat" another voice
replied, and before the teacher could
call for order there was a chorus to
the effect that election bets at least
were allowable in the best families.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-12-23
Looking for Improvement.

Looking for Improvement.
'Bliggins says he's an anarchist"
"Hope he Is"
@WhyT
"Even anarchists have some feel
ings- When they find they're COM
PEELED to associate with man like
Bliggins, maybe some of them win re-
FORM"