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‘CASE NO. 30,611. ©. E. Boles, Dealer in Grain and Feed; Address, 505 South Water Street, Akron, Ohio—Cured in 1896. Mr. Boies says: “Ever since the ‘Civil War I have had attacks of kid- mey and bladder trouble, decidedly Worse during the last two or three years. Although I consulted physi- cians, some of whom told me I was verging on Bright’s disease, and I was continually using standard remedies, the excruciating aching just across ‘ the kidneys, which radiated to the shoulder blades still existed. As might be expected, when my kidneys were in a disturbed condition there was a ing and inconvenient difficulty with the action of the kidney secre- * A box of Doan’s Kidney Pills, proc d at Lamparter & Co.’s drug store, brougat such a decided change within a week that I continued the treatment. The last attack, and it | Was particularly aggravated, disap- peared.” Cure Confirmed Four Years After. Four years later Mr. Boies says: In the spring of 1896 I made a_ public Statement of my experience with Doan's Kidney Pills. This remedy cured me of terrible aching in the kid- heys, in the sma!l of my back, in the muscles of the shoulder blades, and in the limbs. During the years that have gone by I can conscientiously say there have been no recurrences of my old trouble. My confidence in Doan's Kidney Pills is stronger than ever, not only from my personal ex- perience, but from the experience of many others in Akron, which have come to my notice.” A FREE TRIAL of this great Kid- ney medicine which cured Mr. Boies, will be mailed on application to any part cf the United States. Address Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by ail druggists, price 50 cents eT AREA RRC ie mr SETS SALES eet Zanaonae: per box. ' A Philosophical Maiden. ' Philosophy may not be a feminine t gift, but there is one tiny maiden who is never content unless she knows the | “Cause hy” of things. She endeav- = S, as a rule, to solve the small prob- - lems, which come within her range of vision herself, and does not ask until ‘ she has en up all hope of answering » the question herself. Greatuncle Rob- g " ert, who was at the small maiden’s *| 7 ‘2ouse the other day. is a great. favar- ite, with a shining bald head, a long r beard ana a pleasant smile. He had been lying on the couch for some ti-ne, and the little girl had been sitting near him in deep meditation. Finally, she drew a deep sigh, as of great disap- pointment, and drew near the couch, i tly preparing to ask a question. 21], what is it, little one?” asked Uncle Robert. “Uncl> Robert,” said the little girl, | “how did it happen that all your hair slipped off your head down on your chin?’—New York Times. d . It Was English, of Course. When United States Ambassador @ ehoate reached London he found an ir- ble reporter waiting to inter- . Choate, .I believe?” i. irnalist . Joseph Choate,” the! sador replied, adding, slily: “In nd I drop my H.”—New York Red Snow. In the arctic regions early exploreis were astonished to find large quantities of red snow ; but the phenomenon is now familiar to men of science, who know that red snow, like a green gar- den fence, is due to the presence of unicellular algae, the only difference being in the coloring matter of the pro- @toplasm. It is said that acres of snow , * are frequently covered in a single ‘4 night by these tiny plants.—Good , Words. * Inexpressible. iy " Jack—I saw a deaf-mute man talk- ‘* 4ng on his fingers to a deaf-mute girl to-day. Kitty—What was he saying? Jack—I love you more than word: can tell.—Detroit Free Press. ST.JACOB’S OIL. In cases where bronchitis has be come chrenic from want of proper treatment in the earlier stages, there fis nothing so good as Dr. August Koenig's Hamburg Breast Tea, in con- junction with which is strongly ad- vised the use of St. Jacobs Oil as an outward application along the front of | the throat, from close up under the | chin to well down to the top of the! chest; the one remedy assists the} ©. ether and as intended, they work in complete unison. he wonderful pen- etrating power of St. Jacobs Oil ena- bles it to reach the adhesion of for- eign matter, whieh lines the bronchial tubes and which makes breathing more and more diffieult. As these ad- hesions become inflamed and enlarged §t. Jacobs Oil causes such adhesions to break away, making expectoration easier and more free. Dr. August Koenig's Hamburg Breast Tea, drank slowly amd wery hot, soothes and heals the parts, fs comforting and quieting, stops the cough and relieves the breathing. This manner of treat- ® ment (and there is no other two rem- edies that will work, together so suc- cessfully) reachc; the difficulty from the outside and the inside at the same 4 time. St. Jacobs Oil reaches the roots ©. of the adhesion and assists Dr. August Koenig’s Hamburg Breast Tea in clear- ing them; then both remedies act in unison in healing and curing. The above remarks apply with equai force in cases of asthma, croup, whooping cough, en- larged tonsils and all bronchial affec- tions. Every family should have St. Jacob’s Oil and Dr. August Koenig's Hamburg Breast Tea always in the house in order that they may be promptly used in the first stages. Often the maladies develop with won- idity and complications take Gorse wit equal suddenness, Women are fond of bargains, yet a cheap man is never popular with the fair sex. —* acon Ponee | MINNESOTA DEMOCRATIC CIRCULAR NO. 4.. THE TAXATION OF STREET RAILWAYS. 3 eke tesbotetecbebecbebe ede deb he PEELE ELE EE EEE ELE EL EE EEE EEE EEE AS A MEMBER OF THE STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION GOV- ERNOR VAN SANT, OCT 4, 1902, VOTED AGAINST THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE “NEW JERSEY MERGER.” HERE ARE THE FACTS: Twin City Rapid Transit common stock, $15,010,000 outstanding, pays 4 per cent dividends, quoted in May at $1.20, market value, $18,012,000. Twin City Rapid Transit preferred, $3,000,000, pays 7 per cent dividends, quoted at about $1.75, market value, $5,250,000. sete tettet edd LEER EEE EEE Total market value of Twin City Rapid Transit capital stock, $23,262,000. } Supreme Court of Minnesota, 76 Minn., page 97, lays down rule for taxing franchise of street railway companies thus: Take actual value of the capital stock, from that deduct value of tangible ‘personalty and real estatq and re- mainder is vasis of assessment of franchise. : As the value of the personalty and real estate is also taxed directly, the actual value of the capital stock without any deductions is the basis of the total assessment of street railways for taxation, and that value, as above seen, is $23,262,000, 4 The franchise committee of the State Board of Equalization, appointed by Governor Van Sant, reported, at the meeting of the board on Oct. 3, in favor of taxing this street railway valuation at only 25 per cent of true value or $5,572,951. State Auditor Dunn introduced a resolution to fix the assessed valuation at $7,000,000, or 30 per cent of true value. State Auditor Dunn and Board Members J. G. Lawrence, George S. wssanensenessoeesiesstsnsreneunseanessnesaesigeg a That's the Reason. She—He says he loves me; yet he has only known me two days. Her Friend—Well, perhaps that’s the reason, dear—New York Times. SSeS RE JUNE TINT BUTTER COLOR tuakes top of the market butter. Compulsory. Parke—Personally, I don’t like a tel- ephone in the house. It’s a nuisance. Lant—What do you have one for? Parke—Oh, my servants couldn’t get along without it—Detroit Free Press. “A dose in time saves lives.”’ Dr. Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup; natnre’s remedy tor coughs, colds, pulmonary diseases of every sort. One More. The conversation turns on people notorious for telling falsehoods. “In all my life,” says the hostess, “I have never told a fib—three times.” “Well, that makes the fourth,” said her husband, skeptically—Judge. The Teacher Was Quick.’ Chicago once had as its superintend- ent of city schools a bachelor named , Howland, whose gruffness of manner and love of neatness were proverbial. Going into the room of a young and at- tractive teacher one day, Mr. Hosvland teok notice of an untidy desk and a cearelessly-arranged book shelf, and, pointing his finger at them, queried, | brusquely: Brainerd, O. G. Laugen, I. L. Filley and A. H. Strong, voted to tax this $23,- 1 262,000 of street railway valuation at $7,000,000. Governor S. R, Van Sant and Board Members McKibbin, Cole, Sprague, Johnson, Hodson, Cooley, Palm, Gordon, Shook, Thorp, Gronier, Nelson and Anderson voted to assess the $23,262,000 at $5,572,951. Governor Van Sant is ex-officio member of the State Board of Equaliza- tion, which is appointed by him and supposedly represents his views. Fri- day, Ocf. 3. the State Board named as the day for the special hearing on fran- chise corporations, at Governor Van Sant’s special request, in order that he might be present and officiate as a member of that Board. He was present, spoke and voted as a member of the Board in the matter of taxing franchise corporations. He was present when State Auditor Dunn, the financial adviser of the Board, clearly and forcibly presented the case of the public, as follows: “It behooves these public service corporations to meet public expéc- tations half way. The general impression is they are not paying half | taxes enough; that they are not paying enough for their privileges. The people think they should be taxed as much as other classes of property, and they think right. Now, take the capital stock of the Twin City Rapid Transit Company, where the capital stock of the company is given at $18,- 010,000. That stock is worth today more than par. Now, that represents so much wealth. It is not all held in St. Paul or Minneapolis. A great deal is held in Canada, New York, Boston. It is worth $1.20 at least. It was worth more than that a short time ago. It is safe to say it is worth par anyhow. It is sufficient to say that stock is worth $21,000,000 now, divide $21,000,000 by three, if you please, and you have $7,000,000. | think that would be a fair assessment for the street car companies. I do not think it would injure them in the least. I do not think it will affect their stocks in the least, and if it did, the next time the state board went to assess them they would have to take that into consideration. In justice to every other class of property | think they should be assessed at at least $7,000,000. ‘ Governor Van Sant, ex-officio and acting member of the Board, heard ‘Auditor Dunn again assure the Board of thé justice of the $7,000,000 valuation in the following language: “Assess them just’ as this Board has been assessing, as near as they know how, every other class of property. If you do that, the assessment, instead of being $5,000,000—something over $5,500,000, I thinR—$7,000,- 000 would be nearer the correct figure.” Governor Van Sant, finally, heard the state’s financial authority reiterate his conviction of the justice of the raise, thus emphatically: “This Twin City Rapid Transit Company stock pays dividends on the $18,000,000, and 1! claim it is worth $21,000,000, and $7,000,000 being one- third of it, | think it is a fair assessment.” The governor heard Auditor Dunn assure him of the fact that the people of the Twin Cities and of the entire state would sustain him in raising the assessment. Van Sant heard this assurance from the state’s financial head: “I think it is fair and right. 1 think the people of the cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis will sustain you, in fact the people of the whole state will do so. Certainly, if the assessment of two years ago, when the stock was 50 cents, or thereabouts, or $4,200,000, was fair, $7,000,000 would not’be unfair today.” Nevertheless Governor Van Sant cast his vote and gave his personal in- fluence to defeat the conservative assessment of $7,000,000—only 30 per cent of the true market value of the company’s capital stock—and voted for the committee report of $5,572,951, only 25 per cent of true value, although he voted to raise the valuation of homes and farms and business property of the state, already assessed at 50 to 60 per cent of the true value, $200,000,000, or 83 per cent. The closing proceedings of this franchise corporation session read: Question put on report of committee. Adopted by a vote of 14 in favor ond 6 against. Governor Van Sant says, | will vote for the report of the com- mittee as they assure me this raise is equal with the other property. . On that consideration, I vote aye. Governor Van Sant, therefore, stands on this record: He could vote to add $200,000,000 to ihe taxable value of the farms and homes and industrial and commercial development of the state. He could not vote to assess the Twin City Rapid Transit Company, the franchise corporation “merger,” as high as $7,000,000 on $23,262,000. He voted in accord with the request of Mr. M. D. Munn, attorney of the - street railway, against the advice of State Auditor Dunn. On the same day, Leonard A. Rosing, Democratic nominee for governor, in his St. Paul mass meeting speech said: “| hold that your street car system, your gas and electric lighting companies are inadequately taxed. They do not bear their fair proportion of taxation.” Referrirg to the value of the franchise upon which the $31,000,000 of street railway stocks and bonds are based, Mr. Rosing continued: “It is the right and privilege which you have granted to this corpora- tion to run through your streets and to charge passengers upon its cars 5-cerit fares. This privilege which you have given away for a certain term of years is so valuable that although the corporation has issued $3 worth of stock at least for each dollar of investment, the stock is nevertheless valued above par in the market. We hold that this franchise should be adequately taxed for the benefit of the city and state that granted this valuable privilege. And the same principle applies to the gas and elec- tric companies.” . Minnesota voters, it is up to you to vote your convictions on the subject of state taxation. Which of these men represents your views and interests, and those of the state at large? H. L. BUCK, Chairman Democratic State Central Committee. 4 FRANK A. DAY, Chairman of Press Committee, — ry ‘ MR. BELL BAMBOOZLED. The British Commercial Agent Visiting the United States Was't Up to American Steel Trust Kinks. ‘ Mr. Seymour Bell, a British commercial agent who has been over here look- ing into things, is either a very simple person or the London newspapers mis- represent his report. The Telegraph, for instance, with Mr. Bell’s deliverances for a text, enlarges on the “masterly moderation and consummate ability” of the steel trust in keeping down prices, when it might easidy raise them, lest tar- iff protection be taken away from it. The trust, Mr. Bell is made to say, “pre- fers a steady, regular trade on a vast scale at a moderate profit.” As a matter of fact, the steel trust has practiced no such temporary self de- nial for the sake of the future as it is credited with. Its published prices are not its real prices, though they appear to have deceived this British commer- cial agent completely. Go to tne offices of the steel trust, and you will be told that the price of structural steel is 24% cents a pound, say. But there is none for sale there at that figure—too many orders ahead. You will be directed, however, to some obliging dealer who may possibly have some steel on hand. He has, and the price is frora two to three times the published price of the trust. Buildincs are now going up in New York the steel for which has been im- ported from. Germany, and the cost of it laid down here, freight and duty paid, is about half what it could have been obtained for from the trust, t lt is in the very nature of monopoly to extort. Our irusts are formed for the purpose of acquiring the extorting power. The steel trust is no exception to the rule. Its “masterly moderation” is a myth. Commercial Agent Bell did not look an inch below the surface. He allowei iimself to be fooled by printed &zures tbat are a sham.—New York American ard Journal. “What kind of a housekeeper do you think you would make?” “Why, Mr. Howland, are you looking for one?” was the humorously-quizzi- cal reply—New York Times. No Need for Money. Standing at the corner of Thirty- sixth street and Broadway one warm evening was a stelid-looking man. He , Was gazing intently at the windows of | the rec2ntly-opened branch-of the Eestern Trust company. After look- ing over the large letters, he spoke right up—unconscious of the fact that he had a listener+reading from the lettered windows ““‘Capital, $1,000,000; surplus, $1,- 000,000; interest allowed on deposits.’ Sure, and what do they want deposits fcr, with all that money?”—New York Times. Helped Everybody. Gainesville, Tex., Oct. 27th—Mrs. L. E. Burton, formerly of Eureka, Kan- sas, has been at 507 Gladstone street, this city, for some time. While here Mrs. Burton has been the means of doing much good by introducing to her sick friends a remedy which it seems is very popular in Kansas, but which has not been very much heard of in this neighborhood. It is called Dodd’s Kidney Pills, and in every case where it has been used it has produced won- | derful results. Mrs. Burton has good reason to speak well of Dodd’s Kidney Pills, for they have done much for her and her family. She says: “I must tell ev- erybody what Dodd’s Kidney Pills have done for me and for as many of my friends as have used them. “I had a very bad case of kidney trouble, for which I had been doctor- ing for a long time without benefit. I saw Lodd’s Kidney Pills recommend- ed. I tried them and was completely cured. My mother and my brother were ill, and they took them and were soon well again. “Dodd's Kidney Pills have done much for us.” Too Strong a Negative. “It’s pretty hard to select a wife nowadays,” remarked -Mr. Con Seet; “the average girl of to-day doesn’t know enough.” “Pve found,” replied Mr. Mittens, “that they ‘No!’ entirely too much.”— Philadelphia Record. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That Contain Mercury, As mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on rescriptions from reputable physicians, asthe jamage they willdo is tenfold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and is taken {nternally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney &Co. Tes:imonialstree.’ Sold by Druggists, price 75¢ per bottle. Saall's Family Pills are the best When a man pursues an uncertainty he is not likely to land anything bet- ter. Piso’s Cure for Consumptio.: is an infallible medicine for coughs and colds.--N, W. Same... Ocean Grove, Feb. 17, 190). Nine men out of ten would rather find $400 in gold in an old pot than to have written’ “Paradise Lost.” No one would ever be bothered with con- stipation if every one knew how naturally peste quickly Burdock Blood Bitters regu- lates the stomach and bowels. Not all gas is fatal, or political meet- Ings would rob the ballot boxes of their just dues. , FITS eranenzcore. Ro fitsor nervousness afte. Harr dette aa Du. Rei. Kum, Ltd. 931 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa Some men waste power trying to get wealth, then waste wealth trying to get power. A crust and a kind word are better than a feast and indigestion. ‘Works Off the Cold Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Price 25c. Every man knows worse of himself than he knows of others. , Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.’ For children teething, softens the gums, reduces in- fammation, sliays pain, cures wind colic. ca bottle. A bachelor in his second boyhood, and a widow in her second girlhood, head the list of harmless idiots. ‘The depth of an injury depends in a measure upon the sympathy it excites. apenas GOVERNOR OF OREGON Uses Pe-ru-na For Colds i aise Pe-ru-na is known from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Letters of congratula- | tion andcommendation testifying to the | merits of Pe-ru-na as a catarrh remedy are pouring in from every State in the Union. Dr. Hartman is receiving hun- dreds of such letters daily. Allclasses write these letters, from the highest to the lowest. The outdoor laborer, the indoor arti- san, the clerk, the editor, the statesman, the preacher—all agrée that Pe-ru-nais the catarrh remedy of the age. The stage and rostrum, recognizing catarrh as their greatest enemy, are especially enthusiastic in their praise and testi- mony. Any man who wishes perfect health must be entirely freefrom catarrh. Ca- tarrh is well-nigh universal; almost om- nipresent. Pe-ru-na is the only abso- lute safeguard known. A cold is the beginning of catarrh. To prevent colds, to cure colds, is to cheat catarrh out of its victims. Pe-ru-nanotonly cures ca- tarrh, but prevents. Every household should be supplied with this great rem- edy for coughs, colds and so forth. The Governor of Oregon is an ardent HOLD NECESSITY, LINIMENT ARRIVES _. CAPITOL BUILDING SALEM, OREGON. A Letter From the Executive Officer of Oregon. FOR TWO GENERATIONS “s<~ MUSTANG LINIMENT HAS BEEN THE FARMER’S FRIEND AND A HOUSE- PAIN LEAVES WHEN MUSTANG in His Family and Grip, admirer of Pe-ru-na. He keeps it com tinually in the house. Ina recent let- ter to Dr. Hartman he says: Stare or OREGON, Executive DEPARTMENT, Satem, May 9, 1898. The Pe-ru-na Medicine Co., Columbus, O.8. Dear Sirs—I have had occasion to use- your Pe-ru-na medicine in my famil; for colds, and it proved to be an ex lentremedy. I have not had occasion to use it for other ailments. Yours very truly, W. M..Lord. It will be noticed that the Governor says he has not had occasion to use Pe- ru-na for other ailments. Thereason for this is, most other ailments begin with a cold. Using Pe-ru-na to promptly cure colds,he protects his family against oth- erailments. Thisis exactly what ev. other family in the United States should’ do. KeepPe-ru-nainthe house. Use it for coughs, eolds, la grippe, and other climatic affections of winter, and there will bs no other ailments in the housa Such families should provide themselvee- with a copy of Dr. Hartman’s free book, entitled ‘“‘Winter Catarrh.” Addreae Dr. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio. FOR MAN OR BEAST PATENTS. List of Patents Issued Last Week to Northwestern Inventors. John Alexander, Whitewood, S. D., cultivator; Clark Bostwick, Detroit City, Minn., lining for grain wagons or t.nks; Solomon Engle, Prestoh, Minn., power transmitter; Amasa Hawkins, Ashton, S. D., book and study table; William Hunkins, Merriam Park, Minn., nose supporter; Henry Kryger, Minneapolis, Minn., machine gun; Adolph Martin, Minneapolis, Minn., hat display clip. Lothrop and Johnson, patent attorneys, 912 012 Pioneer Press Bldg., St. Paul. Minn. .Wealth’s Comforts. . The Millionaire—Is your friend very rich? 2 Doctor—Not so very; just comfort- ably rich, you know. The Millionaire (with a sigh)—Com- foitably rich, ch? 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