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The Opelousas courier., 1888-09-15
The School Tax.

The legality of the act passed
by the last legislature, relative
to the i mill school tax, is be-
ing tested in the parish of De-
soto. At a recent meeting of
the police jury of said parish,
the president of the school
board requested that body to le-
~ a special tax of u mills to
II applied for school purposes.
1. "a unanimous vote the police
jury ignored the request of the
school board hence the school
directors have instituted a man.
damus suit against the parish
authorities to compel them to
levy said tax, in accordance with
the recent act which plainly
says: That the police jurors of
the several parishes, and the
boards of trustees, aldermen and
legal representatives of cities,
towns and villages Except the
parish OF Orleans), may levy for
the support of the common
schools of their respective par:
ishes not less than one and a
half mills of the ten mills tax on
the dollar of the assessed yalua-
ton of the property thereof.
This shall be provided for in
their annual budget. On the
refusal or neglect to levy said
tax or to vote for such levy, the
parish school board shall have
the right and it shall be it's duty
to compel by mandamus, which
mssy be tried in chambers or in
open court, the levy of said tax
to be collected as in case of par
ish and corporation taxes, and
shall be paid to the school
treasurer of the parish or. town
where collected monthly by the
tax collector; provided, towns
not exempted under their char
tiers from the payment of parish
taxes, and subjected to the bur
den of taxation as the parishes
are, shall not pay this tax, for
same is included in the taxes
imposed by the parish in which
the town is situated.-Ex.
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Proclamation
In Relation to the State Fair to be Held at
Baton Rouge In October, 1888.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Skafa of T~.on;c;pr, [

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, !
State of Louisiana. (
Whereas, The Louisiana State Agricultural
Society has provided for the holding of 6
State Fair ON the grounds of the Louisiana
State University and Agricultural and Me
cianical College, at Baton Rouge, during the
first week of October. 1888, and has appointed
an Executive Committee composed of repre-.
sentative, energetic and capable citizens to di.
rect and manage the same; and whereas, said
Fair will undoubtedly be of great utility to
this State in making known her resources and
attracti3S and in affording her citizens excel,
lent etunity for observing the merits of the
products and the improved
mes lethods employed in the mechan-
ical G-Fecepltural industries;
80 sefore, AFrancis L. Nichols, Governor
of the State of L qisiana, have thought proper
to issue this my PIE iamation, soliciting on be-
.nalf of this commends OF enterprise the favor
and the liberal patronaA Eall friends of pros
perity, development and prs ess, and partic-
ulsrly of all associations and Eitizens of this
State, and urging them to contribute in every
possible manner to the success of said Fair
and especially do / urge upon them to procere
for ii such articles as will illustrate the physi-
cal geography Of this State, her resources, her
minerals, her products, her climate and her
soil and also such other articles as will exhi
bit her progress in the various arts and sci
ences.
/ furthermore request producers and manu-
facturers of other States to send their produce
and wares for exhibition at this fair, promising
them an inviting field for advertisement and
patronage.
Furthermore, / earnestly invite the citizens
Of other States to visit the Fair and inspect our
resources, assuring them ola cordial welcome
on the part Of our citizens, and urge upon all
lines of Railroads and Steamboats, to afford to
the people of this and other States every posi-
BILE encouragement and facility.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto sign
ed this proclamation and caused the seal of
the State to be hereunto affixed at the city of
Baton Rouge this seventh day of June, A. D.,
1883. FRANCIS T. NICHOLS,
Governor of Louisiana.
BY the Governor:
L. f. MASON,
Secretary of State,
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voluntarily for the sins, he had
committed during the year. This
custom, however, is gradually
losing ground, and the day is
not far off when it will become
o thing Of the past.
But here all became quiet.
Even the women in the other
apartment, who seemed least
able to suppress their tears, gave
devoted attention. In a solemn,
sad, and impressive voice, calcu-
lated to engage the interest of
those present, the chazGn (sin-
ger,) accompanied by two
youngsters, uttered kol nidre.
This was repeated thrice amid
profound silence. Whatever koz
nidre may signify for the more
civilized Jews of this country or
those of the Western European
continent, | am scarcely able to
define. For the Russian or Po-
lish Jew, hogever, kol nidre
lheans a great deal. 1t means
that all the oaths and pledges
taken during the year with i'm
proper motives may be cancelled,
forgiven, and forever erased
from the record of the almighty
Creator. Kol nidye being over,
the rabbi is honored with the
privilege of taking out the Holy
Scripture, which, after reading a
few appropriate lines from it, he
puts back into it's place I say
honored with the privilege, be-
cause many synagogues sell this
privilege at auction, and only
he secures this honor who bids
the highest price for it. AS a
general thing, however, the rab-
bi, or any other prominent men,
Der of the synagogue, is accord
ed this honor by the congrega-
ton.
Solemn hymns, impressive
prayers, and psalms, keep the
worshipers in the synagogue till
a very late hour in the night.
Many stay i'm the synagogue all
night and the whole following
day without partaking of a
crumb of bread or a mouthful of
water.
The moss interesting and i'm
pressive prayer, which, it is said,
can touch a lions heart and
move a rock, is called from it's
beginning insane tokef (U-ne-
thanne toqef), The position of
the human being in this world,
as we'll as the unknown fate
such as life or death, wealth or
poverty, happiness OF misery
that awaits us, is very touching
ly presented in this prayer,
Many a tear has been shed while
reading these words, and many
Ia man and woman has been
quickened to a fuller realization
of mans dependence upon the
mercy of God. 9
The Opelousas courier., 1888-09-15

Al $1,000 hustle was part of
che apparel of the wife of a
wealthy Missouri farmer the
other day. They stopped at q
Kansas City hotel, and some
time after leaving telegraphed
back that $1,000 had been lost
there. After a long search the
money was finally found be-
tween the Stats of the bed and
the mattress. Tt was done up
il \ strange fashion. Around
the long leather purse that con
tanned the money q piece of cof-
fee sack had been seWed as tight
as tWine could sew it. . Around
this was wrapped a towel, which
vas also tightly sewed, and the
whole was bound up in another
lowell loosely stitched together.
When the farmer came for it he
explained that bis wife had
done Il up In that way sa that
she could wear it as a hustle.
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brave Young Iowa 9irl.
,...h.rine Cole in N. O. Picayunt

catherine Cole in N. 0. picayunf
rive miles out in the cou Try
.Iay from this town (Jennil gs)
- aai Tie open prairie, | saw lhe
~ O.hsr day a tiny home-a little,
~ lila. Jack-in-a-box kind of}R
ssnoS,a-set in a patch of grount,
.sat measured on each of it's
s san sides just half a mile. A
lG O;sa fence was around the place
and IN another Enclosure some
a a,aak. fat Creole cows were graz
~ Behind the house, over
". IE;ch vines grew plentifully-
w.t. The insect-hraboring honey
s,,ekle. but the scarlet
sssaadrils known as "Venus hair
there stretched a good garden
and ! young orchard of beauti-
81 near trees-seyenty trees to
~. ~ acre-that when they shall
= 1--WE years old ought to be
y;elding each year $1S a tree.
Wire screens were at the doors
and small windows. A plump
roupg woman was feeding
sSickeps in the yard. She was a
iii sauatter, and this was her
Snmestead land given her by the
government. Two years ago she
fook possession of her claim, her
ieO acres of prairie land, and at
n expense ofabout 1856 put up
! small house, and with her
ToI,nr brother went into it to
i've. They made a garden, set
! M 4 small poultry yard, put out
their fruit orchard, and dug a
we'll. They sell vegetables and
melons and eggs. They work
brayeIy, and their orchard is
growing, and their two or three
sovs have increased in number.
From the first year they have
raised enough chickens, vegeta-
bles and melons to support
themselves. In a few years that
near orchard will yield them at
least seven or eight hundred dol
lars a year, and their fine gar
den should bring them in at
least three hundred more. In a
few years that girl will be rich
and some young man in New
Orleans will be wanting to
throw away his cigarette and
get up for once early in the
morning and marry this brave
and splendid young pioneer, and
/ hope to goodness she won't
have himsat all.
When | think about this
Young lady and her homestead
this fair-haired squatter from
the snow country-I am asham-
ed of our young men.
i \ y v y
The story of that brave young
Iowa girl-squatter should ring
out like q challenge to every
idle youth in the state and
shame him into action, into in
The Opelousas courier., 1888-09-15
It may Result in War.
Mills.

Congressman Mills.
"This is a serious position in
which we are placed by the blum
der of the Republican party.
God knows what the result may
be. 1t is not the pathway to
peace when a man says to his
neighbor: You have killed my
cat and / am going to kill your
dog That means irritation,
bad temper, bad blood. The
road to retaliation is not the
road to peace It may result in
war. But our duty to our peo-
pie is plain and mandatofy. We
withstand by the people at what
ever cost. (Cheers.) If it comes
to the point that war must come,
and that Canada must fall, as
she will, into the arms of the
Union, and if, in the providence
of God, that poor %carpetbag rid
den island across the water
should end the days of her cap
tivity, then every liberty-loving
man can raise his voice in halle
lujah." (Oheers.)
The Opelousas courier., 1888-09-15

Harry Warner will make bal
loon ascensions and parachute
descents at the State Fair at
Baton Rouge, Oct. 1st to 9th In
elusive.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-09-15

a Young Easton MIDI damsel
sent 25 cents and postal stamp
III replv to an advertisement
that appeared id q Boston paper
ofnHoW to makean impression,
and rot for an answer ssit
down on d pan of dough-
Philadelphia Record.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-09-15
MACHINERY


ENRON q pasture near the west side of OPP
~eIousaa, about six week ago, q dark bay
horse COLT with black mane and tail. Tbs
colt ID about 2 years old and has no brand
ANY person who will leave him at this Once
or give any information concerning his where
abouts will be suitably rewarded.
Opelonsas, june 80, 'SS.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-09-15
A Word to Colored Voters.
Fort Worth Texas, Gazette.

Fort Worth tTexas) Gazette.
The negroes of Texas ought
by all means to form Harrison
ana Morton clubs and Whoop it
up for Chinese immigration
and Chinese tariff laws. The
Mills bill, as passed by Demo
Gratis in the Lower House of the
national Congress, places hoop
iron, used as cotton ties, on the
free list. The Republican Gong
ressmen attempted to take them
from the free list and place on
them a heayyduty. Ofthe 6,000,-
900 bales of cotton raised in the
South, perhaps 1000, 900 are the
product of negro labor. But no
matter what the percentage, any
tax that increases the cost of
cotton ties is a tax that takes
money ont of the pocket of
every negro producer Of cotton.
The Republican party has
solemnly declared in its national
platform that rather than relieve
the negro of the tax on cotton
ties it wonld give him free Whis-
ky-that is, tax his labor and
put i'm his hands greater facility
for debauching his manhood and
impoverishing his family. Il
any class Of people need cheaper
clothing, blankets, salt, farm
implements and lumber, and
encouragement tor social and
educational elevation, it is the
negro. But his dear friends, the
Republicans, would give him
cheap whisky rather than cheap
salt.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-09-15

The Lake Charles Echo is in
its Goth volume, and will issue
a tela thousand edition on the
14th of September, 1888. Send
for sample copies.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-09-15

There is a difference of opin-
ion among the legal fraternity
as TO whether or not under the.
neW school law enacted by the
last Legislature, the parish
school boards can compel the
police juries of the various par
lsAes TO levy d one and a half
mills tax for public school pur-
poses. The law reads that the
Police juries may levy this tax
aad goes on to say that ID case
lhs police iuries neglect, fail Or
felase "a levy said tax that the
sehool board shall, by man
Janus, compel the levy and col
actlon Of the tax. The collec-
non Of the tax will meet with
opposition in some of the par
laaes and litigation will be the
result Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-09-15

The decree has gone forth.
Every street and sidewalk IN
Shreveport is to be paved OF
nlanked. Good. Who next
The Opelousas courier., 1888-09-15

Gen. Won. Moltke, since he
has been put on the retired list,
thinks that Germany is going to
the devil. The old soldier writes
to a friend that he hopes never
to see another war between
Germany and France, because
such a war would be very
different from the conflict of
1870. The forces of the two
countries are about equal, and
their chances would be equalized.
The General thinks Germany
should not fight unless attacked.
He perhaps has a lurking sus-
picion that the younger men
now at the head ofaffairs would
not be able to make Sedan and
Metz possible.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-09-15

A good way to distinguish
mushrooms is to sprinkle salt on
the spongy or under side. If it
turns yellow, the specimen is
poisonous; if black, it is whole
some Sugar-BoWl and Farm
The Opelousas courier., 1888-09-15

Subscribe To the COURIER
w. 10 d year iii advance.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-09-15

Ouachita Telegraph: u. s.
,Marshall e. b. Peasants died
at his home in New Orleans last
Sunday morning. Boss Fitz-
patrick and Judge R. G. Davey
are applicants for his position
and we trust neither one will
get il. The hoodlum element
have received already more than
enough recognition.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-09-15

a bale of cotton has been re-
ceived at Wilmington, n. q,
covered with pin6straw bagging
manufactured by a manufactur-
ing company Of that city. e
attracted great attention. Il
passed all tests satisfactorily, IN
Guiding that Of congress, and "a
believed will answer all the pur-
poses Of jute hagging at much
lower prices.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-09-15

Let boys be instructed in all
the designs Of nature and they
will be improved in morals, and
learn to love animals instead of
throwing stones at them.-O Oscar
Wilde.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-09-15

Nina Van Zalldt, the young
woman who swas married BY
proxy to August Spies, the
Chicago Anarchist, has taken OFT
mourning and has gone back
into her circle of society. The
Chicago Herald says that she -
once more the bright, sunny,
happy girl that a good many re-
member her to have been before
the cloud of Anarchy passed
over her life. She speaks and
writes huently English, French,
German and italian. She has
become reeonciled to her rich
aunt in Pittsburg, and will not
lie disinherited, as was expected.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-09-15

The story ofthat brave young
Iowa girl-squatter should ring
out like q challenge to every
idle youth in the state and
shame him into action, into in
dastry and into conquest.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-09-15

Don't swear. It is not All evil
dence of smartness or worldly
wisdom. Any fool can swear
and a good many fools do it.
All! if / could only gather up
all the useless, uncalled-for, in
effective oatfls that have drop
ped along the pathway of my
life, 1 know It would remove
stumbling blocks from many
inexperienced feet, and my
heart would be lighter by q ton
than it is to-day. But if you
are going to be a fool just be-
canse other men have been, my
son, what a hopeless fool you
will be.-R. j. Burdette.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-09-15

- kAAo -
made a very deep impression up
on my mind.
The aged, venerable-looking
rabbi who stood facing the altar
was bitterly lamenting over the
fortunes of Rabbi Akiba, who,
according to che assertion of the
Talmud, had heroicalIy Sacrificed
his life for the sake of preserv-
ing his faith. Three old men,
with their talises [tGlIiA 9th over
their heads, attracted my spe-
cial attention. They were read
ing aloud from their prayer
books the lines AZ Chef shechOtO-
,sa [shechGtanu], Forgive us, O
God, for such and such a sin,
etc. accompanying each line
with groans and tears. / had
scarcely directed my ol)serva-
tion from this scene, when an
other one presented itself to
my sight. Within a sho IT dis
lance from the main entrance OF
the synagogue I beheld a mid
dle-aged, pious-looking H ebreV
FRUSTRATED upon the floor, while
another Hebrew armed with 9
leather strap, administered te
him thirty-nine malkies (aaGl
qstth). OF lashes; this was tht
punishment which he received
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-03-15
KILLED A COURTESAN
A Missouri Father Attacks His Son,
Mistress.

A Missouri Father Attacks His Sons
Mistress.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, March 15.-Effie Ellis
ton, notorious courtesan of this city, ha;
received injuries at the hands of DR.. Geo
NJ. Cox, which will probably result fatally
The woman was the mistress of Fentor
Cox son OF the doctor. Fenton had be,
come infatuated with her, and the act was
committed IN desperate attempt to free
his son OF her seductive wiles The
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-03-15
"MAY GOD BLESS YOU!"
Boston Paper Hangers Trouble and
How He Got Out of It-PIain W ords
from the sunny south.

|
no" nc "ot OF it-fiain WORDS
from the sunny south.
w.a "nen VIC arc ,,u ~ t,ouplo we CRY ior neip
,n,,,', d.. va.oI ~ u, ,orset fs ~. 70 o'
o,T-.,,' -. "'',a t' W. uriinh
", ,tou' .roeh'o'' 0iair county hla'' writes
.a'' nA" Va. a,'aTA ', oi'i's anu Iefer' my
s,ste'' s'.' VIC, iu ~" " i"a TOT 'So years
"a' r' soaIe IeeIs 49, aD'e :" moiA az al. some times
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-03-15
BOREAS LET'S Up
And the Eastern Blockade is Raised
Telegraph Lines yet in Bad Condition..

And the Eastern Blockade is Raised
Telegraph Lines yet in Bad Condition.
WASHINGTON, March l5-The blockade OF
the city, growing out of Sunday nights
blizzard has been partially raised. Trains
rom the west and South arrived regularly
and about on time. From the north by
the Pennsylvania route two trains came
through from Philadelphia, today and one
that started from New York early Monday
morning came in late at night Direct tel
egraph service between Washington
and Baltimere has improved slight.
ly during the day, but between
Baltimore and Philadelphia there
has been no mprovement-the Western
Union Company not having restored a
single one of its many wires between thess
two points to working order. No mail ha,
been received at the poStoflice here from
New York and the East since Monday
night when the train which left New York
Sunday night, that was twenty hours on the
way. arrived here. The effect OF DELAYED
mails was observable in some of the depart
ments to-day, especially in the treasury,
where, in some bureaus that depend fos
work upon the regular delivery of New
York and Eastern mails, many of the Ger
respondence clerks passed the time idly
waiting for something TO do.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-03-15
FIRST FOR SHERMAN
The thirteenth Distrfst Leads OF By se
lsstins Two Mon Pledged for she ohis
9Rnatpr

| Eno thirteenth Distr10t Leads ofY bv n
lsstins Two Mon Pledged for she Obi
senator.
LANcAsrRR, o., March I5.-Ths Centra
Congressional district Of Ohio, the 18th
led off here yesterday in the selection o
delegates to the National Convention. 90
lecting men pledged to the support of Sen
ator Sherman. Colonel NJ. H. Neil callet
the convention to order, and the temporar,
Secretary was Fletcher T. Harris. of Perry
The Committee on permanent Organization
announced the following selection: Per
msnent Chairman, J. E. Safer. of Franklin
Secretary, William Davidson. Of Fairfield
and Assistant Secretary, Riley f. Williams,
of Franklin.
Jerry z. Bliss, Of Franklin, was nomi.
mated by reclamation for delegate to the
National Republican Convention and Hon.
John w. Jones, of Hooking, was on the
third ballot selected a. the other delegate,
The alternates chosen were Captain w. N.
Crawford, of Franklin, and J. +. Harris, of
Perry, each of whom were elected BY ac-
clsmation. Mr.. F. C. Whitley, of Fairfield,
was chosen as the elector from this district,
The convention was harmonious and un-
qualifiedly endorsed Hon. John Sherman
for President
The following resolution was adopted:
Resolrcd, That the Republicans of the
Thirteenth District in convention Assem-
bled, declare their enthusiastic opposition
to the free trade sentiments announced in
the annual message of President Cleveland
and embodied in the Mills bill now before
Congress, and reaffirm our devotion to the
principles of protection to American labor
through protection to American Industries
Wealso emphatically protest against placing
wool on the free list, but insist that our
wool growers shall have ample and ade-
quate protection to their most important
industry by the re-enactment OF the wool
tariff of 1867.
Re'otucd, That We heartily favor the per-
sioning of meritorious soldiers, sailors and
marines of the army and navy of our
Union, and condemn the efforts of the
Democratic party to prevent legislation for
this purpose. Is manifested by their mem
bers OF Congress and the President.
Resolved. That the Republicans of tho
District, in convention assem-
bled at the birthplace o. John Sherman,
feeling just pride in his more than thirty |
years of eminent services to hi. country in |
various responsible positions, in which he |
has never been found wanting, do most |
desire his nomination for the |
Presidency, and the delegates this day Sc
ected are instructed to use every honorable
effort for his nomination, as long Is his
name il before the convention,