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Joint Resolution No. 90 of the Regular SEES.
sion of 1888.

Joint Resolution No. 81 of the Regular SEES.
sion of 1888.
Amendment No. a.
Articles 207-The following property shall no
exempt from taxation, and no other. viz. All
publlc properly. places of religions vo-gh;n -.
burial. ell charitable institutions all bnild;ngs
ana property used exclusively for COLLEGES o.
other school purposes, the real and parsonaj as
tate of any pnblic library and that Of nm n,ba-
literary as Jciaton used hy or con,ects, w;,h
such lbrsIy; all books and philosonhical arno
ratus and al paintings and statuary of arv CON-
pany or association kept in q public hall. nrny;
dec' the property so exempted be not nsed or
leased ior purposes of private or corporate nroS+
or income. There shall also be EXEMPT from
taxation household property To tho yaInn of Ave
hundreddollars: there shall also be exemnt fro,,
taHation and license from a period of tvantv
years from the adoption Of the Constitutio, ri
1879, the capital, machinery and other nrn,art,
employed III the manufacture of ,extile fah,;cs
ieatner, shoes, harness, saddlery. hats Nonr
machinery, agricultural implements rnaunfoo'
trre or ice, fertilizers and chemicals and fnrn;
ture ana other articles Of wood marble or stone
soap stau4nery, ink and paper. boat bnildinc
anu chocolate; provided that not less than FIVE
hands are employed in any one factory.
In testimony whereof. have hereupto ,feroa
my signature and attached thereto the seal az Tho
STATE OF Louisiana al the CITY of Raton Ron,.o
THIS 18th day Of January A. d. 1888 Uee
OSCAR ARROYO,
Secretary Of State.
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Proclamation!

Be it known that / the undersigned
Mayor of the town st. Martinsville, by
virtue of the power vested in HE by law,
do hereby issue this my Proclamation
and Ordain that all the qualified electors
of the Town Of st. Martinyille, who will
have resided therein the time prescribed
by law to meet at the Court House in
said Town Oh the first Monday in April
next 1883. it being the End day of said
month and year, then and there to elect
in the manner and under the fOrmalities
prescibed for State Election five Trustees
for the Town of St. Martinsville to serve
for the time specified ty law.
In faith, whereof, | have hereuntO sig
ned my name officially at st. Martinsville,
Parish of st. Martin, this 10Th. day Of
February A, d. 1883.
CAB. CARDINAL. Mayor.
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Notice To Creditors.
Alex. M. Hebert VS.. His Creditors
2lst. Judicial District Court of the State
of Louisiana.
No. 1885.
Parish of st. Martin.

To all whom it may concern, know 80 that by
virtue of an order rendered By the Honorable
the 2lst Judicial District Court of the State of
of Louisiana, holding sessions in and for the
Parish of St. Martin, the Creditors OF Alex. NJ.
llebert of the Parish of st. Martin are hereby
notified and requested to meet before Louis j..
VOORHEES, Notary Public in and for said Parish
of st, Martin, at his Office in the town of st.
Martinville on Wednesday the 18th. day of April
next 1888 between O'Clock A. NJ. and O'Clock
p. m, in order to deliberate upon and fix tho
most advantageous mode of disposing of the
property belonging to the said Alex. NJ Hebert
and to appoint Syndic.
Witness the Hon. James L. Mou.on Judge of
the 2lst. Judicial District Court of Louisiana a;
st. Martinviile, Parish of st. Martin this 21st
day of March A. ID. 1888.
A. V. FOURNET,
Clerk of Court.
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Notice of Registration and
Assessment.

The voters and also the taxpayers of the parish
OF st. Martin, La, are hereby notified that accor
ding to law, will open the office of Assessor and
Registrar Of voters of st. Martins parish, La, al
the following named places i'm this parish, ON
the following dates from o'clock a. m, to
O'Clock p. m. and from 3 o'clock u. m. to 4
O'Clock p. m. daily Sundays and travelling DAYS
excepted for the registration of all legal voters
and to assess property, viz:
LIST. On February 18th. 10Th. 2Ist 22nd. 2srd.
2ith. and 18th 1888 at the Court House nj 81
Martinville, La. LIST. Ward.
End. On February "a. 70. 10Th. 1888 at Cleric
Gauthier. Srd Ward.
srd. On Monday March LIST 1885, at Alec Tbi-
bodeaux store Ain. Ward.
9Th. On March 9th, 2, 8. 9th. 1888 at DIR. Mar
tins Office, Breaux Bridge
9Th. On March 18th and 18th 1883 at Arcade
Patin's. ith ward.
9th. On March 14th 18th and 10th. at Onezime
Calais store, 18th. ward.
9TH. On March Eth. 1888 at Jerome TAYLOR
9Th. Ward.
sth. On March 18th 1888 at Aladdin Marks 9Th
Ward.
9th. On Marh end 2ard. AMI 9th Mt Chs. en-
tekunst End. ward Bayou Oh, ne.
10th. On March 2Sth lat Jules Moutou Co
toau, LIST ward.
18th. And on all intervening dates not herein
fixed and during the last two weeks before the
election. My Office OF Registrar and Assessor
will be opened as the law requires at the Court
House during the legal hours at 81. Martin
vile.
Vt. Martinville February 3r,l 1873.
5. v. MARTIN,
Assessor& Registrar.
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Joint Resolution No. IS, of the Regular Ses-
sion Of 1885.
Amendment No. 5.
Article 62-That in the event of the death or
rom whatever cause the Office of Lieutenant
uoser no Shhl become vacant, them and ia thai
event IN me PRESIDENT lpro tempore) Of the Senate
shall NIL the office Of Lieutenant Governor. Der.
performing all the duties incident to the otf,ce
and receiving its emoluments. Wv o'''e
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PrOnul cation.
-OF THE
Proposed Amendments to the
Constitution of the State of
Louisiana, Adopted by
the General Assembly
in 1884 and 1886.
OF THE
STATE OF LOUISIANA,


Office of the6ecretary of State. !
IN PURSUANCE of the provisions of the
Constitution, publication is hereby made and
given to the qualified electors of the State of
Louisiana of the proposed amendments to the
Constitution of this State, which have been con-
CURED in by two thirds of ali the members cleo
| ted to each house of the General Assembly of
this State at the regular sessions thereof held at
the city of Baton Rouge, in the years 1884 and
1885. and which are required TO be published for
the information of the qualified electors Of this
State for three months next preceding the Gen.
eral elections for Representatives, and which
proposed amendments more fully appear in Act
No. AZ and Joint Resolution No. ll2 of the Eegu-
lar Session of 1854, and in Joint Resolution Nos.
Is, IS, IS and 81 of the Regular Session of 1886,
which are hereinafter officially publishrd for the
information of the qualified electors of this
State, and which will DO submitted to them for
their approval or their rejection at the next gen.
eral election which will be held on Tuesday, the
18th. day of April A. d, 1883 Dit being the Tues
day next following the third Monday of said
month"; in such manner and form that the qua
lifted electors may vote for or against each
amendment separately; and if majority of the
qualified electors voting, at said election shall
approve and ratify all or either of said proposed
amendments OF either o; them, SO approved and
ratified. shall become a part Of the Constitution
of this State.
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DR.. Boerhaave's Nervine Pills.
\. V. FOURNET,
Clerk OF Court.

Weakness of the Urino-genital system
of either sex (nO matter from what cause
inducedD this wonderful herbal remedy
speedily and permanently cures strength
ems the organs, and renders their action
natural and vigorous again.
We will send box containing sixty of
these wonderful pills, postage paid, in Sc
curely sealed package, to any P. o. adj
dress in the United States or Canada on
receipt of one dollar.
The BOerhaave Medicine Company, Si4
West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Md.
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THE WEEKLY PICAYUNE.
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CONTINUED from first Pagel

lCOntlnueu from ms, IdScI
q majority vote calls for it. The next
step will be to have no secret session at
all.
Public Printer Benedict has refused TO
give the Committee investigating his
bureau the names OF the persons who
informed him Of the character of the work
performed by certain discharged emplO-
yees on the ground that the information
was given in confidence. The Republi-
can members Of the committee have
threatened to bring the matter before
the House with the view OF having the
cOntumaciOus witness incarcerated for
con temptuntil he divulges.
Congress has appropriated 5 10000 for
the purchase from the widow OF Gen.
Ames Shields the two swords received
by that Mexican war hero one fIom the
Legislature of Illinois and the other
from the Legislature Of South Carolina.
Those swords will be deposited in the
National Museum here as histO rical
mementOes, and the amount paid for
them will enable the widow OF the hero
to live in comfort the remainder Of her
life.
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Joint Resolution No. IS, of the Regular Ses.
sion of 1886.
Amendment No. 4.
:, Article 1s0-The New Basin Canal and Shall
Road and their appurtenances shall not be leased
alienated. ''' 10 i''''''
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Joint Resolution No. 2s of the Regular Ses-
sion of 1885.
Amendment No

~''"
sion of 1885.
Amendment No. 8.
In those districts composed of one parish
there shall not be loss than six terms Of the dis
trict court each year.
I'm all other districts there shall be in each
parish not less than four terms OF the District
Court each year, except in the parishes of Came
ron, Franklin and Vernon in which there shall
not be less than two terms of the District Cont
each year.
Until provided by law. the terms of the Dis
trict Court in each parish shall be fixed by rule
OF said court, which shall not he changed with
out notice by publication at least thirty DAYS
prior to such change.
There shall be in each parish not less than
two jury terms each year. at which a grand Jury
shall be innpanelled, except in the parishes Of
Cameron. Franklin and Vernon, in which there
shall not be less than ono jury term each year al
which grand jury shall be impannellel.
AT otherjury terms the General Assembly shall
provide for special juries. when necessary for
the trial of criminal cases,
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Act No. 43 OF the Regular Session of 1884.
Amendment No. /.

Amendment No. /.
Tulane University Amendment.
The terms OF Act No. -. of the Regular SEES
sion of 1884, adopted at the Session of the Legis-
lature in the year 1854, arc hereby ratified and
approved; and all provisions of the Constitution
OF 1879 repugnant thereto, or in any way impair
ring the passage thereof, are hereby repealed SO
far as the operations OF said ect are concerned.
Joint Resolution No. 1l2 of the Regular Ses-
siO1s of 1884.
Amendment No. 2.
"The General Assembly may divide the State
into levee districts and provide for the appoint
nent or election of Lovec Commissioners in
said districts, who shall in the method OF man.
ner to be provided by law, have supervision of
the erection, repair and maintenance of the le-
wees in said districts; TO that effect the Levee
Commissioners may levy tax not to exceed ten
mills on the taxable property. situated within
the alluyih portions of said district subject to
overflow; provided that in case OF necessity, to
raise additional funds for the purpose of con-
structing, preserving and repairing any leyees
protecting the lands of the district the rate of
taxation, herein limited, may be increased when
the rate of such increase and the necessity and
purpose for which it is intended shall have been
submitted to vote of the property taxpayers in
such district, paying taxes for himself, or in any
representative capacity, whether resident OF non
resident, on property situated in the alluyial
portion of said district subject to overflow. and
majority of those in number and value voting
at such election, shall have voted then for.
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LAND FOR SALE.

Lands bordering TIE eorporated limits
of the town of st. Martinyiile, La, city
of 1000 population, near the Morgan
Railroad, will be sold ia lots to suit pur-
chasers, and on the easiest terms.
rY" For further particulars address to
this Office or to Edward Sillan.
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Notice to Tax Payers.

Take notice that in accordance with Section
81 OF Art. e6 Of tho General Assembly of 1852,
your taxes for the year 1887 according to the Tax
Rolls or file in this Office and N tho Office of tho
Clerk of Court ox-oSlcio Recorder of Mortgages
of the Parish of ST. Martin are now due and col
lectaole, and if not paid as the law directs or
before the S1st day OF December A. ID. 1887 you
viii become dei;nGCcats and the amount of your
said taxes will then draw l per cent interest per
month from the 3lst of December until paid for
or the property thus assessed will be seized and
sold according to law.
Sheriff's Office St. Martensville Parish OF st.
Martin this 18th, day of October 1881.
L. L. BROUSSARD.
Sheriff and ex-oficio Tax Collector.
, 1888-06-27
CARLYLE UPON WASHINGTON.

A curious trait in the character of
Thomas Carlyle was his aversion to men
who had ~Striven, or were striving, to serve
mankind by peaceful and perhaps COM
monplace means. Thus, i'll ole OF ms
works. he goes out of his way to diSparage
the illuStrious John Howard, who went
about doing good to the most unhappy OF
the sons Of men.
It particularly annoyed the irritable
author, that Howard should carry about
with him q rule and pair of scales, 80 that
he could ascertain for himself the weight
of a prisoners allowance and the exact
size of his cell. This was not picturesque.
IF a man was simply doing good i'll -
practical and modest way, it was enough
to provoke CaTlyle's ~contemptuous disgust.
He has abundant praise for q stern Jailer
who made confinement bitter; but no com
mendation for the patient and heroic
philanthropist who alleviated the anguish
of despairing prisoners.
We believe that the principal cause OF
his aversion to Americans was their pre-.
ference for the peaceful, u~npicturesque and
practical ways of accomplishing good
results. One of his pet %antipathies was
George Washington.
Mr.. J. T. Fields used to relate q story Of
his first dinner with Carlyle, which was
highly amusing. No sooner bad Carlyle
comprehended the fact THAT Mr.. Fields
was an American c~itizenJ than he begun q
TRADE in the broadcast Scotch, against
Washington as the great type Of respecta-
BILE dRlneSS.
Mr.. Froude, IN the biography, quotes
q passage from Carlyle's note book, in
which he berates 10th Washington and,
LAFAYETTE, not because they had faults,
but because they had none.
"NO man in modern times" he says,
''perhaps no man in any time, ever came
through more confusion with less imputa-
ton against him than Lafayette. None
can accuse him of varEallle1eSS he has
seen the world Grange like u cOnjurer'S
pastebOard world he stands there unchang-
ed AZ a store pillHr in the midst of it.
Does this prove b4H to be a great manF
Nowise-perhaps, only a limited man."
AS if all men were not "limited.' He
disposes Of Washington in a similar way.
"WashingtOn,p he says, sis another of
Our perfect characters. To me; a most
limited, uninteresting sort"
We can we'll believe that the benefcent
Washington was unintereSting TO the mam
who glOried in CromweWs massacre of the
Irish, and who spent thirteen years in glo-
Tifying Frederick OF Prussia.
How slight a person was Frederick com.
pared with Washington ! His chief exploit
was that, after having rashly and want
only brought upon his country the enmity
of Austria, Russia and France, he was just
able by the aid of accident, to save it from
total ruin. RuE Frederick was Dicf11rasnua.
He wore soldier clothes every day. He
killed people on a large scale and GOV
cred the land with ruin and desolation.
He had his merits, however, one of
which was that he Ievered the character of
George WashingtOn.-Ibid. .i
, 1888-06-27

A City mai had a son who took piano:
lessons at Professor Zweiber's' house, but
was supposed to do his pfacticing on the
piano at home. The father had a suspicion
that the youth did not practice much.
One day he said, "Tommy, do you
practice regularly on the piano when 7 am
in the city :" Eyes papa" 9 Every day ~
eyes, papa" " How long did you practise
yesterday ""Two hours" "And today gu
"Three hours" 81 am glad to hear. that
you practice so regularly" eyes papa.S
"And the next time you practice be sure
you unlock the piano. Here is the key!
1 locked the piano and put the key in my
pocket a week ago."
Man is a thinking being whether he will
or not all he can do, then. is TO- turn his,
thoughts in right directions,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-02-02
For THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER.

[ noticed in your paper sometime
since inquiries about the birth place OF
James K. Polk. His father was
Ezekiel Polk, of Mecklenburg county,
n. c., who married a daughter OF
James Knox, Of the same county and
State, in the neighborhood Of Hope
we'll Presbyterian church. | was told
some twenty years ago, by an old gen
tleman, 7. NJ. Kerns, Esq. who owned
the land that James Knox owned and
was shown the old house site, IN an
old field where he lived. He also
told me that Mrs. Polk was at her
fathers when her son was born, and
she named him James Knox Polk.
His father some years afterwards
moved to Tennessee, and when~Lls son
was prepared to enter college, he was
sent back to his native State, and took,
his collegiate course at Chapel Hill.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-02-02
RAISE GOOD CALVES--TEST THE
cows.

Farmers do not raise calves enough.
In this county, at least, there are
enough thoroughbred bulls, so that
any farmer can easily get a high grade
calf from his best cows, which will
very likely come in at two years old
and give as much milk as it's mother
did at mature age. Beginning with
only n COW, in a few years a farmer
may have his barn full of COWS that
will do him credit, and which will
bring him good prices when he sells
them. A man can better afford to pay
500 for a cow that is worth it than
to pay $50 each for two ordinary
cows.
1t is we'll to keep a record of the
amount of milk given by each COW, as
in many herds there are COWS which
do not, pay the cost OF their. Keeping
and are kept at the expense of the
others. Taking out the poor one and
reducing a herd of l6 to 10 of the best.
would be satisfactory and profitable
1t is but little trouble to. weigh every
milking or a dial spring balance, hung
up in the barn, and set the amount
down on a card prepared for that pur-
pose. G. Poor, Esser county. Mass,
~~--
C,b,o.;lo nj
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-02-02

school house and the church. would
not only exempt it from debt, put l
would put it out of the power Of the
owner to mortgage it, or by Judgment
or otherwise charge it with debt. The
homestead is to the farmer like the
tools Of his trade. 1t is the means
by which he supports and educates his
children. 1t should be forever estab-
lished as the nursery for the best crop
that will ever be raised in North Caro-
lina-the children. 1t should be the
citizens castle in which the winds
and the rain may enter, but a collect
ing officer cannot. ORANGE.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-02-02
For THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL-
TURE-WHAT TO DO g.
WITH IT.

Could the Agricultural Department
and the Industrial School or Agricul-
tural College be so, consolidated as to
be presided over the same officers =?
Let the Commissioner of Agriculture
be President of the Industrial School
or College. Let the Professor Of
Chemistry act as State Chemist. With
necessary assistants much of this work
could be. done by advanced students
in two or three years. Let the Board
of Agriculture be the Board of Direct
ors for the College. Let the two be
as closely and compactly consolidated
as possible. Then there will be no
antagonism, and less expense. Good
live working men might do all the
work required at a little over half the
expense it would take to run n sepa-
rately. By having our means united
we can pay men of recognized ability
and energy, good salaries and have the
work done cheaper. If the mass of
our small farmers reap any direct
benefit from that College, it must be
made as cheap as possible Il mean the
expenses of attending the schooD.
The mass Of our farmers are very
poor-unable to pay $40 per month,
board and clothes-to send their boys
to any college, and yet on account of
their numbers pay most of the taxes.
Therefore for the benefit Of this class
we must consolidate and concentrate
our mean as close as practicable and
get good work at the least possible ex-
pense. | believe we could get good
men to do all the work for a small
increase Of salary. 1t seems to me
that the Board of Agriculture are not
generally burdened with work. They
meet, elect their officers, draw their
per diem and salaries. make reports,
etc. Now il they must have Office,
let US make them work hard and pay
them for it. How far will it be prac-
ticable to go in that direction? w.