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The morning call., 1891-09-13
A DIFFERENCE

That Is Noticed Between American and
English Speech.
There is quite difference in the English
and American speech, though we are not
aware of it to any extent until our attention
is called to it. The nomenclature of business
is apt to mix an American up, and in some
instances is quite annoying | have pre-
pared the following table, giving some of
the more important words and their uses IN
both countries:
AMERICAN. ESeLlsH
TeIerram Wire.
Ticket-ofice Booking-ofice-
Buying ticket. hooking.
RAILROAD track. Permanent way.
Rails Metals
Depot Station.
switch. Points.
Streer-car. Tram-car.
Freight train. Goods train.
Cara Carriages.
Conductor. Guard.
Engineer. Drlyer
Fireman. Stoker.
Locomotive. Engine.
Baggage Luggage
All aboard. Seats. please.
Matches. Lights.
Beer. Ale
Switching cars Drilling
Trains meeting Trains crossing.
Freignt-car. Goods
PaTqnet. PIT
There are hundreds of other minor words
which al first are confusing. In money We
have the sovereign, which Is also quid,
and in Yorkshire sometimes called a :" thick
'un." A shilling is a bob; sixpence, a
tanner; ten-shilliDg gold-piece Is half a
ouid and thin 'un"; while crown or
five-shlling piece is plunk or big 'un."
The half-crowu is known as two-and-six,
sometimes two and a tanner. The values
of English money are very deluding to
Americans. Two shillings for an article
doesn't sound expensive, but it is four shil-
lngs OF American money, and the article
looked at from that point may be expensive.
Frank Lesie's Weekly, Sept 9th.
The morning call., 1891-09-13
Pictures of all the Presidents from
Washington to Harrison.
1T ALSO GIVES In BRIEF:

The History of Colonial Politics
The History OF Revo utionary Politics.
The History of the Confederation.
The History Of the .. 5. Government by Con-
gress,s.
The History of the q S By Admins trations-
An Analysis of the Federal Government.
Valuable Statistics on Debts.
Valuable STATISTICS on Revenues.
Valusbe Statistics on Expsnditursi
Issues of all Political Parties
The History Of all Political Partiss which A,y,
existed in this country.
The morning call., 1891-09-13
Does it Wear Well 2"

A practical nation they say are We;
A nd whether We buy house or a key,
carpet dress or caramel,
We ask. .'does IL wear wel9'
And nothing more sensible could be heard.
Ambition, thrift. energy lurk In each word.
He Is a wise man OF whom they may tell,
He asks "does 1t wear wel?''
There's nothing wears better than SOZoD0NT
sweet;
1t keeps the mouth fragrant and SOUND and meas,
And all who have used II constantly dwell
On the fact "it tgedrs soeil."
The morning call., 1891-09-13
Ask for Sozodont

II you want dentifrice-as you probably do
which will protect your teeth from decay and
render them white. SOZ0DONr Is in vogue
with the professions which Of all others are
called upon TO display their teeth the most-to
wit. the musical and dramatic. 1t Is especially
attractive with the fair SEX portion OF the COM
muDiiy who make point of looking attractive.
The breath is rendered delightfully."- fragrant by
sOZODONT which Is certainly adesideratum to
persons Of fine tastes.
The morning call., 1891-09-13

Napoleon had nineteen horses killed under
him from ArcOla to Waterloo. Marshal
Butcher claimed 10 have lost the same nnm-
ber in his campaigns, and General Forrest.
of the Confederate army, according to Mr..
Lawley, had no less than thirty horses shot
under him during the civil war.
The morning call., 1891-09-13

J. ne scene of some extraordinary orgies
Mheh WliIlam " was Duke OF Clarence,
aud which are best left untold is nov the
nome ot the grandest Of popular promenade
So"'etts, and the magnificent Royal
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-06-27
r,s,,,p, Chan &c in China.

An idea has prevailed that Chinese
woman had at least never to bother her-
self over changes in the fashions OF her
dress, which, it seems, is hlghly erro-
ncous. A Hong Kong belle endurcS her
styles longer than her New olk or
Por;si,n sister. but every few years q
novelty is introduced Just now the
sleeves of her dress are wide and loose
but few seasons ago they were very
tight. The length OF the ovcr-Jacket
or tunic also varies at different times,
fer the moment being quite long, and
the fiowcry pattern Of the stutts from
which her gowns arc maoo changes
perhaps once in five years IhlncSe
| woman has. however, one great com
| ocnsotion. The mems and women
fashions are practically the samc' an'
| her lord has exactly the same Cothel
that she has--whcn she has any N
| Y. Times
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-06-27
The Effort of Appropriatingo Ground
Rent to Public Use, .;.,...y--..

To appropriate ground rent to pubiso
uses by means of taxation would permit
the abolition of all the taxation which
now presses so heavily upon labor and
capital This would enormously IN
crease the production of wealth by the
removal of restrictions and by adding
TO the incentives to production.
1t would at the same time enormously
increase the production of wealth by;
throwing open natural opportunities
1t would utterly. destroy land monopoly
by making the holding of land unproft.
able to any but the user. There would
be no temptation for anyone to hold
land for future increase in its value
when that increase was certain TO %
demanded in taxes. No one could at
ford to hold valuable land idle when
the taxes upon it would be as heavy as
they would be were it put to the fullest
use. Thus speculation in land would
be utterly destroyed, and land not in
use would become free to those who
wished to use it.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-06-27
A,-roBA sARAsA
The Coiored Alliance lndorse sings
Tax. <.

The last number Of the New EaFGb
prints the following important news
item as selected" It is importanes be-
cause, if true, it brings within s0e
ranks of the single takers Tremendous
force for pushing the movement ai1ea4
Here is t.,e item:
..Tbe Colored National Farmers' Al
lance" said Col Humphrey. has =
million and a half of members, and ex-
tends all over the south and aoutbwest.
1t does an immense exchange sbnSincSas
in the commercial centers sof atousto6
New Orleans, Mobile Norfolk. VS.
and Chafleskon, S. &c. -besides hA11DK
many subordinate exchanges and co.
oneratiye stores all over the country.
| It has its Official newspaper-t the Na-
tioual Alliance, of Houston-has built
upwards of four Thousand alliance
school-houses and two Thousand n"
/ liance churcifea, has awakened hope,
encouraged industry and thrift. intro
duced order and cleanliness, and added
another room or two to Thousands and
thousands of little homes 1t en-
courages the colored people to keep
away from the whites, and to rely upon
| themselves for their welfare and amuso-
ments, supplying separate societics,
separate schools and separate churches-
This separation of blacks from whites
stops race troubles. do not KNOW Oh
any difficulty that has occurred between
our colored people and whites WITHIN
eighteen months. / have lived fifty
wears among them, and say these col'
ored people are as quick as white peo-
ple to learn This is Shown In their
rise from slavery twenty-five or thirty
wears ago to their present intcAgcDs
, and independent position. ..s.g,
. "What about the single tax idea?"
asked. f-a
lam q single tax man, heart and hand
and so is the whole colored alliance.
In the official paper keep the single Ia
: idea before the eye. Tho present land
c and taxation system Is a premium on
worthlessnesS- -sY s-s,s~,4
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-06-27
IT BEATS THEM ALL


Fish story.
Dr. Rhett Goode, the we1l-known
surgeon of this city. tells story whicn
is certainly one of the most remarkable
ever recorded. 1t is a fish story ou'
true one.
The doctor, with Messrs. w. II. Bar
new, f. O. Zadek and w. c. Gellibrand,
was the guest of Capt J. w. Black
manager of the Sullivan Timber Co..
on an excursion down the bay recen'-
ly. The party reached Fort Morgan
carly in the morning, and spent the Gay
in fishing, enjoying excellent sport
Mr. Barney brought two shark hnes
and cast them early in the day. but not
until afternoon, when the party was ~
dinner, did he get a bite. Then 'he
fishermen pulled in two moderate-sizeo
sharks. one about Eve feet long and the
other about seven feet long. "hen
the fish, after considerable excitcmcnt'
were pulled up on the wharf. they were
| given their quietus with an ak
| Some time after it was suggested tnas
DR.. Goode open the sharks and recover
| whatever gold watches, hnger-ringA
ETC., their stomachs should be found 10
l contain. The doctor opened the seven
| footer, and then piled the knife on tne
| smaller shark. The story as he tells II
| is as follows:
II made a straight incision and
opened the body of the shark. ! took
ont the stomach, the alimentary caha''
i and the intestines, and, having exam
I incd the stomach, threw those organs
over into the water. Having curlos'
ity to see how large heart such hsn
has I cut into the diaphragm anc
extracted the heart The organ
III found. was about the size o1
an egg, rather small, 1 thought. 1ol
so large a fish. The curious thing
about it was that it continued to pul
safe after had taken it from the hsh
1t beat regularly for a minute or more
living there in my hand. When l
stoppcd beating I pricked it with tn
/ knife and it again pulsated for shor
time. 1t was perfectly empty OF BLOOD
meantime the pilot and other
pitched the seven-foot shark OF In
$ wharf. and it sank to the bottom. w
: could see it plainly through the clea
4 water. They then took the shaAle
shark, all of whose internal organs
c had removed and whose heart l held
l nv hand, and threw it into the watc'
s you can Judge of our surprise to sc
$ that shark swish it's tail around an
flap its fins from side to side, and the
| SWIM pTlShiy
IS peared" ,,,
e at went with the currcnt?"
% "Yes, but it was swimming. we
saw it as plain as could be. The oth'
q shark sank like a shot; this one swa
n straight away, as naturally as III
Ct fish,
y. ..Was the fish apparently dead WHIT
" you cut it up?"
lc Eyes Itdil not make single mo
ds ,ll the time I was cutting it. The :"
it that dissectcd fish did. beats anythl
er ! ever heard of or ever imagined.
le could see it for twenty or thirty var
'b as it swan away. 1t made the pi't
lis down there open their eyes, asst
you.'
on Mr.. Zadel1. who was present "h
tho doctor described this curious j;
is; pening. said, when referred to, thai
| was a struc bill"-the most wonder
Is. thing he ever saw.-Mobile Register.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-06-27
LOOKS ARE DECElvING.

How n Young Society Girl Had Her Eyes
Opened.
1t is not ncedful to look for illustra-
tions of the old saying that things are
not what they seem, since new lh-
stances present themselves at every
turn. Not infrequently these are DIX
lroll, and one who had A turn Tor SAT-
ire might make something from the IN
|. cidcnt in which n romantic Boston so
ciety girl figured one summer at ING
mountains
! At the hotel where she was staying
| with a party of friends appeared
| vouup man who was Of the romantic
sort of beauty which is especially dear
To the heart of scntimentally disposed
| yor,c women He had dark. wavy
hoir. big brown eyes, n silky mustache'
| and a dreamy air which seemed t" the
silly Girl in question the most poetlcal
, thing in the, world
No one whom she knew was acqualnt-
ed with the stranger. but She was oe-
+ermiued to secure his acquaintance
and one evening when there was hof
at, the hotel she laid plan for accom-
plishing her object.
On the arm of her dearest girl friend
&c whom she contided her project, sht
sauntered toward the spot where the
noctical Young man stood, his dark
dreamy ewes fixed upon the face OF
Young lady to whom he was talking.
As she came near the stranger, sh
said TO her friend. sentimentally:
.sOh. do let us wait and hear What IL
i saving 1t is something beautl1u
and poetical, I can see by the lovel.
and speaking expression of his eyes
Her friend stopped with her, ana Tn
, pair pretended to be engaged IN exam
, lining a stand of plants, while thcy lis
ened. and this is what they heard.
and so YOU have charge of arrant
irr the windows of the store? said IN
Young lady to whom the romantlc-loot
7 ing youth was talking.
, .Yes, he answered. with the air
: one who communicates the welGhtle'
secrets of aesthetics; ''of course we nevt
mt our best goods into the window
though, for they get faded and aust.
hut they let me have anything else
the store to work with.
The romantic young woman clutche
: her fan firmly with one hand, ana u
arm of her friend with the other, as 81
=. hurried away from the spot
:. Not very poeticaf, was 1tP
"If YOU ever tell what a goose i
been" she said in a tras whisper, L
:, never speak to You agait-:"
:. But in the end she told of the lncloe
herself, having learned a lesson chea
:, Iv and being able to laugh at her oy
Y folly.-Youth's Companion.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-06-27

EDWARD II. BAILEY, of bloomington,
Ill. writes: AS an evidence of the val-
ne and Importance to the cause in plac-
ing Mr.. Georges works in public libra
ries | have to relate that to-day called
at the beautiful public library in this
citv.- where ! learned that Progress
and Poverty was loaned. When l en-
tered | asked the attendant. lady
whom | found to be very intelligent, X
she could give me printed list of the
books in the library on political econo.
nv. She said she had no such list, and
| INQUIRED if / wanted Georges works
''Have you Progress and Poverty?
asked 1T belongs to our
collection. but it is out now.
is it read much?' 20, yes: there
are many applications for it. We very
seldom have calls for any other political
economies The lady went away and
returning presently dumped four or five
| books before me These are all the
books we have on political economy,
she said. 'and they are seldom called
for. Lawyers, preachers, teachers and
students generally ask for Progress
and Poverty The books she brought
me were by Walker, Perry, Sumner and
one or two others.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-06-27

Countess-Just think of 1t, my loro'
how r,emarkablel My sister Emma was
horn on the 2sth of July, l was born on
.h,, Ist Of August aud my sister Clara
was born on the 4th of August.
NV Lord-wonderful Why, they
were nearly triplcts.-Jury.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-06-27

So far from the effect of placing all
taxes upon the value of land being to
the advantage of the towns at the eN-
pensc of the agricultural districts, the
very reverse of this is obviously true
The great increase OF land values Is IN
the cities. and with the present tenden-
| cies of growth this muat continue to be
the case
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-06-27
Effect Of the Single Tax on the Farmer

The farmer would De great Sa'ASA
by the substitution of single tax upon
the value of land for all these taxes,
for the taxation of land values would
fall with greatest weight, not upon the
agricultural districts, where land values
are comparatively small, but upon the
towns and cities where land values are
high: whereas taxes upon personal
property and improvements fall as
heavily in the country as in the city.
! And in sparscly' settled districts there
| would be hardly any taxes at all Tor
| the farmer to pay. For taxes, Delhs
| levied upon the value OF the bare lana,
would fall as heavily upon unimproVed
as upon improved land. Acre for acre
| the improved and cultivated farm, with
its buirNings, fences, orchard, crops ana
stock could be taxed no more than un-
used land of equal quality. The result
would be that speculative values would
be kent down. and that cultivated and
improved farms would have no taxes to
nav until the country around them mao
been we'll settled. In fact paradoNicai
as il NAV at first seem to them, the ef-
feet of putting all taxation upon the
value of land would be to relieve the
harder working farmers of all taxation
But the grain of the working farmer
can ONLY be seen when the effect npoT
the distribution of population is con
sidercd. The destruction of .spccula
tive land values would tend to- dtffus'
population where it is too dense and u
7 concentrate it where it is too sparse
to substitute for the tcncmeh
house. homes surrounded d:
gardens. and to fully set
Q tie agricultural districts beior
g peoplc were driven far from nelghbor
:, to look for land. The people OF tn
a cities would thus get more of the Pur
air and sunshine of the country, tn
e people of the country more OF the ccor
omics and social life of the city H.
G is doubtless the case, the application c
II machinery tends to large helds, aSr
v cultural population will assume Ill
primitive form and cluster in village
ia The life of the average farmer is no
n unnecessarily drcary. He is not on
T. compelled to work early and late, b'
he is cut off by the sparseness OF pop
r.. lation from the conveniences. u
,e amuscments, the educational facilltie
k. md the social and intellectual opport
mites that come with the closer co
of tact of man with man. tie would
ST far better off in all these respects, al
er his labor would be far more productlv
s. if he and those around him held
V; more land than they wanted to us
in while his children. as they grew IL
would neither be so impelled to SCI
ed the excitement of city nor would tn
he be driven o far away to seek farms
he their own Their means OF llvl
would be in clcir own hands, and
home
We In short, the working farmer is be
n a laborer AID capitalist, as well
land owner, and it is by his labor
mi capital that his living is made. His Il
ID would be nominal; his gain would
WI real and great.
So far from the effect of placing
taxes upon the value of land being
rd: the advantage of the towns at the
,--l Il - -tnt.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-06-27
SINGLE TAX DEPARTMENT.
THE BOSTON GLOBE FOR TIE
SINGLE TAX. =s ,s....s.

In an editorial article on ''iax Re-
form in Maine," the Boston GLOBE
makes an admirable criticism on re-
cent article by Judge Emery in the
Lewiston Journal, which, after admit
ting that. taxes on personal properly
should be abolished unless every dollar
of such property can be reachco' mere
iy goes ON to recommend more oras.lc
methods for compelling people 10 ois-
close to the tax collector the characIe'
and extent of their possessions. The
Globe saws that such inquisitorial meth
ods invade personal liberty; that man
has a right to his own and a right TO
keen its amount secret if he chooses;
that people feel this to be SO, ana,
though they submit to some INVASION OF
their personal liberty, they still feel NJ
| TO be an invasion and resent IT 10
noints out. as a curious inconsistency In
| Judge Emerys argument for the taxa
ton of every thing. his declaration tha'
| It is IN axiom in the science OF taxa-
ton that tools and the products Oh Ia
Dor should be exempted. since the very
nurpose of the kind of tax reform the
Judge is advocating is to compel the
nayment of taxes on tools and the pro-
| duets of labor 1t further predicts
that if Maine adopts such measures her
people will find that few new enter-
priscs will be started and that many e:S-
istinc esta blishments will be moved TO
states less disposed to put a. line on IN
dustry. The Globe thus concludes It's
article:
When will legislators learn that capl'
| tai is easily movable, and will not stay
where it is severely taxed? The Tools
of labor include machinery. Tax ma
chinery heavily and you drive manu-
featuring industry out of the state Ian
the products of labor and you discour
age the employment of labor Anc
where. in the state of Maine or else
where in the wide world will Juds'
Emery and the tax commissioners fin'
, auy thing to tax that was not Produce'
, by labor. There is only one taxabl
, thing that labor did not produce an
taxation can not drive away. That
+ land If Judge Emery is sincere II
I wishing to exempt the products OF La
, Dor from taxation there would seem I
be no recourse but to favor raising III
a revenues mainly or wholly by land ta >
4 With such a tax in operation thcr
n would be as much land in Maine as o'
}. | fore. and it would be AS fertile. B'
the houses, barns, cattle and crops {
the farmer would be exempted;
II would the machinery of the manufa
), turer, the tools of the laborer. the sa
n incs of everybody. Capital would no
y in instead of out. Many wise men hay
advocated such change in the Il
n laws. and if Maine should try the c
pertinent it would be watched with II
"a greatest interest in every part OF t
w country.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-06-27

In, man to-day, in any of the states
e :. Union, makes two blades OF grass
.iy;y where one grew before, the TAX
gatherer comes down and f1nes hlm 1or
it If he builds house where there
was none before. he has to pay fne
of so much each year. The bigger the
1onss he builds the more he has to pay.
The more ne produces, the more hs
saves. the more he is supposed to bs
| taxed for it
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-06-27

The poverty which in the midst OK
abundance, pinchcs and embrutes men,
and all the manifold evils which flow
from it, spring from a denial of justice.
In permitting the monopolization of the
| natural opportunities which nature
| freely offers to all, we have ignored the
| fundamental law of justice-for so Tar
as we can see, when we view things
upon a large scale, justice seems to be
the supreme law of the universe PRO
| rress and Poverty.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-06-27
About Personal Property Taxation.

A bill passed the Albany legislature
last Wednesday to tax all inheritances
above $1,000. In the debate on the bill
the whole question of personal property
taxation came up; and, among other
statements made, was one by Senator
Fassett, that Commissioner Coleman
had testified that it was impossible 20
find more than 10 per cent of the per-
sonal property in New Y ork city when
the time came to value it for taxation.
The estimated value OF the PERSONA
property in New York city
was $40. 900, 600; yet last year
the commissioner had only been
able to find S1,6s0, 100000 OF
it. and only $3.50, 600, 900 paid taxes; all
the other was sworn off. OF this amount
the banks, which are so much desplsed
by our farmers, and estates paid 30 per
cent. Senator Fasset had come to the
| conclusion that not per cent. OF the
personal property in this state was
reached by taxation, and it could not be
reached.
Telegram-herald., 1891-08-13

Measured by Democratic estimate.
the reform administration OF our
STATE institutions thus far hos rot tccn
a bowling success. But 1t has sue
cceeed in creating n good sized howl.