The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1893-07-15
General Notes,

Plant the sunfiower all about your
premises-around your yard and gar
den fences it is an anti-malaria flower
and will prevent feeers.
The people of Alabama are appar.
antly determined to root out the infnm.
GUS white cap organizations in that
State. The outrages committed by
them are most inhuman.-City Item.
If we have $6OO,OOO in the Treasury
some way should be devised to use
part of it to feed those who are over.
flowed, and among them our friends
about New Texas and Fordoche.-
Point Coupee Messenger.
A Mississippi darkoy is shedding his
black skin and turning white. An OBJ
servant editor remarks that this is the
only way Mississippi darky can ever
hope to comprehend the understand
ing clause y of the State; constitution,
SO as to be able to register and vote. -
B. r. Truth.
1t is the duty OF all true Democrats
to put their shoulder to the wheel apd
push hard for an honest, fair election
law for Louisiana. How can we teach
therising generation to respect and obey
the laws, unless we begin ut tho sta, t.
ing point and honestly elect honest
men who make the law ?-TOwn Talk.
The Farmerville Gazette asks wheth,
or the State has commissioner of I'M
migration, what is his name, where he is
located and what he is doing We
have some knowledge of such on of
fetal, and know that he has an office
on st. Charles street in New Orleans,
but beyond this the queries cannot
here be answered. B. r. Truth.
The Ferris wheel at the Worlds
Fair is 265 febt in diameter, and when
its cars are filed, every two rounds
of the wheel nets its proprietors one
thousand dollars. 1t will make the
two rounds in at least fifteen minutes.
If kept up a. that rate, it would net its
owner $4,000, per honr, aud $4,000 per
day-l0 hours.
Judge Blatchford was from the State
of New York. The position he occn-
pied on the Supreme Bench of the Unit.
ed States, is vacant. Senator E. d.
White is thought to be candidate for
the vacancy. Mr.. Phelps, of Vermont,
is also mentioned while Secretary
Gresham is being considered by Presi-
dent Cleyeland.-City Item.
Louisiana ranks second among the
gulf states in the value of its fisheries.
There are many products in the cap
ture of which this state leads all otl
ers, among which are oysters, crabs,
shrimp, crawfish, black bass, buffalo
fish and catfish The specially promi-
nent products are oysters, shrimp, cat
fish, trout, sheepshead and buffalo fish,
the value of the first named being
nearly one-half that of the entire fish
Dry output of the ate.--Lake Charles
American.
It has been demonstrated by some
newspapers in the State that while
the small land owner pays taxes on
full valuation Of his property, the large ,
and rich land owner generally escapes
with o moderate assessment. Some
lime since the Gazette read state !
nent wherein it was alleged that the
assessment placed on a largo estate
was $40 an acre, and on the residence,
costing $4,000, at only $1,000; while,
)n the other hand, Il small farmer own
ng fifteen acres was assessed at $40 an
scre and on his shanty costing $500 the
amount fixed at $3.50, proportion ont
If all reason. There may be many
'uch instances throughout the State for
Iught we know. 1t is in just such
cases where the wrong creeps in, aud il
s to correct this evil that the press of
he State is agitating discussion hav- ,
ng in view the creation of law that
will make assessments uniform upon
he value of property.-Lafayette Ga
ette.