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MAKING HIS POINT.

A Judge Who Was Something of a Finan.
:ts3I 5G." 20 cier. '
> When the court on an extremely
western circuit was convened and the
business "a about to begin. it was dis
covered that there. We're neither pens,
ink nor paper for the use of the bencI,
OF the bar. 1881 tG-t4I <tHt. -. 81,
i Show is this, Mr.. Clerk?" inquired
the Judge. H.. -.,t4 u 'r'
There is no money allowed for it by
the county, sir, and we can't get the
articles without money Itlu Eal.s.
The judge made several remarks not
st AL complimentary to tho county. Is
gi.Eve been in a coed many courts
put in aiponpous and pedantie lawyer
from the cas-. temporarily to try a case.
''bat this is .he worst T ever saw" -
The judge Jumped him on the spot.
"You are fined ten dollars for con-
tempt. Sir" he Numbered, ''Hand the
fn,,5,to the clerk. Sir -
". Lawyer Kicked, but he had to
hanl, over the money OF go to jail, and
the .5ndge wouldn't. have it any othe,
way. el g4Fes s4t44ttf.tt ia45s
t.sir.t Clerk said the fudge, wher
the fine had been handed him. ssro out
and get aaH the peens.,} ink and papel
necessary for the use of t5h::ss court ane
siFct the gentleman bacss his change,
and the clerk did assl.e was ordered
AMI the visiting attorney maintained q
discreet silence. -Hetroit Free Press.
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A Citizen of Connecticut Takes to the
t&a- Wood and Defies the Collector.
From the Hartford Courant.

From the Hartford Courant.
A Glastonbury man is in hiding. and
his three sisters are the ravens who are
feeding him. The Weldens+ are pros
porous farmers. The tax collector of
the town is Carl Dean. He has had
considerable trouble in collecting taxes
in this part Of the town, and the We'll
den family particularly has refused
point blank to pay its taxes. The fam
lily was visited by the collector Satur-
day, and he took Sheriff Griswold with
him. Albert Weldon wa the only
member of the family at home, the
others having taken to the woods. Al
bert is a weak, delicate sort of a fellow,
and on this account his family claims
that he is exempt from the military
tax. On the tax collectors order he
was taken along and put intothe Hart
ford Jail, where he now is.
The old man Weldon has long passed
the age at which a military tax is col
lectable, and he has returned from the
woods to his own .freside with his
daughters, Alfred has not yet been
caught, and is in some hiding placesin
the, woods, where food is taken to him
bys his sisters. .h fA7
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-03
sCHCOl AND CHURCH,.

REV. Hudson Taylor, Of the China
Inland Mission, estimates that more
than 100. OOO, 900 of Chinese are addicted
to the use of opium.
The Ohio Wesleyan university has
lust received for a new library the sum
of $50, coo. The giver is DR.. Charles b.
slocum, a leading physician OF Det1-
Ance; o:
-The thtest statistics show that III
Brooklyn there are 81 yohng people :
societies, with a membership OF about
10000. and A. junior societies. hu1hoer'
ing about ZOO members.
1T Ia stated that no public worship
ssps shat of the Roman Catf1olle
church. is allowed; In prrn: Admission
to services of other religious hrsaniza'
tions must be by ticket or password
The colored members OF the Meth
sdist Episcopal church number "47,439;
sunday-sct1ool scholars, t79.s32; pas
tors, i,6af. presiding elders, II: annual
Conferences; II. local preachers, $500
The salvation army has already
contributed 25o.o 900 signatures to the
great bdl,yglot petition to be presented
10 the governments 81 The world by the
heads of the Women's Christiati Jefn=
perance union.
The Oldest Catholic church in New
England is at Damariscotta Mills, Me-,
and was built more than one hundred
years ago. 1t is still occupied for re-
ligious purposes one Sunday in each
month. The interior is said to be
decorated and furnished like q drawing
iooid.
Nine Episcopal churches are main
tanned III Trinity parish. sei~ York. OF
which six are free while in the other
three churches the seats are not sold,
but rented under important r~estric-
lions. and are free at night services,
special services, and daily services
throughout the year.
bishop Walden, Methodist, worked
on a tlatboat at fifty cents 81 day to earn
money for schooling. Hundreds OF
youths in almost every state in the
Union are working their way through
the schools. Many of them can not
get fifty cents u day, but they keep on,
and any one who keeps on is sur to
arrive.
The Siberian millionaire, Ponomar.
Jeff: whoss death was announced at st.
Petersburg s0lrie months ago. left q
million roubles with the direction
that they should be placed in banks al
compound interest for ninety-nine
years. after which they are to be de
voted to the construction and support
of a Siberian university at Irkutsk, at
which all instruction is to be gratis.
AT the st. Bartholomew day
service in st. Johns church, Ports
mouth, n. H., a few weeks ago, a check
for one thousand dollars was laid on
the altar, accompanied by the follow
ing note: "Ad majorem del gloriam:
and in the loving memory of her hus-
band. some time member of the board
of trustees of the cottage hospital, the
inclosed one thousand dollars is laid
the altar by Mrs. r. Pierce on the
of his entrance into rest,
Bartholomew day, 1s93." 81
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-03

sorssss, government ofice.-chiei TO in:
duustrious clerk)-"Why didn't you dot the
'i'in the last word Of your renort last
night9' Industrious Clcrk-"I beg pardon
sir, but you see the clock struck four just at
that point, and I didn't care to work over
sine" Chief apologies, and writes to the
secretary in regard to allowance fol- extra
time:
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Lazarus, and Dives Taxes,

Thomas G.. Shearman states that one
and a half billions annually is paid as
rent for land, not houses, buildings and
other improvements, but for bare un-
improved land alone, by the people of
the United States. Now. as the most
the enemies Of the last administration
could charge it with spending was one
billion. we need not fear but what a
tax which equaled the rent of bare
land levied on the owner would easily
meet cost Of government. whereas un-
der existing conditions this vast sum
goes into tbs. private purse Of the land
owning Dives, and Lazarus does some
more diving to find, if he can. the
,wherewith to run the government.
Thus he is twice taxed, once for per
mission to live on his native soil, which
is altogether wrong, and once { sup
port government, which is right.
Latus, Belgrade, Montana.
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A Valuable ~PIaything.

Miss 0liyeSchreiner, who was brought
up in South Africa, says that she and
her brothers and sisters had, as one OF
their playthings, a bright stone, that
they called the candle-stone. It was
about the size Of a walnut, and would
Hash in q bright and singular way
when held up tothe light. Not until the
children had grown up and the candle
stone had been lost for years, did any
of them realize that it was a diamond
OF immense value. The Kimberly
mines were in the unknown future; but
this stone had perhaps been washed
down by some torrent, or brought by
chance from that region.-Golder
DAYS,
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-03
II. BLO,,MFIELD

III. PINI Il i
Commissioner u. S. Circuit Court for the West
ss,z eTn District of Louisiana.
Commissioners I. 5: Court o. Claims throughout
the United States.
Notary Public in and for the Parish of st. Lam
dry. Office with Hon. John n. Ogden.
Particular attention given to Land Cases and
to Final Proofs Collections in the Parishes of
81. Landry and Acadia promptly attended to.
Marks, ETC.. procured without delay.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-03
TAX REFORM STUDIES
EDITED BIZ BOLTON HALKA
An Open Field.

II any one has an impression that
communications to these "Studiesr
will not be published unless they echo
its ideas, he is mistaken.
Articles on any side OF the question
will always hs welcome. SO they are
decent. well written, within reasonable
limits and to the point, except that we
do not discuss the tariff.
We will take our chances in the open
field, and reconsider any proposition
we can not fairly defend.
Land owner especially should be
Interested. as the principal benefit OF
any improvement or social advance
goes to them in the increase of value
given to land. Write your opinions
briefly. Address this Office, or P. O.
Box SO, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-03
Accommodating.

During the great strike q few years
ago, among the officials of the North
British railway much difficulty was
experienced in finding qualified engine
drivers to maintain the necessary train
service. Upon ID occasion d young
fellow was put upon section il Fife.
One day be ran some distance past a
certain station, and, upon putting back,
he went as far the other way. The
stationinastersss seeing him preparing
for another attempt, to the great
amusement of the passengers on the
platform. shouted:
Just bide where You are, Thomas;
we'll shift the station!"-Tit-Rits.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-03
CELESTIAL SUPERSTlTIONS.
of Ancient Preiudices Againsi
. Days and Numbers. D. -.

Survival of Ancient Prejudices Against
- Days and Numbers. 49, f-s
Something of the influence of an
cient astrology is shown in the popu-
lar belief that the rising and setting OF
Sirius. the dogstar. infuses madness
into the canine race In Jul medical
prescriptions too, the old superstition
appears. The ornamental part of the
apothecary's r is none other than the
sign Of Jupiter, under whose special
care medicines We're supposed to have
been placed; and our. nostrnms are
still compounded under the symbol of
Jove's protection. The letter itself
(recipe,-take) and it's flourish mean
substantially this: Under the good
auspices of Jove, the patron of
medicine, take the following goods in
the proportions set down" Some try
to throw. the, responsibility for the
symbol. r. back on Raphael, but the
sum of evidence points to Jupiter as
its patron. q .r, a. 's
In America Friday is traditionallyin
good repute. Columbus sailed on Fri
day. and first discovered land on Fri
day; the Pilgrims landed on Friday,
and on Friday Washington was born.
Yet even in America, notwithstanding
all these best accidents a flavor of
misfortune attends the day and the
statistics of travel and mercantile trans
actions for Friday show how wide
spread is the prejudice againstit.
Other days less generally maligned
are Gains birthday, the first Monday in
April; the Sd of May, called the dis.
NAL Day" in the Highlands of Scotland:
and December 81, when Judas hanged
himself. Apropos of Judas, the super
stition of unlucky thirteen probably
has its origin with that unworthy dis
ciple. The i'll omen dates from the
Last Supper when thirteen sat at table.
One denied his Master and went out
and hanged himself, and since that
time. t..a. '.. " .r'
Twelve grouped together fear another one"
A.deep-seated prejudice obtains against
any given thirteen dipping together in
the dish, lest fall a victim to mis-
fortune before the end of the year.
The existence of the defiant Thirteen
Club" in New York, which makes that
luckless number the%pivot on which all
its doings turn, should do something to
dispel this t~i1ne-stained superstition
Georgia Allen Peck, in Chautauquan. r.
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One Woman Obeys.

He tafter the. wedding tour)-Um-my
love, these bills are piling up at q fear
full rate; but, of course, my angel, with
your large income, you are willing and
no doubt anxious to help me pay them.
she-I? Why. my dear, I haven't a
cent.
"Wha-os a''ss
On my second marriage all my
money went to my late husbands rela-
tives.n NH Ill
Eth? Wha-why didn't you say SOP,
You particularly requested me never
to mention my late husband-in your.
presence.'-N. Y. Weekly.s gnx8a |.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-03

IN q recent letter Prof. seligman
said the yearly increase Of land values
in New York city is about $780, 600, 900:
while local taxes alone are. $50, 600 COG;
total taxes. S69, oe0, 600. We do not ii,
tend to take onlythe yearly increment,
but the whole rental value OF land.
single Taxer.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-03

T WILL sell for cash OF on easy terms the fol.
L lowing described property, viz:
/. A plantation in Bellevue containing about
sixty-six arpen's, ali thoroughly fenced and
drained, with tenant house and outbuildings.
known as the Narcisse Richard place.
2 A plantation situated on the CourtabIeau-
containing four hundred and forty-two and
2.1o0 arpeh's, about sixty arpents under pieux
and wire fence and in cultivation, with " good
tenant houses and outbuildings. The rear Of
this tract consists of cypress swamp.
3. SeVera! tracts OF wood land on the bavou
Ieche, situated between Coulon's bridge and
Barry's Landing. ~
The first and second tracts are rented adyan-
tageouSly for the year 1891, and if sold | will
transfer rent notes to purchasers.
f.r w. {. PERRAULT.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-08
EVIDENCE OF ROBES DAUGHTERS.
Say Their Father Was About to BE At
tackled When He Killed Wilson.

Coroner Beck yesterday took the testi-
mony of two daughters of Charles Robb,
who killed Eli Wilson, his tenant, July "a.
The testimony differed from that of the
two daughters of Wilson. Patronia, aged
ten years, testified as follows: ''On the aft
ernoon and night of July "a I was home.
Father had just brought the COWS nome
and had finished milking them. when Wilson
went out by the rear way to put his horse
on the commons to Craze. When Wilson
went out father started 10 the bakery. The
two met and Wilson spoke first. He said:
L have got another house. / Will move and
you can have your - old house then
Papa said all right. and then angry words
followed. / saw Wilson draw a knife on
papa, but papa went on to the bakery. on
returning they met again. and Wilson re-
newed the talk about getting another house.
He said something about paying him after
he had moved, and papa said: That's very
likely Wilson got angry. and asked papa
said: No Wilson said: You lie and called
Wilson started toward papa and had some
thing shining in one hand, which | soon
saw was a revolver. L heard one OF VII
sons daughters cry: oh, papa, don't shoot
Then l heard a pistol shot, and saw that
papa had shot Wilson"
Mary Paxter Robb. the other daughter,
test ed about the same. RObb will have a
preliminary examination Friday.
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Personal, Local and General Notes.

The Central Traffic Association has fixed
the minimum weight for a carload of salt
at $1,000 pounds.
w. f.. Lee has been appointed auditor
or the Kansas City. Watkins & Gulf. He
has been acting as auditor for some
months.
The passenger department of the Pennsyl-
vania lines has asked for a differential on
passenger business between Pittsburg and
Cleveland.
Thus far but two charters of the Broth
erhOOd of Locomotive Ffremen hav been
surrendered on account of The late sympa-
thetic strike.
G. W. Conkling. master mechanic of the
Bradford division OF the Erie lines, has
resigned to accept service on the Tona-
wanda road.
In the week ending Aug. 4 there were
transferred over the Belt road 15,7S cars,
the heaviest movement in any week of the
last fourteen months
1t is stated that the Vanderbilt people
have about decided 10 extend the Empire
State express fast service TO Chicago over
the Lake Shore road.
turning point: the last week in July the
road earned $305.0S7. an increase over the
corresponding week of 1895 of $3L.650.
The Santa Fe proposes To improve its pas
senger service by putting on a train which
will make the run between Kansas City and
Chicago in fifteen and one-haIf hours.
George Clark, the engineer who was
killed I'm the recent wreck on the Wabash,
near Lafayette. carried an insurance policy
of 5000. which viii be paid to his widow.
Since the voluntary relief department of
the Pennsylvania lines east of Pittsburg
was organized. which was in 1886, the assO-
citation has disbursed in benefits $3.50, 1898.
w. II; Harding has been appointed me
chanicdss engineer OF l1e SeabOard Air
Line. He has been connected as draughts-
man with the Baldwin locomotive works
for some years.
The Louisville. ST. Louis & Evansville
earned in July $l03.5f7. a decrease as COM
pared with July, 1895. of So. 1872. The Peoria,
Decatur * Evansville earned In July $64,-
665. a decrease this year OF SIC, $50.
III. G. Moore. general utility man of the
Chicago ~ southeastern, was i'm the city
yesterday begging for cars. Unfortunately,
this road Is obliged TO depend on connec-
tiOns II feeds for cars, having but few Of
it's own.
Matters are getting into better shape
with the Toledo. St Louis * Kansas City.
Business is improving. more trainmen are
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-08
Thinks Japan VIII Win.

TACOMA, Wash, Aug. Capt. w. r.
Bridgeman, who has commanded the United
States cruiser Baltimore for the last two
years, returned here yesterday on two
months leave of absence, having left the
cruiser at Chemulpo, Corea, July y. He
regards the Oriental war as an unequal
contest, with the odds greatly f~avoring
Japan. which, he SAYS, has a splendid navy
and army, as we'll equipped as that of any
European country. Japan, he thinks, is
sure to win unless China is given time TO
make war preparations on a gigantic scale.
In his opinion the japanese government has
been endeavoring to force the war in order
to detract attention from Internal political
dissenSionS.
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Fined.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Col, Aug. 7.-Ad-
jutant-general Tarsney was fined $50 and
costs by Judge Campbell, to-day, for con-
tempt of court in refusing to appear before
the grand jury at once and testify regard
ing the outrage of which he was the VIC
tim.
In addressing the court on behalf of
General Tarsney Acknowledgement Engley
said: Yesterday the Governor Of this
State saw fit to send a guard to the doors
OF this hall OF justice. In my opinion it
was an invasion of the Constitution and
of civil rights, and il is an action that l.,
standing in the presence of this court,
repudiate, as l repudiate the State admin
istration. L do not believe the officials OF
the State indorsa such actions. We have
in this State a Grover Cleveland-a car
and a despot. l repudiate him"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-08

The largest assortment OF the best
pianos are found at Bryant's.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-08
bicycle Thief Detective Association

There is some talk of forming a Bicycle
thief Detective Association. Bicycle thieves
are the most numerous criminals in the We
understanding line in this city. It is said that
the greater number are stolen by persons
who hire a wheel for a certain period and
are never seen afterwards. The usual price
charged is $50 a day. IL is also said that
in large cities, especially in Chicago, there
are houses that commission persons 10 steal
bicycles and get them TO the house in any
manner possible. After that the appearance
of the bicycle Is changed so that the owner
would not recognize 1t. and it is then put
on the market as a secondhand wheel. At
least One-third OF the thieves which the Q0-
lice are asked 70 locate are bicycle thieves.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-08
The .Finest. in the Land striken.

Ger John Rollings, the largest police officer
in the country. was stricken with paraly-
sis to-day at the central station. RollinSs
who was at one time a member of the
Broadway. New York. squad, and also a
Capitol guard at Washington from 1882 to
1886, stands six feet, eight and one-half
inches in his stocking feet and weighs 230
pounds. In New York he was known as
the Broadway giant. There is but little
hope of his recovery.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-08
DIR. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Fair Highest Medal and Diploma.
SAFE O
SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT.

Absolute safety against Fire ami Burglar. Finest
and only Vault OF the kind in the state. Policeman
day and night on quart. Designed for the sac keep
Ing of Money. Bonds. Wills. Deeds. Abstracts. Sill
yer Plate. Jewes and valuable Trunks and Pack
ast 5. etc.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-08

CLEVELAND, O., Aug. THE Lutheran
sion was devoted to a further discussion
of the doctrine of conversion. At the after
noon session the treasurer submitted his
report for the two-years' ternr ending last
April. The receipts were So, 1874. and the. ex-
penditures So. 90, leaving a balance of STA.
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A Monster Map.
The Way tn Avoid Strikes.

An official of the Pennsylvania railroad,
In conversing regarding strikes, referring
TO the exemption from strikes OF the Penn
sylvania road east OF Pittsburg, said: The
key TO success in avoiding railway strikes
Is the selection of good material for en-
ployes and the development of their morals.
Such men do not make excessive demands
and are reasonable in the negotiat tons OF
a settlement" He added that investiga-
ton would probably show that a very
large per cent. Of the men on the lines
east of Pittsburg were men of good stand
ing at the division points which are their
homes. and most of them members of
IN ahrrrch
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FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE.

FUR SAILE-HEAL N
FOR SALE fine orange grove of five
acres, seventeen years old, In Lake coun-
ty, Florida, for sale or exchange at a
bargain. For further information address
Box ass, Greencastle, Ind.
FOR SALE-Eight-room modern house, on
beautiful quiet street west of College ave-
nue. and south of Seventh, one square
from electric line; unusually pleasant
surroundings: abundance of fruit, flowers
and shade. For sale at a bargain; part
cash and part on time, If necessary. Too
large for present owners. Address, f. H,
care Journal office.
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nricks nj Rufnous Prices.

The Excelsior Brick and Lime Company
alleges that John r.. Metsker and James
lawson. proprietors Of a brickyard on Ciif-
ford avenue. owe it about 500. The con-
pany claims that the two are selling the
brick at ruiuOus prices 10 dispose Of them
before the company can get possession OF
them. Yesterday cOnstables of Justice Dan
iels's court attached the bTickyards stock.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-08

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to sell spectacles to
merchants; fine side lines; good sellers.
Write for samples. MODEL MANUFAC-
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WANTED-Agents or statesmen desiring
side line, to take orders by sample: staple
seller, easily carried. We pay expenses
and salary or commission and furnish
samples on application. Address Lock
Box lbs, New York City.
AGENTS WANTED-An effective agent in
every town TO sell our high-class tailor
ing. To proper parties we will consign
suficient trouser patterns to make good
showing as merchant tailor. Parties not
having satisfactory commercial rating
must be able to furnish bond. KAHN
TAILORING COMPANY, Indianapolis.