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The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-01
THE PLATFORM
Adopted by the Peoples Party State Con-
~vention at Nashville, 1894.

Adopted by the Peoples Party State Con-
~vention at Nashville, 1894.
(c.) We demand a graduated income
tax.
(d1 We believe that the money of the
country should be kept as much as pos
sible in the hands of the people, and
hence we demand that all state and ma
tioial revenue shall be limited to the
Necessary running expenses OF the gov
eminent economically and honestly adj
ministered.
We demand the abolition OF the IN
ternal revenue laws.
We believe that the will of a MAORI
ty of the people should control on all
local questions pertaining to the pub
lie welfare.
We demand the repeal Of that part OF
the poll-tax law which makes the pres
entation of a poll-tax receipt n perq'i.s-
tie to the right OF every free citizen To
cast untrammeled his vote in the ball
lot box
We demand the repeal or modification
of the Dortch law. which deprives
thousands Of taxpayers of limited edu-
cation of the right of suffrage.
We demand that the revenue laws of
the state be SO changed that double
taxation shall be eliminated.
There are eight other planks: but
they do not concern taxation.-Ed:l
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-01
DEFINITIONS.
What Various People Can and Do Do in tn
Pecuniary Line.

What Various People Can and Do Do in the
Pecuniary Line.
The poet Tennyson could take Il
VIC rthless sheet of paper and write a
pos II on it and make it worth 500, 600.
that's genius, says the ieuug Luther
an.
Vanderbilt can write a few words on
a sheet of paper and make it worth
s. 5000. oOO-that's capital.
The mechanic can take material
worth S. and turn it into a watch
worth SlOO-that's skill.
The United States can E:.ke a piece
of paper and put a stamp upon it and
make it worth $20-that's power.
The personal tax payer can take a
pice of paper and sign an oath on it
that saves him hundreds of dollars
that's perjury.
The editor of this paper can write .
check for $50, 900. 900, but it wouldn't he
worth a dime-that's rough.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-01
Railroads Rule the ROost.

In the matter of assessment of real
estate belonging to railroad companies
in Chicago, the assessors returns show
how completely these bloated corpora
tons have control of the revenue ma
chinery of the state. The assessed
valuation of this species of property
for 1894 is 81 &C.. 196. although it is well
known that the aggregate value of
such holdings reaches neare ao.OoO.-
OO0 than 81. 2a60, 900,
The railroads own millions of square
feet of real estate right in the heart of
the city upon which they practically
pay no taXes-Chicago Times.
Judging by the eas with which the
railroad corporations have in the past
worked state boards of equalization
it is safe to presume that they will
continue to eyade taxation.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-01
Taxes Play Their Part.

BY its monopolies, privileges, taxes
and aggressions of all kinds, the state
condemns millions of men, women and
children to starvation, misery, despair
and death. These are not tried and
found guilty of anything: their punish
ment is inflicted without any formali-
ties; they are innocent of wrong-doing.
And it is this violation of equity and
freedom which is responsible for the
terrible condition Of the masses of the
innocent people--for their poverty, en-
forced idleness, vice and crime-that
the bomb-throwers seek to punish.-Y.,
in Liberty"
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-01
ART OF MANAGEMENT.
The Use of Intellect and the Spending

The Use OF Intellect and the Spending OF
Money.
Some men and women have a genius
for getting the most out of their sur
roundings. They will get ease, refine
ment and variety out of an income
which yields another only the bare ne
cessities of life. There is no magic
about this skill. although it often
seems to be a gift quite as much as an
requirement. It is, in reality, a fine in
telligence brought to bear on the prob
lem Of practical living; it is a very
close and exact adjustment between
opportunities and resources. By
thought and skill to make one wise dol
lar do the work of two stupid dollars
is to accomplish positive good for ones
self and Others. The easy wasteful-
ness, the indolent prodigality of much
of our living betrays intellectual OBJ
tuseness: to secure a large income and
get inadequate returns from it is to be
wise On one side of life and
stupid on the other. Many men
have this partial and frag-
mentarv ability; they are successful
AAohSS IN puU Twill IIOuCy
spenders. The man who adds %intelli-
genee to a dollar practically doubles it;
he gets as much out of his income as
his neighbor who multiplies it by two,
for purchasing power is the test of
value. The woman who, with small
means, maintains and diffuses that at
mosphere of repose and ease which is a
woman's supreme contribution to a
home is a noble contributor to the sum
total of happiness.
Most Of us lack the genius for getting
the most out of things. We carry with
us a sense of failure, of being bafaed
by things which we ought to brush out
of the way. One must make liberal
use of brains in small as i'll great things
to win complete success. To make cir
cumstances take the impression of our
purposes rather than to be shaped by
them is one of the real s~atisfactions Of
life, and this can be done only by those
who put intelligence and thought into
expenditure as well as into income
Self Culture.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-01
TAX REFORM STUDIES
EDITED BY BOLTON HALL.
An Open Field,


II any one has an impression that
communications to these Studies"
will not be published unless they echo
it's ideas, he is mistaken.
Articles on any side of the question
will always be 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 owners 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, OF F. O,
Box SO, Buffalo, Ny.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-01
FOR SALE.

T WILL sell for cash or on easy terms the fol-
l. lowing described property, viz:
1. A plantation in Bellevue containing about
sixty-six arpents, all thoroughly fenced and
drained, with tenant house and outbuildings,
known as the Narcisse Richard place.
2. A plantation situated on the Courtableau.
containing four hundred and forty-two and
~. 100 arpcnts, about sixty arpents under pieux
and wire fence and in cultivation, with two good
tenant houses and outbuildings. The rear of
this tract consists Of cypress swamp.
3. Several tracts of wood land on the bayou
Teche, situated between COulon's bridge and
Barry's Landing.
The first and second tracts are rented advan.
tageouSly for the year 1894, and if sold l will
transfer rent notes to purchasers.
w. G. PERRAULT.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-01

April Fools day had it's origin in a
Roman festival, the Festum Fatuorum,
o FOOLS holiday, which vas celebrated
about the 1st of April. On it all sorts
of practical jokes were played. The
early Christians adopted the festival in
a modified form, discarding it's relig-
ious features.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-01
"A dead Roman was kept sew

"A dead Roman was kept seven days;
every day the body was washed and
oiled, and at certain seasons the friends
and relatives collected in the death
chamber and shouted together in Or
der to arouse the man If he were only
sleeping OF in a trance.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-01
Hulk!

Hon. Moses Keokuk, chief of the
Sacs and Foxes, has just been cast in a
suit against the treasurer of Lincoln
county, 0. T. Mr.. Keokuk keeps a
store and he declined to pay taxes on
that store. on the ground that as an In
dian he was exempt from taxation.
The court decided hat Indians are liza
BILE to pay taxes on personal property
and improvements. We presume that
Hon. Nose keolsnk believes in class
taxation. and believes that he shouldn't
be included in the tax-paying class.
Such economic talent should not be
wasted on Oklahoma.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-01
IL.

IoIIlInIsSiOHer q, 5. Circuit Court for the Wests
ern District of Louisiana.
Commissioner U. S. Court of 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
st. Landry and Acadia promptly attended to.
Pensions secured: Patents, Caveats, Trade
Marks. etc, procured without delay.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-01
At the Front Door.

He-Can / see Miss Smith?
Servant (who knows himl-No, sir,
she's out.
"Out where? Out with some other
fellow?"
mo, sir; she's out with you sir.
That's what she told me, sir."-Detroit
Free Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-01
NJ hat INCOMES to Tax

The income Of those wi,o have com.
mand of the lani. and. therefore, of
all food. John isusher.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-01

Wagner, the composer, spent no
small share of his time when a boy in
the police court, where his father was
the clerk.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-01
Paid for by Taxes.

OF most things which we are paid for
making nowadays cartridges. cannon
and the best thing We can hope for is
that they may be useless and the net
result of them. zeros-John Ruskin.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-01
THE STAGE.

COLA has agreed to write an opera
iibretto in four sets for the Paris grand
opera in collaboration with n.
Bruneati, who helped him in dram
atizing "Une Page d'Armour.' 1t is to
be ready in the spring.
GouSoD's ''Faust' will soon have it's
thoiisandth performance at the Paris
Opera. Ambrose Thomas has been
asked to write the music for a scene
which will be introduced on the occa~
sion to glorify the composer.
Mrs. FANNY STIRLING, who for over
fifty years held a high position on the
English stage, having acted with Mac
ready in the thirties and with Henry
Irving in 1886, has just married. at
nearly eighty, Sir William Gregory,
an ~octogenarian like herself.
Mr.. REEK1ouM TREE recently trans
ported his entire company o. SIXTY per.
sons from Balmoral, where he had
been acting before the queen. to Dub
lin III time for the next evenings per-
Torrance. The distance of five hun
dred and ~sixty-oae miles. including the
passage of the Irish sea, was made in
less I'll Sc S~s@' .-7cs:s
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-01

Wtpow-"Well, Mr.. Brief, have YOU read
the wili;r Brief-"Yes, but l cant make
anything out of it." Heirs-''Let us have it
patented. A will that a lawyer can't make
anything out Of is a Observation-Disclosures
Sentinel.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-01

THERE'S one thing certain, Mls Flip
py's grief is really genuine" Mercy, -.es;
her husband was SO much company for Rer
new pet parrot Inter Ocean.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-01
RUNS are millstones Un he road OF
tiuR,.-Chanfort.

-LUcf fsinele)-"Do You think 1t is wicked
d smoke, dear!" Fanny marriedl-'Nt
dear, I'm sure it isn't Lucy-"Why are
you 50 sure4' Fanny-"Bccause my hus,,
band doesn't smoke, and if it was wicked
Pm sure he would do t.f-Half-Hollday.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-01
PRIVATE BOARDING HOUSE.
By < c. PERRAuLI

I.andrf Street. OPELoUsAs, LA.
haies for Beard and lodging: Per day, ST. 90
per week. $500 per month, $500. Meals &c.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-01

PRISONER sentenced to ten days)-"What
would We do if Oh said ye was an ould fule"'
Judge-"You would get ten days more foI
contenipt.' Prisoner-,'Thin, begorra, Uill
not sayft-Oi'n only think tn. Y. Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-01

"MRs. AILsHow has just returned from
her trip abroad.n Mrs. Catchon-"Poor
dear, it must nave been terribly dull for her,
living with the house closed all summer
Inter Ocean.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-01

Mrs. BANGLE is perfectly devoted to her
children" Mrs. Slasher-"How very a ~
''Sads How do you II axe that out'" Mrs.
Slasher-"Why, her poor darling Fido must
be dead. "-Inter Ocean.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-01
A Low Water L6v6l

In Rivers, Ponds, Wells, and other sources
of drinking water threatens danger from
malarial germs. This condition is usually.
found in the Fall, and it points to Hoods
S~arsaparilla as a safeguard against attacks
Of disease. Hoods ~Sarsaparilla makes
pure blood, and thus guards the system
from all these serils. It creates an appe-
tite and gives sound and robust health.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-10-23

some arrangement between Tammany
Hall and the State democracy. AT
Don to-day General Daniel E. Sickles
withdrew as candidate of Tammany
Hall in the tenth congressional district.
The managers in charge at Demo
cratic headquarters are particularly
anxious thtJ there should be bar
mony on the Congressional ticket
AMI they say that upon the success
of failure of Senator Faulkner's mis-
sion will depend the attitude of
President Cleveland towards the State
ticket. If Senator Faulkner succeeds,
they say, Mr.. Cleveland will undoubt-
eddy come out for Hill, and may even
go so far as to make speech in this
city.
Perry Belmont, it is rulnored, has
one eye on Senator HilPs place in the
United States Senate in the event
democratic success.
Senator Chas. p. Mcclellan had a
talk with David B. Hill to-day at the
Park Avenue Hotel. He said before
leaving that everything had been fixed
to bring about harmony on the assem-
bly, and congressional tickets in Kings
county.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-10-23
FROM WASHINGTON.
Of the Alexandria Gazette.


WASHINGTON. Oct. %, 1894.
The story which reaches here from
across the water that the Crown Prince
of Russia refused to marry the Prin-
cess Alix and that he threatens to re-
nounce the throne rather than consum-
mate match 80 distasteful, while full
of romantic interest, lacks, it is said,
the single element of truth. So far from
the marriage being Objectionable to
him, the Crown Prince himself made
the formal application for the young
lady's hand, and while not case OF
love at first sight, the betrothal e1-
presses genuine affection on both sides.
For this information distinguished
member of the Diplomatic Corps-a
gentleman who has lived for many
years in Europe and who is thoroughly
familiar with English, German and Rus
sian court life-is responsible. He says
that last spring the Crown Prince of
Russia attended the marriage of the
Grand Duke of Hesse-D armstadt to the
daughter of the Duke of Sa1e-C oburg.
The Russian Crown Prince represented
the Imperial family on that occasion.
The Grand Duke of Hesse-D armstadt is
q brother of the Princess Alix and both
are the grand children of Queen Ficto-
ria, Alix being named after her mother,
the late Princess Alice. The young
people were thrown constantly together
during the fortnight the Crown Prince
remained at Coburg. Before his de-
parture he wrote to his father, the En-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-10-23
The ALLEGED Train Robber.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Oct. 2S.-Molgan-
fields condition has improved so much
that it is thought he can now be
removed to Virginia for trial. 1t is
said that D. E. Wachtel, postmaster at
Ingomar, Ohio, recognized Morgan
fields photograph as that Of one of three
men who stopped and robbed him at
Harper's Ferry Inst January. A one
legged man who gives the name of
Michael Shields was arrested at Middle
town, Ohio, on suspicion and brought
here yesterday. He says that he found
Morganfield lying in ditch near st.
Bernard, with broken leg, and took
him to the home of farmer named
Gieseman.
RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 2S.-Captain
Hinde, the Pinkerton detective, visited
the Governors Office this morning and
got a requisition for Morgan6eld, the
Cincinnati suspect. Detective Hinde
said: 1--WE have wrung from Searcey
the admission that he was connected
with the robbery and he left for the
scene of the hold up last night in the
custody of the officers. He will point
out to them the place where the pouch
has been concealed by the bandits"
Detective Hinde said there was no
doubt of Searcey's connection with the
robbery.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-10-23
NEWS OF THE DAY.

DR.. Fairfax Irwin reports that choi-
era is decreasing in Europe.
President and Mrs. Cleveland left
GRAY Gables, their summer home, Ga
Buzzard's Bay, Mass, this morning for
Washington.
Henry of Navarro went lame at the
Oakley track, Ohio, yesterday and may
not be able to start in the handicap
next Saturday.
1t is stated in army circles that Gen
Ruger, senior brigadier general, will
succeed General Schofield in the com.
mand of the army.
1t is said that President Cleveland
has modified his attitude relative to fed
eral officials making political speeches
and several of them will take an active
part in the campaign.
William A. Beach and 81. Clay Sinsa
baugb, of Washington, D. c., were ar
rested in Columbia, S. c., last night
charged with being concerned In the
recent stamp robbery in Washington.
The building on Bridge Square, St
Paul, Mimi, being demolished by the
Pabst Brewing Company for the cree
ton of their new warehouse, tell IN
yesterday and two or three men were
buried in the ruins.
Representative VIM. L. Wilson, Of
West Virginia, arrived in Washington
last night, and it is understood that he
will make a personal appeal to the
President and the administration Off
Gals to lend him assistance in the des,
perate struggle now going on for his
re. election.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-10-23
An Immigration Trick.

PORT TOWNSEND, Wash, Oct. %
a. scheme was yesterday discovered
whereby it is estimated that 5OOpauper
Japanese have been admitted this year.
The only restriction that the immigra-
ton law imposes is that each applicant
for admission shall posses thirty dollars.
1t now developes that when party of
pauper Japanese arrives in Victoria it
is met there by an agent from this side,
who supplies each with $50 and a ticket
into this country. Upon arriving here
the Japanese are examined and as each
has the requisite amount the party is
passed. Before starting for interior
points the money is refunded to the
agent, who crosses the line again to
await another batch.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-10-23
Southern Railway Directors.

RICHMOND, Oct. 23.-At the annual
meeting of the Southern Railway Com
pany the following directors were
CHOSEN: A. L. Boulware, Richmond;
g. II. Coster, Harris c. Fahnestock,
Thos. F. Ryan, Samuel Spencer, An
thony G. Thomas, Samuel Thomas, ].
Hood Wright, of New York, and Skip
with Wilmer, of Baltimore. The
board elected the following officers {:
Samuel Spencer, president; A. B. An
drews, second vice president; w. II.
Baldwin, jr., third vice president; Fran
els Lynde Stetson, general counsel; w.
A. G. Even, secretary; 81. c. Ansley,
treasurer, and G. s. Hobbs, auditor.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-10-23

OpRRA HoUsE.-The London Globe says of
of Mr.. Orme Darvall of the New York Celeb
rites concert company: II had the pleasure
of hearing very fine bass singer, Dir. Ormc
Darvall, in one of the most difficult parts per-
tanning to the repertoire OF bass singers viz,
that Of Mephistophcles in Gounod's Faust
Mr.. Darvall possesses voice of urdcniabe
power and singular beauty OF tone; ii is per
icctly free from the Objectionable "vibrato'
and his phIasing is in purest Italian style.
1t will be surprising if this artist does rot at
tain high position in this country" The
other members of the company are Miss Luta
Van Cortlandt, Soprano Miss Alice Ca1y,
pianiste, and Herr Oscar Hentschel, the we'll
known futist.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-10-23

RUSSIAN AFFAIRs.-Advices from
st. Petersburg state that the marriage
of the Czarewitch and Princess Alix is
being FASTENED by an old rule of the
Romanoffs, which compels every heir
apparent to marry before ascending the
throne, and 10 proclaim his successor.
The Moscowites say that the Care
witch has refused to ascend the throne,
and the question OF the successor is ag-
itating the whole of Russia.
Princess Alix arrived at Livadia last
night. The Czarina accompanied her
to the chapel of the castle, where both
prayed earnestly that the life of the
Gear be spared. The Czarina looked
careworn, but she walked with
out assistance. All the reports, stating
that her majesty has been stricken
with paralysis or apoplexy, are untrue.
The Cologne Gazette prints St. Pc
tersburg telegram stating that the Car
has given orders for settlement of the
succession to the imperial council. He
has advised that Grand Duke George,
his second son, should on account ofthe
state of his health renounce his claim
in favor of his brother, Grand Duke
Michael, who ought to take the oath as
heir presumptive to the throne.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-10-23
A Dangerous Crank.

NEWARK, n. j., Oct 23.-Henry D
Riley, who was arrested last night at
Woodside armed with revolver aud
threatening to kill national celebrities,
was remanded for examination this
morning. Riley had in his possession
letters addressed to Mrs. W. K. Van
derbilt, George Gould and Chauncey
Depew. He claimed to possess a Sc
cret which would compromise promi-
nent statesmen. He was on his way to
Paterson, he said, in search of work.
The letter to Mrs. Vanderbilt refers
to family secrets. He refers to
Mr.. Depew as the saviour of the ma
ton and to George Gould as "a tyrant
unstrung." Riley is believed to have
escaped from the Warren, Pa, insane
aeylum
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-10-23

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