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The Opelousas courier., 1895-12-14
HOW PROPERTY SHOULD BE
ASSESSED,

lax commissioners Instruct Their Depu-
Ties Regarding the Proper DISCHARGE of
iheir uties-Warn Not to Be In1u-
enced.
Ihe tax commissioners had all their
deputies before them in the presidents
ohice yesterday, and the latter received
explicit instructions, which had been
prepared by President Barker, for their
guidance in making their assessments
1or the coming year. After the in
structions had been read by Secretary
lying, brief additional suggestions
were made by President Barker and
Commissioners Sutro and Wells. in
which the deputies were urged to dis
play unusual diligence, care and faith
f~ulness.
After insisting that the deputies
should exercise the greatest care to
guard against unjust valuations, the
commissioners in the instructions re-
ferred to, say:
Your attention is directed to the
statute wherein it is stated that assess
znents shall be made by the deputies at
a valuation as ''in their judgment the
sum for which such property under
ordinary circumstances would sell"
Your duty under this provision of
Jaw would guarantee to the single
~houseowner that he would not be dis
eliminated against, and that he would
stand on an equal footing of fairness
with the more opulent holder Of real
~cntate, or with the property holdings OF
large institutions, companies or cor-
porations.
Your attention is called to the assess
ing OF vacant and unimproved prop
erty, taking into consideration the
benefits which such property is receiv-
ing from the improvements that are
made around it, and as a consequence
the increments of valuations to such
un:mproved property, by reason cf
these improvements that the adjoining
property owners are making.
The commissioners, feeling the inn
portance OF the responsibilities resting
upon them, call upon you for a consci-
entious discharge of your duties in
every respect, with discrimination
toward none, with equalization toward
all. We believe that with the depart
ment conducted on such principles re-
suits can be produced that must, in the
public estimation, rebound to the
credit of all.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-12-14
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

Cracked Wheat: One cup of cracked
cheat stirred into four cups of boiling
water, one scant teaspoon salt. Let
cook over the direct heat for five or
ten minutes. then set into double
boiler o r pail of boiling water and
cook an hour. Chicago Record.
Peach Jam: Take good ripe
peaches; pare, stone and quarter them.
To six pounds of cut peaches add three
pounds of the best brown sugar. Strew
the sugar among the peaches, and set
Next morning put the whole into the
kettle, and boil slowly for about two
hours, skimming it well.-Home.
Corn Mullins: Take c cupful of
graduated cornmeal, thr~ee-fourths of
a cupful of boiling water, the same of
cold sweet milk, a heaping teaspoon
ful of sugar, a level teaspoonful OF
salt, and a beaten egg. Mix together
the meal, sugar and salt, scald with
the boiling water, add the cold milk,
stir in the beaten egg, and bake in
muffin cups o. in shallow pie pans
Good Housekeeping.
Potato Soup: Was.EHapd pare three
potatoes and let them soak in cold
water. Put them into boiling water
and cook very soft. Put a pint Of milk
on to boil in a double boiler with a
teaspoonful of chopped onion. When
the potatoes are very soft drain thor
oughly and mash them. Add them to
the boiling milk and season with one
teaspoonful of salt and a dash or two
of red pepper. Rub through a s%trainer
and put on to boil again. Melt a Ia
blespoonful Of butter and stir into it
one-half tablespoonful of flour; when
well mixed, add enough of the soup to
make 1T liquid, and then stir it into
the boiling soup. Let it boil five min
utes and serve very hot.-Mary Mason,
in Boston Budget.
Cranberry and Apple Jam: Peel
and core two dozen appless, or more if
you wish to use them up while sound.
Allow half a pound of cranberries to
two pounds of apples, and t~hree-quar-
ters of a pound Of sugar (brown) to
each pound of the mixture of cranber-
ries and apples. Put a teacupful of
water in the saucepan that you are to
use for the jam; when it boils, put in
the fruit and sugar; do not leave it to
take care Of itself. Stir it until it
boils, and let it boil without stopping
for half an hour. Try a little on a
cold plate; as soon as it jellies put it
into pots, cover while hot; it will keep
for a year if required. 1t is nice to
eat with junket or molds of rice or
tapioca in hot weather.-Leeds Mer-
curv,
The Opelousas courier., 1895-12-14
A MIRROR.
Its Significance to the GirtbtTath a SUPP
stitious Turn.

Its Significance to the GirbrTsth a Super
~stitious Turn.
"There." said the girl who was get
ting ready to go out. I've broken my
hand mirror! What does that mean?'
Seven years of sorrow" said her
friend; sit also betokens that you will
quarrel with your dearest friend"
Charlie? That would be too dread
fulv'
Charlie? 1 thought you always
counted me your dearest friend! SO
you have let the cat out Of the bag.
That pudding-hcaded Charlie Strong!
Before I'd"
"You needn't say anything more,
Sue Garland, / hate you! And as for
Charlie, you know you would have Civ
en- your eyes to have caught him!
Pooh! l refused him half a dozen
times before he ever looked at you.
wish you good afternoon and a better
temper, my DEAR" and the friend
slammed the door behind her.
There were seveill other girls left
and they one and al began to condole
with the girl who hf 4 broken her hand
mirror. But she was inconsolable.
"You see how it has acted already,
and if there are to be seven years of it
I shall just died, l know l shall!
There, I've quarreled with Sue, the
dearest girl in the world, and that's
only the beginning!'
Let me see where it's broken" said
one of her chums as she picked up the
cause of the trouble.
There's a fracture right through
the length of the glass, but l don't
know how it. came there. l didn't
drop it OR strike it against anything.
Seven years? Amt 1t just awful?'
Seven grandmothers!" exclaimed
the other girl; that isn't a fracture;
it's nothing but a streak of moist air.
Look. lean wipe it off with my hand
kerchief!'
$50 it is. Oh, you dear thing, run
right after Sue and bring her back,
Tell her the glass wasn't broken, and
we haven't quarreled after all! And
the seven years are up already, and
oh, amt 1 just thankful!'-Detroit
Free Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-12-14
TAX REFORM STUDIES
EDITED BY BOLTON uA1x.
An Onan Field.

II any One has an impression that
accommodations to these "Studies"
w. not De published unless they echo
'he EDITORS ideas he is mistaken.
nr'ieles on any aspect of taxation
"lil always be welcome, if thew ara
oecent, well written, within reason.
sh o.e units and to the point, except
VIA we DO not discuss the tariff.
Land owners especially should be
interested Is the principal benefit Of
any improvement or social advance
goes to them in the increase of value
gwen to land. Address this Office, or
~ Lock street, Buffalo, n. Y
The Opelousas courier., 1895-12-14
RIBBONS MUCH WORN,
Used With Chiffon Their Effect 10 VERY
Pretty.

law soAy
Pretty.
Ribbons are always a godsend to
women who have to consult economy,
and as this year everything is to be
ribboned there is much to be thankful
for. A big black satin bow on the
side breadth of a skirt, a fresh ribbon
ind belt collar often makes it possible
to wear a gown that looked very
shabby and forlorn. Black ribbons
are particularly good, and a light
waist that is not really soiled, but has
become dulled and faded, can be made
very presentable with collar, belt,
cuffs and band down the front OF
broad, black satin ribbon. The full
effects also make it possible to substi-
tute a fresh piece of silk for one that
is soiIed or faded; while added bits of
fancy trimming neverlook out of place
in this age of the world, when there
seems to be no possible raison d'etre
for anything, particularly SO as dress
is concerned.
A touch of bright color will often 90
further to brighten up a dark gown
that looks dull and old than will any
thing else. Yellow in the spring OF
the year, red in the autumn. used to be
thought the correct thing. Now either
color is used at either time. They
both work good results Velvet is
preferable to satins for autumn wear
in trimmings, be it understood, but it
will be harder to choose becoming
shades in it, as there is much less rari.
ty of coloring. In red the cerise or
cherry shades is preferable to the ma.
genta, which has lost its popularity
mercifuliy for most women. for she
who finds magenta becoming Is not aasl
With osseaas than eaaa is q llfstimss
The Opelousas courier., 1895-12-14
RAMP LARCENY OF AIR.

First Case of Private Ownership in That
Commodity.
When in the course of human events
1T becomes apparent that it is neces.
sary to arrest a maj for appropriating
air, then the philosopher will stor and
ponder upon ~monopolies and say that
the two gifts given free to man, light
and air, have at last been secured by
the greedy corporations" and that
man no longer has any right to the
breezes that blow or the rays that bring
warmth. Yet that time has come, and
during the last week a poverty-stricken
mortal was arrested for stealing air
plain air-the kind which is spoken of
in the Bible as blowing where itlisteth.
A guest at one of tho big hotels the
other day told of the arrest and all the
details. AS it is the first on record, it
is interesting to all who use air, more
Or less.
The speaker was standing on the
street corner conversing with q police
man, when a man, breathless from rum
ming, came up and said:
II want you to come down here and
arrest a fellow. He is stealing our
air."
The policeman thought he was being
made the butt Of some joke, and he
swung his club negligently and re-
piled.
II suppose he came around when you
wasn't looking and grabbed a few
handfuls of air and put them in his
pocket. | suppose YOU lease the air
along with the rest of the premises, o
perhaps you own the place. Next
thing l suppose you will want me tc
come down and arrest some one for
pulling a few golden bars of sunshine
off your front steps."-N. Y. Tribune.
Mortgage Taxation.
CLEVELAND, O.-Among the papers
read before the United States league
of local building loan associations at
ing:
els the Time Ripe to Reduce the
Rate o. Interest to borrowers" by
George L. Gould, Maiden, Mass.
In the course of which he discussed
the subject of the taxation of mort
cages as follows: %
1.-The efforts to reimpcse the tax on
mortgages now being m lde by certain
people in Observation-Disclosures largely
by boards of assessors who really ire
elected as their servants, nGSt our mas
tiers, as they assume to be-should be
opposed by all intelligent fair-minded
people, borrowers asrftell as caraal.
lists, as not only unjust and an orfen.
sive piece of meddling, but a bring ing
back of q relic of barbarism' sup
posed to have been buried beyond res
direction.
Probably the savings'banks of Mas
sachusetts, especially in country towns,
have many mortgages which will pay
6 per cent, and may not be reduced be-
cause of attendant expense to borrow
ers, but anygood mortgage can now be
easily written anew at 5 per cent and
for large sums on improved city prop
erty, as low as 4 per cent. Indeed, with
municipal bonds in our eastern cities
bringing investors 81 to 81 per cent.
and liable to taxes, at 4 per cent. mort
gage is quite desirable, that being free
of taxes in our state"
The Opelousas courier., 1895-12-14
The Laws O

Pennsylvania Justice You are
charged with a gross outrage, si.f in
throwing eggs at the distinguished
lecturer, Col. Brownay-
Prisoners Attorney (interposing)-
Did l understand the court to define
the charge as a "gross outrage? Ii
so, I move to quash the whole proceed
ing.
ION what grounds?"
There were but eleven dozen thrown
SIR
1.-THE point is we'll taken. 1t is q
good sign that men restrain themselves
before transgressing the law. He
might even have thrown half a dozer
more-but seems to have exercised
wonderful judgment. Discharged!'-
Cleveland Plaindealer.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-12-14
Same as With Us.

CLIFTON SPRINGS, n. Yin the new
summer school of sociology here. Of
which tho Rev. Wilbur F. Crafts. Ph.D.,
! is conductor, the forum Of reforms to
day was devoted to the question: "Hou
Are the Christian Lands Superior tc
| Heathen Lands in Business and Poll
tics >" The Rev. D. A. Richardson, OF
Turkey. testified that farming in that
country was badly done, because a big
crop meantta bigger tax, which was
ax,ortad by Yioienea " threats, Fruit
hi vineyards had been nprooted hs'
cause ths tag was twIas the profit
The Opelousas courier., 1895-12-14
To Improve Vacant Lots.
sl. NM "or1I.

To the Editor of TIT World:
The action of President Barker, OF
the Tax Bureau, instructing his depu,
ties to levy higher assessments on
vacant lots which have increased in
value owing to Improvements or pros.
pective improvements by the city or
individuals adjacent there to who have
beautihed their holdings, is in line
with true reform and deserves the rec
ognition and approval of The World
and all good citizens.
We have too long for our W good
encouraged tomato-canned, billboard.
ed, broken sidewalked lot owners, and
by increasing the tax on such holdings
it may induce some to improve their
vacant lots, thereby adding TO the
safety and beauty of said empty spaces
and the health and comfort of those
who live in quarters contiguous t.
them. MORRIS VAN WEN.
New York, Sept. 2.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-12-14
The Man and the Clothes.

Costing Gin his first dress suit)-What
do you think of it, Tom?
Tom-Well. if you could only put on
a more naughty air you would look al,
most as gentlemanly as our head
waiter.-Tit Bits.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-12-14

Solitude relieves US when we are
sick of company, and conversation
when we are weary of being alone, 80
that the n cures the other. There is
no man SO miserable as he that is at a
loss how to use his time.-Seneca.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-12-14

-Agesilaus of Sparta was known in
his time as The Lame, on account of g
slight physical deformity. For the
same cause Albert IL of Austria,
Charles II. Of Naples, Heinrich II. o.
Germany, received similar designation.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-12-14
SINGLE a. SOLUTION.

"In what direction do you look for
permanent relief from existing con-
ditions"
sNo permansntimprovsmenti in gen.
eral conditions ear be realized that
does not reach deeper and mean more
than prosperity to the prosperous The
$50 900 people who own half the wealth
of the United States may blindly con-
slider things much better, not looking
ont Of their own circle, and, seeing q
little OF their good fortune fltering
through to the class below. imagine
that they ere secure, and that there il
4 great advance toward better tlsuss.
sglse truth ID that esaA recurring ds'
The Opelousas courier., 1895-12-14

AN amusing printers error occurred in a
recent issue Of the London Times. In an
nouncing the marriage of a young city man
to the daughter Of a naval instructor at
Sheerness, a few words of a telegram
wl.lc'1 apparently belonged to some
note from China or from Armenia were
printed after the interesting intelligence.
They read as follows: Trouble Is ex-
pected.'
The Opelousas courier., 1895-12-14

SED1T1oN is bred in the lap of luxury,
and its chosen emissarics are the beggared
spendthrift and the impoverished libertine.
Bancroft.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-12-14

A doubtful rnmcr has gained cur.
sency that the queen will make . visit
to Ireland next sumner.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-12-14

Business MAS-"Are you a good whis-
tier, my boy!" APPRENTICESHIP! daisy.'
business Nian-'Getr-Boston Courier.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-12-14
Heads or Heels

Teacher-What is the chief end O,
man?
Sharp Boy-It all depends on wheth,
er the man is a statesman or a dancing
master.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-12-14
A Congressman's View.

Congressman Tom. L. johnson, of
Cleveland, O., vas recently asked if he
had read the interview attributed to
Marshall Field, in which the latter
was quoted rs saying that the present
activity in business was fictitious and
had no foundation which could make
it lasting. DO you agree with Mr.:
Fields view of the situation?"
The Opelousas courier., 1895-12-14

Sore Eyes Cured.
Jackson's Indian Eye Salve never fails to
do this; 25c at all drug stores.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-12-14
They Feared.

"Whv do you suppose the kings OF
old were clothed in purple?"
$50 that they might be in violet, l
ruess."-N. Y. Recorder.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-12-14

THERE'S one good thing about the melan-
choly days of autumn" said Sneersby.
what is that?' "When a man gets a plain,
ordinary cold he can't go about calling it
hay fever. 'n-Washington Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-12-14
Genuine.

Genuine.
Hairdresser-Ycs; 1 pride myself on
the fact that all the false hair / sell is
thoroughly genuine.-N. y. Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-12-14
Highest of all in Leavening Power.-tatsss u. S. Govt Report
Roe! RRs ak1H$
ABSOLUTELY PURE

NEVER think he is quite ready for anoth-
er world who is altogether weary of this
II. A. Hamilton.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-12-14
AGREES WITH Mr.. FIELD.

II certainly do" responded Mr.. John
son. 1.-THE return of prosperity Of
which Mr.. Field speaks and regards as
temporary l can not think lasting, for
the reason that the same conditions
that brought IN each recurring de-
preston in the past still exist; and we
must continue to look for a periodical
return of what are called hard times.
I believe hat these hard time periods
will become more frequent. But to be
more exact, l think for a few years we
can hope Tor prosperity to the prosper
Gus, which is what good times really
mean.
"By what signs do the people say
there is a return of prosperity? The
supplies of commodities have been ex-
hausted, demand arises; factories start
and things are in a hustle. A panic
depresses land values, railroad stocks
and all evidences of the owner
ship of monopoly. The revival OF
business puts new life into all
these fictitious values, and in a
few years they rise to the old point and
even higher; finally, by %exorbitant de-
mands, the monopolists destroy the
very prosperity that gave them
wealth.
It is true that the army of the unem-
ployed is somewhat decreased. 1t is a
little easier to find work. But even
now, and in the best times, there is an
unemployed class, and this will con-
tinue SO long as men do not see the dis
tinction between the rewards OF indus
try and the profits of monopoly. When
we are wise enough to relieve from
taxation the things we want to c
age-industry and thrift-put h bur-
den on monopoly and advantage, the
things we want to discourage. then,
and not until then, may we look Tor
permanent prosperity, or, indeed, any
prosperity worthy of the name.
Investors appreciate the difference
between a business enterprise with a
special advantage and a business en-
terprise without such advantage.
Large financial institutions will
neither advance money upon nor u
securities based upon what they cal
vested rights but what in reality
are vested wrongs. The bonds and
stocks Of a street railway, q steam
railway or a sky scraping building can
be sold at 3 IF 4 per cent interest, u
q manufacturing establishment IS
lucky If it can borrow money on It's
bonds from z to to 10 per cent. The
reason for this discrimination the in
weston may not so clearly see, but ne
makes it nevertheless. Yet we could
not have prosperity without the
growth of the enterprises that invest
ors SO much shun."
errrrr NV cor rTrYcN
The Opelousas courier., 1895-12-14

'sYoU never told me Miss Fairgirl was an
athlete" swell, is she:' Yes, she has
thrown me over.'-Detroit Free Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-12-14
BEST IN THE WORLD.

A PUBLIC compliment never offsets a pri-
vate growl.
The evening times., 1895-08-16
MOONLIGHT FLY FISHING
Local Fishermen Try a New Trick
On the Willy Bass.
Big Catches Are Reported All Up
the River and the Season Is
Record Breaker.

The fishermen and there are lots Of them
hereabouts, are in their glory. Never in
the history OF this sport in these parts
has it been SO delightful, or so productive
OF gratifying results as at the present. So
says Harry Mccormick, and he knows. 1t
is said that what Mr.. Mccormick does not
know about fishing and gunhina around
this section is hardly worth knowing.
Mr.. Mccormick declares that never has
the fact that a law should be enacted that
would prohibit the akiDg of fish during
the spawning season-from May TO June
15-beeD SO forcibly Illustrated as the
present condition OF the sport illustrates it.
For about three weeks during the recent
spa wning season, the water was mudd,
and not suitable for fishing. Nature pro-
vided the protection of the finny ones
that the law should have furnished. There
was little or no fishing done during their
muddy spell. and thousands of bass that
would have been taken had the conditions
been different, were left to produce. When
it is considered that female brings forth
at each spa wping an innumerable number
of young fish, the present plentiful sup
ply of bass and other choice species so
tempting to every lover of this sport is
easily understood.
Everywhere fishing is now good and hun
dreds are out with rod and line every day,
and all meet with unprecedented success.
Several parties have made splendid catches
within the past few days. j. E. Dc Sauls,
William Ellinger and Charley Laird went
to Point of Rocks and came home with
thirty seven bass. The largest one weighed
five pounds.
Horace Upperman caught fourteen just
below Point OF Rocks on the Eamc day.
the biggest one OF his string weighing four
and three quarter pounds. John Kennedy
went to Sir Johns Run and in three days
bagged forty eight beauties with the fly.
Joe Errnantrout. at Sycamore Island,
caught eleven fine bass and rock fish
that weighed three and a quarter pounds.
Gus. Keyser and W. D. Chadwick caught
twenty-three bass in two days at Seven
Rocks, Just above Sycamore Island. John
H. Hunter has been enjoying himself at
Great Falls for the past week, and he had
most gratifying luck. C. Finn Keys and
Edward Droop made big catch at Seven
Rocks, among the rest being two black
bass that weighed four pounds each.
W. d. Chadwick and Mr.. Mccormick tried
q new fishing plan at Sycamore Island
last Saturday night. They went out after
i O'Clock and got thirteen bass with spoon
and fly. This, Mr.. Mccormick Gays, is the
first time this sort of tackle has been used
by moonlight, and the success OF the ex-
pertinent will no doubt prompt many to try
it. The largest of the thirteen fish weighed
four pounds; the smallest one two and a
half pounds. This, Mr.. Mccormick thinks,
is pretty good evidence that big fish feed
at night, and that 1t accounts for the poor
fishing in the daytime during the moonlight
times.