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The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18
HASKELL. FLATS, n. Y. Anril 8, 1898

HASKELL FLATS, N. Y, April 8, 1895.
Open letter to Assemblyman c. w.
Terry, of Cattaraugus county.
DEAR SlE-The candor and courtesy
G ~ letter just received, encourage
me q reply, briefly:
III it were true that to exempt per-
sotshl property from taxation would be
mfEgely to relieve personal property
taS payers at the expense of real estate
TAX D payers, who. in this state outnum-
yer them ten to one, then how could it
be true that under a law permitting
home rule in taxation personal prop
erty wonln soon be exempted?" How
could the few outvote the rnany
IN their w selfish interest? Let
me assure you that the force and sig
%nificance of the tax reform movement
do not rest merely on the transference
Of figures from the personal to the real
estate column, but on the effect upon
business and industrial prosperity Of
certain forms of taxation as compared
with certain other forms.
Undoubtedly you say truly that the
majority of the people in Cattaraugus
county are lat presently opposed to
home rule in taxation and to the ex-
emption of personal property. But I
confidently claim that the majority of
those citizens to whom the under
lying principles of tax reform have
beer fairly presented, and who have
considered them without prejudice,
are already in favor of the former
measure, and at least willing to see a
fair trial Of the latter. And since the
principles of taxation-what it now
dose compared with what it ought to
do-are now up for discussion and can
never be dropped until they have been
brought fully to the attention of every
candid and intelligent citizen, ! must
beg to repeat my former prediction
that home rule in taxation and the ex-
emption of personal property-that is.
of all movable wealth-'are in the line
of progress and must eventually VIM"
With great respect and esteem,
Yours very truly.
(Signed) GEO. Il. R~ouNsEvEL1.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18

On II BAMRoo.-"I've had fully a dozen
offers of marriage lately" mercy me-!
Good oneD1' Eyes. All from George
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18

"Where DID That Baby Come From
After some other and further confab-
ulation old man Zeb cooled off and I
went on back home. That was in the
summer time, and along in the fall of
the next year after that the dadblamd-
est most terriblest confusionment O
ever heard tell Of broke out one day
over there at Dooley's Cross Roads. A
Dustin fine baby had turned all of a sud-
dent in the Milligan family, and old
man Zeb was swellin and swashin
around on a high horse. The new baby
at the Milligan place was a boy, you
understand, and he was also red-head-
ed and freckly-faceted and web-footed.
BY dinner time that day the news had
leaked out down into the Deer Creek
regions, and John Henry he come bilin
over to the Cross Roads like the woods
was on fire. He couldn't believe the
news till he rode along by old maj
Zeb's house and heard the baby souall-
in and carryin on natural and big as
life. Presently he met some of the
neighbors that had been to see the
sight, and when they told him it was
~red-headed and freckly-faceted. and
web-footed he got pale clean back be-
hind his ears.
After that John Henry put out some
scandalatious reports as to where old
man Zeb found the baby, but that was
neither here nor there with old man
Zeb. The mainest thing with him at
that time was a baby, and a Milligan
baby.
The next day old man Zeb hooked up
a horse to his spring wagon and went
over in the Flat Woods and brought q
young wilder by the name Of Callie
Hasselton home with him to help at 10
Anna nurse the baby. And between
them three they named the baby Zeb,
and he waxed fat and strong as the
days went by. When finally at last old
man Zeb and aunt 10 Anna died little
Zeb was way up somewheres in his
teens. The wilder Hasselton she lived
over there at the Cross Roads with him
till she was about grown and then she
died.
And so it come to pass that John Henry
played a waitin game and lost. A man
by the name Of Milligan now owns the
old Callins plantation, you understand,
but he is red-headed and freckly-face.
ted and ~web-footed.
RUFUS SANDERS.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18

ATEMrERAScE TowN.-He (%rapturously)
-'How beautiful you are! just to gaze
into your eyes intoxicates me-" h lin
alarm -'Hush-sh-sh. Don't speak OF 1t.
This is a local option town and I may DO ar
rested and Gned."-Detroit Free Press.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1895-11-27

fiir3Gi6 uufriibrerif9e @1afate. tporin BIZ
Nrmenier gegen Die Siirfen aufgebsBt purz
ben, in ben Mp59een uaO an bielen anoereH
Dffentli9en Y1Gben anbefteten.
Ser tiirft16e 8oti9after in 2onDon, &1=
item Paf4d, tit geiforben.
CANADA.
Ser felt Oienta9 bpriger Mo6e in So
ronto, Ont, tagenbe gtationul Sra
ternal GongreB bat feline 9ibungcn BE-
enbet. SIS purbe Elm aus grGfioent 80. G.
@pooner, g. g.. @iceprdfi6ent S. s. So9nz
3on, 9eabooD, aas., unb Or. g. Martep,
port 6uro1, Mtb., deficiencies Gonite ELM
qefeBt, nm ben GpngreB bor Der Gommifiion
2u bertreten, Die fiir3li9 bon Der 2egi5ldtur
BON S6to erndnnt tpur6e, UNI Das Weien
Der Ser Observation-Disclosures nnb 8ruoer@
19aften i'm Staate gu unter1 u4en.
Spanten.
Ser prernierminifter Ganobas be @afftQo
erflGrte, bdB Die fortnG6renoen 8erit3te 16el
MISUNDERSTANDING StpH9en 8ertrez
tern Der fpunii4en Regierung unD ben GU
bani16en Sn1 urgenten fali9 ftrb. 81
f6enft au6 Der Na9ri6t, buB Die Sruppen
bes SnIurgentengenerdls Marimo 9ome5 in
Der 9roDin5 Santa CLARA gef4lagen muir
ben, feinen @lauben, ebenfo pentg pie Die
3situngen an Die beri9tete l1nterperfung Der
Sniurgenten glau6en.
(9tbluB auf Der 7. Sete)
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1895-11-27
Qusla ..
UentidIdno.

Die borgef91agene 9Reform i'm MiGitdr.
geri9tstpefen brobt cine febr ernitli6e &et.
bung 6ptf6en benz &atier unb benz @taats=
mtntftertum unb am @nbe gar cine &a6i=
neisz&rtfts 6~erbet5ufi6ren. Der &riegs=
1rtntiter, @eneral Der Snfantsrte 8ronf arr
bon 94eQenborff, ertlGrte lebten Minte1
Offentlt4 i'm Ret6stage, baB er, fans eS
tim nt9t g~elingen foute, ben Safer fir
feine Nnft9t iiber bic Notbipenbigfeit Der
Oeffentlt9feit bes 8erfa6rens bor ben Mi=
lttdrgeri9ten in SGlfen, mo- es it9 I'm gez
rD6nli9e 8ergeben bonbelt, gu getpinnen,
ubbanfen ner0e unb Der &analer, Shirt gu
9pbenlobe, bat it8 0ffentIib in dbnlidem
9inne dusgefpro9en. Scatter Wil6elm min
je3o9 BON etnem Offentli3en 8erfa6ren in
5aQen nt4ts pifen, ba er befur4tet,
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1895-11-27
(dsloril
fir Sauglinge und Kinder.

fir Sauglinge und Kinder.
Castoria bef0rdert Verdauung
und beseitigt Blahungen, V~erstopfung,
Magensaure, Diarrhoe und Fieber-Zu-
stande. Dadurch wird das Kind gesund
erhalten und sein Schlaf natiirIich.
Castoria enth8lt weder Morphin noch
andere narkotische Bestandthei1e.
"Castoria empfehle ich, we'll es elm gutes
Mittel fir Kinder ist und besser ais allie ande-
rem, die ich kenne." H. A. ARCHER NJ. D.,
Ill South Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
sSeit mehreren Jahren habe ich 'Castoria'
empfohlen und verde damit fortfahren, da es
regelmassig gut gewirkt hat"
EDWIN F. PARDEE, M. D., !.
1875. st. und z. Ave-, New York City.
"Aus eigener Erfahrung und Be~obachtupg
kann 1ch sagen, dass Castoria, cine trefdiche
MediZin fir Kinder ist, da es abfuhrend wirkt
und die game Constitution durch heilsame
WIrkung auf die Eingeweide aufrecht erhalt.
Viele Mitter haban mir erzahlt, vie ausge.
zetchne es 1hren Kindern bekommt."
DR.. G.. G. OsGooD,
Lowell, Mass.
THE ENTAUR COMPANY, " Murray Street, NY.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1895-11-27

8eri8te an ben Manufacturers &ecorb"
Seigen, baB bic Sruge Der @inpunberung
lin Siiben imnper mebr Suterefe in @merifa
urh i'm Nuslarbe g%epinnt. 8iele Suruuer
res Norba1s unb Weftens Ga1en fib I'M
@Hben nieber, unb es tperben au4 8or6erei=
trngen getroffen, apm a3u5ug aus europa
su bri1gen.
9e3igli9 Der irtbuftrieIen 11nternebmntrz
gen bericbtet bas 8fott, baB Elm 8a9n9of gum
greife BON 100000 BON Der Sea6or0 @trz
Sine fir Ntlanta in @1sIt9t %genonu1ett tit.
N9rOft6e unb fiiblt6e &apituliiten Iu4en
einen pufenben plab, Tim eine 8ulrnpolenz
Tit6Ge GIT ba1ren; lie pOlGen fir bas Proieft
81, 100000 0usgeben. Mlabannd beri6tet
iiter bic MaIage BON &i9LfPei4ern, &03tenE
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1895-11-27

Nuf Der Sa6r~esconferen3 beg National=
oerbanbes conieroatioer @ereine, pelGe in
4ltfnobme in 8ereiti9uft fein foa, urro IN
Brighton dbge6alten tpurbe, 9tslt
MinifterprGfibent Serb Salisbury eint
6o3politif9e 4nipra9e, in pel9er e1
unter Mnoerem Sol9enoes fagte:
n8eftatten Sic mir Elm Wprt Der @rz
tp%toerung auf ben 8rief zines febr bo6Ftetenz
ben, fernen 9o~rreIponbenten, tpenn III ibn
10 aennen bari, tpel9er MIDI eriuGt fat, in
elmer &ebe an bas 2anb cine Grfldtltng atz
5%ugeben. Dieter &~orreiponbent tit t,in Sc
ringerer, ais Der Sultan Der Sirtet. Ni4ts
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-11
JehersOn's Ten Rules,

l. Never put off till tomorrow what
you can do today.
2. Never trouble another for what
you can do yourself. %
8. Never spend your money before
you have 1t.
4. Never buy what you do not want
because 1t is cheap; 1t will be dear to
you.
o. Pride costs us more than hunger,
thirst and cold.
8. We never repent of having eaten
too little.
2. Nothing is troublesome that we do
willingly.
8. Remember how much pain the
evils which have never happened have
cost us.
8. Take things always by their
smooth handle.
10. When angry, count ten before
you speak; very angry, q hundred.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-11
Kate Field and John Brown.

Says Mr.. Kohlsant, editor Of the
Times Herald: Before Kate Field
started for Hawaii she brought small
tin box to me and said: This box con-
tains my will and my jewels. Keep it
safe for me until l return Then she
added: Life is uncertain. may never
come back from Hawaii, but in case of
my death I conjure you to see that my
remains are brought home and buried
close beside the body of John Brown"
Your wishes shall be complied
with, said l. In case of your demise
(which heaven forbid will see that
you rest close beside John Brown
"'But not too close, said Miss Field; !;
Just far enough away to satisfy the
striotest sense of propriety. ."-Chicago
Record.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-11
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
The Scheme Is Deemed Practicable by
the Electrician Tesla.

In connection with resonance effects
and the problem of transmission of
energy over single conductor, I
would say few words on subject
which concerns the welfare of all. I
mean the transmission of Ineligible
signals, or, perhaps, even power, to
any distance without the use of wires.
am becoming daily more convinced
Oh the practicability of the scheme: and
though l know full well the majority of
scientific men will not believe that
such results can be practically and
Immediately realized, yet | think that
all consider the developments of re.
cent years by number of workers to
have been such to encourage thought
and experiment in this direction. NV
conviction has grown so strong that
no longer look upon this plan of energy
or intelligence transmission as mere
tneoritical possibility, but as serious
problem in electrical engineering
which must be carried out some day.
The idea of transmitting intelligence
without wire is the natural outcome of
the most recent results of electrical in
vestigations. Some enthusiasts have
expressed their belief that telephony
to any distance by induction through
the air is possible. l can not stretch
my imagination 80 far, but firmly be-
iieve that it is practicable to disturb.
by means Of powerful machines, the
electrostatic condition of the earth.
and thus transmit ineligible signals,
and perhaps power. In fact, what ia
there against the carrying out of such
scheme? Wenow know that electric
vibration may be transmitted through
single conductor. Why, then, not
try to avail ourselves of the earth for
this purpose? We need not be fright.
ened bv the idea of distance.
To the weary wanderer counting the
mile posts the earth may appear very
large, but to the happiest of all men,
the astronomer, who gazes at the
heavens, and by their standard judges
the magnitude of our globe, it appears
very small. And 80 l think it must
seem to the electrician; for when he
considers the speed with which nm
electric disturbance is propelled tho
the earth, all his ideas of distance must
completely vanish. A point of great
Importance would be, first, to know
what is the capacity of the earth, and
what charge does it contain of cleo
tricity. Century.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-11
"COnquering" Foreign Markets.

Perhaps the most absurd thing about
Professor Wilson's letter to the New
York World, in which he attempts to
defend the indefensible, namely, the
German tariff abomination, is the glib
airiness with which he predicts the
conquest of foreign markets" under
that act. He rings the changes on this
subject with monotonous frequency
and talks as If the matter were practi.
cally settled.
1t would be interesting to know just
how this conquest" is to be effected.
The best markets of the world, with
one exception, are rigidly safeguarded
against foreign competition. Germany
maintains a protective tariff. So does
France. So does Austria II Hungary.
So does Italy. So does Russia. So does
Canada. So does Australasia. How
does Mr.. Wilson propose to overcome
these barriersY Does he imagine that
these countries will not make changes
in their tariff rates and schedules to
conform with changes in those of the
United StatesY Does be not know that
after struggle of fifty years Great
Britain, with free trade tariff, has
been unable to conquer" single one
Of the markets of these countriesY The
prsttle about capturing foreign mar
kets" is pure moonshine. Undoubted.
ly we shall sell a certain quantity of ouI
products abroad hereafter, as we have
always done heretofore, but 1t is pre-
posterous to believe that this trade will
ever be more than of comparative Y
meager character, especially so far al
manufactured products are concerned
To believe otherwise is to assume that
foreign nations are rs blind and indlf
ferent to their own interests as Cleve
land cuckoo is to American interests
And what are the proportions OF the
foreign trade which free trade fanticI
seek to cultivate as the cost and sacri
flee of our domestic trade? All told
! the products we sold abroad last yea
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-11
Mr.. Wilson and the Deficit.

In his recent manifesto in the World,
in which he made an impotent effort to
defend the new Democratic tariff, Pro-
fessor Wilson airly observed that "as
to revenue the operation of the new
tariff bill ought to be satisfactory to i ts
promoters" Ought itp Treasury fig
ures tell an entirely different tale.
According to this authority the
Treasury deficit for the first two months
OF the current fiscal year-namely, Ju.
ly aud August-amount to $13, III, ,469.
Does Mr.. Wilson, with his head in the
clouds, realize what that meansY 1t
means that the expenditures of the
Government are exceeding its receipts
at the rate of $sO,OOO,OOO a year. 1t
means more. The figures put out by
the Treasury officials to represent the
present amount of the deficit are lie
and sham. 1t is we'll known that the
deficit has been kept down to $18,
46s by the dishonest tactics of the
Treasury Department in holding back
the payment of pensions, Indian and
naval expenses and other obligations.
If fallowance were made for those debts,
1t is not improbable it would be found
that the Government is running toward
the precipice Of bankruptcy at the rate
of from $1O0,OOO,OOO to $195, 900, 900 per
annum.
What mendacity and nonsense it is
to say that such situation fought to
be satisfactory" to the farmers of the
Gorman-Wilson enormity. A public
servant who is capable of making such
a statement under the circumstance is
unfit for public responsibilities. For
tunately, all prospects indicate that
MIR. Wilson will soon be able to give
his entire time to free trade cobweb
spinning.-New York Advertiser.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-11
An Early Autumn Magazine.

"Compulsion In Child Training" is
the subject which the Rev. Charles H.
Parkhurst, D. D., discusses wisely and
we'll in the September Ladies' Home
Journal. His article is ably supple
mented by Edward w. Boks excellent
editorial on "Our Schools and Our
Teachers. "The Woman Who Paints
Cats" is the striking title of full page
devoted to Madame Henriette Ronner,
the celebrated cat painter; several
copies Of her most celebrated pictures
being given. "The Man Who Write
Our Comic Operas are represented by
portraits and sketches of 1.-THE Com
poser of 'Wang,'n 1.-THE Composer of
Robin Hood" and "The Composer of
Princess Bonnie" Graceful in theme
and melodious in construction is Robt.
Coverleys Song, Loves Reflections, "
written exclusively for this issue of the
Journal. Grace Greenwood writes of
THE Man Who Most Influenced Me, "
Amelia E. Barr of Conversation at
Dinner Table," and Frank R. Stock
ton g Love Before Breakfast" comes
to happy conclusion. Mrs. Mallon g
THE Early Winter Bonnets" and
"Silk and Woolen Bodices" and daint-
lily illustrated by Abbey E. Underwood,
as are Party Dresses for Children, a"
by w. Granville Smith, and 1.-THE
Early Autumn Coats" by Frank O.
Small. Women who love dainty needle
work will be delighted with Helen Mar
Adams Greek Embroidery Designs
Mrs. Barnes Bruce's "A Bridal Table
Set" This autumn's brides will find
much practical advice in Mrs. Hamil-
ton Motifs up to date article on "This
Autumn's Wedding Etiquette" j.
Harry Adams writes of "Some Artistic
Doorways" and several bright women
give some charming ideas for "Beauti.
flying the Home" Eben E. Rexford
writes of "Cultivating the Lily" and
Emma M. Hooper of ''Dressing the
Young Girl" Altogether this attract.
i've issue, which goes out with cover
especially designed by G. D. Gibson, is
worth ten times its price of ten cents.
The Ladies' Home Journal is publ he'd
by The Curtis Publishing Company,
of Philadelphia, for ten cents per mum
Der and one dollar per year.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-11
DE SOTO IN TENNESSEE.
Footprints Of the Spanish Explorer
Found In the State.

In 1856, during my residence in Win.
chester. Tenn, I often heard from the
old citizens of the Indian tradition
about DE Soto spending a while in q
fort five miles northwest of that place.
Upon investigation l found many evi.
dences Of the truth Of the tradition. 1t
was square, fifty yards on each side,
with port holes for the cannon. A
ditch five or six feet deep and 100 yards
long had been dug and covered with
fiat rock halt the way, and with logs,
which had decayed, the other half.
This, covered with dirt, made safe
way for the Spaniards to get water
from the spring. The fort was built
with picketings, like stockade, and
the dirt out Of the trenches was piled
up to make the pickets secure. Some
trees were growing out of the embank-
ment, supposed to be of the right age
to make them the work of the Span
iards rather than of the Axtecs.
The people of Man chester claim much
more antiquity for their old fort, which
has elaborate stone work, giving it the
name Of "Stone Fort"
When De Soto left his fort In Frank.
lin County the tradition is that he went
northwest, crossing Duck River twenty
miles above Columbia, but did not en-.
ter the Harpeth canebrakes. Then re.
turning west he recrossed Duck River
eight miles below Centerville.
Here he buried one of his officers in
cave half way up the rock bluff, leav.
ing an inscription in Spanish on the
huge rock placed as a door to the se-
pulcher. In 1864 I read copy of that
inscription published in the Colum bia
Herald. From Duck River De Soto
Travelled through barren country, and
crossed the Tennessee River twelve
miles below Clifton, as we learn from
the inscriptions on the rude tomb of
three OF his soldiers buried on the west
side of the river. We next hear of him
on the Mississippi River below Mem
phis, where he crossed over into Arkan.
saw.
Whether De Soto was hunting for
the spring whose waters warded off
death, called the Fountain of Youth,
or whether he was hunting for gold
mines, there is difference of opinion.
But there is no doubt about his being
guided by the treacherous Indian
guides. Nashville American.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-11
amounted to $500, ,OOO, 900 in round
numbers. The bulk of these exports
consisted of raw cotton and farm pro-

J amounted to 100000, 900 in round
numbers. The bulk of these exports
consisted of raw cotton and farm pro-
ducts, commodities which foreign ma.
tions are constantly forced to buy of
us. Even with such products included,
however, contrast the total of these
exports with the value of merely our
manufactured products in 1890, practi-
cally all of which we're consumed at
home. The value of the products reach
ed the stupendous figure Of 80, ,S72, ,487,.
2SS. What pitiful showing the OK.
ports for last year make when placed
in comparison with this magnificent
output of one department of American
industry. Is 1t any wonder that Great
Britain casts covetous eyes upon mar.
ket OF such amazing possibilitiesY The
world never saw the equal of it before.
What imbecility 1t would be to sur
render this market for the purpose of
indulging in a crazy quest after foreign
markets. This, however, is precisely
what free trade theorists ask the Amer
ican people to do.
Fortunately the voters of this Repub.
lie now understand fully what is meant
by the chatter about the conquest of
foreign markets." They know that a
revenue tariff" such as the West Vir-
ginia Professor desires, means, not the
conquest of foreign markets." but
the conquest Of American markets and
the annihilation of every American in.
dustry which has been established un-
der the fostering care Of protection, and
the sweeping Republican victories of
1893 and 1894 demonstrate that these
voters have been deceived by tariff
reform for the last time.-New York
Advertiser.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-11
A Timely Reminder.

Each season forces upon our consid.
GRAFTON its own peculiar perils to health.
The advent of fall finds many reduced
in strength and vigor, poorly prepared
to continue the business of life. The
stomach and bowels, the great high
way of animal economy, is especially
liable to disorder in the fall. The ner-
vous system has also suffered in the
struggle. Typhoid fever and malaria
in particular find in the fall that COM
bination Of earth, air and water that
mark this season as especially danger
GUS. The falling leaves, the decaying
vegetables, contribute their share of
contamination. Hoods Saisaparila
furnishes most valuable safeguard at
these important points, and should be
used in the fall before serious sickness
has laid you low.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-11
How Many Eggs Had She In the BasketY

Some mighty intellects in German.
town are now wrestling with the fol.
lowing problem. A woman took bas.
ket Of eggs to the city for sale. Upon
being asked how many she had, she re
piled; "If l take the eggs out Of the
basket, two at q time, l have one egg
left II l take them out three at time
1 have one egg left. If l take them
out four at q time / have one left. II
l take them out Ave at q time have
one left II take them out six at q
time have one egg left, but II I take
them out seven at q time / have none
left in the basket How many eggs
had she in the baskety-Philadelphia
Record.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-11

Eastern Stranger-What are they
lynching him for2 Quick Drop Dan
Attempting suicide. Eastern Stranger
They might just as we'll let him kill
himself. Quick Drop Dan-No, stree.
The boys out here don't believe in
feller being 30 selfish.--Life.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-11

"Do you think you could learn to
love me, MaudY" II don't know,
George, "she answered softly, ~ might,
l learned German once. Tit Bits.