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The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-04
Training the Children.

The distinction between being and
doing should be especially remembered
in the training Of children. We are SO
ready to be satisfied with mere good
conduct, possibly because bad conduct
gives us annoyance personally, that we
overlook the true point. We punish and
reward children for what they do; the
child's definition of badness is doing
what mamma doesn't allow" and hav-
ing a more logical mind than his moth
err, the little one oon sees that if the
sin is entirely in the doing, all will be
well if he is not found out, and he is
encouraged to practice deceit. We need
to go more deeply into the question of
morals; we need to understand the
principle that teaches that the man
who hateth his brother, is a murderer;
we need to learn that it is as wrong to
think a lie as to tell it, and that the
hands are nothing-it is lead the heart
that is alL-Womankind.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-04
MICHIGAN'S BENEFACTOR
An Off Repeated Story OF True
Philanthropy.
b Chss. II. Hackley Has Done for
Western Michigan.

From arcnd Rapids, Mich, Euentng Press.)
The most beautiful spot in all this CITY is
inseparably associated with the name Of
Hackley. Chas. II. Hackley has been in the
lumber business here continuously since
1856 and in that time has amassed a fortune
which gives him a rating among the wealthy
men of the nation. But with wealth there
did not come that tightening of the purse
strings which is generally a marked char
acteristic of wealthy men.
1t is not a wonder then that the name of
Charles Fl. Hackley is known at home and
abroad. His munificence to Muskegon alone
represents an outlay of nearly half a million.
For the past twenty years he has been a
constant sufferer from neuralgia and rheu-
matlsm, also numbness of the lower limbs,
SO much so that it has seriously interfered
with his pleasure in life. For some time
past his friends have noticed that he has
seemed to grow young eaGain- and 10 have
recovered the health which he had In yous.0
To a reporter for the Press Mr.. Hackley
explained the secret of this transformation.
shave suffered for over 20 years. he said,
with pains in my lower limbs so severely,
that the only relief 1 could get at night was
BY putting cold water congresses on my
limbs. was bothered more at night than
in The day time. The neuralgia and rheu-
matte pains in my limbs, which had been
growing in intensity for years, finally be,
came chronic. I made three trips to the
Hot Springs with only partial relief and
then fell back to my original state. l
couldn't sit still and my sufferings began to
make life look very blue. Two years ago
last September l noticed an account of DIR
Williams PM Pills for Pale People and
what they had done for others, and some
cases so nearly resembled mine that l was
Interested, SO | wrote to one who had given
q testimonial, an eminent professor of music
in Canada. The reply | received was even
stronger than the printed testimonial and it
gave me faith in the medicine.
Il began taking the pills and found them
to be all that the professor had told me they
would be. 1t was two Or three months be-
lore experienced any perccptible better
ment of my condition. My disease was of
such long standing that I did not expect
speedy recovery and was thankful even to
be relieved. progressed rapidly, however,
towards recovery and for the last six months
have felt myself a perfectly we'll man. l
have recommended the pills to many people
and am only too glad to assist others to
health through the medium Of this wonder
full medicine. I canno say too much for
what it has done for me-"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain all the
elements necessary to give new life and
richness to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are for sale by all druggists,
or may be had by maN from DR.. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y, for
SOC. per box, or six boxes for So so.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-04
ARE YOU GOING A-ViSITlNG?
If So Here Are Some Hints as to the Duty
of q Guest.

If So Here Are Some Hints as to the Duty
of a Guest.
The relations between a visitor and
her hostess never require to be more
carefully considered than when the
visit is made in town. In the country
a visitor has very little opportunity of
taking her own line; on the contrary
she has to follow the routine arranged
by her hostess, and has only to acqui-
esce in what is proposed to be done
each day. 1t is different in town,
where the rule is for a host and host
ess to accept invitations for themselves,
whether a visitor will be staying with
them at the time Or not, although a
hostess generally informs the intended
visitor beforehand of her dinner en-
gagements, to give the opportunity of
making engagements for herself in the
evenings in question; for when a host
and hostess dine out, their visitor is
usually expected to do the same at the
house of a relative or friend.
Again, as regards evening parties
and dances, it much depends upon
whether the visitor is a young and
pretty girl or a lady of middle age, as
to asking permission to take her or not.
In the generality of cases a hostess
prefers not to ask this favor, and to al
low her visitor to 'amuse herself. To
IN ordinary afternoon at home a visit
Or is taken as a matter of course, but
to no other entertainment, and a visit
Or is most unreasonable when, as too
often follows, she shows evident dis
pleasure at not being included in the
long-standing engagements of her
hostess, OR that they T not given
up ON her account. AS the obi
cation is incurred by the visitor, she
should respect her hostess plans and
fall in with them, and consult her as
to all engagements she desires to make
Independently of her. Otherwise a
hostess feels that she is put into
rather the position of a %landlady, and
that her town house is a little better
than a hotel to the visitor who makes
use of it.
Shopping and visiting are great
temptations to most visitors in town,
but the convenience of a hostess
should never be sacrificed to such al
lurements, and a visitor should en-
deavor to hit the happy medium, and
not give her hostess too little or much
of her society.-N. Y. Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-04
MASSACHUSETTS TAX SYSTEM

questions Advanced by an Advocate Of
the Single Tax.
10 the Editor OF the Herald:
In this mornings Herald there is ar
editorial on "The Massachusetts Ia,
SYSTEM" declaring hat there is not
a shadow of doubt that the system Of
taxation in use in the state of Massa.
chusetts is a thoroughly indefensible
method, when judged on the ground
OF either political economy or practical
results; also, that 'there is absolute
ly no justice in the present form OF
taxation which arbitrarily taxes ones
class OF property and exempts anoth.
err"
This is a clear, forcible statement OF
the opinions of a constantly increasing
number of the citizens of the state,
and moreover the subject of taxation
is one of widespread and vital import.
ance, owing, as Capt. Candage declared,
to 1.-THE growing discomfort of the
masses" There are those who believe
our present method of taxation, which
taxes a man simply because he is rich,
is as Anticipated as f%eudalism, and
should be relegated to the past;
that we who boast of our freedom, our
equal rights, should not be taxed for
producing more wealth, but according
to each ones special privileges, thus
elualizing opportunities.
Charles Kingsley says: 1.-THE masses
hardly know yet what they want, but
they are beginning to ask some ugly
questions concerning the meaning Of
certain words-rent, taxes and free
DOM"
There are those who believe the sin
gle tax would do away with the fraud,
corruption and gross inequalities, in
separable from our present methods of
taxation, which allow the rich to es-
cape while they grind the poor; also
that this system would tax neither la
Dor nor capital, but leave every one
free to apply his labor or expend his
capital in production or exchange
without any fine or restriction, and so
would leave to each the full product of
his exertion.
It is the misfortune of nearly every
new theory to be more largely known
by the writings of its enemies than it's
friends. Let the friends of single tax
be heard. If their scheme is a chimera
the best way to extinguish it is to let
them expose their ignorance on the
subject of taxation. E. S. T.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-04
THE INDUSTRIES.

THE consumption Of iron per head is
nearly four times as great in Great
Britain as in France.
A NEW fuel made in France is of coal
dust compressed into briquettes and
soaked with chemicals WHICH make it
last a long time in a glow when one
alight.
New deposits of phosphates have
been discovered by French explorers in
the western parts of Tunisia. The
mineral capacities of Africa are still
but partially known. Gold alone APP
pears to absorb the attention of modern
explorers.
DIR. FRIEDRICH LEHNER, of Zurich,
has perfected a process for making
artificial silk out of wood pulp Or vege-
table tibers. A company has beer or
ganized for it's manufacture in Brad
ford, England, and one is talked of for
this country.
URANUS is really a gigantic world,
more than sixty times as large as ours.
Its vast Distance, now about 1,7OO, OO0,-
900 miles from the earth, is what causes
it to look so small.
IT is due to the dust that the heav-
ems arc blue. We see the sunlight re-
flected by every particle of dust. There
is nothing but the dust between us and
the sur to transmit its light to us.
MERCURY must get much more heat
from the sun than the earth does, since
1t is so much nearer to the sun. If
there were living creatures on Mercury
the sun must also look much larger to
them than it does to us.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-04
Congressman John Dewitt Warner on Tax
ing Money.
TAX ON CIRCULATION,


Mr.. Chairman: This bill provides for
a tax upon bank note circulation of
one-quarter of l per cent. every six
months for the support OF the govern
ment. To anybody who believes that
1t is worth whilesor proper not merely
70 tax the property of banks Ito which
I have no objection), but to tax their
facilities for lending money, SO as to
make them charge higher rates of IL
terest to borrowers, there can be no
objection to such a provision as that.
I do not believe that the facilities for
issuing currency should be taxed at all,
any more than the facilities for keep
ing a grocery store, and | believe it is
just as impolitic and oppressive to put
a tax on circulation, SO that borrowers
In distress will have to pay higher rate
of interest, as it would be to put a tax
upon the sales of grocery stores SO as
to compel the wage earners OF our
country to pay more for their daily
bread.
Mr.. Richard, of Michigan. Does this
tax of one-half per cent. apply to state
banks as well?
Mr.. Warner.-1t does not; and that
is one great recommendation OF the
bill to me. If any state is fool enough
to levy a tar upon the facilities for sup
plying money to borrowers within its
borders l want to see that state try 1t
and find out how its borrowers like to
pay higher interest than is paid in
other states, and if the United States
insists upon limiting the extent to
which its national banks can be OF use
to the public by putting an obstruction
at their very doors which makes the
getting out of their currency more ex-
p~ensive, I do not want to see, under
the guise Of Federal power, a state
forced into the same .rut, or state lnstl-
buttons subjected to the same disabili-
ties. / am perfectly willing to abro-
rate all taxes on the currency. believe
In taxing the property OF banks, but
not the currency of banks 1t is a good
point with me in this bill that the AK
does not apply to the state banks. l
think it ought not to apply to the ma
tional banks either.
Mr.. Richardson, Of Michigan.-My
idea is that the effect of applying it to
the one set of banks and not to the
other would be to make a discrim1na-
zion in favor OF the state banks.
Mr.. Warner.-My dear sir, II my
father discriminated against me by
keeping RE on half the rations that
your father allows you, the way to do
4 to try to make some kind OF reform
In NV father, and not to put You also
on half rations. Laughter
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-04
Horrible Thought.

It is . great pity that the income tax
must be levied in s'camera obscura.
If it were operated in broad daylight
We socialists would be supplied with
figures that might make q revolution.
win any reader Of The People give
any good reason for keeping incomes
under coYer7-Ihe People.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-04
suppressing English Dogs.

The Hon. Mark Role, one of the
largest land owners in Devon, has writ
ten that in consequence of the addi-
tiona1 burdens lately placed on land,
and the prospect Of further legislation
which might seriously affect his posi-
ton, he will be obliged to give up his
hounds of the Stevenstone Hunt, North
Devon. at the end of the season.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-04
lax EVERYTHING AND EVERY.
BODY,

.lere Is the way that a Georgia edito,
expresses his opinion of taxation:
lax en- tax 'em, dom relax EN-.
sha'n EN-, stamp 'em, d--n 'em tax ,cm
lux their homes and tax their clothes.
lax EN- on their crop that grows, y
TAX their feet and tax their hands.
Tax their mules and tax their lands.
TAX their goods and chattels, too,
aut q tax on what they do;
Iax the churches, tax the schools,
Put a tax on every fool;
TAX the lawyers and the priest,
put tax tbs last, indeed, the least.
YES, tax tEsm all, let none escape,
ana put TIA town in decent shape.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-04
lax REFORM STUDIES
EDITED BY BOLTON HALL.
An Open Column,

any n has an impression that
communication s to these "stna:Hs
WIZ Q be published unlerx thar Az.
me EDITORS ideas, he is mistaken
articles on any side Of the o,es.;,
decent nt~s asa,, be welcome, SO they are
49,. Wen written, within reason.
~. limits n to the point, excent
'nae we do not discuss the tariff.
!ano owners especially should bo
rested' as the principle benefit Of
ahy improvement or social advanoa
goes to them in the increase Of valne
gwen to land. Address this Office. ~
E. o. Box So, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-04
How Thomas Jefferson Was Taxed.

To the Editor of the World:
Your correspondent, "A. B. c." calls
to mind the fact Of our ancestors pay.
ing taxes on property for the supporter
the government. Hespeaks of it as an
income tax, but was it not a property
tax, taxing land and other property
regardless of the amount of income
received. while the present income tax
does not tax wealth, except on the in
come from the property, etc? / beg
leave to inclose a copy of a United
States tax bill as found in Thomas JEFF
ferson's memoranda, bearing date 1900,
Taxes to United States in Albemarle, 1900:
5,7s6 acres OF land, 1884 per sl00.......... s97. 12
One house JUN
One phaetOn. SOC
Total. ............ el6s.6
Iquitc agree with "a. B. c." that
the expenses of the government should
not be on consumption alone. and be-
lieving that if any change is made in
the present law it is apt to be more
onerous on property. | beg leave to
accept situation, pay my taxes and
keep quiet. *. Y. q.
New York.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-04
A Great Help.

Carker-That ice water bath I adj
vised you to take helped your cold,
didn't it?
Barker-Yes, very much;-almost
helped it into pneusaonia.-puck.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-04
OF ONO, CRY OF TOLEDO, -.
v~ao C0v 90

FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he Is
the senior partner of the firm of +. j. CHENEY
&Co., doing business in the City of Toledo
County and State aforesaid and that said
firm will pay the sum of ONE DOL
LARS for each and every case of Catarrh that
cannotbecured by the use of HALLS CATARRH
CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this6thdayo of December, A. D. 1856.
-, A. W. GLEASON,
tsMsAL} Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Send fortestimonials,
free. FL. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, o.
nYr Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills. Csc.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-04
Best of All

To cleanse the sy stem in a gentle and truly
beneficial manner, when the %springtime
comes, use the true and perfect remedy,
Syrup of Figs. One D~ttle will answer for
all the family and costs ,nly SO cents; the
large size 81. Try it and be pleased. Manu-.
featured by the California Fig Syrup Co..
onlv
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-04

AN actress appearing in Johnstown, Pa,
recently was referred to by the local press
as a favorite in that city. The paper re-
marked: "She appeared here just before
the flood" The actress has erased Johns
tOWn from her map.-Dramatic Mirror.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-04

CARE you an amateur photographer"
stNo. Why do you ask!'' sOh, / heard that
you got Miss Rox's negative last night
Syracuse Post.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-04

Icannot speak too highly of Piso's Cure
w. ed St., New York, Oct. 29, 1894.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-04

Mrs. WATTs-"Don't you ever do any.
thing at all2n Weary Watkins-"Oh, yes,
mum. Sometimes / does time .n-Indian
apolis journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-04

a Londoner, as l was born in London"
"But ], sir, was born in Cork, and l am a
Corker vn-Boston Globe.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-04
SIyEeUJ w. W'
The Hot Springs of South Dakota ar
reached directly by the Burlington Route.

BuTToNs-"The count gave me a dollar to
tell him truthfully if Miss de Richie was at
home" The Maid-"And did you?" But
tons-"Not muchl 1 told Miss de Richie
aboutit, and she gave me a dollar to tell
him she was out. ",Brookyn Life.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-04

THERE are some communities in which
Solomon would not have been considered
ssna:t.-Rsm's Hosn.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-04
The Hot Springs of South Dakota.

The following letter from Mr.. w. M. Ty-
son, Commander of the Pennsylvania Sol
der and Sailors Home at Erie, Pa, writ
ten on his return home, after a stay of some
weeks at Hot Springs, Sou Dakota, indi-
Gates that the Springs are in a fair way to
become one of the leading health resorts of
the country:
ERIE, Pa, Feb. 2s, 1895,
Col. FRED EVANS, Prop,
"Evans Hotel,n Hot Springs, S. D.
Dear Sir: Among the many who have
been benefited by tire atment at the Hot
Springs, Sd. and have experienced courte-
Gus hospitality at your hands, l claim the
right to say a word in behalf of the Springs
as a health resort, and cannot do better than
to state the facts in my own case.
left Erie, Pa, about November /, 1884,
my friends at the time doubling whether l
would ever recover my health. l arrived at
Hot Springs so weak and disheartened that
it required aid to leave the cars and reach
the hotel. For the first two weeks felt no
Improvement. Then | experienced a change,
which continued until my departure, and re-
turned to my home very much stronger,
and almost free from pain.
do not hesitate to say to anyone seeking
relief from pain, and desiring rest, that L do
not believe there is any place where an in
valid can go and find so many advantages,
mountain scenery and comfortable hotel &C
c~ommodations, as Hot Springs, s: D. The
elegant Evans Hotel is equipped with every
provision for comfort, and all that goes to
make one feel at home. LAM so thoroughly
convinced of the many advantages to be
found at your location, that it is a pleasure
for me to recommend the Hot Springs to
invalids, and to those seeking amusement
as well as health.
Wishing you every success, and that Hot
Springs may become better known and ap-
1Signsd) w. M. TYSON.
The Hot Springs of South Dakota are
reached directly by the Burlington Route.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-04
New Zealand,a TAI. srstetn.

70 illustrate the mode in which land
Il income taxation Is levied iii the
colonies, the system of direct taxation
IN vogue in New Zealand may be
taken. The taxes consist of, first; q
land tax upon actual value of land;
second, a land tax upon mortgages;
third; a graduated land tax where
value of land exceeds e5,0D6: fourth,
an absentee tax of 20 per cent. addi-
tlonal on the graduated land tax; fifth,
an income tax upon companies; sixth,
an income tax on income from bust
ness, and, seventh, an income tax on
income from employment Or emolu-
ment. The ordinary land tax is one
penny for every pound of the actual
value Of land, but there shall be de-
Quoted from it's assessed value the
value OF improvements thereon and
any mortgage due or owing thereon.
1he term actual value is defined to
mean the capital value for which the
fee simple, with all improvements Gf
any could be purchased for cash.
The term Improvements" includes
houses and buildings, fencing, plant
ing, draining. clearing timber scrub
or fern, laying down grass, ETC.,
and any other improvement the benefit
OF which is exhausted at time of
valuation. After deduction of elm
provements' from actual value" the
balance remaining is what is under
stotf throughout the A~ustralasian COL
On rs as the "unimproved value Of
ia1H." The graduated land tax is TN
additional tax. Thus, estates valued
ate5,ooo and less than 10000 pay one
eighth of a penny in the pound sterling
extra, and the rate rises until estates
exceeding e210, 600 in value have to
pay I'd. in the pound sterling. Alb
sentees from the colony for three years
have to pay a surcharge of 20 per cent.
upon the graduated tax. Upon the
New Zealand system, as thusdescribed,
the rest of the Australasian colonies
have formed, or are engaged in form
ing, their land and income tax valua-
tion.-Bradstreets.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-04

WITTICUssE-''What do you think OF these
Lines to a Gas Companyn" P~etticusse-
'The meter is ~false.' Witticusse-''That's
dome Intentionally to make it realistic."-
Life.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-04

bow Feathers?n Slobbs-"Because I'm lired
of calling him down."-Philadelphia Rec
ord
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-04
What q Blessing


are denied it. They to whom nature has
beer niggard in this respect can enjoy nerve
vigor and quietude if they use Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, one Of the finest neryines
and tonics in existence. Dyspepsia, q pro-
life source of nerve inquietude, is invari-
which is also potent as a remedy for ma
larial and kidney trouble and constipation.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-04
Whom You Want a Thresher,

Horse Power, Swinging or Wind Stacker,
Saw Mill, Self Feeder, or an Engine, ad-
dress the J. /. CASE T. M. Co., Racine, Wis.
be relied upon as the best. Business estab-
lished 1912. Illustrated catalogue mailed free.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-04

"SoMErIMEs," said Uncle Eben, "when or
man tells yoh he's discouraged he doan'
mean muffin by it 'ccppin' dat he's bout
made up his min ter be good an lazy do
res of his ife."-Wa shington Star.
BIDDY-"Miss Arrcss is not at home sor.
Will We lave yer name?' NJ. P. Kewn-"Do
you think she would take itp'-Chicago
Dispatch.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-04

"YoU think you know It all now, don't
you?" 'Me! Lord, no. Pm m~arried."-
Syracuse Post.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-04

If Tennyson wrote t'The Charge of the
Light Brigade",just after receiving his gas
bill, he was perfectly Observation-Disclosures
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-04

THE English post Office sends a ten
word telegram for twelve cents. Why
should smart Yankees" pay twenty.
five to a private monopoly for the same
service? Give us, a postal telegraph