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The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-28
He uil1 Not Droun HIMSELF.
(From the Troy, N. r., TYmes,)

p10
r. W. Edwards, of L%ansiugburp. wa,
Frustrated by sunstroke during the war.
hndf has entailed on him peculiar and Sc
rlous consequences. At present writing
Mr.. r. is a prominent officer of Post LYON.
u. A. r., Cohoes anda past aide de camp on
the staff of the commander-in-chief Of Al
oany Co.. In the interview with a reporter.
he said:
II was wounded and sent to the hospital
at winchester. They sent me together with
others to Washington-a ride Of about 100
miles. Having 40 room in the box cars we
were placed face up on the bottom Of fiat
cars. The sun beat down Upon our unpro-
tected heads. Wien I reached Washington
! was insensible aud was unconsciouy for
ten days while in the hospital. An abscess
gathered in my ear and broke; 1t has been
gathering and breaking ever since. The
result OF this 100-mile ride and sunstroke
was neart disease, nervous prostration, in.
somnla and rheumatism. A completely
shattered system which gave me no rest
night or day. As a last resort took some
RINK Fills and they helpedme toa wonder
1ui degree. Ny rheumatism ia gone, my
heart failure, dyspepsia and constbpat,ea
are about gone, and the absaess ia my ear
has stopped discharg1ng and my head feels
as clear as a bell when before it felt as
though it would burst, and my once shat.
tered nervous system Is now nearly sound.
Look at those fingers" Mr.. Edwards said,
lido they lock as if there was any rheuma-
dsm there! He moved his fingers rapidly
and freely and strobe about the room like a
young boy. ga year ago those fingers were
gnarled at the joints and so stiff that Icould
not hold a pen. Ny knees would swell up,
and could not ~straighten my leg out. My
Joints would squeak When I moved them.
That is the living truth.
when I came to think thatI was going to
be crippled with rheumatism, together with
the rest of my ailments, l tell you life
seemed not worth living. I suffered from
dependency. l annot begin to tell you,"
said Nh. Edwards, as he drew a long breath,
what my feeling is at present. l think if
you lifted ten years right off my life and
left me prime and vigorous at forty-seven,
1could feel no better. l was an old man
and could only drag myself painfully about
the house. Now I can walk off without any
trouble: That in ITSELF" continued Mr..
Edwards, "would be sufficient to give me
cause for rejoicing, but when you come to
consider that l am no longer what you
might call nervous and that my heart is ap-
parently nearly healthy, and that I can
sleep nights, you may realize why / may ap-
pear to speak in ~extravagant praise of Pink
Pills. These pills quiet my nerves, take
the same time enrich my blood. There
seemed to be no circulation in my lower
limbs a year ago, my legs being cold and
clammy at times. Now the circulation
there's as full and as brisk as at any other
part Of my body. | used to be SO light
headed and dizzy from my nervous dis
order that ! frequently fell while crossing
the floor of my house. Spring is coming
and l never felt better in my life, and I am
looking forward to a busy season Of work"
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-28
Pertinent Inquiries of a Now York Assem-.

blyman.
Ought man be taxed for improving
his property, and thereby improving
the city?
Is it not better to tax producers for
making goods abundant and giving
employment to labor, or to tax specu-
lators for making land scarce and
keeping men idle?
Why should homeseekers be forced
to the outskirts, when there are hun
dreds of good vacant acres in the
city?
Do not many vacant lots increase the
cost of roads. sewers, and other serv-
ices to reach the people who have been
forced to the outskirts?
Why not seek our taxes public rev.
enue) where the s%peculator gathers his
riches-namely, from land values?
Public improvements add nothing to
the value of houses, goods or labor.
Then why should these things be taxed
to pay for public improvements?
Public improvements do raise the
values Of land. Then should not the
values Of land pay for public improve
ments?
Would industry and commerce have
to pay toll to land spectators if taxes
were confined to land values?
If taxing whisky makes whisky
harder to get, is not the effect of tax
Ing houses and goods the same?
Don't you know if you tax houses
and goods you make them dearer and
harder to geta
DO YOU know thst u you tai Land
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-28
TAX REFORM STUDIES
EDITED BY BOLTON FALL.
An Open Field.

II any one has an impression that
communications to these "Studies"
will not be published unless they echo
the editors ideas he is mistaken.
Articles on any aspect of taxation
will always be welcome, if they are
decent, well written, within reason
able limits and to the point, except
that we do not discuss the tariff.
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. Address this Office, or
10 Lock street, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-28
Experiment, with Butter.

The officials of the agricultural de.
partment are satisfied with the gen
eral results of the experiments made
at Cornell university, which have
shown the possibility of making but
ter from the whey left after the man
ufacture OF cheese. The only other
question to be determined is whether
butter can be made in such quantities
as to pay. 1t is said to be good butter,
qualified judges being unable. to de-
tect it from that made from milk 10
the frst place.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-28
What DISTINGUISHED Him

Miss Castique-So you are engaged tc
that Mr.. Atkinson, are you not? Now,
tell me honestly, what can you see in
him that distinguishes him from all the
other e in the world whom you have
rel met?
Miss Pasee with unlooked-for frank.
ness)-He asked me to be his wife,
Tit-Btts.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-28
What tho Fad VIII Come TO.

Jane-H you please, ma'am, as it's my
night out would you mind lending me
your bicycle?
Mistress-Oh, certainly, Jane, take it
by all a And If you look in my
wardrobe you'll find q pair Of last sea.
sons knickerbockers, which you may
have if you,like.-Boston Home Jour
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-28
Easily

Mrs. Sunklands ian Arkansaw ma.
tron)-I hear tell that Jim Clayetah
says he's goin' to move his family back
to Gawgy as o as he kin settle up his
affairs.
Mr.. Sunklands-Settle up his affairs7
Why, Lawd! All in the world he's got
to do is to POI a gourdful Of water on the
fire and call the dawgs.-Puck.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-28
A Scientific Answer.

An Intelligent boy in the national
school Of . large and popular town In
Lancashire on being examined, among
others, by the commissioner was asked:
do you know any Of the effects Of heat
and cold?"
"Yes, sir; heat expands and cold con-
tract&"
"Good, my boy-you have answered
we'll; now an example,"
"Why, SIR, the days In midsummer
are the longest and In winter the
ahortestls-Once . Week.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-28

"You know, dear, said Miss Dolyers,
frankly, to her accepted sutton, you
know we get none Of papa's money
while he lives"
II quite understand that, my precious
pct" replied the young man, with the
light Of love in his eyes. 1--WE will in
vite him to live with us, put a folding
bed in his room, and hope for the best. F"
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-28
Tho Cannibal,s Ouandarv,

II don't know what to do with that
chappie we got out Of tho last ship
wreck" said the chief to the cannibal
king.
'What's the m~atter?"
III we take his cigarettes away from
him he'll pine away and get thin"
"Let him keep them"
"Then we'n spoil tho favor Of the
stew.-Washington Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-28
SIMPLE MILK COOLER,
A Leaf from the Diary of q ,1rogressits
Nebraska FarmeHx

"A LeAI 1EOIh INC DAATy u DTUkEeesINe
Nebraska Farmes~
My milk cooler is a box large enough
to hold all my milk and cream cans
and butter crooks. 1t has 4 spout down
one corner witfSn one inch of the bot
tom, to alloYfthe watey to flow in,
thus putting til cold water in the bot,
tom of Gle tank. The warm water
rises to the surface and passes off
down the hose, whicA is hooked
up as high as yos wish the
water in the vat around the cans.
When; there is less milk in the cans,
lower the hose by U.S. of the wire
chain. The warm wateY passes off at
the top of the vat and runs out on
our garden, and is use& to irrigate it.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-28
Something to BE Proud OF.

This box isn't the regular size" said
the woman who had purchased some
strawberries.
"That box, ma'am," replied the
vender impressively, lis the achieve
ment Of craftsmanship"
"What do you mean?"
TITS q compromise measure. Chi
ca0o Mail.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-28

A~LBERTA-"I do wish it were not the GUS
tom to wear the engagement ring only on
The third finger of ones left hand" Alethea
$50 do L. l can't get more than half my
engagement rings on at one time, now.'-
Life.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-28
Incompatfbl


"You want . divorce from your wife,
do you?"
eyes, sir, / do"
"What~ grounds?"
"Incompatibility. She and the cook
are ~quarreling continually."-Detroit
Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-28
The Coming Pop.

Observation-Disclosures is one reform the
emancipsted woman will insist upon
when she gets into power.
Callowhill-Name it.
Wfnebiddle-She will mako every
year . lesp-year.-Judgo>
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-28

THE success of a church-choir singer is,
after all, a matter Of chants.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-28

MEN are born with two eyes, but with
one tongue, in order that they should see
twice as much as they say.-Colton.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-28

N0v0 On Inc 0I8Os
He saehod: sGfve me my answer now"
ene said: 'sKind dir, my hesrs IN nina"
But when she spaed that brfndle COW
With orumpled horn and horrid lou
She easped: .Dear George. I'm thinef"
-IuGgN,
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-28

A LOVING heart i~ncloses within itself an
unfailing and eternal Eden.-Richter.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-28

WHAT is there Il at is illustrious that is
not also attended by labor2-Cicero.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-28

II CONCLUDE that's a fly" said a young
trout. You are right, my dear said its
mother, "but never Jump at conclusions"
Household Words.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-28

II you would shine in the world, be a
bootblack.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-28

"DID you go to church yesterdayt' "No,
but | did the same thing. / took a nap
Life.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-28

If you want to learn just where a mar
stands, follow him into II crowded street
car.-Texas Siftings.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-28

A MEDICAL writer says children need
more wraps than adults. They generally
get more.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-28
wonlA Tn,rs No CHANGES.

.tEhall I return his p~reseuts?"
mo. He might be mean enough ts
accept them.n-Life.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-28

If Solomon lived in these days the bright
young men would ridicule him unmerciful-
ly.-Atchison Globe.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-28

WOULD they could sell us experience,
though at diamond prices, but then no one
would use the article second-hand.-Bal-
FAC.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-28

LIBERTY is a principle; its community is
its OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES is its DOOM
kossuth.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-28

Circus men turn everything to their own
acknowledgement a handspring.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-28

A RICH st. Louis girl is about to marry an
Indian. Fortune seems to favor the brave.
Texas Siftings.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-28

HE-'I've a good mind to kiss you She
You'd better mind what you're about"
Boston Transcript.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-28

LITERARY men are a good deal like hens.
The author lays q plot and then the editor
sits on it.-Texas Siftings.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-28
CAN NOT TAX PEDDLERS.

A Court Decision That Affects All the
Boroughs.
SOUTH BETHLEHEM, Pa.-Every town
in Pennsylvania is individually affected
by a decision rendered by Judge Scott.
The case was brought by this borough
against a New York firm for the re-
covery of a penalty for the violation of
a borough ordinance. This ordinance
requires persons not engaged In per"
manent business here, before begin
ming the sale of any goods whatever,
shall pay a license fee of $50 a month.
A penalty of a fine not less than 500 is
provided for the violation of the ordi-
nance. The defendants contended It's
ordinance was in violation of the in
terstate m law. Judge Scott
declared the ordinance void, because
the act of 1893 does not limit the
amount of the fine to be imposed. The
ordinance was also declared to be un-
lawful because it is in c~ontravention
of the rights Of interstate commerce.
Philadelphia Record.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-28

In nine cases out of ten the man who has
riches paid too much for them.-Rams
Horn.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-28

"WHAr must precede baptism. - asked tbs
rector, when catechising the Sunday-school.
"A baby exclaimed a bright boy, with the
air of one stating a self-evident truth.-E1.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-28

Sore Eyes Cured.
Jackson's Indian Eye Salve never fAils II
do this; 25c at all drug stores.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-28
values you make land cheaper and

values you make land cheaper and
easier to get?
Land is the only thing which 10
cheaper and easier to get when it is
taxed heavily, and land is the our
of our living.
Why should the mar who uses land
benefcially be taxed more than the
man who holds it idle?
Increased population requires in
creased taxation. Increased ropula-
ton causes increased land values. Is
not the Increased land value in every
way suited to satisfy the increased de-
mand for taxes?
Then why not reduce taxation on
buildings and increase it on land val.
ues?
Is it wise to use the taxing power to
enrich the owners of unused lands and
to diminish the just profits of product
i've capital? Is it right to tax the man
who benefits the city by increasing its
work and wages, when, by exempting
improvements from taxation, we would
encourage the holders of vacant land
to build, and the possessors Of outside
capital to bring their capital here for
investment? If the tax levied on inn
provements has the same effect as an
annual fine on the anne amount land
it does), would not its imposition On
land values encourage the increase OF
improvements and correspondiEgly dis
courage the holding of valuable land
idle? Take the tax off improve
ments and every workingman in the
city will pay less taxes on his home!
Every merchant can sell cheaper be-
cause of his relief from taxes! Every
manufacturer can increase his profits
and the wages paid to his employees!
The labor problem is, How shall all
men willing to work always find oppor-
tunity to work and thus produce
wealth? The single tax, by opening
natural opportunities, and at the same
time relieving industry from burdens,
solves the labor problem!-Edgar L.
Ryder.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-28
Highest Of all lin Leaveping Power-Laten is Govt Report
RRs s'%R&
ABSOLUTELY PURE

DEAR summe- maiden, l would say
The incest way to WOO
This season is to swing all day
In d hammock built for two.
Judge.
''TALK about tender-hearted children"
said Anna Post, rocking refectively in her
chair, Il never saw anybody to equal the
Marshall bows, You couldn't ask either OF
'em to fetch in. a pail Of water, but he'd
burst right out crying"
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-28

~ a@=@s
ABSOLUI
ALBERTA-"I do wish it We're not the Gus
tom to wear the engagement ring only on
The third finger of ones left hand" Alethea
$50 do l. l can't get more than half my
engagement rings on at one time, now
Life.
MEN are born with two eyes. but with
one tongue, in order that they should see
twice as much as they say.-Colton.
II you would shine in the world, be a
WHAT is there Il at is illustrious that is
not also attended by labOrl-Cicero.
THE success of a church-choir singer is,
after all, a matter OF chants.
DID you go to church yesterday!' "No,
but | did the same thing. I took d nap
Life.
LOVING heart i~ncloses within itself an
unfailing and eternal Eden.-Richter.
A MEDICAL writer saws children need
more wraps than adults. They generally
get more.
IF you want to learn just where a man
stands, follow him into II crowded street
car.-Texas Siftings.
II CONCLUDE that's q fly" said a young
trout. You are right, my dear said its
mother, "but never jump at conclusions"
Household Words,
Circus men turn everything to their own
acknowledgement a handspring.
LIBERTY is a principle; its community is
its NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. is its DOOM
kossuth.
A RICH st. Louis girl is about to marry an
Indian. Fortune seems to favor the brave.
Texas Siftings.
HE-''I've q good mind to kiss YOU She
you'd better mind what you're about"
Boston Transcript.
LITERARY men are a good deal like hens.
II author lays q plot and then the editor
sits on it.-Texas Siftings.
If Solomon lived in these days the bright
y .-Atchison Globe.
WOULD they could sell us experience,
though at diamond prices, but then no one
would use the article second-hand.-Bal-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-25
sECT1oNALIsM IS FADING,
j. R. Burton's Eloquent Indspsnd-
ence Day Speech.

J. R, Burton has made many an
eloquent Grafton but his Fourth Of
July speech at Humboldt which is pub
lished In full in the Humboldt Union
is the most charming Of them all.
Throughout 1t is scholarly, beautiful
and uplifting and is an honor to Abb
lene's gifted orator. In this speech
Mr.. Burton said something about
Decoration Day;
Decoration Day is universally OBJ
served. There are more flags now
than there were in the past. They
are more freely displayed. They are
everywhere on public buildings,
school houses, homes, and the sacred
emblem is not unfrequently around
the holy word Of God God, country
and home are words that children
hear more frequently than did the
children Of the past. Sectionalism,
the jealous curse Of the past, is fast
fading away before the sunlight Of
virtue and intelligence, like spooks
and sprites that are dispelled before
the brilliant light Of day.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-25
FARMING THAT PAYS. j
| Chapman. Mans Success In
Kansas.

Probably the most distinguished
successes made in farming in this
county have been along Lyon and
Chapman creeks, principally because
these sections were first settled. The
j. C.,Union has some complimentary
words regarding Michael Hogan, of
Noble township, i says; Mr.. Hogan
owns, withouta mortgage attachment,
a magnificent farm Of 44O acres join
ing the city limits of the busy little
town Of Chapman. His farm is well
improved, and is adorned with fine
large stone house, big barn and plenty
Of good out buildings. We suspect
that this splendid farm does not by
many hundreds include the surplus
of worldly goods which Mr. Hogan has
stored up for old age. He has made
money in Kansas, and has saved
plenty Of it for future use He is an
enthusiastic Kansan, and not a bowler.
In his opinion Kansas Is o. K, and
his opinion ought to be good. He be-
gan operations on his new Kansas
farm with couple of yoke of oxen.
He hauled by OK team everything
needed to eat and wear from Leaven-
worth. He was the first in the coun-
ty to sow wheat, which was to the
amount Of two bushels. His first
threshing was done with fail, and
his second was by teams tramping it
out. This year Is the first time since
1858, the date Of his location near
Chapman, that he has not had a
threshing' From the beginning, Mr..
Hogan has passed through every shade
Of development that Kansas has ex-
perienced.
1t was 40 years ago that Mr.. Hogan
landed at New Orleans from his ma
tive country. An invoice of his world
ly possessions at that time showed
two lonely English half crowns, about
60 cents each, and one OF them be still
keeps as a reminder Of the days that
once were. We had the pleasure Of
seeing it.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-25
IRRIGATION ADVANCEMENT.
A New Plant Started on Lyon Greek
200 Bushels Per Acre.

County Surveyor Romig spent last
Friday on lower Lyon creek running
levels on the old Chas. Staatz home
stead, to determine the practicability
of irrigation. The examination was
entirely satisfactory and disclosed a
point at a northerly bend Of Lyon
creek where lift Of q feet from the
creek bed would give sufficient eleva-
ton to flood 100 acres Of rich bottom,
requiring less than one-half mile Of
elevated ditch. The contour of the
ground and natural grades are such
that nearly the entire distribution
may be made through listed burrows
and laterals. The owner is delighted
with the possibilities revealed. He
has fortune and an ideal home in
sight and will moi be slow to improve
the advantages at hand. 1t is not
improbable that the initial movement
will be made this fall by thoroughly
soaking up the soil on several acres
for experimentation on winter wheat
and next seasons crops.
Ed Yeadon brought in Saturday
the first potatoes from his irrigated
field near Fry's dam and they are
beauties-large, even-sized and fine
favored. They are yielding bushel
to the rod, or 200 bushels an acre,
which is something worth talking
about when potatoes far. less excel
lent have for several years sold here
from Ga cents TO 81 bushel. Dick
inson's irrigationists are proving that
artificial moisture pays.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-25

Wilson Citizen: Hon. ]. R. Burton,
Of Abilene, the orator Of the occasion
arrived on the four o'clock Santa Fe
train from Humboldt, where he had
spoken in the morning, and the peo-
pie gathered at the speakers stand.
Mr.. B. spoke for about an hour and
despite the almost constant noise Of
explosives and the lateness Of the day
held an audience Of hundreds by his
slloquence and oratory, proving him.
self intensely patriotic, logical, broad.
minded, impressive and gifted as Q
public speaker. No Fourth Of July
address ever delivered in this town
was so heartily received and evoked
higher praise than Mr.. Burton's.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-25
WOODBINE.

X. II. Volkman and A. G. Kandt re-
turned from Council Grove Thursday
with load Of peaches.
John Nusz is bringing in fine fruit
from his farm.
Maggie Rough Is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Book.
Mrs. Foster is enjoying visit from
her mother.
Geo. Smith and Chas. Shaw went
to Kansas City, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Reed went to
California Saturday.
Ethel Hollinger returned Tuesday
from Caldwell.
Misses Smith and Pierce went to
lIerington Wednesday.
Thos. Kirby was in town Thurday.
Joe White, Of Abilene, was in town
Thursday.
Messrs. Moore and kirkpatrick re-
port plenty of openings at Ask Fork,
Arizona. Our second hand shoe man
has been investigating and con-
templates locating there.