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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-27

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The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-06
Would Lift a Burden From Farmer

The two bills introduced in our legis.
lature by Hon. Joseph Dean, Of Orange
county, (which appear in full in an.
other column), are deserving of the en-
couragement of every farmer. They
propose to release from taxation the
improvements made on the farm, and
as these Improvements are always
added to the assessed valuation of the
farm, they constitute a large item in
the taxation of farm property.
The whole system of taxing improve
ments is wrong, because it is a fine on
thrift, encouragement of neatness and
enterprise. Why a farmer who expends
money! and time and thoughtin erecting
neat buildings, keeping them we'll paint.
ed and in good repair;who constructs the
best of fences: who raises the finest of
stock: who purchases the most and the
best machinery-why, indeed, such an
enterprising farmer should be annually
punished by the state through a large
fine, for his thrift, is a matter beyond
all rational comprehension. 1t SIM
ply shows how a bad system may
grow and fasten itself upon the BODY
polite.
The bills introduced by Assembly
man Dean are designed to correct this
abuse, and to equalize assessments.
Put into practice either OF them would
accomplish this purpose. Farmers
ought to do all they could to secure
the passage Of these MISUNDERSTANDING
County Farmer.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-06

ments with which to close up the en-
trance, and almost quicker than it car
be told had thus constructed a sort Of
fort, which he believed would with
stand the attack of the wolves. Al
nightfall the weather had become cold
er, and he knew that within flew min
utes the damp pieces of ice would be
firmly cemented together.
Hardly had he lifted the last piece to
its place. when the pack came rushing
about him, swapping and snarling, but
at first not testing the strength of his
entrenchment. When soon they began
to spring against it and snap at the
corners of the ice, the frost had done
it's work, and they could not loosen his
hastily built wall. Through narrow
crevices he could look out at them, and
| at one time counted sixteen grouped
together in council. As the cold in
creased he had to keep in motion in
order not to freeze, and any extra
action on his part increased the fierce.
ness of the wolves. At times they
would gather in a circle around him,
and, after shifting at him eagerly, set
up a doleful bowling, as If deploring
the excellent supper they had lost.
Ere long one of them found an open
ing large enough to admit its head; bat
Frank was On the alert and gave it
such a blow with an AK as to kill it.
Soon another tried the same thing,
and met with the same reception,
withdrawing and whirling round
several times and then dropping dead
with a broken skull. One smaller than
the rest attempted to enter, and, re-
ceiving the fatal blow, cravled, in its
dying agony, completely into the iu-
closure. and lay dead at Franks feet.
For this he was not sorry, for his feet
were bitterly cold, and even the warm
carcass of the animal served to relieve
them.
Toward morning, as the change OF
weather continued and the waters OF
the river began to diminish, there was
suddenly a prodigious crack and crash
Of the ice-bridge, and the whole mass
settled several inches. At this the
wolves took alarm, and in an instant
fed. Perhaps they might have re-
turned had not the cracking of the ice
repeated frequently. At length Frank
became alarmed for his safety, lest the
ice should break up in the current,
and, bringing his ak to bear, soon burst
his way out and fled to shore. But,
not seeing the ice crumble, he ventured
back to obtain the other ak, and then
FASTENED home to his employer. Dur
ing the day he skinned the wolves, and
within a fortnight pocketed the bounty
money, amounting in all to about one
hundred and fifty dollars. With the
money he made the first payment O. a
large farm, which he long lived to
cultivate and enjoy, and under the sod
of which he found a quiet grave.-N.
Y. Recorder.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-06

But as he was skirting a win!fall ef
trees, he came suddenly upon two or
three wolves, apparently emerging
from their daytime hiding place for a
hunting expedition. Frank "a con
siderably startled; but as they ran off
in the woods, as if afraid of him, he
took courage in the hope that they
would not modest him. In a few min
utes, however, they set up that dismal
mates and enlarge their numbers; and
Frank discovered by the sounds that
they were following him cautiously
at no great distance. Frequent re-
sponses were also heard from dis
tant points in the woods, and from
across the river. BY this time it was
becoming quite dark, the moonlight
penetrating the forest only along this
roadway and in occasional patches
among the trees on either side. Final
ly. Just as he reached the ice-bridge,
the bowling became still, a sign that
their numbers emboldened them to en-
ter in earnest on the pursuit. The
species of wolves nee so common in
the central states, and making the
early farmers so much trouble, were
peculiar in this respectively wers
great towards, singly, and would trail
the heels of a traveller, bowling for re-
%cruits. and not daring to begin the at
tack until they had collected a force
that insured success; then they became
fierce and bold, and more to be dread
ed than any other animal of the wilder
ness.
In the emergency he thought of the
axes, and, taking them from his neck,
cut the cord, and thrust his walking
stick into one as a helve, resolved to
defend himself to the last. At this in
slant he espied among the thick, up
heaved ice cakes two great fragments
leaning against each other in such a
way as to form a roof with something
like a small room underneath. Here he
saw his only chance. Springing within,
he used the ak to chip off other frag.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-06
Opelousas Courier
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY.
OPELOUSAS. LOUISIANA.
MY QUEEN.

When and how shall l earliest meet her?
What are the words she first will say:
BY what name shall / learn to greet her?
know not now; it will come some day!
With the selfsame sunlight shining upon her,
Shining Town on the ~ringlets' sheen,
She Ia standing somewhere-she l shall honor,
She that 1 wait for, my queen, my queen!
Whether her hair be golden or raven,
Whether her eyes be hazel or blue.
] know not now. but twill be engraven
Some day hence as my l~oveliest hue.
Many q girl I have loved for a minute.
Woeshiped many a face 1 have seen:
Ever and aye there was something in 1t,
Something that could not be hers, my queen.
] will not dream of her, tall and stately,
She that I love NAV be fairy light:
/ will not say she must move sedately-
Whatever she does it will then be right
She may be humble or proud. my lady,
Or that sweet calm that is just between;
And whenever she comes she will find me ready
To do her homage, my queen, my queen!
But she must be courteous, she must be holy,
Pure in her spirit, this maiden / love;
Whether her birth be noble or lowly,
Icare no more than the spirits above.
But Ill give my heart to my lady's keeping,
And ever her strength on mine shall lean;
And the stars mayfall, and the saints be weep
ing,
Ere I cease to love her, my queen. my queen!
Lovers Year Book.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-06

law that makes state, county, city n
town bonds subject to taxation, every
TAXPAYER is burdened to help pay ex-
ira interest while the bondholders
nearly all escape.
The league would make such bonds
free of taxation, and SO by reducing 1n'
| terest expenses, reduce every man q
taxes.
Certain people, protesting to repre-
sent the farmers aud assessors, urge
! some changes in the law. One or these
proposed changes would compel every
man, woman or child to make every
wear a declaration, under oath, of the
exact amount of his or her property
subject to taxation under these unjust
laws; the penalty for failure or refusal
to make a public exposure OF ones prf-
vate affairs was to be a fine or lmprls-
oument Such laws as this have
worked so badly in other countries as
to nave been abandoned by the leading
civilized nations. The prosperity OF
the state depends upon the absolute
freedom of her citizens. The compul-
| sorry listing law would be an intoler-
| dDIe interference "1IlA DtSiA
The league opposes such a law.
Another proposition is to compel
every foreign corporation which has a
place of business in Massachusetts to
disclose annually a list Of its share
holders. The only purpose Of such d
law was declared to be to aid the as
| SCISSORS in their vain efforts to collect
the second tax which ought not to be
collected. This proposed law. w.
for many successive years, would Make
the servants of the corporations AAies
and informers upon their employers,
the stockholders; long before sud- a
law could be enforced the foreign cor
porations would lind usual places Of
business in other states, where no
such unjust laws exist.
The league opposes this proposition.
elours respectfully,
ALIEN 5. PORTER,
| President
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-06
Part of the Play.

"Small-calibered, ~little-heartcd indi.
viduals are bowling that those who
wear the bridges out will pay nothing
for the repair Or m~aintenance of the
structures. This is not true. The poor
devil OF an expressman who has $3.50
invested in a horse and wagon must
pay a license of s1s per year. This $1a
is a tax on an investment OF S15o-and
half of the one-horse express outfits in
the city may be purchased for SIS.
And let us suppose that the owners of
the many splendid business blocks in
Portland were taxed $1o on each $3.50
of their value. If this were done the
vaults at the disposal of the city treas
urer would not be ]capacious enough to
hold the collections of the gatherers of
our taxes Editor Sunday Mercury.
Portland. Ore,
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-06
Good Advice.

There is a story of one Of the royal
grandsons, when an English MILDLY,
saying, reproyingly, to his brother as
GOD Save the Queen" was being sung;
Come! why don't you sing God save
your grandmother" The following
incident, told by an English paper, fur.
nishes a worthy parallel:
1t concerns a well-known bishop who
suffers from impaired vision. He re.
Gently held a reception. At length a
guest approached, and said:
How do you do, my lord? Ny
mother wishes to be kindly remem-
bered to YOU"
"Ah,' said the bishop, that is very
good of her. And how is the dear old
soul? Nothing like a good old mother!
Be sure to take care of your old
mother. Good morning"
The bishop did not know who his
visitor was, and said to his footman:
Who was that?'
THE last person who left your lord.
ships reception a the duke of Con-
naught."-fouth's Companion.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-06
HE GAVE IT SUCH 4 &c AS TO KILL IT

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parallel from bank to bank and COW
cred with hewn planks. When Frank
arrived here he found that this bridge
had been swept away, but, pushing on
down stream among the thickets, about
half a mile below, he came upon an
immense ice jam, stretching across the
stream and piled many feet high.
Upon this he at once resolved to make
his way over to the road on the other
side, for he WIS already wearied thread
tng the underbrush. Grand river,
which is . narrow but deep and violent
stream, ran roaring and plunging be-
meath the masses of ice as If enraged at
being &C obstructed; but the lad picked
his path Ia safety, and soon stood on
the opposite bank. Away he hurried
low tothe blacksmith's, SO as 10 COM
plete his errand and return by this pre-
carious crossing before dark. But the
smith had neglected his duty, and
Frank had to wait an hour or more for
tho axeE At length they were done,
and. with one tied at each end Of q
strong cdrd, and this hung about his
neck, he was of On the homeward trip.
To ad his walking he procured from
the fhicket q stout cane. He had
hardly gone two miles when the duski-
ness gathering in the woods denoted
the nearneas Of night; yet, az the moon
was riding high, b paahed on without
taaf.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-06
What the Massachusetts, Anti-Double-Tax
alton League Believes In.


The main idea of the league is tina
some of the laws of Massachusetts, re
lating to taxation are wrong and neet
| revision.
At present the owner of a house anC
land that it stands on, in Massachu
sets, must pay only one tax upon tina
house and land and if the house OF
land is mortgaged he may com
pei the holder of the mortgage to pa,
that part of the tax which his Interest
represents.
Some people would repeal the law
which provides this just division of the
taxes between the two owners of such
property, and S again double-taA
mortgaged real estate.
The league opposes such repeal.
At present the Massachusetts, owner
of real estate situated in other states
Or countries is not taxed here, but il
he owns a share of a corporation own
ing such real estate he is required tc
pay; in other words, if you, a Massa.
chusetts citizen, were able to own the
Fifth Avenue Hotel all by yourself,
you would be taxed once for that prop
erty by New York, but not again in
Massachusetts; if, however, you were
not so rich as to own it all, but only an
incorporated share of it, you would be
taxed once in New York, and once
again in Massachusetts.
The League would repeal the law
which permits this form of double tax
alton.
At present, if you are a merchant,
you are taxed for your entire stock in
trade, although four-fifths of it may
be pledged to your creditor: and your
creditor is also taxed upon his interest
in the same merchandise. Whether
the creditor pays his tax Or lodges it,
the merchant has to pay one on the
merchandise and again in extra inter-
est upon the debt.
The league would amend the law so
as to prevent this form of double taxa
ton.
If you receive an income exceeding
So, 600, derived from real estate already
subject to taxation, you are not taxed
for this income; but If you receive a
similar income derived from trade in
merchandise, although this merchan-
disc has been taxed at least once and
perhaps twice, you must pay still an
other tax upon the income, because the
supreme court has decided that because
such an income is partly the result of
industry and skill" it may be fully
taxed. =I..-
The league wolld have this law so
changed that it would not make fish of
one and flesh of another.
If you are a citizen of any town Or
city that borrows money you must con-
tribute to pay the interest upon such
borrowed money. If your town tells
the lender that he must give up, in the
shape of taxes, a part of whatever in
terest he demands, you must expect
that he, the lender, will demand
enough to I'VE the tax demanded, at
the same time you must consider that
the lender will avoid the taxes if he
can; and finally that such lenders, or
b~ondholders, as live outside the state
can not possibly be reached by our tax
collectors. So 1t appears that by the
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-06

Produced by Monopoly of the Natural re-
sources, which Should Belong to ALI the
People.
EplroG OF TIE NoICE:-Your editor
ial, The Impending Slavery" is most
opportunc. The question demands the
most careful consideration OF every
~4.lzen. Not merely do We see the I'M
condition OF the iaborer anu
| terrible cases of want in every city,
but we witness wore than that: the
abropation of the brotherhood OF man.
and the severance of society lnto the
classes and the masses.
God made the earth, mar makes the
improvements. Between the raw ma
terial as furnished by the Creator, ana
the buildings, the clothing, the ma
chinery, and other commodities 1ash-
toned by the skill and energy OF o
there is the widest possible distinction.
But in our laws relating to taxation or
to the rights Of property we have en-
tirclv ignored this distinction. we al
low men to charge for the things they
never made just as readily as though
they had made them.
Witness the terrible effect of this
oversight. With the growth of popu-
lation the land. the minerals, the
water powers, the forests and other
natural opportunities and natural
sources Of wealth must in the nature of
things acquire greater value. This
value is peculiar-due not to the ener-
CIV and toll Of individuals, but to the
presence and demand Of an increasing
population. 1t is a community-caused
value. On the other hand we see labor
transforming the raw material into the
houses, the clothing, the food and
other commodities for human use.
These things also have a value, but a
value due to toil-to the energy of in
%dividuals.
Now. that men should be allowed to
charge for furnishing commodities is
quite right; but why should men be
come rich simply because land has
become scarce through the growth of
population? The distinction between
these two values we utterly ignore.
Hence, in our growing cities, with
every increase of our population the
owner of the land claims an increased
ground rental, and his fortune grows;
the occupants must pay a greater
charge, and their misfortune grows.
Every increase intensifies this sever
ance. making the fortune of one great
er and the burden of the other greater
also.
Every increase of population places
the industrial part of the community
under an increasing obligation. The
more they pay, the more they have to
pay; the more they pay, the larger
grows their debt. Their indebtedness
is continuous, increasing and ire
deemable. Let it continue, and must
not free institutions disappear? We
have truly, as you state. IAN impend-
ing slavery" SAXoNY.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-06
Seeing the Light.

The aldermen OF Milwaukee have
reached the conclusion that a law tax
ing mortgages would be an unwise
piece of legislation. They rather favor
an amended plan, doing away with
double taxation-the assessment Of
mortgages and the assessment on the
incumbered real estate-as being the
best way out of the difficulty, and az
having a tendency to decrease of rates
of interest. Municipality aud County.
Buffalo
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-06
TAX REFORM STUDIES
EDITED BY BOLTON HALL
An Open Column.

If any one has an impression that
communication S to these Studies y
will not be published unless they echo
the editors ideas, he is mistaken.
Articles on any side Of the question
will always be welcome. SO they arc
decent, well written, within reason
able limits and to the point, except
that we do not discuss the tariff.
Land owners especially should oe
interested, as the principle benefit OF
any improvement or social advance
goes to them in the increase Of value
given to land. Address this office, OF
?. 0. Box s., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-06
Deafness Cannot be Cured

BY local applications, as they cannot reach
thediseased portion Of theear. There is only
one way to cure Deafness, and that is bycon-
stitutional remedies. Deafness iscaused by
an infamed condition of the mucous lining
of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube
gets inaamed you nave arumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely
closed Deafness is the result, and unless the
Inflammation can be taken out and thlstube
to its normal condition, hearing Will
be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten
are caused by catarrh, which is nothing bat
an infamel condition of the mucous sur
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh cure.
Send for circulars, free.
+. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
EI~sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-06
A BOYS ADVENTURE.
Night in an Ice Fort Surrounded
by Wolves.
The Related Traveller Frozen In and the
Wolves Frozen Out, But They Keep
Up the Attack Until Fright
ened Away.

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ML~@N the early days Of
O[LMh northern Ohio, when set
hUI3 tiers were few and far
N1&H between, Frank Corwin,
~ IN a Welsh lad of sixteen
N~ years, found his way
~ thither and began his
~ career as a 1aborer, re-
( ceiving at first but two
dollars a month, in addition to his
board and homemade clothing. f.
possessed an intelligent, energetic
mind in a sound and vigorous body,
and had acquired in his native parish
the elements of an education in both
Welsh and English. The story of his
life, outlined in a curious old diary
containing the records of sixty-two
years, and an entry for more than
twenty-five thousand days, would n
stitute a history of the region, and
some of its passages would read like
high-wrought romance.
His first term Of service was with a
border farmer ON the banks of a stream
called Grand river, in Ashtabula coun-
ty. It was rather crude farming, how
ever, consisting mostly of telling trees,
cutting wood and sawlogs, burning
brush and digging out stumps, the ak
and pickax finding more use than Or
binary farm implements. Seven miles
down the river, and on the opposite
bank, lived the nearest neighbors,
among them a blacksmith, who, in his
trade, served the whole country for
twenty miles around. One especial
part Of his business was the repairing
of axes. called in that day Jumping"
or ''upsetting."
In midwinter Franks employer left
a couple of axes with the blacksmith
for repairs, the job to be done within a
week. At this time the weather is
what is termed Settled with deep
snow and good slipping along the
few wildwood roads. But three or
four days later there came a January
thaw." Rain and a warmer tempera-
ture melted away much of the snow,
the little river vas swelled to a great
torrent, breaking up the ice and carry
ing it down stream, and the roads be-
came almost impossible, When the
week was up the farmer wanted the
axes; it was not possible for the horse
to travel, and, after waiting vainly a
day or two for a turn in the weather,
Frank was posted off OF foot to obtain
the needed implements. Delighting in
the change and excitement of such a
trip, the boy started before noon,
pecting to reach home again ere dark,
as it was not considered quite safe to
journey far by night on account of the
wolves.
Three miles below. at a narrow place
in the river, was the bridge, consisting
OF three very long tree trunks reaching
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-06
FOR SALE.

WILL sell for cash or on easy terms the fol-
L lowing described property, viz:
]. A plantation in Bellevue containing about
eixty-six arpents, all thoroughly fenced and
drained. with tenant house and outbuildings,
known as the Narcisse Richard place..
2. A plantation situated on the Courtableau u,
containing four hundred and forty-two and
~. 100 arpeits, about sixty arpents under pieux
and wire fence and in cultivation, with two good
tenant houses and outbuiIdings. The rear of
this tract consists of cypress swamp.
3. Several tracts Of wood land on the bayou
Ieche, situated between Couion's bridge and
Barry's Landing.
The first and second tracts are rented advan-
fageously for the year 1891, and If sold I will
transfer rent notes to purchasers.
". G. PERRAULT.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-06
nrt,eztones on the Road

That leads to health are marked in the
memory of those who, %atregnlar stages and
persistently. have been conveyed thither by
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, a potent aux
iliary of nature in her efforts to throw Off
the yoke OF disease. Malarial, kidney,
rheumatic and bilious trouble, constipation
and take their departure when
this b%enignant medicine is resorted to for
their eradication.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-06
tESY Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills, 25 cents.

PROSPECTIVE TENANT Ito agent)-"You say
this house is just a stones throw from the
depot. Well. all L7have to say is | have
greatadmiration TT the man who threw the
~stone."-Life.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-06

lis not prayer . study Of trath, .
sally OF the soul into the unto und in,
finite? No man ever prayed heartily
without learning something. -Emer
sen.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-06

THE affections are like lightning; you can
not tell where they will strike till they haves
llen.-Lacordaire.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-06
B.

Commissioner U. s. Court of Claims throughout
the United States.
Notary Public in and for the Parish OF St. Ian
dry. Office with Hon. John N. Ogden.
Particular attention given to Land Cases and
St. Landry and Acadia promptly attended to- {.
Pensions secured; Patents, Caveats, Trade
Marks, etc, procured without delay.