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The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-23
NOTES.,

EDWIN BooTH's estate, by careful
management on the part of the ex-
ecutors, has been considerably in
creased and now stands inventoried at
s672,6
NJ. Cor, the doyen Of the Coincide
Franchise, who retired with the end of
the year. has just married, at seventy
three, a young actress at the Ambigu,
Mile. Treville.
THE Boston aldermen have decided
that theater managers must send adj
vance sheets of their living-picture
posters to the city hall before posting
them on the billboards.
HILL GAME has discovered an
ancient Manx ballad, whose story is
that Of the phantom ship, and has
turned it into English. 1t will soon
appear with the title "Graih My
Chree," Glove of my hearty.
Miss CRA3TREE, otherwise Lolita, the
ever efcrvescent and perennial, is
passing the winter in Cleopatra's land,
and is much benefited by her prolonged
rest. She is said not to have any
definite idea when she will return to
the stage.
On Twelfth Night for the hun
dredth time the 'ladies and gentlemen
of the Theater Royal Drury Lane"
met to cut and eat the Baddeley cake
and drink wine and punch" provided
by the bequest of the old actor William
Baddeley, who died in 1894.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-23
An Ingenious American raxgatherer.

Mr.. Slingsby is a model American
ta%xgatherer. His chief characteristics
is enthusiasm. He has an idea that
whenever a man gets anything new he
ought to be taxed, and he is always on
hand to perform the service. Ihad about
fifteen feet added to one of my chin
neys last spring, and when it was done
Slingsby called and assessed it, under
the head OF. improved real estate.' at
eighty dollars, and collected two per
cent. on it. A few days later, while !
was standing by the fence, Slingsby
came up and said:
Beautiful dog you have there"
"Yes; it's a setter"
"Indeed! A ~setter-hey? The tax
on settlers is two dollars. I'll collect it
now, while I have it on my mind"
Isettled the obligation, and the next
day Slingsby came round again. He
opened the conversation with the re-
mark:
BILLY Jones told me down at the
grocery store that your terrier had had
pups"
Yes"
"a large litter?"
"Four."
..Indeedl Let's see. Tax is two dol
lars; four times two is eight-yes,
eight dollars tax, please. BY the way,
when did you put that weathercock on
your stable?"
yesterday"
.You don't say! Well, hold on then.
Four times two is eight, and four-on
the weathercock, You knows
twelve. Twelve dollars is the exact
amount"
"What do your mean by four dollars
tax on a w~eathercock? | eve heard
Of such a thing"
..Didn'tEeh? Why, she comes in un-
der the head Of scientific apparatus
She's put up there to tell which way
the wind blows, amt she? Well, that's
scientific intelligence and the appara-
tus is liable to a tax
aMr. Slingsby, that is the most abb
surd thing I ever heard OF. You might
lust as we'll talk Of taxing Butterwick's
twins.
Then I paid him and he left with
Butterwick's twins on his memoran-
A day or two afterward Mr.. slingsby
called to see me, and he said: 1--WE got
. ease that bothers me like thunder.
You know Hough, the tobacconist?
Well, he's just bought a new wooden
Indian to stand in front of his store
Now, / have q strong feeling that !
ought to tax that figure, but / don't
know where to place it Would it
come in as 'statuarv? Somehow that
don't seem exactly the thing. / was
going to assess it under the head
ST. IDOLS but the idiots who got
up this law haven't got 9 word
10 saw III It ii reference t idols. Think
q that, will you9 Why, we might
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-23
The Fowls at the Rarn.

We a learn a lesson by observing
the fowls in the barn and stable. Why
do they love the barn? First, a barn
is usually warm and comfortable, and
next the hens find plenty of scratching
and picking in the refuse hay and hay
seed. The same thing can be given
them in the henhouse. Have it warm
and closed at night, but something like
an open shed during the day, 70 that
the sun can send his warmth upon
them, and provide some chopped hay,
or find refuse for them to scratch in,
and the result will be that the hens
will be more contented, and will not
fail to do as well as those that seem to
lay ut the basn.-Prairie Farmer,
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-23
FARM AND GARDEN.
EARLY A M RAISING,
some Valuable Hints from IN Old Han,
at the RuSi.ess

some valuable Hints from an Old Hand
at the Business.
There is money IN early lambs if you
live within easy access of some good
market and have a natural grass farm.
lambs do not bearlong transportation,
and twelve to twenty hours is as long
as they should be en- route to market.
Begin by purchasing a flock of two
year-old sheep, say August i, after
their lambs are weaned, about halt
~Southdown and half Merino, or natives.
Give your flock good pasture, and avoid
all excitement of dogs and noise. and
get your sheep as familiar with You by
quiet n kindness as possible. giving
them salt twice a week, and when win-
ter first sets in take them from pasture
and have a nice large, dry yard con-
nected with your sheep barn fenced
with a four-foot board fence, and Their
a three-foot wire netting on the top,
so h a dogs can't get in to bite or scare
them.
Have the barn dry and warm, but
not too tight, and witItHh!f. 4XS5aaTs u Ia
ing to the south for sun, as sheep like
that in winter, and Il small room in one
end made quite tight and warm by cell
ing inside, filling in with sawdust SO
as to avoid frost, in which to keep your
grain, salt, etc, and also as Il place to
put your ewes Il few days before they
drop thei- lambs, and also a few days
after, till they and their lambs are
strong enough to be placed with tho
flock; and movable partitions in this
room are very useful, SO that it may be
divided iEto two or three or more parts
as necessary, in case a sheep does not
do well or fails to own her lamb land
here let ME say sometimes a dog tied
in II corner will effect a cure of that
fault in a few hours. If you can have
a spring Or very small stream in the
yard do SO, and if not you must water
from a we'll, one a day will do, till
near lanlbing time and then always
twice.
Now az to feed: Sheep farmers al
ways raise corn and they wish 10 feed
some stalks in early winter, but they
should be cut and cured early and fed
once a day only, and at night feed hay;
and supposing You to nave fifty good
ewes land that is all ever should be
kept IN n party, and twenty-five is
better, feed at night one-fourth bushcl
of sound whole corn, and you may grad
ually increase this feed so that by Jan
uary 10 you are feeding one-half 4
bushel; after this time add good sound
oats gradually, SO that by February IS
you are feeding half a bushel of each
per day and if you nave good early cut
fine hay, natural meadow or clover hay,
together with one bushel of carrots or
roots of some sort, this is grain enough,
and your sheep will not require a great
amount of hay, and only feed just what
they readily will take, as man. farm
ers make their sheep dainty by feeding
too much hay; better keep them a little
hungry for hay.
And now about the care of your lambs:
Have a frame or pen of hemlock boards,
thirteen feet square in the yard, three
boards high and the bottom one raisel
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-23
DOUBLE TAXATION OPPOSED

"a correspondent Argues That a Ssnr,e tn,
on Land Would Lift q Heavy Burden Frnu
the Farmers.
MIR. Bliss article in SATURDAYS Her.
aid is an illustration of how b]efoco;no
the question of taxation is, SO long as
we insist upon taxing men because
'ney nave wealth. According to this
noa the man who is the most in
{ oustrlous, economical, inventive and
enterprlslng should be forced to bear
the heaviest burdens OF the public ex-
lpense.
Were we to tax the stock of FOREIGN
corporations it would be equivalent to
nnlng men for doing business out of
the state, because stocks and bonds are
not wealth, but representatives of
wealth.
10 say that it is not double taxation
70 lax real wealth in Alabama and
aiso Its representative here, is to seri-
ousiy consider pieces of paper wealth.
1t is not these pieces of paper that earn
olvldends; it is the hard toll of labor
and Skill, assisted by machinery in
Alabama, that does this.
Let labor cease to produce and thew
would soon be worthless. That this
toll and skill should receive a larger
proportion of what it produces in
wages is true, but to tax a portion of
these dividends into the public treas
airy IN Massachusetts will not help
them' u only be an act of despotic
legislation on the part of government,
lining men for engaging in business
outside the state.
1t IS also true that the farmers are
to-day more heavily taxed according to
their wealth than any other class of
people, which is only another proof
that the attempt to tax men according
to their wealth is a miserable failure.
But we need not resort to double tax
alton in order to relieve the farmers.
but rather to the simple method of as
sessing the real wealth, in the state, at
its true value.
1t is true the farmers of the east must
now compete with those of the west.
Industrial changes beyond our control
have reduced the advantages and OPP
portunities of the eastern farmer les
PSSAdAAy II AlS 1dil1 ID situated e1pnU or
ten miles from any railroad) far below
those OF the western, or of the small
capitalist or trader of thriving towns.
Now, If we were to tax men according
to the natural opportunities they pos
sess, and not according to their wealth,
the eastern farmer would soon be al
most entirely relieved of taxation; and
this difference of, say, $50 or $50 per
year. small as it seems, to our city
banker or land speculator, would soon
turn the descending scale of the far
mer, giving him yearly a few more
comforts or a chance to save a little for
new enterprises, by which his land
could be put to a higher use than the
old fashioned methods of farming, and
thus be made to yield more.
The tax upon land, according
to its value, will do more to lift the
burden from the farmers than any
other reform in taxation. The farmers
would do we'll to study this theory
thoroughly and not believe the super
fetal reader-that it is an attempt to
tax them. E. S. TwITCHELL.
WollaSton Heights.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-23
TAX REFORM STUDIES
EDITED BY BOLTON HALL.
An Open Column.

- any n has an impression that
n $ to these Studies
W. not De published unlers they echo
Inc EDITORS ideas, he is mistaken.
Articles on any side of the Question
al away be welcome, so they arc
oecenf, well written, within reason
aole limits and to the point, except
ina we do not discuss the tariff.
Lana owners especially should be
interested as the principle benefit of
aasa Improvement or social advance
go, .,el' IN inc increase of value
3 a iano, Aadres this office, or
Z. y. Box SO, Buffalo, N. Y,
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-23

THE ~JUDGE-'I will sentence you thirty
days in the workhouse and a bath" Woe
make it sixty widout de washw-Indian-
apolis Journal.
GLOW DID you get along with your new
chief of department." 'Oh, only so 80.
He causes us many sleepless-ofice hours"
La Tribuna.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-23
A New Use for Taxation,

The following appears to be intended
seriously. After explaining the ire
mendous saving of labor by the use of
the Niagara power and os other natur-
al forces. tue writer says:
JiC stern engines of the United
StatGS exclusive of locomotive engines
are Eqeal to ver SO, OOO. 600 men; and
thern is practically no limit to their
FURTHER use. Now what is the result Of
all this use of natural force and machin-
ery-how does it effect the laborer?
Simply that nine out of ten can not get
steady employment. Only a part of
the labor can be rsed; and one part of
the laborers combine to get and hold
all the work that is to be done, to the
entire exclusion of the other part. AS
a matter of course those who are I'M
employed are destitute, having moth
ing wherewith to purchase the neces-
saries of life. This inequirable distri-
button of labor is the root of our great
industrial cancer. We must fix it SO
that Zach worker can obtain his just
share of the work that is needed to meet
the demands of use. There is no other
righteous way to distribute the prod
ucts of labor, but by the distribution
of the labor itself. But if the idleness
or surplus labor were distributed, the
labor would arrange itself. To realize
this we propose a Pension for Every
Laborer," on the sole condition that he
shall thereafter cease from all produc-
tive labor. The ~pensionable age to be
Good r~ 41~% +l~ -,r-I1. 4L,,- 40,
stoned shall equal the number which,
to avoid over-production, must be TN
employed. The rate of pension to be
sufficient to secure it's voluntary
acceptance generally by the pensiona-
BILE laborer.
AS a means of raising the to
meet the expenditures made necessary
by this scheme, l would suggest a grad
uated tax on wages. For example, if a
laborer gets n dollar or less per day,
his wages are to be exempt; if he gets
from a dollar to a dollar and a half, he
is to pay ten dollars tax per annum: if
he gets from one and a half to two dol
lars per day, he must pay twenty
dollars; if he g,.ts from two dollars to
three dollars per day, he must pay
thirty dollars, etc. l would also sup
plement this, if necessary, by a gradual
ed tax on incomes. l do not offer this
scheme as a "cureall" for it's object is
special. Finance, transportation, land
tenures, and other questions, would
still demand attention. But my scheme
does not antagonize or favor any other
political scheme or tenet. 1t Is "sui
generis."
J. X. r. BAKER, Harlan, Ia.
ESQ it is. Perhaps some of our
readers will write to Mr.. Be ker, ex-
planning his error.-ED.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-23

"THERE's a bonnet, . said the editors wife,
"that is a perfect poem.' YES he re-
piled, absent-mindedly, but we never pay
for etry.n-Demorest's.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-23

"DoCToR, do you think my wife will re-
cover!" ooh, yes. told her | already had
q wife picked out for you i'll case she didn't
get Well.n
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-23

Too often go together. Refrain from
swearing If you are suffering the fortunes
of rheumatism, and seek the aid of Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters, which will expel the
rheumatic virus from your blood. Kidney
and malarial complaints, dyspepsia, consti-
patton, neuralgia and biliousncss are all
relieved by this sterling and comprehensive
family medicine, which should be kept al
ways on hand for emergencies.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-23

iIe-'I think Percy Giblets is q perfect
calf She-"You misjudge him. He could
not be perfect in NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Post.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-23

People will do what they believe or
expect to be profitable. Let a man be-
lieve that there are fortunes to be had
in speculation and he will drop his in
dustry, he will stop producing wealth.
We encourage men to abandon the be-
neficent for the maleficent, the bene-
fetal for the injurious, the enriching
for the impoverishing. Taxing i'm
provements does this. But confine
taxation to land values, abandon all
taxes on improvements, and thus as
sure prosperity by the royal road of
honest b~eneficence, and at once people
will abandon injurious speculation for
b~enefcent production.-Ex.
Ut must not be forgotten, however,
that some speculation is industry; for
instance: The man who buys the farm
ers' wheat when it would otherwise be
fed to hogs, enables the farmer to get
a better price than he otherwise would
and then by holding the wheat till il
rises prevent famine and checks exhors
b;tant advance s. -Ed.l
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-23
Profanity and Pain

IT is curious how Il woman who screams
at a mouse is not startled at Il millinery bill
that makes y man tremble.-Tcxas Siftings.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-23

SORROW is q kind of rust of soul which
every new idea contributes in its passage to
scour aWay.-Johnson.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-23

Tom-"You look awful blue. l suppose
it is because of Miss Maybelle's having re-
jected you" Cholly-"Yes, I can't help
feeling sorry for the poor girl"
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-23

ELLA-sYou ought to nave seen Jack
when he proposed" Stella (meanly)-"Oh,
I've seen him. Boston Courier.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-23

A POODLE can do a great many things
that a baby can't, but q baby is worth a reg
tment of poodles, just the same.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-23
A Tax Collector Who is a Tax Reform

A Tax Collector Who is a Tax Reformer.
The following is clipped from the an
nual report of the Brooklyn registrar
of arrears, T. w. Hinrichs:
/ am in favor of ab%olishing all taxes
upon the personal property of irdivid-
uals and of corporations, excepting,
however, franchises granted hy the
community to corporations. These
should be well paid for, as they be-
come extremely valuable, especially in
our large cities. They have hitherto
been given away, and in the few in
stances where some sort Of compensa-
ton has been exacted by the public
authorities this has hardly approached
the notion of an adequate considera-
ton. The enormous value placed upon
franchises by corporations after secur-
ing them is well known. The stipend
Gus financial operations of several
Brooklyn railroad and allied compan-
les, are a timely and vivid illustration
of the subject referred to.
The imposition of taxes on most per-
sonal property has always been and
will always be a farce, and the at
tempt to collect such taxes has fos-
tered dishonesty and has tended to
make our entire tax system contempti-
BILE in the eyes of observant and hon
est men.
II any commission is to be appointed
to investigate the affairs of Brooklyn
none could do greater service to this
city, and indirectly to all cities than
one composed of intelligent and hon.
orable experts whose duty it should be
to examine our entire system of local
taxation and the methods of the levy
and collection, actual OF threatened.
In return for the change proposed
the abolition of personal property
taxation) the people of the city would
have the inestimable possession of a
tax system capable of a clean and hon
est administration from the time of as.
sessment and levy to the day of pay
ment or collection. Citizens would no
longer be violating their consciences
or. sneaking from the assumption of
public obligations at the expense OF
their self-respect and the respect Of the
government institutions under which
they live.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-23

IT is safe for the devil to sleep when he
goes to church and sees that the preaching
is not keeping anybody awake.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-23

J. K. r. BAKER, Harlan, Ia.
ESQ it is. Perhaps some of our
readers will write to Mr.. Baker, ex-
planning his error.-ED.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-05
LOCATION OF FIRE ALARM BOXES.
70 South Flores and Nueva streets.
- South Flores and Arsenal streets.
IA South Laredo and East streets.
X Snmfh I.arndn and DacnS SfrpafS

70 South Flores and Nueva streets.
- South Flores and Arsenal streets.
II South Laredo and East streets.
Is South Laredo and PecOs streets.
Is AranSos Pass depot.
II South Flores and Lachapelle streets.
IS Union Stock Yards.
10 Cotton compress, South Salado and
Vera Cruz streets.
81 Carr Hill, San Fernando and Colo
RADIO streets.
% West Commerce and Medina streets.
"A West Commerce and Pecos.
p South Pecos and Matamoras streets.
20 Military plaza.
81 West Houston and n. Flores streets.
% West Houston and n. San Saba streets.
20 City Hospital.
81 Salado and Leal streets.
81 San Marcos and Ruiz streets.
"a Lakeview avenue and East street.
50 Main avenue and Salinas street.
80 North Flores and Romano streets.
81 San Pedro avenue and West Elmira
street.
80 San Pedro avenue and Warren street.
80 North Flores and Marshall streets.
Al San Pedro avenue and West Laurel
street.
AZ Fredericksburg road and Laurel
43 San Pedro avenue and West Locust
street.
Is Main and Park avenues.
46 Main avenue and Macon street.
AZ Lexington avenue and Augusta street
As Soledad and Giraud streets.
40 Waters Pierce Oil Co., Medina street.
1913 Grand Opera House.
124 East Houston and st. Mary'S streets.
125 East Houston street AMI Avenue c.
l26 Martin and Jefferson streets.
127 Avenue ID and Eighth street.
12S San Pedro Avenue and Romano street
1872 Avenue b and Ninth street.
1874 Lone Star brewery.
1876 Sunset hose house.
1856 Austin and Duval streets.
1877 City Brewery.
142 Austin and Carson streets.
143 North Pine and GraySon streets.
l45 New Braunfels avenue and Grayson
street.
152 North Pine and Crosby streets.
1873 North Olive and BuTleson streets.
154 North Olive and Nolan streets.
2l3 Nolan and Walnut streets.
PA Avenue + and Sixth street.
2l5 Avenue ID and Fifth street.
PIG East Commerce aud Alamo streets.
2l7 Nolan and Live Oak streets,
23l Crockett and Bowie streets.
234 East Commerce and Walnut streets.
235 Water and North streets
236 East Commerce and Olive streets.
PAL Water and Goliad streets.
243 Goliad and Santa Clara streets.
PSI Alamo and Water streets.
253 Camargo and Labor street.
26l Presa and Pereida streets.
26i West Commerce and Soledad streets.
3l2 South Alamo and Vilitta streets.
3l4 Meerscheidt addition.
3l5 Chemical engine house, Market street.
3l6 West Commerce and Navarro streets.
32l Garden and South Alamo streets.
324 South Alamo aud Adams streets.
325 King William and Beauregard streets.
4l2 West Commerce and Colorado streets.
Alb Washington theatre.
AIS West Commerce and Pinto streets.
421 Bella Union theatre.
Five taps, second alarm.
Ten taps, General alarm.
One tap. fire out
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-05
sucKLEN's ARN1cA sALvE.

The best Salve in the world fol
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter,
Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns,
and all Skin Eruptions, and posi-
lively cures Piles, or no pay re-
quired. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money re-
funded. Price % cents per box.
For sale by the San Antonio Drug
Co,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-05

Six more pieces OF property
were sold yesterday by the city
collector for taxes. All were small
pieces owned by people in moder-
ate or poor circumstances.
The police authorities have
been unable to learn anything
further Of the supposed drowned
boy, reported in yesterdays LIGHT.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-05

The little daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul Prefer celebrated her
birthday anniversary last night,
at her parents residence corner
Romano and Flores streets, with a
large party of young people.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-05

Furnished the LIGHT by the Alamo Bro
kerage Co., corner Market and Yiurrl
streets.
SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 5, 1895.
CHICAGO QUOTATIONS.
December Wheat: Opened at 5G4;
closed at 56T.
Corn: December, opened at 2575; closed
at 26I9.
Oats: December, opened at 1914; closed
at II.
Mess Pork: January, opened at
S.67; closed at sos.
Lard: Novembe opened at $50; closed
at 5 20.
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.
December. Sill; January, Sc; Febru-
airy, SIG; March, $40; April, s.31; May
S35.
NEW ORLEANS MARKET.
Cotton: Steady. middlIng, S1-16.
December, 7.SS: January, 7.89; Feb
ruary, 1888; March, 797; April, Sc; May,
s.l7.
LIVERPOOL MARKET.
Cotton: 9-16; firm; sales, IL. 600 bales
November. December, 4 %: Decem ber-
January, 4.25; January February, 424:
February-March, 4.24; March April,
4,25; April May, 4 25.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-05
DOLLS! DOLLS!

Doll Wigs,
Doll Bodies,
Doll Arms,
Doll Hats,
Doll Heads,
Doll Dresses,
Doll Shoes,
Doll Umbrellas,
Doll Fans,
Doll Toilets,
1913 ct at PAUL WAGNER's.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-05
MARKET REPORTS.

Furnished the LIGHT by the Alamo Bro
kerage Co., corner Market and Yiurrl
Streets.