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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-02-16

The records Of the savings banks Of
Massachusetts show that the women Of
that State do not propose to be unpre-
pared for the proverbial rainy day. They
have on deposit in the savings banks a
total of s33, 469023, and in other banks
they hold shares valued at sl6S, 100000.
Their deposits for the year averaged
$50 so per depositor. the average for all
depositors being S72.-[ Akron Beacon.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-02-16

are very pretty together; these are TO be
fastened inside, or on one side of the
chamois heart. and bows Of baby ribbon
finish it at the top; ribbon suspends it
il desired.
For the front you paste on very
pretty picture, or unless you can do this
neatly just put on some lettering. 1t is
considered the correct thing now to have
the letters quaint and irregular, so if
you can't print very well, you see you
are just Tin it" 30 to speak.
If you will be my Valentine,
You needs must rend this heart of NINE
You see your papa will have to tear
the tissue leaves from the case if he uses
it, so the wording is pat enough. 1t will
not be worth while to make shaving
cases for those who go to barber for
this work, or for those who don't shave.
Quite cute little match strikes may be
made from cardboard. Cut longer tt an
wide. and then from sandpaper cut a
heart and glue it to one side. On the
other side letter with your gold paint:
To strike match,
just scratch this heart
Twill make flame,
But not smart
Or,
Hearts were made for matches,
And matches made for scratches;
If you'll strike me-,
You will agree,
This match of thine
is infamed by thy striking, my Valentine.
Some neat little wipers may be made
for grandma's glasses from channels skin
cut heart shaped. Make the pieces
large enough for convenient use, and tie
three or four pieces together. You may
embroider the edges in buttonhole stitch,
with embroidery silk, or you may gid
them with your gold paint.
If you will be my Valentine,
I'll make your CLASSY eyes to shine.
Or,
Valentine, Valentine,
Let me make your eyes to shine.
Little needlebooks may be made too,
of the chamois skin cut in heart shape.
Embroider the edges of two heart
shaped pieces in green Asiatic twisted
embroidery silk. Cut four heart-shaped
leaves of fine flannel. and either pink the
edges or embroider them with the silk.
Tie the hearts together with ribbon, and
put some needles on the flannel leaves if
you wish.
Pins and needles, pins and needles.
Valentine, he smiles and wheedles,
But as the needless eye is true,
So is your Valentine to you
For a heart shaped pin ball, you
might use these words:
My heart is torn by pin prcks.
As you can easy see.
But If you'll take is as yonr own,
You'll find it true to thee.
Rose Seelye Miller, in New York
Observer.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-02-16

Ksop's father was slave. aud the
writer of fables is believed to have been
in servitude most of his days.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-02-16

History OF Ploneer Bell.
There is bell now hanging over
private school house of a Mormon
prophet, in Salt Lake City, which has
a curious and somewhat amusing
history. 1t was the first church bell
that ever rang out over the plains of
Iowa, having been erected in the
tower of the First Presbyterian
church of Iowa City. A few years
after its installation, trouble arose
between the pastor and the people
over the question of salary, which re-
suited in the formers making an at
tempt to capture and carry away the
bell to square accounts. The good
man had gone so far as to secure
ladder and ascend to the roof of the
church, when the church officials got
wind of the affair, and rushed to the
rescue of their property. They per-
mitted the bell to be lowered to the
ground, but then seized upon it,
loaded it in a wagon and drove away.
The ladder was also simultaneously
removed, leaving the enraged parson
wildly gesticulating from his pulpit
in the tower! This exciting event in
the early history of Iowa City wa
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-10-16

such immense establishment the
They will tai
can and will the highest mark
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18
RAIL WAY LAND TAX BILL
DACEEn
'''h'eseta Senate Reaches a Vote After
Eight HOurs-

'''ns'ss"ta Senate Reaches a Vote After
Eight Hours.
ST PAUL, March l3.-The senate
chamber was the scene of a remarka.
Die fight from 2:3O this afternoon to
1870 tonight, on a call OF the house
LOT the reconsideration OF the bill for
the taxation of railroad lands. The
o''i was defeated last night by n
vote, but there were three friends of
Inc measure absent. One of these was
senator ~Cronkhite, a populist member
from the Fifty.lrst district. All the
afternoon and early hours of the even
ing the sergeant,at-arms and police
aoo detectives were looking for Sena-
lor Cronkhite in Minneapolis. They
did not find him. but shortly after 10
O'Clock Senator Ills announced that
he had experienced a change of heart
n desired to vote for the bill. It was
quickly brought up and passed, % to
a. lhe measure now gees to Gov.
Tough, and great pressure will be
brought to bear upon h4A ~ the rail-
ways for a veto.
Ii the bill becomes law al Ian Dis held
by railroads will be subject to Taxa
ton.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18
Ia Yours 50 Taxed Mr.. Editor?

That law requires the tax commits,
| sioners to value, as they would APP.
praise the same in payment of a debt
| due from a solvent debtor, all the per.
sonal and real estate in this city liable
to taxation. The tax commissioners
are commanded to exhibit all of such
property to the deputies for appraise-
meat, and then the commissioners are
required to equalize the valuations.
That equalization Mayor Gilroy sug-
gested to Commissioner Barker.
Faithful andliteral execution of that
tax law in this city would breed a riot.
The Evening Post newspaper estab-
lishment is not appraised and taxed as
the law commands, mol are the articles
of furniture, tableware, bric-a-brac,
pictures, wines and books in the
houses of the p~roprietors and editors
of that mugwump journal. nor are
their shares, bonds and investments.
Were all those things valued and taxed
as the law im~peratively requires, the
owners would hasten to the tax COM
missioners to swear off the value,
and failing in that would perhaps go
to the courts.-N. Y. Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18
Tax Debate ct Saratoga, Before the Amer
lean Social Science Association.

Tax Debate at Saratoga, Before the Amer
lean Social Science Association.
..Supposing we could tomorrow ap-
propriate all land values by means OF
the single tax, and abolish all other
taxes: what would be the result? such
an increase of prosperity, such an i'm
petus to business, such a demand Tor
labor and all the products OF labor as
we have never dreamed OF. Every
wheel of industry would spring into
motion. and there would ensue' to the
community as a whole a general and
enormous gain. Some men might lose
relatively, but as members OF the COM
munity they would share in the abso-
lutte gain.
The longer we think of it, the more
clearly we see that the change we pro-
nose involves no real injury to any
one: that even those who lose relative
" would be more than compensated
by their share in the general gain. l
would like those who are thinking OF
the single tax as springing on unsus-
pecting landowners like tiger from
ambush, to know that mich as we
single tax men would like to have it
20 into force tomorrow morning, we
realize the certainty that we can
not be gratifed. We can only ac-
complish the change we seek by the
slow process of educating men TO de-
mand it. IN the very nature OF things
it can only come slowly and step by
steb. We do not delude ourselves on
that point and never have. ]
HENRY GEORGE.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties Of perfect lax
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation:
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug.
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being we'll informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18
Tax Thought.

The anti-double taxation league has
published a document in many Of the
local papers of New England illustrat-
ing what it claims to be the injustice
Of the present laws in regard to taxa
ton as follows: II own the stock of a
mill here in Massachusetts,. Brown, of
Portland, Ne, owns the stock of an
other mill in Maine. Two taxes are
paid. as they ought to be one in Maine
and one in Massachusetts,. But if 1
swap with Brown my stock for his
there are four taxes due although there
is no more property than before. How
is this? When / was a boy / was
taught that two and two make four.
Now that. I am a mar I am taught that
one and one make four"
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18

STRANGE bed warmers are used by
Gillian women. In cold weather, when
in bed, they keep their feet warm by
placing them on a dog.
NATURAL gas is reported to have been
discovered in the bed Of the Rio Plata,
near Buenos Ayres. A bill granting Q
monopoly Of it to the discovcrer is be.
fore the congress.
STATE, control of the liquor traffic Is
to be tried on a large. scale In Russia.
In the governments Of Perm, Ufa, Or
enburg and Samars, in east Russia,
drinks are to BE- sold only BY the state
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18
WHAT Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN sA,o
'"p"'ai aud the Taxation of IN. p,., ..,
the Poor.

e"P''ai aud the Taxation of Tn. n,.,, ..,
the Poor.
NE" YORK. March oO.-Joscnh Cb,m-
oer'a'n' M. p, for birmingham, Enc
was recently quoted in a Ne, Wi,
:"spape as saying IN a speech de.
,''ered IN London: lyon NAV try nc
nara as you like to take the taxes oy
'hc poor and put them on the rich. ,,ns
may try all these schemes of be,ter-
"ent' axes and taxes on ground rents.
You may try till you arc blark. in ths
c but in the long run all these + axes
VIII tie shifted by the rich on tha
poor" In reply to a letter SENT tn NJ
,namocrlain by bolton Hall, vice.
president of the New York Tax Re.
,orm association, asking if the speech
nao oeen correctly quoted, the fatylov-
ing letter has been received:
LONDON. March 0, 1so5~Sir, T am
''rected ay Mr.. Chamberlain TO ac.
"~o"iedge the receipt of your letter of
.cof"ary :" and to say that he thinks
ina the report to which you refer is
not quite accurate. In any case. the
statement is n little too broad, and Mr..
mann ocriain should have said that tax
alton falls most heavily upon the poor.
Inns is not SO much a question of eco
nomlc law as of general observation.
II taxation were ever sought to he
placed entirely or even unfairly unon
the rich they will find, as they have
cone IN the past, mean of evading it.
capital a be easily transferred from
place to place, and It will go where
there is the greatest security. Mean
while the poor are deprived of employ
ment, and while the rich may suffer
loss and diminution of income the poor
Will lose their mea Of subsistence.
This is the general doctrine which Mr..
Cham berlain desired to impress upon
his hearers. and he had no intention of
entering upon the question of first in
cidence of any particular tax. am,
sir. yours ~obediently.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18
TAX REFORM STUDIES
Ep'1en BV BOLTON e.1t
An Opeh Cnln.,.

my one has an impression that
s,;m 'uhicatlon $ to these ..S,pd;es"
thu .1' 49, oe published unle"s they echo
~ sailors ideas. he is mistaken,
r;,' se'es on any side Of the question
W always be welcome, so thew ara
"eeeht, well written, within re,san.
,ho, ''s n to the point. except
we u" not discuss the tariff.
lana owners especially should ho
"'cres'ed' as the principle benefit Of
o"' improvement or social advance
s''> 20 Them in the increase Of valna
Even 10 q Address this Office. NJ.
~ tox So. Buffalo. N. Y.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18

"PAw, what does it mean when they say
''that 1t sometimes helps a man that's got 1t
to talk a little loudsrthan the other fellow"
"Does oil money talkr' persisted Johnny.
"N-no. Not exactly" "Then money that
can't talk is hush-moncy, amt itt' Sonny,
suppose you go and bring in your kindling
wood."-Chicugo Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18

This fifty describes miasma, a vaporous
poison which breeds chills and fever, bilious
remittent, dumb ague, ague cake, and in the
tropics deadly typhoid forms of fever. Hos
letters Stomach Bitters prevents and cures
these complaints. Bili0usness, constipation,
dyspepsia, nervous and kidneytroublc, rheu-
matism, neuralgia and impaired vitality are
also remcdied by the great restorative.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18

here below, ex-
ceptin it mought
be a little more
of it. And yet
still at the same
time | am bound
to maintain that
b o o k S a n d
schools d o t
IN a X e a m a n
have S e n s e
Some pc o pl 9
jest naturally
have S e n s e
whilst S o IN g
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18

THE two powers which in my opinion con-
stltute a wise man are those Of bearing and
Observation-Disclosures.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18
ABUSE is the pastime of towards.

"How DID Mr.. Gumstick get the reputar
ton of being such d moral man9n "IVhy,
by his superior perception. He can hardly
improper in it."-Washington Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18

FASHIONABLE Philanthropy. - English
Hinglish.'' A a. le on -sV1.a'a arc in nh hop pes
you Englishmen will see how it looks, and
get Disguised with yourselves"- Y.
NeaLlv
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18

From the Silk Herald of America.
The present unjust system of taxa
ton. as applied to capital invested il
productive Industries in almost al,
large manufacturing centers in thi:
part of the country. is becoming one
OF the all absorbing questions of the
day. In last issue we published
an article on the subject. showing the
disadvantages silk manufacturers were
placed at through burdensome taxa.
ton of their buildings and machinery,
and it hit the nail ON the head in
every place it landed. Besides being
widely copied in industrial papers, we
have received complimentary letters
from many prominent business men,
and illustrative of the sentiment con-
veyed therein we produce in full one
from Mr.. Bolton Hall. vice president
and secretary of the New York Tax
Reform association, with offices at NO.
Ill Broadway:
New YORK.
Editor Silk Herald, Paterson, N. ].
DEAR SIR: Your editorial on the fol-
ly of taxing capital invested in silk
manufacturing, machinery, etc. is en-
tirely in accord with the most enlight-
ened views on the question of taxation.
The great advantage to each commun-
ity of establishing new industries is SO
apparent hat no argument should be
needed to show that taxing such bust
ness enterprises is unwise and injuri-
Gus. The direct interests of the work.
iugmen are opposed to the discourage
ment of the investment of capital in
productive industry, as each new fac
tory started means more work for idle
men. If the state of New Jersey would
revise it's tax laws so as to give each
county the right to say what forms of
property should be taxed. there is little
doubt but that those counties in which
the manufacturing towns and cities
are situated would vote to entirely ex-
empt capital and machinery from tax
alton.
The effect of taxes on factory build
ings is little less injurious than those
machinery. etc, and it is urged by
the advocates of what is called 1.-The
single tax" that for this reason land
values only should be taxed. 1t is
doubtful whether public sentiment is
yet ready for such a radical change ia
methods of taxation. but there should.
at least be no delay in abolishing all
taxes on capital engaged in production.
Very truly,
New York TAX Reform AssocIA-
TON, Bolton HALL, Vice-President.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18

"WHAT Is this I hear about you folks talk
ing of dismissing your minister2" "Oh, he
is too slow. We nave had him nearly a year
now and he hasn't given us a sermon on No
SpleoL et."-Indianapolis journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18

FRANK, BUT NOT FLArTER1Na.-Joseph-"1f
| should die, would you get another fcller,
Mary janet" Mary Jane-"1hcre hain't no
other Teller around here, Joseph, or l
wouldn't wait for you to die.'-Puck.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18

HARD as 1t is to climb up in the world, 1t
racks us a good deal worse to climb down
again.-Puck.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18

cont ential durn for me back
there in Geergy then, and 1 don't give
a CONT nenti al durn for him down
here at Dooley's Cross Roads now"
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18

IT is tho unmarried lady who can give her
sister points on the art Of how to manage a
Observation-Disclosures Gazette.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18

FcGa has named his cat 'Naroleon," be-
cause, as he says, a cat has so many lives
Boston Transcript.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18

have fits. Aud likewic@e- also if a man
has got the brains to start on, FOL un..
derstand, he never will be u fool.
Brains are brains and q fool is q fool
schools or no schools, books or no books.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18

WHEN a man has more money than he
knows what to do with, he proceeds to find
out what he docs not know.-Puck.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18
Highest of all in Leavening Power-Latest US. Govt Report
R@!a!!I! fks atRR$
ABSOLUTELY PURE
PURE

81 SEE you have a safe In your dining
room,' % said Perkins, who was visiting Jar
ley. els that for your %silvera" "No; that's
my wine cellar" said Jarley.-Harper's
Bazar.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18

Yot can get 9 very good idea Of natural
selection in its practical workings by
viewing a CELERY glass 1fter it has been
once round the table.-Tit-B Bits.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18
Consumption kills

Consumption kills
more people than rifle
balls. 1t is more dead
ly than any of the
much dreaded cpl
denies. It is a steal
thy, gradual, slow
disease. 1t penet-ates
the whole body. It
is i'll every drop of
blood. 1t seems to
work only at the
lungs, but the ter
rible drain and waste
20 on all over the
body. To cure con
sumption, work on
the blood, make 1t
pure, rich and whole
some, build up the
wasting tissues, put
the body into condi-
ton for a fight with
the dread disease.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18

1T does no good to striIz, your friend for
8 dollar when he is down.-GalvcstcnN News.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18
conhscation BY Taxation.

Al tax on the product Of labor confsr
Gates q portion OF it: failure to pay the
tar con6scatcs the whole OF it
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18
SQUIRE RUFUS D
The Sage Of Rocky Creek and the
Milligan Generation.
Old Man Zeb MillIgan and His Long Head,
"Red-Headed. Freckly-Faceted and
Observation-Disclosures Walt
Ing Game and Lost
Copyright 1881

That's what makes me tell yor what
l do about book learnin. There is moth
In better in this vain and feetin world
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18
Lift the Burden by a Tax on Economic
Rent.

Lift the Burden by a Tax on Economic
Rent.
Editor of the Voice:-You say that
natural monopolies, class legislation.
exclusive privileges and corrupt legis-
lation must CO." The people, the vic
Tins, appear to be too inert to resist, If
they recognize the fact of the subtle
processes accomplishing their misery.
The greatest monopoly, the most cru
ely exclusive privilege of all. is that
fostercd under our present laws of land
tenure. 1t is to this subject, as well as
to that of indirect taxation, that the
attention of the people should be
focused.
That mysterious factor, ground rent,
springing into existence with civiliza-
ton and ever keeping pace Herewith,
is either a curse or blessing. Now. it
is a curse. 1t is a blackmail levied on
industry, a tribute paid to the owner
of a special privilege, who does not use
the land himself and whose rent from
it ever increases. His. and not the pro-
ducer's. is the margin of profit afforded
by Increased opportunities, population
and prosperity. BY the truest inter-
probation of our constitution, all men
have an equal right to the use of'land.
for all land having become private
property, a landless man could only
live by sufferance. We are fast drift
ing into two classes-the landowner
and the ]andless. One-eighteenth of
one per cent. of u population w
one-half the national wealth already!
A tax on economic rent would lift
the crushing burden of indirect taxa,
ton. encourage afresh all INDUSTRIES
and open up land to those who are now
debarrcd from it by spectators. Land
monopolies crushed, all other monop-
olies would die of inanition.
HENRY III. LAW.
New York City.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18

Medical Discovery fights in the right way.
during the early stages of the disease. Its
first action is to put the stomach, bowels,
liver and kidneys into good working order.
That makes digestion good and assimilation
quick and thorough. 1t makes sound, healthy
flesh. That is half the battle. That makes
the Discovery" good for those who have not
consumption, but who are lighter and less
robust than they ought to be.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18

"WAxr any mouse trapsl Come buy one,
dol" No, thanks; we have no mice"
Zach, IN throw lem in with plcasure!'-
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18
A Mist.

No JOY in nature is so sublimely affecting
as the joy of a mother at the good fortun ne
Of her ~child,-Richter.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18
800 Reward, 500.

never leaves him.-Buddha.
800 Reward, 800.
The reader OF this paper will be pleased to
learn that there Is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure in
all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Caterrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly on
the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
Of the disease, and giving tie patient
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting naturein doing it's work. The
proprietors have so much faith in It's cura-
tive powers, that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials.
Address, F. J. CHENEY Il Co, Toledo, O.
fr Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills, Is cents.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18

MosT people Judge others either by the
company they keep, or by their fortune
Rochefoucauld.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18

IF a man speaks or acts with pure thought,
happiness follows him like o shadow that
never leaves him.-Buddha.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-05-18

P1so's Cure for Consumption has saved
me many a doctors Bills. + HARDY, Hop
kins Place, Baltimore, Md, Dec. 2, "a.