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Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-12-09
silver would Collapse Credit.

A change in our standard to silver mono
metallism would also bring on a collapse of
the entire system Of credit which, when based
on a standard which is recognized and adopt
ed by the world of business, is many times
more potent and useful than the entire vol
ume of currency and is safely capable of al
most indefinite expansion to meet the growth
Of trade and enterprise.
In Self-invited struggle, through dark
ness and uncertainty, our humiliation would
be increased by the consciousness that we
had parted company with all the enlightened
and progressive nations of the world and
were desperately and hopelessly striving to
meet the stress Of modern commerce and
competition with a debased and unsuitable
currency and in association with the few
weak and laggard nations which have silver
alone as their standard Of value.
All history warns us against rash expert
ments which threaten violent changes in our
our currency in the past is full of lessons
teaching not only the economic dangers, but
the national immortality that follows in the
train of such experiments | will not be-
lieve that the American people can be per-
suaded, after sober deliberation to jeopardiZe
their nations prestige and proud standing
by encouraging financial nostrums, nor that
cheap money when they realize that it must
result in the weakening of that financial in
tegrity and rectitude which thus far in our
history has been so devotedly cherished as
one of the traits of true Americanism.
Our country's Indebtedness whether owing
by the government or existing between in
dividualS, has been contracted with reference
to our present standard. To decree by act
of Congress that these debts shall be payable
in less value dollars than those within the
contemplation and intention of the parties
when contracted would operate to transfer
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-12-09
STRONG CASE AGAINST HIM.
Coroner's Jury in the Lafreniere Case at
IShpeminC.

Ishpeming, Mich, Dec. 3.-[Special.l-
Lafreniere, whose body was found six
weeks ago in the garnet of Mrs. Wen
dels house here, has finally returned
verdict. It is to the effect that the child
was murdered. The evidence against
Carl Wendell, who is charged with the
crime, during the last few days the jury
was in session, is very strong. Some Of
lad confessed to them that he had killed
the girl with an axe. Wendell is in the
county jail awaiting trial, but he has
shown no signs of weakening. He posi-
lively refused to talk to anyone about
tho q fair
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-12-09
A SUICIDE IDENTIFIED.
n.

Girl Who Took Her Life at Buffa1o was
Nellie Massie.
Detroit, Mich. Dec. A special to
the News from Hamilton, Ont, says that
the girl who committed suicide in Buff
falo boarding house yesterday was Nellie
Massie, or Burrows, of Hamilton. She
left her home here three years ago and
followed her lover. William Massie,
days ago word was received that Massie
had been shot and killed in Oakland,
Cal. His body was shipped to Hamilton
for burial, but no particulars of the
shooting have been received. 1t is be-
lieved there that he was shot by the
girl who yesterday killed herself.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-12-09
Chief Justice Fuller III.

Washington, D. c., Dee. 4-Chief JUS
tice Fuller of the United States Supreme
court is confined to his bed by severe
cold, and this morning DR.. Johnston was
sent for, as his condition did not improve
The chief justice improved during the
day and DR.. Johnston says his illness
amounts only to a slight indisposition,
and that he will be on the bench again
in q few DAVIS
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-12-09
Blown to Atoms.

Pittsburg, Pa, Dec. Am explosion
of nitro-glycerine at Hume's torpedo fac
tory near Butler, Pa, this morning com
pleteTy demolished the factory and two
storage magazines and killed Lowery
Black and George Dester, two employees.
Portions of Blacks remains were picked
up seyenty-fve feet away, but nothing
but part of Dester's underwear can
he found
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-12-09
DEATH SENTENCE FOR GONZALES.

The Noted Cuban Insurgent Ordered to
be Shot.
Havana, Dec. 4-Gen. Gonzales, the
by court-martial and convicted of taking
up arms against the government was to-
day sentenced to be shot.
Later in the day a dispatch from
Matanzas announced that Gen. Gonzales
had been shot
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-12-09
Sir Charles Topper Goes to Canada.

Liverpool, Dee. 1.-The Cunard line
steamship Campania, which sails for
New York on Saturday next, will take
among her passengers Sir Charles Tup-
per, the Canadian high commissioner,
who is going to Canada to confer with
the Dominion government in relation to
the fast transatlantic line of steam-
shiDS
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-12-09
aonsesmith,s strike is or

New York, Dec. Am all probability
the striking housesmiths will return to
work tomorrow and the work abandoned
sixteen days ago on eighteen buildings
will be resumed
The Opelousas courier., 1895-02-16
What Ia Your Share?

Reliable figures give the total tax
list. federal, state. etc, as about 81, 00O.-
100000. A new York paper estimates
that the protected interests net 81, $780,
00G, DOC. and Thomas G. Shearman and
others estimate the amount going to
landlords as 81, 500, 100000 (uncarncd)
yearly.
The account, therefore, stands as fol-
lows: Of every SO worth of wealth pro.
duced by capital and labor conformity,
capitals share is so cents, labor gets
81, taxation absorbs S.. 80. protected in
terests s.. 80, and land owners flor the
bare land without improvements So. 40.
Total, S10.-National Union Printer.
Yet the Chattanooga Taxpayer says
the annual Of taxation in the United
States is $40 per head, o. only $50 for
the average family. These figures
would make it over SIS per head. or
S75 per family. The largest share
ZONES out of the producers and con-
sumers, i. G.. the workers.
EInEI TT G
The Opelousas courier., 1895-02-16
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

TIE church at Tappan, N. Y, where
the unfortunate Maj. Andre was tried.
convicted and sentenced, recently OBJ
served its two hundredth anniversary.
In Braddock, Pa, q crusade has been
started against profanity on the public
streets, tho movement having been
originated by the county superintend-
ent Of schools.
MISSES JuDso1 and Lamson, Of
wealthy Cleveland CO., families, the
former the daughter of q judge, have
joined the Salvation Army, and are
living in the army barracks in that city
THE National ,7ible society of Scot
land has foreign agencies in Africa,
Austria, Belgium, Brazil, China, Dutch
Guiana, France, Germany, Holland,
India, Italy, Japan, Norway, Portugal,
Spain, Sweden, Turkey; 1t employed
during the year 1898 over 400 colpor-
teurs, who circulated SIC, alo Scriptures.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-02-16
Taxation In Switzerland.

The taxes levied in the city of Zurich
are as follows: (a) The state or can"
tonal tax, consisting of a property tax,
an income tax and a citizenship tax
(the latter only for authorized voters;
(b) the municipal tax, consisting of Il
property tax. an income tax and a head
tax (the latter payable only by men
who have attained their majority;
(c) the rent tax; (d) the pauper tax;
lei the church tax; Gl the fire depart
ment tax payable by those not active
volunteer fremen); (g) the military
tax (for Swiss citizens exempt from
military duty: (h) the compulsory
building insurance tax (really net a
tax but so-called here, as almost every
house owner would insure without it,;
% the dog taxi. S. Consular Report.
mo wonder the Swiss are a hardy
peOple.-ED.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-02-16
What the Farmers Should Do.

Our schools, roads, taxes. markets,
middlemen, pocketbooks and 40 other
practical subjects need to be studied,
discussed and improved, and they arc
doing it in the grange. Congress is q
crafty old hand at jumping cogs and
making crooked laws to pay Peter by
robbing Paul"-the farmer, and the
farmers should organize to study up
the rights of these things, to loosen
the grip Of party collars on their necks,
and to cooperate at the ballot-boN,
that congress will speedily learn right
eousness and legislate justly for all the
people. Do this in the grange. Now
is a time to organize more oranges,
and Illinois farmers should eek help
in the work Of Oliver Wilson, Master
Illinois State Grange, Magnolia, Ill.
Thos. Ready, secretary.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-02-16
BUTTER AND CHEESE MAKING.
Biggest Dairy INC Creamery supply House
In the World.


Farmers throughout the country are con-
stantly making inquiries as to machinery
and appliances for the making o + butterand
cheese.
~Areporterfora Chicago paper was recently
detailed toinvestigate the subject. The result
of tho reporters tour was the discovery
thatChicago, which leads in SO many things,
contains the largest and most complete man
u~factory in the world for the production of
butter aud cheese making machinery and
utensils. The concern is the Davis & RAN
kin Building and Manufacturing Company,
one of the well-known and reliable business
institutions of Chicago, and occupies q splen-
did building at 240 TO 254 Lake street. In the
several departments of its factory, which
occupy in the aggregate some three acres
Of floor space, there is not an implement
or a piece of mechanis m, no matter how
simple or how intricate, that is not made in
this wonderful establishment. Six hundred
persons, all of them, with the exception of
about a dozen, skilled Workmen and trained
experts, are employed. The farmer who
significant cost, useful devices for convert
ing his milk into marketable form, and the
community that wishes to establish acream-
cry large enough to take care of its entire
product is accommodated with equal facil-
itE.
4NO IA Edl SASoAA y ~ oNP
arating cream from milk, is as great an in
yention in its way as the sewing machine,
the reaper or the cotton gin. The Davis g.
Rankin Company manufactures these de-
vices in great variety, from a loW-priced,
but finely finished hand separator, worked
by means Of a crank, to the superb con-
t~rivance known as the Davis separator,
with capacities Of from 1900 to 5000 pounds
per hour.
For furnishing motive power this COM
pany makes an admirable engine, either hor-
izontal or upright in style, in which SIM
plieity, co1npactness, strength, economy,
and durability are conspicuous points. This
is the only farm and dairy motor that was
awarded a medal at the Worlds Columbian
exposition.
All persons interested can do no better
than to write to the Davis & Rankin Com
pany, and obtain q catalogue of their cream
cry and dairy machinery supplies. When
you yss o eom a to Galcag9 pay sis then ~ 2 , Tlslt tv and
derful city.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-02-16
The Question Of questions.

"For every se~lf-governing people
there can be no more momentous ques-
ton than the question of taxation. 1t
is the question, as Mr.. Burke truly
said, around which all the great battles
of freedom have been fought. It'll the
question out Of which grow all the
issues of government. Until we settle
this question wisely, permanently,
Justly, we build all other reforms on a
foundation of sand. There is no self
government where the people do not
Law their own taxes"
The Opelousas courier., 1895-02-16
Common Sense.

1t is apparent at once that the state
must not deplete the source Of its in
come. The ultimate source of taxa
ton must be the earnings of the peo-
pie OF the state. If taxes are taken
from capital then the source from
which the income is derived is cut Off,
Land held for speculation and inherit
{ are excepted in the application
Of this principle.-ohio Tax Commits
sion Report, 1893.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-02-16
Heather Ignorance.

Several cities in ancient Greece
levied a tax on bachelors over 20 years
old. to compel them to marry. The
tax was so large that matrimony was
cheaper by comparison.
They probably knew nothing about
the Malthurian doctrine; that popula-
ton increases too fast for our good
I'D
The Opelousas courier., 1895-02-16
The Modest Tax Rate In Brooklyn, n. T.

The Modest Tax Rate In Brooklyn, n. T.
Thirty-frst, School District No.
2, in sewer district 500. T.b per LOCO
Thirty-hrst, School District No.
2, outside sewer district. 3I "
Thirty-frst, School District No.
J......... eoF'
Thirty-frst. School District No.
q. In sewer District. ....ll4.e5 " ="
Thirty-frst, School District No.
@o"
Thirty-frst, School District No.
8, in sewer district....... 1923 " "
Thirty-6rst, School District No.
6, outside sewer district =. 40.5f " "
Talk about confiscation by the sim
gle tax! Here is highway robbery by
the double taxes. The assessments
are from so to IS per cent. of the actual
va1ues-ED,1
The Opelousas courier., 1895-02-16
lax REFORM STUDIES
EDITED By BOLTON HAl1u
An Omen col,,

~ any n has an impression that
sN:,, S to these sStud;es"
tho dot oe published unless they echo
WAC GATORS ideas, he is mistaken
Articies on any side Of the ones+;a.
decent wa be welcome, SO they are
assent' vel written, within reason.
~. iim,1s n to the point, excent
mat we DO not discuss the tariff.
land owners especially should bc
Interested as the principle benefit ~
any improvement or social adva,oa
goes to them in the increase Of valne
gwen to land. Address this of6cc. ~
Q. Box IS. Buffalo, N. Y. ~ u
The Opelousas courier., 1895-02-16
Two at a Birth.

In conjunction with the first appearance
Of the infant, 1925, will be Issued a new AL
manac relating to Hostettcr's Stomach Bit
tiers, published at Pittsburgh, by The Hos
French, Welsh, Norwegian. Swedish, Hol,
land, Bohemian and Spanish, and obtain
able free Of all druggists and country deal
ers. Besides the matter descriptive of the
Bitters, it will contain accurate calendar
and astronomical calculations, illustrations,
jokes, verses, statistics and other interest
ing matter.
SHE-'I took you for an actor the first
time l saw you" Henry de Courey Foote-
saw you WALKING down Broadway with
YOURSELF Wife.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-02-16

SERGEASr-"Meier, just imagine yourself
to be standing sentry at the outposts one
evening. Suddenly a figure approaches you
from behind, and you feel yourself clasped
by a pair of powerful rms What call will
you give" Soldier-"Come, Marie, let me
loose.N-NIeggepdOrfersB latter.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-02-16

BAcHE-"I can't see why women always
turn to the end Of a novel frst.n Henpeck
-"Ah, you know, they always want to have
the last word !''-Harper's Bazaar.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-02-16

long delayed. The state Of New yoru
IS to-day behind nearly every other state
.n It's system of taxation. and this is
oue not to any ignorance of the true
principles upon which the state should
radse us revenue, but largely to the in.
olnerence which ! think the present
state OF depression in business is likely
70 or1hg to an end, because without
some stimulus the recovery will be
slow.
AXE EEMEDY o lard TINES.
can think of no better or quicker
remedy than that which proposes to
relleye personal property from taxa
tlon IN any community which of it's
" free will is willing to place the
burden upon real property"
~ Is OF Immense Importance to u
cltlzens that we secure at the coming
session of the legislature a bill which
VIII give us the right to decide for our.
serves whether personal property shall
be taxed or not.
win this right of home rule in tax
alton, we can open our doors to all
branches of industry and to all forms
OF wealth. We can have untaxed
money. untaxed merchandise. untaxed
manufactures, untaxed production, un-
taxed, industry. untaxed loans and un-
labor, with the result of opening
up many avenues of employment now
Jcllsed to labor. These things will
EEur wealth and prosperity upon US.
hen a city becomes a place in which
buildings can be built, merchandise
produced, manufactures pushed and
money invested without being taxed,
will not the men who build, who pro-
'duce, who manufacture. who deal in
merchandise, who seek investments.
rush to it and make it one of the great
cities of the world?
The Opelousas courier., 1895-02-16

Mrs. TA1MAGE-"The worst Of II is that
when one gets anything new in dresses, at
the end Of the week your servant has it."
Mrs. Crandall-ssThat 10. If you have the
same servant at the end OF the week.
Truth.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-02-16

81 UNDERSTAND that Willoughby was half
seas over at the Sneerwen dinner.' t'Oh,
no. He was sailing into the port when ]
eft."-Harper's Bazaar.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-02-16
A Child EEiOys

The pleasant favor, gentle action and sooth-
ing effect of Syrup of Figs, when in need of
a laxative, and if the father or mother be
costive or bilious, the ost gratifying re-
suits follow its use; so that it is the best
family remedy known and every family
should nave a bottle.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-02-16

MRS. CooDovE-''Did you know that old
Fustian, the dry goods merchant, is dying
by fnches2" Mr.. Coodove--''Is that sol
Well, he won't last long. He always gave
short measure."-Puck.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-02-16

~ SET four pies out on the window sill to
said Mrs. Hl.lker to her husband,
and they lave all been stolen" 'Then we
must number them among the lost ~tarts,n
was the philosophical reply.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-02-16

HousEKEEPER-"Half the things you wash
are torn to pieces" Observation-Disclosures,
mum: but when q thing is torn In two or
piece, muu."-N. z. Weekly.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-02-16

MIR. UNDEnH1LL-"Has your son Justin
sowed his wild oats yetf Mr.. Stewart
The Opelousas courier., 1895-02-16

We Offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY & Co, Props, Toledo. O.
We, the undersigned, have known +. J.
Cheney for the last Is years. and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligation made by their firm. Il
West q Truax. Wholesale Druggists, To.
ledo. O. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price. 1oc. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills. 25c.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-02-16

THERE is a man in Chicago 80 tender.
hearted that he often rides in a street car
with his eyes closed rather than see ladie.
standing up.-Exchange.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-02-16

"Do You think your sister will be down
soon, Williei" eyes; che said she was com
ing down as soon as she could, so as to have
It over with.n-Life.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-02-16

"THE people in the next fat are great
music lovers" slow do you know. They
never sing or play" mo, but they've com
planned to the landlord about the people in
the house who do."-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-02-16

Mir. GREATHEAD. the landlord. says he
prefers as tenants experienced chess play
ers, because it is so seldom they move
Boston TRANSCRIPT.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-02-16

THE crowns OF kings do not prevent those
who wear them from being tormented
sometimes by violent headaches.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-02-16

81 AN summoned to another climb said
tho bellbov as the indicator announced a
call from tho top hoor.-Philadelphia Rec
The Opelousas courier., 1895-02-16

Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-02-16

THE only time a man of experience takes
bis wife into his confidence is to tell her he
Is not making any money.-Atchison Globe
The Opelousas courier., 1895-02-16

PRcrEsson-"Ah, mees! You climb the
mountain. It was q great foot" Miss
"You mean feat" PROFESSIONALLY! Zen
you climb 1t more zan oncef"-Tid-Bit
The Opelousas courier., 1895-02-16
Homo Rule In Taxation.

~ nome rule tax bilr' has now
oeen before the New York Legislature
strength. s"ineo
IN 1894 1t received 81 votes. 81 demo-
c,atic and 20 republican. Eleven Of
snese votes came from the country dis
'rlc's; h Brooklyn assembivmen
voted soiidly for the bill, a majority Of
the New York assemblymen also voted
for it. A'o 'o'eo
Inc bill simply authorizes everv
municipality to raise its revenue in
Whatever way it prefers. Acity which
SO wishes can retain the present cum
ncrsome and costly plan. A city which
SO wishes a abolish the taY,oa per
scnal property.
PERSONAL property should not be tax
ed at all.
a tax OF ~ per cent. upon actual
iand values in New York city, exclusive
u al improvements, would yield more
than the entire revenue now collected
~ the city, about s35, DOC, 600.
Leaving stores and houses untaxed
would encourage their construction.
This would greatly increase both the de-
mandf for labor and the supply of homes
for laborers. This is the way to rid New
York OF the curse of the tenement
honse.
A tax on personal property always
and everywhere breeds fraud and
works injustice.
Ohio and California have particularly
stringent laws to compel the listing of
gil personal property. According to
the oaths of the citizens of Ohio, they
lost in five years $500 watches, so. 900
carriages and 81, 600, 900 in money.
WHAT LUCK WE HAVE ENFORCING PER-
soSAL TAXES UNDER STRICT LAWS
The banks of Cleveland made sworn
returns of deposits of sG3, 600, 600 at a
time when the citizens OF Cleveland
swore that they had only 81, 600, COO on
deposit.
In San Francisco, in 1886, the tax
payers swore to having only Sc, 600, 900
OF money and s4s, GOO, 900 of other per-
sonai property. In 1880, they had ad.
mitted owning $50. 600, coo Of money and
Sos, 600, 600 of other personal property.
In the whole of California, not one
certificate of stock could be found.
For the last year money has been
freely loaned in New York at l per
cent. on call on securities which
could be instantly sold for cash.
The tax upon it has been 1.7o per
cent, a clear loss of 70 per cent. Of
the principal, if the tax had been hon
est1y levied and equitably enforced.
Mortgages, bonds, promissory notes,
book accounts und other debts should
not be taxed. New York recognizes
this partly by allowing a tax payer to
deduct his debts from the mount of
his taxable assets, but this opens the
door to many frauds. We should tax
things in the present. not promises to
pay things in the future.
Money should never be taxed. 1t is
the life-blood of trade. Every tax put
upon it is an attempt at commercial
suicide.
Merchandise ought not to be taxed.
It constitutes a much larger value than
bonds, bank stock, etc. But who is to
assess its value? What assessor can.
by personal inspection, tell anything
about the value Of the merchandise in
Tiffany's, Losers, Wanamaker's or
Fields.
HOW TT WOULD WORK.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-02-16

Washington monument!' He-"Ah, yes,
once; a dySeadful expewience. ] had to
come wight down. " know; it MADE me 50
light-headed.' She-"Poor fellovhl And
YOU never got over it."-Chicago RAco.d.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-02-16

CAN recommend Piso's Cure for Con-
sumption to sufferers from Asthma.-E. ID.
TOWNSEND, Fl. Howard, Wis, May 4, 94.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-02-16

GEN1us begins great works, labor alone
finishes them.-Joubert.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-02-16

Great Rock Island Route Playing Cards.
If you send Is cents in stamps or coin to
JONI SEBASTIAN, Gen'l Pass. Agent, c., r.
/. g. P. R'y, Chicago, you will receive post
pad Inc si na1as RacK o. PLAYING pay, ners caras
Whist Rules accompany them free.