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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-01-10
Castoria,

"Cassoria b 90 well adapted TO children thss
recommend Il assupsrior to any prescription
known 70 mo-"
n. A. ARcusR, n. D.,
III 30. Oxford S., Brooklyn, N. 7.
"our physicians In tho chlldrsns depart
ment have spoken highly Of their expert
encc In their outside practice with CazteriA,
and although We only have among our
medical supplies what b known - regular
products, yet We are frce to confess that The
merits Of CastoriA has won u to look wisA
favor upon H."
USITEp uos,rrAt AND DrspsNsAnY,
Boston, M.
ALLEN Q. snrH, Rss,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-01-10

Dsgspccial Manager goes each trip
to care for the many wants Of the
passengers en- route.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-01-10
Castoria.

'Casecda Ia an excellent medicine for chm.
lFsa. hothen have repeatedly told me Of liz
god eject upon their children"
d.. @. @. OSooop,
Lowell, Mass.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-01-10

&C Win Fsls.isg sgslls
M Epileptic Convul-
1sslons, or Fits, and al

= ''''N's VI EttSs Wtiu All
nervous diseasss, rs
Paralysis, Loconioior
Ataxia, Epilepsy, or
Fits, ST. vitus's
Dance, Slceplessness,
Nervous prNsIfstion,
Nervous Debility,
Neuralgia. Melan-
cholia. Threatened
yuc.p,tx. ou1 IssnJ
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01
Compulsory vs.. voluntary Taxation

No reform in the manner Of raising
or collecting taxes will ever be of per.
manent benefit as long as taxation is
compulsory and taxes can be collected
by force of law. The theory in this
country is that each individual is a sov
ereign, and our orators with pride re-
fer during our political campaigns to
the sovereign people, yet it never
seems to strike these political orators
of ours that the only domain in which
sovereignty is worth anything-tbat of
tax-paying-they are as helpless as the
subjects of the car or old Mrs. Vic.
No people can be really free who are
forced to pay taxes Or lose their prop
erty or go to Jail.
No matter what association it may
be, insurance, church or governmental,
when the power of collecting taxes by
force is vested in any one OF in any
number Of associations. freedom is de-
stroyed and men are no longer citizens,
but subjects. Voluntary taxation is
the true solution of the tax problem.
People will then pay freely to volun-
tary protective associations which give
real service for the money paid, in
stead of paying as they now do grudg.
ingly to the invasive and plundering
state, whose small benefits are offset
by the gigantic evils it engenders.
JOIN G. MCLAUGHLIN,
Scammon, Kan.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01
o OUR OWN LAND.

HALF of the worlds product Of quiz
nine is used in the United States.
FIFTY-EIeHr of the senators are law
yers; twenty-five representatives are.
CHICAGO has thirty-eight hospitals
twenty-five general and sixteen special.
THERE are nearly two thousand wom-
en- practicing medicine in tho United
States.
CONNECTICUT has passed Q law pro-
hibiting street cars to Q steam roads
at grade.
THE annual fire loss from incendiar-
ism in the United States and Canada is
$50, 900, 600, according to conservative
estimates.
THE heaviest snowfall in this country
began on February 10, 1717, and con-
tinued Eve days. At its close the snow
was from Eve 10 seven feet deep all
over New England.
AMERICAN COLONIAL art is becoming
fashionable In london. A set OF ten
handsomely carved chairs, imported
from Pennsylvania $50 years ago, were
sold there recently for SITE.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01
THROUGH

In the announcements of marriages
in Spain, the ages Of the contracting
parties are always given.
BARRELS OF wine, anchors, scythes-
In fact oil kinds of merchandise.are
conveyed by the post office department.
1T is the custom for house builders in
Germany to lehve a small fat place on
the roof of each house, for storks to
rest and build' on.
FRANCE haa offered 500. o0o, 900 to
King Leopold for the Congo Free State,
in case Belgium will not take it, &C.
cording to Berlin reports.
SPAIN has just ordered that all
steamers flying the Spanish flag or sub.
sidized by the government shall in fu.
ture carry non but Spanish engineers.
The prevailing practice is to carry at
least two British engineers, and for
merly oil were British.
MoRrUARY tables show that the aver
age duration of the life of women in
European countries is something less
than that of men. Notwithstanding
this fact, Of the list of centenarians col
lected by the British association, a
fraction over two-thirds were women.
GERMANY's proposal for the establish
ment of international postage stamps
is being examined by the British post
Office authorities. Such q stamp would
enable correspondents to inclose re-
turn postage for their answers, which
they now cannot do. The principle has
already been adopted in the interna-
tional return postal card.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01
THE ART.

For q charity festival in Brussels re-
Gently, the sculptors got up q novel ex-
hibition Of statues executed in snow in
one Of the parks.
OBVIOUSLY enough q huge statue OF
ii Hung Chang, ordered and paid o in
his most prosperous days, has just been
finished in Germany.
IT is but eight years since Leopold
Won Ranke, the German historian.
died. but the hundredth anniversary OF
his birth is already at hand. It is pro-
posed to celebrate it BY erecting 9 non
nment to him at Wiehe, in Prussian-
saxony, his birthplace
A BUST Of John Couch Adams, who
shares with Leverrier the honor Of dis
covering the planet Neptune, has been
set up opposite the bust Of Sir John a
Herschell, in the great hall @ st.
Johns college, Cambridge, conegs
81 which both astronomers were TEL
49, H9 GTs Z&@
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01
Bordentown, n. j., 1895.
Thinks All Taxation is Robbery.

To the Editor of Tax Reform Studies:
A few years ago a neighbor of mine
who worked in a sawmill here, died
and left a little house with a small
piece of ground to his widow, who ow
is eking out a precarious living by sew
ing. The state and town she lives in
graciously permit her to grub for her
daily bread OF her paying to their
majesties some twenty odd dollars
every year in cash. If she were to re-
fuse or be unable to pay, their majes-
ties would take her house and garden
patch, leaving her the privilege of end
ing her days in the poor house or in
the river. In return for this enforced
payment she enjoys, so she is told, the
protection of the authorities.
This protection, however, is one
of those many legal fctious which
really mean nothing at all. She pro-
tects herself as best she can, and the
only thief she is %powerless to cope
with is the state-i. e.. the tax collec-
tor. She never had any children, but
has to pay school tax, helps to pay for
improvements that she never has a
chance to enjoy or even see, has to pay
interest on old debts, contracted by
the city without her consent or even
knowledge, in fact, is robbed the same
as if it were done by highwaymen.
But all this is legal, and, therefore,
sacred. Don't monkey with the buzz
saw. Yours truly,
WERNER BOECKLIN.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01
COMPLETELY PARALYZED
physicians Arc Astounded hv q
Peculiar Case.
"a Soung Mas Stricken with Ta,drx,.
Paralysis and Yet Receivers.
lFrom the Times. philada,,h,, d..

lfrom the Times, Philadelphia. Pal
Stricken with Landr;'s PARALYSIS and 10.
cured. That means but little to the averoao
layhan put 1t means a miracle to a nh rsi
clan' such Is the experience of O, r. Da,Ii.
no'e now a resident of Madison. n 7
and a rare experience IL Ia. o.
les, IL Is true that 1 had Landrv,s par.
aiysls,' said Mr.. baltimore to a reno,tar
orelse the most celebrated physicians of
London were mistaken. "a
~ was on the 18th OF March, this year :,
ne continued, "when I was in New, W.,
ivy, that first felt the symptoms Of NV
orouole. l experienced difficulty in goin.a
up stars, my legs failing to support me 7
consulted a physician who informed mo t,,.4
: nao every symptom Of Locomotor Atax;a
OUT as the case developed he p]rononnced II
q case or Landry's Paralysis and know
ing the nature of the disease advised mo
W start Tor my home and friends. Jeave
up my work and on April LIST started for
Aohoon, Ont. A w%ell-known physician
was consulted but I grew rapidly worse and
on oaturaay, April Z, several eminent phy-
:.aus heio a consultation on my case and
I'eo.ineo me That was at deaths door.
naelns out three to siN days to live, still /
fingered on, by this time completely nara
lyzed, my hands and feet heinz 1ead =
could hardly whisper my wants and conldi
only swallow liquids. Oh, the misery Of
tnose moments are beyond all descrintion
ana death would really have been q ,vel
come visitor. wei
NOW, comes the part that has astounded
tne physicians. Rev. Mr.. Gondy, a clergy
nndn VINO visited me in my last hours. as he
supposed, told me Of the marvellous cures
OF paralysis that had been performed hv
Dr. Williams PM Pills for Pale Peonle !
STARTED TO take the pills about Apri1 81 and
q week after that felt an Improvement in
my condition. There was a warm. ]tinpiino
sensation In the limbs that had been entiree
" 9ead and | soon began to move INV feet
ana hands, the impro vement CONTINUED nm.
III May 20 when | was taken out of bed for a
drive and drove the horse myself. Rv the
beginning of July l was able to wall m
stairs alone and paid a visit to Niagara. =
slowly but surely I gained nv Old health
ana strength leaving Ontario for New York
on OctoDer II and be ginning my work again
on OCTOBER 26, 1894. Cured of Landrv'a
Paralysis in eight months" To confirm his
story beyond all d oubt, Mr.. Dallimoremade
the following affidavit.
Sworn and 81 bscribed before me Deem
oera' 1871. AMOS c. RATHBUN,
br. Williams Pink Pills c a"1t { f al the
eiements necessary to give new life and
richness to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are for sale by all druggists,
or may be had by mail from DR.. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y. TO.
~ cents per boz, or six boxes for $3.50.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01
MANY COULD GET HOMES.

Tax Land In Use or Vacant at Its Real
Market Value.
To the Editor Of The N. Y. Press:
Sir-In a recent issue of your excel
lent paper you state quite truly that
sit is difficult to measure the difference
between New York life as it is and as
it would be If the majority of its inhab-
itants owned their own homes" And
you give as a reason for this that it is
the high price of land which prevents
well to do people from owning their
homes. You are right, There is a
way to destroy speculation in land and
consequently kill its high speculative
value. Let all land, whether in use or
vacant, be taxed at its real market
value, and it will no longer be profit
able for the owner to hold it out
of use, or only partly use it. Under
such a system investments in improve
ments would be made, for every person
owning any of those various forms of
natural opportunities embraced under
the general term of LAND" would either
ment OF labor, sell it for whatever
price could be obtained or abandon it
to others, The landless millions would
then have access to unused land, and
those who had saved money could then
put into the erection of houses the
amount they now have to pay for the
site. With free recess to unused land
there would be no lack of employment
for laborers, and wages in all indus
tries would rise to their natural level
the full earnings of labor.
With such q system in force it would
lower rents; it would raise wages, it
would encourage industry and thrift,
it would equalize natural opportuni-
test would, as a result, abolish in
voluntary poverty, the greed, intemper-
ance and vice that spring from poverty
and the dread of poverty.
Boston, Mass. w. 1. CRosMAN.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01
LONDON GOSSIP.

TIE Pail Mall Budget is to be given
M. as it does not pay expenses.
An artesyan well twelve inches N
diameter and four hundred 1ees oeeP
was completed recently IN hity-nvo
DAYS for q brewery at Hackney, N Lon
don.
No LESS than ten new peers were en-.
t,tlad IA take their seats In the house o.
lords II the beginning Of the session,
ryu;nr is the death OF their predeces-
~. The bishop Of Rochester, DR..
nav,dson. also became . peer, in place
e the lats bishop Of Hereford.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01
From the Saratoga Debate.

The actual value of land for build
ing lots in the state of Massachusetts,
can not be far from ten times the value
OF land used for agricultural purposes.
That state, as is known, assesses its
land and Improvements separately;
and / count sixty-fve towns which
assess land at upwards of one million
each, and in the aggregate at a sum
exceeding $4ss, 1928, 17s, the anne being
eighty.three per cent. of the entire
value of all the land in the state,
which is 1857, s24,672. In most of these
towns the agricultural land is a very
Insignificant item. Looking over the
list Of the other towns one sees that
their land values depend chiefly on the
portion used in the villages for build
ing purposes; and am surprised to see
that the ratio of ten to one is toe small
rather than too large.-W. Z. Harris,
United States commissioner OF edpea
ton
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01
COOK CHAT.

THERE are thirteen miles Of book
shelves in the British museum. Lon
don.
In six months $4,000 copies of Hall
Gaines "The Manxman" have been sold,
one-third of them in the United States.
NUDES CIRCULATING LIBRARY in
London has $500, 900 books constantly
in circulation and employs 17s people.
A GLOSSARY of Greek birds has been
prepared by Prot. Darcy Thompson, Of
Dundee, and will soon be issued by the
Clarendon press. What we know of
them comes mainly from Aristotle, and
task of identifying the birds described
by him is no easy one.
THERE is more Catarrh in this section of
the country than all other diseases put to-
gether, and until the last few years was sup
posed to be incurable. For a great many
years doctors pronounced it a local disease,
and prescribed local remedies, and by con-
stantly failing to cure with local treatment,
pronounced itincurable. Science has proven
catarrh to be a constitutional disease and
therefore requires constitutional treatment.
Cheney Il Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only con-
internally in doses from 10 drops to a tea
spoonful. 1t acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case it fails to
cure. Send for circulars and testimonials.
Address, T. J. CHENEY K Co., Toledo, o.
"a" Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills, % cents.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01
TAX REFORM STUDIES
EDITED BY BOLTON HALL.
An Open Column.

II any n has an impression that
communication to these "Studies"
VIII not b. published unlers they echo
the editors ideas, he is mistaken.
ARTICLES on any side of the question
will always be welcome, SO they arc
decent. we'll written, within reason.
able limits and to the point. except
thai we do not discuss the tariff.
Land owners especially should be
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
r. o. Box SO, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01
CHEAP RENTS FOR NEWSPA.
PERS.
Three Chicago Plants Charged With Trick
cry REGARDING the School Fund.

Three Chicago Plants Charged With Trick
cry Regarding the SchoolF Fund.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, March Gov.
Altgeld sen to the general assembly
to-day a communication requesting inn
mediate legislation to stop many of
the abuses existing in the manage
ment of the school property in the
state. He mentioned the condition of
affairs in Cook county, where proper.
ties belonging to the school fund of
the state are rented to corporations at
a very low rate. This land is not SUBJ
! Ject to taxation, and the plan is for a
r~evaluation every six years, with a
rental OF 6 per cent. on such valuation,
but this is circumvented.
Three Of the chief newspaper Of
Chicago are named as serious offenders
in this respect. The governor, in clos
ing his communication, said:
This peculiar kind of patriotism
which waves the flag in n hand and
plumbers the people with the other is
getting entirely too common and is
working infinite HARM
A Curious Scheme of Tax Reform.
ADAioi AAA AtLE tTli bIESs-l plo-
pose that the tax on Rssrsonal property
be enforced in this way: lto g
acted that the law shall not punish
any n for stealing or damaging any
property which was not returned for
taxation, or was returned at a mani
testify unfair value. Let it also be en-
acted that no greater damages can be
collected by law for loss of any prop
erty than the amount Of which
the owner returned it on his
tax list. Then let all other laws
for the collection Of taxes be repealed
and let us see the thing work.
We have tried almost every other
possible way of enforcing personal
property tax without success, and must
either come to this OF give up such
taxes. But there is a basis Of principle
for my proposition. The reason given
for the taxing of property is that it re-
ceives protection from the government,
for which it ought to pay. Then the
natural and business-like way of deal
ing with those who refuse to pay. is to
withdraw the services. If the govern
ment's service is worth more than the
amount charged, any man will be will
ling to pay the charges rather than
lose the service.
But if government service is worth
less than the tax charged-as is likely
enough to be the case in some of our
m~isgoverned communities-thcn it is
oppression to make a mar pay for it.
He ought to be free to decline ineffi-
cient service, and to hire his own pri-
waite police. There are cities in our
country where the honest citizens
would be heartily glad of leave to do
this, and where they would, without
doubt, support a police force much bet
ter than the present.
A general property tax IN this basis
could not be oppressive, for any one
who felt himself oppressed could sim
ply refuse to pay. A general property
tax on any other basis is rank robbery,
and at the same time SO wildly imprac-
ticable that, though all governments
have tried to collect it according to
law, non have ever succeeded.
STEPHEN T. BYINGToN,
Rordentown. n. T.. 1885,
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01
This Means Business.

On the principal lines Of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul railway passenger
trains are.electric lighted, steam heated and
protected by block signals. With these Sc
high speeds has reached a degree of safety
heretofore unknown and not attainable on
roads where they are not in use. Electric
lights and steam heat make it possible to
dispense with the oil lamp and the car
stove. Block signals have reduced the
chances for collisions to the minimum by
maintaining an absolute interval of space
between trains.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01
The Dinner Bell

Sounds but a mockery to the d%yspeptic. He
hears it, of course, but his stomach does not
respond to the call. He ''goes through the
notions and suffers afterwards for the
small amount of victuals he partakes Of. Hos.
letters Stomach Bitters alters his condition
t heartily HiiIy "a and 'iassi milate thoroughly. Ma:
laria, rheumatism, consti patton and bilious.
ness are conquered by this world-famed
medicine.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01

THE single tax is not a land tax
but a tax on 'sland values A LAND
tax is an acreage tax and falls on all
land. A tax on land values is not an
acreage tax and does not fall on all
land, but only on valuable land.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01
Halls Family Pills, % cents.

r-->eople are not yet posted in
sea-farins" lingo. Thus, a Manchester ship
canal hand was overheard shouting at the
top of his voice to a captain: care you
bringing in the blunt end or the sharp end
OF that ship?"-Tit-Bits.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01

NOTHING recalls to the mind of the mar,
ried man the joys of his single life so vivid
ly az to find that the baby has been eating
crackers in bed.-Texas Siftings.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01
Tho skin and Knovledp.

Essential to the production of the most per.
feet and popular laxative remedy known,
lave enabled the California Fig Syrup Co.
to achieve a great success in the reputation of
its remedy, Syrup of Figs, as tits conceded
to be the universal laxative. For sale by all
1ruooista
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01

ais HAWKINS a generous mani" "Well,
III his w way he isl "Ah! Sort of sui
0cnsis."-Harper's Bazaar.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01

CoNcEIr not so high an opinion of anyone
as to be bashful n impotent in their pres
ence.-Fuller.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01

Miss OLDAcRE (who has still got skittish
ways)-'Isn'tit sad, captain, when a won.
an perceives that she's grown older!' The
Captain-"Yes; but it's more sad when she
doesn't perceive it."-Judy.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01

CoMPENsATIoS.-He That's Mrs. Grim
shaw who lectures on bimetallism. w,
heard her. How cxasperatingly clever she
seems to be-" She-"Yes, but how consol
ingly ugly !'-Punch.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01

A CoNvrRT.-Visitor lin Maine)-"It's
against the law to sell this stuff, isn't it 81
Drug Clerk es.' Visitor who has just
had some)-"It ought to be."-Smith, Gray
& Co. s Monthly.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01

WIFE Ito unhappy husband)-"I wouldn't
worry, John; it doesn't do any good to Dor.
row trouble" Husband-''Borrow trouble?
Lrouble: l have it to lend."-C Colorado Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01

SOME lucky people always have a fool a
hand to take their risks for them.-Galves
ton News.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01

WHAT Is there besides luck that amounts
to anything in cards2 A good deal.-Texas
Siftings.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01

You never know how fond you are of q
boy until you become engaged to his sister.
-Tit-Bits.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01

FoGG has named his cat "Napoleon." be
cause, as he says, q cat has so many lives
Boston Transcript.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01

THE new woman seems to be pushing man
around to the bread tray.-Galveston News.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01
The Greatest Medical Discovery
of tie Aue

The Greatest Medical Discovery
of the Age.
kENNEDY'S
MEDICAL DISCOVERY.
DONALD KENNEDY, Of ROxBURY, MASS,
Has discovered in one of our common
pasture weeds a remedy that cures every
kind of Humor, from the worst Scrofula
down to a common Pimple.
He has tried it in eve eleven hundred
cases, and never failed except in two cases
(both thunder humor.) Hehas now in his
possession over two hundred certificates
of its value, all within twenty miles OF
Boston. Send postal card for book.
Abeneft is always experienced from the
first bottle, and a perfect cure is warranted
when the right quantity is taken.
When the lungs are affected it causes
shooting pains, like needles passing
through them; the same with the Liver or
Bowels. This is caused by the ducts be-
ing stopped, and always disappears in a
week after taking it. Read the label.
If the stomach is foul or bilious It will
cause squeamish feelings at first.
No change of diet ever necessary. Eat
the best you can get, and enough OF it.
Dose, one tablespoonful in water at bed
time. Sold by all Druggists.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01

WHEN properly used one good opportunity
will last a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. News.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01

A SURE THING. Advance Agent-''We
have a company of actors that will make u
ten strike in Chicago" Manager-s'Ahl
Why do you think so7' A. A.-"They're
all hams" -Detroit Free Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01

THAT man is not needed as a missionary
in heathen lands who has been married for
years, and never talks religion with his
wife.-Ram's Horn.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01

PROFESSOR ito his wife)-"Elise, I have
promised to deliver an address tomorrow
evening on the acknowledgements Of the mem
DRY. Don't let me forget about it.'-Flie-
gende Batter,
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01

IT takes some people a whole lifetime to
find out that no dollar is big enough to give
an hours happiness.-Ram's Horn.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01

THERE is no blood in the preaching against
which the devil never Lifts a club.-Ram's
Horn.