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The Monticellonian., 1895-08-02
GOV. CULBERSON TALKS
 STRAIGHT.

Upon the all important ques- tion now before the people, Gov. Culberson has the folloing to say in an open letter to Hon. John Bookhout, Dallas, Tex:
 Unless all indications are mis- leading, the great issue will be that of the currency. As you know, my personal opinion is that the United States can safely pur- sue the policy of the free and un- limited coinage of gold and silver at the present ratio, aud that the interests of the industrial masses demand it. But AS stated in the resolutions adopted at the Dallas meeting, the issue has broadoned.
The Monticellonian., 1895-08-02

No country has done more in the way of public improvements in the last 10 or l5 years than Mex, population and national resources considered. Almost her entire railway system has been built up in that time. It embraces about 5000 miles of track and extends to every important cityand into near ly every section of the coun- try Some of the lines were built by the Government and the oth- CTS with public aid.-St, Louis Re- Pubic.
 And Mexico free silver coun- try and on silver basis. Goldites read this, and compare the oon- diton of this httle Republic witb this big country of ours, on gold basis, ard "cuss" free silverites. It will do you lots of good.
The Monticellonian., 1895-08-02

The MoNTIcLLoNIAN IS very much mistaken if it believes that great many persons were not hoodwinked by this feature of Mr. Harvey's book. And it is also mistaken if it believes that any person in the Gazette office was fooled by any of the Actions and misstatements contained in "Coin 8 Financial School" The book was not written for men who think for themselves.-Gazette.
 If the Gazette was not "fooled' why should other people have been? But, now, since it has own ed up that it never did believe there was any school, let it be charitable enough to give other people credit for having little common sense, and the great bug aboo about falsehood number one will vanish into thin air.
The Monticellonian., 1895-08-02
A CURE FOR DYSPEPSIA.
MEssRs LIPPMAN BRos..

savannah, Ga. GENTLEMEN:-For the benefit of all suffering from dyspepsia and general debility 1 beg to submit my testimonial to the efficacy of your P. P. P. (Prickly Ash, Poke Root and Potassium) as a positive cure for all these distressing com plaints.
 My system was also full of ma- laria, my condition was growing very serious, l had no appetite, was losing strength and was com. pletely broken down in health; but now my health is fully re- stored, and 1 eat like a field laborer, without the slightest fear of serious results. 1 really feel like new man.
 take great pleasure in telling the world that P. P. P. did the grand work of restoring me to my accustomed health.
 Yours truly,
 w. $. CHERRY,
 Savannah City Market.
The Monticellonian., 1895-08-02
Arkansas Letter.

The following is the major DOT ton of letter written by new, conner to Drew county to paper al his old home in Kansas. As II gives Il very correct history of the country's resources, we take pleas ure in reproducing Il:
 Fruit IS one of Arkansas brides as no one seems to dispute her pre-eminence as a fruit country. She has taken first prize over 22,- 900 plates at the Worlds Fair in New Orleans in 1885 and in Chiea go in 1893. They say the Horti- cultural world is at our feet and we are gently signing for some one to tread on Pomona's skirt" :" At and any rate they taste good. The early varieties of apples are flooding the markets now. The very early peaches are gone but plenty of others are ripening. The wild goose and Japanese plums are very delicious. l had some oi the latter that measured l-2 2 inches in diameter; every fence corner is full of blackberries large and luscious. Every body seems to live well and happy; ev- en the hogs have not that razor back appearance they had last March when I was down here Arkansas is a most wonderful state. The north western half is rich in minerals and fruit while the southeastern half is rich in fruit and agriculture. The Rough and Ready ochre beds of Drew county have proven to be equal to the best imported ochres. The clay, discovered in southeastern Arkansas is yet in it's infancy. Very few factories are running, yet tho clay found there will mak e pressed brick, hling, majolica ware and terra cotta. Vitrifed brick is made in the northwestern portion of the state from the skale beds of Washington county; at Fort Smith large factory is in operation and are making large quantities of most excellent vitri- fed brick. The principal streets of that city, Little Rock and Pine Bluff are paved with it. Arkansas is great in its reeuperative ability and powers. When you consider that in 1888 it's entire taxed wealth was sl5,000,000 and that in 1860 It had increased to over s122, ,000, ,0e0 and then was reduc- ed to s38,O00,O00 at the close of the war besides the other ravages of war which was tremendous blow at the energies and hopes of the people and that now it's taxa ble property was little over
The Monticellonian., 1895-08-02

List of Letters Remaining in the P. o. at Monticello, Ark,
 Unclaimed for 30 days. Terrell, H. T. Harris, Jasper. Hicks, Dora. Miller, Mrs. Eliza. Patterson, T. A. Wallace, Miss A. I. Wright, J. F. (col) within the next two weeks will be sent to the dead letter office
 A. NJ. BELL, P. M.
The Monticellonian., 1895-08-02

one IS for free coinage by interna- tional agreement only is equiva lent to declaration against sil- yer. The truth is the organized wealth of the Eastern States, which is the strength of the gold movement in the South and West acting upon correspondent banks and debtor merchants, is opposed to the coinage of silver whether by international agreement or other wise. Apparently on good au- thority it has been announced that delegates to an international conference would be appointed by this government because the act of Congress authorized them to assent to the free coinage of silver. Feeding and clothing the world as we do, an immediate declaration and determination by the United States to maintain free coinage would do more than all else to es- tablish international bi-m etallism. The contest, therefore, it appears to me, is between the single gold standard and the gold and silver coinage of the constitution.
 Nor are the gold advocates re- crulting only among Republicans and Democrats. They have at tackled the camp Of the Populists in this State and have prevailed upon their chief spokesman to throw off the thin disguise hereto fore worn and adopt their falla- cious argument and their policy as shown by the following from his speech at Hillsboro on June 29th: "We do not believe in free and un- limited coinage of silver, We re- strict it to $50 per capita. The free and unlimited coinage of sil- yer at the rate of Is to l would drive all the gold out of the coun- try in three months"
 With the Democratic advocates of the single gold standard and leading Populists thus arrayed against them, the duty of silver Democrats is plainly pointed out by the Dallas resolutions. The contest should Do settled within our own ranks. Organization should be perfected in every pre- cinct in the State for the struggle next year, and for the purpose of sending delegates to the com ing State Democratic silver con vention. This Fention will be confined to Democrats and it's i'm portance suggests the attendance of all who are opposed to this dan. gerous revolution. The Demo cratic party without bitterness or acrlmony as in it's past history, is wise and patriotic enough to settle this question within its own lines. However settled, we are informed that some wise in their own con- ceit will desert the flag. But con- trary to their own expectations, the party will succeed and survive. Great as the question is, the party is essential and committed to no- ble aims, chief among them the maintainance of the personal liber- ty of the citizen and the integrity of the States. Speaking for my self, 1 believe our success is assur- ed, but whatever the result I shall support the tickets, State and Ma tional. No question is settled un- til settled right, and with each re- curing election, as was the case with the tariff, the restoration of silver, to its proper place in our monetary system should be pre- sented to the thoughtful consider ation of the people. Truly your friend,
 c. A. CULBERsoN.
The Monticellonian., 1895-08-02
Subscriptions:

DE#ccRaTs, get together. and on a free silver basis. If that is not inc plan to win and about the only one, we are woeiully mistake
The Monticellonian., 1895-08-02

Wuicu Ielef VIII pe urged can not be doubted. The approach to them will be slow, and it will be, 1t the more austute leaders think it wise, but the purpose will be boldly avowed if indications of success should warrant. Always individuals and organizations have declared for them. The di- rection of the step is undoubted and its length will depend upon the opposition encountered. If this be serious and unyielding they will again advance the plan of an international agreement to secure another continuance, strengthening their lines in the meantime. An international agreement would settle the ques- tion and would be welcomed by the friends of silver. But even those who speak of it most in the
 United States know it 10 be utter ly impos sibe under existing cir cumstanees. It is declared to be impossible without the co-opera- ton of England and that country is known to be unalterably oppos- ed to such an agreement and to the principle of bimetalism unless forced upon her. To declare that
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20
Taxing Shadows.

EDITOR FARMERS VoICE:--Your edi-
torial of January 10, on Taxing Good
Will" is entirely sound in it's attack on
the proposition to put i tax on the
good will of newspapers. But when
you go on to advocate the taxation of
money it seems to me that you are try
ing to do what you aptly term Tax
ing. Shadows" The attempt to tax
money as we'll as all other forms of
personal property, has always proved a
failure, mainly because -"the eye can
not see it" as you say of newspapers
good will. The greater portion of the
money in any country can be SO easily
concealed that only the honest citizens
who come forward to render IN &C.
count of their holdings are reached by
the assessor. For this reason taxes on
personal property, mortgages, ETC.,
fall more heavily on the farmers than
on the residents of cities, where it is
difficult to ascertain the amount OF
such property. And it is for this rea-
son that the advocates of the single
tax on land values strongly urge the
abolition of all property taxes, includ'
ing taxes on farm buildings, improve
ments, stock, machinery, etc, and the
raising of all public revenue by tax.
ing the land values solely. Under the
latter system the great bulk of taxa.
ton would fall on valuable city or
mineral lands, and the farmers would
pay much less than they do now
Whidden Graham.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20
From Uncle Tom.

To prevent land monopoly the tax
on land should be high enough to make
it improbable to hold land out of use;
in other words. land should be taxed
according to its value, irrespective OF
improvement in or on it.
This would induce the owners of val.
liable land to improve it,or permit 9th
ers so to do, thereby giving employ
ment directly to those who produce
the houses, stores, etc, and indirectly
to those who furnish the raw material
which the former use in the production
of improvements.
This at once would start the wheels
of commerce and keep them running
until all human wants and desires
would be satisfied.
This would give employment to all,
enforced idleness would be a thing Of
the past and nobody would take up
more land than he proftably could use.
At present large areas of the best
and most productive land are held idle
for a rise in price.
This naturally compels people to oc'
cupy poorer and less productive land.
makes land dearer and, therefore, hard.
er to get, curtails employment and
crowds people into foul and disease
breeding tenements in which ~cleanli-
ness. privacy and morality are things
but seldom if ever, found.
st. Louis, January %.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20
VALUABLE LITERARY FINDS.

A HITHERTO unknown work by Less
ing on Esop's fables was recently dis
covered by Prof. Richard Forester,
of Breslau, in the university library of
that place.
AN English translation of THE
Thibctan Life of Jesus" which NJ.
Notovich, the Russian traveller, says he
discovered in q Lamaist monastery in
the I1imalayas, will be published
Two FRAaMENTAEY copies OF hitherto
unknown editions of "Tyndalc's New
Testament" have come to light in Eng
land; the British museum experts as
sign them to the years 1854 and 1885,
respectively.
A MANUSCRIPT conclusion to Gogol's
dead Souls" is said to have been dis
covered recently at Kalugu, in Russia.
Gogol burnt his Nv original himself
in n fit of disgust, but a copy remained
in the possession of the man who copied
for him, who is still alive, and has
sent 1t to a Russian journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20
ingenious PrOselytixers


The land takers in England havr
adopted a novel method of imrress;nc
their views on the chancellor x TIE ex.
eheqner (Sir Vim. HARBOUR, IL the
nope of influencing him in the rse,,ara-
ton of the budget for this year.
lhey are circulating the following
with instructions to the signers to for.
ward direct to the treasury:
THE BUDGET rs II MIGHT liz. !
IN the Newcastle Programme the
government stands pledged to the hilt
10 the following reforms, all of which
sh2nl1 find 4 place in this yeat's Bud
get-ayment Of members payment
OF Election expenses, abolition of
brei, hfast table duties, old age PEN
sloT', and taxation Of land values.
We've Sir VIM. Harcourt to levy on
present values the tax of Is. in the 81
o"' land values-which, being now
levied on the values of 1899 instead of
on those Of 1865, brings in a paltry
t1,o5o,HD only!-he would ret a
revenue of e32, 0OO, 600 or E4O. 900, 600,
the rental value of the land of the
united kingdom being estimated at
from s16O, GOO. 900 to EoOO. coo. 900. He
could then readily redeem all the
pledges above mentioned, and the
balance, if any, could be applied to
the reduction of the more oppressive
OF the present rates and taxes. The
land value tax, moreover, being levied
upon the full annual value of all land,
whether put to use or not, would force
into the market the IS, OOO. 900 acres Of
land now held out of use, and the
laborers would, therefore, be able to
obtain land for allotments on reason.
able terms. The result would be that
4 minimum wage of a6s. or Dos. per
week would soon be the rule through
out the country, for on Lord Caring
estate the laborers obtaining the
land at the same rental as the farmers,
can clear that amount per week. Sur
plus labor would thus he attracted
from the towns to the country, and the
unemployed problem would be largely
solved. Arthur Witty, in London
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20
THE INCOME TAX.

"ha' is the Size of your income. Give ~ Tho
licures pray. o' Il
1Alo aoh't you Re modest about it. for sh,,.sr
won't do to-day. SAsnee'
All you who've been ostentations Dnn ,,v,no
beyond your means, living
Go down to the tax assessor ,,, ;,,
fers wide, N"A S'ur COL
ne foe,e-man OF the treasury is stana;n, .,
your side: "ih a'
e hotea our yacht anu vpur horses hoe
no'iccd the way YOU sup,
n"o mes going TO be mighty careful how ron
foot yoer columns ur. ~ y
'Nn thoufht you were goinr II sIvaiv, wera
travelling much on Your shaDn.
h"' ROW he's going 10 prove it, backed IN nv,
square miles of red tame:
h" YOU "ho'Ve been ostentatious must toll
A. the whole truth to-day
'ou VIC got to admit you're a fraud, sir. mr.
you We got to step up and pay.
go tell us the size Of your income; account ror
each little red cent;
his terrible cad, the collector, knows nre.tv
We'll what You have spent,
anu II you think to escape him by makino IL
small you will fail,
end end, if you try to decc;vp him. IA p su,or
private box at the jail.
John Kcndrick Bangs.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20
One Of Many Similar Letters.

NEW 1ORh, EeU. IL, 1919.
Robert Baker, secretary New Yorh
Tax Reform Association.
Dear Sir:-For the past two years J
have paid a personal tax on s5,ONn
Every year they increase, and this year
/ have been notified my assessment
will be So, 600. / have not been able to
appear personally and therefore have
borrowed the money and paid it. ]
have been driven by the force of cir.
cumstances and the high rate of taxa.
ton out of the city. ] can not live OF
my income and am in no business.
I can not fight this thing for ]
haven't the money. am $500 in
debt, pay 81, 0o0 in taxes, and every dol
lar l can spare / pay on my indebted
ness. Very truly,
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20
To a street railways i n Connecticut.

New HAVEN, CT. Jan. 31.-New Ha-
ven will eventually tax its street rail-
roads. Thus far valuable franchises
have been granted free until the street
railways seem virtually to own the
eity's right Of way. The chamber OF
commerce in d report suggests that
the CITY. court or common council petit
ton the legislature for an amendment
Of the present state law relating to the
taxation of street railways, SO that
such companies shall pay a tax OF 81
per cent. on gross earnings to the cities
or towns in which their tracks are laid,
the proposed tax to be in lieu OF all
other taxation.-Press Dispatch.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20
ENORMOUS PROFIT IN LAND.
"a rarm Containing an Asphalt Depos,,
eOld by q NelY Yorker f... sian

Farm Containing an Asphalt Deposit
GOA by a New Yorker for 81 90, O
eLARksvILLk, Tenn.-The Conso,;.
oated Asphalt Co. Of Southern Ken.
lucky has purchased Of Theodore Reck.
er' OF New York, for 9ee wears, 700
acres OF land in Logan county. XIV.
paying $1,000 0 for It, though it cost
WI years ago only $1,000. The farm
Is said to contain asphalt of the best
quality n the company will at once
to develop it. Mr.. Becker
retains the right to cultivate the land,
N. Y. World.
llhlsis whatour single takite ffietdn
would call a case of uhaarned incre.
,nens, of value accruing to certain,
locations without any regard TO what
Tie owner has done.-En.1
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20
Highest of all in Leavening Power-Latest U. S. Govt Report
R@!aza!!! RskiR&
ABSOLUTELY PURE

LET me Sec" said Bobbs to Dobbs, ''isu't
this Dobbs that we were justtalking about q
relative of yours!' "a distant relative"
said Dobhs. VERY distant3' 81 should
think so. He's the n(dcstof twelve children
in our family, and I'm the youngest."-Tit-
Bits.
DISTINCTION. -Affable Citizen-"I guess
you never saw the weather any colder than
it has been this winter" Oldest Inhabitant
No; but I've feltit colder. detroit Free
Press.
PIso's CURE is a wonderful Cough medi-
cine.-Mrs. w. PICKERT, Val Siclen and
Blake AYES, Brooklyn, N. Y, Oct. a, ~.
CoLoNEL-"Arc you one of the advanced
women, Miss Passe:" Miss =. (haughtily)
-'Indced, | am not l was only twenty
three last birtllday.'-N. Y. World.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20
A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER.

One Man Who Was Deceived by q Small
Boy and n Big Thermometer.
Men were hurrying along with heads
drawn as close to their shoulders as
possible SO as to get the benefit of all
the coat collar they could and were
slapping their hands and rubbing their
ears while a thirty miles an hour wind
was doing it's best to make pedes-
TRANS think that the mercury stood
at so instead of 5 degrees be-
low zero. Attached to a post in
front of a North side drug store was
a thermometer. 1t was raised about
four feet from the sidewalk. Hug
cling the post and standing directly un-
der the big wooden case was a small
boy, who was amusing himself by
blowing on the bulb which contained
the mercury. The boy looked so much
like q continuation of the post that the
big German who stopped to see how
cold he ought to feel did not notice
him.
Huh! How is dis?' said the Ger.
man, as he looked at the Thermometer
curiously after giving it a first cursory
glance. "Huh! Tirty-five? Seem like
it vas colder"
Unconsciously or otherwise he began
to unbutton his coat and to loosen the
wrappings around his throat.
"Und it get warmer some more" he
added, as the mercury continued to rise
in response to the small boys efforts.
''Must be de gold vafe don'd last much.
Dis climate make vun crazy. De ba-
pbers say it vas sixteen degrees below
und now it don'd freeze already"
Then he saw the small boy whose
face had expanded into a broad grin at
the result of his experiment.
"Ho! no! ho!" laughed the German.
'You play one yoke on me. 1t vas
some more colder than thought. Dat
vas a good fool. Make me think it vas
summer almost. Next time you don'd
catch me again" And he went on
down the street readjusting his wraps
and chuckling to himself Chicago
Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20
lax REFORM STUDIES
EDITED BY BOLTON uA1.1.
An Open Column.

IL any n has an impression thu.
Sn S to these "Studsasn
W. W. not De published unlees they echo
'ne eoltor's ideas, he is mistaken
Articles on any side Of the n,ee,,o.
WI always be welcome, so thew ara
decent, well written, within arc
t.a limits n to the point, except
'nae we DO not discuss the tariff,
lana owners especially should r.,
Interested as the principle benefit of
any improvement Or social ,dv,,oa
soes to them in the increase Of va1ne
given to land. Address this Office. ~
f.o Box So, Buffalo, N. Y,
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20
AN EVENING WITH VERSE.

The -Four Winds.
The wind O. the west
Ilove 1t best.
The wind o the east
love 1t least
The wind O. the south
las sweet In its mouth.
The wind o'the north
Sends great storms forth.
ra1ten together ali sorts OF weather.
The four old fellows are sure to bring
Hurry and furry, rush and scurry.
Signing and dying. and fitting and flying,
Through summer and autumn and winter and
spring.
Margaret e. S,ngster. in Harper's Young
People
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20
The Rule of Contrary.

How things DO go by contrartes
In this sublunary spherel
And mems names, OF Fate's vagaries.
Are the queerest Of the queer.
MI. Goodman is o bad man.
Mr.. Wellman's always ~:
Mr. Joy. he is o sad man,
Mr.. Wiseman's wisdom g nil.
Mr.. Blackman is o white man,
Mr.. White. he Is a black;
MI. Stout he is q slight IAN.
Mr.. Neat Is mighty sliSk
Mr.. Winters full OF ardor.
: Mr.. Summer Is always cold;
Mr. Gamble ne'er q cord or
Chip" was ever known to hold
Mr.. Long he is q short man.
Mr.. Wildman no Is meek:
Mr.. Learned's on untaught man;
Mr.. Meek has got the cheek"
Mr.. Tailor ne'er made breeches,
Nor did NaIlor drive a natl;
Mr.. Pitcher never pitches,
Nor does Sailor reef q sail
Mr.. Walt is always early,
Mr.. Early's always late;
Mr.. Sweet Is always surly.
Mr.. Crook is always straight"
And so, thro' the categoriest
Oh. what is there that can lie
Like mems names-except the stories
Told by tombstones when men die?
Boston Globs.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20
Gods Music.
Since ever tho world was fashioned.

COOS Music.
Since eve the world was fashioned,
Water, and air. and sod.
A music of divers meaning
Has flowed from the hand of God
In valley. and gorge. and upland.
On stormy mountain height.
He makes him a harp OF the forest.
He sweeps the chords with might:
He puts forth His hand to the ocean,
Ho speaks and the watcrs 1ow-
Now In q chorus Of thunder.
Now In a cadence low.
He touches the waving flower bells.
He plays on the woodland streams
A tender song, like o mother
Sings to her child In dreams.
But the music divinest and dearest,
Since ever the world began,
Is the manifold PASSIONATE music
He draws from the heart OF mani
Temple Bsz
The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-20
The Enemy of Bacilli.

Let US keep in mind that good, we'll
nourished blood is the enemy of bacilli
of consumption the same as it is of all
other germs, and other things being
equal, that can be best procured by
living an outdoor life as near as posi-.
BILE, even to the extent of almost sleep
ing beneath the stars. Camping out
and roughing it and the taking of ex-
ercise which engages the muscles as
we'll as the mind, which encourages
the appetite as well as the digestive
powers of the glutton, thus renew the
blood in such a manner as to assist ma
lure in the work of throwing off the
diseasc.-N. Y. Advertiser.