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The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-27
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

In all Christian countries. the num-
Der of females who attend tie churches
is far greater than that of the men.
DIR. Mckay, a Canadian, has been
| one of the most successful missionaries
in Formosa recently, and it is thought
| the transfer of the island to Japan will
be a help instead of hindrance to the
work.
Harvard university has received a
bequest of S., 900 by the will of the late
Leverett saltonstall, Of the class of
"a. The will provides that the income
of the fund shall be paid rs q scholar.
ship to one or more students.
"A majority of the pr~esbyteries Of
the Presbyterian church favor the idea
of federation, and nearly a majority
the plan as submitt.-b by the general
assembly. The unqualified negative
votes are not over Is out of 224 presby-
teries.
The early Christians celebrated
Christmas at several different dates.
Some communities observed January 1;
others January s; others March 90, the
date of the Jewish passover: others
September %, the date Of the feast of
tabernacles.
The United States department of
agriculture has established at the Tus-
institute, Tuskegee, Ala, a de-
p4rtment for a scientific investigation
Of the composition and consumption of
food among the Negroes in the Black
belt Of the south.
George w. Cobb, chaplain of the
Bethel Mission chapel, of st. Louis, is
none the less a philosopher because he
Is a humanitarian. He offers a lunch
of sandwiches and coffee to all poor
,eople who will attend an hours re-
ltgious service each Sunday evening.
Mrs. Clara H. %Stranahan, of Brook
I'm, N. Y, has presented to the Uni
versity Of Michigan the sum of S25, 1000,
to be used for scholarships, to be given
first to lineal descendants of Mrs.
Stranahan's father, Seth Stranahan.
If none such shall appear at the end of
seven years, it is provided that the
amount accrued may be given to any
faculty.
-Somdetch Phra Paramundir Mana
Chulalonkorn Phra Chula Chom klao,
King of Siam, has presented to the
Cornell University library a S.amese
edition of the Tripitaka, the sacred
writings of the Southern Buddhists.
The edition is in t~hirty-nine handsome
ly bound volumes, and is presented or
Che twenty-ffth anniversary Ct the
kings reign. Only a part of the Budd-
histic writings have been translated;
if the entire text were translated into
English it would make a book three or
four times as large as the Bible.
Recent Berlin papers publish some
Interesting statistics on the relative
representation of Roman Catholicism
aad Professionalism in the universities,
from which it again appears that, com
paratively, the former is not nearly SO
we'll represented as is the latter. In
the nine Rs osian universities there
were in ATTENDANCE s,Os9 Protestants,
z, 1866 Roman Catholics and !, 134 Jews;
Or 6s. so per cent, P%rotestants, 10. SO per
cent. Roman Catholics, and 11.95 PEI
cent. Jews. In the entire population
perhaps 65 per cent. are Protestante,
30 per cent. Roman Catholics, and 2 per
cent. Jews.
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locations permits the owner ra
hold in anticipation Of advance III
value-would be put upon the market
when increased assessment should
COMPEL the owner to use or permit
others to use it i'll production. thus
adding to the supply Of available land
and SO tending to lower its price.
On the other hand the immense i'm.
petus which capital and industry
would receive from the hew and easier
access to natural opportunities, and re.
lief from the taxes, which now vex
and Cypress all production and i'm.
provement. must surely tend to in.
crease the demand for land and CON
sequently add to it's value. This value,
created directly By the presence and
industrial activity If the community.
is obviously the fittest source of publ:
revenues.
Those who urge that the farmec
would suffer an injustice by the singls
tax think only of his interest as a
landlord. In nineteen out of twenty
eases the farmers interest as a land.
lord Is almost nothing as co,n.
pared to his interests as a worker
and a producer. Give him relief
from the taxes which new take so
large a share Of his produce. taxes
upon his buildings and al IL ~e-
ments, taxes upon personal property,
tariff taxes upon nearly even thing he
uses from the cradle to tn. grave
give him relief from all there and he
can snap his fingers at all She single
tax will take, even if it be nearly all
the rental value of his hare land. In
more than nineteen out OF twenty cases
he would be a direct gamer and he OF
all men should move for t!,e single tax.
HENRY BRoUGHToN.
Troy, N. Y.
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The Floral Emblem.

"A friend of mine,'' said a citizen,
"asked me the other evening to go and
call on some friends Of his who had
lost the head of the family the day
previous. He had been an honest old
Irishman, a laborer with the pick and
shovel. While we were with the fam.
lily a nan entered who had worked by
his side for years. Expressing his sor.
row at the loss of his friend and
glancing about the room, he observed
q large floral anchor. Scrutinizing it
closely, he turned to the widow and in
a low tone asked: Who sent the pick2'"
-PhilSdelphia Call
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WIT N WISDOM.

Every duty we omit obscures SON G
truth we should have known. John
Ruskin.
tive thorns the right to live, aid
you make a law against killing snakes,
Rams Horn.
Slim Cavalier-Her heart is as hard
Is glass; 1 can't make any impression
on it. Port]y Ditto-Have you tried q
diamond?-St. James Budget.
1T is not yourself only you will
serve by the formation of hopeful
views and habits; you will be a per-
petual cordial and tonic to all those
among whom your lot is cast. -Disra-
eli.
-She-Here is the story of a msn
who says he never made love to a girl
In his life. Do you believe it? He-It
may be true. Some fellows make a
speciality of widows, you know.-In-
dianapolis Journal.
The growing good of the world is
partly dependent on unhistoric acts;
and that things are not SO ill with you
and me as they might have been is bali
owing to the number who lived faith
fully a hidden life, and rest in unvisit-
ed tombs.-George Eliot.
-Celia-Mr. Filter is such pleasant
company! But then he says such hate
full things! He actually had the au-
dacity to tell me last evening that he
didn't think you were stylish. Della
You call that hateful? You should
hear a few of the things he says about
you!-Boston Transcript.
"A lady who had been ill at her own
home, and who wished to spare herself
the annoyance of having many people
come to the door on her day for receiv-
ing calls, sent a card round to her
friends with this written upon it:
MRS. c.. being unable to leave her
bed through illness, will not be at
home next Wednesday as usual."-Tit-
Bits.
Two years ago there was an out.
break of cholera in France, and in
structions were forwarded to the marie
of a certain village to take all neces-
sary precautions, as the epidemic vas
rapidly spreading. At first our worthy
magistrate did not know what to do.
After a while, however, he reported
that he was ready to receive the dread
visitor. Upon inquiry being made it
was discovered that by his orders a
sufficient number of graves had been
dug in the local cemetery to bury the
entire parish, if required.-El Nervion.
"A young man was asked by his lady
love to add his signature to her auto
graph album with the request that he
would write a verse or some maxim in
addition to the signature. He found
his task greater than he anticipated.
He could not remember anything Of
an ~endearing nature to write. In his
desperation he consulted his father,
who suggested that any little rhyme
would suit, for example, when this
you see remember me-" The young
man readily accepted the suggestion,
snd wrote: when this you see re-
member father. Rams Horn.
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800 Reward. a,nn

learn m t anaae .bo OF this paper will BE- nle,,sa ).
DISEASE th,t mere is at least ons p'G drss e
ali Hiss It's st sass science ae5 has been able to u cvse iS
cGatsrrh tgse 'f i, .t thst , i voa aas Hall e
kknGwn to the medical f psts positive cur
ennst;t constitutional disease Catarrb
cure s'i IL ta1ai treatment. Halls 4ulfes 2
the = aa5en internally, actinr dire Cstarrh
system n.J tbars ana mucous surfaces ~ , 3a
q the 'ddai seesyad' es str the foun 81 tns
str strength y SsiIldi aed u siS ing s as pstisns
n nron assisting natureHin doing sn it, constitution 10
i've kiyp no,.sor have 50 much faith i ~ 4: Inc
i DoI'apr powers, that they offer as' on In H IT'S enra;
SEND ,if for i list 81 ain ss.t case that it fails n t. safs'
Sold BY p s. :; Giass :. & Co, Toledo, O.
nalr' Family Pills, Is cents.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-27
REFORM STUDIES
EDITED BY BOLTON HAL.r.
An Open Field,

u any n has an impression that
communications to these Studies"
WI not be published unless they echo
the editors ideas he is mistaken:
Artlcies On any aspect of taxation
VIII always be welcome, if thew are
lucent, well written, within reason.
aole limits and to the point, except
INA we do not discuss the tariff.
Ian owners especially should be
interested, as the principal benefit Of
any Improvement or sbcial advance
goes to them in the increase of value
given to land. Address this Office, or
~ Lock street, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-27
An Expensiye Tax.

The total amount of inheritance tax
collected during the fiscal year ending
September soth, 1892 was 81, 1881, os2. 79.
From this was allowed and paid as a
cost of collecting the same, legal fees
amounting to nearly ten per-centum OF
the entire tax, viz: $751; ,Ts72.21.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-27

FR1END-"You have no more work to dc
on .4,,e shat P'C sre'o ma haya e ;, ycrt pi+ Artist
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-27

DEST1sT-'What are the last teeth that
comet" Brilliant Student-"False teeth, l
~guess."-Life.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-27

1SDIsCRETION. %rashness, falsehood, Ievity
and malice produce each other.-Lavater.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-27

TRUE bravery proposes a just end; meas
ures the dangers, and meets the result
with calmness and unyielding decision.-La
None.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-27

The money question is mainly an
outgrowth of restriction. If growing
potatoes were a government or nation
al potato bank monopoly, we would
soon have potato corners and an insult
fcient per capita of potatoes.
Such a monopoly could be easily es-
tablished by taxing all state grown
potatoes ten per cent.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-27

Don't Tobacco Spit or Smoke -Four Life
Away
Is the truthful, startling title of a book
about No-To-Bac, the harmless, guaranteed
tobacco habit cure that braces up nicotinized
nerves, eliminates the nicotine poison, makes
weak men gain strength, vigor and man
hood. You run no physical Or financial
risk, as No-To-Bac IS sold by Druggists
everywhere, under a guarantee to cure or
money refunded. Book free. Ad. Sterling
Remedy Co., New York or Chicago.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-27

The world is only saved by the breath Of
the school Northumberland.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-27

LovH Is precisely TO the moral nature
what the sur is to the earth.-Balzac.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-27

WrLp-"Can't you overcome your thirst
for rumr" Tramp-"Yes, sir, with a dime"
Life.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-27

BUTcnER-''Win YOU have a round steak,
miss7' Young Housekeeper-"Oh, Idon't
care what shape it is, so It's tender."-De
troit Free Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-27

THOSE who for the first time are to become
mothers should use "Mother's Friend Much
suffering will be saved. Sold by druggists.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-27

This department always gives credit
for clippings. Editors quoting it ara
requested TO send marked copies to the
editor.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-27
The Strongest Man HE...

Sometime. En- 0sc" weak
vigor is taken b rhs ,n short cut TO renewed
use hostetter's Stomach Ritter enough to
tnit an 1t re-establishes impaired 1y diees.
eoa' ENABLES the system to assimilate fesea
and combines the qualities Of a ins m noHu'
,ua, ssmulant with those Of q soy eiei
cnave remedy. Malaria, Dyspepsia
commippa.lon rheumatic, nervous and kidnav
"u's are cured and averted BY it.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-27

THE plants look up to heaven, from
whence they have their nourishment.-
Shakesneare
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-27

In CHICAGO - She "There are sixty
thousand people in Chicago who smoke
opium" He-"That's nothing. Just think
how many there are who smoke hams."-
Detroit Free Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-27

I CAN recommend Piso's Cure for Con
sumption to sufferers from Asthma.-E ID.
TOWNSEND, Fl. Howard, Wis, May 4, '94.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-27

"WHY do you always get off your wheel,
Badger, when you meet a lady'" BE.
cause l cant take my hat off to her, do
the best l can and TAX myself off."-Har-
per's Bazaar.
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Highest Of all in Leavening Power-Latest Us. Cows Report
R RS'&R&
ABSOLUTEEX PURE

Miss x-"I'm going to send this item
about our hye-o'clock tea to the Weekly
Gossiper.' Miss Y.-'They won't take it.
You've written on both sides of the paper"
Miss X.-"Dear me, l don't see why they
need be so stiff about it. They print on both
sides of their o wn paper, don'tthey!"-Rox-
bury Gazette,
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For Union.

A new Canadian order, claiming to
be in the interest of labor farmers, we
believe.) want to tax everything in
sight, while the labor organizations OF
Canada are unanimous for the single
tax. The Toronto Star therefore sug-
gests that they unite on the PROPOSE.
ton of local option in taxation, as that
would bring the matter to a full, clear
and square test of relative advantages.
San Francisco Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-27

c,oola ERasLE to me is the hard b.,a
i Giloo 4 coarse-wherein, sano-
as as Of = th cunnlng virtue, ~indispehsab1tvn Jung
u 'he scspter of the planet~rappl1yy,ss ovai
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-27

CAN any man or woman choose dutiesi
No more than they can choose their birth
place or their father and mother.-George
Eliot.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-27
nervous Pr0StrdtlOI'

IS que to impure and Impoverished
h4ooa' The true way to cure, is to
purify the blood. Read this.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-27

NATURE cannot be surprised in undress
Beauty breaks in everywhere.-Emerson.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-27

MAMMA-"Here is an English cousin,
dear, whom you rave never seem Little
Girl twhispering)-''Shall | have to speak
English to him, mammaf'- Harper's
Razar-
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-27

FIRST AMER1cAN-"So You got a divorce
from the dukef Any alimony" Second
American-"No: rebate. PUCK.
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important Points.

/. Taxation which discriminates
against a portion and not all in any
line of pursuit is disastrous to the por.
ton Disseminated against.
The old state banks were speedily
and effectually driven out of business
rs banks of issue by a discriminative
tax of 10 per cent. against their notes
in favor of national bank notes. Rea.
son; the state banks were prevented
by the competition of the national
banks from charging their excess az
upon the public.
9. Taxation which discriminates
against all in any line of pursuit is in.
furious to none Disseminated against.
The government has tried to discour'
age the manufacture and sale Of liquor
and tobacco by heavily taxing them.
but has succeeded rather in uniformly
fostering the trade in these articles
than otherwise. Reason; the discrim.
ination being impartial and alike for
all in the same pursuits. no one por.
ton could prevent another portion
from charging their excess taxation
upon the public. The Graduated Tax
er. Berlin, Pa.
tit seems to us that taxation on all
in any pursuit, binders all and discour-
ages that pursuit, besides putting
them at a disadvantage as compared
with foreign capitalists ED.
Supposed Eject of single Tax.
The reduction in land values would
cause a corresponding reduction in
rents. so far as land is concerned.
Landlords, however, would find a SUBJ
stantial compensation in the fact OF
fewer vacant houses and fewer bad
tenants.
Tenants, of course, would be bene-
flied all around. Whilst probably pay
ing the same rent for the house which
the landlord put there, they would not
pay SO much for the spot of ground
that he did not put there. They would
also largely get the benefit of the
lessened taxation on improved prop.
erty.-Ex.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-07-27

set m aaS Is nothing but the skin Of trnth
ee1u up and stuffed.-H. W. Beeche,, 'ru'n
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-08-14
TOUR TO THE NORTH VIA
PEN SESYLVANIA RAILROAD
THE LAST OF THE SEA.

The last OF the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company's personally conduct
ed tours to the North will leave on
August 20.
These tours traverse more than
seventeen hundred miles of the most
magnificent country, and a psrticl.
pant in the last tour, al extensive
traveller, states that in his experience
be has found no other tours of equal
distance so replete in points of gen.
uine interest, everyone of which is in
itself well worth the trip. The stop
at Quebec, new feature, added
greatly to the success of the last tour.
The names of the places to be Wis,
tied are familiar to all and suggestive
of wonderland. No matter how much
they may be expected, one cannot be
disappointed d in Watkins Glen. Mia
CARA Falls, Thousand Islands, Quebec,
Montreal, Au Sable Chasm, Lakes
CbampIain and George, Saratoga or
tn Q Highlands Of the Hudson. The
round trip rate of $40 from New
Yore, Brooklyn, Newark, Trenton,
Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Baltimore
and Washington will cover all nee.
essary expenses during the TINA
absent. A beautiful descriptive itin-
ary can be procured from the tourist
department of the Pennsylvania Rail
road, 1876 Broadway, New York, or
Room AL, Broad Street Station,
Philadelphia.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-08-14
LEGAL.
COURr PROCLAMATION.

Whereas, the Hon. JEREMIAH LYONS,
President Judge of the Court of Commod
Pleas, for the Forty-First Judicial District.
composed of the counties of Juniata and
Perry, and the Houorables JOSIAH L. BAR
TON and J. P. WICKERSHAM, Associate
Judges of the said court of Common Pleas
of Juniata county, by precept duly issued
and to me directed for holding q Court of
Oyer and Terminer ard Genera Jail Deliv-
cry, and General Quarter Sessions of the
Peace at MifIlintown, on the
FIRST MONDAY OF SEPTEMBER 1895,
BEING THE End DAY OF THE
MONTH.
NOTICE HEREBY GIVEN, to the Coroner,
Justices of the Peace and Constables of tho
County of Juniata, that they be then and
there in their proper persons, al 10 O'Clock
IN the forenoon of said day, with their rec
ords, inquisitions, examinations and Oyer
rememberances, to do those things that to
their offices respectfully appertain, and
those that are bound by recognizance to
prosecute against the prisoners that are or
may be in the Jail of said county, be then
and there to prosecute against them as
shall be Just.
By an Act of the Assembly, passed the
9Th day of May, 1854, it made the duty OF
Justices of tho Peace of the several ceun-
ties of this Commonw alth, to return 10 the
Clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions of
the respective counties, all the recogniz-
ances entered into before them by any per-
son or persons charged with the Commits
sion of any crime, except such cases as
may be ended before q Justice Of the
Peace, under existing laws, at least ten
days before the commencement Of the ses-
sion of the Court to wh,ch they are made
retnrnable respectively, and IN all cases
where recognizances are entered into les
than ten days before the commencement OF
the session to which they are made return.
able, the said Justices are to return the
same in The same manner as If said Act
had not been passed.
Dated at Mifflintown. the thir'ieth day OF
July in the year Of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and ninety five.
JAMES p. CALHOUN, Sheriff.
SherIff's Office,
Miffiintown, July so, 1895.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-08-14
Jast what's teeded

Exc!aims thousands of people who
have taken Hoods Sarsaparilla at
This season of the year, and who
have noted the success of the medi-
cine in giuipg them relief from that
tired ferling, waning appetite and
state of extreme exhaustion after the
close confinement of a long winter
season, the busy time attendant up
on large aad pressing business dur
ing tie spring months and with va
cation time yet some weeks distant.
1t is then that the building up pow
ers of Hoods Sarsaparilla are fully
appreciated It seems perfectly
adapted TO overcome that prostration
caused by change of season, climate
or life, and while it tones and sus-
tains the system, it purifies and Wit
alizes the blood. Aug. %, 1895.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-08-14
g HERIFF,S SALES.

Sheriff J. P. Calhoun will sell in
the Court House corridor at Miff1in
town at 1 2. ~, on Friday, August
80, 1895:
A tract OF 1873 acres il Delaware
township as the property of William
Neal, @. w. Neal and r G. Neal do
ing business as Williams, Neal & Son
A house. stable ald lot on Orange
street, Miffiintown as tho property oi
William H. 81. Kreider.
A house aud lot on Main street
Miffiintown as the property of Franz
Warner.
A tract of II acres, log dwelling
hous, and out buildings in Monroe
township as the property of S S
Page.
A tract OF 2G6 acres timber land il
Lack township as the property 0.
Louis L Tennis.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-08-14
AGREAT BICYCLE RIDE.

Last Saturday evening Charles
Peck of Lack brought election returns
a distance Of as miles in about two
hours
He left Lack with the returns of
the district after the poles were clos
ed, after Z o'clock, rode across the
rolling country four miles to Water
ford and there obtained the returns
of Tuscarora district, and thence
down the valley to Reale and obtain
ed the returns of that district and
thence to Miffiintown arriving here
25 minutes past P. NJ. There is not
horse in the county that can travel
the same road on the same time and
survive the trip. Peck was lightly
dressed In shirt, pants, shoes and
straw hat. It was a warm evening,
about 80 degrees, and the game rid.
er's clothes were saturated with per-
spiration After delivering the re-
turns and receiving such returns as
were in, assuring him Of Quays sue
cess, be rode home that night by
moonlight.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-08-14
NIAGARA FALLS.

$40 TOURS VIA PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
The next of the series Of personal
ly conducted tours to Niagara Falls
via Pennsylvania Raillo oad, will leave
Washington and Baltimore on Aug
ust 90
The rate for round trip tickets,
good for ten days, is $40 from Wash
ington and Baltimore; Harrisburg,
IS 60; Williamsport, $3.50; proper
tionate rates from other points.
A special train of Pullman parior
cars and day coaches will be run and
tourist agent and chaperon will ao-
company the tour.
The tickets will permit of stop
off at Watkins and Rochester in each
direction. and at Buffalo on the re
turn trip.
Fer specific rates anG time of trains
application should be made to ticket
agents or to Tourist Agent, Room
Ill, Broad Street Station, Philadel
phia.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-08-14
Reduced Rates via PennsylVa-
MIA Railroad for MT. Gretna
Far mers' En- cam Pment.

From August 19 to "a, inclusive,
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
will sell. for the above occa sion,
round trip tickets to Mount Gretna
and return at rate of one fare for the
round fT.p., from principal stations
between East Liberty and Bryn
.Nawr, on the Northern Central Rail-
way north of and including Luther
vile, and on the Philadelphia and
Erie Railroad Division. These tick.
cts will be valid for return passage
until August "a, inclusive.
For information in regard to train
service and specific rates application
should be made to ticket agents.