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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-06-11

The death roll for the past week in
clndes Austin Corbin, the millionaire,
who was killed by a carriage accident;
Frank Mayo, the well known actor, who
died OF heart failure on Union Pacific
tain; EX-Plemier Simon, the celebrated
French statesman, and Hon. Tobias Lord
OF e5aAdish, Me. Mr. Lord had been in
failing health for some time an, while
mentally unbalanced took his own life.
He had been active in business and polit-
zeal affairs and Ills death is deeply re-
GREETED
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-06-11

The Populist convention turned down
SCION Chase; but he can console himself
with the fact that he was the biggest man
there, measured intellectually.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-06-11

Miss Helen Gould has sent 500, 600 to
the st. Louis sufferers. She's as good as
Gould.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-06-11
9qK

Is never done, and it is especially wearing
ana wearlsome to those whose blood is
impure and unfit properly to tone, sus-
lain, and renew the wasting of nerve,
muscle and tissue. 1t is more because of
this condition of the blood that women
are run do1rn ~ " -
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-06-11

We have to report another Memorial
day address by native of Belfast-Rey.
+. A. Gilmore. He delivered the address
at the soldiers monument in Haverhill,
Mass. AS graduate of Harvard he re-
mettel that President Eliot should have
spoken If the Grand Army as he did, and
said in closing;
ioI my part, when | realize the mean
INC al HE war and its tremendous import
ance not only for US, but for the whole
cause OF civilization, | am ready to I'M
cover be1ole the man who wears a G.. A.
L, Lax on his head or G.. A. Il. button
on hls, Cuat.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-06-11
Tired, Weak, Nervous.

Than because OF the work itself. Every
physician says so, and that the only rem
edy is in building up by taking good
nerve tonic, blood purifier and vitalizer
ike Hoods Sarsaparilla. Forthe troubles
Peculiar to Women at change Of season,
climate or life, or resulting from hard
WORK, nervousness, and impure blood,
thousahos have found relief and cure in
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-06-11

Among the resolutions adopted at the
recent annual convention Of the Piscata-
sluis v. G. T. 7, was one strongly con-
demnins tie State prohibition party for
refusing TO put woman's suffrage plank
in the party platform. The Populists ap-
peal to- have made like omission
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-06-11

"ClalR Lonsfellow, Druggist, had adj
velti,c] Lis business in the Machias Union
without break, from tile day the paper
was started, forty six years age, until last
week, when he retired with competency
Nj. Longfellow's faith in advertising was
fdlly justified by its results. Spasmodic
advertising has its uses, but persistent adj
Tertising pays lest.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-06-11

The Kentucky Democrats have declared
foi Tree silver Senator Blackburn S
tmeris controlled the convention and
mention OF President Cleveland was greet
ed with lloots, wells and Kisses, The
Louisville Courier journal says that this
action OF the Demo craey will make Ken
tuck. a ItelubIioan State for wears.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-01

The captain reached out his rife, bur
the guide held up his hand and said:
"Give him a decent show, capting. 1t
was a far fout with two lions, airy one
of which would hev bin a tuff customer
fur the three OF us, and he won it slick
as grease and deserves credit"
just then the scrape of a boot against
the rock made a noise which caused the
bear 10 look up. There sat the three of
us in plain view, and the way up to us
was an essy n for him. He uttered a
growl at first sight and partly reared up
on his hind legs. but as we made nomoye
he cooked uR2ais ears, squinted his eyes,
aud aftergbtaother roll on the ground
walked across the open with a good
deal IF dignity and entered the thicket.
We waited for a quarter Of an hour and
then descended to view the carcass of
the lioness. Claws and teeth had done
sure work there. The sight could not
have been worse if she had been u
over by a dozen loaded wagons.
Mountain lions ar wicked fighters"
said the guide rs we turned away, "but
they don't show good sense in tacklin' a
grizzly. Lord save me, but that teller
would a-ix six of 'em as quick as two,
and he'd q won the victory jest the
same!"
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-01
INectA Of Taxes.

It is an error to view the tax on VIII (
as merely a tax on the rich. 1t is
prohibition of its use to the middl'
class of our citizens, and a c%ondemna
ton of them to the poison of whisky
which is desolating their homes. NJ
nation is drunken where wine )
cheap, and one sober where tn:
dearness OF wine substitutes arden
spirits IS the common beverage. i
is, in truth, the only antidote to the bant
of whisky. Fix but the duty at thu
rate of other merchandise only, anc
we can drink vine here a:
cheap as we do grog, and who will
not prefer it? Its extended use wi;
carry health and comfort to a much
enlarged circle; everyone in easy cir
cumstances will prefer it to the poison
to which they are now driven by thei,
government, and the treasury itsel'
will find that a penny apiece from
dozen is more than a groat from a sin
gle one. Jefferson's Memoirs, Vol. Nv.
p. 3s0)
So long as wine was the cheapest
drink to be had in France, it was the
national and universal drink, and the
people were a sober people; but wher
the bouilleurs de cru produced a per
nicious brandy at a greatly reduced
price, in unlimited quantities, the
character of the nation for sobriety
was changed, and drunkenness became
the prevailing habit among the lowe,
and middle classes.
{. w. CHANCELLOR,
Hayre. Consul.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-01
~ 4o,J ~ or;vate tax0 Their taKeS

OF a toll or private tax" Their taxes
should be proportioned, not to tho
value of their plant, but ito the value
of their monopoly franchise"
Power to exact ground rent" is de-
clared to be power to bug private
taxes for the enjoyment of public ad"
vantages," which statement, of course,
will please the HenrvGeorge man i'm
mensely. at is a direct aud measur
able pecuniary benefit which the pub
lie, by continuously maintaining the
validity of land grants and deeds, con-
tinuously ~confers uton some people@to
the exclusion of others, and in a high
er degree upon a few than upon the
rest: Site value taxation is in proper
ton to benefits" This is the single
tax principle as applied to city a "es.
An illustration OF the growth OF
ground values is given in the b=st
quarter acre of the city, which, frora a
value of $40 in 1880, has rapidly in
creased in value until in 1891 it was
estimated to be worth 81, e50, 900. "six
hundred average illinois farms wo lid
not now exchange for that quarter
acre of raw prairie land, and neasly
5000 years of labor of one nan would
be required to buy it."
Site value taxation. the report clai,hs,
would be a solution of the la bor gu as
ton, in that. by freeing business fr 'm
monopoly and tax burdens, lit wo';ld
open the way for unlimited opport''n'
tiles for employment" so that ncae
need take another's place in order tc
get remunerative work himself.-1 he
Voice On. W
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-01
WATCHING rHE FIaHT.

Perhaps he had found and destroyed
tho cubs of the lioness and knew the
parents were after him. He moved
away from the tree. to have q clear
space around him, and defied them to
attack. The lions were too prudent to
make q rush. After working up their
fury one moved to the east and the
other to the west, keeping close to the
edge OF the thickets. The grizzly
could not keep both Of them under his
eye, and. seeming to think the lioness
the most dangerous Of the two, he gave
her his whole. attention. While he
faced her the lion moved past him to
the rear and then crouched down. We
thought this action cowardly, but the
pair had evidently planned the whole
affair, and he was following the pro-
gramme. As he crouched down the
lioness began to advance, but she
moved vt an angle and only foot by
foot She kept up 8 low growing all
the time, and though it wa q sunshiny
day her eyes glittered like Goals 81 ere.
The growls Of the bear were deeper and
louder, and he stood stock still ana
waited for her.
We knew that ahe was creeping IN
for e spring, but shedid not make the
mere When she Ind apmpsched
A@9S@ 4~EHE III KNF &-1FMs
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-01
CAPITAL III FARM LANDS.
Tho Amount reater Than Realized-Let
ter From an Oricial Of an Agriculture
AssoCiat OF.

Tho Amount Greater a Realized-Let-
ter From an Onicial Of an Agricultural
Associxt OF.
PoMoNA, n. Y.
EDITOR REroRTER--In your late issue
you have an interesting article on
money in Farming in which you
very properly call attention to the very
much larger sum invested by our
brother formers of Pennsylvania in
| their farms than the amount invested
in the coal, iron and oil industries OF
that state.
There is, however. n element In
considering the mount of money nom-
inally invested in these industries,
which YOU seem to have overlooked.
Of the s215, 0o0. 0oo nominally invested
In coal lands in Pennsylvania, by far
tho larger portion-probably three
fourths-is. simply capitalized oppor-
tunity. In other words, the individuals
who own these large tracts of coal
land which they are withholding from
use, anticipate that the demand for
coal will continue and that their lands,
which have never been developed, and
If the present system Of taxation con-
%tinues, will lot be developed for
many years, will produce at some
future time a certain number of
millions of dollars worth of coal:
Therefore the estimated value of
these lands is almost entirely specula-
tive and, like the capitalization of such
companies as the Western Union Tele-
graph Co. and the Standard Oil Co., is
based upon the expectation that the
people will continue their present fool
ish methods of taxation, under which
he who improves his land finds his
taxes doubled and treblcd, while he
who holds his land from use. pays only
a ridicuously small tax in proportion
to the value which he estimates his
land to be worth.
In the case of the farmer, the ele-
ment of land speculation cuts but a
very small figure, and the sum men,
toned as capital invested in farming
in Pennsylvania, namely 81, 063, 600, 0eo.
over one thousand millions, undouhted-
ly represents real invested capital
In fact it is quite probable@ that
TIC aggregate III Oh udSS
labor which the farmers of Pennsyl-
vania expended in draining and fenc-
ing their land, in removing the stones,
stumps and trees, etc, and in the cree
ton OF houses, outbuildings and barns,
is very much greater than the sum of
their present estimated value. In
other wC.-ea the value of the capital
invested by them is constantly dimin-
ishing, because they have no monopo-
lily, but have to compete with the pro-
ducers of farm products the world
over. Whereas those who own coal,
iron and oil lands, know that the
amount of such is limited. and by COM
bining and developing only a small
part thereof, they are able to compel
the great consuming class, namely the
farmers, to pay excessive prices for
the coal, iron and oil which is actually
produced. Yours truly,
u. S. WooD.
Sec. Rockland Co. Indst. Assn.
-Allengany IN. Y County Reporter.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-01
Booked Ahead for Yeast.

While some vacationists were stop.
ping in q country town in New Hamp-
shire a short time ago there was a novel
experience enjoyed in trying to buy a
yeast cake at the only store, which also
contained the post Office. In answer to
an inquiry for the article the store
keeper said the stage had not got in.
When it did arrive it also brought the
mail as well as the package Of yeast
cakes. After the mDil was distributed
in the boxes the yeast cakes were treat
ed in the same wal. A list was taken
down and the cfSes put in the post
Office boxes Of Those whose anne wers
on the list. It was afterward learned
II was necessary to book your name for
a yeast cake, and it wa first on the list
frst served, and if there were notenough
the last ones went without. II an ex-
ira cake was left it was given to the first
transient customer that called for one.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-01
An Official Explanation.

Ground rents are private taxes. The
amount of ground rent that any per-
son will give for any particular site
upon the earth's surface is dependent
mainly upon the advantages which
that site controls. . ~
Power to exact ground rents, unlike
the power to exact wages for work or
prices for goods, is almost wholly q
power of charging for the enjoyment
Of those public benefits which society
affords.
If the state exercised this power di.
rectly the proceeds would be public
taxes When individuals exercise il
the proceeds are private ~axes-From
Official Report for 1895 of the Illinois
Labor Bureau.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-01

The Knights of Labor Journal edi,
torially notices the effort being made to
fasten an almost ~prohibitory tax on
type-setting machines in the city Of
New Orleans, and says:
1t would be folly to think to stem
the tide of progress by opposing the
use of machinery, since from an eco.
nomic point of view all improvements
in that line should be welcomed. The
fault with the machinery lies not in
the fact that they cheaper and facili-
tate production but that the product
is absorbed by the non-producers tc
the detriment and direct loss Of the
producers to whom tho product should
belong. Yet one can not help but think
that il q deterrent tax were placed
upon the type-setting machines for q
limited period it would give the print.
ers time to adjust themselves to the
new conditions SO suddenly and cruel
~ imposed upon them
THE proposed tax would do more
good if pat Oh the lands,-Ep.l
< -Ek 49, <E 49, -L42E
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-01
Tn. Tribune Means R.nt of Houses.

AH0 AEiDuE @A00u9 AAohG Va xAVU6CHs
Men who pay rent are above all
others interested in efficient anc
economical government. For they pay
their full share of taxes, although it is
done indirectly. Altoona Tribune.
You are off here. It is true that men
who pay rent pay their full share OF
taxes, if indeed they do not pay rather
more than their full share. But it is
a mistake to suppose that renters are
interested in an economical expendi-
ture of public money. The reverse is
true, for the better and cheaper the
government the higher the rent. And
herein lies a point that our contem.
porary would do we'll to study care.
fully. It overs a principle of wide
application and if the Tribune will
follow it to its logical conclusion we
fancy it will begin to doubt the wis.
dom Of the existing system Of taxa
tion.-Johnstown Democrat
1.-THE Democrat means rent of land.
Both are right. Ed.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-01
JUST WHISTLE.

When times are bad and folks are sad
And gloomg day by day.
Jest try your best at lookin' glad
An whistle EN- away
Don't mind how troubles bristle:
Jest take a rose or thistle;
Hold your own
And change your tone
And whistle! whistle! whistle!
A song is worth a world o signs;
When red the lightnings play,
Look for the rainbow in the skies
An whistle 'em away!
Don't mind how troubles bristle;
The rose comes with the thistle;
Hold your. own
An change your tone
An whistle! whistle! whistle!
Zach day comes with a life that's new
A strange, continued story:
But still, beneath a benz O blue,
The world rolls on to glory!
Don't mind how troubles bristle;
Jest take a rose or thistle
An hold your own,
An change your tone,
An whfstle! whistle! whistle!
IF. L. Stanton, In Atlanta Constitution.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-01

I
nm acre in extent, and fairly in the
center of it stood a great pine tree
which had been dead for perhaps a
score of years. We had just sat down
and were filling our pipes for a smoke
when a grizzly bear burst out of a
cedar thickct to the east and lounged
across the open to the tree. He was
n male and f%ull-grown, and his bulk
astonished us. His very gait proved
that he was in ill-humor, and he had
no sooner reached the tree than he
reared up and began clawing at it.
The wood had decayed until every
blow of his claws sen dust and chips
and splinters flying right and left,
and the monster growled and clashed
his teeth as IL fighting a live enemy.
He was the fairies. sort of n target,
and the captain was raising his Win
chester for a shot when the guide
leaned forward and whispered:
Don't do it. The old varmint is
mad al! the way through and would
fight a regiment of soldiers"
"But I can drop him with n bull
let" protested the captain.
Don't try it. I'd sooner take my
chances with so Injun warriors. Jest
you wait and you'll mebbe sec
Suthin'."
The bear continued fighting the tree
for perhaps five minutes, and then he
dropped down ON all tours and faced
the thicket to the south and snuffed
and growled and finally uttered a oar
Of defiance.
keep quict-thar's fun ahead"
whispered the guide, and we laid our
unlighted pipes aside and gave the
scene our whole attention.
After a couple of minutes, during
which old Ephraim continued to work
mp his temper, a mountain lion leaped
out of the thicket into the open at
the southwest Ten seconds
later q second lion ieaped out at the
southeast angle, and the three beasts
stood growing and glazing and maxi
ing ready for battle. The lions were
male and female, and the female was
the more aggressive of the two. AS
they stood for a moment, switching
the grass with their tails and each
having q paw raised, they were about
30 feet from each other and about 40
from the bear.
Keep quiet and you'll sec the purti-
rst little fout a man ever sot down to-"
said the guide, as he removed his hat
and plucked up a small bush growing
IN front of him.
The bear was expecting his enemies.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-01
TAX REFORM STUDIES
EDITED BIZ BOLTON HALL.

After January /. 1896, these Studies
will be united with the American Live
Question bureaus articles. Address,
aus Odd Fellows Building, st. Louis, Mo
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-01

Why should not the mayor of New
York city enforce the tax laws as well
as the liquor laws? Why not with the
surplus yer thus gained reduce
the taxes on improvements?
7. LYNCH.
New York.
This make $3.50, so3 to these twelve
apostles.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-01
seeds q the parasitic fr. which

The seeds Of the parasitic fg, which
IL indigenous to the tropics, are dis,
tributed BY birds. II ono drops and
lodges IN q fruit tree, it terminates
there and sends q long roof to the
ground. This root takes all the nour-
ishment from the tree. winds round II
spd soQp strangles thu Hfe out of It
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-01
Helping the Poor.

| To the Editor Of the World:
l find upon examining the table
given by the Evening World October
IS that the city of New York is giving
away in charity every year to these
poor but worthy people the following
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-01

ALMOST all my tragedies were sketcn ecu II
my mind, either in tue act OF ieaflhe Hus'''
or a few hours after.-Altieri.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-01
70 Cleanse tho System

E~nectually, yet gently, when costfve or bill
lous or when the blood is impure or slug
gish, to permanently cure habituai consul,
cation, to awaken the kidneys and liver toa
healthy activity without irritating or weak
ening them, to dlspel headaches, colds or
levers, use Syrup Of Figs.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-01

TEAcuEn-"What does the reign OF King
Charles I. teach us2" Tommie-"Please,
sir, not to lose our heads in moments OF ex-
element, ~sir.n-Truth.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-01

"oH, pa" said a young lady, why don't
cal to raise our own furs, and then we could
raise whatever kind we wish"
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-01

There Is no reason Why the period preceding
Childbirth should be full Of discomfort There
Is no reason why childbirth itself should bring
. feeling Of dread to the mother. Nature does
nothing wrong. 1t is the abuse OF nature by
wrong living. lack OF exercise, ill-ftting clothes,
that brings about the tortures OF childbirth,
Perfectly healthy women go through the
ordeal with comparative ease. Nature in
tended it that way. Women approaching
motherhood have really but one thing to do
get strength generally and locally.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-01

For Whooping Cough, Piso's Cure is a
successful remedy.-N. DIETER: IL Ihroop
Ave, Brooklyn, N. Y, Nov. IA, 81.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-01

LIKE Oil ISnon, Troubled Waters is Hale,s
Honey Of Horehound and Tar upon 4 cold.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute:
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-01

THERE is a difference between a cold n
the grip, but you will not reallze anui you
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-01

Sore Eyes Cured.
Jackson's Indir, Eye Salve never fails TO
do this; CSC at ali drlg stores:
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-01
TACKLED THE WRONG BEAR
The Mistake Made by a Pair of
Mountain Lions.
a Brief But Royal Battle at the
Foot OF ths Mountain = Whom
1t Had Ended the Grizzly
Was the Victor.

q had descended
the Judith noun
tain on the south
side until a hun
dred feet more
would have taken
us to cts actual
base, when we sat
down on a rock to
rest. Right below
us was a clear
spot of about half
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-01
FOR SALE.

h. M
1enaissloner U. S. Circuit Court for the West.
ern District Of Louisiana.
Commissioner u. s. Court Of Claims throughout
the United states.
Notary Public in and for the Parish OF st. Ian.
dry. Office with Hon. John N. Ogden.
Particular attention given to Land Cases ana
b Final Proofs. Collections in the Parishes OF
d. Landry and Acadia promptly attended to.
fenaions secured; Patents, Caveats. TfAde
Marks. etc., procured without delay.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-01

THE skipper of d vessel need never be
without fresh eggs. He can always lay to.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-01
McELREE'S WINE OF CARDUI

Is the best medicine and tonic to do this. It
prepares the generative organs for the coming
trial, shortens labor, lessons pain and robs
confinement Of its dangers.
One Dollar a Bottle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-06

Now is the time for the woman who
has little ready money ON hand to
make one dollar do the work Of two.
She can lay in . stock Of articles for
next winter at one-half the price she
will have to pay for them nine months
from now. Blankets are being sold
everywhere It . ridiculously low price,
and heavy underclothing u marvelously
cheap. OF course such articles Of wear.
ing apparel - eloaks and gowns vary
in style from one season to another,
but many Of the staples do not change
with the fluctuations Of fashion. Dlan-
kets, duvets, woolen stockings, draw
ers, vests or combination suits. worstes1
skirts, woolen walking-tights. etc.
should be.purehased toward the end ol
this season and laid aside for next win
ter's use. Each article must be care
fully brushed and rolled up into neat
bundle, in the middle Of which are -
:reted several pungent eanpAor balle.
Every parcel nay then b wrapped
tightly with tar paper and packed away
Z Q stout trunk in lumbef-room q a.
.ie. Next fan, when her neighboes are
paying seasonable prices for their win
,er necessities, our hpusekeepes win
but haye 70 unpaek her wooaens, aad
xin fhus Be saved = strain upon puEss
nd Nme.-Harpers Dasar.