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The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-06-27
Profitable Skinninp

"Must be q awful lot of birds used on
wimmern's hats nowadays" said Uncle
Abner, as he removed his best suit of
clothes.
why, Abner?" asked Aunt Sophrona.
wal, they wuS Teller set in front Of
me on the train tibet was dressed to kill
short coat, diamond big as Kicker
nut, an plug hat; an heard him tell
the Teller tibet he was settin' with that
he'd made over $4,000 his year skinnin'
yS."-San Francisco Star
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-06-27
Useful Mugwumpery

Replying to an assertion Of the At
lanta Constitution, that mugwumpery
is on is last legs the Boston Herald says
THE truth is that mugwumpery never
was so much in evidence in this country
as 1t is the present year There has
been no time since 1t obtained a foot
hold in our national politics when its
usefulness has not been demonstrated,
and the time Is apparently approaching
when its effect upon parties is about to
be more strikingly demonstrated than
ever"
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-06-27

hearers that Republican administra.
ton would mean "a protective tariff
which protects, with a reciprocity which
reciprocates," whereby American mar
kets would be secured for American pro-
ducts. or course a tariff which protects
would secure American markets for
would open them again to foreign pro-
ducts. To be sure, as foreign products
came In American products would go
out in exchange; but that Is free trade,
not ction.--Cleveland Plaindealer
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-06-27
DROPPED DYNAMITE
Expiodes and Blows Two Utah Miners ell to
Pieces

SALT LAKE, June ga special to
the Tribune from Helena, Mont, says:
Two men We're blown almost to pieces
this afternoon in the coal mine at Belt,
by an explosion of giant powder and a
third so badly injured that he is not ex-
pected to live. The dead are John Phil
lips and Jacob Wirule. The injured man
is John Hoyt.
The men had just finished drilling
some new holes and We're in the act of
charging them when one of the men
dropped a stick. The cap went off ex-
ploding the powder with terrific force.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-06-27

BUFFALO, N. Y, June 26.-Today
witnessed the first arrival of delegates to
the nationad educational association
convention, which will be held in this
city TIC second week in July. They were
sixty school teachers. principally from
st. Paul and Minneapolis. Secretary
Swift says that he has been notified that
lo'ooo delegates are making arrange
mente to attend
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-06-27
A Steamer Attire

LIVERPOOL. June 26.-Fire broke
out last night in the hold of the British
steamer Lucerne, loaded with a general
cargo for Montevideo. The ship was
scuttled this morning and is now being
pumped out preparatory to re-floating
The Lucerne is owned by ]. and A. AL
len, and was built in 1878. She is 290 feet
long and of 1885 tons register.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-06-27
Your Kind Exactly

You'll find Tip Top Cough Syrup an
ideal remedy. 1t will please you in
effect, and it will please you in taste.
1t will also suit you financially, because
it doesn't take much of it to accomplish
a cure. It's the remedy you've been
loking for. Price, so cents. All drug
gists
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-06-27
Too 1uch Cloth

FALL RIVER Mass, June 26.-It is
now apparent that before the end of
next week every print cloth and plain
goods mill will agree to curtail the pro-
duction by shutting down on part time.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-06-27

WASHINGTON, June 26.-Steps have
been taken by the bureau of Indian af-
fairs to make the payment of S16S,604
due the Cherokee Pawnee Indians from
the Cherokee nation as their share of
the Cherokee and grass money.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-06-27

The Hon. John NJ Thurston, perma-
nent chairman of the St. Louis conven-
ton, got into as bad a tangle over pro-
lection and reciprocity as the temporary
chairman did over the history of the
hard times. Mr.. Thurston advised his
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-06-27

SAN FRANCISCO, June 26-Passen-
gers on the steamer Corona:
For Los Angeles-E. B. Root, Mrs
Van Gress, j. Wigens. C. Kirkpatrick.
o. Orchard, Miss Wayne. w. S. Carmich-
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-06-27
Qentry's Trial

PHILADELPHIA, June 26.-The trial
of James B. Gentry. the actor, accused of
numbering Madge York, was closed to-
night. The jury retired at o'clock and
the court adjourned until morning.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-06-27

YUMA, June 26.-Chinese Merchant
Sam Lee was murdered at ella City last
night Robbery is the supposed cause.
Officers have gone to the scene of the
tragedy.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-06-27

Englands senior barrister was called
to the bar seventy-five years ago, in
1921. in the Inner Temple. His name is
Carter. The oldest solicitor is three
years his Junior There are twenty.
four members of the bar who were called
before 1880 and 166 called before 1910.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-15
Bad Taxation the Cause.

The reactionary movement in South
Carolina will find little sympathy in
the north. 1t is directed against the
Negro and is intended to insure that
state against a recurrence of black
domination. F "
But the best possible security South
Carolina could ask against Negro SUI
premacy is not to be found in proscrip-
ton and disfrarchisement. Those
weapons will be found to be two-edged
and in practice they will hurt the
whites as well as the blacks, and infict
wounds which no ordinary surgery VIII
be able to heal.
Taxation finds its easiest victiln!. in
the poor and the ignorant darkey. !, He
feels its weight and its vicious r%es,ric-
tions without realizing what oppresses
and retards him. It eats away his SUP
stance without his knowledge. 1t
arms the spectators who keerscAim
away from natures storehouse and
thus makes him dependent on others
for a pare chance to toll. It retards
his progress toward the higher civili-
cation which his white brother enjoys
and it is at the bottom of more than
half of all his troubles and difficulties.
Let him be made to see this, let him
once feel that it is not backward to his
delivery from chattelism that he, must
look, but forward to economic free
dom, and there will no longer be any
to public order in his voting
straight. He will become as good a
citizen AHA as true patriot as any Of
those who now regard him with fear.
Jamestown pa Democrat.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-15
"Natural Taxation

What does nature teach US about
tasation? In our book, 1.-THE Bible
and Land we asked what the Bible
teaches about it. Nature is also a
good teacher.
Is the income the natural taxo If
uniform it bears heavily upon the poor,
il graduated it leads to fraud:
Is the succession tax, on 1egacies and
inheritance, natural? If made heavy
enough to pay all the expenses Of gov
rrnment it would offer strong tempta-
tions 10 evasions. It is also burden
some on widows and orphans.
Shall we tax Credits" notes, bonds,
bank or other stock. They are really
debts; why lax debts? To fax them is
double taxation; why tax two persons
for one piece Of property? OF all kinds
of property, credits are most easily con-
cealed, especially in cities.
Shall we tax money? Millions of
voters demand il the same breath that
money shall be issued in such quanti-
ties as to reduce the rats of interest to
2 per cent. and that the same money
shall be taxed sI per cent"
Shall we tax banks? 1.-THE wide
spread demand for more currency,
which is SO often treated with con-
tempt by f%nanciers, is at its founda-
ton perfectly reasonable" Banks can
not escape taxes if imposed; but if
banking facilities are useful, why tax
them out of existence? Cotton raisers
in the south are in bondage to their
merchants because banks have been
thus destroyed.
Shall we tax chattels? 1. As the
farmers stock and tools are more visi-
Bile and more easily valued, he will
pay a larger part of this tax. :. It is
hard to estimate the value of merchan-
disc, or of costly furniture.
Personal taxes are especially hard on
farmers
Shallimprovements, buildings, fences,
etc, be taxed? Taxes on them dis
courage building, are shifted on the
poor. and can not be justly levied.
Nature, observation, and statistics
teach US that all these taxes are un-
natural.
Shall we tax ground rent?
Its value a be easily known. No
sane man pays mor rent than he
must Its collection requires no OBJ
iectionable methods, no Taxpayers
oaths, no exposure Of private affairs:
1t is sufficient The payment of Brit
ish taxes would take 50 percent of the
ground rents not counting the parks
and mansions In Boston the taxes
would require 4sper cent Of the ground
rents, Id Connecticut Al per cent, ii
Pennsylvania 45k per cent, in the
United States AZ per cent. More
than half the ground rent would re-
main To the land owner. In adj
iition TO this he would have the
rent 81 all buildings and other i'm
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-15
A Spectators Plea.

The talk about taxing farm lands in
the upper part of the city at the rate
Of metropolitan improved property is
as s~enseless as it is wild.
Such a step would be the height OK
injustice, since these lands do not hav.
the benefit of she improvements which
contribute SO largely to the value OF
city lots--sucl. as streets, sidewalks,
sewers. water. gas and so on Owing
to the lack o: these improvements, and
also the lack If mean of really access
by rapid transit or surface Rad, they
are not yet suitable for building pure
poses. and heace can neither be util-
lied by their nor solo for that
purpose. To tax them at an e4orbitant
rate would he little short of coniscar
ton. ~
Much of this unoccupied land is held
in trust for minors. To them the pro,
posed scheme of taxation would work
peculiar injustice and loss. The taxes.
if paid, would eat up their estate by
the time they should come of age, or il
not paid would cause a sacrifice of the
property by enforced sale at ruinous
figures.
Such a scheme is not to he coun-
tenanced where any sense of right and
justice prevs ils.-N. Y. Herald.
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LITTLE FEAR OF cONFlsCAT,of

What Such Municipal Action Would Do
in This Case.
To the Editor of the Herald:
There is a little fear that the confs-
cation of ~nnimproved city property,
advocated by a contemporary, will
ever become p policy of the New York
municipality; so long, at least, as we
have honest and outspoken journalism
in the city.
The Herald deserves great praise for
its vigorous opposition to the S.Ia
But, if the confiscationists should
succeed in their nefarious p1ans-and
their activity lately has been remark
albeit would mean in my case the
wiping out of all my savings from
twenty-six years of hard work, leav-
ing, in case of my death, nothing but
charity to save my widow and children
from want.
hope the Herald will keep up this
fight. 1t is for justice to those who
have put their money in good faith in
a perfectly legal investment.
New York. GREGORY SMITH.
\ ha AouAy piiito VIC dDosc
because the owner, Jas. Gordon Ben
nett, owns a lot of vacant lots north of
the Harlem river.
Is it any greater 'sconfiscation" to
tax vacant land at its full value-in-
stead of as now at from 0 to 80 per
cent.-than it is to tax personal prop
erty and improvements.
There are many instances on record
where invested personal property yield
ing but 3 to % per cent. interest, is
taxed at from ~ to . per cent. In
other words, il the income derived
from a manufacturing or railroad cor
poration land which is perhaps the
sole estate LETT by a father for the sup
port of his widow and children) from
one-half to three-quarters is annually
taken in taxation. This is called equal
taxation.
The Gregory Smiths who hold their
land out of use, and thereby prevent
the production of wealth, almost en-
t'rely escape taxation, while those who
invest their wealth in productive en-
terprises are heavily taxed. Results,
more vacant lots, less improvements
EDITOR.
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prcvenents, tax .ree He would also
be free from all oth1r taxes. Mr..
shearman computes that the single tau
would reduce the farmers taxes
sl49, 900, 900 a year.
The abolition of crooked taxes would
enable the 1867 600 Americana who
earn less than $3.50 a year to save 3d..
500, $50, 900 each year INSTEAD. of $685..
oso, coo, their probable savings now.
Very imperfect is our attempt to give
an idea of Mr.. Shearman's book, Nat
ural Taxation" 1t is published by G.
P. Putnam's Sons, New York; so cents
in paper. Patriot Phalanx, Indian
apolis, Ind.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-15

CHAIRMAN YoRK, of the executive
committee of the campaign committee,
put the matter thus yesterday:
Higher taxes lei more money TO
be paid by every person who owns a
house or apiece of land. Higher taxes
mean that every landlord will raise
his rent SO as to make good his in
creased expense, SO that whether you
own a house or hire one, or REM only a
single room in anybody's house, the
higher taxes imposed affect your own
pocket, no matter whether you pay a
landlord or the tax collector p~ersonal.
iy.n
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-15
Rutherford, n. J.
just, Legal and Equal Assessments.

just, Legal and Equal Assessments.
To the Editor Of the y. Y. World:
l commend the World for keep
ing before the public the need OF
a more equitable assessment OF vacant
lots.
AS long as our tax system makes il
more profitable to landowners to hold
land out of use we will always have
land monopoly, and as long as we have
land monopoly there will never be
enough room in the world for the chill.
dren OF God, although we have a coun-
try sufficiently large and rich and pro-
ductive in soil and minerals to
crafty the wants of all the inhabi.
tants of the globe.
The only practical and just way to
open up those bounties of nature is, as
you suggest, to tax them to their full
value. Capital engaged in productive
business and tine labor by it en-
ployed have too long borne the burden
of taxation.
Our tax policy is truly keeping men
out Of employment, bankrupting bus:-
ness men and preventing the growth
and improvement of our cities. hope
this reform to which you are SO unset
fshly committed will be thoroughly
appreciated by the citizens of New
York. HARRY HITCH.
New York.
Oul readers should compare this LETT
ter With that signed Gregory Smith,"
which also appears in this issue.-Eo.
on
Licensing Wheels. IL
Editor L. A. W. Bulletin:
A few words, please, in regard to liz
censing wheels as expressed by New
Yorker" and others.
Iagree fully with 'No. 20 as5 AL
bany," and say with him that we can
easily find in every village, town or
city a%nti-cycle eranks who will SEQ
that wheels are licensed if they car
possibly do so, so we, IS wheelmen,
have enough to see to without putting
an extra burden On ourselves by get
ting any license law passed.
License law for wheels, indeed
Why not have a law to eat, aad sleep,
and live: it would be just as equitable
and beneficial to us.
Instead of q license law Or tax on
wheels, l say, put a prohibitory law on
narrow-tired wagon wheels, TOR l know
all wheelmen will agree th2t the biz
cycles Of to-day are benefi :ial to .
road, and especially a country road,
because the pneumatic tires pack the
road and do not cut ruts in it.
am willing to subscribe ans reason
able amount Of cash to help forward
good roads, but to consent to a license
or a tax on bicycles, never; aud I say
that all wheelmen, and especially those
in the League" must stand up head
and shoulders above and against tax
and license for wheels, Dr. by and by it
may be a misdemeanor to ride.
Yours for the Leag lie,
No. 80, 476.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-15
JERSEY LAND COMES HIGH,
$4,000 Asked for Twelve Acres > assessed
at g. )

S24O,00O Asked for Twelve Acres assessed
at $1,000.
The condemnation proceedings now
in progress in the Camden courts, where.
by the Pennsylvania railroad expects
TO secure certain lands between Delair
and E%ishhouse Station, on the line Of
one of the proposed New Jersey ap-
proaches to the new Delaware bridge,
furnishes a fine illustration of the OBJ
stacles encountered in the way Of rail-
way extension and Improvements.
About twelve acres of land belonging
to Hatch & Bro. will be taken. The
railroad officials say that these tracts,
which are practically farm lands, are
assessed at 1925 per acre. The Hatches
take a different view, and demand for
their twelve acres $40, O00.-Philadel.
phia Record
EDITOR TAXATION STUD.Es:-As our
local papers seem indisposed to take
up this question. l write to ask that
you give the widest publicity possible
to the above facts.
If these twelve acres are worth
$40, 900 as their owners claim, then
they should be taxed on that valuation
and not on s1.25 per acre. by doin:
this the burden OF taxation upon.
the homes of the poor is reduced.
Let those who play the dog in the
manger-holding valuable land out of
use for a rise-be taxed as they should
be. and we would see more homes and
few lots devoted to the cultivation Of
old shoes, tomato cans, etc.
L. 3. PARSONS.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-15

very RICH Inueeu
In the elements that supply the human sys-
is a circulation fortified with tho supreme
tonic, Hostetteris Stomach Dittcrs, which
begets thorough as, imitation and digestion,
and gives Il healthful impulse to every func-
ton of the body. Dyspeptic and weakly
persons give strong testimony in its behalf.
So do those troubled with biliousness,
malaria, rheumatism, constipation and in
ACTIVITY Of the kidneys.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-15

Efectually, yet gently, when costive or bill
ious or when he blood is impure or slug
gish, to permanently cure habitual consti-
patton, to awaken the kidneys and liver to a
ening them, to dlspel headaches, colds or
fevers, use Syrup IF Figs.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-15

IT is a sure evidence of the health and
innocence of the beholder if the senses are
alive to the beauty of nature.-Thoreau.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-15

/ GADzooKs-"Old man Krankun says he
has conscientious scruples agains t going to
Europe" Zou1ds-"Why, hovFi that"
Gadzooks-"Well, you see, he b . prohi-
bitionist, and if he went to Europe he would
be described as a saloon passenger on the
vessel.n-N. Y. Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-15

THE despotism Of custom is On the wane.
We are not content to know That things are;
we ask whether they ought to be-. 8.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-15

Coon humor is the very ar Of q good
mind, the sign of a large and generous soul,
and the peculiar soil in which virtue pros
perS.-Goodman.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-15

TIE WAR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. don't
you think the bicycle will ever be used in
w%arfare2" Walker-"No, doubt if it ever
will get further than its present status, as .
mere instrument for assault and battery"
indianapolis journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-15

"THAT's the fellow Pm laying for" re.
marked the hen as her owner came around
with a pan OF cornmeal.-Texas Siftings.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-15
TAX REF0RMSTUDIES
EDITED By BOTTOM HAIL.

After January /, 1896, these Studies
will tie united with the American 1.-Two
Question Bureaus articles. Address,
sos Odd Fellows Buildings st. Louis, Mo-
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-15

He who up to his own idea of
standard of it in his mind.-Ruskin.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-15

ToUR1sr-'What's the mean temperature
around herel" Boouer-"Stranger. thar
amt any mean temperature hyarabouts.
It's allus delightful r"-Truth.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-15

"AR," exclaimed the cannibal chief,
smacking his lips, "what kind of a minister
was that we had for dinnera" "Your ex-
cellency," replied his companion, ~ should
say he was a prime minister ."-Yonkers
Statesman.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-15
STATS OF ONO, Cir1 OF TOLEDO, l..

STATE OF ONO, CIT or TOLEDO, IS.
FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm Of +. j. CHENEY
& Co., doing business in the City of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DoZ-
LARS for each and every case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by the use Of HALLS
CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presen e, this 9th day of December, A. d.
1856.
49,, A. w. GLEASON,
f-~) Notary P"b1tc.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces Of the system. Send for testimonials,
free.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-15

If the conceit was taken out Of some peo-
pie there wouldn't be enough of 'em lett to
hang clothes on. -Texas Siftings.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-15

"REMEMBER that politeness always pays,
my boy" said the benevolent old gentleman
to the bootblack. "Mebbe,' replieantSs
practical boy, "but I'd rather have a nickel
than a thank We: for backing shoes."-Pitts-
burgh Chronicle-Telegram.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-15

ALICE (the friend)-"1 don't see how any
one can help loving Blanche" Gertrude
1.-THE r~ivaD-'She can't help it herself
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-15
FOR SALE.

WILL sell for cash or on easy terms the fol-
= lowing described property, viz:
- plantation In Bellevue containing about
s1Iy-aix arpents, all thoroughly fenced and
Trained, with teLant house and outbufldinxS,
knoHn as the Narcfsse kichard place..
- Plantation situated on the Courtabieau,
Eonsainfng four hundred and forty-two and
u. w afpcnts, about sixty arpents under pieux
ny Wlfesence and in cultivation, with two good
tenanf houses and outbuildings. The rear OF
slss 5Tact consists OF cypress swamp.
& Ssanefefal tracts OF woodland on the bayou
iaeenes sltuated between Couien's bridE6 and
knysHA Landing,
ID second tracts are rented advan.
slkN00Sif Tor the year 1894, and III sold ! Will
1AAsasx Eent notes 10 purchasers.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-15

ENVY makes US see what will serve to &C
cuse others, and not perceive what may
Justify them.-Bishop Wilson.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-15

stBRowN's BRONCHIAL TRocHEs' are the
simplest, quickest and most effectual remedy
for Bronchitis, Asthma and Throat Diseases.
SPIRITUAL force is stronger than material;
thoughts rule the World.-Emerson.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-15

"MADAM." said the new boarder, Zone Of
your family came very near dying last
night" "Indeed. | was not aware that
In the room next to mine who played the
cornet till three a. m. He stopped just in
time to save his life."-Detroit Free Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-15

A CHILD being asked: "What Is the plura
of forgetrme-not" answered: "~Forgetrus
not."-Household Words.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-15

P1so's CURE cured me of a Throat and
Lung trouble of three years. standing.-E.
CADY, Huntington, Ind, Nov. II, 1894.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-15

IN the South Sea.-"Surely you remember
Mr.. Twaddlcs who preached the Gospel to
your tribe ten years ago?" "Oh, yes! ! re.
member him very well. He was delicious"
Life.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-15

MlsEEs mistake gold for good, whereas 4
is only a means Of obtaining its-R ochefoa
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-15

ocean steamships are like promissory
notes." said Hicks. "You don't begin to
worry over 'em until they're three days
overdue. '-Harper's Bazaar.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-15

ODsT1NAcY and contradiction are like a
paper kite; they are only kept up so long as
you pull against them.-Anon.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-15

THERE are probably as good fish in the sea
as ever were lied about.-Yonhers States
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-15
A.. w. GLEASON.
II. y. Cf1ENF CC., IOICSiVJ VI
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Very Rich Indeed

MEN are won, not SO much by being
blamed, as by being encompassed with
love.-Channing.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-15
To Cleanse the system

JoNEs-"I didn't know Col. Blood
smoked" Brown-''Did you think he drank
all the timefn-Life.