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The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-08
michiran,s Pepperm,nt Crop.

Three-tifths of the oil of peppermint
consumed in the world is produced in
eight counties of Michigan. The oil
product of that state this year will
amount to 10000 pounds, and between
10000 and $4,000 acres are devoted to
the cultivation of peppermint. Frost
and drought have injured the older
plantations this year, although the
plants set this spring have escaped in
jury. The peppermint is cut when in
blossom like hay, and when dried is
placed in wooden watts and steamed I'M
til the cells burst and the oil passes up
ward with the steam, which is con-
densed and conducted into a reservoir
where the oil rises and is skinned off.
It requires $50 pounds of dried pepper
mint to produce l pound of oil. An
acre of land will yield from 6 to 10
pounds, and in exceptional cases even
as great a quantity as so pounds. This
year the price has ranged from SLIGO to
$1.70 a pound.-Garden and Forest.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-08
"A Shining Success.
editor Buffalo Evening News:

Editor Buffalo Evening News:
Permit me to congratulate the tax
payers of Buffalo on the great success
of Mayor Jewett's farming scheme. /
have watched the movement with
great interest and am aNonished at
the magnitude of the rs suits which
have been Obtained. Not AGENT of the
city's money has been so far appended;
not a dollar has been taken CDR salar-
les; and of the s., 200 raised Fly volun-
tary contribution, So, 16odt@ve gone fo,,
seed and ploughing, and only $40 fdf
the whole expense of management
and that was spent for printing and
postage. That's pretty good manage
ment, isn't it?
Now as to the crop. Do you know
how large it is? Remember that only
$50 acres were cultivated and that a
good load for an ordinary farm wagon
is fifty bushels. If enough teams and
wagons could be secured to haul the
crop in one trip, they would make a
solid line two miles long! That's the
| kind of a campaign procession counts
| these hard times.
oOu1ctAlhy uloro' ny IAo oSS'Sn'
that has been adopted, every family
that defraudcd the city or the charity
organization last winter has been
blacklisted, and every able-bodied
loafer who won't work but insists on
free board, is booked for the work
house; while, at the same time, 500
| poor but honest families will be able to
live this winter without the fear OF
poverty.
Before 1 close, Mr.. Editor, allow me
to congratulate also Mayor Jewett,
| Mr.. Michaels and Secretary Stevens,
| the enthusiastic private citizen who
has given months of his own time to
| this, the most suggestive economic
movement of modern times.
Buffalo. 1895. C. II. T.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-08
UNEQUAL TAX BURDENS.

favorites Pay on o Per Cent.-Llst NJ A.
sessments Show Apparent Discrimfna.
tion-How h City Dodges It's sharn
State Taxes.
Alfred Bishap Mason and a commit.
tee OF the Manhattan Single Tax club
called on the mayor yesterday and pre-
senteo n memorial containing
charges of favor itism and unjust dis
elimination in the real estate tax as.
Eessnents, which was published yes
terday in the World.
with MIR. Mason were E. Lawson
purdy, Charles Frederic Adams, Daniel
Cavanaugh, Alfred b. Cruikshank, G.
w, Everett and Whidden Graham.
Mr.. Mason told the mayor that the
facts set forth in the memorial were
based on the records Of the city and
could not be denied.
VERY INTERESTING TO THE FARMERS.
while the average assessment is
supposed to be 70 per cent" he said,
lit is in reality only so, and in some
cases only o per cent. improved real
estate is assessed at about so per cent.
OF it's value and unimproved at about
30 per cent. Thus, if a property owner
holds back improvement the city re.
wards him for so doing. We protest
that this is not the way to promote the
growth of New York nor to aid in
building up houses for its people"
Mr.. Mason suggested that the tax
assessments should be published, SO
that every taxpayer could compare his
W assessments with those of his
neighbor. If this were done he thought
the tax rate would be reduced to
e~ighty-ive cents on each one hundred
dollars of assessments.
The mayor had asked the tax COM
missioners to be present, but they had
declined. He asked the committee if
they would assess a vacant lot in the
annexed district, without streets,
lights, sewers or anything else, at its
full value.
Eyes, at its present value" answered
Mr.. Mason. Not at its value when it
has all the city improvements"
(The trades unions propose to ask
the mayor for a hearing as to whether
or not a vacant lot should be assessed
tss taxation at as high a rate as an inn
proved one.)-ED.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-08

it to c and d as indicated in the illustra-
ton. Attach one end of the two ropes
X and y to h and run them through the
pulleys attached to the c%rosspiece e f.
Fasten these ropes to the hind legs of
the animal to be lifted. If one rope and
a gambrcl is preferred, attach it to the
middle of il and run through a pulley at
m. Two ropes are preferable. BY this
apparatus one man can lift the heaviest
carcass. A wagon box bottom side up
may be placed between a and b for a
platform.-H. o. Sorkness, in American
Agriculturist.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-08
winter Food for Horses.

Following the same methods for years
teaches nothing. In feeding horses dur
ing the winter use several kinds of feed
and note the condition of the animals.
It is ~extravagant to feed expensive grain
when cheaper hay or fodder may an
swer. A great many articles of food do
not receive proper consideration. A
horse can be kept in excellent condition
on cut corn fodder, allowing in connec-
ton Herewith a small proportion of
bran. If not in service horses need no
food but hay and fodder, and will come
out in the spring fully prepered to do
their share of work along with the
horses that may have received grain
largely.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-08
EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.
Property In New York State Purchased
With Pension Money,

Property In New York State Purchased
With Pension Money.
The question of exemption from taxes
Of the property Of veteran soldiers in
New York purchased with pension
money, Ras Just been decided in the
affirmative by Judge Alton B. Parker
at special term at Kingston. The re-
lator is George Co%ddington, who s-es
the assessors of the town of Gardiner,
Ulster county. The exemption is based
on an old law. The revised statutes
exempt all property that is exemt from
execution and the civil code holds
bounty and pension funds exempt from
execution. The court of appeals has
held that property bought with PEN
sion money is exempt from execution.
The city assessors have taxed on this
theory, but ONE of the towns have
put such property on their assessment
rolls. Judge Parker says: The court
holds, if all the money wit'~"hich the
land was purchased was received
from the United States government for
pension or bounty money while he was
a commissioned officer, private or nu-
sician, that such property Is exempt
from taxation
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-08
GENERAL FARM NOTES.

It is wasteful to feed whole wheat to
swine.
Bran is an excellent feed for cows and
horses.
Give the cow a bran mash directly
after calving.
The English potato crop is large and
of exceptional quality.
The feeding value of potatoes is esti-
mated at ~one-fourth that of grain.
Marsh hay is the very best material
for the winter mulch for strawberries.
The tomato pack has been much light
err than last year, but of better quality.
1t would seem as if incubation were
the only safe reliance against hog chol-
era.
Boiled turnips mashed and mixed
with grain form ar excellent poultry
food.
The Australian wheat grower is un-
derselling the South African farmer in
his own market.
Finishing with corn alone gives soft
pork, which is reckoned abroad as a
fourth-class article.
Sugar beet pulp fed in connection
with alfalfa and wild hay are said to
produce a high-quality beef.
Danish pork sells for $14.1s in the
London market, while American only
brings s9.72 for 112 pounds.-N. Y.
World.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-08
An Illinois Problem.

Five years ago The Republic was
commenced by Henry George in the
Single Tax Standard, of New York, for
publishing exhaustive facts and statis-
tics relating to the assessments OF
Illinois properties. Mr.. George insist
ed that the inadequacy and what he
termed the impossibility of adequate
corporation assessments, together with
the comparative exemptions Of land
values in such cities as Chicago, made
the single tax necessary and newt
able.
The Republic then, and frequently
since, has declared that the people OF
Illinois will never consent to an ap-
proach toward a single tax Or any ex-
periments in that direction until they
have had an opportunity to try other
measures which have been pending be-
fore the Illinois assembly, and which
have met successive defeats through
corrupt combination. The single takers
are evidently now prepared to deal
with this condition of the public mind,
as in the report just issued by the Hi
nois Bureau of Labor statistics, the
raising of all state revenues from taxes
on corporate franchises is proposed as
the first of a series of remedies sug-
gested.
There is a mass of tabulated Stats
tics in this report, but in them there is
hardly a fact of vital Importance which
has not been stated repeatedly by the
Republic in the long and unremitting
efforts of this newspaper to force &C.
ton by the Illinois legislature. In
this work the Republic has insisted
that the first step toward reform is to
divorce state and local taxes. In no
other way can corporations be made to
bear a just share of public burden and
in no other way can the land values
of Chicago be reached. st. Louis Re-
nublic.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-08
som.tninr That Can Be Reached.

The New York Herald, which has
taken some pains to inform itself on
the question, says that real estate in
ill parts of the growing cities of the
country is steadily rising. It holds
that there is no investment that il
better or safer than good realty in a
goahead, prosperous town, and the
force of the statement is clear to all
who have thought at all upon the sub.
iect. Investors are satisfied to pay
higher prices for real estate and derive
less income f-or, it because they Ies
tbat Il Is safe.-Gortoak Yirgiaian.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-08
GOOD THING TO HAVE.

There Are Many Reasons Why a Cart
Should Be on Every Farm.
There are very few farms in this
country where Il cart may be found,
and yet one of these vehicles is a very
handy thing to have about many times
in a year. There is some sort of a
prejudice against a cart, that has no
good foundation. A cart with cart
harness and a sober horse will often
take the place of a team and wagon, and
at any time of the year when a small
load is to be hauled n horse can do
the work, if a cart is ut hand, instead of
going 10 the trouble of hitch;ng up two
horses.
For hauling seed to the field, or ma
nure, where a little is needed, or for any
other light work, a cart is better than
Il double team. For hauling in such
crops as potatoes, for hauling feed to
and fro for the stock, and for many
other purposes, a cart may be used
to ave using a double team and a two
horse wagon. This makes it a matter
Of economy, and there is hardly a farm
in the country where a cart would not
pay for itself many times over.
A cart that has the bed so arranged
that the load can be dumped is the
llandiest form TO have it made in, as
the load can be dropped, whether it be
potatoes or cordwood or coal, by simply
tipping it out. If the cart be made with
wide tires, it can be taken over places
with a good load on it where an ordi-
nary wagon could hardly be hauled by
two horses.
The writer knows from experience
how much labor and wear and tear of
team and wagon is saved by having a
cart to hitch to when light loads are to
be hauled, and knows that they are
economical in time, toof.,and labor
Farm and Fireside.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-08
f5e Regards HIS Oath.

East Oregonian.
Portland has an assessor who under
stands his business and at the same
time respects his oath of Office. His
name is Greenleaf. It should be New
leaf. He has added three million dol
lars of taxable property to the list by
assessing the speculative land holdings
of churches and schools in Multnomah
county. This is entirely proper. It
will drive vacant lots and land into
use and cheaper both the value and
rent of land, which is q good thing for
a community because by doing so in
dustry and enterprise are relieved OF
unjust tribute exacted of them by
dogs in the manger," in the person OF
monopolizers Of land. Forcing up the
price of land In any way insures the
curtailment Of prosperity, which can
only be checked temporarily by mort
paging the land and the improvements
upon ii, and this in time brings grief
and hardships to all Mr.. Greenleaf
mas made a good beginning in Portland.
turned over q new leaf, so to speak,
and other assessors all over the state
should be quick to follow his excellent
example.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-08
Some Pertinent Inquiries.

When people build houses they give
employment to labor. They must buy
lumber, and it takes labor to fell trees
and labor to hew the logs; it takes la
Dor to saw the boards. it takes labor to
load the cars and to haul the lum-
Der; it takes labor to make NOR
tar, to make paints, to make nails,
hinges, locks, door knobs, window
glass, hatchets and saws; it takes labor
to nail the boards, lay the brick, the
laths and do the plastering; it takes
labor to do the painting, the roofing
and the ~guttering; it takes labor to
make the window curtains to go into
the house, to make the carpets, to make
chairs, tables, stoves, pots, kettles,
pans, dishes and buckets; to make pic
lures to adorn the walls, and bric-a-
brac to fill the orner and top of the
mantel; it takes labor to do all these
things, and therefore it requires coal
to furnish steam to the manufacturer
who must make the things needed, and
coal to furnish the miller steam to
make the lumber; it takes horses and
oxen to haul the lumber and the brick
and the goods manufactured, and
therefore labor is required to raise
horses and oxen; and yet we tax TAX
men for building houses. A magnificent
scheme, amt it? W. tax dogs because
we don't want too many of them.
Do we tax houses from the time they
are rooted until the time they are
rotted because we don't want too
many of them?
Do we tax houses because we don't
want the farmers to raise too many
horses and oxen?
Do we tax houses because we don't
want people to dig too much coal?
Do we tax houses because we don't
want people to cut down too many
trees and, make too much lumber?
Do we tax houses because we want
to discourage the manufacture of nails,
furniture and all that goes to make a
house complete?
Do we tax houses from the time they
are rooted until they are rotted be-
cause we want to discourage the max
ing OF brick7
To the first person who will furnish
the Leader one good reason why
houses should be taxed a premium
worth several yearly subscriptions will
be given.-Bloomington Qll.) Leader.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-08
THE FARMING WORLD.
a HOSTING DEVICE,

1t Ii Of Great Service When KILLING
Beeves on tho Farm.
The accompanying illustration repre-
sents a simple device which is of great
service when butchering. The uprights
a and b are 4x4's, or ordinary post tim
Der ten to twelve feet long. These are
set into the ground two or three feet,
five feet apart. To the tops of these
fas,en e f with bolts or spikes. Place
C and d in position, secure the upper
ends at e and f, and set tie lower ends
firmly in the ground. For h use all old
shaft or a piece of hard wood and fasten
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-08

SETTING forth his reasons for the
proposed determination of courts to
iuries, Justice Brewer says:
The idea OF home rule and local self
government Is growing in favor.
Thoughtful men more and more 500
that the wise thing is to cast upon
each community full responsibility for
the management OF its local Affairs,
and that the great danger to free gov.
eminent IS In the Capitalization OF
powcr. Is it not in the line with this
thought that, as far as possible, the
final settlement Of al controversies
which are in themselves local shall be
10 the immediate friends and neigh
bory Of the litigants?
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-08

The value of a newspaper as an
! advertising meiium consists in
its circulation.
When You can secure the COM
bined circulation OF two papers
for the price of one, it is money
saved!
1.-THE ST. Landry Democrat 2
was consolidated ON the Sd OF
Mar.h, 1894, with The 0pel0u-
Eas Courier" The advertising
raips have not been increased
while the price of subscription
has been reduced to 81 q year.
TILE COURIER being by odds
the best paperin the empire Par
ish of st. Landry is therefore the
cheapest.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-08
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health Of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs
Its excellence is due 10 its presenting
in the form most acceE yable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation:
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man.
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being we'll informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-08
TAX REFORM STUDIES
EDITED RI BOLTON HALL,

After January l, 1885,. these studlsA
will be united with the American Livs
Question bureaus articles. Address.
sos Odd Fellows Building, St. Leai-, Mo.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-08

Our OF IT ESr1RELr.-she-"1 wouldn't
20 out sleighing with a man l couldn't
trust" He-"I am afraid you wouldn't go
with me-" She-"Why not" Hell am
q man that even q livery-stable keeper
wouldn't trust.,'-Puck.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-08

LovER-"I know as we'll as anybody that
she has no beauty or money or accomplish.
ments or anything, but l love her and"
Friend-"And in any case she will still Be
your better half."-Fliegende Blaetter.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-08

OpelOusas Courier
Is the advocate of Democratic
principles and the friend Of the
people.
Their welfare is its welfare, and
it will ever be found defending
their rights with all OF its
ability.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-08

CouxsEL-"Well, after the witness gave
you a blow what happenedW Prisoner
Tile gave me a third one" Counsel-"You
mean a second one!" Prisoner-"No, sir: /
landed him the second one."-Fun.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-08

DAUGHTER (reading letter)-'But, pa,
dear nm the last word you put a letter too
much, Pa (%self-made, and not a bit Of
pride soout him) -"'Ave l, dear3 Never
mind; | dare say I've left one out in some
other word, so that'u square it.''-TirBits.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-08

MADeE-'I'm in an awful fix" Ethel
''What is it, dear" Madge-'Jack insists
that l shall return his engagement ring, and
for tho life of me / can't tell which one it
is."-Broohlyn Life.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-08

"WHAT! you refuse me some, your in
innate friend, whom you once called your
second egol' 'Ah, my dear boy, l know
myself too well-you would never return
the money.'-Le Figaro.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-08

In MUSICAL CIRcLE.-He-"What would
you think, dear, if l should say you were a
harp of a thousand strings" Shell
should think, love, that you were a lyre."-
Town and Country Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-08

"SoME white folks seems ter 'magine,"
said Uncle Eben, dat dey is so much bet
tah'n other people dat dar ain no necessity
fob 'em ter show it by dar actions"
ington Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-08

"SoME mighty good people," said Uncle
Eben, "gibs er lot OBJ advice whah dey
might 'complish more by locatin' dab
chicken-coop whah it wouldn' be so temp
tatiouS. w Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-08
How completely The BLACK CAT, Bos.

How completely The BLACK Car. Bos-
tons new ive-ceht magazine, has oapti.
waited the story-reading world, is shown
by the fact that In three months 1t has
already reached a sale of 100000 copies.
And the favor it has found with the
press is equally we'll indicated by the
editorial comments of leading papers
throughout the country. The New York
Mail and Express, for instance. refers to
it az 1.-The literary pet" while the Louis
vile Commercial says: 1--WE predict
hat this delightfully."- original and in
tcresting magazine, which is published
by the Shortstory Publishing Co.. Bos-
ton, Mass, will have the largest sale
ever reached by any publication. Its
cleverly told stories Of mystery, excit-
Ing detective tales, and thrilling stories
IF adventure render THE BLACK CAT O
delightful new departure in story tell
ing"
The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-08

II worLp like some powder, please"
"Face, gun or bug7'-Life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-14
WATSON HEADED OFF.
Chairman Butler Says That He viii
Not Come to Kansas.

Chicago Oct S-"There seems to be
a wrong impression regarding the ac-
tion taken by the Populist committee"
said Senator Butler today. "The ad-
dress issued by the committee does not
reflect in any way upon Mr.. Watson
and it will undoubtedly be approved by
him. Committeeman Reed Of Georgia
came directly here after spending two
days with Mr.. Watson in discussing
the situation and the policy indicated
by our address is entirely approved by
him.
"Of course the situation as regards
fusion in several of the states is not
entirely satisfactory to the committee.
Since a union of the forces is necessary
to win. there ought to be union ticket.
That ticket should be Bryan and Wat
son, but we are not going to divide our
forces. In Kansas and Colorado where
there are not Watson electors the sit
uatiOn is especially unsatisfactory TO
the committee and to Mr.. Watson. But
since the electors IN those states can
not be redivided and give the Populists
representation, W. are not going to turn
them over to Mckinley. Nothing can
be done in those states now that would
not endanger the results, and our ad-
dress was the best thing that could be
done to unite the silver forces, which
is our duty a bOVe all. IF we could have
our way of course it would be differ
emit but Mr. Watson would much rather
put up with the existing conditions than
have those states go for Mckinley"
you think then. that Mr.. Watson's
Kansas trip will be Abandoned" ?"
"Wen. yes; a committee viii prob
ably call on Mr.. Watson to talk over
the situation and communicate to him
the reasons that caused the committee
to arrive at this unanimous conclusion.
I feel sure that when the situation is
thoroughly explained to Mr.. Watson,
that in the interests of harmony he will
arrive at the same conclusions that We