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The Opelousas courier., 1904-03-05
$500 Reward. 4 o

The readers of this paper viii be plsasedto
Iesrn.that there Is at least n dreaded dis
ease that science has been able to cure In all
i~tsstaSes, and that 10 Catarrh. Halls Casaryh
Cure Is the only positive cure now knoWnt 20
the medical fraternity. Casarrh being . con-
stitutional disease, requires q constitutional
treatment. Halls CatarrhC Cure s taken inter
naIy, acting directly upon the blood and mu-
coussarfaces o; the system. thereby destroy
ing the foundation OF the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the son
stitution and assisting nature In doing It's
work. The propristorS have 30 much faithtn
itscurativs powers that they offer One Hun
bred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
send for list of testimonials. Address
F.L. CHENEY 3 Co., Toledo, o.
soldby Druggists, Toe.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
The Opelousas courier., 1904-03-05
Minister Buya Space.

A minister named Cook, Of Concor-
dia,, Kansas, has closed a contract for
a year with a local newspaper to take
sufficient advertising space in which
to print his weekly sermons.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-03-05
can,t unaaratand n.

After a man has tried for three.
quarters Of an hour to light . Gre
with dry kindling wood. It 10 hard for
him to see how o IRE insurance conn
pany can ever lose . cent.-New Yerk
The Opelousas courier., 1904-03-05

Left in quick order after taking 10 doses
al DR.. Skifvin's Rheumatic Cure, in tablet
form. 25 doses for 25c., postpaid. DR..
Skirvin Co., La Crosse, Wis. fA.C.L.I
The Opelousas courier., 1904-03-05

Piss's Care cannot be too highly spoken OIL
60 o cough enre.-J. ". O'BRIEE, SO Thirty
Avenue, n, Minneapolis, MINI, Jan. 9. 1906.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-03-05

[FHEITMlE e.,
1H5.M9HINGg
WM!>2..DIl2NW1

Shooting at a live adversary with
wax bullets, by way Of duellinG prac-
tice, is the latest exercise Of Partisan
~votaries Of the revolver.
In urse Of a recent lawsuit as Brss.
Law, brought by three ballet girls
against their managers, a scene from
a ballet was enacted in court.
In Russia ~nursemai9s and govern
esses get from SIS to 1923 a month If
they know the language only, and $27
to $31 If they know two. or three Ian
guages and music.
The Madrid police the other ehy ar
rested an old woman who praStised
"witchcraft" and made much money.
Her assistant was a goat which, with
phosphorescent horns, impersonated
satan at midnight.
Several Chinese cities have erected
temples in honor of Ii Hung Chang.
His tomb also has the form of a tenn
pie. Two OF its inscriptions are: Cali
countries in this world mourn him"
and she changed heaven and revolu-
tionized the EARTH
A small boy in East st. Louis, ILL.,,
recently went to the authorities Of the
town and claimed that he had been
kidnapped by a negro who wished to
make a monkey of him. The boys
skin had been stained, and he said
that he had been in a cage Of monkeys
In @ circus for a week.
4 herd Of goats, upon which the
scientists at the University Of Chica'
go had been experimenting, was raid
ed by a crowd Of mischievous boys re-
Gently, and m lad was apprehended
while making of with a "billy'' whose
system had been filed with disease
germs imported from India. Another
Of the precious animals was full of BIZ
chloride Of gold, which cost the Uni
versity authorities $500.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-03-05

The Island Of Cypress. in the Med
iterranean, will soon have q railroad
from coast to coast. The amount OF
100000 francs has been Appropriated
for its construction.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-03-05
Aztlions OF Vegetables.

Il Ia easier TO win q wife with fe itery
than st lie to maintain her On it.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-03-05

spoonful of Psruna every hOqr viii sh9rtly
cure it, leaving NO trace Of it behind. After
chronic catarrh has become established, or
the first stages Of chronic bronchitis or
consumption have been reached, 1t will take
much longer to effect q cure.
It seems strange that 40 well known and
well established ~ these facts are any one
should neglect to profit by them, and yet
ne doubt there are many who pay little or
no attention to them and 60 on catching
cold, acquiring chronic catarrh, bronchitis
and consumption.
Catarrh May P~ermesteSths Whole System.
Mrs. Mary e. Sampson, West Derry,
Rockingham County, n. H., writes:
II had terrible headaches, both ears run
and l was nervous all the time, also had
trouble each month; was deaf in one ear
for thirty years. [ took six bottles Of Pc
runa and one Of MaRalin, and am happy to
say that it 10 the best medicine that / ever
ussd. i am not so nervous, my appetite is
good, everything l eat agrees with me, and
am feeling better in every way. ] think
Peruna il Q godssnd to women and a bisss-
ing to suffering humanity" - Mary e.
Sampson.
If you do not derive prompt and s~atisfae.
tory results from the use Of Peruna write
at once to DR.. Hartman, giving a full state
to give you his valuable advice gratis.
Address Dr.. Hartman, President Of Tbs
Hartman Sanftartasa. Columbus, Ohio.
VERY DRUGGIST HAS THEM
The Opelousas courier., 1904-03-05

PUTNAM FADELEss DYES color SIX,
Wool and Cotton at one boiling. "
The Opelousas courier., 1904-03-05

FITS permanently cured. No Ats or nervous
ness after first days use Of DR.. Hines Great
NerysRessoFer. $@s trialb0t$lesna SreasisefEea
Dr. r. q. X EVE, Ltd, es1 Arch 3d.. Phils., Pa.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-03-05
CONSTANT ACHING.

Back aches all the time. Spells your
appetite, Wearies the body. worries the
mind. Kidneys cause it all and Doan's
The Opelousas courier., 1904-03-05

A married man says he objects to Civ
ing his wife spending money because she
invariably spends it.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-03-05

Some men ought to DO thankful that tie
weird doesn't understand them.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-03-05
RheusnatIsm,s Mt1Iinr Pain.

Men who know when they get enough
may &c too full for utterance after getting
IL.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-03-05

After hesitsting . man often fnda II zoo
1akA a act.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-03-05

NeYe is q winner, . pFodiWa 2 maFveI,
snprnfouefy prolific, strong. healthy. vigos.
ous, prnducffng IN thirty seatee tfen ASe
TO BOO bu. per acre. Ycs BED bseS sew .
lot Of it, Mr.. Farmer, IN lsoA, q u Ses
fail sell III to ye8f MeiEhb0fs ~ IL 9 D
Ear mpaH EA(.I3
The Opelousas courier., 1904-03-05

l. what we understand when Or.
spa.ding. an eminent Baptist divine, Of
Galveston, Texas, writes send me two
bottles Of Taylor's cilerokee Remedy Of
Sweet Gum and Mullen. II is Tor a
friend suffering from consumption. = is
a PREPARATION I know from experience to
be good"
At druggists, &c, soc. and sl.o0 d bottle.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-03-05
sUeT eEwD I0C. m sTAMPs

60 TIE aJehn A. salssr Seed Co, Le CEeseat
via, and receive In return their !hle eatA'
The Opelousas courier., 1904-03-05

Mra. Windows Soothing yTup for ohildrel
,teetking, soften the 6iafEs, reduces innAfam9
ton ,aifaSe PSI cares vino eoHe. zoo. abessS
The Opelousas courier., 1904-03-05
Knowleago Fro.a Experleuce.

All women were born to love and be
lsved, and they fight it o.:t on that line.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-03-05
LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE.

II takes . smart mar to write an uain'
nortahk letter.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-03-05
ealxeYss lEaRliost ;

An ounce Of love il worth . ton Of gym
Dathy,
The Opelousas courier., 1904-03-05

Another new thing. Can be eus siz
times during . season and sprouts again
with lightning rapidity. Next to salzeria
Teosinte il will make more green fedde1
than anything else, cheap ~ dirt and grows
everywhere.
Of Ealzer's Renovator Grass Mixture,
Just the thing for dying out pastures and
meadows, Mr. .. Rappol@, East Park, Qa.
writes, u sowea SalEer's Grass Mixture
on soil so poor two men could not raise q
fuss on it, and in Sorty-ene daye after
sowing ] had the eganGess stand ss sras.
sprort quickly and produce enormously"
Io,O00 barFsls choice Beed Potatees.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-03-05

Lots Of people would rather not own the
things they can borrow.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-03-05

In Russia nursemai1s and govern
esses get from SIS to 1923 a month IL
they know the language only, and SIT
to $31 If they know two. OF three laR-
guages and music.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-03-05

In course Of a recent lawsuit as Brss>
lau, brought by three ballet girls
against their managers, a cen from
a ballet was enacted in court
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-14
John Hay on Fairbanks.

The principal address at the Michi-
gan celebration of the republican
party's semi-cenniaI was delivered by
the private secretary, the blographer
and the friend of the first republican
president. Abraham Lincoln. 1t has
a graceful Grafton. not altogether
without contemporaneous political in
tent and interest. For example, Mr..
Hay spoke thus at Jackson yesterday
of the Hon. Charles w, Fairbanks:
In our candidate for the vice. presiden-
cy we have gone back to the old and
commendable custom of the republic
and have nominated a man ia every
way fit for the highest place in the ma
tion. who will bring 10 the presidency
of the Senate an ability and expert
ence rarely equaled in its history.
No living republican is a better
judge than the secetary of State of the
qualities which render man fit for
the highest place in the nation.
When John Hay, therefore, pro-
nounces the republican candidate for
Vice President to be statesman of
tull presidential size we feel that our
own estimate Of Mr.. Fairbank s cali
Der and potentialities has received
confirmation from an authoritative
quarter. New York Sun.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-14
South Bend Wide Open.

The almost unlimited license given
to the saloons of South Bend on Sum-
day and Monday, which was a re-
proach and almost disgrace, leads
the South Bend Tribune to make this
truthful remark: "What is called the
wide-open policy Of city was never
known to lead to good, substantial
government, or to be in any degree a
benhfit to society. Because South
Bend was turned wide open on one
day and there were no serious results
is no sign that this policy OF defiance
of law pursued day after day will be
beneficial. Let the people of this city
support such . policy for few years
and see where they will end. -
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-14

Mr.. and Mrs. George Russell who
have been spending their vacation at
St. Clair Flats, near Detroit, returned
home Saturday.
Mr.. Hearst's Chicago paper declar-
ed seventeen times wednesday that
Parker'S nomination was absolutely
impossible. 1t would be interesting
to know how al idea might be insert.
in Mr.. Hearst'S head.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-14

her marriage. She is AZ inches high
but Col. Steere is two inches taller,
and weighs exactly SO pounds. He is
pleasing conversationallst and is
well informed having travelled far and
wide with prominent exhibitions. He
is IS years old and is financially well
fixed.
While so many democrats were en-
during the heat and burden of the
day at st. Louis, in the midst of the
conflict, as it were, the three most dis.
tinguished of the party were enjoying
the blessings of seclusion and rest, far
away from the scenes of disturbance.
Judge Parker was calmly watering his
roses in his country garden near AL
bany, N. Y, Arthur Pue German was
bossing wheat harvesting gang on
his Mar Jland farm, and Grover Cleve-
land was fishing at Buzzard Bay.
The agricultural department is out
with story detailing how a Metho-
dist parson keeps twenty-five cows
which bring him IN 81, 400 a year on
fourteen acres of what was a while
ago one OF the poorest little farms in
Pennsylvania. These cows are soi,ed
and kept in the barn the year round,
and all their food is produced on the
farm. When a preacher and the ag-
ricultural department go into partner
ship common farmers may prepare to
open their eyes.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-10-04
AS THEY SEE 1T.

Great display is being made OF
the fact by the Dawson papers
and supporters, says the Morgan
town News, that coal, oil and gas
and other minerals are to be as
sessed for taxation under the new
assessment law. This is true, but
it is also true that the farmer will
pay much of this increased tax.
In support of the convention
that coal, oil, gas, and timber
lands, etc., are to be taxed, Sec
ton 20 of Chapter 4 of the new
laws passed by the special session
of the Legislature is quoted as
follows:
When a tract of land be-
comes the property Of differ
ent owners in several parcels,
the assessors shall assess the
respective parcels separately
to the individual owners
thereof, giving to each of said
parcels it's true and actual
value according to the rule
prescribed in section II Of
this chapter. Whenever any
person becomes the owner Of
. the surface, and another or
Others become the owner of
any other freehold estate in
the coal, oil, gas, ore, lime
stone, fre-clay or other min
erals or mineral substances
in and under the same, or OF
the timber thereon, the as
SCISSOR shall assess such re-
spective estates to the respec-
tive owners thereof, at their
true and actual values, ac-
cording to the rule prescribed
in Section IL of this chapter,
provided, that if by reason OF
the discovery of such min
erals or the development
thereof or otherwise since the
last assessment, any such
land or estate increases IN
value to the amount o $500
or more, the assessor shall IN
crease the assessment OF such
land or estate to the actual
value thereof, according to
the rule contained in Section
II, in the name of the owner
thereof; and provided fur
Their, that if the value of such
estate shall decrease to the
amount of 800 or more, by
reason of the exhaustion of
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-10-04

An increase in the taxes on this
one farm of 1916. Of course,
the school bonds will be paid off
this year, but the other tax will
not be materially lessened, and
for building proposes may be in
creased to 40 cents, but that
fairly represents what the far
mers may expect to pay in the
way of taxes.
We counsel our farmer readers
to stuly this matter. 1t is a bus
mess matter pure and wholly. We
have published the new law time
and again, but we doubt if a sin,
gle one of our readers ever saw
the new law printed in Republi-
can newspaper or heard it read
by a Republican speaker. They
know it's a bad law; hence, they
talk about everything else but the
law as it actually is.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-10-04
THAT TAX LEVY.

Under the old State laws the
County court could lay a levy OF
95 cents on each 500 worth of
property as a county tax. This
levy included the tax for county
purposes and road funds. Under
the new law of the Legislature the
whole levy for county and road
purposes must and cannot exceed
GO cents on 800, and the differ
ence between what the county
court could formerly levy a tax
for and what it can next year
being 35 cents-the Republicans
say in stentorian terms, 1--WE have
reduced your county tax in one
full sweep 35 cents on $780,
This would be true where the
county levy has been laid at 80
cents-the limit under the OLD
law-but it is not true IN our
county. The levy this year In
some districts is As cents for coun'
ty purposes and from 10 to 20
cents in the districts for road pur-
poses, so the highest levy only re-
duces the county tax 5 cents, IN
stead of 80 cents.
Take the taxes of 1903 and we
can readily see what the results
will be to the farmer. We have
before us a tax bill for a tract OF
1O7 acres of land on Pursley IN
this district. 1t is valued under
the old law at 1898, the total
county tax for all purposes being
$41.14. This land was sold this
year for $4,000, and that is what
it will be valued at by the as
SCISSOR next January, for, under
the new law, land will be and
must be assessed at what it has
actually sold for during the pre-
ceding year; therefore, we know
beyond all doubt what this land
will be assessed for. Last year the
total county taxes was Is cents.
Under the new law it will only be
60 cents. The total tax on this
land for county and road pur-
poses at it's present value was
$13.71 at 75-cent levy. At its
new assessed value of $4,000, at
60 cents it will be $50, or nearly
three times the former county tax
on the same land. This is not
an imaginary case at all, but an
actual one and about which there
is no doubt.
But. we are told, and it a fact,
that next year the State tax is
reduced to "a cents instead of
80, as it now is. The tax on this
farm for State purposes in 1903
at the 35-cent levy was $6.N.
Under the new assessment at the
new rate of "a cents, the State
tax will be for 1905 the sum OF
$14.4O, or over double what it has
been.
But we are aagin told that I'M
der the new law the Board of Ed
ucation cannot lay a levy for
building purposes to exceed 20
cents unless the board is going to
building a new school house or
pay for one already built when it
can lay a levy of 40 cents, and
here they say we save 20 cents of
a levy in addition to the others.
Under levy of So cents laid on
this farm in 1903 the taxes for
building purposes was $6.4O. Re-
duce the levy in 1905 to 20 cents
unler its new valuation and the
tax will be for building purposes
$12. But in 1909 the State tax
is to be reduced to 5 cents. Now
lot, q con hour p,,,ob tho farmer
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-10-04

!
the valuation thereof as to
place it at its actual value ac-
cording to the rule prescribed
in Section II of this chap
ter.
Now the catch-word in this sec
ton is Freehold estate" Neither
the Standard Oil company, the
South Penn company nor the Nc
Dermott company owns much
"freehold estate" in this county,
or in West Virginia. The oil and
gas lands are owned by the farm
ers chiefly and the various oil
companies hold only leases on
the lands. Dozens of these are re-
corded every week or two in the
office of the county clerk. A big
batch of them were recorded last
Saturday. The gas company tax
ing these special leases, pipes the
gas out of the State without pay.
ing cent of license tax here.
The assessment value OF the
land will be increased, to be sure,
but the farmer will be the one to
pay the increased taxes, the oil
and gas company being exempted,
because it has no "freehold es-
tate' in the land. Its leases run
for a term Of years, usually ten
or twenty. Recent leases by the
Carnegie Natural Gas company
from William Hall, Jasper Stone,
William Baremore, Ulysses Court
ney and many others, run ten
years. 1t has been decided by the
Supreme court of the State that
a lease for term of years is not
Freehold" and that it cannot
be assessed.
This decision was made in a
case Of the State against the
South Penn Oil company, April
4, 1896. The assessors in Marion
and Wetzel counties had assessed
certain oil and gas leases held by
the South Penn Oil company. The
oil company resisted the collection
of the tax and took the case to
court.
Here is the court s decision,
quoted directly from the West
Virginia reports, Volume II, page
80:
A privilege or liberty or IL
cense to search and explore
the land for oil or other min
erals, coupled with a grant to
dig and remove them, and
convert them to the grantees
own use, if in fee or for life,
creates an incorporate free
hold right in the real estate,
which may be assessed to the
grantee separately from the
land or it's surface, and, if the
minerals be found and pro-
duced creates a freehold in
terest, which should be assess
ed separately on the land
books, under the act of Feb
ruary 81, 1891 (chapter 36),
entitled AN act to provide
for the reassessment of the
value of all real estate within
the State
But such privilege, liberty,
or license, and such interest,
if limited for a term of years,
are not held and owned as the
whole or part of a freehold
ownership within the meaning
of the act and should not be
separately assessed to the
mining licensee or lessee on
such land books. 80.
| Why did not Mr.. Dawson and
his great tax reform crowd pass
a law to tax the oil and gas COM
panies on that seven-eighths of
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-10-04

Nearly time to begin to fatten
your Thanksgiving turkey.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-10-04

was $41.14, and that was a very
high levy for this county and dis
trict. Here is what it will be for
1909 under the same levies redcu-
ing the county levy to 60 cents,
the State to 5 cents and the
building fund to 20 cents:
County tax. $3.50
SCdJe TAX. .
Teachers fund. :. 80
Building fund. ............ IL
Interest on school bonds. 80. 6
Interest on turnpike bonds. II
Total tax. $99
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-19
DULUTH

DULUTH. Mimi. June 1S.-July wheat
showed a sharp decline during TODAY If
opened Ac up at 93c. sold down steadily
and closed at 92Ac. Business was dull Flax
was steady. closing from Ac over to &c
cars; flax, 80; cars on track. 40. Shipments
Wheat. 255.245 bu; oats. los. .l19 bu: flax.
S29, ,187 bu; barley. 1864 bu. Close-Wheat.
cash, No northern, 92Ac; No. north
flax. cash 81. 081a; July, 81 O9; September,
81 10; October, 1.11A oats, 41c; rye,
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-19
New York Bank Statement

NEW YORK, June 18-The statement
OF averages of the clearing house banks
of this city for the week shows.
Loans, 81 .049, ,689, 800, increase 81. .596. 500:
deposits, $Is122s s012 SOC, Increase SO, 781.-
200; circulation, $38, 752 006. increase s664-
goo: legal tenders. $83, ,00S, 700, increase
81 779, 900; specie 1926. 1866. 900, increase s4.-
3,S00; reserve, 1919, 373 900, increase sc. :
$500; reserve required, $3.50. sos, ,125. in
crease So, ,307, ats: ex-United States de-
posits, $44,725, $50, increase 1921, 700.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-19
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Open. High. Low. Close.

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour.
easy; winter patents. 81. $500 .65;
straights, $4,000 40; spring patents,
$4 5000 70; straights, SO 90@4.2O: bakers ,
81. 50@3. 90. Wheat--No. 2. 92@95c; No. 8,
s5gs2c; No red; 9Sq$l Corn-No. z.
41@41Ac; No. s white. 42@43%. Rye
No. 2, IS. Barley-Good feeding, 33@39c;
fair to choice mailing. 42@54c Flaxseed-
No. 1. 81. Of; No. 1 northwestern, 81 0715
Timothy Seed-Prime, 81 95. Pork-Mess,
per bbl, $12 .50@12. SIS. Lard-Per 100 lbs,
$6. 1906. TIN. Short Ribs-Sides (loose).
$7@7. .25. Clear Sides-Short (boxed), $40
z rs. Whisky-Basis of high wines, 81 %.
Clover-Contract grade. $10.75. Receipts
Flour, 15,6 500 bbls; wheat, 25, 900 bu; corn.
1885, bu; oats, 147 900 bu; rye, 1000 bu;
barley 91,360 bu. Shipments Flour, 49,
goo Dds Mnea " san 1oOS0o eu SoO corn h SSg aOo
4.200 bu. On the Produce Exchange to-
day the butter market was steady; cream
cries, 131h @17Ac; dairies, 11k @16c. Eggs
easy; at mark. cases included, 14@14hc.
Cheese easy, A@8c.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-19
Coffee and SUGAR

NEW YORK, June 1S.-The market for
coffee Tpine futures opened steady at unchanged
prices 70 decline of points on Decem-
absence of demand The news was gem eI1e
eirai erahy OF g bullish character including
Iurther ner unfayorable crop accounts from
the market turned weak before the close
under continued operations. 1t was finaIIv
11aTely steady at a decline of 10@2O points
Guiding July at 6.O5c; September. & 15m
6-S0c; November. 6.35c; December S4SX
Soc; Soc pSd March 6SS@6; soc; May. S9567c.
firm: Cordova, 9K 012c. 49, inlio
Sugar-Raw, firm; fair refining. 3aSc.
centrifugal 96 test. 32 1920; moiasses s1I- :
gar. 3Bc. Refined, steady; No. 6 s0c.
MOI z. 445c; No. 8, 4.4Oc; No. 9. 4.S5c. No
10. 4:30c; No. II, 4.25c; No. IL a 20c. No
u. 415c; No. "A, Aloe; confectioners
6:6Oc; powdered, sc; granulated. 4.S0e:
cubes. 5.15c.