Evening Star Newspaper, February 7, 1894, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. TO ADVERTISERS. Advertisers sul Rese een er S. H. SAUFFMANN, Pres’ New York Ofes, 38 Potter Building. TRE Frextne Stan is served to subseribers in the fre urgently ree quested to hand In advertisements the day prior to publication, in order that insertion may be as- city by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents LSE LRG AEE NREL oF ~ per moa ea be received up to noon of the day States e- Canada—postaze prepaid—30 cents per mouth. of publication, preced nee being given to those first received, SATURDAY Qrretrrer SHEET Star $1.00 per year: with foreizn postage added, $3.00. J Post Office at Washington, D. C.. ail matter. ) pscriptions must be paid in advance. es of atvertisine insde known on application yASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1894-TWELVE PAG = = een a j 1S . one-half, if not three-fourths, of the taxes the ovules t are formed be 'SEMENTS AMUSEMENTS EDUCATIONAL. [levied by the taritt. Nothing is more cer: | fore the bi qual to whom AMUS | Seeederscousesasacceeaea | —— os = — = ° ° tain thanethat indirect taxation comes pre- our age as CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, MEXICO. ae N WASHINGTON. _ ee puudiatanthy auk of ne wagee of tuber. “the rpdinage Special semi iy Tourist Parties over >? snag eae ie : oad . 4 of o a! : ompany's Sunse jen |THE MISSES MINKE OF THE NEW ENGLAND alinin ea wa Surest_ way to develop socialism in any | °° Seo Frage ACADETITY. foten koe ates. AUSIy. to THE SOUTHERN | Conservatory of Music, Boston. Piano, harmony s country is to perpetuate inequalities, which ‘*al parents were born. 248 Broadw: ¥.. 49 8. 3d| “nd voice culture; Lamperti’s Italian method. 312 breed socialism as naturally as sparks fly Our existence period varying Dress Cir, ae ‘ . or 209 E. German st., Baltimore. | Delaware ave. __ fe6-im?_ upward. | from fourte rs. With the SHINGTON CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, 1235 rear ey te Alleged Will Be Seeti 88 of of the bes = - salina’ h st. nw. Twenty-fifth year. no, Organ, alles: ome ta fh nged more MATINEE SATURDAY AT 2. DEMY Haines’ Heil, Gees violin, flute, coruet, &e. Free advantages to 2 a a oe eee Caen tee Bebene ton . ere was a time be- MATINEE P: RESERVED, 25, 50 and Te. AY and SATURDAY EVEN: | pupils. 0. B. BULLARD, Director. fed-Im*_ ver air O will be sectional in its operations, and that pacraineh whan Oe ; ~ at the academy. | ¥ME. TAYLOR, OPERATIC THACHER, MAKES | nearly all of it will be collected from the , child was thought to begin only ‘The Greatest of Wonder Workers, Cae Sms |p ARTNNY, OF Plucine the yolee correctly for great cities in the northern and eastern after it was successfuliy born and took im VEBER'S SOCIETY ORCHESTRA FURNISHES | operas, churches, concerts, Evening classes for ah he ent agains Sut that the child's im Minusle. for ‘receptions, gertuam de. "Orders tert | girls. Keduced rates, 516 11th st. a.W. states. It is not a valid argument against But the child's ta = at Louis Weber's, L st.' n.w., Droop's or taxing surplus incomes that these incomes be ag Sa ee ee eee For the Stage? |are more easily earned and accumulated in —_ All the New, Startling Features pro- | ' some localities than in others. What mean ore © Fee ¢ iting 3 hs” rum at OTR. a | Ladies and Gentlemen to join Dramatic Club; ex- e ci s e ral: . wo im- Se Maes See ton ce. EXCURSIONS, & aot wecemasty.) Sadtom Ke Mar ames. | the constant publications noting th t © simply two im NFXT WEEK—EVANS & HOEY tn the final apd | “>= = ST development of profitable railways, miniz ationary career best edition of “A PAK MATCH.” fe6_| BY RAIL TO Ly manufacturing and other industrial estab- neg hed NEW NATIONAL THEATER. MONT AVI : ee lishments ail over the south? s 4 t FIANO AND HAEMONY. 9 Sixth. The income tax is objectionabl sexual oo oon ewe Mount Vernon, | 2c ent ee| ¢ At Hoover& Snyder's} Sass 35 i INSTRUCTION #LIS ND | and makes public the amount of inco ’ Y Latin by the di rary method, without | received by those paying ¢ DANIEL FROHMAN’S TOMP OF WASHINGTON. Latin to. the aeligtttal Meerary mivceed,. without received by those paying the tax. Bu LYCEUM Take trains Pennsylvania depot 8:40, 9:45, 10:45 | INSTRUCTOR, S06 11th DLW. fe3-6t* icity by making 4 enal FIRST a.m., 11:50 a.m. and 2:11 p.m. Also’ via ferry to | = ae | publicity by making it a pe f i TIME. Alexandria, 7th st. wharf, at 9:30, 10:30, 11:30 | MR.J.E. SCHEEL, TEACHER OF PIANO, ORGAD ‘ any officer of internal revenue to publish COMEDY IN a.m. and 12:30, 1:30, 2:30 p.m. Fare, round trip. | singing and accompanying at sight. Particular |or communicate the amount of any indi WASHINGTON. 50 cents. Grounds open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. d22-ti | attention to beginners as well as those further i vidoal aucomne. COMPANY ao 8 ee : ja6-skwiin® o Seventh. It is claimed that the tax tend 5 ae Oe SARDOU" Sin . e st d thrift, and wili " anders Pemsleasraxaunee . | SCHOOL, OF ELOCUTION, ORATORY. “ACTING, eee nee ee eee ee nts,” Itt he wanted “to Americans Abroad. eee Bar Limanas: given ‘hveing the day or ete ere ; | Broperty. Does ams” man felis rt time ‘and “duration.” 7 lays" tour, : ‘ * | . ‘ “ i ; to 5 , s . kD €. TOWNSEND, Miss ADA L. TO 66, 99 ding! growth of prosperity and the a. a with all the Original Settings and Southern France, 59 days’ eagin aia r s to take a new ance gg en on om ome meg outhern Fran ve | i & The ‘good news” is rapidly spr g rita ath aH tease peter ; c . York ys? tour, $600. | OUT OF WASHINGTON. The public know we never indulge in ‘‘fake”’ fear of a two per cent tax on s eman NEXT WEEK—“LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN. ‘s” tour, $450, fe ptaech | Eighth. But th rege will Time & es Sito Sere ea oe Se dace four: $180. | MAPLEWOOD 1 STITUTE, (CONCORDVILLE, PA. sal We carry the finest class of shoes evassons to eacepe it and otters Kg eagplonad ze i ~ By "| $192 per year; a successful school; one o: e . deceit and per rH : or ane Leng : best to infuse ‘with cnergy and to wake up boys selling them true of all taxation upon personal pro om, Wermuda, W Florida.” Mexico | Vest, t0 infuse "with energy and to, wake up boys manufactured and we are today selling | ffue of all taxation upon per : | "i Libkets sold to} 3° SHORTLIDGE (Yale), A. " Hearing the Sailors Cry Land! Land! attention from are cordially | . hings, | as well as to order. Galleries | | Veerhoff S E 217 F St. N.W. AVE. CHES: 1221 PA. TH ST. fe7 YELE SHOW, | & fund, under the GRAND PAIR 4 For the benetit E CLUE exhibi in the | nts of Washington. = | M | Tickets 50e. all leading DANCIN | i | i} fe6-10t A FULL-BLOOD NE Py wous White as a at Haine’s | to 6 pam. | | | | ALE OPERA HOU: BEGINNING MONDAY, Henr WEEK repertoire: BECKET -Mr. Irving Mr. Wa. Terrise Miss Elien Terry --MERCHANT OF VENICE ---OLIVIA | OLDFIELD and THE BELLS MATINEE. THE MERCHANT OF VENICE oan LOUIS XI the bax office Thurs- Prices, $3, $2 and $1. USTRATED | Art Lecture William A. Coffin. “LANDSCAPE WORK.” SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, AT 8 O'CLOCK. 1 75. For sale at Art Students’ League, S08 17th st. n. w. ery Exchange Hail, 719 13th st.. on even- 1 it SATURDAY NIGHT pany or open ebruary 8. ILL WEEK OF FEB. 5. USUAL MATINEES. MR. AND MRS. OLIVER BYRON, HEART OF AFRICA AND THE PLUNGER. ‘The Pinngen-Monday, Tuesday Matinee and Night Wednesday Night Heart of «Thursday Matinee and Night and i 1 Saturday Matinee and Night. Next K-CHAS. A. LODER. ALBAUGH'S GRAND OPERA HOUSE. Denman Thompson’s BEAUTIFUL PLAY THE OLD HOMESTEAD, Presented by a fe5-6t t and better company than ver before. ORIGINAL SCENERY AND PROPERTIES, MATINEE SATURDAY. NENT Mr. HENRY IRVING, Miss ELLEN TERRY WEEK) “and the Loudon Lyceum Theater Co. KEKNAN'S LYCEUM THEATER TONIGHT AT S. Matinees ‘Thursday and Saturday. THE ACCEPTED FAVORITE OF VAUDEVILLES aa A : Gus Hiil’s Novelties. A MIGHTY AGGREGATION OF EMINENT sTars | 10 Big Specialty Acts 10. Burope’s Best Nove! America’s NENT WEEK. Sam T. Jack's Crew METZEROTE HALL GROSSMITH. “The King of aimers."-N. ¥. Advertiser. | : winning and droll: and . 5 ts ta fal and de. Y. ‘Tribune. “Mr. Grossmith ts a ft of acting.” N.Y. Com Never have we heard a al fun.""— Boston Transcript. | bique and delightful. Bostuu TUESDAY EVENING, FEB 12, were WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEB. Mr. In bis Famous English Entertainer George Grossmith, | Humorous, and Musical Recitals, Presenting for th rst times im Wasi sketches, THE ART OF ENTERTAINING.” “HOW 1 DISCOVERED AMERICA." the better. differeuce Language. Americ Mr, Grossmith will introduce the following origin- al songs: | “THE AMERICAN Gm. { HIS DAISY.” | ‘THE PADEREWSKI CRAZE.” | NUMEROUS ILLUSIRATIONS AND IMITATIONS. Coan Pat Sccompany himself on a ts. with reserved seats, $1.50, $1 and Te., | COLUMBIA COLLEGE oF CoMMEK ‘STEAMER MACALESTER _ TO MOUNT VERNON. Tomb of Washineton. Daily (except Sunday). At 10 a.m., returning by 2:45 FARE, ROUND TRIP. 50 CEN Admission to grounds, 25 cents. Tickets, with Mount Vernon admission coupon, for sale at wharf and at hotels. Will also make river landings as tar as Glymovt. | stopping for freight and passengers toth ways. For | charters, &e., apply at ollice of Steamer McAlister. sels. LL. BLAKE. Capt. | EDUCATIONAL. | IN WASHINGTON. ead. HOMME, 307 D st. now. | ENGLISH AND | FOR GIRLS, Q st. nw { . Boarding pupils limited. | LEARN THE Proticie 3. The riting se! 14TH STREET AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, oc30_ Mr. and Ms. W. D. CABELL, Wrincipais, | ACADIMY OF HOLY CROSS, 1312 MASS. AVE. & day school for young ladies and little zirls. | The cours> of study embraces ail the branches au31-6m THE of a practical education. 1438 NST. 3 THE MISSES KERR'S SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES AND LITTLE CHILDEE: 623 La. ave., bet b . K. URN! ‘Twenty shorthaod and yh and | typew the offi tons by individus J. McETTRICK, TUTOR . thathemitics, sciences, ; prepares for al backward pupils 4 specialt theut ave. ARD SCHOOL OF LAN rh languages taught Hard me comprising a se of books publishe® I nee pica ur aud gud the peas ieee te Pb. H. MUELLER, « WORD TAIN SYSTEM. Visiturs uw it th Jasses beld datiy. aio x G College ionzaga College, | Xoo 1Sr NW. | Under the direction of the Fathers of the So- Classical and business courses of studies. En- German, French. Latin. Greek. Mathe- rR ele Sos CURNELIUS GILLESPL J Prentdcat. SERVICE INSTI 1th now. Pupi s CIV - us aminw ti OLNEY INSTITUTE, 18: Behool for young ladies and 11 Miss Virginia Mason L @9-tt Miss Laura Lee Dorsey, WASHINGTON FEMALE Special adv partments. CLAUDIA STUA MT. VERNON MUSIC STUDIO, 1003 9TH Voral culture aud singing. trong, pure aod brilliant iu fy musieal Examination fre ms nw. GINS FEBRUARY 1, 1894, Mr. and Mrs. B. R. MASON, Jal6-3m ~ LANGUAGES. SCHOOL OF LANGUAC Lith #t rlor he pai M CARRIE V. KID L, DIPLOMA + of Lamperti Method ot Vocal Art Jays ut ¥S4 F st.; Mondays and Thursd: x Jal-1me cnn | st and ZO N st ses THE Nati Real Dav jucation for Sous aud SPEN Bank D sts reall fo RA A all 1084, ¢fel) ipal a PILUTE BESINESS COL W. Cor. 8 SA Ivy 1: ‘Thousand Send | ton; diplom for axnounce pal, DOW OPEN. ART STUDENTS’ LEAGUE—NINTH SEASON. classes portrait, oils, water Evening classes— Antique and men's life. For circulars sead to 808 17th st. cl 2 = MME. J. ESPUTA DALY, Classes in reading music at sight. ‘The note chain system. Mme. Duly indorsed by J. P. Sousa and others of fame. STUDIO, 224 N. J. AVE. N.W. MOUNT VERNON SEMINARY, ‘M und Lith sts. ine a3 and Day School for Young Ladies and tle Girls. Thorougtl modern ress in meth ods “sod” spirit. Prindlpy. Sectadary® abt "Calle: slate classes. ing tert: begins Febryery 1. Spring “TUS. “ELIZABETH 4, SOMERS, jao-tt Principal. WooD’s COMMERCIAL COLLEGE AND SCHOOL ‘of Shorthand and Typewriting, 407 East Capitol of good charact. cetis Meni ce a ah Meme Naas | Sateen ies ec" Sees febst 1S. VELT and CA. ELLIS, Mansgess, | joa s2099 spe sa ‘ | would run Principal. -mara® S HALL FOR BOYS, ST. ¢ Md. Prof. J. . Kinear, Prin.; 1sth year; noted for situation, advantages, health, comfort; terms and references. ja20-Im* —— ee IT WAS GEN. GRANT. near Ba He Was om by More Human Beings Than Any Man That Ever Live The miitary gentlemen who occupy the Seats around the billiard room at Willard’s discuss everything available for conversa- oral purposes, but sometimes they get out of a topic. This happened to a colonel and 4a major of something more than local rep- utation last night while a young treasury |clerk was playing with his inember of Con- gress for a four-doilar supper after the colonel stuck his knobby cane up un- his grigzied mustache and bent his watery oros on the table. ‘The major reversed mis toothpick and mul- Upiied the colonel’s silence by two. Whey sat ihis Way fur niteen minutes, When the colonel Suddenly siapped ue major’s knee and introduced what a Star man Stanuing by bas since regarded as an ely new Osition, aja, & a good many fellers looking at Uiis game and that boy there is the center of opservation." “Very manifestiy, sah,” assented the oth- er. “Well, now this suggests to me to ask you @ very interesung qaesuon, sa Mi right, cunuel, let's have it Um-m-m! Teil me, if you can, what man in all hi was n by the greatest number of human beings from first to last s the course of his natural life.” der whiz! Cunnel, jet me off! That's too ! Way don’t you go down and teil that josevelt tor the civil service it's a fair, bony fidy, real live tion and there's an answer to it, that you and J, as Kentuckians, never liked so powerful much, but it's a tue answer as sure a u're livin’, an’ [kin prove it, too." | “Well, cunnel, if you'll just spin ahead and a thing yerself, I'l give up. d scraping a little to- they're kind o' gummed up like.” ral Grant ral Grant! I'd never a More people laid ther nan than on any other man began ‘way back among the so an’ think so, per- First he was seen wi his in the we uf Virginia twelve of a sale. the bargains being fore and the only fault Ladies’ Shoes. One lot of Ladies’ Straight Goat Common Sense Hutton Shoes. Were $2.75 Now $1.50. Ove miscellaneous lot of Ladies’ Dongola Button Shoes, plain, opera toe, plain and patent leather tip. * Were $3.50 Now $2.25. ‘Three or four lots of four or five styles of four or five pairs each of Ladies’ Fine Don- gola Button Shoes, different styles of toe. Were $5. Now $3. 70 pairs of Ladies’ Button Shoes, finest shoes made. Were $5 &$6. Now S§. NOTE.—All of our regular $5 Shoes now Reduced to $4. One lot of Ladies’ Fine Calf English Walking Shoes. Were $5 & $6. Now $4 | Extra Fine Dongola four or five styles of the ‘angaroo and Misses’ Shoes. One lot of Misses’ Famous ‘Waterbury’ Button Shoes in dongola and straight goat, different styles of toe. Were $2.25 NowS1.75. a ee ie a ee ee se te . “e “serene having only two sides was at the very least | "4 sanhove and ‘THE POCKET V hexagonal. y so simple, it is in of the kof that reality,” he shly complex, mixing ‘round t itself up with quest s of prow and Se free trade, penal laws, public and priva ; ae morality, facility of raising revenue, « | ion in the| or imposition, inequality of pasment, leome in California | The Income Tax Discussion munism, constitutionality, and many’ other out to . collateral topics too. num to na im e hg ant review Arena of Science. The speaker said that the ry ence of tk whole army. [reckon than | United States under an income tax. was 000.108 , Heat to last -—+--—- to the term of the civil war 4 Alexander the . Bismarek, | rs that followed. The ex e Queen Victor . what's ‘the use of her ni with income t ad talking. They weren't in it with Grant. |THE VARIOUS ARGUMENTS REVIEWED ferris ene gg eres a etna } fiscal experience of England as chief ‘aln- ntington’s Proposition. | SR a NIE because it r presarited a people Ind iunitington: the ralltoad wise: |. ap. endent and jealous of | prescri and Jay presented a bill to the sen- | Librarian Spofford’s Paper on This | Private’ rients. ie sun peerption and SE PEGE aaR ure | century to a kind of taxation denounced acti railroads provid . here, as of all others, the mor is’ ire Indebtedness of the Central Interesting Theme. Heporlrehiieites ge Fhiatagar ie raced under a sin mortgas ludes not only the 000,000 dt nd which secondary lien onl » first mo - on the main nehes. The | A unde ‘al mortgage | become a first lien on the entire the Central Pacific,real,personal » including all lands in its grant acquired sin 8 well as lien upon the terminal property in Fr se bonds vent a first Oakland and San interest July, with a sinking fund ponds at the end of that time, claimed in favor of this bill that the bonds, which it is proposed shall be gus ed by the government, could be readily floated the national credit. see he Wilson Bill The joint resolution indorsing the Wilson tarif€ bill came up on its final passage in the Maryland senate yesterday. Senator Walte oved to recommit to the commit- tee on federal relations, saying that he, as a member of the committee, had not been vonsulted. He was in favor of tariff re- form, but did not think it Ue Maryland’s Si . Mr. Waters’ motion commit was adopted. Yeas—Messrs. dent Carrico, Evans, Finley, Hayes, Hepbron, Jobe Newman, § albott, ‘Tilgh- man, Toadvin and’ Waters. Truce, Corthers, Moss, n, gainst recommittment. tee of Gen, Jacob Ammen. jikinson;the three Dent Gen. Jacob Ammen of Lockland, Ohio, died very suddenly yesterday afternoon of heart disease at Cincinnati. Today was set for the celebration of his eighty-eighth birthday, in which a number of G. A. R. posts and Sons of Veteran camps of Hamil- ton county was to take part. Gen. Jacob Ammen was born February 7, 1806, in Bote- tourt county, Va. At the age of twelve years he moved to Ohio, and on June 27, isz7, went to West Point, graduating in 1831. In April, 1861, he entered the army KING’S CONTRIBUTION pe DR. At the meeting of the Anthropological So- clety at the Cosmos Club last night two ad- dresses—one by Librarian A, R. Spofford and the other by Dr. A. F. A. King—were listened to. Each address was followed by an informal discussion of the points touched on in it! The attendance was large and embraced an unusual percentage of ladies. Mr. Spofford’s subject was “Why An In- come Tax?” He began by saying that if it was one of the objects of the Anthropoiog!- cal Society to study all the questions of most interest to man it could not be out of place to consider one which came home so closely to all as the system of taxation. ‘The cost of government had of late years enormously increased and the great sum needed to maintain it rendered the question of texation and national finances of vital importance. ‘i aed : “Leav! of view the political aspec of the cane. he continued, “the subject of national revenue and expenditure was one of paramount scientific interest. While the right to tax is a right absolutely essential, if not inherent, in every government, the mast expedient methods of taxation’ are to the widest controversy. Whether rectly upon property indirectly upon imported and commodities and domestic products, whether Girect taxation should include both’ real and personal property or should be levied ex- incomes or clusively upon real estate, whether the larger Share of taxes should be imposed upon luxuries or placed heavily upon Hquors and tobacco, with a combined view to rev- enue and the discouragement of certain habits of consumption, and whether indirect taxes should be levied solely with a view to revenue or with the end of excludmg or diminishing the importation of certain ar- ticles to encourage their domestic produc- tion—these are questicns not only of great interest to legislators and citizens, but of great Importance in the economy of na- and was appointed colonel of the twenty- fourth Ohio voiunteer infantry by Gov. Dennison, He served with distinction at Pittsburg Landing, Greenbrier and Shiloh, resigning from the army on January 4, 1865, with the Utle of brigidier general, ———~o+ Operation on “Corporal” Tanner, An operation was performed on Corporal James Tanner's stumps at the Seney Hos- pital, in New York, yesterday afternoon. The reamputation consisted of the removal of two and a half inches from each stump where they were pressed by the artificial limbs. Mr. Tanner seemed somewhat ex- hausted after the operation. He is now resting very quietly. tions.” Beautiful in Theory. Mr. Spofford quoted one of the canons of Adam Smith, “that subjects of every state ought to contribute toward the support of the government as nearly as possible in proportion to their respective abilities.” This economic maxim, just and beautiful in theory, had to submit, he said, to a heavy discount when reduced to practice. Th and the inch = grea) have beau aleruentnk wa inceee ee as if it were a question with only two sides, Then Mr. Spofford proceeded to explain acd Yane sides the question actually in- He proved that the question so far from for less than you can buy them at any kind It is evident from the fact that many customers are buying three and four pairs that they are more than surprised at offered. One lady marked that she had bought shoes of us be= was they lasted too long. Hoover & Snyder, 1217 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. re= a te she found with them : : : : : Slippers & Ties. One miscellaneous lot of Ladies’ Fine Gray and Tan Oxford Ties and Slippers. Were $3. Now $1.50. One lot of Ladies’ Red Oxford Ties and Slippers. Were $3.50. Now $1.50 Plen’s Shoes. One lot of Men's Fine Calf Button Shoes, Reduced from $5 to $3. One lot of Men's Calf Shoes Reduced from $5 to $3 Hand-sewed Calf “Waulkenfast Lace One lot of Men's Fine Button Shoes r~ Reduced from$6 to$3.s50 Men’s Extra Fine Cork Sole Shoes Reduced from $7 to $4. lal. He reviewed the history of this species of taxation Sngland, and told of the im- mense advantage it had been to the En- glish treasury. In Germany tax is levied empire and not by the imperi which was supported by customs dut the income tax was in’ successful ope! tion., In Austria-Hungary the income tax had existed during the last hundred years except from 182 to 1849. In Italy the rate of the income tax was 12 per cent on all incomes derived from any source whatever, except lands and buildings. in Switzerland the income tax was bused upon the prin- ciple laid down as an economic canon, that all persons must contribute to the burdet of the state in proportion to the means at their disposal. The Objec: s Considered. “Let us conside: said Mr. Spofford, “the objections used against a tax upon incomes in their order. First, it is inquisitorial; but is it any more inquisitorial than the tax on personal property in all the state: Every system of direct taxation nece: tates inquiry into the possessions of the taxpayer upon which the tax is to be levied. An income tax is no more inquisitorial than all customs revenue taxes which require an oath to be taken as to the value of the im- ports. Every man who lands here from a foreign country has to undergo a scrutiny as to what h? brings with him far more inquisitorial than is involved in the levying of an income tax. “Second, it is an arbitrary tax? If Con- gress can take 2 per cent, Why not 10 per cent, or 100 per cent, and sweep into the coffers of the government all the property of an individual? This argument is equaliy valid against all taxation whatever, since all taxes are and must be arbitrary. Are not customs house taxes levied to the amounts of 30, 50, 100 per cent, and in ex- treme cases even 300 per cent? ‘Third. The tax is unequal in its opera- tions, exempting moderate incomes entirely and laying the whole burden upon those above u certain amount. But it is the very aim of taxes upon wealth to exempt in- dustrial classes and professional incomes which die with their possessor, and to levy an income tax upon accumulations produc- ing large and superfluous incpbmes, Its alleged inequalities disappear when we con- sider that the classes exempted bear the burdens of taxation to a sufficient degree in other ways. Every consumer, rich or Poor, pays tariff taxes on consumption, and these bear so heavily on the wages of labor as to justify us in exempting industrial earnings from further tax. Fourth. An income tax is in tendencies and involves class tion, which is always unjust. This is already met by the statement that the customs tax, from which two-thirds of our nationai revenue is derived, constitutes a far more obnoxious class legislation that inheres in any income tax, however severe. laboring classes probably pay more Mr. pofford h state con! d, where the ituting the overnment, The than commit chronic pe! As human nature is cons tuted, it may be true that some men will lie at times and perhaps that all men will son times. But th: Nomen will u i is contradic by the nee of system in all nations Ninth. Mt is declared that the tax is in capable of collection because it is odious to those who have to pay it. A tax which ™ in eight u th years in stress are: alwa H With the Least Oppressic most proper objects of taxa- t these which can With the least oppression t least obstruction to the comfe per of the people? Among th classed the luxuries of life, incomes, cessions and inheritances. Taxes on ¢ means of living ar of i others, the mos' oppressive and unequal. We are still sul to the highest tariff known in any d nation, and even the sweey ductions of the new tariff bill will i average duty of 3 1-2 per cent cha upon th amount of dutiable articles The ob: S to a progressive or grad ed tax had such weight with the House that the proposition to tax incomes from one thousand to one hundred th endo scale from 1 per ¢ « by two-thi . while the 2 tax project m six votes. One special reason in favor of an inc tax is that it is the only levied upon consu 2 of direct and indir be the most expedie: has proved itself the most pop: n which is so much denvunced is not an pt taxation 2 injustice and a grievance if equitably levied. If government in the last a is a necess . it yet does for man what cannot 4 turnishes him protection home or abroad in the ality the unanime » Court, rend of unity tion-may be unsound, » burden of be divu, The inc families that ely none that hard Seri that h shall Fivally, it is Xpected that ¢ social and ms which ha been for age of st nm will be settled by year That our fiscal sy inclu tienal curren and onal sadly out of joint is abundantly from recent experiences. The round swell of popular 4 ent, ver its | causes, unemployed labor, 0: ction nwise taxation, unsc weening accumu! w, or the rapid . ULsts and monom est study thoughtful rhe pr me tax with composu . notwith- standing the fact sensitive herve in the body pocket herve. That which gre poverning England have voluntarily im themselves for half a century of ov not shake Ame m when levied at only two-thirds of that . Sooner than have the whole country up by [ disturbances, recurring every Tew y ies, finan- | 1 wrecks and commercial r s ned, why not seek a system whi us at once an elastic revenue and an elastic currency? If demagogues and clalists ever do get the upper hand i country it will be because of th of the representatives of wealth in re ing too long timely and salutary reforms in legislation. Meanwhile, none expect that the embodiment of pure reason wiil dictate our legislation or look for the usher- an economic millen | mindful of the trath of th couplet: “Whoe'er expects a perfect tax to see, Expects what never was, nor shall be Amid the mutations of this * | politics and the strife of warring opinions let us exemplify the maxim of one of the wisest ef modera publicists, that “because we cannot do per- fect justice is no reason why we should not do as much justice as we can. Before We Were Bor: The next address was delivered by Dr. A F. A. King on the subject, “How Old Are Wer” “The question,” he said, | ally und od to mean the number of | years that have elapsed since our birth. It] is not so generally understood that the du- ration of our existence « ways includes a con: nymber of years prior to the event of birth. It may be distinctly affirmed also thet human life before birth presents in a somewhat primi- tive way many of the phases that charac- terize it after we are born. It is. well known that even before our mothers were born we lived as ovules in their ovarian stroma. The ovaries of a fetus in utero contain some thousands of primitive ovuies, a few of which, under favorable circum: stances, are to survive and form the beings of a future generation. While it may be disappointing to know that our life before birth implies only an existence as ovules, we must remember that such an existence in the natural order of things was the only way in which we could begin and the only way from which we could proceed to a more exalted stage of animal evolation. If any one desires to retain the old idea of our lives having suddenly sprung into ex- istence at the moment of birth he is wel- come s0 to do.” a TRIAL or ft sior He is Charged by a Nebraska Priest ith Libe BOVACUM, Without a pr Actice ndan t th Is of jus. was the nning ial of of his nal Mbel, > predict= and Ry utio Frost er of the int rda priests, and tt re pr At the Saw a dis- « i mere r Corbett by the bishop, tion of the fact, did not zonized the applic n of § said that he law. He right to purt re nt that on when a court of ed Father ry of bi ttorney copy of appear LAW oN Baltimore Lawyers Rete the Peckham Nominat jcliberations of Bar Associae t night A resoluti fered to the t thas W. H. Peck wh " ently nomics ted_as associate justice of Supreme bench, nould be contirmed bt Hi the man opposed by Sen Hill and sup. ported by President Cley nd the fact that the association was » recom- mend his mation pl owed that both of them had friend r. Cross, who introduced the resolue om, championed its s and other members spoke avor of Attorney eral ¥ sked that the resoe lution by on the table, He said that the question s purely a political one, and, in his opinion, the association should not interfere the me rs were of con- ng political ¢ ns, and should no part in px n association, pri » citizens they n do as they, r s motion prevailed by a major ity of twelve eae eon i teen and Has Four Husbands. Mrs. Celia Livers has & convicted of polyandry by the Simpson county court, at Franklin, Ky. is but eighteen years old, and has been married to the fourth husband within the having secured a divo! At the ai t two years withous ee from any of them. xteen Celia ran off with Silas Pelin ming notion peddier, months’ trial, she de- and magried Jacob Seachrist. Celia soon tired of his company, and, taking fancy to Larry Peters, a horse trader, she eloped with him. Two months later she married George Livers, a young draggist of Franklin, . but husband No. 1 peared “and caused her arrest. She was tried and convicted, ‘but her last husband has succeeded in obtaining a new trial on account of alleged legal informalities, eee — Expelied From the G. A. BR. Henry &. Gibson, by order of Com. mander-in-chief Adams of the G. A. R, was last night publicly expelled from the Ed Maynard Post of that order at Knox- ville. He will appeal his case to the na- tional encampment, which meets in Pitts- burg in September. Capt. Gibson is a re- publican candidate for Congress C. Houk, the present