Evening Star Newspaper, June 10, 1898, Page 15

THE EVENING STAR, ‘FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1898-16 PAGES. - a 15 FOR MEDICINAL USE NO FUSEL OIL It Stimulates the Circulation. It Tones up the Life. It gives Life and Health. It Imparts Strength. It is Prescribed by Physicians. It has been Popular for years. It is sold universally. Send for pamphlet. DUFFY MALT WHISKEY CO., Rochester, N. Y. " WITH THE VOLUNTEERS. Good Stories of How Officers Dealt With Refractory Men. From the New York Herald. Sr ing of volunteers,” remarked the captain of artillery, who had served e civil war, “re! ds me of a 1 sbout Pennington, who ceived his brigadiership. He ‘ight artillery during the re- commanding a battery in Custer's of his men were sent on ©, and their place was to be i by militia volunteers, who had never served under a “regular” officer be- fore. They wanted their own officers, sneered at West Pointers—the old story— and when they found they were not to be allowed to serve under the men they had elected, they behaved as other militia or- anizations have since. They reported at the proper time, but then sat down on an embankment which had been thrown up to serve as a fortiti- cation and refuSed to obey orders. Capt. Pennington (as he was then) ordered them to in. They laughed. Pennington— he's from New Jersey—didn’t much. He ned to an old sergeant, who had served with him in the regular army, and .ordered nim to point a field piece, which stood by, loaded with canister, down the umbent m he said, ‘take that lanyard. I'll count three, and if every man is not in ranks at word “three” fire. One, two’ ut before he said three every man was js plac is like the story thi who was retired ty a companion with an After the time of the ni d elapsed a regiment w in on the basis of * r When they got ng didn't suit them. P. napkins or the crum! re ° years camp s there an't re in m the tablecloth before the last the end of three months the regi- to a man declared that had a mistak ninety days ont ing longer. They went to drill that 1 when they were ordered to rest cked acms and refused to fall in 2 when so ordered. The colonel was they had e¢ nd didn’t pre for a regular: so he just sent word to division headqua . where Ruger was in com- ‘mand. He promptly turned out three obi dient regiments, well seasoned with regu- rmed them on three sides of the . commanded them to load their > aim, and then commanded the They fell. Hin. at hand for dealing with ve 1s, anyhow. I never sha fo my first experience In his regiment. i ‘gan as colonel of volunteers, and tound that the company officers, whom his had elected, were reasonably efficient. terms of office came to an end just pout the time Ruger took command, and companies ted on their right to the new officers. Seeing that their : on was going to be cor again, the colonel 1 their cho a brief i ning like this: “ ‘The me: 1 nominate. Hereafter there no more town meetings in this Some Uses for Wrapping Paper. From the Brooklyn Citizen. How many pieces of wrapping paper come inte our houses from week to week und this bundle i for no ot or that, and are dis- purpose than lighting morning fire. The thoughtful house- however, will find a use for nearly piece, and lays it folded away in a drawer to bide its moment of usefulness. ordinary use of {t for wrap- lining drawers, covering or books, it is always on na pattern is t» be cut out. Lay it ov kK or fin n when pressing them, wrap woolen clotiing or furs that are to be s summer in the avy sheets of manila sivaller pieces to drain French fried potatoes upon to absorb surplus grease. A sheet of r’s paper placed over a gr ot ed with a hot iron will spot from an article of clothing. For polishing window glass, art glas Jamp chimneys. there is nothing bette he peper. Last, but not least of the which it may be put, is in stitching any cther material that “draws’ sewed on a machine. Lay a paper bet the presser-foot and the material, through both, and when finished i paper away stitch r tke see Up a Tree. From Household Words. During the lifetime of the author of “Lost Mi ssingberd” he received many com- ns embodying similar incidents to h formed the crux of the novel. is eventually found in the But a legend of like char- Owen Glendower—to use of spelling the me of Owen, like Robert od of disposing ng with his cou- i him and con- @ holiow oak tree, long testimony t Howell's own domain of lly. But only the other ent occurred. ‘Tw 1 Woodbridge man _mysteriou: om home. All efforts to fi is whereabouts were ftruitiess od Friday a boy was bird-nesting in oi and saw what he took to be the ~ a man high up among the = of a fir tree. It proved, however, a clothed human skeleton, which equently identified as that of the ssing man. Lazy Liver “i have been troubled a great deal with a torpid liver, which produces consti tion. I found CASCARETS to be all you clai for them. and secured such relief the first trial, that { purchased another supply and was com: pletely cured. I shall only be too glad to ree- ommend Cascarets whenever the opportunity is presented.” J.A SMrre. 2920 Susquehanna Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. aan a tree. told by on CANDY CATHARTIC Pieasant. Palatable. Potent, Good. Do Good. Never Sicken, Weaken, oF Gripe Wer Se, We, «- CURE CONSTIPATION. Sterling Hemedy Company, Chieago, Moatreal, New York. §0-T0-BAG Lt ranteed by all drug- WAR REVENUE BILL Abstract of the Agreement by the Conferees, AUTHORIZATION OF $400,000,000 BONDS Silver Coinage of $1,500,000 a Month. SPECIAL 'TAXES FROM JULY 1 The war revenue bill as agreed upon by the conferees of the House and Senate no doubt will become a law. The following is a complete abstract of the bill, and con- s everything save details of adminis- trative features. It provides that the act shall take effect on the day succeeding the date of its passage, except as “otherwise specially provided for. Fermented Liquors. : A tax of $2 on all beer, lager beer, ale, perter, and other similar fermented liquors, Lrewed or manufactured, and sold or stored in warehouse, or removed for consumption or sale, for every barrel containing not tore than thirty-cne gallons; and at a like rate for any other quantity or frac- tional parts of a barrel, with a discount of iz per cent on ail sales by collectors to Lrewers of the stamps provided for the payment of the tax. An additional proviso Was added as follows by the conferenc “That the additional tax imposed in this section on all fermented liquors stored in warehouse to which a stamp had been affixed shall be assessed and collected in the manner now provided by law for the collection of taxes not paid by stamps.” pecial Taxes From July 1. 1, Bankers employing a capital not ex- exceeding $25,000, $50; employing a capital exceeding $25,000, for every additional thousand dollars, two dollars, surplus in- cluded in capital. The amount of such an- nual tax to be computed on the basis of the capital and surplus for the preceding fiscal year. Savings banks having no capital aud whose business is confined to receiv deposits and loaning or investing the s for the benefit of their depositors, and which de no other business of banking, are not subject to this tax. 2. Brokers, fifty dollars, but any person tax as a banker having paid the special the special shail not be required to pay tax as a broker. 3. Pawnbrokers, twenty dollars. 4 Commercial brokers, twenty dollars 5. Custom house brokers, ten dollars 6. Proprietors of thea ecncert halls in cities of more pcpulation, $100. This does not inclu¢ rented or used occasionally for concerts or theatrical representation: 7. Circuses, $100. No special tax paid in one state is to exempt exhibitions from the tax in another state, though but one special iax is to be imposed for exhibitions within any one stat 8. Proprietors or agents of all other 7 exhibitions or shows for money, no: erated here, $10. Bowling alteys and for each alley or table. Pe », Cigars, Cigarettes and Snuff In lieu of the tax row imposed by law, a tax of 12 cents per pound upon all tobac- co and snuff, however prepared, manufac- tured and sold, or removed for consumption or sale; upon cigars and cigarettes manu- factured and soid, or removed for consump- tion or sale the following taxes to be nald by the manufacturer: $3.60 per thousand on cigars weighing more than three pounds per thousand; one dollar per thousand on billiard rooms, % cigars weighing not more than three pounds per thousand; $3.60 per thousand on cigarettes weighing more than th: per thousand; and $1.50 per thi -e pounds asand on cigarettes weighing not more. than three pounds per thousand: Provided, that in lieu of the two, three and four-ounc of tobacco and snuff now authorized by law there may be packages thereof con- taining one and two-third ounces, two and ackages one-half ounces, and three and one-third ounces, respectively, and in addition packages now authorized by law may be packages containing one ounce of smoking tobacco. The compromise proviso in regard to the of the stock on hand is as folio for, upon all the articles enumer- ated in this section which were manufac tured, imported and removed from factor: om house before the passage of th act bearing stamps affixed to su for the payment of the taxes thereon, an sled subsequent to April 14, 1808, and which articles were at the time of the pi et held and intended for sam by any person, a tax equal to one-half the d:flerence between the tax already paid on such articles at the time of removal from the factory or custom house and the tax levied in this act upon such articl Deal- ers having on hand less than 1,000 pounds of m: igs nufactured tobacco and z on the day si f the bill are y of making return: thus relieved from the necessity of paying the tax. For the expense connected with sessment and collection of the taxes there is appropriated $100,000, The commissioner of inte authorized to employ internal ts, In addition to the number now au- Tobacco Deaiers and Manufacturers. Dealers in leaf tobacco whose annual sales do not exceed 50,000 pounds each, $6. ‘Those whose annual sales exceed 50,000 and not 100,000 pounds, $12, and if their annual sales exceed 100,000 pounds, $24. Dealers in other tobacco whose annual sales exceed 50,000 pounds, $12. Those selling their own products at the place of manufacture are exempted from this tax. Manu s tobacco whose annual sales do not exceed “4,000 pounds, $6. Manufacturers whose sales exceed 50,000 and not 100,000 pounds, Manufacturers whose sales exceed 10,000 ¢ » $24. Manufacturers of ci- gars whose arnual sales do not exceed 1W),000 cigars, 34. Manufacturers whose sales exceed 100.0) and not 200,000 cigars, sie. whose sales exceed y person who carrics on the business for which special taxes are imposed by this act without having paid he special tax is made guilty of a misde- meanor, the penalty being a fine of from $100 to $500 or imprisonment for not more Manuf: 00 cig: urers than six months, or both. It is provided that until appropriate stamps are prepared and furnished the stamps heretofore used to denote the pe: ment of the internal revenue tax on fer- mented Hquors, tobacco, snuff, cigars and cigarettes may be imprinted with a suitable device to denote the new rate of tax, and shall be affixed to all packages containing such articles on which the tax imposed by this act is paid. Adhesive Stamps. Section 7 provides that if any person or persons shall make, sign or issue any in- strument or paper of any description with- out its being stamped he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, the penalty being $100, at the discretign of the court. Section 8 proviies a penalty of a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment for a term nut exceeding five years, or both, for counterfeiting the stamps, and the penalty is made to apply to all persons having any connection with the counterfeiting. Proprietors of proprietary articles are given the privilege of furnishing their own dies or designs for stamps, a failure to rerform which act is made a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $500 or by imprisonment of not to exceed six months, or both. It is also made a misdemeanor by section 10 to evade the provisions of the stamp law, punishable by uw fine not exceeding $200. Other sections following relate to the ad- ministraton of the law. Section 12 pro- vides for the distribution of stamps. Sec- tion 16 exempts goverament, state, county and municipal bonds from the operation of the law and also the stock and bonds issued by co-operative building and loan associa- tions whose capital stock does not exceed $10,000 and building and loan associations or companies that make loans only to their shareholders. Section 18 prevides for a tax stamp on telegraph messages, but exempts messages of officers and employes of the governmen! FRE with it. Such Beer. = Z after March 18. The gift is as handsome as the beer is good. That's the best we can say of it. Our object is to let each family that uses beer know how good pure beer—Schlitz Beer—is. We offer this dainty gift to induce you to test it. There will be no more prizes then. The : beer itself will be its own inducement. Schlitz Bottled Beer It is more healthful than common beer. better. PRICES: It is better for you. is the gift that we offer'to the users of Schlitz Bottled The tray and glasses — all complete —are delivered free with the third case of Schlitz Beer delivered to one family, is the purest beer brewed anywhere. TH PURE B : Six thin, etched, gold-trimmed glasses of the finest quality that tum- bler makers make. The six glasses are set in a tray of ruby or blue, fire-decorated glass. Dhé' tray is mounted in a silver-plated 3frame, with handle. Nothing ever shown in this line compares = = a You'll like it The Beer that made Milwaukee famous. WE DELIVER BEER FREE---Telephone No. 480. ess and also the messages railroad companies over on official busi of telegraph and their o lines. Section 20 makes it a misdemeanor to evade the provisions of schedule B, rela- tive to drugs, medicines, perfumery, &c., punishable by a fine not to exceed $500 0 imprisonment not to exceed six months, or both. Uncompounded medicines or those put up and sold at retail on prescriptions included in the taxable articles, leaving it to apply particularly to proprietary ar- ticles. ction 2 to the duty on them, requiring the affixing of the internal revenue stamp be- fore withdrawal for consumption. Zi The commissioner of internal revenue is authorized to procure until January 1, 1809, of the stamps provided for by contract they cannot be speedily prepared au of engraving and printing. A—Stamp Taxes. or certificates of in- debtedness by any association, company or corporation, on each hundred dollars of face value or fraction thereof, 5 cents, and on each original issue, whether on organ- ization or reorganization, of certificates of stock by any such association, company or corporation, on each $100 of face value or fraction thereof, 5 cents, and on all sales or agreements to sell, or memoranda of sales, or deliveries, or transfers of shares or certificates of stock, on each $100 of face value or fraction, 2 cents. In case of sale where the evidence of transfer 1s shown only by the books of the company the stamp shall be placed upon such books, and where the change of ownership is by trans- fer certificates the stamp shall be placed upon the certificate; and in cases of an agreement to sell, or where the transfer is by delivery of the certificate assigned in blank, there shall be made and delivered by the seller to the buyer a bill or mem- orandum of such sale, to which the stamp shall be affixed. Penalt fine of from $500 to $1,000 and imprisonment for six months, or both. Upon each sale or agreement to s¢ 1] any products or merchandise at any exchange or board of trade or other similar place, either for present or future delivery, for each $100 in value of said sale or agree- ment of sale or agreement to sell, 1 cent, and for each additional $100 or fractional part thereof in excess of $100, 1 cent; pro- vided, that on every sale or agreement of sale or agreement to sell there shall be made and delivered by the seller to the buyer a bill, memorandum of such sale, to which there shall be affixed a lawful stamp or stamps in value equal to the amount of the tax on such sale. A Bank check, draft or certificate of a= posit not drawing interest, or order for the payment of any sum of money drawn upon or issued by any: bank, trust company or any person or persons, companies or corporations, 2 cents. Bills of exchange (inland), draft, certifi- cate of deposit drawing interest or order for the payment of any sum of money otherwise than at sight or on demand, or any promissory note except bank notes is- sued for circulation, and for each renewal of the same for a sum not exceeding $100, 2 cents, and for each additional $100 or fractional part thereof in excess of $100, 2 cents. Bills of exchange (foreign) or letter of credit, if drawn singly for a sum not ex- ceeding $100, 4 cents, and for each $100 or fractional part thereof in excess of $100, 4 cents. If drawn in sets of two or more, for every bill of each set, where the sum does not exceed $100 in any forelgn currency, 2 cents, and for each $100 or fractional part in excess of $100, 2 cents. Bills of lading or receipt (other than char- ter party) for any goods or merchandise to be exported to any foreign port or place, 10 cents. tic vdale Bonds, debenture xpress and Freight. It is made the duty of }very railroad or steamboat company, carrier, express com- pany or corporation or\persox; whose occu- pation is to act as suth, to/ issue to the shipper or consignor a bilt of lading, mani- fest or other evidence of receipt and for- warding for each shipment received, pther in bulk or in boxes, bales, pack- , bundles, or not so inclosed or includ- ed; and there is to be attached and can- celed to each of said bills of lading, etc., a stamp of the value of 1 cent; provided, that but one bill of lading shall be required on bundles or packages of newspapers when inclosed in one generat bundle at the time of shipment. Penalty, $50. A tax of 1 cent fs imposed for every teie- phone message for which over 15 cents is charged. Any telegraphic message, 1 cent. Indemnity bonds, 50 cents; certificates of profits of any association and on all trans- fers thereof, on each $100 of face value, 2 cents. Certificate of dumage, or otherwise is- sued by any port warden or marine sur- veyor, 25 cents; certificate of any other description, 10 cents; charter party, if the registered tonnage of the vessel does not exceed 300 tons, $8; exceeding 300 tons and not exceeding 600 tons, $5; exceeding 600 tons, $10; contract, broker’s note or memor- andum of sale of any goods or merchan- dise, stocks, bonds, exchange, notes of hand, real estate, or property of any de- scription issued by brokers or persons act- ing as such, for each note or memorandum of sale, 10 cents; conveyance or deed for real estate, in which the consideration ex- ceeds $100 and does not exceed $500, 50 cents, and for each additional $500, 50 cents. Entry of goods at any custom -house, not exceeding $100 in value, 25 cents; exceeding $100 and not exceeding $00 in value, 50 cents; exceeding $500 in yalue, $1. Entry for the withdrawal of goods from customs bonded warehouse, 50 cents. Insurance. Life—On each policy for each $100, 8 cents on the amount issued; policies on the industrial or weekly plan, 40 per cent of the first weekly premium is charged. ‘Fraternal bereficiary societies and orders, farmers’ purely local co-operative com- re not | adds the tax on proprietary ar- | panies, employes’ relief associations oper- ated on the lodge system or local co-oper- plan, “organized and conducted solely by the members thereof for the exclusiv benefit of its members and not for profit,” are exempted. Insurance (marine, inland, fire), 2 policy one-half’ of one cent on each dolla) Co-operative and mutual companies are ex cmpted. ch } OF position or other obi jon of the na- ture of indemnity, and jeach contract or »bligation sguarantecing; the validity of | bonds or other obligations issued by any municipal) or other public body, or guaranteeing titles to real estate or mercantile credits, executed or guaran- j teed by any surety scompany upon the amount of premium charged, one-haif of one cent on eacn dollar. land or tenement, y ) cents; excceding one year and not exceeding three years, 5!) cents; excecd- ing three years, $1. Manifest for cus- tom house entry or clearance of cargo for a foreign port, if the registered tonnage of such ship, vessel cr steamer does not ex- ceed 300 tons, $1. Exeecding 300 tons and Tot exceeding 600 tons, $3. Exceeding 600 } state, county not exeeeding j tons, $. Mortgage of real «tate, or per. sonal property excceding $1, ) and not e ceeding and on each $500 {in exe of $1,500, rent | Passage ticket from a port in the United Sta ceeeding $30, $1; costing more than ‘$30 and not exceeding $60, 83; costing more than 860, Proxy for voting at any election for offi- cers of any, incorporated company, except religic charitable, or literary societies or public cemeteries, 10 cent Power of attorney, 25 cents; not to apply the collection of ex-soldiers’ claims inst the government on account of the military or naval service. Protest of notes, bills of exchange, ac- | ceptance, check or draft, or any marine protest, 25 cents. Warehouse receipts, The stamp duties on manifests, bill ing and passage tickets do not apply to steamboats or other vessels plying be- tween ports of the United States and ports in British North America. Schedule B. al proprietary articles and prepa- Upon every packet, box, bottle 2 Medici rations: pot or phial, or other inclosure, containing troches or powders, tinctures, cordials, bitte! liniments ments, pastes, drops, ural spring waters and spring waters), essences, spirits, oils and all medicinal preparations or compositions, whatsoever, made and sold. or removed for sale by any person wherein the person mak- ing or preparing the same ha ms to have any private formula or any exclusive right where such packet, etc., does not ex- ceed at the retail price, 5 cents, one-eighth of 1 cent tax; when the retail price is be- tween 5 and 10 cents, one-fourth of a cent; between 10 and 15 cents, three-eighths of a cent; between 15 and 25 cents, five-eighths of a cent, and for each additional 2% cents, in value, five-eighths of a cent tax. Perfumery and cosmetics and other sim- ilar articles used as applications to the hair, mouth or skin, or otherwise used where the packet, box, bottle, etc., does not exceed at the retail price 5 cents, one- eighth of 1 cent tax; when the price is be- tween 5 and 10 cents, one-quarter of a cent; between 10 and 15 cents, three-eighths of a cent; between 15 and ts, five eighths ef a cent; each additional 25 cents in value, five-eighths of a cent tax. Chewing gum, each package of not more than $1 retail value, 4 cents, and for each additional dol- lar, 4’ cents Sparkling or other wines when bottled for sale, upon each bottle containing one pint or jess, 1 cent; more, than one pint, 2 cents: The stamp is only to be affixed when the article in this schedule is sold. Petroleum and Sugar Refiners. Every person, firm, corporation, or com- pany carrying on or doirg the business of refining petroieum, or refining sugar, or owning or controiling any pipe line for transporting ofl or other products, whose gross annual receipts exceed $257,000 is made subject to pay annilally a special ex- cise tax equivalent tg, qng-quarter of 1 per cent on the gross amount of all receipts in excess of that sum..| Returns to be made monthly. The penalty is a fine of from $1,000 to $10,000 A stamp tax of 1 cent is to'be collected on evefy‘séat sold in a palace or parlor car, and on,evefy berth sold in a sleeping car, the stamp tg be affixed to the ticket and paid by the company issutng it. Inheritajice! Tax. A tax on inheritahces and legacies ex- ceeding $10,000, on perséhal property is provided as follows: !* On sums between $10,000 and $25,000— First, on benefits to them lineal issue or linea! antestor, brotHer, ,or sister, of the deceased, at the rateibf %6 cents for every $100. mG Second, to the descéhdant of a brother or sister at the rate of,'$1.5) for every $100. Third, to the brother or sister of the father or mother, or a descendant of a brother or sister of the father or mother, at the rate of $3 for every $100. Fourth, to the brother or sister of the grandfather or grandmother, or a descen- dant of the brother or sister of the grand- father or grandmother, $4 for every $100. Fifth, to those of any other degree of collateral consanguinity or strangers in blood or a body politic or corporate, at the rate of $5 for every $100. All legacies or property passing by will, or by the laws of any state or territory, to husband or wife, are exempted from tax or duty. On sums ranging between $25.000 and $100,000 the rates of tax are to be multi- plied by cne and one-half; on those rang- ing from $1C0,000 to $500,000 the rates are. from $300,060 to $4/on.0d0, the rates aie te 0 , the rates are to ‘ vo and one-half; and on the rates are to be the property a pies | mul t those above 31,000, multiplied by three. The tax is made a Hen upon tes to a foreign port, if cdsting mot ex- | Insurance (casualty, fidelity and guar- vniee), cach policy and each bond for the performance of the duties of any office | i Schlitz Beer, bottled at Washington branch, $1.25 per case of 24 Schlitz Export Beer, bottled at Brewery, JOS. SCHLITZ BREWING CO., Washi | untit paid and it is required that the tax hall be satisfied before the legatee is paid Certificates of Indebted- ness. The Secretary of the is author- ized to borrow from time to time, at a rate of interest not exceeding 3 per cent, nh sums as, in his judgement, may be necessary to meet public expenditures, and to issue certificates of indebtedness i nominations of ne multiple that sum, each certiticate is made p at such time, not exceeding one Bonds and the date of its issue y the Treasury may pr Provided that the amount of such certificates outs’ ing s - ; B reasury is autho the credit of the United States from time to time, as the proceeds may be required to defray expen- ditures authorized on account of the exi yar (such "proceeds w received to ed ouly for the purpose of meeting such war expenditures) the sum of $40,- | 000,000, or so much thereof as may he | nec ry, and to prepare and issue there- for coupon or registered bonds of the United States in denominations of $20 or some multiple of that sum, redeemable i at the pleasure of the United State: ten yy rs from and able quarterly, in coin r cent per annum. The bonds be first offered at par, as a popular loan. ‘The conference added the following pro- o. “That any portion of any issue of said bonds not subscribed for as above pro- vided may be disposed of by of the Treasury at not less than par under such regulations as he may prescribe, but no commissions shall be allowed or peid thereon; and a sum not exceeding one-ienth of one per cent of the amount of the bonds and certificates herein authorized is here- ppropriated out of any money in th 'y not otherwise appropriated to pay the expense of preparing, advertising and issuing the same.” Coinage of Silver Bullion. Following is the provision in regard to the ccinage of silver bullion: “The Secre- tary of the Treasury is authorized and di- rected to coin into standard silver dollurs as rapidly as the public interests may re- quire, to an amount, however, of not less than one and one-half millions of dollars in cach month, all of the silver bullion now in the treasury purchased in accordance with the provisions of the act approved July 14, 1890, entitled’ ‘An act directing the purchase of silver bullion and the issue of Yy notes thereon and for other pu s and said dollars, when so coined, shall be used and applied in the manner and for the purposes named in said act.” Mixed Flour. substitute was adopted for the Senate provision for 4 tax on mixed flour, but the material points were retair The stitute requires that persons enga: making, packing or repacking mixed flour shall pay a special tax at the rate of $12 per pnnum, and the license granted is to be posted in accordance with the ions of sections 3242 and 4 vised Statutes, the fines and penalties to be the same as imposed in those sec- tions. They are required to mark each package as mixed flour, and it is to be put up only in original packages, In additien to the annual license a tax of four cents per barrel is levied upon all mixed flour manufactured, sold of removed for sale. The same rate proportionately is levied on half barrels and smaller packages. 2 Tea. There shall be levied, collected and paid upon tea when imported from foreign coun- tries a duty of ten cents per pound. The changes regarding tea make the duty operative with the act instead of July 1, as A it passed the Senate. the Secretary | | brightest men are immediately ass pint bottles. $1.50 per case of 24 pint bottles. ngton Branch, 615 D Street S. An Important Branch Almost Unknown. From the Philadelphia Tnquirer. It is curious that the Engineers’ Corps of the Uni States army has received comparativeiy litle attention of late. The one reasonable explanation is that the great importance of the corps is but little understood by the general public. The War Department, however, is fully alive to the great value of the engineers’ work, realizing that in the contemplated occupation Cuba, the character of the country ard the probability of siege opera- gainst Havana, make it obvious that liy i proportion of engineer will be required. Indeed, it has suggested that five per cent of the reasonable mber OL Volunteers Would b minimum number to fix as the strength of the engineers’ corps. And as the regu- jars in the service would not by any means lout this number the government jor the past few weeks has been recruiting in this and other cities a volunteer engin- le, which will, it is believed, srtant branch of the“govern- NUS service up to the strength and im- portance demanded of it at the moment by the exigencies of the war. The duties of a military engineer may be epitomized as follows: He must aid in every way m bringing his army face to face witn the enemy, and then turn in and fight. He must b> equally expert with the hummer, the spad: and the ritle. He plans and builds fortifications, points out whére the guns should be placed in position, and is ready to fight the guns if necessary. The United States Engineers’ Corps are carpenters, bridge builders, elect: ns, appers, and withal as well drilled body of s ‘S$ aS our army can boast of. Noth be more ridiculous than the impress! hich prevails in many quarters that the military engincer is a mere me- chanic and non-combatant. Whether the country ‘ar or peace the work of the army engin: thé sam», and he is one of the hardest worked men in the service of the govern- ment. Many people thoughtlessly suppose that his k is all manvsl labor, but this idea should be carefully put aside, as the records of the graduates from West Point indicate that in every case the ned to ineers’ corps. It is what might be the strictly scientific branch of the and requires great brain activity, jerable tecknical and mathematical knowledge, alertness, sound judgment, and, above all, a cool demeanor under trying circumstances. When the country is at peace, the engin- ecr corps is busily engaged in studying the war tactics of other nations, and inci- goes on just the er centally in improving their own. They do much experimenting, map-making, building and improving new harbor and coast defenses, besides placing submarine mines, lowering and raising harbors, im- proving channels and numberless other im- portant dw In times of war the corps are incessantly active. On the shortest possible notice they are called upon to construct very quickly pontoon bridges over which djarge bodies of troops must pass in safety. Fre- quently in the contsruction of these bridges, consisting of small boats over which boards fastened together by ropes are laid, there arise difficulties to all but skillful engineers. ‘The building of trenches in another im- — portant duty of the engineers. These ‘mil- itary as they are called, are in reality very deep trenches, they vary from four to eight feet in depth, and are so constructed that th lead in a zigzag to the enemy's camp.It is by means trenches that all fortified towns are approached. The question might be asked by those unfamiliar with military tactics, why they are constructed in a zig- zag manner The answer ts, because each time a man turns in the sap there is al- Ways one in front of him, giving wonae ful protection. If saps were built in a Straight line the enemy could fire on them with deadly effect, but when constructed in a zigzag manner the enemy's fire can 5s into only one of the turns a time. leading to an enemy's camp are so nstructed that they aproach it from all angles. Great importance has always been at- tached to field fortifications, which are al- Ways constructed by the engine corps. Sar ; In connection with these fortifications para- pets play a myst are constructed of together, and alwa masonry, a stone wa to further 7 it is the important part, they earth and sand mixed in conjunction with 1 being placed in front the works. also, of dut when in the ticid, to explore the country on horseback, and to thus precede the main army engineers body army. They also make maps and charts and plans of the enemy's for- tifications whenever definite information regarding the same can be procured. They must also understand mining and electric- ity in all brauches. Their knowledge of electrical experiments must be particularly complete, as electricity in modern warfare is being more and more extensively em- ployed. The engineers’ corps are constantly study- ing. Every conflict causes new improve- ments to be made in the methods of war- fare, gives new food for thought and ches the engineers many valuable les- sons. In times of peoce the majority of the e1 kineers’ battalion of the United Stat rmy have been recently stationed at W! let's Point, Long Island. Here they not go through the drilis and perform the 1 duties of a soldier, but also receive instruction in the varied work required of a military engineer. This is, in the main, a thoroughly practical course, the work be- ing performed just as if the battalion we in the field. Pontoon bridges are construct- ed. Several pontoon bridges at Willet’s Point saw service during Sherman's march to the sea, and a number were brought into requisition after the Johnstown fiood. 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