Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-02-12

the income of companies firms or indiyIdusls
encourages every sort OF enterprise. Take the
ease of three individuals, each worth one hun.
dred thousand dollars. The first invests his
money IN bonds. water privileges, or mining
properly, With view 10 their rising in Naiue
oS the development of the country through
the industry and enterprise OF others. lie NJ.
celVes no income from his property. and az
cordlhgiS pays nothing Tor the support of The
government. He has invested his canital 80
thai he i morally certain not 10 lose any-
thing. He has a 50 employed IL in such a way
that every member of the community adds
something 10 its value. IlisactS are thorough
~ selfish. and he II rewarded by being eNempt
from taxation because his Income" Is not tan
Sihle enough for the assessors To reach it.
The second man invests his money In Uuited
States bonds, and he becomes "hluated bond
holder He puts his money in thiS KIND uf
securities because they are not subject to laN-
auon. lie does not need 10 labor, l. unwilling
10 take any risks, and gets his annual income
without contributing cent Ia the support at
the government or the advancement of pablo
interests
The third man invests his money i'm bust
ness manufacturing, for instance. tie erectS
or rents buildings, purchases machinery. coal
IRON, Mocd, cotton OF wool, aud gives employ
ment Ia several hundred men. His establish
ment becomes a school for young men wishing
10 nj themselves Tor the higher industries
Not only are the men immediately in his EN-
ploy benefited 10y his operations. hut many
others living in the vicinity or al a distance
lie II a benetactor in the highest sense Of the
term. He derives a good income from the
and Is obliged 10 pay one large tax on his pro
perry, and another on its profits. Like every
rpllslng business man, he runs great
risks. and the chances of his losing his pran-
erty are at all times great. Can any one tell
why this man should he doubly taxed while
the Others are practically exempt from taxa
tom Chicago Times.
ARCHBISHOP WooD AND THE MR.CIE.-Thc
following Is the letter of Archbishop Wood.
read by Fathers Heinan and Bunce 10 Their
congre CATIONS in Mauch Chunk on SUNDAY =
The archbishop having heard aud carefully
considered the circumstances preceding and
accompanying what il derSively called the
'Mauch Chunk miracle said Ia have been
wrought on the person of woman whose
eccentric plety has neither good sense nor
sound Catholic doctrine for its foundation
requires me Ia instruct you that i'm his iudp
ment II is deluSion and piouS fraud. With
out lnYuIrlng as Ia the extent 10 which others
participated In this lamentable folly he desires
TO mark the whole proceeding and the prIn-
clpal actors IN IL with his distinct and unduaI-
lfed diSapprObdtiOn and condemnation aud
10 say that repetition of anything OF the sort
in this diocese will he visited by the seyereSt
cenSnres authorized by the church" In read
ing the letter. Father Bunce diSclaimed having
had anything TO do with the miracle.
4 SUSPICIOUS NERDICT.-The verdict of the
New Orleans jury i'm the ease of Anderson is a
very suspicious one-guity with a rerommpu
dation 10 mercy. Why recommendation 10
mercy: If the members of the returning
board committed the crime of forgery i'm tht
ilprgk
shown Them. There could be i'm such case as
that nothing of sudden passion or swift TENN
tatIon. as there might be in a case of murder
lhe CRIME, II committed at all, was committed
in cold blood and with deliberation. II should
incur the Neyerest penalties of the law. ItiS
surprising that anybody, New Orleans Jury
especially, should regard il as a case for the
exercise OF mercy. Does not the recommen-
dation really suggest a doubt of Anderson
guilt:-lN. y Post.
A
ris'S C0HchHdn.-A telegram from Richmond
Va, FEB. 8. says: In the latter part of lSi3
Johh H. lanes. Il popular muatto slave of
Jefferson Davis, married Elizabeth Matfbpvs
handsome and, for one in her station we'll
educated quadr0on. The bride was the slave
of the Hon. Judah Z. Benjamin. secretary of
state OF the southern cOnfederacy. Soon after
Tie marriage President Davis gave James his
freedom, and presented him with enough
money TO buy his wife's freedom. They then
settled down in Richmond. James was pro-
moted 10 the position of coachman, and
thought il no little honor 10 drive The presi-
dent Of the confederate states around In his
coach. James remained with Mr.. Davis until
the evacuation of Richmond by the cOnfedrr-
ateS, and then accompanied his former mas
ter in his haSty flight down south where Mr..
Davis was captured. James went 10 New
Orleans and engaged in mercantile pursuits in
Il small way. His wife never heard of him
after the capture of Mr.. Davis. and his friends
supposed him dead. On the 2gth OF Nav last
she married again Ia Ashton TunSlali, a very
N.
Last Wednesday James. who had been thought
dead, returned 10 this city aud made his way
10 where his wife lived only 10 find her mar
ried To another man. To-day he instituted
suit for divorce. James gives no reason for his
long silence. except, he SAYS, his wife never
answered his letters. He accuses her Of inf
dellty; The husband is indignant, and insists
Oh divorce. The wife il willing 10 back, Ia
her first husband, but husband No. is pp-
posed TO this. The affair comes up i'm c0nIt
next week, and causes excitement in cUlorel
Erpl RfnIInS nSR1.a l.a Ia
THE BURNING MINEs-PrepariRg 10 F.0Dd
the HofkJHDS.-A telegram 10 the Ny. Hsrd'd
from POttsYllle. Pa. Feb. 10, saws The fire
discovered in NadeSyille shaft two weeks ago
has baifed the skill of the engineers and bosses
of the Philadelphia and Reading company,
and at last il has been decided TO food the
immense workings by turning the course Of
several creeks into the mines, the same plan
as adopted seven years ago al these mines.
Preparatory 10 this the wagons, >muies and
tools are being hOiSted out, and the water will
be turned in in a few days. Ii is estimated
that il will take siN weeks TO fill the mines but
there are so many more workings than when
they were flooded before that il may take three
months. Ii is certain that mining cannot I've
resumed inside of nine months or a year. Tie
deStitutlOn caused il great, 400 men and boys
being thrown out of work for an indefinite
period, many of whom are now leaving the
neighbOrhOOd. seeking employment elsewhere.
This shaft was largely depended on by the
company for heavy shipments Of their best
The FACT that when the Inflated Metro
polls left the capes the danger signals Of the
signal service were up, adds to the responsi-
bility OF those " no brought her to wreck. That
an unSeaworthy ship, carrying five hundred
tons OF iron rails, in addition To her coal and
other heavy cargo, and carrying some two
hundred and fifty lives, should have gone To
sea when the storm signals warned her in
vain. seemed like tempting Providence.
OLEoMAhGARINE WHOLESOME ARTICLE
OF F0OD.-At a meeting of the board of health
yesterday report was received from the san
itary committee in answer TO the inquiries
made by the state senate, asking whether
OleomargaTiRe was wholesome article of food.
and what legislation was necessary to prevent
its imposition upon the public as butter the
product of the dairy. The committee reported
that OleOmargarine is a wholesome article of
food, and that no additional legislation is
necessary beyond the enforcement of the law
passed by the last legislature, requiring every
receptacle in which il is offered for sale 10 he
stamped or branded with the word "Oeomar-
garihe. IN y Commercial, 9TH.
A BIG TELESCoPE.-Mr. LeandeF J. McC0r-
mick, of Chicago, has offered his great teles-
cope TO the legislature OF Virginia for the use
OF the great university Of the state. A bil is
now pending before that body accepting Ib,-
gift and making provision for the conditions
of the gift