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of The whole aroso a,, WIN VIC oonini''ee
halfnast seve, ,Ljs a,,,,,i ~ ~ -
-, - ~ W. evening lhe senate bBoin
went into committee Of the whole, with
closed doors. At midnight thew are still
sitting. and IL is sunnnSnd ,bat ,ha,, hnya
~, ~ - 9'Ppo9uu tnat tney nave
iosl tnc Key ana can not get out.
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'"'S"ee VI '"c "rnnu sist hll' BY the
house.
'rbo II,u.o ,f, a.t ,.-,
my iipuse ihls morning Unanimously
passed the new grand list bill, after il had
been amended in the following narticulars.
e,,iLi,,, a,,t ,,.,,. ,.,1,i,... VI u
1.,ninH guy 'oi hlytlpl VI NiI' Node OF 81
AlDans) all alter the word decided in
the fifth line of section 81 and ohdipp rpr,
vi,Jc1 hnwoynr H., ,i,,,' -. ~ ~. - "
~ '"'' wiz" l''ISVt llSt ~
ma IL undci III, provisions Ut section II OF
this act, the listers Shall lave No power In
rodrcc ia, o,,,,, H., H. ..,,.', -,
Nuu,N ''S a"llr Dcl"" t"c dhouh' maze ny
on mo,in ~ II W. W., a. '',iIti l'","tp''
linn % ,,a,d ,', n,ms' "u'i"- 'c
grcvrd l,v i,r at,in" ~ H., Ill., w." W.
sires ia he hr,rd bv ho ,"' .j Ill., a. a.
i;s,ors ,.'-,,''H a.. " ''u'N Shi' Ho'iS lht
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have said nothing about tic constitution
al objections TO the provisions of the bill,
should ii become law. But in the opinion of
some of the best lawyers in the State, there
are grave doubts as to the couslituiunality Of
taxing the gross receipts OF the railroad, ey-
press, telegraph, telephone, steamboat and
transportation companies, which are more
worthy of consideration than the House
seemed to think. II nothing more, the State
by passage Of this bill, will he likely to have
good deal of expensive litigation on its
hauds. The large taxes on gross earnings
will hc 81 buriCnsomc to bear, ii seems prob
able that the companies will have 10 fight, in
order to live, believe, however, that il the
burden should be made somewhat lighter,
they would bear it chcerfully, whatever
might be thought OF its legality. Colonel
Hooker proposes to get $3.50 QUO out Of the
railroads. 1t is safe TO say that they Can
not pay it without increasing the charges
upon their traffic, so as to make the public
groan,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-12-01
Not Much Other Busimess of lnipOrt-
ance D0ne-BOth Houses Working
nard-Bi1Is Sign d by the Governor
The Superintendcnts OF the state
Prison and House of correction Re-
nominated,
MONTPELIER, Nov. 81, 1852.

MONTPELIER, Nov. ~, 1857.
The Senate went into committee of the
whole, this afternoon, eliminated tho specta-
tors the clerks, The reporters aud the oiiici-
ais, c,osed the doors, and DISCUSSED The State
tax bill. Senator Boyden was chosen chair
man aud Senator Page, secretary. On sat
urday afternoon, the bill was reported upon
fav orably by Senators Jones and Es,cy, a
majority OF the committee on finance, with
proposals of amendment, the principal of
which were that The tax upon the surplus
reserve of Life Insurance. companies in the
State should be reduced from one half pei
cent to one-quar.er, and the IAN upon the
average deposits aud accumulalions ot trust
companies and trust companies and say
iugs banks. should be reduced from one per
cent t. three quarters
The Senate continued in close commIn-
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bills Approved by the Governor.

II. 2ll, an act TO amend section 800 chap
ter l6S OF the revised laws of Vernon, en-
titled militia.
ii. III, an act in amendment of 315 AMI
31G of chapter 90 of the revised laws OF Yer
mont relating TO the collection of taxes.
ii. 213, an act to amend section $50 Of
chapter 20 of the revised aas
>. 12O, an act to prevent overCioHGius Of
public buildings and TO faclit stc cgres-
thtrcfrom in cases of fire or accident.
). l47 an act in amendment Of sections
1867, 437O ard 431l of the revsd laws 10
latins to commitments t. the House # Cor.
rtcliOn.
5. l40, an act rcla Ing 10 discharges from
the House of Corr Ctlon.
5. so, an act in addition to chapter p OF the
revised laws relating to the correction of the
quadrennial lists.
$. 02, an act in amendment of section
1851 Of revised laws relating to the annul.
ment of marriages.
5, ITO, an act in relation to rec quiz inccs
in criminal causes.
5. 1873, an act in addition to chapter 1914
of the revised laws entitled cruelty to AMI
mails"
5. 1863, an act to provide for the public a.
ton of the military history,
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Debate on tbs Grand List BiIi.

have taken 80 much room with the dis
cussion of the Stale tax bill, that can only
touch lightly upon the new bl', II. 400,
revising, consolidating and amending the
laws relating TO the grand list, which was
ordered to third reading, this afternoon.
The principal changes from the original bill
the substance OF which tclegraphcd you,
last Thursday are:
% The inventory blank shall contain an
interrogatory for statement OF the aggrc-
gate amount of the taxpayers deposits in en-
cess of $1,000 in all savings banks. savings
institutions and trust companies in this State
and 6ise,chere,
(2) And for the same statement by each
taxpayer claiming deduction FOR debts
owing.
(3) Instead of section %, the following
ION motion OF Mr., Bclcs); "rhc town, or
city clerk shall allow the listers selectmen,
town grand Jurors or city attorney OF such
town or city, and the States attorney of the
county to examine the inventory or nven-
tories of any person which they may name,
and shall also permit each taxpayer to ex-
anime his or her sworn inventory or inven-
tories, and shall not allow any other
person to inspect such inventories. ANY
or all such inventories MS shall be lodged
with the town or city clerk shall be produced
in court by such clerk upon subpoena for that
purpose. The contents of such inventories
shall not be disclosed by any person having
access to the same, except as set forth in this
section, and in tine event OF prosecutions for
breach of the provisions of this act"
"a The addition of II new section Con mo-
ton of Dr. Jones, the chairman of the grand
list commttee) "AtlcI the listers have col
ectcd the inventories in their respective
towns. they shall ascertain therefrom the
several sums due and owing from the tax
payers in their respective towns TO inhabit-
ants in other towns in this State, aud shall
notify the listers in such other towns where
the persons reside TO whom said debts are
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laws Is hereby repealed. Section 8. This act shall
| OF any railroad corporation In the State whether
| acquired under Its charter or otherwise.
General Terms of the Supreme Court.
Senator Boydens bill, S. 1885, relating to
the general terms of the Supreme Court, has
passed the Senate. 1t provides that the
judges may appoint one or more general
terms of the Supreme Court, as the business
| OF the court may require, to be held each
year at times and places most convenient for
that purpose and causes on the docket OF
the Supreme Court in the several counties
may be ordered to be heard at any general
term, or at any adjourned term, upon cause
hshown, or upon the consent of the parties.
About the Insane.
Senator Tempeton presented TO the Sen
ate, this afternoon, the report of the commit
tee on the Insane asylum, and also introduced
an imporIan, bill relating to the insane. In
the report he compliments the officers and
| calls attention to the crowded condition of
| the asylum and the lack of sufficient flannel
Undertaking for the inmates. To remedy
the first cvIi they propose the removing OF
those men properly chased as idiots and i'm
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4 Growing Feeling TINT the scheme Is
Unsafe itc>umc of the ELECTIONS to
tue Biil-Ihe New Grand List bill
House - Probable Passage of the
Fish and Game BilI-Ihc senate and
the constitutional Amendments -
miscellaneous Business.
MoNTrELlEE, VT, Nov. 25th


Both branches did IA great deal of solid
work, today, and unless more time is spent
upon the State tax bill. than il has hitherto
been supposed would he the case, final adj
journment on "Wednesday morning is assur.
ed. But the truth is feeling has sprung up
within day or two somewhat different from
the ''hurrah boys" listcn-to nothing feeling
with which the mcasur. was rushed through
the House, and il has begun 20 be suspected
even by some ui the most ardent friends of
the bill, that it may be well to give pause"
and ascertain, first, wn ther the prospects of
getting sufficient revenue are shat Col. Hooker
has SO g,oNin.ly DEPICTED; and second
whether the iic h0l- by which he expects to
raise the money are just AMI legal, before
taking IA leap in the dark, the consequences
of which are 50 important 10 the State. The
fear that the law will MT raise the $3.50, 900
year which CIl lloJkcr's sanguinc dis
position pre- let, has h an steadily growing
since The mcmbers h yeit,! time to look more
carefully into the sc'lcmc ard that fear was
shilfully played upon by Mr.. Abel in the
debate upon the state library building bill,
Yesterday afternoon, wien he warned the
House that $40 900 Was Il good deal of mon
ey, especially whan they didn't know under
the proposed system OF state taxation, whctl-
CT they were going to g,t itor not. Mr.. Bat
tell, IA s,roug friend of the bill when it was
pending in the House, arose when his name
was called, and stated that while he fully
appreciated the need Of II new library build.
ng, yet the argument of Mr. Abcl was Of
such force that he was obliged to vote no.
have since discovered tha, may others were
of MIR, AbgllS way of thinking.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-12-01
The Per Capita Tax.

One dread which haunts the country men,
bcrs is tho per- cdpita tax which is to be u.s.
sessed to make up the deficit, in case the tn
tire sum ncco ssary 10 the support OF the State
government is not got out Of the corpora
tons. Such tax must operate very unc-
qually, because the ratio between the amount
of grand list and the number of the inhabi.
tans is several times greater in some towns
than in others. To rive an instance near
home Montpelier has more than eleven
dollars of grand list to the person, while
Mortified has Il little more than four dollars
to the person. 1t follows therefore that
taxpayer in Mortified mus, pay nearly three
times as much of the amount raised per cap
ita as tax payer in Montpelier with the
same amount of grand list. The contrast be-
tween Burlington and Cndrrhill is also great.
The city has u grand lis, of more than seven
dollars to the person Cuderhill's is about
three and third. Undoubtedly there are
plenty of such Instances. but | have not
the time to figure them,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-12-01
UncOnstdcred Lcgi>lation.

The truth is ibal when This bill was launch
cd npon the House nobody knew anything
about it. 1t was us though somebody had
presented the eople with a gold mine which
was alleged to he If uneXhauStble wealth
and the 'surtaCc indications" of which were
magnificent. Al last the grand arcanum,
the elusive philosophers s'one hal been dis
covered al d what was before dross had been
converted into the precious metal, Tue cor
plratiohs were - support the State ADD
the people, were 10 live in peace and
plenty. II dit seem for few days
as though the uui',d genus OF Judge
JudevlDe and Cll, ilcOkti had made Yer
mont II paradise. The one had invented a
way to relieve MS nl the burden OF highway
damages,anl the olhc, hal cDntrived plan
| If making somebody else ay for running
the State. The bill WAS sent TO the Senate
by great majority, aud Vas Then referred to
The finance mmltcc, which cous SITS OF Sen
| ator Jones Of Mortified, Senator Colbnrn of
| Fittsford, aud Senator Eslcy of Brattleboro.
The two public hearings given by the COM
mtlee were largely attended and, for the first
time really, the members had an opportunity
OF hearing the objections to the bill. | do
not mean the constitutional objections
which were raised by Mr. Chlds in
the llouse-they had too much of them
hut the real objections to the just
ness, cquitablcness and practically of the
bill And know. from several conversation s
with members, that they made consider
able impression. Indeed most of them
do seem to be hard TO answer, and |
must say that have not yet heard them an-
swered. The following gentlemen addressed
the committee Mr.. W. II. S, Whitcomb
of Burlington, who represented the foreign
ina, nial 81.
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Ihe Stree Dress.
THE LEGISLATURES.

Almon Meaker's Case in the Senate.
MONTPELIER Nov. 22
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Mr.. RedioGton's Principal Point

a'hss
in behalf OF the New England Fire Insur-
ancr company is that it was recently charter
cd and given five years exemption from tax
alton 10 enable it to establish itself 1t now
complains that by this act the exemption, Of
which they have Ind the benefit for only two
years, is taken away aud they are taxed.
Savings banks claim that as the Legisla-
ture propose TO have deposits of over $500
taxed in the grand list the tax on the bank
should be only on deposits of that amount
and less and trust companies complain at
being taxed at higher rate than the tax on
savings banks.
Express conf anits say that great part Of
the money received by them is pid to rail.
road companies for carriage and goes into
the gross earnings upon which railroad COM
panies are taxed, and they claim that they
should not also he taxed upon ii.
Telephone companies say that II large part
of what they receive has to be paid for row.
allies and is in 10 sense earnings to them
and sboald he deduct ii in determining the
amount OF tax against them.
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bills Passed.

In concurrence: ii, ESQ., repeating clause
of section go of revised laws with pro-
posals of amendment y s. 1893, establishing
the quadrennial list of llyde,Park for 1882 !"
s. 107, 80 amend sections 23sS and 1890 of
the revised laws (relatiug to the custody of
children after divorce; s. l59, relating to
the attendance of teachers npon institutes
and educational meetings !" (having been
amended on motion of Mr.. Perkins Of Wind
sor, so as to provide that the selec'mcn shall
include the time, not to exceed three days,
actually spent by a teacher in attendance
upon n teachers institute, in considering
whether such district has had sufficient
schools to be entitled to draw public money /;
). 80, 'in addition to chapter 80 of revised
laws relating to discharge of personal prop
erty mortgages" (amended on motion of
Mr.. French of Underhill,, so as to embody
the provisions of Ii. 26). S. relating to
court reporters" las amended yesterday. 5.
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lind Morris


How much less misery there would
be in the world il people always prac-
ticed in their own circles the mutual
politeness and kindness that oil the
wheels Of life, il they never quarrel
ed. never made harsh speeches, or
hasty retorts, or imputed unworthy
motives 10 one another J
And the odd thing is that those
who make themselves and Others
wretched by indulging in these un-
kind words, which are worse than
worthless, and cost 30 terribly dear 10
all concerned, are often generous,
warm hearted folks, who are half dis.
traught with vexation when the mis-.
chief is done, though they may be
too proud to say so, and live on from
day to day in a state Of alienatio n
from their nearest and dearest, feel.
ing the little rift growing continually
wider and conscious that it is all their
own fault.
Cannot old friends and estrange d
relatives forget and forgive, bury the
Ratchet, whisper "Pm sorry" and "1Iet
bygones be bygones," and mentally
pass around a loving cup in which is
no drop of bitterness, but only the
milk of human kindness and the hon.
ey Of good fellowship? Depend upon
it, that is how the Prince of Peace
loves to reign in human hearts and
every true reconciliation brings His
kingdom nearer American Queen.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-28

We do not know whether there is
any use Of calling attention to the
growing excuses Of the bar all over
the country in the defense Of crimi-
mails, Of which this Guiteau case fur.
nishes another illustration, and which
is fast making American criminal jus.
tice a by.word all over the world, and
increasing enormously the delays and
uncertainty Of the law. But the mat.
ter is one which calls loudly for one
kind Of reform. The advocates duty,
even if we accept the widest defni.
ton Of it ever made is professional
duty. In defending prisoner, he re.
mains a lawyer, and is bound TO do
for him all that alawyer may properly
and honestly do, by way of obtaining
full and fair examination of his case.
But Of late years the tendency Of the
counsel is TO consider himself the
prisoners agent for facilitating his
escape from punishment in any way
that may suggest itself; or, if total es.
cape be impossible, the utmost attain
able poatponement Of the sentence.
The result is thorough frivolouness in
the conduct of the trial-frivolous ex-
ceptions, frivolous questions, unneces.
sary witnesses, endless applications
for new trials, for stays of proceedings,
for habeas corpuses and certioaris, no
matter how hopeless or absurd. If
these fail, he goes 10 work to get up
petitions for pardon, and the opinions
Of "experts, and articles for crazy
and venal newspapers, and all other
machinery Of a movement" Ii now
remains 70 add assistance in breaking
Jail to the list of criminal lawyers du-
ties, and then the last shred of the
professional character will have disap.
peared from him; instead Of being the
prisoners advocate, he will have be.
come his "pard," occupied in gettin g
him out Of trouble by any device that
comes TO hand. New York Nation.
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Emb1Im,10 in If0Iv

The Lancet describes the chief pro.
cess employed by the principal Italian
embalmers; the special processes are
kept secret. First, cold water is in.
jected through the whole circulatory
system, until it issues quite clear.
This may take as long as five hours.
Alcohol is then injected for the pur-
pose of abstracting all the water from
the body. This is followed up by the
injection of ether, to dissolve out the
fatty matter. After this strong so.
luton of tannin is slowly injected, and
full time is allowed for its soaking
into all the tissues; this takes from
two to five hours. Lastly, the body
is exposed for from two to five hours
to current of warm air, which is pre-
viously dried by passing it over heat.
ed chloride of calcium. The body
can then be preserved for any length
of time aud is as hard as a stone.
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ARibjEsts Confession.

Anextraordinary story, which could
scarcely possess stronger title to dis
credit than the fact that st. Petersburg
correspondent sent it toa Paris paper,
has just been made public. The story
runs that a young nihiist called upon
the Chief Of Police in ST. Petersburg, a
short time ago, and on being admitted
to his presence, avowed himselfa mem
Der Of a revolutionary party, and stat
ed that he had been sent TO warn the
Emperor that it he granted a constitu'
ton he need fear no conspiracy, but
that if he persisted in his reactionary
policy nothing could save him. At
this point in the interview the polio
officer seemed anxious TO call in assist
ance, but the young nihilist stopped him
and added: 81 do not wish to be sub.
jected to the indignity of torture. la
coming here l have sacrificed my life.
! could have killed you, but we do not
commit murder uselessly.' With
these words he stepped back a few pa
ces, and knocked two large buttons,
with which his cuffs we're fastened
against his forehead. The buttons
being full of an explosive sub
stance, burst, and inflicted such
wounds on the young man that he
expired in a few moments, leaving nc
trace as TO his identity.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-28

A Quincy druggist was sitting be.
side the base.burner in his store star.
ing at the rows Of bottles on the
shelves and wondering why people
don't take more medicine, when the
door softly opened and an eight-year-
old urchin lodged in. Walking up
to the compounder Of prescriptions,
he said
"Mister, amt there some kind of
stuff that you kin rub on that'll make
fellows skin rs tough as an eIe-
phant'sY"
The druggist looked the boy over,
and replied:
"Yes, the oil of tannin will harden
the skin, if that's what you mean"
That's the trick I'm playin' fer ex-
actly. Gimme ten cents worth"
While putting it up the druggist
asked
"What do you want to harden your
hands forl Going to the country TO
work 2"
"Work nothin, an my hans is as
tuf as rawhide now. I'm just a
working up little scheme to circum-
vent the old woman's slipper. tried
a layer o ole leather, but she tumbled
TO my little game at the first inter
view. an when | fell back on folded
newspaper she heard it cracklin' afore
she got me on her knee, but if this
here stuff does its duty, think I've
got the bulge on her, right from the
word go. How long does It take such
lie as this to put on pad thick
enough to knock the fire out of an av-
erage spankin'?"
When the desired information was
given him, he trotted of down the
street singing: "If at first you don't
succeed, try, try again"
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A ROPE FROM SLEEPS ENTRAns.
"A strong and durable article of
betting is made at Oakland, Cal, out
of the entrails of sheep. The entrails,
which will average about 80 feet in
length, are first thoroughly cleaned
and then placed in watts of brine,
where they remain some days. When
thus prepared they are not much
thicker than a piece Of common cot
ton Irvine, and will sustain a weight
of about ten pounds. The next stage
in process of manufacture is to wind
the prepared material on bobbins, al
ter which the process is the same as in
making common rope. This method
is used to produce a round belt; but
where a wide fiat belt is to be made a
loom is employed, and the fine strands
are woven together, as in ribbon man
ufacture. The flat belts are made OF
any size, and the round of sizes vary
ing from one-sixteenth up to one and q
half inches in diameter. The round
belts are made either in the form OF d
smooth Cord, or as ropes, with fro m
three to five large strands. The
three quarter inch rope is said u
stand a strain of seven tons, and il
guaranteed TO last ten years.