The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1890-10-30

l. HEstFaase. In Harpers Young People.
Tommy II only three years old.
He IN 10 o great extent q reputable
and weli-condeeted citizen, his
chief moral weakness being Gas with
many older and wiser peoplel q pas
sion FOR the forbidden. Never mind
what, only let some particular course
Of action OF msnner Of speech be-
come vetoed by the powers above
him, and Tommy rests not day OF
night ill he has performed that sc.
ton or SPOKEN that speech.
The other night he was being pre-.
pared for bis little eot.and while bis
mother was buttonlng his small
night-shirt, his father passed through
The nursery into an adjoining room
He laid his hat down Oh q chair, say.
ing to his wife, Don't let that
youBgsier sit In my hst, Mary"
That was enough; rs the words
struck Tommy's ear, an expression
OF alert attention, mingled with
dawnIhg determination, erept into
his round eyes. "want to sit down
In papa's hat, The presently snnOunc-
ed, calmly.
"No, Tommy" his mother said
"you heard what papa said. II you
touch that hat will whip you well. !"
Tommy spoke not; Nspoleonic de.
termination does not waste words.
II acts. But the moment be Was re-
leased from his mothers hands lac
marched across the room and firmly
sat down in the hat. Then Tommy
mother fulfilled her part Of the con
tract, aud he vas placed Of his cot, q
prayerless, supperless, sObbing little
ouIcast.
when his father returned, the case
was explained To him, with the con
Guiding words, Tommy Is n naughty
boy, so he doesn't want To say pray
ers tonight"
Instantly the sobs lessened In vol
ume, while the sufferer gave his
attention TO this statement Of the
case. He didn't want &" say prayer
didn't he? That was all they knew
about u. Presently a fresh burst al
grief from the cot, mingled with the
information, Tommy wants to say
prayers"
Now Tommy's mother believes de-
youtly la the efficacy of prayer, aud
although she had sehoolsd herself 10
adAnantine frmpess as to the sup
per part Of the punishment, she was
waiting around the nursery aud
folding all the tiny clothes many
times over 10 give Tommy's harden
ed soul chance TO reach this very
| point In its evolution. She wet not
the cot and lifted him out; he kueli
upon her lap and folded his little
hands he was still heaying with the
sobs OF grief aud astOnIshmcuta nj
finding that shipping ''hurts" and
10 give him time To recover, his
| mother reasoned with him ON the
enormity Of his crime.
Does Tommy want to ask God tn
forgive him, and make him n good
boy ?" she asked, when al length he
grew calmer.
"Ess," he gulped.
"Then say your prayers like a nics.
little boy" she advised.
Then he attacked the throne nf
grace with another gulp, aud the
following form OF petition: "Please
God, make Tommy q good boy and
bless papa and mamma, and don't
let him sit In papa's hat, aud let n
piece Of bread and milk come 10
Tommy In the night sake. Amen"
A mixture OF devotion aud diploma
cy that reached one nearer nj least
with great dlrectness so that wheth-
er he was made q good boy or not
do not know, but I am quite sure
that "a piece Of bread and milk"
came 10 him In the night.
ANovEL METHOD OF TAXATION.
From ''swiiKerIand aud the SAILS" by =. u.
NJ. Byers. In larpers Magazine for Novcm-
her.
Almost the first difficulty that be-
sets q people trying To govern for
themselves IL the question OF revr.
niue. Where IL the money TO come
FROM Taxes, the bugbear OF all ma
tons, alsO puzzle the Swiss. His
method OF raising them I'm some 81
the csntOns Is alike interesting aud
novel. No official assessment Js
made OF property. Blanks are dis |
tributed To every house, to tie filed |
by Its occupants. The system il
known rs The "progressiye" tax
scale.
A, who owns "a zoo worth OF prop
erty, pays taxes on only half Of il |
b, who owns s25 600 worth, pays tax
e. on elghi-teuths OF 10; while with
his SlO,OOO worth OF property paws
taxes ON the whole. Tho result il
that & pays not the proportional
twenty-five times the amount Of As
taxes but fifty times as much. The
income tax II managed In a similar
fashion. The rich pay out OF all pro-
portion TO the poorer classes. They
probably would not change places
with the poor, however, even 10 save
what they decry a. unj ust taxation.
The plan IL not always a ponular
one. Leaving every man to assess
himself has the disadvantage that
the rich. with stscks and bonds.
do not make return Of
Them. When q rich Swiss dies, how
sver, the government control Of his
estate quickly makes amends for all
bis past misdeeds I'm the way Of as
and every penny Of taxes
leld back 10 now deducted, together
With compound interest and fines.
. 10 be dead sud dons with the trouble
That nils earh day with dream main"
his rs the moan of many a Wt,,pau