The morning call., 1894-06-14
THE SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

wealthy Americans who think England offers
them freedom from taxation will be interested
in the knowledge that the new English tax law
provides for levying what is known as 1.-THE
death tax" on the property of foreigners.
whether owned in England or elsewhere. The
inequality of this tax is obvious. Americans
can avoid 1t by living at home.-New York Mail
anu Express.
Certainly there is something impressive In
the idea of an electric automatic mitrailleuse
pouring forth its deadly shot without any one
to load and fire 1t. The French inventor may
be oversanguine In thinking that il will put an
end 10 war. but it surely will make 1t disagree.
abe.-BosiOn Journal.
Taxing the breakfast table and the savings Of
the people and Gripping the industries by
which the people earn livelihood and aecumu-
late savings is what the Bourbon tariff conspir-
at0rs call industrial emancipation" We won
der what cOnfscaton Is liks.-New York Press
When a Senator speculates in securities about
10 BE- Affected by his vote he Is selling his vote
and If there is not honesty enough In the
Senate TO expose and punish him for doing
II, then the Senate itself is for sale and only
waiting purchaser.-New York World.
Having notified the country that 1t is again
on the road through the slaughter-house to the
grave. Colonel Watterson once more resumes
his familiar attitude OF The Man Who Told
You So. Let the band play.-PhIladelph
Inquirer.
Civilizations march. though slow, is sure and
steady. Even Queen Victoria has been COM
PEELED TO come out in a card" denying a sensa-
ttonal newspaper story about her granddaugh-
ter.-New York Commercial Advertiser
The grounding OF the cruiser Columbia will
furnish additional proof of the fact that our
naval commanders have no equals in discover.
Ing dangers after it is too late TO avert disas-
ters.-Plttsburg Dispatch.
Our esteemed contemporary the New York
Times seems TO think that it Is unWise i'm
polite and imprudent TO protest against the
income tax until the income tax has become
law.-New York Sun.
Most Of the Senators admit that they met
MIR. Hayemeyer, but it was only IN a social
way, as one friend meets another, and they are
all sure that they took no sugar In thelrs.-St
Louis StarSayiDgs
The lives OF two Kansas women were saved
By their corsets, as the bullets fired from a re-
volver were stopped by the steels. Who VIII
say now that the corset is unhealthy ?-Chicago
Times.
Petitions containing nearly SOC, 900 names
in favor Of female suffrage have been presented
10 the New York convention. Certainly great
show for woman's writes.-Philadelphia Times
The 100000 taels to be spent on the re-
curing birthday anniversary of the Dowager
Empress Of China Will be taels of woe for her
poor ubjects.-Philadelphi Record.
A doornail that ought 10 be dead-the one
used 10 nail the door of the Senate investiga-
tion.-PhiladelphIa Record.
The regular monthly revolution in Salvador
appears TO have passed of quietly, and the
obsequies of the defeated party are now In pro-
gress.-ChlcagO Herald.
Corbett is said TO have the knack of keeping
as well as making money. Mitchell found him
very ose-fsted.-Philadelph Ledger.
Speaking generally, blowout" is picnic
at which one can blow in all his money.-Gal-
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