The Washington times., 1901-08-19

Nearly 30 per cent of the amount col
lected in IS99-19O0-e1 2S9, 0c0-was derived
from salaries and pensions of persons in
the service of the State. Profits of COM
panies yield under per cent of the total.
The companies are mainly railway. cotton
spinning and weaving, and banking cor
porations. OF the miscellaneous classes
under which individual Incomes are
| grouped, that of money lenders and
changers contributes by far the largest
proportion. Political economists believe
that the figures only illustrate too clearly
the economic backwardness OF the lndian
| population. The incidence OF the tax per
head is highest In Bombay and Burma.
| the commercial communities of Bombay
| and Rangoon contributing relatively
high proportion of the provincial coliec-
| tionS.
| British parliamentarians have round
about way of passing the ie.' as we call
IL in this country, that makes the occa-
| sional brutalities of our Congressional
ways seem more brutal This, for IN
/ stance from a recent debate In the House
of Lords is rather fetching as an example
of how to do the thing politely:
The Ma. IuIs of Salisbury-Where did
the noble lord get that from?
Earl Spencer-I have heard 1t stated
| more than once that Germany did not re-
| gard Manchuria as being within the
agreement.
| The Marquis of Salisbury - Many
| things are stated.
Earl Spencer-''Well. I shall be glad to
| hear that it is not So The noble mar
! ollis will correct me if | am wrong.
| The Marquis of Salisbury 90 not
| think that it is competent for the noble
| earl to state things of which he has no
| proof on the ground that it will procure
| either an affirmation or a contradiction
! from us. That is hardly correct. and
| the words as they fell from the mouth OF
the noble earl do not correspond with any
facts of which have knowledge
! And here, for the benefit of budding
| Congressman. is the way they do In
the House of Commons. Could anything
! be neater?
Mr. Chamberlain-It is the Colonial
| Secretary who is bringing forward this
vote. and is responsible for it. l most GER
tainly believe a very large amount VIII pc
got back
Sir W. Harcourt-The right honorable
gentleman has been good enough to tell
US that he is an optimist: an optimist
will believe anything.
Mr. Chamberlain-A pessimist will not
believe even the truth
The civil list of the sovereigns of Portu-
gal is not large. but it is said OF them,
they are quite happy with the goods the
gods provide, and are popular with their
subjects" Queen Anelie is the eldest
daughter of the late Cornte de Paris. The
Queen is a beautiful and cultured woman.
and some few years ago took to the study
of medicine, somewhat to her husbands
discontinue as the story goes that she
proposed to try her prentice hand on him
She and her mother-in-law, Queen Maria
Pa, share the distinction Of being two of
the bost-dressed women in Lisbon, a city
where all society women dress remark
ably well.
The development among the japanese OF
he. Inv whole
sale adoption of the methods of Occiden-
tai civilization has not yet wholly sup
planted the old-time romanticism asso-
ciated with the land of the chrysanthe-
mum and the cherry blossom groves, to
judge from the following clipped from the
personal column of the '.Anazawa- |
Shembum," of Toxic:
Il am a beautiful woman. My abund-
ant, undulating hair envelopes me as a |
cloud. Supple as a willow is my waist. |
Soft and brilliant is my visage as the |
satin Of the flowers. l am endowed with |
wealth sufficient to Saunter through life |
hand in hand with my beloved. Were l |
to meet a gracious lord. kindly. Intelli- |
gent. well educated. and Of good taste, l |
would unite myself with him for life and |
later share with him the pleasure of being |
laid TO rest eternal in Il tomb OF pink |
marble"
The Belgian army reform bill has now
been published in full. AS has already |
been stated, the principle of enforced |
personal service. reported favorably
by the mixed commission. has been
shelved. The commission proposed TO
overcome the annual shrinkage iue to
reduction of the time of service by rails
ing the annual contingent from 1900 men
to 1900. The bill. on the contrary. main
tains the contingent on Its present foot
ing and relies upon volunteers. to whom
special Inducements will be offered to
enlist. Volunteers are divided into four |
classes: Those who choose the military |
profession, those who volunteer to draw
for the contingent. those who offer them
selves as substitutes and the ''volontaires
avec prime whose condition entities |
them to special remuneration. In respect
II, say they are placed on the same foot
ing as regulars. the rate averaging from
80 francs TO IS francs per month. subordi-
nate officers receiving from 10 francs to
so francs
lows: If the number of volunteers ex- |
ceeds 3 per cent of the total number in
scribed. the surplus Is to be deducted
from the contingent. II IN any district |
the number so to be deducted equals or
surpasses the total contingent, drawing
by lot is altogether discarded. Thus. II
out OF a total OF bu,UtD militia 10 De rdlStu |
by CONSUMPTION. 1850 volunteers present
themselves. all volunteers beyond that
figure take the place of corresponding
number of regulars.
The term of service has been reduced |
as follows: For infantry. 20 months. in 1
stead of % months, as at present. with ,
one months recall during the third and
fourth years; for cavalry and artillery, |
IS months, instead of four years. as at |
present: engineers, Is months, and fort |
ress artillery % months. instead of four
and three years. respectively.
In spite of the agitation of the press |
against the bill, 1t is expected that it will
become a law without any radical ,
changes.
The photographic survey. which the | {
Government of India has in contempla-
ton, will be carried out according to the | {
plans suggested BY Sir Michael Foster on
behalf of the British Association: l. Eth 5
or the systematic description
Of the history, structure, traditions, and
religious and social usages of the various | {
races tribes and castles in India. .. An {
or measurements. directed | !
20 determining The physical types charac
eristic of particular groups. and 3, Pho
Biography OF typical individuals. and if |
possible, of archaic industries.
1t is believed by scientists that the in
of the physical and sociologi-
,al characters of the various races and 7
RIDES would greatly contribute to sound S
classification of them, and special atten- !
ion has been drawn to the Bills. Gon.ls.
and other jungle races of the central |
districts. to the Mali and other
,ognate races on the Assam and Burma
lal tribes of northern central India. Ply
icuI measurements are expected to throw | il