Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-07-10


glow which appears, a roseate flush,
upon the mountains when the sur is
set.
A NOVEL PLAN 10 ENFoRcR TAX cor
LECTIoNs.
The canton Of Bern, Switzerland,
has put into successful operation a
curious method Of persuading its citi-
zens to pay the taxes assessed against
them. When one is delinquent his
name is given 10 the editor u the ofic-
ial daily newspaper and the journal
promptly publishes conspl5uously that
the aforesaid Bernese has not settled
his account with the tax collector.
After this publication the delinquent
Is not allowed 10 enter any cafe or
restaurant and any cafe or restaurant
keeper who sells him food or drink is
subject to heayypenalty, The Bernese
lawmakers argue that a man who has
money tospend at a cafe must surely
have money enough to pay his taxes
Substitute the saloon for the cafe and
the Swiss custom might advantageous
ly be transplanted TO the United
States.
GENEVA AND ITS GREATEST CITIZEN.
Mont Blanc Is the biggest thing
around Geneva. John Calvin was its
greatest citizen. The town is famous
throughout the world because Of Its
watches and it's John Calvin. Yet the
Geneva watches are not made in
Geneva but In the canton Of Nencha-
tel and, with civic ingratitude unusu-
al in Europe, there is no monument in
Geneva to the great reforIner. True,
there is q school which bears his name
probably the monument be would
have most desired for he was the
founder Of free s~chools-and there Is
Calvin eoncert-hall-a Calvin concert
halll-but there is no marble shaft or
statute TO speak his praise. He needs
no monument Of stone, for where Pro
testantism has gone the name OF John
Calvin is revered with those Of the
German Luther, the Italian Sayona-
rola, the Bohemian HuSS, the English
Wicklife and the Scotch John Knox.
A gilt inscription in the Calvin school
tells that it was founded By Christians
of Geneva, Switzerland, Germany,
France, Holland, Scotland, England
and America. A splendid granite
obelisk should be built by these and
other Christians on the shores Of the
lake Of Geneva to tell Of the apprecia-
ton which the modern church has for
this hero Of an earlier day.
Calvin was the founder Of the free
school and the sponsor for the earliest
Swiss republic. Despite the persecu-
tion which he underwent and the lib
erty which he sought to bring about
he could not get out from the atmos-
phere Of tyrannyand intolerance which
peryaded the age IN which he lived.
He hanished a nobleman who did not
believe In predestinati0n and a Span
Ish doctor, who indiscretely anne "a
.lGeneya after writing a book against
the Trinity, was put to death by Cal
: wins order. Geneva now has a fine
|, bronze staue Of Rousseau, who can mol
be said TO be a Calvinlst while a malI
street is named for Michael Seryetus
whom Calvin sent TO the stake.
i There are Universities at Geneyi
. and Bern which have more than 3loca
REPUTATION. The Bern University Ia
a notably fine school OF medicine.
III CURIOUS NAMES or STREETS.
4 Nothing seems odder to the visito
l than the names OF European streets
lThis is true not only in SwitzerlanI
but In every country on this side tn
nlpond.
u In Berlin there is the Street Benin
the New Church, the Street Opposit
\ the Small Garden. In Switzerland "
Hound the Street which Goes to tn
. Mountain. The Street Of the lively
eApostles and Holy Ghost street al
eiquite numerous. AT Brussels is th
.eICheese street and the Butter stree
linear the Butter street is the Lift
n Butter street. In Paris is the stree
Of the Fourth OF September and /
N Rome the street Of the Seventh
September.
l. How THE SWISS TAKE IT ALL BAcI
r Queer advertisements appear in ii
,fISwiss journals. We read yesterday
poster type in the morning newspap'
~ that sour beloved husband. father an
: father-in-law, Monsieur Blank, WI
~ had done more than any other persC
ri to make known the merits Of u
r. Blank mineral water was dead, u
advertisement being signed by b
weeping widow, SOL and son-in-law.
III Nor was this the most peculiar.
v the same excellent journal appeart
n this advertisement:
+. Notice. wish TO say that q
L welEkn0wn citizen VINO lnSuited q
m on the corner OF Main and Broa
- streets on Tuesday Is a scoundrC
=. Signed, Jean Lecomte."
n. When a Swiss takes It back he Civ
M due notice. Instance this adyertis
re ment from the leading Berne
70 journal:
"Notiee 10 aIl.-When l CALI
10 Jacques Pierrot on last Friday a liza
a thief and an incompetent ] did d
81 know what ] was talking about.
e. have since found out that he is not
~ liar, a thief and an incempeten
e Signed, Pierre LemaItre.p
81 The humor Of the serious advert
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