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The Dolores star., 1906-12-07

Inheritance and Income Tax.
1t was expected that the president
would refer in some way to his belief
In NTH the necessity Necessity for the eurbing of enor-
recommending legislation for both in
come and an Inheritance tax. He be-
iieves the government should impose
graduated inheritance tax, and. If possi-
Bile. graduated income tax. He says:
Il am well aware that such subject
as this needs long and careful study in
order that the people may become famil-
lar with what Is proposed to be done,
may clearly see the necessity of proceed
Ing with wisdom and self-restraint, and
may make up their minds just how far
they are willing to go in the matter;
while only trained legislators can work
out the project in necessary detail. But
l 1eel that in the near future our nation.
al legislators should enact law provide
ing for graduated Inheritance tax by
which a steadily increasing rate of duty
should be put upon all moneys or other
yaiuables coming by gift, beques;, or
devise to any individual or corporation.
II may be well to make the tax heavy
is remote of kin. In any event in INV
judgment the pro rata of the tax should
increase very heavily with the increase
after certain point has been reached.
1t Is most desirable to encourage thrift
and ambition, and potent source of
part of the breadwinner to leave his chill
dren well OF. This object can be attained
by making the tax very small on moder-
the prime object should be to put con-
stantly increasing burden on the inner
itance Of those swollen fortunes which
y II, ,s certainly OF no benefit to this coun-
There can be no question of the eth
icai propriety Of the government thus de-
gift or Inheritance should be receiSaY
Exactly how far the inheritance tar
woala' as an incident, have the effect OF
The Dolores star., 1906-12-07

On the subject of capital and labor
the president takes the agitators of class
haired t. the rich man. as such.
to seek to misiead and inflame to mad
ness honest men whose lives are hard
and who have not the kind of mental
training which will permit than to ap-
preciate the danger In the doctrines
preached IL to commit a crime against
the body polite and to be false to every
worthy principle and tradition of Amer
ican national life" Continuing on this
.sfhe plain people who think-the
AAehanics. farmers. merchants. work
The Dolores star., 1906-12-07

department VI war.
Cuban Intervention.
The rebellion in Cuba and the incl
dents leading up to the establishment of
the provisional government is reviewed.
and the president says:
when the election has been held and
the new government inaugurated in
peaceful and orderly fashion of the provi-
sional government will come to an end.
upon behalf Of the american people.
with all possible solemnity.. our most
will realize the imperative need of pre-
serving Justice and keeping order in the
island The United States wishes MOTH
ing of Cuba except that 1t shall prosper
morally and materially, and wishes moth;
ing of the Cubans save that they shall
be able to preserve order among them
selves and therefore to preserve their
farce, and II the insurrectonary habit
becomes confirmed in the island It is alb
solutely out of the question that the
island should continue Independent; and
the sponsorship before the civilized world
for Cuba's career as q nation. would
again have to intervene and to sec that
the government was managed in such
OF life and property. The path to be
trodden by those who exercise self-gov-
ernment is always hard. and We should
have every charity and patience with the
Cubans as they tread this difficult parth
I have the utmost sympathy with. and
regard for. them: but / most earnestly
adjure them solemnly to weigh their re-
sponsibilities and to see that when their
smoothly, and with freedom from ma
grant denial of right on the one hand,
and from insurrectionary disturbances ON
ON the subject Of the Panama canal he
promises special message IN the near
future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-04
How Uncle Sam Levies Taxes.
ationai Magazine.

From the National Magazine.
One striking feature of the Internal rev.
enue laws is that they never look 10 Quaies
or value. but always 10 quantity. The tax
on LOCO cigars Is 50. no matter whether
they are "stogies" or the Key West brand
whose retail value is. say, 70 cents each.
The tax on a '.stogie' is about one-nfth on
the retail value; 1t Is less than one-eightieth
the value of the Key West cigar. The couh-
trv nioxyiloy who comes to town saturday
afternoon and invests cents IN package
containing three "cheroots pays as mucn
tax into the Treasury OF the United states
In making his purchase as does lhe IeiL0M
who buys three cigars for dollar. Inc
ray on the cheapest twist tobacco Is u
cents a nound. II is the same on the best
grade of fine cut. 1t is about one-third the
retail value Of the twist; 1t is about one
twentieth the retail value of fine cut. on a
barrel of common beer worth VI the tax
is ST. on barrel or the best grace OF ais'
porter or beer worth Sl2 the tax is stli 81
The man who buys q quart of Georgia corn
whisky for 80 cents pays 221s cents TOT the
whisky and 2I1z cents tax, A quatt q ol0
kentucky bourbon worth at retail SlyV mas
paid but 271a cents tax, the other SlzzSa
cents being the value of the goods over ana
above the tax. The negro frequenter OF the
New Orleans ''honky- tonk pays as much
tax TO the government In the purchase
price of the ''hooze" consumed by him In a
night OF wild debauch as does the SWEETEST
New York millionaire In an evening spent
at his club.
.sPale death enters with impartial step
the cottages of the poor and the palaces OF
the rich" Likewise the internal. revenue
tax gatherer, equally as certain as death,
makes his demands on the rich and poor:
but he comes IN such a way that he is not
recognized. and not one time In every mil
lion does the man who bears the burden or
the tax know when he is paying IT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-04
The Improving World.

froh the Fhiihueipnia Ifess.
Those pesslmistic individuals who dis
Germ in the reiterated accounts of the ar
rest of boodlers, the arraignment of trusts
and the prevalence OF crime in high places
an occasion for declaiming upon the in
creasing degeneracy of the age. not only
raise false note, but they fail utterly to
interpret Alright the signs OF the times.
The world is growing better instead of
worse. The very fact that the guilty are
being detected and brought to justice ana
the grafters and unlawful trusts forced to
disgorge is evidence of this. The widespread
interest In municipal reform and the inn
portance attached by the whole country to
the overthrow of vice in our cities is sub
stantial testimony that conditions In every
way, so far as public morals are concerned,
arc improving.
The ruthless suppression of the social
evil and efforts everywhere to compel adj
herence to the law on the part of saloon
keepers marks a great advance over con-
ditions as they existed twenty-five years
ago. SO great is the public interest in eff
forts Of this kind that the fact that the
enforced closing of saloons in Kansas City
on Sunday, the publication of portion or
Pittsburg from the denloralizing influence
OF places of evil resort, and similar re-
forms In other cities is made the subject of
more or less elaborate dispatches. A dozen
years ago these things would have been
considered purely local issues; today SO
sensitive is the public conscience to this
whole question of moral reform and civic
regeneration that the greatest news service
In the country regards them as OF suf-
fcient Importance to telegraph them broad
cast.
The world is growing decidedly better.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-04
Globe Sights.

From the Atehison Globe.
Every bachelor secretly thinks he would
make good husband.
Somehow. we always want to buy some
thing frivolous on circus day.
II you deliver the goods. we.l-pay Ing
lob is always gaping open for YOU
What has become of the old-fashioned
man who wore bed ticking susp enders?
Don't forget that the average ma.s rec
ognizes case of work as soon as 1t turns
the corner.
the children off for visit, she signs: Now
/ will get some peace.
II is Mrs I,ysander John Appiefon'5 re I'D
boast that she Is such good speller that
she can spell every word in the English
language a. least three ways.
When there is any borrowing to be done
from a neighbor, even the good husl ard
who wheels the baby buggy and lis hts the
fires refuses to do 1t.
When a girl and her lover quarrel and
break the engagement, the father who saw
costly wedding ahead, doesa feel
sorry over the tragedy as one would Expect
One of the common sights in summer is a
young man and woman sitting together IN
a hammock, and one Of tie uncommon
sights is to see husband aad VIE oc-
cupying one.
An Atchison man who wants to be loved
by all recently sent hamnoexs to all the
young people in his neighbornood. He said
ne had noticed that young people like to
have harnmocks to sit In late at tight and
laugh and scream: the fact that a hammock
occasionally tumbled It's documents out
made 1t SO much more lively and enter
tanning than porch. Therefore, as ne
didn't care to sleep nights anyway and
wanted to be loved by all. he hoped the
and use them TIL at least syo every morn
ing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-04
Mexico's Happy Prospects.
From Modern Mexico.

Don't Worry about Mexicos boom. Her
railroads are busiei with their local traffic
than they are with imports. Her own fac
tories are making more goods every day,
but the imports. too. continue to Increase.
Her people are earning more and better
wages, and they are buying more and bet
ter goods. Mexican and foreign capital are
being employed to bring Mexico up to the
front of the procession of nations-that is
all. For good many years she has been
tagging behind, but her resources have not
suffered by the delay, and now, profiting
by the examples of her more tranquil sis
tiers. she Is advancing rapidly. Mexico can
continue to boom for the next ten years
without danger of overriding things, and
then the newcomer will not notice any
frlls. He will only see Mexico provided
with the comforts and conveniences that
older countries have enjoyed for decades;
see rich sections in the way of development
that will add largely to Mexico's wealth
and the commerce OF the world, and be-
hold lines of modern transportation estab-
lished to carry vast quantities of freight
where for centuries past the patient burro
has carried but the richest pickings from
the ore and tie cream of a nations pro-
duce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-04
Fairgrounds.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.


Schools are poor substitute for country
homes and Fairgrounds for green fields.
but when 1t Is remembered that for thou
sands OF city children there can be no coun-
try homes and no fields. because their par
ents are miserably poor and cling to the
town for it's society as the only alienation
of their poverty, the debt OF the public TO
the teachers and managers OF our vacation
schools and recreation esuters is seen to be
a large one. Some might ask what debt the
people owe to these self-sacriieing men
and women who stay here IN the heat and
uproar when they might be bettering their
health among the hills 1t Is an actual
debt Tor property spared. Were the boys
not allowed and encouraged to play where
II Is proper that they should do SO. their
vitality would expend itself In mischief.
The street lights that are smashed every
day and every night the windows that are
broker; by base balls and stones, the cats
and dogs that are abused and KILLED, bear
witness to the need for an outlet for the
fnvincible spirit of our youth. and that
need win not be properly recognized until
there IL at least one playground 10 every
ward. Parks we have In fair proportIan
to the public requirement. bat recreation
grounds are not . tenth enough In size or
number.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-04
Is the Democracy Of Our Colleges in
Dangerp


There is no doubt that the democratic
spirit in our colleges is subject to more
dangers today than it was fifty years ago.
The old graduate Is right in thinking that
1t is easier to keep up the democratic spirit
where everybody is doing the same thing
and where nobody has much money. But
the old graduatspis wrong in thinking that
we can legislate ourselves back to this coil-
dition when the world outside has passed
beyond it; or that men trained In such a
college as he remembers would be able.
after they graduated. to meet the demands
and the temptations of the present age.
Lycurgus made Sparta into an old-fash-
Toned college, with no electives and no
money. How miserably the Spartans failed
when they were called upon to do anything
which made for human progress Is a mat
ter of history. Our college graduates are
going out into a world of political life more
complex than anything with which the
Lacedaemonfans had to deal. It is onby by
training them for the enjoyment of freedom
and the use OF wealth in their school days
that we shall enable them to deal with The
greater problems which freedom and wealth
are creating throughout the country 1t is
one of the most hopeful signs III the under
graduate life of the present day that the
students, and particularly the Weather
students. preparing themselves With
open eyes for the assumption of political
responsibility. The studies and efforts of our
undergraduates in our college clubs Will
probably not advance them very much IN
the direction of getting Office duriny their
earlier years of professional life. But these
studies and efforts will help them, and will
help the country as a whole, toward the
establishment of a system under which the
man with money feels that no holds kat
money in trust for the public, and the man
who desires Office desires 1t primarily FOR
what he can put into II rather than for
what he can get out of 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-04

keep the trees watered and II trees of
planting size were put there, It would take
about ten years for them to grow to any
size"
"oh those two reasons are perfectly I'M
material she replied. THE woods are
full of big trees that you could plant and I
could get you the money. All have to DO
Is to set my mind on thing and 1t is done.
Congress comes in December and I'll assure
you the appropriation viii be made
Undoubtedly she meant we'll
X x* \
In the building of one of the largest cor
pora tions in Washington there is sign
which can be taken in two ways. It reads:
.Noticel Employees only are allowed to
loaf In and around this building"
Several persons who have had occasion
to read the sign commented on the word
ing. They desired to know whether the
loafing around the building, to the exclu-
sion of unpaid loafers.
\ n X
The experiences of bold young sports who
make practice at amusement resorts of
asking young women with whom they are
not acquainted for the privilege of dancing
with them are not always of the most
pleasant character. Many times the rebuffs
they receive are sufficiently severe to stag
ger and wilt the most brazen OF the class,
and their discontinue when observed by
the average modest and respectable person
Is the occasion of quiet joy Nearly al
ways the Indignant and scornful maid, in
administering the rebuke. excites the adj
miration of the observers.
Recently nice Young man. who was feel
Ing his loneliness Ut dancing pavilion.
made bold in differential manner to ask
girl who was also alone for dance. His
breath was almost taken away when she
turned on her heel quite haughtily and said
with an annoying. degree OF frigidity. "of
course would not think of dancing with
you. l am particular about choosing my
associates"
Recovering from his surprise the young
fellow replied; You may be. but you will
observe that l am not" Then he left sud-
denly to avoid further complications.
*
TT is very expensive" said an official
of the insular bureau Of the War Depart
ment the other day, ito ship money or its
equivalent across the country; that is,
when you do 1t in the regular way, by
express Recently we had occasion to send
q new issue of Philippine currency to the
Philfppines-paper money. you know. We
inquired what the express company which
controls such shipments would charge to
deliver the currency to the army trans
port at San Francisco and were informed
that 1t would cost US $4,000 Inasmuch
as the currency was OF a distinct design
and had never been in circulation the en-
tire Issue could be Cancelled in case any
thing happened to ii, without serious loss
to the government In view of that fact
we did not consider 1t advisable to accept
the offer Of the express company. At their
price we could have dispatched a COM
pany or more of soldiers across the coun-
try In charge OF the currency or have
hired large guard of special detectives
What did we do? Oh, we sent the en-
tire package to Its destination by regis
tered mail at trifiing cost, and 1t went
through all right"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-04
TRAGEDY WAS AVOIDED
And Now Everybody is Happy,
or Should Be.
A GIRLS PRACTICAL JOKE
interrupted a Romance and Proved
a Boomerang.
CALLED OFF THE WEDDING
But When the Young Woman "Took
On, So Her Intended Relented
and Forgave Her.
CALLED OFF THE WEDDING

mo Wedding Bells for Her might have
been the title of the little chapter about
to be related had It not been for the for
giving nature OF the man in the case. And
yet there are those who persist in desig-
mating man as cruel. heartless creature.
a horrid mean thing and other applications
equally suggestive of contempt. Be that as
1t may.
This tale concerns young woman VINO
resides not more than ten miles In any d.
rection from the Washington city post
office. a young man who lives within the
same territory, and a practical joke which
the young lady perpetrated on the aforesaid
young man-her intended. 1t teaches a les
son in practical joking and shows how
sweetly tractable the genus homo may be
even when treated with contumely. As 1t
was. a tragedy was ayerted and now every
body Is happy or should be-
For about twenty -five--it is neither ma
terial nor chivalrous to state how many
n.ore-years this young woman lived a
quiet. peaceful life, such as most womanly
young ladies' live. Romance had been but
sparsely sprinkied through her career. She
was not "giddy young thing" Last
spring. however, she became engaged to a
steady going. thrifty young clerk in Wash
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-04
Diseases and Their odors.
om the Philadelphia Record.


The acuteness of the sense of smell "a
far greater in many of the lower animals
dogs. for example-than In man, and they
employ 1t in guiding them to. their food. In
warning them OF approaching danger and
for other purposes. The sphere of the sus-
ceptibility to various odors is more uniform
and extended in man. and the sense of
smell Is capable of great cultivation. Like
the other special senses, IL may be cuitfyat-
ed by attention and practice Experts can
discriminate qualities of Wines liquors
drugs. &c. Diseases have their Character
fstie doors.
Persons who have visited many differ
ent asylums for the insane recognize the
Same familiar odor of the insane 1t Ia
not insane asyluIns alone, but prisons jails
warehouses;, armies in camp Churches
schools and nearly every household that
have characteristic odors. 1t is when the
insane, the prisoners and the soldiers are
aggregated IN large groups or battalions
Most diseases have their characteristic
and BY the exercise of the sense of smell
they could be utilized In different diagnoses
For example. fayus has mousy odor
rheumatism has q copious sour-smelling
acid sweat A person afflicted with pyae-
mia has sweet. nauseiting breath. The
rank. unbearable odor of pus from the
middle ear tells the tale Of the decay OF
osseous tissue. In scurvy the odor Is pu-
uia like stale beer. In intermittent fever
like fresh-baked brown bread, In fever
aInmoniacal. In hysteria like yioiets or
pineapple, Measles. diphtheria typhoid
fever. epilepsy. phthisis, &C.. have charac-
teristic odors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-04
To Stay-at-Homes.

From Harper's Bazaar.
A change OF air and scene is very de-
sirable, but all of us cannot have these
Injuries. Luxuries they are. though there
has grown up an idea that they are neces-
stiles. Let those of US who perforce stay
at home console ourselves with two renee
TONS First, that our forefathers never
dreamed of shutting up and leaving their
homes for weeks at a time, and yet they
lived in comfort and died at ripe Cd
age Second that whether We get through
the summer comfortably or not depends
rnuch more on ourselves than on our sur
rouudings A nervous, fretfui woman will
let the heat wear her out quite as much at
the mountains or seasliore as II she had
never left home. A serene habit of mind
and determination TO make the best or
things viii carry one trfumphantly through
the hot days and over the weary nights.
even Il they must pc spent among orieks
trees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-04

that 1t was all off between them and that
there was to be no stroll for them. I'D the
aisle or the meeting house amid the suDdued
Joy OF their friends: that she didn't love
him enough TO marry him; she had misied
herself into thinking she could She said
further that she had been engaged several
years before to a young man and that al
though they had Quarreied and all was
over between them. yet she loved that first
young man still and Fin her moments of
quiet meditation meath the shade OF the
kindly sheitering mountain forest and be-
side the gently murmuring brook she had
come to the conclusion that she could never
love any but that other young man who
had departed out of her sight long SINCE
bur whose image was still engraven indeii-
bly, on her heart and enshrined there with
evergreen wreaths of undying love. 1t was a
rapturous little getaway and sounded like
the genuine article with the signature and
trade mark all In good order.
Told Him Goodbye Forever
And 50 she told shim goodbye forever;
think of me kindly. even fendly." and such
gentle expressions as most young men who
have passed the 'steenth milestone of life
have at some time or other read with aeh-
ing heart end burning eyes.
Having written and dispatched the cum
ming little epistie. the young lady who had
never been accounted gfddy or foolish lean
ed right back in her Morris chair and
laughed right gleefully to think of the great
stew Freddie would be In.
She Thought correctly. 1t would have
been solar plexus blow TO any one less
game than Freddie. Though his heart
thumped against his breast-Done so hard
the tiirobbing could be heard in the next
block, yet Freddie had lived In missouri
once before he became arbiter of his own
affairs, and he had to have demonsfra-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-04
A Humorous Patient.

From the London Mall.
Surgery has much to gain from spinal
coordination, says Robert Jones, Liver
pool surgeon In 'The Medical Press. He
advocates this process in cases where pa
TENTS cannot or will not take other anes-
thetics. The resulting insensibility to pain
lasts more than an hour. but the patient
often develops abnormal loquacity.
Mr. Jones tells of an operation In which
he cocainized the spine. 1t was that of a
big man. who as soon as he had taken two
or three whiffs OF chloroform jumped off the
operating table and scampered away. This
happened twice and Mr.. Jones tried cocain-
ization, injecting cocaine into the cerebro-
spinal fluid. BY this meanssa troublesome
operation of cutting out bones in the leg
was safely carried out. The man. an old
poacher. meantime RECALLED the doctors with
stories of his art only once interrupting,
when the surgeon was chiseling bone to
ask What is that knocking?''