The independent., 1907-02-21

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n HE income tax was paid in the
United Kingdom year before last
by 1852 corporations, so. 129 public COM
panies, 1924 business firms and 456571
individual British subjects. Total gross
income. $2,347, 1889 The number of
British subjects taxed on incomes in
excess of $4,000 a year was 212, the
number taxed ON incomes in excess of
$3.50, GOO year was "a
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curious custom connected with the
Servian army is the manner in which
most of the regiments carry the big.
drum. 1T is not, as in most countries
sIung in front of the man who plays
1T, but is placed upon a small two
wheeled cart drawn by a large dog,
which has been so trained that it keeps
its place even through the longest and
most tedious of marches. The drum
mer takes up a position behind the
cart and performs on the instrument
as 1t moves along.
The absence of springs on ice skates
has been more or less of mystery
That they are needed is an undisputed
fact, as the skater has no means of
lessening the jarring naturally incl
dent to the uneven surface of the ice
New York inventor noticing the
total absence of springs on ice skates.
experimental with them and found
them desirable in every way The
springs are placed between the steel
runner and the plates for the recep-
tion Of the toe and the heel of the
shoe. The addition of the springs also
lends to ease the feet while skating.
besides greatly adding to the enjoy
ment Of the sport in other ways
A report has been received from the
department of agriculture in India
showing the extent of the war carried
on against the Bombay locust In all
some 1,500,000,0 600 individual eggs. adult
locusts and "hoppers'' were accounted
for. Of this number 6O,OO0,000 were
adults that would have produced an
other O00,0O0,000 "hoppers" had they
llved. This slaughter cost about $685.
0O0 In awards and saved probab bly, mill
IONS in the value of crops Nature
also helped. The report adds that iuari
birds arrived on the scene in large
ffocks and devoured the locusts greed
lily, so that the preservation of the
crops was due possibly '.as much to
these birds as to the effects of human
agency"
East St Louis now has the biggest
steam whistle in the world It is re-
markable triple machine, with three
yoices-a three-chime whistler. whose
capacity for the annihilation of peace
IS extraordinary This whistle blows
ten-mile blast at half steam. and
with favorable wind has a disturbing
power of twenty miles. 1t costs ST
every time it is blown But this great
whistle is not all noise. 1t is an idea
IN economy, whistle trust, noise
combine. Almost all the little noises
yelps. toots and wnines of smaller me-
chanlcal throats in East ST. Louis are
now dumb. The giant whistle trust
whistles off for them. The independent
whistles have to whistle off time to be
heard. Within the range of this whis-
tie are said to be one hundred thou
sand people who tell time by it,
vienna artist, writing about Leon
ardo ola Vincis Last Supper saws.
atmospheric changes and the dust
ana SCOT from the factories which are
near the church of Santa Maria dele
Grozie have made the picture a wreck
and only a small part of the original
work IS left. Another potent cause for
the great loss may be found in Leon
ardo's use of material which lacked
the proper adhesive qualities. Artists
who went TO Milan to study the prob
lem have agreed that the fresco can
not be detached from the wall. and
none OF them has suggested a plan by
which the disintegration may be ar
rested"
register of sanitary hairdressinc
establishments, with a penalty for fail
ure to comply with the regulations. is
a plan OF the health officers of Buda-
pest. Among The recommendation OF
the medical adviser are that regular
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