The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-01
TAXES HEAVY
 IN FRANCE Said to Be Largest in
 World.
 lR - MANY OFFICIALS CASH Inc Story of The French
 Sofcerer. He Failed to Hypnstiss The ynase, The Aeter-scalStor whe Sat as His own Model For His
 MasterDseee. ...4
BY A. W. IAMoRrux.

BY A. W. L,AMoREUx.
 Paris, July 31-France has its Lloyd George. only he is called Calillaux. Ills budget figures have frightened everybody. and his proposed income tax has driven millions from the coun- try Whatever other virtues may be claimed for the Republican form of government. 1t Is certainly not cheap There. is no country in Europe more highly taxed than France and no coun- try where. in a certain sense, there Is so little to show for 1t. There is no Court at the Elysee, no brilliant routs and fetes, no long Civil List. no costly Household. no gorgeous functionaries holding traditional sinecures. On the contrary, there is a very plain estab- iishment maintained by M. Fallferes. who has the economical spirit as fully developed as any of his predecessors.
 How. then, Is it possible to explain this vast and growing expenditure. which puts a greater and greater bur den upon the peoplef France Is not singular. of course, in having . Budget that increases by leaps and bounds. Germany anl England, as well as the lesser States, tell the same story. The reason in the French case is social leg fslatton-almost exclusively that. whereas in England and in Germany national defence is-a large factor in the new expenditure.
 The number of dictionaries in France Is constantly being added to for some reason or other. Sometimes 1t is . new law, the proper application of which requires large number of new inspectors; sometimes it Is the redemp- lion of q railway. such as the national 1zation of the West which incorpor- htes as immense body of State servants. Though an enterprise of the sort should. in theory, prove highly profit able to the nation, the French have no genius for departmental adminis- fration on c paying basis. The Post Ofice is a deplorabie example of lack of practical grasp of detail. However that may be-. the national indebtedness increases and the national expenditure grows greater every day But there must be an end somewhere aat
 TMa Amfhoxss R&ghfs,
 M Courteline perhaps the drfest hunorist of his day, has been rather feurprisfngiy defeated in an action against a cinennafograph company. The latter represented, without his author fly, scenes of his most cutting. as well as funniest comedy, "Boubouroche.'
 
 of a play is the property of dramatic author the subject being part of common heritage of the human mind" and dismissed the authors action, with costs. M Courtline, though consider ing that to assume that ali plots be- iong "to the common heritage of the human mind is large order, could but submit. He has lately, however, heer vindicated in c measure by the international Congress of Literary Copyright. which, meeting at Copen- hagen, passed unanirpously Q resolu- fior .sreRrettine the said decision and registering the opinion that authors rights cover not only the form of work, but also it's plan." It Is the old question over again of form ana mat ter, but perhaps 1t Is one with which courts of law are not over-familtar.
 Judgment is now pending in the case of A potent wizard here who enables custorners s'to succeed, overcome fate, pav out those who have done you an i'll turn. win the girl you love, and ob- tain true faith. health, happiness wealth power: and q peacean. nIss Advice gratis" It was wonderfuA bargain. Surely to learn how to de- feat the "Ananke" of the ancients ts fin itself a priceless lesson, and the wizard told people how to do 1t. all for nothing. But he kept second cir ,cular up his sieeves-which was particu- larly intended for ladies. Madame. take advantage of nay secrets. Believe fn them, and you will undoubtedly be lucky, win lottery prizes. become bsau- tiful (if you are not So already), be beloved, if not already beloved, and secure happy and beautiful exts- tence.
 "For all that. you need only pay $40. You should. you must; 1t will ensure
 r. aRr xrrfll nd tyou A key to all my mysteries" The s2. 70 ia what landed the sorcerer iA the notice court in which he is baldly and tunsympathetically charged with swind- Hing. The customers who sent him &2.40 received by return of post two volumes of occult science and talisman. con- sistinR of Q potent powder, with in- atructions how to use 1t. The lot seems cheap at the price. but the prosecution fis of a different opinion. '"What were your secretsT' asked tho judge, at the first hearing of the case.
 "A method and fluid. powder and a talisman." replied the wizard. Ail who followed my method have succeed cd. Do you call that swindlingr'
 "But your fiuid.' said the judge, "was merely yaseline; hence your indict- ment by the Police Prosecutor for al- legged obtaining of money by False pre- tences.'
 { ''Th0 FuplIc EEObSCutOE OAhAho " SeAo account of the fact that impart par ticular powers to my fluid" was the answer.
 May your fluid. then. convince the Jublic Prosecutor ," was the judges comment, and. continuing, ho said:
 'You sell 6 method for succeeding in every human enterpris to vanquish predestination and to obtain a beau fiful and happy life. Tn short. you are a magician. Since when have you called yourself a magicianP
 From earliest infancy was Q mag netizer," declared the wizard. T have travelled all over the world. Every evening I sent twenty or thirty persona to sleep. I have thus hypnotised over 10000 men and women. Everybody whom I have ever touched has been lucky. so concluded that seoreted "a fluid. My counsel. who shook hands with me just now. will he lucky for the rest of his days"
 If the wizard escapes prison. he wiu. be lucky, too.
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