. a SallS shag ioc=- gift of that body these indepenSubsoripfion 25 cents per Moénth. |mg it 18 cents was voted Gown by= " I se mal ie the 5 ime 7 asta, -but Temnioe. "vet deem e acl jamendment was. again -offered. in.nn . ; } the Sennte bY r: Adams; Demo+A few Sepatorsin ths Legisla-jcrat, and finally passed; though itture refused to be controied by! met with cousiderabvle opposition.the Republicans and the oBig| ~The liqaor tax is 2) per): cent.Five� who proved themselrss of instead ot | per cent., as hereto-the same faith as the Repuflicars, fure. Deuggists dealiog 1p spirit |~vus, liquvuis inust pot only obtamia diepase DD. payment of 5U toX a = 2of Caldwell. mak-digitand though nearly every Svurto:got some position that was in the/the Siate Treasurer, but may alsohe taxed «as liqaor dealers. bycorbiies, cities xnd towns. NoJruggisi, Lowever, can deal,.inpirituvus ligaurs except uponeo prescriplien of a practiclugplysicia , us now allowed br law.~This mskeos the tax very. high,and will, druggists ~ay, drive themout of the business.County Gommissioners havediscretion ~in ~granting licenses~outside of incorporated towns,and inside of such towns can onlygrant after the corporation hasissued the licease. ~I'his part ofthe law is exactly the same as waspassed by the last Legislatare.dent ones got literally nothing.They were cruelly left out in thecold. It is evident that the ~BigFive� gct in some work just here.""" "~~ "THE REVENUE ACT.The Rate of Taxation Increased FoCents on the Hund ed Dollars"School Tax ~Increased TwoCents"a Numoper of Impor-tant Changes.et measAs finally adopted the ReyenueAct makes the State tax 24 cents; Social clubs or organizationsinstead of 22 cents, as fixed by/that dispense liquors for the usethe last General Assembly. Thelof the meambers-or guests shal]School tax is 18 eceuts : it was 16/pay the sime license tnx as docents. in 1893-94.) The Pensiom|co-upanies and firms. for. sellingtax is 84 certs, the same as Were-|sp:ritucus liquors. Manufactur-tofore. The total is cents onlcrs way sell wines and spirits inevery $100 value of real and) per jquanrtittes of met less than ouesonal property. in the Stats It!'guart instead of one galior, aswas 414 ceuts in 1893-94, ard 43 lieretofore, at the place of manaycents in 1891~'92. fnetare or withiu 100 yards there-Eas penditures forthe next twolof.years are estimated at $925,008 or! Dz: alers in cis-are, cheroots andsome $75,000 more than for 193~ cigarettes are sa' ject to an an-~64- This ineludes not on'v ap-!nual tax of five cents per tnouspropriations made by the Geuern!' and. Ia the A«t: as vriginallyAssembiy, but thet expenses of drawn cigarettes were taxed tenState offi ers, Jadges and the'cents. Billiard. aud. pout tables$130,000 interest on the State/are to be taxed 35 iustead: of 75,debt. The receipts on tte $262.-) while ferrA bridges and toll-gates090,99) of. property are figored at\are to pay: 2 tax of. 2-per cent. on$375,000, but it 18 believed that'eross receipts... Heretofore theythe new assessment wl] show a!nave been taxed 5 and one-halfdepreciation in value of 20:or 25)of 1 per ceut: mL Telesper cent... Tnis will bring the re-| Practicing lawyers,-enticts and:ceipts on property down to 730,-| doctors (couuatry doctors except-000. Iucluded in this is» thejed) shall be taxed 20 per annum,180,000 in the State Treasury.}but vo county, eity-or town shallThies depreciation witl, it is be-jimpose an additional tax... -lieved, make the amount for the|: Boarding honse beds are taxedSchoo] tax aud the» General tax|50 cents each. 2about the same as heretofore, not-| The peddierTs tax. remains t4of 25,0250,000,any insurance eompany to doie nll *iness in the State is 200.; It»panes ian 2893~-T'94.The Bank tax remains the sameas -heretofore. This tex wasslightly increased two years ago,allthe stock being taxed eventhodgh held by non-resideuts, "The graduated Income tax andthe MerchartTs Purchase tax areunchanacged. .The drummerTs _ license tax,which was originally incorporatedin the Act was finally stricken outby the House.. A francbiise tax is imposed onprivate corporations (railroads,banks ard insurarce companiesexcepted) ia proportiou to theamount of: its capital stock ac-cording to. the following grad-uate scale, to wit:. Capital stock,or less 5,00, oyer 25,000 .and less than 50,000, 10,00; over50,000 and léss than 100,000, 25,00; ©over 200,000: and less than 250,000;25.00; over 200,000 and less than50.00.:. over. 250,000 andless than 500,000, 100; over 5600,-08U, 200. .The taxes On building and loanassocialiuus are as follows: .On100,000 aud over ,paid up capital, *100; between 59,000 and 100,000,40; between 25,000 and 53,000, 2a;between 23,000 and 5.000, 10-ander 5,050, 5.=Vews andObscrver.~Ciants of Their Kiad,The largest belie in Je pan) thstin the temple at Kirot», is 24 festThigb and 16 fest in diamereracross the rim.The largest bunch of grapes ofwhich there is #uy record waspicked ut San Juse, Cal., in Sep-tember, 1886. It weiglie. .16$pounds. : Pog ataThe highest chimney in theworld is at Glasgow, Scotland ;height 474 feet. 7, The deepest coal mine in Ea-rope is at Lambertb,. Belgium;depth 3,499 feet.. et asThe highest price paid for a.odern painting was 110, 000 for .mMilletTs oAngelou.�» The biomonutnent; in the.withstanding the increased rate-jsame as at: present, except -that)world.is Washington's at Wash-.Tae school tax was first fixedicewing machine agents ~are re-lington, D. U. ; height 555 feet...«