Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1880 — Who Foots the Bill? [ARTICLE]

Who Foots the Bill?

It is often asserted that the whisky and tobacco consumers pay most of the revenue tax. From Secretary Sherman’s published statements it appears that the taxes on five arti<coSni°?o^inae necossit y contributed $69,014,247 to the treasury for 1879, as follows: Sugar and Molasses, $50,275,403 Wool and woolen goods, 18,805*340 C° ttou goods > 6,570.253 Matches, 3,357,251 Total > $69,014,247 From these figures it is shown that on everything worn of cotton or woolen fabrics rhe poor laboring man is forced to pay a tax, and when he and * n s famj ly indulge iu the luxury of coffee sweetened, or pan-cakes and molasses, he contributes to the wealth or the bondholder, even when using a match to light his fire. A revenue is paid on many other articles, and yet politicians and hard-pan newspapers continue in telling the people year after year that about all the revenue that is paid, is on tobacco and whisky? Do they intend to deceive the people?—Walkerton Visitor.

The following is a list of generals, with their titles, who have commanded the army since 1775: Major-general George Washington, 1775 to 1783; Major-general Knox, 1783 to 1784; Lieutenant colonel Harmer, general in-chief by’ brevet, 1788 to 1791; Major general Arthur St. Clair, 1791 to 1792; Major general Anthony Wayne, 1792 to 1796; Majorgeneral James Wilkinson, 1796 to 1798; Lieutenant general George Washington, July 3,1798, to his death, December 14, 1799; Major general Wilkinson, 1800 to 1812: Major-gen-eral Dearborn, 1812 to 1815; Majorgeneral Brown, 1815 to 1828; Majorgeneral Macomb, 1828 to 1841; Major general Winfield Scott, brevet, lieu-tenant-general, 1841 to 1861; Majorgeneral George B. McClellan, Novem ber 1, 1851 to March 11, 1862: Majorgeneral Halleck, July 11, 1862 to March 12, 1864; Lieutenant general U. S. Grant, March 12, 1864, to July 25, 1866, and as general to March 4, 1869; General W, T. Sherman since March 4, 1869.

Something Worth Knowing. - Every little while we read in the papers 0 some one who has stuck-a rusty nail in his foot or knee, or hand, or some other portion of his body, and that lockjaw resulted therefrom, of which the patient died. If every person was aware of a remedy for all such wounds, and wouid apply it, then all such reoorts must cease. But, altho’

we can give the remedy, we cannot enforce its application. The remedy is simple, almost always on hand, and what is better, it is infallible. It is simply to smoko the wound, or any ■bruise or woumlthat is inflamed, with burning wool or woolen cloth. Twenty minutes in the smoke of wool will take, the pain out of the worst wound ; repeated two or three times, it will allay the worst case of inflammation -arising from a wound.—Exchange.

On Wednesday last in the Homeopathy’ Convention, in session at Indianapolis, it was “Resolved, That it is tiie sense of the Indiana Institute of Homeopathy that our State needs ;and demands such medical legislation as will conduce to ihe more perfect protection of the life and health of her citizens, and to this end committees on legislation be appointed in each congressional district in the State, ■whose duties shall be the promotion of speedy legislative action that shall be fair to all schools ami to all the citizens of our State. Doctors O. C. Link, J. N. Caldwell, J. C. M. Chaffee, compose he compose the committee for this Tenth District.

LaPorte Aigus: The “shoo-fly’’style of building houses is growing in favor in this city. It is a light brick wall on the outside and frame style inside, and it makes a dry and desirable house.