QUEER TAXES LEVIED Humorous Levies Feudal Times. -A delegation from the recently appeared committee of the Washington.- Virgin Istands fore an congressional appealed for the removal port tax on sugar, “That export tional Is a matter knowl to American nnd sitice the Virgin Islands belong to the United Stales, the deleg the be at he- und ox tax Is unconstitu of common news nn <uge readers, some may question ation should peacefully plead of the when it acked unconstitutional from the tirie of its imposition, a bulletin the the Geographic why for removal levy <onld as Savs of in from National this city. “But the Constitution that there shall be no tax exported from the United its possessions, It declares tnx or duty: shall be laid exported from any state, cording the courts, state in this Cuse, means a state, not a possession. Export Tax Odd to Us. “While an export tax seems a citizen of the compare "1 i HIS § headquarters fety does not say on articles States and that “No on articles * And, ac- to odd to an some of the hum United States, It not with foreign wies In " the Since feud and a] countrie tinues bullet! have rec as tnxes 'wo knive sviv-one 1 roses permitt peaceful possession, P per academy for its “To hold his Avieshury nor provides three it the visits summer and three live eels If there In the winter. The owner aise ‘bound to put clean straw king's floor three vear sovereign Straw of the feudal “The tenant Copeland required to hold the king’ hie ‘paid. continue eppercorns (; id hy Roya London land the is ol berries) are Mm the site owner of mi geese dng Ayieshury in the he goes fs the eS 4 on tim stops bedroom if the on the there, hedroomn floor was ane luxuries of times. of in manor head shanld get seasick while crossing the tormy waters of Whit the from sand bay “A or t city of Chiel Daver to osshaow ig eontributed neien of Bry to stringless ~ ost ford andon, Dorset ec bound make na of a ered yearly how his majesty’ decide to war w Wales, of paying ment knights, feudal land re bound to perform in the King's miiit: and equip presen anid an arrow for he “Instead in money, should th AN ARSesS to whom parcels of were 403 ir gran eq we days’ serv. ice | vy establish ment for duty. “Property owners In Engiand a few hundred years ago also accounted of hearths and buildings. for them was levied upon, were taxed and today to themselves for number their the chimneys in each one of Windows one nee i%0 asionally seer evidence the thi of evasion of 4 where up. Blocks of Salt Paid Taxes. For centuries blocks of salt to the rulers of China from provinces bordering the to Rice and silk vied with sal in importance. Today, In some parts of the republie, rice supplements sil- ver In payment of levies, In Imes eleph it crabs, fevy old windows have been bricked “r were sent the pay * sen Tuxes, ancient ants’ is frogs, some tribes sent teeth while the Cantonese, fated, made payment in snakes and crickets, “Travelers from one city to another in Chinn became familiar other of raising reyenue, that collected from land owners, or ‘squeeze’ stations, which compared with our nearly toll are met with at intervals the highways, of stations during fo effects re. soon ways with than Likin might ahsolate frequent Eight encountered ghai he gntes, along these fire the S4.-mile trip from Shan At are ransack Soochow eich station ed and, not taxed at station, before the traveler reaches his destl- nution at least three levies have been paid on each article, “Tibetan taxes are usually paid In goods, Sheep, wool, meal and native cloth are principally used. In one section of the hilly country, the grass and water the Tibetan cattle consume are taxed, but not the cattle” one's while every article is each Plan Statue of Miles Standish at Plymouth ymouth, Mass. —Transfig Capt. Miles Standish, the Pilgrim return this little pince of Amerien, Plans under Sion i" firon sured into ze, first sol may the : . ier of colony, town, |O0n birth- to are way here for of 0 monument mili of the early settlement. A #ite on the grounds of the Plymouth Memorial building is being considered, in Duxbury, where Captain Standish lived, a granite shaft already sttnds in his memory, the ore of the tary lender Oe A Hefty Bride Los Angeles, Calif.—Jolly Josephine, twenty-two and 550 (nge and weight), I« a bride. Her husband, Karl Otto fleln. twenty-four and 110, is to give up painting autos and manage her ele «us sideshow career. J Raymond Clark, man to win a medal from the tional service. He saved the life her out of the way of a speeding ten, of W ROAD COURTESY USUALLY SHOWN Be Prevailing Good-Na- tured Civility. Oces with hoorish of us, ad how ever and the with COUrse the exceptidn, Courtesy and =n natured sp eral attitade of m other. But the same courtesy ard that prevailing good civility war to be the gen- otorists toward each are we as motorists and thoughtful con sideration tow the man and woman who lke observe wi each other? Help Pedestrians, we Sires Of course ont every is bow for the Ia : Thi of regan the protection of his but as a us well, But things we might Many wrists are ip roundin at A § he id to do out rd ws of tl fellow self-protective mes are we as careful in the be? + moe Corners oheyin forwar and of drive a fo Cros RO re noi e priesy pedes ans who wt nt t eo portunity Sing roet signal of the traffic flicer an t¥herstr? ithont op {0 get across w any mishap. Unnecessary MHonking. in the matter of unnecessarily, the Inck who are driver on foot Aga horns n, motorist often shows a of How noiselessly and “honk,” nervously toward ti walking often a] suddenly that % In ose we notice a swroach a person then hoarse to Jump is a small emit o cans ne person itself, matter, confusing. and might even lead to or woman suffering from a heart or nervous disorder When stopping at boulevards a mo- greatly intentions person is torist may assist a hy plain crossing making his gignaling the ether to stop or gtreets wi proceed, Solve Vexed Problem of Glaring Car Headlights A novel solution of the vexed prob- jem of nonglaring headlamp llami- nation was described on June 2 at the summer meeting of the Society of Au- tomotive Engineers by K. D. Cham- bers, scleptific research engineer, in an nddress on complimentary color head- lighting. iriefly, the proposed system con- in the use of oval headlamps ench of which has two paraboloid re. flectors, the upper fitted with an orang with siuts ane and of a color filter inside the bine glinss, just windshie tutomoblle In which plain transparent glass rays and are a sheet of that filtera out the orange another that Git ers out the blue rays, filters gre connected electrically with the bulbs In the lamps =o that when the orange filter Is drawn down into the line of vision of the driver the blue Hght 1s turned off and the orange light turned, on automatically, and when the blue filter Is drawn down the orange fight Is shut off and the blue light turned on, Fach viewing filter is transparent to Hight of the same color and so the driver can see practically the same as If he were driving with white light. These is the first schoolboy Automobile association for excep- Griffith, (left), by pushing had falled to obey signals. traflic police- seven car which in Keeping Motor Warm Metal or Plywood Plates Fastened to the Inside of Your Hood as Shown Will Help Keep the Motor Warm When the Car Is Left Standing. Metal on the inside he alr to circulate freely or lywood plates bolted shown the {llustra- i ste and al 1 hy so help driving the Months Persons Who Drive Take Good Care of Themselves Perse ns better « who drive of than do autor take nobiles are themselves while walk those who not dr to looking into the accidents ing do Cars according recent research causes of traf It is said that few motorcar drivers are caught The off their guard when wal ine that t} ing records show at the ma in volve persons who have had no experi ence In handling cars, The toring accidents to pedestrians reasons for this are that er what he faces and when self in mo fect pik destrian iver gets a per as a pe he walks he condu He walks and wil intersections he makes the ipability of the officers to look out for everyone knows the approximate distance He is able t« ’ accordingly. manner, streets at in a he eon en CTOSReS He an gen eyes on the road or not trained to take watch signals, so experience in no chances that from his ag a driver he trained automatically as a pedestrian It would appear that the moral from this is that every person should learn fe ie moment, AUTOMOBILE ITEMS Keep yvater. battery filled with distilled - - * See that sloinally springs are greased occn NM - - » ® . A nice time for a pedestrian to cross fa street is about three or four o'cloct in the morning, ”~ - * If the engine does not start prompt discover the cause, - » * the front wheels toe I fivesizxteonthia of an Inch at front Wheels should be checked occasion for alignment to avoid tire wear - - - Ree that The new trend in automobile tracks, digplays at the New Yor) show, is foward lightness and spe ed, Anything they don't them wider. KO make « & =» A runaway horse that stopped when a red ight was turned against him, as was reported, demonstrates again that horse sense is greater in many instances than driver sense, ® - - The auto coming from the right has the right of way at an intersection, motive has the right of way, whether coming from the right or left. NOTHING TO FEAR hisvered his wife, “there's the flat.” sald ber husband, “W} up and glve the fight shaking “John,” i a burglar trying Hin awake, 0 get into “Ih” TH get qin life, “Aren't you “Not a bit, ‘his flat can % a little Prapseript. ere? him of afraid?’ Any burglar who thinks hold all three must bit of a fel Boston of us low.” TRY AGAIN, DAD cigarette sreath Daughter (sl -~ Now, cissing George. why and they mua tm) heen ihe I've you ick ns ther if you think don't fat come right out Say $0, These Day ys “Her untenar tel Writes an author Kifte d abt she went And had it lifted His Name i in n Full Census T Y out anme, | Mrs {ensus ct 108 No d« lease? Mother to the Rescue Three-vear« his fir He struggl ing to break the small thumb and fin task. So he brougt “Will you unt sr?” Hyen shell, ger unequal to his please, mother utto moth he asked Similarity Founil “The our head yored.” “So halrs of are all num- are the motor but that prevent el Cars, Joost ther fast.” from going CHERCHEZ 1 LA FEMME Manager in this We've Manager “There's a man employed store who's stealing money. got to find him"™ Assistant “Well, look for the woman.” His Trousseau Maid going forth to woo, Writes verses to his mald so true, And trusts Dan Cupid's arts to ald In making her his trousseau maid Finding Joy in Everything “There's one consolation in being in | “What is that?” “There's nobody to wake you up in the middle of the night to tell you to go down and sure the back door's locked."~<8Stray Stories, be —— Family Athletics “Hasn't Mrs, De Style a social ambition ! “Yes, nud she keeps her poor hus band on the Jurap.” vaulting A Tallhproot Career “You have done a great deal of talk ing all these years" “Yeu," answered Senator Sorghum. | “1 take pride in the fact that I have been able to entertain so many audl ences without saying anything to in terfere with my political position,” SAAR, True Friendship Jane~Do you think that story about Ethel is true? Jean—It must be. I heard it from | har degrost friend awfal | Ida aged to lm, Iris—No, nay back gio I's no sign Jack that he dear, of ont, cially prepared { am not An Honest Pug He's good } Griest Terry 100 Jim Terrs How's iw without MOT Castor: Pa . ar = 4 i ¥ 3 and arms and Soothi Likidl in ages. Proven d "bysicians everywhere recommend Soap and warm application of C B23, Malden, Mam” / nN et is ol “Well from her sings opinio script. ir daughter vou'd get ns differ.” ti! but 3 when Good Shot HH, sir, my shotgun and there lay a dead wr ahead of ns! Bored inarder | been dead? How Jong had Headache Neuritis Toothache Lumbago Rheumatism A ABSA Accept only “Bayer” package which contains proven directions. Handy “Bayer” boxes of 12 tablets Also bottles of 24 and 100-—Druggists, rater of Sallerlleacid Scottdale, Pa.
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