A Burdened Tax-payer

The Jone.sville Independent tolls the fottlowimg good etory : "Tax tilme is here, and the fact remiinds us of a littie incident whlch occurred "ta the court house last summer while the populist convention was in session. The board of supervisors were ín eession at the same time, and the committee on equaaization were at work in the littie jury room openIng out of the court room. They were iaterrupted in their labor by the eloquente of one of the speakera who denounced existing tax laws, and saM, he, wit-h thousands of others, were being taxed out of existence. Tho men in the jury room listened to the ftery Bpeech in silence, almost in tears ; finally one inquisitlve fellow opened the door elightly and recognizlng the speaker sald, 'Let's see How much tlns man does pay, anyhow.' tivmins to the roll in front of him he qnirk'.y ïound that all the property sd to tMs abused man wa8 two ■femalo does.' Af ter this disco very the orator's eloquence was wasted ' on desert air."