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Show $350,000 in Coats of Arms. Thero aro sufficient people in England Eng-land and Scotland paying tho annual tax Imposed by tho Inland revenue' upon the uso of armorial bearings to produce a sum ot $350,000 each year. The great bulk of this sum Is paid by ptoplo who caro not 'an atom either about their family or their arms, but pay the tax regularly simply because they have carriages or plato horald-Ically horald-Ically decorated. The really old fain-Hies fain-Hies of the realm, ho,wcvor, uso armorial ar-morial emblems for decorative purposes pur-poses to an extent almost incredible In tho eyes of those familiar with them only on note paper, tablo silver and carriage panels. |