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Lord Beaconsileld,s Idenl.

III he had been possessed by a great
love of truth or of humanity, all might
have come right; he would have quickly
worked through his youthful cynicism
to something higher. But pride and
ambition, the pride of race and the
pride of genius, left no room for these
sentiments. His intellect was skepti-
cal His heart was somewhat cold
Before him lay world in which fame
and power were to be won by the gifts
which he knew himself to possess; the
laurels of others would not let him sleep;
and he threw all his soul into the pursuit
of fame and power. D p iHoaa 'iHIH-
Hwas a poor ideal. But. he seems to
have thought it the only ideal, and
probably looked on those who strove
after some other as either fools or hypo-
critics. Early in his political life he
said one day TO one of the foremost of
his political opponents Cfrom whom the
present writer heard the meedote), as
they took their umbrellas in the vesti-
bule of the House of Commons: after
all. what is it that brings you and me
herep1 Famel This is the true arena.
might have occupied a literary throne.
But have abandoned it for this ca
'reer. '--Prof. James Bryce, in The Cent
F1Ty. .o. .,l,...;. r... ..-.a .t..,..
Miss Henrietta Dewcome, In an
swer to your question about ''unkissed
Kisses we may say we are prepared to
unkiss any kisses we may have kissed
outside of the family for the last five
years. Harvard Lamp00n.
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Youths Department.
B4BH ~ 1

sent Il kiss ta lttlp man
For loving valentine
Aud ? told him that an my herr was his.
AS knew his heart was rniua.aa---
told him his eyes we're sweet aud blue,
AMI his dimpled cheek was fuir,
Ana never was sunbeam n VT 81 bright
As the gleam of gold i'm his hair
On, how he laughed at my valentine!
MY Ntlentme son and triea |.Et
But he : always laughing. tn 1t little man
Whatever mamma may do.
And no other valentine clme to me
That was half us sw 4 ~ this
dmpicd enc X to my face nft pressed
And pr 'Cious blby's kiss.
-MUU d. Brlic, ~ ". Y. Independent.
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"A Massachusetts man has put
spittoon on casters, and is asking
patent for it.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-03-26
TIE ANTZsuBsLDy Y FEVER.


The public mind, even in these United
States, is SO easily affected by panics that
for long time it has only been necessary TO
raise the cry of subsidy! - to see grand
stampede of constituencies, voters, "inde-
pendent statesmen" and newspapers TO put
themselves on the other side Of the question
from that where this red flag is waved.
There has been total failure to distinguish
ends Of public expediency, appropriations Of
as absolute necessity as those for the Army
and Navy, fair business propositions to the
Government, coming from those who propose
TO serve it in ways that IL cannot serve itself
from the ruck of mere lobby schemes or raids
on the Treasury. If this state of affairs is
allowed to 60 on unchecked, ii promises very
serious and imminent evils. BY obstinately
locking up the funds contributed by our citi-
zens TO "provide for the common defense
"and promote the general welfare" IL will
leave us unprovided, undefended, and at a
fatal disadvantage compared with the other
nations OF the earth, all of whom are awake
and alive, energetic and liberal in pushing
themselves and their citizens forward in the
race for commercial supremacy. The vic
tories Of the future will be those of enter
prise in trade, not of war; but those who are
beaten therein will find themselves in the
long run as miHerable and needy as those
who have fallen PROSTATE in the blOodiel
conflict Of arms.
The present Hunkerish policy Of th,
United States, which is of very recent origin
who should refuse to advertise, leave
his store inaccessible, never gives
a cent TO charity or public works
hires NO watchman to guard his goods al
night, and hatters himself that by all this he
is "saving money while his rivals are
running oG with his custom by wholesale.
The efete nations of the East know bette
than this; while India, under the impulse o
British ambition and British guineas, /
making prodigious strides that are not full.
, appreciated among us here. Compare, fo
instance, the treatment accorded the rail
way problem there with that SO far Inete'
out to the Isthmus ship-railway plan of ou
! distinguished American engineer, Mr.. Eads
by the American press. This latter not onl
| promises great numerical returns, but als
10 extricate us from C very serious politi ca
complication by means at once honorable an
| highly creditable TO American inventive
genius. II should awaken such eu
thusiasm as would cOunleraet the siniste
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-03-26

TIE venerable University of Georgetown
has lately been coming in for a deserved
share in the golden shower of benefactions
to which American colleges and educational
institutions have been for some time exposed.
Mr.. James V. Coleman, of San Francisco, a
graduate of both the classical and law de-
partments, last month sent in his check for
10000, in acknowledgment of which it has
been voted by the Faculty that the College
museum shall henceforward be known as the
Coleman museum. Since then IL is under
stood that the will of the late General James
NJ. Coale, of Frederick, one Of the wealthiest
citizens of Western Maryland, contains a
legacy of similar amount, $4,000. 1t is
safe to say that good account will be rem
dered of these benefactions by the hard
working and self-denying directors of "old
Georgetown" An impulse has been given
to liberality of this sort by the organization
of the new Alumni Society, founded under
the auspices of Father Healy, the lately re-
tiring president, and we hope to see it well
sustained, since nothing can contribute more
surely to the glory and educational advance
ment of the District of Columbia.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-03-26

WERE there any honor or decency in the
class Of American journals that have been
abusing Senator Blair, about his supposed
relation with shipherd, they would now give
equal publicity TO Shepherds testimony, that
Mr.. Blair accepted his retainer only after
consultation with friends, and several weeks
prior to the meeting of Congress returned 1t
in full, Withholding nothing for expenses or
compensation for services already performed,
because of the possibility that the case would
eventually come before Congress in some form
This seems to us to be very complete ex-
oneration, and we only wish all Senators had
as keen sense of propriety as Senator Blair
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-03-26

WE cannot believe that the important
Office of Secretary of the Interior, next to the
Treasury the most responsible in the Cabi-
net, has been offered to Senator Teller upon
the condition that the Governor of Colorado
shall appoint a certain person TO the vacancy
thus created in the Senate. Such PROPOSE
tion would be corrupt, immoral, and infa-
nous TO every one concerned. II would be
improper for the President to make, or con-
nive at the making of, such traffic inpublic
trusts. 1t would be proper cause for i'm
peachment for the Governor to become a
party to such a traffic. And an upright
Senator must at once have scorned the offer
of Cabinet place coupled with such cor
rupt condition. And the Senate itself ought
to reject member coming to occupy pur'
chased seat.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-03-26

An article which we had intended writing
about the misuse of General Garfeld's letter
to Secretary Chase has been rendered un-
necessary by the elaborate exposition the
subject has received from the american,
which expresses views SO exactly in accord
with our own that we deem it better to pre-
sent the Americans article in another column
than to 60 through the labor of saying the
same thing less effectively in words of our
own.
While we never shared, and do not now
hold, the high opinion of his friends of tn.
late Presidents character, every sentiment
of decency and fair play reyolts against both
the motive for and the substance of these as
saults upon one who is no longer able to de
fend himself. Garfeld's fame cannot suffer
from the Chase letter, for there is nothing il
it which an honest, patriotic, and honor able
man might not have written.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-03-26

NEGRoMASIA reached a kind of climax in the
action of the Cabinet last week on the
Whitaker roguery. If this rascal had been
white he would have been in the peniten-
tiary long ago, cut of even from sympathy
by his outrageous and baseless charges
against the character Of the whole body Of
his low-cadets, AS IL is, a general order
was needed to drop him out gently for
(Heaven save the mark y deficiency in his
"studies." Nor will the Radical press ever
withdraw one jot Of the calumnies showered
ON General Scbofeld and all the white cadets
at the Academy, past and present, nor abate
their feigned surprise that the negro should
have scarifed his own ears little and made
an awkward pretense Of being tied and gag
ged for a purpose. self.mutilation is highly
Characteristic Of inferior races, who have
little regard for the sanotity Of life and limt
in themselves or others. So much is this SC
that British magistrates in India, when a cas-,
OF apparent wounding is reported to them
al ways first inquire whether il may no
have been self-inhicted, with the intent o
charging its preparation on an enemy. Blu
Whitaker was at the same time SO cowardly
that his slight injuries and himsy acooun
of them betrayed falsity even to sympatheti
listeners, and none would appear as his ad
vocates and defenders except those led BY
that designing thirst for notOriety that nov
seems to rage in American life. But ever
these cranks, by the noise they made, wer
able to achieve the present GLORIOUS re
suit. The next thing in order is "tri
"umphant yindication" Of Flipper, and /
vote Of thaEsls to him by Congress for spending
Government funds on his mulalto house
keeper, and lying about It when questione'
by his superior officer. In the mean tim
ths really deserving officers and men Of tn
Army mus. lie quiet under the fOulest an,
most insulting imputalions made by sucl
sooundrels as these and their friends.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-03-26
ENCOURAGEMENT or CBANES.

A crank and nctoriety- hunter from Chi
oago arrived last week with mammoth
"petition ~ to President Arthur to pardon
the crank and notoriet y hunter Mason for
shooting at that other C. and nh. (also
from Chicago Guiteau. The whole batch
bag together, and thrown-somewhere The
rage for making a name for ones self by
some cheap and easy act of infamy, encour-
aged as it is by the immense capacity of the
American mind for "gush,'' seems to be on
the increase and promises terrible results if
| il is not put down with the utmost stern
| ness. Mason's act was an exact contnua-
tion OF Guiteau's, with the added enormity
that Mason was an Army officer, (whether
| commissioned or non commissioned here
makes no difference bound by the honorable
traditions of his service and an express
oath. The only possible defense for him
would be that he was insane, and this is
| Just the one which his advocates and glori-
fiers seem determined net to interpose. In
time of war he would have been instantly
shot for such a dastardly and cold-b -blooded
attempt to murder helpless prisoner he
had been set to guard; and in time of peace
surely eight years of penance and reflection
are not too much to convince him Of the char.
acter of his act, and serve as an example to
others. 1t may happen that the most limo.
cent and worthy of human beings, under un.
just charges, will be intrusted for time to
the discipline and fidelity of trained soldiers
in the midst of hostile mob and even in
the case of one lying under deserved odium
, a sergeant of infantry is not to constitute
himself judge, jury, and executioner will
| impunity and applause. Suppose Jefferson
Davis had been shot by one of his origina
: captors. Doubtless there would have beef
: feather heads to applaud that act. On al
! sides we see causes at work going to break
, down that discipline and morale which ou
little Army, by the efforts of its high minde,
and worthy officers, is nobly striving I
/ maintain. Even the money given TO Ma
| sons wife and children, in itself praise
] worthy charity, is coupled with spirit and
open expressions Of deianceto the laws an
their execution in his case, demoralizing
all other weak minded men in similar Gil
cumstance. There is confusion Of th
boundaries of right and wrong about al
J this, as well as blindness TO consequences
, that cannot but be painful to the refectin
, mind, which cares for the future of tn
American people
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-03-26

the lawyer politician, or political lawyer,
brought here from New York to conduct the
Star Route prosecutions, Colonel George
Bliss, seems to have promptly fallen into a
most painful and remarkable indiscretion at
the very outset, according TO recent revela-
tons. He admits, in response to the allega-
tions of Colonel William A. Cook, that he has
become the owner, or one of the owners, by
purchase, of the National Republican,
one of the three organs of the
Star Route defense. 1t is unpleasantly
suggestive that just at the time he became
the purchaser of a valuable piece of property
from man he is presumably trying to put
in the penitentiary, he finds IL impossible to
get along with the two of his fellow prosecu-
tors, Messrs. Cook and Gibson, whom the
Repnbiican has all along been most savagely
and desperately assailing, and finds means
to crowd them off the conduct of the cases
entirely.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-03-26
THE CHINESE AND THE CONSTR


4 tOANs
s,meyears ago Frederick Douglass lectured
at Lincoln Hall on the Chinese question, and
after expatiating on the extent Of our
country invited the Mongolian and all
other races TO come to the land flowing with
milk and honey. The preamble Of the Con-
stitution declared the object Of the then peo-
pie Of this country TO be security Of :" The
"blessings ofliberty TO ourselves and our
"posterity." The provision for the passage
Of the naturalization law indicated an ap.
probation Of prospective immigration, but IL
contemplated Il as the voluntary act Of indi-
viduals seeking new home and better politi-
cal institutions. The naturalization laws
require probationary residence and the
Endorsement of moral character and devotion
to the Constitution on the part of the appli-
cant for citizenship before admitting him.
Therefore IL is apparent that the admission
Of masses Of foreigners was never thought Of,
and no provision was made for either reeeiv.
ing or rejecting them when they arrive by
ship-loads. Although people of the great
Aryan or lndo- European race, to which we
and they belong, have come over to us in
great numbers, this race-kindred has rem
dered possible the assimilation which is 60
ing on every day, but TO expect the Chinese
| to become absorbed in the American mass Is
TO expect impossiblites. As they come II
masses they must he dealt with in masses
but dealt with just as this prohibitory bill ha
dealt with them. II over-orowded lands o
semi.barbarians pour their surplus upon us
the peaceful invasion is none the less danger
Gus because peaceful. II in this question c
citizenship IL ceases TO be an Individual az
ofa free and intelligent agent, but becomes th
collective act of horde Of such people as tn
Chinese, then our country may be an asylui
, for them, but 1t ceases to be a home for III
The Constitution and laws, the spirit an
| policy of American institutions, never cor
templated premium on Chinese emigration
e nor even clothing the mass of African
a by single legislative act, with the righ
1 and powers OF complete citizenship. II
g Chinese bill is as much for the security
I our institutions as any preservative and co
r servative law ever enacted. We only no,
S that 1t signalizes a new departure in u
t direction of sense as substitute for sen
r ment.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-03-26

Mn. EADs's LtTTER.-The letter recently
written by Mr.. Eids to Joseph Medil, editor of the
Chicago Tribune. Is well worthy Of the public at
tention which 1t has received. For years the col
umns OF the Tribune have been devoted to attacks
upon Mr.. Eads and the great work he accomplished
at the mouth of the Mississippi, River. During the
progress OF that work this paper and few Others Of
like character sought by every In their power
to embarrass and break down Mr.. Eads and his
ciates Not only were the terms upon which Mr..
Eads undertook the work unusually severe but during
the whole progress of the work the country pass
ing through the gloom Of panic which brought about
almost universal bankruptcy. Under these crcum-
stances the attacks OF the Chicago Tribune
were peculiarly Injurious and Its oftrcpeated mis-
representations made II doubly difficult for Mr.. Eads
to raise from private sources, he compelled to
do, the money necessary to carry the work. In
those dark days, when every paper and every citizen
having at heart the interests of the Mississippi Valley
earnestly anxious for the Of the jeties
the Chicago Tribune and few other sheets. like ILL
omened birds, sat croaking failure The letter OF Mr..
Eads shows how false and malicious were these at
tacks and the attacks which being made by
thesime papers upon his ship railway project The
letter, while direct and severe, Is marked by that
dignity which characterizes everything coming from
the pen OF Mr.. Eads It leaves Mr. Medlll no inch OF
ground TO stand on and holds him up In his true light
to the public gaze. IL those great projects which
look to the encouragement OF our commerce and the
advancement Of our power people, must depend
for success upon such papers the Chicago Tribune
| then Heaven help us! Genius and integrity may vel
abandon hope OF recognition II they have to seek
| from such organs. We commend Mr.. Eads's lette
| to the careful perusal of all our readers
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-03-26

Is another column we call attention to the
case of officer Philip Thompson, who has lost
his eyesight in the service of the people of
this District. While we do not object to
the sympathy that is being lavished on
Sergeant Mason, though we deem IT mis-
directed, we think this case of officer Thomp-
son is one which appears as strongly as it
is possible to all right minded people. Let
those who have suffered in maintaining the
majesty of the laws and the security of
life and property be at least equally re-
warded with those who have only suffered
for violating the law.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-03-26

The valid and fatal objection to the knee
brecchcs dreamers trying to revive Is that
they are nnprotective aud uncomfortable In this II
not In any other climate. We are aware that II they |
were fashionable this plea would not much avail, bu
A. is fair answer to the argument that they pre
ferabe In any way to the present full trousers failing
over the shoe. gentleman in full evening dress
land only sorry We cannot say much for uie
genter SEX can now swathe himself from neckto
toes In the warmest n innel and wooens worn under.
meath his fashionable attire without observation am
thereby defy the weather. With knee-breecbes lie |
would be exposed at least from calf to Instsp, incll
sive, with other than tight hitting stocking
unless he chose to venture something very like
disguised padding, which fat certainly would |
not do. Instead Of a sock, flannel drawers, and
loose fitting broadcoth doubed tripled about his
ankles and exposed neither anatomy there would he
nothing but thin fence of silk stockinet against
the keen blasts accidental splashes OF water 1t Is
| true that outer gaers might be worn, but to say
| nothing of the trouble of putting off and on, that
process would lie additional Invitation 10
colds and rheumatism. We are not so hardy
| as our ancestors and cannot well defy
| even what they did. No, take word for
| 1t, the presen, civilized dress for men, when
| rightly made and worn, is hs perfection of ari,
| Skill aud Intelligence applied TO compromising com
fort and convenience with proper regard comey
appearance. Fitting closely, 1t Is out of the way.
permits free movements, and can he made to reveal
| advantages OF form and conceal unsIghty defects
without greatly varying Its essential plan. 1t admits
of the expression OF individual tastes change Of
fashions from to season. and also convention
ality and decorum In adapting II to the Of the
hour-as. the unjustly deIided swallow tail for full
dress, the formal rock for demi- dress the away
or sack for business and sport the for prom
enade, the ulster for travelling and the wrapper for
unbendlng at home with numerous nicer distinctions
known to the fasdious or Initiated but which
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-03-26

THE Sun fercely assails as wanton waste
of money the publication Of consular reports.
1t will doubtless occur TO many persons that
the chief trouble grows out of the way in
which consuls are appointed. Much trash
must necessarily appear in the reports OF
consuls appointed simply as rewards for
political "work." Give us properly
organized, non-partisan consular service,
and these reports will he of great value
and worth to the country many times wha'
il will cost TO print them
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-03-26

opposition such measures must always ex-
pect. In India, on the other hand, in the
year 1s45, two great private associations had |
been formed with the object of providing
railways throughout that vast colonial em-
pire. As with the Isthmus ship-railway,
the novelty and remoteness Of the scheme
made private capital look to government 70
take the initiative. Recourse was had TO
the Indian government, and that body re-
sponded effeotually. Five per cent. was
guaranteed TO investors upon their capt
tai for term Of ninety nine years,
II Is not necessary TO trace the details Of the
history, further than TO say that in 1869 the
government Of India decided on carrying ont
all the new railway extensions Ivy direct
state agency, without the Intervention Of
guaranteed companies. The grand results
may thus he summarized from the report of
Mr.. Julian Danvers, government director Of
Indian railway companies, in 1880. There
were 1875 miles of railway completed, for
which there had been expended up to March
81 of that year el29, ,09s 1854; that is TO say,
for East Indian railways, ESQ, $40, ,407; for
the guaranteed lines, e66, ,5ls, ,26l; for State
lines, e29, $50, ,l57, and in the native
States, e2,o2l, l39. The net receipts were
according to whitakef's Almanac for 1882
e5,9o7, 422, including e5s6,toi from State
lines, or an average return upon expended
capital of "a lis. per cent. against "a Is. in
the previous year. In other words, the In.
dian government has thought IL prudent tC
procure the outlay of over sir hundred mil
l,on dollars within thirty-seven years in i'm
proving its Indian domain by railways, o
which sum the Gov ernment has investe,
outright nearly one hundred and fifty mil
lions, and proposes TO invest more. Along
side this magnificent example of courag
and far-sightedness, the guarantee asked fc
the Isthmus ship railway seems almost pal
try. II is also even better secured than III
Indian railway grants, and promises muc
more material results to the worlds intel
change of products, and to the guaranteein
country, which is, as proposed, the Unite
States.