Morning journal and courier., 1882-04-26
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barrel and the bung-hol because of certain amendments to the license law made at the present session of the Legislature, and of the action taken in continuing to the next SC sion proposed prohibitory amendment t. the constitution which may be safely left to the constitutional action of the Legislature of 1S83 In view of his threatened attack upon the Republican party practical temperance men, not alone Republicans, will more than ever feel the necessity of keeping the Demo- cratic party out of power in the State and there Is no occasion for alarm in Republican circles over threat which carries with it sn antidote no less powerful than public senti- ment embracing the convictions and sympathy of thoughtful temperance people in both par ties.
 As for the out-and-out Prohibitionists of the class who meet in State conventions and pass resolutions and do a great deal of lip service without doing a practical temperance work, such as very many Republicans and Democrats throughout the State are doing all the time in a quiet and effective way let them go by themselves They are for the most part an unreasoning and unreasonable set They prefer the success of the Demo cratic party, though it be pledged downright and forever against any legislation for tenn perance, so long as they can punish the Re publican party for not doing their bidding. Let them go we say, their oxn way. Life is
 
 shall be sure of the support of men and wo- men who believe in temperance as practical reform work, aside from all demagogues who talk much for the sake of politics, but do lit tie for their fellow men. Let them go to their barren fig trees while even the bloom of the thistle is on.
 An Ingenious Chinaman.
 Sim Changlo, Chinese laundrynan in St. Louis, IS something of 8 genius He pos sesses knowledge of painting, clock making. engineering, engraving, fancy sewing. and is well up in the arts of sciences, including chemistry and other branches of learning. At present Changlo is engaged in completing what he pleases to term the World Fair" 1" This curiosity consists of a miniature Chi nese house containing towers and verandss and possessing other features peculiar to Mongolian architecture. The structure rests on table. It is about four feet high and five feet long, and it's rooms are all open on one side, in order that the spectator may see what is taking place within Directly in front of the house Is a yard in which two Chinamen are represented as playing Mon golian game, and two others in the act of building a brick wall On the steps two la dies are standing face to face, in the act of saluting each other. Three Chinese ladies sit on the veranda engaged in close conyersa- ton, while two men on the yeranda directly over their heads are leaning forward and en- deavoring to oyerhear what they are saying. About the building butterflies, that look as natural as life, are seen with wings out stretched in the act of flying. This is what the observer finds on the exterior Of the building, but he becomes more deeply inter ested when he inspects the contents of the apartments within. In one apartment he sees an army of soldiers mounted on horses, in another solemn procession of priests, and. in another lot of wild animals, etc. When the clock work that operates this vast establishment is wound up and started, the effect produced is decidedly striking The butterflies tremble on invisible wires and ap- pear to be flying about in the air the men at the brick wall work vigorously. the char acters iD front of the main entrance bow gracefully, with their hands clssped before them, Chinese fashion; the soldiers move around briskly, the animals run swiftly. and the women on the veranda over the main en- trance voc1ferate wildly. In fact everything connected with the establishment is natural and life like.
 ''How long did it take you, MT. Changlo, to make that concern ?''
 ''Oh it took me not longer than a month. I work very fast and can make such things very quick. The house, you see, Is com posed of wood All the trimmings are of silk. Those pictures you see on the table cloth there" be said, pointing to tablecloth hiding the legs of the table, 'I painted. They are oil paintings One represents a Chinsse castle The other two are landscape repre- sentations of mountains. There are in the building and yard in front of it just I50 figures, which move when the house is wound up, ,n