The Tombstone epitaph., 1882-04-03

to be out of the city when it was an
 nounced that Wilde was going to lecture in this city. Before she could telegraph for seats, everyone
 had been sold. However, she was so anxious to see the aesthetic crea-
 ture, that she had her agent hunt
 around and try to find her some seats.
 After great deal of hard work he
 finally succeeded in getting three
 tickets for which he paid fifty dollars.
 So you see the fools are not ali dead
 yet. The fact that Oscar will only
 deliver one lecture in this city will
 account, in measure, for the rush for
 seats.
 | THE ASTHETIC LECTURER
 will, in all probability, reap a,rich
 harvest in this city for his manager;
 and as his only desire in visiting
 America seems to be to make money,
 he will be, to say the least, satisfied
 with San Francisco. It seems strange
 in this advanced age of learning that
 people are so willing to foster fool
 ishness. read an account
 in an Eastern paper the other
 day which stated that hardly a
 lecturer upon light subjects could be
 hlred, being all engaged; while those
 who really possessed the learning
 and ability of scholars are left in the
 cold, and cannot draw houses large
 enough to pay their gas bills.
 Where, then, is all our boasted learn-
 ing, cultivation and art of the nine
 te enth century? Is it all wrapped
 up in lot of giddy pated fools, like
 Oscar Wilde? If not, why can't we
 support lectures upon the sciences,
 history, literature, etc. Here is a
 conundrum that I will leave with you.
 And, by the way, that O'Wilde is
 said to be Oscars real name, and
 that he is a native of the bogs of
 Ireland. Whether that is so CT not,
 Mir. O'Wilde can tell us.
 THE CHINESE BILL.
 What a time we have had with the Chinese Bill; how our represent atives have had to fight to get it passed; nearly a month of debating, lobying and bulldozing, which, in | my estimate, is quite enough for one 7 blll. It has done some good, however,
 for the bill has passed, and Califor- nians can thank Heaven that they will be protected from Chinese cheap labor for time, at least. It seemed ' at one time as if we were going te :, get left, and that the bill would . be defeated, but thanks to the com mon sense of a majority of the mem /, bers of congress we have been spared '. the defeat. When first the bill made o its appearance no one thought for { - moment that it would create such { E stir as it has done. There is nothing ,' particularly brilliant or exciting il oo any of the passages. It does not in u fringe upon any treaty as did tn Chinese bill President Hayes s' <, rightly vetoed in his administra 70 tion;. 1t does not conflict with tho = rights of any citizen of the Unite'
 States, but it does protect labor, and n consequently, capital, for capita ' without labor would be nowhere ', and yet how eloquently and persis y tently has it been opposed by tn '. learned and eloquent Hoar, of Mas :, ~ sachusetts, and his colleagues. Ho' r bitter have been their eloquent de y nunciatlons of the people who woul n have tine poor
 ', INNOCENT, HARMLESS PAGANS u ,u keep away from this country. Ho' ,' U, boldly have they champioued tn a cause of race that is slow y br 5 n' surely undermining labor; rae ID Is that they know 50 little about. Wha '' do people in the east know abor
 Chinese, anyway? Why, even tn
 sight of one is wonderful. Tn y last census showed that in the whol ie state of Massachusetts only thre 'h Cinnamon were to be found, and y' y Senator Hoar set himself up as a a. advocate of Chinese immigration y, and says that the Chinese are goo ld peaceable fellows. That may | Id true enough in Massachusetts, b' n- Massachusetts is not the who 'ir United States by any means. Thre IS. people of any race whatsoever wi nt behave themselves when they fir Is themselves alone with thousands ar y. thousands of strangers who mal y them behave. But just take the e. as we have them in San Francisc It, and then tell us they make good ar s- peaceable citizens. Oh, no; l gde ot not. Well, it don't make much di he ference now, the bill is passed ar SC that was all we desired.
 re The Chinese, in their countr ld must have foreseen tine passage IS, the bill which so materially restric of their emigration, for they hay IS been and are taking advantage Is! each day before the bill shall go in GIT force, and are sending shlp-load aft u- ship-load of their countrymen to Il oy shores of the Pacific. The last sh ne to arrive here with Chinamen W ie. the Devonshire, with load of S4 en who, after being vaccinated, we an landed on last Tuesday. And st y they come. WALLACE.