Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1883-06-04

or berth in sleeping car ''shall have the
right to say whether the upper double berth
shall be opened or closed until such upper
that thereupon 1t shall be the duty of the
conductor or porter ''to comply with the re-
quest of such person or persons"
Every true Confucian, says the North China
Herald, is an agnostic. He believes only in
the seen; the unseen he regards as unknown
and unknowable. AS an agnostic the Confu-
clan is tolerant of other creeds. He goes
even further, and y i'll admit that for the
ignorant multitude, and especially fer wo-
men, an apparatus of gods and demons is
necessary. He does not care, therefore, to
proclaim his skepticism, still less to actively
propagate it. His creed is only for the wise;
the masses are better as they are. He will
subscribe to the temples and take part in
idolatrous ceremonies. To the common peo
pie Confucian agnosticism has never been
very satisfactory. But the agnostic philoso-
ply has not been without its influence on the
masses There is but little religious fervor,
and scarcely any deep faith. The people
will ridicule their own gods, laugh at their
own worship, and freely criticise all the
creeds. Speak to any Chinese, no matter
what his rank, about the future life, and his
reply is almost certain to be, "Who knows
any thing about it p and is likely enough to
add, eating and drinking are realities, i'm
plying that all else is doubtful. Refer to the
subject of future rewards aud punishments,
o,oI = ha
"I have seen the living suffer, but have never
seen the dead in cangues.'
The high license system appears to work
well in Nebraska, judging from the indorse-
ment it receives from q newspaper published
in Lincoln in that State. This paper says
The principal opponents of high license in
Nebraska were the brewers, who believed
that the consumption of beer would be less
ened. AS they now tell US, the enforcement
of the high license tax has not injured the
sale of beer, and it is plain that the saloon
business is now in the hands of a better
class than of old, and that the brewer is do
ing better business. That many brewers,
and especially those in the large cities, op-
posed an increase of the license, may find its
explanation in the fact that they themselves
were the practical owners Of many saloons,
and the increased saloon tax was therefore a
direct attack on their pockets. The advan-
tages of high license are, briefly stated, the
following L. sDinAinution of the number
of saloons, which in some places
had increased in an alarming
measure. 2. Better saloons and decenter
saloonkeepers. 8. The sale of better goods,
1. Diminution of drunkenness, since the sa-
loonkeeper is not forced to take in the last
nickel of drunkard. 5. Diminution of local
taxes for other citizens. These are about the
general dsantages of high license. 1t in
wolves no limitation of the personal rights of
the public. The working man suffers moth
ing, for he gets just as good glass of beer
for five cents as he used to and the saloon
keeper does better business for he sells
more. While We stand firm. by the principle
that any special taxing of the saloon business
is unjust, still our personal experience has
led us to the conclusion that high license is
generally practical and beneficial