Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1886-08-02

Before the ports of Japan were opened to
the Christian nations of the wsrld there
were only eleven intoxicating drinks known
in the country. Now there are more than
two hundred, and many vices peculiar to
mon in Japan. Some missionaries are badly
needed in that country.
The philosophers at Concord make many
things very clear. Thus one of them says:
No mere COLLECTIVELY can be self. No ag-
gregate, unless pervaded in every part by a
continuous whole, can possibly attain any
independent selfhood. 4 self is one which
is separately alive. In this form it may ex-
ist without knowing that it exists. The self
can know itself only by discriminating itself
from itself through self-relatsd distinctions
in itself.
Governor Alger of Michigan says he has
had all the politics he wants. He has too
much business to care for politics. He owns
over one hundred square miles of pine lands
in Michigan, in which he has thirty-fve
miles of log railroad and one hundred and
twenty five cars and engines. He has recent
ly purchased heavily of pine lands in Louis
lana and Mississippi, and is proprietor of the
Detroit, Bay City and Alpena railway. His
wealth is estimated at $4,000,000 although
the war left him about penniless.
The blind men of Brooklyn, New York,
have been brought into notice. They are in
the main self-supporting. All engaged
either in commercial pursuits or else work at
trades. Piano tuning is their favorite pur-
suit. Nearly all are married and have fami-
lies. None have married wives similarly af
fected, and the total number of blind men
in this city, which is less than one hundred,
are friendly, and aid each other in time of
need. One of them is worth 500, 900, and a
dozen more are worth half that amount.
Amateur actors are numerous in Germany,
too numerous some of the professional actors
think. In the organ of the association of
German theaters the dramatist Rudolph
Kneisel publishes an energetic protest
against the increasing number of amateur
actors, whose activity seems to interfere con-
siderably with the efforts of the profession
ais. There are in the German empire no
fewer than IL, ,834 amateur dramatic clubs,
many of which give public performances and
charge small admission fees. The amateur
clubs of Leipsic, Stuttgart and other large
cities even 60 on starring tours to other
places. Herr Kneisel proposes to protect the
legitimate stage by tax on public amateur
performances, and asks the dramatic writer's
to cooperate with the professionals by de-
manding an increased royalty on all plays
appropriated by amateur performers.
Judge Bookstaver, of Brooklyn, does not
believe in boyootting. He says: I shall ad
NIT no man to citizenship who has been con-
cerned in boycotting Mr.. Ehret. Mr.. En-
ret was subpenaed to be witness in the
Thesis case. He was obliged to obey the
subpoena under the penalties of the law. He
gave his testimony under oath like good
citizen. and if a man is to be punished by
boycotting, or any other unlawful action. be-
cause he has obeyed the subpoena of the
court and become witness for the govern
ment, the administration of justice will be
obstructed and the operation of the law will
be subverted. A man who engages in such
a boycott is not fit to become citizen, for
he shows that he is not willing to obey the
| laws of the country. A short time ago I
refused to allow two men to be naturalized
| for the reason that they were under indict-
| ment for some offense. This action of mine
| was in accordance with the settled policy of
4 the courts since the establishment of the