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love for it. but by his manly. STRAIGHTFORWARD
character his simplicity OF manner and bear
ing, without q trace OF poastfulness and
spread -eaglesm on the one hand or OF
toadyism and tuft hunting on the other. His
first wife. who was Miss Edith Minturn. died In
China not long after her marriage. and his
widow who is q niece OF Mr.. L. p Morton. Is
ono OF the most attractive and charming mem
bers Of the American colony abroad.
Tho old saying that 'the best swimmers arc
always drowned" might be applied with even
moro truth to the best riders, who 80 often
come to grief on their own horses, and whore
they really believe themselves to be as safe as
In their own armchairs at home. Several acci-
dents. none OF them very Serious are known to
have already occurred In the hunting and polo
fields this spring. slthouxh the esprit do corps
that closes the mouths OF spectators Is almost
as great as that OF the officials OF a
railway company when a few dozen livcs have
been sacrificed. Mr.. Charles A. Heckscher,
who Is a well-known cross-country rider and an
accomplished horseman. met with what might
have been a bad accident the other day at Tux.
edo He was attempting to break In polo pony
who with the siciousness that tseems inherent
In his race. reused to bo broken. and preferred
to bolt with Mr.. iHeckscher and throw him on
to heap OF sharp stones in an unfinished
Ao"u' Ahi' aocAocuoT WAS tdkon up lnb0nRlDl6s
and his injunes at first were supposed to be
dangerous. but broken wrist and badly out
head were the worst results.
The Ill success which Signor Campanini mot
with in tho production OF Verdi's Otello" at
Boston AID at Philadelphia. as we'll as here, is
rather comforting to those who were inclined
to attribute the failure to . want OF musical
taste On the part OF our citizens. Is 1t possible
that italian opera is doomed. and that Wae-
ner'srich heavy. and nerve-thrillinx music has
crushed 1t forevsrr To bs sure. Wagner has
not really paid any better at the Metro
poiitan Opera House than Verdi did at
the Academy OF Music: but. then. the
frilogy attracted audiences large enough to
make a respectable show. which "Otello" did
not. Besides. Italian opera has Jared badly OF
late all over the world. 1t died out at Paris
years ago and the theatre where 1t used to be
given Is now occupied by q bank. In London
1t has failed to yield profit TO its managers for
several seasons In succession, although two
bold speculators are about to try Il again N
that city. one Of when. Bisnor LA9o, promiess
70 producs this same "Otallo,s Witch hsa
-Sssvsd - uAat&sssttvsh IN tAis sesasxx
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40 I.lcht Arnin.t trn Chinn,n.

The Calitorniaus are mere determined
than ever to exclude the Chinese if such a
thing possible. The restriction act passed
by congress has not worked satisfactorily.
Nothing short of the most rigid measures
Will meet the necessities of the case.
1t mast be borne in mind that the Chinese
are q sharp, Quck-witted. artful race. They
care nothing about the oaths administered
in oar courts. and do not hesitate to swear
themselves ont of their difficulties Their
manner OF oyading the anti-muigration
law shows their cunning. A ship load of
Cinnamon enters the harbor at san Fran
cisco, and the collector of the port at once
takes the immigrants into his custody and
forhids them to land. Their brother China
men in The city sue ont wIits of habeas cor
pus and have the prisoners brought before
the federal court, Then bail is applied for.
When the dayauivcs for the hearing of the
case the defendants do not appear but in
their places number of resident Cinnamon
come forward. answering 10 the names of
the prisoners, This game is nearly always
successful as one Chinaman looks SO much
like auothcy THAI the officers cannot identify
them. The object of this substitution is
plain. The restriction act does not applv
90 Cinnamon who were residents OF can
fornIa before ,he act was passed. and who
returned TO China on visit These bogus
defendants, therefore, swear jhat they are
not immigrants, and that ;hey are returning
90 California from a visit 20 their native
land Their replies TO the questions asked
Of course show familiarity with this coun-
try, and the rcsul, is their release. This
dodge is resoried 10 upon The arrival Of
every batch Of immigrants.
~ thus hoodwiukinE Tho courts tie
,.t.amcn are powerfully aided 10y Tie secret
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Mr. Lnmnr,s ConllrmntIon.

The confirmation Of Mr.. Lamar by the
senate is triumph of the peaceful and pro
Cressivc element of the country over the
ioud-mouthcd wrcckcrs who have hoisted
the bloody shirt and are bent on involving
the country In renewal of the sectional
hatred which has long since been buried by
the true patriots of both sections.
The only purpose these political rioters
have in continuing this course is the accom-
plishmcnt of political designs which they
think can be brought about by this policy,
Several times have they been rebuked by the
country, hut this seems to have no effect,
and IL now seems certain that the purpose
of the republicans is to again make the
bloody shirt the leading issue in the next
presidential campaign. II seems that by
this time they would drop policy which
had resulted SO disastrously.
The whole country is to be congratulated
that Mr. Lamar has been confirmed by such
n decided vote 1t is simply another pointer
that the bloody-shirtcrs must take back
seat, and everybody is interested in seeing
that this is done.
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Tho I,Ieas OF Jefferson.

The Courier journal says: "If we are to
preserve republican institutions for our chill
dren We must return to the ideas of Jeffer-
son and his followers
1t has been many year since the columns
of our esteemed contemporary contained a
more important statement 1t is state
mcnt that may seem a little trite, but it is
worthy of attention and, just at this time,
it is really important.
Jefferson and his followers were demo
Gratis, and they were profoundly impressed
with the ideas of the great founder of the
party. His ideas were the ideas of the
democrats, and they were very simple ideas.
One of the ideas of jefferson and his fol-
lowers, to which we humbly desire to call
the attention of the Courier ournal, is very
timely just now. Jefferson and his follow
ers were opposed to the internal revenue
system. They were opposed to the imposi-
ton OF excise taxes.
Jefferson, himself, made a dclverance on
the subject that we commend TO the atten-
ton of the Courier-Journal. 1t was opposi-
tion to this species of taxation that drove
the federal party out of power and gave the
when the democratic party came into power
the government whisky tax, which caused
the Pennsylvania farmers to rebel, was
abolished.
The whisky tax of that day was by no
means so infamous as the whisky tax now
in force, but the people OF that day appear
TO have been made of stuff stern enough to
resist encroachments on their individual
rights by the general government
In these days there is not only very little
resistance, but we find many democrats who
are in favor of excise taxes We say demo
crats-but, whatever else they may be, they
are not Jeifersoniar democrats.
Ii the Courier-Journal wants to return to
the ideas of jefferson and his followers, it
should oppose the infamous internal revenue
system.
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societies to which they belong. One peculiar
ity 81 the Cinnamon in this country is their
habit OF banding themselves together in
associations. These organizations are so
strong and INSCRIPTIONS that it is almost
impossible to convict Chnaman Of any
ofiensc. The moment his trial comes on
witnesses spring MP from every quarter and
pile up testimony mountains high in his
favor Practically 4 Cinnamon is above
the law in California. The only way to
reach him is through mob violence
Perhaps the Californians could stand all
this were it not for the fact that these
strange people are addicted to vices 50 gross,
50 utterly vile, that they cannot even be
named in print. Wherever they go, sooner
or later, they begin to corrupt young chill
dren. They do not let their victims off
with smoking opium. They cling TO them
until they ruin their souls and bodies, and
leave them the most dcbased wrecks Of
humanity upon the face Of the earth
1t viii now be understood why the people
on the Pacific coast are so violently opposed
to Chinese immigration, and it is easy TO
see that this question will continue to push
its way to the front until the government
settles it in some shane
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Several schemes are now under way for n
grand international celebration in 1892 of
the four huniredth anniversary of the dis
covery Of America.
The trouble is that this celebration ig-
norcs the fotecs and the Norsemen. 1t
skips these alleged discoNe cries and works up
boom for Columbus.
Now, ii is quite likely that Columbus has
been given altogether toe much credit. Not
long ago an Englishman who was travelling
through this country turned to a companion
ANA said. II don't sec that Columbus did
any great thing when he discovered Amer
lea. How could he help il? The place is
So biarstcd big. don't You know?'
!. was certainly easier for voyagcr to
find America than it would have been for a
man TO hnda needle in a hay stack. The
Ens.ishm@H'S way Of putting il was not
very far wrong.
Perhaps the event is no, worth cclebrat-
ing. This, however. win not throw chill
over The festivities. If;h people of the three
Americas take il into their heads 20 have q
grand blow on; In 1892 they viii have it all
~ same. still, j, is well enough no; to get
TOO enthusiastic over Columbus. As the
Bnusher said "How could lie help it?'
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short time ago the Philadelphia Medi-
cal and Surgical Reporter discussed what it
was pleased to term "a genuine case Of
hydrophobia." In a later Issue the editor
admits that lie was mistaken, and expresses
the opinion that the case was one of lyssa-
phobia. In conclusion lie says:
Let our readers take note that hydrophc1ia
does not seem able to bear the face Of scepticSm;
that it diaapIcars where il is not talked about that
It iourishcs where il IS cultivated as in France
and does not exist among savage and enlightened
peoples. And let them sif carefully any case which
seems hydrophObia as to its history and symptoms.
let them s;hcw violence Of act or Of medication in
treating Il, and see what the result will be.
The impression is growing in all civilized
countries that there is no such disease as
hydrophobia aud no such animal as a mad
dog. Every few years we have mad dog
panic, and then the scare subsidies and
nothing more is heard OF it until the peri
odical excitement is again revived. Very
few eminent physicians have ever seen a
case which they were satisfied was hydro
phobia, and a noted dealer in dogs in New
York declares that he has been bitten two
hundred times in the past twenty years,
and has never suffered any evil conse-
quences from his wounds. This expert is
positive Tat there is no such thing as
mad dog, and his opinion has very sub
stantial backing.
Unfortunately the testimony Of physicians
and experts will not convince the masses.
The world has believed in mad dogs for
thousands Of years, and is not prepared to
be undeceyed People are naturally dis
posed to believe in the mysterious ana terri
bic, and the traditional mad dog is one of
the most horrible figures that ever carried
terror and destruction in his pathway. 1t
is to be regretted that The question cannot
be definitely settled. Hydroqhobia may be
delusion, but it kills people and drives
them crazy. 1T throws whole communities
into unreasoning pan.cs, and causes the
lives of many valuable dogs to be sacrificed
every year. Science may clear up the mys-
terry surrounding this alleged disease in the
course of time, but the world will doubt
less have to wait for many centuries before
the bottom facts come 10 light with sufficient
proof to satisfy the majority of mankind.
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The NvhiekY RInr.

1t is remarkable how loudly the members
Of the whisky ring clamor against free
whisky when there is an effort made to re-
peal the internal revenue laws.
Nobody thinks OF compelling these manu-
facturers to continue business that does
not pay. They can abandon It whenever it
suits them. There will be no compu!son
to force them to distlll grain into whisky,
and give IL away.
The trouble is that under the present
revenue laws they have a huge monopoly.
They Weld an immense power; they cor
upt legislation with il; Cypress the people;
divert money from its proper channel, and
do many things under cover Of a high duty
on liquor that can and VIII be prevented If
the states are allowed to control the matter.
We might shut mp every dstllery in
Georgia, and It would not affect the supply
of liquor one drop. Tho Whisky Trust has
immense plants that stand idle half the
time, and one Of these large concerns can
make more liquor in forty-eight hours than
can be made in the whole Of Georgia in one
month DR.. Josiah Strong in his work,
"Om County, page -, says of these
manufacturers.
According 60 the census the capital invested in
their manufacture was in 1880 Sl32,ojt,220,
Sogc8t wealth, continues Dr. strong, lin the hands
Of one class, having common interests and COM
mon purpose, is mighty power Aud this power
docs not luck organization, There is u combination
of all the disteres north of the Ohio from Pittsburg
TO tie Pacific Their suCC at Washington few
Yeas since, in securing legislation which granted
to Whisky makers peculiar privileges accorded TO
no ether tax payers is Sufficient evidence of their
power
Does anybody doubt the existence of this
organization? IL has been spreading since
1850 until it reaches all over the country.
II hssS more power today in Washington
than any combination of men that hang
around the capital. Dr. Strong copies
from letter written by c. i. Cation,
printed in the Voice for February 9Th, 1885,
giving the manner OF working legislative
body by this power. lie states that 'the
lobby has used millions OF dollars in cor
rupt bargaining and bribery, and never has
made q secret of the fact; yet no member
was ever caught in the act, and it is fair to
presume no one ever viii be-"
1t is not strange to hear this power clam
oring for the dear people to save il from free
Whiskyto keep mp this law that has
served lis purpose and to denounce our in
duslrlcs when We understand these things.
The best monopoics are dangerous to the
liberties of our people How, then, can
we class the danger OF such monopoly as
described by DR. Strong?
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burning of a 1000 ELL.
From the American Magazine.


One of New Orleans rich and impetuous
Young men lad been playing at the roulette table
and losing heavily, His excitement grew more in
tense in proportion as he lost AT last lie became
frantic on perceiying that he no longer had cent
in his purse. lie felt and tumbcd in vain with
trembling hands all over in Lis wearing apparel
until, in profound recess in q huge pocket OF his
oyclcoat, he Unexpectedly discoycrela bank note
that seemed TO have carefully and proyidently hid
don itself to escape from the general wreck
Eagerly uurolling it, he joyfully exclaimed; BY
heaven, it is for sl0CU IN stake it in Il lump
Fortune Glyors the boli.' Then, leaning forward
the voraeious board of the black and red as he
he raised his arm to fling his last note on it, he
caught the eye OF S,crhu who occupied his usual
seat as dealer and was keenly watching the move
lneut.
Immediately the youth slaughtered himself up
sim holding the bank note and thus apostrophzed
Sterlan: ION, all, see that you grcedi)y expected
this 81 600 note to swell your pile Wen, you shall
not have it, and TO escape all temptations here it
goes" Wheroupon lie twisted the note as il it had
been waste paper, and holding IL up TO the flames
Of the chandelier he wrathfully Kissed these words
through his clenched teeth: Burn, my poor note
aud cyaporate into thin air rathec than be swal.
lowed up, like your lost sisters by the boaied mon
sor whose NAV yawns Tor YOU After this he
broke loose, and rushed away amid the loud laugh
ter OF his friends, who shouted Bravo bravo"
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The Constitution.
WE WANT YOU.
l.nrarnnr ~ cecll.

We print elsewhere very meager synop-
sis Of Senator Browns speech, delivered in
the senate yesterday lie spoke to resolu-
tion offered by him at the opening Of the
session after the holiday recess, and his re-
marks attracted a great deal OF attention.
1t will be seen, even from the unsatisiac-
tory synopsis which we present, that the
senator treated the subject not only with
great clearness and simplicity, but that he
threw an entirely new light on the iniqulty
of the Internal revenue system. The Cox
sTITurIoN has all along claimed that the
system is undemocratlc, and Senator Brown
showed concusvey that Jefferson, the
founder Of the democratic party, was OPP
posed TO the laying Of excise taxes, and was
in favor of their repeal the moment the
emergency that called them into existence
had passed away.
We commend the synopsis, unsatisfactory
as il IS, to the attention Of our readers.
Practically, IL leaves no ground for any true
democrat to stand on in opposition to the
repeal Of the infamous excise laws.
Senator Brown shows that during the
last twenty two years the state of Georgia
has paid into the United States treasury, on
account of the internal revenue laws, sum
amounting to twenty-five and threc-quarter
millions Of dollars, which is about one nil
lion Of dollars a year paid by the people OF
Georgia under this system.
AS the senator shows, il this tax had
been paid into the state treasury, it would
very nearly have met the expenses of the
state. At any rate, IL would leave the homes
and property Of the farmers almost free from
taxation. All this is fully explained in our
Geographic synopsis, and ii is n matter Of
rr.at cnncnrn To tie noonle
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equal either section ana lack the disadyans7
ages Of both.
Their people now call On the RAILROADS to
do for the South Atlantic states What the
railroads have done for the west and north
west The first step in this WORK from
which the railroads cannot IN honor, or in
tclligence, withhold their hands, is to give
low excursion rates from the northwest and
from the cast into this section. This once
done, the rest will be easy.
No better time than the present could he
found for the Inauguration of this work
There are hundreds Of thousands Of people
anxious to leave the northwest, where the
winter climate is simply intolerable. Few
men who can leave will care to live another
winter in a section where scores Of school
children perish from cold on their way
home, Where men die in binding snow
storm within hundred yards Of their
homes, and where trains are blockaded for
weeks at a time under hopeless snow drifts.
The awful lessons of this winter reported
daily by The CoNsrrrUIIoS' Geographic
correspondence, will not be lost on the poo
pie who live in the northwest With the
coming spring they viii seek milder climate
and more genial homes by the thousands,
and the drift Of their home-sccklng viii fol-
low invitation and encouragement.
These are the very settlers the south
wants. They are sturdy, intelligent people,
in sympathy with American institutions,
without the faint of socialism They make
the best citizens and we want them to come
and help US build up the royal empire God
has given IN.
with the cooperation of the railroads we
promise such tide Of immigration to the
southeast in the coming spring as this coun-
try has never seen There viii be farm
buyers in every county in every South At
lantc state, and investors in every hamlet
and city in this section. Now let us see
what the railroads will do, and if they will
do nothing let us Try and find out why they
viii do nothing
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HIGH TONED KLEPromANIAcs.
If They Were Nobodies They Would be sent
to Jail.


to Jail.
From the ST. Louis Globe-Democrat
Every once in a while we hear of klepto>
maniacs, and pity them deride them according
to their circumstances f the victim is poor wa
generally deride the idea of kleptomania and
charge the weakness to common thievery but if the
victim is ii III we more charitable and ready tn
cOnccde that there may be something more in KEN.
tomania than polite forinordinate knayeryj
scry is told of the late John D. Dryden father Of
the brilliant and genial Nat C. Dryden, of Troy,
known to all Missourans, that gees far to illustrate
the character OF kleptomania Judge
Dryden and two of his friends we're
talking one day AID relating incidents
growing out of strange human impulses One on
the men said that the great struggle of his life was
to keep sober; that he loved whisky better than
anything else in the world and that it required all
the strength of will he had to resist it, The second
man said that his weakness was love of speech.
making; that he would rather make spce h than
Go anything else in the world, and that he never
saw crowd together that the impulse to elevate
his voice and make speech did not attack him.
Judge Dryden said that the struggle Of his life was
to be honest; that he never saw anything that he
took fancy to that the impulse to take it did noE
come upon him strong lie said that If he did not
bring an iron will to resist his inclinations
he would be one Of the greatest rogues
i'll Missouri This, coming from n mani
who was model OF integrity and fairness during a
long active life, is powerful illustration some
things go to show how much will power has to do
in directing the lives people, and how easy it is
for people not able 10 concentrate their viii TO fall
inns to thei passions The present carl of Derbyf
ex British cabinet officer and one of the richest
men in England, is a confirmed keptomaniac The
eGrls particular weakness is for old silver and the
greater lis antiquity aud beauty the more certain it
is to find its way into his pocket. There is story
to the effect that once when he was kneeling at the
communion table, only The ready hand of the rector
saved the quaint Old wine cup from
sliding up the earls sleeve. 1t is the
duty of his valet to examine his maso
ters clothes every morning when he has dincd out
the night before. Whatever is found is taken to the
countess beautiful and good woman, who RETURNS
it the owner with pretty note of apology The
earl is quite aware of his unfortunate weakness and
is said to have struggled against it in vain No fear
OF detection or exposure makes heavy his light
fingers, and is said he will not trust himself TO 90
alone 10 public ale where old silver is displayed
How many people with the noble earl's weakness
are to be found in every day life? Suppose tic head
of the powerful Stanley family were poor and unE
titled, would the pleadings of the kleptomania keep
him out of the penitentiary.
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Giles AND SLIPS

1tseems to be a cold day Tor Dakota when
she IS LETT out Of the union.
Astronomers blame the sun spots for this
weather. Now. somebody should up and knock
slots out Of the sun
Real estate is worth one thousand dollars a
foot in Chicago, but il must be remembered that il
is o Chicago foot
us your father a man Of sedentary habit %
SGD uaIys Woll rathor guess he is. He sits on
Iae ey,Ey lime he sees mei'