The sun., 1893-08-19

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Massachusetts, paper. not long ago that a
woman living in that State was secn In the act
| OF kissing her lap dog. We must hope that
there is not another woman In the whole
country who would do such thing.
Question: What Is the religion OF that
| Enst Indian rajah who LETT New York to go out
West1 Answer: The Sikh religion. which ex-
| lists In the Puniauh, in which Is Kapurthala,
| over which the rajah rules. 1t Is a fusion OF
l'rahmanism with Mohammed edansm. on the ba-
els OF pure monotheism and of human brother
hood. Its founder was the Hindoo NASAK. a
worship!u Deist who lived In the Puniaub
four centuries ago. Rejecting both the Koran
and tho Nedas. Its holy book Is the Adj -Granth
which contains the sacred doctrines OF its
founder The venerated book is enthroned In
tho beautiful golden temple" of the city Of
Amrltsir which is the spiritual capital Of tho
SIKH faith. This faith possesses some sublime
features. but its adherents number only about
l,2oO.OoO. and the great majority OF the inhab-
iGnts OF the Puniaub are yet Mohammedans
and Fnddhists. The Sikhs are n worthy peo-
pie. OF high spirit. and are faithful to their
British masters. The raIah. or rather maha-
raInh. who is now in this country with one OF
his wives. Is a worthy and pleasing representa-
tive OF them.
or all tho oGtbursts OF practical patriot
Ism ever known in the world. those in Mexico
are among the most striking. We have told
how the functionaries of the civil service and
the enlisted mon OF re-imsnts Of tho rernlar
army. and many of the members OF Congress
have voluntarily surrendered n mart OF thcir
pay In order to relieve tho Treasury OF tho
Government. What neytp Why. the impris-
oned convicts have Joined the ranks OF tho
scll-sacri'icinq ratriots. Tho enthusiasm be-
gan in the prison o, San Juan de Ulloa. the in.
mates OF which. upon learning that the Gov
ernme ent Is in financial straits offered to con-
tribute the sum of y, cents each daily for its
relief. a large amount under the circum-
stances and the offer was accepted This is
the finest thing vet Was there ever before
anything like 1t in any country2
We should not believe some OF the reports
from Moxico about the patriotic sacrifices OF
ofllccholders. soldiers, politiciaus, and prison-
ers IL they ca me to US unattested; but we have
evidence o. the truth OF those OF them that wa
have printed. We regret to say thnt we do n of
yet possess proof OF thu yeracitv of n recent
report that certain Mexicnn capitalists bnva
offered to make loans to the Governmen with
out interest.
We must ask the patriots OF the United
States OF America to consider the conduct OF
the patriots OF the J-ntted States NJ Marico
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Near!yall ChlneSe names arc more easil v
spoken than most German and Russian names,
or even than many italian. French, Spanish.
and Hebrew ones. Viceroy Ii OF China. for
example. who possesses q very plain name.
has Just sent to this country Minister named
iU. who is to take tho place lately held in
Washington by Minister YIN. Again. In list
OF Chinese who have recently come here We
notice the names Of CHIN and Fow and LEE
and CHUNG and lIU and YUsG and He and
CHU. and others Of like simplicity. All New
lorkers who have walked through Pell and
Mott streets. where Chinese abound. are
aware that name of moro than one syllable