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About The Conservative (Nebraska City, Neb.) 1898-1902 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 16, 1899)
The Conservative. worse than dead. Ho had moaned and bogged at the foot of his cousin , bnt ho , too , had passed relentlessly on , paying no attention to a dead man's speech. And so , at last , they had all gone among the crowd Sing Low's own clerks and employees and the dead crouched , alone and deserted of all , in the dark ness of night. In the early dawn Sing Low stumbled drunkenly homeward not to the house in which ho lived with his Mexican wife , but to Chinatown , for at the last , whether in joy , sorrow , death , or dis grace , the heart of oven an Oriental turns to his own people , such as they may bo. And Sing Low had no thought for Felipa , much as ho had loved her , or oven for his restaurant , with its Ameri can sign , that had brought him so much money. The Americans or the Mexi cans would take him in surely , for had ho not money ? His own people had cast him out , yet to them ho turned. Posted up in front of the opium don owned by him was a large bill , setting forth his execution. Ho road it. Two other men , waiters in his restaurant , wore reading it ivt the same time. Hi * stained and torn silken garment brushed against one of them , and the men moved back as if some dead beast wore there. To these two men Sing Low spoke , but they seemed to see only empty air where ho stood. Ho went into the opium-dou , begging for the "black smoke , " but no one hoard him or saw him. All the men seated and lying about the room were discussing the execution of the once respected Sing Low. Unable to endure it , the poor brute slunk out , and wandered distractedly about the streets. He was unnoticed , and even when in the early morning he begged for bread , not n crust was given htm , not a drop of water. He was dead to his people , and his dead voice was unheeded. For two days the torture of Sing Low endured. At midnight of the second day he crept into his own restaurant and stole a pistol that was lying in vitingly on his desk. The clerk saw it , but said nothing , and did not attempt to prevent the theft. And , with the pistol , Sing Low made his way back to Chinatown , where ho read over again his death-notices and standing one of own - , ing under it , placed the pistol to his temple and blew out what remained of his poor , addled brains. Hewitt Dnrrell in the Argonaut. San Francisco , Nov. (5 ( , 1899. The lesson off ° ° "s f istr favorite topic with political writers of nil shades of opinion just at this time. THIS CONSERVATIVE is pleased with the cheerful views of Bryauarchy. This school sees in the elections of Now York , Maryland , New Jersey , Ohio , South Dakota and Pennsylvania the certain triumph of 10 to 1 in 1000. The philos ophers and economists who yelled them selves honrso in 1890 declaring that pros perity had llod from the United States to remain forever absent if the gold standard was not abolished that year , are now renewing their madness for 1900. They see every where a ravenous appe tite for the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 10 to 1 developing among the voters of the states named. Thus they conclude that Col. Bryan is the must bo- logical candidate next year. In this con clusion there is the unanimous concur rence of every McKinley journal in the United States. It is agreed that no other man can bo , 'or should bo , nomina ted to run against "criminal aggression" or antagonize "benevolent assimilation. " There are sixteen to one in favor of the nomination of Colonel Bryan on the Chicago free-silver platform of 1890. And if that nomination is made and the aforesaid platform adopted the bets will be sixteen-to-ono against its election. No man who favors the debasement of the standard of value for the Ameri can people will over be president of the United States. enevor the DKAD LAWS. . statute books of a state are cumbered with dead laws laws never enforced , never respected the people become regardless of law in general. Nebraska is peculiarly afflicted with moribund laws. The statute making it a penal offence to utter oaths is never invoked , except to satisfy malice when a personal enemy has been heard to take the name of the Almighty in vain , and is to all utility as dead as the Blue laws of Connecticut. It was evolved and instituted by zealotry and fanaticism. It is a constant in centive by its obsoleteness and acknowl edged deadness to cause the violation of other laws. The illegality of asking a friend to take a drink is never punished except in behalf of personal enmity , as in the recent case of a Methodist preacher in Butler county , who had been either the iuviter or invitee , where corporeal irri gation with beer , whiskey or wine was proposed and instituted. And the main and strong provisions of the Slocuui law are tvs dead as either of the above potty bits of legislation. Nebraska needs either the repeal of such laws or their forceful and efficient administration. THE CONSERVATIVE asks the more radical temperance people of Nebraska to study the Slocuui law , to observe how easily , under its pro visions , pure liquors , pure beer aud pure wine , or no liquors , no beer and no wine can be secured for Nebraska. If the law is good let it be enforced. If it is bad let it be repealed. Dead laws ought to be buried. Live laws ought to be vigorously enforced. ALCOHOL. A generalization of a great mass of statistics shows that in the United States , Canada , Norway and Sweden , the con sumption of alcoholic liquors has fallen off one-half to three-quarters in fifty years , while it has increased in the same period in Great Britain , France and Germany. Thus , while the doctors continue to disagree as to the effect of these fluids upon the human system , figures confirm the prevalent belief that men drink less than they used to do. It may bo doubted whether" moral or senti mental considerations have had as much to do in bringing about this change as cold , hard business. The fact is that a man who drinks much is likely not to bo sober all the time , and that other men by preference seek the services of those who can bo depended upon to be sober whenever they are wanted. NKAVSrAPJEK WAIFS. Master "Name some of the most im portant things existing today which were unknown one hundred years ago. " Tommy "You and me. " Tit-Bits. A Difference in Terms "There was a time when he talked of his art , but now he calls it his trade. " "Yes ; ho has begun to make a living at it. " Puck. "Cecil Rhodes must be a very proud man since the Boors offered $25,000 for his head. " "Yes , I suppose he's careful to see that it's on straight every time he walks out. " Cleveland Plain Dealer. Lecturer "And what man is most apt to roach that elevation whence the earth may be viewed 'as one vast plain ? ' " Voice ( in the audience ) "The one that works in a powder mill. " Life. Helpful Advice "I sent a dollar to a woman for a recipe to make me look young. " " "What did you get ? " "A card saying 'Always associate with women twenty years older than your self. ' " Chicago Record. Fixing the Blanie He "That Miss Siuikins is awfully shy , isn't she ? " She "Yes , I wonder if she gets it from her mother ! " He "No ; from her father , I imagine. I understand he used to be a great poker player. " Chicago News. His Own Error "Did you ever make a serious mistake in a prescription ? " "Never but once , " answered the drug clerk , as a gloomy look passed over his face. "I charged a man thirty cents for a prescription instead of thirty-five. " Washington Star. Carried It Too Far "The officer says you got drunk , upset a fruit-stand , knocked down the proprietor , and kicked and bit and scratched the policeman who arrested you. " "It's all true , your honor. I was trying to lead 'the strenuous life , ' and I reckon I piled it on a little too thick. " Chicago Tribune.
