s
in all the provinces--ousting the idols and using their
temples for want of houses--she has cut down the annual
expenses of her theatrical troupe to one-third and devoted
the other two-thirds to the erection of schoolhouses.

Teachers for these Chinese schools are being largely provided by the
normal colleges in Japan, which contain over four thousand Chinese
students, including both sexes. Such, at least, is the claim of another
recent writer upon the Chinese awakening; this time a Japanese, Adachi
Kinnosuke.

WE MUST HAVE EQUAL LAWS FOR ALL.

But Every Law Looks Blue to the Man
Who Wants to Break It, Says
Governor Folk, of Missouri.

Governor Joseph W. Folk, who became the most popular man in Missouri
because he dared to enforce the laws without fear or favor, until lately
has been too busy putting grafters in jail to talk about his work. But in
a speech which he made the other day in Boston, he told pretty clearly
what he is aiming at. He said:

The trust manager defies the laws of the State against
combinations and monopolies, and then calls for the
protection of the State for his property.

The dram-shop keeper wants the law enforced against the man
who robs his cash-drawer, but thinks he has a right to break
the law requiring his saloon to close on Sunday.

The burglar detests the law-breaking of the trust, but
considers the statute against housebreaking as an
interference with his personal liberty.

Governor Folk thinks that King Graft has just about come to the end of his
reign:

Wealth is not worshiped with the same devotion it used to
be. A new standard has been established; new, yet old--just
honesty; that is all. The remedy for corruption has been
found in the hearts of the American people.

RUSSIA WILL ADVANCE, SAYS LEWIS NIXON.

With the Birth of Democracy and Industrialism,
a New Day Will Dawn
For the Great Slavonic People.

Lewis Nixon, who has been suggesting plans for the reconstruction of the
Russian navy, believes that democracy is the proper medicine for the
Czar's distracted country. The people have been dwarfed by despotism, he
says, but they are now making wonderful progress in manufacturing and
opening up their enormous country. In a recent interview, Mr. Nixon says:

Russia needs two things to enable her to feed the rest of
Europe--cheap money and cheap transportation.

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