The morning call., 1891-02-13
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Two banquets, the Feast of Belshazzar and the
electric dinner of the Franklin Experimental
Club showing in marked degree The great
contrast between the festive events Of
splendid Babylon and progressive Amer
lea, have been recently graphically de-
scribed and considered with interest and profit.
The first by Tamage depicts a truly royal feast
at the Kings palace. ALI parts of the earth had
sent their richest viands to that table. Brackets
and chandeliers flashed their light upon tank cards
Of FURNISHED gold. Fruits. ripe and luscious, in
BASKETS OF silver, entwIned with leaves. plucked
from royal conSeryatories. Vases, mlald with
emerald and rldged with exquisite taceries,
Filed With nuts that were threshed from forest s
of distant lands. Wines brought from royal vats.
fOamng in the decanteTs and bubbiing in the
chalices. Tufts OF franklneeuse waiting their
sweetness from wall and table. Gorgeous banners
unfolding in the breeze that came through the
window, Dewitched with tho perfume Of hanging
gardens. Fountains rising up from Enclosures of
ivory In jets of crystal TO fall in Gathering rain
OF diamonds and pearls. Statues of mighty men
looking down from inches III the wall upon
crowns aud shields brought from subdued EN-
pires. Music, minglins the thrum OF harps and
The clash Of cymbalS and the blast of trumpets in
one wave of transport that went ripping along
the wall, and breathing among the garlands, and
pouring down The corridors, and thrilling the
souls Of a thousand banQueters The signal Is
given, and the lords and ladies, the mighty
men and women of the land, come around
the table. Pour out the wine. Let foam and
buble Kiss the riml Hoist every one his cup and
drink 10 the sentiment: "a On, King BelshaZZar,
live forever :" Bestarred head band aud carca-
net OF royal beauty CLEAN to the uplifed chalices
as again and again they are emptied. More
wine, Wilder music and Sweeter perfume. Thus
Tile feast proceeded. TIE other banquet was the
weirdest affair OF the KIND ever given. The
piece de resistance was cooked by electricity be-
fhF0I d
trees, blue light entremeis. a magical dessert and
electrical hors d'puvies With every course,
some strange uucanuy thing was done by the
magical intervention of electricity. The oysters
were stewed by the same mystical force, and so
The water for the punch was heated. The phono-
graph presented with realistic effect The closing
exercises OF the Paris Exposition just az the
guests were swallowing the last but one oyster
on their plates, or Snacking their lips after
draining Il glass ef electric punch. something
odd and creepy took place between whiles
Once, for Instance, the lights went out, and there
appeared on The table miniature meRagerie
the Inmates OF which had blazing eyes. mouths
splitting forth flames like The animals OF the
Apocalypse and all doing some surprising thing
They had been regarded as mere oTua-
mentS and nothing else. Just as the dessert
was en- cred upon, there was Il sound like the
bursting of bomb. and big round affair above
the table Was shattered into hundred pieces
just as The banquet was ending. all the flowers
exchanging the table fell in showers upon The
guests below. These were only few OF the odd
features presented.
The unfortunate condition of affairs in the Ar
genuine Republic Is due IN a great measure to the
fact that skllliul or INSCRIPTIONS politicians
were Tor a long time In full control. They foaIed
free banks based on paper capital, and flooded
the avenues OF trade with deprecated bank
notes. In some cases the capital was distributed
amOug half dozen or so OF favored politicians.
In other cases discounts Of millions were made
TO men OF straw whose names did not even iden-
lily them a distinctive feature of the national
banking law was that all banks recognizing I'M
der 1t upon receiving The new guaranteed notes
should withdraw and cancel The old oues. They
not only issued the new notes. but I'm della of
law aud by collision of Inc authorities reissued
nearly alt the old notes. II but portion OF Con-
sui Bakers report were true 1t would be sufIi
cient to account foT the paralysis OF credit in tile
Argentine Republic. No wonder the recent eff
forts 10 secure British capital TO complete GER
tain big contracts proved uu successful.
1t would not be surprising il Prince Ferdi-
nand's stay in Bulgaria wound with a sensa
uonal finale. There were some features about
the execution Of Major Pantza not calculated TO
raise Prince Alexander's successor in popular
estimation, and there is no doubt that the Rus
sian Influences, so pronounced in the plot Of
year ago, will take advantage of every opporiu-
nifty 10 bring about couD Petat.
Among The novel features suggested for the
Worlds Fair is one to secure fEom Spain full
sized reproduction OF the famous craft in which
Columbus made his venturesome voyage. 1t
would not only be an object of great interest
but illustrate In an admin able manner the bold
ness OF his great undertaking.
Congressman Morrow is sanguine that the
Nntu ffs.sr n..V..
before Tie adjournment for the consideration OF
bills 1t is Interested In and that the Trans Pa
cIiic Gable Bill will be among those that will he
passed.