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The morning call., 1891-06-15
BLA1R5s FINANCIAL VIEWS.

Ex-senator Blair is not likely to go to
China as United States Minister, but lie evil
IDENTIFY does not propose to drop out of the
range Of the public eve. A New York gold
paper recently interviewed him on the free
coinage proposition, and obtained enlight-
eminent as follows
Contracts have been made and are being made
under the double standard, and The debtors have
perfect right 10 pay in either they find 1t to
their advantage TO use, provided they nay ae-
tually IN silver or gold, not in PAPER. This Ssu-
ing OF paper note secured by silver. and max 'ng
1t legal tender is not wise. These notes are fat
and IL is not just 10 make the creditor take them
IN payment Of debts contracted under coin
basis. This may seem a triflng matter. the
paper bling secured by actual deposit of metal
but it must be remembered that The same power
which issues these notes can remove the depOs-
ed security by legislation. II may be argued
that they would not Edo that but they can do 1t
and that constitutes an element Of insecurity.
When MI Blair says the same power
which issues silver notes can remove the de-
posted security by legislation, he assumes
that the Congress Of the United States may
commit an act for which private individual
would upon conviction be imprisoned. IS
suing silver notes on silver coin or bullion,
ana then using in any manner or for
any purpose. the coin or bullion deposited
as security, would be an act of such inexcuS-
ably bad faith that it should not be conSid-
cred possible. The faith Of the Government
is pledged to hold the coin or bullion the
notes are issued against, and an Admins IA
ton that should so palpably break its faith
would be doomed. Such an act could not
be excused or defended. These silver notes,
Mr.. Blair says, are fat. If they are, all
paper currency is fat. The difference be-
tween our greenbacks and fat currency is
that the former is a promise to pay gold or
silver on presentation Of the paper, while
the latter promises nothing, but purports to
be money itself. A silver dollar note issued
against a 412R grain silver dollar is no more
fat than a gTeenback. Mr. Blair admits that
the American Congress would not probably
remove the security, but regards its power
to do so an element Of insecurity. So is the
power vested in the President as Com
! mander-in- Chief Of the army and navy an
element Of insecurity. Tie President may
use the power to subvert the Government,
| but the probability that he will do so is so
remote as not to be much thought of.
The morning call., 1891-06-15
A PERIPATETIC BACHELOR.
He Has Four OF Five Lodgings and 70
From One to Another.

He Has Four OF Five Lodgings and Goes
From One to Another.
There is a well-known bachelor of mid
die age and progressing appearance in
this town who resemb Thomas de Quin-
cey in every particular trait of his char
acter. He always maintains four or five
different lodging places, and rotates from
one to another at his own sweet will. His
income is sufficient to permit him to live
as he pleaseS, says the Brooklyn Citizen,
but he shows extravaganza IN no other way
except IN the number OF these lodging
places and the purchase OF canes, which he
has deposited in large lots and varieties in
his several habitatiOns.
Once a week he usually dimes at the
Clarendon with four or five bosom cronieS,
and he may often De seen Ia the luneh-rOom
Of that gilded hostelTy; but none Of his
most intimate friends ever know Just where
TO find him at home. Nor does any of his
landladIes know when TO anticipate the
sound of his latch-key. His rooms are kept
ready for his coming at all times. He has
not figured yet as an eccentric man in any
novel or dramatic representation, nor does
he pose for any way eccentric among bust
ness men but it is certain he has figured in
good many romanceS of the heart, and is
still searching for fair partner who will
bring his odd existence to a fitting climax
in marriage
Not having married he has tried to sup
ply the lack of an establishment OF his own
by substituting fragments of expensive
lodging-houses. Instead of constantly
moving his belongings every time he finds
the house noisy or crowded with uncon-
genial persons he merely walks away when
night comes to another OF his abOdes, and
tries that for a variety. In the course of a
month or 50 perhaps he will get around to
the first one he left, and find it improved.
This has been his way of living during many
years. Among other lodgings he keeps one,
summer and winter, away off in the locality
Of PatnhngILp
The morning call., 1891-06-15
REFORM IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The New York World SAYS

The New York World SAYS:
The annual report Of lie Board OF Education
shows that 1914 teachers were employed in the
grammar schools last year 10 teach 54545
YuVls-an average OF about thirty-fOur 10 each
teacher-while 1888 teachers in The primary
schools taught 6l,5Sl pupils, or an average Of
more than forty-four for each teacher. Again,
each grammar school pupil had the sum of
S31 50 expended upon bis education, whIle the
tots in the primary schools cost the city only
So 81 apiece
The World goes on to show that the well
fare Of the schools requires as large an ex-
penditure per pupil in the primary as in the
grammar department The best teachers
are needed in the former and the classes GER
tainly should not be larger. The most i'm
portant part of the educational structure
and the most difficult, it says, is the founda-
ton. THE CALL has often expressed similar
views. Experienced teachers, as well paid
as any in the primary or grammar grades,
should be placed in charge of new classes.
The primary pupil in New York costs the
city So 81 a year; the grammar pupil very
nearly doubles this cost. What excuse can
there be for this difference? The grammar
classes do not tax severely the ordinary
teachers educational qualifications. The
greater parter of the grammar pupils are
under II, and the few who are above that
age are pupils whose school time has been
broken IN upon by one cause or another.
Every teacher should be qualified in respect
to book learning to teach the grammar
grade. In the primary grade more time has
TO be devoted to disc pine. The fYe-year-
old boy or girl who comes from home with
out. perhaps, much experience in the art of
obedience, cannot be disciplined as the gram
mar pupils may be. Between the SIS 81 a
year for the New York primary pupil and
the $50 year Cogswell pupil costs in San
Francisco there is quite difference. High
school pupils will naturally cost more than
primary OF grammar pupils. but not neces-
sarly five times as much School officials
who divert money from the primary and
grammar schools to support such expensive
public institutions with are more dangerous
enemies Of the public school system than the
fossil who opposes education at the pub
lie expense as an injustice to the childess
Taxpayer.
The morning call., 1891-06-15
EDITORIAL NOTES.


The feet VI the Chilean insurgents having
made Balmaceda's opponents masters OF The sea
washing the shores OF the republic, some idea Of
: the craft ln their possession VIII prove Interest
ing. The vessels carried away from Valparaiso
were the two baule-ships AlmiIante COchrane
and BlaucO Eucaada, The monitor HuRscar the
rapid cruiser Esmerllda. the cruisers Alb.
tos, OHggins and Magallaues and a
couple Of transports. a fleet OF seven men
of-wsr and TWO transports in frsI-class
condition. In addition the steamers OF
the Chilean line except one plying along the west
coast, were seized. provided with hight batteries
and used as transports. The AlmiTante COeh-
rane is Of $500 tons displacement, 1900 horse
power, pTOtec ed by nine inches Of armOr at the
water line. Her armament consists OF four 1S
ton and Two 7I2-Ion guns. and she has a speed OF
twelve knots. There is a secondary battery Of
rapd-fIe guns and one aoIcbkjss revolving
cannon The RlaneO EncalaGa. her sister shin,
was recently sunk by torpedo. The Huascar
IS the famous Peruvian monitor captured by the
Bianco and COchrane in SO. She carries TWO
1O-lnch ]2-tcn guns IL a single tuTret and two
40-pouBdeTs. The Esmeraida carries two 10
inch 27-tOn Armstrong breeeh- lOadng rifles and
five 6-ineh Atom Armstrong bfeech-loadmg
rifles. Size has a speed Of Is knots. The
OHiggns ana Magalianes are Unarmored
cruisers. All OF The cruisers carry batteries OF
seveu-ton Armstrong guns, with few Of lighter
callber.
The Alsatlans ana LOTrainers drafted for the
German army are, IN many instances, 10th to
don tie uniform Of the Emperor. and are con-
stautiy escaping into France. Recently a young
peasant named AiOrecht, 10 crossing the frontier
near RossIHgen, was shot in The leg by a watch
ful sentinel. he, however. managed TO {
away. The GermaDiZatiOn OF the captured
provinces has proved no easy task.
Sixty persons killed outright and a hundr ed
Injured is an appalling record for Swiss rail
road accident Three cars OF heavily loaded
excursion Train left the track. Thirteen, forlu-
IA ely, were not cptated into the river Had
fw more or ali OF them left the rails The result
would have been fTighliul to contemplate.
II is q noteworthy fact that since King Hum
bert's conference with an agent OF The Kaiser at
MOnZa there has been renewed activity at Spec
zla aud Italian naval vessels out Of commission
are being oveIhsuled. Rudinfs promises Of
economical reforms do not exactly harmonic
with the Interests Of the eibuud.
England needs contract labor law. The strike
Of The London carpenters has been 10 progress
for six weeks. The employers are importing men
from the Continent TO take the places OF the
strikers, and are likely to obtain fun working
force.
The French wheat crop, it is now reported
VIII amount 10 little over half an average one
Ftaucr's misfortune IS likely to prove our gain.
The morning call., 1891-06-15
THE sUPERFLUoUs "FoR. !"

All the trouble in Connecticut over the
election Of Governor arose from the super
fuous use of the little word 'for." The
election law of 1890 provides that a ticket
shall have upon it only the names Of the
office and OF the candidate voted for The
Republican and Democratic tickets OBJ
served this provision, but the 3413 PrOhibi-
ton tickets prefaced the name OF the Office
with the word 'for." At a certain polling
place 103 Prohibition ballots were thrown
ont on the ground that the word 'fOr" rem
dered them illegal. Counting these l03 Pro-
hibition votes, there was no choice for Gov
eTnoT, the law requiring majority over all
to elect Deducting them, Judge Morris,
the Democratic candidate, had a clear ma
jority Of % The question that went to the
courts WAS if the 1913 Prohibition votes that
had been thrown out should be ordered
counted. The Supreme Court decision that
has been rende red was in fact determina-
tion Of another case growing out of SINH
lar informaity, but the points in the two
cases were so nearly identical that the Gov
ern0r's case is considered as good as de-
cided. The court in an opinion written by
Judge Seymour holds that the informally
does not amount 10 an illegality. The
ballots were not necessarily void because
the word FOR" appears upon them contrary
to law. The court constructs the statute in
favor Of the voter, holding that where for"
appears uniformly on all of the regular
tickets Of a. party it does not amount to a
mark sufficient to identify any individual
vote, and, consequently, does not defeat the
purpose of the law. A similar decision in
the Governorship contest will give the
election TO the Legislature. As the opinion
was written by Democrat and coneurred
in by the entire court. it is considered as a
substantial settlement of the Governorship
The morning call., 1891-06-15

clsiye fight ensued. when most of the Amer
leans were killed without quarter. Major
Morris was killed, Grant slightly wounded
and Brown taken prisoner by means of a
lasso that was thrown over him, and by
means OF which he was dragged to the
ground.
Grant, known to be surgeon, was prom
iSed a passport to leave the country If he
would attend to the wounded MeXieans,
This he did with such fidelity that all, with
out exception, recovered; but in the mean
time, the Captain left in command of the
town after the departure Of Urea secretly
dispatched eight men in search of wild
horse, which they succeeded in capturing
after about three weeks.
The unfortunate settler was then brought
forth and, by the order of the brutal Cap
tain, his feet were bound TO those of the
horse and his hands to the tail. He strug-
gled frantically, and after reminding the
officer of his solemn promise, to which no
attention was paid he appealed to the men.
recalling to them his ministratlnns and deyo-
ton, but the only reply was insulting i'm
pre- cations and shouts of ludicrouS merri-
mtnt
AS the men stood ready to sever the cords
that held the mustang the Captain brought
lash upon the animals TANKS, exclaiming:
This is your passport, now CO."
The fiery untamed horse sprang away
with great violence and was soon lost to
sight The next day the mangled remains
of poor Grant were discovered some distance
from the town, but were left unburied
Louis ReDublic
The morning call., 1891-06-15
AN EXCITING RUN.
Pennsylvania Train With Maniac Ell
gineer in Charge.

Pennsylvania Train With a Maniac En-
gineer in Charge.
With his hand on the throttle a crazy en-
gineer on the Pennsylvania road made the
run of an express train between Pottsville
and WilKesbarre guarded by the conductor
and fireman. The train was made up of a
ball-game car, smoker and two day coaches,
and at 1880 O'Clock left the PottsvilIe sta
ton. Engineer Elmer, who had run on
the Pennsylvania road for many years,
was considered one of the most competent
men in the service. After running a few
miles Elmer stopped the train and told con-
ductOr -" Jack" Meyer that there was a
freight train ahead, and tat without orders
he would not proceed Meyer, thinking the
man was joking, laughed, and said, tits
all right; go ahead" The trip was then
resumed. Newcastle was reached, and Ell
mer asked for orders. Meyers suspicious
were aroused, and he watched Elmer's
movements from the baggage car Elmer
shifted about the cab, and at times seemed
as if he would leap from the window. Up
TO this time the passengers knew nothing of
ElmeT's strange conduct. Then it leaked
out, and it was with much fear that they
remained seated while the train rushed
along Never and the fireman came TO the
conclusion finally that Elmer'5 mind was
gone, when Meyer came and sat beside the
maniac, who seemed glad to have company.
Time and again he would try to stop, saying
that the water was about out, ana freight
trains were ahead. The conductor watched
the throttle, and whenever the maniac
would put on an extra head Of stear0 the
other men would shut it off. By tlat.ering
aud pleading and resorting TO numerous
strategic moves the train was brought safely
into Wilkesbarre Last night Elmer was
taken to Sunbury and sent to Philadelphia,
where he will probably be placed in DR..
KIrkbride's retreat.-ShamOkin (Pa.) special
TO GIObe-DemOcrat.
The morning call., 1891-06-15
SHE HADN'T TINE.
An Ohio Girl who Was Too Busy to At.
tend Her DIVA Wedding.

An Ohio Girl Who Was Too Busy to At
tend Her Own Wedding.
William JOrdens and Miss Louise Menke,
both of this city, were married in Newport
yesterday by Squire BOdkins after consid-
cradle difficulty.
Either the groom imagined that the Ken
lucky marriage laws allow everything, or
else the bride is very busy young woman,
says the Cincinnati Enquirer. William APP
peared early 10 the day before the Squire
and wanted to get married His intended,
lie said, was perfectly willing, but could not
spare the time from her domestic duties, 50
he would like to be married by proxy.
He produced letter from Miss Menke.
giving her consent 10 the plan and mod
estly asked the Squire TO go with him TO the
clerk 5 Oftlce and procure a license, and he
would run out and hunt up substitute for
the g,rl. The Squire said that maybe they
did things In Ohio that way, but it wOuldn' (
go in sedate Kentucky. Jordens then
hunted mp the clerk and presented himself,
but the clerk refused.
William argued that such marriages had
taken place IN this country and had been de-
clared legal, citing as an example the case of
Anna Van Zandt and the anarchist, August
Spies but still the clerk refused, saving he
would be happy 10 furnish him a license if
he would bring somebody along 10 get mar
ried TO. He was finally compelled to return
and hunt up Miss Menke, when they re-
turned 70 Newport, where Squire BOdkins,
with great pomp and ceremony, tied the
nuptial Knot.
The world owes no man or woman liv-
ing that Is not willing TO work for Ii.
The morning call., 1891-06-15
sKIN-GRAFTIYG BY MACHINERY.
y Little Instrument That Is " onderIul in
Its Simplicity.

\ Little Instrument That Is " onderful in
Its Simplicity.
On a recent March morning at the Massa-
chusetts General Hospital a little instru-
ment, invented by DR.. Mixter, wonderful in
its simplicity, constructed so as TO separate
large portions Of epidermis from the sub
cutaneous tissue, was used for the first
time.
The patient had been etherized and had
undergone operation for the removal of a
cancerouS growth from the left breast, and
the wound thus made was quite an eXten-
SiYe one. The instrument was applied 10 the
anterior portion of the right thigh, and
three strips, about an Inch wide by six
inches long, were taken off and trans
planted to the exposed surface OF the breast.
The operation Of removing the skin and
tTaDSplanting il to its new quarters did not
occupy more than about six minutes. A
very few days viii suffice to restore the
denuded surface OF the thigh to its normal
condition, leaving few traces of the repara-
tive process to which it has contributed,
and, other things being equal, the surface
from which the caBcerOdS tumor has been
eXcised will heal over by first intention,
thus saving the patient from prolonged
and painful period IF cOnvalescence. OF
cOuroe, every precauliOn is taken bv the use
of SteriliZiug processes and antiseptic solu-
tions, to render the operation thoroughly
aseptic so that the chances of iufiammatOry
disturbances from bacterial sources are re-
duced 10 the lowest minimum.
The thickness of these delicate human
pIasters probably does not exceed one
slxtieth of an inch. and the resulting hem
orrhage is not more than what enc sees on a
slight abrasion of the skin, or it may be
compared to the sanguine0us OoZing one gets
from too earnest tOns0rial attention.
no odV of Ia
method of epidermic detachment are obvi-
Gus. 1t is expeditions, the sections OF shaved
cuiiele are much larger and OF a more uni
form thickness than can be obtained by the
most deXterOuS manipulation, and the
by the fact that the skin is trausplanted
while the cellular elements are in their full
vital actiyitY.-Detroit Free Press.
The morning call., 1891-06-15
A PLAINrIvE COMPLAINT.

a member Of the so-caIled party Of prog
ress assured small audience an improve
ment club had called together that the
Bulletin and THE CALL cut no figure to-
day in public affairs. While offering this
assurance and supporting it with the ire
mendous influence of his name, he admitted
that it was these two journals only which
opposed the increase in taxation beyond the
rate TO which the Supervisors are pledged.
There are two morning and two evening
papers in the city which appear to have no
other object in existing than to increase the
rate of taxation, but somehow they do not
make much Roadway. The morning and
The morning call., 1891-06-15

evening paper which, according to the prog
ress orator, cut no figure III public affairs,
so well represent the community that when
election time comes near even progress ora
tors are silent All the men who are now
asking the Supervisors to break their
pledges had arrived at voting age when the
last Republican municipal platform was
adopted and not one OF them even sque aked
on that occasion
The morning call., 1891-06-15
A TEXAS MAZEPPA.
How DR.. Grant Was Tied to a Wild Horse
and Kicked TO Death.


and Kicked TO Death.
Among the tragical events that, written in
blood upon the page of the history of Texas
early struggle for liberty. make it one Of the
most glorious in the annals of the world.
there is none more thrilling or terrible than
the fate of Dr. James Grant. In the person
OF this unfortunate settler was repeated the
famous story of the ride of the Pole Mazep-
pa, but for Grant there was no rescue, and
he was torn TO pieces after mile or two by
the raging, maddened animal to which he
was bound.
On the 2Sth of February, 1886, San Patri-
clio was surprised and captured by General
Urea. Colonel Grant, with his company,
was encamped on the Aqua Dulce Creek,
twenty-slx miles 10 the southwest, on their
way back to San Patricio with horses they
had secured. Urea learned OF their where
abonts and sent out large body of Mexican
dragons for their capture. A short but de-
The morning call., 1891-06-15
WEATHER PREDICTIONS.
sIeNAL SERVICE Z. $. ARMY


SAN FRANCISCO, June a. lS9l-5 P. NJ }
Synopsis for the Past Twenty four Hours.
The principal cycIonic disturbance is central in
Eastern Dakota and Minnesota with its southwest
quadrant including Southern California, Southern
Nevada and Arizona. The barometer has risen
throughout the Pacific Coast States, and with few
exceptions is now slight above the normal at all
stations Iy is highest IN Eureka (3OO6). ana low
est al Kce er and Yuma l29.72). The winds have
been westerly ia ali districts. The velocities have
been occasionally high ia California aud Eastern
Arizona. Yuma, west, 81 miles; KeeleT. east, 30
mites. san Francisco. southwest, % miles The
temperature has risen in all districts, except n
slight Cal in southern California and Arizona. 1t
is still generally below the normal. Light rains
have fallen III Northern Nevada. oregon and Wash
iagtoa Fort Candy coz OF an inch: olympia. COS;
Spokane O.4S; Malla Wala, 1872; Portland, UO3
Baser CRY. trace; WiuuemuCca, COS.
Forecast TIL : =. N Monday.
Tor Northern CalitOTni2-FaIr weather north to
west winds, fresh TO brisk. warmer. except nearly
stationary temperature on the southwest coast
FOR Southern CaifoTnia-lair weather. westerly
winds; slightly warmer except nearly stationary
temperature al San Diego.
For oregon aud MISUNDERSTANDING weather e1-
cep- DIS Et rains in Washington: south TO west
winds; slightly warmer, except stationary tempera-
ture az Fort Candy. JOHS T.. FINLEY.
Lieutenant Nineteenth Infantry, in charge.
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THE CALL's CALENDAR.
JUNE 1891.
NOTICE !

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MORNING Gall for sale By trajn-boys
1tH- confer q faror By notifying this office OF
ueJact, naming the date and train
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The piano house Of A. l. Bancroft ~ Co. has re-
Gently removed to elegant and commOdious quar-
tiers S03 Suffer street next to the of Grant
avenue. This firm as is well known. represents the
worId-famed Knabe. the celebrated Haines Bros
and the Bush Il Gerts' pianos. We are pleased to
recommend to our readers the house OF A. l. Ban
croft q Co. and the above-named p amos repre-
sented by the firm. Bear In mind the new address.
4O3 Surter straet