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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-08
some Quarantine Absurdities.


was once descending the Danube on an
Austrian steamboat, intending to go to Con-
stantinople. 1t was my purpose to land at
Rustchuk. go by rail to Varna, and thence
by steamer to the Bosphorus, but on the
way down the river | found that there was
a quarantine of ten days against all travel
ers entering Turkey from Austria. To
spend Ten days in Turkish lazaret at Rust
chuk was not to my liking. and so l con-
tinued my journey past that point At
RuStchnk, and atevery other Turkish land
ing place, the passengers who went ashore
were marched off to the laZaret and the let
tiers and papers which were handed out
by the purser were received with q
pair of tongs and placed in 4 box for fumi-
CATION before being distributed to their ad-
dresses. From Galatz, which is on the
Roumanian bank of the Danube, went by
steamer to Odessa in Russia. Turkey had
no quarantine against Russia, and so / was
| stantinople without fear of ter days on the
! island" The steamer from Galatz was
| crowded with passengers who were dong
| the same thing as myself, going from Aus
| tria to CpnStautinople yin Odessa to escape
the quarantine. We touched at Sulina,
| which is on the Turkish side of the Danube,
| and near its mouth. One of our passengers
lived there. and Sulina was his destination
but lie continued on the steamer to Odessa.
and returned the next day, thus escaping
| the quarantine. While we lay at the wharf
at Sulina he talked with his brother and
| partner on Shore telling them TO expect him
on the return trip of the boat, and giving
messages for them to deliver to his family.
These messages were verbal only; had they
| been in writing they would have been re-
| quired 10 pass through the official hands and
be fumigated before delivery
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-08

A steam phaeton. resembling an ordinary
phaeton. has made its appearance on the
streets Of Paris. The boiler cannot explode,
and its smoke funnel discharges under the
back seat.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-08
SENATORS Who ARE
HARD WORKED.
Some Of Them Are and Some There Are
Who Are Not.
Senator ingalls, Has Been a Hard Worker.
General Morrill, Striking Example
of Quieseence-A Review.
Special to THE SUNDAY CALL

INDEED the past
session has been. a
decidedly busy one
In the Senate. The
tired statesman will
welcome the end of
it with joy. unless
Il brings enforced
retirement. 1t is
true that a large
majority of tn e
Senators are men
Of nytraordinar
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-08

New York to east entrance OF Nicaragua
zUzl
Liverpool to east entrance OF Nicaragua Canal 769
Hamburg to east entrance OF Nicaragua Canal 52l9
Canal. ss4
Havre east entrance OF Nicaragua Canal. ,874
Cadlz to east entrance OF Nicaragua Canal. 4,22o
- 49,. ................. 1903
Canal =. "D@s '.s' 77s
nal. 25is
Caao to west entrance of Nicaragua Canal. 1881
Portland to west entrance of Nicaragua Canal 3,2l9
Victoria to west entrance OF Nicaragua Canal 342S
60 I am going to Nicaragua next month
with supplies and TO make thorough visit
and inspection. Quite parry of gentlemen
will accompany me. We will stop at ia
maica short time en- route to Greytown."
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-08
New Motor for the tricycle..


Many attempts have been made to con-
struct an electric motor for tricycle., but
thus far L have not heard Of one that has
proved to be practically successful, though
several have been theoretically SO. Re-
Gently an inventor has designed motor for
the tricycle., in which the power is supplied
by the explosion of gas from petroleum or
naphtha. The rider, who also acts as en-
gineer and steersman, sits between a pair of
large wheels, with third wheel at his back.
This third wheel is the driver; the tank
holding the petroleum is above il, and the
cylinders of the engine on either side. The
air, saturated with the gas, is brought from
the upper part Of the tank by means of
pipe extending to the cylinders, and is there
exploded by spark from an electric bat
terry beneath the seat of the vehicle. Theo-
retIcally, it is beautiful invention, but
there is one objection to it, even if it over
comes the persistence of great many new
machines in falling to do what it is expected
of them; it may blow up. as petroleum
tanks do sometimes and send the rider trav-
cling in vertical direction that viii make
descent calamitous. A self-pfopelling tri-
cycle, or, better still, a self-propelling BIZ
cycle. would, no d0uot meet with n good
sale, but cautious men will wait awhile be-
fore trusting 10 petroleum and its kindred
for their motive power.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-08

A New Salem man put a cartridge be-
tween his teeth aud accidenta tally bit hard
upon it, 1t exploded. and the bullet buried
itself in an opposite wall. while the man
was uninjured.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-08
Asiatic Cholera on It's way westwar

Asiatic Cholera on Its Way Westward.
A report comes from Syria that the chol-
era has made its appearance in that country
and is spreading from one city to anothe I,
in spite of all precautions which the Gov
eminent has taken. 1t may fairly be ex-
pected in Europe early in the spring, aud
will lead 10 severe quarantine measures 10
the countries likely to be affected by it. The
character OF the disease and the modes in
which it spreads are now so wen understood
that cholera has lost many of its terrors 10
the civilized world. To no disease that is
known to mankind does the old adage,
prevention is better than cure" apply
more forcibly than 10 cholera. Observe the
rules laid down by intelligent physicians In
regard to diet, drink and other things and
you will be in little danger of Asiatic chol-
era, though YOU live in city where hun
dreds are dying daily. l have gone through
an experience of this sort, and would have
no hesitation at repeating it; / would not do
so out of mere bravado, but only 10 case |
were called to an infected region by i'm
portant business interests or something of
the kind. Cleanliness and care are the great
preventives, and they should be carried out
to the minutest details. The severity of
quarantine regulations often causes ncon-
venience aud consequent complaint on the
part of travellers, but it has saved thousands
of lives, and will doubtless do so in the
future as in the past,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-08
Rnssian Pollce AuthorItY.

Few Americans are aware to what extent
matters which are purely the affairs Of in
dividuals in this country are supervised by
the police in Russia. The regulations come
from the Minister of the Interior and are ex-
eeuted by the police and many OF them are
of the most trivial sort. What would the
inhabitants OF any village 10 the United
States think If they could not organize sing
ing school, q reading club or a skating rink
without asking the permission OF the authori-
ties at Washington? And in their petition
they would think it very severe regulation
if they were obliged 10 name every
member of the proposed society, give
and set forth the objects of the association.
in the most minute particulars. Yet if
their village were in Russia they would have
TO make such an application to the authOrI-
ties, and furthermore, not one OF them could
open shop for the sale of anything. or
to another, without the permission of
the police. If the doctor of the village
was growing old and did not wish to
answer calls that would take him out at
night he would need the permission of the
police to allow him to stay at home when
ever his services were demanded. 1t Is
hardly necessary to say that no doctor can
practice without permission. and even then
lie cannot write prescription which con-
taiDS poiSonS of any kind unless he has been
specially commissioned to do so. Printing
of all kinds is under police control and this
control is made to apply to rubber stamps
and to personal and business cards. Mrs.
Smith cannot send out her visiting cards to
her friends announcing that she is at home
on Thurdays unless she first obtains the per
nit to do so from the Chief of Police. Nor
can Mr. Smith use rubber stamp adyertiS-
ing his goods, or print plain business card
without similar authority. Even the print
ing on cigarette papers and the bands
around cigars is subject to police revision,
ana so is that on boxes OF pills and bottles
of quack medicine of every name and kind.
The list of things which are officially regu-
lated in Russia, but are left to the citizens
in this country, could be carried to great
length, but space and time do not permit.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-08
The Fate of Great DIscoverers.

There is food for philosophy and reflec-
ton in study Of the fortunes or misfortunes
of the men whose names are high on the
rolls OF discovery and exploration. Column
bus, who gave the New World to the Old, died
in poverty and neglect; Balboa, the discoy-
erer of the Pacific Ocean, persisted on the
scaffUld Magellan, the first white man to
navigate the Pacific, was killed in fight
with the natives of an island of that ocean
before he could return to Spain and tell what
he had accomplished; Sir Walter Raleigh
was convicted of treason upon insufficient
proof, and beheaded fifteen years later in
consequence of that conviction; Americas
Vespucius died poor and friendlrss, and
Captain Cook was eaten by cannIbals. The
list might be carried TO considerable length,
and even then all the story would not be
told. Turning to our own times we
fluid that Marshall, the man who dis
covered gold IN the mill-race of General
Suffer in lsiS and thus gave the wealth
of California to the country and the
world, died in poverty, and none of his asso-
eiates at the mill ever amassed sufficient to
make them anywhere near wealthy. Gen.
eral Suffer, on whose property the gold dis
coyery was made. Was stripped OF all his
possessions through legal technicalities, and
in his later years was kept from actual
want by pension granted by the Legisla-
ture of California. Hargrayes, who discov-
cred gold i'll Australia. never made anything
directly from his discovery, and would have
been in needy circumstances had not the
Colonial Government voted him a c0mpen-
sat of $4,000 sterling (S50,000) 1t has
long been notorious that the money made
from valuable Inventions rarely reaches the
pockets of the inventors. though the expe-
rienceS of Morse, Corliss, Edison, WeSting-
house and some others would seem to indi-
cate change in that respect. So, too, the
experience of Stanley would seem to indi-
cate a change in the treatment of great dis
coverers and explorers, and it is to be earn
estiy hoped that the changes thus begun
will long continue
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-08

meet them once in while. But say, Bill,
there's man down at Shady Grove that
do want you tn meet"
" Who is he 2"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-23
SELECTIONS FROM THE MAIL.
SHORT.SIGHTED LEGISLATORS.

REFUSING TO ENTERTAIN THE VIGOROUS PRO
TESTS AGAINST II SCHAAFF BILL.
TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The American sabbath Union, a National
society, whose only object is the preservation oil the
American sabbath. made an appeal on March ~
through General James W. Hustled. TO the Leglsid'"'o
now in session at Albany against the proposed schaaH
bill, which would lcgalize the opening OF saloons ITO"
/ p. N. until midnight on Sundays. without any
question, this appeal is supported by the united voices
Of 5000 Protestant clergy men in New-lorK sta'e.
In proof Of this, communications have been re'ciNou
within the last few days from over 700 ministers az
the Office Of the Union in New-iork City, pro'estns
against the schaaf bill in all It's features especidN!
that in regard to the opening Of saloons on ouhudSs'
Protests are now ON their way 10 the once suIhclehI
TO swell the number OF letters 70 1000 nom as many
leading ministers, representing every county III new
York state. 4 number Of the colleges ana seNHhaI'o'
OF the 5tate have also spoken upon the same suoIccU
with an intense earnestness. The sentiment eApressct
In these communications is that such liberty granted
TO the liquor trade on sunday, a privilege gwen I'd "o
business in the state, would be a conspiracy against
morality. and would tend in every way to break DOWN
the weekly restday OF the labOrlng classes III all our
communities because it is a hagrant VIOLATION OIL '"c
law Of God.
This respectful appeal on Thursday last at Albany
from this large and influential body OF ciuzehs' Oh d
subject 80 vital to the welfare Of the state, was
promptly dismissed without being read Just as III INC
ease of the petition Of the Roman Catholic priests
which was presented a few days ago to inc LeeIS'a'"'o
for a similar purpose. .,.h +ho
Can our legislators who are In league win tnc
liquor interests think that the defenders 3i tNe mnci III
can sabbath will not unitcdly resist TINS anus W
powcrl Can they not see that there i a rechohiIno
for them I'm the niiurel DO they not know tha' there
is no institution in the state 50 firmly rOotcu III tnS
hcnrts of the people Us the day OF rest ana WIrsnpa
The verdict Of the people will not fail 10 be rcslnte!yu
hereafter against lawmakers who would despoi tno
sabbath Of is sacred character. and weaken ieslSlauoh
designed to protect the day which i rocoehi@eo % d
Icnediction to tho hone and the Nation ~
J. II. " General secretary.
Office Of the American sabbath lnlon' NO. =" 81"
Row, Ncw-York City, March Fl. 1871.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-23
TIE SILVER DOLLAR IN LAW.
An APPEAL TO HISTORY RESPECTING TIE DID,
PuTED STANDARD OF VALUE.

TO the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Ab7am :. Hcvltcs paper. recently submitted 70
tho Committee on Coinage, Weights anu Aoa9uI0S "
,hc House Of Representatives. and published IN Inc
Tribune. contains much which is open to criu'''hi'
We canno, believe that Mr.. Hewitt intended 10 misst''c
a fact. y, we think he does. in saying tins;
BY law. the standard Of valuc In the United states
is y dollar containing 25.e grains OF gold - me.
We know that this Is quite generally claimed by the
advocates Of the single gold Standard puI J. IL GUT
rcctl .
Tho dollar was tho unit Of value, the standard OF
occouut, n; p,ymcnt i'm the Colonies long before tho
Revolution. and il was known aS the Spanish miilcn
silver dollar. After the adoption Of orr CONSTITUTIONS
when the fathers Of the Republic proposed 10 emu"
with our National insignia the coinage OF inc oo"'"f'
il wa, ordained that the unit of value should DC INC
dollar. 20 consist Of 37i1 II grains OF me ~lNc'' -
r%ceardlul were they Of the rights of the people 'h''
thc currcn, standard Of payment was not changer one
grain. the 3=i II grains Of fine silver being the eN-
act average weight AID value OF the doiH'rS '"io'''
from the people Of the different states anu '""' W.
,dontcd q, m, unit Of orr monetary system. No pro
vision was made for coming gold dollars uh''l "i'cf
the gold mines of California were discovered
Bv the Coinage act creating the above or more
,,,ncrlv confirming The already established standard
~ ,,r.uut and payment. provision was made Tor con-
Inn. gold carl,.. halfcagcs and qua?tcrca5IcN, IL INC
raj, of one ounce % iltccn Of silver.
can ans student Of american history Pol, "-,
when. before 1873. The gold dollar became tnc UNI NJ
,.fuuut The standard vas tNh 'Hd'rt"' ~ -"
,h, cyII, which MI. Hewitt ~ for,Ibly points OUT nave
followed. a, bImctalllsts AT home and aDro;W nav
.Lw,d,uitv pr,ycd. But Wc ask for ~ more IMAM that
tho tr1,t1 of history lie vndicatcd.
Though deprived by the act OF io'J' by rs omt'
tn I'm Inc U,t Of coln~. all dollars in u" among
nm, prunt were worth kicir face I'm gold. ilt nhler
the Inland Allison act { i-In Tho, silver COLLAR W.
rr.iorrd. the same silver ddllar-the ohiy Al'' ~ ia
'',In ~ any kind which has never been changed III Us
c,,.titurnt vnlnc-and The dollar In universal use sDu.
.,a.i,,s before the Revolution. by the laws ot or
r,uutry IL is the standard of pay mcnt, ana II - y
r.r.i I .rdcr for all debts. public nud private. cN'eP,nS
f. 49,, a. Ly contract call for other terms. Even
49, ,,-crvatio ON W., Inserted because IL va as',i'H
,r,, 'nu, old and valuable leases sun rui'iiiiS WI
,.,,-...I. mad. PAYABLE i'm spanish nllicf -lIitS' ""'
"NPa ~, "a ,,.,hi result nOm non compliance ,,r
charlottesville. Va, Feb. 90. 1901.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-23
THE UNITERSITF CLUE ELECTION.

SUCCESS OF TIE IN~DEPENDENT TICKET.
Tic work Of counting the votes at the annual cleo
tion OF the University Club was not. finished until nearly
: O'Clock yesterday morning. 1t was found that The
Independent ticket for member Of the Council was
deciSvely successful over the regular ticket, by more
than seventy majO ity. The members Of the Council
who were elected were as follows: George sherman.
James W. Alexander. Henry ;. Van Duzcr. David l..
Ila!sht. Hugh d. Auchincoss; to FL the vacancy
caused by the death Of John =. EiEgSford, Austen G..
Fox. The defeated regular ticket for members Of the
Council was made m Of these names: Council to
serve hom May. 1891, TO March, ls55-Jamcs ". Alex
andcr, Hugh d. Auchinclo,s. Austen q. Fox, william
II. L. Lee, Casimir De Il. Moore.
The regular ticket !or membership OF the Com
mittcc on Admissions was elected with littlo 0ppoai-
ton. The real Issue was over the Council. and the
overwhelming defeat Of the regular ticket was due
to the energetic opposition of the majority OF the
club to tho proposed advance Of annual dues for
resident members from 900 to so. This Increase
had 1cen suggested by the Council. and was received
with the strongest disappTOval By the great majority
of The membership.
1t was the mpt animated and earnest annual nlcc'-
ing I'm the history OF the University Club. Many
speeches of "A vigorous sort were made. aHd the opinion
was tully expressed by q number Of the speakers 'hdt
there might he an Improvement In method o. manage
mcnt. .Alter prolonged and unusually candid dcha'c
it was decided 20 postpone the vote on the proplsen
change in annual due, Ia a future meeting. at when
a committee appointed to examine the accounts anu
the system Of management Of the club il . report.
Tie members ~ the House Committed were made
member, II this investigating 1mmittcc toSe'hrr
with a representation from the general body oi inc
club. But tho whole spirit and drift OF Satlf'''
nights meeting indicated that the plan 10
raise tho dues will be dcicatcd when i
comes 10 a vote. and that a great many members ot
the club believe that with loss cxtravaG'nt and moro
pa.u>;aRiug mana cement the club can be- carried ON
i'm a satisfactory manner with due, of so Itr 'rF
uof SO. IL (, also reasonably ccrain tha' th' mem
I,orshin will be incroa sod M the next annual m'c,lh-.
Judge And"r- on'> plan to cnlarSc The limit "i rrH.nIn,
ucuLcrSEin from 1.V'D 10 l.25O failed. hcrit-' u Gu
NOT receive a two Third, vote. But II hA Ia sNp
porter, 10 if3 opponents. and the movement l. hh-1
To- gain sircuCth M the coming year. ,..
The impressive triumph d! an ndcpcndcnt urh.i
for mrmLcr, Of the council. over the regular ulNel'
although the independent ticket va, posted Only a
few day, before the election. proved that the fc'lhE III
favor 4 new method, IN management ana against "ls
incra,e in dues was widespread and Intense
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-23
cLAIM, OF BATTERY PARK.

TO the Editor Of Thc Trlbuhc
SIR. 1 have read with much pleasure your art'l'
and Mr.. Kolb's statement in this day : paper o""''
Tho Do,,cr- Park. This property l. Identified win
many historical events and should be 'aIeln''N
,...rr.d H., fine authorities on that ground. Hero
con-. ,b. ,,rly Dutch and EnCli.h public buildings.
Tin, fir, stone ohu.vh built on Manhattan Island
,aLout 1000 stood here. ono oil inc H'"'f"T"l"'
n,j,u.. then a resident Of NcW-J,r>ty, buHt IT, I"V
putch fort surrendered by +. StayVe>ant 10 the eng
u-h in 1864 stood here. Under the ihSI'A '"'''''
.tr,i.i. ,r,,ion Fort James and the Governors house
occupied part Of the Battery PafN' lieI3 N'"
C,dvuu,der Golden. a savant and statesman II sr- AZ
and uer do rycd reputation. during h, long term a,
,c,ipo Govcr,or of the Province Of NcW-1 ork. INA
,,rc afar ,hc American Revolution the Battery ana
IN. odio,ent street, wcIc the resort Of the best
citizens.
II seems absurd 10 think that the present people
Of Ncw- York can 80 completely ignore THIS dctEht-
ful SPOT. In the 30, the Castle Garden re-oIhlcd
with The clorlou, notes Of Lind. Of >tciianoni AID OF
Grl,i and Mario. There could then be heard the
fine orchestra Of the veteran Arditi ana there were
seen and admired tie graceful motions Of De soto,
the rival of Elslcr. II was "a delight to sit in Summer
evening, on the balconies of Castle Carbon. iHhalc the
,uumcr brecac,. look ont on the moonllt water, and
At IL, slime time listen TO the strains Of the mu'ic
i,,riuS through It's lartiy Orcn GQoswayS. The cltlzel'
Of those days used to IT there and listen, while they
slowly smoked their clcar, and inhaled the pure air
of the Eay.
The Battery has had Il seawall built around 1t. but
il Ia, been otherwise much neglected. 1t should he
restored without delay and u casino OF suitable
size. with proper accommodations. be bum. The ran
road should be removed and required to purchase it'
own risht of way. ~ % ummrr resort the Bat
terry Ia, advantage over Concy Island on account ol
it, accessibility. II Paris had such II place, no" soon
Il would have been utilized, adorned with fountains
and statues aud crowded by the appcclatIve IN
hiLiant9. Yet Ignorant commercial New York neg
lat, hi, noble opportunity to provide II
proper breathing place and resort for irno,
cent amU cement. Even Ndpicr, Win us lAf
lc,, numerous population and resources, but with
is greater appreciation OF natura. advantages, has it,
cuncOIr-c for carriage, and IL garden 10y the wafer
siie. will. The New NorkcI, quietly and without
effort abandon their beautiful Battery ground, To com
mcrial greed. ~. ii. W.
Albany, March 20, 1891.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-23
IN%GERsoLL's TRIBUTE TO BARRETT.

Before an audience that crowded the Broadway
Theatre last night Colonel Robert G. ~Ingersol de
Hvered a lecture on Shakespeare. and he began 1t with
the following culogy of Lawrence Barrett:
MY heart tells me that on the threshold Of my
address it will be Appropriate for me to say a few
words about the great actor who has Just fallen into
mat sleep. Lawrence Barrett was my friend and I
was his. He was an Interpreter Of Shakespeare. to
whose creations he gave flesh and blood. He was
the greatest ~tragedian Of our time. next 10 Edwin
Booth. lie stunned the questionable, tie vulgar and
impure, and gave the Intellectual, the pathetic and
tho manly tongue. lie was a thoughtful Hamlet, an
intense OtilellO and the best Cassius of the cen
fury.
one by one the players leave the stage, and Others
take their places. There Is no pause. No one knows
what the next scene Is 10 be. VIII this drama have
an cndl VIII the curtain fall at last. and will 1t
rise again on some other STAGE Reason says, per
haps.' Hope still whispers, YES sadly ] bid my
friend farewell. admire the actor. | love the man.
nileat annlnnscl