The morning call., 1892-07-11

in these high explosives. The English
Government has long carried on the manu-
facture of gunpowder on Its own account,
and it has now added to its manufacturing
cares a dynamite factory, with all the plant
needed for nitro-gelatine and subordinate
explosives. To certain extent this renders
the Government independent IN the matter
of supplies of ammunition for the army and
navy. England also has got its secrets In
the manufacture of smokeless powder.
which is simply a modification OF nitro
eelatine. Professor Abel and Professor
Dewar are the men who have patched this
discovery into something Ike workable
shape. Alfred Nobel imagines he has some
grievance against these scientists for steal
ing his ideas, but his own ideas have been
appropriated wholesale from the labors of
others. Only recently the French Govern
ment closed his laboratory in Paris from
suspicion that he was making use Of official
knowledge for private adventures in manu-
features abroad.
Nobel has brought out hundreds of inven-
tons in idea for which he holds patents but
not one of them has produced rap to him
save his dynamite and nitro gelatine
patents. lie is very rich man and be-
longs to a rich family of Swedish brothers.
They are the principal men in The petroleum
trade at Baku in the Caspian, unless the
KOthsehlldS have now got the upper hand.
Nobel took out patents in America for his
, W
tried TO recover from alleged pratical COM
panieS his suits were defeated and his claims
pronounced worthless He might have been
many times millionaire had he succeeded
in his litigation in the United States. Being
bachelor, however, he has quite enough to
live upon, seeing that lie is at the head OF
trust which controls all the dynamite busl-
ness of Europe.
Two gentlemen connected with the ex-
port of fruit from this State have made
arrangements to send a load of five cars
direct TO London. The experiment ought to
succeed if the fruit can reach the English
metropolis in good condition. Bartlett
pears, peaches and grapes, il they reach
the London market in the luscious richness
| which CalifOTnians know of their orchard
products, will rise at once to favor and be
| eagerly in demand. Peaches from Georgia
| are selling in the English market at 70 cents
! each, and five days of extra journey from
| California should make little difference In
! the quality upon arrival The journey 10
! London will be com pieted within IA days
| Really there is a great opportunity TO our
| orchardisis to reach out Ter a new and
practically unlimited market.
People who know the situation can laugh
| at the preposterous story that the Marquis
of Lorne, eldest son of the Duke of Argyle.
! and husband Of the Princess Louise, is q
source Of irritation TO Queen Victoria, his
! mother-in-law, because he has not sue
ceeded in being elected a member OF Parlia-
ment for Radical Bradford. Ii was a bold
| thing in The marquis TO stand for the
| borough at all for ii is constituency which
pays DO respect 10 peers, especially of the
! Liberal nionist type, and the marquis bad
as an opponent very sound politician OF
| experience in ofce-Mr. Shaw Lefevre. If
! the Queen were so minded she could trans
! late her son-in-law 10 the House OF Lords.
His father Is there already, and has recently
been created Il duke Of the United Kingdom.
Perhaps il would be inconvenieut TO have
two dukes in one family not royal, and SO
the marquis must remain a cOmmOneT and
seek some other cons tituency If he wishes
to enter the House of Commons. No otch
constituency would return him.