The morning call., 1892-09-05

The struggle of Amerlcahs in Europe to
return hoGle in order 70 escape from cholera
shows that a vertabIe panic prevails. On:
most Of the lines. tie bookings of state
rooms afe exhausted uHtil we'll into Octo-
Der, aud London appears to be full Of tray
eleTs who cannot get away. In the matter
OF SAFETY the detained are probably better
of IN London than they would be anywhere
else, fer thus far the British authorities
have c0ped with the progress of the disease
admirably and have preyentedit from be-
coming epidemic. The steamship lines
which have ren9unced the carrying of steer
aye passengers Will no doubt make altera-
tGns in their vessels TO accommodate q
larger number CT saloon and second cabin
passengers, The loss TO the steamship COM,
paHieS by the eh0era outbreak will run into
the millions at the lowest computation, and
the diminulon of traffic will also affect SOME
OF oar railroads.
The cholera scare does good TO certain
extent. In yery.=severe way it eniofces
the blessedness of cleanliness. AS pre-
caution against the scobrge almost every
large town and many small onesaTe now be-
ing swept and puTged of all nastiness and
foul smells. This publication is expensive,
but 1t would be q good thing fer the public
health if 1t we're insisted upon frequently
yyith0ut regard to the visits of cholera. After
q few weeks OF serubbing San Franciso VIII
be brighter and more wholesome than Is It's
wont. We depend little too much on the
ocean breeze, which has its virtues, but dis,
dains TO carry away heaps OfIubbish In the
alleys and small cross streets or from back
yards. Nor is the system OF sweeping any
thing like perfection, either as to frequency
Of performance Or efficiency.
When any very desperate and brutal
crime occurs in the United States the
thought Immediately arises that lynching
alone can sstisfythe requirements Of justice.
Two. women are IN danger at present in
Indiana. They have perpetrated one of the
most fendish deeds On record. An old
farmer was set upon by his wife and
daughter, after a quarrel with the former,
and literally hacked and cut TO pieces.
They were not satisfied with killing him,
but they butehered his body until he had
more than fifty cuts siashed about in every
direction. Such lnsenSate fury naturally
eXctes pneOntr0llab bic indignation In a com
mUHity, aud. even if they are women, il. Will
90 hard with the murderers sheuld they fall
into the hands OF a mob. 1t is not good
policy tn advocate lynching, but justice
would be robbed Of its deterrent effect If
these fends were kept in prison fonr or five
years and Shuff1ed about from court to
court
As was to be expected, vigorous effort
is to be made to liberate the smugged
ChinameH who were captured at Monterey.
The writ Of habeas corpus will be first
tried, and no doubt there will be plenty Of
money forthcoming to engage acute legal
talent. There. appears TO be no moral
doubt that the Cinnamon were landed from
the Halcyon, but no one seems to have wit
messed the debarkatlou, and under such
circumstances the willy Mongoliahs may;
with customary ingenuity, swear that they
Rave been in this country for years. The
fact that most OF them do not know q word
OF English casts suspicion On plea of that
kind. Meanwhile the Halcyon is cruising
about on the outlook to land more Chinese
and cargo of opium. A few fast revenue
cruisers are needed on the Pacific Coast.
:. The squirTel-tail frauds down at San Jose
are not without an ei N MT Of the ludcrous,
IL the county has been swindled the blame
les with the ofticia 5 who took unquestioned
the squirrel hunters word as to the number
of tails in bundle and paid In cash on the
spot In addition no precaafiOn was taken
to destroy tails paid for, so that they were
used again and again. On this basis of
operations the squirrel-tail enterprise must
have been highly profitable, and it is almost
regrettable tnat such cunning rogues should
nave to 90 to Jail. The trick differs from
+ that of the boy who stole horns for dealer
The dealer cautioned the boy TO be careful
/ anu he was HoSt COnSclenti0uSly discreet
lie stole tha horns from the dealers own
heap and when he was found out the
tempter could say nothing.
A good lady in Alameda, who has recently
arrived from Utah, proposes to send to the
fair at Sacramento triplet baby daughters
and she feels confident that she will carry
off all tile prizes In the infant phenomenal
department This is field of human
prOrreca leTetOtOrR ahSnlutplV iUnored af
|, State fairs in California, bnt the applica-
ton Of the good mother may cause the pro-
moters to give the subject consideration.
In the East they are not so sdueamish
Prizes are Offered for the prettiest baby. the
fattest baby and the homeliest baby, and
there is doubtless huge amount OF interest
In the work Of the judges. Every mother,
of course. believes her own to be the best
baby. That. is one matter On which The
maternal opinion is absolute.