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The morning call., 1892-12-25
ON THE WRONG TRACK.

dispatch from Trenton. n. j.. says that
Governor Albeit has commenced a cam
paign for the Senate by giving the casting
vote in the Court of Pardons for the release
OF thirty-three ballot box suffers who
figured prominently in the election which
made him Governor. In the present temper
of the people this action on the part of the
Governor will not help him. He is a beue-
fieiary OF the fraud for the perpetration of
which he ISSUES pardon. His opponents
in his own party aud in the other will saw
that he hopes to profit by the service of these
convicted criminals. There have recently
been IN both parties some foIcible mani
festations of moral sense on the part of
the people that should impress upon aspir-
Ing politicians the truth Of the old maxim
that Honesty is the best policy" The
contrasting maxim that "All is fair In love,
war and politics" is losing its hold upon
even the lose class of minds that at times
have made it an apology for wrongdoing.
We are much inclined to think that the
Governor Of New Jersey has entered upon
the wrong track.
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THE NICARAGUA CANAL BILL.

Recent news from Washington indicates a
persistent opposition to the Nicaragua
Canal bill when it Is presented to the
House. 1t is even said that the opponents
of the bill will resort to flibustering TO pre-
vent vote on the bill. BY this means it is
expected that final action will be postponed
until the next Congress meets. If the
House follows this plan of campaign this
great national enterprise will be put back
at least year. The projectors may con-
tinue 10 do some work, but in the absence
of definite purpose the progress of con-
struction would be slow. Congress should
bear in mind that the projectors are not at
liberty TO dispose of bonds in the best
market they can fud. Much as the Ameri-
can people want the canal built they will
not consent to its being built by European
capital. The investment of money in an
enterprise carries with it certain rights in
the way OF protection. If English or Ger
man capital should be thrown into the en-
terprise the United States would be fortu-
nate If a crisis should not arise which
would call for a larger expenditure OF
money than is now asked for in the way OF
aid. Under the bill that will be submitted
the Government is the practical owner and
manager of the canal.
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their trades. That seems to be the correct
way Of dealing with such nulsances. and
the course for our Government 10 pursue
would seem 10 be to give Diaz all the help
he needs and not TO allow the bandits to
convert our territory into place of refuge.
1t is not TO our interest that anarchy and
border warfare shall prevail on the banks
of the Rio Grande. IL is to our interest
that the miscreants who indulge in murder
aud outrage and arson in that valley should
be treated to short shrift, whether their
crimes are committed on the American or
Oh the Mexican side of the river.
With revolutions in Mexico we have moth
ing to do. If the Mexicans are tired Of
Diaz they can vote him out Of Office when
his term expires. and the American people
Will interpose no objection. An idea pre-
walls ON this side of the border that he is
about the hest Executive Mexico has had in
years. and that such men are rare But
that is merely an idea which no ore pro-
poses to emphasize by word or deed. The
MeXicans are perfectly capable OF manag-
ing their own affairs without our advice.
But as TO the question that no man can be
allowed to come into our parlor and take
pops at his enemy under cover of our eur
tains, there is no difference Of opinion at
ali among American citiZsns.
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CHRIST1AS WHISPERS.

Along about the last of November or the
first of December little unusual tremor is
felt in the public pulse. No one knows ex-
actly what causes it. but all know when il
Will end. 1t Is the pTemontory whisper of
an event that for time reverses the ordi-
nary condition Of society. The head of the
family abdicates and puts the youngest
child 10 his place. He may have some mis-
giyiBgs at the time, but as the days go by
be becomes reckless Nothing will happen
this year, he argues. that has not happened
in years gone by. Where does the first
whisper of Christmas come from? How
does this little ripple upon the public mind
get the power to hold a community for three
or four weeks under its spell? The odd
thing about it Is that half the time those
who had most to do with bringing il on
begin to wish it was over before it has
fairly set in. There is q certain pleasur-
able excitement about it which, continued
day after day, is wearing on the
nerves. But there is ample compensation
for all when Christmas eve actually
comes. What a picture the imagin-
alton, aided by memory, presents. How
much does that bright-eyed youngster be-
lieve in the mythical Santa Claus? Does
he see through the fiction, but pretend to
believe in ii because of the good things
Santa Claus is supposed to bring, or does
he put ehild's faith IN the story? No one
VIII ever know exactly when misgiyings as
to the absolute truth OF the pretty romance
begin to float through the childish mind.
There is time when il is believed and a
time when we see through it. Neither shall
we ever know exactly when the little girl
begins to doubt II her doll has emotions like
herself. How often has the little thing been
put TO bed in the implicit belief that lis
dreams would be the sweeter for the crea-
ture comforts provided for It'll 1t 10 aston
ishing how mature people give themselves
up to such delusions. What mother does
not for the time being bend her mind to q
level with her little daughters? What
father does not confirm by his seriousness
the belief in Santa CLAUSE Perhaps the
accommodating years that whiten the head
and bend the form are made lighter to bear
In this way.
In full confidence that the Christmas
whisper will be heard next year about the
usual time, THE CALL wishes its readers a
Merry Christmas this year.
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worse for the coo is historical.
That even a greater animal than a
" coo will fail to score a touch
down against a locomotive. except under
favorable conditions. is amply shown in
report from Siam. 1t seems that a full
grown elephant broke the fencing of the
railway near the Oktwin station and then
eooliy walked down the line between the
rails. The mail train from Mandalay shortly
afterward put In lis appearance. and fright
ened by its noise aud the sparks from
the stack, the elephant turned and charged
its unknown antagonist The train kept on
the track, but the rash attacker was no.
where. IL was swept away with such force
that the carcass was hurled down the en-
bankment with the skull crushed in. An
elephant of large size will weigh about
three or four tons. and If this particular
one had attained any speed in the charge
which proved so disastrous 10 its valiant
career, the collision must have been q most
serious one. An elephant with a thin skull
can hardly expect to be victorious In a con-
filct of this kind; nevertheless, the escape
Of the train without Injury is very fortunate.
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A NEW RIFLE.
The Terrible Weapon Invented by Herr
Won MannliCher.

London Times.
Herr Won Mannlicher has completed n
new weapon whose sire results" are amaz.
ing. Some strictly confidential trials of the
new rifle were made in August last by the
musketry experts of the Austrian army, but
no one else was permitted to test or even
examine it. The reports OF the Austrian
experts are. am informed, satisfactory in
every respect, and am now in a position
to describe in detail the weapon and its
capabilities. having been afforded an oppor-
tunity TO inspect and test it at the branch
establishment in Wahring of the Steyer
Small Arms Manufacturing Company.
The length is 40 inches. Tie weight is
slightly under that OF an ordinary repeating
rifle. It's bore is 6.5 millimeters in diane
ter. the same as that Of the latest Mannli-
cher pattern adopted by the Roumanian
and italian Governments. Compared with
the former Mannlichers eight miIlimeters,
this is, indeed a considerable reduction Of
bore. But the inventor favOrs the smaller
size on account of the increased velocity
obtained and the reduction in the weight
of the cartridges. The weapon is sighted
up TO 200 yards. point blank to 500. with
the eliminating point" in the latter
trajectory at feet from the ground. The
breech action Is ineiosed, and guarded by
a cylindrical tube called the breech receiver
OF similar diameter 10 the barrel in its
OUTSIDE coverings. Inc trigger mechanism
is so constructed that the shots may be fired
in the most rapid succession or at any
desired intervals. The mechanism, there
fore, is simplicity Itself We descended into
a big underground vault and fired bullets, or
rather poured them, into sandbags. A touch
OF the trigger Of the automatic repeater and
the breech-bolt flew back into its closed po-
sitiOn. Then followed five piereingly sharp
explosions. and the empty clip dropped
ringing from the magazine on the floor
The explosions seemed instantaneous. With
stop-watch 1 timed them. and found that
they occupied single second. Barely one
and half seconds TO come down from the
present" TO the ready" position, to insert
banged forth in the same limit OF time. No
cartridge jams. The mechanism is too sound
aud simple for that In the hands of its
inventor the rifle can discharge about 100
shots per minute. The barrel becomes hot
but not so hot as 10 render the rife useless
for time. Should tho exceedingly simple
mechanism for automatically operating the
breeeh bolt become deranged the rifle can
still be used as an ordinary repeater.
IL might be 4 risky experiment to place in
the hands of soldier rife that can easily
expeDd In one minute 100 rounds out of the
supply OF 80 that he carries in his cartridge
pouches. On shipboard. however, when,
for instance, sailors on an ironclad have 10
repel t0Tpedn-boat attack, the rifle is ex-
pected to prove extremely seryiceable
The men could, with plenty of ammunition
lying beside them. pour out bullets like
hail
The morning call., 1892-12-25

PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Gladstone is fond Of cup :of tea in the
afternoon.
Chauncey NJ. Depew keeps series Of
scrap books.
Tirard, the French Statesman. was origi-
nally a jeweler.
Michael Davitt's friends say that be will
not re-enter Parliament.
The Prince of Wales writes his private
letters on light blue paper.
Mrs. Lease is still confident OF being sent
to the Senate from Kansas.
DIR. Cyrus Edison of New York fears an
epidemic OF cholera next year.
DIR. Herman Strecker of Reading, Is an IN
defatigable collector of butterflies and
moths. He has already mounted 100000
specimens
Mrs. Annie Diggs Of Kansas pays that
she Is bigger warrior than Mrs. Lease and
mat she Is the ono that defeated Ingalls,
Mrs. Diggs ayoirdupos weight is ninety
pounds. sixty OF which is pure nerve.
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DARWINS TENDER HEART.
An Incident Which Induced Him to
Give up Shooting.
st. Louis Republic.


Charles Darwin in his youth was de-
voted sportsman and never missed the fall
shooting. my zeal was so great" he wrote
in his biography, "that | used to place my
shooting boots open by my bedside wheniI
went TO bed, so as not TO lose half minute
In putting them on in the morning; and on
one occasion | reached distant part of
the Maer estate, on the 10th of August, for
black game shooting, before i could see. /
then toiled on with the gamekeeper the
whole day through thick heather and young
Scotch frs"
lie gave up shooting while still young
man and one of his intimate friends long
afterward told Francis Darwin the foIlow
ing characteristic incident:
Before he left Cambridge Darwin told
me that he had made up his mind not 10
shoot any more; that he had had two davs'
shooting at his friends, Mr.. Owen Of Wood
house, and that on the second day. when
going over some of the ground they had
beaten on the day before, he picked up a
bird not quite dead, but lingering from a
shot ii had received on the previous day.
and that il had made aud left such a pain
full Impression on his mind that he could 10 I
reconcile it to his conscience to derive
pleasure from sport which inflicted such
cruel suffering.
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FRIDAYS ALL RIGHT.
A German Has Figured IL Out That
Monday Is More Unlucky.

Harper : Young People.
Many years ago, when sailing-ships were
the only means Of communication between
the different countries, superstition was
more rife among sailors than at the present
time. These absurd faneies were not con-
fined TO Jack alone. They were shared in
to a greater extent by shipmasters and
owners. Friday was considered a day OF
evil, and the most malignant results were
supposed 10 attend a voyage commenced on
this day of the week. In those times he
woulc have indeed been a reckless skipper
who would have attempted TO sail on this
ill-Omened day, for the crew would have
broken out in open rebellion rather than
lift the anchor from the bottom or cast off
shore moorings. Since the advent of steam
many OF these prejudices have become as
derelict as the ships on which they were
once entertained.
A true story is told Of a skeptical Massa-
chusetts captain who, away back in the
early years of the republic, determined TO
exhibit the fallacy of this particular super
stition. lie contracted on a certain Friday
for the building of q ship ana il was ar
ranged that the Feel of this vessel was laid
on Friday, that she was launched on Fri
day, named Friday, commenced loading on
Friday and hauled into the stream on the
same day OF the week. To add to the pos
siblllties Of disaster. negro cook named
Friday was engaged; and thus fully freighted
with the sinister name, the Friday sailed on
Friday, bound to a port in the West
Indies. From that day to this no tidings
of the ill-conditOned craft have been
received. But those of US who like Friday
for various reasons, but chiefly because It
leads up TO Saturday, upon which day
schools are closed, will be pleased to hear
that it is not half so unlucky day as
Monday, the day school opens again. A
German statistician, feeling that Friday
had been much-maligned day, determined
TO make a scientific Investigation OF the
matter, and he found that il is not Friday.
but Monday, that is the most unfortunate
OF the weekdays According to his invest
igations 1914 per cent of all accidents occur
on Monday, 15.51 per cent on Tuesday, 10 81
per cent on Wednesday. u. AZ per cent on
Thursday, l6. 80 per cent on Friday. 16 50 per
cent on Saturday, aud only 2.69 per cent on
Sp Inv
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An Artist i'm Leather Work.

Miss Helen Bayly, in Florence, is COM
pleting an order for decorating the leather
binding OF set Of Shakespeare. She re-
ceives the volumes bound in smooth leather.
and does her work entirely from the outside.
dampenng the leather and thus submitting
it to the tools. The cost of working each
volume is about 10 guineas, and every one
is distinctly different Shakespeare's crest
IS introduced Oh some OF bis works. She
draws her inspirations from various sources.
a staircase in Doge's palace, or an old
pattern in picture frame. the crest and
monogram OF the owner appearing often In
the center. She has adorned a volume of
Dante's poems with an effigy of himelf sur
rounded by the stars of dawn. and Tenny-
son eulogized her decoration Of bis own
poems
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TO Boston and in return buy boots and shoes
of Boston? Why should we send raw wool
to the East and buy in return all kinds OF
.woolen goods? Why should we import
poultry, butter, eggs, cheese and cigars,
when our facilities in the way Of preparing
such products are better than those of any
of our competitors? There seems to be a
loud call for the turning over of a new leaf.
We should make such of our own goods as
we furnish the raw material of. AS Mr..
Cleveland would say, at is a condition, not
a theory, that confronis u.s." Labor and
capital should put heads together and work
she problem ont.
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CALIFORNIA INDUSTRIES.

There Is every prospect that the mer-
chants OF San Francisco will soon be able
to get goods from the East and Europe at
rates of freight which will enable them 10
sell over much larger territory than they
have reached in the recent past This is a
big step In advance, but it is not the only
one to be taken. The State is not going to
prosper as il shonld, sending the products
of the soil to the East and buying finished
goods. Why should Caiiforn q nd hides
The morning call., 1892-12-25
Excessive Coffee-Drinking.
st. Louis GloDe-Democrat.

LUuIs
Coffee-drinking to excess is getting mora
and more common in the city. Hundreds Of
customers come in five or six times a day.
drink off cup of coffee and go out without
eating anything. Coffee is evidently used by
these as meat as well as a beverage, for
from the frequency of their visits Il is yerv
evident they do not meal between
breakfast and supper, which, IL is presumed.
they eat at home. The habit is eyidentlv =
very injurious one, for not one of the
habituai coffee-drinkers Is healthy. nearly
carry the habit sc far that they even 20 to
two or three restaurants in the course OF
their rounds.
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CALLand WEEKLY CALL, 81 80 per year, postpaid.
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TBE CALL cannot return rejected manuscripts.
ra VAL the editor enter into correspondence re,
Meeting them
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WEATHER PREDICTIONS.
DEPARTMENT or AGRICULTURE
WEATHER BUREAU.

WEATHER BUREAU.
San FRANCISCO. December -, 1892.
No reports have been received either north
south owing to the prostration of telegraph lines
by present storm.
No official forecast be issued
The local conditions are favorable for at least
Temporary clear. The barometer has risen to 20 80
inches. The wind shifted early in the afternoon to
southwest which indicated that the storm center
had passed. the wind blew at the OF fifty miles
from the south during the morning, therefore the
prospects for tomorrow for san Francisco and
vIeiaity Will be fair weather with occasional light
rain, slight changes in temperature, southeriy
winds
p T. JENKINS Local Forecast OfHciaL
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THE DAILY MoRN1NG CALL

fOk SALE Al
NV York go. .BRENTANO BROS. 3 Union Square
Chicago .....,.... News Stand Palmer House
Mr. orleans ALLOT & JOUBERr.
llbl5 Comm0nSE
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SOS Montgomery street. near Clay, open until IL
O'Clock P. NJ BRANCH OFFICES; 40 Market
street. Kearny, open until IL o'clock midnight;
$50 Hayes street, open until 9 so O'Clock: SOB
Larkin street open until 80 O'Clock: 90 Mission
street, open until 9 O'Clock 2, NJ: and 1l6 Ninth
street, open until 9 80 p.
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The SHERMAN SILVER ACT.

The forecast of the vote in the Senate on
McPherson's resolution providing for the
suspension Of the purchase OF silver bullion
under the Sherman act has little value
under present conditions. Senators who
voted to sustain the act last summer may
without inconsistency vote to repeal il now.
The Sherman act has been continued from
month TO month in the hope that through
the exhaustion Of the silver surplus in the
market the white metal would rise in value
Last year there was monetary conference
in view from which some action friendly TO
silver was expected. The conference has
met, talked and adjourned without accom-
plishiHg anything. Silver is at It's lowest
point. with prospects of going lower. The
purchase Of $780, 600 ounces a month no
longer holds out substantial promise of
even staying the fall of silver. Under these
conditions the vote of Senator last sum
mer cannot be taken as more than remotely
indicative of his vote this winter. 1t is
known that Senator Sherman himself re-
CARDS the act as a failure so far as the
restoration of silver is concerned. II is also
much feared that a continuation in the
purchase Of silver and the issuance OF
treasury notes against the bullion will
cause depreciation of the treasury notes.
The morning call., 1892-12-25
SUNDAY DECEMBER 20. 1892
SiItGGl-PagG Edition.
NOTICEI

Anp Of our patrons lpho fail to find THE
MORNING CALL for sale bu trail-bOys
pileoWer foror By notifying this office q
NtJoct. nomilq the date and train.
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1t Is asserted that waterproof sheets Of
paper, gummed and hydraulically COM
pressed. make a material as durable as
leather for the s0les of shoes. 1t also makes
serviceable horseshOes.
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We sell dinner, tea aud toilet sets of handsome
designs, crockery. china and glassware at hall
old-tlme prices. Our Mocha and Java coffee /:
perfection. Our teas aud spices have no equal
At Great American Importing Tea Company's
stores An extra Christmas present given L
each customer.
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sneciaI Christmas offering.

ABSENT friends would enjoy California Glace
Fruits for Xmas, only soc pound In Japanese
baskets. express rates reduced. Order early.
ToWnsend's, 627 Market street. Palace Hotel. =
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CHEAP GRocERIEs.-It will pay you to get your
groceries at the old reliable house of Sbarboro &
Co.. 53l W ashington ST. Choicest goods at lowest
prices. Satisfaction guaranteed. The cheapest
place in the city. Send for monthly catalogue.
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IL afilicted with sore eyes DIR. Isaac Tholso =
son 5 bye Water. Druggists sell 1t at % cents
ExrRA Mince Pies. swArS,s. 2ls snIter street
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ONLY zoe for three pounds Of famous broken
candy in extra large Japanese lunch basket.
Townsend's, GIT Market street.
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BUcKISGHAM's Dye for the Whiskers can be APP
piled when home, and Is uniformly successful in
cooring brown or black Hence its great popu-
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An Elephant Charges a Train.

The remark Of George Stephenson that
the result of collision between a COW
ana an engine would be 80 much
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TuF r.srrRN OFFICrs OF THE CALL,

:tPotter building, New York CRY, isprovIded with
tlsof california papers, Visitors welcome. Ad-
sal.slL Istes and sample copies furnished
F. X MISCH Manager
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WITTY man says; I" The Grip Eeeps you sick
fifteen days after you get WE'LL" but Hoods Sarsa-
parIlIa overeomes all Its weakening effects and
builds mp the strength.