The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-07-29

had much objection TO Buckley and railroad
candidates IN the past
Those who declaim about the natural and
inalienable greatness of California in eli
mate, soil. productivity and prosperity may
have some sad reflections induced by perus-
ing an article in the Railway Gazette on the
situation OF affairs. Business in San Fran
cisco, at least, is represented as stagnant
and Improbable; vacant houses are said to
be numbered by the thousand. and cont
plants Of dull times are declared as heard
from every lip Whatever measure of truth
there may be in this statement, there is one
representation that Is not amlss in ac-
! curacy, namely, that "a few men have
been gradually building aud absorbing
! the means of transportation to and within
the State. until Cal 'fOrnia stands in the
! novel position of State having practically
/ but one railroad" IL is a novel position.
! How long Will il remain novel. Just as
| long as q people parading independence
allow themselves to be caj0led. eOereed and
/ fieeced by these few men. Independent en-
/ terprise In railroad construction and COM
/ mon action to support these roads would
/ soon reduce the monopoly to pOweTlessnesS
| in doing harm and kill its debauchiug infu-
! ence in politics. What railroads of a conf
| pettive character have done in the Western
States is cited as an illustration Of what
| California may do for itself. The practical
bility Of other railroads is really a light mat
ter TO discuss. They could be constructed
by the dozen. Men and capital must 90
ahead.
Fresno is experiencing the benefit OF con-
mon action among its rasin vineyardists.
Among about 1000 growers an agreement
was come TO not Il sell for less than Az
cents per pound. The demand is such that
a large portion Of the crop on one ranch has
been disposed OF at 81 cents per pound. AT
this figure there ought to be considerable
profit, at least in the home market
The Cbautauquans are holding session,
festive AMI intellectual, at Long Beach,
| California. Among the intellectual treats
! provided has been paper on How We
J Wed and What Comes of It." The answer
| to the latter part of the discourse decidedly
/ varies according to the region OF the earth
1 in which The happy lines Of the married are
! cast, but tie student may obtain sy SYSTEMATIC
| Information on the whole subject from Le-
! tOurneau's Evolution of Marriage" an ad-
! mirable translation OF which in English SO
! idi0matic as not 10 suggest French at all
| has been published In the Contemporary
| Science Series. edited by HavelOck Fills
| 1t IS not generally known that -ie .gsasla-
ton was made by a leGy. eao n this work
! alone gives evidence ~ i.e est iiteTagy
/ gifts
There is one strike on hanG which ought
10 succeed. or VIII succeed, which IS often
( very mueh the same thing. For sams
reAson the teleploBist young women in
/ Indianapolis have stFues work, and now
/ they tax arionc tnernselyes !nstesd al 70
! customers Ihis does not iaply that t,sare
IS any serious 8 mis- ut.oR she solume Of
eo,gersation, bus uufcTilBs ely talz among
4 shs strikers themselves does net etlag in
any saiary. The ebdarate manager WIG
1 brought ac0nf this crisis Is much 20 be
pisiec II he ouly max afenenont
4 promptly BE viii be forgiven ana Invited 70
+ the wedding Of the first striEer TO be bound
hy the matrimonial chain. IL wiz I've Un-
/ necessary TO cali Ia the PlnkeTions Ia this
/ instance.
lee is no longer 2 cool condition of water
| to be used discriminatory. This is the
! proRouncemeBt OF b.. Passeur, who mas
happily recovered from his attach ~ ehol-
crime. Tie mystsTious. let ~ misca.e.-
I making mirTohe is f1st Happy as in
freedom wien Uoor.u hard and fast in
( block e ,e, - that ice made from bad
water Ietaius Inc bad qualities OF the water
and may set up germ-breeding In the bodies
of abSorbers. Perhaps this is not all gospel
but 1t comes from the man who of all
others has had most experience in germ dis
ease, and has provided the world with most
Uf tie sound advice Oh how 10 overcome or
/ resist attack.
The Sultan of Turkey is in dread that his
life is in danger. He is a monarch par
alyzed by fear and TT piano for diplomats
and eabals to play upon. As commander
of the faithful he is not vital quantity to
be neglected in human affairs. Foreign
powers would gladly leave him unm olested
and free from irritation, but bis own sub
jects are stirring up confusion. La Europe,
should he be depOsed, there would be much
activity to shape the ways of his successor
Every power would dip finger into the
Turkey pie and test the flavor with a palate
| schOoled TO rational taste The homes of
/ Turkey will be well gnawed when the conn
try falls to pieces.
The hot weather in New York drives
everyb body who has the leisure TO Conev
Island, and the grand enjoyment Is Indo.
lent repose on the beach or cool bathing
While in the East they are sweitering under
torrid heat, here in San Francisco we have
had a bout of cloudy weather. sucb as
might be expected on the Newfoundland
banks in the spring AID quite cold enongh
TO warrant stout porpOise-like figures don
ming oyercoats. Bathing NAV Go ON in San
Francisco Bay all the year round. but il Is
only coveted by the youthful aud hardy
Better this than the tropics at one season
and Greenland at another