The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-09

accommodattve speculation hotel In the
shane of hog--the legs as eleyatlng ar
teries, the body as suites Of rooms. the head
as patriotism and music and the tail as bar
room accommodation. II Is most useful
method OF employing the hog idea, but
probably the genial humorist who suggested
il is quietly fishing on secluded lakeside.
Chicago owes much to the hog, but not
everything. Neither do the sixty railroads
which touch Chicago as point that cannot
be passed, But it would pay any body
with capital to construct great hotel Tor
Chicago next year, If the fair is not post
poned. A hotel at ordinary rates would
never have room vacant. AS indications
60. 1t is plain that there will be artificial
competition to squeeze the so1ourner, and
away frownng. With all its wealth CHI
cag0 Is not quite so interesting as Dutch
town of 10000 inhabitants. The fair may
galvaniZe its trade for time, but It's real
importance comes from many sources.
a man who sticks 10 an Idea OF CON-
mon sense character and Of general I'm
portance may hope to become eminent ana
revered. Mr. Henniker-Heaton may hope
to have this honor of greatness accumulated
if be only lives few years and bides his
opportunity. His present pursuit. In and
out of Parliament, is TO show that the
British Postoffice lie obtuse and unpro-
gressive. The department derives an
enormous revenue from the postofice. but
it is slow to change its methods. In ocean
postage there is no excuse. We're the cost
dropped to nominal figures three. ten or
twenty times less postage would be paid
and received compared with present
receipts. Certainly between the English
speaking nations the interchange of letters
and newspapers at the lowest fraction Of
cost ought to be the rule, and in good time.
with Mr.. Henniker-Heaton's assistance,
1t will come to be The rule. 1t is no secret
that very little difficulty is made by the
Washington Cabinet on this supJect'
Under Mr. GladstoGe's regime 1t may be
possible to reconcile English notions TO
change Tor the better.
From recent indications there is a con-
siderable amount of unaduIterated impu-
dence in the United States. Except during
political commissions one would not have
suspected it. Professor Barnard, with the
assistance of the great S6-ineh refractor at
the Lick Observatory, had no sooner dis
covered fifth moon to Jupiter than claim
ants to the honor of discovery began to rain
down a hail of previous eyesight. There
WAS the lawyer with a hve-inch telescope
at Washington. who saw good deal more
than TennysoD ever did through corre-
spending eyeglass. And two men at De-
troit were confident that the moon was
theirs. But in science the ultimate test is
proof. And when proof comes to ANALYSIS
Barnard has the best of the moon on Jupi-
ter. Some Of the disappointed may turn
the attention of their telescopes to other
planets, other star systems. There Is more
than enough for the human mind in any
field Of research, whether it be at the base
Of the Pyramids of Egypt or somewhere
deep IL Sanscrit manuscripts.
The Jews have a synonym for prosper
GUS country in the phrase "a land flowing
with milk and honey" This was before
railroad days. when every nation was con-
fined to its own products and rejoiced
therein. The Californian has always
understood his opportunities in honey. It
is the best honey In the market, save when
nefaTiOus grocers adu!terate il with cheap
preparations of glucose and other sub
stances and swear by purity for the full
price. Let California honey flourish. The
Australians have tried honey and mutton
as market to an aim of prosperity. They
have not succeeded absolutely. but they
have q notion that frozen milk may sue
coed, and are looking around for customers.
The milk is delivered in Great Britain in
frozen condition. and that seems 20 be all
that is requisite to bring the supplier and
consumer together. The French will soon
throw off the yoke of the Australians, if the
only question is one of good food. That
plays considerable part In International
cordialities. BRUSH.