The morning call., 1892-08-01
To ilsa las often been suggested, but |.

The i1ea has often been suggested, but Il
pa % eefarprisipg teacher Of Ian
pa ailT abaUt 30 introduce the
phoposfapa il ingrai education Tor the
sahe ri fFoenbCla sl1n - east. IL Is not q
coed substitute Tor the hunan Yosss ar IA.
human debility ia giving lessons. bu: as
the photograph car never oe ANYTHING else
but speech with certain metallic favor.
the Introduction Of the Instrument may do
good by trimming the ear and dispensing
With books Each pupil Is 10 be furnished
with y number OF progressive cylinders"
hieh viii supply lessons as will, and any
one lesson may be gone c-sr again and
again. d number OF pupils couid use the
same phnnogsapb. There must be soiae
detects in the mechanical system but In
tie hands 81 a good teacher Ii might prove
vastly superior to the naisarxble methods
afcpt9G e most colleges and universities of
accompanying the teaching Of language
with heEllderlng lectures on the literature
aud the history OF the people y DO speak t5r
language. Oace pupil learns language
be can study III This embarrassing surplus
age Tor himself. But, as rule, he does not
learn how 10 speak a language when thus
taught although he may pass an examina-
ton.
The Chinese, "a in number, who arrived
in this country on board the City of Picking
and were destined 10 form the crew of the
new Pacific Mail steamer Peru. are to be
returned to the happy land whence they
came, \ Treasury order to this effect has
been issued, IL being the opinion OF the
Government that tins mode of shipping a
crew was IN direct violation of the law.
Had not tie Coast Seamen's Union and the
Pacific Coast Marine Firemen's Union
taken direct action and theoretically ap-
pealed to he authorities at Washington it
Is doubtful II Collector Phelps would have
InteTO0SfG. n
great guandary what to do, but he possibly
now understands his duty under all such
circumstances, The decision is fair If
crew could De shipped in this manner there
is nothing to hinder Cinnamon being en-
gagged Tor eoastwise voyages, and thus fair
dealing win American labor would be
seriously menaced. Why cannot the Pa
cine Mall Company employ on its trans
Pacific service white labor exclusively?
Two Cinnamon are needed for one white
Why not engage sufficient white men at
decent wages?
The Lick observatory great refractor has
been tptned on Mars for month or so.
making The best use possible Of the near
ness OF this planet ID add to our informa-
ton on its constitution. IT is a matter of
congratulaiion that this, the greatest of re-
fracting telescopes, has added to the fame
of the observatory. When the discoveries
are worried out they will be studied with
profound interest la the astronomical
world. A corrected notion has been nh
tanned Of what are known as Schia parelli's
canals. and the negative idea of there being
evidence OF 10 habitsnts In Mars is again
ascendant Ihe observations Of the two
moons are startling. One of these is onlv
1910 miies dtstan frem the planet, and the
oIheE oaiE 12,cea Trey are very tiny
speeks, tis nearest being only eight miles
diameter The rapidly of revolution of
the smaller moon Is extraordinary 1t
actually goes round the planet in eight
hours, so that IL there are iDhabi on
Mars they must perceive this tiny satellite
coursing round like roulette ball and ex-
hibiting again and again in day the phases
That our moon requires month to perform.
Evidently The wonders OF the armament are
iaexhanstible.
Those HarveyiZed nickel steel mates
turned out at the Bethlehem Iron Works In
Pennsylvania are being tested very severely
and they come out Of the trials superior TO
any armor yet hammered or rolled in other
countries. Projectles from eight-inch
rited guns hurled against 10k-inch plates
made no more impression than to make an
lndeniation OF three inches. but In not a
single case was there any fracture either at
ehe corners or the center. This is tough
heso ana hardness which no other plates
rafe SHOWN. Vi course other count will
adalfeylLe their armor when they learn the
SEER. meanwhile the artillerist is on his
h Improving projectiles and giving
I,sis 'na.iai velocity at the guns mouth.
II is competition which has long been
Waged, ana the victory has sometimes been
on one side and sometimes on the other
Inc plate manufacturer appears at present
to have the advantage. ''''en'
The Emperor William of Germany is in
England for pleasure, probably allied with
as much diplomacy as he can weave into
consultations with his grandmother. Queen
victoria. Since he was last in the country
charge has come over his dreams. He
would doubtless have preferred to meet
Lofd oalisbury as Premier. but the days of
the latter are numbered and ha has Mr.
GIadstone to reckon with. As n rule in
England foreign policy is not violently
altered. Decent ontinuity and respect for
p pafg G as they exist are observed But
Ma. Gladstone will not be unite tbs cord;ai