The morning call., 1892-01-31
RAPHAEL'S,
433, 435 and 437
Montgomery Street,
CORNER SACRAMENTO.
ought to fetch a goodly price, besides en-
riching some public institution.

ought TO 1etCl q g0OQIy price, DeSlutS 6u-
riching some public institution.
Sir William Thomson, President of the
Royal Society, and who was knighted for
his services in laying the Atlantic cable In
1866, has been made a peer by Lord Sails
bury. He is the first scientific man elevated
10 that dignity and he well deserves it for
practical services to mankind as well as
strictly scientific investigations which place
him in prominence among the large group
whose stature is less among BritOnS than
that of Newton or Thomas Young. 1t Is
true there is another peer high in the scien-
tific world, Lord Rayleigh Tyndalrs sue
cessor at the royal institution. but that
honor comes from his family. Out OF his
patents, which perhaps run into the hun
dreds, Sir William has accumulated large
fortune, and so has the means 10 sustain his
rank Whenever he speaks in the House OF
Lords lie will eeCtrify his fellow peers by
his strong Northern accent, his energetic
manner. occasionally gliding into stamping
with the foot, and his utter ObliViOusness to
anything but his subject 1t will be moth
ing strange if he makes demonstrations
with the books on the clerks table. But
the House Will forgive him, for 1t is dull
there, and exceptionally dull when the
Duke Of Argyle attempts to pass joke.
Collectors of the finest qualities of Honi-
ton lace will do we'll to place a high value
upon their specimens. The art Of making
the most intricate and delicate designs is
absolutely dying out and will soon be dead
according 10 Percy MacquOid. who states
that in the villages around HOnltOn, IN
South Devon, the young women who were
formerly employed in the manufacture, are
going into domestic service, The reason is
that cOarser and cheaper kinds of lace are
in popular favor, and as there is no general
demand for the very artistic qualities Of
UOnitOn. To make these qualities 1t Is
necessary for learners to begin early under
teachers. At present only coarse work IS
the rule and the old teachers, who alone
know the art of fine stitches, Will within 3
short time have died off and nobody will be
left to instruct the young. Only revival
of appreciation Of the tue laceS can save
the art from extinction. Lace making al
H0nitOn has been carried on in families for
generations. Some of the bObbins are $50
years old and are greatly priced. Perhaps
attention having been called to the subject.
the wheel of fashion will at least change
one spoke in favor of the threatened art
Now that the threatened rupture with
Chile has been hOlystoned OH the war
deck into a letter of regret and a COM
Portable reference to arbitration, under
which rutfles will become dimples, we
may ask what would have been the con-
sequences to San Francisco and the bay
thereof had hOStlities been declared and
Chilean fleet appeared in the offng? The
answer may be given-practiCally nothing
harmful to San Francisco. The entrance
to the bay could be guarded by torpedOes
and batteries against all the fleets of the
world. Vessels in motion have no longer
the advantage they formerly possessed of
being able to she'll any position ashore
while remaining very uncertain targets
themselves The English Government re-
Gently paid large sum to an officer for n
invention which enables the position of
ship at sea to be determined rapidly and
accurately, no matter in what direction 1t is
maneuvering, aud, acting on telegraphed
orders, the guns of batteries, themselves
unseen, may be trained on the vessel and
discharged with good aim. The natural
features OF the approach and environment
of San Francisco are suitable fer this
method of resisting attack, and presumably
the principle of the invention referred TO is
a very open secret The quarrel with
Chile will have done good if it results in
action being sincerely fastened to complete
the deienseS OF the harbOr. BRUSH.