The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-07-22

This age is at least not deficient in cour-
age. \ navigator called Captain Andrews
is pushing across the Atlantic in dory aud
hopes to lower his sails somewhere In a
Spanish port. He gees to sea on a voyage
Of 5000 miles aud any sleep lie can extract
during the weeks of his cruise viii be the
sweetest that The raveled sleeve Of care
can enjoy. But this voyage has been
already performed and so there is 10 gain
to fame i 1t should succeed. Captain NehI-
ing, who has arrived in San Francisco haT-
Dor from Alaska. is another OF these heroes.
lie does not appear so much TO have de-
sired to make the voyage alone. he would
have preferred seaman TO lend him hand,
but lie could not find a seaman, at least con-
unuOusly, and so with a brave heart and
stout faith in self-reliance he kept onward
down tie coast and is now safe in haTbOT.
AS yet no proposition has been made to
send the boat to the Worlds Fair.
Mr.. Truxton Beae has been nominated by
the President as United States Minister t.
Greece. Undoubtedly Mr.. Beale, should
the Senate indOrse the nomination, Will re-
gard the change as great relief. Persia is
an Interesting country, butdead and unpro-
gTessiye, except from the Russian point OF
view, and Greece, although also dead and
unprOgTessive. has at least the romance OF
an Empires Dust" 1t is also certain that
Greece will make great Roadway in the fu-
ture. but 1t would be idle to dream that il
will ever again be the dominating Ipower il
once " As in the Mediterranean. Greece has
been the lamp of the world, but its armies
no longer march, nor in fact do the armies
Of Rome, the power that subdued Greece.
a report comes from Michigan that at
Saginaw a man has died from Asiatic
cholera. The report is that this case is only
sporadic. Very little faith will be placed
in sporadic Asiatic cholera if the diagnosis
of the doctors is correct. There will be
many other cases if this one is undeniably
Aslatic. But there is no need for undue
alarm. We are much better able to cope
with visitation OF Asiatic cholera than
any European country except England.
Our population is intelligent and the medi-
cal faculty well posted on the measures that
should be adopted In case Of emergency
Riots to massacre the medicos such as have
occurred in Southern Russia would be iul-
possible in America. We have not the
mass Of ignorance to deal with that prevails
in Russia.
AT Cramps shipyard in the East cruiser
has been built for the American navy calcu-
lated to steam q knots an hour. 1t is pro-
nounced the most formidable naval vessel
in the world, and if it does steam q knots
and can sustain the speed for few DAYS
the new cruiser undoubtedly outstrps the
| crack destroyers OF other navies. But there
| Is a good deal OF credit taken on paper and
| specifications for these performances, and
| so the public may await the events Of trial
| trips patiently. A four or five hours cruise,
under all conditions favorable, with picked
| men and picked COAL does not represent the
| hazards of sea-going exigencies. Allowing
| for possible failures, let us hope the new
! cruiser Will take first position In speed
| among the swift war-vessels Of the world
The bobby" of London Is very tradi-
| tional in uniform and habits, but he is
making one advance of Importance on the
| police systems OF other countries. He Is
| actually being equipped with an electric
lamp with which to iliumine his peregrina-
| tions into dark alleys and narrow stair
| ways. The lamp is only a quarter of a
pound in weight, and II affords good light
| of the highest penetrating beam for seven
| hours. This is decidedly gain in the cause
| of orderly municipal administration. If
| London can affO rd electric lamps for police
| men, San Francisco and many other Amerl-
can cities may follow the example.
| People may smile at titles. but they like
! them all the same. To be styled duke or
! duchess, marquis or baron, increases the
| importance of the ordinary individual in
life. 1t is only on this principle of aristo-
| cratic station that an American can recon-
cile the marriage OF Mrs. Hamersly to the
! Duke of Marlborough, who was poor and
| needy, and had disgraced himself in very
| nagrant manner. Lord Salisbury is Of