The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-03

bearing on theology. has a practical broad
ening effect upon administrative and organ
izing capacity. The Methojists recognize
very distinctly that travel is a great pre-
yentive of stagnation, and Presbyterians
have DO doubt kindred feeling to support
their mgIations from Maine to Oregon.
This year the General Assembly helds its
sittings at Portland, Or, in May. The
Oregonians are making eXertions to receive
the ministers aid elders worthily. which
means that there will be unstnted hosp-
tally and profitable sightseeing as reerea
tive relief 10 the solemn deliberations ON
church business. May is the month conse-
Grated to meetings of the Protestant churc hes.
The three Presbyterian sects of Scotland
hold their assemblies in Edinburgh. and
that capital is cons pcuously reverend during
three weeks, and is only remarkable at
other seasons for printers. taIlors ana
lawyers. London has lis Exeter Hall COM
munings, but these make no visible disturb
ance of bus traffic, nor OF anything else that
is cockney.
1t appears to demand herculean exertions
to provide funds for tomb to General
Grant. Had the hero himself any voce In
the settlement of the delicate matter of per-
petuating his memory in marble he would
doubtless disSuade his friends from continu-
ing their un,iring efforts on his behalf. 1t
does not SAVIOR of gratitude or high appre-
citation of his services that i. should actually
be advisable to drum up subscriptions by
personal canvaSsing, as for charity. Where
Is the boasted wealth and enlightenment
Of New York when the Grant Monument
Association pass resolutions to confer with
business interests, professions and trades
Ia the hope OF raising money, and appoint
committees representative of the following
classes: Commission dry-go0ds men, woOllen
men, white goods. importers OF dry goods,
tailors' trimmings, straw goods, artificial
flowers, manufacturers and 1obbeTS Of wool
ems. wholesale toys. dry-goods jobbers,
strawgOodS dealers, wholesale fancy goods,
wholesale mems furnishing goods, cotton
goods converters, carpets, wholesale miilin-
cry goods, retail hats and caps, retail cloth
iers. spool cotton, wholesale fur-dealers and
furriers, retail fancy goods, corsets, retail
mems furnishing goods. manufacturers of
shirts, coaks and suits, feathers, under
wear manufacurers-and so on down a
very long list of heterogeneous mercantile
pursuits The monument will be very i'm
posing in course of time if this button
holng OF a whole community Is persisted
in.
1t improves personal intelligence column
to interlard the dry items of arrivals and
departures with snatches of doggere or
flashes of buffoonery, and occasionally
millinery portrait. Subjoined is an Illus
tration of the method as followed by the
New York Herald:
Mrs. Rooney-What roight hev yous to be
talkn that way 10 me. Mrs Maouey? Sure.
our family is one OF the Oldest IN this part OF
Ameriky.
for I'm thinkin' the bssed ST. Patrick himself
druV thin out OF Olrelsnd.
Mr. and Mrs. j. A. Haines OF PHILADELPHIA are
staying at tie Hotel Normandy. Miss f. Comfy
OF The same city Is travelling In their company.
Cobbe-Theres a man over there who viii
never climb The golden stairs.
StODe-What makes you think so?
Cobb,e-Because he Is the deliveryman of an
express company.
The Duchess of Marlborough 1. at the Everett
House.
How delighted the Duchess European
circle must be to recognize how thoroughly
democratic America is in its social aspect.
There is good deal of silver in the
United States, and one would think there is
no urgent need to bring in more. But in
the shape Of old plate it is more valuable
by far than its weight in gold. Aristocratic
Americans are said to he eager buyers of
ancient cups, bowls and vases when owners
get tired of them as heirlooms and seek
their equivalent in cash. 1t is an artistic
age, or rather an age which appreciates
ancient art and is SuDercilious as to modern,
and hence the eagernesS to purchase antique
silver work. Sales of pieces of plate at Is,
Is and even 80 gUlneaS an ounce have re-
Gently taken place. II adds to the respecta-
bility of the ware to have the sales made in
terms Of coin which no longer exists, but
which may add many pounds to the bill
notwithstanding. Pictures are also i'm
proved by this process, but a very large
number OF artists not higgle over the
matter when purchasers are rare visitors.
The Scotch of San Francisco and the
coast have another newspaper organ 10 re-
mind them of the far-away land of the
mountain and mist. and to keep its trsdi-
tions in fond recollection. II is a sheet of
eight pages-the Pacific Seotsman-aHd Is
to appear semi-monthy. Good indication
is given that il will be what it professes-
devoted TO the interest es the Scottish so
cieties and residents of the Pacific Coast"
The articles abound in vernacular pungent
and pithy, and possibly pawkily humorous
TO those who are initiated into its esoteric
force. Scotchmen probably object to what
they term their language being classed with
dialects, but such it is. Did not a writer
recently prove that all the seemingly
distinctive Scotch words in Burns may be
found in the old English poetry and prose
Scotch. therefore. is only old English which
has had leavening influence in the rugged
north. Long may 1t remain there. With
good reason the people are proud Of 1t and
its literature. BRUSH.