The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-09-04


lection at home from the hordes Of steerage
Saua1d. The steerage on an ordinary ship
. mightbe made 10 rhyme with stencil, but on
the voyage hack to New \ ork the plutocrat
VIII .tan afford to pay for cabin Will at
least be spared the possibility OF contaml-
nation from the high-smeliing horde between
decks. Cholera anywhere In a ship IS apt
to become cholera everywhere, and at least
quarantine officers. are bound to act Win
/ severity when easesof disease are reported
The mere stoppage OF immigration IS NOT
i however, a complete protection: 10 the
United States against cholera The crews
| Of steamers are in contact with The steerage
/ .passe myers, and the saloon passengers are
in contact with the crew. In addition IL Is
generally the case that medical officers on
steamers are either young men learning
their profession or old men who have failed
in it. AS a rule they have nothing to do
but attend 10 the comfort OF the Seasiek,
ard are very rusty IN professional knoWl-
edge.
The cholera hardly Icons up more por-
tentDusly in the occupation of the public
mind than the Sullivan Corbett tight at New
Orleans. About the same amount o. space
is given to the august event In the newspa-
per5 as is bestowed upon the calamitous
scouCEe now invading the United States.
Sober men may say that there is no express
sion of contempt too strong Tor this sense
leSsness. The worship of brute force is the
| modern aDotheOsis New Orleans Is taxing
| front rank rs a center for prZehghis just as
| vicious with gloves as in the days when bare
! knuck les were the rule. There appears 10
! be a protest of the better class Of citizens
! against the reputation the city is acquiring
/ for boxing. 1t is said the better element re-
volts at the ways Of the olympic CnO.
4 which offers purses and expects 10 earn
! $4,000 ont Of 4 series of encounters. But
/ then If the refined classes do nothing TO
! frOWn-d down these LugiliSuc entertainments
! what good is done by scOFnful looks and
! the VeTbiage of condemnation? Inc attn
! letc clubs have decidedly the advantage IN
| the sense that they act while oblectors ana
moral GROWERS do not
It is almost a fitting occasion for nation-
| al tears to learn that Sulliyan-the red0ubt-
! able John Upon his departure for
New Orleans was unable TO secure the car
| in which the President of The United States
recently Travelled. tits explained. that an
| accident happened to the car and prevented
its arrival in time. Perhaps some patriotic
| SUPERINTENDENT came 10 the conciu-
sion that a car which had car
RED the President 20 and fro on bust
ness Of state was not the precise form Of
vehicle suited 10 tie bag-punching and
yoTacious guiding pr0penSities of man
whose intellect Is as much below his waist
as above il. We are assured. however,
that "Jahn L" sped away on his Journey
in IHggulH ent form. His departure was
marked by series Of OvatiOu5 such as are
only accorded 10 rulers Of nations or con-
queTing heroes" Nancy Hanks might
have divided the hen0rs with the big BOS-
t0niau. Everywhere along the route this
prOStrati0n of cOnlmon-SenSe before the
physical Will be exhibited, and Sullivan
may we'll Imagine that there IS no other
-f1e II for N
fighting cue. He could illustrate his con-
clusi0D. too. by reference TO naval and mill
ltaTY warfare. a nurse shows often more
moral courage than a general or an ad-
mrai but she rarely gets the credit OF it.
save from the patient restored to life.
The ordinary military or naval man who
has never seen warfare in earnest would
probably turn sick at the stomach on be-
holding pugilists batter each other saYageiy
during thirty or forty rounds. The pugiliSt
would also be weakened. If not demoralized.
by the sight of a glorious battle, with ten
or twelve thousand slain on each side and
quite AS many slashed and gored and left 10
battle for life in the hands Of Stretcher-bear-
ers, doctors and nurses. War may be just
as horrible ; a slaughter ia Shambies,
and can never have the same Justification
that the butcheUy business has What the
next highly civilized war may result in ne
body can f0Tesee. but it wlIt be sharper and
more horrible than any that has preceded
II. The surgeons viii have more work than
they can attend to. But as to wars being
altogether stopped By the perfection Of
weapons Of precision IN shOOilng-that Is
/ very vain dream. a large proportion OF
men would be unhappy without fight TO
remove She blue mold which cTeepS ever
them IN peace. The ambitions Il m0narchs,
m0uarcbial families, ana the swarm Of Of
fcers Hhp wish II jlnp into rank and high
I command are also obstacles IN the way OF
universal peace.
/ In Essex, England, there is an annual
contest for the Dunmow fitch of bacon,
awarded to any couple vino swear or prove
/ that they have lived together IN not only
c0niugal but veritable amity. j trial is
! held, supposed to be solemn. 4 jIry is
! imFaneied, Judge pTesides Ga meek judge,
I witnesses are called, counsel are heard, the
! jury is charged and verdict is rendered.
! Il Is all vastly amusing 70 the spectators,
/ and perhaps the loving couples who have
! never QuarTeled are also tickled into laugh
! ter. Two worthy pairs have just carried
home their fiitChes for feast, and in con-
! sequence OF such rare felicity Of married
! life must be grateful TO the newspapers,
1 which have published most minute details
/ OF their domestic affairs. Two Of the claim
! antS this year were Cctcge0dTlaus. Claim
/ ants generally cO9e from a distance. The
people wine live at Dunm0w say they are
( not sufficiently eligible as pronounced pre-
vaTicat0Ts. This Is the oath the supplant5
/ for the fl ten take:
You shall swear by custom OF confession
| That ycu ne'er made uuptlal trausgresSiOn;
! Nor since you narrie I'd man aad wife
! BY household brawls contentious strife,
! or otherwise-in bed OF al board
| Offended each other IN deed or IN word:
! or since the parish CLERK sad Amen
! Wished yourse Unmarried sgaini
Or 10 a twe.Veinonth and a day
! RepenIe3 not to thought any way.
| BuL continued true IL thought aad desire
As when you joined hands IN holy quire
! 4 congress Of criminal authropology has
recently been held at Brussels. One Of the
topics was ION the influence of the press in
the propagation of crime, and the means
that should be taken to limit its liberty In
this respect" There is some foundation
for the insinuation that crime is encouraged,
at least TO slight extent, By too sensational
reports Of occurrences People become cal
! lous who read in newspaper columns about
| twenty or thirty murders day and only read
/ about an execution, unless by lynchng,
! few times IN the year. There is positive in
| difference of public sentiment about most
| cases of shooting, and a hanging by Judge
! Lynch IS welcomed, as rule, as a swift
! biti0n Of retributi0n. But 20 change
the course of newspapers in making public
| the news is impossible. II is better in the
main to publish all news about crime than
| to withhold it. License to publish false
/ news is not desirable, but liberty 10 publish
/ facts about every occurrence Is preferable
| to suppression at the dctum OF authorities.
BRUSH.
VERY FEW BIRDS ESCAPED.
| Third Day OF the State Sportsmen's As
sociation Shoot.
There was a fairly good crowd Of sports
men present yesterday at the State Sports