The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-13

universe OF suns beyond, a disk OF 200 feet
diameter would not make very conspicu-
Gus degree of visual difference with spec.
troscopy. however, as an ala the power Oh
TELESCOPES is not wasted.
A Paris newspaper of very common re-
putation has circulated report that an at
tempt has been made on the life OF the Gar
bv ntbilists. of course. The attempt took
the shape of an explosion of dynamite un-
der the royal train, and the statement Is
that five persons were killed and fourteen
wounded The Gar is in neither category.
Such things do happen In Russia. Inc
Car came very near losing MS ne some
wears age in the south. But II Is extremely
probable that this story in a Partisan organ
is eanard not creditable In single par
ticulsr The news would have reached
London or Berlin before it got to Paris, and
in both these cities there is no continuation.
The report is in fact set down as Iaise. ne
Gar carries his life in his hand, put he mas
SO far foiled all his enemies.
Lord Tennyson has gone to moldering
dust very impressively at Westminster Abb
h.v There was a thr0ng to witness the
obseouies such as has never been seen in
the venerated fame since the Queens coro-
nation. An absolute pressure for admission
came from the high in rank ana the emil
nent in intellect. So the poet slumbers in
the ouiet transept where every name re-
corded on the gray slabs Is perpetuated In
literature Elsewhere In the aooey tnere
are the names and the monaments vi an
ignob!e mob, whose deeds or history lew
would care TO waste one minute over, but in
Poets Corner there Is no sllpshod lame.
Those who attain to that distinction are not
forgotten. TennysoD. as far as under
takers cerements or symbols OF GRIEF go.
Ii 6RtRRtp0 ina
sham Of Ostentation over GRIEF, ana MS eX-
annie NAV be commended. What matters
il In n CORPSE what the shroud is, or whether
the handles on the coffin are silver or gold
or rope yarn?
An epidemic OF rabies-if the term can
| be allowed-has broken out in town near
| Springfield, Ohio. The disease was propa-
gated by a dog and has spread to hogs and
horses. Unless care be taken 1t Will spread
| much further. AS far as animals are con-
| cerned. cure is out of the question. Every
animal bitten should be slaughtered un-
! hesitatingly. AS far as human beings are
| concerned, the Pastenr Institute at New
| York affords a remedy which Will not lal
| in more than l or per cent OF the cases
| There ought to be more OF these institutes
| in America. 1t is supposed there never mas
| been a true case of rabies authenticated or
the Pacific Coast. That may be fact; bu
| suppose there were outbreaks. II would be
a very serious and dangerous delay In treat
| ment 10 have tn send patients across the
| continent or TO Paris.
The Ja,k-the- Ripper horror in Glasgow /!
| not likely 10 last as a sensation. The muir
der was foul beyond palliation, but The
! police have cleared up the mystery by ar
resting the man who is believed to bt
| guilty, and he will now have the benefit o
public trial and speedy execution should h
| be convicted. The fact that the poo
wretch has attempted suicide will be con
| firmatiOn strong that he is the murderer
| Glasgow has had no CHASTITY horror OF th
| description so sensational since the Pritch
| ard case. Then 1t was a doctor In higi
social status who poisoned two women.
The councilman in Toledo who Is accused
of boodling has the evidence of a shorthand
writer to frown down il he wants acquittal
This is quite a new feature in bOodlng con
spiracies Dead walls, like dead men. tel
| no tales, but when a live stenographer {
behind a wall ana j0ts down all the CONVEX
sation conspiratOrS run risks. BoOdler
| will have to take to the woods TO do thei
dirty work.