The morning call., 1893-09-30

Henry Irving wondered why there are
not numbers of villas on the extreme
western verge of the city limits fronting
the ocean beach. he evidently thought
of the English tendency TO do business in
a city and TO live much as possible out
of it. at this season it is a delight to be
near the beach, when tine winds are mod
crate and the fogs are disappearing. When
the promenade and drive from Golden
Gate Park southwark are completed
movement to build handsome residences
in the vicinity is quite probable. Fifteen
or twenty years hence, should the city pro-
greSs in population and wealth, the west
ern side OF the peninsula will have become
fashionab be, and the beach will resemble
In lIvelnsss the watering places of the
castor TrOuville, Ostend and Scbeveningcn
in Europe. The breeze blows strongly at
these resorts also, but there are pleasant
mornings on the sands. A casino Will be
built as matter of course. but it should
be for music aud not gambling.
1t is not matter for special surprise that
in unravelng the anarchist plot in Vienna
the police have traced affiliations of the
plotters with New York and Chicago.
VINO are the anarchists in the United
States? Without exception they are
Europeans. and many OF them are refugees
driven from one country to another until
obliged TO cross the Atlantic. They have
warped notions about the improvement of
government by dynamite and levelling
down and up-viOlen tly Upland they are
so much IN the habit OF plotting that they
continue operations here, partly for local
purposes aud partly for the regeneration
of the old Countries they have fled from.
London used TO be the hOtbed for European
plots, and as long as they were only
political and depended upon rhetoric and
pamphlets in place Of bombs, they had as
much liberation as pnilnsOphical opinions.
and there was no danger of arrests, but
overt acts and aSsassiDations by explosions
put an end to sympathy for these mis-
guided conspiratoTs. federation has been
carried too far in the United States.
The maiden voyage of the Lucania of the
Cunard line came within a few minutes Of
being the fastest westward trip on record.
and was assuredly the fastest first voyage
performed by a steamer. She will evil
IDENTIFY prove faster vessel than the Cam
pania, but this might have been expected,
because little knowledge is always
gained by the builders from the sister
vessel which is sent tn sea ahead. Her
time between Queen stown and New DIRK
was days, IA hours and 80 minutes, W nlch
is certainly a very remarkable perform
ance. Ii is fifteen hours better time than
the Compania made on her fins run. On
two consecutive days she made 5l6 and 533
knots, and the average speed was 20A
knots the whole passage. When her
engines are ground down into smooth
running. she will doubtless top % knots
per hour. She has steamed short distances
at the rate of 2212 knots.
It is not obvious what the Southern Pa
cifc gains by the stealthy erection of
fences across public streets on the Oakland
water front. 1t Processes TO abide by law.
and the law has to be determined as TO lis
title. The citizens of Oakland are in no
mood TO stand encroachments effected In
a furtive manner TO gain some supposaDle
advantage from usage. A huge avalanche
of antipathy has been rolled uD against
the company in the City oil OaKs.
Joseph Chamberlain. the renegade Lib
eral. is to pass few weeks OF the autumn
in the United States visiting the relatives
of his wife. The particular hobby of this
statesman is orchid culture. He has 5000
varieties. some of them about as rare as
postage stamps which cost the philateiist
| $1,000. His greenhouses are sixteen in
! mum Der md thirteen are devoted to orchids.
a greenhouse and walk through the whole
series under cover. Almost Invariably
Mr.. Chamberlain wears an orchid in his
bultonhole.
Fish Commissioner Mcdonald of Wash
ington is anxious about the salmon supply
of the Pacific Coast. He appears to think,
with reason, that, as il is now difficult 10
procure adequate supplies of eggs for
Matching, the destruction of the noble
salmon family is proceeding much too
fast The catch is falling off on the
Sacramento and Columbia. what we
need is the enforcement of strong regu-
lations and less canning for time.
The salmon is obligingly prolific. but il
has heen exterminated elsewhere and may
| vanish here.