The morning call., 1893-10-23


rich State. Even potatoes now hnd
market In Texas, and that Is commodity
which California is capable of supplying to
an unlimited extent There have been
seasons when potatoes hardly PAID the
freight to market In San Francisco, but the
outlook is cheerful If prices are 80 good as
to pay freight across the backbone OF the
continent. Provided the grower mas fair
margin of reward for his toll, and all does
not 60 to the railroad and commission men,
such an outlet is encouraging. An EFFORT
is being made to get a market Tor Callfor-
MIA apples in the East. AS the apple keeps
long period. unlike the pear, it has many
when the orchards of the East bring in
great rewards at home and abroad
A woman's journal in England is pub
fishing the portraits of all princes and
princesses of Europe who are marriageable
or In the matrimonial market, which is not
the same thing. as numbers Of the illus
trious have their destiny fixed by the poll
ticianS in advance. 1t is to be hoped that
no COPIES of the journal will cross the At
lant1c, or there may be further exodus OF
Uncle Sans population to Europe in search
Of happiness which is mostly mirage.
The auction.like device of publishing por-
traits Of the eligible may. however, be
much extended, so as to include the bellies
and the matr0nly who are wealthy and the
millionaires who are in search OF brides.
The French manage these matters in a
pure business spirit. and their matrimonial
agencies find no lack Of custom from those
willing to make the most serious venture
of life with light heart provided the for
tune is OF sufficient amount.
lola has some faults in his books great
deal too broad for general reading. but he
has none on the drink question. In re-
cent interview he said: "In all my books,
as far as / have been able, / have de-
nounced drink and shall continue to do so
as long as live" He seems to have been
appalled, to learn that many English
women give way to drink. He remarked :
''It is terrible. Many Frencbmen drink,
undoubtedly. but our women, taken al
together, are very sober. Mind you. am
may like glass OF ale or glass OF wine,
but what do denounce is excessive drink
ing-the drinking, too. of Spirits, which
stunts the growth and impoverishes the
blood. A glass or two of good beer or
good wine cannot. think. do harm to the
man of active habits. but | would sweep
away all your whisky, all your gin, like
sinthe." The evil of drinking lies good
deal in national or racial temperament.
The races of the wine-producing countries
are mostly sober, but northern races show
taste for ardent spirits.
That story about the whaler from San
Francisco who got within $50 miles of the
north pole does not appear to have been
quite swallowed Dy the English jourD Dalis-
tic geographers. The Standard observed
that it did not question the good faith of
the whaler. but said that ''San Francisco
is not quite the quarter from which infor-
nation OF scrupulous accuracy has been
Invariably received" In order to credit
the northing Of this adventurous bowhead
navigator it requires some affidavits on the
precise working order of the sextant,
which, in the case OF other Bering Sea
whalers, has often been remarkable for
optical delusions and impossible angles.
The assurance has already been given.
however, that wbalers do not 60 north for
glory but blubber and bone and so the
edge of this romance has all been worn off.
How many artists can afford to do as Sir
John MilIais, who married Ruskin's wife,
is doing this year? He has 1000 acres of
shooting ground rented. including 1910
acres of wood, and has unlimited sport in
making up bags of pheasants, partridges.
hares aud rabbits. He has also fine
salmon fs hing in the Tay and any amount
of good scenery to paint. A man who re-
ceives $4,000 to $4,000 for a portrait has
privileges