The morning call., 1893-10-18

Inc proposal OF lN6 Oly lnplC OdiI w dttI
Company to open veritable fresh-hsh
market in the western part Of the city,
where the housewife may procure sup
plies alive, Is one to commend. In carry
ing the plan into effect, however, much
more difficulty may be encountered than is
suspected. 1t is an easy matter to keep
the fish alive in tanks until fshed out for
the customers with gaff IL they are de-
livered alive. but that will prove the diffi-
Guilty. The larger part or the hsh supply
of the city comes from the travis of sew
eral steamers which go outside the heads
every day. These fish are much injured
by dragging over the ground. and. al
though alive wheD decked, are not in
much condition to survive. The ordinary
lateen sailboats are without wells and are
much too small for eapacious wells or
boxes. Special fishing sloops or schooners
will have to be built for the live-fish trade,
and fishermen are slow to move in these
matters.
1t is now understood that the railroad
com panies would be grateful to Chicago
for an extension of the fair limit. The
exhibition closes at the END of this month,
and people are rushing to feast their eyes
on its sights. The railways, of course,
get the benefit of the travel, and even at
the reduced rates which have now been
tardily accorded they are reaping har-
vest of receipts. Unless the fair keeps
open this will vanish in month and
travel will resume its ordinary level.
Chicago has been somewhat scurvily
treated by the railroads in the matter of
reduced rates and it should only consent
to o oblige the railroads upon condition that
the latter pay fair share of the extra ex-
pense for lighting and heating. A winter
fair in Chicago Is costly luxury. II is
improbable Chicago will consent.
Marshal MacMahon has gone. He has
virtually been dead many years, and has
only been known as ghost Of greatness
moving about amid surroundings in which
be had played notable part. His death
lets loose food of "reminiscences. histori-
cal, eulogistic and recriminative, and
France for short season will look down
the vista of its history under Louis Napo-
leon, and those perilOus days of the third
republic in infancy. The Franco-German
war lost Ma Mahon any reputation he had,
but he earned some gratitude from the
bourgeoisie and the cause of order when
he suppressed the Commune. As Presi-
dent there was good reason to fear he was
reactionary and wonld not have scrubbed
TO see the Prince Imperial or even the
Bourbons back in power. He had right
TO his policy, whatever it was, and fortu-
nately for France he lived to see the
republic wax in strength. 1t is stronger
to-day than at any period.
Judge Morrow has ordered deported an
other batch of Chinese arrested for nom
registration, and has intlmated his will
ingness to have all Chinese Of the crimi-
nal class arrested under warrant. These
proceedings in vindication of the law are
having a profound effect on the Chinese
who are in danger of arrest. As soon as
the McCreary bill Is in force there will be
very little trouble in gathering all the
Mongolians in the country and putting
them on the register with their photo
graphs. They understand the edct this
time.
The proposed locomotive race between a
flyer belonging to the New York Central
Company and another about as heavy and
as light-wheeled belonging to the London
and Northwestern Company Is an event In
engineering which almost no other country
could afford facilities for. The quadruple
tracks are level and pretty straight and
the engines should be able to develop the
highest attainable speed without danger.
One is equal TO one hundred miles an hour
and the maximum of the other in England
Is SlRHby-cIPHt IlitcS. ~ Do cQudl uOtl
should have the same pressure Of steam at
starting and the same quality of coal.
infatuated man crossed in love is des-
perate. A family descended from the
Blucher who led Prussia's arms at Water
loo has some reason to lay this character
istic to heart. The gardener on the estate.
finding that a pretty maid had been dis
missed by the Countess Blucher. and that
she would not be re-engaged, lay in wait
for the Countess and her husband and
killed the latter and sent bullet through
the neck of the former. Then he made
his own exit from life. The pretty maid
need not sorrow too long for so outrageous
lover. He would have been insanely
jealous.
What patriotic time they are having in
Paris. The officers of the Russian fleet
have arrived in the capital and 1t is wildly
en- fete. delirious with fraternization. The
French are naturally elusive. They love
to display their emotion on parade in the
most natural but effervescent way and
they are assurediy not holding back the
reins OF demonstrations intended to testify
to Europe that France is not isolated. but