The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-10-01

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supply from Rio Janeiro is likely to be
cut off. This is plausible, though it Is not
probable that much coffee will be lost to
the world through the Brazilian revolt.
Another reason not much talked about in
free-trade journals is that Congress will
impose duty on both coffee and tea. The
substitution of revenue tariff for a pro-
tective tariff involves the imposition OF du-
ties on such articles as we must necessarily
import. There does not seem to be any
escape for coffee unless Congress breaks
away from the Oh cago platform.
Charles de Lesseps has emerged from
prison happier if not a wiser man. He
has only suffered few months incarcera-
lion 10 stead of FIVE years. and apparently
the French people are willing to forget;
both him and Panama. The aged Fer.
dinand now has an opportunity to see his
son, and the family is not compelled to in
vent fctions to account for his absence.
Strange to say Charles de Lesseps still
talks as if the Panama canal were posi-
eility. He is not in the least abashed at the
disappearance of two milliardS of francs.
it:the ocean of folly which this project rep
resents, but he talks gibly: of raising as
n, uch more and seeing the canal COM
pleted reality. This optimism, both III
finance and engineering, must be interest
ing 10 the masses.of French who know
what Panama canalIZaliOn is to their cost.
Charles de Lesseps also has some ipten-
ton of publishing revelations of corruD-
ton. The revelations are deferred and
much may happen. before they see the.
light. -. :
:, Napoleon's campaign. which ended with
his downfall at Waterloo. was perhaps the
oughtto have won Waterloo and but for
the laundering of Ney he would. The last
session of. Parliament was not Mr.. Glad
stones last campaign, but old as he is. he
showed more power and genius in 1T than
in. any of the many he has fought. So
records an experienced observer of Parlia-
ment IN the Westminster Gazette. This
critic says he showed his supremacy head
and shoulders over everybody else. OF
the home- rule bill for Ireland, there
was" he remarks, scarcely a clause, a
line, or word, whose entire defense he
would intrust to his lieutenants. Night
after night he sat through long hours.
answering every amendment in strings of
little dazzling speechlets. soon breaking
through the doctors rule of retiring from
. .
the session more persistent in attendance
than any of his colleagues. Never-we
can say without fear of contradiction-has
he reached to higher level OF sustained
eloquence than during this session.:
Whether we take his great speeches on the
first, second and third readings OF the
home-rnIe bill, his hundred and one little
constitutional discOnrses in committee. his
innumerable displays Of wit and argument
in the personal CON bats with Mr.. Chamber
lain. and. last but not least, his manyim-
pertant speeches on openqnestions like the
opium traffic and the eight hours dav, he
has shown the same unrfvaled and un-
challenged pre-eminence." No English
statesman at 81 or A ever did anything like;
this. The Premier is old. but as Parlia-
.mentaran in endurance. tact and pei
spicuous command of subject and object
he has no match. He emerged from the
struggle victorious and fresh.
" The rumor that Mr.. Van Allen. the nomi-
nee for the Italian embassy. has withdra win
his name. does not appear to have any
credence in Washington. The letter of
declnation, if mailed at all, has not ar
rived, and the President is probably disin-
clined to be retrogressive. How Van Allen
could accept the mission and be respected
after the publicity which has been given
to the case it is hard to perceive. Tbs
scandal must be known in Italy il he does
get the appointment, and he will be a
marked man for the scoffer.
A pretty sensation seems to have been
disclo sed in one of the prin cjpal English
dockyards. A boiIer-maker has been dis
covered using red lead to stop UP holes in
stead of rivets. No wonder boilers leak if
this is a common practice The Admiralty
q. - 1k ~~,sH Nhal ,vur
wages, and soinieriOr workmen constitute
the mass of employees. They scamp their
work and growl at bad treatment. So
boilers get leaky and engines break down
through ill-judged economy,
Some OF our outlaw desperadoes have
spilled a good deal of blood and gone a
good way to fill graveyards with corpses,
but none of them rise quite to the emf
hence Of Turkish brigand who has been
shot down. This gentleman of the road
lad pocketbook which recorded his saw
ings and the number # his victims. He
had accumulated $4,000 and he had plum
dered and murdered 1872 men. This gentle
mans Iaw!essness is tolerably good index
of the kind of civilization which prevails
in tie wilder portions of Turkey. The
traveller has to keep his powder dry.
The means Tor the detection OF hre &C
cumulate. Two French scientists have
devised a most delicate automatic alarm.
1t consists of a small ball of aluminium at
the end Of an arm which has counter
poise at the other end. At ordinary at
mospheric pressure aud temperature the
apparatus remains In equilibrium, but
when the density Is changed, either by
heating or by intermixture of coal gas,
the ball descends and completes an elec-
trio circuit and an alarm bell is set ringing.
This is an apparatus which it would be
easy to adjust In numbers OF rooms in a
house or in business premises and public
buildings and the current could be made
to sound an alarm in many places.
Poor McNulty seems destined not to be
hanged His case has hung fire for FIVE
years and he must be weary of prison, es-
pecially 10 these warm autumn days, So
delightful in the open. He has been SEN
fenced to death three times. the gallows-
beam has been ready for him four times and
twice he was within twenty-four hours OF