The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-09-04

while they are domciled on the islands
mere would 0e no more work for poachers.
and there would be no seal problem TO dis
turb the relations of the United States
and England.
There appears TO be authentic news tina
over thousand lives have been lost in the
recent hurricane On the Atlantic Coast !
The whole country around Beaufort and !
Fort Royal has been stripped by the fury
OF the wind and the rush of engulfng
waves. Widespread distress exists in |
consequence of the destruction of property
ana 1904 supplies, and the people are beg
glng relief Local efforts may be quite in
adequate to cope with the restitution. The
damage is now estimated to amount 10 ST.
OO0OOO at Beaufort, Port Royal, Charles
Ton ana savannah, and there are in addi-
tlon great steamship and railway losses.
The Park Commissioners in their report
dwell with enthusiasm on the beauty of
the lake they have constructed. Finishes
Strawberry Hill to the artistic landscape
eye and has charm from whatever aspect
seen. In time there will be shrubbpry and
trees In luXuriant growth around the mar
gin ana aquatic birds on the surface. The
completion of the lake comes in time for
the Mid winter Fair. From the summit of
me NH the panorama is attractive and
even enthrallilg, especially seward. The
terrlS wheel IS not needed in Golden Gate
Park TO show the noble environment.
The case of cholera reported in Jersey
City is supposed to have been occasoned
by eating freshly imported Smyrna figs.
A warning has come from our Consul at
Smyrna bearing on this very danger. yet
there is no quarantine on Mediterranean
fruit. or rags from Egypt or Turkey.
Quarantine is of no avail against such i'm
pOTiatiOns. If anything is done there
ought TO be a complete stODpage OF in
ports. Ia this matter our policy in quar-.
antInlag passengers and baggage may
re semb!e the process OF saving at the
splgot while running at the bung. East
ern dealers IN fruit object to be dependent
u pom California, but necessity is very
stern when cholera threatens.
Quite sensation has been caused in
London by u young mans suicide. He
left several letters. renned in good literary
style, on the worthjessness of life and his
Indifference to death. He declares that he
had for some months meditated the eternal
calm OF rest in the grave, and had pur-
chased the pistol with which he com
United the deed three weeks previously.
An animated con troyersy has now sprung
up on suicide, Astounding in useless advice.
One remedy IL sweeten life is seriously
uTged-the study Of phrenolOgy.
A saloon-keeper in Chicago bethought
him of the sutferings of the poor and
spread lunch for a thousand hungry one
Sunday recently. His example was COM
mended with exasperatlng benevolence
and pertinacity TO other saloon keepers on
The ground that as they sell LIQUIDS TO the
RI m IN hRy 10 ri
Gus with the solid constituents of nutr-
ment. The Tribune obliglngly pointed
out tnat 1000 salOOn-keepers had drawn
about So, 100000 out OF the pockets of the
thirsty since the Worlds Fair began. The
argument is q trifis deceptive, because a
wOrkman's wages melt away in many
other directions, and only portion goes
IN beer.
A Boston merchant who is evidently a
supporter Of the gold dollar relates an odd
experience in China. The Chinese Gov
eminent tried TO force copper as a cur
rency, but the laws passed to make the
cash" legal tender were insufficient for
their purpose. Copper fell i'll value ia
emma, and This merchant loaded ship
OF 600 tons with bags OF coins, which We're
sent TO the United States, melted as ingots,
ana yielded "a very handsome freight rs
profit. The copper coinage of European
countries is so very iOkeniSh that as bul-
lion ii is far from profitable.
a famous doctor is dead in France,
well known TO the world OF physicians,
including those of our own country, and
no doubt familiar figure to hundreds of
American patients. DR.. CharcOt of the
Salpetriere Hospital was among the
foremost authorities on nervous diseases,
and perfO rmed marvels in unraveling the
causes OF these UbSc ure maladies. so in
sldious and relentless. People of means
afttcled with paralysis in one of its scores
OF forms invariably sought out DR.. Char
cot IN their tour of the doctors f0r re-
cOvery. His hospital receptions were so
numeIoIsly attended by the paralytic
That The coolest observer was apt TO i'm
aglne himself a nervous wreck. Artists
1ond OF morbid subject were drawn TO
his clinical demonstrations. And now the
man who knew so much has gone.
The American business man Is apt to
concentrate himself too exclusively on
trade and to consider relaxation optional.
The bicycle Is recommended 10 takc him
out OF himself, and TO change the whole
current OF his thinking and fill his lungs
with lnvlgoTatlug air. The change OF
thinking comes from whirring along
through the country with some degree of
attention constantly fixed on his wheels.
and also from social intercourse at resorts
on this route. The exercise Is healthy and
the forgetfulnesS OF care is complete. So
they say.