The morning call., 1893-08-24


have water facilities for TRANSFORMATION.
w. :. Chapman speaks out strongly On
the gold question from the point of view
OF practical mining. His views are in ac
cord with those entertained by mining
superintendent and experts in Grass Val
ley and other parts of the Sierra, who
hold that the yield of gold may be made
just as satisfactory as ever it was. Mining
capitalists mostly 90 in cliques on this
coast, and it requires very strong evidences
of success to move them. They have other
employment for their money. and 80 quartz
mining Is neglected. 1T ~ sale 10 say,
Temar k> Mr.. Chapman, that The gold
mines nf this Slate have scarcely been
pruSDected," and he adds that modern
methods render mines very profitable that
few years ago would net have paid run
ming expenses. Times would be brisk, IN
deco, II $4,000, 900 year could be extract
ed In gold from the earth and put III
circulation. This would be double the
present production of California. There
still is room for systematic prospecting
and trial digging in The Sierras, though
there certainly is not the fortune OF early
times in mere placer excavations.
1t is moslsregrettable thing that no per-
manent use can be found for the white
buildings which have made the Chicago eX-
hibitIon. as 1t we're, creation in fairyland.
There never were such beautiful struc-
lures. bright, fascinating and in good taste.
put together Tor temporary uses at any
other International display. When the
fair gates close the dram is over Down
will come the palaces with their archways,
columns, many pinnacled roofs, prdnents
and statues so enchantngly reflected from
the lakes, and that which cost millions to
erect will 20 rs junk 10 the highest oder at
auction. There may he some surprises In
the bidding, but probably very few of the
structures will be re-erecteu anywhere.
Some Of them would SuIt admirably for
cOnssrvatoTies or aviaries, and what a
monkey-hnuse could be contriyed! There
are enough buildings 10 eudOw geological
gardens with hume accommodation for pairs
of all the animals OIL the earth. but the
cost Of taking down. rebuilding aud trans
portation is TOO mucn for such efforts.
Through the death of his uncle. Duke
Ernst, the Duke of Edinburgh, second
son of Queen Victoria, succeeds to the
duchies of SaXe-Coburg and GOtha. The
Duke has run his curse through the Brit
ish navy to tha highest rank and has no
career otherwise open TO him in England.
so the duties Of ruler OF a small state of
765 square miles, with two comlOrta ble
palaces at his service, may be regarded as
agreeable. In his little realm he is not
! troubled with parliamentary diffl 'ulties
or anarchic and socialist troub bles, and may
give his days to gardening and his evenings
tn violin playing, in which he eXcelS His
| Royal Highness is married To- the Grand
Duchess Marie of Russia, only daughter
/ Of the la te Gar, and has one son and four
daughters. Queen Victoria probably
Il Ia IF Ia ~
associations than any other spot in Ger
many. 1t was the home Of the Prince
! Consort
Some naughty radicals have been batting
| Sir Richard Webster. Attorney General in
! Salisbury's Government, for having de-
serted Parliament and his constituents for
the sake of the fees he got as counsel in
the Bering Sea arbitration. The retort on
this taunt IS not extravagant Webster
says he could have earned mnre money by
! the ordinary business of the courts. He is
| In leading practice and especially pr0mi-
nent in commercial or patent eases. In
! patents, indeed, he is said 10 be the strong
est advocate at the bar. His fees rarely
| fall below $3.50 or $500 day, and for long
| continuous cases his brief and retainsrs
! amount TO small fortune. Sir Richard
has a fairly good voice. and is fond of
singing hymns In the choir OF his church
on Sunday.
Cholera is now at Rotterdam, Antwerp
! and London. and yet nobody is in a furry.
The medical men are quite prepared to
keep the disease within bounds by giving
1t conditions unsuitable for its propaga-
| ton as an epidemic, and taking care of the
lew victims attacked, 1t is also being
dealt with effectualy in New York. With
good water supply and attention to sani-
J tatloD the specter of cholera is becoming
very dlaphanous, save among the Mussul-
mans al Mecca.
A discovery of coalSeds of considerable
value has been made in the departments
of Cauca and Bolivar, United States of
Colombia, and has been reported on by
Mr.. Caracristi, civil engineer. The field
extends over an area of 10000 square
miles and the seams vary from three TO
twenty feet thick, and are therefore all
workable. The quality of coal repre-
senied includes camel, anthracite and
Dltnmlnous. Mining is probably much
easier task than any species of surface
laDor In climate so tOrrid, and provided
workers can be procured there is an open
/ Ing here for capital. A supply of fuel for
vessels IN this region is of the greatest
| consequence and must Increase III im-
| pOrtauce.
LII was reported the other day that there
are sixty carloads of fruit awaiting trans
portation down in Fresno which at pres
ent rates cannot be sent East. The South
ern Pacific sticks to its old rates for the
present. Under these circumstances the