The morning call., 1893-07-28

| it was last year. The New York Erening
Post considers it singular fact that
farmers are suffering but slightly from the
financial stringency. The Post has dis
covered that in the few cases where
farmer has become embarrassed 1t Is be-
cause he has mixed speculation with agrl-
culture. The New York Erening Post
evidently mixes up romance writing with
the collection and dissemination OF news.
The cordial good wishes OF everybody
must 90 with the experiment of running
storage electric cars which has been made
on Twenty-sixth and Bryant streets. 1t
is indeed new era" if this method OF
propelling streetcars is economically as
we'll as mechanically successful; and
Charles 81. Wiswell and George Hatch OF
Cambridge. Mass, deserve all they can
reap from their inventive and constructive
skill. The trial leaves no doubt that the
rate OF speed ia sufficient for all practical
purposes on ordinary gradients. Inc com,
fort OF the passenger is also complete, and
the danger to the public from overhead
wires is banished. Anumber of ingenious
devices have been worked out by the
patentees in perfecing their car. In
going down hill the extra force is con-
verified into storage power Tor the levels
aad hills, and both bells and lights are
worked FROM the batteries. The only ques-
ton for the railroad protector is the i'm
portant one of economy. If the storage
battery Is not more costly than the trolley,
the latter will be supplanted. Even little
extra cost would warrant the adoption OF
storage.
An execution in New York shows that
while electricity may be painless route
to the grave it Is not always reliable.
William c. Taylor closed his eyes at Au-
burn but came round again to conscious
ness. The dynamo broke down. Under
these distressing circumstances it might
have been expected that the doomed would
be considered dead in the eyes of tie law,
but quite another construction was placed
on the duty of the moment. In lieu of the
jail dynamo current was switched on
from the city-ighting supply, and on this
| occasion the force was deadly. The fear
that sometimes an electrOcuted subject
may have life left in him is little war
ranted from the fart that an autopsy is
customary. The doctors never miss
chance of fo:tifying their knowledge of
anatomy and pathology. A few years ago
a man " no should have been hanged for
very atrociOus murder in England escaped
because the trap OF the scaffod would not
descend. Rather than adopt any new
method of strangu laton the execution was
| postponed and never came OF, the sentence
| being cOmmuted.
| Michael Davitt has definitely decided
not to re-enter Parliament at this jGncture.
His decision is greatly regretted. He Was
regarded as most useful member, and
had won the sincere respect of the House
of Commons by his straightforward man
| illness and clear-sghted views. Had ne 50
wished it the money needed to help him
out of bankruptcy could have been raised
In day. but he persisted in refusing as
sistance. 1t Is possible he may be OF
greater help to his country by what he
proposes to do in Australia, but his ser
vices in craftsmanship will be valuable in
the near future.
A queer book might be written on sui
cides. There are thousands Of method Of
getting out Of the world, ahd great inven-
tiveness is shown in adding to the numbe
The musician who cut both wrists with q
rusty razor the other day seems to have
been 10 no hurry to go. as he laid down the
razor and watched the bleeding. In Chi
cage man has blown his head off with
gunpowder. He filled his mouth with loose
powder and then coolly touched it off with
match. Eccentricity in the manner oi
self-slaughter appears to give some salts
faction. at all events before the curtain
falls.
Next to coming rupees in which there is
a large alloy of copper and manufacturing
small arms of doubtful bore and worse
sighting, in which the ammunition is apt
to jam, the Ameer of Afghanistan takes
prlde IN soap-making, and supplies his
subjects with an article of incompara BILE
efcacy. Its detergent powers may be de-
| duced from the statement OF one Of his
European empl0yes that 1t not only re-
moves the dirt from his wild people-no
light task-but the skin also. The soap
should succeed in advertising the produc:
by giving it his own illustrious indorse-
| Ment
The court-martal on the officers tried
for the loss Of the Victoria has resulted in
one finding OF Importance. Regret is ex-
pressed that Admiral Markham did not
dlsobey the order for the fatal movement
made by Admiral Tryon. The Admiralty
regulations permit the ignoring of signals
which are believed to be impossible of
execution. and Markham had the inten-
ton to disobey in this instance. but
changed his mind owing to the great con-
fidence he had in Tryon's ability. But
had no disobeyed he might have been
cOurt-martlaled. and 1t Is we'll known that
Iry6n was very strict disciplinarian.
The findings Of the court-martial empha-
size the value of discretion during steam
tactics in n fleet. Tryon takes all the
blame OF this disaster. even TO the loss of
lie. Tor all might have been saved had the
boats been lowered.
The young man in Oakland who pro-
fessed to have been bound and gagged by
robbers who looted his employers safe
has got himself into very foolish posi-
ton. from which it will be difficult to ex-
trlcate him. Ii was thought at the time
that the outrage was suspiciously singular.
negro has now explained the transac-
ton by declaring that Blum put up the
whole job and played the rope trick. as he
thought with surprising skill. The facts
must now be elected before jury In the
usual painful manner to the chief person
concerned and his relatives and friends.
Peter Jackson. the pugilist is not suf-
ferlng from monetary stringency. if one
may judge of this by the stylshness of
his equipment as he left the Teutonic at
New York. Clothes do not make the man,
but they make an impression. and the
other passengers were in the shade COM