The morning call., 1893-05-24

permanently. Cairo would then have been
too hot for him. Nor. this writer declared.
would the present khedive fare any better.
Even Riaz Pasha secretly shudders at the
thought Of Egypt being lett to itself, and
France, he asserts, is becoming reconciled
to the advantages OF a position which
gives them all the commercial privileges
which they need in security. Ii is added
that the occupation does not cost England
hve shillings a year. Nevertheless the
Egyptians growl, and the English. who
have promised to leave them on their owr
legs as soon as they can stand, continue TO
make promises but carefully abstain from
carrying them out.
Mr.. Huntington's jeers at the North
American Steamship Company as not en-
gagged in the business of Transportation
but In that of rate breaking. Something
or that sort was needed on the Pacific
Coast. There had for years been good
deal of transportation at rates almost as
heavy as the carloads, and the kind of
breaking going on was the prosperity OF
California. But, conjoined with the low
ering Of freight rates. Mr.. Huntington
must admit that just lritle OF business IN
transportation is being done. The North
American steamers are loaded to their ut
most capacity on leaving or entering the
haroor. and that is more than can be SAID
Il
they had competition. were managed
TO maintain rates. A new venture In
smashing rates has been commenced IN
Oregon. The Willamette Valley Is being
accomm odated with steamship facilities,
via Yaauina Bay. This If not transporta-
ton is at least business that suits san
Francisco and Portland.
The new South Carolina liquor law is
one OF the qGeerest experiments ever
made. The State provides all the liquor at
any price it chooses to exact, the ordinary
saloons are TO be closed and clubs will be
prevented from maintaining bar. IL may
be difficult to keen up conviviality In pri-
Vate houses unless the occupant INDUCES
in the eXtravagance OF importing whole
packages. Teetotalers in charge of The State
dispensares will have the opportunity to
lecture their customers on the risks they
run in getting befuddled, They even as
Sert that South Carolina will bc almost
prohibition State. Beer Is not TO be sold
in less guam tity than bottle. aud II that
is to cost 10 cents the brewers will not fat
ten on South Carolina boo2ng. The ex.
pertinent excites considerable social and
political interest.
In New York the other day the Officer
of Health and his assistants vscclnated
thousand immigrants from Italy. ana these
were sent to the quarantine Islands until
all danger is past just before these pas
sengers reached port case OF smallpox
was discovered, and this put the whole
vessel under suspicion. Steamship COM
panies careless in the shipment OF passen-
gers md II expensive when these deien-
tinns occur. II would be much more busl-
ness-like To insist upon vaccination at the
commencement of voyage than to be
compelled to resort to 1T at the close But
in these matters some foreign countries are
utterly lacking IN method. Were Italy as
careful about vaccination as II is about the
registration of newly born children. to
make certain that there is no evasion of
the conScription. there would be very little
smallpox heard of,
The novel practice Is coming into vogue
in England of hiring out cows to agricul-
tural laborers. Three acres and a COW
form the popular conception of rural hap
piness. For families moving into the
country during the summer months the
cow hire system is commendable. City
residents must take their milk from the
milkman. who is occasionally in partner
ship with the wayside pump, but there Is
no suspicion about the supply obtained
from a jersey or a Hplsteln which has
been hired for season. Horses are con-
stantly obtained in this way. and may be
cottage resorts?
There is still little money left in spite
of the depressed condition of silver bullion.
In a collection of armor and arms belong
Ing to Baron de Cossons, lately brought to
the hammer, a cap-a-pie suit of fiuted
armor, complete as 1t was made, and not
patched or battered. sold for $4,000. 1t
came from Nuremberg. What the armorer
uOt IN "a m hpr w II " 9
of some use was doubtless very small
amount.
In spite of the disbursements of non-
success, DR.. Falb. the catastrophe prophet,
is still at it. He may hit the truth in pre-
dieting much rain in September. 1t is at
all events the month which precedes Oc-
tober. veiy moist one in many parts of
Europe. Could he but see few heavy
showers in the sky at the present moment
his meteorological divinati rs would be Of
some comfort 10 bucolic despair, which, on
account of dr0ughts, begins to apprebend
that the end OF grass at least is near. But
prophet of things he knows nothing
about is wise in contining his penetration
TO events far ahead. II they do not occur
people forget that they were fOret0d. If
they do occur they are reminded If what
the seer said. Thus the seer saves his
reputation.
1t is said the White Star people have
commissioned ship-building Fl M to con-
struct an ocean greyhound 500 feet long
or 40 feet longer than the Great Eastern.
The Gi gantic. now under construction, Is
10 be 700 feet long and 10 have engines Of
d, 600 horsepower. In the same progress
i've way engines of $4,000 horsepower will
be needed for the new leviathan. With
prop0rtlonate beam ii may be possible TO
play baseball on the promenade deck, and
there ought to be space for a thea,er, con-
cert hall. picture gallery and all other COM
forts at sea.