The morning call., 1893-11-19

costiy' AHero Is no knowing Wuat tuOu-
sands may thus be lost Were he 10 in
wade the mansions of the milli0naires and
make cross on some Of their pictures. for
when fabulous prices have been paid, or
10 oasn TO pieces costly vases OF Sevres or
dresden ware, the destruction would be
lrreparaole. Such fend must be run
'wn and jagged for the rest of his life.
1t is not little remark able that he should
nave got inside the well-guarded White
house and ruined the furniture OF one OF
the reception-rooms.
The millionaires of New York have
evidently trust in the future of this
country and of their own position in
1t when they are building such costly
mansions In which to be happy. Dr.
Seward Webb has one in course of
erection TO cost a million and half. 1t
will have LOT rooms and be wonderful
museum. with rich furniture. bric-a-brac.
tapestry and pictures. but it does not fol-
low that under its roof there will be any
special advent of comfort The Million
aire at least spends his money when he in
Quiges IN such Injuries, and he must pay
ior nne retlnue of servants. This house
is only ODe-6fth the cost of the country
naiace which one of the Vanderbilts is
to be modelled very like AlDwick Castle. in
Northumberland, the seat Of The Duke of
Northum6 erland. This vast pile was the
whlm OF Duke AlgernOD, the Magnificent,
two generations ago. What the use OF
tow ers, battlements and embrasuTes is
nowadays is hard TO conceive.
The present anxiety about Hawaii shows
tine need of a cable to the islands. 1t is
extremely important the United States
Government should be in communication
with the group, purely for political rea-
sODs. Whatever The form of government
settled upon, there can be no question that
telegraph line is urgently desirable. The
sugar-plaDters and shipping-0wners will
not OF themselves move for cable at
present, but they would doubtless make
iberal use OF one. The Government
could make its aid conditional upon get
ting its own messages transmitted at
moderate cost.
The Ways and Means Sub Committee,
it is said. propose a graduated income tax
on incomes above $4,000. II 10 per cent is
exacted on all incomes above $4,000 the
milliOnaires will be heavily hit. but even
then most of them would pay Oh very
modest assessment. II they can so ar
range it. An income tax is about as pop
ular in any country where it exists as high
way robbery. The evasions and lodges
are Infinite and mendacity is prevalent.
The big raft put together in Oregon has
had such stress Of weather that 1t has gone
ashore and is breaking up. If the loss fell
only upon the owners it need not be very
grevouS matter, but the probability Is
some of the logs will be carried 10 sea and
then captains will have a rough outlook.
Rats are very gOud expedients for lakes
and rivers, but are precarions on the ocean.
The first big raft for New York number
Of years ago went to pieces right in the
track Of shipping and caused lot of
bother and danger.
The German Emperor is the most con-
summate egotist OF a monarch who ever
o. ened his lips. Why cannot this young
man, father of seven though he be, exer-
else some modestv of expression? Some
people laugh at his egotism. but constant
iteration OF 'I'' makes his weakness irri-
tating. Think of a monarch uttering such
absolutism as SOLDIERS are not to have a
will OF their own; you nust have but one
will, and that is my will; one law, and
that is my law" WHAT is the Reichstag?
OF what are millions of voters made? Is
there no constitution? 1t might almost be
supposed that this Brobdngnsgan mon
arch carried the lilliputian German nation
about in his hat.
In Brazil they now know what they are
fgh ting for. 1t is the monarchy or the
republic. The monarchy is not popular In
the person of Dom Pedro's daughter. but
his grandson 10 a very much unknown
quality and has done nothing to magnetic
support. The whole movement is doubt
less the outcome of an inseDtiate desire to
have new deal and fresh appropriation
of Offices for the lean and hungry. AT this
moment De Mello does not appear to have
much prospect. and a few weeks should
decide the game.
A steamer like the Lucauia, the biggest
afoat. does not come scathless out of an
Atlantic Storm. With less driving through
the water the waves would have little ef-
feet. but the requirement to push ahead
under full steam whatever be the weather
results in huge green combers tumbling on
board, and the spray in binding showers
is carried over two-thiIds of the length
from the bows. 1t Is good proof of mans
power over the elements that the Lucania
should only be day late on her voyage.
The passengers perhaps thought that one
day week of torture.
John Burns, the labor leader. is jubilant
over the victory of the collers in England.
He is very shrewd man, full of knowl-
edge on all Industrial que stions. and very
influential In Parliament because of this
experience. He evidently believes that
the strike emphasizes the folly of taking
any sort of price for commodities and then
grinding down the wages of workers to
the lowest point under the pretense that
wages must follow prices. Prices should
be fixed with view to providing living
wages.