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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-05-28
A QUEER WILL.

The late Rufus Hatch left a strange will,
Astounding in strange maxims intended 10
be lamp to the feet and guide to the
path of his sons. Himself Spectator,
he counsels strict attention to solid avoir-
dupois as distinguished from barometric,
variable business, although in strict ety.
mology these terms are Synonymous. He
evidently does not regard a university
career as of much practical use in the sue
cess Of life. The higher mathematics and
a smattering of the classics are not essen
tial to industrial eminence, but he does not
say this in precise language. He only de-
sires his boys 10 keep away from college
and to imbibe somewhere a commercial
education, which is an Implication that
university studies are not stimulating aids
to ercantile or manufacturing enterprise
But should any one desire to become
lawyer. doctor or clergyman, then to col
lege he must go, and the will does not
stand in the way. Then Mr.. Hatch gives
very good advice, which may assist young
man in any career. He warns his family
against the use of tobacco, and also 10
abstain from drinking wine or liquor in
any form. Next comes an earnest request.
peculiarly emphasized by italics in hand
writing, and by Rufus Hatch's own ex-
perience in life. Il earnestly DESIRE" he
solemnly says, THAT my children shall not
gamble in any way for money, as their
father has had experience sufficient for all
posterity." This is somewhat drastic
and summary denunciation of operators
in stocks; yet it may be an honest bust
ness, and be legitimate in a very large
share of the worlds affairs. There is
hazard in every commercial transaction.
and to that extent there is gambling, but it
does not follow that there should be any
cheating or rigging of the market. Fair
speculation is the courage of faith in the
worlds progress and continuity. but reck-
less plunging and manipulation by fraud
do not rank as business in higher sense
than train robbing. The sons of MIR.
Hatch are well equipped with advice
What will they do with it? If in business
at all they must take risks. Ii in a pro-
fession, other people have to take risks in
order to provide them with a salary or fees.
In every lane of life there is some pitch to
defile the wayfarer unless he uses judg-
/ mpnt.
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FADING GREATNESS.

AIr. Cleveland invited to his Cabinet two
men of national reputation. These were
Mr.. Gresham and MIR. Carlisle. Both had
been Presidential aspirants of more than
Ordinary pretensions. Gresham was the
idol of the anti-monOpolists and popular
with Republicans who realized that their
party had gone too far in the service of
the money power. Mr.. Carlise's reputa-
ton was no less secure. The fact of his
being a Southern man was considered as
the chief obstacle he had to overcome on
his way to the Presidency. He had risen
through a series Of terms to be Speaker of
the House and in half term had become
one of the Democratic leaders in the Sem
ate. In moment fatal to these two men
MIR. Cleveland wanted them. Mr.. Gresham
left the bench, Of which he was one of the
brightest ornaments, and Mr.. Carlisle gave
up his rising career in the Senate. Where
are these men now? Less than three
months in the shadow of Cleveland has
shriveled them up. Gresham's name will
be connected with the loss of Hawaii and
Carisle's with the suspension of the Chi
nese registration act. Probably Mr..
Cleveland is responsible for the policy
pursued in each case, but he cannot en-
tIrely shield his subordinateS.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-05-28
THE SOROSIS CLUB AND LOTTA
CRABTREE.

It is only fair that more notice should
be taken here of she black ballng of Miss
Crabtree by the Sorosis Club of New Y ork.
Though Miss Crabtree was born in New
York, she came here as a child, was
brought up here. made her first appearance
on the stage here, won her first laurels
here. and she has bestowed on the city a
memorial which Will carry her name to
posterity long way. San Franciscans
cannot remain Indifferent when she is
sighted.
Miss Crabtree is on the wrong side of
forty. She has acquired fortune by the
exercise of her profession. and is ENJOYING
a life of ease surrounded by her family.
She is of kindly, gentle nature, and prob
ably has not an enemy in the world. 1t
occurred to her that it would be agreeable
to spend a portion of her leisure in the
society of the gifted ladies who discuss art,
letters and sociology in the rooms of the
Sorosis Club. The Institution is highly
respecta BILE. 1t has had an existence of
some twenty odd years, and has counted
among Its members some Of the best
known of the advanced fem ale thinkers OF
New York. Its debates, which are often
reported in the papers, indicate that while
it might be unkind to call it q mutual ad-
miration society, the customary speakers
do seem to entertain high opinion of each
other. If their discourses do not usually
contain startling novelties. they are sound
in morals and ethics and easy of digestion.
They are fond of asserting that if you are
good you will be happy, a proposition
which has never been successfully assailed.
Fer long time the members of this
interesting club have been divided on the
nice question whether age or youth
should predominant in the club. AS every
one knows, men are such wrong-headed
creatures that they have weakness for
lamb and spring chicken; they admire and
respect the sex when it is mellow, but in
society they prefer ladies whose cheeks
are blooming with the flush of youth.
place where the matron aud the old maid
should hold the FIRST rank, and while they
grudglngly admitted a girl now and then t.
give life TO tile institution. they kept the
control in the hands of ladies who could
speak from experience of the things which
happened before the war. This rule could
hardly be invoked against Lolita, for she
rs we said, is past forty. But her hearts as
young as when she first played Topsy she
has as much merry rolicking life in hel
as she had when audiences split their side:
over "The Little Warehouses" Such ar
embodiment of joy and high spirits was ou
of place in a lugubrious assemblage Of
60 yrn N n hol fad har
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interest, but they follow what they think
to be to the best of their ability. The
Herald offers the following convincing
proof that it has no conception OF the
character of the people of California:
When the anti. Chinese legislation was first
before Congress the Cinnamon OF San francisco
sent an agent to Congress TO resist it. He was
an American and a fearless man. When he re-
turned from Washington the air was full OF the
same threats TO have his life. He was advised
to enter the city OF San Francisco by stealth.
He refused 10 do il. but walked openly down
the gangpank in broad daylight as the ferry
boat brought him over from Oakland. There
were plenty OF curses heard, but not man of
the crowd had The courage to lift his hand
against him. He lived in the city unmolested,
continuing to ACT as tie Chinese agent Tor years
thereafter, and may be there still.
The agent referred to was never in the
slightest danger from violence in Califor-
mia; neither was Mr.. Justice Field, if we
except the Terry episode, and then the
trouble originated over a woman and not
the Chinese. There have been no threats
made against them that attracted any at
tentiOn on this coast. American lawyers
with large Chinese practice have lived
here for years and prospered. No one has
ever thought of molesting them Even
Riordan will return some day and peace
fully enjoy the fee he received from the
Six Companies
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BATTLEfIELDS.

Two historic sites of imperishable fame
are to be purchased and preserved in COM
memoration of great events in the life of
the nation. One is Valley Forge and the
other Gettysburg. One is associated most
critically with the Revolutionary War,
and the other with the turning point in
the War of the Rebellion. A million
dollars has been appropriated by sixteen
States to secure the purchase of the latter
field of strife, and n bill is pending to
acquire the Valley Forge entertainments.
which are still in existence. The st. Louis
Republic contends that "the best thing
that can be done with every battlefield OF
the Civil War is to put It to some practical
use. 1t is an unhealthy sentiment which
inspires the wish to keep these battlefields
as a perpetual memorial of civil strife"
On this point it may be said that the
battlefields of all wars remain with their
memories recorded. whether they are dis
tinctively preserved as such or are handed
over to the plowshare, which kindly
Obliterates the ravages and horrors of con-
fict. Whatever happens in the progress
or decadenee of nations, the sites of battle
fields cannot be carried away. They only
undergo change. Cornfields, woods and
towns take possession of the ground which
was trodden down by the serried ranks of
the c0mbatants, scared by the missiles of
artillery, and saturated with the blood of
the wounded and dead. Most of the
scenes of carnage in the United States,
Canada and Mexico have already under
gone this peaceful transformation. The
sites can be described, but their aspect of
horror has vanished. Time and nature
mercifully heal the wounds.
Hardly dozen square miles of Europe
can be singled out over which armies have
not marched or on which they have not
been marshaled in camps or led to the
fray. The records go back to the classic
ages, over two thousand years, and every
century teens with the annals of dreadful
clash of arms in the field or under the
walls of fortified cities. Except in the
case Of Waterloo. no attempt has been
made 10 wrest these sites from their lapse
to natural uses. Waterloo has only few
mounds and monuments and the rest is
waving corn, pasture and wood, very pic
turesque, but quite conjectural as to phases
of the great struggle which laid low the
seourge of Europe 1t is with difficulty to-
day that the battletelds of the contending
Roses or the parliamentary and cavalier
forces can be traced. Much is guesswork
as to details. The field of Flodden doml-
mates as peaceful spot Is may be seen in
the North of England. and that of Ban
mock burn, with its setting of hills and
castle rock, owes more to Burns than nat
ural suggestions of what was there arbi-
trated with frightfuI slaughter. So with
Gettysburg, Valley Forge and all other
scenes of war. Nature will beautify and
conceal the trenches and burrows, and
those who fight battles over again Will
have to rely upon history and painstaKtng
Geographical research.
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PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Mrs. Amelia Barr is said to make from
$4,000 to $4,000 year from her literary
work.
1t is said that Mary E. Wilkins uses no
notebooks to help her write her stories,
full as they are of photographcally
minute detail.
Mrs. Alice lie Plongeon, who is at present
residing in Brooklyn, is the only woman
who has lived among tile deserted old
cities IN the forests of Yucatan.
Nine. Madeline Lemaire and Mile.
Breslau, who are serving on the jury of
the salon of the Champ de Mars, are the
first women who have held that position in
any salon.
Mrs. Philip Newman of London is the
only woman designer and jeweler in all
England. She is said to have received at
one time an offer from Tiffany to come
over and do certain des gning for him.
The institute of France has made Pro-
lessor Henry Augustus Rowland, physi-
cist of Baltimore. a corresponding MEM
Der. Professor Rowland has long been
well known for his researches in optics
and spectrOscopy.
Frederick Z. Ives of Philadelphia, whose
invention of composite heIiochromy" is
con sidered to mark an advance toward
photography in the colors of nature. has
been requested to deliver a lecture before
the London Society.
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TO MEXICO AND THEN WHAT?

The oft-repeated rumor Of an exodus of
Chinese to Mexico may have basis of fact.
But rumors of similar character have
been current Oh former occasions. These
came to nothing. A few years ago a
report was given out that an immI-
grant line of steamships was to be
established between Mexican and Chi
nese ports. Mexico was not only to
grant subsidy to support such
line but that republic was to pay pre-
MUM for each Chinese that landed as an
immigrant in Mexico. Nothing came of
the proposition. No steamships we're sub
sidzed, and no Chinese were landed in
that country save the few that went down
from California. Moreover, Chinese that
have managed to get into Mexico have
been constantly striving to cross the line
into California. They evidently did not
like the country well enough to stay in 1t.
One other fact is to be noted. Mexico
has large population of laborers, OF such
as would labor if they had an opportunity.
They are willing TO work for small pay.
That proposition was well illustrated
when the Mexican Central Railroad was
constructed. as we'll as since in the con-
struction Of other railroads. There was
not the least occasion for the importation
of any foreign labor. The natives were
glad to get the employment and the small
and steady wages that were paid. They
we're content with smaller wages than now
paid TO the Chinese in California. The
truth is there is a surplus of native labor
ers in Mexico. Americans who are inter-
ested in mines in that country have been
able to hire all miners and other working
men they needed and at comfortably low
wages.
Mexico has no interest to be served by
an influx of Chinese. That republic has
invited an entirely different class OF i'm
migration. 1t has offered special advan-
tages to white immigrants who will open
up farms, build towns and cities and aid
in developing the country. Now these are
the things that the Chinese will not do.
AS soon as little money is made it is sent
out Of the country. A hundred thousand
Chinese in Mexico would be such an affiic-
ton as that country has never known.
The old evils would appear there just as
they have in other countries.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-05-28
DO BABIES EYES GROW :?
An Interesting Question for Young
Mothers to Ponder Over.

Charlestown g. CO. News and Courier.
How big is "a young baby's eyes?" We
have heard it stated within the last day or
two that "a young baby's eye" is ms big as
a grown persons eye; that the eye does
not grow as the body grows; that it is the
same size when the baby is born as it is
after the baby has grown up to be man
or woman; that 1t is born full size and is
then as big as it ever gets to be. This state
ment has been submitted to a Der OF
experts on babies, who generally agree
that "a young baby's eye" grows as the
body grows, though not in the same ratio.
But is it true?
Authorities are sometimes in error. Ex-
pert witnesses frequently tangle them
selves III in all kinds of contradictory
statements of facts; expert physicians do
not reach the same conclusions from
identicaliy the same basis of reasoning
expert cotton-buyers sometimes buy when
the slumps in tho market prove that they
should have sold. 1t may be that the
baby experts whom we have questions
upon the subject of baby eyes have spoken
without due consideration. We should
like TO have the puzzle settled. Do babies
eyes grow? How big is a young baby's
eyep
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NOTHING OF THE KIND.

The farsoff Boston Herald has heard
that the people of California threaten to
lynch Justice Field when he returns to
this State. This" says the Herald. ''il-
illustrates the kind of terror which it is
attempted to inaugurate against a man
who takes the side of the Chinese" The
Illustration will lose something of its color.
There has been no talk in this State about
lynching Justice Field. No one expected
from him q different decision from that
he rendered. Senator Stanford indicated
what was coming in an interview in one
of his organs before the registration deci-
sion was rendered. But no one paid much
attentio to what Stanford said. 1t has
long been known that it was to the inter
est Of the Southern Pacific Company to
have plenty Of cheap labor. and no one
ever suspected either Stanford or Field of
disregarding his own interests. They do
not always know exactly what is 10 their
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-05-28
NEARING COMPLETION.

1t cannot be indicated with anything like
certainty what the effect Of opening the
Tehauntepec Railway will be. The re-
ports put forth occasionally show that
very little remains TO be done 10 complete
the route from ocean to ocean, and it
seems to be very substantially built in
bridges and embankments. There remain
only thrty-seven miles to finish. and of
this twenty five miles are ready for track
laying. A telegraph line has been opened
across the whole route. Before the year
closes there is no reason to doubt that
trains could be running across the 18TH
mus; but as energy is not the character
istic of enterprise in Mexico disappoint-
meDt need not be deep if the inauguration
is put off to next year. If the Mexican
Government holds to its resolution of
managing tie line impartially in the in
terest of Mexico and the commerce of all
nations none of the mpire-surveying rail-
road magnates of the United States will
get control 1t would be unfortunate if
they did. The route would be worked in
a preferential spirit and do as much harm
as good by sitting trade that did not suit
the plans of the management and sustain
ing high rates on the trade encouraged If
there be any virtue in the state ownership
and direction of railroads here is an oppor-
tunity to render it benefcently conspicu-
Gus.
The effect of the new route must soon be
felt in shipping. A considerable volume of
local trade may develop ultimately, but at
the outset the traffic will mainly be from
one ocean TO the other across the isIhmus.
To this extent the rnnta will duplicate I he
Panama Railroad, with some immediate
advantages in regard to the traffic of the
north, and better prospects in the future.
The commerce of the Central American
republics, and of Guatemala particularly,
must be intimately Influenced by the
change. As this part of Mexico lies under
the same meridian as Galveston. the
Southern Pacific may be expected to bestir
itself to make what ii can out of the route,
but it is by no means boon which that
company coyets. 1t would no doubt like
to have full control. for then if could so
contrIve matters as to intiict the minimum
amount of injury on the rest of its gigan-
tic system. AS long as the railroad is con-
Quoted solely with view to earnings on
legitimate. untrammeled business it must
prove an auxiliary to the commerce of all
countries, and should be of special benefit
TO the Pacific Coast. The more we have OF
short cuts TO trade between the Pacific and
Atlantic oceans the better. By the changes
imminent a few interests may suffer tem-
porarily because they enjoy a selfish posi-
tion quite disproportiona.e to the services
rendered, but in the end there will be gain
in every direction. The Nicaragua cana
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EdisOn's Latest.

Mr.. E1ison's latest invention is a toy
for grown-up folks. but it promises to be
very interesting toy. By an application
of an old principle familiar in the nur-
sery series of instantaneous photographs
of a person singing or dancing are passed
rapidly before the eye, creating the effect
of an actually singing and dancing figure.
Meanwhile q phonographic attachment
furnishes the word and music of the song.
Mr.. Edison intends to provide these iustru-
ments not with single figures, but with
whole opera companies on the stage, so
that one may sit at home and both see and
hear Aida" or "Lohengrin" at will.
without hearing also the impairment
chatter of those who go to the opera to be
seen and whose disregard of the rights
and comfort of others is the leading
characteristic of their excessively bad
manners.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-05-28

L. PIKE in darksned room. These were
produced By Transforming machines with a
frequency of 1000, 600 alternate discharges
per minute-an amazing practical acnleve-
ment, which puts in the shade the beats OF
an insects wing and suggests the nndula-
tons of light. One of these machines Is
described as "a compound OF two electric
motors whose armatureS TevolVe In ulHeI-
ent directions. On the END OF one arIla-
ture is the magnetic field OF the trans
forming apparatus, and on the enc OF the
other the arnlature tnereoi, ehere ueine as
many as $50 poles. With a primary cur
rent of forty amperes supplied at 100 volts,
the machine gives out its new current IN
the shape of only two amperes AT zoo VOLTS,
but of frequency OF !. uU0,U0o aiterhat u o oa
per minute. 1t is found that ABOVE oO,Ou0
alterations 90 better results are ooialn leu
by increasing the frequency. a Deautl!ul
sci of vacuum bulbs and tuoes ware Dy
these appliances maintained In an intense
phosphorescent glow SUFFICIENT 10 produce
the necessary light due TO the current
originally employed without any CARBON
filaments inside the bulbs. Ihese expeIi,
ments open up vast fields OF practlcai
application to the inventor. Is the time at
hand when houses and pubic pullulns 20
will be Illuminated without the rlskS OF
wires carried to every light? WIN WI. we
phosphorescent glow take the place Oh the
lncanQeScent niamentF
An ostrich which recently died full OIL
years had an extraordinary collection OIL
articles in its stomach. Some or tnese
were more suitable for a guns lth store
than paunch, however tough and adapted
to the digestion of obdurate food. But the
strangest of all. tossing about in the gas
trlc juices, was prayer-bOok. Inc Scon-
ing may say it was very orthodox Dliu,
aud of literary turn of stomach. Inst
the volume should have been declpheraDie
after being enguifed for considerable
period affords nope TO careless people VINO,
in the neigh borhood of a cassowary, mlgnt
chance to lose their poeket-book Wen
padded with bills. This. however. IS noI
the usual way in which pocKet money
goes. There are many forms of ostrlch
more annoying than the one with teatners.
The Duke of Veragua and suite might
be supposed to be living high from the
fact that bill just paid by the Stats De-
partment for one weeks board and lodging
comes to $500. But the surprise is Oil
minished upon rejecting that the expense
was incurred at Chicago. Perhaps
plebeian would not have cost so much. but
there would have been very little difference.
The Government could not behave stinglly
in the case Of guest
The assistants at the State Library in
Albany. in New York, are in demand at
numbers of other libraries. and in proper
professional spirit are accepting the higher
remuneration offered. Apparently those
at the head of the institution are gratitled
at the preference shown. II would be
better policy to retain their services by
Offering inducements to remain. Too
much migration will weaken the staff.
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THE SIX COMPANIES.

A contemporary speaks of the power
exercised by the Chinese Six Companies.
They have practically suspended law of
Congress. They ordered Chinese laborers
not to register. and assured them that if
they did not they would not be deported.
1t seems now that the Six Companies knew
what they were about. How they knew is
not so clear. But the Chinese laborers
did not register, and they are in no present
danger of being deported. The power of
the Six Companies is, after all, rather
fanciful than real. They are power until
the administration makes up its mind to
enforce the law. When it does this the
power of the Six Companies will disappear.