The morning call., 1893-05-29


nese. This was an act of discrimina-
ton against them. and this act is in force
to this day.
lt would be some satisfaction to know
tne inner reasons which prompted w. 4.
vanderbilt to go to the Lairds on the
Mersey-the firm that huilt the Alabama
Tor his new yacht, the Valiant. which is TO
take the place of the foundered Alva.
why should he have gone abroad at all for
ms pleasure? 1t cannot be that he was
Influenced by motives of cost, as million
aires are not niggardly when IL is case OF
seif-lndulgence. The yacht could have
been constructed as quickly and in as line
stFle IN American waters. Mr.. st. Clair
byrne oil Liverpool, the deSlgner OF the
Ava. 10 also responsible for the new craft.
anu ~ Is possible lie was again consulted
beranse familiar with the nautical tastes
oil the owner. The Valiant is $50 feet long
over all, with beam of So feet b inches
ana draught of 10 feet. Her two sets OF
Triple expansion engines give her guar
anieed speed OF seventeen knots, and
probably knot or two extra. Fol- such
vessel high speed is not desirable. There
is 100 much vibration for comfort. Only
very large steamers can go along Ike a
railway train smoothly.
Ho oiu CuIud anu cuTlO cOlltctOI re-
Gently rare opportunity To buy famous
set OF Worcester porcelain. The dinner
service presented to Lord Nelson by the
English nation came under the hammer, as
IL TO illustrate the mutations Of all things
commemorative. Here was the gift of
proud people to an illustrious man put up
10 public competition and obtainable by
anybody who offered an extra guinea. The
set consisted of 26O pieces, exquisitely
painted, and, as If no more worthy subject
coulo De 1eund-aSsuredly none thRt could
delight Nelson more-tte portrait OF Lady
hamilton was on most of them, Imperlsh-
IDLY, too, unless the dishes get broken
Ihls superb present was beQUeathed by
Lord Nelson to the Duke of Clarence,
afterward William the Fourth, and then il
went to his son, Lord +. Fiizclarencr, and
flnally to the Countess of Enroll, and her
grandson. 1t has. perhaps, been little used
Tor dinners. or it could not have changed
hands so often without crack Had Lady
Hamilton had the chance OF realizing on
her own portraits in porcelain she would
nave seen less poverty in her latter days.
Evans and Sontag have added to their
toIerably long list of crimes by blazing
away with shotguns at United States
Deputy Marshal who was on their trail.
they were also on his trail and caught up
with him just as he got home. Had the
Marshal had his Winchester and a girdle
OF cartridges the possibilities are that the
bandits would have been hit. They had
The advantage of ambush over defense
less man, and it says much fer the cour-
age and good deal for his life that he was
able to crawl indoors and get in haphaZ-
ard shot. The bandits have killed three
men and wounded FIVE. Neither has got
fnr fha lln.fi Inv
Black Is no doubt valid one in frontier
justice, that he was hunting them, and they
retaiated by turning hunter Tney have
undoubtedly now made a bitter foe of
Black. He is known to be a very deter
mined man and sure shot, and as soon as
he has been nursed round he will Ike to
the mountains again. Thus far the rob-
bers have shown remarkable ability to de-
fend themselves. They are certainly held
in respect by the brotherhood OF detec-
tives.
New York has now cable-cars running
along Broadway from Central Park to the
Battery. The unwOnted spectacle of great
cars moving rapidly along without visible
means of propulsion stirred the Gotham
ties perceptibly. They are accustomed to
surprises, and may have regarded this one
as but feeble contribution to the solution
of the great r0blem of rapid transit, but
they stared nevertheless. The relief to
Broadway traffic of getting RID of the over
taxed car-horse must be considerable, and
II the company cHn only insure itself
against blockade of the thoroughfaTe at
cross streets and continuous run, pas
Sengers must hail the new service as II
boon But ii would require three Broad
ways to accommodate all the traffic on easy
terms.
The author of the American Common
wealth." Professor j. Bryce. is, it ap-
pears, warmly admired by the Armenians.
He has travelled much in Asia Minor and
has made study f this Interesting pe0-
pie, who have, through iong centuries.
cherished national aspirations. He con-
siders them Intellectually and physically
the most promising race IN Western Asia
aud advancing IN status wherever they go.
The Anglo Armenians recently en.er-
aimed Mr.. Bryce at a banquet, and, lest he
should by any means offend Turkey as
Minister, the press was excluded.
After making due allowance for tides
and currents the marine inspectors on
board the New York on her trial trip have
worked out the calculation that her speed
was twenty-one knots per hour. 1t was
thought she was half knot faster. but
twenty-one miles will pass muster in COM
parlSon with any war vessel Of like size IN
the world Had the United States d zen
such powerful craft, our rank would go
up among the nations as naval power.
AS no ADVERTISEMENTS threaten We have
leisure enough to complete the naval pro-
gramme on which we have entered.
We can imagine the anguish of the florist
who provided flowers for the Princess
ball at New York. He was robbed of lot
Of the orchids he had borrowed. 1t is sur
prising. however. that the total loss is only
put down at $1,000. There are some Oh
chids worth about this sum alone. The
fad for orchids is such that the whole earth
IS ransacked for new species and a good
fortune may be spent as well as made in
collection. The vandalism of swapping off
such flowers or running off with them in
pot Is eXcruciating.