The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-11-23

$1,000 each, and that frequently Major
Iohu hau twice that amount Tor bis
trouble. 1t is evident therefore that
Ittle travel IN wild country Ike Africa
anu no tidings for a compile Of years 80
coHduce TO the fame OF man thai lec-
Iure OF single hour in different cities
may may pc relied upon to raise fund of
SIuo'uJu 10 short, Stanley might have
do9olea that sum in the United States,
anu, IKE Give in India. he must be
amazed at his own moderation. In Eng
land ne ala not draw nearly SO well.
Down in Los Angeles group of young
nighwaymen stand in need Of reformation
10 some legal shape. They are all under
~. put are old enough to know better.
Inelr depredaLions were in the approved
road-agent style, with brace Of revolyers
and belt OF cartridges round each waist, a
determined air ana considerable strategy.
Ihey had so looted tie receipts Of Chi
nese FegetaDle-DeddIers that this indus
tEions brotherhood forsook the district Ia
Wnlch tue robbers operated aud caused
famine OF vegetables In households. This
outbreak OF yieiOusn6ss is attributable TO
the WIG literature of dime novels, OF
whieh they had plentiful supply. In
Tree country nothing can he done 10 re-
strain the publication OF this eXctable
trash. Anything III a book seems to be
CONSIDERED good for the mind. and so ''Our
ooys grow up with q taste for crime and
thirst Tor desperate deeds.
1t is to be hoped the fruit-growers will
use due caution in introducing foreign in
sects into the State TO prey upon the
various scale pests. Mr.. Koebele has
found fifty species of ladybirds in Aus
trails that prey upon other insects noxous
10 fruit trees. 1t is quite possible they
would all settle down TO work In the most
approved ways and strip our trees of forms
OF lie not desirable 10 the orchard. But
there Is the risk that foreign insects may
en- nody some species, pestin themselves.
and once introduced it is hard &c get quit
OF them.
The Nicaragua Canal Company is being
SUED by the Nicaraguan Government to
recover half a million dollars as the pen
atty OF not having completed within three
years the portion of canal which lies be-
tween the two lakes. This penalty may
be within the strict letter OF the bond, but
To Is not likely performance will be ex-
acted. What Nicaragua would like to see.
ana what all the people of the United
Stateds exclusive of the railroad traffic
managers. desire, is energetic work and
early completion of the undertaking AT
present all IS suspense ana embarrassment,
and the wonder is there should be any
hesitation about work SO vitality imp0r-
tant, worth more 10 the United States than
nfiy SueZ canals is TO ENGLAND.
A House of Lords committee on the sale
OF foreign meats has given an honost
opinion iDd0rslng American meat shipped
10 England as in many cases superior TO
English. This is proved by the livestock
slaughtered at BIrkenhead. The SUPERB
Gritty IS admitted by buyers, but English
butchers sell American meat as English,
and get higher price by the deception,
none OF which benefits the American ship
per- a movement is on foot TO distinguish
the kinds of meat sold. This may benefit
the American shipper eventually.
Important arrests Of anarchists and
captures Of anarchist materials and litera-
ture are reported from Barcelona, the
headquarters of the Spanish. propaganda.
The discoveries are OF value il tile ranlif-
cations of conspirators can be traced into
France and Italy. but it is optimistic to
nope that there is any thoroughness in
this quest. 1t is understood that The
French Government has posted agents
along the frontier of the Pyrenees to
arrest fugitives. Yet il Is almost like
hunting rabbits to spread net for the
reds. Here and there a few are caught
anu Sh5 rest scuFry away.
Professor Barnard's lecture on Jupiter
and iEs satellites ought to be strongly in
terestng at this moment What is termed
the red spot 5n the pisnet Shows signs or
activity. 1t has been observed for years.
paling and reddening alternately, and sug
costing analogy to the spots on the sun.
me area OF this spot is about equal to the
whole superfcies OF the earth, and is
therefore pretty large blister.