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The morning call., 1893-08-21
MODERN LANGUAGES. L

There are probably few practical men
belonging To what are termed the business
professions, apart from those styled the
learned, who will not agree with the view
that French and German should be well
and prominently taught at the State Uni
versitV. 1t is extremely desirable that
students should have every encouragement
and facility to study the two modern
tongues which. with English, are the key
to modern knowledge. a student who
emerges from o university only acquainted
with the Greek and Latin classics and
with mathematics has an education which
adapts him for the pulpit. or the law, or
literature, or the press. but he is only
started on the road to success in medicine.
AT every turn science conironts him as
much deeper than nomenclature. and to
depths of science some knowledge of
English, French and German is necessary.
So with the producer in every field of en-
terprise. A rule Of thumb man can get
ahead as far as he goes without much
lear ing, but the inventor. the man who
makes progress in career, decidedly en-
joys superior advantages to-day. A chem
ist can go very short way indeed in pre-
paratory studies without finding that some
of the best textbooks are German. German
is such a difficult language. too, with in
volved and very long sentences, while clear
Technically, that it is a forbidden study
late in life, and ought to be grappled with
at school and college.
The engineer and metallurgist are pre-
cisely in the same position. Al a rule.
most scientific translatiOns are begun long
after a work has appeared aud require to
be supplemented with information on fresh
discoveries.
1t is much to be desired that in the teach
ing of modern tongues the utmost care
should be exercised to make them a vehicle
of speech as we'll as of reading When
speech is facile, whether grammatical or
not, reading also becomes easy We learn
English without reading. Why not French
and German in the first stages? There
should be less laying down of grammar
and more correct speech without explain
ing why it is correct or in venting blunders
TO correct them. The next century will
laugh at many of our musty habits in edu-
cation and insist upon n bov or girl, a
young m n or young woman, being taught
the branches which tend tn make ones
career a success with leave TO aud some of
the learning stored in the past as a super
Stru0turp
The morning call., 1893-08-21
SILVER AND WOOL.

The administration, assisted by a good
many Republicans, is trying hard to make
people believe that the purchase OF 4, ,5C0, 900
ounces OF silver is running the country. At
the same time the administration makes
free wool a leading feature of its tariff
reform policy. 1t is not easy to under
stand why silver and wool should be so
obnoxious to Mr.. Cleveland. Both are
important American industries. We pre-
duce about 100000 ounces of silver in a
year, which. under a free deal, would be
worth 100000 600. We are raising 360. .0O0.-
600 pounds of wool. needing only to import
30.000.O00 pounds to clothe our people.
The excuse for free wool is that manufac-
turers would, if the American raw wool
industry was ruined, buy the foreign prod
uct at terms which would enable them to
compete with European manufacturers for
the market of the wcrId. These free wool
advocates are looking long way into the
future. At present we do not so nearly
supply the home market for cloths as we
do for free wool. With all the advantages
of protection duties we have not yet driven
foreign cloths out Of the market. The
agreement is quite general that under free
imports the American product will rapidly
fall off. What would be the result
of the extinction OF the American
wool industry in this country In the price
of wool? Is it certain that after the first
shock was over manufacturers would not
have to pay for wool pretty nearly as much
as they now pay? The eraw wool produced
cannot be greatly increased in year. An
American woo-grower may kill his sheep
when they cease to be profitable, but the
foreign wool-grower cannot speak one into
immediate existence. The increase in the
foreign product would not. in all probabil-
ity, keep pace with the decrease in the
American product. But in the event of
foreign wool remaining at the present price
the American manufacturer would buy of
the foreign wool-grower In place Of the
American. He might get his wool cheaper.
but it ls as certain Is anything can be that
If wool goes on the free list the manufac-
lures OF wool would quickly follow. What
does Mr. Cleveland expect to gain by
killing the two industries of silver and
wool? Does he imagine that a possible
foreign market for cloth will compensate
for the loss of the American market, with
its 65.000,000 of people, most of whom
wear American clothes and wear more
dollars worth in a year than any other
65,000000 on the face of the globe? II he
does. he is proba bly, honest in his policy /;
but the present outlook is that great dis
n ant ic in
The morning call., 1893-08-21
THE MASK OFF.

very simple illustration of the real
temper of the Southern Pacific in causing
trains to run through the streets of Oak
land at express speed is found in the fact
that a passenger between Oakland and
San Francisco does not reach his destina-
tion one second sooner under the new
schedule than under the old. No matter
how fast the trains run, there are but two
ferry-bOats on the route. If any real ben
eft were to come out OF two trains for
Oakland there should be four ferry-boats,
two to accommodate the fast trains and
two to keep up with the slow. That. of
course. is not within the programme of
the Southern Pacific of Kentucky. The
obvious purpose of the two trains is to
snub and embarrass Oakland. stab the op-
position ferry if possible and deprive
travellers of the privilege of riding free-a
privilege not by any means exacted with
out great advantages to the company. The
company does not hesitate to take the
risks of manning and killing people who
chance to be in the way when its trains
fly through the streets at full speed. 1t
seems Indifferent to popularity or public
sentiment. Its policy tends to exasperate
every citizen in Oakland and to convert
CNoIy uOubIdl luIO du ouciDy dUu IEi6PQ
of the opposition. A company which has
grabbed the water front of the city, which
has endeavored to render the harbor
worthless and has enjoyed benefits and
favors innumerable, exhibits pettiness Of
policy and resentment such as might be ex-
pected in a couple of small tradesmen
fighting for the custom of block
The two opposition ferries are thriving
under the turn events have taken. Pas
sengers flock 10 the Rosalie and freight is
abandoned for the Whitney line. Another
1erry steamer has been got ready by the
Davie Company, and with regular trips
from each side every hour the competition
must become keen indeed. The effort of
the monopoly to divide the traffic of the
creek route has absolutely failed. Very
few passengers are visible on the decks of
this lone steamer. even with the aid of a
binOcular. The cheerfulness is all on the
side OF the opposition. Such a revolt is a
good omen for the future of California. 1t
is convincing lesson that there should be
competition in transportation all over the
State. As long as people trust to one CON-
pany which does not consider California
by ITSELF but as a bit of territory on a
continent which a number of railroads
make their battle-ground, just so long will
they founder in a slough of despond, un-
certain when they are nearing firm ground
and kept back by reverses.
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CLAMoRoUs DE1AND FOR GOLD.

The fact that every nation in Europe is
striving to maintain its stock of gold and
to get more if possible seems to impress
good many people with the idea that gold
Is better as the basis of our currency than
both gold and silver. What everybody
wants, it is urged, must be for everybody's
good. A London correspondent describes
the tussle for gold. The imperlous Ameri
can demand for GOLD has compelled the
Bank OF England TO raise the rate of dis
count time after time and still the bank
hos lost S22, 905 900 In two weeks. Most of
the American demand was supplied from
that quarter. The Bank of Franco which
protects its gold by judcious use of sill
yer, N ade slight increase in its holdings
during the same time. The London cor
respondent says further that the whole
world is locking up gold. The premium
on the metal is 8 cents in Rome and II
cents in Madrid. London. it is added, is
preparing Il measure to tap some of these
Continental boards. In times of peace
the only way one nation can get another
nations gold is by giving more for il than
any other nation will give. This is the
way the Americans are getting gold from
The morning call., 1893-08-21

In an article in this months "Zoe," on
the botany of the Sierras. Mrs. Catherins
Brandegee illustrates how the sheep has
been the means of confusing and inter-
mixing plants carried from the plains 10
the mountains and vice versa, as well as
from the foothill range to the main line of
the Sierra. The plants fitted for existence
at great attitudes 10 not thrive in the not
valleys OF the San Joaquin and Sacra-
mento, and would not by ordinary natural
agency be transported from the coast
range to the Sierra or from the Sierra to
the coast. Herds OF sheep, however, effect
transportation TO a marvellous extent by
means of seeds and twigs clinging 10 their
wool. To the botanist the sheep is pest
Ofttines a mountain is climbed in the
autumn, as was one in Lake County by
Mrs. Brandeger. to find it denuded OF
every description of heritage accessible to
the droves. There is still much to learn
about the botany of California, and to find
The morning call., 1893-08-21
SNAKE VERSUS EAGLE.
A Lurid Story From Arizona of a
Duel in Mid Air.


j. III. Lee came in yesterday, says the
Prescott Courier. from the ranch west of
Prescott. and related TO the Courier a
strange story. In the mountain crags
near that ranch several families of Ameri-
can eagles have for years reared their fear
less brood. and have. in the m ain, been un-
inolested, their chief prey being snakes ana
other reptiles unwelcome to man. In the
same section species OF snake. known
hereabo uts as the whipsnake, is also COM
mon. The snakes are of the long, slim
variety, seldom larger than a goOdsized
walking-stick, but ranging in length all
the way from four to ten feet. They are
not considered poisonous, but. like the boa
constructor species. wind around their
prey and crush IL, and their squeezing
powers are said to be somewhat wonder
ful. So swift are these snakes that they
disappear unharmed when struck at with
a stick, like the shadow of flying bird.
A few days ago Mr.. Lees sons were
hunting through the forest near the ranch
when they saw great eagle, which was
sailing in midair, suddenly dart TO the
earth, heard futter in the brush, a
piercing scream, and the bird rose above
tile pneiops with an unusually long
whipSnake dangling frnm his beak. The
eagle held the snake just behind the head
and rose rspidly. The snake seemed TO be
making Intellectual efforts to draw its dang
ling body up to coil around the eagle. The
eagle was soon in midair and the snake
could not be seen. but il was evident a
morial combat was taking place. for the
bird would rise and fall and emit occasi on al
screams, as IL in pain. and in few min
utes was seen rapidly descending earth
ward, turning over and over in his flight
AID Tapping one wing vigorously. the
other seeming to be held out stationary.
But nothing could be seen OF the snake.
The bird struck the ground with some
what of thud, near the boys, who hurried
to the place. where they found the eagle
with death grip on the snake just back
OF the reptiles head. while the snake had
colled round and round its assaiants
body. crushing the bird all out of shape
and Dreaking me wing entirely.
The boys killed and unwOund the snake,
while the dogs went for the eagle and soon
killed it, not, however, before the bird had
almost torn the nose from one OF the dogs
with his beak.
The morning call., 1893-08-21
sEYMoUR's PREDICTION.

A short time before his death Horatio
Seymour predicted that the next conflict
in this country would be between the
East and the West. ''The time will come
very soon. in my judgment" he is quoted
as saying. when it will require very wise
craftsmanship TO prevent an open rupture
between the East and West" Possibly
Mr.. Seymour did not estimate at its true
value the intense feeling of loyalty both
sections entertain for the Union. There
is some sharp talk between represen tative
men on the silver issue. but the man who
should intimate that the minority would
not submit to the majority would be
dropped from public life. Errors of public
policy quickly correct themselves. There
is no occasion to fight over them. Ii
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London. The Americans offer some kind
of securities so low that the London gold
owner jumps at the chance to buy it. Our
securities were returned by the tens Of
millions when they were comparatively
high, but now that the same securities
have shaded off about So per cent the
British gold comes this way again. In
view Of this clamorous demand for gold
and the consequent high bidding for it
practical business men should consider
what will be the result of basing our
whole currency on metal for which there
is such clamorous demand.
The morning call., 1893-08-21
POPULAR DEMAND.
The New York Herald saws:


Popular sentiment has decreed that the Sher.
man law be repealed and the purchase Of silver
stopped 1t only remains for Congress to en-
body that decree IN a repeating act.
There has been no popular expression
on the Sherman law. The last time the
two parties faced each other and made a
bid for popular favor both declared for the
use of both gold and silver as money,
There bas been no retreat from that POSI-
ton. The silver-purchasing act is simply
one method of bringing the two metals
together so that free coinage might follow
without disturbance to property values.
The gold papers are attacking the princi-
pie of bimetallsm through the method to
reach bimetallism. There might be de-
cree on the part of popular sentiment that
the slver-purchasing act be repealed
without in the least affecting the real
merits of the silver question. But there
has been no expression OF popular will at
all. Some members of Congress appear
to have gone over to Cleveland in obedi-
ence to the law which inclines the sun
flower to turn to the rising sun. The
power that distributes Federal patrona age
Is great, whether the individual to whom
it is entrusted is otherwise great or not
but it is not great enough to materially in
fluenco the action of the great American
people.
The morning call., 1893-08-21
Real Estate Notes.

G. 81. Umbsen & Co. report the sale OF
the residence corner of Guerrero street and
Clinton Park for $500; lot 2S S:6x117.
Next Saturday. August 26. Breed & Co.
will offer for sale eighty-five lots IN Bella
Vista Park, East Oakland Heights. all
ready for building. The property is In the
most desirable section of East Oakland
and surrounded by charming homes.
The same day w. j. Dingee will offer for
sale at his salesrooms. 400 Eighth street,
Oakland. a choice manufacturing site,
elegant home and beautiful building lots.
The morning call., 1893-08-21
SAFETY UNDER WATER.
A Story of Vain Pursuit by a Band
of Murderous Indians.
c. Iouts Post. Dfsp;

St, Louis PoSt. Dispatch.
"Dive for your life and come up under the
tree."
These words yelled from inside of a hollow
tree thirty years ago to man pursued by
Indians. The tree was on the shore OF a large
lake, near Pelican Rapids MINI. The whole
country was swarming with redskins that took
lart in The great Indian outbreak 1t was an
early autumn day. had been hunting, for the
Indians had been quiet for some weeks and
no fears were entertained OF immediate
trouble in our sec lou. / did not take nv dog
for 1 knew 1t would be risky to have a dog in
case OF an attack by savages, when the least
The morning call., 1893-08-21

Union Pacific Worlds air Excursions
The Union Pacific win run Tourist Excursions
from Los Angeles every Monday and wednesday,
and from San Francisco every Tuesday and Thurs
day to the Worlds Fair at Chicago
These excursions will be in charge OF competent
managers who will accompany each excursion
through to Chicago cars running through to Chi.
cago without change.
sleeping-ear accommodations from Los Angeles
or San Francisco TO Chicago 81 per berth or
double that amount for section. Diagrams are
now ready at the Los Angeles ofhce. 229 South
Spring street, and l Montgomery street. San
Francisco. for reservations.
All letters teleQrams for tickets promntIv
answered giving full particulars In regard to the
excursions
Steamship tickets to and from all points In
Europe.
For further information call or write g. F. Herr
agent, 229 South Spring street, Los Angeles or to
ID. w, Hitchcock. general agent, l Montgomery
street. San francisco.
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PUBLICATION OFFICE: 4:

BIS Montgomery street, near Clay, open until II
o'clock P. NJ. BRAN OFF ES; 10 Market
street near Kearny. open until u o'clock midnight
39 Hayes street. open until 80 o'clock; Coz Larkin
street open until 9:}0 clock; SW. corner Sixteenth
and Mss on streets, until o'clock; 251S
Mission street. open until o'clock; and 116 Ninth
street, open until 8 80 o'clock.
The morning call., 1893-08-21

HrvISITORS TO THE WORLDS FAIR will
find THE CALL on sale at the newsstands in the fol
lowing hotels: Palmer House, Auditorium Hotel
Briggs House. Clifton House, Commercial House
Gault House. Grand Pacific Hotel. Sherman House
Leland House, Northern Hotel Richelieu Hotel
fremont House, Virginia Hotel and Wellington
Hotel.
AT WASHINGTON. D. C-The Willard, Arling-
ton Ebbitt and Shoreham Hotels
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missioners had decided to take off the
public highway for an engine-house site
The Commissioners have promised to look
at the hts during the week and make a
selection for the building of the engine
company for Noe Valleys protection. Both
sites are offered for the nominal rental of
So monthly, one by Jacob Hryman at Al
varad0 and Hoffman streets and the other
by George w. Mcpherson at Douglass
street and Ocean-house road.
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snRsCRIPTION RATEs:

DAILY CALL dncluding sundays Sc per year by
mail postpaid; I5 cents per week. 65 cents per
calendar month"; through carriers. DAILY CALL,
Eve comics three months. So 25. SUNDAY CALL,
Al 80 per year. postpaid SUNDAY CALL and
WEEKLY CALL. s2 80 per year postpaid. WEEKLY
CALL, 81 per year, postpaid.
THE CALL cannot return rejected manuscripts,
nor will the editor enter into correspondence re-
finc fIa,,
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PniIlips, Rnck IsIand Excxrsinn.

Leave san Francisco every Wednesday and Satur-
day via Rio .GRANDE AND Rock ISLAND RVS
Through tourist sleeping cars TO Chicago and Bos
ton. Manager and porter accompany these excur-
sions through TO Boston For tickets sleeping car
accommodations and further Information address
CLINTON JONES General Agent Rock Island Ry
50 Montgomery street San Franciscn
The morning call., 1893-08-21
The Noe Valley Engine Site.

Two sites have been presented to the
Fire Commissioners which the Noe Valley
residents offer in lieu of the steep 30x10O
Oh Ocean-house road which the Fire Com
The morning call., 1893-08-21

DR.. Luther Gulick argues that. by exer-
cising CERTAIN muscles, it is possible to de-
vslop Ger ain sections OF The brain. His
argument has special reference to feeble-
minded persons. whose menta! condition,
In hs opinion, might be improved by the
right kind of muscular exercise.
The morning call., 1893-08-21

# CAL subscribers uho intend learing
the city aciU notify the business office OF
their change Of address the paper aoiU be
70racarded to them regularly.
The morning call., 1893-08-21
Midwinter Fair subscriptions.

The committee of the Midwinter Fair has
decided on the plan of publishing a subscrIp-
tion blank in the daily papers, which may be
hlled In by parties wishing TO subscribe 10 the
fund. This blank will be found In another COL
umn. and all are earnestly requested 10 assist
in the good work.
The morning call., 1893-08-21
Ancient London Church Reopened.
london Daily News.

London Daily News.
The restored church Of ST. Helen, Bishops
gale, which has been called 1.-THE Westminster
Abbey of the East" by virtue bOh of its
historical associations and the number and
interest of its monuments, particularly of dis
tinguiSh-d citizens of the fourteenth to the
sixteenth century. will be reoDened on Satur-
day Dext BY the Bishop of London with great
ceremony.
The present fabric was erected about Mar
1912 on he site of an older church. = {ss
evidence that church must have be-
lstence here in SaXen times, for am
archives is record that IN 1910 AlyWyn 20
OF Helmeham removed the remains Tag
Edmund the Martyr from ST. Edmunds D9ry 10
London, and deposited them for sanctuary in
this church for three years, until the raTages OF
the Danes in East Anglia ceased
The morning call., 1893-08-21
NoTTCEI

A1y Of our patrons lcho fail to find THE
MORNING CALL for sale By trainboys
aoiu confer a foror by notifying this office
Of the fact, naming the date and train.
The morning call., 1893-08-21
Mrs. winslow,s Soothing sxrupr

Has been used over fifty years by millions of
mothers for their children while Teething with
perfect success. 1t soothes the child softens the
Gums. aiiays Pain cures Wind Coiic regulates the
Bowels, and Is the best remedy for Diarrheas
whether arising from teething or other causes
For sale by Druggists In every part of the world
Be sure and ask for Mrs. WinsIow's Soothing
Syrup 25c bottle.
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THE DAILY MORNING CALL

FOR SALE All
New York.. BRENTANO BROS. 5 Union Square
Chica o............ w. b SIZER. IS9 State street
New Orleans GALLOT &JOUBERT, 1151I Common
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PECULIAR in combinat on, proportion and prep
aration OF ingredients. Hoods SarsaparilIa pos.
sesses the full curative value of the best known
remedies of the vegetable kingdom Try it.
The morning call., 1893-08-21

Reduced Rates via Northern Pacific Railroad.
Greatly reduced rates to the Worlds Fair via
Shasta route. and Northern Pacific Railroad.
1. H. STATELER, general agent passenger de
pariment, 63S Market street. San Francisco.
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j. f. CUTTERS OLD BoURBoN-Thls cele.
braied whisky for sale by all irst-c ass drug gists
ana gr0cerS TTademark-Star within a shield. !.
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EVERYTHING for fine correspondence. Fine
note papers, silver desk novelties and small
picture frames. SaDboTn, Vail s. Co.
The morning call., 1893-08-21
THE MORNING CALL

Has a larger Circu alton than any
other newspaper published in San
Francisco.
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rgBEEasTFRN oFFICE OF THE CALL.

TIE EASIEHN UH INL Ut TIE O1hf111'
so Potter building New York City, is provided with
flies of California papers Visitors welcome Ad-
Vertising rates and sample copies furnished.
f. X. MISCH, Manager.
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CALIFORNIA slace fruits. SOC lb. Town,snd,s i.

STEELE's Saponaceous Tooth Powder, the
best ESQ Marker street. Palace Hotel.
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AUCTION SALES TO-DAY.
FuEN1TuRE.-By NJ. J. Simmons, at 1857 Mar
ket ST., at 1880 O'Clock.
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WEATHER PREDICTIONS.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
WEATHER BUREAU.
SAN FRANCISCO. August 20, 1898
Of1ciaI Forecast for Twenty-four Hours
Ending Midnight Monday.
San Francisco and vicinity - Fair weather;
slight changes in temperature Monday; north to
west winds. PRESLEY Z. JENKINS
Local Forecast Of1cial in Charge.
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Bearing-down Feeling

causing pain. weight, and backache, is
! instantly relieved and permanently
aured by its use. Under all circum-
Itances it acts in harmony with the laws
{ that govern the female system, and
~ aS harmless as water. 1t removes
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THE GALL CALENDAR.
AUGUST. 1898.

lSu. IM. ITu.i ". lTh. lFr. Sa. Moons Phases.
III II ~ August 4th |
|" = - F" /" l--T- ~ Last Quarter. |
H. - - - - - - "a August 11th. !
H "a IA l15 "a II 70 10 ~ New Moon.
Ii--- - = = -
III On q, 30 ., -. OK OK - August 9Th |
II 80 - - - - - ~ OFirst Quarter. /
| % 20 % ~ % Is August 27th. |
II " Full Moon.