The morning call., 1893-04-15

luiS ilCNemeUtt OF IS III tDtTelN u yOuLuIul
exhibition of impatence and vaulting ambi-
tion? A year hence Alexander would have
been able to dispense with tutelage legally,
and 1t is not clear what he gains by over
riding the constitution, which, he says, has
been in jeopardy from the regents and
Ministers. The Skuptschina has been dis
solved and writs are ordered for new cleo
tiOn. Unless terroriZed, the mind OF the
country will therefore soon be known. His
Majesty has also put a new Ministry in
power. There mnst have been some puppet
mover behind the throne to accomplish all
this pea ceably and suddenly. Austria is
the principal power affected, but an up
Eeaval in Servia is like spark in powder
magazine with reference to the Balkan
countries.
The proverb "Willful waste makes woeful
want" might be quoted with reference to
the destruction of salmon on the Columbia
River, merely because they happen to have
been caught by non-union fishermen. The
quarrel with the canneries might at least
have been so adjusted as to give the 800
salmon sacrificed decent burial as food in
human stOmaehs. AT the rate at which the
salmon tribe are being captured and potted
on the Columbia, a day is bound to come
when the nets will be hauled up empty on
many nights. Then the Gamer will go else
where with his capital. for fish are abundant
in other rivers if they are getting scarce on
the Columbia.
A San Diego fruit-grower is about to ex-
pertinent with the electric light as stlmu-
lant of development He proposes to give an
acre of orange and lemon trees each an incan-
descent light. and to hoist high an arc light
TO shed more luminosity on the scene. The
experiment may not be expensive il water
power is available, but otherwise its econ
omy IS doubtful. The growth Of frnit and
flowers with the assistance OF electricity
was proved dozen years ago by Siemens,
who found that in his Conservatives plants
might advance nearly as well at night as
during the day. provided the temperature Is
main tanned. The probability is that plants
need rest as we'll as animals to recuperate,
but they certainly do not need more than a
fractional part, judging from the progress
they make under powerful light. In forcing
early fruit for the market electricity may
come TO the aid Of the orchaTdist, but heat
Is needed as well as light.
A sect has arisen in Maryland animated
by the peculiar belief that its members are
incapable of SHINING. They hold aloof from
contact with people of other churches, a
disposition which seems to be appreciated,
as in spite of professed immunity from
peccant ways, they are uproariOus In the
celebration of their rites and addicted to
queer customs in giving and taking In mar
riage. Their errors OF doctrine when trans
lated into conduct may bring them soon be-
fore the superior authority Of the law, In
which event they will argue very learnedly
II they convince any Judge OF sound mind
that they are entitled to DO as they please
on the assumption of immaculate purity.
The American liner Paris recently arrived
at Southampton at II :28 A. NJ. on Thursday,
and mails and passengers were forthwith
dispatched to London, and the discharge of
cargo comm enced and completed without
halt. The cargo included 2712 quarters OF
beef. Then cargo and coal for the home
voyage were shipped, as well as mails and
$50 passengers. and at u :45 P. NJ on Satur-
day the steamer left her dock and proceeded
TO sea. The whole time between passing
the Needles inward and outward bound was
only 2 days and II hours. This is an ex-
plot which is said to be without parallel in
the dispatch OF the largest ocean steamers.
Quite an invasion of Chinese is expected
on the Pacific Mail steamer China, en- route
to Chicago, but where afterward no one can
predict, except that it is extremely likely
they will remain in the United States to
build up few more MongoliaR villages for
show purposes of their own. Nearly 800
Chinese are on board for the fair. and an
other batch OF about the same number Is
TO follow by another steamer. An order of
the treasury gives permission to land, but
it may require much more than an order
from the same quarter to get them out.
A crawfsh canning enterprise has been
started with view to sales in Chicago.
The wants OF that energetic city will be
enormous this year. and couple OF car
loads per week NAV, as a legislator re-
marked, be only "a tieabite in the ocean,"
but let us hope the prom Oters are in the
business 10 stay and prosper. The channels
and islands of the Santa Barbara Channel
abound in cTustacea. and more should be
done with the supply than its limitation TO
local wants. A steamer of $50 tons Is
large investment IN such fishing, bnt we are
accustomed to everyt thing being done on
colossal scale.
Brittany is the most ignorant part of
France, and also the most primitive and
picturesque. Down at POrient, in Morbi-
han. cholera has carried off q number OF
people, and its ravages are by no means
stayed. Out Of 600 cases 100 have been
fatal, and all within a month. An explana-
tion of this frghtfu mortality is furnished
by the pOpulace. The scourge Is attributed
to new cider. Cider is the common hever-
age, and it is often made from very impure
well-water. 1t is capable of doing much In
mOrbIfic way, but 1t does not ordinarily
spread cholera. The wonder is the cpl
demic does not spread to regions where
there is only old cider.
Professor Kalb of Vienna Is a scientific
prophet, as all meteorologists are, but he
goes further than mostof them. he has the
belief that tomorrow the greatest shake-up
of the year in earthquakes and tornadoes
will occur. This will accord with Othello's
despair In thinking it should be huge
eclipse, for as it happens total eclipse of
the sun occurs. and is visible in latitudes
south of the equator. Others besides the
professor have predicted hurly-burly In
cyclones from the gulf region on account of
the nearness of the moon, but 1t is we'll TO
discount these forebodlngs, it being true In
astronomical meteorology as OF other
sciences that we do not yet know every
thing.