The morning call., 1893-08-21


from agreeable to the scientific mino.
botany would be much assisted were there
organized in each county, under cpm-
petent direction, naturalist clubs, tile
members of which could with little trou-
Die make collections within their own dis
triets. The field is loo vast for few per-
sons radlatng from one center.
On many occasions the banQuets in Chi
nese restaurants have been a cause of
wonder TO ga,tronomic devotees. who,
however, have felt compelled to pass some
OF the dishes as too much of Tartar for
them' How the foreign representatives at
feking Jared at feast given in their honor
oy Mandarin we may mcclure from
the following menu: Swallow nests with
pigeon eggs. shark fms with crabs. dog
hsh with wild duck. duck and caullflower;
then succeeds delicacies served in cups
placed before each guest; swallow nests.
shark ms. plain morris. vegetables. mush-
rooms with duck feet. fried partridge,
pigeon In slices ham in honey, puree Of
peas, vegetables and Gogfish; four side
dishes. hariot cheese with bamboo buds IA
klnd OF asparagus), roots OF bamboo.
chicken, shellfish; tour hOrS d'pnvres in
dupilcate; ham and chicken. fish AID giz-
Zard, pork tripe aud vrrmicelli. duck and
PORK outlets. Each guest had also placed
paste, pears and oranges. Finally, there
we're sucking pig. roast duck. boiled
chicken, boiled pork. and there were copi-
Gus libations of European and Chinese
wines. Ii all the Chinese feastrd in this
fashion there would be fewer Celestials in
their over-popoulated happy land.
A criticism of Admiral Tryon by Ad-
miral Colomb has particular bearing on
all modern naval tactics. 1t is that all
commanders must know what their ships
can do in maneuvers. A ship should be
tested as much in turning at various
speeds as In straight runs TO ascertain the
mileage per hour under varying pressure
OF steam and revolutions of the propellers.
According TO Admiral COlomb, the circle
vessel describes within a given time al a
definite engine speed can Da determined
almost as exactly as the deviation of the
compass. Ii is fact that should be asrer-
talDed Tor each vessel, and the admiral in
charge OF fleet should know precisely
what each ship is capable OF doing and be
guided thereby in tactics. Admiral Tryon
was An admirable commander in many re-
spects, but he lacked respect for science
and was prone to rule OF thumb in his
calculation and TO trust in ability to get
out OF difficulties. The mistake he made
IN this respect cost him his life.
Cheap clothing has surely reached the
limit OF low prices and high quality com
bined when six suits for men are offered at
So % the lot. This is said TO be the Quota
tiOR OF some English factories ln the ready
made clothing trade. The cutting is done
by mac ines, which fashion legs, arms.
bodies ana shoulder-pieeeS in many plies
of cloth at once, and the sewing is also
run up by machine with celebrity becom-
ing this marvellous age in Stops. What the
cloth II and how it holds together ale
other questions. But n swell who can
ch anee his suit six days Of the week for
less than a dollar each Is probably not eX-
acting To complete his outfit he eau buy
a moloker, or secondhand silk, hat fur
perhaps 30 cents. This has been bad
season for molokers. The hot weather has
driven tile most fashionable people into
the common sense OF straw hat and the
possibility is that the tall hat will he
abandoned altogether as hideous and not
necessary TO support gentleman's char
acter. Had we only equatorial weather
constantly we should so easy in many
fads Of clothing
In Germany and Italy there are certain
peoples banks on good basis to assist the
industrious and honest. They provide
funds for use in productive undertakings
where the workers have no guarantee be-
yond integrity OF character and purpose.
Ii these shifty times Tia may seem a very
doubtful kind OF security But in old
communities men do not wander all round
their own land, aud far less continent. in
Sc rch Of pro, perity. A vast proportion
are content 10 remain where their fathers
and grandfathers moved aud had their be-
ing. A man who has been for many years
in one community is we'll known in all
aspects OF his character, and 1t is only a
species OF corporation 10 help him If he
has some definite plans which appear fea-
sble. The experiment has worked SO we'll
in Germany and Italy that an effort is to
be made on similar lines in England.
The English estimates for national edu-
cation this wear amount TO S31, 900, 900,
S10.O00,000 of which goes for free educa-
ton. When compulsory education was
introduced there were many people who
could not afford to pay fees for their chill
dren, and 1t cost as much as tile fees to
drag the delInquents up for explanations
or fines. The number OF children is
5000, 900. of whom four-fifths are in aver
age attendance. This charge is money
we'll spent, as compared with wariike eX-
penditure. The other day a cool So, ,000,-
600 went to the bottom with the Victoria
The women of Missouri do not tameiy
submit to Insult This must be the con-
clusion of a man whose back smarts from
the whipping five irate women admins
tered. He had offended one of the num-
Ter so grievOLsly that exemplary justice
could alone atone. The excoriation OF his
back was at least more mercful than tars
and feathers, which almost molt the
skin, and not more Injurious to sef-respect
than riding on rail. In all these matters
the rights OF women have never been in
terfered with.