The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-03

We are evidently getting on in the arts OF
accommodating the attachments of pro-
greSsive life. New York and Brooklyn are
to have the benefit of a service of electric
trolley communication for postal purposes.
and the speed is TO be somewhere between
70 and 100 miles an hour. This is an i'm
mense improvement upon tramears, trains
and ferries. But the possibilities are much
more elastic than those which may be cal
culatei between adjacent cities. Chicago
and New York, Philadel pha, Washington,
Baltimore, Richmond and many other
cities may be connected in the same man
ner and with speed of seveDty-fve miles
an hour, let alone 100, the service would
prove a great success economically, no
matter what money was paid. 1t may be
hoped that no impeachment Will be thrGwnln
the way of this Improvement. Small parcel
dispatch Will follow.
The correspondent of a Partisan paper.
which never is a newspaper, is facetious
about conjeetured plague Of rats at the
White House in Washington. This is too
much for belief. 1t is clumsy attempt to
represent In grotesque the siege for office
which goes on whenever there is change
of administration. Small jokes die. and
this, the smallest of jokes in a century. will
probably not have vitality enough 10 die.
1t will linger about Washington for many
years, and never have skeleton sufficient 10
become tired and morbid. There are rats
enough in France at this moment 10 keep
the mind occupied, but If there should be
any surplus the United States has terriers
enough to keep the rodents at bay.
A sadder story can hardly be told in print
than the one narrated yesterday, describing
how young man lost his life 10 a charade
play 1t is a story of Zolaism realistic in
its minicry. The poor man VINO is dead
was stabbed TO the heart in innocent stage
play by young woman who had barely
arrived at womRnhoed. The mistake of
the amateur theatrical performance is
evident. On the real stage, where pro-
fessional actors and actresses perform so
many daring exploits, keen-edged weapons
are carefully avoided. Perhaps there is an
exceI tion in a napier fight. where a spark
or two from glanclng steel exeites the spec
tatoTs as if a real combat were in progress
But as a rule actors understand the Stiffness
of temerity, and use daggers of wood and
p0lSons OF water, and so 60 of to suffer
scathless, leaving an audience thunder
struck by the hazards of tragedy. In the
case under comment real dagger was used.
and by accident il performed the real work
for which such weapon was forged. 1t is
a very sad story.
1t is announced that the Carnegies are
threatened with opposition in their manu-
facture Of steel in the United States. So
much the better for the country if the oppo-
sition succeeds. The control Of the iron
and steel industry in the hands of one firm
is a positive menace to the prosperity of a
country. 1t is absurd to be afraid of mo-
nopoly of iron and steel in the United States,
fer the resources of the country in metals
of useful character and fuel are vastly too
expansive to be measured by the present
proportions. The capitalists now engaged
IN cOunterc5ecking the Carnegies are doubt
ess animated less by philanthropy than by
r desire for profit. 1t is, however, a desiTa-
bic object that they should succeed in beat
ing down the grasping tendency of monopoly.
Enormous good would accrue to this conn.,
Try from distribution of manufacturing
skill and industry. Iron and steel are abund-
ant, and there should be less concentration
of production.
Two robbers IN Wisconsin have made a
slight advance upon burglarious arts. They
have not only succeeded in stealing booty
of $4,000, but they have most effectually
prevented sIeuth-hound detectives, as they
are termed in dime novels. from getting
upon their track by actually locking up the
cashier in his own time-safe. So the cashier
would have no supper and no breakfast un-
til the clock opened the vault. The cashier
also would be somewhat short of air. and if
rescued alive would aver that he was half
dead. In the business OF crime this country
defies any other to toe the mark. Upfortu-
nately. encouragement is given TO crime by
the levity with which it is punished. Muir
der is ram ant, and burglary also; but very
and very few burglars are unhappy about
their dinner when Christmas comes round.