The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-08-27

OU pTiudy tUeT6 uepaTIeQ LOT san y OS6
del Cabo. in Lower California. scientific
exploring party organized by the Academy
of Sciences. The principal object OF the
expedition, which will be gone two or
three months. is 10 follow I'D as far as
possible the botany of the peninsula. Ia
this field Mr.. Brandegee has already
accom- plished much and will have the
satisfaction coveted by true scientist of
leaving discoveries embeIlished with his
name. On this occasion he is accompanied
by his gifted wife, whose knowledge Of
the botany of this coast is profound. DR..
Gustav Eisen also renews acquaintance
with this region. and arid as 1t is, may
find some scraps of fresh knowledge in his
snecialty Of worms. Camping life is only
alluring in the fields of the peninsula TO
the scientific dev0tee, and even self
abnegatiOn has its limits in his case. On
this occasion a Chinese cook has an
opportunity TO render roughing it agree
able, but not even n Frenchman's skill
could conquer all the miSeries of scientific
gypsying.
Count Tolstoi's latest work, 1.-THE King
dom of God Within U.s." is understood to
be too outsDOken for publication in Rus
sia. but translation in English is likely
soon to be issued. He describes in the last
chapters scene he witnessed last year, in
which troops arrived in a village to punish
refractory peasants for resistance to an
invasion of their rights by rich landed
proprietor. The punishment was carried
out in presence of troops and crowd of
spectators. The Governor-General sat the
while smoking cigarettes as unconcernedly
and callous1y as if he were witnessing the
branding of stock. First father oil family
OF known probity and responsibility was
strapped to bench, crossing himself be-
lore he lay down. Two policemen held him
down. two convicts applied the whips and
doctor stood by as humane fgurehead
Back. legs, sides and arms streamed with
blood and dull groan followed every
blow. The Governor-General kept count
on his fingers as be smoked, and when his
cigarette required lighting an adiutant was
ready with match. At the fiftieth blow
there were no moro groanS. The wretch
was lnsen sible. The doctor reported that
more was dangerous. But the Governor
General smoked on, and the whips were
hourlShed over the blOtched and swollen
body as before, until seventy strokes had
been finished. Then the great man said.
Enough! Bring forward the nextW This
is in holy Russial
Samuel Fox, young man of &C. weak in
BODY and somewhat queer in the head,
VINO wears felt hat with rim about as
broad as a cartwheel, was recently elected
from Westminster Abbey for insisting on
being conspicuous with his headgear ON.
He is Quaker reformer. His object was
TO protest. as he puts 1t. against lies, He
has formed the notion that we are ruled
by lies-religious lies, respectable lies.
political lies-which ought to be de-
nounced and abolished, and this was his
manner OF propagating his views. ANY
young man who attempts to go through
lie with theory of that character NAV
not have cracked head. but he will soon
nave cracked skull. His namesake WIN
lounoed QuakerSm was quite tolerabIe.
Mrs. Shaw. the whlstling musician. had
famous run of success in London draw
lng-room entertainments. Another Amer
lean musician. Mr.. Eugene Oudin, of New
fork, Is now quite In vogue as barytene
VINO can compose as well as sing, with
photography as an avocation to fall back
upon. he is proud of being a New York
er. and of having a wife from Boston.
his appearances in drawing-rooms have
been much assisted by performances be-
fore various royalties. This distinction is
sure to help him also when he returns to
America. Concerning royalty he saws:
1T is only necessary to have a member of
the royal family In the room for an artist
to be at the most perfect ease. / do nc,
know how to describe the graciousness
the kindly condeScension. so free In tone
from patronage, which seems to be the
natural heritage of the Princes and Prin-
cesses of England. To every singer thew
nave way Of saying the right thing of
remembering particular song, or some
prior occasion when the artist appeared
before them, The other day sang At fba