The morning call., 1893-07-15

would roll into the ditch before drawing
up before the stately doorway OF the
House Of Lords, but Mr.. Gladstone has
retained the whiphandle and has merrv
twinkle of confidence in his eve as he looks
ahead for the next stage. The Tories took
an airing on the terrace as protest against
celebrity. but the coach drove on ali the
same. A II they can do is resume stone
throwing and hooting.
The demon of misfortune is blamed for
having brought the Duke Of Veragua to
poverty. 1t is said the demon did not come
in the shape OF bourse speculation. but In
vestments of bucolic soldity. Reverses
overtake the most honorable and enter
prising, and, as he has no mania for stock
plunging. lie may recover his footing by
renewed application to business. lhe
Duke has the credit of being the most
famous breeder of cattle in proud Spain.
This does not mean that his herds are
prize shorth0rns-the sires worth from
$4,000 to $4,000. The value of cattle in
Spain depends upon length OF horns and
intractablc fury OF temper, not upon the
quality OF the meat. A bull with horns as
long as ships davits is credit to the
agriculturist.
DR.. Johnson's exclamation about Gold
smith when he died $4,000 in debt may be
applied to the decamped editor Of the
Revue des Deur MondeS. How was he
trusted with so much money to squander
on blacklnailers? Where did he get it? Is
the scandal big enough to warrant
100000 francs of hush money. Keeping
in mind the fact that the scene is laid In
Paris. where every street shows some char
acteristics nowhere witnessed in the
United States from Maine to California?
rno M
will give the lively Parisians new sensa-
ton OF the delight of existence in an age
loaded with problems.
The suit against a rainmaKer in Kansas
has enough of farce about it to be stopped
on demurrer. but it would be of practical
interest to allow it to proceed. There is
trifie more nationality about raiumaking
than the witch doctors feats of casting
out witches, but not much. The defend
ant Is charged with having OccaSioned
cloudDurst Dy which the crops Of the
plaintiff were destroyed. The RESPONSE
bi!ity for this calamity can easily be
shifted by demonstrating that the de-
tonating charges were short of powder
few ounces. The rainmaker falls into
mistake when he apprOpriates violent
whiriwinds and floods as the product of his
skill. His arrogance is sufficiently sup
ported by ordinary showers.
A dull and aDathetic celebration OF the
fete of the republic in Paris is not the
temperament one would like to see in the
people. Never have such spiritless dem
0nstrations marked tho day which ought
to be the most popular in France. An
tpathies and ouarrels are the explana-
ton. The municipal council and the Gov
eminent are at loggerheads about matters
in themselves subsidiary. and in huff
nothing worthy of the name of a celebra-
ton is sanctioned by the city solons. The
warning factions will be holly den ounced
by the masses who love spectacle.
There is pretty kettle OF fish about
companion steamer for the Rosaie in max
ing hourly trips on Sunday. The South
ern Pacific's touts have been around in the
usual manner. dealing death to oDposi-
ton. and 1t is by no means certain that the
Davie Company can get another vessel in
time. This was to be expected from the
great monopoly. 1t does not propose 10
let any course be untred which will get
rid OF competition. If the worst comes to
the worst. the Davie Company can build
another steamer and give 1t both speed
and rOomlneSs to stay ia the business.
A diamond in the rough IS said to have
been forwarded from South Africa weigh
ing $40 carats. If it should have half that
weight when cut. it win be marvel dim
ming all other gems. What will be done
with it is of very little consequences to
poor people. 1t Is lustr0us enough to
adorn boss in politics. Should the size
OF diamonds get much bigger. the price
may fall to that of Arizona rubies.
Governor Jones mas given no signs that
he will spare the condemned Choctaws,
and he may have them shot in spite Of the
urgent representations from the Federal
authorities. 1t is feared there will be
bloOdshed beyond that smiled In the exc
cutions If he persists. The men have suf-
fered agonies in the barbarOus mode in
which they have been kept prisoners. and
some Of them may wish sincerely for the
relief and release bullet would confer
Anything but nice discovery has been
made in San Diego. An Italian who makes
aliving by selling poultry and eggs has been
found to be afflicted with laprosy in an
advanced stage, insomuch that the feet
are swollen and two fingers have dropped
eff. 1t is the first case in this part Of the
State. LeDrosy is thoroughly well known,
and there is no occasion for shuddering.
The case will be isolated. How long the dis
ease has been running is not stated, bu
the man came from Denver a year ago. and
it must have been we'll developed then.