The morning call., 1893-04-23

anything else attached have been sold. a
hroad-garGe double track is to be laid TO
Berkeiey and thence to Walnut Creek, over
the coast range, but whence after that is a
secret. The San Joaquin Valley is land
Of promise which might tempt the engineer,
but Mr.. Smith keeps his own counsel.
It's bad enough to nave genuine lottery
tickets floating about city and tempting
those who are in haste to be reh but the
counterfeit article is an audacious stride in
douhle-deaing. The police have laid hands
upon bundle of the fraudulent notes
purnnrting to have been issued by three
organizations, ana they hope to loealize the
printing object where they see the Hight.
There are evidently many ways to crafty
the ineradicable passion for gambling.
The amahle private secretary of Presi-
dent Cleveland has pretty wit. Ae out
RACES the feelings OF the newspaper man.
aging editors and correspondents by famil-
larities and evasions of their imperious
demands for interviews and information.
To be told vaguely to call again was too
much for men with columns Of widely cir
eulated newspapers at their command. But
this is trlfe to the attention bestowed
upon a greenhorn office-seeker who did not
know where to file his application. The
secretary thought he might file it with him,
and he did. Day after day the expectant
man called with testm tails and filed them.
AT last the list of his friends ran out and he
asked what more was TO be done. "Ob,
you might file a lock Of your hair" the
Cerberus OF the White House is reported to
have said in courteous manner. Next
day the suggestion was complied with and
still the candidate waits. The secretary
must find him a postOffice at least or he
will have his own hair parted in the middle.
GIsdstOne's victory on the second reading
Of ri No., 10
than when he faced Parliament after the
elections. He had then only 40 majority.
and occasional elections have given him
few more supporters. so that the division
bells yielded him a joyful 40 majority.
There has been persistent obstruction by
the opponents of the measure. Talk has
been manufactured for talks sake in order
10 thwart progress. The Speaker is a
Unionist, and has not applied the closure as
frequently as the Government would have
liked. and quite Uumber of members liz
nOcent Of any gifts of Oratory have wobbled
through speeches which would have been
just as effectual In the language of the
Hottentots. Although it has passed the
second reading, the bill runs not few
dangers of assassination, Sealping or miaim-
ing in committee of the whole House, but
should it emerge from this ordeal in a fit
condition to be presented to the Lords that
august body may become very desperate
however, that the peers will not use the
sllletto. Mr. Gladstone would wax valiant
in fight with the Lords He looks upon
them as so temporal that they may become
temporary with profit TO the country.
California may profit to some extent by
the example Of Australia in selling wine
abroad. Victoria had not only phylloxera
to fight. but prejudice. The Australians
would not drink Australian wine. 1t was
sour, bad in flavor, not matured. inferior in
quality. But the Government got hold of
good samples and sent them to Bordeaux,
where they beat the German. the Spanish,
Portuguese and italian producers. This
WAS a start. Then IL was said that Aus
tral!an wine could not. possibly cross the
equator and be sound. But it not only
crossed once, hut twice, and was improved
III quality. This success tempted the An
tipodeans to try another sip and they found
II good. There is now home demand very
exclusive. and in Europe the doctors have
taken to recommending it to persons of
weak stomach anG auRmic condi ton.
Australian wine has the advantage of being
sold in very distinctive TASKS, which it is
impossible to mistake for those Of any other
country.
The Mannheim tailor who has invented
the cuirass of cloth for the protection of
soldiers under fire has attained a success
He proves that his pad is bullet-turner at
any distance beyond hundred yards. but
1t is much too cumbrous protector to be
used over the whole body AMI would leave
the buck exposed. This is often danger
Ously exposed region in the bTavest armies
and the fact that dauntiess breast to the
Ice would take no harm would probably be
forgotten In the furry of a melee. The
more mobile an army is the better. To en-
case the soldier in stoYepipe armOr would
enable him to defy the deadly breech-
loader, but might leave him as helpless as a
stove If lie fell down, which, although a
good thing for himself, would 6e sad for
king and country. A soldier who can run
well is worth two who cannot run, and who
only march indfferently. Perhaps the
adoption of proof armor would be followed
by the introduction of explosive bullets,
and then The last state Of Mars would be
worse than the first
Sporting privileges bring some Of the
British landlords more Income than arabic
acres. The Bradley Martins, whose daugh-
ter has just become Countess of Craven,
pay S13,500 year for the shooting rights at
Balmacaan. This is quite a trifie, how.
ever. to $50, 000 year obtained by the Duke
of Sutherland for the rights on Dunrobn
Castle estate; So. 500 a year paid by the
proprietor of the Morning Post, London,
for shootings at Invercauld and $4,000 by
a number of wealthy men. The sport lasts
perhaps six or eight weeks. and possibly is
disappointing. but there is the luxury of
entertaining friends in the family castle or
house, keeping a few bare-legged ghillies,
and sending hampers of grouse TO friends,
Salmon fishing is also a source of gain TO
landed proprletors. Six miles of fishing
waters on the Dee brings rent of $4,000,
and one water on the lay rents at $500.
Salmon are salmon when they cost anglers
from 500 20 500 each, but there Is tie adj
ditlonal luxury of whipping the stream for
an empty creel, and being lectured by a
snuffy attendant in kits on the magnificent
catch made by other lesSees, and still posi-
bic with the IighL kind of fH