The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-08-19

OIL white Dor in the county itself, but If
NOT there certainly is surplus iSewhere
Wnlch could accommodate the demand.
Inc newspapers of S0nOma can give as
ISSUANCE In the matter by information pre-
clsely OF what Is needed. and 1t is 10 be
noped there will be no disappointment
through raising expectations unduly. The
example of Mr.. PaTkhurst of Berkeley on
MS vineyards around Fresno is worthy of
emulation. His methods result in the
rounding OF colonies permanently settled
as workers and producers.
The phylloxera has taken possession of
tne vines of the champagne district OF
france and Germany. This Is a misfor-
tune Tor favored region and to less ex-
tent ior the minority of people all over the
world who can afford indulgence in a
sparkling. exhilarating wine not so apt to
rouge In the head as Bourbon. In the
course OF three years the pest VIII run Its
course and leave the vineyards a waste.
oclentlhc France may take up the subject
OF measures of prevention for the standing
reward which the Government offers, and
III successful this visitation would not be
without benefit to mankind. scarcity OF
champagne should give the California wine
MAKER enlarged opportunity 10 reach a
MARKET and very likely the foreign dealer
VIII contrlve to palm much of his industry
go ~ AOhNA VI q LII III uo ytdIs
The raid on the seals of the Priby loft
ISLANDS has not come Off 1t is doubtless
another scrap of sensational news vamped
uD by an imaginative correspondent in the
norma first cousin to the one who faxed
the narrative about the sealer Alexandria
wlnglng the cruiser MOhican with a round
shot plump into her engines below the
water line. Perhaps the rambling obser-
Vatl0ns OF some disappointed poacner sug-
gested the yarn. The fur seal mas yet a
chance for its existence in mum Der as the
sands OF the sea. 1t might become too nu-
merous IL the whirligig of fashion should
take the turn of discarding warm materials
worn with the warmest parts outside. The
sacque is still, however. an institution.
The Davte company continues to get the
passengers. and the Southern Pacifc's ex-
pedients to crush are quite discounted
oakland is aroused, and will not be
downed by arrogance and contemptuous
overriding OF law and obligations. On
Sunday the Rosale will have a companion
steamer on the rOue-the Alvira-and the
Southern Pacific boats must suffer fur
ther desertlon OF patronage. 1t is a power
ful company, and can grin and bear the
humility The flowing tide is with the
opposition.
The brutalities Of entertainment were
perhaps never carried farther in the most
brutal prize fight than in the exhibition OF
Indians undergoing a torture dance at
Chicago. The braves were swung by
thongs passed through the flesh until the
muscles gave way and the blood streamed
forth. spectacle of this kind has an
other aspect when. as in the Sun Dance of
the Sioux, it is part of a festival, but
arranged as an entertainment for a crowd
who pay for admission it is revoltingly
abhorrent. 1t would be just as elevating
to muster round a group of South Sea
savages feasting on 'long pig"
The Southern Pacific will hardly sue
coed in popuIarizing the English system of
compartments in ralway-cars, if it does
try this method. 1t works very we'll where
there are sufficient attendants to open and
close doors. But at their stations on local
lines they have generally nobody. The
conductors and brakemen have enough to
do at present to look after their trains.
The system has never taken root in
America. and the English themse are
6pnar ring bat Frnp