The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-11

testimony Of the three Commissioners leads
to the conclusion that they considered their
offices a kind Of honorary post to which
salary was attached. There is nothing TO
show that either one of them made con-
effort 10 serve the public. They
have had the hearing they demanded, but
have failed 10 make out case.
Discord prevails in the peculiar sect
known as the Harmony Society, which is
supposed 10 be founded on the lines Of hold
ing property In common. and all the men,
bers committed 10 vows of single blessed
ness. From a suit just commenced at
Beaver. Pa. it, however. appears that the
property has been melting away like snow;
that the trustees have eschewed celibacy,
and are living q life Of luxury with their
wives, and that the board Of elders is COM
posed OF baeks,idiug repr0ba who wallow
in drink and are rarely sober Duss and
Sieber are also accused Of having by fraud.
negligence and acknowledgement frlttered
away a considerable amount Of the four
million dollars worth Of property endow-
meDt the society possessed. IL IS also
charged that DusS is really the sole fnancier
of the adhereDts Of Harmony. those who
should share his responsibility being only
mere drivelers ami boobies under his
thumb. The revelations Will doubtless in
teTest prosaie world and remind 1t Of much
that has already occurred in human affairs.
Some pickings are left for the lawyers.
E. L. Pierce Of Milwaukee is a very lucky
man. He was robbed in a Pullman car Of
his handbook, number of securities and
two checkbooks. 4 clever rogue might
have added to his Infamy by forgery and
imposition; but tho thief in this instance
had no brains. He was kind enough TO
throw the spols into a dust-barrel in Chi
cage. and this cOnslderaleness has resulted
IN Mr.. Pierce getting back his property.
The dustman has some claim on Mr..
PisTce's gratitude. honesty being nowadays
the better OF some reward additional TO its
own.
Ii is now near the middle OF February,
and the solemn duty Of ballotug for United
States Senator is still in progress in North
Dakota, Wyoming. Washington and Mon
tana. AS yet there is no Urgent hurry In
coming to decision. but when the leeisla-
lures Go succeed in discovering the right
man they viii ird tolerable accumulation
of ether work on hand. Ii direct popular
voting FOR Senators Is ever tried the sloweSt
count viii not martyTize time IL the fashion
Of those four States.
Hamburg is awakening to q sense OF It's
responsibilities. 1t has actually detained
two steamers about TO sail on the ground
that cases OF cholera have been discovered
on board. One was bound to the West
Indies and the other to West Africa. Had
cholera reached any of the West Indian
islands the outlook for the United States
escaying infection would have been dismal.
1t is clear that the epidemic has not been
bsnshed from Hamburg. There has been
a lull of nearly three weeks, during which
no fresh cases have occurred, but that is all.
Halle also has the disease. From Mar
settles cholera will almost invariably find
its way 10 Joulon, and HavTe, Bordeaux.
Nantes and Brest are considerably en-
daDgered by lnteTcommunicstion. T0ulon
and Marseilles are very filthy harbors.
Now is the time for vigilance and ready
preparation in all American ports.
For numerous misdeeds in the past the
San Francisco Supervisors are now de-
prived of the mucb-coyeted opportunity to
grant franchises during the four months
Immediately preceding the expiration of
their terms Of Office. Those who want fran
chises will put in an appearance earlier, but
Supervisors will then have the fear Of noIni-
mating conventions aud the peoples vote
before their eyes and be disinclined 10 play
the Teck less part they sometimes do when
they are about to DEPART into the joys OF
private life. The last sad scene of the last
board will not again be enacted. and digni-
fed judges will be spared the self-sacri-
fic.ng duty Of dancing attendance in their
courts until midnight. Both Assembly and
Senate have passed the restraining bill,
and Governor Markham's signature Is
awaited.
A German professor Of art applied to the
esthetic elevation OF life has written most
learned work on Ornament" His English
is exalted and profound, and the folio wing
passage will be appreciated: "In oval
declin9tion. at the point of ovuation, stands
a center of PLANTATION. and following the
curyity of the branches, two collateral series
OF curved and recllllnear rays follow In
slanting direction toward the occult diverg-
ence. In the angular and convex declina-
ton the collateral nerves OF oval declinati0n
follow the laws OF deciination, except in the
pamaton of the summit. In convex decli-
nation the collateral nerves follow the laws
of variation of nerves in the oval In rec
tilineaT declinations the nerves are rectili-
near or curvilinear, but parallel"
The police Of Great Britain are in search
Of the villain who stole from an exhibition in
Glasgow cherrystoDe about the size OF
pea. on which somebody 400 years ago Is
said to have carved portraits of 113 Empe-
rors, Kings, Princes and Popes. They are
also in search of the stone. This precious
drupe gallery must surely conform to the
economic one or early times, under which
all the poteBtates OF country, hundreds in
number, were portrayed from the time OF
the food downward with the same faces.
the same wooden intelligence, by the same
artist, who might have been paid by the
square foot. The portraits on the lost DID
were seen under a microscope. Can this
marvel Of the glyptic art have gone to
Chicago?
The death is announced Of Louis j. Jen-
nings, late member of Parliament from
Stockport, England. He is we'll known in
this country as the editor Of the New York
Times at the time it attacked the Tweed
gang and drove il ont of the country or to
the penitenilsry. Jennings entered Parlia-
ment as q Conservative, but showed indie
pendence at times from control Of the party
whips. AS a debater he made no mark.
His journalistic proeivities were still
shown as writer Of London correspondence
to various papers, and of late he is under
stood 10 have had some position as private
secretary. Another journalist well known
in America makes living out OF English
political "c0Dy"-James j. OKelly OF the
New York Herald.
A 6-inch gun which fires shot of 100
pounds so rapidly that four are in the air
at once in flight Of four miles Is one OF
the terrors ahead in naval warfare A ship
that had broadside Of these guns raining
away on an enemy for an hour would al
most require TO work into port for ballast.
The gun has been adopted in the British
service, and is to be supplied to a number Of
vessels. Probably tile 100-pounder is not
the extreme limit Of quck-firing artillery,
but il is heavy enough Tor the taxpayer
and the man OF peace.