The morning call., 1893-12-03

DeanS and strawberries may De sent East
by the carload assured of ready marEet
at high rate, because the principal cities
OF the Northwest West and East are des-
tltute OF local supplies, and are dependent
up0n Florida. the Bahamas and the west
ndies. California is.tbe one State OF the
Union which will produce many fruits
ana all vegetables in winter. 1t is ques,,
tion OF getting the ground ready ana
planting early maturing vegetables Even
for flowers there Ia market.
Bismarck and his son were bitter enemies
OF the late Sir Robert Morier. British Am
Dassador at st. Petersburg, WHO was for
long time In Germany. On the scarcely
disguised authority of the Bismarcks the
Cologne Gazette in 1889 accused Morier OF
having while attaehe at Darmstadt re-
vealed to Bazane by special information
Inc movements of the German armies, and
II was charged that he might be arraigned
Tor high treason. Morier wrote 10 BaZaine
I'D Madrid and obtained an emphatic de.
NAL OF the report He then asked Count
herbert Bismarck to contradict the story.
appealing to him as a gentleman and man
OF hon0r. The Count refused, and Morler
published the correspondence, in which
Count Herbert was described as gentle
man with 'barrack-room manners, appar-
emily copied from the worst days of Ma
poleon." Long afterward in France sta
tlon-master paid high compliment to
Morler. He was overheard describing him
to some friends as ''Ie grand Ambassador
dul route Bismarck" The quarrel popu-
larlzed M0rier to an extraordinary extent
with the Car and in society at ST. Peters
burg. The attitude taken up by the Ger
man Emperor against Bismarck is also
said to be owing to the influence Of Morier
in some degree through the appointment
OF his tut0r I1r m
After week of pretty constant rain,
relieved. however, by some hours of cessa-
tlon each day. comes a clear day with
hne burst of warm suushine-a perfect
calm on the bay and the distant hills, de-
llghtfully near to vision. In the East
snow is deep on the ground. and the ther-
mometer in some States is below zero.
Here spring has come. Already the hills
are iinged with a mantle of verdure-a
slight, indefinable alteration of color from
the prevailing browns. yellows and reds
which characterize the long summer and
autumn. The charm of the change is ex-
quisite. A fortnight will deepen this tinge
into positive hue. and January will be-
hold the verdure luXuriant. Wheat which
was sown niue days ago is already two
inches above grOnnd-a rapid braird,
which few other countries could exhibit
The possibilities of this rapidity of growth
at season when nature is dead over
most of the area of the United States
are not made enough of by the farmer
and vegeta ble-grower. 1t is an indication
that with irrigation. from three to four
crops may be gathered a year from the
generous soil. With fertilizipg and intel
ligent labor California farmer may take
in one year the rotation of changing crops
which other countries require thee years
to obtain.
Queen Victoria. on the journey between
Balmoral and England, occupies two
saloon carriages, very comm odious. but
not by any means overembellished. They
are paneled in white and gold and claret,
with here and there the royal arms, bor-
dered by roses. thistles and shamrocks.
Her Majesty has the day saloon arranged
as working-room. 1t Is furnished with
a center-table, several smaller tables, two
easy chairs and large footstoOls. There is
a clock In the ceiling. and very large net
tings for parcels, bundles of books and
dispatch boxes. The furniture is uphols-
tered In blue watered silk, and the carriage
IS lighted by lamps hung from the ceiling.
There are also some shaded reading lamps.
A leather-covered corridor comm unicates
with the night saloon. which is divided
into compartments, the largest of which
contains two beds Zone for the Queen and
the other for Princess Beatrice. who al
ways travels with her Majesty, aud next
is a dressing-rocm with BATH. During
the night the royal train travels at the rate
OF twenty miles an hour" Elaborate pre-
cautions against accident are taken. and
at every station passed traffic is suspended
a considerable time before her train az
rIves. Her Majesty's travelling causes
considerable Inconvenience to the railway
companies.
In Ohio as we'll as locally an outcry
against football is gaining volume. 1t is a
foolish effort if it is applied to stopping
the game altogether. That cannot be
done by mortal men in Legislatures or out
side them. 1t is too good a game, and on
the whole it is one of the best possible pas
times to arouse enthusiasm and develop
the physique and the euthusia sm of young
men. But some amendments of the rules
may be devised TO strip the game OF some
of its openings for horse play and rough
ness. There must be some risk. some in-
centive IN strenuOusness and endurance or
football will lose its interest. A confer
ence among leading players might have
the desired result.
The grippe has evidently come to stay as
an affiiction. 1t is raging in Vienna.
WUeI6 tucIe b66ulS 10 DO aimOSt u panic,
and il is common in Washington. The
doctors have now settled what may be
done to guard against fatal results through
neumonia, but they are powerless to BAN
ish infection altogether. those who take
to bed promptly weather the attack. but
the after weakness is very distressing and
fingers long.
Trial by jury is altogether on its trial,
judging from the difficulties cropping up
in the Cougblln case at Chicago. The
challenges do not appear to be captious or
capricous, but to have wedge-l like reasons
behind them. While it is easy to point out
abuses in the impaneling of juries it is
quite another thing to suggest any other
form Of trial as an effective and reliable
substitute. Yet as matters stand public
confidence in the jury system is rudely
shaken. The general expression is that
jury trial is a toss up, whatever be the
weight of facts.
Mr.. Hinton, who represents the Panama
Railroad Company. says there is no reason
to doubt that the company will renew its
contract with the North American Navi-
CATION. Company. The arrangement in
force has w0rkad wall as every merchant