The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-12-10

From Barcelona to Paris is long dis
tance. but the bombs thrown are much the
same. In the one case a crowd Of theater-
goers watching a play were thrown into
CONSERVATION at the CHASTITY murder In their
midst. La the other case the Chamber of
Deputies in session at Paris was the scene.
Only the anarchist cause could be respon-
sible for such deed, unless the bomb was
thrown by positive lunatic. Coming on
the heels of the Barcelona outrage and the
yet wildly remembered crime for which
Ravaehol paid the penalty OF the guillotine.
Paris may we'll be agog with excitement
as to impending massacre and destruction.
The widest stories are certain 10 be in
vented, and yet when the police trace the
crime to Its source it will probably shrink
into slender dimensions. The mass OF
people the world over resent such atroclous
acts. Only very few approve them.
Such eonspiracies can do no good and So
cieiy is bound to crush them.
The illness of Mr.. Gladstone seems to
have caused little futter Of alarm. He
is in his eighty-fourth year and is nearing
the age when even his magnificent ply
siQue, still vigorous and un bent must be in
jeopardy from shocks of illness. But
much more was made of this seizure than
there was any warrant for. The fact that
he has been allowed 10 remain in England
during November and December speaks
marvels for his condition. His late ply
stefan, Sir Andrew Clark, declared that
there was not an unsOund spot In Mr..
Gladstone's body, and he saw no physical
reason why his life should not extend to
100. All through his career he has not
spared himself IN work Mental toll and
recreation have alternated BEAUTIFULLY in
his regulation of days and hours, and
while taking risks Of exposure. by which
other men would have been overcome. he
has only emerged from them invigorated.
The report yesterday IS that the Premier
Is much better, so that it is apparently
very temporary alment. AS soon as
Parliament rises he will doubtless 60 for
few weeks to BiarritZ or the Riviera.
The Nicaragua canal now assumes a
new phase under the proposition TO organize
fresh company, but the change is little
more than nominal, as far as the proSecu-
ton of the enterprise 10 a finish is con-
cerned. Congress ought to be able TO come
10 the rescue soon and has good reason to
act, owing TO the middle in which Ha-
wallaD affairs have got. A financial in
dorsement by Congress would result in
the canal being soon completed, but owing
to uncertainties of various kinds it will lag
if that is not forthcoming. All the railroad
capitalists are opposed TO the canal. openly
or secretly. But the mass of the people
who are engaged in trade discern clearly
the gain from such waterway and they
rightly in sist upon the canal being retained
in American hands. 1t is time that de-
cislye action was taken.
The electric clock is now coming into
vogue extensively and almost superseding
all other timekeepers in great hotels and
factories. and is especially useful at rail-
way stations, where ii is very important
that one time should be kept. Electricity
is cheaper than compressed air as a motor.
As compared with ordinary clocks the ad-
vantage of electricity lies not only in uni
formlty, but in economy. In a hotel like
the Grand in Paris. with 1906 clocks, or the
Palace Hotel, San Francisco, where there
might be twice as many, clock. winders and
regulators would form no small item of
expense, but one central clock kept in or
der is sufficient for all purposes. The use
of electr city is also likely to be of great
assistance TO the navigator in signals from
tine bridge TO the engineer automatically
recorded, and in signals Ior the purposes
of observations. At present, in taking the
longitude, the usual plan Is 10 blow a
whistle and the time is noted in the chart
room.
Misers usually live to great age. show
ing that parsimony and pinching in food
and clothes are not detrimental 10 health.
One who has just died in Indiana at four
score and four years has left in bags and
boxes within cupboards hoard of S94, 900.
He was so wretchedly poor in outward
appearing that no one would have thought
he possessed a spare nickel, but as his aim
n Ion he oh, al
the surprise that awaited those who should
take up his corpse for burial. Nearly
fourth OF this hoarder's treasure is TO be
expended on monument over his grave.
For $4,000 there are sculptors and archi-
tects who would strive 10 record the vr-
tues of such a benefactnr worthily. His
life has been one Of ignoble thrift, but at
least he diG not run In debt, and his saw
ings may enable n large number OF persons
to keep out of debt and rise In the world.
Others, again. may be sent into misfortune
by sudden acquisition OF wealth. A
miser only pOsipones the distribution of
his money.
A singular horse case was recently tried
in England. An engraver brought an ac-
ton against a veterinary surgeon who, in
order to advertise his business had block
cut representing a thoroughbred horse in
some lively position. But when the horse
was reproduced in the engravings 10 and
behold IL had Roman nose, cropped
tail and short neck, characteristics which
are inconsistent with the pedigree of good
blood. Instead of being thoroughbred it
looked like an off-wheeler in an omnibus.
and instead of captivating the public as an
advertisement 1t would set them Laughing.
As the veterinary had ordered the block
he had nevertheless to pay for IL in hard
cash.
Anything serves for a collecting craze.
A generation ago the fens Of part of Eng
land were drained and large butterfly,
known as the Chrysophanus dispar. disap-
peared. At the sale of a clergyman's en-
tomological collection the other day thirty
one specimens were offered for sale and
fetched $3.50. SINGLE specimens sold at
from S12 80 10 S32 90. This is veritabiy a
gold bug.
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.