The morning call., 1893-11-04

| Florida or the Bermudas. and Eastern peo-
pie unce they make the journey discover
which is preferable.
Evening lectures in London this year
have taken practical turn in politics.
which might be initiated with advantage
In California by the university extension
professors. Lectures are being given IN
broad spirit on the duties of the citizen
Strange to say there is nothing or when
communities in great cities require to be
reminded SO much as their duties. When
they ignore them az unlmpOrtant admins
trat!On goes wrong, and tnen tDere is
huoDuD when exposures come. LII Is De-
cause OF laches in this respect that bosses
90 the thinking for disgusted communities.
One cannot help feeling sympathy with
the Turkish ambassador in London. He
goes TO the Gaiety Theater to while away
the heaVy hours and finds spectacular
Durlesque on the boards wherein his royal
master. the Sultan, plays frivolous part
In the search for youthful additions to his
domestic responsibilitie The leader OF
the faithful would have been shocked to
hnd such liberties taken with his prero-
gatlves and himself held up to ridicule,
most unbecomlDg thing with reference to
the head of MohammedaniSm. How the
NV
the wicked piece get on the stage. Is a
question. He perhaps thought nothing
could offend the phlegmatlc Turk. but he
mas hastened to repair his mistake, and
the Durlesque is minus the Sultan.
1t almost looks like carrying Goals to
Newcastle to see imports Of salted her
rings-prime Holland with a ''V. R"
stamp-arrlving in San Francisco. Herrings
q ba d. Of fol itu
and are often so plentiful that they have
to be thrown overheard not to spoil the
market. Why they cannot be cured.
smoked, salted, pickled or prepared in half
dozen forms for local consumption is a
mystery of trade and enterprise. Perhaps
1t will be done some day.
Siam had heavy job to pay the French
indemnity. 1t required three lighters to
carry the catties-a currency which rep
resents from $50 to S35-to the French
gunboat The sum transferred was 10000
cattles, and the gunboat was lowered by
the stern when the treasure had been
slowed. 1t is supposed TO have weighed
| twenty-one tons. In addition, Siam paid
100000 francs in paper. For a poor c0un-
try the kingdom of the white elephant has
acquitted itself courageously.
One of the local collectors of pictures has
| lately acquired Fortuny in oil and is
doubtless proud of such a treasure. Prob
ably it will double in value within few
years, this unfortunate artist being one of
the rare painters about whose genius
like qualities of conception, color and exc
cutl0n there is no dispute. As he died at
the age of SO. it is amazing so many of his
works are eXtant, because some of them,
whether in oil or water, must have re-
Quired much time. His power was equally
shown in wateT-cOlOr and oil.
1t almost takes the breath away to think
OF the immineuce of great naval fight if
the French, Russian and English fleets
should come to test of strength about
Tangiers. A telegram reports the English
Mediterranean squadron of eighteen ships
at q braltar, ready for action. if need be,
against Russia and France. Butdoubtless
the need will not arrive. Some irrespon
sib!e journalist is maneuvering the floating
armaments of the powers with Jules
Vernean freedom. There is just this TO be
said about the possibilty-that the next
convulson of Europe will come without
much warning.
American ingenuity has at length pro-
duced a gun which gives missiles the tre-
menGOus initial velocity of 3130 feet per
second. This is several hundred feet
faster than other guns have yielded, and
the range nust be c0rrespondingly in
creased The Brown segmentaI wire
wound gun is a triumph in its design. 1t
may possibly stand yet stronger charges of
high explosive powder. In that event
smaller guns will suffice for shipboard by
giving enormous penetrating power.