The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-08-07

tween Philadelphia and Burlington. The
vessel then put on this short route was the
John Fitch. which was built in 17S0. She
had thirty passengers on board and she
made the run Of nineteen miles In three
hours and ten minutes. Congress ad-
Journed to behold what was universally
regarded as a fOOlhardy experiment. The
John Fitchswas the only steamer on the
Delaware until 1909. when the Phoenix
was started. and soon afterward the Phlia-
deiphla was running with speed OF ten
miles an hour Steam navigation made
really slow progress when we consider the
dates, but 1t M axes am ends for 1t now.
A Western contemporary asks why so
many people crowd into cities when there
is still abundance of Government land
open to settlement in Missouri and Arkan-
sas, and also immense areas which may
be purchased at small price. The ten
dency Is to flock into towns. and 1t Is
noticeable in old countries. where there is
no Government land. as well as In regions
where the Indian and buffalo roamed
generation ago. The Californian also mar
vels that an thrush Of settlers does not
keep steadily filling up the lands OF the
Pacific Coast, where the climate is by far
the best on the American continent and
the soil is suitable to almost every descrlp-
ton OF crop. We are at such great dis
lance from the ports where immigrants
arrive that few have the means to come so
far, and no special effort is sustained to
induce the settlement of people OF means
from abroad. Something is being done at
Chicago this year to influence people of
moderate income. The more of the small
farming class that can be brought TO Cali
1ornla the better for the growth OF the
State.
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ball over the smiles of lady. with
whom both men were in love are being
reproacbed for want of chivalry. inasmuch
as they agreed upon duel in an open way
in the ballroom, and went out to fight the
first thing in the morning. In the old style
of manners the lady would have been kept
IN the background and some other ostensl-
bic cause of quarrel sought. but it Is
straightforward age, not given to minclng
matters. Very likely the lady is secretly
not displeased that two men should con-
slider her worth rlsking their lives about.
Alter couple OF shots each. with no
deadly results. the lawyer and the pill
compounder stripped for Knuckle fight
in 10-foOt ring. They fought ten rounds.
drew blood fteIy. and then agreed to mold
hOnors equaO Now they are receiving the
congratulations IF their friends, but upon
what is not specified. Their portraits have
no doubt been presented in the newspapers.
and perhaps the young lady has also to
endure this martyrdom.
Three huge British ships have loaded
with refined oil at Philadelphia and are
racing to Calcutta on wagers by the cap
tains. They are the Wanderer. the Glen
cairn and the Osborne. the smallest of
them 24l3 tons. Their voyage is $4,000
In, a - a f1r
San francisco, and then take wheat 10
Europe. Their charters thus take them
round the globe. The fact that they have
such quantity of oil slowed IN the hold
shows that the Standard Company has by
no means resigned the Asiatlc trade to the
Baku retinerS.
The number of hardy mariners who cross
the Atlantic in open boats is too large to
make the feat seven DAYS wonder. Such
adventures only end in Snowman snip, and
fortunes out of the curious. One man has
been picked up in mid-Atlantic very near
the END OF his resources. But for a fresh
outfit he must have persisted. But the
mere recital OF his miseries nerves others.
A Norwegian is about to start from New
Jersey in boat only sixteen feet long.
He will minimize risks of one kind by
about being run down when he is asleep,
as he Must sometimes be?
The number of the descendants of Chris
topher Columbus is augmenting. But for
the fact that he could show very straight
branches on his family tree it would have
been quite dispensable 10 go 10 Spain for
the Duke of Veragua, there being stock
Of Columbus descended people in the
United States. Some of the family live
in New jersey. but the oldest American
branch is resident in Buffalo. and the
chief representative. Alexius Column
bus, is SO years OF age. and has eight
living children, thirty grandchildren
and six SUPERINTENDENT. what is
more to the point is that the physiog-
nGmies of these American citizens bear a
closer resemblance to the navigator'S por-
traits than he Duke of Veragua does. In
six generations the number OF descendants
is legion, but it is remarkable how re-
sem blance of feature is preserved.
The Notifications at Esauimalt are to be
carried to completion and manned by Royal
Marine Artillery specially sent out from
England. A detachment is now en- route
and the total force will be seventy-fve
officers and men. The value of this naval
especially as it is in the neighborh0od of
good coal supplies. Without sure supply
of fuel the navy of to-day is peculiarly
helpless. 1t is to secure this advantage
and also to render repairs In docks easy
that the order has gone forth to make
EsqniIalt a strong point. Very likely the
Royal Marine ArtilleIi>ts will desert in
considerable numbers when they FIND them
selves 80 near the United States. Quite
number Of deserters SAID adieu to the Brit
ish fleet at New York
1t is savory joke to find that Deputy
Commissioner Bell, whose structures on
disability pensions have become matter
of nOtoriety, is down for pension himself
for a peculiarly distressing cause. The
records of the bureau show that up to the
end of May he drew S12 month for floss
of teeth, indigestion and heart disease"
This was very patriotic military service no
doubt. Mr.. Bell is able to explain that
everything depends upon whose OK Is
gOred.
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.
Richard Watson Glider will have ok
of poems out in the fall.
1t is rumored that HOwe'ls plans pook
on the history Of realism in literature.
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