The morning call., 1893-08-01


tho famous Iverpa was SO much out of the
contest that she retired. 1t by no means
follows that the Navah0p will not win In
other matches. Tho Vakyrie. for In
stance. has repeatedly defeated the Brl-
tannia. Why should th- Navahoe not show
Tor hope. 1t was known. however, that
the new British yachts were vast I'M
provement on the old style.
Should the Navahoe be absolutely de-
feated again and again by the Vaikyrie.
it will be plain to Eastern yacht-owners
that they have their work cut out In New
York waters to keep possession OF the
America cup. The contest has keenness
this year far exceeding former matches.
True-blue yachtsmen must nope that the
best yacht should not only win but be on
the American side, and they will certainly
do their best to make it so. These conteets
encourage yachting. one oil the most de-
lighlful health-conferring recreations tnat
men of means can follow. There are nun,
dreds OF yachts on the Atlantic coast. ana
thousands OF sailors must be employed IN
manning them. These men are we'll paid
during four or five mon tbs ia the year ana
they can afford to rough it little In their
occupations during the remaining months.
Considering the extent or popuiation Id
San Francisco and around the oay, the
number OF yachts is fairly representative
OF local opulence, but nowhere Is Inc OPP
p0rtunity of yachting better AT least
during the summer months there Is a.
ways wind, and the ocean cruising nortn
or south may be made far from dreary.
Bismarck is playing gu undIgnifed role
Tor one who was great and who remains
great sans power. One may smile wnlie
he denounces bureaucracy. seeing that as
long as he held Office the empire was ruled
with stringent control by himself and those
he approved of. But what is the use OF
saying that he is i'll treated to-day. but IS
less so than when in office? These are
strange words, unless the telegraph IS III
error, which belittle SO strong statpsman.
He Is simply retired from craftsmanship
and should not be upset because there are
others who can take up the duties ne per
formed. His retirement was not volan.
tary, but he does not better the change by
harping on his wrongs. and II lie only
wants to guide posterlty by THESE
utterances he can reach the end IN
much more dgnified way by auto0log-
raphy and memoirs 1t Is unfortunate
that IN Germany no provision mas Deeh
carried into shape by which such states-
man should be- heard in parliamentary o.
pOsitlon. If he took part in de bates in the
Reichstag much might be Calculated Tor
Germany's benefit. Count Herbert. MS
son, has not refraned from speech there,
apparently from his fathers standpoint
Cholera is moving its victims down in
various districts OF Russia at an alarming
rate, but thus far it has made little lDroad
on the rest of Europe. The signs are hope
full that there will be no repetition OF the
terror which marked the progress or the
epidemic last year. Sanitarlans and doc
tors understand precisely what they nave
to du in order to avert or suppress inva-
sion, and as consequence attention Is
given in cities 10 water supply and clean
illness. II the heaps Of dead continue at
Mecca the sanitary engineer may at last
invade the holy city aud attempt to restore
the holy we'll to purity which 1t has never
been known ID possess
The Davie ferry company is happy in
the possession of the Elvra, big stern
wheel steamer. which formerly piled on
the Sacramento between the capital and
Mar, sville. The Southern Pacific had an
understanding that the steamer was not TO
run on the river, but this does not apply to
the bay. and perhaps he monopoly is sorry
that it does not. The Eivra will answer
for ferry purposes until the new 1S-kDot
steamers of the Dave company are ready
and then!
The Supervisors have unapimo usly
granted the Southern Pacific the right to
enter the Golden Gate Park and lay aspur
track for the Midwinter Exhibition. Some
OF the securities which it was possible to
exact against the permission being made
permanent were ignored. Mayor Eilert
understands, however, what he inteads TO
do when the time is up. The company Is
known to be very tenacious or anything il
lays hold OF. 1t is easy 10 let gopher In to
a garden but tremendous job to get it
out. so it may be found with this park
experiment.
The account of the lynchipg of two
young negroes in South Carolina is sicken-
ing. Torture applied when death is re-
solved upon is debasing to those who
resort to. 1t, and can do no permanent
harm TO the doomed but tends to make
death welcome. Such insensate acts as
flogging. kicking. half strangling anc
indicate how much OF the brute may be
residential ia mobs that profess to be
guided by the dictates of justice and the
sentiments of civilization.
The Atlantic passage is now reduced to
very small hardship. Every season be-
holds few hours knocked off, the speed
being now quite equal to that of trains
between San Francisco and New York,
and probably it will be better before the
railroad Is better. Passengers now take
breakfast IN London on Sunday morning
and eat dinner in New York on the fol-
10 ing Friday. Great is the victory OF
coal and steam. Perhaps two years hence
tie voyage will be down to four and a half
days.
When the Nicaragua canal is open a
revolution in shipping may be expected
quite as remarkable as that which has at
te"ded the opening of the Suez canal.
Steamers will probably take most of the
cargoes from California to the East and
Europe. The voyage to Liverpool is less
than 5000 miles via Nicaragua. and freight
steamers ought 10 be able to carry wheat.
wine, lumber and other ommodities at
considerable reduction of freight on Cape
Horn rates. Millions will be saved BY that
route. and millions more gained by the ex-
panSiOn OF business