The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-11-29

ered In Arizona and is pronounced OF good
seml-anthracite quality. 1t is improbable
that THIS Is the only seam, but this may
easily be ascertaiDed by further boring.
LII Northern Mexico. also, there are con-
siderable beds Of coal, and apparently all
mat the capitalist needs TO make this
region OF America an important manufac-
Ing center. not dependent upon precarious
gOld ana silver mining, is confidence and
enterprise. Supplies of fuel are essential
10 the development Of manufactures.
However abundant and cheap other raw
materials are, without cheap fuel the in
dustrlal ceDters If other parts of the coun-
try Will continue to keep the lead. 1t is
said that railway will connect Guaymas
with coal field eighty miles distant. This
would form an important outlet for the
Pacific Coast, and might, by shipment
down the gulf or by rail, give San Diego a
much.needed lnducement to establish
manufactures.
very sad affair recently occurred in
Dublin. A mother and four children were
in dire straits through the bankruptcy and
suicide OF the father, and they shared
room with other persons. Squalor and
starvation were endured for weeks. One of
the family. boy of II years. conceived an
extraordinary idea to mend the fortunes of
his mother and sisters. Saving by some
means few shillings lie bought newspa-
pers and clothing with view to reaping
the benefit of insurance coupons. Ke then
drowned himself under the belief that the
family would receive the money for the
coupons. But suicide precludeS the posi-
olllty. The poor lad left most touching
letter describing the investments. 1t was
addressed Dear Mother" and the first
sentence was. Il spent the four and six
pence haifpenny for your benefit, and /
hope the money it will bring you will
help you to forgive the rash act" The
total sum which would accrue from the
coupons was S17,500 The last sentence
was. Don't spend TOO much Oh my fu-
neral. and mimi the money, which will
make you rich" Then be added Good
by" The little hero at least called at
tention to the poverty of the family and
the world will show sympathy. That lad
had the making of man.
The radish seed sent from Orleans,
in France, to Chancellor Caprivi, a nd also
TO the Emperor William has not pro-
duced the kind of crop expected. The
maniac or desperate villain who forwarded
the explosives expected that both the
Chancellor and his imperial master would
disappear through the roof when curiosity
prompted them to examine the presents.
but in the case Of these high personages
no chances are taken fOoliShly. If any
body is killed by an Internal machine it
would be an undering whose life in pOpu-
lar estimation would not be missed.
France will no donbt make an effort to
discover the crank who has caused the
sensation.
The Olympia is in bad luck as to weather,
but she has had sufficient good luck other
wise TO keep everybody connected with
the Union Iron Works smiling for some
time 10 come. Coal has run short, and
she has been compelled to return to San
Francisco for further bunker supplies.
next she gets abeam the shoremarks
Then she will show her powers in fine
style.
The steamer City of New York is not
wholly abandoned yet. In fact, the
steamer declines to be got rid Of. 1t has
bumped about and around on the rocks for
a month and is quite too tough to be broken
up by the preaching seas and the heavy
swell The task of floating her has been
committed to Captain Robertson, who has
expectations that four pontoons now In
readiness will hoist the steamer bodily off
her rocky bed and enable repairs to be
made. The cost of patching the steamer
up ought to be several hundred thousands
less tUhu UuliQluR ii fresh ftSScI, Out the
expenditure must be heavy.
A tablet to the memory of James Rus
sell Lowell has been unveiled in Westmin-
ster Abbey and the cost betrayed by Eng
lish admirers. 1t is a fitting recognition
of distinguished man of letters, who is
read quite as generally on the other side
of the Atlantic as on this. His memorial
is in good company among poets and
scholars and the illustrious in many fields,
but the Abbey also contains the dust of
numbers of nobOdies, who are unknown
when their virtues are scanned in cpl
taphs.
John Morley gave a savage snub the
other day TO the Duke of Argyll, who had
sneered at Gladstone as not fit TO be Pre-
mier at "a. and at Trevelyan on some
other ground. He challenged the Duke to
produce the equal Of the Premier in any
capacity, especially among the peers. who
are VIGOROUSLY braiDless nine out of ten,
and he declined to be guided by second
rate man of letters. This is perhaps a
compliment to Sir George Trevelyan, but
the estimate of the Duke of Argyll is much
too high. He is not even a ffth-rate man
of science. Naughty pride, an nnbrdled
temper and conceit unfit him for any pro-
fOund study