The morning call., 1893-04-27

y company Win three i mas De6n
formed in san Francisco, This alliterative
enterprise has good prospect of business
if it cheapeus rates for messages, and 1t has
all the agencies at cOmmand-the telauto-
graph, the telephone and the telegraph.
The iHcorporators should be welcomed,
although they must add to the overhead
wires. If their competition brings down the
rates for the telephone; and tie introduce
ton Of the telautograph, by which messages
are transmitted in the sender's handwriting
as last as he can drive the pen, must prove
2 distinct advantage to many who find the
telephone a torture to the ears.
TIE German Emperor may almost have
imagined himself in the throes of earth
quake yesterday as he turned a corner at
Frascate. His Majesty is fond OF doing
things in style, and his coachman. 10 doubt,
was letting the spirited horses have q spin
Down went the horses and the carriage
was damaged. but his Majesty escaped
without scratch and was able TO inquire
with solicitude about the bruises of his
groom. The divinity that doth hedge a
king has some trouble on Italian country
roads, and the Emperor has reason to be
thankful for his escape.
The St Paul of the North American Navi-
cation Compauy's line is to call at six Cen
trail American ports with cargo for each.
doubtedly, be loaded down on her return.
The sGell of monopoly over trade has been
effectuallY broken, aud business under the
cheering influence is taking brisk turn.
How great the contrast is with April year
ago. Then there was only talk and hope.
Now there is action and victory
Zola in la Terre" tells the history of
peasant family in which the father and
mother settle up their affairs and hand over
all their property to their children, with
the intention of living happily with each in
turn. In the unnatural course OF things the
children, having got ALL will do nothing for
their parents, who are driven from door to
door like beggars, and eventually the
father is murdered aud burned before the
breath has left his body. Perhaps this
horrible story is suggested to some readers
by the case of George W. Degear and his
wife in this city. DegeaT is "a years of age
and lnilrni. lie is carpenter who has fol-
lowed his calling here since 1851. There
are fifteen children, seven of whom are
married and doing well, and the oihors are
able to earn their own living. But none of
them appear TO take pity on the helpless
old man and his wife, and they are loath 10
90 to the Amshouse. Independence is
something to a man Of sterling worth, and
it will be very hard thing If this broken
down couple are compelled to seek public
relief
At Chicago the natives Of hot countries
are reported to be suffering from bronchitis,
grip or some other malady of spring in the
lap of winter. When spring passes into
summer it will be the turn Of the aborigines
who come from cold regions. They will
lard the lean earth as Falstaff did, and
groan at the torture of the hot July and
August nights. One characteristic the
Words Fair has which no other possessed
An effort has been made to gather into a
group the nations of the earth. The eth
nOlOaist viii have much material at hand
for studies without leaving the grounds. All
VIII 90 well as long as race antIpathies are
mollifed and religious liberation is enforced.
What a mighty tug Of-war could be ar
ranged out OF the variety Of races repre-
sented! But 1t is quite certain the civilized
com etitoTs would win easily.
In descanting upon the value of higher
education Professor Jordan urges that it is
men of strong character who are wanted in
life with a college training, but as students
are, as rule. only boys when they go in
quest of the higher education 1t would
puzzle parents, and professors also. to de-
termne which are strong and which are
feeble. Hence the wisdom is rot conspicu-
GUS in saying that ito put $4,000 educa-
ton on 1O-cent boy Is about as great a
piece of folly as to attempt 10 put 10-cent
education on $4,000 boy" Who can
tell which is which? Hard work there
must be as well as method in education
and qualifying for a career, but the unex
pected often happens. A very large per-
centage OF men and women emerge from
obscurity into prominence whose distinction
was not foreseen by anybody and who
hardly had any college training at ali.
Faraday had good answer to those who
asked what was the use of experiments
which apparently had no object He asked
IN turn "OI what use is a baby?" Is
baby worth 10 cents or $4,000? Is it to be
Gould or hummer?
The Sierra Club of Mountain Climbers
might shorten its name and 90 to work with
energy in scaling peaks all the way from
Mount st. Elias down to the volcanoes In
Guatemala. For short excursions there are