The morning call., 1893-07-16

any trltlng with the principle involved In
arbitratio
10 enjoy the pleasures Of cruise in
America it is not necessary to go to sea.
The great lakes afford excursions by
steamer four or five days in duration, and
yachting may be enjoyed for months. The
waves are just as apt to cause NAL de lac as
those of the ocean NAL de mer, and the
storms are far from sprtless affairs. But
in addition to the lakes there are the great
waterways of the Mississippi. the Ohio
and numbers of other rivers by which
thousands of miles may be voyaged in
houseboat or an ordinary launch or sail
boat, with unlimited facilities for camping
ashore and ranging the woods for game.
Ihe thousands Of Americans who go
ABROAD every year are not however, so
much IA quest of the health conferred by
voyage as the pleasures of sightseeing in
cities There is so much novelty to the
American mind in these quaint Old World
aggregatlons of grand and mean buildings
with history and romance at every cor
ner and quaint customs everywhere that
people Of leisure return again and again to
the scenes that interest them and become
too much EuropeaniZed. In every Euro
pean capltal there is large American
colony, and many people may be consid-
cred permanently settled.
Lieutenant Peary and his gallant COM
panons have now said good-by tor years
to civilization and are heading for the
Arctic seas. Two years or more will pass
ere much is hearl from them. and it will
he fortunate almost beyond hope if there
is not some tale of disaster TO sadden the
chronicle OF adventures. The expedition
is certain to md out more about Green
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trend of the land and to make known
little more about glaciers and such phys-
cal story as can be extracted from rocks
and the life Of wintry. seas. AS to any
thing further it is a toss whether all is not
frustrated labor and the chagrin of disap-
pOlntment.
Russia is said to have resolved to keep
fleet in North American waters on the At
lantic side. This would be consonant
with her policy of making Russia felt as
over beyond her own waters in the Bal
tic and Black seas. In the Pacific she has
long kept up a fleet. The Black Sea fleet
is Increasing to such an extent that
squadron must soon take TO cruising n the
Mediterranean. and 1t Will cost no more To
maintain a service in the Atlantic. Rus-
sa has no islands in far-off seas for Dase.
but in time of peace there are o difficult
ties about getting coal or repairing.
The fine art aspect of burglary is well
illustrated by an arrest in Vienna. For
a long time the houses of the wealthy
bankers and merchants have been pilaged
most skillfully and the police have been
utterly bamboozled. They suspected that
gang was at work. but none OF the old
6n could y give 5V a No
one little individual in respectable posi-
ton. who went about his looting without
coufederates, saved mis- money and was so
we'll off that he was about TO wed the
daughter of a weil-kncwn manufacturer.
He was betrayed by leaving pair Of dirty
shrtcuffs behind in exchange for clean
ones he appropriated. 1t is just one little
error in strategy which spoils his career.
Philadelphia has q geological garden in
Falrmount Park, and ii appears to excite
so little interest that its finances are run
ming down, year by year showing de-
ficien ces. and an appeal is being made for
support to avert collapse. This seems
queer condition OF things in a part of
PENNSYLVANIA so populOus. There is, per-
haps, something wrong with the means of
access and the cest. Botany aud ZOologi-
cal collections should go together in con-
joined attraction, and for the instruction
OF children and the masses In natures les
sons nothing better can be devised. But
even such advantages are all the better for
being set off with good band performances.
The charm OF a waltz offsets the imaginary
horror OF the lions roar.
In quick time the German Emperor has
got the army bill through the Reichstag
by the sufficiently strong majority Of 16.
The success is sharp after the elections,
and there has been but little time to sap
the plans of the Government. Under this
measure there is at least one gain to the
men who are drained from industry to
serve in the ranks. They have only two
years OF drill, and patriotic sacrifice is
one-third diminished. Herr Bebel, the So
clalist, thinks that socialism will permeate
Germany all the more freely because the
Government has been forced 10 be m0der-
ate. Bat the more concessions are given
the less will socialism indulge In wild,
chimerical visions of ut0pian blessedness.
The salvage of the Bawnmore. arduous
though the work was, will raise the ques-
ton of whether the crew was justified In
leaving the vessel. She was in bad straits
when abandoned, but determined cap
tain and officers would have stood by her
successfully. as events have turned out.
1t is matter of judgment. Men whose
lives are in peril are not to be blamed II
they prefer safety when they have
chance. The salvors went about their
undertaking with great GOODNESS and have
bauled into port profitable prize.
The land of the white elephant makes a
business of holidays. 1t is said half the
year is more or less given up 20 the care OF
dong nothing. and the remainder cannot