The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-04-03


an Esquimaux village on the fair grounds at
Chicago. During the winter these blubber-
hunting and blubber-fed people of the Arc
tic region might have found the lake city
tolerable and not too frigid, the only incon-
yenience perhaps being the frightful dust
cloud winds that sweep across the city at
times. But think oil them in summer ?
The heat will be enough to try them out
like the sections Of whale blanket on which
they have been nourlshed. Already they
are complaining Of oppression from the
heat, and yet the season of Billiards aud
icicles as long as a lamp-pOst has by no
means passed. When the thermometer
hovers about 90 degrees for about fort
night polar bear would not be more I'M
comfortable than these natives of the land
of the midnight sun. They are describing
their seaskinS and, as they are only good
show when picturesque, that is a liberty lot
to be permitted by the management. But il
is downright cruelty 10 animals, and a
prosecution may lie.
The written examination test for extra
policemen In Chicago is probably requisite
when any number of candidates might pre-
sent themselves eligible in all respects but
a 'three-R" acquaintance with English
Even this test came near being frustrated in
the usual fraudulent manper-by prepared
answers. The candidate for star-and-club
honors. instead OF racking his pate for solu-
lions, had conveniently up his sleeve the
forms accurately filled in, and II lie did not
actually substitute them, would only have
the degrading labor of copying them. Alas,
that SO much ingenuity should be foiled by
base betrayal
Miss Agnes NJ. Clerke, who has written
two works Of mark, The History Of
Astronomy During the Nineteenth Gen.
fury" and System of the Stars" has been
awarded the septennial prize of the Royal
Institution, Albemarle street, London, for
the best essay illustrative of the wisdom
and benefcence of the Almighty in any de-
parm.nt Of science" The prize is given
under the A ctOn endowment trust fund.
and amounts to 100 guineas. No other
woman has attained to this honor. Sir
George Stokes carried off the prize seven
years ago by his treatment of Light" The
Royal Institution Is curious combination
OF science and fashion. 1t is sustained by
subscriptions, aud in return the subscribers
have thu beneut of library ana courses of
lectures by distinguished men. In the dIngy
basement Humphry DaYy and Faraday
tOied the better part of their lives. 1t is
now occupied by Professor Dewar, who has
lately astOnished science by liQuefying
atmospheric air. Upstairs Tyndall plodde
away until his retirement few years ago,
anu iAt Id5 DSGu suCCctuEu Dy dUOLner DTil-
liant physicist, Lord Rayleigh. But for
fashion, science might have had to 90 beg
gtng in England, for it has been given very
little cOunienance by either the Government
or the old universities.
Near Santa Ana, Southern California
that dreaded vine pest, the phylloxera. has
begun its ravages at the roots on small
scale. but II given encouragement its plan
of operations Will soon be sufficiently broad
to threaten extensive vineyard areas. The
owner of the vines seems to have been un-
willing to recognize the presence of the
enemy-a policy well nigh as silly as that
Of the ostrich in thrusting its head into the
bushes and leaving its body out. Extirpa-
ton, as the only cure, should be insisted
upon.
Mexico. with a view to the Improvement
of her navy, which no doubt is in very
feeble condition. is about to establish Gov
eminent dockyard on the Pacific coast; and
Guaymas, on the Gulf of California, is
recommended for the port. 1t is the best
harbor on the coast. with the exception of
Acapulco. which, however, is too far to the
south and has no compensating advantages,
as compared with the mineral resources in
the vicinity OF Guaymas. The harbor has
a narrow entrance, well protected by
islands, and the anchorage is good with a
depth oil seven fatboms In some places. One
OF the wants of the place is fresh water
Anthracite coal is found in extensive bed
up the Yaqui River, and there is 10 lack of
iron ore in this part Of Mexico. Guaymas
has also the advantage of a railway tapping
the Southern Pacific at Benson.
In one of the London hospitals recently a
remarkable surgical feat not unknown in
this country was performed successfully. 1t
was the restoration OF nerve power to n
mans arm Five years ago an artisan had
fall from a high building, The surgeon
who attended him either divided The nerve