The morning call., 1893-10-22

D6tt-DiItcueil lgnL TO take place Wituin Hot
bounds. This is the declaration OF Mayor
Eliert. New York State affords no tight
ing-ground. Louisiana is doubtful. and II
the comb batants were to go to London IL Is
almost certain that fight to finish would
be broken UP. So much money is at stake
in these encounters that they can only
take place in large cities c'Dtalnlng
thousands who are willing to pay nuge
prices for the privilege OF Deing seated
comfortably as spectators. Inc oiu style
of pitching ropes in field. with lew
hundreds looking On, has disappeared. IL
Will be found eventually, unless pugiiism
altogether dies out in Difference 10 puDiic
opinion, that the prize fighters only re1uge
will be on board chartered steamers, iorty
or fifty miles from land.
1t is well known there are sermon fac
tories where bushels of discourses In fault
less English can be purchased on great
variety of themes about as cheaply as dime
novels. These factories flourish In London.
They seem to have moved Bishop to
commend them facetiously. He thus sum-
marizes the various orders of subject kept
in stock: ''Sesquipedalian-Big words.
little thoughts. Wishy-washy. Pyrotech-
nic - Faint odor of gunpowder. Anec-
dotal-Stories good enough once, Dut In
imperfect preservation. Sentimental or
flowery-Poeticalq quotations ad lid. Melli-
fluous-Calm and unbroken flow. Pare
goric Warranted against wakefnlness
(suppli ed by the yard. as required). There
is no moral delinquency in preaching an
other mans sermon when you say 10 is an
other mans, but 1t is uncomfortable to
palm off discourse as original Wnen an
other preacher in the same town has hit
upon the same discourse in precisely the
same language to prove that great minds
think alike.
Two and half tons of nltro-gelatine
were recently exploded in a quarry in
Wales. with the result that 10000 tons of
rock in dyke were dislodged and made
available for removal. This quantity OF
the high explosive would be equivalent to
about nine tons of gunpOwder, and the
rending force would all be applied In the
fraction of second. The work was per-
formed with thorough engineering ludg-
ment. there being little waste OF the ex-
plosive in useless agitation OF air. En-
gineers to-day can undertake huge feats in
blasting. Give them the money and the
time and they would shatter Mount Shasta
in to loose blocks, but would fortunately
fail to sho OF the blocks into the air Volcano
like.
The underwriters stand to win or lose
much on two vessels now long due in San
Francisco. The British ship Falls of
Halladale is out 176 days and the American
ship Undaunted, from Philadelphia, is out
1856 days. Ten per cent for reinsurance is
the rate in one case and 25 per cent in the
other. Gains may explain these long vOy
ages. That is the most cheerful way OF
indulging in hope.
A good California ranch is almost Of as
much value as one of those fine ancestral
estates in England with grand mansion.
ornamental parks and gardens. and with
all the country aroundi cultivated There
are many ranches of 600 acres or there
aoouts within radius of thirty miles of
San Francisco for which their owners
would refuse S40.000 and yet not fourth
of the area is under thorough cultivation.
The estate of Great Oakley Hall in Eng
land, 600 acres, was recently put up to
auction. Early in this century it fetched
1000, and it was valued at $4,000 forty
years ago. At the auction nobody went
higher than $4,000. and the times are so
depressing that probably it will sell for
less when il is next offered. The appre-
citation of gold has gone high in the pur-
chase of land.
Lord Salisbury recently showed his con-
tempt for journalists. and not a few of
them reciprocate. He allowed the Insti-
tute of Journalists to visit his palatial
seat at Hatfield and let them see the walls
and halls, but 30 banqueting boz ard. They
had not even friendly glass Of wine or
beer in the home of the Cecils. The insti-
tute itself rigged marquee on the grounds
and provided its own refreshments, and
the lord of Hatfield came In for tOasts
with an arriere pensee.
Hardly in the history of railroad acci-
dents can the story of cruel suffering en-
dured by Mrs. Van Duzen OF New York
be paralleled. She was one of the victims
of the frightful crash and holocaust in
Michigan. Apparently she had the pros
pect of escape almost to certainty, being
only imprisoned in a telescoped car, but
the work of rescue, although eager and
resolute, was slow and the flames soon sur
rounded the poor woman and she died an
agonizing death with a fortitude as con-
spicuous and noble as has ever been shown
by martyrs for the sake Of religion. Little
wonder that the groups of foiled rescuers
gave way to tears. A scene so touching
will doubtless form theme in many pulpit
discOurses.
Sarah Bernhardt and Sibyl Sanderson
took part in the entertainment at the Paris
ItyuTO OluCc W tue huSSldu udVdl UluCcIss
who must by this time be daZed with the
delights of festivities on land. Unless she
has the mania to live abroad altogether it
is almost becoming that Sibyl SandersOn
should return to the land of her birth and
give some indication OF her superlative
qualities as q prima donna. There are
various opinions as to her rank in opera.
William Astor. proprietor of the Pail
Mall Gazette, has brought himself within
easy range of irst-class libel suit. He
has attacked the electropathic belt cure as
a downright bit of quackery. and as the
company which sells these belts is pro-
digious advertiser and very wealthy, fire.
Quently spending thousands in full-page
advertisements it can hardly escape an
effort TO vindicate itself. AStor no doubt
is quite Indifferent about the cost of libel
suit. but not to the glory of winning one by
exposing prevalent humbug, and he Will
easily have the more eminent among the
medical faculty on his side. But there are
so many curative agencies to-day.
It is anything but good use for grapes
to turn hogs into vineyard and let them
eat the buuches off the vines. This is be-
ing done on the great 5000 acre vineyard at
Vina with portion of the crop not con-
sidered of much value for wine- e-making.
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