The morning call., 1893-07-17

OIL SILVER out 20 go TO WOrK In Otu0' ulIcC-
tiOns than silver mining. A correspondent
Of the Sun kindly volunteers the opinion
that 80 per cent of all the men engaged in
the mines would find employment II all
the mines were shut down. 1t Is inferred
that this opinion is not rash. because the
State tuns out agricultural produce valued
at S60.000.0OO. makes S34,00O.000 out OF
cattle. S70.OO00O0 out Of manuf ctures and
S55. .O0O,0 600 out Of coal. A State so abun-
dantly blessed with minerals and coal has
all 1t needs for energetic manufacturing
If it can get the labor. and its agricultural
resources are but lightly tapped II only
tenth OF the land is under cultivation.
1t would be interesting to know how
many workmen who follow definite trades
have passed through the stage OF regular
apprenticeship as was the custom in the
olden time. According to the Philadelphia
Ledger the apprenticeship custom is much
more prevalent than is supposed. 1t cor
reefs magazine writer who comments on
the DISAPPEARANCE of the system by saying
that his remarks only apply to the big
cities and not to the small towns and vii
lagos. 1t asserts that three-fourths OF the
persons engaged in manufacturing and
mechanic industries reside in cities, towns
and villages of less than 10000 Inhabitants.
The apprentice system is therefore not
extinct.
A correspondent of the Figaro seems to
have had fit of the blues while visiting
Chicago. He writes in vein of condem-
nation OF everything his eye has lighted
up0n-the architecture, the exhibits, the
crowds, the devices to entertain. After
deprecatory squirt of venom at the
heterogeneous delights of Midway Plais-
hl thvrn l. iolo NJ Hroth
But sadness is one of the leading char
acterlStics of American crowds, whose
slow, monotonOus and silent movements
give even to the places they pass through
the melancholy expression which belongs
TO all their feasts without smiles, without
flowers. without gayety and without
MUSIC. They move along like procession
OF Quakers. They have no jokes, no
frolics. no shouts. no fun. The dead
silence that marks their promenade
makes one think of the professions OF
the pupils Of some deaf and dumb instl-
tuition. Nothing arOnses them from the
torpor in which the joyous spirit and the
wanting" Poor man! He might have
got laugh out of five minutes talk with
sable vendor of peanuts.
In Hebron. Conn.,, piece of land thirty
acres in extent is held under lease which
runs 9999 years. This lease has been
running sincs 1876. What is the orign
of these odd periods of leases-19 years.
SO, 999 and So on? A story is told of one
very prudent lessee Of land who was not
satisfied with even 999 years at fixed
payment. After the deed was signed he
had the time extended to 1000 years. The
owner had no objection. He knew it
would be no concern of his when the
lease ran out. The antiquarian lawyer,
doubtless, can explain this strange custom.
The climax in impudence is reached
when Sheriff is held up at railway sta
tion and relieved of $4,000. By one man,
too, and with chance to shoot him. This
feat has been accomplished at railway
station in Arkansas. Darkness favored
the operation, but the robber showed that
be could take aim, and having disabled the
representative of order he had unlimited
leisure on lone platform to go through
his pockets and decamp. The Sheriff
must feel that America is taking Leaf out
of history in the outlaw times OF Robin
Hood and Will Scarlet.
The trade fight in Chicago against open
auction sales of California fruit is one Of
the usual struggles through which any
new method of doing business mnst pass.
~ cACItes uostIilty dDoDB tDosc w uo ave
succeeded better by other methods. Pro-
yded the California fruit-grower gets a
better price and is sure of ready sales by
open auction, he should adhere to it. 1t
Is the right way to dispose of products in
common consumption. Everybody has a
| chance TO buy, and it ,s less easy to buy
cheaply in order to sell dearly.
A prominent Californian at the World S
Fair is described by lady as coaching
some strangers on the wonders OF the
Golden State. He assured the party that
money is not scarce. s"Oh, no." he said.
| ''Why. we don't take such small coins as
pennies. Every one ont in California has
pocketful of gold and silver. and when
one buys anything he never thinks of
counting his money, he just throws out a
handful or So" This is called keeping up
'our End" As an education in values for
| the young 1t is pity the nickel is the
| lowest coin. Children are not any richer
from regarding five cents as one.
The novelist has character for STIR
ring story in the hard fate which has over
taken Arthur Beckwith, an artist Of note
| in New York, who was worth several mil
| lions and was prominent in society. Thr-
teen years ago, in collision with an ice
wagon, he was injured and lost his reason.
| That ended art and shut out the world.
But there is wild whirl of the mind left.
He conceives himself to be an habitue OF
RaphatPs studio and pupil of the mas
ter. What sadder wreck can there be
than the brain warped by that hallucina-
tiOn? Lately Beckwith aped to Cuba.
but is again in an asylum.
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.