The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-06
first six months Of this year as in previous

VI this CallfOrnla'S share Is 80 miles. Dut
railroad making proceeds much faster In
the second half Of the year than in the
first. owing to better weather, and the
total may not be far in arrear. Pennsy-
vania and Texas are the only States which
exceed 100 miles of fresh track. Oregon
has only had II miles and Washington ~.
1t only the Stockton and Bakersfield rail-
way were in the hands of the contractors
California would make considerable i'm
preston in mileage; but would make
vastly stronger impression on traffic. Ihat
short length OF level railroad is equivalent
in its effects to an overland route on a
genuine competing basis. All the overland
railroads would feel the stimulus. They
would virtually have to come down to the
rates dictated by the Stockton and Bakers
field plus the Panama and Cape Horn
routes. That short line will settle many
struggles and controversies with the trans
continental routes.
Mr.. Smalley, the London, or rather
European. correspondent of the New York
Tribune, has had 10 apologize-perhaps
not for the first time in his journalistic
life. The Squire" dropped into the error
of accepting an invitation to dinner ten
dered to Mr.. Bayard, United States EN-
basSador in England The invitation came
from the Golden Club. and MIR. Smalley
berated Mr.. Bayard for going out of his
nm American association" This charac-
terizatiOn of the association is slur upon
the memory Of Golden and Bright. They
were both ardent friends of the United
States, sympathiZers with the North during
the civil war, and did all they could to
keep England from aiding the South. But
apart from this absurdity. Mr.. Smalley
In lin n a Qo6 Tn
the banquet. Mr.. Bayard quite uninten-
tionallv disobeyed Mr.. Smalley's orders
and DID not accept. Whereat Mr.. Smalley
says the claim that the American Embas-
sador had been captured for the feast never
had any foundation. Mr.. Smalley himself
was the foundation, and repents having
been treacherous.
The remains of Richard A. Proctor, the
astronomer and lecturer. who by writing
and speaking did much to make the
wonders of the armament understood by
the masses. have never received regular
burial. They lie in vault owned by an
undertaken. Attention has been called to
the matter, and George w. Chiids, of the
Philadelphia Ledger. has authorized the
purchase of lot IN the cemetery at
Brooklyn. and the erection of a suitable
monument. An grafton is expected from
Robert &. IngeIsoll when the interment
taxes place, but ostentation Is to be
avoided, and the monument Is to be
modest. AS a rule the worlds great men
in literature and science leave their own
monument If it is to take physical shape
in marble or granite it is painful task o
provide one, and very often if provided 1t
falls into neglect. More money has been
spent on single millionaire's tomb than
on all the resting places of the illustrlous
in literature and science put together, but
the memory of the latter does not fade.
and that of the plutocrat may be extinct
before lichen speckles the stone.
The ROSalie has now commenced to run
as a ferry-boat for passengers only, be-
tween Mission-street wharf, San Francisco.
aud Franklin street, Oakland. Between
wharf and wharf it made the first run in
thirty-three minutes. Passengers do not
gain any time by transferring on the
Southern Pacific mole route from ferry to
train. BY maintaining good service,
such as the Rosalie is capable of giving.
large numbers of passengers may even
prefer the longer sail. with the advantage
of going straight 10 their destinafi by
the various car routes. The lower fare of
cents is also powerful inducement. and
Communication tickets at reduced figure
will secure many permanent customers.
opposition to the Southern Pacific ferry is
so very new that the enthusiasm is marked
at the pluck of the company which has
started the Rosaie. Another fast steamer
would establish the line thoroughly.
Actually numbers Of men of small means
are troubled about the silver question. A
Hungarian laborer in the East thought
S4O0 he had in bank would be safer in his
own keeping. This might have been the
case had he carried it about in his pocket
and avoided being sandbagged. But he
DIRE w the money out and hid it away in a
stable, whereupOn the rats devoured 1T for
supper. Either gold or silver would have
bothered the teeth Of the rats, but promis-
sorry money we'll creased in lingering
slipped down their outlets charmngly.
The Hungarian is now Beside himslf with
rage and chagrin and may not recover his
head in time to make wise disposal OF
the next money he saves. The proverbs al
old stocking or hole in the thatch was
never good place of deposit.
A queer measure has been introduced in
France to encourage matrmony and the
rearing of large families. No other
country stands in need of such legislation,
but in France there are positively more
deaths than births in number OF the de-
partments and the population is going
down. The proposal is that all working
women are to receive, on condition of
staying home, from 80 cents 10 81 day
during the last five months before child
is born and two months afterward, or a
year If the child lives. TO provide funds
special tax of Sc and $12 per individual
employed is TO be levied on all employers
of children and women. Whether this
proposal will become law is another ques-
ton.
A Philadelphia veteran has patented a
shield for soldiers adjustable to the rifle.
1t is folding screen of steel or other
metal. which is eighteen inches 10 diam
eter. Behind it the soldier is protected to
considerable extent and may keep cool
in loading and firing. When not in use
the shield Is carried folded by the side.
It can be used as a shade when the war
rior has the sun in his face. No device
has yet been invented 10 guarantee abSo-
lutte safety to the soldier aud never will.
Tho Canadian Pacific is making bid
for Hawaiian business. which may prove
injurious to San Francisco. 1t has
arranged to take shipments Of rice by the
new Australian line calling at Honolulu at
much lower rates than the Southern Pa
cific has ever accorded. This will chiefly
affect the Southern Pacific. but the Cana
dian Pacific also intends to shin from the