The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-07
THE SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

1t appears that the checks thrown around
banks bookkeeper in no way measures the
number OF checks that can be thrown at HIM
with successful pecuniary results 10 confed-
crate depOsitOr. But after all, what doth 1t
profit man 10 rob bank and have TO drown
himself in cOnsequence.-NewY York CONNER
cial Advertiser.
1t is perfectly natural that Secretary Carlisle
should appoint Southerner as the superin-
tendent of the income tax branch of his depart
ment. 1t is entirely appropriate that II The
North is 10 be squeezed for the benefit OF the
rest of the country Southerner should
conduct the process New York Mail and
Express.
Rabbit stew has been big "gO" In district
OF Eastern Brooklyn known as "DutchtOWn,"
owing TO the plentiful supply of dressed rab-
bits, peddled chiefly by Italians, but the sud
den disappearance Of hundreds OF CATS in the
City of Churches was noticed and investigated,
and-well, rabbit stew is of. - Philadelphia
Ledger
In spite of the hard times the United States
received last year more than 100000 immi-
grants. Forty-one thousand of them could not
read and write. If our restrictive laws were
what they should be Ibis great army of Hitter
ates would have been excluded Boston
Journal.
There is no doubt that Mr. Cleveland would
get along better If ne could grasp the idea that
there is a difference between President and
an old-time country schoOmaster with blue
beech rod or a cat-o'nine tails.-Minneap0i
Times.
Andrew Carnegie denies he ever said that
men who die rich die disgraced. 1t would have
been a silly thing for anybody to say. for 1t is
not tue. and doubly silly for Carn' gle to say
because if anybody dies rich he wilL-Chicago
Times.
The Japs are getting ready for winter. They
captured 10000 tons of coal at Port Arthur
They have also arranged 10 make il warm for
the Other fellows by capturing $3,o00,0O0
worth of ammunition.-Chi Inter Ocean.
How did it happen that intelligence of the
new loan was known in London in advance of
its publication here? the United States under
Mr.. Clevelands rule seems TO be sort Of
British ''annex."-New York Recorder.
Having secured the Stewart syndicate as a
partner III his Treasury policy, Mr.. Carlisle
will now have more leisure TO devote TO formu-
late some plan of avoiding further bond issues
In time of peace.-New York World.
Princess Bismarck was remarkable woman.
Instead OF keeping her husband constantly
lulOIlleu VI slllucsS BIG COuCcdtcu lIOin
him. Moreover, she was really lll.-St. Louis
st-DBpatCh.
Nobody knows exactly what Is the matter
with Mr.. Clevelands foot, but it is suspt cted
that since the election the swelling IN his mead
has stuck downward into his boots.-Spring-
field Union.
The current notion that the South Is advanc-
ing Is somewhat shattered by the announce
menJ that votes down there can still be bought
at 10 cents apece.-Philadelp hia Inquirer.
Pennsylvania is preparing to buy waste lands
and plant forests Afterstght is not so brilliant
a gift as foresight, but il is better than no
sight at all.-Syracuse Standard
w hats The matter with The American news
papers that they have been excluded from
Turkey? Telling the truth about the Turk? 1t
looks that way.-Boston Herald
The royal wooers of Europe have one great
advantage, anyway. They do not have to con.
tend against the This is SO sudden" Anani-
asism.-New York Press.
Even the $4,000 saved by issuing inferior
postage stamps this year could not glue the
Democracy 10 pOwer.-St. Louis Chronicle.
When "Daye" Hill next rises to address the
Senate it will be hard for Joe Blackburn to
keep back the tears.-St. Louis Republic.
Tom Reed has been made managing editor Of
our esteemed contemporary, the Congressional
Record.-Chicago Dispatch.