The morning call., 1894-10-25

T. +. Bayard alludes TO Queen Victoria as
''the beneicent, The benign, the venerable old
lady whose virtue so illustrates the happy reign
over eontented people," lie would apply The
same adjectiyes 10 Liliuok alani or the Queen Of
Madagascar without moving facial muscle.
Mr. Bayard never fully realizes his own value
as humorist.-New York Recorder.
Americans will be glad TO learn from Mr..
Bayard that in the English families visited by
him there was family prayer every morning
Family prayer is so common In America that
nobody would think Of referring TO the custom
in public speech as being anything note.
worthy.-Philadelphla Inquirer.
1t is in the highest degree satisfactory to
know that the battle ship Maine is as speedy at
least as her contract demanded. Hampered as
she is with Carnegie armor, the necessity for
speed on her part TO keep out OF range Of an
enemy's lire is manifestiy Dressing.-New York
Commercial Advertiser.
The fact that it has been found nece ssary To
issue an order forbidding the determination of
French and German troops is pretty good evil
dence that the old bitterness Is dying out
There would have been no occasion for the
issuance OF such an order Iwen ty years ago.
Philadelphia Leuger.
The head and front OF Chairman Wilson's
Offending is not that he should have gone to
London and stopped over in a sentimental
speech clarifying tree trade, but that he should
come back TO This country and boldly try 10 de-
fend his utteran ces.-New York Tribune.
Father Gey of st. Peters Catholic Church, at
Polk and Clark streets. left The altar and ar
rested thief who had robbed one OF the con-
gregatlou. Father Gey is evidently not en-
mindful of The Injunction, watch and pray"
Chicago Times.
William London Wilson is finding out, to his
dismay, that the speech which evoked such ell.
thusIasIic applause from his British friends
evokes demonstrations of an entirely different
nature from his West Virginia constituents
New York Press.
John James Howard goes to trial on the
charge OF being foreign coachman under con.
tract. The most important thing about How
ard as victim of Zeal for law is that his name
is not Havemeyer nor yet CarnegIe.-New York
Recorder.
he Ameer OF Afghanistan is reported get
ting ready TO join the lamented Ahkoond Of
Swat. Her Majesty's representative is staying
vigllantly at his post to see that nobody else
gets away with the c0untry.-Chicago Herald.
The London Spectator doesn't believe in
giving Wilson all the credit. II says: Grover
Cleveland has done more TO advance the cause
of free trade than any Prime Minister of Eng
land has ever done.-Chcago Inter Ocean.
Ii Is chilly day. but Captain John Boy
Thacher Is still cruising about quarantine, spy
glass in hano, watching for the lone fisherman
from Buzzards Bay viii he never come P
New York Mall and Express.
When the administration is accused of not
having done anything for Hill IL can point with
Rhoulisn glee TO the facr that it has caused the
arrest OF Morton's English coachman. - ST.
Louis Globe Democrat.
st. Louis smiles on reading that Brooklyn
streeicar postal service is new thing. All
cities, however. viii find il profitable to follow
st. Louls.-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
1t locks as II the great railroads, now held In
the tentacles of the Pullman octopus, are about
TO make combined effort 10 shake of the
thralldom.-St. Louis Star-Sayings.
The young Ohio man who came to this city