The morning call., 1894-02-24

i've DEVELOPMENT this species represented.
One would like to see the sportsmen VINO
nave been guilty of this slaughter sent 10
the penitentiary for few years.
The hypnotiZing OF Sandow. the strong
man VINO balances heavy weights such az
several ordinary men could scarcely move
is no more remarkable than the mesmer-
lzlng OF other mortals. His body plays no
part In resisting the sleepy influence, ana
IL IS found that the strongest. mlnds, III
they can be concentrated on "nothlng
Tor few seconds or minutes, are more
susceptible than those which may De
termed vacuous and are likely TO WANDER.
Hypnotlsm is now we'll understood as
phenomenon Of nervous susceptibility, not
dependent In the slightest ON other per-
sons who profess to throw the subject
into the trance condition, but on the SUD
1ect himself. The Cnarcot method OF In
duclng the hypnotic state IS to nx Inc gaze
OF the subject on a revolving point OF
light, or some small bright object But IL
is equally well induced simply by sugges-
ZION 10 the subject that he IS asleep or Iaii-
Ing into sleep. Nobody need be hypnotlZed
against his will If he refuses to follow the
conditions necessary. 1t would be very
awkward indeed if il were otherwise.
The presence of two Princes in San
Francisco at this moment has produced no
perceptIble flutter of excitement In social
circles, remarkable circumstance which
may be due to the subduing effect OF Lent,
and may be attributable TO common-sense.
One of the twain, who Is about to marry
an American belle. has the judgment TO
say that titles in a republic are meaning
less, and he prefers being taken for CON-
moner. He instances France as country
where the veneraIion for titles has COM
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quises and counts are without pretensions
to style or eXclusiveness. and are not re-
garded as one whit better gifted than
persons born in plebeian obscurity. 1t
will come to this eventually In every
country. Titles are cheap enough in
Austria to be ludierous. In Germany they
are still fenced In with generation, but it
Is tOttering. In England the new creations
are mostly the reward for political service
or vulgar wealth, and the Deerage is fall
ing into contempt from the exposure of so
many scalawags, and the intellectual
feebleness of the majority. A peerage is
Impossible in the United STATES, but there
is a grooming fondDess for foreign titles
trlfle ridiculous The lad will have its
day.
At the burial of the anarchist who was
hoist with his own petard in Greenwich
Park. London, the police seem TO have
apprehended a few bomb outrages, but
they did not come off. The anarchists
seem to have remnant of commou-sense
left. They laughed at the folly of doing
anything which would deprive them of the
friendly shelter of England. the one cOun-
try In Europe which will not extrsdte
them except for actual crime, and which
permits them large latitude in vapOring,
provided they do not proceed to violence
by act. The time may come, however,
han 1farf haNy hsan
tailed.
Judge Wallace yesterday passed exem-
plary sentences upon three footpads,
whose fate may be warning TO the sand
bagging scoundrels Of late too consDicu-
Gus. He gave them sentences of twenty
each. This condign punishment obviates
any regret that the prison directors are
unable 10 apply their rule of exceptional |
treatment for these who have been con-
yicted of robbery with violence. With all
the credits they can earn the prisoners
will still feel that they have made mis-
take in life.
A forty-niner who has picked up mug
get in Shasta County has some reason to
rejoice that this is still the land Of gold
though not as of old. The chunk of ore
he picked up in a canyon has been sold for
S515. Everybody believes there are many
such prizes scattered about through the
ravlnes of the Sierras, but they are
mostly found by accident as In this in-
stance. An uBtutored eye would probably
have passed the nugget by as worthless
stone, vet IL was as big as large egg.
The reward which comes from systematic
work in mining is not as sensational, bu t
the aggregate Is encouraging.
Most people who have given any aiten-
will indorse Secretary Morton's view that
however noxious the Canadian thistle may
be IL is hardly the business of the Govern
ment TO appropriate money for its destruc-
ton on land in the occupation of home
steaders. The farmer himself shonld
provide the right kind of donkey TO browse
on this thistle and keep 1t down. The
weed seems TO be appreciated for fodder
iD Manitoba, and very likely stock may be
fattened on 1t elsewhere. The thistle is
so very prolific and persistent that the
Government might soon need another loan
were they to embark In the business of de-
stroying IL on everybody's land.
The sentence upon West is, perhaps, as
good as life sentence. he is removed
from the scene Of his baneful labors for
twenty-five years if the sentence holds
good. The effect should be wholesome on
the practitioners of his stripe, but there
are so many l0ophOles for such crimes
that it would be vain to hope they will
never again be heard of in San francisco.
When the judges do get chance to punish
they should not spare the guilty.
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.