The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-15

d Dln mum rate IOr the negOtlRtiOn Oh
eilis. Ii was found that when the rate
ala not suit the market the bills were not
taken up byfinanciers. The notion Is that
by accepting what is offered an equlnDrlum
VIII eventually be established. Notwltn-
standing the s'oppage of unrestricted coin
age at the Indian minis, there has OF late
oeeh marked increase In the imports oI
silver. due, it is believed. to speculation
and not to the natural operation OF trade.
tax on Importation has been suggested.
put this the Indian Council and also the
British Government will have nothing TO 90
with. There is. in short. to be no cnanse
OF policy. Whether bimetalllsm VIII %
forced upon England remains to be seen.
MANY believe that it will.
st. Gaudens, the sculptor, is willing TO
make new design for the reverse OF the
chicago fair medal. This is better tnan
patching uD the one he has designed with
Clothes. Why it was considered good taste
10 present such figure when there were
many other conceptions open TO the selec-
tion, such rs head OF bust or some rooeu
Alma Tademesque imitation OF the classic,
1t Is impossible to say. A theme when
would be typical of modern America and
Its aspirations ought to have the prefer
ence. not some bald echo of past age. IL
Is possible to discover grace and impress
slveness In modern life.
1t is proved that Breton. the bomb
thrower, came from London to Paris. His
bomb was fabricated in the British metrop-
oils. Absolute proof Of plots being Matched
in London may cause the English to divest
Britain of its character of free soil for all
the distressed refugees and the vagaoonds
OF the earth. This is contamination that
tyrannical powers would like 1t is Just rs
easy TO arrest Or exDel anarchists In Lon
don as in Paris if the legal power IS given,
and that is what the bomb-throwiDg mis-
ereants are working for. As the occasion
arises society will protect itself by tighten
Ing the net to catch consplratOrs.
What good purpose can be served by
placing the artificial arm and hand of
the convict Chris Evans. on exhibit
ton at the Midwinter Fair? 1t is, per-,
haps, not contemplated TO render the pre-
cious relic more interesting by placing
alongside of it portraits of the men he has
murdered or wounded. or exhibiting MS
methods Of train robbery with mask and
shotgun. That would be unheroic.
Wells, Fargo IL Co. have on exhibition
number OF relies of criminals TO show the
perils OF their express business. Evans
dummy hand might form part of that SEN
satlonal display, especially as Wells
Fargo have been good deal concerned
over the bandits exploits.
1t is to be hoped the inquiry into the
loss of the Kearsarge will De thorough.
The currents are blamed in advance. and
also the navigating instruments. The
worst navigating sextant, compass. chron-
ometer. or patent log is not half so bad as
complacent. easy-going negligence on
board vessels of war in working the ships
o.1ty 0,fs
TO delegate the serious work from one
head to another. With a number of off,
GERS who should all keep log, and check
the chronometers and work out obseIva-
lions as if the navigation depended on
each, the tendency is to leave IL to two or
three. The senior officers ge so much out
OF practice that they become very haZy
indeed about the science of navigation.
At last Secretary Gresham has been
spurred into action in regard to procuring
the release Of the unfortunate American
citizen under confinement in filthy jail
at Ensenada. The Mexican treatment of
prisoners of any class is abominable.
owing TO the crudity of notions on eanira-
tion. cleanliness and fresh air. No doubt
the Mexican Government will make due
amends and give some explanation. The
probable excuse will be that the local
government at Ebsenada has Numbered,
and that the central Government was not
aware injustice was being perpetrated. ID
many respects autonomy in the provinces
OF Mexico is chaotic, but the central Gov
erDment cannot disown responsibility for
the treatment of foreigners.
The example of the Californian who
conceived the happy idea of propelling
himself and his bicycle by hosting boom
sail on slender mast, and found that he
could spin along at fifteen miles an hour,
is to be commended for imitation IN Eu-
rope. On good roads sail propulsion
should succeed, but the cycIst has to look
out to leeward. The idea is not quite
novel. The Chinese for ages have used
sails to assist them in driving carts and
wheeibarrows.