The morning call., 1894-01-27

the Copt. and the felah is by no means
! the helpless, submissive creature he is
! often represented to be. but is as hardy
| and obstinate as mule; and no coward.
| either. when he is drilled. The best thing
that could happen To Egypt would be to
| get strong enough to dispense with for
| elgn assistance; but it can only succeed
by being prosperous financially and giving
foreign Dondholders no grievance to agi-
tate. 1t is distinctly advancing. If left
to itself at present there might be
collapse.
Governor Altgeld did not commute the
sentence of death on the gambler Painter,
who has accordingly been hanged, though
in very clumsy manner. The culprit.
on his trial, was anxious to be hypnOtiZed
under the assumption that he could
be made TO repeat his actions on the
night of the murder. This would lot have
been a more satisfactory judicial test than
the old one OF the ordeal. or trial by gage
OF battle, in which Innocent persons often
failed and heavy villains succeeded. What
pI Oof would there have been that Painter
was not shamming the hypnotic state, or
that be was re-enacting what passed at the
tine the crime was committed? None. III
that sort of evidence was to be sanctioned
the different States might as we'll Abolish
prosecutions for murder and save the ex-
pense. 1t is al interesting TACT that the
man whom Painter accused OF the deed is
a murderer Oh his own account In the
hands OF the Texan authorities.
Isaac Pitman, the invent tor of DhOnog-
raphy. has attained his eightieth year and
is still vigorous IN mind and body. he is
an example of man who has abused no
appetite, and is good instance OF sturdy
health and immense capacity for work on
vegetarian diet and absolute teetotailsm.
All his life he has been an early riser and
moderate sleeper. Before Pltman arose
shorthand was practiced by few. 1t was
altogether too tedious. The systems In
vogue required years of application, but
when learned were lndellOly liked IN the
mind. Pitman's system is easily picked
up and may be as easily forgotten. 1t Is
much more faclle TO write than TO read,
owing TO its variety OF forms for the same
words, and the very able writer's have re-
duced 1t TO mechanical dexterlty which
hardly requires mental exertlOn. Pho
biography is the only system OF shorthand
whirh has literature. Books. news
papers and magazines are Issued IN its
characters and enjoy a very wide circula-
ton over the EngliSh-speaking portion of
the globe. AS an aid to the Typewriter
photography Is wel-nlgh indis pensable.
Bsmarck's reception in Berlin was en-
thusiastic enough to remind the grim ex:
Chancellor of those halcyon days when he
was the man in power, and the empire was
carried about in his hat. He exercised
despotic sway, and the aged Emperor Will
liam | was in later years very automatic
under Bismarck's guidance. The last
thought which could then have entered his
mind was that a new master should show
him down the ladder of the ship Of state;
but so 1t has been, and In retirement he
has had time to rumin ate on the fact that
nobody in this worlds affairs is indspen-
sable. Yet he has a triumph in coming
back 10 friendship which kindles affesh
his interest in public affairs The En-
perOr has shown discretion in conciliating
him. DlplOmatists now begin 10 wonder
what is to be the upshOt of all this cor
diality. They will certainly Delieve it is
not all show, but means something real.
The London papers do not spare
Mitchell. They seem to rejoice that he
has been whipped. He is plainly de-
scribed as a BLACKBOARD and the hope is
INDUCED that hencefOrth he will be OBJ
scure and bragless. While he was the
companion of 1.-THE Squire" as his million
aire friend Baird was called, Mitchell got
Into sundry drunken scrapes and was in
very bad odOr. His eccentric father-in-
law. Pony" Moore. who takes his title
nun hdfibS lOIiy OI MY CiICuo
horses in America, has remained a con-
slant admirer. Had Mitchell won the
English would have endeavored 10 dis
cover some redeemiDg points in him.
company proposes to bring electric
power to San Francisco from Cache Creek,
seven ty two miles distant. The cacula.
ton is that $4,000 horsepower, or about
half that now required in the city, will be
obtained. The data for the experiment
are available TO a.ceTtain extent, so as not
10 leave il to blind chance. Electricians
can decide what thickness of transmitting
cable to employ and they know the cost of
mechanical power at present, with all our
coal transported hither from great dis.
tances.