The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-10-04

Ia VI Otdhic1 Han vi Ilc OIdIk UNIVERSITY
says The greitest greed OF reading is generally
found in people aged between . and 20 years,
and Is. Oh The average, the greatest of all AT &c
ana that alter 80 people read but WY little.
We rathef think Dr. Hall would find ii hard TO
substantiate these statistics. especially in re-
spect TO the reading habit In people over 3d.
Boston Herald
The Japanese IN val ious cities of this coun-
Try are celebrating or arranging for The celebra-
ton OF the vie cries of their fel low- countrymen
at home. Not so tho Chinese. Though the
starch has been taken out of them and the iron
has entered their souls they go right on with
their washee-wa Shee business.-Philadelphl
Ledger.
The New York constitutional convention
has fuaIly adopted the amendment providing
that no bill shall become a law which has not
been printed and on the members files for
three days, IL that provision were in force in
this State we should have less ill.considered
legisiation.--Bost on Journal.
Explorer Wellman got so much free adveriis-
ing out of his unsuccessful attempt TO reach
The north pole hat he Is impatient 10 make
another trial. Until ne gets started on a new
polar expedition the public Will have 10 listen
patiently 10 the announcements OF what he in
tends 10 do.-Omaha Be.
rate Ii Hung Chang IS losing his wearing and
other apparel, he may soon be reduced 10 liv.
ing picture IL the JapS don't let up, he'll be
lucky II he Is living. no matter what kind OF Il
picture he happens TO best Louis Star Say
ings.
SO much has been said against the income
tax that he awful consequences of taxing
g eenbackS the same as other money have been
lost sight of. Owners of greenbacss will
doubtless make themselves heard before long.
ST. Louis Post-DispaIch.
The public interest that conferred In the Pol
Lard Brec> inridge case has been transferred to
the Glasscock- Stewart suit. There ought to be
a society in Washington for the protection of
sver-haired aud sver-tongued statesmen.
Chicago Times.
In the science of war Japan, II not fine,
large. oX-eyed daisy, is al least choice and
superbly developed ehrysanthemum. She Is
pulling a great many petals off the Flowery
Kingdom just now.-New York Press.
II balls and torpedoes went through first-class
aTmor- plate with the ease reported in the battle
of lie Yalu, what is going TO happen TO our
men, of-war whose armor has been Fricked and
Carneged ?-New York World.
When the war closed he people of the North.
ern States had $40 per capita Of legaltender
money. They have only about one-third as
much To-day. Every day thai passes they have
less.-New York Recorder.
When a band of New York boys become des-
perate enough 10 hold up streetcar and rob
the passengers 1t shows to what extent tile en-
lire population has adopted Tap.many meth
ods.-Phiadelphia Item.
Senator PETER has beenicriti cized for quar-.
tefing his family upon the Government. Mr..
PETER Is just farmer enough to know that the
time 20 make hay is when the sun Shines
Kansas City Times.
While President Cleveland was eating crow
at BuZzarGs Bay the executive mansion was
being painted white. There is nothing like a
variety in colors.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The fleets Of the long drought are still visi-
BILE In the streets of 81. Louis, where the feed is
so short that cattle have to 60 out of the city to
get enough to eat.-Detroit Journal.
While not averse to treating others that way
the lyncher may not care to be pulled up wit h
a short turn himself-Phiadelph Times.
BIuefelds is not all bad. They have a law
down there imposing a fine of $25 day for
flying foreign fiag.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
1t takes a peculiar construction OF man to
walk up to stream fish rod in hand and never
bait his breath.-Adams Freeman.
The man who yels loudest at a political
meeting is the man who knows least what the
speaker means.-Topeka journal.
Japan is looming up as power to be reck-
oned with by the enlightened wor!d.-Baltimore
American