The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-22

lngton condescends to speak OF engineer,
Ing difficulties. He says the oueZ cana
was cut through sand, which Is very muSh
more troublesome than rock ana eaIlb'
ana that the Panama canal has SUCK nun
dreds of millions. But the Suez canaI
pays dividends Of about 20 per cent, WHICH
Is more than any traDscontnen.al raiiloa az
VIII ever pay in our day. ana shere 10 IL
obvious reason why the Nicaragua cana,
on the small capital of 500. Geo. snouId
NOT promptly pay 10 per cent Inc csna
VIII damage the railroad policy OF extor-
tion, and that is probably the long anu Tue
snort OF Mr.. Huntington's opposition.
The rowdyism which too commonly
breaks out between sophomores and fresn-
men at universities has had painful Illus
tration at Cornell, where at banquet one
OF the courses was an Inhalation OF chic
rine gas. A pretty large quantity, too,
must have been manufactured to fill
large room and asphyxiate those who were
near the openings of the rubber tubes.
Perhaps the freshmen will recover, Dut
one Of the cooks is no more. and techni,
caily those who contrived such diaDollcal
practical joke are ameuable to the law LOT
manslaughter. In this rough conuuce
tnere Is clearly lapse OF the gentiemaniy
character which should be the pride OF all
students aud which the faculty OF univer-
oi'iOo ohOuiu eLIlNe u
mas very bad consequences. LII crops out
iar too much in football, in which IL mas
Deen said that the object is always 10 KICK
the players and sometimes the leatner.
Almost the only sport in when orutal play
cannot very well be INDUCED is rowing.
and 1t is also by far the. best exercise TO
develop the body physically.
Mr.. Gladstone's refusal to take any more
trouble with the employers liability act
after the Lords had so cObbed and altered
the measure as to destroy 1t brings the
peers into conflict with the masses OF the
country on vial matter. The workmen
cannot be Ind ifferent TO their own inter-
ests, aud the effect of the action of the
peers will doubtless be to close the ranks
OF the employed of every class at the forth
coming general election. and every candi-
date who is doubtful on the claims OF
labor will be rejected. The labor repre-
sentatives were all favorable to snubbing
the peers. On another bill of great i'm
portance, that affecting councils in rural
parishes, the peers have been equally
domineering and audaciOus. Their amend
ments have been rejected by the Commons.
and il the peers persist in opposition this
measure also will be dropped. One of the
most scandalous and disreputable things
known the bishops to man have
done in connection with this bill They
all voted 10 hold parish meetings
in the common public houses, or
saloons, in the country instead Of the
schools. because in rural districts the
school buildings. although state-sup-
ported. mostly belong TO the church. The
peers have thus rolled up mountain Of
obloquy against their order.
Again the insurgent warship Aquidaban
ID
forts. and Peixoto's gunners have made
poor practice with their guns and no prac-
tice at all with torpedoes and sunken
mines. The war. in short, is conducted on
the farcical tactics of the Chinese before
Gordon drilled them. The banner men in
the hostile ranks played great part and
the pixies and swords very little. 1t is con-
jectured that the AQuidaban ana Repub-
ica have gone in quest OF the Nictheroy,
which, if not supported by some other yes
sells, mig hit be taken at disadvantage, IN
less she shows clean pair OF heels. The
Nlctheroy, 1t is true, has pneumatic
dynamite gun to train, but as 1t is only
effective at about the distance of a mile,
the lOng-range guns OF the rebel cruisers
might easily keepup cannonade at dis
lance of three or four miles and render the
Nictheruy's artillery useless. One shot
from Peixoto's vessel might accomplish
much, but II would have TO hit the right
mark.
The Navy Department does not appear
to have been mindful of the historic value
of the guns of the Kearsarge, which did
such good execution in sinking the Ala
bama. None of them were on board the
vessel when she struck the ROncador reef,
bat as far as their preservation goes they
might as well have been wrecked too. with
the exception IF a couple which are at
Mare Island. Four 32-pounders were sold
TO New York gentleman, perhaps to
adorn his park; one 30-pounder rified gun
was sold to a company, and a 12-pound
howitZer was melted into copper pig. So
much for official veneration.
1t is a trite but much-abused remark
that there Is nothing in farming. Very
much depends upon what people expect.
Farmers who attend to their business in
dustriously. having sufficient capital to
begin with and keeping clear of mortgages,
generally prosper eventually. Even the
growing OF potatoes may enable a farmer
10 thrive. A San BernardiDo agriculturiss
at Cucamonga has raised 5000 sacks of
potatoes from seventy-five acres, and his
net profit is between $1,000 and $4,000.
Small farms on Which a man can perform
much of his own labor should always pay
we'll. The big ranch loaded with debt
leads to ruin.
Every friend of industry must hope that
the reported find of gold during we'll
digging 200 feet deep. near Healdsburg.
indicates extensive deposits of auriferous
quartz. The specimens brought TO the
surface are said TO have assayed $500 10
the ton, but good many decisions may
be founded upon assays and the test of
further explorations is necessary. The
opening of gold mines In this region is
probable, and. should there be success
ahead, the labor market will be relieved in
a gratifying degree. W. S. Chapman's
predictions are within reason.
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