The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-26

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Let US abandon hope OF good rain this
spring, and perhaps 1t will come.
If the Sultan would now turn his army
against the European concert he might
succeed in making that combination get a
move on.
The most perplexing feature of the
Eastern question is that Young Turkey"
has been discovered to be tougher party
than old Turkey.
Surprises are always happening For
example, We have seen what seems to be
the end of the Blythe case before We have
seen the end of the estate.
The powers would gladly suppress the
rising spirit of Islam. but unfortunately
the crescent has two horns and they do
not know which one to sit on.
The House OF Representatives, will not
force the hand of the President in dealing
with Cuba. but whenever he is ready 10
act it will be prompt 10 support him.
While the Republicans of the Senat,
will not rush the tariff bill they will keep
pushing it along and may succeed in get
ting it through much sooner than some
people expect.
An attempt has been made to induce
President Kruger 10 attend the Queens
jubilee, but the wary OLD man mas de-
clined. He is not going to set himself up
as side show 10 make London holiday.
According TO statistics recently pub
lished by The Ministry of Public Instruc-
ton in France the novels most read bv
the people are those of the elder Dumas,
with those of lola second and Daudet
third. BaIzac and Hugo are low down In
the list.
The programme of action arranged by
the Republicans of the Senate promises to
provide speedy solution of all differences
in the party on matters of detail and gives
assuran ce that there will be none of that
wrangling which disturbed the Democrats
when they undertook to make tariff.
The Chicago man who claims to have
discovered means of producing gold and
silver from base metals need not trouble
himself TO convince scientific men of the
excellence of his process. II he can trans
mute lead and iron into metal which
the goldsmiths will accept as gold the
world is his.
The Greeks have til. satisfaction of
knowing that they did not back down
from the struggle for justice in Crete as
shamefully az the great powers backed
down from their demands for reform in
Armenia. Greece fought while she could,
but the other so-called Christian nations
did not fight at all.
The South Park Comm ssioners of Chi
caro- having become dissatisfied With the
quality OF the icecream served at the re-
eshment-rooms OF the parks have given
orders hat it is to be prepared hereafter
by the park employees, and thus another
great municipal want is TO be supplied on
socialistic principles.
A man in Delaware was recently sem
fenced to receive five lashes and three
months Imprisonment for stealing an
um brella, and while no one would like to
see such penalties inflicted here it would
be gratifying if some of our persisten,
um brella borrowers would make a trip TO
Delaware some day and be caught there.
An expert statistician has found that
out of $780, 100000 people who rode OH the
railways OF England last year only 1856
were killed, while gu; OF 1000. 600 living in
London 56S were killed by falling out of
windows, whence he draws the SEEM
ingly fair conclusion that it is safer to
ride on a railway in England than it is to
live in a mouse.
The statement of ''Silv4r Dick" Bland
that he will not compromise with a
Palmer and Buckner man any more than
with a Mckinley man is good enough as
an expression OF opinion, but it would
have been m ore discreet in Mr.. Bland to
wait until some gold Democrat had offered
10 com promise. 1t isn't permissible even
to summer girl to reject an offer before
1t is made.
While neither the President nor the Sec
rotary Of State have made any definite
declaration with regard to Cuban affairs,
several mem bers of Congress have m ade it
known that the administration is working
steadily to secure for Cuba peace with in.
dependence. Certainly, neither on this
nor any other question will Mckinley have
any policy different from that outlined in
the platform on which he was elected
At meeting of the New York House
hold Economic Association last week one
of the women mem bers In discussing the