The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-28

and lived quite alone and made a faithful
study Of all that came under her eyes. She
had so thoroughly mastered her subject that
her address was enthusiastically received in
the geographical section. and veteran tray-
eleTs strained their gifts Of OratOry 10 SIAM
meT out praises of her valOr and method as
q geCgTapher. Then the daring young lady
wrote a book, and was introduced among
the learned of the learned societies and
then she dehed all precedent among those
who are truly distingu she'd in their own
right. She changed her name 20 Mrs.
Henry Norman What might she not have
achieved had she not married? The
Caucasus might have been laid under con-
tribution, or Tbibet. or the southwest of
China. Mr. Norman Is traveller also. lie
at least has been round the globe. There
is, therefore, some glImmeTing Of hope that
Mrs. Norman may not renounce a career
for which youth and energy OF character
qualify her. 49,
Tyndall makes use Of an Illustration that
along the line Of nineteen centuries sepa-
rating ATchimedes and Sit Isaac Newton no
man arose of sufficient stature i'm science to
touch the line, but he thinks that DR..
Thomas Young, who lived long after New
ton, would come very near grazing il. II
would be hazardous 20 assert that there are
not some intellectual giants in science to-
day who are raising the standard of meas
uTemeut. II from nowhere else, we may
look 20 Japan TO provide the coming man,
who Will be head and shoulders taller than
any Of the illustrOus Of the human race
who have preceded him. A lady IN San
Francisco has no longer japanese servants
in her house. She has tried them and in
structed them in their duties and
endeav0red to crafty their thirst for
knowledge, but eventually they aban-
don the labOrS OF the kitchen, aud take up
philosophy as the serious business of life.
They scJrn the caterpillar existence OF the
Chinese contented to grub away al aught so
long as they earn money. One Of her Jap
anese aspirants to fame had tolerably
comprehensive ambition. lie was strug-
Cling through the rudiments of English,
and although lame in his parts Of speech,
was determined 90 master every difficulty.
In a letter which proclaimed the soaring
resolves Of a great mind he explained
that domestic duties had no at
traction for him and were unworthy his
attention. At present he was humble and
obscure, but some day he would occupy his
true sphere and leave his name glOrOuslv
blaz1ned beside those Of B Franklin, C.
Darwin, w. Shakespeare and Jesus Christ
When tnis is the result how eleyatng are
the influences Of philosophy To think of
such a profound spirit being condemned to
fry ham and eggs, or basic q turkey, or toss
pancakes. Assuredly the land Of the
MikadO will produce the next genius of
tTanscendent pre-eminence.
celebrity, who has long made San Francisco
his home, proceeds to Lower California on a
tour Of exploration. 1t is no doubt subject
Of much regret TO Mrs. Brandegee that she
does not accompany her husband. She also
is bOtanist Of renoWn, and has wOrtbiIy
been made head Of the herbarium depart
ment Of the Academy Of Sciences. There Is
much yet TO collect aud classify in the plant
life Of the Californian peninsula. and four
or five months OF devotion to his task will
enable Mr.. Brandegee to skim the ground
pretty thoroughly He is accompanied bv
DR.. Eisen, a Swedish professor, who is an
authority on worms Seldom do man
and wife, as in the instance OF the
Brandegees. follow the same scien-
tlhc pursuits con amore. As every
body knows the bOtanists is not money
making profession. A landscape gardener
or a farmer who grows turnips may make
money, but the man Of science who knows
all the plants OF the field. the wood and the
mountain, and their characteristics and
uses, might go begging for q dinner did not
the universities give him an endowment, or
were he without private means. Mr.. Bran
degee at one time followed the profession
OF civil engineer, and his wife was doctor
in good practice. They are now welded to
science, pure and simple, and regret not
their choice. 1t is an ideal existence in an
atmosphere of cOnteHtment remote from
the hurly-bnrly Of business and the chaos
Of office-seeking in politics.
o.
The ruling passion with a man who
nurses hobby generally runs in the direc-
ton of his hobby. This received signal IL
lustration on one occasion in the case OF a
San Francisco physician, who seems to pre-
fer beetles TO dollars when the opportuni-
ties for a good hunt are favorable 1t
IS related Of him that he was summoned
across the bay for a consultation with an
other doctor. He took his nets and boxes
along with him. and on the way to the
house OF the patient saw a few magnificent
specimens of butterflies fitieg over the