The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-01-08

France suffers so terribly from conSump-
ton that five per 1000 of the population
fall victims, the total deaths annually
being 10000. The scOurge only carries off
two per 1000 in England. Every fifth death
in Paris is due to phtbisis. At Dion ana
Nancy the proportion is one in seven, ana
at Marseiles one in six. DruDkards are
especially susceptible. Their houses or
rooms are usually dirty and ill-kept. Inc
habit of splitting assists in propagatIng the
disease, because the spuma retains the
germs OF phthisis in full vitality. and the
germs may be spread by women'S dresses
trailing across ana os!hg alterwaIu
brushed. In tenement-houses the mortal
itv is high from such causes. Dogs are
also liable to tuberculosis from their assoc
citation with man. The disease. according
10 Professor Cadiot of the Veterinary Col
lege of Abort, often originates In the
intestines Of dogs from eating meat bones
left by tuberculous people or licking their
plates. and also arises in the lungs. The
dog spreads the disease with facility by
frisking an6 fOndling about children and
adults. From all this it is evident that
the germ theory of disease, although
hardly fifty years old, is a serious disturber
Of the equanlmity of mankind. With due
attention the death rate can be consider
ably reduced.
A pamphlet has been issued by the
Southern Pacific Company booming Cali
fornia in various ways likely to induce
travel. There is one argument employed
20 induce settlers to regard the State as a
paradise. 1t is addressed to those who
wish to better their material condition by
engaging in new, delightful, easily learned
and profitable pursuits, in which the hard
conditions imposed by competition in the
older industries are practically unknown"
This is decided announcement, if not il
luSOry, as many who are already citizens
of the State may conclude. Which are
those pursuits so easily learned and so
profitable? Perhaps fruit-growng. Ii is
most delightful and remunerative Occu-
patton for thOse who succeed, but it un-
doubtedly needs capital, hard work, pTu-
dence, knowledge and careful study of
localities and markets. a novice or
tritier will fail. Like other things, fruit
growing is business, aud it is heavily
taxed by the railroads for transportation.
The wiDemaker also has a lard road to
travel. 1t hardly does to say these very
kind things about California any more
than of other States. A willing man Of
foresight can succeed rapidly.
Sergius Stepnak, the Nhilist, has given
his opinion of tie Paris bomb outrage.
lie denounces it on the ground that such
deeds are of no service in countries which
have liberty Of speech or parliamentary
institutions. In such countries men can
secure redress of grievances Dv agitation
and their electoral votes. he points out
that Russia is the only country in which
there are no parliamentary institutions,
and no freedom Of speech. but that even
there the sO-called Nihilists are not an
archists, but social democrats and conSti-
tutonaists. The best way to put down
the commission of such outrages. he
thinks, is to create public opinion which
would entirely and unflnchingiy disap-
prove of them. The dyDamiter does not
expect TO subvert existing order by his eX-
pioslous, but hopes to gain by exciting
panics. just because the French Chamber
remained cool and went on with its bust
ness when Faillants bomb went off. SO
the outrage from the dynamiter's point of
view was shOrn of half its effect. The
men who perpelrate such outrages are
few, as Stepniak. says, but when caught
they must be punished severely.
A part Of General Booths Salvation
Army plan of rescue for the waits and
strays of life by providing them with en-
ployment was the founding of an oversee
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