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Animals Understand Hygiene.

Enough is now known of the nature
OF animal materia medica to excite in
forest and curiosity. There is abundant
evidence that many species know and
constantly make use of simple remedies
for definite disorders, and at the same
time observe rules of health to which
only the highest civilization or the sane
ton of religious prescription compels
man to conform.
1t has been noted that the general
condition of animal health, especially
i'll the case of the herbiyorous creatures,
corresponds not inexactly with that of
such tribes us the Somalis, men feeding
almost solely on grain, milk, dates and
water, living constantly III the open air,
moderate i'll all things and clearly, be-
cause their religion enjoins constant
additions. Like them, wild animals
have no induced diseases. The greater
number Go not eat to excess. They take
regular exercise i'll seeking their food
and drink only at fixed hours. Many of
them secure change of climate, one of
tho greatest factors in health, by mi
grafton.
This is not confined to birds and
beasts. for the salmon enters the soft
water partly 10 get rid of sea parasites
and returns to the sea to recruit after
spawning. With change of climate.
change of diet and perfectly healthy
habits their list of disorders is short.
though they readily fall victims to con-
'a8lous disease just as recently numbers
OF the Hainran Arabs of the Sudan, as
healthy liverS and good Mussulmans as
the Somalis themselves, friends and fell
low hunters with Sir Samuel Baker.
persisted OF contagious fever on the
banks OF the Nile tributaries London
Spectator
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-09-06

Sunday School Teacher-Why should
we love the Lord?
Scholar following Westminster Short
er Catochism because he makes pro-
serves and redeems rs.
Tcachcr-No. because he makes, pre-
serves and ret!eeins us.-New York Re-
corder.
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He who wins and keeps the affection
OF u good, practical woman has done plo
riously. Tho simple reason why thousands
OF men never get on in tho world Is because
they married noncntitics and never got
over it.-Dr. Talmagc.
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WANTED-THREE NICELY FURNISHED
w rooms, with or without board, Jefferson or
Campbell streets preferred. Write to General
Delivery Office. State terms. Address, "PROMPT
PAY" 95tf
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WANTED-TO RENT A REMINGTON
w typewriter, Immediately. Terms must be
moderate. Address, stating terms, "TIMEs"
office. 9b3t
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N7ANTBD-ROOM AND TABLE BOARD
w crs. L. HALL, IS Seventh avenue g. w.
S301w
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nor SALR-hEV. o. G. MILLER IS SELL.
L. ing, at private sale, his household goods, and
asks anyone desiring to buy to call ct 1920 Chap
man avenue to day, Saturday or Monday; also
horse and buggy for sale. SCOTT
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TOR RENT-THAT NICE ROOM, GROUND
Il floor, opposite postcillce.
S % lot W. :. McCLANAHAN
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Ramon'S Liver PHI removes the bile.
The Tonic Pellet tones up the system.
Combined form a Perfect Treatment 25c.
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WANTED.

WANTED-A SITUATION BY ENERGETIC
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with N. " w. Railroad Company Can furnish
references. Address, "F. o. W." TINES office.
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WTANTED-CASH PAID FOR SECOND
w hand furniture. 324 Kimball avenue north
east, j. Il. HOOVER. % limo
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Ramon's Relief cures Sick-Headacic,
Neuralgia, Cramps, Cholera Alorbus,
Diarrhoea, &c. 25c for large bottle
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POR SALE.

EYOR SALE-NEW IMPROVED CANE MILL
l. and evaporater. Address Lock Box $40.
s Civ
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FOB RENT.

EOR RENT-OFFICE VACATED BY DIR.
~ Guerrant, on Roanoke street. Apply at 30S
Church avenue g51w
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AGENTS WANTED.

Pnnon's Nerve and Bone Oil cures
Rheumatism, Cuts, Sores, Burns and
Bruises, for 2Sc.
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NOTICE-TWO TESTED JERSEY HEIFERS
~ for sale. Largo yield of butter. Call on G. S,
Boiler, with James S. Simmons ~ Co., on Camp
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-05
THE COUNTRY BANKS.

The semi-annual statement by the Bank
Commissioners, covering 153 commercial
banks in the interior of the State, shows
the same condition of affairs which THE
CALL has already noted with regard to the
savings banks of San Francisco. That is
to say, the total assets of the commercial
banks of the interior have increased, loans
on real estate have decreased and on per-
sonal security increased; deposits have in
creased heavily, and the bank vaults are
filled with money.
Nothing more surely than banks reflect
the business condition of community.
We infer from the increase of bank assets
and properties that the banks have been
acquiring property by foreclosing on loans !;
from their reduced loans on real estate and
other secured means of borrowing, either
that they are afraid to lend money or that
borrowers are afraid to venture loans in in
vestments for development; from the in-
crease of loans on personal security that
the stagnation of business and the cessa-
ton of development have compelled re-
sponsible men to ask for loans with which
to meet current expenses, and that the
heavy increase of deposits indicates an I'M
"iit1hS hCoo W lion al DuolHCSo VI tilc uc-
velopment of new industries money which
has accumulated from the very sources to
which it will not again be trusted.
The substance of it all is that while the
banks of the State, both savings and COM
mercial, are finding their vaults filling
with money and are thus safe, they are ex-
ercising powerful influence on the mate
rial condition of the people. 1t is not ex-
pected of them that they will jeopardize
the interests of their stockholders and de-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-05
A LETTER TO HOKE.

1t is known to all the world that Secre-
tary Hoke Smith has recently swung
around the circle in Georgia making
speeches for the purpose of converting the
people to what he called "sound money"
but which the irreverent Georgians have
ever since been calling "Hoke money" 1t
has not been made clear, however, why he
should have undertaken the campaign at
this season-why he should have left his
cool summer home in the mountains of
North Georgia to go to making speeches in
the sweltering heat of South Georgia,
where it is reported he was able to gather
audiences only by making free distribu-
ton of watermelons.
Without assuming an intimate knowl-
edge of the motives of the distinguished
Secretary or pretending to know all the
causes of his course, we believe ourselves
able to throw some light upon his reasons
for undertaking July freak that bears so
close resemb lance to midsummer mad
ness. Shortly after Carlisle finished his
campaign against silver in Kentucky, Sec
rotary Smith began sending copies of the
Carlisle speeches TO the Postmasters III
Georgia with the request that they would
circulate them. His action led to protests
from the free-silver press of the State, but
for this he probably cared little. By and
by, however, the Postmasters began to
kick, and some of them kicked so vigor-
ously that the exalted Hoke felt it neces-
sary to get enough of move on him at
any rate to get out OF range.
The Postmaster at Lamaro Mill, Georgia,
for example, is reported to have written to
the Secretary, saying: 81 apprehend that
there are very few people in this section of
the country who care to read Mr.. Cariisle's
speeches on finance since he was appointed
Secretary of the Treasury. If you can
send copies of some of his speeches made
when he represented the people of his
State in Congress and was not representing
a class, as he is now, the people of this
section will be glad to read them, or if you
can send some of the speeches made by
your honorable self few years ago, when
you were trying to make the Populists be-
lieve that you and the Democratic party
were more friendly to the free coinage of
silver than the Populist party was, I am
sure the people would read them with
pleasure"
As if this were not enough, the irate
IOSIludSlSI WSuG Ol W say luo DeOplc VI
his section could not be fooled, cajoled,
bought or bulldozed by the powers of
Washington" and wound up with the dec
laration: "Their manhood revolts at the
idea. They are not FOOLS, neither are they
children. They will not be led from their
time-honored principles by any traitor
who, by accident, has got into power or
wears the collar of his masters"
When language like this is used by q
Democratic office-holder to a Cabinet
officer, somebody must act or Democracy
must get off the earth. Secretary Smith
rose to the occasion. He ordered sup
ply of watermelons to meet him at the
principle country towns and took the
stDp1n
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Gus degrees of compactness. Too far apart to
shine as a whole by reflected sunlight, they
might revolve eternally undiscovered were it
not that the earth in its yearly journey round
the same center daily eollides with some of
these wandering myriads.
The interesting questions in the matter are
why we meet more OF them than usual some
times, why they become luminous and of
what they are composed. In the first case, if
the swarm be so long subject to the suns at
traction as to be distributed over its entire
orbit until it revolves, ring-like, without q
break, if any point of the path OF our planet
crosses this ring, it necessarily encounters some
of the circling host every year, regardless of
the time of revolution of the swarm.
If the latter be not yet distributed uniformly
round, but moves in slowly elongating cluster,
when the earth comes punctually round to the
intersection each year, the swarm may be
mainly, or wholly, at some other point of its
own path, though they would collide neces-
sarily at long intervals.
The first case is that of the August meteors,
and some others of less note. The second that
OF the November meteors, the main body of
which are met with about every thirty three
years, though few stragglers are seen every
year.
AS the earth and the meteors are sometimes
moving in opposite directions, contact with
the leagues OF atmosphere that enyelop our
earth heat the cold. hard body more and more
till the continued friction kindles it into a
blaze, while terrestrial attraction inchnes it
downward, and then that sad sounding term,
"a falling STAR describes the effect created.
Phantom-like it springs from darkness and
vanishes in darkness No star is missing in the
spot whence it flew, and no permanent CLEAN,
however faint, marks the end of It's lustrous
flight. In rare case the cosmica1 wait, when
very large, outliyes the friction of the atmos-
phere, and, heated and sometimes decorating,
it falls captive to the earth.
The museum is the prison of the fallen star,
and no more interesting object is found there.
They bear the stamp of their unearth1y orr
gin, for though the elements of which they are
composed include nothing that has not been
also found here below, still the familiar con-
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stituents are not blended In terrestrial form.
Iron and stone are the chief constituents and
they are classified according to the relative
quantities of each.
The August meteors, like those of November,
seldom yield any specimens for investigation,
as though numerous they are reduced to pow
der in the upper atmosphere.
Their long elliptical orbit is nearly perpendic-
ular to that of the EARTH and if the path of each
shooting star be prolonged backward, or in the
contrary direction to which it is moving, they
would all intersect in the constellation Persus.
This group may be seen toward midnight in
the northeast, or, better yet at $50 in the
morning. They are named Pereids, though 1t
is merelya matter of perspective from what
constellation they appear to come. After full
moon on the 9Th of August the evenings will
be favorable for observing this well-known me-
teoric ring.
Besides the appearance of these temporary
visitors this season is also suitable for observ-
ing the milky way which extends from north
ca st to the southwest margin. The constella-
ton OF Sagittarius, The Archer, is at the south
erly curve, and the intersection in the diagram
marks the point of the winter solstice, where
the sun is December 81 when it is winter in
the northerly ATTITUDES.
The planet Venus, the bright orb directly
west, will attain its greatest brillianey on the
18th; and on the 22d the young crescent will
glide close by, as it has done during the past
months, but this conjunction will obscure the
lustrous star very slightly as the moon will be
in its most slender phase
August 26 Venus will be stationary and
will begin to recede from the evening sky dur
ing the following weeks.
ROSE OHALLORAN
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positors by taking the smallest risk in the
use of their own and their depositors'
funds, but it is contended that they may
be Understanding their power to deter
mine and direct the business faith and in
dustrial activity of the State. For years,
leaving the tariff aside, banking and forms
of money have been the leading questions
before the American people. and to-day
these questions are paramount. The re-
sponsibility OF banks, of the banking sys-
tenn and of all its allied factors, are in
volved in the great problems which agitate
the people. Whether the banks shall
deem it their function merely to reflect
rather than to direct in an encouraging
sense the industrial concerns of the coun-
try, and whether, in the exercise of such a
power, they will display that wisdom
which finds balance between reasonable
security and moral obligation to pro-
mote the industrial welfare of the people,
constitute the gravest problem that they
have ever been brought to consider.
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lacking in dependence upon our supporters
and fearful of substaneeless ghosts.
1t is conceivable that such an argument
might be made by officers in whom the
bump of self-interest dominates that of
conscience. Such process of reasoning
would be borne out by history, however
lacking in compliment it might be to the
morality and intelligence of the COM
munity. Thus far the situation seems
clear enough. But when we come to other
matters the way is not so clear.
Let us take the question of broken rock
for macadam on the streets as an illustra-
ton. Certain specifications, adopted by an
old Board of Supervisors and readopted by
the present board, require that particular
kind of rock owned by one company and
obtainable in an out-of-the-way place shall
be the only kind employed. This is clearly
a premeditated exclusion of the rock most
abundant in the City-the so-called red
rock, with which all the thoroughfares of
the park are macadamized, besides all the
principal suburban drives, including Cor
bett avenue, the Ocean House road,
Mcdowell avenue Ga United States
highway, and, therefore, independent
VI Olty lHAueuCSSJ, duO Auu1pSIS
of others. 1t is sedimen.ary
rock, carries high percentage of cement,
is easily disintegrated, and if kept
sprinkled forms fine, hard and smooth
surface, entirely free from sharp Jumps.
If it is not kept sprinkled it wearsoff and
sends abroad a disagreeable and injurious
red dust, and yields, when wet, discolor-
ing mud. Its color in these contingencies
is all that distinguishes it from the dust or
mud resulting from the employment of any
other material used for macadam. It's main
advantage, in addition to its easier and
cheaper manipulation, is that it is the
prevailing rock of the peninsula, exists in
numerous quarries, lies Immediately con-
tiguous to the places of the greatest de-
mand for macadam rock and cannot be
manipulated into monopoly.
While it is not difficult to imagine an
argument to explain lively interest oil
the part of public officers for the concerns
of the Southern Pacific and its branch,
the Market-street Railway Company, what
shall we do with the case of the broken
rock monopoly and the great increase of
cost in street improvements which the
creation of that monopoly entails? Can
this young monopoly extend the benefits
and guarantee the immunity which the
more venerable institution has the reputa-
ton of assuring? This might prove an
interesting question for the Civic Fedora
ton and the Merchants Association.
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CREATING MONOPOLIES.

The openness with which the Solid Eight
of the Board of Supervisors are fostering
monopOlies against the interests of the
City presents some interesting complica-
tions. In their passage of the famo us
bituminous rock resolution, which shut
out all such material for street pavements
except that which the Southern Pacific can
haul to the City, and in their frank viola
ton of the law in granting to a branch of
that wealthy monopoly the right to run an
electric road to the new racetrack at Ingle-
side, no great difficulties of explanation
present themselves. 1t is conceivable that
these gentlemen might have thus argued
with themselves:
"Those who have proved faithful to the
interests of the Southern Pacific have never
been permitted to suffer for their fidelity.
A public officer may be ever so true to his
sworn obligations, but he receives no more
than his salary for that. Should he betray
these in the interest of the Southern Pacific
what risk does he run? The condemnation
of some independent newspaper, or the
railing of some body of citizens organized
to secure honest government How
amusingl Do our friends think less of us
for the betrayal? Is our credit in any way
impaired? Are we not rather praised for
our shrewdness in being able to loosen the.
gathering string of difficult sack? And
if it should happen that some enterprising
person attempts to bring the machinery of
the law to bear in an effort to expose and
punish US, are we not aware of the fidelity
of the monopoly to its servants and its un-
matchable power to counterfeit all move
ments to punish us? Surely you would
not take US for fools blind to our interests,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-05
RAILROAD ASSESSMENTS.

The State Board of Equalization meets
to-day at Sacramento to assess the rail
roads of and for the State of California.
The agents and attorneys of the Southern
Pacific Company have been before the
board during the past week with elaborate
statistics and cunningly devised sophis-
tries urging decrease in the valuations
of the railroads of that great corporation.
The people of California have had no
representative there to answer the argu-
ment of the Southern Pacific Company or
to point out to this new board the shame
less and disgraceful record of railroad as
sessments during the past ten years.
In this emergency THE CALL stands
forth as the peoples representative and the
guardian of the peoples rights 1t pub
fishes in its columns to-day the truth with
reference to railroad values and presents
the facts, figures and method by the aid OF
which an honest and just assessment of
the railroads of California should be
made. It's communication is especially
addressed to the members of the
State Board of Equalization. They
are pointed to the express language
of the constitution, which commands
that railroads shall be assessed at their
actual value. They are shown the pitfalls
of disloyalty and dishonor into which
their predecessors have fallen during the
past ten years. They are plainly directed
which way honor and official duty lie.
VIII they take heed to the dictates of
reason and perform their duty to-day
with the interests of the people of Cali
fornia rather than those of her
greatest corporation in view? The
side of the taxpayers of California
is herewith presented and the showing
conclusively made that the railroad assess
ments should be raised rather than re-
duced.
With this presentation of the truth be-
fore them let US see what the State Board
of Equalization will do IN the premises
to-day.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-05
PERSONAL.

T. F. Burgdorff of the navy is at the Palace.
R. Kaehler, a merchant of MERGED, is at the
Grand.
DR.. Victor G. Vecki of San Jose is a guest at
the Palace.
c. Theo Vogelsang of the navy registered
yesterday at the Palace.
Colonel William Forsyth, vineyardist of
Fresno, is at the Occidental.
A. G. Mclean, railroad contractor from
Monterey, is staying at the Lick.
w. P Thompson, an attorney of Fresno, was
one of yesterdays arrivals at the Grand.
Lieutenant W. s. Hughes of the navy came
down from the navy-yard yesterday and regis
tered at the Palace.
Senator E. c. VOORHEES, from Suffer Greek
has just returned from trip to Alaska with
his family and is at the Baldwin
T. B. McGovern, a New York commission mer-
chant dealing in California products, arrived
here yesterday and is staying at the California.
w. R. Kelly, general attorney of the Union
Pacific, arrived here yesterday morning from
Omaha with his wife. He put up at the Grand
for few hours and sailed for Honolulu on the
Australia, whittier he is going on a pleasure
trim
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OUT-OF-TOwN PERSONALS.

Santa Rosa, Cal, Aug. 4.-Colonel A. R.
Hardin is down from his Nevada ranch for a
few days. party of cycless left Saturday for
the Geysers, to be gone several days The
party includes Major L. w. Juilliard, Elmont
Brooks, Carl Lane, Ray Poat and H. G. Matthias.
A. B. Swain and wife are visiting San Fran
cisco. E. L. Finley is spending few days at
SS aI visiting Hon M atse Mis-
Holmes are visiting friends at Belvedere.
Judge A. G. Burnett is in San Francisco for a
few days. Mr.. and Mrs; R. L; Crooks returned
from San Francisco Saturday. hon. A. L..
Warner of Healdsburg was in Santa Rosa
Saturday, attending third party convention.
c. \. Darlington and family, w. j. Heffelfnger
and family, d. Behmer and family, and J.
Swan and family have returned from very
pleasant camping and hunting expedition,
which took them through Sonoma, Mendocino
and Lake counties.
Klamath Hot Springs, Cal, Aug. g.
The weather has been perfectly charming the
past two months and free from wind and fogs.
General and Mrs. Hart, who have been here
several weeks, have returned to the City. Mr..
and Mrs. S. F. Thorne OF the Grand Hotel left a
few days ago. Among the recent arrivals are
Mrs. A NJ. Richards, Miss T. E. Richards, F. II.
Jones and family, San Francisco; w. w. VII
iams, Professor c. G. Buck, San Rafael; II. A.
w. SNOWFALL, Miss SNOWFALL, Woodland; Mr..
and Mrs. E. NJ. Coty, Mr.. E. C. Weinrich, Mr..
James L. Tucker, Sacramento.
Santa Cruz, Aug. 3.-Among theslate arrivals
at the Pixley are Jesse E. Friest Charles schles-
niger, w. B. Ansel. San Francisco; Mr.. w. A.
Crowel, Auburn; Mr.. and Mrs. P. Music, Hrs.
Dora Briggs, Miss N. B. Long, Miss Anna B.
Long, Stockton; Miss L. G. LIE Noir, Santa Bar
bara; T. NJ. Farrell, Miss Jennie Farrell, Sara
toga.
Salt Lake, Utah, Aug. 5.-Mrs and Mrs. o. P.
Keene and Joseph Lendan of San Francisco
are at the Knutsford. Mr.. and Mrs. d. Butler
of San Francisco and T. II. Oman of Los
Angeles are at the Walker.