The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-14

along the Mediterranean. He cured them
as he had seen the people of those coun-
tries do 1t, and the result was the starting
OF one OF the greatest industries of the
State In 1892 DR.. Eisen was made mi
croscoplcal investigator of the California
Academy OF Sciences, and in January,
1885, he was made curator of microscopy.
During all these years DR.. Eisen has
been constantly at work, and has pro-
duced thirty-six books of his observations
and studies. All but three of them have
been published, and those are now ready
to go to press. All of these works have
become the standard in their class, and
can be found in the greatest scientific Ii
braries in the world. DR.. Essen has re-
ceived medals and diplomas from the
great universities of the world in honor of
his researches, few of them bearing the
private seals of some of the Kings of Eu-
rope.
With ali of his success DR.. Eisen has re-
NAMED what he was born-a child of ma
ture. He loves the meadows ard the
mountains, the forests and the streams
and the bright skies. Every living crea-
ture that walks, crawls, swims or flies is
his admiration. He likes to see them take
advantage OF the gifts of nature, and says
they "enjoy living as much as he does. ="
OF business DR.. Eisen has scarcely any
idea, and very little regard for money. In
fact, he has none beyond the uses to which
he could put it to further his scientific
studies. 1t is one dollar for himself and
ten dollars for science. If he should be-
come a wealthy man tomorrow the
chances are that he would not change his
mode of living to any great extent but
would devote everything he had to carry
ing out some Investigations he now has in
mind.
DR.. Eisen s disposition is as near perfect
as it is possible for a mans to be. 1t is al
most impossible 10 even annoy him, much
less make him angry. He is the personif-
cation of gentleness, and dislikes to harm
even an insect. When he is out collecting
he is very careful not to cause pain to any
OF the creatures that he captures. Even
! the Watchdog from the. bottoms of wood
land streams he handles most carefully,
and will allow them to escape if he cannot
capture them without causing pain. When
he has to kill them for his Investigations,
he first chloroforms them so that they
shall not suffer.
In spite of his great devotion to science
DR.. Eisen is most careful about his per-
sonal appearance and about the place
where he works. He cares nothing for
fashion, but the clothes he wears are made
to tit him and are always scrupulously
clean. His laboratory in the Academy of
Sciences is neatness itself. There is not a
spot of dirt anywhere, and all of his instru-
ments are where he can put his hand on
any of them in moment. His laboratory
is a most interesting place. There are
large glass jars filled with what appears to
be only dirty water and slime, but most of
them are very valuable, and contain some
stage OF the development of some of the
lower forms of life. Some of them have
been sent from the remotest parts OF the
earth, and if a person went to get them
they would cost thousands of dollars. DR..
Essen has most elaborate apparatus for