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tier, of the French National Medical Corps, claims that over hundred grammes must be given to each man.
 The case of Japanese armies marching and fighting on 60 grammes of protein a day per man is openly doubted by European scientists, but they point out that the Japanese are much smaller ma chimes than Europeans or Americans and that they could undoubtedly exist on much less protein. Protein, 1t should be understood, is found in good red beef steak more than in any other usual article of diet.
 But while the government experts are busy trying to find out on just how little food men can exist, scientists are protesting that the wellto-do people, and even the average working-man, especially in the United States, eats too much protein, especially in the form of beef When middle life is reached, say at forty years, the usual American could cut his previous allowance of meat in half with benefit to his constitution and the pro- longing of his life.
 But science has an unkind word to say for the pcon'c who takc nr fahs ih
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But Tom Davies doesn't look at all jolly tonight-quite out of place in that assemblage-and presently the reason is revealed. He holds volume in his hand, his finger inserted between the pages to mark a place, and he says to Garrick: Have you seen the slur of that pestilent poetaster Churchil?''
 ''Why should he read such fellows drivel," interjects Johnson, "when he has your own life of himself to read?''
 ''Hark, yep says Davies, and reads as follows:
 With him came mighty Davies. (On my
 life
 That Davies hath very pretty wifeD Statesman all over-in plots famous
 grown
 He mouths sentence as CUTS mouth
 bone"
 "Console yourself" says Johnson; ''you know the same fellow has made sport of me in his poem of The Ghost be- cause of the spectral visitations in Cock Lane. I'd have my revenge, sir, if I were you, by leaving the stage"
 "Egad, l will," mutters Davies, mo- rosely.
 Here's cheer for all,' quoth Johnson again as the beefsteak pie was brought in. "While have writ in the Rambler what l think of gulosty or excessive vo- racity, have myself inherited healthy appetite from the days when practiced the art of living in a garret at IS pence week. There Is time of life, sir," he continued, turning to Burke, 'when a man requires the repairs of the table"
 For awhile the peeper hears nought but the clatter of knives and forks upon mates nnd sornds which indicnte that
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a sea frontage for fishing tract of low land for the growth of cocoanuts or taro, and, as the ground rose, grazing land with forest above 1t. The natives have no words In their language to express the points of the compass Direction is in- dicated by the words "makai," meaning seaward and "mauka," mountainward. And so adequate are these expressions to all purposes that one seldom hears a white resident use any other.
 The "mele,' or family legend which Is ehanted by the natives, carries the his tory of the islands back 1000 or more years. These hereditary records are en- titled to as much credence as are the Morse Sagas or the Druidical traditions. Strange to say, that although the stories of many volcanic eruptions are preserved in these folk songs, there Is not a single mention of loss of life as consequence of one of those convulslons. Nor do the records of 1000 years include mention of any natural catastrophe as having be- fallen the islands. To the south, to the east and to the west hurricanes, water spouts and tidal waves cause death and destruction, but nothing of the sort has ever visited Hawaii. Another peculiar and unaccountable fact Is that this trop- ical territory enjoys an absolute exemp- tion from serpents and other poisonous reptiles. Several attempts have been made to introduce certain specimens of snakes, but for some mysterious reason they cannot survive. In the native Ian guage there is no word that conveys the idea of noxious animal, insect or plant. More than that, disease was practically unknown to the inhabitants of this para disc previous to the advent of the white man. They enjoyed climate which Is unequalled for salubrity and diversity. On the coast the temperature averages about 75 degrees and from that it gradu- ates to the almost Arctic frigidity of the
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200 years after he was born7 Who reads tho didactic cogitations of "Rasselas" or the pompous platitudes or "IreneT' It was Goldsmith who truly said to him |: eff you were to write fable about little fishes, Doctor. you would make the littlc fishes talk like whales" Yet all this lin- guistfc avoirdupois disappears In Bos- wells book. Nobody reads the Lives of the Poets" any longer. The world has thrown the great 'Dixonary'' aside as ruthlessly as Becky Sharp flung hers out of the carriage window; but everybody listens to Johnson as he talks and talks and talks through Bozzy's immortal pages.
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crater of Mauna Kea at an elevation of 14,000 feet above the sea, which justi- aes its name of "the highest water. "' Here, if he pleases, he may take an ice cold bath as change from the tepid water of Waikiki beach. But the chief attraction to the sight-seer is Kilauea, the greatest active volcano in the world. Its crater is three miles across and In the center of 1t is pit 2,O00 feet in diameter, filled with boiling lava, whose seething and bubbling and spouting is a sight never to be forgotten. The state ment that there is no danger of dis astrous eruption from the volcanoes of Hawaii seems to be well grounded. Some of them have run over in comparatively recent years, but never with sufficient violence or suddenness to occasion loss of life. It Is explained that the craters are so large and open that the gases have free vent and no chance of collecting, 50 as to generate explosive force. Hawaii also boasts the largest extinct volcano in the world. This is Haleakala, on the island of Maui. Its crater is more than 20 miles in circumference and 2,500 feet deep. The ride to the summit of this mountain Is one of the most beautiful
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that the islands afford. It may be added that in the past few months Kilauea has displayed greater activity than in many years previous. Its enormous molten lake has risen from a depth of 1000 feet to within 100 feet of the rim of the crater. This phenomenon has attracted curious visitors and scientists from all parts of the world.
 It is doubtful whether Americans any where enjoy so easy and pleasant q life as they do in Hawaii. The majority of them are engaged in business at Homo lulu, which is situated on the leeward side of the island of Oahu. The popula- tion of the city is very mixed with strong oriental element. The buildings include fine hotels, handsome business blocks and attractive dwellings. The mer chants follow the usual tropical practice of working no more than six hours a day and securing an ample amount of health full and pleasurable recreation. The social life is simple, but characterized by good feeling and hospitality. There is no upper ten," no Hcolor line" nor any sort of affectation. The stranger is wei comed with open arms, and all unite to make his visit as enjoyable as possible.
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N ONDON town contains no more in-
 teresting survival of olden days
 than the Cheshire Cheese, quaint eighteenth century tavern in Wine
 Office Court, where the mighty Dr. Johnson is said to have held forth The faithful, who have bought one of the long pipes known as church wardens, are con- ducted through the paneled hall and across the sanded floors and are shown the "iden- ticai" chairs which Johnson and Gold was always in the window, and Gold smith sat on his left, and a proper amount of faith can discern them still. slipping their stout, putting away at their pipes, and holding forth in mighty dis putations while waiting for the beefsteak pie, which is still the peculiar glory of the establishment.
 While the faithful are thus devoutly following in the footsteps of the master, the skeptical are laughing at the guilt bility of the human race, and the knav- cry of landlords. It is glibly asserted that the Cheshire Cheese is a bald fake, and the scoffers point out that 1t is never once mentioned in the many tonnes of Boswell, who overlooked nothing. Nor has George Birkbeck Hill, the greatest of Johnsonians, whose edition of Bos- well is the greatest edition of anything. established the claim of the Cheese's landlord. Another diligent antiquary, named Cyrus Bedding, has come to the rescue, however, asserting that he had conversed with Fleet street tradesmen who had actually seen the Doctor in the building.
 This saves tho landlords face. He Is absolved from being the tool of syn dicate to humbug and fleece credulous and liberal Americans. The "Old Curl osity Shop" which is pointed out % Dtckens', Is no doubt fake but 1t h dron in at the Cheese. The Johnson Cluh
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is doubtful whether there may be F found anywhere in the world another
 region similarly small and blessed
 with as many natural advantages as
 those enjoyed by the group of eight islands forming the territory of Hawaii. Long before their annexation by the United States, the Sandwich Islands, as they were formerly called, excited the desire of foreign powers. Russia, France md Great Britain sought to gain posses sion of them and one or the other would have succeeded but for the determined opposition of the sturdy little band of American settlers. These pioneers not only withstood the aggression of European nations, but also strove earnestly for many years to induce their mother coun- try to raise its flag over the archipelago. Political considerations and the aversion of the American people to the acquisition of outlying territory initiated against the movement until the outbreak of the Spanish-Ameri War created military needs of the most compelling character. It was on account of it's value as a naval base that we annexed Hawaii, and although 1t has been for nearly 10 years an integral part of the United States, our people in general have not yet fully real ized the value and importance of the territory on other accounts. With the opening of the Panama Canal the com mercial importance of the islands will be greatly enhanced, for they lie directly In what must be the path of vessels pass ing through that waterway en route to Japan and the mainland of Asia.
 Viewed from the purely business aspect, Hawaii has already proved to be high ly profitable possession. It exports an- nually to the United States upward of $40,000,000 worth of produce and yearly imports American goods to the value of more than $15,00O,000. During 1908 the Honolulu Custom-House collected $1,550,-
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Sending X=Rays Deeper.

~ HE use of x-rays as method of A curing cancer and many other dis - eases has been always hampered by tho fact that the rays would themselves give rise to dangerous sores and cancers If the skin was too long exposed to their chemical action. Many brave and ardent students of the x-rays have lost fingers. hands, or even their arms and their lives. by working too long with the fascinating but dangerous Roentgen rays.
 It has now been discovered that If the skin can be deprived of its normal life while the x-rays are passing through the flesh that much of this danger can be avoided. For instance, If the skin can be almost frozen, so as to be nearly life less, the x-rays can be allowed to pene- trate the skin with little danger for quite a long time.
 Another method used for deadening the skin while exposed to x-rays has been to bind a fiat board over the skin ex-
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posed so tightly that the skin was dead ened. In these cases the x-rays have been turned on human skin for long periods of time and no bad results have been shown. Radium also has been used on the skin so treated for lengthy periods with no bad results.
 1t Is expected that far greater curative methods can be used by means of radium as a result of this discovery. The use of radium for cancer and for other danger ous growths is spreading more rapidly In Europe than on this side of the Atlantic, due mostly to the fact that several royal families are subject to this terrible scourge and have given of their money and tremendous influence to the cause of fighting the trouble. It is not too much to say that the rayages of consumption among wealthy American families has had much to do with the fact that the scientists of the United States have ac- tually led the world in important discoy- cries and in actual fighting methods.
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GOO; the postoffiee, $75,O00, and the inter nal revenue office, S58,000, so that a total of S1, ,6S2,000 was contributed by Ha- waii to the National Treasury. In the same period the federal government spent in the maintenance of its various admin istrative and judicial branches sum ap- proximating $3S0,000, or only about % per cent. of the amount of the revenues. Con- gress has appropriated about $1,000,000 for harbor improvements and lighthouse construction in the islands, as well as SS50,000 for the erection of federal building at Honolulu, but all these ex- penditures will be more than covered by two years income from the territory. These, figures do not, of course, take into acco6nt the expenditures on the naval station at Pear Harbor, which Is distinctly national institution. Thus 1t is clear that far from being a financial burden to the United States, as opponents of annexation in Congress frequently predicted that it would be, Hawaii Is an excellent investment.
 The aggregate area of the archipelago Is 6,5OO square miles in round figures, being slightly less than that of New Jer- sey The islands are of volcanic origin and their surface land is almost entirely composed of lava flow, which makes the most fertile of soils. Each member of the group contains mountains from which the land slopes down to the sea in every direction though upon the windward, or eastern shores, the erosion by the sea has produced a more abrupt descent than upon the other side. In lands of such broken configuration the rectangular form of subdivision which prevails in fiat coun- tries would not be convenient and 1t Is unknown In Hawaii. Under the mon- archy each chief was granted a triangu- lar piece of land extending from a noun tain top to the coast, along which It's base lay. Thus was secured to every clan
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MUCH IN LITTLE

The only school for bullfghting is locat- ed at Bilboa.
 Americans abroad are said to spend S60, 900 annually.
 Hamburg has more fremen, in propor- ton to her size. than any city in the orld.
 In Germany 14,000,0 persons are in. sured under the invalidity and old-age pension act.
 Race suicide Is discouraged in Halifax a bonus being given for babies reaching the age of one year.
 Under contract recently signed in Washington the tower of the new wire less station in that city will be $50 feet high. It will be made of concrete. M feet wide at the base and eight feet at the top.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12
Fletcherian mastication is no new thing under the sun.
He Scourges the Scots.

under the sun.
 He Scourges the Scots.
 'Ts not such a beefsteak worth a caul- dron of your Scotch oatmeal?" inquires the Doctor of the sedulous Boswell. "I have often remarked that the oats which we feed to horses in England are de- voured by Scotchmen."
 "Some one might answer you aptly, sir," ventures Boswell, with timidity, "that for this reason England breeds such fine horses and Scotland such fine men," ''None of that sir, to me-" thundered Johnson. 'Fine men, indeedl Such crea- lures as your atheistical Hume. I have had quite an altercation with Adam Smith about that very son of Belial. He would insist that Hume is a good man. I confuted his argument by telling him plainly: You lie, sir!' But he Is so ab- normally sensitive that he nared up at this, and we discontinued our amicable disputation.
 "Yet you must allow my native land
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The San Francisco call., 1909-01-02
BUSINESS CHANCES

TEAMING business, clesn. STEADY work; wag-
ols- Z horsas. ee2s Enlsnm 81.
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CALL BRANCH OFFICE.
1871 FilmQre nr. PnSt.
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REAL ESTATE no ExcHANGE

HAVE for exchange 1Sts acres IN 5 year oid
grapes. with modern room bungalow and
or er Improvements adjoining the city q No
deSt0. Cal. nothing better can be had. VII
exchange for good lodging house OF improved
Oakland real estate W Z. JOHNSON. -
san Pablo av. oakland.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-02

ABBOTT buys BONDS; Ocean Shore. Market
St Bank. Cal Safe Dep books. 132 Bush ST
CALIFORNIA SAFE DEPOSIT AND TRUST
ACCOUNTS AND oCEAN SHORE BONDS
BOUGHT. u. e BESFCKER. 24s PAC- BIG
MINES AND MINING
AILGEwAHR BROS CO.. ssszyfng In all its
branches; accuracy guaranteed; send fox mall
ing envelope 3I3 9th St. Oakland.
GOLD, analgam. rich ore bought. cash: assayinz
SOC. Pioneer ASSAY Co. 131 5th ST nr. Howard
CALL BRANCH OFFICE
1851 FILLMORE ST. NEAR POST
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LEGAL NorICEs

l. G. AALROL. having this day boaghr from p.
Scarena 4 Son al their interest in that certain
nleSelcdeC1 situate az 5150 2fth s.. hereoy
gives notice hat from and after today I III
not he resDc lsible for anJ outstanding de5ts.
Dated December -. 1905 G. MALROI-
NOTICE TO BONDHOLDERS
OCEANIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY
the UNION Trust COMPANY or sax
FRANCISCO. Market ard M01tSomery srs-.
san Francisco. ard after Jan = 1e09.
tPrese1r coupon No. Is. other numcerl
OCEANIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY
Jan l. 1eOS H " THOMAS. Se-.
CALL BRANCH OFFICE.
165l Fillmore nr- Pest
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FINANCIAL
MONEY TO LOAN
AAAA-NEW YEARS MONEY.
SALARY LOANS. SALARY LOANS.
Start the new year right By settling all scat
tered debts We viii loan you enough on your
SALARY 10 pay ali these bills and give yol
note; no indorser no publicity Your employer
never knows OF any transactions At our Office
Rebates given II paid before due
WESTERN LOAN CO..
40S Call bldg, 81 and Market SITS.
Open $50 10 p n. also MO1day, Wednes-
dsy ana SATURDAY evenings until D. N.
A-CALIFoRNIA'S Largest Pawnbrokers.
Liberal loans on diamonds. jewel-y. sealsk ms
furs. ETC.; banking rates: ladies' private oface
CAfIFoRSTA LoAS OFFICE.
Formerly known as Goidvsters
81 Broadway near 9th St, Oakland.
EY-sIoNEY-MoNEY.
HOUSEHOLD LOAN COMPANY.
We will advance you money In SUES OF Sfc
10 $500 on your furniture, piano. horses. We
hicles, etc. lvitho1t renovaD On short no
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bldg. Sd foor. 4th and Market sts-: phone
Douglas 3265. Oakland office. room g. Mac
donough bldg. 14th and Broadway.
ANY sum. Ist. I'd. Sd mort; interest in estates.
r. AccoLGAN. rs 214-3is. 26 Montgomery st.
MONEY LOANED on furniture. pianos and other
security: lowest rates; most favorable terms
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y fspass az GEORGE iP1a W. eGnf siiraER 4fIss' Jus
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Wage Farmers Investment and Loan Co.
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ADVANCES made on diamonds and jerelry AZ
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Van Ness and Suffer-
MONEY to loan at low rates Of interest % raj
estate HERoLD & LEyITsKY. 487 Pine st
LOWEST rates. quick deals. no deIay-Loans On
second uaortgaGes. estates Iexacies Undfvised
interest. Wien yoa need mo1ey see HERM1S
MURPHY $40 Market St. San Francisco.
ANY amount On real estate. first or second mort
cages. any security no delay: low rates
o. W. BECKER, 2l1i Fillmore near California
A-LOANs. on salaries HOME CREDTT & IN
VESTMENT CO.. 523 Pacific Bldg. 4th & Mkt
AAA-Loans to salaried pec1ie. THE WHITE
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lLllNOlS TRUST CO1FAN1. loans money
household goods; also on salaries. 1916 Eddy
Original Uncle Bill Modern Loan Co. Incl 3s
Ellis Mkt. 40 yrs in city, tel Douzi 1891
ON furniture. pianos. etc; strictly private
BECKER. Pill Fillmore st- near California
CASH loaned 10 salaried men on note vvithogt
indorser- NoRREIL- go Aonzdnock bldg
on furniture and pianos: SIS up; no removal: no
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PALo ALTO REAL ESTATE


FOR SsIe-New. modern house OF IL rooms. sit
uafpd IN best locality. ST Homer av-. Pal0
Alfo. Inquire az premises.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-10-30

The dinner began at O'clock.
Among the toasimasters were James
A. Cobb, assistant district attorney at
Washington: ex-Judge Hiflen W. Gibbs
Of Arkansas: James Curtis. lawyer:
Gilchrist Stewart. who led the legal
fight for the Negro soldiers In the
Brownsville riot: Bishop Alexander
Waters Of the African Methodist Epis-
copal church. the Rev. Dr. W. H.
Books Of St Marks African Methodist
Episcopal church. Professor W. S.
Scarborough, president Of Wilberforce
university: the Rev. DR.. Reverdy C.
Ransom OF Bethel African Methodist
Episcopal church. Frederick B. Wat.
kins and DR.. Marcus F. Wheatland.
president Of the Colored National Med
ical association.
At the conclusion OF the dinner three
rousing cheers were given for Henson
as ''the black man who had helped to
discover the pole"
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-10-30
Editor Knox Gets the Goods.

Several Afro-Americsn journals tried
10 outbid the Freeman for the serv-
ices OF Harry Bradford, the great east
cru writer. but the Freeman Publish.
Ing company outbid them all and Sc
cured Bradford. who will he sent to
England and the continent OF Europe
10 secure interesting articles for the
Indianapolis Freeman. This will be
the 6rst Afro-Americau journal In
America TO send representative writ
er Of our race TO England to get news
regarding the Afro-Amer!can artist in
general abroad. Several interesting
articles will appear in the Freeman
exclusively from time to dine regard
ing the Afro-American actors and &C.
trcsses in European cities.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-10-30
Unwarrsnted Attack on AGED Man.

Cosby Jones, the aged Afro-Amerl,
can who was struck and unmerclful
blow over the head by Policeman
Swords on Labor day In New York.
filed suit against Swords In the supe-
rior court a few days ago for 5000
damages Mr. Jones had committed
no offense. He was about to cross
Whitehall street just as the Labor day
parade was starting when the police
man IN question felled him 10 the
street At the hospital eight stitches
were taken 10 close the wound The
police board investigated the matter:
but. as usual. because his victim was
an Afro-American the policeman was
exonerated Mr. Jones is about eighty
years OF age
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-10-30
Cassie e. Kerr TO Study In Nova Scotia.

Sir William Gray Wilson governor
Of the Bahama Islands who with Lady
Wilson arrived In New York recently.
brought with him Cassie E. Kerr a
blind Afro A merican girl She Is so
clever ahd so ambitious for an educa.
tion that the governor has decided 10
send her TO an Institution for the blind
In Nova Scotia. After Cassie completes
her education at the Nova Scotia In
have her return TO the Bahamas 10
become the head OF a similar Insritu-
tlon there She lost her sight from a
premature blast OF dynamite many
years ago