The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 29, 1900, Page 16

THE SUNDAY CALL. q mmand of wrgen st nmand Per w f with every f for taking mmoda & G - . for 3000 T re w a s r seista We a other companies. p 2iid clam broth. reparations from , tapioca and sugar are also sup learning th 1so get sim-Y * '»x(m'*r of ph of{ N his_ position of head of the - y, » -~ s entire United States army sicians no one could arm of the United States army can State General Sternberg’s words cannot fail to be of interest and im- - X possibly be better” fitted to dis- portance; in fact, in such a crisis the water t nk. ¥/ - Y < ¢ 5 3 s e fckness in the Spanish war of 1898 cusS the preparations of this as this war with China cvery citi- was due to the carelessness of soldiers ¥ o5, taut hranch of the service for sen of the whole United States > moaT ‘r,‘,,“ ‘::“ ‘l:,“i,ih Ez‘,‘”,.«.‘"' war with China than Surgeon rightly feels that he should be in- sent to China a lot of appliance weral George M. Sternberg. formed of the Government's filness water by boiling or f t has ordered 100 “One antiseptic bandage of sublimated pin. e triangular bandage, with safety cambric, with safety mated gauze bandages have O ¥ R NN N PR T S e S S RN =] 7 P &hat Ji Cosis 10 Run the JSenaie. The United State: Senat been cach, whereas the old blind chaplain is po ib.” ¢ to be worth only $900. Yet he It i he w e to lead hi the o T Laborers than es and ‘of plied to the rticles tors for their individual use and paid for out of the generous pocket of Usicle Sam. No « expenditure wasz 1 doses of bre seltzer bromo freine ree dczens of « pow- ders two bot- s of lithia water ibuted to keep stem in good repair tabl da mint were alleviation of “that dark the extravagant sum d for tabules for each m. four P The body of Congress has come to cost U Sam twice 2s much per member per an- num as the House. Alm: all of the recelve $1440 a year ber there are em- smaller , in various capacities cle Eixty messengers ts, $1800 and § pages who wait upon Senators get per montk, the postmaster of the Sen- ate $2250 annually, sen $1095 and the upholsterer and locksmith $1440. far the greatest proportion of ex- pense incurred each year for toilet artkeles s demand v the Senate barber shops a athrooms. It is not genera known that each member of this distin guished body Is barberized g as imes a day as he wishes. In con- are all the appurtenances to n baths. ed mas- in readin of slothful blood. g cne hot week in June the Sen- id $136 for 1 vs r lemonade, and shortly afterward returned not less than bottles But long-faced at such a modest as th 2700 empty lithia water. which ¥ the tax d contained ayer should not grow rate of revelry considering fact that fifteen years ago nearly every committee rcom at the Scnate end of the | undoubtedly be the center of preparations, consequc ' to the residents of v and to the people of this n Francisco to cope with such an enemy, and who should knotw better of this fit- g heads of the ? No ness than the acti diffcrent brancl et AT AT AT A ET I AT K IR AD R R R DK KR S ETHS R FSHDH Y ¥ @of large wounds open the compress and be, in time of n tance than the General Sternberg ha clusively d d, of more impor- tal service. s toritten ex- Sunday Call an hos, article specially ‘to this subject. ows whercof he writes. and figures from the pen of a man in the high pos tion held by General Sternberg and on a subject of such wvital impor- tance cannot fail to reccive from cue intelligent thinker the most careful con: SATSES KA A Sx< PESS TS BN T ENE B S TN in an antiseptic solution and opall ral pictures drawn are printed on t n ofl paper to keep them fresh on wing iare yard of W nd, removing the oiled paper. o s LT 9 = aY o= > = L e 20TE Y S o= = ? i R 9 - — th: © == Q) v= t) = i = e b= uting e in ri Station - s Amply Provided and t Il is capitol had its prov chase and end of each session, and which need not he expended by thSse who hold ion of liquors pur- d by the chairman‘or by a member with a reputation as a connofsseur. The Scnator's salary of $5000 a year is perhaps nothing to brag of. Yet it is just $5000 a vear more than given to members of the British House of Lords for their parliamentary duties. To this add $125 allowed each year for newspapers passes. While seated at his desk a Senator need only to clap his hands to summon as many pages as necessary to order his lunch, deliver his notes or fetch him books, stationery or a glass of water. If a chairman of a committee he has at his stationery, only about $50 of which need personal disposal the clerkship of that be spent. Further add an allowance for committee, including a handsome salary of railroad mileage given at the beginning $2000 or §3000, not to mention an assistant and f ) = = = = [l = =3 = May Be clerkship or messengership at from $1i40 1t without a cha he is In- appointment of a clerk ap. manship sured the pers at $1500 a v ——————————— Experiments by Professor Mosso in the University of Genoa have shown that sugar administered after a period of star-, vation, or a long fast, restores vitality mueh more rapidly than bread does. The temperature of the body quickly increases with the administration of sugar. ible food of the best quality. We have AY now ety patients in this hospital and the majority of them are doing very we 5 cover the whole wound. Apply the anti- ¢ #septic bandage as shown by fllustrations (jon the same.” Quite a number are reported as cured a 4 4 - i { Bl rs hav ned considerably in # This package is se small that it can m: others have gained consid Jeasily be carried in thre soldier's vest welght and strength and are on a I 1 t 0 recovery. X- pocket, but it is indispensable in time of, road to recover need. tremely sat ¥ We have another s Tot As there In an insufficient number of 7 33 Springs, Ark., the Army (regular surgeons many contract doctors ¢ 1 »are engaged. They have examina- ©T21 HOS the past vould 1ber of act of Jtlon wh n tlon when entering the ed $55.000 for extensive | priat that a2 %l\o impossible to increase the n (Jregular surgeons without a spe % Congress, as the law provides only for {surgeons for an army of 25.000 men. At *the commencement of the war with Spain cases of rhe sis and v benef The re; easing need by employing contract surgeons from the civilian ranks. At present these number 470, which fs more than twice the number of regulars. In addition to this each vol- n 1868 we had to meet the | Home have t unteer regiment had three surgeons. entitles a man to The army has three 1 supply Home and depots—one in this city, one in St. L”'_H* lischarged for and one in New York. from which ship- ments, are made via San Francisco depot Is equipped for Washington all demands that may be made upon it. Mary of the sick and wounded from China will no doubt be taken of at the hos- pital at the Presidlo, wh and finest hospital of its k try. It fs thoroughly equipped and in way is an admirable military h , an excellent musement bu entertainme: e old sofdters ding, whic erou in this building for tI eve; Pt The hospital at the Presidio is the one I have come out here to Inspect and the West may well be proud of it. We have a speclal hospital, which has only been in eration g short at Fort Ba N. M. It is a hospital for consumptives. I made a trip ago the duration of sunshine in to find a proper such a hos- om morth to south pital and selected F N Bayard, where we have had a military but which wa military post for many years on an average, no longer required as a " The over to me as a general hosp of tuberculosts. All of our soldiers back with in to this e dally the year 37 h 45 to 5. turned about station. post was round, Irela Eng- al for cases land nearly 4, rma France 5 to 8 hours and S e pient consumption are sent da irs of sun- hospi Ham- It Is 3000 b . where ditions are extremely feet above the sea level, has a very dry climate and sunshine nearlv vora is a good deal mo East E dav. every Medigal Treatment That fny Armyy of Angicnt Ccr Medern Times Fas Sver Received. the wes 80 that patients are able to be out in the open air. The essential part of the treat- ment is in keeping the mountains fn condemse the clov So 1t 1ds and cause heavy ra hap- as possi rce of n O AT RT RN T X TR LR R ECORE OO ITETEIORT.Q America Not Named Hfter Vespuci. That America derives ifs Y t Amer Ir s way s likely that the Amerifo Vespucci has long be name Iy became known through- ed as a certai Now, how out E At that time the only geo- torian comes forward gra of the W » this is not the cz phere w cardo Falma, director ational Li- which w brary of Lima, Peru book Geographers presum- has just been publist the conclus America was not s T wanin 4 Vespucel, but that, on the contrary, T single hill or mou Amerigo Vespucel was named af country. America. % the first map of the contiment itle ‘Province of Ameriea’ n Barcelona in 1 Senor Palma, who has studied the sub- jpet for years, maintains that Vespuccl first name was Alberico. * ‘America,’ he “4s derived from place in Nicaragua, being the name shed is companions were 1 was no one to prote. of the F e was no one in all Europe says, misuse name. hill in the province of Chanvoles. Fur- thermore, the penultimate syllable ‘ic’ is the nam Amerigo and, as Vespuecei's very often found in the words used by hame W Iberico, geog and his- the Indians of South A :a and by the torians would surely have g natives of the Antilles, The sylable it- S Shtn_ Saane S0 I self signifies something large and lofty, to Ronor him in this fashion and is found in the names of r -volcanic ewly discovered co ries were on na mountains.” ed after sovereign: He further points out that Columbus did not use the word “America” in his let- ters when he referred to the events of his first voyage. “It is more than probabl he continues, “that he learned throush one of his attendants of the discovery of gold by some hatives in a place called case of Georgia, Lou the Philippines. and when explorers ju:1 give names to cduntries they seiéct those of their own families, as we see in the case of Vancouver and Magellan. The origin of such places as Columbia and Colon can also be clearly traced.”