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16 THERE ARE NO GRANDMOTHERS THERE. One Feature Lacking in (he Far •-,- West's Thanksgiving Festivities. . . . IT SEEMS ALMOST INCREDIBLE. j. Thousands of Children Whose Only ZyZ Knowledge of the Woman Most ".Honored in Eastern Homesteads ■';!••- Is Derived From What They :v- Hear— A Drawback Which Will =*:•: /Remedy Itself. ■•'.'_ "•.' "■■-*"■ Copyright, 1830. . : — — -j^rsAX you imagine, in these 1 1~(*I-J'~ I?n!_£1 ?n!_£ '_ 3 closing days of the year. • : Tl^_i^'^ r U "'lb '1 hanksgiving close ... >|ffln^"f^/>S'!n upon us, a whole land ' ' M^7\i'i^/->y.i without grandmothers' • l JEll!«wff!JvSl '-" !ilt MV ' ms almost in- \?*^^___^*) credible m the long-set ): Lj^fegiaaaßaesii lied communities of the '" Eutt and South, where no family reunion is 1 complete without at least one venerable . fgure,;ss familiar and so dear to all in that .-.fcoosehold from the days of childhood's - earliest recollection. Yet between the •1 Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Coast there '. itehundreils of thousands of homes where ' . tdiildreu are growing up without a glimpse of .their own or any other child's grand ■ mother... They know nothing of the dear, old •- fare, the soft, gray hair, the quaint figure of . : that patient little woman who, day after " day, in the little corner of the old home . ".- knitting, knitting and still knitting, while :. her -.thoughts .wandering faraway into .: tta'loim ago of her childhood. They know - nothing of her gentle eludings, nor can they : .•' ; & tan ■sSOL •I <» i • . the Great Jktfurf of Thcssksgtrtng in the East. I i appreciate the quiet and kindly amusement ' -in tile-household at grandmother's expense "•' when- after searching the house for her "- "specs" she is reminded, in response to her - anxious inquiry, that they are under the .'. frills of her cap. Then there are the quaint .: old songs of long ago, that even the fathers :.:' and mothers of the present day know not, .'but .which grandmother, with a quaver iv her votce, will hum and sing when • she thinks no one Is near to hear. What .'fan it -used to be when she thought no ! one is hear to slip up behind her chair, and :.- alt unobserved, catch in the sweet snatches .- the olden melodies. When a boy it was .= • my delight to thus hide myself behind the . chair my great-grandmother from Vir . ginia and -listen to her humming some old '•. 'Souther air. ; One ! day she espied me, and • .'in a chiding voice said, ' looking over her '.glasses, "Don't tease your grandmother ' Tike. that" I really believe she would have '■ blushed at being caught trying to sing if the . face had not been so old and wrinkled. She Was undoubtedly seemingly ruffled, but 1 :, erased her into telling me tome stories ; "about the War of 1812, and we were soon ;.'■ friends- again. The children of the Far .V! est never near the old-time Xew England ; . and Southern cradle songs, for the mothers ' ,<sl the present day hardly know even their •"'fragments. . Nursery rhymes nowadays .change, as do the fashions. . " And think of a Thanksgiving without grand • inib.the.rs.' Why, in the land of grandmothers, '. it i.SAshe who on that day has first claim upon : - all oil r gallantry and chivalry. A gray haired belle, -on that day at least, with gray ■. •haiied .sons and daughters, and troops of : happy children around to do her honor and '• {bring to her comfort and cheer. Thousands ; of .Western boys and girls know nothing of ,' this. -...A grandmother is to them almost as much of a. myth as the heroine of a fairy -"r.stary; . A.little boy in the Rocky Mountains .. on being told some events about his grand .-- .mother in the far East actually asked what ' ■ kit.d q-f a being a grandmother was. It -.-'is true there are some grandmothers in the Far West, but they are imported from the . -' East and South. For most of them the West ' .-" is too faraway. No doubt their hearts often :• reach not tenderly toward their grandchil i.ldren in and beyond the Rocky Mountains, •"■•_ As to- native-born grandmothers they are •very' hard to find west of the Rocky Monn ••-. tains. With the exception of the early set .-. tlements in the Oregon country, the Mor .. Anions in Utah, and the occasional home of . . the .1 earlier trapper in the mountains, or '.: 'ranchman in California, the civilization is '..'too young or native-born grandmothers. jflijlii Tkanksglrtng and No Orardmolltr. ... It was only forty years ago that the great ' rush was made to the gold-fields of Califor • nia, and not until ten years later did the tide. of immigration shut for Pike's Peak. ; -Possibly California may produce a few very • youthful grandmothers, about, say, 40 years I of age; but you could scarcely find a native -Ib-rn prai.ilniother.of even that early age in - Colorado. Nevertheless the State has a population of nearly 2.000.C00. Nebraska, • too, ha» hardly a grandmother to the manner born. Those two Stales were a waste of ' prairie and plain thirty-six years ago, and ' the home of the. buffalo and the Indian, - where the face of a white man was hardly '• known. In the older "new West," consist ' ing of Minnesota, lowa, Missouri, Arkansas, -- Louisiana and Texas, they have grandmoth .. ers of Hi -ir own. But you can-look upon all that vast region West of the States bordering immediately - on the west side of the Mississippi River, .and Texas, as having scarcely a native-born . . American grandmother among millions of : people. That region includes more than -lone half of the land over which the flag of the Hi-public will float on Thanksgiving day yet a native grandmother can scarcely be found. : if the Far West can do so much in building an empire without grandmothers what wiil it not do when It has grandmothers ' of it own, and their kindly influence for . good is. every where felt. No better mothers can-be. found in the whole country than the '. mothers of the West Many of them have ' reared model families In the fare of almost . .overwhelming obstacles. We have only to • look forward a few years to see them peace ful, kindly, loving and honored grandmothers. . .Then, indeed, will the Par West be at last 'in .full possession of one of the greatest ■' blessings of civilization that has thus far been denied to her. Thanksgiving without grandmothers is dreary Indeed; but the Western grandchil ■ dren forget them not. - The grandmothers in ' .the East, in far away New England in the Southern --land, may rest assured that the • hearts of their Western grandchildren go .- ont to ' them .as - tenderly as if they had known them and been rocked by them in the cradle. ■: It is a | kind |of desert spot in children's lives not to have seen a grand mother and felt her tender caresses. The birthplace of some. of those earlier Grandchildren was, in the pioneer days of lie far West, In the old freight wagons and prairie schooners. On the Oregon, Califor nia and Pike's Peal; trails many a baby was b'ru in an old canvas-cover* (1 wagon, and all honor So the mo-hers ol the nation, who centuries ago braved the dangers of almost unknown seas to establish American homes from the New England coast to the Georgia shore. Then over the Al'eghanies they came, and then across the Mississippi River. But American women stopped not there. They, too, braved the wilderness of plain and desert and the storm and dangers of unknown mountain passes. The chil dren whose first sight of the wor.d was fiom a canvas wagon train, and who are now grown to manhood and womanhood, cannot look back to a mansion or vine-clad cottage as their birthplace. There is no such sacred home for them to meet in for the happy re union on Thanksgiving. But they are proud of their birthplace. on the fleeting trails of western empire, at a time when brave men were blazing a pathway for new commonwea'ths to the Pacific, and still more heroic wives went with them. Some times this story was a sail one. A grave was dog; a Coffin was made from a few pine boards torn from the wagon-bed. Her sis ters—for at such times all women are sis- ti-iri.io on the Plains. tcrs— what preparations they could; mother and child were buried in the same, grave, and the caravan moved on. Neither minister nor priest was there; the board with the name rudely carved thereon has rotted away, and the drifting sands have long since obliterated what else could have marked the spot. No wonder, then, children born amid such surroundings have grown up into strong, self-reliant and courageous men and women Their hearts go out in this Thanksgiving season to the grandmothers of the East and South to whom they claim kinship. Who among the children of the far West would not love to see one dear and venerable face in the old homestead on Thanksgiving day ? Denver, Oilo., ISOO. Will C. KtKBiL. PETS ON A MAN-O'-WAR. A Parrot That Gave the Order, "Strike Eight Be'ls." It is impossible for a landsman to imagine the amount of pleasure derived from pets in board of one of Uncle Sam's cruisers in f(re'gn sias during the dog watches, when Jackey is in want of new diversions. The monotony of shipboard life would be oppres sive in theextr. me were it not for the patience of Jack in fondling, caring for and training animals found in foreign climes wheie per mission to visit the shore is denied the sailor. While the writer was serving on the Brooklyn a few years ago a number of pets were gathered from their wild homes in Africa ami Madagascar prior to and after the transit of Venus expedition of ISB3. Captain Weaver had a fine collection of gray parrots from Capo Town, of which he thought a great deal. One of the most prom ising met with a watery grave while impris oned in his cage, due to the carelessness of a steward who attempted to clean the homo of the beauty on the gangway, where he lost his hold on the cage, which fell and sank beneath the quiet waters of the Rio de la Plata. Another of the number excited attention and comment by calling " Come in !" to the knock of the orderly on the door of the Cap tain. As time wore on the bird began to arrest the attention of officers and men by its com mand to strike ".Eight bolls and call the watch," given with all the expressive em phasis of the tired watch officer anxious for his relief when 8 o'clock had been an nounced to the Captain. The commanding officer consequently became very much at tached to his bird, which learned to repeat whole sentences calculated to be especially gratifying to the Captain's children iv after days. On the transit of Venus expedition a great variety of pets was secured, among which a young guanaco was the most con spicuous. This was a beautiful animal; its lustrous eyes were so expressive of gentle ness that it seemed a pity to keep it in cap tivity. The men tried every means to tame it, but it died before becoming accustomed to its new surroundings. A young ostrich lived on the lorecastle for some weeks, and astonished all by a voracious appetite. It liually died, however, from undigested cop per tacks. On the Madagascar cruise the greatest variety of pets were collected. Among the most iinuiAing and entertaining was a mon key named Mayjuuja, alter Mojanga in Madagascar, where it was given to the marine officer. This monkey stood about 3 feet 6 inches high; it was very good natured and was secured by a heavy chain, notwithstanding which she frequently broke adrift, and the efforts to capture her in the rigging and in different parts of the ship created a great deal of fun. Her frequent excursions to the quarters of the officers provoked many execrations from the confines of the ward-room, when an inkstand was found to be upset, the teeth of combs wrecked, photographs of loved ones at home scattered and a variety of other misde meanors committed. Frequent appeals to the owner of the monkey lor relief resulted in a sale to an American circus company, and Mayjunga was one of the attractions of the showy posters. At Montevideo Jackey. with a view of having a Thanksgiving dinner, secured a young pig, which was duly named "Dennis." It did not take long for his porkship to become drilled into the wishes of his trainers. lie was always on hand at the hatchway when the bell ' struck 8 for meals. In the rear guard of the diners Den nis would _. waddle along with his char acteristic grnnt. During meal hours Dennis would trot the deck with ."Tom," a noble, knowing cat, and a terror to mousehood, astride his back, spectacled, and with a cigarette in his feline mouth. At Capetown, South Africa, a chameleon was one of the steerage pets. This strange creature, called Dick, was fed with flies, and after getting remarkably fat one day gave birth to twenty-one little chameleons, 'the youngsters thrived for awhile and finally died. Dick grieved so much over her loss that she pined away, until one morning early her lifeless body was found on the tabic by Jimmy Legs on his rounds. Referring to Mayjunga, the incorrigible monkey, the writer cannot refrain from tell ing of a combat with his highness. On the occasion of his transfer to the circus pre cincts he showed signs of insubordination toward his trainer. His sense of superiority over his dwarfed companions when in the arena fur drill caused the monkey temper to raise, much ,to the annoyance of his kin dred and the master of ceremonies. For his stubbornness confinement with dry bread and very little water was the punishment inflicted to bring him to terms of pupilage. Being in the vicinity of the circus grounds one warm afternoon a desire came over me to visit "Mayjunga." While inspecting the various performing animals I inquired how our monkey was making out In his new de parture. The answer was anything but encouraging, aud on my expressing sym pathy for the trainer in his vaiu efforts to curb the obstinate spirit, 1 was invited to have a look at the animal. As soon as the door of his kennel was opened and his monkeyship espied me, a squeal, rush ami embrace around my while-appnrclcd body ensued ere I could catch a breath. ' Fancy three and a half feet of monkey flesh cling ing to me with upturned face and eyes full of entreaty to restore him to his former home and save him the humiliation of con sorting with a minor family. -■-.-.. Of course my persuasions ! had to come in play, so I asked for a piece of cube sugar and threw it on the ground, when his grasp was loosened and I was beyond the reach of his chain with an imprint of his muddy paws and body on coat, vest and trousers. A change of clothes was soon made, and I vowed vengeance on - that monkey while retiring from his piteous cries. Volumes could be written concerning the pets trained on our cruisers. _- v"; -There is really but one place in the world where violins are made extensively. "That place is Markneukirchen, with its surround ing villages. There aieaitogether about 1.", --000 people living there who do nothing else but make violins. The inhabitants, from the little urchin to the old gray-headed man,' the small girl and the old grandmother, all are engaged in making some part of a fiddle. For the "fast express" of the heart reason is the best switchman. THE MORNING CALL. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 23. 1890r-SIXTEEN PAGES. THEY CALL HIM " A JONAH." -..._- js.-..~^_.^-.~r-* - r • _ r r,* -*&_miS_sr3f m^ m *^*Jk_\_trM. aJeff Captain Annett, a Mariner, Who Has Had Much Hard Luck. Adventures That Would Suffice for a Helen Ordinary Mm — la an Insurrection. Wrecked at Sea. f^ATTAIX ROBERT A. ANNETT f-fe". recently reached the city of Baltl (Lht ' more, and, according to the Sun of that city, his adventures would suffice for a dozen ordinary men. The captain has had EO much hard luck that his friends call him a "Jonah." He was on the Virginia yester day when she ran into the tug-boat Volun teer. The captain .was born at Shudyside, X. J., June 16, 1856, and during the 34 years of his life he has been shipwrecked a number of times, his life has been -at tempted twice, anil the story of . his hair breadth escapes would fill a large volume. Most ol his life has been passed on the sea, but for a time he was an insurrectionist in Buenos Ayres, and a seeker after the hidden treasure of a pirate. He bears on his body and limbs the marks of several bullets, and his right hand shows scars from tne teeth of a tiger. Captain Annetl's health is still good, but his coal-black hair was turned gray in a few hours by one terrible experi ence, and contrasts strongly with an other wise youthful appearance. lie resides now at 1493 Avenue A, New York. Captain Annett comes of a seafaring fam ily. His father was Captain Stephen An nett who commanded the steamer Thomas E. fluke, plying between New York, Shady side and Fort .Lee. At the age of 10 years both Captain Robert's parents died, and lie was adopted by a cousin, Gardiner G. Yoe liu, a wealthy New Yorker. The boy was sent to school, but soon developed the love for travel and adventure which lie has sought to gratify all his life. At the age of 10 he ran away fiom school and shipped as cabin-boy on the Atlas Line steamer Clara Belle, " running between Kingston, Jamaica, and New York. lie fol lowed the sea and rose in his calling uutil at HI years of age he commanded the bark entine Flora, plying between Buenos Avivs and Liverpool. He made five voyages as captain of the Flora, and became intimate with Captain Bon Juan Garrihan of the Spanish army, who was stationed at Mercedes, Buenos Ayres. At the solicitation of the Spanish officer, Captain Annett gave up the command of the burkentiue and allied himself with the Teyednr party against the Roca party in the insurrection of about nine j ears ago in Buenos Ayres. Captain Annett was put in command of a de tachment of "cavalry and was detailed to guard Don Juan's cattle and sheep ranch near Mercedes.' He sent scouts out every day to give warning of the enemy's apnroa h, but when a force of the Roca party was discovered in the neighborhood the troops of Captain Annett deserted to a man. Previously they had beau sharpening their swords and lances and declaring they would carve their foes in great style. At the suggestion of Captain Aunett, Dou Juan left with his wife and three children for a place of concealment. 'fhe enemy's forces arrived at the ranch about 11 o'clock at night, after Captain An nett had gone to bed. They knocked at the door and demanded that Hon Juan should open it. Captain Annett pretended not to understand Spanish and answered in En glish that Bon Juan had gone. The soldiers pointed their pistols at Captain Annetl's head and dragged him from the house. An interpreter was fi and who translated CArTAix annett's wokds. But he was not believed. The commander of the party demanded several times that Captain Annett should declare where Don Juan was concealed, and when Captain An nett reiterated in English that he did not know a file of soldier was drawn up to shoot him. As the order to fire was about to be given the man who acted as interpreter threw himself In front of Captain Annett, declaring that the Cap tain could not belong to Don Juan's parly, as he did not understand Spanish. The commander fired a pistol at Captain Annetl's head, but the interpreter knocked, the weapon aside, and Captain Annett's life was saved. The experience turned Captain Annett's hair from black to gray. A pris oner who attempted to escape while this was going on was brought back and had his brains blown out in the yard. The insur rection lasted three months and resulted disastrously to the parly of Don Juan. In lbs" Captain Annett acted as steward, pilot and interpreter to the expedition which left New York October l!)th of that year, on the schooner-yacht Marin, in search of pirates' gold on the Island of Santa Cata lina, In the Caribbean Sea, which was formerly the headquarters of Captain Mor gan, the buccaneer. The island lies in about latitude 11- north. It is a mile in citcum ference, mountainous and a complete net work of caverns. It is uninhabited, but was strongly fortified by Captain Morgan. Captain _ Annett had made two pre vious visits to the island and was familiar with it. Buccaneer Morgan was a sanguinary pirate, and after killing all the crew of every vessel he capt ured, would secrete the booty on the island of Santa Calalina, according to tradition. It is reported among the natives of the island of Old Providence, three-quarters of a mile from Santa Catalina, that when Captain Morgan was captured by a British man-of war he said he would reveal the biding place of his treasure if his lifo was spared. This was refused, and Captain Morgan was banned at the yard-arm, his secret dying with him. An encyclopedia says that Sir Henry Morgan, the renowned buccaneer, lived in peace and plenty at Jamaica for the last twenty years of his life, and . died in 1090, aged 53 years, after being knighted by Charles 11. The natives believe! their ver sion of the buccaneer's taking off, and the report has spread of fabulous sums of treas ure bidden on the island. About a dozen expeditions have been fitted out to search for these supposed riches. Captain Annett says he has met two men who have found treasures on the Island. One of these Is John Curry of Kingston, Jamaica, who discovered in a cave 810,000 in Spanish doubloons. Curry told Captain An nett that h<_ landed on the Island from a Spanish vessel in search of wood and water. While there he chased an iguana, which ran in a hole near one of the forts. Curry put his hand in the hole after the animal, ami says it came in contact with masonry. He pulled out two or three stones, and discov ered that the masonry concealed the en trance to a large cave. Curry entered the cave and built fire to give him light, and was astonished at what be beheld. There were in the cave nine earthen jars as high as a man, filled to the top with Spanish doub loons, and cases filled with jewels, while gold and silverware were strewn around. Curry took away 810,000 in gold, as much as he could conveniently carry without exciting tin! suspicion of the men on the vessel, who he feared would murder him if HIS BECBET WAS DISCOVERED. He went to Jamaica and spent his fortune in live years. When advised to be less lav ish in his expenditure Curry would say he knew where there was plenty more. After his treasure was exhausted he returned to the Island, and was arrested there by the Indians of Old Providence and taken to Asplnwail, where lie was imprisoned. The Spanish authorities tried to make Curry tell where he found the money, hut lie refused to do so. Air. Compton, the British Consul at A-ipinwall, interfered in Curry's behalf and he was released. When taken from prison Curry showed to the Consul several valuable rings which he said he had discovered on his second visit to the island before ho was captured. Bis story induced Mr. Compton to invest his whole fortune in an expedition to the island, aud he seemed the services of a British man-of-war to protect those making the search. Curry was with the expedition, but refused to dis close the treasure cave, as he said he was afraid he would not get any of the find. The crew of the man-of-war searched the Island for three weeks,' but discovered nothing. Curry was threatened with lynching, and Mr. Compton committed suicide by blowing his brains out as a result of : the expedition. Mr. Alexander Archibald of Old Providence while • diguing a well on Santa Catalina . struck an earthen jar with his spade. Thinking he had made a discovery, he sent . his assistants buck to Old Providence and pursued his in vestigations alone. When the jar was re moved Mr. Archibald found it to contain $15,000 In Spanish doubloons. Another ex pedition will be organized in New York in the si ring to search for the treasure. Cap. tain Annett will have full charge. - Conces sions have been obtained from the Govern ment of Honduras for this expedition, and it will not be molested. It pays 10 per cent to the Government and 15 per cent - to " the Belize Produce Company of Honduras on all treasure found for the privilege of prose cuting the search. - The yacht Maria reached the Island on ' November 24, 1887, and the expedition re mained there for three weeks without mak ing any discovery. Permission was obtained to -.-_. visit {. the l island - for the purpose of l hunting, but, the real nature of the expedi tion having been discovered, a Spanish man of-war was sent to investigate. The ■ Maiia sailed away from one side of the island while the mnn-of-WH_»was approaching the other.'- The Maria proceeded to Belize, and then spent three mouths searching - for > the Phantom's treasure on Terneffe Cays, .: in the Bay of ; ; Honduras; a The - machinery gave out, • and- the expedition' headed for New York. "- Five days after leaving Ber lize the yacht sprung: a leak when 150 miles from land. The crow was : rescued by the ship Arbela of Nova Scotia, one hour before the yacht sank. The ship was bound for South America, and the shipwrecked crew was transferred In six days to the schooner Williamine, bound for Providence, K.T., where the customs officers sent the voy ageurs home. Captain Eunelt says there Is corroborative evidence of Curry's story, and he believes there are rich treasures on the island. The story of Curry's life was well known, and the captain inquired at the bank where the doubloons were said to have been deposit. d, and ascertained that it was the truth. : When Captain Annett is talking of the many vicissitudes of his life, the recol lections of his adventures crowd upon him so fast that it is difficult for him to select what might be regarded as the MOST INTERESTING. . In 1884 he was steward on the schooner Myer Mueller of Belfast, Me., which was wrecked near Ocean City, Md. j The schooner was io-t, but all on board were saved by the crew of the life-saving station. . On December 5, 1885, the schooner Colonel Milliken of Bath, Me., of which he was mate, ran on a coral reef near Mornut Cays, in the Caribbean Sea, while on a voyage from Mar aiaibo to Boston. The crew managed to reach Morant Cays on rafts made of the vessel's hatches, and for fourteen days they ltd a Robinson Crusoe sort of life, sub sisting on fo<d saved lrom the wreck. Finally their signals of distress were seen by a small sponge schooner called the Wave, hailing from Kingston, Jamaica, and they were rescued. When taken off the island the castaways had been on short allowance for days and had barely sufficient food to last them three days longer. On March 13, 1880. Captain Annett was on the schooner Eva May of Portland, Me., which was dismasted iv a gale and bad to be towed back to port. In September, 18SP, the man of advent ures shipped as steward on the schooner Eclipse, but met with his usual luck. When off Barnegat the schooner was caught in a cyclone with other vessels. The storm caused the scho ncr to run into the steamer Reliance, and also into an unknown schooner. The Eclipse was wrecked, her mainmast being carried away and all the boats lost. The crew was tiken off by the steamer A. F. Waliott after drifting for two hours. East July he shipped as a mate of the schooner Maud, bound from Gardiner, Mo., to Philadelphia with a cargo of ice. On the 15th of the month, while in a fog, the schooner was run into and nearly cut in two by the steamer Munition of Boston about eleven miles southeast of Nanset Light. Captain Annett was below at the time, and he and the rest of the crew had barely time to lower and cuter a small boat when their vessel sank. Captain Annett's last trip was on the schooner Job A. Jackson Jr. While cat heading the anchor on the schooner shortly after leaving Portsmouth, the Winch-pin slipped, causing the cable to run out with great rapidity. One man had an arm broken by the accident and received severe injuries. Another man had an ankle dislocated. The accident caused the schooner to sail to Bos ton, where the men were placed in Chelsea Hospital and two others secured in their stead. The schooner then sailed for New port News, where Captain Annett left her. He went to Portsmouth and took passage on the Bay line steamer Virginia on Tues day evening. Coining up the Day yesterday he had bis usual experience. He Is an early riser, and was standing in the Virginia's bow when the collision occurred which is detailed elsewhere, and ho was an eye witness of the accident. Captain Annett congratulates himself on having survived all the perils he has en countered. He thinks he will be recom pensed finally by discovering the hidden treasures of Santa Catalina. In order to keep himself in readiness for this expedition be ships only on coasting vessels, so as to be near home, and generally in the capacity of steward,- that he may be able to quit at any time. He intends going to Mow York to da}', and further news of him may be ex pected shortly. THE JAPANESE WAY. The Obsequiousness of Servants in Japan— The Value of $20. That a little money goes a good way in Japan, and that the obsequiousness of Jap anese servants is bred in the bone, are two things that an American, woman whose home is there since her marriage has re cently found out, writes a contributor to the New York Times. About to start out one morning she noticed that her jinricksha man looked pale and ill. She sioke to him, asking if he were sick, and suggested a substitute. But the fellow protested that lie was perfectly well, anil seemed so genuinely distressed that her excellency should have deigned to notice his physical condition that she look her seat without a word and the man trotted off. She had forgotten the matter when a sud den jolt and stumble nearly threw her out, and she saw that her runner had fallen to the ground. Hastily descending, she was horrified to discover that he was dead. Greatly shocked that he should have thus died in bis tracks in her service, she had his b»dy conveyed to her house and his wife informed. It was with some uneasiness that she presently found the woman had ar rived. She expected that in the bitterness of her grief the. newly made widow might give WHy to some quite justifiable reproaches, and indeed the woman did meet her with loud gesticulations, though with many salaams. At length, however, the meaning of her profuse obeisance and noisy vocifer ations was apparent she was mortified al most beyond recovery that this miserable fellow, this rude, unmannerly scoundrel, had presumed to die while dragging the jinrick slut of so lovely and adorable a being as her excellency, who most, she feared, have been annoyed by the sudden stoppage of her vehicle, perhaps even, oh that she should live to see this day! been obliged to walk a few steps, and so on in the most extravagant style. It was with difficulty that her con tempt for the conduct of her dead husband could he appeased, but she finally withdrew, overwhelmed with gratitude "and lavish servility at the gift of $20 which was be stowed to defray the funeral expenses of the deceased spouse. About three weeks later the lady received a pretty little Japanese box as a "gift from the widow, and soon after a visit in person. With her former prodigality of gesture aud speech she announced that owing to the ex traordinary riches with which the bountiful and beneficent Madame had endowed her she had been able to make a most satisfac tory second marriage, and . loudly called down the blessings of all Jnpanese deities upon her who had bestowed such a doner! HOW TO TAKE COLD BATHS. Yon Mny Venture, lint Beware How You Try Them on Mcl; 11-.1. .s. . Having carefully read all your articles on health, 1 cannot help but express my admi ration of the last one by "Shirley Dare," which contains good sense in every line, writes N. Van Bell in the New York Her ald. Several weeks since you had a long article of some physician recommending the shock of a cold bath in aggravated cases of measles and other diseases. I am convinced that article has already been the means of killing some and _ permanently Injuring the health of many others. '.., Believing as f do in the benefit of the shock produced by acold bath, I have Studied . the mailer in all its details and believe that I have a knowledge as to who should in dulge in this luxury, and how they can ac custom themselves to this shock; but to make the sweeping assertion that Infants: with malignant measles should be pitched into a cold bath is, in my opinion, not only brutal, but cold-blooded murder. ' There may be special cases in which this treat ment might lie justified— of which the phy sician in charge ought to be the best judge. There is no doubt that to those who can take the cold plunge it becomes a tonic, but even for a well person who has not prop erly accustomed himself to jumping into a cold bath in the cold weather it is absolutely, dangerous and the health of many has . been permanently ■ injured by so doing. Many of our physicians know very little on tills subject, nor have made a study of it Those practicing at the baths of Germany France, Belgium and Hungary are thor oughly conversant with it, and the fact that they instruct their patients to approach the cold ■ plunge by slow degrees ought to be sufficient proof, that it is absolutely crim inal to advise the public to throw their sick infants into a cold bath. Any one desiring to try the cold plunge system should see that the temperature of tlio bath-room is at least .70 degrees. ' The : bath is best taken in the morning on rising with the water at a temperature of 88 de grees, reducing It one decree daily | until arriving at a temperature of 68 degrees. One should remain In the . water but a' few seconds, and before jumping in should al -ways wet the her.d and chest, i. Bub briskly and dry thoroughly on getting out and dress rapidly as possible. If a glow does not take place do not reduce the temperature, as it is dangerous to take a bath of this kind to one whose blood does not circulate well. After one has reached the 08 degrees with comfort he will experience no discomfort or danger in plunging into ice water, provided the room be of comfortable temperature. -■'-■■■-. THANKSGIVING DINNER. The Recollection of a Pleasant Event Long Since Past. flints for a Sinter for the Present— Two Ex : esllent Menus Presented— How'to Chooss ' and How to Boast a Turkey. TCyTfiEXT Thursday will be Thanks |\| '■ giving day, and on that day, next to M.J m,i returning thanks for the blessings of the year just ended, that which occupies the mind of many is what there will be for the Thanksgiving dinner. The following rela tive thereto are from several articles es pecially prepared for the Ladies' Home Journal. . . An Old Thnnkselvlne Dinner.. How well I remember that old Thanksgiv ing dinner! Father at one end, mother at the otherend; the children between, wonder ing if father will ever get done carving the turkey, writes Dr. : Talmagc. Oh, that proud, strutting hero of the barnyard, upside down, his plumes gone and minus his gobble! Stuffed with that which he can neverdigust! The day before, ! at school, we had learned that Greece was south of Turkey, but at the tabic we found that turkey was bounded by grease. The brown surface waited for the fork to plunge astride the breast bono, and with' knife, sharpened on the jambs of the fireplace, lay bare the folds of white meat. Give to the hoy disposed to be sentimental the heart. Give to the one disposed to music the drumstictr. Give to the one disposed to theological discussion the "parson's nose." Then the pie?-! For the most part a lost art. What mince pies! in which you had all confidence, fashioned from all rich ingredients, instead of miscel laneous leavings which are only a sort of glorified hash! Not .mince pies with pro found mysteries of oi igin! But mother made them, sweetened them, flavored them and laid the lower crust and the upper crust, with here and there a puncture by the fork to lot you look through the light and flaky surface into the substance beneath. No brandy, for the old folks were stout for tem perance, but cider about half way between new and hard. Dear me! What a pie! How to Bare it Good Dinner. So few persons have the privilege of a perfect Thanksgiving dinner, for the simple reason that the majority of individuals live at a distance from the abundant markets of our larger cities. But for this, writes Mrs- S. T. Borer, the success of a dinner depends greatly upon the tact and talent of the housewife. If she has the power to bold the appetite of her guests until the end of a thoroughly good dinner, and can assure them getting up fiom her table in a comfortable state of body and mind, she is indeed an artist, and would probably have the power to serve a lovely dinner, even in the midst of a lorest. Do not attempt a grand dinner, but have a satisfactory one. Begin your dinner, If it is convenient, with three oysters to each guest This may seem a small allowance, but it Is preferable to the conventional six. Have the plates filled with cracked ice and nicely garnished with water-cress, the oys ters in their deep shells, neatly disposed of in the ice. Let your table be well laid with the best china you possess and a spotlessly white table-cloth. Allow no dingy-looking goblet or dull silver to destroy the white ness of the linen or the brightness of the table. Carl Benson tells us: "liver and over again he has generous feasts trans formed Into barbaric meals by the lack of clean plates, clean forks and clean glasses." lion to Choose . Turkey. On Thanksgiving day every American family makes an effort to dine on turkey. The turkey, being a gift for which all Americans should bo thankful, seems es pecially appropriate as a Thanksgiving of fering. If you are a town-dweller you must secure your bird from a poulterer; and let me whisper to you not to rely too implicitly on his judgment. Tastes differ, and upon this occasion you wish to suit your own. Some persons prefer a gobbler to a nen-tur key, but 1 will advise you a hen. , The meat is whiter, sweeter and more tender. The bill and toes should be soft, and the flesh have a bluish-white cast, twelve pounds be ing an exceedingly good weight. The for tunr.te country-dweller has his own turkeys, or should have at least, and can mold them nt will. The feed can be so managed that the meat will be white, tender and of a deli carj flavor, or the flavor may be greatly heightened by a change of diet. Chopped turnips, cabbage and parsley, varied with cornmeal, boiled n.'e and chopped celery tops, impait a peculiar gamey flavor, which to many persons is very desirable. This food may be given three or four days before killing. ' Bow to Ko.it a Turkey. Select a large, fat, tender turkey, and have it nicely dressed, drawn, washed, wiped dry and well singed, says Miss Anne Alex ander Cameron. Kub it all over, inside and outside, with pepper and salt. Make a stuf fing of the following ingredients: One pound of light bread-crumbs, half a pound of butter, a heaping tablespoonful of finely minced onion, salt and pepper, one raw egg and enough water to mix rather soft. Stuff the breast first and sow it up, then stuff the bods'. Kub the turkey all over with melted butter, and dredge well with sifted flour. Lay it in the pan on Its breast, and pour in a quart of cold water. Have the oven well heated but not too hot, as the turkey must cook slowly 'to be done. Allow a quarter of an hour to each pound. Have some butter in a plate with a larding -111 op. From time to time baste the turkey with the gravy in the pan, rut) over with the larding-mop and dredge again with flour. As it browns turn from side to side, and. last of all, brown the breast Frequent basting, dredging and turning will insure perfect cooking. When done it should bo a rich dark brown all over, and when a fork is stuck deep into it no red juice should run. Remove it to a hot dish and, if the gravy is not quite thick enough, add a tcsispoonf ul of flour creamed smooth with some of the grease skimmed from the gravy. If while cooking the gravy in the pan boils away too much more water should be added. When the turkey is done there should be about a pint of gravy. •" ' -. ' r The Thaokazlvli-r Dessert. The dessert of a Thanksgiving dinner which, if properly managed, can be made the most attractive feature of the dinner, should be arranged with skill and good taste. Arrange toe various fruits on high glass dishes, decorate them with an abun dance of lovely fresh leaves, and have them placed on the table from the commencement of the meal. These, with the addition of plenty of carefully selected flowers placed in small vases and mixed freely with some delicate ferns, will impart a most dainty and artistic appearance to the whole. Two ThKiibNtlviDE Menus. '. The following menus for a Thanksgiving dinner are prepare I oy such excellent '. au thorities as Mrs. S. T. Ithorer nnd Miss Anna Alexander Cameron. . The menus are simple and composed of dishes easily pro cured by all people: • , - MK.SD. Oysters on tin- Half-shell. Clear Tumalo Soup. - a Salted Almonds. Olives. _ Celery. Tlmbale of Salmon. Sauce IlnllaiiUalse. Potato Halls with Parsley Sauce. Turkey Crau Deny Sauce. . Boiled lPce. Peas. Sweet Potato Croquettes. Sweelbiend Salad. - ' Cheese Fingers. Pumpkin Tie. Mince Pie. Cranberry Tart. . -Nuts. Kalills. ■: . • Fiuiti..--.. t'ollee. ■y~|~Mffflg^CTfH Where game can be procured It makes a nice course to follow the turkey, especially if they are separated by a sherbet or punch. If the game bo woodcock, serve with maca roni; ;if it chance to be duck,- sour-grape jelly and - _ potato croquette are agreeable accompaniments. , The following is also a most excellent menu which will insure a perfect dinner: - lioast Turkey. Boiled Ham. Chicken Pie. Kuat-t Beef. Cabbage Pudding. Stewed Salsify. - Macaroni. Bice. Creamed Potatoes. Sliced Sweet Potatoes. Cranberries Stewed. Celery. Pickles. Walnut Ketchup. '-.;.'-- White Bread. --• - Brown Hi. ad. DESSERT. ..";' Jtalsio Cake, Iced. Mince Pie. ' - Anple Pie. Pumpkin Pie. Squash Pudding. - ' Orange Jelly. ••- Oranges. ' Bauauas. luisins. Nuts. Olives. - Sailed Almonds. Collee. A LOATHSOME DISEASE, A Wnriilritf Uttered »a to die Dancer of MSBflBBBMflPB£» Leprosy. -, :"•: Considerable excitement has prevailed in Chester j over -the ! discovery of • the f leper, John Andersen,* who has been residing hero for _ the j last ' two years j undiscovered," and public attention is once more drawn to this most dreadful disease and the probability of its I spreading \in | tnis country. % The | most eminent authorities declare the disease to he highly contagious, and j this is proved from the fact that up to about forty-five years ago there was 'no < leprosy in the Sanfiwiili Islands, and no sun of the disease there until it ■ was introduced .by : two . Chinese coolies. v Now. oyer one-tenth 'of ; the population . are victims. iln the year 1803 there ■ were - three -:. lepers on -'• r- the Island of Trinidad ; in : 1878 this number had In. rea-ed to ; SCO. One of the peculiarities of the - contagious . effects of leprosy is that • the germs _ may exist in the body and lie dormant for i any period up to twenty-five years. As an illustration of this there is a ease on record in '-: which a man developed leprosy at the ageof 40, which was distinctly traced to his having as a boy con tracted the disease playing - with a native Indian boy who afterward was found to be a leper.' v ' The actual origin of leprosy has not yet been determined upon, although the disease is so ancient; but Dr. Jonathan Hutchinson of Loudon, England, in a paper read before the last Medical Congress In Berlin, attrib uted it to an excessive fish diet and said he had found the leprous parasite existent in fish, and that the countries where leprosy was most prevalent were . those whoso in habitants existed largely upon fish. In this country the Chinese are the great est sufferers, and in many cases import the disease. Once here, they may spread the germs far and wide by means of their laun dries. In speaking of this, one of the most eminent dermatof gists in -this city said: "I am very free to confess I would on no account have my laundry done by a China man, owing to the prevalence of leprosy among them." There is always great difficulty in discov ering leprosy, among the Chinese particu larly, as once affected a sufferer endeavors in every manner to hide it, knowing that In disclosing the fact be would be isolated and cut iff from nil association with the out side world. As a consequence there may be numbers of cases in litis city, unheard of and unknown, but which, at the same time, may be the means of spreading the disease. That this is so is shown by the fact that the Chinese leper, "Hop," now in the Munici pal : Hospital, was only . discovered by his being compelled to seek advice at the Phila delphia Hospital for a severe attack of ery sipelas. When informed ho was suffering from leprosy ho acknowledged having no ticed it for twelve months. All that time he had been working at his business, and per haps disseminating the germs of "lie disease to develop in ll>« persons of those infected in years to come.— Philadelphia Record. REDFERN NEW LONG COATS. Garments Designed for Blizzard Weather. . MiEW YORK, Nov. 10, 1890. -As the i season advances, and the mild coin ' fortable days grew few and infre quent, the sensible women of New York re lieve from . duty j those little apologies for wraps which have .heretofore served them and bring forth in their stead the stately long cloaks of the newmarket, dolman and redingote types, which protect the whole person and have a warm seasonable look which is almost' as comfortable to the be- holder as. to. the wearer. For dressy occa sions, such as day receptions, afternoon calls and theater use, these garments are of vel vet, matelasse silk or of fine smooth cloth, the latter used in combination with velvet or plush and enriched with elaborate braid ing and embroidery of silk and metallic threads. But for driving and walking, when such rich fabrics would be in peor taste, there aie fancy French figured cloak ings in soft harmonious colorings which accord w ell with ■;. the favorite furs of the season. The most popular designs for these cloaking* are the disk and ' lozenge patterns in shaded, indefinite tones and in tufted furry weaves which were introduced in the first-class goods early in the fall. So stylish L / ftSiWphl»iH^B|R fJ^BS fe^fi V l! 'ift v I ' J^^k^^M^BH^^^^^^\ptWj^S^^^^TMpjK^^^K^j?j^^^ty*^H^^t and effective are these French fluffs that they have even gained the approval of Red fcrn, who, as a general thing, rarely con sents to use any figured or mixed materials except - the standard cheviots, ' homespuns and tweeds.' - A lone coat just turned out by his New York establishment is of a very dark terra cotta caniel's-h.tir, v ; on ' which are oval lozenges of electric blue. It is a close-flit newmarket, springing open below the waist, with sieves widening at the wrist, and the trimming : is bands of Alaska sable on the high collar, around the sleeves and down the front*. Another very. stylish garment Is long, tight paletot of sealskin, with puffed sleeves and an elaborate trimming of Persian lamb. En passant it may be recorded that this Is the most fashionable and stylish combina tion In furs.- - - ; - . . K. c-'*; - . McAllister Not a Society Leader. One of the mistakes that they have fallen Into is to refer to me as a leader of society. I have never assumed such a position. A leader of . society, _ as I understand it, is a man or woman of great wealth who is able and willing :to .'give sumptuous entertain ments - aud give them frequently, and who for that reason is able to influence the social position of a I great many individual mem bers of society. .- lain . not a man ? of . great wealth and it would be absurd for me to pre tend to the leadership that is constantly attributed .to me. The newspapers them- I selves have persisted lin | regarding me as a leader, and, having done so, gravely quarrel with I their own - proceedings in the matter and base their criticisms on the foundation supplied by their, own vague assumption. N. Y. .Wurld.'..."'--i-;v^y- .:-.--.',: ". ■ " -- . %~- Society is dull in Leavenworth because of . a lack |of young men, and dull in Topeka because ol a scarcity of young ladies. LA VICOMTESSE DE SEZE. A Most Brilliant Wedding in the Parisian Capital. Marriage of the Daughter of the Buajlan Em bassador to Paris— The Nobility at the Wedding-The Ccstly Gifts. Special to Tv:: Sunday Call. FH[*ARI.S, Nov. I, lß9o.— The great event Ifip;^ of .the past week lias been the wed l^S diug of Viscount Kdniiartl de Seze and Mile- de Mohrenlifim, daughter of the Banian Embassador in Pari''. v_..-: .'■-- For days previous to the . religious cere mony . at the Chnrcli Ste/ Clotilde there had been fetes at tbe Kusainn Embassy, and the grandest of these was a reception given to more than 2000 persons, on the . occasion of the signine of the marriage contract. The house was superbly decorated, and footmen, chasseurs aud halU-bardiers were in white livery. The pr-sents were exhibited In the Salle dv Trone, and, of course, the one that excited most interest was given by the Bat? press of Russia, to whom Mile, da Mohren lieim is maid of honor. It is a brooch, com posed of enormous sapphires, surrounded by diamonds. .The autograph letter accom panying the gift, translated, reads in this way: "For dear Marie, with heartfelt wishes fur her happiness. October, 181)0. Marie." The Queen of Denmark sent a bracelet of diamonds and sapphires. . Mine. Carnot's gift was a Sevres vase; that of Baron and Baroness de Mohrenheim, silver table service; Mile. Uedwige de Mohrenlieim, silver leu servi-e; Earl and Countess Lytton, silver teapot; Lady Con stance Evtton, old Suxe inkstand; Huron Korff, the btide's uncle, two Teke i-arpet? ; baroness Korff. diamond and sapphire hair ornament; Princess Troulietak'ii, silver samovar; Princess bchirbatoff, gold drink ing cup; attaches of the Russian Embassy, two live-branched silver candlesticks; Count and Countess de Sezr, superb silver tea service; Count and Countess de Brigode, silver lamp; Baron Gust ivo de Rothschild, gold enameled box; Baron Adolphe de Rothschild, diamond ana sapphire bracelet; Countess de Grenouville, writing desk with copper incrustations; Marquis and Marquise de Guuvello, boa and muff of Russian sable, etc. Among those present were the Grand Dukes Nicolas ana Michael, Duke de Broglte, Prince Wolkowsky, Countess d'Anlnay, Marquis de I-ersan, General Meuabtes (Italian Embassador), Prince Ouroufoff, Baroness de Gunsburg, M. and Mine. Constans, Mine, and Mile, de Frey cinet, M. and Mine. Floiiuet, etc. The scene at the Church of. S.mte-Clo'.ilde was a very pretty one. Before the ap pointed hour tbe church was crowded, and at ii juii MADAME CABS-TOT, Accompanied by Colonel Lichtenttein and Count d'Orniesson, arrived at the door. She was met by Prince Trotibetskoi. who led her to a seat reserved near the throne erected for M'.nseigueur Richard, Cardinal- Archbishop of Paris. Opposite was the Papal Nuncio, Mousignor Kolelli. . The st-ite carriage of the Mohreuhcims brought the bride and her pan. ins, and very charming she looked in gown of white bro cade trimmed with orange blossoms, Her veil of tulle was fastened far back upon the hair by a coronet of blossoms, and her only ornaments were thu knot of diamonds given by the Grand Duke Nicolas and the imperial monogram, the badge of the maids of honor to the Russian Empre-s. The Grand Duke Nicolas was one of the bride's witnesses, and his splendid uniform and decorations attracted much attention. The church was crowded with Embassadors, officers, members of the French Cabinet and the elite of Parisian society. In a t^ legram the Pope sent his blessings and Cardinal Richard exported the newly married couple to be worthy of their great ancestors. Mine. Caniot was the first to congratulate the new Viscountess de Seze, then came the Grand Duke Nicolas, Duke and Duchess de Leuciitenberg, the Russian Embassador in London, M. de Staal, Dukede Sabrau, Baron de Rothschild, Duchess tie Manilas, the new Spanish Embassadress, Mrs.Wlntelaw Reid, Aristarchi Bey, M. and Mine. Ephruzzi, Baroness de 13. hr, Princess Uurousoff, Baron de Rayueval, Baroness de Soubeyrau. Duke de Noailles, Princess Coustauliu Radziovill, etc. :,. ■■ ", ■;.-: After a reception at the Russian Embassy the Viscount and Viscountess de Seze left Paris to spend their honey at Nice. ' The bridegroom is Lieutenant in the Ninety-fifth Regiment of infantry and descendant of a bouse fatuous in France and Spain. lie counts among bis ancestors Ray mond de Seze, who, with M ..laslierbes and Troucbet, defended Louis XVI before the convention. v-V -■".- By a curious coincidence an ancestor of Mile, de Mohrenheini (her mother was nee li.-n- 'iii.-A de Kent } was the intimate friend of Marie Antoinette, and when the Queen tried to flee she tuok the name of her friend. Countess de KorlT, ami in a carriage orna mented with the arms of the Kuril family she went to Viuccuues. The French are congratulating themselves that the Franco-Russian alliance has an other bond. ISAROX DE MOIIREXIIEIM . Is Parisian in all relating to social life, and never, has 'a .'©reign diplemate been more popular In French society than this favorite pupil of Gortschakoff. When Gortscliakoif wrote his famous cir cular containing the still more famous pirns-, "La Russie ne bonds pas, elle se red uillc," he was so pleased with his work that he called one of his yt.uug attaches to have his opinion of the chef d'ujuvre. - "What do you think of it?" asked the Prince, with an amused expression. "I think it very good," replied the young ornate, "but this phrase, ' la Russie ne beule pas, elle se receuille,' is without mean ing—is, in reality, an absurdity." Gortschakoff smiled, but said nothing. The young attache was Baron de Mohreu helm. During the years that preceded Sadowa, Baron de Mohrcnheiin was in Berlin and had an opportunity to study Bismarck. 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ItW Beware of Base imitations. 91000 Reward •r arrest and proof of any one selling tne sama mr3o SUMO Sp ly - - . ' . CONSUMPTION CAN WEBD. ■ BALSAM ii Cures Coughs, Colds, Pnet-tmonia,Coii- Gumption, Bronchial Difficulties, Bron- chitis, Hoarseness, Asthma, Croup, . whooping Cough, Influenza, and all Diseases of the Breathing Organs, It soothes and heals the Membrano ci the Lungs, inflamed and poisoned br the disease, and prevents the night . sweats and the tightness across the chest which accompany it. CON- SUMPTION is net an incurable mal- ady. HALL'S BALSAM will cure you} .'even though professional air" fails. PrlrcSSPts., SO eta. and $t.C_» DR. Wffi. HALL CO., New York. g*Write for Hlnmlnated Book. > HPm^'^. Coughs, Sore Throat, Infln-I py^*, ' _~y^- enza » Whooping Cciigh,2 S^^-^/ Croup, Bronchitis and all .as-k Y\Vs\ a. eases of the Throat, Lunfc-a and D :^tV\\\ - /sj. Chest are quickly and per- \^a Jj-_wa^\-i' manently cured by the i.--' of \r v«ss: ' BalS5I)1 of * lli KsnT> '^^/•^VV ono genuine unless . signed 1 ' BUTTS" on the wrapper. I «_t\iyi_ SoSp TnTh3p COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF BEEF finest and Cheapest M.-at Flavoring Mock lor Soups, Made Oishes ami Sauces. As Beet li._, "an invalu- able tunic aud agreeable si-umlaut." Annual sal* »,UOO,OOJ jars. Genuine nnlr with fao-«l Tnile of Jastue yon LJeble's gisnuture In blue across label, as above. ■—'_.„'* Sold by Store-keepera, Oroeers and Druggl;tSL -LIKBIO'S KXTBAOI OF Mli.V V CO.. Ltd, LoadOO, MMN l a a , ; . - GRATEFUL-COMFORTING. EPPS'S COCOA BREAKFAST.; "By a thoroujrh V now!eil »b of the nat nral laws ' which govern the operations of dl_te<_ilon an.l niitrl- Hon, and by a careful application of thu tine proper- ties or well-selected Cocoa, Mr. Kpps has provldo-t oar breakfast tables with a delicately flavored bev- erage which may save us many heavy doctors' bills. It la by the judicloua use or such articles ■_ diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until stro i * enough to resist every tendoucy to disease. Hun- dreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack wherever there Is a weak point, i We miy escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly uourUbdd Iramc."— Civil service tJazetto. Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in half-pound tins, by Grocers, laboiiea thus: .(AMIS KI'I'SACO., Houiasoputhie rhera- -1«U. London, tinglanil. mr9 SuTu ly PALACE^HOTEL. THE PALACE IIOTBI. OCOI'PIE- AM KNTI3H block In tbe center ot San Kranclsed. It is cue model hotel of the world. Kira and earthqu_t-_e proof, uas nine elevators. Every room is larger Tight and airy. The ventilation Is perfect I Abaca and closet adjoin every room. All rooms ■'" easy . cl access troin broad, light corridors, rue central court, Uiuinlnatn.l by eiectrle light, les i.-n:ne_s» llaaaroot, broad balconies. «»rriage-way and tropt- tal plants, are features nltuerto unknown in Ameri- can hotel.-, Uuests entertained on either cue Amer- - Man or European plan. - The restaurant li the ttasi; in Uiecity. Secure rooms In advance by telu_;r_»iin. jug. . mij i'ALAUK a.ire_it_, no7U : Sim Fruuclsou, Cat. ADVICE vs. VICE. You are not In manly shape, and yet you don't . act. • Write to us to-day! ■ Delay imperils all I 1555 urm •>n->i_r | describes .-your case. BUR NEW BOCK lour Exclusive Methods MWH m.CT ■"""' I wl Hcnreyou.lt curable. ALL DIVIKIIIKS a wkaWnkksem or RE-I. For limited time Book mailed /rrr. till _tEUIC.iI. CO., Buffalo. X. -I. Don't prefer VICE to ADVICE. ■•■--.: Uill.MJiW) It : ■ -■■■ -j - ■--^^v. ■-- .- ■ I Weekly Call, $1 25 per leal