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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-04-15

Napa Register: There is great dis
satisfaction over the revised salary
schedule in the different asylums. Nat
urally so. Local boards know better
than the Lunacy Commission in Sacra-
mento what the services. of the en-
ployes under them are worth and should
be given some discretion in fixing their
compensation. The present lunacy law,
put upon the statute book by and with
the advice of the Budd administration,
is anything but an economy and reform
measure. It removes the S130 a year
limit to the pay of directors and in
creases the clerkships to be filled with
out cheapening in the least the cost of
supplies or adding to the efficiency of the
general management. Wouldn't it be
well-as soon as new Legislature can
let us-to return to the old methods and
the system of economy and condition OF
content that prevailed under them
We think SO.
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great moment with sick and weak ones.
The non-wiping helps to the most reg
ular, most equal and most speedy nat
ural warmth. 1t is like sprinkling water
In the fire. The interior warmth of the
BODY uses the water clinging to the ex-
terror as material for speedily bringing
forth greater and more intense heat"
Are there many followers of Father
kneipp in San Francisco?" 1 asked.
Nor as many as there ought to be-
There are fifteen who come out here
with me. In New York there are
great many, and in Worishofen, where
Father Kneipp built the sanitarium for
the water cure, thousands come every
year. 1 studied the system thoroughly
there"
Does it consist entirely in walking
on wet grass?" I queried
No. That is the first thing and one
of the most important for hardening
the flesh. Sometimes we walk on wet
stones, new snow or cold water Ac-
cording to the disease, there are show
ers for the different parts of the BODY.
all carefully applied. We also cure by
wet sheets, baths, vapor shower baths,
additions, wet bandages and drinking
water"
What effect does the water have on
sickness 2"
What is sickness" returned Herr
Whitman, quickly. "Is not the euphony
and harmony of the body called good
health? When this is disturbed by
different causes we call the disarrange-
ment disease. All these diseases, what
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Father Kneipp."
| talked with every one of these ard
ent Kneippists who each morning come
to the park to walk in the grass wet
with the dew. They all claimed that
they were infinitely better. Their dis
eases ran from giddiness to govt, from
malaria to mumps, but the walking in
the dew was prescribed for all.
Have you lost your headache?" ask
ed some one
Blessing of Father Kneipp and his
system, yes! But who would dare to
have a headache on such a morning in
such place."
If you cannot sleep at night get up
and take an all over cold ablution and
without drying go back to bed. Repeat
this if you wake up again." advises
Herr Whitman.
We had now walked the required
twenty minutes and were back at the
grass plat which the policeman in that
vicinity call the feet plat" We found
him standing by one of the benches.
Sorry / came too late to see you
walk this morning" he remarked, jo-
cosely.
The Kneippist exchanged greetings
with him and then passed on.
When we parted at the entrance of
the park the blind woman raised her
sightless eyes and said, Thank God
for the dew, which has cured the hem
orrhages Of my eyes
"Aquae omnes laudent nomen Dom
mi" responded Herr Whitman Which
the gray haired man kindly translated
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STRANGE 6tou Of The Princess Trobetzkou Born Polish 6ef

tombed, however, before the relatives
OF his blood, angered to think that q
peasant stranger should hold the an
cestral estates, instituted proceedings
to set aside the will.
Alone and unadvised, Maria made but
poor resistance to her all-powerful
foes, and she soon saw herself dispos-
sessed Of the fortune which was rightly
hers and with nothing in the world
save her title of Princess Pignatelli. -
Then she made fatal step. Burning
with revenge, she resolved to bring dis
honor on that name and all who bore
1t. She fastened across the borders to
Berlin.
In that city she studied for the stage
and soon appeared as soubrette on the
stage of the Friedrich Wilhelmstaed-
tisches and the Adolph Ernest theaters.
Her name and title being blazoned on
the programmes she created an i'm
mense Juror. Unhappily, due, no doubt,
10 the unWhOleSome environment of the
stage, the Princess life began to as
sumo such an immoral aspect that pro-
pr1ety became offended. This, together
with the fact that the resentment of
her late husbands relatives began to
make itself strongly felt in official cir
cles, produced her Punishment One
DAY the Princess was ordered by the
police to leave the empire. But her de-
sire to become an actress was whetted
and she determined to stick to the foot
lights.
Next she appeared at Paris in the
Theatre Folies Bergeres, where her
success was repeated. To conceal her
identity so as to divert all suspicion
by the police, she assumed the name
and title of Princes Dolgorouki
She usually appeared in light-tinted
tights, and the faultless figure of the
Deaull1ul Pole soon won the hearts of
the frequenters Of that ultra pleasure
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| the greatness Of his beloved. She had
several interviews with Ritter's father,
during which she made him also a VIC
tim of her fascinating personality. He
gave full credence to her alluring story.
Once week at least the pair of sup
posed lovers were seen in their carriage
on the Inter den Linden, and every
where it began to be whispered that
young Ritter was surely most fortunate
IN being the favored one of the beauti-
full Archduchess.
FINALLY, when matters had progressed
to fairly favorable point, Maria in
duced her fond dupe to advance various
sums, supposedly to assist her In fight
ing for her rights in an Austrian court
She had divulged the facts of her early
life, merely transposing names and
places. If her lover ever proved re-
luctant when a fresh demand for money
was made she always gained her point
by holding out the tempting bait of a
speedy marriage upon conclusion of the
litigation.
AT last, when their fortunes were
ruined, the Ritters discovered the BIT
ter truth. They attempted to obtain
redress through the courts, but their
efforts proved futile. Before revenge
of another character could be taken the
willy "Archduchess" had fastened to
foreign fields.
The Princess then became one ~
those noble nomads which are met
with in Europe, ever on the watch for
an opportunity to accomplish their evil
aims.
Her suicide cannot be a matter os
surprise to those who have heard of her
strange life =
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"A good general never overlooks a
point in the game" said an ex-army
officer who grieves because time has
ruled him out of the service. Nothing
escapes him, and that should be re-
memoered by these curbStone and cor
ner grocery strategists who gather a
little surface information and then
noWl because campaigns are not car
ried on in accordance with their plans
Apropos to this 1 recall what seemed
little thing that happened before we
attacked Fort Donelson, and yet there
Is no measuring The effect it may have
mad upon history General Grant called
council of war to consider whether
they should attack at once or give the
troops few days rest The. other Off
GERS favored rest, while Grant smoked
and gave no opinion.
There was deserter brought in
this morning. the general finally said.
Let us see him and hear WI t he has
to say
THE first thing Grant did when the
fellow came in was to open up his
knapsack. Where are you from?' the
general then asked.
Fort Donelson.'
"'You have six days rations, I see.
When were they served?'
Yesterday morning, sir.
Were the same rations served to all
the troops?'
Eyes, sir
Gentlemen said Grant, troops do
not have six days rations served out
to them in fort If they mean to stay
there. These men mean to retreat, not
to fight. We will attack at once"
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Cold Water Drenches for Special Cases.


ever their names, have their origin and
germ in the blood. Order consists in
proportion, and too much or too little
tempo in the circulation of the blood or
the penetration of foreign elements,
dfsturbs the peace and concord and
changes health to sickness"
But how is the cure effected?"
Don't you see," replied Mein Herr.
"how easy the cure is as soon as we
know that every disease is caused by
disturbances of the blood? The work of
healing can only consist in one of two
tasks: Either to lead the irregularly
circulating blood to it's normal course
or to endeavor to evacuate the bad
juices, the morbid matter, which dis
turb the right combination of the
blood"
And does water really accomplish
this?"
Undoubtedly, by dissolving, evacu-
ating-washing off as it were, and by
tightening"
Would you undertake to cure any
disease by the water cure?"
I'VE believe that water, in particular
Father Kneipp's water cure, will heal
any disease that is in any way cura BILE.
We insist on simple nourishing house
hold fare not spoiled by art or strong
spices. The drink should be the genu-
inc one offered by God in every we'll
or spring. But we do not forbid an
occasional glass of wine or beer"
DO you use any medicine?"
only teas, extracts, oils and pow
ders made from medicinal herbs by
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haired gentleman, who pulled as be-
came his years.
Just when we were getting our sec
ond wind and one by one the others
were joining in the game, Herr Will
man ordered me to keep off the grass, :"
and on no account to dry my feet.
But see all this grass that is stick
ing to them,'' protested.
Brush that off but don't dry your
feet. Be sure and put your stockings
on your wet feet
Since I was with the Kneippists I did
as the Kneippists do. My feet were now
deliciously warm, and l had the same
delightfully."- refreshed feeling that fol-
lows a cold shower.
You think it strange that we don't
dry our feet" said woman, thrusting
hers into her sandals. But we never
wipe off the water, not even after a
BATH
Don't your clothes get wet?"
oh, no; we never wear thick wooden
clothing next to the skin. 1 wear linen
but strong hemp cloth is still better,
because it never effeminates the skin
Father Kneipp says that wooden ma
terials next to the body suck the fluids
and warmth and are the cause of the
weak and miserable blood of this gener-
ation.''
But why not wipe the body after
bath?" I asked.
NY Iduy was puSy WITH ner SANDALS
and did not deign to answer.
Twenty minutes walking for every
body to get thoroughly warm" COM
manded Herr Whitman.
l fell into step with him and again
put the question about drying the body.
NO" answered our leader, after
cold application the body must not be
wiped, except the head and the hands
as far as the wrist, the latter in order
not to wet the clothes when dressing
The wet body is at once covered with
dry underlinen and other articles of
clothing. This must be done as quickly
as possible, so that all wet spots may
be closed Theoretically.
"Wipfng is rubbing, and as it cannot
be done quite equally on every
spot 1t produces disproportionate nat
ural warmth. This is not of much con-
sequence with healthy people, but of
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God to those only who were to wear q
crown
When about Is years old her many
nouseWl1ely talents gained her a posi-
ton in the chateau of the Prince. who
was already man of about the middle
age. She was blessed with a Wondrous
versatility and she became almost in
dispensable in the Princes household
Moreover, her loneliness made her the
rarest treasure that the castle ever
knew within its old gray walls. She
was frequently noticed and taIlxed Of
by the many mobiles that now and again
gathered at the chateau to spend nor
tons Of the summertime in those fes-
tivities for which the Prince was ia
nous.
The little housekeeper, fired by that
secret ambition which every girIish
heart well knows, began to dream of
better things than what her humble
birth could promise her.
Before she had passed her twentieth
year Maria's beauty had made captive
a prize even she could hardly imagine
within her siren powers to entrap. Her
master, the Prince, insensibIy had fallen
into the most passionate love for her.
He was, although a man in his prime.
as yet unmarried, and Maria could
therefore hope for the best.
Before the expiration of another year
Pignatelli, despite the vigorous protests
of his naughty relatives, welded his
humble born servant. This step
changed her whole life, and from that
time she became a subject of public in
terest The marriage was brief and
childless. The Prince died after three
years of extremely happy life, and left
Maria a widow just in the blossom of
beautiful womanhood. According to
his will his immense estates and his
fortune were beuueathed to his wife
Hardly had the Prince been en-
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house. 1t was said at the time that
several gilded gallants, through unre-
Quilted love, were driven to suicide by
her siren eyes
Her Partisan experiences, however,
made her so notorious that it was not
long before the history of her life be-
came revealed. Again she was forced
by the authorities to change her resi-
dence.
Thereupon she repaired to London,
where she introduced herself as the
Prince Troubetzkoy. 1t was by this
title that she was usually known after
ward. Her life in London was some
what more retired, although the name
she assumed figures very prominently
In several scandals of that time
firing of the quiet life that circum-
stances necessitated in the English cap
ital, the Princess was next seen at
Rome. Her old life as an actress and
cantatrice was continued. Such deli
cate blonde beauty as the Princess pos
sessed was somewhat novel on the
Italian stage, and her notoriety became
unbounded While in the Eternal City
she met with a class quite new to her.
OF all cities for resourcefui and noble
adventures Rome perhaps should take
precedence. 1t was among this strange
gentry that she first received instruc-
ton in the arts that gave her name
its present pre-eminence. That she was
ambitious to be queen of all adven-
turesses very soon became apparent
Having evolved a plan for the better
ment Of her fortune she once more as
sumed an alias, terming herself Arch
duchess of Austria Este, and re-entered
Berlin on tidal wave of success.
She rented a mansion in the highly
aristocratic West End of the city and
furnished it most sumptuously. lady
OF most distinguished manner posed as
her mother and lent to every festiyity
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1t is said Mr.. Drexel, the banker, is
contemplating the sale of his yacht the
Margarita, to the King Of the Belgians
The yacht is painted snow-white, with the
exception of the lower part, which is
between the blue Mediterranean sky and
sea is exquisite. 1t is big boat. with
perfect fittings, built more for comfort
The owners cabin is a handsome apart
ment large as an ordinary bedroom en-
tirely upholstered in white, the hangings
and bed coverings being of white velvet
are always hard at work The crew is
composed of over fifty men.
The agitation in regard to wearing os
prey feathers has had one effect in Eng
land; The War Office has issued orders
forblddlng the use of osprey feathers on
military helmets, though it NAV be some
time before substitute can be found.
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q certain dignity which warded off all
suspicion of Maria being a counterfeit
Archduchess. Moreover, the guests
were as a rule of the younger set of the
nobility, and young nobility does not
ask many questions if it is enjoying it
self.
Several suave and handsome gentle
men were employed by the designing
lady to act as promoters of her well
laid scheme. The duty Of these gentle
men, all of most sociable character, was
to suggest after the dances a little
game. usually rouge ct noir. By their
astute manipulation of the cards they
made the tide of luck run deep and
strong in favor of their fair employer.
Months slipped by and Marias man
sion became a favorite resort for the
young noblesse who desired to spend
a few hours at private gaming table
Fate was literally showering gold on
the beautiful adventures.
Among the guests at her house one
evening was a certain young gentle
man by the name of Carl Ritter He
was the son of an eminent professor at
the Royal University, who had amassed
considerable riches and had retired
from active life. His son was a hand
some man, universally liked not alone
for the money which he lavished on all
around him but also for his genial ways
and splendid talents.
No sooner had Carl let his eyes fall
on his radiant hostess than he fell
hopelessly in love with her. So perse-
vering was he in his attentions to her
that Maria, ever alert, quickly discov-
cred the state of his feelings for her.
She encouraged young Ritter in his
attentions and appeared on her part to
reciprocate the affection he felt for
her.
She made private disclosures of a
fictitious character, which deeply i'm
pressed the youth with the nobility and
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g s. 5. 5. 5. s. s. 50 s. 8. 8. Sc So $50

rives at Antwerp at 80 past IS. The Great
Eastern is obliged to print its time Ia
bles as far as they concern the Belgian
lines, in this way, because the twenty
four-hour system has been made compul-
sorry on the Belgian state railways. The
system only came into operation this
to it. The faces of the railway clocks
have been altered to bring them into har-
mony with the time tables. and while the
old enumeration to Il O'Clock is retained,
there is a second circle of figures carry
ing on the time to "a o'clock.-Birming-
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company has printed twentv- .i n s,y
time table. This is the Great Easter
Co Go p table Of the new direct se rl :
ice ice 70 spa; Thus we read that the serv-
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Special to the Sunday Call.
~ n the 10th Of the present month
there appeared a small three-line
notice in our daily papers. No
doubt its very insignifcance
caused 1t to pass unnoticed, or at
least to inspire merely a tran
slent thought or two of curiosity. It
~an as follows:
BERLIN, Oct. 9.-Princess Trou-
betzkoy. under arrest here on ex-
tradition demanded by Italy for
forging documents, committed sui
eide in the police station in which
she was detained"
Among the many tender or tragic
life histories Of noble life in Europe
that lie locked up in letters in trifing
newspaper notices or in bosoms that are
never prompted to permit them to es-
cape, few perhaps can prove as inter
esting as that of the soi-disant Princess
Troubetzkoy. 1t is the story Of a beau
tiful peasant princess revenge for very
substantial wrongs done her.
Maria Robolska was born of Polish
serfs in Russian Poland. The hut in
which she first saw the light was on
the estate Of a grand lord Of the land,
the Prince Pignatelli, and her parents
were bound serfs of this nobleman.
Never could a thought or hope have
entered her little head in those days
that her fate was to be other than what
was destined for her girlish playmates.
one was taught that the aim of her life
was merely to be the Joan Of some in
oustrlous, work-scarred Darby of her
own station in the world.
beautiful she was, with that delicate.
Ho"er-nke beauty seen sometimes
among the lower women of that wintry
iano. as child she was the fame of
the village; as a maiden she becanoe
the belle of the countryside. Her ro-
mantle companions often told her that
such loneliness as hers was given By
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BA00TED KEPP6T5 WALKING THE WET GRASS IN GOLDEN GATE PE

. q and wash seven times in the
Jordan and thy flesh shall re-
cover health and - shalt be
clean" So sayeth Holy Writ.
~ "Go and walk barefoot in the
The herald., 1898-08-04
CAMB0N AGAIN MEETS THE PRESIDENT
Secretary Day Shows No Indication of Being Dis
couraged-Pcace Situation Succimctly
Summed UP by Officials


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The herald., 1898-08-04
CONFERENCE
OF CARLIST
CoNSPIRAToRS

r PARIS. Aug. 3.-(Special to The +
l. Herald) A great Carlist conference 4,
+ will be held at Lucerne tomorrow, r
+ when decision will be reached as to 1,
+ the advisability of taking immediate r
r action looking to the overthrow Of the +
l. present dynasty and the establishment /.
r of Don Carlos on the throne of his +
1. forefathers. The Marquis Ceralbo has r
+ been with Don Carlos at Lucerne for 1.
+ several days. The Prince of Aragon, +
T. Deputy Ola and Senior Tamarit will r.
r arrive there tomorrow morning. +
r. The Spanish government is much r
1, alarmed over the Carlist activity and 1.
L. their belief is that Don Carlos will act 1.
r openly and at once In heading a re- 1,
r bellon unless the activity and repres- r
r sive measures now being carried on r
+ prove sufficient to show the power of r
l. the government to quickly quell any +
+ outbreak. So far the government has r
f. acted with determination. Twenty r.
r. three newspapers organs of Don Car +
+ los and his cause. have been sup 1.
+ pressed and the Carlists are thus left +
1. without an influential organ. i.
j, Troops are marching In Aragon, r
i. Catalonia and Viscaya In which prov r
+ inces the Carlst forces are strongest. r.
r There are rumors of Carist uprsings +
r. In various parts of the border prov r
+ inces. They are reported to have ia 4,
r. ken up arms with success at Venta de +
T. Banes, a place south of Palencia. T.
+ private message received here from +
i, Barcelona declares that the Carlists r
r have assembled under arms in great +
i, numbers about Lerda. where a sort r
r. of headquarters has been established, r.
T. and that the movement is causing the r
r. Spanish authorities considerable anx- +
+ iety. r.
r. 1,
4. 4. Il Il 4. + + 4 4 !. I. r \. 1. + + r. I. 1. r. y,
The herald., 1898-08-04
SPANISH COMMIISERATION OVER PORTO RIG


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The herald., 1898-08-04
he Future Policy Largely Depends ON AguimaldoS
Good Faith-The Minneapolis to Be
Sent to Manila


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