New-York tribune., 1899-12-31
THE PASSING THRONG.

THE enthusiasm over the Cape Nome gold dis
trlct promises to eclipse the excl sment over the
Klondike" said II H. Waddell, OF
READY FOR Tacoma at the waldorf-Astoria
THE RUSH yesterday. "Frtm those with
whom have talk "a have gained
the impression that this district must be far ana
away the richest In gold Of any territory ever as
covered The rush for that territory in the spring
spnsaSs spin he seSs and other
hundreds Of men are waiting iS sSni' @ star, m o on
Nsy io ana by i't the middle Of June many thou
sands will have gone. Every preparation IS oens
np %sds lsere 1e aff fhene mnnT Is more
by those who have been there, while ts .htng ia
pretty well stocked Siih mer ns ThS wSe Sne the % sun
never sets the heat even in that far norm c9ul 10
try is almost unbesra6le running Up bs 10 beat so the
water is so icy cold that you cannot bathe ih ~;
If m yS% Sa want % the 10 mosaaoes am told that
they are even larger than those IN me rnS With
screens over their faces. and one can take bath
only when shielded by a mosquito PROOF screen. a.
undoubtedy the gold iouhG sdnd ndeIe re ,he Klondke
IL Is expected that by the time the season Is over
next sgmet tb f .he and cty almost a. big a. Daw
son City will be standing"
"The manufacture Of chocolate" said J. X.
Anso OF Brazil. at the Holland House yesterday
SIS great industry. OF all the
THE chocolate beans imported into this
CHOCOLATE country two-thrls go TO one firm
INDUSTRY in Boston. and the other third Is
distributed among the other manu-
facturers The chocolates sold are OF various
grades The Caracas chocolate is supposed to be
the best. If YOU take the various grades tech
German and so on and take piece OF each ana
place them in a pan OF water. snd allow them TO
dissolve any expert will tell you which is the best
chocolate The better grades will leave no seql-
foot thati I'm tbe thea Der hell
Hp and nd used as kra hs lighter aaef 5ee Srsds
are dark, owing to the ground up shell. II Is a
queer thing about chocolate consumption There
are chocolate fends, just there opium fiends
tobacco slaves and liquor slaves. l cannot tell
YOU why 1t is but If people begin to eat eh3eolate
amount OF chocolate hurts any person. OF course
the cheaper grades OF chocolate have large per
extent injurious but for the chocolate Itself
don't think any one eats enough to hurt him ma,
tersliy. In contradisnction to the exhilsration OF
alcoholic drinks chocolate seems 10 be soother
Persons who are nervous ana irritable md y
them. 1t is queer. bu, II is the truth. The con-
sumption of chocola." is increasing enormously
ut is doubtful II the best student OF
American history could tell much about Samuel
Meredith" said John II. Richards,
AN ALMOST of Harrisburg. at the Astor House
FORGOTTEN Yesterday, but in the struggle for
PATRIOT National independence Samuel Mer-
edith of the wealthiest
men in Philadelphia. He was. moreover, a per-
sOnal friend and adviser Of President Washington
and the first Treasurer of the United States l ran
across tho old financier's grave last summer near
a hamlet called Pleasant Mount, Wayne County.
Penn, three miles from any railroad and a quarter
of mile from bn any 1T WSs w al ooa szs
heard about Meredith's grave at the village post
oflce and was inclined TO dsbeieve the story but
after I the gravtstone was satisfied. After
ward / learned that Gausha A. Grow and other
Congressmen had tried to have larger monument
erected to Meredith's memory. They were not sue
cessful however After the war for independence
Meredith, 1t seems. secured from Pennsylvania
big tract Of wild land in the northern portion of
Wayne County and tried TO make something out OF
f. As near as | can find out he lost the greater
part of his money. and died poor and among com
parahve strangers. Anyway. his solitary grave is
on this lonely hill in Northern Wayne while the
bones of many of his associates in the work Of
founding the Republic receive high honors 1t s
only another illustration OF the fact that II doesn't
take long for prominent man to be forgotten"