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The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-27
STURDY BLACKSMITHS

Two blacksmiths of Northampton, Mass,
Messrs. Thayer and McGrath. both dis
covered that coffee was the cause Of
heartburn and sour stomach continually
troubling them in spite Of active exer-
else.
They left Off the coffee and began TAX
ing Postum Food Coffee. The trouble
disappeared at once, and both men are
now enthusiastic over Postum.
II powerful men like backsmiihs are
affected by the drugs contained in ordi-
nary coffee, 1t would seem folly for brain
workers TO try to Withstand the effects
Of It,
Hiram Day, a man seventy-nve years
Old, also Of Northampton, had used COT
fee for a great many years and deve.op
serious bilious troubles few months
ago he left Off coffee and began using
Postum Food Coffee. Iie has recovered
his health and considers Postum In every
way superior to ordinary coffee.
Edison p. Clark. also Of Northampton,
Mass. pencil manufacturer, was
troubled with dyspepsia and kidney dis
orders. He was induced to leave off
coffee and use Postum Food Coffee in its
place. He says he has never been as
well in twenty-five years as he Is at
present, and gives the entire credit TO
Postum.
Nearly every coffee user IS III I'm some
part Of the body. Coffee does not d.
rectly affect the same gans In every
man or woman, but the effect Is first on
the stomach, and from that to the nerv-
Gus system. When the nerves are out
OF order Il may show IN the different
organs like the kidneys, liver, heart,
lungs, bowels or some other part Of the
body, or the trouble may show Itself In
"a general nervous and unbalanced con-
ditiOn when coffee is d spensed with,
and nature begins No set up a cure Il n
very greatly helped Ia his work by the
use Of Postum Food Coffee. for It con-
tains certain elements that the life force
uses 20 build up the cells and the gray
matter in tho nerve ceniers, Any per-
son can prove this same b. trial.
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conductor form the dining cars crew
The Cook and the Telegraph.
The main portion of a dinner are be-
gun when the cook comes on board an
hour or so before starting time. a forty
five pound roast is put on, the soups set
slmmering. AS soon as the majority of
tickets are sold, the conductor is informed
of the number, and he causes the guam
tity of other food to be prepared accord
ing to his judgment. If any known party
of people is TO come aboard at some other
point he is telegraphed to - that din
ner for that number may be got ready.
In all standard provisions there is no
waste, but in meats and perishable arti-
Giles no calculation can be made close
enough to avoid loss. Much bread is
thrown away or given to the cleaners and
helpers about the station. And there are
waste fowls left over or fishes recurring
long preparation that are left untouched
because the number of passengers were
less than expected. The buffet car loses
extensively in such matters, the patron
age being uncertain and already cooked
food bound to be provided In case of call
THE efficiency of the service" said the
superintendent, lis tested by special
agents. These board the cars simply
as passengers, node any imperfections
and report to us by letter. When
there are many lines extending over a
large territory such an agent is not rec
ognized by the train people. He buys a
meal like any passenger and looks out
for laws and defects. A printed list OF
questions that will help him to tell us
what we want to know is furnished and
he answers them candldly. If the parti-
lions between staterooms and compart-
ments creak when the door is opened or
closed he tells US, and the fault is reme-
died. II the carpet Is worn anywhere. or
the vestiDule lamps don't burn clear we
are Informed. Also whether the attend
ants are soHcitous or Indifferent to pas
sengers' comfort. II the porters are slack
In assisting people to take the train. in
placing steps for their convenience. etc.
We learn the fact through The place where
the misdemeanor happened be II a thous-
and miles away. If a porter hands a pas
senger check without using a salver we
know 1t. There are only few ladies'
maids on the extra smart drawing room
cars, and on some special trains that go
out TO Mexico and up through Canad,
OF these conscientious service Is exacted
Women look after the laundry work and
the cleaning Of bedding at the terminal
stations, but owing to limited space. mems
services are preferred they being abls
to do with less convenenceg than Uo-
men, Olive r. Gunby.
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was a powerfully built, hardy and reso-
lutte locking fellow, upon whom the long
hardshlps OF the Arctic campaigning mad
apparently had no effect In response to
question about his own experiences, he
spoke freely of the voyage.
IF only our provisions had been suf-
hcient for a few days more" he said
we might have reached the North Pole
Tor we were 10 minutes further north
than Nansen's record of Sc degrees IA min
utes. We meant to spend the winter of
lS99-l9OO on the ship, az Tafel Bay, lati-
tude 81 degrees 50 minutes, but early in
september we froze in solid. Soon the
Ice began screwing around, and we were
hfted up in the air, turned first one way
and then another, and finally tipped over
on the port side and left on our beam
ends
You can get some idea of the force of
the Ice by looking at the sides here The
ship was built eighteen years ago for a
Whaler, and was meant for hard work
but to make her stronger the Duke had
an extra outside sheet of heavy planking
put on, giving her a double hull. Then
she was braeed inside by heavy iron
brackets bent like tin when the ice press
ed In on her
ION Sept. s, we began hurrying every
thing possible ashore We left the ship
with her hold a solid cake of ice from
the inflow of water. A camp was estab-
lished one large tent, with two smaller
ones inside, and between the two we put
our stove. The stove was the best thing
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are laid out. At recess the girls rush out
and play these and other games vigor-
ously In their Japanese cloths, and
clumsy wooden or straw clogs, they play
as quickly and as gracefully as American
girls. They are fond of shuttlecock and
battledore, and jack-stones with small
bags filled with rice. Besides the regular
scholastic work, the girls are taught both
native and foreign cooking, and painting,
and Japanese sewing, which is quite diff
ferent from ours. Though il is apparently
easier, and the stitches are coarse, they
must be taken with an exactitude which
would appall girls in the West, and the
course of instruction in this alone extends
over years. Flower arrangement" and
the composition OF dainty poems. which
are written on long slips Of decorated pa
per, are two other branches of learning
unknown in our schools.
Tiny lords are admitted TO the kinder
garten connected with this big school, the
girl graduates entering the lowest class
of the academic department, while the
boys are then obi ged to go elsewhere
The roll call numbers about four hum
dred and fifty and the names are
amongst the noblest in the empire, num-
bering little Processes of the blood royal,
including SIS er of the Prince I'M
periaPs bride, and the daughters and
nieces Of the old Shotgun" or Tycoon"
who was at one time the real ruler of the
empire.
The Empress is the greatest patron
ess Of the school. and so attends COM
mencement and visits It at periods dur
ing the year. Her coming is, Of course.
a great event. and much hustle ensues
when the time of her visit is announced.
She is preceded by a detachment of her
maids of honor, who arrange her chair,
table, screen and other things sent from
the palace in the room which Is Sc, apart
for her at the school The pupils are all
gathered at the g tie as she drives in, and
bow very deeply as she passes them. then
they are hurried back TO their respective
class rooms, and school proceeds as usual.
After remainirg In her room long enough
to receive the principal. Mrs. Shimodo,
who was once a court lady hers II, and
Is known as a poetess and writer, the
EMPRESS proceeds to visit every class
room in the school, attended by her
chambermaid and suite. which number
ten or fifteen in all. She remains an
exact number Of minutes In each room,
while the teacher and pupils, who rise
as she enters, go on with the lesson.
In each room she fiods a royal ch1ir and
CARPET waiting for her Two or three Of
these chairs and pieces Of carpet are thus
kept moving about all the time until she
has concluded her rounds. Lunch Is
served to her before she leaves, and she
meets ard speaks with all the teachers.
Al commencement she enters the hal
where the exercises are held last. ond al
rise ard bow. When each girl receives
her Diploma she makes an b~isance 70
the Empress. II Is very difficult for a for
eigner 70 obtoln permission to be present
on this occasion.
Anna Norshend Benjamin.
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others to look after the camp and pre-
vent further damage to the ship ] was
one of the Capitals squad. We got along
well enough at first, though the lone. insss
and silence were awful, as soon as we got
out of sight of home; for the camp was
home to US. Soon ii became evident that
the food would not hold out for so large a
party. Three times tue Cap. ain sent back
parties of three each, finally leaving only
himself, two Alpine guioes and myself
For Ga days we went steadily North.
All four were suffering terribly from cold
aud exposure. and the low-spiritedness
that you get from seeing nothing but ice
and snow, and the feeling that there is
nothing else anywhere-that the world is
all white and frozen and dead. You get
so you don't want to speak, and the
sound of a voice almost frightens you
when you hear it above
the monotonous sound of the
moving dogs and sledges. We kept on
until the best reckoning of provisions we
could make showed us that to continue
meant starvation. We had reached our
limit, Sc degrees SO minutes north latu-
tude, only 215 miles from the Pole.
Soon after we started back We found
we had figured too fine. With all the
speed we could make the last ration was
exhausted thirteen days before camp was
ieached. There was only one thing to do
--eat the dogs. 1t wasn't pleasant to have
to kill the faithful and intelligent ami
mails, but it was their lives or ours. The
weakest went first and we got back with
out having 90 Kill the best dogs.
1--WE reached camp In good condition,
after an absence of 10 days. Everything
there was safe, but one party OF three
that we had sent back when we trst
began to fear shortage of provisions, had
never been heard from. All possible
search was made, but in that trackless
desert there wasn't much hope. eau
hardly believe they died of cold, FOR they
were hardy and were well provided with
warm clothing.t seems almost lmpos-
sible that they could have broken down
through the ice, as it was as solid as so
much rock, so they must have wandered
off in the wrong direction, and finally died
of hunger. Still, we left two years
supply of food in case they ever did reach
camp. Then we set out through ice and
storm, and reached Cape Flora early in
September of this year. From there we
were within reach of civilization, and at
though the ship was leaking badly tnere
was no danger. We are going on to ltaly,
where the Duke will come aboard again.
and l suppose there will be pig cele-
bration As far as I'm concerned the trip
didn't hurt me any, and 1 suppose l could
do 1t again. Next time l think we coulo
reach the Pole"
Cordenti is quite a hero among the otn-
err sailors aboard, who regard him as
lucky fellow, and say among themselves
that he will probably get swift advance
ment in the navy through the Duke OF
Abruzzrs influence. The oldest thing that
the British visitors saw about the stella
Polare, was large Dutch windmill, which
e,ood on the quarter deck. with its can
vas wings ever In motion, and with a
steady now of water running from IT'S
capaclous spout.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-27
The Honorable Violet Vivian.

immortalized on canvas, and has been
acknowledged as the heroine of more than
one novel.
For. allied 10 her poetic beauty. Miss
Vivian possesses as well a pretty wit
softened by extreme sweetness OF nature
and because of her very obliging DISPOSE
ton and the desire of dowagers to earn
large sums of money at their charity ba-
Ears, she is pursued with requests to
serve as flower vender stall attendant,
indeed, in any capacity where her beauty
will serve as a conspicuous attraction no
only to appreciative SWANS. but equally
enthusiastic women.
1t is one of the charming features OF
this beauty's reign that little or no jea,-
ousy is excited by her superior perfection
and the attentions she everywhere com
mands. Women praise her, give place to
her and admire her as generously as the
men. BY her sex she is conceded to pos
sess the most wonderful head of hair In
all England. It's golden chestnut color.
rich. natural wave and splendid abund-
dance are all unrivaled, and vet, TO the
hand Of the smart Partisan figaro 1t owes
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-27
THE NOvELIsT's
FAvORITE HEROINE.
The Honorable violet Vivian the
Reigning Beauty of Great Britain.

The Honorable violet Vivian the
Reigning Beauty of Great Britain.
The world is blessed with so much fem
mime beauty to-day, that a young woman
must possess an uncommon.y fair face
in order to inspire wide spread popular
admiration with the adulation of poets
and painters Perhaps since Mrs. Lang
try fairly startled London with her youth
full physical perfection, no like sensation
has been known until the Honorable Vio-
let Mary, sister of Lord Vivian and daugh-
ter of an ancient noble Cornish family.
made her debut.
The house of Vivian, old and very hon
orabe though It is, has not. in later
times, known great wealth. so that the
Honorable Violet, and her twin sister
the Honorable Dorothy Maud, made
very modest entry into fashionable socie-
". Almost at once the Honorable Doro-
thy was selected as a maid of honor to
the Queen, and quite as promptly was
her sister pronounced by competent judges
10 be the fairest nymph of every social
gathering she attended. IL was not very
long before the opinion of the social pow
ers was ratified by the artistic side of
London, and the Honorable Violet very
evidently supplied valuable lnspra ton for
one of the most successful pictures that
hung in the Royal Academy last spring.
famous American portrait painter has
frankly said that had he the peculiar
gifts of Sir Joshua Reynolds, and were
he a struggling artist, he would win inn
mediate recognition by painting this young
lady's portrait. As 1t is she has been
compared to most OF the famous beauties
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jim camp. We had 122 dogs, which were
put under a wooden shelter and the care
of them took up most of our time during
nearly six months. That was as dold and
forlorn and lonesome a time as l ever
want to spend. The temperature was fifty
degrees below freezing most of the time,
and sometimes much lower. We had to
be very careful to escape getting parts
of our bodies frozen. The Duke was the
head man in every way, and his kind
ness and helpfulness and generosity did
more than anything else to keep up our
spirits and courage. on the ship he slept
in his ROOM" continued the sailor, OPEN
ing a door from the cabin and showing
a closet just large enough for wooden
bunk and possibly a small chest of draw
ers, but without light or air port.
when we had to move ashore" he
went on, 1.-THE Duke worked as hard as
any one. He is very strong. and can
pack eighty pounds on his back easily.
Our beds in camp were all alike, but
they were not nearly as bad as you
might think. We had taken sand along
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Polare. with her broad beam, fiat stern,
and double hull, built for bulldog endur-
anoe aud resistance, was in herself an
interes ing sight, but most Of those who
hoped to see any of the Arctic explorers
were disappointed, for the original crew
was not aboard, and the Duke himse
with his suite, had left the ship at Nor
way and gone home to Italy by fast
steamer and passenger route. Originally
the expedition had been financed from the
Dukes private purse, but when he reach
ed Norway, en- route home, his govern
ment proud of his having carried the flag
farther north than man had ever before
penetrated, had offered to relieve him of
81 further responsibility. So the original
crew had been paid off and a new COM
pement of men and officers direct from
Italy lad taken charge.
This seemed to preclude the possibility
Of hearing any personal news of the IA
mous cruise, and 1 was trying to be con-
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NEAREST TO THE POLE.
t, JOURNEY TO WITHIN 2I5
MILES OF THE LoNG-sOUGHT
GOAL.

,.h Eleven other Sailors Under
co,,+ Cngui, COrdenti Set Out
from the Camp for the POIe-OnIy
rour of the Party Reached the
v,-thest North POint-AH the 9th
-. We're Sent Back for Food.
three of Them Were Never Heard
os After Leaving the North Bound
pa-tv-The Duke "a Leader in Fact
Well as in Name-Two of His
FINGERS Frozen and Amputatcd.
,.+erest of the English in the SteI-
+, PoIare When She Put I'm TO
portsmouth for Coal.
london. Jan. 15.-Wheu the Stella Po-
lara which carried the Duke of Abruzzis
.,.na1ition into the Arctic ice, where the
-oint nearest the North Pole ever attained
-, human beings was reached. was forced
1T, shortness of coal to put into Ports
,,o,,tb barbor, many sightseers from Lon
don went down, eager to see the ship and
,be men who had penetrated so near the
GOAL OF Arctic exploration. The Stella
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in sacks, and with this to make a thin
covering over the ice, and with an ont
side sack Of fur and an inside sack Of
wool, slept quite comfortably The dogs
are so hardy that they lie right on the
bare ice wi bout danger, except to their
noses. which are the weak points and
sometimes freeze.
I'VE rem aimed In this camp until March
II, though there has been ir al 81 dye
trips at different times 20 test the dogs
and the equipment generally. In one OF
these preliminary journ vs. the Duke frcze
his hand so badly that the two middle
fingers had TO be cut Off With our con-
dtions Of life the operation was a severe
one. and that and the extreme cold pulled
the Duke down 80 badly that he couldn't
make any further personal exploration.
ION March II Capt. Cagui. with the
dogs aud twelve men. made n start for
the North Pole, leaving the Duke and six
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tsu' with the prospect OF a mere survey
.e '"e Shil, when the officer of the deck
tCieo me- as n guide, a fine-looking
yoaNs Italian sailor, whom / had before
91-ed as being the object OF a little OK
s a consideration from his fellow workers
ana from the officers.
gu know the ship?" I said.
Very we'll"
now long have you been aboard?"
-'Enteen months. sir; leaving out tho
or When we were out on the Ice. / was
,a oI tue four men to reach farther
NORTH than Nansen."
cr.. n'- ! understood that all the original
Norway" WV ''D
ftsI, 'leY were, but I was sent from the
I'i''in navy TO make the voyage with the
III ao stay with the ship"
4- uaAle Psas Glovano Cordenti. ana he