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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 17, 1896 23 HE renaissance of romance started | PATs spoke of Morva in reply to Howel's in- by Stevenson and so tardily for- warded by some minor artists has brought a strong pen out of Wales —that of Owen Rhoscomyl. Al- ready his “The Jewels of Ynis Galon” haa | been a worthy introduction of his strange | power. His last book, ‘‘Battlement and Tower,” will complete his position. This remarkable story seems not yet to have been discovered fully on this side of the Atiantic: we may be sure that England is reveling in it. The story is laid mainly in Conwy, on the rugged northwest coast of Wales, and it concerns the stirring time, some 350 years ago, when the Roundheads and Cav- aliers were reddening the soil of England with blood—when Cromswell, able and pa- | the mountains, as you | tient and implacable, was driving King | Crarels tc his doom. The story depicts vagery of the Welsh, the fierce valor reir men and the sweet gentleness and age of their women. It is a tale of od, battle, intrigue and love, as such a ale of the war fought by Welsh, Irish, sh and French must be. t a surpassing love of nat tory and story animate Rhoscom d isevident in every line. 1In his preface he the e soil, his- T's ey be other high-walled towns and owered castles, but there be few to sur- the walls and towers of the town and breonwy. Carnarvon’s keep may be but Conwy’s is beantiful. €t it is & pathetic sight to see the pil- as he wanders in patient desire by ba ent and tower, looking with dumb w ess at the hoar stones his long-goné fathers ely pacing centuries have ened them to all the loveli- rs, till now they stand, in- T o the deeps of the 1t the s more for its interest on the separate ures which it paints and_the exquisite telligent and exceedingly tender and pathetic story of love that threads it. To fm-p_—s of strength in structural design the love-story is left for the reading; it is too simple and strai-htforward for a critic’s dissection. It proceeds bravely through wonderful adventures and disasters and as it carries no mysteries it depends for its trinsic interest on the incomparable cacy of its treatment. A remarkable ature of it is the reminder which it gives rakespeare. Indeed a certain lighter of that master unmistakably re- s in the book. This does not refer to e stately language of the speakers nor to any of the other externals, but to an inner spirit. A better understanding of this may be | had from a few quotations. Here is a 1 scene that for grace and delicacy could hardly be surpassed. Two sisters, va and Barbara, are loved by two ng men, David and Howel. The latter ut just of age, Barbara not guite 18. The castle is being stormed by the Sieur St. Pol, who desigas to bear away Morva. Dav d is in love with Morva, Howel with David had been wounded and had rescued Barbara from the e in which it is written than on the in- | | | he tale is s0 wild a jumble that it de- | quirs] he grew {nconscquentially stubborn. ‘A, [ am fain to hear of it. I have set & | guard about this north wing so that you shall be safe for the rest of the night. Meanwhile he turned doggedly upon his heel to go—1 wish you a hearty good-night, mistress.” < 'Sir! cried she at once, in fine wrath. looking over his shoulder as he went, but instantly, at her word, he turned again. ‘Ah! I did forget: I should have bowed: but I am & poor unmannerly lout from u did say_in forgiveness the first time you saw me. See, I make my bow now; is it sufficiently like to be recog- | nized for me? My lord was mounted upon his dignity. ‘‘But Barbara was as perverse as usual. She calmly refused to be provoked. She only smiled in a manner so sweet as fanned his stubbornness into & blaze, and he was within an ace of stumping off upon his stilts in dudgeon. Within an ace, that is, if he had been the free agent which he was so angrily busy in men- tally asserting himseli to be. But she played him with perfect skill. His heel was lifted to £0, s was her hand in the slight_gesture that commanded pause. while she said softly: ‘And | was that all I said? Did I say nothing more? Why, sir! good lack! I am so simple & maid! thought I had said—had said— Aand she broke off in so despairingly_ sweet a confusion that the lad’s heart leaped hot to his parted lips, and he took half & step toward her, his shield tossed hastily back and his two hands extended to embrace the maiden he had not | seen till a few hours ago! Aho! when life is voung and the pulse is fire the world wags bravely then. the maiden had no mind to be em- braced. Instead she drove him back—not half a step, but a full one. ‘And aiter what I said, sir, you have come up here, &nd, though you saw me in deadly peril, yet you asked after this one and that one and all the people place, saving my poor self. But I forge you not full angry with me this day bower, in spite of my pretty speeches to you?' “He d his teeth in a littie smile s he said: re baiting me again; but I know Y you now. Tell me, why shouid I ask after you? Did I not lift you in these arms and carry you from your bower tc ur chamber? Wouid not éart have known it instantly if you had 0 much as one small seratch “Your heart!” drew back in bright dis- dain. ‘You carried me, sir. Iwill box your ears soundly for tinence if you aare so much as to dreem you carried me! And “not a scratch, ? Look at that!'— showing a long slit in (hé silken texture of her sieeve, and swiftly loosinz & handkerchief from the wounded arm beneath. ‘What is that? she cried in a tone of subdued tragedy, 1 stamping her pretty foot softly in em. | hasis as she held forth the arm and showed, | across the delicate white flesh, the red line of & smart cut. “<Duw!’ gasped the lad, halting in his stride with a shudder of swift horror—this wielder ot the long sword! this leader of onsets and meeter of tall men! And straightway there, forgetting all else but the soft flesh and the cruel rea upon it, he took the shapely arm ten- derly in his hands and kissed the wound over and over again. Was it wonderful if she forgot 10 be angry ? Was it sirange if she lifted the lamp over her head to hide the rosy coniusion that stole up to join the deepening glory of her eyes? And yet she was the first 10 recover. “‘But you are really wounded! See! that stain is fresh from your cheek upon my arm! Let me see it at once, sir” and she withdrew her arm from his hold, yet gently, too, for all that. “‘Nay, nay; it is nothing at all’ began he, when she broke ruthlessly in_upon his words. “Show it at once, cousin. Let me see it.’ “If he could have denied her command he had no-armor against her entreaty; so with a depreciating smile he lifted the clotted locks matted u[.on his cheek and showed the jagged furrow of a pike-thrust extending a hand’s breadth back from the temple. ‘You see it is but & mere scratch after ali!’ quoth he. “In the light of the lamp she held o close the red blood as it seeped out seemed to flash with a gleam so murderous that she volun- tarily fell back & pace, covering her eyes with her fingers to shut it out. ‘Heaven’s mercy! she exciaimed with a shiver. ‘How dreadful “How now.young sir; what meancth this brawl in the public strect?”” [Reyroduced from *Battlement and Tower.”| these wars! But stay—’ and putting the lamp into his hand she turned and darted into the chamber. Almost immediately she returned bearing & basin and ewer. ‘‘‘Kneel down, Howel,” and at the name the lad kne!t down as if he knelt inachurch, watching in wonder to see her so womanly soft for what he deemed so small & thing. “Then, with a world of gentleness 1n her touch, she fell to bathing and laving the wound; full of little sighs and sweet catches of distress, while he held still and wondered what she had done and thought and said yes- terday and all the vesterdays back from that before he came down from the mountains to see 50 marvelous a thing as this. “‘Don’t; you will upset the water an’ you | be not more carefu chided Barbara, ‘What | makes you start so?—did I hurt you?' *“ ‘Nay, your hand is as gentle on my head as the touch of a‘;plc blossoms when the petals float down to the grass.’ " Thatis a sample of the tenderer and more graceful passages, and it would be difficult to find anything finer in fiction. But there is very little like that. The book is oddly jogged, boring at times with its tedious fights and battles, again charm- ing with passages of finished grace, and with delicious frequency breaking into bold, hard English that tunes up an ear dulled by the commonplace elegance of modern writing. Here are some strong passages: “Ah, so! and of a truth—did you mark it, David; how she loves my old sword better than these foining pinkers that the fops wear now?” And this: “‘His fingers touched the wind- blown tresses of her hair and that sacrilege roused | the lord of hell in me.” ” And this: u & man whea it comes upon him in petti- | coats.” " The book is dreary in places. as the au- thor seems not yet to have mastered the art of balancing” situations, but the very horesty of his purpose and the directne: of its execution have a charm that ove: i dramatic faults. It was mani- festly written with that slow aund patient toil which is socharacteristic of the Eng- lisn literary conscience and which is too generally absent in American work. In all the essennals it is sufficient to make the author femous. [Published by Longmans, Green & Co., London and New York. Forsale by A. M. Robertson, San Francisco.] | Wolffe & Co., 6 Beacon street, Boston, | from the contents page: “On Religios “‘THo! ho! laughed Sir John in rough glee, | ‘methinks I know that voice. How doth the | 1 vou, Sir Griffith | rvily—as the world doth ever use | vol he goes on; but the cry of the child haunts him. Turning back he sees a couple of anthers making for the open door of a Eut, whence proceeds the child’s cry. He | succeeded in killing the fierce beasts, only to find, upon investigation, that the cry which he had come 50 near disregarding, was that of his own little son, who haa wandered into the hut in search of the squatter’s boy. . ‘The stories contained in the work under | review include “The Perdun,”’ “The | Younz Ravens That Call Upon Him,” “Within Sound of the Saws,’”” ““The Butt of the Camp,” “In the Accident Ward,” “The Romance of an Ox Team,” “A Tragedy of the Tides,” “‘At the Rough and Tumble Landing,” ‘*An Experience of Jabez Batterpole””” “The Stone Dog,” “The Barn on the Marsh,” “Captain Joe and Jamie,” “‘Strayed,” “The Eye of Gluskap.” [Price $1 2 Published by Lamson, Mass. For sale by Doxey.] A JEWISH CATECHISM, Under the head *“Judaism” Dr. B. A. Elzas of Charleston, 8. C., bas published a little work, which he terms ““An Exposi- tion in Question and Answer.”” The book makes no claim to be exhaustive, and the writer notes that suggestiveness has been aimed at rather than completeness. An idea of the ground covered can be gathered in General. Judaism. God. ~Revelation, ard and Punishment. The Mission of The Jewish Creed.” . Elzas makes no attempt to treat of the ceremonial part of Judaism, upon | which he promises to touch in a future Apart from this fact, the work iderable painstaking care in svstematization and collection. and un- | doubtedly supplies a want. [Charleston, | 8. C.: The Daggett Printing Company.] PACIFIC HI~TORY STORIES. As the initial volume in the Western Series of Readers comes Harr Wagner's “Pacific History Stories.” arranged and retold for use in the public schools. As the author says in his preface, the voy- ages of discovery and notable events of the west coast of America have not been readiiy accessible to the teacher and pupil, and sn attempt has, therefore, been made to bring this knowledge to the TARTARIN OF TARASCON. This is & new and very handsomely work. It describes the prodigious adven- tures of M. Tartarin, who, M. Daudet says, may be described as a happy combination of Nimrod and Solomon. From the first part of the story, however, we would rather prefer to ascribe to Tartarin the virtues of Munchausen, plus those of Don Quixote. Following the example of the worthy Baron, Tartarin indulges in some illustrated edition of Alphonse Daudet’s | schools in the form of a historical reader. The book is designed for the middle | grades. ““Myths, legends and inaccurate {escriptions have been gvoided. Sufficient | authorities and original documents have | been consulted, o that impartial state- | ments could be made.”’ The story of Fre- mont and the account of *‘Old Califor- | nians,” in the volume, were written by Joaquin Miller. Mr. Wagner's work is commendable, and he has made a valuable contribution to our school literature, A | covy of ‘Pacitic History Stories” sbould find a place in every household in Califor- laughing considerably aided and stimu lated by the drawings by Montegut, D Myrbach, Picard and mean part in the make-up of the book. New York: Macmillan & Co. For sale by William Doxey. Price §L.] NOTES OF THE NIGHT. Dr. Charles Conrad Abbott, who enjoys an enviable reputation as a naturalistin this country, has here given us a series of very interesting essays or talks on his favorite subject. They are delightfully written, and the fact that some of them have seen the light before by no means detracts from their merit. The first essay gives its name to the book. Dr. Abbott, in introducing what is probably the most interesting ‘‘talk,” re- marks, concerning the peculiar phenomena to be seen at twilight: “Let us first ask, ‘What is night? As treated in the following pages, it is that portion of every twenty-four hours when we are without direct sunlight. Its birth is the gloaming or twilight; its maturity, | darkness; its death, the dawn. | “In the city these conditions are not so | well marked, but beyond the town’s limits | nature still rules, and he who is curious in | such matters finds the twilight the begin- ning of a day of new activities in which he may take no part, but of which he may be a spectator.” The author of “Notes of the Night” at- tributes much of the world’s superstition to these peculiar phenomena, whose birth is in the twilight when stationary objects | appear to move. “Oiten have 1 waited,”” | be says, “far a small juniper or slender | cedar to come up to me; and while I stood in.this uncertain mocd, the thought | arose, ‘What manner of man may this prove to be?'—which is no_pleasant train of thougbt when alone in the wilder- ness.” Other essays discuss various aspects of nature, and they prove the writer to be a deep student of natural law. One of the chapters is devoted to a spirited defense of Thoreau against some of his more famous critics. Dr. Aphott arrives at the conclu- sion that Thoreau had no predecessor and can have no successor—which, however, may be doubted—notwithstanding the as- sertion put forward that he was the prod- uct of conditions that can never again arise. [New York: The Century Com- pany; price $1 50. EARTH'S ENIGMAS, This is a volume of short stories written by Charles G. D. Roberts. M)st of them have already appeared in the pages of Harper's, Longman’s, Scribner’s, the Cos- mopolitan, Lippincott’s, the Toronto Globe and other publications. The first story in- the collection, which bears the somewbat scriptural name: “Do seek their meat from God,” gives a very fair idea of the character of the others. A pioneer hunter and trapper is walking home through a deep and dark ravine, when he hears the sound of a child’s cry. Thinking it is the voice of the child of a pretty elevated talking and some still | nia. The book isa gem of its kind. It is | | | ‘ TARTARIN'S RECEPTION IN ALGIERS. [Reproduced from “Tartarin of Tarascon,” by Alphonse Daudet.] more extensive thinking. The reader of | appropriately illustrated. [San Fran- this new_edition of Tartarin of Tarascon | ciaco: W hifaker & Ray Company, pub- will find his inclination toward hearty | lishers. For sale at the bookstores.] ossi, which form no | ST. NICHOLAS FOR MAY. “Betty, the Bound Girl,” is the leading article in the May number of St. Nicholas, and the artist who illustrated the story hae made Betty look as handsomeasa little queen. Itisascrap of Revolutionary War history done in verse, and may be regarded as the obverse of ‘‘Paul Re- vere’s Ride,” though it is more humorous than tragic. Pacitic Coast readers will be interested in Theodore Wores’ description of “The Children of Chinatown in San Francisco,” with characteristic sketches. | The remainder of the magazine is made up of the usual high-class and interesting | literature that appeals alike to children | | and to those of larger growth. |The Cen- | | tury Compeny, Union square, New York. | Three dollars'a year.] A MOUNTAIN WOMAN., Pioneer stories of the Middle West, writ- ten evidentiy by a pioneer woman who has lived among the scenes she describes, make up the little volume entitled *‘A Mountain Woman.” The author is Mrs. a W. Peattie. in all there are eight tories, viz.: “A Mountain Woman,” “Jim Lancy’s Waterloo,” ‘The Three Jonns,” *“A Resuscitation,”” “The Pio- neers,” p the Gulch,” “A Michigan Man'’ and ““A Lady of Yest -rday.” They make interesting reading for leisure mo- wents. [Chicago: Way & Williams, pub- lishers. For sale at the bookstores; price $1 25.) WORKERS IN THE VINEYARD. This is a very comprehensive review of the progress of spiritualism, by Julia Schlesinger. Inapreface Mrs. Schlesinger says that she *‘has endeavored in this volume to present a brief historical sketch of the progress of modern spiritualism since the raps at Hydesville announced the ushering in of a new dispensation bringing light, truth and proof of im- mortal life to humanity.” The work contains numerous biograph- ical sketches of prominent spiritualists and their work in Aierica. LITERARY NOTES. Harold Frederic’s new novel, “The Dam- nation of Theron Ware,” appears to have made a great hit in England. The original illustrated edition of Ains- worth’s Novels is about to be reprinted in sixteen monthly volumes by George Rout- ledge & Sons. The Princess Laura Bonaparte, whose novel, “*The Greek E,”” will shortly be pub- lished by H. 8. Nichols & Co., is daughter- in-law of Prince Louis-Lucien Bonaparte, nephew of the great Napoleon. The present novel, with its queer title, is a Idve story written some two years ago. ‘With its May number the Dublin Review celebrates its diamond jubilee. It is just sixty years ago this mouth since Michael Quin suggested to Cardinal Wiseman and Daniel O'Connell the idea of starting a Catholic_rival to the Edinburgh and Quarterly. ‘East” has already become an authority. | by aset of rules for which Dr. J. A. H. | elsewhere ‘g’ is hard in English when not | | paper-covered musun, so that a patient | ries of urban and suburban stories with ‘A Letter to Town” in the June Scribner’s, which is the sentimental justification that a young married man gives for deserting the town and taking up his permanent residence in the suburbs. Henry Norman, tne correspondent of the London Chronicle, whose dispatches from Washington have had such an im- portant influence on the Venezuela ques- tion, has long been a studeat of inter- national politics. His book of the ‘“Far Last autumn he visited all tho countries (and made the acquaintance of their im- portant men) which combine to form what is called the “‘Eastern question.” His first published article on this interesuing trip will appear in Scribner’s for June under the title ““In the Balkans—the Chessboard of Europe.” To the June number of the Overland W. H. Mills will contribute an article, ““The Prospective Influence of Japan Upon the Industries of America.”” Governor W. J. McConnell of Idaho continues the silver discussion which was commenced by Irving M. Scott, John J. Valentine and Colonel John P. Lrish. Charles Warren Stoddeard contributes a sympathetic char- acter sketch of his friend, Joaguin Miller. It is illustrated by J. D. Strong “A Pioneer Bimetallist” is a character sketch of Judage C. C. Goodwin, editor of the Salt Lake Tribune. Indications are that Holland will be- come a favorite hunting ground with novelists. Stevenson drew attention to the country in his *Catriona,” and one or two well-known writers are already re- ported to be following 1n his footsteps. A new writer, E. Sutcliffe March, has also chosen Holland as a background for a new novel, which Messrs. Huteninson & Co., London, have in press and will shortly publish under the title of A Stumble in Wide Shoes.” The success which has attended the pub- lication of the translation of Pastor’s ‘““Laves of the Popes” has determined the Rev. Frederick Antrobus of the Brompton Oratory to. proceed witb the fifth and sixth volumes of the work. A work entitled “Five Great Skeptical Dramas of History” is now in preparation by Messrs. Swan & Sonnenscheim, London. It is by the !ate Rev. John Owen, who was rector of East Anstey, Devon. The second article on *‘The Trotting Horse,” by Hamilton Busbey, in the June Scribner’s, contains more remarkable illus- trations of great trotters. Mr. Swinburne’s new poem, “The Tale of Balen,” will be published in this coun- try by the Messrs. Scribner, toward the end of the month. Itis founded on Sir Thomas Malory’s story of Balen. The Century Company has published Dr. Charles C. Abbott’s “Notes of the Night and Other Outdoor Sketches’’ in the manner of his ‘Naturalist’s Rambles About Home;” Henry B. Fuller's *“‘The Puppet Booth,” a dozen one-act plays not the manncr of his earlier publications; The Coliected Poems of Weir Mitchell,” hitherto issued in various vol- umes baving the imprint of other houses; “The White Pine: A Study,” by Gifford Yinchot and Henry S. Graves, and “‘A Strange Sad Comedy,” an international 8. romance whose action passes in New York, )C\\'Yurl and Virginia. Messrs. Harper & Bros. have just pub- lished traordinary Cases,’’ by Henry Lauren Clinton; “Cold Dishes for Hot Weather,” by Ysaguirre and La Marca; ““The Cavaliers,” & novel, by S. R. Keigh ley, which deals with stirring events in Cromwell’s time, and *‘Mark Heffron,” a novel, by Alice Ward Bailey. Messrs. H Holt & Co. announce W. F. aphy of “Richard Brir ley Sheridan,” in two volumes, with por- traits and fac-similes of autographs of Sheridan and his famous contemporaries. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. have arranged for the American publication of the hither- to unpublished letters of Victor Hugo, arranged by hisexecutor, M. Paul Meurice. “Ian Maclaren” dedicates his new book, *‘The Mind of the Master,” to his congre- | gation at Sefton Park, Liverpool. This is a work by the Rev. John Watson, the min- ister, rather than by lan Maclaren, the | novelist. There are fifteen chapters in it, | three of them being entitled “The Sov- ereignty of Character,” “The Culture of the Cross”’ and he Continuity of Life.”” | As might be judged, Mr. Watson treats religious subjects from a broad and com- prehensive stand point. Entomologists will be glad to learn that | the ond volume of “Butterflies,” by W. F. Kirby, F.L. forming the elemen- tary volume of “Allen’s Naturalists’ Li- brary,” is in press. It will contain thirty- two colored plates, besides wood cuts. The Clarendon Press, Oxford, is guided in the production of many of its works Murray is partly responsible. Here isa characteristic **note” by the doctor: “I strongly protest against the vulgar and unsciolarly habit of omitting ‘¢’ from ‘abridgement,’ ‘acknowledgement,” ‘judge- menti,’ ‘lodgement,’” which is against all analogy, etymology and orthoepy, since | followed by ‘e’ or *t." I think the Univer- | sity Press ought to set a scholarly exam- ple, instead of following the ignorant to do ill for the sake of saving four ‘e’s.’ The | word ‘judgement’ has been spelt in the Revised Version correctly—evidently in fear of Divine judgement.” Unless provisions are made in time the Poe cottage in Fordam, N. Y., will be torn down by the Bureau of Encum- brances in less than eighteen months, Carl Schurz is encaged in writing | his memoirs, which will embrace his | career of forty-seven years of active ser- vice in military, political, journalistic,liter- ary, civic and social life. "The manuscript will probably not go to the printer before next January. “The Lounger’” of The Critic notes that a novelty in booksis to be issued under the title of the Invalids’ Library. Each volume is to be printed on a long strip of | can comfortably unroll it and read it in bed. thus dispensing with tie attendant fatizue of holding a heavy book. “Et Dona Ferentes” is the title of a new poem, by Rudyard Kivling, recently copyrighted by D. Appleton & Co. It will appear in his volume of poems to be pub- lished in the antumn. “The Mercantile Agencies Against Com- merce” is the titie of a volume by Wiliiam Yates Chinn, which has just been issued by Charles H. Kerr & Co., Chicago. The | author points out abuses that need rem- | edying, and suggests some remedies as well. Price, 25 cents. The last two volumes issued in the Tem- ple edition of Shakespeare ure “Troilus and Cressida” and **‘Romeo and Juliet.”’ Each volume contains an appropriate en- graving as a frofitispiece and an illumin- atea title page. The giossary is ample. The convenient size and general make-up of the Temple edition is such as to com- mend it to all lovers of the great dra- matist. For sale by William Doxey ; orice, 45 cents per volume. WAIL OF A READER. Between the novels of the past, And novels of the day, The histories and the essays, The drama and the play, Biographies and letters, The classics and the verse— I wish I were an infant A-playing with my nurse. Six books a day for fourteen years, By careful calculation, ‘Would of the novels of the day Make worihy devastation. Yet man’s possessed to write more books ('Tis mental aberration), I see but one way out of it— Suspended animation ! The men that wield the pen shall be Hypnoticaily piaced All comiy in & winding-sheet, And boxed up in good tase, And grace the shelves as heretofore Our booksheives ithey e graced: And till the time we are ‘read up” Their souls shall be effaced, And we will celebrate the day In ceremonies chaste. —From the Bookman. League of the Cross Cadets. Company M, League of the Cross Cadets of St. Francis Parish, is making great prepara- tions for an entertainment and dance at Cali- fornia Hall on Tuesday evening next for the benefitor their uniform fund. The programme, which is entirely under the management of Captain Denan and Lieutenants Quirk and Connict, promises to be one of the grandest ever H. C. Bunner, who for a number of squatter neighbor, an idle, shiftless fellow, vears lived at Nutley, N. J., closed his se- P e ‘auspices of the League of the ross. Tne admission will be 25 cents. | ninth grades learn cooking. Miss K. R. | SCHOOLGIRLS AS COOKS, Amateurs Who Bake and Fry, Stew and Boil, and Then Have a Feast. They Give a Luncheon Prepared by Themselves to the City School Officials. The girls of the Franklin Grammar School learn cooking as an essential fea- ture of their education. Four years ago the late James G. Ken- nedy, the father of industrial education in this City, inaugurated the idea of cooking classes. And to-day the efficiency or such practical instruction is greatly developed in several of the schools. In the Franklin Grammar School there are fourteen classes and 700 pupils. Itis | the only public institution on the coast | where all the branches of manual training are taught in one school. Sewing istaught in all the grades. The boys in the fifth to ninth grades inclusive are taught mechan- | ical drawing and benchwork. The girls of the seventh, eighth and | Paxton, an experienced professional teacher of cooking, and a graauate of the Pennsylvania State Normal School. and also of a technical school, has charge of the instruction. Exactitude, system, neat- ness and economy are rigidly enforced. The girls are taught also what are the proper focds tor different conditions of life, climate and occupation. They are in- structed wbat to buy and what they should pay. The educational value of such instruction is perhaps equal to or greater than its practical utility. But the cooking is by no means of a mediocre character. The young ladies gave a luncheon at the school last Tues- day, and thisis the menu they prepared: Soup, Mock Bisque. Fricassee of Veal. Oyster Loat Crab Salad. Cheese. Wafers. Lemon Ple. Cake. Tce Cream. Coftee. Tea. The menu cards were also the product of the skill of the cooks shown in another direction. Each one was decorated with some little floral design in pen and ink. Those present, in addition to the princi- | pal and teachers of the school, were: Su- | perintendent Madison Babcock, Deputy | Superintendent C. B. Stone, Directors Murdock, Compte, Carew, Knox and Hen derson, and Mrs. Mary W. Kincaid, M K. D. Whittaker, J. 1. Kincaid and James | Denman. The Board of Education provides all the material needed in the cooking classes, | although many articles, such as flour, baking powder, gelatine, chocolate and cottolene are supplied for advertising pur- poses by various manufacturers, thus | minimizing the expenses of the depart- | ment. Each month 2800 individual lessons are | given, the expense for all the materials | used being about $25. When the food is | cooked there is never any question as to what can be done with it. The hungry | girl cooks themseives soon dispel any doubt on that score. And the girls really like tte work. They all come with the happiest facesand the most willing hands, first to receive their lessons and later to be permitted to test their knowledge. o An Oil Company Fails. The American Oil Company has failed for | $31,682 58. The largest creditor is the | Crocker-Woolworth Bank for $13,400. The re- | S maining debts are for goods purchased. The | assets are said to be worth $31,407 29. The cnandise is set down for $10,000, the fix- 13,600 and various book accounts t 87, 3. The company's place of busi- ness was at 14 and 16 Main street. | NEW TO-DAY. That Clutching Sensation at the Heart is almost instantly dispelled by a swallow of Vino-Kolafra, the African Tonic made from Sterculia Nuts. Vino-Kolafra governs heart action as the fly-wheel regulates machin- ery: it cures hysteria and nervousness. L in0-Roiaira annihilates fatigue, gives strength and tone tothe body, and rapidly builds up con- valescents aftersevere illness, A glance at the names of the endorsers of Vino -Kolafra will convince you that itisa product of unusual impor- tance. Sold by Druggists Generally. Brunswick Pharmacal Co. JOHNSON & JOHNSON, Selling Agents, 2 William St., New Yorke IS THE VERY BESI ONE Tu EXAMINE your eyes and fit them to_Spectacles and Eye- glusses with Instruments of his own invention, whose superiority has not been equaled. My sucs cess has been due to the merlts of my Work. Oflice Hours—12 to 4 p. . Chichester’s English Dismond B: ENNYROYAL PILLS riginal and Only Gennine. LAGIES ask tiona and imitations. Ai Druggists, or send de. in stamps for partiovare. testihoniale and “Rellef for Ladles” in letier, by returm Mail. 30,000 Tesiimonials. Name Papers Chicheater Chemlcal Co., Madlson Squatay Philad~, Pae CQAL! COAL! ‘Wellington Southfield . 8 00—Half ton. 400 . 7T00—Half ton. 400 KNICKERBOCKER COAL CO., b22 Howard Street, Near First. /%(//////\‘\ ~ Z = ( HE RISKS HI "“fl‘ S LIFE O SAVE HIS LOVED ONES. HE EXHAUSTS HIS MEN. tal and physical strength to give them food and happiness. No sacrifice is too great if it but ing wife and his beautiful cherubs. of man for his own flesh. adds to the pleasure of his dot- How great is the affection And yet men harbor in their bodies a stealthy curse which is eating away both physical and mental strength. Nervous, Sexual or Physical the system. ish and irritable. miserable. Have you not seen evidence weakness grows slowly upon It destroys the vitality, makes a man fretful, peev- It makes home unhappy, wife and children of this growing evil in your own system ? Don’t you notice your strength waning ? Don’t you think you are missing the best part of your life by living it in misery ? reckless folly. All because of some past mistake or You can regain your vital and manly strength. Thousands of vigorous men to-day owe their happiness and that of their families to Dr. Sanden’s Electric 1t offers you new, fresh proof of its cures. Belt. Every day brings new ones, and right at your doors. Would you believe it if your closest friend told you of his cure by a certain remedy ? : Read the little book, ‘“Three Classes of Men,” which has names and addresses of hundreds of your neighbors, cured and well. You can write or talk to them. They are glad to help you to regain the strength and health which can only be found in this simple remedy. Dr. Sanden’s Electric Belt is now well known in San Fran- cisco. Call and see it if you can. Test it free, or if you live out of town it will be sent to you for examination free of any charge. Address SANDEN ELECTRIC CO., 630 MARKET ST., OPPOSITE PALACE HOTEL, SAN FRANCISCO. Office Hours—8 A. M. to 8:30 P. M.; Sundays, 10to 1. —OFFICES AT— 10S ANGELES, CAL 904 South Broadway. PORTLAND, OR. 258 Washingion stroes