The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 10, 1897, Page 32

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1897 Order of the Eastern Star. Iny Chapter, at its last held meeting, elected one caundidate and received ten petitions. Among the visitors was Mrs. Larkin, worthy matron of Vida Chapter No. 35 of Tacoms, | Wash., who is also grand Mariha; Mr. and Mrs. Roehrig, members of one of the chapters of Boston, Mass., and Mrs. George L. Darling, worthy matron of Golden Gate Chapter of this city. The attention of the membership is at this time busy making preparations for the coming Grand Chapter, which will open on the 19th inst. Osk Leaf Chapter had & grand meeting last Thursday night, there being present a large | number of the members and many Visitors from this city, Mission Chapter, at its meeting last nizht, | had eight canaidates to ini‘iate and & num- ! ber of petiiions for membership were pre- sented. Afier the business meeting there was | presented a fine programme, and there was | icecream and cake for ail. On the evening of the 29th inst. Mission | Chapter will give an enteria.nment entiied | “The Old Maids’ Convention.” Thst will b | followed by a ance. The order is making considerable progress in the northern part of he State at this time. Last Monday Clear Lake Cuapter of Lakeport, Lake County, represented by twenty-two mem- | bers, prid a visit to Kingsley Chapter at Ukiah and there they were greeted with & very cordial welcome and were suown how well the | visited chapier periorms the work, atter which | there was a literary and musical programme, | ana s banquet foiiowed. | The Odd Feilows The open meeting that will be held by | Morse Lodge No. 257 has been poned from | the 13th, the date originally fixed, until the 20th or the current month. This meeting will be for the benefit of the gentlemen iriends of the memters of the lodge, and J. J, Rich- ards, E. Spellman and M. O'Farrell, who have | charge of the affair, have arranged a pro- gramme of unusual excellence. Morse Lodge k vs how 1o getupau en lainment in first- ss style. Lost Friday evening Garden City Lodge and the Rebekahs of Sun Jose tendered a grand re- | ception to Past Master Gosvey on his return trom his Visit to ihe Sove oue of the representatives from Cailfornia. | There was present a large membership and a | most enjoyab.e time was had, Among thoss from this city who were present were Grand Secretary G. T. Saaw and Mis. Mary E. Don- <ho, secretary of the Rebehan Assemb:y. The relief committes will pay a visil next 10 Golden City Lodge. X of the proceedings of the Giand ling the sessions of 1895, 1896 now ready for distribuiioa by the grand secretar Grand Master Drew will visit Mound Lodge on the 28th inst.,, when a number ot candi- dates will be initiaced. It had been decided 1o liold the meeting on the 14th, but it was postponed. J. H. App gn Grand Lodge as | his home 14 to- odg! .5 und 7 , P. G. P., died at last Wedne: His funeral wiil be b day, aud wii ed by Colum the ‘Patriarchs Militant Cuntons N nd Goiden Gate Camp. A new encumpmen: was instituted at Traey last Wednesday by Grund Pairiureh T. Doran, | assisted by G d s Barnes and Parker Eucampment of Stockton. 1he encampment, No. 49, starts with a 1 ip 01 for.y | The grand pairiarch, accompanied oy Past Grand Patnisich L. W. S Downs, paid an offi- cial visit last week 10 Alemeds Lnocampment at Haywards. There was a large attendance, and the royal purple desree was conferred. At the close of tne business of the evening there was served an elegant banquet. The Rebekahs, | The trustees of the 0Jd Fellows’ Orphans’ | Home at Gilroy are very busy et this time put- | ting the home in condiiion for the recepiion | of the littie waifs who will occupy it. They are also preparing for the ceremony of dedica- tion on the 271h inst., which will be conducted | by the grand master and president of the Re- | bekah Assemb have been par- | ticularly fortunate in the matter of obtaining sssistance to carry out the good work in which they are engaged. A short time since they | received for the home a donation of £500 from Henry Miiler, the “Cattle King,” aud now John Jackson of Stockton hus guaranieed to pay for ine establishment ol & gas plant for 1he new edifice. A numbero! the subordinate lodges and lodges of the Rebekans have agreed to furnish rooms in the bu:lding, and these offers will be suflicient to turnish ncarly every 100m 1u the house. A number of appiications for admission 10 the home, whicn will be Teady for the reception of children on tne 1st of November, have already been receivea. Tnat vers eatertaining lodge, Amity, gave an entertainment und dance iast 1hurday mnight at 0.4d Fellows’ Hali. nere Was a very large attendance, the main body of the nall | and the gailery being filed with auditors, pleased with the programme offered, while those who remained for the dance had'a mest enjoyable time. The commitice of arrange- | ments—consisting of Anioinetie Shaw, P, N, .; Lele M. Zaigler; Laura Lowrie; Minnie ¥, Dibbin and M. P. Forbe G.—prepared the programme, that included: Cornet soio, Miss Pearl Noble; vocai solo, Mrs. F. 1go; comic dialogue, Reginuld Travers and Miss Kobinson; tne serpentine dauce, Miss Lulu Borein; en. trancing whistling solo, M.ss Cordie Wetjen; | vocal soi0. J. Blake; Chinese characier ouet, Mrs. M. V.and Miss Ida Munro; concluding with an emotional one-sct siory eutitied, *-A Romance of the War,” by R. Travers and G. M. Hermance and Missés Kobinson and May Cap- | well Loval Rebekah Lodge had an open meeting last Monday, st which en inieresting pro- gramme was offered. Ancient Order United Workmen. Last Ssturday night the Past Masters’ Asso- ciation was the guest of Harmony Lodge in the Sociel Hall of the Alcazar sud on that oc- casion Grand Receiver Sam Bootn delivered a | very interesting lecture before the members | of the association—those of the lodge and a number of invited friends of both Lodies. In | the course of his lecture, which was illustrated with many il uminated views thrown upon a screen, the grand receiver demonstrated in & pleasing manner how it 1s possibie for an in- dividual 10 ieave San Francisco, cross the cou- tinent, stop at Sut Lake City, Chicago, Niag- | ara Fa ls, New York )ss the Atlanuc. visit London, Paris, burgh and many | es in Scotlana for $471, and that without advantsge of the cacapest fares or pui- ting up at the cocapest hote.s, His deserip- tion of what he saw ou the way and back was very instructive. On the 27th 1nst. San Francisco, Unity, Mag- nolia, Friendship and Park lodges, compris. ing District No. 4, of which A. W. Tuggy is the deputy, will hold & public meeting in B'ne Brith Hall, at which time & grand entertain- ment will be given and the exercises wili close wi'h & dance. On the evening of Thursday, the 21st, Golder, Gate Lodge No. 8 will hold an open meeting in Shie!s building and an in eresting progremme Das been arrunged for the 1 enefit of the la ies | and their escorts to whom invitations nave | been extended. On that occasion Judee Fer- ral wiil deliver his popular lecture on “Napo- leon and Wa-hington.” Last Tucsiay evening a district meeting of Dis r.ct No. 1 of Alameda County was he.d at | Fraterni.y Hull. An uvusualiy lar attena- anceof the several lodges of the district, con- sisting_of Ca.ifornia Lodge'No. 1, Occ dentsl L>dge No. 6, Tempie Lodge No. 11, By D s rict L dege No. 226 and Ceutral Lodg: No. 251 was in attenda.ce. Grand Masier Workman Vin- ter was present and delivered aun interesting address. The surprise of the evenirg wi when Lawrence Nolan, the efficient deputy was presented with a handsome gold ba.ge of unusua. workmanship with the emblems of the order artistically displayed. The presenta- tion speech was made by the grand recorder and appropriatesy responded w by Depaiy Ne lap, luteresuing rewarks were made by a | ancient and_modern, aud stereopticon illus- | gree of Honor in Prosperity Lodge, which last | was presented by Mrs. K. M. Poland, grand re- | corder of the Degree of Honor, who was chair- S. G. W., us an acknowiedgment of the | courtesies shown_:0 thu members of Orinda Parior st Siuta Rosa during the Admission- | 1ng in Golden Gate Council | Councilor Boehm wili calt on America Coun- | the greatest incre large number of visiting brothers and the meeting was one of the most successiul held 1n West Oukiand for a long time. Mount Hamiiton Lodge No. 43 of 8an Jose had & grand meeting Wednesday eveniug last, wien an sddress was deiivered bv Judge George H. Bahrs, grand overscer, and nppro- priate sougs rendered by Grand Kecerver Sem looth. On Thu y evening, the 14th inst., a pub- lic eniertalument will be given by Excelsior Lodge No. 126 at Excelsior Hail. The ente: tainment wilt consist of & leciure on Egypt, trations by Dr. Charles H. Steele. A lodge was instituted at Lockwood, Monte- rey County. on Saturday evening, October 9, by Deputy O. F. Greely A lodge will be instituted at San Andrea Calaveras County, on Tuesday evening, Oct ber 12. ¢ Redondo Lodge will be jnstituted at Re- dondo, Los Angeles County, Saturdsy even- ing, the 16th inst. The Degree of Honor. The visit of Ivy Lodge of the Degres of Honor last Tuesday night to Prosperity Lodge of the Workmen was s most pleasant affair and drew to the lodgeroom & large number of peo- ple. The object of the visit was to lay the foundation for organizing a lodge of the De- April started with a membership of twenty, &nd has sicce thet time increased to 130. To that end they were addressed by Deputy Will- iam A. Imimnes, Mrs. M. J. Stewart, §. C. of H, ana William H. Barves In addition ihere Woman of the meeling, an_exceeding.y inter- esting progremme, which wax bigh.y uppreci- ated by the many present. It incinded: In- strumental solo, Miss Jessie Sturrock Hail; voeal solo, Mrs. W. Molloy ; recitations, Miss \ina Young: vocal solo, Mrs. G. L. Hail; spe- cialties, the Weterman sisters, and a vocal 5010 by Anson Hilton. The indications for the instimtion of a new lodge of the degree are fsvorab'e. iver Star Lodge will give an entertainment in Oakland ou the 18th inst. F Ivy Lodge will visit Center Lodge of West Oakiand on the 18th inst. A vew lodge i< 1o be iustituted at Los Gatos next Tuesduy evening. At the m ng of Ivy Lodge 1 an instructive entertainment, *“Distinguished Authors and Autnoress was presenied, and the first prize was carried off by Kitty Gartner and the booby prize by Octavia Noi- | tingham. t Wednesday The Native Sons. National Parlor of the Native Sons of the Golden West has appointed a committee on | entertainment to arrange a programme for s minstrel entertainment thut it proposes to give o1 the evening of the 3d of November. ihe Knickerbocker quartet has been en: gaged sor that occasion. Guy P. Hull, having recepted a position in Arizons, esigned the office grand trusice and Joseph F. Coffey of Redwood Pa ior has been appointed to fill the vacancy. Stantord Parior has aiready appoinied a committee 1o make arrangements for the proper celebration of September 9 n 1900. The Native Daughters. At the last held meeting of Golden State Parlor, the following-named visitors were present: Grand Secretary Mrs. seorgie C. Ryan, Grand Trustee Mrs. Lillian Carlie, D trict Deputy Grand President Mrs. Genevieve Baker, Miss Emma Daliwig of Oro Fino Parlor, Rader and Mrs H. M. Greene of Buena u and Miss 3 Klevesbal of La | There was aa exoibition of | work of imitiation, which was commended This ulways up-to-ate b Wikl g ve al in the banquet hall of the Native S)ne’ buiiding on the evening of | the 91h 01 November. Orinda Parior on last Thursday night gave a | social in the banquat hail of the Nativ. s bulding ‘o the membere of El Dorsd. day celebration Ine grand officers paid an official visit last | night (o L Esirella Parlor, and the visit was & very pleasaut one. The National Union, The San Francisco Cabinet held a meeting last Thursday night, it being the first held nce the return of President James E. Field from the session of the Senate. The secretary was instructed to call aiteution of three of the locel councils to the fact that the delegaies 1o the cabinet were not so prompt in their at- tendance as they ought to be. The president told in detail of the work that was done in the nate and gave ar interesting account of his Vvisits to the couucils in Chicago and to the cabinet of that ci It was suggested that the delegates from Golden Gate Council be asked o invite the Cabinzt to noid a special meet- Hall and that ail tne members of the orcer in this city be in- vited 1o atiend on that nicht. As the council | named will no doubt ex:end the invitation a date for the special meeting will b2 announced in the future. Aiter adjournment eleven members of the cabiue, wiio were present, under the lender- ship of a committee consisting of 0. C. Kiel of Lifornia Council, N. D, Arter of Golden Gate neil and M. Seligman of Ei Dorado Council visited & restaurani, where there had veen prepared a banquet, choice and boun:iful, in recognition of the services that President Field as delegate {rom Caiifornia (o the Senate had rendéred the order. Thal was supple- mental 10 u Vole o1 thanks tendered him dur- ing the sessiou of the cavinet. There were no speeches, and “ialk about shop” was not ai- lowed, but ihe evening was spent in discuss iug the menuand in pleasant conversaiion. President Field in a plessing mauner acknowl- edzed the compliment paid him. California Council at its meeting last Tues- day decided toreduce for a limited time the cost of imitiation. 1Ihe council as usual after the transaction of business had & most eu- jeyab e programme. Bereley Couucil, recently instituted in Berkeiey, has added 10 its membersnip and has alrexdy secured a quariet (0 entertain the members with vocal music. Pacitic Coancil at its last’ held meeting under the good of the order addressed by man R.Arter, T. A. Fariess, L. L. Miller, E. Dreyfus, Herman Eppinger and others, and quite & pleasaut evening was spent. Nor- The Chosen Friends. During the past week Vice.-Supreme Coun- etlor Hutton and Grand Councilor Boehm paid visits to Empire, Teutonia and Washingion councils and gave them an explanation of the work (hat was dome at the receat session of the Supreme Council. Next Tuesday Grand cil and Thursday he wiil call on cil. Past Grand Councilor Selvege, Grand Assist. ant Councilor W. H. Savage, Grund Vice-Coun- ctlor D. J. Hartley and Grand Trusiee F. W. Day attended a meeting of the executive com. mittee on Friday, and it was decided to offer money Pprizes in this jurisdiction to such councils as will by the first of next June show ¢ in membership. The; wit 'be turee Prizes, the nightst boing #50. It was also decided to arrange for pro- gressive meetings Toere was an interesting meetiug of Gate Counct! last Fr(dngy nleph',’ '..S:Xdlslfl dresses were made by W. H. Savage, G. A. C. Grand Trusiee Day aud ‘Grand Councilor Boehm, during which a great deal of ight wes thrown on the affairs of the order and the sc. t.on taken by th: Supreme Council to place ibe organizalion on a first-class basis. Alcazar Coun- | | Knights and Ladies of Honor. West End Lodge is experiencing a boom. It had one initiation and two applications at its last-hela meeting. Past Protectors Mr. and Mrs. Whitten and Grand Secretary Carleton were present at the meeting and were warmiy welcomed on their return to this city, the first-named from the North and the last- pemed from the East, where he wes in attend- ance on the Supreme Lodge. Oskland and Bay Cliy lodges have recently added to their mem be:ship. Pacific Lodge will give an entertainment and gance in Laurel Hull, Shiels' buiiding, next Tuesday. wben W. 1. Tayior wiil leeture on “*A Trip Through Mexico, Central and South Awmerica in an Hour.” It will be illustrated with a number of views. Grand Protecior Mrs. Belle W. Conrad is arranging a series of officisl visitations. The legis'at.ox of the 1ecent Supreme Lodge session hus been expiained 1o the local Jodges and it bias been received with many marks of | Wednesday, it was decided approval. The fact that Grand Secretary Carleton been retained on the commitiee on appeals and grievances is a matter that pleases the California membership. Fcresters of America. The new rituals will be resdy for distribu- tion this week. As soon as these go into effect there will be a great change in the matter of initiation, and it will be much more dramatic than in the past. Court Eucleian celebrated its fifteenth anni- versary by & grand ball in the Social Hall of the Alcrzar, and there was a great number of the members and iriends to enjoy the good pro- gramme of dances. Court Goiden Era will give its quarterly so- cial in the Social Hall of the Aicazar next Tuesday evening. Court Defiance at its meeting last Tuesday initinted three candidates, making seven in vo weeks. Three candidates were balloted nd three new apylications were received. ‘his court had & grand entertainment in Union-square hall last night on the occasion of its ter th anniversary. The Chutes committee hed auother meeting ¢ Friday and arranged a number of minor tails for the celebration to be held there next Saturday afternoon and evening. Companions of th~ Foreat, F. 0. A. The report of the supreme secrotary shows that on August 1, 1895, there were 238 cir- cles in the United States and that on the 1st of lnet August there were 310 circles, showing & net gain of 72 circles during the term of Mrs. S Storey as supreme chief companion. During the two years there was & netgain of 4524 members, the membership on the 1st of iast August being 19,070. The receipts by the sub- ordinate circies curing the term from ail sources, added to the $37,29155 on hand at the close of the prev.ous term, made a grand total of §228.902 he expenditures were: Manarewcnt, $87,346 91; sick benetits, $65,- 9522 funeral Lepetits. $3867; donations, $2786 38, making a total of $1 2 50, leav- ing a balance on hand of ¥68 94957, and showing & net gsin in fund duriug tue two years of $31,658 02. Inter Nos Circle at its meeting last Wednes- day night haa sn interesting meeting, work- ing in the initiatory degree and receiving ap- plcations for membership. The members of this circle are working hard to add to the mem pership. Mrs. Theodore Mugge of Woodland, & promi- nent member of the order, on her return from the springs, where she spent several weeks in company with her husband, was the guest of Mrs. Connell of Inter Nos Circle last week prior to her return home. Past Chief Companions’ Assoclation. Tuesday night there will be a meeting of the Past Chisef Companions’ and Deputies’ Asso- ciation for the purpose of hearing the report of the committee on laws. This organization wiil devise ways and means to bring tbe order of the Companions of the Forest more into prominence. Improved Order of Red Men. The reservat.on of California was well rep- resented al the Great Council of the United States. George W. Lovie was chairman of the judiciary committee, A. Jackson was on the commitiee of the state of the order, Josiah Sims on the committer on milesge and per diem and Freder.ck Brandt on the commitiee on distribut.on. Manzanita Tribe on last Friday moved from its old quarters to the elegant councii hall on the upper floor of the Red Men’s building. Modoc Tribe will also change its quarters (o the new hall. O tne 1st insl, the adoption team of Osce- ola Tribe visited Twin Feeks Hall and there cou.erred the adoption degree on twelve pale- inces in fine stvle 1or Ahwashtes Tribe. After the adption there was a grand time for the new red Lrothers and for the old-timers. The Insignie, the official organ of tne order, has meda 11s appearance in & new illuminated cover in (wo tints, which is a great deal hand- somer than was the one formerly ussd. The columns of the paper are arranged witha great deal of care, Grest Sachem Whipple has arranged a list of cflicial visitations on which he will be ac- companied by Great Chiet of Records Burg- man. Tc-morrow ihey will visit leka 2 at Yreka; Thursday they will go to Siskiyou Tribe at Scott River; on Friday they will be with lona Council at Yreks, and on the fol- lowing Mondey they wili be with Miami Tribe at Newcastle. Tuese officers expect to insii tute & new tribe and a new council in the northern part of the State during the trip there. Tne smoker of Modoc Tribe last week was a great success. The excellent programme that was oficred and the good tobacco W thorougbly appreciated by nil. During the past week Oshone Tribe adopted WG pale'aces and received two applications. Pohouoche Tribe also received 1wo applica. tious, Manzanita Tr be received oue applica tion and Sotoyome Tribe conferred the bunters’ degree on Lwo. Toe Daughters ot Montezuma, degree of Pocahontas, nave arranged for an_entertain- ment aud sociai 0 be given in Ruby Hall, R=d Men's building, ou the eveniug of the 11tn lust. A fine programme bas been pre- pared. Knights of Honor. Philip Prior, Thomes Learned and George W. Lemont are arranging :or an ent rtainment to be given by Polar Star Lodge to its friends. Atameeting of the grand trustees held last to keep up the z00d work which was inaugurated some time ago for the purpose of advancing the order. At the next meeting of Yerba Buena Lodge, there will be & change in the by-laws. Garden City Lodge of Alameda wae visited last Thur=day by W. J. Thompson, G. V.D., and T. Johnstone, G. R Prescott Lodge of Oakland, the baby lodge, is waking rapid strides, und its officers dis piay a great deal of activity. Next Wednesday this lodge Will receive a visit from Grrden City Lodge, and preparaticns have been made to receive the visiors in style. Anchor Lodge’s smoker and entertainmeat in Shiels' buildiug last Tanrsday night was attended by a great pumber ot the iriends of the membership. There was a good pro- gramme, pleaty 10 smoke and a toothsome coliation. Knights of Pythias. Week before last Grand Chancellor W. H. Grant visited Bald Mountain Lodge at Forest, Sierra Lodge at Sierra City, Summit Lodge at Truckee and Mono L-dge at Bodie. Monday night he will visit Iuyo Lodge at Bishop, and ou Saturday he was with Maverick Lode at Alturas. The Eathboune Sisters. On the evening of the 29th uit. the members of East Oakland Temple No. 7 gave Past Chief Mrs. Mary B. Nuttig & surpriss party at her residence, 260 East Sixteenth street, it being tue anniversary of her birth. The visitors called at 8 o'clock snd did not take their de- parture until midnight, and 10 say that they took Mrs. Nutting by surprise is putting it mildly. After congratulatious a very p easant evening was spent, and tnen there was & coi- Intion furnished by the visitors. Ther were present, besides Mrs. Nuiting and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Heino, Mr. and Mrs. Teil, Mr. ana Mrs. West, Mesdames Silcox, Wilkensou, Lees, Cloupah, Howes, Holmes, Siép. the Mistes N. and E_Siep, Messrs. G. Hoffmann, C. J. H. Lutb, Mr. Hodeck and Masters Milton and Walton Heino. The Roval Arcanum. Court Golden West tendered a reception last Friday night to Supreme Warden T. A. Parish and wife in the social hail of the Alcazar, and it was attended by a large number of the friends of the council, who were entertained during the evening with a very fine pro- gramme and tien with & dance and refresh. ments. The programme inciuded an sddress of welcome Ly Regent Banks cf th: counc:l, an address by the supreme warden, numbers on tnegraphophone, soprano solo, Mrs.Thomas Chessemnn ; musical se.ections, Mr. W Miss A. Ligen; rectiation, Miss L. Gra mation, Frank Head. To-morrow night there will be a jolnt meet ing of Argonaut and Golden West Courcils, at which there will be discussed a proposition to form u new jurisdiction, the details of which wi.l be furnished by *upreme Warden Parisn. The supreme warden will leave for Sscra- menio in & few davs lor he purpose of ius ti- tuting & new council in that city. Ancient Order of Foresters. The rccent visit of Dr. Case, H. C. R.; M. Boehm, H. 8 C.R.; G. W. Lunt, H. C. T.. Goidaracena, H. C. S.; P.J. Cole, H.C. 8.; W. F. J.Frye,’H. C. J. B, and delegates irom Coury Menlo Park to Court Btarof Redwood, was a very pleassut offair, at which there were ora- tory, music and song and goud cheer and mirth at & banquet tendered the visitors. The members of the executive committee wili visit Court Onward on the 19th inst. Permanent Secretary Faicouer paid a frieudly visit to «ourt” Hartford st Vallejo last Thursday, when there was Dresent a large membership to greet him. Among the via. tors were Chicf Ranger Durrant of Court Be- nicia, Past Chief Ranger Ayling of Court Robiu Hood ana W. C. Eilis of Court Violet. Court Lincoln has ranged for a grand smcker on the evening of the 21st in Wash- ington Hall, when ihere will be a joily 11 aund there will be presented a programme of songs. recitations, music, pipes and a colla- tion will be served, Companions of the Forest. The quarterly entertainment and social given Artemis Circle in Social Hall of the Foresters’ building was attended by a large number of the friends of the circ'e. In adli- tion 10 the dance the committee on passetem;s presented a very enjoyable programme that was made up of: Vocal duet, ‘*Come With Me,” Mesdames Shafer and Steffanzi; song and fancy dance, little Annette Snook; man- dolin and guitar duet, Fisher ana Ccs ello; fenor solo, Mr. Lautz; fancy dance Mis: Juliet Turpin; vocal solo, Muster Phil Snook, and tenor solo, A. I<ola. A.lvoted the entertain- ment a great suceess. 5 The buard of deputies and the grand officers prid avisit to Eureka Circle last week and it proved an agreeable and enjoyable one for all present. The poard of deputies will pay s visit on the 30tL inst. to Aiba Circle at Vallcjo. America Circie will celebrate iis wooaen an- niversary at Maunerbund Hall on the 234 inst. The same night Califoruta Circle will celebrate its sixth auniversary by an entertainmeatin Austrian Hall. Loyal Circle has cards out for an open meet- ing tole held tc-morrow evening iu A.O. F. Hall. An intercs ing programme of singing. recitations and jancy dancing Las been ar- ranged for the occasion. Friends of the Forest. Pioneer Lodge of the Friends of the Forest, at the clcse of its business meeting last Mon- day night, when two candidates were initiated and several applica ions presented, the mem- bers gave an “at home” to the members of Court Lincoln, A. 0. F., and their friends, who comfortably filled the lodgeroom in Washing- ton Hall. Therc was a piano solo by Mrs. Warren, a select reading by Miss Waldo, piano 5010 by Miss Scrivner, vocal solo, “Better Than Gold,” Mrs. Hattie M. Gingles, nud_the read- ing, 'by Mrs. Jennie Perry, of *‘The Lincoin Tattler,”” a periodical wricien by four mem- bers of the louge, in which is given the duings ol the members and some good advice (o mem- bers and to those who may wish 10 join. It contained many cleverskits. After the pro- gramme there were served reireshments and then came a dance uutil midnight. Pioneer Loage will give auother party in No- vem ber. Mizpah Lod ge is advancing, and at its last he.d meeting received a vis't irom Supreme President Mrs. Hattie M. Gingles and Mrs. M. McLane, the supreme secretary. Toere 1s some talk of organizing another lodge in this eity, The Druids, Oakiand Grove No. 24 has elected the f lowing named officers for the ensuing term Charles Ackatd, N. A.; T. J. Andrews, V. A.; A. L. Sansom, financial and recording secre- tary; Henry Wilking, treasurer; Charles Po- roli, conductor, and G, Adaminas, inside guar- dian. Last Tuesday H. J. Galle, voto, P. N. G. A.; F. Graves, G. 8.; E. H. Goetze, G. T.; vich, grand sentinel, accompanied by L G. Schord, P. S. A., Past Nobie Grand Arches Henry A. Chase and C. Maginniss and & num- ber of others offitially visited Hesperian and Eivin groves in jo.nt meeting and witnessed | he conterring of the fiist und second degrees in & very satisfactory manner. Ailer ihe meet- ing tne 'v.sitiug officers and members to the number of more than 100 had a banquet, and there was spent an hour in u pleasant manner. Last Monday Templar Grove hud lour imtia- tions and received t.uree applications. During the week Guerneville Ludge conferred tne degrees on three candidates and received one upplication. Aurors Grove received two appli- catousand elected its officers for the term. There were several candidates for every office except that of secreiary. The grand secretary is informed by lette:s | that the grov.s in Eureka, Placerville, Si. Helens and Napa are constantly adding to the membership. The Junior Order American Mechanics. Special National Organizer Terry on last Tuesday organized a new council at Chico, whigh will start 1ife with thirty charter mem- bers. It will be known as Chico Council. He will leave to-morrow for the purpose of organ- izing another new council. Next Tuesday the State officers will paya visit to Custer Council. Hamiltou Couucil at its last held meeting | had four applications for admission into the council. I nasentered the race for the prize | offered by the State officers. | It is probavle that there will bea union | meetiug in the hall of Starr King Council on the 26th fnst. J. F. Burns of Los Angeies has been appoint- ed State orgenizer for District No. 1. Last Tuesdey Oakland Councii, Daughters of Liberty, paid a visit in & body t California Couneil. 'There was an address of welcome by Mrs. B. Price and there were addresses by a number of persons present, inciuding an in- teresiing talk upon the order by Henry Schaert- zer, Sinte councilor of the Juniors,and by Mrs. A Bowley. B'ne B'rith. ‘Lhe first of a series of propagands meetings in this ciiy was neld last week in the Minna- street synagogue, with the result that fifty signatures were obtained to a petition for a charter for a new lodge, whic., when inst.- tute !, will increase the numb:r to eleven in thiscity. A movement for the increase of the order hus been insugurated in Porilund, Or. There is a movement afoot (o reorganiza the Adler auxiiacy loage, which for some time past has ot been es active as it should have veen. Itisalso witniu the line of possibility that another auxiliary lodge will be organized in this eity. The grand secretary has received five appli- cations from parties in the East and the south of the Uuited States for comstiiutions and rules and regulations governing the anxilia lodges. Itis the purpose of district lodges in the East 10 add auxiliaiy courts to the seversl jurisdictions. Lincoln Relief Corps. i Lincoln Reliet Corps No. 3, Auxiliary to the | Grand Army of the Repubiic, had a large meeting recently, heid for tne purpose of | making arrangements for a bazasr 10 be held on October 21, 22 and 23. in 0.d Y. M. C. A. Hall, on Sutier street, fur the benefit of ihe tund for the reilef of the poor so.diers who nre cared lor by the corps. It is agood char- ity and deserves to be well patron:zed. Young Men’s institute. Golden Gate Council has arranged for an en. teriainment and social on tne 11th of Novem- ber. The next meeting ot the board will be held this evening for the cousidsration of matiers of importance to the order. The committee on laws and supervisions held a meetiug last week 1o consider the | amendments that have been submit.ed 10 the 1aws of subordinaie councils, The visit to Watsonville Council will be on the | 15th inst. ipsiead of the 14th as or gina.ly in- | tended. The visit to Naps Council was post- | poned from tke 4th inst. to the 30th. Grand Director E. H. Hemmond paid a visit Iast Wednesaay to Borromean Council. That council will, in a body, ¥isit 1he district meei- ing that will ina shore time be heid in Oak- la W. E. Lannigan will on the 231 of October Ppay » visit to Montgomery Council. Last Fri- aay councils 473 and 475 of Los Angeles paid & visit 10 the fair 1ven 1n that city jor the be efit of Sacrea Heart Church ‘I he lecture on ““Theolugy Applied to the Con- dition of the Churcn and People,”’ by ine Right Rev. Bishop Moutgomery before the councii at Saulinas, was we.l aitended and proved very interesting. Daughters of S*. George. Britannia Lodge No. 7 met on Monday night | for the first time in Washington Hall oa Eddy sireet, and afier the close of business, the members, there being a large number in tendance, ceiebrated the evening by partak- ing of a fine collation, the giving ol toasts aud iistening io responses. Then there wasa short programme which included a telicitous speech, selections on the piano irom the *Bohe- mian Girl,” Mrs. H. Williams; vocal duet, Trebilcox and Mr. Tuomas; vocal soio, Mrs. Atkinsou; duet, Mrs. E. wiiis and Mrs. Sara Atkiusou; vocal solo, Mr. Thomus, and then followed dancivg unti mianight Mrs. H. Wiiiams presided at tne piauo. The Old Friends. ! Judge E. A. Belcher of this city have also been | stretching The Society of 0ld Friends (incorporated), over which Dr. F. F. Lord presides and J. E. Slinkey is the secretary, will have a grand lime on the evening of tne 13th iust.on the occision of the opening of ne new hall on Third street, near Merket. Ou the fol.owing Wednesday night the society will give a Cas- tilian banqu t. at wnich iadies will be sdmit- ted, at the Spanish Amer cin Hotel. —_— The Indiaus oi Guiana have a queer system of numeration. 1 hey count by the band and iis four fingers. Thus, when they rescu five instead of raying 8) they caliita “band.” 8 x is therefore “‘a hana and first finger,” seven “‘a hand and sec- ond finger.” Ten is “two bands,” but twenty, in~tead of being “‘four nanus,” isa “man.” Forty is “iwo men,” and thus they zo on by twentie:. Forty-s.x isex- pressed as “two men, a hand anu first fin- gor.” —_———— The largest mass of pure rock saltin the world lies under the province of Galicia, Hungary. It is known to be five hundred miles long, twenty miles broad, and tvo hundred and fifty feet in thick- ness, John Daggett has, within a day or two, been | put forward for president of the California | Miners’ Association by Secretary Julian Sonn- tag and others since it has bec. me certain that Jacob H. Nefl' will positively refuse a re- election at the State convention on the 18.h | inst. Harold T. Power of Placer County and | mentioned for the position. The indications now are that the coming | convention will be the largestin the history of the association. The affiliated counties have wakened up as the iime has approached, elected delegates amid much interest and have raised the money due irom them, Nevada County contributing $750 to the treasury. The Southern Pacific Company has annousced & one and a third rate to delegates. It is ex- pected that Governor Budd will attend and | | tnere will be papers of scientific in- terest by eminent mining men, in add tion to the large amount of practical | business before the two days’ meeting. River improvement will be an important theme. It is probabie thata committee will be appointed to secure co-operation from all the mining Stat2s snd Territories in a revision of the Fed- eral mining laws, thus enlarging on the scope | and work of the committee created at Denver. Steps will be taken to push the movement for the creation of a department of mining in the Federal Government, and the Caiiforaia deiegation will beicked to be present and to push this and other mensures in Gongress. It is now confident'y expecied that the mineral lands bi.l w.ll be pessed, since & sccretary of the treasury and & land commissioner favor- able to the industry have come into power. The Mining Bureau and many other pructical themes will come up. Quicksilver has in petroleum a close rival for the position of second place in the list of the State’s mineral products, and present de- velopment promises to largely iicrease the output, The grea: Altoona mines at Cinna- ber, which are now beiag pumped out at great cost, will soon be in operaiion on alarge scale. At the New Idria mine, in Sun Benito County, important progress is being made, the follow- ing notes of which are teken from an ex- tensive article in the current issue of the San Benito Advance: For upward of forty years the New Idria mines, in the extreme southern partof this county, have produced a supply of quicksilver | | | that has found iis way to the various marts of | trade. Andyet how few of our veopls know | that the mines to-day are capable of producing more of the liquid metal per annum than any | quicksilver mine in the world save the famous | mines of 1dria, in Austria, which have been | worked since the year 1497. The minesare | situated sixty-seven miles due south of Hol- lister. | Ten ycars ago the mining company was working about six men ana the to al output 1 of silver was about twelve flasks per month. The superintendent reported that the mine | had petered out and preparations were mace | 10 abandon the fumous 0.d camp. The mine was owned largely by the Thomas Bell estate. Quicksilver rose in price and the experis of a Boston syndicate were sent to New Idria. Upon their report the mining proparty was vurchased for $40,000 and E. G. Holmes in- stalled as superintendent. The syndicate also owns the Saata Ysabel gold mine in Mexico and the Etna and Napa Consolidated quick- silver mines in the northern part of the State. With unlimited capital prepirations were made to develop the mines upon 1 large scale. The new turnace was recently completed at a cost « { $52,000. It extends with its condensers a distanc: of 500 feet up the hill and has a | capacity of handling seventy-five tons of ore | every twenty-four hours. A tramway has | been built to the various tunnels and mule- trains haol the ore to a poiut 2000 feet above ibe furnace. From thispoiut a gravity railroad lets the ore-loaded cars down the mountain direct to the furnace, the loaded ear drawing the empty one up. The furnace fires are never allowed to die out, the most intense heat being kept up night | and day. About foriy men are employed getiing out the ore, the gravity road running night and day. Tsere is ore in sight to work the furnace 10 its fullest capacity for twlenty years. At the furnace twentr men are em- ployed in varlous capacities. The snipmentof siiver 10 Ties Pinos agsregates 400 flasks a month. Each flask contasins 7614 pounds of clear quicksilver. The return frei<nt averages about fitty tons of general merchandise and supplies per month. For supulies, freight and | | | | i | | | spoken of at allitis with a smile. wages the company pays out nearly a quarter of a millfon aollars a yea An interesting case hss just been decided | by the Suprem: Court of New Mexico of con- siderable importance as regards those who grubstake mining prospectors. Henry Lock- hart of Albuquerque had grubstaked the orig- inal locators of the Weshington mine at Co- hiti, which property, when it became valu- able, became the subject of litigation between Lockhart and the locators whom he had grubstaked. It hes been in the courts for several years, the result finally being in favor of Lockbart. Reports reaching the Mint Bureau from time to time warrant the estimate that the world’s production of gold for 1897 will be between $235000,000 and $240,000,000, an increase of moe than $30,000,000 over the product of 1896. The United States will probably lead all other producing countries | with a total of $60,000,000. South Africsand Australasia will be close competitors for sec- ond place, with a total production exceeding $50,000,000 each. The Jupiter.mine, Dogtown, Calaveras County, which has become famous through the mysterious d.sappearance of its manager, W. Keefer, has put several hundred miners and Chinamen to work constructing a ditch and reservoir, with a view of operating this coming winter. Owing to a disagreement among the owners, the old Soulsby mine of Tuolumne will remain closed down definitely. A number of propos:d Kiondikers have taken thetr ou:fits to Cala- veras 10 prospect there until spring. At Randsburg the Butte Wedge is down about 400 feet, the Little Butte 350 feet, witn reported good prospects in each; the St. Elmo is down 200 feet, with double ccmbination shait and fine hoisting works; the King Solo- mon is down 240 feet. Other mines vary in depth from 50 to 100 feet, and some claims, on whicn as yei mere prospect work has been done, have reached a depth of over 100 teet each. There is considerable stir tn Mariposa min- ing circles lately and a large number of prop- erties ate under consideration. A number of well-known experts have been looking over Coultervilie properties lately, inciuding Arthur Pearce of London, J. P. Mitchell of Colorado, K. G. Brown of Bodie, aud Messrs. | Wilise, Newhouse and Ewing of San Fran- ¢ sco. The negotiations between the syndicate rcp- resented by Thomas Mein and the owners of | the Nevada City" mine are said by Mr. Mein’s San Francisco representative to hive been de- ciared cff. The owners would not accept the terms upon which the syndicate were willing 10 proceed with the development of the prop- erty, the terms of payment and the price offered both being unsatisfactory. Parties have just finished a boat at the Reid | ferry, Shasta County, for the purpcse of con- ducting exper mental mining operaiions at the bottom of the Sacramento River, b:tween the ferry and Midd e Creck. A cylinder or caiscon of iron will be sunk vertically in the river and the water inside pumped out. A miner will then descend a ladder placed inside the cylinder and the gravel will be hoisted and washed for the gold contents. Great activity is being displayed in quartz mining in the Humbug Distriet, Siskiyou County, and some of the ledges in that sec- tion are to be developed on an extensive scale. Many of these ledges would justify the erec- tion of a mill on tnem, as it hus been satisfac- torily proven of late that ledges run down to agrest depth. Quer'z mines have not been extensively devsiop-d in this county in the past, most of the mining having been con- fined to hydrauiic piacer mining on the rivers. Scarcely an echo of the Coffee Creek “boom’” 1s heard now,says a correspondent. Ifitis The rumors that have floated about durins the pastweek have been as preposterous as were the re- poried strikes that followed so thick and so fast when the San Francisco “steff correspond- enis” got up to the headwaters of Coff ze Creek. Coffes Creek has long since given up its huo- dreds of prospectors; but it recelved tremend- ous advertising for » while. Two handred locations were filed with the County R.corder at Weaverville as a result Nothing grext nas resulted from itall. The Graves brothers were made famous and com- peratively rich. Like good fellows that they are, they hav> gone back to their humble homes, not puffed up with pride, out dfgging awny on a good p-ospect just as thousands of other miners ere doing in Caiifornia to-day. SOME ARTISTIC SIGNS It has been said that the bill-boarding | and blank wall and other spaces used for advertising purposes in San Franciszo | would, it joined end to end, more than half encircle the city with a fence ten feet | high. It is claimed, indeed, that the ad- | vertisers of the Pacific Coast metropolis | spend more money in this form of adver- tising than those of any other cit- in the | couutry, in proportion to population. Bill- boards are bigger than elsewhere, as a | general thing, and one in particular, that inclosing the vacant lot opposite the pan- | handle entrance of Golden Gate Park, 1= id to embrace the largest area of adver- | tisements on one board in the world. | “Double-decker” fences, twenty or | tweuty-five feet high, and frequently a street-blces long, abound, ana covered, as they are, with every sort of edornment that the ingenuity of man can device, | they are a study for every thoughtful per- | son and, ofttimes, a source of wonder- ment as well. | There was a time when street-fence ad- l vertising was mostly confined to the post- ing of bills or the plain or fancy lettered display, with little attempt at pictorial ornamentation, of the merits of the wares | which the advertiser desired to bring to the attention of the public. In the out- | sk rts of town or city one would not in- frequently come across a painted sign with letters ten or fifteen feet high, | several hundred ivet along road or hillsite, and compelling the ob- server, will he nill he, to spell out the word or words emblazoned thereon. Such signs are still in evidence through- out the country, but advertisers are be- coming more artistic and require some- thing different as an advertising medinm. They would discard tue methods of a decade ago, and the desira for improve- ment is in nothing more manifest than the present vogue of ihe gayly colored | poster of novel and often groiesque de- sign, =0 protusely displayed on billboards | everywhera, The first pictorial advertising sign in this city was painted twenty-tive vears ago on a fence surrounding the Safe De- posit building, then in process of erection at the corner of California and Mont- gomery streets. The subject was Em- peror Norton. When Norton learned of the liberty that had been taken with his personality he went gunning for the artist and Mr. Swan found it convenien: to keep out of the way until the siorm blew over. From that beginning pictorial advertis- ing sign vpainting in San Francisco has grown to its present large proportions. It is to-day a feature of the bussiness activi- ties of the city and furnishes employment to mapy men who, otherwise, would find it difficult to secure a remunerative outlet for the exercise of artistic talent and abil- ity. There are several large concerns en- gaged in billboard advertising hereand each ezaploys two or three artists to paint pictrial signs at §4 50 to $5a day. These men are kept steadily employed through- out the year. They are generally trained artists. The painting of advertising signs re- quires a special aptitude and develops great quickness of touch and readiness of execution. The colors are laid on with a iarge brush, and with quick, bold strokes, based upon an exact comprehension by the painter of the needs of the situation. The artist must have a perfect knowledge of proportion and perspective, for much of his work is done on a narrow scaffold- ing, which does not permitof his stepping back to view the progress of his uuder- taking. This would not mean much in the case of smal! paintings, the entire di- mensions of which would come easily within the range of v sion, but in pict: ing designs which are sometimes ten feet high and twenty or thirty feet long itisa matter that tests the skill and technical acquirements of theé painter. To show the wonderful quickness and accury of the pictorial sign-painter when put to his mettle an incident of the recent Pre-idential campaign in this city may be related: At the time of Syeaker Reed’s expected visit to San. Francisco last fall the Repub- lican State Committee determined to dec- orate its quarters in honor of the occasion, Asa feature of the proposed decorations it was decided tn have a large medallion portrait of Major McKinley painted. The porirait, which was to be something like ten feet high, was to form the center of a grouping of bunting, which was to be placed over the entrance of the Palace Ho- tel on Market street, where the headquar- ters of the committee were located. The time was limited in which the work could be done, and the proprietor of one of the sign-painting estabiishments was appealed to. He undertook to provide the desired picture, and a photograph vol Mr. McKinley was precured and deliv- ered to the artist wno was to paint it and who was a regular employe of lh'o con- cern. In just four hours the portrait was completed, and in an hour or two later it was in place. The likeuess is gool and the colorinz excellent. San Franciscans will remamber the large groups of likenesses of notables, which were displayed on Market street and else- where in the city, some years 220, 28 ad- vertisements of a brand of cigarettes. Thou- sands of spectitors wou!d stand on the opposite curbing waiching the artist, a little 0ld man, with a brarded face, as he skillfully sketched in the lineamen's of this, that or the other person, with a lighted cigarette in iis or her mouth, asa partof the big advertising design. Some- times it was a group of stalesmen—the faces were changed frequently—some- times a grouping ot well-known actors or actresses; again it was local celaqus. But whatever the countenances uepicted the likenesses were almost always ad- mirable, considering the difficulties the artist had to contend with and the short time he devoted to the work. Common weakness of human nature was disclosed by the display of the cizar- ette advertisements. The portraits were those of people of prominence in various walks of life. Thisled many persons who could really lay no claim whatever to celebrity or notoriety, but who wisbed to have it thought that they were ‘‘soms pumpkins,” to try to get their likenes-es inte the groupings. To achieve this laud- able purpose they deiuged the arust with their photozraphs, accom panied by verbal or written requests that they ve used in sketching the originals on the big adver- tising canvas. The photographs form an curios. 9 Piciorial sign-painting, as considered to-day, is very different from the manner in which it was carried on a quarter of a century ago. The crude spasmodic efforts of the early days have given place to well- directed systematic enterprise. k There has been a constant artistic im- provement and the tendency 1s toward still more satisfactory re-ults in the future. Besides the pictorial sign artists lettered -painters are employel at good wages and they, too, have co be experts at their calling. Even the bill-posters, who are the most pumerous of any of the em- vloyes of the big street and advertis- ing concerns, are men who command good compensation for their work. Each of the leading establishments engaged in the biilboard business in this city employs a dozen or fifteen men, and one of them nearly as many wagons fittea with all the improved ap- vliances, throughout the year. On special occasions they increase their force 1o meet the requirements of the situnation. Large sums are paid for the leasing of fences or biank wall spaces anda there is much competition among the wvarious firms in their efforts to procure some de- sirable site for the erection of billboards. The sum cf $2000 was paid for one year’s lease of the advertising privileges'of an uptown lot. An Intercepted Letter. CHILKOOT PASS, Arasga, Aug. 24.— | Oh, but the biueness of the celestial vault is beyond human speech, even beyond mine. Itisas blue ss city milk, as blue as the blue eyes of a bloomer girl—of the girl we love. And I, J. Miiler, have seen it al!; have laid on my back in the pure, white, clean, | unstained, uunsulliea snow, and have locked up into that blue, bluish, bluey | biueness with my own blue eyes until I had 10 say, “'Itis good. God did it well.” Then my back feit wet and I had to get up. But i had seen it all and I was satisfied. And what shall I say of the 1ce, of the ice of Alaska, of this great cold, bleak, raw, uncivilized, unthinking, big northern hemisphere? What shall Isay about it? Tell me, ye white-robed polar bears, that I may write it on this celluloid cuff and send it forth for the compositor to swear at. They are stupendous, these mountains. They begin at the bottom and go clean up to the top, then they fold over and go down to the bottom again. They are almost out of sight. O passionless mountains that do this! 0 mountains in whose bosoms may sleep the bones of the megatherium and the— er—the muskrat ! On, they are still, these mountains, and high. 1 bhave leaved up their sides even as a young giant. I have pranced up them ou all fours, even as a wild ass. And the ice is everywhere. It 1s cold and hard and white. Ob, the white, coid | bard ice is everywhere. Once 1 rut some down Livernash’s neck, and now I know that Livernash is a bad man and that he has not read the Good Book to advantage as I have, Now I must rest. Itisnizhttime and it is dark. 1 am weary, and I wish the my whiskers and kiss my purple lips. We send our love to you — I, the blue sky, tha hills, the snow, and the ics. J. MILLER. P. 8.—Wken do I get my $3 for the last letter? —_——— Within a comparatively recent period it was deemed singularly unlucky among | ihe Scoteh fisher folk of the northwest of Scotland to fiad a turbot amcag the con- tents of a haul, and in no circumstances would the skipper permit the ill-omened capture to b2 taken on board. FREE T0 RVERY MAN. WHICH CURED HIM AFTER THING ELSE FAILED, NEW TO-DA EVERY« Painful diseases are bad enough, but man is slowly wasting sway with n:?::m meakness the mental forebodings are ten {imes worse than the most severe pain. Thera, lanoletup to the mental suffering day o night. Sleep is almost impossible, and under such a strain men are scarcely Tesponsibie fop what they do. For years the writer rolled ang lossed on the troubled sen of sexual weakness Botll it was a question whether he had not Detter take a dose of poison and thus end all his throubles. ~But providential inspiration came to Lis aid in the shape of a combina tion of medicines that not only completely restoreq e generai health, but enlarged his wenk ¢maciated parts to natural size and vigor, s Be now declares that any man who ‘will 'tera the trouble to send hi: me and address ma; have the method of this wonderlul treatmeny iree. Now, when I say free I mean absolnte: hout cost, because I want every weakenod man o get the beuctit of (BY expetience, m not a philantnropist, pose en enthusiast, but |hereplre ln" Sy o suffering the mental tortures manhood who would be cured they but get such a remedy a housands of men 0f weakenad that, although they cost nu woring “::mml. o some m, appiuess to most o W, Thomas Slater, box 3985 % ion® g " : Kalamasoo, Mich., ‘.nhnnlflon Will be mailed in & plaia interesting addition to a collection olfl south wind would piay a lullabaloo on “