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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 28, 1898. PLOWING IN' THE RICE FIELDS® WITH - THE CARABAO. A copy of which was sent to an American concern, who thought there wes business for steam plows in the’ Philippines. They don’t think so now. From “Yesterday in the Philippines,” published by Scribner’s. HILE much fault from a lite- rary point of view can be found wigh ‘‘Yesterdays in the Philip- pines,” by Joseph Earle Ste- vens, there is no doubt that the book is entertaining and bound to be of a great deal of use in imparting a knowledge cf the true state of things in the domain that has just come under our jurisdiction and to which So many Amer- icans will soon be hurrying. Mr. Stevens was for two ars a clerk :4n the last American mercantile house in Manila, that of Henry W. Peabody & Co. of Boston. He was compelled to live the 1ife of the people and also came into con- tact with ses. His business and taken for grant- before the reader. evens gives S ty of Amer- jine Islands; but g his book his opinion as to the ad fca holding the Phili the reader had bet goes Mr. Stevens' writ- would b atled “‘good.” d even flippant in certain Neverthele: there 1is a directne about it that s the reader’s attentlon from begin- ning to end. The language is simple, and the scenes portrayed are all interesting. “In short, the book is readable. And after ing it few, indeed, will be they who fault ‘with the style. - Indeed, most veaders will be likely to declare it ths resting and instructive book of s_appeared in many a dev. begins his aceount from steamer leaves San Fran- ibes all of interest on the cific. The.big Pacific Mall steamer took him to Hongkong, from re he took a small craft to his desti- Stevens me the age from Hongkong to Manila, southeast, he calls “‘one t shert ocean crossings The boat has a il it gets fairly he first view of Ma- = from the bay Is in- ore the unac rs much discom- m dumped e natives with sun were lugging hemp d under offictals with flour sa in ‘the panish officials in full sharp [ -search for contraband. were p: uniform, smoking cigarettes, playing chess and fanning themselves (p their comfortable seats in bentwood rocking chairs were interrupted by our arrival, and made one boil within as they upeet the baggage and searched for smuggl dollars. The huge “punka,” to make & breeze, which {s “'a most important article of ful niture in every tropical establishment”; the precautions against damage from earthquakes and typhoons—cloth Instead of plaster walls and ceilings; no_tiles on the roofs—impressed him early. Down in ‘ outside the city walls, the b all have an appearance of feebleness and senility, and look as if a good blow or a heavy shake would lay them flat,” but in the old city, behind the ortifications, “‘are heavy buttressed build- ygone days, built when it was t earthquakes respected thick walls rather than thin, and the sturdy buttresses so occupy the narrow sidewalks that pedestrians must travel single file."” We already know much, however, of Manila_architecture, from' recent news- paper pictures; of the situation of the city, on the bay and Pasig River, of old Manila and the new town, and the cathe- thought t ral. Jsiere 13 a statement of the population in As to the population, Manila, in the larger sense. may hold 350,000 souls, besides a few dogs. Of the lot call 50,000 Chinese, 5000 Spaniards, 130 Germans, % English and 4 Americans. The rest are natives or half-castes of the Malay type, - whose blood runs in all mixtures of Chinese, Spanish and what-not proportions, and whose Chinese eves, flat noses and high cheekbones are queer accompaniments to their Spanish accents. Thus the majority of the souls in Manfla—like the dogs—are mongrels, or mestizos, as the word s, and the saying goes that happy Is the man who knows his own father. The traveler’s first night in Manila was not reassuring. In the Spanish hotel El Oriente, Mr. Stevens made acquaintance with the Philippine bed: It is a four-poster, with the posts extending high enough to support a light roof, from whose eaves hang copious folds of deep lace. e bed frame is strung tightly. across with regular_chair-bottom cane, and the only other fittings’ are a piece of straw matting spread over the cane, & pillow and a surrounding wall of mosquito netting that drops down from the roof and is tucked under the matting. How to get into one of these cages was the first ques- 1 tion that presented and what to do with myself after I got in was the second. Breakf: co! sted of a cup of thick chocolate and a seedcake to sop it out of the cup, blotting-paper fashion. He began the first morning by ordering a dozen sults of white sheeting from a na- tive taflor—price, §2 50 each. Then he was introduced at the English Club and began to feel more comfortable: The club affords shelter and refreshment to its fourscore members at two widely separated points of the compass, one just on the banks of the Pasig River, where its waters, slouch- ing down from the big lake at the foot of the mountains, are first introduced to the outlying suburbs of the city, and the other in the heart of the business section. The same set of na- 0000000000000000000000LO000_000000000000000000000000000 (] [ 00000 000000000000000000000 th de ments, sinoe e middle’ of the hours. As a result on week days after the lignt breakfast of the early morning is over at the up-town building the staff of waiters and assistants hurry down town in the tram cgrs and make ready for the noon meal at the other structure, returning home to the sub- urbs In time for dinner. The rooster 18 the “native dog” of the Philippines, and cockfighting one of the rincipal sports. The people are Inclined Z, like music, and, while Itallan opera sometimes thrives in Manfla. few houses are too frail or ppor to include in thelr furniture some kind of musical instru- ment: It is extremely curfous that out of all the peoples of the Far Fast the Fillpinos are the only ones possessing a natural talent for mu- sic, and that the fslands to-dav stand out unfque from among all the surrounding terri- tory as being the home of a musical race who do not make the night as hideous with weird beatings of tom-toms as they do poetic with soft waltzes coaxed from gruff trombones. Mr. Early In his sojourn in Manila, Steveus, for $4 50 per month, hired a man to serve as valet. He was useful and supported a small family and a fighting cock on his wages. Laundry work is cheap, and for two gold dollars a month he could turn over to his laundryman as much as he pleased: Two full suits of white sheeting clothes s day for thirty made one item of no mean dimensions, and yet the lavandero turns up each week with his basketful, perfectly sat- isfled with his remuneration. 'Then, tco, he washes well, and although when I see him standing knee-deep in the river whanging my trousers from over his head ddwn onto a flat stone, I fear for seams and buttons, noth- ing appears to suffer. And, although he builds 2 small bonfire in & brass flatiron that looks fke & warming pan and runs it over my white coats all blazing as it is, the result is excel- lent, and one’s linen seems better laundered thad in the mills that grind away at home. Tobacco is very cheap, too, and Mr. Stevens thinks well of it: Manila's best cigar, made of a special, se- lected tobacco, wrapped in the neatest silver foil and packed in rosewood boxes, tied with Spanish ribbon, costs about b ce and 1s considered a rare delicacy. One scarcely ever sees these clgars, the ‘‘Incomparables,” outside of the city itself, and the brand is so choice that but few smokers are acquainted with it. The forelgner in Manlla thinks he is paying dear for his weed at $20 per thousand, and some of our professional smokers limit them- selves to those favorite ‘‘Bouquets,’’ which correspond to our ‘‘two-for-a-quarter’ vari- ety, but sell here for $1 80 a hundred. Below these upper grades come a vgrious assort- ment of cheaper varieties, Including the cher- cots, big at one end and small at the other, and the three-dollar-a-thousand cigars, which are made of the first thing that comes handy, to be sold to the crews of deep water mer- chantmen. A native of the Philippines wants his cigarette, and gets it. Packages of thirty are sold on almost every corner for a couple of coppers, and to my mind the Manila cf- garette s far superior to the varlety found in Cuba. Smoking is, of course, encouraged by prices such as these and one finds it perfectly good form to borrow a clgarette, as well as a light, from his neighbgr in the tram car or on the plaza. Even on the toll bridge which spans the Pasig you pay your copper for cross- ing, and get in change a box of matches, and it you are queer enough not to want the matches the man will give you instead a ticket that avalls for the return trip. Ants and cockroaches abound, and so do rats. The Philippine cats are feeble creatures. Their place as rat catchers is cheerfully fiiled by snakes: Nearly all of the older bungalows in Ma- nila possess what are called house snakes; huge reptiles generally about 12 or 14 feet long and as thick as a fire engine hose, that per- manently reside up in the roof and live orrthe rats, These big creatures are harmless, and rarely, if ever, leave their abodes. Judging from the noise over my cloth ceiling, a pair of these pets find pasturage above, and I can hear them whacking around about once & week in their chase after rats. They are good though nolsy rat catchers, their efficlency a; Ppears to be limited to their length of stomach. * * * The only way to get rid of the rats seems to be to buy more snakes, and this is simple enough, for you often see the natives hawking them ‘around in town, the boas curled up around bamboo poles, to which their heads Here is a bit about native women: AMONG THE LATEST BOOKS NCMRERRNC S YESTERDAYS IN THE- PHILIPPINES. BY JOSEPH EARLE STEVENS. 000000000000000 0000000 000000000000000000 conviction to the mind of the reader. It has the same air of plausible unreality as the stories that flow with equal ease and velocity from the pen of Archibald Clav- ering Gunter. . The heroine—“Queen of the Street”—is a great operator in stocks, hand in flove with Senators, she is able to specu- ate with safety, making fabulous sums in sugar and oil. Incidentally she makes and mars the fortunes of adventurous and penniless young men. One of the Senators, hitherto a vague, unseen entity, appears like the ghost at the banquet. ' He proves to be the hus- band who deserted this wonderful woman and thelr infant daughter many years be- fore in the far West. She had put her baby in an_asylum, from which it had been adopted, while she taught school and staked a claim that made her rich. A change of name and the conquest of Wall street and New York soclety followed easily. The husband had also changed his name and won fame and fortune, which he now wished to unite with hers against her will. In the meantime the mother has mirac- ulously recovered her long lost daugh- ter, who, of course, is a rarely beautiful and cultured woman. The father wishes to possess her, and to prevent this the mother hides her in remote places in Eu- rope, while she takes a flying trip around the world to put the villain off the scent. He dies opportunely while holding an interview with the “Queen of the Street, and 1s mourned only by a mysterious ward. The heroine then retires to pri- vate life and marries an obscure person- age, while the daughter marries another, I who ‘have dome wrong are terribl punished and those who have done well are suitably rewarded. “IN THE SWIM.” By Richard Henry Sav- age. Chicago and New York. Rand, McNally & Co. S A HALF-CASTE FLOWER GIRL AT THE OPERA. From ‘Yesterday In the Philippines,” published by Scribner’s. REGRET OF SPRING. By Pitts Harrlson Burt. The costumes worn by the women are far trom simple, and are made up of that bril- liant skirt with long train that is swished around and tucked into the belt in front, the short white waist that, at times divorced from the skirt below, has huge flaring sleeves of pina fiber, which shows the arms, and the costly pina’ handkerchief, which, folded on the diag- onal, encircles the neck. They wear no hats, often go without stockings, and invariably walk as if they were carrying & pall of water on thelr heads. They generally chew betel- nuts, which color the mouth an ugly red; smoke cigars and put so much cocoanut ofl on their straight, black halr that it is not pleas- ant to get to leeward of them in an open tram car. Otherwise they are generally the mothers of masy children and often play well on the arp. The more profound as well as the more charming and modern of fiction writers study the soul. The interest in the prob- lems of man’s higher nature is to them far more absorbing than the constant clash of swords, or strange adventures, as there are more tears and laughter, more trials and more hairbreadth escapes in a man’s fight with himself than with savages. The mystery and fatality of the sub-conscious part in us is their latest fleld. “Regret of Spring” in its meaning or motive is a truthful and powerful addi- tion to this class of deep and moving stories of the heart. The story is the his- tory of a fateful crisis in a matured ca- reer. An intensity of noble passion per- vades it. G. W. Dillingham Company, publishers, New York. or_sale by San Francisco News Compan. Price $150. THE CHEERY BOOK Manls is the new Mecca, and for some time to come she is going to be looked at on the map, talked about at the dinner table and by the fireside, and written up from all quarters. At ‘present this pearl of the Orlent is but a ewel in the rough, but with good men to make er laws, and her gates wide open’to the pil- grims of the world, she soon ehould shine as rilliantly as any city in the far East. “YESTERDAY IN THE PHILIPPINES.” By Joseph FEarle Stevens, an ex-resident of Manila. Illustrated. 12mo. Pp. Xx, 282. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. For sale by Elder & Shepard. Price $1 60. 00K| ~aF DD IN THE SWIM. By Jos Kerr. Joe Kerr and his writings are so well known as to need no elaborate introduc- tion. His delightful merriment and ten- der pathos appeal to all classes. Although still a young man, he has been a New York favorite for several years. The sentiment of all his poems is ex- quisite. The dialect verses are genuinely mirth provoking. Many of the poems are uproariously funny, and display unusual shrewdness in lighting up the foibles of human na- ture. \From first to last the book is thor- oughly enjoyable. The reader who ap- reclates spontaneous, vivacious and orig- nal humor, fresh and sparkling, without the slightest taint of coarseness or vul- garity. and with just an appetizing dash of satire, will be delight with “The -/ By Richard Honry Savage. This ‘“‘story of currents and undercur- R. rents In gayest New York” falls to carry Cheery Book.” The practical reader, too, a new FRATERNAL NEWS ORDER EASTERN STAR. 1 Next Tuesday and Wednesday Mission | Chapter will repeat the farce, “The Old | * which proved such a | season. It has been re-| great success last written, new songs have been introduced. | some patriotic and some otherw and | dew jokes will be offered. It will be an | »id friend in a new dress, and will, o | 3oubt, be welcomed by all who had tne | pleasure of witne it before. It is to | - be given in Mission Musie-hall, and each evening after the farce there will be a | fance. Missfon Chapter is doing well, is receiv- | mg applications at! evegy meeting, and | for initiation. | “the.evening of | wt_meeting, it There were e boys in | wdue, who, after the, F eting, [pined the members the en- | I t provided by, tee under | ection of Mrs, e Tu Darling. | sre were Son; hisdiing selo and | games, one beingg the ;distribution of led’ en’ 10 ten perpons. in the audience d in' the en- velope the i3, with a re- to draw a pictyre pf-#he same on a | ackboard. Some =" effor were nique, to say the legs There were rizes for the best and ¥ a}m st pic ures. After that thery <&s a gollation ncin rid: evening, heMyth ist., there W and time in the h&l of Harmony Chapter, in Shlels bullding. . It was the tarewell meeting of Mrs. C. Wetjen, the orthy matron, who will shortly leave for East for the purpose of attending the goiden wedding of her parents, She will %e acompanied by her ‘eldest daughter. After the close of the business and the wishing of godspeed and a safe return to ‘he .worthy matron and her charming faughter, who is also a member of the thapter, there was an adjournment to the banquet-hall, where an excellent collation was served. After the banquet there was until midnight. many e present to say u » prominent membe: f‘;llnwlng named who wear ¥. Burton, Company . Miss Della Weeks, regular nurse for the Fifty-first lowa: uartermaster Sergeant Frank Coop, irst Sergeant George E. Cryer. Cornorals | E. 8, Logle and C; who W pumber of the prder and the b] Captairn fty-first lowa .. Ford and Privates D. Simmons, Archie Sheppard, Oscar willlams, Waide M. Cook and Wi. H. etitt, all of Company G; Corporal H. B. cCreddick, Corporal ‘W. Dorn, Pri- vates Charles V. Brown, J. E. Kelleg;. Roy Brown, Genr%fl Kelly and F. P. Woodruff of the Fifty-first lowa; First Bergeant Wishner, Corporal B. E. North- fup and Private B. H. Kerfoot of the Twentieth Kansas and Privates Charles Elliott and F. B. McGee of the Third Ar- llery. The worthy grand matron recently vis- jted the chapters in Sgbaslntol, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg and Lakepor! ODD FELLOWSHIP. YLast Thursday night Western Addition Lodge celebrated its nineteenth anniver- sary in its lodge room. Past Grand Mas- ter Barnes gave a brief historical re- view of the lodge and told many interest- ing things about its early membership. W. H. Barnes, P. G. M., will dellver an pddress before Pacific Lodge on the even- Ing of the 1st of September. On Tuesday, the 6th of September, Bay City Lodge will ceicbrate its forty-first ynniversary, and on the 28th Farnsworth Lodge will observe its third anniversary. On the 22d of September William Henry Barnes will appear before Unity Lodge and tell the members how it feels to be M years of age and to have been an Odd Fellow forty-three years. Templar Lodge initiated Newton Em- mett May last Wednesday, just prior to nis departure for Honolulu, Orfental Rebekah Lodge No. 9 had an mitiation last Wednesday night in_ the presence of visitors from across the bay. After the meeting there was a collation and musfc and seng. THE NATIVE SONS. The five parlors located in Humboldt LCounty will hold Admission day celebra- fion at Blue Lake, the home of Commo- fore Sloat Parlor, the youngest parlor I that county. 'An eycellent programme » has been arranged and the guests will be well taken care of. Sea Point Parlor of Sausalito has de- cided to hold a celebration in Sausalito, and has invited the members of the local parlors who are unable to go to the gen- eral celebration to participate with them. The morning will be devoted to a parade, to be followed by a clam bake; in_the afternoon literary exercises will be held, and a dance in the evening will close the day. A. H. Kilborn i§ chairman and Wil- liam R. Milton secretary. G. Munoz has been elected secretary of Nipoma Parlor_of B8an _Luls Obispo County, vice F. W. Dana; Roy L. Cooper of Yontocket No. 156 of Crescent City. STANFORD PARLOR'S ENTERTAIN- MENT. Last Wednesday night Stanford Parlor of the Native Sons had a ladies’ night in Shasta Hall, Native Sons’ bullding, and as Shasta never does anything by halves e is always a large attendance. Such the case on the night mentioned. The was crowded and those who were hall there included a number of army officers, who had a rare treat. The chief feature of the evening was a cake walk by five couples, all attired in the richest of gaudy silks and satins, and all the participants concealed their identity with a mask of burnt cork. John J. McCarthy, president of the par- or, introduced as master of ceremonies Frank H. Kerrigan, who explained his position in one of the wittlest speeches ever delivered before a fraternal organi- zation and he added much to the merri- ment of the evening by the manner in which he introduced the candidates for cake walk honors. These were Mrs. Par- ent and Phil Huer, who were to sing “Ambolina Snow” and walk to the music of that song; Mr. and Mrs. Seiberst,'"Ma Onliest One’’; Mrs. Fred Lees and E. C. Head as ““The Wedding of the Chinee and the Coon”; Mrs. Head and F. Eckenroth, 'All Coons Look Alike to Me,’ and Mrs. Alvina Huer and .. F. Schleichert as *“My Lady Jane.” The singing and the dancing were excellent, and each couple won much ap- plause and it was a difficult matter for the judges to determine who were entitled to first honors. Thei‘. after having “My Lady Love’ and ‘“‘All Coons Look Alike to Me” repeated, made the following awards: The cake to “My Lady Love, the best costume ‘“‘The Chinee and the Coon,” the best sustained character “My Onliest One,” best costume ‘“‘My Lad Love,” best dancing “Ambolina Snow.” The prizes consisted of a live chicken, sack of beans, side of bacon, cut glass decanter, pair of shoes, dumbbells and other useful articles. The judges announced that there was a special prize of a dozen eggs for the mas- ter of ceremonies, to be delivered one at a time by one of the best ball tossers at some future time. { After that there was dancing ‘and re- freshments, Including a watermelon feast. The committee that had charge of the de- lightful affair was A. F. Schieichert, C. H. Stanyan and J. W. Lewis. - NATIVE. DAUGHTERS. There was a large attendance in Mission Parlor Hall on the evening of the 18th inst., at the cascarone party given by Las Lomas parlor, and it proved to be a very enjoyable affair. Cascarones were distributed during the grand march, and after the battle of the eggs was closed the egg throwers and the floor were cov- ered with bits of vari-colored paper. The committee was composed of: Mrs. 8. P. Daggett, Mrs. J. H. Burrington,' Mrs. de Haven, Mrs. Schofield, M. Layton, E. Brelling, Mrs. Grady, Mrs, Edwards, A. Lacy and M. Lynch. The management of the floor was under the direction of B. Conlin, assisted by E. McAllister. Grand Secretary Mrs. Georgie C. Ryan has secured new and more commodious quarters in the same building in which she has had her office for years. The Fortuna Red Cross Society, insti- tuted by the Native Daughters of For- tuna, Humboldt County, has sent to head- quarters $308 85, realized from an enter- tainment given there, and which was at- tended by the residents of Rohnerville, Hydesville, Alton, Ferndale and Laleta. Every citizen of Fortuna alded the ladies in their good work. ‘ORINDA'S ANNIVERSARY. - The elghth anniversary ball given by ; Orinda Parlor of the Natlve Daughters on the night of last Wednesday in Na- tive Sons’ Hall was one of the pro- nounced successes of the season in frater- nal circles. .~ The hall was decorated with rare good taste in delicate colors. There were many couples in the grand march, and they presented a pretty ap- pearance as they moved to the stralns of the soul stirring music. The greater number of the ladles were in elegant costumes, and the most admired were those of Miss Birdie Mayer, president of the parlor, and of Mrs. Lena B. Mills, the grand marshal of the order. The grand march was led by Miss Mayer and L. B. Mayer, past president of El Do- rado Parlor. The following were the com- mittees: Arrangements—Lena B. Mills (chalrman), Laura Utschig, Mae Hayes, Harvie Babcock, Aggie Boyd, Annette Harty, Marguerite Lyons, Louise Kompt and Alma Relmers; reception commit- tee—Emma Gruber Foley, Nellle Evers, Martha Regner, Dot Harboe, Elsle Boyd, Sadie Burke and Eda Conradt; floor managre, Birdie Mayer; assistant floor manager, Lena B. Mills. ANCIENT ORDER WORKMEN. On Admission day the lodge at Hilis Ferry will give an entertainment and ball. ‘Willlam Vinter, P. G. M. W., and Grand Receiver Booth will deliver addresses. The Past Masters’' Assoclation will have a four nights’ benefit at the Alcazar this week. On September 15 there is to be a grand reunion under the auspices of the local lodges In Odd Fellows' Hall, when a fine programme will be presented. ‘?l new lodge is being organized at Co- vello. A public meeting and entertalnment given under the direction of Special Dep- uty Maplesden in Sierra City last week was a great SuCCess. ANCIENT ORDER FORESTERS. Under the good and welfare rule Court Lincoln at its last held meeting gave a bachelor’s at home. -There were present a number of members from Court Excel- sior. There was whist, story telling and cigars. G ourt Bohemian awarded a ten dollar medal last week to one of its members for having, during the preceding quarter, brougfit in the greatest number o mem-l bers. A CHOW SHOP ON A STREET CORNER, will ind some good, plain, common-sense embodied in Mr. Kerr's verses. Dillingham Company, York. For sale by Company. Price it | "), i STEWED GRASS. HOPPERS FOR ONE CENT.* From “‘Yesterday iIn the Philippines,” published by Scribner’s. ublishers, an $1 50. G._W. New rancisco News BRIEF HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA. The first volume of this work is just from the press, and a careful perusal of 1t shows that it is worthy of a high place Richard D. Faulkner, principal of the Franklin Gram- mar School, San. Francisco, has written the Introduction to the book and also sup- in By Theodore H. Hittell. educational literature. plied some suggestive correlations. Principally the work school use, but will also prove a high class work of reference for the broauer phases of the history of &l contains concise accoun voyages to the coast. The establishment is handled in a broad ipal facts are so ar- ily accessible and at other important of the missions way, and the princl ranged as to be reas the same time vents that hinge on them. ev the State. ns with the discovery show Company, San.Francisco. The British Californian for August= which is styled ‘‘Alllance Number’’—pub- lisheS the views of leading Americans and Britishers of this State on the prop- osition -of a British-American alliance. The expressions of opinion widely differ, but nevertheless make interesting read- ing. As a frontisplece the and the Stars and Stripes are in colors. The British Californian, Francisco. POEMS HERE AT HOME—By James ‘Whitcomb Riley. A new volume of the celebrated poet's works from the press of Charles Scribner’s Sons. This edition is one that fills a long-felt want. It is elaborate enough for any lbrary in the land, and yet does not make one feel that For sale by all it is “too flne to handle.” booksellers. is intended for It be- of California, and ts of the early Mr. Faulkner is an old educator and has found the method on which he has arranged Mr. Hittell's history of Califor- nia very advantageous in his work in the past. Published by the Stone Educational Union Jack resented San H. Russell's fall book of Mr. a drawings, to DEWEY'S BY ARCHIE E. MOFFATT, [oJoJoJoJoloJoJoJoJoXoJoJoJOJOJ JoIC) 8 S‘eme% :‘r:lsldn uor p;;\n:m;,ev;m % ® . ® mes during action. Enemy’s fire, © while doing little damage, seem- © ® GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION @ § {igiy concentrated on Baltimore, ® ® OF THE BATTLE. ® g ’ar;ldflshe Svax hit six ::mebsA Spgn- g @ ® £} jagship was seen to be on fire (@ @ early in the action, but she kept up ® © IRST ENG{?GEMF’EN',"“I'"{ ® @ the fight until we withdrew, when © ® ;‘fg?‘; bat ,.p‘;‘;fl‘;e’r‘f’;“‘!e:_ 8 @® she was seen to be on fire from © ®© D e ton e American @ @ stem to stern. Their next largest © ® A n eotumn @ © hip, the Castilla, also caught @ ® back and forth before Cavite ® @ fire during interval in action. Bal- ® ® arice of fleet retreated inside of @® five times at a distance of c. © 8 breakwater, where they later sank. @ a. 5000 yards in the following order: ® & yyithdrew from action at 7:3, in © @ Olympia, Baltl dorBe.“fale;g:émf;; 8 @ accordance with order from flag- @ % ‘flr:elic‘;jfm:‘:’el:h'l"o was steamin= © 8 msl?icoxn ENGAGEMENT—Sig- 8 @ with exception of Castilla (moored © nal from flagship to “Get -un- © head and stern, with port battery ® § der way” at 10:40. Baltimore made % © bearing). Their smaller vessels re- © @ for a steamer seen entering bay at ® BATTLE Manila Bay. May 7=+ 1898 [OlCIOIOIOICIOICIOI0I0] EOOEIVDIVIIIOOIDEVIO © ® OOD ol AMAY ~ s 5 v Connrcigon < S / 4 of, N cr” > goc” N ‘ BAT Idmy BELFRALS ROCK : R }nu:}} NG . s “NMQ STINGAPT o 3 \ i full speed. After signall ht s \ 8 thnt! ngoinlng °-'u1msr "‘v‘u ylng 8 Rl ® the English flag, she mldeb:gxl"me % DRAWN.BY @® enemy’s fortifications in obedience ] - ’ i S @ to signal from flagship and sjeam- | ARCHIE £ r0FFAT | 8 _ing to within 2500 y-m:n commenced 8 . LimgonE, U S 5. 8YLTIMORE, pouring in broadsides with splendid Senr % 1wew 1o mmewce S 0T Y m“v }lm « H® resuits. When balance of the fleet ©® %z 2 3 4 « p I @® came up, about twenty minutes lat- ® s & 2 @ er, the forts were silenced. The Pe- © of the U. S. S. Baltimore. trel, followed by Concord and Bos- ton, steamed past Cavite, close in shore, destroying shipping as they went. plete the destruction and at 12:40 made signal, “Enemy have surren- dered.” : Spanish Losses: Ships—All either sunk or burned. Men—453 killed and missing. 4% wounded. . American: Ships—None. Men— avene <] BUA> A None killed, 10 wounded (slightly). SPANISH FORCES. SHIPS. Reina Cristina, cruiser (flagship). Castilla, cruiser. Don Antonio de Ulloa, gunboat. Don Juan de Austria, gunboat. Isla de Cuba, gunboat. Isla de Luzon, gunboat. Velasco, gunboat. Marques del Duero, gunboat. General de Lezo, gunboat. Argos, gunboat. i Isla de Mindanao, armed trans- port. FORTS AND BATTERIES. Corregidor. Pulo Caballo. Sangley Pt. Pt. Gorda. Carraeas. El Fraile. Pt. Restinga. Pt. Lasisi. and City Batteries. % [oXCHOXOXOJOYOYOJOXOROROTOIOXOXO) [0lo]0} Petrel went inside to com-® OPO® ©O® bifcations will inctude [clorololololololololololololololcIololOlOROROJOJOIO] entitled “‘Sketches and Cartoons,” it third book of the series, of which by C. D. Gibson'’ was the first, and of People” the second. A new book by George Manville Fenn, to be gublished in_the autumn by E P Dutton & ‘0., 18 to be entitled ‘‘Nic Revel; or, A Whita Slave's Adventures in Alligator land” A new novel by Emma Marshall, entitied ‘Under the Laburnums,” will also be issued by this firm in the early fall. A new book by Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Webb fs promised next week by Longmans, Green & Co. It 18 a collection of essays, and L entitled “Problems of Modern Industry.”” Among ths papers are ‘“The Jews of East London,” ““Wo- fuen and Factory Acts”’ ‘'The Difficulties of Indtvidualism,” and ‘‘Socialism; False.”” Longmans, Green & Co. will shortly publish a new book by Andrew Lang, entitled, ““The Companions _of Pickle—Being a Sequel to “Pickle, the Spy * The author was induced to undertake this work owing to certain criti- cism of the former volume based on the theory that ‘‘Pickle, the Spy” was Glengarry. Charles Scribner's Sons have arranged with A. Constable &wCo. of London to bring out a Uibrary edition of the novels of Henry Fielding. It will be strictly limited in number, and Eng- lish hand-made paper will be used. Edmund Gosse will write an introductory essay for the work, and no pains will be spared to secure a scholarly and accurate text. The first two vol- umes will be ready in September. The Commercial Advertiser writes: being the Drawi &S *‘Plctures True and “So the Chap-Book is dead, and the theory on which it was founded has been again discredited in prac- tice. So far as we have observed there are no mourners, and as to the numerous imitators that for a time sprang up and flourished, prac- tically all of them died of marasmus long ago. The literary world, therefore, will go right along as though nothing had happened: and, in fact, nothing of any consequence has hap- pened. The fine editions of standard authors that Charles Scribner's Sons are bringing out or will bring out in the near future form quite a feature by themselves. Those now appearing, or _about to appear, at the rate of one or two volumes a fortnight, are ““The Works of George Meredith,” “The Works of Henry Fielding, ““The Poetical and Prose Works of Lord B: ron’’ (the only complete and authorized edi- tion), ““The Waverley Novels of Sir Walter Scott” (the Temple edition), “The Works of Charles Dickens” (the Gadshill edition), ‘“The Works of Thomas Carlyle’’ (the Centenary edi- tion). Besides these are tha standard subscrip- tion editions of ““The New Authorized Edition of Charles Dickens' (to be completed in thirty- four volumes), ‘The Homestead Edition ot James Whitcomb Riley” (ten volumes). A new method of preserving wood from decay, known as the Haskin pro- cess, is being tried on a large scale in England. Instead of withdrawing the sap and injecting creosote or some oth- er antiseptic substance, as is usually domne, Mr. Haskins submits the wood to superheated air, under a pressure of fourteen atmospheres. By this pro-’ cess, it Is. averred, the sap i{s chemi- cally changed into a powerful antisep- tic aixture, which, by consolidating with the fiber, strengthens as well as preserves the wood. VICTORY TOLD IN DIAGRAM. COMPANIONS OF THE FOREST OF A. Bonita Circle at its meeting on the 19th inst. in the presence of Grand Chief Com- panion Coburn and other grand officers gave an exemplification of the ritual. It was rendered by Chief Companion Miss May Bailey and her corps of officers in a manner that excited the admiration of all present, the work of the chief com- panion particularl natural that it did not seem as if it was memorized, but was the outpouring of one who felt every word spoken and sought to impress the same on the candi- date. The lady has been in the chair but a few weeks, and her rendition of the work was an_ evidence of the deep interest she has taken in it. Last Monday there was a gala time in Loyal Circle in Oakland and the attend- ance was large. After the busthess was over M. E. Licht, the circle’s deputy, an- nounced that he had reached the 29th anniversary of his birth, and then invited all presen?? to a neighbohng restaurant, here he treated them to a bountiful collation. Palo Alto Circle is doing well at this time initiating candidates at every meet- ing and the agfendance at the meetings is_unusually U e. < The anniversary ball of Inter Nos Cir- cle will be giver in Union Square Hall on the night of October 13. 'o-day the picnic of Inter Nos Club under the pat- ronage of thegjrcle will be given in Plitts- ville Park. A d programme of games and dances has been arranged and about sixty prizes have been contributed. AURORA’S ANNIVERSARY. The twentieth anniversary of the insti- tution of Court Aurora of the Foresters of America was celebrated last Thurs- day night by a social in the Alcazar So- cial Hall in the early part of the even- ing, and then by a banquet in the St. Germaine. There were present about one hundred and fifty, Including the members of the court and ladies, who at first enjoyed the programme of dances and then took seats around the festive board to partake of a toothsome menu. Grand Secretary J. J. Cordy, & member of the court, acted as master of cere- monies, and in his usual happy manner introduced the individuals selected to re- spond to the several toasts. he re- sponses were: ““The Foresters of Amer- ica, a patriotic and liberty loving order,” J. Samuels, G. C. R.; “Court Aurora, loyal and true to our principles,” Jacob Label, P. C. R.; “How it feels to be grand treasurer,”” Frank Conklin, G. T.; “Lib- erty—liberty In thnu%vt and in action,” HmBromiges tohsts ahd résponses and with romptu toas wi lutrnmgnul music and song and good cheer a very pleasant evening was spent. _ Continued on page twenty-six. Pl being in a manner so | |