The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 17, 1898, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, IVY CHAPTER INSTALLATION. A Subordinate of the Eastern Star se anxious vitness the rowded by those anxious to wi beautiful ceremony attending the instal- was sesisted by Dr. Edna Field as marshal. The g noteworthy for the clear, distinct and im- conductress; Mary A. de Haven, Esther; SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1898. IT COSTS ONLY $1.00 A YEAR BY SUBSCRIPTION. McCLURES MAGAZINE Ok [89 McCLURE’S MAGAZINE has reached a circulation of 400,000 copies a month because it is the best magazine published anywhere at any price, and because One Dollar pays for a year’s subscription and it can be bought from any bookseller or newsdealer in the United States, Canada or Mexico for 10 cents a copy. Below will be found a very brief description of a few of the notable features for the coming year. A Series of Dashing Short Stories by RUDYARD KIPLING Under the General Title of “STALKY & CO.” The chief characters in these new and splendid stories of schoolboy life—the latest product of Kipling’s genius—i. e. “Stalky,’” McTurk and Beetle THE THREE ADVENTURERS OF THE SCHOOL are a trio such as has never been presented in fiction. STORIES OF BOY INTRIGUE, STRATEGY AND DARING they have the rea.l spirit of the youthful, joyous, rough-and-tumble life of a boys’ school. Though “Stalky,’”” McTurk and Beetle are resourceful in mischief, they are wholesome, honest, manly boys— the most real, attractive, likeable boys since Tom Brown. The stories will be ILLUSTRATED BY L. RAVEN-HILL an artist pre-eminently fitted by talent, personal experience and sympathy with the subject to-do justice to the incidents and characters of Kipling’s stories. The first chapter or episode relates how “Stalky’” got his name, and will appear in the December number. The successive stories that follow from month to month relate other escapades and adventures of the dauntless three, and bear such titles as ““An Unsavory Interlude,” “The Moral Reformers,’”” ‘“ The Little Prep,”’ *“ The Last Term.”’ Clure’s, Other Short Stories. hort stories during the coming year will be al distin They will come from such stories, writers Cutcliffe Hayn® Morgan Robertson inton Ross Sarah Orne Jewett Octave Thanet Sarah Barnwell Elliott E. Nesbit Ellen Glasgow Rudyard Kipling William Allen White Hamlin Garland Stephen Crane Shan F. Bullock Robert Barr John A. Hill w 1 We shall publish also a number of very striking v new writers. And those short, crisp, ] episodes from real life which our readers have come to know as a special feature of Mc- | our reader be frequent. whether fiction or truth, we may mention | more particularly the following: and which are better than any fiction, will ot TRUE STORIES OF THE EAST AND THE Mr. Fraser is a civil engineer, and his profes- sional work has taken him into many parts of India and about all parts of Canada. has gone he has had an eager interest in whatever s rare and picturesque in the locality and in the s of the people. for no end of good stories—stories that in their sub- stance are always true and often are true very letter as well. already have proof, with no ordinary art. | In this general department of short WEST. | By W. A. Fraser. | And wherever he Thus he has gathered material | Captain Brady egraph operator to the e stories he tells, as life. And the- AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A TELEGRAPH OPER- ATOR. Chapters of Personal Experience and Adventure as an Operator and Train-Disra:cher. Captain Jasper E. Bradv. now of the army, be- gan life as a telerraph operator. road and commercial offices in about all parts of the country and under about all possible conditions. The Romantic Side of the Telegraph Operator's Life. These chapters are a series of choice stories from s own experience, illustrating the tel- They are storles of mid- night visits from sportive cowboys train robbers at lonely stations on the frontler; times of disaster. He served in rail- By John A. Hill. Mr. John A. Hill, the author of road life for several months to come. and desperate | of | | encounters with strange ‘“freaks” of operators along the Iine; of train dispatchers suddenly losing their judgment and fairly flingine trains into collision; of dispatchers forced, in a strike, to switch cars and run locomotives; of “cutting in” wrecking lines at STORIES OF REAL RAILROAD LIFE. “Midsummer Nieht's Trip,” “A Peg Legged Romance” and “Jim vainwright's Kid,” published in recent numbers of the magazine, will continue his stories of real rail- HAMLIN GARLAND'S INDIAN STORIES. Following Custer’s Last Fight as Seen by Two Moons,” published a few months ago, there will be other true stories of the Indians, recorded by Mr. Garland in the Indians’ own words. Among them will be “Sitting Bull's Defiance,” a fine story of Sit- ting Bull's refusal to treat with the commissioner from the Government, and his insensibility to fine words and rich gifts; and “Rising Wolf, Ghost Dancer.” Rising Wolf's autobiography, glving strange instances of his power of magic and his story of how he acquired ft. NEW “BOYVILLE” STORIES. By W. A. White. Mr. White, the author of the “Boyville” staries, those most refreshing and delightful tales of real hoy life, will be a frequent contributor to the magazine durihg the coming year. He is now engaged upon a literary effort of unusual importance, which will reveal his powers in an entirely new field. other writer. Knowing the conditions from day to day and devoting practically months THE WAR ON SEA AND ITS LESSONS BY CAPTAIN A. T. MAHAN, The Foremost Naval Authority in the World. discussing this particular war he has, as a member of the Naval Strategy | shaping campaigns. Board, that first hand command of plans and events that is possible to no the highest and rarest sort to this particular work, and therefore the ari- cles have an iInterest beyond any of his previous writings. studied the war in its making, and helped to make it, and now he reviews the | They are without doubt THE GREATEST CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF THE WAR. Captain Mahan is not only the foremost naval authority now living, but in| to studying the various problems as they arose, he took an important part in | movements which he helped to plan by the light of complete knowledge of Thus Captain Mahan brings a double qualification of | the whole development of naval warfare. His articles are eagerly awaited in Europe and America for their sug- Day by day be | gestions and indications as to the »hips, operations and strategy of the future. Great Art Features. Its continue to be one of the special point best writers, will be'contributors through the coming year. illustrations will magazine’s The best artists, no less than the As pictures in McClure’s are published primarily to illustrate some- of distinction. thing, and not simply because they are pictures, the announce- ments of articles are, the pictures. For instance, the new Kipling serfal—th= fact in- cidentally mentioned that these connected stories are all illus- trated by L. Raven-Hill is scarcely less of a distinction for the magazine than that the text is by Kipling. We have in prepara- tion, however, a number of articles in which the interest and dis- tinction is primarily artistic. C. D. GIBSON'S EXPERIENCES IN EGYPT. Last spring Mr. Gibson visited Egypt in the interest of Mec- the point of view of the artist, but from the point of view of a keen Clure's Magazine. He studied the country not only from in some measure, an announcement also of | American observer who could not fail to remark the present con- | dition of the Egyptians and the influence and effects of the Eng- | lish control in Egypt. The fall of Khartoum, which seals the destiny of Egypt as an English colony, adds a peculiar timely | interest to Mr. Gibson's work. The {llustrations will elaborate, and the articles will show Mr. Gibson as a writer of very unusual qualities. be most LIFE MASKS OF GREAT AMERICANS. A New Series of Unpublished Browere Casts From Life. ‘When we published last year the series of Browere's Life Masks of Great Americans with Mr. Charles Henry Hart's ro- mantic story of how the masks were made, then lost, and then recovered, it was remarked on every side that we had made a most interesting and valuable contribution to the pictorial his- tory of the country. is in preparation, giving the living images of Dolly Madison, De ‘Witt Clinton, Gilbert Stuart, Martin Van Buren, Commodore Da- vid Porter, Attorney General Rush, Charles Francis Adams and John Quincy Adams. It will be found quite equal in human and historical importance to the earlier series. A second series of these marvelous masks \ | | | | i | Newest Knowledge. THE MAN-LIFTING WAR KITE. This is an article by Captain B. Baden-Powell of the British army, giving an account of his own experiments and experiences, which finally resulted in the triumph of constructing a kite that would lift and carry a man and promises to develop into an im- portant appliance in warfare. The illustrations show the Kkite flying and the man in the basket lifted far above the tree tops. TELEGRAPHING WITHOUT WIRES. We hope to publish in the coming months some very inter- estlng matter on the subject, especially from Mr. W. H. Preece, engineer-in-chief of the telegraph department of the English Postal System, on the latest experiments of the British postal au- thorities. THE MARVELS OF THE SEA. This is an account of the zoological station at Naples, where all the animal and vegetable growths of the Mediterranean Sea have been gathered, still living. The article will be fully illus- trated, and will be one of the most interesting of the kind that we have ever published. UNSOLVED PROBLEMS OF ASTRONOMY. This is the title of a remarkable article by Simon Newcomb, one of the most eminent of living astronomers. Another article by Professor Newcomb, combining the same popular and readable qualities with the latest and most authoritative Information, is “How Planets are Weighed.” SEEING A THOUSAND MILES. Jan Szezepanik, a young Hungarian school teacher, has in- vented an instrument called the telectroscope which transmits a Wwhole picture by telegraph, so that it appears to a beholder miles away complete, and even in the natural colors of the object por- trayed. The article will be fully illustrated. CRUISING ON THE OCEAN'S BOTTOM. Mr. Simon Lake, inventor of the Lake submarine boat, has prepared an interesting article on his successful cruises on the bottom of the sea. He has traveled in this way nearly 1200 miles all told—a distance equal to half way across the Atlantic. Once while at the bottom of the Chesapeake v he telephoned with ‘Washington, Baltimore and New York. With illustrations. A DIVING TORPEDO BOAT. The ‘“Holland” is a torpedo-boat. She sails on the surface, goes to the bottom, or makes her way through the water at any distance between the top and bottom that her captain chooses. She is the terror of the man-of-war, and is one of the most re le products of mechanical skill. Mr. Franklin Matthews describes in an article his own strange experience during a sub- marine trip on the “Holland.” Travel and Exploration. PEARY'S ADVANCE ON THE POLE. Lieutenant Peary is now well up toward the north pole, con- ducting a campaign that gives better promise than any previous expedition of bringing the explorer to the very pole. Just before sailing he wrote for the magazine an article describing his equip- ment and his plans and setting forth his hopes and his purposes on this expedition, which is to be continued for years, if years prove necessary to the accomplishment of its end of finding the pole. MENELIK AND HIS PEOPLE. This is a most interesting account of the personal character- istics of the Christian King of Abyssinia—a strong, bold warrior; a firm, far-sighted ruler; and a man, half savage though he is, of as many mighty and picturesque qualities as Bismarck was. HUNTING ON ELEPHANTS. An early article will relate the experifences of a famous hunter of big game, in hunting the tiger and the rhinoceros on elephants. This is undoubtedly the most daring and thrilling thing the sportsinan undertakes, and the hunter in question has had many rare adventures. The article will be fully illustrated from photographs taken during the hunt. STRANGE PHASES OF REAL LIFE. Sea-Builders. The United States Government maintains more than 1100 lighthouses. ~ The history of the building and maintenance of these abound in stories of heroic human endeavor and endurance; and this is all exhi®™ted in a very interesting way in an article prepared for the magazine by Ray Stannard Baker, with the above title. LIFE IN THE DEEPEST MINES, The deepest mines in’ the world are the tin mines of Corne wall. Some of them are 3000 feet deep, and lie in part under the Atlantic Ocean, one of them a mile out from shore. It is a strange life, as well as one of constant danger, that the men who work these mines lead. R. H. Sherard has written for the mag- azine an article describing it, and telling many curious stories regarding its hardships and dangers. The article will be very fully illustrated. STORIES OF THE SECRET SERVICE, No men have had stranger and more thrilling experiences than those who have served in the Government secret service. At the head of this service during the war was General Lafayette C. Baker. = Serving under him were two cousins, J. Stannard Baker and Luther B. Baker. A relative of all three, Mr. Ray Stannard Baker, has talked over their exploits with them and received from them many important documents, and out of this material he has prepared several true secret service stories. A GREAT HISTORICAL SERIAL. No series of articles in any magazine ever had a greater success than Miss Tarbell’s articles on the Early Life of Lincoln, As soon as these articles were ended subscribers began to write asking when they might expect the series promised by Miss Tarbell on THE LATER LIFE OF LINCOLN - and such inquiries have continued in great numbers ever since. tical limits of magazine publication has been a long labor. Nomination in 1864 ; Lincoln With the Army; Lincoln’s Daily Life in Washingtion. Miss Tarbell was resolved that no important new material should be over- looked, and by her rare industry and talent and her exceptional connections she secured such an abundance that to bring it within the prac- The articles begin in MCCLURE’S MAGAZINE for December and contain much new material of exceptional interest and importance, including The Story of the Writing of the First Inaugural ; Unpublished | Lincoln Letters Recently Discovered; Over Four Hundred Lincoln Telegrams; The Personal Side of Lincoln’s | Life During the War; Lincoln’s Body Guard at the White House; Lincoln and Grant and the Presidential $1.00 A YEAR...... | i THE S. S. McCLURE CO., 230 East 25th St. - - - - New York City 10 CENTS A COPY That Has Done Good Work. erbocker quartet. Despite the molsture Tuesday night, the fam of Goiden Gate Commandery was officers duly installed there L. Darling, Grand tion of the new officers of Ivy Chapter Order of the Eastern Star. retiring patron, Charles L. Patton, the Installing officer, and he was gold and diamond jewel. work of the installing officer was il midnight. S A S 'e manner in which he delivered e gbs to the following named of- Lydia Steele, worthy matron; | Bush and Larkin sts. Swimming, Russian, hot James M. Gassaway, Worthy patron; | and cold tub Laths. Saltwater direct from ocean. Jrances L. Bonifield, associate matron; e Eva D. snlsburyhseqetlar_i‘;: K«,‘;;fée c%g- Wanted for Forgery. fre o Bons bl hony surer; arrie’ . , ) - | e o ctober. 0. Babcock, Adah; uth; Alice Patridge, Martha; Mary E. Harve; Marion Hill, for the arrest of J. K. McLane, Electa; Isabella Mehrtens, war- | der; Jane Rodecker, sentinel; Frank Max- | son, chaplain; Jennie A. Graves, marshal. The music was rendered by the Knick- After the marshal had proclaimed the | were ad- dresses by Worthy Grand Matron Mrs. W. F. Plerce, Assoclate Grand Patron George | Secretary Kate J. Willats, Past Grand Matron Nel- lie Owens and the retiring patron, who at the close of his remarks presented to Mrs. Susle Dow, the retiring matron, on be- half of the chapter, a most magnificent After the ceremonies there was dancing Lurline Salt Water Baths, Spencer Plano Company, swore to a com- plaint in Judge Moga.n'l court yesterday Stratton on a charge of forgery. Stratton himself as a clerk for E. awkins, real estate ugent, 11 Montgomery street, and purchased a plano from the firm. He gave them a check for $40 in part pay- ment purporting to be signed by Haw- kins on the rocker-Woolworth Bank, but when it was lyresenled for payment the signature of Hawkins was declared a forgery. —_———— WILL NOT BE REARRESTED. der of the Secretar: tion papers having the Mr: ditable offense. Star. Charge of Misappropriating Bills of Lading. | United States Marshal Shine recelved a letter a day or two ago inclosin~ a war- rant for the arrest of James Flood, for- merly of Kobe, Japan, on a charge of | fraudulent misappropriation of bills of lad- | ing In Kobe between the 18th of July and The _warrant was di- rected to the United States Consul at Kobe, who sent it to Marshal Shine. was arrested on his arrival here last October by Marshal Shine on a tele- / u Policeman C. . represented gram from Kobe chargin v. ezzlement, and after having been kept in jall a_few days Flood was released by or- of State, no requisi- een made for him by apanese Government. Assistant United States Attorney Wood- | worth sawu_yesterday that Fiood would | not be rearrested on the last warrant as he had not been charged with an extra- ————— Read Judge Maguire to Father Yorke, full text of his open letter in to-day's . e e Tl A Farce Continued. John Bulger was yesterday brought from the County Jail to Judge Low's court and the Judge held him to answer before the Superior Court on $2000 bonds on a charge of assault to murder. is_the co-defendant with Walter Nagle, ‘who was discharged Thursday by the Judge for committing M. Barnes last. Both are under arrest on Indictments by the Grand Jury for the same offense. but Judge Low seems to ignore the Grand him with em-, Jury and enacts the farce of disposing of the cases. HAD A BELLE FOR A PARTNER Three Pre_tty Figures Are Danced at the Friday Fortnightly Meeting. THE regular meeting of the Friday Two Fortnightlys was held last evening at the usual meeting-place of the class, Lunt's Hall. Last evening’s dance was the most elegant affair that this fashion- able class has as yet given this season. The hall was crowded with dancers and there was also a goodly array of chaper- ones present. Redick Duperu led with Miss Spreckels, and introduced three new and g(reuy figures. Mrs. Monroe Salisbury and rs. Gordon Blanding, with the assist- Bulger night. an assault upon findt in September ull ey ance of several prominent ladies, received | savings bank. With this s the guests. Residences Entered and No Trace of the Thieves Discovered. Burglars visited the residence of Mrs. Eva Oliver, ‘Wednesday night during her absence from | the city. Entrance was effected by prying open a panel of the rear door and using curved wires to unbolt the bars. took away a large quantity of silverwure and other articles. covered Thursday afternoa when M.s. | Oliver yeturned from Oakland, and she | immediately notified the police. The home of W. street was entered by burglars Thursday About 8 p. m. the thiet or thieves entered the house with a pass key and | no one at home went to work at | their leisure. Carpets were torn up, beds ‘ton leces and drawers_ransacked. oul little daughter, Dorothy, had $ in ) um she was go- T e e St Firstmas resent e eves stole it. Little F 5 BURGLARS - BUSY. | hau saved up $20; and with It he was co ing to buy a bic; that sum also. cle. The thieves S a memento of visit they left a coat with a key in and a lighted pam, K lice have been notified of the raid. —————— Jones street, near Pine, | | bext Christmas stories They ——ee The burglary was dis- The Bond Divorce Suit. G. Chase at 1538 Mason | fore Judge Troutt. closed doors. ———— ‘The Hardtmuth pencil is the world. Try the Koh-I-Noor. nothing of value. Mr. Chase’s ber ¥ behind them. The po- tool thelr it Buy the Christmas Call, out mext Sunday, if yom want to read the published this year, all beautifully illustrated, The action recently instituted by Dr. Frederick T. Bond for a divorce from his wife, Anna A. Bond, is now on trial be- Owing to the sensa- tional allegations made by the plaintift in his complaint, and the defendant in her answer, the case is being tried behind Dbest in the . i