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JULY 9, 1899 0 UALL, BUNDAY, A R A A S e he A A e etietietietie f ot et etieties the au- F Har awkward aranc “Wili bring in over four hundred thousand pounds and close the ““The True Stor “The Mar- very cl THOMPSON. DOQBOCOLTTT FRATERNAL SUVOUVADVDDOU T 0 UL g in ent show- an exce pa e variour lodge M. Po an so c of mem Geg s . 49, have t nents for ' thelr tzen Park on the Dorado Parlor were J. J. Handley, D. lati ere was ear by. o Parior ay night by Dep- d their installation of El night by he same n g_during the The proceeds will 1900 fund of this parlor. [z NATIVE DAUGHTERS. Miss E Spencer, past grand presi- t, left yesterday for Kentucky, where probably make her home for the e be de en sent to deputies for ted shortly. rd expects to ta Pau par officers Alta Parlor were in- i d on the t of the 1st inst.,, and at Ha ter_the insta n there was a colla- rs of Amity in- | tion for the members, ight by Der - The officers of Oro Fino Parlor were in- stalled ! at by Mrs. J. A. Steinbach, P D: KNIGHTS OF THE MACCABEES. Pacific Tent No. 64 gave a most enjoy- e r on July 3. The programme was one of the best ever given in this city and the members of this tent are entitled Silk’s Hall on rhi. Crocker 2 to great credit for the admirable manner Grand Rep- | in which the affair was conducted. Al- Bahrs, | though but three weeks fic T w nabied to close its charter with ni tv names enrolled, and if rustling counts for anything this tent will compel the old er ones tolook tothelr laurels before many I months have 1. At their la: v had a pleasant | Commander J. K. Ross, on behalf of Pa g 1 ursday night. there being | cifl presented Deputy Ermerir 20 et Sdauee This, the baby | with a magnificent gold-headed: cane In . is_doing well. i spreciation of his_work for this tent. e No. 27 wili | Sir Knight Ross made appropriate ay even- | prese: speech. Erme ling. An | ins aken entirely by surprise follow. nearly speechless, but managed meda_ County | press a few words of thanks in response. campmer n_the I Golden West Tent No. 58 is still on th cgres was | paras P of July, there | boom and not standing that last Tues- . b eing nearl | day was the Fourth it was compelled to The I have or- | hold a short meeting in order to act upon ganized for extension work and through a | a number of applications. On next Tues- 2y this tent will hold its regular monthly distribution, free to its members. Instal- lation of officers also occurs at this time. On July 18 the charter of this tent will be specially jointed committee propose to work during t next few months. assisted in their work by Dep- uty Saunders. > night Grand Patriarch | ght Grand Patriarch | Dawn ot Hope Lodge, Degree of Honor, | at 1ts meeting on the 1st inst., had a good | attendance and the recorder announced | | that the semi-annual report and the per-| grand chaplain, and Mrs. Mary B. Price as grand guide, installed the officers of Aurora Lodge in the presence of a goodly number of the members of the lodge and triarch an and Ove Snook s vist iR 2d it is safe to predict that the 18t Rey Jus. | bendo interest o fent will exceed 300 in number by that it NSty Rev. I 5. | order and {s accompanied on the trip by | time. B ch it [Reprty el | “State Commander Hall left last Wednes- sermon on “Plety, | 1In the city of Boston on June 30. the eve | day {o attend the Supreme Tent review Ity ein ihe mem- | of the meeting of the Grand Lodge of | wh 'h will be held in Port Huron, Mich. ethodist Epis- | Massachusetts, there was ssion of | July 18. d Twenty- | members of the order and rly sermon | they numbered in exc | KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF HONOR. arked atten- EG R S 5 | Last Monday night Mrs. Ellen Fitzger DEGRIDE (O HONOB s A 20 € JW. inm. assisted by Mrs. Oppenheimer, the cy Morse Lodge were in- \esday night by Deputy those of Farnsworth Lodge | capita tax had been sent on. Arrange- | some Visitors. The officers who were In- < night | ments were completed for the installation | ducted into officer for the current term Lodge | of officers for the ensuing term. Invita. | are: Mrs. L. J. Wheelock, P. P.; W. C. t by | tlons were 1t to all the Degree of | Hearn, P.; Annie Thompson, V. P.; Mrs. ceré- | Honor lodges In Alameda and San Fran- | L B. Holcomb, R. 8. Mrs. L. A. Rapp, t11 | ciotn, couritien tp bo DRBERt et ths raal | BB L ADEEAGE. SG0ok I ¥Rurah Ligwid - ing on the following Saturday, when the | 8on, C.; Frances Wiillams, G. Helena officers wera to be inducted Into office, | Hearn, guard; Bell Leo, sentinel, and Edith Proctor, captain of the guard. f tha dedication Last Wednesday night Mrs. Emma R. A large number of the members attended [ | s a grand time | | i S tlithe O Il at that|the pienic at Haywards P: f the O _bail at | the 2 ards Park t ! Place. The van conduoted by Dep- | Fourth and had o pieasant oy "ot | 0'Donnel] visited San Jose, where she in 4 1d Master J. L. Robinette, acting | “The Horribles” were horribly late in | Stalled the officers of Yerba Buena . C. M. Ken on acting | placing tnemselves on exhibition, but they | Lodge. master and Grand Sec- | Mare “from @ horrible Last night ber of s ere, fro e standpol ‘ast night a number of the grand of- Lw acting ns grand | right. Last night the Insts flation of the | fcers’ went to Vallejo, whers they in- stalled the officers of Marion Lodge. « A SURPRISE PARTY. Last week a party of members of Au- rora Lodge, Knights and Ladies of Honor, went to Mill Valley to pay a sur- prise visit to Mrs. L. A. Rapp, the finan- tlal secretary of the lodge. They found officers of this lodge was a great success and after the ceremony, which was wit- nessed by many members of the order and friends of the lodge, refreshments were served and a programme of enter- tainment was furnished that will serve to make the event one long remembered by all wheo were present. place and during the day | gramme as follows under | . mner Lodge: Openin, F. O. Housken, president ol ; remarks by the chairman of the dedication of the grand mas J. offic children, remarks | Last Thursday night the officers of Sil-| per at the home of Mrs. C. Marti : on, oration by M. T, |Yer Star !/‘)d{k‘ were installed by District | qaughter, and one by one the vi e Ere{ San Francisco, singing of Tcputy Miss Loreta Donnelly, assisted by | tered the house to congratulate her on by a choir and “Homs, Sweet | Mrs. B. F. Mayon and Miss M. H. Ohea. | the anniversary of her birth. The visi- Last Thursday night Myrtle Lodge of East Oakiand initiated twelve candidates, | save Tl e e Home” by the audience. In evening gave her a token in remembrance of the Ylhs there were fireworks and a ball. The new building which replaces the one that was | The members of Ivy Lodge drill team had | visf Those Wh ore H dedicated July 9, 1507, and destroyed by | been invited to do the work, but as a T ot 1. T Whetot Jedicated 6. 18, 1s a two-story structure, | great number of the members were on| E. R. Kinsman, Fannié Igo, H. Kava: which will me imner Tadge, Traey | vacation in the country the work was per- | nagh, B. Bell, T. James, N. J. J. Weeks, I ent and Samaria Rebekah Lodge | formed by the officers of the lodge. After | E. T. Berry, 8. Davidson, E. L. Sund- of the Odd Fellows, West Side Lodge of the ‘nitiation there was served a very | berg, Annie Thorp, Z. T. {Whitten, F. J. Knights of Py Tracy Parlor of the | fine supper. ° Williams, A. A. Butchinson, L. B. Hol- Native Sons, El Pescadero Parlor of the| The officers of Ivy Lodge will be in-| comb, T. Smith, G. Neubar, T. Thomp- *% e eReNe 3’.0%:&0820380310{ o85085 4250 L5o P50 tomistiotiotiotiotiotieli ot BT TR # Strong Characters Ably : , ' / 300KS OF THE DAY & %tesmize: «“THE MARK A NG e S5 B - Frederic’s Work. b ! 5 : B R R O R e O R g S B R TR R g e 0?20590890880880890fiosofiogiossosszzogio!.o o250 %50 Si 0% 225420 B 4RILUIHT R RERe B HeReReey ficial | red a fine en- | o tiotietistietsetiotieotie order and whether we agree the author says or not we book has that quality whi being closed whc EVERYTHI POSSESSIONS Smith qr OUR NEW 1 ippi about one may gather that he might 2 from scores of volumes on 1 MAGAZINES FOR JULY. ing and educatlo article on “The M soe.” the only E “The Pilgrim's Progress] popularit The history of Alexander the Great. now azine, b interest Kk gO€ running in this m: consideraple popular W One of this scholarly say that the g 2000 vears to be and empire builder. Pall Mall. all for Juls structive stru ottom’, 1t other short stories The Cosmopolitan. OHROLD REDERIC and other Scribner’s Magazine. Scribner’s of il Ser yebster corner.” “Without hesitatlon, wrote several lines rapidly. and extensive parks of her Will the dialogue nev: Then, again: “Away!” . dashing through the Among noteworthy feat- magnificent ted the 1599 edition is a y the year o the constru rine and nav: ures incorpor: comprehensive everything are ahout tq publish the Pictures” for 1 The “Roy picture ndler ) ; doors, with her Perry. ¢ Mo to its magn lementary reading, h cor v figure enh: ived from the Whitaker Ra and sail vessel Tedfern gown, o= ng Company. dre s of owner: rustling silken McClur: wOver 60000 coples of T nthood SWestern rivers : . get away and will {he Automo Was in er' have been sold since its ship owners . Gushwriter never come to the point? ¢ wili o, The 1 yublica is now being - naval archite — - ity S e et v ey be a surprise to most for the productio ok o NEWSBOOKS RECEIVED S & Hograptical Skten = b g ng, an account of the | Marine Blue Book. oA oa St THE KINSHIP OF SOULS, by Reuen the Caradian some The rapid c deep e e s 1a & Doactiful stecy o feavs Strome. wholesomo Sction contributed by e rapid creation of deep general in- ernment bure homas, is a bes s el g & 2 son and of terest in maritime matters and naval € conne steam- and the influence of scenery and person- Stephen Crane, J. H. Crz n and otk | fairs since the war with Spa g‘l';l:;vn'— g > operating to - allty, upon st i;;;velglsr\r;?newgo Cassell’s Magazine. { fact that ship yards of all th LB e Y i direats wie T & e of Rizer. < An article of special interest is print well as the gr s and names and addr . i GE T T tn the July number ot dou as a Sta Manager.” The author of “Robespierr ished r sweet womanly DY classed as one of the few great sta work for two or t contribute 0 ges the who = - 2 | contributed to m o changes the whole current of anagers of Europe and, with Henry e N 4 st of » bulk of life is made up of Irving, siven the first rank. It contains which is fust from the receipt of . that earnestness is the one besides a sclentific article _entitled A of the pu velopment. The book is ° Kodak in the Clouds,” the first - most valuabi The Commonplace Novel Writer. g development. The DIoKic® POW9 of arficles; ~“London by Nignt:” in this cour The strain for atmosphere and color in c “Next Day’s Dinne and the initial own _fls{()v.;‘ 0 the ordinary novel short SR OTINTS IN MODERN MUSIC— chapters of Guy Boothby's new seri | tory of the he limit the patience of the read v James Huneker, Charles Scribner's story, “A Maker of o 1 more handsor L Dl il il s o Ry Tt Sons, New York. Cloth, $1%0. A book == ever, s o e ; jor be forced upon us s G i . e than “ever, and is in more handy form (e BOEDE non ”1" of great interest to musiclans and Ainslee’s Magazine. than ever. It is not o a book of guise lifting her Jovers of music, telling in seven reference for the ship builder, ship owner strawber et 1ips save much that 1s interesting and valua- _The July number contains, beside some and naval architect, and the merchants from the ex h and bie about the works of Strauss, Chopin, lever. stories from the pens of g 204 manufacturers who have dealings holding the antique spoon absently in her 2 and Riehard Wagner. It contains American writers articles on ‘The L A th these Interests, but it contains also beautiful tapering hand, while her blue a pertinent chapter on the music of the ot an Ocean Pilot,” “The Food We Eat.” e or ore pages devoted to Sta- eves, heavily lashed and browed, looked future and lights pianists along the “A Search for Pirate Gold” and a strong tistics of water commerce and to general p the ler in livery through the “Roval Road to Parnassus.”’ Its phrase- satire by an anonymous writer entitled across the ology and literary merit are of the first “The Literary Weather Bureau.” information regarding the merchant ma- plate-glass windows Srerrg | HUT up in an old steam boiler with Alnost Cost a Maner's Lg/e | | | | | | I | "‘As the bear came near Jake pulled the While this sttuation was at its most volver and blew the head off the rattle- a bear and a rattlesnake. strained point Jake's blood almost froze snake just as it w: poised to strike. trigger of his revolver, but the cartridge That was the experience of Jake in his brains, for the whirr of a rattle- Victory now aroused Jake's sportsman missed fire. The bear made a jump and Aldrich a few days ago, and he snake struck his ear. blood. He wanted the bear. knocked him over, but before he reached | .says that it is the tightest b he It was in the boiler, right in front of Climbing out as qu ¢+ as he could, he the ground Jake had put a bullet in the e got Into, and he has been In him and between him & d the bear. saw bruin sitting on his haunches a few ponderous creature’s heart. Jake is a prospec who The first move was made by the bear, feet from the boil At sight of Jake This ended the fight. Then Jake crawled a good many. back into his boiler, threw out the dead | for over a year has been working out through the manhole. he turned to run, but a pistol ball caught | in the mountains a few miles from T:)lil‘ This aroused Jake to his senses. The him between the shoulder: and stopped snake and went to sleep. mond Springs, Bl Dorado County. Near match had almost burned his fingers him. He concluded to fight Jake. and ~Next morning he was up bright and s Joke has been working is an aban- when his nerve came back, and he took made a fierce attack, maddened as he was early to overhaul the game he had bagged Joned engine boiler, with all the machin- careful aim over the sights of his re- by the pain of his wound. during the night. ery including the bofler. The house that enclosed the machinery has all been blown down, so that the boller stands out in the open air. The boiler is one | of the old-fashioned kind without flues. Early in the vear it struck Jake that this boller would be a pretty good place | to sleep in, as it was warm and dry and | perfectly impervious to the ‘heavy rains that fall in the vicinit So he took out the manhole gasket, which was a big one | located at the end of the boiler close to | the bottom, and moved it. | "He found that it was just what he had been lookinig for. Dark, of course, but as warm as a house. By knocking off a steam pipe connection at the Gther end of the boiler the ventilation was perfect and-no danger of getting wet. For months Jake enjoyed his sleeping apartment in the bofler and was the envy | of all the miners for miles around. But Monday night there was trouble. t's when the bear and the snake got ‘At least that's when the bear got in. It in. When the snake got in is a mystery. may have been hibernating under Jake's blankets all winter for all he kno but he does know that it was there last Mon- day night. Jake went to bed at his usual time— about dark—and as the night was a little | warm concluded to leave the manhole | open. He went to sleép instantly, but some hours later was awakened by a queer sound at the end of the bofler. Rising in his blankets Jake reached for his min- " matches. These are the Kind that Wil burn several minufes. Striking one he was for a moment blinded by the glare. | Then it filckered and went out. | " Before he could strike another Jake be- ame conscious of a snifling down at the far end of the boiler. Then he got fright- | ened, and when he reached for his match- | box ‘he couldn’t find it. : | He felt here and there, all the time con- scious that the sniffling was coming his | way. Cold sweat came out all over him | and a frenzy seized him. He wanted to | make a rush for the manhole, ‘but fear | held him to the spot. : Then he felt for his matches again, and | this time put his hand right on them. Striking one, his horror was increased. Before him stood a big bear. At sight of the light the bear became frightened and Went back to the end of the boiler. Jake's first impulse was to draw his revolver and fire, but he had a fear that he rmight miss the begr or not hit a vital epot, and so he kept his matches burning ih ofder to keep the bear at bay until he could think out a plan of fiight. @ Fight to the Death in Close Quarters. meetings, as to numbers, sh, tings, s, should be. addition to the membarship theve awas & good attendance of visitors. During the order. The presentation was followed by | feature of the evening was the “walk for & supper in an adjoining hall, where after > whi : I e o eusmcl \nas ware| = cakog RHICH Was oglual, [0 auysthac a number of congratulatory remarks. ever was given by professionals, and the | Suey, o . B e T eht the Suprema of- | Winners of the two prizes offered were | fYCRINE (here was.a reception tendered ficers installed the o Migpan | E. Sweeney and Jeannette Draper as the | Jasobs. na srionni yPanion. Mrs. Flora P oo I Misaton Opers Hall 1i the pres. | Airst couple and A. Dolan and Miss Wes- | ihs Jocal coramne or innt Sr aPP o n large mumber of members of the | sell as the second. The event took place | instanation. of the b, hursda der and the work was done in a most | in the Potrero Opera-house. This Gircle | witl b Hewl on tho Taic e Of this circle FTitable manner. The installation was | will give another social on the night of e lleld on: the 15th- inst. followed by a sumptuous supper and | the 27th inst. Last Wednesday night the officers of | _The installation of the officers of Robin | Live Qak Circle were installed by Grand speech-making. On_ Thursday night the same officers | Hood Circle, which was to have been held | Shiet Companion Mrs. Flora Jacobs, who son, M. B. Price, Miss Jennie Igo and Mesgsrs. W. B. Faulkner, Jack Kavanagh and George F. Martin Jr. During the afternoon there was an im- promptu programme of enjoyment. FRIENDS OF THE FOREST. Last Monday night the supreme officers in & body installed the officers of Lincolg Lodge in their lodgeroom in the Odd Fel- lows' building. The new officers are: Mrs. M. Trennell, P. P.; Mrs. Susan Tryon, P. Mrs. M. Mack, V. P.; Mrs. H. Bryant, T.; | installed the officers of America Lodge. |on last Wednesday night, has been was assisted by the mod 7 22wl S » post- - ¥ est member of Miss_Ella Waldo, F. S.; Miss Carrie May- e poned until the 19th inst. A.f; Inter Nos as grand marshal. The new ers. R. 8.; Miss Jennle Trennell, M.; Miss| COMPANIONS OF THE FOREST, | young ladies of the dirclo Will Zollow the jolmn saec Sire! Tonnie. Weisel: past Annie Sharp, W.; Miss May Burnes, I. F. OF _A. installation ceremonies. chief companion; Mrs. Bessie vl G.; Wm_l\lng, 0."G. At the close of the | On the night of the 27th of last month | On the 26th inst. the members of Lore-| chief companion; Mrs. J. F. | ceremonies the most modest member of | yrztay“Cirele gave its previously an- | le¥, Circle will give a grand social in the | sub-chief; N. Rothman, financial se 2 SIgaD P sly an-| gocial hall of the Alcazar building. tary; Mrs. E. J. N. Steinwig, recording | the lodge on behalf thereof presented to Mrs. Raymond, the retiring past presi- | dent, a very fine collar of her rank in the nounced social, which in every sense of the word was a great success. The special The attendance at Palo Alto Circle last ‘Wednesday was a model of what circle Continued on Page Thirty»"r‘wo.