The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 20, 1899, Page 14

FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY AUGUST 20, 1899. ooooowo‘.cooouOanannfinm&anuqauuuaaumcnunanqqqfiunnnuunnquuqnanpannflung : i [ New : % k=3 © & o MLalest fraternal fYews. & £ o PR k=R R EoR - RefoR-FoReReogcRegeRoReFoR R oRoFoR-FR R R -FR 2o R ReFey F=FeFe] g the Puritan trio, and the Don- hers. Xing Solomon’s Lodge. 1599, travellng on foot, of course, taking blan- | comprist Ses . | kets and provisions on a sled, but owing to | ohue bro Solomon’s Lodge | severe weather did not arrive at thelr destina- | = fall, received a | tion until February 6, at 5 p. m. The com- | Improved Order Red Men. F. | mittee returned February 18, and reprrted that b was made | they had visited Brother J. J. Muratt, P. G., of 1 ks | your lodge and found he had been suffering | has s honor | from rheumatism and lumbago since volnteer sery! The California jurisdiction of this order ive of its members In the 15, 1888, and was unable to turn in his bed. | Sl The team of Althomas Tribe at the last o-day leaves | The committee procured fram Dr. H. A. Gale [ 1€ team Of 2L 2 0 3 t \ to-day 1eaves | orthe place sultable medicine and also {rem Bheld meeting of Pocahontas Tribe con on Of | private sources, and turnished Brother Muratt | ferred the degree on nine candldates, Ste} | with the same. Arter remaining with him | and at the next meeting will confer the e City Of | (jree days and nights the committee left him | degree on several more candidates. It will I Was | very much improved in health and spirits and | glso confer the warrior's degree on tho: tal | very hopeful and thankful. The committee | entitled to receive the same. This is the r who « oastmast on | promised to_render additional assistance if in | team that won the prize during the re- 1 Mr. Marais | its power. Brother Muratt will no doubt gIve | cent session of the Great Council. t in ap- | you er information himself, as there 18| “Nfanzanita Tribe conferred the adoption ; hich he | & mall carrler on his way to St. Michael from | q.orac”on four palefaces last Wednesday S also pre- | b s stopping mmn(-_ and we de lkw‘t it best | [0 e Wara | to take advantage of the opportunily to notify | v BE o There werd | 10 e o that although, your brother member | All the tribes are reported as adding the prin- | ¥ : ) Thin | their membership at this time. : | is far from home and sick, he is still within | the ! s, Port orsanger, : S AR et h The new great chiet of records, Porter )T the reach of friends, who will do all in their | 4 oo In pre- | power to help him. | L. Bliss, has arranged the reports of the ) Brother | * With best wiskes to the 04 Fellows of Cali- | recent Great Council and placed the same of | fornia and civilization in general, we remaln | in the hands of the printer. It is’ expect- ed that the printed proceedings will be COMMITTEE. I O.|ready for distribution within two weeks. Aluska, White Eagle Tribe had a pleasant time o PHILLIPS, Prestdent. | gt an entertainment given on the 12th inst. KNOBEL, tar: in its wigwam in Maennerbund Hall Las —_— | “George W. Lovie, F. A. Whipple. George in t The Rebekahs. [ W Coffiins and W J. Sinith, great repre « To-morrow night the membership of | Sentative G a1 Rabdkah Blgdge NG, o) mill ie1¥e | b ol tesent at the kindling of the 1" to its many friends, but | council fire in that body on the 12th of at that is to be, is only to be ascer- | September. There they will meet the w tained when those {nvited present them- |0 great representative C F. Burg : | selves at the hall. The promise of the | Man. who left last Tuesday for = - {nment committee is “‘a surpris AR 'ribe has sef o arters in i LR e el EDE S e oung Nadlss | AlthomASHlribe has Eeciredidy ith builat of the parlor will in fantastic | | costumes. rs. Mary E. Donoho, secretary of the »mbly of California, a lady who |, | very zealous worker for fraternity | been initiated a member of the order of the Eastern Star. 'sephine Brown, a trustee of the Home at Gilrs the last of {he appear The Druids. Noble Grand Arch J. F. Martinon! and | Grand S John M. Graves returned f con- iber visited Far West Grove at merfcus Grove at Eureka and n Grove at the same place, and t:r members of Templar Lodge I doing well. While on that trip | dled last Wednesday ter a rt ere the guests of Dr. Michael and »es and her remains were consigned to | N ouEhety . whoi escarted thamAIN .y in which Ferndale = officers say “‘is one ots In the State, covered clover, alfalfa.’ timothy king it a_splendid products.” At Far they witnessed the conferring \d third degrees on three candidates, after which three members | were reinstated and two applications were | received. In Americus Grove they wit- The Workmen. ed work In the initiatory degree. Past Grand Master W. H. Barnes has o grove at Petaluma reports an in- accepted an invitation to deliver an ad- | cre in_the membership. Magnolla dress to San Benito Lodge at Hollister '1 ove at Los Angeles also reports addl- [ arimcrthe | tions to its members. : The several lodges are arranging the| JastT AtbERg ey wamedivi ioe reception that the order will tender to the omales n Wednesday Workmen soldiers who are with the re- turning volunteers. 3 | and around the va is located, which t of the lovelie: f 0! th grain, All of tha local lodges are busy time arranging for the golden jubilee cele- bration Under_the direction of Mrs. Munnkay | Warford, chairman of the entertal committee of Templar Lodge i ments are neariy completed for the ente | ent that will be given by this lodge |in the latter part of September. se inftiated, bpro- | were I music at with the membership of Fred- nediy L. Dar- | dental; on Thurs- ve at Dun- k Sieg Grove at Oc they went to Dante Grc on. la | Fre visi etaluma Petalums any offic and groves at which th will not be ts until September 1. [ The Native Sons. Grand Organizer Steinbach has been ex- ceedingly busy of late. The latest parlor Revastaral ot A horloa: Sl e P Petaluma. | The members of Court Deflance a few s Ty e Aarlor at | evenings since enjoyed a smoker Jjinks B e T e T ammoore nias been | Provided for them by Past Chief Ranger I or, e Do o with tua. parlor a¢|A: Colman. The sire of the Jinks wis W. Hanford, and the two will make a strong | O- Ford, who called upon many of those body Th will shortly be instituted un- to contribute to the entertainment There were short and appropriate nd M. I songs erry and Simpson; der the name of Hanford Parlor. Last_week Past Grand President Mrs. | Lena Hilke Mills and Grand President Me W Mrs. Cc B. Sifford called on Grand 8§ recitation by Mr. ander, plano selec- ca chapters In | retary Lunstedt and had quite a conver- | tions by Mr. Levy and comic stories by a the esent was the | sation on the subject of the part that the | er, who told old and new ones to Te . .o | Native Daughters will take in the re avold the payment of a penalty. A light ejo at 1ts | tion of the returning volunteers, collation and refreshments were served T of Vislt- | mittee of one appointed from e during the evening, as were also pipes ity, and a | jor, said the grand pres| meet | and tobacco and cigars. {o-morrow night to determine what is 0| Court Aurora is making arrangements | be done. o celebrate its twenty-first anni The 0Odd Fellows. —— B oot aGra Last T \ ght the grand mbaster The Native Daughters. | e er At P Meia ., and ast Wednesday night there was given | stmastcr, and in ar ) » Native Daughters’ Home in this | pacit is a_genuine 1 visited last n entertainment under the auspices | the second oldest "“I:»\x‘:):w‘r:“e-)(\:]l Sht.k 0dd membership of Oro Fino Pa ot Pvtescntatives Atsi On The purpose of the ainment their way to the Supreme Court, which is secure linen for the home, and the r to meet in Detroit, Mich., on the 22d inst. ments to take part in the grand rec to the returning volunteers. It is probable Knights of the Maccabees. elping a Brother. that La Estrella Parlor will also take : The ter received San Franc Tent at its review on the by 1 of Los Ar ation of the anniver- | 11th inst. a large number of sir geles serves : besutution f Dfinds Tatior. | knighis présent, andl thves wiinesset &8 f < and to | Which had been set for the nst;, has [l i \tiath o the 1 fs and to| MEICh BEA e il September on ace | introduction by Initiation into the tent ‘;r w 8Ot t0 8- | count 'of the nearness of the date to the | four strangers, the work being by the ef- b expected arrival of the California volun- | ficlent degree team. Nine applications F., Los | tee | were Abcut | A new parlor is being organized in this| Sir orge V. Leroi, one of the ir W nd as soon as all the preliminaries | most indetatigable kers for the tent, rep: t has instituted a division of the uniform s on the rank in his tent, with thirty-one members. It will be known as San Francisco Divis- jon No. 3, and will be attached to the Second Indiana Regiment. The commis- sioned officers, who are to serve for two vears, are: Past captaln, H. H. Castle; captain, H. L. Tickner; first lieutenant, George V. Leroi; second lieutenant, Ed- win Savery. The non-coms. are: T. J. Harris, first sergeant; Fred Wastier Jr. second sergeant, and John H. Sampson, bugler., The elccted officers, who are to serve for one year, are: Theo Frolich, D. B. Richards, finance keeper. This organi- in San an 'be arranged it will be instituted. Mrs. R Kemp Van Be is busy organi ing a new parlor for thi and it likely that before long she will have the honor of adding one more to the list. | "Last Thursday night the members of California Parlor No. 103, composed of a er of the handsomest voung ladies he order in this cf ave an enter- tainment and_so in the nquet hall of the Native Sons’ building which was a | great success in every way. The hall was | crowded. The entertainment, given | under the direction of Misses Lucille | Frank, Martie McFarland, Lizzie Wrede, | Sophle Strauss, Tillie Leeman and Emma | ¢ . irst of the kind 3. Phil- | Miller, the committee on soclal hour, was | Zatlon 1s the first o ‘secretary. | {nteresting and . pleasim, and the’ pro. | Francisco, and the third In the State. -2 gramme of dances was well arranged. Sentinels of the Universe. RNothing was left undone that would tend the evening a pleasant contributed to the pl ake Reports from the three councils in this who one. r Council, located at the Mis- tertainment and dance D on ard orge Green and Robert Marple, | sion, gave an en Can You Guess the Exact Time of the Arrival of the California Volunteers. IR SO YOU CAN WIN $50 AND ALSO HAVE THE HONOR OF DONATING $50 TO THE GENERAL FUND OF THE ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE. g \ VERYBODY is on the tiptoe of expectancy as to the date of the arrival of the California vol- unteers. Can you guess the exact time, if not how near? To the person who guesses the near- est to the exact time (day, howr, minute and second) the Sunday Call will give $100, one-half of which ($50) goes to the lucky guesser and the other half ($50) will be donated in the name of that person to the general funds of the entertainment committee. The Merchants' Exchange of this city will furnish the official record of the sighting of the transport, and from that record the decision will be made. The terms of the contest are: 5 All guesses must be made on a coupon cut from the Daily or Sunday Call. Each person is allowed to fill out as many coupons as desired and they may be mailed each day or all together, at the pleasure of the guesser. No coupons will be received or entered into the contest that bear 3 postmark later than August 20. Fill out this coupon and mail to Coupon Editor Sunday Call. B TR TH A TR DA T A TR TR TR T A TSRS A TSR TR SRR AT A TS AT A SR TSHASA SRS @ 2 / Guess That the Transport Sherman With the California Volunteers Wili Be Sighted by the % Timekeeper of the Merchants’ Exchange at: Wanilz...........@ale......fifaur...,. Wameso oo Hddress....... B e i o e e e N N N N Ny R N N N e S S S S N Send in Your Coupons! This Is Positively Last Coupon on Guessing Contest ”mule. .....8ccond...... (:og:) teeresireaan cessnenae .o ceresesens P I I R B A TATATSA SR L R N S N FegeReoRogeg-R-RaF-gegeReRegeReFeFoRag R FoReR-FaFoReFeReRuge] , asld The officers of Ivy Lodge, Degree of | ¢ N o gL DyORaL ALl e presence o | Hae e ying vislts to-the loages of | cans Mills; on Friday they visited Guer- hearing her co Alameda County, instructing them in e and Ottavio Groves In joint sesslon Mrs. Ada RoXy | work of the order. @ terneville, and last night they were | . for thie | “AT, Snembers of Ivy Lodge are arrang- | #ith Gulseppe Verdl Grove and_ Fitch Ing & Cakewalk for the night of the 3oth | Grove, which met in Jjoint session In B ¢ e ldsburg. To-morrow night they will { Newspape was a very satisfactory one. There The grand officers will be cailed within a good.attendunce 0L mambers of jth ten days to institute two new courts, one 2 WHOHIN {OLaor Ao enibyadl in the northern and one in the southern | ted some article of linen that w Dart of the State. rviceable to the home. An excellent | PG 00 Clicr Ra Ftignss D o “'!“"‘- b | of Sacraments is tion at L. week about thir members Ci S 9 B 5 Hads ampbells Springs, Buena Vista_Parlor paid a fraternal | e Oak Circle of the Companions of {0 Piedmont Parlor in Oakland and a most | 1,25 rest will make a showing in the of a collation | Pleasant: evening was spent. » with three carriag Excelsior Las Lomas Parlor is making ar R ihegiee: ure of | cfty show an increase in membership of | ire of | city show an | nfal of the claim to report the debates to | free reporting was the tragic incident that | last week which was well attended, and before “Home, Sweet Home" had been played, thirty-three applications were presented. Reports from the State of Oregon are encouraging, and the prospects for the order, which has been In existence in the State’ but seven months, are that before the close of the year there Will be 000 names< on the roll. Oakland, expects to double its member- ship during the current month. This coun- cll will give an entertainment in a short | time. The Junior Order. On the evening of the ith inst. Abra- | ham Lincoln Council entertained those | members of the order who are in the | Tenth Pennsylvania Regiment, U. 8. V., at a reception in the Council Hall. There was an interesting programme of reci- | tations, music, songs and story of the battle-fleld. Interesting recollections of life in the Philippines were given by | Lieutenants Thompson and t{owell, past councilors of Pennsylvania, and Ser- geant Gee also had something to say | ;nlmu( the city of Manila and surround- | ngs. Zach T. Whitten read an interesting letter from his son, who {3 now return ing with the First California. In this the writer gave graphic pen pictures of the | condition of affairs at Negros at the time | of the writing, shortly before the Call- fornia Volunteers embarked for home. Past State Councilor M. H. Bellinger and State Treasurer George Montell re- sponded to calls and spoke feelingly of the work of the volunteers. During the eyen- ing three applications were received and | one member applied to be reinstated. The committee having charge of the re: | ception of the: members who are in the | returning California Volunteers has con- cluded its preliminary labors. The re- turning men will be given a banquet. The National Council of the order has recently adopted a life insurance feature. | The details of the plan will be received in | this city in a few days. Royal Arcanum. A new council of the Order of Royal Ar-| canum, called Palm, was recently insti- | tuted at Los Angeles by Grand Regent | Chappel. Argonaut Council at its last held meet- | ing initiated two candidates, elected three strangers, was entertained by a number of visitors from the East and also Dby | Grand Vice Regent Spencer, A new council is to be instituted in Oak- | land and another in Solano County. | Last Monday T. A. Parrish instituted a | new council at Angels, in the State of | Washington, with thirty-five charter | members. B'ne B'rith. Ophir Lodge No. 21, the mother lodge of | the Independent Order of B'ne B'rith, was forty-four years old last Wednesday | night, and the event was marked by a| very interesting meeting, at which there were present a large number of the mem- bers and not a few specially invited guests. The committee on entertainment congisting of William Saalburg, M. Ka muk, S. H. Simon, B, Lazansky and Max | Lewfs, at the close of the meeting invited all to a banquet given in a near-by res-| taurant. After the menu had been dis- | cussed ‘there was a well arranged pro-| gramme of toasts and responses. Tha principal speakers of the evening were | s Solomon, Rev, M. S. Levy, Rev. | to and Grand Secretary Aschheim. | Letters of regret were read from Rev. J. | Voorsanger and J. Greenebaum, the arch of the order on this coast. 1 tor of the order, D. A. dAncona, ¢ tained the assemblage with interesting | reminiscences. | The committee on intellectual advance- | ment has made arrangements for an open | meeting In the near future, when Rev. Mr. Levy will deliver an illustrated lec- 1lln“e on Hawali, a place he recently vis- ted. Tt Is expected that the grand president will be in this city to address a joint meet ing of the local lodges on the 11th of Sep- tember, but there is a possibility that the address may be postponed to October, as the date name is very close to the Jewish holidays, and it is possible that the grand president would prefer o be in his home in Portland, Or.. during that period. THE COMMON PRESS GALLERY.| Luciu; J. Ni = | | Accounts of Its Work, History and | Occupants by the Speaker of the House. sixth anniversary dinner of the Pr Fund was held recentl at the Whitehall Rooms, Hotel Metropole, | 1 Speaker, the Right Hon. William | Court Gully, presided. | The loyal toasts having been honored, | the chairman proposed ‘‘Prosperity to the | ewspaper Press Fund.” He said that it seemed to have been a common practice in introducing that toast to begin with some observation on the virtues, the vices if there were an d the functions of | the pres: If he abstained from this habit | it was partly because he did not feel him- | self (0 be a competent critic, and partly | because the press had quite recently re- | celved probably as much valuable advice and criticism from persons more compe- tent than himself to pronounce on these matters as it was able to digest at pres. ent. He imagined that he had been asked | to take the chair on that occasion because he haa the official control of the press gal- lery of the House of Commons, which he understood was the origin and birthplace | of the Press Fund. Reviewing the history | of the press gallery, he said he would go back to the days when Dr. Johnson com- | \msod the speeches both for her Majesty’s Ministers and the Opposition, taking care, as he observed, that ‘“the Whig dogs did not get the best of the argument.” That was not what would be called re- porting nowadays. Reporting did not, as | now understood, begin till the latter part of the last century. He reflected \ tth sat- isfaction that one of the incidents which | brought out the change from the de- | The thirty: of his predec rs was burned in efligy by a mob in the city of London in in a riot which arose cut of the claim by the House of Commons to arrest a per- son who had been printing thelr proceed- ings without their leave. It was said that the blood of the martyrs was the seed of the church, and he hoped he might clalm that from the ashes of a Speaker had sprung the freedom of print- ing, which was treasured as much as the right of debate {tself. The House came to the sensible conclusion that it was a benefit to the House, as it was to the pub- lic that, Instead of being 111, furtively and somatimes maliciously reported, its pro- ceedings should be openly and truthfully reported. As far as his researches had one, however, the first trace he could find of the history of the reporter's gal- lery was in 1878, when evidence was given before & committee of the House of Com- mons by a gentleman whom many present would remember, Mr. Ross of the Times, and he sald that his recollection went back fifty-elght years, to the year 1820. In the old House of Commons the ac- commodation which the reporter received, said Mr. Ross, was in the back bench in the Strangers Gallery, with his head three fect from the celling, fn a wretched atmosphere, with all the strangers talk- | ing, and in s_fim of only two-thirds of | the House. That was reporting under difficulties, There was no desk to rest a notebook on. In that way they con- tinued to report until the House was burned down in 183¢. Mr. Charles Dickens was president at the second annual ban- ({uel of the fund In 1865, and in his ad- dress he gave experlences in that old fu]lgsrby. in which he_ reported from 1831 0 1833." That included the exciting times of the first Reform bill, and he said he well remembered how he wore out his trouser knees wrltins with his notebook on them on that old back bench, thus confirming what Mr. Ross had sald. Just as the independence ~of reporting was ushered in br the burning of a Stpenker, 80 the burning of the House of Com- mons brought reporters another benefit. There was provided for the first time a reporters’ gallery, with actually a desk or a slab in front on which reporters could place their books. That was thought to be a great convenience, and zo l\z’ was. v‘]n:;n the redsen: Huu;. cB‘:]ne 0 be occupied everybody seemed satis- fied. From that time there had been but one alteration. In 1878, after inquiry, an effort was made to give accommodation which should include the provinclal press, and as a result some portion of the side gal- leries was given to the press, and many provinclal papers were admitted. At the present time there were dh'eetl{ repre- sented in the press galleries about twenty London daily papers and about thirty provincial papers, and the total number of Jjournalists having the entry to the gallery was about 243. As the Trepresen- tative of the House of Commons, he claimed that the House was mow up to date in this matter. He appreciated the imoortance of giving accommodation to | These are the people whom it is a dellgh§ | an | but from the date of its first use, that is | the press and to best of its ability it had done so, for it considered .hat the pro- vision of proper accommodation for the press was an important and vital part of ts dutles. Speaking of the Newspaper Press-Fund, he said it was an institution of the most valuable kind. He appealed for general support and liberality on Its behalf. The profession of the press was of an extremely arduous and precarious tharacter. It was one in_ which there were few great prizes, and there were comparatively few members who made substantial savings. It was carried on under conditions which were ofter injur- fous to health. It involved a great and continuous strain. It often involved irregular hours and irregular meals, bad air and fatigue, and other things 'which exposed even the most careful to fliness and breakdown. | It was the object of the Press Fund to give that help which was needed in such cases. All agreéd that the press was al- most as necessary to them nowadays as were food and clothing. In a civilized country we could not get on without it, and they In England, who were accus- tomed to a press conducted under hon- orable traditions, would not be happy if they lhoughl the press was miserable and degraded or if it were not carried on by gentlemen in the spirit of gentlo- men. he Press Fund had every claim, both for its past history and its useful- ness, to the support of the public. It de- rived a substantial income from the members of the fund, and in thirty-six | years, in spite of having disbursed iarge | sums for the support of its members, it has accumulated a considerable amount of capital, from which a substantial in- come was drawn, TOWN HOSPITALS As Necessary to Public Welfare as Schools and Libraries. | “'Scarce a village is too small for public buildings for education, for the adminis- tration of the law, for religlous instruc- tion and for amusements; but how many are the towns that can show a hospital””’ asks Helen C. Candee, in the Woman's Home Companlion, writing of “The Need of Town pitals,” and telling how to start one. latters are very fell for tha sick in comfortable homes, where the in- valid is_given a room, is nursed by the most efficient member of the family, and attended by the best physicians. But how is it with the ignorant poor who live in crowded cottages, whose attendants know nothing of hygiene, and who wait too long before seeking the services of a doctor, dreading the expense thereof. to help, and whom the hospital mc benefits. There i3, however, a growing inclination on the part of well-to-do peo- ple to s hospltal treatment for sur: gery and certaln kinds of illnes I makes it advisable to fit up one o vate rooms for such patients as wish to occupy them. Patients of this kind may and generally do provide their own pri- vate nurse, but in addition pay generously and are a welcome source of income to a hospital. It s reckoned that 20 per cent of the expenditures are to be gained from patients, for the hospital can be free only | to those who are absolutely unable to pay. | The remainder must be raised, and this is | where the feeling of public spirit blends | with the feeling of unfversal brotherhood, | and the hospital will come to be supported | because the town is proud of it. There {3 one more point in favor of the | hospital in small towns—its benefit to the physicians. Although their services | are case of patients in private rooms, are able to pay for treatment—they helped by enlarged experience, and by soclation with the famous doctors from time to time are called from large cities for an operation or a consulta- tion.” ——e——————— COMPULSORY CREMATION. Measure That Is Now i’endlng in the } British Parliament. | ® ree to the institution—except in the | who In England the idea of making crema- ' tion compulsory is being earnestly pressed with a view of cheapening the cost of the disposal of dead bodies and upon the | higher ground of sanitation. A bill in Parliament looking to this end has passed the committee and the first reading, with amendment that causes it to apply only to certain large cities and to defined conditions of soclety in_ them. 1t is twenty-five years since the first organization was made in Great Britain to establish a crematorfum. It took six | ears to get one built, and it was four | before an incineration took place; | fifteen years ago, the number of | has increased rapidly, so | that several thousand bodies were cre- | mated last year. Aside from the senti- mental phase of the matter, one of the potent obstructions thrown in the y of the society that promoted the | plans was that cremation could be used | to destroy the evidence of crime. to sa incinerations This | objection was met by the society assum- | | ing the obligation to investigate the con- ditions of death in the case of every hody for which application for Incineration should be made. The prejudices were finally overcome, as may be seen by the fact that the proposed legislation includes | a provision that in the whole kingdom | cremation should be obliga in cases | where death is due to transmissible dis- | eases, as smallpox, scarlet fever and | tuberculosis. considerable opposition probably pass. This tions involved Philadelphia e — PRETTY WOMAN Was Selling Chances on a Live Chicken—A Parisian Game. While T was sitting in Victor's I was | made the victim of the most unique con- | fidence game I encountered during my journey. A tall woman in black came in at the front door and approached me, her- alding her intentions by a winning smile. (In Europe if any one smiles at you get ready to spend money). This woman car- | ried a live chicken in one hand, and {n the | other was a black cloth bag with a puck ering string at the top. She paused in front of me and exhibited the chicken, at the same time making some sort of appeal to me in French. I called to the walter and asked him to translate the lady's remarks. She said she selling “‘chances’ on the chicken. In the black bag were certain small en- | velopes costing two sous (2 cents) each, One of these envelopes contained the | ticket which won the fow I told him that I was The measure is meeting no | and the bill will | meeting the ques in a wise and broad spirit.— Time: stranger, merely passing through town, and I didn’t believe that could find any use for a live chicken. He suggested that I might take it back to America with me as a souvenir of Marsellles. I told him there was a hlih duty on chickens. Then he sald that the woman was J:oor and had to support two children, and her only way of making a living was to raffle this same chicken for a year or two. Also I noticed that the feathers were worn off its legs. The waiter sugxes!ed that even if I took few chances there wouldn't be any great anfier of my winning the chicken. Ac- ce&t ng this’ assurance, I bought three tickets, all of which were blank. The woman In black thanked me with much cordiality and went her way. If she had come to me and begged for six sous I would have despised her, but as the in- ventress of a new swindline game I shall always hold her in the highest esteem.— Letter in Chicago Record i — e—— One Who Wrote Books of Travel. | “I used to know a man,” said a New | Orleans Bohemian, “who made a living writing storles of travel for boys. H2| had never been out of Missouri in his life, | but he was famous for the graphic fidelity | of his descriptions of foreign lands. His reference library consisted of exactly three works—an encyclopedia, a set of | United States consular reports, covering, four or five years, and a copy of Wood's ‘Natural History.’ f the scene of the story was to be lald, for instance, in Bor- neo, he would begin by ‘reading the Bor- neo article in the encyclopedia; then he ! would turn to the consular reports and look up all the odd and interesting mat- ters he could find touching that particular island, and finally he would get a descrip- tion of its animals from Wood's. He wrote at an old table on which was glued | a map of the world, covered with a sheet ' of glass. This was constantly before his | eyes, so he couldn’'t go astray on geog- | raphy, and, as I sald before, his descrip- tions were marvels of accuracy. He cmlfd draw a better and more realistic pen pic- ture of Inrelgn countries than (rave{erx €0) themselves. le thought that he had been a great globe trotter, and crazy as | it sounds, I belleve he actually got to| thinking so himself. The last time I saw | him he talked about Afghanistan in the gasy oft-hand veln of a personal observer. It I nadn’t happened to know that he had been living in St. Louis all his lifc T would | have sworn he had been there.”—New Or- leans Times-Democrat. T Al A SR Advances made on fyrniture and pianos, with or without removal. J.Noonan, 1017-1028 Mission. ——————— Britain holds the honor of having first formed socleties for the preven- tion of cruelty to animals, and of hav- ing first legislated for punishment to offenders. When requested, the Resorts mentioned in this column will send you cireu- lars giving full information regarding special advantages, rates, man- ner of reaching them, etc. When writing please mention The Call. “Pass of the Oaks’— twenty-five miles from ocean—where the beau- tiful Salinas Valley runs into the foothills. Moun- tain ozone makes health- ful atmosphere for the sick. Paso Robles for Health. Numerous cottages are dotted about grounds where invalids and con- valescents in calm re- pose recover their wont- ed health. OTT0 E. NEVER. Prop., Gity Offlce, 636 Market St. Paso Robles, Cal. JETNA SPRINGS.. No fog nor mosquitoes, but sunshine, bracing air and mineral waters that banish rheumatism and bladder and kidney troubles. Rates, $10 to $14 per week; £ P. to St. He- lena at 7 a m. or 4 p. m.; private rig to springs: round trip, $7. Apply W. L. MITCH- 1, Aetna Springs, Napa Co., or J. H. SIMP- 1. 0. O. F. building, San Francisco. Vendome. In San Jose is the start- ing point for visitors to * LICK OBSERVATORY. 1t is one of the most celebrated fashionable resorts on the fioast. S;nd for little book that tells all about the great Observatory. GEO. P. SNELL, Mgr, HOT SPRINGS. — This beautiful summer and San Jose, Cal. PARAISD e = L owned and managed by J PERRAULT, who as resident physi- cian, will devote his entire time to the welfare of his guests, whether gick or well, is situated 150 miles south of San Francisco, in the Coast at an elevation of 1000 feet. ft and balmy and free from fogs. Soda, sulphur and iron springs. Hot plunge and tank baths; delightful grounda: comfortable hotel; annex and cottages; good hunting _and fishing; grand scenery; lovely walks nnd drives. Special rates to families oc- Ranr~ Mountains The climate is cupying entire cottages, or invalids cr others | remaining more than one month, from Third and Townsend st. depot, § a. m. (Pullman_to Soledad, thence seven 'miles by stage to Paraiso.) Round trip, $8. For further information address J. PERRAULT, M.D., Pa- raiso Springs, or city office, 33 Sutter st., S. F. Byron Hot Springs RHEUMATISM Cured by the Hot Mineral Baths. There Is Nothing Like Them Known. Address A. BETTONS, at the springs, or call on LOMBARD & CO., agents, room 30, 2214 Geary st, PLANTATION HOUSE, [ IGHTEEN MILES FROM CAZADERO, ‘ON stage line. Good trout fishing, plenty fruit, cream and milk: free conveyance for parties of two-or more: grand redwood scenery. Addres J. LUTTRINGER, Seaview, Sonoma County, or apply B. KRUSE, 207 Front st., S. F., for particulars DUNCAN SPRINGS, WO MILES FROM HOPLAND, UNE- qualed soda and magnoesla springs: baths, furnished cottages. 'Terms, 310 to $13. Buy through tickets. Send for circular. O. HOW- ELL, Hopland, Cal. CARLSBAD Most beautiful epot in Lake County. The mineral springs are famous for marvelous cures when all else failed, especially in stomach, liver, kidney and bladder affections. Superior accommodations. alo per week. Fine roads, trout fishing and eer hunting. Write W. R. McGOVERN, Carlebad, e County. SAMUFL SODA SPRINGS. R. MORRIS, PROP., NAPA COUNTY, ® Cal. Eure cure for dyspepsia, indigestion, rheumatism and _ constipation; 'hot mineral baths. These eprings are located in Napa County, 20 miles east of St. Helena. The water s bottled at the springs and contains its vwa natural gas. Stage leaves St. Helena. KLAMATH HOT SPRINGS (Beswick, Siskiyou County, Cal. INEST FISHING AND HEALTH RESORT on the coast. Climata perfect. For parti- culars apply to EDSON BROS., Proprietors. HOTEL EL MONTE. OS GATOS, CAL.—STRICTLY FIRST class; rencvated throughout; lovely sur- roundl new management. JOHN NEVILL, Propriet BOCA HOTEL. INEST HUNTING AND FISHING ON THE Truckee River; pleasant sunny rooms: good Loating on lake: boats free to guests; prices reasonable, $8 to $10 per week: special rates for families. W. J. McDONALD, Manager. LAUREL DEL LAKE AND HOTEL, LIMATE, SCENERY, ENTERTAINMENT; none better in Lake Co.; gas indoors and H.. WAMBOLD. Cal.) out. JOHANNISBERG. FAM]L\ RIESQRT AND OUTING PLACE in the midst of the Napa Redwoods, Mount Veeder, 3100 feet. Large lake, boating, swim- ming, hunting, fshing. Terms, $6 to 310 per week. Send for circulars. JOHANNISBERG RESORT, Oakville, Napa County, Cal. BLUE LAKES HOTEL W ILL BE CONDUCTED IN A QUIET, homelike manner, with one of the best tables in the county; 310 o §12 per week. Round trip, $9 0. S. F. and N. P. to Uklah; thence by stage. Address’ J. WILSON, Bertha, Lake Trains daily | County, Cal. | door: SANTA CATALINA ISLAND. 8% Hours' Rids From Los Angeles, Cal. AMERICA'S FOREMOST RESORT. Write for information about Catalloa’s wobs derful attracticns. World's records for rod and reel angling. Fishing tournament May 1 to Bept. 1, muspices Tuna Club. Bixth seasod of our famous Marine Band. The Hotels Metropole and Island Villa. Modern Conveniences. Efotent Management. oderats Rates. Best Golf Links. lnz‘b&nur LIFE. i BANNING CO. NY, 222 South Spring st., Los Angeles, Cal., or call on THOMAS COOK & SONS, Agents, €21 Market st, San Fran< cisco. YOUI’R SUMMER OUTING. Health are Hotel and assured del Pleasure at Coronado Send for Pamphlets, Terms, Etc. Reduced Summer Rates now in Effect. Apply at 4 New Montgomery st., 8. F. Shasta Region ——With Its—— HOMELIKE RESORTS AND CHARMING CAMFING RETREATS THE FAMOUS | BWEET DRICR CAMP. CRAG VIEW CAMP. THE cELEBmTEg TeVERN OF CASTLH RAG. UPPER SODA SPRINGS., SHASTA SPRINGS, SHASTA RETREAT, EISSON, MOUNT SHASTA CAMP. McCLOUD RIVER RESORTS. A VAST DOMAIN OF SCENIC BEAUTY AND GRANDEUR. LOW EXCURSION RATES. For further information, illustrated folders, apply at the SOUTHERN PACIFIC COM- lx; 5 5’5 Ticket Office, 613 Market st. (Grand otel). SKAGES' ROT SPRINGS ONOMA COUNTY; ONLY 4% HOURS from San Francisco and but ¢ miles’ stag- g; waters noted for medicinal virtues: best natural bath in State; swimming and boatink; grand mountain scenery: good trout streams at photographer's "room, _telephone, _tele- graph, daily mall and express; FIRST-CLASS HOTEL AND STAGE SERVICE; morning anl afternoon stages; round trip from San Fran- cleco only $550. Take Tiburon ferry at 7:3) a. m. or 3:30 p. m. Terms, $2 a day or $12 a week. References, any guest of the past four years. Patronage constantly increasing—last year unprecedented. J. F. MULGREW, Prop. 3 SARATOGA SPRINGS, &35, Up In the mountains, near the lakes and in the heart of Lake County’s mineral beit. Take train via Uklah. % ROUND TRIP...$9.50. 3. MARTENS, Prop.— City Offce, 416 Pine Street. FAMOUS GILROY HOT SPRINGS ROBERTSON, FOR THE PAST FIVH -years at Paraiso Springs, Proprietor and Manager. Baths and water an ABSOLUTE CURE for Rheumatism, Kidney, Liver and Stomach Trouble. Trains leave Third and Townsend streets daily 9 a. m. and 2:45 p. For pamphlets address A Charming Spot to Visit This Summer. OATS FREE TO GUESTS. FINE FISH- ing. Excellent table. Clean beds and care- ful attention to patrons. Climate perfect. Bix- teen miles from Truckee, in the heart of the Elerras and surrounded by magnificent trees of an unbroken forest. The ideal spot for families because it {8 clean, no poison omk, 1o pe: And purs alr and pure water. Afarees MRS H. M. CLEMONS, Independence Lake. HOTEL BELVEDERE QTR Por THE SEASON APRIL L AM- ple accommodations in hotel; also In new eottages, just completed. MRS. A. T. MOORE, BELVEDERB. NAPA SODA SPRINGS. WO TRAINS DAILY, 7:30 A. M. AND 4 P. m.; stage meets train at Napa City, AN< DREW JACKSON, Napa Soda Springs P. O. KENILWORTH INN, ILL VALLEY-A MOST DELIGHTFUL summer home. Every modern convenience. In and out door sports. Forty-five minutes from San Francisco. Table under personal cars of MRS. M. MERRY, Proprietor. ContraCosta. FERNDALE SPRINGS RESORT &5 oo ing spot, rest, health; perfect atmosphere: train to Martinez, stage to hotel, Office 63) Market. A FEW SUMMER BOARDERS taken on a fruit farm 2 miles from Calistoga and rafi- road station; beautiful shade; home cooking: Food rooms: 36 per week and up. Address MRS, S. SMITH, Calistoga. Napa Co.. Cal. MANZANITA Station. near Mill Valley—3 or 4 rocms, with board: good accommodations at Manzanita Villa. m. R. ROBERTSON. DO NOT. Be Without During Your Vacation. Subseribers to “The Call” visiting thy country, seaslde or springs during the Sum- mer months can have “The Call" sent to them | for a week or longer by prepaying for sam» at the Business Office or by ordsr through carrier. per Week ...per Month PREPAID H