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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-06
Yesterdays Eastern Baseball Gam.

BROOKLYN, n. Y, May 5.-Brooklyns 5,
Baltimores 8.
BOSTON, MASS, May 5.-Bostons z, Philadel-
phias 5.
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 5.-No game be-
tween the Washington and New York teams
on account OF rain.
PITTSBURG, PA, May 5. - Pittsburgs 5,
Loulsvilles =.
CLEVELAND. OHIO, May 5.-Clevelands 2,
Cincinnatis 3.
CHICAGO, ILL, May 5. Chcagos z, ST.
LOUIS g.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-06
Folio Chicken Thief Dyino.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, May 6-Johr
McCrea. the alleged chicken thief, who
was shot by one of Sheriff Johnson.
deputies in Yolo County last Saturday
while resisting arrest, is sinking last anc
has little chance for recovery. Deputy
Fisher, who did the shooting. was to-day
appointed county detective by the Board
OF Supervisors.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-06

of a locomotive on the Chicago and Alton
line exploded this morning. Engineer
Roberts and Fireman Pardoner, who were
on the locomotive at the time. we're in
SANITY killed and their bodies badly man
gIed
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-06
sold Ross Horg', May Die.

NEW YORK, n. Y, May civilian
Hoey, actor, the "Old Hoss Hoey" OF
''Parlor Match" fame, is confined to bed
His illness is of such character that it is
said his recovery is very doubtful.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-06
another Treat for Petolv,na

PETALUMA, CAL, May 5.-The Lady
Ministries OF the Petaluma Improvement
Club, encouraged by the goodIy profits
and the great success OF their first min
strel show, are rehearsing for repetition
of the entertainment, with new songs and
specialties
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-06
REFUsES MEDIATION.

Greece Rejecfs Offer From the Rus
sinn Government.
LONDON, Eng. May 5.-The st. Peters
burg correspondents OF the Chronicle and
Daily Telegraph say that Russia, with the
cognlzance OF the other powers, offered
mediation for Greece The latter refused.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-06

ADVANCES made on furniture and pianos, with
or without removal. ]. Noonan. 1O17-1O23 Mission.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-06

Deadly Boiler Explosion.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May 5.-The boiler
The times., 1897-11-14
Heccnt Fiction.

In Search OF a Religion by Dennis
Hird, is u Discussion OF Christian and socEtl
conditions IN novel form. As d story. IL
has little value nor does it make any pre-
tension, but it, review of religious topics
is evidently the work of one who has
studied and felt deeply. A rich and
studi1us young EneliShnan becomes Ills
satisfied with established religious form
ana the condition OF society under church
Influence. and seeks for broader and less
doctrna! religion. He finds il in the ~
portunity and practice of good. New
York: 6. r. putnam's Sons. Washington
Brentano 81 25.J
Those who have read Maurus .IoEai's.
BLACK Diamonds' and "The Green Rnok''
win receive with pleasant expectancy the
news that another of his novels has been
converted into English. The last book
OF his TO be translated is Peter, th
friest-' II is medieval phantasuic
romance, With It's share OF the inc6herency
of phantasy, but often cha rnlingIy traced
feter was novice who la sought peace
from vain mundane plea sures in the manas-
tery and had Come into possession OF IL,
when his superior sent him into the world
again, tC act as percepUor TO young noble
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ghis-Emily, Charlotte and Annie-wrote n
novel apiece. and never showed them 10
theif father or any one. They called them
selves Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell and
thcir novels were the greatest ever writ
ten-tney Wrote 'em 'emselves with no
man to help. Their father was awful ma q
about 1t, but when the money began tn
come in he felt better'
Epitome of the progress of women in those
prehistoric days!
Charlotte's books and letters are stnl
Kept in the old parsonage, aud even a foot
stool which she made and covered and fiIIa,,
with heather blossoms The Same bIos
SONS are in 1t still. The perusal of this
sketch is like visit to the house in ONES
own person, and leaves one with the i'm
preston delIcateIy suggested by III.
author, that the life of Charlotte Bronte
could not have been altogether devoid of
JOY with SO much fine and noble artistic
achievement in it's short space. Certainly
the lace portrayed at the beginning of the
cilapUer is not wholly melancholy, though
very sny and sensitive and thoughtful.
ne qualntness and kindly humor of the
author $ style continue throughout the
book. 1t is far cry from the village life
OF Jane Austen to the ups and downs of
the Wife of Napoleon, but the latter sub.
1ect is begun in this way:
Josephine was born on an island In
the Indian Sea. on the other side Of the
world from France. The Little Man was
an islander, too. They started for France
about the same time, each, of course. tn.
Tally unaw are that the other lived. They
started on the order of that joker, Fate.
IN order to scramble continental politics
and make omelet Of the worlds preten.
sions.n'
How they did this all the world knows.
nut thereis charm in hearing one recount
marvellous historyin sympathetic and dainty
dietlon and this Mr.. Hubbard has done.
Ihe book is quotable from fly-leaf to fly
leaf' but it must be read to be appreciated.
tNew York: @. P. Putnam's Sons. Wash
ington Brentano. $1.75.)
The times., 1897-11-14

would be too complicated and techDical
TO be practical here. II is a graphic ac-
cognI OF how an antiquarian expedition
works. The reader follows the narrative
with an interest kindred to that which
. he might feel if he had followed the ex-
plurers into the desert and among the
digGings anG ruins. thongb there is an
ad vanta geous security and comfort in
going over the ground al such safe dis
tance from the perilS of climate and society
which Dr. Peters and his companions en-
countercd.
One OF the party was J II. Haynes who
has since eturned for a continuation of the
work begun by DR.. Peters. He has pub
lished an account Of this third expedition
However, the doctor believes that the work
is as Yet incomplete. "a very small part
Of the ancient city, and even of the temple,
has been thoroughly eXcavated" he says
and the treasures Of Antiquity which
awaita further discUverer are undoubtedly
greater ard more wonderful than those we
have as yet unearthed."
The volume is illustrated with sketch IS
o, characteristic domestic scenes on the
Journey t. Ntppur and at the camp, and
there are many handsome plates showing
the treasures unearhed. In the appendix
are given ar explanation of these and also
weather record at Nippur. New YORK:
g. p. Putnam & Sons Washington: Brpn.
tano. $500
The times., 1897-11-14
Herrmann's Tricks Exposed.

Herrmnnns Tricks Exposed.
One OF the most picturesque figures which
ever Game onto the public platform rs an
appropriated to himself for advertising
pui poses tie title o. nerrmann tue r..,-
For years his mystifyine entertainments In
magic drew Profitable audiences, and he
was generally regarded as the leader in his
restricted profession. As matter Of fact,
Hermann spre-eminence wastiu. nottof<li
superiority as ma gician, but to his satanic
appearance and snaye personality, which
Were inva'uabieaccessories to his exhibition
of magic,
- Burlinga3ne, who was associated
with him for some years, has prepared
and published book called 'HerrInann,
the MagicidI, which gives considera bie
information about the late prestidigitateur
ard his tricks. The biography and anec-
dotes are largely the press copy, which
his advance agent used for years re-
written. There are good stories among
them which Will entertain those WHO have
not read item before. The revelations Of
the secrets OF his tricks ale interesting
but the more important illusions ale not
disclosed The tricks given out are sucn
as depended ON the technical skill OF the
magician la make them deceptive. The
most interesting revelation is pIoba BIS
that which gives the schedule of the a!
legged Blindreaufng7 feat. tthica 20: Lard
& Lee. Washington Woodward & Lothrop.
$1,000
The times., 1897-11-14
-Nrarchesi and n[nsic., /,

This is the comprehensive title OF an
autobiography OF Mathilde Marchesi the
most famous Of living vocal teachers. Mar
cllefi ana music are almost convertible
terms at least so far as either suggests
Or is suggested by, the aesthetic history
o. the last fifty years Her career has
been altogether singular and remarkable.
How gIeat would have been our loss were
she IerIuitted - pass away without this
literary heritage 10 students ana amateurs
oi music and it's history, can only be appr.s-
ciate1 By those who have been personaIlF
associated with her during her eventruI
career, or by those who make tariy ac.
q I2i:itauce with the maestro through these
memoirs.
Mime. Marches is German by parantaCe
snd birth italian by marriage, French by
ndopti1n. AS a child she sang for guests
IN tic family circle. The love OF music
ew as her powers revealed themselves,
and though cutting beans and making
Jsm was dominant in her education, She
hao % give up domestic arts because her
father lost All lis fortune while she WAS yet
young girl. She left her Frank fort home
& take singing lessons In Vienna, earning
the means as governess.
The opposition Of her aristoeratio family
to her cGresr as a singer might have been
serious iIupedimant, did it not prove, as
IN 80 n any cssesi an ihcentive and a will
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man, whose mother was a woma o ofirresist-
ihle, but unscruplous charms. The gu. SITS
ot his past surround him and ne W specters
rise up in temptation Tie story of al
that befell him even to the Ambiguous eutI
is marked by the touch of Jokais singular i
genius for romantic extrava gance. Moth,
ing could he more effective than the seem.
ingiy artificial reterative dialogue of the
opening. The few artfully chosen words
reveal character and picture and story at
once. (New York: X. F Fenno < Co.
Washington: BreItano. S1.25.}
Leonard Merrick's newest novel, The
Nan Who Was Good" is one o: those
middle-class pieces OF literature which
seizes upon the interest aud carries the
reader through to the end with no abate.
ment. It is not q great piece of ficticn,
but it is an absorbingly good story One
is chagrined trifle to be called upon to
travel in the train of the unmarried wife $
disappointment aud subsequent bard times.
but Mr Merrick doesn't bore one with his
heroine, and that is novelty enough for
one taleGf this character Theheroiue never
wdveIs from her love for the unfaithful
beast whom she had called husband and
gave her life for his happiness in start
lingly original but none the less dis
gustingly realistic operation. The title
is = .ar-fetched line The good man
comes upon the scene very late in the storv
and remains accessorya unobtrusive The
principal characters are a man who was
bad and q wuma II who was his victim New
York: R. F. Fenno & CO. Washington:
Brentano. 81 25.}
Ernst Ecksten's ''Cyparissus,n trans
lated by Mary ]. Stafford, enriehes our lit
eratuTe by its coming into it. 1t is il
charming romance OF the isles of Greece.
brilliant in local color and alive with
native character in background which
supports stoTyof delightful carrying pow
ers. One can learn from one of Ecksteu' :
or Eber'S roFnances more of the real life
and conditions of the places and times in
yolved In their story than in volumes Of
dry history and encyclopaedia lore. Under
the spell Of his descriptive powers the at
nIosphere of thenncient cities suffuses the
readers mind, and, with responsive inn
agination, he can believe himself fer the
JiIne among the scenes and people Of the
story. tNew York; George G. Peck. WASH
ington: Woodward s. Lothrop rs cents
Scientific students, and indeed all lovers
of the unusual in fiction, VIII find their
tastes gratified in Stanley WaterIoo's ..Tbe
Story of Alb; A Tale of the Cave Man. ),
The reader is carried far from the present
into the remote pastof the Stone Age. The
book is less q steIy than an informing de-
scripton OF this prehistoric period in story
form. The author seems TO have mastered
the technique ofshis topic, for 1t reflects !.
security which would deceive anyone but
the specialist. The period has remained un-
touched heretofofe. Mr.. Waterloo had to
The times., 1897-11-14

peditiuIi to. the site of the ancient city 81
Nippur, In Babylonia, made under the aus
pices of the University of Pennsy ylvania ana
directed nv DR.. John Punnett Peters. a
Combination of circumstances rendered this
expedition of 1888 q failure. DIR. Peters
rctIrned to America and presented bis re-
port only to receive renewed assurance Of
confidence on the part of the committee
and commission to return at once With
larger endowment than before.
Ia the second volume OF this interesting
and vaiuahle chronicle we have the rec
ord of the second campaign The result
SLOWS tnat the committees confidence was
not misplaced, for the work consummaJed q
was satisfactory in a large degree. Dr.
Peters reached i3agdad at the close Of the
year 1889. He did not return from the
Orient until the spring of S91. However,
comparatively brief portion OF That time
was spent Al Nippur The process OF tra@el
in the Orient is discouragingly slow; the
Turkish and rabian officials who make
journeyingS possible are .lilatory when
they are not treacherous, and in returning
the long wait for the freighted treasur IS
delayed tile closing of the expedition. Or.
Peters has utilized these harassing details
ture of Oriental travel.
When he had established his camp ear
the scene OF The proposed excavations. i'e
was so annoyed by the natives that heroic
measures fad to be adopted to rid the
explorers of the Lests AT time when
there was large gathering Of natives in
the vicinity, DR.. Peters, withseveral Of his
party, marched solemnly to a high mound,
where he went through ha complcat ed hoe IS
pocus witha compass IS. pair of field glasses,
Turkish dictionary and a spring tape
measure, the whole group of Oriental
watching in puzzled wonder. Bat the
great soup was executed after nigiHfall,
when some improvised fireworks were
set Off. The women screamed and hid
themselves, and the more timid men sol
lowed theLl. Theory arose thatthestcang-
ers We're causing the stars 10 fall irum
heaven. TIE subjugation of the natives
was then accomplished.
4 resume of the work of exca walton
The times., 1897-11-14

strengthened. Per aspera, al astra;'' tina t
IS the legend OF most great careers. She
became popular concert SINGER and the
teacher OF most OF the great cantatrices of
this end Of the century. Her friends were
AendeiSSoht, Garcia, List, Meyerbeer, Ros-
sini, Hitler Berlioz, Brahms. Verdi, Gou-
nod and nearly an the other IMMORTAL com
posers of ner lifetime. Her list of pupils
includes Gcrster. Pruska, Calye, Melba
Eam"s Lola Beeth, Frances Sayilie, Sybil
Sanderson and hundreds OF others only a
iittle less notable. From these names we
may appreciate how much we owe to this
woman. he has developed the voices OF
her period.
81 ncr experiences she writes simply, but
in manner irreSistibly fascinating, be
CaGse of TIE attraction in ali the familiar
pames, without which her autohiogra ply
could MT be written. The volur,e is 1.
repository ri anecdote of he music makers;
Of the studies and dehuts OF the greatest
iivine divas. Of tie vicisSitudes and trl
umphs OF the great teacher hers elf, and
occasionally there is dropped word pr
two on TIE art of which she is mistress.
Her pupils, she says, usually studied
with her FOL three wears, and laments that
'i7N t'oiiViii anu Soiiiiei Slti ihstiltt ia Nt
consumed tie modern pupils patience,
for IL is rare Thai novice lis now willing
10 spend 81 long time al lessons. Speak
ing OF sii gel fundamentals. SHE says
To become good singer. a fiIst-rate
artistic, IL Is necessary TO nave, first of al
good general education. One must be
musical, something Of harpist, and, be-
sides singing, one should study languages,
clocutiOB and acting. How can this be at
A
lists, without exception, give themselves
The times., 1897-11-14

go a great ways to find a fresh unworked
field. but he found it. The newness of the
locale and persohnal recommends 1t to the
blase reader OF the ordinary platitndeS OF
flcLloD. and there Is another recommends
sion in the author ability AS a Taconteur.
The publishers have given the book weird
cover, which at first seems to bind Is
nothing more harmful in design than :.
, meaningless, iIi-adviSed attempt On the
part Of the artist to follow the novelist in
his escape FROM tile conventional. tChi-
cago; Way < Williams Washington Wood
ward & LothIop. S1.501
Those who read QUO vadis,' by Sien.
hewicz, viii welcome the opportunity Of
reading translation. of another Of the "a
Nous Poles stories. Yatslaf Hiasko and
T II. Bullck have put into English his
Let Us Follow Him." and several short
stories, punished In one volume. An nd
vance copy of the first story discloses it ta
be another tall sBf sncient times, as was the
The principal chara cteIs are a Roman and
his Wife, WAC travel into the East for her
health. They go to Jerusalem, where they
arcguastsOf Pontius Plate, and are present
at the crucifiXon. The author seems to
have written the story merely to display
again his familiarity with the ancients and
10 give a description of the tragedy of
Calvary. (Ncw York: h. F. Fenno x %.
Washington: Woodward & Lothrop. 81 20. }
The times., 1897-11-14
Mr.. Huhbard's New Book.

That clever litterateur, Ebert Hubbard.
has writer: 6 book with the attractive titla
Little Journeys TO the Homes of Famous
WomeIl, aud the volume is as pleasant as
its name. / Consists of dozen delightful
little sketches, fun of gossip, Renaissance
and realistic description, and inclRding in
their subjects noted women OF the last two
or orthreecenturies. Mrs. Browning, Charlotte
RrOnte, Rosa Eonheur, Jane Austen and the
Empress Josephine are among the women
whose portraits adorn this little book, and
whose friends have been interviewed CON
corning them, and W hose pet haunts and by
ways fayeb been visited in the interest of the
public.
When Mr.. Hubbard went to the home of
the Brontes he was met By the rector's
wife, who knitted placidIy uIi blue va m
stocking a sne showed him over the rooms
where the strange, sad, isola ted life of
In the early years OF the century. The
naive Comments of the good woman are
quoted verbatimi and ehe said, among other
things:
ifanwen, the boy, was petted andInadu
ton much Of by mis- father and everybody
he was the one that always was going To
do great tnings. He made the girls W ait
on him, and cuffed them If they didn't
and If they did and all the time told Of
the things he was going TO do. Put he
never die them, for he spentmost of aistirre
at the taverns. After d while he died
died Of the tremens. The three Bronte
The times., 1897-11-14
LITERARY NOTES.

Mr.. James Lane Allen is In the city for
the winter. He is making an attempt ut
seclusion, for the sake of uninterrupted
work His apartments are III a well-kno-v N
street in the West End, but to his friends
he is accessible at the Cosmos Club, whicn
is his headquarters while in Washington
MIR. Alien is at work on what lie is pleased
To call his first novel; for, he says, my
fornci stories have all been too brief fov
Sc dignified and ambitious title" This
hoJX will not appear for some tiue. He
did not specify ths length of this indef iH:Ie
period, bct re dropped hint implying that
Washington life might furnish the back
ground Of the formulating story when ise
said that iiis rcsidsnc- here is 20 indulge
desire 1g long standing to spend a winter
at tie Capital and to study local life and
character. Nj ybe Mr.. Allen hopes 10 all
sorb inspiration from his desk. which is
either from the Senate or an exact repro
duction of those in the upper chamber
He receives in his WORKSHOP, whicn is n
large, comfortable first-floor room, with
capacious bow -windoy. There is his desk.
and he sits with his back TO the windows.
the light lo)1ing his paper over isis right
shoulder On the desk is a heap OF large.
u;ruled sheets, written over in bold hand.
aud black in spots witherasures and aunOta-
tions, a Few personal letters. and the iney-
itahle autograph requests. Nearby IN
stool are a half-d books, late pubIlca
tons, and his chiffqnier is also an itnpro-
visec book rack, but there is nothing OF
The literary den about the room.
The accompanying portrait VIII surprise
those who are accustomed 10 the familiar
picture which is 30 conspicuous in literary
periodicals. MIR. Allen confided that ne is
MT fond Of tnat picture. II is a coed like
ness, that is recognizable, but it hasn't pOr
trait val1e; it doesn't reflect the kindlineGs
o. tie hanor of the man, and IL is without
those lines % light ard character which IL
luminate his face when in conversation.
The picture shown this morning has a duai
Interest, for Il has never been published Ee-
fore, and MIR. Allen prefers it TO any picture
he las ever had taken. Ii does no, LOOK
like hin now, but he says it was quite per
feet when il was taken, in his twenty-Cifth
year. II IS an interesting human docu-
mcnt.''
The times., 1897-11-14

NJ Laneiste be commended for the ne v
utlc page he has given the Studio. Ia.
Formation is the first mission of the title
page; GTnamenIation is agreeable but ac
cessory. Theeye is not wCrriediHtO pleas
ure by the new bold lettering. WuI Brad
Icy drew itand in it lie giyesan example of
the Union Of the practical and artistic,
which. IL this Instance, is better than the
artistic alone. The fun page Illustrations
are hanGSoner thar any tine Studio has
shown ia months. The Sweet Meat
Seller is iubilsnt riot of color, reprod IceCl
WITH startling effect. The painter of the
original was Frank Rranzwyn, who is the
subject of the principal article. An anto-
graphed Illustrated letter from Japan is
delicete roTelty. The balance OF the
magazine is Of Its exeelentiy sustained
character.
The times., 1897-11-14
Other Books Receixed

THE CEDAR STAR. A novel. By Mary E
Mann. New York: R. F. Fenno & Co
washington: Woodward & Lothrop
$1.25
TWO OFFENDERS Two stories. By Ouida
Philadelphia: j. B. Lippincott & Co.
Washington Woodward & Lothrop. Pa
per, 90 cents.
ia sPER FAIRFAX. Anovel. BY Margaret
Holmes. New York: R. F. Fenno 4 Co
Washington: Woodward 6 Lothrup.
$l.2b,
HOURS WITH THE GHOSTS. ninvesti
cation BY Henry Ridgeiey Evans CHI
cage Laird 4 Lee. Washington: Bran.
tano. Sic
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Tie discussion over Hall Gaines THE
Christian has taken a new lead. It NJ
longer exclusively concerns the ethics II
the story We are to be entertained
with 4 wranele between f. S. Willard aud
olga Nethersole over the rights to the
dFamaiifatiOu. Why not end the discus
sion at once and amicably by having NJ
Willard and Miss Netbersole both take the
piece, heto play John Storm, she appearing
as Glory QuayIe? That would be entirely
satisfactory to the public