anaheim-gazette 1879-10-10

ANAHEIM VOL. 9. WEEKLY GAZETTE. Established 1870. Richard Melrose, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One year... $3.00 Mix months... 1.50 Three months... 1.00 TRANSIENT ADVERTISING: SPACE 1 square... $1.00 2 squares... 2.00 3 squares... 3.00 4 squares... 4.00 1 week 2 weeks 3 weeks 4 weeks DR. J. S. GARDINER OFFERS HIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO the residence of Anaheim and vicinity Office hours: From 9 A.M. to 5 P.M., at the City Drug Store, Centre Street, Anaheim, Cal. L. GUNTHER. Ploneer Boot and Shoe Maker, Cor. Adele and Los Angeles streets. ANAHEIM. GEORGE BAUER, BOOT AND SHOE MAKER, Los Angeles Street. MAKING AND REPAIRING AT THE LOWEST cash price. All orders promptly attended to. LUMBER YARD. PLANING, SAWING, AND MOULDING MILLS. All Varieties of Pine, Redwood, and Spruce LUMBER Doors, Sashes, and Blinds, Grape Boxes, Boxes, Bee-Hives, and Fruit Dryers. Builders' Hardware and Nails Plain and Fancy SCROLL SAWING at Short Notice Anaheim Crist Mill! Grain, Feed, Meal, etc., of all Varieties. CORN SHELLED AND SHIPPED. ANAHEIM STORAGE WAREHOUSE. GRAIN, WOOL, AND GENERAL MERCHANDISE TAKEN ON STORAGE. GRAIN SACKS and TWINE constantly on hand. THE OUTLOOK Notwithstanding that the county is no some time past in theness depression, these classes a more hopeful at any time obtained tuitively that the booand that henceforthward ward and upward tuition which causes more substantial basis lief that better time. The fact is just a tibly settled that La wheat as it is that it is the production of will bring wealth in Given a wet winter, had sagacity and for farm in Odessa wheed the truth of the is as good as more money from wheat than he would could raise in the facts can not be conti knowledge of them feeling spoken of to munity, and which every department of crops is felt as keen by the farmer, and the means prosperity the words of the song, "and if crops are good is no branch of business." L. GUNTHER. Ploneer Boot and Shoe Maker, Cor. Adele and Los Angeles streets. ANAHEIM. GEORGE BAUER, BOOT AND SHOE MAKER, Los Angeles Street. MAKING AND DEPAIRING AT THE LOWEST cash price. All orders promptly attended to. All work guaranteed. CHARLES WILLE, COOPERAGE. Pipes, Barrels and kegs on hand at all times. Tanks and Tubs made to order. Honey Barrels for sale cheap. MILES BROS. WAREHOUSEMEN AND COMMISSION MERCHants. All consignments of produce shipped through us will be sold at the highest market rates. Liberal cash advances will be made. Sacks, twine and bale rope sold at low figures. Agents for all kinds of farming implements. Also agent for the Phoenix and Home Insurance Co.'s Office at Warehouse, near Railroad depot. ANAHEIM DrugStore IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE LARGE DEPOSITS of Gold and Silver lately discovered in the mountains close to Anaheim, the proprietor of the Anaheim Drug Store (established in 1870 by the learned Dr. D'Assonville, and so many years successfully carried on by Hermann Blanken, Eaq.) has made arrangements with an eminent German Chemist from the University of Leipzig to take charge of the Anaheim Drug Store. This gentleman will Assay any Samples of ore And appraise precious stones for a small fixed sum, and during his leisure fill prescriptions at San Francisco prices. The Anaheim Drug Store, Lemon St. CITY DRUG STORE! Ferguson & Lake, Prop's. Centre Street (Opposite Planters' Hotel). ANAHEIM. A choice variety of perfumery, toilet articles, etc., pure and fresh Drugs, patent medicines, etc. Physicians' prescriptions carefully compounded at all hours. F. C J. BACKS. Importers, Manufacturers and Dealers in Furniture, Bedding, Paper Hangings, Picture Frames, etc, UNDERTAKERS. Agents for the VICTOR SEWING MACHINE. Los Angeles Street, : Anaheim. WASHINGTON Meat Market! CENTRE STREET, ANAHEIM, ANAHEIM GRIST Mill! Grain, Feed, Meal, etc, of all Varieties. CORN SHELLED AND SHIPPED. ANAHEIM STORAGE WAREHOUSE. GRAIN, WOOL, AND GENERAL MERCHANDISE TAKEN ON STORAGE. GRAIN SACKS and TWINE constantly on hand. CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED Of all kinds of PRODUCE. Advances made, MERCHANTABILITY forwarded and sold on Commission in best Markets. A. Guy Smith & Co. Anaheim, NEAR THE RAILROAD DEPOT J. BENNERSCHEIDT, Proprietor of the Anaheim Tin Shop, Centre Street, Anaheim: Begs to inform his friends and the public that his stock of Tin, Copper and Sheet-iron Ware, and HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, is now complete in every respect. The best Stoves the market, including The Madellian Range, Superior and other Stores Geared Honey Extractors, Strainers, Tanks and Cans, Pumps, Water and Gas pipe all sizes and Fittings, Artesian Well Pipe a Specialty and a good fit guaranteed. Jobbing done promptly and at low rates. Parties in want of anything in the above line will find it to their advantage to call and examine my stock and prices. EVANS BROS HAVE OPENED THE FAIRVIEW STORE And will keep constantly on hand FRESH GROCERIES, ETC They hope by fair dealing and low prices to merit their share of the public patronage. Second Annual Exhibition OF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Horticultural Society TO VINYL The wine makers told of the great interest sustain if what is treaty should be accepted. The strength one. Leon Chottteaument, is active, ennies secured the co-most influential new legislature; and Chairman of the Council has succumbed toishments and favor prevent Its passage the wine interest represented at Washington have undertaken toand they have appeahe various grape- WASHINGTON Meat Market! CENTRE STREET, ANAHEIM, LEONARD & DROWN, PROPRIETORS. The patronage of the people solicited. SPEAR, MEADE & CO [Successors to Littlefield, Webb & Co.] 316 and 318 Washington St., San Francisco HANDLE... Grain, Honey, Potatoes AND ALL KINDS OF PRODUCE SOLELY ON COMMISSION. Returns Promptly and Accurately Handled ...HEADQUARTERS FOR.... CALIFORNIA RAISINS, NUTS Green and Dried Fruits. Correspondence and Commitments Solicited Notice to Taxpayers. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE TAXpayers of the Town of Anaheim that the taxes for the final year 1879-80 are now due and payable at the Bank of Anaheim. D. R. PAYNE, Tax Collector. Anahaim, Sept. 11th, 1879. THIS PAPER will be found on five at one. Advertising Bureau (10 Spreads), where advertising contracts may be made for it in NEW YORK. FRESH GROCERIES, ETC They hope by fair dealing and low prices to meritheir share of the public patronage. Second Annual Exhibition OF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Horticultural Society OPENS AT THE Pavilion in Los Angeles, Cal., MONDAY, OCTOBER 20th, 1879, And Continue Six Days. THIS WILL BE THE LARGEST EXHIBIT OF Pacific Coast productions ever seen in Southern California. The Oregon exhibit, now at the Mechanics' Fair, will be taken to Los Angeles. The "Journal of Commerce" exhibit of California productions will also be taken to the Southern California Horticultural Fair. A Band Tournament will take place at the Pavilion during the program of the Fair, to be participated in by the leading bands of Southern California. A Grand Military Encampment will take place at Los Angeles during the Fair, to be composed of the San Francisco Cadets, Los Angeles Guards and other military companies. The Southern District Agricultural Society hold their Stock Pair and Bacon at the Park during the week of the Horticultural Fair. Liberal reductions in fares and freights have been arranged with the Railroad and Steamship Companies for Fair week, and excursion trains will be run over the five lines of railroad exteriors at Los Angeles, thus guaranteeing the largest assembly of people ever had on this Coast, south of San Francisco. A Baby Show on Friday afternoon. Locke's Trumpet will present H. M. S. Pinafere on two evenings during the week. Contributing Membership, 55. Family season tickets will not be sold, but will be furnished free of charge to all Life Members and to all contributing members who ordered are paid to Oct. 1st, 1879. Single Admission for Day..... $ 25 Single Admission for Evening or Friday afternoon..... 50 Single Season Ticket..... 1 60 Bonus Ticket for Generalman and Lady..... 2 50 Single Tickets for Children under 12 years of age day sessions..... 15 Single Tickets for Children under 12 years of age evenings or Friday afternoon..... 25 School Children's Tickets, sold only by teachers.... 20 Send to the Secretary for Premium List, Rake and Regulations and further information. J. Du BARNES SHORE, Prex. L. M. NOLT, Sec. W. R. MORFORD, Superintendent. PRIVATE BOARDING. A LIMITED NUMBER OF BOARDERS TAKEEN on moderate terms. Apply to MRS. EUCHEL. WEEKLY EIM GAZ ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1879. THE OUTLOOK THE WHEAT BOOM. Notwithstanding the too apparent fact that the county is now and has been for some time past in the very depths of business depression, there is at present among all classes a more hopeful feeling than has ever at any time obtained here. People feel intuitively that the bottom has been reached, and that henceforth the course will be onward and upward. Nor is it altogether intuition which causes this feeling; there is a more substantial basis for the prevalent belief that better times are at hand. The fact is just as firmly and incontrovertibly settled that Los Angeles Co. can grow wheat as it is that it can grow grapes; and it is the production of Wheat and Wine that will bring wealth into the county hereafter. Given a wet winter, and the farmer who has had sagacity and foresight enough to sow his farm in Odessa wheat will next year realize the truth of the saying that, "Wheat is as good as gold." He will make more money from his hundred acres of wheat than he would from all the barley he could raise in the next decade. These facts can not be controverted, and it is the knowledge of them which causes the hopeful feeling spoken of to prevade the whole community, and which has infused new life into every department of business. A failure of crops is felt as keenly by the merchant as by the farmer, and the success of the latter means prosperity to the former. In the words of the song, "The Farmer ruleth all," and if crops are good and prices high, there is no branch of business that does not feel UNDER PRODUCTION. The average citizen finds it hard to understand the workings of the commercial world. Thus we are told on every hand that the essential cause of the "hard times" is overproduction, and yet a glance through the commercial columns of the daily papers show some facts that go to disprove the statement. For instance, there is imported into California from the East immense quantities of preserved fruits, hams, lard, willow baskets, cheese, wine, cigars, boots and shoes, and numerous other necessaries and luxuries which this State should export instead of import. If there is any moral to be drawn from the above fact it is that under-production and not over-production is one of the chief causes of the present distress. We don't see how there can be any substantial prosperity here as long as money is sent out of the country for articles which ought to be produced here. The very States which send us the articles enumerated above possess no advantage over California which should enable them to send these productions here. "Sending coals to Newcastle" used to be thought the acme of absurdity; but it is rivaled by the importation to California of preserved fruit, wine, ham, lard and the other etceteras spoken of. PLANT VINES. The approaching winter will be a favorable one in which to plant out new vineyards. If any one horticultural fact has been clearly demonstrated here, it is that it is the height of folly to accustom vineyards to irrigation. Correspondence A Temperance Meeting. Ed. GAZETTE.—At a mass meeting held in Westminster at the Hall on Monday evening, Oct. 6th, 1879, the following resolutions, expressive of the sentiment of the meeting in regard to the establishment of a saloon in our midst, were passed: WHEREAS We believe the liquor traffic is in deadly hostility to every public and private interest; that its tendency is to drive out from among men everything good and to substitute therefor everything bad; that it kills honest industry and exists only upon the vice, ruin and misery produced by it; and WHEREAS Those who bought land in Westminster through the agent of the Company for the sale of these lands, were required to solemnly pledge themselves not to manufacture, buy or sell intoxicating liquors except for sanitary or scientific purposes, and to use their influence to prevent such manufacture and traffic; and WHEREAS They were influenced by these and other advantages to procure lands and improve homes in this locality; and WHEREAS The invitation to locate here was extended to those only who were willing to comply with the plan of settlement; and WHEREAS The agent was not at liberty to sell lands to other than those who were willing in good faith to take the above pledge; therefore Resolved, That fidelity to this pledge, our sense of moral obligation, and a proper regard for our good name at home and abroad, as well as a proper regard for the welfare of the children and youth of this and adjacent communities, forbid that we should permit more money from his hundred acres of wheat than he would from all the barley he could raise in the next decade. These facts can not be controverted, and it is the knowledge of them which causes the hopeful feeling spoken of to prevade the whole community, and which has infused new life into every department of business. A failure of crops is felt as keenly by the merchant as by the farmer, and the success of the latter means prosperity to the former. In the words of the song, "The Farmer ruleth all," and if crops are good and prices high, there is no branch of business that does not feel the favorable effects. Under the extraordinary demand for Odessa wheat for seed, the price, we learn, has gone up to five cents per pound. Some farmers, who from various causes failed to secure their seed in time, now declare it to be impossible to make anything with seed at such a high figure, and announce their intention of following the same old rut—planting barley. If they will stop to think for a minute, they will see the supreme folly of any such proceeding. There is no more risk in sowing wheat than in sowing barley. Less; because wheat will mature with less moisture, and will stand up when barley will lodge. The only difference is in the price of seed. Now, let us see the difference in yield between an acre of wheat and an acre of barley: WHEAT. 40 pounds of seed at 5 cents. $2 00 Yield -18 centals at $1 50 per cental. $29 00 BARLEY. 70 pounds of seed at 75 cents per ctl. $52 Yield -18 centals barley at 75 cents per ctl. $13 50 Difference in cost of seed. Difference in favor of wheat per acre. $14 02 Or $1,400 for every hundred acres. As a matter of fact wheat will yield 20 centals to the acre and will (next year at least) bring $2 per cental, which would increase the above figures very materially. With these plain facts before them it seems to be the height of folly to demur at paying 5 cents per pound for seed, high though that price undoubtedly is. TO VINEYARDISTS. The wine makers of Anaheim need not be told of the great injury their business will sustain if what is known as the Chotteau treaty should be acquiesced in by the next Congress. The struggle will be an exciting one. Leon Chotteau, the leader of the movement, is active, energetic and suave. He has secured the co-operation of some of the most influential members of the national legislature; and even Ferpando Wood, Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, has succumbed to the Frenchman's blandishments and favors the treaty. In order to prevent its passage it will be necessary for the wine interest on this coast to be ably represented at Washington, and to secure such representation money is necessary. A committee of the State Vinicultural Society have undertaken to raise the needed funds, and they have appointed sub-committees in the various grape-growing districts in the county. PLANT VINES. The approaching winter will be a favorable one in which to plant out new vineyards. If any one horticultural fact has been clearly demonstrated here, it is that it is the height of folly to accustom vineyards to irrigation. If the cuttings are put out in a winter such as the coming one promises to be, no irrigation will be necessary, and they will grow and flourish far better without it if they are given thorough cultivation. There are multifarious instances of this all around Anaheim. Therefore advantage should be taken of a wet season to get the cuttings in the ground. This is the home of the grape. In no other country in the world does the vine flourish as it does here, and with less trouble and care. Phylloxera is unknown here, and the vines are subject to no attack of a serious nature. The industry, too, is exceedingly promising. The demand for California wine is steadily on the increase, and it is stealthily supplanting in public favor the foreign article. And if the grower does not care to acquire the knowledge or take the trouble to press his own grapes, he can sell them to wine makers at figures which will leave him a handsome profit. HOW AS THE TIME. If ever there was an auspicious time for settling in Los Angeles county it is the present. We are on the verge of a winter of exceeding promise, and there is every probability that the agriculturist will next harvest reap a rich reward for his labor. Every pound of Odessa wheat raised in Los Angeles county will be eagerly bought up, and we have good authority for saying that it will bring not less than two cents per pound. Those who can should purchase some of the choice acres around Anaheim without delay, and thus share in the general prosperity which everything indicates to be close at hand. ORANGETHORPE SCHOOL. ROLL OF HONOR. — GRAMMAR DEPARTMENT. Deport.- Scholar.- Aver- age. Grammar Department. Susie Smith. 100 81 90 Nellie Gardiner. 96 84 90 Anna Williams. 99 73 86 Nellie Bancroft. 95 77 86 Kitty Calaway. 95 76 85 Jeannie Gardiner. 95 75 85 PRIMARY DEPARTMENT. Nora Stone. 98 80 89 Winnie Metcalf. 100 76 88 Katy Fleming. 95 81 88 Hannah Smith. 97 78 87 Frank Gardiner. 95 80 87 Arthur Porter. 95 80 87 Aron Fithian. 95 78 86 Lucy Metcalf. 98 75 86 Hubert Bancroft. 95 81 88 How to Attract Immigrants. EDITOR GAZETTE: — There seems to be quite an exosus of the middle classes of England, most of whom are looking to America for new homes. Some are going to uncertain and unhealthy Texas, others to the extreme northern boundary of the United States West of the Mississippi, where uncertain crops, grasshoppers, and occasional Indian raids and excessive winters are some of the disadvantages of these localities. We have our immigration society which will in time probably be organized, and send out information to the world so that those seeking homes may be informed of our productive soil, agreeable climate, social advantages, etc. As the Gazette is sent to all parts by its readers, why would it not be a good way for each neighborhood to have its locality written up and disseminate information in that way? Last week's San Francisco Bulletin had an article on immigration in which advised immigrants to seek homes in northern California, Oregon, Washington Territory and British Columbia. Why is it that everybody is directed from us? A few of our dissatisfied citizens went north to Oregon and Washington Territory, and most have returned again. It is well known that no more fertile regions is to be found in California than Los Angeles county. It is also known that in all irrigated districts of the world there are more people sustained to the square mile than in any other country without it. In Lombardy, of northern Italy, about 400 to the square mile are maintained in health, happiness and comfort, and so free from the care and wear of life that they are said to be the most perfect specimens of physical beauty to be found anywhere. It is said that three acres support a family there in The County Fair at Adrian, Michigan, has been the scene of a terrible calamity. While the Grand Stand was occupied by nearly 3,000 people, part of it gave way, precipitating a mass of people to the ground. Seventy-five persons were injured, and sixteen deaths are reported. This happened on last Friday. At a County Fair in Watsonville in the same State, on the same day, a cyclone did great damage to the exhibits. A large reservoir of boiling water was blown down, severely scalding six ladies and an infant. One of the ladies will probably die from the effects of the burns. Creekway, the captive Zulu King, has peculiar ideas of what constitutes "comfort," judged from a civilized standpoint. The telegraph reports that on his arrival at Cape Town with four of his wives, the British officials told him that their instructions were to treat him with consideration and allow him every comfort. He immediately expressed a desire that ten more of his wives should be sent for, giving the names of his favorites. The idea of finding comfort with fourteen wives! The codling moth, which has been a serious injury to the apple and pear trees in the Sacramento Valley, has been exterminated by an application to the trunks of the trees of a mixture composed of whale oil, soap and sulphur. Grammar Department. Susie Smith ... 100 ... 81 ... 90 Nellie Gardiner ... 96 ... 84 ... 90 Anna Williams ... 99 ... 73 ... 86 Nellie Bancroft ... 95 ... 77 ... 86 Kitty Calaway ... 95 ... 76 ... 85 Jennie Gardiner ... 95 ... 75 ... 85 PRIMARY DEPARTMENT. Nora Stone ... 98 ... 80 ... 89 Winnie Metcalf ... 100 ... 76 ... 88 Katy Fleming ... 95 ... 81 ... 88 Hannah Smith ... 97 ... 78 ... 87 Frank Gardiner ... 95 ... 80 ... 87 Arthur Porter ... 95 ... 80 ... 87 Aron Fithian ... 95 ... 78 ... 86 Lucy Metcalf ... 98 ... 75 ... 86 Hubert Bancroft ... 95 ... 81 ... 88 Dora Bosche ... 95 ... 78 ... 86 Freddie Metcalf ... 95 ... 75 ... 85 Edward Callaway...100 MRS. GEO. C. HALL, Teacher. Board of Supervisors. MONDAY, Oct. 6, 1879. By a unanimous vote the Board fixed the rate of taxes on each $100 dollars of taxable property for the fiscal year 1879-80 as follows: State Fund ..... $ .62 Current Expense Fund .....13 Salary Fund .....12 Road Fund .....15 Hospital Fund .....04 School Fund .....20 Squirrel Fund .....10 Int. & Sinking Fund, 1861 .....01 " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " Monopoly. In the lays when Irwin ruled over the Golden Land by the Sea there was a man with a loud voice who lived on the sand in a large city, and he cried in his loud voice continually “Monopolee, Monopolee,” and he had many following after him. In the vine country to the south, there was a man who was Judge in the land, and he also spoke with a loud voice repeating what the man who lived on the sand said. And the Judge went about throughout the length and breadth of the land crying “Monopolee, Monopolee,” and many listened to him, and said “behold, a prophet has arisen in our own country, and we will make him ruler.” But others said not, and it fell out that when the time came he was not chongu ruler. But many said that he should yet be chosen ruler at some future time. It came to pass in the wine country that a certain man had a new kind of corn. It was of much value because the rain might beat on it or the hot sun shine. GAZETTE. NO. 52 Horticultural Silver Medals. The Horticultural Society had man-made some very fine silver medals to be given as prominent premiums to exhibitors at the Fair. The medals will weigh about as much as two silver dollars, and are made of pure silver. The dies from which they are struck were engraved in Philadelphia expressly for the Society and were ordered to be executed in the highest style of the art. Following is a list of premiums for which silver medals are offered: Best display of agricultural machinery by one house. Best apparatus for raising water for irrigation purposes. Best display of woolen goods by one factory. Best display of dry goods. Best display of fancy goods. Best display of family groceries. Best display of men's and boys' clothing. Best display of children's and ladies' clothing. Best display of millinery. Best display of harness and saddlery. Best display of home manufactured boots, shoes, gaiters, etc. Best display of hardware. Best display of printing. Best exhibition of broom corn, brooms, brushes, etc. Best display of soap. Best display of California marble. Best system of sub-irrigation. Best display and largest variety of grain by one person. Best display of vegetables by producer. Best display of dairy products. Best bread manufactured from flour from the mill of Lankershim & Van Nuys by a lady under sixteen years of age. Best display of fruits grown by one man. Best display of grapes by producer. Best exhibit of California raisins. Best six bottles of olive oil. Best six bottles of olive pickles. Best exhibit Citrus family of trees from on it, yet would it produce largely. Now only a few had this kind of corn. Then the Judge counselled with himself and said "I will go about the land and buy all the corn and then when the rains come and the tillers of the soil are in want of corn for seed I will sell it to them, and behold, I will gain many pieces of silver." And he went throughout the land and bought all the good corn; for some he paid two and for some he paid three pieces of silver. When the seed time came and the working-men who were his friends were in sore need of seed for their land, and money was hard to get because of the dry year, they went round about to buy their seed, but behold, no one had any seed but the Judge. So with one accord they went to the Judge for seed; but the Judge wanted five pieces of silver for the seed. Then did the people say, "Can such things be and overcome us like summer clouds without our special wonder?" And with one voice they cried aloud "Monopolee, Monopolee," and they all fled, each one to his tent. And all of those who had driven to make him a ruler in the land gathered together all the paper on which his name was written and they took the paper to the scribes and found which his name was (for be it known they could not read themselves) and they scratched his name off for fear that at some future time they or their children or their children's children might vote for the man who made a monopolee of corn. An Autobiography of a Drop of Water. I am composed of eighty-eight and nineteenth parts oxygen and eleven and one-tenth parts hydrogen. Although I am very small, I with my companions form a fluid called water, the most abundant and necessary for living beings, with the exception of air. When pure I am colorless, transparent and destitute of taste and smell. Small as An Autobiography of a Drop of Water. I am composed of eighty-eight and nineteenth parts oxygen and eleven and one-tenth parts hydrogen. Although I am very small, I with my companions form a fluid called water, the most abundant and necessary for living beings, with the exception of air. When pure I am colorless, transparent and destitute of taste and smell. Small as I am I have traveled a great deal and am very old. I am also a great deal of use, for without me man could not live. I make the machinery of the mills, factories and manufactures go, and also the steam engine and steamboat. In fact there are not many things accomplished without my help. I would like to give you a description of all my travels, but I fear I could never remember half of them for I am so old that I have not a good memory. I will begin my story with a description of my first suffering. I felt myself growing warm and warmer and felt very miserable until at last I could stand it no longer and began kicking and rolling around. Then I heard some one say, "The tea-kettle is boiling," and soon I was poured out into a pan. I suppose the tea-kettle got to boiling and I was inside and that accounted for my misery. The next thing I knew I felt myself growing light and rise up high with the air. I was carried with another ebun! There came in contact dropped to the earth with the rest of the drops. Instead of dropping on the ground I fell into a little stream and went on with the rest of the water for some time until we ran into a large river. The river, I have heard, is called the Mississippi. We went on with the waters of the Mississippi until we rushed into a large body of water called the Gulf of Mexico. Again I became light and was taken up into the air, but not very high; and before long I became heavy and nosed on a rose. In the morning a boy picked the rose and with some other flowers gave them to a young lady. The young lady admired the rose because I (she called me dew) was in it, and she placed it on her necktie. In the rose I have found a very nice place, and that is why I am writing my autobiography. MABEL HALL Sept. 19, 1879. The Literary Union. At the usual time and place the Anaheim Society met, and had more than ever a time. Miss Seibert sang and touched the instrument with her wonted ability. Miss des Granges favored us with a paper, original in conception and excellent in finish and utterance. Mrs. and Miss Mitchell favored us with a fine song well rendered. Mr. Zeyn declaimed in a style that needs only practice to become excellent. Mrs. Parker volunteered a reading that was quite humorous and her style was to match. The query box was next opened and the contents noted and laid over for answer next meeting. Miss Tiebout, though last in name not least in excellence, sang us a beautiful song. The debate was then in order, and Messrs. Haliday and Henderson, had it all to themselves, and tilted their lances in their best fashion. The company adjourned in good cheer and in hopes of better meetings still. Best exhibition of broom corn, brooms, brushes, etc. Best display of soap. Best display of California marble. Best system of sub-irrigation. Best display and largest variety of grain by one person. Best display of vegetables by producer. Best display of dairy products. Best broad manufactured from flour from the mill of Lankershim & Van Nuys by a lady under sixteen years of age. Best display of fruits grown by one man. Best display of grapes by producer. Best exhibit of California raisins. Best six bottles of olive oil. Best six bottles of olive pickles. Best exhibit Citrus family of trees from nursery. Best orange or lemon tree in fruit from orchard. Best display and largest variety of wines and brandies by one maker. Best and largest exhibit of flowering plants in bloom. Best exhibition of photographs. The six days pedestrian contest ended in San Francisco on Tuesday. McIntyre was the winner, his score being 500 miles. Carmichael was second, with a score of 478 miles; Scott third with a score of 455 miles; Murdock fourth with a score of 430 miles. The official count of the votes cast in San Francisco at the September election has been announced. The vote for Governor stands; Perkins, 18,944; White, 18,593; Glenn, 3-900. For Mayor—Kalloch, 20,964; Flint, 19,550; Grizwold, 862. A frightful balloon accident occurred at Woodward's Gardens, San Francisco, on Sunday. Prof. Colgrove, the aeronaut, and C.H. Williams, the manager of the Gardens, made an ascension in the afternoon. The wind was blowing quite fresh, and the balloon instead of rising, dashed along at the som street near the telephone tower in Californias southernmost area. Williams was instantly killed and Colgrove died in about an hour. Employment for Ladies. The Queen City Suspender Company, of Cincinnati, are now manufacturing and introducing their new Stocking Supporters for ladies and children and their unequalled Skirt Suspenders for ladies. None should be without them; our leading physicians recommend them, and are loud in their praise. This manufacturing establishment is managed by ladies who have made the wants of ladies and children a study, and they ask us to refer them to some reliable and energetic lady to introduce them in this county, and we certainly think that an earnest solicitation is every household would meet with a ready response, and that a determined woman could make a handsome salary and have the exclusive agency for this county. We advise some lady who is in need of employment to send a postal card to the company, with her name and address, and mention this paper. Address Mrs. B.C. Smith, Manager, 214 Elm Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. 49-4t The Death-rate of Our country is getting to be fearfully alarming, the average of life being lessened every year, without any reasonable cause, death resulting generally from the most insignificant origin. At this season of the year especially, a cold is such a common thing that in the hurry of every-day life we are apt to overlook the dangers attending it, and often find too late, that a Fever or Lung trouble has already set in. Thousands lose their lives in this way every winter, while had Boonee's German Syrup been taken, a cure would have resulted. For all dis- In Columbia, Why is it directed from us? A civil citizen went north Washington Territory, and again that no more fertile in California than Los Angeles also known that in of the world there are to the square mile country without it. In Italy, about 400 to maintained in health, and so free from the that they are said to specimens of physical anywhere. It is saidorts a family there in be done there can be migrating neighborhoods, our climate as genial, and in Lombardy is held 50 per acre, ours is held according to improve-ocean for a highway, market and the railroads motion. If our facilities were world that many of the who are seeking homes here. I believe no expenditure of money and pleasant home be there. We have some but what place has not? uma, or if they do they out the locality that to be their temporary W. M. McFadden. Tin Wedding. A numerous and happy circle of friends and neighbors gathered round Mr. and Mrs. Ferdon at their cheerful home last Monday to celebrate the anniversary of their wedding. Ten years have passed since they were united at the altar; and after such an simple experience of each other, they joined hands again and set out afresh to realize the happy omens of their lot. Useful articles of tin were presented as tokens of sympathy and good will, and all joined in the prayer that the sequel of their history may be equal to its commencement in honor and happiness. Correspondent. San Francisco Market. Corrected weekly by Spear, Measle & Co., No. 316 and 318 Washington St. S. F. Barley continues firm; wheat is stiff and choice lots of clean coast have been sold at good prices. Beans are unsettled. Corn is weak. Potatoes are better. Eggs have advanced. Barley—Coast feed, 65@75. Wheat—Shipping, $1 65@1 90; Bright Clean Coast, $1 50@1 75. Beans—Quotations nominal—Lima, $4; Small White, $1@1; Butter, $1@1; Pea, $1@1; Bayo, $1@1.10; Real, $1; Navy, $1@2. Kye—75@85c. Corn—Large Yellow, 80 cents; Small Yellow, 87@90c; Large White, 77@90c; Small White, 85@87l. Potatoes—50@75c @ 100 lb. Honey—From first hands; Clear extracted, 8@9c; candied, 7@8; comb, 10@12lc. Beeswax—20@25c @ lb. Hogs on foot—3l@3l; Hog Products, nominal. Butter—Point Reyes, 28@30c. Eggs—32@35c. Sacks—New 22x26, 10l@11; second hand 8@8lc. The Death-rate of Our country is getting to be fearfully alarming, the average of life being lessened every year, without any reasonable cause, death resulting generally from the most insignificant origin. At this season of the year especially, a cold is such a common thing that in the hurry of everyday life we are apt to overlook the dangers attending it, and often find too late, that a Fever or Lang trouble has already set in. Thousands lose their lives in this way every winter, while had Bosche's German Syrup been taken, a cure would have resulted, and a large bill from a Doctor been avoided. For all diseases of the Throat and Lung, Bosche's German Syrup has proved itself the greatest discovery of its kind in medicine. Every Druggist in this country will tell you of its wonderful effect. Over 950,000 bottles sold last year without a single failure known. Forewarned Forearmed. Physicians and invalids use with confidence The Kaiser Celebrated German Elixir for Consumption and throat and lung diseases. It is rich in the medicinal properties of tar, wild cherry, etc. Is rendered perfectly harmless to the youngest child. This would have proved an angel of mercy in the household of those unhappy parents at Vallejo, Dixon, Heaver, Utah, and numerous other places, whose children were slaughtered by a quack medicine recommended by its owner to cure croup, possessing no properties calculated to cure it, but instead a deadly drug which has alain its thousands. Be sure you get only German Elixir. The genuine bears the Prussian cost of arms and the fac-simile signature of Dr. Kaiser. Samples at all Drug Stores. Large size, 75 cents. Chas. Langley & Co., Wholesale Druggists, Solo Agents. A spendy quietus is given to a hacking cough by that inestimable specific for pulmonary, throat and bronchial complaints, Hall's Balsam for THE LUNGA, which causes consumption, bronchitis, pleurisy, labored breathing and other disorders of the respiratory organs. When a cough manifests itself, the early use of this beneficial medicine is earnestly recommended, as the difficulty is more easily overcome in its incipient state than later on. Sold by all Druggists. To Billious and Ague Sufferers. When your Liver is Torpid, And Stomach feels bad, Go to your Druggist, For Sanford's New Pad."