anaheim-gazette 1884-02-09

ANAHEIM VOL. XIV. HANNA & KEITH, REAL ESTATE AGENTS. Live Stock Bought and Sold on Commission. ANAHEIM. DISSOLUTION SALE. Forty Thousand Dollars WORTH OF FURNITURE, CARPETS, Etc., At Prices never before heard of in California. In order to close our Copartnership, we propose to sell our entire stock inside of Sixty Days. BARKER & ALLEN, NOS. 322, 324 and 325 N. MAIN ST. (NEAR PICO HOUSE), LOS ANGELES, CAL. WEEKLY GAZETTE PLANTERS' HOTEL Established 1870. ANAHEIM, Los Angeles County, Cal. SIXTY DAYS. BARKER & ALLEN, NOS. 322, 324 and 325 N. MAIN ST. (NEAR PICO HOUSE), LOS ANGELES, CAL. WEEKLY GAZETTE Established 1870. For Terms, see Fourth Page. DR. JAMES ELLIS. OFFICE AND DRUG STORE IN THE BUILDING East of Gazetta office. Homeopathic Medicine wholesale and retail. Office hours at 7 A.M. and 9:30 A.M. and at 2 P.M. H. C. KELLOGG. Surveyor and Civil Engineer. PARTIES WILL PLEASE LEAVE THEIR ORDERS with Mr. John Hanna, Anaheim. ROBT. W. SCOTT. ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC. Commissioner of Deeds for Arizona Territory. Kreger's Block, Anaheim, Cal. VICTOR MONTGOMERY, Attorney-at-Law. SANTA ANA, CAL. Office in Dibbles' brick building, nearly opposite the Post Office. Office hours from 10 A.M. to 3 P.M. M. L. WICKS, Attorney-at-Law. Rooms 86 and 87 Temple Block, LOS ANGELES. RICHARD MELROSE, NOTARY PUBLIC GAZETTE OFFICE. L. GUNTHER. Pioneer Boot and Shoe Maker, Cor. Adelaide and Los Angeles streets. ANAHEIM. GEORGE BAUER. BOOT AND SHOE MAKER. Center Street MAKING AND REPAIRING AT THE LOWEST cash price. All orders promptly attended. All work guaranteed. WM. R. HARKER. SADDLE & HARNESS MAKER, CENTER STREET, ANAHEIM. CHARLES WILLE. COOPERAGE. PLANTERS' HOTEL ANAHEIM, Los Angeles County, Cal. The only First-class House South of Los Angeles. Offers Superior Accommodations to Tourists, Families and the General Public. Suites of Rooms for Families. HENRY S. KNAPP, Proprietor. ANAHEIM HOTEL, DEUTSCHES GASTHAUS, Center Street, Anaheim. JOHN DIETZEL, - Proprietor. Board and Lodging: Per week, - $5.00 Per day, from - $1 to 1.50 Single Meals, - .25 Fredericksburg LAGER BEER On draught at all times. Anaheim Bakery. Fresh White and Rye Bread EVERY DAY What is said disgrace to the equal force to connection we have established of the evils compelled and we are satisfied will sustain them. In view of the able place for criminals, which children, and do establishment of Grand Jury recitals under proposition of sentence and correcting under the directive Governor Perkins they will be held two months, at this sum not being appropriated for the Board of Surgeon to make the necessary examination county officers should be properly kept the several county funds tally added. In compliment perintendent of with which he mails fice, the jury are implication, on "find evidences and negligence cumbent." In our report, the jury by the Superintendent business required storage of valuables and that if the destroyed by fire, depletion of the seized. Recommend to book-keeping Auditor's office, account with e-mail instead of making entries of the seized. With regard to which property from the assessor has investigated such omissions in client maps in the sessor. To remember that the Board of Office with all mah... BOOT AND SHOE MAKER, Center Street MAKING AND REPAIRING AT THE LOWEST cash price. All orders promptly attended All work guaranteed. WM. R. HARKER, SADDLE & HARNESS MAKER, CENTER STREET, ANAHEIM. CHARLES WILLE, COOPERAGE. Pipes, Barrels and kegs on hand at all times. Tanks and tubs made to order. Honey Barrels for sale cheap Truck and Hauling Generally. THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECTFULLY inform the community of Anaheim and vicinity that he is prepared to do all kinds of Hauling, Trucking and Freighting. The very best of appliances for everything in his line will be used with the quickest dispatch and at living rates. I flatter myself after a fifteen years' experience in the business, that I shall be able to give entire satisfaction to all who may favor me with their patronage. Orders solicited. Bulletin Board at office of Judge Bailey. dece-6m. J. J. DYER, PACIFIC WAGON COMPANY. J. R. McMANIS, - Manager. 303 North Main Street, Los Angeles. sept 13m. F. & J. BACKS. Importers, Manufacturers and Dealers in Furniture, Bedding, Paper Hangings, Pictuture Frames, etc, UNDERTAKERS. Agents for the Howe, Eldredge and Victor Sewing Machines. Los Angeles Street, : : Anaheim. Masonic Notice. THE REGULAR MEETINGS OF ANAheim Lodge No. 297, F. and A. M. are held Masonic Hall on the Monday evening of or preceding the full moon in each month. Sojourning brethren in good standing are cordially invited to attend. THROU REISER, W. M. J. S. GARDINER, Secretary. LAGER BEER On draught at all times. Anaheim Bakery. Fresh White and Rye Bread EVERY DAY Cakes for Parties on Short Notice. CENTER STREET, ANAHEIM. WASHINGTON Meat Market! CENTRE STREET, ANAHEIM, C. E LEONARD, Proprietor. THE PATRONAGE OF THE PEOPLE OF ANAheim and vicinity is respectfully solicited. Casks, Pipes AND PUNCHEONS IN PERFECT ORDER For Sale at Low Prices. B. DREYFUS & CO., Anaheim. B. DREYFUS, Anaheim, FROWENFIELD, New York. B. DREYFUS & CO. Growers and Dealers in California Wines and Grape Brandy. 630 to 642 Brannan Street, San Francisco; 45 Broadway New York. THIS PAPER may be found on file at GeaAdvertising Bureau (10 Spruce St.), where advertising containment may be made for it in NEW YORK. WEEKLY EIM GA ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1836 GRAND JURY REPORT. The Grand Jury, which was in session all of last week, made a very voluminous report on last Saturday. They investigated but three criminal complaints—one for embezzlement and two for accepting bribes. This is owing to the fact that criminals are now prosecuted mainly upon information instead of indictment by the Grand Jury as formerly. A visit to the County Hospital disclosed the fact that it is clean and well kept, the food of good quality and well cooked. Recommend a more liberal use of vegetables and the introduction of fruits in their season. Also, that instead of "blended" coffee, future contracts shall require the furnishing of coffee roasted in the berry. In furtherance of the suggestion that more vegetables be used, recommend that more of the Hospital farm be devoted to the raising of vegetables instead of hay. In the County Jail the prisoners are well fed and the prisoners are kept in as good order as can be expected, considering its character. "As to the jail building, this Grand Jury is incapable of language strong enough to condemn it as a standing disgrace to civilization and to Los Angeles county. We would suggest as a measure of temporary alleviation that a separate room or rooms be immediately provided for insane people and detained witnesses. What is said of the jail as a standing disgrace to the county, applies with almost equal force to the Court House. In this connection we beg to urge upon the Board of system of "working out" road poll toxes. On this subject it says: "There is an insufficient check upon the individual road masters, and should one of them choose to neglect his duties and draw money for service half rendered or not rendered at all, there is little to prevent his doing so, up to certain limits. Besides, the work done by these road roadmasters and the men under their direction is mostly in a desultory way, without concert of action, continuity, intelligent direction on completeness. Much of the labor which they elicit and for which poll tax receipts are issued, is mere trifling." The Grand Jury recommend the entire abrogation of the system of collecting road poll taxes in labor, which under the law, the Board of Supervisors have full power to do, and offer the following suggestions: 1. That the system of roads be established as completely as possible and the location, width and terminal of each important thoroughfare designated. 2. That in each district one or more principal thoroughfares be selected for improvement. 3. That the revenues of that district be devoted, so far as possible, to the improvement of said thoroughfare or thoroughfares. 4. That, for this purpose, the most improved road making machinery be employed, thus performing the labor at minimum cost. 5. That experienced and thorough men be employed to supervise this labor, under the general direction of the County Surveyor, or that the work be let out by contract to the ABOUT ST. VALENTINE'S DAY BY INADEL SMITHSON. In one of the principal squares of grand old Rome, stands an ancient stone gate-way, known as the Porta del Popolo, or Gate of the People. It is nearly sixteen hundred years old, and when first built was named the Porta Valentine, or Valentine's Gate, because it led to the church of St. Valentine. This seems to be a strange beginning for an account of the pretty festival of lace paper and spangles, and gay lover's knots; yet true, that to find out the meaning of the little rhyme, "On the 14th of February fine, I take you for my Valentine, we must go to that ancient city which was once the mistress of nations, the queen of the pagan world. In those earlier days the last half of February was held as a religious festival, and the fifteenth day which was dedicated to Juno the queen of Heaven, and Pan the god of forests and streams, was known as the Feast of Juno Februata. One of the customs was for young men and maidens to meet, dressed in their best, when each girl's name would be written down separately, and then all these names were shaken well together in a box. Next, each young man drew out a name, and to the girl who chanced to fall to his lot he would give pretty presents and offer himself as partner in the dancing and feastings which followed. The reason for fifteenth of February was that the birds were supposed to choose their mates on that day. In Italy of course warm weather begins much earlier than with us." fed and the prisoners are kept in as good order as can be expected, considering its character. "As to the jail building, this Grand Jury is incapable of language strong enough to condemn it as a standing disgrace to civilization and to Los Angeles county. We would suggest as a measure of temporary alleviation that a separate room or rooms be immediately provided for insane people and detained witnesses. "What is said of the jail as a standing disgrace to the county, applies with almost equal force to the Court House. In this connection we beg to urge upon the Board of Supervisors that they take steps to remedy the evils complained of as soon as possible and we are satisfied the people of the county will sustain them in their action." In view of the fact that there is no suitable place for the detention of youthful criminals, which sometimes includes mere children, and doubting the feasibility of the establishment of a House of Correction, the Grand Jury recommend that youthful criminals, under proper commitment and suspension of sentence, be placed in a detaining and correcting institution at San Francisco, under the direction of a board of which Governor Perkins is the official head, where they will be held for periods not exceeding two months, at a cost of $12 each. Should this sum not be available from a fund appropriated for that purpose, the jury think the Board of Supervisors should not hesitate to make the necessary appropriation. An examination of the accounts of the county officers show that, in the main, they are properly kept and that the balances of the several county officers who handle public funds tally accurately. In complimenting the present County Superintendent of Education for the regularity with which he manages the affairs of his office, the jury are at some pains to reflect, by implication, on his predecessors, as they "find evidences of the greatest carelessness and negligence previous to the present incumbent." In concluding this part of their report, the jury find that the office occupied by the Superintendent is inadequate for the business required, and no safe place for the storage of valuable papers and documents, and that if the Court House should be destroyed by fire, every evidence of the condition of the school funds would be obliterated. Recommend that a more elaborate system of book-keeping be adopted in the County Auditor's office, and that he open a ledger account with each fiduciary of the county, instead of making, as now, merely journal entries of the several accounts. With regard to complaints of instances in which property owners have been omitted from the assessment rolls, the Grand Jury has investigated the matter, and find that such omissions arise from the lack of sufficient maps in the office of the County Assessor. To remedy this, the jury recommend that the Board of Supervisors furnish said office with all maps necessary. The attention of the Grand Jury was call- 2. That in each district one or more principal thoroughfares be selected for improvement. 3. That the revenues of that district be devoted, so far as possible, to the improvement of said thoroughfare or thoroughfares. 4. That, for this purpose, the most improved road making machinery be employed, thus performing the labor at minimum cost. 5. That experienced and thorough men be employed to supervise this labor, under the general direction of the County Surveyor, or that the work be let out by contract to the lowest bidder, payment not to be made until the road is inspected and approved by the County Surveyor. 6. That all thoroughfares thus improved be graded uniformly and crowned or "turnpicked," as so designated, and where the natural surface is not suitable for a roadbed, that it be covered with gravel. 7. That all roads undertaken be improved continuously and thoroughly, so far as the revenue allow, and that, in the succeeding year, work be resumed at the point where last discontinued. Some Sex Differences. When a woman becomes flurried she feels for a fan; when a man becomes flurried he feels for a cigar. Women jump at conclusions and generally hit; men reason things out logically and generally miss it. Women always show by their actions that they enjoy going to church; men are less demonstrative. Some women can't pass a milliner's store without looking in; some men can't pass a saloon without going in. A woman never sees a baby without wanting to run to it; a man never sees a baby without wanting to run from it. Women love admiration, approbation, adulation, self-immolation on the part of others, and are often weak, vain and frivolous. Ditto men. A woman always carries her purse in her hand, so that other women will see it; a man carries his in his inside pocket, so that his wife won't see it. A man of fashion hates the rain because it deranges the set of his pantaloons; a woman of fashion hates it because it deranges her complexion. When a woman wants to repair damages she uses a pin; when a man wants to repair damages he spends two hours and a half trying to thread a needle. A woman can sit in a theater three hours without getting all cramped up, catching the toothache, or becoming faint for want of fresh air; a man can't. When a woman is asked by a fond lover for heart and hand and says "No," she don't always mean it; when a man is asked by a jovial friend if he will take something and says "No," he don't always mean it, either. known as the Feast of Juno Februata. One of the customs was for young men and maidens to meet, dressed in their best, when each girl's name would be written down separately, and then all these names were shaken well together in a box. Next, each young man drew out'a name, and tothe girl who chanced to fall to his lot would give pretty presents and offer himself as partner in the dancing and feastings which followed. The reason for fifteenth of February, was that the birds were supposed to choose their mates on that day. In Italy of course warm weather begins much earlier than with us. This drawing of names was a very amusing affair, and would have been a harmless one had not the merry-making generally ended in rioting and drinking. as indeed all pagan festivities were nearly sure to do. So when Rome began to be a Christian city, the pastors of the church did all they could to stop the festival, but they found this very difficult because the young people were devoted to it, and the drawing of names was long continued even among Christians. There were some changes made, however. The day was called St. Valentine's, and the names drawn were known as valentines. The date was also afterwards altered from the fifteenth to the fourteenth of February. St. Valentine himself, whose name is now associated with pleasant surprises and loving messages, was a faithful pastor of the "early Christians," and lived in Rome during the third century. The pagan emperor, Claudius II., ordered that all persons avowing themselves Christians should be tortured and put to death, and Valentine went about among his flock cheering the frightened ones, praying with the dying, and burying the dead. For this he was thrown into prison himself, and refusing to become an idolator, he was cruelly beaten with clubs and then beheaded on February 14th, which chanced to be the eve of the feast of Juno Februata—hence the change of name and date of the pagan festival—and this is all the good brave old man had to do with the custom still bearing his name. In the seventeenth century the Bishop of Geneva, Francis of Sales, put a final stop to the practice of drawing girls' names on St. Valentine's Day, but allowed the people instead to write the names of saints, or holy men and women, on slips of paper and after "drawing" these, try their best to imitate the goodness and piety of the owners of the names. Thus the pagan ceremony became a Christian one. The modern practice of sending poetic messages on this day is a very old one—and it is hard to say just how and where it began. Chaucer, the first great English poet, speaks of it in his works which were written in the fourteenth century, and Shakespeare and many other poets mention it. The so-called "comic" valentines are of much later origin yet let us hope not an American invention, for they are as a rule not funny at all but only coarse and ugly, and very apt to hurt the feelings of the receiver. In the time of Charles II. it was also the fashion in Eng- Auditor's office, and that he open a ledger account with each fiduciary of the county, instead of making, as now, merely journal entries of the several accounts. With regard to complaints of instances in which property owners have been omitted from the assessment rolls, the Grand Jury has investigated the matter, and find that such omissions arise from the lack of sufficient maps in the office of the County Assessor. To remedy this, the jury recommend that the Board of Supervisors furnish said office with all maps necessary. The attention of the Grand Jury was called to the fact that faro and other gambling games are carried on in Los Angeles city without interference by the police. It was also shown that the Chief of Police even restrained his subordinates from raiding gambling places without his special instructions, and that, on one occasion, when gamblers had been arrested and their money and apparatus captured by members of the force, without the foreknowledge of the Chief, said officers were reprimanded and warned that if they did so again they would be dismissed. It is also alleged that the gambling outfit then captured was returned to its owners. In view of these allegations, which were not sufficiently proven to warrant an indictment, the Grand Jury think that an official investigation of the Chief of Police should be held by the Council. On the subject of county roads, the report is full and exhaustive. It opens with the following showing of the amounts received for the road fund and how it was expended: Road poll taxes—labor $8,079 Road poll taxes—cash 990 Total from personal taxes — $2,069 00 From direct property tax 15,426 23 Total expenditures — $24,495 23 Of this sum $3,167 07 was paid out by order of the Board of Supervisors for the purchase and condemnation of land and other expenses (not reimbursed) attendant upon the opening of new roads. This leaves $21,-328 16 as the sum actually expended in making and repairing roads, bridges, culverts, etc. Of this sum $7,388 25 was paid in salaries to Road Overseers. The report then goes on to discuss at great length the injudicious manner in which the large sums collected for road taxes have been expended and condemns without stint she uses a pin; when a man wants to repair damages he spends two hours and a half trying to thread a needle. A woman can sit in a theater three hours without getting all cramped up, catching the toothache, or becoming faint for want of fresh air; a man can't. When a woman is asked by a fond lover for heart and hand and says "No," she don't always mean it; when a man is asked by a jovial friend if he will take something and says "No," he don't always mean it, either. Unmitigated Treason. That Los Angeles grows oranges equal to any place or section in Southern California none will question. Riverside oranges gained a sort of ephemeral preference in the San Francisco market and the same can be said of Pasadena, notwithstanding which orchards in Los Angeles bear better oranges than either of these places ever did or now do. Riverside and Pasadena oranges are quoted at San Francisco at $5 per box, Los Angeles at $4 50. The result is that shippers from Los Angeles box our superior fruit and mark it Riverside, and the inferior or refuse is shipped as Los Angeles oranges, and thus it is the same of our orange groves are being bartered away by unmitigated sharpers for the gain of four bits on the box. Our Board of Trade should look into this matter and have a stop put to it. Our Mayor and Council should also see that our rights are not tampered with in such an infamous way, and see to it that we have a fair deal.—Porcupine. An Infamous Threat. Austin, Texas, Feb. 1.—State Senator Terrell received an anonymous letter to-day threatening that, if free grass is interfered with by the Legislature, all the waters in the State of Texas, inclosed by pastures, will be poisoned. The letter created a sensation in view of the mysterious disease that is sweeping off a number of cattle in certain sections of the State. A bill to make the Brooklyn bridge free has been presented for the consideration of the New York Legislature. Christian one. The modern practice of sending poetic messages on this day is a very old one, and it is hard to say just how and where it began. Chaucer, the first great English poet, speaks of it in his works which were written in the fourteenth century, and Shakespeare and many other poets mention it. The so-called "comic" valentines are of much later origin, yet let us hope not an American invention, for they are as a rule not funny at all, but only coarse and ugly, and very apt to hurt the feelings of the receiver. In the time of Charles II. it was also the fashion in England and Scotland for friends to draw each other's names on St. Valentine's Day, and give presents as we do on birthdays. The first person known to have sent a written valentine was Charles, Duke of Orleans, a brave French nobleman, who was taken prisoner by the English at the great battle of Agincourt, in 1415. Two hundred years after, a grand marriage was celebrated on St. Valentine's Day, when an English princess, Elizabeth, daughter of James I., was wedded to Frederick, a German prince, and to this union is due the strange fact of the daughter of a German family being to-day on the throne of England. This wedding was written of by many poets, and one named Doune in particular composed a pretty poem about it, the first verse of which was: "Hall, Bishop Valentine, whose day this is! All the air is thy diocese; And all the chirping choristers And other birds are thy parishioners." Poisoned Candy. Fort Worth, Feb. 2.—A girl named Fanny Murphy, a teacher in the Wesleyan College, and a daughter of the Rev. J. D. Murphy, was the recipient of a fine box of candies a day or two ago. In the box was a card bearing the signature of a young gentleman acquaintance. Miss Murphy had been warned by an anonymous letter not to eat anything sent her, and the candy was not touched. It was learned to-night that the candy was heavily impregnated with arsenic. Boston, Mass., Feb. 2.—Wendell Phillips began to show signs of dissolution at 4:30 p.m. and died at 6 p.m. He was conscious up to within an hour of his death. GAZETTE. FEBRUARY 9, 1884. NO. 18 THE VALENTINE'S DAY MINABEL SMITHSON. The principal squares of grand lands an ancient stone gate-way, Porta del Popolo, or Gate of It is nearly sixteen hundred when first built was named Valentine, or Valentine's Gate, to the church of St. Valentine. To be a strange beginning for the pretty festival of lace pases, and gay lover's knots; yet find out the meaning of the little 14th of February fine, you for my Valentine, that ancient city which was accessed to nations, the queen of al. In those earlier days the february was held as a religious the fifteenth day which was unto the queen of Heaven, and of forests and streams, was Feast of Juno Februata. One was for young men and maiddresses in their best, when each should be written down separateall these names were shaken in a box. Next, each young a name, and to the girl who to his lot he would give preand offer himself as partner in and feastings which followed. For fifteenth of February, was were supposed to choose their day. In Italy of course warm much earlier than with us. THE RAISIN MARKET. Rural Press. The raisin market is proving unsatisfactory to producers who held their crop late, and has apparently disappointed some who bought the product last fall. We hear that a firm in this city has issued a circular offering to supply layer raisins from one of the most popular districts at $1.15 per box, which is certainly below the cost of production. This state of affairs is owing to sever-ral causes. We met R. B. Blowers, the well-known raisin producer, the other day, and asked his opinions on the course of the market. He placed the responsibility in good part upon the new tariff adopted by the last Congress, which lowered the duty on the imported fruit. Mr. Blowers is arranging to have a suitable statement of the unfavorable way in which the new tariff is injuring California raisin producers presented to Congress at the present session, with a petition that the old protective duty be re-stored. It seems that the lowering of the duty incited the foreign producers to make vigorous effort to supply the Eastern markets and to get their product in unusual quantities and at an unusually early date, so as to occupy the field before the California product should come upon sale. To accomplish this, large lots of raisins were sold in New York last September prior to arrival. This trade was pushed to the markets in the Western States, where it has been hoped to dispose of the California product. In this way these markets were stocked up with imported raisins and the California raisins coming on. EVERYTHING. Two thousand British troops are in Scot-land and 30,000 are in Ireland. The consumption of tea in Great Britain is about six pounds to one pound of coffee. The Washington Post suggests that Alaska be made a penal colony. In the Superior Court at Portland, Maine, a few days ago, a man paid $581 in fines imposed on liquor indictments. One thousand African slaves were recently landed on the west coast of Madagascar by Arabs. There were 520 fewer failures in England and Wales in 1883 than in 1882, and a decrease in bills of sale of 29,915. The Paris pawn shops are practically Government offices; the disposal of stolen articles in them is therefore very hazardous. Returns show Dublin still to be what Lady Morgan described it in her day, the greatest "tay drinkingest" city in the world. Since the opening of the Suez Canal tea has, 1879 excepted, declined each year in price. It has never been lower in England than now. Only three capital executions took place in France in 1883. One of them was at Rheims, another was at Versailles and the third was at Lyons. Four hundred women of Ward Twenty, Boston, have signed a remonstrance to be sent to the Legislature against granting fur- It seems that the lowering of the duty incited the foreign producers to make vigorous effort to supply the Eastern markets and to get their product in unusual quantities and at an unusually early date, so as to occupy the field before the California product should come upon sale. To accomplish this, large lots of raisins were sold in New York last September prior to arrival. This trade was pushed to the markets in the Western States, where it has been hoped to dispose of the California product. In this way these markets were stocked up with imported raisins, and the California raisins coming on about two weeks later found the trade well supplied. The result is the demoralized state of the market now prevailing here. The question of the supply of foreign raisins brought in during the last few months cannot be fully settled yet, because the figures of importation during the last three months cannot be had yet. The imports for the year ending June 30, 1882, were 43,779,867 pounds; the year ending June 30, 1883,51,487,389 pounds. During the month of October, 1883, the imports were 14,843,508 pounds, and if others months are proportionately large, there will be shown an unusually large importation available for this winter's consumption. This, as we have stated, is as yet but conjecture. It is, however, well established that the avenues of outlet which we usually count on to relieve us of our raisin crop do not call for the fruit at present. There may also be other reasons for this state of affairs than those mentioned. Tom Ochiltree's Views. WASHINGTON, January 31.—Congressman Thomas Porterhouse Ochiltree, of Texas, statesman and traveler, has been keeping very quiet on the Presidential question late. Up to today he has resisted all attempts of anonymous candidates to ascertain his opinion, and a fear has been growing that Thomas was a candidate himself. A great load was lifted off Logan and other aspirants to-day, however, by Mr. Ochiltree coming squarely out for Arthur. "I am for Arthur," he said, "because he has made a fairly satisfactory President, and because business men don't want any change. The President of this country does not need to be a man of great qualities and convictions. A negative man will do for the place well enough." "Then I suppose Hayes' negative qualities pleased you highly?" was suggested. "No, sir," replied Mr. Ochiltree, with a Texan oath; "he did not, sir. A man who drinks lemonade has too much negative about him. The President of this United States must take whisky or water, either one thing or the other, straight." Sam Randall for President. From the Philadelphia Press. "Do you consider Randall a candidate?" "Yes," replied the gentleman, "and a most formidable one." If Tilden wants practice of sending poetic verses day is a very old one, and they just how and where it be the first great English poet, this works which were written with century, and Shakespeare in poets mention it. The so-called valentines are of much later hope not an American invention as a rule not funny at all, and ugly, and very apt to the receiver. In the time it was also the fashion in England for friends to draw each St. Valentine's Day, and we do on birthdays. The town to have sent a written Charles, Duke of Orleans, a nobleman, who was taken by English at the great battle of 1415. Two hundred years marriage was celebrated on St. Valentine, when an English princess, mother of James L., was weddick, a German prince, and to use the strange fact of the German family being to-day England. This wedding by many poets, and one named regular composed a pretty poem last verse of which was: Valentine, whose day this is! thy diocese; marrying choristers, is thy parishioners." Sam Randall for President. From the Philadelphia Press. "Do you consider Randall a candidate?" "Yes," replied the gentleman, "and a most formidable one. If Tilden wants the nomination himself, however, Randall will support him. Randall is a great man. He comes of a great family. His father, Josiah Randall, was a most eminent man in Philadelphia, a fine lawyer, and a full-blooded aristocrat. Sam inherited his father's abilities, but not his aristocratic tendencies. Sam Randall is a natural Democrat, while his father was a natural Whig. Josiah took to the parlors, Sam took to the slums. During his early life he was a regular bruiser, and he could strike out from the shoulder as well as any man in the prize ring to-day. He was a student, however, at the same time, and though he went off on periodical sprees, he kept up with the times and got a good education. Even after he came to Congress he drank considerably until a few years ago, when he reformed. Since then he has been a teetotaller." Something new in a conductor's outfit has recently been introduced on one of the Brooklyn horse car lines. In the fare-recording apparatus swung from their necks, so the passenger can see his fare noted, is fixed a watch, so the passenger can also see the time. Of this innovation a conductor ingubriously said to a reporter of one of our contemporaries: "I come pretty near getting mad sometimes, when a passenger catches hold of me and turns me around like a wooden man, to see what time it is, but as that is what the watches are for I don't know as I ought to object. I suppose at this rate they'll keep on fitting us out with things for the accommodation of the public until a man won't be considered fit for a car unless he has got a calendar stitched on to the back of his coat, a thermometer hanging from one buttonhole, and a city directory hooked to a strap around his waist." Seven Wise Men Baffled. The N.Y.Morning Journal says that Mrs.F.G.Kellogg, 50 E.86th st., was partially paralyzed, and lay for seven days in convulsions. Physicians were engaged and discharged until seven had failed to help or cure her. She was unable to leave her bed, and was as helpless as a child. After using all sorts of salves, ointments, lotions and plasters, her case was given up as hopeless. She was induced to try St.Jacob's Oil as a last chance. She began to improve from the time the first application was made, and by its continued use, she has completely recovered. Cure for Cramp. The simplest and best method, says the editor of the Pacific Medical and Surgical Journal, is a bandage applied above or below the knee, preferably the former. It is astonishing the number of intelligent people who regard a cold or cough as a trivial matter, something unnecessary to pay attention to. How many times have you heard the expression, "O nothing the matter only a slight cold." Yes, my friend, and nine-tenths of the many thousand consumptives who walk the earth to-day doomed to a premature death, said the same thing. We pay attention to a cold, and promptly, too. Our remedy is Ammen's Cough Syrup; some other preparations are good, but we have found it by far the best.