anaheim-gazette 1894-05-17

FLINGS AT CUPID. My love is like a costly vase Exhaling perfume on the air, Tried by the fire of burning love, Hand painted, too well, I declare. Her lips are wild rose petals That by wayside lanes abound, But her words, alas, are nettles That hedge the roses around. There is one merit to divorce— We sum it up in a single sentence. It strikes sublimely at the source Of that trite "lensurely repentance." Love often goes where it's sent, Like the messenger boy, we know. And loses its message often And often is just as slow. R. L. Hendrick in Kate Field's Washington. THE SUTTEE. The evening drill was over, and Major Ralph Cleveland had just returned to his bungalow in the English camp at the foot of a spur of the Western Ghants when an old sorgeant came to announce that Punjo, a native spy, wished to speak with him on urgent business. A moment later a lank, half naked Hindoo with a crafty look entered noiselessly and prostrated himself. "Rise, Punjo," said the major in Hindoostance, "and tell me briefly what news you bring." "Sahib," replied the spy, "Punjo is the bearer of serious tidings for the English. The young widow of the old Prince Rahadoor of Ellora is to be burned on the pyre of her husband tomorrow about sunrise on the plain of Ellora." "What!!" exclaimed the major, clinching his fist, "in spite of the treaty the English have made with the Indian princes for the abolition of the suttee? And how far is the plain of Ellora from here?" "By the mountain paths a quick foot could reach there between the rising of tonight's moon and the morning's dawn." "Arabble," said the English officer, with a suzerain, "who will be frightened to death at the mere sight of a few hundred English bayonets and redcoats! But how do the priests dare to undertake this ceremony almost under our very noses? It must be they have not yet learned of our presence here." "The they have told the people that despite the treaty you dare not interfere; that you dare not thus bid defiance to their gods!" "We shall see!" muttered the English officer. With the rising of the moon the English moved out of their camp, their heavy tread rumbling in the still air. Punjo, the spy, led the way as guide. Toward daybreak they came in sight of the plain of Ellora. Hulting his troops, the major, accompanied an aged priest stopped forward, drew up his bent form, and pointing a long, bony finger at the English commandant said in an austero voice: "Wherefore this sacrilege, audacious Englishman? Wherefore凑 thou with thy soldiers to disturb this righteous ceremony? Deliver up to us the woman to whose person thou hast no right, that the glorious sacrifice may be delayed no longer and that bloodshed may be avoided!" "Dog of a priest! You dare to threaten?" eried the major violently. "I tell you Rahadoor's widow is in my lawful possession, and there she shall remain till the English authorities decide what is to be done with her. And, as for you and your people, in the name of the queen of England I command you to let us depart in peace!" "And we," said the Brahman in his deepest voice, half turning toward the thousands behind him, "in the name of Brahma, the prophet, we command them to restore to our hands the young woman of whom thou hast robbed up by a vile trick!" Upon this invocation of their prophet the Hindoo set up fierce cries and began to push toward the pyre. The priests in front, irresistibly driven on by those behind, were pressed against the formidable row of bayonets, but no sooner did they feel their sting than they turned about frantically and endeavored to check the excited people. The latter, seeing some of their priests bleeding, hesitated and recolled. Taking advantage of this, the commandant quickly wheeled his men into line and gave the order to charge. With a deafening hurrah the British sprang forward. The wavering Hindooes, panic struck at the onrushing array of brisling bayonets, turned on their hoeks with dreadful yells and were soon flying over the plain in all directions. When the last terrified native disappeared in the jungle, the major stopped the pursuit, which had been conducted without much loss of blood, and returned with his men to the ruins, where he found the widow in one of the halls being cared for by the surgeon attached to the regiment. She had recovered from her swoon, and wrapped in a blanket sat propped up on an improvised couch. The surgeon withdraw upon the entrance of the major, who, approaching the couch, took the soft hand of the widow in his own, as though she were a child, saying in Hindoostance: "Tell me, poor creature, what is your name?" "Natalia," replied the suttee shyly. "Well, Natalie, you need fear no longer—your enemies are routed." "My enemies?" repeated Rahadoor's door's little—— He cut himself short, his eyes glowing like live coals. He heavens, what was that? He had just seen against the shimmering white carcass of Natalia's tent something flitting shadow—a human form gliding along close to the ground and vanishing at the entrance. Whipping out his pistol—a trust friend that never left him in that treachery land—he sped silently over the ground in his slippered feet to Natalia's tent and was about to tear aside the curtain when a low voice—a man's—struck his ear. He paused and listened. "Awake, awake, daughter of this faithful!" said the voice in Hindoostance. "Rouse yourself, for time's precious, if you would escape this night from the accursed dogs who hold you bondage!" At these words the major set his teeth hard together to keep from uttering great oath and clutched his pistol more firmly. "She sleeps soundly," continued the voice, which sounded familiar to the officer, "as though she had an easy conscience. But doubtless she is kept under influence of a powerful drug that she may not realize her shame. Natalia Natalie, awake! It is a true friend who speaks to you—Punjo, who used to serve your father." "Punjo!" repeated the major to his self, with a start. "By heavens, he playing now into the hands of the Brahman! It shall cost the traitor dear!" Now there came a little cry of alma from Natalie, and her soft voice asked: "Who is there? Who speaks to Natalie?" "Punjo, your father's old servant who would save you from your disgrace Listen. The handsome Brahman prince who led you to the funeral pile after your people—your friends—sent me you——" "I have no friends but the English broke in Natalia's voice." "Ah," said the spy, "what has cunning Englishman been telling you. He has been beguing you with fair words that he might make you blind your shame and make you his slave." "Slave!" murmured the young wide in a scornful tone. "It were better to his slave than return to the people who deceived me!" "But listen, Natalia. You need not return to your people if you do not want to. The handsome young Brahman prince charged me to tell you that he would protect you from them——" "I hate him and the rest of the prize now that my eyes are open to their pity. I shall not return to them!" said Natalia. "Ah, you, a woman, dare defy this priest!' hissed the spy. "Hark you..." how do the priests dare to undertake this ceremony almost under our very noses? It must be they have not yet learned of our presence here." "They have told the people that despite the treaty you dare not interfere; that you dare not thus bid defiance to their gods!" "We shall see!" muttered the English officer. With the rising of the moon the English moved out of their camp, their heavy tread rumbling in the still air. Punjo, the spy, led the way as guide. Toward daybreak they came in sight of the plain of Ellora. Halting his troops, the major, accompanied by the spy and a few of his men, advanced to reconnoiter. The waning, moon cast a faint light over the plain. To the south a dark mass rose against the sky. This, Punjo said, was the funeral pile, guarded by a few fanatics, lest the beasts of prey should attack old Rahadoor's body, which was to have been placed there at nightfall of the previous day. To the left, about a hundred yards from the pile, upon a knoll, loomed up a heap of ruins, the remains of the once magnificent pagoda of Ellora. "There," said the major, pointing to the crumbling structure, "is an excellent place for me to conceal my men till the moment for action comes. Meanwhile we must surprise these fanatics, who would doubtless be highly delighted to be able to inform the people of Ellora of our presence and so thwart our purpose. The rascals, overcome by their religious frenzy and vigil, are probably fast asleep, and so will fall into our hands without bloodshed. Go cautiously forward, Punjo, with my men and secure them." The order was easily executed, for the fanatics were asleep, as the major had surmised, and were disarmed and seized before they could think of offering any resistance. The next step was to secrete the regiment in the immense ruins. Dawn was beginning to show itself along the horizon when there came to the ears of the eager watchers a sound as of faroff chamor. "It is they," said the spy. Led by a hundred Brahman priests in their robes of ceremony, their shaven heads uncovered, some carrying flaming torches, the natives slowly advanced, the air echoing with their acclamations. In their midst, surrounded by a crowd of howling fanatics, plodded a gorgeously caprisoned elephant, upon whose back sat a young woman clad in white and covered with sparkling gems. This was the hapless suttee, old Rahadoor's widow. And not only was she very young—apparently not over 16—but she was very beautiful, a truly ravishing creature. The severe fast which the Brahman priests imposed upon the suttee had not perceptibly marred her beauty. Her black eyes, though dimmed by suffering, had not lost all their luster, and her pale face wore an indescribably sad and sweet expression. When the foot of the pyre was reached, a hush came over the multitude, and a handsome young priest, stopping from the ranks of his colleagues, walked backward to where the elephant had stopped and spoke to the young woman. She started at the sound of his voice. The surgeon withdrew upon the entrance of the major, who, approaching the couch, took the soft hand of the widow in his own, as though she were a child, saying in Hindoostanee: "Tell me, poor creature, what is your name?" "Natalie," replied the suttee shyly. "Well, Natalie, you need fear no longer—your enemies are routed." "My enemies?" repeated Rahadoor's widow, looking up curiously. "Yes, the miserable Brahmans, who would have cruelly burned you on old Rahadoor's funeral pile but for the timely interference of the English." "Oh, but they are not my enemies—they are my friends, who were only doing their duty—and I was ready to die," she added slowly. "But do you not know that the English have a treaty with your princes abolishing the suttee?" pursued the officer. Natalie shook her head. "Yet it is true. So your own people were deceiving you. You have right to live." "Ah," said the young woman sweetly, a bright light coming into her dark eyes. "I really have the right to live?" "Undoubtedly. Are you not glad?" "I—I don't know," stammered Natalie, something like a shadow of fear darkening her lovely face. "My people will curse me, and when I return to them, if they have deceived me, as you say, will they not carry out the ceremony when you are gone and they need no longer fear your intervention?" "They can never carry out the ceremony, little Natalie," returned the major. "I have taken my precautions. Look!" And he pointed toward a large opening in the crumbling walls, through which one could see a dense volume of smoke rising in great clouds far into the sky. "You see," he continued, "you have nothing more to fear there. By my orders old Rahadoor is having a funeral all by himself. And as for you, little Natalie, no harm shall come to you. You shall be protected. You shall not go back to your people. Put your trust in life." Natalie fixed her beautiful eyes on the animated face above; then she said simply: "I trust you—indeed I do, for you are the only man I have ever dared to speak to without trembling for fear. And yet I have always been taught to hate your people." Here the tete-a-tete was interrupted by the appearance of Punjo, who brought with him the garments that Natalie had been stripped of at the pyre. Twelve days have come and gone since the return to the camp at the foot of Western Ghauts. A courier had been dispatched to the English authorities in Calcutta with the major's report of the rescue of the young widow, who had adapted herself to her new life in the camp with evident joy, which Major Ralph Cleveland seemed to share wonderfully. The surgeon withdrew upon the entrance of the major, who, approaching the couch, took the soft hand of the widow in his own, as though she were a child, saying in Hindoostanee: "Tell me, poor creature, what is your name?" "Natalie," replied the suttee shyly. "Well, Natalie, you need fear no longer—your enemies are routed." "My enemies?" repeated Rahadoor's widow, looking up curiously. "Yes, the miserable Brahmans, who would have cruely burned you on old Rahadoor's funeral pile but for the timely interference of the English." "Oh, but they are not my enemies—they are my friends, who were only doing their duty—and I was ready to die," she added slowly. "But do you not know that the English have a treaty with your princes abolishing the suttee?" pursued the officer. Natalie shook her head. "Yet it is true. So your own people were deceiving you. You have right to live." "Ah," said the young woman sweetly, a bright light coming into her dark eyes. "I really have the right to live?" "Undoubtedly. Are you not glad?" "I—I don't know," stammered Natalie something like a shadow of fear darkening her lovely face. "My people will curse me, and when I return to them, if they have deceived me, as you say, will they not carry out the ceremony when you are gone and they need no longer fear your intervention?" "They can never carry out the ceremony, little Natalie," returned the major. "I have taken my precautions. Look!" And he pointed toward a large opening in the crumbling walls, through which one could see a dense volume of smoke rising in great clouds far into the sky. "You see," he continued, "you have nothing more to fear there. By my orders old Rahadoor is having a funeral all by himself. And as for you, little Natalie, no harm shall come to you. You shall be protected. You shall not go back to your people. Put your trust in life." Natalie fixed her beautiful eyes on the animated face above; then she said simply: "I trust you—indeed I do, for you are the only man I have ever dared to speak to without trembling for fear. And yet I have always been taught to hate your people." Here the tete-a-tete was interrupted by the appearance of Punjo, who brought with him the garments that Natalie had been stripped of at the pyre. Twelve days have come and gone since the return to the camp at the foot of Western Ghauts. A courier had been dispatched to the English authorities in Calcutta with the major's report of the rescue of the young widow, who had adapted herself to her new life in the camp with evident joy, which Major Ralph Cleveland seemed to share wonderfully. The surgeon withdrew upon the entrance of the major, who，approachingthecouch，tookthesofthandofthewidowinhisownasthoughshewereachild,sayinginHindoostanee: "Tellme,poorcreature，whatisyourname?" "Natalia," repliedthesutteeshyly. "Well,Natalia，你needfearno longer—yourenemiesarerouted." "Myenemies?" repeatedRahadoor's widow，lookingupcurious. "Yes,themiserableBrahmans，whowouldhavecruellyburnedyouonoldRahadoor'sfuneralpilebutforthetimelyinterferenceoftheEnglish." 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The severe fast which the Brahman priests imposed upon the suttee had not perceptibly marred her beauty. Her black eyes, though dimmed by suffering, had not lost all their luster, and her pale face wore an indescribably sad and sweet expression. When the foot of the pyro was reached, a hush came over the multitude, and a handsome young priest, stopping from the ranks of his colleagues, walked backward to where the elephant had stopped and spoke to the young woman. She started at the sound of his voice, as if from a dream, rose, looked about her moment in confusion, then descended the short ladder placed against the animal's side. When she reached the ground, the young priest took her gently by the arm and delivered her into the hands of some women, who began to strip her of her jewels and outer garments and loosened her luxuriant black hair, which fell in glossy waves to her feet, leaving her finally standing there, abashed and bewildered, with nothing to cover her nakedness but a thin silken undergarment. Then the young priest once more approached her and conducted her to the pile amid the shouts of the people and howls of the fanatics, who in their religious oxalation began to slash their naked bodies with knives. At the foot of the pyro a hoary Brahman held out to her a lighted torch, with which she was to set fire to the great heap before stretching herself by the side of her husband's body. Rahadoor's widow took the torch, with a sweet smile, and waving her hand toward the people in token of a last farewell bravely placed one foot on the first step of the flight leading up to the old Hindoo's couch. At that moment a bugle blast rang out over the valley. The natives, star-tailed by this sudden interruption, turned their eyes simultaneously toward the spot whence the sound proceeded. The sight that met their eyes was well calculated to strike them with consternation, for there, within a short distance of them, rushing from the falling portals of the ancient ruins and charging down upon them with flashing bayonets, was what seemed to them in the terror and confusion of the moment a whole army of redcoats. So swift was the movement of the troops that the major had seized the trembling widow and was brandishing his heavy sword, thundering, "Avaut, wretches, avaut!" before the dismayed and recoiling priests had thought of protecting their suttee. Then he commanded his men to form in a square about the nila. TAX BACHELORS. The Matrimonial Market Would Be Boomed and Commerce Benefited. We commend the suggestion recently offered by a Baltimore woman to the effect that a tax should be levied on bachelors. There is something in this proposition that commends itself to the judicial mind. It does not, for instance, attack a social class. It makes no discrimination between the rich and the poor. The idea is to tax every bachelor who cannot show that he is unable to marry because of having to support dependent relatives to the extent of $10 per annum. The estimate is that there are 6,000,000 of marriageable bachelors in the United States, and that at least 4,000,000 of these have no valid excuse for their selfish and useless condition. A tax of $10 per capita, therefore, would yield $40,000,000. It could be collected without much expense. It would do no great harm, and it would have the merit of providing its own remedy for those who felt unwilling to pay. If it accomplished nothing else, it would communicate a powerful boom to the matrimonial market, and so, for every $10 that the government lost, put at least $100 into general circulation. It might, to be sure, divert some of those thin but noisy little rills that run to ice cream, soda water, steamed oysters, theater tickets and philopenaus, but it would turn loose whole torrents into the coffers of the butcher, the baker, the grocer, the apothecary, the family physician and the wet nurse. And though under such a dispensation the American youth might put on the yoke of Hymen rather than be taxed as a renegade to that rosy deity, and though government might thus be compelled to seek elsewhere for a revenue, the revolution would so fill the land with new activity, so load the air with the perfume of paregoric, and so throng the parks and sidewalks with nursemaids that the whole nation would feel the impulse and all mankind be made the happier and better through its influence. Either the treasurer would get a revenue or society be purified and population stimulated. The real cause of the commercial depression is want of confidence, the hoarding of money, stagnation in trade and dearth of investment, but with 4,000,000 of young brides moving into new quarters, setting up independent establishments and preparing for the responsibilities and the consequences of wedlock, the wheels of industry would once more begin to hum and the pulses of business go to beating with fresh force and vigor,—Washington Post, SOLID SILVER BATHTUB. Freddy Gebhard's Unique Antenuptial Gift to the Lady Who Is Now His Wife. TRANSPORTATION. Pacific Coast Steamship COMPANY Goodall, Perkins & Co., General Agents, San Francisco NORTHERN ROUTES. Embrace lines for Portland, Or., Victoria, B.C., and Puget Sound and Alaska, and all coast points. SOUTHERN ROUTES TIME TABLE FOR...MAY, 1891 LEAVE SAN FRANCISCO. For Port Harford Santa Barbara Redondo... Pit Los Angeles Newport... San Diego... S. Coos Bay May 4, 13, 22, 31; June 9. For East S Pedro San Francisco and Way Portal... LEAVE PORT LOS ANGELES AND REDONDO. For San Diego... S. Santa Rosa, May 4, 13, 22; 31; June 9. For S. Corona, May 8, 17, 26; June 4. For S. Santa Rosa, May 6, 15, 24; June 2. For San Francisco, Port Harford... S. Corona, May 1, 10, 29; June 6. LEAVE SAN PEDRO AND EAST SAN PEDRO, San Francisco... S. Eureka, May 3, 12, 21, 30; June 8. S. Coos Bay, May 7, 16, 25; June 3. Cars to connect with steamers via San Pedro leave S. P. R. R.(Arcade Depot) at 5:00 p.m. and Terminal railway depot at 5:15 p.m. Cars to connect via Redondo leave Santa Fe depot at 10:00 A.M. or from Redondo Railway depot, at 9:00 A.M. Cars to connect via Port Los Angeles leave S. P.R. R. depot at 1:10 p.m. for steamers north bound. Plans of steamers at agent's office where berths may be secured. The company reserve the right to change the steamers or their days of sailing. For passage or freight, as above, or for Tickets to and from All Important Points in Europe, Apply to OFFICE—No. 124 West Second St., Los Angeles. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY. (Pacific System.) Commencing... SUNDAY, JANUARY 14, 1894, Trains will leave Anaheim as follows: A. M. (DAILY) LOCAL PASSENGER train for Buena Park, Norwalk, Florence, Whittier, Los Angeles and way stations. B. M. (DAILY) LOCAL PASSENGER train for Buena Park, Norwalk, Florence, Los Angeles and way stations. Connects at Los Angeles with Passenger Trains for Colton, Redlands, Riverside, San Bernardino, Monroeville, Long Beach, San Pedro, Santa Monica, Port Los Angeles and Santa Barbara. Also with "Sau Francisco Express" for San Francisco, Sacramento and Second Glass for the East via Oclon. 10:40 A.M. (DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY) LOCAL Passenger Train for Mirrafores, Orange and Santa Ana. 3:13 P.M. (DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY) LOCAL Passenger Train for Buena Park, Norwalk, Florence, Los Angeles and way stations. Connects at Los Angeles with Passenger Trains for Colton, Redlands, Riverside San Bernardino Monroeville Long Beach San Pedro Santa Monica Port Los Angeles and Santa Barbara. Also with "Sau Francisco Express" for San Francisco Sacramento and Second Glass for the East via Oclon. It will pay That we are carring Groceries, Co. be found in th That we have on lhe Provisions, F. BOYD'S Back's Block. F. CRIST, M. SPRING & Of latest styles a tention of the citi is directed. Suits to order Pants to order An invitation public to call and Bentz & Wholesale a Dealers in Beef, Por Of C Highest Market The real cause of the commercial depression is want of confidence, the hoarding of money, stagnation in trade and dearth of investment, with 4,000,000 of young brides moving into new quarters, setting up independent establishments and preparing for the responsibilities and the consequences of wedlock, the wheels of industry would once more begin to hum and the pulses of business go to beating with fresh force and vigor,—Washington Post, SOLID SILVER BATHTUB. Freddy Gebhard's Unique Antenuptial Gift to the Lady Who Is Now His Wife. A New York correspondent says that the last antenuptial present made by Fred Gebhard to the lady who is now Mrs. Gebhard was sent to Baltimore two days before the wedding. This present is a solid silver bathtub. The correspondent continues: "It is not one of those common everyday German silver affairs such as Albany legislators are wont to lave in. The white metal in this gorgeous antenuptial gift is without alloy. The vessel is as commodious as the workmanship displayed on it is intricate and ingenious. Tall and beautifully proportioned as the lady is, she will be able to disport herself in this lover's gift without fear of stubbing her pink toes at one end of it or abrasing her scalp by sudden contact with the other. "This little piece of boudou furniture is beautifully embossed. The exterior resembles a perfectly laid out flower garden in miniature, while the interior is delicately chased. On the bottom of the tub are engrossed Mrs. Gebhard's initials in huge letters. It weighs 200 pounds avoirdupois weight. The market price for silver at present is 83 cents an ounce. In this double decked and triple riveted vessel suggestive of female sybastism there are 3,200 ounces. At 83 cents an ounce this amounts to $2,056 for the metal alone. "Silver workers in New York who were allowed to feast their eyes on the beautiful vessel before it was swathed in tinted cotton and soft tissue paper, preparatory to being sent to Baltimore, say that it could not possibly be made for less than $2,500. This brings the cost of the gift up to $1,156. The interior of the bathtub is fitted up with receptacles for soap, brushes, sponges, etc., and near the head of it is a dainty silver box attached to the side, in which is a silver manicure set. There is also a comfortable headrest, with an open space for a rubber air pillow should the fair user desire to take a dolce far niente bath. Altogether this little piece of water bric-a-brac is decidedly Gebharddesque." French Lovers of Art Anxious. French lovers of art are becoming anxious over the distribution of many priceless treasures in the past year among English, German and American collectors. The original gallery of General Hacquin, the Napoleonic general who sacked the city of Pavia, has been broken up. World renowned originals of the early Italian, Dutch, Flemish and French schools went, most of them, to London and Berlin. The absence of any national reserve fund for the purchase of such treasures is much regretted. The annual subsidy, allowed to the government galleries is only $30,000. It is urged that the unpaid profit of nearly $2,000 be used for charity. Dealers in Beef, Port Highest Market Watchmaking Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware and Optical Goods Always on Hand. Center Street, Comm (J. J. EVERHA First-class Accomm THE COMMERCIAL, theim Hotel, has been in first-class style. A sollicited. SAMPLE The Finest of Wines, Liqui DUBLIN STOUNT Fashion Livery Stables in furnished with or wit Go East Shortest Line With its own Tracks Quickest Time! French Lovers of Art Anxious. French lovers of art are becoming anxious over the distribution of many price-less treasures in the past year among English, German and American collectors. The original gallery of General Hacquin, the Napoleonic general who sacked the city of Pavia, has been broken up. World renowned originals of the early Italian, Dutch, Flemish and French schools went, most of them, to London and Berlin. The absence of any national reserve fund for the purchase of such treasures is much regretted. The annual subsidy allowed to the government galleries is only $30,000. It is urged that the unused fund of nearly $2,000,000, the product of the sale of the crown jewels, be devoted to this purpose. A small admission fee at the Louvre is also advocated for the double advantage of keeping out loafers and raising revenue to purchase additions.—Art Journal. Chicago's Alleged Blarney Stone. Those who took the trouble to kiss the "Blarney stone," in the walls of the reproduction of Blarney castle, in the Midway plainsance, will be delighted to learn from an official report of Deputy Customs Collector J. F. Ralph that the object of their osculations was a limestone paving block, dug out of the streets of Chicago and palmed off on the customs officers and public as a genuine stone from Blurney, County Cork, Ireland.—Philadelphia Ledger. W. L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE WILL NOT RIP. Do you wear them? When next in need try a pair. Best in the world. If you want a fine DRESS SHOE, made in the latest styles, don't pay $5 to $8, try my $3, $3.50, $4.00 or $5 Shoe. They fit equal to custom made and look and wear as well. If you wish to economize in your footwear, do so by purchasing W. L. Douglas Shoes. Hams and price stamped on the bottom, look it when you buy. W. L. DOUGLAS, Breckton, Mass. Sold by S. S. FEDERMAN MISCELLANEOUS. REMEMBER It will pay you in Dollars and Cents to Remember That we are carrying as fine and extensive a line of Groceries, Confectionery, Tobacco, etc., as can be found in the city. That we have on hand, at all times, a choice stock of Provisions, Flour, Feed, and above all That our Prices speak for themselves, and are as low as they make them. Don't forget the location, BOYD'S GROCERY STORE, Back's Block, Los Angeles st., Anaheim. REMEMBER T. CRIST, MERCHANT TAILOR. SPRING & SUMMER GOODS! Of latest styles and fabrics, to which the attention of the citizens of Anaheim and vicinity is directed. Suits to order from $25 up. Pants to order from $6 up. An invitation is cordially extended the public to call and examine this stock. Bentz & Steadman, Wholesale and Retail Butchers. Anaheim, Cal. Dealers in Beef, Pork, Mutton, Veal, Sausages and Lard Of Our Own Make. MISCELLANEOUS. CITIZENS' BANK OF ANAHEIM. Capital Stock, $100;000. Hippolyte Cahen, President: W. T. Brown, Vice President. L. 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Highest Market price Paid for Live Stock. O. R. LUEDKE, Watchmaker and Jeweler. FINE ASSORTMENT OF WATCHES All Work Carefully Repaired And Warranted Center Street, Opp. Commercial Hotel. Commercial Hotel. (Corner Center and Lemon Streets) J. EVERHARTY, - PROPRIETOR. First-class Accommodations for Families & Tourists THE COMMERCIAL, FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE Anaheim Hotel, has been thoroughly renovated, and will be conducted first-class style. A share of the public patronage is respectfully solicited. SAMPLE ROOMS ATTACHED TO HOTEL. The Finest of Wines, Liquors and Cigars. DUBLIN STOUT, PALE ALE, HALF-AND-HALF. Fashion Livery Stables in connection with Hotel. First-class turn-outs furnished with or without drivers. Horses bought and sold. — Go East by the Santa Fe Route. Shortest Line to all Points East. And THE ONLY LINE. With its own Tracks from California to Chicago and St. Louis. Quickest Time!— Best Equipment! Beautiful Scenery!— Low Rates! AND A GENERAL Transfer Business. 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Furnished at short notice, and careful drivers familiar with the country, supplied when required. The patronage of the public is respectfully solicited. FRED MAURE ...DEALER IN.... Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars Call In and See Me. Opp. S. P. depot, Anaheim. CO OPERAGE FOR SALE.