anaheim-gazette 1899-06-08

BRITAIN'S VACANT FARMS The Nation Becoming Alarmed at a New Danger—General Agitation Began to Check the Rush to the Cities. LONDON, May 20.—A general agitation has begun in this country upon the subject of a danger which is by no means peculiar to England. The cry of distress from the impoverished agricultural classes of Great Britain has become so familiar in the public car that it is scarcely heard, or if heard is regarded as a hopeless complaint impossible to remedy. But the conditions have grown worse so steadily and for so long a time that at length the situation demands the attention of all the publicists, however lacking in sympathy they may be as far as the immediate victims are concerned. The number of agricultural laborers in the eastern counties of England, for instance, has decreased fully 12 per cent in the past twenty years. The general population of these counties has also shrunk considerably in that period, although the population of England and Wales as a whole has increased more than 6,000,000 in the same time. It is even true that the population of many rural villages is smaller today than it was in the middle ages. The abnormal make-up of the present population of rural England is strikingly revealed by recent statistics. The number of marriages is more than 33 per cent below normal, while more than 50 per cent of the deaths are of persons more than 60 years of age. The latter fact might be taken to indicate high longevity and a very healthy climate, but the truth is that it is accounted for by the absence of residents between the ages of 20 and 60. The latest champion of the agricultural interests of Great Britain is Rider Haggard, the novelist, and he is taking a prominent part in the agitation which is pretty sure to force the subject upon the active attention of one or both political parties in the near future. He discussed the subject the other day before the Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture in a manner to impress its importance upon all public-spirited hearers and readers. He scarcely mentioned the evil which more than any other oppresses English agriculturists, namely, the prohibitive railway rates, which make it impossible to develop England into a great market garden for the feeding of town populations. If the cost of transportation was reduced to the average scale within a radius of 100 miles of the principal cities of the Eastern States in America, the agricultural problem in England would be well advanced toward solution. The farmer could then abandon the cultivation of cereals, wherein he cannot compete with it. check it it is likely to go on, it may be worth while to glance at its probable results. As regards to land, they seem to be that within the next twenty years or so a great deal of the poorer soil—the very heavy and the very light—will go out of cultivation the grass area will be largely increased, while such lands as remain arable will have to be cultivated by machinep directed by a few highly paid mechanics. This in turn, would mean that small fields must be done away with, since steam ploughs, etc., cannot be used in them to advantage. You cannot form your own opinion as to whether this prospect is pleasing to agriculturists or advantageous to the villages and small country towns which are in process of desertion. "The next question is: What will be the effect on the large towns toward which this migration flows, and especially on London? I have from time to time been credited with some powers of imagination, but I confess that they fail me when I think of this England of ours, spotted over with huge overgrown cities, surrounded each of them by market gardens and beyond by great stretches of what in Africa we should call veld—that is, unimproved or scarcely improved country, broken here and there by the mansions of rich colonial or city men encircled by their areas of sporting lands. Yet appalling and in some ways almost ludicrous as is the picture, it is one that human eyes may see unless the country folk cease running to the towns and agriculture once more becomes a paying pursuit, or, rather, unless this last happens, since all these questions hinge on the prosperity or non-prosperity of the agricultural interest. "Behind these which I have touched on remains the largest question of all: What will be the effect on the national health and physique, and therefore on the national character, of the transplanting of the sturdiest classes of our inhabitants, the dwellers in the rural districts, from their wholesome country homes to the crowded courts of sweltering cities? I dare say that the immediate effect has been exaggerated by some thinkers and writers, for the stamina of the race will hold out against the influence of surroundings for one generation, or perhaps for two. But by way of example, look at the pure-bred cockney—I mean the little fellow whom you see running in and out of offices in the city, and whose forefathers have for the last two generations dwelt within a two mile radius of Charling Cross. And then look at an average young laborer coming home from his day's field work, and I think that you will admit that the city breeds one stamp of human beings and the country breeds another. They may be a little sharper in the towns, but after all it is not mere sharpness that has made Great Britain what she is. It is the chews and sinews of her sons which are the foundation of public celebrations of this birthday are very desirable properly carried out, may be and a help to a town. If publications are not attempted, whatever any family or group or uniting for a celebration, and done in such a way as to imitate that it is the birthday of the anniversary of the begin power; that while it grows should for good reasons have spect of all who come beneath fluence. Instead of waiting for suppose a number of citizens will do it. It can be done. It to be done, and "we" will do stead of waiting for "they", why, let "we" lead. If all equal, then "we" are as important "they." Don't let "we" manage of hanging back, and pains to tell what "they" could not do. Let the "we" help them showing what "we" can do, and to the growlers to say and shout "they" cannot do. Too much quietness in a county may not be desirable, and it possible to have too much faint coupled with a lack of intelligence... discussed the subject the other day before the Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture in a manner to impress its importance upon all public-spirited hearers and readers. He scarcely mentioned the evil which more than any other oppresses English agriculturists, namely, the prohibitive railway rates, which make it impossible to develop England into a great market garden for the feeding of town populations. If the cost of transportation was reduced to the average scale within a radius of 100 miles of the principal cities of the Eastern States in America, the agricultural problem in England would be well advanced toward solution. The farmer could then abandon the cultivation of cereals, wherein he cannot compete with the soil and methods of American and Russian grain fields, and could devote himself to supplying the overgrown cities with products from his land. But this is a local condition, and Mr. Haggard devoted himself chiefly to the discussion of more general factors of the problems which have some application to the same question in other countries. He mentioned, for instance, the argument that the spread of education makes labor on the land distasteful to the young, saying that "one would think that, other things being equal, true education, the education which teaches us how great and good a thing it is to be in daily contact with nature, and to breathe the pure air undefiled by the reek of cities, might have led to a different conclusion; that the housing of laborers is in many cases insufficient, though here I may remark that the housing of similar classes in large towns is not all that could be desired, and the rent is very much higher; and that the desire for music halls and other forms of entertainment draws the young from dull country places, which is doubtless true. "Such are some of the reasons, but I maintain that the true first cause of this emigration is purely economic: that the laborer leaves the land because the land cannot pay sufficient wages to keep him on it; and that if it could pay him sufficient he would soon get over his longing for the music hall or his dislike of labor in the fields, or even the insufficiency of house accommodation in his neighborhood. This can be easily proved. If any one of us wants a groom or a keeper, or under gardener, there is no lack of applicants for the post, because the work is comparatively light and the pay a few shillings a week better. "It may be taken as a proposition beyond reasonable doubt," Mr. Haggard went on to say, "that the laborer is leaving the land because in the present depressed state of the great agricultural industry in our part of England the cultivator of the land cannot by any possibility manage to pay him a better wage and live himself. Into the vexed question of whether or not the young fellow who thus departs to find employment elsewhere really betters his position at 'the far end' I have no time to enter at length. Still, I must remember that 18 shillings or £1 a week always sounds a good deal better than 12 or 14 shillings, and, however the thing may work out at last, the young man who strives to secure the higher wage is actuated by a very proper and laudable ambition. We cannot expect him to stop here and turn himself into a ploughman if he thinks he can do better elsewhere. He has his own interests to consult, like every individual among us, and he must not be blamed for consulting them. "Well, as this emigration is going on, and if some way is not found to discuss the subject the other day before the Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture in a manner to impress its importance upon all public-spirited hearers and readers. He scarcely mentioned the evil which more than any other oppresses English agriculturists, namely, the prohibitive railway rates, which make it impossible to develop England into a great market garden for the feeding of town populations. If the cost of transportation was reduced to the average scale within a radius of 100 miles of the principal cities of the Eastern States in America, the agricultural problem in England would be well advanced toward solution. The farmer could then abandon the cultivation of cereals, wherein he cannot compete with the soil and methods of American and Russian grain fields, and could devote himself to supplying the overgrown cities with products from his land. But this is a local condition, and Mr. Haggard devoted himself chiefly to the discussion of more general factors of the problems which have some application to the same question in other countries. He mentioned, for instance, the argument that the spread of education makes labor on the land distasteful to the young, saying that "one would think that, other things being equal, true education, the education which teaches us how great and good a thing it is to be in daily contact with nature, and to breathe the pure air undefilled by the reek of cities, might have led to a different conclusion; that the housing of laborers is in many cases insufficient, though here I may remark that the housing of similar classes in large towns is not all that could be desired, and the rent is very much higher; and that the desire for music halls and other forms of entertainment draws the young from dull country places, which is doubtless true. "Such are some of the reasons, but I maintain that the true first cause of this emigration is purely economic: that the laborer leaves the land because the land cannot pay sufficient wages to keep him on it; and that if it could pay him sufficient he would soon get over his longing for the music hall or his dislike of labor in the fields, or even the insufficiency of house accommodation in his neighborhood. This can be easily proved. If any one of us wants a groom or a keeper, or under gardener, there is no lack of applicants for the post, because the work is comparatively light and the pay a few shillings a week better. "It may be taken as a proposition beyond reasonable doubt," Mr. Haggard went on to say, "that the laborer is leaving the land because in the present depressed state of the great agricultural industry in our part of England the cultivator of the land cannot by any possibility manage to pay him a better wage and live himself. Into the vexed question of whether or not the young fellow who thus departs to find employment elsewhere really betters his position at 'the far end' I have no time to enter at length. Still, I must remember that 18 shillings or £1 a week always sounds a good deal better than 12 or 14 shillings, and, however the thing may work out at last, the young man who strives to secure the higher wage is actuated by a very proper and laudable ambition. We cannot expect him to stop here and turn himself into a ploughman if he thinks he can do better elsewhere. He has his own interests to consult, like every individual among us, and he must not be blamed for consulting them." "Well, as this emigration is going on, and if some way is not found to discuss the subject the other day before the Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture in a manner to impress its importance upon all public-spirited hearers and readers. He scarcely mentioned the evil which more than any other oppresses English agriculturists, namely, the prohibitive railway rates, which make it impossible to develop England into a great market garden for the feeding of town populations. If the cost of transportation was reduced to the average scale within a radius of 100 miles of the principal cities of the Eastern States in America, the agricultural problem in England would be well advanced toward solution. The farmer could then abandon the cultivation of cereals, wherein he cannot compete with the soil and methods of American and Russian grain fields, and could devote himself to supplying the overgrown cities with products from his land. But this is a local condition, and Mr. Haggard devoted himself chiefly to the discussion of more general factors of the problems which have some application to the same question in other countries. He mentioned, for instance, the argument that the spread of education makes labor on the land distasteful to the young, saying that "one would think that, other things being equal, true education, the education which teaches us how great and good a thing it is to be in daily contact with nature, and to breathe the pure air undefilled by the reek of cities, might have led to a different conclusion; that the housing of laborers is in many cases insufficient, though here I may remark that the housing of similar classes in large towns is not all that could be desired, and the rent is very much higher; and that the desire for music halls and other forms of entertainment drawsthe young from dull country places，which is doubtless true. "Such are some of the reasons，but I maintain thatthe true first causeofthis emigrationis purelyeconomic:thatthelaborerleavesthelandbecausethelandcannotpaysufficientwagestokeephimonit;andthatifitcouldpayhimsufficienthewouldgetoverhislongingforthemusichallorhisdislikeloflaborinthefields,或eventheinsufficiencyofhouseaccommodationinhisneighborhood。Thiscanbeeasilyproved.Anyofoneuswantsa groomorakeeper,或under Gardener,thenoislackofapplicantsforsethepost,becausetheworkiscomparativelylight和thepayafewshillingsaweekbetter. "Itmaybe takenasapropositionbeyondreasonabledoubt,"Mr.Haggardwentontoay,"thatthelaborerisleavingthelandbecauseinthepresentdepressedstateofthegreateragriculturalindustryinourpartofEnglandthecultivatorofthelandcannotbyanypossibilitymanagetowypimhimabetterwageandlivehimself.Intothevexedquestionofwhetherornottheyoungfellowwhushusdepartstofindemploymentelsewherereallybettershispositionat'thefarend'IhavenotimeenteratlengthStill.Imustrememberthat18shillingsor£1aweekalwayssoundsagooddealbetterthan12or14shillings,andhoweverthethingmayworkoutatlast,theyoungmanwhostrivestosecurethehigherwageisactuatedbyaveryproperandlaudablambient.WecannotexpecthimtostophereandturnhimintoaploughmanifhethinkshecandobetterelsewhereHehashisownintereststoconsultlikewitheveryindividualamongus,andhemustnotbeblamedforconsultingthem." "Well.asthisemigrationisgoingon,andifsomewayisnotfoundtodiscussthesubjecttheotherdaybeforetheNorfolkChamberOfAgricultureinainmannertoimpressitsimportanceuponallpublic-spiritedhearersandreaders.HewscarcelymentionedtheevilwhichmorethananyotheroppressesEnglishagriculturisthesmallcitywithnoseusthesoilandmethodsofAmericanandRussiangrainc Fields,andcoulddevotehimselftosupplyingtheovergrowncitieswithproductsfromhisland."Inthiscase,themouldthenabandonthecultivationofcerealswhereinseasonalandeverything,andtheevenhealthymindsdwellinhighlybodystakepeopleawayfromthenaturalgrowingandbreedinggrounds,theybappingthehealthandstrengthincitizenssuchasnatureneverintendedtobepermanenthomesofmen,andthedecayofthiscountrybecomesonlyaquestionoftime.Inthis matter,ainmanyothers ancientRomehaslessonteachus.Musttherebeanyquestionofthedepopulationofthecountryisofnationalinterest." Whenit cametothedifficultquestionofremedies,Mr.Haggardhadnoreadymadepanaceatooffer.Someofhisnegative suggestions,however,dorethoughtlinethighlysensible.“FirstIwillsaythat.inmyhumbleopinionwhatspeakerinthischamberamonthortwoagoveryaptlycalledsugar-plumcurriesarenocuressatallthoughin certaininstancestheymaybepalliatives,andafterallpalliativesarenottobespired.Imeanthatsuch thingsasbetterhousing,moretechnicaleducation,moreruralholidays,suchasflowershowsandplowingmatches,morecoffeerooms,draughts,eTCwillneversufficiektokeethelaborontherlandunlessyouareabletoraisehiswages.NoIfyouofferedhimahousewithhotandcoldwater laidonthroughoutandlitwithelectriclight,and tookhimtoandfromhisworkinamotorcar,andhad:a coffee stall erectedoneveryfarm,andbroughthimtoalecturethreetimesaweek.itwouldnotpersuadehimtoaccept12s.or13s.aweekwhenheknows，或believes ThatbytransferinghimandhisfamilytotwoorthreesqualidroomsinthedingycountsofaGreat townhecanearms20s.or25s.forAsI saidbefore.wagesand nothingbutwages,tospeakbroadly.isatthebottomofthes movementfromthecountrytothetowns. "AAnother remedy thatin my opinionisno remedyisthe semi-socialisticlegislationthatadvocatedbysome.BYthisImeanlegislationofwhichthereal,fnotthe ostensible.objectistobetterthepositionofthelaboringclassesoutofthepocketsoftheownersandoccupiersoflandandthealliedsectionsofsociety.by forcingthen.tobuildhousesthatcannotpossiblyberemunrative.at theirowncost.ortocomeresponsibleford anythingandeverythingthatmay happentoa manin their employ,howeverentirelyitmaybehis own fault。它isno remedy，asIthink.forthisreason—thatyou cannotget bloodoutofa stone.Theland.oratleastour easterncountiesland,can bearno moreburdens.Asitiswith wheatatfrom24s.to25s.aquarter,它doesnotpay,and anotherstrawortwooncamels'sbackwillbreakit.Government，它isprobable，would liketolievethetroubleinthisfashion,namely,thespoilingofcertainclassesforthe benefitofotherclassesforthegovernmentsnaturallyattacktheweak—thatis， thosewhohavefewvotes—andoffer themupasa sacrificeto thosewhohavemanyvotesandfromwhomtheyhopetwowsupport.Butthough-theagriculturalintentionoftheotherpartofSwedenmostabsoluteconfidenceinfinliningthe honestyofthepeople,aformalpostalsystemisinvolvingmailsteamer reachesa土地a man goes ashorewithwhichheplacesinan unlockedplier.Thenthepasserbyleowletteropensthebox,turnslettersandselectshisown.unedbyanyone. 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The first step in Spring should be to cleanse Nature's house from Winter's accumulations. Hood's Sarsaparilla does this work easily. It is America's Greatest Spring Medicine. It purifies the blood, as millions of people say. It makes the weak strong, as nervous men and women gladly testify. It cures all blood diseases, as thousands of cured voluntarily write. It is just the medicine for you, as you will gladly say after you have given it a fair trial. Bad Blood—Although past 70 years of age I am thoroughly well. It was three bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla that made me so after spending over $80 in medical attendance. My trouble was a raw sore on my ankle." Mrs. Louisa Mason, Court Street, Lowell, Mass. Running Sores—After worrying four months I gave my children Hood's Sarsaparilla and it cured them of running sores. Hood's Pills cured me of dyspepsia and constipation." Mrs. Kate E. Thomas, 31 Governor St., Annapolis, Md. Consumptive Cough—Five years ago I had a consumptive cough which reduced me to a skeleton. Was advised to take Hood's Sarsaparilla which I did and recovered normal health. I have been well ever since." Matilda Bridgewater, Cor. Pearl and Chestnut Sts., Jeffersonville, Ind. Hood's Sarsaparilla Never Disappoints Hood's Pills cure liver fills, the non-irritating and only esthartic to take with Hood's Sarsaparilla. Hay. Wanted, 20 tons first-class barley hay, delivered, for cash. Answer to Brookshurst Ranch Co., either personally or by letter, stating price, and time or times of delivery. BROOKSHURST RANCH CO., P. O. address, Box 1275. Anaheim. my4-tf in their employ, however entirely it may be his own fault. It is no remedy, as I think, for this reason—that you cannot get blood out of a stone. The land, or at least our eastern counties land, can bear no more burdens. As it is, with wheat at from 24s. to 25s. a quarter, it does not pay, and another straw or two on the camel's back will break it. Government, it is probable, would like to solve the trouble in this fashion, namely, by the spoliation of certain classes for the benefit of other classes, for the governments naturally attack the weak—that is, those who have few votes—and offer them up as a sacrifice to those who have many votes and from whom they hope to win support. But though the agricultural interest, with its 8,000,000 of people who are connected with it, is I suppose because of its suicidal divisions, its timidity and its want of political organization, absolutely the weakest in the kingdom, it has this protection—the protection of its utter poverty—so if money is wanted for more experiments in popular legislation it will have to be got elsewhere. "Then what is there that could help the land and therefore, help the laborer? I venture to suggest one of two things. Very stringent measures which would make it impossible for the farmer to be defrauded by the sale as his produce of that which he never grew; the equalization of rates and taxation on real and personal property, thereby lessening the burdens that now fall on the land; and the making it impossible in fact as well as in name for carriers to transport foreign goods at cheaper rates than they grant to British produce. But I do not go into this subject at length, for after all it is not our province to decide on the remedies. I suggest that what we have to do is to call the attention of those in authority to a certain grave state of affairs and ask them to deal with it, for a government is immeasurably more clever and full of ideas than all the chambers of agriculture in the country put together can be. Moreover, it has the power of translating its ideas into some practical and useful action. For my part I do not suppose that the agriculturist, for its mere love of him, would be likely to get anything from this or any other government, since it is our common experience that when he asks for bread he receives a stone, and I may add that he is fortunate if that stone is not violently thrown at his head." -N. Y. Sun. If so what you need is Dr. Pierce's Medical Discovery. It makes men keys the digestive system right concert pitch. It tones the stomach elates the liver, strengthens the enriches the blood—makes a new you. Putts snap and vim and end into you. A.D. Weller, Esq., of Pensscola, B.C., Fla., (Box 54), writes: "I have taken bottles of the 'Golden Medical Discovery' must say that I am transformed from a shadow (as my friends called me), to health. Four months ago I did not think in shape to assist our 'Uncle Samuel' in hostilities, but thanks to you, I am now for the 'Dona.' BANDSTAND MUSINGS About "They" and "We." A day or two ago, several men stood on the sidewalk engaged in conversation. From some words that were heard, it seemed that they had been talking about the coming Fourth of July. One was heard to say, "Oh, no, it is a dead and alive place. They are not likely to do anything. They have no public spirit." After a proper adjustment of the quid, that seemed almost a part of each man, the group separated. "They have no public spirit," seemed to be accepted as a truthful statement. Whom did the speaker mean by "they"? This is a common form of speech. "They" are said to be guilty of many delinquencies. "They" are credited with many defects and shortcomings. But when an effort is made to find out who is the "they" and to locate them, some difficulty is met with. It is plain that some people who are ready to condemn the "they," are not ready to formulate some good plan and then seek the co-operation of others to carry out the plan for a proper celebration of the Fourth of July. It does not seem that one of the best ways to hurt a town, is talk about what "they" cannot do, what "they" will not do. It does not call for very much ability to find fault, and then to keep on talking about them. I wonder if those men who said "they have no public spirit; they never do anything." were a part of the "they," that was condemned. Public celebrations of the nation's birthday are very desirable, and if properly carried out, may be a credit and a help to a town. If public celebrations are not attempted, what is to prevent any family or group of families uniting for a celebration, and let it be done in such a way as to impress the fact that it is the birthday of a nation; the anniversary of the beginning of a power; that while it grows in extent, should for good reasons have the respect of all who come beneath the influence. Instead of waiting for "they" suppose a number of citizens, say "we" will do it. It can be done. It ought to be done, and "we" will do it. Instead of waiting for "they" to lead, why let "we" lead. If all men are equal, then "we" are as important as "they." Don't let "we" make a virtue of hanging back, and then take pains to tell what "they" could not, did not do. Let the "we" help the town, by showing what "we" can do, and leave it so the growlers to say and show what "they" cannot do. Too much quietness in a community may not be desirable, and it may be possible to have too much fault finding, coupled with a lack of intelligent effort. A Mother’s Responsibility A great responsibility rests upon mothers at the time their daughters are budding into womanhood. If your daughter is pale, complains of weakness, is “tired out” upon slight exertion; if she is troubled with headache or backache, pain in the side; if her temper is fitful and her appetite poor, she is in a condition of extreme peril, a fit subject for that most dreaded of all diseases—consumption. If you notice any of these symptoms lose no time in procuring! Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People They will assist your daughter to develop properly and regularly; they will enrich the blood, strengthen the nerves, and all danger of consumption and premature death will be averted. Mrs. John Tansey, of 150 Baker Street, Detroit, Mich., says: “We had a serious time with my daughter. She did not have any serious illness but seemed to gradually waste away. Our doctor called the disease by an odd name which as I afterward learned meant lack of blood. "We finally found a medicine that helped her. After three months' treatment her health was so greatly improved you would not have recognized her. She gained in flesh rapidly and soon was in perfect health. The medicine used was Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People. I have always kept these pills in the house since and have told many mothers about them. They have effected some wonderful cures.” From the Evening News, Detroit, Mich. All the elements necessary to give new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves are contained, in a condensed form, in Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People. They are a specific for troubles peculiar to females, such as suppressions, irregularities and all forms of weakness. They build up the blood, and restore the glow of health to pale and sallow cheeks. In men they effect a radical cure in all cases arising from mental worry, overwork or excesses of whatever nature. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People are sold in boxes (never in loose bulk) at 60 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50, and may be had of all drugstores or direct by mail from Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N.Y. Anaheim Bakery, PETER SYRE, PROPRIETOR. FRESH BREAD, CAKES & PIES CONFECTIONERY, ETC. Wedding Cakes a Specialty. Los Angeles and Cypress Sts. Schade Pipe Good Continued from First mated by him to contain yards, for the increased expense of taking dirt for a more convenient site already been selected. The cost would be $1150. On motion of Mr. Rea, Mr. Nebelung, the chair authorized to close a contract with Fe company for the reevaluation earth at the point designated. Supt. Sheppard reported expenditures for Mr. employes, $360; expenses $721.83; construction accrual exclusive of cement. He he had heard considerable late relative to the raise which it seems, some have been in the habit of inguarded moments, tiring a shortage of water Therefore, he had constructed attachments to the gates in, and these would be leased the delivery of water through. The Secretary read two letters from one W.E.Perside, who gave express views relative to the dew water. The letters were likely the company will allow the offer, the chair observe must have thought he was kindergarten. The chair appointed Mr. a member of the Finance Office. Mr. Pierotti called up the use of water from the upper ditch by the oil meadow district. It appears that firms are taking water from without authority. Supt. S instructed to investigate an instruction to investigate a board here went in session. Excursions to San Diego and A series of popular excursion run to San Diego this summer following dates: June 16th July 1st and 2d August 4th September 1st and 2d.N ing everything has been price, the rate will be the season,$3.00 for the round tickets good for return any thirty days. Low rate commutation tickets are every day. In July the Governor of formia and staff will visit He brings his pet band look out for good music; Juana there will be festivities Spanish games and a bull f Anaheim Bakery, PETER SYRE, PROPRIETOR. FRESH BREAD, CAKES & PIES CONFECTIONERY, ETC. Wedding Cakes a Specialty. Los Angeles and Cypress Sts. KALAMAZOO. Have you heard the pretty legend, sad and mournful and yet true, Of the brave and dusky lover and the Indian maid Mahzoo? How they lived and loved and wandered on the river's shady shore, Happiest of Indian lovers in that day are no more? All day long the malden labored, weaving baskets by the stream, Thinking of her love, her Kahla, weaving him into her dream; Then he comes—she hears the rowing of his light birch bark canoe. "Kahla!" calls she. Cries he, "Coming, coming to my own Mahzoo!" Ah, one night she waits in silence! Bad her face—her love is dead! Wounded in the chase, her warrior in a fortnight to be wed. In the morn they find sweet Mahzoo lying silent in the stream. Gone unto her lover Kahla, nevermore to watch and dream. Still the echoes o'or the river may be heard soft through the air— Echoes of the warrior Kahla and of young Mahzoo the fair. All the trees repeat the whisper, all the ripples murmur, too. In the stream that bears their name now—bears the name "Kalamazoo." KALAMAZOO. Have you heard the pretty legend, sad and mournful and yet true, Of the brave and dusky lover and the Indian maid Mahzoo? How they lived and loved and wandered on the river's shady shore, Happiest of Indian lovers in that day are no more? All day long the malden labored, weaving baskets by the stream, Thinking of her love, her Kahla, weaving him into her dream; Then he comes—she hears the rowing of his light birch bark canoe. "Kahla!" calls she. Cries he, "Coming, coming to my own Mahzoo!" Ah, one night she waits in silence! Bad her face—her love is dead! Wounded in the chase, her warrior in a fortnight to be wed. In the morn they find sweet Mahzoo lying silent in the stream. Gone unto her lover Kahla, nevermore to watch and dream. Still the echoes o'or the river may be heard soft through the air— Echoes of the warrior Kahla and of young Mahzoo the fair. All the trees repeat the whisper, all the ripples murmur, too. In the stream that bears their name now—bears the name "Kalamazoo." An Epidemic of Whooping Cough. Last winter during an epidemic of whooping cough my children contracted the disease, having severe coughing spells. We had used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy very successfully for croup and naturally turned it at that time and found it relieved the cough and effected a complete cure—JOHN E. CLIFFORD, Prop. Norwood House, Norwood, N.Y. This remedy is for sale by P. A. Derge. What He Opened On. "Brothers and sisters," began the old parson. "I shall not choose any particular text this morning, but shall preach from where I open the book, and no matter where, I shall find the wrath that is to come upon the wicked, who will be cut off when they have shuffled off this mortal coil. It is now open, and—and" Here the parson was interrupted by a deacon who had been asleep, and hearing the words open, cut and shuffle, forgot himself and cried out. "It's yours; what did you open on?" The surprise of the good man in the pulpit was great, but the deacon collapsed when the reply came. "It is opened on Kings." —Atlanta Constitution. The ancients believed that rheumatism was the work of a demon within a man. Any one who has had an attack of sciatic or inflammatory rheumatism will agree that the infliction is demoniac enough to warrant the belief. It has never been claimed that Chamberlain's Pain Balm would cast out demons, but it will cure rheumatism, and huntle quietness in a community may not be desirable, and it may be impossible to have too much fault finding, coupled with a lack of intelligent effort to mend matters. I say intelligent effort, because nothing requires the exercise of real common sense more than dealing with errors, or supposed shortcomings. It is said that we have those on our midst who claim to be able and willing to improve us as a people, and in their efforts to be useful fall into the vulgar habit of using nicknames when speaking of their contemporaries. No man can respect himself or gain the respect of others who pursues such a course. To be sure, it is said that this is a free country, but such burlesques on freedom are simply disgusting. No man who prides himself on showing his uncouthness and spiteful spirit under the guise of independence and plain speaking need ever expect to be a leader among decent people. We need leaders, and sometimes people may make mistakes in selecting or accepting them, but they are certain sooner or later to discern their mistake and will not accordingly. Now in the matter of celebrating the fourth of July, let our citizens thoughtfully apply themselves to an observance of the day in a manner that will be peaked an intelligent devotion to the country of our nativity or our choice. No muses the Bandstand. Volcanic Eruptions Are grand, but skin eruptions rob life of joy. Bucklen's Arnica Salve tames them, also Old Running and Never Sores, Ulcers, Boils, Felts, Worms, Warts, Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Calcals, Chapped Hands, Chillblains. Best Pile cure on earth. Drives out Pains and Aches. Only 25 cts. a box. Sure guaranteed. Sold by P. A. Derge. A Curious Postal System. In certain parts of Sweden, where most absolute confidence is reposed in the honesty of the people, a very informal postal system is in vogue. As one mail steamer reaches a landing place man goes ashore with the letters which he places in an unlocked box on his pler. Then the passerby who expects letter opens the box, turns over the letters and selects his own, unquestionably by any one. A New Kind of Coal. In a paper on the dialect of New-land Dr. Patterson says, "We have heard of a good janitor of a church who had his feelings hurt by being bullied to use 'antichrist' coal." —Household Words. Mahogany is said to have been brought to England by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1895, but not to have come into general use till 1790. The only way to win an argument with a woman is to walk off when you have stated your side of it. —Roxbury satte. If a man is going to CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Caxtoria He Didn't Need It. Could the funny sayings and incidents at the tenants' dinners in Scotland be collected they would make an unrivaled book of humor. Mistakes of amusing and sometimes embarrassing nature occur frequently at such functions. One story told of a guest at a Scottish tenpats' dinner with tasted ice cream for the first time on that occasion. He pushed a large spoonful of the frozen mixture into his mouth and jumped from his chair with agony expressed on his face. He let out a yell and cried out, "Ow, ow, ma rotten tooth!" and could not be induced to eat any more. At another Scottish affair of the kind a good old farmer was seated next to the hostess. She served him a bit of savory omelet, which seemed to cause the old man deep disappointment. His idea of an omeliet had always been a dessert with sugar, or fruit or jams, and after tasting the sample before him he turned to the hostess and said, "We laud lady, I canna compliment you on your puddin's." The late Duke of Buccleuch told a story of a tenant at one of the farmers' dinners on his estates who was asked by the duchess if he would take some rhubarb, a dish she was fond of. The farmer was surprised, but answered politely, "I'm muckle obleged to your grace, but I dinna' need it." Pneumonia. A bright chap who has traveled much told me that some years ago he met a man where he had camped, in the mining districts of California, who could make New York doctors ashamed of the regular practice in case of pneumonia. Said he: "Is stands to reason. The claim of the man is this: Unless some part of the digestive process is clogged pneumonia is impossible, and it is even quite difficult to take cold if the circulation of the fluids of the body is free. "His method is simplicity itself. In the first place, to start with, he gives a big dose of physic and puts his man into lots of blankets, and then he gathers all the bottles he can find in the camp and fills them with hot water and heats every part of the man but his head. As soon as he thinks the physic is out of his stomach, he makes him sip hot water." His method is simplicity itself. In the first place, to start with, he gives a big dose of physic and puts his man into lots of blankets, and then he gathers all the bottles he can find in the camp and fills them with hot water and heats every part of the man but his head. As soon as he thinks the physic is out of his stomach, he makes him sip hot water. "Their Remarkable Value" In detective novels fingered by criminals, preferably in an important part, but stranger than fiction in this crime print system of criminals in India has perfect that it would enable gent person in a few minutes gish the individual; if none other persons now live world, or if data were avail all other persons who have created man. The system is simplistic there is none of the elaborate ess or the costly and delicate required for the anthropomel All that is needed is a picture sheet of paper and some paper The inked impressions of these are taken and filed in this department of the proper pigment it is on the classification of their distribution into this success of the system Every finger mark shows "loop," or the "whorl" type simple table of this commensal types in the ten digital classes are made These are divided according to minor subdivisions can be further infinitum if necessary; table before him any person intelligence can place his corresponding card to a hand within five minutes how many thousand cards they It is calculated that they about 64,000,000 to 1 again persons having single fingers andthe chances against all being identical go beyond altogether Bismarck's Iron Nerve Was the result of his splendid Indomitable will and trembling are not found where Store Kidneys and Bowels are out If you want these qualities less easily they bring use Dr. Life Pills. They develop ode brain and body. Only 2 Derge's drug Store. He Failed to Parish General Benjamin F. Burdof a commission to examineplicants for admission to before him came a youth miserably on all that pertains prudence case law civil law arary law unwritten law and law Finally Butler who chap and wanted thorough asked: "What you to be examined in? You have everything we have suggested The reply came: "Try statutes: I'm on them." If a man is going to fight he wants to be well. He wants to be strong, steady-nerved, vigorous—able to take and give punishment. One of Roosevelt's Rough Riders actually starved to death because his digestive system wasn't strong enough to extract the nutriment from food that kept his comrades strong and well and tip-top fighting trim. The soldier isn't the only one who fights and needs strength. Business men, clerks, engineers, laborers, all have to fight for a living. The strong win, the weak go the wall. What about you? The ancients believed that rheumatism was the work of a demon within a man. Any one who has had an attack of sciatic or inflammatory rheumatism will agree that the infliction is demoniac enough to warrant the belief. It has never been claimed that Chamberlain's Pain Balm would cast out demons, but it will cure rheumatism, and hundreds bear testimony to the truth of this statement. One application relieves the pain, and this quick relief which it affords is alone worth many times its cost. For sale by P. A. Derge. The Power of Shakespeare. An old Latin saying, Laudant quod non intelligent (They praise what they do not understand), was once illustrated by an English tourist who happened into the Lutheran church at Elsinore one Sunday morning. The tourist did not know a word of the Danish language, but he wrote: "The clergyman had a quiet earnestness of manner and a persuasive eloquence that pleased and attracted. I admired the discourse, although I did not understand a word of it." The book from which we have copied this illustration of a common practice tells the following amusing story of a Dutch audience listening to one of Shakespeare's plays: I will tell you, such is de powers of de Shakespeare, that I vince saw a play de great man acted in Anglish, in Holland, where der vas not vun person in all de house but myself could onderstand it, yet dere vas not a person in all dat house but vat vas in tears—dat is, all crying, blowing de nose and veep very mouch; couldn't understand vun vurd of de play, yet all veeping. Such was de powers of de Shakespeare! I consider it not only a pleasure but a duty I owe to my neighbors to tell about the wonderful cure effected in my case by the timely use of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. I was very badly off with flux and procured a bottle of this remedy. A few doses of it effected a permanent cure. I take pleasure in recommending it to others suffering from that dreadful disease.—J. W. LYNCH, Dorr, W. Va. This remedy is sold by Derge. His method is simplicity itself. In the first place, to start with, he gives a big dose of physic and puts his man into lots of blankets, and then he gathers all the bottles he can find in the camp and fills them with hot water and heats every part of the man but his head. As soon as he thinks the physic is out of his stomach, he makes him sip hot water. Just as soon as he sees a drop of perspiration on his forehead he will say: 'I've got you, old man. Keep the heat going until the pills operate freely, and don't let him take cold.' I have seen bad cases where they would have choked to death in less than an hour out and at work in two or three days. He didn't consider it a question of constitution at all. It was only a question of cleaning the man out and keeping him warm." New York Times. Remarkable Rescue. Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plainfield, Ill., makes the statement that she caught cold, which settled on her lungs; she was treated for a month by her family physician, but grew worse. He told her she was a hopeless victim of consumption and that no medicine could cure her. Her druggist suggested Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption; she bought a bottle and to her delight found herself benefited from first dose. She continued its use and after taking six bottles found herself sound and well; now does her own housework, and is as well as she ever was. Free trial bottles of this Great Discovery at P. A. Derge's Drug Store. Only 50c. and $1; every bottle guaranteed. MICA AXLE GREASE helps the team. Saves wear and expense. Sold everywhere. STANDARD OIL CO. He Failed to Pass General Benjamin F. Butler of a commission to examine plicants for admission to before him came a youth miserably on all that pertains prudence, case law, civil law, unwritten law and law. Finally Butler, who the chap and wanted through, asked: "What would be examined in? You have everything we have suggestive. The reply came, "Try statutes; I'm up on them." Butler shook his head solely young friend," he said, "you won't do. You may be milliar with the statutes, to prevent a fool legislating all you know?" Kerosene on the Oak If you spill kerosene on don't leave it to "evaporate" the place an inch deep cornmeal and set enough cover the spot. Let stand irons are cool, then sweep oily and usually there is no spot. If there is, repeat the Unless the oil is removed ties into it and makes a b place in the carpet. Financial Advice "Here's a man," said the "who lost $5,000 in a bank put it for safe keepin. Bill ever take six risk like that. Gits hold of any money, do ther before you done—bury rest of your life settin o shotgun!" —Atlanta Constitution Careful estimates show year there are interwed with of the city of London about human bodies. The effort to make sugar dates back as far as the year. Good Train Service to the Santa Fe train service dondo will be about the summer, which was found tory. Morning train leaves a.m., returning leaves 3:45 p.m., coming through lay at Los Angeles. Leaves Monica at 7:55 a.m., return the beach at 3:35 p.m., Schade Pipe Goes Out. Continued from First page. mated by him to contain 3000 cubic yards, for the increased cost over the expense of taking dirt for the fill from a more convenient site, which had already been selected. This increased cost would be $1150. On motion of Mr. Rea, seconded by Mr. Nebelung, the chair was authorized to close a contract with the Santa Fe company for the removal of the earth at the point designated. Supt. Sheppard reported the following expenditures for May: Regular employees, $360; expense account, $721.83; construction account, $270.67; exclusive of cement. He reported that he had heard considerable complaint of late relative to the raising of gates, which, it seems, some stockholders have been in the habit of doing, during unguarded moments, thereby causing a shortage of water to irrigate. Therefore, he had constructed wooden attachments to the gates recently put in, and these would be locked during the delivery of water through them. The Secretary read two voluminous letters from one W. E. Pedley of Riverside, who gave expression to his views relative to the development of water. The letters were filed. It is not likely the company will avail itself of the offer, the chair observing Pedley must have thought he was addressing a kindergarten. The chair appointed Mr. Benchley as a member of the Finance Committee. Mr. Pierotti called up the matter of the use of water from the company's upper ditch by the oil men in the oil district. It appears that one or two firms are taking water from the ditch without authority. Supt. Sheppard was instructed to investigate and report. The board here went into executive session. Excursions to San Diego and Coronado. A series of popular excursions will be run to San Diego this summer on the following dates: June 16th and 17th, July 1st and 2d, August 4th and 5th, September 1st and 2d. Notwithstanding everything has been advancing in price, the rate will be the same as last season, $3.00 for the round trip, and tickets good for return any time within thirty days. Low rate excursion and commutation tickets are also on sale every day. In July the Governor of Lower California and staff will visit San Diego. He brings his pet band, so you may look out for good music; and at Tia Juana there will be festivities, including Spanish games and a bull fight. je8-tf THE FINGER TIPS. CASTORIA The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of and has been made under his personal supervision since its infancy. Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and Substitutes are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Castoria is a substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Harmless and Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea—The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. THE GENTAUR COMPANY, 77 MURRAY STREET, NEW YORK CITY. English Royal Marriages. The English royal marriage act is one of the time honored absurdities which survive in spite of common sense and enlightened public opinion. By it the matrimonial choice of the English princes is practically restricted to the swarms of "the German hive" and the proverbially handsome English women GRAY BROTHERS & WARD Cement Contractors Shillinger Patent. Contracts for RESERVOIRS, IRRIGATION DITCHES, Cellar and Stable Floors, Sidewalks Etc. OFFICES—No.125 N. Broadway, Los Angeles Cal., Telephone—236. No.316 Montgomery St., San Francisco, Cal. THE FINGER TIPS. Their Remarkable Value In the Identification of Criminals. In detective novels finger prints left by criminals, preferably in blood, play an important part, but truth seems stranger than fiction in the fact that the finger print system of identifying criminals in India has been made so perfect that it would enable any intelligent person in a few minutes to distinguish the individual, if necessary, from all other persons now living in the world, or, if data were available, from all other persons who have lived since the creation of man. The system is simplicity itself, and there is none of the elaboration of process or costly and delicate machinery required for the anthropometric system. All that is needed is a piece of tin, a sheet of paper and some printer's ink. The inked impressions of the ten digits are taken and filed in the proper compartment of the proper pigeonhole, and it is on the classification of records and their distribution into the pigeonholes that the success of the system depends. Every finger mark shows lines of the "loop," or the "whorl" type, and by a simple table of the combinations of these types in the ten digits 1,094 main classes are made. These are again subdivided according to minor details, and the subdivisions can be further divided ad infinitum if necessary, but with the table before him any person of ordinary intelligence can place his finger on the corresponding card to a record in his hand within five minutes, no matter how many thousand cards there may be. It is calculated that the chances are about 64,000,000 to 1 against any two persons having single fingers identical, and the chances against all ten fingers being identical go beyond mathematics altogether. Bismarck's Iron Nerve Was the result of his splendid health. Indomitable will and tremendous energy are not found where Stomach, Liver, Kidneys and Bowels are out of order. If you want these qualities and the success they bring, use Dr. King's New Life Pills. They develop every power of brain and body. Only 25c. at F. A. Derge's drug Store. He Failed to Pass. General Benjamin F. Butler was one of a commission to examine young applicants for admission to the bar, and before him came a youth who failed miserably on all that pertained to jurisprudence, case law, civil law, sumptuary law, unwritten law and due process of law. Finally Butler, who rather liked the chap and wanted to see him through, asked: "What would you like to be examined in? You have failed in everything we have suggested." The reply came: "Try me on the statutes; I'm up on them." He Failed to Pass. General Benjamin F. Butler was one of a commission to examine young applicants for admission to the bar, and before him came a youth who failed miserably on all that pertained to jurisprudence, case law, civil law, sumptuary law, unwritten law and due process of law. Finally Butler, who rather liked the chap and wanted to see him through, asked: "What would you like to be examined in? You have failed in everything we have suggested." The reply came, "Try me on the statutes; I'm up on them." Butler shook his head solemnly. "My young friend," he said, "I'm afraid you won't do. You may be ever so familiar with the statutes, but what is to prevent a fool legislature from repealing all you know?" Kerosene on the Carpet. If you spill kerosene on the carpet, don't leave it to "evaporate." Cover the place an inch deep with bran or cornmeal and set enough hot irons to cover the spot. Let stand until the irons are cool, then sweep off the meal, and usually there is no trace of the spot. If there is, repeat the operation. Unless the oil is removed the dust settles into it and makes a bad looking place in the carpet. Financial Advice. "Here's a man," said the old citizen, "who lost $5,000 in a bank whar he put it fer safe keepin. Bill, don't you ever take no risk like that. If ever you gits hold of any money, do like your father before you done—bury it, an spen' the rest of your life settin over it with a shotgun!" —Atlanta Constitution. Careful estimates show that each year there are interred within the limits of the city of London about 180,000 human bodies. The effort to make sugar from beets dates back as far as the year 1747. Good Train Service to the Beaches. The Santa Fe train service to Redondo will be about the same as last summer, which was found so satisfactory. Morning train leaves at 7:55 a.m., returning leaves Redondo at 3:45 p.m., coming through without delay at Los Angeles. Leaves for Santa Monica at 7:55 a.m., returning leaves the beach at 3:35 p.m. H. A. STOUGH. GENERAL BLACKSMITHING! All work done in first-class manner, and at prices as low as the lowest. Horse-Shoeing Neatly and Promptly Done. - Shop in Par Block, Center St., Anaheim. They Run via Niagara. The Burlington Excursions occupy the best tourist sleepers Pullman ever built. They run over the Scenic line—the ideal summer route to the East—through Salt Lake City and Denver. They pass in full view of Niagara Falls. They leave Los Angeles every Wednesday; San Francisco every Thursday. No change of cars, California to St. Louis and Chicago. Only one change to Boston. Experienced excursion conductor in charge from coast to coast. For folder giving full information call at any So. Pacific ticket office or write to W.D.SANBORN, General Agent, 32 Montgomery St., San Francisco. NEWS AND OPINIONS ...OF... National Importance THE SUN Alone Contains Both. Daily, by mail.....$6 a year Daily and Sunday, by mail.....$8 a year The Sunday Sun Is the greatest Sunday newspaper in the world. Price, 5c a copy. By mail,$8 a year. Address, THE SUN, New York. Roman Wisser Favorite Saloon. Finest of Wines, Liquors & Cigars Pool & Billiard Tables Schindler's Building, Center St., Anaheim LOS ANGELES BEER ON DRAUGHT. D. Lieb's Saloon. Dominick Lieb, Proprietor. BEST BRANDS OF ALL KINDS OF Wines, Liquors & Cigars! KEPT ON HAND. BEER ON TAP! Kroeger's Block, - Anaheim. PALACE MEAT MARKET F.W.Feischmann, PROPRIETOR. Best Meats the Market Affords Always on Hand. Also keeps on hand Sausages, Bacon, Ham, Lard, Etc. Meats delivered to all parts of the city free of charge. Shop on East Center St.