anaheim-gazette 1900-01-04

OUR FRUITS IN EUROPE. Lessons Gleaned in Foreign Markets For the Benefit of California Producers Paper read at the State Fruit Growers' Convention by Eugene Germain of Los Angeles. In addressing a representative body comprising the fruit growers, packers and handlers of our orchard products, I appreciate the fact that I am speaking to the backbone of our State—our basic industry and its defenders and champions. For California is after all a veritable fruit-producing and fruit-shipping empire, whose superior products have long since outgrown local dimensions, and are now entering the leading markets of the world. The Anglo-Saxon, the Latin, and the people of the Orient are all being "drummed up" to the idea of buying the California dried prune and apricot, the California dried peach and the superb California raisin, not to mention our canned fruits, marmalades, jams and jellies. All this intensity of purpose in extending our markets; in crowding out competition from other sources; in devising ways and means to draw attention; in hammering everlastingly at every country's door to let in American products and California fruit, is as typical of our people as our fruit is superior. It is the leaven that is making the country of the Stars and Stripes the greatest nation on the face of the earth; it is the spirit that is making Imperial California the greatest fruit-producing portion of that same country. It will not be in place for me here to dialate upon the present status of the fruit industry as it applies to production. That portion of our subject is now well understood by you all. We know conclusively that the matter of production, with all its attendant issues has been gloriously and successfully solved by brainy men and bright women, who have not only made two blades of grass to grow where only one grew before, but who have also made two drops of water to flow where none flowed before. In brief, it is no longer a question of what we can grow, but what we can sell, and the development of reliable and profitable markets. COMMERCIAL INTEGRITY IN PACKING. And leads me to the principal point in the whole problem—namely a broad-gage commercial integrity—honest goods, honestly packed and honestly labeled. Of course I appreciate the irony of fate that has decreed the attributes of Bret Harte's "peculiar" Chinese all to the fruit former years was prohibitory. Green fruits of all kinds during the long winter months are expensive, hence the poorer people cannot afford to buy them. Now, however, they can purchase California dried fruits in lieu of the expensive green article which as a rule is utterly tasteless. When properly prepared our dried fruits, thereby increasing the outlet and consequently the tendency of increasing our tree acreage, enhancing thereby the value of our lands and taxing capacity of our commonwealth. We must try not only to hold on to the territory we supply, but ought to increase our exports annually. This, however, cannot be done with the methods employed. This is certainly a great advantage, and if honestly followed up must lead to permanent results far-reaching in their consequences, meaning not only prosperity in the exportation of our orchard products, but an augmented prosperity at home, as it naturally leads to an increase of land values, of acreage under cultivation, and of healthier conditions all along the line. FRUIT MUST BE CAREFULLY GRADED. We must sell first-class, medium and inferior fruits for what they are, and at graduated prices in accordance with quality. The label on a box must never belie its contents. Foreign purchasers must know that they will get just what they buy and nothing else. We are grading our prunes and denominate same by sizes, each size being offered at a different figure, or in other words, the price is made on a basis of a certain size with a stated increase in price for the larger fruit. The prune business has, under this mode, proven satisfactory and hardly any complaints have been received. Why not do likewise with apricots, pears, peaches and other dried fruits? Why not grade all according to size, color and quality of the fruit, and brand the boxes fancy, extra choice, standard and common, each of these brands representing what the denomination on the box implies? Why not have the authorities appoint sworn inspectors whose duty would be to inspect all dried fruits before boxing and brand the boxes according to grade and quality? A law ought to be passed prohibiting the shipping of dried fruits unless accompanied by an inspector's certificate showing that the fruit has been properly graded according to law. THE WARNING BY CONSUL MASON. United States Consul General Mason, stationed at Berlin, in a recent report very ably called attention to our mode sert the stove pipe, fill in with tattoes all around it, then fill them itself with small potatoes—what telegrams designated as "marry them pull out the pipe, fill them then pull out the pipe, fill them the sack with larger ones again presto! change, we have a sack of big potatoes. The man Do not ship marbles with soil put it don't pay. These few cursory remarks leave the observance of a few things to do in order to gain permanence in exporting fruit products, and some we must not do. The teachings of Rudyard Keele apply foreibly to everyday business. Give the world the very best in you or it will turn you down. Pack, grade, ship only the best fruit you can produce in European markets are yours; our strict commercial integrity are yours to keep for all time. A LIVELY OLD SHOP HE MADE RAPID TIME FROM VIDEO TO PERNAMBUCK The Feat Sounds Incredible Orator at the Liars' Club Circumstantial Story and Ed a Souvenir of the Event. "The speed attained by southern sharks in their efforts to reach desired points within the least space of time." said No. 18, who be in the navy and is now at the navy department, address last meeting of the Washington club,"has long been a subject investigation. I don't know exact number of knots they have found to make within the spartan ordinary four hour watch, he south Atlantic shark can't beat tross when it comes to speed I bag and hammock and ditty bake." "Now, there are some sharks—the south Atlantic that don't find themselves too near the eater waters, and yet want to hit room to prowl. They've temperature of water that suit best figured out to a nicety, know that on the other side of their tortorial line there's just as good water of the same degree perature, as that in which they ing around when they get too on this subject." "Well, what do they do we get to worrying over the cramps in which they find themselves side of the line or the other they just make a dash across That's all. They know that..." And that leads me to the principal point in the whole problem—namely a broad-gage commercial integrity—honest goods, honestly packed and honestly labeled. Of course I appreciate the irony of fate that has decreed the attributes of Bret Harte's "peculiar" heathen Chinee all to the fruit packers and shippers, and all the virtues to the fruit growers; but that does not alter my plea for commercial integrity; it is the only road to permanent success in any market either at home or abroad. As a basic principle, the fruit grower should produce only A1 fruit—his market product should be free of all wormy, undersized, warty specimens of windfalls and bruised specimens, and consist of only a prime article. This once conscientiously observed, and the battle is half won, whether the product is sold fresh, canned or cured. This honesty and aim at superior production should be observed all along the line until the finished and packed product reaches the consumers' tables in London, Berlin, Vienna, Paris, Rome, Manila or Hongkong. If eternal vigilance is the price of liberty, then commercial integrity and honest goods, honestly packed are the price of permanent success of our orchard products in foreign markets. This fact is inexorable; to deviate from it in the slighest degree is only to invite disaster. These basic principles once thoroughly established in our ambitions to enter the European markets, and we shall make healthy progress. Our next step must be to study European conditions and practices. You must always bear in mind that the people in Europe are a trifle older in many ways than we are. Briefly stated, it seems to me essential that in style of package, methods of marketing, even as to methods of preparation, we should in so far as is expedient meet the customs and practices of the European seller and consumer. Another point is uniformity of package. Particularly does this apply to dried fruits. These things carefully observed, and when coupled to commercial integrity, will certainly be a long step toward a permanent place for our fruits in European markets. A residence in Europe extending over nearly five years in the Consular service, where my duties put me in close touch with our trade relations with European centers, has enabled me to give this subject some attention. And let me say right here, without boasting and without fear of contradiction, that when we do pack our very best product honestly, and observe the eternal laws of commercial integrity to give value for value, the products of our orchards and gardens are the peers of the world, and nowhere are there produced better peaches, prunes, apricots and raisins. The trade is keenly alive to this fact—recognizes it and is ready to profit by it; in short, to send us its money if we will only encourage it along correct lines. ALREADY ENTERED THE MARKETS. Our prunes, apricots, peaches, pears, apples and raisins are now to be found on sale in almost every grocery and delicatessen shop of Central Europe. The masses being thus enabled to purchase at reasonable figures, which in cooring to size, color and quality of the fruit, and brand the boxes fancy, extra choice, standard and common, each of these brands representing what the denomination on the box implies? Why not have the authorities appoint sworn inspectors whose duty would be to inspect all dried fruits before boxing and brand the boxes according to grade and quality? A law ought to be passed prohibiting the shipping of dried fruits unless accompanied by an inspector's certificate showing that the fruit has been properly graded according to law. THE WARNING BY CONSUL MASON. United States Consul General Mason, stationed at Berlin, in a recent report very ably called attention to our mode of packing fancy fruit on tops of boxes and the filling in with rubbish. Let me briefly and specifically quote his exact words, because they substantiate and emphasize all I have already said: "In respect to dapricots, pears and peaches, it may be said that the fruits from the Pacific Coast dominate the control of the markets of continental Europe. Nothing comparable with them in point of size, flavor, tenderness and generally excellency was ever seen in Europe until they were imported. They established new standards of excellence and created a new market which, if the trade is properly managed, they can hold in future against any competition. The higher grades of California prunes are a revelation to European consumers, being not only cheaper than French prunes of approximate quality but of such excellence that they are sold in small, ready-made packages and eaten raw as sweetmeats like candy or caramels. In a season when the Bosnia prune crop should fall entirely, as sometimes happens, American prunes even of the smallest grades would control the market of Germany." "Is there any complaint as to dishonest packing or grading of dried fruits from the United States, and what needs yet to be done to improve the trade and render it stable and permanent?"" "There has been to my knowledge more or less complaint in regard to packing and assorting of American dried fruits. I never have investigated a case of this kind in which the complaint did not prove to be fully sustained. I examined recently the first box of dried apricots from this season's crop, which had just arrived from one of the foremost packing firms of California, a house whose brand on the packaging case is usually accepted as a guarantee of quality. On removing the lid the fruit appeared in neatly arranged layers, the pieces large, firm and of uniform size and color; the dried flesh as translucent as gelatin and of fine aromatic flavor. "The box being turned over and the bottom removed, a wholly different picture was revealed. There the fruit had been loosely thrown in, in pieces of all sizes, mainly small, irregular in shape, and of all shades of color, from golden brown to deep mahogany, many pieces showing by their form that they had been saved from apricots which had been partially decayed. All these were good enough to be eaten, but were not what the buyer ordered and paid for; nor what the seller pretended to sell; and as the disappointed importer somewhat bitterly remarked: 'If this is what we get from a first-class exporter who puts up his own fruit, what may we expect from jobbers who gather up and export the miscellaneous products of small packers and individual farmers?'" TRADE ORGANIZATION. "The truth is, and may as well be find themselves too near the waters, and yet they want to buy room to prowl. They've temperature of water that sinks best figured out to a nicety, know that on the other side of toriial line there's just as good water of the same degree perature, as that in which they sing around when they get too on this subject. "Well, what do they do when they worry over the crammed side of the line or the other they just make a dash across That's all. They know that toriial line is a trochae of water heap too hot for their constitution that they can't stand monkeying in the water on that line too so they just hop over it, licket fast that you can't see their dust. "I remember once when I old Ticonderoga, a thing that gave us a line on the sharks when they take it in heads to get speedy We got port of Montevideo one more o'clock It was on a Monday. Montevideo harbor is full of ships men forward got to fishing side for them in order to get them to make walking sticks of the huge man eater was landed difficulty with the combined sails the whole watch on deck, and be clubbed with belaying pin stan bars for an hour before hand and cashed in. "Well, we cut him open and men what do you suppose inside of him? Why, as fin watch and chain as you enjoy your life! Not an ordinary man second hand watch, but one watches that give the date. The week, the phases of the whole thing. Well imagine our astonishment snapped the case of this war and found that it had stopped 4 p.m., April 11, the day got into Montevideo. "The skipper of our ship this fact to the townspeople video when he went ashore. Ford that some prominent that town had inadvertently himself to be made a meal epicurean shark. He natural ed that the victim must have prominent citizen to pack timepiece around with him was missing out of the pop Montevideo, and the thing mighty mysterious. "Well, we remained in the Montevideo for six weeks n pairs, and in that time they watch incident was practiced ten. We were just upon the pulling out for northern wa British ship Cardiff. from buco Brazil, put into Montevideo's mate was in com he had a queer story to tell command had fallen to him that on April 11 the skipper to the ship from Pernambuco long boat, had slipped in sea to the float leading to the sea way and fallen into the water the boat's crew had a chance him back into the stern sa was a swish and the skipped packed off in the jaws of..." DONT! WOMEN. Don’t write to a woman, when the roof leaks. Write to a carpenter. Don’t write to a woman when the water pipe bursts. Write to a plumber. Don’t write to a woman when you are sick, write to a doctor. But why such superfluous advice? Simply to call attention to the fact that “women” who are not qualified physicians offer medical advice, in advertisements worded in such a deceptive manner that you are apt to overlook the important fact that the woman is not a physician. The great success of Dr. R. V. Pierce, in treating and curing diseases of women has led to imitations of his methods, especially his offer of a free consultation by letter to all sick women. At the head of the Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute, of Buffalo, N.Y., and with an experience of over thirty years, Dr. Pierce has achieved the position of the chief of specialists in the treatment of woman’s diseases. There is no living physician, male or female, who can show an equal record of over half-a-million women treated and ninety-eight per cent. of cures. Write to the doctor. Your letter will be read in private, answered in private and its statements held as sacredly confidential. To assure the exclusion of a third party from this correspondence, every letter is sent sealed in a plain envelope, bearing no advertising or printing upon it. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N.Y. Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription makes Weak Women Strong and Sick Women Well. Accept no Substitute. “The truth is, and may as well be stated with plainness, the dried fruit industry of the Pacific Coast is not yet organized and managed as it should be to achieve the best results and give its European export trade the permanence and stability which it deserves and ought to attain. The fruit farmers of the Pacific Slope have before them an unparalleled opportunity, but their fruit made a market abroad on its own merits and not by virtue of any especially able or foresighted management. “Complaints also have been made that old, left-over dried fruits from the previous year have been steamed, repacked and shipped to Europe as part of the new crop. To what extent this charge is true it would be difficult to say, but if it ever has been done, or any other artifice practiced which is below the accepted standard, that business merite, all such methods should be stopped.” Other consuls have from time to time reported the same thing, and during my five years’ tenure of office in the consular service I had occasion to verify these criticisms. I have in my reports to the department several times called our packers’ attention to these facts. Touching this rather suggestive phase of the subject, let me give just one personal incident which may relieve the packers and shippers of any facetious reflections I may have made in a previous paragraph, which goes to prove that all flesh is grass after all. During the early 80’s I exploited the shipment of early potatoes to the East; in fact, built up a good trade in that line, and was, you might say, doing well. But suddenly I received dispatches to cease shipping “marbles.” Now that was soothing and pleasant. An investigation into the field, made sub rosa, brought to light a curious fact or two. For instance, some growers were packing potatoes by the stovepipe method. Now that was curious but very simple, though remindful of Dickens’ Artful Dodger. The method was to fill the bottom of the sack with a layer of good-size potatoes, then in- At the stove pipe, fill in with big potatoes all around it, then fill the pipe itself with small potatoes—what my diagrams designated as “marbles”—then pull out the pipe, fill the top of the sack with larger ones again, andesto! change, we have a splendid rack of big potatoes. The moral is: not ship marbles with soil products; don’t pay. These few cursory remarks lead up to the observance of a few things we must in order to gain permanent success exporting fruit products, and also to meet we must not do. The teachings of Rudyard Kipling apply forebly to everyday business, viz: give the world the very best there is you or it will turn you down. Grow, thick, grade and ship only the very best fruit you can produce and the European markets are yours; observe a strict commercial integrity, and they are yours to keep for all time. LIVELY OLD SHARK WE MADE RAPID TIME FROM MONTEVIDEO TO PERNAMBUCO. The Feat Sounds Incredible, but the Drator at the Liars’ Club Told a Circumstantial Story and Displayed a Souvenir of the Event. “The speed attained by south Atlantic sharks in their efforts to arrive at desired points within the least possible space of time,” said No. 18, who used to be in the navy and is now a clerk in the navy department, addressing the last meeting of the Washington Liars’ club, “has long been a subject of scientific investigation. I don't know the exact number of knots they have been found to make within the space of an ordinary four hour watch, but if a south Atlantic shark can't beat an albatross when it comes to speed I'll eat my bag and hammock and ditty box. "Now, there are some sharks down in the south Atlantic that don't like to touch themselves too near the equatorial waters, and yet they want to have plenty of room to prowl. They've got the temperature of water that suits them best figured out to a nicety, and they know that on the other side of the equatorial line there's just as good water, and water of the same degree of temperature, as that in which they're fooling around when they get to thinking on this subject. "Well, what do they do when they get to worrying over the cramped space on which they find themselves on one side of the line or the other? Why, they just make a dash across the line. That's all. They know that the equa- WATER DEAL AT RINCON. What the Papers Say About the Purchase of Water Rights by the Anaheim and Santa Ana Water Companies. “ELECTRIC LIGHTS AND OIL-PUMPING PLANT.” From the Riverside Press, Dec. 27. One of the largest real estate and water deals ever made in this county was consummated yesterday. Daniel Durkee made the final transfer of his 1400-acre ranch at Rineon to the Santa Ana Valley Irrigation Company and the Anaheim Union Water Company, the consideration being $100,000 cash. The deal was closed at Corona yesterday, S. Armor, president of the former company, and W. J. Fay, president of the latter corporation, signing up the papers. The new owners of the ranch will at once spend $50,000 in water development, the water to be used in Orange county. The ranch now has about 1000 inches of water, and this will be turned into the canals of the two companies. The ranch owns an apportioned ditch right of 1000 inches and valuable riparian water rights. These will furnish the water which will be used on the ranch, and take the place of that taken to Orange county. The new owners will build an electric plant four and a half miles down the river and use the 100 horse power there developed in pumping oil in the Fullerton wells. The water will be developed by tunnels, artesian wells and drainage ditches, and it is claimed by experts that 2000 inches can be developed by these methods. Mr. Durkee will have charge of the ranch and dairy until May. Important improvements will be made in both these. REGARDS IT AS A GOOD STROKE OF BUSINESS. From the Orange News. The Santa Ana Valley Irrigation Company and the Anaheim Union Water Company have within the past few days completed a deal that will be of vast importance to that part of the valley lying under their systems. It is the purchase from Daniel Durkee of 1,410 acres of land on the northerly side of the Santa Ana river, opposite the town of Rineon, together with all its water rights, estimated at 1000 inches, eighteen lots in the town, a large herd of cattle, creamery crops, etc., etc. The purchase price is $100,-000; $30,000 cash, and $10,000 each year, with interest at five per cent per annum on deferred payments. We re- RACE UP A MOUNTAIN A KANAKA RUNNER DISTANCED HALF A DOZEN HORSES. It Was a Terrific Test of Endurance, and the Sturdy Subject of Kalakaua Won Easily. Though Two of the Horses Dropped Dead. and themselves too near the equatorial waters, and yet they want to have plenty of room to prowl. They've got the temperature of water that suits them best figured out to a nicety, and they know that on the other side of the equatorial line there's just as good water, and water of the same degree of temperature, as that in which they're fooling around when they get to thinking on this subject. "Well, what do they do when they get to worry over the cramped space on which they find themselves on one side of the line or the other? Why, they just make a dash across the line. That's all. They know that the equatorial line is a trocha of water that's a steep too hot for their constitutions and that they can't stand monkeying around on the water on that line too long, and so they just hop over it, licket cut, so fast that you can't see their fins forJust. "I remember once, when I was on the old Ticonderoga, a thing happened that gave us a line on the speed of sharks when they take it into their heads to get speedy. We got into the port of Montevideo one morning at 10 o'clock. It was on a Monday, April 12. Montevideo harbor is full of sharks, and the men forward got to fishing over the side for them in order to get their spines to make walking sticks of them. One huge man eater was landed after great difficulty with the combined strength of the whole watch on deck, and he had to be clubbed with belaying pins and capstan bars for an hour before he gave up and cashed in. "Well, we cut him open, and, gentlemen, what do you suppose we found inside of him? Why, as fine a gold watch and chain as you ever saw in your life! Not an ordinary minute and second hand watch, but one of those watches that give the date, the day of the week, the phases of the moon and the whole thing. Well, sir, you can imagine our astonishment when we snapped the case of this watch open and found that it had stopped at exactly 4 p.m., April 11, the day before we got into Montevideo." "The skipper of our ship reported this fact to the townspeople of Montevideo when he went ashore, feeling confident that some prominent citizen of that town had inadvertently permitted himself to be made a meal of by an epicurean shark. He naturally concluded that the victim must have been a prominent citizen to pack such a swell timepiece around with him. Nobody was missing out of the population of Montevideo, and the thing looked almighty mysterious. "Well, we remained in the harbor of Montevideo for six weeks making repairs, and in that time the shark and watch incident was practically forgotten. We were just upon the point of pulling out for northern waters when the British ship Cardiff, from Pernambuco, Brazil, put into Montevideo. The Cardiff's mate was in command, and he had a queer story to tell of how the command had fallen to him. It seems that on April 11 the skipper, returning to the ship from Pernambuco in his long boat, had slipped in stepping on to the float leading to the ship's gangway and fallen into the water. Before the boat's crew had a chance to pull him back into the stern sheets there was a swish and the skipper was being packed off in the jaws of a gigantic The Santa Ana Valley Irrigation Company and the Anaheim Union Water Company have within the past few days completed a deal that will be of vast importance to that part of the valley lying under their systems. It is the purchase from Daniel Durkee of 1,410 acres of land on the northerly side of the Santa Ana river, opposite the town of Rincon, together with all its water rights, estimated at 1000 inches, eighteen lots in the town, a large herd of cattle, creamy crops, etc., etc. The purchase price is $100,000; $30,000 cash, and $10,000 each year, with interest at five per cent per annum on deferred payments. We regard this as a good stroke of business by our directors. It will have an important bearing on the future of our water supply and ward-off troublesome claimants in the locality of the new purchase. HOW IT AFFECTS THE CHINO PEOPLE. From the Champion. The Santa Ana Valley Irrigation company and the Anaheim Union Water company have bought 1400 acres of land at Rincon from which they expect to develop 100 inches of water by artesian wells, tunnels and drainage ditches. There is little doubt that they will be able to develop that amount of water, as any one will readily see who examines the character of the land, which has large areas of marshes, cienegas and river bottom. It is the natural outlet of many of the artesian strata which supply this valley with water. These strata are near the surface at the lower side of the valley, those on the higher levels cropping out and discharging their waters slowly through cienegas and marshes. What the effect of opening up this discharge by a system of tunnels, ditches, etc., to secure a rapid flow of water may be upon the shallow artesian wells along the lower part of the valley remains to be seen. It is a question at least that the larger property owners of the valley might do well to look into. HAVE DONE A WISE THING. From the Orange Post. Tuesday the presidents of the Anaheim Union Water company and the Santa Ana Valley Irrigation company, by order of the boards of directors of two companies, completed the purchase of the Durkee ranch at Rincon in appurtenances, water rights and personal property as follows: 1410 acres of land north of the Santa Ana river at Rincon, 1000 inches of water from the river near the Aburndale bridge and all surface and sub-surface water on said tract, all buildings and improvements including growing crops, 125 cows, 125 helfers, 25 horses and colts, all farm and dairy machinery and household furniture, 400 tons of ensiage, the 200-ton hay warehouse and 18 lots in Rincon, for the sum of $100,000, of which $30,000 is to be paid when the papers are made out, and the balance in $10,000 payments each year with 5 per cent per annum interest on deferred payments. The Santa Ana Valley Irrigation company will need to borrow only $10,000 of the $15,000 necessary for its portion of the cash payment, and then one assessment each year will provide ample funds for all interest and our half of the principal as it becomes due. Even this moderate burden may be somewhat lightened by the receipts from the ranch each year. The Directors of two companies, knowing the situation intimately, believe they have done a wise thing in thus increasing and guarding the water supply; and so RACE UP A MOUNTAIN A KANAKA RUNNER DISTANCED HALF A DOZEN HORSES. If Was a Terrific Test of Endurance,and the Sturdy Subject of Kalakaua Won Easily. Though Two of the Horses Dropred Dead. "Did any of you ever hear of a 35 mile steeplechase for man and beast?" Inquired one of the California men in a party of turf followers when stories of queer bets and long shots were going around. "Well, there was an affair of that kind down in the Hawaiian bunch in the fall of 1883, when that genial chile concarnae proposition, Kalakaua, was king of the islands. There were no telephones joining the islands then, and state messages and mandates were carried by the interisland steamers and delivered by Kalakauners. These runners could gallop all day, like American Indians in retreat or on the trail, and they didn't know what getting winded or tired meant. "Kalakaua thought a good deal of these runners of his. He always maintained that they could go faster and farther than horses over the rough Hawaiian country. In this he was disputed by a number of the white attaches of his court. Kalakaua wagered $5,000 in gobbs of $1,000 with five of them that he would pick out a runner from among his Kanakas who'd get from Hilo to top of the burning lake of Kilauea,a distance of 35 miles, quicker than any horse and any rider could do the trip. They snapped the king up at even money. It looked as if they had the good end of it. The king and a big party from Honolulu sailed in one of the interisland steamers to Hilo.on main island of Hawaii.to see the finish. "The king picked out a huge,-lithe,snewy Kanaka,a man about 30 years old,谁 had been employed as a runner on the island of Mauli for a number of years,tо try thе trick for him.Eight Kanakas madethe start-ahorseback.on native ponies,bred away back from western cayuses—strong,sure footed,pinyet temper little demons.thoroughly used tothe bad roads和the climbing.The king and his party had gone up tothe Volcano House.atthetopofKilauea.in coaches,thedaybeforetobeonhandtogreetthewinner. "Now.I understandthat that road from Hiloup totheburninglakeofKilaueahasbeenimprovedsincethetimeI'mspeakingof,但it surelywasbadtrailthen.itWasonlywid enoughforonewagon,andItwasabouta45degreeaffairintheclimballtheway.up.thepalmsthatlinedtheroadusedtogetblownacrossthetrailbythescoreinbigwindstorms,andthecoachdriverscountedapartofthebusinesstojumpfromtheirseatseverytimethey cametotheseobstructuresandshouldhemoutoftheway.Thisworkhadallbeenattemptedcarefullyhowever.inadspringandbegantodrawKanakariderswhippedbytherehorsesbutitwasnakenKanakarunnerdiscoveredthesightonthetortuorwhensixofthecayusesthehotver兰ateroftherunonthesteps,fanningdrinkingski.Two.oftherdroppeddeadintherefine. "TheKanakamadetheoversticksandstonesoncethehotterunwhensixofthecayusesthehotver兰ateroftherunonthesteps,fanningdrinkingski.Two.oftherdroppeddeadintherefine." SHE'S THE DEAD A Woman attheHeadernomansMedicine Dr.MarieJ.Mergler,mostofthewomenphysiciansofthecountry,made DeanoftheNorthwestcityWoman'sMedicalserviceMrs.MergleristhefirstthathighpositionAtNorthernsuccessDr.I.N.DanglerbeengiventhehonoremineritusinrecognitionatMerglerhasawideprofession.Shebelievesthatintothemedicallaboratoryworktwentowardattendancehereafterwrote100whowillbewearcandidatesmakingtheexactcompensationatNorthwesternandattateatechoolandisattendingtheWoman'shospital.Lamedicaleducationinwhichsheisnowdealtinedin1879.ThefollowookpostgraduateworksiteofZurich.OnherappointedalecturerinMedicalcollege.In1888 watch incident was practically forgotten. We were just upon the point of pulling out for northern waters when the British ship Cardiff, from Pernambuco, Brazil, put into Montevideo. The Cardiff's mate was in command, and he had a queer story to tell of how the command had fallen to him. It seems that on April 11 the skipper, returning to the ship from Pernambuco in his long boat, had slipped in stepping onto the float leading to the ship's gangway and fallen into the water. Before the boat's crew had a chance to pull him back into the stern sheets there was a swish and the skipper was being packed off in the jaws of a gigantic shark. "You'll remember that this happened on the afternoon of April 11. Well, there wouldn't have been anything remarkable about this if the mate in command of the Cardiff haunted to mention that the skipper had a valuable watch on his person when the shark got him. Our commanding officer heard about this, and he looked up the mate and asked him what kind of a watch it was. The mate exactly described the watch that we had taken out of the shark's stomach in Montevideo on the morning of April 12, and when our skipper showed it to him he instantly identified it. "Now, all that anybody who doubts this has got to do in order to find out how many thousand miles Pernambuco is from Montevideo is to measure the scale on the atlas of South America. That shark only hit the high places in jumping from Pernambuco to Montevideo, and if there's any doubt of this narration here present, why, here's the shark's spine," and No. 18 of the Lliars' club held up a 25 cent malacca stick. The quarterly medal was bestowed upon No. 18 by unanimous vote.—Washington Star. Having a Great Run on Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Manager Martin, of the Pierson drug store, informs us that he is having a great run on Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He sells five bottles of that medicine to one of any other kind, and it gives great satisfaction. In these days of la gripe there is nothing like Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to stop the cough, heal up the sore throat and lungs and give relief within a very short time. The sales are growing, and all who try it are pleased with its prompt action—South Chicago Daily Calumet. For sale by P. A. Derge. Wanted—To Trade. A good driving and saddle horse for a milch cow. Apply at this office. dec7-tf For Catarrh May Fever Cold in Head ELY'S CREAM BALM is a positive cure. Apply into the nostrils. It is quickly absorbed. 60 cents at Druggists or by mail; samples for. by mail. ELY BROTHERS, 56 Warren St., New York City. Now, I understand that that road from Hilo up to the burning lake of Kilauea has been improved since the time I'm speaking of, but it surely was a bad trail then. It was only wide enough for one wagon, and it was about a 45 degree affair in the climb all the way up. The palms that lined the road used to get blown across the trail by the score in big windstorms, and the coach drivers counted it a part of their business to jump from their seats every time they came to these obstructions and shoulder them out of the way. This work had all been attended to carefully, however, in advance of the race by order of Kalakaau, and it loked like a pipe for the cayuses, all of which had made the run up many a time. "Kalakaau didn't ask for any handicap allowance for his man. The runner toed the scratch with the horses, and they got off together at the crack of the gun. The horses distanced the runner from the jump, and he let them distance him. He was dressed in a G string, and he just took up a steady lope and let the cayuses get out of his sight. For ten miles the cayuses were so far above him on the trail that he couldn't even see them, but this Kanaka knew how to wait. The horses began to come back to the runner long before the Half Way House was reached, and the Kanaka was just galloping along at the beginning of the third hour with the same big stride he had started in with his arms up and shooting out in front of him like soldiers on the double time drill. There wasn't a pant in him when he fetched up at the Half Way House. He stooped down there to a spring beside the road and took a couple mouthfuls of water. The cayuses were up ahead a bit, blowing their heads off, for they had been going at a clip that they had never been pushed to before. "The Kanaka headed the bunch a mile beyond the Half Way House, and it was a big romp for him the rest of the distance. He took a position for the remaining 17 miles of the journey about a city block ahead of the writting and panting horses, and he just stuck to his lope like a man wound up. He never let 'em get nearer than a block to him for the remaining three hours of the trip, looking back at them with a grin once in awhile. When only three miles yet remained before the Volcano House was to be reached, the Kanaka took another drink out of a OPENING LETTERS. SOME SECRETS OF THE ENGLISH GENERAL POSTOFFICE. Methods by Which the Officials Become Acquainted With the Contents of Suspected Communications. Private Tests Which Fall. It is a somewhat remarkable fact that the general public of England knows very little concerning the secret service of the general postoffice, although the service is probably the most complete of its kind in the whole world. To the outsider the secret service is known as the postal secret inquiry branch, and not one in a hundred of those in the employ of the postoffice knows the exact workings of the secret service, as the department has the distinction of being in the charge of certain permanent officials, under the direction of the home secretary and the prime minister for the time being. Once, and once only, in recent years has a minister of the government allowed himself to be drawn into making a statement which admitted that the secrets of the postoffice were used for political purposes. Such an admission was made in the days of the first dynamite scare, when an Irish member made a general charge against the government of tampering with the correspondence of certain Irishmen. Lord John Manners, in reply, evaded the question in an ambiguous manner, but indiscretely called attention to a clause in the postoffice act which empowers the postal authorities to open and even confiscate any letter or package which they might reasonably suspect covered some infringement of the rules of the department. The secret service is divided into two distinct branches, the higher and the lower, and the duties of the latter are brought to the notice of the public very frequently, as it has to do with the prosecution of dishonest men in the employ of the postoffice. The great bulk of the robberies committed inside the walls of the postoffice is attempted by the younger hands and it is for that reason that every newcomer is occasionally subjected to keen watching from a quarter that he least suspects. Quite unknown to him, he is kept under the observation of a keen eyed watcher, who is securely hidden from view in a secret alcove, almost within touch of the sorter, messenger or whatever the employee may be. Every movement is noted and analyzed, and it would take a very expert man to try on Southern Pacific Company. San Francisco and Los Angeles Limited—"THE OWL." Between Los Angeles and San Francisco daily. Leave Los Angeles 7 pm., arrive San Francisco 9:45 am. Leave San Francisco 5 pm., arrive Los Angeles 7:45 am. The Sunset Route offers unexcelled advantages for winter travel, and an unequalled train service. Sunset Limited, season November to April. This is the most magnificent train in America, vestibulated throughout, illuminated with Pintsch gas and heated by steam. Every train is made up as follows: One commosite car, containing bath-room, barber-shop, cafe, library and smoker; one compartment car with lavatory in each compartment, and parlor for the special use of ladies, and a ladies maid in attendance; as many double drawing room, ten-section sleepers as may be necessary, with toilet annexes, one dining-car, meals served a la carte. 1899—SUNSET EXCURSIONS—1899 Through Tourist Sleepers from Los Angeles: To Washington, D. C., via New Orleans, 2 p.m. Sundays and Thursdays. To Chicago, Ill., via New Orleans, 2 p.m. Tuesdays. To Cincinnati, Ohio, via New Orleans, 2 p.m. Fridays. OGDEN ROUTE EXCURSIONS. To St. Paul, via Sioux City, 12:30 pm Thursdays. To Chicago, Mondays Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, Leave Los Angeles 12:30 pm. SHASTA ROUTE EXCURSIONS. To Portland, St. Paul and Minneapolis Mondays, 10:30 pm. First and second-class tickets for sale at Anaheim at Los Angeles prices, and baggage checked through to any point in the United States, Canada or Mexico. Our local train service is unexcelled for comfort. Day coaches are equipped with the celebrated Scarritt seats, luxuriously upholstered, and passengers for Los Angeles are lended right in the center of the business part of the city—at First street or Commercial street—within a block of the large wholesale houses. Our connection at Mojave for the famous gold mining camp of Randsburg is superb; good hotel at Mojave and elegant stage coaches through to the city of gold. Fare from Anaheim to Randsburg,$7.55. Family commutation tickets for sale between Anaheim and Los Angeles, and other local points at greatly reduced rates. Limit six months. For further information, call at the Southern Pacific depot at Anaheim. T.A.DARLING, Agent. G.W.LUCE, Asst. Gen.Pass.Agt., Los Angeles.261 South Spring St. 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 spring and began to draw away. The Kanaka riders whipped and spurred their horses, but it was no good. The Kanaka runner disappeared out of their sight on the tortuous trail, and when six of the cayuses pulled up at the hotel veranda about three-quarters of an hour later the runner was sitting on the steps, fanning himself and drinking sakl. Two of the horses had dropped dead in their final effort. "The Kanaka made the 35 mile trip over sticks and stones on a miry road in 6 hours and 40 minutes, and he looked fit to run for his life when he got through. When I was reading about the young fellows who did the long distance running in those Olympian games in Greece some years ago, it struck me that any one of Dave Kalaika's runners could have made the whole bunch look like aluminium dollars." — Washington Post. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The facsimile signature of Chatham Hatcher is on every wrapper. SHE'S THE DEAN NOW. A Woman at the Head of Northwestern Women's Medical School. Dr. Marie J. Mergler, one of the foremost of the women physicians and surgeons of the country, has just been made dean of the Northwestern University Woman's Medical school, Chicago. Mrs. Mergler is the first woman to hold that high position at Northwestern. She succeeds Dr. I. N. Danforth, who has been given the honorary title of dean emeritus in recognition of his long and eminent services to the school. Dr. Mergler has a wide professional reputation. She believes that in some branches of medical study the best results are not obtained in a coeducational school, and so it is better to have separate schools for men and women. In the faculty, however, she would have the ablest instructors, whichever their sex. Under the direction of the new dean the course will be changed from two semesters, from October to June, to four semesters of three months each. The new arrangement will be put in operation in July, and each student will be required to attend three semesters of each year. The summer semester is instituted especially to give clinical work to students from smaller cities and vacation laboratory work to teachers. The attendance hereafter will be restricted to 100, who will be chosen from the candidates making the best showing in the competitive examinations. Dr. Mergler is now professor of gynecology at Northwestern and at the postgraduate school and is attending surgeon at the Woman's hospital. She received her medical education in the institution of which she is now dean, being graduated in 1879. The following year she took postgraduate work at the University of Zurich. On her return she was appointed a lecturer in the Woman's Medical college. In 1882 she was on frequently, as it has to do with the prosecution of dishonest men in the employ of the postoffice. The great bulk of the robberies committed inside the walls of the postoffice is attempted by the younger hands and it is for that reason that every newcomer is occasionally subjected to keen watching from a quarter that he least suspects. Quite unknown to him, he is kept under the observation of a keen eyed watcher, who is securely hidden from view in a secret alcove, almost within touch of the sorter, messenger or whatever the employee may be. Every movement is noted and analyzed, and it would take a very expert man to try on any underhanded game and escape detection. On the continent the correspondence of private individuals is liable to the scrutiny of the police or other government agents, and no secret is made of the fact; but, on the other hand, our officials write indignant letters of denial and repudiation, while all the time they are perfecting the fine art of opening letters without leaving any traces of the operation. Like most clever arts, that of opening a letter without causing suspicion is simplicity itself. A glance at the quality of the stationery decides the operator on the means to be adopted. Some kinds of paper will bear the steaming process without leaving any traces, and in that event the operation is very simple. The contents having been examined, and, if necessary, copied, they are restored to their envelope, which is regummed, the flap burnished with a bone instrument. Contrary to general belief, the sealed envelope presents no difficulty to the expert. A piece of new bread, kneaded into a firm ball, is pressed on the seal and the facsimile is obtained. Various other methods have been attempted in taking the design of seals, but the one we have quoted has been declared to be far away the best for the purpose, the bread being clean and less liable to leave any trace of tampering behind. This dough matrix is hardened as soon as the seal has been modeled, and when the contents of the letter have been obtained the envelope is closed and resealed with the dough mold. When it is deemed unsafe to moisten an envelope, it is cut open. The operation is a delicate one and to any but an expert very difficult to perform properly. One end of the envelope is held firmly between two flat pieces of wood, the edge of the paper projecting about the twentieth part of an inch. The expert passes back of his knife rapidly over the end, roughening and flattening it, while an equally quick pass with the razorlike edge cuts the envelope open. When the contents are replaced, edges of the envelope are stuck together with a hairline of powerful gum, submitted to pressure for a few minutes, and no one not in the secret would guess what had been done. So long as the flap and seal appear intact the receiver is invariably satisfied. Now and then suspicious correspondents place sand, powder, hairs or other minute objects inside the envelope by way of test, but this does not trouble the expert a little bit. He is on the lookout for that kind of dodge, so is careful to open the envelope over a large sheet of pure white paper. When these "tests" fall out, they are carefully collected and restored. OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE THE SUN ALONE CONTAINS BOTH Daily, by mail, $6 a year Daily and Sunday by mail,$8 a year Sunday Sun is the greatest Sunday Newspaper in the world. Price $c a copy. By mail,$2 a year. Address THE SUN, New York. CITIZENS' BANK OF ANAHEIM Hippolyte Cahen President W.T.Brown Vice President J.Hartung, DIRECTORS. Kaspare Cohn, W.T.Brown. Richard Melrose, J.Hartung, Hippolyte Cahen. STOCKHOLDERS Kaspare Cohen, H.W. Hellman, W.T.Brown.R.Melrose John Hartung.R.Courreges,M.A.Newmark&Co.Pierre Nicolas,H.Cahen,T.J.P.Boege CORRESPONDENTS: Farmers and Merchants' Bank of Los Angeles London Paris and American Bank San Francisco Importers and Traders' National Bank New York City,N.Y.Exchange Bank Santa Ana. Exchanges for sale on all the principal cities in the United States and Foreign Countries. Roman Wisser Favorite Saloon. Finest of Wines,Liquors & Cigars Pool & Billiard Tables Schindler's Building,Center St.,Ashleim LOS ANGELES BEER ON DRAUGHT. FRITZ RUHMANN'S Germania Halle. BACKS' NEW BUILDING LOS ANGELES STREET Keeps on hand a Large and complete stock of liquors wines and cigars. Cold beer always on draught J.M.Griffith Company A CORPORATION LUMBER DEALERS Near Railroad Depot,Anaheim keep constantly on hand Doors Blinds Windows Mouldings Posts Shakes Shingles Lath Hair Plaster of Paris. Anaheim Grist Mills operating on Wednesdays and Saturdays of each week.Grain feed meal etc.of all varieties Cornshelled and shipped.S.E.S.KIDMORE Agent. Attractive Hands. A man writing on "Woman's Dress" in the St. Louis Republic says: "A woman's hair and hands always command my attention. I do not care one jot whether the hair is dressed in the latest fashion, but I dislike very much to see untidy hair. Some girls look as if they had gathered their tresses up into a bunch and stuck hairpins about indiscriminately. I do not admire the style of hairdressing which makes a woman look as if she had no forehead. The forehead is the seat of reason, and a broad one is supposed to indicate the possession of brains. No doubt, as a lady once remarked to me, brains will come out in any case, and a girl does not need to do her hair in a way to proclaim that she possesses them. Every woman ought to have white hands and nicely kept nails." Travelling In Alaska. I have seen many pictures of the manner in which the Eskimos travel, and the man is generally seated comfortably on the sled cracking a whip, and the dogs are going at a smart gallop. But we soon found that picture to be a delusion and a snare. Journeying in the arctic regions consists mostly in pushing behind the sled, for the poor little animals frequently have to be helped over the rough places and in going up hill or any rise in the ground. Where there is no beaten trail—as was the case most of the distance we traveled—the dogs have nothing to guide them, and one man is obliged to run ahead. He generally runs some distance and then walks until the head team comes up with him, when he runs on again. When the snow is hard and the road level, the dogs, with an average load, will maintain a trot which is too fast for a man to walk and not so fast as he can run. By alternately running and walking one dog not become greatly fatigued. Natives who travel from village to village are so accustomed to this mode of travel that they can keep it up all day without showing signs of fatigue.—Harper's Magazine.