anaheim-gazette 1901-02-21

In referring to the election of Secretary of the water board Mr. Adams stated on Saturday that his vote was cast on the twelfth ballot for Wm. Wagner, who had been placed in nomination for that office by Mr. Smith after eight ineffectual ballots had been taken, at the election on February 2. The ninth, tenth and eleventh ballots had resulted: Krick 3, Garwood 2, and Wagner 2. On the twelfth ballot Mr. Krick was elected by receiving 4 votes; Garwood received 2, and Wagner 1. Mr. Smith, on the twelfth ballot, voted for Garwood. So that the vote which elected Krick must have come from the Directors who had voted during eleven ballots for Garwood. Crowther, Pierotti and Bradford stood by Krick from the start, and Sherwood and Steward for Garwood up to the eleventh ballot. On the twelfth one of them voted for Krick, and Smith forsook his candidate and evened up Garwood's vote by casting his ballot for him. The incident shows how important it is to stick to one's candidate, if his election be desired. While Garwood had some show of landing the place at the start, he was a loser when one of his chief supporters threw his vote to the man who had led him in the voting from the start. The City Fathers have temporarily hung up the ordinance prohibiting boxing exhibitions, and the thrifty sparrier is said to be arranging to "pull off" another exhibition in this city. It is said that Mr. Preston of Fullerton is not altogether satisfied with the outcome of his battle with Mr. McCoskey of Los Angeles, in which he was placed on queer street in less than one minute of them. I never enjoyed a holiday more. I was never out with a better hunter than John Goff. His hounds are without exception the best I have ever seen for their work. As I am obliged to go East in view of the nearness of the inauguration, I am, to my great regret, unable to address the Colorado Legislature in accordance with their extremely kind request. The Santa Ana Trustees have refused to consider the petition presented to them by the citizens of that city, asking that the question of prohibition be submitted to the voters in April. Had the matter been submitted to the voters, there is no question that prohibition would have carried. There is little doubt that a Prohibition Board of Trustees will be elected, and an excessively high license imposed upon the saloons now doing business in that town. Again has the signal service predicted rain, and save for the sprinkles of Tuesday, none has fallen. Rains have been copious in the north, but little if any has fallen in Southern California. However, none is needed nor will any ill effects be felt with no rain for two or three weeks. Grain is a foot high in places, and alfilerilla is eighteen inches high in the mountain ranges. The season has been absolutely ideal to date, and although rain would not have been objected to yesterday and the day before, splendid grain and hay crops are assured. Nevertheless, we shall probably have abundant rains later in the season. The Mercantile Library association of San Francisco has submitted a plan whereby the public library now being organized here might avail itself of its splendid collection of books at a moderate monthly rental. The Mercantile Library is one of the great libraries of the West, and has on its shelves 80,000 volumes of the world's best literature in all branches of knowledge. He was led to believe that the prairie lands comprise from fourth to possibly one-half oak area of the Philippine Islands—is, from 20,000,000 to 40,000,000 acres virgin forest owned by the government in the island of Mindoro Paragua. The island of Mindoro with an area of more than 2,000 acres, is almost entirely covered timber, and has but a small percentage of cultivated land. In the vince of Cagayan, on the island Luzon, there are more than 20,000 acres of forests. In the just mentioned the cuttings in the present date have been small. In many other provinces in the land of Luzon, especially in country close to Manila, much ber has been cut, and to fill contracts the lumbermen are able to go quite a distance from there to find a suitable tract. In a recent visit to the south group the agent was impressed by the amount of timber standing in smaller islands. Frequent topography was such that it could be exploited with facility. We were tracts of virgin forest from 10,000 to 20,000 cubic feet magnificent timber per acre standing—trees more than 18 inches in height, and with trunks clipped branches to eighty feet, and than four feet in diameter. There are many millions of cubic feet timber in these forests that can be cut in order properly through the dense growth. The Chief of the Weather Department has directed that reports be sent from time to time concerning amount of snowfall in the retains, as a means of forecasting possible supply of water available for irrigating, mining and other poses. A large number of have been received in Calgary giving the snowfall data up end of January, 1901. Not years past has the snowfall been The City Fathers have temporarily hung up the ordinance prohibiting boxing exhibitions, and the thrifty sparrier is said to be arranging to "pull off" another exhibition in this city. It is said that Mr. Preston of Fullerton is not altogether satisfied with the outcome of his battle with Mr. McCoskey of Los Angeles, in which he was placed on queer street in less than one minute by the watch. He is said to be anxious to have another trial, but if he will take our kindly advice he will let McCoskey severely alone. Prof. Lymburner of Fullerton and Prof. Trimble of Los Angeles are also edging up to one another, and the result may be that we might have another beautiful contest here before the Burgomeisters put a final period to such performances. The grand jury of Riverside county, in closing its sessions recently, wound up its report with these caustic remarks: "Whereas, A system of secret investigation and espionage may have been necessary for the public welfare in the days when kings ruled by divine right, and the inquisition was considered the bulwark of the nation's safety; and Whereas, The last remaining force of tyranny, inquisition and barbarism known as the grand jury is left to be wiped from the statute books of the twentieth century; and Whereas, This system has already been abolished in some of the States of this Union with satisfactory and beneficial results to such communities; therefore be it Resolved, That, in the opinion of this grand jury, the system is both useless and expensive; that it is unAmerican in that it permits accusation and charge of crime to be made without the opportunity of rebuttal by the accused; that its methods of investigation of supposed or presumed crimes open the door to malice and spite and inflict irreparable injuries upon innocent persons; that it offers to the inefficient or indolent officer an excuse for his neglect of official duties; that it affords the guilty an additional opportunity of escaping justice in the lax and incompetent manner in which indictments are drawn; that its supervision of the records of the county officials and its duties, as prescribed by laws of the State of exporting the same, is not only unnecessary, but extremely expensive." Yet we couldn't get along without the grand jury in Orange county. We must have that annual reference to our city jail—we don't know what we should do without it. The grand jury costs us thousands of dollars, but its report upon the city jail is worth all of that, and more. Still, our jail is good enough for such The Mercantile Library association of San Francisco has submitted a plan whereby the public library now being organized here might avail itself of its splendid collection of books at a moderate monthly rental. The Mercantile Library is one of the great libraries of the West, and has on its shelves 80,000 volumes of the world's best literature in all branches of knowledge. Our public library may have access to this fine collection on the following terms: A hundred well-selected volumes will be sent, freight prepaid one way, for a rental of $4 per month, or as many hundred as our library may desire at the same rate. The books may be exchanged every month if desired, the rental to be paid in advance, and a guarantee given by a responsible person or persons for the safe return in good condition of the books. If upon trial it is concluded to maintain the scheme for a period of not less than six months, a catalogue of the library will be sent, and suggestion allowed for fifty titles of the hundred books that may be desired. The Mercantile Library has branches throughout the State, based on these lines, and they have proved eminently satisfactory to all persons concerned. The advantage of having access to such a library upon such terms ought to present itself in favorable light to the promoters of our public library. The Russian government has issued a decree imposing increased duties upon American goods imported into that country. The immediate effect of the decree, when it becomes operative on March 1, will be to increase by 30 per cent the duty on American machinery, steel and iron goods. These goods already enjoy two separate reductions, 30 per cent being taken off from the general and 20 per cent from the conventional duties. The articles referred to in the Russian decree are machinery and tools of every kind, manufactures and products of cast iron and steel. Roughly stated, the United States is said to have exported goods of this description to Russia last year to the amount of about $30,000,000. The addition of 30 per cent to the duty will prove practically prohibitory. The action is in response to the position taken by the Treasury Department relative to the importation of Russian sugars. The University of California is to shepherd us toward a dense growth. The Chief of the Weather Department has directed that reports be filed from time to time concerning amount of snowfall in the towns, as a means of forecasting possible supply of water away for irrigating, mining and other poses. A large number of papers have been received in California giving the snowfall data up end of January, 1901. Not for years past has the snowfall been heavy in Southern California; the outlook for an abundant supply of water so promising. From a study of the snowfall collected in other States, especially Colorado, it appears that winter of heavy snowfall is not sarily succeeded by a season or tiful water supply. It is evident that dry ground will allow favorable conditions, allowing melting of the snow may not rapidly enough, especially in north winds are blowing, to supply of water sufficient enough saturate the ground and nish the needed run-off for our calities. Much of the precipitation of the month of January was to replenish the natural ground which had been largely upon during the preceding three years. The heavy rains in South California at the end of January in the following week seem amply filled all reservoirs. Whole State not only is there supply of ground water, but will be ample surface supplies and reservoirs for the summer months. Up to then time there has not been a veer run-off from melting snow. A BUG IN THE BILLION WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—In lands irrigation bill introduced Wilson of Idaho, at the instant House Committee on Irrigation Lands, is a provision entirely not approved by the major friends of irrigation, though it tioned by the committee. It is 6 of the Wilson bill, and reads: "That no contract shall be any of the works herein believed until the Secretary of thor shall have determined to lay faction that the State or 7 within which such works are constructed has provided an adequate term laws for the public streams, and the just and fini mination of the rights to water from and securing the rights clers upon the public lands who districts to be supplied with such irrigation, and which la Beneficial use of it the b Yet we couldn't get along without the grand jury in Orange county. We must have that annual reference to our city jail—we don't know what we should do without it. The grand jury costs us thousands of dollars, but its report upon the city jail is worth all of that, and more. Still, our jail is good enough for such criminals as are placed in durance there. It is the greatest reformatory institution in the world. Once a man is placed therein, he braces up and never molests the peace and quietude of the community again. But all the same it is such fun to have the grand jury say, year after year, that another bastile ought to be erected here. Life would indeed be a barren waste without that. Col. Theodore Roosevelt has returned to civilization from his five-weeks' hunting trip into the wilds of Colorado, in excellent health and spirits, and will return to Washington in time for the inauguration. He is much annoyed over the hair-raising stories that have been circulated concerning his hunting experiences. To a correspondent he gave the following statement: "No correspondent of any newspaper, no man who wrote or gave any information to any newspaper, was within forty miles of where I was hunting at any time during the five weeks I was out. The sensational stories, such as those describing adventures with bears and wolves, were deliberate and willful fabrications, and, I understand, were written by men who were not within hundreds of miles of where I was. We did not see a bear or a wolf on the entire trip. Aside from lynx and smaller game, our hunting was confined to hunting the so-called mountain lions or panthers. I got manufactures and products of cast iron and steel. Roughly stated, the United States is said to have exported goods of this description to Russia last year to the amount of about $30,000,000. The addition of 30 per cent to the duty will prove practically prohibitory. The action is in response to the position taken by the Treasury Department relative to the importation of Russian sugars. The University of California is to be made the headquarters for the irrigation investigations of the United States government. Elwood Mead, United States irrigation expert in charge, has been invited to organize a department of irrigation in the University. He will remain at the head of the national irrigation bureau, but his home and office will be in Berkeley, and he will spend a portion of each term lecturing at the University. His first course, to begin about March 1, and to run through April, will be on "Institutions of Irrigation." During his eleven years of service in Wyoming, Professor Mead perfected the Wyoming system of irrigation law, the best in the United States. His varied experiences as a consulting engineer have peculiarly fitted him for the task of organizing an irrigation department in the University. One of the most important features of this new department is the close co-operation which is insured between the University of California and the national government. The forestry division of the Agricultural Department has received from an agent in the Philippines a highly interesting report on the woods of that archipelago, which, it is understood, will soon be issued as a bulletin. The agent states that from various sources of information "That no contract shall be any of the works herein evidued until the Secretary of the Interior shall have determined to lay faction that the State or Town within which such works are constructed has provided an adequate tem of laws for the public oceans, and the just and final minination of the rights to water from and securing the right tlers upon the public lands with districts to be supplied with water such irrigation, and which law the beneficial use of it the measure and the limit of the administrative officers necessary sure the delivery of the water available to those entitled thereto. The section aims, in brief, legislation in various states, Included, similar to the irrigation isprudence of Wyoming. The very next section of Wilson's clauses that nothing in the act construed as interfering with one of the states concerning irrigation reality the bill calls for and new set of irrigation laws states. There is little or no chance son's bill going further than able committee report this Senator Hansbrough, who has of irrigation agitation-in the S opposed to this new provision not incorporate it it his bill. Muslin Underwear at Harrison enstein. Passion Play, The "Passion Play" will be Thursday evening. February 24th at Opera-house, the first one of four entertainments under pices of the Methodist church. Black Cat Hoslery at Harrison enstein. German Evangelical Lutheran services will be held next Sunday Episcopal church at 2:30 p.m. school at 2 o'clock. Clarence Groat came down on Angeles yesterday. He will write a cement ditch for Jack Hunter latter's ranch in Fullerton." was led to believe that the public lands comprise from one-third to possibly one-half of the land of the Philippine Islands—that from 20,000,000 to 40,000,000 acres. There are fully 5,000,000 acres of pine forest owned by the governors in the island of Mindoro and Laguna. The island of Mindanao has an area of more than 2,000,000 acres, is almost entirely covered with pine, and has but a small percentage of cultivated land. In the province of Cagayan, on the island of Luzon, there are more than 20,000 acres of forests. In the places mentioned the cuttings up to this present date have been very well. In many other provinces in the island of Luzon, especially in the country close to Manila, much time has been cut, and to fill large tracts the lumbermen are obliged to quite a distance from that city find a suitable tract. In a recent visit to the southern group the agent was impressed with the amount of timber standing on smaller islands. Frequently the geography was such that it could be exploited with facility. There are tracts of virgin forest where from 10,000 to 20,000 cubic feet of significant timber per acre were found—trees more than 150 feet height, and with trunks clear of branches to eighty feet, and more than four feet in diameter. There are many millions of cubic feet of rubber in these forests that should not cut in order to properly thin out the dense growth. The Chief of the Weather Bureau is directed that reports be issued from time to time concerning the amount of snowfall in the mountains, as a means of forecasting the possible supply of water available for irrigating, mining and other purposes. A large number of reports have been received in California having the snowfall data up to the end of January, 1901. Not for many years past has the snowfall been so "ARDEN," IN THE SANTIAGO. Modjeska's Home to be Sold, When She and Count Bozenta Will Return to Cracow. "The Forest of Arden," the beautiful home of Helena Modjeska in the Santiago, is about to pass out of her hands. Negotiations are said to be now pending by which this unique ranch, the summer home of Count and Countess Bozenta, may become the property of an Eastern millionaire. The estate in Santiago canyon has been in the possession of Modjeska for more than a quarter of a century. It is a spot that connoisseurs of art and lovers of nature find almost ideal. The drive is made across the fertile Santa Ana valley, through orchards of oranges and lemops and thousands of acres of waving grain. In the winter the uncultivated land is a carpet of wild flowers, where fields of flaming yellow poppies and dainty "baby blue eyes" and scarlet "Indian paint brush" blossom riotously. The gradual ascent from five hundred to twenty-five hundred feet above the sea level is scarcely felt as one passes up the canyon, through groves of immense live oaks and gnarled scyamores, under a tangle of wild grape vines and other creepers, crossing again and again a little mountain stream winding down to the valley below. With skill and taste this beautiful drive has been made most attractive. Wide detours are taken to spare the trees, rustic bridges span the restless stream, while qaint boulders with lichens remain untouched in picturesque beauty along the way. A sudden turn in the canyon brings one to Modjeska Park, a natural park of stately trees, two miles beyond which stands the house. It is a lone, rambling one-storied house, with broad plazzas and vine-clad trellises. "Arden" embraces two thousand acres, about seventy of which are in orchards of oranges, lemons, nuts and delicious fruits. Around the house are velvet lawns, flowing fountains and rare shrubbery. In the background rise purple peaks and mountain solitudes. The house is quaint and picturesque. It has French windows and broad verandas, where awnings, hammocks and cosy seats make outdoor life possible during all the summer months. Mme. Modjeska's own room—her den going to America in 1876, the settlement in Southern California and its misfortunes and failure are well known; also the drifting back of the Polish artists to their own country—all save Modjeska and her husband. To Modjeska the failure of the communistic scheme brought no loss of courage. She retained her love for the sunny South, and very soon after her career was established she returned to the scene of her experiment in community life and bought this tract of land in the canyon of Santiago, adding to it as time passed on, and finally building there a summer retreat. MARKET FOR OUR FRUITS. Apricot Pulp Shipped to London to be Made into Jams. James Boyle, United States Consul at Liverpool, reports to the State Department on the large and growing market in England for American fruit, preserves and jams, and quotes as follows from the London Daily Telegraph of January 12: "Commercial journals in the United States are just now directing much attention to the vast development that is taking place in California and elsewhere in the manipulation of fruit pulps and jam, and it seems something like a revolution in the enormous industry is by no means an impossibility in the near future. "Many interesting facts are to be gleaned as to the growing part that fruit pulps from abroad are playing in the manufacture of English jams. When a single order from one noted London firm alone amounts to twenty-eight tons of apricot pulp from California, it will convey some idea of the magnitude the system is attaining. Plums, pineapples, quinces, peaches and apples are also largely utilized in this way, and the latest triumph in this direction is that of being able to send into this country strawberry pulp. Small wonder that the British grower has cause for complaint that 'the demand is not what it was' for his products. "With the treatment of this material on such a scale it is not astonishing that those who knew the wonderful climatic advantages of California for drying should advocate the carrying of pulp preparation a step further and present the jam itself without the costly encumbrances of the old-fashioned" MEAT MARKET VEIT LENTZ, Proprietor Having assumed control of the Market Center street, I wish to my friends and the public genealogy pork, hams, sausages, lard, smoked fresh fish on sale at lower prices. Orange County...Collection Agent We collect all over the Reasonable commission prompt work: ...General Information Expert detectives furnished necessary. Legal advice required. Honest, Competent and Careful. C. W. Roos General Box 414, Pulleer Black Cat Hosiery at Harper enstein. Wanted. A canvasser (lady or boy) for a good selling book. Called to W. F. Christen, Anaheim Residence, West street, second north of Center. Muslin Underwear at Harper enstein. For Sale. One fine heavy matched good young team; one good driving horse; three fresh brood sows; one improved Poison boar; two beet beds; one vator; one beet puller. L. Loara P. O. The latest in Belts at Harper enstein. Piano For Sale. Decker Bros. upright; inspect as good as new. Apply to Prof. Ludwig Thooser 15th St., Los Angeles, or this website. Money to Loan. In sums to suit. Apply Backs, Jr., Secretary Built Loan Association. Anaheim Residence. Wanted. To buy or rent, 10 share stock. Will pay $300, or write The Chief of the Weather Bureau is directed that reports be issued from time to time concerning the amount of snowfall in the mountains, as a means of forecasting the possible supply of water available for irrigation, mining and other purposes. A large number of reports have been received in California during the snowfall data up to the end of January, 1901. Not for many years past has the snowfall been so heavy in Southern California, nor can we outlook for an abundant supply of water so promising. From a study of the snowfall data collected in other States, especially Colorado, it appears that a winter of heavy snowfall is not necessarily succeeded by a season of bountiful water supply. It is very evident that dry ground will absorb a large amount of rainfall under certain favorable conditions, and the melting of the snow may not occur rapidly enough, especially if high north winds are blowing, to furnish supply of water sufficient to thoroughly saturate the ground and furnish the needed run-off for other localities. Much of the precipitation on the month of January was needed to replenish the natural ground water which had been largely drawn upon during the preceding three dry years. The heavy rains in Southern California at the end of January and the following week seem to have simply filled all reservoirs. For the whole State not only is there a fair supply of ground water, but there will be ample surface supply in rivers and reservoirs for the coming summer months. Up to the present time there has not been a very large run-off from melting snow. A BUG IN THE BILL. WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—In the arid lands irrigation bill introduced by Wilson of Idaho, at the instance of the House Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands, is a provision entirely new and not approved by the majority of the friends of irrigation, though it is sanctioned by the committee. It is section of the Wilson bill, and reads as follows: "That no contract shall be let for any of the works hereinbefore provided until the Secretary of the Interior shall have determined to his satisfaction that the State or Territory within which such works are to be constructed has provided an adequate system of laws for the public control ofreams, and the just and final determination of the rights to water thereon and securing the rights of setters upon the public lands within the districts to be supplied with water from such irrigation, and which laws make the beneficial use of it the basis, the rambling one-storied house, with broad plazzas and vine-clad trellises. "Arden" embraces two thousand acres, about seventy of which are in orchards of oranges, lemons, nuts and delicious fruits. Around the house are velvet lawns, flowing fountains and rare shrubbery. In the background rise purple peaks and mountain solitudes. The house is quaint and picturesque. It has French windows and broad verandas, where awnings, hammocks and cosy seats make outdoor life possible during all the summer months. Mme. Modjeska's own room—her den—is the library. It has triple mullioned windows and a quaint stone fireplace. Engravings, etchings, paintings, rare Persian rugs, old mahogany furniture and deep-seated leather chairs make this room most alluring. Carved oak bookcases fill the side of the room opposite the long French windows that open upon the mountain view. Madame's work table is filled with books of plays and volumes on stage costumes and stage settings. Scrapbooks of dramatic criticisms and theatrical events and photographs of noted players are in picturesque confusion. Among the valued pieces of furniture is a quaint little black brass-legged table of the time of Queen Elizabeth, which was presented by "Joe" Jefferson to Count Bozenta. Above this table hangs a miniature picture on porcelain of Marie Antoinette. The books, according to the S. F. Bulletin, number perhaps two thousand—books in French, Russian, Polish, Italian and English. A magnificent edition of Balzac, the gift of Alphonse Daudet, occupies a place of honor, for Mme. Modjeska considers this writer among the greatest novelists of the century. Shakespeare in many editions and many languages is here, with critical and analytical essays and commentaries galore. Stenkiewicz' works in Polish are upon the shelves, each volume an author's copy. Photographs, water colors, carvings and many ornaments adorn the room. The dining-room, a long, low, sunny apartment, has a great brick fireplace and a recessed stained glass window. The walls are hung with many art trophies, among which is a collection of arms, old swords, ancient cutglasses, crude battle axes and murderous javelins. Many of these are the gifts of famous people and are of historic value. The music room is a charming spot. A grand piano occupies one end, and there are also a beautiful harp and a collection of musical instruments representing many countries. The whole interior of the home is filled with art treasures from all parts of the globe. The acquirement of "Arden" belongs to a chapter in the life of Modjeska dating as far back as the centennial year 1876; for it was in this year that she, with her husband, Count Bozenta Chlapowski, came to America with a society of Polish artists and attempted to found a colony in Southern California. There is probably no other story oframbling one-storied house, with broad plazzas and vine-clad trellises. "Arden" embraces two thousand acres, about seventy of which are in orchards of oranges, lemons, nuts and delicious fruits. Around the house are velvet lawns, flowing fountains and rare shrubbery. In the background rise purple peaks and mountain solitudes. The house is quaint and picturesque. Carved oak bookcases fill the side of the room opposite the long French windows that open upon the mountain view. Madame's work table is filled with books of plays and volumes on stage costumes and stage settings. Scrapbooks of dramatic criticisms and theatrical events and photographs of noted players are in picturesque confusion. Among the valued pieces of furniture is a quaint little black brass-legged table of the time of Queen Elizabeth, which was presented by "Joe" Jefferson to Count Bozenta. Above this table hangs a miniature picture on porcelain of Marie Antoinette. The books, according to the S. F. Bulletin, number perhaps two thousand—books in French, Russian, Polish, Italian and English. A magnificent edition of Balzac, the gift of Alphonse Daudet, occupies a place of honor, for Mme. Modjeska considers this writer among the greatest novelists of the century. Shakespeare in many editions and many languages is here, with critical and analytical essays and commentaries galore. Stenkiewicz' works in Polish are upon the shelves, each volume an author's copy. Photographs, water colors, carvings and many ornaments adorn the room. The dining-room, a long, low, sunny apartment, has a great brick fireplace and a recessed stained glass window. The walls are hung with many art trophies, among which is a collection of arms, old swords, ancient cutglasses, crude battle axes and murderous javelins. Many of these are the gifts of famous people and are of historic value. The music room is a charming spot. A grand piano occupies one end, and there are also a beautiful harp and a collection of musical instruments representing many countries. The whole interior of the home is filled with art treasures from all parts of the globe. The acquirement of "Arden" belongs to a chapter in the life of Modjeska dating as far back as the centennial year 1876; for it was in this year that she, with her husband, Count Bozenta Chapowski, came to America with a society of Polish artists and attempted to found a colony in Southern California. There is probably no other story "That no contract shall be let for any of the works hereinbefore provided until the Secretary of the Interior shall have determined to his satisfaction that the State or Territory within which such works are to be constructed has provided an adequate system of laws for the public control of streams, and the just and final determination of the rights to water therefrom and securing the rights of settlers upon the public lands within the districts to be supplied with water from such irrigation, and which laws make one beneficial use of it the basis, the measure and the limit of the right; and administrative officers necessary to ensure the delivery of the water rendered available to those entitled thereto." The section aims, in brief, to secure legislation in various states, California included, similar to the irrigation jurisdiction of Wyoming. Though the very next section of Wilson's bill declares that nothing in the act shall be construed as interfering with the laws of the states concerning irrigation, in reality the bill calls for an entirely new set of irrigation laws in most states. There is little or no chance of Wilson's bill going further than a favorable committee report this session. Senator Hansbrough, who has charge of irrigation agitation in the Senate, is opposed to this new provision and will not incorporate it if his bill. Muslin Underwear at Harris & Falkenstein. Passion Play, The "Passion Play" will begin here Thursday evening, February 28, at the Opera-house, the first of a series of four entertainments under the auspices of the Methodist church. Black Cat Hoslery at Harris & Falkenstein. German Evangelical Lutheran services will be held next Sunday in the Episcopal church at 2:30 p.m. Sunday school at 2 o'clock. I. KOGLER. Clarence Groat came down from Los Angeles yesterday. He will construct ditch for Jack Hunter at the latter's ranch in Fullerton. A grand piano occupies one end, and there are also a beautiful harp and a collection of musical instruments representing many countries. The whole interior of the home is filled with art treasures from all parts of the globe. The acquirement of "Arden" belongs to a chapter in the life of Modjeska dating as far back as the centennial year 1876, for it was in this year that she, with her husband, Count Bozenta Chlapowski, came to America with a society of Polish artists and attempted to found a colony in Southern California. There is probably no other story of communistic life quite like this, for this company of idealists, unlike the Brook Farm or any other community, had no problem to solve, no class privileges to settle, no philosophy to promote. They came, about thirty in number, a company of happy, ambitious young people fleeing from Poland from the political suspicion that had become almost a reign of terror. They sought a free government and a climate of semi-tropic beauty. The artists, led by Modjeska and her husband, included Henryk Sienkiewicz, Michael Kroschiki, the painter, and Carl Valdshmidt, the poet. Besides these men there were other artists, editors, poets, orators, full of life, of enthusiasm, longing to establish a home for denationalized genius, where political censorship was unknown. This company had in Cracow, Poland belonged to a club, which met at one another's houses, where they discussed music, art, poetry and too often the downfall of their beloved country, which was in the possession of the Russian aristocracy. Modjeska's husband was purely Polish. His great uncle, General Chlapowski, was aide de camp to Napoleon and commanded a wing of the French army in its march to Moscow. The Count was, therefore, thought to be a dangerous person to the government, and his career was frequently interrupted with political imprisonment, resulting finally in exile. No wonder that he and his artist wife dreamed of a free life across the water in an Arcadia of their own making. The foundling of the colony, the com- His Private Car. Oil stocks in California are making poor men millionaires, as in the old days in Pennsylvania. One of the strangest of these freaks of fortune came to John A. Bunting, a former freight brakeman on the Southern Pacific, who has just ordered a $30,000 private car from the Pullman company. Bunting began life ten years ago as the keeper of a railroad water tank on the desert, near Tucson, Ariz. Then he was advanced, and finally reached the position of freight brakeman. He loaned a friend $170 and took as collateral a watch and a mortgage on forty acres of land in Kern county. The friend did not pay, so Bunting sold the watch and foreclosed on the land. He tried to sell the land, but could get nothing for it. Recently oil was struck near the place. He resigned from the road's employ and began to develop his property. He struck oil, and is now rated as a millionaire. Bunting walked into General Manager Filmore's office in San Francisco the other day and sent in his card. Filmore returned the reply that he was sorry, but he had no job, as Bunting had voluntarily resigned his place. Bunting sent back the answer that he was not looking for a job, but wanted to buy a private car. Filmore congratulated him, and advised him to order a car with all the latest improvements, which would cost him $30,000, and meanwhile rent a car from the Southern Pacific. This he did. Bunting has no expensive tastes, except a strong desire to travel in his car, and have that car as luxurious as it is possible to make it. Sunset Limited Leaves Los Angeles for New Orleans and East every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 7:45 a.m. until further notice. Equipment consists of composite car, smoking and reading-room, writing desk, buffet, barber shop and bath. Ladies' parlor car with maid in attendance. Stateroom section car; as many Pullman standard sleepers as are necessary; also a dining car. Vestibules, steam-heated, gas-lighted, and runs through without change. Southern Pacific ticket office, corner Los Angeles and Santa Ana streets, Anaheim, Cal. Well, this is great! I must "What's the matter?" "I gave Della money to give things in Paris, and here I note with them worded as making me a present of this unpolls Journal. The "cash" is the most circulating coin of China. It und zinc piece about the American quarter of a dollar hole in the center ence in stringing many coins. Knew They Were Amorous A compliment and a slur breath are in a letter I read a Washington girl in Paris. "We were dining at Joseph pight," she writes,"wholly dressed woman sitting near with a party of three—the men with her to ask were not Americans. She be saying 'I told you so' to and as we came out she stethocard to explain hieceeding. She was polite." "Mademoiselle will parly said with the most charm 'but it was a wager.' I have my husband that we see Americans this evening. we have seen, and Mime with us, would not believe Americans. Mals I was s "Why were you so sure?" "Madame flashed a dazzle me." 'Ohl' she said,'the Americas always the voices of the winnners at table of the best. I was sure!" — Post. Largest of Animals Mr. Beddard in his book reminds readers that although animals are apt to picture them titles of the jurassic and periods as having exceeded modern animals yet in fact evidence that the earth has trained either on the land or creatures exceeding the world. The mammoth was larger than phantom, but the lethyosaurs match the whale for size with its terrible jaws it was less have been the whale's MEAT MARKET VEIT LENTZ, Proprietor. Having assumed control of the City Meat Market, Center street, I wish to state to my friends and the public generally that shall keep on hand the finest beef, mutton, pork, hams, sausages, lard, smoked beef, etc. Fresh fish on sale at lowest prices. Orange County... Collection Agency We collect all over the world. Reasonable commission and prompt work. General Information Bureau. Expert detectives furnished where necessary. Legal advice and detective work. Estates looked up. Will give $10,000 bonds when required. Honest, Reliable, Competent and Careful: C. W. Roach, General Manager. Box 414, Pullerton, Cal. Black Cat Hosiery at Harris & Falkenstein. Wanted. A canvasser (lady or gentleman) for a good selling book. Call or write to W. F. Christen, Anaheim P. O. Residence, West street, second house north of Center. Muslin Underwear at Harris & Falkenstein. For Sale. One fine heavy matched team; one good young team; one good young driving horse; three fresh cows; two brood sows; one improved Poland China boar; two beet beds; one beet cultivator; one beet puller. L. A. EVANS, Loara P. O. The latest in Belts at Harris & Falkenstein. Plano For Sale. Decker Bros. upright; in every respect as good as new. Price $300. Apply to Prof. Ludwig Thomas, 116 E. 15th St., Los Angeles, or this office. f1-tf Money to Loan. In sums to suit. Apply to F. A. Backs, Jr., Secretary Building and Loan Association, Anaheim, Cal. 10-tf Wanted. To buy or rent, 10 shares of water stock. Will pay $300, or will rent at Notice of Application for Franchise by D. H. Thomas, in the City of Anaheim. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT D. H. Thomas has applied to the Board of Trustees of the City of Anaheim, Orange County, California, for a franchise to construct, operate and maintain a street railway, to be operated by either electricity or super-heated stored water, and to construct and maintain the necessary turnouts and switches along the route in said City of Anaheim. The route to be traversed by said street railway is as follows: Commencing at the intersection of Los Angeles street and Broad street, which last-named street is the south boundary of the corporate limits of the City of Anaheim; thence north on said Los Angeles street to the north line of the corporate limits of the City of Anaheim. That it is proposed by said Board of Trustees of the City of Anaheim to grant said franchise; that the term of its continuance as proposed is fifty years from and after the date of the passage of the Ordinance granting the same, and that said franchise is of the character of an ordinary single or double track electric street railway franchise, and will be subject to all the provisions, conditions and requirements which are specified in the proposed Ordinance granting the same, and that a draft of the Ordinance, leaving the name of the grantee blank, which it is proposed by said Board of Trustees to grant will be found on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, and open to the inspection of all persons who desire to bid for the same, and that they shall look at said proposed Ordinance for further terms, conditions and limitations. Notice further given that sealed bids or tenders will be received at the office of the City Clerk of the City of Anaheim until Tuesday, the ninth day of April, 1901, at 8 o'clock P.M., for said franchise, and that said franchise is exposed for sale to the highest bidder, and that on and after said date said Board of Trustees of the City of Anaheim will grant said franchise to the highest bidder. No bids will be received of a single sum or amount stated, but all bids must be for the payment, in lawful money of the United States, of a stated per cent. of the gross annual receipts of the person, partnership or corporation or other authority to whom the franchise is awarded, arising from its use, operation or possession. No percentage shall be paid for the first five years succeeding the date of the franchise, but thereafter such percentage shall be payable annually, and shall in no case be less than three per cent, per annum upon such gross receipts, the franchise to be forfeited by failure to make the payments stated in the bids upon which the award may be made. Notice is further given that unless the bidder shall file with his bid a bond to the City of Anaheim, with at least two good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the Board of Trustees of the City of Anaheim, in the penal sum of $600.00, which said bond shall be conditioned that such bidder shall well and truly observe, fulfill and perform each and all of the terms, conditions and obligations of such franchise; in case the same shall be awarded to him, and that in case of any breach-of-condition of such bond the whole amount of the penal sum thereon named shall be paid damages and shall be recoverable from the principal and sureties upon said bond, no award of any such franchise shall be made upon such bid, although the same may be the highest, but such franchise may be awarded to the next highest bidder who shall have complied with this provision, or, in the discretion of the Board of Trustees of the City of Anaheim, all bids may be set aside and rejected and new bids advertised for. Each bidder must enclose a certified check for $100.00, payable to the President of the Board of Trustees. By order of the Board of Trustees of the City of Anaheim, as set forth in its Resolution Number 31, to which reference is here- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE qualified electors of Angleim High School District of the County of Orange State of California, that in accordance with the provisions of the Political Code of the State of California Securities Act Article XXI Title III Part II thereof and amendments thereto an election will be held on the fifth day of March 1901, at the Central School-house in said District, between which period the polls shall remain open; at which time the question of issuing and selling bonds of said district to the amount of Twelve Thousand Five Hundred ($122,500) Dollars, for purchasing a school lot; for building a High School house; for insuring the same; for supplying the same with necessary furniture and apparatus; for improving the grounds; and for liquidating any indebtedness already incurred for said purposes will be voted upon. THE SAID BONDS thereunder to be issued and sold to be of the denomination of Five Hundred ($500) Dollars each; and to bear interest at the rate of Five and One Half (5%) per cent per annum; interest payable semi-annually at the office of the Treasurer of Orange County, and to be numbered from 1 to 25 consecutively payable as follows: to wit: Bonds Nos. 1 and 2 payable one year from date; Bonds Nos. 3 and 4 payable two years from date; Bonds Nos. 5 and 6 payable three years from date; Bonds Nos. 7 and 8 payable four years from date; Bonds Nos. 9 and 10 payable five years from date; Bonds Nos. 11 and 12 payable six years from date; Bonds Nos. 13, 14 and 15 payable seven years from date; Bonds Nos. 16, 17 and 18 payable eight years from date; Bonds Nos. 19, 20 and 21 payable nine years from date; THAT F. C. RIMPAU as Inspector and W. E. Carver and C. O. Rust as Judges; three competent persons and qualified electors of the said School District; will act as Inspector and Judges of said election; and will conduct the same. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands this fourth day of February, 1901. T. A. DARLING, President. J. H. CLABAUGH, Clerk. A. H. SHELDON, Trustees of Angleim School District, Orange County, California. Pacific Coast Steamship Co. The Company's steamers leave as follows: FOR SAN FRANCISCO, calling only at Port Los Angeles and Santa Barbara. Leave REDONDO SANTA ROSA and QUEEN, Wednesdays and Saturdays, 8 a.m. Leave PORT LOS ANGELES SANTA ROSA and QUEEN, Wednesdays and Saturdays, 11:30 a.m. Arrive at San Francisco Thursday Sundays and Sundays, 1 p.m. Leave EAST SAN PEDRO CORONA and BONITA, Sundays and Thursdays, 6:25 p.m. Leave SAN PEDRO-CORONA and BONITA Sundays and Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. For SAN DIEGO. Leave PORT LOS ANGELES SANTA The latest in Belts at Harris & Falkenstein. Piano For Sale. Decker Bros. upright; in every respect as good as new. Price $300. Apply to Prof. Ludwig Thomas, 116 E. 15th St., Los Angeles, or this office. 11-tf Money to Loan. In sums to suit. Apply to F. A. Backs, Jr., Secretary Building and Loan Association, Anaheim, Cal. 10-tf Wanted. To buy or rent, 10 shares of water stock. Will pay $300, or will rent at moderate figure. B. NEWBAUER. f14-3t* Gold Trimmings and Buttons at Harris & Falkenstein. For Sale. Stove wood. Apply to GEORGE HUNTER, Anaheim. feb7-tf Money to Loan. From $5,000 to $10,000 in sums to suit on real estate or approved security, Apply to Richard Melrose. dec-23tf A Real Man This Time. Daughter (delightedly)—And did you really consent? Father—Consent? My stars! I had so. The man demanded your hand like a highman holding up a coach. Consent? My gracious! I believe, from the way he looked and acted, he would have knocked me down if I hadn’t. Daughter—Oh, it can’t be. You must have been dreaming. Why, when he proposed to me he trembled so that he could hardly speak, and he looked so weak and nervous I had to hurry up and say “Yes” to keep him from fainting.—London Answers. His Renson. Bigbee—Why, Smallbee, you are just the man I want to see. You have known me now for five years, haven’t you? Smallbee—Yes. Bigbee—Well, I would like you to accommodate me with the loan of £2. Smallbee—Sorry, Bigbee, but I can’t. Bigbee—Can’t! Why not? Smallbee—Because I’ve known you for five years.—Pearson’s Weekly. Quick Collection. “My! What a splendid library your husband has, Mrs. Flashington. It must have taken him years and years to get all those books together.” “Oh, no. We moved into a house two years ago that had book shelves built all around one room, and he done it in about three weeks.”—Chicago Times-Herald. Condescensor. “Well, this is great, I must say.” “What’s the matter?” “I gave Della money to get me some things in Paris, and here she sends a note with them worded as if she were making me a present of them.”—Indianapolis Journal. The “cash” is the most common circulating coin of China. It is a copper and zinc piece about the size of the American quarter of a dollar, with a square hole in the center for convenience in stringing many of them together. Knew They Were Americans. Wide Trouseres. Narrow Streets. La Lucha of Havana in a long editorial “giving its” to American visitors to Cuba generally comes out strong in defense of Cuban trousers and of the narrow streets of the Cuban capital. It says: “One frequently hears Americans ridicule what they call ‘Cuban trousers,’ thereby betraying their own crass ignorance. For instance, one of the coolest materials for men to wear is alpaca. To make close fitting trousers of it or of any other thin material would prove disastrous; consequently in all tropical countries the loose trousers are worn, and persons who visit Mexico, Central and South America or India grow rapidly accustomed to them. Furthermore, the shape affected here so much is the height of fashion in France. “Again, the statement is frequently made that the streets of Havana should be ‘wildened and made modern.’ Gross ignorance is again displayed. All tropical cities are built with narrow streets, as that is the only way in which pedestrians can be given shade during part of the day. By stepping out on to the Prado at 2 p.m. from Obispo or Obrapla the difference in temperature on wide and narrow streets may be noted.” The Pie Foundry. A man who recently visited a pie factory in Chicago thus describes it: “The day we were there a special run was being made on pumpkin pies, and I looked in vain for any signs of pumpkin rinds. One of the foremen grinned and told me in strict confidence that real pumpkin was never used in pumpkin pies at present except possibly in a few remote and very primitive New England villages. The substitute was a mixture of sweet potatoes, apples and cheap flour flavored with a chemical extract. I tasted some of the stuff and was satisfied be was telling me the truth. “Cranberry ple contains only enough cranberries to ‘make a showing,’ after the manner of the oyster in the church fair stew. The rest is apple jelly colored red and flavored. I have forgotten the other substitutes employed, but these will give you a general idea of the morality of the business. “The average output of the foundry was one second, or about 36,000 plies for a working day. The manager told me they were shipped all over the pleb belt in specially prepared crates.” German Law of Libel. The German law of libel is a curiosity. An editor recently said in his paper in the penal sum of $600,000, which said bond shall be conditioned that such bolder shall well and truly observe, fulfil and perform each and all the terms, conditions and obligations of such franchise. In case the same shall be warranted to him and in case any breach of condition such bond the whole amount of the penal sum therein named shall be taken and deemed to be liquidated damages, and shall be recoverable from the principal and sureties upon said bond, no award of any such franchise shall be made upon such bid, although it may be the highest but such franchise may be awarded to the next highest bider who shall have complied with this provision, or, in the discretion of the Board of Trustees of the City of Anaheim, as set forth in its Resolution Number 31, to which reference is hereby made. JOSÉPH HELMSEN. President of the Board of Trustees of the City of Anaheim. Feb4-14 Wide Trouseres. Narrow Streets. La Lucha of Havana in a long editorial “giving its” to American visitors to Cuba generally comes out strong in defense of Cuban trousers and of the narrow streets of the Cuban capital. It says: “One frequently hears Americans ridicule what they call ‘Cuban trousers,’ thereby betraying their own crass ignorance. For instance, one of the coolest materials for men to wear is alpaca. To make close fitting trousers of it or of any other thin material would prove disastrous; consequently in all tropical countries the loose trousers are worn, and persons who visit Mexico, Central and South America or India grow rapidly accustomed to them. Furthermore, the shape affected here so much is the height of fashion in France. “Again, the statement is frequently made that the streets of Havana should be ‘wildened and made modern.’ Gross ignorance is again displayed. All tropical cities are built with narrow streets, as that is the only way in which pedestrians can be given shade during part of the day. By stepping out on to the Prado at 2 p.m. from Obispo or Obrapla the difference in temperature on wide and narrow streets may be noted.” The Pie Foundry. A man who recently visited a pie factory in Chicago thus describes it: “The day we were there a special run was being made on pumpkin pies, and I looked in vain for any signs of pumpkin rinds. One of the foremen grinned and told me in strict confidence that real pumpkin was never used in pumpkin pies at present except possibly in a few remote and very primitive New England villages. The substitute was a mixture of sweet potatoes, apples and cheap flour flavored with a chemical extract. I tasted some of the stuff and was satisfied be was telling me the truth. “Cranberry ple contains only enough cranberries to ‘make a showing,’ after the manner of the oyster in the church fair stew. The rest is apple jelly colored red and flavored. I have forgotten the other substitutes employed, but these will give you a general idea of the morality of the business. “The average output of the foundry was one second, or about 36,000 plies for a working day. The manager told me they were shipped all over the pleb belt in specially prepared crates.” German Law of Libel. The German law of libel is a curlosity. An editor recently said in his paper in the penal sum of $600,000, which said bond shall be conditioned that such bolder shall well and truly observe, fulfill and perform each and all the terms, conditions and obligations of such franchise. In case the same shall be warranted to him and in case any breach of condition such bond the whole amount of the penal sum therein named shall be taken and deemed to be liquidated damages, and shall be recoverable from the principal and sureties upon said bond, no award of any such franchise shall be made upon such bid, although it may be received for Each bolder must enclose a certificate for Each bolder must payable to the President of the Board of Trustees. By order of the Board of Trustees of the City of Anaheim, as set forth in its Resolution Number 31, to which reference is hereby made. JOSÉPH HELMSEN. President of the Board of Trustees of the City of Anaheim. Feb4-14 Wide Trouseres. Narrow Streets. La Lucha of Havana in a long editorial “giving its” to American visitors to Cuba generally comes out strong in defense of Cuban trousers and of the narrow streets of the Cuban capital. It says: “One frequently hears Americans ridicule what they call ‘Cuban trousers,’ thereby betraying their own crass ignorance. For instance, one of the coolest materials for men to wear is alpaca. To make close fitting trousers of it or of any other thin material would prove disastrous; consequently in all tropical countries the loose trousers are worn, and persons who visit Mexico, Central and South America or India grow rapidly accustomed to them. Furthermore, the shape affected here so much is the height of fashion in France. “Again, the statement is frequently made that the streets of Havana should be ‘wildened and made modern.’ Gross ignorance is again displayed. All tropical cities are built with narrow streets, as that is the only way in which pedestrians can be given shade during part of the day. By stepping out on to the Prado at 2 p.m. from Obispo or Obrapla the difference in temperature on wide and narrow streets may be noted.” The Pie Foundry. A man who recently visited a pie factory in Chicago thus describes it: “The day we were there a special run was being made on pumpkin pies, and I looked in vain for any signs of pumpkin rinds. One of the foremen grinned and told me in strict confidence that real pumpkin was never used in pumpkin pies at present except possibly in a few remote and very primitive New England villages. The substitute was a mixture of sweet potatoes, apples and cheap flour flavored with a chemical extract. I tasted some of the stuff and was satisfied be was telling me the truth. “Cranberry ple contains only enough cranberries to ‘make a showing,’ after the manner of the oyster in the church fair stew. The rest is apple jelly colored red and flavored. I have forgotten the other substitutes employed, but these will give you a general idea of the morality of the business." “The average output of the foundry was one second, or about 36,000 plies for a working day. The manager told me they were shipped all over the pleb belt in specially prepared crates.” German Law of Libel. The German law of libel is a curlosity. An editor recently said in his paper in the penal sum of $600,000, which said bond shall be conditioned that such bolder shall well and truly observe, fulfill and perform each and all the terms, conditions and obligations of such franchise. In case the same shall be warranted to him and in case any breach of condition such bond—the whole amount of the penal sum therein named shall be taken and deemed to be liquidated damages, and shall be recoverable from the principal and sureties upon said bond, no award of any such franchise shall be made upon such bid, although it may be recovered by each information obtain company’s folder. The company reserves the right to change steamers, sailing days and hours of sailing without previous notice. W.P.AIRHUS AGENTS. PARKINS & CO. GEN.AGTS. San Francisco. MONEY SENT WITHOUT DANGER OF LOSS. 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F.A.Yungbluth Merchant Tailor A Large stockokof SPRING Suitings on hand to select from.My prices arethe lowest,anda perfect fitisguaranteedtoall.Call onceandyouwillcomeagain RUHMANN BLOCK ANAHEIM. How to get them. X We Guarantee 8 per cent Write for prospectus. Pacific Mutual Investment Co.,Laughlin Building,Los Angeles. We want agentsand district managers Write for terms. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. "Well, this is great. I must say. 'What's the matter?' "I gave Della money to get me some things in Paris, and here she sends a note with them worded as if she were making me a present of them.'—Indianapolis Journal. The "cash" is the most common circulating coin of China. It is a copper and zinc piece about the size of the American quarter of a dollar, with a square hole in the center for convenience in stringing many of them together. Knew They Were Americans. A compliment and a slur in the same breath are in a letter I received from a Washington girl in Paris. "We were dining at Joseph's other pigt," she writes, "when a delightfully dressed woman sitting at a table near with a party of three sent one of the men with her to ask father if we were not Americans. She seemed to be saying 'I told you so' to her friends, and as we came out she stopped me in the corridor to explain her odd proceeding. She was politeness itself. "'Mademoiselle will pardon me,' she said with the most charming accent, 'but it was a wager. I have wagered my husband that we shall see 50 Americans this evening. It is now 35 we have seen, and Mme. B., who is with us, would not believe you were Americans. Mals, I was sure—sure!" "'Why were you so sure of it?' I asked. "Madame flashed a dazzling smile at me. 'Oh! she said, 'the Americans have always the voices of the worst and the manners at table of the very, very best. I was sure!'" — Washington Post. Largest of Animals. Mr. Beddard in his book on whales reminds readers that although imagination is apt to picture the giant reptiles of the Jurassic and cretaceous periods as having exceeded in size all modern animals yet in fact there is no evidence that the earth has ever contained either on the land or in the sea creatures exceeding the whale in bulk. The mammoth was larger than the elephant, but the lethyosaurs could not match the whale for size, although with its terrible jaws it would doubtless have been the whale's master. "Cranberry pie contains only enough cranberries to 'make a showing,' after the manner of the oyster in the church fair stew. The rest is apple jelly colored red and flavored. I have forgotten the other substitutes employed, but these will give you a general idea of the morality of the business. "The average output of the foundry was one second, or about 36,000 pies for a working day. The manager told me they were shipped all over the pie belt in specially prepared crates." German Law of Libel. The German law of libel is a curiosity. An editor recently said in his paper that a certain gentleman "was an unmannerly boor," in consequence of which a libel action was brought against the paper. The evidence given seemed to show that the only fault with the expression was that it was not strong enough. The case was taken from court to court in the usual way until it reached the highest tribunal. The final decision was that the editor would have been perfectly justified if he had said that the plaintiff "had acted like an unmannerly boor," but since he had said that the plaintiff actually "was an unmannerly boor" he had committed libel. In Germany it is libelous to call a man 'a pig or an ass, but if you combine the two and call a man a pig ass then there is no libel, because such an animal does not exist. The favorite combination among Germans is, we believe, pig dog—schweinehund.—Chambers' Journal. The Remedy. The Grand Duke of Mecklenburg was one day gambling at the Doberan tables and was betting on the same numbers as a rich master potter who stood next to him. Both having lost their money, the grand duke inquired, "Well, potter, what shall we do now?" "Oh," replied the master potter, "your highness will screw up the taxes, and I shall make pots." No Time to Be Lost. He (timidly)—Now that we are engaged 1–1 presume 1 may—may—kiss you as much as I please, mayn't I? She (encouragingly)—Yes, indeed. Make the most of your time, dear. There's no telling how long an engagement will last nowadays, you know.—Stray Stories. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. Estate of Harriet J. Terry. Deceased. NOTICE IS HERERY GIVEN BY THE undersigned. Executor of the last will and testament of Harriet J. Terry, deceased, to the creditors of, and all persons having claims against the said deceased, to exhibit the same with the necessary vouchers, within four months after the first publication of this notice, to the said Executor at the office of Richard Melrose, Center street, Anaheim, California, the same being the place for the transaction of the business of said estate in the county of Orange. Dated this 20th day of February A.D. 1901. WILLIAM W. TERRY. Executor of the last will and testament of Harriet J. Terry, deceased. RICHARD MELROSE. Attorney for Executor. ANAHEIM BARBER SHOP Newly furnished and renovated throughout. Elegant new PORCELAIN BATH TUB. Hot and cold baths at all hours. SHAVING - 10 CENTS. Fahrney's Alpenkrauter Blutbeleber for sale here. FRANK BAUM, Prop. RESIDENCE FOR SALE Seven-room cottage on Broadway; Hard finished; All modern improvements; Electric lights; Sanitary plumbing; Screen porch; Barn and outhouses; Large lot; on clean side of street; Situated in the pick of the residence portion. On easy terms. A snap. Apply at this office.