anaheim-gazette 1901-02-28

Rising Issue in California. Continued from First page. ation of irrigators, or a foreign corporation, is recognized as "owning the water." Under these conditions, how could the great principle of united ownership of land and water be applied in Southern California, so that the danger of water monopoly might be rendered as remote as the danger of land monopoly in these fair valleys? By the following steps: First. The State should create a special tribunal to adjudicate existing rights, limiting the amount of water per acre to actual beneficial use, with a reasonable maximum of water duty, and barring further litigation, as to water now claimed and used, by a statute of limitations. Second. The State should then issue water titles, in accordance with said adjudication, directly to the land irrigated, and water and land should thereafter be inseparable. Third. The State, asserting its paramount authority over all the water, should declare that companies carrying a supply in excess of the needs of their own land, are common carriers who must serve all lands within reach of their works, to the extent of their supply. Fourth. The State should create a non-partisan commission to fix the water rates to be charged by common carriers, and should bring the distribution of water, together with all future appropriations, under the supervision of an administrative system, like that of Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado and Idaho. This program involves no menace to vested interests. It would make them more secure than they are now in the possession of all rightful privileges. It would furnish a scientific foundation for future investment and development. Irrigation investment has not prospered under present laws, while settlement on irrigated lands has been attended with many perils and frequent disappointment. The man who desires to build his home, or to invest his idle capital, in Southern California, has nothing to lose by the reorganization of our irrigation system in accordance with the soundest public economy and the best experience of the world. Nothing need be said of these reforms from the standpoint of actual users of water. What they would gain in the way of assured water supply and stable land values is so plain as to require no Lost In Self Admiration. It happened in an "L" car. He was tall, handsome and just a little too well dressed and was reading a pamphlet on which stood out in letters large enough to be plainly legible to the opposite row of passengers the title, 'Correct Dress.' They all noticed him, for he was really beautiful. There was no doubt as to what he was reading. The passengers followed it almost line by line and knew just what part of the essay he had reached. It began when his eyes left the book and glanced dubiously at his cloth tipped patent leathers. He shook his head slightly as he saw that the upper was of a trifle too pronounced a pattern. Next he took in his trousers, and a bland smile of satisfaction wreathed his face. There was a slight frown when he compared his waistcoat with the haberdasher's manual, but his coat and hat were evidently irreproachable. The end of the inventory and of the spectators' self control came when the beautiful one began to admire in the back of his watch case his neckwear, his shirt and the faultless curves of his collar. A titter from the two girls in the corner, and the whole benchful exploded. The model of pulchritude looked up, shut his book with a snap, blushed furiously and left the car at the next station.—New York Mall and Express. An Amateur Savant Fooled. The stories are common enough of fire engines being turned out to quench an aurora, and on the other hand, it has not seldom happened that a very mundane conflagration has passed muster for a "celestial display." In the memoirs of Baron Stockmar an amusing anecdote is related of one Herr von Radowitz, who was given to making the most easily picked up information. A friend of the baron's went to an evening party near Frankfort, where he expected to meet Herr von Radowitz. On his way he saw a barn burning, stopped his carriage; assisted the people and waited till the frames were nearly extinguished. When he arrived at his friend's house, he found Herr von Radowitz, who had previously taken the party to the top of the building to see an aurora, dilating on terrestrial magnetism, electricity, etc. Radowitz asked Stockmar's friend, "Have you seen the beautiful aurora borealis?" He replied: "Certainly. I was there myself. It will soon be over." An explanation followed as to the barn on fire. Radowitz was silent some ten minutes, then he took up his hat and quietly disappeared.—Knowledge. Extension of Free Defirery. Continued from First page. the present data must be somewhat conjectural, but an approximate estimate may be reached. Surveying the country with reference to the density of the population and the character of the territory, and entering upon a detailed examination by states, it is believed that in aggregate an area about 1,000,000 square miles comprise all to which the service might reasonably be extended. Certainly it would take some years to cover that area and is all that need now to be templated. In arriving at an estimate of the gross cost there are three methods for computation. The first is to take as basis the cost per square mile, the second the cost per capita, and the third the cost per county. On July 1, 1906 the rural-delivery service covered an area of 30,756 square miles, with 1,282 routes. The cost per route, including the compensation of carrier and insurance expenses, but not administration expense, is fixed at $510. This makes the total cost for 1,276 routes, covering 30,756 square miles, $650,760, or $214 per square mile, or for a million square miles,$21,160,000. The second calculation is on the basis of population. The strictly rural population of the country varies little from 24,000,000. It is believed that upon moderate estimate 3,000,000 of this number live in territory beyond this possible range of free delivery, leaving 21,000,000 within reach. The cost for the service, as it now exists, is 92 cents per capita. At this rate the cost for 21,000,000 people would be $1467,000. The third computation takes into account the county as a basis. There are in United States, excluding Alaska, 288 counties. Applying the same percentage age, which on the best information can attainable was determinative of the area to be considered, it is found that 1,336 counties or their equivalent are suitable for free delivery. The cost in Carrie county, Md., where a full county service is in operation, is $22,500. Washington county, Tenn., the cost is $15,600. If they were fair samples they might be taken as a basis, but both counties are hilly, their physical divisions are irregular, and it is the opinion of special agents who have given the subject careful study that the cost is higher by one-third than one-tenth Irrigation investment has not prospered under present laws, while settlement on irrigated lands has been attended with many perils and frequent disappointment. The man who desires to build his home, or to invest his idle capital, in Southern California, has nothing to lose by the reorganization of our irrigation system in accordance with the soundest public economy and the best experience of the world. Nothing need be said of these reforms from the standpoint of actual users of water. What they would gain in the way of assured water supply and stable land values is so plain as to require no explanation. It would be behind the times to say that the San Joaquin Valley is facing the possibility of water monopoly. That point has been passed—the valley is already in the grasp of such a monopoly. The three greatest rivers are the Kern, the Kings, and the San Joaquin. Two of these are absolutely "owned" by two great companies, while the other is largely dominated by a foreign syndicate which will soon "own" it unless present tendencies are speedily reversed. Whereas, the south has not lost population, or been prevented from acquiring new settlers by the condition of its irrigation system, there are places in the San Joaquin Valley deliberately held as pastures for cattle when needed for the homes of men, and this is accomplished through the control of the water supply. The fearless application of the great principle enunciated by the National Irrigation Congress would break the water monopoly in the San Joaquin Valley and enlarge the area of civilization accordingly. Apply the doctrine of beneficial use, and of united ownership of land and water, and the monopoly of these great streams would be instantly ended. Whether the large storage enterprises which must be undertaken in the future could safely be left to private enterprise, with common carrier canals and public regulation of rates, is doubtful. It seems quite certain that large public works would be more in line with the common good. Here the situation is simpler than anywhere else. Speaking broadly, the Sacramento Valley does not irrigate, but it ought to, and doubtless will in the future. It raises as fine fruits, including oranges, as any other part of the State. Millions of little homes may be built upon the ruins of its great wheat ranches. Water supply is abundant, capable of easy diversion and economical storage. Here the field for irrigation development, either private or public, would be extremely inviting if we had good laws and if the people only cared to use the water. This latter "if" will probably turn the scale in favor of public works. Whereas, the present population will not patronize the man who is anxious to furnish water, taxation for extensive public works would inevitably hasten the division of great estates. When the people have to pay for water, whether they use it or not, they will quickly find more profitable uses for their land, and then a new era of settlement will begin. The California Water and Forest As- Not a Success. The experiment was not a success. Frequently she had complained that he was not as he used to be, that his love seemed to have grown cold and that he was too prosocial and matter of fact. So when he found one of his old love letters to her he took it with him the next time he was called away from the city, made a copy of it and mailed it to her. "John Henry," she exclaimed when he returned, "you're the biggest fool that ever lived. I believe you have softening of the brain. What did you mean by sending me that trash?" "Trash, my dear," he expostulated. "Yes, trash—just sickly, sentimental nonsense." "That isn't how you described it when I first wrote it and sent it to you," he protested. "You said then it was the dearest, sweetest letter ever written, and you insist now that I have changed and you haven't. I thought I would try to—" "Well, you didn't succeed," she interrupted, and she was mad for two days. Sometimes it is mighty difficult to please a woman—Chicago Post. Doors In China. In China doors are often round, leaf shaped or semicircular. In placing them the builder usually avoids having one opposite another lest evil spirits find their way from the street into the recesses of the building. The doorways separating the courts of a garden are usually of an elaborate kind, and the octagonal form is one of the most popular. Religious superstition asserts itself in Chinese architecture, and the universal sacredness of the nun three and nine is shown in the arrangement of temple doors. There is a triple gateway to each of the bulls of the imperial palace, and the same order prevails at the Ming tombs, and the sacred person of the emperor when he was in his Peking home could only be approached even by the highest officials after three times three prostrations. The Temple of Heaven has a triple roof, a triple marble staircase, and all its mystic symbolism points either to three or its multiples. Her Challenge. A woman in Cape Colony on trial for some offense was told that she might "challenge" any one on the jury to whom she objected. She immediately took advantage of the permission by challenging a highly respectable farmer. On being asked afterward what her reason had been for doing so she explained that she had supposed she was obliged to object to some one, so she had picked out the ugliest. He replied: "Certainly. I was there myself. It will soon be over." An explanation followed as to the barn on fire. Radowitz was silent some ten minutes, then he took up his hat and quietly disappeared—Knowledge. The average of the two is $19,050. If they were fair samples they might be taken as a basis, but both counties are hilly, their physical divisions are irregular, and it is the opinion of special agents who have given the subject careful study that the cost is higher by one-third than would be in the counties of the Middle Western States which are generally level, and where the roads are laid on on the section and quarter-sectile lines. It is estimated that one-half of the 1,331 counties are of the latter class, and may be served at a cost one third below the average of Carroll and Washington, or that the average cost for the whole would be one-sixth less. This would make the average cost per county $15,800, or $21,029,800 for the 1,331 counties. The three methods of computation bring results which closely approach each other, and their average is $20,55600, may be accepted as a fairly approximate estimate of the gross annual cost of maintaining rural free delivery throughout the territory where it reasonably feasible. But it presents only one side of the account. In order to ascertain the net cost of such a general extension, it is necessary to deduce from this amount the savings effected by the discontinuance of other services which free delivery displaces and thus increased receipts it may be expected to bring. The sum of these items cannot be inferred from the indication already given. Where a solid county service has been established it dispenses with about 73 per cent of the fourth-class offices, and has done with little friction at first and with full hearty concurrence in the end. The substitution of carriers has allayed any discontent that has grown out of the abolition of the offices. If the proportion which has prevailed in the furious county services thus far organized were to rule through a general extension of free delivery as above outlined it would lead to the discontinuance of 39,420 offices involving an annual saving, reckoning the average compensation at $70, of $2,759,400. On the same basis there would be a saving of $2,50000 through the discontinuance of star routes. The increase of revenue which will be directly effected by free delivery and which must be taken into account can also be approximately calculated. The gross receipts of the postal service for the year ending June 30, 1900, were $102,354,579.29. Of this amount,$82195,091.96 came from Presidential offices, leaving $20,159,487.33 as those receipts of the fourth-class offices. A critical examination of the report shows that the increase in the revenue last year, outside of the free deliveries offices, was 2.49 per cent. But in increase in Carroll county after the establishment of rural delivery, every development, either private or public, would be extremely inviting if we had good laws and if the people only cared to use the water. This latter "if" will probably turn the scale in favor of public works. Whereas, the present population will not patronize the man who is anxious to furnish water, taxation for extensive public works would inevitably hasten the division of great estates. When the people have to pay for water, whether they use it or not, they will quickly find more profitable uses for their land, and then a new era of settlement will begin. The California Water and Forest Association (headquarters in San Francisco) acquired a membership of about 5000, distributed from San Diego to Shasta, as the result of a campaign carried out in the names of these reforms. But included within its membership, and even high in its councils are some who are opposed to reform—some who frankly favor the private ownership and control of our streams. While it is believed that such men are vastly outnumbered in the membership of the association, those who think these reforms vital to our future prosperity should not go to sleep on that account. Private interest is always more vigilant than public interest. The issue presented is a clean and honest one, upon which good men may properly differ. And yet no one who has familiarized himself with irrigation law and custom throughout the world can doubt that the division is to come on these lines: for reform, the knowledge, intelligence, experience and disinterested public spirit of the State; against reform, ignorance, prejudice and greed—that ignorance which knows naught of the past or of other lands, that prejudice which denounces every popular tendency as delusive and visionary, that greed which seeks private profit from human necessity. It will be a great battle and a long one, but in the end the people will triumph and California go free. It is an issue which involves the rights of man, and which must appeal to every noble soul. —Wm. E. SMYTHE in L. A. Post. You will not be ashamed to show any one your Jordan "AAA! Cutlery — unless you have misused and abused it. Her Challenge. A woman in Cape Colony on trial for some offense was told that she might "challenge" any one on the jury to whom she objected. She immediately took advantage of the permission by challenging a highly respectable farmer. On being asked afterward what her reason had been for doing so she explained that she had supposed she was obliged to object to some one, so she had picked out the ugliest. The greatest danger from colds and la grippe is their resulting in pneumonia. If reasonable care is used, however, and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy taken, all danger will be avoided. It will cure a cold or an attack of la grippe in less time than any other treatment. It is pleasant and safe to take. For sale by P. A. Derge, Druggist. The Oldest Christian Hymn. The oldest Christian hymn was composed not only by a pagan, the Roman Emperor Adrian, but by a persecutor of Christians as well. 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Olmsted, Le Roy, N.Y. Net annual cost of rural delivery: 13,782,224 It thus appears that rural free delivery can be extended practically over the whole country at an annual cost of less than $14,000,000. As the appropriation for the current fiscal year for this purpose is $1,750,000, an additional outlay of $12,000,000, unless unforeseen demands should come, would substantially take the mail every day to every door in the land. This assumes that the increase of revenue which will be directly effected by free delivery and which must be taken into account can also be approximately calculated. The gross receipts of the postal service for the year ending June 30, 1900, were $102,354,579.29. Of this amount, $82195,091.96 came from Presidential offices, leaving $20,159,487.33 as the receipts of the fourth-class offices. A critical examination of the reports shows that the increase in the revenue last year, outside of the free deliveries office, was 2.49 per cent. But the increase in Carroll county after the establishment of rural delivery, ever greater at first, was fully 10 per cent for the year, showing that an increment of 7.51 per cent can be credited directly to the introduction of this service. The figures of other experiments confirm this calculation. Applying that percentage to the receipts of the last fiscal year outside of free-delivery offices, it points as the immediate fruit of the general extension of rural delivery to an increase in revenue of $1,513,976.50. Indeed, this is believed to be a moderate estimate. As the extension would require a considerable period for its execution, the revenue would be constantly growing before its complete consummation, and the proportionate increase would be the greater. But taking the conservative exhibit, the net result of the extension of rural free delivery to 1,000,000 square miles, or all the eligible portion of the country, would stand thus: Estimate gross cost: $20,555,600 Deduct estimated savings from discontinuance of fourth-class offices: $2,759,400 Deduct estimated savings from discontinuance of star routes: 2,500,000 Deduct increased receipts: 1,513,976 Net annual cost of rural delivery: 13,782,224 It thus appears that rural free delivery can be extended practically over the whole country at an annual cost of less than $14,000,000. As the appropriation for the current fiscal year for this purpose is $1,750,000, an additional outlay of $12,000,000, unless unforeseen demands should come, would substantially take the mail every day to every door in the land. This assumes that the increase of revenue which will be directly effected by free delivery and which must be taken into account can also be approximately calculated. The gross receipts of the postal service for the year ending June 30, 1900, were $102,354,579.29. Of this amount, $82195,091.96 came from Presidential offices, leaving $20,159,487.33 as the receipts of the fourth-class offices. A critical examination of the reports shows that the increase in the revenue last year, outside of the free deliveries office was 2.49 per cent. But the increase in Carroll county after the establishment of rural delivery, ever greater at first was fully 10 per cent for the year, showing that an increment of 7.51 per cent can be credited directly to the introduction of this service. The figures of other experiments confirm this calculation. Applying that percentage to the receipts of the last fiscal year outside of free-delivery offices it points as the immediate fruit of the general extension of rural delivery to an increase in revenue of $1,513,976.50. Indeed this is believed to be a moderate estimate. As the extension would require a considerable period for its execution,the revenue would be constantly growing before its complete consummation,and the proportionate increase would be the greater. But taking the conservative exhibit,the net result of the extension of rural free delivery to 1,000,000 square miles or allthe eligible portionofthe countrywouldstandthus: Estimate gross cost: $20，555，600 Deduct estimated savings from discontinuanceof fourthclassoffices:$2，759，400 Deduct estimated savingsfrom discontinuanceofstarroutes:2，500，000 Deductincreasedreceipts:1，513，976 Pension of Free Delirery. Continued from First page. Present data must be somewhat rural, but an approximate estimate may be reached. Surveying the with reference to the density population and the character of history, and entering upon a determination by states, it is believed in the aggregate an area of 100,000 square miles comprises which the service might reason-extended. Certainly it would come years to cover that area, all that need now to be conceived. Driving at an estimate of the cost there are three methods of operation. The first is to take as the cost per square mile, the second cost per capita, and the third per county. On July 1, 1900, rail-delivery service covered an 830,756 square miles, with 1,276 miles. The cost per route, including compensation of carrier and inclepenses, but not administrative, is fixed at $510. This makes the cost for 1,276 routes, covering square miles, $650,760, or $21.16 per mile, or, for a million square miles, $21,160,000. Second calculation is on the basis of the strictly rural population of the country varies little from 100. It is believed that upon a estimate 3,000,000 of this live in territory beyond the range of free delivery, leaving 200 within reach. The cost of price, as it now exists, is 92.7 per capita. At this rate the cost 400,000 people would be $19,- The Gentle Reader. What has become of the gentle reader? asks Samuel M. Crothers in The Atlantic. One does not like to think that he has passed away with the stagecoach and the weekly news letter and that henceforth we are to be confronted only with the stony glare of the intelligent reading public. Once upon a time—that is to say, a generation or two ago—he was very highly esteemed. To him books were dedicated with long rambling prefaces and with episodes which were their own excuse for being. In the very middle of the story the writer would stop with a word of apology or explanation addressed to the gentle reader-or at the very least with a nod or a wink no matter if the fate of the hero be in suspense or the plot be inextricably involved. "Hang the plot!" says the author. "I must have a chat with the gentle reader and find out what he thinks about it." And so confidences were interchanged, and there was gossip about the universe and suggestions in regard to the queerness of human nature until at last the author would jump up with: "Enough of this, gentle reader; perhaps it's time to go back to the story." Miss Kingsley and the Gorillas. On the Gabun river Miss Mary Kingsley's guide one day called to her to creep quietly through the bushes and then she saw a family of five gorillas—an old male, three females and a young one. The guide sneezed, which alarmed the gorillas, and they fled cost shall not exceed the present rate. If carrier service can be maintained at the existing compensation, it assumes this limitation. With rigorous restraint the expenditures in this particular service can be restricted to the fixed boundaries, while the revenues will steadily advance. It will hardly be disputed that the great result of carrying the post-office to every home, if it can be accomplished at such comparatively small cost, is an object well worth undertaking. The appropriation of $1,750,000 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1900, will be so applied that the service already existing and established during the year will consume its amount. It is estimated that to maintain during the ensuing year the service in operation at the end of the current year will require $2,500,000. For new service not less than $1,000,000 should be allowed. It is therefore recommended that the appropriation for rural free delivery for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1901, be not less than $3,500,000. RIGHT UP TO DATE. (Benson's Plaster is Pain's Master.) These are days of records and of the besting of records. Benson's Porous Plaster, for quickness of action and thoroughness of cure, has no records to beat except its own. 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"If you want to know how it feels to Applying the same percentage on the best information obtained, it was determinative of the area considered, it is found that 1,331 or their equivalent are suited delivery. The cost in Carroll Md., where a full county service is operation, is $22,500. Inington county, Tenn., the cost is $7,860. The average of the two is if they were fair samples this take as a basis, but both are hilly, physical subsoils are irregular, and it is the subject careful study that the higher by one-third than it is in the counties of the Middle States which are generally laid where the roads are laid out section and quarter-section it is estimated that one-half of all counties are of the latter may be served at a cost one-flow the average cost whole would be one-sixth less. Could make the average cost per mile $15,800, or $21,029,800 for the counties. Three methods of computation results which closely approach her, and their average, $20,555, be accepted as a fairly accurate estimate of the gross annual maintenance rural free delivery out the territory where it is only feasible. But it presents inside of the account. In order to gain the net cost of such a generation, it is necessary to deduct as amount the savings effected discontinuance of other service delivery displaces and the receipts it may be expected. The sum of these items can be inferred from the indications given. Where a solid county has been established it discharges about 73 per cent of the mass offices, and has done little friction at first and with fullerty concurrence in the end. Citition of carriers has allayed content that has grown out of mention of the offices. If the prowish which prevailed in the full services thus far organized rule through a general extension delivery as above outlined, lead to the discontinuance ofices, involving an annual saving the average compensation 70, of $2,759,400. On the same there would be a saving of $2,500, though the discontinuance of star increase of revenue which will likely effected by free delivery must be taken into account, be approximately calculated. Receipts of the postal service near ending June 30, 1900, were 779.29. Of this amount, $82.1 came from Presidential leaving $20,159,487.33 as the fifth-class offices. A examination of the reports that increase in the revenues outside of the free delivery as 2.49 per cent. But the incarroll county after the esent of rural delivery, even Miss Kingsley and the Gorillas. On the Gabun river Miss Mary Kingsley's guide one day called to her creep quietly through the bushes and then she saw a family of five gorillas—an old male, three females and a young one. The guide sneezed, which alarmed the gorillas, and they fled with a bark and a bowl, the old male swinging from bough to bough like an acrobat on a trapeze. On another day Miss Kingsley and her two guides came suddenly upon a solitary male gorilla, who, as usual, had appropriated a forest glade as a park for his private enjoyment. Furious at the intrusion, the brute instead of fleeing, came shambling toward them, growling fiercely. "Shoot him," whispered Miss Kingsley. "I dare not," said the guide, "until he comes quite close. I have only one gun. The other is out of order. If I miss, he will kill us." The gorilla came nearer. Rearing himself on his hind legs he beat his breast and roared just as Du Challuil described long ago. Then running forward, he stopped and roared again and again ran forward until quite close. Then the guide fired and the gorilla dropped dead.—Chambers' Journal. Interested. Mrs. Newrich—I never can remember how many cards to leave when calling. Old Gentleman—The rules are very simple, madam. You hand one to the servant and then on departing leave as many on the plate as there are adult members of the family, adding two of your husband's cards and occasionally dumping in a few more for good measure. Do not be niggarly in dealing out cards, as that suggests vulgar poverty. "I am very much obliged. Are you a professor of etiquette?" "No. madam. I am Mr. Bristol, the card manufacturer."—Exchange. Safe. The little child is safe from ordinary dangers in the care of the faithful dog. But neither the dog's fidelity, nor the mother's love can guard a child from those invisible foes that lurk in air, water and food—the germs of disease. Children need to be specially watched and cared for. When there is loss of appetite, lassitude and listlessness in a child, an attempt should be made to revive the appetite and rally the spirits. In Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. And so confidences were interchanged, and there was gossip about the universe and suggestions in regard to the queerness of human nature until at last the author would jump up with: "Enough of this, gentle reader; perhaps it's time to go back to the story." Miss Kingsley and the Gorillas. On the Gabun river Miss Mary Kingsley's guide one day called to her creep quietly through the bushes and then she saw a family of five gorillas—an old male, three females and a young one. The guide sneezed, which alarmed the gorillas, and they fled with a bark and a bowl, the old male swinging from bough to bough like an acrobat on a trapeze. On another day Miss Kingsley and her two guides came suddenly upon a solitary male gorilla, who, as usual, had appropriated a forest glade as a park for his private enjoyment. Furious at the intrusion, the brute instead of fleeing, came shambling toward them, growling fiercely. "Shoot him," whispered Miss Kingsley. "I dare not," said the guide, "until he comes quite close. I have only one gun. The other is out of order. If I miss, he will kill us." The gorilla came nearer. Rearing himself on his hind legs he beat his breast and roared just as Du Challuil described long ago. Then running forward, he stopped and roared again and again ran forward until quite close. Then the guide fired and the gorilla dropped dead.—Chambers' Journal. Interested. Mrs. Newrich—I never can remember how many cards to leave when calling. Old Gentleman—The rules are very simple, madam. You hand one to the servant and then on departing leave as many on the plate as there are adult members of the family, adding two of your husband's cards and occasionally dumping in a few more for good measure. Do not be niggarly in dealing out cards, as that suggests vulgar poverty. "I am very much obliged. Are you a professor of etiquette?" "No. madam. I am Mr. Bristol, the card manufacturer."—Exchange. This little child is safe from ordinary dangers in the care of the faithful dog. But neither the dog's fidelity, nor the mother's love can guard a child from those invisible foes that lurk in air, water and food—the germs of disease. Children need to be specially watched and cared for. When there is loss of appetite, lassitude and listlessness in a child, an attempt should be made to revive the appetite and rally the spirits. In Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. And so confidences were interchanged, and there was gossip about the universe and suggestions in regard to the queerness of human nature until at last the author would jump up with: "Enough of this, gentle reader; perhaps it's time to go back to the story." Miss Kingsley and the Gorillas. On the Gabun river Miss Mary Kingsley's guide one day called to her creep quietly through the bushes and then she saw a family of five gorillas—an old male, three females and a young one. The guide sneezed, which alarmed the gorillas, and they fled with a bark and a bowl, the old male swinging from bough to bough like an acrobat on a trapeze. On another day Miss Kingsley and her two guides came suddenly upon a solitary male gorilla, who, as usual, had appropriated a forest glade as a park for his private enjoyment. Furious at the intrusion, the brute instead of fleeing, came shambling toward them, growling fiercely. "Shoot him," whispered Miss Kingsley. "I dare not," said the guide, "until he comes quite close. I have only one gun. The other is out of order. If I miss, he will kill us." The gorilla came nearer. Rearing himself on his hind legs he beat his breast and roared just as Du Challuil described long ago. Then running forward, he stopped and roared again and again ran forward until quite close. Then the guide fired and the gorilla dropped dead.—Chambers' Journal. Interested. Mrs. Newrich—I never can remember how many cards to leave when calling. Old Gentleman—The rules are very simple, madam. You hand one to the servant and then on departing leave as many on the plate as there are adult members of the family, adding two of your husband's cards and occasionally dumping in a few more for good measure. Do not be niggarly in dealing out cards, as that suggests vulgar poverty. "I am very much obliged. Are you a professor of etiquette?" "No. madam. I am Mr. Bristol, the card manufacturer."—Exchange. This little child is safe from ordinary dangers in the care of the faithful dog. But neither the dog's fidelity, nor the mother's love can guard a child from those invisible foes that lurk in air, water and food—the germs of disease. Children need to be specially watched and cared for. When there is loss of appetite, lassitude and listlessness in a child, an attempt should be made to revive the appetite and rally the spirits. In Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. And so confidences were interchanged, and there was gossip about the universe and suggestions in regard to queerness of human nature until at last the author would jump up with: "Enough of this, gentle reader; perhaps it's time to go back to the story." Miss Kingsley and the Gorillas. On the Gabun river Miss Mary Kingsley's guide one day called to her creep quietly through the bushes and then she saw a family of five gorillas—an old male, three females and a young one. The guide sneezed, which alarmed the gorillas, and they fled with a bark and a bowl, the old male swinging from bough to bough like an acrobat on a trapeze. On another day Miss Kingsley and her two guides came suddenly upon a solitary male gorilla, who, as usual, had appropriated a forest glade as a park for his private enjoyment. Furious at the intrusion, the brute instead of fleeing, came shambling toward them, growling fiercely. "Shoot him," whispered Miss Kingsley. "I dare not," said the guide, "until he comes quite close. I have only one gun. The other is out of order. If I miss, he will kill us." The gorilla came nearer. Rearing himself on his hind legs he beat his breast and roared just as Du Challuil described long ago. Then running forward, he stopped and roared again and again ran forward until quite close. Then the guide fired and the gorilla dropped dead.—Chambers' Journal. Interested. Mrs. Newrich—I never can remember how many cards to leave when calling. Old Gentleman—The rules are very simple, madam. You hand one to the servant and then on departing leave as many on the plate as there are adult members of the family, adding two of your husband's cards and occasionally dumping in a few more for good measure. Do not be niggarly in dealing out cards, as that suggests vulgar poverty. "I am very much obliged. Are you a professor of etiquette?" "No. madam. I am Mr.Bristol,the card manufacturer."—Exchange. 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UNITED MINES MINING COMPANY is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, with an authorized capital stock of $400,000; par value $1 per share; non assessable and no personal liability of shareholders. Principal office at Wilmington, Delaware, with Delaware Charter, Guarantee & Trust Co., and branch executive office at Santa Ana, Orange county, California. At par value 180,000 shares of this stock are issued for mines and oil lands, equipments and supplies. The balance 220,000 shares are being sold at par value for cash. Subscriptions for these shares (one or many) can now be made and paid for at a par, $1 per share all down or in advance installments of not less than 10 per cent per month. The certificates are issued to subscribers as when fully paid. The cash thus received will be used in the furtherance of the company's interests and the prosecution of its business affairs. The properties will be rapidly and thoroughly developed and energetically operated so as to produce the best results for the shareholders. The production of gold, copper, lead and silver ores and oil, as well as any other business coincident therewith will be vigorously handled. This is a good, healthy enterprise with excellent propositions in hand for immediate operations. REPORT. There has been taken over by this company, deeds and contracts in escrow, for the following mines in mining estates. Location, west of Manvel, San Bernardino county, California: The Old Shoes Mine, Red Bug Mining Claim, Harmony Claim, Bull's Eye Claim, Full Moon Claim, Meteor Claim, Coined Money Claim and one-half of the Central Claim. All these are known as the Old Shoes Group of mines; and also have a full paid license for the use of U.S. Letters Patent No. 556,690; a process patented for precipitating gold from water solutions; this is valuable property and right. Also three-fourths of the Lookout Claim, Little Giant Claim, one-half of the Jason Claim, and the Fellowship Claim; and one-tenth of the following claims: The Good Hope Mine, Horse Shoe Claim, Columbia Claim, Olympia Claim, Modoe Claim, Times Claim, Little May Claim, Midias Claim, and the Joe's Wonder Claim, and some others; all known as the Good Hope Group of mines. This makes about 600 acres of this valuable grounds, as consolidated. This field shows good gold, silver, lead and copper assay values and many powerful vein outcroppings. Is a paying proposition, and with further development, this is a large and valuable property. With the great bodies of mineral outcroppings, extensive developments are at once justified and actual mining will now be done and continued. Your correspondence and patronage are requested. In your remittances send Postoffice Money Orders or Drafts on New York City banks, payable to the United Mines Mining Co., and address all correspondence to GILES OTIS PEARCE, general manager, Santa Ana, Orange County, California. The officers of the company are: Giles Otis Pearce, President and General Manager, Santa Ana, Cal. O.S. Breese, Vice-President, Los Angeles, Cal. Ray Billingsley, Secretary and Treasurer, Santa Ana, Cal. The claim of other cough medicines to be as good as Chamberlain's are effectually set at rest in the following testimonial of Mr. C. D., Glass, an employee of Bartlett & Dennis Co., Gardiner, Me. He says: "I had kept adding to a cold and cough in the winter of 1897 trying every cough medicine I Family Secrets. Relative—Willie, what do you live on in the apartment in the big city? Wille (on a visit)—Mamma says I don't tell stories—Chicago Tribune. 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To Portland, St. Paul; Minneapolis, Mondays, 10:20 pm. First and second-class tickets for sale at Ana- helm at Los Angeles prices, and baggage check ed 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 cele- brated 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 Randburg is superb; good hotel at Mojave and elegant stage coaches through to the city of gold. Fare from Anaheim to Randsburg, $7.50. 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. 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