anaheim-gazette 1901-07-04

GOVERNMENT SEARCHING FOR HARDY ORANGE A large crop of paper bags seems to be the yield of a little tree which stands in the grounds of the Department of Agriculture at Washington. There are about fifty of these bags, each with the neck tied firmly, as close inspection discloses, about one of the terminal twigs. The effect is rather grotesque. The tree is the particular charge of Professor Herbert J. Webber, who, with his assistant, is responsible for its bagging. It is a species of orange tree, the variety having been brought to the United States from China about ten years ago with the idea of using it for hedges. It is evergreen, grows about thirty feet high and has sharp thorns. The fruit is small and runty, and quite unfit for food. But the fact that it flourishes as far north as Maryland, Kentucky, Indiana and Missouri, gives it a great value to the scientists, who are experimenting with a view to securing a more hardy breed of orange. And this is the explanation of the crop of paper bags. The blossoms of the tree have just been crossed with the St. Michaels and Saguina oranges, which are the standard varieties of sweet Florida fruit. Professor Webber is trying to secure a hybrid which will retain the edible qualities of the sweet Florida orange, and at the same time preserve the hardiness of the Chinese mother tree. One plant with these characteristics would, in the opinion of the New York Sun, be worth more than a bonanza gold mine. It would serve as the parent stock for thousands of plants which would be grown throughout the Gulf States, revolutionizing the agricultural industries there and yielding millions to the growers. Experiments with this end in view began several years ago. At the present time the department has about 300 hybrid seedlings. It is expected that some of these will bear their first fruit this fall, though the majority of them will not bear much before next year. The 300 hybrid seedlings which Professor Webber has secured represent a deal of patient labor. To cross variation which are closely related is a com- Fourth of July Prizes. The following is the list of prizes: Best decorated tally-ho, $10. Best decorated float, $15; second best $7.50. Best buggy, single or double, $5; second best, $3. Best decorated bicycle, $3; second best, $2. Most artistically decorated and mounted saddle horse, $2.50. Best pony cart, $2.50. Best booby, $1. Baseball, Oil wells and Tustin, $15. 100-yard dash, professional, $6. 100-yard dash, amateur, $5 sweater. 250-yard dash, professional, prize $4. 220-yard dash, amateur, prize $3 hat. Hammer throw, 16 lbs, $2 pair of gloves. Shot put, 16 lbs, $2 box cigars. Standing broad jump, $1.50 cigar case. Running broad jump, $2 order for dry goods. Three-mile bicycle race, $3 bicycle lamp. Sack race, first prize, $1; second 50c. Double greased pole climb, first prize, $1; second, 50c and 50c. Ladies' potato race, first $1.50 pair gloves, second, 50c merchandise. Ladies' throwing contest, $1 order for merchandise. At 3 p.m., the award of parade prizes will be announced from the speaker's stand in Deutsch grove by C. C. Chapman. During the evening concert in Planters' park, the award of prizes for athletic sports will be announced by Richard Melrose. Success of Rural Free Delivery. Continued from First page. vice, and the installation of new routes went speedily forward. Up to this point the service had been fragmentary and detached. It was Postmaster-General Smith who developed the idea of putting the service to a test of practicability by extending rural delivery over an entire country, superseding all other service, and then striking a balance sheet of profit and loss. Four lines of investigation were laid down. SOME SCHOOL CENSUS RETURN Comparative Increase of the Lead Towns of Southern California. The school census returns of Southern California furnish some interesting data for comparison with the figures last year. The returns for the principal towns of Southern California on side of Los Angeles are as follows: San Diego...3504 Pasadena...2935 Riverside...2342 San Bernardino...1804 Santa Barbara...1779 Pomona...1580 Santa Ana...1530 Redlands...1383 Santa Monica...923 Long Beach...867 Ontario...734 Ventura...733 Anaheim...732 Whittier...636 Colton...522 Oxnard...523 San Pedro...513 Orange...472 Chino...424 Santa Paula...389 Only Santa Barbara, Chino and San Paula show a decrease, while there marked gain everywhere else; Riverside and Redlands have the largest crease. Figuring on the ratio of child to every four inhabitants, population of the towns would be follows: San Diego...14 Pasadena...11 Riverside...9 San Bernardino...7 Santa Barbara...6 Pomona...6 Santa Ana...6 Redlands...6 Santa Monica...6 Long Beach...6 Ontario...6 Ventura...6 Anaheim...6 Whittier...6 Colton...6 Oxnard...6 San Pedro...6 Orange...6 Chino...6 Santa Paula...6 Experiments with this end in view began several years ago. At the present time the department has about 300 hybrid seedlings. It is expected that some of these will bear their first fruit this fall, though the majority of them will not bear much before next year. The 300 hybrid seedlings which Professor Webber has secured represent a deal of patient labor. To cross varieties which are closely related is a comparatively simple matter, but the Chinese orange and the Florida variety have been so long separated, and have grown in such different environments that they have almost forgotten that they belong to the same genus, and they do not take kindly to each other. Consequently, not more than one blossom out of a hundred fertilized with the foreign pollen bears fruit; and then not more than seven out of fifteen seeds in that fruit will germinate and produce a plant. The paper bags are used to protect the flower which has been fertilized with the pollen of the sweet orange. The first step in the cross fertilization is the removal of the pollen-bearing stamen from the blossom. This is done with small scissors and pincers. The petals are also removed, leaving the stigma exposed. This is all done before the blossoms are fully opened; for by that time there is danger that bees or other insects might have carried the pollen from some open blossom and deposited it on the stigma. When the stamen has been completely removed pollen is gathered from the blossoms of the trees in the Government greenhouses and shaken lightly upon the prepared flower. Then the bag is tied tightly in place to make sure that no pollen from the same tree becomes mingled with that, already used. After the fruit has had time to begin forming the bags are removed and the twig is marked with a tag giving the name of the other parent. As soon as the seedlings bud they arent sent to different parts of the country to be grafted on plants which have al ready been started. Thus it is soon discovered whether the plant is sufficiently hardy, and the only remaining question is as to the quality of the fruit Dangerous Weeds. The Los Angeles County Supervisor have passed the following ordinance, to take effect June 15: "It shall be unlawful for any person owning or possessing land in the County of Los Angeles to permit the Scotch or Canadian thistle, the Russian thistle, Mexican cocklebur or any other noxious weed to mature or disseminate its seed on the land so owned or possessed by such person. "It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or in any way dispose of any seed of the Scotch or Canadian thistle. Mexican cocklebur or the seed of any noxious weed to another, whether in the packing of goods or in grain or grass seeds or otherwise." "It shall be unlawful for any person stock for thousands of plants which would be grown throughout the Gulf States, revolutionizing the agricultural industries there and yielding millions to the growers. Experiments with this end in view began several years ago. At the present time the department has about 300 hybrid seedlings. It is expected that some of these will bear their first fruit this fall, though the majority of them will not bear much before next year. The 300 hybrid seedlings which Professor Webber has secured represent a deal of patient labor. To cross varieties which are closely related is a comparatively simple matter, but the Chinese orange and the Florida variety have been so long separated, and have grown in such different environments, that they have almost forgotten that they belong to the same genus, and they do not take kindly to each other. Consequently, not more than one blossom out of a hundred fertilized with the foreign pollen bears fruit; and then not more than seven out of fifteen seeds in that fruit will germinate and produce a plant. The paper bags are used to protect the flower which has been fertilized with the pollen of the sweet orange. The first step in the cross fertilization is the removal of the pollen-bearing stamen from the blossom. This is done with small scissors and pincers. The petals are also removed, leaving the stigma exposed. This is all done before the blossoms are fully opened; for by that time there is danger that bees or other insects might have carried the pollen from some open blossom and deposited it on the stigma. When the stamen has been completely removed pollen is gathered from the blossoms of the trees in the Government greenhouses and shaken lightly upon the prepared flower. Then the bag is tied tightly in place to make sure that no pollen from the same tree becomes mingled with that, already used. After the fruit has had time to begin forming the bags are removed and the twig is marked with a tag giving the name of the other parent. As soon as the seedlings bud they arent sent to different parts of the country to be grafted on plants which have al ready been started. Thus it is soon discovered whether the plant is sufflently hardy, and the only remaining question is as to the quality of the fruit ALLAH AND AMERICA. A Persian Legend About the Creator's Visit to Earth. In Persia, on a morning after the vermin had been particularly vigorous, I said something caustic about getting back to God's country. An Armenian who had reposed in utter comfort in the same caravansary heard it and smiled. Being an Armenian, he hated the Persians, probably. Incidentally the Persian reclocates. Well, this Armenian, rubbing his hands and with his head skewed over on one side, said: "The Persians have a legend for everything. They have a legend for what you said just now. It is this: "Allah—that is God—once said to his angel, I will see this world which I made." "And so Allah and the angel descended invisible in a cloud to the earth. and the first place at which they arrived was France—that is, in Ferenghistan. And there they saw the railroads, and the tramways, and theaters, and the great picture galleries. And Allah looked in disappointment and said: 'Alas, no! This is not the world which I made. I made none of these things.'" "So they journeyed to Inglesizstan—that is, England—and there were mighty ships in the harbors and huge mills which make all sorts of things and food in plenty. And again Allah said: 'Alas, no! This is not the world which I made.' And everywhere they traveled in the cloud Allah looked upon the land and said: 'No; this is not it.'" At last, in despair, the angel led the vice, and the installation of new routes went speedily forward. Up to this point the service had been fragmentary and detached. It was Postmaster-General Smith who developed the idea of putting the service to a test of practicability by extending rural delivery over an entire country, superseding all other service, and then striking a balance sheet of profit and loss. Four lines of investigation were laid down. (1) To what extent can rural free delivery supersede fourth-class post-offices and star routes. (2) To what extent can it be used as a channel through which to extend to the farmer all other postal facilities, as money orders, etc. (3) What will be the effect on the postal revenues. (4) What the net cost tothe Government as compared with that ofthe old system. It seemed essential that such an experiment should be made in a strictly farming community, presenting many ofthe topographical and other physical conditions and obstacles likely to be encountered in a general introduction ofthe service elsewhere, so that its successful operation under such circumstances might be looked upon as a guarantee of its success in any other average rural locality in which it might be established. To be concluded next week. ALLAH AND AMERICA. A Persian Legend About the Creator's Visit to Earth. In Persia, on a morning afterthe vermin had been particularly vigorous, I said something caustic about getting back to God's country. An Armenian who had reposed in utter comfort inthe same caravansary heard it and smiled. Being an Armenian, he hatedthe Persians, probably. Incidentallythe Persian reclocates. Well, this Armenian, rubbing his hands and with his head skewed over on one side, said: "The Persians have a legend for everything. They have a legend for what you said just now. It is this: "Allah—that is God—once said tohis angel, I will see this world which I made." "And so Allah and the angel descended invisible in a cloud tothe earth. and there they sawthe railroads, andthe tramways,andthetheaters,andthegreatpicturegalleries.And Allahlookedindisappointmentandsaid:'Alas,nol!ThisisnottheworldwhichImade.Imadenoneofthesethings."" "So they journeyed toInglesizstan—thatisEngland—andthereweremightyshipsintheharborsandhugemillswhichmakeallsortsofthingsandfoodinplenty.AndagainAhalfshelldown,thetramways,andthetheaters,andthegreatpicturegalleries.AndAhalflookedindisappointmentandsaid:'Alas,nol!ThisisnottheworldwhichImade.Imadenoneofthesethings."" "Atlast,intdespair,theangelledthevice,andtheinstallationofnewrouteswentspeedilyforward." Uptothispointtheservicehadbeenfragmentaryanddetached.itwasPostmaster-GeneralSmithwhodevelopedtheideaofputtingtheservicetoatestofpracticabilitybyextendingruraldeliveryoveranentirecountry,supersedingallotherservice,andthenstrikingabalancesheetofprofitandloss. Fourlinesofinvestigationwerelaiddown. (1) Towhatextentcanruralfreedeliverysupersedefourth-classpostofficesandstarroutes. (2)Towhatextentcanitbeusedasacchannelthroughwhichtowindethefarmerallotherpostalfacilities.asmoneyordersetc. (3)WhatwillbetheeffectontheGovernmentascomparedwiththatoftheoldsystem. ItseemedessentialthatsuchanexperimentshouldbemadeinaStrictlyfarmingcommunity,presentingmanyofthetopographicalandotherphysicalconditionsandobstacleslikelytobewitnesswhenderemernthesmallstrainkeeparoompatientwaitingwhilehe sleptsouninhisprivateofficeforthreeminororfiveminutes.oraslongasheved.Thehemewouldresumehisdivergeshredited.Anotherprominentphysicianhathqueerhabitatofnappingalthoughonlytakeoneadayandthatdiedafterluncheonwhichwithhimheartmeal.Herepairsohimandthrowshimselfinachairpointwherethepolishedwoodflownotcoveredbytherug.Hebunchofkeysbetweentheforestandthumbofhisrighthand.willallowtohanglooselyovertherighthair.Thehendozesoff,butnevermorethanadoze,forgementhismingersrelaxthekeydrivesthebarefloor，actingasanalarmoilItisscarcelyanap—justbrieflationofthementalandfaculties.Thedoctorcallsithissideandifhemissithehe sayshedoesfeelquitehimelfortheresto day.PhiladelphiaRecord." "It shall be unlawful for any person owning or possessing land in the County of Los Angeles to permit the Scotch or Canadian thistle, the Russian thistle, Mexican cocklebur or any other noxious weed to mature or disseminate its seed on the land so owned or possessed by such person. "It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or in any way dispose of any seed of the Scotch or Canadian thistle. Mexican cocklebur or the seed of any noxious weed to another, whether in the packing of goods or in grain or grass seeds or otherwise. "It shall be unlawful for any person to sow or disseminate any noxious seed upon the land of another. Every person who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment." Use Allen's Foot-Ease in Your Gloves. A lady writes: "I shake Allen's Foot-Ease into my gloves and rub a little on my hands. It saves my gloves by absorbing perspiration. It is a most daunting toilet powder." We invite the attention of physicians and nurses to the absolute parity of Allen's Foot-Ease by W. W. about editor of the Chicago Clinic says: "It is a grand preparation; am using it constantly in my own practice. All drug and shoe stores sell it. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olinsted, Le Roy, New York" Seen at the Wrong Time. Employer—Mr. Redink, you got off yesterday afternoon under the plea of being ill. I saw you afterward going to the races, and you didn't appear to be at all unwell. Clerk—You ought to have seen me after the second race, sir. I was bad enough then—Tit-Bits. It is folly to attempt to please everybody. It matters not in which direction a man faces he must of necessity turn his back on half the world.—Chicago News. At Bed Time I take a pleasant drink, the next morning I feel bright and my complexion is better. My doctor says it acts gently on the stomach, liver and kidneys, and is a pleasant laxative. It is made from herbs, and is prepared as easily as tea. It is called Lane's Medicine. All drugists sell it at 25 and 50 cents. Lane's Family Medicine moves the bowels each day. If you cannot get it send for a free sample. Address, Orator F. Woodward, Le Roy, N.Y. For sale by W. P. Turner. Pursuit of Knowledge. The Wearlsome Caller—Is that clock going? The Girl—Yes. Are you?—Syracuse Herald. FAVORITE PRESCRIPTION "I am so thankful for what Pierce's Favorite Prescription done for me," writes Mrs. John Smith, of Slocan, B. C., Box "It cured me of a disease which was taking away all my stress helped me through the long month before baby came and I have a strong baby girl, the most heart and happy of all my three." MAKES THE DIFFERENCE SCHOOL CENSUS RETURNS. Native Increase of the Leading Towns of Southern California. School census returns of South-California furnish some interesting comparison with the figures of our. The returns for the principles of Southern California out-Los Angeles are as follows: 1901. 1900. Mego. 3504 3368 Nana. 2935 2822 Jude. 2342 2143 Bernardino. 1804 1725 Barbara. 1779 1785 Ana. 1580 1495 Ana. 1530 1456 Dads. 1383 1183 Monica. 923 774 Beach. 867 728 Odo. 734 641 Ana. 733 641 Imm. 732 724 Mer. 636 534 Fair. 522 544 Al. 523 453 Pedro. 513 468 Me. 472 466 Ada. 424 451 Paula. 389 392 By Santa Barbara, Chino and Santa Clara show a decrease, while there is a gain everywhere else; Riverwood Redlands have the largest number to every four inhabitants, the location of the towns would be as follows: Mego. 14,016 Nana. 11,740 Side. 9,368 Bernardino. 7,216 Barbara. 7,116 Ana. 6,320 Ana. 6,120 Lands. 5,532 Monica. 3,692 Beach. 3,468 Ioio. 2,936 Tara. 2,932 Sim. 2,928 Dler. 2,544 Ondo. 2,108 Pedro. 2,092 Gege. 1,888 Odo. 1,696 Paula. 1,556 By Santa Barbara, Chino and Santa Clara show a decrease, while there is a gain everywhere else; Riverwood Redlands have the largest number to every four inhabitants, the location of the towns would be as follows: Mego. 14,016 Nana. 11,740 Side. 9,368 Bernardino. 7,216 Barbara. 7,116 Ana. 6,320 Ana. 6,120 Lands. 5,532 Monica. 3,692 Beach. 3,468 Ioioio. 2,936 Taraia. 2,932 Simi. 2,928 Dleri. 2,544 Ondo. 2,108 Pedro. 2,092 Gegee. 1,888 Odoe. 1,696 Paulaa. 1,556 THE FRENCH SOLDIER SOME OF THE BRUTALITIES TO WHICH HE IS SUBJECTED. Hasings and Other Punishments Which Sometimes End In the Victim's Death That Are Winked at, If Not Ordered, by the Officers. Soldiers in the French army are not subjected by law to corporal punishment any more than it has been a part of the regulations governing the Military academy at West Point that cadets should "brace" or "qualify" on molasses and prunes. Nevertheless the French soldier is put through a hazing process which is most severe and several times has caused death. The French soldier is known as Picton or Dumanet, just as the English soldier is known as Tommy Atkins. Dumanet finds when he joins the colors that life is not all skittles for a soldier. The thing which distinguishes the hazing in the French army from the hazing in American colleges and universities is that it is suggested and almost ordered by the commissioned officers. An officer will say to a corporal or a sergeant, "You have a man here who has done so and so," naming some trivial offense, more than likely to be some neglect of the deference due to the officer. "It would do him good if he were tossed in a blanket." The officer turns on his heel and walks away, while the unfortunate soldier is placed in a blanket, with saber, jack boots, bayonets and such pleasant bedfellows, and the combination is tossed until the hazers are too tired to continue. This is great sport for the man's comrades, especially if they are half drunk, which they are likely to be. This diversion has rather gone out of favor just now, because several soldiers who have been tossed had the bad taste to die after the discipline. In some of the French barracks a favorite method of punishment is to hang the offending soldier up by his heels and then to spank him with a sword bayonet. In Algiers, where the men are far removed in the outlying garrisons from the central authority and at the mercy of their tormentors, they are subjected to many forms of hazing at the suggestion of the officers. At one time the "vilo" was much in favor among the hazers in the Algerian army of occupation. It consisted in putting a man in a deep hole made in Hamburg had to examine the body of a man who had cut his throat and had died after some days of suffering. The medico told his assistant that death would have been immediate if the man had made the cut in a way which he illustrated, and he was startled two days later to learn that his assistant had attempted to commit suicide by lacerating himself in that very manner. The man admitted that he had never thought of suicide until the day of the examination and the doctor's remark—London Globe. Some Nice Royal Jobs. "One of the most desirable posts at Windsor castle," says a correspondent of the Chicago Record, "is that of 'the king's limner,' who in ancient times decorated books and manuscripts with initial letters and who now prepares the parchment commissions when his majesty is pleased to confer knighthood or some other honor upon one of his subjects. The man who now fills the post has extraordinary skill with the pen and brush, and his diplomas and certificates were greatly admired for their exquisite taste and skillful execution. He receives a salary of $2,500 a year. The clockmaker at Windsor castle receives the same compensation, and it is his business to keep all the timepieces in repair. The historiographer, who is supposed to keep a record of events, holds a hereditary office, with a salary of $2,500 a year. The master of music receives $1,500 and arranges concerts for his majesty's diversion. The surveyor of pictures is paid $1,500, the librarian receives $2,-500, the examiner of plays $1,600, the keeper of the swans is paid $300, and the bargemaster, who looks after the boats used by the royal family at Windsor, has a similar compensation." Something Which He Learned. A soft answer has not only the effect of turning away wrath. It may serve to avenge an injury. Years ago the Rev.J.H.Jones was making a visit in Boston and attended a biweekly conference at Divinity hall. Just at that time he was out of sorts with the east, and his address reflected an acrid mood. Especially did he insist that "They didn't know everything down in Judee or even in Cambridge." When he sat down there was a momentary hush, and then the late Dean Everett slowly rose. He began in his usual soft and hesitating tone, "There are doubtless a great many things which Mr.Jones knows and we do not served him from a respectful disguise till finally, being naturally curried up to him." "Why." I asked you rubber that way and then your loud? He turned and eyed me calmly; a dignity which could have been of nothing but a great responsibility. "If you talk to me," he said gravely "you'll take my attention, and I'm my job." I sir, am the echo of Mountain House down yonder." At this point it became necessary him to howl again, and I retired impressed.-Princeton Tiger. NAPOLEON'S EYE. One Look From It Explained Power Over Men. In 1887, while working in Longa curate to the Rev.Canon Fleen was called in my vicar's absence minister a religious service to admiral in Eaton square. The raid name was Eden. After this ice was over he took my hand said: "Shake hands with me," man. There are not many alive can say what I can say. You are ing with a man who has talked poleon the Great." "Sir," I said is history May I hear more? old admiral then told me that once returning with the fleet—from the West Indies, but of that sure—and touched at St.Ireland The admiral said: "I am going Longwood to pay my respects to leon,and the senior midshipman with me." "I was the senior midshipman,the old gentleman,"and so I went waited for Napoleon in an outer and you must imagine how expected his entrance.The door thrown open at last,and in here He was short and fat nothin attractive but for his eye.My sir,i have never seen anything After speaking to the admiral laded to me,and then I understood first time in my life what meaning of the phrase,'A born men.'I had been taught to hit French as I hated the devil,but Napoleon looked at me there power and majesty in his look he had bade me lie down that he walk over me I would have done once,English milddy though The look on Napoleon's face wre revelation of the man and the ection of his power。他 was no command." Such was Admiral Eden's ve Doctors' "Cat Naps." "cat naps" indulged in by the Dr. William Pepper constituted a long joke among his intimate friends. He had the faculty of going up at will and waking up when he fell. He would sometimes when unimental strain keep a roomful of patients waiting while he slept soundly was private office for three minutes or as long as he wish. Then he would resume his duties, only refreshed. Another prominent physician has a habit of mapping, although he takes one a day and that directly affects him luncheon, which with him is a busy meal. He repairs to his office throws himself in a chair at a table where the polished wood floor is covered by the rug. He holds a set of keys between the forefinger thumb of his right hand, which is used to hang loosely over the arm of his chair. Then he dozes off, but it is more than a doze, for the month his fingers relax the keys drop to bare floor, acting as an alarm clock. Scarcely a nap—just a brief rest of the mental and bodily tics. The doctor calls it his siesta, if he misses it he doesn't quite himself for the rest of the Philadelphia Record. Favorite Prescription I am so thankful for what Dr. Bruce's Favorite Prescription has been for me," writes Mrs. John T. Roth, of Slocan, B.C., Box 50. I cured me of a disease which taking away all my strength, and through the long months several soldiers who have been tossed had the bad taste to die after the discipline. In some of the French barracks a favorite method of punishment is to hang the offending soldier up by his heels and then to spank him with a sword bayonet. In Algiers, where the men are far removed in the outlying garrisons from the central authority and at the mercy of their tormentors, they are subjected to many forms of hazing at the suggestion of the officers. At one time the "vilo" was much in favor among the hazers in the Algerian army of occupation. It consisted in putting a man in a deep hole made in the shape of a reversed funnel dug by the Arabs in the ground as a place for the storage of corn. The unfortunate man was left there sometimes for days, with hardly anything to eat or drink and exposed all the time to the heat of the sun, while at night the place was cold. Many died from hunger, thirst or cold, while many others became insane. The military authorities when they became aware of these tortures issued an order prohibiting such a punishment, but it is still practiced in isolated parts of Algiers where no eye can see of which the officers are afraid. Several years ago Prince Piguatelli d'Aragon, a young Spanish noble, ran away from his home and went to Algiers to join the foreign legion, the refuge for men "with a past." His friends announced to the French military authorities that the prince had gone to join the legion, but the authorities were able to get no word of his arrival. At last a soldier suggested that perhaps a stranger who wandered into camp and had considerable difficulty in speaking French might be the prince. The sergeant to whom the prince had spoken was drunk at the time and became annoyed at the Spaniard's broken French, so ordered that the stranger be placed in the "villo" without more ado. Here the miserable young man remained for two days without eating or drinking, and then a good natured sentry broke the rules and gave him food. As soon as he was rescued from the "villo" the young man started for Spain, having most thoroughly reconsidered his determination to enter the celebrated foreign legion. Another form of punishment which used to be popular in Algiers was the "carcan." A piece of wood, usually trunk of a tree, was used. The man was laid on it, usually bound so that the middle of his back would be resting on the wood, with his head and feet hanging down to the ground. His feet were tied to an iron bar and his hands to another, and, left lying face upward, he was exposed for hours to the terrible heat of the sun. Some men have survived 12 hours of this torture. A form of punishment still popular among the French colonial troops—that is, popular with those who inflict it and not with those who suffer it—is the "crapadine." It consists of throwing the man face downward and tying his wrists and ankles behind his back so that his wrists and ankles are brought together—New York Press. An Embarrassing Laugh. During a funny turn on the stage at the Walnut Street theater, Cincinnati, one night a man in the balcony leaned over the railing convalsed with laughter. A soft answer has not only the effect of turning away wrath. It may serve to avenge an injury. Years ago the Rev. J. H. Jones was making a visit in Boston and attended a biweekly conference at Divinity hall. Just at that time he was out of sorts with the east, and his address reflected an acrid mood. Especially did he insist that "They didn't know everything down in Judee or even in Cambridge." When he sat down, there was a momentary hush, and then the late Dean Everett slowly rose. He began in his usual soft and hesitating tone, "There are doubtless a great many things which Mr. Jones knows and we do not know, but there are also a few things which we know and he does not." Then followed a pause, during which each man held his breath, for the dean was known to carry on his lips a dagger which sometimes found its unerring way to the hearts of men and things, but after due pause he continued gently: "And chief among them is how glad we always are to see him."—Youth's Companion. The Echo at Work. When we had climbed to the top of the mountain, we observed an old man sitting on a rock with a pair of field-glasses in his hands. Every now and then he would look earnestly through them and then whoop continuously for a time with a vigor astonishing, considering his age. For a time we obeyed that they had gone to join the legion, but the authorities were able to get no word of his arrival. At last a soldier suggested that perhaps a stranger who wandered into camp and had considerable difficulty in speaking French might be the prince. The sergeant to whom the prince had spoken was drunk at the time and became annoyed at the Spaniard's broken French, so ordered that the stranger be placed in the "villo" without more ado. Here the miserable young man remained for two days without eating or drinking, and then a good natured sentry broke the rules and gave him food. As soon as he was rescued from the "villo" the young man started for Spain, having most thoroughly reconsidered his determination to enter the celebrated foreign legion. Another form of punishment which used to be popular in Algiers was the "carcan." A piece of wood, usually trunk of a tree, was used. The man was laid on it, usually bound so that the middle of his back would be resting on the wood, with his head and feet hanging down to the ground. His feet were tied to an iron bar and his hands to another, and, left lying face upward, he was exposed for hours to the terrible heat of the sun. Some men have survived 12 hours of this torture. A form of punishment still popular among the French colonial troops—that is, popular with those who inflict it and not with those who suffer it—is the "crapadine." It consists of throwing the man face downward and tying his wrists and ankles behind his back so that his wrists and ankles are brought together—New York Press. GRANDPA'S HEALTH. An Important Factor in the Happiness of His Grandchildren. There are families where Grandpa's visit is looked forward to with delight and expectancy. Grandpa's coming means fun and frolic and enchanting stories. But there are other families where grandpa's visit is the burden of the year. The children dread it because they know it will put a stop to their roping. The parents dread it because it will disorganize the household, every member of which must keep step with helpless to the floor. Two years commenced taking Dr. Pierce's Medical Discovery and little improvement from the start. An ing twelve bottles of the 'Disney was able to do light work, and improving ever since. I am good health for one of my age—I owe it all to Dr. Pierce's medical strength and THE STOMACH. No man can be strong when you ach is "weak." The body, an organ of it, depends upon that for nutrition. This nutrition often causes disease of organs from the stomach, heart, kidney becoming "weak," also when they stomach is cut "Golden Medalery" or diseases organs which were by the diseased are also cured. "I feel that I doing an injustice if I did not send statement of my writes Mrs.Du Guice, of Har Franklin Co., M had liver complication.Eve that I ate disagree me.I suffered time with swimming head; heart beat my feet; I am so thankful for what Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription has been for me," writes Mrs. John T. Thrush, of Slocan, B. C., Box 50. Cured me of a disease which takes away all my strength, need me through the long months are baby came and I have a big baby girl, the most healthy happy of all my three." KES THE DIFFERENCE. AN EMBARRASSING LAUGH. During a funny turn on the stage at the Walnut Street theater, Cinchnatti, one night a man in the balcony leaned over the railing convulsed with laughter. During an extraordinary burst of hilarity his false teeth flew from his mouth and fell in the lap of a lady who was sitting in the parquet. Those near looked up and saw the toothless man waving frantically to the lady to pick up his teeth. This caused a general laugh at his expense. The teeth were returned by an usher.—Exchange. Where the Guild Lay. "You say the play was entirely without a villain?" "Yes—that is, if you choose to omit the author."—Indianapolis Press. Curiously, the men who are easiest to get along with are the very men who have no faculty for getting along.—Detroit Journal. Peculiarities of Crime. One of the strangest peculiarities of human nature is its inclination to imitate the misdeeds of others. Crime is epidemic. A particularly dreadful murder, the details of which are set forth in all the newspapers, often has the effect of inducing similar crimes. One of the reasons, and probably the chief reason, why public executions were abolished in England, was that instead of acting as a deterrent the execution had the contrary effect of inciting to murder. In 1885 a woman of Geneva, named Lombardi, killed her four children. She admitted that she had been reading of a woman who killed her husband, and the very circumstantial account had made her wish to imitate the crime, but as her husband was dead she killed the children. This is only one instance out of hundreds which have come to our notice. The infectious nature of self murder receives a striking testimony in the following incident: Dr. Oppenheim of the slow shuffling tread of age, and subordinate duties and pleasures to the capricious whims of second childhood. The difference in these two old men is simply a difference of health. The one old man is hare and hearty, enjoys his food, sleeps soundly, and keeps his grip on public affairs. The other old man is weak and feeble, his appetite and digestion are poor, his sleep is unsound, he has no interest in life or affairs save as his personal comfort may be affected. Healthy old age, whether in man or woman, is largely a question of sound stomach and pure, rich blood. To preserve this condition nature generally needs some assistance, in order to get rid of the accumulations of waste, effete and poisonous substances which tend to clog the body and impede the circulation. It is also needful to keep the stomach and digestive and nutritive tracts in a healthy condition, in order to properly nourish the body. HEALTH IN OLD AGE can, therefore, best be enjoyed by the use of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. This medicine cures diseases of the stomach and other organs of digestion and nutrition. It enables the perfect digestion and assimilation of the food upon which physical strength depends. It cleanses the blood of clogging and poisonous matter, and by increasing the activity of the blood-making glands, increases the supply of pure, rich blood, which is the final form of nutrition and the life of the whole physical man. "I suffered for six years with constipation and indigestion, during which time I employed several physicians, but they could not reach my case," writes Mr. G. Popplewell, of Eureka Springs, Carroll Co., Ark. "I felt that there was no help for me; could not retain food on my stomach; had vertigo and would fall." Pellets,' in May, 1897, and by May I could begin to get about with Have doing my work except washing. Feel better have for several years. I would mend Dr. Pierce's medicines to are troubled as I was. I am now one years old, and I thank you kindly for the happy relief and good advice. If you feel weak and run your stomach is disordered; if there is heart "trouble," or kidney "trouble," blood is "thin" and sluggish, use of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medicine and you will begin to re youth and strength. Sick people are invited to co-Pierce, by letter, free. All co-Pierce is held as strictly prized sacredly confidential. Address Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. Some dealers, tempted by more profit paid by less meritorious ones, will attempt to sell a for "Golden Medical Discovery," it to be "just as good." Claim makes substitution suspicious medicine as good as the "D" would sell on its own merit asked for by the customer, not off on him. DO YOU KNOW THIS? One of the best medical books listed, the most modern and hensive, is given away to write for it. Dr. Pierce's Comm Medical Adviser, containing many thousand large pages and overtraits, in sent free on receipt to pay expense of mailing one 31 one-cent stamps for the collection volume, or only 21 stamps for in paper covers. Address Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. THE UNITED MINES MINING CO. Incorporated under the Laws of the State of Delaware Capital Stock $400,000 Authorized Issue. Par value $1 per share. "May carry on any business except banking in any part of the world." The mines and mining claims are: The Old Shoes, The Red Bug, The Patsy Bolivar, The Harmony, the Standard, the Central (on half), The Polka Dot, The Bull's Eye, The Full Moon, The Half Moon, The Matter, the Goddess, The Fellowship, The Little Giant, The Lookout, The Jason The Blackhawk, The Lane Star, The Lucky Boy and Sixteen to One. There is also the undivided one-tenth of the Good Hope group of wines and claims, twelve in number. Values in ores are of gold, silver, lead, copper and some bismuth, as the product of the veins. ...OLD SHOES MINE... During the former explorations, and by sinking the shaft on the Old Shoes mining claim and vein by mill sampling, these values were found and shown to be in the ore of that vein: First: On discovery, small chips were broken off all along this Old Shoes vein, at surface cropings of the vein, for the distance of 1000 feet, these crushed and sampled down to 25 pounds, and then down to an assay sample, which on assay, gave gold value per ton of rock in place. 6 14. Sinking by shaft was started at once, at depth: Three feet.....$8 56 Six feet.....17 14 47 64 19 34 33 06 Eight feet.....12 40 Twelve feet.....22 50 Twenty eight feet.....16 65 Fifty-seven feet.....12 62 Seventy two ft.(v. in ½ feet).....20 62 Three Sections-1.....8 50 2....19 91 3....93 45 Seventy-six feet.....59 82 All of the outside claims and the veins thereof, as outcroppings have been sampled just as was the surface of the Old Shoes vein outcropping. The ores are similar, and the result of values was an average of three to nine dollars per ton of the rock in place, as exposed by the veins outcroppings. The results having been obtained from eight been mill samples of about 25 pound each and each arranged down to the assay sample. It is plainly apparent that all of these claims will justify good development in search for the high-gravel ore shoots of the vein. Work has been resumed and is now in progress on these properties. FUNDS FOR DEVELOPMENT To obtain and have cash funds for, and to do a special work of surveying for patents, etc., and farther exploration immediately on and in the OLD SHoes MINE, and in the outlying group of 34 claims, at Manvel, San Bernardino county, Cal., there has been issued and placed in my hands with orders to sell a limited amount of the capital stock shares of this company, and I am selling them out NOW (remaining shares). AT FORTY CENTS PER SHARE During the month of July, 1901... It is a very great bargain, and will make you or any investor much more. Be prompt with your conclusions and deals. Must forward cash with your orders. State positively number of shares and to whom to be issued, and that person's postoffice address. Get into this company as a shareholder and owner. In ordering shares, address and remit to, and in favor of, GILES OTIS PEARCE, General Manager United Mines Mining Co., Santa Ana, Cal. I have never seen anything like it. After speaking to the admiral he turned to me, and then I understood for the first time in my life what was the meaning of the phrase, 'A born ruler of man.' I had been taught to hate theench as I hated the devil, but when Napoleon looked at me there was such power and majesty in his look that if had bade me lie down that he might talk over me I would have done it at once, English mildly though I was. He look on Napoleon's face was the revelation of the man and the explanation of his power. He was born to command." WHEN TWO MAKE ONE. The Twins, the Confident Mother and the Astute Conductor. "Fares," demanded the Jefferson avenue car conductor. The tall, thin woman handed out 8 cents for herself and two youngsters. "Three cents more, please," reminded the conductor. "The they are twins," she explained, and only equal to one child." The conductor scratched his head and tried to remember his instructions, evidently he recollected nothing governing twins; but, being something of a philosopher, he pondered and said helpless to the floor. Two years ago I commenced taking Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and little 'Pellets,' and improved from the start. After taking twelve bottles of the 'Discovery' I was able to do light work, and have been improving ever since. I am now in good health for one of my age—60 years.owe it all to Dr. Pierce's medicines." STRENGTH AND THE STOMACH. No man can be strong when the stomach is "weak." The body, and every organ of it, depends upon the stomach or nutrition. This nutrition is supplied by food which must be properly digested before it can be assimilated. When the stomach and the other organs of digestion and nutrition are diseased, the food eaten is imperfectly digested, and there is a reduction of the nutrition necessary for the sustenance of the body. This loss of nutrition soon shows itself in general feebleness or in the "weakness" of one or more of the organs most affected. Thus it is that indigestion often results in disease of organs remote from the stomach, the liver, heart, kidneys, etc., becoming "weak." So also, when the diseased stomach is cured by "Golden Medical Discovery" the diseases of other organs which were caused by the diseased stomach are also cured. "I feel that I would be doing an injustice to you if I did not send you a statement of my case," writes Mrs. David W. Guice, of Hamburg, Franklin Co., Miss. "I had liver complaint and indigestion. Everything that I ate disagreed with me. I suffered all the time with swimming in my head; heart beat too fast; my feet and hands were twins are out of the ordinary, therefore singular. Perhaps you're right, and yet you spoke of the twins as 'they.' That's plural," and he gazed around triumphantly. The fat man nodded. He was a bachelor and detested children. "No," spoke up the comical man; "she is right. They have only one birthday between them. If they equaled two children, they would have two birthdays." "I guess that's so," acquiesced the conductor. "Anyway I'll look up." "They take up two seats," growled the fat man. The conductor paused and forgot to hand back 5 cents change. "Say," at last he broke out, "what's their names?" "Wilbur and Marie," replied the mother pertly, falling to see the Delvet trap she was walking into. "Huh! Boy and girl. eh? Well, I'll have to have another fare. You can figure on boy twins equaling one boy, but half a boy and half a girl don't add up." She paid. "He's a diplomat," whispered the fat man in admiration. "He ought to be down in the legislature."—Rochester Post-Express. The Eternal Man. "So you're going to marry the policeman, Bridget?" "Yes, mum." "I suppose you'll have the same trouble with him I've had with my husband." "Shure, what's that, mum?" "Oh, he won't give up his club."—Yonkers Statesman. Ladies can Wear Shoes One size smaller after using Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into the shoes. It makes tight or new shoes feel easy; gives instant relief to corn and bunions. It's the greatest comfort of the age. What do you want of any cheap Jim Crow cutlery, when the Jordan 'AA A1' brand of fine English cutlery can be bad for a very little more. Do not be deceived. Insist upon having the Jordan 'AA A1' brand, and how much till you get it. For sale by leading dealers everywhere. Southern Pacific Company. San Francisco and Los Angeles Limited—THE OWL. Between Los Angeles and San Francisco daily. Leave Los Angeles 5:00 pm, arrive San Francisco 8:55 am. Leave San Francisco 5:00 pm, arrive Los Angeles 7:48 am. The Sunset Route offers unexcelled advantages for winter travel, and an unequaled train service. Sunset Limited, season November to April. This is the most magnificent train to America, vestibulated throughout illuminated with Pinisch gas and heated by steam. Every train is made up as follows: One composite car, containing bath-room, barber-shop, cafe, library and smoker; one compartment car with lavatory in each compartment, and parlor for the special use of ladies, and a ladies maid in attendance; as many double drawing room facilities as may be necessary, with toilet annexes, one dining-car, meals served a la carte. 1900—SUNSET EXCURSIONS—1900 Through Tourist Sleepers from Los Angeles: To Washington, D. C., via New Orleans, 2 p.m.; Tuesday, Thursdays, and Saturdays. To Chicago, Ill., via El Paso 2 p.m.; Tuesday. To Cincinnati, Ohio, via New Orleans, 2 p.m.; Fridays and Sundays. ODEN ROUTE EXCURSIONS. To St. Paul, via Sloux City, 11:40 am Thursday; To Chicago, Mondays; Tuesdays; Wednesdays and Thursdays; Leave Los Angeles 14:00 pm. SHASTA ROUTE EXCURSIONS. To Portland, St. Paul and Minneapolis Mondays, 10:35 pm. First and second-class tickets for sale at Anaheim at Los Angeles prices, and baggage checked through to any point in the United States Canada or Mexico. Our local train service is unexcelled for comfort. Our coaches are equipped with the celebrated Scarritt seats, luxuriously upholstered, and passengers for Los Angeles are lended right in the center of the business part of the city—at First street or Commercial street—within a block of the large wholesale houses. Our connection at Molive for the famous gold mining camp of Landsburg (perhaps good hotel) at Mohegan and Mountaintop stage coaches through to the city of Gold. Fare from Anahiem to Randburg, 47:56. Family commutation tickets for sale between Anahiem and Los Angeles, and other local points at greatly reduced rates. Limit six months. For further information, call at the Southern Pacific depot at Anahiem. G. W. LUCK, Asst. Gen Pass. Agt., Los Angeles 281 South Spring St. The Eternal Man. "So you're going to marry the policeman, Bridget?" "Yes, mum." "I suppose you'll have the same trouble with him I've had with my husband." "Shure, what's that, mum?" "Oh, he won't give up his club."—Yonkers Statesman. Ladies can Wear Shoes One size smaller after using Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into the shoes. It makes tight or new shoes feel easy; gives instant relief to corns and bunions. It's the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Cures and prevents swollen feet, blisters, callous and sore spots. Allen's Foot-Ease is a certain cure for sweating, hot, aching feet. At all druggists and shoe stores, 25c. Trial package free by mail. Address: Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Eight Cheap Excursions East via Santa Fe The places, the rates for the round trip and the dates of sale are below. The other details can be had of the Santa Fe agents. Buffalo, $87 July 3, 4; Aug. 22, 23; Sept. 5, 6 Cincinnati, $76.50 June 30 and July 1. Detroit, $82.25 July 1 and 2. Colorado Springs, $55 July 8 and 9. Milwaukee, $74.50 July 17 and 18. Chicago, $72.50 July 20 and 21. Louisville, $77.50 Aug. 20 and 21. Cleveland, $82.50 Sept. 5 and 6. The Comfortable Way is Santa Fe J. H. Clabaugh, Agent