anaheim-gazette 1903-10-15

A HISTORIC CHEESE. THE MONSTER THAT CHESHIRE SENT TO PRESIDENT JEFFERSON. Nearly Every One In Town Contributed Curd, and Elder John Leland Bossed the Job—The Formal Presentation at the White House. The story of the great cheese made at Cheshire in 1801 and sent the following winter to President Jefferson as a New Year's present has been many times told in prose and verse, but is worthy of repetition as an interesting bit of local history, showing, as it does, the patriotic spirit by which the good people of Cheshire were moved and the novel manner they chose for its expression. In those days Cheshire was famous for three things—its exceptionally fine dairying interests and products, the well nigh universal adhesion of the voting population to the Democratic party and Elder John Leland, an able, eccentric and witty Baptist divine, whose fame is a part of the history of Cheshire. Elder Leland and most of the other people of the town were ardent admirers of Thomas Jefferson, and when he was elected president of the United States their joy was unbounded: It was finally decided that it would be proper to give to their esteem a tangible expression in the form of a mammoth cheese, which should show to the president the quality of their material resources and something of the extent of their admiration for him. The announcement of this plan was made by Elder Leland from his pulpit one Sunday morning and was received with pleasure by the people. July 20, 1801, was the date set for the making of the cheese, and the plan was to have all the owners of cows in the town, with the exception of the few federalists there were, to make their curd and carry it to a central place for pressing. Of course there was no cheese press; enough for the pressing of such a cheese as was proposed, and Ellisha Brown's elder press was consequently selected for the work. When the day came for making the cheese, the people gathered from all parts of the town. Those who had curd contribute brought it with them, some in large quantities and some in small, but all extremely proud to contribute to the monster cheese that was sent to the president. Besides he asked questions. The Art of Interrogation Should Be Devoid of Imperitinence. "Do not ask questions" is the worst piece of social advice which can give to youth. A man who never asks questions is the dullest fellow in the world. He had better ask too many than too few. We can defend ourselves against curiosity, but no armor avails against indifference. We must resign ourselves to be bored to death. What is the secret of the art of interrogation? Putting aside quick sympathies, which lie at the root of every social art, we believe the most essential quality for those who would excel in it is directness. The art of asking questions so as to learn, instruct, please and influence is not the art of beating about the bush. The questions which offend and silence are the questions which suggest some anterior motive. It is a found out scheme which makes men angry. Anything of the nature of a trap keeps us on our guard. If we once fall into one we resolve it shall be the last time. Suspicion kills confidence. Interrogative hints are utterly useless. The average man does not dislike to be questioned. He hates to be startled, crossed, interfered with, reproached, wearied or betrayed. He hates the questions which are not asked with a simple intention. There are questions which are asked not because the asker wants to know, but because he intends to tell. Others, while ostensibly directed to find out a man's opinion, are really intended to reflect upon his character. Some men inquire as to their neighbors' projects in order to put difficulties in their way. Strings of meaningless questions are poured out by those who desire to pretend an interest in some subject which they neither know nor care anything about. We believe the conclusion of the matter to be this: The art of interrogation is a serious branch of the social art. Well asked questions are of the essence of agreeable intercourse, but the interrogative mood will not justify an imperitinence, an interference, a verbal assault—nor, for the matter of that, a bore.—London Spectator. ODD NOTIONS OF WOMEN. Rosa Bonheur treasured a small lead image of St. Anthony of Padua as a lucky charm. Caroline Herschel firmly believed that if she met a cross used beggar in the BARS TO MATRIMONY FEAR KEEPS MANY MEN FROM THE BLISS OF WEDDED LIFE. Some instances of a lack of sufficient pluck to take the fateful trip to the Altar—Various Reasons That All Spell "Afraid." "There is a great deal of speculation," said a well known lawyer, "as to why men are so reluctant to marry, but one reason never seems to occur to the speculators, and that is that many of them are afraid to. No, I am not joking. It is a sober and well considered statement of fact, for which I can adduce as many proofs as you want, that many men would almost as soon think of patting a fierce bull on the head or facing the midnight burglar as taking a trip to the altar. "I remember as a boy an amusing specimen of this kind of man in Iowa. He was a farmer and was as notorious for his amorous entanglements as fear his ingenuity in getting out of them when marriage began to loom near. It was said he had been engaged a dozen times, and though he left all his fiances in the lurch he never found any difficulty in getting a successor. One day my father, who was his lawyer, asked him: 'Why don't you get married, John?' It isn't for want of opportunities, you know, and it's quite time you thought of settling down.' "Well, sir," John answered,"it's this way: You see, I like coorting well enough, but I can nibble summon up pluck to go any further. To tell you the truth, I'm afraid of getting tired for life to one of 'em." "If you have heard many breaches or promise suites you will have observed that this wholesome dread of matriarchy is the cause of a good proportion of them, though all the defendants have not the courage to say so." One client of mine had allowed matters to proceed right to the eve of the wedding day, when he disappeared mysteriously and was not discovered for some months. The young lad promptly sued him for damages for breach, and at the hearing the reason for his conduct came out. He admitted that he was fond of the girl, but surely exhibitions of her temper and jealousy which he had witnessed had scared him that he simply hadn't trouble to marry her. 'I meant I marry her right enough,' he said, 'but when it came to the point my courage... When the day came for making the cheese the people gathered from all parts of the town. Those who had curd contribute brought it with them, some in large quantities and some in small, but all extremely proud to contribute to the monster cheese that was to be sent to the president. Besides being a busy day it was also a gala day for the inhabitants of Cheshire. The farmers and their wives and families turned out en masse to witness the construction of what proved to be the most famous cheese in all history, for though a still larger cheese was made in the town at a later date, this was the president's cheese, and the great Elder Leland, who in the estimation of the people of Cheshire was second in importance only to President Jefferson himself, was leading and directing the enterprise. Most of those present were arranged in their Sunday best, though the women who superintended the mixing of the curd were obliged to wear protective aprons. The hoop in which the cheese was pressed was made for the occasion. It was four feet in diameter and eighteen inches deep and was secured with strong bands of iron to enable it to stand the pressure. When all of the curd had been mixed and salted it was placed in this hoop, a follower which had also been made especially for the purpose was placed upon it, and the numerous wooden screws of the old older mill were turned down on the most precious body they had ever compressed. After all was done a hymn lined off by Elder Leland was sung by the assemblage, and the people separated for their homes, highly satisfied with and very proud of their day's work. Some days after it was made no cheese was taken to Captain Dan Brown's cheese house to be cured. This weight one month from the time it was pressed was 1,235 pounds. The moving of the cheese from the elder press to Captain Brown's was made a great occasion. The people turned out again, and the cheese was followed by a big procession. Moses Wolcott, who kept the "tavern," gave a feast to all present and thereby linked his name to this part of the town's history. The following December the great cheese was sent to Washington in charge of Elder Leland and Darius Brown. There were no railroads in those days, and it was drawn on a shed to Hudson, N. Y., and shipped from there by water. The presentation of the cheese to the president was an event of moment in Washington. The presentation was made at the White House in the presence of the cabinet, foreign diplomats and other notables. Elder Leland sewing as spokesman and assuring the president in suitable terms of the great esteem in which he was held by the people from whom the gift had come—Springfield Republican. The Center of Observation. "Say, paw, was you ever the cynosure of all eyes?" We believe the conclusion of the matter to be this: The art of interrogation is a serious branch of the social art. Well asked question are of the essence of agreeable intercourse, but the interrogative mood will not justify an impertinence, an interference, a verbal assault—nor, for the matter of that, a bore.—London Spectator. ODD NOTIONS OF WOMEN. Rosa Bonheur treasured a small lead image of St. Anthony of Padua as a lucky charm. Caroline Herschel firmly believed that if she met a cross eyed beggar in the morning it presaged the discovery of a new star that night. George Ellot was a slave to the influence of the humble back and club-footed man and did no literary work upon the day when she saw one. Lady Millais, the wife of the great painter, was convinced that the crack of doom would sound for any one who stepped on a crack in the sidewalk. Harriet Beecher Slidwe belied that it was bad luck to throw away a toothbrush which had outlived its usefulness and, to the anguish of her household, preserved every one that she had ever used. Queen Victoria cherished a number of superstitions, and, among them, she believed that the removal of her wedding ring would surely bring calamity and that a pet Manx cat would bring good luck to the royal household.—Everywhere. Didn't Care to Be Presented. The wife of a well known naval officer tells an amusing story of some her experiences in Washington society. On one occasion when she was asked to receive at an army and navy german a congressman entered with a lady leaning upon each arm. One of the floor committee at once approached him, with the polite request that he give his name in order that he might be presented to Mrs. Blank, who received the requests of the evening. "No, thank you," was the nonchalant reply. "I don't care to be introduced. I have two ladies now to take care of, and that is about as much as I can manage." Grace In Old Forests. Some trees are more graceful than others. The elm and oak are noted for their perfect and graceful form. All their branches appear to be perpetually moving, stirred by every wind that blows, and the same may be said of the pine. The graceful movements of its limbs, the sighing sounds of its items and evergreen needles, send forth a solemn symphony. Everything contributes serene grace and simplicity to old forests. Behind Her Back. "She's very studious," said one woman. "Yes," answered the other. "And doesn't seem to care for golfing in the least." Oh, I don't know about that," answered the other with a smile; "she merely prefers to talk about Helen of Troy and Romeo and Juliet to paying attention to what is going on in her own neighborhood."—Washington Star. One client of mine had allowed masters to proceed right to the eve of the wedding day, when he disappeared mysteriously and was not discovered for some months. The young lady promptly sued him for damages for breach, and at the hearing the reason for his conduct came out. He admitted that he was fond of the girl, but sued dry exhibitions of her temper and jealousy which he had witnessed had scared him that he simply hadn't courage to marry her. "I meant I marry her right enough," he said, "but when it came to the point my courage failed me, and I thought it safer or bolt." "In another case in which a widow sued a widower for playing her fall, the defendant put in a singular plea. seems that the widow's family strongly objected to the match, and as past opposition was useless to prevent it of the sons, a stalwart young fellow called on the middle aged wooper told him that if he persisted in his suit (he son) would give him such thrashing as would effectually cure him of any further sentiment." "What could I do?" the defendant pathically asked. "The more one sees behind the scene, the more one realizes that there is often a great deal to be said for the man loves and runs away. One of my clients a few years ago found himself in an awkward quandary. He had engaged himself to three girls at different times, having canceled his engagement with two, was on the eve of marryin No. 3. No sooner was his intention known than the two jilted ladies threw him with legal proceedings if perished in his proposed marriage, and the favored lady in turn threatened similar fate if he didn't. "Here was a dilemma, for whatever he did would end unpleasantly. However like a prudent man, he decided run the smaller risk. He pacified two former fiances by canceling engagement and prepared to face music of the third lady." "The mother-in-law is often a faint disturber of love's young dream. Our breach of promise defendant declared that he would willingly have married the plaintiff only he couldn't stay her mother at any price, and the prospect of having his married happiness disturbed by her interference so scathing him that he decided it was more pleasant to break off the engagement, while another frail lover actually stated court that he was afraid to marry her plaintiff lest she should 'grow up' before her mother, whose 'tongue and teeth' had shown him some of her desirable possibilities of married life." "One man whom I defended last year seems to have had a constitution dread of matrimony. He had been engaged to the plaintiff no less than nine years. Four times the wedding day had been fixed, and as many times was adjourned by his wish. Finds he cried off altogether, and in court declared that, although he loved girl, he felt he could never screw up her courage to marry her. When was asked the reason for his divorce he said that he had seen so much that he unhappy side of married life is due difference between wooing and wedding that he didn't feel equal." The Center of Observation. "Say, paw, was you ever the cynosure of all eyes?" "Yes; the other day when I went running down the middle of the street after my hat I'll bet there wasn't a man, woman or child in town who wasn't there looking at me."—Chicago Record-Herald. Prayer of the Convert. A south sea islander at the close of a religious meeting offered the following prayer: "O God, we are about to go to our respective homes. Let not the words we have heard be like the fine clothes we wear—soon to be taken off and folded up in a box till another Sabbath comes around. Rather, let thy truth be like the tattoo on our bodies—ineffaceable till death."—Carlsbad Magazine. The Temperature. "Why do you watch the thermometer on the wall so closely?" queried the invalid. "Because," replied the untrained nurse, "the doctor said if the temperature got any higher I was to give you another dose of quinine." Natural Mistake. "I was just telling our friend here, Molly, that it was storming on the day of our marriage." "Strely not. Hiram! The weather was perfectly lovely!" "Well, well! I don't know how I got so mixed up about it—probably because it's been storming ever since!"—Atlanta Constitution. She Knew Her Dad. Smithers—Do you know any one who has a horse to sell? She—Yes; I suspect old Brown has Smithers—Why? She—Well, papa sold him one yesterday.—London Punch. Sincerity is the basis of all true friendship. Without sincerity, no ship without ballast. Behind Her Back. "She's very studious," said one woman. "Yes," answered the other. "And doesn't seem to care for goshping in the least." "Oh, I don't know about that," answered the other with a smile; "she merely prefers to talk about Helen of Troy and Romeo and Juliet to paying attention to what is going on in her own neighborhood."—Washington Star. THE AURORA BOREALIS. A spectacle That Is Magnificent In Its Impressiveness. It was a trifle past the afterglow of sunset, and the sea was a deep rich purple, with long flowing swells. The sky, a fine light turquoise blue at horizon, gradually deepened into a rich cobalt, in which a few stars twinkled. A majority of the men were absorbed in various occupations below when a call of enthusiasm brought all up on deck. At a point low on the southwest horizon a faint film had arisen, which quickly, silently assumed the form of a curtain, waving and mounting upward in two stately columns past a group of finely shaped cirrostratus. In a few seconds it was across the zenith, displaying beautiful pale yellows, greens and delicate pink and blue lights, with edgings at intervals of faint purple and red. The columns descended rapidly in ever varying spirals of perspective until the avant garde was lost behind the far northwest horizon. We were about off the Danish port of Godthaab, Greenland, a sufficiently southern latitude at this season for the alternation of day and night, and as the heavens darkened the stars shone with increasing brightness through this great shimmering veil of light. The heavens and the sea grew darker and darker, and the aurora brighter and brighter in lightning changes of form and color, with the green and yellow and blue rays predominating and the delicate sheen from the aurora's light writhing in fiery serpent forms over the face of the moving waters. What impressiveness, what magnificence! It held the soul as in a spell. There was not much talking. Splendid as it was. I afterward win said auroras which produced a deeper impression, due doubtless to the presence of the long night of the far north.—Century. One man whom I defended last year seems to have had a constitution dread of matrimony. He had been engaged to the plaintiff no less than nine years. Four times the wedding had been fixed, and as many times was adjourned by his wish. Finally he cried off altogether, and in court declared that, although he loved girl, he felt he could never screw the courage to marry her. When he was asked the reason for his disfellowship he said that he had seen so much the unhappy side of married life that the difference between wooing and wedding that he didn't feel equally running the risk. These are but a few from scores similar cases which have come with my own knowledge. One man feared to face matrimony on account of fiancee's extravagance, another quiet confessed a horror of his wife cooking and domestic gifts generously a third defendant was afraid to because a distant relative of his love had died in an asylum, and so But, whatever the cause, you may try your word for it that the men who downright afraid to take wives are gion."—Chicago Tribune. Rosy McShane was a fairly maid of all work, but, like most of kind, she was woefully slack in caring for her own room. Her mistress was ill for two or three weeks, and on recovering she went to Roary's room and found it in a sort of dirt and disorder beyond description. Very indignant, she called Rosy, said: "Rosy, I don't see how you can stop to have your room like this!" Smiling pleasantly. Rosy made reply: "Ah, thin, ma'am, but I was ivory patient person."—Harper's Bazaar. Liver and Kidney It is highly important that these organs should properly perform their functions. When they don't, what lameness of side and back, what yellowness of the skin constipation, bad taste in the mouth sick headache, plumps and blotches, loss of courage, tell the story. The great alterative and tonic Hood's Sarsaparil Gloves these organs vigor and tone for proper performance of their functions, cures all their ordinary ailments. Tab TO MATRIMONY KEPS MANY MEN FROM THE MESS OF WEDDED LIFE. Stances of a Lock of Suffolk to Take the Fateful Altar—Various Reasons and Spell "Araid." Is a great deal of speculaa, a well known lawyer, "as men are so reluctant to marry, season never seems to occur to motors, and that is that many are afraid to. No, I am not it is a sober and well constatement of fact, for which I once as many proofs as you that many men would almost as kick of patting a fierce bull on or facing the midnight burking a trip to the altar. Member as a boy an amusing of this kind of man in Iowa. Farmer and was as notorious numerous entanglements as for nuity in getting out of them marriage began to loom near. Said he had been engaged a wife, and though he left all his lurch he never found nuity in getting a successor. My father, who was his lawd him: 'Why don't you get John? It isn't for want of ties, you know, and it's quite thought of settling down.' Sir, John answered, 'It's this day, see, I like coorting well but I can niver summon up go any further. To tell you, I'm afraid of getting tied to one of 'em.' I have heard many breach of results you will have observed wholesome dread of matrithe cause of a good proportion, though all the defendants the courage to say so. Proceed right to the eve of the day, when he disappeared quietly and was not discovered the months. The young lady sued him for damages for stand at the hearing the reason conduct came out. He admitted was fond of the girl, but sunbitions of her temper and jealousy he had witnessed had so him that he simply hadn't the marry her. 'I meant to right enough,' he said, 'but came to the point my courage SIAMESE BELIEFS: Some peculiar Notions of a Very Superstitious People. "The Siamese are a very superstitious people," says Ernest Young, author of the "Kingdom of the Yellow Rule." "They have many peculiar explanations of natural phenomena. Thunder, for instance, is 'the sky crying.' They believe that in the realms above is a horrible giant, whose wife has a violent and uncertain temper. When they quarrel the echo of his voice comes in long rolling notes from the clouds. If he is very angry he throws his batchet at his unruly spouse, and when this ponderous weapon strikes the floor of heaven the thunderbolt falls through and comes to earth. "Falling stars are accounted for by the fact that the angels occasionally indulge in torch throwing at one another. When these same beings insist upon getting into the bath at once the water splashes over the side, and it rains. The winds sigh in the night are the voices of babies that have lost their way in their travels to the land beyond the grave. "When a Siamese dies he is not buried, but his corpse, fully dressed and then wrapped in a winding sheet, is placed in a sitting posture in a copper urn. A tube is placed in his mouth, and through this a mixture of quicksilver and honey is poured into the body. In this way it is kept for a long time, often for years. Eventually it is burned, and the ashes are carefully preserved. The souls of those whose bones at least are not burned are supposed to become slaves of a horrid taskmaster with a head like a dog, a human body and the temper of a fiend. He sits for all time with his feet in the fires of hell, and it is the duty of his slaves to keep these fires from growing too hot. To do this they must carry water in open wicker baskets through all eternity." DEER LACK STAMINA. The Wild and Flood Footed Animals Are Seen Pugged Out. "It seems to be the opinion of a great many people that deer and ante-lope are at the top notch among animals as far as speed is concerned," said a Dakota ranchman. "I have often heard the expressions 'as swift as an antelope' and 'he can run like a deer,' but the fact is any good horse can run over Mr. Deer or Mr. Antelope within a mile on level or nearly level ground." LOOKING GLASSES. Backed With Pure Silver Now Instead of With Mercury. "How is a looking glass made?" was the question recently put by a writer to a large manufacturer of mirrors in New York. "Well," replied the manufacturer, "most of the glass used in this trade is prepared for us at a molding factory, and we merely cut, bevel and silver it in our works. All the bevels are out in the same way—first with sand and water, then on an emery wheel and afterward put through several processes to bring back the polish. "Great improvements have been made in this line of business in the last 16 years. Formerly it took two or three days from the time work was begun on a mirror before it could be finished. Nowadays we can get the glass in the morning and make it into a looking glass perfectly finished and ready for sale before night. We make all slips from the smallest hand glass of by 4 inches to a mirror 10 by 20 feet, or even larger, and we have a capacity of turning out 8,000 feet a day. "Not many years ago the backs of mirrors were coated with mercury. Now sheets of pure silver are used instead. The old looking glass reflected 60 or 65 per cent of the light that fall upon it; the modern mirror reflects nearly 95 per cent. The mercury looking glass was very liable to rub off. Heat and cold also affected it. The quicksilver would snork or melt, and thus the beauty of the glass would be polled. None of these dangers threatens the silver mirror. Besides mirrors, those engaged in this line of business cut a great deal of beveled glass for doors and windows. In fine buildings this is largely taking place of stained glass." — Washington Star. Fat Wives. The people in portions of Africa have many curious customs and superstitions, and among the former may be mentioned the fashion of having fat wives. Being introduced to a great chief's wife, Speke thus describes her: "I was struck with the extraordinary dimensions, yet pleasing beauty, of the immoderately fat fair one. She could not rise, and so large were her arms that the flesh between the joints hung down like large, loose, stuffed puddings." The chief, pointing to his wife, said: "This is the product of our milk pots. From early youth we keep these pots to their mouths, as it is the fashion at court to have very fat wives." The daughter of the king sat before me striking at a milk pot, at which the father had kept her at work by holding the rod in his hand, for as fattening is the first duty of their fashionable feminine life it must be fully enforced by the rod if found necessary." Something Wrong. An Australian auctioneer who was reputed to have more education than professional ability was endeavoring to FACTS ABOUT ANAHEH Sketch of the industries and Resources. The City of Anaheim, with a population of 2500, is situated in northern part of Orange county southern California, 12 miles north-east from the ocean, 4½ miles from the hills, and 148½ feet above sea level. It is 27 miles from Los Angeles second largest city in the State California. The climatic conditions are DEER LACK STAMINA. The Wild and Fleet Feeted Animals Are Seen Pugged Out. "It seems to be the opinion of a great many people that deer and antelope are at the top notch among animals as far as speed is concerned," said Dakota ranchman. "I have often heard the expressions 'as swift as an antelope' and 'he can run like a deer,' but the fact is any good horse can run over Mr. Deer or Mr. Antelope within a mile on level or nearly level ground. "I will guarantee to take any first class cow pony and run down any deer that ever lived inside of two miles, provided the ground be level and the deer has no more than twenty-five or thirty yards start. I often have seen cowboys run down and rope a deer within half a mile. This, of course, can only be done when you are riding up the wind and surprise a bunch of deer or antelope feeding or lying down in a depression where they do not see or scent you till you are almost on them. Over a rough or hilly country your horse wouldn't be in it with a deer. "The action of a deer under full speed reminds me of nothing so much as a seashell sent ricochetting over the surface of smooth water. They don't gallop; they simply bound, and that is where they lose speed over level ground. But I have seen deer bound straight up the side of a mountain and go fully as fast as if on the level, and so living animal can catch them at the uphill game. "Deer have tremendous vitality. I have never seen one drop instantly when shot. They will make a jump or two even when abot through the heart." Your true deer hunter will never shoot a deer running from him, as the bullet will invariably spoil the hams and hind quarters. Most of the western deer hunters can turn a deer when he is running full speed from him with a shrill whistle. The deer almost always will turn to see what that sound means, only for a fraction of a second. Perhaps, but that is the hunter's opportunity, and Mr. Deer generally gets it in the neck about that time."—New York Press. Mothers Who would keep their children in good health, should watch for the first symptoms of worms, and remove them with White's Cream Vermilfuge. It is the children's best tonic. It gets digestion at work so that their food does them good, and they grow up healthy and strong. 250 at J. P. Hatzfeld's. Suicide by Smoking. One of the most extraordinary suicides was enacted in Peach Haron Rela Olyl, a wealthy citizen, deliberately poisoned himself by smoking cigars and tobacco to excess. The iron had lost a large fortune in speculation. Having a wife and six children, he insured himself very heavily in their behalf in five companies and then proceeded to put into operation his unique plan for self destruction. He hired a small room in a mean portion of the city and in ten months died of what the doctors called "galloping consumption." He had consumed 3,500 cigars and about a hundred pounds of tobacco down like large, loose, stuffed puddings. The chief, pointing to his wife, said: "This is the product of our milk pots. From early youth we keep these pots to their mouths, as it is the fashion at court to have very fat wives." The daughter of the king sat before me sucking at a milk pot, at which the father had kept her at work by holding the rod in his hand, for as fattening is the first duty of their fashionable feminine life it must be enforced by the rod if found necessary." Something Wrong. An Australian auctioneer who was reputed to have more education than professional ability was endeavoring to sell some cattle to an audience of farm hands. "Gentlemen," he began, "I have particularly nice lot of heifers and bullocks, and I may say that the heifers predominate." He was interrupted by a very agricultural voice from the crowd. "I shorthere was something wrong with them," it said, "or you wouldn't have to sell em." One Particular Reason. "My dear," said Mrs. Cawker to her daughter, "when you are at Mrs. Cumso's this afternoon I hope you won't think of repeating that bit of gossip about Mrs. Glifoyle that Mrs. Fosdick told us this afternoon." Why, mamma? "Well, because it would be ungenerous and unkind, and I don't think Mrs. Glifoyle would like it told, and, besides, I want to tell it to Mrs. Cumso myself." Safety In Numbers. Brannigan—Come home an' teck sup per wild me. Flannigan. Flannigan—Shure it's past yer super time now. Yer wife'll be mad as a batter. Brannigan—That's jist it; she can't kick the two of us. — Philadelphia ledger. Why He Objected. He—I wouldn't want any one to marry me out of pity. She—But they say pity is akin to eve. He—Well. I never could stand for poor relations—Brooklyn Life. Ruined the Sale. A young lady from the city was trying her hand as an amateur saleswoman in a plantation store one morning la week when an old colored woman got seriously arrayed in her Sunday clothes entered the store and, pointing to a bottle of German cologne on one of the highest shelves, asked: "What dat?" "That's cologne, auntie." Well, I'll take it." Delighted at having made a sale in such a short time the young lady busies herself in getting down the bottle and lusting it for the customer's inspection at the same time commenting upon its excellences with the volubility of an experienced auctioneer. "I believe, auntie," she continued "that this is the finest perfume ever manufactured." She was brought to a sudden pause, for the old negress had thrown up both hands in horrified protest. "Stop right dar! Youse done gil yourself away. Fust you saidcologne but now you done let out dat it's perfume, an I don't want it for perfume nebber holds its scent. I wanted co FACTS ABOUT ANAHEIM The census bureau has in bulletin on agriculture in California which we quote from extensive another part of this issue. The interesting features of this is the paragraph giving the farms and acres of farming in the five Southern Californies. The pre-eminence of county is apparent: Counties: No farm Los Angeles: 6577 Orange: 2888 Riverside: 2840 San Bernardino: 2850 Suicide by Smoking. One of the most extraordinary suicides on record was enacted in Pesthill Raron Rela Olyl, a wealthy citizen, deliberately poisoned himself by smoking cigars and tobacco to excess. The ron had lost a large fortune in speculation. Having a wife and six children, he insured himself very heavily in his behalf in five companies and then proceeded to put into operation his unique plan for self destruction. He hired a small room in a mean portion of the city and in ten months died of what the doctors called "galloping consumption." He had consumed 3,500 cigars and about a hundred pounds of tobacco. Already There. She—I heard you complimenting her upon her girlish appearance. What did she say? He—She said, "Ah, but I'm sure I shall look much older when I'm forty." She—Huh! She means she'll look much older when she admits she is forty.—Philadelphia Press. His Title. "How did he get his title of colonel?" "He got it to distinguish him from his wife's first husband, who was a captain, and his wife's second husband, who was a major."—Exchange. An evil speaker only wants an opportunity to become an evil doer. Quintillan. Everybody Knows About Pain-Killer A Household Medicine A Safe and Sure Cure for Cramps, Gouge Bruises, Diarrhea, Colds, Burns, Sprains and Strains. Gives instant relief. Two sizes, 90c. and 50c. Only one Pain Killer, Perry Davis. The CLEANSING AND HEALING CURE FOR CATARRH Ely's Cream Balm Easy and pleasant to use. Contains no injurious drug. It is quickly absorbed. Gives Relief at once. It Opens and Cleanses the Nasal Passages. Allays Inflammation. Heals and Protects the Membrane. Restores the Senses of Taste and Smell. Large Size, 60 cents at Druggists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents by mail. But it is in the acreage of lands that Orange county takes precedence over the other counties of Southern California: Counties. Los Angeles Orange Riverside San Bernardino San Diego The area of Orange county square miles; that of Los Angeles; that of Riverside; 7008; San Bernardino; 20,055; and San Diego; 8400 square miles. Orange county thus contains fifth the area of Los Angeles its irrigated lands approach to one-half those of its neighbor the north. Riverside embraces nine area, yet it irrigates 9000 more or a fourth more than the borough on the east. San Bernardino is 25 times yet its irrigated acres exceed this jumbo county by nearly approximately ten per cent. San Diego is eleven times yet it irrigates 25,000 acres more the county on the south—the cent is the former's irrigation as compared with that of the almost the irrigated area Diego and Riverside combine. Orange county possesses the system of irrigation, the most water rights, that exist in South California. That is what we said many a time and oft-figures prove it. It is the highest and most productive countryside outdoors and is settling uthan any other in the State. The strongest castle could be reduced by siege if the garrison could be starved out. The strongest body has to give up the fight when starvation weakens. There are more deaths from starvation than the world is of. When the stomach is dislaced and the food eaten is not digested assimilated, then the strength of the begins to fall because of lack of iron, and the weak body falls an victim to the microbes of disease. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery diseases of the stomach and other forms of digestion and nutrition. It uses physical strength in the only way, by enabling the assimilation of the nutrition contained in food. A sick for over three years with a coma of stomach troubles, writes Mr. John Benton, residing at Sesame St. Chicago. He had tried every good physician, but did only temporary relief. One day he recommended your Golden Medical Discoveries. I immediately procured some and became a friend; Just Gushers. In a big department store a dainty, pretty little woman in the act of buying some lace caught sight of another pretty little woman who was buying some ribbon. As their eyes met both shoppers dropped the articles at which they had been looking and rushed into each other's arms. "Old and dear friends reunited after many years," thought the clerk behind the counter. At last the time for parting came. "Now do come and see me real soon." said the first woman. "Oh, I never pay calls, you know," replied the other. "You come and see me." "Well, I don't know your address." "It is the last house on — street, next to Riverside drive." "But I do not know your name since your last marriage." It was then that the clerk woke up to the real situation. "Just a pair of gusher," he said to himself disgustedly.—New York Press. Retraction. "Look here. Mr. Editor," exclaimed an irate caller, "you referred to me yesterday as a reformed drunkard. You must apologize or I'll sue your paper for libel." "Very well, sir," replied the editor. LIVER TROUBLES "I find Thedford's Black-Draught a good medicine for liver disease. It cured my son after he had spent $100 with doctors. It is all the medicine I take."—MRS. CAROLINE MARTIN, Parkersburg, W. Va. If your liver does not act regularly go to your druggist and secure a package of Thedford's Black-Draught and take a dose tonight. This great family medicine frees the constipated bowels, stirs up the torpid liver and causes a healthy secretion of bile. Thedford's Black-Draught will cleanse the bowels of impurities and strengthen the kidneys. A torpid liver invites colds, biliousness, chills and fever and all manner of sickness and contagion. Weak kidneys result in Bright's disease which claims as many victims as consumption. A 25-cent package of Thedford's Black-Draught should always be kept in the house. "I used Thedford's Black Draught for liver and kidney complaints and found nothing to excel it."—WILLIAM COFFMAN, Marblehead, Ill. THEDFORD'S BLACK-DRAUGHT Choice of Three Routes EAST and WEST 'Sunset' 'Ogden' 'Shasta' FACTS ABOUT ANAHEIM. The City of Anaheim, with a population of 2500, is situated in the northern part of Orange county, in Southern California, 12 miles from the ocean, 44 miles from the foot-ridge, and 148 feet above sea level. It is 27 miles from Los Angeles, the second largest city in the State of California. The climatic conditions are the most favorable for out-door life to be found in Southern California. The temperature is extremely unpredictable, seldom rising above 90 degrees in summer, or falling below 32 degrees in winter. The abundance of sunlight and the absence of sharp winds and cold winds make it a place especially acceptable to those trying to escape the severe climate of the east. The country is very attractive. It practically level, with just sufficient slope from the hills to afford adequate drainage. The roads are well, well graded, and well kept,ording excellent opportunities for riding and driving. The soil is a sandy loam which never bakes, making it a very easy ground to work; thus lending itself readily to cultivation of berries, nuts, oranges, etc. The variety of products, and the possibility of procuring small tracts land at low figures, and on easy terms, make our section of the county very attractive and advantageous for truck raising, or for farming on a small scale. The following are a few of the products: oranges, lemons, walnuts, grapes, peaches, ricots, sugar beets, berries and vegetables of all kinds. Anaheim is the possessor of a building and Loan Association, water company, two railroads, fruitinery and drier, large oil industry, rich farm, bank, several adequate commercial houses, two hotels and two newspapers. The city also owns water and lighting plant. FACTS ABOUT ORANGE CO. The census bureau has issued a bulletin on agriculture in California which we quote from extensively in other part of this issue. One of the interesting features of the report the paragraph giving the number farms and acres of farming lands in the five Southern California counties. The pre-eminence of Orange County is apparent: Well, I don't know your address. "It is the last house on — street next to Riverside drive." "But I do not know your name since your last marriage." It was then that the clerk woke up to the real situation. "Just a pair of gusher," he said to himself disgustedly.—New York Press. Retraction. "Look here. Mr. Editor," exclaimed an irate caller, "you referred to me yesterday as a reformed drunkard. You must apologize or I'll sue your paper for libel." "Very well, sir," replied the editor. "I'll retract the statement cheerfully. I'll say you haven't reformed." Their Chances. Jaspar—Young Scadby has enough. Why doesn't he keep out of business and give others a chance? Jumpuppe—But it is by going into business that rich young men like him give smart young men a chance to make money.—Life. Acted as Tentmistress. Mrs. Emma B. Tyndale, the only woman in the freshman class of the law school at Michigan university, acted as toastmistress at the freshman law ban just on Feb. 22 by the unanimous request of the class. The Michigan paperty., "She presided in a pleasing and peaceful manner, proving herself entirely equal to the occasion." Choice of Three Routes EAST and WEST Sunset Ogden Shasta Via EL PASO and New Orleans Via SAN FRANCISCO and Portland The service on these trains is perfect. The time is the fastest. The scenery most beautiful. The tourist car service appeals most directly to those who desire to travel at a high rate of speed, but prefer to economize a little on sleeping car accommodations. The Southern Pacific runs personally conducted tourist excursions every day in the week at reduced rates to various points in the east, without change, via all routes. A conductor accompanies the train to destination, and is ever ready to attend to the wants of the traveler. Southern Pacific THE SANDERS-ARNOTT DISC PLOW. The solid cast frame now being used on the Sanders-Arnott Disc Plow is the most valuable feature added to the Disc Plow since they were placed on sale. See them before buying. No more spring beans out of line or bolts sheared off. We have a new pattern four gang plow for the largest ranches. Any disc plow without the solid cast frame is old style. Do not be misled into buying one. Made in one, two, three and four gang patterns. The most successful disc plow in the market. Draft reduced 50 per cent. Send for circulation. We have a liberal proposition to offer any rancher who wishes to investigate the merits of this plow. 1902 Improvements THE GAZETTE JOB - OFFICE THE GAZETTE JOB - OFFICE Is fitted to do all kinds of Commercial Printing From a Card to a Book or a Transcript, Etc., Etc. Call and see us and get prices. All work done in the highest state of the art. Subscribe for the Gazette