anaheim-gazette 1904-07-21

A Thall Wedding. In many parts of India Hindoo girls are wedded not with a ring, but with a necklet or thall. At the wedding of the daughter of a leading native, Moulmein, there were present among the numerous guests a Hindoo maiden and her lover, whose suit had not so far progressed to his satisfaction. While the wedding ceremony was in progress the young man suddenly went up to her and before any one suspected what his object was pulled out a thall from his pocket and quietly tied it round her neck. Of course there was a hubbub as well as parental lamentations over this dramatic episode, but so great is the veneration for the thall among Hindoos that no one dared to remove it from the neck of the astonished maiden. All concerned, therefore, repaired to the Marriamme temple, where the act was ratified, and the maid who went to the wedding of her friend fancy free left the scene as the legal wife of a bold and successful husband—London Telegraph. TOY GARDENING. It Is of All Sorts the Most Pitiful and Ridiculous. Our counsel is to avoid all mimicry in gardening as we would avoid it in speech or in gait. Sometimes we do not mind being repetitious. "In gardening," we say, "almost the only thing which costs unduly—in money or in mortification—is for one to try to give himself somebody else's garden." One of the reasons we give against it is that it leads to toy gardening, and toy gardening is of all sorts the most pitiful and ridiculous. "No true art," we say, "can tolerate any make believe which is not in some way finer than the reality it simulates. In other words, imitation should always be in the nature of an amiable condescension. Whatever falseness, pretension or even mere frailty or smallness suggests to the eye, the ineffectuality of a toy is out of place in any sort of gardening." We do not actually speak all this, but we imply it, and we often find that the mere utterance of the words "toy gardening" has a magical effect to suggest all the rest and to overwhelm with contrition the bad taste and frivolity of many a misguided attempt at adornment. At that word of exorcism joints of cerulean sewer pipe created with scarlet geraniums, rows of white cobbles along the walk or Southern Counties Forging Ahead Rapidly (Continued from 1st Paige) exception show a loss in population. This list is not a pleasing one to contemplate: Amador 161, Calaveras 165, Eldorado 35, Mariposa 124, Modoc 42, Nevada 117, Plumas 76, Placer 67, Shasta 34, Tehama 47, Trinity 24, Tuolumme 41. The counties in the San Joaquin valley, in the irrigated section, show up better. The following good gains are reported: Fresno 717, Kern 192, Kings 136, Merced 155, Stanislaus 286, and San Joaquin 210. The banner section of the State is certainly Southern California, and we commend this fact to the thoughtful consideration of the "knockers" north of Tebachapi who have been indulging in direful stories about the effect of the dry years in Southern California. We seem to be doing very well, thank you.—Riverside Press. THE SICILIAN. His Life Is Hedged About by a Series of Absurd Superstitious. People of Sicily are vast superstitious. The Sicilian believes, to give a few examples, in the existence of a double tailed lizard which condescends to take its mouth the winning numbers of the lottery. He believes it is unlucky to marry or begin a journey on a Tuesday or a Friday. He believes in the power of maledictions and of the evil eye and attempts to defend himself against them by wearing amulets, such as the corno, a coral imitation of the horn of the goat; by spitting three times on the ground while pronouncing a magic formula or (in certain districts) by invoking the name of Virgo who somehow acquired during the middle ages a bizarre reputation as a magician. He believes in sorcerers, of whom a goodly number practice professionally on his island, selling to him among other wonder working charms grotesque-colored images of St. Paul to be attached to barren fruit trees and barrels in which wine has soured. He believes that a person born on a Friday is able to predict the future and that a person born on June 29 (the fete of St. Paul, who was unharmed by the viper which encircled his hand) is able to do both these things and to charm serpents besides. MUST EAT ARSENE. Otherwise Makers of this Could Not Stand Its Feet. Eating of arsenic is common in The Styrianans may then make one plump and comely one strength for great exercise as running or mountain climbing. Styria, in Austria, gives vast quantities of arsenic. The facture of this drug is indeed Styrian industry. They will arsenic eat it, as a rule, for that only the arsenic eater stands the arsenic fumes. These makers and eaters owe are comely. They have a bloody clear color. They look much thicker than they are. "The foreman in a certain factory told me that in his When he first went to that was advised to begin to eat at his health suffer from the furious toxicologist. "He did begin first two or three small doses a sharp pain, like a burn, in ach, and this pain was for tremendous hunger and a very agreeable excitement. But an increased in frequency and effect became pleasant. The longer pain or excitement. Our trary, there was a ravenous well as a mood of joyou wherein he could do three more "This chap, by the time he thirty, was taking four arsenic a day. He looked with his clear pink and whiten more than twenty-three. He robust as a blacksmith. He would die at forty-five being the age at which all arsenic eaters die." The drug is a preservative Styria when graves are opened are found to be as fresh since years after interment as they were lowered into the cage Tribune. HALF FALSE JEWELS. How One Diamond Makes as Big as the Origin. The lapidary was splitted mond. He leaned forward brows. His tiny machine made a bee. A delicate and sharose. Then suddenly everything and the diamond split in FIRST PIANO MAKER. Two Specimens of Cristofori's Work Still In Existence. It was a harpsichord maker, Cristofori, in the employ of the Duke of Tuscany, who in 1711 made the first successful piano. As curator of Ferdinand de Medici he had a splendid collection of Belgian, French and Italian instruments to look after, and this undoubtedly aided him, though the model was so crude that the inventor could never have dreamed a monument would ever be erected in his memory. There are only two grand planofores of Cristofori in existence. One decorated in gold and Chinese figures is in Florence, and the other is in the Crosby-Brown collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Three documents attest the authenticity of this last instrument, which was purchased from Signor Diego Martelli. From this feeble beginning a long list of names could be mentioned of men who helped perfect the piano. But factories alone could never have achieved without royalty to encourage and virtuosos to play. Frederick the Great ordered five pianos for his palace, where they can be seen at the present day. Marie Antoinette was a patron of the art, and Clementi in England and Mozart in Germany introduced the instruments, so it became a part of life. It was in Pleyel's concert room that Chopin played, and our later firms have brought out a long list of artists—Joseffy, Paderewski and others—Housekeeper. Doctor's Fee Remained In The Well. "The queerest fee I ever had offered to me was by an old farmer up in Monroe county," said a prominent physician who is also something of a sportsman. "I was up there one year for the trout fishing, and one evening I was summoned from the hotel where I was stopping to attend an old woman in the neighborhood who had suddenly been taken ill. After I had fixed her up her husband said to me: 'Doc, I don't know what your charge is, but I can't got no ready cash about me. I'll tell you what I'll do, though. See that well over there? There's one of the finest trout you ever seen in that there well, an' if you can ketch him he's yourn.' I had no tackle with me, and as I had to return to the city next words, imitation should always be in the nature of an amiable condescension. Whatever falseness, pretension or even mere frailty or smallness suggests to the eye, the ineffectuality of a toy is out of place in any sort of gardening." We do not actually speak all this, but we imply it, and we often find that the mere utterance of the words "toy gardening" has a magical effect to suggest all the rest and to overwhelm with contrition the bad taste and frivolity of many a misguided attempt at adornment. At that word of exorcism joints of cerulean sewer pipe created with scarlet geraniums, rows of white cobbles along the walk or drive like a cannibal's skulls around his hut, purple paint kegs of petunias on the scanty doorsteps, crimson wash kettles of verbenas, anthill rockeries and well sweeps and curbs where no wells are, go modestly and forever into oblivion.—G. W. Cable in Scribner's. SORRY SHE SPOKE. The Mistake That Was Made by a New York Milliner. One of the richest and most prominent society women in New York caught an unexpected glimpse of the reverse side of a Fifth avenue tradeswoman's manners the other day. The society woman in question is very quiet and uncontentious in her dress, and it is only the appointment of her equipage that betrays the fact that she is wealthy. She stopped her carriage outside the establishment of a fashionable milliner, entered and addressed the proprietress. "I see you have in your window a sign, 'Apprentice Wanted,' she began. The milliner eyed her contemptuously from the crown of her modest bonnet to the tip of her common sense shoe. "You would not do at all," she said. "I want a ladylike person who can wait on customers." "I wished to place one of my maids with some one from whom she could learn millinery while I am abroad," continued the visitor quietly, "but I'm afraid you would not do." As the footman opened the carriage door for his mistress the horror stricken milliner recognized too late the livery of one of the "first families" of New York.—New York Press. CROWS AND ROOKS. There Are Many Points Of Difference Between These Birds. Scientifically corvus is the generic title of the bird family which includes crows, rooks, ravens and jackdaws. A main distinction between crows and rooks is that black and gray crows, which are found always in pairs, are migrants, retreating southward with the advance of winter, while rooks are gregarious and remain where they have been in the habit of nesting. Crows, too, are carrion eaters, while rooks, though fond of grubs and worms, will not touch dead things unless driven to do so by hunger. The most obvious individual points of difference between the two are the absence of feathers from the face of adult rook, giving it a vulture-like look, to which its characteristics otherwise hardly entitle it, and the fact that its feathers are of a rich purple black, almost iridescent, while the plumage of the black crow is in shading somewhat like a badly polished boot and possesses but little luster. Wooden Shoes In Holland. "The wooden shoes," said a native of words, imitation should always be in the nature of an amiable condescension. Whatever falseness, pretension or even mere frailty or smallness suggests to the eye, the ineffectuality of a toy is out of place in any sort of gardening." We do not actually speak all this, but we imply it, and we often find that the mere utterance of the words "toy gardening" has a magical effect to suggest all the rest and to overwhelm with contrition the bad taste and frivolity of many a misguided attempt at adornment. At that word of exorcism joints of cerulean sewer pipe created with scarlet geraniums, rows of white cobbles along the walk or drive like a cannibal's skulls around his hut, purple paint kegs of petunias on the scanty doorsteps, crimson wash kettles of verbenas, anthill rockeries and well sweeps and curbs where no wells are, go modestly and forever into oblivion.—G. W. Cable in Scribner's. HALF FALSE JEWEL How One Diamond Makes as Big as the Original The laplidary was split mond. He leaned forward browns. His tiny machine is a bee. A delicate and sharse. Then suddenly everything and the diamond, split in in the laplidary's white thing "Out of one diamond," he going to make two, and each two will be as big and brilliant original one was." As he scraped up the glitter he explained: "First I will make in pass duplicate of each of these Then I will join to the bottlene genuine half its artificial co making the junction so cannot no will be able to perceive nally I will mount these two and half genuine stones will appear to be altogether Their paste foundations w tract in any way from their The owner of the big di lit have two big diamonds. "The making of fake jewel idary said, "is an interesting you know what the best are made of? They are m scales—silvery and iridescent pasted on the inside of bal The fish these scales con called in France the able England the bleak. It is s minnow. Its scales mus off by hand, and only a sn off them can be used. It t ablettes, or bleaks, to yield scales."—New York Telegra Dr. Bartlett and Margar In regard to brilliant Ma ter尔 Hour in his reminiscion Dr. Bartlett, a very excellent old doctor, though rather ger, could not abide her night one very dark, storm doctor was called out o sharp knocking at the door up and put his head out dow and said: 'Who's there you want?' He was answer voice in the darkness below how much camphor can an by mistake without its kill to which the reply was, 'If it?' And the answer was Fuller.' The doctor answer wrath, 'A peck.'" Comfort For the Sheep The prisoner sensibly o have only this to say, my seems rather hard that I my life merely for stealing "Prisoner at the bar," judge, "pray understand going to be hung for stealing You are to be hung in order may be deterred from steal—A. C. Plowden's "Autob a Police Magistrate." roe county," said a prominent physician who is also something of a sportsman. "I was up there one year for the trout fishing, and one evening I was summoned from the hotel where I was stopping to attend an old woman in the neighborhood who had suddenly been taken ill. After I had fixed her up her husband said to me: Doc, I don't know what your change is, but I ain't got no ready cash about me. I'll tell you what I'll do, though. See that well over there? There's one of the finest trout you ever seen in that there well, an' if you can ketch him he's yourn.' I had no tackle with me, and as I had to return to the city next morning I missed the opportunity to collect my fee."—Philadelphia Record. The Imperial Eagle. The imperial eagle, the largest of the species known, files to a height of from 10,000 to 15,000 feet. It is a native of South America, and its habitat is among the lofty mountains of that country. Its power of flying to high altitudes is only exceeded by the conder of the Andes, which is said to have attained the height of six miles, or within one mile of the greatest height ever attained by a balloon. The eagle sails in the air at heights ranging from three to five miles and when seen to soar upward by an observer on the earth's surface disappears from sight in about three minutes. A Little Cold Blooded. "Speaking of cold blooded methods in business," said a southern merchant, "reminds me of a story they tell about a New York drummer who died suddenly in an Atlanta hotel. The coroner telegraphed to his firm, saying: 'Your representative died here today. I await your instructions.' In a few hours this answer came back: 'Search his pockets for orders. Express his samples to New York. Give the body to a medical college.'" A Counterirritant. "What is a counterirritant?" asked Mrs. Smithers. "A counterirritant," replied Smithers, "is a woman who makes the clerk pull down everything from the shelves for two hours and then buys 4 cents' worth of hairpins."—Cleveland Press. Economy. Friend — If your washerwoman charges by the piece, it must be rather expensive. Young Housekeeper—Oh, no. She loses so many things that her bills are never high.—New York Weekly. Wooden Shoes In Holland. "The wooden shoe," said a native of Holland, "is worn almost exclusively by the peasant classes, and they find them more comfortable than the leather shoes that are worn in America. The foot is clad in a heavy woolen stocking and then slipped into the shoe without fastening. They never fall off because the people are used to wearing them. They would not exchange, because any other kind would not be comfortable. The shoes are of elm wood and cost from 10 to 15 cents of American money. Two pairs will last a year." Animal Criminals. As a species of hardened criminals among placid herbivorous animals none is worse than the bison, or American buffalo. Toward man and beast and even among themselves these vicious, vindictive and agile brutes, whose half brothers on the other continents do not fear even the terrific onlaughts of lions and tigers, are in a state of almost continual warfare. They are among the wickedest rogues ever seen in a zoo.—McClure's Magazine. A Rather of Pickles. "Anything I can do for you, madam?" asked the clerk in the seed store. "Yes," answered the sweet thing, tapping the counter with a tapering finger. "I wish to ascertain if bottled pickle seeds will grow as well as those of the bulk variety?"—Indianapolis Sun. Merely Going. Smith—I woke up last night with a horrible suspicion that my new gold watch was gone. So strong was the impression that I got up to look. Brown—Well, was it gone? Smith—No, but it was going. A wise philosopher gives us this advice: "Tell the truth to at least three men—your doctor, your lawyer and your banker." Comfort For the Sheep. The prisoner sensibly owe only this to say, my seems rather hard that I my life merely for stealing "Prisoner at the bar," judge, "pray understand. going to be hung for steal You are to be hung in order may be deterred from steal—A. C. Plowden's "Autobody a Police Magistrate." Japanese Applaud. The Japanese show their tion of an actor's playing substantial manner than by plauding. They throw witions of their dress on the at the end of the perform vored person claims the doners repurchase their prices for the various article ed rates. All Things Pittitt. "No," said the lumber don't sell all woods her parts cut directly from the "And what," asked the cew you do with the limbs? Oh!" replied the chee "we send them all to the rice."—Baltimore News. She Knew the Rest. At the dinner table one oce remarked that a certain thin, falsetto voice. Little acquainted with the person and she cried out abrupt know why! Because she's set of teeth! Wise. "Did Jerrold get anything rich uncle's estate?" "Whe he married the daughter nney for the estate."—Puck Beware of Ointments for G Contains Mercury As mercury will surely destroy smell and completely derange tem when entering it through surfaces. Such articles should except on prescriptions from silians, as the damage they wield to the good you can from them. Hall's Catarrh Co-tured by F. J. Cheney & Co., contains no mercury; and is take acting directly upon the bloo surfaces of the system. In buy tarrh Cure because you get tha it taken internally and made Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co., free. Sold by druggists, Price 76 p Hall's Family Pills are the b MUST EAT ARSENIC. Otherwise Makers of the Poison Could Not Stand Its Fumes. Eating of arsenic is common in Styria. The Styrians say that arsenic makes one plump and comely and gives one strength for great exertion, such as running or mountain climbing. Styria, in Austria, gives the world vast quantities of arsenic. The manufacture of this drug is indeed the main Styrian industry. They who make arsenic eat it, as a rule, for they say that only the arsenic eater can withstand the arsenic fumes. These makers and eaters of the drug are comely. They have a blooming and clear color. They look much younger than they are. "The foreman in a certain arsenic factory told me that in his boyhood, When he first went to that plant, he was advised to begin to eat arsenic lest his health suffer from the fumes," says a toxicologist. "He did begin, and his first two or three small doses gave him a sharp pain, like a burn, in the stomach, and this pain was followed by tremendous hunger and a violent, disagreeable excitement. But as his doses increased in frequency and size their effect became pleasant. There was no longer pain or excitement. On the contrary, there was a ravenous appetite, as well as a mood of joyous activity wherein he could do three men's work." "This chap, by the time he got to be thirty, was taking four grains of arsenic a day. He looked at thirty, with his clear pink and white color, no more than twenty-three. He was as robust as a blacksmith. But he said he would die at forty-five or so, that being the age at which all the Styrian arsenic eaters die." The drug is a preservative, and in Styria when graves are opened bodies are found to be as fresh six or seven years after interment as on the day they were lowered into the earth—Chicago Tribune. HALF FALSE JEWELS. How One Diamond Makes Two Each as Big as the Original. The lapidary was splitting a diamond. He leaned forward with intent brows. His tiny machine buzzed like a bee. A delicate and shining dust arose. Then suddenly everything was stilled, and the diamond, split in halves, lay OUR TREASURY SEAL. The Inscription It Bears and Its Early Significance. Probably few Americans, young or old, have had sufficient curiosity in examining a bank note to translate the Latin device on the seal of the treasury and to inquire how it happened to read as it does. A writer in the Washington Star believes the inscription throws light on the hopes of our forefathers regarding American dominion. "Thesaur. Amer. Septentr. Sigil." is the legend, an abbreviation of "Thesaur Americe Septentrionalis Sigillum," "Seal of the Treasury of North America." The Continental congress in 1778 authorized a committee, consisting of Messrs. Witherspoon, Robert Morris and R. H. Lee, to design seals for the navy and the treasury. The treasure seal has come down to us with very little change. In those days it was still hoped that Canada would eventually join the Revolution or would at least be wrested from Great Britain before the struggle was over and would become one with this country. That was apparently a project dear to Robert Morris, and he looked upon his country as the whole of North America. Later, when authorized to establish a bank and a mint "of North America," Morris maintained the legend on the seal, showing that he still hoped for a continental nation. Whenever the seal has been recut the original legend has been adhered to. INDIA SUPERSTITIONS. A Typical Story Illustrating the Beef In Animal Ghosts. India is full of animal ghosts, from the Himalayas to Cape Comorin, if the natives may be believed. Here is a typical story: "By the beard of my father, sahib, I speak straight words," said an old Mohammedan mahout. "One evening we were hunting wild elephants in the jungle for our lord, the maharaja of Gldhaur. I saw a large tusker alone by a pool. His color was grayish white, and my heart beat fast, for I thought Allah had been gracious to me and had placed in my hands that greatest of all prizes, a lord white elephant. Cautiously I urged my own tame elephant toward him, hoping that while they made friends I could bind him fast to a tree by the rope. My" Sterling Colon. The origin of "sterling" as applied to coined money is thus given in "A Short Treatise Touching Sheriffs' Accounts," by Sir Matthew Hale, 1683: "Current coin of the realm is of gold or silver, with an alloy of copper, at least from the time of Henry I., and this alloy gave the denomination of Sterling to those coins. "Spelman supposeth it to take that name from the Esterlings, who came over and reformed our coin, to that alloy—of this opinion was Camden. Possibly in those times a Peny was called a Sterling, without any other reason than the use of the times, as other names grow, for the old Act of Henry III tells us that Denarius Anglice Sterlinging dicitur (a denarbus, or penny, is called in English a Sterling), and because this was the root of the measure of silver coin; therefore all our coin of the same alloy was also called Sterling." THE BAMBOO PLANT. It Sometimes Grows at the Rate of Three Feet a Day. The word bamboo suggests to most Americans a faithful fishing rod or a dainty fan. To the Japanese and Chinese, who are the most practical agriculturists in the world, it is as indispensable as the white pine to the American farmer. They are not only dependent upon it for much of their building material, but make their ropes, mats, kitchen utensils and innumerable other articles out of it. There are many varieties of the bamboo plant, from the species which is woven into mats to the tall bamboo tree which the Chinaman uses for the mast of his large boat. One variety is cultivated as a vegetable and the young shoots eaten like asparagus, or they may be salted, pickled or preserved. The rapidity of growth of the bamboo is perhaps its most wonderful characteristic. There are actual records of a bamboo growing three feet in a single day, or at the rate of one and a half inches an hour. Varieties of bamboo are found everywhere in Japan, even where there are heavy falls of snow in winter. It is a popular misconception that bamboo grows only in the tropics. Japan is a land of bamboos, and yet where these plants grow it is not so warmth winter as it is in California.—National FACTS ABOUT A Sketch of the industries and most beautiful part of California. The City of Anaheimulation of 2500, is situated northern part of Orange Southern California, 122 ocean, 41 miles from hills, and 1481 feet above It is 27 miles from Los Angeles second largest city in California. The climatic condition most favorable for outdoor being found in Southern The temperature is extreme form, seldom rising any grees in summer, or fall degrees in winter. The sunlight and the absence frosts and cold winds place especially acceptable desiring to escape the sage of the east. The country is very active practically level with client slope from the high adequate drainage. The level, well graded, and affording excellent oppressive cycling and driving. Rich sandy loam which making it a very easy work; thus lending itself to the cultivation of berries, etc. The variety of possible possibility of procuring of land at low figures terms, make our seccounty very attractive geous for truck raising ing on a small scale. Are a few of the products lemons, walnuts, grape apricots, sugar beets vegetables of all kinds. Anaheim is the pee Building and Loam Water company, two n HALF FALSE JEWELS. How One Diamond Makes Two Each as Big as the Original. The lapidary was splitting a diamond. He leaned forward with intent brows. His tiny machine buzzed like a bee. A delicate and shining dust arose. Then suddenly everything was stilled, and the diamond, split in halves, lay in the lapidary's white, thin hand. "Out of one diamond," he said. "I am going to make two, and each of these two will be as big and brilliant as the original one was." As he scraped up the glittering dust he explained: "First I will make in paste an exact duplicate of each of these two halves. Then I will join to the bottom of each genuine half its artificial complement, making the junction so carefully that no one will be able to perceive it. Finally I will mount these two half false and half genuine stones. Each then will appear to be altogether genuine. Your paste foundations will not detract in any way from their brilliance. The owner of the big diamond will have two big diamonds." "The making of fake jewels," the lapidary said, "is an interesting study. Do you know what the best fake pearls are made of? They are made of fish scales—silvery and iridescent fish scales pasted on the inside of balls of glass. The fish these scales come from is called in France the abelle and in England the bleak. It is smaller than a minnow. Its scales must be picked off by hand, and only a small portion of them can be used. It takes 18,000 abelles, or bleaks, to yield a pound of scales."—New York Telegram. Dr. Bartlett and Margaret Fuller. In regard to brilliant Margaret Fuller the following story is told by Senator Hoar in his reminiscences: "Old Dr. Bartlett, a very excellent and kind old doctor, though rather gruff in manner, could not abide her. About midnight one very dark, stormy night the doctor was called out of bed by a sharp knocking at the door. He got up and put his head out of the window and said: 'Who's there? What do you want?' He was answered by a voice in the darkness below. 'Doctor, how much camphor can anybody take by mistake without its killing them? to which the reply was, 'Who's taken it?' And the answer was, 'Margaret Fuller.' The doctor answered in great wrath, 'A peck.'" Comfort For the Sheep Stealer. The prisoner sensibly observed, "I have only this to say, my lord—that it seems rather hard that I should lose my life merely for stealing a sheep." "Prisoner at the bar," replied the judge, "pray understand. You are not going to be hung for stealing a sheep. You are to be hung in order that others may be deterred from stealing sheep."—A. C. Plowden's "Autobiography of a Police Magistrate." A Witty Individual One Morning Wagered That He Would Ask The Same Question Of Fifty Different Persons And Receive The Same Answer From Each. The Wit went to first one and then to another until he had reached the number of fifty. And this is how he won the bet: He whispered, half audibly, to each: "I say, have you heard that Smith has failed?" "What Smith?" queried the whole fifty, one after another, and it was decided that the bet had been fairly won—London Tit-Bits. An Eye To Business. "So you are going to send his letters back, are you?" asked the blond. "Yes," replied the brunette, with tears in her eyes. "But not until I have copied them all. They will make a splendid book, and I have a lovely title for them already." The Letters of a Lazy Lover,"—Cincinnati Times Star. A Tellale Sign. "Old Blinker is a confirmed bachelor, isn't he?" "Yes, but I am sure that he was once engaged." "Why?" "Because he tells me there was a certain story: 'By the beard of my father, sahib, I speak straight words,' said an old Mohammedan mahout. "One evening we were hunting wild elephants in the jungle for our lord, the maharaja of Gidlaur. I saw a large tusker alone by a pool. His color was grayish white, and my heart beat fast, for I thought Allah had been gracious to me and had placed in my hands that greatest of all prizes, a lord white elephant. Cautiously I urged my own tame elephant toward him, hoping that while they made friends I could bind him fast to a tree by the rope. My beast trumpeted in terror and trembled violently, but I goaded him on, and then when I put my hand on the white elephant I felt nothing but air. It was a ghost elephant, one of those elephants which come back after death to walk the earth because in this life they went forth and murdered men. I went from the spot as if Shaitan himself were at my beels, and soon afterward I made a pilgrimage to Mecca to avert the curse. But my elephant fell sick and died." Proving the Convexity of the Earth. An experiment was made a hundred years ago or so on the Bridgewater canal, in England, to prove the convexity of the earth. At intervals of five miles in a straight stretch of the canal three posts were driven until their tops were precisely six feet above the surface of the water. Then careful measurements and observations were made from elther end, with the result that the top of the center post was found to be some distance above a line drawn from top to top of the first and last posts. The experiments were repeated a number of times, always with the same result. This proves for ordinary persons that the earth is convex, but scientists reached the same conclusions by more scientific ways. A Sure Thing. A witty individual one morning wagered that he would ask the same question of fifty different persons and receive the same answer from each. The wit went to first one and then to another until he had reached the number of fifty. And this is how he won the bet: He whispered, half audibly, to each: "I say, have you heard that Smith has failed?" "What Smith?" queried the whole fifty, one after another, and it was decided that the bet had been fairly won—London Tit-Bits. An Eye To Business. "So you are going to send his letters back, are you?" asked the blond. "Yes," replied the brunette, with tears in her eyes. "But not until I have copied them all. They will make a splendid book, and I have a lovely title for them already." The Letters of a Lazy Lover,"—Cincinnati Times Star. A Tellale Sign. "Old Blinker is a confirmed bachelor, isn't he?" "Yes, but I am sure that he was once engaged." "Why?" "Because he tells me there was a certain story: 'By the beard of my father, sahib, I speak straight words,' said an old Mohammedan mahout. "One evening we were hunting wild elephants in the jungle for our lord, the maharaja of Gidlaur. I saw a large tusker alone by a pool. His color was grayish white, and my heart beat fast, for I thought Allah had been gracious to me and had placed in my hands that greatest of all prizes, a lord white elephant. Cautiously I urged my own tame elephant toward him, hoping that while they made friends I could bind him fast to a tree by the rope. My beast trumpeted in terror and trembled violently, but I goaded him on, and then when I put my hand on the white elephant I felt nothing but air. It was a ghost elephant, one of those elephants which come back after death to walk the earth because in this life they went forth and murdered men. I went from the spot as if Shaitan himself were at my beels, and soon afterward I made a pilgrimage to Mecca to avert the curse. But my elephant fell sick and died." Proving the Convexity of the Earth. An experiment was made a hundred years ago or so on the Bridgewater canal, in England, to prove the convexity of the earth. At intervals of five miles in a straight stretch of the canal three posts were driven until their tops were precisely six feet above the surface of the water. Then careful measurements and observations were made from elther end, with the result that the top of the center post was found to be some distance above a line drawn from top to top of the first and last posts. The experiments were repeated a number of times, always with the same result. A Witty Individual One Morning Wagered That He Would Ask The Same Question Of Fifty Different Persons And Receive The Same Answer From Each. The Wit went to first one and then to another until he had reached the number of fifty. And this is how he won the bet: He whispered, half audibly, to each: "I say, have you heard that Smith has failed?" "What Smith?" queried the whole fifty, one after another, and it was decided that the bet had been fairly won—London Tit-Bits. An Eye To Business. "So you are going to send his letters back, are you?" asked the blond. "Yes," replied the brunette, with tears in her eyes. "But not until I have copied them all. They will make a splendid book, and I have a lovely title for them already." The Letters of a Lazy Lover,"—Cincinnati Times Star. A Tellale Sign. "Old Blinker is a confirmed bachelor, isn't he?" "Yes, but I am sure that he was once engaged." "Why?" "Because he tells me there was a certain story: 'By the beard of my father, sahib, I speak straight words,' said an old Mohammedan mahout. "One evening we were hunting wild elephants in the jungle for our lord, the maharaja of Gidlaur. I saw a large tusker alone by a pool. His color was grayish white, and my heart beat fast, for I thought Allah had been gracious to me and had placed in my hands that greatest of all prizes, a lord white elephant. Cautiously I urged my own tame elephant toward him, hoping that while they made friends I could bind him fast to a tree by the rope. My beast trumpeted in terror and trembled violently, but I goaded him on, and then when I put my hand on the white elephant I felt nothing but air. It was a ghost elephant, one of those elephants which come back after death to walk the earth because in this life they went forth and murdered men. I went from the spot as if Shaitan himself were at my beels, and soon afterward I made a pilgrimage to Mecca to avert the curse. But my elephant fell sick and died." Proving the Convexity of the Earth. An experiment was made a hundred years ago or so on the Bridgewater canal, in England, to prove the convexity of the earth. At intervals of five miles in a straight stretch of the canal three posts were driven until their tops were precisely six feet above the surface of the water. Then careful measurements and observations were made from elther end, with the result that the top of the center post was found to be some distance above a line drawn from top to top of the first and last posts. The experiments were repeated a number of times, always with the same result. A Restaurant Problem. The Man Who Can Solve It May Name His Own Salary. "Who is the greatest restaurateur in New York?" I asked a hotel manager who sometimes goes to his neighbors' places to get dots on up to dateness. His reply: "It isn't necessary to mention names. In fact, it isn't possible to do so. The greatest restaurateur in New York or in whole world is young people he will have to feed tomorrow." There is one house downtown where an average of 400 mouths are fed daily. But one day there may be 500 and another 150. Where is the barometer that is to tell beforehand; in time for orders to butter; baker and candlestick maker; pretty nearly the number that must be provided for on morrow? If there are 500 today shall enough food for 500 be ordered for tomorrow? If so, and only 150 come, what is to be done with the surplusage of meats, vegetables, bread, etc.,? And if 150 come today and food for 150 is ordered for tomorrow; what is to become of the management when 500 come on the morrow and the latter is empty? The man who can estimate Mondaythe probable business of Tuesday is worth $25,000 a year to any big restaurant. But there is no such man—New York Press. VOLTAIRE AND ROUSSEAU. Polited Jokes That Passed Between The Two Authors. Voltaire and Rousseau though on friendly terms, were in the habit of firing off pointed jokes at one another. One day Rousseau was dining with Voltaire,and oysters were brought on the table,the for,sas somebody,has remarked,no dinner could be completewithout them.The author of "Endile,"after helping himself pretty,freesmadethe somewhat injudicious remark: "I am sure I could eat as many oysters as Samson slew Philistines." With the same weapon? (the jawbone of an ass) slyly inquired Voltaire. Rousseau did not soon forgetthe little joke at his expenseand sought an opportunity for revenge.Not long afterward Voltaire called at his house during his absence.The door being open,ehe walked intothe library,and findingallthe books thrownaboutin confusionand coveredwith dust,becrainedononeoftheword“cochon”(pig)withhis finger.Nexthe met Rousseauandsailedtohim: "I called at your house yesterday,但didnot findyouin." VOLTAIRE AND ROUSSEAU. Polited Jokes That Passed Between The Two Authors. Voltaire and Rousseau though on friendly terms,more than any jumbo county fifththe areaof Los its irrigated landsapettoone-halfthoseofin-thefive SouthernCoasts.Thepre-eminentcountyisapparent: Counties.NosLosAngelesOrangeSanBernardinoSanDiegoButitisintheacrelandslandscapetothecrowncouldoesystemofirrigation,twaterrightsthatexchangeCaliforniaThatissaidmanya.timeandfiguresproveit.itIs Comfort For the Sheep Stealer. The prisoner sensibly observed, "I have only this to say, my lord—that it seems rather hard that I should lose my life merely for stealing a sheep." "Prisoner at the bar," replied the judge, "pray understand. You are not going to be hung for stealing a sheep. You are to be hung in order that others may be deterred from stealing sheep." —A. C. Plowden's "Autobiography of a Police Magistrate." Japanese Applause. The Japanese show their appreciation of an actor's playing in a more substantial manner than by merely applauding. They throw various portions of their dress on the stage, and at the end of the performance the favored person claims the money that the donors repurchase them with, the prices for the various articles being fixed rates. All Things Fitting. "No," said the lumber dealer, "we don't sell all woods here—only the parts cut directly from the trunk." "And what," asked the customer, "do you do with the limbs?" Oh!" replied the cheerful dealer, "we send them all to the branch office." —Baltimore News. She Knew the Reason. At the dinner table one evening some one remarked that a certain lady had a thin, falsetto voice. Little Maisle was acquainted with the person referred to, and she cried out abruptly: "Oh, I know why! Because she's got a false set of teeth!" Wise. "Did Jerrold get anything out of his rich uncle's estate?" "Well, rather: he married the daughter of the attorney for the estate." —Puck. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That Contains Mercury As mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is tenfold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. Sold by druggists, Price 75c per bottle. Hall's Family Plims are the best, MRS. CECELIA STOWE, Orator, Entre Nous Club. 176 Warren Avenue, CHICAGO, IL., Oct. 22, 1902. For nearly four years I suffered from ovarian troubles. The doctor insisted on an operation as the only way to get well. I, however, strongly objected to an operation. My husband felt disheartened as well as I, for home with a sick woman is a disconsolate place at best. A friendly druggist advised him to get a bottle of Wine of Cardui for me to try, and he did so. I began to improve in a few days and my recovery was very rapid. Within eighteen weeks I was another being. Mrs. Stowe's letter shows every woman how a home is saddened by female weakneses and how completely Wine of Cardui curts that sickness and brings health and happiness again. Do not go on suffering. Go to your druggist today and secure a $1.00 bottle of Wine of Cardui. "I am sure I could eat as many oysters as Samson slew Philistines." With the same weapon? (the jawbone of an ass) sily inquired Voltaire. Rousseau did not soon forget the little joke at his expense and sought an opportunity for revenge. Not long afterward Voltaire called at his house during his absence. The door being open, he walked into the library, and finding all the books thrown about in confusion and covered with dust, he traced on one of them the word "cochon" (pig) with his finger. Next day he met Rousseau and said to him: "I called at your house yesterday, but did not find you in." "I know," replied the latter. "I found your card." The Oldest Church In Europe. Canon Routledge in his "History of St. Martin, Canterbury," claims the proud distinction of the oldest church in Europe for that venerable edifice. He describes it as occupying the unique position of being the only existing church that was originally built as a church during the first four centuries and has remained a church till the present day. St. Martin's has a sort of rival in St. Mary-in-the-Castle, Dover, which Canon Puckle believes to have been erected by British workmen some time in the fourth century. Rather Vealy. "What I would like," said the very young author, whose first story had just been accepted, "is that the binding of the book should be in keeping with the story. Do you grasp my meaning?" "Oh, yes," replied the intelligent and accommodating publisher. "I'll have it done in half calf." —Chicago Record-Herd. His Glasses. Lushman—I'm troubled with headaches in the morning. It may be on account of my eyes. Perhaps I need stronger glasses. Dr. Shrude—No; I think you merely need weaker glasses—and fewer—at night. Sympathy. Mr. Critique—Yes, indeed, my house is simply full of Titians. Mrs. Nouveauliche—Good gracious, aln't there no way of killing 'em?—Princeton Tiger. A canary in Germany has been known to continue a single trill for eighty-five seconds, with twenty changes of note in it. FACTS ABOUT ANAHEIM. Sketch of the industries and Resources of the Most Beautiful Part of California. 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, 4½ miles from the foothills, and 148½ 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 uniform, seldom rising above 90 degrees in summer, or falling below 32 degrees in winter. The abundance of sunlight and the absence of sharp frosts and cold winds make it a place especially acceptable to those desiring to escape the severe climate of the east. The country is very attractive. It is practically level, with just sufficient slope from the hills to afford adequate drainage. The roads are level, well graded, and well kept, affording excellent opportunities for cycling and driving. The soil is a rich sandy loam which never bakes, making it a very easy ground to work; thus lending itself readily to the cultivation of berries, nuts, oranges, etc. The variety of products, and the possibility of procuring small tracts of 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, apricots, sugar beets, berries and vegetables of all kinds. Anaheim is the possessor of a Building and Loan Association, Water company, two railroads, fruit $67.50 To St. Louis and Return May 11, 12, 13; June 1, 2, 15, 16, 22, 23; July 1, 2, 7, 8, 13, 14; August 8, 9, 10, 18, 19; September 5, 6, 7, 8; October 1, 4, 5, 6. Return limit, ninety days. Take the Rock Island System and you go thro' without change. Scenic or Southern Line, as preferred. Standard and tourist sleeping cars; dining cars. Trains stop at Main Entrance World's Fair. Full information on request. Call or write. F. L. Miller, Dist. Pass. Agt. 237 S. Spring Street. Los Angeles. La Habra Valley Ten acres lots to colony tracts, with an abundance of pure water piped on land. Price $130 to $150 per acre. Easy terms. 349 Wilcox Building. Both Phones No. 1363. W. J. Hole, Los Angeles The variety of products, and the possibility of procuring small tracts of 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, apricots, sugar beets, berries and vegetables of all kinds. Anaheim is the possessor of a Building and Loan Association, Water company, two railroads, fruit cannery and drier, large oil industry, ostrich farm, bank, several adequate commercial houses, two hotels and two newspapers. The city also owns its 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 another part of this issue. One of the interesting features of the report is the paragraph giving the number of farms and acres of farming lands in the five Southern California counties. The pre-eminence of Orange county is apparent: Counties. No. farms. Acres. Los Angeles .6377 865,063 Orange .2888 599,436 Riverside .1340 427,087 San Bernardino .2250 219,182 San Diego .2998 869,419 But it is in the acreage of irrigated lands that Orange county takes easy precedence over the other counties of Southern California: Counties. Acres. Los Angeles .85,644 Orange .41,549 Riverside .82,947 San Bernardino .37,877 San Diego .16,022 The area of Orange county is 780 square miles; that of Los Angeles, 3880; that of Riverside, 7008; that of San Bernardino, 20055; and that of San Diego, 8400 square miles. Orange county thus contains one-fifth the area of Los Angeles; yet its irrigated lands approach in area to one-half those of its neighbor to the north. Riverside embraces nine times its area, yet it irrigates 9000 more acres, or a fourth more than the belauded county on the east. San Bernardino is 25 times its size, yet its irrigated acres exceed those of this jumbo county by nearly 4000, approximately ten per cent. San Diego is eleven times its size, yet it irrigates 25,000 acres more than the county on the south—300 percent is the former's irrigated area as compared with that of the latter—almost the irrigated area of San Diego and Riverside combined. Orange county possesses the finest system of irrigation, the most secure water rights, that exist in Southern California. That is what we have said many a time and oft. These figures prove it. It is the handsomest of products, and the possibility of procuring small tracts of 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, apricots, sugar beets, berries and vegetables of all kinds. Anaheim is the possessor of a Building and Loan Association, Water company, two railroads, fruit cannery and drier, large oil industry, ostrich farm, bank, several adequate commercial houses, two hotels and two newspapers. The city also owns its 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 another part of this issue. One of the interesting features of the report is the paragraph giving the number of farms and acres of farming lands in the five Southern California counties. The pre-eminence of Orange county is apparent: Counties. No. farms. Acres. Los Angeles .6377 865,063 Orange .2888 599,436 Riverside .1340 427,087 San Bernardino .2250 219,182 San Diego .2998 869,419 But it is in the acreage of irrigated lands that Orange county takes easy precedence over the other counties of Southern California: Counties. Acres. Los Angeles .85,644 Orange .41,549 Riverside .82,947 San Bernardino .37,877 San Diego .16,022 The area of Orange county is 780 square miles; that of Los Angeles, 3880; that of Riverside, 7008; that of San Bernardino, 20055; and that of San Diego, 8400 square miles. Orange county thus contains one-fifth the area of Los Angeles; yet its irrigated lands approach in area to one-half those of its neighbor to the north. Riverside embraces nine times its area, yet it irrigates 9000 more acres, or a fourth more than the belauded county on the east. San Bernardino is 25 times its size, yet its irrigated acres exceed those of this jumbo county by nearly 4000, approximately ten per cent. San Diego is eleven times its size, yet it irrigates 25,000 acres more than the county on the south—300 percent is the former's irrigated area as compared with that of the latter—almost the irrigated area of San Diego and Riverside combined. Orange county possesses the finest system of irrigation, the most secure water rights, that exist in Southern California. That is what we have said many a time and oft. These figures prove it. It is the handsomest of products, and the possibility of procuring small tracts of land at low figures, and on easy terms, W. J. Hole, Los Angeles La Habra Valley Ten acres to colony tracts, with an abundance of pure water piped on land. Price $130 to $150 per acre. Easy terms. W.J.Hole,LosAngeles Nasal CATARRH In all its stages. Ely's Cream Balm cleanses,soothes and heals the diseased membrane. It cures catarrh and drives away a cold in the head quickly. Cream Balm is placed into the nostrils spreads over the membrane and is absorbed. Relief is immediate and a cure follows. It is not drying—does not produce sneezing. Large Size, 50 cents at Druggists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents. ELY BROTHERS., 64 Warren Street, New York JOSEPH BACKS, Undertaker and Embalmer DEALER IN Furniture and Bedding Repairing Done.jel ...Bird V. Beebe... Agent for Studebaker Carriages and Wagons, Oliver and Canton Clipper Plows, Killefer, Canton and Iron Age Cultivators, Harness, Robes and Whips.: : AGENT FOR Cleveland，Columbia，Crescent Bicycles ANAHEIM，CALIFORNIA. Disease takes no summer vacation. If you need flesh and strength use Scott's Emulsion summer as in winter. Notice to Stockholders OF Anaheim Union Water Company The Ditch Committee has fixed June 27 as official date for the beginning of Run 3. P.H.KRICK.Secv San Diego is eleven times its size, yet it irrigates 25,000 acres more than the county on the south—300 per cent is the former's irrigated area as compared with that of the latter—almost the irrigated area of San Diego and Riverside combined. Orange county possesses the finest system of irrigation, the most secure water rights, that exist in Southern California. That is what we have said many a time and oft. These figures prove it. It is the handsomest and most productive county that lies outdoors and is settling up faster than any other in the State. Disease takes no summer vacation. If you need flesh and strength use Scott’s Emulsion summer as in winter. Send for free sample. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemist, 409-415 Pearl Street, New York, yoc. and $1.00; all druggists. Notice to Stockholders OF Anaheim Union Water Company The Ditch Committee has fixed June 27 as official date for the beginning of Run 3. P. H. 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