anaheim-gazette 1904-09-29

THE ENGINEER'S STORY. Why He Had a Crying Fit When No One Was Even Hurt. "Yes, indeed, we have some queer little incidents happen to us," said the fat engineer. "Queer things happened to me about a year ago. You'd think it queer for a rough man like me to cry for ten minutes, and nobody hurt elther, wouldn't you? Well, I did, and I can cry almost every time I think of it. "I was running along one afternoon pretty lively when I approached a little village where the track cuts through the streets. I slacked up a little, but was still making good speed, when suddenly, about twenty rods ahead of me, a little girl not more than three years old toddled on to the track. You can't even imagine my feelings. There was no way to save her. It was impossible to stop or even slack much at that distance, as the train was heavy and the gravel descending. In ten seconds it would have been all over, and after reversing and applying the brake I shut my eyes. I didn't want to see any more. "As we slowed down my fireman stuck his head out of the cab window to see what I'd stopped for, when he laughed and shouted at me, 'Jim, look here!' I looked, and there was a big Newfoundland dog holding the little girl in his mouth, leisurely walking toward the house where she evidently belonged. She was kicking and crying, so that I knew she wasn't hurt, and the dog had saved her. My fireman thought it funny and kept laughing, but I cried like a woman. I just couldn't help it. I had a little girl of my own at home."—Galveston Tribune COOKING A CAT. Northern Italy Would Rather Have Puss Roasted Than Boiled. In northern Italy the cat is a favorite and growing article of food. In Azeglio, in Venice, in Verona, butchers sell cats and call them rabbits, for the state forbids the eating of cats, but the poor people who have become the chief buyers of the inferior kinds of cats are not deceived by their cheap rabbits. The proper way to cook a cat is to toast it in an oven until brown, with onions, garlic, parsley, bay leaf, red wine and some herbs peculiar to Italy. When boiled, it is not so satisfactory. Just before Christmas it is common for a group of young men in northern Italy to kill some cats, skin them and soak them in water for two or three days. They are then cooked with great care on Christmas day and NEXT TO THE AMAZON. Rio de la Plata and Its Vast Basin In South America. The river system of the Plate, or on the Rio de la Plata, is one of the most wonderful in the world. The volume of the stream is greater than that of the Mississippi. It is surpassed only by the Amazon. It drains a basin more than half as big as the whole United States and one which in fertility of soil and salubrity of climate is only surpassed by the basin of the Mississippi, and it is a question whether it has not more cultivated territory. Upon it tens of millions of cattle and sheep are pastured, and its wheat fields compete with ours in the markets of Europe. It has the most extensive plains of the globe, and it is a vast expanse of fairly good land. It is a white man's country. The basin of the Amazon is tropical and malarious. That of the Plate is largely in the temperate zone. Its northern parts are like Louisiana or Florida, and in the south the summer climate is as temperate as that of our middle states. It is the Mississippi basin reversed, the source of its rivers being in the hot country, where there are coffee and sugar lands and rubber trees, and its mouth in the rather cool lands of Uruguay and the Argentine, noted for their fields of wheat and corn. The vast basin is formed in the shape of a great horseshoe, with the opening toward the Atlantic, the Andes and the strip of highlands which crosses Brazil from the back and upper rim of the shoe, while the slightly sloping plains of Patagonia bound it on the south. In it are included the best of the Argentine, all of Uruguay and Paraguay and large portions of Brazil and Bolivia. The most of it has been built up by the Parana or Rio de la Plata system, and today these rivers are still at their great work of earth building. THE WORD BOGUS. There Are Several Plausible Theories as to Its Origin. The word "bogus" is said by Dr. Ogilvie to be derived from Boghese, the name of a notorious American swindler who about the year 1835 flooded the western and southwestern states with counterfelt bills, sham mortgages and such like. Others connect the word with "bogle," a scarecrow or goblin, and so applied to anything fictitious or chimerical. Lowell in the "Biglow Papers" says, "I more than suspect the word to be a corruption of the French bagasse." This bagasse was the sugar cane as The proper way to cook a cat is to toast it in an oven until brown, with onions, garlic, parsley, bay leaf, red wine and some herbs peculiar to Italy. When boiled, it is not so satisfactory. Just before Christmas it is common for a group of young men in northern Italy to kill some cats, skin them and soak them in water for two or three days. They are then cooked with great care on Christmas day and served up hot about 1:30 p.m. after mass. Italy cultivates the cat for home consumption, as English people raise rabbits. It is to be done on the quiet, however, for in spite of the profit in the business and the demand for the delicacy the law has to be looked out for, and the Society For the Prevention of Cruelty to Cats is vigilant. Offenses against the law are visited with imprisonment. Cats are raised for the market none the less. Fattened on the finest of milk, a choice specimen will attain the weight of fifteen pounds. Alexander's Horse. Bucephalus, the horse of Alexander the Great, was in all probability the most celebrated horse of which we have any knowledge. He was bought for the sum of 16 talents from Philonius out of his breeding pastures of Pharsalia, and it is known that he was skewbald, or, in other words, white, clouded with large deep bay spots, this peculiar breed being valued by the Parthians above all others, but being disliked by the Romans because so easily seen in the dark. Bucephalus was ridden by Alexander at the battle of the Hydaspes and there received his death wound. Disobedient for once to the command of his master, he galloped from the heat of the battle, brought Alexander to a place of safety, knelt, as was his custom, for him to alight and, having thus performed his duty, trembled, dropped down and died. A Good Rule of Life. A man cannot afford to have an enemy, even a humble enemy. The shabby fellow who storms your office today may be a power in the community next year. Therefore speak to him gently, send him away with a smile. Never affect a contemptuous manner. That is the way of the fool. In the day of small things plan patiently for the day of great things. A polite word costs nothing. It may turn out to be a good investment. As a spark of fire may turn a city into ashes, so an impatient gesture or irritable word may kindle a hatred great enough to destroy a career. The Giant Petrel. The giant petrel of the arctic regions will feed on offal until it is so absolutely gorged as to be unable to rise off the ice in flight. Then it runs along the ice if chased, spreading its wings out as sails. Before being captured, however, the petrel will suddenly stop and disgorge a quantity of semidigested food and then go off on a run again. If There Are Several Plausible Theories as to Its Origin. The word "bogus" is said by Dr. Ogilvie to be derived from Boghese, the name of a notorious American swindler who about the year 1835 flooded the western and southwestern states with counterfeit bills, sham mortgages and such like. Others connect the word with "bogle," a scarecrow or goblin, and so applied to anything fictitious or chimerical. Lowell in the "Biglow Papers" says, "I more than suspect the word to be a corruption of the French bagasse." This bagasse was the sugar cane as delivered in its dry, crushed state from the mill, called also cane trash, and fit only for burning, being thus synonymous with useless rubbish. Again, according to Brewer, there is French argot, or thieves' slang, a word, bogue, which signifies the rind of a green chestnut or the case of a watch, and this also brings us to the idea of an outward seeming without any solid and reputable foundation—Pearson's Weekly. An East Prussia Custom. Midsummer day, or St. John the Baptist's day, is a festival of much importance among the Masur peasant girls in east Prussia. On this day they each make a wreath, and each in turn tries to throw her wreath so as to lodge it on a fruit tree. A girl must keep on throwing until her wreath stays in the branches, and the number of attempts is supposed to indicate the number of years she will have to wait to get married. When the girls are thus engaged the young men of the village stand around chaffing them when they miss. The girl who lands her wreath at the first attempt is vehemently applauded. The Masurs are Poles who live in that part of Prussia which was once part of Poland. Donkeys In Egypt. In Egypt the women still follow the ancient custom of riding on donkeys. The animals are small and well trained and carry their burdens about without remonstrance. The riding under these conditions demands no especial skill of horsemanship. The women make a great convenience of these little steeds, riding them to market or to their shopping as well as on considerable journeys. Natural Cause. "I have been told," remarked the visitor in Salt Lake City, "that your lake is drying up. What seems to be the cause?" "I guess, mister," said the native, "if you had as much salt in you as that there lake's got you'd be gittin' purty dry too."—Chicago Tribune. The Difference. The Impecunious—It is just as easy to love a girl with money as to love one without it. The Heiress—But it isn't so easy to get her—London Tit-Bits. Look on the bright side. If there is a baby in the house, there are also enough safety pins for the grown folks to help themselves—Atchison Globe. THE ANCIENT DRAGON. Sympathetic or Otherwise? "Oh, just listen to me," claimed Mrs. Chatters selffully, "annoying you with all about Mrs. Nexdore's shame ment of me and all my other "Not at all, my dear," ran man rather ambiguously. "He hear it."—Philadelphia Press. Imposing. "I'll have you know that to Chicago," said the stranger, "'Deed, an' wha'd hine quoth the skeptic Scot.' 'Frye've been speaking I thook belonged tae you.'—Glasgow. Putting Him Right "Next time I marry," said er., "I'll get a wife I can make." "You don't want a wife," friend. "What you want is bed."—Houston Post. Offering Her a Hand The Poet—When would you be best time to offer a hand? Practical Cuss—W getting out of a bus, I sh New Yorker. Titles of honor add not too who is an honor to his title. Unpardonable. "In what family were you played?" asked Mrs. Fields. "In the family of Mrs. B replied the applicant for a governess." May I ask why you left? "Her superficiality and her eral information rendered unendurable. She was tthe distinction between anism and anomaly."—Clune. The Mule's Placid "Is that your mule?" asked who was going fishing. "Yas, sir," said the color was sitting on a log by the "Does he kick?" "Deed, mistuh, he sin't go to kick. He's gittin' his right along. I'm de one de worry an' difficulty."—B All She Wanted "She's a lovely girl and her tastes. I told her much of an income yet hoped I could provide for want." And what did she say? "She said that would be The Giant Petrel. The giant petrel of the arctic regions will feed on offal until it is so absolutely gorged as to be unable to rise off the ice in flight. Then it runs along the ice if chased, spreading its wings out as sails. Before being captured, however, the petrel will suddenly stop and disgorge a quantity of semidigested food and then go off on a run again. If overtaken a second time it will repeat the performance and when once it has got rid of its dinner files away. He Regan to Talk Business. "I shall make you love me yet," declared Mr. Stinjay determinedly. "I shall leave no stone unturned." "Ah, that sounds something like!" exclaimed the fair girl. "If the stone weighs not less than a carat and is pure white you may interest me."—Exchange. It doesn't take a man very long to become wise, but getting other people to recognize your wisdom after you have it is a long and tedious job. A Modern Antique. A story which Mr. Davenport told of Pistrucel has its point for collectors. Pistrucel was an Italian and chief engraver on the mint. It is, by the way, to him that England is indebted for the fine group of St. George and the dragon on the reverse of the sovereign. He insisted that modern work in cameo could be quite as fine as ancient work. A "potboiler" head of Flora which he engraved and sold to a dealer for £5 was afterward sold as an antique to Richard Payne Knight for £500. Knight took the cameo in triumph to Pistrucel. "Where can you get modern work like that?" he asked. Pistrucel smiled and claimed the antique for his own. Knight would not believe him. "Examine the roses," said the artist, "and you will see that they are modern flowers." The point was admitted by others, but never by Knight, who bequeathed the gem and the rest of his collection to the nation. Mrs Davenport said that but for the roses an expert would undoubtedly pronounce Pistrucel's cameo a fine antique. The Difference. The Impecunious—It is just as easy to love a girl with money as to love one without it. The Heiress—But it isn't so easy to get her.—London TibBits. Look on the bright side. If there is a baby in the house, there are also enough safety pins for the grown folks to help themselves.—Atchison Globe. THE ANCIENT DRAGON. Its Nearest Representative Now Is the East Indian Tree Lizard. The pterodactyl, whose fossil remains have been found in the chalk at Cambridge, England, and elsewhere, with a very varied spread of wings, which in the largest specimens must have reached twenty-five feet, is almost identical with the dragon of fable. A bat-like creature, with an elevated body and long neck ending in an absurdly small head with a portentous beak, it could run very swiftly, was a fish eater, and could swim, or it flew by means of huge membranous wings, which connected its long fore quarters with its hind legs. The nearest representative now of the ancient dragon is the tree lizard of the East Indies, which resembles its fossil ancestors in form, but is infinitely smaller in size. The pterodactyl itself, however, evidently existed down to a comparatively recent geological period, and it is not at all improbable that the traditional dragon is described from the last living specimens, as met with by primitive man.—London Telegraph. Railroad Curves. The engineers of the last few years in relaying tracks, instead of starting a true circle curve with the sudden lift of the outer rail that causes the jolt and lurch that travelers know, have laid a slight parabolic curve from a point a hundred yards back on the straight track and have elevated the outer rail imperceptibly along that curve to the maximum. The result of the device—in practice quite new—has been the annihilation of curves as regards a passenger's sense. Gazette for Job Printing. Yas, sir," said the color was sitting on a log by the Does he kick? "Deed, mistuh, he ain't to kick. He's gittin' him right along.. I'm de one de worry an' difficulty."—B All She Wanted. "She's a lovely girl and her tastes. I told her she much of an income yet, hoped I could provide for want." And what did she say? "She said that would be ask."—Cleveland Plain Deer The invitation to be happy ed to us all, but that we must be kind. Schoolmine The Happy Pu She—Did your uncle die—Well, to tell you the notice him; but everybody very happy.—Boston Tran Heaven will permit no happiness by crime.—Alfie Stood Death Of E.B.Munday, a lawyer Tex., once fooled a grave says: "My brother was vex malarial fever and jaunce suaded him to try Electric he was soon much better used its use until he was w I am sure Electric Blitter life." This remedy expels kills disease germs and blood ends digestion, r liver, kidneys and bowels stipitation, dyspepsia, nervous kidney troubles, female gives perfect health. Hutchinson's drugstore. A Night of Terr "Awful anxiety was felt oof of the brave General Machias, Me., when she she would die from pneumonia." writes Mrs S who attended her that for "but she bagged for Dr Discovery, which had me saved her life and cured sumption. After taking night. Further use en her." This marvelous guaranteed to cure all and lung diseases. Only Trial bottles free at Hutchinson's drugstore. TO RECLAIM ARID LANDS. Why Massachusetts Is Planting Grass or Cape Cod Sand Dunes. So much attention has been directed to the work that is being done in reclaiming the arid and semiarid lands of the west that the reclamation work along the Atlantic coast is almost entirely overlooked. The familiar sand junes, characteristic of the coast from Cape Code to Cape Fear, while perhaps artistic, constitute a menace to adjacent cultivated lands and are useless in themselves. Massachusetts at considerable expense has been endeavoring to reclaim the sand dunes that form so large a portion of the province lands of Cape Cod. It has been found that sand is readily bound together by grass roots and that if sturdy varieties of grass suitable for sandy soils are planted and cared for while obtaining a foothold and maturing they will gradually cover large areas, transforming them from shifting, worthless lands into veritable fertile cultivable fields. Many years of forestry work in Europe have shown that after the grasses have made a start trees can be successfully raised on these erstwhile sand piles, which may thus be made to yield a revenue. Some of the most extensive and mobile sand dunes in the United States, however, are found in the west, and it is the ambition of the bureau of forestry to cover these with permanent forest growths. Along the Columbia river, in Washington, the sand is very light in character owing to the large proportion of mica it contains and consequently is easily blown about by the winds. In a portion of the lower Columbia river valley great orchards have been actually engulfed with the shifting sands, and the railroads have experienced great difficulty in maintaining their tracks in this district in passable condition. In order to make a practical test as to the best method of treating these dunes a strip of land on the Columbia river between Willow creek and the John Day river has been set aside by the government for extensive experiments based on the work done in Massachusetts, referred to above. In the east tree planting plans for owners of sandy tracts are being prepared, thus extending the scope of the practical co-operation begun by the bureau of forestry. Cement. The difference between the two well known varieties of cement, the Rosenblatt and the Rosenblatt, in the feet OLD BAVARIAN TOWNS. Many of the Smaller Ones Are Merely Walled Farm Villages. In old Bavarian districts many of the smaller towns are merely walled farm villages. These settlements of agriculturists reproduce the ancient lager for all. Each is built in the form of a parallelogram, the shorter sides having each a gateway, with double gates, over which rise central square watch-towers capped with conical red roofs. A narrow road or street runs from gate to gate, with old half timber houses set back close to the inclosing wall. The ground floor of these houses affords stabling for cattle, and from these stables the cows are driven out through the town gates in the morning and brought in at night. Townships like this are merely clusters of houses intimately connected with the farm lands that lie beyond their gates. The peasantry, whether peasant proprietors or allotment leaseholders, go in and out to their work. In eastern Bavaria, toward the Danube, where the better class farms are to be seen, one finds farmhouses of wood, a great shingled roof covering—as in Holland—not only the large living apartment, with many bedrooms, but also the stables for the horses and cattle. On such farms much of the farm work is done by girls, who usually wear short petticoats, tight bodices and kerchiefs on their heads. Most of the men are either in the army or working at trades. SMOKING A CIGAR. Some Things That Every User of Tobacco Does Not Know. “It’s really remarkable, considering the 12,000,000,000 cigars smoked in the United States every year, how few men really know how to smoke,” said a prominent tobacco dealer. “There is one mistake in particular that even experienced smokers sometimes make—that is in not keeping the tobacco burning properly. “About 90 per cent, I should say, of all the cigars sold are better on the outside than the inside. This isn’t wholly to deceive the prospective buyer. It requires a good quality of leaf to shape the outside of a cigar, while the filler may be more readily composed of inferior tobacco. The smoker who permits his cigar to burn inside the wrapper loses the best part of it. Practically any cigar is rank when smoked through the center. The aroma is lost and the smoke is bitter and acrid. “Puffing on a cigar that is not burning properly only increases the difficulty. The smoker gets more of the smoke in the leaves and the whole cli- BALLOON SPIDER. They Voyage at Great Heights Sea as Well as Lake. Given a steady breeze course, there is practically no distance which a balloon may traverse. The writer or weavers from their snout divers sheltering project highest attainable point off of St. Peter’s in Rome, who had doubtless been carried when younglings. One man of gossamer afloat at heights. Seafaring folk spider balloons speeding sea or entangled upon various vessels. Darwin, in voyage of the Beagle, miles from land saw great small spiders with their wings first came in contact ging they were seated up and while hanging to these est breath of air would be of sight. Thus, though land, the wee voyagers went on over the main. A steamship captain took of a like observation map While sailing along the coast March his ship was covered merable spider webs. More than 200 miles from 400 miles south of the e wind was blowing from the “The spiders seemed little balls,” said the captain, “umbrella canopy above settled upon the sails and finally disappeared as they know,” he added, “that usual for birds to be blow How much easier for a ship he has the means to suspend in the air.”—BLL. D., in Harper’s Magazine. FACTS ABOUT AIR Sketch of two industries and most beautiful part of O The City of Anaheimulation of 2500, is situated northern part of Orange Southern California, 12the ocean, 4½ miles from hills, and 148½ feet above It is 27 miles from Los second largest city in California. The climatic conditions most favorable for our be found in Southern Sympathetic or Otherwise. "Oh, just listen to me," finally explained Mrs. Chatters self-replyfully, "annoying you with all this talk about Mrs. Nexdore's shameful treatment of me and all my other troubles." "Not at all, my dear," replied the man rather ambiguously. "I'm glad to hear it."—Philadelphia Press. Imposing. "I'll have you know that I belong to Chicago," said the stranger. "Deed, an' what'd he thocht it?" quoth the skeptic Scot. "Frae the way ye've been speaking I thocht Chicago belonged tae you."—Glasgow Times. Putting Him Right. "Next time I marry," said the widower. "I'll get a wife I can make shut up." "You don't want a wife," replied his friend. "What you want is a folding bed."—Houston Post. Offering Her a Hand. The Poet—When would you consider is the best time to offer a girl your hand? Practical Cuss—When she's getting out of a bus, I should say—New Yorker. Titles of honor add not to his worth who is an honor to his title.—Ford. Unpardonable. "In what family were you last employed?" asked Mrs. Fields-James. "In the family of Mrs. Boscommon," replied the applicant for a position of governess. "May I ask why you left her?" "Her superficiality and lack of general information rendered my position unendurable. She was unaware of the distinction between an inachronism and an anomaly."—Chicago Tribune. The Mule's Placid State. "Is that your mule?" asked the man who was going fishing. "Yas, sir," said the colored man who was sitting on a log by the road. "Does he kick?" "Deed, mistuh, he ain't got no cause to kick. He's gittin' his own way right along. I'm de one dat's havin' de worry an' difficulty."—Exchange. All She Wanted. "She's a lovely girl and so simple in her tastes. I told her that I haven't much of an income yet, but that I hoped I could provide for her every want." And what did she say? "She said that would be all she could ask."—Cleveland Plain Dealer In order to make a practical test as to the best method of treating these dunes a strip of land on the Columbia river between Willow creek and the John Day river has been set aside by the government for extensive experiments based on the work done in Massachusetts, referred to above. In the east tree planting plans for owners of sandy tracts are being prepared, thus extending the scope of the practical co-operation begun by the bureau of forestry. Cement. The difference between the two well known varieties of cement, the Rosendale and the Portland, lies in the fact that the first named is a natural product and the latter an artificial. The former is made by burning a shaly limestone in kilns and grinding the clinker produced with bur stones to a very fine powder, which, when mixed with water, soon sets and forms an artificial stone nearly as hard as the original rock. Portland cement, on the other hand, is made by combining chalk or some other form of limestone free from magnesia with siliceous clay; these materials being intimately mixed and made into bricks, which are burned in kilns with coke fuels at a very intense heat. The resulting clinker is ground in the same manner as natural cement and is much stronger and sets quicker than the other. Fishing For Sea Fowl. Catching guilts and other sea fowl by a baited hook and line is a barbarous practice which is sometimes resorted to by sailors. The same method was employed in former times for catching herons. A long line of silk, with a strand of wire twisted in, was fixed to a stone at one end and to hooks at the other. The bait was then put out in shallow water, where the birds seek their food, either in a stream or at the edge of a pond. When the heron pouched the bait the hooks lodged in his gutlet, and the strand of wire in the line prevented it from being bitten through. Proved Her Responsibility. A curious incident occurred at a railway station at Kingstown, near Dublin. A wealthy lady one day demanded a ticket on credit, saying that she had forgotten her purse. The clerk naturally refused to accede to her request, whereupon the enraged lady went straight off to her bank, drew out a hundred pounds in gold and, returning to the station, shoveled the sovereign through the pier beneath the booking office in front of the astonished clerk. A Shocking Calamity. Lately befell a railroad laborer," writes Dr. A. Kellett of Williford, Ark. "His foot was badly crushed, but Bucklen's Arnea Salve quickly cured him." It's simply wonderful for burns, boils, piles and all skin eruptions. It's the world's champion healer. Curre guaranteed 25c. Sold by Hutchinson. Age of Mother Earth. An eminent scientist's estimate of the age of the world is "not so great as 40,000,000 years, possibly as little as 20,000,000 years, probably 30,000,000 years." As not even the greatest scientists have been able to find out within 10,000,000 or 15,000,000 years how old Mother Earth is, it must be confessed that she keeps the secret of her age quite as well as do her charming daughters. The scientists may at last come to the conclusion that, like the others, she is "only as old as she looks."—Baltimore Sun. Sketch of the industries and most beautiful part of it The City of Anaheimulation of 2500 is sitter northern part of Orange Southern California, 122the ocean, 41 miles from hills, and 1481 feet abovethat It is 27 miles from Los second largest city in California. The climatic condition most favorable for our be found in Southern.The temperature is exert form, seldom rising any grees in summer, or fall degrees in winter. The of sunlight and the abs frosts and cold wind place especially accept desiring to escape the of the east. The country is very a practically level, wi cient slope from the low adequate drainage.Tlevel, well graded,a affording excellent opp cycle and driving.rich sandy loam which making it a very easy work; thus lending its cultivation of benanges, etc. The variety of proce possibility of procuring of land at low figures terms,make our se county very attractive geous for truck raising on a small scale.a are a few of the proc lemons, walnuts,gra apricots,sugar beets vegetables of all kind.Anaheim is the P Building and Loa Water company,two cannery and drier,Lar ostrich farm,bank,s commercial houses,t two newspapers.The its water and lighting FACTS ABOUT O The census bureau bulletin on agriculture which we quote from another part of this interesting feature is the paragraph giving of farms and acres oin in the five Southern Gties.The pre-eminent county is apparent: "Yas, sir," said the colored man who was sitting on a log by the road. "Does he kick?" 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After gazing from its brink for several minutes, the President turned to Paul Morton and said: "It is beyond comparison, beyond description, it's awful." There is but one Grand Canyon, one way to reach it. Ask the Santa Fe agent. General Passenger agent Jno. J. Byrne, of the Santa Fe has authorized another special (personally conducted) excursion to the St. Louis World's Fair, via the Grand Canyon in Arizona. The party will leave here Wednesday, Sept. 7th, and will spend one whole day at the canyon en route. The Gazette for Job Printing. BALLOON SPIDERS. They Voyage at Great Heights Over Sea as Well as Land. Given a steady breeze and a free course, there is practically no limit to the distance which a ballooning spider may traverse. The writer has taken orb weavers from their snuggeries under divers sheltering projections at the highest attainable point on the dome of St. Peter's in Rome, whither they had doubtless been carried by the wind when younglings. One may see flecks of gossamer afloat at far greater heights. Seafaring folk often note spider balloons speeding by them at sea or entangled upon various parts of the vessel. Darwin, in his famous voyage of the Beagle, when sixty miles from land saw great numbers of small spiders with their webs. When they first came in contact with the rigging they were seated upon threads, and while hanging to these the slightest breath of air would bear them out of sight. Thus, though so far from land, the wee voyagers were still moving on over the main. A steamship captain told the writer of a like observation made by him. While sailing along the eastern coast of South America during the month of March his ship was covered with innumerable spider webs. He was then more than 200 miles from land, about 400 miles south of the equator. The wind was blowing from the continent. "The spiders seemed like elongated balls," said the captain, "with a sort of umbrella canopy above them. They settled upon the sails and rigging and finally disappeared as they came. You know," he added, "that it is not unusual for birds to be blown out to sea. How much easier for a spider, provided he has the means to keep himself suspended in the air."—H. C. McCook, LL. D., in Harper's Magazine. FACTS ABOUT ANAHEIM Sketch of the industries and Resources of this 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. $67.50 To St. Louis and Return May 11, 12, 13; June 1, 2, 15, 16, 22, 23; July 1, 2, 7, 8, 11, 14; August 8, 9, 10, 18, 19; September 5, 6, 7, 8; October 3, 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. FOOD FOR BOYS AND GIRLS The more natural diet is more palatable, invigorating and strengthening to body and mind—right to the contrary with unnatural, improperly prepared food, which stunts the growth, dwarfs the mind, causes a lack of will power, and steadiness of nerve. No doubt that fifty per cent of the failures in life can be traced to improper diet when young. DR. PRICE'S WHEAT FLAKE CELERY FOOD is a natural food, and is healthy for growing children. Let the children try it, and note after continued use the mental and physical vigor it imparts. Palatable—Nutritious—Easy of Digestion and Ready to Eat My signature on copy package DR. PRICE'S WHEAT FLAKE CELERY FOOD is a natural food, and is healthy for growing children. Let the children try it, and note after continued use the mental and physical vigor it imparts. Palatable—Nutritious—Easy of Digestion and Ready to Eat My signature on every package. Dr. Price, the creator of Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder and Delicious Flavoring Extracts, a cook book containing 76 excellent receipts for using the Food mailed free to any address. Prepared by PRICE CEREAL FOOD COMPANY, Chicago, Ill. FOR SALE BY—STERN BROS., WALLOP BROS., H. A. DICKEL. Now is the best time of the year to See the World's Fair On 10 different days in September and 8 in October Santa Fe agents in California will sell tickets to ST. LOUIS and return $67.50. CHICAGO and return $72.50. and to New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Washington at very low rates. September tickets good 90 days for returning, October tickets good until Dec. 31st. Come back a different way if you wish and stop off at pleasure. Be sure to VISIT GRAND CANYON going or returning and bear in mind that Santa Fe is the Way Information, tickets, etc., from J. H. CLABAUGH, Agent, ANAHEIM, 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 care follows. It is not drying—does not produce sneezing. Large Size, 50 cents at Drugists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents. ELY BROTHERS, 60 Warren Street, New York WORLD'S FAIR EXCURSION RATE ST. LOUIS AND RETURN $67.50 CHICAGO AND RETURN ONE WAY THROUGH ST. LOUIS $72.50 NEW YORK CITY And Return $108.50 GOOD FOR RETURN 90 DAYS Choice of Routes Go One Way Return another Overland limited via Ogden & Chicago Sunset Express via New Orleans and the south. FULL INFORMATION AT 261 S. Spring St. LOS ANGELES T. A. DARLING, Agent Anaheim S. P. Company SEASON 1904. 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 895,062 Orange .2388 599,436 Riverside .2340 427,067 San Bernardino .2350 219,132 San Diego .2698 809,419 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 .32,947 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, 20,055, 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 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. E.L.EUBANKS S.W.COTTLE The Jerrick EUBANKS & COTTLE, Props. FAMOUS CYRUS NOBLE WHISKEY MAIER & ZOBELEIN BEER. Phone Main 955 Center St. Anaheim City Market! P. W. FLEISCHMANN, Proprietor. CHAS. GELDERMANN, Manager. Fresh and Salted Meats. Special attention given to all orders which will be filled promptly. FRITZ RUHMANN'S Germania Halle BACKS' NEW BUILDING LOB ANGELES STREET Keeps on hand a Large and complete stock of liquors, wines and cigars. Cold beer always on draught. Boston Bakery FRESH BREAD, PIES AND CAKES. Ice Cream and Confectionery S. Kistler, Proprietor Southern Pacific S. P. Company SEASON 1904. Four Popular Excursions to Santa Barbara. Sale Dates—Aug. 12th and 13th. Sept. 9th and 10th. Going limit—Date of sale. Return limit—Thirty days from date of sale. Stopovers will be allowed in either or both directions, at Ventura and Santa Paula only. Round trip rate between Anaheim and Santa Barbara, $3.25. Tickets for sale at S. E. office, corner Los Angeles and Santa Ana streets. JOSEPH BACKS, Undertaker and Embalmer DEALER IN Furniture and Bedding Repairing Done. PALACE LIVERY Hahn, Prop. Horse Clipping A specialty Telephone Main 97 Los Angeles Street ANAHEIM, CAL