anaheim-gazette 1904-10-13

LEGENDS OF THE SEA WEIRD SPECTRAL SHIPS DOOMED TO ENDLESS VOYAGES. The Flying Dutchman of Evil Fame Appears In Many Kinds of Sea Lore. Block Island's Firey Reminder of the Wreckers of Colonial Days. Among the multitude of superstitions to which the sea has given birth not the least interesting are those concerning weird spectral ships doomed by some irrevocable decree of fate to sail the wide seas over till eternity, without hope of ever once entering a harbor of safety. Conspluous among these is the Flying Dutchman, or, rather, Flying Dutchmen, for there are innumerable versions of this legend, which have been colored and designed to concur with the various fancies and ideas of different nationalities. It is not improbable that the original Flying Dutchman was that described in the old Norse tradition of a viking who had sacrilegiously stolen a ring from the gods, and whose skeleton was ever afterward seen seated on the mainmast of a black spectral ship enveloped in fire, to behold which foreboded wreck and disaster. A later Danish variation of this story no doubt inspired Longfellow's lines describing— A ship of the dead that sails the sea And is called the Carmilhan. *** *** In tempests she appears— Without a helmsman steers. Tradition says of this ship that a hideous faced goblin invariably sat on the bowsprit smoking a horrid pipe filled with a more pernicious weed than tobacco, and ill betide the luckless vessel that encountered her, for— Over her decks the seas will leap. She must go down into the deep And perish mouse and man. The most generally accepted version of the Flying Dutchman, however, is that of the pigheaded Dutch captain who swore he would round the Cape of Storms in the teeth of a terrific hurricane. His fatuous determination scared the crew out of their wits and culminated in threats of mutiny. Eventually they became obstreperous, but the bold skipper, not daunted, clinched matters by throwing a few of them overboard and, terrifying the remainder, realtered his oath with treble violence. Then an apparition endeavored to turn him from his purpose to receive a most impolite, not to FRUITFUL OLD AGE. Pass Masters In Their Spheres Who Were Past Seventy. The tall, handsome, myriad minded Goethe wrought at his tasks till he was nearly eighty-three years old. He produced the first part of his masterpiece, "Faust," at fifty-seven, the second part when eighty years old, and wrote some of his most beautiful poems at seventy-five. Six of our foremost American poets, and all but one in quantity as well as in quality of verse—Bryant, Whittier, Longfellow, Lowell, Holmes and Emerson—lived to ages varying from seventy-five to eighty-five and were productive to the last. Dr. Holmes wrote in his eighty-fifth year that "time does not threaten the old man so often with the scythe as with the sandbag," yet he wrote brilliant verse for special occasions almost to the end. Theodor Mommsen, the historian, a man of almost insignificant stature and emaculated frame, manifested in his eighty-sixth and last year the energy of a man in middle life. The Earl of Dundonald, though he was always in hot water and his whole life was a series of quarrels—though he performed some of the most daredevil feats recorded in the history of naval warfare, winning many brilliant victories against enormous odds—lived to eighty-five and wrote his history of the liberation of Peru, Chile and Brazil and "The Autobiography of a Seaman," two most vigorous, lucid and dashing works, under the stress of intense physical pain in the last three years of his life. Sir Charles James Napier, the hero of Scinde, was sixty before he held any great command. He fought and won great battles, governed successfully great provinces and achieved a great name long after that period of life had passed when, according to an antique morality not quite exploded, it behooves a man to lay aside the things of the present life and to prepare his soul for the next.—Saturday Evening Post. LOVE IN JAPAN. It Is Very Different From That Which Warms the Western Heart. The boys and girls, the young men and young women of Japan do love each other, I suppose, but one never sees the slightest shadow of evidence to prove it. The spirit of love does not dominate the national life as it does. SHOPPING IN FEZ. Pay Half the Price Demanded Your Goods and Go. A white visitor to Fez, in once went shopping in the basement city accompanied by a seated sultan, who told him to ask that the shopper was not cheered by greedy merchants. At this shop visited the would be asked to be shown something rested on a high shelf. The sultan only yawned and said he rather sell something from which he would not have to rile. This angered the sultan's servant not only made the merchant down the article required, but the price was named laid down the amount, grabbed the goods made off. The shopper protested, but he ant-laughed and said it was true of the country. This was repeated several shops without eliciting test. At one place, though, he chant refused to give up his way that way and was rewarded by ear and an admonition not to take the sultan's white friend. Later the two visited the where everything was sold at The auctioneer seemed always fewer clothes than any one else method of selling was curled would take a piece of goods nearby shopkeeper and start sell it on commission. Hold high as possible, he would bid. Then he would start on around the market. If any one to examine the merchandise tioneer would drop it into his take the bid if one was made resume his run around the plaza. When he had made three o'clock on the market he would turn over to the highest bidder.—Press. THE TWO HEADED S A Boat Constrictor That Has Deceptive Tail. Every now and then some tells of a two headed snake lists in Egypt, and whenever rator hasn't seen the snake he is more or less disposed that there really is a snake heads in Egypt, because he told about it by many reliable Indeed, sometimes a trawl has actually caught a glimpse The most generally accepted version of the Flying Dutchman, however, is that of the pigheaded Dutch captain who swore he would round the Cape of Storms in the teeth of a terrific hurricane. His fatuous determination scared the crew out of their wits and culminated in threats of mutiny. Eventually they became obstreperous, but the bold skipper, not daunted, clinched matters by throwing a few of them overboard and, terrifying the remainder, reiterated his oath with treble violence. Then an apparition endeavored to turn him from his purpose, to receive a most impolite, not to say irreverent, reception. It doggedly persisted and so enraged the captain that he fired at it with his revolver. But instead of hurting the ghost the ball lodged in his own arm, at which misfortune he, not unnaturally for a sailor and a Dutchman, became even more sacrilegious in his expressions. He was forthwith condemned to navigate his vessel forever and ever, with gall to assuage his thirst, redhot iron for his hunger, forever sleepless without hope of arriving at port. By the aid of his friend Satan he was able to bring about disasters and tempests, and his ship was "the harbinger of wreck and woe" alluded to by Scott in "Rokeby." The French equivalent of this ship was the Courier Hollendals, which was said to sail around the world in twelve hours, with terrible disasters following in her wake. German tradition is rich in phantom ships and tells of one on board of which was a nobleman who had been forced to leave his fatherland because of a great crime and who was alleged to toss dice with the devil for his own soul, while another Teutonic creation was a death ship which was supposed to be chock full of murderers and criminals of the lowest order. A skeleton holding an hourglass stood in a conspicuous position, and— The ship was black, her masts were black. And her sails coal black as death. And the evil one steered at the helm and laughed. And mocked at their failing breath, which undoubtedly must have been a most grewsome spectacle to run against and something akin to the appearance on All Saints' day of the souls of sailors drowned during the year, a belief which was prevalent in this country. It was said that in the darkness of the night the watchmen on the wharfs would observe a boat within hall, and, hastening to cast it a line, it would disappear, and simultaneously frightful shrieks would rend the air. Block island, on the Atlantic coast of the United States, was alleged to have its ghostly ship, which, rising in three pyramidal flames into the representation of a ship, was supposed to be a perpetual reminder of the wickedness of its former inhabitants, who in the colonial days cruelly lured an immigrant ship on to the rocks, with great loss of life, and then looted and burned it. Another phantom ship, so the story goes, appears occasionally off Cape d'Espoir, in the bay of Gaspe, in the gulf of St. Lawrence. She is crowded with soldiers, conspicuous among whom is an officer pointing shoreward with one hand and supporting a woman long after that period of life had passed when, according to an antique morality not quite exploded, it behoves a man to lay aside the things of the present life and to prepare his soul for the next.—Saturday Evening Post. LOVE IN JAPAN. It Is Very Different From That Which Warms the Western Heart. The boys and girls, the young men and young women of Japan do love each other, I suppose, but one never sees the slightest shadow of evidence to prove it. The spirit of love does not dominate the national life as it does in America and the countries of Europe. Japan's poets do not sing of love; her story writers tell no tales of love that can thrill an Anglo-Saxon heart, and her artists paint no pictures of love that can reach the Anglo-Saxon understanding. Now, considering all this, how can there be such a thing as "a good old summer time" in this land of sunrise? And yet there is, and it is especially delightful in its way, too, because the Japanese are a nation of feasters and plenckers, of nature lovers and world beautifiers, if one can only lose sight of the fact that everywhere one goes the poor little women toddle meekly along behind the men, who stalk pompously ahead as if they owned the earth, one may almost enjoy oneself. One never sees a woman caressed in Japan, not even with a glance; one seldom sees a baby fondled—in fact, all human tenderness or expression of human tenderness is conspicuous by its absence, and I believe that is the one impassable great gulf that is fixed between us and this people. And yet the people are happy, with a simple, sweet happiness that is charming. That is it. It is an atmosphere that mildly charms, but never thrills, the western heart. All the nation's love is concentrated upon the emperor, and the highest note of the national life is sounded in yamato damashi, Japan spirit, parrotism, and even this is beyond our comprehension, because it is empty of romance and unsatisfactory to us, who cannot separate the interests of "fair women and brave men" even upon the battlefield.—Eleanor Franklin in Leslie's Weekly. Brains Not Needed. Sir Conan Doyle once told a story of an English officer who was badly wounded in South Africa, and the military surgeon had to shave off that portion of his brain which protruded from his skull. The officer got well, and later on in London the surgeon asked whether he knew that a portion of his brain was in a glass bottle in a laboratory. "Oh, that does not matter now," replied the soldier; "I've got a permanent position in the war office." He Knew the Game. Deacon Heavyweight—and so you are going to leave us, parson? Rev. Mr. Thankful—Yes. I have had a call to another parish, where, by the way, the salary is considerably larger. I am sorry to leave my flock, but I must obey the call. Deacon Heavyweight (dryly)—Waal, it may be what you call a call, but it seems to me a good deal more like a raise. Every now and then some tells of a two headed snake lists in Egypt, and whenever rator hasn't seen the snake he is more or less disposed that there really is a snake heads in Egypt, because he told about it by many reliable Indeed, sometimes a trawl has actually caught a glimpse snake is likely to declare that is two headed, for the serpent appears to be so when seen chance. It is only when the snake is taken up and examined close truth is revealed. The two headed snake is noous serpent. It is only a stricteror, and it is fairly complex it is so secretive that it hide its sandy burrows almost all It is strangely formed in so its tall, instead of tapering point as the tails of other wildens out into a bludgeon snake making it look so utterly unnatural that it is almost impossible it is anything but a head snake is seen for only a moment To add to the deception catch these boas and paints eyes on the tail. The work fully done that only a trained can distinguish the real head false. Thus the story of the ed snake has obtained wide tion, and has even crept into otherwise accurate writers But the second "head" is after all.Exchange. Room For Improvement At a dinner given by Sir Reynolds, at which were praised Johnson, Fox and Bernard, the dean of Derris sorted that after the age of a man does not improve. With you, sir," said Johnson may improve, and you you great room for improvement dean was confounded and stant silent. Recovering remarked,"On reflection I see to alter my opinion, unless call it improvement for a man—which I allow he may rude and insolent and save by brutality." Folded In. "Madge, Harry asked me him last night." "Oh, I am delighted," my friend. "How did it happen." Well, you see, he just asks I said 'Yes,' and then he strolled his arms." "Well, I never! Was he terested than that? What do at such treatment?" "What could I do? You see his arms when he folded thereto." The Roof Dogs of New There are dogs in New never set foot on the street long to the janitors in the buildings,and their run of the United States, was alleged to have its ghostly ship, which, rising in three pyramidal flames into the representation of a ship, was supposed to be a perpetual reminder of the wickedness of its former inhabitants, who in the colonial days cruelly lured an immigrant ship on to the rocks, with great loss of life, and then looted and burned it. Another phantom ship, so the story goes, appears occasionally off Cape d'Espoir, in the bay of Gaspe, in the gulf of St. Lawrence. She is crowded with soldiers, conspicuous among whom is an officer pointing shoreward with one hand and supporting a woman with the other. Suddenly the lights go out, there is a shrill cry, and the ship sinks. This is supposed to be the ghost of a British transport which was lost at the time of the Anglo-French wars in Canada.—London Globe. "Different." The abuse to which the word "different" is subject from writers who imagine that "two different men" means nothing more than "two men" was illustrated by the following sentence from a report in a daily newspaper of a terrible powder mill explosion: "Two human heads were found in the ruins of the mill. They are assumed to have belonged to two different employees." If you be poor, do not seem poor if you would avoid insult as well as suffering. Impossible. Tommy was telling his mother about the wonderful things he saw at the country fair. When he claimed to have seen a monster pig that was bigger than his father his mother accused him of exaggerating. "It is impossible," she said.—New York Press. Should Be Grateful. "Yes, sir, Charley says Miss De Witt made a perfect monkey out of him." "Has he thanked her yet for the improvement she brought about?"—New Orleans Times-Democrat. Too Hard. Farmer's Wife—Why have you left that piece of steak I sent out for you? Tramp (indignant)—I didn't ask for work, ma'am. I asked for something to eat.—Illustrated Bits. Frankness consists in always telling the truth, but not always all the truth.—Balzac! He Knew the Game. Deacon Heavyweight—And so you are going to leave us, parson? Rev. Mr. Thankful—Yes. I have had a call to another parish, where, by the way, the salary is considerably larger. I am sorry to leave my flock, but I must obey the call. Deacon Heavyweight (dryly)—Waal, it may be what you call a call, but it seems to me a good deal more like a raise. Worth Keeping. "He asked the firm for a raise in his salary." "Did he get it?" "Yes. They consider him the most valuable man they have. You see, when he petitioned for more money he did so on the ground that he had just discovered that the firm could get along without him."—Cleveland Leader. Wooden Rheumatism. "And you say the rheumatism in your left leg, colonel?" "It is, sir." "Why; that's your wooden leg!" "I know it, sir," replied the colonel. "That makes it all the harder."—Atlanta Constitution. Unforgetting. "I suppose you have made it a rule in politics never to forget a friend." "There's no danger of that," answered Senator Sorghum. "If a man has done anything friendly for you in politics he never lets you forget it."—Washington Star. No matter how a man gets a black eye, he is bound to have a guilty look along with it.—Atchison Globe. Stood Death Off E. B. Munday, a lawyer of Henrietta, Tex., once fooled a grave-digger. He says: "My brother was very low with malarial fever and jaundice. I persuaded him to try Electric Bitters, and he was soon much better, but continued its use until he was wholly cured. I am sure Electric Bitters saved his life." This remedy expells malaria, kills disease germs and purifies the blood aids digestion, regulates the liver, kidneys and bowels; cures constipation, dyspepsia, nervous diseases, kidney troubles, female complaints; gives perfect health. Only 50c at Hutchinson's drugstore. Oh, I am delighted," my friend. "How did it happen? Well, you see, he just asks I said 'Yes,' and then he stolped his arms." Well, I never! Was he more interested than that? What else do at such treatment? What could I do? You see his arms when he folded them. The Roof Dogs of New York There are dogs in New York never set foot on the street long to the janitors in their buildings, and their runners of the roof of the building their owners live and adjoin on the same level. That is when the office worker on the steenth story window sees a half dozen dogs romp upon the roofs beneath him one advantage at least in b dog—the dog catcher has no him. Success. With great care and much caterpillar climbed up a tree grass. When he reached stood on his hind end and front end in the air. Just as I feared," said he does not bring happiness." But then he turned down, for the caterpillars than men.—Puck. Wasted Cash! Improvident? Well, I He spends his money in the ish way." Indeed? Yes. Why, only the other spent half a dollar to advenure umbrella he had lost."—H Ledger. An Added Horror That's a horrible idea D conceived." What's that? He's talking of setting Browning's poems to Wagner — Exchange. A Shocking Calamity Lately befell a railroad writes Dr. A. Kellett of Will "His foot was badly crushed len's Arnica Salve quickly o It's simply wonderful for b piles and all skin eruptions world's champion healer apted. 25c Sold by Hutc SHOPPING IN FEZ. A white visitor to Fez, in Morocco, once went shopping in the bazaars of the city accompanied by a servant of the sultan, who told him to see to it that the shopper was not cheated by the greedy merchants. At the first shop visited the would be customer asked to be shown something that tested on a high shelf. The lazy merchant only yawned and said he would rather sell something from the floor, which he would not have to rise to get. This angered the sultan's servant, who not only made the merchant hand down the article required, but when the price was named laid down half the amount, grabbed the goods and made off. The shopper protested, but the servant laughed and said it was the custom of the country. This was repeated at several shops without eliciting a protest. At one place, though, the merchant refused to give up his goods in that way and was rewarded by a boxed ear and an admonition not to ill treat the sultan's white friend. Later the two visited the markets where everything was sold at auction. The auctioneer seemed always to wear fewer clothes than any other. His method of selling was curious. He would take a piece of goods from a nearby shopkeeper and start out to tell it on commission. Holding it as high as possible, he would call for aold. Then he would start on the run around the market. If any one wished to examine the merchandise the auctioneer would drop it into his hands, take the bid if one was made and then examine his run around the place. When he had made three circuits of the market he would turn the article over to the highest bidder—New York Press. THE TWO HEADED SNAKE. A Bon Constrictor That Has A Very Deceptive Tail. Every now and then some traveler tells of a two headed snake which exists in Egypt, and whenever the narrator hasn't seen the snake himself, he is more or less disposed to assert that there really is a snake with two heads in Egypt, because he has been told about it by many reliable persons. Indeed, sometimes a traveler who has actually caught a glimpse of the train breaks in two or a hose pipe connection is broken it has the effect of a sudden and material reduction of the pressure in the train pipe, the same as though the engineer had made an emergency application. The sudden reduction of pressure also opens supplementary valves, which increase the pressure upon the brake cylinder about 20 per cent. The brake AIR BRAKES. How They Are Made and How They Are Applied on Trains. Every one has heard of the air brake, and references to it are sure to be made when the subject of protection against railroad accidents is under discussion, but like many inventions in common use it is more or less of a mystery, for which an explanation is demanded from time to time. The modern air brake consists of twelve parts, among which are the air pump, which compresses the air; a main reservoir, in which the air is stored; the engineer's brake valve, regulating the flow of air; the train pipe, which connects the brake valve with the triple valves under each car; the quick action triple valve, controlling the flow of air to and from the auxiliary reservoir, which is supplied from the main reservoir, and the brake cylinder piston rod, which is forced outward, thereby applying the brakes. The theory of the air brake is the equalization of pressures. When the brakes are not in action the pressure on the train pipe is made such as to prevent an escape of air from the auxiliary reservoir. When the engineer desires to make an application of brakes he turns his brake valve so that there is a moderate reduction of the pressure in the train pipe. This causes the greater pressure in the auxiliary reservoir to force air into the brake cylinder, forcing the piston out and applying the brakes. When it is desired to release the brakes the engineer turns his valve in opposite direction, permitting the air to flow from the main reservoir located on the engine into the train pipe. When the pressure thus restored in the train pipe is increased above the pressure in the auxiliary reservoir certain valves are moved, communication is thereby restored between train pipe and auxiliary reservoir, the piston is forced to its normal position, the air escapes from the brake cylinder, and the auxiliary reservoir is recharged through the train pipe. When the train breaks in two or a hose pipe connection is broken it has the effect of a sudden and material reduction of the pressure in the train pipe, the same as though the engineer had made an emergency application. The sudden reduction of pressure also opens supplementary valves, which increase the pressure upon the brake cylinder about 20 per cent. The brake A DREAMLAND DETECTIVE. Singular Way In Which an English Murderer Was Discovered. In the London Mirror of Literature for June, 1844, there is an account of a dream that was remarkable in many respects. It is given upon the authority of a clergyman of the Church of England, the Rev. Mr. Alexander, who speaks from personal knowledge of some of the facts. It appears that a young man of good reputation, named Horrocks, was found robbed and murdered. His head had been beaten in apparently with bludgeons. A vigilant search was made for the assassin and after several months abandoned, no clew to the crime having been discovered. One night a gentleman who had been well acquainted with Horrocks awoke and told his wife that he had had a dream in which he had been assured that one Samuel Longsmith of Bolton was the murderer. Longsmith lived some twenty miles away and was a person whom the dreamer had met but once or twice. His wife told him to think no more about it, but to go to sleep. A second time he awoke from the effects of the same dream and announced his resolution to take steps following morning to see what could come of it. Accordingly he went to Bolton next day and sought a warrant for the arrest of Longsmith. The magistrate, however, refused to grant it upon such evidence. Passing through the market place, he met Longsmith and invited him to go to a public house to hear something he had to communicate to him. There, locking the door, he charged him with the crime. Longsmith was staggered and faintly denied the accusation. In his confusion he said he was innocent, for he did not strike the blow. "Then you know that man who did." THE TWO HEADED SNAKE. A Boa Constrictor That Has A Very Deceptive Tail. Every now and then some traveler tells of a two headed snake which exists in Egypt, and whenever the narrator hasn't seen the snake himself, he is more or less disposed to assert that there really is a snake with two heads in Egypt, because he has been told about it by many reliable persons. Indeed, sometimes a traveler who has actually caught a glimpse of the snake is likely to declare that it truly is two headed, for the serpent certainly appears to be so when seen only by chance. It is only when the snake is actually taken up and examined closely that the truth is revealed. The two headed snake is not a poisonous serpent. It is only a boa constrictor and it is fairly common. But it is so secretive that it hides away in its sandy burrows almost constantly. It is strangely formed in so far that its tail, instead of tapering off to a point as the tails of other snakes do, widens out into a bludgeon shape, thus making it look so utterly unlike a tail that it is almost impossible to think it is anything but a head when the snake is seen for only a moment. To add to the deception, jugglers catch these bones and paint jaws and eyes on the tail. The work is so carefully done that only a trained observer can distinguish the real head from the false. Thus the story of the two headed snake has obtained wide circulation, and has even crept into the books of otherwise accurate writers. But the second "head" is only a tail after all—Exchange. Room For Improvement. At a dinner given by Sir Joshua Reynolds, at which were present Garick, Johnson, Fox and others, Dr. Bernard, the dean of Derry, had asserted that after the age of forty-five a man does not improve. "I differ with you, sir," said Johnson. "A man may improve, and you yourself have great room for improvement." The dean was confounded and for the instant silent. Recovering himself, he remarked, "On reflection I see no cause to alter my opinion, unless I were to call it improvement for a man to grow—which, I allow, he may—positive, rude and insolent and save arguments by brutality." Folded In. "Madge, Harry asked me to marry him last night." "Oh, I am delighted," replied her friend. "How did it happen?" "Well, you see, he just asked me, and I said 'Yes,' and then he stood up and folded his arms." "Well, I never! Was he not more interested than that? Whatever did you do at such treatment?" "What could I do? You see, I was in his arms when he folded them." The Roof Dogs of New York. There are dogs in New York that never set foot on the street. They belong to the janitors in the downtown buildings, and their runways consist of a hose pipe connection is broken it has the effect of a sudden and material reduction of the pressure in the train pipe, the same as though the engineer had made an emergency application. The sudden reduction of pressure also opens supplementary valves, which increase the pressure upon the brake cylinder about 20 per cent. The brake shoes are attached to rods, which are in turn attached to the piston in such manner that when the air from the auxiliary reservoir forces the latter out a pulling force is exerted upon the brakes.—Chicago Record-Herald. Rags and Paper. The very best writing paper is made of rags, but even with the higher grades there is a certain percentage of wood pulp, and the product which comes of this combination is if anything superior in looks to the paper made wholly from rags. For bank note paper only clean new linen rags are acceptable. Nothing but linen will suffice, and the clippings from men's shirts form a considerable per cent of the raw material. A good deal, too, comes from Ireland, which can always be relied on to furnish the best linen in the world. When you reflect on the length of time a piece of paper money lasts and the immense amount of handling it gets it will be readily seen that no inferior elements can enter into its production.—Washington Post. Malay Peninsula Diet. "Probably the most varied diet in the world," said a traveler who had just returned from the Malay peninsula, "is that of the Jakunas of Sea, Orang Lauts, who are the real Malay pirates. These people have about all that there is to eat, and they eat everything as it comes along. Although they have all kinds of fine fruits, at certain times of the year they eat a yam which is so polsonous that they have to grate it and mix it with slaked lime before they dare swallow it. In the way of flesh they eat monkeys, deer, wild pig, birds, fish, pore-pines, lizards, squirrels, rats, mice and snakes. And they seem to turn from venison to rat or from wild pig to snake with equal appetite. An English Joke. "What people are always sure of finding the biggest fish near their coast?" "Give it up." "The English, because they can always find Wales." "Oh, pshaw! Wales isn't whales." "No, you stupid. But don't the English drop their h's?"—Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Way With Servants. Mrs. New-Yes, most of the servant girls are as independent and as impudent as they can be. Now, I believe it's best to take a young greenhorn and train her up in the way she should go and then—Mrs. Olden—First thing you know she goes.—Philadelphia The Ship Rigger. Even compared with the work of a circus acrobat the job of a ship's rigger is extremely perilous for whereas the circus performer is safeguarded in evasion to take steps following morning to see what could come of it. Accordingly he went to Bolton next day and sought a warrant for the arrest of Longsmith. The magistrate, however, refused to grant it upon such evidence. Passing through the market place, he met Longsmith and invited him to go to a public house to hear something he had to communicate to him. There, locking the door, he charged him with the crime. Longsmith was staggered and faintly denied the accusation. In his confusion he said he was innocent, for he did not strike the blow. "Then you know the man who did," replied the accuser, and Longsmith was arrested and examined. He prevaricated at the examination and was remanded for three days. At the end of that time and after many hours' prayer he confessed that he had been induced to join three men in a robbing expedition when, meeting Horrocks, who made some resistance, his three companions murdered him. This confession came out before the grand jury, and Longsmith was brought to trial. The fact of the dream was not offered in evidence, but other testimony sufficient to convict him was produced. A few days before the execution he made a full acknowledgment of his guilt. POETRY OF THE HEART. A happy heart is better than a full purse. He who hath most heart knows most of sorrow. A cheerful countenance betokens a good heart. No estate can make him rich that has a poor heart. When you open your heart be always ready to shut it to again. The heart's testimony is stronger than a thousand witnesses. A glad heart seldom sighs, but a sorrowful mouth often laughs. The heart is the hidden treasure of man; the tongue is the gate to the treasure. There never was a heart truly great and generous that was not also tender and compassionate.—Chicago Post. Pointing the Way. Some years ago an English traveler visiting the Transvaal asked a man whom he met to direct him to the president's house. "You," came the answer, "shust ko on dill you comes to a road vot koes around der skoolhouse; but you don'd dake dot road. No, you ko on till you see der big barn, shingled mit shtraw, den you durn der road down der field und ko on dill you comes to a pig red hoose; dot ees my Broder Hans' hoose. Don't ko in dere; ko straight on dill you comes to der haystick mit farm. Vell, he don't live dere. But when you get furder you see a hoose on der top of a leedle hill, so you ko in dere und asks der ould vowan inside. She vill tell you petter as I can." The Country is very easy 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 berry angles, etc. The variety of products possibility of procuring land at low figures; terms, make our secure county very attractive geous for truck raising ing on a small scale. There are a few of the produc lemons, walnuts, grape apricots, sugar beets; vegetables of all kinds. Anaheim is the poo Building and Loan Water company; two racannery and drier; large ostrich farm; bank; several commercial houses; two two newspapers. The县 its water and lighting FACTS ABOUT ORIGIN The census bureau bulletin on agriculture which we quote from one another part of this interesting feature is the paragraph giving of farms and acres of in five Southern Catties. The pre-eminent county is apparent: Counties: No Los Angeles Orange Riverside San Bernardino San Diego But it is in the area lands that Orange county precede over the county of Southern California Counties: Los Angeles Orange Riverside San Bernardino San Diego Orange county thus fifththe area of Los its irrigated lands applyto one-half those ofitthe north. Riverside embraces area yet it irrigates 900 or a fourth more than county on the east. San Bernardino is 25 yet its irrigated acres e this jumbo county be approximately ten per Oh, I am delighted," replied her friend. "How did it happen?" Well, you see, he just asked me, and I said 'Yes,' and then he stood up and folded his arms." Well, I never! Was he not more interested than that? Whatever did you do at such treatment? "What could I do? You see, I was in his arms when he folded them." The Roof Dogs of New York. There are dogs in New York that never set foot on the street. They belong to the janitors in the downtown buildings, and their runways consist of the roof of the building in which their owners live and adjoining roofs on the same level. That is a rare day when the office worker on looking out the steenth story window does not see a half dozen dogs romping about upon the roofs beneath him. There is one advantage at least in being a roof dog—the dog catcher has no terrors for him. Success. 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WOODBURY Business College 809 South Hill St. Los Angeles Cal. Best of Service Comfortable Sleeping Cars Good Meals All these, and more, if you travel Rock Island going east. Two routes—through New Mexico or through Colorado. Through cars both ways. Arrange your itinerary so you will pass through St. Louis going or returning. Our trains stop at Main Entrance to the World’s Fair. Special round-trip excursion rates to St. Louis and Chicago. 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 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 .6577 885,063 Orange .2888 869,436 Riverside .2340 427,097 San Bernardino .2350 219,132 San Diego .2688 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 .88,064 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, 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. 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