anaheim-gazette 1910-02-17

The Weekly Gazette. ESTABLISHED 1870 Henry Kuchel, Editor and Proprietor BSCRIPTION.....$1.50 Per Year tx Months.....$1.00 Three Months.....50 Cts The Gazette is issued every Thursday morning. Entered at the Anaheim Postoffice as second-class matter. Has the Largest Circulation CENSURING THE PINTOS The place for meting out censure to the delegates to the Thirty-ninth district senatorial convention at Riverside in the last campaign is the republican county convention to assemble after the August primaries, and unless we fail to read the signs of the times aright such censure will be fearlessly given by the party in convention assembled. We doubt the propriety of forestalling such action by any faction of the party, however well intentioned its purpose may be. The party has not arrived at the point where such censure can be adequately meted out. It has held no convention since the betrayal of their trust by its delegates to the Riverside convention. The time approaches and the issue will be fully and fairly met. By a vote unanimously subscribed to by all the delegates, the republican county convention instructed its 13 delegates not to vote for Miguel Estudillo for the senatorial nomination. Here was a majority of the delegates to the senatorial convention absolutely bound in political honor not to do the very thing which seven of them so brazenly acceded to. Six of the recognition of the fact that to make our system of government answer its intended purposes we must encourage the development of state comity without the loss of state prerogative." Here, he said, are forty-six commonwealths dealing with substantially the same problems of government, and he argued that from the interchange of views should be evolved not merely a nearer approach to uniform legislation and a better system of interstate comity, but, with respect to governmental machinery there should be devised the best state government possible. RAILROAD COMMISSIONER In this end of the state considerable interest is being manifested in the subject of candidates for railroad commissioner from the third district. Theodore Summerland will work for renomination, according to hints being thrown out by representatives of the machine. Summerland will not find his path through the primaries strewn with roses. John M. Eshleman, formerly member of the assembly from Berkeley, now district attorney of Imperial county, probably will be put forward by the progressive element in the republican party as Summerland's opponent. Mr. Eshleman won fame as the author of the anti-racetrack gambling bill introduced into the legislature three years ago. He is well-posted on matters pertaining to transportation, and is especially informed on methods adopted by these corporations to prevent the regulations of their affairs which the masses of people demand. As a member of the state railroad commission he would insist upon the institution of reforms for which the people of California have been praying for years. Southern California will insist very By a vote unanimously subscribed to by all the delegates, the republican county convention instructed its 13 delegates not to vote for Miguel Estudillo for the senatorial nomination. Here was a majority of the delegates to the senatorial convention absolutely bound in political honor not to do the very thing which seven of them so brazenly acceded to. Six of the delegates, learning to their dismay that the railroad boss lay claim to a majority of the delegation, sought to call a caucus and discuss the matter like men. The then chairman of the republican county central committee, himself a delegate to the senatorial convention, was in Santa Ana upon the day appointed for the meeting, yet held himself aloof therefrom, disdaining to attend. Six other delegates refused to attend. One of these pronounced upon his word of honor, not only to attend the caucus meeting, but as well to abide by the instructions of the convention which chose him a delegate. We believe he honestly intended to fulfill his pledges, but when his master's voice was heard calling to him to act the part of traitor to his people, he succumbed to the stultification of his honor and fell down. The history of the senatorial convention is known of all men. Rumors of railroad money were rife. The glitter of gold won its victory. The republicans of Orange county were base ly betrayed. The republicans of this county did not forget the infamy at the polls. The normal majority of 3500 in the district was scaled down to a paltry 100 odd. Seventeen hundred republicans of the district refused to support the nominee. Twelve hundred of these voted in Orange county. The protest was emphatic and widespread. As the county convention had unanimously instructed its senatorial delegates not to support this candidate for office, so the rank and file repudiated their action at the polls. Let censure for this unclean act of political treachery come from the regularly chosen body—the next republican county convention; not from a section of the party which seeks to use it as a plank in a platform for its candidates for office to stand upon. Let the republicans in county convention speak. None other has the right so to do. To say by implication that only the faction referred to pos- duced into the legislature three years ago. He is well-posted on matters pertaining to transportation, and is especially informed on methods adopted by these corporations to prevent the regulations of their affairs which the masses of people demand. As a member of the state railroad commission he would insist upon the institution of reforms for which the people of California have been praying for years. Southern California will insist very strongly upon the selection this year of a representative on the state board of equalization who is able and willing properly to look after the interests of this section of the state. Walter Mallard, at present city assessor of Los Angeles, is being spoken of in connection with this office. Mr. Mallard is eminently qualified for the place. Under the late Ben Ward, county assessor, he materially aided in the work of assessing property on a more nearly equitable basis than had heretofore been adopted. After three years of splendid service as city assessor Mr. Mallard was renominated last year and in the election his opposition was not of a serious character. He is an authority on land values and everything pertaining to the work of equalization, and his administration of the state office would be on a par with his work in the city and county offices. If the Southern Pacific clique should happen to gain the majority of the next state board, the presence of two such men as Nye and Mallard would be of tremendous value to the people of the state. One or more men of national reputation may be induced to enter the race for the next state legislature. For example, in Marin county there is talk of William Kent in connection with the nomination for the assembly from the twenty-first district. Mr. Kent is known from one end of the country to the other as a man of rare public spirit. His work in behalf of reform in Chicago first brought him conspicuously before the public. He is a millionaire of the Pinchot type, devoting money, time and energy to the public service. Like Pinchot, he is profoundly interested in the conservation of our national resources. It was he who gave Muir Woods, on the slope of Mount Tamalpais, to the government, his idea being to make that beautiful tract a public park. He is a close personal friend of Theodore Roosevelt and a staunch supporter of the so-called "Roosevelt policies." This amendment to question was adopted November All persons who on that right to vote would not mit to any examination hence to this educational but all others ought to by a proper and reasona tion in regard to reading institution in the English language write his name, except in he is physically unable to In the affidavit for question 15 reads as follow he is...able to read tition in the English language Question 16 reads as if he is...able to write h e In my opinion person o register ought to be their ability to fulfill th required by these questi registration clerk, and ought to be made as w o reasonable man that th posing to register can f diations above named. The supreme court, in Bergevin vs. Curtz, 127 regard to the qualifica tion declares as follows: "It is settled by the law of authority that the lea der power to enact revi sions for the purpose o persons who are electors sire to show that they are essary qualifications, ad ing registration, or req uidavit or oath as to qua lia condition recpedent ta such electors to exercie ge of voting. Such row add to the qualificati ons electors, nor abridge th voting, but are only re la tions for the purpose o who are qualified electors vent persons who are re ntors from voting. They must be reasonable ad conflict with the requir- I would therefore adjuct your registra tion make reasonable and p all cases where there i n the mind of the regis tion as to whether or not th posing to register could ove requirements so th th who are properly entitle Let censure for this unclean act of political treachery come from the regularly chosen body—the next republican county convention; not from a section of the party which seeks to use it as a plank in a platform for its candidates for office to stand upon. Let the republicans in county convention speak. None other has the right so to do. To say by implication that only the faction referred to possesses that right, and that all others must be supporters of the infamous act by which this unholy nomination was compassed, is a political crime, known to be such by some of the adherents of that doctrine. Let the people rule. Let the republican party speak. It will speak, and that, our word for it, emphatically and fearlessly and outspokenly too. PROBLEMS OF GOVERNMENT In an address which Governor Hughes of New York delivered during the recent conference of the governors in Washington he discussed the relative responsibilities of state and national governments. He agreed with President Taft that there must be "team-work" between state and national governments to assure the accomplishment of desirable results in government. He declared that national activities inevitably will widen but that the future prosperity of the country must largely depend upon the efficiency of state governments. These annual consultations, he believes, should be conducive to the bringing about of uniformity of state laws and that in cases where absolute uniformity may not be expected causes of friction may be avoided by comity of action. He declared that the "significance of this conference lies in our reform in Chicago first brought him conspicuously before the public. He is a millionaire of the Pinchot type, devoting money, time and energy to the public service. Like Pinchot, he is profoundly interested in the conservation of our national resources. It was he who gave Muir Woods, on the slope of Mount Tamalpais, to the government, his idea being to make that beautiful tract a public park. He is a close personal friend of Theodore Roosevelt and a staunch supporter of the so-called "Roosevelt policies." Howard A. Wassum of Santa Ana announces his candidacy for the republican nomination for sheriff. Mr. Wassum spent several years with the volunteer army in the Philippines, responding to the call of his country for troops in the Spanish war. He is popular among a wide circle of friends, and if he secures the nomination will make a strong candidate for the office. He is making an energetic campaign for the nomination, steering clear of factional entanglements, and seeks the nomination at the hands of the entire party, not of any individual portion of it. UNCLAIMED LETTERS Francisco Salgado, Ralph D. Morgan, Jose Crapeza, Charles Allgerez, Jose Salgado, Rosa Gallegos, Jesus Serda, Ludwig Redich, Epinicnio Gallardo, Henry Hoiste, Miss Ruth Kramer, Mr. Aralo, Miss Nellie Boyd, Louise Melrose, Andee Carrillo, Ernest Miller, Herman Neimebe, H. J. Melroy. Mr. Phelps informs us that his vegetable union will this year ship cabbage, tomatoes and other vegetables from this city under the Anaheim brand. He will also ship from Neff station, Fullerton and Brookshurst. DISILLUSIONED SO Many scientists are "masses" when it comes to coveries. On the average lucky for the lay is so. In the late nineteenth advance guard of medicine to suspect that married by a certain kind or rear guard hung back on a root. But the mostly war on soldiers stands Roman Compagne wasent for most of the do science. The soldiers of the eighth drank of the same water same food, went through drills, mingled freely at night breathed of their pors of the swamp. Of all the soldiers wascept that a number o screened at night fro Those who were screen immune from malaria;nant disease wroughtthe soldiers who hadselves to the attacks quitoes. APPLYING THE TEST Voters Must Be Able to Read the Constitution County Clerk Williams has received the following letter from District Attorney Davis relative to voters who seek registration: Santa Ana, Feb. 5, 1910. W. B. Williams, County Clerk. Dear Sir:—Your communication of Feb. 3d in regard to persons who are entitled to be registered by registration clerks, has been received. In it you make the following inquiries: "Please give me a written opinion as to whether persons who are not able to read the constitution in the English language, or not able to write their names can register to vote. I refer to persons who are in every other way entitled to vote." Article II, section 1, of the constitution of California, defining who may vote and who may not vote among other things, provides as follows: "And no person who shall not be able to read the constitution in the English language, and write his name, shall ever exercise the privilege of an elector in this state; provided that the provisions of this amendment relative to an educational qualification shall not apply to any person prevented by physical disability from complying with its requisitions, nor to any person who now has the right to vote, nor to any person who shall be sixty years of age and upwards at the time this amendment shall take effect." This amendment to the constitution was adopted November 6, 1894. All persons who on that date had a right to vote would not have to submit to any examination with reference to this educational qualification, but all others ought to be qualified HAIL KNIGHTS (Continued from First Page.) become members, that they may come to a correct understanding of the basis upon which the order is built. "A friend loveth at all times and a brother is born of adversity." A true Knight is a friend of his brother Knight, and will ever aid him in all worthy efforts, but will not uphold him in the violation of the law or the disregard of the rules which good society prescribes. The principles of the order are a part of man's nature, and he needs such an organization to educate and develop his understanding of those principles. Like all other endowments of man, perfection and enjoyment can only be attained by cultivation and discipline. A word as to the results attained or good accomplished may not be amiss. The chief aim is the practice of fraternity and the well-being of those who have part with the order. To hold the trust of a brother as a sacred thing, and impress upon the minds of the young men struggling for a footing in the world the value of honor, honesty and truth. The aim is to make men careful of their conduct, encourage them in upright living, and by mild, yet firm reproof, make it known that a disregard of right and morals forfeits all claim to esteem or fraternal consideration. HIGH SCHOOL DEBATES Anahiem high school stands fourth among the thirteen schools in the Southern California high school debating league, with 401 2-3 points. Pasadena leads the league with 406-1-3, Covina is second with 405 1-3,and Los Angeles high third with 402. Occidental follows with 390 1-3,Huntington Beach has 388, and Santa Ana carries the target with 366 2-3. ANAHEIM and Los Angeles high will MORE ROOM ALTERA We need more room. Our store is dirt will be flying. Carpenters will cious balcony. To avoid moving greatly reduced prices. Space per Ladies' Suits and Skirts From ¼ to ½ Less. Many are Samples from best makers. We have a good assortment and can fit you. $20.00 Suits - for $15.00 15.00 Suits - for 11.25 10.00 Suits - for 7.50 6.00 Suits - for 4.50 5.00 Suits - for 3.75 4.00 Suits - for 3.00 Ladies' Waists. Silk Waists, many of them only one of a kind, including black. Also the entire line of tailored and wash waists. See them in our windows. All for ¼ less. SHOES Men's, Women's and Children's — big assortment. Broken lots for ¼ less. Muslin Underwear To close out our stock and Sale from Thursday HIGH SCHOOL DEBATES Anaheim high school stands fourth among the thirteen schools in the Southern California high school debating league, with 401-2-3 points. Pasadena leads the league with 406-1-3, Covina is second with 405-1-3,and Los Angeles high third with 402. Occidental follows with 390-1-3,Huntington Beach has 388,and Santa Ana carries the target with 366-2-3. Anaheim and Los Angeles high will debate in the latter town the latter part of March. The subject has not yet been selected. If the locals win the debate they will enter the championship debate with the winner of the Pasadena-Covina debate. Two years ago Anaheim defeated Pasadena for the championship. CITY MAIL DELIVERY Postmaster Duckworth reports that free delivery of mail for Anaheim is in sight. Business at the postoffice has increased with such bounds that the $10,000 mark promises to be exceeded for the year ending March 31. There yet remains considerable to do, and business men and citizens generally are urged to get busy. The help of all is needed. It will be a pity if Anaheim should come within sight of this betterment and fail. But there is no such word as fail. Now, then, all together, for free city delivery of mail. We must have it. Lenten services at St. Michael's church every afternoon at 2 o'clock. Preaching by the pastor on Sunday morning at 11; choral services Sunday evening at 7:45. An invitation is extended to all to attend. A Strong Prescription. Menelik, emperor of Abyssinia, often dabbled in medicine. Some years ago Mine, Stevenin, the wife of a prominent member of the French colony at Addis Abeba, was laid up with fever. Menelik inquired what treatment she was undergoing and expressed disapproval when he learned that she was being dosed with quinine. The following day a messenger called with a large pot of very rancid butter, accompanied by a letter from one of the emperor's secretaries stating that his royal master hoped that madame would take three glasses daily of the butter sent, which had been stored for two years and would be found an infallible remedy. The present was gratefully acknowledged and promptly buried, and when madame recovered Menelik took to himself the credit of her cure. Anticipation. Lieutenant Shackleton tells how when in the antarctic washes he and his companions sustained their spirits and their bodies as well when supplies had to be cut down to a minimum by dwelling upon the glorious eating they would have on returning to headquarters. The value of such mental sustenance has long been recognized by up to date commanders. There was the German officer in the war of 1870 who sustained the flagging spirits and weary legs of his men by shouting: "There is a brewery inside that town! Let us get there before anybody else!" History relates that the men did get there with remarkable speed. Equally shrewd was that Japanese commander in the Manchurian war who seeing his men exhausted with thirst and knowing full well the wonderful properties of pickled plums, cried out: "Two miles from here there is a forest of plums." The anticipated plums went far to relieve their parched mouths. What West Point Does For Its Cadets. What West Point does for its cadets is precisely this: It takes its youth at the critical period of growth; it isolates them completely for nearly four years from the vicious influences that corrupt young manhood and from the atmosphere of commercialism; it provides absorbing employment for both mental and physical activities; it surrounds them with exacting responsibilities, high standards and exalted traditions of honor and integrity, and it demands a rigid accountability for every moment of their time and for every voluntary action. It offers them the inducements of an honorable career and a sufficient competence as a reward of success, and it has imperative authority for the enforcement of its conditions and restraints.-Colonel Charles W. Larned in National Magazine. Silver Service. "Can I get the silver service for the fire department?" inquired a young man at the free library. "The what?" asked the girl at the desk. "The silver service for the fire department—the questions they ask you when you take the silver service examinations you know."—Newark News. DISILLUSIONED SCIENTISTS Many scientists are "doubting Thomas" when it comes to new discoveries. On the average it is probably lucky for the layman that this is so. In the late nineties when the advance guard of medical science began to suspect that malaria was carried by a certain kind of mosquito the rear guard hung back like a bulldog on a root. But the mosquito's deadly war on soldiers stationed on the Roman Compagne was proof sufficient for most of the doubting men of science. The soldiers of the encampment all drank of the same water, ate of the same food, went through the same drills, mingled freely in the daytime, at night breathed of the same foul vapors of the swamp. The condition of all the soldiers was identical except that a number of them were screened at night from mosquitoes. Those who were screened lived there immune from malaria; but the malignant disease wrought havoc among the soldiers who had exposed themselves to the attacks of malaria mosquitoes. Effects of Drugs. Persons employed in India rubber factories sometimesinhale bisulphide of carbon and suffer from frightful dreams of being murdered or of falling over precipices. Opium stimulates imagination; alcohol in excess excites dread and suspicion; hasheesh, from which the word assassin was derived, produces homicidal mania. These drugs have a distinct effect upon the moral sense. Sometimes, as from alcohol, a coarse and stupid brutality is stimulated, or, as from morphia, a gloomy and morose temper, or, as from cocaine, while the manner remains gentle, the victim develops thieving and lying habits. Blind Justice. We meet our philosophical friend and observe that he is smiling contentedly. "What has gone wrong now?" we ask. "Nothing has gone wrong," he explains. "Something went right. Spriggans owed Hennett $10,000 and put his property in his wife's name so that Hennett couldn't collect." "But that isn't anything unusual." "And last night Mrs. Spriggans eloped with Hennett!"—Life. Uncertainty. "I am always horribly nervous when I buy a suit of clothes from a strange tailor." "Yes; a person you don't know is hard to stand off."—Houston Post. Silver Service. "Can I get the silver service for the fire department?" inquired a young man at the free library. "The what?" asked the girl at the desk. "The silver service for the fire department—the questions they ask you when you take the silver service examinations, you know."—Newark News. TRY SOME Of this delightful box of candy. It is put up by us and the excellence of the selection is only equalled by the quality of the candy. Every Kind You Like And each flavor of its kind. Only 30c per pound and thus within the reach of all. Take a box home with you next time you are in our neighborhood. Joseph Helmsen ALTERATION SALE MORE ROOM Our store is crowded to the ceiling. In a few days dust and ing. Carpenters will be busy making alterations and building a spa. To avoid moving the goods and getting them mussed will sell at prices. Space permits mention of only a few. and Skirts 1/3 Less. best makers. We and can fit you. for $15.00 for 11.25 for 7.50 for 4.50 for 3.75 for 3.00 Waists. many of them kind, includso the entire d and wash them in our al for 1/4 less. DES men's and Chilassortment for 1/4 less. Underwear our stock and make room for spring purchases will sell all for 1/4 less, none reserved. Corset covers, gowns, skirts, drawers, & combinations. Good assortment of each. BLANKETS 1-4 LESS Now is the time to buy a bargain. Good all-wool blankets for 1/4 less. Sample cotton blankets also included. A nice assortment of comforts to choose from at 10 per cent less. DRY GOODS DEPT 75c All Linen Table Cloth 62-inch, for - 58c Napkins for 10 per ct. less 75c Sheets for - 60c 25c Pillow Cases - 20c 25c Turkish Towels, 20c 35c " " 25c 15c " " 10c Bed Spreads 10 per ct. less 12½c Dress Ginghams, 18 p'cs to choose from, 10c 20c Flannellettes for 15c MEN'S DEPT 90 Suits at 1/4 less. The celebrated Schwab clothes with price on the sleeve. $20.00 Suits, for $15.00 15.00 Suits, for 11.25 10.00 Suits, for 7.50 150 Suits for 10 per cent less. This lot includes all the latest styles and colors. 50c Sample Underwear 38c 50c Stripe Chambray Shirts - 33c 75c Dress Shirts - 50c 8½c Socks, black and tan, 4 for 25c Men's Outing Night Shirts one-fourth less. Sale from Thursday, February 17 to March 1st. THE S. Q. R. STORE= Sale from Thursday, February 17 to March 1st. First National Bank of Anaheim At Anaheim, in the State of California, at the close of business, January 31st, 1910. RESOURCES Loans and Discounts ... $859,705.29 Overdrafts, secured and unsecured ... 642.11 U.S. Bonds to secure circulation ... 50,000.00 Premiums on U.S. Bonds ... 2,000.00 Bonds, securities, etc ... 10,000.00 Banking house furniture & fixtures ... 31,688.29 Due from National Banks (not Reserve Agents) ... 985.22 Due from approved reserve agents ... 117,792.84 Checks and other cash items ... 1,776.15 Notes of other National Banks ... 500.00 Fractional paper currency, nickels and cents ... 186.72 LAWFUL MONEY RESERVE IN BANK, VIZ. Species ... 24,055.50 Legal tender notes ... 3,625.00 Total available cash ... 148,951.43 Redemption fund with U., S. Treasurer (5 per cent of circulation) ... 2,500.00 Total ... $605,487.12 LIABILITIES Capital Stock paid in ... $70,000.00 Surplus fund ... 30,000.00 Undivided profits, less expenses and taxes paid ... 8,397.8 National Bank notes outstanding ... 60,000.0 Due to Trust Companies and Savings Banks ... 17,466.81 Individual deposits subject to check ... 356,365.28 Demand certificates of deposit ... 494.63 Time certificates of deposit ... $9,157.51 Certified Checks ... 615.00 Total deposits ... $467,089.23 STATE OF CALIFORNIA County of Orange. I. Edgar J. Hartung, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. EDGAR J. HARTUNG, Cashier. CORRECT—ATTEST: JOHN HARTUNG, A. S. BRADFORD, FRANK SHANLEY, Directors. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 8th day of February, 1910. (Seal: RICHARD MELROSE, Notary Public). POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS FRANK VEGELY Of Santa Ana, Candidate for the Republican nomination for COUNTY ASSESSOR Subject to the decision of the Pri- H. H. HALE Of Placentia Candidate for the republican nomination for SUPERVISOR, THIRD DISTRICT, Subject to the decision of the primary election August 16. HOWARD A. WASSUM Candidate for the republican nomination for SHERIFF Subject to the decision of the primary election August 16, 1910. Honor In Wall Street. One would hardly consider the New York Stock Exchange exactly in the light of "a communion of salts." Indeed, to judge by much that appears in the daily papers and the muck raking magazines, this might be the last place to look for the very soul and spirit of integrity. But there it is "In the midst of them." Between members of that marble mansion of trade in securities on New York's famous Broad street no paper writing passes certifying to the binding obligation of a transaction. In the very fiercest rush and maddest vortex of the wild corner a word, a nod, the merest sign, amply suffices. What ever it may lead to—irreparable loss, ruin, bankruptcy, no matter—the deal is closed. I am not professing to be an apologist for whatever crimes may be committed in the name of honor. I simply record the fact, to be easily verified, that the dealings on that exchange are "on honor." The Corinthian fairness of its pillared and entablatured front is not shamed by the constant and consistent uprightness of the traffic within—Christian Register. A Tragedy In Writing. Illegible handwriting, which has given rise to so many comedies, led to a tragedy in the case of Bacher, a musical enthusiast of the last century who devoted several years to the composition of a history of Viennese music. His task finished, he submitted the manuscript to the Austrian imperial academy, which he had been led to believe would defray the cost of its publication. After three months his manuscript was returned. Despite their efforts the members had POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS FRANK VEGELY Of Santa Ana, Candidate for the Republican nomination for COUNTY ASSESSOR Subject to the decision of the Primary Election, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 1910 CHARLES E. RUDDOCK of Fullerton Candidate for the Republican nomination for SHERIFF OF ORANGE COUNTY Subject to the decision of the primary election August 16th. P. H. KRICK of Anaheim Candidate for the Republican nomination for COUNTY CLERK Subject to the decision of the primary election August 16th. W. M. SCOTT Of Santa Ana Candidate for the republican nomination for COUNTY ASSESSOR Subject to the action of the primary election August 16th. BERT ANNIN Of Fullerton Candidate for the republican nomination for SUPERVISOR, THIRD DISTRICT Subject to the decision of the primary election August 16, 1910. A Tragedy In Writing. Illegible handwriting, which has given rise to so many comedies, led to a tragedy in the case of Bacher, a musical enthusiast of the last century who devoted several years to the composition of a history of Viennese music. His task finished, he submitted the manuscript to the Austrian imperial academy, which he had been led to believe would defray the cost of its publication. After three months his manuscript was returned. Despite their best efforts the members had been unable to decipher it. Bacher then endeavored to have his work copied, but every professional copyist who undertook the task had to confess himself baffled. He thereupon attempted dictating the work, only to find that even he could not decipher it, and, heartbroken at the discovery that his years of toll had proved fruitless, he attempted suicide and finished his days in a lunatic asylum. Her Cab. Mary Ann of Lancaster Gate, basement, was having a week off and had arrived back at her little native village in all her metropolitan paint and feathers. It was a very little native village, and Mary Ann, after her many months' service in town, didn't think so very much of it. Even James, the station porter and her old sweetheart, seemed hopelessly insignificant, and instead of staggering him with the kiss that he expected she looked him up and down, comparing him with a certain gentleman whose acquaintance she had recently made and who wore plush breeches and silk stockings. "Porter," she said grandly, "do you know if there is a cab here to convey me and my luggage home?" "Well, I don't know about a cab." responded the staggered yokel, "but there's yer mother outside wi' a barrer!"—London Scraps.