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The herald., 1898-04-24

wolves and pumps all day long. By the
use of this simple contrivance from one
to two acres Of stock beets or sorghum
and patch of corn or potatoes may be
easily irrigated. And two acres Of stock
beets or two acres of sorghum will keep
half a dozen cows all through the dry sea-
son. The mill, including the pump need
not cost more than $40. and any one pos
sessing hammer and saw can make It,
Except in the Peatlands. where every
thing is perennialiy green, healthy-look-
ing cornfield will be rare sight in this part
of Orange county this season. Kaffir corn.
which has been largely sown as best
adapted to the dry season, is poor substi-
tute for the stately stem, waving five feet
high In the summer breeze, but this is the
season of small things" and, after all,
Kaffir corn makes splendid chicken feed.
The war fever is rampant in Anaheim
and signatures are being actively cam
vassed for petitions asking for the organ
ization of a local military company with
aspirations for the front in the field.
The outbreak of hostilities has cast a
damper on the Mexican colonization
scheme, and it has been abandoned, at
least for the present
The local Odd Fellows will give an enter
tainment on Sunday evening next. in cele-
bration of the seventy-ninth anniversary
of the installation of the order in the United
States. Santa Ana and Whittier will be
represented by delegates, and the occa-
sion will be one of unusual interest.
Miss Fritzie Heiman has been appointed
assistant secretary of the Orange County
Preserving company, by which name the
new cannery will henceforth be known.
The hay thief is abroad in the land. and
his species is very likely to become preva-
lent II hay remains at its present price.
Count Bozenta and Nine. Modjeska
passed through Anaheim during the week,
on their way to their country seat in the
Santiago canyon.
T. F. Rotsler and Francis Ward Of Los
Angeles paid Anaheim a visit on Wednes-
day and drove out to inspect their ranches
at Olive.
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TWO BARNS BURNED
Redlands' Narrow Escape From a
Serious Fire

REDLANDS, April 23-Two barns be-
longing to John w. Edwards and A. G.
Hubbard respectively, situated on Citrus
avenue, were totally destroyed by fire this
afternoon.
Some small boys were playing with
matches and ignted the hay in the barn
owned by Mr.. Edwards, whose loss is fully
insured.
A number of articles We're lost by S. G..
Randall, proprietor of the Hawthorne
house, who had the Hubabrd barn leased,
and also one saddle horse.
The fire was communicated to the dwell
ing house of Harry Rumohr and also to the
,oof of the Hawthorne house, but the
blaze was extinguished.
James D. Wood, a prominent business
man of this city, and Miss Zula Bancroft of
Los Angeles were married last Thursday
evening at their residence on Fourth street
by Rev. j. Hamilton.
The herald., 1898-04-24
FULLERTON
Only Sixty Carloads of Oranges Re
main to Be Moved

FULLERTON, April 23-A large num-
ber of citizens hoisted flags over their
business houses Thursday, when the dis
patch was received here announcing that
Spain had declared war against the
United States.
A delegation of walnut growers from
Fullerton will attend the Southern Cali
fornia Walnut Growers association in
Los Angeles next Thursday,
Mrs. Tonzier, state organizer of the
w. C. T. u, lectured here one evening
this week to about one hundred temper
ance workers.
Hay is selling here today at from SIS
to $21 ton.
Up to noon today orange shipments
were made as follows this week from
Fullerton: Earl Fruit company, car
loads; George B. Key, carloads; Golden
Belt company, 3 carloads; Chapman
Bros, carload; mixed cars, 3. Total
number of carloads, IS. There vet re-
main about go carloads to be moved.
The large 2400-gallon cement storage
tank, from which water will be taken
to sprinkle Commonwealth avenue, was
completed yesterday.
The high school board will meet Tues
day at 10 a. M, to complete the details
of the new building and to receive speci-
f1cations and prices on The heating appa-
ratus.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Fullerton and Placentia Farmers club
will be held here Monday evening. A
very interesting program has been pre-
pared for the occasion
The bee men up in the hills north OF
town report that there will be practically
no honey made this season.
The annual meeting of the Fullerton
Walnut Growers association will be held
here Monday al 2 o'clock
Mr.. Moorhouse of Ottawa, Canada, has
bought forty acres of land in La Habra
valley, and is building residence there
on.
The Pacific Creamery, at Buena Park
is receiving 1900 pounds Of milk daily
which makes 100 cases of cream.
Miss Lizzie Varney of La Habra will
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The Late DR.. Evans Jewels

DR.. Evans, the famous dentist. who died
a few months ago in Paris, had mentioned
in his will number of jewels which he
wished to bequeath to certain heirs. A
casual examination through the doctors
effects did not reveal their presence, and 1t
was supposed that they had been disposed
of some time prior to his death. The other
day, however, they came to light. The
lawyers of the estate were making care
full inventory of the contents of the dem
lists late residence in the Bois de Bou-
logne, when, on opening an old document
safe, they came upon secret drawer
quite Unexpectedly. In the drawer was
an enormous collection of precious stones.
including two magnificent sets of dia-
monds, besides a quantity of remarkably
large and pure uncut diamonds, rubies, en-
eralds and other precious stones. together
with a profusion of jewels. The diamonds
were, 1t is said, presented to him by Ma
poleon ILL., the Emperor Frederick, the
Empress Frederick. and other crowned
heads. The value of the treasure has been
placed at 250,000f-New York Times.
The herald., 1898-04-24
Monex Landing in London

The parliamentary committee which is
conducting an investigation into the mon
extending traffic in London has had some
interesting testimony submitted to it,
What Justice Hawkins had to say was re-
lated in the London cable letter OF fort
night ago. but the evidence presented by
Mr.. Justice Mathew at a late session was
not less interesting. He furnished the
committee with a case in which money
lender lent a clergyman G30O-first E2OO
and then G1O0. For the 92O0 loan prom
issory note was signed for f2S0, and for
the G10O loan one for G140. Shortly'before
the first note became due the money lender
sent to the borrower printed form, a
copy of which was presented to the COM
mittee. 1t read: 1--WE warn you that un-
less the bill be paid or renewed before IL
o'clock on a certain day legal proceedings
will be taken against you. If you fail to
remit by return of post q writ will be
The herald., 1898-04-24
Telephone Subscribers

A fight for lower telephone rates Is not
only being carried on in London, but in
Paris and Vienna as we'll. According to
recent statistics there are 145O,000 SUBJ
scribers to the telephone service in the
world. The United States leads the list
with 900 900; then comes Germany with 14o.-
900 and Great Britain with 1900; Switzer-
land, SO, 900; France, 35, 900; Austria, 10000;
Russia, $4,000; Sweden and Norway. $4,000;
Bavaria, 1900; Denmark, 1900; Italy, a.
900: Holland, 1900; Spain, 1900; Belgium.
II 900; Hungary, 10000; Wurtemberg, 1000;
Finland, 6OOO; Japan, $500; Cuba. 25O0; Lux
embourg, 1000; Portugal, 1000; Australia,
2OOO The balance is divided among the
smaller or newly settled countries. from
Roumana, with 400, down to Senegambia,
with 100,
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TT Is THE HOUR

We have waited and watched and hoped ;
We have weighed the question well;
We have heard such screams as trouble
the dreams
OF the damned who roast in he'll!
Infants tug at the breasts
OF mothers who, starving, died
1t is time to strike, though all the world
Were leagued on the other SIDE.
We have patiently held our peace;
We have begged-we have warned In
vain!
We have stood aloof while the iron hoof
Has dented the purple plain!
We have heard the groans Of the slain
With the cries of the starving blend
We have felt the thrust of a treacherous
blade,
And patience is at an end.
We have warned and waited and hoped,
And respected the laws of men.
But the day is at hand to take stand
And never recede again!
Cast off-cast off, with flags unfurled.
Nor wait for later tide,
1t Is time to strike, though all the world
Were leagued on the other side!
S. e. Kiser In Cleveland Leader.
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leave next month for China, where she
is to engage in missionary work.
A reception was rendered Mr.. and Mrs.
Steve McColloch, the newly married
couple, on Wednesday evening, at their
home in Placentia, about forty Of their
friends being present.
A baseball team has been organized at
Placentia, with Fred Belts as captain,
Clarence McFadden as secretary and Jim
Ortega as treasurer.
Three carloads Of machinery arrived
here Wednesday, and is being removed
to the Santa Fe oil wells. This company
will at once begin drilling three new
wells. Six of the wells now produce be-
tween $50 and 300 barrels of good quality
oil daily. The drillers at these wells re-
ceive IS per day, and the bumpers So.
The Fullerton Tribune announces the
engagement of Frank L. Grannis and
Miss Edythe Green, daughter of Col. and
Mrs. G. G. Green of Altadena. During
the past three years Mr.. Grannis has
spent the winter months in Fullerton
with friends.
The herald., 1898-04-24
SAN DIEGO HARBOR
Lieutenant Meyler Now Has Full
Mine-LaYinr Force

SAN DIEGO, April 23.-Lieut. Meyler, who
has been busy the last few days enrolling
men for his company Of engineers, has
closed his lists, having received his full
complement of men. Monday evening the
lieutenant will give the members of his
company their first instructions on the
work required of them, which is assisting
to plant the torpedoes and submarine
mines at the entrance to this harbor The
material for this work was shipped from
San Francisco yesterday and is due here
tomorrow night. Within the next ten days
Lieut.. Meyler expects to have this harbor
impregnable to the entrance of any Span
ish ships.
Company B, N. G. c.. enrolled "a new
members last night, bringing the strength
of the company up to Is.
The public library will be moved into its
new quarters, corner of Fifth and F streets,
next week.
The state capitol commission has ap-
proved of the plans for the San Diego nor
NAL school building. Work on the structure
will commence the early part of next
month.
The herald., 1898-04-24
A CAVALRY TROOP
Ninety Young Men Of Santa Ana Have
Signed the Roll

SANTA April 23.-About ninety young
men in this vicinity have signed muster
roll, offering their services to the govern
ment as volunteers. They hope to have
the company enlisted as cavalry troop.
Capt. H. T. Matthews, one Of the pro-
moters Of the movement, went to Los
Angeles today to confer with officers in
regard to the matter. The Santa Ana
troop will be company E Of the second
squadron, with H., T.s Matthews as cap
tain and N. A. Ulm as first lieutenant.
G. W. McCampbell, the nelly appoint
ed supervisor from the Fifth district,
filed his bond of $4,000 today. with the
following sureties: c. F. Bennett. $4,000;
w. H. Phillips, $4,000; Henry Leck, $4,000;
P. T. Adams, $4,000; H. g. Rosenbaum.
$4,000; ]. c. Cullom, $4,000. Mr.. McCamp-
bell will take his seat at the meeting of
the board next week.
Enough applications have been re-
ceived for membership in company L to
raise the membership to over one hun
dred.
J. D. Wilder has returned from San
Francisco, where he attended the grand
council and grand chapter of Masons.
A large number of Christian Endeav-
orers went to Villa Park today to attend
the convention.
Marriage licenses were issued today to
James A. Speer and Miss Luella Kuffie,
both of Santa Ana, and Henry Williams
and Miss Kate Gregg, both Of Los An
geles.
Helen, the little S-year-old daughter of
County Treasurer r. T. Harris and wife,
died last night in this city from the
measles.
Col and Mrs. F. w. Schuarte have re-
turned to their home in st. Louis.
J. D. Thomas, the Tustin fruit packer,
shipped six carloads Of oranges to east
ern markets this week.
The herald., 1898-04-24
Irrigation and Dances

ORANGE, April 23.-The Santa Ana VAL
ley Irrigation company will commence run
No 2 on Monday morning with about fif.
teen heads of water in the canals. 1t took
three weeks to complete run No. 1, which
is just being brought to a finish.
The Pop Sue Dancing club of Orange
gave delightful dance in the Hotel Pal
myra on Friday evening. About fifty
couples from Orange and neighborin;g
towns were present and quite a number Of
more mature years were patrons on the oc-
casion.
The young folks of Villa Park gave a
dance in the Rochester hall, Orange. on
Friday evening.
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A USEFUL DEVICE
It Greatly Helps Irrigation in Small
Way

ANAHEIM, April 23.-A useful device al
though by no means new one is being
resorted to by small farmers who cannot
afford to sink an artesian we'll or build a
regular windmill. The device is a "happer, >,
which is made by crossing two 2x4 battens
and attaching shakes, which serve as fans
The f1apper is raised to a height of about
20 feet and then geared on to the litter of
an ordinary pump. AS the wind in the
summer months blows steadily from the
southwest, there is no necessity to pivot
the fiapper. 1t is permanently fixed to
face the wind, and in obedience to 1t re-
The herald., 1898-04-24
IN FOREIGN LANDS
Station for Corsica

The marine bureau at Ajaccio, Island OF
Corsica, has been advised by the French
minister of marine in Paris to begin the
first portions of an extended work OF coast
defense at Bonifacio. The old sea wall
and fortifications at the west Of the town
will shortly be demolished, and torpedo
station with strong defensive works will
be erected there. 1t is estimated that the
first portions of the work can be complet-
ed for $4,000 francs. The scheme. which
originated at the marine bureau in Ajaccio,
was promptly encouraged by the French
government. 1t is reported in Paris that
additional sums will soon be forthcoming.
and that the works will be continued until
Bonifacio has been made the strongest
naval station in the Mediterranean.
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issued. You will get the bal

Immediately issued. You will get the bal
liffs in-you may safely depend upon that
This is final, and you will not be written
to again. No excuse Of any kind will be
accepted. You give ten times more trou-
BILE than your custom Is worth. The bill
without full interest will not be accepted"
There is a move in London to have the
money lender licensed, and to charge only
per cent in the future. At present he can
avail himself of all the modern reforms
for quickening the procedure of his claims,
backed up with all the resources and facil-
tiles which the law allows for the recovery
of debt.
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The late Due de Talleyrand was the last
peer OF France and the last French knight
of the Order of the Golden Fleece.
peerage in France was first created nnder
the restoration, and now every member
of 1T has passed away. The Order of the
Golden Fleece, which is the chief Spanisb
order, has not been given to any French
han since the present republic was estab-
lished.
The herald., 1898-04-24
By The English and German Expert Specialists
Testimonials,

It hassbeen the custom Of the English
and German Expert Specialists to pub
lish testimonials Of few OF the most
difficult cures made at their great IN
stitution for many years past. HUN
dreds of people are restored to neaitn
and life every year by these great doc-
tors, but no ordinary cures are mace
public. No testimonials are publisheo
except by permission or at the request
Of the patient who has been benenteo.
The herald., 1898-04-24
Figures Taken From the Diario Del
Comercio of Barcelona
Males Females, Total
Patriotism at Riverside

RIVERSIDE, April %. A recruiting
office for volunteers opened couple Of
days ago, and is crowded constantly, and
up to the present time something like
seventy-five good, sturdy, young men
have signed the roll and taken the oath
to go at the call of their country to the
front A meeting was held here this
evening for the purpose Of organizing
and electing officers, and much enthusi-
ssm was displayed. Many of the young
er of the veterans say they intend en-
listing if the government will accep.
their services.
fro I'D iS r,nnra rx,iolrad than chea tiny
The herald., 1898-04-24
Advice to the
Afflicted

II you are anxious to regain your
broken health, If you feel that you need
greater physical strength than you now
possess. seek the aid, the superior skill,
the vast experience and the unequaled
ability of the English and German Ex-
pert Specialists. They are careful, con-
scientious and painstaking doctors; they
have a rare skill in diagnosing casei
they have methods and remedies that
are far superior to all others. Their pop
rlarity on the coast is the wonder OF
physicians who cannot succeed In build
ing UP a large practice and a successful
business. They are the doctors that
cure.
The herald., 1898-04-24

More good will be sure to come If we are
grateful for the good that has already
come.-Ram's Horn.
The herald., 1898-04-24
Home Cures

You can be cured without seeing the
doctors, although personal examina-
ton is preferred. If you live at dis
tance from Los Angeles and cannot see
a part Of the staff when they make their
regular monthly visits to Southern Cali
fornia towns, write for symptom blanks
and full particulars in regard to your
trouble. Correspondence solicited. All
letters confidential.
The herald., 1898-04-24
Consultation
Free

You can learn all about your physical
condition by consulting the English and
German Expert Specialists. 1t will cost
you absolutely nothing, no matter
whether you take treatment or not.
You cannot know too much about your
ailment, and It is rare indeed that such
a combination Of skilled physicians Of
fers to give, free of charge. the benefit
of their long years Of study and research.
The herald., 1898-04-24

No fraud Is more wicked than cheating
in love game.-Ram's Horn.
The evening times., 1898-11-26

week, and he was soon able to buy a
pair of good artificial legs, on which he
set out to look for work Much to his
disgust he found that 1t was impossible
for him to get d Job worth more than
six to eight dollars per week. He
| had a family to support, and after
communing with himself for a short
time. decided to go back to his former
; legless condition. He now sits on the
sidewalk peddling pencils six days in
the week. and on the seventh puts on
his wooden legs and goes to church with
his family. The wares which he sells
| are Of excellent quality, and he is sup
porting and educating ~his~Ghildren on
the profits of his business.
Opinions may differ on the question
whether this man Is doing right. 1t
may be said that he is profiting by a
deception practiced on the public which
| might not buy of him We're he in normal
physical condition. But again, it may
be that his success is due not so much
| to the sympathy OF his customers as to
the excellence of his goods, and in that
case it is immaterial whether he has
| any legs and arms or not. Then, again,
there is his duty to his children. 1t
| might be said that he ought not in JUS
| tice to them to refuse an opportunity of
gaining money for their education; and
again, il might be contended that ii
| would be better that they should go
without an education than that they
should have one through their fathers
fraud. The man in question might re-
tort with considerable reason that his
| fraud was no worse than that practiced
| by many richer and more ambitious
| men, without any cable car mutilation
| for an excuse. The very accident which
! led to this mans crippled condition
might have been the result of false econ
omy on the part of directors determined
to add to their already large fortunes.
To those who hold this man guilty of
! ineXcusable fraud it will seem a just
| punishment that the real facts of his
story should get into the newspapers
To others ii may seem that the publca-
| lion of these facts may tend to check
sympathy for other cripples. who are
| not earning thirty To fifty dollars
! per week.
But the most pathetic suggestion in
this tale is that many workngman
would willingly have both legs amputat-
ed if he could then be sure not of the
exceptional prosperity Of this particular
cripple, but Of a comfortable living for
! himself and his family. There is some
thing wrong with a civilization where
men must sell not only their strength,
but their health and their lives for mere
| bread
The evening times., 1898-11-26

II is characteristically impud.nt fCr the
Alger Relief Commission to pretend 10 be
disappointed at the lack of witnesses at
New York with damning facts against
the War Department. Before the Com
missioners went on their Southern Juuket
they received a letter from Mr.. Roosevelt
the chairman of a committee OF one hun
dred of the business men of hat city
who had organized for the sole purpose Of
hunting up witnesses to testify as u the
administration of the war TLa reply cf
the Alger Relief Committee. which The
Times published with comments. WAS j
snub 1t was not even courteous IN :Jru.
1t discouraged the work ofrne committee
ard was in effect a threat against its
members. II was plain that ne Algerian
Board did not want any of that kind Of
witnesses. The committee apaadJnsI its
plan of having similar work done IN other
cities and resolved To wait for a Congress
sional investigation. In reply 10 The ques-
tion OF Mr. Roosevelt whether the Com
mission would protect witnesses from The
prosecutions of the War Department. not
word was said So the committee did
nothing except TO tell the men who were
still in the service that they would have
no protection if they should incur the
wrath of the Secretary. While the Al
ger Relief Commission was in New York,
1t called on Mr.. Roosevelt dav or two
before leaving for witnesses. He had
none. of course, except nurses who had
been compelled to pledge themselves lot
to reveal any abuses that came under
their observation. Having prevented Mr.
Roosevelt's committee from ga herring
witnesses. it is impudent for the Com
mission to express surprise at the roor
results of their sessions in New York If
there was so much time to spare. General
Miles was in the city.
The evening times., 1898-11-26

and other educational. Aeicvating and
pleasurable Institutions; I'VE marry and
are given In -snaEiage. and we rear our
children. without conscious lack OF
personal liberty that is not common to
all civilized communities. All these
blessings the people of the Philippines
may have il they are disposed to claim
them. Their personal liberties will not
be restrained as long as each pays re-
spect to the equal rights OF all. What
more could the ballot do for them? Be-
cause they are not capable of self-gov-
ernment and therefore must be denied
the ballot. Mr.. Carnegie assumes they
must be vassals, the slaves of the
American Republic. Women in Ameri-
ca are not the vassals of the state any
more than the people of Washington.
Indeed. there has never been a time
when majority OF the people of this
country have voted. although each has
had the same degree of personal liberty.
So Mr.. Carnegies argument-which
he seemingly makes in behalf of the
Filipinos-is worthless. 1t is based on
the doctrine, he says, that no man is
good enough to hold another in subjec-
ton" Not only is il not true that the
Philippines will be a vassal State. but
il is also not true that they would be
better off with a system of self-gov
ment. 1t is the unanimous opinion of
all who know them best that self-gov-
ernment would mean perpetual revolu-
ton, anarchy, chaos and their final ac-
QUESTION by some European monarchy.
1t is not surprising that Mr.. Carnegie
left the White House in gloomy state
of mind if he had hoped to turn the
President from his policy"