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SALINE, WASHTENAW CO., MICH.,   THURSDAY, FEBRUARY,   27,   1896. VOL. XVI.-NO. 18.
A. J. WARREN. Publisher.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
T W. GAUNTLETT, D. O.
Graduate of the
(Jhicago.OBlitMmic College andHospital
Will call and test your eyes if you address
meat
MILAN, - MIOH.
T) F. SHEEDER, A.M., M.D
Physician .& Surgeon.
From the TJ. of M. and Jefferson Hospital Col-
legs, Philadelphia. Late assistant to the Bliss
Eye Hospital, Springfield, O;
Special attention given to the eye.
Eyes tested aud glasses fitted.
Office and Residence—the Marsh house, Chica-
toSt.
SALINE - - MIOH.
JAR. B. E. HATHAWAY,
Dentist
Office over Nichols Bros, drug store.
SALINE, -       - MICH.
I?   E. JONES.
Attorney at Law.
Business attendedlto with Promptness and
■   . Care.   Office on MeKay street.
SALINE,
MIOH.
Q       .:WILLIAMS
Attorney at Law,
(C8pecial*,attentiou paid to Pension Claims of all
kinds.   New comb Block,
MILAN, - - MICH.
O   W. CHANDLER, M D.,
PHlfSieiAN and SURGEON
•ifflee on Adrian Street, first door south of the
Wallace Block,
SALINE, - MICH.
p    C. SLABHT,
Veterinary Surgeon.
aiACOtf, LENAWEE CO., MICH.
Connection witn Tecumseh hy  Telegraph
and by Mail.
ALL CALLS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
YyATERMAN'
PUOTOGBAPH GALLERY.
(Miss Gillett's old stand:)
Will be in Saline every Wednesday and shall be
pleased to meet all in need of work in my line.
3olland see samples of our work.
F
ISH'S
Barber Shop.
lair Cutting,   Shaving,   Shampooing and   all
• Work in the Barber Line.
HOMER FISH.
SALINE,        -        -        MIOH.
A. J. WARREN,
 CONVEYANCER AND	
XSSCotaa?^   -   Piibli©.
All legal papers drawn  on short
notice and, at prices within the
roach of all.
General Fire Insurance a Specialty.
CM MEAT MARKET.
G. A. LLNDENSCHMKJT
Is still at the old stand, where he is always pre
pared to serve his customers with THE BEST
IN THE MARKET in the line ot
Fresh and Salt Heats of all .Kinds,
Poultry, fish, Sausafe, Etc.,
AT POPULAR °B CES.
Complete steam outfit for  manufacturing sau
sage.   Remember the old stand.
C.   A.  LINQENSCHWIIDT
•CAVEATS,
TRADE MARKS,
DESIGN PATENTS,
„   , . COPYRIOHT8,   ©to.
*ojtaformatlon and free Handbookwrite to
HTJNN & CO- S61 Broadway. New Vobk.
Eldest bureau for securing patents In America.
Everypatent taken out byusla brought before
the public by a notice given tree of charge In the
fricutWic JVmmcnu
JSSES** '.^'".Hon °/.Pn"'" «**Icntu*te paper In the
SSS^k splendidly Illustrated. No Intelligent
"^•■hoSld. be wthout It. Weekly, S3.O0 a
Mar; »ur» alxmontns. Address, HOW** CO.
Pubushkes, 361 Broadway, New York City.
Letter From California.
Our Italy, The City of The Sea.
San Diego and surroundings was discovered in 1542, 'by Cabrilto, a Portuguese navigator, sailing under the
Spanish flag. The first settlement was
made in 1769, by Spanish missionaries
under Father Junipero Serra at what
is now Old Town, four miles north of
tbe city of San Diego.
The county of San Diego comprises
the extreme south western corner of the
United States and extends from the
Pacific ocean eastward to the Colorado
river. It has an area of 8,400 miles and
has 75 miles of sea coast. Between the
coast and the mountains," lies a strip of
country from thirty to forty miles wide
the ascent being gradual, and varied
with fertile," picturesque valleys, slopes
and messas.
The climate is dry and the atmosphere is very clear making Southern
California very healthy in all respects.
We are not entirely without fogs, but
they are rare, are not cold and do not
last long, occurring mostly during the
fall and early winter. Malaria and
typhoid fevers, diphtheria, throat and
lung troubles are almost entirely unknown. Of course there are many people with the last diseases and consumption, who come here in the last
stages of such diseases and who are
then beyond help, but it is rare tor
them to be contracted in this climate.
The change of climate may help them
for a time but that is all. Many people
of the city to-day, could tell you that
they came here perhaps a few years
ago, after abandoning all hope, thinking that they might prolong their lives
a few months some even weeks, and
now they are enjoying robust health in
this life-giving atmosphere of San
Diego.
The temperature is but a few degrees
lower in winter than in summer. The
thermometer registers to-day 83 degrees in the shade, and from the official weather report of the signal service bureau of San Diego, I get the
following—Daily weather report for the
month of December says the highest
temperature was that mouth 70—the
lowest 41. The highest for the month
of January   was 77 deg.—the lowest 35.
Our winter here is really our spring,
as that is the time we have our rains.
The rainy season begins about December 1st and lasts until May 1st, the
average being about 10 inches along
the coast, and 15 to 40 inches in the interior. California is not free from
faults any more than any other country, it being subject, in some parts to
drought, the same as many of theother
western states but the people here
have overcome that disadvantage to a
large extent and now have three or
four irrigating systems under process
of construction with three now in full
operation. There are m^ny thousands
of acres in the valleys that need no irrigation sit all, for water can be obtained any day in tho year by digging
from n to 30 feet.
There are not many "so called" dry
years, but the year of T94 was exception
silly so,"which shows that the country
cannot depend upon the rains. The rain
fallfoi the sesison of '95 was quite abundant it being, according to official report between 7 and 10 inches.
Perhaps a word ahout the price of
land would be wanted. Land well
adapted for the growing of oranges
and lemons costs from §35 to S300 per
acre with water; although there can
be found choice orange and lemon land
for §75 to S100 per acre. Land for deciduous fruits and general farming,
costs fromSo to S100 pel* acre.
The productions of the county are
as varied as the soil and climate to be
found here. Some people seem to
think that California is a perfect "Garden of Eden" that all one has to do is
to ask for, or reach out but a hand and
obtain anything he may wish, be it
food, wealth or whatever may be wanted.
Those who have gained such a false
impr<'$ssura are liable lo be doomed to
ssid dissapointment should they ever
make our stsite a visit. Wo have coo!
winds from the ocean that will not allow the raising ot some products in
msirketsiblu quantities, such as the banana and pine-appte, but it has be« n
proved in various cases that they can be
produced.
At the rear of our garden we have
a clump of bsmana trees in bearing. A
tree never bears but one bunch
but these r.ow have four, one bunch
haviug already ripened.
The other fruits are: orange, lemon, lime, shaddock, citron, grape fruit
olive, guava, date, loquot, apple, peach
pear, apricot,fig, plum* cherry, prune,
nectarine, quince, pomegranate, persimmon, pohas, custard and breadfruit.
The nuts are; English walnut, black
walnut, chesnut, peanut, almond,  pe
can, filbert, pine nut and hazel nut.
For berries: raspberry, strawberry,
currant, gooseberry, blackberry, mulberry.
The cereals are: wheat, corn rye,
oats, barley, buckwheat, flax, Egyptian
corn, broom corn, sorghum, millet mustard and hops. Grasses: alfalfa, clover
alfilaria and pampas grass.
Vegetables: 217 pound pumpkins, 100
pound melons, vegetable citron, cabbage, cauliflower, potatoes, beets, sugar beets, carrots, parsnips, turnips,
tomatoes vines 4 to 5 ft high and 3 to
4 years old, celery, lettuce, radish,
sweet potatoes some weighing 15 lbs,
asparagus, artichokes, yams, eggplan t,
spinach, onions, beans and peas.
There are miscellaneous productions
such as coffee, tea, cotton cocons, tobacco, rice, sugarcane, rancie, hemp, castor beans, and canaigre which have
been raised as an experiment to see if
the climate would allow their production.
In the mountain belt the apple, pear,
cherry, etc. are superior to those
grown in the lower altitudes, while the
orange, lemon and other citrous fruits
require the temperature found nearer
the coast. The lemons grown in this
county have no superiors, if indeed
they are equaled, in this state or in
any Mediterranean county.
The cereal belt comprises the upper
valley slopes and mountains to the desert. The chief industries of the low^
er altitudes of this region are agriculture and horticulture, while higher up
the mountains, mining and stock raising are extensively carried on.
There are in the mountain districts
thousands of acres of timber for fuel,
manufacturing and building purposes.
From2000.to 4000 feet elevation, the
timber is live oak; higher, pine fir,
cedar and oak prevail.
Both gold and silver are minedj but
the chief mineral out-put at present is
gold, the Julian mines alone having
yiellded over $3,000,000 up to 1893. The
other mineral products of the county
in small quantities are: tin, copper,
lead, gypsum, asbestos, mica, ochre,
salt, alum, borax, limestone, iron,
quicksilver and sulphur.
San Diego county has for years been
one of the leading sections of the United States in the production of honey,
its annual output varies from 1,000,000
to 2,000,000. Formerly it exceeded the
last figures, but settlerr- are making
such inroads on the bee's hunting
grounds that the production is- now
from 50 to 75 car loads of good white
honey.
Ssin Diego as you know Jies in full
view of the broad Pacific, its background be\ng a line of dark blue mountains in the distance, the most prominent chain the Cuyamaca mountsdns,
which are said to be forty miles away
and from which comes our supply of
fine city water.
The- Cajon p'-ak and San Miguel sire
the priuciple mountain peaks in the
county east of the city, then to the
right of these and 95 milec away down
in Mexico, lies Table Mountain and
other numerous peaks which are visible from nearly every portion ot the
city.
One cannot imagine what California,
and especially the southern part is like
until they have seen with their own
eyes, the beautiful country in San
Diego county and the villages and hamlets nesting among the mountains.
In the northern part of the state
are encountered many heavy floods and
severe snow storms, here we have no
cold, ice or snow; rarely frost, but so
slight that it seldom destroys vegetation.
San Diego is the county-seat of San
Diego county and is situated 450 miles
southeast of the port of San Francisco,
is the only completely land locked harbor south of that city and is a port of
entry, with a custom house, quarantine
station, marine ways, wharves, docks
and coal bunkers.
Some of the dimensions of the bay
are: length 13 miles, sivailable anchorage 6 square miles, depth of water over
the bar at low tide 22 feet, at high tide
2S feet.
The city has a population of 25,000,
is connected with Sau Francisco by
rail and steamship line-, and among
other things of which any city of its
size may be proul, San Diego has a
S150.000 court house, a due public library containing over 12,000 volumes:
20 churches and church orjjauizsilious;
8 graded public schools; 5 kindergartens; 45 miles of graded streets; 4}
miles of paved street; 44 miles of sewers costing about 5425,000; 14 miles of
gas mains; 95 miles of water maius; 44
miles of street railway, including a
magnificent electric car system; 15
electric light masts, each 125 ft high;
$100,000 opera house; o incorporated
banks; 2 dsjily news papers; the largest
hotel in the world at Coronado; the
old mission buildings, and many other
points of historical interest; a fire
alarm system costing $7,500 and a well
equipped fire department. There are
also magnificent brick blocks that
would do credit to a city of $100,000 in-
habitance.
With all of San Diego's natural, together with its social, mercantile, educational and climatic advantages, it is
destined to be the "gateway to the
Orient."
San Diego, the "Gem of the South"
or the "Silver Gate" as it is called,
well deserves ihe name by reason of its
beautiful bay and harbor, sheltered as
they are from the cool winds of the
ocean by towering Point Loura.
Then there are its pretty little suburbs of Roseville and Ballast Point and
and the city of Coronado, National City
and Old Town. Old Town contains
the renowned old Eoman Catholic missions, where the mission fathers met
with misfortune in establishing their
religion and settlements among the Indians.
Those who have attended tbe World's
Fair may have noticed the large palm
tree which came from California; that
tree was hundred of years old and came
from the Catholic missions at old San
Diego.
One can scarcely realize that this is
the month of February, for indeed it is
a beautiful sight to look out over the
bright green mantle that now covers
Mother Earth, reaching out to meet
the shores of the Bay of San Diego,
while about five miles beyond lies the
peninsula of Coronodo Beach, and still
beyond that narrow strip of land, the
majestic Pacific, in all her glory and
grandeur.
Twenty miles out at sea are the Coronado Islands forming with the beautiful blue sea about them and the scenery in the immediate vicinity, a picture which leaves a pleasant and lasting impression and one that would be
hard to forget.
No doubt many will think that the
picture sounds exaggerated and overdrawn, but it is not in the least, it is
just as the truth really is. I know
there is a tendency to believe that
many of the beauties of scenery are
mere fables. The unusual clearness of
the .atmosphere is accountable for the
great distance that one is able to see.
Viewed from all points, San Diego is
what I consider the favored place,
when one knows what cold, frosty, old
Michigan is in February.
Having spent nearly three winters in
balmy, beautiful San Diego, it is far
more enjoyable in a climate where one
can revel in sunny blue skies, blossoming fruit and flowers.
Here in this atmosphere so mild that
one can bask in the sun's warm rays
almost any d;iy in the year, and without the need of wraps to protect them
from the cold.
To-day is as fair a sample of si midwinter day in San Diego that the m"St
ardent southern Californian could desire. Uuder the sun and beautiful blue
skies of semi-tropical San Diego, it is
indeed difficult to realize that in the
frozen and snow bound east, trains are
held in drifts, traffic is practically at a
standstill, and destitution and suffering
are compelling deeds of desperation,
that human life is being sacriCced at an
appalling rate to the fury of the elements.
This is a climate where snow, slush,
sleet, ice and violent gales and frozen
rivers have never yet caused havoc, suffering and death: truly we should be
thankful that wo have so near an earthly paradise in the United States.
Mrs. E. Stewart.
San Diego, Cal.
PERCENTAGE OF POOR  EYES.
Only One  Person  In   Fifteen  Has  Both
Eyes Xn Good Condition.
Only one person in 15 has both eyes
in good condition, and in 7 cases ont of
10 one eye, generally the right, is
stronger than the other. It is found
that jnst as people are right or left
handed so they are right or left sighted, and while apparently looking •with
both eyes they often really rise only one.
Out of 20 persons whose eyes were tested by a German doctor two only were
found to be left sighted.
The reason of the greater strength
generally possessed by the right eye is
not altogether understood, bnt probably
the natural tendency to the greater use
of the right side of the body has something to do with it. In rising weapons,
for instance, mankind has been taught
to assume for ages attitudes in which
the right hand and side have most exercise, and this discipline has nndoubted-
ly had its effect on the eye.
Old sea captains after long use of the
telescope find their right eyes mnch
stronger than the left—the direct effect
of exercise. This law is confirmed by
the experience of aurists. If a person
who has ears of equal hearing power
has cause to use one ear more than the
other for a long period, the ear brought
into requisition is found to be strengthened and the ear not nsed loses its hearing in'a corresponding degree.—Pittsburg Dispatch.
LF.inCo.
20 Main street, Ann Arbor.
MACKINTOSHES
We offer a special in>
M-adsintosllSS for the coming rainy season,
made up especially for us, and worth much more than
our price for them.
They aro made of high grade Serge in either Navy blue
or black. Have two detachable capes are double texture
and silk stiched in fact just such a garment as Chicago
aud Detroit houses charge §10 for. In order to do a
largo business on these we name as the price.
And will send them on receipt of price, express prepaid to any
part of the U. S. and in case garment is not satisfactory, garment can be returned and money will be cheerfully refunded.
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Incoming new goods are crowing out present .stocks. If you
can use anything in Winter Cloaks, Blankets. Underwear, etc
you will fand the saving to you mnch larger than at any other
time.
E. F. Mills & Co.
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D. Nissly's.
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A Final Bargain in
Overcoats or ulsters J off. If you need either for next winter
you can save the difference in price by buying now. A merchant cannot afford to carry over these goods but you can at the price we make
Boys and Childrens Suits 1-4 Off,
We have still more boys and childrens suits than we want. Our stock
must be reduced. At this low price it will pay you to clothe your boys
at our store.    Better do it at once the prices will not last much longor.
35 S. Main St.
Ann Arbor.
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Jewel Stoves and Ranges are perfect heating and cooking
contrivances.   Every year ior the last thirty has marked improvements in the details of construction until now they stand for the
greatest efficiency, economy, cleanliness, durability and convenience. I
With all their excellence Jewel Stoves and Ranges are no higher ;|
in price than hundreds of inferior make.  See them at your dealer.
E. M. HENNE.
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