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Imperial press and farmer., 1901-11-30

as whole occupied 35 per cent. of the building. The combined State Board of Trade and Southern Pacific exhibit occupied a space equal to that of this county. Ours was the only in dependent county exhibit. Fresno county sent a creditable exhibit, which was included in the State Board of Trades space.
 ,"Our exhibit was the only one con- plete when the exposition opened, May 1, except the United States fishing exhibit. The Los Angeles ex hibit was kept up fresh and attractive to the end.
 ,"The whole southern part of the State gets the benefit from the Los Angeles county exhibit, which cost about $10,000. In the same way the whole State gets the benefit from the exhibit furnished by the State Board of Trade and the Southern Pa cific. Los Angeles county, however, will get the lions snare of the bene fit, for our exhibit was one of the best known and most talked of in the whole exposition.
 We disposed of 15O,0O0 pieces of literature regarding the resources of
Imperial press and farmer., 1901-11-30
FRANK WIGGINS HOME AGAIN.
THE POPULAR SECRETARY OF THE LOS ANGELES e. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RETURNS FROM HIS
 LABORS AT BUFFALO.


Frank Wiggins, the popular secre- tary and manager of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, and his wife, having spent the season on duty at the Pan-American Exposition at Buff falo in manner to call forth the hearty approval of the business men of Southern California, have returned home to receive a hearty welcome.
 MT. Wiggins reports that the expo sition, as an exposition, was a grand success, but that as a business ven ture it was a failure because of in competency on the part of the direct crate. y
 MT. Wiggins says:
 AS an exhibition the fair was a tremendous success. Our exhibit was one of the drawing cards of the Hor- ticultural Building. Our space was equal to any State exhibit. California
Imperial press and farmer., 1901-11-30

this county. Fresno distributed hun dreds of thousands of packages of seedless raisins. The Cured Fruit Association of San Jose county gave daily practical demonstration of the proper methods of cooking prunes. Thus were our products advertised and the bread cast upon the waters.
 "Our exhibit reaped a larger bene- fit for work oone and money spent, than any previous exposition we have sent exhibits to. The eyes of the East are upon this section. Thou sands of people who usually go to Flor sought for information at our headquarters.
 There were more Los Angeles and Southern California people at Buffalo than from the remainder of the State. Every day there was quite little colony of them in the Horticultural Building. I tried to take care of all our visitors"
 On the 2Oth of November the Los
Imperial press and farmer., 1901-11-30
The First National Bank.

A charter has been granted for the First National bank at Imperial and the institution will be going within the next thirty days. The tract of land of which Imperial is the center now has nearly a thousand inhabi- tants. It is estimated that there will be fully 25O00 acres in crops by spring. -Oceanside Blade.
Imperial press and farmer., 1901-11-30
Representing a Colony.

Hon. Sam Webb. of Phoenix, ar rived at Hotel Gandolfo yesterday morning. MT. Webb with two sons are on their way to the Imperial country on tour of investigation, representing colony of Salt River valley ranchers-Yuma Sentinel
Imperial press and farmer., 1901-11-30

weekly with Ed. F. Howe as editor and manager The consolidated pa pers will be a power in building up Imperial, for Ed. Howe is boomer of the first grade and an indefatigable worker-Redlands Citrograph.
Imperial press and farmer., 1901-11-30
Ventura Agency.

w. E. Wilsie has formed partner ship with John H. Reppy of Ventura, the new firm having the agency for the sale of Imperial lands in Ventura oounty.-Nordhoff Ojai.
Imperial press and farmer., 1901-11-30
Directing Improvements.

Jacob Stoner is at Imperial directing the improvements on his property which has recently been placed under irrigation by the partial completion of the big canal. He will be away a month or more-Corona Courier
Imperial press and farmer., 1901-11-30
With Money and Supplies.

MT. Lathrop and friends, who have purchased HOO acres of land at Im- perial, left for that section today with money and supplies to make extensive improvements Correspond snt of Los Angeles Times
Imperial press and farmer., 1901-11-30
Newspaper Consolidation.

The Imperial Farmer, published monthly at Los Angeles, and the Im- perial Press, published weekly at Im- perial, have been consolidated and will hereafter be issued at Imperial
Imperial press and farmer., 1901-11-30
Prominent Merchant Going.

B. Mead, prominent merchant of Winchester, is making arrangements to take a trip to Imeprial with view of settlement there should the pros poets warrant the move.-Riverside correspondent of the Los Angeles Herald.
Imperial press and farmer., 1901-11-30

 printed of which included the above figures September 1901 circulation the and for September
  in history.  daily publication the Rockies"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-06-28
TRICKS WITH FLOWERS.
Color Schemes Unknown I'm the Flora
World Produced by the Use
of Chemicals.

The chemical expert has by no means
monopoly of pretty experiments
evolving marvellous color schemes
hitherto unknown in the floral world.
One artist suggests simple and in
teresting experiment which is espe
cially successful with pansies, and
which child may easily perform.
A saucer, little ammonia, flower
or two, and glass tumbler are all the
implements needed to enable one to
present bunch of exquisite green
pansies to the uninitiated. Such gift
is sure to awaken much enthusiasm
and test the ability of the recipient to
take a joke, says a New York ex.
change.
The viola tribe is easily influenced
by the application of chemicals to the
soil or by atmospheric conditions, and
hence is particularly susceptible to the
fumes of ammonia. A little of the
liquid poured into saucer, with a
bit of paper laid over it, on which to
rest the flowers, acts very quickly on
the chlorophyll, or coloring matter,
when the fumes the confined by a
tumber. The reason is this: Chloro-
phyll is in its nature acid. The fumes
of ammonia, on the other hand, are
alkaline, an excess of which first neu-
tralizcs the acid present in the fresh
flower, and then changes it to an aka
Ii. The effect of the alkali varies, of
course, according to the predominant
ing color of the subject.
Repeated experiments show marked
tendency toward green, simply be-
cause purple and blue are standard
colors among violas and are thus af-
fected. A few interesting color changes
are: Shaded purple with white edge
is converted into green, with blue vein
ings and yellow border; maroon
striped, dark green and blue; pale blue
becomes pale green; white always
takes on a yellow tint, and pretty
cerise comes out in vivid blue. Yellow
is unaffected.
Sweet peas are also fertile subjects
and pungent fumes develop the unex-
pected with rapidity that an expert
hybridizer might envy. Some wonder
full symphonies in green are evolved
from pink and lavender creations.
Ammonia cannot be said to improve
nasturtums, but surely produces GU
rous freaks. Yellow blotched red be-
comes yellow blotched bronze green
and a purely fame red spotted dark
green.
There is, of course, no permanency in
colors thus enforced. The most won
derful symphonies will hold their own
for time, but if placed in water in
the open air they will return to nor
NAL coloring in few hours.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-06-28
THE TOOTH OF BUDDHA.

to this rapacious tooth. Another
daily offered, it is said, 100000 bios
SONS all Of one sort and a different
flower each day.
Externally the famous Temple of
the Tooth is not conspicuous, being
within the precincts of the old pal
ace, and partly concealed by the Au-
dicncc hall and the Pattipuwa, but
the whole is inclosed by moat, with
some very ornamental stone.
Buddha's tooth is the central shrine
of the great altar in the temple.
Upon the altar stands an octagonal
cupola of solid silver and gold, sup
ported by slender pillars. In front
of this are three miniature crystal
dagobas or bell-shaped relic shines,
each resting on a square base, AID
two golden candlesticks with lighted
candles. In the small dagobas on
either side are displayed priceless
jeweled objects-royal gifts. Within
the central shrine, which is OF the
purest crystal, lies large golden
lotus blossom, from the heart OF
which, upheld by twist Of gold wire
is upraised the worshipful piece OF
yellow ivory, which to the unques.
tioning eye of faith actually passes
for a human tooth.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-06-28

had failed her, she was blind in one
eye and deaf in both ears and she
had a furrow half an inch wide the
whole length of her back where a
bloodthirsty bullet had cut n swath
This old grandma cat lived at the
residence of John Wilczsvarsh. All
previous attempts to get rid of Gem
evieve had failed. She always bobbed
up serenely and sang her-ballads on
the back fence. So Henry Wilczs-
varski, ten years old, was especially
detailed to drown Genevieve in the
river, all laws and city ordinances to
the contrary Notwithstanding
Henry put Genevieve in a sack and
tied it with a string. By the time he
reached the foot of Blanche street
the old cat had got her good eye to
the peephole to reconnoiter. Then
she fought for her life. Henry tried
to throw the sack in the water, but
Genevieve's single claw was deep in
his coat, and moment later Henry,
Genevieve and all went in.
1t was lucky for the boy that the
string around the sack broke. He
couldn't swim stroke, but Gene
We've hadn't forgotten how. With
her one claw imbedded in the piling,
she clung on for life, while Henry
seized her tail and yelled for help.
A policeman from the Rawson
street station pulled Henry and Gen.
evieve out and took them home.
Let us hope that this proved les.
son to Henry and that in the future
he treated all members of the feline
race with more respect and consider.
ation.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-06-28
THE TOOTH OF BUDDHA.
Strange People In the Far East W0r
ship a Yellow Piece of Ivory
with Strange Rites.

In Ceylon. the Isle of Flowers, the
Buddhist religion is so amalgamated
with the Hindoo mythology which
Buddha sought to obliterate that the
practical result of his teaching has
been to add one more god-himself-
and innumerable objects to those al
ready so numerous. The Singhalese
still place a servile reliance in their
devil priests and many barbaric prac-
tices are INDUCED in in the name of
religion.
There is curious blending of
faiths supposed to be entirely an
tagonistic one to another. Especially
is this brought out at the greatest
annual festival of Handy, assumed to
be great Buddhist ceremony, where
as it is really all in honor of several
Hindoo gods and goddesses, the
Buddhist's part being simply the NOM
inal loan of a relic-in truth, the
loan of an empty shrine. But seeing
that the relic in question claims to
be no less treasure than that of a
veritable tooth of Guatama Buddha,
and is the object of unbounded rever-
ence TO all the many millions (some-
where about 400,00O,CO0) who worship
him, and a relic for the possession of
which bloody wars have been fought,
and incredible sums of money offered,
it is perhaps not to be wondered at
that the priests took good care to
lock it up securely before allowing
it's shrine to join in the procession
of relics OF the Hindoo gods.
1t is said that Handy, where the
sacred tooth is preserved, owes its
very existence as the mountain cap.
ital to the fact of this precious bit
of bone having been taken there for
safety in the sixteenth century. The
Dalada Maligwa, the Temple Of the
Tooth, has been year by year en-
riched by the offerings of the count
less throng of pilgrims who do HON
age to the relic by Offering gifts OF
gold and silver ornaments, coins
jewels, vestments for the priests
fruit and flowers. The latter are at
all times n graceful feature of this
worship, for as none care to appear
empty-handed before the altar OF
Buddha, there are few in all the
throng of worshipers who have not
some flowers to offer. Among the
legendary acts of devotion we are
told of one who is said to have Of
tered 100000 of blossoms in one day
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-06-28
A Scathing Rebuke.

Mr.. Porkanlard was confused. Bos-
ton is such devious city. A little
miss of seven summers passed him,
and patting her kindly on the head,
he queried:
"Sissy, please tell me where Bea-
con street is?'
The wee apostle of culture stood
aghast at his dreadful audacity.
When she had found her voice she
said, cuttingly:
"How dare you address me by such
an appellation as 'sissy?' | would
have you understand, sir, that | am
not an information bureau. II you
wish to know the whereabouts OF
Beacon street, pray consult a city
directory or apply TO the blue-coated
menials of the law"
Mr.. Porkanlard looked puzzled as
she swept off.
II don't believe | kin remember
all then direckshuns," he muttered.-
Ohio State journal.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-06-28

SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

A coal gas explosion cannot occur
until there are six parts of gas in
every 100 of the air in the room; but
four per cent. of coal gas will cause
suffocation.
The meteorite which fell at Porto
Allegro, Brazil, has now been measured
and the results are most astonishing
1t measures feet from the base and
is IS feet high.
The manufacture of carbon for use
in electric Lighting and for other pur'
poses has grown to be great indus
try in the West Virginia gas belt. The
processes require great heat.
Lyman b. Goff, manufacturer oi
Pawtucket, Il. l., has organized q
Boys Club" which has nightly at
tendance of 300, and he has decided to
provide 1t with permanent quarters
at cost of $72, 900.
A process for rerolling steel rails
has been in usage in the United States
for several years. Worn-out rails are
reheated and rerolled, and are stated
to be superior for wear in that form
to the rails when first made. The in
dustry has grown rapidly.
In Russia oil holds absolute sway
And from Baku to Nishni Novgorot
petroleum finds favor on railways ant
steamships alike. For 1000 miles
along the Volga boats ply from north
to south propelled by means of oil, ot
which 100000 tons is used in Russia
alone.
In the operation of dredging navi
gable channels at the mouth of the
Moruya and Shoalhaven rivers, in New
South Wales, it was discovered tha'
the mud contained gold dust. An au
tomato gold saver was then attached
to the dumping machinery, and it is
estimated that enough gold will thu!
be obtained to defray the expenses o.
keeping the channels open.
According to Prof. Spalding, tn,
white pine tree seldom attains heigh'
greater than 100 feet or diameter o.
more than 40 inches. A tree of thi.
variety once measure eN by the division
of forestry of the a, partment of agri
culture was 40 feet tall and 4S inche!
thick. That tree was AGO years old
1t was little sapling so years befor,
Columbus sailed from Palos.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-06-28
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Mirth is magnifying glass
through which people look at the
brightest and best side of life.-Chi-
cago Daily News.
Your neighbors are the smartest
people in the world; they know by a
guess just how much you can afford
to spend,-Atchison Globe.
A homely woman grows old far
more gracefully than pretty one
thus nature compensates her for
youthful joys denied,-Town Topics,
what! Engage young doctor
who has just graduated?" "Certainly.
He can say what few older physicians
can. He's never yet lost patient. -
Philadelphia Times.
Not an Asylum.-Nisitor-"It must
be very convenient to have an asylum
right in the heart of your city," New
York Policeman--"Asylum! This is
the stock exchange Ohio State
Journal.
"And did you promise to love, hon
or and obey?" asked her best friend
"Certainly not" answered the bride
II could not honor husband who ex-
pected me to obey him."-Town Top
les.
Good Riddance.-"Wake up, Hen.
ry!" cried the good woman, in the
dead of night. There's burglar in
the house. | just heard him in the
dining-room." Good" Henry replied
sleepily, "if we don't disturb him
maybe he'll take away that chatting
dish of yours" rs."-Philadelphia Press.
Sisterly Sympathy. - Gwendolen-
"How late you are, dear. What have
you been doing all the afternoon?'
Misunderstanding the Grugsbys at
their at home and making myself
generally fascinating and agreeable!
Gwendolen-"Poor thing! What
hard days work for you!"-Punch.
First Hotel Keeper-"Yes; l am go
ing to have the sea serpent attraction
again this year" Second Hotel Keep
er-"That is old. | am going to have
young woman wade beyond her
depth every hour. have just or
dered few gross of medals, and each
rescuer will be presented with one
philadelphia Record.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-06-28
law to Encourage Early Marriages

Pennsylvania is the latest state that
is trying to encourage and regulate
marriage by new methods. Repre-
sentative Roth, of Lehigh, introduced
bill in the state legislature lately
which provides that male citizen of
Pennsylvania over 40 years Old maxi
ing application for a marriage license
shall pay to the clerk of courts IL
cense fee Of 500. This is to be turned
into the state treasury for the pur-
pose ofmaintaining homes for women
over 40 years old who have not had a
suitable opportunity or offer of mar
riage and have not means sufficient
to keep themselves in clothes and
spending money. Any bachelor over
40 years who shall go outside of the
state for wife shall pay 500 into the
state treasury The act is irrevocable
and can never | repealed without the
consent of the majority of the old
women who have been regularly ad-
mitted to the homes established for
them.-Chicago American.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-06-28
THE UNITED STATES "IS."
Excellent Authority for the Use OF
the Singular Noun Given by
Ex-Sccrctary of State.

Somebody recently criticised Gen,
John w. Foster, the eX-secretary of
state, because, all through his Gen
tury of American Diplomacy" he treats
"United States" as a singular noun, in
stead of as a plural one. This has
moved the general to investigate that
often mooted question with some care,
and his conclusion is that, despite the
wording of the constitution, there is
full justification for saying "the
United States is" and not "the United
States are" He admits that in the
early days of the republic, while the
fact of ii being an aggregation of SOW
ereign states was still prominently in
mems minds, the plural usage was the
common one, but il was not universal,
even in the beginning, and at one point
in the constitution there is the phrase,
Controversies to which the United
States shall be party" not "shall be
parties" as strict consistency would
require, says the New York Times.
Coming to precedents, Gen. Foster
lists, among the statesmen who habit
ually employed the singular form JEFF
ferson, Seward, Blaine, Edmunds, L. j.
Phelps, Webster, Benton, Fish, Fre-
linghuysen, Motley, Reid, Gresham,
Silas Wright, Marcy, Evarts, Bayard,
c. +. Adams, Depew and Olney-cer-
tainly a long and varied category. In
the earlier presidential messages the
plural form prevails, but Andrew Jack
son used the other, and his example, in
this matter at least, has been followed
by his successors, and since Lincoln
all Of them have invariably used the
singular verb with "United States
And the general wants to know why,
| il we must write "the United States
are" simply because the constitution
| has it that way, we are not also obliged
to write "chuse," instead OF Choose"
and to retain other photographed Pc
cularities which appear in the pre-
cious old document. This is hardly a
| fair question, since the use of "is' or
"are" after "United States" involves
something very different from mere
spelling. Gen. Fosters usage, how
ever, is undoubtedly that of 900 out
| Of 1000 American citizens of the
present day, and what more or higher
warrant for it does he need than that,
particularly as the facts and the fash
ion are in completed accord?
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-06-28
Gra I'm Other's Revolt.

An excellent woman, whose married
kohs and daughters have a way OF
fitting off every summer to seashore
or mountains, leaving their offspring
in her loving care, was delicately ap,
preached by one of them as to her
plans for the coming season.
IL suppose you will open the cottage
as usual, won't you, mother? The
children so enjoy being with you!"
mo, / shall not open the cottage
was the quiet, but decided reply. "My
grandchildren will be abandoned tc
the care of their parents this summer
l am going abroad. d."-Youth's Com
panion.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-06-28
Braye and Fearless boy.

Eddie Ryan is a Boston boy who
possesses a fearless heart. A short
time ago, while standing near the
foot of Liverpool street, he saw a
runaway horse dashing down the
street, and knew that in moment
it would endanger the lives of two
small boys. Without assistance he
rushed TO where the boys were sit
ting, near the curb, unconscious of
danger, and pulled both just ont of
the course of the runaway. The act
was bravely done, and none too soon,
for the vehicle attached to the runa-
way passed over young Ryan's foot.
The injury was slight, however, and
in short time the young man had
recovered. His action was witnessed
by only few people, but those who
saw it say that Ryan is young hero.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-06-28
Another viking Shin Found.

Another Viking ship, or rather boat,
has been unearthed near Kiel, but this
new discovery cannot compare in di-
mensions with the finest specimen of
its kind, which may be seen by tour
lists at the museum in Christiania. In
fact, this clinker built Viking vessel,
which is about the size of one of our
modern fishing boats, is perhaps the
most interesting thing to be seen in
all Norway. Those who see it will
realize for the first time why "star-
board" or "steer-board," is applied to
the right side of a vessel, as the helm
protruded from this side, and not from
the stern, which is practically the same
as the bow. There is a popular i'm
preston that "Viking" is etymologic-
ally synonymous with "Sea-King'-
but this is erroneous. The word is not
"Ni-king," but "Nik-ing," or ebay
maD"--"Vik" meaning "sea inlet" or
"bay.' Its counterpart is found in
such English place names as Warwick,
Wick in the 0rkneys, and elsewhere
London Chronicle.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-06-28
BIRDS AS SURGEONS.
In the Repairing of All Sorts of Phys
fcal Damages the snipe Is With
out nm Equal.

Some interesting observations,
made by NJ. Fatio, on the surgical
treatment of wounds by birds, were
recently brought before the Phys
ical society of Geneva. In these it
was established that the snipc had
often been observed in repairing
damages. With it's beak and feath-
ers it makes a very creditable dress
ing, and even has been known to Sc
cure a broken limb by means of q
stout ligature.
On one occasion NJ. Fatio killed a
snipe which had on the chest large
dressing composed of down from
other parts of the body, and securely
fixed to the body by coagulated blood.
Twice he had snipe with interwoyen
feathers strapped on to the site Of
fracture of one or other limb.
The most interesting example was
that of snipe both of whose legs
he had unfortunately broken by a
misdirected shot. He only recovered
it on the following day, when he
found that the poor bird had con-
trived to apply dressings and sort
of splint to both limbs. In carrying
out this operation some feathers had
become entangled around the beak,
and not being able to use it's claws to
get rid of them, it was almost dead
from hunger when found.
In case recorded by NJ. Maginn,
snipe which was observed to fly away
with broken leg, was subsequently
found to have forced the fragments
into a parallel position-the upper
fragment reaching to the leg joint
and they were secured there by
means of strong band of feathers
and moss intermingled.