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Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-04
A FRIGHTENED ACTRESS.
When Manbran Ran For Her Life
 From Her Father.


 Madbran was an exceptional woman as well as great singer, and she had aa interesting and spontaneous tenn. perament. The daughter of Garcia, she had a harsh and difficult master in her own father.
 When she was sixteen he one day came to her room and without any kind of preparation said to her, ''You VIII make your first appearance with me on Saturday in 'Otello.'"
 1t gave her exactly six days for prep aration. The child, terrified nearly into epeechlessness, stammered that she could not possibly do it-what he asked was impossible. But Garcia could take no contradiction. All he answered was: You'll make your first appear ance on Saturday, and be perfect. If not. in the last scene, when I am SUD- posed to plunge my dagger into your breast, I'll do so in real earnest"
 The frightened girl had to make the best of 1t. Her success was absolute, but one little piece of realism in her acting at the end was a delicious though entirely unconscious piece of retaliation upon her father for a rather brutal method. Her Desdemona had been exquisite; she had made her what she was herself, a child, innocent and submissive and adoring
 But in the last act, when Othello strOde toward her with uplifted dag ger, la Malibran, truly frightened out of her wits, ran away from him and made for windows and doors, frantic ally trying to escape. When her father at last caught hold of her, so real had the whole thing become that, seizing the hand with which he was supposed to murder her, she bit it till it bled.
 Garcia gave cry of pain, which the audience took for cry of rage, and the act ended in deafening applause for father and daughter
 The incident reveals Ia Malibran. She was never, In one sense of the word, an actress at all There was no studied counterfeit of emotions, but a woman with an extraordinary power of losing herself in the emotions of others-T P's Weekly.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-04
Matching Eggs In the Mouth,

Some curious examples of the egg laying habits of certain frogs are re- lated by naturalists. The female of one species, a species which was re- gently exhibited at a meeting of the Geological society, carries the eggs about in her mouth until they are matched. When the young emerge they are tadpoleS, but fully formed, though, of course, diminutive frogs. An Amer ican tree frog, again, has a pouch along the whole extent of its back, in which the eggs are carried until hatch ed. It is the Nototrema marsupiatum of zoologists, the name referring to this curious habit. The case of the Surinam toad is equally curious. In this species the male places the eggs, one by one, in hollows in the loose skin on the back of the female, where they are developed.-London Globe.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-04
VEGETABLES AS MEDICINE

Asparagus stimulates the kidneys.
 Water cress is an excellent blood pu- rif1er.
 Parsnips possess the same virtues as sarsaparilla.
 Carrots are good for those having a tendency to gout.
 Celery contains sulphur and helps to ward off rheumatism ,'~i
 Celery is a. nerve tonic; onions also are tonic for the nerves.
 Tomatoes are good for a torpid liver, but should be avoided by gouty people. Beets are fattening and good for peo- pie who want to put on flesh; SO are potatoes.
 Lettuce has a soothing effect on the nerves and Is excellent for sufferers from insomnia
 Spinach has great aperient qualities and is far better than medicine for suf- ferers from constipation
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-04
Waiting to Be Found.

Lost one evening in side street of Charing Cross, a small terrier came for the next six days at nightfall to the same spot, waiting to be found and scanning eagerly every passerby. The constable on the beat got to know her wistful little face and the bright silver collar she wore quite we'll, but she was never to be seen by daylight It was only on the sixth evening, half starved and weak with waiting, that she al lowed herself to be captured and taken to the dogs home at Battersea, where she was eventually claimed by her owner.-St. James Gazette
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-04
FORCED TO EAT BOOKS.
Human Beings Who Were Compelled
 to DeVOur Literature.

Human Beings Who Were Com pea1ed
 to DevOur Literature.
 Among the causes that contribute to the destruction of books, says an Ital- ian writer America Scarlattt, there is one very curious one that may be called bfbliophagia No reference is intended to the mice that once destroyed in England an entire edition of CastelIs Lexicon Heptaglotton," but to human beings who have literally devoured books.
 In 1870 Barnabo Viscond compelled two papal delegates to eat the bull of communication which they had brought him, together with its silken cords and leaden seal. As the bull was written on parchment, says the Scien- tif1c American, not paper, 1t was all the more difficult to digest
 A similar anecdote was related by Oelrich in his "Dissertatio de Biblio- thecarum ct Librerum Fatis" Q756) of an Austrian general who had signed a note for 2,00O f1orins and when it fell due compelled his creditors to eat it.
 The Tartars. when books fall into their possession, eat them that they may acquire the knowledge contained fn them.
 A Scandinavian writer, the author of a political book, was compelled to choose between being heheaded or eat ing his manuscript boiled Tn broth
 Isaac Volmar, who wrote some spicy Satfros 9oafOSf Bernard dJIlxe of Sax ony, was not allowed the courtesy of the kitchen, but was forced to swallow them uncooked.
 Still worse was the fate of Philip Oldenburger, jurist of great renOwn, who was condemned not only to eat a pamphlet of his writings, but also to be fiogged during his repast, with or ders that the fOgging should not cease until he had swallowed the last crumb.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-04

The California Cream & Butter Company will pay 28 3-4 cents per pound for Butter Fat f. o. b. Los Angeles. We always Lead m Price. Our Motto: Top price, Full weight, Correct test. Your shipments Solicited. E. w. Ecker, Agt. Fl Centro.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-04
M. V. BUTCHER Real Estate and
 Investments
Imperial Valley Lands Speciality

Imperial Valley is the largest irrigated district in the United States. The best bargains on earth can be found in the Imperial Valley Anyone having Im- perial lands they wish to sell or trade for Los Angeles property will find it to their advantage to consult me. My fa- cilities for finding bargains for buyers and buyers for bargains cannot be sur passed. Write or wire me at 2O5 Mer- cantile. Place, Los Angeles, Cal. Home Tel. 8182 Tel. Main $40.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-04
Her Advantage.

Mistress (after many remonstrances on unpunctuality)-Really, Mary, you must try to be more punctual about serving the meals. When they are late your master planes me. Mary An, we'll, mum, of course can go, but you're a prisoner for life! London Punch.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-04
The Golden Magnet.

"A pretty girl, even if she is poor. can have all the attention she wants, can't she?"
 "Yes. There is only one that can beat her."
 Who's that?"
 "A homely girl with the coin. ."-De- uoit Free Press
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-04
].
 OFFICE OF - ..-'.,i'' L. M. LYON
Representing
n. O. COGGINS CO.,,
THE LYON BROS. co.

THE LYON BROS. CO.,, n. O. COGGlNS CO., New York City Pttsburg, Pa.
 California and Colorado Cantaloupe Distributors
 Selling and Distributing Agents for the '' Brawley CantalOupe Growers Association
 Brawey, California
 Holtville CantalOupe Growers Association
 F1Oltvie, California
 El Centro Cantaloupe Growers Association
 Fl CentrO. California
 agents every handle sell satisfactory lots cantaoupes and these dis tribute o reach all smaller points accessible. the original distributors the Rocky Colorado aoupe We have contracted with the old original Rocky Ford Association Colorado distribute their 1906 making the distributing agents We also have with ManzanOa Newdae FamOun La Juna Granada Amty and Holly making NINE Associations covering the original territory comprising the Rocky Ford Cantaoupe District of Colorado. NOTEOur MT. L. M Lyon will take personal charge of the May 10 and remain during the shipping until May his address will be ssO Washington Street New York City Hovey charge of the Bawey office until Mr. Lyon arrives.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-04

have 32Oacres of the choicest land in the Imperial Valley, nicely located and we'll improved, all fenced and cross fenced. Pnce right and will give good terms. See Wilson about 1t.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-04

We are all wise. The difference be- tween persons is not In wisdom. but in art.-EmerSon.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-19
ROMANCE OF A COAT.
An Old Clothes Dealer whose Kindly
Act Melted Him Twenty-Five
Dollars.

The world is full of romance. There
are persons who deny this, but there
are persons who deny God and gravi
tation. Romance is not confined Il
novels and the hearts OF girls. Il
crops out often In strange places an6
sometimes In austere natures. But Il
is not often that romance is found
in the pocket Of q cast-on coat. How
ever, this story proves 1t. The story
comes from New York. A dealer in
old clothes, asserting his collection OF
"has-been" raiment found in the pocket
of coat that had seen better days, q
letter. 1t was sealed and addressed to
lady In an aristocratic part Of the
city far removed from the section OF
the city in which the old clothes man
lived and worked. He laid the letter
aside, thinking that some day when
the spirit moved him and times were
prosperous he would stamp and post
it.
Perhaps 1t was several days later
when he had occasion to call for q
bundle of disowned apparel In a part
of the town near the home OF the adj
dressee of the letter He took the
missive with him, called at the house.
was brushed aside by the man at the
door, but a lady emerging at that mo-
ment, he handed the letter to her.
She tore 1t open In great haste and as
she read it bushes REDEEMED her face
and a happy smile spread over her
lips. She folded the letter, put 1t in
her purse and handed the "oid clio
man" a S. note. He felt that he had
not only done a good deed but had
been rewarded.
A week passed and a dapper, we'll
man entered his shop. He
said he was the original owner of the
coat from which the letter had been
recovered. He said that in the letter
he had proposed marriage to the girl
he loved and thought he mailed it.
Receiving no reply he believed that he
had been rejected and left the city.
He had recently received an adorable
reply from the young lady with an ex-
planation as to how the letter had
been delivered and-the wedding day
had been set. All this be thought was
due to the "old clo' man" To the man
who had rendered him such good SER
vice be handed 500 note.
The moral of this romance Is do a
kindly act when you can" Another
moral might be drawn from the incl
dent. and tails is: When you write an
offer Of marriage to the girl you love,
be sure she gets the letter.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-19

within our own recollection, more
than one OF Russia's great ones has
) aid down his life, the victim to Nj
hilistic hatred, the "Great White Car
of 22tocratc power and strength, or
the Little Father" Of Implied love,
guidance and protection, both names
and names only, falling before the
cruel dynamite bomb and laying down
his scepter under the cal of death,
even as the lowliest peasant of his
mighty Empire.
Peter the Great founded the great
city of st Petersburg, but the best
thing he did for his Empire, was to
open it's doors to western civilization,
his ideas and plans living after him to
fulhlment through his people, whom
he had infused with his magnetic
spirit. Catherine III, while intellect
uai, comprehensive in her plans, strong
in their execution, and a wonderful
diplomat, adding much to Russia's
territory, was utterly devoid CT con-
science. She was succeeded by her
son, Paul, who advanced the country
to the rank of frst-ciass power, and
under Alexander /, Russia held the
balance of dominion In Europe.
Alexander | was followed by his
son, Nicholas l, stern despot, with
an inordinate faith In Russian PROV
ess His over-confidenee brought on
the Crimean war, in which Russia was
against Great Britain, France,
italy and Turkey, and which resulted
In the success of the allied armies.
Alexander III liberated 23,000,000
serfs4n 1861, but was assasSinated by
the Nihilists twenty years later, the
present Gar, Nicholas III, coming to
the throne November 1, 1894. and who
can predict his successor. Who has the
to suggest that he shall have
4 successor to the absolute power, the
autocratic dominion over his millions
If people!
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-19
HOUSE OF ROMASOEE
How the Family of the Present Gear
Got Ita PoNe r.

The recent turmoil Ia Russian az.
fairs brings TO mind that Russian So
premacy. like that Of many other
countries in the past, has been found
ed on the sand. The history of It's
rise and fall is that of other dynas-
ties, and once more we are brought
face 20 face with the fact that Hthe
worm will turn for history is fast
repeating itself.
Chief Ruric was the first Russian
ruler of any importance. He founded
IN S62 what afterwards BECAME the
Russian Empire. It's chiefs were cali
ed Grand Dukes until 400, when the
title of Gar was adopted A little
more than two hundred years later,
the Tartan invasion of the dreaded
Gengis Kahn laid Russia almost ia
waste, but Ivan the Great, conquering
these Mongols, again restored Russian
integrity.
The Russian rulers, up to the time
OF Peter the Great, generally died Vic
lent deaths, and in our own days, and
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-19
Statues of bismarck.

Bismarck has come to be about the
most bestatued figure In nineteenth
century hero worship. The monuments
erected in Germany to the man of
blood and iron" are not less alarming
in number than they are doubtlessly
low in any real art quality. Up to the
present the number unhappily COM
pleted is 204, and there are still 80 to
be inflicted on an already much-Bis-
marciIed people. The Kingdom Of Sax
ony leads with 81 monuments. Ger
mans dwelling in the wild continents
are also In the race. One Bismarck
statue oonfronts, IN an attitude Of be
coming dshanes, the savases Of the
South Seas. n tiss His1arsk Archl-
pelago. (M)
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-19

small stretcher bedstead in the middle
| of an empty room. His face had evil
IDENTIFY once been comedy, though now
disfgured by scars. His eyes were
closed, so if there was anything re-
pulsive about their appearance didn't
see it.
you are able to wear shoes then
Bob?"
cay, but you may notice they're
made of cloth and three sizes too big
for me. had a neat foot once, Jack,
and | still wear shoe when | can.
don't lie here like mummy all day.
sit by the kitchen fire."
How do you get up and down
stairs?"
would you believe 1t, Jack, she
carries me. / dare say you thought
her a rough one to look at, but she's
Just the woman to suit me. She's as
strong In the back as brewers horse.
II I'd had the pick of the county OF
Middlesex, / couldn't have married a
kinder hearted woman. And she mar
ried me for love. 1t was after the &C.
cident, you understand. Some said she
married me for my pensian, but | know
better, Jack. Tell US about Van Die
mans Land, JACK, 10 pass away the
time"
/ hesitated, for | know about as
much about Van Dieman's Land as /
10 Of the moon.
"Ah, see how it is, jack" said the
cripple. you're ashamed, and no
wonder. I like you the better for It.
But you needn't mind now. You've
served out your seven years and as |
always said you was young and led
away by Bill Hawkins. And, Jack,"
he added, confidentialIy. we've always
kept up the notion in the family that 1t
was poaching. 1t sounds more re-
spectacle than, than-you know what.
But say, Jack" pursued the Grip
pie, transportation can't be as bad as
it's represented. 1t has softened your
voice, made you talk better and given
you quite touch of quality. You were
a roughish young blade when bid you
goodbye at Milbank penitentiary. Do
you recollect how Bill Hawkins jeered
YOU because I gave yea mothers lit
tie clasp Bible?"
Here was pretty position for re-
spectacle young fellow to occupy. For
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-19

sleeper and he called out: "Kitty, Kit.
ty, Kitty, say, you amt come back
without him?" | stood perfectly still
and held my breath. After considering
a moment, | took a half-hearted steI
towards the door, when the man In bed
cried out in an excited voice: THAT'S
a mans step! My Jack, Is 1t you
All see, you wanted to surprise me,
1t is you, Jack, amt it?" He said
these last words in such a beseechine
tone, that / could not help answering:
at is"
-'Then where's Kitty?"
81 hope to see her presently"
said.
''Gone to the eook-shop to get some
thing in honor of your arrival, Jack.
wonder what 1t will be. Maybe an eel
pie with baked Eaters, or a plate OF
savory beef, or dish of billed tripe
and inions; ah-h."
''You seem to like good eating" /
ventured to say.
why. Jack, my boy. it's one of the
few pleasures have left. Thank God
my appetite's always good. And when
a mans lost the use of his limbs and
can't see out of his eyes, he makes the
best use of his stomach. I'd ask you
to light candle, Jack, but I'm half
ashamed for you to see what battered
hulk I've become. Twelve years ago,
when you emigrated. you understand
me, Jack Che said this in shy way),
was as handsome and well growed a
man as you'd wish to see, wasn't !,
Jack?"
"You were"
"And now I'm a useless cripple"
"How did it happen"
"Whatl you never got Kitty's letter,
directed to Hobart Town, Van Die
mans Land? And hasn't Kitty told
you. coming along in the cab?"
mot word"
"Ah, poor girl, she didn't like to
grieve You. Well, the powder mill in
which / was working blew up-they
mostly do every Ave years--and blew
me along with 1t; blew me up good
looking, active chap. Jack, and dropped
me down a miserable blind cripple"
AS he said these last words his voice
failed him and he shed tears.
"Ana how do you manage to iiyeY'
's'Well, Jack, the firm behaved very
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-19

IL was a darlciSh night with a stif
breeze blowing as l picked my way
through those quiet streets that Ii.
between Islington and Dalston. Jus
as 1 came 10 the corner of a street Z
strong pun of wind whipped off my
now shiny hat as neat as need be and
dropped it In an area. This was GER
tainly a nuisance, but not without
remedy | rang at the area bell, once
twice, thrice. but got no answer.
sounded the lions head knocker, once,
twice, thrice, and got no answer. Then
looked up at the windows and saw a
bill announcing This House to Let"
and noticed that the shutters were all
tightly closed.
The agent and / was about to knock
at the next door to learn where |
could procure the key, when, to my
astonishment, the door, as happened
TO lean against 1t, moved slightly in
wards. gave gentle push and
walked boldly in. l CROPPED my way
down the kitchen stairs. tried the
Kitchen door; it was locked and the
key was gone. | felt about and found
the back door leading to the area; IL
was locked and the key gone. My best
plan seemed to be to pick the lock of
the back door, il l could ind an old
nail or bit Of wire. SO ] crept up
stairs to the back parlor and CROPPED |
my hand along the mantel and window
frames, but with no success. l had |
noticed under the kitchen door the /
OF the light of fire, and
decided that the house must be in
habited. The next moment | stumbled
against wooden stretcher or bedstead.
put out my hand cautiously aR2 laid
[ on a mans head. My tumble
against the bedstead had disturbed thej
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-19

handsomely. They allowed me tea
shillings week and Kitty takes carr
of empty houses. We contrive tc
scratch along, somehow. But come
Jack, you've never offered your brother
your hand yet. Let me shake your
hand, even il you didn't care TO light a
candle"
stepped forward and gave him my
hand.
'LaWk, Jack, why your hands al
most like a geRtleman's hand! 1t
aint so soft as a dressmaker's or a
haberdasher's; it's about equal to a
master-builder."
"You seem to know all about hands, :"
observed.
"Ah," be answered with a sigh, that
comes of want of eyes. When / had
my sight took no note of such things,
but now I've a delicate touch. / wish
Kitty would come back with that sup
per. I'm getting throat hungry
Are you afraid of thieves here?'' /
asked.
"Why?"
Because you lock up your kitchen
and back door. Can you tell me where
the back door key hangs?'
It don't hang anywhere" replied
the cripple. Its In Kitty's pocket"
And the kitchen door key?"
In her pocket. They're all in her
pocket"
Here was another disappointment. I |
must wait until Kitty's return and face
her boldly. ] was interrupted in my |
reflections by my companion, who said: |
Come. Jack, strike light and take a
ook at your poor brother Bob. You'll |
ind the matches in one Of my shoes
md the candlestick is under my bed"
lighted the candle and saw man,
lbout forty years of age, lying on a
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-19

SO unto The man Is WOMAN:
Though she bends him, she obeys him.
Though she draws him. vet she follows.
Useless each without the other, ~Hlawntha.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-19

When You buy Wing Piano, you buy at whole-
sale. You pay the actual cost Of making It with
only our wholesale profit added. When you buy
piano, as many still do-at retail-you pay the
retail dealers store rent and other expenses.
You pay his profit and the commission or salary
OF the agents or salesrnen he employs-a these
on top Of what the dealer himself has 10 pay 10
tho manufacturer. The retail profit on a piano
Is from SIS to 5000. Isn't this worth savlngf
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-06-15
Elmer Myer drove to Summit Thursday

Elmer Myer drove to Summit Thursday,
Pete johnson of Pecvcr was calling on OF
friends here Friday.
Frank Hills of Corona was here Friday anC
entertained the young folks at his farm in the
evening.
G. NJ. Bollman and wife transacted bust
ness in Waubay Saturday.
Geo. White is putting paint on VIM. Thesis
Il wv house. He will take in the cheap rate tt
Evarts to call on his people who are in the
butcher business there.
Thesis Monday.
Our assessor was around Friday. He was
all pulled up and asked all kinds of questions
Warren Mallory Went to Watertown or
Friday to make final proof on his homestead
He took with him for witnesses c. p. Mund
and Fred Wright.
Or. Full of Waubay was in our town on pro-
fessonal business last week.
Ed. Riley, deputy sheriff, was canvassinf
in ortley and Alto townships last week for the
Case Thresher Co.
The writer was in attendance at the G.. A
r. encampment at the Agency this week. We
noticed that Il. NJ Ray and wife and G., NJ
Bollman and wife were there. two out of the
three old soldiers of the town. The crowds
were rather small, but the program was Al
right.