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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-24
Launching a Ship by Electricity.

From the Literary Digest.
The launching Of the new British battleship
Agamemnon, which took place on June D
at Dalmuir. Scotland. was marked by the
use Of ingenious new mechanism. In par
ticular, we are informed by a writer in
Engineering. that the old type OF dog
shores was replaced by an electrical ar
rangement connected to series of inter-
locking levers, which release the triggers
that hold the vessel until the signal. is
given that all is ready for launching.
Says the writer:
Two separate triggers were placed on
each side, each fitted with magnetic reply
gear to indicate on the launching platform
that the mechanism had worked satisfac-
torily The whole gear was controlled by
means Of a miniature steering wheel and
standard placed on the launching plat
form, and so adjusted that when the
Countess of Aberdeen, who performed the
ceremony, gave the wheel one complete
revolution, the triggers were released and
the vessel was free to run down the ways.
A powerful hydraulic ram was placed at
the forward end of the sliding ways on
each side Of the vessel. the cylinders being
coupled to the same supply pipe to insure
equality of pressure. These rams were for
the purpose Of giving the vessel a start If
she had not moved directly the triggers
were released; but in this instance they
were unnecessary. The drags for checking
the way on the ship after she had sue
cessfully taken the water were formed of
chain cables; three piles being arranged
on each side to come into play at suitable
intervals. The total weight Of drags en-
ployed was about GOO tons. and their action
in bringing the ship to rest was in every
way satisfactory. The total time taken
from the start until the vessel was actually
clear of the ways was l minute 81 sec
onds."
The writer says further:
1.-The particular berth upon which the
Agamemnon was built was specially pre-
pared for the laying down of vessel of
the largest and heaviest type great care
having been taken in the piling of the
area Nearly 1000 pitch-pine logs. each
forty feet long and twelve inches square,
were driven vertically into the ground with
of timber used in the preparation of the
berth amounting to about $1,000 cubic feet"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-24
Children's Growth.


Until the afe Of eleven or twelve boys
are taller and heavier than girls. Then the
girls for the next few years surpass the
boys both in weight and in height; but the
boys soon overtake and pass them.
The sons OF non-laboring parents are
taller and heavier than those of laboring
parents. The heads of girls are a little
rounder than those of boys. and always
little smaller.
1t has been found that children grow but
little from the end of November to the end
Of March; grow tall but increase little in
weight from March till August, and in
crease mainly in weight and little In height
from August to November.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-24
Indian and japanese Language.
rom the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
ut Is not generally known that the Crow
Indian language is very much akin to that
of the Japanese" said Col. S. c. Reynolds,
government agent at the Crow Indian
agency, who has been In Sheridan making
ARRANGEMENTS for the opening of 1900, 600
acres of the Crow reservation to settlement
during the last two weeks in June.
That an Indian tribe 1900 miles from
the coast should have many words In COM
mon with a nation on the other side of
the earth is most remarkable, and opens a
line OF theory and research upon which
ethnologists and lnguists can spend much
time and study.
lover on the Crow reservation, near the
Custer battlefield, lives negro named
Smoky Smoky was born on the reserve,
and has been adopted into the Crow tribe,
SO he Is an Indian. He talks the Indian
language better than he does English.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-24
Good-in Moderation.
From the Lancet.

It has more than once been stated that
tobacco smokers enjoy an immunity from
certain diseases, and the frequent presence
Of powerful antiseptic in the mouth. nasal
passages and sometimes the lungs. would to
some extent justify the statement. All the
same, it is most undesirable that this fact
should stimulate the practice of smoking
tobacco to absurd access, for tobacco
poisoning is a greater reality than many
peSSons think, and to employ tobacco In
abSsive quantities for the sake Of destroy
ing microbes might amount possibly to kill
ing the seeds of one disease only to con-
tract another.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-24
Precious Stones.
From the L'Eelalr.

Coquetry and the fashion of unstable
forms cannot explain the despotic attraction
that precious stones exercise over our
senses. Their fascinating power has never
ceased. They subjugate and enslave even
the most autere, and man esteems as price
less the charm OF their yoke. Art strives
to discover original reductions, to create
virgin enthusiasms, to enrich with new
tremors the subtle gamut of our sensations.
but without being able to detach us from
these necklaces, bracelets and jewels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-24

One day an old friend said: care you
troubled with constipation" said, Eyes;
have been for 2oyears, and don't ever ex-
pect to be cured" He told me to go to the
drug store and get bottle of E. T. Tablets.
After using them for three weeks l was
satisfied had at last found the right medi-
cine - the only one for me-" 100 doses, IS
cents. At your druggists.
soc. Thermometer and Barometer free
with every bottle of "E. Z. Tablets"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-24
His Contribution.

From the Baltimore American.
what did that old miser put down when
you asked him to contribute to the charita-
Bile fund?'
..I1iR foot"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-24
Pitchers
CaStOria.

The old kind. the
genuine: regular
35c. Special, lie.
3 for G0c.
Dickinson's Ex-
tract Witch Hazel.
&c. quart; regular
price, Hc.
H a n d y Lotion
for chapped hands:
regular 25c.: -spe-
cial. 1Oc.
German NJ a {,
gul ar price.
1925; special. $l.o4.
Absorbent Cot
ton, pound, PIC.
Pure Vaseline.
p o u n d bottles:
regular price. SOC.
Special. Csc.
Sugar Milk. 3Oc.;
now 21c.
Nursing Bottles,
3 for 10c.
Black Licorice,
2 sticks for &c.
Absolutely Pure
Carbolic Acid, To-
OF. bottles. 0c.
EPSON Salts,
per pound, SC.
Bicarb. Soda,
per pound. &c.
Blackberry Cor
dial. 10c.
Colgate's Violet
Talcum. 15c.
Sea Salt, a
CSC. bag for
TIC.
Rough on Rats.
&c.; usually lbc.
25c. c o ate
Tooth p o W i er
and 10c. cake
Cashmere Bouquet
Soap. l5c.
Glycerine. 25c.
per pint.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-24
Malt Extract

EXCfdCG
Liebig Malt Ex-
tract. SIPS per doz.
L on & Island
Malt. $1.25 per doz
Lime Water and
c urt Plaster
Free.
Best rem c h
Rosewater. per
pint. bottle in
cluded. 25c.
Licorice Powder.
per pound. &c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-24

+ Chloral. |
/ soc. Therme
: with bottle of
! Daily Drug
/. Needs.
/ Ener v e c emit
vichy and Kissen-
gen, in pound bot
+ ties. SOC.
4 Colgate's Elk
: tracts, any odor,
!. ounce. 25c-
+ Bromide Of Pot
+ ash. X h., loo.
Z Cold Cream in
(. pound jars; regu-
lar price. $1.W.
Special, 49c.
s Save the baby
buy a dozen Black
! Nipples for 25c..
:. or 2 for &c.
+ OIL of Winter
+ green: the kind
!. they ia k e for
rheumatism. No
+ charge for bottle.
+ Per ounce. 10c.
4 Phosphate Soda
!. pound cans: the
] best; re gull ar
|. price. 25c. Spe-
I cial. 15c.
Ene rye emit
+ P h o 8 p h a t e Of
+ Soda; best made:
]: in pound bottles:
1 regular price, 81.
j Special, SOC.
!. SeidlitZ p W.
ders; fresh daily.
+ Per box. 15c.
Belladonna Plas-
j tiers, 15c. Kin d.
! Special. 4 for Csc.
I g. grain Lithia
T a b l e t s, 25c.;
+ now 15c.
+ Hygienic Witch
+ Hazel Soap, --Oc.;
now &c.
]. Nine. LIE Fera's
/. Mando; at the de-
/. partment stores.
Soc; our price to-
+ morrow &c.
+ Pinaud's H air
+ Tonic: regularly
+ Soc. Special, 32c.
+ Household Am
{ monia, &c.
Extract Vanilla
+ (compound), used
+ for favoring; 5c.
I pint; reg lar
price, 81 to $50.
Harlem Oil, 3
bottles for 10c.
s u i p hur Can
: dies, each, &c.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-04-21

from one central polnt-from corps headquarters, so to speak--the La guna Dam. instead of constructing a separate project for each detached body of rrigable land along the river within the United States. This might be done. he thinks, by means of main canals running from the Laguna dam along each side of the river as far down on the American side as might be found necessary or profitable.
 AN INTERNATIONAL MANI
 FEST DESTINY"
 But there can and will be, of course, no crossing of the international bound ary line by the United States govern ment without the consent and coop eratlon of Mexico. It has become important in these later years that a new international agreement shall be reached, whereby the Rio Colorado will be converted in law from the stat us of a river which Is under the exist ing treaty navlgable stream, to the status of stream who paramount uses shall be for irrigation. This be- lleve Is manifest destiny" In respect to the lower reaches of this uncertain, yet very moist river, where wheel are liable to go on snags pr sand-bars any day or night, or be left high and dry By the shifting cur- rent.
 The destiny of this entire region, on both sides of the line, Is clearly agrl- cultural and stock growing. When we consider that the steady trend of the agricultural populations of the Middle and near Western States Is ever west ward, 1t can well be understood how he demand for productive lands, with water, in the Pacific States will go on and increase. Thrifty farmers who nave made competence on the "other side" and brought their lands up to the point of commanding good prices, and
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-04-21

ous conduct of the mighty river, which leaped It's muddy banks at the second intake. sixteen miles below Yuma, Is familiar to readers of The Times An unfortunate and unwsrranted cut was made by tIe California Developmen company, under Its former adminlstrs- ton, in the west bank of the river. at a point only short distance below the original intake at the boundary line, with the fatal result that the entire vol tune of the rivers tremendous flow left Its natural channel, sought the low CT plane thus opened for It. and took Its resistless way down Into that re- marksble depression which constitutes tr. basin of the so-called ''Salton Sea, sying below the level of the Pacific Ocean. In consequence, the bed of the Lower Colorado Is being steadily transformed into grass-produclng cattle ranch. But determined effort is now making by the reorganized Cal itornia Development company, under that man of action, Col. Epes Ran dolph, backed by the Southern Pacific company to repair the terrible blunder that was made when the second ln- take" was cut in the crumbling bank, sending the entire river on a new and destructive course. The work of stop ping and turning the stream back into its own channel is no light task, but the power and determination already shown by the men in charge promise l ultimate success, though at enormous expense. It is said that half a million dollars has already been expended in the work. Yet the stake is worth the cost,
 BELOW THE INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY
 LINE.
 On that portion of the peninsula of Lower California which lies between the base of the Cocopah range of on the west and the Cobra
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-04-21
Chambe rIaln's Cough Remedy the
 Best and Most Popular

Mothers buy it for croupY children, railroad men buy it for severe coughs and elderly people buy it for la grippe" !" say Moore Bros., Eldon, Iowa. "We sell more of Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy than any ether kind. It seems to have taken the lead over several other good brands" There is no question but this medicine is the best that can be procured for coughs and colds, wheth- CT it be child or an adult that is afflict- ed. It always cures and cures quickly. Sold by all dealers.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-04-21

do River on the east and between ihe
 international boundary line and the
 head of the Gulf of California, there
 Hes a vast body of fertile land In the
 territory of President Diaz--a body
 approxlmating million acres In area which Is entitled to water from the
 Colorado River and also from the lm- perial canal, traversing It's extent for a
 distance of fifty miles from northeast
 to southwest. A natural and pertinent question at this time, in connection with this large tract of fertile but only partially watered Mexican land, is; What will be the probable effect upon the Colorado River at the international boundary line, and below. of the con structIon by the United States of the Laguna Dam and collateral works and how great will be the probable reduc- ton in the normal flow of the stream at that line by reason of the existence of the dam and Its collateral irrigating worksp
 l put these tentative questions to the and his reply was Very lit- tie, from the amount of water intended to be diverted Into the canals (on the American side) at present
 Another interesting question, which have reason to believe has beer moo'ed in official quarters, Is this: Will 1t be feasible to supply an ade- 1uate volume of water from the La yuna dam and from lateral canals that might be built by the government in connection with that project. to irrigate he entire arable portion of the Lower Colorado Valley, including both sides of the linep Resident Engineer Vim cent believes 1t would be feasible, al- hough he has never calculated the lr- -igable area below the line. He also tha it would be better for the government to operate all the proposed projects for the Lower Colorado Valley
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-04-21

themselves In the selling out-mood,
 while looking to the Far West for new
 locations and new lands to conquer
 regions where more productive soil
 may be bought at lower rates, and
 new start In life can be made under
 more genial skies.
 The wisdom of the far-reaehlng proj- ect of natIonsl irrigation, as applied to the arid public lands of the West, will yet demonstrate itself trlumphanty, and the Laguna Dam will prove to be the foremost and strongest pioneer in the entire Reclamation campaign.
 On the productive lands lying below the international boundary line a group of Callfornians has entered and made a successful beginning in the enterprise of constructing lateral canals, growing forage and grain crops. and breeding cattle. horses, hogs, mules and other live stock. They are not operating under subsidy or subventIon, and have customs duties to pay tc the U. s. government on all live stock brought In for feeding from Chihuahua, Sonora, or other Mexican territory, and ultl- mately destined for the Los Angeles or other American markets Yet, de- spite these drawbacks, they are full of courage, hope and confidence. That portion of their lands lying along the national border Is reached by the South ern Pacific line running to Calexlco, and a branch line Is being built by the sarne company to run for distance of about forty miles further down into the tract.
 This whole region of the Lower Col orado River Valley is destined to see an immense agricultural and live stock development, with large surplus for shipment to the markets of the south ern metropolis, Los Angeles. Some of the shipments, notably hog and wheat products. may find an outlet via the Gulf of California, thus reaching ports on the west coast of Mexico. But the bulk of them will find Its way to Los Angeles.
 The capabilities of the soil of the Lower Colorado Valley are by no means confined to the crops which l have here enumerated. With scarcely doubt. it can be claimed that sugar beets, sugar cane, corn. cotton, tobacco and hemp will thrive in that fertile soil, warmed as 1t is by sub-tropical sun and fructified by the life giving waters of the mighty Colorado River of the West. HARRISON GRAY OTIS.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-04-21

My five room cottage in lmper- ial situated on 9th and H Sts., two blocks from business center Yard well fenced and 30 shade trees, ornamental vines, shrubs and greenery, chicken corral and outhouses. One of the coziest places in the town. Will rent for 5000 per month till next October to right party. Apply to F. C. Havens, Press office, Fl CentrO, Cal, or B. R. Chap lin, Imperial,
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-04-21
CHURCH NOTICES
Presbyterian Church

Preaching Services in Fl Centro First and Third Sundays of each month at 2;3O p. m. All are cordially invited to attend. REV. A. H. CRoco. Pastor.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-04-21

Start right in the hog business by buying some of those full-blood Duroc Jerseys from Porter N. Furguson, Holt vile, Cal
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-04-21
Christian Church

Preaching in the Hotel Franklin every Second and Fourth Sunday of the month. You are invited to attend.
 REV. J. +. Tour. Pastor.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-16
Sentimental lyrics.

How the popular song dies past all
resurrection is emphasized by the no.
tice of the death in Providence OF
Samuel N. Mitchell, who was the
author of some of the most widely
known in their day. We suppose that
not one in one thousand of the young
people who greet with avidity the
new songs of this day ever heard OF
Touch the Harp Gently, My Pretty
Louise" and yet it had a sale in this
country of more than 100000 copies,
to say nothing of it's immense popu-
larity in England That must have
been thirty or forty years ago. Mr..
Mitchell wrote Sadie Ray" for a
popular minstrel performer, and it
was sung and whistled and tum-tum-
med on pianos in every nook and cor
ner of this country. Most of the
copies long since went into the ash
barrels and the rest are in the at
tics. Look at the titles of some of
Mr.. Mitchell's most popular songs:
Dear Sunny Days of the Past, ("
Dance Me Papa, on Your Knee, y
amber Tresses Tied in Blue" "The
Lane That Led to School," MY Love
Sleeps Under the Daisies, Speak to
Me Kindly" Little Bright Eyes q
the Window" Maggie with the Soft
Brown Hair" Our Comrades Meath
The Sod" "The Sunny Smile of My
Darling" Sleeping in Deaths Camp
inc Ground" I'VE Deck Their Graves
Alike Today" when My Loves
Comes Home to Me-" Put My Little
Shoes Away" There are persons who
recall them, but for the most part
their singing days are over, and rag
time is more to the taste of the young
err generation. Mr.. Mitchelrs verses
were largely OF the saccharine type
that was affected by the tenor soloist
of the negro mirstISl company. As
poetry they were not, of course, pre-
tentious. Their author never dream
ed that they were. They did give in
nocent pleasure to thousands of per-
sons and when they had served their
purpose they were pushed aside by
the incoming of new school-New
Bedford Standard.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-16

ed as much as she talked about him TO
Grace. He seemed always to be think
ing deeply His mother cheered her
self with the notion that he was In
love. Men always grew distracted
and monosyllabic when they were in
love. Like any wise person, he want
ed to be certain before he said any
thing to her. She eyed him with a
sympathy warranted to drive an angel
to desperation.
Still Clarence spoke not. When nv
accident she discovered that he had
been at Wildens' alone on one of the
evenings he had told her he had an
engagement she began to plan his
house furnishings and to pick ont her
wedding present, not knowing that he
had merely stopped into return a book
and then had promptly departed. She
began to let down the nervous tension
and smilingly survey a triumph like
good general.
One night in that same week while
she waited for Clarence to come home
to dinner, she got telegram from
him. 1t said that he had married Jen-
ME Phillips that afternoon and they
had started on their wedding trip. 1t
was laconic, as was Clarences wont.
Jennie Phillips has always stood to
Mrs. Falworth for the quintessence of
everything she didn't want Clarence's
wife to be, so she is taking it hard.
AS for Grace, she says perhaps It
was just as well as, if not better, than
Clarence's getting the threatened au-
tomobile.-Chicago News.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-16
The Farm Camera.

Every stock breeder should own a
good camera and learn how to use
it to advantage. 1t is one Of the
best advertisers ever used in connec-
ton with the farm. No description Of
an animal can convey such a pleasing
idea as a photograph.
A few simple rules carefully OBJ
served will insure a good picture four
tiues out of five. The film cameras
are cheap and films do not cost much,
and the local photographer is always
ready to develop and make prints at
reasonable prices. One good photo
graph of an animal for sale would be
worth more to the breeder than the
cost many times over.
1t is customary for breeders to en-
Dloy professional photographers to do
the work. The expense usually is
from five to ten dollars, and the re-
suits are seldom satisfactory because
the photographer does not understand
lie points that the breeder wishes to
emphasize.
Live stock may be advertised by
photography to better advantage than
any other way. A picture used in a
paper calling attention to the adyer-
tisement makes the ad stand out
prominently. Successful stockmen are
good advertisers. Those who do not
advertise seldom make much money.
Field and Firesldo
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-16
A WIFE FOR CLARENCE.
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~ONO~~NN~~~


~RS. FALWORTH, after care
lMl fully looking over the field. de-
OON cided that the girl most suita-
BILE for Clarence 10 marry was Grace
Widen. X always reduced Mrs. Fal-
worth to a nervous headache to think
of her sons marrying at all, but she
realized that in spite of her influence
he was likely to be foolish enough to
do so some time and concluded it was
wisest for her to head of any blunder-
ing attempts on his part by seeing that
he got the right girl. If his own moth
err did not know what was best FOR
him, who on earth did?
By a process of elimination she
reached Grace, who for a time went
blithely on her way, unaware that she
had been marked for the sacrifice. Mrs.
Falworth lost no time. She attacked
Clarence with feminine circumlocution.
What a popular girl Grace Widen
is" she remarked fervently. Every
one seems TO admire her. You know
her, don't yen, dear?"
Clarence continued to scowl into the
mirror as he manipulated his necktie
"Who? Oh, yes!' he growled. 81
know her. What the dickens is the
matter with this blamed tie. anyhow p
This was not encouraging, vet his
mother did not despair. She cultivat
ed Grace's mother; she asked them tc
dinner; she inveigled Clarence int
taking her to call upon the Wilder
family in the evening. The polite cor
dlality of Grace and the civilized VI
banity of her son did not strike he
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-16
Sending Messages In Paris.

The telephone system of Paris
leaves considerable to be desired and
meets with constant complaint on the
part of the subscribers. One of the
latter. endeavored to test the speed
of the various means of communica-
ton of the city, sending messages in
different ways from his room in the
Rue Richelieu, in the centre of the
city, to friend on the Avenue de la
Grande Armes, near the Bots de
Boulogne. He found that a bicycle
messenger had made the trip in IL
minutes and Is seconds, as compar-
ed with % minutes for cab. A mes
sage sent via the Metropolitan Rail-
way required 81 minutes, by omnibus
"a minutes, telegram 35 minutes, a
message by the pneumatic tube three
hours, while the message sent by
telephone did not arrive at all.-Har-
per's Weekly.