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Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-03-23
Why He Wanted an Autograph.

A young man once wrote to William Dean Howells for his autograph. The novelist replied in a typewriter line:
 Have you bought my last book2"
 The young man answered:
 q have not. want to sell your auto graph in order to get money enough to buy it."
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-03-23
Tolerance In Lnnnn.

westerners seem to find 1t incon- ceivable how the Japanese can main tain allegiance to different creeds at one and the same time One broad ex- planation of this Is that we as a nation are tolerant in mind, especially In mat ters pertaining to religion. = Japan Times of Tokyo.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-03-23
Who Gets Your VOtef

Do you see that man there" re- marked barber to a customer in his chair. "Well, he has had one and the same job for the past forty-seven years and has been married all that time, and his wife has never at any time during that period known what salary
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-03-23
CHURCH NOTICES
Presbyterian Church

Preaching Services ill Fl Centro First and Third Sundays of each month at 2:30sp. m. All are cordially invited to attend. REV. A. H. CRoco, Pastor.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-03-23
The Combination.

Miss Millyun-One can be very hap py in this world with health and mon- ey. Deadbroke-Then let's be made one. I have the health and you have the mOney.-Illustrated Bits.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-03-23

ton of Italy, Sicily and Greece. The first king of Denmark Is said to have been Skiold, 60 B. c.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-03-23

List your lands with the Ira Aten Land Go They can give you best results.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-03-23
Christian Church

Preaching ill the Hotel Franklin every Second and Fourth Sunday of the month. You are invited to attend.
 REV. J. F. Tour. Pastor.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-05-17
Berlin Bars BillbOards.

Billboards are prohibited in Ber-
lin, but public advertising is con-
fined 10 neat pillars on the edge of
the sidewalk at the principal street
corners. These columns (called
"Litfass Saeulen," after the origin
ator) are twelve feet high and three
feet in diameter, the exterior having
an advertising surface of from eleven
to twelve square metres.
In April, 1901, Berlin advertised
for bids Tor the privilege OF these
advertising columns for ten years,
and the successful bidders are pay
ing an annual rental OF 100000
marks 1895 5,000). At that date there
were 700 columns already erected.
and the number was at once to be
materially increased.
The city may use the interior OF
the columns for storing utensils for
street-cleaning and sand for use in
the streets, for switch apparatus, for
public electric lights and meters for
electric street railways. etc. These
columns, therefore, are provided with
doors and locks.
All placards must be approved by
the police authorities before being
posted. The city authorities have
the right TO demand at any time the
free posting OF Official notices.
At the present time, as in America.
multicolored. changing, electrically
Illuminated signs are much in vogue.
80 that the business part OF the city
at night Is dazzlingly brilliant.
Sandwich men" are occasionally
seen, but this Is regarded as degrad.
ing labor and is not much practissd.
From Consular Reports.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-05-17
Maine Sardines.

Eastport packers, at a recent meet
ing. agreed upon a standard quality
OF saTdines. which means that the pack
of 1907 will be uniform in quality.
Under the Pure Food Law a closer
watch will be kept upon the product
of the factories, and the packers who
try TO evade the agreement entered
into will find themselves up against
the law. II the goods can be put up
in such manner one time they can
be put up in the same way at an
other time, and the jobbers and com.
mission merchants will ask them TO
keep faith upon the slightest indica.
ton OF remissness on their part. The
sardine business will be greatly bene.
fted by the agreement in question.
and the consumers will feel satisfied
with the assurance OF the seller that
the goods are all right. -Kennebee
Journal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-05-17
Topaz Weighs Forty Pounds.

Edward Hauk, young assayer,
brought into town from a point about
seven miles north of here, in what
is known as the Copper Mountain
District, giant specimen of clear
topaz, probably one of the largest
that has ever been found, as II weighs
forty pounds. It is very beautiful
tsiX sided), with each plane almost
as perfect as could have been done
artificially. Its full value is hard
TO determine, but as ordinary-siZed
topazes of the high-grade type of this
one bring about $40 each. il is not
difficult TO see that a large number
of elegant stones can be cut from the
Hauk topaz-fully 1000 at least.
The stone is about three times as
long as it is broad, and its form is
not unlike that OF six-inch gun.
II is almost transparent, light pass
ing through II easily without much
refraction, the result being that the
rays emitted are nearly as brilliant
as those from a diamond. Victor
tCalD Dispatch TO the New York
World.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-05-17
AN INSTRUMENT OF PROGRESS

Here's 10 the flashing axe
That cleared n glorious way
For the men who fought and wisely
wrought
y road for an empires sway.
Hark 10 the mighty crash,
Its echoas are sounding still
That brought the trees 10 the sturdy knees
Which were backed by an iron will.
Hark 20 the chidren's cry,
I'm fancy heard to-day.
When the red man yelled and
The rife held the ruthless Zoe at bay.
Rife, and axe. and spade.
Honor. and trust IN God
These were the tools that made
The road that a nation trod.
Thus have the men Of the West
Sprung from gallant page.
And the power 10 hew. 20 dare and do,
Is their priceless right OF heritage.
Proud should the children he
That their fathers ,ires were men
Who mapped line from brine to brine
With a flashing axe for a pen.
Then here's 70 the flashing axe,
And the men Of mettle true:
Nav - blade .o bright be a beacon Light
To thc boys that belong to YOU.
FOREST and Stream.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-05-17
Deafness Cannot BE Cured

IvIocal app plications as th'y cannot r"nchthe
discas, oftion Of the"ar. There ispnlN one
wnv 10 cure d'Hlncss, and that T. 10y ronsti-
utional remedies. Deafness ~ caused byhn
iinamed condition of a." mucous lining ot
the IustarEian Tube. when thistubc sin
famed YOU have a rumhinP sound orimper-
feet hearing, and when II is entirely closed
Deafness il H." result. and unless the milan
nation can be- taken out ana this tub" re
stored TO its normal condition, hearing will
br destroyed forever. Nine cases ont oi ten
are caused hy catarfh, which Is nothing butan
innamed condition ~ ia" mucous surfaces.
We will give One hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls catarrh Cure. S"nd Tor
circulars free. +. j. tHrNEY& Go. Toledo %.
Sold by Druggists. i5c.
lake Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-05-17
An Ideal Speech.

THAT speech of yours was very
carefully prepared" said one states
man.
Yes" answered the other; u tpok
great pains with II. ] don't think /
said anything that won't be able TO
retract at any time without cmbarrdss-
ment t."-Washington Star.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-05-17
BABYS ECZEMA GREW WORSE.
Hospitals and Doctors Could Not Re.
Iieve Digasc-Cuticura Remedies
Speedy. Permanent Cure.

Eczema appeared when our baby was
three months old We applied TO several
doctors and hospitals. each Of which gave
us something different every time, but moth.
ing brought relief At last. one ot our
friends recommended 10 W. Cuticura Soap
and Cuticura Ointment 4 few days after
wards improvement could be noted. Since
then we have used nothing but Cuticura
Soap and Cuticura Ointment. and now the
baby is six months old and - quite cured.
All that We used was one cake Of Cutlcura
Soap and two boxes Cuticura Ointment.
costing IN all sl2j. &. r. Nara. 343 Fast
Gjth Street. New York March ~. 1906
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-05-17

Chinese cities object so strongly 10
additional openings being made In
their walls that the new railways are
compelled TO build their stations just
outside. Neither railways nor trains
can enter the cities.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-05-17
Pounded into Him.

Mrs. Sparrow really don't KNOW
what TO think Of Willie; he's the Gull.
eset boy You can imagine.
Prof. Owl--Have YOU tried 10 teach
him anything Yourself?
Mrs. Sparrow have. Nhy
time and again I've taken him I'm the
midst of wireless messages, but he
doesn't know even the first three let
ters of the Morse alphabet.-Puck.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-05-17
Clearly a Marriage Of Love.

When woman chooses man with
q bald head, a pair Of bowlegs and "A
Saturday night pay check Of $40, you
can't accuse her OF marrying for any
thing put pure, unalloyed, uncontain-
mated. unqucstioned and undying love.
-Lemar. Mo, Democrat.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-05-17

The inducements 10 adopt Natures per.
feet Laxative. Garfield Tea, are many! II
is made wholly of simple llcrbs and II
guaranteed under the Pure Food and Drugs
Law: n overComcs constipation, regulates
the liver and liducys pur''Hts the blood
aud brings Good Health.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-05-17

New York city's Board of Health
reports a remarkable increase OF pneu-
moiia. tuberculosis and cancer, above
the number of cases of year ago.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-05-17

Spring always bring- INTO special favor
Naitue's blood purifier. Garfield ca IL -
made wholly ~ clean. sweet HERDS. u
purife- the blood. cleanses the system,
clssr. the complexion, eradicates disease
80 promote. Gdod Health. For young
and old
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-05-17

The aggregate OF wealth buried with
Turkeys Sultans would pay Russias
national dept NE2O
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-05-17
Appendicitis,

Wife: Now that Dr Parker has
married that millionaire, TO you sup
pose he'll cut us2'
Husband: Yes; but he'll charge
more for doing it"--Judge.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-05-17

The Republic Of Panama contains
about 2O.7s1 900 acres Of land. OF
which about 1850 acres are under
cultivation.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-05-17

FITS. 81. Vitus Dance Nervous Diseases per.
manentlycured by DR. Klne's Great Nerve
Restorer. So trial bottle and treatise ncc.
DIR. II. Il. Kline Id. g3l Arch st., Phila., Ia
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-05-17

NoSos more sooas brigntsr sBd faster co.Ofs y
OSS aay ssTnest UlLsovt rDtins apart
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-05-17

thsa any other dye. one loc. T.esase coiofs AL
" rits for free tooslet-Hov W Dye, biesch and
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-05-22
RooUEFoRT CHEESE.
How the Green Mold and the Flavor
Are Produced.

a cheese expert has the following
to say about Roquefort cheese:
TO make HOQuefort cheese we must
have the proper raw material-sheeD's
milk or course we have sheen In
America. but show me a Yankee farm
er who would 20 20 the trouble OF milk
ing sheep, II Is even too much for
BIN To milk cows. and II Is the stand
ard iamentatiOn OF al our farmers
that the boys. even # they stay on the
farm. do not want 10 do any milking
Before they 30 such KIND OF work they
would rather 20 10 Il business school or
n college where they study agriculture
chemistry. etc.
How is Roquefort cheese cured?
The mold IN the cheese Is produced by
moldy breadcrumbs which are ground
TO a green dust and mixed I'm the
cheese curd. The country around
Roquefort Is very rocky. The lime
stone rocks are full OF crevices and
caves, which draw in the warm air IN
summer. give it out In winter. and vice
versa
These caves have been provided by
nature and improved by cellars that
have been built IA such q way that
these natural currents OF warm and
cold air pass through them. where
RoquefOrt cheese Is cured. This IS the
way that Roquefort cheese IS riDened
and gets its peculiar flavor and char
actcr. 1t IS all very well for the sci
entists TO study the chemical process
which the cheese IS undergoing. but to
nTnIf1nn a =.
way IS another question. Nature Is
the best chemist.
1.-The manufacture of RoQuefort
cheese has been tried in America. but
the manufacturers did not make much
Of 4 success. Nobody manufactures
ROquefOrt I'm America at present. We
know OF one manufacturer who tried TO
make Roqucfort cheese of goats milk.
He boosted especially that he would
use only the milk Of imported goats.
Just think Of the idea, Imported goats
grazing on American pastures were
expected 70 give better favored milk
than domestic goats. It IS the climate.
the special soil. atmospheric influences.
etc. which produce the fine fragrant
grass. The milk Of the cows or goats
or sheep IS naturally the product OF
the grass they are eating. the water
they are drinking. and neither this nor
the climate nor the country can be i'm
ported 20 America-only the product
which the climate or country produces
That is why neither the American
Camembert nor Roqucfort ever has tho
flavor or fragrance Of the imported ar
ticle i'm spite OF all the Imported goats
or imported cattle or even Of imported
microbes. Chicago Record-Herald.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-05-22
HAMPTON COURT.
Stories of the Haunted English Royal
Pa.ace.

Palace.
Tales OF uncanny happenings cling 70
old Hampton court. the English royal
palace on the Thames built by Cardinal
WolSey. Not long ago policeman as
serted that he saw ghostly funeral
procession there. The London Chronicle
remarks: The most definite OF these
old stories concerns Mistress Shell
Penn. who was Edward Wis nurse and
died az the palace IN 1862. She was
buried IN Hampton church. and n
monument was erected which was II
revercntly destroyed when the old
church was pulled down in 1920. Soon
after this strange noises as Of n woman
working q spinning wheel were heard
through the wall Of one Of the rooms
IN the southwest wing Of the palace.
When search was made by the Office OF
works an ancient chamber was dis
covered in which an antique spinning
wheel was found, the old oak planks
being worn away where the treadle
struck the floor. After this Mrs. Penn
ghost is said 20 have appeared to many
occupants oc the palace: but. according
20 Law, the historian Of Hampton
court. she has not been seen since 1856.
when her tall. gaunt form. dressed in
long gray robe. nearly frightened a
younS soldier 90 death.
Another well accredited story relates
how ii certain lady Of title who lived on
the west side OF the Fountain court in
1870 was frequently conscious OF the
presence in her room Of two invisible
beings and she was greatly disturbed
by the mysterious sounds that emanat-
ell from various quarters of her apart
mentS. She addressed formal COM
plaint 10 the lord chamberlain. This
gentleman referred her 10 the Office Of
works. which. however. declined To in
terfere on the ground that there were
no funds at their disposal FOR any such
purpose and that the jurisdiction OF the
first commissioner did not extend 10
the spirit world
AZ last. however, on Nov. >. 1871.
some wOrllmen. while eXcavating in the
cloister Of the Fountain court, came up
on two perfect skeletons Of full grown
men opposite 70 Lady rs door. They
We're given Christian burial In Hamp-
ton church. and the mysterious noises
Immediately ceased. Now the only
ghost that is seen IN the palace IS that
OF Jane Seymour queen of Henry VII
which. some residents say. stiu occa-
sionally wanderS. with lighted taper
In her hand. in the neighborhood OF
Silver Stick gallery"
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-05-22
The eILA MONSTER.
Strange Ways Of This Dreaded and
Hard Biting Reptile.

OF some OF the strange ways OF the
giia monster, that little Known crea.
ture or the southwestern deserts. a cor
respondent writes: Il have had some
experiences with ella monsters and
can state that. no matter what sclen-
lists may claim. the ella monster is n
good thing TO shun. Indians and Mexi-
cans have a horror OF u and fear
II more than a rattlcsnake. 10
lieye that the bite OF the CHA r. ...Sfer
Is dangerous because OF the creatures
habit of eating lizards. bugs ami To
dents and then lying ON sand 50 hot
that II blistcrs the hands and feet OF
men. The neat causes the food to Du-
trefy In the stomach. evidenced By the
fact that the teeth are often covered
with fermented. putrefied frOth from
the food. y bite has the same effect as
the cut Of dissecting knife used on a
eadaver-in other words. the inOcula-
ton of n deadly poison.
When frightened or angry he can
move quite rapidly. That short, thick.
stubby tail is used in jumping. Just as
n kangaroo uses his tail. The ella mon
ster bites Ike bulldog and has the
tenacity Of a swapping turtle. | once
saw some men teasing a ella monster
brought TO Tucson. \ string was tied
around his neck. The ella monster was
crawling around on the ground. trying
TO get away. but was pulled back BIZ
the string. This was carried on TIL the
creature became furious The crowd
around the ella monster knew nothing
or bis power to spring. Suddenly he
sprung up and bit Il man among tho
crowd on the hand. leaplRg fully two
feet from the ground.
Another instance. this OF n man
whose chief object seems to have been
n foolhardy display OF fearlessness. He
was holding owe OF the monsters I'm his
hand by the back OF It's neck. so 1t
could rot bite him. He dropped his
hand TO the side OF his leg. The ella
monster shut his teeth down on his
heavy duck OveraIls. taking n double
piece out where the cloth folded as
quickly as a pair OF scissors could have
cut the fabric and as cleanly."-Cbi-
cagO News
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-05-22

The most primitive toy is the doll.
1t dates back to prehistoric times and
Is found in every part Of the world.
This one would naturally expect to
find. \ child. seeing its mother nurs-
Ing younger children. would initiate
the example with an lmprovised doll.
Toy weapons. again, are older than
history. Many OF the older toys at
present in use date from the earliest
times Of which we have any record.
In the tombs Of the ancient Egyptians.
along with painted dolls having NOV
able limbs. have been found marbles.
leather covered balls, classic balls and
marionetteS moved by strings. Ancient
Greek tOmbs furnish clay dolls. toy
horses and wooden carts and ships.
In the Louvre there are some Greco
Roman dolls of terra Gotta with NOV
able Joints fastened by wires. Greek
babies had rattles platage). Greek
boys played With whipping toys. So
did the boys in ancient Rome (VergiI-
Aen.; blk. n. Horace speaks Of chii-
dren trundling hoops, playing odd and
even with nuts. etc.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-05-22
BOOMERANG INVENTIONS.

Clisthenes introduced the custom OF
ostracism and was the first TO be ban.
ished thereby.
Matthew Hopkins, the witch finder
was himself tried by his own tests
and put TO death as wizard.
Ludovico Sforza, who invented the
iron shroud, was the flrst TO suffer
death by this horrible torture.
Perilos, who invented the brazen
bull for Phalaris. tyrant OF Agrigen.
tum, was the first person baked to
death in the horrible monster
The Regent Morton Of Scotland, who
invented the maiden, sort of guillo.
tine, was the first to be beheaded there
by. This was In the reign of Queen
Elizabeth.
The bishop OF verdun, who invented
the iron cages. too small 20 allow the
person confined In them to stand up
right or lie at full length, was the
first to be shut up I'm one
The perriere was an Instrument for
throwing stones OF 1900 pounds In
weight, and the inventor Cell victim
to his own invention by the accidental
discharge OF perriere against wall,
Scrap Book.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-05-22
ABUSE OF THE DEAD.
Queer Custom of the Basas Forehs of
french Guinea


The BagaS FOrehs. who live in French
Guinea. quit life in manner anything
hut commonplace. When a man dies
his wife and children do not lament
him. Instead they are angry at having
been abandoned. They prop the body
up against The house with the forked
branch of tree and invite their
friends and relatives 10 come. all OF
whom are furious that one of their
own has left them. When all the guests
have arrived the wife OF the deceased
advances and addresses what was
once her husband In n way well calcu-
lated To scare his ghost away from the
neighborhood.
There now. listen, You'd leave me.
would your So you don't want 10 live
with me; Why do you do this way?
Haven't l always been n good wife to
your Haven't been good mother 10
Your children? Haven't your rice and
fish always been well cooked? Have
you anything 10 reproach me with?
Nothing. Then shall not you 20? Cow
ard. Traitor, You shall not leave
without receiving the correction that
such conduct deserves"
Then the blows begin to rain down
upon the poor dcfenSeless figure. Pres
emily the tired wife gives place to the
children, and they In turn to the rela.
uves and friends. all of whom similar
~ abuse it. At length. with natural
human impulse, their fury spent. they
try 10 make amends to the hapless
corpse. They battle It and bury II 4
meter deep inside the house. and each
day ut the dinner hour the family
places on the tomb some grains Of rice
and a little palm wine for refreShment
OF the soul should 1t return.-Washing
ton Post
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-05-22
Nervous New Workers.

IF anybody needs 10 be convinced
that New Workers are 4 nervous lot,
Just let him peep under dining room
tables at mealtlme and see the posi-
ton of the feet ana he viii have all
the proof he wants" remarked the pro-
prietor Of 4 popular restaurant Not
one person In Il hundred sits with his
feet planted sQuarely on the floor
while eating. Some twist their feet
around the legs of tables and chairs.
some sit with them crossed. others rest
the feet on the tips of the toes. while
still others bear their whole weight
down on the heel Since IL is only the
fatty planted foot that Indicates an
equable temperament. IL is easy to see
what nervous irresponsible crow.
the army Of diners out really is"
New York Post.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-05-22
F A r VA
FOR.SALE

A FARM, consisting of G65
n acres. lying on the Blue
Ridge Mountain. u miles
from thc Government Weather
Bureau. 300 acres of this land is
cleared and good smooth farming
land. Would make a fne fruit
farm. The remainder is in oak.
poplar. chestnut, pine and locust
timber. There is an excellent stand
for store, aud business man
could clear $75 per month ON the
store stone. a good Grist Mill is
located on the farm. The proposed
Trolley Line from Winchester to
Washington will cross the farm.
An abundance OF good Building
Stone upon the farm. and limestone
for lining purposes within Z mile.
This property will be sold at an
extremely low price.
For further particulars,
address,
NIX, Care of CoUmER,
Berryville, Va.