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Evening journal., 1907-03-04
charIes RommeII Rseoverlnu.

George RommeL of No. 21s North
Broome street, has retudned
from Baltimore where he visited his
son, Charles, who had both legs cut
on I'm a railroad accident in Chicago
several weeks ago. The injured man
is in the City Hospital. but II recov-
ering so rapidly that he Is now able
10 sit in a chair ana be wheeled about
Evening journal., 1907-03-04

Editor The Evening Journal
Can you inform me how two trains, each
composed Of an engine and ten cars and
each going in an opposite direction can
pass on a single track road by means Of
q turn table mo switches or sdings) which
viii hold but two engines or an engine
and car at one time. After passing each
engine must be in proper position at the
head Of its train and headed In the di-
rection of its original course.
Yours,
A Railroader.
Evening journal., 1907-03-04

The Morning News, edtorially, opposes re-
duced railroad fare for the people of Delaware.
1t voices the views of the railroad company and
sees nothing but disadvantage to the people to
pay a two-cent instead Of a three-cent fare. It's
argument of poor train service is absurd, as is
proven by the New York, New Haven and Hart
ford and New York Central railroads, on which
roads fare is by law limited to two-cents, and yet
the service on those roads is equal to any in the
country.
Evening journal., 1907-03-04
Store Nearly Finished.

This week the Wilmington Candy
Company win remove from its present
store in Market street. above Fourth
to its former place Of business in Mar
ket street, below third street. which
was practically destroyed by fire In
December last. The store has been
remodeled and improvements are near,
~ completed
Evening journal., 1907-03-04

There is cause for much congratulation in the
fact that the plant of the Diamond State Steel
Company is to be placed in operation again All
the requirements for the purchase Of the property
have been met and there will be ample capital
behind the enterprise The steel plant is the one
large industry OF the city, that has been idle for
a long period, but when it resumes again under
the reorganization plan in these prosperous times
its success should be assured
Evening journal., 1907-03-04

VIII the Strangers (Revised Statuttes) Com
mittee Of the Senate-Conner, Sparks. Reed, Rose
and Hart-report this week any OF those meri-
torious bills it has been holding five or six
weeks? Not unless the corporations say so, and
they have alseady given their ORDERS
Evening journal., 1907-03-04
Red Nor Adopt PaIeFaces.

Lenape Tribe. Improved Order OF
Red Men, adopted fifteen palefaces at
their wigwam on Saturday nights
sleep The degree team gave its usual
splendid service
Evening journal., 1907-03-04

In the mad rush to raise the salaries of nearly
every public official of the State the Legislature
has completely ignored the mertorious appeal OF
the school teachers Of our city. The teachers
salaries are disgracefully low and greatly made
quate, and in most instances not onehalf of those
clerks whose salaries the Legislature has nearly
doubled. This is another instance of the woeful
lack of competent and honest leadership in the
Legislature, and which will have a very damag-
ing effect upon the party at the city election in
June
Evening journal., 1907-03-04

There is a bill in the Legislature intended to
save the taxpayers of our nearly bankrupt city
about $1,000 by authorizing the Department of
Elections to use at the city election the original
registrations instead Of unnecessary copies for
which the clerk of the peace pays $Ioo and gratis
the city for over 5000 Against the interests of
the taxpayers and solely for the benefit of Clerk
of the Peace Quigley lobby is working to defeat
the bill Is this another. case where the Legisla-
ture will be guided by private and personal in
terest and put again its sting into the people?
Evening journal., 1907-03-04

Ins newspaper Is sale at Broad street and Twenty
lourh and Chestnut railroad stations, phadel-
pna and at the Broadway Theatre stand New
Evening journal., 1907-03-04
NOTICE TO THE PrrRLrc,

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
ANY erroneous reflection upon character standng
OF reputation Of person firm corporation whlch
may appear In these will be gladly corrected
upon request
Evening journal., 1907-03-04

No attention paid 10 unsigned communications.
Advertising rates on application.
Evening journal., 1907-03-04

In considering the selection OF an
executor it will be well to remember
that this company never dies, is never
incapacitated for immediate action, Is
never absent from its place Of BUSH
ness, not too engrossed In personal af-
fairs to give proper attention to its
trust duties. It's officers moreover are
always available for consultation at
any business hour Of any business day.
Evening journal., 1907-03-04

Gladstone
Evening journal., 1907-03-04
ESCAPES FROM COUNTY IAILs.

THE escape of twenty prisoners at crack
- from Kent county Jail has started some
papers in the lower counties to agitate again the
desirability of removing the long-term and dan
gcrous criminals from the insecure structures at
Dover and Georgetown to Greenbank The old
Sussex Jail has long been sieve The prisoners
can get away whenever they fancy. Kent was
supposed to be escape-proof but the fight OF the
criminals from that structure was on about as
large scale as have been any OF the deliveries
from Georgetown.
As the Sussex Republican points out, the sher.
ifs Of Kent and Sussex during recent years have
had TO deal with many desperate criminals, and
it has been a task to keep them in subjection By
removing them to county workhouse the
Kent and Sussex officials would be relieved OF
burden which would be more than compensation
for the loss of the board of the prisoners.
Evening journal., 1907-03-04
TERMS or SUBSCRIPTION.
FOUNDED 1899.

D. 8 A. s0o-TELHpEoNHs-Ds-marvia sa's -'-
Evening journal., 1907-03-04

hy mail postage prepaid $500 a year, or % cents
month"; rayable in advance. BY carrier six cents week
Evening journal., 1907-03-04

ALL THE NDws FROM EVERYWHERE
Evening journal., 1907-03-04

The policemen should not drop their excellent
idea of peusion fund for the retired or aged
members Of the force who have served the city
many years. Council will undoubtedly take up
the matter in the near future and give it earnest
consideration. But even should Council not see
its way clear at this time because OF the strait
ened condition of the city's finances and pending
a new taxation system, the policemen should con-
tinue agitating their pension fund By levying
small assessment on the members and through
various entertainments and benefits a large
amount could be accumulated and there should
be no difficulty in making the plan a success.
Evening journal., 1907-03-04
Question for Rallroadera.

Philadelphia. March 4.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-04-27
OLD TIME ADJUSTMENTS.
Cold Water Baths Helped to Cure
 swearing and scOIAinG.

Cold Water Bat Helped tO Cure
 swearing and >"OldinG.
 To punish a child in such way tlWt it will see the direct connection be tween the correction and the fault is one of the preceptS of modern educa- tion. The judge of the eighteenth cen. tury was not worried by such psy- chological theories but his decisions often had the grim humor of fitness
 What could be better for the scold than a cooling plunge or for the wife beLter than d few laShes on his own back:
 A number of tender handed English galantS joined a pioneer expedition to Virginia The weather was cold and the work hard. When these soft mus cled young men were set at chOpping trees their hands were sorely bliStered by the ax helves. With the cries of pain many oaths were heard.
 The president of the company soon put a stop to this swearing by ordering a can of cold water to be poured down the sleeve of the guilty one at every oath he uttered.
 In colonial days hog stealing was considered one of the most serious of crimes. At the first Offense the thef'S ears were slit. at the second his ears were nailed to a pillOry, and at the third he suffered death "withOut bene fit of clergy"
 Deceitful bakers and careless fish dealers had to lose their ears" while he who spoke detracting words had his tongue bored by DOdkin.
 A Frenchman. travelling in America in HOO, describes the ducking stool as a pheasant mode" of punishing scolding woman.
 In 1885 Thomas Hartley of Virginia wrote of his witnessing the execution of a ducking stool sentence:
 "Day before yesterday at of ye Clock, I saw this punishment given to one BetSey Walker, who by ye vlo- fence of her tongue made her house and her neighborhOod uncomfortable. They had a machine for ye purpose, vt belongs to ye Parish, It has al ready been used three times this sum mer
 "Ye Woman was allowed to go un- der ye water for ye space of F min ute. Betscy had a stout stomache and would not yield until she had been under five times. Then she cried bite ously. Then they drew back ye Ma chine, united ye Ropes and let her walk home a hopefully pcnitent wO- man" Youths Companion.
 Willing tO Chance Ii.
 It is reported of the Earl of Mans held that he once dismissed a servant, but wrote for him character" as follows: "The bearer. John --, has served me for three years in the ca pacity of Coachman. He is an able driver and a very sober man. l dis charged him because he cheated me" A day or two later the man returned to thank his old master for the help he had afforded him in getting him new birth How had the testimonial help. ed him? The man explained that his new master had observed that ability to drive and sobriety were the qualities he required in a cOachman. As for the cheating his employer had said, "I'm a YOrkshireman. and I'll be hanged if vOu cheat me"
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-04-27
TEssIE THE WAITRESS.
The Reason That Faithful No. t2
 Took Day on.

Like the fatel duchess in Brown ings poem, TeSSie smiled upon all men. No matter how intricate the order or how many times you sent things back, she never grumbled There was al. ways a struggle to get a seat at her table. The boys who regularly gath cred in the downtown restaurant at half past r. would wait fifteen min utcS for the privilege of being served by TCSSic They iIilCd her good deal and always were rewarded by q flash iny smile and d twinkle of the eye. d bit ot repar;ec or perhaps little eX tra attention c their order But nev. CT did one of them presume upon her fr.CldliucSS and bon Camaradcric to ovcrstcp the very certain line which she had drawn between herself and those whom she served. She was youlg piquant ani pretty, but she "mothcrCd" thrm all. and, no matter how tcndcrly she might ask if the eggs were just right or the coffee hot they knew that it was useless to miSntcl' pret that "mothrrug
 Tessic stayed in the doWHtoWn lunch room just three years. Fron the d1y she came tht managers discerning eye discovered prize in hcY. and from thr ladies table she was pjpm.,cd tD ol' where masculiuity and tips were m)'r frequent If a waitress wore @b'rnt. TcsSic was always given the "cT,ra table to serve and she never co@piain- ed TeSsic was never tardy. never too i'll to work. never distlHit or care less. TirelcSsly she went up and down with her arms full If dishes and food "Thc boys" used to speculate sometimes upon Tcssie's matrimonial possibilities and hazard gueSseS as to what they would do when some fellow carried her off t) wait on himself cX clusively. But in time she became such fixture that they ceased wonder ing why such q pretty girl was forced to work in a quick lunch room and gave mp the thought that she would ever marry at all.
 That is why they were very much surprised one day when they arrived to find no Tessie. Another waitress tried to take her place but nobody got what he wanted and nothing went right They had been so used to de- pending upon Tessie's suggestions and her memory that the new waitress had a hard time of it. Finally in fit of the crouch one of the boys called the manager over.
 Say" he demanded, "where's Tcs- sie?"
 The manager lifted his eyebrows po- litely
 "Tessie?" he began. "Oh, you mean No 12 She will be back tomorrow
 The next morning Tessie appeared as usual The crowd of young clerks greeted her with a whoop.
 "Where have you been?" they de- manded.
 Tessie looked at them for a moment. Her fingers gripped the edge of the table, and two big tears rose to her eyes.
 "I-I stayed home yesterday" she said chokingly, toto go to my hus- bands funeral"
 The clerks looked at one another blankly.
 "Your husbandw exclaimed some body.
 "Yes," said Tessie simply. Hes dead. He had been ill three years consumption" And then she hurried away to the kitchen to give her orders and wipe her tear stained face.-New York Press.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-04-27
Brawley Budget
-rom our .pec,,, cotrcsrondenL.

Ms C. B Canron attended the teachers lnstltu,e at lmoeuaI last Thursday and Friday.
 c. C. Jones. who has been to Los Angeles visiting hs father and sister. $ again seen ln the store.
 The Aud soc'eiy served Ice cream n the old bank building last Saturday evening. the proceeds going toward helping 10 build a church
 Mrs. Tom .Edsat was Wsitor in imperial last week
 Mrs. T uttie, Of Fl Centro, Is finish Ing Miss Fields school
 The lumber Is ordered for four new houses 10 go up on the WOres ranch.
 pr. c. F. Wade. of Los Banos is visiting his son, Geo. R. Wade, super lntendent Of water company No. 5
 A. F. Eckert went to Imperial, Sat- urday evening, to attend the Mason lodge.
 Ruby Gardner and Mrs. C. M. Pedlar visited In CaleXico and ,lm- oerial Sunday.
 D C. Sanders. who had his ankle sprained in tAe Colton wreck returned home Sunday morning. He still walks with the aid of one crutch.
 Work on the new packing house is progressing 'apidy. Several new carpenters went to work -this week,
 W. T. Dunn is visitor in Los Angeles this week.
 Mrs. W. F. Ernst was visitor in Imperial Tuesday.
 Owing to the death of Henry Eek ert in Los Angeles. his brothers of the imperial Lumber and Commercial Company's yard here have been called from their duties, and temporarily H.. E. Park. manager of the Imperial yard ls here In charge. Henry Eckert was formerly manager of the Brawley yard and is well known In the valley
 Mrs. Roy Bradley came in on the train "Wednesday evening; she Is visit ing her father-ln-laW. J. C. Bradley In No 5.
 ]. c. Bradley vent to Old Beach "Wednesday noon to meet his daughter ln-laW.
 Deputy County Assessor ]. P. Hoffman yissted us fae first of the week.
 Brooks Hart. who has been on the out side for several weeks. returned home "Wednesday evening.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-04-27
All That Was Left Him.

Your promptness, sir" said Dr.. Price-Prlce, "is quite refreshing. but really I don't expect you to pay it all at once if it's going to embarrass yOu.'
 "The bill is a big one, for d fsct but I don't mind that. I'm grateful to you for sparing my life" replied the vic um.-runodeipiia P--.-"-
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-04-27
Parsons & Masten, real

Parsons & Masten. real estate agents, this week bought the office fixtures of D. fl. Chapins, and moved lhem to the Hotel Fl Centro, where they have opened their real estate office.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-04-27

The dance given by the Eagles last Thursday night was a very delightful affair and was quite well attended.
The Forrest City times., 1907-12-06
A Sensitive Soul.

Owen Nudge was a very sensitive man. More than once at harsh word he had forsaken profitable work and gone home for sympathy to his wife. One morning Owen started out to help Glenn Butler, who had bought a new stump-pulling machine and was pre- paring to clear a field
 Toward noon Owen came back. Mrs. Nudge sighed and waited sympathetic ally for the explanation.
 T just couldn't stand it." said Owen, rubbing his jaw. When I see that stump-puller twist them roots out, 1t reminded me S, of the times I went to the dentist to get back teeth ex- tracted. The first thing l knew was limp as rag, and I just ached all over and had to quit. ."-Youth's Com. panion.
The Forrest City times., 1907-12-06
Sailing Orders Issued.

Washington, D. G-Final sailing orders fer the torpedo boat destroyer Flotilla. which is to make the trip to the Pacific coast. were issued at the navy department Friday. The destroy CTS, which are to stop at greater numt ar of ports than the battleships soon to follow them. will leave Hamp- ton Roads, as heretofore announced on Dee. 2. The Flotilla is in com mand of Lieut.. Commander H. I. Cone.
The Forrest City times., 1907-12-06
RECEIVER IS ACCUSED.
Attorney for Uncle Sam Oil Company Charges Extravagant Management.

Topeka, Kan. = Soon after the report of J. C. o. Morse, receiver for the Uncle Sam Oil Co. was filed with Judge II. T. Hazen, referee in bankruptcy Monday. an attorney rep resenting II. H. Tucker, Jr.. and the Uncle Sam Oil Co. made formal charges, accusing the receiver of sell ing products of the company for about half what he was offered for them and of managing the business extravagant- ly during his receivership. The most important specific charge Is that tar. a by.produet, was sold for & 900. when an offer of $13,000 had been made It is charged also that an ofGee boy worth $l0 per month was paid sl00. The fees Of the receiver and his at torney are also attacked.
The Forrest City times., 1907-12-06
DIED ON WAY TO DINNER.
College Student from An1es, la, Found
 Dead Beside Railroad.

Davenport, Iowa-The body of Irwin. Robinson. Bluegrass, Iowa. a senior at the Comastate college at Ames. was found Thursday evening be side the railroad track here. He dis appeared after leaving the college to spend the Thanksgiving vacation with his fiancee. Katherine Carlin, who lives near Davenport. and when he failed to arrive in time for dinner, d search was instituted for him. Robi. son had evidently been killed by jumping from the train as it passed the Carlin home. The corpse laid along side the track all day. The young man would have graduated from the state college in February and was to have been married to Miss Carlin soon afterwards.
The Forrest City times., 1907-12-06
MEAN FILINGS AT EDITORS.
Tributes by Iafcadio Hearn to Class
 Of Workers He Disiked.

"Lafcado Hearn, that wonderful writer, worked on newspapers in his youth said a publisher. and the ruthless way lis studies were changed. cut and butchered was a great woe to his heart
 Tn after years Hearn took a mali cious joy in collecting stories about editors-editors and their superior and omniscient way with manuscript.
 One of his stories was of an editor to whom a subscriber said:
 enjoyed that poem on the three ages of man in to-day's paper, MT. Sheers; l enjoyed it immensely. Do you know, though, thought it was originally written the seven ages of man?'
 So it was. sir; so it was, said Editor Sheers, pompously. Yes, the extract was originally written the seven ages of man. but had to cut it down for the lack of space
 Another story concerned a weather report. A reporter, discussing the weather. wrote that winter still lin gered in the lap of spring.
 The editor, as he read over the article, called the reporter to his desk and told him that he would cut out that sentence about winter lingering in springs lap. He said the idea was good enough, and all that sort of thing, but it would not do to publish because the high moral tone of the paper had to be maintained in a town full of school girls
The Forrest City times., 1907-12-06
The Worst Was Yet to Come.

A southern pulpit orator, one Sum- day morning, was describing the ex- perience of the prodigal son. In his endeavor to impress his hearers with the shame and remorse that this young man felt and his desire to cast away his wicked doings, he spoke thus:
 Dis young man got to thinking about his meanness and his misery. and he tux off his coat and frowed 1t away. And den he tux off his vest and frowed dat away. And den he tuk off his shirt and frowed dat away too And den he come to hisself.'
The Forrest City times., 1907-12-06
SORES AS BIG AS PENNIES.
Whole Head and Neck Covcred-Hair All Came Out-Cured in Three
 Weeks by Cuticura.

After having the measles my whole head and neck were covered with scaly sores about as large as penny. They were just as thick as they could be. My hair all came out. I let the trou- ble run along, taking the doctors blood remedies and rubbing on salve, but 1t did not seem to get any better. It stayed that way for about six months: then l got a set of the Cuticura Reme- dies, and in about week I noticed a big difference. and in three weeks it was well entirely and I have not had the trouble any more. and as this was seven years ago. I consider myself cured. Mrs. Henry Porter, Albion, Neb., Aug 25, 1906."
The Forrest City times., 1907-12-06
Stray Balloon Siqhted.

London, England.-An airship. be- lieved to be the French military air ship Patre, which broke loose Satur- day at Verdun, France, was seen passing over Wales from various places in Cardiganshire Sunday morning. travelling seaward at a great altitude. Some of the spectators de- clared that three men were clinging to the ship. In the afternoon an air ship passed over Belfast. going north ward, apparently under control.
The Forrest City times., 1907-12-06
At the County Fair.

Doing a land-office business, chr" remarked the man from the city. What is that you are selling. any way?"
 Blessed if I know myself, boss" whispered the fakir at the county fair; it has Zigzag lines all over it and when a woman comes up sell 1t to her as skirt pattern and when man comes up I sell it to him as a guaranteed and genuine map of Mars"
The Forrest City times., 1907-12-06
Worry Causes Suicide.

New York, N. Y.-Worried by the belief that he had lost his s20 1000 deposit in the Knickerbocker Trust Co.,. Valentine Hayerdahl of Mount Vernon committed suicide Tuesday by shooting himself through the head at his home. Hayerdahl, who was a salesman for I china company. re- signed a short time ago to go into business. All he owned was tied up in the trust company.
The Forrest City times., 1907-12-06
The
 General Demund

ot the Well-Informed of the World has always been for simple, pleasant and ethcient liquid laxative remedy of known value; laxative which physicians could sanction for family use because it's con- ponent parts are known to them to be wholesome and truly beneficial in effect, acceptable to the system and gentle, yet prompt, in action.
 In supplying that demand with its ex- cellent combination of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, the California Fig Syrup Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies on the merits of the laxative for its remark able success.
 That is ono of many reasons why syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is given the preference by the Informed. 10 get it's beneficial effects always buy the genuine-manufactured by the Cali lornia Fig Syrup Co.,, only, and for sale 0y all leading druggists Price fifty cents per bottle,
The Forrest City times., 1907-12-06
Certainly Fair.

Or all troubles humanity is subject to none perhaps causes more acuts distress and more frantic efforts for relief than many forms of itching skin troubles. We will tell you remedy that rarely ever fails-Hunts Cure. One box is absolutely guaranteed to cure any one case of itching trouble no matter what the name. If 1t fails, your money is cheerfully re. funded
The Forrest City times., 1907-12-06
Arabs Attack French Forces.

Lulla. Maghnia, Algerla.-An en- gagement took place Friday at Adje- roudkiss between the French troops and Benis Nassen tribesmen. The latter, numbering 2,500 at first drove the French outposts, but the Arabs eventually retreated in the face of a heavy shell fire.
The Forrest City times., 1907-12-06
The True Home.

Homes are not built of brick and mortar. It is the people, not the places. that make the homes; the face of a smiling woman, the batter of tiny feet and the music of children's voices aye, even the barking of dog and the human look of joy at our coming bring us the nameless charm that we call home"