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Imperial Valley press., 1908-10-17
A nnOunce e ment

We have opened an up-to-date, high elass billiard and pool room in the 5lsckinton building with five pool ts- 5Ies and one billiard table. Best made with accurate and quick eush- Ions.
 Modern two-chaIr barber shop; skilled workmen, best of service.
 Every appointment up-to-date and for the convenience and comfort of patrons.
 None but hlsh-cIass patronage sOII- cited nor desired.
 Preston & Gibson Blackinton Block El Centro, Cal
Imperial Valley press., 1908-10-17


 A change has been made in the time of leaving El Centro for the stage over the star route to Silsbee. The stage now leaves the El Centro post office after the distribution of the morning malls from Imperial Junction which arrive here al lA:l5 !1Tt is necessary for the Fl Centre DO tmas- ter to distribute mail into thirty-five bags used on the silsbee route, and this comes right at the tine of the morning distribution of mail for the El Centro postotfice. Persons in- clined to complain of delay in distri- button of mail should bear this in mind.
 Robert P. Moore has been Ap- pointed assistant superintend t Of the Holton Interurban Rai'r Com pany and the Holton Pc any, with headquarters at ii He has been connected with tn aom- panies for two years, and h rved in the capacity of head per, many other details of r' com panies' affairs also dv Ipon
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BOY COCAINE USERS ON THE INCR

Boston, NASSAU anti-cocaine bill
prepared by DR.. Charles Harrington,
of the State Board of Health, has
been brought before the legislative
Committee on Public Health by that
official, who made a strong appeal in
Its advocacy.
He declared that hundreds upon
hundreds of Boston boys are slaves
to the cocaine habit, that the harmful
drug can be purchased in saloons,
from cheap drug stores and on the
street from illegal agents as freely as
one can buy fruit from street hawk
ers, and that the juvenile courts are
filling up with youths who have ad-
mitted that their downfall can be
traced to the vicious drug habit
Said DR.. Harrington in part: From
judges, from lawyers. from probation
officers and others, / have received
hundreds of pitiful letters giving me
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One on the Teacher.

A small boy started something over
at his school on the West Side not long
ago.
'Hows it come Chagrin Falls has all
dried upf" he inquired Of the teacher In
geography class one day.
The teacher denied that the falls had
dried p All the other pupils declared
that he was wrong
The boy insisted that he was right.
he stuck to his assertion so stoutly that
the teacher got considerably provoked at
him. "That1l be enough, now, James,"
she said. IF You can bring in any proof
of what you have to say, we shall be
glad TO see it. but we will drop the dis
cussion for the present"
The next morning the boy walked in
and laid newspaper clipping on the
teachers desk 1t was an account of an
election at Chagrin Falls and was head
ed. 'Chagrin Falls Goes Dry. "-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer. :.
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Senator Foraker baked at the combi.
nation Of train 26 and track rs. He was
on the program of q meeting held ia
Cleveland recently, OF which the Mer-
chant Marine League is Ia charge. A
member Of the league arranged for the
trip, which was taken by a party of
representatives and senators.
This man called up Senator Foraker on
the telephone.
Hello, Senator, are you all readyf"
be said. Our train leaves at O'Clock.
It's train 2S, on track Is"
What's that2" said the Senator
Train 28 on track 1877 Not for me. my
friend. Now that think 1t over don't
see how can make the trip"
Friends of the Cleveland man thought
he had been the victim of an electric
shock. He recovered himself with gasp
and saw the.signiflcance of the combine
, ton of numerals
Not at ALP Senator" he said, you
misunderstood me. Our train will be
found on track H."
Very well, came the answer, 81 will
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Hog Cholera.

The greatest drawback to the hog
industry which breeders In this coun-
try have to contend with is what is
known as hog cholera" and Swine
plague"
Hog cholera is a highly contagious
disease and unless checked is liable
to carry on a great number of hogs
In a very short time.
Mr.. A. p Williams of Burnetts
Creek, Ind, tells OF an experience
which he had with some hogs that
had the cholera. Five years ago."
says Mr.. Williams, Il was in the en-
ploy of Mr.. ]. D. Richardson, Lafay-
cite, Ind, as his barn foreman. Some
fine hogs that 1 was feeding took the
cholera. 1 gave them Sloan's Lini-
ment and did not lose a hog. Some
were so bad they would not drink
sweet milk and 1 was compelled to
drench them. l have tried it at
every opportunity since and always
find it o. X"
Write for DR.. Sloans free book on
the treatment of Horses, Cattle, Hogs
and Poultry. Address: DR.. Earl S.
Sloan, 615 Albany street, Boston,
Mass
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Lees Summit, Mo.-Perhaps the
most astounding revelation ever made
In a house of worship came from the
lips of the Rev. Charles s. S. Brown.
pastor of the Christian Church in this
town, in a sermon on the evil results
Of gambling, for the preacher spoke
from recent experience.
Brown told his congregation that
the passion for gaming utter;y c11-
sumed its victims. making every man
IF them forget friends, family, home
and God. He did not refer TO himself
by name, But But every one IN the church
knew what he said was less a sermon
than a confession, for he returned to
town with draft for $500 and re-
paid to members of his congregation
that amount borrowed from several of
them. He lost in poker game in
Kansas City few days ago the loans
he got from his flock
1t was when he failed 70 repay the
lenders promptly that they started an
investigation resulting in the discov-
cry that the parson had frittered
away their money at the gambling
table. Brown did not deny the
charge. He contented himself with
promising to raise the money. asking
for a few days of grace. Then he left
town and was absent until next morn
ing.
The clergyman. when the elders of
the church taxed him with his sin,
said he had succumbed to a craze for
gambling to which he had been sub
iect years before. He thought he had
conquered the passion forever. he
said, but few days ago. binding him
self in Kansas City and hearing men
In hotel remark that there was a
poker game in a certain place, he was
seized with a desire to handle the
cards and chips once more.
Brown dressed himself in clothes
as unlike those of his calling as he
could get and went TO the gambling
house. He was admitted readily. and
soon he was playing as if he had
never entered a pulpit He explained
to the elders that il was the first
time he had touched "A card since en-
tering the ministry. IL was before he
became a clergyman that he did his
gambling of former years.
To his Amusement, the gaming
fever was so strong in him that he
lost all the money he had in his
pocket. 1t amounted TO $500, which
he had borrowed in various amounts
from members of his flock for Iegit-
Innate purpose.
Brown, when he returned with the
money necessary TO reimburse his
friends, asked the leading men OF the
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The semiannual examinations were
held a. q well-known upref West Slde
private school the other day, Aud while
Inspecting the papers the tekeheN found
many numerous answers TO sosns OF the
questions. A class Of boys averagsnQ
ABOUT twelve years Of age hid been OK
amlned 10 geography, which had been
preceded the day before by Grammar.
among the Questions In be geo raphy
paper was the fol owing:
Name the zones.''
wrote this answer:
tnere are two zones, masculine and
feminine. The masculine Is efSher tenn
pe,ate or tnterperstei the feminine Is
7.ener tcrrid or frtgid. New York Sun.
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Sulphur Drives Always Rats.

Here is farmers mode of Kidding his
premises of rats aud mice: If you
sprinkle sulphur on your barn floor and
through your corn as you gather 1t there
viii not be rat or mouse to bother 1
have done this for years aud have never
Deem bothered with rats or mice. | have
some old corn in my crib at present and
not rat or mouse can be found In
stacking hay or oats sprinkle on the
gfound and little through each load
and, my word for 1t, rats and mice can't
stay there
A pound Of sulphur will be sufficient
TO preserve large barn Of corn. and is
5000 for stock and will not hurt the corn
or bread.-Forest Republican.
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Ex-Governor Yates. of Illinois. an.
nounced his candidacy for reelection
to that Office.
The present New York City season
of grand opera will be a record break
er in the amount of money taken at
both bousesA
Governor I4rShes declared In a
speech in ChicSAp that gamblers
should not be alleged to hide In
masks OF trade
Theodore Chaliapine4 Russian
basso, sailed. lie declareNthe Amer
leans were ehildren ~ are nd busI-
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OLD SURGEON
Found Coffee Caused Hands to Trem.
BILE.

The surgeons duties require clear
judgment and a steady hand. A slip
or an unnecessary incision may do ir-
reparable damage to the patient.
When he found that coffee drink
ing caused his hands to tremble, an
Ills. surgeon conscientiously gave it
up and this is his story:
For years I was a coffee drinker
until my nervous system was nearly
broken down, my hands trembled so
could hardly write, and insomnia tor
tured me at night.
Besides, how could l safely per-
form operations with unsteady hands,
using knives and instruments of pre-
cision? When l saw plainly the bad
effects of coffee, l decided to stop it,
and three years ago I prepared some
Postum, of which / had received
sample.
THE first cupful surprised me. It
was mild, soothing, delicious. At
this time / gave some Postum to
friend who was in a similar condition
to mine, from the use of coffee.
"a few days after, l met him, and
claring he would never return to cof-
fee, but stick to Postum We then
ordered a full supply, and within a
short time my nervousness and con-
sequent trembling, as well as insom-
MIA disappeared, blood circulation be-
came normal, no dizziness nor heat
flashes.
my friend became a Postum en-
thusiast, his whole family using it ex-
clusively. s
''It would be the fault of the one
who brewed the Postum If 1t did not
taste good when served.
''The best food may be spoiled IL
not properly made. Postum should
be boiled according to directions on
the pkg. Then it is all right. any one
can rely on IT. 1t ought to become
the national drink" There's a Rea-.
SON" Name given by Posture Co.
Battle Creek, Mich. Read The
To "a pllvffIo - 4, NJ % ~
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congregation to let him address the
men and women of the church once
again. He said he had something to
sa-- to them which might work meal
culable good.
The elders gave their consent, and
on Sunday night apparently every
member of the congregation was in
the church. Women gazed at their
pastor with shocked looks. Men
watched him with queer expressions.
He seemed affected by the battery CO &c
glancesA bgtt- n. he'd Gid not finch from the
ordeal he had set for himself.
Instead, he walked with bowed
head and steady stride to the pulpit
and announced that he would preach
on the evils of gambling. ripple
knew of his recent experience, but
everybody became serious again at
sight of the mans white face.
There is no other vice that sets
such "A hold on man as does gam
bling" said the preacher, looking
straight into the faces of his flock.
at consumes him utterly. Gripped
in it's clutches, he forgets his friends,
his family, his home and his God.
Once he yields to it he cannot tell to
what lengths it may lead him.
Gambling has been responsible
for lying, theft, suicide and murder.
It's subjects are more abject slaves
than those of drink. There is only
one thing to do when the passion for
gaming seiZes one, and that is to fight
it off from the first with all the
strength at mans command. For
If the victim does not conquer early
in the struggle, he will find It next
to impossible to do so afterward."
Women sobbed loudly as the clergy
man proceeded with his sermon. Men
who had gazed curiously at the par
son on his entrance looked at him
with sympathy. The officers of the
church appeared to be affected deeply
by the pastors words.
Not movement was made by the
big crowd, which filled the building
to the doors. while Brown, from the
pulpit, strove to save others from the
vice that had proved too strong for
him
It is believed the preacher fears his
weakness too much to follow his
calling further. but it is said the
church officers will urge him to keep
his pulpit, in the hope that one who
has suffered as he undoubtedly has
done will be the stronger for his
open confession and the better able to
restrain any tendency to gambling
that may exist among those in his
charge.
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lists of names of Boston boys who
have become slaves to cocaine.
II have heard of saloons where
they keep catarrh powder filled with
cocaine or its by-Products in the toilet
rooms for the useo of customers. Cheap
west end drug stores sell scores of
boxes of cocaine day illegally. The
negro race is especially addicted to
the drug, and it can be purchased by
them in stores and on the streets.
"One of the agents of the Health
Board purchased some of this drug
at drug store in Boston, then stood
by and saw twenty sales of the same
within half hour. all the purchas-
ers being negroes"
DR.. Harrington said that children
were supplied with the drug by
agents who went about the streets
with their pockets stocked with the
powders.
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CURED HER THREE CHILDREN.
Girls Suffered with Itching Eczema
Baby Had s Tender Skin, Too
Relied on Cutfcura Remedies.

"Some years ago my three little girls had
very bad form of eczema. Itching erup-
tons formed on the backs of their heads
which were simply covered tried almost
everything, but failed. Then my mother
recommended the Cutieura Remedies. L
washed my childrens heads with Cuticura
Soap and then applied the wonderful ONT
ment, Cuticura. / did this four or FIVE
times and 1 can say that they have been
entirely cured. 1 have another baby who
is so plump that the folds of skin on his
neck were broken and even bled / used
Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment and
the next morning the trouble had disap-
peared. Nine. Napoleon Duceppe, Al Du-
luth ST., Montreal, Que, May 81, 1907"
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Billion Dollar Grass.

Most remarkable grass of the century.
Good for three rousing crops annually
One Iowa farmer on 100 acres sold SO,
10000 worth of seed and had 300 tons of
hay besides. 1t is immense. Do try it.
FOR l0c AND THIS NOTICE
send to the John a. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, WIS.,. to pay postage, ETC., and
they will mail you the only original seed
pies Of Billion Dollar Grass, Macarof7i
Wheat, the sly miller mixer, Sainfoin the
dry soil luxuriator, Victoria Rape, the zoe
a ton green food producer, Silver King
Barley yielding l73 Blu. per acre, ETC., etc.
etc.
And if you send lac we will add a pac,S
age of new farm seed never before seen
by you: John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis. A. @. l..
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Catarr6 Cannot Ee Cured

With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they canno,
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a
blood or constitutional disease, and in order
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
face Halls Catarrh Cure is not a quack
medicine. 1t was prescribed by one of the
best physicians in this country for years,
of the best tonics known. combined with the
best blood purifiers, acting directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combination
of the two ingredients is what produces
such wonderful results in curing catarrh.
Send for testimonials, free.
+. j. CHENEY 4 Co., Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, price, 75c
lake HalPs Family Pills for constitution
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FARM HORSE GIVING WAY
TO ITS RIVAL. THE ALTO

Washington, D. C.-According 10
Investigations made by G. X. Holmes,
chief of the Division of Foreign Mar
kets of the Department Of Agricul-
ture, the automobile has been respon-
sible for the displacement of but Co.,
600 horses in this country up to the
present time. and farm horses have
never been in such great demand as
at the present moment. In fact, the
demand for horses for farm and other
business uses has become stronger
and stronger during the past two or
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Trickad of the TiAne.N

A Philadelphia lawyer Who Nspends
most of his time at his COUNT Estate,
employs a sturdy Fri gardn- Those
one desire in life is to live until Jan
ner of freedom is unfurled over n sd.
One evening the lawyer 4 bd
through the grounds Of his PLAID, al
stopped to have a chat with the gardV Gan
michael, do you know that whilA q
are here enjoying the beautiful twill :.
it is dark midnight in Irelandf"
asked.
Faith, an Dim not surprised" II
piled the grrdener. ireland niVer gd
justice yit. Judge.
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a vsluabss Nerve and
"a Remedy

MISS BESSIE FARRELL, I0lI Third
WI Ave, Brooklyn, n. Y, is President of
the Young Peoples Christian Temperance
Association. She writes:
Peruna is certainly valuable nerve and
blood remedy, calculated to build up the
broken-down health of WORKOUT women.
l have found by personal experience that
II acts as a wonderful restorer of lost
strength, assisting the stomach to assim-
Hate and digest the food, and building up
worn-out tissues. In my work 1 have had
occasion to recommend it freely, especially
to women.
know of nothing which is better TO
build up the strength of young mother,
IN fact ali the ailments peculiar TO women,
so / am pleased to give it my hearty en-
dorsenent."
DR.. Hartman has prescribed Peruna for
many thousand women, and he never fails
to receive a multitude Of letters like the
above, thanking him for the wonderful
benefits received.
Man-a-lin the Ideal Laxative
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Mothers Death May Result i'm
Release of Her Young Heir

Los Angeles. While serving a SEN
tence of $50 days in the city Jail for
larceny, William Allen, aged twenty
eight. received word of his mothers
death in New York City and that he
had been bequeathed an estate val
ued at s. 900. After he had failed
TO secure money from broker on the
strength ofrhis inheritance telegram
was sent to the administrators of the
estate asking him to forward money
so that Allen could obtain his release
from prison.
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Prominent PeopIe.

Pilgrims of the United States gave
banquet at Delmonico's for Ambas.
sador Whitelaw Reid.
Yale intends to confer the degree
of M. A. on Walter Camp, the univer-
sity's athletic adviser.
John d. Rockefeller, Jr., de.
nounces the use of fibs In business.
Tell the truth" he says even If it's
not expedient."
Andre Tardieu delivered his eighth
and last lecture before the Cercle
Francois of Harvard University. at
Cambvidge, His subject Was France
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three years. the farm horses alone in
use on January 1, 1908, numbering
no less than 19,992,OOO in round
numbers. The department figures
that 10000 horses in stock on farms
could have replaced the same number
that have given way to the automo-
bile. while it is calculated that the
5OO, 900 horses which electricity dis
placed in urban street car service,
could have been replaced by $4,000
horses in stock assumingSits growth
TO present proportions with horses.
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Why Paris Employs Imitators
of the Canine Voice.

Paris. The revenue authorities,
with view TO outwitting the dog
owners who persistently evade the
dog tax by denying possession of ami
mails, have engaged a number of men
who are accompiishe in initiating
the voice of a dog. These artists
promenade at night and bark outside.
If a dog is within II invariably re-
plies. thus betraying its owner. The
next day a collector visits the owner
and gathers in the tax The human
bankers receive $50 a month pay.
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The Direct Examination.

Judge-YOu have been sworn, sir. It
behooves you 10 tell the truth, the whole
truth and nothing but the truth
Lawyer Ito client who has seated him
self in the witness chair)-Did you pre-
sent your bill to the defendant for pay
ment2
Client did
Lawyer-And what did the defendant
say2
Clientele told me to go to the devil.
Lawyer-Then what did you do2
Client went to yOul-Judge.
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A Razorless Race.

The only known race of hairy human
beings reside on the Island of Yezzo.
adjoining Japan. They are about co. coo
in number, and are known to the Japan
csc rs the "Mosinos" or call hairy peo-
Pile" They have the entire body covered
with a profus. and remarkable growth
of hair, the only Exception being that
the faces Of the women arc bare, but
usually stained with kind of juice so
as to resemble the boards of the males.
Brooklyn Eagle
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The Wrong One.

Mr.. Gunson took two cigars from his
pocket, carefully selected one and hand
ed the other to his guest.
Fine cigars" he remarked, striking
a match 1.-TWO for quarter
The guest pulled light into his cigar
and blew a cloud of smoke into the air.
Two for quarter" he asked
Yes, replied Mr. Gunson, proudly.
Sorry didn't get the 20-cent one,
remarked the guest, sodly.-Judge.
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Strong Language By Proxy.

Vicar-John, do you r-ever use
strong languaee?.
John (guardedlv) We'll, sir, II may
be a little bit kecrless like in my speech
at times.
Vicar Alb, I'm sorry, John. But we
we will converse about that some other
time. just now l want you to go to the
plumbers and settle that bill of "a los,
for thaw:ng out water pipe. And you
might Just talk to the man in n careless
sort of way, as if it were your own bill
Punch.
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The pottery industry of Mexico.
writes Special Agent Arthur 3. ant,
man. is Of ancient origin, havin been
handed down from father to SON
from time immemorial. Excayationa
among the prehistoric ruins of Militia
have resulted in the unearthing of
many specimens of this handicraft
the designs Of which are reproduced
to this day.
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Oregon Mnrrinne Ceremnnx.

Justice John R. Kelso, Of Milwaukee,
Portland's Clackamas county suburb, is
becoming popular as a marriage official.
He is sent for far and near whenever any
young couple in that neighborhood want
to be married. His popularity is said to
be due entirely to his short and unique
ceremony. This always appeals to the
nervous couples. His ceremony Is about
as follows, after the couple have been
brought before him:
do you people want each otherH'
we do, we do" is the answer re-
quired. - -
men, goodness gracious, have each
other for nobody else wants you. You
are married. Portland Oregonian.
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Lines Busy"

What are you laughing aboutf' ask
ed the inquisnve pigeon.
My feet tickle, chuokled the spar
row on the overhead wire.
What ticAled therr
Some fellow is sendilg bis best girl q
dozen kisses over the telephone, "-AOhi'
cago News.