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Imperial Valley press., 1909-10-09
School books at Crawford & Davis

Our bakery is now in charge of a first-class baker and pastry man, and we have the largest assortment as well as the cleanest and best goods to be found in the valley. Tomorrow in addition to our usual line of pies, cookies and etc., we will have citron cake, pound cake marble cake, lady cake, chocolate, cocoanut and walnut layer cakes and real pumpkin pies. The Palm Confectionery and Bakery.
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Imperial Valley press., 1909-10-09
COMET IS COMING, OHIO! OHIO!

sky tramp of regular habits that shows up at ervas Ms about due to heave in sight and is the sub- elow newspaper gabbe that passes for scientific dis e yellow fellows have discovered in New Mexico "one Fest living astroQmers who is alleged to have predict ,s comet will dump into the earth this trip and send ,,,orlss slgyhooting\ \through infinite space.
 people may believe the earth is in danger of destruction ~ he much terrified at the prospect of sudden death. tbe collision were absolute certainty, it would be ,orrv about Nobody would know he was hurt in the SNsxwOssd be none left to be sorry The proceedings
 Le the explosion of stick of dynamite in an
 uar effect would be fine if there any
 Feciate it.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-28
NOT FOR THE WORRIER.
Golf Is Likely to DO Him More
Harm than Good.

TIM o,,astton whether golf IS a healthy exercise
for both mind and body in the case Of every indl-
vdua1 who tries TO master the game is debataole
The advantages Of an outdoor sport because it Is
outdoor are obvious and one fact indisputably IN
favor of golf that it entails exercise IN the Iresh
air The physical needs of the body may receive
therefore. healthy stimulus but II aValIs niue
if the mind is not also simultaneously attuned 10 a
Ike condition of weTbeing. There are not a few
individuals who worry needessly over trlHlng mat
ters who would be glad enough 70 put good
complexion on things, but their disposition seems
+o render II dificult Others Of an exceedingly
trrfiahle turn of mind and II all does go we'll
tbey are made miserable. 1t is doubtful whether
such people derive any good from golf When tue
game does not go smoothly with theIn' ana s'IL
IA par excellence a game which presents often
times enough a number OF irritating disappclnt-
The man who has had worrying week In the
ordinary pursuit his business or profession vii
be found trying to seek relief in round OF eo-I
at the weekend only 10 discover tnat ne : OH
his game" If he takes his failure 10 play good
garo TO heart It is doubtful whether his health
Gains very much He has had. II Is true, the ad-
VANTAGE Of a change of scene and occupation, ana
has lived for while in a healthier atmosphere
and II he had only been satisfied with his game
all these things would have consptred TO send nm
hack 10 his work cheered and braced up But he
NAV play very badly and become unduIy worried
thereat A game that is calculated TO increase an
irritabiIity which has arisen out Of trying week ;
work can hardly be said to be recreative, at all
events To the mind The disadvantage. therefore
OF golf as a mental relief we'll as a physical
recreation is that it may ruf1e rather than soothe
the feelings
The fact is golf is a game OF skill and precision.
and bristes with many niceties that 1t requires
considerable mental attention. and unless success
attends good many strokes the feeling Of irrita-
ton becomes very real and after round freely
interspersed with fooled tee shots and taking the
grass badly the conclusion is reached that golf is
a disappointing game. Such performance may
have some disciplinary result but II does not make
for even temper or ror peace OF mind. and an ex-
ercise involving particular skill, such as walk
ing or cycling. would in such Re far better
The game Of golf. II II does go smoothly, pre-
sents so many points of analogy with the tiresome
eventualites Of life that there be little doubt
that persons Of irritable. gloomy and worrying
disposition would be better II they did not seek
their recreation the links-The Lancet.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-28

been a first rate man OF letters. His style was
eranhic direct and carefully balanced, ms
sentances were cut clean by a rapier. lie
was never ornate or pompousy grandiloquehI
and in his argument there was no anti climax.
The first letter received from him was snort
and TO the point: In studying physiology aVold
books as far as possible; study life from tne
living NV crayfsh volume must have taught
Won little II It did not teach you that lie was
impatient with charlatanism OF all KINDS ana
resented the intrusion of the amateur and the
dilettante into the regions OF sclehtlnc ana
Dhflcsophical research "As for your quoting
X he wrote to me, Il associate him merely
with harebrained excursions into eSoterlc spec
uIation: and a. for L., he is mere writer or
imaginative literature If there is to be fight,
supply me with foemen more worthy of my
steel" l met him on more than one occasion III
Edinburgh and London. We quoted Tor MS
benefit Robert Louis Stevensons deprecatory
estimate Of the Edinburgh climate. Il quite
agree with him." said Huxley. Il now under
stand why Edinburgh people are SO strong; your
summer kills off all the weak ones
on another occasion dispute took place be-
tween Huxley BlaclIie. and the late Duke or
Argyll as to the possession Of the sense Of humop
by ScOtsInen. The argument was learned and
Huninative. until Huxley dragged in Sydney
Smith You know Sydney Smith said il took
d surgical instrument To put joke into the
head Of q Scotsman challenged the scientist.
Yes" retorted Blackie, "an English joke l
recall a conversation l had with Huxley as to
the prizes of this world going to those who
accede to the general" and not TO the pioneers
and the children Of revolt and | was much
struck By Huxey's great sanity and sense of
humor in dealing with this problem. l think his
attitude 70 the suggested burial OF George Eliot
In Westminster Abbey demonstrated this sanity
more forcibly than anything he ever wrote:
New-York tribune., 1909-03-28

were at the bottom of it all SO they prescribed
q campaign against them. But the Jams anu
some Of the more orthodox Eindus sWore that
- far from allowing rats TO be killed IN theH
houses they would rather perish than lnJufe d
flea on the back of one of them. So a COM
cages to be set in their houses on conI condlIlGh On
that the captves should be housed ana Ied III
a depot outside the city
on two twin hummOcks separated ny d
trench I found the rat house, and the GUARDIAN
whitewashed hut. The caNe was menagerie
car with iron wheels laid On a soIlu ,A ~ IN
foundation. and covered over with a sIdI"dI :
pandal-so pious and humane were those sOou
folk who provided lodging for Gods creatures
and shelter from the rain Large as the cage
was there was not room the floor for more
than half the pensioners. The others stooo IN
tiers on one anothers' baCks-a scabby qulVer-
ing weak eyed throng consciously waiting
their doom A few hundred yards off, by
ruined shrine, under a PeepuI tree, we 1ound
the guardian asleep. We discovered from MN
that dozen or more rats were imported every
day, and many died: also when the place
was swept out many escaped; so that tne oLd
Brahmin in the shrine had TO fortify himself
against invasion by more traps. The recap
tured ones were scrupulously returned to the
cage.
When l reached the Jain rest house 1t was an
hour before sunset, and the priests were coming
in for their evening meal The. Jain layrnan
who had introduced to the mahant as an IN
qulrer anxious TO learn about all truths re
minded me that after the sun had set no food
nor drink might pass their lips. So ! took my
self off with the understanding that i should
come again and learn all about their particular
revelation. whatever 1t might be. But did
not see these holy men again, though l came
of their sacred books.-Edmund Gambler, IN
Rlapl<LVpO0S
New-York tribune., 1909-03-28
FREE LECTURE ON THE TARIFF.

Reform of the tariff the first years in wage
earning trade the Panama Canal child labor and
insurance are among the subjects to be discussed
during the coming week from the free public iect-
ure platforms under the auspices Of the Board Of
Education. DR.. Eugene L. Agger Will speak on
The Reform OF the Tariff Tuesday evening
at the Public Library. No 103 West 1S5th street,
and on Saturday night at the Museum Of Natural
History, nth street and Central Park West, owen
r. Lovejoy will discuss Child Labor in America"
The same evening at the Public Library No. 12i
East 55th street. DR. Walter E. Clark viii speak
on Insurance" and Professor James Walter Crook
will discuss Capital Employed IN the Packing
New-York tribune., 1909-03-28

a great writer but person whose Ire ana
opinions were in notorious antagOnism 10 Chrls-
tian practices in regard to marriage and Chris
tian theory in regard TO dogma. How am 10
tell the dean that think he ought to read over
the body of q person who did not repent OF
what the Church considers moral sin service
not one solitary proposition in which she Wouid
have accepted for truth while she was alive
How am l to urge him TO do that when; III, II
were in his place I should most emphatcally
refuse to do? One cannot eat ones cake
and have it too. Those who elect 70 be free IN
thought and deed must not banker after the
rewards If they are to be so called, which the
world offers to those who put up with It's fet-
ters' Which seemed to be the last ana WlseSt
word to be said on the natter Stodart
Walker. I'm Chamberss Journal.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-28
FAKING ANTIQUES.

As for the peasant jewelry, now so much
bought and sought in Florence on the Old
Bridge and elsewhere, the genuine is long ago
exhausted. for, after all. pea SAINTS own but a
limited stock. L all consists of clever comics
more often tasteful combinations Of old de-
signs. The stones, too. despite their fine desig-
nations, are rarely anything else but those mar
vellously clever tinted rock crystals so ingeni-
ously made in Switzerland, and sold BY the ton
II desired IN Switzerland. indeed the Arabian
Nights tales OF Golfers full Of uncut precious
stones can be realized for a modest figure. AS
for canoes cut in quantities at Naples. and often
copied from good examples. II Is related, on the
faith Of n Eudel. that 10 give them the propst
tint Of there is nothing Ike the stomach OF
q turkey AS as 2 shell has been COM
p}eted, ore of those useful birds is induced 10
gobhle L inclosed in some tempting bait. The
chemistry OF his digestion does the rest. and
til@ cameo returns 10 Its maker Colored an eX-
aUlsite yellow such as collectors think only the
action of time can produce. In connection with
1aErelry. mention must be made Of that sup
posed masterpiece OF Greek art known as the
Tiara Of SaitapharEes bought il 1896 for the
Louvre for Is 600. which led to learned discus
Sons among the experts Of classical archaeology
before il was discovered that this monument OF
ancient Greek goldsmiths work was q forgery
made by a Russian artificer OF enormous talent.
This was discovered through the splitting" OF
= co11Tade mixed up IN the affair But the
matter Is not Yet quite settled, because it is
stiH maintained BY some experts that in part
the tiara is genuine. made up OF muulated fTag-
merts- Engraved gems and taglios are forged
H3GSSF in Italy. These modern works are
Iut into old settings. and hence the deceit is yet
more difficult 10 establish.
The traps set for collectors are indeed many.
ard the pitfalls deep Ware ivories; they are
generally bone or worse st5ll. ce1uloid aged by
The fcIT, q tobacco or Of that invaluable hand
maiden !icCric, iuice. The cracks OF age, too.
are capable Of deft reproduction by plunging the
freshly carved piece into boiling water and then
driving II before q fierce fire. Another method is
smoke il with damp straw. The heat causes
fte bone To evDand. and IN this wise the object
gets splits and patina all at the same time
ouite large factories exist for the making and
C---,(.-rsrion Of such worries We have # on the
ami 7o-i-v Of q French newspaper that some firms
have the eifronteTy 10 issue trade circulars say
i-c that they nave a large assortment in stock
of old iyories Of every epoch. and having en-
raEpd an expert staff Of workmen- and spared
no pains or expense. they are ready 10 meet ali
the demands Of the trade. who they trust Wi!
so-c- -7ern with their esteemed patrona ge."
Helen ZiInmern. in the National Review
New-York tribune., 1909-03-28
Ny DREAM.

love u dream Of pleasant things
Which come 10 those who wait
Although the present Eever brings
What ] anticipate.
For. after all. what Heav'n may send
Time cannot always bring.
81 waiting always have its END
TIL time has had its fling
And pleasant dreams which wake IN pain
Nav furnish US the price
Which &e can pay TO Heav'n again.
4 needed sacrifice.
The JOYS for which / still must wait
The rapture almost mine,
/ have the right at any rate
Completely 70 resign.
And even then not all has gone.
Ny dream lives from the past
And forms again another one
As lovely as the last.
And 50 whatever comes with day,
Or lie may really seem,
Whatever happens. anyway
] have my lovely dream
C. J. Boden in Chambers's Journal
New-York tribune., 1909-03-28
THE RUSSIAN POLICE.

The Russian police is rather complicated
army, with its generals, officers, etat-ina)or,
soldiers and spies At the head or this poWerlu Vi
institution stands the Minister Of the Interior or
Home Secretary. The police regulations prac-
ucally form his sole occupation. and all ques-
tons relative 10 the internal government aho
welfare oF the country, such, for instance, as
social hygiene, rural economy. justice, position
of the peasantry. etc. only In so far concern the
Minister Of the Interior as they are more or less
closely related to the movement OF Liberalism
and the emancipation Of the people In special
cases. when the maintenance OF order becomes
imperative. the minister is invested win ul-
limited power. The general as wei as the po-
htcal and secret police are under ms oToeIs'
governors and even general governors are hIs
su5orcinates. and he possesses the undlsputed
right TO dismiss any police officer, even the
highest. informing only the Imperial government
oi the step taken through the Councll OF NIL NIL
-sters- The heads Of the provincial ahd ulsu4cI
police the governors and general governors
The ispravniks and their assistants. Al the
head of the town police stand the police master
and his assistant, or adjutant. The Minister OF
TIE Interior IS also virtually the head OF the Po
nticsi police. which has police department
with the safety and secret police sections ana
corps Of gendsrmes al its disposal
/ hope / shall not be accused of exaggeration
Il boldly state that Englishman unac-
eualnied with Russia can scarcely form an aoe-
eeate conception Of the functions and activity
y the police Ia the empire Of the Gar Ihe
iI-ngLshman looks upon the constable and the
Inspector public servants. who are ready 10
protect the peaceful citizens against niquity and
INJUSTICE One becomes aware of q pleasant
.eehng u safety creeping over one at the famil-
.sf sight Of the bobby" and cannot but en-
pAaucally declare that frequent visits or late
svsfs 10 various European countries have tended
- - increase my appreciation of and admiration
.gI the police Of the metropolis But the Rus
81 Policeman is far from being the protector
:. inc peaceful citizen. He looks upon the lat
- - MltG suspicion for every citizen may be
stsiatonary in disguise. and the whole aim
1no purpose OF the Russian police is 20 fight
49, sisin ano 10 protect absolutlsm. Ihere Is
ssIeeiy an honest. thinking citizen within the
- .s,'nihlons of the Gar who does not grumble al
,tls police Of his country Urban and rural
siaoiasrs. as well peasant, not only hate
=. ponce officer but also feel deep rooted con-
:. ~ ioF him Many there who VIII refuse
AFo" the policeman In private life, and VIII
New-York tribune., 1909-03-28
CALIGULA's GALLEYs.

II was probably on the occasion of his visit to
syracuse where he exhibited Grecian games
that he first learned about a celebrated galley
once made there by Archimedes for Hero TO
Tresent 70 Ptolemy, King Of Egypt This amaz-
ing vessel obviously amounted to a magnificent
floating villa for besides containing a banquet
ing hall. library, temple and baths IL was
adorned with trees, flowers and fountains. and
11isc:na. II thus surpassed in its enchantments
the Atlantic triumphs of own day.
let Us recall what Suetonius says further Of
this extraordinary Emperor:
IEe built two Eal!eys having ten banks Of oars:
sails were pa-ti-colored These were fitted IN with
ample baths galleries and saloons. and supplied
with q great variety OF vines and growing fruit
trees In one Of these he would saiI in the day-
tine 2lons me coast OF Campania, feastng amidst
palaces ami Villas there was nothing he much
Now. If he built such amazing SalIevs like that
n Hero for the coast Of Campania. mad as
such a feat undoubtedly was-to do the like on
2 little deeply shut in lake. like this Of Nemi
Was surely even more crazy. But here, pre-
Cisely at this northern Of the lake there are
lying at this moment, at right angles TO one an
other, two galleys such Is Suetonius has de-
scribed, and although they have been locally
known for many centuries as belonging 10
TiSerlus, recent research beneath the water has
succeeded IN appropriating them to their real
coIlsuuctoI, 1or on several lengths OF leaden
piping laid for the purpose of slppivine wafer in
and about these huge galleys, and which have
been brought up by the divers, the inscriptions
read, Cali Csesaris August Germanici" There
fore. unquesuOnably. they pertain TO the son of
Germanicus, otherwise 10 Caligula. and so they
must be dated between the years A D 81 and
4. D. Al. These pipes measure nine inches in
diameter Cdfteen centimetres)- This date has
heen 1urther corrohOrated by the discovery Of
tiles bearing the name Of Marcus Fulvius Zosi-
mus. which occurs in other imperial structures
of that period Further. the eXquistely realistic
sculptures IN bronze found among the fittings Of
the sunken ships only serve to amplify the as
surance as 10 the period TO which they belong
Among these occurs arm and hand slightly
archaic having very square finger nails-St
CAR Badoeley in The Nineteenth Century.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-28
STORIES OF HUXLEY.

Professor Huxley seemed to me the very in
carnatiou of sanity, for grated to first rate
knowledge of :fienttfc methods and results was
an irnagiuatiCG of the richest and most eXpan-
sye order GSough he on more than one occa-
sion spoke disparagingiy to me of mere writer's
of imaginative literature'). To this was supple
mented q supreme sense Of humor. quality not
supposed to exist often, but which I have found
almost uniformly among men who give over
the main part Of their lives to physiological and
physical research. Had HuXey's sympathies
not been on the scientific side he might have
New-York tribune., 1909-03-28
OPENING oF TIE KITTAT1NNY.

Delaware Water Gap, Penn, March 27-The first
OF the larger hotels open in this region Is the
Kittatinny House owned and managed personally
by c. Frank Cope. For several years this hosiery
has received large patronage. and this season
promises % be record breaker. Extensive I'M
provcments have been in progress for several
months and the hotel beautifully located. vill
present d fne appearance at the very beginning OF
the season. The KittatinAy is situated IN lis own
park Of two hundred acres. containing delightful
walks. lakes and waterfalls, and has the hdtuIal
draft OF cooling summer ireezes created tF me
Gan formation IN which the Kittatnny IS sit
uated The booking for the month OF April is large
New-York tribune., 1909-03-28

However much I lament the circumstances;
Westminster Abbey is a Christian church ana
not a Pantheon, and the dean thereof is ofcially
a Christian priest, and we ask him to oesto%
rxceptional Christian honor by this burial IN
the Abbey George Eliot is known not OILY as
New-York tribune., 1909-03-28

the settlement for re-eXamination' shouted one
and all. Back to Molokal! -,
one thing is certain. The 1eper in the settle
r,ent il far better off than the leper VINO hes
IN hiding outside. Such leper is lonely out
caet living in constant fear Of discovery, ana
sIou,lv and surely rotting away The acton ol
Ienrosy is not steady. II lays hold of IT'S victim
commits a rayage. and then lies dormant for an
i,deternfnate period. II may not commit an
otber rayage for ive years, or ten years VI
Sortv years and the patient may enjoy uhln-
t-r,y,,tad good health. Rarely however 90
+baea erst ravages cease of themselves. me
i.tIIs5 e,1rgeon is required, and the skllleu sur
go, cannot be called in for the ieper VINO - IN III
StJirg For instance. the first raVaGe may le'ht
- Forrn Of a perforating ulcer IN lile soie %
- foot when the bone is reached hecI"Sl9
ts IN II the leper is in hiding, ne cannot pe
a.stod unon the necrosis VIII continue 70 a.
~ %, m the bone Of the leg, ana III d pIleh @
a.s bor-ible time that leper VIII dle oL Sail
80 80 - sorne other terrible complication, Ci
81 otber hand if that same leper is III 1Ioh1., ~
~ surgeon viii operate upon the lool IcIiL5t I,t
i tte 1S,, .ies7,se the bone. and put a cohlPiele
,on n that particular rayage or tne uLag~ 9i I
pnonth after the operation the lepeI VIII ~
-, siding on horseback. running J Ioot "a 80
,,,,,i7g in the breakers or climbing tIIe s.uuff
,sax Of The valleys for mountain aPples - -.
% bss been stated before. the dissiSt, - . .lis
So-,,nsnt NAV not again attack hlln Ior ~ III
~ Tort, vears-Jack London, ID me S""'eiii
porary Review
New-York tribune., 1909-03-28

calguia's Galleys-Faking Antiques--The Russian

Police.

never shake hands with him. Many Russians
VIII starve with their families rather than don
tIe poIlceman's uniform. But there plenty
Of rufians and numberless hooligans who are
only too willing TO be enlisted in the ranks Of the
ponce, and who thus win immunity for their
own crimes. The number Of policemen has Of
late years increased, and has the number OF
crimes, and the vast majority Of criminals es-
cape punishment.-Dr. A S Rappoport, in The
FortnightIy Review
New-York tribune., 1909-03-28
THE LEPERs OF MoLoKAL

III LEI I-INso O'F MOlCfN-al-
In Molokai the people are happy. I shall
never forget the celebration Of the fourth Of
July / witnessed there. At o'clock in the
morning the "horribles" were out, dressed
fantastically, astrde horses, mules and donkeys
(ther own property, and cutting capers all
over the settlement. Two brass bands out
as We'll Then there were the pau riders thirty
or forty of them. Hawaiian women all superb
horseworaen dressed gOrgeously in the old
native riding costume. and dashing about in
t"os and threes and groups In the afternoon
MRS. London and l stood in the judges stand
and awarded the prize for horsemanship and
costume to the pau riders. All about the
hundreds OF lepers with wreaths Of flowers
heads and necks and shoulders, looking and
making merry. And always. over the brows of
hills and across the grassy level stretches, ap-
pearing and disappearing, were the groups Of
men and women, Eayly dressed, galloping
horses, horses and riders flower -bedecked and
flower -garlanded, singing and laughing and rid
Ing like the wind And as I stood in the judges
stand and looked at all this, there TO my
recollection the lazar house OF Havana where
prisoners inside four restricted walls until they
wot Of in this world over which l would select
Molokai as place Of permanent residence. In
the evening went TO one Of the leper
sembly halls, where, before a crowded audience.
the singing societies contested for prizes, and
where the night wound UP with dance I
have the Hawaiians living in the slums of
Honolulu, and. having seen them, I readily
understand why the lepers. brought up from
New-York tribune., 1909-03-28

is your mother sufTragette. little boy2
L should say Pa is the one that suffers
In our house Detroit Free Press.