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DISTORTED HISTORY.
Napoleon's Downfall as Recorded In q
Russian Textbook.

Napoleon's Downfall as Recorded In q
Russian Textbook.
Reasons Of church, state or other
policy have frequently caused the scho-
ars of one country to tamper with the
history of another with which it has
been intimately connected. A curious
instance of such a distortion of French
history was that found in a Russian
textbook used in all Russian public
schools and edited by great Rus
sian scholar. Ilovaiski. The following
may be cited as an illustration:
louis XVI. was good and peaceful
king. After Il long and famous reign
in which he was most happy in his
choice of minister OF finance he died
quietly in Paris. beloved by all his
people His death was caused By a
hemorrhage.
'"The successor of Louis XVI. was his
son. Louis XVII. During his reign the
brave royal army commanded by Gen
eral Napoleon Bonaparte captured the
larger part of the European continent
for the French crown. But the faith
less Napoleon showed tendencies to-
ward misuSin% his power and was suS.
pected of harboltng dishonest schemes
against the legitimate ruler. With the
help of his majesty the emperor and
autocrat of all the RuSsiaS. his plans
were frustrated. and he was deprived
of all his possessions. honorS and rights
to a pension He was then eXiled TO
the island of St Helena. where he
died. ."-Chicago Record Herald
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Gnuntu Nfms Nntra
PAlO VERDE VALLEY

A telephone system has been COM
pleted between Blythe and Ehrenberg.
The Blythe school had an arbor day
last week and set out shade trees on
the school property.
A new school district has been
formed in the territory north of Blythe
as some of the children of that ter
ritory had to travel five miles to at
tend school.
Mrs. Henry C. Downs has been
called to Maryland by the serious i'll
ness of her father
1t is expected that the creamery and
ice plant will be in operation in Blythe
some time during May. More than
$4,000 has been pledged for this en-
terprise.
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INFECTION AT HEALTH RESORTS

Among the public the idea is Oc-
casionally found that cities or COM
munities frequented by tuberculous
persons present conditions favorable
for the infection of the we'll. While
it was difficult to secure conclusive
evidence to prove the error of the as
sumption referred to. yet study of
the question would indicate that cas-
ual contact and house infection were
Of relatively slight Importance. and
that if the presence of a large number
of open cases" were a factor of great
importance in spreading tuberculosis,
there should be some correlation be-
tween the death rate of imported and
acquired cases il the various commun-
tiles. None of the states except Ari-
zona classifies separately the deaths
from imported cases and those from
locally acquired tuberculosis. 1t is
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First Stocking Frame.

The first stocking frames are said to
have been made by William Lee, Gu
rate of Culverton. in 1856. and were at
first worked by him with the assist
ance of his sweetheart or wife. Like
most other inventors. he failed to re-
ceive suitable reward for his labor
and is said to have died at Paris in
1910. starving and broken hearted.
The stocking weaverS' company. estab'
lished in 1868. for the next ninety
years had almost Il monopoly of the
business. but Great Britain today
makes nearly one-half of the stockings
made in the world Germany is a
close second. National Magazine.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

- NINOl OOdI LdFIus-UoLzUJ
Department of the Interior, u. S. Land
Office at Los Angeles. Cal. January %.
1912:-NOTICE is hereby given that
CHARLES n. SMITH, Of siisbee, Cal.
Entry. No. O6720, for tracts 1879 and 141,
township IS S., range 13 T.. S. B. merid-
ian, has filed notice of intention to make
to the land above described. before the
Clerk Of the Superior Court of Imperial
County. California. at FL Centre. Cali
Gaiyo9pt OIL 'e 1ts Gay it 81 arc' u S.aor
w Nichols. John r. Havens, Charles
Dearborn, all Of Silsbee, Cal; Clark w.
Adair of FL Centre, Cal; Albert +. Wag-
ner of El Centre, Cal.
FRANK BtJREN,
ieb2S Register
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
mot CoaI arUc-0Sj7Ql

department of the Interior, u. s. Land
Office at Los Angeles. Cal, Feb. 10.
oAsY NJ oEAReoRN s RfIe@E Of ssbee fHsn cai sni.
who on March q, 1908, made Desert Land
Entry; No .4767,. Serial No. o517e for
5. w. a.. section 81. township 16 s.. range
l3 E., S. b. meridian. being tract 157,
7. 16 S. r. IS f.. S. 3. NJ. by the
resurvey, has filed notice of intention to
make final proof. to establish claim to
the land above described, before the Clerk
of the Superior Court of Imperial County
at FL Centre. California. on the 18th day
of March. 1912.
G. Bogue. of Calexico, Cal; Fred w
Paine, of FL Centre, CAL; Frank J.
Blaschko. of Silsbee. Cal; Charles +.
Dearborn, of Silsbee, Cal
mCh1S FRANK BUREN. Register
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NOTICE Foe PUBLICATION

ttNON SOdI IdFuS--VoUIu)
Department of the Interior, IT, g. I,aad
Office at Los Angeles, Cal, February z.
ls12xNoTiCE L is hereey given that
Cal, assignee of James Fl. Allen. who. on
February 12, 1908, made desert land entry
No. 1852, Serial No. 05010, for NV u
NV. "a, section H. township is s.. range
II E., S. 3. meridian, being lot 1. Sec
Ia. T. 16 s., r. IL F., S. B. NJ, by the
resurvey, has He'd notice of intention to
make final proof to establish claim to
the land above described before the Clerk
Of the Superior Court of Imperial County.
at FL Centre, California, on the 14th day
of March. 1912.
Claimant names as witnesses: Grover
G. Gray, Joel RI. Campbell. Peter J.
Storms, George L. Campbell. all of Sees
ley, Cal. FRANK buren,,
mch9 Register
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
MAJ -nfd1O1N

Office at Los Angeles, tal., January II.
l912.-NOTICE is hereby given that
THEoP ILLUS D. j. EHMkE. Of El Cen
tro. Cal. who on December IS. 1911,
made homestead entry No. 014493 for
tract 90. r. - s. r. IS E.. and tract
229, township Ii s., range 13 E.. S. 3.
meridian, has filed notice OF intention
to make final Communication proof. to es-
tablish claim to the land above described.
before the Clerk Of tn Superior Court
of lmpNriai County. C''ifolut, at FL
Centre, California. on iiie 2Sth day of
February, l4l'.
Claimant names rs Witnesses Harry
don Rogers. I1im norton \. Iuetta
Pitts. James =. Pitts all of FL centro,
California. FRANK BEIsEN.
feb2l Register.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior, e. s. Land
19l2NNoTICE is hereby given ' that T.
ETHEL |. VARNEY, of Imperial Cal.
who. on June Z. 1907. made Desert Land
Entry, No: 0469S. for NE. a NE. u,
Sec. II, T. 16 s.. r. IA E.. being lot
|. section II, township 16 S., range IA E..
S. B. meridian, by the resurvey. has fled
notice Of intention to make final proof
scribed, before the Clerk of the Superior
Court of Imperial County, at Ell Centre,
California, on the 21st day of March, 1912.
Claimant names as witnesses: e. H.
Houck, H. Pittman. George Varney all
of Imperial, Cal; W. p. Downey. of See
ley. Cal. FRANK buren,
mch1S Register
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Preparedness.

Begin the morning by saying to tny-
self. | shall meet the busybody. the
ungrateful. arrogant, deceitful. envious
and unsocial. but |. who have seen the
nature of the good. that it is beautiful,
and that of the bad. that it is ugly,
can be injured by none of them
Marcus AureluS.
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Cettipu Used "a II

"How long have you been married?'
$50 long now that can quarrel with
my husband without bursting into
tears "-Detroit Free Press.
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The heavens are as deep as our as-
pirationS are high -ThO"eau.
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The Pioneer Transfer Company is pre-
pared to handle your baggage or any
kind of drayage work at reasonable
prices. Office on Fifth street just north
cf Main street Phone Main l. If
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Just arrived, a whole carload of or
ange and lemon trees. Can at once and
get them while they are fresh. They
are choice trees and very cheap. Kely's
Nursery. first west of pOstOftice. Il
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-sN &0~

Don't forget the place-fancy Burbank
potatoes at $3.50 per cwt. at Scott's Gro
Gerry. 163
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-" o @s--

Must close out before warm weather
carload fancy Burbank potatoes at 81. Sc
per cwt. SCOTS Grocery. 163
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Bound to Have II.

"My wife can't decide on car
'"This model is the last word in tour
ing cars"
''The last word, eh? Then she'll
have it."-Seattle Post Intelligencer.
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Why pay more? Fancy Burbank pota-
toes at $50 per cWt at Scotts Gro
Gerry. l63
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
PHYSICIANS
DR.. VIRGIL McCOMBS

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Ell CENTRIC :: :: CALIFORNIA
Office. Opera House block Residence. 9Th
and Olive SITS. Office hours. to 5 pm.
Forenoons evenings and Sundays at resi-
dence. Office Phone, Main g. Res Phone,
NJ. As.
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"Love, Not Larceny Leads to Arrest

IAMES Harris Champion, reared on
y farm in Alabama, the only other
product of which was one bale of cot
ton year, came to, Washington the
other day to earn a livelihood. Only
one day Of joyous freedom was en-
joyed by Champion, and then his
dream Of world conquest was nipped
In the bud by the police, and then
James, looking from between the
bars at the First precinct station. NUT
tered:
1T was love, not larceny, that got
me here"
And then Champion told the police
4 story of a starved soul, crippled
body, and the first sight Of beautiful
woman-the most beautiful woman he
had ever seen-and how infatuat1on
for Lee Chapman, whom the police
we'll know, compelled him to live a
lie and the consequences of it.
"Wednesday evening l met Lee
Chapman on the street. She was the
prettiest woman / ever saw" said
Champion; "andI guess I loved her as
soon as looked at her, Anyway, /
loved her soon afterward, for she was
the only pretty woman that ever paid
any attention to me-"
And then Champion sobbed little
when he said:
You know cripple doesn't get
many smiles"
II didn't have any money and I saw
l couldn't make much Roadway with
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WASH1NGTON.-It is decidedly hot
W in Washington. There IL moth
Ing especially new or startling in this
statement, may be, but it serves neat
y az an Introduction to the interest
Ing narrative appended. During the
summer months, it seems, when q
Washington resident is not discussing
the baseball team he occupies his time
figuring reasons for the utter success
Of heat here.
Numbers Of perfectly reasonable
reasons have been so figured. HUI,
m1dtty, for one; the discouraging,
mushy asphalt; the white buildings:
the wide streets-oh, any number OF
reasons. Many residents cling to
enc thory, but more declare that all
causes work together. One single
cause, the latter argue, could not get
so much effect.
However, this story is written to
narrate the discovery Of: an entirely
new theory accounting for the heat
peculiar to Washington. It wan dis
closed to Washington visitor during
a dragging, sun stifled walk along
Pennsylvania avenue the other after.
noon. It was typical Washington
summer day, the kind referred to by
an old resident who said:
well. admit that the mornings in
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-19

4 EW YORK. That hardest of
~ hardy ship news annals, the story
OF the deep sea quarrel between sword
dsh and whale-it was q shark this time
reached port in good order the other
day on board the stanch ship Gale
doaia.
L was q calm and beautiful Sabbath
NON at sea. The Caledonia blowing
her way through a hottle-green ocean,
was 60 miles due east of Montauk
Poinf. Captain F. H. Wadsworth was
on the bridge. Passengers and crew
LACED idly on deck. All was peace and
tranquility. Suddenly some one with
keen eyesight espied the perennial
ccmmotion in the water just of the
ships bows. All eyes at once peered
seaward, expecting to be rewarded
with view of the usual death strug-
giles between shark and sworflsh.
To thar utter amazement and de-
light, what should meet their wonder
ing eyes but scores-aye, scores-or
swordtish and sharks froltck1ng In
friendly play about the ship!
It was easy to see that they were
making splendid Sunday dinner Of
bluefish, macAerel, porgies. founders.
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Sorority Girls Read Their Bibles

nETRO1T, Sorority girls have
~ taken to reading their Bibles. The
sixth verse Of Solo1aon's eighth song is
that part of the Holy Scripture, hold.
ing for them the greatest meaning.
! "Set me as a seal upon thine heart
as seal upon thine arm, for love is
as strong as death; jealousy is cruel
as the grave: the Goals thereof are
Goals Of fire, which hath most vehe.
ment fame"
That's the verse fraught with dou-
Bile meaning fer Zach sorority coed
who would pee into the future, and
fine the name o! her husband to be.
How do they Go It?
Listen.
First you get small Bible. Then
you get 4 door key and one-half yard
of red twine. You open the Bible at
the eighth chapter Of Solomon's songs
and lay the key within the Bible so
that the round part Of the key comes
out over the side of the Holy book,
and the other end just touches the
word heart" Then you close the book
and wrap it with the red twine. Then
two girls support the book suspended
by placing the tip Of the third finger
of the left hand under the rouEd part
Of the key, never touching the book. A
third person repeats the alphabet, A,
B, @, and so on, and the key twists the
Bible around whenever the letter is
reached which spells the name OF the
husband who is to be-" The while
one must be repeating the verse quot
ed above.
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Last Sunday in the Eta Bita Pie So
rority, three 1naids perched on the day.
export in the living room. One was
grave as an owl, for it was her" for
tune that was 10 be told.
"A, B, =, D. E, F. G." tolled of the
maid slowly, and the book hung sus-
pended, motioaless. III" droned the
maid. and. whiz. the key fairly turned
itself out o. tho girls hands.
"He-he-he" gtEgled the maids and
tried 1t again. IN turn came the rest
Of the name larry" and as each letter
was told oil, there were more hes,
hes, hes, hes" linen began the last
name, and letter utter letter it spelled
1t out, but by that time it had grown
too serious thing to be giggled over.
and when the na1ne was SO far spelled
that one knew for sure whether it was
to be Sherman or Sherwood" Miss
Sorority coyly dec.ded she would not
play any more. 1T was all so foolish
anyway, don't you know" said Miss
Sorority.
Any way, it's great fun, and each
sorority group is paying particular at
tention to Bible study these days.
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How a "Dock" Waiter Served the Soup

u ALTIMORE, MD.-Charles F. Muir
ID ply, during the recent conven-
ton, deigned to breakfast in the main
dining room of the Emerson hotel. 1t
was usually more comfortable for
convention guests (if they had pull
enough to get the service) to dine In
their room. But It was the quaint
mood of Mr.. Murphy to mingle with
the masses.
Mr.. Murphy is one of the most
scholarly looking persons in political
life these days. He looks more like
college professor than Woodrow
Wilson or George Harvey Of the bar
rel-hooped spectacles ever did in their
lives.
Thus, then, he sat at one of the
tables in the main dining room of the
Emerson.
Walters we're scarce in Baltimore
A number Of energetic, though unre
fined, persons from the water front
(more used to hand trucks and the
bale hooks than the napkin and the
menu card) had been hired to fill the
emergency, and had been disguised in
dress clothes.
One Of these, bearing a silver tureeu
Of beautifully red tomato soup. bore
through the aisle Of the tables along
which sat Mr.. Murphy. -
TIE waters solar plexus and thu
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Boys Bat Revenge On Girl Teachers

Ross Crenshaw, pitcher for the
boys, shocked and panied the women
by throwing the ball over the plate
just as hard as ever he could. The
outfield lay down and rolled over
when one of the women Indignantly
asked How in the world could any
body hit little old round ball when
you throw it real hard?"
The game lasted three innings.
When one Of the young women was
called "out" at second base, her
teammates were unit in declaring
the decision faulty, prejudiced, out Of
order, ungentlemanly and reversible.
When the umpire gently inquired
why they took that view of it. they
answered "because"
He was up against it aid allowed
the runner to return to second. The
game was called off at the end of the
fourth inning because the women
were afraid they would get hit with
the ball-because their clothes we're
getting dusty-because they were
tired, and-because.
The game was one of the features
of the annual school picnic. All the
boy players were members Of the
eighth grade. The kids were little
sore because the game broke up so
soon, for it spoiled the years best
chance to get even with the teachers,
and they had had the pleasure of see
ing only one Of them carried OF the
field.
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CT. LOU1S.-Eight young women OF
y the Hawthorne school in East St
Louis, who have been teaching the
young idea how to shoot, attempted
the other day to show how to play
baseball.
There is dispute as to whether
they succeeded, the teachers main
Gaining they were victorious by per
fectly awful score" and the unabash-
ed boy pupils declaring, Jaw, dem
biddies don't know nuttin' about de
game The fans gave the decision
to the boys.
Miss Agnes Richee, who ployed first
base, was the first to suffer by the
games strenuosity, spraining her
ankle in making a spirited dash for
the first sack en- a nicely placed hit.
A quiet little rumor to the effect the
teachers would appear in boomers
brought out hundreds of fans. After
the women appeared in skirts the
crowd showed a seemingly unjustif1ed
desire to kill the umpire the rest Of
the game.
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her without money, so went to tho
best jeweler in Washington and Or
dered $4,000 worth of jewelry. l told
them I was stopping at the Raleigh
and l would send for the jewelry. II
when I met Lee told her I was
going to give them to her, and she
threw her arms about my neck and
kissed me. I guess I'll have to pay
we'll for those kisses. Then I took
her lavflear and gold wedding ring
and told her to wait while l went to
the hotel and got tho jewels. l only
took them because knew she would
wait for me II I had them. It was
Lees beauty that turned my head.
II intended to 60 to the hotel ana
then go back. to Lee and toll her I
couldn't get, the Jewels until tomor.
row. I thought, she would be nice to
me then, because she would believe
she would get the Jewels II she treat
ed me we'll. But before got to the
hotel they arrested me-"
Champion is held on charge Of
larceny. The lavilear and ring were
found on the prisoner.
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w ASH1NGTON restaurant men and
W their customers were much dis
turbed the other day over the news
from Georgetown, Del, that a man
OF that place, had succeeded in de-
veloping an apple that has no CORE
According to the report, the expert
nents have proceeded so far that for
two years he has raised apples that
have absolutely no vestige of either
seed or their flbrous covering.
1t was with much indignation that
the news was received in the restau,
rants Of the National Capital
Its an outrage" said the proprie-
tor of one restaurant, when he saw
the dispatch. Something ought to be
done. Oh, Mr.. Rigger!"
A wiry looking man of about fifty,
who was lighting a cigarette at the
cigar lighter, came over to where the
proprietor stood.
Mr.. Rigger," explained the proprie-
tor. rs one Of the Oldest customers
/ have. He has been taking his meals
in this restaurant for 20 years. 1t
ought to be of interest to get his
views on the subject" Whereupon
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*Black Hand' Rumor Disturbs Capitol

yINWONTED excitement disturbed
~ the usual morning calm Of the cap.
ltol. when it was whispered that a
senator had received q message from
the BLACK Hand Immediately
there were visions Of detectives trac-
;rg up every evanescent clue, for 1t
had been stated positively over the
phone by the senator that he was the
tictim of q Black Hand disaster:
There was Consideration when the
senator was encountered at the golf
links, and an excited group Of play
ers surrounded him to quiz about the
alarming missive. What shout that
Black Hand letter Y they cried.
What Black Hand letter7' asked
the senator absently. d; IS Il s@a- :. xs..
WHY. the one you were talking
about this morning. III zs i #.5 S . !.
II think threw It IN the waste
basket. .$* 5 .s.s5,s|Ssz
l. u. w Q must aave that letter, senator,
put In e young reporter earnestly.
Our cooperad lon with the press and
the omcers o. the law viii mean much
= :f f 81 81 IS
Say. young man, z broke 81 tho sen
ator 81 this = on? q Hs - cnltt-
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Coreless Apple Alarms Pie-Eaters

the contents of the dispatch were ex-
planned to the customer.
Il. for one, won't stand for it," d.
clared Mr.. Rigger, firmly. Il have
been eating in this place so long that
it would seem like breaking home ties
to stop 1t; but if this restaurant ever
| serves pies made Of these coreless ap-
pies I'll have to go somewhere else.
Why, an apple pie without plenty Of
seeds and fiber in it would be like
highball without flzz or matrimony
without Nat Goodwin. No, sir. I
! won't stand for it, and II"
Quiet yourself, Mr.. Rigger," inter-
posed the proprietor. II intend to see
that your rights are protected. !
simply won't buy pies made Of core
less apples"
Thank you!" exclaimed Mr.. Rigger,
and he grasped the proprietor's
hand. .27"'3-, .' "a.
At the headquarters Of the Wait
ers' union tho news met with 4
chilly RECEPTION. ss*s*> =
What do you think Of it," one Of
the officers Of the union was asked. ~.
Think Of it? Well, think there
will be a walters strike If they. try
to introduce these coreless @appleass
II we served guests with apple piel
that had no seeds In them, We nevei
would get tip, and without tips W.
simply couldn't make a living
Shaking his head solemnly, ana
with a new look OF care ON his face,
he turned on his heel. 81. a.S.f