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Imperial Valley press., 1914-06-22
The Manicure Lady
(By William F. Kirk

NDy w MINI
81 was away up in the Bronx yes
terday,". said the Manicure Lady.
"Some folks up there was burning
rubbish in their back yards and the
smell took me back to my childhood
days, when we used to do our spring
cleaning back home There was an old
overshoe burning somewhere in the
piles, and / remembered how there
was always old overshoe or an old
rubber that smelt above the burning
straw and paper and brush in our
back yard. Oh, them happy days of
childhood, which were so much hap
pier than the days / have saw since!"
81 never got no fun out of burn
ing up rubbish in the spring." said
the Head Barber. 81 was the only
boy at home, and all that fusslng
around and cleaning up the yard was
up to me. l wasn't keen for it, eis':er.
got SO hated the sight of rake
and wheelbarrow."
"But the yard always looked so
much nicer afterwards" said the
Manicure Lady. "There was thought
came to me yesterday when l saw
them people cleaning up their yards
that in the spring every one of us
should clean out our minds, and think
a lot of pure, fresh thoughts. l told
Wilfred about it, because l thought
maybe he could make a poem out of
it, but he said no more. My brother
don't think any thoughts is brilliant
unless he has them himself"
at wouldn't hurt any of us to clean
out the back yards of our minds, if
our minds is big enough to have a
back yard" said the Head Barber,
"but the trouble with people here in
the city is that their minds get
cramped and narrow like the flats
they live in. Then they begin to
think that their mind din't need no
cleaning out, and there they stay"
81 didn't know that you had ever
gave that subject much thought,
George" said the Manicure Lady; "but
you express my own ideas so forci-
BILE that / think our minds is good
deal alike, except that l amt boob
enough to gamble. Gee, wish l could
write even as good as my brother.
l could make poem out Of that what
you just said.
"And, speaking about burning old
overshoe, it was funny how that smell
brought back my girl days. Amt it
funny that when you smell some flow
er or some strange perfume it brings
you back to days that have long went
/ wonder why that is. When l smeit
that burning overshoe my memory
went back ten years to the days when
l was only little schoolgirl. l can
see my dear old father now, throwing
rubbish on that fire in that back yard.
He wasn't so fat then as he is now,
but | can see him."
"Did you say you was little school
girl ten years ago." asked the Head
Barber.
"That is what / said" replied the
Manicure Lady, "and that is what /
mean. What are you grinning about,
George? That don't set good on vour
map, that silly grin. l suppose you
are trying to make out that / am
getting old, and the first thing l
know you will be intimating that |
am a spinster. Don't do it, George,
if yol want to stay good friends with
me! The first age limit talk I hear
out of you will be my cut to exit off
the stage and out of this layout. You
are listening to the gypsy's warning.
Mr.. Barber Let that soak in.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-06-22
TTAyE BEEN FAIR.

News inclined to critse the Los Angeles news
pae of handling break Volcano eve In this
seemed that In ths
been and fair
the Los Angeles newspapers are nos
the Press ventures to these big news
Appropriation
which must position where will be be-
yond suspicion of danger.
makes the appropriation o the g "oh heu
will be restored
Imperial Valley press., 1914-06-22

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astonishingly clever in this respect.
A stick was placed near the plant at
distance of two inches, and during
the few hours which followed a very
strange thing happened. The tendril,
which at first was held between the
leaflets, where it had been developed
dropt down to a horizontal position.
This was, of course, merely matter
of growth, but it was almost at once
followed by a very decided movement
of the tendril toward the stick. Fin
ally, the whole of the upper shoot
of the plant leaned over, meanwhile
the tip of the tendril was busy max
ing sure of it's hold. One could not
very we'll get away from the idea
that the tendril knew, if the word
is permissible, that support was
within reach"
Sometimes, Mr.. Baastin goes on to
say, plants find themselves in awk-
ward situations. like that of a hazel
bush that grew in the upper part of
an old willow-tree, and ultimately
needed more roof for it's roots. 1t
therefore very sensibly started to
send out roots to the soil beneath.
These Travelled downward through the
hollow trunk of the willow, and fin
ally reached the ground, twelve feet
below. Another strange tale, from
South Africa, tells of trailing cac-
tus on a galvanized-iron roof, through
which at one point rust had eaten
it's way. As soon as the stem of the
cactus reached this point it at once
| started to send down an immense
quantity of roots, through the hole
to the ground beneath, distance of
nine feet. How on earth, asks Mr..
Bastin, could the plart know that it
would reach the ground at the end
of the journey through the air? He
goes on:
"a few years ago some plants of
the tropical creeper known as mon-
sierra were established in green
house. These plants are very fond
of rambling about the roofs of the
structure in which they are growing,
and will often send down roots IL
! the ground In this particular case
/ the plants made no attempt to develop
their aerial roots until they were ovez
large water-tank. Then the roots
were produced in abundance, and thes1
Travelled down through the atmos-
phere and finally reached their goal
many feet beneath. In another case
g little fern sought out some water
with an intelligence that seems to be
almost uncanny. The plant was grow
/ ing in a pot, which was kept stand
1 ing in a saucer; the latter was al
ways well filled with water. Now
one may suppose that the fern did
not have a sufficient supply OF water
to meet its needs in the ordinary way
and It determined to get into touch
1 with that in which the pot was stand
ing. Accordingly, the plant sent down
special root on the outside of the
pot 20 the water in the saucer"
Finally, he quotes the following de
scription of a striking case of root
intelligence observed by DIR. Carpen.
ter in 1860:
"In little hollow ON the top Of tbs
shell of an old oak (the outer layers
Of which, however, and the branches
are still vegetating) the seed of ;
/ wild serwce-tree was accidentally
sown. 1t grew there for some time
Imperial Valley press., 1914-06-22
Increase Your Mileage.

The Ensign Carburetor burns either
Gasoline or Distillate. Guaranteed to
increase your mileage and power, or
your money back. All sizes, to fit
everything from Fords to 90-horse-
power cars. Stanley-De Blois Co.,
Wholesale and Retail Distributors
Adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-06-22
CAMP BONITA

Fishing, hunting. croquet. Finest
dance pavilion and tennis court in
mountains Cobblestone huts and tents
complete for housekeeping. For fur
ther particulars address Camp Bonita,
TAO South. Hill ST., Los Angeles. Cal
Imperial Valley press., 1914-06-22
The st. Anthony
Apart trnent Hotel

Cor. Broadway g. 18th ST.. San Diego.
Amusement rooms, ball room, sun par
lor. Private baths and telephone in all
apartments. Steam heat. Walking dis
tapce. Phone Main 1347.
G. w. Soper. Proprietor
Imperial Valley press., 1914-06-22
THE PRETTY GIRL" GAME

long the Hearst invented the
public ADDED 10 he
time before the alliance mad
the Las Angeles Times and IN those
the Times lambasted Hearst without mercy
pretty girl" played in the Hearst papers
Imperial Valley press., 1914-06-22
Little Bobby Pa
By William +. Kirk

By William F. Kirk
We had nice dinner up to the
house last mite, Pa and Ma gaiv it
for old friend of PAS that has
jest CAIN to visit us for a week. Pa
was telling us all about him beefoar
he calm. His naim is Mister Gladly.
Mister Gladly, wich is cumming here
tonite, Pa sed to us yesterday, was
my deerest friend at skool. He has bee
cum vary welthy of late yeers. do
not know jest how he made his mum
ny, but it must have been his branes
and not saving, sed Pa, beekaus he
was the freest harted boy in the skool.
l doant know about that, sed Ma.
| neever knew of man which had
got rich unless he was of saving ma
ter. You wud newer be rich if you
lived to be milyun yeers, Ma toald
Pa, and sumtimes l am glad of it,
beekaus we have always got enuff.
But l think you will find wen Mister
Gladly gets here that he is of a saw
ing rater and not the free harted
boy he was wen you used to know
him.
/ doant think so, sed Pa, but we
shall see, and jest then sum of the
nabors calm in and Mister Gladly calm
too. They was all glad to meet him
bekaus he is rich and moast peepul
will so long ways to meet rich
man.
l looked at Pas friend and l went
out in the other room ware Ma was
and l toald her that l wud like to
bet Mr.. Gladly was close. hoap not,
sed Ma, but l fecr we will find he
is. That is about the only way men
can git rich in this wurld.
Then we had our dinned, and il
wasent long befoar we know that
Pas friend was awful stingy. He talked
stingy.
Oh, what luvly dinner, sed one
of Mas trends. l think everything
is perfeck Our deer hostess ought t.
feel proud, doant you think so, MI.
Gladly?
Pride is bad thing and so is
extrava- gems, sed Mr.. Gladly.
Do you think SO, Mr.. Gadfly, sed
other lady.
My naim is not Gadfly, he sed. My
naim is Gladly. Yes, madam, he said
pride is vary bad thing. AS poo1
Richard says, Pride breakfasts with
welth, dimes with poverty and sups
with In-famy and as poor Dick says
in another place, pound spent now
meens a groat to beg for later.
Thare isent much pride about this
household, sed Pa. All we like to dc
is to have things framed up nice
for our friends when we call. / talk
a lot of pleasure in having my trends
enjoy themselfs in my hoam.
Enjoyment easily goes too far, sed
Mister Gladly.
Oh, doant know, Mister Gadding
sed Ma. l thing we shud get all the
enjoyment out of our lives that we
can.
My name is not Gadding but Gadly
sed Pas friend. Please remember that
Gladly, not Gadfly or Gadding. En-.
joyment, as l was saying, can easily
be overdone. As poor Richard says
enjoyment in youth meens poor EN-.
ployment old age, and as poor Dick
says in another plase, play and cheers
in youth make work and tears in ole
age.
That is the way Pas rich frenl
talked all during the dinner, but ht
ate moar food than any of the rest
of the peepul, beekaus he had spoiled
thare appetite. & every body was GLAD
wen poor Richard went to bed.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-06-22
FOrdeZers

make your 4D ride as an automobile
should. Positively guaranteed against
breakage. Set of four, put on, $15.00
Stanley-De Blois Co.-Adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-06-22

During June, E. r. Hansen & Co.,
jewelers., 130 North Fifth street, will
repair any American watch for $1.00,
no matter what the trouble, and guar
antee repairs for one year-Adv. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1914-06-22
04734
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
a. y 4 ~, 80 <h.


U. 8. Land office at Los Ange eles, Cal,
7 June 12. 1914.
Notice Is hereby given that David T..
HARRISON, of National City, California,
who, on June 49,. 1907, made desert
land entry No. 1861, Serial No O4734,
for " Section 20, Township 18 south
Range II cast, s. B. M, by resurvev'
being Tract 29d w Y OF Tract
Al and w one-third of Tract dob,
Township 16 south Range 12 east. n
3. meridian, has filed notice Of inten
tion to make final desert land proof,
to establish claim to the land above
described, before the register and re-
ceiver, Y. S. Land office, Los Ange-
les. California, at 900 a. m, on the
29th day OF July 1914
Claimant names as witnesses: Fred
g. Henderson Of 1914 Granada avenue,
san Diego, Cal; Ulysses S. Handley OF
1911 Granada avenue, San Diego, Cal
Kent Kerch of National City, Cal; Car
rlc l.. HARRISON of NATIONAL City, C.l.
n-coai FRANK BUREN,
yulylo lylo.,,,,,, Register.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-04-14
SEVERE PUNISHMENT
OF Mrs. ChappeII, Of Five Years
Standing, Relieved BY Cardui.

Mt. Airy, N. C.-Mrs. Sarah M. Chap
pell OF this town, says: 81 suffered for
five years with won1anly troubles, also
stomach troubles, and my punishment
was more than any one could tell.
! tried most every kind Of medicine,
but none didsae any good.
| read one day about Cardui, the wo-
mans tonic, and | decided to try il.
had not taken but about six bottles until
/ was almost cured. II did me moro
good than all the other medicines ] had
tried, put together. 3iA4
My friends began asking me why
looked so well, and. told them about
Cardui. Several are now taking 1t.
Do you, lady reader, suffer from any
OF the ailments due to Womanly trouble,
such as headache, backache, sideache,
sleepleSsness. and that everlastingly tired
feeling?
If so, let lis urge you TO give Cardui a
trial. We feel confident it will help you,
just as it has a million other women in
the past half century.
Begin taking Cardui to-day. You
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Las Vegas optic., 1914-04-14
WHYNEROBURNED
Christians IN
ROME
DISCUSSION PROVOKED BY THE
GLORIOUS PHoTo-DRAMA
s"QUo VADlsy

George Kleine's photo-drama won
der, "Quo vadis,',,' which will play at
the Browne theater tonight and to-
morrow night, is creating a great deal
of discussion and comment all over
the country. Many readers and stu
dents of history take exception to the
picture on the ground of fact. How
ever, Mr.. George Kleine claims to pic
torialize Sienliewicz's romance rather
than history and, whatever deviations
from the truth occur the responsibility
lies with the author of the novel. The
questions that are most debatable
seem TO be the cause of the burning
Of Rome and the persecution of the
Christians In the Kleine photo-drama
Nero is held directly responsible for
the burning of Rome and when he
discovers the effect it has upon the
people he tries to shift the blame up
on the Christians.
Historians differ as to the causes
of this particular conflagration, many
attributing it to natural accident in
asnueh as the city had been partial
lyl destroyed upon several occasions
before and also because it was liable
to- very easy destruction on account
of it's narrow and intricate alleys and
the irregularity Of its streets. Many
claim that 1t broke out in a business
section of the city in which vast quan.
titles Of oil and other destructable
matter were stored and that because
of the vast number of wooden build.
ings it was easy prey for fire. Some
authorities accuse Nero of deliberate
ly firing the city because of his well
known and often expressed ambition
to rebuild it, but whether this is q
fact or not is open to debate. Tacitus
the great historian, Goes not attempt
to convey the impression that Nero
originated the fire or the rumor tha
the Christians had started it. Many
able critics insist that the course ht
took in permitting the christians tC
assume the responsibility was forcet
upon him and that he adopted it witt
reluctance. That he permitted thu
! Christians to be tortured threw then
Las Vegas optic., 1914-04-14
A NURSE TAKES
DOCTORS ADVICE
And Is Restored to Health by
Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etabIe Compound.

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for two to four days from the time /
was 16 years old.
"Iwent to Kansas to live with my sis
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them then as my faith in patent medi-
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came home to Ohio to live and that
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Las Vegas optic., 1914-04-14
TUESDAY. APRIL IA, 1914.
s Avs SEX HYGIENE DOES
NOT BELONG IN SCHOOLS


On the subject of the teaching Of
sex hygiene in schools the editor Of
the Womans Home Companion says
in the May number:
eMany sincere people. who are
urging the study Of sex hygiene in
The classroom, have mucn to say about
the evils of ignorance, and their dra-
matic, not to say sensational, recital
eof these evils often makes profound
Impression.
The principle that ignorance makes
Tor evil and knowledge makes for
good is not always safe guide in
dealing with the minds and bodies of
children. It might work infallibly if
ali children were alike and if all
teachers were fitted to teach the les
son requiring supreme tact and al
lulost divine sympathy.
The Woman's Home Companion
strongly urges that sex hygiene shall
not now be taught in our public
schools. satisfactory mechanical me-
khods of giving this instruction to
children have not yet been worked
cut It has been tried and has not
Deem successful, as the whole ques-
zion is still in an experimental stage,
and discussion of details should be
confined to normal schools and to
conferences of adults, without sub
5ecting children to the danger Of
wrong instruction.
'Tn Montclair, New Jersey, reso-
tuition was adopted calling for the ap-
pOintment Of stase commission to
inquire into the best method Of giving
such instruction, surely step in the
right direc$ion.
1T is a significant fact that the
bord OF education Of Chicago, one Of |
1hR first cities to introduce a special
course OF sex hygiene in its schools,
mas recently voted to abandon the
course"
Las Vegas optic., 1914-04-14
San MIGUEL Digs UP
MUCH MONEY FOR TAX
OVER $4,000 FOR 1918 WAS COL
LEcTED DURING THE MONTH
OF MARCH

Santa Fe, April 14.-All but Ber-
nalillo and Chaves counties have paid
their March tax collections to State
Treasurer 0. N. Marion Bernalillo
county has had the distinction for
several months of being the last to
remit. Chaves county had remitted
for this month but Treasurer Marion
had to return the draft for correction.
The following counties paid up today:
Otero $5,O6242; Guadalupe $31O9S;
Curry $1,O5704; Eddy $SS7.41; Union
81, 1,76997; Lincoln $S729S; Sierra,
$47S.62, Travelling Auditor Howell
Earnest has received all the reports for
March, the last being received today
as follows: Eddy no 1918 taxes, ST.
1854 taxes of 1912; $2O723 for 1911
and $2S2S1 for 1910 and prior; Union
s5.154.72 for 1913; $9S5.12 for 1912;
$3.50 for 1911; $2O4.45 for 1910 and
prior; San Miguel s9,S6S.67 Of 1918;
$4SO,37 for 1912; is1oS,65 for 1911;
$131.O4 for 1910osnd prior; Torrance
$S75.78 for 1918; $29654 for 1912;
/ $251O9 for 1911; $245.22 for 1910 and
prior; Lincoln $1,976.2S for 1918;
$56S79 for 1912; $TS.O7 for 1911, and
$543S5 for 1910 and prior; Santa Fe
$9,464.77 of 1918 taxesj $1O2.64 oi
1912 taxes; $4943 for 1911 and $562. II
for 1910 and prior.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-04-14

to the lions is true, but other Roman
emperors followed his example and
curiously enough, the best of them
were most hostile to the spread of
Christianity because they believed
that it's teaching would result in up
setting the empire. Tacitus detasted
Nero because he was Of the Julian
race. In fact Nero and all his prede-
cessors of the line of Caesars were
hated by the patricians for upsetting
the republic. However, that his heart
and nature we're not so black as
painted by Sienkiewicz and others is
partly proven by the fact that after
he died the common people strewed
flowers on his grave and were appar.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-04-14
New Company Admitted

+, The state corporation commission
today issued license to the San An
tonic Life Insurance company Of
Texas to do business in New Mexico.
The company has capitaI Of $27O,OOO
and was organized in 1909 Incorpor-
alton papers were filed today by the
Miesse Townsitec company Of Deming
with. A, w. Pollard as statutory agent.
The capitalization is $4,000, divided
into $50 shares and $4,000 Of the cap
ital stock is paid up The incorpora-
tors and directors are John Corbett
and John Humid, seven shares each;
Harry Kelly, six shares, all of Dem
ing.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-04-14
studIey Files Suit

In the federal court this afternoon
Elmer E. Studley filed suit for Ella
Trandasiloff against the ST. Louis,
Rocky Mountain & Pacific Railway
company for $4,000 damages for in
iuries he alleges he received in the
coal mines at Van Houten, Colfax
county. David B. Cole, trustee in
bankruptcy for the Cimarron Lumber
company, filed suit against the First
National bank at Cimarron to sci
Las Vegas optic., 1914-04-14

emily devoted to him, whilst the pa
trician element did everything to
Iblacken his memory.
"Quo Vadis" as presented by Mr..
Kleine, however, is full of so many
interesting features that one might
discuss for hours and for. pages. Suf-
flee it to say that they are well worth
the time Of anyone who enjoys the
finest that may be obtained in photo
drama.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-04-14

When run down with kidney trouble,
backache, rheumatism or bladder
weakness, turn quickly for help to
Foley Kidney Pills. You cannot take
them into your system without hav-
ing good results. Chas. N. Fox, Him
rod, n Y, says: Foley Kidney Pills
have done me more good than $4,000
worth Of medicine" They give good
results. 0. G. schaefer and Red Cross
Drug Store.-Adv.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-04-14

aside mortgages and to recover $4,000
to the use Of the trustee.
Juanita Martinez pleaded not guilty
to the charge Of having unlawfully
given liquor to Montana Vigil Lobato.
Medical Examiners Meet
The state board Of medical examin-
ers met today for a two days session.
A number Of applicants for license
to practice in New Mexico Is being
examined.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-04-14
Stomach Trouble Cured.

Mrs. H. C. Cleveland, Arnold, Pa,
writes, For some time / suffered
from stomach trouble. l would have
sour stomach and feel bloated after
eating. Nothing benefited me until I
got Chamberlain's Tablets. After TAX
ing two bottles of them | was cured"
For sale by all dealers ADV.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-04-14


- %5% - - , =
. NEWS FROM THE CAPITAL !
= = %% 4A% =
Santa Ee, April 14-Postmaster
John Pflueger was informed today
That John L. Lovelace has been com.
missioned postmaster at Fort sumner
Guadalupe county.
WIN Improve Road
Road Commissioner = Kempenief
of Peralta. valencia county VA 4
eonsnltation with state Eneineel
James a French today In reference I,
valencia county road matters. As
result Engineer J. B. johnson vii
leave II day or two to make ii
wangements for work on 81 camin,
del Real between Feralta and I.oi
ranas 50 that the stretch Of road be
tween those two points may be places
m FIRST class condition