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THE LOVERS' CANDLES.

I Alfalfa Und Hogs

HOTEL FRANKLIN

EL CENTRO* CAL.

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An Old Covrtnhlp Cvstom That Still

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Prerftllft In Poland.

A quaint old Bnperstillon is to this

day held in Poland to the effect that

two lighted candles set afloat on the

river by two lovers will by their con-

duct foretell if the course of true love

wil run smooth or otherwise.

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The Pioneer Hotel of 121 Centra

The "lovers' candles" are launched

at n very pretty water fete that takes

plneo every summer on that part of the

Vistula which runs through Poland. It

commences at sunset. The river is

thronged with a procession of little

bonts containing masked ladles and

gentlemen. Each person carries two

.wreaths and two candles, the latter

representing the person carrying them

and the object of his or her affections.

They are lighted, fixed firmly in the

center of the wreaths and laid side by

side in the water. Should they float

down the river close together it is a

sign that their lives should be united.

Should they drift awny from each oth-

er it is a sign that the lovers will be

parted, and should they only drift

nsundcr for a little way and farther on

come together ngnin it is a sign that

the loved ones will only be parted for

a time and all eonir, right in the end.

There is much method and order about

the arrangement of this procession.

The boats glide along in rows, so many

abreast, and after the first row have

proved their wreaths they move away

to tlie sides and the others come for-

ward hi succession. The river is well

illuminated, and a large concourse of

people assembles to watch the pro-

ceedings. The scene is a charming one

and reminds one more of fairyland

than of anything else.

Have made Imperial the best propo-

Headquarters for working men and farmers

Clean beds and comfortable rooms

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sition before the country today. It

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requires only investigation to convince

Meals 25 cents. Beds and

Rooms

25 cents and up

the investor that the bargains offered

Mrs. S. I. Masten,

Prop.

b y

r—.

Livery teams furnished when desired.

Draying and hauling done.

| F. N.

Chaplin & Son |

W« vJ« IVlitcHell, WATCHjj^

Eighth Street

IHPERIAL, CALIFORNIA

IMPERIAL

LANDS

BCSXSJ!S3&2CSCS3:£CS2&XXXSXS2i!SR

gHomeseekers

and^|

particularly those at Holtville

worthy of careful consideration. . . .

| Colonists

U Should take advantage of the excellent Tourist Car service from

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F.N.Chaplin, Bert R.Chaplin

New Orleans to the Imperial Settlements maintained by (V

Holtville, Cal.

Imperial, Cal.

MATELESS PIGEONS.

® SOUTHERN PACIFIC g

/^^Vflf^X F ° r Information Write -r Ask Agent,

" it'nrlonn Provision of Nature to End

N.'*N,: Their Solitude.

"Pigeons are monogamous," said a

raiser of those birds for market, "and

the female lays but two eggs. One of

these is always the egg from which a

male is hatched, and the other incloses

the future female. If by any accident

a cock pigeon loses its mate or a hen

.pigeon becomes widowed the sympa-

thies of* the entire cot go out to the

afflicted brother or sister. Ifit should

so happen that a cock should lose his

mate and a hen hers, so that they are

both mateless at the same time, the af-

flicted pair soon forget their grief in a

new life partnership, and all is serene.

"But ifthere is a widower in the cot

NOTARY PUBLIC IN THE OFFICE

W. F. HOLT.

A. G.HUBBARD,

TRUE VENCILL

] CASHIER

PRESIDENT .•

VICE-PRESIDENT

— «n<\..no convenient_w4dow for him to

Valley State Bank

eiOntro,CaL

NEW AND SECOND HAND

iSretony^fv or if there^ls a widow for

whonino widower pigeon is on hand,

something must be done to fill the va-

cancy. Upon the first hen pigeon to

nest after the vacancy occurs falls the

important duty. Ifshe hasn't hatched

her eggs yet she promptly dumps one

of the two out of the nest. She never

makes a mistake in evicting the right

one. If a widow is to be provided for,

the hen throws out the egg containing

her future daughter; if a widower is

pining for a mate she disposes of the

son egg. Ifshe has hatched her egg

when a demand is made for her sacri-

fice she ceases feeding the youngster

who willbe superfluous and starves it

to death. Pigeons grow fast, and,

""RQukbhood over, the lone product of

that nest becomes mate to the bereaved

member of the flock."

Paid up Capital

$100,090*00

Bought, Sold and Exchanged

Fernald's Second Hand Store

Farm Wagons and spring Wagons,

Surplus

$^20,000*00

All accommodations extended to Customers

Consistent with Conservative Banking

Harness and Saddles... .

Just arrived— A lot of Syracuse Plows

...Call in for prices...

Your Business Solicited

Imperial,

California

Sunday Obiiervnnve.

Scene, Scotch farmhouse; time, Sun-

day morning.

Tourist (to farmer's wife)— Can you

let me Ijave a glass of milk, please?

Milkis produced and consumed.

Tourist (taking some coppers from

his pocket)— A penny, I suppose.

Farmer's Wife— Mon, dae ye no think

same o' yersel' tae be buyin* goods on

the Sawbath?

Tourist (repocketlng the coppers)—

Oh, well, there's . no harm done. I'm

sure I'm much obliged. But won't you

have the money for It?

Farmer's Wife— Na, na; I'll no tak'

less than saxpence for breakin' the

Sawbatb!— Leeds Murcury.

The L. W. Bhnn Lumber Co*

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Washing-ton and Harvard.

Washington received from Harvard

college the honorary degree of doctor of

laws. The distinction was voted by

the president and fellows of the college

at the meeting at Watertown April 3,

1770, "as an expression of the grati-

tude of this college for his eminent

services in the cause of his country

and to tbelr society." The signers were

President Samuel Langdon, Nathaniel

Appleton, John Wlntlirop, Andrew El-

lot, Samuel Cooper and John Wads-

worth.

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El Centro,

CaL

T. B. BLANCH ARD,

].- AGENT

Didn't Know.

Tuere are some persoua who cannot

take a joke, but Snlgglns is not one of

them. A "friend" acquainted with

Snlgglns' frequent changes of abode

asked him which he thought was the

cheaper—^to move or to pay rent.

"liCai/t tell you, my dear boy," re-

plied Sylgglns. "I have always moved."

— London Telegraph.

Aldn to Ilttpplue«M.

"ijt^lvate the habit of defecting the

jwWW|'^ fur good in t blurs and peo-

Biv much you lliht them. It

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-Rj^woHd

r. pleu4iut place. --<

and the East Side are

., I the uablt of letting people

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