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Established X'.'V* V-t.iti :, 1555.
A PATRIOTIC SCHEME.
JERICHO WAS FOR HAVING A DECORA
TION DAY PARADE.
Pap Perkins, Postmaster, Tells Hon !
. Horatio Sparrow Sprung the Idea
pn the ToTrn and How Ll«h Billing!
Gare It Its Deathblow.
/[Copyright, 1900, by C. B. Lewis.]
It was about a week before last
(Decoration day that Horatio Sparrow
come into the postofflce iookln as if he
had eunthin on his mind, and as soon
as be got the chance be whispered to
net
"Don't say nuthin to a livia sonf.
P&P, but I'm comin around here to
filgbt and shake the town of Jericho
jfrom center to circumference."
"In what way?" said I.
"Never you mind, pap. You jest git
ready to feel the alrth tremble, ond
tomorrow mornln you kin put 5200
more value on your house and lot."
• Horatio is a man who never gits ex
cited when he wakes up and finds a
COW in his garden, and I felt quite sure
he had sunthln big on band. He must
hey told about 50 other people what
he did me, as there was a big crowd
at- the postofflce at 7 o'clock in tl>e
evenin, and all expected to bear big
news. Deacon Spooner took charge of
filings, as usual, and as the crowd got
Impatient he said.
"It Is understood, feller citizens, that
Horatio Sparrow is goln to launch a
thunderbolt here tonight, and It is with
FOREMAN 07 THE FIRE COMPANY
mote than ordinary Interest that I
call the meetln to order. Stand out,
Horatio, and let's hear all about it"
Horatio stood out He looked pale,
bnt determined. He'd bin thinkin fur
& week of what he was goln to say,
and he started off as smooth as grease.
"Ihe drums are beatin a wild alarm.
There is a wavin of flags, a marchin
of men and a wailin of women and
children. .War Is upon the land. The
Ufa of a nation Is at stake. It is an
hour when men are called upon to gho
up their lives fur the sake of prin
cldW!
—By ~36hn, but that's flowery lan
guage!" exclaimed the deacou as
Horatio paused. "If Horatio kin keep
It up fur an hour; I'm fur 'lectin him
to the next legislature."
"Ihe farmer leaves his plow," con
tinued Horatio, "the merchant his store
and the mechanic his bench. They
march away to find the enemy and
fight him and die. Yes; they yield up
their lives that we may live on in
peace, and If we forglt the sacrifice
sw ought to wither away like a bur
dock In November."
"Gentleman," said the deacon as the
applause had subsided, "up to the
present mlnlt Horatio Sparrow has
knocked the socks off'n Henry Clay as
an orator, and I am proud to know
that he Is a citizen of Jericho. Any
thing more, Horatio?"
"1 Jest want to call your attention to
the fact that Jericho has never bad a
Decoration day parade," replied the or
ator. "We hey never paraded and never
{decorated, and I say It's a burnin
Bhame and ought to be remedied at
once." . ■-
"By John, but that's a strong pint!"
Bhouted the deacon. "Hang me if Ho
ratio ain't knockin things endways!
No, sir; we've never had a parade nor
'decorated any graves, and we ought
to be ashamed of ourselves. Is it your
Suggestion that wo celebrate the day
this year, Horatio?" :
1 "Thaf s my pint, deacon."
"And it's as strong as a log chain.
iSee, sir; we'll celebrate the day, and
In order to make It a howlin success
I'D agree to take charge of the parade."
"But I object to that" said Horatio.
"Hevln originated this idea, I think It's
fur me to ride on horseback at the
head of the purcession."
There was a painful pause, and then
Abner Jones, who was In fireman's uni
form, jumped off the counter and said:
"There shouldn't be no jealousy
about this thing. Horatio would look
party fine on his spotted horse, and
the deacon would be no slouch in bis
coc&ed hat but if there's to be any
feelln over It I'll take the job off their
bands. As I'm foreman of the fire com
pany It comes In my line anyhow."
"I don't propose to give up my rights
fur nobody," said Horatio.
"And I'm thinkin I'm the man to
bo6B things," added the deacon.
"I don't want to charge anybody
witb hevin too much cheek," said
Squar Henshaw, "but It do look a
lleetle strange to me to see the way cer-
Italn folks want to crowd to the front
lon public occasions. If there is a
Ipurcesslon, If s got to be headed by a
■man .who knows how to boss things
land can't be rattled. I bossed the
■parade the last time we had a Fourth
■of July, and you may remember that
Ithe newspapers said I managed it bet
ter than any we ever had."
t "I'll allow that the squar did fairly
.well." said Enos Williams as he shut
up his jackknife and got off the sugar
bar/L "but there are several other folks
In this town of Jericho. For instance,
I'm here myself. When anything has
nappenea aurin the last 20 years, I'vs
bin pushed behind the currant bushes,
as it .was, and some one else has caf
rled off the honors. I'm comin to tho
front On this occasion or know the
beacon why."
"iWby, Enos, you don't purtend that
you kin boss a purcession, do you?"
asked the deacon.
"Of course I kin. Why not?"
'It appears to me," said Silas Lap
liam &s he stood out and rubbed his
■Lands together, "that we are not work
lin la complete harmony in this matter.
Ifeyill b^ jfts f yppt of fh* flentnrr. .It
The Amador Ledger.
will Be known" from TTaitie to Califor
nia that Jericho has had a Deceratien
day, and there will be thousands of
In4uiries fur real estate. . Let us saori
lice any selfish interests as Individual?
and work to make the affair a glnt'ral
success."
"That's powerful good advice." salO
the deacon as he rapped on the etove
with his cane— "powerful good. ( r.l
lus stand ready to sacrifice, and 1 hope
the rest of you do. Any further pint.
Silasr
"You. may call it a pint or not," said
Silas, "but bein there seems to be a
controversy here I think It better be
settled by selectin me to boss thin?r
I don't want' lt because I'm proud ant)
want to show off, but purely In tb? in
terests of harmony."
"I'll never surrender my rights!" Mid
Horatio Sparrow.
"Nor me!" added Deacon Spooner.
"Kor me!" yelled Abner Jones and
Squar Henshaw in chorus.
It was evident that the meetln was
on the pint of breakin up In a row
when Lish Billings come saunterln in
as calm as could be. The deacon seen
him and called out:
"Feller patriots, before this meetin
breaks up in a row that will send the
price of Jericho real estate down to So
per cent and put our civillzashun back
50 years let's hear what Lien Billings
has to say about it."
"What's the question?" asked Llsb.
"About Decoration day. Shall we
"Decorate what 7" -
"Why, the soldiers' graves."
"I don't see how you are golu to do
it," said Llsh as he scratched his ear.
"So fur as I know or hey bin able to
find out, nobody from Jericho ever
went to war. It tharfore follers that
no Jericho man was ever killed. It toi
lers, agin, that you might look the
graveyard over fur a month and uot
find -a soldier's grave to decorate.
'Pears to me. that you'd better git yer
grave fust" ' ;
Two mlnlts later Lish was the only
man left in the postofflce. It was as
he had said— thar was nuthin to deco
rate, and all the blowin had bin fur
nuthin. ■. M. Quad.
HAS A VARIED CLIMATE.
Carlatm Meteorological Conditions
of the Island of Sashallen.
Saghallen, off the eastern coast of
Siberia, presents a very curious anom
aly "of climate. The Island is bathed
by two cold ocean currents, and in
winter nothing protects It against the
Icy northwest winds coming from Si
beria. At the sea level the snow falls
continually and stays on the ground
till the end of May, and the seashore Ik
very cold. Farther inland, however,
especially as we go higher up, the
climate is modified — Just the opposite
to what Is observed elsewhere. It bas
often been observed in Siberia and In
central Europe that In winter the cold
is greater in the plains and the valleys
and that the highlands have a sensibly
milder temperature; It Is as If the
denser cold air accumulated In the low
lands.
The cold air accumulates In the low
regions of the island, and on the coast
the higher regions have a more elevat
ed temperature. So it happens that the
lower parts have an arctic vegetation,
while the Intermediate altitudes have
the vegetation of a temperate zone,
sometimes subtropical. The birch, the
pine, the fir, abound in the low regions
and form often impenetrable forests,
but toward the center of the island ap
pear bamboos, hydrangeas, azallas and
other plants that one is greatly sur
prised to meet, and whose presence
can be explained only by the altogether
abnormal climatic conditions of the
Island.— Newcastle (Eng.) Chronicle.
A Lincoln Story.
The Rev. Mr. Alcott of Elgin, Ills.,
one of Abraham Lincoln's Springfield
acquaintances, tells of seeing him com
ing away from church unusually early
one Sunday morning. "The sermon
could not have been more than half
way through," says Mr. Alcott. "His
son, 'Tad,' was slung across , his left
arm like a pair of saddlebags, and
Lincoln was striding along with long
and deliberate steps toward borne.
"On one of the street corners he en
countered a group of his fellow towns
men. Lincoln anticipated the question
which was about to be put by the
group, and, taking bis figure of speech
from practices with which they were
only too familiar, said, 'Gentlemen, I
entered this colt, but he kicked around
to I had to withdraw, him.'"
The Correct Stroke In Swlnunlnff.
The correct stroke of the legs is ex
actly like that of a frog's hind legs.
Watch one of these frogs and copy his
style. You cannot do better. The legs
ire drawn up together slowly, not with
n. jerk, until they are gathered In
close under the body. Then with a
sudden, quick spring they are shot out
behind, the ankles being turned so
that the soles of the fee present as flat
a surface as possible to the water and
so offer more resistance from which
to make progress. As fhe kick is
made the legs should be spread out In
the shape of a letter V, but not allowed
to sink far down under the surface of
the water. If they kick downward at
nu angle instead "of out straight be
hind much of tbelr energy is wasted in
unnecessarily forcing the bpdy out of
tlie water instead of forward through
It.— Harper's Bazar. - . ... -
Different Breaths.
Down in southern Georgia two wid
ows were condoling witb each other
over their troubles. In telling of the
last sickness and death of their hus
bands, one said:
"My man, poor feller, Jes' suffered
and suffered and suffered, and then
jes' died for the want of breath."
The other replied:
"Waal, mine didn't. lie drawed his
breath to the very last."— Argonaut.
I'nder I* * prcsrnt nilmlnfatrnt "•-■»
the l/nitet* ~lnfe« In »«-rifUn«: ronl . i
JiciTcastlT. cotton* to .MimpnrMr*,
Iron »»> Jtlx:;'.*.in and mnchlnery to :: : t
the \Torli3. The D<*moc*rAf * prnmt»i>
to Mop t)i>< bmthiemi irhen they net
Into r» w '"
In proportion to population, North
Berwick is said to be the wealthiest
town In Scotland. It has an annual
value of real property per Inhabitant of
about SGO.
Japanese swords have the nigh tem
per of the famous Damascus blades
without their wonderful flexibility.
JAOKSO.X, AMADOU COUNTY. CALIEOILM A, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 28. 1900.
Confiscation In Morocco.
It is a custom in Morocco that all the
property of an official reverts at death
to the crown. The logic which leads to
such a result 1» simple, for the govern
ment argues that all fortunes thus ac
cumulated consist of moneys Illegally
retained by the authorities. A govern
or when apponted Is probably possess
ed of no considerable fortune. When
he dies, he may be a millionaire.
Whence came his wealth? Squeezed
most certainly from the tribes under
his authority and therefore amassed
only by the prerogatives of the posi
tion in which the sultan had placed
him.
It has never struck the Moorish gov
ernment that these great fortunes
might more honorably t>e returned to
the pepple from whom they were stol
en. The result 1b entire confiscation to
the crown, including often such private
property as the governor may have
been possessed of before bis appoint
ment and not seldom, too, of the prop
erty of his relatives.
When the mighty fall in Morocco, the
crash brings down with them their
families, even uncles and cousins and
all connected with them, and It is uot
seldom that the sons of great govern
ors, who have been brought up In the
luxury of slaves and horses and reti
nues of mounted men, have to go beg
ging in the streets.— Black wood's.
A Horse's Blinders.
A horse's blinders are usually con
cave on the Inside. True, the surface
usually is a dead black, but not abso
lutely so, so that a glimmer of light
may be reflected from them. By con
stant cleansing this dead surface is
made more or less smooth If not actual
ly glossy and shiny. Moreover, the
blinders are usually set at an angle, so
that as a result of the law of reflection
Bryan: "You'll find the young lady easy to support."
The German Democrat: "And take that 16 to 1 ice wagon for a mothtr
to-law! Not much!"— St. Paul Pioneer Press.
i-bjtb or Tignt concefitt&tefl"by the con
vex surface are reflected into the eyes,
not directly in the axis of vision, but
more or less transversely or obliquely,
the result being even more Injurious.
As a result of this reflection the vision
Is weakened if not destroyed.
Moreover, the mirrorllke blinders not
only reflect sunlight, but they reflect
objects as well, so that a "blinded"
horse sees not only objects directly
ahead of him, but has a more or less
blurred vision of other objects, Inter
mixing with and confusing the image
of objects dbectly before him, and as a
consequence he is rendered uncertain
in his movements and Is easily scared.
No further proof of this Is needed than
the fact that a nervous horse with a
reputation for shying and running
away often becomes tractable if the
blinders are removed, because be can
then see distinctly what before he
could only see Indistinctly and confus
edly.—Our Animal Friends.
AP. iler.
An ancient epitaph in Latin in the
chateau of Chantllly, France, may be
translated thus:
Aella Uelia Crispii
Neither man, nor woman, nor hermaphrodite,
Xelther infant, young nor old,
Neither chaste, depraved, nor modest.
But alt these.
Removed neither by hunger, ewoii or poison,
But by ill, .
She lies neither in the »ky nor in the water, but
everywhere.
Lucius Agatha Crispis.
Neither husband, lover nor friend,
But all these.
Neither weeping nor rejoicing,
But both.
Has erected this, neither a mausoleum, a pyramid
nor a sepulcher.
But all three,
Both knowing and not knowing to whom he hath
erected it.
This is a iomb that holds no bod}-,
This is a body held In no tomb,
But is its own body and its own tomb.
The answer is not known, and so ev
ery nimble wit is Invited to exercise it
self on the tough old puzzle.
A Two Edged Joke.
Sometimes a joke reacts, as the Ban
gor (Mo.) Commercial proceeds to prove
by relating that a young man In Au
burn, to play a joke on n barber, paid
him 35 old fashioned cents. Later,
when he found that the barber had sold
one of the coins for $33, he did not feel
so well satisfied with his joke or at
least thought It had become misplaced.
THE PATERNITY OF TRUSTS.
The trust exists. It is not a body. It
is a real thing. Who is responsible for
its existence?
Mr. Bryaii's platform, adopted at his
instigation at Kansas City, declares
specifically that trusts arc "ilio legiti
mate product of Republican policies,
that they are fostered by republican laws
»nd that they aro protected by the Re
publican administration iv return fos
campaign subscriptions aiid political
support."
This is a sweeping charge and, jf sub-
Ftantiiited, would deservedly condemn
!ho Kepnblfcan party.
Mr. Bryau everywhere, in one form
or another, re-echoes the substance of
this charge, but he nowhere offers evi
dence to prove the charge, relying upon
oft-repeated accusation to produce the
same effect upon the public miud as
!«$Qf, „_.. .... :"V ■
Creatures of freling are wont to j-ur
sne a simi'ar po'icy, and Mr. Bryiiu is a
piiraw'onut product of leiHng. W':eu
he feels a thing to re true lie at once
accepts it as tine with a truly nopnli-tic
fervor, and no sunonut of t-vi.lence i«'ill
dis'odro the ismvltelrsmne jnesnmption
from hi.s mind. Tune t(i cool off alone
does tli.il.
But. what of the vatrnity of tl-.e
trust ?
A fanner fifiHs a nrxlrns weil frrovr
ingnmung his giaiu. A stranger p>ss
ing that way, mm ! no; icing t!i:v| there
an; sivns of j;'"n.t mc impregnation on
tb- .p'.iee, . Titltiiiu-vrs the msgestiou
(hat the n< xions we'd is mi a'k li weed
and owes its ex p ice t>> t!ie fostering
presence iv >-u:>eri. Ln : d uue of that par
ticnJar Kilt]
If this farim-", i 1;i 1 ; liv+itijt nliout the
neighborhood, li: -I. ilia. hwl where be
finds all- ah in *:i\ ■■• r.ihiiii'!-iTne,inid no
where else. In- may W. warranted in
coiwlu'lii'^: that sill :i!i i.- tiie prolific
parent ol the m.i.v «■ (O.ar.t. ■
But* s-np]r>«" iI-mi, in lfMihing about
(he ueiphb. i!»..i.:. h*; finds this weed
growing luxuirn!:'v win re there is no
suggestion Dt iilkiili, sand also linda
plenty of alkali whriv :!i-:e is no f-ng
gesiioii of the weed, "ill not; his faith
iv the verity of the information volun
teered by the passing stranger bo
shaken? In fact, wou'd not that faith
be altogether destroyed ? j
If the trust were the product of Re
pnplican policy, th.n we would look
would we not ? — for the trust where -we
found Republican policy in operation.
But if we found trusts fully estab*
lished and thriving luxuriantly where
there was not only no piirii of a Repub-
lican policy, bat every siiru of a policy
antagonistic to' Republican policy,
would wo not bo warranted iv with
drawing tho allegation that the trust
is the "legitimate product of that pol
icy?"
As a matter of fact, the home of the
trust is Great Britain, where there is
absolute free trade in all except some
six or seven ' articles which bear a duty
for revenue only. Some of them are of
many years' standing and are very suc
cessful. There are scores of them ca pi*
talized to the aggregate extent of hun
dreds of millions of dollars, and it was
from their successful operation that
American trust promoters - caught the
trust idea.
We do not hear so much abont trusts
in England as we do in America, be
cause we chance to live in America and
not in England ; but oliiifly because
England does not happen to possess a
great political organization dedicated to
demagogy for office only.
The trust everywhere — and the trust
)S practically everywhere — owes its ex
istence to the same parentage — excessive
competion ; a competition that goes be
yond bringing out the best there is in
a man and to the extent of crushing the
man and his occupation unless somehow
limited.
The experience of the California rnism
growers furnishes an admirable exam
ple. By dumping their product on the
market all at once and competing with
each other thi-y were In-oir-lit face to
face with ruin. It was tln^u that they
bethought themselves of it combination
in restraint of unrestricted competition,
and since they have perfected thti!
"trust" they have prospered. It slioul i
be t-aid, m justice to tho raisiu grower-,
that they have not sought to limit pr"
duetion. Some trusts seek to liulis
production; others do not; but whethii
they do or not merely 'determines
whether they are good trust? or baa
trusts, and they all have a common
origin — excessive competitLu.
Now, those men who drafted tho
Kansas City platform knew perfectly
well that there were trusts iv free trado
England as well as in protected
America, and that trusts were not "the
legitimate product of Republican poli
cies," but the expression sounded
"catchy," and, owing to a lax political
morality unhappily prevalent in this
country, men otherwise as moral and
personally as exemplary as Mr. Bryau
excuse themselves for their lack of
candor on the ground that they are "do
ing politics," and bo "everything goes
and it is all right."
But thoughtful people know that
make-believe is not right, and uo states
man who jiade campaigns on pretense
and make-believe ever permanently
held tho rt si-ect of any nation, as Mr.
Bryan, for that reason, will not per
manently bold the respect of this na
tion.
Ancestors of Presidents Tyler, Lin.
coin, Hayes and Cleveland •were among
Major John Mason's band of 85 plo*
Reera ifb r o f Osj»4«a yprw^. Cow.
THE TRUST GRAZE.
Humtfaity is snbjoot to epidero'cs,
popular. waves of f(el;ji<» and i^tii ,
ropne?, cr:izr>?. Thei-n is no pod ion of
the hnmnn family th:it is entirely es
empt from thrvn -m-l investors seem ro
be peculiarly FrJj -ct to cv z <s.
During . y.r. OWliiniv a !:iihiisUa
tinirnioner s iv-'-.t silVy in hi.i;;:,- 't
was drawn on' :f iurpstinents ami < v -t
of circulatioa and put into deposit
vaults, ckiniuer fines, old stockinsri rx
eewed up in mattresses and si -pi '_n
that its safety mi ;ht bo snr'Ay gasmloi.
Bnt with tin man rnrttion of Presi
dent McKinli'jr tho timid 'possessors of
KijiiiKS began to soj-k rvpnucs fur, pot
tin;; their . hoaitlings Uvk' into u;n
where they wmtM rt-turn an iiirrmia nt.Vl
so mpvr^at o;ioe . btr-amo cUiu(>. «pj
abumlasit.
This was tho loni; looked for OpiK-:-.
tnnity of the promnt'"-. 'flic profes
sional proiuotor is it wildur of fortnuo
in financial warfare. II<: is a man of
plibtoiiKue. preposses s iu,^aildress, quick
wit aii'l wiilc. bnt superficial knowledge
of financial affairs, and he spt> uds other
people's money like water.
For a penenition after (ho civil wai
the American promotor buih railroads,
pnwilled lines that cllcl ■aot p;iy oper
a'ing expenses witb other lines that did
not pay operating expenses, unloaded
iv season aud luf t investors to care for
the remnants of their own interests.
■\Vith the return of confidence the
American promotor went into the "in
dustrials", which bad been prnsirared
as the result of a dimini ;lied demand
aud consequent excessive competition,
■ n 1, encouraged by the sut-cess of a fe~.v
English and Anurcan associations of
manufacturing t'i:t<ij>;i>.e:i of a similar
character, iu«uf,'nruu>d a craze for the
formation of tru- ts.
The enterprises issued two kinds of
stock, or shares, "preferred" and "com
mon." The "preferred" represented
the actual capital invested. The "com
mon" represented war-.'v. Th • pro
motor was givi-n :i share iv both lauds
of stock for his services, which he
quickly unloaded on the iii,ir'w f , a;ut
then stepped out leaving the real own
ers of the properties and tlio specula
tive investors to shift for themselves.
The savings of the (jrcat middlo class
was tho real obj'«ct in view and they
were to be possessed by inniiipnliiHons
of trust stocks on the stn-k escbaupes
The successful promolor \v;is the one
who could unload the shares of his con
cern away above their va'no and, in the
panic which resnlted from a disclosure
of the truth, ! uy the *»<•!'• shares in as
much below ilieir re:t ! vsTu ■ -is they had
been above. The iuvn u>r was the prey
of the Dromotor. . >
The 'Bryan partisans tried very hnrd
to make it appi ar that the .utiixunpled
formation of trusts was the direct pro
duct of the Dingley tariff law, which,
however, had nothing at all to do with
trust formation, as we have seen. The
trust promotors found their oppor
tunity in an eagerness for investment
resulting iv a return of conii lence. The
Republican party is re-p^npiblo for the
return of confidence, but not for the
misuse which the trust prmnotors put it
to or for the craze of gullibility which
prompted so many to gamble in un
known stocks on exchange.
The greater pnrt of tho trusts formed
during tho crazo have already been dis
solved. They died during the birth
agony. Their stocks found no buyers;
the craze is long since over and now
exists only i:i tho Bryanistio mind as a
substance for the manufacture of politi
cal capital.
For a time trusts were formed with
great rapidity, but the banks of the
country took fright and pnt a stop to
trust promotion by refusing to lend
money on trust securities, thus warn
ing investors to keep their fingers out of
that fire.
There is ts real trust problem, but tho
craze for th» formation of trusts has
been elimi'< : '*cd from that problem by
the banks. The real trust problem will
be considered under that head.
Knocked bvf'tlie I*oetry.
James Bussell Lowell was dreamily
strolling along toward bis borne In
Cambridge one unusually beautiful
night. Slowly, with serene, queenly
majesty, a full moon was ascending
her "azure throne," pouring her lavish
light over all things and softening Into
semblances of beauty even the ugly
outlines; of the conventional domestic
architecture round about Duly illumi
nated by the loveliness of the specta
cle, the. poet as he passed by the house
of the estimable brother man who sup
plied meat to him regularly for a slight
consideration of profit noticed that val
uable citizen leaning on his fence and
gazing up In a kind of rapt way.
It pleased Lowell to think that the
butcher's Immortal soul was bathing
itself In the flood of semisplritual
moonlight and, pausing, he remarked,
"What a beautiful night it Is, neigh
bor!"
i'Yes, Mr. Lowell. I was just a-thlnk
in what a bully night for a slaughterln
this would be!"
"Of course, of course," gasped the
poet, beating a hasty, retreat.—Argo.
naut.
.»• Good as Teeth.
Less than an hour's ride from New
York is a community In which a cer
tain meat and vegetable grinding ma
chine has attained such popularity that
it threatens to affect the dentist's work
and income. Not content with using it
for the preparation of hash and similar
made over dishes, it Is screwed to the
tablo In many houses and made to do
the work pf knife and fork In cutting
up food.
"Father and I was talkln about get
tin some fals* teeth," said one elderly
woman, "but since we bought this ma
chine, I declare, we don't need 'em, and
we can save the money. I guess it
would cost as much as $5 apiece for us
to get new teeth, and I bought this ma
chine for $145. If I'd only know'd It,
they had a bargain sale one day when
I could a got it for 85 centß."— New
YorkPrwu
CHINESE MECHANICAL SKILL
A. Wonderful Example of Imltatl-ra
Excellence.
Whatever may be his lack of moral
perception and originality of Idea, the
heathen Chinee certainly excels in
Imitative power, and Is often very
much alive to the excellence of
mechanical devices that he never saw
before. In The American Machinist
Oberlin Smith affords an illustration of
this fact
Some years ago Mr. Smith sent
Henry A. Janvier to China to assist in
the erection and operation of coining
plants for brass and silver currency.
One of the tools which Mr. Janvier
took with him was a micrometer call
per, made by a well known firm in the
United States, and capable of detecting
differences of a thousandth of an inch
In the thickness of a piece of metal.
-the superintendent of one of the shops
which Mr. Janvier established was
named Wai, and he proved a very in
telligent fellow. During an Interval of
about six weeks he borrowed the call
per almost dally, and was rather tardy
hi returning it
Finally he exhibited to the American
a reproduction of the Instrument which
was perfect except in one respect
Certain tables of figures stamped into
the steel by the Yankee maker of the
original were omitted from the copy,
and In their place were several Chinese
characters. The imitation had been
made with the rudest of toola, but was
a marvel of accuracy. Mr. Wai pro
posed an exchange to Mr. Janvier, and
the latter agreed to the proposition.—
New York Tribune.
C^T 3c^3j ,r J^*Ss>j|^»^H \ /
it worries |^^ffl
and feeble women
as "Favorite Pre- » •
scription." It cures female weakness and
diseases of the delicate organs which
undermine woman's strength and mar
her beauty. It makes weak women
strong, sick women well. ■
Mm. W. J. Kidder, of Hill Dale Farm (Enos.
bure Center), Enosburg. Vt., write! : "Your
kindly advice and medicines have brought me
great relief. During the part year I found
myself pregnant and In rapidly failing health.
1 suffered dreadfully from bloating and urinary
difficulty. I was growing weaker each day and
suffered much sharp pain at times. I felt that
something must be done. / sought your advice
and received a prompt reply. I took twelve
bottles of Dr. Pierces Favorite Prescription, and
also followed your instructions. I began to im-
prove immediately, my health became excel-
lent, and I could do all my own work (we live
on a eood sized farm). I walked and rode all I
could, and enjoyed it. I had a short, easy con-
finement, and have a healthy baby boy."
Dr. Pierces Pleasant Pellete cure foul
breath, by curing its cause.
J. H. LAINGHORST
Main Street, Jaoltson
Dealer in—
WATCHES, CLOCKS JEM*
AND SILVERWARE
43" All goods warranted as represented
Repairing of watches. Cloaks and jewelry a
specialty
E. MARRE & BRO.
Wholesale Dealers and Jobbers
In importud and Domestic
Wines4iquors*Ciprs
JACKSON, CAL.
"I "DISTRIBUTING AGENTS FOR J. F- MAR-
U tell Cognac, Moet & Chauden, White Seal
and Private Cuvee Champagne; Morgan Bros.', !
Puerto de Santa Maria Sherries; Royal Wine
Company, Oporto, Port Wines; Dubos Freres,
Bordeaux, Clarets and Sauternes; CANADIAH
CLUB WHISKY, Hiram Walker & Sons, Lim-
ited, .Walkervllle, Ontario, Canada; John de
Kuyper & Zoon, Rotterdam, Gin; GllkaKuem-
mel, from J. A. Gilka, Berlin; Barthloomaj
llrewery Company, Rochester N. V., Knicker-
bocker Beer; Dogshead Brand of Guinness'
Stout and Bass' Ale (bottled by Read Bros.,
London): Cautrcll & Cochraco, Belfast, Ginger
Ala; Naglee Brandy: Roimported American
Whiskies.
5 I A. KENT 5
I Blacksmith J
• Wagonmaker and •
• Horseshoer-^ •
2 /"CARRIAGE PAINTING AND GEN- f
Z Kj eral Smithing attended to with dis- J
_ patch at reasonable rates. WharO's old Z
a> stand. South Main street, Near National m
J Hotel, Jackson 2
A. H. KUHLMAN
Contractor and Builder
Will do work in any part of
Amador County. If you want
to build, send a note to Jackson
Postoffice and I will call on you.
Estimates furnished without cost
on any kind of building. Will
make plans aud specifications for
you. mar2tf
LEDGER'S CLUBBING RATES.
Ledger and Daily Call, one year $7 50
Ledger and Weekly Call, one year 3 60
Ledger aud Dally Bulletin, one yoar 6 50
Ledger and Semi-Weekly Bulletin, 1 ye'r 4 20
Ledger and Weekly Bulletin, one year. . . 390
Ledger and Daily Chronicle, one year — 7 70
Ledger and Weekly Chronicle, one year . 3 60
Ledger and Weekly Kxainlner, one year. 3 80
Ledger and Dally Examiner, one year ... 8 30
Ledger and N. Y. Weekly Tribune, 1 ye'r 3 00
Ledger and N. Y. Tri- Weekly Tribune, ly 3 60
Ledger and Cosmopolitan Magazine, 1 yr 3 35
Ledger and S. F. Weekly Post, one year. 3 00
Ledger and McCall's Magazine, une year 2 75
Ledger and St. Louis Globe Democrat, ly 3 00
Ledger and •< Twico a Week," one year . . 300
JBST Tito atowi rates are. strictly ia advance.
MISCELLANEOUS.
-• • _ — - — __;
RESTAURANT AND SALOON
Coolest, Cheapest and most home-like
eating house in Jackson
MEM-S?- R VED AT ALL HOURS
EVERYTHING -
THE MARKET
ON HAND
■ j
Cool, Sharp Beer 5c a Glass
Cool and comfortable rooms neatly arranged
for private families.
■
Opposite Postoffice, Webb Building, Jackson.
NED TAEASH,
Proprietor.
FIRE ACCIDENT ■ LIFE
L. J. FONTENROSE
General Insurance Agent
and Searcher of Records
Office : Marelia building, Court street. Jackson
GLOBE -f HOTEL
Corner Main and Court Streets
JACKSON, CAL.
E. ANDERSON : : Proprietor
First-Class in Every Respect
ESPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO COM-
merclal travelers. Sample rooms con-
nected with the house. The very best of ser.
rice guaranteed to patrons.
Good Meals, 23 Cents
Abstracts of Mining Properties a Specialty .
Prompt Attention and Accurate Information
given to Letters of Inquiry
GEO.I. WRIGHT
{ - 'CONVEYANCER AND
SEARCHER of RECORDS
Plats, Tracings and Blue Prints made
to order, showing locations of any sur-
veyed land In Amador County.
The only set of Abstract Books in Amador
County (Property System.)
JACKSON, -- f AMADOR CO., CAL.
6-4-tf p. o BOX 14
Porter & Cheney
Mines and Mining Stock
Mines Bought and Sold - - *--..'.
v*' - • - Corporations Organized
We make a specialty of unlisted - -
mining stock of the "Mother Lode"
530 California Street, San Francisco.
IK OF AMADOR MTY
Incorporated November, 1895
Capital Stock : : : $50,000
President Henry Eudey
Vice-President s. O. Spagnoli
Secretary and Cashier Frederick Eudey
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Henry Eudey, S. G. Spagnoli, John Strohm, C.
Marelia and Alez Eudey of Jackson.
SAFE DEPOSIT.— Sate deposit boxes can be
rented from the Hank pi Amador County at the
small expense of 8a cents a month, thereby se-
curing you against any possible loss from are
or otherwise. Oon'l overlook this opportunity
of protecting your valuables.
SAVE MONEY— Patronize a home institu-
tion. Send money away through the Bank oi
Amador County; you will save 10 per cent and
upward over postofflce or express. Money aeni
to all parts of the United States and also all
parts of the world. We. have, the latest quota-
tions on foreignexohange.
SAVE. MOSEY— It doesn't oost anything to
deposit money in the Bank of Amador County.
They receive deposith from tb up. Commence
the new year by opening up a bank acoount. A
man or woman with a bank account has a
financial standing. Don't bury your money:
when you die it can't be found and you ire lia-
ble to be robbed while alive «
t RIIY i:
:: DUI ;;
iiPURE DRUGS::
|j ALWAYS i |
ii i r -^r^ i ii
J; Otherwise your;;
j ; money is worse than j ;
| ; thrown away. J ;
; ; We handle the best, ; ;
;; the PUREST in the jj
] ; market. We also keep |
J ; a fine large stock of all j
J ; goods usually found j
* ; in drug stores; reason- |
J ; able prices. j
J ; All the latest maga- j
J ; zincs and periodicals, j
< < i
j; BUY AT^i> I!
IITHE CITY PHARMfIGY. H
I ; ROBERT I. KERB ; [
J | Main Street JACKSON | [
Five Cents Per Copy.
'£% LAWYERS.
T^ A. FKEEMAN
Attoruey-at-Law
Offloe In Marelia building, corner Main and
T"\ B."" BPAGNOLI
Attorney and Counselor at Law
Jackson. Cai^
Practice In all the States and Federal oonrts
Offlee: Spagnoli building, opposlt? HaU i
Records. -" - . r- • <
'• — '— '- — '. ' • : ■.■-•.:■
Attorney and Counselor m% Law
Will practice in all the State and Federal
courts. . ~"
KOBEKT C. BOLE
Attorney.at.Law
Offloe : Farley building, Summit street.
■VTEIL A. MACQCABRIE
Attorney and Counselor at Law
Jackson, Cal.
Office : Spagnoli block, Courthouse square.
Will praotica In all courts of tb* State
JOHN F. DAVIS
LAWYER ?-V- ;
Office on Summit Street, opposite Coortbonbft
JACOB L. SAKUENT
.. —^ATTORNEY —---.■
Jackson. Cal.
Offloe: Marelia building, Court street. Mines
and mining laws a specialty.
NOTARIES. ;
™ ** J^p>^^/'^J"^J^^J^\J^^_^^J~^/^J^^-^_rcr»_^^
Stenographer and Notary Public
Jackson, Cal.
Offloe, Judge Davis* law offloea, Summit Street.
DOCTORS.
JP E. ENI>.ICOTT, X. D. .
Physician and Surgeon
Jackson, Cal.
Office: Webb building. All calls promptly
attended to at all times,
~T\R. E. T. LONIOO
Physician and Surgeon
Jackson, Cal.
Offloe: Webb building, Main street. Kesi-
denoe: Broadway, near Marre's Hotel. ' -
Telephone Main 483.
T~\R. A. M. GALL
Physician and Surgeon
Jackson, Cal.
Office in Weil & Renno building, Mais Street.
THT C. SIMMONS
Physician and Surgeon
Sutter Cbebk, Cal.
° m °tlr Ho^l?" 15 bUlWlnif - Reel *» e *v, 8 «»-
D«- J - H - OItEB
Physician and (Surgeon
Sutteb Creek, Cal.
Offloe: Eureka Street, one block east of Mala
DENTISTS.
~T\B. C. A. HERBICR
DENTIST
Jackson. Cal.
Office in Kay building. Boors from 0 a. m. to
5 p.m.
MISCELLANEOUS.
«mT Onion Stables
»«»» Under Webb Hall *
MAIN STREET • - JACKSON, CAL.
; V M. NEWMAN, Prop.
The Stable equipped with first-class stock
and vehicles. Suitable rigs tor Commercla)
travelers with trunks.
Special Attention Paid *
* to Transient Stock.
Large stable and yard for use of teamsters.
Telegrams answered tree of cost. 3-23-tf
L. OETTINGER S. V. KNIGHT
KNIGHT i CO.
Foundry! Machine Shop
Sutter Creek, Cal.
BUILDERS OF WATER WHEELS OF
latest and most approved patterns, »nd
all kinds of sheet iron pipe. Every description
of mining and milling machinery made at the
shortest notice. We desire to call the attention
of blacksmiths and other workers in iron to the
fact that we keep constantly on hand a large
and complete stock of bar, refined and Norway
iron, gas pipe, gas fittings, etc whioh we will
sell at the LOWEST CASH PRICES.
We Want
' Responsible Agents
EOR OUR ENCYCLOPEDIAS. DlC-
tlonaries. Histories and Standard '
/ Authors. All of our publications are in '
complete sets, handsomely bound and '
illustrated and are sold on easy lnstal-
ments or with liberal discounts tor
i cash. '
For terms, prospectuses, So- write to
£. D. BEONSON ft CO.,
319 Phelan Building, San Francisco, .
6-25-ly California
