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NO LONGER a WALKING SKELETON.

endured nearly four years of suffering" writes Mrs
L. Myers of Washington, West Virginia. "caused princi-
pay from improper medical attention after the birth of
child and female weak resulting in complication Of
diseases. suffered from bilious attacks kidney trouble
paptaton of the heart and other almens Had
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-12
Stops the Cough
and works off the Cold

Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets
cure cold in one day. No Cure, No
Pay. Price 25 cents. 80
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-12
Oil Market.

oil City, Sept. ll.-Credit balances. sl25; Ger.
tidcates, no bids shipments, 1913, l27 bITeIs; aV.
erage 05,OSs barrels; runs, 1910 barrels aV
erfage, S9,37 barrels
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a terrible cough and
an incessant pain
and sore ess in
lungs. Was reduced
in flesh from Ia4
pounds to about 100
pounds in eighteen
months. I had no
appetite, and became
so weak and nervous
I could scarcely sit
up. l doctored with
our home doctors,
taking an indescriba-
bic amount of niedi-
cine, for two years.
Became disheartened
and disgusted at the
thought of medicine,
for none had ever
done more than give
relief for a very short
time. and seemingly
made my suffering
greater. / was final
ly induced to try DIR.
Pierce's niedicines
I Uyote to the InDd-
lids Hotel and .Sz,-
gioaL Institute, re-
gdrdisg my 1dss, and
received a promtf re-
piyTee, Adjusting the
proper medicines for
my case. ] obtained
the medicine Of the
druggist, and after
taking four bottles of
DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery
and four of his Fa-
vorite Prescription
three doses each day,
|, also taking one bot
Ntle of DR.. Pierce's
Compound Extract
of Smart Weed and
some Of his Pellets,
experienced decided
benefits. I ceased
cos,ohio0 and am
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-12
WOEgEM, TWINK OF THIS!

If you follow out the clue of headache backache
the physical torment and mental misery endured by
women, you will find it lead to diseased condition
of the delicate womanly organism. Cure that dis
eased condition and the effects of it in head, back
and nervous system will be cured too
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-12
Standing Of the Ten
Leading Contestants

\ l. Charles Rodriguez, 429 4
\ Webster ave-, Scran- 4
\ ton .,.... ......... 2o3
= 2. David v. Birtley, 1O3
West Market street,
= Providence ......... 159
8. oliver Callahan, AIS
Vine street, Scranton. ia a
\ 4. Arthur Kemmerer, Fac 4
4 toryville .......... 10 4
\ 5. David c. Spencer, Blooms 4
y burg, Pa. ......... go
= 6. Miss Fannie E. Will
y Jams, Peckville ...... SO 4
7. Eugene Boland,235 Wal
nut street, Dunmore 81
! 8. Harry Reese, 331 Evans
i court, Hyde Park -. Az .
\ 8. Miss Jennie Meyers, Lake 1
\ Ariel, Pa. .......... AZ 4
@1o. Miss Grace Simrell, Car I
y bondale ...... ...... Al 4
\ \ y \ y y y \ y \ y y y \ \ y 4
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MATTERS IN GENERAL.

They thought they had found a girl
in Great Bend who had died of a
broken heart, but an autopsy revealed
the fact that she owed her taking
off to dyspepsia. However, 1t is pret-
ty near the same thing.
Eight times out of ten the man who
attempts to do too much for a church,
a party a society a village, a city, or
an individual, is misrepresented, mis-
guided and in the end misused.
1t was a baldheaded man who orig
mated the motto, "There is room at
the top"
A Blnghamton paper wants TO know,
"why 1t is, with so many Negroes dy-
ing, nobody ever sees a black ghost ?"
1t is for the same reason that with so
Amador ledger., 1900-01-12
plumber him and thresh him for crying

plunder him and thresh him for crying
out.
Before the terms depreciation, :"
suspension, ETC., were heard, there
might have been some reason in the
practice of laying up; but now it de-
notes the darkest blindness. The pru-
dent men of the present time are the
men in debt. In any case the debtor
is safe. He has put his enjoyments
behind him; they are safe; no turns of
fortune can disturb them. The sub
stance he has eaten up is irrecoverable.
The future cannot trouble his past.
He has nothing to apprehend. He has
anticipated more than fortune would
ever have granted him. He has
tricked fortune; and his creditors
bah! who feels for creditors? What
are creditors? Landlords; pitiless and
unpitable tribe; all gripping extortion-
ers! What would become of the world
of debtors, if it did not steal march
upon this rapacious class?-Gardner-
vile Courier.
Amador ledger., 1900-01-12
Minnesota's Pines Failing.

According to the best estimates
available, there are now 1000, 900, 900
feet of white pine still standing within
the borders of the State of Minnesota.
To one who is unaquainted with the
magnitude of the lumber interests in
the State this would seem to indicate
that numbering will continue to be one
of the States great industries for some
years to come; but when it is stated
further than this pine is melting away
at the the rate of 1,500, 000,0 600 feet
every year, it requires but minutes IS
computation to demonstrate that this
industry is rapidly drawing to close,
and that in another five years, if the
present rate of consumption continues,
au end will have been reached to the
lumber business of the State. The
mills of Minneapolis will cut almost
120, 900, 900 feet more lumber this year
than in any that has preceded it, and
preparations are making for an even
larger output for next season. This
winter more than 1000 men will be
employed in the pine woods, and more
logs will be banked, if conditions are
favorable, than ever before. The
wages paid these men will aggregate
about $3.50, 200 per month, and they
will be steadily employed until the
spring breakup.
Amador ledger., 1900-01-12
A Russian Wolf Story.

'Well," said the red-faced man,
''the most exciting case ever had hap
pened few days in Russia. One night,
when sleighing about ten miles from
my destination, I discovered, to my in
tense horror, that l was being followed
by pack of wolves. 1 fired blindly
into the pack, killing one of the brutes,
and, to my delight, saw the others
stop to devour it.
AFTER doing this, however, they
still came on, kept on repeating the
dose, with the same result, and each
occasion gave me an opportunity to
whip up my horses. Finally there was
only one wolf left, yet on it came, with
its fierce eyes glaring in anticipation of
a good, hot supper. "
Here the man who had been sitting
in the corner burst forth into a fit of
laughter.
''Why, man," he said. "by your way
of reckoning that last wolf must have
had the rest of the pack inside of
him!''
''Ahn' said the red-faced man, 'snow
[ remember, it did wabble bit. y
London Tit-Bits.
Amador ledger., 1900-01-12
Our Meats Will Win.

American beef no longer meets with
disfavor in the British market. After
years of experience with it the people
are more friendly toward it than ever.
Many shops now display signs calling
attention to the fact that they handle
''prime American beef whereas, a
few years ago, such an announcement
would have seriously injured their
trade. American beef has been tried
and found satisfactory by the greatest
and most critical meat-consuming ma
tion of Europe. 1t is a safe prediction
that sooner or later our meats will win
a similar victory in other European
countries. Merit and cheapness are a
hard combination to keep down.
Those countries which now hold out
against our good and cheap meats are
placing themselves at serious disad-
vantage industriously, as compared
with their more liberal competitors.
Dear food means dear labor, either in
price or in efficiency, among civilized
nations, and this means costly produc-
tion, which makes competition impos-
sible in these days of cheap products.
1t is only a question of time when Ger
many, which is making vigorous at
tempts to become the foremost indus
trial nation of Europe, will be forced
to realized these truths, and to admit
American meats in order to maintain
her industrial position.
Amador ledger., 1900-01-12
Prospect, San Andreas, January 9Th.

J. G. Wilson and Martin Layman
were arrested at an early hour Monday
morning on Twenty-fourth street by
Policeman Thompson, after a desper-
ate struggle, and were booked on a
charge of burglary. An additional
charge of carrying concealed weapon
was registered against Wilson. Thomp-
son saw the two men standing in the
doorway of Mossford' s hardware-store,
1925 Twenty-fourth street, and asked
them what they were doing there at
such an unseemly hour. They told
him to mind his own business, and
Thompson proceeded to do so by plac-
ing the handouts on Wilson's wrists.
The above article appeared in last
Tuesdays San Francisco Call. The
two men whose names appear therein
were in San Andreas some time during
the month of November last and re-
mained here two or three days. They
represented that they were ex-soldiers
of the late war and photograph
ers, and were taking orders for
enlarging pictures. There is no
doubt, however, but that the pict-
ure business was only side issue or a
convenient auxiliary to their crooked
work.
One evening last week as Martin
Donnallan was returning to town in a
cart from his claim near the Donnallan
bgidge, large coyote attacked his dog
which was following short distance
behind the vehicle. The dog ran for
his master, closely pursued by the coy
ote. Reaching the cart, the dog ran
under it and the coyote approached
within three feet of the rig. Martin
picked up his gun quickly and fired
Amador ledger., 1900-01-12
Union Democrat. Sonora, January 9th.

In making professional call last
week DR.. Bromley had occasion to
travel the Parrots Ferry road, and
passing particularly wild and lonely
point his attention was arrested by two
wild animals engaged in a life and death
struggle. At the same time his horses
stopped and trembled with fright.
The fighting animals were probably
seventy five yards distant from the
doctor, who soon discovered that
deer was struggling to free itself from
the vicious grip of large wildcat.
The doctor endeavOred to urge for
ward his horses, but they, too, were
witnesses to the encounter and refused
to move. Finally the deer fell to the
ground, and the wildcat, discovering
the observing party, sought safety in
the brush. Tying his team, the doc
tor approached the scene of conflict,
and there upon the ground lay the dead
deer with crimson stream flowing
from deep throat wound inflicted by
the claws and teeth of the wildcat.
Not forgetful of the methods pursued
in his days of sportsmanship, the doc
tor hurriedly and properly hung the
venison to convenient tree and pro-
ceeded on his journey. He informed a
young fellow of the sight he had wit
messed, described the locality and the
tree to which the venison was hanging.
The following day the doctor was pre-
sented with nice hunk of deer meat.
We are conscious that many people un-
acquainted with DR.. Bromley will
doubt the above, and we want to vouch
for his varacity and sobriety.
Amador ledger., 1900-01-12
HIS Queer Catch.

One of the queerest experiences in
catching trout that any man ever had
was that at Moosehead lake recently
by sportsman named Williams He
was standing on the apron of the dam
at Wilson's, fishing in the quick water
below, and had met with fair success.
Near the shore, on his right hand, in a
little eddy, he noticed barrel lying on
its side in several feet of water He
found that it was an old molasses bar
rel and was lying so that he could
see the bunghole.
OF course, the barrel was full of
water, and the man had no idea there
was fish inside OF it, but just for Gu
rlousity he dropped his hook through
the hole, and no sooner had it landed
there than the water was boiling, and
the fisherman knew that he had a
trout on the other end. He played
him until the fish was tired, and when
he came to land him he could not get
him through the hole. He secured
saw and sawed a piece out of the top of
the barrel, near the hole. The fish
came out. 1t weighed three pounds
and was one of the handsomesG square
tails caught in that section this year.
One of the guides said that the trout
must have gone into the barrel when
quite small and had lived on bugs and
worms which had taken up their abode
inside.
Amador ledger., 1900-01-12
Democrat. Placervtlle, January 9Th.

Between Placerville and the Strahle
slate quarry at Kelsey, broken only at
the river, there is broad and contin-
uous belt of the best slate in the world
Of this we have the sworn testimony
of experienced and scientific experts of
several nationalities. Still better and
more of it, there is the demand for the
manufactured product vastly exceeding
possible supply by present working
force and appliances. With enlarged
facilities of manufacture and transpor-
tatiOn, our slate industry is slated for a
splendid future.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Hinkson of Amador
City spent Christmas in Placerville as
the guests of Mrs. Hinksen's mother,
Mrs. Knights.
w. w. Tong met with quite pain
full accident a few days ago. While
moving harrow he tripped and fell,
running one of the harrow teeth
through his hand. The wound is do
ing nicely, and he says it doesn't make
much difference anyway, as his buggy
horse does not require a driver.
Amador ledger., 1900-01-12
Citizen, San Andreas, January 9Th.


The news comes from the grading
camps on the line of the extension of
the Sierra Railway from jamestown to
Angels Camp that the recent storms
have made the ground too soft for
scraping, and, finding they could make
no satisfactory progress in the uncer-
tain weather, the contract tors have laid
off their crews until dry spell is as
sured. The roadbed has been graded
from jamestown to Table Mountain,
but work on the cut through the up
heaval is not completed. Graders have
moved on north of Table Mountain
crossing and were working near the
old settlement known as Jeffersonville
when work was stopped, owing to the
wetness of the country.
Work on the steel bridge over the
Stanislaus river is being pushed along
satisfactorily. Excavations of bedrock
were made for the foundations of the
steel cylinders, which form the north
and south piers of the structure and
the piers were finished last week. The
false work on which the steel structure
will be framed is being raised and no
further delay is looked for in that
work.
Amador ledger., 1900-01-12
TuoLUMNE COUNTY.
Independent. Sonora, January 9Th.

Independent Sonora, January 9Th.
There was hot time in the old town
last Sunday night, when the year was
ushered out and the new one welcomed
with all varieties of noise. The ring
ing of bells, the explosion of dynamite
and the unmusical fishhorns were, as
usual, part of the programme, but
there was an addition to the celebra-
tiOn in the shapesof the firing of the
too handy revolver, which latter
amusement would have gladly been
dispensed with by our citizens. Bull
let's sped so lively during the night that
a majority of the signs on both sides
of Washington street were decorated
with from one to six bullet-holes and
many awnings were likewise perforated.
The proper place for these wild and
woody revelers was in the lookup, and
it is unfortunate that such wholesale
disregard of peace and yuletude should
go unpunished. Noise is legitimate at
the coming of the new year, but bull
lets are dangerous to life and no i'm
improvement to property.
Amador ledger., 1900-01-12
Big Ships to Be.


Designs for the greatest battleships
ever projected for the American Navy
have been agreed upon by the Naval
Construction, after several months of
discussion over the important ques-
tions of battery, armor, speed, coal ca
pacity, and displacement. The three
new vessels-to be called the Georgia,
the New Jersey and the Pennsylvania
will equal in formidability the finest
battleships yet laid down by any for
eign Power, and with the American
improvements will surpass in fighting
force any ships now aioat.
The salient features of the design
contemplate a displacement of $4,000
tons, as compared with the Oregon S
11,000 The speed is to be at least
nineteen knots" with a coal capacity
of 1000 tons.
The total cost of each of these three
ships when ready for sea will exceed 81, :
900, 900 each. They will cruze 1000
miles straightway, and there will not
be three ships of similar offensive and
defensive strength in the feet of any
possible enemy.
Amador ledger., 1900-01-12
Tobacco Juice in France.

Tobacco juice, rich in nicotine and
warranted, is kept for sale at all tobac-
conists in France. 1t is tested by Gov
ernment, and contains five to six times
the proportion of nicotine found in Or
binary tobacco juice. For spraying
plants it is mixed with 100 parts of
water. The spraying is done after sun
set, and the plants are sprinkled with
clean water next day. For fumigating
hothouses, to destroy insects and para
sites, it is diluted with five parts of
water and sprayed on hot bricks or
sheet iron. AS a lotion to kill para
sites on cattle it is mixed with twenty
parts of water and applied gradually
to the parts of the skin, avoiding sores.
The above mixtures are improved by
adding three and one-half ounces of
soda crystals to each one and three
fourths pints of diluted juice.
Amador ledger., 1900-01-12
several shots at the animal wounding
it, but it managed to escape.

several shots at the animal. wounding
it, but it managed to escape.
Frank Peek Jr. of Mokelumue Hill. a
lad about eighteen years of age, lately
turned his attention to the study of
electrical science, and, after procuring
the necessary books, pursued his stud
les alone and unaided during spare
time. He soon acquired such au un-
derestanding of the work that he con-
ceived the idea, few weeks ago, Of
building small dynamo. With a
soldering iron. files and such crude
tools as may be found around a dwell
ling house, he built a dynamo sure
enough. 1t is a small affair that one
could easily put in his overcoat pocket,
but it works like charm.
The armature, including pulley and
bearings, is about seven inches in
length, and the field magnets, including
the pole pieces, are one and five-eighths
inches in diameter and five inches in
length; the field winding contains about
two pounds of wire and the whole is
two and one-half inches in diameter;
the commutator is One-quarter of an
inch in length and has twelve segments;
the brushes are one inch wide and one
and one-half inches long. This is run
by little four-inch waterwheel pro-
PEELED by a stream of water from a
three-quarter-inch rubber hose. A
homemade battery is also used in con-
nection with the motor. With the
power thus generated he propelled his
mothers sewing machine, also home
made electric fan, and had power
enough besides for two electric lights.
The little machine is quite curiosity
and the workmanship would not be a
discredit to even a more finished cleo
ician.
Amador ledger., 1900-01-12
Agricultural Strategy.

Colonel Waylie, of Alabama, is some
thing of an amateur farmer, but the
darkies play sad havoc with his choice
vegetables. This year he thought he
would be strategist, and so he called
his old gardner to him and said: 'Look
here, Uncle Henry: I'm trying an
experiment with the west field for a
chemist down town. The corn is a
poison rariety, and if any one of the
darkies about here touch it they will
be killed sure. You'd better warn
them, hadn't you?"
''Sartinly l will sartinly l will, re-
responded the old negro.
''Well, do you think it will have any
effect on them?" asked his employer
''Do you think it will prevent them
from stealing it?''
''What do I think bout it?"
queried the old man. 81 think dar'll
be lot o. dade niggers round hyer
sho'; dat's what l think bout it. -
-----------------------
G. H. Appleton, Justice of the Peace, Clarks-
burg, N. j., says: DE Wits Little Early
Risers are the best pills made for constipation.
We use no Others" Quickly cure all liver and
rNl4
Amador ledger., 1900-01-12
CALAvERAS COUNTY.
)hronicle, Mokelumne Hill, January 9Th.

Chronicle Mokelumne HILL January 9Th.
Peter Dolma, launjryman who up
to ten days ago lived at Angels Camp,
died suddenly at his lodgings at All Pa
cific street, some time yesterday after
noon. The man s death was discovered
about 6 O'Clock by an employe of the
house, who reported it to the Coroner.
In Dolma's room were found two small
bottles, one of which was filed with
strychnine, while the other was empty
Its contents, from the appearance of a
glass tum bier close by, had been uti-
lized to destroy the mans life. The
body was taken to the Morgue. where
an inquest will be held.
Amador ledger., 1900-01-12
How Is Your Wife!

Has she lost her beauty If so constipation,
indigestion, sick headache, are the principal
causes, Karl's Glover Root Tea has cured these
ills for half a century. Price 25c and SOC.
Money refunded if results are not satisfactory
For sale by A. Goldner Druggist
Amador ledger., 1900-01-12
Of the Haps and Mishaps of
Our Neighbors.
deer AND WILDCAT IN MORTAL COMBAT
Miniature Electrical Plant Built by a
Mokelumne Hill Boy-Coyote At
tacks Dog.
Ell DORADO COUNTY.
Nugget, Placerville, January 5th.

Nugget, Placerville, January 5th.
Marco Brono had his right hand en-
tirely blown off Monday morning by
the explosion of a giant powder car
fridge. He lighted it and held it in
his hand, with the above result. Dr.
Rantz was called in to attend the suf-
ferer and found the hand entirely off,
The doctor amputated the ragged edge
and Bruno is resting as easy as possible
under the existing circumstances.
Amador ledger., 1900-01-12
Tell Your Sister

A beautiful complexion is an impossibility
without good pure blood, the sort that only ex-
lists in connection with good digestion a healthy
liver and bowels. Karls Glover Root Tea acts
directly on the bowels, liver and kidneys, keep
ing them in perfect health, Price 25c and soc.
For sale by A. Goldner, Druggist.
Amador ledger., 1900-01-12
On Every Bottle

OF Shiloh's Consumption cure is this guaran-
tee: ''All we ask of you is to use two-thirds of
the contents OF this bottle faithfully, then If
you can say you are not benefited, return the
bottle to your druggist and he may refund the
price paid Price paid 25c, Soc and 81. For
sale by A. Goldner Druggist
Amador ledger., 1900-01-12
New Era, Carriers, January 5th.

view SdTGerS, Jduudry OIH
E. S. Isenberg, Sonora merchant,
was mysteriously shot on New Year
eve in that city while walking down
Washington street. The bullet entered
just above the heart. passed near the
aorta and penetrated the lung. and, al
though the wound is a serious one, it
may not result fatally. Who fired the
shot is not known and may never be,
as there was considerable promiscuOus
shooting on that night, and from all
accounts there should have been nu-
merous arrests. We are told that
many participated in that careless and
dangerous amusement. The unfor-
tunate man was picked up by two
young men who were passing by and
taken to the home of Otto Kauig,
where he is under careful attention.
Amador ledger., 1900-01-12
They Ate Their Words.

The post graduate student who was
describing the Patagonian expedition
had an enthralled audience, sand for
nine days." he said, "after our boat
was lost, we had nothing to eat except
our college yell.
His hearers shuddered. A scientific
education held many possibilities.
Amador ledger., 1900-01-12

Il am indebted to One Minute. Cough Cure
for my health and life. 1t cured me of lung
trouble following grip Thousands owe their
liues to the prompt action of this never failing
remedy 1t cures coughs. colds, Group, bron-
chitis, pneumonia, grip and throat and lung
troubles. Its early use prevents consumption
1t is the only harmless remedy that gives i'm.
mediate results City Pharmacy
Amador ledger., 1900-01-12
Do You Know

Consumption is preventable? Science has
proven that and also that neglect is suicidal
The worst cold or cough can be cured with Shi
lohs Cough and Consumption Cure Sold on
positive guarantee for over fifty years For sale
by A. Goldner Druggist
Amador ledger., 1900-01-12
Elevating It.

"What we need, " said the editor, ''is
higher criticism"
Thereupon he issued orders to have
the book reviewer and the dramatic
critic given offices on the top floor.