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The colored American., 1900-09-15

Company

breWs the purest Beer on the Wash
lngton Market. The highest chemical
authority in the district of Columbia.
after an analysis just finished of all the
ulnerene beers on the market, gives
tbls as his verdict. Don't be fooled by
jealousy, envy, or prejudice, on either
or all of which is based our opposition.
we have the most modern plant.
we brew from steriliZed water and
choice hops and malt We have one
OF the most skillful brewmasters in the
county. Visit our plant and insist on
Us proving our assertions. We will be
glad to show all.
ABE KING,
The colored American., 1900-09-15

Messrs. Harry Parker and John II.
Berry of this city were guests of the
Citizens Republican Club of PhiladeI
phIa last week.
Mr.. r. w. Green who has spent the
summer al Atlantic City, n. ]. is back
with Messrs. Moore and PTiolesu where
he will spend the fall and winter. Mr..
Green is fixture at the Sparta Cafe.
The colored American., 1900-09-15
SPECIAL ADVERTISE MENTs.
ROO azS FOR RENT,

Two Large Rooms to rent-f1rnished
or unfur mis- he'd 419 @ street, n. w. ct
Amador ledger., 1900-07-06
The Shark. Month.

No doubt the sharks mouth is placed
so much beneath the projecting muz-
zle, under which also the nostrils lie,
that 1t may serve its proper purpose in
the best way. In all records of the
habits of the fish we are told that it
can and does bite out large chunks Of
flesh from the dead bodies of whales
and even from living victims of its at
tacks, and it is easily seen that if its
mouth was like that of other fishes the
necessary leverage would be lacking.
A further reason seems to be that the
shark by this peculiar position of its
mouth is compelled to turn upon its
back to strike and is thus able to de-
liver its onset from below with more
deadly effect.
This formidable strength of jaw is
backed up by most terrible array Of
teeth, of which in some species there
are as many as six rows all around.
Each tooth is saw edged and pointed,
and some Of the largest are as much as
two inches in breadth at the base.
These lie fiat against the jaws and can
be raised by separate muscles at will,
SO that, as the shark darts upon its
prey, they spring on end, as a cats
claws are stuck out from its paws.
This arrangement will not allow any
thing once bolted to return, so that q
sharks mouth is a veritable death trap.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-06
Adhesive and Pres.ed stamp..

"Wait until l have washed off the
postage stamp on this envelope, spoiled
in the addressing" said a man.
"It is not necessary to do that as is
commonly supposed" said a lawyer.
you may take your scissors and cut
out the adhesive not the impressed
stamp and stick it fast to your new en-
velope with mucilage notwithstanding
the adhering piece of the old envelope.
"It does not look nice and may be-
come detached In the mail, but If the
stamp is genuine, unused, adhesive
stamp it is not questioned. The gov
ernment when it sells an adhesive
cent stamp undertakes for such consid-
Grafton to transport and deliver to des-
tination the letter to which it is affixed.
The fact that it has a piece OF an en-
velope to which 1t was formerly at
tached,. but not used or deposited for
mailing, does not relieve the govern
ment to execute its part of the con-
tract when the letter is deposited for
mailing. the stamp being otherwise
perfect.
can impressed stamp, however, cut
from an envelope is defective and in
valid for postage purposes. 1t is as
tonishing how many Of these are used,
some people apparently being unable
or too ignorant to discriminate between
adhesive and impressed stamps
Washington Star.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-06
They Pay the Rent.

There is" says q traveller, "a stock
saying which they have at Queens
town, ireland. 1t is there the steamers
pick up the mails, which can leave
London II hours later than the boats
do Liverpool and overtake them there.
Frequently, however, delays occur, and
then the passengers kill time by going
ashore, and the native Is always in
wait to sell them shillalahs and other
things, such as bog oak jewelry, canes,
ETC., which are supposedly indigenous
to and characteristic of Ireland.
"Some of the shillalahs are wonder
sui and awful to look upon and have
no possible place in real life, their only
object being to take in the unwary
transatlantic traveller. One saw there
had a head fully six inches in diam
eter, with projecting knobs and roots
thickly covering it. 1t was so heavy
that to lift it was an effort and to car
ry it any distance without using a dray
a physical inpossibility. 1t was a
murderous looking weapon, and blow
from it on the head would have done
for any living thing, even a darky from
Georgia.
"Why,' asked in my surprise,
what on earth do you use this forT
"'ThatT he rejoined. 'Arrah, that's
what we pay the rint with
"I've got it yet."-New York Trib-
une
Amador ledger., 1900-07-06
A Little Bit Too Sensitive:

This cold, hard world has few souls
as sensitive as young man who killed
himself in Paris the other day. His
home was in Lyons, and his father
had given to him 10000 francs, or &c.
600, to establish branch office Of their
business in Paris. After he had been
in Paris for several days his letters
home ceased, and he disappeared from
the little circle of friends that he had
made. He had seemed a quiet, steady
fellow, and he had chosen his new as
sociates with discretion. When they
missed him, they wrote to his father,
supposing that he knew where his son
was. The father, however, was igno-
rant of the young mans whereabouts,
and the police were summoned and a
search made Of his apartments. On
the bed In his room was found his dead
body, with a note by his side, which
said
81 have lost $4,000 francs of the sum
that my father intrusted to me, and as
1 would not have 1t believed that I
have squandered the money ana kill
ing myself" This furnished a clew,
but nothing more could be learned for
several days. Finally, when searching
the rooms for the young mans proper
ty, his pocketbook, with the $4,000
francs, was found in a corner of the
bureau drawer, where he had put it
and then forgotten.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-06
The Danrerou. End.

An Ass once enveloped Himself in a
Lions Skin, hoping that he would
thereby Escape Annoyance from the
Rest Of the Brute Creation.
But seeing a Tiger approaching, and
fearing his inability to look as fierce as
his Assumed Character required, he at
once turned his back toward the Tiger
and remained Motionless.
"Ahr said the Tiger to himself, "for
once mine ancient Enemy, the Lion,
has relaxed his usual Vigilance. I'll
steal upon him from Behind, and
there'll be Funeral In the morning"
But his Vicious Spring was met by
the Heels of the ASS, and 10! the Tiger
had Predicted his own Funeral.
Moral.-It's usually Policy to Attack
the Enemy in the Rear, but there are
Exceptions to every Rule. Always re-
member, in dealing with an ASS (hu-
man or otherwise), that the end con-
tanning his Brains is less Dangerous
than the one furnished with Heels
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-06
FirinR Biz GunG,

The bigger the gun the shorter its
life. Those monsters, the 11O ton guns,
cannot be reckoned upon to fire more
than 80 full charge rounds without be-
coming quite useless. The 81 ton gun
can fire los rounds, while the 6 inch
breechloader is good for 400 or 450 full
charge rounds.
The reason Of this is that the terrific
heat and corroding effect Of the pow
der wear away the bore at the cham
Der end, and then the shell does not
catch the rifing.
There is nothing SoEAstEthen but to
send the gun to thezfaoSory and have
the barrel bored and lined with a new
tube.
Eighty shots from 110 pound gun
would be good business III any war.
Where the Inconvenience arises is in
the fact that during peace the men
cannot practice as much as desirable.
Still there is a way out Of 1t to a Ger.
tain extent, for it is found that a half
charge, which is sufficient for prac.
tice, wears out gun only one-fourth
as fast as full charge, and even in a
way a three-quarter charge is power.
full enough.
Now ITO ton gun, though 1t can fire
only so full charges, can fire 100 three.
quarter charges and 800 half charges
TNew York Telegram.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-06
tn USOckO

This word is in constant use in
Northamptonshire, England. It has
two meanings, one being ITO throw"
e. g., "T'll sock stone at you." A ia
vorite diversion among boys is sock
ing" birds. They proceed along the
hedges, one boy or more on each side,
all armed with stones, with which they
numerically pelt, or Sock" any poor
bird they come across. The other mean
ing Of the word is ito beat or to clout;"
e. g., "I'll fetch you sock o. the ear
hole"
have known "sock" in this connec-
ton all my life, and it is sometimes
now used here. "I'll sock him." "Pll
give him bellsock," "He got a good
socking' are common forms. A for
midable fighter is called "a bellsock-
er." "sock" is common when speak
ing Of 'thrashings" given and taken.
ITO give one socks" meaning ''to
give o1e good beating" is in common
use in East Anglia. And so Is pull
up your socks" for "make haste" and
"set to work"
A stone in the heel Of a sock or stock
ing is well known extempore life pre-
server or taker.-Notes and Queries.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-06
Resard For the Fox In Japan.

All over Japan you will see images Of
foxes-old foxes, with their noses chip
ped and their ears broken off; older
foxes still, with growth of moss on
their backs; sly, alert foxes, with noses
perked smartly in the air; great foxes
and little foxes, sages and clowns, all
kinds and degrees, showing the preva-
lence Of this belief in the land of the
wistaria and the fan and also showing
in what respect the fox is held. 1t is
curious to note that In all countries the
fox, above all other animals, has been
considered to exert great influence and
power. All nations have legends of
which the cunning and intelligence of
the fox are the theme.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-06
A Piece of Pure Luck.

The discovery of the famous Trojan
mine in Calaveras county. CAL, is curl
GUS as an illustration Of pure luck and
doubtless has heartened many q dis
couraged miner. In January, 1885,
Henry Becker, German, and John L..
Trimmer, Connecticut man, two poor,
ragged, discouraged mining prospect
ors, went into the mountains of Gala
veras county to cut oak wood for fuel.
$50 or $40 each per month during the
winter by the sale of the wood. They
made their home in an old abandoned
miners cabin. A heavy fall Of snow
had covered the ground to the depth Of
two or more feet.
One day the two men built a great
bonfire of brush. The heat melted the
snow and left an area of hot earth.
Becker determined to make an oven
out of the hot ground, and, securing q
haunch Of deer meat. he began the
digging Of hole in which to bake
1t. At the depth of two feet he
came upon bed of rock. He had been
prospector too long to resist the temp
tation Of examining the rock, and, ac-
cordingly, before placing the meat in
the hole he broke off piece Of the
rock.
Then, after the venison was buried
and roasted, he's examined the broken
bit of rock carefully by the light Of his
cabin candle. To his very great aston
ishment, it proved to be what miners
call live rock, assaying 5000 to the ton.
For several months Becker and Trim
mer kept their great find a secret, in
the meantime gathering information
concerning the dip angle and length
and breadth Of their new discovered
ledge. Within q year from its discov-
cry this mine had made Becker and
Trimmer rich.-Philadelphia Times.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-06
Rarnnm,. Exnn.e

P. T. Barnum's propensity for practi-
cal joking began early to assert itself
Once a man was on trial in a local
court for small misdemeanor Learn
ing that he had no money to hire law
yer, Barnum offered to conduct his de-
fense. With great solemnity he made
a lengthy plea in which he virtually
accused his client of being guilty Of
half the crimes on the calendar, end
ing with recommendation to the mer-
cy Of the court on the ground of un-
sound mind.
The man, though escaping with a
merely nominal sentence, was furious
at the trick that had been played on
him. He was finally appeased by Bar
NUNS explanation that he had pre-
pared defense for two different eli
ents and had in his case delivered the
wrong plea.-Maitland Leroy Osborne
in National Magazine.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-06
A Tonic NeedIesa.

Mrs. Hohmboddie-John dear, while
you're down town l wish you'd just call
and pay the milliner-$17 the bill is,
but if you give her $40
Mr.. Hohmboddie-rd rather settle it
In full.
Mrs. Hohmboddie-Well, but want
you to bring me six yards of that love
ly stuff from Matchem's-I'n get you
the pattern-and that will take the
other 81. Then I'll just make mem
orandum Of the trimmings, that will be
about So more, and If you love me you
know the kind Of gloves want. You've
bought them often enough Now, dear
boy, you won't forget?
Mr.. Hohmboddie-No I'll remember;
and, by the way, I'll take my tonic bot
tie along and get 1t renewed. I've felt
quite run down Of late.
Mrs. ohmboddie-Your tonic? Why,
that costs $1.50l It seems just like
throwing money in the street to pay
for medicine. Don't you think you
could get along without it?-Judge.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-06
Fat Man wanted a Correctiou,

"That was fine report you had Of
the explosion" puffed the fat man,
who did not know there was an ele-
vator in the building and climbed
three flights of stairs to the editors Of
fee, "a fine report, must say" And
sarcasm fairly rang in his tones. "Did
you know that 1t was my furnace that
blew up, that 1 stand the loss, that but
for me you wouldn't have the itemT
IF you are D. ]. Jones, we did,"
II am D. Jacobus Jones. You didn't
even spell out my middle name, You'd
think that my wife and hired girl were
the whole thing the way you wrote It
up"
''The girl was terribly burned, and
your wife was badly hurt while saving
the girl. You don't appear to have had
any hand in the matter"
Didn't, hey? Did you notice how
slowly 1 sat down when 1 came In
here? Did you hear me stifie groan?
I'm sore as felon from the crown Of
my head to the sole Of my foot. That's
what 1 am. But there's not a word
about that"
Were you in the explosionT
"No. Wish I had been. When
heard the report, knew some one
must be hurt. I fell down stairs. I
ran five blocks for doctor. When I
got home, 1 was so exhausted that I
had to retire, and this morning had
to roll out of bed on a chair to get up.
1t wasn't my fault that the doctor was
out or that an ambulance was at the
house when got back. You can say
that l showed great presence of mind
and got out and bumped myself or
stop my paper. Good dayP'-Detroit
Free Press.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-06
Nature. Drains

A careful survey of the underground
water courses in the carboniferous
limestone district of Yorkshire, Eng
land, has revealed the fact that there
exists in that country an extensive sys-
tenn Of subterranean streams, many Of
which issue miles away from the points
called ''sinks,' where the water
drained from the surface enters the
rocks. Similar phenomena In other
parts of the world, not yet so care
fully investigated, occur on a much
larger scale, and recent studies of the
ocean bottom near the border of con-
tinents have shown that rivers of con-
siderable size sometimes enter the sea
beneath the surface.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-06
Dangerous Eggs.

A young clerk received instructions
from the proprietor of a produce house
in Front street some days ago to put
into case of eggs card marked
Guaranteed"
The proprietor thought no more about
the matter until later in the day, when
he was called to the phone by the pur-
chaser.
"I don't want these eggs," he said.
"What is the matter with them"
asked the proprietor.
"They are marked 'Quarantined' and
are too suggestive of disease"
It developed later that the clerk had
written "Quarantined" instead of
Guaranteed" memphis Scimitar.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-06
Charity.

Every good act is charity. Giving
water to the thirsty is charity; remov-
ing stones and thorns from the road is
charity; exhorting your fellow men to
virtuous deeds is charity; smiling in
your brothers face is charity; putting
a wanderer In the right path is charity.
A mans true wealth is the good he
does in this world. When he dies,
mortals will ask, what property has
he left behind himT" But angels will
inquire, "What good deeds hast thou
sent before theeY-Mohsmmed,
Amador ledger., 1900-07-06
Charlotte Bronte Not F1attered.


An interesting anecdote of Charlotte
Bronte is recalled by Mrs Humphry
Ward in her biographical Introduction
to "Vilette." In 1851 the authoress,
having refused repeated invitations to
London, on the ground that having
done no work she deserved no treat,
finally consented to pay a short visit
to the family of her friend and pub
Usher, Mr.. George Smith.
Thackeray was at this time at the
height of his popularity in London, and
Miss Bronte arrived in time to hear
his second lecture on the English hui
morists.
When 1t was over, Thackeray, who
had recognized the timid little woman
sitting by Mrs. Smith, came down
from the platform, and, shaking hands
with Miss Bronte, asked her how she
liked 1t. There are few persons who
would not have been fiattered by such
an attention, but Miss Bronte, on the
contrary, was almost offended by it,
and when she introduces a similar in
cldent in "Vilette" she comments on
the restlessness and the lack of de-
sirable self control on the part Of the
lecturer.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-06
A Rapid Observer.

Here is story with a moral: A
countryman had just returned from a
journey to Paris. One Of his cronies
asked him what opinion he had formed
of the Parisians.
Delightful people" he replied, "but
frivolous, changeable and altogether
incapable of forming an attachment
of any duration"
"How long were you thereT" asked
his friend.
"Three days."-Chicago News.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-06
Fenr EVIL sniritn.

Evil spirits are held in great dread
by the Chinese, who believe them to
bear special i'll will to the eldest son of
the family and to delight in playing
unkind tricks. upon him. To prevent
this the eldest son in one family was
named Sixth Little Sister," the child's s
parents evidently being under the i'm
preston that evil spirits could be de-
ceived as to the sex Of the little one.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-06
Cautious Procedure.

Colonel, If you called man liar,
you would surely expect fight, would
you not7" asked the stranger from the
north.
"No, sah," replied the colonel. "We
don't call man a liah down heah until
we have shot him fust, sab, so full Of
holes that there is no fight In him, sal" !"
indianapolis Press.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-06
A Neixhborhood Humori,t.

Yesterday I met George as got on
the car and I said, Hello, George,
how're you getting onY Then he said,
I amt getting on. I'm getting off,"
"Wellf"
To-day met him as 1 was getting
off the car and I said, Hello, George,
how're you getting onP Then he said,
L amt getting on at all, I'm putting
my mother-in-law on Chicago Rec
ord.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-06
TIL. WIDOW. Advantage.

| Grimes-The chances are in favor of
. widow marrying again against sim
Rle woman getting husband.
| Burns-That is because a widow is
leontent to regard men as pretty much
all alike, while single woman wastes
her time trying to find one who is diff
&erent from all others.-Boston Tran
Acript.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-06
Are Told hx Teeth

MEMS ages can be told by their teeth
as accurately as horses" said Frank
ford bookkeeper over his luncheon. 'I
have found this out by my intercourse
with statesmen. They come into the Of
fee, stand at the little counter, and
when the proprietor is not in they en-
tertain me a weary while with ac-
counts Of their business skill and mer-
tied success. Having nothing to do, I
watch their mouths-their mouths that
cannot be stationary.
"Up to the age Of 2S, l have learned,
a mans mouth closes and opens like a
child's, and what teeth are displayed
are the upper ones. At 80 the lower
lip becomes loose, and the lower teeth
are as much shown as the upper teeth.
At 80 the tops or edges Of the lower
teeth are blunt, but they are still white.
At "a the upper teeth don't show at all.
The lower ones edges then are pale
brown.
And so on, as the years go by, the
lower lip droops more and more, the
lower teeth become shorter, and their
edges grow blunter, thicker and dark
er. have often wondered why It is
that the lower teeth wear down in this
way, while the upper ones don't do It,
and why only the upper front teeth de-
cay."-Philadelphia Record.
True nobility is in the NINA, not IN
the flesh. l wish to leave after me
when l die my memory and good
Xorks.-King Alfred the Great.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-06

A nations flag. represents its sover-
eighty and is prominently displayed In
all army and navy battles. To "strike
the fiag'' is to lower the national col
ors in token Of submission to the op-
posing forces.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-06
Less, Sometimes.

We don't want to say anything
against the girls, but when one gets
married nowadays it doesn't seem to
make any more housework for the
mother than she had before her daugh-
ter's departure.-Atchison Globe.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-06
No Butler For Him.

There Is a wealthy but, very haXd
headed citizen of Detroit who has no
hesitancy in telling this story on him
self:
III there's anything on earth grinds
me 1t is to plunge into the social swim.
I'd far rather plunge into an ice cold
bath. One of these here steel pen coats
makes me- want to go out and hide in
the hayloft, and standin collar puts
me into crouch for week after I've
worn it.
But you know how women are
they'll stand right by you when livin
Is up hill work, skimp, hus; md save,
but once they get money t., want a
show for it, and the bigger the show
the better. Things sorter come my way
in pine, and cleaned up neat little
pile. l just grinned at carriages,
horses, coachman, a lot of servants a
snookin round the house, receptions,
'theater parties and all that sort Of
thing.
But when they rung in a genuine
butler on me had a warm conversa-
;ton with mamma and the girls. 1t
didn't do a mite of good. They talked
me clean off my feet, and the butler
came. I could have got away passably
with the president Of the United States,
but that fellow, stiff backed, high head
ed, looking superiorlike and never
smilin less it was to stab you, riled
me awful. One day while sittin in the
library l heard him tell one of the
maids he was goin to resign. What
forY she asked. The last lady as
called took me for the barbarian
that's me.
For years dealt with raftsmen and
lumbermen. 1 paid his bill for six
weeks in the hospital, and his wages
too. We keep no butler" Detroit Free
Press.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-06
Lucky Hesitation.

II never was glad for this impedi-
ment In my speech but once" said the
man from Dearborn, who was in to see
the town.
When was thatY
"Fe-fe-fellow asked me h-h-how
much would take for "a horse, and
while III was t-trying to tell him
H-sixty dollars, he offered me a hun
dred."-Woman's Journal.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-06
FIRE
LEDGER'S CLUBBING RATES,

Ledger and Daily Call. one year ......,S7 so
Ledger and Weekly Call, one year ....... 8 go
Ledger and Daily Bulletin, one year ...., so
Ledger and Semi-Weekly Bulletin, yer 20
Ledger and Weekly Bulletin, one year 80
Ledger and Daily Chronicle, one year. 70
Ledger and Weekly Chronicle, one year 8 go
Ledger and Weekly Examiner, one year 8 go
Ledger and Daily Examiner, one year -. 8 80
Ledger and N. Y Weekly Tribune yer 8 90
Ledger and N. Y. Tri-Weekly Tribune iy so
Ledger and Cosmopolitan Magazine, yr 8 35
Ledger and S. F. Weekly Post, one year 90
Ledger and McCalls Magazine, Cne year Q rs
Ledger and St. Louis Globe Democrat, ly s 90
Ledger and Twice Week." one year 3 90
So The above rates are strictly in advance.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-06

The University Of Ell Ayhar, in Cairo,
Is the oldest in the world. 1t has rec
ords dating back 1000 years,
Amador ledger., 1900-07-06
Among the PnnItrx.

Good morning. How do you do this
morning?' said the duck, meeting the
hen.
None Of your business" replied the
hen. you are no doctor"
"QuackW squawked the duck angri-
ly.
That's what 1 said," cackled the
hen.-Detroit Free Press.