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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-05-23
Position Of the Forces.

Generals French and Hamilton are
separated from each other by about 40
miles and Lord Roberts is within IL
miles of General French. He is about
80 miles away from General Hamilton.
Since the last dispatch from Honing
Spruit yesterday Lord Roberts has.
doubtless, still further advanced and by
now Is either engaging or following the
retreating Beers. Definite dispatches
received this morning make it clear
that the Vaal river has not been cross
ed, as nearly 40 miles intervene between
II and Lord Roberts advance flankers.
The small number of casualties sus-
tained by General Hamilton in his oc-
cupation of Hebron bears out the the
ory that the Beers will make no siren
uous resistance until the Vaal is reach
ed or even later. Dispatches from He'll
bron say that the Boer general De Wet
had four thousand men posted on an
adjacent hill but that he retired when
Gen. Hamilton approached. President
Steyn fled from Heilbron May 20 and
his destination Is not known.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-05-23
MAS CONFIDENCE or THE cowMuNlTy.

The. confidence that the community has
I'm the management of the Firth National
Bank r. shown by the fact that block OF
its stock was sold for 52 yesterday. This
Is two points above par. and az n time
when changes in banking interest a-e
frequent and unexpected is quite signi-
fCant
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-05-23
TWO THOUSAND MOLDERS
GO ON STRIKE AT BUFFALO

Buffalo. May 23.-Because they would
not work with cores made by non-union
core makers the molders employed at
the various foundries In this city Quit
their work this morning. The total
number OF men involved IN the strike
Is about two thousand. ~.
The coremakers demand q minimum
rate OF s225 a day. The proprietors
offer s2.f2h which the men rejected.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-05-23

The Cincinnati Enquirer says: The Ten
pany has closed contracts with a Glas-
gov, Scotland, concern for 5000 tons of
iron to be delivered in nine months from
June l.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-05-23

FOR SALE-A 5ARGAIN; COT
tage of eight rooms at Fields Point,
facing the water; two minutes walk of
boat in Al condition. Price $3.50. III.
T. BARNwELL. 127 Summer street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-05-23

20, Cute. tiee,rstypss, prIn'In-,
Any kind. see J. j. RYDER C, a. WASH
ington street, corner EDDY. Best work.
'ow prices.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-05-23
Now Twenty Miles North 0
KrOonStadt-- 800 Beers Have
Surrendered at Vryberg

and her brave hull that really showed
the ship along and brought her safely
through the stormy cruise. So when-
ever l read nice things people say OF
me / take IL that they are said OF me
as the head representative of the gar
risOn"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-05-23

Can be offered I'm the way of banking
than the facilities presented by the Manu-
10 enter upon any financial transactions.
whether large or small
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-05-23
800 Beers Surrender.

Kimberley, Tuesday. May 22.--About
800 Beers have surrendered at Vryburg.
north of Kimberley and a little more
than half way between that place and
Mafeking. The road is all clear from
Mafeking and all opposition in this dis
trict is practically ended.
Amador ledger., 1900-04-20
Fooled the Crowd.

Some people will go to great trouble
and expense to perpetrate a joke. The
other day two well known society men
hired closed carriage and decorated
1t with bows Of white ribbon and flow
ers and other paraphernalia belonging
to a well appointed wedding.
On each side was hung a placard an
nouncing that the occupants were just
married.
It attracted great attention, and when
it pulled up in front Of the Gait House
a few days ago large crowd had con-
gregated to see the happy bride and
groom alight. The driver slowly got
down from his seat beside the door.
He opened it deliberately, and when
he swung the door open the curious
crowd surged forward. There was no
bride and no groom inside, but instead
big placard bearing in great black let
tiers the single word, Rubber"
For little while the driver had the
joke to himself. but soon the crowd
realized the neat swindle, and all en-
joyed the episode hugely.-Louisville
Dispatch.
Amador ledger., 1900-04-20
Only Two Laada

"At the close of the war;" said a
southern representative today, "a great
many negroes in the south refused to
leave their old homes. My father gath
cred his former slaves about him and
told them they were free and must
leave him. Some went and others re-
manned. Among the latter was an old
darky named Eph, who swore he would
not leave, but would stay and take his
chances. All right, Eph,' said my fa-
ther. Just take four or five acres and
go in on the three and four plan'
"'An what am dat, massa, fo' de
Lawd's sakeY
Why, if you raise three loads of
corn you must give me one and you
keep two So Uncle Eph went to work
and raised crop. At harvest time my
father rode over the farm and noticed
that Eph had cut his corn. Seeing the
old fellow, he rode up and asked him
why he didn't do as he had agreed
about dividing the corn.
Well, massa, yoh said if l raised
free loads of corn wuz to glib yoh one
an take two loads myself, an 1 done
only raised two loads '"-Washington
Times.
Amador ledger., 1900-04-20
Severe Punishment.

Sterling is derived from the name by
which the dwellers in eastern Germany
were known in the twelfth and thir-
teenth centuries. They were called
Easterlings. The purity not only of
their money was very famous, but that
of their silver specially so, and coiners
and silversmiths were fetched from
those parts to improve the quality of
our own manufactures.
So far back as 1897 two counterfeit
ers, who sold spurious silver articles
bearing a simulated royal lion and the
goldsmiths' marks, were sentenced to
stand in pillory at Westminster, with
their ears nailed thereto and with pa
pers above their heads setting forth
the nature of the offense for which
they were so disgraced After this
degradation they were publicly march
ed to Cheapside, put in the pillory
there, and had each one ear cut off,
finally being conducted back to the
Fleet prison and having to pay a fine
of 10 marks each.
1t seems that in recent times the rec
ord price for Elizabethan silver was
f70 los. per ounce. For old articles in
this metal the sum usually obtainable
ranges from f5 to Ell per ounce, ac-
cording to the artistic workmanship
displayed on them.-London Telegraph.
Amador ledger., 1900-04-20
No Two Thumb b. A,,ke.

1t Is not alone on questions of hand
writing that handwriting experts are
called upon to testify. Thumb impress
sions, around which Mark Twain in
''Puddin head Wilson, built his ingen-
ious story, have sometimes formed
the basis of very convincing testimony.
Conan Doyle said that Carvalho's de-
ductions in the case of the robbery of
$4,000 from package of the Ameri-
can Express company, for nicely Of
reasoning and extraordinary coinci-
dence, eclipsed anything any one ever
dared put into fiction.
In 1894 Asa Guy Gurney was tried
on the charge of stealing large sum
of money from the express company.
1t was proved that Gurney had opened
the safe where the package had been
placed, taken it out and deposited it in
another safe. 1t was found that a
large sum was missing
The evidence was purely circumstan-
tial. The envelope containing the mon
ey bore upon it, however, a thumb i'm
preston, Mr.. Carvalho testified that
the impression on the envelope and
several impressions of Gurney's
thumb corresponded exactly and con-
tended that there were no two thumbs
in the world alike. But such evidence
was too subtle for the rural jury which
tried the case, and the prisoner was
acquitted.
1t is to be recorded as tribute to
the accuracy of Carvalho's testimony
that Gurney soon after confessed
Chambers Journal
Amador ledger., 1900-04-20
TuoLuMNE COUNTY
Independent. Sonora. April IA, 1870.

u.
Had it not been for the presence oi
mind exhibited by the engineer OF the
Dead Horse mine. Summersville, last
Sunday, the country's long list of un-
dergrOund tragedies would have been
added to by six. AS it was, two min
ers wore considerably hurt, though
both feel satisfied to get off as they
did and are certain that all hands
would have gone whizzing through the
Thousand feet intervening between
them and the bottom Of the shaft had
it not. been that the man at the brakes
showed the stuff hosting engineer
should be made of.
The day shift was being hoisted out
of the mine as rapidly as possible after
O'Clock in the afternoon and the un-
lucky trip was made when five miners
were on the skip and one more, Ben
Moffatt, riding the cable directly
ahead oft.
All was going we'll and the 400 foot
station had just been passed, when all
of a sudden the big reel shaft snapped
like pipe-stem, and the skip with its
human cargo darted back. The sud-
den Jerking of the cable threw Moffatt
from his position, and he pitched down
the incline after the disappeared skip.
G. d. Hitchcock, one of the miners, re-
allied at once that an accident had hap
pened and reaching out seized the bell
cord with both hands. He had failed,
however, to take into consideration
the frightful speed at which the rum
away was making the descent, and as a
consequence the flesh was torn from
the palm of both his hands clear to the
bone. Engineer G. Dunning was hoist
ing the man- -carefnllE, aswas his Gus
tom, when the shaft gave way. The
cable had been given such jerk that
it was unwinding from the drum at a
rate which meant that unless some
thing was done quickly, the miners
would soon be in candle-boXes waiting
for the Coroner. Instantly he
slammed on the brakes, when both
clutch and auxiliary worked despite
the disarrangement of the machinery,
and in just fifty feet the skip was
brought to dead stand-still. A NOM
ent later Moffat banged up against it.
Both the injured men are under the
care of a physician, Moffatt being con-
fined to his bed. He is bruised from
head to foot, with the possibility that
his injuries may develop into some
thing serious. Hitchcock is apparent
ly the worse hurt of the two. Where
he seized the bell-cord for six feet it is
coated with the flesh from his hands.
The shaft in which the accident took
place is over 1900 feet deep. Work at
the Dead Horse is suspended until the
machinery can be repaired.
Amador ledger., 1900-04-20
An "AmerIcan" Duel.

During my residence In Heidelberg a
lam"ntable and terrible affair took
place that threw profound gloom
over the university and the entire
town. Two German students, having
quarreled. decided the earth was not
large enough for both of them to live
in and resorted to the diabolical prac-
tice called the American duel"
In a darkened room the two young
men drew lots, having sworn that he
who drew the black ball would commit
suicide. The unhappy loser went to
his room and discharged bullet into
his breast, but missed his heart and
fingered for several days on his death
bed. His parents were summoned by
telegraph and besought him on their
knees to disclose the name of his an.
tagonist, but he steadfastly refused
and died with the secret In his breast.
The students not only excused his
conduct, but praised his courage, and
when his remains were taken to the
railway station to be transported to a
distant city they accompanied the fu-
neral cortege with torches and music.
The students claimed he was not sui
eide. for he was killed in an honorable
duel, and they maintained that his op-
ponent was not accessory to his death
because he shot himself. l had many
arguments with them and never could
convince them of their extraordinary
observation-disclosures.
Amador ledger., 1900-04-20
Kamrs Are Born Liars.


The Kaffir makes an interesting
study. You cannot understand him all
at once. 1t requires time, and a good
,leal of it. new arrival thinks the
Kaffir is born prevaricator of the
truth and has his reasons for SO think
ing.
Suppose you catch a boy commit
ting misdemeanor. Ask him what
he has been doing, and he will look up
in your face, picture of innocence,
and reply, 'Ikona, baas"-a plump de-
nial. Tell him you saw him do it,
threaten him with punishment; he will
still persist in maintaining his inno-
cence. He will still plead ignorance Of
the misdeed and mutter in astonish-
ment or fear. "Ikona, baas." In fact,
he knuws nothing whatever about it.
If the offense be one that cannot be
overlooked. you proceed to administer
rep nf with the foot, If you are not
particular and wish to be impressive.
What does he do? If he is raw
boy" and not used to II, he runs off
with a terrified look on his face; If he
is used to it, he retires precipitately
with a satisfied smile, not necessarily
because he has got the thrashing, but
because he no longer has it to look for
ward to.
The only explanation for the system
attic lying of the native in face of the
most convincing proof is that the ma
tive mind is totally unable to form a
conception of what we understand by
uthfulness.-London Mail.
Amador ledger., 1900-04-20
Citizen, San Andreas, April II, 1890.

The shooting scrape at Campo Seco
last Thursday week was caused by
trouble over cleanup between part
ners in placer claim. Not much in
Jury was done-that is, no fatal results
are expected-and Farnsworth is i'll jail
here. He was taken to Jenny Lind last
Monday and arraigned, and his prelim-
mary examination has been set for
Monday next. The man who was
shot. Biazoli, received wound in the
shoulder, the ball angling downward
which was extracted in Il hattrnrd con-
dition by DR.. Mclaughlin. and the
other was in the side. II is thought
by the physicians that the man will
pull through all right.
Mrs. Marian Cox, of San Francisco,
returned to her home yesterday by
way of Mokelumne Hill. where she has
a brother-in-law, whom she expects to
.1eet. Mrs. Cox has been stopping at
tle Sperry home, a few miles from
town, and has euioyed her outing in
the hills very much. She was formerly
a resident of Jackson, Amauor county.
A. horse belonging to Eugene La
Riviera was killed few days ago.
The animal was driven into corral
preparatory to being made use of, and
stepped onto the covering of well aud
broke through. The poor animal had
It's back broken and had to be killed
to relieve it from its Sutfeliugs.
Amador ledger., 1900-04-20
Was She RiEhtf

A certain woman, says the Wichi-
ia Eagle, desired the arrest of the
saloon keeper who had been selling
whisky to her drunken husband. Hav-
Ing conducted the officer to the saloon,
she was told by him to pick out the
proprietor. Seven men, all looking
alike and dressed alike, were stand
ing motionless around a whisky
barrel, and she could not tell
which was the one, but she stepped
to the barrel and turned the spigot,
and the liquor began to pour out on
the floor. One Of the men sprang out
Of the circle and turned the spigot off.
ARREST that manW she said.
But was she right? Was 1t more
likely to be the proprietor who would
thus plead guilty and go to Jail or some
innocent man with an unquenchable
thirst who was horrifed at seeing the
awful waste2
Amador ledger., 1900-04-20
A Question In History.

Some strangers, apparently hailing
from the far west, were looking at the
statue of Robert Fulton, the inventor
of the steamboat. Said one of them:
so this is the man who got up the
steamboat, eh? Well, it only goes to
show how a feller can be mistaken.
Now, out in Punkin Ridge we always
thought 81 Jones fixed up the first
steamboat ever run, in the year 1876
The whole county was out to see the
Nancy Ann pass the Ridge, and every
body about there said as how 81 had
surely made himself famous by buildin
the first boat ever known to run.'1
Washington Times.
Amador ledger., 1900-04-20
JerrOld's Wit.

The English have been accused for
so long of dullness in their humor that
several stories related of the eminent
wit Douglas Jerrold may not be out
of place as showing that the charge is
sometimes untrue. 1t appears that at
a dinner one gentleman who had been
eating a dish of sleeps head with
great gusto exclaimed as he laid down
his knife and fork, "Sheep's head for
ever, say IP' There's egotism," said
Jerrold.
Sometimes, through a joke, Jerrold
conveyed good advice or a word of
warning. He was enjoying a drive one
day with jovial spendthrift behind a
pair Of grays. 'Well, what do you
think of my grays?"" asked his impecu-
NOUS friend. ''To tell you the truth"
replied Jerrold, 81 was thinking more
of your duns."
Amador ledger., 1900-04-20
fany of Plymouth.

Mrs John Masterson of Diamond
Springs viii go to Sacramento today
under the care of DR.. Kellogg to be
placed in private hospital in that
city. Mrs. Masterson has had much
trouble recently with. one of her knees
and the doctor will perform a. surgical
operation in Sacramento. leaving her
at the the hospital under the care of
trained nurses till she RECEIVERS. 1t
may possibly be necessary to ampu-
tate. Mr.. Masterson, who has been
employed as engineer at the Lupold
mine above Fairplay. has been at Dia-
mond this week on account of his
wife's sickness. Mrs. Masterson is en-
during great deal of pain.
Amador ledger., 1900-04-20
A Horrible Accident AVerted
at the Dead Horse.
ENGINEER c. DuNNING kept A COOL HEAD
Horse and Rider Fall and the Latter
Is Dangerously injured Con
Hagration at Placerville.
CALAVERAS COUNTY.
.oninle. Mokelumpe Hin. April a. 1gOo.

Chronicle. Mokelumne Hill. April IA, 1900.
On Monday of last week H. Sauve
met with an accident while at work in
the lum Der yard of the Gwin mine, and
has since been limping about with a
cane. He was trying to get certain
timber out of large pile, using crow
bar, when several timbers became re-
leased and rolled down unexpectedly,
one striking him on the left thigh:
Although the bone was not broken he
had narrow escape and has since been
unable to work as above stated.
The convicted stage robber. James
Starr, was taken to San Quentin prison
last Tuesday by Sheriff Thorn. to COM
mence tho service of his years sentence
in that institution. This man, it will
be remembered, plead guilty to holding
up the Copperopolis stage.
Amador ledger., 1900-04-20
MISCELLANEOUS.

really reckless woman is the one who
braves Nature day after day, by neglect
of the health of the delicate womanly
organs. "Crime and punishment bios
som on one stem " says Emerson. When
the cycle of self-neglect is complete it
includes the pains and sufferings which
are the inevitable penalties inflicted by
outraged Nature The drain which to-
day is counted an inconvenience, be-
comes in succeeding days a horrible and
offensive stigma. The passing depression
of an hour grows into a permanent mel
ancholy.
The timely use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription will save young women from
suffering, as it will cure those who
through neglect have become martyrs
after marriage. No woman who suffers
with backache, pain in the side, bearing
down pains, debilitating drains, ulcera9
ton or Inflammation, should delay an
other day the use of "Favorite Prescrip-
tion." Its use helps every woman and
heals ninety-eight per cent. of all who
give it fair trial 1t contains no opium,
cocaine or other narcotic.
II was tempted to try your medicines after
seeing the effect upon my mother" writes Mrs
Flora Arm, of Dallas Jackson Co. Mo sAt
an early stage of married life was greatly
bothered with painful periods also a trouble
some drain which rendered me very weak
and unfit for work of any kind I became
so thin there was nothing left of me but skin
and bone. My husband became alarmed and
got me bottle of Favorite Prescription. After
he saw the wonderful effects of that one he got
me two more, and after used those up there
was no more pain, and began to gain In flesh
very rapidly 1 believe weigh twice as much
as did then and can do all of my work.
think owe all praise to DIR. Pierce and his won
derful curative medicines
Doctor Pierce's Pellets are specially
adapted to the needs of delicate women.
Amador ledger., 1900-04-20
Gold and gold

For the first time in the history of
the country the per capita circulation
has crossed the $26 line, and the year
1900 carried the total for the first time
past the $1,000, 600, 900 line, while the
amount of gold and gold certificates in
circulation as shown by the table is
larger than at the corresponding date
any previous year.
The per capita money in circulation,
or the average amount for each indi-
vidual in the United States, is S26. II,
calculating the present population at
u, 395, 600, against S25.4 one year ago,
$23. SO two years ago, $23.O1 three years
ago and $2l. so on April l, 1896.
The amount of gold in circulation is
Amador ledger., 1900-04-20
Democrat, Placerville, April II, 1900


Fire broke out in the second story OF
the Parrett building shortly after -four
o'clock Thursday afternoon, and SER
ious conhagration was averted only by
the prompt action of the firemen.
Mrs. S. Anderson, who occupies the
upper story, attributes the cause of the
blaze to an imperfect terra Gotta fiue
which passed through the east wall ol
the building, the fire having started at
that point between the rustic and the
lining, and spread rapidly to the roof.
The damage to the building is not SER
ious. but Mrs. Alderson's effects were
badly injured by water, and having nc
insurance except on the piano, her loss
is heavy. Ez sf
Mrs. Anderson ) financial loss is less
distressing to her than the painful ac.
cihent which befell her eldest sOn
George. While fighting flames between
the ceiling and the roof he was over
come by the smoke and fell through
he ceiling to the floor below, striking
on MS head and shoulders. He was
picked mp unconscious and bleeding at
the mouth and nose. DR.. Wrenn who
is attending him. says that no bones
are broken but that the muscular
strains and bruises are very severe.
Mr.. Anderson is uuablc to turn in bed
or assist himself in any way, but his
injuries are not of a permanent char
acter, and he considers himself lucky
that it is no worse.
The building is insured for 81. 600 in
one Of the companies represented by
Shelley Inch.
Amador ledger., 1900-04-20
Spoiled His Doxe.

A town that has played its part in
history for more than 100 years ought
to be forgiven for being a little sleepy
by this time, although its new neigh
bors may be inclined to poke fun at it.
1t is told that Bladensburg mer-
chant was doing in his store one day
when little girl came in with pitcher
and asked for quart of molasses. The
merchant yawned, stretched himself,
opened his eyes and then said in an in
jured tone:
"Well, amt there nobody what sells
molasses In Bladensburg but mer
Amador ledger., 1900-04-20

also greater than at any corresponding
date of any preceding year, the total
gold and gold certificates IN circula-
Jion April 1, 1900, being S785, S45, $40,
against 1927, 748, 59l, April ], 1899;
1918, 448, 941 April l., 1898; 1854, 582. 096
April l, 1897, and S489, Isl, sos April l.,
1896. the increase during the four
years being 1926, 694, 044, or go per
cent.
The amount of silver in circulation,
including standard silver dollars, sub
sidiary silver, silver certificates and
Treasury notes Of 1890, which were is
sued for the purchase of silver bullion
and are to be retired when silver is
coined and put in circulation, amounts
to 1851. 133, $780,. against 1926, 982, S04
April l, 1899: S6lO, ,661, 729 April l..
1893; $3.50, ,O24, IT'S April 1, 1897, and
S55s, 524, 447 April l, 1896.
Amador ledger., 1900-04-20
Not a Hard Question.

They had dispute, and they had
agreed to leave it to the military ex-
pert.
what bullet" they asked, "do you
consider the deadliestT
For several minutes he remained in
brown study. Then he looked up
with the air Of one who has settled the
matter finally and definitely.
'"The one that hits" he said.-Chica-
60 Post.
Amador ledger., 1900-04-20
Quick mt n Hint.

Mr.. Slyman, the bookkeeper, receiv-
ed present of $40 from his employer.
He expected more and was greatly dis
appointed. He dropped the money on
the floor in the presence of his employ
er, as if accidentally, and stopped to
pick it up.
'Did you find it a1l?" asked his en-
ployer after a few minutes.
mo; I found only $10w-Fliegende
Blatter.