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SERVICES AT THE PENITENTIARY

Mrs. NJ. c. Brown Delivers a Lecture
Before the Convicts.
On Sunday afternoon the prisoners
al the. pen%itentiary were favored with
8 service that could not be duplicated
in many cities. Miss Gates and Mrs.
Rominger sang beautiful solos, and
Mrs. NJ. G. Brown, after a brief intro
duction by the chaplain, delivered an
address on The Poet Whittier" In
treating of the gentle Quaker poet, Mrs
Brown was at her best, which is say
ing much. When a reader can Tend
TO the rhyme of the poet the beauty of
her voice" as Mrs. Brown does, list
ening is a delight. The speaker gave
d charming talk on some If the salient
characteristic of the man, his gentle
spirit, his courage in rebuking a nation
al sin, his humor. his spirituality; and
then read a few favorite poems from
the volume which she presented to the
library of the renitentiary. A hearty
vote of thanks from the men showed
their appreciation of the gift.
The customary devotional exercises
closed a service which the men will
long remember.
Books and magazines taken to the
Tenitentiary are gratefully received.
read and re-read by those who have
fC~ pleasures.
, 1900-06-04
~AGUINALDO SHOT.


Vigan, Luz0n, June 2, via Manila,
June 3.-Major March, with his de-
tachment of the Thirty-third regiment,
overlook what is believed to have been
A%guinaldo's party on May 10 at La Cat,
about 100 miles northeast of Vigan.
The Americans killed or wounded an
officer, supposed to be Aguinaldo,
whose body was removed by his follow
ers. Aguinaldo had 100 men, Major
March 1875.
The officer shot was. either Aguinaldo
or his a%djutant, and as the horse was
richly caparisoned it is a fair presump-
ton that it was Aguinaldo.
, 1900-06-04

end. Flying among the Beers are re-
ports hat the British have been beat
en- back at Lindley, with heavy loss,
that the main attack on E!andsfontein
failed and Lord Roberts was forced to
retire to Klipsriverburg; that the rail-
way has been cut behind him south of
Vereeniging and that a provision train
has been captured.
, 1900-06-04

CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION.
Insurance Commissioners Office,
State of Wyoming.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. Is, 190O.-It is
hereby certified that the Qeen Insur-
ance company of New York, in the
State Of New York. has complied with
the insurance laws of this state and is
authorized Il transact the business of
fire insurance in this state for the cur
rent year.
Witness my hand and seal of office
the day and year first above written.
(Seal.) Leroy GRANT,
missioner.
, 1900-06-04

Call at Frank II. EgglestOn's drug
store and get a free sample of Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
They are an elegant physic. They also
improve the appetite, strengthen the d.
gestion and regulate the liver and bow
els. They are easy to take and pleas
ant in effect.
, 1900-06-04

Small in size and great in results are
DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the ia
nous little pills that cleanse the liver
and bowels. They do not gripe.-A. H.
Cordiner, Druggist.
, 1900-06-04

FURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT.
Mrs. Muiho,'and at Abrams resi-
deuce, 700 Thoruhurgh. Call between
10 a. m. and y m. 2t
, 1900-06-04
ALMOST A FAILURE
DEMOCRATS FIND IT HARD WORK
TO HOLD PRIMA-
RiES.

At 8 O'clock Saturday Evening Not
One Person Had Responded to the
Call for First and Second Ward
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Have Been
Named, However.
, 1900-06-04

Mrs. George II. Hunt is closing out
goods very cheap at the store
next to the Popular market. If
, 1900-06-04
BIDS WANTED FOR SPRINKLING
STREETS.

STREETS.
The city council will receive bids at
its regular meeting on Tuesday even
ing, June 9Th, for sprinkling the streets
of the city at SO much per hour. City
viii furnish sprinkler. For further par
ticulars see city marshal.
j. II. SYMONS.
u City Clerk.
, 1900-06-04
BOERS IN PRETORIA
ROBERTS STILL TWENTY-FIVE
MILES FROM THE BURGHER
CAPITAL.

Correspondents With British Army
Have Been Unable to Get Through
a Line Since Occupation of johann
nesburg-News from Lourenzo
Marques Unreliable.
, 1900-06-04

The Republican ONCE: 40 cents per
cop1.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10
spartnr Of Her Remedy.

There is at least one woman in Ken
wood who believes thoroughly in the
efficiency of prayer. About year ago
her husband engaged in a business
venture that looked rather uncertain.
But his wife had strong faith that 1t
would turn out we'll
go ahead, john" she said, "and let
us put our trust in the Lord. I pray
every night that we may have no rea-
son to regret the risk we are taking"
The affair seemed to turn out pretty
well right from the start. Handsome
dividends were paid all through the
summer and during the winter, and
great joy was in the home Of this man
and the sharer Of his fortunes.
But there came turn about month
ago. The business ceased to pay, and
since then the losses have been increas-
ing every day. Nothing was said about
II at the freside around which so much
happiness had centered during the last
year until the other day, when 1t was
suggested by the worried husband that
it would be well to cut down expenses
Questions followed, as a matter Of
course, and then it had to be confessed
that the business was not going WELL
"Dear mer' exclaimed the distiA ;sed
woman when all the truth had been re
vealed to her. 'I must begin praying
again tonight" - Chicago Times Her
aid,
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10
On Reading Aloud.

1t is a distinct loss that reading Is SO
badly taught and that SO few people
know anything about the magic of the
poets in their use of sound. We read
almost exclusively with the eye, al
though poetry Is primarily Intended
for the ear. Shakespeare wrote almost
exclusively for the ear, and we remain
unmoved by the wonderful vibration
of his great passages until we hear
them.
Poetry ought always to be heard first
and read afterward. If the best Of
Browning is sympathetically and intel
llgently interpreted by the voice, the
much discussed obscurlty Is not in evil
dence. Many people find, for instance,
a little difficulty in getting the clear
and full significance of THE Portrait
of the Last Duchess" when they read
it for the first time, but it fastens itself
instantly on the imagination if it is
well read.
A good deal Of time now devoted to
commentaries and text study might
profitably be given to reading the text
aloud without note or comment. A
work of art slowly discloses it's full
meaning, and familiarity with 1t is the
first condition of comprehension.-
Hamilton Mabie in Harper's Bazar.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10
Friendahtn,. Trials.

sam going to the wedding? Ger
tainly not" snapped the pretty girl in
blue. I'D like to see myself there!
You thought we were friends? Oh,
yes, we're friends. I'd like to scratch
her eyes out, the deceitful thing! How
did it start? How did what start?
II her young man wished to call on
me, there was no law against it, was
there? If he got in the habit Of call
Ing here every day IN the week and
twice on Sundays, it wasn't my busi-
hess to turn him over to the police,
was it? I wish 1 had, though, as he
was an awful bore and so persistent
that 1 never got a chance to 60 any
where or see any one.
"And all the while that deceitful
thing pretended to be crying her eyes
out at the desertion Of her young man
into my camp. If 1 had not thought
that that young mans presence here
was making her awfully mad, he
would have got his walking papers.
long ago. But endured him because
l thought that she cared everything
for him and could not live without
him.
"And to think that she simply turned
him over to me to get rid of him as
well as me while she landed the eligi-
bic young man with the bank account
who recently arrived in the city! And
never knew that he was here until it
was too late! And we we're such dear
friends too"-Detroit Free Press.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10
To1rtoi,. Sense of Hnnnr.

At one music party at Count Tolstoi's
a lady's singing displeased the counts
boys, and they adjourned to another
room and made a noise. Their father
lost patience and went after them, and
a characteristic admonition ensued.
"Are you making a noise on pur-
pose" he asked.
After some hesitation came an an
swer in the affirmative, "Y-y-yes."
"Does not her singing please you?"
"Well, no. Why does she howlP' de-
clared one Of the boys, with vexation.
$50 you wish to protest against her
singing" asked Lyeff Nikolaevitch in q
serious tone.
"Yes."
Then go out and say so or stand in
the middle of the room and tell every
one present That would be rude, but
upright and honest. But you have got
together and are squealing like grass
hoppers In q corner. l will not endure
such protests. ts."-Newcastle England
Chronicle
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10
A CONFIDENTIAL CASE.
II Brought Out an Honest Confession
About q Stolen Hog.

II brought out an Honest Confession
About "A Stolen Hog.
''It has long been g. matter of argu-
ment," said the old lawyer, who was
IN a reminiscent mood, whether a
lawyer should defend a man that he
knows to be guilty. There is an argu-
ment on both sides, and do not sup
pose it will ever be settled to the sstis-
faction of all
ga good many years ago 1 had case
that set me to thinking, and 1 haven't
yet determined what my duty was in
the matter. At that time l had q
small practice in a little town In the
western part of the state. Upon my
return to the town enc day, after hav-
ing been away few days on a matter
of business, was called upon to de-
fend a worthless character who had
been arrested for hog stealing.
"At that time every one kept at least
one hog to be killed In the fall and
salted down for use in the winter. One
of my neighbors had butchered hog
a few days before, and the party that
was called upon to defend had been
charged with theft of it.
"The case was about to be called
when l arrived. and | asked for lit
tie time in which to consult with my
client. This was granted. and taking
him to one side / said:
Now, see here, the best thing that
you can do is to make a clean breast
of the affair to me, and then l will
know just where 1 stand. Whatever
you may confess to me 1 will treat as
sacredly confidential, and l will do my
best to clear you
"T didn't steal his hog protested
the prisoner.
"'Then where did you get the car
cass that was found in your posses.
sionP l demanded.
" From your back porch, boss he
answered with a grin.
"Then l remembered that Just before
going away l had left orders to have
my hog killed, and / could only gasp.
However, l went to work and cleared
my client of the charge he was under
and took the carcass Of my own hog
as payment for services rendered, but
had hard work treating what he told
me as sacred and con6dential."-De
troit Free Press.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10
A Match Trick.

A feat which any one can perform
with little or no practice is that of
placing II matches upon a table and
lifting them all up upon one Of the
matches. This Is how it is done: Pick
cut one match-the one that has the
hattest surface-and then place six Of
the other matches about one-fourth
each across the first one, each Of the
six being parallel to each other and the
thickness of a match distant from each
other. Next place six other matches
ene-fourth each across the first match,
but from the other side, all parallel and
in the spaces left by the arrangement
of the first six matches. Now take the
fourteenth match, lay 1t over the II
matches where they intersect, and by
carefully lifting match No. 1 and hold
ing match No. IA in place you will ac-
eomplish without difficulty the feat
Adelaide Hermann IN Woman's Home
Companion.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10
Tommy's Trfumvh.

Please, SIR" asked Tommy Of his
teacher, what Is meant by the 'sooth-
ing weedY"
Does your father smoke, Tommy ~
asked the teacher.
"Yes, SIR" answered Tommy.
And what does he smoker" asked
the teacher.
"Bacca!' cried Tommy.
Tobacco, you mean, Tommy" cor
rected teacher. "Well, tobacco Is often
called the soothing weed But it is
tobacco, Tommy, not 'bacca.' There Is
no such word in the dictionary"
"Yes, there is, SIR" cried Tommy.
you're mistaken, Tommy, there is
not" said teacher severely. But" he
added, with superior smile, eff you
can show me the word 'bacea' In an
English dictionary will let you home
an hour earlier than usual"
Tommy seized his dictionary. hastily
turned over the leaves and pointed tri-
umphantly to the word 'bacca," "a
fruit having Seeds"
Teacher ioored and Tommy trium.
phant.-London Answers.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10
BIRD. and moIdn Coins.

A French physician lately had an op-
portunity to observe a pointe de Paris
which had been lying for several days
in the stomach of child and found
that the gastric juice had acted upon
the smallest particles Of the article,
bunting the blade and point and CIV
ing the medal q brown color. In this
manner might be explained the process
used in Italy to produce old coins and
medals. Large birds are made to swal-
low roughly stamped coins with the
image of Tberius or Caligula. After
awhile the animals give off again the
coins, upon which meanwhile an ap-
preciable layer of patina has formed.
This result is apparently due to the ao-
ton of the gastric Juices.-Jewelers
Circular-Weekly.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10
A Famous London Tavern.

The Mermaid was the name of IA
nous London tavern frequented by
noted literary men and actors during
the reign Of Queen Elizabeth. All the
wit and talent Of the time assembled
there for convivial enjoyment. Au-
thors have made it the scene of great
mind combats between such men as
Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont,
Fletcher, Selden, Carew, Dome and
others of reYerential memory. 1t was
the gathering place Of the celebrated
Mermaid club, the origin of which is
ascribed to Sir Walter Raleigh. The
Mermaid tavern was located in Bread
street and was handily reached from
three thoroughfares, so that it has been
often referred to in various ways. The
Mermaid in Bread street, the Mermaid
In Friday street and the Mermaid in
Cheap street were, however, all one
and the same. It was the nearest to
Bread street. The Mermaid was de-
stroyed in the great London fire. There
were other Mermaid taverns, one in
Cheapside and another in Cornhill, but
they had no such associations as chung
to that of Bread street.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10
London naker.. 1910.

In 1910 we find the following Bow
bakeresses accused of selling halfpen-
ny loaves deficient in weight: Sara
Foting, Christina Terrice, Godiyeva
Foting. Matilda de Bolingtone, Chris
tina Prichet, Isabella Sperling, Alice
Pegges, Johanna de Countebrigge and
Isabella Pouveste. One wonders why
the husbands were not summoned. In
a similar case in 1916, when Agnes
Foting's bread was seized, 1t was "ad-
Judged that her bread should be for
feited and given to the prisoners in
Neugate because her husband did not
come to avow (own) the bread" Are
we to assume that in the absence of the
husbands the bread was merely for
feited without the infection of fine?
An indication Of the importance of
the breadmaking business is also found
in an enactment Of the reign of Henry
III to the effect that "eyery cart of
Bremble (Bromley- by Bow or Steven
hethe (Stepney that comes into the
city with bread shall pay each day /
Observation-Disclosures Magazine.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10
Knew she Was Usly

The Duchess of Orleans, mother Of
the regent who governed France dur
ing the monarchy of Louis XIV, was
notorious for her ugliness. She wrote:
From early youth 1 knew how ugly
was and hated to have people look
sharply at me. never cared for dress,
as I knew that diamonds and orna-
ments would only attract attention to
me. Once Countess Scissors asked me
why never turned to look at a mirror
In passing, as every other woman did.
told her could not endure the sight
Of my own face.
"As a girl I must have been very
ugly. 1 had little, blinking eyes, a pug
nose and big mouth with thick lips.
My face was broad and Fat and my
figure short and stumpy. Nobody would
have tolerated me except for nv good
disposition.
Il don't suppose that there was In
the whole world another pair Of hands
as ugly as mine. The king often told
me SO, and laughed, for wss resolv-
ed always to laugh at my hideousness.
I must confess that had to laugh very
often.
What surprised me most was that
any one could fall in love with me.
was notoriously the ugliest woman at
court, yet I was married at 10.
Il often asked my husband If the
sight Of me were not repulsive and
what he had seen in me that induced
him to fall in love with me. I never
got satisfactory answer, but 1 think
that l must have had some other at
fractions which outweighed my ugli-
neeao
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10
FUNNY HUMAN NATURE.
A Little story That Illustrates Some
of It's Peculiar Phases,

Little story That Illustrates Some
of It's Peculiar Phases.
Young men can never tell where to
look for an ally in their love affairs
A few afternoons ago one of them was
leaving a handsome residence in the
upper part Of the city He walked un-
steadily, he will never be paler, and 1t
was evident that he was in great trou-
BILE. He scarcely noticed the brisk ap-
proach Of the old gentleman who owns
the house and the daughter, though
the suitor had been diligently lodging
the father for months.
Hello! What's this? SickP and
the old gentleman firmly planted him
self in the way Of the retreating lover
You're not flt to go out in this storm,
young man. Come inside. Take q
drop Of cordial. What do you mean.
risking your life like this?'
mot there, sir" in a faint voice.
"Il never enter that house again.
Your daughter Just refused me-"
Now the father had told her score
Of times to get rid Of that chap" but
he Is sympathetic and cholerlc.
What" pounding the walk with his
cane, refused you? Tilted you? Put
you in this awful state? The mink!
She'll hear from me! Look as though
you were dying, poor fellow! How
many times have you asked herr"
"Once."
Only once7 Thunderatton, man,
I'll bet I asked her mother $4,000 times
before she'd have mel It's in the
blood. Come In here. No. take a walk
around the block and then come. The
Idea Of that girl thinking that she
knows her own mindi It's absurdl
Brace up, now. We'l bring her to
time"
And it looks as though they would.
The old gentleman looks sheepish, the
girl laughs often without apparent
cause, and the youth calls regularly
Detroit Free Press.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10

The oratorical Bourke Cochran who,
like Mr.. Bryan, has the gift of elo-
quence but is left without very abund-
ant store of common sense or informa-
tion, declares specifically that two an
tagonistic tendencies in government can
not safely be permitted to exist in one
government at the same time for the
reason that one will eventually over
power the other. The gentleman has
evidently not heard of the checks and
balances of the American constitution
and of the fact that we have in our
form of government some survival of
every form of government that ever ex-
listed on earth. In mass conventions
we have pure Democracy. representa-
tive government in legislatures and
congresses, the royal prerogative in the
appointive power of the president and
governors, an aristocracy in the special
functions which are reserved to the SEN
ate. These antagonistic elements
work in an almost perfected harmony
and government would be impossible
without them. If the born orator only
knew what he is talking about he would
be power in the land, but he general
ly does not. He usually depends for
his information on inspiration which is
just as likely to come from below as
from above.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10
The Jefferson Bible

"The Jefferson Bible in the Smith
sonian institution" says the Washing
ton correspondent of the Chicago Rec
ord, 'has never been printed. The
manuscript remains as 1t left Jeffer-
sons hands, and, although several per
sons hRye proposed from time to time
TO print it, no one has ever done so.
The Bible consists only Of the teach
tngs of Christ, extracts from the gos-
gel arranged in chronological order
from his birth to his ascension, and
nothing else. All controversial pas
sages are left out"
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10
WonId DRAW n CROWD.

A singer named Gordon once COM
planned to Handel Of the style of his
accompaniments, which attracted the
attention from the singer, saying that
If he did not accompany him better he
would jump upon the harpsichord and
destroy 1t.
Every WELL" said Handel. Tell me
ven you will do dat, and l will advertise
it. More people will come to see you
jump dan to hear you sing"
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10

consequence of self abuse and excess produc-
ing the following symptoms: Sallow counte-
nance, dark spots under the eyes, pain in the
head, ringing in the ears, loss Of confidence,
d!indence in approaching strangers, palpitation
loss OF memory. pimples on the face, coughs,
consumption. etc.
DIR. GIBBON has practiced in San Francisco
over ~ years, and those troubled should not
fail to consult him and receive the benefit of
his great skill and experience. The doctor
cures when others fail. Try 6im. Cures guar
anteed. Persons cured at home. Charges reas-
enable. Call or write.
DIR. J. +. GIRBoN, o25 kearney street, San
Francisco Cal
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10
One Wav tn Paw

Patient-Your bill of 100 marks for
visits and 60 marks for medicines is
high, doctor, but I've arranged to set
tie. IN pay the 60 marks for the med
ieines, and I'll return all your visits
E1iegende Batter.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10
We All Might BE Happier.

"This would be happier world" !"
said the corn fed philosopher, 'if mere
Of US got what we wanted and fewer
Of US got what we deserved. d."-Indian-
apQIis Press.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10

Stone street was the first street in
New York city paved with cobble-
stones; hence its name. The paving
was done in the year 1861.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10
TO THE UNFORTUNATE
DIR. GIBBON

This old reliable and
themost successful spe-
cialist in San Francis
CO stillcontinues 10 cure
all Sexual and Seminal
Diseases, such as Ghon-
orrhea, elect. Structure,
Syphilis in allits forms
Skin Diseases, Nervous
De bility, Impotency,
Seminal Weakness, and
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10

Mr.. Bryan's convention declared with
emphasis that the Filipino people should
be given a stable government at the
earliest possible nloment, and then
turned and berated soundly the Repub-
ican administration for trying it's best
to do that very thing although, in its
efforts, it has secured for commissioners
to the Philippines the best men in
the nation, not one of whom is poll
tician or in an way affiliated with par
tisan politics.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10

1t is not pretended by men of any
candor i'll Mr.. Bryan's party that there
is any great risk of an imperial spirit
growing up in our own country, but
only that in the governing by the chief
executive of far away dependencies an
imperialism will be necessary and that
in time this may react upon American
institutions at home as well as abroad.
The argument is punctured by the sug-
gestion that the governing of our insular
possessions by commissioners appoint.
ed by the president is only temporary,
that the power rests in congress and not
in the president, who only acts while
waiting for congress to act, and that the
president is an executive abroad as he
is at home, charged with carrying out
the will of congress. A few words of
dispassionate explanation and few mo-
ments of calm reflection will reassure
the most timid.