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Amador ledger., 1900-08-03
shattered Diamonds,

Under certain conditions, which are
very rare and remarkable" said an old
jeweler, "a diamond may be shattered
to atoms by smart, sudden blow The
stone seems to disintegrate and hy
apart, as nearly as I can express II,
and when the Kimberley gems first
came into the market the Brazilian
brokers claimed that they were espe-
cially subject to that kind of accident.
For the time being the story had it's
effect on trade. but 1t was proved to be
untrue, and the incident is now forgot
ten. In the course Of an experience Of
nearly DO years I have known Of only
two cases Of diamonds being broken.
"One occurred many years ago, when
l was working in shop IN the old
Reid House in Chattanooga. A lady
customer dropped q cluster brooch
from the counter to the tiled door, a
distance Of about 31a feet It struck
squarely on the center stone, which
was broken into number Of small, IT.
regular fragments. The diamond had
weighed about two carets.
The other instance took place here
In New Orleans about six years ago.
A st. Louis travelling man named
Crawford had 9 solitaire weighing IL
carats set in ring. he was standing
in the store and while conversing about
something made g sudden gesture and
struck the stone against metal az
ture. It was split into small Jagged
splinters, a number Of which we found
on top Of the showcase The drummer
himself was the most astonished man
ever saw. He had supposed dia-
monds were indestructible simply be-
cause they were hard,"-New Orleans
Times,psmoerstA
Amador ledger., 1900-08-03
LEDGER'S CLUBBING RATES.

Ledger and Daily Call, one year r...,..,. 81 SO
Ledger and Weekly Call, one year ,.... 8 80
Ledger and Daily Bulletin. one year 800, 6 so
Ledger and Semi Weekly Bulletin, yer 20
Ledger and Weekly Bulletin, one year 8 90
Ledger and Daily Chronicle, one year. Z 70
Ledger and Weekly Chronicle, one year 8 60
Ledger and Weekly Examiner, one year 8 60
Ledger and Daily Examiner, one year - 8 80
Ledger and N. Y. Weekly Tribune, yer 5 90
Ledger and N. Y. Tri-Weekly Tribune, 1y 3 so
Ledger and Cosmopolitan Magazine, yr 36
Ledger and S. F. Weekly Post. one year, 8 90
Ledger and McCalls Magazine, Cne year Q rs
Ledger and ST. Louis Globe Democrat, fy 8 90
Ledger and Twice Week." one year 8 90
81 The above rates are strictly in advance
Amador ledger., 1900-08-03
That's An.

IT hear that Bellingham has married
money" said Perkasie.
i'It's false report" replied Rotting.
dean. He married cashgirl."-De'
troit Free Press.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-03
STAYING OFF A BILL.
THE GRAND PROMOTER ExEMPLlFIEs
1T AS A FINE ART.

Major Crofoot Organizes New
Scheme of Gigantic Proportions
and Generously Takes In His Print
er on the Ground Floor. ~
copyright. 1900 by C. B. Lewis.l
1t was the printer with his bill for
1900 Office cards, and he knocked on
Major Crofoot's Office door in that half
hearted way adopted by creditors who
feel that they must call and yet have
no faith that the bill will be paid.
Come in, and good morning to you
good morningw shouted the major as
he sprang up and extended his hand
and shook so heartily that the callers
8 hat was nearly jostled off his head.
When the shaking had been concluded,
he said:
'I have been expecting you up here
every day for week, and If you
Amador ledger., 1900-08-03

Age may not be sarrulous, but there
is no denying the fact that it tells on
both men and women.-Exchspge,
Amador ledger., 1900-08-03

In every family you'll find an old
man trying to quit smoking and
young one trying to learn.-Atchison
Amador ledger., 1900-08-03
RINGS ON YELLOW PINES.

Two Circles of New Fiber Blending
Into One Mark Each Year.
'1t is very curious to note the sue
cessive growth circles of our yellow
pines" said veteran lumbermanS from
the Pearl river district. Until my at
tention was especially directed to the
subject by a forestry expert a few
years ago had no idea that the mark
ings were 80 beautifully clear and dis
tinct. The tree acquires two rings Of
new fiber every year. one in the spring
and one in the fall but they blend to-
gether and form single, we'll defined
circle.
During the first ten years these
successive accumulations are Of about
equal thickness. and for the next two
decades the diminution is very slight,
but after that the rings become thinner
and thinner, and when the tree gets in
to the eighties and nineties the growth
is very slight indeed-in fact, q mere
film. Nevertheless the ring is always
formed as long as the tree lives and
can be clearly discerned with q glass
after 1t ceases to be visible to the naz-
ed eye.
During the visit of the expert to
whom 1 referred we cut a good deal of
timber on my place ranging between
16 and 1S inches in diameter. That
tree is 1875 years DID, he would say.
that one is 100, that is about 14O,' and
SO on. Afterward we measured the
growth rings with the instruments he
carried, and In every instance he had
hit the age within a few years. 1t
seemed wonderful, but was simply the
result Of experience combined with an
accurate eye.
There are some very ancient pine
trees in the Pearl river district, and
many Of them figure in the traditions
and folklore of the settlers in their
neighborhood. There are a couple of
such patriarchs on q tract near my
mill, and when the standing timber
Of the place was recently sold I am
glad to say they were especially ex-
cepted in the terms Of the contract. 1t
would have seemed like murder to
some Of the country folks If they had
been cut down."-New Orleans Times
Democrat.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-03

Mrs. M. F. Long, Of La Loup,
Franklin Co., Kans., writes: uWords
cannot express how grateful I am for
your kind advice and good medi.
cines. I have been In poor health
more or less all my life. In the past
nine years grew worse, and two years
ago I was so poorly could hardly drag
around. consulted a specialist, and
he said I had liberation and that an
operation would have to be per-
formed. This did not seem necessary
to me, so time went by, and at last
I Wyots to DR.. Pierce asking advtce.
I soon got a helpful ansne, advising
me to try his medicines, the Favor
lite Prescription, Golden Medical
Discovery and also his Pleasant
Pellets. I began taking Favorite
Prescription and the other med
icines as advised. When eommenc-
ing I weighed f1eH pounds, and af-
ter taking one bottle of each felt
like new woman. In one month I
gained s pounds. After taking two
bottles of each of the medicines,
I began to look like woman and not
like skeleton, and that weary tired
feeling all left me-"
Amador ledger., 1900-08-03
BANK OF AMADQR COUNTY

SAFE DEPOSIT.-Safe deposit boxes can be
rented from the Bank Of Amador County at the
small expense Of IS cents o month, thereby Sc
curing you against any possible loss from nre
or otherwise. Don't overlook this opportunity
of protecting your valuables.
SAVE MONEY-Patronize q home institu-
tion. Send money away through the Bank of
Amador County; you will save 10 per cent and
upward over postof1ce or express. Money sent
parts OF the world. We have the latest quota.
tions on foreign exchange.
SAVE MONEY-It doesn't cost anything In
They receive deposits from IS up. Commence
the now year by opening up q bank account. \
man or woman with bank account has y
financial standing. Don't bury your money /;
when you die 1t can't be found and you are na-
bic to be robbed while alive
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29

Mr.. w. B. Smith of Fargo is registered
at the Pulaski
Mr. A L Webb of Abbeville is a guest
of the Pulaski.
Mr.. Charles B. Dunn of Macon is guest
of the Pulaski
Mr.. ]. C. Warren of Panonia Is register
ed at the Pulaski.
Mr.. j. l.. Conoey of valdosta is register
ed at the Pulaski.
Mr.. J. T. Rogers of Excelsior is register
ed at the De Soto.
Mr.. H. ]. Sandlin of Quitman is regis
tered at the Pulaski.
Mrs. Joseph Hull left for Atlanta last
night via the Central.
Mr.. John Malloeh left last night for At
lanta via the Central.
Mr.. c. D., Kline returned yesterday after
a short visit to Chicago.
Mr.. Noble F. Martin left for New York
yesterday via the Southern.
Mr.. W. B. Myers of Duval was among
yesterdays arrivals at the Screven.
Mrs. d. F. Jack and Miss Jack of Au-
gus1a are the guests of the De Soto.
Mr. C. l.. Huggins of Oliver was among
the arrivals yesterday at the Pulaski.
Mr. L. w. Haskell was among the Gem
trails passengers last night for Atlanta
Mr. and Mrs. V. N. Camden will leave
via the Plant System to-day for Washing
ton.
Mr.. B. w. Pfnney of Columbus was
among the arrivals at the De Soto yester-
da~.
The Duke of Newcastle and party will
leave to-day via the Southern for New
York.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. A Williams, and Miss
Williams of Vaudeville are guests of the
De Soto.
Mr.. Watkins Holmes of Waycross was
in the city yesterday and stayed at the
Pulaski.
Mr. Charles Matthewson of Port Haral-
son was among the arrivals at the Pulas
Xxi yesterday.
Mrs. Robert Powell Jr of Cincinnati,
o., is on a vicit to her parents Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Kaufman.
Mr.. Eugene Smith of Florence, S. c., is
out his business at Thomasville and says
he intends to retire from business ALTO
gether on account of his health. His
many friends here regret that the state Of
his health has rendered this step neces-
sary.
Mr.. H. B. Lemcke, representing the
Peters Cartridge Company of Cincinnati, 10
In the city for few days. Mr.. Lemcke Is
on his initial trip South for the company.
He is very well pleased with the results
of the recent rifle contest at the Madison
Square Garden, New York, where four
teen out of the fifteen prizes were won by
users of his companys goods.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
Dangers From the Cold and Buster,
From New York Herald


THE present fall of temperature over a
large area of country, and the probab Ilty
of its continuance for some time, is very
likely to affect the public health by the
increase of all such troubles as commence
with the Ordinary cold" In this connec-
ton we cannot lose sight of the fact that
grip is still prevailing, and altough it has
been on the wane there is threat in the
present cold wave of revival of the form
er malignancy of the scourge.
We can hardly congra tulate ourselves
that the danger from pneumonia is likely
to be less with the incoming and inclement
spring than it was in the months gone by
1t goes without the saying, then, that we
cannot take too many precautions"
DR.. Humphreys Specific Seventy
en- (''77') restores the checked circulation
Indicated by a sudden chilD the first sign
of taking Cold; starts the blood coursing
through the veins and so breaks up the
Cold. Manual of all diseases, especially
about children, sent free.
For sale by all druggists, or sent on
receipt of price, 25c. and $1.00. Hum
phreys' Homeopathic Medicine Co., Cor.
William & John Sts., N. Y.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
CITY BREvITIES.

The Park and Tree Commission has
placed a row of benches along the Bull
street side of Thomas Park for the COM
fort of the people in the Southern Sec
ton.
In the Recorders Court yesterday there
were but few cases. the only one of any
moment being that of Willie Bacon, charg-
ed with assaultng and cutting Bosey
Williams. The case was continued.
The last meeting of the Lyric Circle Vo-
cal Club will take place at the studio We'd
nesday morning at 1870 o'clock. The club
his done some excellent work under the
direction of Mrs. Silva-Teasdale. 1t will
doubtless be reorganized next season.
The last of the series of Evenings OF
Recitation and Song by Mrs. Silva-Teas-
dale and Miss Lille Sehg will be given at
$40 o'clock next Saturday evening at the
studio, No 10 Perry street, west AS in
the case Of the former Evenings" the pro-
pramme will be made up of the newest
and best both in literature and music.
The reference in the report of Rev. E..
X Loves funeral to the number OF peo-
ple in attendance compared with the
number at the funeral OF Rev. Alex Harris
was a mistaken one. The reference should
have been TO the funeral of the Rev. Hous-
ton. which was probably the largest fun
erai of a colored man ever known in Sa-
vannah Rev Harris although Ill, Is still
In the land of the living, the most vener-
able among the colored ministers Of Geor-
gia.
Policeman L. Blumberg had very
pleasant gathering at his home at No. 526
william street yesterday. the occasion be-
ing the confirmation OF his son, Norris,
who has Just reached 10 years Of age. The
exercises took place at the synagogue on
Montgomery street. where Master Blum
berg passed his examination very credit
ably Mr. Blumberg was 10 we'll pleased
with tho outcome that he invited the en-
tire congregation 10 his home, where re-
frashments were served and some time
spent very pleasantly. Master Morris re-
oeiyed number Of presents. Ills teach
ar was ~. Dechtar.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
OPENING DAY AT NASHVILLE.
Races Under Auspices of Tennessee
breeders, Association.

Nashville, Tenn, April 2S.-Ideal racing
weather and splendid card attracted a
holiday crowd to Cumberland Park to-
day. It was the opening of the initial
race meeting under the management OF
the New Tennessee Breeders Association.
But one favorite, J. Gardner's good look
ing filIy, Sinf landed In front.
The Turf Congress special, with $1,000
added, was won by Knight Banneret.
Summarizes:
First Race-Six furlongs. Joe MARTIN.
30 to /, won, Dumbarton, 10 to l. second,
and Kunta, 6 to /. third. Time 1:14ls.
Second Race-Four furlongs. Sinfi. TO
/, won. with Zackford 2ls TO ], second, and
Invictus, 10 TO l. third. Time O4s,
Third Race--Seven furlongs, selling.
Lord Neville, 5 to l, won, with Northum-
berland, to l, second, and Banrica, 10
/, third. Time 1:27A.
Fourth Race-Turf Congress special, g.
600 added, one and one-eighth miles
Knight Banneret, Il to /. won, with the
Monk. 3ih TO !. second, and Ida Ledford,
u TO /, third. Time i.5AA.
Fifth Race-Four and half furlongs
Deman Thompson. 2ia 10 !, won, with Cd
nor, to 10. second and Battus, 60 10 !,
third Time :55.
sixth Race-Soven furlongs. selling. Sir
Blaze, TO J. won, with False Lcan, - TO
/. second. aud Crystalline, 10 10 ]. taird-
Time liza.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29

He was telling logs on a lot some dis
lance from camp and when he did not
come in to supper men went out and found
him lying senseless under a fallen limb,
with a scalp wound on the top of his
head.
After lying in a ccmatose condition for
three days, he was wrapped in warm
blankets and put in a hogshead filled with
straw to be carried fifty miles to the near
est railroad station. Everybody expected
that he would be dead when he reached
home, but there was no apparent change
in his condition. He remained in a death
like sleep all winter. About once a week
he took half pint of brandy and four
raw eggs and then fall asleep again as
If 1t was the only thing for him to do.
The doctors who visited him tried many
experiments, In the hope of waking him
up but without any success. A coffin was
ordered, and the burial robes were made
ready when his body heat began to go
up. 1t rose two or three degrees during
the day, and fell back a degree or less in
the night, but though the gain was small,
1t was in the right direction, so the FAM
lily postponed the funeral and waited.
After the animal heat in his body had
reached 20 degrees pulsations were felt In
his wrists, and his chest rose and fell
from twelve to fifteen times an hour. in
dicating that respiration had set in. The
coffin was put out of sight, and on March
q, the sick man opened his eyes and cali
ed for food. He ate a hearty meal, slept
three days longer, and then got up and
went about his work as IL nothing had
happened. Every year since then he has
dropped off to sleep at the beginning Of
settled cold weather and has not awak-
ened until the early spring birds come
North. In the warm weather he seems as
active and vigorous as he ever was al
though his memory has failed OF late and
at times he complains Of headaches. The
doctors give no name to the malady, but
say that 1t Is due to a torpid condition
of the body which is allied to the hibern-
alton of animals. For want of a better
title the people have named him the wood
chuck man.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
FOUR FAyoRITEs WON.
Twenty to One Shot Took the FRS
Race at Aqueduct.


Twenty to One shot Took the First
Race at Aqueduct.
New York, April 2s.-Four favorites, a
strong second choice and an outeider d.
vided the card at Aqueduct to-day. In
the Rockaway stakes the features, Hes
per and Flax Spinner made the running
UP the back stretch but when straight
ened for home Mitchell gave Maxine Go
nez his head and he came on and won
by a length and a half from Hesper.
Summaries:
First Race-Five furlongs. Moor, 20 to
1, won, with Strategist, II to and to
g. second, and Vouch, II to 5, third. Time
1903.
Second Race-Selling, about seven fur
longs. Trumpet, 7 60 10 and out, won, with
Post Haste. 20 to and 6 to 1, second,
and Carbuncle, to l and even. third.
Time 1925.
Third Race-One mile and a sixteenth
Blueaway, 2 to l and to s. won, with
Kinnikinnic, II to and to 6, second and
Queen of Song, to l and 8 to third.
Time LAT 40.
Fourth Race-Rockaway stakes, selling
about seven furlongs. Maxine Gomez, 5 to
and to 5, won, with Hesper, to 1 and
Q to /, second, and Flax Spinner, to J.,
third. Time LIS is.
Fifth Race-Selling. five and a half fur
longs. Prejudice, to 2 and even, won,
with Prestiditigator 8 to l and 3 to l,
second, and Cupidity, 6 to /, third. Time
los.
Sixth Race-Five furlongs. Heliobas,
to and 1 TO 2, won. with Leedsville, 10 to
/ and 2 TO /, second, and Zanone, to !,
third. Time Lon is.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29

He Was a Brother-in-Law of Presi-
dent Abraham Lincoln.

dent Abraham Lincoln.
Charleston, S. c., April 2S.-Dr. George
r. C. Todd. formerly of Kentucky, a
brother-in-law of President Abraham LIN
coin, died in Barnwell, this state, this
morning. He had lived there for many
years, practicing medicine with great sue
cess in that and adjoining counties. His
reputation was so well established that he
was called to Charleston Immediately aft
er the earthquake in 1886. and during his
short stay his services were in great de-
mand.
He graduated in the Danville (Ky) Col
lege in 1S43 and was for a long time with
the Texas Rangers on the Rio Grande.
Afterwards he served the Confederate
States with distinction as an army sur
geon. He said that he remembered Pres
ident Lincoln as he appeared in 1874 when
a member of Congress. Lincoln" he
said, was then six fet six inches tall, with
black hair, a dark complexion and blue
eyes,
Dr. Todd married in Camden, this state,
but moved to Barnwell, where he had
practiced medicine ever since.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
MONEY SPENT ON pHoToGRApHs.
Immense Sums Expended Annually
by Persons of Prominence.
From the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
At a meeting Of prominent photograph
ers same time ago 1t was agreed that
the actresses of this country spend from
100000 to $4,000 year for photographs.
An actress who is at all known must
scatter her pictures with a free hand.
They are needed for the newspapers and
advertising posters, for the theaters them
selves and for innumerable friends and
admirers. !
Lillian Russell. It is said, cannot have
spent less than $4,000 for photographs
since she began her stage career. Hun
dreds of persons she has never met write
her for pictures. 1t Is not vanity that
makes the actress haunt the photographer
Id Is necessity.
Until few years ago Miss Russell al
ways responded to requests for photos,
but finally determined the cost was too
much and gave her photographer permis-
sion to sell prints. A few years ago Miss
Russell spent $500 at one time for a stock
Of photos and a month later did not have
one left.
Calve has spent great sum OF money
on her photographs. She has given sit
tings to the prominent photographers in
almost every big city In America, Eng
land, Italy, Germany and France. II Is
said Nordica could have bought a sealskin
with the money she spent In one month
on the photographer.
Actors spend just. as p,uch II not more.
on their photos as the actresses. One
leading man In particular squanders about
$50 every month this way. He poses reg
ularly and there are many more like him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29

ticed under all circumstances. When tine
lttle pony colt, which a man can take up
in his arms and carry about, Is stIohs
enough to run and play with Its mother,
a small halter is put on IL ana II Is taugns
to lead and start and stop at the WORD.
When It grows stronger, out not yet iuIly
grown. a set of buff harness, with silver
buckles is fitted on 1t, and 1T is driven
about with lines. A gentle pressure OF
the bit on the tender mouth is sufncient
to guide II.
Later on It Is hitched to a yellow cart
and troted about the smooth gravel drives
that wind among stately trees in every d.
rection. 1t Is taken close to putting loco
motives and alongside queer looking We
hicles, and into the neighborhood of shops
where there is the sound of changing iron
and pounding hammers and ringing bells.
It's actions under all these conditions are
carefully noted and recorded, and Its spe-
ciai qualifications for particular purposes
fully ascertained.
II has been learned at this farm that a
pony's natural characteristics are not
easily changed, although vicious propen-
stiles may IN a measure be subdured and
a tmid, shrinking spirit encouraged by
Kindness to assume more confidence ana
aggressveness.
any special tricks, the sole purpose being
to make them useful, tractable, and safe.
When a pony is sold the purchased is rec
commanded to be kind and considerable to IL
at all times.
The ponies in the barns are kept there to
supTly immediate demands. They are
grooned and trained and kept accustomed
to harness SO that they may be ready to
leave at any time. The greater number OF
ponies are kept out of doors all winter,
and are taken into the barns only In the
most extreme weather, as we're those IN
the barns before they were selected for
sale.
There are broad fields where the turf
even In winter is beautiful. In the win
ter great racks are kept supplied with
crisp corn fodder and immense straw
stacks AFFORD shelter from the wind and
rain. All parts of the premises are kept
clean and healthful.
When the ponies are permitted to re-
main out all winter an astonishing growth
of hair appears. This thick coat of hair
If neavy and long, and then the pony Is
far from beautiful. But when the warmth
of spring comes the little creatures throw
off their winter clothing and appear
smooth and shiny In their new spring
attire.
The patriarch of this farm is called
tom Thumb" He was imported from
Shetland Islands ten years ago. and Is
now fourteen. He Is coal black and is as
dajnty and vivacious as can be imagined.
Dozens OF ponies ore imported from Shet-
land every year. This Is made necessary
because the succeeding generations OF po-
ries are larger than their progenitors,
which result is attributed to the salu-
brious climate of this country as COM
pared with the native home of the ponies.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
WASH GOODS.

Best quality, y Shifting Percales, for &c.
Best quality Indigo Blue Calicoes, for &c.
A full variety best quality Apron Cling
hams, for &c.
100 Pieces Corded Dimities, light and
dark grounds, stripes and figures, Sc quail
ity for &c.
$50 Pieces Best American Dinities,
choice patterns, elsewhere 126c; here,
Sisc.
32-Inch Corded Madras Ginghams. in
beautiful stripes and checks; 15c quality
for 10c.
100 Pieces Irish Dlmities, beautiful print
ings; sold everywhere at 19c; here only loo.
Genuine French Printed Organizes, ex-
quisite styles; elsewhere 4oc; here Csc.
Just opened another lot Silk Striped
Crepes In the new spring colorings; this is
iunquestionably the prettiest fabric shown
this season, and is confined to US.