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Amador ledger., 1900-11-02
How He Got Ont.

Custodian-So you changed your mind
about taking that fat as soon as you
went inside?
Portly-Change nothing. Wasn't room
h there even to change my mind. just
backed out-Denver News.
Amador ledger., 1900-11-02
The Translation.

On the gate Of the cemetery in Rio de
Janeiro Is notice in Spanish, French
and English that no dogs are admitted
unless led by the owner. This is how the
announcement is made in English"
Noble mesdames and gentleman who
may desire dog to follow in this tombs-
yard will not be permission unless him
drawn by cable round him throttle"
Amador ledger., 1900-11-02

Perhaps you have noticed that .ths
man with five grown up daughters neys
er brings home fashion magazine. OF
bis own yolition.-somervilIe tournHG
Amador ledger., 1900-11-02

False friendship decays, is like the
Ivy and ruins the wall it embraces, but
true friendship gives new life and ant
nation to the object IT supports.
Amador ledger., 1900-11-02
Metallic Terms.

Speech is silvern, silence is golden,
giggling is brazen, and laughing is Of
ten ironical-Columbian
Amador ledger., 1900-11-02

From 1902 to 1907 more than $780,
700 Africans were taken from their coun.
ry as slaves.
Amador ledger., 1900-11-02

The fortune teller is indispensable at a
Jhinese wedding. If the fortunes are not
satisfactory either party may break the
Engagement.
Amador ledger., 1900-11-02

A dog does not brush his teeth or pick
hem, but what fine teeth dog has!-
itchison Globe. 'se 7 tsN
Amador ledger., 1900-11-02
Flattefed.

Never say die. Expire sounds much
better.-Chicago News.
Amador ledger., 1900-11-02

That was good prescription given by
physician to a patient: Do something
Tor somebody. i1 Z
Amador ledger., 1900-11-02
What He Waited For.


An inspector Of Irish schools tells a
good story, says the Newcastle eng
&nd) Chronicle. At school where he
made surprise visit little boy hap
oehed to come in for the first time and
stepped up to the inspector at once.
k.Sit there for the present." said the
inspector, indicating the desired spot.
sThe boy obeyed readily, and when
pc inspector had finished his multitu-
Mnous inquiries into the knowledge of
geography, grammar and arithmetic
ossessed by the children he found that
Me. boy still sat in the same spot.
"What are you waiting for, my boy ?''
Please. sir, I am waiting for the
present"
Amador ledger., 1900-11-02

pain so cruel that
he envies the Grip .
pie who sturnps 4
along on a wooden \
leg, whistling as
he goes. Rheu-
matisn is known
to-day as a blood
disease. 1t can only
be cured through tht
blood.
Th at power fu
blood-purifying med
icine, DIR. PIERCE
Golden Medical Dis
covery, cleanses tn,
blood of the acic
poisons which Gauss
rheumatism. Wher
the blood is cleansec
the rheumatism i.
cured.
There is no a1coho.
in, vGolden Medica.
Discovery" and it il
absolutely free from
opium, cocaine, an6
all other narcotics.
Mr.. R. ]. Mcknight
of Cades, williamsburg
County, 5. c, writes
rI had been troubled
with rheumatism fol
frrra1rra rrAa~e -@ ~
Amador ledger., 1900-11-02

at times could not leave my bed. I was
badly crippled. Tried many doctors, and two
Of them gave me up to die. None of them
did me any good. The pains in my back, hips
nearly kill me. My appetite was very bad
Everybody who saw me said must die. I
took five bottles of Golden Medical Discovery,
and four walls of Pellets and to-day my health
is good, after suffering twelve years with rheu-
matism.n
The sluggish liver can be cured by
the use of DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
Amador ledger., 1900-11-02
A Philanthronist,

PhiIanthrOpist.
He (angrily)-You've no right to be en-
gagged to so many men at once
She (sweetly)-You see, 1 believe in
the greatest good to the greatest number.
Brooklyn Life.
Amador ledger., 1900-11-02
When He Roars.

"Your husband dresses very quietly"
docs he? You ought to hear him
vhen he can't find his collar button, or his
leeye links hecome mis1aid "
Amador ledger., 1900-11-02
Down ana Up.

Hello. Nike, do you ind much to do
nowT
"Yis. I'm jest after cuttin down a
trae, and tomorrow I'll have to cut II
up."-Albany Journal
Amador ledger., 1900-11-02
The Cripple

Who is crippled by accident or defor1nity
hardly understands the meaning of the
word "crippled" as compared with the
victim of rheumatism. He is not only
bent and twisted, but also racked with
Amador ledger., 1900-11-02
A. H. kUHLMAN
Contractor and Builder

Will do work in any part of
Amador County. If you want
to build, send a note to Jackson
Postoffice and will call on you.
Estimates furnished without cost
on any kind of building. Will
make plans and specifications for
you. mar2tf
Mohave County miner., 1900-02-03
As to Selling a Mine.

1t is not easy to sell mine, largely
because of methods of mine owners
Most "mines" are unproductive; they
have to be made; they are more than a
prospect" but not developed enough
to be really deserving of the name
"mine." Those mines, or rather their
owners, must give inducement to capi-
tai, and while occasionally man or
corporation is fooled into bnying
"mine' that isn't much more than
prospect and paying the price of a
"going" mine for it, such a transaction
is about the worst thing that can hap
pen district, for it is sure to be found
out, to the irretrievable injury of that
whole region. The most common mis-
take on the part of the mine owner,
provided he wants to sell, is to set too
hign a price on his property. The
would-be buyer can get along without
him better than he can get along with
out the purchaser, and while man is
Mohave County miner., 1900-02-03
Articles Of Incorporation Of the Great West
ern Manufacturing Company.

Know all men by these presents: That
we, the undersigned, l. G. Sigler, Harry
McComb and Vim. 6. .Blakely, propose to
organize a corporation under the laws
of the territory of Arizona, and adopt
the following articles of Incorporation.
ARTICLE l.
The name of the corporation shall
be GREAT WESTERN MANUFACTURING Con-.
PANY, and its principal places of busi-
ness shall be at the town of kingman,
county of Mohave, territory of Arizona,
and at the city of Los Angeles, county
of Los Angeles, state of California. with
offices at such other places as may be
designated by the Board of Directors
of this Company.
ARTICLE II.
The nature of the business to be
transacted is to purchase, acquire,
lease, own control, erect and operate
machinery, shops and establishments
to manufacture, sell, exchange or other
wise dispose of Photographic cameras
and accessories; sciopticons, stereopti-
cons and accessories; music type
writer's; sash-lock and supports; hay
stacker; gas fixtures and appliances;
plumbers supplies; acetylene or other
gas machines and appliances; gas. cleo
trio and all other kinds of light. heat
or power, and all of the appliances and
accessories in connection with the
manufacture, transmission and use
thereof; also to acquire, obtain, pur-
cbae, own and control, or sell. lease and
rent, or dispose of patents and inven-
Mohave County miner., 1900-02-03

is rich creek. | have taken out 80
there in six pans by cutting hole in
the ice and taking up dirt in shovel.
Nelson Is also rich creek. | left
Council City when the excitement
broke out about finding gold at Cape
Nome. The first report was that four
men with one rocker had taken out
l,SOOS in two days, and it set the men
wild at Council City. There was such
a rush for Nome that the price of dogs
went up from l0S to T0S each. The
Cape Nome district is 30 miles long by
% wide, and is nearly all located by
companies, some of which have as high
as 70 claims. They claim they can
take 100 acres and one claim besides
for each member of the company. |
am not in favor of 20-acre claims, nor
of location by power of attorney. Five
acre claims are large enough, each
man to be restricted to one claim in
district, the latter to embrace six miles
square. After | found that there was
gold on the beach in paying quantities
the Cape Nome Minins Company came
to me and demanded that | pay It 80
cents per day or quit work, as the :
owned three miles of the beach. saw
Captain Walker about it, and he said
no one could locate claim on the
beach; could only hold the ground he
was on or the hole he was in. That
was satisfactory, and it was not long
until there was $500 men working on
the beach. The mining company re-
peated its demand for a royalty of 80
cents per day from each man, and on
refusing to pay it all were arrested and
taken to the barracks. The command
ing officer turned Us loose ard told Us
to go back and go to work or all the
camps l was ever in this was the live
liest. | don't think any man working
30 days took out less than COOS, and
some secured as high as l4,OOOs. While
many of the creeks are rich, there has
been little development work in them
aud most of the gold taken out came
from the beach. On Snow Creek | saw
1900 taken out in one day by -four
men shoveling into sluice boxes.
have been on Anvil, Snow, Deserter,
from personal observations that they
are all rich. They are all located
aud unless the size of the claims
should be cut down there will be no
show there this year for new men.
Others, of which | know less, are re-
ported as being rich. The Tipatula
Fish, Luck and Nome rivers all head
to the north. and all have gold in pay
ing quantities, and | propose this year
to go in that direction, aiming to go
100 miles beyond Cape York, and |
expect to strike better ground than
has ever been found. Mr.. Humlnel al
so furnishes some advice to persons
contemplating going to Cape Nome or
any similar region i'm the north. Ma
chinery cannot be used, all that any
one working at Nome could use being
a pick, shovel and rocker, which latter
should have copper plates. He con-
siders that anyone willing to rustic
need not feel uneasy if he lands at
Nome with these and the price of a
meal, as he can earn another before he
will need it. If he does not have the
tools, he can work for some one else at
from Is to l.5O5 per hour. Mr.. Hum.
mel proposes to make his pile this
year and take the rest of his life easy.
Mohave County miner., 1900-02-03

justified in getting all that a thing is
worth, he overreaches and spoils sale
by exorbitant or impossible require
ments at the outset. 1t is also to be
remembers that mines are now rarely
bought by individuals and, still rarer,
SO developed to any great extent. 1t is
in mining as in everything else, the
day of aggregation of capital, aud
twenty mems money will go into pro-
jects that one mans money could not
touch or wouldn't risk. This para
graph is inspired by a recent talk with
mine owner who has a really good
property and that by the investment
of 30,OO15 or 40,O00S could in all prob
ability be made a paying mine. He
said, in conversation with the writer,
that he had just refused 25000S for it.
When asked why, he said: "Well, if
it's worth 25.OOOS to -, it's worth
that to me-" But it isn't Right there
is his mistake. He has lived, or rather
, existed, alongside that claim half his
life-the best of his years; he had
chance to get something he never had
before-25 ,O0OS, a comfortable little
] sum, at once. But he said: e.
would have 40 u it to a company for
50OO0s. Do you sdppose I'd let my
mine go for 25,0005? Not much iIe
will live and die right by his mine and
never have one-tenth of 25,OO0S at one
time, just because he thinks that if it
is worth certain sum to a man who
can control or secure capital to make
a mine of it, it is worth that much to
him in its undeveloped state. It's hard
enough to sell mine without allowing
such absurd notions to overshawod
ones business Judgment. But" it
may be asked, "you would't advise a
man to sell property for 25,OO0S when
he knows it is worth great deal more,
and that the buyer will make two or
three times over on the purchaser"
A man should always do the best he
can. IL he has ''go" enough about him
to enlist capital and develop his prop
erty and make a mine of it worth l50,-
COOS, he were foolish to let any pro-
moter or middleman or anybody else
get his property from him for less than
it proved worth, but if he has been try
ing to do that for twenty years and
finds he isn't able, he is more foolish
to refuse 25.00OS offered him by some
one else for the chance that he has
never been able to have tested; 25,0OOs
beats nothing, and nothing is what this
particular man has had and, we fear,
will have. OF course it is good joke
on promoter" or a responsible man
with proffer to ask an impossible
price and freeze him out of the place,
but, somehow, the joke is oftenest on
the one who does that The would be
purchaser can go elsewhere, and the
man whose property is worth as much
to him as it is to any one else can
keep right on owning it and camping
along side of it til he is old and for
gotten.-M. * S. Press.
Mohave County miner., 1900-02-03
|. G. SIGLER, [sEALl
HARRY MCCoMB. [sEALl
WIN. q. BLAKELy, [sEALl

TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, SIS
County of Mohave.
Before me, Ross II. Blakely, a Not
ary Public in and for the County of
Mohave, Territory of Arizona, on this
Sth day of January, 1900, personally
appeared |. G. Sigler, Harry McComb
and VIM. q. Blakely, known to me to
be the persons whose names are signed
to the above and foregoing Articles If
Incorporation of the GREAT WESTERN
MANUFACTURING COMPANY, and each for
himself and not one for another, sew
orally acknowledged to me that they
executed the same for the purposes
and considerations therein expressed.
In witness whereof | have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my
seal of office this Sth day of
SEAL January, A. ID. 1900.
Ross II. BLAKELY,
Notary Public.
My commission expires Dec. 1lth, 1901.
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, &C
County of Mohave.
/, County Recorder in and for the
County and Territory aforesaid, do
hereby certify that the within instru-
ment was filed for record at 30 o'clock
p. m, on this Sth day of January, A. ID.
1900, and duly recorded in book |, of
corporation records of Mohave county.
Arizona, at page l73 ct seq.
Witness my hand and official seal
tsEALl the day and year above writ
ten. JNo. p. FEENY,
County Recorder.
By f. A. PoMERoY,
Deputy Recorder.
RECORDERS OFFICE.
Mohave Co., Arizona.
Filed and recorded at the request of
|. q. Sigler at 2:20 o'clock, p. M, Jan.
Stb, 1900, in book of corporations at
page 173 ct seq.
JNo. p. FEENY,
County Recorder.
By F. A. PoMERoy,
Deputy Recorder.
Mohave County miner., 1900-02-03

tions; to deal in caveats and patents
ard patent rights; and to do and per-
form all things necessary to be done
and performed, or that shall be proper
and requisite in carrying on a general
manufacturing business; also to pur-
chase, acquire, own and control, buy.
sell and exchange stocks, bonds and
mortgages of persons and of other cor
porations.
ARTICLE III.
The amount of capital stock of this
corporation shall be five hundred
thousand dollars $500, 100000 divided
into five hundred thousand shares of
the face value of one (sl.0Ol dollar
each.
ARTICLE ".
The time of the commencement of
this corporation shall be the date of
the filing of these articles of incorpora-
ton in the office of the county recorder
of Mohave county, and the term there
of shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
ARTICLE V.
The highest amount of Indebtedness
and liability to which this corporation
shall at any time subject itself shall be
the sum of fifty thousand (S5O,0OO)
dollars; the private property of the of
ficers and stockholders shall be exmpt
from liability for its corporate debts,
and its stock shall be worcestershire.
ARTICLE VI.
The number of directors of this cor
poration shall be three, but may be in
G. ceased to any number not exceeding
nine. III spch way and manner as its
bylaws shall provide. The names of
those who are to constitute Ia board
of directors and to manage the affairs
of the corporation until its first re2u-
lar meeting and election of officers. ara
|. q. Sigler, president; Harry McComb.
secretary; and VIM. q. Blakely, treas
urer. who shall serve until their sue
cessors are duly elected in accordance
with the provisions of the bylaws.
ARTICLE VII.
The first regular meeting of the board
of directors and stockholders shall be
held at the town of Kingman, at such
time as the directors shall deem advis-
able, and the subsequent meetings shall
be held annually thereafter. at such
time and place IA shall be designated
and set forth in the bylaws.
ARTICLE VIII.
These articles of incorporation may
| be amended or corrected by majority
vote of the Board of Directors at their
| first regular meeting, OF in such man
ner as the bylaws shall direct.
WE, THE UNDERSIGNED. do, by these
presents severally agree with each
other, for ourselves and those who
may become associated with us, our
and their legal representatives, that
we, and they, shall be bound con
trolled and concluded by the provis-
ions, statements, stipulations and
agreements contained, mentioned and
set forth in the foregoing certificate.
In WITNESS WHEREOF. We, the said in
corporators have hereunto set our
hands and seals, at the town of King
man, County of Mohave. Territory of
Arizona, this Sth day of January, A.
ID. 1900.
~
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-11-11

! the camera By braces, SO that the focus
! Will not be changed when the instrument
Is pointed to different portions of the sky,
especially if the lens is heavy. If the
! nrst method is employed the position of
! The camera should be changed after. each
plate, so as IL include as much as pos
+ slDle OF the region of the map on each
photograph. If pointed a little southeast
OIL Epsilon Leonis, the radiant will reach
the center about the middle Of the expo
sure A watch of the region should also
De Kept, and the exact time Of appearance
and path of each meteor as bright as the
FoIe star should be recorded. The plates
should be numbered on the film side with
penci1, and should be sent to this OBJ
serVatOry with accompanying notes and
other observations. After measurement
here they will be returned if desired. The
value Of the results will be much increas-
ed IL similar photographs can be obtained
by second camera from ten to forty
miles distant, and preferably north or
south of the other
Amateur observers interested In watch
Ing the meteOrs may find the constellation
of the Lion readily by taking the Great
Dipper as a starting point. 1t will be
remembered that the two outside stars
OF the bowl Of the dipper are used for
pointers to the Pole star. Take the other
two stars Of the bowl as pointers, In the
opposite direction, till large first mag
nitude star is reached, about ten times
the distance between the two pointers
This star will be found to be at the end
Of the handle of rather close represent
alton Of a sickle, which is the most OBJ
vious pictorial character of Leo The ra-
diant Of the meteors is little north of
the center of the sickle. The paths of the
meteors will appear shorter as one ap-
proaches the radiant, those close to the
point being little more than flashes Of
light. They then progressively lengthen,
till meteors half the arc of the visible sky
away will almost encircle the heavens.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-11-11

tered from her decision to go to Rad
cliffe -.
Tremendous obstacles have been over
come by her in preparing herself to pass
the Harvard examirla tons, which alone
admit to the privileges of the girls col
Iege att Cambridge. intellectually Helen
Keller is even now but thirteen years
old, For she was seven before she was
taught anything at all, before even the
slightest ray of mental light was permit
ted to penetrate to her stif1ed brain. That
The brain must have been stifed has since
been shown, for perhaps no other child
that the world has ever known has as
Simulated with anything like the avidftv
Of this one the lessons careful teachers
have been able to give.
1t was under the instruction Of Arthur
Gilman, for many years the treasurer of
Radcliffe college, that the bulk of Miss
kelIer's preparation was ACCOMPLISHED
When Mr., Gilman was approached some
nve or SO years ago by Miss Sullivan,
HeIen's teacher, in regard to the educa.
ton of her young charge, he felt nat
ural hesitancy in undertaking what seem
ed to be an almost hopeless task b,,t
Miss Sullivan urged the matter strenu-
ously and successfully, and the work wa @
begun.
After becoming familiar with what b,o
PupH had areaoy done, Mr.. Gilman saw
MS way clear to all the examina tions ex-
cept that of experimental physics. And
this obstacle was got over by the sinh
sttution of its alternatives, text book
physics and astronomy. In the pursuit
Of the former subject Miss Keller's deli
cate touch stood her IN excellent stead
When she first met the word mercury
for instance, and was taken to the l9b.
oratory ''to have a look'' at it, She took
some in her hand, and readily eno1I@h
understood that the stuff had been well
named quicksilver. When some was
spilled on the floor and she tried tn Mol
1t UP, she found it extremely elusive
Then she weighed a bottlefuI with almost
absolutely accurate results. AS for as
tronomy, when provided with a pIaneta-
rum upon which she could feel the nosI-
ton of the heavenly bodies this present
ed almost no difficulties
Geometry and algebra were naturally
rather hard for a girl who had only her
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-11-11

qIed recently in the alcohol ward Of q
London hospital Drink had made him
a. tramp and he had been turned out Of
us last lodgings on account of his dfrtv
habits. He wrote book Of ren1iniscenceess
OF DlckenS with the title 'The Chief "a
hheW Him; His sister was the once
Dolby ----'' ~ 'oii-
Prizes to servants who had served, their
taSteIS a long time were distributed I'm
AustTl? 1,o On the occasion. of the emperor's
OF 80 each were given for serving thirty
yeirs' Among the recipients were q
se,t,a saled seEenty-one years of age, who had
served his master forty-six years; a
nurse seven ty-twO years of age. who had
Deen iOrty-tWo years in one family:
h1ald OF all work. seventy-seven years
ana cook. a Kitchen maid and a maid
OF all work who had each stayed in one
place th1rty-nine years.
;, Don Don Carlos l., Of Portugal, is the
heaviest sovereign in Europe weighing
ZQz pounds, according to lie Cri de Paris
Next Next comes Feerdinand of Bulgaria. III
pounds, and King Oscar, of Sweden. 176
pounds Kaiser. Wilhelm's average weight
IS l60 pounds, but he varies a good deal
1.nid emperor Francis Joseph. of Austria
Ill, of Italy. 145 pounds; King Leopold
IL, of Belgium, 143 pounds. and Car
Nicholas II. only 121 pounds Queen
little Queen Wilhelmina. of Holland,
I5O pounds, and she IS still growing The
PoeteSs queen of Roumania, Carmen
sylvia. weighs $50 pounds. Little King
Alfonso XIII. of Spain now weighs n ne,
ty-nine pounds, and President Loubet 1SO
pounds.
1bsen's Ghosts" was not allowed to be
played in London by the Lord Chamber
lain. The French newspapers have taken
the matter up and attribute the prohibit
ton to Mr. Joseph Chamberlain. who.
they announce, in addition to being min
ister Of the colonies, is also censor of
plays In an article headed Chamber
lain-Macbeth," the DiX-Neuvieme Steele
says: MIR. Chamberlain is not fond of
the living, having made so many corpses
whose bones whiten at the foot of the
kopjes of the TrGnsvaal and the Orange
Free state. He likes ghosts still less.
and will not allow them to APPROACH him
A luclNier man than Macbeth Mr.. Cham
berlain has the power to prevent the
spectre of BanquO' from seating Itself at
his side Mr.. Chamberlain IS a happy
man" The Echo de Paris says: Cham
berlain is becoming terrible. lie is de-
claring new war. This time against
Ibsen"