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sINGINa AT THEIR WORK.
DarHlss Accomplish Much Mo.. whea
 They Can Make Music.

Contractors h south Missouri em- ploy many negroes to load railroad ties on the cars Of the Memphis rail- way, says the Kansas City Star. The ties are cut in the woods, hauled to the railway in wagons and dumped in piles along the side of the roads Ths negroes then cake them up, tie by tie. and run with them up the blanks to the cars, whore they drop them in regular order These negroes are paid price for each tie they carry, so they vie with one another to earn the most money In one day. They become so expert at the work that an old hand eau throw heavy tie on his shoulder So that 1t will balance, and then. with out holding it, he will run, both hands pressed flat against his sides, up tha gang plank to the car. The negroes are so accustomed to the whrk that they seldom drop tie and seem never to have sore shoulders. One may see gangs of dozen or more of them. all singing and whistling. Each sings at the top of his voice or whistles as loud as ne can, and every tune is different The effect is amusing, but beyond de- seription. The men carry their ties at a trot all day long. An inspector stands beside the plank that goes up the car to examine the ties being load cd. It is amusing to hear the inspec- tor call a negro halfway up the plank with a tie on his shoulder to throw it away among the heap of bad ties. The Regro gets no credit for his load and goes back swearing at his bad luck, while his companions stop their music and burst into loud, uncomfortable laughter. All these negro tie carriers have deep grooves in the right shou1- der, where the ties have pressed, but the flesh is calloused and seldom sore. The men make good wages, most of them S3.50 a day. They spend all of 1t. Very few of then save their woney.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-16
RusKIN's ART TREASURES.
Fhirty Of Thom Now at Brantwood
 Valued at Si5o.ooo.

Ehtrty Of Them Now at Brantwood
 Valued at Si5o,00o.
 To speak of John Ruskin's art treas. ares is to think of Turner. The ex- amples by this master at Brentwood are not LOW so many as they once were. in large part because of his gen. ereus gifts to Oxford and Cambridge, to say nothing of the famous Loire series which, complete, he gave to the Oxford galleries. To the university towns he gave, for instance, several beautiful water eolors of Venice, of tke junction of the Greta and the Tees. which he regarded as one of the very best of the Yorkshire series. the mag nificent Richmond, Yorks." now in the Fitzwilliam Museum, and others. Again. instead of remaining in his possession. The Slaver," given to hm by his father about the time of hia majority, is now in America, Even today, however, the thirty or so Fur her water colors ar Brantwood, be. side many sketches, each one chosen with . view to some particular beauty. or eharaeteristic, constitute one of the finest collections of the kind owned by an individual They enable us to follow the development of the artist aEom 1792, when as lad of IT he gaintea his own portrait, through his FarioBs significant phases, onward to sslhe early forties, when he shaped some of the most wonder provoking and eK4 quisito of his creations A value of something like f3O,000 has been put upon the assemblage by one who has recently been at Brentwood, but. In truth, linked so closely as they are to Ssuskin's life-work, while they remain together they are invaluable. Twenty two years ago MT Ruskin exhibited his Turner's in Bond street. The epi- logue to this fascinating notes is dated Brentwood, 10th May, 1878. and after ward comes this simple and beautiful tribute: Being my fathers birthday. who, theu h as aforesaid. he sometimes would noe give me this or that->yet gave me not only all these drawings. but Brantwood-and all else e'-Lon- don Letter in New York Evening Post
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De senshlre.s Singing Man,

Devonshire, Eng. has lost its ehief singing man." The singing men of Devonshire" are those who preserveand chant the old West Country songs and ballads. James Parsons was hedger by profession and musician by na- ture. It is due to Parsons that the county still possesses so many of it's old-time airs and verses. He was known throughout the county as "Tha Singing Machine" a title due to tho fact that some years ago, after an evenings bout. he took and won a bet that he would go on singing until sum rise and never sing the same sono .wica.
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One Reason Why American Machinery
 Is Not More Popalar.

One Reason Why American Machinery
 Is Not More PopAiar.
 A gentleman who has travelled much and has a very large interest in Amer lean export trade said, in conversation She other day, that the principal uraw- pack to a wider extension of American commerce in certain parts of the world States do not sufficiently study the wants, the customs and the tastes 0s their prospective customers. For ex- ample" he said, "a certain American firm sent some electrical goods, which were decorated in green, to Japan. They did not sell any. No Japanese would bring such things into his house: it would mean an invitation to she evil deities. Green is an evil color in Japan. What Japanese wants is red things. Upon this simple matter of color rests the failure of that manu- facsurer to succeed in export trade" A German employer of labor S |: ''f like American machines so far as their performance of their work is con cerned. but they demoralize my men. They come here in sober colors of paint and with DO bright parts. The men who attend the machines do not have any brass to keep clean or any surfaces to rub, and they get lazy The German workman needs to be kept busy with things of this sort" Here. now, are some practical instances of what the American manufacturer must learD before he can attain the widest success in the new field of foreign trade. Do not send to Germanay cata- logues in the English language or to Japan things decorated In green, or to the isthmus of Panama anything with Dlue spots in 1t. It looks as if we need n this country a commercial kinder earten in which such information aa me above may be taught to those of . curious and inquiring mind for theiF everlasting benefit and profit
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NRw GRIMES IN THE CALENDAR
Man'a I.awIess Ingenuity Is Giving tue
 Courts Added Troubiss

SouFtA AuGeu IFouul8s
 Under the laws of the land as they exist at present the theft of 8 lamp is larceny; # may be Roman lamp or sssareek lamp. an oil lamp or an electric lamp. Whether it constitutes grand larceny or petit larceny will in certain states of the union depend not upon its age or neWness, but upon its mar Iet value. On the other hand there are great number of modern crimes which could not have been committed In ancient d&ys because the instru- ments for their perpetration did not exist. They are the outcome of mod ern civilization and they require new legislation. The tapping of tele- graph wire is a modern form of high way robbery. Tn the old days the method was to waylay the courier on the road and to rob him of his purse or of his message. The formula of the modern highwayman is not stand and deliver" but simply Deliver" And he may get 8 message from the light ming courier which may be worth more to him than well-filled purse. But there is nothing to be gained by indis- criminate tapping. It is some special message or information that the thief is looking for, possibly for its effect on the stock market or on other busi- ness ventures, but the use of cipher codes renders the tapping of telegraph wires of little avail even in time of war, unless the code as well as the message has been stolen. For the tap- ping of power or light lines the mod ern highwayman comes in out of she rain. He can do his business better indoors by attacking the electric me- ter, confusing it's calculations and thus getting more current than he pays for Such at least seems to be the impiica- tian Of recent statutes.
Amador ledger., 1900-04-27
Ell DORADO COUNTY.

Nugget: At the Starlight the To-
stamp mill is running steadily on first
class ore. Mr.. Vance, the superintend-
ent, says there is a large body of it,
enough to keep the mill running all
summer. 1t is an interesting sight to
see those buckets of ore, on the ele.
waited cable railway which traverse
the hill from the shaft and hoisting
works over 200 yards to the mill, run.
ming on an endless cable. The old
Starlight mine has never levied an as.
sessment by its present stockholders,
the Hawley Bros. of San Francisco.
The mine has more than paid the ex-
penses of sinking and constructing the
two hoists and the mill, bLsides paying
a handsome dividend to its present
owners. Mr.. Nelson is the under.
ground superintendent of the mine.
The great Orc Fino mine is one o.
the best and most systematically man
aged mine in this county. 1t is run by
water power of $50 inches from the
Park Canal Company's ditch. The
shaft is down 700 feet. There is weir
of low grade ore of great width, which
contains sulphurets which yield $50 te
the ton in gold. There is 30-stamI
mill that is kept running night and
dav tn its fullest capacitv. The 12i
feet of hydraulic pressure of water ir
13-inch pipes runs the hoist, mill and
chlorination works. The man ir
charge of the works kindly showed the
process of extracting the gold and il
was interesting. They run through
from sixty to ninety tons of ore il
twenty -four hours, which 1 was told
yielded Sc per ton. They have about
fifty men employed, who, with theil
families. make quite settlements.
Amador ledger., 1900-04-27
Brothers Meet After Long Separation.

William Kern, pioneer of this min
ing section, left his home in Illinois
nearly half century ago, and up to
last Monday evening had not seen his
brother since that time. The lone
stage of Monday last had for a psssen-
ger ]. D. Kern, of Sandwich, Illinois,
a brother of William Kern above men
toned. The meeting of the brothers
was, indeed, happy one, tears of joy
being freely shed by both. William is
ten years older than his brother, who
is well preserved and most affable
gentleman. He is Civil War vet
eran, an empty sleeve where his left
arm once hung, eloquently telling the
story of his patriotic valor. He will
remain here with his brother for a
period of two or three days, after
which he purposes visiting the princi-
pal cities and places of interest in Cali
fornia. The LEDGER acknowledges a
very pleasant call from both of the
brothers. Their glowing faces brought
genuine ray of happy sunshine into
our sanctum. Verify, the ties of kim
ship are exceedingly strong, and Father
Time, although given fifty years to
weaken them, has not in this case
made perceptible hlemish, but, if
anything, has materially strengthened
them
Amador ledger., 1900-04-27
Wild From Firewater.

A man came up from below a few
days since in search of his better half.
He found her in Sutter Creek, and
thereupon began swilling down strong
drink. He kept it up until his blood
was on fire, and one night recently, in
a fit of delirium tremens, he ran like a
wild man to the Mountain Spring
house, distance of six miles, jumped
through window and began to demoi.
ish things generally. James Burns,
the proprietor of the house, was
obliged to knock the whisky-crazed
lunatic down with q club and tie him
hand and foot in order to protect hi m.
self and his property. He was turned
over to the authorities and lodged in
jail to sober up, no charge, we believe,
being placed against him.
Amador ledger., 1900-04-27
Was rendered . Racsptiop.

The Epworth League of the M. E.
church gave farewell reception last
Monday evening, to Master Rob Rob-
ertson, member of the League, who
is about to take up his residence in
Stockton. A abort programme was
rendered. The pastor, Rev. F. A.
Morrow, on behalf of the League,
made the presentation speech and
handed to Master Robertson a gold
Epworth League badge in the form of
a watch charm. Master Robertson, in
his reply, expressed his appreciation of
the gift. Ice-cream and cake were
served and very pleasant hour spent
by the young people, after which good
nights were said and before 10 o'clock
all had wended their way home.
Amador ledger., 1900-04-27
May I'd at Sacramento.

Wednesday, May I'd, the Sacramento
Street Fair and Trades Carnival Com
mittee will devote to ''Oriental Day"
and the event will be of much interest
to the residents OF this section. Ho
Vow, the Imperial Consul-General and
his suite, will be present and preside
over the ''March of the Dragon, !"
which is a distinctively Chinese ar
arrangement, at which Dragon over
300 feet long heads the column and is
borne along by concealed carriers, so
that it appears as if this monster was
actually endowed with life and is NOV
ing UP the street in all its weird mag
niicence of its own accord.
Amador ledger., 1900-04-27
Plymouth Items
PLYMOUTH, April %, 1900

PLYMOUTH, April 20, 1900.
Monday, April 23d, surprise party
was given in honor of Miss May Easton
at her home. The guests were: Misses
May Easton, Blanche Little, Grace
Wise, Hazel Griffith, Valla Potter, Til
lie Wise and Hazel Granger. All
spent a pleasant evening.
Misses Mamie and Mabel Wheeler,
teachers of the Drytown school, were
in town Sunday.
Mr.. George Warren, who was born
in Cornwall, England, died here Fri
day at the age of sixty-three years.
Rev. Withrow, who was requested two
years before death by Mr., Warren,
rendered the burial services at the NJ.
e. church. The deceased was the
husband of Mrs. Warren and father
of William Warren, Mrs. Gerrans,
Mrs. Gill, and Mrs. Gregory. He was
an honest, and upright man and was
respected by all WHO knew him.
Miss Amyr Slavioh went to Alameda
this morning where she intends to re.
main for some time.
MIR. William Butler and Miss Laura
Dugan made visit to friends in lone
a week ago Sunday.
Mr.. Raymond Dohman, who has
been to jackson for the past week, re-
turned today.
Mr.. Tregloan and Miss Lucy Hink
son Of Amadar paid visit TO the Ply
Amador ledger., 1900-04-27
TUOLUMNE COUNTY.

New Era: The Bicknell mine, stu.
ated between Big Oak Flat and Grove.
land, and now bonded to Mr.. Brunson
and others, is being developed and is
showing well. The shaft is down 65
feet. The vein is unusually strong,
being forty feet in width, and the aver.
age value of the ore is about S. pei
ton The Dorsey ditch, above the
mine, is being repaired and will furnish
the necessary water. This grade oi
the ore, with water for motive power,
will yield good margin of profit.
7. j. Curley and William S. O'Brier
have an extremely encouraging pros.
pect east of the Buchanan. They
have reached depth of 70 feet, al
which place the vein is eight feet wide
and assays $45 per ton.
Independents: The 20 stamps at the
Confidence are busy on rock that
seems perfectly satisfactory to all con-
cerned, while the underground work
ings of the mine proper are showing
up quality of ore from which SUBJ
stantial dividends can be expected.
The main shaft of the Rawhide will
soon be 1900 feet deep. Although a
big force is engaged in and about the
mine, the probabilities are that the
famous property will not be again
worked on the gigantic scale it once
was until the bitter litigation between
Captain Nevills on one side and Messrs.
Ballard and Martin on the other is
finally settled.
Amador ledger., 1900-04-27
A Card.

l take this means of informing
my clients in Amador county that will
be absent from the county for a few
months; during my absence my Office at
Jackson will be in charge of Attorney
Fred L. Stewart, who can be found
there every day during business hours.
Mr.. Stewart is well known in the
county, having practiced law at lone
for the past two years; he was associ-
ated with me in San Francisco for three
years, and | can recommend him as
prompt, careful, able and trustworthy
lawyer. Respectfully,
4-27-3t VIM. J. MCGEE.
Amador ledger., 1900-04-27
Valparaiso-Jackson.

The Valparaiso mine has been incor-
porated, the capital stock being $25, 900,
divided into 100000 shares of the par
value of 25 cents. The principal place
of business is Jackson, Cal, and the
directors are the following well known
citizens of Jackson: w. F. Detert,
Enrico Ginocchio, Alfonso Ginocchio,
D. Borro, G. Poggi.
The officers of the Company are: w.
F. Detert, President; Enrico Ginocchio,
Vice-Presideut; Alfonso Ginocchio,
Secretary; E. Ginocchio & Bro, Treas
urer.
The Valparaiso mine has already
produced considerable gold, and under
the new management it will, doubtless,
produce more.
Amador ledger., 1900-04-27
cALAvERAS COUNTY.

Citizen: Things are being pushed
on the Sheep Ranch mine by Mr.. Gut
mann, more than seventy men being
now steadily employed. The new 20
stamp mill is running night and day on
as good rock as ever came out of this
rich old producer.
The Vorlander Mining Company will
let contract for drifting north and
south along the vein on the 150-foot
level. Several hundred feet of drifting
and crosscutting will be done, and bid
ders have the option to take all or part
of the work. The company will sup
ply machinery and power. This mine
is located at Middle Bar and G. M.
Burleson is the superintendent.
Prospect: Teams have been en-
gagged during the week in hauling rock
from the Commodore mine, below town
to the Ford mill. Two hundred tons
will be crushed. enough to make a
thorough test of the rock, and if the
results are satisfactory it is probable
that the erection of mill on the Com
modOre will follow. The rock looks
well. and in the opinion of experts will
pay well, but there is nothing like a
mill test to prove the matter.
The San Domingo hydraulic mine at
Dogtown is piping away in good shape
and cutting down the great banks of
gravel. The company is using about
1000 inches of water under good pres
sure and the promise of rich returns is
very hattering. They are paying S1OO
per day for water and employing quite
a force of men. Mr.. Emery of the
Rose Hill mine, and Superintendent
Thompson of the San Domingo have
recently been comparing notes and ex-
changing visits, with view of greater
efficiency of METHODS of work.
Chronicles: In our report of the
West Point mines, which appeared in
our last issue, we made slight error
10 the account of the Eudora mine
Amador ledger., 1900-04-27

slight h'aause il involved matter of
only onr figure; nevertheless, that
figure made difference of 800 per
ton in he repOr' of the output of the
mine. " g said that the rebellious ore,
which was shipped to Selby's for re-
duction, yielded s35 to the ton, when
it should have read $l35. When we
consider that it costs $40 per ton to
haul the rock from West Point to the
depot and $40 more for railway trans
portation and reduction, it will readily
be seen that S35 rock would not cover
the expense, let alone leaving margin
of profit for the owner. Nearly all the
mines of West Point district-and
there are hundreds of them-are of a
very high grade, though rebelliOus ore,
but the only drawback is the heavy
cost of transportation. 1t may be
asked why some one docs not put up
small reduction works on the ground
and thus save the cost OF transporta-
tion That would be all right but for
another difficulty which presents itself.
In the vicinity of West Point, we are
told, there is no material which could
be used as fux for the proper reduc-
tion of ores, and to haul this, together
with other necessary material upon the
ground, would far exceed the cost of
shipping the ore directly to San Fran
cisco. With the progress being made
almost daily in the reduction of rebel
ious ores, this difficulty may be over
come in the near future, but for the
present it would seem there is no other
alte, native.
The water in the Greek mine is be-
ing pumped out, and it is hoped that
operations may be resumed on an ex-
tensive scale. This mine has been idle
for some time, and its reOpening has
been anxiously waited for. There is
no doubt of this mine being valuable
property, and sooner or later it is
bound to prove a bonanza to its owners.
Amador ledger., 1900-04-27
AMAnoR C1rx Anril .

AMADoR CITY, April 25, 1900.
Our public school will close on Fri
day for the summer vacation with the
usual exercises by the pupils.
Phillip Orchard of Sutter Creek was
in town last Sunday.
Frederick Esola, lieutenant of police
of San Francisco, formerly resident
of this town, came. up on visit last
Sunday.
Mrs. Annie Weller, the milliner of
jackson, visited friends here last Sat-
urday.
Willie Dunlap, who has been attend
ing a college at San Francisco, came
up last Saturday.
Fred Downs and Ed Finn of Sutter
were over last Sunday.
Thomas Jacka of Napa, who used to
haul freight from lone to business
houses here, came up for few days
visit on Monday.
Jerry Hardy is sojourning at the
Bay city this week.
j. r. Tregloan went down to Oakland
Monday.
Edward Kuchenbecker and wife left
for San Francisco on Tuesday.
The Keystone Mining Company has
received a large air compressor that
is being putting up at the shaft.
Willie Arditto, as he was riding a
horse last Friday to Plymouth, was
thrown off between Drytown and the
Central House but got off lightly with
only few scratches.
Albert Lambert was the happiest
man in town last Thursday, his wife
presenting him with nine pound son.
County Clerk Culbert of Jackson
was over is see his folks last Sunday.
DR.. W. B. Smith, leading dentist
OF Sacramento, is here this week.
John Steffen, who has been on the
sick list, is able to be around again.
A Japanese cook at the Amador
Hotel committed suicide about half
past four this afternoon by cutting his
throat. DR.. Freshman came immed-
lately and attended him but he only
lived short time.
Constable Gray of Sutter Creek was
over Monday.
A great many people are making
preparations to attend the Street Fair
and Trades Carnival at Sacramento
next week. ADMIRAL SCHLEY.
Amador ledger., 1900-04-27
THEIR FIRST DANCE.
The Jackson Cotillion Club Begins II
Career.

The Jackson Cotillion Club Begins It's
Career.
The jackson Cotillion Club gave its
first dance last Saturday evening in
Love Hall.
About month ago number of the
young men of Jackson organized this
Club for the social interests of the
young people, and through the untir-
ing efforts of the promoters it has
grown and strengthened, and though
still in its infancy, is already recogniz-
ed as permanent organization.
Spurred on by encouragement from
older people, the Club will endeavor to
satisfactorily fulfill the place of like
clubs previously organized but which
have met with failure.
''In union there is strength" and
present indications show that the Jack
son Cotillion Club has strength, as it's
members labor side by side persistent.
ly in the interest of that organization.
About twenty members gathered at
Love Hall with as many invited lady
friends, on last Saturday evening and
enjoyed the pleasures of dancing until
midnight. The Renno Orchestra was
engaged for the evening and rendered
selections highly appreciated by the
young admirers of the terpsichorean
art.
This initiatory event was marked with
success, and many compliments were
paid the Club for the unison of efforts
and the good time that resulted.
Amador ledger., 1900-04-27
A Distressing Accident.

The home of James Cook, four miles
below lone, is in mourning, caused by
the sudden death of a son aged about
IL years. Last Sunday morning this
lad left home with gun, intending to
bring in some game. He was found
about 10 o'clock the same morning
horribly mangled, the entire charge
from his weapon having entered his
breast killing him, no doubt, instantly.
1t is supposed that he had crawled
through the fence and turned around
to pull the gum through, which was
discharged during the process, the con-
tents entering the body as above mem
toned. The bereaved members of the
Cook family have the heartfelt sympa-
thy of the community.
The funeral took place last Monday
and was we'll attended.