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Amador ledger., 1900-10-12
Two True Stories.

The Piscatoral Prevaricators' asso-
citation was in session.
II was fishing for cod off the Banks
one day some years ago." said one,
when l dropped my watch overheard.
The next year l went fishing at the
same place. | caught a whopping big
fellow and found my watch inside of
him. 1t was running steadily, the ac-
ton of the fsh's liver having kept it
wound up. But il was five hours fast.
The only way that | can account for it
Is that the fish crossed the Atlantic,
staid on the other side long enough
to get the time over there, and that l
caught him too soon after he got back
to allow the watch to regulate itself"
''I was fishing for trout in Pennsy!-
vania last fall" said another member,
"in company with my nephew, who is
TN inveterate cigarette smoker. We
landed ten FOUNDER and allowed him
to founder around in the bottom of the
boat W lille we east again. because they
were biting freely. My nephew had
just thrown lighted cigarette in the
boat, and in some way this trout got
it, put it in his gills and smoked 1t.
The cigarette seemed to have a sooth-
ing effect on him. | brought the trout
home, taught him to smoke pipe, and
when we killed him Christmas l served
up to my guests something that l be-
lieve has never been served up before
self smoked trout. 1t was great toe"
New York Journal.
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Eject of rear nm Wounds.

t. fear of poison in q lacerated
woui under certain circumstances is
in it.eIf quite sufficient to give q
wounded man tetanus. or lockjaw,
than which no more horrible complica-
ton Exists. Thus for long time 1t
was thought that the natives of the
Sol II and other neighboring is
lanu,, lately added TO the empire used
poson,d d arrows and many white men
sions, including one very horrible case
Of a commander in the navy who had
made special study of tetanus.
At length the French governor Of
New Caledonia. noticing that the symp-
toms exhibited were not consistent
with the use of any known poison, ap-
pointed medical commission to in
nuire into the affair. when 1t was dis
covered that the arrows of the natives
were not poisoned at all. although con-
structed in such way that small
piece of the bone point almost always
remained in the wound. The irritation
produced by this prevented the wound
from healing quickly, and the mental
disturbance produced by fear and per-
haps change of climate did the rest.
1t was discovered at the same time
that the natives of other islands who
firmly believed in the poison theory
seldom suffered much Inconvenience
from the arrow wounds. because they
believed that the spells given them by
their own sorcerers prevented the poi
son from taking effect.-Pall Mall Ga
zette
Amador ledger., 1900-10-12
some queer Deffnittop.

Bailey's Universal chronological Die
tionary. with the subtitle. "An Inter
prefer of Hard Words" was first pub
ltshed in London in lT21. Most of it's
definitions are eccentric. and some of
them incredibly so. Here are speci
mems plucked at random:
Mana creature endowed with
reason.
Thunder.-A noise known by persons
not deaf.
Lightning.-A meteor
A Rainbow.-A meteor of divers
colors
+ Weapon Salve.-A sort of ointment
which is said to cure a wound by being
applied TO the sword or other weapon
that made the wound.
BallOon.-A football; also a great ball
with which noblemen and princes use
TO play.
Cow.-A beast well known.
Milk.-A food well known.
Peacock.-A fine bird.
Elephant.-The biggest. strongest
and most Intelligent of all four footed
beasts.
MPdlar.-A fruit which is grateful to
the stomach, but is not ripe till 1t be
rotten.
Snow.-A meteor well known in
northerly and southerly climates, es-
pecially beyond the tropics.
Mouth.-Part of the body of living
creature.
Eye.-An instrument of sight.
Amador ledger., 1900-10-12
Too Much For the Tiger.

A keeper at the Philadelphia zoo told
the following interesting story of an
encounter he once had with a tiger in
India:
with several companions I was on
my way to visit some native friends
In neighboring village. and as the
jungle paths were the shortest route
we made the trip in chairs slung on
carriers shoulders was about half
asleep from the swinging motion when
| was pitched out by the native drop
ping the poles and scampering off.
That's how | met my tiger. With a
bound he was on me and had taken a
mouthful of my coat, intending, no
doubt, to carry me into the dense un-
aergrowth.
Fortunately for me had big bot
lie of ammonia in my coat pocket, car
RED 1t for snake bites, you know, and
when the brute took the mouthful he
broke the bottle. The whiff he got
made his whiskers curl. and one was
enough. He rolled over couple Of
times, gasping and waving his paws.
and then made off as quickly as he
appeared. Hurt? No. only a few
bruises from the fall, but the close
shave took my nerves for some
months"
Amador ledger., 1900-10-12
The Shnrtne.. nfLife.

What always strikes one so forcibly
IS, think, the shortness of human
life, compared with other works of
nature. The longest life-how short
t is! And half of it ODE can hardly call
life, being spent in sleep, which Is
lot real existence.
A French preacher l heard once
brought the short:; - of life strongly
1efore me by IT. in his sermon
gov saint in oit.,, lays, wishing to
Impress on himself the rapidity of life's
ace, when he came to years of dis
Hction, placed 81 marbles in a glass
lar. each marble 10 represent a year of
luman life. taking 50 years asian out
side limit very far exceeding that.
Then. taking another glass jar, from
marbles representing the years he had
flready passed. and placed them In the
Imply jar. and then year by year ex-
tracted marble FROM the other, till,
more rapidly than he could have
dreamed. the two Jars contained 40
marbles each. Then still1more swiftly
lid each year seem 20 speed away, and
what had so short Il time before been
he full jar became the nearly empty
me, till three. two and then only one
marble remained. and life which
lad looked so long Mt starting, had
swiftly aud silently melted away.-C.
De la War;
Amador ledger., 1900-10-12
A Eamnnn nneI

A duel was fought in Texas by Alex
ander Shott and John S. Mott. Mott
was shot and Shott was not. In this
case 1t is better to be Shott than Mott.
There was rumUr that Mott was not
shot but Shott avows that he was not,
which proves either that the shot Shot
shot at Mott was not shot or that Mott
was shot notwithstanding.
may be made TO appear OH trial
that the shot Shott shot shot Mott or, as
accidents with firearms are frequent, it
may be possible that the shot Shott
shot shot Shot himself, when the
whole affair would resolve itself into
its original element, and Shot would
De shot and Mott would be not
We think, however, that the shot
Shott shot shot not Shott, but Mott.
Anyway, 1t is hard to tell who was
shot.
Amador ledger., 1900-10-12
yviiEN DOGS ARE SICK.
The Way to Give Medicine to These
Highly seusitive Patients.


In all treatment of sick dog re-
member you are dealing with highly
sensitive and nervous patient. Be very
gentle, avoid roughness or anything
likely to alarm him. In giving hm any
liquid medicine do not open his mouth,
but. placing him between your knees,
with his face looking in the same direc-
tion as your own, gently raise his jaw
and, pulling his lips away from his
teeth on one side of his mouth, to form
cup or funnel very slowly pour from
bottle or spoon the quantity he Is to
have into it.
Keep his head raised for minute or
two and if he does not swallow the
dose insert spoon between his front
teeth. This will have the effect of
drawing off his attention from the
medicine and he will usually swallow
at once. If the dose is pill bolus or
anything solid, hold his head the same
way as before mentioned. but with the
left hand under lower jaw. press firmly
on each side with thumb and finger at
the junction of upper and lower jaws.
This will usually cause him to open
his mouth. when the dose should be
put into the mouth as far back as
possible over the tongue Tor he will spit
it OUT and close the jaws somewhat
sharply, and in most cases the deed is
done. If any trouble arises with the
action of his front paws this may be
got over by wrapping him round with
shawl or coarse apron.
When once you have got into the way
of it. you will he surprised how simple
it is. | am quite sure a practiced own
er or kennelsman would dose a dozen
dogs while novice was making a
bungle over one. -"All About Dogs"
by Charles Henry Lane
Amador ledger., 1900-10-12
THE COLLAR BUTTON.
Its blessings Realized Only by Those
Who Have Lived without IT.

Its blessings Realized Only by Those
Who Have Lived without 1t.
I'm looking over a trunk full of old
truck the other day" said the elderly
man, II came across a lot Of old shirts
with the buttons sewed on, and as
looked at them | realized anew what
the collar button means to humanity.
There have been greater inventions,
surely, but not many that have con-
ferred a more unmixed blessing on
mankind
The younger person of today, ac-
customed to the collar button always,
cannot realize what it was to be with
out it. He can never know what 1t
was to have shirts with the buttons
sewed on-or not, as the case might
be. Not so very many years ago, when
the collar button was yet comparative
ly new, before persons had come to
keep, as everybody commonly does
now, a lot of buttons on hand, the man
who had lost his collar button thought
himself entitled to the sympathy of his
fellows, but wrung as he might be by
that loss he could not even guess at
the anguish that in the sewed on but
ton days filed the heart of the man
who. when he came to put on his last
clean shirt, found that key button, the
one on the collar band, most important
one of all. gone entirely or only just
hanging by thread,
81 knew man once who had this
haDDpu tO him and didn't SUear That
was the only great thing he ever did,
but | have always thought that that
alone was enough to stamp him as a
most extraordinary man."-New York
SIM
Amador ledger., 1900-10-12
Paderew,ki ,b. Deceiver.

This is how a Kansas newspaper
man criticised Paderewski:
1--WE heard the Polander .Paderewski
play the piano In Convention hall, Kan
sas City. The fellow Is deceitful He
makes you think all the time he is GO
ing to play tune, but he never does.
He fiirts all around a tune, but never
touches it. His hair looks like a wig,
but it isn't. He deceives you in hun
dred ways. He makes the sweetest
sounds you ever heard that were not q
tune. He has his piano so trained that
the doggone thing will keep right on
playing when he is not touching 1t.
He reaches out slowly and strokes 1t,
drawing back his elbows like a man
brushing a girls hair. You see the
moonlight. and you're there with your
girl. but somehow she doesn't love you.
You know the sorrow Of that, and
that's why we don't like Paderewski.
We wouldn't go to hear him again, but
we wouldn't take S1n0 fer what we
heard at Convention hall"
Amador ledger., 1900-10-12
CxcIinr In Ynrmandr.

for cycling, the only disadvantage be-
ing that the straightness of many main
routes hides the beauty of the country,
for which reason it is often a good
plan. when time is not an object, to
pick out the hyways on the map. This
lis the easier because not only are the
Dyways eXcellently kept, but the name
IF French village is plainly written
ap, and one does not have ridiculous
difficulty. as sometimes in England, in
dnding out where one is. Signposts
and milestones are abundant, and the
aecimal system renders them perfectly
simple and exact. - Highways and
byways In Normandy" by Dearmer.
Amador ledger., 1900-10-12
Irascible Won BulONy.

During Hans Won Bulow's leader
ship of the orchestra at Hanover a
tenor of fame was engaged to play q
star role in 'Lohengrin," according to
Das Neue Blatt. and while the singer
was rehearsiug his part Bulow was
forced to go over the same bars num-
Der of times without the new actor
beginning to sing. Tired of his wasted
efforts, the leader stopped the orchestra
and angrily turned to the singer.
81 know that tenor is proverbiaIly
stupid" he said, but you seem to
make an extensive use of this unwrit-
ZEN law"
At another time, while one of his
grand intermezzos was being played
with great feeling by his musicians, a
peculiar noise. hardly perceptible by
unframed ears, annoyed the leader for
some little time At first he thought
1t resembled the 1utter of wings, but
soon he discovered an elegant lady
tanning herself IN one of the boxes
:lose by. Ruiow kept on with his ges-
lures, fixing lis eyes on the offender
in manner which meant reproof. The
lady. not needing this, was suddenly
surprised by the leader dropping his
stick and turning toward her.
Madam he cried, ''if fan you must
please at least keep time with your in
fernal nuisance"
Amador ledger., 1900-10-12
The Countess of Ayr.

At dance in the country a gilded
youth from town was complaining that
there was nobody fit to dance with.
Shall | introduce you to that Young
lady over there?'' asked his hostess.
She is the daughter of the Countess of
Ayr"
Delighted, the young man assented.
and, after waltZiug with the fair scion
If noble house. ventured to ask after
her mother. the Countess of Ayr.
MY father, you mean." said the girl.
mo, no. no." said the bewildered
youth. II was asking after your moth
ar, the Countess of Ayr"
Yes" was the reply. 'but that's nv
father"
Utterly at loss. the young man
rushed off in search of his hostess and
said the girl she had made him dance
with was quite mad: told him the
Countess of Ayr was her father"
$50 he is" answered the lady of the
house. Let me introduce you to him.
Mr.. So-andso. Mr. Smith. the county
surveyor. or."-London Chronicle.
Amador ledger., 1900-10-12
STICK TO SIMPLE FOOD.
The American Business Mans Pace
Demands Easily Digested Dishes.


Demands Easily Digested Dishes.
"There was in the old days far less
wear and tear upon the nerves, and,
pnder such conditions, digestion was
more completely performed" writes
Mrs. S. I. Rorer of why l Am Op-
poscl to Pies in The Ladies' Home
Journal The mothers of today must
look more carefully TO the building of
their bodies and brains than their
mothers and grandmothers did In
feed at the pace at which we Ameri-
'c1ns are going we use our brains at
sull speed nearly all the time. What
man can build brain and Drawn on
pies. layer cakes or preserves or any
other mass of material which from it's
very compleXity requires labor and
time for digestion. drawing the blood
from the brain to the stomach during
his working hours? Observe those who
eat their complex foods carelessly and
hastily and you VII see at glance
the conditions that necessitate COM
plete rest every now and then, or an
early nervous breakdown.
'lD my close observation in the last
20 years | find very few people in our
common struggle for existence who can
for any length OF time eat carelessly Of
complex foods. At 40 or 80 man may
perhaps have accumulated wealth, but
not health, and Of what earthly use is
the first without the second? Many
persons in the generation gone before
have eaten pies at least once a day,
but they have not had meat three times
a day. nor have they rushed at our
pace. They gave more time to the d.
gestion of the pie. People who recon-
mend these rich foods rarely know any
thing of their complex conditions and
still less OF the conplexity Of diges-
ton"
Amador ledger., 1900-10-12
Went a Little Tno Ear.

A commercial travelling man landed
at Edinburgh. Scotland. one Saturday
night, too late to get out of town for Sun
day. The next day he found that there
was actually no form of amusement In
the whole city to assist him in Willing
away the day. He went to the pro-
prietor of the hotel to see If he could
suggest a way of passing the remain
der of the day.
The landlord took pity on the stran-
ger and took him to one of the rooms
In the house in which a number of
Scotchmen were playing game called
nap" which Is sort of modification
Of seven up" They were playing for
4 shilling point, so that the game was
pretty stiff one The stranger got In
the game and played very cautiously,
for he was quite sure that the players,
or at least some of them, were cheat
ing. One solemn faced Scot, he was
especially sure, he caught cheating a
number of times. He began whisline
part of some vagrant tune. The Scot
who had been cheating arose from the
table and threw down the cards
what is the matter?" the other play
ers asked.
"Tm gangin AVA" the Scot answer
ed. glaring at the stranger I'll play
cards wi no mon that whistles on the
Sabbath"
Amador ledger., 1900-10-12
Not "A Question of Ownership.

Not a Question of Ownership.
President Eliot of Harvard told this
story at dinner:
"A friend of mine, college pro-
fessor. went into n crowded restaurant
In New York city for luncheon one hot
lay last sumner The negro in charge
Of the big corridor where the hat
shelves stood was an intelligent look
ing fellow, and his bow and smile were
not of the ohsequious, stupid kind SO
often affected by colored walters and
doormen in hotels. He took my friends
hat and gave no check for it in return.
An hour later when the professor
came out of the dining room. the negro
glanced at him in a comprehensive
way, turned to the shelves and handed
him his hat.
"My friend Is man who prides him
self on his powers of observation, and
the negro's ability to remember to
whom each article of clothing belonged
struck him as being something very
wonderful
"'How did you know this was my
nat? lie asked.
"I didn't know it. sah.' was the re-
ply.
"'Then why did you give it to meP
the professor persisted.
Because you gave it to me, sah.'"
Boston Journal
Amador ledger., 1900-10-12
The Tower Of Famine.

The Tore della Fame, or Tower OF
Famine, was nctrd for it's grewsome
history. 1t once stood in Pisa, Italy,
but there are now no traces of 1t.
Count Ugolno della,Gherardscha, whom
Dante immortalized. was the head of
the Guelphs. and because Of his tyran-
ny and accredited attempts to place
his country in bondage he was antag-
onized and finally conquered by the
chief of the Ghibellines. who imprison-
ed him, with his two sons and two
grandsons, in this tower, the slow
method of starvation being employed
as the manner of their death. The
door of the tower was locked and the
keys thrown into the Arno.
Amador ledger., 1900-10-12
MuscIes nf the Month

An elastic play of the muscles of the
mouth is necessary, not only for dis
finct utterance, but for expression of
The face as well. Next to the eyes, the
mouth has the greatest significance in
The play of the features. When all
the muscles of the mouth are in nor
nal tension. the line of the mouth is
waving and beautiful. In singing and
speaking. as well as in repose, all un-
1ue tension of the muscles must be
guarded against. else the mouth may
assume a forced and strained express
liOn
Amador ledger., 1900-10-12
Her Figure.

She-I can't understand what he saw
her. Her face is decidedly plain.
He-Yes. but then the figure she has
made up for all the
She-Figure! Why. she's painfully
scrawny. She hasn't any figure at all.
He--You're mistaken. She has six,
and the first one is a s. Philadelphia
Press.
Amador ledger., 1900-10-12
Mexican rhen4er Ettouett..

In Mexican theater women always
90 barcheaded and the men wear their
hats all the time the curtain is closed.
During the performance they remove
them.
Frequently men rise in their seats
and sweep the tiers of boxes with
large glasses. II is considered some
hing of an honor to have the glasses
" swell below leveled at your box.
Smoking is permitted in all theaters.
City Of Mexico Correspondence.
Amador ledger., 1900-10-12
Musical Fish.

Many fish can produce musical
sounds. The trigla can produce long
drawn notes ranging over nearly an
octave. Others. notably two species Of
ophidum, have sound producing appa-
ratus, consisting of small movable
bones, which can be made to produce
sharp rattle. The curious drum
ming" made by the species called um-
brivas can be heard from a depth Of
20 fathoms.
Amador ledger., 1900-10-12
T,inntG Cline

To produce liquid glue which will
keep for years break pieces of glue and
place in bottle with some whisky.
cork tightly and set aside for a few
days. This should be ready for use
without the application of heat, except
In very cold weather. when the bottle
should be placed in hot water for few
minutes before using the glue
Amador ledger., 1900-10-12
Drink. md Tbirst

1t is mistake TO suppose that cold
thinks are necessary to relieve thirst.
Very cold drinks. as a rule. increase the
eyerish condition of the mouth and
stomach and SO create thirst. Expert
ance shows it to be fact that hot
thinks relieve thirst and ''cool off the
body when it is In an abnormally heated
condition better than ice cold drinks"
Amador ledger., 1900-10-12
An Imnrnmntn Ring.

A marriage ceremony was performed
Tor the ring which, though odd and
amusing. was appropriate for the oc-
casion. The couple went over from
the American side of the st. Lawrence
river, but forgot to take ring. AS
there was no ring to be had In the
house the resourceful clergyman sent
for his wife's sewing scissors and, with
the finger clasp, completed the cere-
nony.
Amador ledger., 1900-10-12

Saturday, Sunday and Monday are
he favorite days in the week for mar
'iage-Sunday In rural districts and
Saturday In towns. Sunday weddings
seem to be generally less numerous
than they were, while the number
which take place on Saturday are
greatly on the increase.
Amador ledger., 1900-10-12

We are all inventors, each sailing out
on voyage of discovery, guided each
by private chart of which there is no
duplicate. The world is all gates, ali
opportunities, strings of tension wait
Ing to be struck.
Amador ledger., 1900-10-12

consequence of self abuse and excess produc-
ing the following symptoms: Sallow counte-
nance, dark spots under the eyes, pain in the
mead, ringing in the ears, loss of confidence,
olfndence IN approaching strangers, palpitation
OF the heart, weakness of the limbs and back,
loss OF memory, pimples on the face, coughs,
consumption, etc.
DIR. GlBBON has practiced in San Francisco
over 81 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 him. Cures guar
anteed. Persons cured at home. Charges reas-
enable. Call or write.
DIR. J. +. GIBBoN, 625 Kearney street, San
Francisco Cal
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Inst wnr nf Her.

You must not think, young man.
uid the corn fed philosopher, "that a
ioung woman doesn't know anything
I'St because she has habit of asking
foolish questions that give you q
nance to impart information with a
uperior air. r."-Indianapolis Press.
Amador ledger., 1900-10-12
Nearer 0f Hand

did you ever reflect on the immen-
sity Of the solar system?"
mo. I've got my mind full rejecting
on the size of the note l have to pay
next week."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Amador ledger., 1900-10-12
To Hide II.

Hewitt-What are you raising whis-
kers for?
Jewett-Well, l don't mind telling
you that l am wearing a necktie my
wife gave me.-Harper's Bazar.
Amador ledger., 1900-10-12

Nothing makes the earth so spacious
as to have friends at distance. They
mark the latitudes and longitudes.
Amador ledger., 1900-10-12

In London there Is nearly an hour
less daylight at midsummer than in
Glasgow.
Amador ledger., 1900-10-12

The Butter She Wanted
New Wife, wish to get some but
ter, please.
Dealer-Roll butter. ma am?
New Wife-No: we wish to eat It on
biscuits. Chicago News.
Amador ledger., 1900-10-12
TO THE UNFORTUNATE
DIR. GIBBoN

This old reliable and
themoSt successful spe-
cialist in San Francis
CO stillcontinues to cure
all Sexual and Seminal
Diseases, such as Ghon-
orrhea, Gleet, Structures
Syphilis in all its forms
Skin Diseases, Nervous
De bility, Impotency,
Seminal Weakness, and
I .nGC nf Manhood the
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-07-13
nov. confe.. 10 whols.ale Murdar.

At Anolsa, MINI, warrants have
been issued for the arrest OF James
Hardy. Elmer Miller and William Mat
tison, ON the charge Of having muir
dsred Mrs. William Wise aud her son,
William, on May eth, and mortally
wounding william Wise, sr., and his
son. Joe. The accused are mere
youths. According to the confession
Of Mattison, Hardy and Miller were
lovers Of the two Wise girls, and had
been forbidden the house by the girls
father. The shooting was done Tor ro-
venge.