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Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15
Stationery and Fuel.

Benjamin Harrison, an ancestor of
our eX-President and signer of the
Declaration of Independence, was fond
of the good things of this life and a high
liver. While member of the First
Congress, which met in Philadelphia,
on one occasion he was joined by a
friend as he left the congressional hall.
Wishing to ask his friend to Join him
in a bumper, he took him to certain
place and called for two glasses of
brandy and water. The man in charge
replied that liquor was not included in
the supplies furnished congressman.
"What is it, then, that l see the New
England members come here and
drink"
"Molasses and water, which they
have charged to stationery" was the
reply.
Every well, F" said Harrison, "give me
brandy and water and charge it as fuel. -
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15
PACIFIC COAST.
alaska.


Dawson was preparing for stampede
February 21st and the entire town was
in a state of great excitement. The
crown claims and fractions for stalking
on February 18th was the cause of it
all.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
f. p Bremmer of Vancouver and
Edward Williams, Dominion Labor
Commissioners have been at Rossland
for about week looking into the mat
ter of alien labor, and as result sixteen
men in the employ of Winters, Parson
& BlOomer, who have a contract to do
some work for the Red Mountain Rail-
road, were ordered depOrted. The con-
tractors will pay the way of the men
back to the United States, where they
were engaged. This is the first time
that case of this kind has come up in
this province, and the penalty of $1,000
fine for each contract labOrer brought
in was not enforced. The Commission
ers stated that in the future the law
would be enforced to the letter. The
intention of the Dominion authorities
is to protect the Canadian workers from
unfair competition.
WASHINGTON.
Arnie Stevens of Indianapolis, drill
master of the Richard and Pringle
Minstrels, was shot and fatally wounded
by Henry Graves of Vicksburg, musi-
clan in the same company. Both are
colored men. The shooting occurred in
the private car of the company while
it was sidetracked at Spokane, waiting
the train for Wardner, Idaho.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15
Treasures of the White House.

There are doubtless in every large
city in the country larger and more
valuable collections of bric-a- brac and
art furniture than are to be found in the
private apartments of the Executive
Mansion, but it is a question whether
there is in the length and breadth of
the land any other half so interesting.
Rarity Is, of course, a universal char
acteristic of the artistic gems scattered
through the home of the Presidents,
but better than that is the fact that al
most every piece is fraught with MEM
cries and associations that make it a
priced possession. OF the whole num-
Der probably half are the gifts of kings
and rulers tokens of appreciation from
friendly nations-and the remainder
having been fashioned especially for
the White House, have no duplicates
anywhere else in the world.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15

these dens of destruction why were not
coffee-houses started, with mirth and
music and plenty of sandwiches and
steaming hot tea and coffee that would
have cheered but not intoxicated and
helped to tide them over the discom-
forts of the long, dreary wait for hun
dreds of the respondent boys who had
never been away from home before and
who waited impatiently on the fog
swept shores of the Pacific for the Or
ders that would send them to foreign
shores to fight for their country. If
death came by shot and shell they were
prepared for it, for having enlisted they
must take their chances, but they did
not calculate OH dying like sheep on
the shores of the Golden Gats from ty-
phoid fever (which could have been
avoided) and pneumonia. Is it any
wonder that many of them fell and
sought oblivion from trouble, home
sickness, ETC., in the saloons that made
them welcome? Knowing the circum-
stances, Polly never likes to hear any
one say, at was only drunken sol
der" for right here, on our own coast,
he became addicted to the habit.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15
The Good Mans Joke.

Two gentlemen of the cloth were
standing on a corner the other day
Evidently they were talking about ex.
ira services to be held during the week.
81 anticipate a great awakening In
my church." said the first speaker.
my people never 60 to Sleep" said
the second
"Ah, there comes my car" replied
the first. and they parted company
Albar- 'ournaL
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15

SAFE DEPOSIT-Safe deposit boxes can
be rented from the Bank of Amador County at
the small expense of IS cents month, thereby
securing you against any possible loss from fire
or otherwise. Don't overlook this opportunity
of protecting your valuables.
SAVE MONEY-Patronize home institu-
ton. Send money away through the Bank or
Amador County: you will save 10 per cent and
upwards over postoff1ce or express. Money
sent to all parts of the United States and also
all parts Of the world. We have the latest
quotations on foreign exchange.
SAVE MONEY-It doesn't cost anything
to deposit money in the Bank of Amador County.
They receive deposits from IS up. Commence
the new year by opening up bank account. A
man or woman with a bank account has a
financial standing. Don't bury your money !;
when you die it can't be found and you are liable
to be robbed while alive.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15

Miss Laurence Alma Tadema, daugh-
ter of the artist, announces herself as
the editor of new periodical called
The Herb of Grace. Its aim will be to
bring about return to a simpler life
and its distinctive feature will be the
absence of advertisements, fashions,
personalities and illustrations.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15

A Cleveland inventor has been grant
ed patent for novel hill-climbing
device for automobiles, which automatl-
cally lowers the gear of the vehicle ac-
cording to the steepness of the incline
to be mounted.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15
Current News.
CALIFORNIA.
ALAMEDA.


b. Downing of the Garden City
Wheelmen won the seventh annual
twenty-five-mile road race of the Cali
fornia Associated Cyclists, which was
run over the San Lorenzo course. ].
b. Hobson of the Olympic Club Wheel
men won the time prize, riding the
twenty-five miles from scratch in ISIS.
Hobson finished in ninth place.
Frank Nv. Aitken of the University
OF California has won the first prize of
$loO in the Stallard essay competition
between the students of the University
OF California and Stanford. The second
prize of $50 was won by Wesley n.
Hiohfield, also of the University of Cali
fornia, and William B. Greeley of the
same university was such close third
that he was awarded an honorable
mention by the judges. The contest
was for the best essay on the real mean
ing and value of the Declaration of In
dependence.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15

Polly heard of bright little boy the
other day, whose first impression of
San Francisco bay is worth recording.
On being carried on to one of the ferry
boats he became very much interested,
and, glancing around, exclaimed: at
must have been raining down here
big puddle" 1t was in keeping with
the remark of another bright boy on
seeing the bay for the first time. He
was dumfounded for moment, and
astonished his parents by saying, 1.-THE
Lords got the biggest baff-tub L ever
saw"
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15

The jewels belonging to the British
crown are supposed to be worth fifteen
millions of money
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15
Polly Larkin.

L think teachers make terrible mis-
take sometimes in the way they talk to
little folks in the school-room. Harsh
words are spoken and forgotten by the
teacher; not so with the little ones
The words pierce their hearts like a
thorn long after the teacher has in
fiicted the wound, and it gives them an
insight into anything but the beautiful
and envlable side of life of the teacher.
Most children look upon their teacher
at first as something bordering on per-
lection, and harsh and unkind words
leave mark and shake their faith to
an extent that is positively cruel The
other day tiny little girl who had just
entered the school few days before,
left the lunch untasted that she had
taken with her and ran all the way
home to get beautiful rosebud for her
teacher that her mother had promised
her. Securing the coveted rosebud her
little feet fairly flew to get back in
time for the afternoon session. She
had no time to eat her lunch, but she
was happy in picturing how pleased
her teacher would be with the lovely
rosebud when she gave it to her as she
passed out in the evening. The teacher
placed sentence for each scholar on
the blackboard, and this particular lit
tie girls sentence proved to be uninter-
esting or dry. She knew nearly all
the rest on the board, but her own had
had slipped her mind. II despise stu
pid girls" said the teacher, when the
little girl had to own that she had for
gotten her sentence. The sensitive lit.
tie face quivered and her great blue
eyes filled with tears. She could not
give her the lovely rosebud now, for the
teacher "despised stupid girls" and
she would not care for it. All the
gladness went out of that little heart,
and when school was over she passed
out holding the rosebud in the folds of
her dress, and when she got out of the
building she handed it to little girl.
All its beauty was gone and she felt
only the cruel thorns that could pain
her no worse than the teachers unkind
words. No matter what the teacher
may do in the future, she can never
blot out the words that hurt this little
child and brought tears to the big blue
eyes. Her faith was sadly shaken and
the teacher would not have soon for
gotten it had she heard the child say
in her little heart-broken way, "You
can have the rosebud; don't want it
now" Some children would not have
cared, for they would possess that hap
py-go-lucky disposition that never bor-
rows trouble and never take anything
to heart; but there are hosts of little
children as sensitive to harsh words
and manners as the most delicate and
fragile flowers are to the frost's icy
touch. Polly's heart goes out to the
wee folks, and again l say teachers
make cruel mistake when they so far
forget themselves as to speak harshly
and in way that holds the child up to
the ridicule of the other scholars. Trials
and tribulations will come soon enough
without encountering sorrow in their
mere babyhood.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15

The only two great European capt.
tails that never have been occupied by a
foreign foe are London and st. Peters
burg.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15

If the earth's surface were level the
water of the ocean would cover it to a
depth of 900 feet.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15

A man breathes about twenty times a
minute, or 200 times an hour.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15

"Why were they allowed?" has often
been a query with Polly. In place of
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15
SAN FRANCISCO.

One of the most successful safe rob-
berries that has ever taken place in San
Francisco occurred recently at Den
nett's restaurant, 749 Market street.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15
BANK OF AMADOR COUNTY
Incorporated November, 1895.
Capital Stock - $4,000

President Henry Eudey
Vice-President S. G. Spagnoii
Secretary and Cashier Frederick Eudey
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Henry Eudey, S. G. Spagnoli. John Strohm
Frederick Eudey and Alex Eudey of Jackson
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15

Strange to say, saloons sprang up in
the vicinity as thick as mushrooms
after warm rain. The doors were
thrown wide open, and there was music,
laughter, jokes, and above all the
warmth that thawed the cold out of
the half-frozen boys who had come
from warmer cline. They were verg-
ing on pneumonia and were advised to
drink the cheap whisky that would
counteract the disease and make them
forget as well the agony of homesick-
ness. Boys who were models of pro-
priety got their first taste for liquor in
these wretched places that held out in
ducements of mirth and forgetfulness
to these soldiers right on our own
shores.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15

Frequently you hear the remark on
the street as well as other places in re-
gard to some petty crime committed or
the disturbing of the peace, as the legal
fraternity would have it, ooh, it's only
the work of drunken soldier" and
with an air of Indifference that would
make one shudder who understood and
was familiar with scenes in the lives of
the young enlisted soldiers who lived in
the white tents that spread out over
the bleak sandhills of the Preside,
when the country was crying for vol
unteers to go to the front during the
war with Spain. "Only drunken SOL
der" and who is responsible for the
downfall of many of these boys? Polly
remembers distinctly going out to the
Preside one evening when the fog was
falling like rain. The sandhills were
dotted as thickly with white tents as
the meadows are with white daisies in
the spring time. Campfires fiickered
and smoldered, sending out more gray
smoke than CHEEKY blaze. The men
many of them mere boys-sat around
the poor apology for a fire and tried to
keep up their courage the best way pos
sible. Some of them sang, others told
Jokes, and some few found comfort in
talking of the pleasures of home. Many
of them were blue and respondent with
homesickness, and added to their I'M
happiness from that source were the
attacks of bad colds that ended in pneu-
monia and carried many homesick
soldier boy to his long home and his
last rest in the cemetery ofthe Preside.
Most of them would not have thought
it hard had they fallen in fighting for
their country, but to be exposed to the
fogs that penetrated their thin clothing
purchased for warmer climate than
San Francisco, and to die of pneumonia
and hOmesickness, too respondent from
the first to rally from the effects of the
disease, was more than they had signed
for.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15

Fire destroyed a warehouse belonging
to John Afieck, of Riverside, which
was filed with expensive building hard
ware. The loss on the stock is esti-
mated at $4,000 with no insurance
The loss on the building is $500, fully
insured. The fire is supposed to have
been of incendiary origin. Early in
the evening a bold attempt was made
to fire the wagon shop of O'Connor &
Convey, in the same block, but the blaze
was discovered and put out before any
damage was done.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15

The Selma Ministerial Union, after
investigating the conduct of Rev. John
G. Bruce, has mostseverely condemned
his actions and they go farther and
criticise his supporters. At meeting
held they denounced him both as an
imposter and a hypocrite. Bruce de-
serted his wife and children and has
been posing as a single man.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15

ORANGE.
A broken brake rod on big sugar.
beet wagon came near causing the death
of thirty-five school children from Ana
helm. Fourteen are seriously injured,
two of whom will probably die, and all
are more or less severely hurt.
The famous -Barton-R awson case
is ended at Santa Ana, the jury after
six hours deliberation, bringing in a
verdict for the plaintiff. This action
was brought by Mrs. Katie Cook-Barton
against Mrs. Della B. Rawson of Los
Angeles to recover title to forty acres of
valuable peat land which the plaintiff
claimed had been procured by using
undue influence over her during the
time she was on trial for numbering
her husband.
T. J. Mullinix, prominent resident
and capitalist of Santa Ana, fell IN a
fainting fit on the sidewalk and half an
hour later expired in the arms of the
City Marshal. The deceased had been
taking medicine prescribed by travel
ing doctors and gave evidence of strych-
nine poisoning. The contents of the
stomach will be analysed.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15

General A. S. Daggett, recently APP
pointed Brigadier-General of the Army,
has been retired.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-14
COMMON Schools
FORM 4 COMBINE
Experiment in Rural Districts
Proves a Success.
AND WILL BE EXTENDED
How Children of Seventy-Six
Township are Educated.
AND WILL BE EXTENDED

School Superintendent Massey II Sum
ner county has formed a Community OF
Interest" IN Sumner county that is not
alarming to men of &c township who pay
the bills. He has combined three school
districts with such remarkable success
that he intends to extend his scheme to
other schools. seventy-six township is
not very thiclly populated. and to afford
the children better educational facilities Is
a problem that appears to have been
solved.
The consolidated school is held st Sew
enty-six Center. Two other schools, Vic
tor two miles south and Lincoln, two miles
east. unite with Seventy-six Center. They
employ one teacher. Miss Emma Gift. The
pupils from the Victor district are hauled
TO and from school in che wagon: those
from Lincoln in another. Each OF these
wagons is driven by boy who goes 10
school. The teams are left at the school
house during the day.
All told, there are only % pupils in the
three districts Victor furnishes nine,
Lincoln six and Seventy-six eight. Hence
it is impossible TO conduct it as a gradu-
ating school; but . pupils make a much
better school than six or eight would
Miss Gift taught the Seventy-six school
last winter. She was greatly annoyed by
hardness of her pupils. But this win
ter, with the same pupils, she has had
only two cases Of hardness, and the
wagon from the Victor district has been
q little late on two occasions. She finds
that the pupils take much greater inter
est in their school work than last win
ter.
Last winter Victor paid its teacher So
a month; Lincoln $50 and Seventy-six $50
Each district spent about s. a month for
Incidental expenses. Consequently the to-
tai expense of running the three schools
was $115 a month
This year Miss Gift is paid so a month.
so by seventy-six and so a month each by
Victor and Lincoln. Seventy-six pays s.
a month for Incidentals, Victor and Lin
coin IS a month each. which includes
the expense Of having the children hauled
to school. This makes the total expense
Of running the consolidated school this
year SEQ a month. mis- Is a saving Of So
a month over last year, and they have
much better school
Mr.. Massey considers the experiment an
unqualified success. But he thinks the
plan ought to be extended. He IS Of the
opinion that other schools could come
into the Seventy-six combination with
profit to themselves and the mutual bene-
TT OF all concerned. Ills judgment IS
that in the near future this plan Will be
generally adopted and that every town
ship viii have one school and thatsa good
graded school. employing the best teach
ers to be secured.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-14
CHARLES DAVIDSON WINS CUP
Offered by President Griffith Of the
Country Club.

Offered by President Griffith Of the
Country Club.
Charles L Davidson yesterday won the
presidents cup OF the Wichita Country
club on the College hi links. defeating
J. o. Davidson in a spirited game. c.
L. Davidson. by the winning puts him
self in the front ranks Of the Wichita
golfers. as he played the eighteen holes
IN 1o8 strokes. which IS not frequently
bettered. He is new at the game but
has an effective stroke and a good eve
and plays a close. clean game. Yesterday
he went 10 No. s hole. a distance OF Sfs
yards. in four strokes. beating DOGGY
which is five strokes.
The card OF the final match FOR the
cup was as follows:
C. L. Davidson (out)....4s5s4 e-52
J. o. Davidson (ouO....s sr7slo : 2 SCI
G. L. Davidson 0n).....7 6 IT s 10 : 7 SIS
J. o. Davidson 0n).-...7 6 10 c 5-s2
Totals-C. I. Davidson 10s less handi-
cap, 81: J. O. Davidson. 123. less handi-
cap. Io7
This settles one OF the longest contests
on the College HIN links The presidents
cup was one offered BY President r. II.
Griffith to the winner OF a tournament
among players who are not members Of
a class.
The three cups were won ss follows.
Gordon Oldham. the Vail trophy. tho
original golf CUP Of Wichita: G. L. Da-
wilson. the Griffith CUP; and Nestor
Moore. the ore-club contest cup.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-14
BAD DREAMS
Caused by Coffee.

Il have been a coffee drinRer, more OF
less. ever since I can remember. until q
few months ago became mora and more
nervous and irritable. and finally could
not sleep AZ night FOR / was horribly dis
turbed by dreams e al sorts and A
species of distressing nightmare
Finally. after hearing TIE experience
OF numbers OF friends VINO had qult coz
fee and gore 10 drinking Postum FOOD
coffee. and fearing q the greet benefits
they had derived. / ccacllfad coTes uast
be the cause of my trouble. So Z got some
Postum Food coffee ard ha1 i made
strictly according 20 directions
Il vas astonlshed * the Eavor ard
taste. II entirely took the place ~ cee-
Zee. ard 90 my great satisfaction. Z te-
gan 70 sleep peacefully ar1 swesav- So
nerves improved ard Ssh I ce-d z4-u
every man. woman ara CHA from the
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-14
TOWERS OF GEoDEsY
Erected Purely for the Accurate Meas
urcment Of Distances.

Erected Purely for the Accurate Meas
urement of Distances.
Those geodetic towers which are at
tracing the attention OF the people IN
sedgwiclz. KIngman and Harper coun-
ties. an account OF which was published
In the Eagle Of Sunday, have been mado
the subject Of an article by the scientific
editor Of the Wellington Daily Man. who
says:
our attention was first attracted 70
them IN August. during the safe @. A. r
reunion a Hutchinson We happened 70
De present when a Reno county farmer
called on CONGRESSMAN Long % enlist his
assistant FRI having the government pay
for his wheat crop Fse lives near Pretty
Prairie. one ~ these towers had been
erected on a farm adjoining his Il sz-
cited much curiosity. On Sunday Quite
a crowd embed Ground Il. Some srlo-
ker dropped a match. the prairie grass
caught FIRE. the flames sr-ead. ran into
h.s wheat field and destroyed h's Grey.
He argued that i the government lad
not erected the tower. me crowd v1ai1
not have -ubied there. therefore the
FIRE wol.d net have Occurred and conse-
Qusnliy the government oueht 20 pay fo-
h.s wheat
Since then the towers have been erect
- near Cheney iu S-igulek c-srtv. i-
the northeast corner ~ section i1
Eden township. and H0ata ~ DanFrls.
s. Harper county Theee towers are
feet hlsh blEr % wood Yhen Che gov
--r-arrr~er- ls ftrrren with tlrr tre