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Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-11-22
CAPTURING A PASSENGER.
The Hickman Tried Many Pleas, the
Last a Funny One.


Il like perseverance In a man, even
in hackman," began Peterson, "and
there is one particular jehu doing bust
ness in Washington who possesses that
quality i'll the superlative degree
when visited the Capital City, had
my mind fully made up to have moth
Ing to do with the hackmen, so when
| stepped off the train and a crowd of
these gentry began shouting at me
simply shook my head and passed on.
One of them, however, was not to
be thus easily disposed of. Dancing
around in front of me so as to block
my progress, he vociferated:
" Hack, mister? Take you to the
Washington monument or the capitol?
Only half dollarp
Again shook my head.
Smithsonian institution or treasury
building? Take you to both of 'em for
IS centsr
still lsshook my head.
darlington and Fort Myer? Drive
you over and back for scr
AS before responded with a shake
of the head.
Navy yard or Soldiers home?
Either place for dollar
Another shake of the head.
want to go to the White House and
see the president? Drive you right
there for 80 centsr
"More head shaking.
Patent Office or state department?
Same price as the White Housep
Another shake. Mind you, all this
time hadn't opened my mouth or ut
tered a word. and from the puzzled
look on the hackman's face thought
had him about discouraged. But as
| showed past him. thinking to make
my escape, his countenance suddenly
frightened up and heard him mutter:
By George. I've hit 1t now. I'll
try him just once morer And then,
running in front of me again. he SPELL
ed out on his fingers in the deaf and
dumb alphabet. with which Glanced
to be familiar, Deaf and Dumb asy-
lum? Take you right to the door for
quarter? - Woman's Home Com.
panion.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-11-22
A GhostIy Satellite,

Under certain conditions there may
be seen in the night sky, exactly OPP
posite to the place where the sun may
then be, a faint light, rounded in out
line, to which the name "gegenschien"
has been given. 1t has always been a
mystery to astronomers, but Professor
Pickering suggested that it may be q
cemetery or meteoric satellite Of the
earth. He thinks it may be composed
Of cloud Of meteors 100000 miles
from the earth and revolving around it
in period of just one solar year. SO
that the sun and the ghostly satellite
are always on opposite sides Of the
earth. =
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-11-22
Express Elevators.

To the man who is accustomed to
buildings where stalrcases are still USE
full as we'll as ornamental the speed Of
the express" elevators in New York
skyscrapers is disturbing. Recently
an "up state" man, who was being
shown about the city by a friend, was
taken at last up to the sixteenth story
of one Of the high buildings. He went
up in '1ocar' elevator, at moderate
speed, but even that caused him to
suffer many qualms before he stepped
out on the firm landing. In coming
down to street level again they took
an express" With one switch Of the
handle and few sparks from the con-
trolling apparatus they were deposited
on the ground floor. The city man
asked the other If that vas quick
enough" for him. "Quick en0aghP' he
exclaimed. "Why. 1 might just as well
have jumped."-New York Post. =
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-11-22
What the Eve Tells.

Eyes are very treacherous, and those
who NEEDLE in amorous matters should
know all about them.
When the upper lid covers half or
more of the pupil, the indication Is Of
cool elaboration. An eye the upper
lid Of which passes horizontally across
the pupil indicates mental ability. Un-
steady eyes, rapidly jerking from side
to side, are frequently indicative of an
unsettled mind. 1t is said that the
prevailing color of eyes among the pa
TENTS of lunatic asylums are brown
and black. Eyes Of any color with
weak brows and long. concave lashes
are Indicative Of weak constitution.
Eyes that are wide apart are said to
Indicate great intelligence and a tena-
cious memory. Eyes of which the
whole iris is visible belong to erratic
persons, even with q tendency toward
insanity. Wide open, staring eyes In
weak countenances indicate jealousy,
bigotry, intolerance and pertinacity
without firmness.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-11-22
THERMOMETER TUBES.
Process of Their Manufacture at
jena, In Germany,

Process of Their Manufacture at
jena, In Germany.
| A most interesting account is given
In The Idler of the wonderful state
aided industry at Jena where glass and
lenses are made for scientists. The in
dustry has been built up by Professor
Able and DR.. Schott, and has through
out been conducted by scientists whose
| efforts have made Jena famous among
scientific men the world over One of
the most picturesque features of the
Jena glassworks is the great corridor
where the thermometer tubes are
blown and drawn, says correspondent.
We saw this glass in process of man.
ufacture A boy workman caught a
bit Of molten glass from the furnace on
the end of blowpipe. 1t was hardly
larger than walnut. but by twrling
and blowing and molding it grew to the
size of an orange, with the shape of an
| orange. More glass was then added,
and there was more rolling and blow
Ing, and when the proper stage was
reached the blowpipe was passed
quickly to the brawny master work
man.
He, In his turn, added glass, blowing
from time to time with cheeks out
pulled until it seemed as though they
must burst, and then rolling the great
ball Of glass on his iron kneading board
until it looked like huge yellow gourd.
Faster and faster he worked, keeping
the, ball always symmetrical and yet
white hot. At length he lifted the
glowing mass quickly in the air, and
second workman attached the blowpipe
at the bottom. Then the two men ran
in opposite directions, twirling the
pipes and blowing Justify from time to
time. From a thick, partly yellow
globe the glass thinned out quickly as
the men ran apart, until it became a
dull red tube not larger than a mans
little finger and nearly 800 feet long.
Sometimes in drawing these tubes one
Of the blowers would not only run the
length Of the corridor, but far outside
on the hill
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-11-22
GEO. |. WRIGHT & son
Strictly Appropriate.

One of the pretty Sunday school
teachers has class of little girls. aud
il is her custom to tell them each Sun
day of some little incident thai has
happened in the week and request the
children to quote verse of Scripture
to illustrate the story In this way
she hopes to impress the usefulness
of Biblical knowledge upon the liirle
ones. Last Sunday she told Der class
of cruel boy who would catch eats
and cut their tails off.
Now. can any little girl tell me of
an appropriate verser' she asked
There was pause for few moments.
when one little girl arose and in a sol
emn voice said:
Whatsoever God has joined together
let no man put asunder"- Carthage
Press
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-11-22
500 Reward, 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all it's stages, and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease, requires a con-
stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up
the constitution and assisting nature
in doing its work. The prOprietors
have so much faith in its curative DOW
ers. that they offer One Hundred Dol
lars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list OF testimonials.
Address, f. J. CHENEY & Co.,
Toledo, o,
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best,
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-11-22
THE MAIDEN OF THE SMILE.

In that fair land where slope and plain
Shine back to sun and sky
And olives shield the sprouting grain
When wintry arrows fly,
Where snow fed streams seek sun warmed
vale,
Through vineyard scarped defle,
The world we enter with wall
She greeted with smile.
Slumbering, she smiled and, smiling, woke
And when she felt the smart
OF grave, sad life smiles still bespoke
Her tenderness OF heart,
And nightly when she knelt and prayed
Beside her snow white bed
Her face was one pure smile that made
A heaven about her head.
When love first trembled in her ear
The heart throbs that beguile,
She listened with asserting tear,
Then chased 1t with a smile.
Sorrow and pain with smiles she bore
Unto her latest breath,
But the sweetest smile she ever wore
Vas the smile she wore in death.
Alfred Austin in Independents.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-11-22
More Laughter, Less Suicides.

The physiological benefits of laughter
cannot be overestimated. 1t shakes up
the diaphragm, sets the pulses beating
TO lively measure, stimulates the
blood corpuscles, enlivens the brain and
sometimes produces dislocation of the
jaw when INDUCED in too heartily by
man with large mouth. Used with
discretion, laughter is as inspiring as a
sea breeze, as refreshing as an August
shower. Its moral effect is beyond
computation. 1t has killed more ridicu-
lous superstitions by its rollicking roars
Of unbelief than any other agency.
What can be more derisiye than a
laugh? The man who laughs never
kills himself. This is the reason so few
Irishmen commit ,suicide.-Literary
Era
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-11-22
Queer Case of Evolution.

The general law of evolution is from
the useful and practical into the ideal
and beautiful. This seems to be re-
yersed in the case of the lily and the
banana. The banana is really devel-
oped tropical lily from which the seeds
have been eliminated and the fruit
greatly expanded. This is very much
as if an angel should evolve into a fat,
comfortable MISUNDERSTANDING
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-11-22
ENGLISH OF THE ENGLISH.
London Is a Nice Place If You
Know the Language"

hnOW the Language"
That hackneyed American maiden
who said London was a nice place if
you knew the language was not a bit
absurd. We speak English. but we
have built up our forms of English ex-
preston upon the English of few
shires of the old country as ii was
spoken between two and three centu-
ries ago, while they have been blending
and changing the speech of all their
home peoples during the same period.
The result is that an American can
hardly utter a sentence in England
without calling attention to the differ
ence between his speech and that of
the people about him.
Only yesterday, after IS months resi-
dence in England, rushed up to con-
ductor in Charing Cross station and
asked. Which car for Bromley?" He
stared at me, and | knew had spoken
foreign tongue to him, because street
vehicles like omnibuses and horse cars
are called road cars and tram cars, and
there are no other cars in England.
If you ask a guest at your home in
England whether he likes his meat
rare, he asks what you said because he
does not understand you. He calls
meat underdone when 1t is not thor
oughly cooked. If you tell him you
fear the asparagus is canned. he is at
loss again, because he would have
said it was timed. To ask him to pass
the powdered sugar will again set him
to wondering. for he calls it icing sugar
generally. though he knows that it Is
sometimes called caster or sifted sugar.
And If you have candy on the table
you may not call it so without betray-
Ing your foreign origin. for he calls
candy Sweets" abbreviated from
"sweetmeats." and used to designate
all preserves. buildings. pies. candies
and jams
To go further along the eccentricities
Of English at the dining table most
persons know, l suppose, that the beet
Is called beet root, cornstarch is corn
flour, corned beef Tor a particular cut
of iD is called "silver sides of beef" and
napkins are serviettes.-Julian Ralph
In Harper's Magazine.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-11-22
THREE EPIGRAMs.
They Formed a Basis for McKinley's
Famous Buffalo Speech.

President McKinley's great speech at
Buffalo grew from three phrases
thought out by him one evening in
Canton while smoking his after dinner
cigar This was three weeks before he
was to leave Canton for Buffalo on the
visit which terminated with his death.
The president and Secretary Cortel-
you were sitting together in the presi-
dents Office in his house. 1t was Z
O'Clock and the lights had not yet been
lighted. The president sat quietly
smoking, looking at the ceiling and
watching the smoke curl upward. Mr..
Cortelyou sat across the desk from him,
glancing over some papers. Neither
had said word for ten minutes, when
suddenly the president took his cigar
from his lips and said, apropos of MOTH
ing at all apparently:
..Expositions are the timekeepers of
progress"
Mr.. Cortelyou made note of the ep-
igram on bit of paper, but said moth
ing. The president smoked few min
utes, and then said:
'Amity is better than animosity."
Mr.. Cortelyou made another note.
Mr.. Mckinley lapsed into his thought
full mood. He pulled at his cigar for
time, and then again broke the silence:
RECIPROCITY is better than retalia-
tion."
The president finished his cigar,
walked over and looked out of the win
dow, returned and sat down at tue desk
again, and then took up routine busi-
ness with the secretary. There was not
word between the president and the
secretary about the three phrases, but
after the work was finished and the
president had gone to see if Mrs. Nc
Kinley was comfortable, Mr.. Cortelyou
went upstairs and had one of the steno-
graphers typewrite the three phrases,
one at the top of the paper, one in the
middle and one at the bottom. Next
morning, before breakfast, Mr.. Cortel-
you took the sheet OF paper and put it
top OF everything else, en- the presi-
dents desk. When Mr.. Mckinley
came in he picked up the paper, read
over the epigrams, and then, turning
to Mr.. Cortelyou, said with smile:
''We have begun the Buffalo speech,
l see."
The president expanded the three
ideas into the Buffalo speech. He did
not use ''Amity is better than animos-
ity" or Reciprocity is better than re-
taliation, in those exact words, but
that notable epigram, ''Expositions are
the timekeepers of progress" went
safely through all the revisions and at
tracted immediate attention in the
speech. y
The president dictated little of the
speech. He wrote it out by paragraphs,
taking fully two weeks to do it. He
used pad on his knee on the porch,
and also wrote some of it while he was
in Mrs. McKinley's room. When he
had it to his liking he dictated it from
his rough draft. Then he went over it
two or three times, and polished it until
it became the perfect piece of compost
ton it was when he delivered it.
Washington Correspondence New York
World.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-11-22
SELF FLAME OF JEWELS.
The Glow the Diamond Shows When
Under Pressure.

The Glow the Diamond Shows When
Under Pressure.
A traveller for a diamond house was
talking shop the other evening and.
speaking Of gems, said:
1.-THE most overworked expression
used by the unsophisticated and deeply
impressed diamond purchaser is, 1T
actually looks as If it CLOVIS of ITSELF
Now, it is not generally known that
such is actually the case, although not,
of course, in the way the public in
tends. The beauty of the gem in light
Ia, of course, In It's remarkable refract-
i've power. but under certain conditions
the diamond has more, for it may
CLEAN even In the night with a pale
but extremely beautiful light In
short. it becomes phosphorescent.
Heated to certain temperature the
internal fire shows itself, and under
pressure the same is true.
Some years ago ! went to Amster-
dam to purchase some special stones
for California millionaire who had
ordered them through our New York
house, and while there was shown
the inside workings of the famous dia-
mond cutting establishments of that
city. OF all that | saw. however. the
self fame of the stones under pres
sure most surprised me- The manager
placed a large rose cut gem between
the jaws of a wise and carefully ap-
piled certain amount Of pressure. He
then extingulshed all the light in the
shop, and as soon as my eyes had be-
come accustomed to the darkness |
saw the diamond emitting a soft radl-
ance of its own like very pale glow
worm. AS remember 1t, he said that
the yellower diamonds were slightly
more phosphorescent than the first
water stones.
by the way, you would be really as
tonished to know the number of jewels
which also possess self fame to q
more or less extent, and have often
wondered if the alchemists who per-
formed such apparently well authentl-
Gated wonders in the middle ages did
not know something of phosphores-
cence and it's oddities. New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-11-22
Told Him.

An old Scottish farmer being elected
member of the local school board.
visited the school and tested the intel.
ligence of the class by bis questions.
The first inquiry was:
MOO. boys, can ony O. you tell ne
what naething isl"
After moments silence a small hoy
in back seat arose and replied:
ITS what We gle ME tother day f.r
haudin yer reconsideration Answers.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-11-22
Depew and PIatt,

Ghauncey NJ. Depew used to have in
his collection of curiosities a certain
telegraphic dispatch which never fail
ed to interest the politicians to whom
he showed it. The telegram was sent
to Mr.. Depew, then president Of the
New York Central railroad. by Mr..
Plat shortly before the latter's cleo
ton to q SECOND term in the senate. 1t
Is dated few stations above Pough-
keepsie and reads:
Please stop the noon express here to take on
Mrs. Platt and Me Too.
II stopped the train gladly" Mr.. De-
pew would say when he exhibited it.
II am always willing to do a favor for
a man who turns a joke on himself"
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-11-22
q C. ! faffEz1Q
J hin

is all right, if you are too fat;
and all wrong, if too thin already.
Fat, enough for your habit, is
healthy; little more, or less, is
no great harm. Too fat, consult
a doctor; too thin, Persistently
thin, no matter what cause, take
SCOTS Emulsion of Cod Liver
Oil.
There are many causes of get
ting too thin; they all come
under these two heads: over
work and under-digestion.
Stop over-work, if you can;
but, whether you can or not,
take SCOTS Emulsion of Cod
Liver Oil, to balance yourself
with your work. I GU can live
on it-true-but, by it, you
can, There's limit, however;
you'll pay for it.
SCOTS Emulsion of Cod Liver
Oil is the readiest cure for
'Fcan't eat" unless it comes of
your doing no work--you can't
long be we'll and strong, without
some sort of activity.
/ / / ! |:
The genuine has "a n
this picture on it, Egs&A
| take no other. 3NSN
If you have not A INA
tried it, send for -AA&E&h n
free sample, its a. 1HNN Y
greeabIe taste will 1SF M NH
surprise you. &c\(U
| SCOTT g. BOVINE SAl TX
Che miStS, sly AlG
400 Pearl Street. ~ NIX
New York. .8AN~
SOC. and $l.OO; all druggists.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-11-22

Ontario, with an area Of 100000
square miles, is larger than all the fol-
lowing states of the Union: New York,
40, ITO square miles; Massachusetts,,
S,315; Connecticut, 1890; New Jersey,
1915; Maine, 33,040; Pennsylvania, 45,-
215; Maryland, 1920; Indiana, 36,35O;
Vermont, 1865, making total Of 2O6,-
go square miles.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-11-22
Polished Furniture.

when polished table is stained by O
hot dish, one restoring process is to use
first wood alcohol and then linseed or
olive oil. This treatment Is excellent
for keeping any polished furniture In
order and is one Of the few things for
which wood alcohol may be used. The
latter Is cheaper than the pure and for
certain domestic uses is quite as good.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-11-22
How About pishrnshingf

\ writer, one protesting to know,
states that the progress of modern in
dustrial art has done away with much
of the household drudgery to which
women were formerly subjected and
that the result has been in too many
cases, for want of sufficient occupation
for needed bodily exercise, ills and
diseases.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-11-22
A Special Occasion.

First Tramp-You orter see Bill 60
In over de fence wit de bull after
him.
Second Tramp-Must have been with
lookin at.
First Tramp-SayI 1t wuz de only
time / ever seen him when he didn't
look tired.-Puck.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-11-22
industrious Locust..

He was an old sailor and full Of
yarns about the good old times of sail
ing ships. 81 remember once" he
said, while we were cruising round
the Pacific we were surrounded by
swarm of locusts, which ate every
inch Of our sails. When we got into
the next port I'm bowed If we didn't
see the same locusts and every one
With pair Of canvas trousers"
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-11-22
Above Suspicion.

On being Informed that member of
his race had been sentenced TO the pen
itentiary for forgery. Brother Dickpy
exclaimed: Oats what comes er dis
yer dedication. Shank de good Lawd
never could read or write. en-. what's
no. | never willP'-Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-11-22

The trunk of the elephant has no
fewer than 1000 muscles-at least so
said Cuvier, the famous comparative
anatOmlst. The whole of the muscles
of mans body added together only
number 527,
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-11-22

Kindly visitor-Mrs. A., what do
you suppose makes you suffer SO?
Mrs. Al don't know, l am sure,
and believe nothing but post NOR
fem will ever show.
Kindly Yisitor-You poor thing! You
are so weak that you can never stand
that.-Tit-Bits.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-11-22

The total number of timber RATS on
all the rivers of European Russia is
said to be more than $4,000 yearly,
with total of some $4,000, 900 logs.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-11-22
THE FIRSTBOlN.

Why is it that the firstborn child is SO
often the healthiest of a family of chill
dren? The reason seems to suggest it
self. AS child follows Child the mother
has less and less vitality often not
enough for herself and none, therefore,
for her child.
Expectant mothers who use Doctor
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-11-22
LAUNDRY LINES.

If coffee is spilled on linen, the stains
can be removed by soaking the part
for II hours in clear cold water to
which little borax has been added.
After you have washed and roned
your ribbons draw them swiftly under
the hatiron, holding it on one edge. Do
this two or three times and your ribbon
VIII not be stiff, but soft and pIiabIe.
To wash very yellow or grimy things
make an emulsion of kerosene, clear
limewater and turpentine in equal
parts. Shake them together until.
creamy, then add a cupfuI to a boiler
full Of clothes and boil for half an hour.
Acetic~ acid concentrated vinegar
Will restore colors that have been in
jured by the alkali in soap or by soda,
ammonia or substances of a similar ma
ture. Conversely stains made with
acids, which are hostile to some dark
colors, may be removed with dissolved
soda