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New-York tribune., 1901-07-28
THE DENVER AND RIO GRANDE
RAILROAD COMPANY.

Notice is hereby given holders preferred
of The Rio Grande Western Railway Company that on
and after July II. and until October !. 1901 this Com
pany Will receive their preferred Its Office No
1875 Broadway New York City and issue In exchange
therefor preferred shares Of this Company promptly as
is practicable the eleven (l) shares Of the
preferred stock OF this Company for OF
preferred stock Of The Rio Grsnde Western Railway
Company.
All stock certificates presented exchange must be
properly endorsed and have necessary revenue stamps
affixed.
No fractional shares will be issued 1ut provision will
be made for the assignment rights attaching 10 frao
tional holdings
EDGAR III. BOOTH secretory
New-York tribune., 1901-07-28
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FINANCIAL
COLORADO SPRINGS STOCKS.
D,Z ss,raS
Bid. Asked,

Closing quotations on the Colorado Springs Min
ing Stock Exchange. furnished by William P. Bon
bright & Co. of Colorado Springs:
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-07
An Uncouth Mode of Burial.

OF all the modes of burial ever prac-
ticed by creatures in the shape of hui
man beings the method Of the Queens
land nomads is certainly the most I'M
couth. After drying the corpse in the
sun and knocking out its teeth for
keepsakes they deposit it on a frame
work of rough poles and bury it under
a few armsful of rushes and old kan
CARGO skins, leaving the bush wolves
to sing its requiem.
No member of the dead mans tribe
will settle within a mile of his grave
for fear of being haunted by the
spooks making the burial place their
midnight rendezvous. The metaphys-
zeal opinions of the Australian aborig-
ines prove indeed that savages can be
afflicted with an abundance of super
naturalism without betraying a trace
Of anything deserving the name of re-
ligious sentiment.
They believe in evil spirits whistling
in the blasts of the storm wind and try
to exercise them by splitting in the di-
rection of the sky, but for the concep-
tons of the deity, of future existence,
of repentance. atonement and con-
scienoce their language has not even a
definite word. From somewhere in the
land of their forefathers-eas Asia,
perhaps-they have imported a notion
family resembling the Buddhist doc
trine of metempsychosis and believe
that animals may be reborn as men
and men as human beings of a superior
rank
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-07
companions In Misery.

81 am not especially sensitive" said
the man with the billiard ball pate in
talking to friends with scanty hair
who had been telling experiences, but
| confess it ranked when an absolute
stranger hailed me as old Baldyr |
was sprinkling the lawn one hot even
ing last summer and had laid aside hat
and coat. | was somewhat astonished
on looking up to see a stranger hanging
over the picket fence intently watching
me. | continued to play the hose, but
when | looked up again the man was
still there studying and with evident
amusement. l glared at him.
Hello, old Baldyr he shouted.
making profound bow.
care you speaking TO me, sirY de,
manded.
Hello. old Baldyr he repeated.
Why. you verdant chump' re.
piled, rushing toward him, with the
nozzle, I'll turn the hose on your
"'No, you don't he answered, re-
moving his hat with a flourish and
making another low bow I'm the linn
it, he said. then saw there was not
a hair on his head. We went off to-
gether and had a drink"-New York
SIM
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-07

Aaron Burr was by nature and train
ing man of extraordinary self con-
troll. He allowed no circumstances to
throw Linn off his balance. An anec-
dote told by Rufus Choate to the late
Richard H. Dana, recorded in Mr..
Dana's "Diary," illustrates the callous-
ness which aided Burr so greatly in
controlling himself. Several years after
the death of Hamilton, killed by Burr
in duel, Burr visited Boston, and Mr..
DevereuX of Salem paid him some at
tentions. The visitor was taken to the
Boston atheneum, where, while the
two men were walking through the gal
lery of sculpture, Mr.. Devereux hap
pened to catch sight of bust of Ham,
ilton.
The thought flashed across his mind
that Burr might not care to be con-
fronted with the sight of the features
of the man he had slain. But no. Burr
was undisturbed. He also espied the
bust. and, although Mr.. DevereuX had
tnstinctively turned away, he walked
up to it and said in 4 loud tone: "Ahi
Here is HamiltGnw Then, passing his
fingers along certain lines of the face,
lie added, There was the poetry"
Hamilton's contemporaries gave him
credit for possessing a poetic mind.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-07
ROguish Ravens.

The raven of southern Europe is a
bold fellow-not unlike his cousin, the
crow. Some notices of the bird, given
by an English traveller in Corsica, offer
amusing proof of this.
A youth whom | employed to carry
my camera could never look on ravens
with any equanimity, for he had suf
fered much from their thievish i'm
pudence when sent to the bush to
gathers firewood.
On one occasion he lost his dinner.
loaf of bread wrapped in a napkin. al
though he was working close to the
spot where he had laid it and had turn
ed his back for only minute.
But the most objectionable insult he
had ever received happened on a day
when he was out gathering wood. AS
he was STOPPING down to bind bun
die of fagots a raven suddenly swoop-
ed from behind. lifted the cap from his
head and flew away with it to a lofty
crag. from which she uttered croaks
OF triumph.
The cap was subsequently seen lined
with straw and serving for a nest.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-07

The late Sims Reeves was fond Of
telling story that related to an early
engagement in Glasgow which was ar
ranged through metropolitan agency.
One of the items on the programme
was Hail, Smiling Norm and of
course Mr.. Reeves was put down for
the solo portion. The chorus consists
Of an echo, and the London agent as
sured the soloist that a satisfactol
choir had been engaged.
The whole matter was settled bur-
riedly. Mr.. Reeves was at first disin-
clined to accept, as other engagements
prevented him from reaching Glasgow
In time for a rehearsal with the choir
Don't worry about that. my dear
sir" said the agent. You will find
the choir perfect"
The concert was a success. and in
due course Hail, Smiling Morn." was
called for. When the soloist came to
the lines requiring an echo, he deliv-
cred them in his best manner-"At
whose bright presence darkness flies
away" Imagine his horror when the.
echo repeated his words in the broad
est Scotch:
"Flees AVA, fees awa'p'
Yet Sims Reeves averred that not n
person in the audience smiled or up
peared to see anything incongruous.
When he talked over the matter with
bailie after the concert. the good man
assured him:
That's nothing at all. You were 4
little wrong in your pronunciation. and
the echo was correct. You see. it was
Scottish echo."-Youth's Companion.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-07
FIcttery From the Mirror.

Does your mirror do you justice?
You may think not. Or perhaps you
would like it to flatter you just little.
If so, you can arrange it so the glass
will reflect in q more complimentary
manner than usual. If you do, you on
ly have to know the milliner's oldest
secret. and the thing is done.
Did you ever notice the softest drap-
cry of pure white hung about mirror?
That is the trick After your mirror of
faultless glass is thoroughly polished
frame it in pure white gauZe, with the
material gathered in the center at the
top and falling wavelike on either side.
Then notice the effect. The true tints
of the complexion will be there Il little
emphasized. The expression of the
countenance, the light of the eye, the
color of the hair, will be accurately re-
fected, all scftened and made more
harmonious than your mirror showed
them before the gauZe was used. You
may believe that that subtle bit of
white materially makes the glass tell
nearer the truth than it did without it.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-07
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINEERS.
The Part They Played In the War
Between the Sfafea


Between the States.
1t Is odd TO think that the southern
mountaineer was not discovered until
the outbreak of the civil war, although
he was nearly century old then, and
1t is really startling TO realize that
when one speaks of the southern noun
taineers he speaks of nearly 3,00O,0OO
people who live in eight southern
states Virginia and Alabama and the
southern states between and occupy
q region equal in area TO the combined
areas of Ohio and Pennsylvania, as
big. say. as the German empire. and
richer. perhaps, in timber and mineral
deposits than any other region of SIM
liar extent in the world. This region
was and is all unknown land. 1t has
been APPLY called Appalachian Ameri-
"a. and the work of discovery is yet
going on.
The American mountaineer was dis
covered, say, at the beginning of the
war, when the Confederate leaders
were counting on the presumption that
Mason and Dixon's line was the divid-
ing line between the north and south
and formed, therefore, the plan of
marching an army from Wheeling to
some point on the lakes and thus dis
severing the north at one blow Tbs
plan seemed so feasible that it is safe.
to have materially aided the sale Of
Confederate bonds in England, but
when Captain Garnett, a West Point
graduate, started to carry it out he got
no farther than Harpers Ferry. When
he struck the mountains, he struck en-
emies who shot at his men from am
bush, cut down bridges before him,
carried the news of his march to the
Federals, and Garnett himself fell
with a bullet from n mountaineers
squirrel rifle at Harpers Ferry.-Scrib-
uer's Magazine.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-07
A Feast.

An old darky who lives in the thick
cts across the river came to Memphis
one day to get his pension check cash
ed. After receiving his money, which
amounted to $11, the old eX-slave saun-
tered down Front street to a produce
house and bought three crates of cab
bages. When they were delivered at
the wharf late that afternoon, the old
man was there and received them with
mouth watering in anticipation of the
good time ahead.
"Whut yer gwine ter do wild dem cab
bages?' inquired the negro drayman
who delivered them.
"Eat EN-" was the quick response.
"I'ze bin free 40 years, and dis is de
first time I'ze had de money to buy
huff cabbage. I'ze gwine ter eat cab
bage till furgit de way ter my mouf"
Memphis Scimitar
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-07
The Honorable BOARD.

Sam Rawson occasionally said good
thing. and one of these occasions chanc-
ed to be the town meeting The PEG
pie of Sans village could not under
stand how the money appropriated for
the roads had vanished with such poor
results.
A stretch of road running past Sans
house was in VIGOROUSLY poor condi-
ton, although Sam declared that he
had paid literally to have it put in
good order, and there was general in
terest when Sam rose to make his state
ment before the selectmen.
I'D just like to say one thing" he
drawled, needless of the fact that he
had interrupted an indignant neighbor,
81 don't want to make any fuss, but
I'd just like to ask the honorable board
of highwaymen"-
That was as far as he could get.
roar of laughter swept over the town
meeting and showed its effects in the
red faces of the "highwaymen." =
Youths Companion.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-07
chirnnndist,s Adxice.

A chiropodist advises that foot COM
fort is much enhanced if all callous
places on the feet are made perfectly
smooth. This can be done easily and
the feet kept in excellent condition by
using a fine pumice stone every morn
ing after the bath. The pumice stone
should, of course. be wet, and if rubbed
daily over the points on the feet that
have hardened or shown tendency to
harden the places can be made and
kept smooth. After a corn has been
removed. too, a light rubbing daily
of the place where it has been will
often prevent it's return.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-07
BunkOed.


His name was Alexander, and his
weakness was the horses" said the re-
porter. Surprising as it may appear,
he won sometimes and enjoyed brief
nodding acquaintance with fortune.
When the bookmakers got it back
again, he took to drink and in the end
went about trying to pick out a good
place in which to kill himself.
HE bought drink In cheap hotel,
and the quality of the liquor led him
to believe he had found the place. He
wished to do no man injury, but any
one who sold that sort deserved to find
a dead man on the premises. He hired
a room, small, bleak, well calculated to
make a man willing to blow out the
gas, even IL he had an aversion to it,
which Alexander had not.
HE plugged the apertures, closed
the transom, hung his coat over the
keyhole, turned out the gas and lay
down. Then he lighted it again and
wrote few foolish letters of farewell,
so hard is it for even a tired mortal to
quit with no word. Then he put out
the light. saw that the gas was flowing
freely and lay down.
He noticed that it was ten minutes
to l o'clock in the morning. He fell
asleep, certain it was all over. (Obliv-
ion.)
HE woke. The sun was streaming
in. 1t was high noon. Yes; he was
alive. He could not understand it.
There was no gas in the room, yet it
was still turned on. He finally discov-
cred that in hotels of that sort they
turn the gas off at a. m. 'Bunkoed!
he said and went cheerily on his way"
New York Sun.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-07
PRECIOUS STONES.
The Methods by Which They Are
Tested by Experts.

Tested by Experts.
in lecture on precious stones re-
Gently delivered before the Industrial
association of Berlin, DIR. Emmanuel
F'riedlaender said that the testing Of
diamonds is comparatively simple. The
common test for hardness suffices. If
the stone resists strong attacks, it is
certain to be genaine; if it does not,
the damage is insignificant, as only an
imitation has been destroyed This
test. however. is doubtful with rubies.
If ruby can be affected by steel
file or by quartz, it is surely not gen
ujne, but such test with a topaz is
liable to injure valuable stone.
The test for hardness is of no avail
with emeralds, as this stone is not
much harder than quartz and in addi-
ton possesses the quality of cracking
easily.
For examining rubies and emeralds
the optical test is best. A glass mag
nifying about 100 times suffices. Ev-
cry expert knows that almost all pre-
cious .+or-s have little flaws. Nearly
every ruby and all emeralds have
many defects, which are so character
istic that the genuineness Of the stone
is readily established. Such a test H.
very necessary with rubies, because
the limitations are very deceiving.
Their color is absolutely durable and
often much finer than that of the gen.
uine, although it may be stated that a
somewhat yellowish tint is always sus-
picious.
The only reliable way in which gen.
uine rubies can be told from limitations
is by the minute air bubbles of the lat
ter, which become clearly visible I'M
der the magnifying glass. These are
not to be found in the natural gem.
On the other hand. the limitations lack
certain defects characteristic of gen.
uine rubies-certain vacuums, whose
outlines are much more indistinct than
those of the air bubbles in limitations.
True emeralds have similar charac-
teristic defects, such as Enclosures of
liquids and curious dendrites. Sap
phires also show peculiar netlike for
nations
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-07
Fish That Change Color.

1t has been found that certain
prawns. common along the coasts of
England. change their color al least
twice every ~ hours in order to har
monte with the stronger or weaker
light prevailing near the surface or in
the deeper water. As evening ap
proaches these fish lose their distinctive
day colors. and all assume transpar
pnt azure hue. The change begins with
a reddish glow. followed by green
tinge which gradually melts into blue
The day and night change has become
so habitual that specimens kept ID per
petual light or perpetual darkness new
ertheless undergo the periodic altera
tiCn of color
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-07
The Cannon and Science,

The president of the French Acade-
my of Sciences remarked in a recent
address that the cannon is one of the
most instructive laboratories that sci
ence possesses 1t was the modern can.
non, lie said. which suggested the appli-
cation of explosive gases to the driving
of engines. The experience of the i'm
mense pressures obtained in cannon
also led to the use of pressures in
steam machines which a few years
ago would have been regarded as i'm
practicable. Thus experiments intend
ed primarily for the purposes of war
had resulted in the advance of the tri,
umphs of peace.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-07
WASP STlNGS.
People Who Have Died From the Eff
fects of Them.


fects of Them.
In an article OH the stings of wasps
British medical journal cites the two
following cases which have come un.
der its notice: A strong, healthy girl Of
q was stung on the neck by a wasp
and tainted. On regaining conscious.
ness she complained of general feel
ing of numbness and partial blindness
and vomited. She suffered severe alb.
lominal pain. She recovered in the
course of a few hours. Two months
later she was stung again, this time on
the hand. Her face became flushed,
she again complained of numbness and
blindness, suddenly became very pale,
tainted and died % minutes after she
was stung.
Another case was that of girl of %
years, who was stung by wasp be-
hind the angle of the jaw. The sting
was at once extracted and ammonia
applied. In few minutes she COM
planned of faintness and would have
fallen if she had not been supported.
Her face assumed an expression of
great anxiety, and few minutes later
she was tossing on the bed complain
Ing of horrible feeling of choking
and of agonizing pain in the chest and
abdomen. Brandy gave no relief. There
was nausea, but no vomiting She
rapidly became insensible and died 10
minutes after receiving the sting The
most probable explanation of such
cases seems to lie in what is known as
idiosyncrasy-that is, abnormal sensi-
tiveneSs in particular individuals to
certain toxic agents. 1t Is well known
that drugs vary much in action On diff
ferent people What is a safe dose for
one is dangerously large for another.
The inability of some people to eat
strawberries or shellfish is another in
stance of the same phenomenon. The
active agent of bee stings Is generally
believed to be formic acid 1t therefore
seems very desirable that we should
have more accurate information re-
garding the action of this drug on diff
ferent species of the lower animals
and through them on man himself
Chicago Chronicle.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-07
The Dramatic In Life.

The undying interest which is taken
In the theater is explained by the very
profound line with which Shakespeare
began very silly speech, "All the
worlds stage" People as a rule
take no interest in anything that is not
dramatically Tor. as in the case of poll
ties, mechanically formulated.
Any creed to be popular must be dra-
matically stated. Therefore the Cos
pels are preferred to the epistles.
Esop's fables are remembered because
they are the truth about things stated
dramatically and morally.-F. G. Ber-
nard Shaw.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-07
Three King. Before victoria.


Victoria assembled the throne at an in
suspicious moment. Kingship had fall
en- into a miserable disrepute. The
last three monarchs who had sat upon
our throne had done little to make
their office easy or glorious George III
had obscured whatever virtues were
his by an obstinacy of opinion which
lost us vast colony and which might
well na~e enslaved us to a foreign
power.
George ~ had died unwept and IN
pltied. AS he had made his distin-
guished office a scandal. as he had
made his throne ridiculous by a deplor-
able levity of taste and conduct. so he
had forfeited the affection of his peo-
Pile and alienatcd their sympathy long
before death overlook him. There
never WAS an Individual" proclaimed
The Times but few weeks after his
death. less regretted by his fellow
creatures than this deceased king
What eye has wept for him? What
heart has heaved one throb of unnec-
essary sorrow:'' And The Times ex-
pressed in those bitter words nothing
less than the popular judgment
Nor can it be said that William "
graced the throne of Britain. Loved
for his homely virtues. he raised
smile of kindly contempt by his lack
Of dignity and his frank misunder-
standing Of kingly ceremonial On the
day of his accession he escaped from
his council and was found throwing
shillings TO a noisy crowd in a back
street. and never did he acquire the
rudiments of tact which should be the
first wisdom of kings.-Blackwood
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-07
What is a "Lich Gate 2"

A Itch gate is shed, generally of oak.
over the entrance of churchyard, be-
meath which the bearers paused when
bringing body for interment.
Here the clergyman met the body
and read the Introductory part of the
burial service as he preceded the funer-
al train into the church. Examples Of
old Itch gates are still to be seen in
many country churchyards. In Wales
they are more modern and are usually
built of stone. .--
Some of the old Itch gates are formed
with one wide door turning ON q CEN
trail pivot and self closing by means Of
rude pulley wheel in the roof and IL
stone weight inclosed in an iron frame,
a primitive but effective piece of ma
chinery.
In Herefordshire they are also called
"scallage," or 'scallenge gates" "Lich
gate" is derived from the Anglo-Saxon
Itch, a corpse; hence the north country
"lyke wake."-London Answers.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-07
Took Him at His Word.

"Nen on newspapers often have
peculiar experiences" said W. A. Fair
child Of Chicago, land such a one be-
fell friend of mine some time ago.
The friend in question was city editor
of a great daily, and in the course of
his manifold duties it fell to his lot to
take to task one of his reporters. The
reporter in question was an English
man, slow of thought and action and
to which he was subjected he said
nothing, and when it finally ended he
left the presence of his superior with
out any comment.
But, as the result proved, he did
some tall thinking. City editors when
ticularly choice or economical in the
language they bestow on their unfor-
tunate reporters, and among other
things the Englishman had been told
that he was no better than-in fact,
was-a crazy man and that his proper
habitat was lunatic asylum and not
the hall bedroom of Chicago board
ing house which he occupied.
THE Englishman took this part Of
the city editors remarks as his text and
acted upon them. He promptly went
to an asylum, had himself thoroughly
examined by three or four alienists
and secured from them an official GER
tificate to the fact that he was sane.
With this he appeared at the office of
his paper the next day, and, entering
the editors sanctum, he slapped it
down before his astonished and dis
mayed superior Now, you go and get
one,' was his only comment and for
once that city editor capitulated.
New York Tribune.