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Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-21
RUBBER HISTORY.
Man That Came With Columbus Saw
Haitians Playing Ball.

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''The world was long time learning
the uses and value Of rubber" says b.
E. Armstrong in Ainslee's. For two
centuries after the Spaniards saw the
gum in the hands of natives Of the new
world it was little more than a curios-
ty. Old Herrea, who went with Co
hmbus on his second voyage, made a
note of an elastic ball which was mold
ed from the gum of a tree. At their
games the nude Haitians made it
bound high in the air. The Aztecs were
familiar with the gum and called it ule,
and from them the Spaniards learned
to smear it on their coats to keep out
the wet. They had crossed the seas
for gold and never dreamed of a time
when the sticky milk the uncouth In
dian- drew from strange trees would
be worth more than the treasure of the
hills.
'Jose, king of Portugal, in 1866, col les
down to us as the wearer of a pail of
boots sent out to Para to be covered
with waterproof gum. Yet 300 years
were to elapse before a Connecticut
Yankee should make pair of boots of
rubber which would not decompose.
DR.. Priestly, author of work on Per
spective,' now forgotten, recorded that
caoutchouc pronounced kachook) was
useful in small cubes for rubbing out
pencil marks; hence the name rubber.
The India linked with it refers to the
savages who gathered it in the Amazon
wilderness DR.. Priestly's cubes were
half an inch long and sold for shil-
lings. or 10 cents, apiece-a stiff price,
for the finest rubber today is 81 a
pound. Its price for ten years has
ranged from GO cents to $1.09.
1.-THE conversion of the gum TO useful
purposes made but slow Roadway. The
first waterproof cloth in 1897 was the
work of an Englishman. 1t was tenta-
tive, and, of course. it would not stand
heat. In 1923 Charles Macintosh of
Glasgow discovered naphtha and, dis
solving rubber in it, produced varnish
which, when spread on cloth. made it
really impervious to water Most of
the rubber used in the world still comes
from equatorial South America, and
the forests where the Indians gathered
ule are as dense today and almost as
little known to white men as in the
time of Cortes."
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-21
The Perplexed Juror.

A man was being tried in New South
Wales for stealing a watch. The evil
dence was conflicting, and the jury
made up their minds to retire, but be-
fore they left the hall the judge re-
marked that If there were any points
on which they required information he
would be pleased to assist them. Elev-
en- Of the jurymen had left the box,
but the twelfth remained standing,
with his eyes fixed downward. as if
absorbed in thought
well, SIR" said the judge, sis
there any question you would like to
ask me before you retireY
81 would like to know. my lord"
came the reply. ''if you could tell us
whether the prisoner stole the watch"
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-21
FAusT's WILD CHARGE.
1t Sent Marguerite Flying In Terror
From the Stage.

From the Stage.
The name of the hero of this anec-
dote l shall not give you, for he has
long since been gathered to his fathers.
Let 1t suffice that in his heyday he
was one Of the greatest tencrs who
ever sang to breathless and enthusi-
astic audience He had a penchant,
however. for the red, red wine, which
In the end proved his undoing and ulti-
mately provided a pathetic ending for
an otherwise great career. In his prime
his drinking seemed only to affect his
legs, but never his head or voice. He
could always sing and sing true, but at
times he had no more ability to guide
his wandering footsteps than has
sufferer in the last stages of locomotor
ntaxia.
At one time, when he was singing
Faust to Emma Abbott's Marguerite,
he appeared at the opera house in an
apparently hopeless condition. The
management was wild, but there was
no one to take his place, and so they
had to chance it with him as Faust.
All went well until they came to that
scene where Faust, in leaving Margue-
rite. crosses the stage and then. giving
way to an impulse, rushes back and
kisses Marguerite yet once again ere
taking his departure.
Faust on this occasion got to the 9TH
er side of the stage all right, but trou.
ha &-;o
Marguerite sits in the window of her
cottage, and Faust comes back and
kisses her through the window. Faust
measured the distance with a wabbling
eye, but made start when his cue
was given. Then he seemed to lose
across he was trotting, one-half way
the trot was run, and the remainder
of the way it had become gallop.
Up to this point Miss Abbott stood
her ground bravely, but that rapidly
approaching figure awed her. and with
frightened scream she fed. Faust,
poor Faust, charged on. He reached
the place he had last seen Marguerite
and essayed to clasp the atmosphere in
outstretched arms. Then his impetus
carried him through the window, and
all that the astounded audience looked
upon were his waving legs. Somebody
pushed him back, and, absolutely I'M
disturbed, he finished the opera, sing
ing in an unusually superb manner.
Not so with the unfortunate Margue-
rite, however, for from then on she was
suffering from a case of "rattles,"
which in simple justice should have
been the property of Faust.-New York
Tribune
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-21
NOT BURIED AT SEA.
The Humane French Boatman and
the Dead Englishman.

the Dead Englishman.
A long expected French lugger was
seen making for the roadstead, and the
Lowestoft free traders were on the
alert, anxiously seeking an opportu-
nifty for communicating with her crew.
While they waited for lapse of vigil
lance on the part of the excisemen, a
boat was lowered from the lugger and
rowed toward the shore. A curious
crowd of beach men and excisemen
assembled to meet her, and as she
came in on the crest Of roller it was
observed that she contained a coffin.
The French boatmen had a mournful
tale to tell. On board the lugger had
been an Englishman suffering from an
Illness which soon proved fatal. In his
last moments of consciousness he had
begged the captain not to bury him at
sea, but to keep his body until a rest
Ing place could be found for it under
the green turf of a churchyard in his
native land. Sympathy with his sad
fate and the knowledge that the lugger
was not far from the English coast
had induced the captain to consent,
and now he had sent the body ashore
for burial. In spite Of his broken Eng
lish, the Frenchmen's spokesman told
his tale well.
Both excisemen and beach men
especially the latter-loudly expressed
their admiration of the captains con-
duct. A parson was summoned, and
in little while mournful procession
made its way from the beach to the
churchyard. Even the chief officer of
the excisemen was present and is said
to have shed tears.
That night the local resurrection
ists' were busy, and at dawn the
churchyard contained a desecrated
grave. A little way inland, however,
in the midst of the marshes, a SNUG
glers' store received the addition of
coffin filed with silks and lacei-
Highways and Byways in East An
glia," W. A. Dutt
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-21

The trustees Of Harvard university
have purchased about 400 acres of land
In New Hampshire to be used as Z
camp where surveying and railroading
will be taught during the summer
months. The land is near Center Har-
Dor and borders upon Squam lake. The
land is especially adapted for topo-
graphic and photographic work. Dur
Ing the first summer the students will
probably live in tents, but house will
be built to serve as dining room and
kitchen.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-21
PRETTY IRISH GIRLS.
Why the Lasses of the Emerald Isle
Are Beautiful.


The Irish peasant girls have long
been famous for their beautiful, clear
skins and healthy compilations. They
owe much of their loneliness to the
moisture of the climate and the SIM
plicity of their lives Plain. wholesome
fare and rainwater for the wash basin
tell their own tale. No matter how
homely are the features of the genuine
peasant girl, her skin is almost invaria-
bly, soft and firm, the arms nicely
rounded, the eyes brilliant and express
i've.
the healthy daughter of Erin's isle.
Soft and tender one moment, to flash
with passion if aroused; dark blue,
gray or brown, the Irish eye is pecul-
iarly lovely and possesses a luster all
its own Long lashes shadow these be-
witching orbs- lashes that curl upward
to sweep the cheek when the face Is
betrayed into bushes.
So much time is spent out of doors
that the feet, usually bare, become en-
larged. The ankle, however, is usually
well shaped and neat, the instep high
and the skin of baby fineness. The
Irish girl of humble station is proud
Of her shapely feet and believes that
walking through the grass before sun
rise in summer enhances their beauty,
which. of course, it does.
No need to powder that fair skin-it
owes its peachy bloom to health. happi-
ness and the freedom of outdoor life;
no need to resort to the rouge pot-the
roses are there hard and fast. natures
own coloring. The hands may be rough
by hard work, not diminutive. but
shapely; the hair FURNISHED and often
lTXuriant.-London Answers.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-21
Playing For Keeps.

/ have observed in the larger game
Of marbles which we call making a
living" that most of the boys are
playing for keeps and only few for
fun and that those who are playing
for keeps are the boys with the most
influence and standing in the COM
munity. l know a whole lot Of boys,
some of them living in Massachusetts,
today, who are playing for keeps. but
instead of marbles they are using
wheat or corn or railroad stocks. No
one of them knows just whom he is
playing against, but each knows that
for each dollar he wins dollar is lost
by some one else.
Nevertheless am old fogy enough to
say that for myself do not regret my
early training. nor am ready to leave
behind its principles. but as long as
the majority Of parents wish their
boys to be successful it seems to me
you ought to make it clear that play
ing marbles for keeps is an excellent
way of drilling boys in that acquisi-
tiveness which will make 1t possible
for them in after years to provide their
wives and daughters with silk dresses,
opera cloaks and tomobiles.-Spring-
field Republican.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-21

what do you do when your wife
gets sulky and refuses to talk to your"
why. | begin to praise Mrs. ALI
good, across the street, or some other
woman | know she detests."
"And that brings her, eh?"
'Yes, it brings her and sometimes ev-
erything throwable that happens to be
in her reach too."-Salt Lake City
Tribune.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-21
Thrift In Children.

A savings bank account is great in
centive to thrift in children. If one is
begun for the baby. even with a very
small sum, and added through child
hood and youth with certain proper
ton of the money that otherwise would
be spent carelessly and thoughtlessly by
the child, there will be very respecta-
BILE amount on the credit side of the
ledger when the depositor is Is years
old. The habit Of self denial is not the
least of the substantial benefits that
follow wise economy Of money. Ex-
change
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-21
Why We Wink.

No satisfactory determination has
been made of the reason we wink
Some suppose that the descent and re-
turn of the lid over the eye serve to
sweep or wash it off; others that cover
ing of the eye gives it a rest from the
labor of vision, If only for an inap-
preciable instant. This view borrows
some force from the fact that the rec
ord Of winking is considerably used by
experimental Psychologists to help
measure the fatigue which the eye suf-
fers.-Popular Science.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-21

An incident at the siege Of Rouen. in
1891. shows that red was looked upon
as the English color. for in mentioning
the death of one of the Earl of Essex's
captains 1t is remarked that the French
man who shot him got near enough to
do so by putting on the red coat of a
dead English soldier. In 1913 the
kings life guards, as also the queens
and Prince Rupert's. wore red coats.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-21
Parrots.

Some parrots are very quick in ac-
quiring words and are generally fond
of displaying these new acquisitions,
but occasionally a bird will be pro-
foundry silent until the teacher de-
spairs of her mastering a certain
phrase or word; then all at once and
Unexpectedly the scholar" will repeat
her lesson.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-21
lnODDOrtune.

81 just saw the young Widow Weeds.
She looked just charming in her mourn
ing" said the pretty woman.
81 suppose" remarked her crotchety
husband. that you wouldn't mind be-
ing widow yourself"
"Oh, it's hateful of you to talk that
way, when you know I've got a blue
silk waist that haven't worn YETI
Philadelphia Press.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-21
Trthinr with Charon.

Just as Charon was about to make
the ferry slip the ex-distiller nudged
him in the ribs.
eff it isn't too much trouble" said
the latter, 81 wish you would put me
with the arrivals from Boston"
''Dut you are from ST. Louis" pro-
tested Charon. Wouldn't you feel out
of place among so much culture?'
NO, indeed. always feel at home
in the midst of refined spirits"
Thereupon the ancient ferryman toss
ed the ex-distiller in the Styx.-Chica-
go News.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-21
Easy.

Fame" said the youth with the ear
nest intellectual expression, sis so hard
to attain. 1t is so difficult for one to
get himself talked aboutp'
"Humph" rejoined the woman with
cold blue eyes and firm jaw. You
just ought to live up in our neighbor-
hood" -Washington Star.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-21
Preparation For Confession.

A priest was engaged in instructing
and catechising Russian boy. Pres
emily he said, Now. my boy, tell me
what you must do by way of prepar-
Ing for confession and penace." "Sin,
your reverence" was the unexpected
answer.-London Telegraph.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-21
Belated.

81 understand that Frailman has
come to the conclusion to contest his
wife's will"
We'll, what is there courageous
about that? She's dead. isn't she?"-
Richmond Dispatch.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-21
An Acquired Taste.

Yes, there is something il = name.
There's my wife. for instance"
what about herr"
why, her first name is Olive, and
didn't like her at all at first."-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-21
PardonahIe Cnrinaitv

81 have met" remarked the old man,
but two sensible women in my life"
The innocent maid gazed into his
face and asked. "Who was the other
womanT-Chicago News.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-21

The discovery Of what is true and
the practice Of that which is good are
the two most important objects of phi
losophy.-Junius.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-21

No man is truly great until he is will
ing to use small word when he knows
a big one that means the same thing
Chicago Record-Herald
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-21

There is something uncanny about
boy who can save money.-Atchison
Globe
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-21
The Mysterious Sunday Disease.

Many. people are seemingly well dur
manner of ailments when Sunday comes
around, and Oh Monday they a-e all
well again. l really dread the ap-
proach of the Lords day, for with the
colds Eek headaches, pain in the side
and nausea, while numbers complain
of that languid feeling"
Sunday before last 1 spent really an
anxious day, for there happened to be
absent from the services quite a num-
ber for the best of reasons, of course
a rushing in the head. touch of sciat-
lea, cramps, toothache, hardness of
hearing, catarrh, torpid liver, inflam-
nation of the membranes, lumbago
and, worse than all, that tired feel
ing"
Then, what greatly distressed me the
next day was that Mrs. Henry Van
Blarscom had issued invitations to an
sat home" for that evening. and the
fear well nigh paralyzed me that but
few would respond. seeing many of her
invited guests had been absent from
the Sabbath services. Imagine, then, if
you can, my profound surprise to see
on that Monday evening so wholly I'M
expected, so general and complete re-
covery, and when made inquiry con-
corning the Sabbath ailments only two
were able to recall what had really
been the matter with them the day be-
fore.-A Minister in Christian lntelli-
gencer.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-21

Every time an argument gains you a
new friend it loses you two old ones
Chicago News.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-21

italian vessel on the way to Fiume
was recently obliged to throw over
board 400 boxes of oranges and 40 bar
rala of 1uinn
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-21

He works in down town. Office for
gruff old chap who has no love for
laggards. He is due at sharp, but
as he likes to be out o nights he never
wakes up moment too soon. He has
an alarm clock, which he sets at Z.
and this gives him barely time to
dress. breakfast and reach the office.
One day last week, the man having
forgotten to wind his clock the night
before, it didn't go off. So there were
explanations to be made about $50 a.
III. This was the excuse:
We'll, you see, Mr.. Gruff, know
how punctual you like all of your men
to be, so have an alarm clock, which
l set for in the morning. But, by
mistake, | set it for in the evening
last night, and of course it didn't go off
at ! in the morning today, as usual
And oversight myself"
"Ah, you did? Well, I'll excuse you
this time But set it properly after
this"
And now the chap Is wondering
whether or not 1.-The old man" was real
ly fooled or merely wanted to let him
down easy. Perhaps he thinks the
boss believes he has "a hour clock
Kansas City Journal
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-21
The Erring One.

1t is impossible for one who never
goes wrong nor makes a mistake mol
commits blunder to know just how to
be sorry for an erring one. We must
stumble ourselves before we can really
judge of the hardships of a rough road
and the frailty of weary feet. True
character is first tender, then hopeful
and afterward reformatory. - Ex.
change
, 1901-10-11
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
MEETS AT CHEYENNE.


DR.. w. A. Wyman returned yester.
day afternoon from the meeting of
the Wyoming State Medical society at
Evanston. says the Cheyenne Tri-
hume. He reports having had a most
enjoyable time. Tuesday evening the
visiting physicians were rendered a
and Wednesday evening the Ladies'
Pleasure club gave them a most en-,
joyable dance.
At the session of the association
Wednesday DR.. Wyman read a paper
on "~Diphtheria," which proved very
interesting to those of his profession
assembled.
The next meeting of the association
will be held in Cheyenne at the same
time as the meeting of the Inter Noun
tain association.
The following officers were elected
to serve during the succeeding year:
G. G. Verbryck, Cambria, president:
T. +. Harrison. Evanston, first vice
president; w. c. Burke, Rock Springs,
second vice president; w. A. Wyman,
Cheyenne, third vice president: c. f,
Solier, Evanston, secretary and edi'
tor; J. l.. Wickes. Evanston. treasurer;
r. Harvey. Reed, Rock Springs, dele,
gate to the Inter Mountain association
meeting: c. f. Levers, Spring Valley.
alternate.
, 1901-10-11
CHAPLAIN OF SENATE
GOING TO DENVER

Rev. Benjamin Young of Cheyenne,
Wyo.. will come to Denver within u
few days to assume the p%astoratc of
Asbury Methodist church. says the
Denver Times. Mr.. Young is a young
man. but that is not a pun. He is in
every sense n western man. having
been raised in this section of the coun-
try and educated in the south and
west. He was just beginning his third
year as a pastor of the First Methodist
church of Cheyenne when he received
the call to Denver. and had just lifted
a debt Of $1,000, leaving the church
free and with a large congregation.
Last January he was elected chaplain
of the Wyoming state senate and was
influential in repeating the gambling
license law of that state.
, 1901-10-11

bought by us in eastern markets over
their lines to Omaha. Nebraska"
DR.. Swigart moved the adoption OF
the resolution, which motion prevail
ed.
Mr.. Eggleston moved that a commit
tee of three be appointed to interview
the stock men of thi,, county and the
North park and interest them in the
routing of their stock shipments by
way of the Burlington system east
of Omaha. in compliance with the
terms of the resolution.
The motion was adopted without OPP.
position. and the chairman. Mayor
Spicer. named the following: w. II
Frazee, A. E. Miller and James Nc
Gibbon.
The secretary of the meeting was di-
TeCted to furnish a copy of the resOlu,
ton to General Manager George w.
Holdridge Of the Burlington system at
Omaha.
The committee having in charge the
smelter correspondence was continu.
ed in office. and will call a meeting of
the business men when it sees fit.
, 1901-10-11

PROPOSITION HELD IN A6EY
ANCE FOR THE PRESENT BY
BUSINESS MEN OF CITY.
Finance Committee Unable to Secure
Funds With Which to Make the
Expert Test of the Ores, Which Is
Essential at This Time-Resolu-
ton Concerning Routing of Ship
ments.

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Railroad Notes.

Train No. s was more than half an
hour late today.
The Oregon Short Line directors
were all reelected.
Forty cars of sheep, fed in the pens
here, were shipped east today. They
were from Idaho.
One Of the electric light poles at the
depot platform, which had rotted of
and was about to fall, has been replac
ed by a new pole.
The order making Como not a stop
ping place for train No. 4 has been an
nulled and that train now stops for
the mail pouch on It's trips east.
The Union Pacific official car Oh, uset
by Superintendent Clark OF the Unior
, 1901-10-11
New Routing of Traffic.

New York, Oct. 1.-The general
passenger agent of the Oregon Rail
road & Navigation company, which is
a part of the Union Pacific system, has
issued n circular regarding the rout-
ing of business originating on that line
over the Denver & Rio Grande. Agents
OF the Oregon line are instructed that
where passenger traffic is not routed
via the Union Pacific direct to the Mis-
souri, river and points east, it may be
sent over the Rio Grande Western and
the Denver and Rio Grande, through
Denver, in connection with the Union
Pacific to, the Missouri river and the
Chicago and Northwestern to Chica-
go, or the Union Pacific CKansas Pa
cific) via Kansas City and the Chica-
go and Alton. The last named road
is also controlled by the Hartman
syndicate.
This arrangement, it is alleged. is
a direct discrimination against the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy. which
is a part of the Northern Pacific sys,
TEN, and is controlled by J. Pierpont
Morgan and James J. Hill. 1t will al
so affect the interests of the Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific and the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul sys-
TEN.
Heretofore the Oregon line has Civ
en- its passenger business exclusively
to other lines than the Union Pacific
via Denver. Reports from western
points indicate that it is the intention
Of Hartman and Gould to control all
Of the Pacific coast business they can.
1t is not expected that the other
roads will meekly submit to such dis
elimination and a fight is looked for.
Should there be a serious clashing
of interests. the community of inter
est Idea will naturally suffer.