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The daily sentinel., 1901-08-17
Bidders Wanted.

The building known as the Brunswick
hotel is offered for sale to the highest bid
der; Bids will be received by The Reed
Building company, at Its office in Colordo
Springs, or at the office of Ramey Bros.
Grand Junction, for the tearing down and
removal of the building. All bids must be
In on or before Aug. "A. Bids of responsible
parties only will be accepted.
THE REED BUILDING COMPANY.
August 13, 1901.
The daily sentinel., 1901-08-17

The regular morning services in the
Presbyterian church which have been
abondened during the heated term will
be resumed again tomorrow. -Kev. S. !,
Wa:d, OF Gunnison, brother OF the pas
tor Rev. G. f. B. Ward, wall occupy the
pulpit, both morning and evening
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-02-08

gravestun for myself" said Mrs. Gal
lup as she tried to wipe away her tears
with the glass stopper of the bottle,
"but if you don't put one up the nay
burs will call you stingy. Get cheap
one. however. If you kin git one fur
SO and trade lot of carpet rags in,
I'd do it. l used to think l wanted a
whole lot of readin on my gravestun,
but I've changed my mind. Jest put
on that Susan Gallup expired in the
forty-ninth year of her age of gineral
disability and that she has found rest
where asthma, boils, backaches and
rheumatic cease from troublin. You
needn't say a word about maxim 40
yards of rag carpet and bar'l of soft
soap last year while enjoyin sore eyes
and boil on my arm or that allus
kept catnip, smartweed and pepper
mint herbs in the house and was
nurse to all the nayburs. No. Samuel,
you needn't-say a word-about them
things. Make tia cAeap-gravestun
and you needn't-never go up there
and-and'-
And when Mr.. Gallup had finished
the testimonials and fully determined
to buy at least three bottles and hide
them in the wood shed he rose up.
yawned and stretched and looked
around to find Mrs. Gallup asleep and
the camphor wasted on the floor.
NJ. QUAD
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-02-08
Make a Pet of the Rat.

"As matter of fact" says a coura-
geous writer in the Boston Transcript,
''the common rat is a vastly more intel
lgent creature than the squirrel or the
average cat. | am more than half con-
WINGED that the resources of the rat as
household pet would if fairly tested
prove very great. The rat is undoubt-
eddy capable of a higher and more init
mate form of domestication than that
which he now commonly assigns to
himself. He is at present a residentrof
our houses on unwelcome terms, and
he makes himself, quite naturally, as
much an enemy of the household as
possible
LET the rat be welcomed and made
friend of the family, as has been done
IN few cases, and he becomes a diff
ferent sort of fellow altogether No
longer forced to steal his food. he be-
comes playmate and a companion
The sleek and well groomed gray rat is,
barring the ordinary badness of his
tail, quite as pretty and graceful
creature as the squirrel, and there is no
reason why we should not become so
much accustomed to the appearance of
his tail that in time we should regard 1t
as quite ornamental"
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-02-08
He Waa Slow.

Lincoln used to be fond of telling q
story of lawyer in western town
who desired the nomination for county
judge. On the morning preceding the
evening on which the county conven-
ton was to meet he applied to the liv-
cry stable keeper in his village for
horse and buggy in which to drive to
the county town, 16 miles distant,
where the convention was to be he'd.
"Give me the best and the fastest
horse you have, SAM" said he, $50 that
! will have time to so around and see
the boys before the convention comes
In"
The liyeryman, however, was sup
porting a rival candidate and gave the
lawyer horse that outwardly appear
ed perfect, but which broke down en-
tirely before half the journey was COM
pleted. so that when the candidate ar
rived the convention had adjourned
and his rival had been nominated.
On his return to the stable late the
following afternoon. knowing that It
was useless to resent the trick played
upon him, he said to the owner: Look
here. Smith, you must be training this
horse for the New York market. You
expect to sell him to an undertaken for
hearse horse. don't you? Well, it's
time wasted. l know from his gait
that you have spent days training him
to pull hearse, but he'll prove dead
failure. Why, he's SO slow he couldn't
get corpse to the cemetery In time for
the resurrection"
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-02-08
The Famou. Asphalt Lake.

Asphalt Is being dug out Of the IA
nous tar lake of Trinidad, the most
notable existing source of the material
in the world, at the rate Of $4,000 tons
per annum. There are still 1900, 900
tons in sight, but as this rate the sup
ply could not last long were 1t not that
the lake bitumen referred to Is receiv-
ing constant accretion from the bow
els of the earth. This accretion is
reckoned as amounting to about 10000
tons yearly and would suffice to restore
the lake to its original condition If 1t
for few years.
This wonderful lake of pitch has an
area of III acres. and recent sound
ings made in the middle of 1t have
shown the depth to be 135 feet in that
part. Near the center 1t Is semiliquid
and bubbling, but elsewhere 1t has 30
hard surface that man on horse
back can ride over it without danger Of
breaking through the crust. Scattered
over Its surface are a number of small
islands which have no proper roots in
the earth, so to speak, but are compos-
ed merely of accumulations of soil,
though trees Of considerable size grow
on some of them. These islands are
not stationary, but are carried slowly
from place to place by the movements
Of the lake. Now and then one of them
is entirely engulfed.-New York Post.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-02-08
Meliinuou. "Bahoo. English.

The late G. w. Stevens gives an ex-
ample of "Bahoo" English in his book,
'In India" 1t is an effort to express
admiration for the speech of Pundit
MADAM NOLAN Malavayya at a native
congress: -
His speech is as mellihuous as his
name. He has a sweet voice and is
one of the most enthusiastically well
coined or men on the congress plat
form. Neither tall nor short nor stout,
but thin; not dark, dressed In pure
white, with white robe which goes
round his shoulders and ends down be-
low the knees, Mr.. MADAM Mohan
stands like Eiffel's tower when he ad-
dresses his fellow congressman.
HE stands slanting forward, admira-
bly, preserving his center of gravity.
His speeches are full of pellucid and
sparkling statements, and his rolling
and intermlnable sentences travel out
of his mouth in quick succession, pro-
ducing thrilling impression on the au-
dience. There is music In his voice,
there is magic in his eye, and he ia one
of the sweet charmers Of the congress
company"
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-02-08

And then one of the beautiful horses
claimed the pretty wife's attention,
and she went hurriedly on, leaving the
two together for a brief moment in the
sunshine of the old gate.
Forgive me, Enid?' he said broken
iy. "Ah, l have wronged you so, and
| deserve your hatred, but forgive me
If you CAMP
His face was haggard, and his lips
whitened and trembled as he spoke the
few strained words.
But she laid her hand in his very gen.
tly, as if to say goodby to a dear, dear
friend forever. 81 have forgiven you,
DEAR" she said. 81 may call you that
for this one last time? l have forgiven
you everything, and God keep you,
keep you safely and lead you arightT
She paused, and the great tears rose In
her calm eyes and rolled down the pale
cheeks. She loved him so well still,
and the meeting and the parting were
very hard to bear.
And then, with one last look, she
passed on into the loneliness of the
still graveyard and the quiet dead
Exchange
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-02-08

In describing Abyssinia and its
strange capital writer In Pearson's
tells Of its mushroom growth as fol-
lows: A crowd of workers appears with
loads of sticks some II feet high These
are planted In the ditch to erect the
walls, and few more sticks are twist
ed in and out to keep them together.
Now comes the preparation of the roof
A number of men climb up inside and
bind together more sticks like the
frame of an umbrella. AS soon as these
are in position they Chamber outside
like monkeys and set to work to thatch
For this purpose they bring great
bundles Of hay and Irvine it between
the sticks. They are not an artistic ma
ton, and they have next to no indus
tries, but at matching they are really
expert, and they turn out work which
would call for admiration even in q
civilized country. They do not trouble
to produce an elegant finish, but this
often adds to the picturesqueness Of a
cottage.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-02-08
WoefuI Ignorance.

Farmer-See here, you! You remem-
Der putting two lightning rods on my
barn last spring, don't you? Well, that
barn was struck six weeks after and
burned down.
Peddler-Struck by lightnin?
''It was
''In the daytimeT
mo; at night"
"Must "a been dark night, wasn't
it?"
eyes; dark as pitch"
Lanterns burninf''
what lanternsT
Didn't you run lanterns up 'em on
dark nightsP'
"Never heard Of anything like that"
well, If you don't know enough to
keep your lightnin rods shown you
needn't blame me. G-langp - New
York Weekly.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-02-08
Rsanectea His Memory.

She entered the office of the tomb
stone company, and the clerks immedi-
ately became sad of countenance.
us there anything can do for your
asked the chief mourner,
'Yes; my husband, John T. Aber-
nathy. has died. and would like to
secure some suitably engraved head
stone--something with an appropriate
''""Yiption. if you please"
certainly, madam. Right this way,
>uw. here is very pretty thing in the
stone line. Right over this cross we
would carve, Here lies John T. Aber'
nathy, and
"Ah, SIR" interrupted the widow
you must think me crueli would not
say Here lies.' That was one Of his
faults In life, and will not follow hin
with the accusation now that he hal
gone,"-Denver Times.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-02-08
THERE WASN'T ANY ROW.
1t Was Simply a Case of Spontane-
Gus Combustion.

He was a very young man, almost
too young to be out on the street at
that time of the night. $50 p. m, and
his general appearance indicated that
he had been picked up by cyclone
somewhere during his meanderings.
He was not utterly demoralized, but
there was something in his manner
that would lead the close observer to
the conclusion that all had not been
we'll with him.
"Geew he exclaimed as he spun
around the corner and went bump into
policeman.
Hello" calculated that worthy, in
stinctively grabbing at him; whats
the row."
There wasn't any," responded the
youth.
''What are you running like that
forT persisted the policeman.
GIVE just been up against case Of
spontaneous combustion"
you look tSo green to burn" chuc-
kled the bluecoat.
ITS on me, just the same. My girl
ives around the corner, and / went to
see her. thought it was alp
where does the combustion come
INF" interrupted the officer.
Come out, you mean." corrected the
youth.
"Come OFF, exclaimed the officer.
'Tell me what the row is before /
chase you"
"Well. that's what I'm trying to do"
pleaded the boy. 'The girls old man
and don't harmonic a little bit, and
when he met me at the door he fired
me so suddenly that had vertigo. If
you don't call that spontaneous COM
bustion, what the dickens do you call
it,?
"Oh. excuse me-" apologized the po-
liceman. you run along home and get
into your trundle bedr' and the blue
coat gently waited the remnant on its
way.-Detroit Free Press.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-02-08

to pay her the attentions she loved so
dearly to exact from every man and es-
pecially from her husband.
LET us go home to town." she said
suddenly 81 am so tired Of roaming
in this out Of the way place, Wilfred,
and there Is still so much going on, I
hear. You must have got lots of ideas
now, am sure" She laughed glee-
fully as she spoke. The murmur of the
streets seemed already in her ears, and
the flash of silks and Jewels came over
the sunlight on the grass.
He paused q moment. "Will you not
come on a little farther?" he asked
kindly, yet little wistfuIly. There
are some lovely places in the dale, and
you would be interested In them, 1
think"
But she shook her head until the dia-
monds in her little ears twinkled like
dewdrops. You know l am not inter-
ested." she said petulantly. II hate
those old people who perched castles
on the tops of hills and expect you to
climb up to see them. Do let US go
back"
They had reached the lych gate now,
and girl was entering 1t from the 9TH
carriage-with it's beautiful bays, stood
waiting. The sunlight fell on her quiet
black gown and her soft hair as she
passed under the quaint oaken struc-
ture. and then she lifted her eyes, and
sJSfden light flashed into them and
then died very gently again.
The mans face grew white in the
shadow of the leafy elms, but his wife
chartered on in her high, pretty voice
and noticed nothing of his pallor. And
then, as they met, he advanced quietly
to meet the girl as quietly as If they
had never parted in bitter, bitter sor-
row, the one brave and ready to sacri-
fee herself for his sake, the other, as
he said to himself bitterly enough, a
coward and a craven. And now they
met again In the soft sunshine of the
autumn day, with the first few leaves
falling, golden tinted, from the trees
around, with the blue, bright sky over
head and the purling of little stream
somewhere near, under the old gate
way that leads to the house of prayer
She spoke to him very calmly and
quietly, and he introduced her to his
lovely wife, and she told the stranger
at once in her pretty, petulant voice of
her wish to go back to town and its
gayeties, only Wilfred wouldn't, he
was so cross.
But the girl smiled so gently and
spoke so soothingly that the little la
dy's wrath melted away, and she laugh
ed like merry child and straightway
invited her new friend to pay them a
visit in town.
1--WE will go tomorrow, won't we,
WilfredT she said laughingly, and the
grave faced man answered that her
will was law.
yes; we will 60 tomorrow" he said
when the girl had answered that she
never went to town now. Her father
was old and needed her care, and she
was quite content with her life In the
still countryside.
IT have him, and he has me-" she
said, with her peaceful smile, and the
laughing woman before her could not
guess and would never have realized
that this gentle faced girl had loved
the man beside her with all her heart
and soul and had passed through the
deep waters alone with her sorrow to
take up her life again bravely and
well.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-02-08


wet feet and a neglected cold. Then
comes the hacking, lingering cough, and
the doctor looks serious and talks of pine
woods or mountain air.
That Is the time when DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery proves it's
value. It has cured hundreds of cases of
eweak lungs" obstinate, lingering cough,
bronchitis, splitting Of blood, and other
forms of disease, which if neglected or
unskillfully treated lead to consumption,
rAbout eight years ago had a dreadful cough
and hoarseness,s writes Mrs Ida r. Edwards, OF
Sterling, Sanpete Co, Utah. al tried several
kinds Of medicine but without any effect; at
last tried DR., Pierse's Golden Medical Discov-
cry, Of which have taken four bottles, and my
cough is entirely cured"
Sick people are invited to consult DR..
Pierce, by letter, free. Ali correspond
ence private. Address DR.. R. v. Pierce,
Buffalo, N Y
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-02-08
The Hot Water Cure.

Boarding House Keeper-A glass of
hot water? What can the man want
with glass Of hot water? He doesn't
shave.
Cookie wants to drink 1t.
"To drink it7 Well, nevery'
"Oh, all the boarders is sending for
hot water now three times day"
Goodness mel What forY'
Eur to drink. They calls 1t the hot
water cure. 1t beats all newfangled
notions what come up"
WHAT does 1t cure?"
"Oh, they say it really cures every
thing Just splendid"
"Thank fortune it's cheap. Give 'em
all the hot water they want, Maria"
"Yes'm."
$50 hot water is a great cure. is it,
Well, l shan't let any Of my boarders
get Ill for want Of medicine. Just put
another gallon Of hot water In that oys-
ter soup, Maria, and think you'd bet
ter take out the oyster now. 1t might
get too rich."-London Bits.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-02-08

A retired cheesemonger, who hated
an allusion to the business that had
enriched him, said to Charles Lamb in
the course Of discussion on the poor
laws. you must bear In mind, sir,
that have got rid Of that sort Of
stuff which you poets call the milk Of
human Kindness
Lamb looked at him steadily and
gave his acquiescence In these pithy
words: Eyes, l am aware of that You
turned 1t all into cheese several years
ago."
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-02-08
Bright Little sammy.

Sammy ewho is never allowed to stay
out of SCHOOL, -Howdie Hurlburt didn't
come to school all day.
Mamma-Why not, Sammy?
Sammy-'Cause his mother died.
When you die, may | stay home all
day?
Mamma Yes. darling; you may stay
out a whole week.
Sammy (su3piciously)-Oh, knowl
You mean to die in vacation.
Life.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-02-08
The Connected Peer.

A certain conceited nobleman once
observed to Charles Townsend, when
| happen to say a foolish thing, | al
ways burst out a-laughing." Town.
send eyed him curiously and at length
remarked in the most deliberate man.
ner, "Ah. envy you your happiness,
for you must certainly live the merri-
est life of any man in Europe"
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-02-08
IN The FORUM OF JUSTICE.

PBss. pass, passi Thou hast had thine hour
70 SOW In and reap. Is II thistle or hower'
lis the seed 10 at fault, though Joves hand
staid the shower.
Make way for thy comrade With double thy dover.
Halt halt, haiti There was given thee grace
TO begin with the best and their records efface,
Had thy sandals been winged. Step down from
the race;
one swifter than thou art would run in thy placs.
Cease, cease, ceasel Thou hast had thy chance.
Must Pallas attend thee to ward of mischancef
let fall thy vain weapon; Z thousand advance
10 rush on and conquer with thy broken lance.
Grace DEMO Atchheld In Century.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-02-08
LEDGER'S CLUBBING RATES.

Ledger and Daily Call, one year ......s7 so
Ledger and Weekly Call one year ....... 60
Ledger and Daily Bulletin, one year -, so
Ledger and Semi Weekly Bulletin, yer 20
Ledger and Weekly Bulletin, one year.. 8 80
Ledger and Daily Chronicle, one year. 10
Ledger and Weekly Chronicle, one year so
Ledger and Weekly Examiner one year. 60
Ledger and Daily Examiner, one year =. 8 80
Ledger and N. Y. Weekly Tribune, yer 8 90
Ledger and N. Y. Tri-Weekly Tribune, 1y so
Ledger and Cosmopolitan Magazine, yr IS
Ledger and S. F. Weekly Post, one year s 90
Ledger and McCall's Magazine one year Q rs
Ledger and St. Louis Globe Democrat, 1y 8 90
Ledger and Twice a Week." one year 8 90
H4-The above rates are strictly in advance.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-02-08
HER SUMMONS CAME.
A SIGN IN WHICH MRS. GALLUP READ
HER DEATH WARRANT.
That Fatal Warming Spent the BAL
ance of the Evening In Telling Mr..
Gallup How She Thought He Ought
to Run the Funeral.
[Copyright. leOO. br 9. B. Lewis1

: Copyright, 1900, by c. B. Lewisl
AS Mr.. Gallup lighted his tin lantern
litter supper and started out to buy
half pound of Rio coffee for break
fast and call at the postoffice Mrs. Gal
lup was in excellent spirits and had
most of the dishes ready for washing.
he was absent 80 minutes, and when
be arrived homo he found her huddled
Ep in the big rocking chair, with a pill
low behind her head and the camphor
bottle in her hand. She took three long
shifts at the bottle and gave three long
drawn signs as he entered, but it was
labor thrown away. Mr.. Gallup blew
out his lantern and hung it ND behind
the cellar door, and, having deposited
the coffee on a shelf in the pantry, he
removed and hung up his coat and hat,
sat down and took off his shoes and
then, taking a circular from his pock-
ct and putting on his glasses with
great deliberation, began to read. 1t
was circular regarding a new discoy-
cry in the cure of consumption. and he
had not yet finished with the first tes-
timonial when Mrs. Gallup sobbed four
times in succession and family asked:
Samuel Gallup, do you know that
your dyin wife is present in the room? '
He made no reply. That testimonial
from one who had been cured after
his coffin had been purchased made
him hold his breath as he read
Eyes; she is present" dolefully con-
tinued Mrs. Gallup after several shifts
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-02-08

The temple OF fame stands upon the
grave. The fame that burns upon Its
affairs is kindled from the ashes of
dead men.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-02-08
BANK Of AMADOR COUNTY

SAFE DEPOSIT-Safe deposit boxes can be
rented from the Bank Of Amador County at the
small expense of IS cents a month, thereby Sc
curing you against any possible loss from fire
or otherwise Don't overlook this opportunity
of protecting your valuables.
SAVE MONEY-Patronize home institu-
tion. Send money away through the Bank Of
Amador County; you will save 10 per cent and
upward over postoff1ce or express. Money sent
parts of the world. We have the latest quota
lions on foreign exchange.
SAVE MONEY-It doesn't cost any thing to
deposit money in the Bank Of Amador County.
They receive deposits from s5 up. Commence
the new year by opening up bank account. A
man or woman With bank account has a
financial standing. Don't bury your money;
when you die 1t can't be found and you are liza
BILE to be robbed while alive
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-02-08

When you are invited to a. real old
fashioned woman's house for supper,
she always has floating island. This is
a sure test.-Atchison Globe.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1901-09-07

Confederate Father and Son.

Esquire VIM. II. Smith, of the
Darracott's neighborhood of our
county, is so far as we know, the
only living ex-Confedcfate in old
Monroe who has living son who
is also an ex-confederate soldier.
If there are others we would
like to hear of them. The last
couple of this heroic status we
saw in our city was Judge Rather,
of Tuscaloosa, Ala, and his sop,
Capt. Geo. T. Rather. who repre-
sents the X. G. NJ. & b. Railroad
here, but they were Alabama sol
diers. Squire Smith is now in
his S0th year and though as strcne
in mind and memory as ever,
would hardly be accepted as d
volunteer for ''the next war. -
Aberdeen Examiner.
There is another notable case in
Mississippi similar to the above
! Col. Lake, of Oxford, who is now
81 and as spry as a cricket, has {
son, Mr.. G.. a. Lake, both ot
whom are Confederate Veterans
Both gentlemen are well kVawl
10 Mississippi. Yazoo SentinH.