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Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1901-12-26
Nelson.

DIED-Ssturday evening, December 81,
1901, of pneumonia, Edward A. Nelson,
aged about 45 years.
Deceased wasa native OF Pennsylvania
having been born in Erie, that state, but
in early childhood his parents removed
to Iowa where he grew to manhood. He
came to Eastern Oregon about "a years
ago, and has been in Condor almost
since the town started. He owned the
Arlington-Fossil stage line several years
ago and was widely known among the
travelling public as first-clsss stage and
liyeryman.
His sister Mrs. Mary Spear, and her
family, of Fossil, are all the relatives he
had in this part OF the country.
Mr. Nelson was member of the Ma
sonic fraternity, the Order of Eastern
Star and the Woodmen of the World and
his funeral, which took place Sunday
afternoon was under the direction OF the
two orders first named.
His neice Mrs. Noland, OF Fossil, came
over Sunday to attend the funeral.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1901-12-26

Taking it the world over and the
year around the % rifle is a more
deadly weapon than the 13-inch
high pressure gun.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1901-12-26

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo QHinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money If it fails to cure
T. W. Groves signature is on each box. 25c
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1901-12-26
I'll. NtcKLIN,
DENTIST

Office sO3 Dekum Building, Portland, Oregon
win be in Condor on or about October
2lst to remain fort short lime
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1901-12-26
Recent Deaths
LamOersom

Samuel I.amberson, an old and respect.
ed citiEen Of Ferry Canyon, died sudden
~ ot heart failure at the home
Of his son-iu-lsw s. f. Pal.
mer, where he was visiting,
Monday, the 2Srd inst. lie rode out in
tie pasture with MIR. Palmer to help
drive IN band Of horses when the horse
he was riding became fractions and the
old gentleman dismonnted and said he
would lead him to avoid an accident.
Mr., Palmer rode on after the horses and
in few moments he saw the horse
which Mr.. Eamherson had been leading
running loose. He at once rode back to
look for the old gentleman and found
him dead. He had long been troubled
with heart disease and the excitement
caused by the Righteousness of the horse
he was riding perhaps brought on the
attack to which he succumbed. Deceas-
ed was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio,
October 50, 1881 and was aged II years
month and 2S days at the time OF HE
death. He was one of the early pioneers
OF Oregon, having crossed the plans IN
1916. He resided in Columbia county
fer more than 25 years and removed to
Eastern Oregon in 1876.
A widow and ten children, seven
daughters and three sons, survive him.
The children are; Dr.. J. A. Lamberson
of Lebanon, Marion, of Portland; Timo-
thy of New Mexico; Mrs. Ed Smith OF
Albany; Mrs. John Beardsley Of Sumpter
Mrs. s. F. Palmer, Mrs. S. B. Couture
and Mrs. ]. F. Shorb of Ferry Canyon
and Mrs. J. M. Downing aud Mrs j. o.
Portwood, Of Condor. The funeral took
place yesterday afternoon, being conduct
ed by Rev Brsckenberry of Fossil, inter
ment being in Mount Moriah cemetery
at this place.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1901-12-26
Stops the Cough
and works off the Cold

Laxative Bromo- -Quinine Tablets cure cold
in one day, No Cure, no Pay. Price Is cents
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1901-12-26
g MA,.x~

This signature is on every box OF the genuine
Laxative BrOmO-QuiINine Tablets
The remedy that cures q colo in sTG INy
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1901-12-26

for a rail road to build in be-
cause indications were never
before so favorable for the
early completion Of road in
to Condor, and when actual
work begins Condor property
values will surely advance 100
per cent.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1901-12-26

will make this town. Condor
ls bound to grow, however,
even without a rail road. It
has the county seat, it has an
unlimited supply OF pure wat
er, it is centrally located in
the heart OF a rich country
and must always enjoy a
large and growing trade.
Don't procrastinate about this
matter
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15
Comnetent. hut Uncannv.

A. A. Gallagher, district passenger
agent of the Missouri Pacific railroad,
while en- route south was taken quite
ill and was compelled to stop at Mont.
gomery, Ala. He went to a hotel and
sent for a physician.
The medical man said:
you have a case of pneumonia and
must have a nurse"
"lAll right" said Gallagher. do you
look after me-
The doctor said he did and would
have the nurse at the hotel within an
hour. In about an hour a colored wo-
man who measured about nine feet in
girth put in an appearance, and Gal
ed sick people.
Eyes, indeed" she replied. "I'ze had
considerable sperience with ailing pus-
sons. l nussed Marster John, and he
died: then nussed Mistress Lucy, and
she died; then | nussed Mistress Lu-
she was so very poorly, but she done
died"
Have you had any other expert
ence in nursing?" asked Gallagher.
Yes. indeed. Only last week l left
Colonel Carriers house, where nussed
the colonel for five days"
well, did the colonel get wellY ask
ed Gallagher.
'.'No. The colonel he died, too, but
DR.. Jones, who tended him, run a big
knife into the colonel and opened him
up. The doctor had been out late the
night before and was a little nervous.
The knife sort of slipped and just
about cut the colonePs heart out. Then
the doctor said all h couldn't save
him."
You seem to be a good nurse" said
Gallagher, land you're engaged"
cinnati Enquirer.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15

The last letter he received from
WHEY conveyed the intelligence that
she was quite sick, and of course he
was considerably worried. But he was
comforted by the fact that she was
with her mother. He wrote her an af-
fectionate letter and told her to be sure
and let him know If she grew worse.
The next letter conveyed the intelli-
gence that she was a little worse,
though the doctor said it was nothing
serious. But he worried a great deal.
The next afternoon a telegraph boy
sauntered into his office with the usual
nonchalance of a messenger boy con-
veying rush" message and showed
the book under hubby's nose.
'Is dis Mr. Blank?" asked the boy.
EYES," gasped hubby, cold chills chas-
ing up and down his spine.
Message FIR you. Sign here. De
charges is 60 cents"
Hubby grabbed the fateful manila
envelope and hastily tore it open. What
he suffered while trembliAgly unfold
ing the bit of yellow paper can be i'm
agined, but not described. He was al
most afraid to read it, but finally he
nerved himself for the worst. This is
what he read:
Turn off the water and don't forget
to give the bird plenty of seed"
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15
A Fable For womeu

There was once a Woman who Felt
that her Husband staid Out too Late
at Night. She therefore Devised q
Plan to Cure him of this. Her Plan
was to Rise Early in order to Insure
his Retiring Early.
"Only in this Way will he be able
to get Enough Sleep" she said.
Her Husband, who usually Endeav-
ored to Please her, rose Without Com
plant at Six O'clock. but Continued
10 stay Out Late. Perceiving that her
Purpose was not Accomplished, the
Woman changed the Hour to Five
O'clock ,.-.-- .
"The Morning Hours are the Best for
Work" she said, land l understand
that the Morning Air possesses Great
Virtues"
Her Husband Objected, but Rose at
Five, as she Wished.
Still he continued to Come In Late.
Then the Woman fixed the Hour at
Four-thirty.
Il have always enjoyed Seeing the
Sun Rise" She said.
"In that Case" said her Husband
decidedly, 81 Shall Not go to bed At
All, since it would Not be Worth my
While. l will Stay up All Night and
take my Sleep at My Office in the
Afternoon. So We vii, have Break,
fast at Three O'clock if you like
This teaches Us ti,at the Early Worm
will Turn.-Century.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15

and let 'em understand that l don't
want no more'n my share of harps and
wings and things. If don't find any
thin to eat or any beds to sleep on, l
shan't raise no fuss nor go into hyster-
les, the way Mrs. Taylor did at camp
meetin last year. Yes; I'll put up with
things as l find 'em and make the best
of it, and 1 won't be jealous if few Of
'em hev better clothes on or kin sing
better'n me. That's how I'll act, Sam
uel, and then if they pick on me they'll
git as good as they give. 1 kin be
sassed and picked on jest so fur, but
arter that they want to look out.
Would it put you out any, Samuel, if l
died at night instead of in the daytime?
AS said, if died at night could slip
into heaven without any fuss, but if
it's goin to make you any extra trouble
I'll perish by daylight. What will be
the most convenient hour fur your
There was deep silence. Mrs Gal
lup's tears made no thud as they fell
upon the carpet, and Mr.. Gallup was
reading with bated breath that an os-
trich covers Is feet of ground at every
stride when in full fight. The clock
licked, the silence grew deeper, and
the cricket on the hearth fell into a
doze. Then Mr.. Gallup suddenly laid
aside his paper, stretched his arms and
legs, with a 'Ho-humw and looked
around to find Mrs. Gallup asleep in
her chair. She hadn't gone to join the
angels-not yet. NJ. QUAD.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15
Father Time. Old Clock.

'The transmitting clock at the Naval
observatory, Washington, is the abso-
lutte monarch of American timekeep-
ers," writes Evander McIver Sweet in
The Ladies' Home Journal. Every day
In the year except Sunday by one pen
dulum stroke it speaks directly and in
simultaneously to every city and consid-
cradle town between the peaks of the
Rockies and the pines of Maine, saying
to them that on the seventy-fifth merid-
ian it is now high noon to the fraction
Of a second. A duplicate mechanism
stationed at. the branch naval observa-
tory on Mare Island performs similar
service for the people Of the Pacific
slope. And by this one clock at the ma
tional capital. together with its dupli-
cate on the Pacific, is set nearly every
timepiece in the United States and Gu
ba, most of those in Mexico and many
on the border of Canada.
"a number of clocks-from to 5000
in nearly every city and large town
are wired together into a local family
and by means Of switch key at the
telegraph Office are put into direct con-
tact with the parent clock at the ma
tional capital. So that the instant the
electric touch Is given from Washington
every clock in the circuit, whether it be
at Boston, Minneapolis or New Or
leans, begins new day in perfect &C.
cord with its mechanical deity"
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15
Dry Good. Cooper..

This is a strange place for cooper
shop" said a stranger in New York.
pointing to a sign over basement in
the wholesale dry goods district.
Yes; it would be queer place." was
the answer, IF the product was like
that of nearly all cooper shops. But
there was never a barrel made in the
place, and probably not one of the 10
men who work there could head bar
rel, to say nothing Of making one. This
cooperage does business only with big
wholesale houses"
There are several similar shops in the
district. They make a business of
strapping cases Of merchandise after
they have been packed. The large
concerns have the cases put in the
street after they have been packed. and
then the cooper is sent for to nail the
wooden straps around them. He re-
ceives about % cents an hour for his
labor and from Is to % cents a pair
for the straps. The shops are the
storehouses for the hoop poles. and
there the men split and shave the hick-
DRY saplings which finally become the
case straps. There are some houses in
the district where the porter does this
work, but the large concerns turn IT
over to the coopers who never make a
barrel.-New York Tribune.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15
HOUSES ON UNDERGROUND
The Reason They TEEN With Mala-
ria and NOxiOus Gases.

Good gravel has so largely come into
request that many suburban lands
with that valuable substratum are
quarried to considerable depth be-
fore being sold on building leases. But
it is essential to restore level surface,
as even the most speculative builder
would hesitate to run up meat villa
residences" in deep holes. The owner
frequently gets over this difficulty by
allowing urban refuse to be shot into
the excavation; in many cases he even
exacts small sum for every load tilteG
on his ground. The surface being thus
leveled, year or two are allowed for
the soil to sink and become compact
Occasionally grass is sown to give a
natural appearance to the spot.
All is now in readiness for the build
er, who proceeds to lay the foundation
for his terraces" avenues" and "gar-
dens." which he subsequently adver-
tises as ION gravel SOIL" So they are,
but between their ground floors and the
gravel lies thick stratum of partially
decomposed rubbish, teaming with
malaria, and not for many years will
the deposits cease to give off noxious
gases.
But the tenant, coming from a diff
ferent locality. knows nothing of the
making" process to which the plot
has been subjected. When, therefore,
Ill health dogs his family, he puts it
down to defective drainage or some
other structural deficiency and spends
money freely on remedial measures
without the least benefit. All this
misery might be prevented if it were
legally prohibited to build human habi-
tations on decomposed refuse until the
soil had acquired wholesome char
acter.-London Globe.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15
Too Much Club Life

It would be hard to tell which IL
worse, dun or a crying baby. One
Of the latter on a crowded street car
raised sheol. a poor, dispirited, sad
faced man held it with its red face
wabbling over his shoulder and its feet
occasionally beating the air as it re-
newed its pathetic screams. The wo-
men glared at him. mo wonder it
cries." said one. "See how that idiot
Is holding it." The old married man
longed to give him a word or two
about carrying a child on the public
cars. The bachelor swore under his
breath and said something about null
sances on street cars and forcing peo-
pie to quit after paying their fares.
Meanwhile the baby screamed louder
than ever, and the poor father was
wild. He saw the looks on the faces
around him. He knew exactly what
those folks were thinking. Finally he
said, with tremble in his voice, La
dies and gentlemen, you must excuse
this baby, but its mother Tears
stole down his haggard face. "Oh, the
poor little thing" interrupted the old
maid in the corner sweetly. LET me
hold the little angel"
The old bachelor turned hastily aside
and wiped tear which had given his
eye surprise party, and the married
man coughed and felt a strange lump
In his throat. ITS mother" continued
the baby holder, sis attending the
business meetings of 16 of her clubs
today."-Louisville Times.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15
RIaCk Teeth.

The custom of women in Japan at
marriage giving their teeth an ever
lasting coating of backing is practiced
now by only small percentage, but
there are still seen in the cities hun
dreds Of women hideous with black
ivory. and dentists showcases contain
sets of black teeth.
1t has been determined by the two
houses of the Swiss parliament that a
national hank shall be established and
that the funds of the aforesaid bank be
guaranteed by the state. By small
majority it has been decided that the
headquarters Of the bank shall be at
Zurich and not at Bern. as originally
suggested The bank will issue notes
Of the value of 80 francs and 100 francs
and will be conducted as government
institution.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15
THE KING OF HANDCUFFS.
How Harry HOudini, American, Sur
prised the British.


When Harry Houdini, the American
king of handouts, arrived in England,
he tried to arrange for an exhibit of
his skill at Scotland Yard, but the
authorities refused to allow him an
opportunity of putting on or taking off
P. So, accompanied by a skeptical
London manager. he paid an ordinary
call as an American visitor to the
police headquarters. Mr.. Houdini,
after making the usual remarks on
everything he saw and heard, casually
asked a question about a pair of hand
cuffs. The guide took them down and
answered:
"Oh, these are handouts impossible
to remove"
Houdini was greatly interested, and
the incident closed by the American
visitor requesting his guide to lock the
handouts on his wrists. Then he
turned his back and succeeded in get
ting them off in a couple of minutes.
One of Houdini's strangest adven-
lures happened at big hotel in st.
Paul, Mimi, where he was very well
known. To his surprise, he found that
a couple of men occupying the rooms
on either side of his own appeared to
be mounting guard over him. At first
he only suspected this. but after few
days he was perfectly sure that one
or the other of his neighbors Swallowed
his every movement. One afternoon.
when Houdini was sitting in his own
room, he heard the sound of scuffiing
outside the door. Flinging it open. he
discovered his two unknown friends
grasping a third man, who had evil
IDENTIFY been wearing a long dark cape
that was dragged on one side. showing
that he was heavily handcuffed.
Were couple of detectives, Mr.
Houdini," painted one of the meA.
This fellow made his escape from Jail
some days ago. We knew that be
wouldn't dare to go to locksmith to
get his handouts removed, and we
suspected that he might come to you"
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15
South American Mate.

1t is stated that a South American
shrub called yerva or yerba or yerba
mate is destined to attract considera-
BILE attention in the near future. From
its leaves a tea is infused which pos
sesses the properties of invigorating
without inebriating, to which may be
added the sustaining properties usual
ly attributed to coffee. The plant is a
small evergreen shrub of the holly
family. Verbal is the native name
for the places where it is found grow
ing wild along the Paraguay river.
Natives have for centuries prepared
the tea by gently roasting the green
leaves until dry enough to grind to a
powder. Systematic attempts at cult
walton are now to be made, the belief
being held that mate should hold a
place in the markets of the world equal
to tea or coffee. Others say the taste
must be acquired, like eating olives
London Globe.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15
METHODS OF SUICIDE.
How Desperate Persons Adopt Pre-
vailinS Styles of Destruction.

How Desperate Persons Adopt Pre-
vailing Styles of Destruction.
The remarkable methods several sui
cides have adopted in this city recently
call attention to the fact that methods
Of self destruction are largely matters
OF suggestion" said doctor. when
man gets in that condition where he
wants to die, he has little inventive
ability and adopts the method that has
been brought to his mind. You will no.
fice that after one person kills himself
with acid there follows a long list of
acid suicides. 1t is the same with any
unusual method. One person gets up
an original way, and that inspires the
next one to try his hand until we have
a whole series of such grewsome nov
elites.
81 have proved this theory. Several
years ago l was discussing this feature
of suicide with several friends, includ-
Ing the coroner. They ridiculed my
theory. l offered to prove it. 1t hap
pened that shooting and hanging were
popular just then. l wrote an article
for newspaper on the horrors of
strangulation and pistol wounds and
explained the ease with which one
could kill himself with prussic acid.
Death from prussic acid. you know. is
absolutely instantaneous and, many be-
lieve, painless. There had not been a
suicide with this acid for more than
year, but within week after the arti-
Gle was published there were four, and
one of the unfortunates had clippings
Of my article in his pocket.
'Of course was accused of killing
these four by suggestion, but | was
never arrested and do not feel guilty.
for when once a person has decided to
kill himself the method is slight mat
ter. No person in his right mind will
commit suicide. We all know in our
sane moments of easy ways to end life.
but when in the suicidal frame of mind
nature seems to rob us of our reason in
this direction, as if in desperate hope
Of preventing the sacrifice. New York
Mail and Express.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15
pangerou. Economy.

A paragraph about an economical
merchant in Broadway saving the
backs Of old envelopes for scratch pa
per reminds an old friend of this story:
A New York dealer, who left about
100000. for long time kept up the
practice of tearing off the fly sheets
of the numerous foolscap letters he
received and sticking them on a spindle
for scribbling purposes. Envelopes
were not yet in use. A lawsuit arose.,
and the merchant thought he had won
his case when defendants letter. duly
signed. was produced. Counsel for
defendant examined the letter and.
turning it over to look for the super
scriptiou. found that it was missing.
He Immediately saw his advantage
and said: ''fhis letter is incomplete.
your honor A sheet is missing. l
claim that there might have been a
postscript on the other sheet which
would entirely change the character
of the order" The court so ruled. and
defendant won the suit The practice
of utilizing fly sheets in that mer-
chants Office was at once discontinued.
New York Press
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15
"YeIIow journalism

Yellow journalism is successful from
a financial standpoint. The profits
of the New York Herald last year
amounted to nearly $75O,OOO, or about
$1,000 per day. Mr. Pulitzer's net
profits for the same time were $780,
600. his income having fallen off since
the New York World dropped from 3
cents to cent. The New York Jour
nal, it is generally understood, came
out even, although Mr.. Hearst might
have made money had he not continued
to invest more in pushing his circula-
ton. This young newspaper magnet
seems determined to have his papers
bought in every town in the United
States, and his ambition to that end
knows no limit. Thus far his results
are unprecedented. The New York
Evening Journal has circulation in
Boston alone of 10000. Mr.. Bennett
and Mr.. Pulitzer are each worth $685.
100000, all of which has been made
in the newspaper business. The Hearst
estate, on which Mr.. Hearst can draw
indefinitely, it seems, is worth more
than $30,000,00O, and $6,000,00O, it is
estimated. has already been invested
in the New York Journal and Chicago
American, without any profits as yet
Allen Sangree in Ainslee's.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15
Rusneu and Hi. Snnr.

The late Henry Russell, the veteran
English composer of Cheer, Boys
Cheer" and of more than 800 other
songs which were popular in their day,
had many amusing experiences when
he sang his ballads on various occa
sions.
Once, after rendering "Woodman.
Spare That Tree" gentleman rose in
the gallery and asked, Was the tree
spared?" On being answered in the
affirmative he. with sigh of heartfelt
relief, exclaimed. Thank God for
thatr'
After singing the song of THE Dog
Carlo" who jumped off an Atlantic
liner and saved child's life, Russell
was gravely waited upon by couple
of Yorkshire miners. who begged him
for pup.
One Of Russelrs songs. of which the
words were changed in accordance
with the altered conditions. is our ma
tional anthem. Columbia. the Gem of
the Ocean. "-Argonaut.