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Amador ledger., 1901-12-06
A CORDIAL RECEPTION.
The Book Agent Got One Tha
Wasn't Intended For Him.

There is a farmer living just north
of Evanston and a book agent some
where in the cosmopolitan desert of
Chicago each of whom feels that he is
victim of cruel circumstance.
Last week the farmer had a note
from a nephew to say that the boy
would visit the farm on Thursday.
Uncle and nephew had not met for fif-
teen years, and the old man drove to
the station in his most uncomfortable
coat that he might welcome his sisters
child. But the young man failed to
arrive. After waiting till the last pas
senger had disappeared the old man
drove away, disappointed.
The book agent entered into the dra-
MATHS PERSONA early the next morning.
Looking over the top rail of the barn.
yard gate, he called, "Hello, unclew
The book agent never got such a re-
ception before in all his life. The farm
er flung the gate wide open, seized the
agents hand and pressed a whiskered
kiss on the ironclad cheek.
"Say, this must be heaven" muir
INJURED the agent, following the farmer
into the house and explaining that ev-
erybody at home was as well as could
be expected. Not till the agent was
full of boiled dinner and attempted
to sell book did the farmer begin to
see dim light Charged with imper-
sonating the missing nephew, the
agent explained that he greeted all
elderly strangers as "uncle;" that he
even had few almost real ones in
South Clark. street in Chicago.
When last seen by the farmer, the
agent was still running, and when the
real nephew does come he may find an
electric current in the latchstring.-
Amador ledger., 1901-12-06

According to Pliny fire was a long
time unknown to some of the ancient
Egyptian tribes, and when celebrated
astronomer made them acquainted with
that element and how to produce It
they were wild with delight. The Per
slams, Ph9nicians, Greeks and several
other nations acknowledge that their
ancestors were once without the COM
forts which fire bestows; the Chinese
confess the same of their progenitors.
PompanioR, Mola, Plutarch and other
ancient writers speak of nations which,
at the time when they wrote, knew not
the use of fire or had just recently
learned it.
The Inhabitants of the Marian
islands, which were discovered in 1851,
had no idea of fire or its uses. Their
establishment knew no bounds when
they saw it applied to wood, most of
them taking it to be some kind of an
animal which the sailors had brought
with them and which must be fed on
wood
Amador ledger., 1901-12-06
The Best Man.

For the origin of "the best man at a
wedding" we must go back many cen
turtles, to days when it was the anna,
BILE practice Of the budding bridegroom
to dispense with the consent either of
the lady or her father. He simply
waited for a suitable opportunity to
capture her and make bolt with his
bride. In this enterprise he found ii
helpful to have the services of friend
who would assist him in the capture
and keep the pursuers at bay until he
had got Il sufficiently long start. This
friend was the prototype of the "best
man" of our own unromantic day,
when his duties are limited to seeing
that the bridegroom doesn't leave the
ring behind him or leave the church
without taking his hat with him. How
times do change!
Amador ledger., 1901-12-06
Turned the Tables.

A lecturer was once descanting Oh
the superiority of nature over art when
an irreverent listener in the audience
fired that old question at him:
How would you look, sir. without
your wig?"
Young man." instantly replied the
lecturer, pointing his finger at him.
you have furnished me an apt illus.
tration for my argument. My bald.
ness can be traced to the artificial hab-
its Of our modern civilization, while
the wig am wearing"-here he raised
his voice till the windows shook-"is
made of natural hairp'
The audience testified its apprecia.
ton Of the point by loud applause, and
the speaker was not interrupted again.
Amador ledger., 1901-12-06
REVOLVER WOUNDS.
More Dangerous, For Many Reasons,
Than Those of the Rife


Than Those of the Rifle.
Wounds in civil life differ from those
In military life in the greater after dan
ger of septic Involvement. Revolver
cartridges are more liable than are
rifle cartridges to have been handled
frequently, to have been carried in
dirty pockets and to have come in con-
tact with various forms of infectious
materials that may prove of serious
consequence when buried in the it's
sues. Moreover, revolver cartridges
are covered with a coating of grease,
and this encourages an accumulation
of manifold microbic material, some of
infectious nature.
Rifle bullets are practically always
sterilized by the intense heat developed
by the powder at the moment Of their
discharge. Their rapid progress through
the all while in heated condition still
further serves to cleanse them of any
extraneous material that may chance
to have accumulated OH their surfaces.
This cleansing process is very effectu-
ally begun by the rifiing of the rifle
barrel through which the bullet forces
its way.
All these favorable factors are lack
ing in the case of the revolver bullet,
and so it is possible that in any given
case such bullet may carry infectious
material with 1t into the tissues. If
this were in small amount, nature
might effectually wall it off and no Sc
rious consequences result. On the 9th
er hand, such infectious material might
lie seemingly dormant for days, but
really slowly gathering strength by
multiplication, and when its toxins
were elaborated In sufficient amount
they might paralyze protective chemo-
taxis and produce a septic condition.
New York Medical News.
Amador ledger., 1901-12-06
ONE MANS LUCK.
Steered Into n Junior Partnership
by Chance Gust of Wind.


Speaking of taking in partners"
said q downtown business man, "our
Junior was, you might say, blown in on
us, and l saw him started in Our di-
rection, though 1 had no idea of it at
the time.
Going down town one summer morn
ing on a Ninth avenue elevated train
saw sitting opposite to me a young
man who caught my fancy, n substan-
tial, earnest, straightforward looking
chap, whose looks l liked first rate. He
was reading paper, and presently he
ment leaf that he didn't want and
threw it out of a window or tried to-,
for as a matter of fact 1t didn't go out.
A gust of wind with just the right
twist to it came along at just that mo-
ment and blew the paper back, to fall
on a vacant seat next to him.
"And as 1t fell something in it caught
his eye, and he picked up that part
which he had just been trying to throw
away and began earnestly to read it
and ended up by folding it carefully
and putting 1t in his pocket.
about four minutes after I'd got in
here that morning this same young
man walks in and applies for place
that we had been waiting for some
body to fill. Our advertisement for a
man for 1t was in that paper which l
had seen this young man try to throw
away, and which a gust of wind, by
one chance in a million or more, had
blown back upon him and in such a
manner as to fix his attention.
"As a matter of fact hadn't liked
the young mans act of throwing the
paper out of an elevated car window.
A paper floating down and around as
that would do might frfgnreT HORSES
and lead to no end of trouble and lots
of damage, but no one man thinks
about everything, and he'd learn better
about this, l knew, and so as a matter
of fact 1 took this young man on the
spot on my first impressions of him
He far more than made good and in
due course of time he came into his
Junior partnership, literally and truly
blown into it.
sort O. queer, eh?'-New York Sun.
Amador ledger., 1901-12-06

One day Beau Nash Joined some fine
ladies in a grove and, asking one of
them who was crooked whence she
came, she replied, straight from Lon
don"
"Confound me, madam" said he,
"thens you must have been warped by
the wayp'
She soon, however, had ample re-
venge. The following evening he join
ed her company and, with sheer and
a bow, asked her if she knew her cate
chism and could tell him the name Of
Tobit's dog.
Ellis name, sir, was Nash," replied
the lady, "and an impudent dog he
VAST
Amador ledger., 1901-12-06
HOYT'S JOKE ON M'KEE.
How the Playwright Had a Bit of
Fun With His Manager.

Fun With His Manager.
On one occasion Manager Mckee
was watching a performance from a
box, where he was seated with some
friends.
During the first act an usher came
to him with the information that a
gentleman was waiting at the door to
see him on most important business.
''Tell him l can't come out-I'm very
busy" was the answer.
The usher returned in a moment to
say that the man insisted ON seeing
Mr.. Mckee, who again sent out word
that 1t was impossible to see him.
The man outside then sent in the
message that he was an author and
had a play that he wished Mckee to
read Immediately.
This incensed the manager, who said
to the usher:
Tell that fool out there that this is
no time to bring a play to be read.
Get him out Of the place. won't see
him. won't read his play"
A few minutes later the usher came
back and Informed Mckee that the
man utterly refused to go without see
ing him, and that he must be granted
an interview, also that he was quite
sure that the manager would not only
read his play, but he would also pro-
duce it, and added that he would bet
$1,000 that Hoyt & Mckee would be
only too glad to get the play.
At that Mckee became furiously
angry, and. excusing himself to his
party, left the box with the intention
of personally inviting the persistent
author to begone.
where's that idiot who insists on
seeing me-" he asked Of the treasurer
at the box office. Then the treasurer
pointed to man standing in the shad-
ow with a roll of manuscript under
his arm.
1t was Hoyt, with his newly finished
play, which he handed to Mckee, who
said to those present:
TITS on me-what'n you have, boys?'
New York Clipper.
Amador ledger., 1901-12-06
Origin of the Clearing House.

In 1775 the bankers Of London rented
q house in Lombard street and fitted it
with tables and desks for the use Of
their clerks as place where bills,
notes, drafts and other commercial pa
per might be exchanged without the
trouble of personal visits Of employees
to all the metropolitan banks. Trans
fer tickets were used, and by means Of
this simple plan transactions involving
many millions were settled without
penny changing hands. The Bank of
England and every other important
bank in London are members of the
Clearing House association. The first
clearing house in the United States
was established by the associated
banks of New York in 1853. .
Amador ledger., 1901-12-06
A Large CoYcY.


Two old hunters were swapping
yarns and had got to quail.
why" said one, 81 remember a year
when quail were so thick that you
could get eight or ten at shot with a
rifle"
The other one sighed
whats the matter?' said the first.
II was thinking of my quail hunts. l
had fine black horse that rode ev-
erywhere, and one day out hunting
quail 1 saw big covey on a low
branch Of tree. l threw the bride
rein over the end of the limb and took
a shot.
Several birds fell and the rest flew
away.
well, sir, there were so many quail
on that limb that when they flew off it
sprang back into place and hanged my
horsep-Los Angeles Times.
Amador ledger., 1901-12-06
odors That permeat. Food,tufY,.

Odors That Permeate Foodstuffs.
A fish dealer in one of the most styl-
ish parts Of New York was deeply hurt
and badly worried one day by the COM
plant Of one Of his big customers that
a fine salmon which he had sent to the
house for big dinner had proved to
be entirely UNBEATABLE when served ow-
ing to most penetrating taste of creo-
sote that pervaded it. The fish dealer
realized, although the charge was not
made directly, that he was more than
suspected of having sold a stale fish
that had been washed or brushed with
an antiseptic preparation to hide its
condition. He knew that the salmon
had been perfectly fresh when he sold
1t, and for days he puzsled In vain over
the problem. But suddenly he remem-
bered that on the day the fish was sent
out tank wagon full of creosote had
stopped before his place and that his
cart, into which the fish was being
placed, was directly alongside of the
powerful stuff. That appears to have
been enough to permeate the delicate
flesh Of the fish.-New York Press.
Amador ledger., 1901-12-06
wooes Morpheus With Picture

II have found a cure" said a physi-
clan, ''for person who isn't chronical-
ly afflicted with insomnia, but who
temporarily cannot sleep. 1t is curl
GUS thing that the picture of a person
yawning will almost invariably induce
sleep.
"Try it yourself some time if you
come across such photograph. For
the life of you you can't help yawning,
after moment, and persistent gazing
at the sleepy head will almost inevite-
bly, send you to the couch for nap
New York Times.
Amador ledger., 1901-12-06
All Charged but the Cork.

A good story is told Of digger who
had ridden into Western Australian
town to consult doctor. Having done
so, he went to have the prescription
made up.
How much is this lotr' he asked
the chemist.
"Well, let me see," was the reply.
There's seven and sixpence for the
medicine and shilling for the bottle"
He hesitated, uncertain whether he
had charged for everything.
''Oh, hurry up, boss" said the impa-
tent miner; put price on the cork
and let us know the worst" London
Tit-Bits.
Amador ledger., 1901-12-06
Rice and Rice.

To most people rice is rice, but, not
withstanding this, there is a consider.
able difference between the Chinese OF
japanese and the American article
The former is darker In color and in nc
way compares with the latter In flavor
or quality. OF the American, how.
ever, there are a number Of grades, of
which that grown in the Carolinas is
considered the best. When purchas-
ing, see that the grains are large
plump and unbroken. In washing be
careful not to break them between the
hands.
Amador ledger., 1901-12-06
A Use For the Hyphen.

A teacher had just given lesson on
the hyphen, and thinking that his class
understood 1t now, he wrote the word
"birds-nest on the blackboard. "Now,
boys, why do we have hyphen be-
tween birds and nest" asked the
teacher.
Several hands went up, and the
teacher pointed to a small boy who
seemed very anxious to answer. For
the birds to roost on" was the reply.
London Tit-Bits.
Amador ledger., 1901-12-06
Health and Beauty.

A poor complexion is usually the re-
suit of torpid liver or irregular action
of the bowels. Unless natures refuse
is carried off it will surely cause impure
blood. Pimples, boils and other erup-
tions follow. This is natures method
of throwing off the poisons which the
bowels failed to remove. De Wits
Little Early Risers are world famous
for remedying this condition. They
stimulate the liver and promote regular
and healthy action of the bowels bu t
never cause gripping, cramps or dis
tress. Safe pills. Kerr's Pharmacy,
jackson.
Amador ledger., 1901-12-06
Proving Polarization.

The polarization of the human body
can be proved by allowing strong
current to flow through the body from
one end to the other, the hands being
placed in two basins connected with
the poles. The hands are then dried
and placed in two other basins of wa
ter connected with the wires of a deli
cate galvanometer. A current in the
reverse direction to the original one is
then found to flow from the body.
Amador ledger., 1901-12-06
Johnson on Poverty.

Poverty, my dear friend, is so great
an evil and pregnant with so much
temptation and so much misery that
cannot but earnestly enjoin you to
avoid it. Live on what you have; live
If you can on less. Do not borrow
either for vanity or pleasure; the vani-
ty will end in shame and the pleasure
in regret.-Samuel Johnson
Amador ledger., 1901-12-06
Mostly Fortissimo.

Hunt-It seems strange to me to hear
you criticise your wife's reflections as
harangues, in view of the fact that in
the earlier days Of your married life
you spoke of your wife's voice as the
very soul of music.
Blunt-Thats all right, too, but you
see she's drifted from the Italian to
the Wagnerian school.-Richmond Dis
patch.
Amador ledger., 1901-12-06

A thoroughly competent druggist is
kept at Kerr's drug store; prescrip-
tions compounded there may be de-
pended upon at all times.
To keep healthy you should eat
plenty of olives. You. can get good
ones at Caminetti's Central Market. II
Amador ledger., 1901-12-06
An Indian Belief.

There is a belief prevalent in India
that if q man be sleeping, no matter
where, and a Shesh Nag come and sit
beside him, with a hood spread over
the sleeper's face, the latter is sure to
be son Of fortune. Popular tradition
assigns the same reason to the rise of
Haida Ali of Mysore from common
soldier, ----..---
Amador ledger., 1901-12-06
His Gift.

The following incident is reported
from one of the public schools in the
poorer section of Boston:
"Say, teacher. here's a tuberose l
brought you," said a smudge faced
youngster the other day.
And, beaming her thanks, she asked
him where he got it.
"Oh, say, dat was easy" he replied.
81 got it off'n a dead lady,"
Amador ledger., 1901-12-06
Fhe Only One Eligible

Papa-So, Bobby, you're the presi-
dent of your bicycle club. That's very
nice. How did they happen to choose
you?
Bobby-Well, you see, papa, I'm the
only boy that's got bicycle.-Tit-Bits.
Amador ledger., 1901-12-06
Her References.

Mrs. Hiram-And have you any ref
erences?
Applicant-No, mum; OF tored 'em
upi
Mrs. Hiram Gin surprise)-Tore them
up? How foolishi
Applicant-Yez wudn't think so,
mum, if yez had seen 'em.-From
"Recollections of Mrs. Minnie E. Leo"
Amador ledger., 1901-12-06


1t is said that Sarah, duchess of
Marlborough, one day remarked to her
grandson, Jack Spencer: Jack. you
must marry, and will give you a list
of the ladies you may propose to-"
every well, grannie," he said. and he
proposed to the first on the list. When
he came back with his wife from their
wedding tour, they went to pay their
respects to the old lady.
"Well, now" she said, 81 am the root,
and you are only the branches, and
therefore you must always pay me a
great deal of Difference"
'That is all very WELL" said Jack
Impertinently, 'but think the branches
would flourish a great deal better IL
the root was under ground"
Amador ledger., 1901-12-06
Woman,s Intuition,

Tess-She says she can't understand
why people call him flatterer.
Jess-She does, Ell?
Tess-Yes; 1 guess it's because he
never said anything flattering to her.
Jess-More likely he did say some
thing fattering and she's trying to
make herself believe he was in earnest.
PHILADELPHIA Press.
Amador ledger., 1901-12-06

First Scientist-This is a puzzling
case indeed.
Second Scientist should say So
Why, this would puzzle an amateur
scientist.-Baltimor American.
Amador ledger., 1901-12-06
M. E. Church Services.

Preaching every Sunday at II a. M and 7:3C
p. m. Sunday school, 2 p. m; Senior Epworth
League, 6:45 p. m; Midweek Prayer meetings
Thursday, 1880 p. m.
Rev. G. H. Van Vliet, pastor
Amador ledger., 1901-12-06

Lampblack mixed with turpentine to
consistency that will flow readily
from the brush makes a good marking
ink
Amador ledger., 1901-12-06

A statistical item of interest to wo-
men Is that today women are two
inches taller on an average than they
were twenty-five years ago.
Amador ledger., 1901-12-06
HOME
AND
CHI a

Does your horse "feel his
oats? What a difference be.
tween the granted and the
CRASHED horsel The first
strong and full Of ginger, the
second fabby, weak and tired
out before he begins. The
feeding makes the difference
Children are not alike either
One is rosy, bright-eyed, full.
of life and laughter, another is
pale, weak and dull. The feed
ing again is responsible.
Sickly children need special
feeding. They don't feel their
oats. SCOTS Emulsion adds
just the right richness to their
diet. tits like grain to the
horse. The child gets new
appetite and strong digestion.
SCOTS Emulsion is more
than food. 1t is a strong
medicine. 1t rouses up dull
children, puts new flesh on thin
ones and red blood into pale
ones. 1t makes children grow
SCOTS Emulsion makes ordi
Amador ledger., 1901-12-06
DENTISTS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
DICHARD WEBB
United States Commissioner

Will attend to Homestead and other filings
taking OF final proofs and all other Land
Business.
Deeds and other legal documents drawn up.
Agent for Phoenix Assurance Company Of
London, and Washington Providence Fire In
surance Companies. le20
Amador ledger., 1901-12-06
EYES, EARS, NOSE AND THROAT


nandwo
are lwaysc crowded
Amador ledger., 1901-12-06

nary food do its
duty.
This picture represents
the Trade Mark of SCOTS
Emulsion and is on the
wrapper of every bottle.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT & BOVINE,
4oo Pearl St, New York
soc and 81. all druggists.
Amador ledger., 1901-12-06
LAWYERS.

N b. SPAGNOLI
Attorney and Counselor at Law
JACKSON, CAL.
Practice in all the States and Federal courts
Once: Spagnoli building, opposite Hall q
Records.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-11
MODERN FABLES
BY GEORGE ABE. NA~ ~~ ~

wright. 1901 by Robert Howard
O0P' Russell.
onoe there was a Man who had an
.,+ Hester. She was a fine Mana
ground the House and a Good Soul.
Sne did things for Other People,
a,betber they wanted them done or
.ot Aunt Hester lived in a Town
,,oown as Pinksburg, because julius
I,irl built the first Frame House there.
Won have to hunt on the Map for quite
while before you find Pinksburg. A
railroad runs right through Pinksburg.
G. do most of the Trains.
Aunt Hester wrote to Nevvy, who
,,as named Albert, and said that while
he was on his Vacation he ought to run
down and spend Week in Pinksburg.
She said the Crops were looking quite
peart since the Rain and the Roads
we're good, and if he arrived in time
thew might drive over to the Bartholo-
new County Fair at Higginsville.
Albert took kindly to the Suggestion.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-11

to the Post Office to get a Circular
from House that sells a Silver Plated
Revolver for $780,
IN wanting to get out of the Hurry
Burly, Albert seemed to display tall
Judgment in selecting Pinksburg. He
knew that out there he could hear the
Birds sing and there would be no Troll
ieys whizzing past. He figured that
ne would get Hammock and rig it
up IN secluded corner of tie Front
yard and lie there looking up through
the lace-work of Foliage and reading
Funny Weekly until it put him to
Sleep.
Aunt Hester laid other Plans. AS soon
as she learned that AL was coming she
notified all his Blood Relations to be-
gin to Hump themselves to give him a
Good Time. So they began laying out
Work for him. They seemed to think
that he had come to Pinksburg looking
for Excitement.
When he arrived they put him in the
Spare Bed Room. 1t was the first time
the Shutter had been opened since
Uncle Burton died. There were some
Wax Flowers on the WALL also a pic
ture of Charles Wesley. The Bed had
Feather Tick and a Silk Quilt with
over 1000 Pieces and tall, rigid Shams
that Albert had to lift off and stand
in the Corner. 1t seemed an Outrage
to Muss Up such a Work of Art.
From the Moment that AL got brush
ed up, his Kin were just as Busy as
could be, trying to Entertain him. The
first thing they did to show that he
was welcome was to make him Eat.
Being Pale Person of Bilious Tenn
permanent and Sedentary Habits, he
was accustomed to a Morning Repast
of few Berries, an Egg and a small
Cup of Coffee, mostly Milk. At l