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Amador ledger., 1902-08-29
ANTISEPTlCS.
They Do Not Destroy, 1t Is Said. but
Only Arrest Germ Life.

They Do Not Destroy, 1t Is Said. but
Only Arrest Germ Life.
The Edinburgh Scotsman begs leave
to correct the erroneous belief that i'm
plies that antiseptics can prevent de-
cay. Decay may be arrested without
killing the microbe which would pro-
duce it. A few drops of a solution of
carbolic acid added to -four paste will
keep it sweet for certain time, not
because the germs in the paste are de-
stroyed, but because these germs are
hindered for the time being in their
growth and multiplication and because
the paste is rendered temporarily an
unsuitable soil for the growth of what.
ever microbes may fall from the air in
to il.
When the effect of the acid has worn
off and disappeared, we see the paste
going to the bad as rapidly as if it had
not been treated antiseptically at all.
Molds will grow in it. and it will decay
in the fashion familiar to everybody.
1t is in this way cold may act as an
antiseptic when it is used to preserve
meat and fish. There is no destruction
but only arrest of germ life. If we wish
to Kill microbes, therefore, we not only
have to use disinfectant, but we must
employ it in proper proportions and see
that 1t thoroughly attacks the germs
we wish to destroy. 1t is for this rea-
son that all attempts to kill germs
which the air may contain are worse
than useless. We cannot "disinfect" the
air. If we could do so, we should re-
quire to saturate the air with our germ
icide to such an extent that to breathe
| it would kill US.
We get an excellent example of this
fallacy of ''disinfecting air" when we
reflect that in using burning sulphur to
purify room after fever case We
have to use it in such a way and in
such proportion that it is impossible for
any person to remain in the room at
Amador ledger., 1902-08-29
THE INNS OF CHINA.
Their Cheapness Is About Their On,
RedeeminG Feature


Chinese inns are without register or
clerks. On riding through the gateway
your bride rein is seized by dirty
boy, who helps you to dismount, shout
ing loudly meanwhile for the proprie-
tor, who presently looms up through
the wilderness of carts and mules. Pro
prietor and boy then hold a parley as
to what rooms are eligible, and then
door is pushed open and the traveller is
shown TO his apartment. 1t is usually
about twelve feet square. The walls
and floor are of hard mud, and so are
the beds, which extend entirely across
the side of the room, with only space
enough between them for small table
and one chair The room is lighted by
one window, in which paper takes the
place of glass.
The first duty of the proprietor in
making patron comfortable is to stop
up the holes in the paper window pane.
He never tears the paper off entirely
and replaces it with a new one, be-
cause the sheet of paper is worth
about one-tenth of q cent, and the inn
keeper is not wasteful. Indeed he
pastes little slips of paper over the
holes until all the light that filters
through it is of a mottled hue.
At one end of the mule shed is the
kitchen of the inn. 1t is here that the
meals for all the patrons are prepared,
to be eaten in the rooms The menu is
not elaborate. 1t consists only of bowls
of rice and tea. Should the traveller de-
sire Il greater variety of food, he can
buy it himself in the market, and his
own servant can cook it in the kitchen
of the inn. To sleep ON the bai of a
Chinese inn would be for foreigner
an impossibility were it not tha; he is
always so exhausted at the end of
each days journey that he finds it diff
ticult to remain awake ten minutes
after alighting from his pony. He lies
down on the mat that covers the hard
heap of mud and surprises himself at
the soundness of his slumber
The one redeeming thing about the
inn is its cheapness. Just as the trav-
eler is about to depart in the morning
the proprietor tells him the amount of
his bill. Everything is charged on the
European plan" Every cup of tea,
every rushlight candle, the paper win
dow pane, are all itemized in the long
list which the proprietor reels off in
singsong, but the total is surprisingly
low. The cost of food and lodging for
one night for traveller and two serv-
ants, with stabling and fodder for his
ponies and cart mules, is about so
cents.-New York Mail and Express.
Amador ledger., 1902-08-29
THE SOUND OF A PIANO.
seenntug Defects That May BE oftea
Due to Exterior Causes.

seesntnE Defects That May BE Often
Due to Exterior Causes.
"A piano." said a dealer. Twill some,
tlines develop or seem to develop a
flaw in some one note, which comes to
have a rattle or Jingle or unpleasant
burr to it. but this jarring sound which
seems to come from the piano may in
reality come from some source quite
outside of it.
Any given note when struck pro-
duces certain number of vibrations TO
the second. There may be in the room
some object that is in tone sympathy
with some particular note, and that
will be set in motion by it when that
note is sounded.
"The owner of fine piano sent to us
one day to say that there was some
thing wrong about a certain note of
the instrument, SO that that note had
an unpleasant sound when struck.
When | heard the note sounded, knew
at once that the disagreeable rough
ness or buzz about it was due not to
any defect in the piano. but to some
thing somewhere about in the room,
and, asking the lady to strike that note
occasionally, l walked around the room
to see if could locate it.
Passing across the middle of the
room as that note was struck, the
cause Of the jarring accompaniment of
it was discovered to come from the vi
bration of one of the glass globes on
the chandelier overhead.
The owner of the piano was almost
incredulous as to this, the sound had
seemed so plainly to come from the
piano itself. But when at my request
she stood under the chandelier and l
struck the note she was readily con-
vinced.
81 made that globe immovable and
then struck the note on the piano. The
answer was clear and sweet and true.
$50, you see, the sound of the piano
may for one thing depend much upon
its surroundings, and what may seem
to be defect in piano may be in re-
ality attributable to something quite
apart from the piano itself.
"And thus it might easily be that
some noble instrument that had SEEM
ed to be declining or to be developing
faults owed its apparent change to a
change of environment or to some spe-
cific outside cause and was in reality
as good as ever, as would happily be
discovered whenever the instrument
was again brought under favorable
conditions" ns."-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Amador ledger., 1902-08-29
Test of the Age of Eggs.

There is a sure and simple test of age
in an egg. Dissolve six ounces of COM
mon kitchen salt in large glassful of
water and drop in your eggs, one at a
time. An egg one day old will sink to
the bottom, but if older it does not
reach the bottom. If three days old, it
sinks only just below the surface. If
five days and over, it floats; and the
older it is the more it .protrudes from
the water.-New York Press.
Amador ledger., 1902-08-29
POPULAR SCIENCE.

The microbe of the tuberculosis may
live on a book 103 days, as has been
shown by experiment
Of 1000 parts Of the moon SIG are
visible to us on the earth; 424 parts re-
main hidden absolutely to mans eyes.
Without its atmosphere, which serves
as a coverlet to protect it against the
fearful cold Of space, the surface of the
earth would be frozen like that of the
airless moon.
A certain duration of a luminous i'm
preston is necessary to produce an eff
feet on the retina. Hence it is that we
do not see very rapidly moving OBJ
ject, such as bullet fired from a gun.
If this globe were cooled down to 200
degrees below zero of centigrade, it
would be covered with a sea of ique-
fed gas thirty-fve feet deep, of which
about seven feet would be liquid oxy-
gen.
Blood travels from the heart through
the arteries ordinarily at the rate of
about twelve inches per second. Its
speed through the capillaries is at the
rate of three one-hundredths of an inch
per second.
Amador ledger., 1902-08-29
Judge Davis, Wit.

The late Noah Davis, justice of the
supreme court of New York, was one
of many judges and lawyers Who
make the courtroom the scene of some
of our best wit and humor. The New
York Commercial Advertiser gives
some Illustrations.
Once lawyer objected to a Witness
but Judge Davis refused to sustain
him. The lawyer cried, But, your
honor, 1 submit And here he broke
off.
That's right" said the judge quick
ly; always submit. Crier, adjourn
eourtr'
In one case over which he presided
there were fifty-fve distinct offenses
and four counts on each offense, 220 in
all
"Well," said Judge Davis, there are
more counts than in a German princi-
pality"
Amador ledger., 1902-08-29
WHAT is TEMPERAMENTf
No Wonder This ChiId's Brain Is All
In Muddle.

No Wonder This Child's Brain Is All
In MuddIe.
tne half dozen blocks about Dupont
Gle include the homes of as many
scientists Of national reputation. These
gentlemen Of course know each other
and meet frequently. Not long ago one
OF their ncighbors began to wonder
whether such intimate intercourse
among scientists was q good thing,
his cogitation having had its rise in the
following incident:
His little daughter has just reached
the age when she asks 200 questions
day. About a month ago her father
spoke of some author as lacking the
proper temperament for writing on
history. That word temperament"
apparently took root in the youngsters
mind. What was temperament? She
asked that question twice an hour for
nm entire week.
Finally her father gave her a note to
Professor - and sent her off to find
out. That scientist answered the que
ry as iu.i0..c: Temperament is an in
dividual tendency to the rise of cer-
tain mental state" Father and daugh-
ter wrestled with that little while and
then applied to a second member of
the scientific group for help. No 2
called temperament "an ensemble of
physical and mental traits arising from
fundamental constitutional differences
in individuals" This put the little
girls father completely at sea. So No.
3 was tried. His judgment was that
Temperament is the psychic resultant
of the whole organic life of the indi-
vidual." BY this time hope was aban-
doned. But when No. / volunteered to
make it clear the family spirits re-
vived. Temperament is a general dis
position of the mind" he wrote, "the
distinctions of which depend on the
dominance of one or the other of the
physiological systems"
And ne family dictionary is
worn out. Washington Star.
Amador ledger., 1902-08-29
DAIRY NOTES.

Glover is better than timothy for
cows
Regularity in feeding and milking is
important.
To get all of the butter the cream
must be uniformly ripened.
In milking squeeze the teats lust
hard enough to get the milk
Cows that are good producers of
rich milk must be good consumers.
In order to secure rich milk start
with rich COW and feed her rich
foods.
In small quantities cottonseed meal
is a good feed, but in excess it in
jures the butter.
Kicking a COW that is lying down
may make her get up more quickly.
but it will not induce her to give anv
more milk.
If rock salt is kept in the yard where
the cows can lick it every day, there
is no danger that they will get too
much at once.
One Of the most important condl-
tons of churning is the temperature of
the cream. No guess should be allowed.
but good Thermometer used.
Amador ledger., 1902-08-29
Rnnsted Too Soon.

The rear end of a Fordham car was
congested the other afternoon. There
wasn't even standing room only" A
jocular commuter said, Beware of
pickpocketsY'
Everybody laughed.
A gentlemanly looking fellow said:
''No man need be afraid Of pickpock-
cts if he does as I did. I have a self
patented scheme. I have buttonhole
in my vest pocket. | run my chain
through it and attach the other end in
the usual way They can't draw that
watch through that buttonhole. No
pickpockets in mine, and don't you fer
get it,
The crowd thinned out.
At Wendover avenue the "patentee"
said startingly:
My watch is goner'
Somebody had clipped the chain,
drawn it through the other way and
abstracted the watch.-NeW York
News
Amador ledger., 1902-08-29
A storv of TWO Necklnces.

When General Weyler was sent by
Spain as governor general to Manila,
Don Carlos Palanca, the wealthy Span
iardized Chinaman, determined to send
Mrs. Weyler gift, the customary way
of obtaining the good will of the Span
ish officials. He found at a jewelers.
two necklaces, each costing $4,000 and
both being so beautiful that he could
not choose between them. So he sent
them both to Mrs. Weyler with the
message that she should make her
choice. He received a warm letter of
thanks from her, stating that the neck
laces were so beautiful that she could
not decide between them and hence
would keep both, which she did.
Amador ledger., 1902-08-29
Theories About Drowned Bodies.

1t was popular theory in days gone
by that the body of drowned man
would float the ninth day. Sir Thomas
Browne alIudes to it as believed in his
time, and in his ''Pseudo-doxia Epi-
denies" there is a discussion on this
fanciful notion. 1t was also believed
that the spirits of those drowned at sea
were doomed to wander for hundred
years owing to the rites of burial hay
ing never been properly bestowed upon
their bodies.-Notes and Queries.
Amador ledger., 1902-08-29
of More Imnnrfance.

"Get my name right" said the proud
owner of the 1.175 pound hog. ITS
Judson K. Bimm. My father was Colo
mel Hiram Hotchkiss Bimm of LeXing
ton, Ky. He came to Illinois in the
year.
Never mind that" interrupted the
secretary of the fat stock show. "Give
US the pedigree of the hog."-Chicago
Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1902-08-29
Fans In shakespeare. Time.

Fans in Shakespeare's time seem to
have been composed Of ostrich and 9TH
er feathers fastened to handles. Cen
tlemen carried fans in those days, and
in one Of the later figures of the ger
man they now carry fans. According
to an old manuscript In the Ashmolean
museum, Sir Edward Cole rode the cir
cult with prodigous fan, which had a
long stick, with which he corrected his
i7auGhtars
Amador ledger., 1902-08-29
Satisfaction In Is.

"You know, my DEAR" said her
friend, wealth does not mean happi-
ness"
"WeIl," said the young lady who was
considering a possible proposal, 1T
means carte blanche with ones milli-
ner and ones dressmakerr'-B Brooklyn
Life
Amador ledger., 1902-08-29
A Martyr.

"She is the most sacrifcin' woman
fer miles around"
SIN what way?"
'Waal, whenever they git up lawn
fete or sumpen like for the church in
which the expenses are more'n the pro-
ceeds the committee alwus sends her
up to acquaint the pastor with the re-
lt."-Baltimore Herald.
Amador ledger., 1902-08-29

SAFE DEPOSIT.-Safe deposit boxes can be
rented from the Bank of Amador County - he
small expense of S5 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-P8tronize a home institu-
tion. Send money away through the Bank of
Amador County; you will save 10 per cent and
upward over postofflce or express. Money sent
parts Of the world. We have the latest quota
tions on foreign exchange.
SAVE MONEY-It doesn't cost anything to
deposit money in the Bank of Amador County.
the new year hy opening up bank account A
man or woman with a bank account has o
financial standing. Don't bury your money !;
when you die 1t can't be found and you are LA
BILE to be robbed while alive
Amador ledger., 1902-08-29
ARcpatrX.

hiss Uppeften (haughtily)-M Ny great
grandfather was Virginia Taylor.
Miss Npwrich lunaffectedl Indeed
and my grandfather was a Chicago
bdtcher.-Chicaso News
Amador ledger., 1902-08-29
A Pruc PhiIosnnher.

The greatest thing we ever saw in
the way of philosopher was a one
armed man in a manicure establish
fnent who gloated because he got his
work done for half price.-Washington
Post.
Amador ledger., 1902-08-29
M. E. Church Services.

Preaching every Sunday at II q. IN. and 1880
p. IN. Sunday school, = p. m; Senior Epworth
League, 6;45 p. m. Midweek Prayer meetings.
7:30 p. N.
Rev. G. H. Van Vlfet, pastor
Amador ledger., 1902-08-29

Something special ? Sure thing. The
Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean and this
paper $3.50 for one year. Ask us what
it means.
Amador ledger., 1902-08-29
ENtrenlPa

Mrs. Any husband is positively
impossible. He knows nothing.
Mrs. B.-AIine is simply unbearable.
He knows Yerything.-Tit-B Bits.
Amador ledger., 1902-08-29

T AIDES I'VE want good representative in
IL each locality and offer any woman who will
work position which will easily pay a1S per
week. This is no deception and If you can
spare only two hours per day. Address MISS
MABEL E. RUSH, Secretary, Box B, Joli ct, Ill.
Amador ledger., 1902-08-29

Every the Amador Ledger will have opportunity
magnificent he wishes participate the Great
Educational Contest in which these prizes given,
subject this great the total
New York Pennsylvania Michigan the
4h day of November, 1902
ed election always
national import point of political significance Pennsylvania
only Empire State while Michigan
rapidly becoming important political factor in the shood of States
Much valuable information gained study the political cond
the elections held in these three states
Amador ledger., 1902-08-29
A Thorough Pessimist.
"He never looks Oh the sunny side Of

cor if lie does he complains OF tie
at."-Detroit Free Press.
Amador ledger., 1902-08-29

Will do work in any part of
Amador County. If you want
to build, send note to jackson
POstoffice and l will call on you.
Estimates furnished without cost
on any kind of building. Will
make plans and specifications for
you. mar2tf
Amador ledger., 1902-08-29
To say silly things is about as bad as
to do them.--Punxsutawney Spirit.

Love is tickling sensation at the
heart that cannot be scratched.
~---~-----------~---~-
Does your dealer keep
Jesse Moore Whiskey?
If not, insist on his
Getting it for you.
The finest in the world.
This paper and the Chicago Weekly
Inter Ocean $3.50 for one year Spec
ial deal"
Amador ledger., 1902-08-29
BANK Of ANADOR COUNTY
Incorporated November, 1895
Capital Stock $4,000
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Alfonso Ginocchio S G. Spagnoli, John Strohm,
Frederick Eudey and Alex Eudey of Jackson
Amador ledger., 1902-08-29

Every subscriber who RENTS the regular subscription
subscription the Amador Ledger will certificate
that will him which his estimate entities him claim
This old subscribers For So paid
subscription estimate will be allowed The payment of $5
will entite the subscriber to two estimates and forth
When your subscription also send estimates of the
the three Write address
Subscription Blank below and mail the Amador
Ledger, box 234 Jackson, Cal.
The will close midnight November 1902 and estimate
received after that hour will be allowed The official certificates OF the
the showing the total for Governor will
entitled the prizes and the awards will be made by
nted committee prominent judges just the official
figures be obtained.
Amador ledger., 1902-08-29

also De PAID.
For the nearest correct estimate re-
ceived before August !, 1902 ,0O0.0d
For the nearest correct estimate re-
ceived on or after August l, and before
August Is ............... ............... l,OOO.Od
For the nearest correct estimate re-
fore September i..,.........:.......... ~ 10000
For the nearest correct estimate re-
ceived on or after September /, and be-
fore September Is. Observation-Disclosures. 10000
For the nearest correct estimate re-
ceived on or after September Is. and
before October 1........................ I.OOod
Total 1000 prizes, amounting e25 0O0.0d
In case of q tie or that two or more estima1
tors are equally correct prizes will be divided
equally between them.
Amador ledger., 1902-08-29

The total aggregate vote for Governor in|
these three states In 1894 and 1885, the years in
which all three states elected Governors al the
same time, was as follows:
In 1894 the aggregate vote fer 6oV-
ernor In these three states was 2, !
GAS, 6I6.
In 1898 the total aggregate vote for|
Governor In these three states was
2,752,09l.
What will the total aggregate vote for Cow
ernor in these three states be on November 4,|
1902? Figure it out or guess at it and send in|
your estimates. 1t may mean $4,000 in CASH
to you.
The offcial certificates Of the secretaries of
the states OF New York, Pennsylvania and|
Michigan, showing the combined total vote for|
Governor in these three states will determined
who are entitled to the prizes, and the awards
will be made by committee Of PROMINENT
Judges within 70 days after the oficial vote is
known.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-10
DEFAULTS WERE
VERY FREQUENT
Steamer Day lnterferes With Tennis
Tournament-f. Atherton
Beats A. F. Judd.

The first round of the Pacific Tennis
Clubs tournament for the Alexander
cup was commenced yesterday after
noon on the courts of the club. Out of
seven matches set for decision, no less
than four went by default, doubtless
owing to the rush of steamer day.
In the only game played, F. c. Ather-
ton won from A. F. Judd in straight
games, the score being, 6-3 Go. Judd
while palpably out of form, put up a
fair game, considering his long absence
from the courts. The winner played
his usual consistent game.
The defaults were as follows:
r. Atkinson defaulted to d. H. Hitch
cock.
George Fuller defaulted to w. F. Dill
l;ngham.
A. waterhouse defaulted to E. R.
Adams.
C. w. Dickey defaulted to A. Lewis.
Play will commence at .. m. today.
when the following matches will be
decided:
At 4 D. ma. T. Brock VS.. W. II.
Coney; ]. Waterhouse VS.. George Wa
terhouse.
AT 5 D. nj. C. Cooke VS.. C. H. w.
Norton; w. II. Babbitt VS.. S. G. Will
der; II. Roth VS.. w. F. Dillingham;.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-10
She Converted General Grant.

CHICAGO, April Mrs. Louisa
Henry, one OF the oldest residents OF
Detroit and character whose life his
tory has been one of remarkable inter
est. is dead. aged ninety-seven years.
She was seized with a religious fervor
when a young girl and prevailed upon
Der guardian to give up his hundred.
of slaves She then went to Mackinac
Island. then a wilderness. and as a
missionary, worked and lived among
the Indians. She went to Detroit in
1889. She was an intimate friend Of
General Grant when he was stationed
there as young officer just from West
Point 1t was through her efforts that
Gen. Grant was converted to the Chris
tian faith.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-10
CARELESSNESS
COST HIS LIFE
Otto Fetter Meets Awful Death
Between Whirling Wheels
on Dredger.

Early yesterday, Otto Fetter. an oiler
on Cotton Brothers dredger, operating
near the Healani boathouse, fell be-
tween two heavy gear wheels and sus-
tanned terrible fracture of his skull,
death being almost instantaneous.
No one actually witnessed the acct
dent. but deceased is thought to have
climbed above the big gear wheels, for
the purpose of fixing some of the ma
chinery which had gotten out of order
The engineer was unaware that Fet-
ter was anywhere near the wheels, and
at O'Clock set the machinery in mo-
ton, in order to lower the ladder into
the water.
Just as the wheels started to Devolve
Fetter must have lost his balance and
fallen. He was heard to cry stop"
and was found shortly afterwards with
his head caught between the cogs of
the wheels.
The police were notified and the body
removed to the morgue.
Otto Fetter was a brother-in-law OF
Captain Paul Smith. He has a broth
er, Emil Fetter. a plumber by trade,
who is u resident here. He was about
30 years of age, and leaves a widow
and two small children.
An inquest was held last night, at
which the testimony of w. II. Lehman,
Frank Burkard and William Peterson,
who were working on the dredger, was
taken.
The jury returned the following YER
dict:
THAT the said Otto Fetter came to
his death IL Honolulu, on the 9Th day
of April. 1902. Cron injuries to the head
CAUSED BY an accident on board the
dredgeT in the harbor of said Homo
lulu, said accident being due to his own
carelesness.'
The jury consisted of w. II. Coney,
j. y. Gere. L. Brodie, I. L. Cockett, w.
T. Il. Jones and w. Z. Fisher.