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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-02-26
NEW ORLEANS ENTRIES.


One mile, maidens-rros, Florad, viii.
Lancehlm 10, Anna Darling Emily Oliver,
Rondcle 1os yeritable Boy lo6. Edwin
Ice, Grey Morn 1903, Cicily Thorncop Loka
101.
Three fourths of mile, selling st. Cnth.
bert III, John Grigsby 10j. lack Ford.
Automaton, Tom Collins l04, Uranus, Fleu-
ron 102, Sir Christopher 10l Alpaca 90
The Bronze Demon SO, Lady Kent, Rival
Dare "a.
Steepiechase handicap, short course Mr..
Rose 1871. Ceylon, Lot Thomas 49,, Jim Tay-
lor 1870, King Elkwood 100, Harve b 1gT.
Mile and sixteenth handicap-Mnay
1ol, Annoy 1o4, Ida Ledford 30. Banish
rs, Albert +. Dewey 81. Circus 81, Digiey
Bell Sc.
Mile and quarter, selling Major Mansir
1os, Garter Ban, Ben Chance l04, e. st
Tucker o. Star Cotton 92
One mile-Prowl ITO, Kafhr 1903, Little
Emmy Emmy lo1 GGldaga, l; samelsoq o5, The
paw, Hard Heart Josie f., Silver Chimes
Wpothar Ninor and trooL
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-02-26
Oakland Results.

San francisco, February 25.-Five and a
half furlongs. seling-Pcucll Me, Derby
Winner, Rasp. Time 112@
Futuity course. selling Mildred Schul ge
Montoya, Breton Time 1:16i4
Seven fnrlongs- Flamero, Hungarian. La
vator. Time 1:32h
Mile aud sixteenth. Plumas handicap-
SomDrere. Colonel Balisntyne, Botany
Time 1884.
Six furlongs- Muresca. Meebanus, Thu
ron. Time 1884,
Five and half furlongs, selling Larry
WIT Senator Bruce. Natl. Time I'LL
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-02-26

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Amador ledger., 1902-08-22
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 SIC are
visible to US on the earth; 424 parts re-
main hidden absolutely to mans eyes.
Without its atmosphere, which serves
as 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 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 gun.
If this globe were cooled down to 200
degrees below zero of centigrade, it
would be covered with a sea Of lique-
fed gas thirty-ive 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-hundredthso of an inch
per second.
Amador ledger., 1902-08-22
THE SOUND OF A PIANO.
&eeming Defects That May BE Often
Due to Exterior Causes.

"A piano." said a dealer, Twill some
times develop or seem to develop
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 l 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
struck the note she was readily con-
yinced.
II 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. s."-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Amador ledger., 1902-08-22
A story of Two Necklaces.

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 a gift, the customary way
of obtaining the good will of the SPAN
ish officials. He found at 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., 1902-08-22
ANTIsEPTHs.
They Do Not Destroy, 1t Is Said. but
Only Arrest Germ Life

They Do Not Destroy, 1t Is Said. but
Only Arrest Germ Life.
Fhe 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 solution of
carbolic acid added to flour paste will
keep it sweet for a 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 it.
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 it 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 afr 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 a room after fever case we
have to use it in such way and in
such proportion that it is impossible for
any person>to remain in the room at
Amador ledger., 1902-08-22
THE INNS OF CHINA.
Their Cheapness Is About Their Ono
RedeeminE Feature.

Chinese inns are without register. or
clerks. On riding through the gateway
your bride rein is seized by a 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 a
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 a 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 Il 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 beii of a
| Chinese inn would be for a foIGigner
an impossibility were it not tlat he is
| always so exhausted at the end of
each days journey that he finds it diff
| ficult 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 fol
one night for a traveller and two serv.
ants. with stabling and fodder for his
ponies and cart mules, is about sc
cents.-New York Mail and Express.
Amador ledger., 1902-08-22
Hiding Behind Big words.

A mining expert recently described a
lode as traversing "a metamorphic
matrix of somewhat argillOarenace-
Gus composition" This means literally
"a changed mass of somewhat clayey-
sandy composition" This in its turn
may be translated into plain English
as MUD.
Why choke puny fact with MUIR
derous polysyllables? Huxley and Dar-
win, Lyell and Faraday could so write
as to be "understanded of the people"
and there is suspicion abroad in these
times that the big words so freely used
by small men are a device to conceal
ignorance and ineXact thought rather
than a proof of superior knowledge
Youths COMPANION.
Amador ledger., 1902-08-22
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 a lawyer objected to a witness,
but Judge Davis refused to sustain
him. The lawyer cried, "But, your
honor, I submit And here he broke
off.
That's right" said the judge quick
ly; always submit. Crier, adjourn
courtw
In one case over which he presided
there were fifty-five distinct offenses
and four counts on each offense. 900 in
all.
"Well," said Judge Davis, there are
more counts than in a German princi-
pality."
Amador ledger., 1902-08-22
WHAT is TEMPERAMENTf
10 Wonder This ChiId's Brain Is All
In a Middle.

In a Middle.
The half dozen blocks about Dupont
cocle 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 neighbors began to wonder
whether such intimate intercourse
among scientists was a 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 a
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
an entire week.
Finally her father gave her note to
Professor - and sent her off to find
out. That scientist answered the que
ry as fellows; Temperament is an in
dividual tendency to the rise of a GER
lulu uleuldl Sldle. rdlueE anu uduSl-
ter wrestled with that little while and
then applied to second member of
the scientific group for help. No.
~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 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 nc, - family dictionary is
worn out.-WasLington Star.
Amador ledger., 1902-08-22
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 Just
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 a 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 COW that is lying down
may make her get up more quickly,
but it will not induce her to give any
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 condi-
tlons Of churning is the temperature of
the cream. No guess should be allowed,
but a good Thermometer used.
Amador ledger., 1902-08-22
Boosted Too Soon.

The rear end of Fordham car was
congested the other afternoon. There
wasn't even standing room only" A
'jocular commuter said, Beware of
pickpocketsT
Everybody laughed.
A gentlemanly looking fellow said:
mo man need be afraid Of pickpock-
cts if he does as 1 did. I have a self
patented scheme. l 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 for
get it."
The crowd thinned out.
At Wendover avenue the "patentee''
said startingly:
My watch is gone!'
Somebody had clipped the chain,
drawn it through the other way and
abstracted the watch.-New York
News
Amador ledger., 1902-08-22
Fan. In shake.peare,. 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 a prodigous fan, which had
long stick, with which he corrected his
daughters,
Amador ledger., 1902-08-22
rheories About Drowned Bodies

1t was popular theory in days gone
by that the body of a drowned man
would float the ninth day. Sir Thomas
Browne alludes 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 a hundred
years owing to the rites of burial hav-
ing never been properly bestowed upon
their bodies.-Notes and Queries.
Amador ledger., 1902-08-22
OF More Importance.

"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.
Newer mind that" interrupted the
secretary of the fat stock show. "Give
us the pedigree Of the hog."-Chicago
Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1902-08-22
Test of the Age of Eggs.

There is sure and simple test of age
in an egg. Dissolve six ounces otcom-
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., 1902-08-22
Satisfaction In II.

"You know, my DEAR" said her
friend, wealth does not mean happi-
ness"
"Well," 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., 1902-08-22
A NIartYr.

"She is the most sacrifcin' woman
fer miles around"
I'm 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-
sult"-Baltimore Herald.
Amador ledger., 1902-08-22
A Prue PhiInsnnher.

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., 1902-08-22

SAFE DEPOSIT.-Safe deposit boxes can be
rented from the Bank of Amador County at the
small expense of 35 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 poStoffice or express. Money sent
to all parts of the United States and also all
parts of the world. We have the latest quota
ttons on foreign exchange.
SAVE MONEY-It doesn't cost anything to
deposit money in the Bank of Amador County.
They receive deposits from IS up Commence
the new year by opening up bank account. A
man or woman with a bank account has a
financial standing. Don't bury your money
when you die it can't be found and you are liza
BILE to be robbed while alive
Amador ledger., 1902-08-22
A Thnrough. Pcssimist.

"Ee never looks on the sunny side of
hfe."
"Or if he does he complains of the
heat."-Detroit Free Press.
Amador ledger., 1902-08-22
NJ. E. Church Services.

Preaching every Sunday at II a. m. and 7:SO
p. m. Sunday school, p. m; Senior Epworth
League, 6:45 p m; Midweek Prayer meetings,
Thursday, 7:S0 p. IN.
Rev. G. II. Van Vliet, pastor.
Amador ledger., 1902-08-22

Something special Sure thing. The
Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean and this
paper 81. 80 for one year. Ask us what
it means.
Amador ledger., 1902-08-22
stry.

Hiss Upperten (haughtilyl-My great
grandfather was a Virginia Taylor.
Miss Newrich unaffected Indeed!
And my grandfather was a Chicago
butcher. Chicago News.
Amador ledger., 1902-08-22
EXtreneR.

Mrs. Any husband is positively
impossible. He knows nothing.
Mrs. B.-Mine is simply unbearable.
He knows everything.-Tit-Bits.
Amador ledger., 1902-08-22

T AIDES We want good representative in
II each locality and offer any woman who will
work position which will easily pay &1S per
week. This is no deception and if you can
spare only two hours per day. Address MISS
MABEL E. RUSH, Secretary, Box B, Joliet, Ill.
Amador ledger., 1902-08-22
MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS.
BANK OF AMADOR COUNTY
Incorporated November, 1895
Capital Stock F: $4,000

Alfonso Ginocchio, s. c. Spagnoli, John Strohm,
Frederick Eudey and Alex Eudey of Jackson
Amador ledger., 1902-08-22

ITO PRINTERS.-A COMPLETE OUTFIT
l. for Seven or Eight Column Paper in
cluding Washington Hand Press, body and dis
play type, rules leads ETC. Will be sold cheap
for cash.
Also, one Mustang Mailer and Mailing Out
fit; good as new. Address, Ledger office, Jack
son, Cal.
Amador ledger., 1902-08-22

Every Amador Ledger will have opportunity
these magnificent he wishes participate in the GI
Educational Contest in which these prizes are given
subject this great contest is the total vote
the States New York. Pennsylvania and Michigan
4th day of November, 1902.
Every interested in the science of Government should be in
election New York aw
national import point political significance Pennsyvan
Importance the Empire State while chga
rapidly becoming important political factor in the sehood Sta
Much valuable information gained study of the political
in these three states.
Amador ledger., 1902-08-22
CONDITIONS OF THIS GREAT CONTEST.

Every subscriber who RENTS 81 So the regular subscription p
subscription Amador Ledger will receive ce6c
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This open old subscribers For $5 paid
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When send your subscription also send estimates OF
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neresed committee Judges just the o
figures be obtained.
Amador ledger., 1902-08-22
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 81. so for one year. Spec
ial deal"
Amador ledger., 1902-08-22
The following Special Prizes
also be paid.

also be paid.
For the nearest correct estimate re-
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Total 1000 prizes, amounting to. ...... .e25, {
In case of q tie or that two or more est
equally between them.
The Washington times., 1902-04-04
Mrs. Foraker's New Portrait.

At Mrs Forakers usual Thursday re-
ception yesterday afternoon her callers
had the pleasure of seeing the new por-
trait of herself, which has just been
hung in the ballroom
The artist. Mrs. Floyd W. Horton. has
caught a vivid likeness Of the handsome
wife of the Ohio Senator and painted her
seated in a graceful life-like pose Her
gown is of wine red silk. opening over a
petticoat OF rich tan velvet, embroidered
with red roses Misty lace finishes the
low bodice and elbow sleeves. and IN
her hair, which is arranged in pompa-
dour fashion. is an aigrette OF small
white plumes. Falling back from the
chair is a wrap of silver fox fur, which
melts indefinitely into the dark color that
forms the background. The figure is
nearly life-size End is painted in pasteis
that seem to combine with most artistic
| ! SIKH the delicacy Of water coiors WIN
| the richness IF oils.
Mrs Foraker gave her first sitting IN
| Cincinnati, and later on Mrs. Horton came
! to Washington to complete her work Sne
| is a resident of st. Paul. Mimi, but ha s
| some idea of opening studio N Nasn-
| ington. Among her American teachers
was WilliaIn VI. Chase and she has also
| studied under scme OF the most famous
masters abroad.
| Miss Louise Deshler- OF COLUMBUS
| Ohio. is Mrs. Foraker's house guest
The Washington times., 1902-04-04
A STONE INSTEAD OF BREAD.


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