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Amador ledger., 1903-10-16
How Long Mosquitoes Live.

1t is not known just how long mos
quitoes can live, but their average life
is much longer than is ordinarily sup
posed. Thousands of them live through
winter, alternating or asleep in dark
places in barns or house cellars. In
sparsely settled localities, where they
cannot find such places for shelter,
they live through the winter in hollow
trees, in caves and holes under upturn-
ed trees, and even though the tempera-
ture may fall far below freezing they
are not winter killed, but on the ap~
proach of warm weather become active
again. Mosquitoes are frequently seen
flying about in the woods before the
snow has wholly left the ground.-Wil-
lam Lyman Underwood in Popular Sci
ence Monthly.
Amador ledger., 1903-10-16
The Rows In Gray.

A question often asked, according to
the United Service, is why the army
cadets at West Point wear a gray uni
form, while the uniform Of the army
is blue. The origin of the distinction
dates back to the war of 1924,
when the commissary general Of the
army could not procure the blue cloth
required for General Winfield Scott's
brigade, and so they were clad in gray.
So distinguished was the conduct of
that brigade at Lundy's Lane and Chip
pewa that when, after the war Of 1872,
a reorganization of West Point Mill
tary academy was made, out of compli-
ment to General Scott and his brigade
the uniform of the corps Of cadets was
changed from blue to gray.
Amador ledger., 1903-10-16
SINGS ITS DEATH SONG.
A Peculiar Bird Found In the Jun.
giles of South America.

Peculiar Bird Found In the jun
giles of South America.
There is a queer bird in the jungles
of northern South America which is
called the "paujr'' by the natives, but
is known to science as the galeated
curasson. 1t is chiefly remarkable be-
cause it sings its own death song.
1t does not really sing, but makes a
deep humming noise which sounds
very much like the Spanish words "El
muerto esta aqui" (the corpse lies here).
at is while uttering this Iugubrious
chant" said a South American travel
er, that the 'paujf usually meets its
death, for the hunter can then easily
track it to its retreat, and it falls u
victim, as the Indians say, to its own
death song"
If the 'pauji' gets suspicious it i'm
mediately ceases humming, and that is
the bird has seen him or scents dan
ger. In such a case the only thing for
the sportsman to do is to remain per-
fectly still. The bird may become re-
assured after waiting awhile and again
begin to call, 1.-THE corpse lies here" 1t
can then be cautiously approached and
killed.
If it is only wounded the "paujf usu-
ally escapes, though it cannot fly much
better than the ordinary domestic
fowl 1t is very fleet of foot and will
outrun the hunter until it is lost in the
dense underground of the jungle.
In the mating season the male "paujf'
is the most pugnacious Of birds and
will fight its own kind whenever 1t
meets them. Often the fight ends in
the annihilation of both combatants.
Amador ledger., 1903-10-16
Blinking Eyes,

If you find yourself blinking your
eyes rapidly without any cause stop
the habit at once or it will grow into
an incurable habit that will make your
eyesight fail early in life. Natural
blinking is necessary to clear and
moisten the eye. The average number
of natural blinks is about twenty per
minute. But a. nervous blinker will
wink 100 times In a minute The re-
suit of this will be an excessive de-
velopment of the eyelid muscles. 1t
also involves q counter irritation,
which acts on the optic nerve and rem
ders the sight daily more weak and ir
ritable Once contract this habit and
you will find you cannot bear a strong
light or read small types, and the eyes
will get worse and worse. The symp-
toms may indicate a need of spectacles
Amador ledger., 1903-10-16
The Antnr,s Month";

The actors mouth is essentially ia
cile and not infrequently it exhibits a
tendency to turn to one side or the 9th
er. This is due, in part, to its being
constantly used to express emotion and
also to the peculiar but no less well
recognized fact that when the mouth
is somewhat crooked a greater effect
can be produced than when it is open
ed quite straight. Example after ex-
ample could be cited, but for obvious
reasons names may not be mentioned.
At one time it was considered the mark
of the low comedian, for nearly every
one of them had q mouth twisted Ell
ther to the right or left as the result of
"mugging" Some of the most serious
actors-eyen those with a reputation
for beauty-could, however, be pointed
to as possessing the same characters
tic, which has also been observed with
not a few opera singers of the first
rank.-London Tatler.
Amador ledger., 1903-10-16
KINGBIRD AND ORIOLE.
The Difference In the birds Shown
by Their Nest Building.

by Their Nest Building.
The difference in the nature of the
kingbird and oriole is strikingly exhib-
tied in the style of their nests. The
kingbird hasn't a particle of imagina-
ton, not an atom of the artistic. His
shape, dress and voice declare 1t. He
Is hard headed, straightforward and Sc
rious, somewhat overbearing, perhaps,
and testy, but businesslike and refined
in all his tastes. His nest is himself
over again-strong. plain, adequate, but,
like its builder, refined. Contrast the
orioles. Romance, poetry and that in
aescribable touCh-the light, easy, negli-
gent touch of the artist-in every line
of it! Why, the thing was actually
woven of new mown hay-as If one
should build his house of sandalwood-
with all the scent of the hay field
about 1t. put my nose near and took
q deep, delicious breath. The birds had
selected and cut the grass themselves
and worked it in while green. Some of
it was still uncured, still soft and sweet
with sap. One side, exposed to the sun
through a leaf rift, had gone a golden
yellow, but the other side, deeply shad-
ed the day through, was yet green and
making more slowly under the leaves.
And this nest was woven, not built up
like the kingbird's; it was hung, not
saddled upon the limb, suspended from
the slenderest of forks so that every
little breeze would rock it. And so
loosely woven, so deftly, slightly tied!-
National Magazine.
Amador ledger., 1903-10-16
Naval ENCOURAGEMENT.

Admiral Watson always prohibited
swearing on the vessel where he hap
pened to be, and If any luckless officer
enforced an order from the bridge with
an oath he was called upon for pri-
vate interview with his superior. But
another matter in his squadron trou-
bled the admiral His was the flag
ship, and yet her men were sometimes
the last to finish the execution of a
command to carry out maneuver.
One day when the seamen were behind
in getting down from the rigging he
called captain to him.
"Why is it." he asked, "that here on
the flagship, where we ought to be the
quickest, the men are behind the other
ships2'
While the officer was seeking for an
inoffensive reply a volley of oaths came
floating across the water from the cap
tain Of the nearest ship.
well, you see, admiral, our men
don't get the right kind Of encourage
ment, sir."-Exchange.
Amador ledger., 1903-10-16
Cloves.

Gloves" said a physician, make an
excellent and handy remedy for nau-
sea, for the headache due to train rides
and for slight attacks Of seasickness.
I went abroad last year, and on the
boat the first day out began to feel
the approaches of seasickness. 1 took
a Glove every hour all the rest Of the
day, and by midnight the attack had
left me, and it did not return again.
Ny wife is much given to indigestion,
particularly when she eats pastry, but
experience has taught her that she
may now eat pastry with impunity
provided that she swallows a Glove
now and then for several hours after
the meal"
Amador ledger., 1903-10-16
sex PecuIiarftfes.

A man will run as fast as he can to
cross a railroad track in front of a
train. Then he will watch 1t till It
goes out Of sight. Then he will walk
leisurely away. He seems to be all
right and probably is. That is man.
A woman in street car will open a
satchel and take out purse, take out
a dime and close the purse, open the
satchel, put in the purse, close the
satchel and lock both ends. Then she
will give the dime to sthe conductor,
who will give her a nickel back. Then
she will open the satchel and take out
the purse, put in the nickel, close the
purse, open the satchel and put in the
purse, close the satchel and lock both
ends. Then she will feel for the buckle
at the back of her belt.-Kansas City
Journal
Amador ledger., 1903-10-16
The Twelve Jurymen.

A prisoner is tried by twelve of his
fellow countrymen. This custom is a
thousand years old, and we get it from
the Vikings. The Vikings divided their
country up into cantons, which were
subdivided into twelve portions, each
under a chieftain. When a malefactor
was brought to justice it was usual for
each chieftain to select man from the
district over which he ruled and COM
pei him to try the prisoner, the verdict
of these twelve men being declared by
the judge to be final.
Amador ledger., 1903-10-16
BOOK COVERS.
Ala of the Cloth For Them Is Stads
From Cotton Fabric.

From Cotton Fabric.
all of the cloth used in the binding
of books is made from. cotton fabric,
yet one would not say so on seeing the
finished product. Some of it looks ex-
actly like coarse linen. Other styles
have an appearance of the finest kind
of silk, while others have various sorts
of finishes that look like leatheret, can
vas, watered silk and a thousand diff
ferent designs.
When the cloth comes from the mills
1t Is treated in various ways to pre-
pare it for the dyeing process, which is
the most important. Different kinds of
sizing are used in the different grades.
and after this is done 1t is ready for
the color machines.
These are really the same sort of ma
chimes that calico is made on. They
are built of great steel rolls or cams
that are heated to high temperature
g means of live steam passing
through them constantly. The cloth
passes through boxes filed with the
aniline color that the cloth is expected
to be colored with. This is mixed with
a starch paste and is spread evenly all
through the cloth.
The latter then continues through the
steam heated cams and is finally rolled
up at the back of the machine in a
heavy roll of the desired color. The diff
ferent finishes are given in a second
process. The cloth is passed through
very heavy and massive steel rolls
which have been engraved with the de-
sign that is wanted. Fine lines run
ming diagonally across the cloth will
give silk effect, and there are many
other impressions that may be stamped
on in this way.-Springfield Union.
Amador ledger., 1903-10-16
BONE FOOD

Soft and crooked bones mean
bad feeding. Call the disease
rickets if you want to. The
growing child must eat the
right food for growth. Bones
must have. bone food, blood
must have blood food and so
on through the list.
SCOTS Emulsion is the right
treatment for soft bones in
children. Littledoses everyday
give the stiffness and shape
that healthy bones should have.
Bow legs become straighter,
loose joints grow stronger and
frmness comes to the soft
heads.
Wrong food caused the
trouble. Rightfood will cure it.
In thousands of cases SCOTS
Emulsion has proven to be the
right food for soft bones in
childhood.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT & BOVINE. Chemists.
GOe-4lS Pearl Street. New York.
soc. and $I.oo; all druggists.
Amador ledger., 1903-10-16
Turned the Tables.

An Irishman was called on to give
evidence in a shooting affray. "Did
you see the shot fired?" asked the mag
istrate.
mo-" replied the witness, 'but l
heard it."
Magistrate (sharply)-That is not sat
isfactory. Go down.
As the Irishman turned his back he
commenced to laugh, but was rebuked
by the magistrate, who added that 1t
was contempt of court.
Pat-Did you see me laugh?
Magistrate-No. heard you.
Pat-That's not satisfactory.
And the court laughed.
Amador ledger., 1903-10-16
Knew Her Danger.

Smythe-You say she had the burglar
covered with her revolver while her
maid went to call the police. Then
how did it happen that he escaped?
Browne-Well, you see, the burglar
was a foxy chap, SO he said suddenly,
Look out, there's a mouseP While
the was getting on a chair he got out.
Baltimore American.
Amador ledger., 1903-10-16
A Scientific Classification.

'Now, children" says the dear teach
er, 81 have explained to you how yeast
grows until it is full of cells. Which
little boy or girl will tell me the king
dom to which yeast belongsf"
The little wise boy lifted his hand.
You may tell, Johnny"
"The criminal kingdom, teacher
Chicago Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1903-10-16
No More Money.

Old Lawyer-Why do you feel that
your client will lose his case? Have
you exhausted every means at your
disposal to
Young Lawyer-No, but l have ex
hausted all the means at his disposal
Exchange.
Amador ledger., 1903-10-16
Savage Revenge of a Gypsy Band.

Savage Revenge of a Gypsy Band.
A young Hungarian gypsy who had
betrayed his party to the authorities
after n robbery begged the magistrates
at Magyar Egres for protection, as his
companions threatened to kill him. The
man was given shelter, but the room
was found empty on the following day.
Eventually his body was discovered
in field. The eyes had been burned
out, the tongue excised and the man
hanged by the feet on two acacia trees.
The body had been cloven In two.
Amador ledger., 1903-10-16
A Ono sided RuIe

Once when P. T. Barnum was taking
tickets at the entrance of his circus
a man asked him IL he could go in
without paying.
"You can pay without going in" said
Barnum, "but you can't go in without
paying. The rule doesn't work both
ways"
Amador ledger., 1903-10-16
A Living Proof.

Willie Sapphedd-No; have nt
Nvothers or sistahs. I'm the only chilo
of my pawents.
Miss Oldestile-Dear me. and there
are people who will persist in asserting
that marriage isn't failure!
Amador ledger., 1903-10-16
Figures 1t Out.

Jolk-When may knothole be said
to be not whole2
Polk-What are you talking about2
Jolk-The answer is: When only
part of the knot is Philadelphia
Press.
Amador ledger., 1903-10-16
-.e Dictionary Habit.

Friend-What queer language your
husband uses! He pronounces every
word half dozen different ways. j
WsfeeY Yess be, ,has half q dozen dtfs
sstent dicfonSEass 80 49,
Amador ledger., 1903-10-16

The law which all rascals believe
should be enforced to the last letter is
the statute Of limitations.-New York
World
Amador ledger., 1903-10-16
Precoc1ou. In snntn.

Bobby-Do have to go to school
mother?
Mother-Of course, Bobby.
Bobby-Why, mother, l heard you
tell father last night that knew en-
tirely too much.-Detroit Free Press.
Amador ledger., 1903-10-16

In the hands Of many wealth is like
! harp in the hoofs of an ass.-Martin
Luther.
Amador ledger., 1903-10-16
Season Opening Sale..
UNTIL SATURDAY, OCTOBER "a. 1903
JACKSON'S

Amador County and Way Beyond Boundaries
THIS SALE is EXTRAORDINARY ONE IT is
the sale have had during Last April contemplated
Jackson
in
To make quantity
of
not We therefore earnestly appeal kindness the
carefully the quoted this comparisons
asky
sale with Others
the gnuineness o this sale.
Amador ledger., 1903-10-16

The regular meeting of the Board of Supervis-
ors is held on the first Monday of each month.
E. b. Moore Chairman.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-15

piled the driver, '-puI when I tell you all I believe know how gentleman of your figure will decide. There is a gentleman's party in this house. I do not know whether the master be stranger to London and without ac- quaintances of his own or whether he is man of odd notions. But certainly was hired to kidnap single gentlemen { in evening dress, as many as pleased, big military officers by preference. You have simply to go in and say that MT. Morris invited you"
 Are you MT. Morris?" inquired the lieutenant.
 "Oh, no," replied the cabman. "Mr. Morris is the person of the house." III IS noT common way or collecting guests" said Brackenbury, "but an eccentric man might very we'll indulge the whim without any intention to offend. And suppose that I refuse Mir Morris invitation" he went on, "what thenr
 My orders are to drive you back where I took you from" replied the man, land set out to look for others up to midnight. Those who have no fancy for such an adventure. MT. Morris said, were not the guests far hiln''
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-15
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"Where you please" said BracKen- bury.
 And immediately, at a pace of sur prising swiftness, the hanson drove off through the rain into maze of villas. One villa was so like another, each with its front garden, and there was so little to distinguish the deserted lamp lit streets and crescents through which the flying hanson took it's way that Brackenbury soon lost all idea of di' rection He would have been tempted to believe that the cabman was anus. ing himself by driving him round and round and in and out about small quarter, but there was something busi, nesslike in the speed which convinced him of the contrary. The man had an object in view. He was hastening to- ward a definite end. and Brackenbury was at once astonished at the fellows skill in picking way through such a labyrinth and little concerned to i'm. agine what was the occasion of his hurry. He had heard tales of strangers faring il in London. Did the driver belong to some bloody and treacherous association, and was he himself being whirled to murderous death?
 The thought had scarcely presented itself when the cab swung sharply round a corner and pulled up before the garden gate of villa in long and wide road The house was brilliantly lighted up. Another hanson had just driven away, and Brackenbury could see a gentleman being admitted at the front door and received by several liveried servants. He was surprised that the cabman should have stopped so immediately in front of house where reception was being held, but he did not doubt it was the result of accident, and sat placidly smoking where he was until he heard the trap thrown open over his head.
 "Here we are, sir," said the driver.
 'Herev' repeated Brackenbury. "Where?"
 You told me to take you where I pleased, sir" returned the man, with q chuckle, s'and here we are"
 It struck Brackenbury that the voice was wonderfully smooth and courteous for a man in so inferior a position. He remembered the speed at which he had been driven, and now it occurred to him that the hanson was more luxuri- ously appointed than the common run of public conveyances.
 T must ask you to explain, said he. tDo you mean to turn me out into the rain? My good man, suspect the choice is mine''
 'The choice is certainly yours," re
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-15


 marveIed what was passing behind those warmly lighted windows. He looked into face after face and saw them each intent upon some unknown interest, criminal or kindly.
 "They talk of war;" he thought, ''but this is the great battlefield of man. kind"
 And then he began to wonder that he should walk so long in this compli- cated scene and not chance upon so much as the shadow of an adventure for himself.
 All in good time," he reflected. q am still a stranger and perhaps wear a strange air. But I must be drawn into the eddy before long"
 The night was already well advanced when plump of cold rain fell sudden ly out of the darkness. Brackenbury paused under some trees, and as he did so he caught sight of hanson cab man making him sign that he was disengaged. The circumstance fell in so happily to the occasion that he at once raised his cane in answer and had soon enseoneed himself in the London gondola.
 s.Where to. sir? asked the driver.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-15
NOTICE.

The Board of Commissioners o1 Public Works of the City of Water. bury, at a meeting of said board helt April z, 1903, made assessments fol sewer. purposes on property and prop erty owners on North Willow street from Ludlow street to Plaza avenue on Willard street, from Putnam stree westerly 2S0 feet; on Walnut street from TO feet north of Locust. street. t Oak street; on West Main street from the old city line to Starview avenue to the amount set to their respective names, as follows, to witt
 NORTH WILLOW STREET.
 West Side:-Alexander Dallas, S337. liam Reither, $75.O0. @
 WILLARD STREET, SOUTH SIDE William R. Price, $3sO55. Nortl Side:-William NcGrath, $375O; Ed. mund A. Major, $66.75; Margaret L Smith, $127.29; Martha P. Hull, $69 75 WALNUT STREET, NORTH SIDE
 Michael Fleming, $6o.oo; Jeremiah slattery, $75.O0; Charles F. KelIar S123.OO; estate Thomas NJ. Fitzachery S173.7o; Anna Doyle, $1S000. Soutl side:-Thomas B. Walker, $174.O7; Em ma c. Ives $21S6S; Thomas Fleming STE, ,00: Emil c. Steinman. $S4.00; Da vid Johns, $75.0o; Emil c. Stainman $75.00; William Waters, $1125O.
 WEST MAIN STREET, NORTH SIDE.
 . Samuel Root, $135.75; Mary B. Col ley, S73.72: Charles A. Co,ley, $G1 .2S Charles A. Colley. Cornelia A. Colley SHEDS; R. R. Stannard, $S3,55; Alex ander Guinard. $64.50; Ella Adams S99.0O; Wallace E. Peck, $74.25; Lorer R. Carter $13S.00; Susan l.. Hurlburt S15O.oo: George O. Robbins, S150.oO Susan H. Cairns, Anna Cairns, S120. .o0 Robert A. Cairns. $1260O. SoutI Side:-City of Waterbury. $5O04: Lii Han NJ. Hart, $21000; Watson M. HurI burt, trustee, $151.6 .69: Walter ]. War rick. ST6.2o: Margaret Poulter, S76. 20 Mary r. Schneider $75.T5; Loren R Carter, $75.76; estate Ellen NJ. Connor S59O.52.
 The above assessments become du, and payable on April 20. 1903. at tll, office of the Collector of Taxes, Will liam F. Thoms. City hall building.
 Attest: MICHAEL J. RYAN, 4-13-14-15 City Clerk.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-15
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zz zAIEUTENANT BRACKEN- BURY RICH had greatly distinguished himself in
 one of the lesser Indian E4k@EgMlS wars. He it was who took HGSAzyNg2E the chieftain prisoner
 with his own hand. His gallantry was universally applauded, and when he came home prostrated by an ugly saber cut and protracted jun gle fever society was prepared to well come the lieutenant as celebrity of minor luster But his was a character remarkable for unaffected modesty. Ad- venture was dear to his heart, but he cared little for adulation, and he wait ed at foreign watering places and ill Algiers until the fame of his exploits had run through it's nine days vitality and begun to be forgotten. He arrived in London at last, in the early season, with as little observation as he could desire, and as he was an orphan and had none but distant relatives who lived in the provinces it was almost as a foreigner that he installed him. self in the capital of the country for which he had shed his blood.
 On the day following his arrival he dined alone at military club. He shook hands with few old comrades and received their warm congratula- tions, but as one and all had some en- gagement for the evening he found himself left entirely to his own re- sources. He was in dress, for he had entertained the notion of visiting a theater. But the great city was new to him. He had gone from provin- cial school to a military college and thence direct to the eastern empire, and he promised himself variety of delights in this world for exploration. Swinging his cane, he took his way westward. It was mild evening, al- ready dark, and now and then threat ened rain. The succession of faces in the lamplight stirred the lieutenant s imagination, and it seemed to him as if he could walk forever in that stim- uIating city atmosphere and surround ed by the mystery of 100000 private lives. He glanced at the houses and
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-15
Fish4nE.

Gladys Young was fond of fishing, So she fished from morn till night; But to tell the truth about 1t,
 Gladys never had a bite. Hat awry and cheeks like rosesD
 Empty basket on her arm, Told the giggling lads and lassies
 No wee fishes came to harm. 'sWhere's your fsh?" they cried in chorus Lovely day!' and "Stream so still!' Gladys blushed; 1T caught but one fish, And he's climbing up the hill.'' r-Florencia A. Lewis in New York Her.
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