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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-09
uTTLEFlELD TO LECTURE.
Representative from Maine Soon to
 Talk on Race Question.

Washington February s.-(Special)- Soon after the adjournment of congress Representative Littleheld, of Maine, will deliver In various, parts of the country a lecture, which he has prepared on the race question. The lecture 1t Is said, will embrace principally the subject of the negro in politics.
 While Mir Littlefeld will not discuss at present the trend of his lecture, it is be- lieved he holds the opinion that there should be certain suffrage restrictions for whites and blacks alike.
 The lecture will be delivered principal ly in northern cities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-09
MANY WILL REGISTER. Books Will be Closed Next Thursday. Campaign Headquarters.

It is expected that registration this week will start off with vim this morn- night at 10 o'clock.
 Yesterday at the headquarters of the candidates for the different municipal of fees quiet prevailed. It is probable that c. s. Simmons, who Is manageing the campaign for Mayor Drennen, will an- nounce Mayor Drennens campaign com mittee today or tomorrow.
 At MT. Wards headquarters John Pugh, campaign manager, reported the prospects of MT Ward were all that could be desired
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-09
DREYFUs AFFAIR.
M. clemenoeau Says He Has Never
 Seen the Document.

Paris. February S-The Temps pub fishes an interview with M. Clemenceau, regarding the statement that he is ac- quainted with the contests of the all legged document to be used In the revival of the Dreyfus affair, which Is said to be now in the possession of the minister of war, under the special care of Col Faurier M. Clemenceau says he does not even remember meeting Faurier, and that he has never seen the document refer red to- All the published facts, involving him, he says, are of no consequence.
 The Temps has endeayored to inter- view Col. Faurier, but he replied that by order of the minister of war he could not make any communlcation on the matter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-09
DOCTOR MURDERED.
It is Believed Robbers Committed the
 Crlme-Patient Finds Him Dead

Ardmore l. T., February S.--Dr. T. J. Fisher, prominent physician at Reagan. has been murdered, presumably by rob- 'bers pr. Fisher. who was 45 years old, formerly resided at Stephensville. Tex.
 By marrying a wealthy Indian woman he became possessed of valuable land near Reagan. A patient called at Fish, CTS house and found him dead shot through the head. The other members of the family were absent from home on visit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-09
Wabash Rising.

Evansville. Ind. February s.-The river is still rising here tonight and 1t Is ex- pected the 4O-foot stage will be reached by Monday night. Towboats worked all day and re-engaged tonight trying to re- move corn from along the stream. There are thousands of bushels of corn along the river in cribs and 1t Is feared a great deal of it will be lost. The Wabash Is ris- ing rapidly tonight. Navigation has not vet been suspended.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-09
CITY ITEMS.

Meeting Tonight.-The Youg Mems Social and Political club will meet to- night at 8 o'clock in the Commercial club rooms, over the First National bank.
 No Action.-The congregation of the South Highland Presbyterian church held a meeting yesterday for the pur- pose of considering the question of calling pastor, but adjourned until next Sunday without taking action.
 St. vincent's.-The regular monthly meeting of the Ladies Auxiliary of St. Vincent's hospital will be held at St. vincent's hospital tomorrow at 3 o'clock. Mrs M. Clifford, president, requests all theemembers and other ladies interested in the work to at tend,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-09
CLOTH DEMAND.
Distinct Falling Off Last Week--Yarns
 Showed No Great Change.

Manchester, Feburay s-There was a distinct falling off in the demand for cloth during the past week and the turn over was smaller. A fairly healthy Inquiry was in evidence but the fact that buyers were apparently indisposed to enter into further engagements of any magnitude prevented any firmness on the part of the sellers. There were few practicable offers from India and China and some unimportant levant inquiry. Trade in the latter quarter will be stim- ulated 1t Is expected owing to the re- ported advance in goods made in the United States
 ;. Yarns showed no material change. There was a steady miscellaneous inquiry and the market was firm. Transactions were moderate,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-09
AT ST. PAUL'S CHURCH.
Father o'DonneII Preached at High
 Mass-Other Services.

Large congregations attended all three of the masses at St. Paul's church yes terday.
 At 7;30 o'clock the Rev Father o'Reilly said mass, at o'clock the Rev. Father Kerrigan was at the altar and Father OReilly preached, and at high mass at 10:30 the Rev, Father O,Donnell was the celebrant and preacher. It was Father o'Donnelrs first sermon in Birmingham, his work as assistant priest being mostly at mission churches. He delivered a carefully prepared sermon on the love of God
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-09
Wife of Bishop Dies.

Mexico City, February S-Mrs. Earl cranston, wife of Bishop Cranston, of Portland Oregon. died at Silao, in the state of Guanajuato last night. The bishop and his daughters leave Tuesday with the body for Cincinnati. o. They came to Mexico several weeks ago to attend the annual conference of the Methodist church. Mrs. Cranston has been sick since her arrival here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-09
Ohio Editor Dies.

Springfield, O., February sc M. Nichols. former editor of the Daily Re- public and secretary of the board of trade. died here today at the age of "A years. He, was one of the promoters of the Chautauqua assembly and did much literary work. one of the best known of his books being an excellent life of Abraham Lincoln.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-09
Woman Shot to peath.

Morehead, Ky. February s.-Mote Stea- gall. a young white woman. was shot and instantly killed here today by Ren. Mar tin. It is said Martin was drinking. He claims sthe shooting yas accidentaL
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-09
Professor Found Dead.

I Trenton N. J., February 8.--Leo Berlin CT, New York music professor, was
 found dead this evening on Pennsyl- < vania train en route from Philadelphia. I Berlner died from heart failure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-09
DRS. DOzIER & CO., 5eHYsIclANs, SURGEONS AND FIX. PERT SPECIALISTS,

treat successful iy all N erv O u $, Blood, Skin. Rec tai. V on CT e a l, GenIto- Urinary and Chronic Diseases, Female Complaints and Delicate Dis orders of Men and Women. Nearly all operations of surgical character done WITHOUT PAIN to the pa- fteut.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-09
SPECIAL EXCURSION RATES
To "Ninter Homes n Summer Lands" Via southern hallway.

The Southern railway announces very low round-trip winter tourist rates to principal resorts in Georgia. Florida, Nassau and Cuba. Tickets on sale daily, with final limit May a. 1908. Through Pullman sleeping car to Jacksonvills without change.
 For particulars. sleeping car reserva- lions. also copy of . beautiful little book. ie{ entitled winter Homes In . Summer Land" apply passenger office. Morris Hotel Building. ]. c. EUsK,
 l2-17-tf Diatr4ct Passenger Agent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-09

Gas for lighting, heating and cooking. D'ham Ry., Light and Power Co. 4
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-09

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
 Take Laxative Bromq- Quinine Tablets | This signature <RM ( on every
Amador ledger., 1903-05-15
A Bath Mt Tihis.

To take bath at Tifiis is to court
wonderful experience. Abundant
springs of water, strongly impregnated
with sulphureted hydrogen, supply the
building. and in its vaulted chambers,
far below the street, there is no sound
but the splash of the fountain and the
rolling echo of ones own voice Henry
Norman gives a description of the
masseur who presides over the bath
and makes its most eccentric feature.
He is a Persian, who speaks but q
word or two of Russian. His head is
shaved, rag is twisted round his
waist, and his feet are dyed orange
First he rubs you, and then sudden
ly, as you lie face downward on the
marble slab, he is upon your back, his
feet dug into your spine, his hands
grasping your shoulders, to increase
the pressure. Slowly, with skillful ap-
probation of every muscle, his feet
grind up and down your back. They
encircle your neck. They are on your
head.
"Then he vaults lightly off, and in
moment from linen bag filled with
soap he has squeezed clouds of per-
fumed bubbles, and you are hidden in
them from head to foot as completely
as if you had fallen into a snowdrift.
You are not absolutely bruised, but
you are clean"
Amador ledger., 1903-05-15
Hitch Your Wagon to a star.

A student of the horse thus explains
where Emerson's epigram, Hitch your
wagon to a star" originated: Long be-
fore the war there was q famous trot-
ting stallion Of the name Of American
Star, belonging to one Seely. Ameri-
can Star mares became scattered all
through New England and New York,
for they were the best roadsters in the
country, and every farmer must have
one. 1t soon became we'll understood
that in order not to lose the respect OF
the community one must drive nothing
else. Later it became q subject of ban
ter. If one farmer passed another on
the road, he would look over his shoul-
der and shout, "Why don't you hitch
your wagon to a starr Unquestion,
ably Emerson many a time had heard
the remark, and in his lecture on
American Civilization" at the Smith
sonian institution in 1862 he rung it
in for the first time, advising mankind
in general to aim high and Hitch your
wagon to a STAR" thus converting a
common incident into a figurative al
luSion.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-15
sweetne.. Th.t Never Pa1l..

During a sleepless night the Vizier
Mujjeduddin Kumija dispatched his
slave, Bedruddin Ejas, to bring him
sweets. The slave procured a copper
kettle heaped with many kinds Of
fruits and sweets, and Mujjeduddin be-
gan to eat
"You relish them. my masterr asked
the slave
The vizier shrugged his shoulders
These fruits are sweet-for the mo-
ment," he said, "but show me a fruit
the sweetness Of which will endure
even unto the judgment day."
Such fruits there are, my MASTER"
cried the slave and FASTENED toward
the Mesched Husa. where he awoke
the starving orphans in the house Of
Alvin and led them forth and into the
room Of his master. Overjoyed, the
famished children devoured the fruits.
Look, oh, my MASTER" said the
slave. Here you see fruits the sweet
ness Of which endures unto the judg-
ment day."-New York Press.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-15
Betrothal Customs.

The Scandinavian bridegroom pre-
sents to his betrothed a prayer book
and many other gifts, which usually in
clude goose. She in turn gives him,
especially in Sweden, a shirt, and this
he invariably wears on his wedding
day. Afterward he puts it away, and
under no circumstances will he wear
1t again while alive. But he wears it
In his grave, and there are Swedes
who earnestly believe not only in the
resurrection of the body, but in the
veritable resurrection of the betrothaI
shirts of such husbands as have never
broken any of their marriage vows.
The Swedish widower must destroy on
the eve of his second marriage the
bridal shirt which his first wife gave
him.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-15
shadow superstifions. J.

Our proverh. Devil catch the hind
most" is based on one Of the curious
shadow legends. According to the ia
bic, the devil had a regular school at
Toledo, Spain. Commencement was
inaugurated by the graduating class
running through q long subterranean
hall. The devil hid at a place known
only to himself, and If he caught the
hindmost" he ever after claimed him or
her as his special property. Sometimes
he only caught the shadow, and the
persons thus deprived Of their second
SELF were supposed to make the best
astrologers and magicians.
Nearly all East Indian tribes as well
as the Malayans and several African
sects believe that If a man walks
along the south bank of q river casting
his shadow across the water a croco-
die will seize 1t and thus draw the
owner to certain death.
Several writer's, Fiske among the
rest, say that the Zulus have supersti-
ton similar to that of the old Baby
lonians-v1z, that dead body has no
shadow. The Modocs and the Kla-
maths Of Oregon formerly refused to
have their pictures taken for fear that
the process would take away their
shadows. In the Aryan folk tale the
''witchdalo," or internal Sabbath"
was celebrated only by witches shad-
OwS.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-15
SENATE ETIQUETTE.
II Came Near Making Roosevelt Miss
McKinley's Inauguration.


A vice president seated In solitary
grandeur in the senate chamber, while
the ceremony Of a presidential inaugu-
ration to which he has been invited as
an honored guest is going on outside,
surely presents spectacle with an ele-
ment of humor In 1t. Few persons
know how near Theodore Roosevelt
came to playing such a part on the 4th
of March, 1901. The senate stickles
70 for minor details of etiquette that
the most strenuous reformer would
hardly venture to transgress its rules,
and they require that u formal motion
to adjourn shall be put before a days
session can come to an end. After his
Inauguration as vice president in the
senate chamber Mr. Roosevelt took the
gavel and, when the routine business
was finished, directed the sergeant at
arms, as usual, to proceed with the
ceremony of inaugurating Mr. McEin-
ley as president.
1t was then in order for some senator
to move an adjournment, but in the
confusion nobody seemed to have his
wits about him, and the whole assem-
blage, including the senators, quilted
the chamber for the east portico, where
the oath was to be administered and
the address delivered. In a few min
utes the vice president found himself
alone, with fair prospect of remain
ing so until the days performances
were over, but 1t chanced that Senator
Heitfeld missed his hat while passing
through the corridor and came back to
look for it. Face to face with the vice
president, 1t occurred to the senator
that something must be wrong, so with
the utmost gravity he moved that
the senate do now adjourn" Mr.
Roosevelt, with equal solemnity, put
the motion, declared it carried and
proceeded in Mr.. Heitfeld's company
to the place on the presidential stand
which had been reserved for him.
Francis e. Leupp in Century
Amador ledger., 1903-05-15
AT A HORSE AUCTION.
The Proceedings as Viewed From
the Horses Standpoint.

The Proceedings Viewed From
the Horses Standpoint.
Skipper was a police horse and the
pride of the mounted squad until he
acquired a SPAWN. Then he was sent
to sales stable. His experiences
there as told by Sewell Ford in
"Horses Nine" were as follows:
Skipper was led into a big ring be-
fore lot of men. A man on a box
shouted out number and began to
talk very fast. Skipper gathered that
he was talking about him. Skipper
learned that he was still only six years
old and that he had been owned as a
saddle horse by lady who was about
to sail for Europe and was closing out
her stable. This was news to Skipper.
The man talked very nicely about
Skipper. He said he was kind, gentle,
sound in wind and limb and was not
only trained to the saddle, but would
work either single or double. The man
wanted to know how much the gentle
men were willing to pay for a bay
gelding Of this description.
SOME one on Ine outer edge or the
crowd said, Ten dollars"
AT this the man on the box grew
quite indignant. He asked If the other
man wouldn't like a silver mounted
harness and lap robe thrown in.
Fifteen" said another man.
Somebody else said Twenty" an
other man said twenty-five" and still
another Thirty" Then there was a
hitch. The man on the box began to
talk very fast indeed.
'Thutty, thutty, thutty, thuttyl Do
1 hear the five? Thutty, thutty, thut-
ty, thutty. Will you make it five2"
"Thirty-five." said a red faced man
who had pushed his way to the front
and was looking Skipper over sharply.
The man on the box said "Thutty-
fiveE' a good many times and asked If
he 'heard forty" Evidently he did
not, for he stopped and said very slow
ly and distinctly, looking expectantly
around: "Are you all done? Thirty
five-once; thirty-five-t twice; third
and last call-sold for $35p'
When Skipper heard this, he hung
his head. When you have been $3.50
blue ribboner and the pride of the
force, it is sad to be "knocked down.
for $50.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-15
INSTINCT is THE TEACHER.
How the Young of the Feathered
Tribe Are Educated.

How the Young of the Feathered
Tribe Are Educated.
There is a school of the woods, just
as much as there is church of the
woods or a parliament of the woods
or Society of United Charities of the
woods, and no more. There is nothing
in the dealing of animals with their
young that in the remotest way sug-
gests human instruction and discipline.
The young of all the wild creatures do
instinctively what their parents do and
did. They do not have to be taught;
they are taught from the jump, says
writer in the Atlantic Monthly. The
bird sings at the proper age and builds
its nest and takes its appropriate food
without any hint at all from its par
ents. The young ducks take to the
water when hatched by a duck and
dive and stalk insects and wash them
selves just as their mothers did. Young
chickens and young turkeys under
stand the various calls and signals of
their mother the first time they hear or
see them. At the first alarm note they
squat; at call to food they come on
the first day as on the tenth. The hab-
its of cleanliness of the nestlings are
established from the first hour of their
lives. When bird comes to build its
first nest and to rear its first brood, it
knows how to proceed as well as it
does years later or as its parents did
before it. The fox is afraid of a trap
before he has had any experience with
1t, and the hare thumps upon the
ground at sight of anything strange
and unusual, whether its mates be
within hearing or not. No bird teaches
its young to fly. They fly instinctively
when their wings are strong enough.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-15
Notice of Sale of Real Estate al
Private Sale.

In the Superior Court of the County of Ell
Dorado, State of California.
In the matter of the estate of Josiah Gamblin,
deceased
Under authority of an order of sale granted
~ by the Superior Court of the county of Ell
Dorado, State of California, dated April 6, 1903,
will sell at private sale the following des-
cribed real estate:
An undivided one-eighth interest Of in and to
that certain quartz mining claim commonly
known as and called the Green Quartz Mining
claim, in the Plymouth or Puckerville Mining
District, in the county Of Amador, State of Call
fornia. The sale will be made on and after the
SIXTEENTH day OF MAY, 1908, and bids will
be received at the office of Geo. H. Ingham,
Esq. in the court house, at the city of Placer
vile, county of Ell Dorado, State of California.
Terms of sale-Cash gold coin of the United
States.
Dated May 1st, 1903,
JOHN KOHLERT,
Executor of the last will and testament of
Josiah Gamblin, deceased.
George H. Ingham,
Attorney for Executor my1-3t
Amador ledger., 1903-05-15
Difference In Prayers.

Little Alice always said her prayers
regularly before going to bed. One
night, however, as she rested her head
on the pillow she remarked, In a ques-
tioning way:
Mamma, my prayers are so much
longer than the one nurse says in the
morning. Can't I say hers when I'm
tiredPr
Does the nurse pray in the morn
ingT asked the mother with q puzzled
look.
"Yes," said Alice sweetly. She says,
Lord, have got to get Vi New
York Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-15
To Boil Water without a Kettle.

my wife and l." says travelling
man, "were once In hotel where we
couldn't get any boiling water. After
we had discussed the situation my
wife asked me If had an envelope in
my satchel. I got one out, when she
told me to I'LL 1t with water and hold
1t over the gas jet. I hesitated, but
finally did it and expected to see the
envelope blaze up every minute. But
1t didn't blaze. The envelope took on
little SCOT, but that was all. The water
boiled in time, and the envelope was as
good as ever when the experiment was
at an end. 1 don't know the chemistry
of the process, but try it yourself and
see If it will not work."
Amador ledger., 1903-05-15
The Oriental Amethxst.

The oriental amethyst is really q vio.
let colored sapphire, which is an ex-
ceedingly rare gem and of brilliant lus-
ter. 1t is regarded as a sacred stone,
and it is used to ornament the cross
and the pastoral ring of Catholic bish-
ops. The ancients often used the ame-
thyst for cutting figures both in relief
and in intaglio, and there is in the ma
tional library of France a delicately
wrought profile of M@cenas, a Roman
statesman Of Octavius' time, engraved
on amethyst by Dioscorides, one Of the
four celebrated engravers mentioned
by Pliny.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-15

SAFE DEPOSIT-Safe deposit boxes can be
rented from the Bank of Amador County at the
small expense of 35 cents 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 insttu-
tion. Send money away through the Bank of
Amador County; you will save 10 per cent and
upward over postof1ice or express. Money sent
to all parts of the United States and also all
parts of the world. We have the latest quota
tions on foreign exchange.
SAVE MONEY-It doesn't cost any thing to
deposit money in the Bank of Amador County.
They receive deposits from s. up. Commence
the new year by opening up u 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 lia-
BILE to be robbed while alive
Amador ledger., 1903-05-15
Liszt at seventx-fixe.

Even at seventy-five Liszt was a pi-
anist whose powers lay beyond the
pale to which sober language or calm
criticism could reach or be applied.
Enough that its greatest charm seemed
to me to lie in perfectly divine touch
and in tone more remarkable for ex-
Quisitely musical quality than volume
or dynamic force aided by a technique
still incomparably brilliant and superb.
Hermann Klein in Century.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-15
Caught the Students.

There was formerly a barber in Har-
ward square who caught the university
custom with this classic appeal which
some friendly patron suggested:
Siste. viator,
Submitte collum tonsori
Et abb alter Adonis.
Traveller, stay, submit your neck to
the barber and depart a second ADO
MIS-"
Amador ledger., 1903-05-15
Notice for Publication.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
LAND OFFICE AT SACRAMENTO, CAL


LAND OFFICE AT SACRAMENTO, CAL,
April /, 1908
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
IN following named settler has filed notice of
his intention to make final proof in support of
his claim, and that said proof will be made be-
fore Richard Webb, U. S. Commissioner, at
jackson, Cal on Saturday, May %, 1908, viz:
Joseph Tonzi for the S. E. 4 Sec IL, 7. S N. R.
II E., NJ. d. NJ
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land viz: John Joses, of lone, Amador
Co., Cal; Henry Grelich OF Plymouth, Amador
dor Co.. Cal; Chas. a. Henderson, of lone,
Amador Co., Cal.
apr3 JOHN F. ARMSTRONG, Register.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-15
BusfuessIfke.

"Some people," said the caller with
slight sneer, seem to think that
signing checks is the most important
thing in life."
II know it." rejoined Senator Sor-
ghum, "and it's a mistake, my boy; a
sad mistake. Getting the money in
bank in the first place is what counts"
Washington Star.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-15
Agreed ON One Point.

"But I am so unworthy, darling"
he murmured as he held the dear
girls hand In his.
"Oh, George" she sighed, '1f you and
papa agreed on every other point as
you do on that how happy we could
ber'