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Amador ledger., 1903-06-26
COLOR IGNORANCE.
II Is a Matter Wholly Apart FroI
Color Blindness.

1t Is a Matter Wholly Apart FROM
Color Blindness.
Color blindness was the topic under
discussion. ''They tell me I'm color
blind" said the lawyer, '.but 1 don't
believe it. Often, 1 admit, 1 make mis-.
takes in colors. say that pink is red,
1 say that green is blue But it is only
the names of the colors 1 am off in. !
am not, insist, color blind" The ocu-
list who was in the party nodded ap-
proval.
Exactly" he said. "These diagnos
ticians of yours mistake your case.
They take color ignorance for color
blindness. Here they are as wrong as
though they should say music igno-
rance was music blindness-as though,
l mean, because you could not tell that
a certain struck note was e fat, you
were dead to all musical gradations
Some years ago, when the examination
in colors of railroad men was inau-
gurated, a howl went up over the
amazing amount of color blindness In
America, and many a good man lost
his job unjustly. These men had been
off in the names of colors, not in the
colors themselves. They could in a
day or two have been taught what they
lacked. Many of them, it is likely,
were not color blind. I say this be-
cause recently I heard of an examina-
ton of 800 railroad men that was con-
Quoted in the proper way on an Eng
lish line. About seventy of these men
were little off regarding color nomen-
clature, but not a. single one of them
was color blind. "-Philadelphia Record
Amador ledger., 1903-06-26
PROTECTION INDICATED.

Mr.. Chamberlain has answered a
man who quoted against him Free
Trade speech of 1881 with the words
circumstances have changed" In
his heart Mr.. Chamberlain probably
knows that changing circumstances
are not wholly responsible for his
own change of attitude. The trnth
is that the faith of many practical
Englishmen, including Chamberlain,
in their god of free trade, has really
been shaken by the staggering ex-
ample of the success of protection
in the United States.
Protection is not theory, nor a
condition either, but business fact,
a way of doing things which was to
come out right or not, according as
1t was Or was not in harmony with
good business policy. 1t has come
out right, and that is all there is
about it. 1t has justified itself so
abundantly in dollars and cents in
this country that it has put an end
to The old admission of protection
lists that it was only an expedient,
to be done away with when it had
accomplished its purpose Of fully
building up an industry.
Nor is it America alone against
England in this matter. Americas
example has profoundedly influenced
the whole world, but the example of
nearly every other nation is added
to ours. England now sees her
daughter nations petitioning to her
that the first step toward imperial
protection be taken.
Whether or not the prospect of
British imperial protection bodies
any good for American production,
it is at least vindication of Amer
lean protection. And America will
not be frightened out of protection
for herself even if the whole world
should be converted to the principle.
New York mail and Express.
Amador ledger., 1903-06-26
Judge Fined Himself.

An English judge, Gwilym Williams,
was a great stickler for form in his
court, and especially that robes should
be worn by solicitors. He was so in
sistent upon this that one day recently,
when he ascended the bench without
being duly robed, all in the courtroom
knew that he must have been unusual
ly engaged to cause him to neglect the
matter. When the judge noticed the
lack of his robes, he stopped the court
proceedings, made a speech to the So
hcitors on the absence of his gown and
wig and fined himself 10 shillings,
which sum he Immediately paid into
the poor box.-Glasgow Times.
Amador ledger., 1903-06-26
Costly nru0a.

Unless you are a druggist you have
no idea Of the value represented by a
little shelf In the prescription depart
ment of big drugstore. 1t is one of
the wonders Of the world that drug
stores do not furnish the same tempta-
ton as banks to knights of the chisel.
A pound jar of hyoscoanine is worth
just $2,24O the world over. Jaborine is
a little less presumptuous as to price;
1t costs $1,000 pound and is used to
cause perspiration. Ergotine crystals
cost the druggist the trifling sum Of
$4,000 pound. They are made from
the ergot Of rye. Margarine goes err
gotine crystals one better and costs
$4,000 pound. 1t is used as an expec-
torant in bronchial troubles and as an
emetic
Amador ledger., 1903-06-26
Mythical creature. o, Japan.

The Japanese believe in more myth
ical creatures than any other people on
the globe, civilized or savage. Among
them are mythical animals without
any remarkable peculiarities of confor-
nation, but gifted with supernatural
attributes, such as a tiger which is
said to live to be thousand years old
and to turn as white as a polar bear
They also believe in multitude of ami
mails distinguished mainly by their
monstrous size or by the multiplication
of their members.
Among these are serpents 800 feet
long and large enough to swallow an
elephant, foxes with eight legs, mon
keys with four ears, fishes with ten
heads attached to one body, the flesh
of which is a cure for boils. They also
believe in the existence Of a crane
which, after 1t has reached the age of
900 years, has no need of any susie
nance except water.
Amador ledger., 1903-06-26
Buddhist Prayer Wheels.

In the sacred city of Ourga, the head
quarters of Mongolian Buddhism, are
numerous prayer Wheels inscribed
with prayers and dedications to Bud
dha, and the more they are turned the
more religious they make you. Many
of the more devout persons turn small
er wheels held in the left hand while
manipulating the large one with the
right hand. Curious bits of rags fly
ing above the palisades of the inclo-
sures of the town are prayer flags"
No Mongolian house is without them
the more the better-for each one is
supposed to convey a prayer to Bud
dha
Amador ledger., 1903-06-26
Moon Superstitions.

Almost any old time farmer will tell
you worm fence built in the light of
the moon and ascending node will
worm around and finally fall down. If
you want potatoes during similar
phases, they will all go to tops and the
tubers will be small and watery. This
is the time, however, to plant cucum-
bers, especially when the sign is in the
arms.
The carpenter of former times would
not think of putting a shaved shingle
roof on building In the dark of the
moon, because the shingles would curl
up, pull out the nails and soon leak
like sieve. Neither would he cut tim
bers for house nor would he paint it
until the sign was right.
Amador ledger., 1903-06-26
"My Sons, "

said great business man, care M
partners and they need all tn
strength and courage l can Civ
them, and he forthwith paid for
$1,000, 900 policy in The Mutua
Life Insurance Company of Ney
York. Not without the most care
full investigation, however, extend
ing over six months. He was cor
vinced by just such facts as led tn
President of a National Bank i
New York to make the curious an
shrewd provision in his will, whic1
is contained in GA Bankers Will.
Write for it and also for th
account of the 81, 900, 900 policJ
"The Largest Annual Premiums
This Company ranks
Firsf-In Assets
Fi,st-In Amount Paid Policy.hoideI
Fiyst-In Age.
The MUTUAL LIFE INsURANc|
COMPANY OF New YoRK,
RICHARD A. McCuRDY, President
stanly Forbes, Manager - San FrancisI
California. ie1sI
Amador ledger., 1903-06-26
Don't Know Too Much.

There is nothing else a man so much
needs as the ability to "make up his
mind" Men who have crowded their
minds have a great difficulty in max
ing them up," and indecision is the IA
tai consequence. He who knows lit
tie and knows how to apply it is more
fortunate than those with a superior
culture which paralyzes their action
Boston Globe.
Amador ledger., 1903-06-26
Notice for Publication of Time Ap-
pointed for Probate of Will.

In the Superior Court of the County of Amador,
State of California.
In the matter of the estate of Frank Hoffman,
deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT
IN Saturday, the 10th day of June, A. D. 1903
at 10 O'Clock a. M, of that day, and the Court
room-Probate-of said Court at the Court
House, in the county of Amador, State of Cali
fornia, have been appointed as the time and
place for proving the will Of said Frank Hoff-
man, deceased, and for hearing the application
of Ernest Fisher and Christina Rickert for the
issuance to them of letters testamentary
thereon.
G. l.. CULBERT, Clerk.
W. ]. MCGEE, Attorney for petitioner.
Dated jackson, June 5th, 1903 je5-3t5
Amador ledger., 1903-06-26
Laughter Better Than j

my own 1gnorance.-Sir Walter Scott
Laughter Better Than Pills.
The cure for the bilious man is q
clown, not pills. For indigestion 20 to
show where there are one or two first
class fools who know how to make
monkeys Of themselves. The fun,
however, should be clean, innocent.
harmless and hearty, with no sugges-
ton of indecency or vulgarity. In 9TH
er words, the fun should be "hygienic." +"
Fun that is foul and malodorous is un-
healthful.
The best sort of fun for the dyspep-
tic Is the fun that burlesques the fol-
lies and foibles of the odd characters"
you have met. II you can't find the
show with the buriesque artists" who
can make you laugh, seek out compan-
ions who are jolly and who know the
art of clowning.
Don't let any half baked idiot load
your mind with his business or domes-
tic troubles. When you get an hour or
two from the desk or store, abandon
yourself willingly and cheerfully to the
fyfvolfties Of a iocular friend.-What to
Eat.
Amador ledger., 1903-06-26
Greatest Battles of History.

Burke in his letter on Natural So
ciety" says that sylla destroyed 100000
men in each of three battles, one being
at Cheronea. The Persians are said to
have lost 100000 men at Platea. II
Chronicles xiii, II, records 100000 slain
on one side, which, however, may not
have been in single battle. I Kings
Xxx. 26. tells of 100000 men being killed
on one side in single day.
Amador ledger., 1903-06-26
Notice to Creditors.
ESTATE OF JAMES NICHOLS, DECEASED.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN BY THE
IN undersigned, executor of the last will
sssaed and testament of James Nichols de-
persons having claims against the said de-
ceased, to exhibit them with the necessary
vouchers, within four months after the first
publication of this notice to the said ex-
ecutor, at the law office of ]. W. Caldwell
Court street, Jackson, Amador County, Cali
fornia, the same being the place for the
transaction of the business of said estate, in
said county of Amador.
Dated June Cd, 1903.
]. B. BASTIAN,
Executor of the last will and testament of
James Nichols, deceased.
j. w Caldwell, attorney for said executor.
jne5 st
Amador ledger., 1903-06-26
The Oh.eryant Youth.

The pompous new resident had been
having set-to with the smart boy Of
the neighborhood. This was the young
ster's parting shot:
"Aw, you don't need t. think you're
no whole legislacher jist becoz every
body's aPays presentin' bills to your'-
Baltimore American.
Amador ledger., 1903-06-26

us it true, Miss Gertie," he said,
that there are just two things wo-
man will jump at-a conclusion and a
mouse?"
NO" she answered; there is third,
Mr.. Philip"
After thinking the matter over few
moments he tremblingly made her an
offer, but she didn't jump at it. He
was not the right man.
Amador ledger., 1903-06-26
FflfaI Henarfee

Richard Brinsley Sheridan, who was
always distressed for money, was one
day hacking his face with a dull razor
when he turned to his eldest son and
said:
tom, if you open any more oysters
with my razor I'll cut you off with
shilling"
every well, father" said Tom, "but
where will you get the shilling?"
Amador ledger., 1903-06-26

SAFE DEPOSIT-Safe deposit boxes can be
rented from the Bank of Amador County at the
small expense of IS cents a month, thereby se-
curing you against any possible loss from fire
or otherwise. Don't overlook this opportunity
of protecting your valuables.
SAVE MONEY-Patronize a home institu-
tion. Send money away through the Bank of
Amador County; you will save 10 per cent and
upward over postof1ce or express. Money sent
to all parts Of the United States and also ali
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
They receive deposits from s5 up. Commence
the new year by opening up bank account A
man or woman with bank account has
financial standing Don't bury YOUR money: :
when you die 1t can't be found and you are liza
BILE to be robbed while alive
Amador ledger., 1903-06-26
No CnuaR Enr Alarm

Insurance Agent-Now that you have
q wife, don't you think you ought to
take out life policy?
New Wed-Oh, 1 guess not! 1 don't
think she is going to prove dangerous.
Chicago News.
Amador ledger., 1903-06-26
A Full House.

Lady Guest-Your father is such a
hospitable gehtleman! He dearly loves
a full house, doesn't he2
Jack-Well, yes-if it happens to be
on his side of the table.-kansas City
Journal.
Amador ledger., 1903-06-26

Mosquitoes are SO numerous near the
coast of Borneo that the streams of
that region are In summer often un-
havigabie.
Amador ledger., 1903-06-26
To Cure A Cold In One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
let's. All druggists refund the money
If it fails to cure. E. W. Groves sig
! nature is on each box. 25c.
Amador ledger., 1903-06-26
A Mistake Somewhere

Steel rusts seven times as rapidly as
iron.
Amador ledger., 1903-06-26
{ Concluded From Page Two J

Taxes & Costs
City being lots % and 23H ...... 81
Templeton, Mrs E E--A house and lot
in Sutter Creek being lot block O.
and personal property ....-........ 5 81
Western Gold Mining Goa tract Of land
being fraction OF section township
6, range II, 40 acres. and the west
half of southwest quarter of sec
tion 4, township range II. so
acres. and the Maximillian mine
being in section 5, township6 range
H. and personal property. ......... 125 SO
Amador ledger., 1903-06-26
BANK OF AMADOR COUNTY
Incorporated November, 1895
Capital Stock : $4,000
lOoioonI. .'....'...- ........ Alfonso GlnOCcnlO
Vice-President ............S G. Spagnoli
Secretary and Cashier ....... Frederick Eudey

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Alfonso Ginocchio, S. G. Spagnoli, John Strohm
Frederick Eudey and Alex Eudey of Jackson.
Amador ledger., 1903-06-26

Throughout every part of my career
I have felt pinched and hampered by
my own ignorance.-Sir Walter Scott.
Amador ledger., 1903-06-26
TO THE UNFORTUNATE
DIR. GIBBON

This old reliable and
themost successful spe-
cialist in San Francis
stillcontinues to cure
all Sexual and Seminal
Diseases,such as Ghon-
orrhea, elect, Structure,
Syphilis in allits forms
Skin Diseases, Nervous
De b ility. Impotency,
Seminal Weakness, and
7 oca - NT-Ll
Amador ledger., 1903-06-26

consequence of self abuse and excess produc-
ing the following symptoms: Sallow counte-
head, ringing in the ears, loss of Confidence.
dinidence IN approaching strangers, palpitation
OF the heart, weakness of the limbs and back,
consumption, etc.
DIR. GIBBON has practiced in San Francisco
over 40 years, and those troubled should not
fail to consult him and receive the benefit of
his great skill and experience. The doctor
cures when others fail. Try him. Cures guar
anteed. Persons cured at home. Charges Tess.
enable. Call or write.
DIR. J. F, GIBBoN, 6ss Kearnay street, San
Francisco, Cal.
Amador ledger., 1903-06-26

Green, Mrs N PA house and lot in
Drytown being lot block 6. q.
Heisch, & E-A lot in Drytown be-
Amador ledger., 1903-06-26

o K-A quartz mine located
in the east half of northeast
quarter of section township 7
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-05-14
Another Bulgarian Battle.

Salonica, May Can engagement
is reported to have occurred at the
village OF Vanitza between Turkish
troops and a Bulgarian band, in
which sixty Bulgarians, including
their leader, Deltzeff, were killed.
The Turks lost four men killed and
three wounded. Thirty houses in
Vanitza we're burned.
A Bulgarian band led by PETROL
has been routed at krapestaza. Sew.
en- OF the Bulgarians were killed. A
number OF dynamite bombs were
captured here and martial law was
proclaimed in Salonica yesterday.
The battle ships Sardegna and
Francesca Morosini, the cruiser AL.
berto and the torpedo cruiser Gala.
tafima OF the Italian navy have ar
rived here.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-05-14
The Massacre" Was a Fake.

Vienna, May 6.-The officials of
the foreign office here say there is no
foundation for the report published
by news agency in the United States
yesterday that 5000 Christian in.
habitants of Novi. Bazaar, Bosnia,
had been massacred by Moslems.
Austria maintains three garrisons
in the district of Novi-Bazar and ev-
erything is quiet there.
Berlin, May THE Frankfort Zeit-
ung dispatch, quoted yesterday by a
news agency in the United States as
saying that 5000 Christians had
been massacred by Moslems at Novi.
Bazaar, Bosnia, was an unconfrmed
rumor from Belgrade, Servia, to the
effect that a massacre of Christians
had occurred, but no number OF per-
sons alleged to have been killed was
mentioned in the Frankfort Zeitung
dispatch.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-05-14
81, 600, 900 For an Invention.

Indianapolis, Ind, May s.-The
Rev. James Stafford, pastor OF the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church at
Hazelton, perfected stopper to
make bottles Reliable several
months ago and has since secured q
patent on his invention.
A patent medicine firm recently Of
fered him 100000 for his patent,
provided it would do what he claim.
ed for it. but he refused to accept the
offer. Yesterday James Pepper, a
whisky distiller Of Lexington, KY,
made an offer OF 81, 100000 for the
device and the minister now has it
under consideration.
While refusing to enter into details
regarding his invention, Mr.. Stafford
says that many tests have been
made, and no bottles in which the
stopper is used can ever be refllled.
His object in periecting his idea was
to find something that would pro-
tect manufacturers from unscrupu-
lous imitators who refill bottles.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-05-14
Baden-Powell Denies it Now.

London, May 6.-General Baden
Powell, who was among the passen-
gers on the North German Lloyd
steamer Kaiser Wilhelm Ii. which ar
rived at Plymouth yesterday, when
questioned regarding the criticism OF
the American cavalry he is alleged to
have made on the eve OF his sailing
for his home, replied:
"The statement is entirely false.
My position would prevent me from
giving any opinion as to the efficien-
cy Of foreign troops. Invent to Amer
lea on a private business and mainly
for the sea trip. Our stay was brief,
only fourteen days. hope to visit
Am erica again and spend more time
there.
Informed that one American paper
stated he Travelled under an assumed
name to Washington to propose to
one OF the bellies OF the capital with
whom he had fallen in love at Cairo,
the general laughed and said he did
not know the woman and was sorry
he had never been in Cairo.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-05-14
Saws the Frisco is Sold.

New York, May IA Wall street
news bureau to day says that the
negotiations recently renewed for the
purchase OF the control OF the St
Louis & San Francisco railroad com
pany have been practically closed
and the terms fully agreed upon. Nc
official confirmation OF these state
ments was obtainable, but in finan
cial circles the belief was genera
to-day that an agreement as to
terms had been reached.
The directors OF the Rock Island
and the st. Louis & San Francisco
companies held meetings here to-day,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-05-14
A BATTLE WITH MOROS.
Captain Pershing's Command Routed a
Sultan's Forces With Heavy
Losses.

Manila, May 7.-Captain Perish
ing's column has defeated the sultan
OF Amparugsno's strong force of
Moros in the Taraca country, on the
east short OF Lake Lanao, island of
Mindanao. The Americans captured
ten forts. One hundred and fifty
Moros were killed, thirteen wounded
and sixty made prisoners. The
Moros captured included the sultan.
Two Americans were killed and seven
wounded.
The ten forts constituted strong
positions on the banks Of the Taraca
river and from them the Moros Wig
orously resisted Captain pershing's
advance. The American troops at
tackled the forts Monday and cap
tured eight Of them without suffering
any losses, although the thirty five
obsolete cannon mounted on the for
tifications were served with the best
OF the enemy's ability.
The garrison OF the ninth fort re.
sisted fiercely and Captain Pershing
ordered the fort to he shelled and
captured by assault, which was done.
Lieutenant Shaw and Lieutenant
Oracle led two companies of the
Twenty'seventh infantry and a
detachment OF cavalry. They sur
rounded the tenth fort where the
sultan had sought refuge and it sur
rendered last Tuesday. The forts
have been dismantled. Capt. Perish
ing moved northward Tuesday to
complete the exploration OF the east
shore OF the lake. No further resist.
ance is expected.
The Spanish gunboat, Velasco,
sunk by the ships OF Admiral Dewey
OF Cavite, has been raised. Her hull
is not injured, but the upper works
show the effect OF the American shells.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-05-14
Used Pistol at a Dance.

Bay City, Mich, May 6.-There was
a fight last night at a hotel dance in
Big Creek, just across the line in Tus-
cola county. David Trombley OF
West Bay City was shot and killed.
Henry Schindehette OF Bay City was
slashed with q knife and Frank Defoe
aged %, was injured. The partici-
pants in the fight tell conflicting
stories, and no arrests will be made
until after the inqueston Trombley's
body.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-05-14
HER DEVOTION WAS FATAL.
A Massachusetts, Girl Killed While
Shielding her Father.

Shielding her Father.
Miss Nellie Sturtevant, daughter
OF Treasurer James s. Sturtevant OF
the Mediord Co operative bank, was
shot and killed at her home late last
night by an unknown man who at
tempted to rob her father as he was
returning from bank meeting with
Q satehel allied with check and money.
The assassin then jumped upon his
bicycle and escaped. An Italian who
answered the description OF the muir
dsrer was arrested two hours later
on suspicion.
Mr.. Sturtevsnt reached his home
about 1880 last night, having with
him a satchel well filed with money
and checks belonging to the bank.
As he stepped up on the piazza OF
his home his wife and daughter OPEN
ed the door and a few words OF greet.
ing passed between them. At that
moment a rough looking stranger
appeared around the end OF the piaz.
"a and, revolver in hand, ordered
Mr.. Sturtevant to throw up his
hands.
The order was not Immediately
obeyed and Miss Sturtevant stepped
in front of her father to shield him
from harm just as the intruder fired.
The man then snatched the satchel
from Mr.. Sturtevant's grasp and,
jumping upon bicycle which he had
conveniently near, rode off rapidly in
the direction of Boston. Miss Sturt-
want died soon aiterward. She was
25 years old.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-05-14

Dredging and Removal of the Arkan.
sass Fittings May be Resorted to.
St. Louis Republic.
River men predict that the monitor
Arkansas, which is stopped by shoal
water at Ste. Genevieve, Mo-, is a
prisoner until next March. The
channel, however, may be dredged
out by government dredges and the
craft sufficiently lightened by the re.
moval OF fittings to allow passage
to Cairo.
The June rise would normally offer
an easy escape within a month. River
prophets do not look for q material
rise this year.
In Washington dispatches was the
following from Commander Vreeland;
Channel miles below in which We
came choked. New channel only II
feet. Compelled to wait for rise OF
further securing out"
This indicates that the ships cap
tain has no great apprehension Of
long delay.
On the Sunday preceding the ships
departure, Commander Vreeland ex.
pressed himself as exceedingly anx'
ious to get started down the river.
There was then, by the guage read.
ing, but four feet seven inches more
than the vessels draft-13 feet-and
the river was receding with alarming
rapidity.