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Amador ledger., 1904-11-11
INVESTING MONEY.
Be Sure of Your Scheme Before You
Risk Your Savings.


Risk Your Savings.
Don't tie yourself or your money up.
Don't risk all your savings in any
scheme, no matter how much it may
promise. Don't invest your hard earn
ed money in anything without first
making a thorough and searching in
vestigation. Do not be misled by those
who tell you that it is now or never
and that if you wait you are liable to
lose the best thing that ever came to
you. Make up your mind that if you
lose your money you will not lose your
head and that you will not invest in
anything until you thoroughly under
stand all about 1t. There are plenty
of good things waiting. If you miss
one there are hundreds of others. Peo-
pie will tell you that the opportunity
will go by and you will lose great
chance to make money if you do not
act promptly. But take your time and
investigate. Make 1t cast iron rule
never to invest in any enterprise until
you have gone to the very bottom of it,
and if it is not so sound that level
headed men will put money in it do not
touch it. The habit Of investigating
before you embark in any business will
be happiness protector and an ambi-
ton protector as well.-Orison SWEET
Marden in Success.
Amador ledger., 1904-11-11
FATE IOF A BIG OHIO TREE.
Size of This Great Sycamore Was the
Cause of Its Destruction.

Size of This Great Sycamore Was the
Cause of Its Destruction.
The greatest tree ever seen by white
men in Ohio is believed to have been
the enormous sycamore, or, more prop
erly, buttonwood, which stood in what
Is now Valley township, Scioto county,
In the rich bottom lands of the Scioto
river.
II was so prodigious in bulk that as
Arly as 1910 it was described in the
Cincinnati Almanac as one of the natu
raj wonders of Ohio. In June, 1903. ac
cording to what seems reliable test
mony, party of thirteen persons, all
on horseback, rode into the hollow
trunk of this sycamore and found that
room enough remained for two more
horses and their riders. The tree
forked about eight feet from the
ground, and it was hollow when first
seen by the white settlers. The circum.
ference Of the trunk was about sixty.
three feet at the base, and fve feet
from the earth 1t was forty-two feet IN
girth. These figures remind the reader
Of the famous big trees of California
The opening into the cavity within the
trunk was ten feet wide at the bottom
nine and half feet high, and the hol
low was about fourteen feet in diane.
ter.
The account which has been pre-
served of the fate of this enormous tree
is very odd. 1t is claimed that the gi.
ant buttonwood was kept uninjured as
a great curiosity until the farm on
which it stood was used as a stock
farm by one Thomas Dugan. This
stock breeder turned several valuable
bulls into the fields where the huge
tree stood, and two Of them fought in
side its trunk. In that small space for
a bull ring the victor was able to pre-
vent the escape of his rival, and the
weaker was killed This affair con.
vinced Dugan that the largest tree In
Ohio was a menace to his stock, and
he cut 1t down. Later hogs kept in the
same field were attacked by cholera,
and the owner reasoned that their hab.
It of lying inside the hollow stump was
bad for their health, and so he had the
stump removed. 1t may well be doubt.
ed whether any other immense tree
was ever destroyed because of fight
between two bulls.-Cleveland Leader.
Amador ledger., 1904-11-11
TRAINING VOICES.
Quack Music Teachers and the Harm
They Do Pupils.

They Do Pupils.
"Ninety-tive per cent of all vocal
teachers are quacks," said an old mu-
sician. Few singers would doubt the
assertion. Probably in no other kind
of work can a man who knows practi-
cally nothing about a subject do SO
quickly a lucrative amount of teach
ing. There are many common types
the piano teacher who cannot get
enough pupils to make a living, the
broken down old time singer, the dere-
lict of the concert halls, who never
could sing himself, and many more.
Their half hour lessons may be said to
One-third of scales and exercises and
One-third Of the singing of the pupils
favorite songs, all interspersed with
just enough commendation and criti-
cism to keep the pupils good opinion
of both himself and of her teacher.
There are teachers whose training has
not only ruined voices, but temporarily
harmed general health as we'll. Over
against these charlatans of the profes-
sion there are conscientious men and
women who can detect faults in a
voice and know how to correct them
and who work carefully and enthusi-
astically for each individual pupil.
1t is not easy to tell the good teacher
from the quack, and you will find Bit
ter early experiences in many a sue
cessful singers career.-Leslie's Month
1r
Amador ledger., 1904-11-11
SENTENCE SERMONS.

A difficulty is at the door of eyer3
delight.
Gold fetters are not more elastic
than iron.
Responsibility is no substitute for
repentance.
1t takes a great man to do little
things well.
The gold of grace does not come from
the greed of gold.
A little patient pushing is worth q
profound lot of putting.
1t Is no use praying for your debtors
If you won't pay your debts
A man loses force as soon as he be
gins to worry over his feelings.
You know what a man lives for when
you know what he looks at when alone
Many people think they are living
for character who are only fighting
for reputation.-Ch Chicago Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1904-11-11
How He Protected the Seals.

Some years ago a Russian warship
was on special duty in Bering sea
guarding the seal fisheries, preventing
the slaughter of the seals during the
closed season. The admiral of the sta
ton in the course of an inspection of
the vessel invited any of the sailors
who had any complaint to make to
step forward. One of the men, as
spokesman for the whole crew, com
planned that the seal money" prom.
ised them had not been paid On the
astonished admiral inquiring what he
meant it came out that the ships COM
mander had been doing a lucrative
trade by killing the seals placed under
his protection and sending the skins to
London and had taken the crew into
partnership. He was duly transferred
to Siberia.
Amador ledger., 1904-11-11
The JaDaneHe Rahy.

The Japanese baby's head is shaved
in a curious fashion, and never, under
any circumstances, does the mother or
baby wear hat or bonnet Nor does
he wear shoes, even in the coldest
weather, but his shaven head and his
pink toes peep out from the mothers
garments, and he rides pickapack,
strapped on tightly, happy, chubby,
smiling always and dressed, when he
is allowed to get out Of the binding
garments, in the most dainty of kimo-
nos, all embroidered and painted and
decorated with the designs which are
supposed to typify the final trade or
occupation of the infant.
Amador ledger., 1904-11-11
Long WidOwhOOd.

In 1888, in the ninety-sixth year of
her age, died Jean Countess of Rox-
burghe. She was not a very remarka-
BILE woman, but her memory is pre-
served on account of her long widow
hood, which lasted seventy-one years.
Her father, the first Lord Tweeddale,
fought at Marston Moor in 1914.
This Countess of Roxburghe's long
widowhood is insignificant compared
with that of a certain Agnes Skinner
According to an inscription in Gambler
well church, this worthy woman died
in 1499 at the age of 119 years, having
survived her husband only eight years
less than a century.
Amador ledger., 1904-11-11
BITING THE THUMB.
1t Used to BE Considered a Pledge o,
Mortal Revenge.

1t Used to Be Considered a Pledge of
Mortal Revenge.
In Romeo and Juliet the servants
of Capulet and Montague begin quar-
rel by one biting his thumb at the 9TH
ers. Commentators have regarded this
act as an insult, quoting the following
passage from Decker's Dead Term"
What swearing is there, what shoul-
dering, what jostling, what jeering,
what biting of thumbs to beget quar-
relsp'
Sir Walter Scott, however, in note
to the Lay Of the Last Minstrel" says,
ITO bite the thumb or the glove seems
not to have been considered upon the
border as gesture of contempt,
though SO used by Shakespeare, but as
a pledge of mortal revenge" 1t was
thus accounted to be a solemn assur-
ance that at the proper time the sword
should settle the dispute or purge the
offense.
Something of the sort may have pre-
vailed among the Romans, for it is
thought that the Latin polliceri, to
promise, is derived from pollex, the
thumb.
Amador ledger., 1904-11-11
A Five DAYS, Love Story.

At the present time we are always
talking about the rush and hurry of
the twentieth century. Are we really
so rapid as we think we are? Ger
tainly few girls of fourteen have any
thing like the amount of experience
and emotion in many weeks of life that
Juliet, Shakespeare's heroine, had
crammed into five days and half.
The time 10 thus apportioned: Or
Sunday the ball took place, and on
Monday Romeo and Juliet were mar.
ried. On Tuesday Juliet took the
draft, and on Wednesday she was
placed in the tomb. On Thursday Ro
meo returned, and on Friday the hap
less pair committed suicide.
Amador ledger., 1904-11-11
PRISONS OF SILENCE.
Where Convicts Ever Wear Shrouds
and Sleep Beside Collins.

anu sleep oeBlue COMnB
Entombed in a grim castle on the
outskirts of Lisbon are some of the
most miserable men on earth. These
are the inmates of PortugaPs deadly
prisons Of silence. In this building ev-
erything that human ingenuity can
suggest to render the lives of its pris-
oners horrible, maddening torture is
done. The corridors, piled tier on tier
five stories high, extend from a COM
mon center like the spokes of a huge
wheel. The cells are narrow, tomb
like, and within each stands a coffin.
The prison garb is shroud. The at
tendants creep about in felt slippers.
No one is allowed to utter word.
The doors are unlocked, and the half
a thousand wretches march out, cloth
ed in shrouds and with faces covered
by masks, for it is a part of this
hideous punishment that none may
look upon the countenances Of his fel-
low prisoners. Few of them endure
this torture for more than ten years.
Amador ledger., 1904-11-11
A Hearty Farewell.

The old friends had enjoyed theil
three days together in spite of the fact
that tact was not a conspicuous quail
1ty of either of them.
"You have quite pretty place here
John" said the guest as he took q
final look about him on the morning OF
his departure -"quite a pretty place
though it looks bit bare as yet"
"Oh, that's because the trees are sc
young" said the host comfortably. 81
hope they'll have grown to a good size
before you come again. Then you'll
see how much improved the place will
be-" And they shook hands with mu.
tual affection and good will.
Amador ledger., 1904-11-11
He Knew the Natives.

A tourist, after visiting the Blue
grotto at Capri, was approached by a
fisherman who demanded 15 cents ad-
mission. The tourist, having no
change, gave him five franc note
and got back handful of coins. Look
ing them over, he said, "Padrone, why
haven't you given me at least one good
coin?" The fisherman laughed, took
back his Greek, Roumanian, Argentine
and other outlandish coins and gave
the tourist Italian money.
Amador ledger., 1904-11-11
Poorly Rehearsed.

What is your favorite opera ?" asked
the young woman who was trying to
make conversation.
Mr.. CumroX looked startled.
Il can't say" he answered. my fa-
vorite poem is The Recessional,' and
my favorite painter is Rembrandt, but
I forget what mother and the girls
told me to say my fayorite opera is."--
Washington Star.
Amador ledger., 1904-11-11
Re Inst n M0n

Don't be a gentleman. Lincoln was
a man. Who ever spoke of the "gen-
tlemanly Shakespeare" Think of de-
scribing Grant as a gentleman! How
would it look in history to read about
our great gentleman, George Washing
ton? Nobody ever dubbed Solomon
with the name Of gentleman" "a
gentleman" is the snob's title for a
do nothing, a fellow about town, a
tailor made loafer, confidence shark
or a society stalk. Be a man.-Hay-
field Mower
Amador ledger., 1904-11-11
Amusing n Boston Baby.

Mrs. Beanster-Mr. Johnson, won't
you please amuse the baby for about
five minutes? Mr.. Johnson mot of Bos-
tom - Pm afraid 1 don't know how,
Mrs. Beanster. Mrs. Beanster-Just
talk a little. She always finds your
western grammatical peculiarities so
amusing.-New Orleans Times-Demo-
Praf
Amador ledger., 1904-11-11

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 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
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 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., 1904-11-11
The Height Of Hopefu,ne,..

He-After 1 am out of college, dar
ling, may have to wait a few months
before 1 can make enough to support
you. She is 80 hard to wait. He
bravely)-I knew 1t. But of course
you know the world doesn't know any
thing about me yet-Brooklyn Life.
Amador ledger., 1904-11-11
Natural Error.

"Will you take me to your circus,
Mr. Merry?''
"Why, Willie, 1 have nothing to do
with any circus. What makes you ask
that?'
"Why, mother said you was a clown"
New York Times.
Amador ledger., 1904-11-11

One radical difference between a
boy and girl is that the girl can get
enthusiastic about a treeful of cherry
blossoms without thinking of the cher
ries.-Somerville Journal.
Amador ledger., 1904-11-11
A Good Plan.

Mae-Are you going to the matinee
this afternoon. Blanche-No, 1 must
stay home. The hairdresser is coming.
Mae-Why don't you have two sets?
Then you could leave one.-Cleveland
Leader.
Amador ledger., 1904-11-11

consequence of self abuse and excess produc-
ing the following symptoms: Sallow counte-
nance dark spots under the eyes, pain in the
head, ringing in the ears, loss of confidence,
d1ftidence in approaching strangers, ,palpitation
loss of memory. pimples on the face, coughs,
consumption, etc.
DIR. GIBBON has practiced in San Francisco
over 40years, 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 reas-
enable. Call or write.
DR.. J. F. GIBBoN 500 Kearney street, San
Francisco. Cal.
Amador ledger., 1904-11-11
His Mistakes,

Il pity the man who can't learn any
thing from his own mistakes. Now,
that's one thing 1 can do" said Bragg.
"Ah! You're always learning some
thing then, aren't you" replied Knox.
Exchange.
Amador ledger., 1904-11-11

If you can't tell all you know about
any one, don't hint that you can tell
something and make it worse.-Atchi-
son Globe.
Amador ledger., 1904-11-11
BANK OF AMADOR COUNTY

bOAf1D UF DIhECIUhS.
Alfonso Ginocchio, S. G. Spagnoli, ,IJohn Strohm,
Frederick Eudey and Alex Eudey of Jackson.
Amador ledger., 1904-11-11
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This old reliable and
themost successful spe-
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all Sexual and Seminal
Diseases such as Ghon-
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Skin Diseases, Nervous
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Amador ledger., 1904-11-11
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For further information address

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Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-01-07
l6hM]e
Levi Strauss Coos
CoPPer-riveted
Owe is

of Its kind In the counry. During the
visit OF Mr.. Guggenheim to this city
some time since. he stated that it was
the intention of the company to cen
tralize its operation as far as possible.
and that the business in the west
would be centered at Pueblo, one
smelter being maintained at Denver
for the purpose of treating the north
ern ores. IL was understood that this
policy would be inaugurated at once
but the coal strike coming on. 1t was
found not only impossible to expand,
but difficult 10 maintain operations at
even the old standard, although the
company, at a greatly enhanced ex-
pense. imported coal in order to keep
its plants in Pueblo at work. Now
that the fuel problem seems to have
been solved, the policy of expansion
will be inaugurated, and not only the
Philadelphia, but the other plants OF
the American company in Pueblo. will
be placed upon better working basis
than ever before.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-01-07
THE CRUSADE AGAINST COCAINE
AND NARCOTICS.

At the last session of he Illinois
general assembly law WAS passed
prohibiting the sale of cocaine in any
iorm, except on physicians prescrip-
lion, and the state board of pharmacy
IS now engaged in putting IL into eff
.ect. AT about the same time Georgia,
Pennsylvania and Texas also passed
lnti-cocaine or anti-narcotic laws, and
twelve or fifteen of the states all told
have now placed such legislation on
heir statute books.
The campaign against these drugs
has been taken up with very great Wig
or by the American Pharmaceutical
association, and will be waged on a
national scale. A stringent law has
been drafted. which has already been
introduced into congress as part of
he general poison bill by Representa-
tive Robinson of Indiana Subse.
1uently the same law will be present
ed for the consideration of every state
legislature that meets this winter.
The campaign Is to be continued until
by both state and national legislation
the entire country Is protected as full
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-01-07
CONGRATULATIONS.

Mr.. John II. Cullom, editor of the
Garland. Texas, News, has written a
letter of congratulations to the manu-
facturers of Chamberlain Cough Rem
edy as follows: Sixteen years ago
when our first child was baby he
was subject 10 croupy spells and we
would be very uneasy about him We
began using Chamberlain Cough
Remedy in 1887. and finding ii such a
reliable remedy Tor colds aud Group
we have never been without 1t in the
house since that lime. We have FIVE
children and have given 1t TO all oil
them with good results One good
feature of this remedy is that 1t is not
disagrecable TO take and our babies
really like It. Another is that 1t is
not dangerous. congratulate you
upon the success OF your remedy"
For sale by all druggists.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-01-07
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

United States Land Onlce, Durango
Colorado. December Is, 1903.
Notice is hereby given that J. Wat.
son Hayden of Durango. Colorado. as
signee OF John Nelson. has made ap.
plication to enter under section 230G
X. S. u. s. the S. Il. u N. Il. u Sec.
IA. r. 35 N, X. 10 W., N. NJ. p. NJ, con.
tanning 40 acres, based on the service
of said John Nelson In the navy OF the
United States during the Civil war
and that said application will be heard
and proof OF the character OF the land
submitted to the Register and Receiv-
er of the United States Land Office
at Durango. Colorado on the goth day
of February. 1904.
He names as witnesses. C.. C. Per
kins. w. F. Weightman. Geo. A. Nor
rison and Ralph w. Plummer. all OF
Durango, Colorado.
F. C. PERKINS, Register.
First Publication. Dec. II.
Last Publication, Jan. 81.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-01-07
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior.

Department Of the Interior.
Land Office at Durango. Colorado
December Is. 1908.
Notice is hereby given that the fol.
lowing named settler has filed notice
of his Intention to make final proof In
support OF his claim. and that said
proof will he made before III. Register
and Receiver u. $. Land Office at Du-
range. Colorado on Jan. %. 1904, viz:
Edmond b. Trusler, Homestead entry
No. 1863, for the s. " OF N. w a and
w. " of S. w. u Sec. II, Township
36 N. Range 6 W.. N. NJ. p. NJ.
He names the following Witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon
and cultivation of said land, viz:
Samuel NJ. Parks. of Bayfield,, Colo
rado; Charles c. Graham. OF Valleclto.
Colorado; John N. Root, of Vallecito /;
Colorado; Schuyler c. Whitney, of Val.
lecito, Colorado.
F. C. PERKINS. Register.
First Publication Dc. II.
Last Publication, Jan. 2l,
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-01-07
coLoMRIA's VAIN PROPOSITIONS.


1t is hardly conceivable that the
propositions embodied in the state
ment OF Colombia's grievances, as pre-
sented to Secretary Hay, are put forth
with the belief that any of them will
be assented TO or even seriously con
sidered by this government. They
are submitted by Colombia's envoy as
Its formal protest against the inter
yention by the United states in the
interest of the new republic.
The Colombian statement is report
ed to contain these three distinct pro
positions:
That the status of the isthmus
before the revolution be restored.
That the United States CON
tent itself with keeping the rail-
road open and allow Colombia TO
try to put down the revolution.
That If neither of these pro-
positions is accepted. the United
States agree to pay Colombia for
the loss of territory resulting
from the attitude of this country,
the amount of damages 10 be fixed
by The Hague tribunal.
The first proposition is of course
maniiesuy impossible. Panama has
thrown OFF the yoke of Colombia and
has declared its independence. Its in
iepenaence has been recognized by
the United States, Germany, Russia.
France and the United Kingdom. A
new republic has been organized and
1t is not in the power of the United
States to undo what the people of
Panama have done. TO dissolve the
new government and TO restore the
isthmus to Colombia
The secon. proposition could not be
assented 70 without confessing that
this government was wrong in pre-
venting the landing of Colombian
troops, that 1t exceeded its rights and
obligations under the treaty of 1916.
Under this treaty the United States
pledged itself to keep free and open
The traffic across the isthmus, and for
over fifty years it has done So To
have permitted Colombia and Panama
to wage war would have meant an in
corruption of traffic. and would no
doubt have led to an Intervention by
France for the protection of French
rights which Colombia had menaced
by suggesting the cancellation of the
canal concession held by French cit
izens.
Acceptance of the third proposition
would mean an acknowledgment on
the part of our government that 1t was
the cause of the rebellion. and the loss
which Colombia is alleged to have sus-
tanned by it. 1t would also carry rec
ognition of the absurd contention that
Colombia owned the Isthmus of Pan
ANA. when, as matter of fact, it held
only the always questionable right to
govern Panama, a right that, as events
proved. did not rest upon the willing
assent of the Panama people.
Any disposition on the part of our
government, indeed, to seriously con
slider these propositions would involve
condemnation of its own course in
The Panama affair. Colombia's oppor-
unity to promote and profit immed-
lately by the greatest commercial and
engineering project of modern times
mas passed beyond recall