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Amador ledger., 1904-06-24
Taxes &
Costs

Taxes
Costs
Switzerland. D A-interest created by
mortgage executed by George D.
Scofield on realty OF Mrs S Tubbs
original and present value of secu-
rity $500. dated October 22nd, 1901,
to run years ........... 72
Tong Fook Co-mining claim In Lancha
Plana and a house on claim in
Lancha Plana .................... SO
Amador ledger., 1904-06-24

Sharenbroch, Mrs. MA tract of
land being the southeast quar-
ter OF southwest quarter and
southwest quarter of southeast
quarter Of section l3, township =,
range IL, and the north half of
northwest quarter of Qess )
acres) section "A, township 6,
range IL, l55 acres, and personal
property listed as furniture $50,
2vehicles 500, harness S25, 1 Am
horses 500, and one common
Amador ledger., 1904-06-24
PROPERTY
REAL ESTATE

hereinafter described and the
same having become delin-
quent on the 25th day of
April, A. D., 1903, [, Il. X.
NORMAN, Tax Collector
of the County of Amador,
State of California, by virtue
of the power and authority
vested in me by law, did upon
tuesday, the 9th day of
April, 1904, levy upon the
following described Real and
Personal Property. and as
such Tax Collector will, on
Amador ledger., 1904-06-24

Harrel, + Ma tract of land being the
southeast quarter OF southeast
quarter section II township range
II, 40 acres, and north half OF north
east quarter section % township 8
range II, so acres, and the northwest
quarter of northwest quarter OF sec
ton "a township 8 range IL, 40
aeraS
Amador ledger., 1904-06-24

Holt, H and b - interest created by
mortgage executed by W K Harding
and wife to A Adams and subse-
quently transferred to present hold
ers, on northeast quarter OF south
west quarter and lot 8 and fraction
Of southeast quarter of northwest
quarter Of section 3 township 8
range II. 113 acres. original and
present value of security $500,
dated March 7th, 1895, to run
years.
Amador ledger., 1904-06-24

Hollister, Mrs H "A Quartz mine known
as the Whitmore in Volcano min
ing district and a mill west of Vol
Amador ledger., 1904-06-24

Fitzgerald, Ma tract of land being the
southwest quarter Of southwest
quarter Of section ID township
| range II, 40 acres, and north half
of northeast quarter of section 81 in
| township range IL, 80 acres, and
northwest quarter Of northwest
quarter of section % township
| range IL, 40 acres, and personal
property, furniture SIS, one Amer.
horse S25, 8 common cows $50, 3
stock cattle $50, and fifty common
| OOata $50
Amador ledger., 1904-06-24
TOWNSHIP THREE
'axes & Costs

Atkinson, B, estate ola parcel OF land
being fractional part of section
32 township 7 range ~, 20 acres. "
Beebe, Joseph-a tract of land being the
north half of section So township
range 10, 800 acres. Is
Bearce, Milton-house ON mining ground
known as the Bonanza claim in Sec
tons % and %. township 7, range
Is, and personal property. ..........
Bearce, L "A tract of land being the
southwest quarter of northwest
quarter Of section % township 7
range Is, 40 acres, and northwest
quarter Of southwest quarter of Sec
ton % township range 13, 40 acres
and north half Of southeast quarter
Of section % township range 13,
80 acres, and personal property
and poll tax x.................... Il
Clark Brothers-a tract of land being
the southwest quarter Of northwest
quarter Of sec township range
IL, and the north half Of northwest
quarter of southwest quarter Of Sec
tion 2 township range II, and the
southwest quarter of southwest
quarter Of section 2 township Z
range IL, 100 acres, and the south
half Of southeast quarter Of section
3 ;owenship z range IL, 80 acres,
and personal property and 2 poll
taxes. Observation-Disclosures. 81
Amador ledger., 1904-06-24
Greenwood, A-the Clear Water Quartz
mine in Volcano mining district. e..

Gale, Georgia. tract of land being the
south half Of southwest quarter of
southwest quarter of section Is
township range 13. 20 acres, and
fraction of west half of southeast
quarter of section IS township
range l3, and fraction of east half
of southwest quarter section 1S
township range 13, 80 acres
Amador ledger., 1904-06-24

Hauk, Adam-a tract OF land being one
half interest in the vest half of
southwest quarter of southeast
quarter section 80 township 8 range
IL, 10 acres
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-07-15
TRAINING GUN POINTERS.
treat Care Is Observed in the Selsss
ton Of Men-Use of the
esDotter.v


When China found herself arraEe6
against Japan, she offered $500 cash
month for skilled gun pointers, but in
all great navies gun pointersare trained
not bought. and when the fight is on it
s too late for instruction, says writer
N Worlds Work
How does man become an expert gun
aer?. Diligent drill and constant train
ing are not enough, without a certaiR
amount of natural aptitude One man
after another is tried. A few days. riaF
the turrets eliminates allsexcept the
-alriy promising. For the talent OF
eye and nerve which makes the born
gun pointer tie government pays from
two to ten dollars a month in additions
% the regular pay. This premium is
aot confined to any race, creed ofcolor.
On one vessel in the navy one of the
gun poiterS is negro. -
Selecting gun pointers is one of the
most important duties in the navy. Hav-
ing selected the men for gun pointers.
the next step is TO train them Two
methods are now in vogue. both having
the same principle, but differing in de-
tail. In the old days of sails and smooth
bore guns the invariable rule-and the
only rule the gun captains knew-was
this: Fire at the top of the downward
roll Gust as the ship begins to roll
toward the targetl. and aSm at the en-
emy's water line"
This rule lasted far into the age Of
steam and turret guns, and has only re-
Gently been supplanted by continuous
aim firing" or the art of keeping a gun
trained on the target, regardless of the
oscillations of the vessel, during the
whole or a portion of the roll.
The method of trailing men by the
new system-by the use Of a "dotter"-
was devised by Capt Percy Scott, of the
British navy. The dotter = mechan-
ical device which causes a small tar.
get to move across the face of a gun, with
a combined vertical and horizontal mo- ,
ton The gun-pointer must make the
gun follow the target, and whenever the
sights are on the bull's-eye he presses q
button. This causes pencil to dot the
target That is his shot The Other
tube, which consists of a small gallery
rife fitted on the gun, to take the place
OF the dotter's pencil
So proficient have the bluebackets be-
come in handling the turret guns thatin
actual target practice on board the Ala
bama a 13-inch gun is loaded and fired IA
SO seconds. Two kinds of target prac-
dce are employed now in all navies, one
in which the target is stationary and
the ship moving; the other in which both
ship and target are moving
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-07-15
PRETTY CRETONNE BOXES.
Mating and Bamboo Combined Make
an Excellent Receptacle
for Waists.

While the shirt waist box can hardly
De considered a novelty these days, it
comes in for a considerable amount of
identifying and improving so as to keep
pace with the developm ent of the blouse,
which more and more is becoming a
thing of beauty, says the Philadelphia
Press.
Mating and bamboo combined make
an excellent receptacle for sheer. fiImy
waists, with their frills and lace trim
ming, but in order to give the beauti-
fer some opportunity the decoration
must be applied to the inside of the box
One is of light wood, covered with mat
ting, ornamented by devices in bamboo
and tiny straw buttons, and to relieve
the plainness of the interior there is an
elaborate decoration executed with the
topographic needle.
This extra touch of ornamentation
adds little to the cost of the box. but
it is also an indication that the recep-
tacle is the very latest type, and therein
lies the attraction for the girl who likes
to be modish.
Cretonne, that old favorite, is never
really crowded to the background by
newer fashioned fabrics, although some
seasons it may not be as conspicuous in
draperies and box coverings as in 9th
erS
The latest style of shoe box shown in
the accompanying illustration is COW
cred with cretonne in deep cream and
pink tones and serves the double pur-
pose of use and ornament The interior,
as is indicated, is divided into compart-
ments suited to different varieties Of
footwear and the lining matches the pre-
vailing tone of the outside.
Boxes such as the two here portrayed
are particularly adapted for the country
homes, as they harmonic with the fur.
nishings, which. as a general thing. are
light in color and simple in design.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-07-15
SMALL. BUT ALL BUSINESS.
Settlement of an Account at the News
paper Stand Nettles the
Young Dealer.

"H'y'arei" said the newsboy at the
street corner stand. Paper
A solid and prosperous appearing mid
dle-aged man produced coin purse and
looked the boy over searchingly, relates
the Chicago Daily News
do you run this stand?" he asked.
Sure" answered the boy.
Were you in charge Thursday after
noon-about two o'clock
The boys attention was distracted
for moment by the sight of an intend
ing purchaser, who was snapped up by
/ rival.
Skinny on your own side.' he called
to this Inscriptions competitor. iii
do yer up if yer come around this stand"
Never mind him. said the man, i'm
pressively. I'm talking to you now.
Were you in charge here Thursday after
noon?'
The boy appeared to be irritated. It
is a hard thing to sell papers and hold a
conversation at the same time.
Il tol youse I WIS here, didn't -"
you needn't be sassy. Were you
short in your accounts that day."
Jaw, wha y'givin' me?"
IF you keep account of your sales you
were probably short but if you kept
close to your stand and attended to BUSH
1eSS@''
'Whatcher want, anyway" asked the
boy
81 want to pay you what 1 owe you"
answered the man. 81 was going to tell
you that it wouldn't have happened if
you had been around attending to bust
ness. l came up here in hurry and
wanted a paper and 1 hadn't got any
thing less than a nickel. and, as I say,
you weren't here. 1 waited until my car
came along and as you didn't appear
l took the paper without paying for it.
You're sure you're the right boy?"
Didn't tell your" demanded the boy.
Then here's your penny said the
man. extracting the coin from his purse
and laying it on the stand. Now, We are
square,
Say said the boy, you're a dandy
Don't yer want me to write youse out
receipt for dis?'
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-07-15

fshment. Sidney agreed to obtain
bail fol. him, and for the other officers
sof the shark" On Monday bail
was fixed at $4,000 for Capt. Waters,
and at $4,000 each for the arrested
officers. Mr.. 0Hammond furnished
the necessary securities and was ac-
Septed as bondsman. For a time Capt.
Waters refused to accept bail. He
preferred to stand punishment. Sid
ney argued with him for a long,
time. He explained that it might be
months before trial would be held.
Capt. Waters finally consented to ac-
cept bail. He went to hotel near
the Jail, and reported regularly three
times a day at police headquarters
No argument could convince him that
this was not the right thing to do.
Coz. John Mcintyre was the sole
passenger on the Helen Carmody''
when she steamed past the forts and
out into the Gulf of Mexico In his
big leather pocketbook was a check
bearing the signature of Andrus
Carmody. The amount was entirely
satisfactory to Col. Mcintyre.
The homecoming of the marooned
mil1ionaires' was an event never to
be forgotten by those who partici-
pated' in or witnessed it.. 1t began
at New Orleans. A special train from
New York, containing hundreds of
relatives and friends dashed into
the Crescent city early the following
morning. Those who have followed
the events portrayed in these pages
scan imagine the joy of the, greeting
between the lost ones and those they
loved. Great crowds surrounded the
hotel, and would not be satisfied I'M
. til the principals appeared on the
the balcony. The mayor made a
speech and introduced each man in
turn. Sidney Hammond received an
ovation cas- he stepped forward; one
sleeve of his coat hung vacant at
his side. Nor was the greeting to
Bernard Seymour less cordial. There
were repeated calls for Miss Cav
mody, and when that young lady
appeared ON the arm Of her father,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-07-15

A fine specimen of the bull is to be
credited to Sir Thomas Myles, an
eminent Irish surgeon and an eN-
president Of the College of Surgeort
in Ireland. He made it in the course
of a speech delivered at the meeting
of the Solicitors Apprentices Debat-
ing society in Dublin. The subject
of the address was Cecil Rhodes"
Sir Thomas paid a high tribute to
the force of character, the spirit OF
personal independence, and the III
domitable courage of Englishmen
He pictured the British empire az
having been in danger at the time Of
the late war, and asked with em'
phasis, 'Was England to stand with
her arms folded and her hands in her
pockets? '' When he realized from
the attitude of his audience what he
had done, he observed that his only
apology was that he was an Irishman
London News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-07-15
THE ENID



Madame de Genlis, in a work on
Time" tells US that the famous
Chancellor D'Aguesseau, observing
that his wife always delayed 10 or IL
minutes before she came down to din
ner, and, reluctant to lose so much
time daily, began the composition OF
a work which he prosecuted only
while thus kept waiting. At the end
of Is years, book in three quarto
volumes was completed, which ran
through three editions, and was held
in high repute. Madame de Genlis
profited by this example. Having to
wait at the dinner hour in the Palais
ROYAL for Madame de Charities, who
was always Is or 20 minutes late, she
utilized the time by copying selec-
ton of poems from eminent authors.
1t is told of German critic that he
could repeat the entire "Iliad'' of
Homer with scarcely an error. How
many years, think you, did he spend
in depositing the immortal epic in his
brain? Years he had not to spare.
or months, or weeks, or even entire
days, for he was a physician in the
full tide of practice but he contrlved
to store in his memory the PA books
of the old bard of 'Scio's rocky isle"
in the brief, disconnected snatches OF
time while hurrying from one patient
to another. DIR. Mason Good, a cele-
brated English physician, performed
a similar feat, having contrived to
translate the whole of Lucretius dur
ing his long walks in London to visit
his patients-William Mathews, in
Success
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-07-15
CHAPTER XXIV.-CoNr1NUED.

CHAPTER XXIV.-CoNTINUED
Before Chalmers could say a word,
Capt. Waters opened the door and
went away.
It was as Capt. Waters said. Hes
tor was in a hospital. A bullet had
plowed it's way along the left side
of his head, barely missing the tenn
pie. The skull was slightly frac-
tured, and there had been a hem
orrhage from the brain. When con-
scious, the patient was wildly de-
lirious. Chalmers left instructions
that everything should be done for
his comfort. The hospital physicians
gave little hope. Chalmers secured
the best medical talent in New Or
leans and wired the facts to famous
New York specialist. He then re-
Joined his companions at the hotel.
The afternoon papers contained ac-
counts of the tragedy. and related
the story of the surrender of Capt.
Waters. Before leaving for New
York, a conference was held in Sid
ney Hammond's room. 1t was the
consensus of opinion that Capt. Wa
tiers had acted in good faith, and
that he was not deserving of pun
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-07-15
Cost of Insect Pests

The money loss caused by insect
pests is immense recent official
statement from Washington is TO the
effect that the damage done by ths
cotton boil weevil in 96 of the 17s cot
ton producing counties in Texas re,
suited in reducing the total cotton out
put OF that state by 739. 1850 bales, rep-
resenting value of $49, 272 $50. These
age enormous figures, and the exten,
sion OF the weeviFs ravages to other
cotton raising regions must greatl1
increase the Instruction. hicaes
Chronicle
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-07-15
spoke From Experience.

A man who tried to uphold all his
statements with the prop of per
sonal experience is pretty sure soon
err or later to find himself in Difficult
ties.
what kind of posts should you
say I'd better have for my piazza =
asked a summer resident of the or
acle of Bushville. CEDAR?
NO" was the instant reply; mot
less you want to pay for poor stuff
Git pine Pine will last We hundred
years."
Are you sure?" asked the sum
mer resident, doubtful1y.
.'Sure!' echoed the oracle. Il never
state a thing without 1 can prove it
I've tried 'em both. Tried 'em twice
on my south porch, l tell ye!-
Youths Companion
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-07-15

these required little or no attentioA.
Mr.. Chalmers had not made. public
his suspicious concerning Hestor's
Wall street operations, neither had
any statement been made by Mr..
Morton or others. Sidney found
record of the various transactions in
a safety deposit vault. He then
called on Street & Rogers and pre-
sented his credentials. Their books
showed that Walter B.<Hestor had a
credit of $50, 100000 He had orig
ina1ly purchased 100000 shares of
stock, and had issued instructions
which had been strictly carried out.
The money was due from various
banks, trust companies, commission
and brokerage houses. Street &
Rogers had decided not to force pay
ments, fearing to disturb the money
market. Mr.. Hammond indorsed this
course and instructed them to grad
ually convert the credits into inteR
est-bearing securities.
Thus it happened. one fine Septem-
Der afternoon, that the steam yacht
''Shark" sailed down the river from
New Orleans, destined for the wa
tiers of the South Pacific. On board
were Walter B. Hestor. Sidney Ham
mond, L. Sylvester Vincent and Ber-
nard Seymour. Mr.. Vincent and Mr..
Seymour were present at Mr.. Ham
mond's invitation, and Hestor was
delighted with his new acquaintances.
Vincent had wonderful venture on
hand which demanded his presence
in southern waters, and Mr.. Seymour
proposed to gather the materials for
a book, which, he asserted, would
make them all sit up nights" And
on the deck of the SHARK" with
Capt. Waters once more in command,
this narrative will leave them
The later events in the lives of
these characters must be re1egated
to some future chapters. It may
be said in closing that the doors of
the Carmody mansion were not
closed to Mr.. William Chalmers, man
aging editor of the New York Rec
ord.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-07-15
FACTS ABOUT RHUBARB.
Well known and the Plant Is
Ornamental Only.

Rhubarb, commonly known as pie
plant" is a very good article of food
Everybody knows the plant with its
broad, green leaves and pretty red
stems. 1t is the stems that are used
for food. They are SO nice and juicy,
says Medical Talk for the Home. The
fiber is somewhat stringy, but when it.
is thoroughly cooked it becomes soft
and very digestible. The flavor is
quite tart, but that is really one Of its
good qualities. We eat so much sweet
stuff that a good tart vegetable. like
rhubarb, is a splendid thing once in
awhile
In some countries, Germany, for in-
since, the wholesome qualities of rhu-
barb are not very well known. Indeed.
it is not used for food at ALL but il
simply raised as an ornamental plant
on account of its large, shOwy leaves
In America, however, this whole-
some vegetable is fairly appreciated
It is one of the earliest of the spring
vegetables, and a little patch of rhu-
barb is 20 be found in almost every
garden. Ia the country, where fresh
vegetables are scarce through the win
ter. rhu5arb makes a very welcome
dish in the early spring. The farmers
wife gathers the young, tender stalks
and makes them into sauce, or, per-
haps, pies 1t is better, however we
think. to use it as a sauce. 1t is just
about rs popular with the city people,
too, and great quantities of 1T can DO
seen on II arket.
Rhubart' is mildly laxative and is.
therefore, very useful in cases of con-
stipation. A dish of rhubarb sauce
and a Sire Of brown bread and but
ter make a splendid breakfast. 1t
gives tone to the digestive organs and
insures the daily evacuation so neces-
sary to health We feel sure it is a
great deal better to eat a little rhu-
barb sauce every day than to take
those drastic compounds like rhubar5
and calomel which make YOU sick
and really do more harm than good.
1t is a great deal pleasanter anyhow
The rhubarb that the doctors use in
their powders is obtained from the Cri-
entail countries, generally Turkey It
differs a little from our rhubarb They
get the root and powder il 1t kas a
very bitter taste and is not al aIlsniee
to take Ii is so much pleasanter and
seems so much more sensible. 10 seat
the gDd part of the rhubarb than to
fix up the bitter part of it and take il
as medicine.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-07-15
EMIT
The Great Bend Democrat
nnEAT BEND. KANSAS
THE sun COMES PEEPIN. THRo'
KANSAS
aREAT BEND.

How love the dear old hayn1ow
And the perfume of the hay.
And to listen to the sparroWs
In the rafters hard at play;
And TO watch the dancing dust notes,
Sometimes yellow, sometimes blue,
Hurrying out the little knot hole
Where the sun comes peepin' through;
And to hearet the cattle munchfng
In the conlfortab BILE stall,
And to see the calves a romping,
Now and then to hear them bawl;
Then to see the mother coming
With a willow switch or shoe,
And watch her through the knot hole
Where the sun comes peepin' through!
Then to tread the horse1ess thrasher,
And turn the tanning MILL
And climb up to the pigeon nests
q And sit there awful still;
Then spy the folks upon the porch,
And wish they only knew
What fun to watch them through the
knot hole
How I wish I could live over
Those scenes which come to me,
Through the long and winding alley
OF my cIouded memory;
And hear the voice OF dear mother.
With a tenderness so true,
And watch her through the knot hole
O Where the sun comes peepin' through!
w. A. Engard, in Springfield (Mass)
Republican.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-07-15
CLEAN FEATHERS AT HOME.
Simple Process by Which Ostrich
P1umes May Be Made
Like New

Owing to the frequency with which
1t is turned over to the professional
cleaner, a white or pale-tinted plume
household exchange
II the feminine contingent only real
lied how easily these pretty ornaments
can be cleaned at home quite a saving
toward the end of the year would re-
suit
Nothing more difficult to obtain than
soap and clean water is necessary to
clean an ostrich tip in a thoroughly
scientific fashion If the work is care
fully done, the plume will stand an in
definite number of ''shampooings"
without showing the least signs of
wear. Here is the simple process.
Make the lather with warm water
and a good white soap. Fill q bowl
with this and dip the plume into ii.
When it is thoroughly saturated draw
the tip through the fingers. Repeat
number of times if the feather is
much soiled-
Now rinse thoroughly in clear water.
making sure that no vestige of soap
remains. Put on a white apron or
cover the knees with clean towel and
gently pat the plume with the hands
until dry Curl with blunt knife.
Or steam tina plume over the hot wa
Ter kettle and dry out in the heat Of
the stove. when it will OF it's own ac-
cord sttsin certain degree of fiu3~
ness