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The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-08-11
That Common Point Contention.

The honorable Railroad Com
mission of Texas has changed its
mind Clarendon Ions of the
Business Club is entitled to credit
for effecting this wonderful tran
sition 1t proves that correspond
ence is still a power IN this direc-
ton and the last official utterance
of Commissioner Storey also
proves the theory Of The Press TO
the effect that correspondence
would not secure an extension. of
the common point territory.
The commissioners first answer
to the petition Of the people Of
Colorado City, San Angelo and
Ballinger was that the petition
was received and the request res
pectfu!ly refused. Secretary Ions,
in IA characteristic way, asked
"why?" The answer was not
long DELAYED but it didn't answer
the question: The matter is still
open, The commission doesn't
know why. 1t says:
Austin, Texas, Aug. 4, 1901.
1t is ordered that notice be and
the same is hereby given to all
persons interested that the Rail
road Commission of Texas will,
on Tuesday, August rs, 1904, at
its office in the Capitol at Austin,
take up and consider the matter
of an application of the San An
gelo Business Club, praying for
an order of this Commission ex-
tending Common Point Territory
as described in tariffs adopted by
this Commission, so as to include
the town of San Angelo, a station
on the Gulf, Colorado IL Santa Fe
Railway, in Tom Green County,
Texas.
All persons interested in the
matter above set forth are re-
quested to present to the Commits
sion on or before the day of the
hearing, their views in regard to
the same. Whereupon the Com
mission will issue such order or
orders in the premises as TO it
may seem just and proper.
l.. j. STOREY, Chairman,
o. b. CoLQUITT,
Commissioners.
Attest:
f. r. Mclean, Secretary.
This makes it very essential that
a committee go to Austin and
talk to the commissioners. The
Business Club officers have done
A L s
Amador ledger., 1904-05-27
THE JEWSHARP.

Its First Name Was Jews Trump,
but No One Knows why.
The jewsharp has been with us for
more than three centuries. We find in
Hakluyt's Voyages" a reference to the
roaring trade in jewsharps done by
Duddeley and Raleigh with the new
world. Earlier still the name was jews
trump, but no one has succeeded in
tracing historically the reason for Ell
ther name. Various theories have been
put forward
The suggestion that it is corruption
of jaws harp and the connection of it
with the French "jeu' are dismissed
by modern authorities as "baseless and
inept." Professor Skeat thinks that the
name was given in derision and con-
tains reference to the harp of David
Smythe-Palmer maintained that 1t
ought to be identified with "gewgaw,"
which at one time meant flute.
But the most likely solution of the
puzzle is that the little instruments
were first sold in England and Scotland
by Jewish peddlers. Although Jews
had no legal status in England between
the times of Edward 7 and Cromwell,
it is known that many found their way
to Great Britain, where their natural
occupation would be that of wandering
peddlers.-London Globe.
Amador ledger., 1904-05-27
A MATTER OF ACCENT.
1t Was Very Embarrassing For the
Lady Who Liked Duck

Lady Who Liked Duck.
The canvasback duck looked very
tempting to the hungry dinner guest,
but it was sliced into tantalizingly
small pieces. She determined to take
two, though a guilty glance at the
plates showed her that none of the 9TH
er guests had ventured upon more
than one. The slices loomed up like
whole ducks as they lay before her,
safely landed. Was everybody at the
table gazing at them? To her horror,
the butler, instead of moving on, stood
holding the platter by her side. Was
the tone in his voice one of stern disap-
proval or sarcasm? For there he stood
and asked:
How many?"
Her head swan. Clearly it was sar4
casm, but the insolence of the man!
She thought to close the incident grace
fully by turning with a remark to her
neighbor. Not at all. Retribution was
not to be put away thus lightly. Again
that cold, mocking voice in her ear:
"How many?"
Everybody at the table by this time
must be transfxing her and her two
slices, but she did not dare look up to
see. The butler must be drunk. What
was to be done to avoid q scene? Just
then from down the table came the
CHEEKY voice of the watchful host:
"Why. Mrs. Dusenberry, aren't you
going to take some hominy with your
duck ?"-New York Times.
Amador ledger., 1904-05-27
GOING SCOT FREE.
The Source From which This Old
Saying Emanated.

The Source From Which This Old
Saying Emanated.
The origin of the old saying, "Going
scot free" is this: Scot, from the An
glo-Saxon ''sceot," portion, signified
in old law q customary tax or contri-
button laid on subjects according to
their ability and embraced all paro-
chial assessments. The conclusion is
obvious that to escape "scot
free" was to avoid all such payments
Of dues and taxes.
Before the reform act the right to
vote for parliamentary and municipal
officers was vested exclusively in pay
ers Of "scot and lot" Rastall Q55S)
speaks of 1t as a certain tallage for the
use Of the sheriff or his bailiff, and in
Kent the usual rates paid in Romney
marsh for repairing sea walls are
known by the same name.
Scot" says Camden, "is that which
from various sources is gathered into
one heap" = literally that which is
"shot' into general fund, from the
Dutch and low German "schot." This
may have come to us through the old
French "escot," diner a escot, to dine
at an ordinary where each guest paid
his Shot" and any one who did not
contribute would be said to get off
"scot free."-London Answers.
Amador ledger., 1904-05-27
WHEN YOU CAN'T SLEEP.
Just Pretend You Don't Want to an
You'n Soon Drop on.

Just Pretend You DON'T Want to and
You'll Soon Drop on.
When we are kept awake from our
fatigue the first thing to do is to say
over and over to ourselves that we do
not care whether we go to sleep or not,
In order to Undue ourselves with q
healthy indifference about 1t. 1t will
help toward gaining this wholesome
Indifference to say: IT am too tired to
sleep, and therefore the first thing for
me to do is to get rested in order to
prepare for sleep. When my brain is
well rested It will go to sleep; It can
not help 1t. When 1t is we'll rested II
will sleep just as naturally as my lungs
breathe or as my heart beats"
Another thing to remember-andi 1t is
very important-is that an overtired
brain needs more than the usual nour-
ishment. If you have been awake for
an hour and 1t is three hours after
your last meal take half q cup or a
cup Of hot milk. If you are awake
for another two hours take half a cup
more. and SO, at intervals of about two
hours, SO long as you are awake
throughout the night. Hot milk is
nourishing and sedative. It is not
inconvenient to have milk by the side
Of ones bed, and little saucepan and
a spirit lamp.-Leslie's Weekly.
Amador ledger., 1904-05-27
WILD DOGS OF ASIA.
Fierce Animals That Pursue and XIII
Bears and Tigers.

Fierce Animals That Pursue and XIII
Bears and Tigers.
The quality of courage possessed by
hunting dogs of Asia appears In a
marked difference of habit from that
noticeable in all other carnivorous
beasts. As a rule, each ferocious ami
NAL has its natural and favorite prey,
which may vary in different localities,
but is in each case the easiest and
most profitable victim. Tigers, for in
stance, are cattle slayers or deer kill
ers just as cattle or deer happen to
be most abundant in their district
Leopards prey on goats, sheep and,
when they can get them, on tame dogs;
wolves on sheep and cattle, stoats or
rabbits and hares, and weasels on rats
and mice. But, though the jungles
which they visit abound in defenseless
animals, the wild dog does not limit his
attacks to these. The packs deliberate
ly pursue and destroy both the black
and Htmalayan bears and the tigers,
affordtng perhaps the only instance in
which one carnivorous species deliber-
ately sets itself to hunt down and de-
stroy another. From their rarity, the
uninhabited nature of the jungles which
they haunt and their habit of hunting
at night-which probable suggestion
makes the basis of the early legends
Of the demon hunter and "hellequin" at
a time when the 'red dogs" still re-
mained in Europe pe-observations of
their habits are rare.-London Spec
tator.
Amador ledger., 1904-05-27
HER PRECIOUS SPOONS.
She Used Them For Show at Lunch,
con With Disastrous Results.

She Used Them For Show at Lunch.
con With Disastrous Results.
Considerable quiet laughter has been
going on among the guests at lunch
con given by young West Philadei-
phia bride the other day to the attend
ants at her wedding. There had been
among the hostess presents at the
time of her marriage a particularly
beautiful set Of spoons, and, while she
had no occasion to use them at this
particular luncheon, she thought that
she would put one beside each cover
for-well, just for instance.
Unfortunately, however, there was
one stranger in the merry little COM
pany which sat down about the table,
a pretty, outspoken, somewhat "gushy"
young woman from the west, and it
was she who caused all the trouble.
AS the luncheon neared its end and
it became apparent that the spoons
were not for use she kept eying the
one at her place, and finally she burst
forth with this fash of inspiration:
"These spoons-what perfectly lovely
souvenirsp'
The chorus of praise was immediate
" taken up by all about the board.
The confused hostess found explana-
ton impossible, and every guest went
away from the house with one of those
precious spoons.-Philadelph Press.
Amador ledger., 1904-05-27
DARING PIRATES.
At One Time the Japanese Were the
Vikings of the East.

At One Time the japanese Were the
Vikings of the East.
In the eleventh and twelfth centuries
the Japanese were the most dashing
pirates of the east-in fact, we might
almost call them the vikings of the
east, says a writer in an English jour-
nal. They used junks - small ships
with scrap Of sail, but quite as sea-
worthy as, for instance, the little YES
sells in which the Danes once raided
our own coasts or as the craft which
the Penzance fishermen have today.
With these junks the japanese roamed
the seas, going everywhere along the
Chinese main, ravaging the coasts,
trading and bringing home priceless
works Of art from China.
1t was not until long afterward that
the ruling authorities Of Japan, under
the great Emperor Hideyoshi, decided
that it suited their purpose to shut off
communication with the outside world
and to live to themselves, trading
merely among their own islands The
old japanese vikings were reduced to
simple fishermen, and the period of in
ternal feudatory wars began, for at
that time at least Japanese would fight
because they loved 1t.
Amador ledger., 1904-05-27
ANCIENT CHAIRS.
The Seats Used by the Egyptians II
Early Historic Times.

The Seats Used by the Egyptians In
Early Historic Times.
Seats more or less resembling stools
that is, seats without backs-were in
general use among nations possessing
a certain degree Of civilization in pre-
historic times. What those were like
in the early historic period We know
from an examination of Egyptian
monuments, from a study Of Greek
vases or from Eutrurian or Roman an
Equities that are stored in European
museums. The Egyptian deities are
seated generally on granite blocks, the
backs of which are raised few inches
only, giving a distant resemblance to
a chair. That the Egyptians had seats
more comfortable for domestic use is
possible, but we have every reason to
suppose, although they possessed a
high degree Of civilization, that their
idea Of home comforts was not that of
modern times.
The common people probably sat on
blocks Of stone or wood or sprawled
about on the ground with some sort of
carpet that also served for a bed. The
Etrurians, ancient inhabitants of Italy
before the arrival Of the Romans, ap-
pear to have preferred the reclining
posture, in which they are usually rep
resented on the sarcophaguses in the
museums.
Amador ledger., 1904-05-27
The Despised Left Hand.

The despised left hand makes good
its claims in many cases to be the
DETER Of the two. The fingers that
touch and adjust with such nicely the
strings of the violin are surely as cum
ming as those that move the bow. The
hand that guides the reins and steers
with exactness the horse through the
crowded streets is quite as cunning as,
one might say much more than, the
hand that wields the whip. But great
is fashion; unanswerable is theory.
1t would appear that as life becomes
more and more complex we are be-
coming more and more specialized, and
the difference between our limits is
encouraged rather than hindered by
every screw made in Birmingham and
every slap administered to the offend
ing fingers that would dare to shake
hands incorrectly.-C Journal.
Amador ledger., 1904-05-27
BetrothaIs In Germany.

When a maiden is betrothed in Ger
many she is called bride" by her
sweetheart, who addresses her thus un-
til it becomes time to call her wife"
Immediately upon betrothal the lovers
exchange rings, which, if the course
of true love runs smooth, are to be
worn ever afterward until death parts
them. The woman wears her betrothal
ring on the third finger of her left
hand until she is married, and then it
is transferred to the third finger of her
right hand. The husband continues to
wear the ring just as the wife wore
hers when she was "bride," so that
one can tell easily at glance If a man
be or be not mortgaged as to his af-
fpctiODs
Amador ledger., 1904-05-27
THE WORD HUMBUG.
There Are Various Plausible Expla-
nations of It's Origin


The word "humbug" has been traced
back to the title page of 'The Uni
versal Jester, choice collection of
merry conceits, bonmots and hum
bugs, by Ferdinando Killigrew, Lon
don, 1735-4O." The following are the
most plausible and possible deriva-
tions:
In the time of James II. worthless
coin was minted at Dublin from a soft
mixed metal, which became known as
uim bog. pronounced Ooombug-i. e.,
soft copper, worthless money.
Some see in 1t corruption of Ham
burg, from which town so many false
reports came during the war of 1909
1906 that such news was received
with "Oh, that Is Hamburger
Others refer 1t to hum, In the sense
of hoax, and bug. In the old sense of
bugbear. Others say 1t is merely hum
buzz, used in combination to signify
sound without sense. Others, again.
think that it was first applied to HON.
berg, chemist and an ardent seeker
Of the philosophers stone.-Notes and
Queries.
Amador ledger., 1904-05-27
WOODEN BREAD.
1t Il Possible to Mako . Palatable
Loaf From sawdust.

1t Il Possible to Mako . PaIatable
Loaf From Sawdust.
AS long ago as 1884 Professor Aute-
nth Of Tubingen succeeded in making
a tolerably good quartern loaf out Of q
deal board. Everything soluble was
removed by maceration and boiling;
the wood was then reduced to fbers,
dried in an oven and ground, when 1t
had the taste apd smell Of corn -four.
A sponge was then made by the addi-
ton Of water and the sour ieaven of
corn -four, and it was baked and found
to be better than compound of bran
and corn husks.
Wood -four boiled In water forms
also nutritious Jelly. which the pro-
fessor found both palatable and whole
some in the form Of Cruel, dumpiings
and pancakes.
Professor Brande has also recorded
the making Of bread from woody fiber
He says: Before me is specimen i'm
ported from Sweden. Seeing the close
relation between the composition Of
starch and Hgnine, the conversion of
the latter into bread does not seem 80
remarkable" He also cannot praise
the quality Of such bread.
Amador ledger., 1904-05-27
Tarrins and Featherins.

The practice Of tarring and feather
ing, which we regard as essentially
American, belongs to Great Britain.
To us the honor of inventing or adopt
ing that very disagreeable mode Of
punishment belongs. Among the laws
for the preservation Of order when
King Richard sailed on his crusade
was one that any soldier convicted of
theft should have his head shaved, be
stripped Of his clothes, have melted
pitch poured all over him, after this be
covered with feathers and so set ashore
at the first land that was touched
London Queen.
Amador ledger., 1904-05-27
SCOTLAND'S CROWN.
The Precious Relic Still Kept In the
Castle of Edinburgh.

The Precious Relic Still Kept In the
Castle of Edinburgh.
A once precious diadem, which is
now only a historic relic of much in
terest, is the ancient crown of the
burgh. 1t is supposed to have been
made for Robert Bruce and is formed
of two circles of gold, the upper and
narrowest circle being surmounted by
row of crosses and gem incrusted
imitation flowers The lower ring, the
headband proper, is adorned from end
to end of the golden band with large
precious stones of different kinds,
mostly in their rough, unpublished state
Above rise two arches of gold, which
unite and are surmounted with the his
toric 'cross and ball" Even when the
Stuarts became kings of England they
went to the trouble of going to Scot
land to seat themselves for a few mo-
ments upon the celebrated "stone Of
scone" and to have King Bruce's dia-
lem pressed upon their royal heads
Charles |. declared his intention OF
removing Scotland's famous relic to
London so that such ceremonies could
be carried out at home, but the sturdy
Scots soon convinced him that such q
proceeding would be an infringement
upon their rights, so the king had to
go to Edinburgh. as others had done
before. The wife of preacher of the
name of Granger once stole the Scotch
crown and the other royal insignia, this
in 1862 or 1868. At the time of the
restoration they were transferred to
Charles IL. They were returned to
Edinburgh castle In 1907.
Amador ledger., 1904-05-27
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Amador ledger., 1904-05-27
Drawing Two Things Mt Once.

At an evening party it was remarked
that nobody could draw two things at
once. Sir Edward Landseer, who was
present, replied that he thought he
could, and. taking pencil in each
hand, he drew simultaneously and
without hesitation with the right hand
the profile of a stag's head and all its
antlers complete and with the left
hand lovely horses head. The acts
of craftsmanship were strictly stimuli
taneous and not alternate, and the
drawing by the left hand was as good
as that by the right.
Amador ledger., 1904-05-27
Women In Japan.

In Japan a well bred woman does
not go to the theater until she is old
and ugly. 1t is not thought proper for
her to understand music. If she is re
ligious she is termed "dighty." She
spends most of her time at home at
tending to her children and servants
and performing all sorts of menial
service for her husband and his fam
lily. 1t has been said that "a woman in
Japan does not marry for a husband.
but to be unpaid servant to his fam
ily"
Amador ledger., 1904-05-27
The Snow Leonard.

In the highlands of central Asia lives
the snow leopard, which never de-
scends below the snow line Of the
mountains. Its color is a gray, inclin-
Ing to buff. A few large dark spots
show about the lower parts and a num-
Der of smaller ones congregate about
the head and the neck. The back and
the sides are marked with faded look
Ing brown rings or rosettes. The COM
paratively enormous tail Of the animal
is fully as long as its body.
Amador ledger., 1904-05-27
spots ON the Fur Of Animals.

Although we are told that the leopard
cannot change his spots. 1t is certain
that the markings on the fur of some
animals do change. Especially is this
true where the animal has distinctive
winter coat. This change has been
studied by Barrett Hamilton, British
naturalist who is Of opinion that
whitening Of the fur generally ac-
companies development Of fatty tissue,
which is manifestation Of insufficient
oxidation and hence Of atrophy, which
shows itself in whitening Of the hair.
In some animals-man for instance
this atrophy is manifested by badness.
That fat men are often bald is thus
something more than a coincidence
Success.
Amador ledger., 1904-05-27
Won Bu,ow,s Advice to . Girl.

1t is to DR.. Won Bulow that is debit
ed the curt criticism of a young and
very pretty girls effort on the piano
forte. When she had struggled through
one Of Bach's fugues after the fashion
of the ambitious maiden aspirant and
asked the great master what he would
advise her to do, go and get mar
ried." he answered as he turned away
and left her.
Amador ledger., 1904-05-27
The Tick OF a Clock.

The "tick took" that Is universally
regarded as the sound Of both pendu-
lum and spring clocks has been investi-
gated by DR.. Rosenbach, Berlin psy-
chologist. He finds that the "hck''
results when the right arm Of the es-
capement anchor strikes a cog Of the
wheel moving upward, while the
"tock" is produced when the other
arm strikes a cog moving downward.
The different conditions give different
acoustic effects.
Amador ledger., 1904-05-27
Fortune ThrouEh EaiInre

II owe my success in life to politics"
"Why, I didn't know that you had
ever held Office"
II never have, but I ran for office
once and got SO badly beaten that 1
turned from politics in disgust and
took up the line that has brought me
fortune. Chicago Record Herald.
Amador ledger., 1904-05-27
She Drew the Line.

Magistrate-Will you take this man
to be your lawful husband, to love,
honor and obey him? Miranda-Look
hyar, jedge, I'll gree to wash an iron
fer dis niger, but I amt gwine ter
low him ter boss mel Butte Inter
Mountain.
Amador ledger., 1904-05-27
A Night Mare.

Look here, you old fraud, that mare
you sold me is blind as a bat"
"Well, well! Amt it funny 1 never
found that out? Ye see 1 allus used
to drive her after dark, an then she
could see as good as any other hoss."
Amador ledger., 1904-05-27

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,
difllde1ce 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 reas-
enable. Call or write.
DR.. J. F. GIBBoN $50 Kearney street, San
Francisco, Cal.
Amador ledger., 1904-05-27
Unreasonable.

what are you kicking aboutT'
asked the lawyer.
"Why, we won the case" replied the
client "but can't see what get out
of it.J
you get enough to pay your lawyers
fees, don't you? What more do you
wantT-Chicago Post.
Amador ledger., 1904-05-27

I consider time as a treasure, de-
creasing every night, and that which
every day diminishes soon perishes
forever.-sir William Jones.
Amador ledger., 1904-05-27
Refined.

Mrs. Nuritch-I think I'll take this
watch. You're sure it's made of refined
gold. Jeweler-Certainly. Mrs. Nu-
ritch-Because I do detest anything
that amt refined-Philadelph Ledger.
Amador ledger., 1904-05-27
Never Hits If

Gadsby-That fellow Noscads is a
regular fortune hunter. Raynor-Well,
he's a mighty poor shot.-Judge.