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HIS DOUBLE.

| '"c i"'' 'eh. sir James Brown was
stationed for number of years In Ra-
iuchistan. During that period of his
HE very strange thing happened TO
MIN. so strange that its reading is like
that Of fiction. In 1873 Sir James was
IN the political employ at Quetta. Two
years of wandering life had weather
beaten him till his face was sunburned
and his beard ragged. Walking one
day with fellow officer, he saw a man
In Afghan costume sitting by the road
side. \ big book. presumably the 10.
ran, was suspended from his neck, but
something about him. perhaps his
brown beard and blue eyes. bespoke
the European. Sir James tells the
story:
That fellow does not sit on his heels
like a native" said.
Colonel Fellows asscntcd.
And" said he. "he Is the very image
Of you"
l looked at the man again and saw
that II was so. lie was exactly like
me. | spoke to him. and lie answered
In an embarrassed way, saying that lie
was II Klrghiz OH pilgrimage to
Mecca. l talked with him little. and
found him so embarrassed that my sus.
pisions were aroused: and later sent
TO arrest him. thinking lie might be n
Russian spy. Rut the man had He'd.
and that was the last | ever saw OF
him.
Soon after head men began TO drop
Into Quetta and 10 seek me out. ali
claiming TO know me. did not under
stand what they meant. but used the
opportunity TO gain all the information
| could. Some OF these visitors spoke
of meeting me places where | had
never been. One died. and l was asked
TO perform the burial services. the one
who made the request saying | used
TO perform such rites at Mukkur. |
was more puzzled than ever. but did
not let the claimants TO my acquaint-
ancc know II.
War broke out soon after this. and
was sent farther into the interior.
Everywhere distinguished officers de-
clarcd they knew me. and spoke with
great reverence OF religious ceremonies
had performed. The natives would
not fight with the company was In.
went into the most dangerous places
unharmcd and unattached. Every
where l was greeted as u preacher
holy.
After I was made chief commissioner
of Biluchistan l met three Afghans
who said they were old fricE.,s Os mine
at Mukkur. One spoke Of his wife MS
my ardent disciple. another OF the time
l had spent Mt his house MS his guest.
Then for the first time nm explanation
came to my mind. l was Indebted for
this extraordinary amount OF influence
to my double. whom had met oil the
road.
Ny Doppeiganger had disappeared
entirely; dropped out of life In a mys-
terlous way. Who he was l shall never
know, but for sixteen years | got all
the credit OF that sanity Mussulman.
When / denied the identity was
laughed ut. Some of my doings must
have seemed rank apostasy TO those
natives. but they we're faithful TO their
ideal. In time OF war l went every
where unchallcngcd. much to the
amazement of my comrades. who Won
dcred why was not captured or mur-
dered. ! received presents and visits
from ayowed followers. Unwittinsly
entered into that holy mans life ana
reaped the benefits without the shad-
ow If claim, and all on account OF
the strong resemblance between us.
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SUPPLY AND DEMAND.

"r tell you," said the passenger with
the skull cap, "there IL something
wrong with country where n prlzt
fighter can make more money In ont
night than college professor car
make In five years!'
"You're right. pard," said the pas
senrer with the loud check suit
.Therc's too blamed many college pro
fessors and too blamed few prise light
ers."-Chlcngo Tribune.
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A PRUDENT SUGGESTION.

"Many people have suffered cmbaf.
rassment because of their social as.
pirntions."
YES" answered Miss Cayenne. "Be.
fore you insist on getting into the swim
you want to make quite sure you are q
swimmer. r."-Washington Star.
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1NENrEcTEp BANQUET.

| DshA>yC yCHis
3 the summer of 1908 Lconidas
~ Jr.. Dillon Wallace and a
~ Cree Indian. whosprovcd him
Fro, started TO explore the Lab
lids. This purpose was only
carried out. Winter came ON
leiore Hubbard was ready TO
lex, the provisions were ex-
game were scarce. On the Jour-
me coast Hubbard was taken
perlshed OF starvation while
panions were In search of aid.
mad found some provisions
lad been thrown aside OH the
Zip, and had returned within
undred feet Of Hubbarti's tent.
not find 1t. In 1.-THE Lure Of
lrador Wild" hir. Wallace tells
ns OF their hardships:
the steady gnaw at the pit
stomachs. we had cut down
Is to the minimum amount of
I would keep US alive. For
so weeks we had been the pris.
a relentless storm. All Of no
mad entered on Z race against
we were nearing the shore We
three little duckliugn bobbinR
uown In the tumbling waves.
ated'y diving. They wses too
reach with Z pistol, and Hub-
!. MS rifle. Il soemsd allnoot
es'ns . ~ with : eAnpsA -
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of buyers and sellers. is the statue of
Hans Sachs. the man who spent his
life in the small house across the way.
spinning good poetry and making good
shoes. with equal facility-the man
who shares with Albrecht Durer the
largest part Of the Nuremberger's love.
Houses rise straight from the
waters edge. on either side-a wavcr-
ing vista, following the vagaries Of
tie rivers picture of which one
would never tire. In the opposite d.
rection. q short distance above US, q
pointed island divides the stream, and
ore Of the arms thus formed 10
81 aned By a covered brftge OF heavy
masonry. hanked by tvs towers Of
unequal size. Condemned criminals
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,Iimscn Need.

JImson weed. one Of the most com.
mon plants. the leaves of which sell as
high as eight cents pound and the
seeds as high as seven cents pound.
grows readily in all warm countries.
T'Nc government has cultivated 1t TO
advantage. although II has not given.
nor does It promise to give. the great
returns which some seed merchants
advertise fer It. Balladonna and hen
bane may be readily grown in temper
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NO PAIN.

Casey-"i seen in the paper the Other
day that a docthor out West performed
n surgical operation on himself an cut
on his own thumb. What dye thinh
O. that"
Cassidy-"oh, I suppose he rat him.
sell under the infooence of ether before
he done it."-Philadclphia Press.
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Viper in Colorado.

A hog.noscd viper. said to be as
venomors as the horned viper of AT.
rlca. was dragged. with six other ven.
omous snakes and water dog. from
a stagnant pool yesterday In Iittleton
by Alfred Packer. These vipers are
said to seek swampy places among the
reeds and this is the first one that
is known to have been found in the
West
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ABSURD.

T see that prominent statisticlnr
says that considerable more than ono
half of the worlds population is femt
nine.'
II don't believe It. II that were so
how would we account for the fac!
that 'one-half the world doesn't know
how the other half lIvesT "-Philadei
phia Public Ledger.
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KNOWLEDGE.

Il was surprised at the way you
hirted with that young man. Yoc
know you're n married woman"
Yes, but he didn't. n't."-Phl'adeIphia
Ledger.
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a PREJUDICED IMPRESSION.

what is your idea of clnss!c:"
"a classic" said Mr.. Cumrox. "is
something you have TO listen TO be-
cause somebody else said 1t was good"
Washington Star.
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ENDLESS CHAIN.

"A soft answer" remarked the party
OF the first part. ",urncth away wrath"
"Truc enough" responded the party
OF the second part, but wrath also
turneth away soft answer.'-Louis.
vile Couricr-Journal.
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REVISED QUOTATION.

orator-"Man's inhumanity to man
makes countless mill-mill-"
Audltor-"Alillionairesw-Llfe.
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THE ENDLESS GRIND.

"But why do you live in the city II
you don't like it,"
Il have to live here to make money
enough TO keep up my country place."
Town Topics.
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EARNINGS.

Office Boy-"Wy, cert, want more
pay: I'm only getting four week, and
give my mother all earn"
Proprictor-"Whnt DO you do with
the other three and half:"-Puck.
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NOTHING TO LONG FOR.

what dlscontentcd. dissatisfied
look Mrs. Fullerton has,
We'll, what could You expect? she
has husband who gets her ycrythinS
she wants."-1'own Topics.
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CANINE CULTURE.

A Boston spinster owns n dog,
,,, One of those hightoned "towsers,"
That's so well bred and nice, tits said,
lie never pants-he trousers"
Philadelphia Post.
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DIVISION OF LABOR.

"How do you and your wife spend
your leisure tlme:"
well. think up schemes TO make
money"
And shc-:"
"fhinks up schemes TO spend it,
Cleveland Leader.
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! Visit to Nuremberg
E5~Ar-~st--.-sn,---.a,>-.-ys,
Especial Correspondence.)

walked across 1t once, and were seen
no more. 1t is northern bridge Of
sighs." but. alas. for our sensibilities.
It bears the name Of "Hangman's
Bridge" the Teutonic mind being in
capable of calling a spade aught but
a spade. The sunbeams themselves
seem to shiver away from 1t. leaving
1t cold and gloomy when all else is
warm with light.
But now the castle. Its rugged walls
and towers outlined against the sky,
begins to beckon insistently to our.
curiosity. Nothing appeals more
strongly to the American Imagination
than an old castle, and 1t is with
breahless awe and delight that we
climb the rude steps cut in the side
of the rock. and follow the steep stone
paved way leading to the entrance.
Looking ever the City.
Passing through gloomy archway,
we find ourselves in a wide court Tor
is 1t terraceO and forget to look ut
the buildings grouped about three
sides Of 1t, in our delight at the view
over the town to which the fourth
side lies open.
The quaint red-tiled roofs. what a
picture they make, their gables turned
at every imaginable angle in follow
ing the crooked lines OF the streets!
To the right, the river escaping from
between the rows of houses, meanders
joyfully across green meadows, and
glances in the sun. From here we
see. too, the modern suburb which has
sprung up outside the walls. and
where all those whose taste runs TO
squareness in architecture and the
latest improvements" may indulge 1t
to the utmost. Directly below and
close 10 the curving line of the wall.
stands Durer's house. Those upper
windows open from the room where
he painted and saw visions. while the
sharp voice of his unappreciative
spouse hoated up'to him from the low
er regions. What a fate, to have
ones name immortalized as scold.
Inside the Castle.
At one side of the terrace and apart
from the main building stands five
cornered tower. destined ever after to
aT~ear in our Imagination as the place
whence nightmares emanate. Inside
we climb upstairs and downstairs into
various oddly-shaped and srarsely-
lighted chambers In which are kept
all kinds of instruments OF torture
some In use as late as the seventeenth
century-some dating from the Middle
Ages-and all horrible beyond de-
scrlption. Come quickly out into tho
open air and let the sunshine chaO
these terrible specters OF past agony
from our brain. Through the halls OF
state and rooms Of every size and
shape we pass. lingering at last. en-
tranced. on the battlements, TO look
down the sheer side OF the rock into
the moat lying far below, and then
away across the stretch of plain. into
the blue and hazy distance.
One might really be that fair
Queen. of the lime tree yonder. search
ing the horizon for her returning lord:
while enemies. perhaps. are beating at
the gate below; but the little guide
rattles her big keys impatiently. and
one awakes with start to the con-
sciousness of being n modern Ameri-
can, free. IL need be. to depart by the
next train.
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SURE TO REGRET 1T ANYWAY.

1T !VU HIHFTy tH'.t SITII yUu 1T
regret it,
Waller-"But no more, probably, than
II married some other girl."-Judge.
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ate climates. hut the drying and the re
moval Of the seeds is the principal
problem in their preparation for mar.
ket at profit. Carroway. anise and
coriander are now supplied almost en-
tirely from Europe, as is sage. which
tits believed, however. may be profit
ably grown in the Southern States.
In Doubt.
The poet laureate's latest effort y
called: Come. Let Us Go Into the
Lane"
And the average reader will nut
know from the title whether II b .
sentimental tryst or the laursateH
equivalent OF the pugnacious invitAr
tion 70 come out b the al,sy'
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Hc-"when married my wife's eye
sight was very poor
Shc-"Ycs: 1t must have been.'-Il
lustratcd Bits.
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Hans Sachs and purer.
And In the center Of the market
square. looking calmly over the heads
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-01-19

pronouncedly in very short time.
The public reads of an accident, CEN
sures the train and engine crew, de-
mands that justice be handed out to
the company and its employees and
then joins in remonstrance because
the same wreck holds them from busi-
ness for a time. This is the public
idea of doing things.
How many of the frenzied, hurried,
cranky passengers on fast train
understand the exactions of duty that
are part of the life of every employee
on that train? 1t is safe to say that on
the majority of trains, not one. All
they think about is the humiliation of
space. Put one of these "hurry up"
individuals up ahead with his nose
out of the window, the sleet raining
down in his face and running fifty
miles an hour; put him down and let
him shovel coal into that never-satis-
fed furnace with the engine rocking
from side to side, the glare of the fur
mace binding him and the storm beat
ing down upon his back; give him the
running of the train and all the other
duties that accompany it, or send him
back through the blizzard with a flag
and compel him to stay there until
relieved, and he might understand
something about the question, if he
lived through ten minutes of 1t and
retained his faculties. But the passen-
ger looks out of the sleeper window
and finds fault because he cannot go
faster. In all the wrecks that have
occurred, with some trains late, others
on time, the hurry of the passengers
and the compliance of the companies
to meet the demand for speed that has
! iDeen responsfbie fo7s ~rl1e disastef iias
been explained by the employee with
the statement that, 81 forgot" or 81
could not see."
The travelling public, spurred OH by
the prevailing system of haste, de-
mands speed and gets it. All railway
companies are alike in this regard
They will comply with the demand fol
speed, but when part of the public
in it's hurry to get somewhere, gets
mixed up in wreck with another
part of the public in its hurry to gel
somewhere else, it should be philo
sophie enough to accept the situation
as a natural development of it,
; demand for speed. 987.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-01-19
Scenery and Customs
ssseAP in Norway.

IHE afternoon was not so clear
as the morning had been, yet it
had beauty of its own which
appealed to us very strongly.
The blue sky had changed to soft
pearly grey, all around us rose grave,
majestic mountains, their SUBMITS
clear against the pale background, but
wreaths of white mist clinging about
their sides in fantastic twists and
curves which bridged over huge, yawn-
ing chasms and seemed to join the
valley into great amphitheater The
stern grey and purple rocks looked
hardly real, so softened were they by the
luminous summer haze. Here and
there the snow cleaned coldly in long
deep crevices, or in broad clefts where
from years end to years end it remains
unmelted by sun or rain. On each
side of the road there was wilderness
of birch and fir and juniper bushes.
While in the distance could be heard
the Mongefos Zone of the most beauti-
full waterfalls in Norway with its
ceaseless sound of many waters, repeat
ed on either hand by the smaller
waterfalls. Other sound there was
none save the faint tinkle of cowbells,
or the rare song of the little black and
white wagtails, which seemed the only
birds in the valley.
The ladies in our party hardly knew
which was the most delightful to them,
the return to Molde or the merry jour-
ney to Geiranger, or the quiet days at
Oldoren, in that lovely valley with the
river curving and bending its way be-
| tween wooded banks, and the rampant
Of grand craggy mountains with snowy
peaks, her own special mountains
4 dominating all. It was at Oldoren
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-01-19

Character is the only cash that is
current in heaven.-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-01-19

MANURE may make some fools, but
all fops make themselves. LEX.
Amador ledger., 1905-06-02
ANTI-sALooN MEETING.

A meeting was held IN lone last
Saturday evening, under the auspices
of the anti-saloon league of that
town. The recently enacted law for
bidding any saloons within two miles
of Ieformatory was the incentive to
the gathering, and the topic of dis
cussion. The outcome was the adop-
tion of resolution requesting that
the law be enforced. The secretary
forwarded communication to sheriff
Norman naming all the saloons ID
lone as within the prescribed limits
of the Preston school, and requesting
the officer to take action to enforce
the law. The sheriff was out of the
county when the letter was received.
Of course, the sentiment is in favor
of carrying out the law, no matter
how absurd and arbitrary the enact
ment may seem to be. 70 legislate
thousand of men out of business in
the manner set forth in the newly
revised code is harsh proceeding;
but it is law, and must stand until
repealed or pronunced unconstitu-
tional by the supreme court.
Amador ledger., 1905-06-02
DEATH OF FRANK GUERRA.

Frank Guerra, all old time resident
of Jackson, died in the Sisters hospi-
tai in Los Angeles on the 10th of
May. He had been in the hospital
for two months prior to his death
The disease that carried him to the
grave was cancer of the tongue, 1t
developed about months ago, and
spread through the tissues to fatal
ending with great rapidity. For the
last two months he was unable to
talk. When the disease seized him
he was in New Mexico operating a
mining claim, which he held in part
nership with a man uamed Gee. He
visited Los Angeles several times for
surgical treatment after the appear
ance of the malady, but the skill of
the doctors was unable to stay its
progress. His family in jackson was
notified of bis serious sickness, and
Miss Louisa Guerra left San Francis
co for Los Angeles on the 10th, only
to find that her father had passed to
the beyond before her arrival there.
The funeral was held Fridsy, under
the auspices of the Elks and knights
of Pythias, of which orders the de-
ceased was a member. The remains
were buried at Los Angles.
Frank Guerra was born at Mok-
elumne Hill, October 7, 1852, but
passed most of his life in Amador
county He leaves wife and three
daughters, all grown up, in Jackson,
also an aged father, and brother,
Albert Guerra. Deceased left his
home here about 15 years ago, for
Arizona. He has been here since
then about II years ago, when his
eldest daughter Louisa underwent a
serious surgical operation. He has
been operating mines ON his own ac
count in New Mexico and Arizona,
and it is thought by his family that
he has considerable mining interests
in those territories. His daughter
Louisa, who is employed in San
Francisco returned to Jackson after
the funeral, but left for the city
again last Sunday, expecting to be
called again to Los Angeles on matters
relating to her fathers estate. In
what shape he left affairs is not
known at present, and no will has
been discovered so far.
Amador ledger., 1905-06-02

Don't forget the moonlight ball by
Electra Athletic Club Saturday, June
II.
Mrs. Fred jackson, who has been
visiting relatives in Mariposa county
for some weeks. has returned home.
j. F, Wilson. Dentist. Hours 9 a. m.
to p. m. Phone Main 404. Jack
son, Cal.
A band of Brazilian gypsIes. invad
ed the town this week, on the fortune
telling business. These wandering
people seemto be getting over pIenti-
ful in the mining counties. Business
in their line is brisk i'll the camps of
the mother lode section.
If you don't see what you want at
Pete Piccardo's, ask for it.
Sprinklirg of the public road from
jackson to Sutter Greek was started
this week. H. Cook is doing the
sprinkling. This piece of road is
about all that the condition of the
road funds concerned will permit of
being sprinkled.
Wanted at the Ledger office boy
or girl to learn type setting; must be
fairly we'll educated and a good
spelIer.
W. 2. Peek, this week received the
sad news of the death of his brother,
Frederick Franklin Peek, near Polo,
Illinois. He died suddenly on the
18th of May He was out in the barn
yard trying to break a colt. when it
is thought that blood vessel of the
brain burst, causing almost instant
death. His wife was standing a short
distance from him when he fell, and
before she could reach him he was
dead. his age was 73 years 2 months
and 16 days. He was one of the early
settlers in Ogle county, Illinois, bis
parents having moved there in 1888,
the brother succeeding to the old
homestead upon which his parents
settled in those pioneer days. In 1861
he was in Calaveras county, Cal. re-
naming three years, but returning
to Illinois to take charge of the farm
upon his fathers death. Besides his
brother in this town, he leaves three
brothers and two sisters, the latter
being residents of Illinois.
Amador ledger., 1905-06-02
STAPLES CHEERFUL.

DR.. f. N. Staples, who is awaiting
sentence OF death for murder in the
first degree. in taking the life of his
wife OH August 81. 1904, is seeming
not greatly distuI bed over the situa-
tion. After the shock following the
verdict of the jury. which necessitated
the employment OF watchers for a
couple of days thereafter, he has been
ou wardly, at least, cheerful and con-
fident of new trial. He spends a
good deal of time in singing, which
certainly is not symptom of depres-
sion or hopelessness. His attorneys
are at work, preparing the bill of ex-
ception to be presented with motion
for a new trial. This will come up
OH the oath instant.
Amador ledger., 1905-06-02
DECORATION DAY.

Decoration day was freely observed
by the relatives of deceased persons
buried in the cemeteries of jackson
in decorating the last resting places
of their departed ones with floral Of
ering. The only organized observance
was by Rathbone Lodge K. of P. In
the afternoon they assembled to the
number of over 30, and proceeded by
the band, marched to the public
graveyard, where about twelve of their
members are interested. Each grave
was visited by the members in body,
aud three bouquets were laid there
upon. There were no literary exercis-
es; simply calling the name of the de-
ceased one, and the placing of the
floral tributes thereon. The spectators
with bare heads witnessed the impIes
sive ceremony. They also decorated
tlfe graves of ex-union soldiers in the
same manner.