Amador ledger., 1905-04-21
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The largest station for receiving
and transmitting wireless messages is
being erected near Pisa, Italy. On
its completion, by the end of the
year, it is expected to aifor direct
communication with all countries of
Europe, as we'll as the United States
and Canada, and all vessels on the
Mediterranean, Indian and Atlantic
Oceans.
Each inhabitant in London has now
to pay in taxes S14.5 SO, where in 1874
he paid only 1888; each inhabitant
of England and Wales has to pay
S7.29, where generation ago he only
paid 1898 The public debt per head
in London has risen from S29. 10 to
ST.. "a, and in England from SIS. 81 to
S54. so.
The discovery that mosquitoes are
responsible for the spread of yellow
fever is looked upon as an achieve
ment of modern medical science, but
Singhalese medical books of the six
century recorded sixty seven varieties
of mosquitoes and 424 kinds of malar-
ial fever caused by mosquitoes.
Longwood, Bonaparte's house in st.
Hedena, is now barn. The room in
which he died is a stable. On the
site of his former grave is a machine
for grinding corn.
1t is estimated that the total area
tor farming purposes in the United
States is S41, ,000,0 600 acres-an area
larger than England, Scotland, Ire
land, Wales, France, Germany, Aus
tria, Spain, Japan and the Transvaal.
There are IA, 439, 600 persons engaged
in agricultural pursuits, while all
other industries employ but Is, 845, 600.
In survey of the Scottish lakes a
depth of 1017 feet was reached in Loch
Moray. This proves to be the deepest
lake in the United Kingdom. Only
seven deeper lakes are known in Eur
ope, four being in Norway and three
in Italy.
Not long ago young man in Car
son got married and started for Cali
fornia with his young wife. His
father bade him good bye and gave
him the paternal blessing. "My
son, - said the aged sire, shaking with
emotion, etc, remember these words
if you never see me again: Never go
into a place where you would not
take your wife. - Last week the old
man went down to visit them. He
proposed bear hunt, and they were
fortunate enough to track a grizzly
to his lair among some of the bould-
ers in the chaparral AS the two ap-
preached, the bear reused up and
sent forth a growl of defiance which
shook the tree. "Go in there and
kill 'im," said the old man, excited
Iy. Count me out" said the SUM-
'Have | crossed the seas and settled
in America to raise coward?" shout
ed the father, brandishing his gun.
81 recollect your advice when L left
Carson" was the reply. "Didn't
you tell me never to go where |
couldn't take my wife? Now, how
would Sal look in there with that
bear" The old man clasped his duti-
full son to his bosom, and as the bear
issued forth, exclaimed: Speaking
of Sally, let us hasten home; our pro-
longed absence might cause her need
less alarm. In about fifteen min
utes they had reached the ranch, the
old man little ahead, and the dis
tance was about four miles.
Deficiencies - All languages have
their peculiaritIes. The Hindus are
said to have no word for "friend. :"
The Italians have no equivalent for
our Humility" The Russian die
tionary gives word the definition of
which is mot to have enough but
tons on your footman's waistcoat;''
a second means to "kill over again !"
a third "to earn by dancing" The
Germans call a thimble a Ginger
hat, " which it certainly is, and a
grasshopper ebay horse" " A glove
with them is a "hand -shoe," show
ing that they wore shoes before gloves.
The French, strange to say, have no
verb ''to stand,' nor can a French
man speak of ''kicking" anyone. The
nearest approach he, in his polite
ness, makes to it, is to threaten to
''give a blow with his foot, =" the same
thing, probably, to the recipient in
either case, but it seems to want the
directness, the energy of our "kick. "
The term upstairs" and "down-