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Amador ledger., 1905-05-26
Letters of Marque.

Letters of marque and reprisal, as
they were called, were first issued in
the time of Edward 1. to give leave to
retaliate beyond the marches or limits
Of a country for wrongs suffered at
the hands of a power nominally at
peace. In this first instance they were
aimed at Portugal. About hundred
years later two Hanse towns in Neck
lenburg, wishing to relieve their
prince, who was beleaguered in Stock
holm, issued letters of marquis
thieves letters, as the sufferers called
them-to all the rascals of the Baltic,
authorizing them to victual the besieg-
ed city. This done, they turned them
selves into confederacy of sea rob-
bers known as Victualing brothers, or
st. Yitalius' brothers, and rendered
the Scandinavian seas unsafe for half
a century.
Amador ledger., 1905-05-26
What Won the Girl.

1t was in subway train. On the
lap of woman, apparently her moth
er, sat a girl Of some eighteen months.
Next to them was another mother with
her two-year-old son. Each woman
petted the others child, and the boy
liked the attention and laughed and
pranced. The girl maintained
straight face. She did not fret, nor
apparently did she want to cry, but if
the word can be used in the case of
one so young she was bored. The
petting of her own mother and of the
other woman clearly had no effect
Then the little boy entered the lists.
Edging up to the child, he put his arms
around her neck and said, 81 love 'oo!"
Then it was that there broke over the
baby's face the first smile that had ap-
peared since the. long subway ride
from Harlem began. And as for the
mothers, the usual and natural com
pents as to prescience followed.-New
York Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1905-05-26
YOUR OPPORTUNITY.
Make Up Your Mind to Seek 1t Rath
er Than Wait For 1t.

Make Up Your Mind to Seek 1t Rath-
er Than Wait For 1t.
1t is a dangerous thing to wait for
opportunities until it becomes a habit.
Energy and inclination for hard work
ooze out in the waiting. Opportunity
becomes invisible to those who are do
ing nothing or looking somewhere else
for 1t. 1t is the great worker, the man
who is alert for chances, that sees
them.
Some people become so opportunity
blind that they cannot see chances any
where-they would pass through a gold
mine without noticing anything pre-
cious-while others will find opportuni-
ties in the most barren and out of the
way places. Bunyan found opportu-
nifty in Bedford jail to write the great
est allegory in the world on the un-
twisted paper that had been used to
cork his bottles of milk. A Theodore
Parker or Lucy Stone sees an oppor-
tunity to go to college In a chance to
pick berries. One boy sees an opening
to his ambition in q chance to chop
wood, wait on table or run errands,
where another sees no chance at all.
One sees an opportunity to get an edu-
cation in the odds and ends of time,
evenings and half holidays, which an
other throws away.-O. S. Marden in
Success Magazine
Amador ledger., 1905-05-26
BOER TOBACCO.
Natives Use 1t, but 1t Is Too Much
For White Men.

For White Men.
After Transvaal tobacco, but q long
way after, comes B.,cc The name is in
reality nowadays Il ilisnomer, for this
tobacco is grown L, .e,iy in Natal and
Cape Colony. 1t is so cultivated in
the Orange River Colony, is sold by the
roll and can be obtained for about So a
pound if whole roll is purchased. 1t
Is also sold by the sack.
White men buy these sacks, but they
do not smoke the contents themselves;
they use it to reward the Kaffir serv-
ants for working overtime or doing any
other meritorious action. The taste for
Transvaal tobacco is an acquired one.
1t also takes certain time before a
man gets used to the scent. No white
man who has come from a distance has
so far lived long enough to acquire
liking for either the taste or the smell,
but it has its uses in the case of the
natives, and it is also useful if you
have an undesirable visitor whom YOU
are anxious to get rid Of Offer him
pipe of Boer tobacco, and he will never
enter your house again.
The traders purchase this weed large
ly. They also use 1t upon the natives
In the shape of presents, as every Kaf-
fir who makes purchase in a country
store always asks for a free gift, and
the competition to secure the native
trade Is so acute that the request can
not be refuSed.-South Africa.
Amador ledger., 1905-05-26
CAREFUL OF THE FIRE.
The Stingy Hotel Keepers of Spain
and Southern Italy.

The Stingy Hotel Keepers of Spain
and Southern Italy.
In the smaller hotels of southern
italy and of Spain, writes Mr.. Hart
IN 1.-TWO Argonauts In SPAIN" the un-
fortunate tourists slowly freeze. The
landlords display a touching solicit
ude about the stove. On days when
fire is really needed to keep the guests
warm they sometimes spend half their
time trying to keep the servants from
putting too much fuel on the fire.
To prevent Americans and other
pyromaniacs from meddling with the
fuel they often keep the coal bin lock-
ed. 1t is touching spectacle to see a
group Of Americans shivering round a
little stove; to see the servant enter,
take out a key, unlock the coal bin,
put two or three spoonfuls of coal In
the stove and then lock the bin again;
to see the gimlet eye of a Granada
landlord fastened on him from the Of
fee; then to see the hapless Americans
sink back into their overcoat collars
and wish they were back home.
AS an instance of the desperation to
which these cold hotels drive people 1
once In a Levantine hotel saw an
elderly spinster seat herself in front
Of the stove in the mems smoking
room, with her hair down, while an
elderly female friend gave her a dry
shampoo.
To the suggestion of the scandalized
servants that she should finish this
intimate toilet operation in her own
room she replied briefly that she had
found the only warm place in the ho-
tel and proposed to finish the shampoo
there, which she did.
Amador ledger., 1905-05-26
All the News,

A wise editor says: "a man told us
the other day that we did not publish
all the things that happened. We
should say not. In the first place, there
is somebody else depending on us for
a living. If we printed all that hap
pens we would soon be with the an
gels. In order to please the people we
must print only the nice things said
Of them and leave the rest to gossip.
Yet It's fact we don't publish all the
news. If we did wouldn't it make
spicy reading? But it would be for
one week only; the next week you
news is all right when it's about the
other fellow
Amador ledger., 1905-05-26
THE lone PICNIC.

At the picnic in lone on the 18th,
Miss Gladys McKenney was the May
Queen, with Alma Shaul doing the
crowning act. The baseball game
between the lone and Jackson gram
mer school teams, was closely con-
tested, the former coming out victor
ious with a score of s to 5. The
basket ball game between two teams
of the Union High school, represen-
ted by red and white badges, was
worn by the whites, the score being
3 to l. a baseball game between Ply
mouth and Volcano resulted in favor
of the Plymouthites, score 6 to l.
The footraces were won as follows: ::
Boys under Is, Will Philips; under
10, William Violet; girls under 10,
Eva Phillips; under 10, Hazel Es-
mond; fat mans race, j. B. GriIIo
OF Volcano; 100 yards and 800 yards,
Albert Sutherland; relay race by Vol
cano team 90 yards race, j. b. GriIIo
also the special 100 yards race; three
legged race, Fred Dunlap and Jesse
clifton.
Amador ledger., 1905-05-26
MANY FLoURs IN CHINA.

The Chinese cook stuck the end of
an ivory chop stick in;O small
brown biscuit.
Iaatc, sir" ho eaid.
The biscuit waa warm, crisn. rich .
it Mas light, we'll salied. nutritious
biscuit, i'll word, of peculiar ex
ceIleuce."
This biscuit, sir, is made of the
flour of lentIles, - said the Chinaman.
You know lentile5? Little green pei
lets, slightly hattened, like split
peas? Lentiles, sir, are considered
the most nutritious of all the foods
OF the earth. This one lentile bis
cult, sir, is equal in nourishing pow
er, to a pound and a half of roast
beef
lie took from tin little cake.
Again taste," he said
The little cake was very rich and
good
cit is made, sir, of the flour of al
| HlOuuS Sdlu tile COOK. FRESH, sweet
almonds ground into white powder
between two mill stones. Such a
flour is Guer thing than your flour
of wheat, eh?''
Then he lifted great lid and re-
vealed some thirty or forty compart-
ments, one filed with pink flour an
other with yellow one, a third with
a brown one, fourth with white,
a fifth with pale green, sixth with
blue and so on.
"All these ale Chinese fours,'' he
said. In China, sir, we make over
| fifty kinds of houIs. We make flour
out of rice, out OF peanuts, out of
beans out of sweet potatoes, out of
peas, out of cocoanuts, out of milIet,
out of pulse, out of oats, out of bana-
mas. The fact is, sir, we make fiours
out of everything but wheat For in
China, sir, we eat no bread, an
therefore the coarse, dry tasteless
flour of wheat is useless to us. ~.
Anon.
Amador ledger., 1905-05-26
"ORo For "From.o

AS a stranger in Philadelphia I was
much amused by certain provincial
isms. One of these was the use of the
word "off'' instead Of from" please
buy flowers off me-" say the youthful
street venders. One day while waiting
for some groceries a young lady, ev1-
dently unused to housekeeping, ap-
preached the raw Irish clerk and tim
idly asked: II want some mutton to
make broth. Shall 1 get it off the
neck?" "No, ma'am," was the solemn
reply as the clerk pointed to the butch
er busy at his block, "ye git it off that
n."-Presbyterian.
Amador ledger., 1905-05-26
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News Clipped From :
Our EXCHANGES :
sss zee zee es q

In drunken row at Ell Dorado
Sunday morning last an Indian named
Dombey, a resident of Railroad Flat.
had his throat cut by another Indian
by the name of Jack, who lives at Ell
Dorado. Dombey, who is now on the
road to recovery, came very near 60
ing to the happy hunting ground,
as the knife just missed the jugular
vein. The knife weilder is still at
large. ge.-Calaveras Chronicle.
clothes cleaner from lone was in
town Thursday soliciting business.
says the Calaveras Chronicle, and
hltched his horse to barb wire fence
near the Cobb residence. The animal
stuck his toreleg through the ience.
severing an artergy in the leg, and
Dearly bled to death before the vet
Urinary could take the animal in
charge.
John and Polk Loveless of Ell Dor
ado have made a wonderfully rich
strike on the Loveless place on the
Logtown ridge. About a month ago
the two brothers started to work on
the property, and in the Intervening
time have taken out ore approximately
valued at $40, One specimen
taken out measures nearly a foot in
diameter, and contains about $500
in gold. About $4,000 worth OF ore has
been realized from ore already
crushed. Several tons of extremely
richsrock are packed ready tor ship
ment. Lee Loveless is now associated
with his brothers in the mine. and
the three brothers are now working
it.-Placerville Nugget.
James Trevithick, for many years a
resident OF Soulsbyville, died in that
place last Monday of miner s CON
sumption. He was born in Cornwall
69 years ago, and throughout his life
followed the occupation of miner.
He leaves two sisters, residents of
Sutter Creek, Amador county, also
James and Phil Littlejohn, nephews,
| of Tuolumne. e.-Democrat.
Mrs Jack Dufrene passed away last
Friday evening, her death being due
to that dread disease, tuberculosis.
The funeral took place Monday after
noon from the M. b. church, Rev. G.
E. Pettis delivering the sermon. The
Foresters audCompanions turned out.
the deceased being a member of lone
circle, Companions of the Forest.
| The services for the dead of the Com
panions were read by the officers of
the Circle, and all that was mortal of
Mrs Dufrene was laid at rest in lone
cemetery. She leaves husband. two
daughters, son, mother and brother
TO mourn her death. Echo.
Word was received in lone Monday
morning of the death of Miss Nellie.
the only daughter of A. W. Sherwood
and wife, which occurred at the
family home in Sacramento Sunday
night, from typhoid fever. She was
fifteen years and four months old.
Deceased was born near Buena Vista,
| and passed most of her life in this
neighborhood, the family having re-
moved to Sacramento but few years
ago. She was very nice girl and had
hosts of friends. She leaves a mother.
father and brother, besides an aunt
and two uncIes to mourn her untime
ly death. The remains we're brought
up from Sacramento and buried in
| lone. Echo.
Amador ledger., 1905-05-26
There is a Difference.

The difference between Kennedy S
Laxative Honey and Tar and all other
Cough Syrups is that it moves the
bowels, thus expelling cold from
the system. This reIaxes the nerve
tissues and by its healing effect on the
throat and lungs the cough is relieved
cured entirely. kennedy's is the
original Laxitive Honey and Tar and
contains no opiates. Good alike for
young or old. Tastes good. Sold by
W. Ii. Boydston.
Amador ledger., 1905-05-26

SAFE DEPOSIT-Safe deposit boxes can be
rented from the Bank of Amador County at the
small expense of 35 cents a 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 home instftu
tion. Send money away through the Bank of
Amador County; you will save 10 per cent and
upward over postoffice or express. Money sent
to all parts OF the United States and also all
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 SIS up. Commence
the new year by opening up bank account.
man or woman with a bank account has
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., 1905-05-26
Crushed.

II think never saw Rymer so utter
ly crushed as he was when his first
poem appeared in print"
what was the matter? Some typo
graphical error in the poemf"
"No, that wasn't it. What crushed
him was that the paper was sold for
a penny a copy, Just as usual"
Amador ledger., 1905-05-26

consequence of self abuse and excess produc-
ing the following symptoms: Sallow counte-
head, ringing in the ears, loss of confidence,
difidence in approaching strangers, palpitation
of the heart, weakness Of the limbs and back,
loss of memory. pimples on the face, coughs,
consumption, etc.
DR.. 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, 6s9 Kearney street, San
Francisco, Cal.
Amador ledger., 1905-05-26

Scientists tell us that out of a
bushel of corn the distiller get four
gallons of whiskey. Perhaps the far
mer gets fifty cents for the bushel of
corn. The United States government
gets s4, 40, the railroad company gets
81, the retailer gets 81 and occasion
ally adds water and a few cheap
chemicals and his profit increase to
more than double the figure given.
A farmer near here, who is of a
sporting disposition, recently re-
ceived fine chicken. Supposing it
to be token of appreciation from a
discriminating friend, he took it home
for dinner. The following day he re-
ceived this letter: "Dear Jack: Yes
terday | sent you a chicken in order
to settle a dispute which had arisen
here. Can you tell US what the chick
en- died of?''
Amador ledger., 1905-05-26
EnInuHEalAN.

Nothing is so contagious as enUnusi-
asm. 1t is the rea! aiiegory of the tale
- G:'s'se.1s; u Es.=.E?-zzz 555iIes, II charms
bEutes. Enthusiasm is the genius of
sincerity, and truth accomplishes no
victories without it-Bulwer
Amador ledger., 1905-05-26
Saves Him Money.

"Why do you always agree with your
wife in everything?" she said.
II find it cheaper to do that than to
quarrel with her and then buy dia-
ihonds to square myself"
Amador ledger., 1905-05-26
Couldn't Spend 1t.

"Say, Bill, once I had more money
dan 1 knew what to do with"
"Yer don't mean itf''
"Sure. / found a quarter in a tern
p'pance town.
Amador ledger., 1905-05-26
An Inference.

Clerk-The old man thinks you are
pretty. The Typewriter Has
he said SO? Clerk-No, but he doesn't
criticise your spelling. - New York
Press.
Amador ledger., 1905-05-26
Ledger'S Clubbing Rates

Ledger and Daily Call, one year 8 9 90
Ledger and Weekly Call one year 3 20
Ledger and Daily Chronicle, one
year........................ year 900
Ledger and Weekly Chronicle,
one year ................ 8 so
Ledger and New York Tribune
Farmer .--................... 2 so
Ledger and New York Tri-Week-
ly Tribune ... M
Ledger and Weekly Chicago In
ter-Ocean -. .........-..... 2 so
Ledger and Cosmopolitan Maya
zine, one year ........... Pts
Ledger and McCall's Magazine,
year, Including free pattern 2 IN
The above Rates are Strictly In
Advance.
Amador ledger., 1905-05-26
To Cure Cold in One Day.

Take Laxative Bromo Quihine Tat-
lets. All druggists refund the money
If it fails to cure. h. W. Groves sig
nature is on each box. 25c.
Amador ledger., 1905-05-26
WEBB
United States Commissioner
JACKSON, {

JACKSON, CAL.
viii attend to Homestead and other filings
taking of final proofs and all other Land
Business.
Deeds and other legal documents drawn up.
Agent for Phoenix Assurance Company OF
surance Companies. ie22tf
Amador ledger., 1905-05-26

To make knowledge valuable you
must have the cheerfulness of wisdom.
Emerson.
Amador ledger., 1905-05-26

Avoid popularity; it has many snares
and no real benefit.-Penn.
Amador ledger., 1905-05-26
TO THE UNFORTUNATE
DIR. GIBBON
This old reliable and

This old reliable and
themost successful spe-
cialist in San Francis
costillcontinues to cure
all Sexual and Seminal
Diseases such as Ghon-
orrhea, elect, Structure,
Syphilis in allits forms
Skin Diseases, Nervous
De bility, Impotcncy,
Seminal Weakness, and
LOSS of Manhood the
Amador ledger., 1905-05-26

Pioneer Flour is the Lilly of the
Valley the ''Pearl of Perfection. -
Amador ledger., 1905-05-26

Nobody ever prizes into another man'S
concerns but with design to do or -
be able to do him mischief-South.
Amador ledger., 1905-05-26
DANGER SIGNALS.

No engineer would be mad enough to
run by the flag which signaled danger
1t is different with the average man
Amador ledger., 1905-05-26
BANK OF AMADOR COUNTY
Capital Stock $4,000
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

Alfonso Ginocchio, S. G. Spagnoli, John Strohm
Frederick Eudey and Alex Eudey of jackson.
Amador ledger., 1905-05-26

Send Draft, p o. Order, or Wells Fargo Order
and we will send pass book
Money to Loan on Real Estate
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-08-11

OF the present members OF the cour-
~ board was held up until after the
Morris election was over. The COM
mission had been issued long before
the election.
Twenty-hrst. That liquor agents
have been coming to THE dispensaries
to urge the pushing OF their goods.
Twenty-second. That goods that
were not ordered, other than intro
ductory, were shipped to the dlspen-
saries.
Twenty-third. That the tie-up Of
the decision OF the State Supreme
court as to the force and effect Of
the concurrent resolution, under
which the committee is working, is
most embarrassing and hurtful. Wit
nesses, getting to believe that the
committee had no legal rights, are
disposed to refuse to answer ques-
tions, and the whole situation is
clouded an din doubt because Of the
unsettled condition as to the status
of the law.
Twenty-fourth That three OF the
most important witnesses could not
be found in the city today. War
rants have been placed in the hands
Of the sheriff for these recalcitrant
witnesses, and they are expected TO-
morrow Should Hhey not appear
statements are on hand from them
but their evidence is desired.
Twenty-sixth. That the committee
IS gettying pretty nearly an itemized
lict OF the contributors to the fund
10, the Spar: ::an0urg Journal. Today
It was shown that tine local dispensers
each contributed SIS: and that the
clerks gave S. Mr.. Huseman, beer
dispenser, is said to lave gone to Co.
lunlbia t. secure aid TO This newspape,
fund. The evidence today indicated
| that $500 was to have been raised fol
this purpose, and that about $500 has
| been raised.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-08-11
I.-NIiss Bette Johnson.

J.-Miss Bette Johnson
K.-G. G. Kendall, Miss A. L.
Koon.
Jet Lique.
M.-Willis Moon, Miss Maggie
McCore.
R.-Miss Lealar Ruff, Miss Alice
Rutherford
S.-John Satterwhite, Ellie Slappie,
Selby Si1nms, Mrs. Sarah Scurry.
W.-Miss Mary Lee Waters, Louis
Williams, ]. B. Williams, Miss
Roseand Wrenken
Persons wishing to get any Of these
l. ers mast ask for advertised let
t,rs
Chas. J. Purcell,
P. NJ.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-08-11
Advertised Letters.

Letters remaining in the postoflce
for week ending July II, 1905.
B.-Miss Leila Baker.
C.-Mrs. Mary L. J. Cromer, Jas.
Counts, l. F. Cooper.
DR.. E. Davis, John Davis.
E-J. K. Edwards.
F.-M. W. Frazier.
G.-Miss May Bell Gresons, Mrs.
Bessie Graddick, M. G. Geiger, David
Glylnph, Mrs. Julia Griffin.
H.-Afiss Ira Henderson, Miss
Willie Hill, Mrs. Medora Hunter.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-08-11

dispensaries, signed and approved the
expense accounts and breakage ac-
counts, and lett them with dispensers
to use as they saw fit. Several OF
these certificates on which the dis
pensers were to make up their &C
counts were exhibited, signed IN
blank, with official approval to stock
taking, expenses and the like, that
were to happen months ahead.
Thirteenth. That in Spartanburg
Mr.. Blackwood, in particular, was
used as a buffet to bull the market.
He was promised time and again a
position and asked to file an applica-
ton. and he now thinks this was
done simply to get the othsr 1ello"
to raise his price to the county board
two Of the members telling HIM PLAN
" that it was matter OF dollars and
cents to get the Office, and after they
cot the Office that they could easily
take it back.
Fourteenth. That one OF the star
witnesses, WHO is now absent, told
Mr.. Blease, member OF the COM
mission. that fer SIoo he would not
be witness, having previously made
statement to The Christensen-Lyon
committee.
Fifteenth. That the dispensa7y is
selling hves, which means short meas
ures. Fives in quarts means that tlVe
quart bottles are sold for gollon.
when the consumer thinks he is buy
ing full quart. Witnesses testified
that Hunters Three Feathers, Old
Dixie. Hannis and other brands were
hves>
Sixteenth. That until recently re-
quest books have not been used. The
plea in defence OF the non-use beng
that the dispensaries have not gotten
the books and EHave not had the time
to fill them out.
Seventeenth. That the dispensers
have been advised to charge all
breakage to the county, and that the
county loses from its profit account
all breakage, and il is not divided be-
+,,,aa, c+ate and cOn1nty
Eighteenth. That Dispenser Huse-
| man is alleged to have said tlat he
paid as much as six hundred dollars
| for vote and then did not get it.
Nineteenth. That Charles 0.
Smith was reappointed on the board
upon the recommendation OF the dele
CATION, although it had been called
to the attention OF members OF the
delegation, not all, that he was ask
ing money for positions.
Twentieth. That the appointment
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-08-11
Reflections OF A Bachelor.

A nice thing about going to church
once in a while is how much it makes
you enjoy the Sundays when you get
out Of it.
When a ann guesses what the
weather is going to be he thinks he
is so smart he goes and loses all his
money speculating in stocks.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-08-11

The average person can get over
being sick abed awfully quick if he
gets an invitation to go of and have
some fun.