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Amador ledger., 1905-12-08
RoBBING TRUNKS IN ITALY
No Other Civilized Country Where
the Luggage Of Travellers
Is So Unsafe,

A traveller just returned from Italy
reports that trunk belonging to one
OF his party was cut open on the rail-
way between Rome and Genoa, and
clothes distracted to the value of $40.
When he consulted the British consul
on the subject, states London Truth. he
heard that lady had been at the
consulate few minutes before who had
lost the whole of her valuable jewelry
in the same way. 1t is really astonish-
Ing that the Italian police and the rail-
way companies between them do not
take effectual steps to stop this scandal.
There is no other civilized country
where travellers luggage is habitually
rif1ed while in charge OF the railway
companies as it is in Italy, and the
knowledge that this is so must keep
many people out of the country, espe-
cially wealthy travellers, whom it is the
interest of the authorities to encourage.
In the meantime 1 would point out to
travellers in Italy that the insurance of
luggage against theft is a precaution
that should always be taken.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-08
Cyclones in Jamaica

Terribly destructive though cyclones
are there are occasions when they
have beneficial effect. Some little
time ago Jamaica was swept by a
cyclone from end to end, and the de-
struction it wrought was estimated at
nearly three millions. The community
bravely faced the situation, and now
recognizes that even a hurricane is not
without its blessings. The fruit sea-
sons have been more favorable since
the cyclone than experienced for many
years past. "a hurricane" says the
acting governor of Jamaica, appears
to assist in promoting fertility of the
soil. The total destruction Of the
banana crop and the attention COM
pulsorily given to clearing cultivation
have resulted in yield in the last few
months of much finer grade of fruit
than had been exported on so large a
scale previously."-N Y. Herald.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-08
SOAP CURES TIGHT DOORS
Furniture Man Tells How to Open
Dresser Drawers That Stick
Other Remedies.

"Patrons come to me every day
and say that the drawers of dress
ers and other furniture s.Gck fast
and cannot be opened or shut
without great difficulty" said the
"complaint man" in a Chicago fur
niture store. This is a trouble
with much furniture, especially
that which is new, and is especial
ly common in the spring.
"What do we do in such cases ?
We simply tell the customers to
wet the surface of a bar of com
mon laundry soap and rub it firm,
ly over the parts of the wood that
stick. This makes the surface
smooth and slippery, and in near.
ly all cases the drawer will slide
easily, especially after it has been
opened and shut a few times.
"This alsois valuable with doors
which, in new flats, are likely to
settle or are apt to scrape at the
top as the building settles. Just
use soap on them and save the
trouble of calling in a carpenter,
who will plane the varnish off.
"China cabinet doors, with
curved glass cause us a lot of trou-
BILE, but most of the tightness can
be remedied by the use of soap and
a few applications of sand paper.D
The furniture man gave anoth-
er ''helpful hint"
'If mission furniture, with the
dull finish, loses it's smooth sur
face and characteristic waxy ap.
pearance," he said, "do not de.
spair and send it to the renovator.
Take pound cake of common
floor wax and rub it over the sur
face until the finish is restored. If
you have no floor wax use bees
wax, and if you prefer something
made especially for the purpose,
you can buy liquid preparations.
one of which will remove the old
finish, leaving the table top or
other object ready for the applica.
tion of the other substance, which
will duplicate the original finish"
Amador ledger., 1905-12-08
-GULLIBILlTY OF SHEEP.
Eve That Has Lost Her Lamb Will
Unhesitatingly Take to Strange
Young One.

The utter stupidity of sheep is per-
haps nowhere more strongly evidenced
than in the perfect satisfaction with
which eve that has lost her lamb
will take to strange lamb, around
which has been fastened the skin of
her dead offspring.
Considering that the skin Of the
dead lamb is often merely thrown
loosely over the back of the living
lamb, sometimes hanging almost to
the ground on one side or the other,
and making the lamb appear the
quaintest kind of animal imaginable,
the ewes gullibility in this respect is
remarkable. There can be no other
explanation of her satisfaction than
that she really thinks the muffled little
stranger is her own progeny, other
wise she would give it no attention
whatever.
Its appearance does not seem to
count, nor even its voice. Its smell
is something, which may be seen in
any flock of ewes and lambs, for while
the mothers certainly appear to know
the bleating of their own children,
the Identification is always completed
by the eve shifting the coat of her
lamb.
l have been looking at two such
quaint families in the lambing pens,
says writer in the London Express,
and the picture of sedate eve placid
ly attending to the two weird little
creatures which look as if they have
been half-flayed was the most comica
study of animal stupidity which could
be imagined.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-08
NEWS FROM SIOUX ELITE.
Society Notes Reporting the Move.
msnts Of Redskinned Notables
Of the Reservation.

Charlie Dog Eyes hauled cord of
wood to the school this week, reports
the Rosebud Indian Agency News
Mr.. Pup is not feeling at all well
now. He was bleeding from the lungs.
Mr.. Wasmud and family spent Sat
urday at He Dogs camp, visiting with
Mr. Eyes.
1t is reported that Spider Brave Bird
and Rose Crow Head are married
without the services of a preacher.
Circle Fool, one of our most thrifty
Indians, died after a brief illness.
Eagle Elk, who is visiting Never
Miss Shot, went to the agency Sun
day.
Two Teeth visited the school Mon
day a. m. and Little Bald Eagle ditto
Monday p. m.
Kate Hunts Horse has been sewing
for two weeks at the school.
Oliver Yellow Hair, policeman, re-
turned last Saturday from a two
weeks visit at Pine Ridge.
Annie Goes to War visited our
school last week Wednesday.
Master Harry and Lucy Roam Horse
have been visiting at home for a few
days.
Aloysius Shooting Cat has left q
warm, comfortable house and pitched
his tent in sheltered nook of the hills
bordering Spring creek for the pur-
pose of being near school.
Call and see the immense new stool
at Pete Piccardo's.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-08
WINDING HIS OWN BUSINESS
Inquisitive Traveller Evened UP Scores
with Stage Driver Who
Was Crusty,

Wallace Cummings used to drive the
old stage which ran between Bridgton
and Portland, relates the Boston Her.
aid. One day Wallace had as passen-
ger out of Portland young city chap
or dude, as Wallace called him. The
scenery along the stage route was both
beautiful and diversified; the young
man was much interested, and as he sat
on the box, or post of honor, beside Wal
lace. literally piled him with questions
as to what mountain that was and what
river this was, etc.
The old driver, who detested this sort
of interrogation, stood it as long as he
could. Finally he blurted out: "Say,
stranger, if you'll mind your business
I'll mind mine"
Thus snubbed, the young man re-
lapsed into silence.
They had driven about ten miles
farther when they came to a long hill,
where the driver was obliged to apply
he brake. AS he showed his foot
oward it he Immediately noticed that
Inc mail bag, which always lay there,
was gone. Evidently it had dropped off
along the road.
Wallace stopped his horses; then,
breaking the long silence, he said:
Say, stranger, did you see that mail
bag slide OFF,"
Yes, l did; some ten miles back"
calmly remarked the young man.
Wel, why in thunder didn't you tell
me?' gasped the astonished driver.
The dude" looked him squarely in
he eye for moment, and then he
1rawled, initiating Wallace's tone:
Say, driver, you mind your business
and I'll mind mine."
The rest of the journey was driven
in cold silence.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-08
Favorite of Fortune.

Joseph Chamberlain, the celebrated
Englishman, is not a graduate of any
university or of any of the large pub
lie schools. He was a full-fedged
business man at the age of 16 years
and his fortune grew so rapidly that
at the age of 3S he was able to retire
from commercial life and devote him
self to the study and practice of poll
tics.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-08
Child's Head on Banknote.

The accepted design for the new
Austrian five kronen banknotes Is re-
markable for the picture of an un-
usually beautiful child's head which
'orms its chief ornament. The model
for this head was the son of Prince
Franz Josef Rohan, whom the artist
saw one day in the street, and with
whose beauty he was so much struck
that he asked the childs name, and
obtained the parents permission to
make a drawing of him for this pur-
pose.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-08

SAFE DEPOSIT.-Safe deposit boxes can be
rented from the Bank of Amador County at the
small expense of 80 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 institu-
tion Send money away through the Bank OF
Amador County; you will save 10 per cent and
upward over pos tofice 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 IS up. Commence
the new year hy opening up bank account. A
man or woman with a bank account has a
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., 1905-12-08
circuses in Winter Quarters

A dramatic paper gives the names
and addresses of 11S circuses and other
road shows which go into winter
quarters. Of these, 1S make their
homes in Pennsylvania, IA in Mary
land, II in Missouri and ten in In
diana, these being the most popular
states as winter Chicago
Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-08
Suspicious.

"But, Rosa, if you have no tai
ent for painting, why not take up
chemistryw
impossible, papa! The other
members of the Emancipated club
would think l was trying to learn
cooking in roundabout way
Meggendorfer Blaetter.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-08


Let go or die. That's the alternative
OF the shlpwrecked man with the money
bags. A great many people have like
alternative before them. Business men
come to point where the doctor tells
them that they must rlet go or die"
Probably he advised a sea voyage or
mountain air. There's an obstinate
cough that won't be shaken off. The
lungs are weak and perhaps bleeding.
There is emaciation and other symptoms
OF disease, which if unSkilfully or improp-
erly treated terminate in consumption.
thousands of men and women in a like
condition have found complete healing
by, the use of DIR. Pierce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery.
testimonial SO that some other poor sufferer
may be saved. as l was, by Dr. Pierces
golden Medical Discovery" writes Geo. A.
Thompson, of Sheldon Ave. Chatham. Ont.
ated a great deal. and was slowly failing.
was losing flesh every day. Lost in weight
ir9t IRON IA iSO pounds % down to 12S My flesh got
thing to any one but made up my mind that
the end was not far off. One day my wife
vas reading in the Common Sense Medical
ADVISER about DR.. Pierce'S Golden Medical
Discovery. and said, that sounds more like
common sense than anything else that L had
heard. l at once bought bottle OF your
OF one bottle l felt better Took thirteen
bottles and it made new man of me. 1
gained sixteen pounds and never have had a
cough since. feel splendid and give all the
credit to your medicine"
Given away. The Peoples 49,
Common Sense Medical Ad- T~s
wiser is sent free on receipt &fIsAs1
Of stamps to pay expense of H pEoPLsl
mailing only. The book con- H 8uA. sDa,s N
tains zoos pages, over 700 illus He - haHsyIsEs
trations and several colored - d ExPssaaI'
plates. Send 81 one cent 0~
stamps for the paper-bound
book, or 81 stamps for the q a,
cloth bound. Address Dr. M %
r. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y 9kEs6|
&SNierce.s DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
V\eHsSW cure bad, foul stomach and
AeNeNS constipation and so help to cure
nearly every disease of man
kind. They regulate, tone up and invigorate
Stomach. Liver and Bowels.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-08
Cheering Her Up.

Patience-O, doctor, I'm dreadfully
afraid of it!
Dentist-Madam, you shouldn't take
laughing gas as seriously as that
Chicago Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-08

consequence OF self abuse and excess produc-
ing the following symptoms: Sallow counte-
head. ringing in the ears, loss of confidence,
d1mdence in approaching strangers, palpitation
OF the heart, weakness of the limbs and back.
consumption. etc.
DIR. GIBBON has practtced 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
DIR. J. F. GIBBoN. 6s9 Kearney street. San
Francisco. Cal
Amador ledger., 1905-12-08
Horses in Russia

There are nearly 22,OOO,OO0 horses
IN European Russia. No other country
in the world has so many horses as
Russia.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-08

Ledger and Chicago Week y Inter
ocean, both papers for one year, 50. 81
in advance.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-08

Receipt booksssssfor saie1-atszLedger
Office; also all kindssof blanks, min
ing location, deeds, mortgages, etc.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-08
Hotel Business for Sale.

THE UNION HOUSE BUSINESS, situated
u on Main street. jackson. is offered for sale
with all furnitures and fixtures complete The
house contains 20 sleeping rooms bar dining
room and complete equipment in every way,
and recently refitted throughout. Doing a good
opportunity for any person wishing to ems age
IN the hotel business. Good reasons for wish
ing to sell For particulars apply to F. Sim
cich on the premises aae9-tf
Amador ledger., 1905-12-08
Ledger'S Clubbing Rates

Ledger and Daily Call, one year s 9 90
Ledger and Weekly Call one year 20
Ledger and Daily Chronicle, one
year 900
Ledger and Weekly Chronicle.
one year go
Ledger and Weekly Chicago In
ter-ocean ................... 2 so
Ledger and Cosmopolitan Maga-
zine' one year. r........... 2 rs
Ledger and McCall's Magazine,
year, including free pattern. 2 so
The above Rates are Strictly In
Advance.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-08
RIoHARD WEBB
United States COMMISSIONS

JACKSON, AL.
Will 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
London, and Washington Providence Fire In
surance Companies. ie22tf
Amador ledger., 1905-12-08
BANK OF AMADOR COUNTY
Incorporated November, 1895
Capital Stock $4,000
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Alfonso Ginocchio, S. G. Spagnoli, John Strohm
Frederick Eudey and Alex Eudey of Jackson.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-08
TO Cure a Cold in One Day.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tai
let's. ALI druggists refund the money
If it fails to cure. h. W. Groves sig
nature Is on each box. 25c.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-08
TO THE UNFORTUNATE
DIR. GIBBON

This old reliable and
themost successful spe-
cialist in San Francis
stillcontinues to cure
all Sexual and Seminal
Diseases such as Ghon-
orrhea, elect, Structure,
Syphilis in all its forms
Skin Diseases, Nervous
De bflity. Impotency,
Seminal Weakness, and
aao - Manhood 81
Amador ledger., 1905-12-08
JACKSON..........CAL.

A LII kinds of Blanks for U, s. Land Filings
n Homestead, Timber and Mineral blanks
may be had at the Ledger office; also deeds
mortgages. mining locations, proof of labor
and other legal blanks kept for sale
Amador ledger., 1905-12-08

Call and see the immense new stock
at Pete Piccardo's.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-02

ANCIENT WALL AND TOWER, MUKDEN.
picturesque inner wall of the sacred
city. Neither of these would have pro-
tected the Russians long against sol
diers who had pushed through even
such almost impregnable barriers as
surrounded Port Arthur.
When the great Manchu monarch of
the sixteenth century, Nurachi, made
Mukden the capital Of his kingdom he
devoted himself to the Improvement
of the city and beautified it in many
ways. In the center of it he built pal
aces of much grandeur and surrounded
them with wall. This part of Mukden
formerly constituted a forbidden city,
like that of Picking, to which no for
eigner was admitted and within which
were many treasures aud valuable Oh
jects of oriental art. The wall around
the Chinlantien, or forbidden blue pa
vilion, was later taken down, but the
high wall Of stone and brick. erected
between three and four centuries ago,
still remains and Is in an excellent
state of preservation. This incloses {,
portion OF LukJcn q mile square, i!
Guiding the ancient parts Of the town.
The wall is forty feet high and sixty
feet broad at the base, narrowing to
twenty-five feet at the top
After the wall around the inner city
was built shops grew up outside Of it,
and inns were established to shelter
travellers who arrived after the city
gates were closed. In time there vas
quite a community outside the city's
high wall, and, thinking that they
needed protection from some kind OF
a rampant, but not having money
enough to erect one like that enco11-
passing the city proper, they construct
ed the mud wall that now surrounds
the entire city of Mukden. This is but
fifteen feet high and is pierced, ike
the inner wall. WITH eig.st g,tes. ..
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-02
GENERAL LINEVlTCH.
Career of the Successor to General
II .ropatkin In .anchuria.

Lieutenant General Lilcvitch, who
has been appointed commander in chief
of the Russian forces in Manchllria as
successor to General NlrONatkin, is
SiN1y-siN years old. has been Il tighter
since his twenty-five year and has
seen service i'll every section of the
Russian empire from the Caucasus to
NladivoStOk. At the outbreak Of the
war with Japan he was governor Of
AmUr. He was a friend and ally of
Eiceroy .AleXeieff and before kuropat-
kin's arrival in Manchuria had been III
command Of the Russian forces which
were in the province. at that time. He
took hold Of the ;ituat;on at Iiaoyang,
established the military supply sta
tons there, worked out the IHlu river
campaign and was in general command
until Kuropatkin relieved him.
The latter changed all bis plans for
the defense Of Laoyang Linevitcll
wanted to fight the Japanese in the
mountains east, southeast and south,
but kuropatkin believed i'll "luriny
them on In the battle Of the Slia
Lnevitch had kuroki's army in jeop-
ardy twice, and success for the Japa-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-02

LIEUTENANT GENERAL L1NEVITCH.
nese was won on each occasion with
re-enforcements from General Nod
zu's center army. 1t was Linevitch
who kept Kuroki out Of Fushun for
two days, and it was the left Of his
army, with Rennenkarlpf's cavalry,
that forestalled> kuroki'c rush farther
east This, if carried out would have
cut off the Russian retreat.
Linevitch as commander in chief of
the Russian forces is now fighting men
who fought under him in 1900. He led
the 22.OCO allies in the march for the
relief of Picking, and in his command
as the senior officer Of the allied forces
were 10000 Japanese under Generals
Yamaguchi and Fukushima. In the
Russo-Turkish war Kuropatkin and
Linevitch quarreled bitterly, being Of
equal rank. When Kuropatkin became
the head Of the Transbaikal army Line
witch was one Of his division COM
manders, and the quarrel was renew
ed. Linevitch challenged Kuropatkin,
who refused to fight duel on the
ground that it would not be proper for
him to take the field with an officer Of
inferior rank.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-02

THEODORE ROOSEVELT AS HE LOOKS TO-DAY.
worked at a pace which few men could
have maintained. Change of occu-
patton gives him rest, and life in the
open air and exercise Of the most
strenuous sort serve to restore his OK
hausted energies. That is why he
planned to spend his vacation this
spring in attending the reunion Of the
rough riders in San Antonio, Tex, and
in hunting in several states Of the
west and southwest where game
abounds and civilization and its ways
can be left far behind.
While in Texas he will enjoy cours-
ing jack rabbits on the open prairie
and also coursing wolves. In hunting
the wolves greyhornds are used, and
the sport often develops much zest, as
the larger wolves put UP good fight
when cornered. The president expects
to meet Alternately. the man who
catches wolves with his bare hands,
while in Texas. Alternately has won
many a bounty by bringing in alive
wolves that he has thus taken. The
president will probably be buried in
some of the widest parts of Colorado
for about month. In a letter to
Philip B. Stewart Of Colorado, who is
arranging the details Of the outing,
Mr. Roosevelt said: II am coming out
to hunt and be a hunter for month
Bacon, bear meat, bread and butter,
with black coffee, is all l want. Re
member, want to rough it. so the trip
will do me some good
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-02

ceeded the late General Gordon as
head of the United Confederate Vet
Grams. General Lee was born at
Charleston, S. c., in 1888 and educated
at West Point. A captain at the be-
ginning of the war, he commanded the
artillery of Beauregard's army at the
bombardment of Fort Sumter. He rose
to the rank of lieutenant general by ex-
ceptionally distinguished service and
was in command of the department of
the Mississippi during the latter years
Of the war Since its close he has Ia
bored to dispel sectional bitterness and
bring about reunited country. He
was for some years president Of the
Mississippi Agricultural and Mechan-
ical college and has taken much inter
est In the work of historical societies.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-02
SHE WON A GRAND DUKE.
Story of Former Baroness Pisto1koff,
Now Wife of Cars Uncle.

Story of Former Baroness Pisto1koff,
Now Wife of Cars Uncle.
The Grand Duke Paul Of Russia, who
is the youngest Of the cars uncles and
a brother of the late Grand Duke Ser
gius, has had a number of affairs Of the
heart, some Of which have not been
much to his credit. His present wife
is one Of the most beautiful women of
St. Petersburg, but she was married to
another man when she won the heart
Of the grand duke. AS the spouse Of
the Baron Pistolkoff she was a favorite
with the czarina. Her husband was a
colonel in the army and principal aid
de-camp of the Grand Duke Vladimir.
The Grand Duke Paul's attentions to
her caused comment, and one evening
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-02

whom he hunted by his hard riding.
Although pretender to the French
throne, he does not actively push his
claim, and he never NEEDLES with poll
tics. When NJ. Felix Faure visited the
car during his term as president
Grand Duke Nicholas rode past him at
a review and Salutou him, although. Of
course, he regarded him as al uSNTpcl
Of his own place. President Faure re-
turned the salute. and they aftcrwlrl
became good friends. the ear intro l,lc
ing them to each other.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-02

evidence that no
sectional lines now
exist in the United
States and that all
within the bounds
of the republic are
Americans devoted
to one common
flag. General Lee
is one of the last
surviving officers
of the Confederate
army who held the
rank OF lieutenant
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-02

she appeared at court ball wearing
a necklace bequeathed to Paul by his
mother, the late tCZarla Marie. This
incident caused both the fax baroness
and the grand duke to incur the dis
favor Of the car and led the Baron
Pistolkof to obtain a divorce from his
wife. Some time afterward at Leg
horn she married the Grand Duke
Paul. He was banished from Russia
and deprived of title and estates. Not
long ago the decree Of exile was re-
scinded, and on the death of Sergius
the car decided to forgive him and
permit him to resume his rank and once
more take possession of his estates