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Amador ledger., 1906-01-05
THEY KNEW WHAT 1T MEANT
Animals Sought Cover When the
Auto-Tooter Was Heard in
! Their Midst.

When it was proposed last fall, to set
aside one of the public roads at Long
Island during part of day as an auto
mobile race course there was loud objec-
tion from the country folk The New
York Times has discovered one who was
entirely pleased with the outcome
What did you think of it?' a traveleg
asked him day or two later.
'The best thing for me that ever hap
pened!" was the emphatic reply.
"What?"
"Yes, stree! You see, have balky
mule that draws my truck to market
every morning. Yesterday that mule
baked half way to town. couldn't get
him to stir. While was cogitating what
to do saw funny rubber thing in the
road. l picked it up and accidentally
squeezed it. 1t let out a terrible noise
1t was one of those auto tooters, that got
lost.
well, when that mule heard it behind
him he started so quick hardly had time
to grab the tailboard, and he never let
up till he reached the ferry.
81 brought the thing home and showed
it to Mandy, and she squeezed it and
squeezed it. Every chicken on the farm
ran for the coop at the first sound. Every
pig hid in the pen, the COW ran behind
the barn, the cat got under the stove, the
dog raced for his kennel, and Mandy and
spent the quietest night we've ever had.
OF all the labor-Saving machines ever
saw, that is the BEST and the autos can
race up and down my road as often as
suits them
Amador ledger., 1906-01-05
The Long Ago.

By B. h. Taylor.
o! wonderful stream is the river
Time,
AS it runs through the realm of
tears,
With a faultless rhythm and a musI-
Cal rhyme
AS it blends in the ocean of years
How the winters are drifting like
cakes of snow,
And the summer like buds between,
And the years IN the sheaf, how they
come and they go,
On the rivers breast, with its ebb
and It's flow,
As it glides in the shadow and sheen.
There's magical isle up the river
Time,
Where the sottest of airs are playing,
There's cloudless SKY and tropical
cline
And song as sweet as vesper chime,
And the June when the roses are
straying.
And the name of the isle is ''Lone
ago."
And we bury our treasures there;
There are brows of beauty and bosoms
of snow
There are heaps of dust-oh! we love
them So
There are trinkets and tresses oi
hair.
There are fragments. of songs that no.
body sings,
There are parts of an infant's
prayer,
There's lutte unswept and a harp
without strings.
Three are broken VOWS and pieces o1
rings,
And the garments our loved one:
used to wear.
There are hands that are waved wher
the fairy shore
By the tittui mirage is lifted in air.
And we sometimes hear through the
turbulent roar
Sweet voices we heard IN the days
gone before,
When the wind down the river was
fair.
Oh! remembered for aye be tha
blessed isle,
All the day of our. life until night;
And when evening gIows with it.
beautiful smile,
And our eyes are closing in sIumber
awhile,
May the greenwood of soul be il
| sight.
Amador ledger., 1906-01-05
MILES OF MUSHROOM CAVES
Subterranean Fields of Paris Supply
the City and Much for
Exportation.

Mushrooms are grown in large guam
titles in Paris. They extend some
miles under the city and are from 20
to $50 feet beneath the surface 1t is
dltncult to obtain permission to visit
them, and even when the permission
rs obtained it requires considerable
courage to avail ones self of the privi-
lege.
The only entrance to the caves is a
hole like a well, out of which a long
pole projects. Through this pole, fas-
tened at the top only, at long inter-
walls, sticks are thrust. This primitive
ladder. which swings like a pendulum
In the darkness below, is the only
means OF reaching the caves Disused
stone quarries are used for the caves
and the interiors remind one of a rock
temple with galleries leading in every
direction.
The industry Is at first expensive to
cultlvators. The most perfect cleanli-
ness must be observed in the beds
which are covered over with silver
sand and whitish clay and run in
parallel lines, with with only mar
row passage between them.
The manure, collected from the sta
bles of Paris, has perhaps to be car
r1ed couple Of miles to the uuarries.
There it is made into fiat heaps near
the entrance to the shafts and watered
from three to six weeks before the
necessary fermentation takes place
m 10 6oia
pared it is shot down into the caves
through one of the convenient shafts.
Next comes the formation of the
beds. These are one and a half feet
wide and high and arranged in rows,
this condition having proved to be best
adapted to bring the manure to the
proper temperature necessary for the
modification of the fungi The meth
cd of constructing these beds evenly
is peculiar Each workman sits astride
his bed, as if on horseback, fills his
arms with the manure and presses it
down between his legs, thus moving
along the bed with the jolting motion
of the rider. In this manner the beds
are evenly pressed like so many fur
AOWS. Wueu Tue DGuS dIIaln Lle prop
er temperature the spawn is sown.
One Of the first requisites of mush-
room culture is fresh air, and the
farmer must know just how much
oxygen is necessary for the respiration
of the fungi. Air holes are bored here
and there, beneath which in many
places coke fires are lit This insures
the necessary renewal of fresh air. 1t
is an exceedingly pretty sight to see
the beds when they are in full bear
ing, the less advanced being dotted all
over with white buttons about the size
of pea, other beds more advanced
being a dazzling white.
About 400 pounds are sent to mar
ket every day, and these are gathered
roots and all. The beds remain in
bearing for from two to six months
! and about three months elapse from
the time the beds are prepared till the
first crop is gathered.
Besides supplying the markets OF
Paris, large quantities are exported
and preserved. One grower alone
sends $4,000 boxes of preserved mush-
rooms to London yearly. The totai
value of the mushroom crop raised
yearly in the Halles Centrales amounts
to 81, 100000. Over 1000 workmen are
employed, and the length Of the cavei
is more than five miles.
Amador ledger., 1906-01-05
Soothing and Comforting

The soothing and comforting effects
of DE Wits witch hazel salve, when
applied to piles, sores cuts, bolls,
etc., subdues pain almost instantly.
This salve draws out the Inflammation,
reduces swelling and acts as rube-
facient, thus circulating the blood
through the diseased parts, permit
ing or aiding nature to permanently
remove the trouble entirely Sold
by all druggists.
Amador ledger., 1906-01-05
Travels in
Alaska.
Adventures in the North Continued
By DIR. G. H. Gibbon.

The trip between Seattle and the
north is delight that enhances by
repetition, even as the work of mas
ter artist reveals new charms each time
you gaze upon it. Although now
enjoying this matchless panorama for
the sixth time, it's wonders and
beauties seemed fully IS fascinating
as when l first beheid them, and their
enjoyment more intense. This may
sound bit gushing, but wait until
you have seen it, and then notice
how often you will recall the words
of that gifted lover of the North
land, Ella Higginson, who wrote:
Would we're in Alaska this fair
night,
Sailing that noble sweep of sapphire
sea,
Where for thousand miles contlnu-
ously
The snow pearl mountains simmer,
IustIous, white,
Or turn to opals in the northern light
On account of her heavy load, the
Santa Ana was five days in reaching
Juneau, but never word of impati-
ence was heard from any passenger,
even when, on. two occasions, we were
obliged to wait several hours for the
tide.
At Juneau l left the Santa Ana,
and took local boat to Skagaway,
stopping at several small mining
towns to leave passengers and freight
and mail, and at Haines, which is
now the military headquarters of this
part of Alaska. 1t was selected on
account of its position, being on a
narrow point of land between Pyramid
Harbor and Lynn Canal, thus COM
manding the entrance to the ChiIcat
and White pass regions. Here L met
eleven of my Rampant friends who
had come up the river and we're now
going "outside" on a south bound
steamer. In Alaska dialect, "inside'
means the Yukon valley, and "out-
side" everywhere else. At Skagway
1 spent ten days visiting my daughter
and her family, also many old friends.
Skagway has recovered from the
boom days of 1883, and settled down
to a healthy commercial town of
about two thousand. During the sum-
mer many tourists spend few days
or weeks, enjoying the superb climate
and gra I'd scenery. Mountain peaks
80U0 feet high, and immense glaciers
are close to town, and travellers say
they far surpass anything IN Swltzer-
land. Systematic advertising of these
facts has been begun this season, and
Skagway is surely destined to become
favorite tourists resort.
returned to Juneau in time to
take passage in the EXcelsior-the next
bi-monthly boat of the Northwestern
line - which sailed westward from
Juneau on the evening of October 9Th.
The next morning we found the ship
was lying, without anchor, in the
still waters of Chatham strait, waiting
for the tide. About 9 we started, and
began to thread the crookedest piece
of water l ever saw a steamer go
through. 1t is rightly named Peril
straits. The narrowest part of the
channel is about 80 yards wide, and
there is only thirty minutes, twice in
"a hours, that captains dare take
ships through. With four strong men
at the wheel, the captains orders,
Amador ledger., 1906-01-05
The Automobile in War.

The first automobile to be used un-
der actual service conditions will
shortly be sent by the Russian military
authorities to Manchuria, where it will
be used to transport war materials and
provisions. 1t consists of a 36-horse-
power French car, upon which a large
dynamo has been placed, which fur
nishes the power to the electric motors
of five trailers. Each Of these can
carry a load of 1,76O pounds, and the
train can be driven at rate of speed
averaging ten miles per hour.
q "a 8 90 n Ia
Bears the ~ The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature af I1az1zaf
Amador ledger., 1906-01-05
Logical Theory.

"You will observe" said the pro-
fessor, "the higher the altitude at
tained the colder the temperature be-
comes"
But isn't it warmer near the top
of the mountains than 1t is in the val
ley?" asked the youth at the foot of
the class.
Certainly not" replied the pro-
fessor. why do you think 1t would
be?"
"Oh," answered the youngster, II
thought perhaps the atmosphere was
heated by the mountain ranges
Cincinnati Enquirer
Amador ledger., 1906-01-05

stantly repeated and obeyed with such
continual repetition that the wheel
seemed running an accompaniment to
the conversation, and might have been
monotonous but for the thrilling in
terest of the situation. But the chan
mel soon grew wide, and the dome of
Mt. Edgecombe on the southern end
of Chicagoff island came IN view. In
a short time we were in Sitka harbor,
and anchored at the historic capital,
which is on the northwest extremity
of Baranotf island. Sitka is the
prettiest spot l have seen in Alaska.
On the north side of harbor So full
of islands that ships have to describe
figure on entering or leaving, sur
rounded by fields and forests, with a
background of mountains, not high
enough to be forbidding, but seeming
to invite a ramble to their tops, full
of relics of Russian rule, buildings
and barracks, made of logs two feet in
diameter; the old Greek church, with
its famous paintings and icons; the
cemetery with its Greek crosses, and
all intermingled with latter day Am.
ericanisms-it is so full of interest for
the student and tourist. The Indian
half of the town has many two story
houses, some with bay windows, and
we'll painted.
These Indians make the finest canoes
have ever seen, the largest being 40
feet long and more than six feet wide
in the middle, and made of a single
log. This seems incredible, but is
simple enough, after all. They take a
log forty feet long and perhaps three
feet in diameter. First, the outside
Is shaped, then trench, like an i'm
mense mortise, is cut the whole length.
except few inches at each end, and
almost to the bottom. Then, with a
patience that rivals Robinson Crusoe,
the whole inside is dug out, leaving a
she'll less than two inches thick. Then
it is put in the water, and after being
we'll soaked, it is gradually stretched
open by many sticks driven in Cross
wise, forcing the sides apart until the
middle is six or seven feet across,
and at the same time causing the
ends to turn up in the picturesque
canoe fashion.
The governors house is in the edge
of town, and visitors are always
welcomed. On a former visit, March
18, 1903, was shown through the
gardens, where daffodils were Begin
ing to open, and strawberry plants,
set out January 7, we're already grow
ing. The coldest weather ever known
at Sitka was 4 degrees above zero.
In 1904, by Prof. Georgeson's IS report,
the coldest was 5 degrees, and the
warmest II degrees. Hard winds are
rare, but Sitka is probably the wettest
place in North America. Last year
it had 105 inches of rain, OF which 70
came between September and Febru-
ary. Sitka is off the natural line OF
travel, and but for the full of those
who own property there, would have
been abandoned as the capital long
ago. Icy straits, between Chicagoff
island and the main land, is a much
safer place and nearer route between
Juneau and the west.
At four O'Clock we left the wharf,
circled around and among the islands,
and started westward into the dread
tul swell of the Pacific. Now for more
misery.
TO be continued.
Amador ledger., 1906-01-05
Indigestion Overcome.

Indigestion is easily overcome by
the use of Kodol dyspepsia cure, be-
cause this remedy digests what you
eat and gives the stomach a rest
allows 1t to recuperate and grow
stro again. KodoI relieves indiges-
tion, belching of gas, sour stomach,
heart burn, q ETC., and enables the
digestive organs to transform all foods
into the kind of rich red blood that
makes health and strength. Sold by
all druggists.
Amador ledger., 1906-01-05
Owed Poodle

Daisy-Why, Rose, dear, what have
you done to your poodle? The .ast
time l saw him his hair was white.
Rose-Yes; but it was such a nui-
sance to keep him washed, you know,
so l just had him 5yed brown.-Da-
troit Free &keSA
Amador ledger., 1906-01-05
Snapped Her Up.

Il thought they weren't going 10 be
married until the spring."
Eyes; but they changed their minds
suddenly, and did the thing yesterday.
You see, they happened to find a good
servant girl out of a job and they
wanted to snap her VI" p."-Philadelphia
Press.
Amador ledger., 1906-01-05
impoverished Soil

impoverished soil, like impov-
erished blood, needs a proper
fertilizer. A chemist by analyz-
ing the soil can tell you what
fertilizer to use for different
products.
If your blood is impoverished
your doctor will tell you what
you need to fertilize it and give
it the rich, red corpuscles that
are lacking in it. 1t may be you
need a tonic, but more likely you
need q concentrated fat food,
and fat is the element lacking
in your system.
There is no fat food that is
so easily digested and assimi-
lated as
Amador ledger., 1906-01-05

Realty syndicate,'' Continental
b & l. Stock. Certificates and stock
of above companies redeemed for cash.
Full cash price. Geo. ID. Shadburne
Jr, 512 Call Building, San Francisco.
peS-tf
Amador ledger., 1906-01-05

Suffering
from delicate dis
eases, such as
ply ST al and
mental decay,
Varicocele,
Structure, Piles,
Blood Diseases,
PrOStaticDisease
Amador ledger., 1906-01-05
SCIENTIFIC
MISCELLANY
Reported weekly for the Legder.

Theory of the Arc.-Paper Pipes
for Gas. Altitude of Northern Lights.
The New Alchemy. Warmth OF
Subways. = A Hard Problem. = A
Beetles Resurrection. - Invisible
Wire. - Beach Burning. = The New
Glass.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-11-07
MAGIC AND RELIGION.
7 r.r Parting Due to the Advance of
Civilization.


IN west Africa the belief in new
birth without loss of identity is proved
by the fact that when a baby arrives
In family 1t is shown selection OF
small articles belonging To deceased
members. and the thing which the
child catches hold of Identities him a1
Uncle John" or Cousin Emma" and
SO forth. Sc far as this belief prevails
II is held 10y some that garments once
worn or other objects which have been
In intimate contact with a human be.
ing are penetrated by his personality
him for good OF ILL.,
In nearly all stages of civilization
now to be found in the world what we
call supernatural beings were concern
ed With the Initiation of the magician.
The Schism between magic and reli-
gion was later development Of civ.
ilization. When II occurred, as the
history of hereSy In Europe and the
Witch trials teach, II MAS rather magic
in its antiSocial aspect than in Itself,
which was rcprobatcd and punished.
1t Is strange in this connection to no
tee that the magician WAS only con
demned when he departed from estab-
lished custom and established beliefs
which involved severance from the
community and an imputation of anti
social ends. Practices essentially mag
ical might be Incorporated In religious
rites and eXprpiSpl for what N=aS hp-
lieyed to be the general good In such
case they have continued to he cX-
ercised with general assent in the high
est forms Of religion .ondon Hos
pifot
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-11-07
SANITARY CONCRETE.
building Material of the Future and
It's Advantages.

The advantages of concrete ON the
mechanical side are these: 1t is proof
against fire. wind and water. rats, In.
sects and dry rot and the danger of
electricity. 1t needs no painting or re
pair. Fire or water overflow inside can
do only local damage to the contents of
II room and no more.
II becomes stronger and harder with
age, which IS, of course, an advantage
except when additions or alterations
are made. involving hard work 10 ent
the walls aud floors. There are ne
leaky roofs. no damp or cold east or
north rooms There Is great economy
of heating. Being firm mass through,
out like II house made of baked clay
there IS no vibration, and In case ono
spot of the foundation should he under
mined the well knit structure might
not show SO much as crack. 1t Is
practically earthquake proof.
Concrete Is healthful because il
leaves no assures for dust or for In
sects which spread disease 1t Is cool
In summer and warm In winter and
with II minimum of eXertou can be
kept sweet and clean. On the artistic
side, as the house beautiful. it lends
an object on the landscape 1t can be
made Il joy 10 the eyes. Country Life
In America
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-11-07

In China when house Is to be re
paired wonderful forethought is neces
sary. The evil spirits which are sup
posed to occupy each dwelling that
mortals have inhabited cause the car
penter no end of trouble and no trlfiing
expense First an astrologer must be
consulted with regard TO the most
lucky day for beginning the work
Then a square suspended from the
ridge beam Is a notification to the splr-
Its OF darkness that their dwelling
place is to be disturbed, wherefore the
square thing for them TO do Is to move
out quietly and peacefully. Next the
carpenters make offerings to these un-
seen residents. These gifts seem TO
say, "If you please, spirits of dark
ness, accept this bride and speedily
take your flight" Next the neighbors
must be warned that these evil infu-
ences are about to be turned loose per
haps to seek shelter under n neighbor-
ing roof Every house on that street
receives a notice that upon a certain
day and hour repairs are to begin on
the dwelling OF All Sin. Each house
hold can then pay the imps not TO enter
its doorway, but to go to the next
beighbor.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-11-07

Have we ever stopped TO think how
our ancestors two or three generations
back lived and fourished with little or
no ventilation In their sleeping apart
ments? The night air used to be con
sdered n very dreadful menace to
health and sure inducer OF colds.
bedrooms We're kept closely shut, and
yet our ancestors, many Of them, were
harder than we and lived to good old
ages. Animals burrow Is their holes
at night breathing the same air over
and over again, while birds and fowls
tuck their heads under their wings or
course ventilation Is absolutely neces-
sary for proper comfort cleanliness
and health, but people have lived on
little or none Of it for hundreds and
thousands OF years.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-11-07
tupu,tu, m China Patrou

Augustus the Strong of Saxony was
great lover of china, and his belief In
the transmutation of metals into gold
was accidentally the cause of the dis
coyery OF the celebrated Dresden ware.
Any one fortunate enough to he the
possessor of piece of this old china
will invariably find his initials, A. X,
on the back Of il. An apothecary's lad
by the name of Bottinger had, 1t IL
said. composed tincture that was
supposed to be capable of being trans
formed into gold. So successful an al
chemist was by order of Augustus
placed under lock and key, but, unlike
most prisoners with laboratory at
his disposal. This restraint almost de-
prlved the lad of his reason, and ac-
cordingly he was removed to Dresden
and allowed "A certain liberty. 1t WAS
here while pursuing his experiments
that Bottinger discovered the Meissen
porcelain. commonly called Dresden
china, which to Augustus was as vel
come as II the youth had been success
full In transmitting gold. for he had ex-
pended large sums in what is known
as the Japan palace Many workmen
We're engaged from Delft to work the
new ware. and In 1710 the manufacture
Of Melssen began the supply of the de-
mand which soon became European.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-11-07

The poet Rogers was afflicted with Il
notably unpleasant, cadaverous coun
tenauce, which, with all his intellectual
power, was modification TO him. 70
hide his annoyance, he joked about his
ugliuess necessarily and deceived his
friends into supposing him indifferent
to II. lie once turned to Sydney
Smith, who, with Byron and Moore,
was dining with him, and said:
"Chantrey wants to perpetuate this
miserable face of mine. What pose
would you suggest that | should takeT
IF YOU really wish TO spare the world
as much as possible" said the wit, 81
would, II / were you, be taken at my
prayers, my face buried In my hands"
Rogers laughed with the other per
sons present, but he SHOT a malignant
glance at the jester and. II Is said, new
or fully forgaye him for the bonmot
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-11-07
A NAVAL REBUkE.
Two AdmiraIs. II Captain and "a Fool
In Manila Hwy.

Two AdmiraIs. n Captain and "a Fool
In Manila HAY.
When Dcwey's fleet was Mt Manila
The late Admiral Chichester was then
Il captain. ON one occasion Admiral
Dicdrichs, the German, sent out the
Irene Oh an ttnrevcaled errand and
without the customary notification to
the commander of the bloellading fleet
Admiral Dewey had suffered, he
thought, sufficiently from that sort of
thing. and SO the admiral sent vessel
ncroas the Irenes bows and notified
her captain that she would not he per-
mitted 10 depart without statement
rs to her destination. It WAS not Adj
miral niedrichs' mission TO quarrel
with both the American and the Eng
fish fleets on this critical occasion, SO
he sought TO find out Captain Chiches-
ter's purpose III case of Il collision Co
ing ON board Chlchcster's ship, he an
grily exclaimed, Did you see what
Dewey did TO my ship2"
YES" replied Chichester.
"What would you have done II 1t had
been nm English shipf"
well" said Chichester, convenient
" assuming that the lrenc's captain
had sailed without orders from Die
drlchs, I'D have put my captain In ar
rest, and then I'd have gone on board
the olympia and apoIogized to Admiral
Dewey for having such Il fool In com
mand Of one of my ships"-Harper's
Weekly.