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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-09-06
lERNICE ITEMS.

visiting his parents at Mildred.
Peter Wright of sayre, was call
ing on friends at this place.
Samuel Herst of Wilkes Barre. is
calling on friends at this place and
Mildred.
Mr.. and Mrs. |. w. Weaver of
Mildred, were Laporte visitors on
Sunday.
Misses Winin Persun and Effle
Hoffa returned home Saturday after
spending two weeks at Wyoming,
Pa.
A party by the name of DR.. Sho-
maker is negotiating to purchase the
w. b. Gunton Breaker and all the
rolling plant to open up a new coal
field adjoining the Gunton property.
He expects to ship coal by October
| 1st.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Crowley of
Sayre, are visiting their parents at
Sugar Hill.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Cook of Du-
shore, were visiting the formers
parents at Mildred.
Miss Mary Watson of Scranton, is
visiting her parents at Mildred.
The following were at Colley at
tending the funeral of Uncle Bill
Reeser: Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Hood,
Mrs. j. A. Helsman, Mrs. Ben Hels-
man, Mrs. VIM. Allan, Mrs. Frank
Allan, Mrs. Valentine Morter, Mr..
and Mrs. John Harvey.
Miss Dora Vought of wilkes
Barre, was spending few days with
Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Dietfenbach of
Mildred.
Mrs. F. F. Schaad of Mildred, is
spending a week at Binghamton, n.
Y, visiting friends.
Harry Brewer of Mildred, was
visiting Elmira friends last week.
Two of our leading citizens got in
to a heated argument regarding base
ball playing. The result is that both
gee-Sb.aelS eyes aFfiug the conflict.
One man who thought that running
was ahead of fighting, fell over the
embankment of the new road and
h,t II
shouting as he ran, 81 am not
afraid"
Harry and Stanley Brewer, of
Mildred, left on Monday to fill a
position as firemen on the Northern
Central railroad at Elmira, N. Y.
The following were Scranton visit
ors this week Thomas V. Nc
Laughlin and John Regain
Richard E. Webber as resigned
his position as postmaster and went
to Scranton. III. w. Osler is circu-
lating a petition for postmaster.
The Mildred Scrubs and the Semi
Professionals played game of ball
on Monday which was one-sided
affair. The score was Mildred II to
nothing. Any nine in Sullivan
county can be accommodated by
writing to Robert Watson, Mildred,
Pa.
Levi M. Smith of Denver, Col,
who was born in Plymouth, Penn,
81 years ago, and Mrs. Luella Cook,
of Factoryville, Pa, who was born
at Tunkhannock 80 years ago, visit
ed Wilkes Barre Thursday, secured
a marriage license aud were at once
married in the court house by Alder
man Perkins. Mr.. Smith is in the
best of health, despite his advanced
age, and does not look to be day
over 60. Some 30 years ago he was
widely known in this valley and
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-09-06

Fine Damask Towels up to $500.
Huck and Bath Towels in al qualities
and prices.
1t will pay you to spend little time
at our Linen counter.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-09-06
Pillow Cases..

] UIOW OQOVO.
Pillow Cases with plain hem ready for
use for l0c to 20c.
llemstitched pillow cases llc to 22c.
Plain Bolster Slips for SIC to 35c.
Hemstitched Bolsters for 40c to 45c.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-09-06

Edward G. Clay of Philadelphia,
who has been spending the latter
part of the summer at Hotel Eagles
Mere, Eagles Mere, with his family,
died at midnight Saturday of brain
ever.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-09-06

ed Wilkes Barre Thursday, secured
marriage license aud were at once
married in the court house by Alder
man Perkins. Mr.. Smith is in the
best of health, despite his advanced
age, and does not look to be ii day
over 60. Some 30 years ago he was
widely known in this valley and
throughout the state owing to his
prominence in horse racing circles.
He used to have large strings of fast
horses at Lee Park race track, when
that place was In its palmiest days.
In his younger days he courted Miss
Cook, but like many cases of love,
something came between them and
ne married some other sweetheart.
He then went west and settled in the
neighborhood of Denver, where he
has an extensive cattle and horse
ranch and amassed large fortune.
His wife died and after several years
he became lonely and his thoughts
drifted back to his first sweetheart,
Miss Cook. He came east and visi,-
ed his daughter, and then went to
Factoryville and met his old sweet
heart, who of course, had grown old
but was still possessed of her pleasing
and youthful spirits. He at once re-
newed his wooing by telling why he
had come east and she consented to
the marriage. Wyoming Democrat.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-04-14
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Amador ledger., 1906-04-20
WEDDING SPEECHES.
Some That Were Not In the Usua
Conventional Style.

Some That Were Not In the Usual
Conventional Style.
A wedding in New York at which the
bridesmaids were representative of six
nationalities and each felicitated the
bride in the language of her own coun-
try was an odd affair, but probably not
so well received as the speech of a
young Englishman who was called up
on to propose the toast, 1.-The Brides
maids" Apprised of his ordeal in ad-
vance, he had devised an escape, and
with the single statement that silence
was golden he brought from his pocket
a set of gold bangles, which he bestow-
ed upon the attendants Of the bride.
At wedding feast at Dol, in Nor
mandy, the demand for speech result
ed in the production Of guitar, upon
which the speaker accompanied himself
while he chanted the praises of the
bride. Had he stopped there all would
have been well, but he changed to a
praise of his store, and the guests
threw him out of the house.
Doubtless a similar fate should have
befallen the sharpshooter who wrote
the name of the bride upon the wall
with pistol bullets, to the serious dam
age Of the wall paper. Almost as odd
was the performance of a German mu-
sic hall performer, who, when called
upon for entertainment, mounted the
table upon his hands and balanced him
self upon glasses, cups and other fur
nishings.
Amador ledger., 1906-04-20
THE GIANT INDIANS.
Peculiar Ways of the Onas of TIERS
del FuegO.

Peculiar Ways of the Onas of TERRA
del FuegO.
The Onas, tribe of Indians inhabit-
ing the mainland Of the TERRA del Flu
ego island, are physical giants. Their
average height Is over six feet. A few
are six and one-half feet; few fall be-
low six feet. The women are more cor
pulent and not so tall. There is no
race in the world with a more perfect
physical development than the Ona In
dians. This is partly due to the topog-
raphy Of the country and the distribu-
ton Of the game, which makes long
marches across the country q necessity.
In mentality they fall far below their
physical attainments. In the past their
supply of game has been plentiful, and
this may account for the lack Of in
ventive genius among them. This lack
Of progressive skill is portrayed in their
home life, clothing and homes. Their
children suffer from 1t, for, contrary to
the practice common among most In
dams of feeding, dressing and training
the children well, the Onas' little ones
are mostly naked. poorly fed and alto
gether neglected. They have abundant
material for supplying themselves with
clothing and homes, and yet they throw
q few branches together, put skins over
the windward side and then shiver un-
der the miserable shelter.
Scientists who have made study of
the subject say that the language Of
the Onas is the strangest ever listened
to. Many of the words are not difficult
to pronounce, nor is the construction
Of the sentences difficult, but very few
words are interrupted by a sound
which it is impossible to produce. The
speaker hacks, coughs and grunts, dis
torting his face in the most inhuman
manner, and then passes on to the next
stumbling block. The Onas live princi-
pally upon meat, which in former years
was obtained from the guanaco.-New
York Herald.
Amador ledger., 1906-04-20
THE CODE OF HONOR.
DueltnG as 1t Was In France In the
Time of RicheIieu.

Oueling as 1t Was In France In the
Time of Richelieu.
The passion for dueling, which had
cost France, 1t was said, between
1000 and 5000 lives during the twenty
years Of Henry Tvs reign, was at its
height when his son came to the
throne. Tho council Of Trent in 1545
had solemnly condemned the practice
pf single combat, impartially includ-
Ing principals, seconds and spectators
In its penalty Of accommodation. In
1902 an edict Of Henry pronounced the
"damnable custom Of dueling intro
duced by the corruption of the cen
tury' to be the cause Of so many pite-
GUS accidents, to the extreme regret
and dlspleasure Of the king and to the
lrreparable damage of the state, "that
we should count ourselves unworthy
to hold the scepter If we delayed to
repress the enormity Of this crime"
A whole series of edicts followed to
the same effect, but 1t was easier to
make edicts than to enforce them.
Degradation, Imprisonment, confisca-
ton Of property, loss Of civil rights
and death were the penalties attached
to the infringement Of the laws against
dueling, and still the practice pre-
vailed. In 1926 Richelieu published a
milder form Of prohibition. The first
offense was no longer capital, third
only Of the offenders property was to
be confiscated, and the judges were
permitted to recognize extenuating cir
cumstances.
A few months later the Comte de
Bouteville thought fit to test the min
ister's patience in this direction. The
Place Royale had long been q favorite
dueling ground, and De Bouteville
Travelled from Brussels to fight his
twenty-second duel here, in the heart
Of Paris, In deliberate defiance Of the
kings authority. The result was not
encouraging. Montmorency though he
was, the count went with his second
to the scaffold, and the marked de-
crease from that time In the number
Of duels may be attributed either to
the moderation used in framing the
law or to the inexorable resolution
with which it was enforced. -Macmil-
lan's Magazine.
Amador ledger., 1906-04-20
Timber Land Act June 8, 1878.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
United States Land Office,
Sacramento, Cal.

Sacramento, Cal.
November 81, 1906.
Notice is hereby given that IN COM
pliance with the provisions of the act
of Congress of June 3, 1878, entitled
can act for the sale of timber
lands in the states of California,
Oregon, Nevada, and Washington Ter
ritory," as extended to all the Public
Land States by act of August 4, 1892.
SIlas Berry Henson of Pine Grove,
county of Amador, State of California,
has this day filed in this Office his
sworn statement, No 1894, for the
purchase of the S E1 of $ w "a of
Section No % in township No 8 N,
range No IA E, M. u. NJ, and will offer
proof to show that the land sought is
more valuable for its timber or stone
than for agricultural purposes, and
to establish his claim to said land
before Richard Webb, U. s. Com
missioner, at jackson, Cal. on Fri
day, the 25tb day of May, 1906.
He names as witnesses: Frank Will
liams, of Pine Grove, Amador county,
Cal, l.. Ii. Cook, of Volcano, Amador
county, CAL, A. Liversedge, of Vol
cano, Amador county, Cal, A. Jones
of Pine Grove, Amador county, Cal.
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely the above described lands are
requested to file their claims in this
office on or before said 25th day of
May 1906.
JOHN ARMSTRONG,
Register.
dac81Ot
Amador ledger., 1906-04-20
ST. SWlTHlN AND RAIN.
The Legend of the Chapel Over tn.
BfshOD's Grave.

The Legend of the Chapel Over the
Bishops Grave.
The superstitions referring to par
ticular days are very numerous. The
legend of st. Swithin. is an example
that Will occur to every one:
st. Swith!n's day, If thou dost rain,
For forty days 1t will remain;
St. Swithin's day, If thou be fair,
For forty days twill rain nae mair.
st. Swithin, bishop of Winchester, ac-
cording to the author of "The Popular
Antiquities" was "a man equally not
ed for uprightness and humility. So
far did he carry the latter virtue that
on his deathbed he requested to be
buried not within the church, but out
side the churchyard ON the north of the
sacred building, where his corpse might
receive the eavesdroppings from the
roof and his grave be trodden by the
feet Of passersby. His lowly request
was complied with, and In this neglect
ed spot his remains reposed till about
100 years afterward, when a fit of
pious Indignation seized the clergy at
the fact that the body Of SO holy
member of their order was allowed to
occupy such a position, and on an ap-
pointed day they all assembled to con-
vey it with great pomp to the adjoin-
ing cathedral of Winchester. When
they were about to commence the cere-
mony heavy rain burst forth and con-
tinued without intermission for the
forty succeeding days. The monks in
terpreted this tempest as a warning
from heaven of the blasphemous nature
Of their attempt to contravene the d.
rection Of st. Swithin, and instead of
disturbing his remains they erected a
chapel over his grave" "St. Swithin is
christening the apples" is the more po-
etical way Of describing St. Swithin's
rain.
Amador ledger., 1906-04-20
CHINESE ART IN STONE.
It's Best Examples and Some of 1t
Greatest Defects.

Ets Best Examples and Some of It's
Greatest Defects.
The spirit of purely Chinese art in
stone is shown in work such as the
great monolith figures of animals and
warriors which flank the approach to
the tombs of the Ming dynasty and in
the perfectly plain structure3 designed
for the tombs of the present dynasty.
These are composed of enormous
blocks Of stone brought with infinite
labor from distant quarries over roads
and bridges which are hardly capable
of sustaining ordinary cart traffic and
have always to be specially prepared
to prevent the great weights causing
their collapse.
The same admiration for the employ
ment Of huge blocks Of stone is seen
in the case Of the bridges over the riv-
ers along the coast of South Fukien,
where the stone slabs used in tie con-
struction occasionally measure sixty
feet in length and are estimated to
weigh nearly 120 tons, and the bridges
themselves have length of 1000 to
1000 yards.
In almost all cases where the build
ings are not of solid construction the
weight of the blocks employed has
placed strain upon the supports which
the architects skill was not competent
to provide against, and with the lapse
of time the melancholy spectacle is
seen Of slabs fallen from their places
and of noble and costly structures
approaching ruin. In some cases the
interdependence of the arches leads to
the same result. One notable instance
Of this occurred during Colonel Cor
don's campaign against the Taipings,
when to allow Of the passage of his
small steamers it was necessary to
make gap in bridge of over twenty
arches, and arch after arch collapsed
Immediately after the passage Of his
small flotilla. - London Saturday Re-
view.
Amador ledger., 1906-04-20


Following is her Endorsement of DR..
L. W. Kings treatment, in which no
operation was performed. Her cure
is entirely due to the efiicacious
remedies which this celebrated Chin
ese physician uses, and her friends
are jubilant that she is again we'll.
Following is her letter sent to the
doctor without solicitation:
Sacramento, May 15, 1861 take
great pleasure in recommending DIR.
7. W. Hing to the public as a reliable
physician. 1 was i'll for about six
years with liver and abdominal
troubles, feeling miserable most of the
time. l tried doctor after doctor in
Sacramento without deriving any
benefit. They advised an operation,
but nnally the attack eliminating in
appendlcitic, l consulted DIR. Hing,
at 725 street, Sacramento, and am
glad to say that he entirely cured me
of all my ailments without an opera
tion. 1 now feel better than | have
been for years, and am telling others
where to go for safe and effective
treatment.
(Signed). MRS J. l.. KRIPP,
806 o street.
Amador ledger., 1906-04-20
Budapest.

Americans know absolutely nothing
Of one of the greatest cities of all Eu-
rope" said a returned traveller. II re-
fer to Budapest. Do you believe 1t has
over three-Quarters Of million inhab-
itants and is foremost in many Of the
arts and sciences? Take my word for
it. Why, it has university with near
ly 5000 students and 230 professors.
The trolley was developed in Buda-
pest. Most of the population is Mag
var. Buda has the finest Jewish syna-
gogue in the empire. The Danube, di-
viding Buda from Pest, is a beautiful
stream, spanned by magnificent
bridges. The largest electrical works
in all Europe are in this wonderful
city."-New York Press.
Amador ledger., 1906-04-20
He Made Sure.

A story is told Of the Sudan rail-
way which shows patient literalness.
To an official there came the telegram
from an outlying station: Station
master has died. Shall I bury him p
The reply was sent: Eyes; bury sta
ton master, but please make sure he
Is really dead before you do So" In
due time back came the message:
Have buried station master. Made
sure he was dead by hitting him twice
on the head with a fish plate" There
was perfect assurance that there had
been no premature burial.
Amador ledger., 1906-04-20
RUNNING THE GANTLET.
This Punishment Was Once Used Fo1
Military Discipline.

Military Discipline.
The following extracts give informa-
ton concerning the punishment Of
running tie gantlet:"
I'm running the gantlope the regi-
ment was formed six deep, and the
ranks opened and faced inward Each
man being furnished with switch, the
offender, naked to the waist, was led
through the ranks, preceded by SER
geant, the point of whose reversed hal
bert was presented to his breast to pre-
vent his running too fast. AS he thus
passed through the ranks every soldier
gave him stroke. e."-Grose's Military
Antiquities" volume 2, page 10S.
But the oldest notice 1 have seen Is
given in "Monro-His Expedition With
the Worthy Scots Regiment Called
Mackeyes RegimenD, Levied In Au-
gust, 1926, Etc. London. Printed by
William Jones In Red-Crosse Streete,
1897"
''Other slight punishments we en-.
joyne for slight faults, put in execu-
ton by their camarades, as the loupe-
garthe drumming the gantlet; Swedish
gantulopp, to run through hedge
made by soldiers), when souldier Is
stripped naked above the waste and is
made to runne furlOng betwixt 200
souldiers ranged alike opposite to 9TH
ers, leaving a space in the midst for
the souldier to runne through, where
his camarades whip him with small
rods ordained and cut for the purpose
by the Gavilliger provost marshaD,
and all to keepe good order and disci-
pline. ."-London Notes and Queries.
Amador ledger., 1906-04-20
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Each bottle of the above medicines
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This frank and open publicity places
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Or. Pierce feels that he can afford to
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Amador ledger., 1906-04-20
AVERAGE HUMANITY.
Most People Are Not Very Good Nor
Yet Very Bad.

Most People Are Not Very Good Nor
Yet Very Bad.
What do we mean by good man or
q bad one, a good woman or a bad
one? Most people, like the young man
in the song. are mot very good, nor yet
very bad" We move about the pas
lures Of life in huge herds, and all do
the same things at the same times and
for the same reasons. Forty feeding
like one." Are we mean? Well, we
have done some mean things in our
time. Are We generous? Occasionally
we are. Were we good sons or dutiful
daughters? We have both honored and
dishonored our parents, who in their
turn had done the same by theirs. Do
we melt at the sight Of misery? Indeed
we do. Do we forget all about it when
we have turned the corner? Frequently
that Is 80. Do we expect to be put to
open shame at the great day Of judg-
ment? We should be terribly frlghten-
ed of this did We not cling to the hope
that amid the shocking revelations then
for the first time made public our little
affairs may fail to attract much notice.
Judged by the standards Of humani-
ty. few people are either good or bad.
81 have not been q great sinner" said
the dying Nelson; nor had he-he had
only been made q great fool Of by
woman. Mankind is all tarred with the
same brush, though some who chance
to be operated upon when the brush is
fresh from the barrel get more than
their share of the tar. The biography
Of celebrated man usually reminds
me of the outside Of coast guards
mans cottage tar and whitewash.
Essays Of Augustine Birrell.
Amador ledger., 1906-04-20
The Moons Phases,

The phases of the moon are caused
by its relative position to the earth and
the sun, so that when 1t is full moon
In one part Of the earth it is full moon
in all parts Of the earth, and so for all
its other phases. The moon revolves
around the earth once in twenty seven
days, though on account of the earth's
revolution around the sun the mean
duration of the lunar month-that is,
the time from new moon to new moon
lis twenty-nine days, twelve hours
and forty-four minutes. The dark Of
the moon" is that half Of the lunar
month during which the moon shines
least at night.
Amador ledger., 1906-04-20
The Crab ms n Fi.herman.

The crab sometimes catches a fish,
and 1t catches 1t without hook and line.
1t lies in wait, perhaps in some creek,
with its jaws extended in front and
open. Perhaps school of killies comes
along, and it may be that a killie on the
outskirts Of the school may swim un-
suspectingly along through the clear
water between the upper and lower
parts of one Of the motionless open
claws Of the crab. When it Is well
within them the claw suddenly snaps
together and that particular little killie
goes no farther.