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Amador ledger., 1906-05-04

I'LL the air. carrying the sound over meadow
and lake. Don't you want phonograph to
enliven your picnics this summerp 50
This wonderful instrument, we think,
is far, far better than a piano or
organ, though costing only one-fourth
or one-eighth as much; for it gives you
endless variety, it always plays per-
fectly and anybody can play it.
With an Edison phonOgraph in your
home you can arrange a concert at
any time with just such a programme
as brings 81 and 81 a seat in the opera
houses of big city.
Following are some specimen pro-
grammes for entertainments, hundreds
of others may be made up from the
catalogue that Mr.. Babson will send
you free on request:
A Minstrel Entertainment.
8632 Uncle Sammy DECENTRALIZATION d.
8844 Down Tennessee Barn Dance-Intro-
ducirg male chorus, banjo accompaniment
S63I Alabama Observation-Disclosures Ballad
"Down in Mobile, Long Ago." funny stories,
and male chorus-Edison Modern Minstrels.
8S41 I've Got A Feelin' For YSu-Ossman
86Is Dear Old Girl-Tenor SO1O-Mac-
Donough.
Modern Minstrels.
s1I5 Characteristic Negro Medley - ale
Quartette.
5000 My Little Dinah Lee-Baritone 500,
banjo accompaniment-Bob Roberts
8536 Bells "Beaumarie"- Benz
Ter.
1882 Kathleen Mavourneen-AIa1e Ouartette.
$3.50 Echoes of Minstrelsy-Edison Modern
Minstrels.
An Evening Concert.
81 Overture To William Tell-Edison Con.
SI2o Roosevelt's Rough Rider March
Edison Military Band
1874 Sing Again That Sweet Refrain-Tenor
Solo-Harry MacDonough.
8o8o Selection from the Chinese Honey.
moon"-Peer1ess Orchestra
,,7o4s Little Darling, Dream Of Me-Edison
Male Quartette.
zsss Polonaise Brilliant-Clarinet Solo -
William Tuson.
o7z;24 Barn Dance from ''F1orodora''
Orchestra
9o1o Coed Night, Beloved, Good Night -
Edison Male Ouartette
1851 Without Your Love, Ah Let Me Die
Amador ledger., 1906-05-04

HISH average rOur rect Six, and
Women About Four Feet in Height
Without Religion, Go Naked and
have Peculiar Customs.
London town is very much interest
ed in six small human beings who
have recently arrived from Africa.
Colonel Harrison, an officer in the
British Army, has brought with him
from the Ituri forests of the Belgium
Congos half dozen pygmies.
| Colonel Harrison went last year
into the Ituri forest, also known as
Stanley forest, hoping to capture one
or more okapis. This part of his ex-
pedition was a failure. On the other
hand, he succeeded in living four
months amid the pygmies and per-
suaded four men and two women of
the tribe to accompany him to
Europe.
The long journey has been accomp-
lished by the six ,dwarfs in the face
OF thousand difficulties. Colonel
Harrison and his proteges were de-
tained at Khartoum and later at Cairo
for several weeks, certain English
philanthropic societies having earnest
ly opposed their expatriation. The ex-
plorer was obliged to prove to the
British Government that the dwarfs
were with him voluntarily.
The six pygmies were of course duly
measured by the English anthropolo-
| giStSN on their arrival in London. Their
mean height was 4 feet 6 inches for
men and feet inch for women.
The Congo Pygmies are very strong
and also brave without being gener-
ally aggressive, although Colonel Har-
rison reports that last winter, during
his stay in the forest of Ituri, party
of pygmies attacked Belgian cara
van, killing seventeen carriers and
plundering the goods. They are no
mads, having neither fields nor houses,
and live only on game and wild fruits.
Their household utensils are limited
to a few earthen saucepans, in which
they cook game without taking the
trouble to skin it. They eat the skin
as well as the meat, even breaking the
bones with their teeth.
Are Sons of Nature.
They walk about completely un.
clothed. Only among the tribes that
live on the confines of the forest and
have relations with the negroes of
greater stature, do the women wear a
girdle Of leaves.
Both the men and women shave the
head partially; some cut straight paths
across their woody hair; others dress
it with birds feathers or squirrel
tails.
They have absolutely no Religious IN
stincts and believe in neither God nor
devil. They generally practice polyg
lamy. AS with the Chinese, the birth
OF a girl is regarded as calamity
Strangely enough, the young mothers
sometimes steal the newborn children
Of the neighboring tribes of normal
stature, leaving their own babes in
exchange.
Last of Great Race.
"The Pygmies do not live to a
great age" said Col. Harrison. "Life
is hard in the somber Congo forests
nature is pitiless task-master to thi:
remnant of the race that once peopleG
the greater part of Africa. The rai1
that falls in torrents for eight month:
transforms the ground into a marsh
1t may be added that the pygmie:
are remarkably intelligent, that they
appear to have the gift of language tt
an incredible degree, that they exec
in the art of extracting iron from tht
ore, of forging it, and of making arrow
heads of it without other tools thar
round stones.
Amador ledger., 1906-05-04

Your machine is, indeed, one of the
finest entertainers 1 ever heard.
There has been a crowd at my house
every night since I received your
outfit. (Mayor) E. W. Walton,
RoOnevilla Miss
Amador ledger., 1906-05-04

The No. Outfit was received in good
order. Yesterday 1 mailed you the
first payment. l was so well pleased
with your machine that did not walt
for your bin, but paid at once.
r. o. Woods, Mattoon, Ill.
Amador ledger., 1906-05-04

People whom 1 consider judges of
music, say, without any exception,
my Edison is the best and plainest
they have erer' heard.
E. ]. Carter, Spring Lake, N. Y.
Amador ledger., 1906-05-04

Your Phonograph should be found
in every home. l would not think OF
being without my machine now have
tried 1t. Hans Christensen,
Garland, Mimi.
Amador ledger., 1906-05-04

Received instrument today, every
thing just as you stated it would be.
Would not sell it now for $4,000.
L. d. Ellison, Tacoma, Wash.
Amador ledger., 1906-05-04

Your Phonograph is more than you
claim for it, and no words can describe
the pleasure 1t gives to old and young.
have, of course, often heard the
Edison, but l never realized before
whGrl l5 meant to have your instrument
in ones own home. You may have
anybody write to me.
prof } ]. W. Elwood,
Amador ledger., 1906-05-04

Ofall the other talking machines we
have heard play, we think q trial
proved yours the best.
John Kent, Grandview, Wis.
Amador ledger., 1906-05-04

The Phonograph I received is q
splendid instrument, and we are all
enjoying 1t very much, and we all
agree that it has no superior.
JIM. Won Kennel, Cheyenne, Wis.
Amador ledger., 1906-05-04

I have tried the Standard Edison
Phonograph and it Is ''dandy."
My father-in-law has another well,
known make of talking machine OUT
fit, and q rather expensive one, too,
but since he heard my Edison machine
he won't play his machine at all.
James w. ElSins, Bedford, Ind.
Amador ledger., 1906-05-04

(Prof. J. W. Elwood,
1406 Farnum St., Omaha, Nebr.
Amador ledger., 1906-05-04

Ireceived the Edison Phonograph I
ordered a short time ago, and will say
1t Is more than satisfactory in every
way. am a farmer, and it seems
good to hear such good music and
song after hard days work is ended.
think we should all thank Mr.. Edison
for the great pleasure his musical
wonder affords US.
E.A Pike, Rowe, Mass.
Amador ledger., 1906-05-04
AFRICAN PYGMIES.
LONDON LNSPECTS SIX SMALL
NDIVIDUALS FROM THE CON-
GO COUNTRY.

Men Average Four Feet Six, and
Women About Four Feet in Height
Without Religion, Go Naked and
have Peculiar Customs.
The Yale expositor., 1906-03-23
Ennlish Nobillty in Trade.

English nobility has many matters
on its mind these days. 1t wishes to
keep busy above all things and there
are individuals who are looking for
gold galore by going into trade. Car
pet weaving is the latest industry to
be invaded by these distinguished
persons bent upon adding to incomes
or finding work for their tenantry.
Foremost among them is the Duchess
of Sutherland. who has started looms
at Helmsdale, I'm Sutherlandshire, in
order to help the women affected. by
the decline in the Highland fisheries.
AS a purely business speculation the
Earl Of Pembroke and the Earl OF Rad
nor have opened a carpet factory at
Wilton. They bring to that admirable
possession a cultivated taste and the
beautiful things which they promise TO
turn out will be sought by devotees OF
the life luxurious.
The Yale expositor., 1906-03-23
MINES OF THE SHAFT VARIETY.
Some at courrieres Extended Far Into
the Ground.

Some at courrieres Extended Far Into
the Ground.
Coal mines are divided into two
kinds. the drift mine and the shaft
mine. The drift mine is dug into the
side of the hill and extends by very
slow degrees downward. The coal is
brought TO the surface in little cars
drawn on narrow gauge rails by don
keys.
These mines sometimes extend in
ward for over mile in one direction.
The Courrieres mines are mostly of
the shaft variety however. Some of
these shafts are very deep. On the
day Of the explosion men were heard
calling for help from depth of nearly
half a mile.
The miners in France do not use
the safety lamps that many mining
concerns in the United States now
compel their employees to use. These
lamps are little metallic oiI-burning
affairs affixed to the miners hats. The
flame ignites from a cotton wick, and
will burn hour after hour.
Not even the eternal vigilance of
the fire boss can prevent holocaust
if the miners themselves become care
less.
In the Courrieres mines there are a
great many condemned pockets" as
they are called. These pockets at one
time or another become filled with
fire damp and the miners were warned
not to go near them.
One rumor as to the cause of the
explosion is that a miner, either care
less or ignorant of what he was do
ing, opened a condemned pocket, mis-
taking it for an air chamber. In such
a case there would be an instantane-
ous explosion The detonation would
cause the other pockets to explode
and the explosions would continue
while there was any fire damp in the
mine.
The topography of the stricken dis
trict is very irregular and very much
resembles that of Allegheny county,
Pa. The district is thickly populated,
and but a few miles out of the line
of travel of the multitude of tourists
who throng northern France every
year
The mining population is not made
up principally of Frenchmen any more
than the mining population in the
United States is made up of Ameri-
cans. Poles and Hungarians. as well
as a liberal sprinkling of Italians and
Russians, for the most part make up
Courrieres' population.
The town is gloomy, smoky and un-
slightly. and does not offer much to
the sightseer TO recompense him for
his visit. It is not mentioned in
Baedeker or in any of the other prom
inent guide books. 1t has one admir-
able statue dedicated to Jean de Mont
morency, however.
The Yale expositor., 1906-03-23

There, he has done it: VIII they be
saved or lost?"
Bob. holding the terrified girl with
one arm fastens his foot i'm the loop,
grasps the rope. and then gives a
war-whoop that is heard like the re-
port of a rife above the clamor of
flames and engines.
Hoist away"
Those above have been taking
glimpses at him-they now set TO
work to draw the double burden up.
Danger menaces Bob on all sides. The
rope is slender. and, subjected to a
double strain. may break. Again, one
tongue OF flame is likely to cut il in
two. They are far from being safe
yet.
Now they are at the coping-hands
are seen to stretch out; they take the
girl from the clasp of the nearly ex-
hausted American.
Somehow his clutch upon the rope
is lost, and he falls over backward.
Dick gives a shout; a mighty shud.
der convulses the crowd below. Then
comes cheer. The loop has caught
about Bob's ankle he bangles head
downward. forty feet and more above
the ground, and in this condition is
drawn up over the edge of the roof.
Again the crowd shouts and laughs.
There do not seem to be any more
wretched human beings in danger of
death. Let the fire have its own and
deyour wood and furniture--it has
been cheated of its prey through the
cool daring of a man who knows not
the meaning of the word fear
Dick turns to his companion, his
face, lately so pale. now flushed, and
his eyes sparkling.
what do you think of that Miss
Pauline? Wasn't It worth looking at?
Did you ever see such brave fellow
in all your life? Heaven bless Bob
Harlan"
Il am proud to call him my friend"
she replies.
"And you came here at dead of
night to warn me of this danger?" he
continues, holding her gaze with the
magnetism of his own.
What else could j do? knew
where you we're to be found. though IL
would have been too late had all de
pended on me-"
Nevertheless, II is the motive we
remember i'm case like this. Bob
would have been just as much a hero
had he failed to rescue a single one
of those unfortunates, and lost his
own life in the attempt"
Yes. realize that; but let the
praise. II any there be. rest with the
daughter of Lopez. She overcame
many obstacles in doing what she
did"
Heaven bless her for her noble
The Yale expositor., 1906-03-23
Sneakers Mind Wandered.

Speaker Cannon called the house to
order the other day and said as usual
THE chaplain will offer prayer" Rev.
Mr.. Couden proceeded to do so and
meantime Mr.. Cannon allowed his
mind to stray away to the considera-
tion of some important measures then
pending. At the conclusion of prayer
the speaker came out of his reverie,
raped with his gavel and said once
more: "The chaplain will offer pray
err" The clerk himself whispered
something in Mr.. Cannon's ear and
Uncle Joe almost blushed as he ex-
claimed: "Oh, hang IT,; the jokes on
me-"
The Yale expositor., 1906-03-23
CHAPTER x.-continued.

a NFtAF CT Nis-OOullnuCOs
Dick loses his breath, he. is so
amazed to see the New York girl
here. What has brought her? He
sees that she is wrapped in a heavy
cloak and has doubtless worn veil
over her face.
Why have you come here. Miss
Westerley?' he asks, somewhat
shocked to see her.
ITO save you,' she replies in some
confusion.
What? You knew was in dan.
ger-you have been warned of this
fre?"
She mods her head eagerly
Yes, she came to the hotel almost
frantic with apprehension, and begged
me to warn you. The boarding house
was unknown to her."
You mean Juanita lopez" he
cries.
Yes, the beautiful Mexican girl.
She overheard the plotters. and learn
ed enough to know what they meant
TO do in order to seek revenge, but
could not find out the location. AS
last resort she came to me, and hur-
ried as fast as | could, but | greatly
feared | came too late. How did you
escape, Mr.. Denver?'
II was not in the house at all
bur poor Bob, | fear the worst for
him
While speaking, Dick calls to mind
the words of the man who was with
Senor Barcelona at the time they at
tackled him on the street. and they
seem doubly significant now in the
new light of things.
Think, monsieur, it will be for
nothing-we have taken all the risk
for nothing"
He undoubtedly meant the incen-
diary fire; the passing in review of
The Yale expositor., 1906-03-23
Lesson in Patience.

There are two women in the wait
ing room at the railway station. One
of them is tall and thin and of the
appearance which is sometimes de-
scribed as nervous, yet she sits with
folded hands, placidly gazing at moth
ing.
The other woman is plump and
pretty. BY every evidence of feature
and build she should be joyous and
contented. yet she is fidgeting
around; she cannot sit in one place
more than two minutes; she gets up
and walks to the door, and then to
the windows: she keeps looking
about necessarily and from time to
time she sighs anxiously.
"Mey ask" inquiries the tall, thin
woman. "if there is any worry on
your mind?"
"Yes, there is" responds the
plump, pretty woman. 81 am waiting
for my husband"
"But that should not worry you.
How long have you been waiting?"
"It's--let me see--what time is 1t?
It's forty minutes now"
Forty minutes? My dear womanl
I've been waiting for my husband for
forty years, but you see | am not
1000th as nervous as you. Seattle
Post-Intelligencer.
The Yale expositor., 1906-03-23

A French professor in Algiers who
recently married German lady, ap-
piled for a divorce the other day on
the ground that his wife was suffer
ing from an acute attack of pa
triotism. The honeymoon was scarce
ly over before she manifested viru-
lent anti-French tendencies. A valu-
able French clock was removed to
make room for a bust of Bismarck
The husband patiently bore these
Sights on his national honor, but
when his wife persisted in playing a
noisy piano composition entitled The
Siege of Paris" he applied to the
court for redress without avail.
The Yale expositor., 1906-03-23
stomaeb Not a Necessity.

While the value of good stomach
is undoubted. fortunately. says Prof
H. j. Paterson. Nature is able TO dis
pense with this organ, as most of its
functions can he performed by other
parts of the alimentary canal. II has
been shown that dogs may gain in
weight and remain in perfect health
after removal of the entire stomach,
while the elaborate observations made
on patient prove that the same holds
good of human beings. Until some
other cure for cancer is discovered,
wide removal is the ideal operation.
The Yale expositor., 1906-03-23
Queens Taller Than Their consorts

There hardly is king in Christen-
dom to-day whose wife does not over
top him by a head. King Edward is
six inches shorter than Queen Alex
andra. The czar is overtopped full
head by the czarina. Kaiser Wilhelm
Is of the medium height. but the Ger
man empress is tall, and that is why
the kaiser will never consent to be
photographed beside his wife unless
she sits while he stands. The king of
Italy hardly comes up to the shoul-
ders of Queen Helena. The king OF
Portugal, though fatter, is less tall
than his queen. The queen of Den
mark towers above her royal spouse.
The Yale expositor., 1906-03-23
Soft Food for Fowls.

It is not possible that soft food is
not good for fowls. Those that in
sist on feeding their meal dry also
insist that the birds have access to
an abundance of water, in which
case the fowls proceed at once to
thoroughly wet down the dry food
that has been given them. The only
disadvantage of the wet food is that
1t may be sour some times through
great carelessness on the part of the
poultryman.
The Yale expositor., 1906-03-23

burning sensation. They showed sed-
iment. | became discouraged. weak.
languid and depressed. so sick and
weak that | could not keep up. AS
doctors did not cure me decided 90
try Doan's Kidney pills. and with
such success that my troubles were
all gone after using eight boxes. and
my strength, ambition and general
health is fine"
SOLD by all dealers 80 cents a box.
Foster -Milburn Co. RuTalo. n. Y.
The Yale expositor., 1906-03-23
sARRlEN LONG IN PUBLIC LIFE.
Second Time New French Premier
Has Been in Cabinet.

NJ Jean Sarrien, head of the new
French cabinet, has been a power in
French political life for fifteen years.
There have been few ministerial crises
in which he has not been consulted.
The last time that he held Office was
in 1898. when at the request of his
friend, Brisson, he, with some reluct-
ance, consented TO accept the perilous
post Of minister of justice at the time
of the Dreyfus controversy. AS such
he instituted the proceedings in the
Supreme court, which resulted in the
quashing of the first trial and in the
ex-captain being brought back to
France to stand trial anew at Rennes.
He is a man of 66, n lawyer. born of
a middle class provincial family, and
during the war with Germany won
the cross of the Legion of Honor by
gallantry under fire as captain of Mo
biles. He has represented his native
The Yale expositor., 1906-03-23
y y 'S}|tllSss s. PA.15I% PAU LINE

so many owe their lives. and Miss
Pauline echoes his words. for she can
appreciate bravery, no matter by
whom shown.
Il only wish Dora were here to
see him." the girl from New York
says, and Dick smiles because he
knows 1t does not need such a spec
tacle to make Dora adore his friend.
There goes the last one, seven in ALL
Nobly done. oldsfellow! Now save
YOURSELF" cries Dick. hoping the 9th
er may hear, but this is rendered inn
possible, for the crowd sets up a deaf
ening clamor that rises above the roar
OF the flames, and makes the welkin
ring, a cheer to let the hero on the
roof know they appreciate his actions
and can admire bravery no matter by
whom shown-Frenchman, American,
Turk. or Arab
Look! he seems 10th to go. There
Is some one at the window below!
On my life, | believe it is a young girl.
Heaven help her, she is lost!" and in
her excitement Miss Pauline clings
closer to the man at her side.
Not quite yet. Colonel Bob sees
her. 1t is that sight which holds him.
What would he do?'
"He has something in his hands"
Yes, yes, a coiled rope; there. he
drops it over, it hangs in front of the
window, he motions to her to put her
foot in the loop"
And she is too dazed with fear
even to see the rope. Poor thing,
death will claim her" says Pauline,
every nerve strained under the ten
sion.
"Not yet, not yeti See that my
friend of minei How proud | am to
call him 4ny comrade! He is already
over the edge of the roof. Strong
hands hold the rope above to pull
them up; but the flames are terribly
close. and I'm afraid Bob has gone be-
yond his depth this time. There, he
is down at the window. Good heav-
ems! he plunges inside TO get blan-
ket with which to enwrap the girl.
The Yale expositor., 1906-03-23
Peculiar Nervous Disease.

The well-known nerve pathologist,
V. M. Bechteref. says the st. Peters
burg Novosti. mentions the appear
ance of peculiar disease of the nerve
system, which he calls Sweating
sickness OF the hand" This trouble
is indicated by the sudden perspira-
tion of the hand on the part of the
victim each time he sees an acqualnt-
ance with whom he is about to shake
hands. Sometimes the perspiration
will fall in large drops from the tips
OF the fingers. None of the other parts
OF the body shows similar symptoms.
The Yale expositor., 1906-03-23
GROWING POWER OF THE WEST,
Will Soon Push East in Population
and Commercial Supremacy

Will Soon Push East in Population
and Commercial Supremacy.
People of the East are apt to over
look the fact that there is great and
growing West. They do not realize
that at some time not far distant this
section will be competing with the
East in population and in commercial
supremacy. To the thousands of
Americans who are familiar with Eu-
rope but to whom California. Oregon
and Washington are names and moth
ing more the term Golden Gate" is
without meaning, Puget sound" indi-
cative of nothing but distance. They
do not know that in the land where
rolled the Oregon and heard mo
sound save it's own dashing" there has
sprung up a life more virile than their
own, from having still the inspiration
of youth and the uplift that comes
when ambition realizes that there are
worlds yet to conquer The West is
a giant; it does not beg favors; il
does not ask for recognition, but it
forces the recognition by the expand
ing power of its own splendid vitality.
Philadelphia Ledger.