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Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-09-27
BASS Are Real Cute.

1t is related for fact that the reason
bass jump-and it Is common practice
Of the fish-is because they wish to ac-
quire grace and strength in testing
their ability against that Of fishermen.
Several men who say they know
what they are talking about point out
that bass do most of their jumping
during the spring and are especially
active just before the open season be-
gins.
At this time they may be seen doing
long distance jumps, somersaults and
side stepping.
One bass expert goes so far as to say
that he spent an entire afternoon
watching a three pound bass dragging
a long willow sapling through the
water and acting as if it were caught
on a hook.
Leaping into the air, it would turn
in a half circle as if to disgorge the
barb, and then it would swim back
ward in an endeavor to snap the
branch.
This fisherman asserts that what
jumping the bass do during the sum-
mer is merely to keep in practice and
not get stale.-Philadelph North
American
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-09-27
How Will the World End7

1t has always been an intensely in
teresting conjecture to scientists and,
at the same time, the greater part Of
the other intelligent members of soci-
ETY. as to the way in which our world
will at length come to an end. Many
think that it will be through the gradu-
al cooling Of the sun, which will even
tually fail to give out sufficient heat
to sustain life on our planet. But an
other-and particularly unpleasant
fate that might befall us is explained
in a work by Mr.. Ellard Gore. Real
danger" says he, sis always to be
feared from the presence of immense
dark bodies, moving unseen in space,
vast dead suns, whose collision with
our own would increase its heat
enormously and thus instantly destroy
the earth" We should not, however,
be without a warning of our terrible
end, for ON entering a radius of 15,000,-
100000 miles from the sun the advanc-
ing body would begin to shine with re-
fected light, and fifteen years would
elapse between the time of the destroy
er's being sighted and it's collision
with the sun.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-09-27
WANTED THE GIBLETs.
Ain Incident of Revolutionary DAYS d
South Carolina.

An Incident of Revolutionary Days In
South Carolina.
There are innumerable stories of
Revolutionary days in Charleston. The
old ladies used to tell with glee how.
when the British were supposed to be
out Of the way, the young fellows
would come home to dance with them.
A message would go to the nearest
cousins and friends and a supper be
cooked. 1t might be only rice and ba-
con, but it was good to hungry men,
declares Charleston's historian, Mrs.
Ravenal. The dance and the feast
would continue until the stars grew
pale.
Often these merrymakings were dis
eurbed by the enemy, but there was al
ways a negro or two on the watch, and
the harsh note of the screetch owl or
the cry of the whippoorwill would give
the alarm, then "partings in hot
haste" rush for the horses, q sharp
scuffie, hot pursuit and perhaps a
prisoner taken.
The young men had odd adventures.
One young fellow betrayed himself by
his appetite. He was pursued and had
taken shelter at Mrs. Notes place, on
South Santee. She rolled him up in a
carpet and, pushing it against the wall,
told him to keep quiet until the enemy
had gone and she could release him.
Unluckily he heard through the open
window his hostess giving directions to
the cook about the chickens which
were to be dressed for the dragons
dinner. He could not bear to be left
out and thrust his head from the car
pet chrysalis and cried out, keep the
giblets for mer
The soldiers heard, and he was at
once caught and carried of to repent
at leisure Of his indiscretion.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-09-27
DoUGHERTY ISLAND.
IL 10 the Most Remote and Desolat'
Spot on Earth.

IL 10 the Most Remote and pesolate
Spot on Earth.
Which Is the loneliest, most desolate
and most inaccessible island on the
face Of the globe? Many people would
doubtless plump for one of the Crozets,
In the south Atlantic ocean. And yet
Hog island, the westernmost Of the
group, is by no means an undesirable
place Of residence, Astounding as 1t
does in hares and rabbits, penguins,
albatrosses and sea elephants.
Herd island, in the same seas, Is
far more isolated as we'll as more bar
rem, but it possesses, as does Hog, a
shelter hut for eastaways, and it Is
visited by whalers occasionally. So,
too, is South Georgia, but it has no
shelter hut and as it is right out Of
the track Of shipping any one unlucky
enough to be cast away thereon would
stand very poor chance Of ever get
ting of alive.
Bouvet island, in the same seas, Is
visited even more rarely, and on the
last occasion when a ship touched
there five corpses were found frozen
on the beach, grim mementos Of some
unrecorded tragedy of the sea. Pos
session island, in its turn, Is still
lonelier and more inhospitable than
Bouvet
But probably the palm In this direc-
ton must be ascribed to Dougherty
island, on which, so far as is known,
no landing has ever been effected. It
has only been sighted twice in a CEN
fury and is officially described in the
admiralty sailing directions as "the
most remote and isolated spot on
earth. "-Pearson's Weekly.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-09-27
The Boomerang and Its Inventors.

The boomerang is rather a puzzle.
One might think that the highest laws
of mathematics had been laid under
contribution in the perfecting of it.
The conveXity on one side, the fairness
on the other and the sharp, knifelike
edge on the inside of the convexity
have the air Of having been carefully
thought out. Yet the people who in
vented this singular weapon cannot
count higher than five and are desti-
tute of all the arts and amenities of
life. Theirs is perhaps the lowest
plane Of human life. Some people have
assumed that the boomerang was the
creation of an older and higher civil
cation, but for this there is no evidence.
1t must be the product of an age long
empirical use Of throwing weapons
London Spectator.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-09-27
Application for Patent.
No. 2438.
United States Land Office.

NOs ZtOOs
United States Land Office.
Sacramento, California, Sept. 4, 1907.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that
John N. Lofstad, whose post office
! address is No 1852 California street,
San Francisco, California, has this
day filed in this office his application
for patent from the Government of
the United States tor all that certain
mining claim, lead, lode or vein, to-
gether with the surface ground and lot
of land in and upon which the same is
contained, situated in the county of
Amador. State of California. and
bounded as follows, to wit:
Beginning at stake in mound of
stone, marked "1-45s9,'' from which
the quarter section corner on the
east line of Section 80, in Township Z
north, Range IL east, Mount Diablo
meridian, bears south 8 degrees 40
minutes east, $50 feet distant; run
ming thence south IS degrees 30 MIN
utes west, 400 feet to corner No. .;
thence south 1900 feet to corner No.3;
thence north rs degrees 30 minutes
east, 400 feet to corner No. A thence
north 1900 feet to corner No. l, the
place of beginning. Variation II de-
grees 80 minutes east. Containing
ID. "a acres.
The same being situated in the
Pioneer mining district, and bounded
on all sides by vacant and unoccupied
land, and known as the "Red Tape
M inc, " and being designated in the
official survey thereof as Mineral Sur
vey No. 1889; and being particularly
described in the official plat of the
survey thereof and the notice of said
applicants intention to make such
application, which were posted on
said premises on the 18th day of
August, A. ID. 1907.
ANY and all persons claiming ad-
versely the mining ground, lead,
lode, vein, or premises above des
cribed, or any portion thereof, are
hereby notified that unless their ad-
verse claims are duly filed in this
office within sixty days after the first
publication of this notice, they will
be barred by virtue of the provisions
of Chapter VI of title XXXIl of the
Revised Statutes of the United States.
JOHN h. ARMSTRONG;,
Register.
Date of first publication Septem Der
13, 1907.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-09-27
Improving Nature.

TO paint the lily; to gid refined
gold" when taken in a literal sense,
seem processes too absurd for serious
deliberation. Flowers of unnatural
hues, however, bloom in florists win
dows, and the color green as applied
to the carnation is 40 longer confined
to the title of book. But the Persians
do even worse things in the name Of
beauty. They dress up their flowers,
according to Mr. Wills in "The Land
Of Lion and Sum-"
Persia is not land of flowers. Tin
MAS, convolvulus, asters, balsams, wall
flowers, chrysanthemums, marigolds
and roses are the principal blooms of
the country.
The Persians, not content with the
plain flower, cut rings of colored pa
per, cloth or velvet and ornament the
bloom, placing the circles Of divers
hues between the first and second rows
Of petals.
The effect is strange. One, at first
glance, supposes he sees bouquet of
curious and bizarre flowers of entirely
new varieties.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-09-27
Glued Clothes.

'In Korea" said tailor, needle
and thread are unknown to tailoring.
Their place is taken by glue"
"Glue"
"Glue-a peculiarly fine glue made
Of fish. Making Korean clothes, the
tailor does not bring two edges Of
cloth together and then slowly and
painfully unite them with fine stitches
Of the needle. No; he overlaps the
edges slightly, brushes on little glue.
presses the seam together and sets the
garment away to dry.
81 wore glued clothes in Korea and
found that they lasted almost us we'll
as sewed ones."-New Orleans Times
Democrat.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-09-27
Obsolete Cures.

1t was formerly believed that cpl
lepsy could be cured by wearing a
silver ring made from coffin nail.
Seven drops of blood from the tail of
q cat and blood from q recently execut-
ed criminal were said to be valuable
remedies for epilepsy. To cure a
felon OF run around hold the finger in
a cats ear for half an hour. For tooth
ache trim your finger nails on Friday
or eat bread that a mouse has nibbled
or carry in your pocket a tooth from
a soldier killed in battle. For ranula
of the tongue spit on a frog. For al
coholism drown an eel in brandy and
make the drunkard drink the brandy.
To cure warts rub the wart with po-
tato and feed the potato to a pig.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-09-27
BOOK PLATES.
They Came Within Fifty Years After
the Invention of PRINTING.

They Came Within Fifty Years After
the Invention of Printing.
It was within half a century from
the invention of printing that book
plates were introduced as identifying
marks to indicate the ownership of the
volume.
Germany, the fatherland of printing
from movable type and of wood cut.
ting for making impressions in ink on
paper, is likewise the home land Of
the book plate.
The earliest dated woodcut of ac-
cepted authenticity is the we'll known
est. Christopher of 1923" which was
discovered in the Carthusian monas-
terry of BuXheim, in Suabia.
1t was to insure the right of owner
ship in book that the owner had it
marked with the coat of arms of the
family or some other heraldic device.
Libraries were kept intact and passed
from generation to generation, bearing
the emblem of the family.
The first book plate in France is dat
ed 1874: i'll Sweden, 1875; Switzerland,
1907, and Italy, 1923. The earliest Eng
lish book plate is found in folio vol
ume once the property of Cardinal VOL
sey and afterward belonging to his
royal master.
The earliest mention of the book
plate in English literature is by Pepys,
July 16, 1858. The first known book
plate in America belonged to Governor
Dudley. Paul Revere, the patriot, was
one of the first American engravers Of
book plates and designer of great
ability.-Journal Of American History.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-09-27
So Manv?

They went in to dinner together. He
was very bashful, and she tried in vain
to draw him out. Finally she began to
talk books, and he became responsive.
"And Hugo" she asked, "do you like
his style?"
"Oh, yes" he replied, 81 find him in
tensely interesting. I've read num-
Der of his books"
Then she asked, Have you read
'Ninety-Threef'
mo, Pve-er-only read three.
didn't know he had written so many"
-Lippincott's Magazine.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-09-27
Eyes Keen For coIors.

A young man who had made applica-
ton for the position of clerk in the
silk department of q large store was
questioned closely as to the exact
shade Of great variety of samples
shown him. I'VE do that" the super
1ntendent explained, "to make sure
that you are not color blind. A dry
goods store Is the one place where
color blindness is a positive bar to
efficiency. Very often you hear of
color blind workmen in all other
branches of business. There are, it ap-
pears, even color blind engineers and
color blind artists, but the big stores
absolutely shut out men who have not
keen eye for all colors."-New York
Post.
Absentminded.
She was an exceedingly dainty lit
tie woman, who was taking a very
great interest in the welfare Of the
convicts when she was being shown
through the penitentiary the other day.
Guard O'Brien was along when she
happened to speak to one of the prison
marked in tender tone of voice. "Of
course you will be very thankful when
the time comes for you to leave this
dreadful place"
mo-" retorted the man. I'D sight
rather stop here where l am" The
little woman almost collapsed.
isn't it strange? she asked, turn
ing to the guard. Il had no idea the
prisoners were so contented. What
was the poor fellows offense?"
The guard concealed a covert grin.
"He was just a little absentminded,
that was ALL" followed the grin.
"Absentmindedv exclaimed his as
tonished interrogation.
Eyes, madam" politely replied
O'Brien. HE persisted In forgetting
he was married, and now when his
time Is up he has five wives awaiting
him on the outside"
The woman could not deny that the
convict had sufficient reasons to be
contented with his present lot.-Colum-
bus Dispatch.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-09-27
self conquest is the greatest victory.

Glass Cutting.
The layman who is introduced to the
mysteries of cutting glass for the first
time is amazed at the amount of work
that the workman does entirely by his
eye. The first stage of the bowl which
is to be cut finds it in perfectly plain
condition, not scratch upon it and
only half dozen or more marks in red
chalk, which mean absolutely nothing
to the Impractical eye. But to the
workman they mean the whole pat
tern. Perhaps the dish is a salad bowl.
The marks in chalk will run from the
edge, five intervals apart, down to the
center of the bowl at the bottom. In
one of the divisions of the bowl thus
marked there may be q little further
marking in the shape perhaps Of a
diamond This indicates the pattern
into which the bowl is to be cut, and
it will be repeated in each of the five
divisions. All the intricacies of the
design the workman has in his head,
and they develop on the glass in way
which seems to the locker on absolute
ly marvelous.-New York Times.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-09-27
As japanese See II.

1t is said the Japanese think our
grown women most alarmingly over
grown, very shocking in their costume
and quite dreadful as regards their
teeth and their feet--in a word, out
rageous. They consider the kimono
preferable to western habiliments be-
cause it SO completely obliterates the
lines Of the figure. They teach girls to
talk with their lips almost closed, con-
cealing the teeth, and to walk with the
feet parallel in tiny steps or even toe
ing in.-Kansas City Journal.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-09-27
Reading Aloud.

Surely the sum Of human happiness
might be Indefinitely increased If the
people learned to take real delight in
the simple, quiet and inexpensive pleas
ure of reading. Reading aloud in the
family circle is an excellent way OF
bringing the members together. They
have thoughts in common and subjects
of conversation. How much better
and how much happier is this way Of
spending an evening than the inane,
driveling games which so frequently
take it's place!-Reader Magazine.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-09-27
Sandv's Criticism,

A young Scotchman went to Lon
don school of music, where he learned
to play the violoneello fairly well. On
his return to his native village he gath
cred his friends together to hear his
new instrument. When he had played
one or two tunes, he looked up expec-
family. After slight pause his old
grandfather spoke.
"Eh, manu." he said, ''it's a maircy
there's ma smell WI it!'-Liyerpool
Mercury.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-09-27
The Latest Hour

"What time is it, my lad" asked a
traveller Of small boy who was driv-
ing couple of COWS home from the
fields"
almost II o'clock, sir" replied the
boy.
81 thought it was more"
TITS never any more here" returned
the lad, in surprise. ut just begins at
again."-Lustige Batter.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-09-27
Sensible Preference.

In one of Miss Mulock's stories she
says that "a cheerful heart seeth cheer
full things" and gives this incident in
proof of it:
A lady and gentleman were in lum-
Der yard situated by dirty, foul smell
Ing river. The lady said, "How good
the pine boards smellp'
"Pine boardsp' exclaimed the gentle
man. "Just smell that foul riverr'
mo, thank you," was the reply; 81
prefer to smell the pine boards"
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-09-27
Cures WOmap's Weaknesses.

We refer to that boon to weak. nervous,
suffering women known as DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription.
DIR. John Fyfe one of the Editorial Staff
OF THE ECLECTIC MEDICAL REVIEW says
of Unicorn root (HeLo7liGS Di0icG) which
is one of the chief ingredients of the UFa-
vorite Prescription
IA remedy which invariably acts as utter
inc invigorator makes for normal &C
tivity Of the entire reproductive system"
He continues rin Helonias we have medical
pnent which more fully answers the above
purposes than any other drug aDfth which am
acquainted In the treatment OF diseases pc
culiar to women it is seldom that case is
seen which does not present some indication
for this remedial agent" DR.. Fyfe further
says: "The following are among the leading
indications for Helonias Unicorn root. Pain
or aching in the back. with sleucorrhpa /:
atomic tweaD conditioffS of the reproductive
rltability.. Associated With chronic diseases Of
the reproductive organs of women; constant
sensation 81 heat I'm the region Of the kid
neys; menbrrhagid tfooding),, due to weak
ened condition oflthe reproductive system;
or ar anssns a5
abnoynA condition OF the digestive organs
and kERmic (thin blood habit: dragging
selstDons In the extreme lower part OF the
abdomen"
II more or less Of the above SYMPTOMS
are pfes6Tt, no lnYalld woman can 90
Better than take DR.. Pierce's EaYQrite
PEsscfIptlQm; one OF Inc leading ing.edl-
eflts 81 WHICH is Unicorn root, or Helonias,
and the medical properties of which it
most faithfully represents.
OF Golden Seal root, another prominent
Ingredient of uFavorite Prescription"
Prof. Finley Ellingwood, NJ. D., of Ben
nett Medical College, Chicago, says:
at is an important remedy in disorders of
the womb In all catarrhal conditions
and general enfeeblement. it is useful"
Prof. John M. Scudder, M. D., late of
Cincinnati, says of Golden Seal root:
uIn relation to its general effects on the
system. there is medicine in about lChich
there Is such general undninity of opinion. 1t
Is universally regarded as the tonic useful in
all debilitated states"
Prof. r. Bartholow, M. D., of Jefferson
Medical College, says of Golden Seal:
uValuable in uterine hemorrhage. menor-
rhagia (looding) and congestiee dysmenor-
rhPa painful menstruation)."
DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription faith
fully represents all the above named in
gradients and cures the diseases for which
they are recommended.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-09-27
Faithful to the End.

The flames cracked ominously, the
water dubbed in the great pot, and
seated in the shade Of palm the
naked savages began to sharpen their
cruel knives.
SIS there no hope? murmured the
doomed commercial traveller.
"None," Kissed the ebon chief.
'9Then," said the young man, point
ing to his sample case, 'if you are de-
termined to cat me, at least let me
ask you, as last favor, to try our
brand of mustard with the feast. 1
am convinced that one trial will secure
us your permanent patronage, and p
But strong arms seized him here,
there was q splash, and all was over
Los Angeles Times.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-09-27
Where He PLAYED.

'My husband" said the conceitedi
lady, sis a Shakespearean actor"
Indeed! Does he play in 'HamletY I"
asked her friend.
NO" said the actors wife; ''he only
plays in the larger cities" - London
Taller.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-09-27
Caustic Criticism.

Sculptor Ito his friend)-Well, what
do you think of my bust? Fine piece
af marble, isn't it? Friend-Magnifi-
rent. What a pity to have made
bust of it. 1t would have made love
" mantelpiece.-Bon ViYant.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-09-27
Pride and Pried,

Differs gets his new car out several
times day. Matter of pride, I sup
rose"
Yep. Pried it out Of a mudhole
lree times last Monday."-Cleveland
rlain Dealer.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-09-27
Vas. She Painted.

Young Gotrox (admiring picture in
parlor)-Does your sister paint. Mar
gle? Little Margie-Yes, sir; but she's
finished now, and as soon as she puts
q little powder on she'll be right down.
Chicago News.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-09-27
No Reform Wanted.

81 hope he'll reform when you are
married"
81 dontI'
"Why, he spends every cent he
earnsr'
81 know it, but he spends it on me-"
Houston Post.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-09-27
ALI The Diference.

Society dropped the De Lacys be.
cause they had a skeleton in their
closet, I underestimate"
''No--because they didn't keep II
here"-Cleveland Leader.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-09-27

Somehow I'm leary of Tompkins."
"Why SOP
"He's so polite'
"What's that got to do with it?"
"Fm always afraid he's stringing
me."-Milwaukee Sentinel.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-09-27
She Was On,

The Doctor-You understand, don't
you, that this is only to be used ex-
ternally? The Patients Wife-Sure,
sir, 1 allus makes him get out o. bed
to drink it:-Harper's Weekly.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-09-27
Authoritative.

$50 you are going to leave your stu
dio?"
Leave? No. Who told you SOP"
"Your landlord" = Philadelphia In
qu}rer.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-09-27
Demonstration.

Grace-AId did you ever propose to
a girl in canoe?
Fred-Yes, and I'll never do it again.
The girl jumped at my proposal and
upset the boat.-Harper's Weekly.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-09-27
Pretty Bad,

Wife - Aren't you going to smoke
those cigars 1 gave you? Husband
No; Pm keeping them till Tommy be-
gins to want to smoke. They'll settle
it!-Illustrated Bits.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-09-27
He Knew.

Lady Customer-I wish to tell you
how these shoes Of mine are to be
made. Shoemaker-Oh, 1 know that
we'll enough-large inside and small
outside.-Meggendo Batter.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-09-27
Face to Face With Work.

Darling, if you refuse me, I don't
know whatI am to do"
'Well, I'm not to blame for that; you
should have learned tTade."-Pick-
Me-Up. =.