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Amador ledger., 1907-09-20
; KNOWN COMPOSITION.
CUNNING COYOTES.
Their Patience and Some of Their
Other Peculiar Traits.

Their Patience and Some of Their
Other Peculiar Traits.
This is the coyote-Co-yo-tay, with
all the syllables, to the Mexican who
named him; 'kiote" merely to the
American wanderer who has come and
gone so often that he at last regards
himself resident stockman and
farmer.
1t is this little beasts triangular WIS.,
age, his sharp nose fitted for the easy
investigation of other peoples affairs,
his oblique green eyes, with their
sQuint of cowardice and perpetual
hunger, says the Outing Magazine, that
should have place in the adornment
Of escdtcheons. 1t is notorious that
the vicissitudes Of his belly never
bring to him the fate upon whose
verge he always lives and that nothing
but strychnine, and not always that,
will bring an end to his forlorn career.
As his gray back moves slowly along
above the reeds and coarse grass and
he turns his head to look at you he
knows at once whether or not you
have with you a gun, and you cannot
know how he knows. Once satisfied
that you are unarmed, he will remain
near in spite of any vocal remon-
strances and by and by may proceed
to Interview you in way that for IN
obtrusiveness might be taken as q
model of the art.
Lie down on the thick brown carpet
Of the wilderness and be still for twen-
ty minutes, and, watching him from
the corner of your eye, you will see
that he has been joined by others of
his brethren hitherto unseen. He
seems to be curious to know, first, if
you are dead and, second, if by any
chance-and he lives upon chances
there is anything else in your neigh
borhood that he might find eatable.
If you pass on with Indifference,
which is the usual way, he will sit
himself down upon his tail on the
nearest knoll and loll his red tongue
and leer at you as one with whom he
is half inclined to claim acquaintance.
He looks and acts then so much like a
gray dog that one is inclined to whistle
to him. Make any hostile demonstra-
ton, and he will move a little farther
and sit down again.
If by any means you manage to Of
fend him deeply at this juncture,. the
chances are that he and his comrades
may retire still farther and then bark
ceaselessly until they have hooted you
out Of the nefghborhood. That night
he and some of his companions may.
come and steal the straps from your
saddle, the meat from the frying pan
and politely clean the pan-and even
the boots from beside your lowly bed.
Amador ledger., 1907-09-20
The American Sailor.

1t is related Of Commodore Decatur
that after he had tanned the Barbary
powers, whose energies had been re-
awakened while the war of 1912 kept
our navy busy, he set out in his flag
ship, the Guerrero, to make his way
across the Mediterranean unattended
and suddenly found himself in the
midst of one of the corsair fleets which
had remained in a neutral port during
hostilities. The situation looked rather
squally. The corsair admiral hailed,
what sheep is dat?" 1.-THE United
States ship Guerrero, Commodore De-
catur," was the reply. where you
going? was the next question. "Where
l pleasew Numbered Decatur through
the speaking trumpet, and the Guer-
riere proceeded unmolested. - Boston
Transcript.
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A Chinese Solomon.

Two Cinnamon, brothers, well ad-
vanced in age, quarreled over u piece
of land which they had Jointly inherit
ed from their father and went to law.
The native magistrate heard the testi-
mony on both sides and determined
that both were wrong and both right,
according to the different points of
view. Therefore, instead of rendering
judgment in favor Of either, he order
ed that both be locked up in a cangue
with their heads fastened face to
face and kept there until they settled
their quarrel. The cangue is a sort of
cage in which prisoners are placed
with their necks locked into hole in a
board. 1t resembles somewhat the
stocks which were used for the punish
ment of malefactors in olden times.
When the brothers were placed in the
cangue, they were both very stubborn
and indignant, but toward the end Of
the second day they began to weaken
and on the third day reached q satis-
factory settlement and were released.
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Costly In Human Lives,

In ancient times the great engineer
ing works were costly in human lives.
The making of the Red sea canal is
said to have involved the loss of no
fewer than 10000 Egyptians. Buc-
kle's examination made him believe the
number to have been somewhat exag-
gerated, but he gives it as still guide
to the enormous waste Of human life
in those days. The men who kept 1000
slaves engaged for three years bring
ing a single stone from Elephan-
tine to the pyramids did not care
great deal so long as in the twenty
years in which one of the pyramids
was building there were forthcoming
the 100000 men required for the work.
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THE CAMEO.
u Gets Its Name From the Cutting,
Not From the Stone.

Not From the Stone.
The true nature of a cameo is very
much misunderstood by the public gen.
orally. Most people think it is the stone
Itself, when in reality the method Of
cutting is what produces the cameo.
The real meaning of the word Is un-
known, its derivation having never
been discovered; but, correctly speak
ing, canoes are small sculptures exc
cuted in low relief on some substance
precious either for its beauty, rarity or
hardness.
There are emerald canoes, turquoise
canoes, shell canoes, coral canoes
Indeed, any substance that lends itself
to carving in such minute detail can
be used for cameo cutting, and nearly
pll precious stones, except diamonds,
have been so used for intaglios, but
never for canoes Emerald is the most
common precious stone from which
canoes have been made, and there are
some very fine emerald portrait cam
eos in existence, notably those of
Queen Elizabeth in the British muse
um. Shell canoes were first made in
the fifteenth century.
Banded onyx is generally used for
cameo work because of its hardness
and coloring, and it is this fact that has
caused the misrepresentation, the stone
being used so much in making canoes
that it has now become better known
as cameo" than by its right name
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Amador ledger., 1907-09-20
Waansr,s chiIdIiks Happiness.

While in London in 1855 Wagner
took walk every day in Regents
park. There, at the small bridge over
the ornamental water, would he stand
regularly and feed the ducks, having
previously provided himself for the
purpose with a number of French rolls,
rolls ordered each day for the occasion.
There was swan, too, that came in
for much Of Wagner's affection. 1t
was regal bird and fit, as the master
said, to draw the chariot Of Lohengrin.
The childlike happiness, full to over
flowing, with which this innocent occu-
patton filled Wagner was an impress
i've sight never to be forgotten. 1t was
Wagner you saw before you, the nat
ural man, affectionate, gentle and
mirthful.-From Ferdinand Praeger's
wagner as 1 Knew Him."
Amador ledger., 1907-09-20
a Lazy Liver

May be only tired liver, or a starved
liver. 1t would be stupid as well as
savage thing to beat weary or starved
man because he Jagged in his work. So
In treating the tagging, torpid liver it is
q great mistake to lash it with strong
drastic drugs. A torpid liver is but an
indication of an ill-nourished, enfeebled
body whose organs are weary with over
work. Start with the stomach and allied
organs of digestion and nutrition. Put
them in working order and see how
quickly your liver will become active.
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
has made many marvellous cures of silver
trouble" by its wonderful control of the
organs of digestion and nutrition. 1t re-
stores the normal activity Of the stomach,
increases the secretions of the blood-mak-
ing glands, cleanses the system from poi
liver of the burdens imposed upon it by
the detection Of other organs.
II you have bitter or bad taste in the morn
Ing. poor or Variable appetite. coated tongue,
foul breath. coAstipated or irregular bowels.
headaches, pain Or distres9[p Usmall Of back"
perhaps nausea aMaNEsNr urisings" in
throat after eating. and kindS& symptoms
Of weak stomach and torpid liHsA no pedl-
cine will relieve you more promptly or cure
you mora 1zFTnanently thaQ Doctor PieTce,s
Golden Medical Discovery. Perhaps only
part Of the above symptoms will be present
at one time and yet point to torpid liver or
biliousness and weak stomach. Avoid all
hot bread and biscuits, griddle cakes and
other indigestible food and take the HGoldcn
Medical Discovery" regularly and stick to its
use until you are vigorous and strong.
The uDiscovery" is non-secret. non-alco-
holic is glyceric extract Of native medici-
nal roots with full list of its ingredients
printed on each bottle-wrapper and attested
under oath. Its ingredients are endorsed
and extolled by the most eminent medical
writer's of the age and are recommended to
cure the diseases for which 1t is advised.
Don't accept substitute of unknown
composition for this non-secret MEDICINE
OF KNOWN COMPOSITION.
Amador ledger., 1907-09-20
AN INSECT PLAGUE.
The Mosquitoes That Infest the Region
of Lake Nyassa,


of Lake -Nyassa.
In his book From the Cape to
Cairo" e. S. Grogan writes: 1.-The
Kungu fly, which is peculiar to Lake
Nyassa, resembles small May flies,
and at certain seasons of the year they
rise from the water in such stupendous
clouds that they blot out the whole
horizon. Seen in the distance they
have exactly the appearance of a rain
storm coming across the lake. When
they are blown landward they make
every place uninhabitable by the
stencil which arises from the countless
millions that lodge and die on every
inch of sheltered ground. 1 myself
have seen them lying a foot deep in
a room, and I was told that they are
often much worse. The natives sweep
them up and make cakes of them.
"Biting and poisonous ants are an
other pest but the mosquito is the
great enemy Of man. 1t was abso-
lutely necessary to turn In half an
hour before sunset and to make all
the preparations for the night. 1 piled
all my belongings round the edge of
my net and kept a green wood fire
burning at each end, and then l lay
inside, smoked the native tobacco and
prayed for morning. AS soon as the
sun went down the mosquitoes started
operations.
ut was like having a tame whirl-
wind in ones tent. They could not
possibly have been worse. Every
night 200 or 300 contrived to enter my
net--I have no idea how. The most
pernicious and poisonous kind was a
very small black mosquito that might
possibly have penetrated the mesh. 1
used to turn out in the morning per-
fectly dazed from the amount of poi
son that had been injected during the
night"
Amador ledger., 1907-09-20
A QUEER CALCULATION.
The Fower That Would Be Required
to Move the Earth,


to Move the Earth.
Statisticians sometimes have queer
ideas. One of them amused himself
by calculating how much energy, water
and coal it would take to move the
earth a foot, supposing that it was SUBJ
Jected throughout its mass to force
equivalent to terrestrial gravitation.
This is gratuitous supposition, for in
spite of its enormous mass the earth
weighs nothing.
Starting with the fact that the
earth's mass is about 6,1O0 million
million-million tons, our statisucian
calculates that we should require TO-
Q00,000,000 years for 10000 horse
power engine to move our globe a foot.
The boiler that should feed this engine
would vaporize a quantity of water
that would cover the whole face Of the
globe with layer 800 feet deep. The
vaporization of this water would re-
Quire 1000 milllon-million tons Of coal.
This coal, carried in cars holding ten
tons each and having a total length Of
thirty feet, would require 400 million
million cars, which would reach 3d.
100000 times around the earth. This
train, moving at the rate of forty
miles an hour, would take more than
100000 years to travel its own
length. 1t would require for storage a
shed that would cover 1000 times the
area of Europe.
If we realize that this Enthusiastically
huge amount of energy is nothing at
all compared with what the earth pos
sesses in virtue of its rotation about its
axis, its revolution about the sun and
its translation in space with the solar
system, Of which the earth Shut an
infnitesimal part of the universe, we
may get some idea Of the Importance
of man in the universe and estimate
his incommensurable pride at its just
value.
Amador ledger., 1907-09-20
HuxleY's LARGER View.

James Hannay, once q member of
the staff Of the Pail Mall Gazette, was
a typical man Of letters. And Huxley,
as everybody knows, was a typical
scientific man. Hannay had been a
midshipman when Huxley was naval
surgeon. Years after the two met
each other on the steps of the British
museum. Huxley" said Hannay, 81
care nothing for man except as a crea.
ture of historical tradition"
Nor l." answered Huxley, "for him
except as a compound of gas and wa
ter.
But" he added, "if we were each
Of us better educated men than we
are we should know how to respect
each others studies more"
Amador ledger., 1907-09-20
KNEW HER GRAMMAR.
The Landlady Wrote Correctly and
Was Not to Blame.

The Landlady Wrote Correctly and
Was Not to Blame.
A London gentleman advertised for
apartments at fashionable watering
place and received many replies. He
pitched upon one chiefly because it
mentioned splendid "sea view," and,
as it was not convenient for him to
leave his business to see the apart
ments, he closed with the offer by
post, sending a substantial deposit.
When the time came for him to take
his holiday he duly arrived at his
destination and was surprised to find
that not a glimpse of the sea was OBJ
tainable from any window of his
apartments.
az thought you said there was a
splendid sea view?" he said angrily
to the landlady.
$50 there is, sir" replied the land
lady, drawing his attention to picture
on the wall, a really excellent painting
of the sea.
"Why, you-er-er- What do you
mean by such swindler' gasped the
gentleman. II meant a view of the
real sea-"
"Oh, did you, sir?" coolly said the
landlady. "If you will refer to my
letter you will see that 1 distinctly
stated there was a splendid sea view
i'm the drawing room. Had 1 meant a
view Of the real sea 1 should have said
there was a splendid sal view from
the. drawing room. l cannot think how
an educated gentleman, as you evil
IDENTIFY are, could have made such an
egregious errorw-London Tit-Bits.
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Couldn't Quit eambIinu.

Driving a cab in the streets Of Lon
don is young man who has literally
thrown away $4,000. The son of
wealthy family in Yorkshire, he went
into the army, but soon became distin-
guished by his gambling propensities.
He ruined himself and had to leave his
regiment. Some time ago while living
in garnet news was brought to him
that he had been left $4,000. There
was condition attached to the lega-
cy-that the money was to Immediately
pass to another person, named in the
will, If the legatee was ever found
gambling. A detective was set to
watch the ex-captain and saw him en-
ter a well known club one evening,
where he lost the sum Of 1900, which
he had raised on his expectations. He
forfeited his $4,000 before he had ever
laid hands on it-London Tit-Bits.
AmieabIe Adjustment
II want you distinctly to understand,
Emil, that when your colleagues wife
has new hat 1 want one too"
"Calm yourself, my dear. We've
settled it between US. You're neither
of you going to get e."-Fliegende
Batter.
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CUNNING OF MUsKRATs.
Foresight With Which These Animals
Build Winter Homes.

Foresight With Which These Animals
Build Winter Homes.
In the month Of March, before the
rivers have opened, on the snow around
the heads Of the creeks and about the
airholes In the thick ice may be seen
the curious trail Of the muskrat It
can readily be recognized by the firmly
planted footmarks, heavily and slowly
impressed, and the sharp after drag of
the long, scaly, bladelike tail. All
through the cold winter months these
heavily furred animals have lived
warm and comfortable in their well
constructed houses, rearing their third
and last litter. One house erected
about September seemed planned with
almost human foresight. Here, with
their long sharp teeth and strong, inch
long claws, they had cut and cleared
wide paths through all the marshes
paths so deep that three feet of ice did
not close them, so wide that we have
often padded along them, marveling
at the great floating masses Of torn up
aquatic vegetation. These paths were
a hundred yards long and four feet
wide and were cut through a mass Of
tangled cover high enough In most
places to thoroughly conceal a duck
hunter and his canoe. In the winter
months the muskrats can easily dive
from their houses into these under ice
channels, and the whole marsh Is be-
fore them to choose their meal from.
The long yellow roots Of the flag and
the juicy tubers Of the wild onion (the
muskrat apple is the more poetic Ojib-
way hang exposed before them or are
readily torn out-Bonnycastle Dale in
Outing Magazine.
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A PIoUED BoNIFAcE.
MeiIhae and Costly Dish That HI
Did Not Eat.

MeiIhae and a Costly Dish That He
Did Not Eat.
Among the most absentminded of
geniuses was the French composer,
Meilhac. On the occasion of the first
presentation Of one Of his operas Nell
hac, in evening dress, entered fash
ionable restaurant and threw himself
down at a table, thinking earnestly
about the event of the evening and
nothing else.
A waiter brought him menu. Nell
hac, man of very simple tastes In
the matter of food, abstractedly indi-
Gated with his finger the first dish on
the bill that his eye had struck. Now
it CHANGED that this was the most elab-
crate and costly dish on the bill, and
when the waiter went to the kitchen
with the order there was In conse-
quence great commotion there. The
proprietor himself was summoned, and
he and the principal chef devoted them
selves to the preparation Of the famous
dish. One man was sent for this
choice ingredient and another for an
other. Meanwhile Meilhac waited, alb
sorbed.
At last the dish was brought with a
great flourish, and the proprietor, with
a proud smile, stood not far away to
observe the result. When it was de-
posted in front of him Meilhac regard
ed the dish with an expression of mel
ancholy interest.
did order thatY he asked.
Certainly, NJ. Meilhac."
"Do you like it?"
"Yes-yes, monsieur; but
'Then kindly take it away and eat it
yourself" ordered Meilhac, "and bring
me two fried eggs."-Chicago Record
Herald.
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Had to Take Him Down.

"Why does Mrs. Everson have her
own baptismal names engraved upon
her card instead Of those Of her hus-
band? She isn't a widow, is sheF
mo, but 1 understand that she had
q batch Of cards engraved once upon
which she styled herself Mrs. William
Edgar Everson,' and he was so pulled
up over 1t for two or three days that
he actually seemed to think he was the
head Of the family. 1t is never safe to
give some people too much leeway, you
know."-Cleveland Leader.
Amador ledger., 1907-09-20
They All Thought About Alike.

Three "tired" citizens-a lawyer, a
doctor and newspaper man-sat in a
back room in the gray light of the
early dawn. On the table were many
empty bottles and a couple of packs
of cards. AS they sat in silence a
rat scurried across the hearth into
the darkness beyond. The three men
shifted their feet and looked at each
other uneasily. After a long pause
the lawyer spoke. II know what you
fellows are thinking" he said, you
think thought l saw e rat, but I
didn't. "-Argonaut.
Amador ledger., 1907-09-20
Observant Mar.

1t is a popular belief that no men
understand dress" Still, it should be
known that they have a sort of rough
appreciation Of general effects. They
can distinguish between the woman
who dresses we'll by instinct and one
who does so with an effort. They are
able to recognize at q glance the girls
and women who go through life in
the wrong kind Of garments and wear
ing hats which infatuation has i'm
PEELED them to buy against their bet
ter judgment = London Lady's Pic
:orial. d.
Amador ledger., 1907-09-20

Lady with fiashy paste necklace
wants to know whether it's pure dia-
mond or not" said the jewelers. shop
man
Look like married womanT in
quired the jeweler.
"Yes, SIR
'Tell her it is. No use making trou-
BILE for poor husbands these hard
times. "-London Telegraph.
Amador ledger., 1907-09-20
Insipid Company.

Low spirits are my true and faith
full companions. They get up with me
go to bed with me. make journeys an
returns as l do; nay, and pay visits
and will even affect to be jocose and
force feeble laugh with me. but most
commonly we sit alone together and
are the prettiest insipjd company in
the world.-Thomas Gray.
Amador ledger., 1907-09-20
Going and COMING.

whats that noise?' asked the Wis
itor in the apartment house.
Probably some one in the dentists
rooms on the floor below getting q
tooth out" said his host.
But 1t seems to come from the floor
above"
"Ah! Then it's probably the Popleys'
baby getting a tooth n."-Philadelphia
Press.
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Obstinate Parents.

Reginald" said the head of the
family, II have told you again am
again that you are not to pull the cats
tail"
Reginald eyed him sadly. you are
getting very obstinate, father" he said
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Globe.
Amador ledger., 1907-09-20

Tired Tatters-I saw de new moon
over the left shoulder las night. 1
wonder wot OATS Il sign us? Weary
Walker-It's sign dat de mex place
youse ask fer work yousell git it-Chi-
cago News.
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Either Wav.

''If you do not take care Of your
money" said the ant to the grasshop-
per, 1.-The world will simply sneer and
ask what you did with it."
"Yes, and If invest it and become
rich the world will sneer and ask me
where got it."-Washington Star.
Amador ledger., 1907-09-20

"How did your wife like that new
hat you got her?"
"She was speeches. with delight"
Say, where can l get one like 1t
for mine ?"-Cleveland Leader.
Amador ledger., 1907-09-20
An LIN Stroke

Sometimes lightning strikes up in
stead Of down, If we are to believe a
story told many years ago of a party
OF men standing on the porch of
church far up on the side Of a lofty
mountain in Syria. They were look
Ing down into the valley below, where
great electrical storm was raging,
and. with the sun shining upon them
at their altitude, were enrapt by the
strange sensation. Suddenly a bolt
came up from the valley and killed sew
en- of the party-Circle
Amador ledger., 1907-09-20
A Rahu-

A baby--that which makes home
happier, love stronger. patience great
er. hands buster. nights longer. days
shorter. the past forgotten. the future
brigb Magazine.
Amador ledger., 1907-09-20
Wrinklea.

A small boy Of an inquiring turn Of
mind, says the Philadelphia Inquirer,
looked at his father earnestly and ask
ed:
"Father, what are wrinklesr'
"Fretwork, my son-fretwork," ~.
piled paterfamilias confidently.
Amador ledger., 1907-09-20
Agreed.

Wife-Id rather starve than cook.
Rusband-I'd rather starve than have
you cook.-Harper's Weekly.
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Comedy In a Back Street.

About 10 o'clock one morning two
men met and began threatening and
calling each other names. One finally
called the other liar, and the two
men were about to grapple when a,
woman opened the door and said,
Gentlemen, are you about to fghtr'
1--WE are" they answered together.
Then have the kindness to wait a
moment" she continued. my hus-
band has been sick for weeks and Is
now just able to sit up. He is very
downhearted this morning, and If
you'll only wait till 1 can draw him
up to the window know he'll be very
grateful to both of you"
She disappeared into the house, and
after ons look into each others face
the men smiled, shook hands and de-
parted together.-London Telegraph.
Amador ledger., 1907-09-20

The more a man denies himself the
more he will receive from ,eayen.-
Horace
Amador ledger., 1907-09-20

Every action is measured by the
depth of the sentiment from which It
proceeds Emerson.