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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-10-24
Crimes One Sure Reward

" y. IT men Become criminals? In many InsuanCeS DeCdke IWJ HE0 :"
= b grudge against society," and in a much larger number because uey
T believe that the returns are higher in proportion to their HorC
HSER&t than they can find in any other and more honorable Wak OF he
4S4&9 The increase of the efficiency of the police forces and detective
bureaus throughout the country and the doing Way oL my us
Eesion of coHuIon between those who wr against sS6, ad
Edays protectors should tend to show a Complementary decrease III ne n'
her OF criminals - -
How many oun men # loose morals who for the first time face tempta
Rinn wou fall n begin criminal careers if they reahzed the appalling
CHANGES in favor Of their Incarceration by the State and the loss OF their c-
1enshtp? The lure of crime lies in the vast profits which embryo criminals
fopHshfy believe are to be derived therefrom; but from a purely economic
standpoint are the profits commensurate with the risks? Day by day he courts
ccudnun M incarcerate ableboded men who might be working to good g.
xantagea IN improving the standard o. citizenship all through the country. nc
M%ya gainstt this great army hw many criminals are there o ave pronted
Hy9heir crimes and have kept thmr personal liberty and their citizenship?
IT this. fact were widely realized throughout the country, that any business,
AOWeEer small, pays better than crime, would not u correcdonary problem e
nearing its solution? 1t is believed that activity along this line by all those
rho are interested in the lessening an fnal extinguishtng OF crime In ths
GDmky viii do much to solve Observation-Disclosures Magazine. ~
Amador ledger., 1907-11-29
THE WARRANT CAME.
So They Took the Woman From Her
Washtub to the GalIows.

So They Took the Woman From Her
Washtub to the GalIows.
The hanging of a woman. which in
these days calls. forth public protests,
was apparently a matter of indiffer-
ence to- our grandfathers and grand
mothers. 1t was in the nineteenth
century that a woman found guilty of
some trifing offense was sentenced to
death. By chance the warrant for her
execution was not sent to the high
sheriff, and she remained in prison
for about three years, acting as 4 jail
washerwoman and occasionally, as a
favor in acknowledgment of her good
behavior, going out. as was then the
custom, as washerwoman to private
houses. But clerk looking through
the home Office records found the war
rant that had never been dispatched,
and it was thereupon promptly for
warded to the sheriff for due process.
The woman was found by the turn
key at the washtub in a house in the
town - Aylesbury. well, missus,
said he, you are to be hanged. The
warrant has come at last. and we must
| carry the sentence out tomorrow morn
| ing at the latest" VERY wei, then, u
the wretched woman submissively re,
piled, Il suppose 1 must go" and, hav,
ing washed the soapsuds off her arms
departed with the official. She was
duly hanged the next morning. from
all which it would seem that barely 8
century separates us from condi
ton of primitive barbarism>->L
| Chronicle
Amador ledger., 1907-11-29
Not Good Tmice

I.incoln's stories grew better aud bet
ter as he grew older. One of the best
was told to a visitor who congratu-
lated him on the almost certain pur-
pose on the part of the people to re-
elect him for another term of four
years. Mr.. Lincoln replied that he had
been told this frequently before and
that when it was first mentioned to
him he was reminded of farmer in
Illinois who determined to try his own
hand at blasting. After successfully
boring and filling in with powder he
failed in his effort to make the powder
go off, and after discussing the cause
with a locker on and failing to detect
anything wrong in the powder the
farmer suddenly came to the conclu-
sion that it would not go off because it
had been shot before.
Amador ledger., 1907-11-29

Globe. Thursday-R L. Hardin; j
l. Cassels, SuttesrCreek; rhos ScuIly,
Jno Muldoon, j Seully, lone; James
Gill; Mrs j A Mitchell and daughter.
Plymouth; H S Allen; D e London,
st Paul; j Brady. Sacramento.
Friday-H Luttrell, Miss Madge
Luttrell, Pine Grove; VIM Fass. San
Francisco; John Eanlett, Y l. Mead.
Oakland.
Saturday-R l. Dick; Miss Munger.
Suffer Greek; F f. Clarke c l. Clarke,
A Bethel, San Francisco; VIM Vogt.
G A Scutt, H r Rigp, j Navis, Electra.
Sunday-R E Scott, San Francisco:
Sadie K Gillick, Volcano; Ed San
trio, j Fontenrose. NJ 2 Very, HI
Cummings, a Th4and, W ThrelfaIl,
F q Viscia, Electra; Thomas Joy,
Sacramento.
Monday-Alonzoi yotaw, Oleta; F A
Kimball; A B Serwii, Geo White,
San Francisco; Mr and Mrs Theo
Croker, Wonder, New; Peter Wells.
Tuesday-F 6 Eitchinberger, Bar
ney Levy, San F'raneisco;M S Carbln;
F Dickinson.
Wednesday-G f Dorman; j P
Little, Stockton; Mr. and Mrs Chas
Gregory; Mrs M Bird; VS. Clark.
Amador City; Oscar Lester, Moke-
lumne Hill.
Amador ledger., 1907-11-29
HOLIDAY NUISANCE.

The prolonged holidays getting be unmitgaed
nuisance Whatever good purpose they may in San
Francisco and other large Cities they certainly voted
thing but blessing the interior And how much
ger they will last there is ellngprobaby until the
banking institutions ask the governor to call them off,
Sacramento press dispatch dated Nov. II, says:
Att meeting of the Sacramento Bar Association today
with but voice in the negative decided that the
special holiday legislation vicious dangerous and
stitutiona and committee appointed institute pro-
ceedings to bring the subject before the supreme
,on
The advanced for the judgment of the meeting
It special legislation does operate uniformly and
equally it gives remids class and denies them
butcher baker and landlord but his debtor represented
by obligation express implied for the direct payment
of money, he may order command
his obligations his creditor The derive
their ursdictiona power from the constitution from the
statutes but the holiday seeks shear this jurisdiction
by closing the in special when the constitution
says they shall remain open If the legislature may
empower the governor close the certain remdes
two, three days. they be closed for 65 days
we'll.
Besides being special and class legislation the association
decided that the respass upon the fourteenth amend
of the federal constitution which says citizen shall
be denied the protection of the laws The may parayze
the equity of the court since the Judgment for
direct payment of money may result in equity proceedings
Amador ledger., 1907-11-29
DULLES IN BATTLE.
The 5arroom Type of Rowdy When
Put to the Test of War.

Inc DarToom Type or RoWdy when
Put to the Test of War.
1.-THE barroom bully is an arrant cow
ard when put to the test of war;" With
this saying of the late General Rose
Grams as his topic, a speaker at q civic
betterment meeting discoursed on the
ways of the average bad man" of the
modern cities. He read from a writing
of General Rosecrans. Familiarity known
as "Old Rosy" in which that officer de-
scribed a regiment of men. from Gin
cinnati in the civil war in Which there
We're many of the barroom bully class
who had been pressed into the service
or entered as substitutes to earn q few
hundred dollars. When these men
came face to face with the grim fight
ers in gray of the Confederacy and
they realized that in warfare the rifle
makes the puny weakling q match for
the muscular giant, the DULLES just
turned pale and flunked. They couldn't
stand rifle fire any more than they
would the steely bayonet. Big, brawny
bruisers who had been wont to- swag-
ger about town with chips on their
SHOu1ueIS lOOh1HS IOr SOLle Nedher YES
sci to tackle found in the. fire and
smoke of battle that, while their
frames and muscles were large, their
real courage was mighty small and Of
the cravenly coward sort
Better take the pale faced, modest
hammered Sunday school lads when
you want real soldiers-men who can
face the bullets or the bayonets of the
enemy RATHER than the brawny red
faced DULLES of our cities, who,. when
they are outdone in an argument, want
to resort to brute force to settle the
question in dispute" wrote General
Rosecrans. and he should have. known
Washington Star.
Amador ledger., 1907-11-29
Local Editorial PAGE.
THANKSGIVING.

The thanksgiving sentiment old as the human race
AS far back history extends there existed among
men spirit OF thankuness to the Supreme Ruler of all
the blessings of life This gratitude has manifested itself in
various ways by the different civilized races but the under
Lying spirit of dependence upon higher power for the enjoy
mens uppermost through ALL The custom of setting
special religious holiday thanksgiving in America
reaches back to the time of the pilgrim fathers Driven by
religious intolerance and persecution seek freedom of
science IN the western world they brought their devout spirit
and acknowledgment of self dependence with in their
undertaking. and there can be question that this played
an important in shaping the destnes of the
nation In all the New England thanksgiving day
has been observed from earliest times religious festival
or holy day celebrated day of fasting and
prayer than otherwise No doubt could the early settlers
visit the land of their adoption and how the thanksgiving
custom which they observe as fast has de-
generated into of gluony they would lift up their
hands in horror the sacrege When and how the festive
turkey figure prominently thanksgiving we are
not informed 1t probably the Outcome of
commercialism of modern times After all seems lust as
reasonable express hankuness through feastng and
plenty by fasting Indeed, the modern method appears
the more appropriate.
While most OF the states were accustomed to declare
thanksgiving day. the proclamation of holiday by the
national government is of origin, and within
memory of many living. 1t the second year of
the civil 1862, when the national outlook bese
with the graves pers that had confronted the union of
states that president Lincoln issued first thanksgiving
day proclamation. 1t born amid the strife and
mage of the greatest nterncne history And ever
that time the fourth Thursday November has been
regularly proclaimed thanksgiving day by the head of
federal government In this regard the United States holds
unique position In other countresEnglish speaking
least and probably other natonsthere particular day
set aside by the civil power annually for thanksgiving
This within the province the church than
But stimulating the spirit thankulness for bless
ings bestowed not of place anywhere by whatsoever
authority incucated And in America have more cause
for thankulness than the people of any other land the
world We enjoying unparalleled prosperity and plenty
Every portion of domain happy prosperous
Truly the scriptures say lines have fallen pleas
ant places, and we have goodly heritage"
Amador ledger., 1907-11-29
THE ELECTRIC CRATER.
How the Arc Light Is Produced: BE,
tween the Electrodes.

tween the Electrodes.
Everybody knows that an arc light
is formed by causing an electric cur
rent to pass between the points of two
carbon rods. One of these is called
the positive and the other the mega
tive electrode, and the current passes
from the former to the latter ?arti-
cles of carbon are carried on from the.
positive electrode until its, end be-
comes cup shaped.
To the little cup thus. formed the
name of crater is applied, and from
this crater four-fifths of the light is
emitted The negative electrode does.
not become so hot as the other. Be-
tween the two little cloud of vapor-
lied carbon is formed, rising from the
crater, and this vapor gives forth a
golden yellow light. But it is over
powered by the light of the crater. it
self, which has violet tinge due to the,
incandescence of solid particles of car
bon. The arc of light extended from
one electrode to the other also has: am
axis of violet color which is its most
brilliant part. The fact that most of
the luminosity comes from the crater
explains the reason why the light does
not appear equal in, all directions. It
is brightest from that point Of view
which shows the largest portion of the
crater
An interesting effect is often noticed
when flies or other insects flutter' about
an arc light Their shadows cast on q
neighboring wall appear gigantic. The
reason is that the light of the crater
is concentrated in a point smaller than
the bodies of the'insects. and the bound
aries of the shadows consequently
widen with increase. Of dfstaree-St
Louis Republic.
Amador ledger., 1907-11-29
Hotel Arrivals

National. Thursday-E j Callahan.
S l. Piccardo, Stockton; Edw j
Warnecke, San francisco; Atkins,
Stockton; f Lehman, Suffer; Geo
W Stone, Thos Jennings, Placerville /;
John Switer, Joseph gardener, Pacific
A E Hamptley, B L Fowler, F &
Gadsty, Jas W Foley, San Francisco
John Kanter, Louisville, KY; VIM.
Bodefeld, w l thompson, Sacra-
mento; Walter Shore, Biggs, Fred
Braynt, Ell Paso; Joseph Kupley,
Placerville; Chas EggIeston and wife,
III Cohen, II Wineult, San francisco
z M Richards, Sonora; G A Wright,
San Francisco;
Saturday-Mrs Nellie Bennett, Dem
yer; L B Hanscom, Sacramento; j f
huffman, Stockton; E B Smith, l.
Martini San Francisco.
Sunday Rolf, San Francisco !;
Il d BoydstoD, Robt j Head, Volcano !;
Noise Ross, A Dach, Plymouth; Fred
Carlyle, G F Voolfolk, WN Wool
fork, San francisco.
Monday-Geo A Grey, Stockton /;
Theo Feisland- Seattle; Ii 4 Denend.
Volcano; h d Charter. FL Duffy. Il
K. Warren. Sacramento; John Berne
rick, Gwin.
tuesday Dav kiIippini, Ray Muir
ply and wife, uno; L F. Ogg, M
Cohen, San Francisco; Geo Jones,
Sacramento Miss Glodflty, + G
Gadsty, San Francisco; + Mason,
Pioneer L. II Cook, Volcano; L
LoughberY, Cd Lewis, San Francisco;
Z h Grist- w Appleton, r Mont
gnmerY,. Sacramento; Mary Bonko-
viah, New Chicago.
Wednesdays A Buskee, Fresno;
II holsmark, San Francisco; & l.
Price, j L Edwards, Sacramento; G
NJ Richards. Volcano, G GyIe, San
Francisco. R L.. Patton, E Springer,
Chas. BeaEdsley and wife, Lodi.
Amador ledger., 1907-11-29
Dissolution of
Copartnership

Notice is hereby given that the
copartnership heretofore existing
between John Garbsrini and Lorenzo
d. Arata in the plumbing business at
jackson, Amador county, CAL, under
the firm name of Gar barini & Arata.
has been Dissolved by mutual con-
sent. The business will hereafter be
conducted by John Garbarini, who
Will be responsible for all bills
against said firm. and to whom all
debts due the firm are payable.
jackson, Nov. 90. 1907.
LORENZO j. ARATA.
JOHN S. GARBARINI.
Amador ledger., 1907-11-29

81 suffered habitually from con-
stipation. Doan's Regulalet relieved.
and strengthened the bowels, so that
they have been regular ever SINCE
A. +. Davis, grocer, Sulpher Springs.
Texas.
Amador ledger., 1907-11-29

Ledger and Chicago Weekly Inter-
Ocean, both papers for one year $3.50
in advance
Amador ledger., 1907-11-29
Card of Thanks

The undersigned hereby tender
their heartfelt thanks to all friends
who so kindly rendered assistance
during the last illness and funeral
services of our beloved mother. Mrs
Isabella Stewart.
John A. Stewart, \
w. e. Stewart
j. J. Stewart,
l.. F. Stewart,
A. l.. Stewart,
Mrs Emma Smith,
jackson, November 26, 1907.
Amador ledger., 1907-11-29

jackson, November 26, 1907.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-24
Can This Be True?

(kansas City JournalO ".
A distressing story comes out OF SWAN
Grove. Kas.-one of tnoses stories that
provoke pensivcress and lower the nler-
curry in the spiritual thermometer. Now
ut fdst blush il would seem that any
story That came out OF n town win thv
beautifully Idly lie name of sylvan Grove
ought IL be sweet and innocent: a sort OF
Arcadian tale, Of i spot where sin and
deception had never penetrated. and all
thai sort of thing, don't YOU Know. Rut,
alas oct from Sylvan Grove comes a
Chr"niral of sophisticatioE. not TO call IL
hy a shorter and uslier word, that makes
one doubt if honor still exists ana justice
j.; still doing business at the old stand.
The worst Of il all is that the william
Of ths stcry is a farmer. one Of those
horny handed tillers of the soil We fire.
cuentlv heard about before the days OF
dollar wheat and automobile plows. Well
this farmer. according to the story, sold
Is, eggs to store-keeper i'll Lincoln
county. and to make long story short
1UG OF the eggs were outiawed under the
statue of limitation. They belonged to
the vintage of the long ago-posSibly
tie halcvun Arcadia previously referred
to.
All Of which goes to prove that tie
railroads are not the only gay deceivers
doing business at the present writing.
Nobody ever heard of the railroads sell
in2 stale tickets. Whenever trusting
passenger lays down his good money on
the counter. re gets ticket that Is good
and il doesn't have to be "candled. Ions.
before III" pure FOOD laws We're ever
thought of lie railroads had been selling
madultcratrd pasleboarls that were as
fresh as need b.. and nobody ever had
Ia throw away 16G out of 1S3 miles. or
insist that the roads Send@nfore coed ones
10 replace these that could not be used.
In view of, Inc rural ontcry against
the corporaticns. is not this revelation,
Of bucolc turpitude 1T least an argunenr
liz favor Of the old ahaSe about the
physician hcalinG himself. not to speak
OF the more classic aphorism which runs
something like This: since thou SO, hot
~ di-rlainc:t IL" devil. see that thou
thNstif art not guilty Of diabollsn. AZ
least thu mach pounded octopus may be
excused if he INDUCES in i little smile.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-24

Commission and the Philippine As
sembly. The fact that the Commits
sion. consisting ora majority of Ameri-
cans las the veto power over the AS
senbIy, shows that Congress is not
yet ready to trust the Filipinos with
full self-g"vernment We do not un-
derstand that they are demanding it
ana certainly they are not fitted for 1t.
When they will be. il ever, is stan an
open question, and how Congress Is
ever to settle the question is an un-
solved prDblcm.
The new Assembly if il is to succeed
must conlinc itself strictly to practical
affairs, the affairs which are within its
reach and which bear directly upon the
material prosperity Of the islands I'M
der American authority. A good be-
ginning VAS made in adopting the Reed
rules which govern the procedure OF
QUO American congress. 1t is in the
power of this body TO do the Philip
pines much good. ami fortunately its
power for doing injury is limited,
since Uncle Sam. for the general good
of tie Filipinns, continues to be SUI
preme in the islands.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-24
Autumn.

Quietly, steaithly creeping along
AS beasts i'll search Of pleN,
The evening shadows round us thfonS
OF autunn'S shortening day.
And from the homes whose windows wide
Slill tell of nOontide heat.
As children from each other hide
And each other greet.
The lights shine out. then disappear.
And then shine out once more:
And as one to the home draws near
And enters open door,
In sitting room at table round
In place OF Strdet. bower,
The family are gathered fnund.-
The chiidren's evening hour.
Books are IL ought out and lessons I arnnI
For school on COMING day.
And having right to leisure earned.
Then merry games all play.
And after that arc apples brought
That in home orchard grew.
And nuts the children gladly sought
III woods which well they knew
Then father from the Bible reads.
And lynn. Ia old-tin'e aid.
Is sung, in which the mother leads
And all unite in prayer.
Good nights are said and mothers kiss
our lips 10 quiet keep:
All find in bed that highest bliss.
The tired Childs sweet sleep.
This is one charm that autumn brings.
y charm of w"ndrous power.
Where love within = household springs.
The ciildrtn':, h"ur
Springfield Republican
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-24
PERSONAL NOTES.

DIR. Roxanna II. Vivian, graduate
Of Wellesley College. has Eeen made tenn
p"r;ry head of the American College for
Girls. in Constantjnople,
Edmund Clarence Stedman was seven
tYfour years old on Tuesday and Sp'h,
the biggest part of the day in writin"
of his "Reminiscences. He says: Most
men write the story of their lives ut
about forty or f"rty-tive. but | hay"
waited a good. long time
The American Museum Of Natural
History. New York city. has lust re-
ceived from Egypt twcnty-seven cases
Of rare fossils. about GEO specimens in
all. the product of an expedition financed
by Morris X. icsup. president Of the
museum. and sent to northern Egypt un-
der the direction of Prof. Henry +. Os-
borne.
Senators from Okla hcma. has had ac-
tivc continuous business with the Gov
eminent at Washington in the Interests
of the milan Territor- for more than
twenty years ana has spent the last six
teen winters in succession in Washing
ton where his great success has given
him national reputation.
Victor Herbert announces that he
has at last found a librettO for the opera
lie is to write for Mr.. Hammerstein. a.
though he had almost deSpairel Of find
ing a SUBJECT that would inspire him. tIc
The music will not be American, in the
sense Of being built up on national mel
odies. but it will he in the best style of
the author.
There will be three men in the coming
Congress who win he contestants for the
honor of being proclaimed the talest
member. They ore Sullowav, Of Now
Hampshire: Barchfeld. nf PENNSYLVANIA
and Anthony. Of Kansas. Sulloway HAS
q height Of feet i inches. but IS roun.l
shcnldnrad an, ir topped Nv Parchf"Ia,
who is feet 3. Anthony Is eject A. Suilo-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-24

rnStmaSter- General Meyer makes
toms which he will make to Congress
nj its ,h!Hiny session regarding the es-
tahlishnrnt of Il parcels post system
in this GENTRY. He will strongly ad-
Wis" that the weight Of parcels be in
creased from four to II pounds. which
is now the maximum in foreign coun-
tries. and that the price he fixed ut l.
cents Il pound maximum. with slight
addition for free delivery along rural
routes. rs 4 coi,ccSsion to the local
stnrr,le.,,,, IS. while in the city they are
L. he delivered free. He has figured
out ana will produce statistics to show
tibet this plan would result in Il Very
larEe Increase in business. would be 4
great aunn To the public. while no in
1ertSt worthy uf consideration would
suffer OF course the express com
panics would look at things in 4 diff
fercnt liSht. hut the size of their in
creasinS dividends is hardly to be con,
S:dCred in comparison with the con
venicncr and saving to the millions o
American people which would result
from such a parcels post system in thi,
country as all other civilized matte II.
enjoy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-24

The returns are in from the Mary
and Baltimore, which is pretty much
the whole of Maryland, reports that it
entertained 10000 visitors during the
celebration. Evidently the South takes
kindly to the idea which it has Dor
Home Week was likewise declared Il
success in kentucky when celebrated
there for the first time last year.
Southern hospitality is proverbial and
the colonies know how t" welcome back
the Wanderers
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-24

They ire putting Ill" l?N alinanacs or
the nnarll"t and Il CllrSory pCruSai of one
of them brings ont the interesting fact
that 'iltcc of the important holiday.
Wa ehnptum's birthday, Memorial Day
ana the Fourth Of July. will idll ur"n
saturday. This combination Of 2 dou-
biz, holiday j. enjoyed by som" people os-
1n,..iliv those Who wish I" improve the
nppurtunity to make u trip away from
ho'n" Lui think If the grief of the school
children. Practically In, same thine
will h?Iptu = year later. as in 1ar
WH+hir2t"n's birthday will iall on
Monday nud Memorial Day and ih'
Fourth Of july on sunday, which vii
mean a Monday observance for tht
two last PANIED holidays. In 100!
Christmas will also fall III SATURDAY
giving Us four double holidays in that
year.