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Amador ledger., 1907-11-22
Sheathinq a Shin.

Sbeathing a ship is covering the bot
tom with sheath of copper. In ali
seas. but particularly in those of the
tropics, the hulls of ships are liable to
the attack of certain worms which
penetrate the hardest wood and have
been known in the course of a few
months to damage the hull so as to
render the vessel worthless. Copper
sheathing protects the ship not only
against the attacks of these borers,
but also against decay. and is especial
ly valuable in the case of iron ships.
the metal rapidly oxidizing and becom-
ing brittle when exposed to the action
Of the sea water.
Amador ledger., 1907-11-22
THE PURsER's JOKE.
Why Religious Services Were Not Held
on That Trip.


Why Religious Services Were Not Held
on That Trip.
On most of the big ocean steamers
minister is usually found among the
passengers, and invariably he is called
upon on Sunday to conduct religious
service in the main dining saloon. Oc-
casionally the man of the cloth seeks
the purser and asks if he may conduct
a service on the Sabbath. A case of
this sort happened recently on one of
the Red D steamers on the run from
New York to La Guayra. A young
minister who three days before the
steamer sailed had taken orders from
a seminary. and day later a wife
asked the purser If he might conduct
religious service on the following day,
which was Sunday. The purser re-
piled that the dining saloon was at his
disposal and that the passengers
would be informed. AT what hour
shall the service begin?c asked the
young minister. The purser rubbed
his brow a moment and replied that
he could begin at mine BELLS" The
minister and his bride appeared in the
dining saloon at 8 o'clock in the morn
ing and waited four hours for the con-
gregation, which did not come. On
the following day he listened again for
mine BELLS" but heard them not.-New
York Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1907-11-22
NOVEMBER %, 1907
THE EXTRA SESSION.

Governor Ge has yielded the request the nancers
and called session of the legislature which convened
in Sacramento last Tuesday We believe members of the
legislature and the horde of attaches will
Jolc,ng this 1t will afford them another oppor-
tunlty of drawing salaries and that the important
consideration with the average legislator and aache The
governor will unquestonaby do his to protect the
interests of the state against dsgraceu raids upon the
which have be looked upon inevitable
comitant of the assembling Of the lawnakng body Whether
thing to bring them together, is another thing keep
them within reasonable get them let go of their jobs
at the proper time Eight days is given the
probable length of the session If they wind up their bust
in that time the people will be agreeably surprised
The subjects specified in the official call
The postponemen of the date of delinquency of from
the last Monday in November until probably time
January February.
To allow the transact business during special
holidays raying the amendments the charter of San
Francisco which adopted the election recently held
that city, providing for the payment of members of the
tiona guard for duty the late disturbances in San Fran
cisco; the removal of Andrew NJ Wilson from the office of
railroad commissioner for corruption in Office, he being
of the confessed boodng supervisors of San Francisco prior
to his election to his present position last fall empowering
the bonds for the improvement arbor of
San Francisco; and lastly provide money for the
gent expenses of the governors Office
Amador ledger., 1907-11-22
SECRET WRITING.
How Letters May Be Made Safe From
PryinJ Eyes.


Even with the most unromantic of
US occasions sometimes arise when we
should like to make some memoran-
DUN or write some letter which cannot
be read except by those we wish to do
so. Here is a simple method:
Soak sheet of note paper in cold
water and lay it perfectly fiat upon a
pane of glass. Place above it another
sheet, dry this time. and on the upper
sheet write your message with a fairly
hard pencil You now destroy the dry
paper and allow all the moisture to
evaporate from the wet piece Don't
hold it to the fire, but let it dry nat
Rrally. If you then examine it close
ly you will see not the faintest trace of
writing, but if you moisten the paper
once more and hold it up to the light
you can read quite plainly all you
wrote. 1t will show up like the water
mark on postage stamp. This meth
cd, by the way, is sometimes adopted
by convicts. They use their Cruel
cans instead of glass and a sharp piece
of wood for pencil.
Another way is less dirty and even
more effective. Lay several sheets of
paper on fat surface and write upon
the top one. Then remove the bottom
sheet, on which no impression appears
If you hold this in the vapor of iodine
however, the writing will turn brown
and be quite legible. The explanation
is plain. The note paper contains
starch, which on being pressed turns
to hydramide, substance which is
acted on by iodine in the manner de-
scribed.-Answers.
Amador ledger., 1907-11-22
She Was a Countess.

Squaggs-Say, Squiggs, is there any
thing in the story that your nephew
married a countess? Squiggs-Well,
yes, l suppose there is. The young
lady ran the adding machine in Bug
house & Bingle's otfjce.-Toledo Blade
Amador ledger., 1907-11-22

The decision of president Roosevelt omit from all coins
hereafter mined the motto In God trust has raised
of discussion pro and The assigned
this innovation is that it tends Ito irreverent esting Re
gous bodies generally to this oberation Of the
acknowledgment of the Dey from the gold and silver coins
and strong effort will doubtless be made before congress
have the inscription restored and made compulsory AS the
law stands discretionary with the administration
omit retain the With the exception of pres
ent strenuous chief magistrate president since the days
of Grant and Lincoln has deliberately stricked the
frcm coins upon which they had previously been placed
Ten-dollar gold pieces in circulation minus the
motto and other coins follow unless congress
otherwise Whether the retained discarded is
perhaps mmateria The question of the religious
gious charater of the nation the involved
The president defends the omission of the words groud
of religious veneraon the urges their
precisely the ground The stre-out business
to parake of the spectacular than anything else is
something in the nature of Roosevelt surprise.
Amador ledger., 1907-11-22
Fortunate.

81 thought" said the author as he
took back the manuscript, that the
story would just about do for you"
YES" rejoined the editor, that's
just about what it would do if we
printed it, but fortunately l happened
to read it myself, so l am returning it
to you for fear of accidents. People
are so careless. Judy.
Amador ledger., 1907-11-22
Starting Him In Business.

Brides Father Ito his prospective
son-in-law, a young lawyer)-I am not
going to give my daughter a cash
dowry, but have some doubtful claims
for $4,000 that l will make over to
you, and you can sue on them.
Amador ledger., 1907-11-22

Go astray and everybody knows 1t;
reform, and nobody will believe it.--St
Louis Globe Democrat.
Amador ledger., 1907-11-22
Too ate to Die.

Gerald-I would die for you. Geral-
dine-But pa says you are dead one
already.-New York Press.
Amador ledger., 1907-11-22

Things grow apace this country. Less than fifteen years
ago the rural delivery system Of the post Office department
required appropriation of 1oooo takes thirty
million dollars support that particular branch of the postal
service.
The Washington times., 1907-02-25
TROUBLE BREWING
IN LONDON CIRCLES
Scotland Votes Not to Enter
Olympics and France
May Also Quit.

NEW YORK, Feb. 25--OWing 10 the
refusal Of the English Olympic commit
tee to grant representation to the Scot
1ish Amateur Athletic Association. the
latter, controlling athletics in Scotland,
has voted not TO participate in the big
carnival TO be held in London in 1905.
The absence Of the Scottish distance
runners. notably McGough. who was
prominent at Athens. taking second 10
Lightbody in the 100 meters, viii
weaken Great Britain's chances mater
tally.
1t is also reported from the other side
that France will not be represented in
the carnival. while the attitude OF the
British promoters may deter other Eu-
ropean countries from sending teams.
The English association governing
athletics has also refused the request
Of the Scottish association that a con-
ference be held 70 clarity the definition
OF an amateur. The English committee
in declining the request stated that IT
was strongly opposed TO any movement
which might result in the legalizatiOn
OF the payment Of expenses TO amateur
athletes seeking 10 compete on the
track or field.
The Washington times., 1907-02-25
ENGLISHAEN FEAR
POWER BOAT DIXIE

NEW YORK, Feb 25.-The Motor and
Yacht Club o. Great Britain has fixed
the date for the race for the interna-
tional challenge cup.
IL VIII be held on August 3. while the
British elimination race viii be held
July p.
Great cOgccrn IS expressed on the
other side over the chances of Z. ].
SchrOeder's. Dixie. especially since her
repeated trials In Southern waters In
the neighborhood Of 2:2o for a mile
and an effort is being made to stir W
the English manufacturers 10 endeavor
TO produce a faster racer than they
now have TO insure the safety of the
cup.
At present the three Napiers, the
Brooke-NaPier and the Yarrow-Napier.
are the best of the English boats. and
they have just about the same speed
as the Dixie. with the Yarrow-Na pier
slightly il advance OF the others. The
latter however. has been fitted with
q new set of WOlseley motors. and is
expected 70 set up some new records
In the races at Monaco. which she has
entered
The Washington times., 1907-02-25
JACK PALMER HERE
LOOKING FOR BLOOD
English Heavyweight Scrap
per Reaches Gotham and
Tells All About Himself.

NEW YORK, Feb. 25.-Jack. Palmer,
the English heavyweight fighter. who
is almost the first OF his class TO look
for ring glory on this side since the
strenuous days Of Charlie Mitchell, saw
America yesterday for the first time
from the deck Of the Etruria.
He came ashore with his English
manager. James Loves. landlord of the
Percy Cottage. at Newcastle-on-Tyne
an inn known TO all interna -ionaI sports.
The aspirant for an American purse
Is 5 feet lO15 inches In stature and in
condition weighs 40 pounds. Broad
shouldered a trifie lanky. but com
aactly framed, with a clean, solid, SYM
metricaI neck. sandy and reddish com
plexlon and hair TO match: blu,-eyed
and well dressed. the light-heavyweig
looks as II he could keep his temper
even il most of the hitting was coming
hie way.
The eyes show humor. Speech and a
good-natured way Of looking at things,
as well as complexion. would almost
make one believe Palmer had Irish
ancestry. He sizes up as an old
fashioned. self-reliant, handy mar with
his fists. who would give the other fell
low something 70 do.
Il would like TO fight O'Brien," said
loves. II viii give Philadelphia Jack
oBrien the first chance. Failing O'Brien.
/ will take on anybody in the world.
Jeftries or Squires preferred. The fight
must be for the best purse from any
body that I can get O'Brlen didn't give
me a fair chance. for he left New CAS-
lie on a midnight train after we had
posted 81, 900. Palmer claims he lost the
decision 10 Heavyweight Gunner Moir
on foul that was not a foul"
Palmer will be twenty-eight years old
in March He used 10 be a miner, and
has won forty-eight or fifty fights. As
a pitman he fought with bare knuckles
for small purses. and has been groomed
for hard battles.
In competition he has knocked out
"slouch' Dixon and among many others
Jack Scale and Ben Taylor. If nothing
offers IN the East we will go TO Los
Angeles.
Palmer's name In private life IS John
Liddel and he has a brother, Joseph
Liddeu, whom he has not seen In eleven
years at $50 East Fifty-ninth street.
I'm sensible about my training said
Palmer. Il work in the morning and
In the afternoon do a little ball punch
ing. Loves and Palmer were met by
Spike Sullivan and went 10 the Metro
poie. Sam Fitzpatrick, who managed
Sam Johnson and Kid Lavigne, will
probably take Up Jack Palmer
The Washington times., 1907-02-25
BOWLING : RAGING GOLF : BOXING !: ATHLETICS
L0NGB0AT MEETS IIEBRICH
IN PLACE OF B0NHAG

The temporary retirement Of George
v Bcnhag from active competition has
resulted in the abandonment OF the
three-mile race between The Irish-Ameri-
can Athletic Club long distance cham
plon ard Tom" Longboat. the Cana
dian Indian. which was scheduled as
the feature event Of the New York Ath-
letic Club games ia Madison Square
Garden, March -
IL probable that Frank Bebrich. the
Anne can crOss-country champion viii
De substituted for Bonnag, and She dis
lance Increased 10 FIVE miles. Captain
Hau5old, Of the New York ATHLETIC
Niub. is negotiating with LOngboat. and
expects 70 arrange the match.
The Washington times., 1907-02-25
H. ]. HANDY LOSES
TO c. N. DANIELS
Crack New York Swimmer
Breaks Worlds Record
for 1000 Yards.

NEW YORK. Feb. 25-In the dual
swimming meet between the Chicago
Athletic Association and the New York
Athletic Club, which took place Satur-
day night in the natatOrium Of the local
organization, New York won eight out
Of nine events. the visitors winning the
fifty-yard sack race through the excel
lent work Of p. T. Laughlin.
In the polo match New York won by
three goals TO two. and in the 10O0-yard
special race c. NJ. Daniels, Of New York
club, easily outdistanced the visiting
man, H J. Handy. In defeating Handy,
Daniels established several new records
at intermediate distances and finished
the loo yards in a new record of 13
minutes q 9-5 seconds. beating Handy S
old record Of -14:04.
The Washington times., 1907-02-25
HANDICAP POOL
STARTS TONIGHT
Great Southern Tournament
Brings Together Many
Well-KnoWn Players.

grown more rapidly in Washington in
the past two or three months. with the
consequence that more tournaments
have been held here recently than in
the same space Of time for several years
Also, there has been no inconsiderable
amount OF local talent displayed as the
result Of bringing 10 this city we'll
known performers from the outside.
The latest tournament is the Great
Southern handicap. which begins at the
National Hotel tonight and runs for
twenty-one nights. This viii bring to-
gether one of the best collection of star
poolists ever seen in Washington. and
will put the city on the map as the pos
sible place for holding a worlds cham
pionship. something local followers Of
the sport have been wanting for five
years
Sherman Scratch Man.
The Great Southern is arranged with
Frank Sherman, the Washington player
who was formerly champion OF the
world. as scratch man. He Will have 10
make 125 balls to 100 by his opponents
This gives Sherman a hard task, but
in the preceding tournaments he has
1-aNffA - -AAAhaA CLASS anu has A4e10
a comparatively easy time; that his
friends are confident Re will be the
winner Making FIVE balls 90 every four
is slightly better thaa he has done
against some OF the men in the tourna-
ment, but Sherman has shown decided
Improvement in HIS work as the season
has advanced, and has really not been
forced to do his best, hence IL Is diff
cult TO get an exact line on what he
could 90 in a pinch.
Opposed TO Sherman viii be Billy
Wenrick. Of New York, now running a
big pool and billiard room in Baltimore.
and who is the champion Of Pennsyl-
vania; Fred A. Stewart, Of Grand
Rapids. Mich. champion Of the New
England States, who won the champion
ship Of Maryland, Virginia. and the
District OF Columbia last week at the
Brunswick Club. in Washington. Sher-
man declining 10 defend the title; Joe
Todd, Of Baltimore. champion OF New
Jersey. who gave Sherman a hard run
for the District championship last year:
claims the championship Of the Old
Dominion; Edward King. OF Pittsburg
one Of the best men in Pennsylvania
which Is the home Of pool champions
and Frank Cadett, of Washington.
King and Cadett meet tonight in the
opening game. In the course OF the
series every man will PLAY every other
man, and $3.50 will be divided among
those who land IN the money.
The Washington times., 1907-02-25
TOME CLOSED MEET
BRINGS OUT TALENT
Excellent Work Done by
Port Deposit Rivals of
Washington Boys.

PORT DEPOSIT, Nd. Feb 25--
Tones indoor meet on Saturday, not
only equaled but far surpassed all ex-
pectatiOns-
1t was generally conceded in advance
that the Fythidns would Win the meet
by a handsome margin, but as the
events progressed, thu unexpected Nap
pened. and the Olymrians maintained
the lead until the close Of the ninth
event. wncn the Pythi5 ms forged half
point ahead Everything then depend
ed upon te springbOard jump, in which
there were two contestants from each
society. AS first place counts iiye
points. it was seen at once that which
ever society won the five points would
secure the meet.
The Washington times., 1907-02-25
Spring Board Jump.

The bar was started at feet 6, and
all four cleared il until feet 9 was
reached. at which height. Sanderson,
Olympian, and Hankins. Pythian. tied
FOR third place. This left il up 10 Fen
tress. OlyIr plan, and Myers. Pythian.
At 6-1, each failed once on the sec
-ond trial. Feutress cleared the bar,
jump a dive. and IL counted a failure.
Mr@rs tried and failed Gathering him
self for Il last effort amid absolute
quiet. FeLtress just cleared the bar.
alighting first on his feet and then fall
ing at fun length. Myers attempt was
a failure, and the Olmpians were vic
torious-
The most gratifying feature of the
meet was the remarkable showing made
by some of the boys in the junior
class. in the high jump particularly.
where three of these cleared hVe feet.
namely. RInSO. G. Wynn, and. Bailey;
first place at feet ] inch Until ten
DAYS ago neither Of these boys knew
they coulC jump. In the iirst-class
pole vault John Clarke vaulted 9 feet
previous indoor record.
Spencer Kerr, a CatOnsville boy, and
an entrant IN both the first and second
class pole vault. received the applause
of everybody by his splendid pole vault
ing He Is a little fellow, but showed
excellent form and cleared feet 9
lnCleS. WniCn was tAttUHll tOiiSlutliils
mis- size. and which IS three inches bet
ter than he ever did before.
In the fence vault. Wise dld D feet
S inches, within two inches Of Ruhl
record. established two years ago. Rob-
ertson and Allen tied for second place
with feet 4 inches.
Gamble easily won the pole vault,
first class. at feet 3 inches. He then
put up the bar and in three trials
broke the indoor record. which was
10 feet Y inch.
Wise and Clarke had a hot fight for
the first class high jump, the former
winning out at ; feet 3 inches, equaling
the record.
In the second class fence vault, Vande
Cars work was the surprise OF the
day. He won second place, with 9 feet
2 inches to his credit.
Sanderson beat out Cooley in the
75-yard potato race.
This meet has brought out q squad
of eight pole vaulterS and six high
jumpers at Tome Most of these boys
are juniors. but several of Them are
already working i'm good form, and viii
be heard from IN a year or two.
The Washington times., 1907-02-25
NEW TERRoRS TO SHOPPING.

device for fitting monographs to
doors. As the customer enters the door
OF a shop. "A voice will call out: Flour
is cheaper today New consignment of
special quality mince meat just re-
celved, try some" and similar invita-
tions.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-22
Open Board.
SAN FRANCISCO COMMENT
ON G0LDFIELD DIVIDEND

A San Francisco dispatch over the Pol
lock wires comments on the dividend an
nouncement of the Goldfield Consolidated
Mines company as follows:
After waiting for several months for
the announcement of the dividend policy
of the Goldfield Consolidated company.
the official interview published today
that the directors would declare ten
cent monthly dividend Monday is re-
ceived on the local exchange without en-
thusiasm Anticipation had placed the
dividend as high as . cents and the pre-
vailing expectation has been 10 cents
However, 10 cents monthly figures around
a 16 per cent basis on a selling value of
$3.50 for the stock, and the wind-up OF
the Baruch option and other financial
matters show a conservative manage
ment.
Plenty of stock was for sale on today'S
opening market and the opinion among
floor brokers is that the stock is selling
around its right price. 1t will not sur
prise the reader of figures to see a change
toward buliishness in this stock next
Week-
The miIlion-dollar loan will be paid to
Baruch as follows: 100000 shares stock
interest 10 date and something like $780,
600 in money. for which Baruch releases
option on 100000 shares of stock"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-22
COLUMBUS CON.
ROLLING OUT ORE
Over $4,000 Worth Sold So
Far This Month and 700
Tons at Sampler.
SOUTH COLUMBUS AFFAIRS
A NOISE.
SOUTH COLUMBUS AFFAIRS

Over $4,000 worth of crude ore and con-
centrates from the Columbus CONSOLIDATE
ed company's Alta mines has been sold
since the first of the present month.
There is now over zoo tons at the sam
ping mill that VIII be sold during the
coming week and Superintendent A O.
Jacobson, who is down to remain over
Sunday, says that from sixty to seventy
five tons of product is coming down every
DAY from the mine and mill. In other
words. the property's production during
september alone will more than be suf-
f1cient TO pay the regular quarterly divi-
dend OF 20 cents a share, which wifi be
posted during the coming week. and meet
all operating expenses, as well.
AT the South Columbus. Mr.. Jacobson
reports the work OF development Is going
steadily ahead with good results. A car
or ore is now at the sampler and another
Is about ready to send down from the
mine. No attempt at regulation mining
has yet been made and the ore which is
being shipped is taken cut in the regular
work Of opening up the ground. All of
The surface improvements are now prac-
ticasfy through with and Mr.. jacobson
says there Is no mine in the state as well
prepared to take care Of its men in first
class style. Neat iron bedsteads and
SirSt-clasS spring mattresses are provided
IN every room In the lodging house and
everything possible to make the life of
this miner comfortable has been conSid-
cred
At the Columbus Wedge company's
properly over lnf6o ana Ofle-heLiI Leel OF
the rich chloride ores that made the
earfy-day history of the camp attract
world wide attention. has been opened
and a shaft Is now being sent down to
develop 1t. In this ground 1t Is possible
to get 600 feet Of vertical depth in the
ledge by tunneling and that work will be
done during the coming winter. This
Wedge ledge runs into the South Column
bus and the probabilities are that both
companies will be digging dividends out
of It before another twelve months is