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Amador ledger., 1907-03-15
Jewish Thrift.

The Allgemeine Rundscau, Vienna,
in an article on the Jewish question
and anti-Semitism, has this to say as
to Jewish thrift: ''If we could only in
duce our own lower class to acquire
the Jews thrift, his industry, his sense
Of order, his scrupulous exactitude, his
religious loyalty and love for his fam
lily the Jew on his darker side would
appear far less dangerous to them than
Is at present the case. II one Sunday,
by way Of interesting experiment, one
were to conduct an inquiry into the
station, wealth and religion of visitors
to the various pubuc houses, the fol-
lowing result would transpire: A large
number Of the guests would be Chris
tians who would do far better to save
than spend their money in alcoholic re-
freshments, gaming and tobacco. There
might be few Jews, but at the most
they would content themselves with q
cup of coffee"
Amador ledger., 1907-03-15
A Cholera Belt.

"The cholera belt" said pale Anglo
Indian, sis not an imaginary girdle,
like your pie belt, but real girdle,
which every foreign resident of India
wears day and night. In winter the
belt is made of heavy WOOL In the
summer it is made of light WOOL 1t is
never taken Off Even when you are
sleeping in a temperature Of 105 de-
grees. tossing and moaning and per-
spring, despite the punkah that fans
you from above, you still keep on your
cholera belt, no matter what else you
shed. Every AngloIndian has a couple
of dozen cholera belts. They are said
to prevent cholera, and have no doubt
they do so. At any rate, never heard
of any wearer Of a cholera belt whom
cholera ever seized upon"
Amador ledger., 1907-03-15
a. Anolent Hebrew pible.

The highest amount ever offered for
single volume was rendered by a
number of wealthy Jewish merchants
of Venice to Pope Julius II. for a very
ancient Hebrew Bible. 1t was then be-
lieved to be an original copy Of the
Septuagint version made from the He
brew into Greek in 277 B. c., careful
copies of the Hebrew text having been
prepared at that date for the use Of
the seventy translators. The offer to
julius was 100000, which, considering
the difference between the value Of
money then and now, would in our day
represent the princely sum of 5000, ,000
Julius was at that time greatly pressed
for money to maintain the holy league
which the pope had organized against
France, but in spite of his lack Of
funds he declined the offer.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-15
An Abrupt Final.

Joaquin Miller had just won recogni.
ton as the poet of the Sierras and was
working on a paper in Oregon. He
had been contributing verses and short
stories and had just begun tale about
the soldiers on the frontier who suf-
fered with scurvy. The editor wanted
the scurvy story for the morning pub
lication, but Joaquin Miller could not
concentrate upon his work. His mind
leaped to the anticipated joy of great
social function occurring that evening,
for at this time he was a social lion.
However, he had proceeded in his story
up to the point of the conditional cure
for the disease where all the soldiers
suffering with scurvy had been buried
with only their heads exposed to view.
The editor was yelling "Copyw The
poets mind refused to work. He could
not finish the tale, leaving his soldiers
in such plight Suddenly an inspira-
ton came to him. He grabbed his
pencil and wrote rapidly the following
words:
"And she wolf came along and ate
off all their heads" Then he made a
bee line for the door and was not seen
again until the next day. His story
was not published
Amador ledger., 1907-03-15
weight of n Lion.

what does lion weigh?' Ask that
question Of any acquaintance and see
what he will say. Those who best
know the look of the king of beasts
and how small his 1.-the body really is
will probably come furthest from the
truth. About 800 to $50 pounds is a
usual estimate. But this is below the
mark. A full grown lion will tip the
scales at no less than 500 pounds
Five hundred and forty pounds is the
record for an African Hon. His bone
is solid and heavy as ivory. The tiger
runs the lion very close. A Bengal
tiger killed by an English officer scaled
$40 pounds. A tiger Of this size has,
however. considerably greater muscu-
lar strength than the biggest lion.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-15
Quick wit Saved His Life.

"The strangest and most thrilling
piece of swordsmanship ever saw"
said the fencing master, twas in Yer
mont. was spending the autumn In
a mountainous part of the state. and
there was military encampment near
my hotel. One morning an officers
horse started to bolt with the man
during parade and made at breakEeck
speed toward precipice. The Off
Ger tried to stop the horse, tried to
turn his head-no use. On dashed the
frantic animal straight for the abyss.
We all held our breaths. In another
instant we expected. to see horse and
rider 60 over the cliff. But the officer
when within fifty feet of the edge
drew his sword and plunged it twice
deep into the horse. The horse stag
gered, slowed, keeled over, dying. The
man had sacrificed the animaPs life to
save his own"
Amador ledger., 1907-03-15
Age. In the Animal Kincdom.

A great variance as to length of life
appears among different animals. Some
insects live for only few hours, while
fish, elephants and turtles are fire.
Quently centenarians. The average
life Of the mosquito is three days.
Toads usually live to the age of about
fifteen years, while carp have been
known to reach $50. Chickens live
from twelve to fifteen years, dogs to
the age of ten and occasionally fifteen
and parrots to extreme age. These
birds have been known to pass the
age Of 200 years. Turtles are also fire.
quently centenarians, as are storks.
and elephants are said to reach the
age of 300 years Whales have been
known to live for 400 years.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-15
An Old Medicine.

Ground oyster Shells" said the ply
slcian, "were used as medicine by
the mediaeval doctors-a medicine for
the ricketts, and scrofula."
"Howl absurdw
absurd? Not at all. Oyster shells
contain lime, nitrogen, iron, sulphur,
magnesia, bromide. phosphoric acid and
iodine. Those are all excellent tonics
You know how hens eat ground oyster
shells and thus produce eggs with good,
thick, strong shells? Well, as the oys-
ter shell powder acts on eggshells so
have no doubt it acted in the middle
ages on the bending, crumbling bones
of the rickety, putting strength and
firmness into them. Ground oyster
shells, am convinced, would be good
things for frail children today. They
would strengthen the frame, increase
the appetite and have a splendid effect
on the teeth. h."-Philadelphia Bulletin.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-15
A Curious nnd Rnre Rook,

The most curious as well as one of
the rarest books known to collectors is
the edition of the Vulgate issued by
Pope Sixtus V. some time between
1885 and 1890. The book, as Disraeli
described it, fairly swarmed with er-
rata" So numerous were they that a
number of printed paper slips contain
ing the proper words were pasted over
the errors, and, this device proving in
efficient on account of the immense
number of mistakes, as many of the
copies as could be found were called in
and destroyed. Only few remain, and
the book with its paper patches COM
mands an extremely high price.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-15
Calling the Chickens.

In England the calls chuck, chuck,
Or coop, coop. prevail; in Virginia,
coo-che, coo-che; in Pennsylvania, pee,
pee This latter call is widely en-
ployed, being reported from Germany,
Spain (as pi. pD, Bulgaria, Hungary,
Bavaria and the Tyrol In the Austri-
an province the term is used in COM
bination-thus: Pulla. pi, pi. The call
pullele. pul, pul, also occurs there.
In some parts OF Germany the poul-
try are called with tick, tick; in Prus-
sia. put, put, and young chickens with
tux, TUX (Grimm), and schip, schip, the
latter being an imitation of their own
cry. In eastern Prussia hens are
called with kluckschen, kluck, kluck;
also tippchen. tlpp, tipp. Grimm re-
cords also pi. pi, and tiet, tiet. Vein
hold reports from Bavaria bib, bibeli,
bidli; pl. pi, and pul. pul. In Denmark
the call is pootle; In Holland, kip. kip;
in Bohemia, tyoo; in Bulgaria, tiri, tiri
Amador ledger., 1907-03-15
A Cause of divorce.

what is the most frequent cause of
divorced" the lawyer was asked.
at is nearly Incredible" he said.
''but thing that causes divorce often
er than you'd imagine is married peo-
pies .quarreling over their right to
open one another's letters. The hus-
band will claim that he Is entitled to
open the wife's mail. The wife will
claim that she is entitled to open the
husbands. In the letters of neither
will there be anything of a private or
compromising nature, but nevertheless
they both want to get their mail in
violate-it enrages them to have it
opened and read. Quarrels over this
letter opening question vex, suppose,
80 per cent of married couples. OF
this 80 per cent distressingly large
proportion go on from bad to worse
till they wind up in the divorce court,
So, young man, when you come to mar
ry, leave your wife's mail alone, no
matter how she may pry into yours
New York Press.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-15
A Driller All Right.

An Eishman looking for work took
his stand in group at the gate of
large engineering establishment. By
and by the foreman came up to the
gate and asked:
Are there any drillers hereT
YES" said Pat, stepping forward.
He got the job at once, but he had
not been working long at the machine
when it broke down. The foreman, in
anything but a pleasant mood, then in
Quired:
Where, man, did you learn drill
ingf"
an the militia" was Pats reply
London Tit-Dits.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-15
Notice for Publication.

Depaf tment of the Interior,
. Land Office at Sacramento, Cali
tornia, Jan. Z. 1907.
Notice is hereby given that John
Mehrtens, of Clements, California,
has tiled notice of his inte ntion to
make final five year proof in support
of his claim, viz: Homestead Entry
No. 6962, made June Is, 1900, for the
Lot Il s. 4 of N w a, Sec. 3, Lot l.,
Section a, Township = N, Range 10
b., Nj. d. M, and that said proof
will be made before the U. S. Com
missioner If Amador county, Cali
fornia, at his office iN jackson, Cali
fornia, on Wednesday Feb. 20, 1907.
He names the following witnesses
to prove bis continuous residence
upon, and cultivation of the land,
viz. ~
George Ellis of Ritchey, California.
Edward Grelich of Drytown, Calf.
John Nash OF jackson, California.
ID. &. Gibson of Clements, Calf.
JOHN +. ARMS rRONG,
jal1-td Register.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-15
ja11-td
Notice of Forfeiture.


Toll. f. Buthenuth -(his heirs or
assigns Your are herbey notified
that l have expended two bundled
dollars $4,000, in labor and impI Iove-
ments on the Mountain Queen and
Mountain King quartz mines, situated
in NIgger Gulch, Volcano mining
district. Amador county, State OF
California.
Notices of the location of saId
mines are recorded in Vol. 6. of
Quartz Records, pages l35 and 1875 of
Amador county, State of California,
IN order to hold said mines under the
provisions of Section 1924 Revised
Statutes of the United States, icing
the amount required to hold the same
for the year ending December 81,
1906, aud if within ninety (9O) days
from the service of this notice, Tor
within ninety (90) days after this
notice by publioation) you fail or
refuse to cnntI ibute your proportion
of expenditure as co-owner, your
interest in said claims will become
the property of the subscriber under
said Section 2324. Is. W. Pitts.
January 3, 190710 W.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-15
soott,s Narrow Escape.

The world had a narrow escape Of
never having known Sir Walter
Scott. When a tiny babe he was left
in charge of maid, but the girls heart
was in Edinburgh, whittier she wanted
to go to rejoin her lover She was,
however, compelled TO stay and look
after the Infant at Sandy Knowe. The
girl regarded her charge as an obstacle
to be removed and afterward confess
ed that she carried young Scott up to
the Craigs (under strong temptation
of the devil, as she expressed it, fully
intending to cut his throat with her
scissors and bury him under the moss.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-15
The DEPARTMENT Store.

The organization of a great depart.
ment store is almost military in its
discipline and Is one Of the best exam
pies Of what organization can accom-
plish. The proprietor Is commander in
Chief, and under him are a number of
assistants who are what might be cen.
sidsred district supervisors. Below
them are the heads Of departments,
who are responsible to their district
chief or to some other head. The foor
walker, the man who is SO much in
evidence because he, spends his time
in the aisles, is, in fact, a superintsnd.
ent or foreman in charge of depart.
ment or series of departments. Each
counter Is under the general super.
vision Of what Is known as a head
salesman, but this head salesman Is
subject to the direction Of the foor.
walker.-"startiag Ia Life" by N. C.
Fowler, Jr.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-15
The Light That Fai1ed.

1t was by an accident that Mr.. Kip
ling got his famous title, ''The Light
That Failed" He had almost decided
to call the novel 1.-The Failure" al
though he was dissatisfied with this.
One evening as he was sitting in his
study reading by lamplight the light
went suddenly down-almost failed, in
fact. In a second Kipling jumped up.
exclaimlng excitedly, by Jove, I've
got itP' Pointing to the lamp, he said,
"The Light That Failed"-London
Standard.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-15
Mnler., Best cu.tener..

The forty odd million sacks of aour
consumed yearly in the United King
dom are mainly eaten iR the. form Of
bread. Ia the houses sf the rich and
In the best hotels bread is sparingly
eaten, but among the middle classes
and in workmen's homes it forms a
considerable portion of the diet. AS
the latter class predominant and as
their families are the most numerous,
1t is not improbable that the children
under sixteen consume about three
ffths of the total -four sold in the
United Kingdom. In q commercial
sense, therefore. the children are the
millers' best friends.-London Milling.
offMistEfs' fistfs EaE'sy Ulcers
The famous little pillse
Amador ledger., 1907-03-15
Historic Granevines.

The celebrated kings vines" at Fon-
planted under the reign of
Henry ~, grow against a wall in the
park not far from the castle, and the
grapes are highly esteemed by gour
NETS. Since the republic was estab-
lished the grapes have always been
sold by auction, the proceeds going
into the Golfers of the minister of
finance.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-15
The obstinate Cook.

Father-Cooking schools are of some
use after all. This cake is delicious,
Daughter-Is 1t? l thought it would
be a terrible failure. Father-Why?
Daughter-I told the cook exactly how
to make it, and she went and made it
some other way.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-15
The Two Cnrricks.

George Garrick. brother of the cele-
brated David. was the latter's most de-
voted slIve and laborious pack horse.
On coming behind the scene he usually
inquired, Has David wanted me?" 1t
being asked once how George came to
die SO soon after the demise of his fa-
nous brother, a wag replied, David
wanted him.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-15
The Man Fish.

Mathew Buchinger, mentioned in old
English wonder books as the man
fish," was the most remarkable mon
strosity Of his time He had neither
hands, alu.,;. feet nor legs. From his
shoulders grew two finlike eXcrescen-
ces, and along lis back there were sew
eral rows of scales. He had the lidless
eyes characteristic of the fish species
and Il queer puckered mouth and no
ears
Amador ledger., 1907-03-15
Her Intense sorroyv.

Hell called to see you last evening
and the servant told me you were not
in. She-Yes; was sorry to have
missed you. He-I thought you must
be; heard you laughing upstairs in
such grief stricken tones that l al
most wept myself out of sympathy.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-15
Rule che "Roost~ or "Roa.tsv

SteueI Gardener. an under cooke in
the Cardinal Wolfe Wolsey hys house.
and afterwards allowed Of kynge
Henry the eyght to be Il master cooke,
and hys principal cooke for n longe
TYNE, ruled the rosie in ye, kynge's
house as loidly, and as sauc us hys
mafs;er dyd before him. as ye blowe
upon his cheke that my L4orde of War
wyl;e gave him mAy bare wytnes.-
Spiritual Ihysic. 1555. ~
Amador ledger., 1907-03-15
Zig DiGerenccs.

What" said the Judge You ex-
pect re - send your husband to prison
when yoI acknowledge that you threw
five haIiroas at him and he only threw
Dne ut you?'
Yes; that's all right. judge" said
the irate wo2!ln. but. then, the one
he threw bit me-
Amador ledger., 1907-03-15
Love and Dyspepsia.

Young Wife (sobbing)-I am afraid,
Karl, you have forgotten what the
Herr Pastor said so beautifully at our
wedding-how love believes anything,
suffers anything Young Husband
oh, no; l haven't. but l didn't hear
him say that love can eat anything
Fliegende Blatter.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-15
Honesty md Ability
Uncle-Yau see hnnestv is ahsnl1

Uncle-Ysu see honesty is absolutely
necessary, but ability is equally indis-
pensable. Nephew-That may be, but
what end does honesty serve? Uncle
TO maintain your obligations. Neph-
ew-And ability? Uncle-To avoid
having them.-Il Monde Umoristico.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-15
Self Made Man.

A rich financier said to one of our
eonfreres who has more wit than
wealth, when 1 began business. sir,
had nothing"
But those with whom you did busi-
ness had something" : Independence
Roumaine.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-15

Use little Kodol after your meals
and it will be found to afford a
prompt and efficient relief. Kodol
nearly approximutes the digestive
Juices. 1t digests what you eat. 1t
is sold on a guaranteed relief plan.
Sold here by +. w. Ruhser.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-15

After the joy which springs from
right doing the purest and sweetest is
that which is born of companionship
with Spirits akin to our own.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-15
TOnfcS.

Willie-Pa. what's tonic? Pa
It's something you take to brace you
up. Wiilie-Wcll, what's teutonic--
something TO brace you too much?
Amador ledger., 1907-03-15
Is Man a Harder Proposition,

Mrs. Benham-The snake tempted
Eve first. Benham-Yes, suppose he
wanted to begin on something easy
New York Press.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-15

SAFE DEPOSIT Safe deposit boxes can be
rented from the Bank OF Amador County at the
small expense Of % cents 0 month, thereby Sc.
curing you against any possible loss from are
or otherwise. Don't owe 0ok this opportunity
OF protecting your valr Oles.
SAVE MONEY tronize home institu.
tion.. Send money say through the Bank OF
Amador County; you will save 10 per cent and
upward over ostoffice or express. Money sent
TO all parts OF the United States and also all
parts OF the world. We have the latest quota.
tions on foreign exchange.
SAVE MONEY-7It doesn't cost anything to
deposit money in the Bank of Amador County
They receive deposits from IS up. Commence
the new year by opening up q bank account.
man or woman with a bank account has a
financial standing. Don't bury your money
when you die 1t can't be found and you are lin.
BILE to be robbed while alive
Amador ledger., 1907-03-15
Cnnrfarfaffa

'SThey bill and coo IL good deal"
That's all Il bluff"
Then you think they are only mock
turtledoves ?"-Louisville Courier-Jour
nal
Amador ledger., 1907-03-15
Necesrarx Limitations

Physician-I would suggest a diet.
Patient-Well, it will have to be some
thing that agrees with the cook.-New
York Sun.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-15

Look beneath the surface Let not
the quality of a thing nor its worth es-
cape thee-AIarcus Aurelius.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-15
The Freshman.

ais Reggy improving by his life in
college"
sOhs yes; he's already learned to toe
In with one footw-Detroit Free Press.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-15
Ledger'S Clubbing Rates

Ledger md Daily Call, one years 9 90
Ledger Ind Weekly Call one year 20
Le-se. and Daily Chronicle. one
year ..;........,.......... 9 90
Ledger and Weekly Chronicle,
one year go
Ledger and Weekly Chicago In.
ter-ocean ,.,......... 2 20
L9dger and Cosmopolitan Maga-
1ine, one year. ..... ~
Ledger and McCall's Magazine, l
year, including free pattern 2 so
Tie Nboye Rates are Strictly in
Advance.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-15
BIHK OF IAlD0l COUNTY
Incorporated November 1895
Capital Stock : :: $4,000

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Alfonso Ginocchio, s. c. Spagnoli, John Strohm
Frederick Eudey and Alex Eudey of jackson.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-03-13
STOCK MARKET SUFFERS
BIG PANIC MOVEMENT

Now HOrk, March I3.-Another
break occurred i'm the stock market
today There is no new development
TO account for the heavy selling, but
[ is generally attributed to imme-
date needs of the money'market. The
Union Pacific lost five, Amalgamated
Copper 3lS and United States Steel
25s. other stocks showed heavy de-
clines. About $4,000 shares changed
hands in the first hour.
The conditions became panlcky by
noon and prices melted away i'm a de-
mOralized fashion under forced liqui-
dation by calling of loans. wiping out
margins and throwing upon the mar
ket collateral in loans. The seyerest
losses were in high grade western rail-
road stocks. The Ill group dropped
about ten points each.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-03-13
COLONY CLUB BREAKS DOWN
BARRIERS OF SMART SET
New WOmdn'S Organization TrampleS
Upon the Limitations of Exclusive
ness That Protect Fashionable
Gotham Circles From
Intrusion.

New York, March 13.-In the for
NAL opening of the Colony club, at
No. 1872 Madison avenue. the new
club for women built by and for the
New York city smart set, which oc-
CURED this morning, there are those
who unhesitatingly declared that II
rings the death knell to the limita-
tions of the exclusive circle of smart
society folk known as the 400"
since the membership numbers near
ly 1000. Seven hundred of these are
resident members and 200 non-resi-
dent, and the limit of charter mem
bers is practically complete.
Miss Elizabeth Marbury, chairman
OF the house committee, who today
acted as courier in presenting the ad-
Vantages of the new club to members
and guests, further emphasized this
fact in a little Introductory speech, in
which she said:
above all, the club is to represent
no one clique, 1t is not to cater to
any one body of women. 1t is not
going in for strOng-mlndedness, yet
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-03-13
BISHOP WILSON STARTS
TRIP AROUND WORLD

Baltimore, Nd, March 13,-Bishop
Alphous Wilson, of the METHODIST
Episcopal Church South, started to-
day on his trip around the word,
sailing from San Francisco for China.
He will stop a few days at Honolulu.
His first work in China will be to
represent the Methodist Episcopal
Church South at the centenary cele-
bration Of the entrance of the first
Protestant missionary into China, at
Shanghai, on April 90. After this
he viii go to Japan to attend the
first general conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal church Of Japan,
which viii be held in May He will
represent his church at this confer
ence, which will mark the union of
the work of the five branches of
Methodists in Japan. Bishop Wilson
and his wife celebrated their golden
wedding I'm Baltimore on the evening
of the 4th of March, with a very
large company of friends and we'll
Wishers.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-03-13
NEW YORK LIFE INSUR-
ANCE ANNUAL ELECTION

New York, March 13.-The New
York Life Insurance company is
holding today its annual election of
officers. Alex T.. Orr has expressed
a desire TO retire. but several of the
trustees are urging him to accept a
reelection, and it is believed that
he will recall his determination to
drop out, and take the office for
another year. If necessary the trus-
tees will make some arrangement by
which Mr.. Orr may be relieved OF
some of the duties, which fall upon
him now. 1t is likely that the in
ternational policyholders' committee
will take some action to prevent the
election being held until the result
of the recent election is authoritively
announced.