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Amador ledger., 1907-06-14
A GOOD SADDLE.
Except In the South and West, Most
Riders Take What Is Offered.

Except In the South and West, Most
Riders Take What Is Offered.
A well known horseman in speaking
Of the sport Of riding in the United
States recently said:
Although there are a number of
good riders in this country, very few
men, except in the west and south.
seem to know or care much about the
saddle-that Is, the way it is built.
They simply take what their dealer
gives them. In England it is usual for
riders to have their saddles made to
order, and they generally know what
to order too.
"a good saddle fits both the horse
and the man. 1t should be roomy ev-
erywhere and especially so in the pan
els If you are heavy. The throat should
not be so narrow as to cause pain or
so wide as to wabble Plain flaps are
most comfortable and businesslike. A
felt pad or at least a good saddlecloth
should always be used, and to give
trim appearance 1t should be cut to the
outlines of the saddle. 1t should be
frequently washed and summed. Stir
rups should be open, wide and heavy,
SO that the feet can be readily freed in
case of a spill.
"a proper fitting saddle will stick
with very loose girths, and you can
find where it fits by walking the horse
around few minutes before mounting
with the glrths unbuckled. The horse
will shift the saddle to the exact place
where it is most comfortable. When
through with your ride, remove the
saddle at once and battle the back with
cold water, following this, if possible,
with an alcohol shampoo"
Plain Dealer
Amador ledger., 1907-06-14
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

We are all happier for lot Of things
we don't see.
Aid is never satisfactory. The best
way is not to need it.
You probably expect more Of friend
than you are willing to give.
The worry of today is usually the re-
suit of carelessness of yesterday.
Bravery isn't much credit to bull
dog. He hasn't sense enough to be
afraid.
People would be less suspicious of
others if they didn't know themselves
so we'll.
No storekeeper becomes so well &C.
quainted with a customer that he likes
to have him go behind his counter.
Compliments are like wine-it only
takes a small dose to go to the heads
of some people, while others can stand
a good deaL-Atchison Globe.
Amador ledger., 1907-06-14
THE FIRST SYNDICATE.
How the French Word Was American.
lied Amid Much Jestino,

Throughout the European negotia-
tons in reference to the Northern Pa
cific railroad an interesting French
word required again and again-name-
~, "syndicat" Jay Cooke and
his partners soon converted into an
English word, syndicate. The newspa-
per reporters rolled it under their
tongues. 1t was a find for punsters
and versihers. The New York Tribune
received these lines from one of its
waggish contributors:
Pray what Is a syndicate
Intended to indicate?
Is questioned abroad and at home.
Say. Is 1t a corner
Where Jay Cooke Horner
Can pull out very big plum?
In congress the word was under ex-
animation. Some of Sunset" Cox's
constituents had written him, that
member declared, to ask If it were in
any way related to the Kuklux. "a
scholar learned in phiology," he con-
tinued amid laughter, "says it comes
from the original Chinese and is pro-
nounced 'Ah Sindecat,' from a well
known player Of cards called the
heather Chinee.' A revenue reformer
writes me that it is an animal peculiar
to Pennsylvania, with head of iron,
eyes of nic..el, legs of copper and
heart of stone. 1t consumes every
green thing outside its own state"
Cox went to Sir John Mandeville's
Travels In Far Cathay" and there
found an account of strange animal
of the lizard kind. He was known In
anciente books as a chameleon. When
the sun did shine, he took various col
ors. Sometimes it wore golden hue
and sometimes had green back. l
caught him by means of steele mir
ror, which so bedazzled his eye that he
was easily caught. 1 bring him home
as strange beast. 1t is called by the
natives q scindicat."
The syndicate's task was to take In
the old 6 per cent bonds issued during
the war, many of which had drifted to
Europe, where they were held by the
thrifty peasantry, who had purchased
them at paper money prices, and to
sell the per cent bonds in their stead.
1t was complicated work, calling for
complete control Of the markets at
home and abroad. Though the opera
ton had to run the gantlet Of savage
attacks by opposition politicians and
editors, it was instantly successful.
Indeed, two syndicates were formed,
one in London through the new house
of Jay Cooke, McCulloch & Co. and the
other by Jay Cookies firms in America.
The banker was warmly congratulated
on the successful management of the
syndicate by President Grant and his
friends Of every rank, and it was be-
lieved that the achievement would i'm
mensely promote the success of the
Northern Pacific railroad, especially
when it was announced that the
Cookies had made an alliance with the
Rothschilds for future funding opera
tions.-Dr. Oberholtzer in Century.
Amador ledger., 1907-06-14
Trust to Nature.

a great many Americans, both men
and women, are thin, pale and puny, with
poor circulation, because they have ILL
treated their stomachs by haSty eating
or too much eating, by consuming alco-
holic beverages, or by too close cOnfine-
ment to home, office or factory, and in
consequence the stomach must be treated
in natural way before they can rectify
their earlier mistakes. The muscles in
many such people, in fact in every weary,
thin and thin looded person, do their
work with great difficulty. As result
long. The demand for nutritive aid is
ahead of the supply. To insure perfect
health every tissue, bone, nerve and
muscle should take from the blood GER
tain materials and return to it certain
others. 1t is necessary to prepare bhe
stomach for the work of taking up from
the food what is necessary to make good,
rich, red blood. We must go to Nature
for the remedy. There were certain
roots known to the Indians of this
country before the advent of the whites
which later came to the knowledge of
the settlers and which are now growing
rapidly in professional favor for the cure
of obstinate stomach and liver troubles.
These are found to be safe apd yet GER
tain in their cleansing and invigorating
effect upon the stomach, liver and blood.
These are: Golden Seal root, Queens
root, Stone root, Bloodroot, Mandrake
root. Then there is Black Cherrybark.
The medicinal principles residing in these
native roots when extracted with glyc-
crime as solvent make the most reliable
and efficient stomach tonic and liver in
vigorator, when combined in just the
right proportions, as in DR.: Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. Where there
is bankrupt vitality such as nervous
exhaustion, bad nutrition and thin
blood, the body acquires vigor and the
nerves, blood and all the tissues feel the
favorable effect of this sovereign remedy.
Although some physicians have been
aware Of the high medicinal value of the
above mentioned plants, yet few have
used pure glycerine as a solvent and
usually the doctors prescriptions called
for the ingredients in varying amounts,
Nth alcohol
The uGolden Medical Discovery" Is a
scientific preparation compounded of the
glyceric extracts of the above mentioned
vegetable ingredients and contains no
alcohol or harmful habitcforming drugs.
Amador ledger., 1907-06-14
A Dangerous Precedent.

The best case which 1 have seen Of
law versus justice and common sense
is one which Montague relates as hay
ing happened in his own day. Some
men were condemned to death for
murder. The judges were then inform
ed by the officers of an inferior court
that certain persons in their custody
had confessed themselves guilty Of the
murder in question and had told so cir
cumstantial a tale that the fact was
placed beyond all doubt. Nevertheless,
it was deemed so bad a precedent to
revoke sentence and show that the
law could err, that the innocent men
were delivered over to execution.-Lon-
don Graphic.
Amador ledger., 1907-06-14
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION OF TIME
APPOINTED FOR PROVING WILL ETC

In the superior court, in and for
the county of Amador, state of Cali
fornia.
In the Matter of the estate of Mary
Thomson, deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that Satur-
day the 18th day of June, 1907. at 10
o'clock, a m. of said day, at the
court room of said court, at the town
of jackson in the county of Amador,
has been appointed as the time and
place for proving the Will of said
Mary Il. Thomson, deceased, and for
hearing the application of H. E.
Potter for the issuance to him of
letters of administration with the Will
annexed. when and where any person
interested may appear and contest the
same.
Dated May %, 1907.
JOHN K. HUBERTY, clerk.
VIM. j. MCGEE,
Attorney for petitioner. 3 t
Amador ledger., 1907-06-14
The Greek Eidure.

Greek figures of men appear taller
and more graceful than those of mod
ems. Modern artists make the upright
figure seven and one-half times the
length Of the head. The Greeks made
1t eight times, frightening the shin,
and the longer sweep from knee to
heel gave the figure increased grace
and dignity. The same plan was fire.
quently adopted by Lord Leighton, in
whose paintings the same effect is OBJ.
tained.-New York American.
Amador ledger., 1907-06-14
Artinuikv of Slavery.

Slavery is pretty nearly as old as the
race. 1t began SO far back that the
memory of man, assisted by the still
greater memory of history, can recall
no time when it did not exist. 1t would
be difficult to say who were the first
slaves. In all the nations around the
Mediterranean, where civilization is
supposed to have started, the institu-
ton began early to flourish and held
on right down through feudalism to
modern times
Amador ledger., 1907-06-14
Physical Strength and peaeneraey.

Never in the history of the human
race-not even in the gladiatorial days
Of Greece and Rome, when physical
strength was worshiped almost like
fetich-has so much study been devot-
ed to bodily development and well be-
ing. In spite Of all this, however, we
cannot shut our eyes to the fact that,
vide medical reports, while the stand
ard Of health may be going up with
section of the people, it Is steadily 60
Ing down with others-in a word, that
physical degeneracy is alarmingly on
the increase.-Co-operative News.
Amador ledger., 1907-06-14
The Willy Partridge.

Every creature has wonderful fac
ulty for determining at what distance
a man or anything else is able to
strike, its capacities in this direction
being far more marked than many
care to acknowledge. For instance, as
firearms have been improved the keen
er has become the watchfulness Of par
tridges. They have not been slow to
recognize the advantages which the
modern chokebore affords the modern
gunner.-London Mail.
Amador ledger., 1907-06-14
Practical Patriotisn

In the early part of the war between
the states, when patriotic merchants
and manufacturers were sending their
clerks and workmen to the field, with
a promise to provide for the wants of
their families, as we'll as to continue
their salaries during their absence, q
very enthusiastic landlady Of New
York offered to allow her boarders'
bills to run on as usual should any of
them desire to go for the defense OF
the nation.
Amador ledger., 1907-06-14
Made a Difference.

Teacher-If one servant girl could
clean two rooms in two hours, how
long would it take two servant girls
to do it? Little GirI-Four hours
Teacher-Wrong. 1t would only take
one hour. Little Girl-Oh, didn't
know you was talking about servant
girls that wasn't on speaking terms!--
London Tit-Bits.
Amador ledger., 1907-06-14

Scribbles-Congratulate me, old man.
got rid Of all my manuscript last
week.
Dribbles - That's good. What did
you get for them?
q Scribbles-How much do you sup
pose?
Dribbles-Haven't the least idea.
Scribbles-I got cents a pound
Chicago News.
Amador ledger., 1907-06-14
Followed Instructions.

Mudge-This watch has been stopped
for two or three days. Jeweler-Lem-
me see it. There is nothing the matter
with it except that it, has not been
wound. Mudge-I thought maybe that
was it. 1 remember you told me to
wind it up just before 1 went. to bed,
and I haven't been to bed for three
nights
Amador ledger., 1907-06-14

''When your mother-in-law fell into
the water, why didn't you help to get
her out?"
my dear madam, you must know
that nothing I've ever done has pleased
herH-Judy.
Amador ledger., 1907-06-14
Still Worried.

at used to worry me when the bar
Der informed me that my hair was get
ting little thin on top"
But you got used to 1t, eh?'
mo. Now it worries me because he
doesn't mention it. 1 must be getting
old. "-Philadelphi Press.
Amador ledger., 1907-06-14
A EallacY.

"a woman has no sense Of humor,"
remarked the acrid man.
"That is a fallacy," answered his
wife, that has arisen from the fact
that most of them are not so stupid as
to laugh at their husbands efforts to
be clever" Washington Star.
Amador ledger., 1907-06-14
Particular About Her Company.

H's'NUI~I TNEVUH TIT OVI'PdIys
whats the matter? You look glum."
II made my estate over to my wife
to save it from the creditors"
"Well, what of that?"
"She's sold it and gone abroad with
the money. She says she can't live
with a man who cheats his creditors"
-SloWo.
Amador ledger., 1907-06-14
PhvsioIoov.

A pupil in a school near Chatham
square, New York city, thus defined
the word spine" "a spine is long,
timber bone. Your head sets on one
end, and you set on the other."-Lip-
pincotts Magazine.
Amador ledger., 1907-06-14

The wise man should be prepared
for everything that does not lie within
his acknowledgements.
Amador ledger., 1907-06-14

Meet the pessimist with smile. 1t
is his worst medicine; but, bitter as
it is, it usually does him good.-Okla-
homa State Capital.
Amador ledger., 1907-06-14
L. oETTINeER s. N. KNIGHT
KNIGHT & co.
FoundrysMachine Shop
Suffer Creek. Cal.

BUILDERS OF WATER WHEELS OF
- latest and most approved patterns, and
all kinds Of sheet iron pipe. Every description
shortest notice. We desire to cali the attention
OF blacksmiths and other workers in iron to the
fact that we keep constantly on hand large
and complete stock Of bar, refined and Norway
ion, gas pipe, gas fittings, etc., which we will
sell at the LOWEST CASH PRICES
Amador ledger., 1907-06-14
Nothinn Mean Therf

II say, Uncle Jack, 1 dreamed you
gave me half crown last night"
did you, me boy? Well, you can
keep it"-London Taller.
Amador ledger., 1907-06-14
Kept His Contract,

Patient-I thought you extracted
teeth without pain. Dentist-Well, you
still have the pain, haven't you?-Life
Amador ledger., 1907-06-14

Receipt books, location blanks, deeds
mortgages, promissory notes, etc.,
for sale; also mining signals on
cloth, graduation diplomas, at the
Ledger Office.
Amador ledger., 1907-06-14

Sameness Is the mother Of disgust;
variety the cure-Pstrarch.
Amador ledger., 1907-06-14

There is nothing so powerful as truth
and often nothing so strange.-Web-
ster,
Amador ledger., 1907-06-14
.Leas.. S Clubbing Rates

Ledger and Daily Call, one year s. 9 90
Ledger and Weekly Call one year 3 20
Ledger and Daily Chronicle, one
yesr......................... 900
Lee - nd Weekly Chronicle,
o. ...:......-..,' 8 go
Ledger and Weekly Chicago In
ter-oooan .................... 90
Lsd - d Cosmopolitan Maya
ii year. ............:.. 275
Ledger and McCall's Magazine, 1
year, including free pattern. 49,. 2 SO
TIE above Rates are Strictly In
Advance.
Amador ledger., 1907-06-14

DISTRIBUTING AGENTS FOR J.F.Ml
- tell Cognac, Moet & Chaudon, White Sd
and Private Cuvee Champagne; Morgan BrI
Puerto de Santa Maria Sherries: Royal wi
Company, Oporto, Port Wines; Dubois Free
Bordeaux, Ciarets and SauterneS; CANADII
CLUB WHISKY. Hiram Walker & Sons. III
tied, Walkerville, Ontario, Canada: Johri
Kuyper & Zoon, Cotterdam, Sin; Gilka KuI
mel, from ]. A, Gilka, Berlin; Barthloorl
Brewery Company, Rochester, N. Y, Kniel
Stout and Bass Ale (bottled by Read Brf
London; Cantrell & Cochrane, Belfast, GinI
Ale; Naglee Brandy; Reimported Amerf
Whistles
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-09-13
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS
Contractors Ready to Bid.

Canon City. Colo.-The city engineer.
Charles Mitten. has Just completed
specifications and estimates for the
proposed Cottonwood supply OF water.
on which contractors will bid. Ten con.
tractors are awaiting the data for the
purpose Of submitting their estimates
for the construction of the system,
which Is to cost 100000. 1t is pro.
posed to bring the water to the city
In wooden pipes. The storage reser.
voir will be located on Fremont peak.
and from there the water will come to
the city by gravity pressure. A second
reservoir IL planned high up In the
Cottonwood canon. forty miles from the
city. The pipe line will traverse the
Arkansas river for nearly the entire
distance. passing through the Royal
Gorge canon. where tunnel will be
driven 1900 feet. The water will DO
brought under the river bed and Rio
Grande tracks by siphon. Contractors
are all required to fle guarantee bond
In the sum Of $4,000.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-09-13
Nh Sl!nu fur
"11nnr lit Spirit"
BY REV. HENRY d. ROBINSON.
Warden OF Racine coiiess.

dustry-wcll, he would be captain of industry.
Who to-day poor spirit? Surely not the citizens i
They and action Men who quick
think Men who anticipate blow by planting another " Men
through all the
promises the limit of legality legal
to the last milestone of defeat.
Who to-day poor spirit? Surely not the labor
The ordinary button will tell that IL the
composed of such they would long have tasted the
b days of poverty and their would still be ringing with the
hooking gte of those who the of the mighty.
Who to-day spirite Surely not employers
Perhaps there be place the lowest and most na but
these who sleep
and work dumb from cold TO eadn sunset They
blood push their through opposition Men
business, wto rcsults
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-09-13


The taking Of testimony In tho suit
Of the government axains, the Stan
dard OIL Co. at New York has been
Postponed to Sept IL.
Ferdinand r. Earle. the New Yors
artist. who sent his wife back home
to France that he might marry an
other woman. was taken from his
buggy and dragged through the mud
BY angry citizens Of Monroe. y. Y
where he has fine home.
An international union of farmers
organizations g. has been formed VIII
headquarters In CaicaEo
The 18th tricnniai conference of the
German Baptis,s Of North America
vas recently held IN Buffalo. n. Y.
The entire business section OF Por,
land. Ark. has been destroyed by fire
More than 1900 Hindus. who have
been taking the places of white labor.
ers In the saw mills. where run out
Of B,iiinrham. wash. recently by an
organized mob. The Iiindus are
British subjects. and their case IL be.
r. placed before the British authori.
ties.
William J. Bryan addressed 10000
persons at Oklahoma City in reply to
the recent address Of Secretary Taft.
Mr.. Bryan declared the constitution
of the new state superior TO that Of
the United States.
Fifteen lives were los, recently as
the result Of the burning OF the Webb
hotel at Shelton. Wash.
Seven persons were killed and IL
injured in a wreck on the Chesapeak
& Ohio railroad in West Virginia re.
Gently.
Louis Glass. former vice presideu,
OF the Pacific Coast Telephone com.
pany. has been convicted at San Fran.
cisco Of bribery.
The bodies of an unidentified Young
man and girl. clasped in each 9th.
er's arms. were recently found in the
mississippi river at Muscatine. la
The Fifteenth National Irrigation
congress has opened at Sacramento.
Calf.
A distant earthquake shock OF n
severe nature. lasting an hour and a
half. was recorded at Washington
on the weather bureau instruments.
A beautiful marble monument. sc
fe,t high. Was recently dedicated at
Buffalo. n. Y. to the memory Of the
late President William Mckinley.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-09-13
MARRIAGE and society.

The fundamental character OF %
Geological point OF view Ii that Il looks
ahead. To the soc!olosis; the indiSid.
uai II nothing as an Individual: hc 10
concerned with tho life Of society.
which outiivcs many generations OF
individuals This Il ID which cndows
marriage with Its supreme tmpor.
lance for him. He leaves Il with the
psychologist to inquire as TO the CON.
para,isc worth Of marriage and other
forms OF sex relation to the indlSidu.
al: bu, he must inquire a. TO its In.
nuenec upon the future life OF the %.
cicsy In which 10 occurs. Marriage
Sindiea,cs itself In his eyes because
I, furnishes III, one perfect condition
for the youak generation. whose bust.
ness Il 10 TO continue the iise Of sooi.
ETY.. Thus tho soeioioEist looks with
cn;irciy dis;inc; interest upon the two
kinds OF marriages. The childiess mar.
rsaEc IL doubtless OF interest To tho
psyehoiosis,-,hc student OF charae.
ter: ba, ., matters scarcely anything
a, all for the socioiosis,. for .; s!gni.
fies nothing for the future. True. Il 10
a social relation. but. so far a. he 10
concerned. Il amounts TO nothing more
than that ;~o persons. who happen to
b. OF opposite sexes, live Ia the same
house and arrange their finances Joint.
~. II Is the appearance Of baby that
vitality interests the soeioioois;. re-
marks Dr.. c. ". saiseby. In Harms.
worth sslf.Eduea,or. for nov he has
TO consider no; merely a marriage. bu,
a marriage leading to the family. 10
this Tcspcc; he Is like nature. She.
also. is careless OF the single life. =
and for those who are not PARENTS.
whether they be married or unmar.
ried. she cares little or nothing. Her
supreme interest as the prcscn,
writer has said elsewhere. ia with
those chosen individuals upon whose
character and behavior. as upon no
other factor In the universe. the whole
future Of the race depends
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-09-13
Rocky Ford Enterprise
WILL r. MoNKMAN. Publisher.
ROCKY FORD. COLORADO.
Tho Speaking Voice.

Zine words butter NO parsnips."
Runs an old saying; but one may ques.
ton whether It is - true as It is old
A well-modulatcd voice. speaking tho
kings English with case and accuracy.
Ss . possession which lends q grace to
the most humble. Ever since the
tribute Of poor. distracted Lear to his
dead Cordelia. the voice soft. gentle
and low" has been esteemed AN excel
lent thing In woman" and to-day
there IL especial timeliness In . plea
for the refined voice. not only in wo-
men Of gentle breeding. but in those
who. far and wide In this great land.
behind counter and in kitchen and
on the street.-shriek and yell at
helpless. suffering public. There II
often. II not always. some sort OF an
examination by which II Ia sought to
test the fitness OF girls who wish to
DO clerks or Mattresses: but no one
ever thinks to ask one question which
ought to be asked: rs It pleasant to
hear you speak?" A certain girl who
sells stockings In big city store sets
forth their merits In voice 80 pleas.
Ing that her customers are sure to
buy more than they need. But only a
few steps from her counter. the ticket
seller ut n subway station keepS cry.
Ing. ''onc doilar!" Twenty-Five
ccIts." Fifty ccnts!" In voice SO
nasal. harsh and penetrating that II
onends every sensitive ear ana af.
fronts every patron Of gentle spirit.
For any public scrvant-whethcr man
or woman-a gentle voice and . era
cious manner are worth advancement.
declares the Youths Companion. Tho
tone and air which sivc unconscious
pleasure are all too rare among hur.
ryins Americans: but where they do
exist they are precious possession.
A waitress In railroad restaurant.
being praised for her kindly attentive
ness and refinement. replied. Il al.
ways think tina, there Is one thing
can do like the nnest lady In tho land
I can speak like hcr!-
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-09-13

A Plymouth man asked Province.
town man how tall that shat, tina,
is TO be erected at Provinceto~n to
commemorate the landing of the Pill.
srims there was TO be. And the
Provincetovn man replied that I,
would certainly be tall enough to be
seen from Plymouth and other places
that are fond Of posing as the original
Pilgrim landing places. This indi.
Gates. remarks the boston Herald.
the somewhat testy state Of mind e,.
kting among the inhabitants Of these
places. There's no true love lost be.
tween them. and the ceremonies a,
Provineetown did not soften this feel.
ing altogether.